(If you have not read my first story, Runaway Otaku, you will most likely be confused about all of this. I advise reading that first.)
Hey, people. Sorry this took an entire month. A LOT happened lately and I've either been EXTREMELY busy or really lazy. I actually started this before I finished Runaway, but only NOW finished the day I published it. 1 my play started performing and so I had Tech Week and that gave me NO time to myself. Then I got Battlefield 3 and you don't expect me to not play. Then my friend Skyler, he was out on Halloween and something happened but that's shown in the story. I'll tell you all what happened after the story so I don't spoil anything. Also I got Subbed, and favorited by none other than by Yutaka! This really surprised me, making for a good ending to my day. Anyways today is the 3 Month anniversary of me starting Runaway and what better day to start it on than today the anaversarry AND 11-11-11! I almost felt like posting this at 11:11 but I was in school at the time. Anyways past my boring speech, I'll leave the introductions to Misao!
"It's been a great 3 years, but I'm pretty glad to be going to College." Misao said to no one in particular as she walked to the train station after the end of the final day of school. It was cold outside and the graduation ceremony had just ended. "Kagami Hiiragi, one of my best friends, the Tsundere of everyone. Konata Izumi, or how I like to imagine her, "Chibi". The annoying Otaku, the girl who stole Hiiragi away from Ayano and I. Miyuki Takura, the brainiac. The girl with the biggest rack I have ever seen and all around nice person. Tsukasa Hiiragi, once an energetic Airhead, now a depressed empty shell of a girl. Ayano Minegishi, my best friend other than Hiiragi, a girl who is always friendly and nice, but when she gets mad, shit happens. Tony Otokonoko, a new addition to our group, boyfriend of Miyuki and extremely strong and nice. I heard his brother was a Green Beret, but other than that not much about him is known. Then finally the newest addition to the group is Kyon." Misao said with a sigh "The nice, strong, cute, funny, and amazing person. Long lost friend of Chibi's and probably one of the first men I have ever had a cru..."
"Misa-Chan!" Ayano yelled as she caught up to her friend "Who were you talking to?"
"Oh, I was pretending that we were in an anime and that I was introducing the characters." Misao said, slightly embarrassed.
"Oh, Misa-Chan." Ayano said as she continued walking with her friend. "So how is Nikinari doing? How has he been since I broke up with him?"
"Oh, HIM." Misao said as she rolled her eyes. "He's gone back to trying to take perverted pictures of my friends, looking at porn, and he's started writing odd Fan-Fictions on some site on the internet."
"Odd, I hope he doesn't go and kill himself over something stupid." the quiet girl said after remembering breaking up with him after he had tried to ruin her and Misao's friendship.
"Yeah, so what do you hope happens in college?" Misao said to her friend as she winked "Hoping to find any cute boys?"
"Misa-Chan!" Ayano exclaimed red-faced. "I just hope I'm able to get that Medical Degree I was hoping for so I can go on to being a nurse."
(First A/N of the story, woot!: Medical Schools in Japan are actually Facilities in Universities. That's why she isn't going to a different College for a Medical Degree.)
"I know you'll do it Ayano!" Misao said, slapping her on the back. "Anyways, Hiiragi and them wanted to meet at the arcade. Wanna come?"
"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Ayano said as they entered the train-station.
A Half Hour Later
"There you guys are!" Kyon said as Misao and Ayano entered the arcade. The place was ablaze with little kids playing race games and shooting games, and the familiar smell of Arcade Pizza and Soda filled the air. "We've been waiting for like 10 minutes where were you guys?"
"Oh, just doing stuff, ya know." Misao said nervously as she walked towards the table where everyone was sitting, trying to avoid a conversation.
"Whats up with her?" he asked Ayano, confused at Misao's reaction
"Shes just... tired." Ayano said knowing about how Misao felt about Kyon. The two finally went over to the table Kyon sitting down right next to Misao making her red.
"So then what are your plans for the next week till college starts, Kyon?" Konata asked when they finally sat down.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe just hang out, play some video games, maybe try to get a girlfriend." he said as Misao perked up a bit. "I mean, if I'm gonna be in this area for four years I think I should have something other than school work."
"That's why I have my Kagamin~!" Konata yelled as she unexpectedly grabbed the Tsundere and kissed her.
"Konata!" she yelled, turning red. "Not in public!"
"Sorry Kagamin~, but your just too dang Moe when you're like that." she said, making the Tsundere more red.
"Anyways, who wants to go play games?" Tony asked, trying to ease the awkwardness.
For 4 hours they played in the arcade. Everything from Racing games, to Sports, to Fighting and even to Quiz games, despite Misao's lack focus on anything but Kyon. After five tries, Kyon managed to beat Misao's record on the Virtual Hurdles, and get a further Home Run in the Home Run Derby arcade game. After all that time, the money must have spent was well over 50,000 Yen.
"I'll see you guys later." Konata said as she, Kagami, and Tsukasa walked in the opposite direction of Tony, Miyuki, Kyon, Misao and Ayano. Before long though, Miyuki and Tony turned to go a separate way, and finally Ayano turned a corner and walked away, leaving Kyon and Misao walking in the same direction, completely silent.
"So, Misao, where do you live?" Kyon asked as Misao looked up at him "Because it seems we're going to the same exact place and I don't remember you ever living at my house."
"Ha ha." she laughed even though she didn't get the joke. "I live at 1*** W******* Ln."
"Wait, you live where?" Kyon said as he looked over at her, confused.
"1*** W******* Ln., why?" she asked
"I live two houses down from you." he said as he face palmed at his lack of noticing her in his neighborhood. "I can't believe I never saw you."
"Me neither. I mean, my parents have been trying to push me a little harder to try and get a boyfriend and so I've met just about every boy in our neighborhood, but this is the first time I've met you." Misao said, happy to be having a conversation with Kyon.
"Your parents are doing what?" he said laughing at what she had just said. "I know some parents want grand-children and all that but that's a bit ridiculous."
"Better than having parents who don't let you date." She said quickly, then she noticed the sad look on his face. "Whats the matter, Kyon?"
"Oh, nothing, just something that happened to me before." he said quickly, obviously hiding something.
"Well, I hope it wasn't anything bad." Misao said as she unknowingly walked out into the street. Then Kyon noticed a car heading towards the girl, and the driver texting on her Cell Phone.
"MISAO WATCH OUT!" Kyon screamed as he tackled Misao to the ground as the car hit him and sent the two of them flying.
"Ow... my head... what the hell happened? Kyon? KYON!" Misao yelled still on the ground as she noticed Kyon still holding onto her, but in much worse condition. His head was open and blood was quickly coming from the wound. His arm was twisted back, and his face had a look of pure agony.
"Somebody, help!" she screamed as she limped to the nearest house. "Somebody call an ambulance!"
Later at the Minegishi Household.
Ayano entered her house, still tired from the long day of fun, to find her mother on the phone.
"Yes, I'll tell her once she comes home... I know... Yes I hope so too. The poor boy must be in so much pain. God bless him and his family. Goodbye." Ayano's mother said as she hung up and noticed Ayano in the doorway. "Oh, Ayano dear... I don't know how to explain this but... Misao and your other friend were in an accident. He is in a bad situation. Do you want me to drive you to the hospital?"
But the girl was already out the door and running towards the hospital. As she rushed through the door of the hospital and asked the woman at the counter for the directions for the room Kyon was at. She also noticed Kagami and Konata running in too. When they finally got to the room on the fourth floor, they saw Misao at the foot of the bed crying, and Miyuki sitting down, also crying, with Tony comforting her.
"What happened?" Ayano asked, out of breath.
"He and Misao were walking home when she walked into the road and he jumped out and saved her but was hit by the car." Tony said, still holding Miyuki. "She's fine, but he's in Critical Condition."
"My god, do they know if he might survive or not?" Ayano asked as she knelt down to comfort Misao
"It's questionable." he said
After 5 hours of waiting in the room, all of them but Misao, left. Misao, who wanted to stay to be by Kyon, had to argue with the doctor to let her stay.
"Ma'am, we can't let you stay here! It may end up interfering with the doctors!" the doctor argued.
"But sir! He saved my life! It was my fault he was hit! I think I should stay so I'm here when he wakes up!" Misao said still insisting on staying.
"I'm sure he would like it more if you didn't have to see him in this state, Ma'am." the doctor said.
"Don't you tell me what you think my Boyfriend would like or wouldn't like." she blurted out before she realized what she had said.
"Oh, Boyfriend? I'm sorry, miss, I didn't know. I'll tell the receptionist that you'll be staying in here." he said as he left. Now finally alone with him, Misao walked up to the bed Kyon was in, tucked him in a bit more and sighed.
"Kyon, why did you risk your life to save me?" she said "I'm just a dumb, ugly, Yuri girl, while you're a strong, handsome, and smart guy. Everything about you is perfect. Why save me? Do you feel the way I do, or did you just try to save a friend?"
"You really do love him, don't you?" Kyon's roommate asked. Misao remembered the girl as the one who was carried out of the art room at school after that terrible accident.
"You're a first year at our school aren't you?" Misao said to the girl
"Yep, my name's Hiyori. I take it you're Misao from what I heard your friends saying." she said still lying in her bed with her head bandaged.
"What happened that day?" Misao asked curious "It didn't look like some kind of accident."
"Really what happened was some odd person, I think it was a girl, came into the art room when I was drawing and smashed a pot on my head." she said, the image of the hooded figure still implanted into her head. "When I woke up I was here and it was 2 days later."
"Yeah, Kyon here and I were both walking to our houses when I walked into the street and he jumped in front of a car to save me." Misao said a bit hurt. "I only suffered scratches, but he got pretty banged up."
"Miss Kusakabe, I'm guessing if you're staying the night you would like these." the doctor said as he carried a futon and a blanket into the room. "Oh, Miss Hiyori, is this woman bothering you?"
"Not at all." she said dismissing the doctor "In fact we were having a nice conversation."
"Oh, ok miss." he said as he laid the Futon down and started to walk out. "You know who to call if you need to."
"Ghostbusters." Hiyori said quietly, confusing Misao. "American Comedy, don't ask."
"Anyways, I think you should rest." Misao said as she closed the curtains. "See you in the morning."
"Night, Kusakabe-Senpai." she said before falling asleep.
After Misao finally had gotten undressed and into the Futon it had been ten minutes. Then, after another half-hour of trying to get the guilt of Kyon being hit out of her head, Misao finally fell asleep.
When Kyon woke up the next morning what he saw not only surprised him, but nearly gave him a nosebleed. Misao was sleeping in a Futon in front of his bed with about the cutest sleeping face the boy had ever seen.
'So... God dang... MOE!' he thought to himself, his head still pounding 'I'm such an Otaku, sheesh. I wonder why she stayed. I doubt she likes me or anything, only in my wildest dreams.'
It had been about a week since Kyon had figured out that he had thought of Misao as more than a friend. Not only was she funny and weird, but she was strong and could stand up for herself, and to top it all off she had the fang that made him go crazy. As he stared at Misao, he noticed that his head was the only thing that hurt, but he was supposed to have multiple broken bones. Then he noticed the man standing next to his bed. The man looked familiar but Kyon couldn't tell if he knew him from somewhere.
"I agree with you." he said noticing Kyon looking at him "She does have a cute sleeping face."
"Huh?" Kyon said, surprised that the man had read his mind.
"Anyways, your injuries were pretty bad, so I decided to... fix you up a bit." he said "Your head will hurt for a couple of days because of the healing process, but it's better than spending a month in the hospital."
"But how did you...?" Kyon started to say before the man interrupted him.
"I can heal any wound, from the smallest scratch to the worst disease." he said as Kyon noticed the small bit of Aura that seemed to be floating around the man. "Well I best let you rest. I should be going anyways."
"Wait!" Kyon said quickly as the man started out the door. "Who are you?"
"I am known as Hachiman, but some call me Shin." he said before walking out.
Almost instantly Misao stirred, then woke up and gave a yawn cute enough to give Jupiter a nosebleed.
"Mmm... oh, Kyon! You're awake, are you alright?" she asked as she ran over to his bedside.
"I'm fine." he said as he grabbed her shoulder and used it to sit up "How about you? You got hit too."
"I didn't even get a scratch oddly enough." she said glad to see that he was ok.
Then the doctor walked in and had an odd look on his face when he saw the condition that Kyon was in.
"Umm... Mr. Rossi, it seems like you've fully recovered in only a few hours. I don't know how it's possible, but we'll do some tests and see when you can leave." he said as he left the room in a hurry. "Nurse get in room 501, NOW! There is something seriously odd going on."
8 Hours Later
"Are you sure you can walk Kyon?"Misao said as they walked out of the hospital.
"I'm sure, as long as you're ok, I can deal with anything." he said making them both blush. "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that."
"It's fine." she said, secretly liking the fact that he had said that.
As the two continued walking they passed multiple couples, both of them wishing that it could have been them. The day couldn't have been more beautiful, with Spring starting to come the Cherry Blossoms were starting to bloom and not a cloud in the sky. Then as they continued walking they passed the University they would be going to, Aichi University.
"So Misao, what did you get into Aichi for?" he asked curious.
"Oh, I got a scholarship for track." she said as she continued walking "I love this place the Cherry Blossoms grow so great."
It was true, the area they were in was surrounded by Cherry Blossom trees and, lucky for the students, the college was surrounded by them, giving them a nice view of the outside world when in classes.
"Yeah, anyways wanna grab a quick Okonomiyaki?" he asked as they passed a semi-popular Okonomiyaki resturant. "It's on me."
"Sure, as long as I can get anything I want!" she yelled as she ran towards the restaurant.
"Fine, fine." he said, laughing
At the Izumi Household.
"So you're sure it's fine with your parents to stay overnight?" Konata said as Kagami walked into her girlfriend's house.
"Yup, they went to some big neighborhood meeting, Matsuri and Inori are out at parties and Tsukasa left the house without a word. Guess she just wanted a little alone time or something." Kagami said sitting on the couch.
"Ok, I just don't want them freaking out like when you came to stay the night but forgot to call them." she said remembering what had happened. "Well at least my dad isn't home. He's at another convention, so I got the entire house to myself for a while."
"So what do you wanna do?" Kagami asked
"I got the newest Haruhi-Chan, wanna read it?" Konata asked holding up the manga.
After about 5 hours of reading, playing video games and watching TV the two finally started dinner. After about 7 minutes of hell, the entire kitchen looked terrible and the girls settled on Instant Ramen, which, unfortunately, isn't very instant..
"So you notice how Misao and Kyon were acting today?" Kagami said to Konata who was sitting with her head on the table with her little cat-grin while waiting for the Instant Ramen to finish.
"Yeah, Kyon told me a couple of days ago he had a crush on her." she said "And I think it was pretty obvious by how the way Misao acted in the hospital that she feels the same way. Now if we can just get them both to understand that."
"Speaking of the hospital did you hear Kyon actually was let out today?" Kagami said, confusing Konata.
"Today? He was in an accident, that usually keeps a man in the hospital for a week at the least." she said "You know we never have any conversations, just the four of us anymore."
"Huh?" Kagami asked, confused at Konata's change in subject.
"You know, You, Tsukasa, Miyuki, and I." she continued "We used to always have the oddest conversations, but since we started going out, and Tony and Miyuki started dating, it's changed so much. Now we're all going to college and everything just seems so... odd."
"Yeah, hey that reminds me of this anime I watched a while ago." Kagami said "You ever see Clannad?"
"Oh, god, please don't bring that up again!" Konata pleaded. "I cried at least once every episode for the last like 6 episodes."
"Well it explains greatly about how time can have an effect on everything." Kagami said "Look at us and Tony and Miyuki. We're all dating, and then there's Tsukasa. She's been a total wreck, and after you told me about finding her Cell-Phone near Hiyori in the Art room, I'm seriously worried about her."
"Yeah, what did you do with her phone anyways?" the Blunette asked.
"I gave it back to her, no point in keeping it from her forever, but then when she left the house today, when I was looking for her I looked at her phone and found this." Kagami said as she took Tsukasa's phone out of her pocket and opened it. Instantly a picture of Kyon popped up, surprising Konata.
"Do you think...?" Konata asked
"I'm sure of it." Kagami said "It would explain why she has seemed extra depressed today and I worry what she might do if Kyon and Misao start dating.
"I just hope she doesn't do anything drastic." Konata said, worried "It also really worries me about when Tony and Hiyori were attacked. You notice those attacks started about the time her depression got really bad?"
"Yeah, I noticed it, but I didn't think of Tsukasa as that kind of person." Kagami said
"I wouldn't take her off the suspect list quite yet though." Konata said "So you say that she just straight up left the house without telling you?"
"Yeah, it worried me a lot." Kagami said "She usually takes her phone with her too. It all just seems like everything with her has been really distant lately."
"I just hope no one on the streets hurts her or anything. She may have an angry side to her but she's still very fragile." Konata said as her Instant Ramen finally finished "Ahh, finally!"
As Patty was finishing her work shift at the Cosplay Cafe she looked out the window in the employee locker room and saw the college that Konata and her friend were going to. Glad to know that Konata would still be able to work at the cafe and that she could still see her Senpai all the time, she didn't even notice the door to the locker room slide open and a hooded figure step in. When Patty had finished changing she went to the door and tried to open it, only to find it locked. Knowing the boss had the key she turned around to go to his office, only to come face to face with the hooded figure that had locked her in.
"Oh, miss you can't be back here! This is for employees only, I was about to go get the key anyways let me grab them." Patty said starting towards the office before the figure held up the very keys she was looking for. "Oh, did the boss drop them in main dining area again? Thank you for turning them in."
Then Patty noticed the bat the girl was holding. Finally realizing that something was wrong Patty started to get a little worried.
"Ok, what's going on here? Is this a joke because it isn't very funny." she said before the girl had thrown the keys to the other side of the room.
They just stood there for a second, waiting for one of them to make a move, then Patty took off towards the end of the room where the keys were. Amazingly though the girl managed to keep up with Patty and stayed at least 5 feet behind her during the quick chase around the lockers to try and find the keys. Finally, Patty had found the keys and had managed to lose the girl for a second while she tried to open the door.
"Damn you, boss, for having so many keys for this place!" Patty yelled as she desperately searched for the Locker Room key.
Then the girl hit Patty with the bat, knocking her out. Still tired from the chase, she took a breather and took a note out from her pocket and laid it beside Patty's unconscious body, and used the keys to let herself out.
LUCCCCKKKYYYYY CHANNEEEELLLLL!
"Hiya Luckies! I'm your navigator, Akira Kogami!" Akira yelled energetically.
"And I'm Minoru Shiraishi, her assistant." Minoru said
"Wow what a great start for the new story don't you think Shirahishi-san?" she said
"Yeah, a bit of drama and a bit of suspense all in one big chapter" he said
"But I STILL didn't get a freaking part yet!" Akira said changing her voice tone completely "When the hell ya gonna let me in? Eh, Sqweebs!"
"Now I believe there HAS to be a proper explanation for why he didn't give you a part in this one, I know he'll give you a part later on or something." he said trying to help the writer out a little.
"He better or I'm gonna kick his ass so hard he'll have to shit sideways!" she said angrily as the ending tone went off "ALREADY! Ughhh, whatever, see ya next chapter. Bye-freaking-niii."
And there you have it! Now what happened with my friend Skyler was that he and a friend of his, Matt, were out Trick or Treating and Matt walked out into the street and a car with someone who wasn't paying attention was coming down the road as a fast speed. Skyler ran out and pushed Matt out of the way, but got hit himself. Skyler stayed in a coma for a day, then died. I didn't want a character that I had just created die so I changed the story up a bit, but it has been pretty rough around school lately. Don't let that story ruin your day though, feel proud that Skyler risked his life to save Matt. Even though the whole saving someone from a car has been done multiple times lately, I've noticed they always get up without a scratch, when in reality, they might at least have a broken bone. *Hint Hint* to Smusher. Anyways enough about me. Shin, or Hachiman, is resembling the Acsuperman character and I do plan to have him be important in the later parts of the story, but not till later. The whole bat and Patty thing was partly a reference to Tsukasa's Lucky Star, another Fan Fic I read a while ago which I really liked, because in it Patty was hit by someone with a bat, but in that one it was pretty bad. o_o Well sorry about my laziness of getting this chapter done, but hey its over 4,500 words so I'm doing good! See ya next chapter. Don't forget to review and I hope you all enjoy the rest of Love is War.