Flower of the Lion
Flower of the Lion
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however, I do own their children, Yay me!
Intro: For those of you who read Night Walker, you all should know that this story is the long-awaited (or not) sequel to the great tale of Yoru, Vampire Princess and now Vampire Queen. This story will revolve around Yoru and Sasuke's daughter, Hana Uchiha, the hybrid that is trying to live in a world of humans and conceal her identity. It is mostly a romance fic; however, there will be much drama since they are in high school and she is sixteen. First off, I think I'll give you all some information about the characters in this story.
Summary: Hana Uchiha, daughter of Sasuke Uchiha and Yoru Hokousha, falls in love with the 'human' Raion despite warnings from her parents of the threat he is to her. When she learns what he really is, she leaves him and falls back on her parents but a mystery illness will soon draw him back to her.
Jurei (17 years old)
Father: Naruto Uzumaki (35 years old)
Mother: Hinata Uzumaki (34 years old)
Grade: 11th
Jurei is a loquacious boy around his friends but is shy around girls. He likes ramen but not nearly as much as his father. He is smart in most subjects except History because of his lack of remembrance like his father.
Shin (18 years old)
Father: Gaara (36 years old)
Mother: Sakura Haruno (35 years old)
Grade: 12th
Shin is mostly quiet, is good around girls and seriously likes Kumori. He is a mediocre student except in science where he inherited his mother's natural affinity for the subject. Shin has a total different personality around Kumori than anyone else and he will actually express himself around her.
Kumori (17 years old)
Father: Shikyo Bara (37 years old)
Mother: Unknown
Grade: 11th
She grew up without knowing her mother and she ran away from her father at age sixteen, so she has become a very secluded and dark person except around her friends. She befriends Hana at a young age because of their similarities and the two always share their feelings and can talk about anything around each other. She has a huge crush on Shin and loves to share her date stories with Hana, who listens readily to her friend's exciting narrations.
Hana (16 years old)
Father: Sasuke Uchiha (35 years old)
Mother: Yoru Uchiha (34 years old)
Grade: 11th
Hana is a calm, quiet and secluded girl much the same as her father. She only acts happy around her friends and her true self only comes out around Raion because she knows he'll accept her no matter what. She was taught from a young age to be suspicious around humans and her only human friend is Kumori, who found out about her birthright after they became best friends in middle school. Turns out Kumori is fascinated by vampires and werewolves and is a goth! At first she has a bitter attitude toward her parents, but she comes to appreciate them in her time of need.
Raion (18 years old)
Father: Unknown
Mother: Houka Tenma (34 years old)
Grade: 11th
Not many people know Raion's true personality. He normally comes over as the bad boy type to girls, causing them to fall all over him. In truth, he is the perverted second cousin of Naruto with a sarcastic and fun-loving attitude which he hides behind his emo veil. The only one that knows his true nature is Hana.
Kuro (14 years old)
Father: Itachi Uchiha (40 years old)
Mother: Mei Uchiha (37 years old)
Grade: 9th
His personality is dark like his father's and he always strives to achieve his father's level of greatness. The one thing he swears to never do is to kill a vampire which his father sees as a weakness and sends him away. His mother then sneaks him to Sasuke and Yoru, telling them he was an orphan and that he needed a place to live. Sasuke and Yoru, slightly suspicious, still agree to take him in and Hana's cousin becomes her little 'brother.'
The grade is referring to what grade they are in, like school grade. Well I think that's a good summary of all of the main characters, and for the record Kuro will not come in until probably about halfway through the story. You guys are just waiting to see him right? Well that's too bad, but for now let me begin the chapter.
Just a couple notes (will add more as needed):
Narration
Flashback/Dream
'Thoughts'
'Inner Thoughts'
"Speaking"
The First Day of School, Chapter 1
August 17th
Born of a werewolf and a vampire, I, Hana Uchiha, know of the dangers humans present to my kind. My mother, as a vampire, was the most hated because of her birthright. When she told my father Sasuke of this secret, she felt he would hate her as well. What a shock it was when he told her that he was actually a werewolf! She also found out that Naruto, who I have dubbed Uncle Naruto, was a fox demon, Hinata, or Aunt Hinata, is an angel, and Sakura is a healer/witch.
She was nearly killed because of being a vampire, and more importantly, the heiress of the Vampire Royalty. Sasuke's evil older brother Itachi tried to kill her in his attempt to completely annihilate the vampire race.
My father Sasuke saved my mother and they eventually got married. Now I am sixteen years old and I have to go to a private school away from Konoha, the place that threatened to kill my mother multiple times. It is still mostly humans at my school but my friends Kumori, Jurei, and Shin know what I am and they've promised to never tell anyone about it.
As I eat breakfast my cell phone rings. I pick it up and answer, "Hello?"
"This is Kumori, Hana! Are you ready for school?" my best friend answered through the headset with a loud and excited voice.
"Yeah, I'm finishing breakfast right now," I answered my excited friend as I took the last bite of my pop tart. She had a reason to be excited of course.
Over the summer, Shin, who she'd had a huge crush on for the past two years, finally asked her out on her birthday. Now they'd been dating for the entire summer but they hadn't seen each other for a full three weeks. Killer right? Well, yes if you're Kumori Bara, the most emotional goth to ever step foot on the planet.
She had her own car, a black '06 Mustang, and we always carpooled together while Shin and Jurei rode together in Shin's car, a startling blue Corvette.
"Well hurry up! I can't keep Shin waiting! He said he wants to 'talk' this morning and I can't wait to hear what he has to 'say.'"
"Kumori, I'm so happy for you. You two are perfect for each other," I said happily but with an underlying twinge of sadness at my own relationship status. I really was happy for my friend. This was her second huge crush, the first being in the sixth grade. She later caught her boyfriend cheating and they broke up. After that huge heartbreak, Kumori swore never to give boys another chance and she was without a crush until the ninth grade when Shin came to our school after leaving a public school. He got into too much trouble with the humans there and almost went completely werewolf on them. Although I was happy for my best friend, I wished that I could have someone to call my own.
"Hey! I can tell you're sad but I promise Hana, that I will find a great guy for you this year!" My friend exclaimed after my long contemplating silence.
"Kumori, there just isn't anyone out there that's right for me. None of the guys I know can accept me for what I am."
"Hey, Hana! What did I say about you getting depressed? I can't allow it! Listen, someone will accept you this year, even if he's not a human, you'll find someone!" she replied speaking my silent fear of never being accepted by humans.
I'd always loved humans and their pitiful state of ignorance. Although, it was pathetic and a turn-off to some girls, they just seemed that much cuter to me.
…Raion's POV…
As I ate breakfast with my mom, she told me about the school I'd be attending. "The school is about 99 percent human so you have to fit in; otherwise, they might find out and we'll have to move again."
"I know mother. We've been through this five times already and I get it," I said irritably.
"Yes, five times because you kept blowing you cover. You're too arrogant son!" my mother retorted in her know-it-all voice.
"Mother I'm telling you! Last time, that guy hated me and he was a werewolf! That's how he knew," I exclaimed losing my cool at her foolish assumption.
"Son, there were no werewolves at that school, so stop making excuses for your ignorance!"
As I finished eating, I walked to the front door and grabbed my keys. "Okay, I won't," I said simply, grabbing my bag and walking out the door.
I went to the garage and got in my dark red Camaro (a/n the model that Bumblebee is in the movie Transformers, at the beginning not the Concept Camaro). Before my mom could change her mind about letting me go, I cranked up the car and sped down the driveway and off to school.
After about fifteen minutes, I was parked in the student parking lot looking at the people gathered under the oak trees.
On the right side, there were a bunch of cheerleaders sitting in the laps of their football player boyfriends. Although the concept of being that close to girls in miniskirts was appealing, they all seemed to be taken. In the middle there was a group of nerds playing with Magic Cards and geeks talking about the latest computer game. On the left side, there were a bunch of art people, most of them drawing in their sketch tablets. None of these groups interested me so I decided I'd just go hang by the corner of the fence in the shadows.
On my way back there, I saw another group of people. They seemed to be a diverse group though they consisted of only four people.
There was a girl with dark red hair and black highlights that appeared to be a goth. She wore a tight black spaghetti strap shirt and a dark purple mini skirt with chains all over it. In her ears she wore skull earrings and silver hoop earrings. On her fingers she wore many different rings, mostly gold ones with etching. She was sitting in the lap of a boy with scarlet hair and emerald eyes.
On the other side of them, a boy with dark blonde hair and pale blue eyes sat talking to a girl who had straight black hair and sparkling baby blue eyes. This girl really caught my attention. She wore a dark blue tube top shirt and a short black miniskirt with black tights and blue boots with metal chains. She was a little goth too and she looked really pretty.
They looked like a nice group so I decided to go sit over there. When I did, they immediately stopped talking and the girl with black hair turned to look at me.
Our eyes immediately locked and her flat expression turned into a somewhat smile. I smirked at her reaction before going to sit down by the tree.
…Hana's POV…
When the brown-haired boy locked eyes with me, I felt my heart skip a beat and I smiled at him. He returned my reaction with a sly smirk.
I followed him with my eyes until he sat down on the opposite side of the tree. Kumori was watching without my noticing and she immediately became quiet as she stood from Shin's lap and pulled me away from the boys.
"Who's that new guy?!" she exclaimed.
"I don't know. He's new," I said, stating the obvious.
"I know that, but I mean…" She glanced at the boy before looking back at me and raising an eyebrow quizzically. "What's up with you two?"
"Nothing's up Kumori," I said with a look of confusion still plastered on my face.
"C'mon, human or not, I can tell when two people have major chemistry," she whispered.
"Chemistry?! What chemistry are you talking about Kumori? I just looked at him," I said, partly enrage at my best friend's assumption.
"Fine, don't believe me Hana. I'm not just any human, mind you. I'm a witch Hana. I could feel what happened to you when you locked eyes with him, but if you won't admit it, fine."
Kumori walked away then and sat in Shin's lap once more while I stared at the ground before me. She was right about the chemistry between us but I didn't even know this guy. I hated to lie to Kumori since we'd been best friends since we were kids and I started going to human schools. She was the first friend I ever made and we told each other everything. Before I realized it, I felt a presence behind me and almost spun around in anger but then thought better of it.
"So what's your name?" a male voice asked from behind me with a monotone in it similar to my father's but with a hint of curiosity added.
"My father says that it's impolite to ask someone their name without first giving yours."
"My bad," he said before walking around to stand in front of me. As expected, it was the brown-haired boy that I'd seen before.
His hair was curly and touched his neck in the back. The front was combed to the side so that I could see his blue-green eyes. He was about five eleven in height, a full six inches taller than me. (a/n do the math, she's five foot five) He had a muscular build and probably could be a football player. On a scale of one to ten, with one being the highest, he was either a one or a two in my book.
"My name is Raion Tenma. Now, what's your name?" he corrected himself politely and I smiled up at him.
"My name is Hana. Are you happy now?" I asked looking up at the boy who hovered over me like a giant.
"No. What's you last name?" Raion asked and I gave him a skeptical glare before I answered.
"Uchiha. My name is Hana Uchiha."
"Really now? That's weird," he said looking down at me, obviously trying to catch me in a lie but my gaze held steady.
"What's weird?" I asked.
"I know someone by the last name of Uchiha but he's…ahh never mind," Raion said before stopping mid-sentence.
What does he know? He is a human right? I don't feel any weird aura coming from him, I thought. Suddenly the awkward silence was broken by the bell ringing.
"What class do you have first block?" he asked.
"Spanish 1."
"Me, too. Do you want to walk together?" Raion looked at me with a questioning look before I nodded and got my stuff then led the way to Spanish class.
All the way down the main hall and on the left was a room labeled "Room 206: Mrs. Rodriguez." We entered the classroom to instantly be hit with a gust of cold air from the air conditioners.
That's Mrs. Rodriguez for you, I thought as I wished I'd brought my jacket.
Sitting behind her desk drinking a cup of coffee was a lady with dark hair that hung down past her shoulder about two inches pulled into a ponytail. She had dark brown eyes and tanned skin. Mrs. Rodriguez, of course, was born in Mexico and she came all the way to Japan to teach Spanish to the foreign language-deprived children. (LOL)
"Take a seat you two. You can sit wherever you want," she said as we entered the freezing room.
I went and sat on the side farthest from the air conditioner and was quickly followed by Raion, who sat behind me. Kumori came in and gave me a curious glance before sitting down at the back of our row, two seats behind Raion. Soon afterward, the rest of the class entered including a girl with bright red hair and dark blue eyes. She looked at Raion with a sideways glance before glaring at me. I returned her glare and she flicked her hair before turning away from me in annoyance.
I heard Raion snicker and I looked at him quizzically. "What is it?" I asked.
"Girls," he replied shaking his head. I smirked and he returned it before the tardy bell rang and we started class.
…90 minutes later…
The bell rang and we exited Mrs. Rodriguez's class and Raion and I went to English III while Kumori went the opposite way to a Business class. When we got to our next class, a tall man, about seven feet in fact, with thin black hair thick eyebrows and a tight, stern look stood at the door.
When we walked up to him he held out a hand to stop us. "Hana Uchiha right? Third row first seat," he said after looking me over.
All of the teachers knew me from last year after an incident, well a couple incidents in which I'd gotten into four fights in a month with some girls who thought I was trying to steal their boyfriends. I really wasn't and besides it wasn't my fault the girls were ugly and their boyfriends dumped them because they'd stopped having sex. They were just a bunch of whores in my opinion.
When I went in the room he asked Raion for his name and then sat him at the back of my row. "Oh and Ms. Uchiha, you might want to be careful around boys this year," Mr. Slade (a/n the teacher) said.
Raion looked at me and cocked his head. I mouthed 'tell you later' as the rest of the class entered and sat in their designated seats. Mr. Slade entered the classroom as the tardy bell rang, slammed the door, surveyed us with hawk-like eyes, and then started class.
On the opposite side of the room was Aki Nara. She had long blonde hair with dark eyes. She was the daughter of Ino and Shikamaru Nara. They'd gotten married four years ago when Shikamaru finally got the nerve to propose. Personally I didn't like her. She was one of the girls I'd fought last year. She claimed that I gave her boyfriend Shawn a blowjob which is why he dumped her. I would never do something like that with Shawn; he was a jerk and an ugly one at that.
Most of the girls were staring at Raion, who I occasionally caught looking at me with a strange glint in his eyes. The others were either in a relationship or noticed this also and were glaring at me. Mr. Slade cleared his throat at the ensuing tensions between all the girls in the room and then he continued class.
…After Class…
I walked down the hall and met with Kumori as we entered our history class. Raion went to the end of our hall and entered Ms. Baron's Algebra II class.
Mr. Ross, the history teacher waited for everyone to enter the class before he took the roll call and then we went to lunch. At lunch, Kumori and I first went to the restroom. While she was in the stall, I looked at myself in the mirror as she talked to me.
"So? Did you guys do anything?" she asked.
"What? No! We were in class Kumori!" I exclaimed.
"So. Shin and I made out in second block," Kumori replied to my outraged tone.
"Okay, that was way too much information. Besides, you two are dating and that was a business class."
As my friend came out of the stall she said, "What, are you afraid to get into another fight?"
"Not so much afraid as I am in real trouble if I do. My parents said they're gonna buy me a new car if I stay out of trouble this school year, but if I fight someone I'll have to settle for a used car."
"Why are your parents such sticklers? I mean you guys are like uber rich," Kumori said as she and I walked out of the bathroom.
"Yeah, I know. But I've already started looking into cars and I don't want to settle for a used car when I could get a perfectly new Corvette or a Porsche!"
"Wow, a Corvette? My dad says we can't afford such an expensive car so I settle for the next best thing, a Mustang."
"There's nothing wrong with a Mustang. I like Mustangs and my dad has a black one, remember? It's a cool car, even though his is a '99 model." We got into the lunch line at that time and we stopped talking as the eyes of some envious girls landed on us. They didn't have the money for awesome sports cars either and so to hear us talking about them only made them hate us even more.
After we'd gotten our food, we sat at the table where Shin and Jurei had already taken their seat. "Hey, you guys," I said as I sat down by Kumori across from Shin and Jurei.
"Hey Hana," they replied looking up at me.
"I saw you talking to that new guy, Hana. What's he like?" Jurei asked.
"I can't discuss that with you, it's girl talk," I replied smiling.
"Oh right. Well what's his name? Is he gonna hang out with us?" he continued.
Before I could answer, someone said from directly behind me, "My name is Raion and I'll think about it." With that he reached over and set his tray down before sitting down right beside me. I glanced over at Kumori and she had a sly smirk on her face. I turned away from her and started eating while Shin, Jurei, and Raion started talking about some stuff. From what I could tell, it was girls considering that Shin had just mentioned dark and mysterious ones.
"So what about you Raion? What type do you like?" Jurei said after he'd said that he liked clean innocent girls.
"Oh, I don't know. The dark mysterious types tend to catch my eye a bit, but also tough girls are pretty hot too. You know the ones that other girls can't stand because they're so much prettier and then they end up kicking the jealous girls' butts?" he said with a certain tone to his voice that said, "I'm talking about you Hana."
"Oh really?" Kumori said looking across at Raion. "You know what? That kind of sounds like Hana. She's a dark, mysterious, and tough girl. Of course, you already knew that which is why you said what you did."
"Kumori!" Shin exclaimed. His girlfriend had just ruined their inconspicuous attempts to hook the two up.
"Oh, come on! You don't seriously think that he was fooled by that, do you?" Kumori retorted.
"Well, it didn't hurt to try," Jurei mumbled. "Hey, you guys come with me," he said as he stood up and motioned for Shin and Raion to follow him. They did, and the three boys disappeared into the bathroom.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Kumori asked while I looked at her with surprised eyes.
"I can't believe you did that! I knew what he was talking about, but I wonder…how'd he find out about the other girls?"
"Who cares?! He just admitted that he likes you, Hana! You should be excited about this. You haven't had a crush or found anyone special in all the years I've known you. This is wonderful!"
"Yeah, I know but I should get to know him first don't you think?" I said with a smile.
"Whatever you say, just don't let opportunities go to waste, Hana," Kumori said as she dug into her food hungrily. I was surprised at how she could eat the nasty food and I simply pushed my plate away while taking the bag of chips and eating them unenthusiastically. Then the boys returned and started eating again.
"You don't want that?" Raion asked me pointing to my chicken sandwich. I shook my head and he pulled the plate over to himself while I simply ate the rest of my chips. I felt kind of awkward being the skinniest person at the table and I'd eaten less than everyone else. Raion seemed to notice this at that time also and asked, "Why aren't you eating anything?"
"The food is nasty and I'm not hungry," I replied simply; however, at that particular moment, my stomach growled loudly and I cursed silently.
"Here, at least eat this," he said looking at me with concern while handing me an apple. I sighed, took the apple, and then ate it slowly. "Good, we don't want you turning anorexic now do we?" I replied by looking at him with a thankful glance.
We'd just finished eating when Kumori and I saw our teacher stand up and dump his tray in the trash can. At the same time, so did Raion's teacher. The three of us walked out of the lunchroom together while Shin and Jurei had to wait for their teacher to finish eating.
Once we got back to the classroom, we took our seats and then started class.
…After Class…
Now, it was time for fourth block, P.E., great… It's not that I didn't like P.E., in fact, I enjoyed playing basketball, badminton and such. No, the part of P.E. that I dreaded was that I was in shorts and guys always oogled at my ass when I wore shorts. Not only that, but the girls hated me for it and this is where those fights took place. So, I went into the locker room and changed clothes knowing perfectly well what was going to happen when I went out of this room.
I changed into a white T-shirt that was form fitting and V-necked with really short sleeves and a pair of light blue shorts that ended halfway between my knees and my hips. Almost immediately, one girl, a cheerleader in fact, huffed as she put on her own bright pink shorts and white tank top. I rolled my eyes as she walked in front of me poking her butt and boobs out in an attempt to outdo me.
Compared to her C-cups and size ten buttocks, my B-cups and size six self looked pretty insufficient, but for some reason the guys thought differently. When she stepped out, the only guy that turned his head was her boyfriend, the star quarterback of the football team. However, when I stepped out without even showing myself off, all of the guys turned their heads and gaped. Her boyfriend, who was in the middle of a lip lock with his blonde headed girlfriend, stopped kissing her to stare at me and my petite form. When he stopped, she turned to glare at me before slapping her boyfriend and his eyes slowly turned back to her as she started to kiss him again.
As I walked over to the opposite side of the gym, I was caught off guard when someone put his hand gently on my waist and turned me around. I didn't even get worked up about someone touching me because I already knew who the only guy with the nerve to touch me was…Raion. When I turned around to face him, I smiled and all of the guys in the gym suddenly tensed up. I laughed when I noticed this and then turned my attention back to Raion who still had his hand rested gently on my waist.
"You look hot," he said, looking down at me in my skimpy gym clothes.
"So that's why all of the guys turned around to look at me?" I said in a sarcastic voice acting as if I'd just got it.
"Probably," Raion replied with equal sarcasm.
Suddenly a sharp whistle blew and I turned to look at the source. On the opposite side of the gym from where we stood, a woman in gym shorts and a T-shirt stood staring at us. Raion's hand immediately left my waist, much to my dismay. "Perry! Shannon! Stop with the tongue action and come down here!" Mrs. Reed yelled turning her attention to the blonde-headed cheerleader, Jasmine Perry, and the quarterback, Mike Shannon. Then she turned back to Raion and I. "You, too," she said and we walked over to her.
As we neared Mrs. Reed, she said, "Ahh, Ms. Uchiha. I hope that your friend here isn't already taken. I won't stand for another fight in my class."
"Yes, Mrs. Reed," I replied respectfully.
"Mam, I just got here so trust me I'm not taken,..yet," Raion said with a glance down at me.
"Good, now if all of you are finished with whatever coupling business you may have, we will begin class. Today, we will be playing basketball. Girls will take that half of the court, boys will take the other," Mrs. Reed said as everyone gathered around her.
With that we split into teams and started to play basketball. I ended up on a team with two basketball girls, Shareca and Monique, two cheerleaders, Chenelle and Brittany, and Christina, a geek who had braces and couldn't play at all. Other than Christina, I was on a pretty good team. Chenelle and Brittany weren't the preppy type of cheerleaders and they'd almost made the basketball team this year, missing it only by margins. Shareca was the best girl on the basketball team and Monique was a fair player. They were also pretty nice so I didn't have to worry about boy tensions. In fact, all five girls were single so they probably envied me for my connections with Raion.
On the other team, there was one basketball girl, Missy, and five cheerleaders. Personally I felt sorry for Missy because she got stuck with the preppy cheerleaders who had football player boyfriends and hundred dollar manicures. Among that list would be Jasmine Perry, Queen Whore of the Football team, and Michelle Gaunt, Princess Whore of the Football team. Indeed they held very high rankings with the football players. In fact, it was rumored that Jasmine had slept with the entire team, while her subordinate, Michelle, had slept with half of them.
After meeting our teammates and discussing our game plans, we started to play. After an hour of playing basketball with Missy and the cheerleader whores the score was 16-4 with us in the lead and all of their points coming from Missy except one which Jasmine incredibly made. Of course, in the process she broke one ten dollar nail (a/n it's a hundred dollar manicure so each nail is ten dollars) and then didn't play anymore.
Her quitting made the game end since the other team no longer had enough players and my team and Missy walked over to the water coolers. Christina went to the locker room to dress back in while the rest of us talked while watching the boys finish their game. The score was currently 12-10 and Raion's team was losing.
Raion had taken his shirt off and I could see as sweat dampened his muscular chest and his muscles rippled in his arms as he threw the ball.
"So, who's that cute boy you were talking to earlier Hana?" Monique asked while she watched him pass the ball to one of his teammates.
"His name is Raion Tenma. He's new," I answered and she and Shareca looked at me with sly glances.
"Are you guys going out?" Shareca asked and Monique leaned in closer because she wanted to know as well.
"No. He just got here so he hasn't had time to ask me, but I'm pretty sure he will," I answered while trying to be as non-conceited as possible. Not that I really was conceited, it's just that after what happened at lunch and what had happened at the beginning of this class, I had a good feeling that he would ask me out.
"Wow, you are so lucky Hana! He seems like a really sweet guy. I wish all guys were like him," Monique said and I knew where she was coming from. Last year, her boyfriend David of two years was caught stepping out on her with a new girl in the locker room. At first, she couldn't believe when Chenelle had told her but later she caught him herself and she was totally heartbroken. Rumor had it that he was her first (a/n if you don't know what that means, you shouldn't be reading this) and that was why she had taken it so hard. Of course, David moved and didn't return for another year at this school and the girl that he'd slept with had gotten pregnant and dropped out of school.
"I know! My last boyfriend was a total jerk!" Shareca exclaimed looking over to one of the boys that was currently on the court. Indeed, Eric had betrayed Shareca so many times that he was totally deserving of the title "Jerk."
"Well, we won't truly know about Raion until I try, right?" I asked hoping that he wasn't like those other guys.
"Yeah, but he looks like a really nice guy," Monique said as she looked over at the boys who were almost finished with their game.
I turned to watch the last 30 seconds of their game. Currently one of Raion's teammates had the ball. He passed it to Raion who passed it to another player. The other team was all over him in seconds and so he passed it back to Raion who was totally open now. With 7 seconds left Raion took it back to the three point line and fired away with 3 seconds left.
As the ball soared through the air, everything seemed to slow down as the ball neared the goal. And with a half second left on the clock it passed through the net and the buzzer sounded. Raion's team was overjoyed. They'd won their game thanks to Raion's last second brilliance.
He really was amazing: cute, sweet, and athletic all in one. While the boys went to the other side and got something to drink, Monique, Shareca, and the other girls from my team, minus Christina, started chatting. I gave Raion one last glance before turning and rejoining the conversation.
…Raion's POV…
Chad and Mike, two of my teammates, were talking behind me. I looked over at Hana and then one of them slapped me on the shoulder playfully. "Hey, cool it hotshot," Mike (Shannon) said with a smile as he looked over at Hana who had her back turned to us now. "I'm sure you'll get your chance later." I gave him a quizzical look and he said, "What, you haven't heard? The girls have all been saying that she'll give it to anyone that wants it and trust me, you look like you want it."
Now that I knew what he meant I replied, "Are you saying that she's a whore?" I was actually quite offended that anyone would think that about Hana. She didn't seem like a whore to me. If anyone was a whore, it would have to be his girlfriend but I wouldn't say that to his face.
"Not me, the girls. Jasmine told me that she was saying in the locker room that she really wanted to have sex with someone soon because she hadn't had any for a week and she was missing all of the fun. I'm just repeating what I hear, ya' know?" he continued and I got really angry.
"Did you ever think that maybe Jasmine was jealous of Hana because of the way that every guy turns his head when she appears but you're the only one that pays her attention? Maybe it's because even you, her boyfriend, are more interested in Hana's body than your own girlfriend," I said with finality as I went to dress back in, leaving a stunned Mike gaping at my words that spoke so much truth.
…Hana's POV…
I looked away from my teammates just in time to see Raion saying something to Mike Shannon just before getting up and walking into the boys' locker room. He looked mad at something and I couldn't imagine what Mike could have said to make him angry. I looked at the clock and decided that it was time for me to go get dressed too.
The bell rang soon after I'd gotten my normal clothes back on and I waited for Kumori before riding home with her after saying goodbye to Shin, Jurei, and last but not least, Raion.
End: Stopping here because it is so long. I hope you all liked the first chapter of the sequel to Night Walker. And if the title confuses you, I will explain. First of all, as you can see, this will be about the love life of Raion and Hana so I decided to, naturally, name it off of the main characters. Hana's name means: Flower, and Raion's name means: Lion. The title is Flower of the Lion. If you put two and two together, you'll see that what I really mean is that Hana is Raion's metaphorical Flower. In other words, she's his true love, if that makes any sense at all. I hope it's not too confusing for you guys…and gals. Well, R&R plz.