HEYA! I AM BACK! So, I think that Facing Your Fears was a success, so I decided to write this as fast as I could. I actually have a lot of things that I want to say, but I'll just say it afterwards okay?
Please enjoy the first chapter of "Facing Your Fears: Loss"
Chapter 1 (It feels great to get back to writing!)
It was a bright and beautiful day in Academy City. It was the perfect day for graduation. And our hero, Kamijou Touma, was currently walking down the road toward his high school, where the graduation ceremony was going to be held. He was walking quite slowly, enjoying the view of the cherry blossoms fluttering in the air.
"Today sure is peaceful…Sakura's remind me of a lot of things…about me and…*ring*"
He looked at his phone and found a familiar name on its screen. He smiled to himself before pressing the answer button and placing the phone in his ear.
"Hello?"
The voice of the only girl he loved and had hold of his heart for 2 years, 11 months and 3 weeks greeted him.
"Hey there BiriBiri. Need something from me?"
"Well, nothing much. I just wanted to ask something."
"Okay? What is it?"
"Where are you right now?"
"Huh? Well, I'm on my way to school. Today is graduation day. Have you forgotten?"
"No, of course I haven't. Do you have a watch with you?"
"Yeah I do. What's with the weird questions Mikoto?"
"Hmm, nothing much. Are you enjoying the view of sakuras?"
"Yeah, it reminds me of a lot of things like your recital and how we-"
"Touma…"
"Huh?"
"USE YOUR DAMN WATCH YOU JERK! YOU'RE ALREADY LATE FOR THE CEREMONY! IT STARTS AT 8 YOU MORON! IT'S ALREADY 8:I3!"
She shouted making Touma run for his life.
"Oh crap you're right!"
"I won't forgive you if you're late you hear me?"
"Hai Hai, ojou-sama."
"Geez, what would you do without me?"
Mikoto sighed in exasperation. Touma just smiled,
"I'd be nothing without you. Bye Mikoto! See ya later!"
"Yeah bye…"
She said hanging up. Mikoto sighed again, making Kuroko pissed. They were sitting at a café in the school garden, while having some tea and cake.
"That insolent swine still hasn't changed. Even after almost 3 years! Making Onee-sama worry about him like that! He is truly the worst!"
Kuroko said gripping her fork and stabbed the slice of strawberry shortcake while thinking that it was Touma. Mikoto just smiled.
"You're one to talk. You're graduating from middle school but you still haven't made up with him."
"That's because he is not worthy of you! It was all just a mistake if you ask me Onee-sama. That 'accident' was a mistake."
"Might I remind you that you were the one who pushed him back then? That was the whole reason why the accident happened."
"I KNOW! That's why, up to this very day; I blame myself for ruining your life Onee-sama."
"Don't be so dramatic Kuroko. You didn't ruin my life; you just made it a hundred times better."
Mikoto took her cup to drink from it, but a sharp pain suddenly came to her heart. She coughed up the tea that she was just drinking.
"Onee-sama? Are you alright?"
Kuroko asked worriedly standing from her chair. Mikoto gave her a smile and said,
"Don't worry. The tea was just too hot that's all. I'm gonna go to the bathroom for a little while okay?"
Kuroko just nodded and watched her onee-sama walk away. When she was finally out of view,
"That's odd. This tea was served to us almost thirty minutes ago. It shouldn't be that hot… something's awfully wrong here…"
She thought to herself. Meanwhile in the bathroom, Mikoto took out some pills from her pocket and placed them in her mouth than swallowed it.
"Ugh, just when I thought the damn pain was finally gone."
She said splashing cold water on her face. She looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was longer now; it reached way past her shoulders. She wore the high school uniform of Tokiwadai, since she is a first year high school student. Her eyes were glittering, but she knew that it was from the pain she felt. She felt the tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"Almost 3 years huh? Guess that leaves me with one more left…"
She said as she wiped the water off her face and tried to smile.
"I can't let anybody see me like this. I can't let anybody know about this…"
She said walking out. BACK TO TOUMA:
Touma ran as fast as he could to his school. He was happy to see that nothing misfortunate has happened to him yet. He finally saw the door to the graduation hall and he opened it, only to be greeted by its annoying creaking sound which made the program stop and everyone stared at him.
"Late as usual I see, Kamijou-kun."
The principal, who was giving her speech until she was rudely interrupted by the sound of the door.
"Ehehehehe…"
Touma laughed sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.
"Please take your seat and avoid any further interruptions please."
"H-Hai…"
He said bowing his head and walked toward his seat. On his way, everyone laughed at him. As he finally sat down,
"I'm guessing that Misaka-chan called you?"
Fukiyose said putting her arms across her chest.
"Yeah…I had to run a whole kilometer because of her…"
"Oh come on Kami-yan, don't act so depressed about it! we all know you've become a masochist because of Misaka-chan!"
Motoharu said nudging him. Unfortunately for him, he was seated beside Motoharu and Fukiyose while Aogami was beside Motoharu.
"That's not funny guys…"-Touma
"Oh but Kami-yan, you are a masochist! You're one of us! The perverted three stooges of A Certain High School! (Once again, I don't know the real name of his school)"-Aogami
"DAMMIT! SHUT UP YOU GUYS! I AM NOT LIKE YOU!"
"Kamijou-kun! I told you! No more interruptions!"-principal
"Gah?! I am so sorry!"
He said bowing down, everyone laughed again, including his three friends.
"Oh goodness, I just don't understand why Misaka-san chose you of all her suitors… And she managed to stick with you for almost 3 years! It's certainly is a mystery…"-principal
"What does that have to do with anything huh? And it's not 3 years. Its 2 years 11 months and 3 weeks."
He said as he sank back down to his seat. Yep, that's right. It has become official. Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma are in A RELATIONSHIP. At first, they wanted to keep it a secret, but because of Kuroko's rampage on the streets when she found out, it became the hottest news for everyone. They managed to get over it after a whole year though.
"So? How is Misaka-chan Kamijou?"
"Eh? Well, she's fine. Just like always. She's busy trying to kill me for things I don't even understand."
"Well, you are an idiot Kami-yan…"-Aogami
"That doesn't help Aogami."
"Looks can be deceiving Kami-yan."
Motoharu said to himself seriously.
"You say something Tsuchimikado?"
Touma asked. Motoharu just put on a playful and stupid smile.
"Geez you're weird."
He said sighing. He then looked up to the ceiling of the hall. It was much more interesting than the principal's speech.
'Just a week more and it'll be 3 years… I guess that means that the whole angel incident was about a few days more than three years ago… heck, the only dates I've ever remembered are my birthday, Mikoto's birthday, my parents birthday and the day Mikoto and I got together…*smiles to himself* I'm only a week away from deciding the rest of my life…'
After the boring ceremony was over, Touma and the others finally graduated without repeating a grade. When they got outside, Aogami and Motoharu were talking about a certain shop where they like to have fun, while Fukiyose was threatening to hit their heads. Touma didn't pay attention to them as he stared at the pink sakura trees swaying in the wind. It was so peaceful, so beautiful, so-
"CHASER!"
Someone suddenly shouted. Touma looked forward and saw a foot about to crash into his face. He immediately moved out of the way but ended up falling on his butt.
"Ouch that hurt!"
"It's your fault for being too slow you know!"
A voice said. Touma looked up only to see a pair of shorts and his girlfriend staring down at him, while reaching out her hand to him,
"Hey there! You okay Idiot?"
She said with a smile. Touma smiled back and grabbed her hand. As she pulled him up,
"Geez, that's how you greet your boyfriend after his graduation ceremony? It would be nice if you hadn't worn your shorts though…sigh…"
He said without thinking. An evil aura came from Mikoto and before Touma realized what was about to happen, he got shocked by a million volts of electricity.
"When will you ever stop being so stupid huh?"
She said huffing; Fukiyose appeared from behind her,
"I think that is one thing that will never happen Misaka-chan."
"Oh, hey there Seiri-senpai! It's nice to see you!"
"Oh come on Misa-chan! Don't tell me that you've forgotten all about me! Please shock me too! Shock me with all your love!"
Aogami shouted doing some kind of pervert dance. Mikoto just looked at him weirdly,
"Uhm, I think I'd rather not...and please don't..."
"Don't give her weird pet names Aogami."
Touma said seemingly revived after his meeting with Death.
"Ooh, Kami-yan is possessive! Be careful Misaka-chan!"
Motoharu and Aogami said at the same time. Touma and Mikoto blushed before Touma lashed out on the two morons.
"I am not possessive you jerks! Get back here!"
He shouted as they played a game of tag, circling around a sakura tree. Mikoto and Fukiyose just sighed and watched in disappointment.
"What are they? Five year old kids?"
Fukiyose said in exasperation. Mikoto just sighed before smiling.
"Huh? Why are you smiling Misaka-chan?"
"Well, I just realized. Even if he acts like a five year old kid, whenever he smiles like that, I forget all about the stupid things he does. I guess…I'm just happy…to see him smile happily like that…"
She said with a slight blush. Fukiyose smiled and said,
"You really do love him don't you Misaka-chan?"
"EH? Well…uhm…I…well…"
Mikoto said blushing furiously while fidgeting with her fingers. Fukiyose just laughed before pushing Mikoto forward as she shouted,
"Oi! Kamijou! Your little girlfriend is here but you're playing tag with a bunch of guys? Get your butt back here and give Misaka-chan a great time!"
When Fukiyose pushed Mikoto, she came face to face with Touma, making both of them blush.
"Well…we…"
"Just go already!"
She said with a smile. Mikoto just smiled and bowed her head while Touma waved good bye to them. Silence engulfed them as they made their way to the park. He took a quick look at Mikoto before smiling and saying,
"We're pretty weird huh?"
Touma suddenly said out of the blue.
"What?"-Mikoto
"I said, we're pretty weird."
"What do you mean?"
"We've been dating for 2 years, 11 months and 3 weeks already. But we still have awkward moments then we both just shut up. It's kinda weird."
"Well, you're the guy. Do something about it."
"What do you think I'm doing?"
"Are you purposely trying to piss me off Kamijou Touma?"
She said menacingly.
"Well, not on purpose. I do manage to piss you off without even trying you know. And I get shocked so much that I'm kinda used to it…it also feels kinda relaxing…"
"God…you're like Kuroko right now."
"Shirai-san?"
"Yeah. You've both become total masochists. Please don't tell me you're gonna become a pervert as well…"
"First, I am NOT A MASOCHIST! Why does everyone tell me that?"
"Cause it's the truth…"
"Second, I am not turning into a pervert anytime soon. Don't you trust me?"
"Hmm, well I guess. Yup, you definitely won't turn into a pervert…"
"See? You do-"
"…because you already are a pervert!"
Mikoto said happily. Touma just face palmed.
"We should probably do something about regaining your choice of words. Then, we should also fix your temper and your reaction to stuff. We also have to regain all those other emotions you still haven't regained. Oh boy…"
He said sighing. Mikoto's smile turned into a frown and her face darkened.
"I'm-I'm sorry… I've been such a pain to you haven't I?"
"Eh? You-you heard me?"
Mikoto just nodded. Touma immediately panicked.
"Oh come on Mikoto! It's not like you're a burden or something!"
"But it's been almost 3 years! But I still haven't remembered all my emotions…"
"It's okay. Heaven Canceller said it himself right? That it should be at least 5 years before you're really back to normal. Your heart was literally drained out of emotions back then. Just be happy that you already have 90% of everything already even though only 3 years have passed! Besides you really are already your normal self!"
"But I just want to go back already. I don't want to trouble anyone anymore…"
She said plopping down on the bench. Touma sat beside her and sighed, before he noticed his surroundings.
"Hey, Mikoto?'"
"Huh? What is it?"
Mikoto asked looking up, only to see Touma's smiling face and a rain of sakura petals.
"You still remember what happened exactly 2 years, 11 months and 3 weeks ago?"
Touma asked smiling happily. Seeing this, a smile crept upon Mikoto's face.
"I may have forgotten a lot of things, but that is one thing I would never EVER forget Touma."
She said standing up.
"May I have the honor Milady?"
Touma asked curtsying. Mikoto just giggled and took Touma's hand as they took their position for a dance under the rain of sakura petals.
"This is just like before… If only things could last forever…."
Mikoto thought sadly in her mind.
-chapter end-
That's all for now okay? Anyway, I AM SO FREAKIN BACK! But things are gonna be a lot more difficult…. It's almost summer, and I know you guys are thinking that I can update much faster, but that's where you're wrong. Next school year, I'm gonna be a senior in high school, and things get pretty much crazy. So crazy that I have to attend all sorts of events for school even though it is summer… sometimes it can be a huge pain….
But anyway, thanks for reading this! And if you're wondering about the 'accident', trust me, I find it extremely hilarious. You'll find out eventually…
Anyway, as usual, I hope you enjoyed the prologue of the newest sequel to "Facing your Fears", "Facing your Fears: Loss"! Please look forward to the story! Please review, comment suggest or whatever! I am psyched to hear from you guys again!
Till next time! Ja-ne!