It was a warm day and Misaki was in maid latte. She was a bit cheerful as tomorrow was suppose to be a holiday for her in maid latte. Atleast she was trying to convince herself of that. Today Usui had not come to maid latte eventhough today was his shift. He had called in and had taken a day off. That pervert, ever since he was transferred to miyabigoka he always came to maid latte, as a customer or employee. But he was always there.
But today eventhough he practically broke in seika high after school to see Misaki he still didn't told her that he was not coming today. At first Misaki thought that his family must have forced him somewhere, which was not shocking but yes troublesome considering their habit of sudden visit or abrupt decisions, and was dead worried. She had almost taken the day off and had rushed to his appartment when manager told her that he had called early that morning. Misaki stopped in her steps tried to clear her head. So that means Usui was yet again keeping her out of trouble. That bastard how many times had she told her not to worry so much about her but it never clicks into the thick head of his. Why is he so overprotective and won't simply tell her what the problem is? Why he consider her so weak?As Misaki thought of it again a vein broke in her forehead so she pushed the thought away and tried to be cheerful. It won't do any good to scare the customers away. So a fake smile replaced o frown on her lips.
Rest of the day was peaceful if Misaki could keep her mind straight and the day ended. Misaki changed into her normal clothes and stepped outside the back door. It was dark and hot. But that was not what caught Misaki's attention. It was that dark, brown, emtpy brick wall that made her feel like punching wholes into something. She had made sure not to expect anything but still seeing that Usui was not waiting there she felt like thrashing every other guy out there in the world. She let out a sigh.
A scream came from inside the cafe and Misaki rushed back to see if owner of the voice was okay. It was manager. She was hyperventilating. There were Some documents in her hand and she babbled about last submission date and fine and penalty and etcetera etcetera.
Manager's eyes fell on Misaki and in a second she wrapped her arms around her and cried " ohh Misa. I am sorry to ask this but would you stay back a few hours tonight. I know its already late and you have work to do. But I need to submit these documents tonight at any rate. Please. I will definately get you a thank you gift please" and with these manager waved a goodbye over her shoulder and disappeared out of the gate.
Misaki stood there confused for a moment but then shrugged. Either way there was a chance that Usui might show up and...and then she mentally slapped herself to think something like that. She got herself together and locked the cafe and waited in the maids room.
After a few hours of fooling around Misaki heard the clicking of the keys. She went to the door and was glad to see that manager was back. She briefed that she had locked the doors and set everything else and then left with the box of sweets that manager had given.
Once on the streets she realized how late it was. It was all silent. Even the wind could be heard. As Misaki was walking leisurely on the street, enjoying the peace and silence- or could say mourning about being so weak and incompetent- two strong arms grabbed her and towed her into a dark alley. She was too shocked to act at first so she let them tow her. It was dark -moonlight barely reaching there- and Misaki could hardly see. When her eyes adjusted to the darkness she saw smug -or was it lust- smile on their faces and she realized that these people were not having any good intentions.
There were two people in the alley. Through darkness Misaki could see that they were strongly built. A man move forward and caught her by her forearm, smile never leaving their faces. Misaki shot a scary/angry glance towards him and grabbed his arm by her both hands and threw him over her head. He landed on the garbage next to the walls. The other guy let out a growl and reach to land a punch on her face but she ducked and landed one on his stomach instead.
" today you have picked the wrong girl boys!" Misaki yelled with a satisfied expression.
The dice was thrown and the game was set. But Misaki had never learn to loose a game. Our undefeated queen had never let the bad boys get out of her hand so how now was any different?
It was as if what Misaki had said shot a wave of energy through them. Both the guys jumped to their feet and snarled. Clenching their fist they charged forward, prepared to kick and punch any part of her body they could lay hand on. But Misaki dogged and ducked their every move and in the end caught each of their neck and banged their head together. Their head rush and they slumped on the floor like some weight. Misaki let a smug smile spread across her face.
"fools"she mummered under her breath.
Then suddenly a wind blew and Misaki felt a breath on her neck. Before she could turn she felt a stinging pain on her neck and she started to fell on the floor. In that one slow second realization sink in. Their were not two but three man in the alley. She was unobservant and didn't notice the men hiding in the shadows. He stung her from behind. Fear crossed her face and before she could think anything else she heard a thud, her head hitting the ground, and her sight went black.