A little short story between Kazuma and Ayano


All was calm in the Kannagi estate. One of the gardeners was calmly trimming the bushes and humming to himself. A slight gust of wind blew by followed by, "Yo, sorry I'm late", came from the inside of the estate.

"KAAAAAZUUUUMAAAAAA! Do you know how long we've waited?" The belligerent voice of Ayano could be heard even outside in the garden

"Ahh… I was helping a lost kid find his way back ho-"

"DON'T BE TELLING BLATANT LIES LIKE THAT!"

Jugo sighs a little, "Ayano settle down you are a dignified young lady no?" He passes Kazuma a slightly apologetic look.

"BU-BUT FATHER!"

"No buts. Come, both of you sit down. I have another assignment for you two."

With a whirl of flaming red hair, Ayano huffs and takes her seat and Kazuma sits himself next to her.

Jugo clears his throat, "We have detected an extremely large youma nest in the east mountains. Ayano, you are to exterminate it and Kazuma will come along and serve as a body guard and backup if needed."

Kazuma gets up and stretches slightly, "Alright hime, let's get going", and heads out the door.

Ayano says bye to her Jugo and heads out the door after Kazuma. She finds him waiting for her in the garden.

"Since we have to head into the mountains let's just take the quicker way shall we?"

Kazuma grabs Ayano by the waist and away they flew up into the air.

"Ka-Kazuma what the heck are you doing."

"What? I'm flying us to the location. You don't really want to have to hike up that mountain do you?"

"Fi-fine, just don't suddenly surprise me like that."

"Oooh? Our hime is a scaredy cat?"

"What?! I'm not afraid of any youma! How dare you say that I am!"

"Well you were stammering and all I thought you might be scared of the big bad youma."

"I'm not scared at all! Just you watch. I'll take care of all the youma today! I don't need your help at all!"

"Oh? I bet you'll need my help. Our hime needs her knight to come to her rescue after all."

"What are the stakes?"

"Winner gets to make any request."

"Oh? I'll have you treat me to the most luxurious dinner!"

Kazuma chuckles and they lightly land in a clearing with a mound in the center, "Well, we're here are you ready?"

"Of course! By the way what are you going to do if you win?"

"I'll tell you if you win." At that moment, Kazuma sent a blade of wind and cut the top of the mound off. In a flash, the youma emerged from the mound as if a volcano went off.

"BA-BAKA! Why would you do that?!"

Kazuma chuckles and flys up into the sky and floats there, "Well good luck hime."

Ayano turns to the mass of Youma flying towards her, "Kaaaaaaazumaaaa, you BAKAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

An hour later…

Ayano pants as she slashed another youma and it burst into flames. She was on her last few. Her uniform was torn, she had scrapes here and there, and her skirt had a split going up her thigh.

"3…2…last one!"

Finally all the youma were slaughtered and she dropped to her knees, "That was a lot! Kazuma you jerk you didn't help me once!"

Kazuma lands gracefully, "Well you did say you didn't need any help."

"Hmph, well now u owe me a dinner! Let's hurry home I want to change! And you have to pick me up properly in your car too!"

"Alright, alright," Kazuma picks Ayano up princess style and begins to fly back to the Kannagi residence.

While Ayano chattered on about the kind of food she wanted to eat and where she wanted to go, Kazuma could only chuckle and inwardly think, "This was his hime."


This may have been short and not as creative as my other works.! But constructive criticism and comments are always welcomed!