Ok.. so I'm back.. once again trying my hand at Chapter 2 of a Hunter's Aftermath. Hopefully, I will like it better this time seeing as how I actually have inspiration. I'm going to go back to the style of writing I used for the first chapter.. since writing in a different style is mainly why I disliked the second chapter. That and I really didn't have any inspiration. I think I was just trying to satisfy people when I wrote it. So here we go. Hopefully, this is better.
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal is copyright to Yoshida Shin, Miyashi Naoto, Shueisha, V-Jump, Takahashi Kazuki and Studio Gallop. I claim no rights to the characters, monsters, setting or plot.
A Hunter's Aftermath
Chapter 2
Silence. That's all the dark haired girl could hear as her eyes focused on the bed before them. Which was empty. She had heard rumors about Ryouga being discharged but would not believe them until her own eyes witnessed it. The young teenager didn't put all her faith in rumors anyway. Especially this one. Because there was no way that her classmate had been discharged. Given the state he was in. But the bed was empty.
After running a tanned hand through her hair, the ninth grader walked out of the room and down to the nurse's station, looking around for a moment before shifting her gaze back to the nurse who had addressed her. Not by name. Just with a simple question.
"I was wondering if you could tell me where Kamishiro Ryouga is. I'm afraid I forgot his room number." In truth, Ayrua was sure that the location of Ryouga's room, along with it's number, had not been forgotten.. but it was better to make sure.
Having come here right after school, the blue-green eyed student had not changed out of her school uniform, which was sea green, light blue and white in color. Ayrua moved her black messenger bag, which wasn't school issued.. though she really didn't care, from one shoulder to the other while waiting for the nurse to pull up Ryouga's information. Though the ninth grader was not family, she hoped the nurse would tell her anyway.
"Kamishiro Ryouga has been already discharged."
At that, Ayrua quickly turned around to face the pink clad woman. As she had turned around to scan the area, in case Ryouga had been overlooked. "Discharged?"
"Yes, he recovered and has been sent home."
The dark haired girl bowed slightly, expressing her gratitude before walking away. It made no sense to her. How could someone in Ryouga's condition suddenly get better and be discharged? When no one really knew what was wrong in the first place. Her classmate's case hadn't been the first of it's kind, as Ayrua found out through research on the day she first visited him, but he had been the first to recover.
While walking down the stairs, the day Ryouga lost that duel at school came flooding back to her. And moreover, what her classmates were gossiping about after Ryouga was hospitalized. Tsukumo Yuma and his friends had seen the end of the duel. Maybe one of them could explain what happened and how this recovery was so sudden and unexplainable.
After descending the stairs, the fourteen-year-old walked quickly, albeit quietly, through the lobby until she had stepped outside into the sunlight. Blue-green eyes looked directly at the sun before closing. Ayrua reopened them once she started to walk away from the hospital, hoping to never come here again.
Upon arriving home, the novice duelist went into her room, locking the door behind her so that none of her family would come barging in. After placing her black bag on the bed, Ayrua quickly got out another outfit. The school uniform was quickly replaced by a pair of light blue jeans and a t-shirt. After hanging up the uniform, a tanned hand opened the messenger bag and pulled out the blank card. Though it wasn't blank anymore.
Ayrua sat quietly in her classroom the next day, listening to her classmates talk amongst each other as the bell started ringing. After hearing the bell for the second time though, it got quiet. The fourteen-year-old just assumed that the teacher was starting class and reached down to pull out the touch screen that she used for duels and school. However, after placing it on her desk, light blue-green eyes scanned the room. No one was moving. And there were multi-colored lights everywhere.
The dark haired teen then stood up and exited the classroom, being careful not to bump into the kids that were dashing into the room. Her gaze shifted from one person to another as she walked through the halls. Everyone was frozen. But why didn't it affect her?
Moving towards a window, the lightly tanned duelist looked up at the sky.. but instead of the one sun that she had looked into yesterday.. there were three. Which didn't seem to make much sense.. but then again.. nothing had made much sense recently.
Within what seemed five to ten minutes though, the suns and the multi-colored lights were gone. Everything also began moving again. The late students continued to dash towards their classrooms and before the ninth grader could move away from the window, someone bumped into her. Who just happened to be a teacher.
"Mikazuki-san, shouldn't you be in class?"
"I was just on my way there, sensei." Ayrua replied before bowing slightly, turning on her heel and walking towards her classroom for the second time that morning.
Ok. I think this is where I'm going to leave it. Watching the beginning of episode thirteen and then watching episode twenty five kind of inspired me to write this. And I'm much happier with this version then I am with the first version I did. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did writing it.
And before anyone asks, I don't know if I will make another chapter. We'll see. I look forward to reading your reviews.