(Disclaimer: I don't own Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru or any characters from it. It's all belongs to the respective owner. I just own the OC)
First Petal: A Brand New Life
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"Ugh… shut up," I say when I tried to reach the clock to turn it off, "What time… oh right, wake up time," after I saw the time on clock I straight up, stand up and walk toward the other room, tried to waking up the others that is still asleep on other rooms "Fu, Wake up. It's morning."
"Ugh… shut up," a girl voice said the same thing I say before tried to reach the clock, which she actually come toward me before half-sleepy hit my head as if it was the clock.
"It hurt…" I say that even though it isn't… well, it's a bit hurt actually. I really can't understand where this girl's power came from, "Dammit, after for so long we stay at same roof, you're still mistook my head for the clock."
"Huh? Ah, sorry. My bad," the girl, Fu apologize before she straight up like I did, "Anyway, what will you do now?"
"Same as always, a small jogging before going to shower," I said before leaving the room and go back to my room. I undress my sleepwear before change it into my track suit, "Oh, and please wake up Itsuki too."
"Why don't you wake her up instead, Tatsumi?" Fu asked with small grin on her face, "You might see her cute sleeping face as a bonus—"
"Nah, I'll pass," I said as I straight up walk toward the door to the outside of apartment, "If you asked for breakfast, anything is fine."
"Sure-sure," she answered before I leave the house.
"Well, let's start the day, shall we?" I say before walk into street before start my daily jogging.
Hm? Who am I and why I live in same roof with that Fu girl? Well, it's a very simple explanation so I'll explain it as I'm jogging. My name is Tatsumi, or Inubouzaki Tatsumi in paper. I am what ca you called your little-a-bit above average middle school boy with slightly messy black hair and blue eyes. And the reason why I live in same roof as Fu, it's because we're a family.
Fu, along with her little sister Itsuki are Inubouzaki's. I just adopted into their family. Why? I don't really remember what happen but it seems I lost my parents ever since I was born. Without any parents, of course I was bring into an orphanage. It seems that when I was grown up a little, the Inubouzaki family happen to come to orphanage for something. To have the outsider come to this place, it was one-off chance for other orphan like me to get a new family, but at that time I don't even interest to be adopted.
But then I meet them, Fu and Itsuki when they were same young as me. I don't know why, but when our eyes meet she appears to approach me, which I retaliate by retreating. Heh. Even if I don't really remember everything happen that day, what I remember is we're making a quite ruckus, but stopped not long when Itsuki started to cry. Well, for a good big sister she comes to her to comfort her and I come to her to apologize, in kid's way anyway. That and before we both got scolded afterward by Fu's parents and the caretaker of the orphanage.
Afterward, because the orphanage is not really far from Fu's apartment, she's spend some of her time to play here. We got pretty close and Itsuki become less shy around me too whenever her sister brought her to play too. It was a fun time I have, until a very shocking news come to me.
It was appears that seeing my closeness to Fu and Itsuki, not to mention that I was really loner back then in orphanage, it was a really advancement and the caretaker was talking to their parents if they're interested to adopt a child. I don't know why, but after they heard my background of why I was here, they seems… sympathetic toward me and they end up adopt me.
And that's a bit background of why I have her family name. I got adopted and we have leaving together for long time afterward. There're ups and downs in our live, but we can handle it. Especially… after that happen.
"Oh, it's almost time," I look at my watch and found it's almost time for her to don with breakfast, "I need to go fast, or I'll miss her breakfast!"
(Later, afterschool time)
"Then, good bye everyone," the teacher said.
"Good bye sensei!" everyone said in unison before they're going to they own things. By the way, right now it is an afterschool time, which is everyone free to do as they like, whatever to club activity, spend time with friend or just goes straight to home. For me, it's the former.
Me, Fu and Itsuki are enrolling in Sanshu Middle School. It's located in Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku, which would take some time for us to come here. Anyway, this is where we go to have education. It's quite big school if you asked me, but the beggar can't choose and it was already determined beforehand that we will go schooling here. Why? I don't know, but it might be related to what Fu discussing with some people from Taisha in the past. Seriously, no matter how I look at that mask-wearing people, it always give me a chill, but I keep it for myself and they seems not a bad people.
"Alright, let's clean up before going to clubroom," I though before take my thing to my bag and going into my destination, the Hero Club's clubroom. Honestly, I don't know why I end up join this club, and why Fu make this club in the first place. When we're attending her in our earlier days, Fu was a part of cheerleaders and I was in kendo club. We have spent our time there, heck even I was able to win a prefecture tournament before I resign and join the Hero Club made by Fu by some reason, "Ah… no good. I will scolded by her if I'm come late!"
I walk faster toward the club and finally I have arrive in front of room. Last I remember, it was once a part of home-education preparation room before it become co-ed with Hero Club room. Not too big nor small, this place is actually perfect for a club issuing an activity. Even though most of time the Hero Club's activity is on the outside.
"Good day everyone—" I said but stopped before I can finish my words as I catch a chopstick fly at me at right time, "Fu… can you stop thrown your chopsticks at me?"
"Well, that's your punishment for being late!" Fu said while holding the pair of chopstick I just catches. Now I look at her, she hasn't change ever since we're attending to this school. Her light green eyes and long, wavy, blond hair divided into two curled strands is always catching my attention. She's actually can be a definition of an inspiring beautiful girl but if you know more about her personality, you will scratch that idea immediately, "Oy, why I felt you compliment and insult me at the same time?"
"Just your imagination, Fu," I said before going in and place the chopstick at table, "Ah, good day Yuuki-chan, Togo-chan."
"Ah! Good day Tatsumi-kun!" say the red haired girl in the room. Her name is Yuuki Yuna, second year student of Sanshu Middle School. You can describe her as your energetic girl-next-door which kindhearted and like to help people around her. I admit, her personality is very admirable but sadly she have bad habit to not care about herself and more prioritize others happiness. Don't blame me. I like her things for helping people, but I don't really like a self-sacrifice person too.
"Good day, Tatsumi-senpai," say the black haired girl sitting in wheelchair next to Yuna politely. She's Togo Mimori, same grade and class as Yuna and surprisingly her neighbor too. She can be considered as perfect example of Yamato Nadeshiko, with her good feminine appearance and beauty and her polite demeanor that can sway any boy attention by single glance, not to mention she's considered to have biggest chest among girl on her age and in this club too. And about her wheelchair… she said that she had caught in incident in the past, which rob her leg's mobility in the process, "Tatsumi-senpai, could you stop your staring right now as I find it uncomfortable."
"Huh? Ah! Sorry, my bad—" and once again and catch another chopstick from Fu, "And what now, Fu!?"
"No sexual harassment in the club!" Fu shout but thinking again her words, "And on the outside too!"
"The heck!? Who do you think I am? A lecherous teenage with dragon power from certain harem light novel!?" I said as I felt insulted for being called pervert. However, I felt like I have make someone sneezing somewhere I don't know about, "Anyway, where's Itsuki?"
"Sorry, I am late everyone!" as if my words is the trigger, Itsuki appears from door while seems little exhausted, probably from being running to here, "Eh? You're already here too, Tatsu-nii? And why you holding a chopstick?"
"Nah… don't think much about it Itsuki," I say as I subconsciously patting her head, which embarrassing for her but she don't even told me to stop too. Really, how can I forget her blonde hair and green eyes, which make her look very much like her sister with only little difference here and there? Ah, right. They're sister so it is normal. However, personality-wise she's too much shy than her big sister. Indeed she isn't that much shy like when she was younger but old habit die hard they say, so she's still have a bit of her shyness after all, "Now, how about we start our club activity now, Fu?"
"Ah… right," she said while seems… jealous? Jealous of what? Me petting Itsuki? Nah! There's no way she's that childish… or maybe…, "Ahem! Anyway, gather here everyone as I explain our activity today."
As her command, we're gathering near the board on the wall where she put several photo of cat there. I examined those photos and concluded that they might be a lost cat we must found as the part of our Hero Club's activity, which is helping people who need it. Our activity are quite wide as we have a lot of type of request, like fixing the roof, helping in kindergarten and many more. Even if this club only appears not very long, our popularity is very high that the request often come a lot. Sometimes… it make me wonder if people really appreciate our charity-like help or they just go lazy and asked us to do stuff. Well, no matter. Helping people is a good thing and I just can't stand to watch in sideline if I can do something about it.
"By the way," Fu continued, "How's our website, Togo?"
"Right, I have already finish it," Togo answered before going to nearby computer on the room, "I'll added the mobile version so it will be easier to be accessed by the others too."
"Alright, tell me when you're finish," Fu said as she give her approval.
"It's so cool! To know something like that," Yuuna compliment.
"How about us, Onee-chan?" Itsuki asked if we have other job to do.
"Well… just do the usual, but try it harder than before," Fu answered, which I know that she doesn't have anything for us.
"Right…" I answered with small enthusiasm. With our daily activity reduce to normal day, I decide to continue my own work, "Then, I'll occupied myself with my own work."
At the corner of the room, there's a desk with several electronic device laying around, either broken or half-done being fixed. When the girls and I mostly doing an outdoor activity to help people who need it, I myself taking a role of the engineer of the club. Even though the girls have some knowledge regarding fixing stuff, for this one I am more expert than them. I found this talent of mine when I was in elementary when I play with some broken radio. Even if not as proficient as I am now, it's still a quite astonishing for the boy around my age that time. Since then, I keep develop my proficiency with other skill as well.
"Oh! I always wonder how you do that too!" Yuna said as she approach me to see my work, "How can you be so good with it, Tatsumi-kun?"
"Like I said before, magic," I said while giving a hand gesture like some magician, "Anyway, didn't you have something to do? How about you Itsuki?"
"Eh? Um, I was planning on cleaning the beach," Itsuki answered.
"Ah! Me too! Also, we can ask people when we are there too about the cats!" Yuna said as she got a good idea. Not long after that, Togo give us the announcement.
"Site Upgrading Operation is complete," Togo declared as I saw a new homepage of our club's website from where I sit. Everyone is quite surprised as how fast she do it and not to mention it became better in appearance and user-interface too.
"*Whistle* that's fast," I commented as I took my note from my pocket, "Today, Togo has achieve a new record again."
"Oh please, this is nothing compare when you're fixing the whole computer by yourself," Togo said while little blushing from my compliment, "Comparing with my skill, I think you could do better than me."
"Well, maybe. Maybe not," I answered, "You have great skill and you might master it in no time if given enough time."
"That's right Togo-san!" Yuna added, "You can do amazing stuff that I can't even do that!"
"Mou~ Yuna~" and here we go with their daily lovey-dovey stuff.
"Ahem!" Fu fake coughing to take our attention, "Anyway, today activity is to cleaning the beach while asking the people if they saw those cats. How about you, Tatsumi? Did you already done with your stuff?"
"Done," I answered as I pointed with my thumb toward several device that was already finished to be repaired.
"You know, you can do more amazing thing than Togo if you more enthusiasm about it," Fu said as she's still amaze by my work.
"Nah... I prefer a slow but enjoyable life."
"Really, this brother of mine…" Fu muttered before looking at everyone in room, "Alright! With everyone free, let's begin our job! Hero Club—"
"Go!" we said in unison before going to beach to do some cleaning.
(Later, in some restaurant)
We're done with cleaning and asking today so we decide to eat some Udon in our regular place. Siting toward each other, I sit beside Itsuki as I enjoy my food like the others. As always, this place is pretty popular that it's always never quiet from lack of customer. We're lucky that there's some empty table for us so we can eat here. By the way, everyone is enjoying their udon, with Fu is already on her third bowl. Damn… I was wondering is there a black hole in her stomach or something.
"You know, why I felt like being insulted by you again?" Fu commented before she continue to eat her third bowl.
"Like I say before, it's just your imagination Fu," I say before finish my first bowl, "Excuse me! One more bowl please!"
"Hehe~ you're eating a lot like Onee-chan too, Tatsu-nii," Itsuki said as she was half done with her food.
"Well, nothing can heal tiredness than a bowl of Udon," I said as my second bowl arrive, "Is that right, Fu?"
"Agwee," Fu answered with some food is still at her mouth.
"Eat first, talk later Fu," I said as I sighed from her bad behavior, "Anyway, the website looks very good when I check it."
"Yeah! The website has become really good!" Itsuki added.
"Like a pro!" Yuna added.
"Thank you everyone, even though as I said before I still have long way to do," Togo said while little embarrassed and look at Fu, "Senpai, here my tempura."
"Oh! How good you are!" Fu said as she happily accept Togo's offering, "In the future, you might be the one who will replace me as club leader," she said as if Togo was bribing her with that food.
"Oy, don't just decide just because you got some free food," I scold her for that, "For that, here's your punishment," and I take that tempura from her bowl.
"What the!? Give it back!" Fu said as she tried to snatch back the tempura, but before she can reach it, I snuff her mouth with meat from my second bowl.
"*munch* *munch* I'll forgive you for now," and she easily forgive me because of that.
"Easy peasy," I though before enjoy my second bowl plus the extra tempura.
"Oh, right. Fu-senpai, you say you want to say something to us?" Yuna asked.
Fu finish her bowl before put it down t table and answered, "Oh, it's about the plan for culture festival later," she say when Yuna is amaze that her bowl is already empty.
"But, it's still April," Itsuki commented. She's right though. The culture festival is few month later and mostly after summer vacation. To talking about it right now is quite too fast.
"Well… I want to do something about it before the summer vacation," ah, typical of Fu, always try to do some hard job first before the vacation so she can enjoy it to her fullest. Even so—
"It's good for preparing beforehand," I say before finish my second bowl, "Not to mention this year is important as we don't even have time to prepare a year previously."
"Well, right now we got some help here," Fu said as she patted Itsuki head, "And Tatsumi isn't busy with his Kendo so it would go smoothly this year!"
"Hm… we might do something that we may remember for the rest of our life," Yuna said when she seems thinking what we might do for the festival.
"And in the same time, making everyone happy and exciting," Togo added.
"Eh… but what?" Itsuki asked.
"And that's what we must think about," Fu answered as I sighed in my mind. I don't blame her if she doesn't have any idea, yet. Even for me it was so sudden to come with good, memorable and exciting idea we can do for the festival, "Okay, that would be our homework, let's think about it by ourselves."
"Okay!" everyone including me answered in same time.
"Excuse me! One more bowl please!" and she drop another bowl to our amazement.
"Fu… are you serious?" I though as I don't speak it out because I know very well the answer is.
(Later, after the eating)
As we says goodbye to Yuna and Togo who will going home by car, me, Fu and Itsuki are going to our way toward our home. We're walking while lead our bicycle beside us and enjoy the scenery from bridge as it almost time for sunset. The orange light illuminate the sky and it actually very beautiful on its own way. And then, Fu speak up something.
"What we will eat for dinner?" Fu asked.
"Eh… still hungry?" Itsuki asked as she's amaze with her big sister ability to get hungry even though she's already eat five worth of Udon's bowl.
"You're eating too little, Itsuki," Fu says to Itsuki.
"No, you're just eating too much, Fu," I commented.
"What about you? You're eating a lot too!" she retorting.
"At least I eat with consideration," I say before I notice Fu was looking at her phone and reading something. I become concern when I saw her expression. That face… it's almost like something happen and only her that know it.
"Onee-chan? What's wrong?" Itsuki also got concerned and asked first.
"No, nothing at all," she says before put back her phone to her bag. I know it. She is lying there. I had live with her and her sister since we were young and I know very well when she was saying the truth and when she trying to hide something. I want to ask her right now, but considering she doesn't want Itsuki to know that badly, I'll hold it for now.
As we continue our walk again, Fu is speaking again, "Hey, Itsuki?"
"What's it, Onee-chan?" Itsuki asked.
"What will you do if your big sister was hiding something from you?" and when I though to hold this conversation, she just give a hint that she was clearly hiding something from Itsuki, and maybe me as well.
"I… don't quite understand…" Itsuki answered as she was confused from her big sister's word.
"Let's just say… I was going to this war, and I don't get any reinforcement," she explained with the analogy, "But I asked my soldier to keep going for fight."
"Um…" sadly Itsuki is still don't understand what her sister tried to tell her.
"She means what if your sister was know something really important that you must know yet she keep it for herself for some reason," I give her more simplified form of that explanation.
"Eh… how? I don't think Onee-chan would do something like that," she said very purely that I don't know what to say next.
"Well… forget it. Your sister is a bad liar anyway so she won't be able to keep secret for that long," I tried to change subject and to make sure Itsuki doesn't keep asking about it, for Fu sake as well. I can see Itsuki tried to think about it yet I think she won't be able to found the true answer for that.
"Well, no matter what happen, I'll always follow you," Itsuki answered, "Because, not only Tatsu-nii but Onee-chan are the only family I still have right now."
I looked at Fu's face and I can see her downed expression, but replaced by weak smile afterward, "Thank you," she says that but I can feel the pressure from her word. As the one that can support her too, I want to do something. But I can't do something that I don't know what I must do about. Whatever that secret Fu keep, I hope it isn't that serious than I thought and I just overthinking it.
"Remember…"
"…!" I turn around immediately after I heard something someone's voice near my ear. I continue to look around to found where did it come from, until I notice Fu was looking at me.
"Tatsumi? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Huh? Oh, nothing. I just felt like hearing something," indeed I hear something, but I don't know who says that, "Maybe just my imagination…"
"You know? You might be need some rest when we're arrive at home," Fu says as she concerned about me, "You looks… tired than before."
"Am I? I don't even notice it," I says as I can feel the sweats falling on my neck. I don't think I do that much of work nor I was in bad condition, but to think I don't realize it, it can be something quite concerning about, "Ugh… I might really need some rest after all."
We continued our walk after that. I don't know why, but that sound… I felt like heard it somewhere, and why I feel something bad might happen in the future? I hope this isn't true and really just my imagination.
(Next day)
The next day is going normal as it is. Teacher is explaining the next part of the current lesson when I looking at the outside. It isn't like I don't focus at the lesson, but I still thoughts about what happen yesterday, when I heard that mysterious feminine sound. No, it's not like I was depressed enough like virgin with no girlfriend that become hearing some random girl voice. To tell the truth, this middle school life of me, I even got confessed two times! But why I say myself have no girlfriend? Well, various reason and I reject that confession as gentle as I can, hell even I help those girls to found a better replacement of me, which kinda hard as I don't have any love experience beforehand.
And Fu keep pestering me that time of why I don't take the chance, which seriously annoying, but in same time, why I felt Fu seems relief by some reason?
"Hah…" I sighed slowly and silently to make sure the teacher doesn't hear me sigh. Remembering the past event sure take a lot of energy that I though. Then I decide to focus on the lesson before I notice something strange.
The teacher, no, everyone in class somehow froze up. They're staying at where they all doing and act, like a stone statue, "What the hell…!?" I tried to take the attention of my classmate and my teacher, but they aren't responded and stay still like a statue, "Shit! What the hell just happen!?"
I decides to check how the others as I got worried, especially to my juniors and Itsuki. I run on the hall while watching not only in the class but everything are froze up. Even the leafs on the outside are stopped in air. For something so supernatural like this to happen, I can't help that I got really bad feeling about this.
In my run, I saw Fu also running at the hall, possibly toward Itsuki's class. It seems I'm not the only one that can move in this strange situation. Then I got close to her and asked her, "Oy! Fu! Did you know what just happen!?"
"No time to explain!" Fu said while keep running, "Go and see Yuna and Togo! I'll go to Itsuki!"
"Roger that!" As much as I want to ask further, I decide to hold it as I going toward where my two junior class is. They're in same class so I will easily found them together and hope they're fine too. As Fu when one floor higher as 1st year class on the highest floor, I turn around at 2nd floor and dashed toward their class. Once I found the right class, I open the door in hurry, "Yuna! Togo! Are you alright!?"
"Tatsumi-kun! / Tatsumi-senpai!" they answered when they notice my sudden burst in toward their class.
"Hah… I'm glad you two are okay," I said before I notice something on the outside. I bright light appears on the horizon before the sky turn into a colorful lights and seems getting closer toward us. I can feel the ground shacking as those two feel it too. The light become close and in reflect I jump toward them and cover those two, "Get down!"
And then, the blinding light engulf us together.
And that's all for the first chapter. You might asking what the reason I write this story. Actually, this is all started when I was reading one of idea of one of my favorite author, Ashbel Longhart about his crossover between Kamen Rider and YuYuYu. I found it was good if he continue but sadly it seems there's no sign that he will continue it to be full story. Then Using a intended plot hole on my story, I decide to make the story as I found it interesting to connect their world. Even though I planned to make another crossover after at least I reach the fourth arc (or third arc in Symphogear story line) in my story, but I can't deal how long it will. So, that's all for now. Thank you for reading and don't forget for review! Bye-bye!
