Second chapter is here! :D
I'd really like to thank all the kind people who reviewed the first chapter! It means so much to me!
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Anyhow, I already know where I want this story's plot to reach to, I got it all set up in my head! xD
So… let the fun begin!
"Mommy! Mommy! Look what I can do!" A young girl was running to her mother, holding a small green frog in her hands. The girl placed the small frog on the floor and raised both her hands directly toward it, her palms wide open. She closed her eyes and within few minutes the frog started to dance; Jumping, kicking, and waving; all at the same time.
The girl opened her eyes and smiled, looking back at her mother who smiled back at her.
"Mommy! Can you see?? I'm doing it!! I'm really really doing it!!"
Smiling to her daughter, the adult woman picked the girl up and held her in her arms, causing the child to release her control over the frog's body.
"That's wonderful Akai, you're getting more and more powerful with each passing day" the older woman gave her child a small hug. "You might even get stronger than me!"
Lightly blushing the young girl laughed for being praised by her mother. "Hee hee! But Mommy is the strongest in the w-h-o-l-e clan! Right Mommy?"
"That's right! And one day Akai you'll be our clan's leader, and be the strongest of all" She older woman said smiling.
"Tsunagi!" The older woman turned her gaze towards the source of the voice calling her name only to find a dark haired man stepping directly at them. As both turned to look at the man, the young girl's face lit up and she jumped from her mother's embrace and run towards the old man.
"Daddy!"
The girl jumped into her father's arms and hugged him tightly. The old man kissed the little girl's chin and looked at the other woman stepping towards them.
The little child released her grip on her father and eased back a little, looking at him with admiration.
"How are my two princesses doing?" the old man asked looking at his little daughter.
"Daddy! I just showed Mommy how I was able to control the little frog's body! Do you want me to show you too?" She asked with enthusiasm.
"That's wonderful Akai-chan. But I'm afraid papa can't see how much you've improved controlling your powers right now. Daddy needs to talk to Mommy right away. Can you forgive me this time Akai-chan?"
"Of course I will Daddy! I will be a good girl and wait here for Mommy and Daddy, and practice my new power!" the little girl said happily, nodding her head.
"That's my princess, I promise I'll see how much you've improved after we'll get back" The man said with a smile.
He kissed his child on her cheek for the last time and placed her back down on the ground, offering his hand to his wife and both walked away, while their little girl child looked back at them.
Standing all alone, the little girl could hear her parents talking and only two words made their way to her ears before she turned and walked away, 'Konoe Konoka'.
"The day has come my friends! Today, the Akazaki clan will take control of the Konoe heir! Her powers will grant us the ability to take over the entire world. The power to create! The power to destroy! All shall be feared by us, and nothing will threaten us anymore! To achieve that, we must all stick together and defeat the Konoe heir with our unit power. Our hearts are one, and together we cannot be stopped!"
A loud roar could be heard from the crowd. The tall dark haired man stood in front hundreds of other men and women, saying his words before they all will leave for the battle to take over the Konoe heir.
Walking toward his wife and child the man knelt on one knee, facing his child and hugged her.
"Promise me you'll be a good girl until Mommy and I come back".
"I promise Daddy!" The little one said, hugging her father.
Releasing his hold on his daughter, the older woman knelt down beside her husband and hugged her daughter "Practice your powers until we both come back, ok?" She said and placed a soft kiss on her daughter's forehead.
"Yes Mommy!"
Both parents smiled to their daughter and stood back up. The two of them walked to the large crowd while their daughter waved from behind as both disappeared from her view.
It was a dark, shady day, and a small group of Akazaki clan members stood in a great graveyard field. The blue skies these creatures knew were now grey, reflecting a mixture of their emotions of the pain and lost they all suffered. Dark rain clouds filled the skies as the small group stood all together in silence, watching the hundreds of graves of the ones they loved.
One red haired girl named Akai stood alone in front of two graves. On both graves the names of the girl's parents were carved. The girl didn't hold back her tears nor could she. She let them slip down her cheeks and fall to the ground, creating the only contact she could ever have with her parents ever again.
"Mommy… Daddy…"
The girl called for her parents but no one answered. She could hear a few others talking about the horrible battle the clan's worriers went to. She didn't want to listen, she didn't want to know. But their voices reached her anyway, she could hear them talking about the victims, about the clan's powerful king and queen who died during the war. The girl listened closely when the voices start talking about a certain someone who was responsible for her parents' deaths, the one who dared kill her parents, the murderer.
"I heard it was a female half demon…"
"She's a swords user of the Shinmmieryuu school…"
"She managed to kill them both with only one hit…"
"Her name is Sakurazaki Setsuna…she's the guardian of Konoe Konoka"
The girl opened her eyes, still flowing with tears, and listened. That monster that killed her parents was nothing more than an inferior half demon. A female half demon named Sakurazaki Setsuna. The anger within the little girl rose, and revenge took over her pain. The little girl tightened her fists and clutched her teeth together.
Nothing else mattered now, everything she had had been taken away from her, and there were only two people responsible for the pain she felt in her chest;
Konoe Konoka and Sakurazaki Setsuna.
Even due to last night's turn of events, Setsuna managed to sleep during the night, and wake up early in the morning for her daily training. During that time she decided to report the headmaster about her encounter with the female demon last night. Maybe the headmaster knew better about this Yoru Akai girl. Setsuna knew that as long as Konoka and she would remain inside the school's barrier they will be safe.
By the time she finished her training for the day and turned to walk to Konoka's dorm, it hit her that today she had promised Konoka to go to the beach along with Asuna and Negi, which means they'll be out of the school's barrier during that time. She couldn't think of turning her princess's offer down now and won't spend time together. Setsuna decided to keep her promise to Konoka and won't loose sight of her.
Still washed by the rain of thoughts, the young samurai didn't notice when she finally reached to her princess's dorm room. She came back to her senses when the door opened only to reveal a smiling Konoka who looked at her.
"S… Secchan! I was worried you won't come this morning so I was going to check up on you, what were you doing out here?" Konoka asked and looked to both her sides to see if anyone else was there that caused Setsuna to stand outside.
"I… I'm sorry Ojou-sama, I was just…" 'Thinking about my encounter with a demon last night?' she continued silently in her mind. "I was just spacing out… I guess".
Giggling softly, Konoka took her guardian's hand in her own and led her inside the room, closing the door after her. Inside the room were Asuna and Negi, both getting ready for school. It was obvious that Asuna once again woke up late. She ran from side to side inside the room, picking her stuff while still trying to get her cloths on. On the other hand, Negi was sitting on the couch all set up and was wearing his shoes, ready to leave before both his roommates.
"Setsuna-san! Good morning!" Negi greeted her with a smile and a small wave.
"Good morning Negi-sensei" Setsuna answered him with a small bow and looked over to Asuna who was now struggling with her own shoes, jumping on one leg and eating a French toast that hanged out of her mouth(Konoka's homemade of course).
"Ah! Shetshuna-shan! 'oning!" she managed to say her sentence clearly enough and waved to her friend. Not looking where she was jumping to, Asuna suddenly lost her balance and stepped over her bag, falling face first into the floor.
"A… Asuna-san!"
"Asuna!"
"Asuna-san!"
All three people called her name and rushed to her side. Konoka helped Asuna straightened up and get into a sitting position.
"Ugh…" Asuna moaned from the pain in her head.
"Asuna-san, are you ok?" Negi asked and looked at her forehead, the red mark from the impact was obvious. "Here, let me heal it for you!" He offered.
"Ah! Negi-kun! That's my job! I'll do it" Konoka burst in, placing both her hands on Asuna's forehead, lightly touching her bump with her fingertips. Closing her eyes, she mumbled a spell Evangeline had taught her. A small white light appeared from her fingers and soon enough the bump on Asuna's forehead disappeared along with her pain. Letting the soft white light slowly fade away, Konoka opened her eyes and smiled to her roommate.
"Well? Did it work?"
"Wha… Konoka, that was awesome, I don't feel any pain. I feel even better than before!" She said, slowly getting up from her sitting position, guiding the others to stand up as well.
"Konoka-san! You really are a great healing mage!" the young teacher in training said to Konoka with a smile.
"Aww… Negi-kun you're too much!" a faint blush painted the healer's cheeks as she tried to cover it with her hands. Lowering her hands back down, Konoka looked at her three best friends and smiled "Come on guys lets get going!"
"Ah! You're right, I'm leaving first, I'll see you all in class!" Negi dashed out of the room saying his goodbye and leaving their sight.
Turning to look back at her princess, Setsuna offered her hand to Konoka "Ojou-sama, we should also get going or we'll be late too". Looking at her guardian's hand Konoka accepted it with her own and took a step closer to Setsuna.
"Come on Secchan lets go!" Setsuna managed to bow lightly before she was dragged out, hand in hand, with Konoka.
Left alone in the room Asuna smirked at the sight of her two friends leaving the room hand in hand. She rested her right hand on her hip and sighed. 'How much longer will it take these two air heads to confess their feelings already?'.
Realizing the fact she's the only one left in the room, Asuna remembered something else.
"AAHH!! I'M LATE!!"
It's funny how things turn to move slower when you're anxiously waiting for something else. And just as expected, Konoka was waiting for the end off their last lesson, tipping her finger over the desk, leaning her head on her right hand and looking at the clock, counting the last few seconds of class.
When the bell finally rang Konoka jumped and raised both her arms up from happiness. "CLASS'S OVER! LETS HAVE SOME F-U-N!". Realizing the entire class turned to look at her as well as their current teacher, Konoka lowered her hands and blush rose to her cheek as she slowly sat back down.
Her class burst into laughing as well as Konoka herself, taking a short glance at Setsuna only to see her smiling back at her.
"Ok class, since I'm guessing some of you are agitate to take off and do your homework, you're dismissed" their teacher said with a playful smile, "Have a pleasant afternoon".
Less than a second, half of the students managed to already pack up their bags and leave class. Konoka herself managed to get her stuff and walk over to Setsuna's sit. She bent down to look at her friend, waiting for her to finish her packing.
"Are you ready Secchan?" she asked, and Setsuna could see she was trying to hold back some of her enthusiasm.
"Yes Ojou-sama, I've got everything I need inside this bag" Setsuna took out another bag from beneath her desk and placed it on top of it. Konoka clapped her hands together and nodded happily. At the same time Asuna approached the couple, and stood next to Konoka.
"Well? Are we all set up?" Asuna asked them both.
"Yes!" Konoka answered anxiously for the both of them, raising her right arm up in the air.
The trio headed out of class only to be greeted by Negi who ran towards them.
"Asuna-san! Konoka-san! Setsuna-san!" the child teacher called the three girls while he was running.
"Negi-kun! We're all set up! Ready to go?" Konoka looked at the black bag Negi was caring on his back.
"Yes!" He said, tightening his grim on his bag's shoulder straps and smiling happily.
"So come on, lets not waste any more time!" Konoka finished, happy they were all finally ready to leave.
The group turned and walked through the halls of the Academy, heading for the exit. At some point the group split in two. Negi and Asuna were walking side by side a few feet ahead of Konoka and Setsuna, who were following them from behind.
Setsuna and Konoka walked silently side by side. Setsuna secretly glanced at Konoka, and thought about her last night's incident. 'At the end I didn't manage to talk to the headmaster, and the identity of that demon remained a mystery'.She turned her gaze back to look at the ground, can't take her thoughts out of her mind just yet. 'I wonder if I should tell Ojou-sama about it instead…'. Taking a second glance, the young samurai was surprised to find Konoka looking right back at her with a smile.
"Secchan, what's on you mind?" Seeing the concern look the half demon was wearing, Konoka wanted to help her guardian with whatever it was that bother her.
"I… That is…" Setsuna looked into Konoka's eyes and saw the worry reflected in them. She could tell that Konoka really did want to know what caused her to be concern about, and she knew there's no point hiding it from her.
Quietly, Setsuna slowly started to talk about the demon she saw.
"Ojou-sama… Last night, after I had left your room, a demon appeared inside the academy's dorms".
Setsuna could see that her words only caused the girl beside her to become even more worried, yet she proceeded on. "Do not worry Ojou-sama. That demon couldn't pass through the school's barrier, but… I could tell she was strong, very strong". Setsuna averted her eyes to look at the ground once again.
"But… Secchan, we're going out of the school's barrier today, we won't…"
"Ojou-sama…" Setsuna stopped her childhood friend mid sentence, and turned to look back into her eyes. "C… can I ask you something?" She asked, feeling her blush already making its way to her face.
"Of course you can, Secchan!" Konoka answered quickly, before the half demon might take it back.
"I… I want you to promise me not to leave my side, at least for today" She asked shyly, lowering her eyes as she did.
Konoka looked at the shy samurai and felt her heart flattered due to her guardian's request. A smile formed on her lips as she thought of something, "I have only one request". Setsuna turned and looked at her with confused eyes. "You must call me 'Kono-chan' for the rest of the day!" The young healer smiled to her guardian and linked her left arm with Setsuna's right, taking a step closer as she did.
Staring into her eyes Setsuna couldn't possibly refuse her princess's wish and smiled at her "I promise, Kono-chan".
Happy to hear her favorite name once again, Konoka's smiled grew and she answered her guardian's wish as well, "Then I promise too, Secchan. I won't leave your side" 'for as long as I live' she completed silently, and rested her head on top of her guardian's shoulder as they kept on walking.
Setsuna blushed from the girl's bold actions, yet she smiled to herself and accepted Konoka's arm with her own.
Ahead of them, Asuna turned to look at the couple and couldn't help but smile for seeing them walk together with their arms linked. Taking a few seconds to memorize this beautiful image, Asuna smiled and finally called out "Come on love birds! Hurry up!" With no doubt, Setsuna stopped walking almost immediately, her face redder than a tomato and before the half demon could say a word, Konoka laughed and spoke before her.
"Secchan, lets run!"
The girl samurai looked at her beautiful princess and before she knew it, they dashed forward, never letting go of each other's hand.
Somewhere outside, hidden within the forest, Yoru Akai stood against one of the trees from a safe distant, watching a group of four Mahora Academy students walking together; smiling, laughing and cheering.
The female demon clutched her fingers into the tree and caused its trunk to crack.
Releasing her grasp over the tree, the demon teleport herself away from her position, knowing the group hadn't sense her presence yet.
"THE OCEAN!!" Konoka called out loud, with both her hands up in the air, giving her shy samurai a clear view of her well shaped curves, making her blush deepen. The group reached a deserted beach with nothing but the beautiful blue ocean and the soft yellow sand.
Konoka stretched both her arms up and let the soft breeze caress her bare skin. She was wearing a two pieces swimming suit. The bottom part was a simple plain blue pantie with two gold rings on both of her sides, keeping the front and back part together. The upper part was a matching plain blue bra; tied from the back and neck with two long laces.
The healer turned to look at Setsuna who was sitting on a blanket, finding her already looking back at her with blush filling her cheeks. "Secchan! What are you waiting for? Come on!" Konoka offered her hand to the shy samurai who hesitantly accepted it. Not waiting for the other girl to stand back up, Konoka started to run towards the sea, forcing the other girl to jump right up, almost loosing her balance she let herself be led by her cheerful princess.
Negi and Asuna were already inside the water, both splashing water at each other, and it obviously looked like Asuna was winning. "Is that all you got Negi?! I was just warming up!". Feeling her competitive side raising, Asuna managed to splash a huge amount of water towards Negi, making the poor boy loose his balance and fall backwards into the water. As the huge wave she aimed at Negi slowly disappeared and revealed a very dizzy young boy, Asuna placed both her hand on her hips and laughed, claiming her win over the child teacher.
"HA! HA! HA! Splashing master Asuna wins again!"
"Ow… Asuna-san! That was too much!" Negi replied, raising his hand to his head, trying to get his focus back.
"Come on Negi, stop being such a cry baby!" She called back at him, pointing her left hand at him.
"Mou! Asuna-san! You really are a Baka red!" without thinking, the child teacher yelled back at her. There was a small break where the both just looked at each other; the only sound played in the background was the sound of waves, smashing into the shore beach. Letting these few seconds pass by, Asuna then lowered her arms and clutched her fists together. She smashed her right fist into her open left palm and gave him a dangerous glare.
"W…What did you say…?" she whispered with a frightening tone.
'Oh no…' within seconds, Negi got back up and started running away waving his hands up in the air as he did.
"Come back here you little brat!" Asuna called at him, and then dashed away after him.
While Negi and Asuna were still running around in circles, Konoka and Setsuna were also having some sort of a splashing match as well, and like their other two friends, Setsuna was winning, splashing at Konoka, happy to see her beautiful smile. Not being able to keep up with Setsuna, Konoka paused, closed her eyes and raised her arms to shield her face from the cold water.
"Whaa…! Secchan! Stop Stop!" Konoka pleaded, not being able to stop her laughter.
"No way Ojou-sama! I'm going to win this battle!" not sensing her small slip, Setsuna kept on splashing Konoka with more water. On the other hand, Konoka did hear the name she hated the most slipping out of her guardian's lips. She slowly opened her eyes and glanced over at Setsuna, making sure that the experienced samurai won't be ready for the next action she was about to take.
The moment Setsuna took her arms back to splash yet another mount of water at Konoka, Konoka took this chance to dash forward and collide into Setsuna, throwing her arms over her shoulders, and making them both fall into the water.
Lying on top of her guardian, feeling the gentle flow of water coming and going with every wave, Konoka kept her hold around Setsuna's neck, making the shy samurai blush furiously. Setsuna kept her arms over the wet ground, and gazed into the sky, her heart racing within her chest. She felt the young healer move and let go from her tight embrace, placing both her hands on each side of her head, gazing down at her. She could feel her cheeks getting warmer on top of her current blush, and she wasn't sure her face could take any more blush.
Konoka looked down into Setsuna's eyes, lovingly smiled at her and titled her head, letting her soaked hair fall down her back and shoulders. 'it's pay back time'.
Konoka lowered herself, slowly closing the gap between them. Setsuna could feel her heart speeding up, and her mind racing; yup, she was definitely going to have a heart attack any time now. The half demon could feel the other girl's breath caressing her own wet skin, causing her to shiver from its cool pleasant sensation. Konoka then turned to the half demon's right ear and whispered softly "Secchan…".
By now, Setsuna lost any track of reality; this surely has to be a dream, no doubt, and if this is a dream, than she might as well enjoy it. She slowly raised her arms from the moist ground and placed her hands over the healer's shoulders. Before she knew it, a cold splash of sea water washed her face, bringing her back into reality, realizing she was now lying all alone on the sand. Turning her head to her right, she could see Konoka running into the deeper part of the sea, laughing at the same time.
"Secchan! You're so easy to tease!" Setsuna raised herself up, and looked at the young healer running yet farther. "That was for not calling me 'Kono-chan'!", reaching the deeper part of the sea, Konoka started swimming, heading for a big rock placed a few feet ahead of her.
"K..Kono-chan! Don't go so deep! It's dangerous!" coming back to her senses, Setsuna started running after Konoka who already got pretty far away. She also started swimming when she reached the deeper part, and being the good athlete she is, Setsuna somehow managed to catch up with Konoka and both reached their destination at the same time. Both girls placed their hand over the stone and gasped for air.
Konoka turned her gaze to look at Setsuna, and after steadying her breathing she spoke up. "Since Secchan broke her promise, I guess it was only fair I would break mine".
Already looking at Konoka, Setsuna fixed her princess's words into her mind. She then inhaled a long breath into her lungs, taking a few second before she took it out for the last time, steadying her breath as well.
"I'm sorry Kono-chan, it's a force of habit" Setsuna said and lowered her look to stare into the water.
Konoka only smiled at the girl's shy respond until she noticed something behind Setsuna. "Ne, Secchan, look over there", Konoka said, pointing at towards a place located behind the girl before her. Setsuna turned to look at the place Konoka was pointing. She spotted a large and dark entrance of a cave located far ahead of them. The young samurai furrow her eyebrows and couldn't help but have a suspicious feeling about it.
"What do you say Secchan, should we investigate the inside of this cave?" Konoka asked her friend with enthusiasm.
Setsuna turned to look back at her princess with a serious look, "Kono-chan… I have a bad feeling about that place".
"Well, of course you do" Konoka answered her with a mischief smile. "It's dark, it's scary' it's suspicious, and that's what makes it so interesting!".
Setsuna only kept looking at Konoka with a serious look, still wouldn't agree with Konoka's wish. Seeing the worry reflected in the eyes of her guardian, Konoka sighed in defeat and agreed to Setsuna's request.
"Oh fine, will have it your way. But only this time, don't get used to it!" She finished with smile and started swimming towards the shore. Watching as Konoka got farther and farther, Setsuna smiled to herself, feeling her heart filled with love, happy to know her friendship with Konoka kept blooming with each passing day. Before she started paddling after her loved one, she felt a wet drop reaching her forehead, a few second later, she felt another one. That's when she looked to the sky and saw dark clouds making their way to the beach. By the time Setsuna reached the shore, more rain drops made their way to the ground.
Konoka and Setsuna found Negi and Asuna already packing their stuff and ready to leave back home. Wasting no more time, each of them wore their dry cloths over their wet swimming suit and headed away from the beach as quickly as they could.
When they finally reached the dorms, the few rain drops already turned into a storm and their once dry cloths, already became soaked wet. Negi, Asuna and Konoka said goodbye to Setsuna and headed for their room, as Setsuna headed for her own room. When she finally reached her destination, she went straight to her bathroom, taking her wet cloths off along with her swimming suit and stepped inside the shower. Letting the warm sensation of the water wash her sweat away, Setsuna sighed in relief that today nothing had occurred. But her worries wouldn't stop there. Tomorrow will be the third day since she had that strange dream and met Akai.
Shutting the flow of water, Setsuna stepped out of the shower and dried herself, wearing a t-shirt and long pants for the night. As she stepped out of the bathroom she looked through her room's window and watched the rain drops hurling violently at it. She turned back towards her bed and quietly set on it, focusing her gaze at the floor.
'Tomorrow will be the third day…' Memories of her dream two days ago washed her mind; she shut her eyes close when she recalled the sight of Konoka badly injured. She tightened her fists and forced herself to take that image out of her head. She slowly opened her eyes and lay on her bad.
'If anything will happen tomorrow, I will be there to protect Kono-chan' she said to herself, closed her eyes again, and let sleep claim her.
Away from Mahora academy, Yoru Akai stood all alone in the middle of a stormy night at a deserted beach, watching the small glimmers of lights coming from the city. The female demon stretched both her arms horizontally and a small gust of wind along with rain drops started to gather around her in circles, creating a small tornado that increase with every second.
Standing inside her created gust of wind, the demon smiled to herself.
"Let the show begin…"
Second chapter's done!
I believe it will take me longer to update with the third and last chapter, 'cause I managed to write this chapter before I even published this story. By the time I published the first chapter, I already managed to write most of the second chapter. I'll do my best to update as soon as possible!
Anyway, I hope you like it! I really enjoy writing it :)
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