Hey Psycho here again and now we have Chapter Three so Shido and Yoshino met each other again and confessed to each other huh looks like yoshinon's outburst has actually helped rather than cause misunderstanding but without further ado start the story (and no I am not going to stop starting like that)
Chapter 3 Adjustment
It has been a few days since Yoshino started living with us and it has actually been easier than was originally thought as she pretty much adjusted to life with me and Kotori within the first day now I actually had to stay home from school for some those day while the crew of the Fraxinus set up what they were going to do for Yoshino which speaking of her she always seemed to be Reine which made me question why I had to stay.
Now here I am back at Raizen high and I am kind of happy to be back, as I walk back into class I am almost immediately greeted by Hirioto demanding me to say where I was and I make up a lie about being sick it was a weak lie but it worked as he started talking to me I noticed Origami looking at me then I remembered what had happened and need to talk to her so I walk over to her.
"I know you have a bunch of questions but I promise at lunch I will tell you everything ok" I whisper to her which she seems to accept
As I settle into my seat the teacher walks in signaling that class was about to begin and then the announcement came " ok class today we have a new student" and then the murmuring began as people tried to guess who this person would be but they didn't wait long as the student was gestured in.
And to my shock and the surprise of everyone else the person standing is a familiar girl who happens to have blue hair and a puppet on her left hand 'what the hell is going on' I scream in my head finally realizing Kotori's plan even to keeping me home till now she wanted me here so Yoshino would have someone who she knows and trusts when she came here.
I can't help but look over at Origami because she must know who that is and unfortunately I was right as she was just staring at Yoshino with pure hate in her eyes and I felt sweat drip down the back of my neck 'today is definitely going to be a long day' I tell myself hoping that I can stop whatever is going to happen.
"He-Hello my name is Yoshino Ya-Yatogami I hope we can all get along" she says in her usual quite voice 'well at least they gave her a last name to use' I thought, he also had to admire her determination to this as she was probably terrified out of her mind but she was still here and was speaking herself.
After her short introduction the whispering and mummers started up again and it's all most likely about how young she look. Wondering why she talks so silently, and probably why is she westing a puppet on her left hand.
"Thank you Mrs. Yatogami now would you like someone to show you around" Yoshino looks at tama-chan before nodding her head "ok would anyone like to show her around" my hand shot up almost instantly "ah Mr. Itsuka thank you now could you please take a seat Mrs. Yatogami" she says Yoshink then quickly walks over to the empty seat next to mine after she sits down class begins.
As the bell rings signaling lunch I walk over to Yoshino "ok Yoshino time to show you around" I say as she gets up she immediately gets behind scared about something and I turn around to see Origami "oh boy' I think "Hey Origami let me guess you'd like to have that talk now" she stares at me "yes with you and her" she motioned towards yoshino "ok lets go somewhere private" I suggest before leading them to an empty room hopefully we wouldn't have people hear us
"Ok origami ask away" I say as I turn to looks at her
"What is she doing here" wow she didn't even need to think
"She is here because otherwise she would be at my home alone and unsupervised" I say
"So that's why you were gone the past couple of days" I nod "you are so willing to help her why?"
"Years ago I made Yoshino a promise to do whatever I can to protect her and besides now I have another reason" I explain
"What is that second reason?" she asks
I open my mouth to answer but a familiar voice decides to intervene " Shido and Yoshino are dating each other" says Yoshinon who decides now is the best time to speak much to my and yoshino's embarrassment.
For the first time in forever I see origami have a look of pure shock on her face "WHAT SHIDO YOU KNOW SHES A SPIRIT YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS SHE IS AND STILL YOU'RE DATING HER AND YOU WANT TO PROTECT HER" she starts screaming at me her mask she had had for years now starting to break apart.
I stay surprisingly calm and answer her in a stern voice "Origami I know what happened with your parents and I know that's why you hate spirits but you need to realize that all spirits aren't bad and yes there are probably some that are, but you also have to realize that there are some that are good do not want to cause destruction and do not want to hurt people and Yoshino is a prime example of that.
Origami who is still in shock but seems to have calmed down a little continues to listen "now Origami I know you don't believe me but answer me this how many times has Yoshino actually tried to fight your or actively tried to hurt people?"
This question seemed to do the trick as for a minute origami seems to think before her eyes widen in surprise and then she answers "not once" I look at her "yes and that is going to be truer now as her powers are now sealed"
"H-How?" she ask the surprises not seeming to stop.
I sigh I know that if I tell her I will also have to explain what happened 5 years ago and I also know what will happen after that will depend on how it's handled so I made my decision "I can't tell you know but if you come to my house after school I will explain everything I promise."
At first she looked sceptic but in the end she agreed "after school I will walk home with you and Yoshino" I nod and say "since we still have some time left do any of you have any other questions?"
Origami looks at yoshino "can you explain the puppet to me"
I explain "Yoshinon is Yoshino's best friend and she also helps her try to be more confident"
"ya and remember if you hurt yoshino I will make you pay" said yoshinon trying her best to come off as really strong and honestly it just looked funny.
The next question actually came from Yoshino who asked origami "do you like shido?" I am definitely surprised as Yoshino usually never asks these types of questions.
"I consider Shido my friend he helped me after my parents died so I guess you can say I care about him and that is also why I yelled after I found out about you two, and I apologies for my outburst." She say sounding guilty
"No you don't have to apologies I understand and I just want us to be friend" says Yoshino who is sounding more confident in the words she says
Origami looks surprise that the person who she had tried to kill in the past asking if they could be friends she was definitely at a loss for words eventually she regained her composure enough to nod her head much to Yoshino's pleasure.
Before we continue we hear the alert to get back to class which we do and as class beings I can't help but feel like somehow no matter what happens after school it will somehow work out
Though I also feel like it could destroy so much.
After school me, Yoshino, and Origami are all on the way home and we arrive and already there is Kotori still in her white ribbons who is surprised to see Origami and I tell her what happen and what happened at school so Kotori swaps into her black ribbons which surprises Origami "so you want to explain everything correct?" I nod "well since we are already here go ahead" she says with a sigh
"Ok so I guess to start off with I have no idea how I can seal spirits I just can." I say I really don't know how I can seal spirits.
Origami doesn't look convinced but doesn't push instead ask "Shido I to ask you do you know anything about the spirit that killed my parents five years ago?"
I knew she was going to ask this and I knew the problems that were going to happen but I decided that everyone need to know the truth "yes I do and in fact I personally know the spirit" I say to the shocked looks on everyone's face.
"HOW MANY SPIRITS DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY!" came the yell from Kotori
But origami just stared and said "tell me what you know about Efreet"
"Origami I know who it is but I want to know what you would do" I ask already knowing her reply
"Kill them" came the reply with a voice void of all emotion
"Now what if I told you they were someone who never meant for what happened to happen and that they at that time had no control over themselves.
Now I had Origamis attention as her uncertainty was in her eyes and she asked "please just tell me"
Before I can say anything the reply came for Kotori "I am Efreet"
Silence seemed to reign through the room and origami was the one to break the silence not with and swear of vengeance or a scream but a question "did you really have no control?"
"Yes and I didn't even know till right now that I had even caused someone's death let alone knowing I had ruined a child's life." Kotori said with a look that was a mixture of fear, shock, sadness, and pain and this was the reaction I had wanted to avoid with Kotori because I didn't know what she was going to do now.
Origami seemed to be trying to figure out what she want to do as one other voice spoke up it was Yoshino who had just been quietly sitting there listening to us speak "I believe Kotori is a good person who would not intentionally hurt" Kotori looks at her with look of gratitude while origami seems to come to a conclusion and I brace myself.
"Kotori before today I blamed spirits for everything and wanted nothing more to see them all die, now I have a different opinion I want to prevent people from getting hurt by spirits but I do not want to do it by killing them because I might be killing someone who had no control like you did" Origami says invoking a smile from me.
"However I will not be leaving the AST but if you'll allow me I can help you from there" she adds
Kotori who was trying to take in everything says "I appreciate any help" having regained composure she says "then origami even if you are still AST I will also like to extend an invitation to join Ratatoskr and help us save spirits"
"I accept" says Origami who seems like she is more comfortable having finally confronted her personal demons and I smile having helped my friend through it all.
After all that Origami stayed for dinner before going home and me. Yoshino, and Kotori all decided to go to bed after saying good night I lay on my bed happy at today's events as I'm about to try to sleep I hear my door open and see Yoshino standing there.
"Can I come in" she asks I nod and ask her what's wrong
"Do you really believe that spirits can be good" she asks in a quiet voice
"Of course and I also meant it when I said you are the best example of a spirit that does not wish to hurt anyone." I say hoping to ease her mind about if I wasn't being honest.
She looks at me and asks "are you ok with what yoshinon said about us dating" that last part came out in a barely audible whisper obviously embarrassed with saying it.
My response is to kiss her it wasn't a very intimate kiss but it was more than the original kiss that sealed her powers which was enough to at least confirm how I felt about us.
Yoshino who is relieved with everything and tells me goodnight before heading back to her room and lay their now wondering about how everything is going to be different before I fall asleep.
The next day was pretty much the same except for the morning in which Yoshino had a nightmare and she woke up this morning screaming and ended up freezing the whole room luckily after I got in I managed to calm her down so yes a very eventful morning.
In class nothing else really happened until some students decided to talk to Yoshino or more like mob her with question, which made me wonder why they waited till today to do that, and she was overwhelmed and Yoshinon had to step in.
"OK everyone needs to calm down and talk one at a time you are making Yoshino panic" she said and she did get them to stop if only to stare at the puppet who was the exact opposite of Yoshino and well for the rest of the class that seemed to be the only thing people focused on much to Yoshino's dismay but to her credit she didn't have another freeze incident.
What finally stopped all was me and origami after school origami distracted everyone while I grabbed yoshino and we made our escape and now we are on our way home discussing today's even but while we're doing that I can' help but feel like someone is watching us I push the feeling back as we enter our home.
While they enter their home a mysterious figure watches them from the shadows the figure seems to be a girl who has a red colored eye and a golden colored eye who lets out a giggle before disappearing.
Hey psycho here for explanations and the wrap up so here we go
First, you thought I was doing kurumi already did ya well nope but a question how the hell did that happen when yoshino is at the most 14 years of age well they lied because it is a thing where people can look like a child but be way older if anyone has seen the movie Orphan they know exactly what I'm talking about.
Second, I can already hear the complaints about what I did to origami now please settle down and let me explain so remember how I said the light novels would have nothing to do with this well I kind of lied why because I know what actually happens to origami's parents but that's all I'm willing to give away but I decided that I am not doing that so in this kotori did accidently kill origami's parents but because shido who had gained back the memories he lost pretty fast he spent all the time helping origami so that she would at least be willing to listen to reason about the spirits which happened and yes the organization thing was something I decided to do now whether this hurts the story remains to be seen and one last thing I'm just gonna say it we will eventually revisit this and trust me on it ok people.
Third, was kotori's outburst about how many spirits did shido know remember kotori did not have her memories at that second it wasn't until everything was explained that she got them back ok glad we got that sorted out.
Fourth, is what is Ratatoskr it was a organization created to save the spirits rather than kill them and at one point kotori does say that it was made for shido's sake.
Fifth, let's talk about those last two sentences first off yes I know it felt forced but I kinda wanted to set up kurumi coming in so please I will make it up to you in the next chapter and oh yes we are going to see mana as well oh my this is going to be entertaining I mean shido dating Yoshino who is a spirit and origami now being Ratatoskr's contact in the AST ranks how is mana going to handle this especially the Yoshino part because well she knows yoshino is a spirit so ya look forward to it.
And finally just some quick points ok so tohka YES SHE WILL STILL BE INTRODUCED I plan on doing her after kurumi. Second will I ever have people refer to the spirits by the names the AST give them I.E. yoshino is hermit tohka is princess and kurumi is nightmare well technically I did with efreet but yes It will continue and the last thing is do I have a planned stopping point and yes I think I do and Im not going to say till we approach the end but it isn't for a while
ack 1 final final thing and that was the last name for yoshino observant people will know that as tohka's last name i just incorporated it for Yoshino and dont worry i have a plan for when tohka comes in.
So that's all so stay tuned for chapter 4 Nightmare.
