Scarlet Rose
Chapter 3- Errands For Hanewaka
Nee, I wonder if you can guess what the name of these songs are, and who sang them. Teehee. A hint, the opening song isn't Japanese, but Korean! Yeah, I put English translation because Korean would be hard to read, even if romanized. So... on with the story my chaps. Pip pip cheerio tah tah for now.
I saw you on the street by chance
With your cute eyes and tall height, you're just my style
Your distinct face, your expression
Even after I came home, I still think of you Go
Pulling me closer, I can feel you
On that road where I was supposed to meet a friend
I saw you over there, passing by
The whole world was slow motion
Oh, oh, oh, oh, You've captured me
I will get you, come closer to me
Oh, oh, oh, oh More closer
The two of us, No matter what happy ending
I was in the middle of getting dressed when there was a knock on the door. I sighed and went over to the door and opened a crack.
"It's me Ms. Liddel, Hanekawa. I have a favor to ask of you. May I come in?"she asked with a faint smile.
"Sure, just let me get dressed. It'll take about 5 minutes if that's okay."I said, she nodded, so I closed the door and changed quickly.
I sat her down in my new sofa and poured her tea.
"So, what did you want to ask me?"I asked, sipping my tea.
"I'm going to be going out of town for a while, and I wanted to know if you could take care of Riku for me. I know about how she disappeared the other day."she said, and I felt myself go cold."But it's okay, she tends to go out every now and then and decides not to come back until the next day."
"Oh, okay. Well, I don't mind watching her."I said smiling. I guess if her disappearing now and then is okay, I won't mind, not that I want her to.
"Thank you, I promise she won't be any trouble at all. Well, my flight leaves tonight. I still need to pack, could you go pick her up from school? She goes to Shikaku Academy, they get out at 2, so if you could go right now..."she said with a hopeful face.
"Of course! I'd love to see her school, where is it?"I asked.
"Well, have you met Boris?"she asked. I nodded," He goes to the same school as her, but his division gets out early, and he should be in his room by now. You can ask him."she continued, I nodded, and she left.
-knock knock-
"I guess I should have asked her what room he was in..."I said to myself. I got up and opened the door.
"Hey Alice! Just got out of school, want to hang out?"Boris asked. My face brightened up.
"No thanks Boris, I was actually hoping you could go with me to pick up Riku-chan from school."I said, he nodded and dragged me out of my apartment, out into the city streets.
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We arrived in front of this big academy. There were 3 divisions, Elementary, Middle, and High School. For each division, there was a different school uniform, and for every grade, a different bow/tie, skirt, and accessory color.
"Wow... And you're in the High school section right? Didn't you tell me you were in her class though?"I asked, looking at Boris. Was he held back or something?
"Yeah, I have P.E. with her though, it's mixed classes for 6th and 7th period. I also go visit her during free period."he said. "Free period is always the last period, so for High Schoolers, it's optional to stay, or go home."
"Oh, I see. So, where does she usually go during free period?"I asked, looking around.
"Well, let's see. She usually goes to the music room to listen to them practice, so she should be in there."he said, walking into the building.
"Let's see. The music room. The music room. The mu-"I started, but Boris shushed me, signaling to the door next to us. He opened the door slowly, and...
'Shinjiteru mono wo. Tsuyoku hikiyoseru Kogoeta manazashimo Mamotte ageru kara.'
"Ah! Riku-chan is singing the violin version of Scarlet Ballet!"Boris whispered. I watched carefully, there were a few violinist playing the song, and she was singing. Even if sick, she sung pretty nice.
"Hey! You two! What are you doing here?"a voice called from the room, and Boris and I stumbled over and fell in the room. All eyes were on us, especially Riku's.
"R-Riku! Th-this isn't what it looks like!"Boris stuttered, getting to his feet. Riku looked like she was half confused, and half envious.
"Nani? Did Riku-chan do something wrong?"she said in her cute 5 year old voice, making my heart throb. Why must she be so adorable?
"Riku-chan! That was cute!"a girl with strawberry blonde hair tied into short twintails said, hugging her.
"Arigatou Miki-senpai!"Riku replied, shooting a cute smile. By now, Boris was dieing in moe-ness, or whatever they call it.
"So, Riku-chan, are you ready to go home?"I asked.
"Eh? Nande? Riku-chan has to go to see onii-chan though."she said with pleading eyes.
"Ugh. Why must you always go see him after school? He isn't even your brother, and he's a psycho path!"Boris growled.
"Onii-chan is not a psycho path! And if he is, he's my psycho path!"she retorted, sticking her tongue out.
"Leave Riku-chi alone!"Miki shouted, hugging Riku, who was nearly dieing without any breath.
"Let's just go Riku, we have to get you home!"Boris shouted, grabbing her by her wrist and dragging her off, leaving me.
"B-Boris! Wait!"I tried, but they were already gone. I turned to see everyone silent.
"Well, that was an eventful day..."Miki said, putting her violin away.
"Why was Boris so... Yeah, why was he so mad at her when she started talking about... her 'onii-chan'?"I asked her. She looked at everyone, then turned her glance to me.
"Well, you see, Boris has a slight crush on Riku-chan, and whenever she talks about her 'onii-chan', he gets jealous. Sometimes even to the point of hurting her."she explained with a sigh. I see, so that's why he was acting so aggressive. I just wonder where they are...
"Oh... Okay then."I said quietly.
"Hey, where do you live?"she asked with a smile.
"I live in the Scarlet Apartments."I replied, returning the smile.
"Oh! Me too! Most of the students here do though. Well, we could go home together!"she said, dragging me off.
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Miki and I arrived in the lobby, and we went into the elevator.
"Hey, Alice, what's your... relationship with... Riku?"she asked, blushing. I didn't know where this was going, but I answered.
"Well, we're pretty much acquaintances, I have to take care of her now though, at least until her grandmother gets back."I said with a shrug.
"You mean you get to give her baths and stuff?"she asked, face red and in shock.
"Uh... no."I said, and she sighed in relief, or something like that.
"Oh, okay, never mind. Well, anyways, if you want, visit me in my room. It's room 167."she said.
"Oh! I'm 64!"I said with a smile.
"Oh, didn't know you were that old!"she chuckled, I did too, and then we parted our ways.
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3:23 a.m. ; England
-click, clack, click, clack-
"Hmmm? What was that?"I asked myself, waking up. I turned to my clock, it wasn't that because it made a different sound. It was coming from the window.
Out of curiosity, I went to peer out. I was shocked by what I saw...
It was a the girl from two nights before, she was on Riku's balcony, standing on the railings. She was looking out the other way, her back turned to me. In her right hand, was a katana, and it was dripping with blood.
"Anata..."she mumbled, and slowly turned to look at me...
Shikaku Academy- Shikaku means 'Assassin', so it's basically a secret academy for assassins in training.
Scarlet Ballet- A song sung by May'n for the original series, Hidan no Aria, A.K.A, Aria the Scarlet Ammo, which inspired me to write this, somehow at least, most of it is kind of like Shakugan no Shana, another Rie Kugimiya thing...
Arigatou- If you didn't know, means 'thank you', I'm Japanese, so I should know kyu.
Scarlet Apartments- I decided to name the apartment building this, because most o the stories settings are based on 'scarlet' or 'assassins', etc.
Katana- A Japanese sword that 'Scarlet Rose' uses, when not using her guns. (I also have one hanging in my room, I use it to scare my new boyfriend when he acts like a pervert :3 you know who you are Ethan.)
England- I wanted to make this like a combination of Shakugan no Shana, and Hidan no Aria, so it takes place in England, where HnA took place. (Maybe this story will help me improve in History too)