Shark and Thorn

B. Mistake

Agito was agitated.

Yayoi couldn't blame him, he had been asking her the same question for the fifth time as they walked back to school and she still couldn't give him a decent answer.

But there was no mistaking it, she knew that girl…but if that girl had knocked down Agito (mind you- Agito), then there had to be something wrong with her brain…or the universe.

Somebody grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Damn it, who was that bitch?"

"I- I…"

A flying soda can knocked Agito squarely on the side of the head, making him release her. Emily skated into view, blocking Yayoi with her arms. "What the hell are you doing?!" Emily roared.

"Chill, ladies, I'm sure there's an explanation," Ikki said, "right, Agito? Usually you're not the physical type with girls…unless." He peered closely at the blue-haired boy and knocked on his forehead.

"What the fuck, Crow!"

Ikki shrugged. "All in order."

"Everything's ok," Yayoi intervened, looking down. "It's just that, I don't know how I can explain it."

The rest of Kogarasumaru skated in.

"Explain what?" Kazu asked, "and by the way, cutting class is not cool. You should've seen how we covered for you guys."

"How is making a lower classman wear a stupid lunch paper bag on his head with an abominable face drawn on it covering up?" Ringo chastised. The boys chorused how brilliant it was in the background.

Meanwhile, Agito looked Yayoi in the eye, demanding for an honest answer. How could she refuse even if she didn't quite believe it?

"That girl…she doesn't have a family or anything but she goes by the surname Sachio. I looked it up, I swear, and couldn't find anyone- alive, that is," Yayoi began. "She was a wreck when I met her. It took me two weeks before she would even talk to me and at the idea of going outside, she would freak out."

Yayoi fidgeted with her braid. "That's why when I saw her then and there, (a brief flashback explanation for the rest of Kogarasumaru) I didn't understand it at all. Did she…did she really outrun you, Agito?"

A dark aura rose from the fang King while a chorus of "confirmed!" ran in the background.

"So what's the big deal? I can outrun Agito," Ikki yawned, "and it's not like he put his emblem on the line."

Agito glared daggers at Ikki. "Because she knows something. Or else she wouldn't have left me a note saying: 'Found You' in blood."

"In blood? Dude, that's disgusting! Or should I say you've found yourself a soulmate?" Onigiri piped in. Emily gave him a karate chop in behalf of Yayoi.

Agito continued, now hesitant, "and she wouldn't have gone through the trouble of breaking into the men's room and…and…"

"And what?" for some weird reason the team was suddenly all ears.

"-and took a picture of…which was why I chased her."

Yayoi could feel that Agito was wishing the ground would swallow him right then and there. "But what did she want?"

Ikki also turned serious. "Yeah, what did this Sachio want? Because if it's a fight, we'll give it to her, Kogarasumaru style!"

Agito spat. "She didn't get to say because Nakayama here suddenly appeared."

"Then we'll just ask her," Kazu offered, "where does this friend of yours stay?"

Yayoi looked helplessly at the team before answering. "She lives in the Psycho Ward."