Oi ther lads, well I decided taht this poor story hadnt been updated for quite some time, sO I decided to correct my past mistakes. Sorry about my other stories being in a stupor, Im really trying, but I have little time, sigh, academy is taking its toll, anyways, enjoy.
Morality
When little Kazutaka arrived home, he was met by his father, and if any other kid would have been happy, this definitely wasn't the case.
-"I've received the call from your class mistress; she said you weren't at school today. She was worried." The fact that the teacher was more worried than his own father was a rather unsetting thing; however he was more worried about the punishment which would doubtlessly follow.
-"And where exactly were you?"
-"I didn't want to go. They're mean." He looked at the tips of his now scoffed shoes and felt the hair on the top of his head being pulled back so that his father could see him in the eye.
-"I didn't ask you Why you weren't; I thought I made it clear, that I wanted to know where you've been all this time!" It hurt and the kid whimpered a bit. "Cat got your tongue!?"
-"N-no." Kazutaka sniffled a bit.
-"And you even cry like a little girl." The man released the boy and let him crumble on the floor. "I'm taking your toys away, so you can focus on more important things, you're my son after all, and you're forbidden to see your mother."
-"What?" The boy was baffled, he could take away his cherished dolls, he could take every one of them, but not forbid meeting his own mother. "B-but why?"
-"Don't question my ways, boy. You'll be grateful to me, when the time comes."
Kazutaka spent that night in Avasis room, telling him about meeting the annoying girl and the odd woman and about their argument with father.
-"Young master shouldn't skip school, on that I agree with Master Muraki, but the decision is too firm.
-"He said, he'd lock them up in grandfather's room with other trash, and get rid of it when he'll have more time." The boy sobbed.
-"Now that would be unwise, destroying such heritage of the family. I agree current Master and his father weren't on friendly terms, but this is a bit too much." The elderly servant pondered. "I'll see what I can do; in any case, at least we know where all the items are."
Kazutaka nodded in agreement and told a bit more, this time about the stormy weather and the orienteering thing they must have had.
-"I bet that girl was allowed to stay home over this nasty weather and nobody took away her things." He pouted. "And I can't see mum too."
Avasi sighed. "Lady hasn't been feeling well recently, she's constantly tired and is sleeping most of the time."
-"Father could cure her, he's a doctor after all, why won't he? Does he hate her as much as he hates me?"
-"No, no, no child, this illness can't be cured by medicine, it can be only subdued."
-"When I grow up, I'll cure mum." The boy stated.
-"I'm certain you will, but if you really want to help her, you'll study hard, so you know how." Kazutaka nodded and smiled for once.
The next day was orienteering after all, so, by lady Aikos words, Kazutaka hadn't missed any of the "big fun". He groaned when he went past clumps of giggling girls and laughing boys, all dressed in sport uniforms. They all were divided in three different groups, each of which was given a simple map and a task which they had to accomplish during the track.
Kazutaka got into a group of girls who were giggling constantly and asking where he'd put his doll. He groaned and they went to a start line. The boys rushed forward right after the signal, running as fast as they could to beat the girls, who tried keeping up the pace not to loose to the boys.
Kazutaka decided to go with the wave just not to be left behind and alone. He ran along, when suddenly something grabbed him and pulled into the bushes. He wanted to scream and yell, but a slender, unnaturally strong arm, pressed his mouth shut, and kept him still.
-"Hush!" whispered a familiar voice.
In distance Kazutaka still heard the voices of girls and boys, running further, screaming and laughing. Once he even heard.
-"Hey, where's the weird guy?"
-"Dunno, maybe we lost him!"
-"Shouldn't we keep together?"
-"Oh who cares!"
Kazutaka turned around to see the same girl from the day before, wearing the same smirk.
-"Why did you do it?"
-"Ch, I'm not stupid." She retorted and flicked her wild mane.
-"What kind of an answer is that?" the boy asked baffled.
-"Gosh, I live in these woods, I know the shortcut." She said and stood up. "Wanna come or are you a nerd to go with the rest of those asses?" Kazutaka blinked, he wasn't used to such language, but he assumed a nerd was something bad.
-"Well, its ok, I guess, I won't catch up with them anyway." He stated and followed the girl. After some ten minutes of silence and obstacle course over fallen trunks of trees and branches, he asked. "Didn't you get punished yesterday?"
-"Huh?" The girl whipped around. "Why should I?"
-"Well, didn't Aiko sama call your parents?" The girl gave him a smirk.
-"Now now, you're truly a naïve one, aren't you?"
-"What's to be naive about? She phoned father and I was in trouble." He stated simply.
-"Tsk, tsk ,tsk, " She put her hands on her hips. "Gosh, you're a whelp."
-"What's that for?" The boy asked baffled.
-"Well, couldn't you just go her and say you had a tummy ache, make big eyes and get excused for the rest of the day?"
-"But my stomach didn't hurt."
-"Argh!" The girl groaned. "It's not about truth of lies; it's about getting away from school you moron!" Kazutaka looked at her meaningfully.
-"You were cheating."
-"Yup, and I got through, UN-harmed, UN-noticed and UN-upset." Kazutaka rolled his eyes.
-"You could have just said lucky and that would have been enough."
-"I know," the girl grinned back, "but it made me sound cooler." She replied smugly. They continued their way through the forest when Kazutaka spoke again.
-"Why me?"
-"What do you mean?"
-"Why did you pull me into the bushes and why are you showing me the shortcut?"
-"Isn't it obvious? I like you." She replied simply and moved on, while Kazutaka was blushing.
Once they reached a brook, she sat down on the bank and sipped the water. The boy yelled at her.
-"Don't drink it, it might be polluted!"
-"I've drunk it for some time, and see, I'm in one piece." When she wiped her mouth, she climbed the nearest tree and stated in a loud voice. "Looike, I'm the king of this world!"
-"No, you're not, come down here, you lunatic, before you hurt yourself!" Kazutaka giggled.
-"You dare defy me?" The girl stated back puffing her lean chest.
-"Oh no, your highness, I just worried that your big head will make you loose balance!" He chuckled back.
-"Oh you!" The girl yelled and lunged at him, ending them both on the ground. They struggled and fought and laughed at the same time, chasing each other and occasionally splashing water and making a mess of themselves.
-"Oh, I think we're in trouble, just look how low the sun is." Kazutaka noticed worriedly.
-"Huh, oh ,yeah, we should get going." He girl stated and they resumed their walk.
-"What will happen now?" Kazutaka asked uncertain, the time they spent together was grand, but they were late and definitely everyone lese must have gotten to the finish. "Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask your n – Ooof!" The girl had just hit him in the stomach so he dubbed over and felt tears running down his cheeks.
-"Act natural." She whispered and took his hand, dragging him out of the forest and to the finish line, where a bunch of worried parents stood, along with their class mistress and several policemen.
-"I really have no idea how this happened." Aiko sama gestured frantically, when she saw two tatty-looking kids exiting the forest. "Oriya, Kazutaka, oh here you are, what happened, everyone returned, but what happened to you two?" she asked nervously.
-"I . . .sniff . . I fell behind, Aiko sama, I really didn't want to, and he, "The crying girl pointed at unhappy-looking Kazutaka, "I met him off the track, he was lost too, . .so we walked together." The boy only nodded with and didn't say anything, he knew it was nothing but a lie, but, gosh, it was worth it, and she liked him, unlike everybody else, she covered for him too. The thrill and the excitement were definitely there, despite the aching abdomen and stinging tears, he felt like a hero of a real adventure, and it was a secret. He loved it.
After everything had settled down, he noticed Avasi there. He'd come to pick him up. The servant came patiently and took the boy by the hand.
-"Let's go home, master, and wash you up, you look like you've left a battlefield. How did you fall behind? What happened?" This was the most difficult decision for Kazutaka to make, because if he told Avasi, he might tell someone else and his new mate could get punished for it, and he felt that she didn't deserve it.
-"Um, we just walked, and walked until we came out." He felt really bad for lying to the old man, but he made a promise tohimself, to tell him when everything had settled down.
That night, Kazutaka was plagued by different ideas and plans and just memories, has he really gotten himself a real friend? It felt too unbelievable. He sighed happily and fell asleep.
Woot this just kept me awake last night, had to write it. Hope you liked
