Chapter 4 (Pt 1)

The next day I awoke to Mako yelling about how Ryuuko needed to wake up before they late to school. I sighed, some things never change yet some things do.

Shrugging on my uniform shirt, pants, and jacket. I climb off the roof and wait next to the door. Not a minute later, Mako and Ryuuko come rushing out. Well, it was more like Mako was dragging a sleepy Ryuuko to school. I could not help but chuckle slightly, it never ceases to amaze me how Mako and her family work like they do.

As we walk into school, Mako was just about to tell Ryuuko something before I felt projectiles heading towards us. Moving quickly, I move in front of them just in time to feel hard tennis balls hit my body.

Due to the force behind them, I staggered a bit before shaking it off and looking to where they came from.

The tennis club was in a line in front of with the head being Omiko Hakodate, the captain of the club itself. ' Great, this is NOT what I needed this morning. ' I thought, staring at the girl harshly.

" Hey, what's the big idea here?! " Ryuuko shouted from behind me.

Omiko chuckled before saying, " So, you're the new girl who disrespected Lady Satsuki. Nice to meet ya, I'm captain of the Girl's Tennis Club, Omiko Hakodate. " She then looks at me and scowls, saying " Well, if it isn't the one destroyed our winning streak. "

I chuckled darkly, before saying " Because you did not play fair, neither did I. "

Omiko shook her head then looked back at Ryuuko and Mako with a smirk on her face. " To answer your question, we were just purging the girl. "

Ryuuko ground her teeth and asked, " Oh, yeah? What she do that was so wrong? "

Omiko just waved her hand back and forth, saying " The girl failed to come to practice yesterday, and anyone who doesn't gets the one hundred and ten million cannon ball serve. However, you aren't even in the club so butt out."

Ryuuko shouted back, " but, she couldn't have because she beening held hostage by that boxing guy! "

Omiko just shrugged, and said " She had to have special permission for that. Begin. "

Just like that, the line of girls behind her launched their tennis balls at us. This time, Ryuuko blocked their attacks.

" Mako, Jerome go on ahead. Before you are late to class. " Ryuuko yelled, still blocking the shots.

I felt confected , do I listen or do I stay? I looked her in the eyes and saw that she was asking me to trust her. Mako had already left as I turned to leave as well.

" Alright, I will leave you to it. Just try not to get hurt too badly, I'm afraid of what would happen if Mr. Mankanshoku tried what he did last time. " I said, looking at her with a soft smirk on my face.

" If he does, I still beat his ass. No one messes with me like that! " Ryuuko said, looking at me with one of her own soft smirks.

I waved goodbye to her as I walked around to my classroom.

Hours pass since then and the lunch siren rang. Packing my stuff up for the day, I leave my classroom only to bump into the next doors homeroom teacher of Class K. Mr. Aikurō Mikisugi.

" Sorry, kid. I'm sort of a hurry here. " he said, pushing his way past me. Remembering that Ryuuko shares classes with Mako in his class, I speed up to follow him.

' Something's wrong if he is worried, and I have a bad feeling that it is about Ryuuko. Been feeling like this the whole time since I left her. Man, I should have stayed and helped. ' I thought as I followed him through school.

Sometime later, I got restless following him and decided that he has done enough so I would go the rest. He has led me to the sewer under the school, searching for something or someone.

' Damn, now I know something happened to Ryuuko when I left. I shouldn't have left her alone! ' I thought, watching as Mikisugi continue to walk. ' I need to get pass him, but how? He would notice if I tried. '

Looking around, I see a good size rock laying broken from the walls around us. ' Yes, this should do. ' I thought, throwing the rock around the ground near him. As he turned around, I quickly run past him and hid behind a wall down the way he was going.

Making sure he didn't see me, I run ahead more and waited to see if he would chase me. When nothing happened, I shrugged and began looking around harder.

" She has to be around here somewhere. " I whispered to myself, scanning the area around me hard. Finally, I came to a junction where the water dropped lower down and curved. Hanging be the straps on her guitar case as the water around her rushed past, was Ryuuko.

She was unconscious and beaten up, by the looks of her bruises. I sigh in relief as I unlodged her case and softly pulled her from the water's edge. Cradling her body in a bride's carry, I hurriedly make my way out of the sewers.

A hour later, Ryuuko woke up on my mat yelling " SENKENSU! "

" Hey, take it easy. I don't know what happened but finding you beat up can only mean that you didn't make the fight. Are you okay ?" I asked, calming her as best I could.

Ryuuko shook her head as I handed her a glass of fresh water. She grabbed it gently from me and slowly drank her fill, handing the glass back to me.

" Where am I? How did I get here? " Ryuuko asked, turning to me as she felt her body. As she did this, I grabbed some of the grub I cooked up earlier for her.

" How do feel Ryuuko? " I asked again, handing her some of the food. She takes it and looks up at me.

" Like shit, but thanks for asking. How did I get here? " Ryuuko asked, going to take a bite of the food.

" Well, I really just carried you up here. Only place I could think of without bothering others. Found you in the sewer hanging by the strap of your guitar case there. What happened to you that put you there? "

She didn't answer because she was stuffing her face with my food. Chuckling softly, I wait until she is done.

" Wow, this is super good! Who made this? " Ryuuko asked, turning to look at me. I just raise my hands with a soft smile on my face. Her eyes go wide as she looks down to her bowl, then quickly looks back up and pushes it back to me saying, " More please? "

I nod with a small smile as I take her bowl and refill it. "Sure, wow. Nobody ever was this happy to eat my cooking before. " I said, watching Ryuuko eat her second bowl.

" Why? This is really good, who wouldn't want more? " Ryuuko asked, eyeing staring at me. I just shrug as I stare back.

"Now, can you tell me what happened to you? Why did I find you in the sewers in the first place." I asked, putting my hand on her shoulder.

Ryuuko looked away, blushing as I heard her say " That Two star bitch kicked my ass, is what happened. Senkensu didn't wake up when I tried to, left me . . . "

" He needs blood, yours to be precise. "

"What! He needs my, my blood? " Ryuuko asked, shocked and freaked.

I sighed, taking out a small syringe I borrowed from Mr. Mankanshoku earlier. " Look, don't freak out. I need you to let me do this. Hold still for a moment."

Ryuuko's eyes widen as I moved closer to her with it in hand. She protested, but in the end I got the blood. " Now, to show you. Like I said, he needs your blood to awaken. So let's wake him up. "

Putting some blood on to Senkensu, he immediately began to move. "More! MORE! FEED ME MORE BLOOD! " he shouted, moving against Ryuuko's body.

Ryuuko blushed hard as she said, " So that's why. But I don't have any means to wake him up. How will I do it later when I need to?

I thought about that as she kept on eating. " I think I might know what it is, but I don't have one that you need. It's called a Seki Tekkō, it allows that user to draw the blood required to power Senkensu. However, you need one that is personally made for him. " I said as I thought about it harder.

" So, do you know where one may be? I don't want to have to carry that needle around all the time, besides, " She shook slightly as she looked at the needle by her, " I hate needles."

I sighed before standing up and looking out into the sky. " I think I know of one's location, but I don't know if you would like to talk to him now. "

" Who? " Ryuuko asked, looking up at me with curious eyes.

" Aikurō Mikisugi, your homeroom teacher. The way he has been watching you makes me think he knows something, something that could possibly be related to your dad. However, " I paused, seeing that Ryuuko was starting to get angry, " He also may not and is just a pervert. Either way, talking with him is probably the best thing to do right now. "

Ryuuko huffed, but quickly let out her anger as she held out her hand. I blinked for a moment before helping her up. This time, noticing the blush run across her face.

" Well if we have no choice, then let's go find him. " She said, looking at me in the eyes with her blush still raging across her face.

I smiled as I nodded and turned to walk off the roof. As I began to walk, I felt something warm and soft push against my back. I go to turn, but it forces me to continue facing forward.

Then I heard, " Look, I want to thank you for coming to find me down there. Not many people would having just met the person day before. So, I show that I appreciate what you did, I means a lot to me. Plus, I wanted to say that I felt the same way you did. W-when you told me about how you felt when we first met. It's like we met before but not. "

I smiled as Ryuuko continued to talk and hug me. I reached around behind me and put my hand on her head, then began to comb them through her hair.

It was soft, softer than one would think when one would look on at her hair. The hair ran through my fingers like water, but felt pleasant to hold. I turned my head slightly to see her and smiled at her again.

Then I said, " It's okay, Ryuuko. No thanks needed. Even if I didn't meet you, I still would have look anyways. Besides like I said; where you go, I go. "

Ryuuko blushed harder at my words, but did not let go. When she did, she would not look at me in the face after.

" Now come on, Let's go and find him, Aikurō Mikisugi."

An: Hey there everyone, sorry that I took me this long but I will try harder to get these out quicker so just bear with me here. No this is not on stop or anything, just didn't have lots of time to write. Hope ya'll enjoy and any comments on this story is great, Just no hurtful flames please.

Next, Ryuuko and Jerome go to find Mikisugi and beat the captain. What will happened next after? Stay tuned . . .