A/N: Hey everyone. Here is the new chapter for Hijacked Love. Poor Haruhi is already nervous watching the matches and now Satoshi is about to fight someone that appears bigger and stronger than him. Enjoy and please review if you have a chance. Thank you for everything!
Chapter 3 – Dinner Plans
Haruhi felt nervous as the final match was about to start. She took comfort in Chika's hands squeezing hers and tried to force herself to calm down. Logically she knew that Satoshi knew how to handle an opponent of his competitor's size, but that didn't stop the riotous emotions that were coursing through her.
As the two competitors approached the mat and then bowed, Haruhi's breath hitched. It was time for the match to start. The opponents bowed to each other and then took their opening stance. Advancing and swinging, Satoshi was able to strike early and gain the first point. Haruhi cheered him on, as did his family. She grabbed Chika's hand and held tight wondering if Satoshi nerves while fighting were as bad as hers were watching the competition.
Chika winced as Haruhi's grip tightened. He had no clue that she was that strong, and would only admit to himself that it was slightly painful as her nails dug into his hand. The grasp was rigid and caused his hand to throb; however when he looked down at the girl next to him, he knew he could not say anything. She looked like she was about to run down to the floor in order to be with Satoshi. If holding onto him kept her in place, then he would deal with the discomfort for a while longer.
Glancing down at the small girl next to him, Mori smiled. He could tell that she was beside herself with worry for Satoshi, and the way she was clinging to Chika's hands, he was grateful that it wasn't him. Giving the match his full attention once again, he suddenly frowned. Something wasn't right. The next round had just started and he could tell that his brother's opponent was not happy about losing the first point. He studied the fight knowing that his brother could handle himself, but something did not feel right as he watched as the fight progressed.
Satoshi could feel the irritation coming off of the other man in the ring. Before the match started, Katsuro had started trash talking. He wanted to have the honor of taking down a Morinozuka. Satoshi knew that his adversary did not like to lose and would not be an easy win, he had to stay on guard, but after the young Morinozuka got the first point, Katsuro's demeanor changed. Something inside him told him that his foe would now be out for blood (and that might be literally).
Katsuro could not believe that he was careless enough to let Satoshi get the first point. Gripping his shinai a little tighter, he vowed that it would be the last point the other man got. Yelling, he attacked swinging the bamboo as hard as he could and if any of the hits were outside the normal point markers, he didn't care. Taking his chance, Katsuro swung down on Satoshi's right forearm as hard as he could, breaking his shinai in the process. He won the point. Hearing a cry coming from the stands, he leered at Satoshi, "Your girlfriend is about to watch you lose."
Satoshi's grip on his shinai loosened when he was hit on his arm, his protective gear only offering so much protection. Dropping the stick, he grabbed his hurt arm. He heard one of the refs run up to him right after he heard what Katsuro said. Looking up at the stands, he saw Haruhi on her feet and something inside of him told him that he had to win for her.
"Can you continue?" The referee asked the youngest Morinozuka as he handed him the shinai he had dropped.
Meanwhile, inside the change room, Katsuro was angry. There were times he had known he had struck and he believed those should have been points. He could have won, should have won. Yet, the referees were too stupid and blind to have noticed. He silently cursed out his revenge that he would win against a Morinozuka. Possibly take that girlfriend of his as well. Nothing could be as equally traumatizing as that. He probably could make the girl happy, though he did not really care either way. She was worthless to him, but would make an excellent toy to play with for the time being. He sneered at that thought as he quickly finished getting ready. He intended on nurturing his revenge plan. Leaving the changing room, Katsuro had to mask his face so that his plot for retaliation and the pleasure it would bring was not apparent to anyone else. To any passerby he projected pure anger at losing the fight.
Haruhi had been so scared during Satoshi's competition; fear had clutched her entire being. Now, at the end of the finals, she just felt relieved. Something told her that the battle was far from over though and hoped that whatever the feeling was, would not involve her. A short time later, she noticed that Katsuro was leaving, which meant that Satoshi could get ready and the family could finally go for dinner.
After quickly changing, Satoshi rushed out of the change room and looked for one certain person. She was easy to find and smiled when he spotted Haruhi still standing there with the rest of his family.
"You did a great job, Sato-Chan! I hope you don't mind, but we are going to have to take two vehicles for our celebratory dinner tonight!" Honey excitedly explained.
Satoshi could only nod in agreement as he watched his cousin bounce around in his exuberance. When Honey declared something was going to be a certain way, he had learned long ago, you just smile and nod. In the end, the seating arrangement was him and Haruhi in one limo while the rest of the family filed into the other one. "They probably only assumed that Haruhi and I may want to be alone. Though, what would we talk about?" He thought and looked at the girl sitting next him. Although Satoshi was typically very energetic, tonight he appeared to be unusually quiet on the outside; the inside was a bit different though since he was completely freaking out.
Haruhi had climbed in first and Satoshi had followed. The limo was then on its way to its intended destination, and she could not help the bought of nerves that coursed through her. As the silence seemed to reach deafening proportions, her phone rang. Glancing at the caller id, she noticed that it was none other than Honey calling her, "Hey Honey-senpai! What's the matter?"
"Something just came up that involves my parents and their work, and to top it off Kyo-Chan called and requested that Takashi and I come over as soon as possible. Don't worry though, this won't interfere with our sleepover too much. He just needs to talk to us for about an hour. We decided that we didn't want you to miss out on dinner or to wait on us, so you two can go along without us. It will be just you and Sato-Chan for dinner tonight though. Sorry about that Haru-Chan. Anyways, I will talk to you when you get back to the estate!" Honey told his kohai. It was just a little white lie, but he really hoped she took the bait and it worked, it had to work. Hanging up the phone, he quickly dialed the Shadow King and let him in on the slight fabrication he had to tell Haruhi. Honey wanted all of his bases covered in case she thought to call Kyoya or mentioned something to him in passing later.
Meanwhile, Haruhi had told Satoshi that it would be just the two of them for dinner that night and was relieved when it appeared that he was not opposed to the new dinner arrangements. The restaurant they ended up going to was a five star sushi restaurant and the food was heavenly and seemed to melt in their mouth as they shared a sushi platter, and of course some ootoro. The couple was soon full, and decided that it was time to leave.
Once they exited the restaurant, they both decided that since it was such a gorgeous night and they were enjoying the alone time, they would walk for a little bit before they headed back to the estate to partake in the sleepover. Both of them looked across the street to a field of Sakura trees that were lit up and decided that would be the perfect location for their moonlit stroll. Neither one of them had noticed a shadowy person walking a few paces behind them.
At some point during their walk, Satoshi had offered Haruhi his arm and she gladly accepted it sending warm feelings throughout his body. It felt right, it felt good; and he was surprised at how well the night was going. Knowing he could easily rank it as one of the best in his life, he looked down at Haruhi and was about to tell her how he felt when something stopped him. It was a feeling that something was about to happen and he was instantly alert.
The dark figure that had been following the couple made his way through the trees and kept the two teens in his field of vision. He would not lose them. Situating himself behind some bushes, when he thought he could get a jump on them, he sprang out of his hiding spot and sneered, "Well it seems as if your girlfriend chose the wrong person. You know I could make you feel a lot better than he could."
