A week passed since the incident in tokyo and the two groups have been continuing to go to school and wait for the inevitable meeting. Akuma has been continuing to improve his skills day in and day out. His friends have been trying to stop him from over exhausting himself, but he continued to insist that if he wants to have a standing chance against a big threat, he will need to get better. Akuma doesn't want to rely on Dark Magic all the time alone because of the possibility of him turning on his own friends. Every night was the same nightmare that has been reoccurring ever since the day he lost his sister. This was a reminder for him to remember why he is trying to get better. Although oni and James had told Akuma to stay away from revenge, he wants the person who caused this pain to be erased from Japan… even if it kills him. Since the warehouse incident, it has been calm and nothing out of the ordinary has been going on. No signs of the mysterious man and any crime that could possibly be traced back to the yama uba member. The only thing that the students could do at this time was to continue going to school.
"I can't just stand here doing nothing but studying. I could use this time to get back to training." Akuma said as Professor Akaname was telling a story of his youth and his wins to the class.
"And so there I was… cornered by 30 ninja squats. It seemed like that was the end for me, but I found the will to fight and so I…" Professor Akaname said as he continued his story.
Akuma put his head down and looked to the right. His eyes immediately locked on to a guy who had black hair with a ponytail style.
"Since when was that student in my class? I never noticed him at all this week. It's probably the training that has me out of it. Could that be the guy that the yama uba officer was talking about? Oh who am I kidding, almost everyone these days have black hair a little bit long hell i have black hair. It's become a trend and very popular so the chances of him being the culprit is close to zero. This is like what? The 8th time?" Akuma thought.
*RING* The bell sounded to signal the end of class and the start of lunch. Everyone got their bags and walked out of the class. However, Akuma took his time packing his bags in hopes that the black haired guy fellow walked out before him.
"Akuma what's taking so long!" kat said at Akuma. The stranger looked at the source of the yelling and simply continued walking.
"Kat!" Akuma said quietly. Akuma looked back at where the black hlaired fellow was and he was gone.
"What did I do!?" Kat said.
"Nevermind… let's go get lunch with the rest of our team." The two proceeded to head to the lunch room and take their seats with the others.
"So then mai managed to take out these crooks in seconds!" Carla said to the group
"What did I say about this? No vigilante work! I don't want any of you involved in that." Akuma said angrily.
"Chill out shi, mai wasn't alone. I was there to help her out." Carla said to the red eyes boy.
"I don't care. What if something went horribly wrong!?"
"You need to relax Akuma. We can take care of ourselves just fine."
"Ugh fine. Just make sure you guys tell me if you go out and do any vigilante work so that I can know exactly where you guys are at just in case things do go wrong."
"Okay, but I doubt you will do anything helpful if you come exhausted after training so long." Mai said with a slight giggle.
"Ha ha, that was so funny I forgot to laugh. Anyways, I saw a guy with a black hair with a ponytail that could possibly be the mysterious fellow that the yama uba o Officer had mentioned."
"What makes you think that?" Mia asked.
"Well uhhh… he has a ponytail?" Akuma said nervously.
"Akuma… you can't just go around and point fingers just because he has a ponytail. That's like the 10th time you said that and none of them were even the slightest suspicious." Manuel told the red eye boy.
"Actually, 10th time to be exact. Anyways, this time I am right. I am certain." Akuma said, crossing his arms.
"Ugh… fine, where is this guy at?" Carla asked.
"Well, I think I saw him go into the combat training room, but I could be wrong since kat kept blocking my view.
"HEY! I didn't know." Kat said.
"Let's go check then. If he sees us we'll just say that we happened to pass by and seem him sparring duh." Carla said.
"Ok, sounds like a good idea." Mia said.
The group headed towards the training room to see this mysterious fellow, but ended up bumping into him instead.
"Ouch!" Carla said. She had crashed to the guy that was reading a book.
"Oh my bad, I was too focused on my book." The guy said.
"Watch where you're walking my guy." Carla said angrily.
"Look I said I was sorry already."
"You're that guy!" Akuma said loudly.
"Yes, I'm sorry. Nice to meet you. But i have leave now." The guy said as he tried to walk around Carla and the others. Carla however, stepped to the side to stop the guy from heading towards his destination. She continued this pattern until the student responded to her actions.
"What are you a doing? Can you move please? I'm trying to go somewhere.
"Oh are we now? Carla said angrily
"Okay, since you don't to more, I will be sure to call you sunflower. Can you move Sunflower?"
"No! I can't asshole."
"Oh… your words hurt me. I will be sure to cry about it in my dorm room, which I will be heading towards now."
"Your sarcasm really annoys me you know?"
"I apologize for my sarcasm madam, allow me to remove myself from your presents." The boy turned around and walked the other way. Carla quickly walked towards the boy and placed her hand on his shoulder and stopped him from leaving.
" Carla, let him go." Mai said.
"You heard the cutie succubus, let me go."
"What did you say!?" Mai said angrily. Without a sign, carla had swung at the boy who had his back towards the group. However, the student moved to his side and quickly got around her and took her down by grabbing her arm and sweeping her legs. The boy now held Carla arm in a position where it can easily be broken.
"HEY! LEAVE HER ALONE!" Mai pulled out her katana and her combat knife attacked the boy who held her teammate. The boy let go of Carla and turned his attention towards mai and back stepped to avoid the dual wielding attack.
"What's going on here?!" Professor Yuki-onna said as she walked towards the crowd.
"We were just having a friendly game of charades professor." The guy said to the instructor.
"By the looks of it, you three were fighting."
"He started it!" Mai said angrily smal.
"I started it? Unless bumping into someone accidentally is starting it then guilty is charged." The black haired boy with a ponytail student said.
"Why is it that it's always you Lee that has to start these ridiculous confrontations?" Professor Yuki-onna asked the ponytail student.
"I thought I made myself clear to call me haiku professor!"
"How about I make myself clear and tell you to go towards the detention room where you will be spending the rest of your lunch time at." Yuki-onna said with an annoyed tone.
"Might as well name the room haiku room since that's where I go just about every single day." The boy proceeded to head toward the room's direction and was gone.
"Sorry if he caused trouble for all of you. He can be a bit of a handful sometimes." Yuki-onna said.
"It's fine. We were just here in the wrong time." Akuma said. The professor then left and the group had begun to talk about what just happened. Everyone now had a small feeling that this student could possibly be the guy that the yama uba member had talked about.
"I still don't know how he knew my secret. DID ANY OF YOU TALK!?" Mai said out loud.
"NO! We wouldn't do that, you know that mai." Carla said, with sigh as the others nodded in agreement.
"In any case, we should keep an eye on him." Mia said.
"We shouldn't do anything! I'm going to alert oni about the discovery and all of you will let him handle it." Oni said. While he was arguing with the others, Carla walked up to the red eye boy and grabbed him by the shoulders and shoved him against the wall.
"If you tell my brother anything, I will make it my mission to break your third leg. You understand?" Carla whispered to Akuma with a smile. Her eyes turned darker because of the humiliation she just went through and what he called mai.
"Okay." Shi's voice cracked when he said that. Fearing for his manhood that will most likely be gone if he did tell oni about the information.
"Good. Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm headed to my room. I need to go grab my book for the next class." Carla smiled and walked away.
"I guess we should head back towards the Lunch room and think about what we should do." Manual as they all left towards the lunch room.
Feel good inc.
" City broken down on a camel's back bitch's don't know cuz they don't know wack l" haiku earphones were pulled out of his ears by Carla who arrived into the detention room i guess he what's to die young(lol).
"Hey! What was that for? I was listening to one of my favorite bands!" haiku told the girl. Carla put the earphones on and listened to the song for a couple of seconds.
"Never heard of them." Carla said as she pulled the earphones out and placed them on the table, along with his iPhone.
"Never heard them!? You probably never heard of Gorillaz either huh!"
"Gorillaz what?"
"You're serious?" haiku took a deep breath then exhaled and sat back down to his seat.
"So are you here for my head because of what I did back there? If you are let me tell you, it's going to take more than words to get it."
"What you said back there pissed me off. I should really tear you a new one for doing what you did back there."
"Well you're going to need to buy me dinner before you do that sweetheart."
"Do you take any of this seriously? Carla said, getting annoyed by the student.
"I stopped taking things seriously a while ago. How about I apologize to you and your friends and pretend we ever met? Sounds good?
"I'll tell you what, you beat me in a sparring match tomorrow and I'll accept your apology and let you take me on a date."
"A date?" haiku took a deep breath and released it.
"Sorry, but I am not interested in a date right now."
"Then why are you still hitting on me then?" Carla asked as she got close to the student.
"Is that what you think I'm doing? Sorry, but this is how I am. I have been this way for weeks now and I can't really control it. I tend to talk this way with just about everyone. That might explain why I have absolutely no friends, but hey, what can you do? Am I right?"
"Well for starters, you can stop acting that way."
"Hmmm… nah. I'm fine with the way I am."
"Alright fine, if you win my friend and I will apologize for what we did."
"And if I lose?"
"I will get the satisfaction of beating you to a pulp and have you take me on a date."
"Well, after much thought I have no choice but to sadly accept your challenge."
"I'll see you tomorrow then Lee." Carla winked at the student and walked out of the room.
"It's haiku!" haiku got his iPhone and put on his earphones.
" city, broken down on a camel's back, bitch's don't know...perfect."
The day went just like every other day in school. Everyone studied, went to their classes, and did a little bit of training in their spare time. Akuma on the other hand, spent most of his free time training in the training room. The school had brought in recently Skynet in partnership with yorha newest android model that knew every fighting style known to man. It had a difficulty meter that allowed the person training to set if he or she wanted intense training or not as well as an option to use a specific weapon or fighting style to train against. These androids were very durable so it would manage to not get destroyed so easily. There were a few free to use androids in the room that had multiple students already occupying some of these. This didn't stop Akuma from continuing to train himself to become the best magic user he can be. The night went by smoothly other than the fact that Carla got herself into a predicament that she is really looking forward to.
Hand to Hand
"Professor Yuki-onna, I would like to make a request for today's sparring match." Carla said to the professor.
"What kind of request?"
"I want to spar with a specific person and he agreed to it."
"Okay sure. Who is the lucky person?"
"IT'S ME!" Lee screamed, as he spread his arms as if he were about to receive a giant hug. He wore a somewhat navy black long sleeve with a red sleeveless hoodie that he had on over his head.
"Lee!? Are you serious?" Professor Yuki-onna asked. Akuma spat his drink and began choking on the water he had left in him.
"What is she thinking?! Why do you always do something like this Carla?!" Akuma couldn't believe that Carla would challenge the guy who they ran into the other day. He didn't want anyone to get physically involved with him.
"Relax shi, I'm sure she can take this guy." Mai said.
"Yes I'm sure." Carla told Yuki-onna as she heard Akuma's voice correcting the professor of what his name is.
"Fine. Today's match will be Carla ribenji vs Lee castro.
Akuma spat out his drink and began to choke again.
"Castro!?" Akuma could not believe what he was hearing. He could not believe what the man in the old shop in Vict said was actually real. He would always leave his ring in his room or in his bag whenever he trained.
"Akuma did you hear what the professor just said!?" Mia asked.
"CARLA! YOU NEED TO FORFEIT THE MATCH NOW!" Akuma yelled.
"Why!?" Carla said loudly.
"This guy is the real deal! You're probably no match for him!"
"Don't be ridiculous! I can take him out with ease!"
"Mr. Shinigami! Take your seat and wait for your turn!" Yuki-onna said.
"Dammit! What am I going to do now! It's just a sparring match, I need to calm down. He wouldn't make a scene." Akuma thought to himself.
"You should really listen to your red eye friend over there. He seems to know who I am now."
"Who you are now?" Carla asked.
"BEGIN!" Professor Yuki-onna yelled.
Carla was caught off guard and haiku had used his Magic to dash close to Carla. He went for a straight punch that Carla barely managed to avoid by rolling to the right and began to use her her Enchanted spells to shoot at him. She shot several times, but none of the shots made its mark on haiku. He kept moving out of the attacks and ran towards the girl who was still on her knee swinging endlessly. He went for a high kick that Carla managed to avoid by ducking and she saw a opening in and use this as an opportunity to swung her fist at the boy who left himself open to the attack. He took note of what she was about to do and used the momentum to perform a roundhouse kick that allowed him to dodge the incoming attack and attack in one fell swoop. Carla was launched across the combat room and held her face that was damaged.
"So you're a hand to hand fighter and a magic user as well. Well, sort of." Lee said to the girl who sat on the floor.
"You talk too MUCH!" Carla yelled as shot her Enchanted spells repeatedly, launching several shots towards the boy in grey. He quickly avoided every attack and began to run straight towards Carla. Carla is not only a spell user by hand to hand fighter as well she swung her arm at the boy who stood in front of her, but it was useless. The student managed to move to the side and avoid the attack. He kneed the girl in the stomach and went for a kick to the jaw that sent the girl flying in the air.
"Carla!" Mia yelled.
She fell back down and slowly got back up to her feet.
"You're still standing? I applaud you. I haven't seen anybody stand back up after that attack."
"SHUT UUUP!" Carla eyes fired up and her arms had ancient language reading into them as she sped towards the student. She use a spell that would make her small explosion behind her and used the momentum to send her flying towards Lee. Her strength had dramatically increased by using an enchantment and she used to get to him caught him off guard and her attack landed. The strength behind the attack got him in the ribs and this made Lee cough out blood and was sent flying to the end of the combat room. Carla's rampage didn't stop there. She Enchanted her speed ran towards the fallen student and went for a jump attack that Enchanted her attack with tremendous force behind it. Lee barely managed to move his head to the right and the attack missed. The floor completely shattered and an explosion was created that sent Lee hurling to the side of the room. Lee had idea and used the momentum to get back to his feet, but the damage he had sustained from Carla's Enchanted punch was still lingering.
"RAAAAAHHHH!" Carla yelled, as she sped towards the student with a few spell. Along the way she shot several times at Lee who continued to avoid the shots by moving his body. Carla got up close and swung several times at Lee. Lee managed to disrupt every move by using his strength to chop the punch out of its intended target. Lee then grabbed Carla's arm when she swung her Enchanted punch at him again and he used the power behind the punch to his advantage and threw her over him. She was sent sliding away from him. She quickly got back up and ran at him again.
"HOW ARE YOU STILL STANDING!?" Carla yelled as he coughed out a little bit of more blood. Carla on the other hand, did have quite a few scratches and bruises, and was bleeding out of her mouth. She again ran towards Lee with intentions of beating him to a pulp. Lee pulled out his revolver, with a red engraved and shot several times at the demon eyed girl while running to avoid the rounds from hitting him. She didn't expect Lee to have any long range attacks and took the impact of the rounds. She still had some Magic enchantment left so she was able to take the attack head on luckily. She rolled out of the way from the other shots that were sent and ran towards the student that was running towards her as well. Both shot several times at each other and every round made contact with one other. Lee quickly holstered his pistols and both were ready to unleash their last attack. Carla's punch had every ounce of strength she had left in theenchantment and skinned Lee's face, but Lee's punch had landed on the left side of her face where her Temple is knocking her unconscious on the floor.
Lee coughed out more blood and collapsed to one knee.
"The match is over! Lee castro wins!"
"It's haiku." Lee said, breathing heavily after the intense sparring match which was pretty much a insane battle.
"Sis!" Mia yelled.
"Mia stay here I'm going to get Carla." Mai
said.
Lee who was on one knee got back to his feet and walked towards the unconscious girl who laid on her side. He crouched and was about to pick Carla up.
"GET YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM HER! Mai yelled, as she ran towards the battlefield.
"MS. Nakisaki! STOP!" Professor Yuki-onna yelled.
"Mr. Castro is going to take your friend to the infirmary."
"What?" Mai looked at the direction where the boy was and he had Carla on his arms, walking towards the exit.
"If you want to help your friend, I suggest you come with me!" Lee said loudly to mai as he stopped and looked at the small girl. Mai ran to their direction and both exited the area.
"The rest of Team can wait here until the end of class to see your fellow teammate." Yuki-onna said.
"The old guy from the shop wasn't lying when he said the castro family were strong. Does that mean that the ring actually has something special? This Lee guy doesn't seem someone who would do something terrible. The description that the yama uba Officer gave is different than what Lee was wearing. Could he possibly have that specific outfit hidden in his room? I'll just wait later tonight and go through his room, but wait…I don't know where his room is. I better ask nxy for his team's dorm room location." Akuma thought to himself.
Back with Lee and mai, they were walking towards the infirmary and began talking about the situation that had happened yesterday.
"Hey, I want to apologize for what I said the other day. I didn't mean it as an insult. I meant it as a compliment." Mai's face blushed.
"How did you know that I was a succubus?" Mai asked, as she looked down in embarrassment.
"Wait… you're a succubus?" Lee asked in a surprised voice.
"Wait! What! I thought you knew I was a succubus!" Mai face blushed even more, this time it was as red as her's hair.
"Oh… so that why you wear pants instead of a skirt to hide you're tail anr the fact that you're a succubus?"
"uh… yeah. Human's aren't the best when it comes to equality or a succubus these days."
"I can agree to that." The two made it to the infirmary and placed Carla onto the comfy bed.
"I want to ask you a question if you don't mind." Mai said.
"Hit me."
"Why did you carry Carla to the infirmary? You didn't have to you know."
"I'm the one who did this to her. That and I can't just stand by with my thumb in my ass and watch a person who is hurt stay on the floor without any help. It's in my nature." Lee said, staring at Carla who was asleep on the bed.
"Oh, I see… Can I ask you another question."
"Yea of cou" Lee began to cough out blood again and collapsed to one knee.
"Are you alright!?" Mai asked worriedly.
"I think Carla's attack caused some internal bleeding and probably fractured my ribs." Lee said, chuckling a bit.
"Let me help you get on the other bed! I'm going to contact the nurses about your condition."
"Yea, sure, thanks." Mai helped the student up and placed him on the other bed.
"I'm going now. I'll see you later if they let me see you."
"Thanks" mai walked out of the room and left to tell the nurses about the two.
Completed Puzzle
"So you want to know where's his team's dorm room is located? Nxy asked Akuma.
"That's right. I have reasons to believe that this student could possibly be the person behind the explosion of the warehouse." Nxy sighed at the statement and walked towards the window.
"Revenge seems to be a trend these days."
"Revenge? What are you talking about."
"It seems as though you aren't the only one who is trying to find the ones who caused the attack from weeks ago. Do you know about team that want dark after the attack Akuma?"
"Never heard of them. How does this so called team fall?"
"Well most of team was here in Academy during the attack. Light, Justin, and Eu were one of the many who were protecting the civilians from the attacks by demons and the Yuba Soldiers. When I was given the names of those who died on the battlefield, their names were on the list. Lee on the other hand, was just arriving from a mission during the attack and later found out about the death of his whole entire team."
Many things went to Akuma's mind after listening to what nxy said. When he first looked at Lee, he looked perfectly fine. No sign of aggression other than his sarcastic ways. However, Akuma can't to stop to think about how he is really feeling inside. Akuma had lost his sister and had felt as if he were in a pit of darkness. He couldn't imagine what Lee had to go through and unlike himself, Lee didn't have someone to pull him out of this pit. He had great sympathy for the student after hearing what nxy said.
"When I heard what happened to him, I couldn't imagine the pain he had to endure after learning about their deaths." Nxy said.
"Do you know how they died?" Akuma asked.
"I have a good idea how they died, but that's something you need to ask Lee himself. It's not my place to say."
"I understand. Can you tell me his dorm room number so that I can confirm if it's true?"
"Of course."
Akuma then headed towards Lee dorm room to find the last piece of evidence that would 100 percent confirm that Lee was indeed the person behind the explosion. He unlocked the door and walked into the room. The room had 4 beds, a bathroom, a perfect view of the city, and also very clean… somewhat. The three beds had their own section in each side of the room. Each of their area was clean and still had their owners stuff on them. Akuma walked over to one specific side and looked around. He found a picture of Lee and his team on this bed. The picture had a girl who was slightly taller than mia, but had the exact same smile. She had average long purple hair, purple eyes, light skin, and wore a grey jacket with sleeve lace skirt. The other two were males who looked average built, both wore the same tan assassin looking jackets, but had different strip of color on one side. Akuma put the picture down where it was and started searching underneath the bed. He found a grey briefcase and pulled it out from underneath the bed and opened it. There were quite a bit of photos of light and Lee together in places that looked unfamiliar to Akuma. He looked through the rest of the briefcase, but found nothing. He placed the briefcase back underneath the bed and walked towards a different bed. This time he found a grey messenger bag. He looked through the contents inside the bag and found what he was looking for, but it didn't match the description. There was a grey head band, tactical utility belt and a grey tactical jumpsuit and vest.
"The yama uba member probably mistook the grey color for black. In any case, I have found the culprit. Now I'm going to need to confront him about this and see what happens there. The worst possible thing is that we might end up trying to kill each other. I just hope it doesn't have to come to that." Akuma thought.
The next morning, Lee awoke to the sight of Carla on his bed.
"Hey honey, what are you doing up so early." Lee said as he placed a pillow over his eyes to stop the light from hurting his eyes.
"Early? It's 12 am already. How is that early?" Carla asked.
"It's still morning so I still have plenty of time to catch some Z's. It's also hard to move when you have a few fractured ribs you know."
"I told you that I was going to beat you to a pulp didn't I?" Carla asked, grinning at the student.
"Well you did do that… somewhat. So let me hear it."
"Hear what?"
"Your apology… I did win didn't I?"
"Oh yea you're right. I am sorry for acting like a asshole and to make it up for you, I will take you on a date." The black haired boy with a ponytail sighed at this statement and pulled the pillow out off of his eyes.
"I thought I told you that I'm not interested."
"Oh come on. It's the least I can do for you."
"How about just two friend going out to eat?"
"Yea sure two friends." Carla said, using her fingers as quotation mark around "Two friends".
"Well as you can see, this dinner meeting is going to need to be on hold. I can't really move around without hurting myself and I probably won't be out for a few days."
"Alright that's fine I'll see you when you get out." Carla got up and walked towards the exit.
"Hey Carla, you still look cute in those bandages." Lee said, grinning at his statement.
Carla's face turned red and and slammed the door behind door when she marched out of the room.
Hours passed and lunch had started. The team were at their seat eating the lunch and were talking about Lee.
"Lee seems like a nice guy. It turns out he didn't know that I was a succubus… till I accidentally asked him how he knew I was a succubus." Mai said.
"Well I don't like him." Mia said crossing her arms.
"What's so bad about him?" asked Manuel.
"He beat upped my sister that's why. Whoever does that to her is no friend of mine."
"The nerve of that guy!" Carla said, marching towards the team and taking her seat.
"What did he do sis?" Mia asked.
"He told me that I still looked cute with bandages on." Carla formed a fist with both of her hands and slammed them down to the table.
"Was that it?" Akuma asked.
"Yeah that's it! Can you believe the guy?"
"I will never understand women." Akuma said, as he placed his head down.
"So how is he doing Carla?" Mai asked.
"He has fractured ribs. That's all."
"It seems he is going to be stuck in the infirmary for a while." Manuel said.
"That's perfect. I will be able to go and confront him about this and with his injury, he won't be able to put up a fight if he does get aggressive. Oni hasn't been answering his phone so I'm going to need to take the initiative." Akuma thought.
"I manage to find out from a student where his team dorm room is at. We should all go and check for anything that could connect him to the person behind the explosion." Manuel said.
"Yeah! He is currently unable to move so now would be the perfect time." Mia excitedly said.
"Wait! Hold on! I already checked his room last night. There wasn't anything that traced him back to the meeting." Akuma said, trying not to sound like he is lying. He remembered not to scratch his head.
"WHAT! You went without us!?" Mia exclaimed.
"Yeah. Why?"
"I wanted to feel like an actual detective that's why." Mia crossed her arms again and frowned looked away from Akuma's.
"Forgive me mia. I didn't know you guys wanted to come along. You know that I would have asked you guys if I knew you were all interested." Akuma placed his hands in a praying position hoping for mia to accept his apology.
"Nope."
"Mia please."
"Hmm… Nope."
Akuma sighed and decided to head towards the infirmary.
"Where are you going?" Kat asked.
"Your second and command is going to his room to fetch a few things." Akuma proceeded to walk towards the infirmary. Seconds later, mia told her friends that she is going with Akuma.
"Why are you going with shi?" Carla asked.
"He owes me big time for not taking me to investigate." Mia said. She began walking towards the direction in which Akuma went. She managed to catch up to him but began to trail him since the direction wasn't towards his room. Akuma reached the infirmary and walked in while mia stayed outside and listened in to what was about to happen.
"Lee…" Akuma said.
"Hey, you're that guy from Carla's group right?"
"Yea I am. I came here to ask a few questions if you don't mind."
"Is that what your friends do for fun? Ask people questions every day?
"No not really. Well then do you mind?"
"No I don't. Shoot away."
"I know this is going to come out as weird, but are you familiar with the yama uba member organization?"
"Yeah I am familiar with them. Why?"
"There was an explosion a while ago that involved multiple yama uba Officers as well as soldiers. You don't happen to know anything about that do you?"
"I heard about the explosion, but didn't know there were any yama uba soldiers. It seems they got what they deserve."
"It's hard to tell if he is lying or not. That facial expression gives me no indication that he is indeed lying, but the outfit I found proves that he was the person behind the blast. I need to push him even further." Akuma thought.
"Yeah I guess you can say that. I've heard that a young looking man wearing what it seemed like a gery outfit was seen leaving the area before the explosion."
"… Well whoever this guy is I want to start a fan club for him since he is doing the public a favor by getting rid of these pathetic no lives."
"Do you hate the yama uba member? Is it because they are a demons amongst them group?"
"Don't categorize me with the people who discriminate against the demons. I have no issues with good demons like you're friends mai, but when it comes to the yama uba member, they piss me off."
"Why is that?"
"I recall that you wanted to ask a few Questions. This isn't an interrogation."
"Do you think it is?
"Why don't you just come out and say it! You think it was me who caused that explosion don't' you?" Lee clenched his bed and gave an angry look at Akuma when he asked his question.
"Yes I do. I went to your room last night and found what match the description of the person leaving the scene."
"What were you doing in my room? Who in the hell gave you permission to go through my stuff?"
"I had the authority to go through your room and look through your stuff."
"Wait a minute… I remember that voice. You were the one who was interrogating that yama uba officer weren't you?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"You're looking for the same people who attacked the Academy aren't you?"
"And if I was?"
"Then I can help you."
"Sorry, but I don't need help. I just need you to stay out of this. Drop this revenge thing you are going for because in the end, it won't accomplish anything."
"Revenge thing? Who told you about them?"
"No one… like I said drop it and forget about it. You will accomplish nothing if you get your revenge."
"Won't accomplish nothing? Won't accomplish nothing!? What would you know about accomplishing anything!? All you manage to do is stand by and watch people do the lifting for you!" This began to anger Akuma because what Lee said was the truth. All Akuma managed to do was get people to do the things for him.
"Tell me… how many people have you saved?"
"None? Ok then, how many times were YOU saved?"
"Shut up."
"A lot huh? Ok… how many people died saving you?
"Shut up shut Shut up SHUT UP!!" Akuma voice cracked had enough of his talking and grabbed Lee by the neck and began choking him he want to end this asshole life right here right now.
"How… many… Akuma? *Gasp*" Akuma couldn't stop himself from choking him. He began to enjoy the sounds of the student trying to gasp for air.
"Do… *Gasp* you enjoy *Gasp* hurting others Akuma?" Akuma began to tighten his hand and before he could snap Lee neck, mia slammed open the door.
"AKUMA STOP!" Mia screamed. Akuma took back control of himself and let the student's neck go.
"*Cough* Why didn't you finish it you fucking coward?" Lee was getting air back to his lungs after the near death experience.
"Akuma what were you planning to do?" Mia asked. She was terrified of what she saw. Her eyes began to tear up due to horrific face that Akuma had. He was smiling when he began to tighten his grip on Lee's neck. His red eyes at the time was filled what it seemed like pleasure.
"I… I don't know… I'm sorry." Akuma quickly ran out the door leaving mia behind. She walked over to Lee who was feeling his neck.
"Are… are you alright?" Mia asked. Her eyes had tears streaming down her face.
"I'm not the one who you should be checking on in the moment. You should go check on you're friend. He needs his friend right now." Lee laid back down and mia ran to find Akuma. She spent hours looking for him and she eventually found him sitting on top of the school's roof where he and sister used to relax.
"Akuma…" mia said.
"I couldn't stop myself. It scares me to say it, but I was actually enjoying choking him mia. If you would not have come in, I would have killed him."
"Why… why did you do it?"
Why? He… he asked a personal question that ticked me off."
"What kind of question?" Mia began walking closer to the red eye boy who sat near the edge.
"How many people… died saving me."
"Does he know?"
"I don't know." Mia held the Samurai tightly in her arms.
"Mia… do you think I'm a monster a demon?" Akuma asked, his body facing away from the girl with silver hair and blue eyes.
"I don't think you are a monster. I think you are somebody who wants to become something that can protect the ones he loves no matter what."
"I don't think this Dark Power will help me protect any of you, I think it might end up hurting all of you."
"It won't happen. I trust you enough to know that you won't allow anything like that to happen."
"Thank you mia really think you." Akuma turned around and held the girl tightly to him, holding on to the only thing that is keeping him ashore.
Arrival
The long anticipated meeting was just a day away Akuma, oni, and the rest of the teamhad reached Rola Village that was outside of tokyo. It was snowing heavily and the teams were sure to pack sweaters that would keep them warm while their stay at the village. A week before today, Akuma could not locat Lee anywhere in the school. He had left the infirmary after he had felt better and taken on a mission that was expected to be completed in two weeks.
"So where are we going to stay at?" Carla asked.
"We're going to stay at the Rola Inn that is a few blocks from here. I made sure that this hotel was safe for you two." Oni said, placing his hand on his sisters head.
"My legs were starting to kill me after walking that long trip. I can't wait to collapse on my bed." Akuma said. After walking a few blocks, the teams had finally arrived to the inn and were assigned to their rooms.
"This feels like heaven!" Akuma said as his face was against the bed.
"It does feel comfortable." Said Manuel
"Well enjoy it while it lasts because tomorrow is the big day and we're going to need to go over our plan right now." As the group began to go over their strategy, someone knocked at the front door and Akuma proceeded to open it. Behind the door was a young man wearing a grey headband and tactical outfit.
"What up red eyes how's it going?" Time seemed to have stopped for Akuma. He didn't expect Lee to just come walking in and exposing himself to what could possibly be his enemy. The information that his group managed to gather through the warehouse incident made it seem as though Lee specialized in stealth, but to simply knock on the front door was unbelievable. Oni had a cigarette in his mouth looked at the kid's outfit and throw his cigarette in the ground stomped on it to stop it with his shoe he took his greatsword and was ready to attack.
"WAIT ONI!" Akuma yelled.
"What do you mean wait? This dick the head who cause the explosion back at tokyo and who knows what he is planning to do here!" Oni said, ready to attack the student at any given moment.
"He wants to get the people behind the attack, just like us Men Chill out."
"What makes you think that? He could have easily lied to you just so that he can get all of us on a single building and blow it up."
"I talked with nxy. I know he won't do something like that."
"You talked with nxy about what?" Lee asked Akuma.
"Oh… umm just to ask him where your room was."
"Was that it?" Lee asked as he stared at Akuma.
"Yup that's it." Akuma scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Well I don't care if he is on our side, he isn't staying here." Oni said, as he placed his weapon away.
"Okay… but don't come crying to me when you find out who else is going to be at the meeting."
"Wait! What are you talking about?" asked Manuel.
"I managed to get some information from some of the locals here that a man named jokester was going to be at the meeting along with another person named Aizen."
"Jokester and Aizen. are going to be there!?" Oni asked.
"I know who jokester is, but who is this Aizen guy?" Manuel asked oni.
"You've heard about the kidnappings that had been occurring in tokyo right? I have found out 3 days ago that a man named Aizen is believed to be behind these kidnappings. For what reason? That's what I have been trying to figure out."
"I came here to warn you guys that there are going to be yama uba member troops and thugs scanning the area of the meet. I'm going to take them out once the meeting has started and allow all of you to go in."
"I know that you specialize in stealth, but can you really handle all that? Oni asked.
"Of course… it's something that I have been good at since I was a kid."
"Then here's the plan, Lee will take out the soldiers outside of the cabin house and we will wait until we listen into any useful information that can possibly lead us to any other person who could be possibly involved. Once we have gathered enough information we will go in and finish them off.
"This is what they deserve for what they did to us… to sis." Akuma said.
Lee looked at Akuma''s eyes and was able to see what was inside of it. It had anger, despair, and determination.
"Akuma are you sure you want to get your revenge? Nothing good will come out of it." Oni asked the determined Samurai.
"… Yes I'm sure." Akuma said confidently.
"Very well, but Akuma I have a favor to ask."
"What is it oni?"
"Promise me that whatever happens, make sure to keep my sisters safe I'm not sure what might happen to me if things go south.
"We will all be safe." Akuma went to relay the plan to the others and mai insisted on joining them inside knowing that jose will be there. Akuma had no choice but to give in to the succubus demands. The others were fine standing outside and keeping watch for any other soldiers. Akuma asked Lee to come with him to grab a bite to eat and Lee agreed to go.
Silver hair twin sisters
While they were walking towards the exit of the building, Akuma began to apologize what had happened weeks ago.
"Hey Lee, I want to apologize for choking you back in school. There is something that I have that make me prone to anger and I couldn't control what I was doing."
"It's okay. Something tells me that we are on the same boat and from my point of view, I would probably had done the same thing if you were the one getting questioned."
"So… no hard feelings?"
"Yeah… no hard feelings."
"Where do you think you guys are going!?" Carla asked the two that were about to leave the Inn. She and her sister were there standing, crossing their arms.
"We're going to go get a bite to eat at a restaurant that's a few blocks away. Do you and mia want to go?" Akuma asked.
"Heck yeah we do!" The Silver Haired girl with blue eyes yelled as she wrapped her purple scarf around her neck and walked beside Akuma. As the other silver haired girl with purple eyes and walked by Lee's side and all four of them headed towards the restaurant.
"Lee you're not cold in that get up?" Carla asked.
"No not really. This outfit is designed to prevent me from getting cold in extreme cold weather. It pretty much cools me down or heats me up based on the temperature. It was created in Skynet. by someone who I work closely with.
"That's freaking awesome! You should really get me one too, but I want mine stylish."
"I'll be sure to tell him to make you one just the way you like it." Carla smiled at her and they continued on the snowy path.
"This is actually my first time feeling snow. I have never seen or felt snow in person and I am really enjoying the view."
"Are you serious Lee?" Mia asked.
"Yeah I'm serious. I'm from an area that never snows and it is usually dry and warm every day. I never liked the sun and prefer the cold winter feeling."
"Well this is the perfect place for you it seems." Akuma said. They made it to the restaurant and took their seats. They ordered a big meal for the four of them and munched down on it. They talked about school and funny stories that made everyone laugh. Their time together seemed as though they have known each other for decades. It was almost like a family enjoying a thanksgiving meal in the dinner table. They took their time eating, enjoying every second they had together before the big event. After they were done they decided to look around the village. The village didn't seem shady and instead felt welcoming to the four students. They entered gift shops and looked around trying to find something they felt was interesting. Akuma bought mia a puck plushy (from re zero i really love that anime lol back to the story) and Lee bought Carla a snow globe that had a shining moon that signaled the end of winter and the beginning of Spring. They made it back to the Inn and were ready to depart from one another.
"Hey Lee…" Carla said
"Yeah?"
"I want to thank you for the fun time I had. I really enjoyed it."
"I enjoyed it too. It was fun was it? It's been a while since I've had a bit of fun."
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. There is only one way I can thank you."
"A thank you isn't even necessary. It was something that I…" Lee got cut off by Carla's lips that had made contact with his. He was caught by surprise and it took him several seconds to realize what was going on. Lee placed his hands on carla's waist and pushed her away.
"That was uhh… quite something. I better get to bed. You know I get cranky if I don't get sleep." Lee quickly walked away and headed towards his room. While this was going on, Akuma and mia were having a moment of their own.
"I had tons of fun with you Akuma." Mia said, as she smiled at the red eyed Samurai.
"I had fun too. The food there was amazing huh?!"
"Yea it was."
"Hey mia."
"Yes shi?"
Thanks for always being there for me."
"I will always be there for you Akuma. You're the many reasons why I never stop to think about not being a mage."
"Really?"
"Really. When I look at you, you give me energy and a reason to never give up on my dream and on you." Mia got closer to Akuma and held him tight.
"Mia what are you do" Akuma got cut off by the silver haired and blue eye girl who tiptoe her way up to Akuma lips and kissed him. For Akuma, it felt as if the world stopped turning just for him to enjoy the kiss that was laid on him. For a brief moment, everything that had been destroying him stopped. There was no Dark, no sadness, no anger, and nothing to worry about. He had never felt in ease since his sister death. Reality started to return and Akuma pulled his lips out of mia's.
"I uhh… thank you for that kiss. I will uhh… be on my way." Akuma walked towards his room and looked back at the short girl whose face was redder than his eyes.
"What am I doing? Stupid, stupid, stupid!" Mia said, talking to herself while slapping her head and walking back to her room. Carla and mia made it back to the room at the same time and saw each other's face. Both faces were crimson and opened the door to walk in. Inside was Elizabeth, mai, and kat who were waiting for them to get to bed.
"Why are your faces redder than shi eyes." Kat asked.
"MY FACE ISN'T RED!" Carla and mia yelled simultaneously. They both looked at each other and yelled again.
"WHY IS YOUR FACE RED?!"
"First off, where did you two go?" Elizabeth asked.
"We uhh… went with shi and Lee to go eat?" Carla said.
"YOU WHAT!" Elizabeth and mai yelled..
( SpongeBob meme reference)
"What did you two do!? Don't tell me you did what I think you did!" Mai said slightly blushed thinking about a naughty thought.
"I uhh… accidentally kissed Akuma." Mia said rubbing her hair.
"YOU DID WHAT!" Elizabeth, carla, mai and even kat yelled at the same time.
"That's worse than me kissing Lee!" Carla yelled.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Mai, mia and Elizabeth yelled.
"Are you telling me that both of you went on a double date with those two asshole?" Elizabeth asked.
"Uhhh… yes?" Carla and mia said.
"Why would you do something like that?" Elizabeth asked mia.
"Why can't I?
"You're only 16 and he's 17!" Elizabeth said.
"I'm going to be 17 next week so it would only make a one year difference." Mia said, crossing her arms.
"And he is turning 18 7 months from now!"
"Then I guess I should do as much as I can before he turns 18 right?"
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!?" Elizabeth and Carla yelled, both of their faces turning red visualizing a naughty scene between mia and Akuma.
"What about you Carla? I thought you hated the guy." Mai said.
"I never said I hated him."
"Well the fact that you tried to punch him the first time you met him seems to say you did."
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Carla said as she went straight for her bed.
The girls continued to argue and kat just enjoyed the view from her bed. Meanwhile at the guys side, oni and manuel were already asleep and Akuma was laying down on his bed thinking about the kiss he had received from mia.
"Is this how mia really feels about me? This can never work. She is one years younger than me and if her brother and sister found out, I would be good as dead. Then again, she is turning 17 next week so I guess it can somewhat work. What am I thinking, I don't feel the same way she does… do I? I think of mia as a younger sister and not someone who I would be in a relationship with… she was my sister best friend I think. I need to stop thinking about this, this would never work and it shouldn't. I can't fall in love again, not after what happened to my sister. If something similar happened to mia, what will happen to me?" Akuma fell asleep after a while, with this in his mind.
Lee was at the roof of the Inn looking down at the village that was in front of him.
"I can't. No matter what I think about… I can't stop seeing the image of light when I'm around Carla."
Lee looked at the clouded sky that was dropping snow on this village.
TO be Continue...
"What am I supposed to do… just what am I supposed to do?"