Miku: Alright, time for our second recap.
Ace: And you are excited because?
Miku: Shu's not here that's why.
Lilo: You're happy that your brother isn't here?
Moni: Wow that's messed up!
Korrina: I don't think that's it. *They watched as Miku sings to herself making them slightly worry about her*
Penny: It's more like she's excited that we're not the ones who have to take Shu to the doctor's today.
Roy: What do you mean?
Penny: Natsu and Sila took him…oh dear.
Ace: *Chuckling* they are gonna be stressed out when they come back.
Ash: Wait I thought he gets healed with magic or his body heals itself afterwards?
Penny: On some occasions yes but there's only so much his magic can heal so we would either call Sila-san or take him to the doctors…..although it's a lot better if he gets healed by magic than taken to the doctor's.
Ursula: What's wrong with taking him to the doctor's?
Skyla: He's not afraid of them is he?
Penny: No….more like he's…well?
Ace: He's hates them. When he was young, there were a lot of people that tried to hurt him and the first one was a doctor…that ended badly.
Korrina: How bad?
Miku: Up to the point where his parents were this close to killing them.
Penny: Right before he was taken, both of them heard something about using him as a test subject for something or just kill him….since he's different from the others.
Ursula: They wanted to use him as a lab rat?
Ace: Depends on who you're asking but yeah.
Ash: Geez people are messed up and the sad part is….it's mostly true. Wait what about Natsu and Sila?
Ace: They pretty much threatened the entire hospital staff that they will either burn it down or flood but that's not what got Shu to hate the doctors.
Roy: Pardon the interruption but shouldn't we talk about the recap of what happened in the last chapter?
Moni: Not much happened so what's the point we can do it next chapter. Besides I'm more interested listening to what happened to the doctors that day.
Lilo: As do I, although Roy is right we should remember to stay focus on the recap next time.
Miku: True but that doesn't mean we can't have fun every few chapters.
Lilo: Point taken.
Moni: So what happened?
Natsu: That can wait next time. *he said as he came in along with Sila.*
Moni: Awww but why can't we learn about now~~
Sila: Story has to go on Momo. *Moni just pouted cutely and turned her head away*
Penny: Wait where's Shu?
Sila: Still at the doctors.
Ace: You left him there?
Natsu: No we left him with two old friends of ours, I'm pretty sure you remember them too Ace. *Ace just looked at him in confusion before realizing who he was talking about*
Ace: I haven't seen those two in ages.
Miku: Who?
Ace: You find out next time.
Ash: Seriously?
Sila: Okay, I think that's enough lollygagging don't you think. Miku if you may.
Miku was about to say something until a portal right next to her startling her.
Miku: Whoa!
Ash: What the-!? *Out the portal came a blue hedgehog with hi-tops as he looked around the place.
?: Whoa, now that was epic. Wait a second….this isn't the place where Egghead's robots are at?
Korrina: Um….who is that?
Skyla: No clue.
?: Hey do you guys know where I can find Baldy McNosehair and Clown Mask?
Ash: Who?
?: Eggman and Infinite!
Penny: Who is this Eggman and Infinite? *He was about to answer until he noticed that the portal was closing.
?: Sorry love to stay chat but I got to go. Gotta Run! *The blue hedgehog ran back through the portal as it closed completely leaving everyone confused.
Lilo: What just happened?
Moni: I…..don't…know sis.
Ace: Hehehe, he's funny.
Ash: Anyway…um..Miku.
Miku: Mmmhmm. Up next Chapter 6!
"So…..is he coming out or not?" Ash asked Penny as they waited in the living room. Apparently, everyone has been waiting for Shu since he's the one who suggested the idea. Too bad he was asleep though since she saw Natsu and Sila take him back upstairs since he was clearly out of it….but that's what made her frown. It was not normal for Shu to suddenly pass out twice in the middle of the day nor when he just recovered from injuries.
"Sorry guys but I'm afraid Shu won't be joining us. He's asleep back in the dining room." She said giving them a sheepish smile.
"Well that sucks."
"Aww~~"
"So, tell me why the idiot is asleep when clearing he was one who suggested this idea in the first place?" Ursula grumbled in an annoyed tone.
"Because he's tired okay. It was too early for him to be able to bounce right back up after his injuries….although he would always try to escape from resting his injuries." Miku interjected before Penny could retort at the pink-haired girl. She knew both girls still had issues but more likely Ursula now has more issues with Shu and Penny has issues with her.
"Okay…just…make sure the idiot doesn't overexert himself." She mumbled while looking away from Miku who blinked at her before she smiled at her.
"So you do care for my brother don't you" Miku teased before getting a pillow to the face thrown by Ursula as she huffed and walked out of the room.
"Heh heh, it's funny when that happens. Well see ya in the morning." Korrina said as she ran leaving Skyla and Ash.
"I guess it means we're off to bed too?"
"Aww but I don't feel sleepy." Ash complained before a chill was sent down his spine as Skyla just smiled at him but the aura she was giving off was anything but sweet. "Are you sure you're not sleepy?" she said in a sickly-sweet tone as she tilted her head at him.
"Nope I'm very sleepy! I'm off to bed see ya later." He said quickly before bolting out of the room, Skyla giggled as her brother left.
"Works every time." She said before turning her head to the other five. "Goodnight guys, and try not to stay up too late." She walked off and went to get some sleep.
"Well I must say I do feel a little quite drowsy myself, very well I must tend to my room and rest my eyes for a while." Lilo said as she covered her mouth while yawning.
"What about Moni?"
"Moni is sleeping." She said pointing to her sister who was using Miku as a headrest. "W-when did she get on my back!?" Miku startled from the little gunner. "It happens. She tends to do that to almost everyone. Do not fret, Roy shall take her off your hands and set her down in our room. Roy if you will." Lilo signaled the sorcerer as he nodded and pried Moni off Miku's back and into his arms carrying her out.
"Sleep well everyone I shall see you in the morning." Lilo finished as she walked off leaving the three in the living room.
"I guess that just leaves us three huh?" Penny asked herself.
"You mean us two." Miku interjected as she pointed to Ace who was sleeping soundly on the couch. "Yeah, I guess so. Come on let's head to our rooms." She said as she left the room with Penny in tow. After they got upstairs, they walked down the end of the hallway and went into the room. As they walked in they saw Shu, sleeping soundly on the bed.
"I guess he was really sleepy." Miku giggled while Penny stayed silent making her sister look at her in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Penny stayed silent for a few moments before she answered her question. "I'm worried." She said quietly.
"About Shu? Don't worry he'll be up and about as usual in the morning." Miku said but Penny didn't even smile at her comment.
"What's bugging you?"
"I'm worried about our lives now, yesterday we were just regular students going to school learning about magic and defending ourselves against crazy mages, fighters or anyone evil." Penny said as she walked over to where Shu's bedside and sat on her knees.
"Now, we have to prepare for the fight of our lives against a group called Fallen who want to do nothing but destroy the timeline or history or whatever it is. What if we're not strong enough to do this what if we can't save our world and all the other worlds in jeopardy?"
"You're scared." Miku realized once she put the puzzle pieces together.
"I'm more than scared, I'm terrified."
"Penny."
"I couldn't beat Haku from trying to kill me, I couldn't prevent you and Shu from almost dying….I'm not strong enough, how can I be strong enough to protect you two when I can't even protect myself!?" Penny hissed as tears started rolling down her cheeks. Miku was taken back by her sister's words, she never doubted herself before so why now?"
"It was me and Shu…..when she saw me lying on the ground thinking I was dead and Shu going berserk and losing himself in the process must've made her think she was weak and helpless." Miku thought as she clenched her fists.
"OW! What the hell Miku!?"
"Don't you ever say that you are weak Penny. You think you're weak just because of one eventwell let me tell you something sister that's where you're wrong you hear me!?"
"How do you think I felt when I almost died by that woman Daisy or better yet how do you think Shu felt when he thought he lost me!?" she hissed at her sister. Miku didn't want to sound harsh but she needed Penny to understand what she was saying.
"You weren't the only one who was scared Penny, when Shu and I were fighting that woman we both thought we could at least take her…but she was on a whole other level than us…I was trembling a bit from just how strong she was and so was Shu." she whispered shivering a bit from the memory of Daisy's power.
"…But that wasn't what scared me sis." Miku said as she walked over to Penny and sat right next to her.
"What scared me was right after I thought I was going to die…." She paused before looking over to her brother. Penny looked at him as well and realized what she was thinking. Penny now felt a little guilty for being a bit selfish and not realizing how her siblings must've felt.
"…..I was scared of losing my brother. When I saw him full of so much hate and anger towards that woman….it was like he completely died and was replaced with another version. Before all that when I saw him in that crater full of blood, I was so afraid of losing him that I started acting irrational and almost caused my own death against Daisy." She continued as she closed her eyes.
"Penny, everyone is scared about this. But fear is what makes us stronger, we can't let it rule our lives. We have to take it head on and conquer it no matter how hard it is." Miku then pulled Penny's hand with her own and grasp it with both hands.
"Everyone has their own fear of something Penny, even mom and dad. Fear can either be our downfall or uprising." She said as Penny still stayed silent as tears slowly ran down her face.
"Tell you what, no matter what happens and no matter how hard things will get, I promise that I'll help you overcome any obstacle to help you get stronger okay?" she asked gently.
Penny quickly rubbed her eyes removing her tears before smiling gently at her sister. "Okay. I promise to help you get stronger as well." She told her.
"Hai." They both hugged each other enjoying the warm embrace staying like that for a few moments until later they both fell asleep on each other's shoulders. Outside the room, Natsu and Sila were leaning against the door. They both heard one of them shouting and came to see what happened they wanted to fix the situation but they let the girls resolve it themselves.
"Glad to see that they worked things out."
"Yes, I was a bit worried when Penny called herself weak but I'm glad Miku was able to snap her out of it and confide in her." Sila said smiling at the outcome of their conversation.
"We should get some sleep too come on." He said but before he could get far Sila pounced on his back crashing them both to the floor.
"Sila." He hissed quietly making her giggle.
"Sorry Natsu but I like to stay here tonight with my children." She said before she leaned into his ear and whispered. "And my husband." She said a bit seductively making him shiver in delight.
"I hate it when you do that." He said as he got up and carried her bridal style. "I know." Sila said before she pressed a quick kiss to his lips and laid her head against his chest. "But you also love it." She finished. "Can't argue with that." He said and headed off to their own room for the night.
Crescent City:
Somewhere in the city up on a rooftop, Haku sat down watching the daily activities in this bright city. She was sitting on the edge of the rooftop swinging her legs back and forth while swinging a knife in her left hand as her hand was placed on the cold surface of the rooftop.
"*Sigh* humans. They seem so fragile and yet foolish at the same time. Even though they are those who wish to seek love and peace, they are outnumbered by those who only seek hate and war." A voice said in the wind making the white-haired girl giggle.
"Always the wise one, aren't you Gale?" Haku said boringly before she turned her head to a small azure leaf that was floating in front of her.
"Don't speak to me that way Haku, I gave you a place in this world and you know that I can take it away anytime I want to."
"Technically, me and my sister were both given life in this world by something that shouldn't even happen but here we are now." Haku said with bitterness in her voice.
"Child…..what happen to you was tragic…but we cannot dwell on the past we must focus on the present." Gale said motherly. Haku has met Gale in person once but all she could remember was that her voice sounded like an angel and she was a maiden.
"I know…." She sighed before turning back to the leaf. "Anyway, is there something you wanted from me?"
"I see that you haven't retrieve my nephew."
"Sorry, I had to deal with a one of his siblings on the way and as for Miku I couldn't even get to her since someone took her out of there."
"I know…..I felt my nephew's magic outburst when it happened but my point is why didn't you retrieve him before that could happen?"
"By the time I finished my fight with frolic girl I suddenly felt an energy outburst come from a few meters away. Turns out, someone named Daisy almost killed Miku."
"Don't you mean completely killed?"
"No, I don't. She was still breathing when I left but her brother thought she was dead and completely went on a rampage hurting those around him as if he didn't recognize them." She explained.
"I was afraid that would happen. I'm still surprised that his body is still able to do magic. Speaking of Magic what was he specifically using and what did it feel like?"
"From what I could remember. He was using a combination of Fire and Water, both of them were black and I felt so much killing intent coming off of him…..but under all that…I felt agony and despair…..so much sadness." Haku said as she remembered those feeling before she wrapped her arms around her stomach and shaking with pure bliss.
"I feel so much euphoria just thinking about it." She said making Gale just groaned at her daughter. "You really are a sadist, aren't you?" Haku just grinned at her mother's rhetorical question. "I can't help it but it makes me who I am."
"I have an assignment for you." Gale said sounding serious.
"Can it please not be another one of those scouting missions?" Haku groaned.
"It involves my nephew." Those words were all it took to make Haku pay very close attention. "I'm listening."
"I want you to enroll as a student at Crescent Magic and Weapon Arts High."
"Why?" she asked curious on her mother's ambition.
"I want to know more about my nephew, I need to know his progress on magic, knowledge and everything else."
"You're making it sound like I need to be his babysitter and you sound like a mother worried for their child." She joked.
"Well I haven't seen my nephew since he was five and my surrogate siblings were very clear of keeping me away from him especially my sister." Gale hissed at the last part making Haku raise an eyebrow in curiosity.
"Do you love him that much?"
"I've only seen him a few times but….he just looks so innocent and so pure hearted that he doesn't deserve to be pulled into this conflict involving time. He's already gone through enough in his life, he doesn't need his heart to feel betrayed ever again." She said sadly.
"Alright, I'll see what I can do. I'll go to the school and watch him…..it would be nice to get to know my adoptive brother since I don't know anything about him."
"I wonder…." Haku paused as she thought about Shu.
"What is it child?"
"Oh nothing, nothing. I just wondering if he either really dense or he's smarter than people give him credit for, I vote that he's mostly dense…..and if he's single." Haku said as she looked up at the night sky. She muttered those last few words to herself.
"Well my surrogate brother and sister were like that for a time too but there's a reason why they did it."
"What's the reason?"
"I don't think I should tell you." Gale said as Haku groaned. "Oh come on, please I really want to know why or would rather prefer I find out on my own?" she questioned.
"It's a dragon slayer thing. So, you won't understand." She said as her niece groaned. Haku hated it when she told her that, actually Gale never told her much when it came to love for dragon slayers because of well….reasons but that didn't mean she doesn't want to know about it.
"Wait, can I ask your nephew about it…I mean isn't he a dragon slayer too?" she asked hopefully.
"….why do you want to know about that?" she asked dangerously making Haku shiver at her mother's tone.
"….Um no reason?" Haku said nervously before her mother spoke.
"…You're grounded."
"What!? But I didn't mean to—"
"NO buts young lady unless you don't mind not being able to sit down for the next month." Gale challenged while Haku quickly out of fear put her hands on her butt and shivered.
"No ma'am. Please don't do that, pleeeaaaaassssee." Haku pleaded before she heard slight laughter coming from the leaf.
"Hahahaha." Haku looked blankly at the leaf before speaking. "You tricked me didn't you?"
"Not entirely my threat still stands but I just love seeing the look on your face. To be honest it makes you look just as innocent as my nephew."
"I hate you…..so anything else I should know about?
"No that's it and you're still grounded. Think of it as punishment for not bringing me my nephew. I'll let you off" Gaia said but you could hear the amusement in her voice. "Ugh, fine. So when do I start?"
"A week from now."
Back to the others:
Shu thought of many things in his life, eating all types of ramen, finding his family, training and learning new dragon slaying magic but never not ever….once would he wake up to find his both his sisters Miku and Penny in each others arms fast asleep. It was about 4 in the morning.
'I'll be honest….Miku rarely lets anyone get that close to her…even me…..beside from yesterday.' He remembered that he woke up in Miku's arms as well. When his eyes met hers he was about to apologize for doing so but to his surprise she just shook her head and…..smiled at him before going back to her usual antics with him. Still it felt…nice that she did something like that. Maybe it was because of what happened to them that she's starting to open herself up a little more. Either way he was glad as he suddenly yawned and went back to sleep.
Two hours later, Natsu and Sila wake up and come to their room and open the door. As they did they were greeted with the sight of Miku and Penny still fast asleep in the same position only this time they were leaning against the rail of the bed with a blanket over them and Shu was on the blanket with his head in between their laps.
Sila couldn't help squeal at her children's display of affection. Her squeal was loud enough to wake up everyone but the three kids.
"Hey what's wrong I heard someone screaming an—" Ace was cut off as Natsu and Sila pointed to the three teenagers sleeping peacefully. Pretty soon the others showed up and saw the display.
"I've never seen them like this before."
"Yeah, when Shu and Miku are not arguing with each other and Penny's not trying to keep them from fighting….they actually look quite peaceful."
"They actually look kinda cute." Skyla added as she put a hand on her face. CLICK! Everyone turned their heads towards the bright flash and saw Sila holding a camera as well as hearing groaning come from the three said teens.
Penny was the first as she rubbed her eyes and looked up at the group. She looked for 3 seconds before she realized that they were all staring at her. Instead of screaming, her cheeks grew pink filled with embarrassment from the audience.
"Oh my." She said before hearing groans come from beside her as she turned her head and saw Miku waking up as well. The said girl stretched out her arms yawning and rubbed her eyes before blinking at least once or twice and turned her head to Penny.
"Morning Penny." She greeted who didn't answer her since she was still pink in the face.
"Why is your face so pink?" she asked her. Penny just pointed to her left making Miku follow her direction…..and saw everyone…..watching.
Miku's face grew completely red as she saw everyone looking at her. She looked back at Penny who was just as red as her and was about to say something until they felt something move in their laps. Both girls looked down and blushed even more as Shu was moving around in their legs before he sat up yawning and stretched his arms.
As he rubbed his eyes with his forearm he saw his parents looking at him with a smile on their faces. "Morning mom, morning dad." He greeted them. He then realized that Miku and Penny where not in view and was about to asked them where they were until a voice popped into his head.
"Morning Shu. Now before you panic, I'm speaking through your consciousness because of our talk from last night. And you can respond to me telepathically no need to speak your words literally." Celia introduced herself.
'Hey Celia, and thanks I was about to freak out when…why do I feel like I'm about to die?' Shu then turned his head around to see his two sisters…..two EXTREMELY ANGRY sisters. He wanted to ask them what's wrong but at the same time he felt terrified as there was so much killing intent coming off both girls.
Everyone but Natsu, Sila, Lilo, Ace and Roy shivered at their anger while Ursula quickly took out a camera from out of nowhere and started recording the three siblings.
"Shu Heller." Both girls called out to him as shivers went down his spine.
'Celia…can I speak to you later and run for my life from my two siblings who are about to kill me?' he asked her.
"Child….you can speak to me if you get out of this alive." Celia mentally said before she closed herself off from his mind and left him on his own. Back to Reality, Shu saw his sisters' aura and knew that he was about to get killed.
"Run." Miku and Penny said in unison. Shu then completely ran out of the room screaming comically as he was being chased by the two girls. Throughout the manor you could hear sword slashes and small explosions coming from the house.
"SHU, YOU DEAD BRAIN COME BACK HERE AND TAKE YOUR PUNISHMENT LIKE A MAN."
"HOLD STILL SHU, THIS WON'T HURT A BIT…IT'S GONNA HURT A LOT."
"WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!" Shu was interrupted as he continued running through the manor screaming like a maniac while the others were up on the stairs smiling in amusement.
"This is so going in the video album." Ash snickered as he was beside Ursula who was laughing at Shu's misfortune.
"Could you please send me a copy of the video?" Sila asked her.
"Don't worry I'm giving copies out to everyone." Ursula finished.
One week later:
The three siblings were walking to school in an unusual silence. Miku was walking with an annoyed expression on her face while Shu was walking up ahead in anger. As for Penny she was walking in slight guilt and worry.
After the sleepover fiasco, Miku started irritating Shu to no end in terms getting back at him. The said kid didn't even know what he did wrong which only angered her more and glare at him occasionally. Penny apologized to Shu about her and Miku for the uncalled beating from last week. Shu forgave her and said he wasn't bothered by it as much as he should but that wasn't the case for Miku.
"Hey could you slow down dead-brain, Penny and I need to catch up to you!" she shouted only to be ignored as Shu kept walking angering her even more.
Miku then walked up in front of him and grabbed him by his collar and pulled him towards her until their noses were almost touching.
"What the hell is your problem!?"
"ME, you're the one who basically beat me up for no damn reason!" that statement shock both girls and they heard their little brother curse. This was a sign that he was really angry about something and he barely gets angry or curses at all.
"In case you forgotten, me and penny both beat your little ass for being indecent with us."
"Oh my god! For the last time, I did not do anything to you or Penny if I did something like that I would be very ashamed of what I did and hate myself! But once again…" This time Shu grabbed her collar and glared at her straight in the eyes.
"I. DID. NOT. DO. ANY. THING!" he shouted to her as Miku was about to retort they both were broken up by Penny who had placed her hands on both of their chests.
"Stop it! Both of you!" she said as they both glared at each other.
"Look Miku he said he was sorry for whatever he did but you know Shu…..he doesn't know about it that much nor does he completely understand it."
"That's just it Penny. He doesn't understand anything at all! He goes around and acts like a dense idiot when clearly he knows more than he's letting on!" Miku shouted.
"Miku please can we just….."
"And you're any better! You hide your emotions all the time from everyone, as to why you do it I don't understand!" Shu retorted.
"Shu don't argue—"
"What the hell do you think talking about, you don't know a damn thing about me!"
"I know that you hid emotions because your afraid of being abandoned again."
"No I'm hiding my emotions because you barely notice when I'm angry and when I'm not!" Now Shu was getting really angry, all he wanted to do was just get the day over with, go home and calm down but fighting with his sister is really getting on his nerves.
Celia is constantly trying to calm him down but he wasn't letting her help him. He blocked out any mental connection between them for the time being.
"I barely notice! You are really getting on my nerves you know that."
"Tch, you've been getting on mine for about a week dead brain." She finished as she turned away from him not noticing his hands forming into fists. Penny however took notice and knew that if she didn't do something now they'll both regret luckily Ash, Skyla, Korrina and Ursula walked up to them.
"Hey guys." Korrina greeted only to receive silence from all of them. Miku just let out an annoyed sigh while Shu stayed silent trying to calm himself down as for Penny she let out a sigh of relief.
"Did something happen?"
"No. Everything's fine." Miku said as her bangs overshadowed her face and she walked past them up to the school building. The others were stunned at the girls weird attitude that they didn't notice Shu tightly clenching his fists in anger.
Shu wanted to do something, to yell at her…..anything but…..he couldn't. Even though it's a misunderstanding what if it was true?
"I know I'm dense in some areas but….am I really dumb?" Shu muttered to himself but Penny overheard his thoughts and frowned at her brother. Before she could comfort him, he announced that he would like to be alone for the rest of the day and walked off leaving behind a worried group of friends and sad Penny.
"What happened?"
"Let's just say that over the week, things have gotten out of hand." Penny summed up as she walked past them making sure the two don't come to blows in their next heated argument.
As the day went on, everyone noticed the atmosphere between the two teens. Miku was angry and hostile towards anyone that approached her while Shu was silent and absent. He was doing his best to not go off right now and blow up at anyone. When it was time for lunch, Penny suggested that they all get together for lunch but Miku turned it down saying she would be in the new gym that the school managed to build within a short time and Shu would be off to who knows where.
Shu is now sitting near the tree laying in the grassy field near the café but away from the building and gym, school is a lot bigger than he thought. He's been thinking about his argument with Miku and couldn't help but feel frustrated with her, not to mention his anger.
They've argued with each other a lot but never to the point where they have come close to actually fighting each other. It was an accident he didn't actually mean to sleep in her lap along with Penny's or walk in on her in the bathroom forgetting she was taking shower. After walking out she was completely mad at him, he apologized but all it did seem to anger her more and shove across the hall. He'll be honest he's never seen her mad like that but he's also just as upset with her as she is with him.
"Why is she so angry with me and why is she saying that I don't understand what it feels to be abandoned?" he asked himself. Abandonment was a touchy subject around Shu and he told Miku about his past so why is she acting like he doesn't know?
"Are you okay?" Shu was brought out of his thoughts as he looked up and was greeted with a girl standing in front of him. She was about Miku's height only a little taller than her probably about an inch but that's because he's laying the ground. The girl had long white hair in ponytail held up by a purple bow and red eyes, she was wearing a black sailor fuku instead of the original white color.
"Hello?"
"Huh oh sorry I didn't mean to ignore you, I'm just um….."
"Deep in thought?"
"I was gonna say thinking but yeah your word works better. I'm Shu by the way." He said and greeted her as he held out her hand.
"Thanks, my name is Haku, Haku Yowane." The now revealed Haku greeted as she shook his hand before asking. "So, what were you thinking about?" She sat down next to him in a seiza position as he sat up cross legged.
"Um, nothing too serious it's just a little disagreement with my sister and uh….." Shu paused as he looked at Haku….she looked exactly like Miku!
'Celia am I going crazy or does Haku literally look like Miku?'
'No, you aren't, she looks like her. Maybe she's part of Miku's family that abandoned her?'
'No, the night Miku got captured she shared a lot of things about her life including her family. I asked her once if she had a sibling that looked like her but no. She has two siblings who are twins named Len and Rin but she had no twin. Plus, her scent isn't the same as Miku's.'
'Okay so who is she?'
'I don't know but I'll find out. Warn me if she does anything dangerous.'
'Very well'
"You looked just like my sister."
"I do?"
"Yeah but I know you're not her bio sister….I think. You both don't smell the same." Shu said bluntly making Haku sweat drop at him.
'He does know that didn't sound right, right?' she mentally sighed remembering what her mother told her. 'Then again, he is a little blunt, and straightforward with everything he says.
"Smell? You mean like my scent, you wouldn't happen to be a dragon slayer would you?"
"Heck yeah I'm a dragon slayer. Wait a minute are you one too?" he asked with excitement in his voice. The only dragon slayers he knew that roamed the world were him, his parents and Draco Slayers. From what his parents told him, there was only the Draco slayers that were taught dragon slaying magic so does Haku know about it and is she one too?
"I expected him to ask me about it but I never thought he would be excited to meet another one dragon slayer around his age. I wonder….."
"…..Does anyone around the school know that you're one?"
"Um besides my friends and family…nope!" he said so easily as if it didn't matter.
"Okay I'll tell you but….." she then leaned into his face, their noses almost touching as she gazed at him with a emotionless glare."…..you cannot say anything about it okay?" she whispered to him and receive a nod in confirmation.
"Okay….yes I am one too." She said as she moved back into her original position.
"Awesome….wait can you show me your magic please?" he asked her.
"I show it to you…" Haku replied, Shu was about speak until but Haku held out a finger to stop him.
"But…if I show you my magic, you have to show me yours." She finished and he nodded. She looked around to make sure they were alone before starting.
"Here." she said as she formed a bit of smoke in her hands before sucking it into her mouth and released it into Shu's face. Shu felt a gust of wind from her instead of the smoke Haku inhaled earlier.
"You just….?"
"Mmhm. I am the Smoke and Wind Dragon Slayer."
"Okay, here's my magic." Shu then looked around to find any fire or water but there was none around them so he showed his chaos magic.
A small beam of red and black energy form around his hands before dispersing into thin air. Haku looked at him in confusion. 'I thought Gale said Shu had Fire, Water and Chaos. Why is he showing only Chaos magic unless…he doesn't fully trust me. Well I wouldn't blame him…..we just met.'
"I got Chaos magic although I haven't used it in awhile so sorry if it's a bit short." Shu apologized as he rubbed the back of his head.
"No, its fine. Anyway, you don't need to lie to me about your emotions." Haku stated. Shu was about to retort but was interrupted when she pressed a finger to his lips. "I know what it's like to hide behind a mask, and trust me….you can only hide it for so long until it cracks." She said. Sounded like she has or had some experience to it.
"Okay…I….am currently locked into some kind of conflict with my sister right now and she kind of over reacted. For the past week, we both been at each other's throats literally and right now I can't go near her without having the urge to snap." He explained his problem to Haku, he didn't know why he felt like he could talk to Haku about this but right now he didn't care.
"I'm not sure what to do right now." He said as he gazed into the cloudless blue sky.
"I think you both just need to talk to someone about your problem before talking to each other. As of right now neither of you are comfortable with talking to one another at the moment so, give yourselves some space, time to cool off and maybe by the end of the day or tomorrow you or her will be ready to talk." Haku suggested as she looked at him.
"Yeah that's probably a better idea than what I would have done." Shu said. His statement made Haku wonder in curiosity.
"What would you have done if I hadn't come?" she asked.
"I would've pulled a prank in the class we have together and then pull her out to talk to her alone." He said as if it was a normal thing making Haku sweat drop at him.
"That's…unusual for someone like you don't you think?"
"Oh don't worry, I pull pranks on kids and staff all the time, so it's pretty normal for me." He gave her a cheeky grin as he stood up and offer her his hand. Haku accepted it and grasp his hand before standing up herself.
"Anyway, thank you for um helping me sort this out Paku." He said making Haku sweat drop again.
"Its Haku."
"Right Haku, sorry I always get people names wrong whenever I do that." Shu sheepishly replied after he smacked his forehead.
"It's okay, hey um…..you don't mind being friends with me do you?" Haku said as she fidgeted her fingers together.
"We're already friends."
"Huh?"
"You showed me that you're a dragon slayer, and you helped me sort out my problem with my sister with suggestions. No normal person does that for anyone." Shu said as he smiled warmly at her.
"Arigato!" Haku shouted as she engulfed him into her arms almost knocking them both over. Shu just wrapped his arms around her not sure on what to do. The only people who made physical contact with him that didn't involve fists, were his parents, Penny, Miku, and his aunt…..who he hadn't seen in years.
"Anyway, what class do you have next?"
"Um…Oh! I have battle class after lunch, what about you?"
"Oh! I have that class next too." Haku yelled with excitement in her voice. She then heard a ringing sound go off in her pocket. She pulled her phone out and recognized the number.
"Oh, that's my mom, I got to go I'll see you later Shu." Haku gave him another hug before running off back to the school. After she left, Shu called out to Celia who heard the entire thing.
'So?'
'I feel like there's something else at play here.'
'Care to elaborate?'
'Do you know what elaborate means?'
'it's another term for explanation only more complicated and very detailed in planning.' Celia was not expecting him to answer her like that.
'O-oh…..um yes that is exactly what it means. Are you okay?'
'Why what's wrong?'
'Nothing…it's just that you answered that in quick succession. I was not expecting that.'
'Hey! I'm not that dumb! I may not pay attention in some classes and goof off but I do work my butt off just to get good grades. The only classes I would really pass with ease will be Battle and Magic History.'
'You say you don't pay attention yet you have enough time to plan and pull pranks. All those pranks do require some math and you fall asleep in that class all the time.' Celia deadpanned.
'Yeah…but..'
'But what?'
'…..'
'That's what I thought.'
'Screw you.'
Celia giggles at him before returning to the main topic. 'Anyway, I felt that girl's aura as she sat with you…something about it feels…off. I sensed three things within her soul.'
'How so?'
'There's a lot of malice within her and pain within her, there's no doubt that she could be one of the fallen but I sensed no mark on her when she first came.
'….'
'Celia?'
'Have your parents gave you the 'talk' yet?'
'Um yeah but why do you ask?'
'….'
'Celia?'
'I'll see you later.' Celia quickly ended her mental connection with Shu making him think about her actions. She waved goodbye in a hurry but he could've swore before she left he saw the blush in her cheeks.
"Just what kind of thing was she thinking about?" Shu then walked off deciding to leave Celia alone to her thoughts.
With Miku:
Miku was in an empty classroom sitting waiting for lunch to be over. She hasn't been in the best of moods lately and it didn't make sense. The entire week she's been yelling at Shu from the sleepover thing but she was over that, then came the incident two days afterwards. After she got out of the shower, he walked in on her not knowing she was there and they both stared at each other before Shu just left without saying anything.
'Why didn't he blush or freak out? Does he just see me as his sister and not a woman?' She does remember that as they got older Shu would start getting embarrassed or flustered if they were both taking a bath together like when they were young.
'I mean I know I'm his sister but still….does he not see me that way?' She asked herself as she buried her head further into her arms not noticing the sound of footsteps towards her.
"Hey there." Miku took her head out of her arms and saw Penny looking at her in worry.
"Leave me alone sis, I'm not in the mood." She said weakly.
"Miku, I know something's wrong with you but I can't help you if you don't tell me why you're acting like this." Penny replied as she sat down by her sister.
"*Sigh* You're not leaving until I tell you right?" she guessed receiving a nod from the frolic girl.
"Okay…..the reason I'm like this is because of this." Miku then took out a cloth that had a red stain on it…..blood stains."
"Why is there blood, you two didn't exchange blows did you?" Penny asked carefully.
"NO." She yelled quickly startling her sister. "No, this isn't his blood it's mine. I woke with blood in my sheets for the past week after the sleepover. Every morning, there's blood coming out of my…you know." Miku said as her face flustered as did Penny's. "And then whenever I use the bathroom, more blood comes out and….. I'm not angry at you, or Shu. I'm just scared and frustrated that I might be bleeding internally and I might be…dying." She finished as she buried her head into her arms. She expected to hear nothing but silence from her sister, but what she didn't expect was Penny let out a few giggles before she burst into full blown laughter.
"It's not FUNNY. This is serious!" she yelled angrily.
"Miku, it's okay you're not dying or anything. You're fine.
"But….then why am I?"
"It's puberty."
"…What?"
"You're going through your period. I read about it in a book one time from the library, you are going through a cycle where a change occurs in your reproductive system to-"
"Get to the point."
"This cycle is happening so you can have babies in the future." she stated making Miku blush. "But what about my mood swings?"
"That is a common factor whenever you go through your period. You other factors such as tender breasts, feeling tired, irritability and mood changes." She finished making Miku sweat drop at the frolic girl. 'She says it like it's not embarrassing!' Miku thought before speaking. "So…I'm not dying or losing my mind?"
"Nope! Like I said you're going through your period because you've finally hit puberty, only downside is that you're going to have with it every once a month for a whole week." She explained.
"Oh….ok." Miku finally relaxed before realization hit her. "Wait…I have to deal this again next month!?" she asked frantically receiving a nod from Penny.
"I guess that fixes my mood problem."
"Going to go apologize to Shu?"
"I didn't mean to say any of that stuff to him nor make him feel stupid. Do you think he hates me?"
"Miku, you know Shu you guys make argue a lot but you both love each other to death nothing will ever make him hate you."
"But what if-"
"Did you not just tell me to face my fear a week ago?"
"Yeah."
"Then stop lollygagging and go find him. I'm pretty sure he feels the same way as you do…..minus the whole period thing." Penny encouraged.
"You're right, but I have no idea where he went. Oh wait, we all have Battle class together, I can apologize to him there." Miku said as she stood up. The bell ranged through the halls signaling the end of lunch and start of next class.
"Come on off to Battle class we go." Miku shouted as she grabbed Penny's hand and dragged her as they both ran towards the newly built gym.
Battle Class:
Shu was about to enter the gym but stopped when he heard a voice call out to him. He turned his head and saw Ash and his sisters walk up to him.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Shu, how you're feeling?" Skyla asked looking at him worryingly as did everyone else. Shu was confused on her question until realization hit him and he suddenly remembered.
"Oh right, sorry guys. I was out of it this morning but I'm okay now. Have you seen Miku around….or Penny?" he asked wanting to apologize to his sisters.
"Sorry but we couldn't figure out where you guys went. During lunch you both went in separate directions and well—" Korrina paused as she fidgeted her fingers together.
"Right." Shu said as he looked down at the floor. 'I guess she's still mad at me.' He was interrupted from his thoughts when Ursula walked up to him and poke him on the forehead.
"Don't worry, Shu. Siblings fight all the time and sometimes they escalate a bit too far but know this, no matter how many times you argue and fight nothing can separate ourselves from our family." She finished. Ash, Skyla and Korrina looked at Ursula in shock while Shu gave the said girl and cheeky grin.
"You're right, thanks for the advice Ursula. You guys go on in to the gym, I'll wait out here for her and Penny." He told them.
"And if they're already in?" she asked before he pointed to his nose. "I smell their scents and they haven't come yet but, yeah I'll be fine." He reassured them. Ursula silently nodded before walking into the gym as did Ash, Skyla and Korrina. Korrina gave him a playful punch to the shoulder before entering. Shu then stood there waiting for his two sisters to meet him when suddenly realization just hit him like a ton of a bricks.
"D-Did…she just…..did Ursula have a normal conversation with me and spoke to me without some kind of playful insult?" he asked to no one. He just stood thinking in shock until he felt someone call out to him, he blinked twice before looking up at who called him. It was Miku and Penny.
"Penny….Miku…Hi." Shu said as he turned his head away and rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey." Miku responded shyly as she also turned her head to the side and rubbed her right arm. Penny sighed knowing this would happen and took matters into her own hands.
"Come on you two." She said grabbing their free hands and pulled them inside the gym. As they walked through the doors they saw how big the gym was. In the center was a big arena in the form of a giant circle with solid concrete fences with some type of weird writing on it and it was about 18 foot tall. They were underneath the seats as they saw the odd shape ceilings.
"You two talk while I go change in the lockers and once you both are done come on out." Penny said releasing their hands and walking east heading towards the locker rooms.
An awkward silence went through the air as Shu and Miku stared at anything but each other both thinking on what to say. Miku was about to speak but Shu beat her to it.
"I'm sorry sis." He started. "I'm sorry I was being a bit of jerk and ignoring you. Plus invading your privacy back at the bathroom." He apologized gazing into her deep turquoise ones. "No Shu, I'm the one who should be sorry. I was overreacting something so stupid for the sleepover thing and the privacy was—" she paused squirming a bit before continuing. "Do you not see me as a women?" she asked
"What? no it's not that it's just….I don't know what that feeling was….and my dragon instincts were threatening to take over." He said blushing as he looked away from her. Miku wondered why he was blushing until she remembered what the talk from their parents. Natsu and Sila mentioned something about mating season and how it can affect dragons.
"….So you dragon instincts were trying to get you to do…..you know…that with me?" she asked meekly.
"That's one way of putting it. It's different with me though?"
"How so?"
"Well I'm not sure how this works but my instincts know the difference between right and wrong and plus I don't want to do something like that to you. And my instincts been bugging me the entire week, I've been purposely arguing back to you so I don't go crazy. One, not only is it I guess weird, but it wouldn't be right to do that to you." he explained. Miku looked away from him feeling dejected until she felt him place his hands on her shoulders.
"Miku, I'm not saying I don't like you. It's just that you deserve better than that, any guy out there would be lucking to have someone like you. You're smart, pretty and you can pretty much kick someone's ass within 30 seconds." He said as Miku giggled at the last part. "There's someone out there for everybody and I've only known how to love someone as family like you, Penny, mom and dad and everyone else. I don't know what it's like to feel a crush or something like that." Miku was taken back by her brother's words, she knew he was oblivious sometime but this makes him look smart as if he's been thinking about this. Not only that but he has no experience in feeling what she was right now but she knew that he was right.
"And one more thing sis?" "Hmm?" "If there is someone out there that you like, they will have to get by me first because if they ever use you for something stupid or hurt you in any way, I will find them and hunt them down." He said with seriousness in his voice. Miku looked at him before slightly giggling at her brother's protectiveness for her.
"Thanks Shu. Again I'm sorry for this week, I've been having mood swings because of…puberty." She said.
"…..Oh, I'm so sorry Miku I didn't mean to make you angry and—" he was cut off when Miku put a finger to his lips. "It's okay. I'm not out of it yet, I have to go through this for about another day before I'm back to my normal self." Miku said as she gave him a smile.
"Wait what do you mean again?" he asked her. Miku thought about it before answering his question. "Let's just say that I will have to go through once a week every month."
"Okay, I remember dad telling me that mom did this sort of thing too so again sorry for that, anyway let's go get ready for class."
"Right and Shu…"
"Yeah?" he turned around to face her, he was about to speak but Miku leaned forward and pressed her lips against his right cheek before backing up. Shu was stunned from the physical contact before looking at his sister who was blushing a bit.
"Thank you."
"No problem sis. Come on let's go change and get ready for battle." Shu said as he smiled at her. Miku nodded at him before they both ran into the gym not noticing their eavesdropper. A few feet away from their position around the corner was Haku who was listened to every word.
"So my sister is on her period, and my surrogate brother doesn't know how to feel love other than family love huh?" Haku said as she licked her lips seductively.
"I can see that she has no feelings toward him so….." she paused before a cruel smile made its way to her lips.
"….He's mine to take."
Author's Note:
Hey everybody, I just want to wish all a Happy Halloween and say are you ready for Sonic Forces because I am. I've been waiting a long time for this game and only a week left until it's finally released. Team Sonic vs. Team Infinite. I know it's suppose to be against Eggman but I think Infinite is better. Plus everyone knows that there hasn't been one villain in the Sonic Universe that hasn't pretended to team up with Eggman only to use him for their own purpose. This is going to be epic! And before I forget, next chapter will include battles at school and the team's first time travel to another universe, and meeting the god Gaia. Alright, now that that's done. I'm so excited for Sonic Forces! I hate waiting but I can wait one more week and then its out. Again, Happy Halloween guys and as always I'll see you in HELL!