Battle High: Not your ordinary High School
Battle seven:
Clues
Sora found herself on her knees bleeding from her side, she was injured and she had some blood from the corner of her mouth that she wiped away. "I won't back down...,"she got back to her feet and attacked again.
Ami and Ame threw open the doors and they saw had slightly surprised them but they had somehow expected to the scene in front of them, Sora was bleeding yet, still fighting. Ame went to the back of the attacker and hit him in the head. There was no end to this insanity was there. Ame sighed and waited to fight the intruder's weak point. Everyone had one. Kirai was doing nothing. Just as Ame expected him to, but Ame said nothing to Kirai and only continued to look around and exam the area and the intruder.
Suddenly feeling stupid for just standing there, Kirai came close to the attacker and noticed that he was protecting his left side. Acting quickly, he took the dagger in his left hand and jabbed it into the intruder. He instantly stopped attacking and clutched his side. Kirai pulled out the knife. The attacker fell to the ground. Sora looked over at Kirai, "finally decided to help?," she asked slightly irritated, she walked over to him and looked at the attacker.
Kirai nodded with a sarcastic smile. "I wanted to see if he could beat you," he said, though he probably shouldn't have. He stared down at the mysterious person, still feeling as though he knew him. But who could it be?
Ame assessed the situation. The intruder was going to try to get out by the left door behind him. He nodded toward Ami. Ami proceeded to hit the intruder in the back of the head with her baseball bat. That should have been an immediate knock out, unless, this person was unlike most humans. But, then again most people here were unlike most humans.
Sora looked at Kirai with a glare and hit him in the back of the head with the hilt of her sword, "Say that again I dare you," she growled at him. Kirai nodded slowly and looked at the ground. "Saw that coming," He nudged the stranger on the ground with his foot. He was unconscious.
"So what do we do with him?" It seemed like Kirai was always asking questions. Probably because he was, from the moment he had arrived at the school all he had been able to do was ask questions and get a confusing answer.
Ame poked the intruder. "First things first we should take off his or her's mask. That would make him or her easier to identify and possible for us to report them," Ami nodded and began to take off the mask. "This is a professional mask you know," she said, "It's the kind mobsters use to rob people and do other gang-like activities in other parts of the world."
"Well whatever it was that brought them here I won't let them get away with murder on our campus," Sora growled as she poked the intruder with her foot.
Ame sighed, "So much bickering," And, with a flourish the mask came off. To reveal...another mask. Ami was irritated and continued to pull off the several masks that were after that one. "WHY.. IS.. THIS... PERSON.. WEARING... SO. MANY MASKS?," she yelled in frustration.
Kirai stared, both irritated and amused. How did he even wear that many masks at once? It didn't seem very easy. And once he did get them all on, how would you fight with those? This person had to be pretty special. Sora watched as mask after mask was removed before she sighed,"...And you're going to try and cut them off in one swift movement because why again?," she asked. Sora crossed her arms over her chest as she tried to ignore her wounds and looked from the intruder to Kirai.
"...Maybe you could help me," she told Kirai as she whispered a plan on how to investigate the school for more intruders.
Kirai nodded. "Okay," this day was exciting, yet, terrifying. This was by far the scariest situation he had ever been in, and he liked the thrill of it. So of course he would look for more intruders, it would be even more frightening. Sora then began to head towards the door and motioned for Kirai to follow her out the door.
"...Who or how did they even get into this school?," she asked herself.
Kirai followed her without hesitation. He didn't feel like being around that familiar stranger anymore. "I don't know...," he said, answering her rhetorical question, "but if since they did get in, they probably aren't going to be an amateur at this kind of stuff."
"Well of course they aren't...but it pisses me off knowing I got hurt...badly too," said Sora as she removed her hand from her side and saw the blood on her hand and her side.
Ami finally yelled in triumph but quickly stopped. "Erm... I don't think this person is a person," she gestured toward the 'person' she unmasked. "It's a robot," Ame sighed, this was confusing, "We have robots trained to battle people, a guy who knocks out people, a missing nurse... What next? A kidnapper," Ami looked shocked and saw someone nearby. "Umm... Ame I think you should think before you start speaking. Or, your wish will come true."
"Oh, awesome," Kirai said sarcastically, "If they can hurt YOU like that, I'm gonna die for sure." His words were true; Sora looked like she was in pain. Kirai didn't know that was possible. Whoever this was, they weren't fun. Sora knew she shouldn't be moving around with a wound like that and with that much blood already lost, but she turned around and faced Kirai, "You won't die, I'll make sure of that," she told him. Sora felt a wave of pain shoot through her body but she tried to hide the pain the best she could, "I would never let you die Kirai, I would die before I let you die, understand?"
Kirai looked at her and nodded. That was fairly random. Kirai never would've imagined Sora saying that, but it fit her personality well. He examined her side, stained with blood. She didn't look like she was feeling too awesome, "You wanna go to the- Oh. Wait. The nurse is missing," Kirai mentally cursed out whoever did that. The attacker probably planned that.
Sora looked at him, "Well even if the nurse is missing, that won't stop me, don't leave my side or sight for even a moment understand? I'll be fine so long as you're safe," she walked over to him and placed her head on his shoulder.
'I'm not sure how much longer I can hold up...,'she thought.
"I won't," he said. Poor Sora. That wound looked like it hurt like hell. But she kept her head high, this girl was strong. Kirai wished the nurse was still here or that he knew how to help her. But unfortunately, they were as good as helpless.
Sora didn't move for a few moments before she took her sword up again and stabbed the ground with the blade before she stood up straight again.
'This wound will hold me back...wonder how much longer I can go?,' she thought to herself, Sora began to walk forward when she fell back slightly,"...No...I can't be that weak now," she growled. Kirai saw her falter and frowned. She really shouldn't be moving, much less fighting. But he didn't bother to argue with her, he knew Sora would win. So he simply walked with her and was prepared to catch her if she fell. Sora shook it off, she just kept walking, and she glanced at Kirai from the corner of her eye and hoped she wouldn't have to get him involved in any real bad fights. She wanted him to be safe, 'He won't be allowed to fight...I'll make sure of it,' she thought.
But Sora soon stopped as she knelled on the ground breathing heavily; it was getting harder for her to move. Kirai knelt down next to her, "We can always just go to the nurse's office and get some bandages or something. The nurse doesn't actually have to be there," he suggested. Kirai was tired of seeing her in such pain. Sora looked at him through pain filled eyes, "...That would take time...and it would more than likely weaken us if were busy tending to wounds," she replied as she breathed heavily.
'Damn these wounds..,' she thought angrily.
"Sora, look at yourself," Kirai said calmly, though he was getting annoyed with her persistence. "You're on the ground in pain. You think you're going to be able to fight whatever's out there when you can barely walk without me helping you?"
Sora looked at him and looked back at the ground with a slight blush; she had never been scolded like this before in her life, except once by Artemis's older brother a long time ago. But this time felt different,"...I'm going to be fine," she said wearily. "Well I don't believe you," Kirai announced, and helped her stand up again. He stared straight into her eyes and informed her, "If you fall again I am going to carry you to the nurse's office," and he meant it. Kirai was not going to let Sora be hurt just because she was protecting him and her own pride.
Sora looked away from him and tried to walk again,"...let me ask you...beside yourself being stubborn...why do you care so much about me?," she asked as a blush crossed her face. Kirai stopped walking for a second, surprised by the question, and then continued. "Because, um...no reason...," he said, looking nervously at the ground. He severely hoped that he wasn't blushing.
Sora looked at him, he was blushing and it was obvious, but she didn't say a word but continued their conversation, "...Have you ever felt that you couldn't live without a certain person when you've only just met?," she asked. She liked seeing him blush, she thought it was adorable and funny, but her own blush was getting a little brighter. Kirai glanced at Sora, to find that she was already looking at him. He turned his gaze back to the floor quickly. "Y-yeah, actually...why?," he answered, looking at her again. That was the second time he noticed how pretty she was today.
Sora tried to hide her giggle the best she could but failed to no avail,"... because I think I know how someone may feel when they get that feeling," she told him. Sora looked at the ground as she tried to hide her blush, but she soon couldn't stand again and fell to her knees again. "Oh really now?," Kirai said, and looked at Sora just in time to see her fall. He stopped abruptly and sat down next to her. "So shall I carry you or are you going try and walk to the nurses office?," he asked, and brushed away the strands of hair covering her eyes. She was still blushing. Kirai smiled.
Sora looked up at him,"...I don't think I can walk anymore to be honest…," she said with her blush still across her face as she tried not to look up at him, "and yes really."
Kirai sighed. "Well, Sora, I think you've just admitted that you like me," he said, unable to stop himself from smiling again. "Aside from that, how shall we do this? Like a piggy-back ride kind of thing or shall I carry you bridal style?," he said, smirking, but with his blush returning a bit. Sora's head shot up as she heard what he said, her blush grew brighter,"?...and that's up to you how I get there," she replied, she saw him smirk and tried not get irritated by it. "What's with that smirk?," she asked.
Kirai shook his head and smiled. "Nothing~ and lets go with the second option, it's easier and less strange," he said. Kirai stood up and held his hand out to help Sora up. Sora nodded, she took his hand and tried to stand up with his help, "Why?...Why do you care about me that much?," she asked as she looked at him with her blush getting lighter.
Kirai looked into her eyes and didn't let go of her hand yet. He tried to mentally curse his blush away but to no avail. "...Let's just say I know what that feeling feels like too..."
Sora just nodded, she didn't understand why he cared so much for her, but all she knew was at this moment, was she would rather have him at her side all the time. "...So...um...are you really going to make me go to the nurse's office so we can treat my wounds?," she asked with slight sarcasm.
She wanted to try and sound normal but found it hard.
Kirai nodded once, "Yes I am. You are too hurt," he said. Kirai turned around to find that he didn't know where he was, "Um...which way is the nurse, exactly?," He felt stupid again. It seemed like that was happening a lot today, and he had no control over it either.
"It's over by the willow tree next to the library," she told him, she, "And don't feel stupid, I felt the same when I first came here," she replied.
"Oh okay. At least I know where that is," Kirai said, and started walking. He was still holding her hand. And he wasn't sure why but he didn't exactly care, Kirai looked at Sora. "How'd you know I felt stupid?," he hadn't said that out loud. Could she read minds too? Cause if she could...he probably shouldn't be thinking right now.
Sora just let him lead her to the nurse's office, no matter how much she argued she wouldn't convince him otherwise.
"Well that's a good thing cause if I had to tell you where everything was, you would be more than lost," she laughed.
Ame sighed. Class started and he took out his books, he peered down at one of them and saw a message. Written in blood.
"Not unless I'm with you all the time," he said, not mentioning that he would love for that to happen. Kirai noticed the familiar trail of blood they had seen earlier leading away from the nurse's office. They were just a few steps away. Sora saw the trail, "I got a bad feeling about this Kirai," said Sora as her whole body began to tremble and she griped his hand tighter.
Ame asked the teacher, "I have to go pickup something I left at my last class. Ami has to go too," Ami looked at him questionably.
"What is it?," she whispered to him.
"Something bad is going to happen. In just a few minutes. All we have to do is follow the blood trail."
Kirai squeezed her hand just as tight. He'd never seen her scared like this. There was in fact a strange feeling in the air. Kirai didn't really want to go into the nurse's office either. But Sora needed help, he looked at the scared girl next to him. "You wanna wait here? I can bring the first aid kid out here," he suggested. He didn't want Sora alone out here, but he didn't want her in that office either.
Ame darted up and saw Sora and Kirai outside of the office. The door looked white despite the blood trail, "So what has gone on since we went to class?," Ami questioned. "We shouldn't wait for long," she opened the door of the nurse's office. Sora looked at them all, "No Kirai...I'll go in with you, like I said earlier, you are to stay at my side so you won't and never die," Sora looked directly at Kirai when she said that. She knew she was slightly scared and didn't care what happened to her at this point, she wanted to keep him safe and everyone else.
Kirai nodded. The way she said that made it seem like she couldn't live without him. Like that feeling they were talking about earlier. Pushing away his thoughts, Kirai opened the door a bit more and looked inside the nurse's office. It looked normal. But it was still creepy in there. He took a step inside. Still nothing.
Ame looked around and opened a cabinet, "C2," he muttered. "What are you looking for?" asked Ami, "I found a note in my notebook that said C2," Ami found the 3rd section of the cabinet with everyone whose last names started with C. The second file. Ami opened it. Sora followed them all inside and leaned against the wall, her hands trembled knowing something was wrong and she couldn't stop the shaking unless she gripped the sword on the blade. Which is exactly what she did, she turned the sword around and grabbed the blade without hesitation.
Kirai looked around for the first aid kit, which was sitting on the counter a few steps away from him. He walked over and picked it up, to find it empty, "Well that's bloody brilliant," he said sarcastically. Kirai looked around for another source of bandages. Surely there had to be some somewhere.
"Why not check the walls," said Sora, she knew about a set of bandages that were hidden just in case this kind of moment happened. Kirai looked at her questioningly. "Check the walls for bandages?," he turned his gaze to the wall, trying to find where anything could be hidden. There was a brick next to the window that was just barely sticking out more than the others. He walked over and pulled on it, and it came out cleanly. Inside the small opening there was another first aid kit, this one not emptied, and a note, written in Japanese.
Sora smiled as he found it, "Told you, my brothers hid that a long time ago and told me where it was," said Sora. She walked over to him and let go of the blade and looked at her now bloodied hands and shrugged as she wiped some of the blood on her school uniform she had on.
Kirai handed her the kit and examined the note. It read;
" クローゼットの部屋一十七。
敷物の下に
オフィスでのロックを解除キャビネット "
"Huh. Sora, did your brother write this?," he asked, and handed her the scrap of paper. The handwriting looked rushed and the paper was crumbled a few times.
Sora took the letter and read it,"...That idiot...I told him to stop rushing his letters...come on, let's go...now," she told him with a slight growl. She grabbed his wrist with her most bloodied hand and led him to the room. She didn't care if he wanted to treat her wounds first; she had to do what he said.
Kirai followed her-not like he had a choice to begin with anyways-and opened the door of the room. It was very dark. And it reeked of dried blood. Kirai felt the wall for a light switch and flicked it on. The room appeared to be an abandoned classroom. The closet that the note spoke of was at the back.