Blindfolded By Memories
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Chapter 9. I Won't Go
This is gonna get ugly. That's the first thought that crossed the bishounen's mind.
"…Although we don't really get along, I never expected to fight with you, Harvard" Ken tried to cheer things up, but Roy didn't even looked bothered about Ken's chat.
"Less trash-talk and more struggle Masters"
"Ah, well..." After Ken clenched his fists a little, he adopted his stance.
"Be careful, Masters" Cammy was cheering for Ken.
"Yeah, whatever" After that, both dashed against the other one.
Ken quickly connected a couple of kicks; one to the mid-thorax section, and the other on Roy's forehead. This made Roy's head bleed a little. However, it seemed like it didn't had any effect on him.
"What the...? That was supposed to put you down for good!" Roy chuckled, to Ken's disgust.
"He He, your attacks are too pretentious... and predictable as well" This comment almost made Ken lost it. However, he knew it was a booby specially for him. Roy's been teasing him since he tried to date Roy's girl, Tiffany.
"Well, suck on this!" Ken quickly rushed towards his opponent yet again.
Meanwhile
I Watched you change, into a fly, then I looked away... you are the fly... and I watched you change, and you, float like you never had wings, now you feel, so alive, I watched you change - Even though Ryu was only humming that song, the lyrics were pretty clear on his mind. That song has always soothed him for the best.
Knock Knock...
"Who com... Ah, young Ryu"
"Hello there, Manny" The butler working for Masters family answered the door.
"We were surely concerned about your absence last night"
"I'm sorry about that... say, has Ken returned from school?"
"I'm afraid not, young sir"
"Bummer; well, can I..."
"Ah, of course" Without further dialect, Ryu proceeded to enter to his current home.
Masters' manor didn't looked so far-out as many other houses of this kind, but it was surely cozy and comfortable. Ryu quickly went to his room. Even though he's usually pretty comfy with the school's uniform, he decided that, since it was clean, it was better off to keep it that way.
Should I change my bandages? Ryu was undecided. Even when the ones Sakura lend to him were good, he still had that itchy feeling.
"Nah, these are good" After finally getting into a pretty usual attire –which included a black pair of jeans and a pairing black tee- he decided to keep Sakura's bandages on. After strapping his headband properly.
"Ready to go! Manny!"
"Farewell sir..." Manny quickly opened the door; faster than usual, Ryu left the house.
"... come before diner, master Ryu!" Shouted the surprised butler.
Ryu raised his left hand over his head with a big thumb up...
Back to the other business...
It's been like a tour de force. The bruises of recent fists on his arms made them sore. Same goes for his chest; however, he knew he's not allowed to show any weakness. Especially with the rival being in front of him.
"Huff... huff; man, this is taking forever" Ken was a little overworked. He's been fighting against Roy for almost half an hour. He's used to train for hours, but this--
"You're not fighting at full"
That redundant voice yet again That's all Ken could think of. What's wrong with this guy?
"Touchdown wave!" Suddenly, a wave of moving energy was tossed towards Ken. He blocked it just in time. However, part of the energy shot by Roy got to hit him hardly, almost wrecking his defense and pushing him back. After catching off his breath.
"Whew!" If I didn't guarded it, I'd be surely kissing the floor.
While, At the distance.
"Wow... this fella is almost as tough as Ken" Guy was no doubt surprised to see his friend having such a hard time against the Bromwell.
"Well, you never know. During summer break, Ken surely didn't had any training, and we don't know how hard this other bud has been busting himself off.
"Wha--! Chun-Li, You say that because you want the Harvard jerk to get bloody on our mate"
"Aw, shut up Cammy" After finishing her argue with Cammy. "Bust his ass, Masters!"
Regardless about the trio's conversation, Ken reached to a breaking point.
"(grunts) That's it" Ken started to save energy with his right arm. Right before Roy crushed his head with a fast roundhouse, he ducked right on time to...
"Shin-RYU-KEN!" Ken used the impulse he'd been saving and raised from the ground with his right arm over his head, spinning around like a spiral wrecking havoc; Ken's effort was successful, every single hit went into Roy's body.
Ken landed with the tips of his left foot. Before putting both feet completely on the ground, a huge thud was heard. That was Roy.
"AAAAGGHHH!" After a violent landing, Roy cried in pain. Ken and the others went to check on him.
"Roy? Are you okay?" He was holding his left arm.
"I think I... broke it; dammit, Masters!" Ken felt offended.
"What do you mean? You started this whole deal!" Even though still grasping his presumably broken arm, Roy looked somewhat confused above all.
"What? Why would I waste my time on you, of all people?" The despective tone used by Roy on those last 5 words made Ken's blood boil.
"Wha--! you mutha---!" Before Ken could use both his colorful language and his fists yet again on his blond adversary, Guy, Chun-Li and Cammy stopped him.
"Hey, let go off me! I'm gonna take it off on your fucking teeth, lecherous dick-head!" Roy slowly got off the ground.
"Tsk. You've slowly become a hot-head. What's the point on fighting against someone like you?" This remark didn't help Ken cool off. But finally, after a minute, Chun-Li, Guy and Cammy let go off him.
"Well, what do you think just happened?" Roy looked down at Ken's words.
"They took Tiffany..."
"What? How do you..."
"The last thing I remember was this so-called Justice School Teacher, beating the shit out of me and Boman, then they took Tiffany away, and... then I had my arm busted up. Why didn't you helped me back there?" Now Ken was completely out of the picture.
This guy surely has a few screws missing. Then Guy stood in front of Roy.
"Dude, we didn't helped you because we weren't even here. The first thing you did was to challenge blond-brain! Don't you remember?"
"Well, no... why would I want to fight against him?" Then it hit Cammy.
"I know. You were brainwashed" Now Roy was the confused one.
"Brain-what?"
"Easy; right before you fell unconscious, those guys must have done something with your thinker. How do you explain that you don't remember fighting against Ken, mate?"
"Well... go figure. Even though I shouldn't, apologies for the unnecessary feud, Masters"
"Ah, no biggie"
"Say, what you're still doing on the streets?"
"We were looking for Ryu"
"What? He's M.I.A. as well?"
"We don't know. And where's Delgado?"
"He's probably still under that so-called brainwash therapy the brit suggested"
"Hey...! I never call you anything, Yank-head" Both Roy and Cammy started a big meaningless rambling.
"Ah, great, now Cammy too" Chun-Li smacked her hand against her forehead.
"Let's see. According to this, I should go down on Hokado Station in order to get to Moriwa" Ryu was on Tokyo's subway train. Moriwa High School is, at least, 2 stations ahead. Good thing he was lucky enough to get a seat, since Tokyo's serious demographic exploit usually doesn't allow it.
Several minutes later, Ryu finally arrived to Hokado's metro station. After being pushed around by the huge mass of people going down there as well, Ryu finally returned to the streets.
Great. Moriwa is just 2 blocks away.
He was already seeing a full pack of jelly-green colored uniforms, official Moriwa's color. Then, he saw someone utterly familiar.
Ah, no…! Ryu felt like the energy has just left his body. He was now officially an undead.
"Ah! Hey Ryu, over here!"
Pretend like you don't know him. Maybe he won't see you that way. Ryu closed his eyes, to picture himself anywhere else. This person was an annoying one. A walking pain in the ass.
He was already shaking Ryu's hand without any common sense of politeness.
"Dan... It's nice to see you" Ryu had a forced smile while saying that.
"Hey man, how you doin'!"
"I've been worse... (I think) Listen, I..."
"Are you here to investigate about the attacks?" Suddenly, Ryu showed a serious look on his face.
"What? Did they...?"
"Yeah, man... let me tell you: this whole thing sucks deep. One of the victims is already on his way to the hospital" Just after Dan said hospital another ambulance was on it's way towards the HS' direction.
"(sighs in frustration) ... Well Dan, can you take me to the scene?"
"Sure. But I warn you, it won't be pretty" Both started to run towards Moriwa High school. Ryu had a bad feeling about this, but he knew it would be too early to jump to any conclusion.
When they finally arrived, Ryu's serious grin changed. Even though the students crowd didn't allowed them to see the mess clearly, Ryu got a pretty shocking glimpse.
"Oh, dear. Those poor guys never saw it coming..."
"Tell me about it. Say, any clue?" Both Ryu & Dan made their way through the crowd; since Ryu was near enough the paramedics, he could even smell the scent of blood. He started to check on one of the students.
"This wounds... how long it's been?" He asked one of the paramedics.
"About 15 minutes; 16 minutes top" Ryu looked once again at the wounds of the student who was injured in the ribs. He knew what kind of attack left those wounds. However, the more he realized, the less he wanted to accept the facts.
"Him..." His voice became dark.
"What? Whatcha trying to say?"
"... I'm not sure. Dan" He gazed upon his former classmate.
"Yeah?"
"Do me a favor. Keep an eye on these fellas"
"Yeah, count on it, but, where are you going?"
"I still don't know..." Ryu spoke with an uncertain tone. Once again, he made his way through the crowd, but this time to run. When Dan saw his old classmate run like hell.
"Take Care!" Ryu raised his hand upon his head. He was, if you may, waving goodbye at his particular way.
Many minutes later
Ryu somehow felt that he was following a trail, even though there weren't any clues that pointed that. It was pure intuition.
Come on, someone tell me it's not like you're here in Japan. Ryu expected that his heart-tell may be wrong. What could HE, of all people, would have to do with this mess?
Running as fast as his feet allowed him to, Ryu felt that he was, at last, approaching where the culprit awaited. Suddenly, his feet stopped very suddenly; he almost fell on his kisser, given all the grasp he was carrying. There he was, the perpetrator of such vengeful attacks on Moriwa High School. He was, at least, 7 feet tall.
"You... why?"
"To destroy you"
After spending almost 2 days checking out the ortography(I make this process manually; it helps me to understand english language a whole lot better), I'm proud to say that this is my spotless chapter ever made. ¡Nos leemos pronto!