Kaito wiped off some dirt off his face before entering the school. Him and Benkai 'parting ways' got intense, but he managed to come on top with only a few bruises that were hidden under his coat. He might have a scuff mark here and there on his face, but nothing too bad. Kaito was still a deadly fighter when provoked just right, and not even Benkai could slow him down when his rage took over.
Unfortunately, his clothes got a bit ruined from the fight, so he changed into his other casual wear (School Uniform Parka). 'Maybe I should head to the nurses office and have her take a look at my bruises. Nah, they might hear about it and ask how I got it. I rather just forget and move on.'
The blue haired teen opened the door, only to get surprised tackled by a certain blonde. "Sneak attack!"
Kaito fell over, clutching the bruise on his lower left ribcage where it had recently been injuried. "Gah! Right in the one spot! Rin, stop doing that!"
Rin snickered as she got up and ran off. "One day I'll K.O. you and be the toughest girl in town!"
"For the last time, I'm harmless! You just look violent attacking me!" Kaito screamed at her, but he doubt she cared. Getting off the floor, Kaito went inside and plopped himself on his desk. He was hoping for a moments rest, but a chop to the head ended it.
He looked up to find Meiko sitting down on the desk in front of him. "Hey Bakaito, I know your always sleepy, but don't ignore people when they say hi. Oh my god, what happened to your face? *snicker* Did you chase after another ice cream truck in the morning and hit a pole again?! Bakaito, you're too much! Hahahaha!"
"Hey, in my defense, that ice cream truck should have- wait, what? Ba-bakaito? Bakaito? Bakaito! Hey, why are you making my name an insult!?" Kaito yelled at her.
"So it was another ice cream truck! K-kaito! You're so hopeless!" Meiko continued to crack up, ignoring Kaito complaints about his new nickname. Once she got it out of system, she began regularly conversing with Kaito. "Ahh, okay, I'm good. But on a serious note, I need to warn you about something. A kid that's been on suspension for a while came back, and she's major bad news. You're already hurt enough as is, she'll mess you up if you so much as look at her the wrong way." Meiko warned.
"You know ninety percent of the pain I get comes from you right?" Kaito remarked.
"Well, she'll triple what I do, and hospitalize you. Avoid her, okay? Look, here's a picture of her." Meiko showed a picture of said student to Kaito on her phone.
Kaito almost face planted on his desk, trying to hold back his shock from the photo. "Holy crap, Miku turned goth! She even put red eye contacts on!"
"No, this isn't Miku you idiot! They just look similar, dumb ass!"
"Ohh, my bad. So what's her name?" Kaito asked.
"Zatsune Miku."
"Seriously? Are you serious? Your not screwing with me?" Kaito asked. Meiko nodded, putting on a dead serious face. Kaito burst out laughing. "Bwahahaha! That's hilarious! Are they cousins or something! Hey, they should pretend to be twins, it'd be awesome! Hey, she's probably trying to rip off Miku, what a copycat! She must be so desperate to be cool!"
"Kaito, I'm being serious here. She hates it the most when people says she looks like Miku. I don't go anywhere near her because I know I won't be able to do anything against her. She's a real monster when it comes to fighting." Meiko stared into Kaito's eyes to get the message across to him, which was received well since Kaito started sweating like a waterfall and shaked in his seat.
"Ummm... Meiko? Do you know anyone that wears a brown jacket, has a mullet and wears black gloves too school?"
Meiko thought about it for a second before it came to her. "Yeah, his name should be Ryo. He's one of Zatsune's followers. Be careful talking about her from now on, if they hear you talk bad about her, they'll tell her and she'll come after you. Why are you asking?" Meiko asked curiously.
"W-well, there was a guy at the door staring daggers at me and he ran off right after I called her a copycat."
"Shit! Damn it, Kaito! Now you're on her hit list! Okay, we can figure something out. Let's put our heads together and think o-" Meiko stopped midsentence as she noticed Kaito halfway out the door.
"I'm going to beg for forgiveness! Spare me Zatsune!" Kaito yelled as he ran off in search of the very thing he should steer clear of.
Meiko faceplamed herself for even thinking for a second that Kaito wouldn't somehow do something stupid. She rubbed her temples, trying to come up with a solution, but nothing came up. A sudden tap on her shoulder gave her a fright, but she calmed down when she found out it was only Luka. "Morning, Meiko. You seem stressed, is there something wrong?" Luka asked worryingly.
Meiko sighed as she had to give out bad news. "Well for one, Zatsune's back."
Luka shuttered at the sound of her name. She recalled one time where she stood up to her when she was picking on Miku and ended up with a bloody nose, a sprained ankle and some of her hair yanked out. What really scared her about that; that was Zatsune showing mercy. "M-Meiko, hide me and Miku." Luka begged as she shook in her seat.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you guys safe. (As long as I can make you avoid each other) The other thing though, Kaito messed up. He made fun of the fact that her and Miku look alike and one of her lackeys overheard. He went to go beg for forgiveness, but odds are he'll get lost and end up back here in a few minutes."
"What are we gonna do? Kaito's in danger! We gotta hide him! Meiko, what are we gonna do!?" Luka asked frantically, hyperventilating as she looked left to right for no apparent reason.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down Megurine, we got time to figure something out. I need you to be your usual calm self, okay?" Meiko said slowly as she put her hands on her shoulders and matched her breathing, making Luka calm down and slow down her breaths. "Good. You know the drill, learn Zatsune's schedule and normal walk routes, and avoid them at all costs."
Meanwhile, somewhere else within the school... "Shit! It's her!" Said a girl with black hair and twin tails jumped back and ran around the corner.
Zatsune's eyes scanned all the passing students, waiting for the particular one that caught her eye. Soon enough, a blue haired girl skipped by, humming a tune on her way to class. Once she passed, Zatsune exhaled, relieved the walking death trap was gone. There was one thing she never forgot since she used to be an orphan on the streets;
Never go within ten feet of Kaiko Shion. Doing so was something suicidal, to put it mildly. No one dared to provoke her pyshco older brother, the blue devil, who made it very clear early on that if they even got anywhere near her, doctors couldn't heal anything he did. She's fought him before, but never unhinged. She once saw it and almost felt scarred just to bare witness to such an outburst of rage. She hadn't seen him in years, but she could only imagine how terrifying he was now. Zatsune feared Kaito, almost every orphan back then did. She hated feeling fear, and worse, having all these other kids around her happy and carefree. None of them knew hardships like starving, sleeping outside during winters, being the constant scorn of society around you, as adults saw them as parasites that ruined the town's image. It pissed her off more than anything that everyone smiled while complaining about all the luxuries they were granted. The only question now was who she would take her frustrations out on.
Unfortunately, one poor soul happened to just bump into her by mistake and fell on the floor. "Sorry! I didn't see you, I was just in a rush to give someone their bento. I forgot to give it to them before an-" The girl went dead silent as she realized who she crashed into.
"You fucking bitch, sorry doesn't do it for me. Come with me." Zatsune covered the girl's mouth and dragged her off. All students averted their eyes and pretended not to see the teary eyes or hear the muffled cries for help. No one wanted to be Zatsune's next victim.
"Neru, I think this one will work best! I saw it in a show once and it has amazing power!" Kaito shouted from across the hall. Neru gave him a thumbs up, saying he could try another 'method'. Kaito dashed toward Neru, then jumped in the air, landed on his hands, did multiple spins on his head, and finshed off in the groveling postion at Neru's feet. "Ultimate jumping, spin turn, rolling grovel!"
"Nice, I really felt how pathetic and weak you are, amazing!" Neru praised sarcastically.
"Right?! I've mastered it from watching Beelzebub so many times!" Kaito rejoiced, high fiving his best blond friend.
"I refuse to accept that technique! Something that lame could never work!" Rin screamed. Having to witness this from someone she regarded as cool and badass from all the stories she heard from Kaiko, was embarrassing. Even Len was laughing on the floor next to her, from watching such a degrading action.
"Oh, really?" Kaito ran back to the end of the hall and repeated the entire thing again, but this time he added on more thing. At the end of his grovel, he looked up to Rin and let tears stream down his face like a river. "Please forgive me! I beg for your forgiveness! I'm seriously sorry from the bottom of my heart!"
Rin lip quivered, then she fell to the ground, got in the groveling position as well, and cried like Kaito. "Amazing master! I had no idea that this technique was so powerful! Teach me, master!"
Neru became dumbfounded at Rin's actions. Neru had only been humoring Kaito, she wasn't affected by it at all. It werided her out that it actually worked on someone. She doubted that Kaito apologizing to Zatsune would go well, but worst comes to worst; She'll chuck her phone at Zatsune and run off with Kaito to keep him safe. Neru knew a little about Kaito's past from what he told her, but with the way he acts, it's hard to believe that he could put up a decent fight now. There was that fight she heard he was involved in at the beginning of school, but she wasn't there to witness whether or not he was all that good. She heard he won, but that was it. All Neru hoped for was that this would end as peacefully as possible.
"Pbblplp! *Gack* *cough* *cough* Sorry! Plea- pblbpbpbp!"
"How dumb are you? I told you before that your sorry ain't worth jack shit. And you want to waste the little bit of air that I let you have apologizing? God, you're pathetic." Zatsune said as she shoved the light-pink haired girls head back into the toilet with her foot. Once she grew bored of this she yanked her out by the hair and threw her in the corner of the girls bathroom.
As she watched gasp for air and cough up water in her lungs, Zatsune tried to think of something more creative to do to her. Swirlies were too mainstream for her and she wanted to do something to really leave some emotional scars on this girl. The bathroom didn't give much ideas, there wasn't much in there to work with. "You. Tell me your name." The girl kept cowering in the corner, sniveling and occasionally coughing more water out of her body. Zatsune walked over and smacked her across the face. "I expect an answer when I tell you to do something, got that? You stupid spoiled brat."
"*cough* I-I-IA." Zatsune smacked IA again. "Good. Now, what do you think is gonna happen to you?"
"I-I-don't know."
IA received another smack to the face. "You can't think of something, dumb bitch. Geez, what can I do here? Oh, I bet people don't do that often." The raven haired twin tails went over to the soap dispenser and loaded one hand full of soap. She returned to her victim and bent down. "Hey, look at me for a sec."
IA unwillingly turned her head to face Zatsune. Zatsune shoved the soapy liquid in her eyes, making her scream out in pain as she desperately tried to removing the burning substance from her eyes. "That looks painful. You know what? I'll be so nice as to let you go to the sink and wash it out. Go on." Zatsune mocked as she stood up and gestured to the sink.
IA squirmed around on the floor, trying to remove the soap from her eyes, but failed. Unable to open her eyes because it was far more painful, she crawled on the floor, having the wall guide her to the sink. IA felt deliverance as she felt a cool pipe which had to be connected to the sink. Her hand scanned the sink all over for the knob, unaware of the sinister smile behind her.
Zatsune kick the back of IA's head, making it crash into the sink and break her nose. She cried as she suffered through more of Zatsune's cruelty. "Geez, now what's left to do to you?" Zatsune paced back and forth, trying to think of one more despicable thing she could do.
IA crawled back to her corner, curled up and began crying again. She saw no end to this bullying. Everyone ignored her being taken away so they could keep themselves safe, who could she call to save her? Then she remembered one person she could always rely on. The one person who'd never give a second thought to protect you, regardless of the situation. IA was about to scream out his name, but that's when Zatsune punched her in the gut, knocking the wind out of her. She lost her voice, focusing more on regaining regular breathing.
"Hold still, the idea just hit me." Zatsune forcibly removed IA's bra and panties, and began walking out the door. Before she left, she gave her victim parting words that made her choke more on her tears. "I'll be sure to give these to some freak that'll tell the whole school he fucked you and say how much of a slut you are. Later! Haha!" Zatsune shoved the stolen articles of clothing in her skirt pocket. She headed back to her class and decided one of her lackeys could take them and spread some lies. She had almost made it back when a familiar voice call her name.
"Zatsune!" She turned her head around with a scornful expression. "Who the hell thinks-" The scorn soon turned to terror as she saw who it was. There was no mistaking him, even if it's been years since she's saw him. That blue hair, eyes, hoodie, and the headphones; he may have gotten bigger, but he looked just the same as before. Kaito Shion, the blue devil. But what could he want with her when she steered clear of his sister. Her memories of Kaito resurfaced, which systematically affect her body. She started feeling weak in her knees, her stomach churned, she hyperventilated, and sweat rolled down her face. "B-but I... stayed away from her..." She whispered softly. Her heart beat faster and faster as Kaito ran down the hall toward her. Then it skipped a beat as he leap in the air. 'No. No. No!'
Kaito landed on his hands, spun around and assumed the groveling position. "I'm seriously seriously super sorry, please forgive me!" For a short moment, Zatsune's mind went blank. Nothing could explain what just happened. Kaito, the blue devil, the monster that sometimes haunted her in her dreams, was groveling at her feet and begging for forgiveness.
'How... did he end up like this? Does he not remember me? He's... pathetic... so pathetic!' Zatsune grinned like a madman as she kicked him straight at the wall. The relief, the elation she felt from finally never having to worry about any kind of threat in her life, and being free from the bane of her nightmares was pure ecstasy. She was so happy, she forgot about Kaito and went to her class, liberated from her fear.
"Oww, my stomach. Is that forgiveness. At least I think I'm off the hook, and she's not too pissed off." Kaito whined as he picked himself off the floor.
Neru ran to Kaito's side, and began patting him down everywhere to check for any additional damage. "Thank god your still in one piece. You're lucky things didn't turn out worse."
"I told you I could get myself out of it. Take a lesson from anime, some of that stuff really works!"
Neru lightly smacked the back of his head. "It's luck, Bakaito."
"Hey! Is that becoming a trend!? Who told you that!? It was Meiko, wasn't it!? She's trying to ruin my good name, she's LITERALLY trying to ruin my good name!"
Kaito strolled back to his class before it began. Upon entering, he was swarmed by concerned face's, mainly Luka, Miku, Meiko, and Gakupo. Miku and Luka rushed to him first, frantically checking the bruises on his face, and amazingly enough, asking in sync if he was injured anyway else. Their concern was much more apparent then the others. "Are you ok?! You're beat up, did Zatsune do this to you?! Are the bruises hurting?! Are there more?! You need to go to the nurse now!" Being bombarded with so many questions made it hard to answer any of them.
Meiko pulled them both back and had Gakupo hold both of them back. "He had those marks on him since the morning, he ran into another pole chasing after the ice cream truck again." Meiko gave Kaito a swift smack to the back of his head.
"OW! What was that for?"
"Making us worry! You could have gotten hurt real bad, you can't do something that stupid and not expect us to hit you. Think a little more before going off like that."
Kaito smiled sheepishly. Part of him was sincerely sorry, but he couldn't help smiling when her heard they were so concerned. It made him feel good his well being mattered so much to them. "On the bright side, I got off the hook with just a kick and a smack."
Kaito boredly stared at the teacher drone on about things he didn't care for or understand. He didn't understand what was so terrible about Zatsune. Sure, she wasn't very nice considering she kicked him, and pretty hard too; But that didn't really live up to all the panic everyone displayed. He felt his phone vibrate, so he flipped it open and checked it out. He was hoping it was from Neru, asking to skip class with her again, but it was sister instead. Slightly disappointed, he read the text.
'Oni-chan! SOS! Nurse's office! Emergency! Help now!'
Kaito raised his hand and asked for permission to leave. He could feel the eyes of his friends follow him as he left. They likely thought that he lied about not being injured by Zatsune before and he was leaving to go get the pain relieved.
Once he shut the door behind him, he sprinted toward the nurse's office. Kaito threw open the door to the nurse's, and needed no explanation as to why it was an emergency. IA sat there next to Kaiko with wet hair, a bloody bandaged up nose, and bruises all over her face and body. Kaito rushed over to IA and held her close to him. He was shocked that felt her pushing him back and hugging herself.
"Kaito... please don't. I don't... she took my... my clothes... underneath..."
Kaito ignored her and hugged her anyway. "That's not important now! I just want to keep you safe in my arms."
IA wanted to resist, but she couldn't help sinking her face into his chest and let her tears flow. It felt so warm, so safe. All she wanted now was to stay there forever, and forgot everything that was done to her.
"IA, how'd this happen to you?"
IA whimpered more on his chest. It was hard for her to talk about it, but toughed it out and spoke. "I was beat up. I was dragged to the bathroom and... she kept hitting me, drowning me in the toilet. Then she took some of my clothes and said she was gonna give it to someone, and spread rumors to make me look like a slut." IA squeaked out.
"Tell me who did it, I'll fix everything, I promise." Kaito asked.
"It was Zatsune."
Kaito's eyes raged as he went through thoughts in his head. 'Zatsune? The girl I groveled in front of? The one I just begged for mercy? She's the one that hurt IA, who never does anything wrong!? She did this!? She doesn't even have a reason to pull this shit!' Kaito voice contradicted his thoughts, coming out calm and cool. "Where's the nurse? Isn't she suppose to be here?"
"She went to go get something for me to wear so I don't walk around... without them."
"I see. That's nice of her. IA, do you want to go somewhere afterschool, to get your mind off of this?" Kaito asked. IA shook her head, not feeling like going out anywhere today. "That's fine. I gotta head back to class, I can't be gone all day. I'll be back as soon as I can. Kaiko, keep her company." Kaito got up and waved goodbye to his sisters as he left.
In the hall, Kaito bumped into a student that arrived late to school and was rushing to class. "Sorry! Please excuse me!"
"Wait, before you go, do you know which classroom Zatsune's in?"
"Um, it's 3A, sorry I really gotta go!" The student rushed off quickly to class.
'3A. Zatsune.' Kaito threw on his hood and descended down the wall.
Zatsune sat in her seat in class, laying back as she watched her lackeys drove the teacher mad. The constant spit balls, paper balls and airplanes thrown on him were trying his patience. He reached his limit when a student went up and pulled down his pants in front of the class. The fuse in him blew and he stormed out of the room to retrieve the principal to discipline his out of control class.
Most of them were well behaved, the main problem was the four problem kids in the class. Those of which were Zatsune and her followers. The boy who had recently caused the teacher to storm out laughed as he banged his fist on the teacher's podium. "I finally made him lose it, haha! Shit, I don't think I feel like sticking around anymore. Zatsune, I'm going to ditch for the rest of the day, later."
Zatsune merely lifted her hand and lowered it back on her desk, not caring whether or not he stayed.
The boy reached for the door when a kick from the other side split it in two horizontally and sent it flying. The now broken door hit the kid straight in the face, fracturing his forehead and hitting him in his abdomen. The force shot him back and he collided with the window, cracking it and knocking him out.
He was lucky the he wasn't knocked through it or it would have been a fall from the third floor. Most of the students were too shocked to process what happened, except for Zatsune and her two remaining lackeys. They were used to this sort of thing. New tough guys on the block always came by to prove their strength by challenging the known 'bosses' of the area, and Zatsune was one of them. She always put them their place, but she had a feeling this one might have a bit more substance. Not only was that a flashy way to break in, this person already defeated one of her own, most likely not intending to when they kicked the door. Zatsune thought she might take this person under her wing if they could put up a good enough fight.
That foot that kicked the door opened stomped in, cracking the floor beneath it. Keep in mind, it was a very small crack, but the mere fact it could crack the floor put them on high alert. This wasn't any average street brawler barging in. The rest of the strangers body entered in. His face couldn't be seen too well, only a hooded figure with headphones around his neck, blue hair and blue eyes that pierced through you. It jerked it's glare at Zatsune, gritting it's teeth hard before screaming.
"ZATSUNE!"
It was at that moment where Zatsune lost all confidence. He was back. The blue devil was back. Kaito Shion was pissed off, and he wanted her head. 'W-what?! Me? Wait, this was the guy groveling at my feet earlier. That can't be. But what does he want with me? I didn't break his rules, I didn't go anyway near his sister. So why? Why is after me!?'
Zatsune got up from her seat and took a step back. Her instincts were telling her to run, turn around and run as fast as she could. It didn't matter where, just escape, but her feet refused to move. Her lackey's didn't know the true terror of Kaito Shion's, and lunged at him. Once they were within reach, the both threw a punch at him. Kaito took a step forward, passing their fists. In an instant he grabbed both of their heads and smashed them together. They both fell to the ground, gripping their heads in pain.
Before they could recover, Kaito grabbed a desk that a student was sitting in, who jumped out the second he did, lifted it up and began beating the two with it. Their screams filled the room, growing louder and louder each time the desk came crashing down on them. Kaito stopped when he heard a cracking sound from them. Those two got in his way and they paid the price. Anything that tried to interfere would learn to never block him from his target. His cold, dark, rage filled eyes glared at Zatsune.
"ZAATSUNNEE!"
Zatsune bolted out of the room, her body moved of it's own violation. It knew it was time to run. Kaito chucked the desk at her, but missed. It crashed into the wall and broke into many pieces. Zatsune slammed the door behind her, hoping it would slow him down at the very least. Those hopes where shattered when the door was broken by another kick from the savage. Zatsune ran as fast as she could, but Kaito was catching up to her fast.
Before she got within his grasp, members from the disciplinary committee were approaching them from the front, armed with wooden swords. "You two, cease movement or we'll have to use force! You two were the ones harassing the teacher and making all that noise, weren't you?!"
Zatsune slid across the floor, slipping past both. Both students were shocked that she didn't bother attacking, but they're bigger concern was the unknown hooded stranger following Zatsune. They couldn't tell if this person was with or against Zatsune. It was hard to say which scenario was worse, but the only thing that was clear was this person needed to be stopped as well. Neither had even moved to attack, but Kaito was already in the mist of his strike. His knee connected with one student's stomach. He gasped in pain, but still retained his conciseness. He stepped on Kaito's foot that still remained on the ground, grabbed one of his arms with his free hand, and swing his sword with the other at Kaito. He thought he had him, but he didn't expect Kaito retracting his knee back so fast and lifting his foot that was being held down by his to be so easily lifted. Not only that, Kaito's foot extended all the way up and kicked his neck. He flew back and hit the door of a classroom loudly.
The other student took this opening he had while Kaito's foot was so high to swing straight for his face, which connected and turned his head hard. It didn't faze Kaito at all though. He just stared back at him with a bloody lip. Kaito got his foot back on the floor and proceeded with his counterattack. It terrified the student that he dealt a direct hit on the strange hooded figure with full force and he wasn't the least bit stunned.
He lifted his wooden sword over his head and went to strike his head. His actions came to a halt though. A light, but extremely fast jab hit his cheek and rattled his brain, rendering him in a frozen state. He tried to strike his sword down, but Kaito spun around, making him more dizzy since his mind couldn't coordinate with his eyes very well. One hundred-eighty degrees into the spin, Kaito raised his foot up high in the air. Another one hundred-eighty degrees and his heel connected with the side of the students head. The kid spiraled into an opened door's classroom. Many students, along with teachers, went to check the source of all this noise and saw two disciplinary officers taken down, and a Zatsune that seemed to be on the run.
"ZATSUNE!"
Kaito sprinted after her again and caught up in mere seconds. Zatsune had to face facts, she can't outrun Kaito. She had to face her greatest fear, the blue devil, and fight for her life. She tried to convince herself things could turn out different from before, that she could put up a decent fight against him. She was out of options. It was now or never; sink or swim. Zatsune turned around to face the raging beast chasing her.
Kaito threw the first punch, which she blocked with both hands. Zatsune quickly jumped, avoiding Kaito's leg sweep he usually followed up with whenever he felt his punch would miss or be blocked.
With his back exposed, she went to land the first blow with her fist. She didn't expect Kaito to be able to stop her punch with his hand extending behind his back; with that position, blocking would lose a lot of power and an attack might break through, but he held it. With his other free arm, he went to hit Zatsune using the back of his fist. Zatsune jumped up and kicked his fist, which bounced her back and gave her distance from Kaito.
Kaito closed the distance between them again and they both exchanged blows straight to the face. Kaito was barely affected, while Zatsune had to bear with the pain and power through. If she slowed down for a second, she'd be done for. They kept throwing punches and kicks, mostly evading and blocking; Occasionally, they landed very minor blows to each other, barely making contact. They moved at such high speeds that a professional martial artist might not be able to keep up. The real damage done was to various disciplinary officers attempting to stop the fray, only to be brutally beaten down by the both of them. Kaito beat them because he saw them as getting in his way of the target. Zatsune did it because she couldn't afford to have anyone else to think about other than the monster in front of her for too long.
Another punch thrown by Kaito with a leg sweep that followed, Zatsune jumped over with ease. This time though, Kaito stopped his leg right when it got under her. Using the leg he used as his pivot point, he lunged sideways toward Zatsune, and elbowed her in the abdomen. That direct hit stunned her with the force concentrated into one small spot. She couldn't land on her feet and fell to the floor. The despair set in for her. She was finished. She wasn't going to recover in time to stop Kaito's next attack, which would lead to an onslaught of more hits.
Kaito grabbed Zatsune by the hair and kicked the side of her ribs hard. Pain coursed throughout her body as more punches and kicks nailed her relentlessly. Her bruised body, bloody lip, and black eye didn't slow Kaito down at all. He kept wailing at her without remorse.
Soon, he grabbed Zatsune's arm and slammed her over and over into the wall and floor. He was about to swing her again, but his grip slipped when he heard a popping sound and Zatsune flew through the air, and landed right at the stairwell. She screamed in pain as she clutched her right arm. Kaito had thrown her with enough force so many times that her arm dislocated from her shoulder. Zatsune struggled to pick herself up off the floor. Fear took control of her body once again, refusing to move. She teetered back and forth, barely keeping herself from falling down the stairs.
'I... I... no one's gonna stop him. I can't take anymore. I should have just ran. No one I knew before is around that could at least keep up with Kaito. That's what everyone did when we found out how much of a pyshco Kaito is. We ran... we always ran to you... I always went to you... I wish... I would have went with you instead sometimes, instead of finally being adopted. I miss you...' Zatsune teared up as she saw Kaito getting closer to her. "YOHIOLOID!"
"Shut it, bitch!" Kaito threw his punch at Zatsune, not caring what could happen to her if he knocked her down the stairs.
"Kaito, stop it!" Shouted a person as they stood in front of his target.
Kaito's bloodlust grew now that someone else tried to stop him from getting to Zatsune. "Shut up and go to he-! Meiko?" Kaito redirected his punch at the last second and it went past the side of her head, slightly brushing against the ends of her hair.
Unfortunately, he threw the fist with such force, and his last second redirection made him lose balance. He ended up going past Meiko, and knocking Zatsune with his whole body down the stairs; And fell down with her. They tumbled down the stairs like ragdolls, bouncing everywhere they possibly could before smacking hard into the ground. Zatsune yelled loudly in pain. She had landed on her dislocated arm, and her ribs were severely bruised from repeatedly hitting every stair in unfavorable positions. She'd crawl away if she could, but her body refused to move.
She could see from the corner of her eye, Kaito picking himself off the floor. Zatsune couldn't comprehend how he could get up so easily. He seemed impervious to any type of damage, always brushing it off as if it didn't happen. Kaito menacingly stood over her before pulling her up by collar of her shirt. Zatsune prayed, prayed that she would be knocked unconscious fast so she wouldn't have to feel all of Kaito's fury. Right before Kaito's fist connected, he heard his name screamed again by familiar voices. He turned his head up the stairwell, finding Meiko, Miku, Luka, and Gakupo at the top, looking at him with concern. One face in particular triggered one of many memories Kaito had thought he had thrown away.
"Kaito, stop. I'm safe see? You're scaring everyone... and me. You can stop."
Kaito dropped Zatsune and ran. He ran and ran. Straight out of school, through the streets. He didn't stop running because he felt like his past was chasing him, trying to grab him and force him to relive events in his mind he forced out.
Kaito wasn't sure what time he came home exactly, but the sun finished setting as he turned the knob to his abode. When he entered, all of his friends were sitting around in the living room, waiting for his arrival. Kaito walked past them, ignoring the dozens of questions and scolding's that were shot at him. He entered his room and threw himself on his bed, and stared up at the ceiling.
Everyone followed him inside and tried talking to him, but he remained unresponsive. Kaito was informed that the school suspended him and Zatsune for a month, and that he was lucky getting just that. He heard everything they said, but never gave back a reaction. Silence was the only thing he offered them. Eventually, they all left. They wanted to stay and help Kaito; figure out what made him act like this, but he was in such a blank and empty state that it was hopeless to try to communicate with him.
Kaito couldn't tell how much time he wasted staring at the ceiling. All he wanted was to stop thinking, to not remember. He broke out of his trance when he heard his door open. Most likely his sister or IA came in to tell him dinner was ready or something along the lines of that. He didn't feel hungry though, only hallow. To his surprise, he felt someone sit next to him at the foot of his bed. Kaito ignored whoever it was and kept his eyes fixated up. Eventually, they'll leave, he thought. Even after half an hour, the person never moved from their spot. Slowly, but surely, his irritation grew. Didn't they get that he wanted to be alone?
'How long are they gonna sit there?!' Kaito figured he'd have to tell whoever it was to leave, so he sat up. Upon looking at the person, his heart skipped a beat and started pumping rapidly, but calmed down when he realized it was just Luka. "Go away, I wanna be alone."
Luka twirled her hair around her finger and looked at it like it held such great interest.
"Hey, I said leave." Kaito repeated.
Luka looked away and continued swirling her hair around her finger.
"Hey! Don't pretend like you don't hear me! LEAVE. NOOOOW."
Luka turned to Kaito and pointed to herself with a questioning look on her face.
"Who the hell else!?"
Luka pointed to Kaito.
"Why would I be telling myself to leave!? *sigh* Fine, you win. What do you want from me?"
Luka reached down into a bag on the floor, and pulled out a spoon and a cup of chocolate mint chip ice cream. She offered it to him, which he snatched instantly. It didn't matter what happened, ice cream overrode anything on Kaito's mind. He was disappointed that it was half melted, but enjoyed it anyway.
After a couple of scoops, Kaito spoke to Luka again. "So... thank you."
"It's fine, I'm just glad that you're back to normal. You scared everyone... and me." Luka said as she brought her knees up and hugged them.
Unfortunately, this one phase triggered a mini explosion of memories and emotions inside of Kaito's mind. His eyes were bulging out of their sockets as he hung his head low. 'Why, why are you saying exactly what she said? Don't. Don't. Don't look at me the same way she did, don't give me that disappointed look!'
"But, you know... I'm sorry for being scared." Kaito's head shot up and looked up stared at Luka, wide eyed. "Back there, it was crazy. I could hardly believe it was you. I didn't want to believe it was you. But, the thing is... I don't really know everything about you. But there is one thing I definitely know about you though, and it's that your not a bad guy. Meiko knew it too, that's why she knew she wouldn't get hurt standing between you two. None of us think any worse of you, so don't worry about it, we just want to make sure you don't hurt yourself, okay?"
'It sounded so similar... but it ended differently...' Kaito shifted from his spot and sat next to Luka, pausing before responding. "You're not disappointed in me?"
"Why would I be? We found out what Zatsune did to IA, if anything, we're glad you did. We don't expect you to be some anime protagonist that acts calm and in control of your emotions, it's not realistic. We don't want you to lose it like that, but who wouldn't after what she did." Luka sympathized.
Kaito cracked a smile, his stoic state had been washed away. "I see. Well, thanks for sticking around. I bet it wasn't easy dealing with a mopy me." Kaito joked.
"It isn't easy dealing with you all the time." Luka teased.
"Ouch! Mean. Why can't you treat me nicer?"
Luka shrugged while giggling. She got off his bed and dusted off her outfit. "It's getting late, and unlike you now, I have school tomorrow. I guess... I'll see you when you're suspension's over; Since you'll won't be at school... and stuff."
"Or you could come visit afterschool. I'll be here you know." Kaito stated.
"O-oh! Yeah, right! S-silly me, I can still stop by!" 'Silly me!? What is wrong with me?! Just ask before the conversation gets too awkward!' Luka hid her hands behind her back while she twiddled her thumbs, not wanting signs of her feelings to be displayed so obviously. "W-well, uh, I-um, you know that sushi shop downtown? They have some rare tuna for a limited time, so was wondering if you wanted to, you know, go... with me?"
"Sure, I'm not too into seafood, but I got a lot more free time now. Tomorrow sound good?" Kaito asked.
"Y-yes, it's perfect! I mean, um, ok! Bye!" Luka rushed out of his room, eager for tomorrow.
Kaito finished off what little ice cream was left and tossed it in his trashcan. He got up and closed the door to his room. When it closed, he smiled, but tears escaped from his eyes. "So similar..." Kaito walked back and threw himself back on the bed.
'They look way too similar. And they act the sam- no, no thats not true. Luka acts different. But... I bet that's the same too. I tried so hard. I went so far. I always did my best just to make you smile, no matter how dumb it made me look. But you didn't feel the same way. I don't see why you would. Was I really any good? I was content though. Even if you'd never feel the same way, even when you were basically 'with' Benkai, I didn't care. You were the only person I think I loved like that, Leia. I don't think anyone would want to love me back, you wouldn't. Yet I kept smiling for you. I never changed a thing between us, I went on like always. I cared for you as much as I could and you'd give all the affection I wanted to Benkai. Yep, that will be end up the same for the rest of my life, won't it? All girls will always see me as a good friend at best. I guess that's fine, I have nothing to offer. YOHIOLOID was probably wrong about Miku, she's always nice to everyone, why would it be any different for me?'
Kaito took a deep sigh, having one last thought before he fell asleep, wanting to forget about today. 'Why am I always self loathing so much just because I got rejected one time? I'm so pathetic.'
Sorry for such a long update, I've been a little busy. I'll try to get the next chap up around Christmas, that's when all the s**t starts going down!
Thanks to:
- Cure-chan
- TheDelta724
-HaveYouSeenThisOtaku
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