Chapter 12: Shido's Shocking Saturday
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RECAP: Yo everybody, it's me Shido, back for another crazy event. Looks like Kurumi made the stupid mistake of kissing me and I got some of her power. At the same time Origami is becoming more and more concerned. Anyway with Kurumi's plans about to reach a breaking point I have to talk to Origami and make sure she's aware of just what's going on.
CHAPTER 12 START:
Shido is in a tight spot considering he has to deal with both Kurumi and Origami. By using Kurumi's powers, Shido makes a single clone. He sends the clone downtown to meet with Kurumi; while the real Shido goes to his girlfriend's house to reveal the truth to her.
(Origami's house)
Shido and Ai make their way to the front of Origami's house. As he pushes the button to summon Origami, he's surprised to find that his girlfriend is right up front waiting for him.
"Hello Shido, it seems you brought a guest with you." Origami looks at the new guest with some disdain but quickly gives up. "Oh well, you have your reasons." Origami says slightly annoyed. A worried Shido and Ai make their way towards Origami's room and the tension is clear. Once they arrive, Ai is surprised to find how girlie the room is and the photos of Origami and Shido around make it clear that Origami cares for Shido.
"Umm, Shido I'm gonna leave. I feel like a third wheel." Ai says nervously. Unfortunately for her Shido grabs her bringing her back to the tense situation.
"Ai, listen, I brought you hear because it's time I revealed some secrets to you and to Origami." Shido says smiling as he now knows he has the attention of the two girls.
(Downtown)
"So Kurumi, where should we go for our date?" Shido says with a smile as he escorts Kurumi around the town. Shido is paying attention to what's happening over at Origami's but unfortunately his actions are noticed by Kurumi.
"Hmph! Shido is such a bad boy." Kurumi says pausing with a smile. Reaching up to Shido she whispers in his ear. "You spoke all about me using my clones with you and now you're using one on our date." Kurumi says seductively.
Amused at how quickly he's been discovered Shido changes things up. "Anyway Kurumi, where do you want to go?" Shido says with a smile.
"Hmm...let's go shopping. Besides this dress, I don't have many casual clothes with me." Kurumi says smirking seductively. "First is the lingerie shop."
(Origami's House)
To Shido's surprise Origami is calm. Considering all that's happened; it seems the time has come for him to reveal the truth to his girlfriend and his associate Ai.
"Okay Origami and Ai, what I'm about to tell you is a huge secret. So what we say doesn't leave this room." Shido gets both girls to agree before continuing. "I told you I'm working for Ratatoskr to help the spirits; that much is true. But as for my job, that is a bit more complicated." Shido pauses and focuses his energy to reveal the same sword Tohka uses. Origami recognizes this power and is shocked.
"Shido, what's going on?" Origami says confused.
"I'm actually a spirit. My power allows me to absorb the spirit energy of the female spirits by kissing them. When I do that I can gain the power of those spirits. One of those spirits is Tohka and another is Kurumi." Shido explains as Origami sits incredibly confused.
"Shido what about Hermit, the spirit from the other day?" Origami asks still incredibly confused about what's happened.
"Well, I didn't kiss her. My second secret is related to her." Shido says calmly before revealing some incredible information. "Remember the giant tree that appeared where you guys were fighting Hermit?" Origami nods as Shido continues his explanation. "That tree was my doing. The figure you noticed as you were about to faint. It was me." Shido says again completely shocking his girlfriend.
Ai has been listening this whole time but is bothered by something else. "So Shido, that healing power with flames is based off of a spirit also?"
"What did you just say Ai?!" Origami says snapping out of her daze. "What's this about a flame spirit?" Origami says her anger increasing little by little.
"Dammit Ai, you had to ruin that." Shido says in sarcastic anger. Turning to his angry girlfriend Shido continues. "Yes Origami. Listen, I know you hate spirits because you saw a spirit that you think caused the fire that killed your parents. Well that's wrong. A spirit did cause the fire, but it wasn't the one you think." Shido says compassionately. 'I know the truth but telling Origami would devastate her so I can't reveal that.' Shido thinks as he continues his explanation. "Trust me the flame spirit is our ally. You trust me, don't you?" Shido says kindly as he goes closer to his girlfriend.
"Get away from me!" Origami yells as she pushes away from Shido. Origami goes running leaving a stunned Shido sitting in the room.
"Don't worry Shido, I'll go deal with her." Ai says running after Origami.
"Well this could've gone better." Shido says to himself a bit glum. "I wonder how the date with Kurumi is going."
(Date with Kurumi)
Shido has been having an interesting time on his date with Kurumi. First she takes him to a lingerie shop where she demonstrated a blue and pink number for Shido before looking to an exotic black garter belt set. (The underwear the anime had her try on I simply went with all three.) After completing that they go shopping for swimsuits seeing as how the teacher had recently mentioned a school trip that would require the group to get swimsuits. Kurumi found a black racing suit that emphasized her body perfectly and purchased that. Right after that she got more sets of clothes, although she just got a few more black dresses, a fact which amused Shido heavily. Currently the two were walking through a park. Although interestingly enough Shido was distracted since what happened with Origami was transmitted to him. His displeasure is something that wasn't lost on his partner.
"What's the matter Shido? It seems like somethings bothering you." Kurumi says with a sultry look.
"It's nothing Kurumi, don't worry about it." Shido says as they sit down to eat lunch. Shido's clearly distracted because of what's happened and even though the person dating Kurumi is a clone, the turmoil felt is obvious considering the bound he shares with Origami. Knowing that Shido hurt her is something he never intended.
Noticing the young man's odd state, Kurumi decides to attempt to seduce him again to regain her advantage. "Why are you lying Shido?" Kurumi says as she begins to mount the young man. "Well I may not be able to kiss you, but we can have all sorts of fun." Kurumi says as she mounts Shido and starts to reach for her panties sure that the young man with her will be more than happy to oblige her desires.
"NO Kurumi, I can't." Shido says as he pushes Kurumi off him. "I'm sorry. What I did to you before was wrong, and I have Origami." Shido says as he runs away to the shock of Kurumi.
"Well, that was odd." Kurumi says sitting down. All of the sudden she hears some men picking on a dog. This fact annoys Kurumi. "Oh well, this will get my mind off of things." Kurumi says as she walks towards the men. A few minutes later screams fill the park.
(In the city)
'I don't get it. What does all of this mean?' Origami thinks as she runs upset from her house. Origami just learned all about a huge secret her boyfriend had been keeping and it's driving her crazy. Finally relaxing Origami has a chance to gather herself.
"Geez Origami, you're hard to chase after." Ai says catching her breath from running so far. Noticing the burger place nearby, Ai decides to play mediator. "Hey Origami, lets go eat for a bit. I've got some stuff I want to tell you." Ai says smiling as the young silver haired girl follows.
Once they arrived at the store things were tense but Ai started everything. "So what's the problem?"
Origami who's still upset gathers herself, "Shido was hiding so much from me. The fact he's a spirit, the fact that his job is to protect spirits. The truth about the night my parents died. I didn't know how to react."
Looking at a clearly upset Origami, Ai tries to mediate. "Listen Origami, Shido hid the truth, but you've hid some stuff from him as well. The fact you're in the AST, the fact that you're hunting spirits. You hid that from him as well. Imagine his surprise when his calm loving girlfriend is a member of a team hunting young woman and killing them. It's even worse since Shido is a spirit himself. He told that to you because he knew it was something you needed to know." Ai says trying to calm her down.
Ai's words hit Origami hard. Thanks to them Origami starts to relax. "Thank you Ai, but why are you telling me this?" Origami says curious. "From what I gather you like Shido just like me. Why would you help me, your rival?"
Ai simply looks at Origami and laughs. "Listen Origami when I learned about Shido's secret I was incredibly grateful. Sure I liked the guy, there's no doubt about that. But I knew he loved you very much. You have no idea how many times I've looked at you, envious by the way he kisses you." Ai pauses and with some regret she continues, "Since I've been working with Shido there's one thing I know for a fact. He would sooner die then hurt you. He felt that if he didn't tell you eventually you'd find out in a way that would make it impossible to repair the relationship. So now go back to your boyfriend." Ai says smiling at Origami. "Plus, despite having Kurumi's powers and the ability to clone himself he sent his real body with you. Oops the AST may not know she can clone herself." Ai says clumsily trying to repair this relationship.
Origami is shocked at Ai's kind words trying to help her get back to her boyfriend. For Origami, the words make her laugh and she decides to forgive her boyfriend. "Thanks Ai. Now let's go, I'm sure my boyfriend is waiting." The two make it back to Origami's apartment, with a new bond forged between the two.
(Origami's apartment)
As Origami opened the door she was surprised to find Shido napping on the couch. Shaking her boyfriend to wake him up, Origami looks at her boyfriend with a happy smile; no traces of the earlier fight.
"Wake up you idiot that's not a place to nap." Origami says smiling. Shido stirs awake and a clear regret is on its face.
"Hey Origami, I'm sorry for keeping all of that from you. I know you must be mad at me." Shido says sheepishly.
"Okay Shido, listen, there are two conditions for me to forgive you." Origami says with a small smile on his face. She wasn't mad anymore, but Shido had to sweat it out a little bit.
"Name it Origami. What do you want?" Shido says smiling. Shido was clearly happy his girlfriend had forgiven him and would do whatever she asks.
"First, I want you to call me Tobiichi instead. It's no fun having you call me Origami when we're dating." Origami says smiling as she grabs her boyfriend and drags her towards the bed. Ai follows curious how this is gonna end up.
"Got it Tobiichi, so what's the second one?" Shido says smiling as they make their way to Origami's room. To Shido's amusement, Origami makes her way towards her bed and grabs her favorite pillow flipping it over.
"Second, I want you to fuck me right now. After all, sex is the best way to end arguments between couples." Origami says as she starts to undress to Shido's delight and Ai's embarrassment.
"Well guys I'm gonna get going. It's kinda embarrassing being here." For Ai seeing Shido about to have sex with his girlfriend was a bit awkward; after all she did still have a crush on the guy.
"Hey Ai, where do you think you're going?" Origami says as Ai tries to leave the couple alone. "You like Shido too don't you?" Origami decided as thanks for helping her out she would give Ai a pleasant reward.
Ai smiles as she makes her way back towards the pair stripping naked herself. Luckily for the girls the room was soundproof because the moans coming from that bed would be enough to make anybody blush.
(In the park)
Kurumi sat happily after slaughtering the men who were tormenting the dog. For the girl it was a rare moment of peace. Unfortunately that peace was soon over.
"Hello Nightmare, do you mind if we talk?" Mana asks making her way towards Kurumi hoping to have a rare conversation with the spirit she's fought against for all this time.
That's it for Chapter 12. What drama huh. Shido reveals the truth and origami didn't take it well. Meanwhile Shido has a simple date with Kurumi which doesn't end the way she wants. What drama huh. Next chapter things heat up even more as Kurumi decides it's time to end things
AN: Check out my profile for the prologue of Trinity Seven Rise of the Magic King for more Imperial-sama goodness.