K-On! - Shattered Dreams
By MidniteBleuCrusader
Summary: AU - After their one and only live concert was cut short, the girls of Hokago Tea Time went on their separate ways. Yui and Azusa seek to find answers as to how Akiyama Mio took over Tokyo by storm. Ritsu wants to find answers as to why she went to prison, and Tsumugi is nowhere to be found. Armed with both the powers of the Legends Guitar and the powers born within her, can Yui set the record straight? Or are the HTT gone for good?
Disclaimer: I do not own K-on or any other Tokyo Entertainment production. If I did, I WOULDN'T BE HERE NOW WOULD I?
Author's Notes: If you happen to have any questions about what's going on, feel free to ask me in a PM or in the reviews. Most likely all questions will be answered in the later chapters. And don't complain how OOC they turn out to be. It's AU, they're MEANT to be OOC.
A/N: For those who are asking, this is what they're wearing:-
Yui – Modified Listen! Outfit (with paperboy cap)
Ritsu – Don't Say Lazy! Outfit
Mio – No Thank You! Outfit
Tsumugi – Modified Listen! Outfit (without sailor hat)
Azusa – Listen! Outfit
Chapter 14: Hit the Floor
Yui thought Nodoka was joking when she said 'former' best friends. The joke ended there, when Nodoka knocked Yui right back down onto the floor. 90% of the time, Yui was flat on her back. She couldn't find any response to how well Nodoka wielded her scythe.
"Maybe I'll take this time to say… is that all you've got?" Nodoka taunted, adjusting her glasses again, which only prompted Yui to kip-up from her position.
"Hell no." Yui responded. "I've got 2 minutes. I can beat you in that time." She could tell how long she had by just looking the nearly-faded out white orb next to Nodoka.
"I highly doubt it now that I know your level of ability… you're such a disgrace. Still, orders are orders. I have to wipe you off the face of the Earth."
"AS IF YOU CAN!" Yui screamed as she ran straight towards Nodoka again.
"You need to learn a new trick, dog." Nodoka sideswiped her again. Yui, however, learned over the 9 times she was knocked down. The moment Yui detected the scythe about to reach her, she jumped, used her electricity to magnetize herself onto the blade, and off the momentum of the swing, jumped off of it and kicked Nodoka in the face. All the student council president could do was eat leather to the face, as the force of the kick knocked her glasses off of her and sent her flying back, landing with a hard thud. Yui landed on both her feet, but the damage she's taken forced her to fall to one knee.
She thought, with that decisive blow, she had won it. However, that was just one blow out of the many she's tried to pull, which would mean Nodoka was still pretty strong at this point. She could only look as her opponent got up. Nodoka clutched her face, feeling around and noticing her glasses aren't on her face. She didn't mind the pain at all.
"You… Yui… You…" She muttered incoherently, before bursting out into an insane scream.
"N-Nodoka…?"
"Hehehehehe…" She snickered as she clutched her wound. "I've never been hurt THAT badly before…" Yui knew something was wrong. This definitely wasn't the Nodoka she knew. In fact, this Nodoka happened to be the complete opposite of what Yui knew of her.
"Nodoka, what's gotten into you?" Nodoka glared at Yui, the guitarist noticing the difference in Nodoka's eyes. The glasses hid away Nodoka's new attitude, which were probably obtained while working for Mio.
"What's gotten into me? That's a stupid question to ask, Yui… but thanks for giving me that hard kick to my face… as a reward, I think I'll send you to Hell like I'm supposed to!" She yelled, charging it at twice the speed she previously was moving at.
"F-Fast!" Before she could even react, Yui felt pain in her stomach as a result of a VERY hard punch by Nodoka. A sick grin was etched on Nodoka's face as she delivered a spin kick straight to Yui's chest, knocking her flat on her back once more. This new attitude was far beyond with Yui expected, but thanks to this, she isn't getting any breathing room, as she saw and felt her 'best' friend stomp her hard while she was down. "AAGH! N-NODOKA! STOP IT! T-THIS ISN'T YOU! OOOW!" She kept crying out to her, but Nodoka wasn't listening. Her hatred and jealousy had turned into a destructive force, and she was taking it all out on the one person who 'betrayed' her. Each kick she administered was made of hate and anger. Nodoka then maliciously kicked Yui hard in the stomach to force her to roll over.
Yui didn't have much answer for that. Each shot had taken more and more out of her, much to the point that she couldn't quite get up. The pain was too much for her. However, she could hear the loud scraping the scythe made when its blade was being dragged across the ground. She tried her best to even get back to her vertical base, but the pain was too much, so all she could do was crawl away, but the scythe hit the spot right next to Yui, forcing her to stop. Nodoka then picked Yui up by her hair, with every intention to finish the job.
"Hehehe… I have you right where I want you… you've only got a minute left… but I'll put you out of your misery right now, you pathetic waste." She threw Yui back down to the floor, then reeling her scythe back. "SAY YOUR PRAYERS, YUI!" She attempted to end Yui Hirasawa right there and then, bringing down the scythe toward Yui's body and attempting to kill her.
However, instead of a resounding stab through flesh, all Nodoka heard and felt was something clash with her scythe. She looked and saw someone she REALLY didn't want to see.
"Sorry, but my sister isn't going to be your victim!" Ui Hirasawa finally managed to reach her sister in time, saving her from near-certain death by blocking the downward attack with her tonfa and then shoving her off before knocking her back with a punch to her face.
"UNGH! H-how is this possible… how did you escape!" Nodoka was still taken aback at what she sees now. The one person that was held captive for a long time was now right in front of her. This was bad, even for her. "Gh… no matter… I have you both, now I can KILL you both!"
"Hold it!" Ui shouted, raising her finger at Nodoka. "Before you do anything, there's something we need to deal with. Since you've placed her at a time limit like I know you did… extend it, and place me in the same predicament as she is." Nodoka only smirked, liking that offer.
"Well… if you're so insistent about it…" In a flash, the fading soul of Yui became full again, and Ui's soul glowed next to Yui's. Ui tried her best to help Yui up, in which the older sister managed to regain consciousness after what had happened.
"U-ugh… what…?" Yui stirred, realizing she wasn't dead, but just in a lot of pain. Her vision was slightly blurry, but she looked up to clear her vision. Once it cleared, she realized she was in the arms of her younger sister. "U-UI! W-what? Wait, I was supposed to be saving you!"
"H-hehe, well…" Ui just smiled at the awkwardness. "Looks like the roles have been reversed. I came to save you instead."
"Heh… irony. Come on, Ui. We still have a big obstacle in front of us." She said, her eyes glaring toward the 'changed' Nodoka Manabe. "I think… since she's NOT Nodoka right now… I won't hold back."
"Do what you can, onee-chan. She's still your best friend at heart, remember that." Ui reminded. Yui drew out her battle fans once again.
"I know that. I just want to knock some sense into Nodoka now!" Despite the pain, Yui quickly ran right towards Nodoka, being the close range fighter instead of backup like she was used to. Ui did her utmost best to support her in any way she can.
"Heh… I'll wipe the both of you off the face of the Earth!" Nodoka came charging in as well, swinging her scythe around attempting to swipe her again. This time, Yui wised up and jumped over it, just high enough to get behind her and back-heel her into Ui's path. The psychic just smiled as she sent an A/C unit smashing into Nodoka, sending her flying.
"G-gh! Insolent little…!" Before she could complete her sentence, Yui had shot a lightning bolt straight at her, and all she could do was dodge fast, even after being hit by something heavy. "You two… are the biggest annoyances in this damn city! BEGONE!" She summoned a whole cluster of smaller scythes, letting them spin in place before sending them right towards the sisters. Noticing the danger, Yui did her best to dodge them, getting past 3 of them with a 4th one just barely scraping her neck. Ui managed to deal with her set just fine, either breaking them with her mind or diverting them to another location.
She did not, however, look out for a lurking Nodoka, who managed to grab her, administering 2 kicks to the mid-section before throwing her straight at her sister. Yui couldn't react in time and ended up colliding with her sister. "N-ngh… y-you okay, Ui-chan?"
"Y-yeah… but seriously, we need to get that scythe off of her." Ui suggested, looking at the scythe as Nodoka swung it skillfully. "That thing annoys me so much."
"Wow, something annoying you, Ui-chan." Yui said, surprised. "I'll distract her. You find a way to get that scythe off of her."
"And I've got just the thing. You keep her distracted." Ui concluded, trading fist-bumps with her sister and then separating herself from her sister.
"Oh, has Ui Hirasawa given up?" Nodoka taunted. "Hmph, so much for being a better sister."
"Sorry, but you still need to deal with me!" Yui fired off a whole barrage of lightning bolts to immobilize her, but Nodoka's quickness made sure she didn't get hit at all, and immediately changed her defense to offence, charging once more at Yui. The lone Hirasawa charged her battle fans with electricity, and then ran up to meet Nodoka. A huge lightning bolt appeared as soon as they clashed, and they kept clashing over and over again just to get the upper hand over the other. In the end, they both stalemated with both pushing each other away.
"T-tch… Where did you get this strength? You were just a pushover earlier!"
"Nodoka, you just don't know me like you have before. I'm way stronger than you now!" Yui was poised for another round. Nodoka could do nothing but contemplate the fact that with Yui much stronger now, possibly due to Ui's return, that she was at a disadvantage.
"Hmph… No matter, I'll just do THIS!" Nodoka reels back her scythe again, but this time, she feels that she can't pull it back down, no matter how hard she tries. "G-gh! U-UI HIRASAWA!"
"N-ngh…" Ui was behind her, trying her best to keep a hold of the scythe. Nodoka was fighting every inch of the way to regain control. "ONEE-CHAN, NOW!" On that signal, Yui ran up to a defenseless Nodoka.
"IT'S OVER!" She yelled, as she jumped up, spun her body like a corkscrew, and then calf kicked her in the face, similar to Kofi Kingston's Trouble in Paradise technique. The kick was powerful enough to knock Nodoka back a long way, knocking the scythe out of her hands. With that powerful kick, the fight was soundly concluded. Nodoka couldn't even get up after that. Yui ran over to the body of her best friend, and then gestured to Ui. "Ui-chan, find her glasses, quick, before she wakes up!" At her sister's request, Ui scrambled to get Nodoka's glasses, searching the whole rooftop to find them until she found them at the edge of the rooftop just about to fall off. She quickly picked it up and tossed them at Yui, who caught it and fixed it back onto Nodoka, adjusting it properly.
"You think she's all right?" Ui asked, concerned.
"Don't worry… that hit wasn't that hard. She'll come to in a minute." True enough, she saw Nodoka regain consciousness, squinting at the pain she's been dealt with. With the glasses on, at least she was normal.
"N-ngh… what… what happened?" She woke up only to find Yui and Ui both ready to strike in case she did anything funny. "…Tough crowd." Yui then squatted down, keeping eye level with the downed Nodoka.
"Nodoka… let's just get one thing clear, okay?"
"I don't need to speak to someone who's abandoned…" She was cut off via a slap to the face by Yui.
"I NEVER abandoned you, Nodoka. I only needed time… time to recover from the horrible tragedy that was the concert. Then I'd be back… to get rid of this whole ordeal once and for all." Yui then cups Nodoka's chin, making her look at her. "Besides, Nodoka-chan, why would I ever abandon one of my best friends in the whole wide world?" The comment almost made Nodoka tear up. She recalled all of the times she's stuck by her… since kindergarten, at that. But, in an attempt to look composed, she slapped Yui's hand away and immediately got up, sighing.
"F-fine… I'll acknowledge that you didn't abandon me…"
"Then there's one more thing… stop working for Mio. Join us, and we'll beat Mio and get rid of this horrid Hour together." This made Nodoka ponder for a bit. But her mind was already made up.
"…For once, Yui, I'm gonna say… no thanks." She picked up her scythe, about-faced and started walking off, but only stopped to look over her shoulder. "Besides, it's much more fun on the other side. So if I ever see you again… expect me to meet you with brute force."
"Fine! If I ever see you again, I'll beat you again, Nodoka!" Yui shouted, watching her best friend disappear into the night. "I'll see you soon… Nodoka-chan."
"Well… that's that, I guess. Come on, onee-chan, let's go home." Ui suggested, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah… let's go… though… could you carry me with your telekinesis? My leg hurts after that kick… ehehe." Yui said, which made Ui smile, albeit in disbelief, before carrying her off to the house.
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Azusa, after hours of searching, finally found something that could lead her to Ritsu. She noticed a few scorched rooftops as she was searching. Possibly out of anger, Ritsu could've stepped onto these rooftops to get away from the house. Azusa was right, as the burns were leading away from the Hirasawa household. She trailed it closely to see where it led. She jumped high enough, letting the wind take her higher, until she saw something crystal-like on a big rooftop, moving slowly on the ground.
"What's that?" She wondered, redirecting the wind such that she could fall lightly onto the ground. As she investigated the charred yet cold area, the crystal-like figure became clearer to Azusa. She looked into it and saw a familiar yellow hair band… "RITSU-SENPAI!" Quickly thinking, she continuously hacked at the ice crystals with her naginata until it shattered completely. Then she helped the completely limp Ritsu and wrapped the drummer's arm around her. "Don't worry, Ritsu-senpai… we're gonna get you back home."
"N-ngh… ow… t-the cold stings… w-where's… Yui?"
"She went to save Ui… really, Ritsu-senpai, what were you thinking?"
"Shut it, Azusa…" Even in her state, Ritsu could still scoff at her. "Though… we need to set things straight now… get me home… I want to have a nice… long chat… with Yui."
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To Be Continued
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