Chapter 28
Back to the War
Hey y'all! I took my exam today and I've never been more relieved. But of course my misery doesn't end until December 2nd, and after that I will finally devote all my time to
So originally this story was about the war between schools, but I guess I got a little sidetracked due to school and stuff. Also there's only twelve more chapters left till the end of the story, so bare with me until Takumi's maybe happily ever after.
Now then the distractions are temporarily over, let's get back to the war after the debut of Misaki's brother. I changed up the original characters a bit, but even so I didn't exactly change the number of siblings Misaki really has. You'll see what I mean soon.
For now why don't you guys enjoy the little match of Misaki's lover and brother.
"I still can't believe you didn't tell me," Takumi pouted.
Misaki swore she was going to pop a vein one of these days. She glared at Takumi for the nth time.
"Again, you never asked," she retorted and started to walk faster.
The Academy Wars had begun again, and Misaki and Takumi were walking to the stadium.
Takumi sighed knowing she was right. He smiled to himself as he walked faster to catch up to her. When he was next to her, he interlace their fingers. She looked up at him questioningly. But she relaxed when he planted a kiss on her head. "Still would have been nice to know ahead of time, before I got all jealous," he said smirking.
Misaki merely rolled her eyes at him. "You're too much," she complained playfully shoving him.
"Too much in love with you?" Takumi asked pulling her into his arms. "Yes. Yes I am." He gave Misaki another smile, that would make any girl melt. Soo she found herself smiling too as she found herself leaning in while he closed his eyes. Usually he was the one to initiate, but for once Misaki was tired of being so shy and wanted to be the one to show affection.
Their lips slightly brushed against each other but before Misaki could kiss him properly, a cough broke them apart.
Misaki pushed herself away from Takumi and locked her eyes with Kou's. He raised an amused eyebrow before reaching out to her wrist. He pulled her towards him but only to let go of her when Takumi pulled her by the other arm.
"Oh come on," Takumi whine completely ignoring Kou. "Where did my kiss go?" Misaki looked at him shocked.
"Are you kidding me right now?" she hissed as she glanced at Kou who's dark aura was just getting worse by the second. "Let go," she tried to pry him off of her.
But instead to her luck Takumi wrapped his hands around her waist and pulled her closer to him. "Come on don't be shy," he mused. He leaned in dangerously close and whispered, "You know we've already done it," he purred the last part. But it was loud enough for Kou to hear and yank Misaki away from Takumi.
"Stay away from my sister," he gritted between his teeth. Misaki glared at Takumi as she was dragged away from him, but couldn't help but feel a tinge of pain when she saw how upset he looked.
She hoped all would work between their families so they can be together.
Later…
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME BACK TO THE ACADEMY WARS," Tadashi yelled onto the microphone. The crowd was even louder today since the Academy Wars had returned after what must have felt like four months.
(A/N: It really has been four months since I wrote about the Academy War. Maybe even more).
Misaki next to her brother reluctantly. When she first came in she had chosen a seat at the end of the row, since Takumi sat at the end of the row of this section. But her brother had figured out all her plans and sat right next to her. Although he made it seem like he chose it in random, Misaki knew it's because he didn't want her to sit near Takumi.
But to make matters worse, Sakura's fan mode was turned on when girls started to cheer for Takumi.
"Misaki," Sakura whined. "Doesn't it bother you that all those girls are ogling over your man. You can't let them take him away from you!" She then stood up and faced Takumi. "Takumi Kun, you can't do this to Misaki. You have to let everyone know that you're taken."
Takumi on the other hand stared straight ahead. He didn't seem to be bothered by this at all.
"Soe boyfriend you have there," Kou's voice snapped Misaki back to reality.
"Er, what?" Misaki asked innocently.
Kou rolled his eyes and sighed. He turned to face her and looked at her intensely. "I honestly don't know what you see in this guy. He hasn't even revealed you to the general public yet."
"He doesn't have to," Misaki retorted. "Everyone already knows who I am."
"That's not what I meant," was Kou's reply. "He hasn't announced the fact that you two are dating. This only gives off the idea that he's trying to catch attention from all those other girls. Doesn't that bother you." Misaki stared at him for a few seconds as she was lost in her thoughts. It was true Takumi hadn't announced their relationship yet, but did she want him too? She glanced around the stadium looking at all the girls squealing his name. Did she want it it to stop? Why was she feeling jealous all of a sudden?
Tadashi yelled into the microphone again. "Academies please pick your team representatives now," he commanded. "Also this is just a little reminder to everyone that today is the final day of the individual round. That's right people. We are about to move onto the final stage, where the teams will face each other on head to head. Last one standing will win it all for their school." The crowd cheered louder than ever at the news. Misaki herself was pretty excited.
"Now then let's see who the teams have chosen," an illusion appeared behind Tadashi as the faces of the contestants were revealed.
"From YSA Team A we have Hinata Shintani. From USA Team B, it's none other than the leader himself Kou Yabu Ayuzawa. Hokusen leader Takishima Kei, Ouran's leader Suoh Tamaki." The crowd cheered and Tadashi had to pause before he could continue.
"Whoa ho ho," he mused as he read the next player. "Miyabigaoka hot shot Usui Takumi's playing this round," the girls behind Misaki just got louder. "Last but not least, it's Kokusan' leader…" Misaki looked at Tadashi confused. He stopped at the middle of the sentence and was clenching onto the paper tightly. Even with the glasses Misaki somehow could see the fear in his eyes. What was wrong with him? But it all made sense when he announce the name that she never thought she would hear again.
"Kokusen phantom leader, Yahiro Saiga," the entire YSA audience went silent. The members from both Team A and Team B stood up except for Misaki. She was terrified and was frozen in her seat. Eventually the audience began to whisper to one another.
"Hey what's going on?"
"I don't know do you think they know him?"
"The demons and phantoms are pretty intense with each other. Do you think it's because he's the leader."
"This is about to get good. But what's up with that vice president? She looks like she just saw a ghost."
This caught Takumi's attention and he looked at her worriedly. She did indeed seem horrified. He was about to get up but Tora stopped him. He shook his head. "Wouldn't," he warned.
"Why?" Takumi asked. Tora pointed at the person next to Misaki. Kou had his fists clenched. He ha his eyebrows furrowed and glared at Yahiro. Just who was this Yahiro guy? And how did he know Misaki?
EVentually they were all ordered to head towards the stage. As soon as they were all in the center of the field Kou marched towards Yahiro.
"How dare you?" He hissed at him. Yahiro only looked at him nonchalantly. "How dare you show your face here?"
The side of Hiro's mouth curved up slightly. "You don't own this place you know," he shrugged.
"That's not what I meant," Kou growled loud enough for the entire audience to hear. The crowd went silent. "She told you to never show your face to her again. WE told you to never come near her again. So why are you here?" Yahiro groaned sarcastically. He turned to look at where Misaki was. For a moment Takumi swore he saw his eyes soften at the sight of her. But instead of feeling jealous Takumi only felt pity. He had that look in his eyes as if he found something he lost ages ago, but lost it again.
Hinata pushed past Takumi and grabbed Yahiro by the collar. "You," he growled. "You damned bastard. I should've killed you a long time ago. You should've just died that day," Hinata finished. But those three sentences were enough for Yahiro to get this intense look in his eyes. It wasn't just a glare, it was something that Takumi had only person do. Misaki.
Yashiro's brown eyes darkened and turned a blood red. Hinata let go of him and stepped back. "I tried to be nice," he murmured. "But none of you are worth it I suppose."
Takumi's lips slightly parted as a dark aura surrounded Yahiro and engulfed him. Then he was gone. From the field at least. The audience screamed as he stood in front of Misaki who only inched back in her seat. She seemed afraid and yet the fierceness in her eyes never left. It was a mixture of anger and hate and...hurt? The same look Yahiro had given her.
"Hello there Misaki dear," Yahiro said with a mischievous smile. Misaki looked away. "Oh come on don't tell me you didn't miss your childhood friend that you haven't seen in so long."
Misaki glared at him. Yuuji and Shou tried to approach him but they fell back before they could even touch him. Yuji reached his hand out but only to have it pushed back to him. There was some sort of force surrounding Yahiro and Misaki.
"Don't be like that," Yahiro whispered to Misaki. He tried to reach out to her but she batted his hand away. "Are you still mad?" he asked with a fake pout.
"I know I'm the reason you're no longer a hybrid," that made Misaki gasp. "But sweetheart I did it all for you. Why would you want to be a summoner and a sorcerer at the same time? Sure hybrids are considered very gifted but it's a lot of work you know. It was damaging your health."
Yahiro finally succeeded in grabbing her chin. Their eyes met and Misaki was never this terrified. "Or are you just upset because I killed those pathetic little creatures of yours?" Misaki immediately stood up and pushed Yahiro off of her. She extended out her hand as a swarm of swords circled on top of Yahoo's head.
"How dare you?" Tears were streaming down her cheeks now. "I trusted you. I really thought you were my friend." Misaki managed a small laugh. "But I suppose that it was due to my own mistakes that we're here like this." Misaki lowered her hand and the swords disappeared. The dark aura around Yahiro had vanished long ago. Yahiro finally looked up when Misaki placed her hands together and was practically begging to him. "This goes beyond my character," she choked. "But please. I'm beggin you, please don't come near me again." With that she ran out of the stadium. Rika and Sakura following behind her.
Before Takumi could even look at Yahiro Kou ran right up to him. But was stopped by the three of the guys from Kokusen who had participated before. "If you're that desperate about hurting him," said one of them, "Than do it on the arena."
On cue Tadashi cleared his throat and announced everyone to return back to the arena. The task was simple. It was a battle royale and the score would be determined through the knock down order. Last one standing got ten points. First one to lose received zero points.
As soon as the whistle blew Hinata marched towards Tamaki and knocked him out with one kick. Tamaki never really was the serious type. Hinata than aimed for Takishima while Takumi, Kou and Yahiro waited patiently. Takumi supposed the three of them were just waiting to fight the only person they thought was worth fighting. Hinta lunged a kick at Takishima who swiftly dodge it and summoned an earth spirit. It was an ox and Takumi climbed on top of it as he chased Hinata into a corner. With one punch Hinata was knocked out. The YSA team groaned while the Hokusen team cheered loudly. Kei's girlfriend cheering the loudest he smiled at her voice.
Takumi used the opportunity to kick his legs. Kei slid to the ground but quickly got back up. He aimed a punch at Takumi but he dodged it. Both boys then summoned their spirits. Takumi's turtle like water spirit lunged at Kei, while Kei's serpent like spirit slithered towards Takumi. Takumi took out his sword and cut the snake in half. But Kai wasn't as lucky. He was pushed back by the force of the water and was wet all over. He was eliminated.
Takumi was finally left with Kou and Yahiro. Kou was the first to attack Yahiro dodged. However he didn't see Takumi coming behind him to punch him. He fell back, but failed to get up as Takumi pinned him to the ground. Takumi punched him repeatedly over and over again
Kou stood frozen at first but rushed towards Takumi. "Hey stop, I think he's had enough." Takumi only pushed Kou away. "He hurt Misaki. I need to pay him back tenfold." Kou was so shocked by what he said that he could no longer find himself moving.
Takumi got up and was about to kick Yahiro in the stomach when a hand stopped him. "Let go Kou," he said informally as he struggled to get loose. But instead he was turned around and came face to face with his love.
"Stop," she begged him.
"He hurt you," he hissed and was about to turn around again when Misaki grabbed his face with her hands and looked at him pleadingly. "You're doing the same," she said sliding her hands to clench his shirt. Takumi froze at that. The two guys from before pulled Yahiro away but he didn't care about him anymore. Takumi reached out to hold Misaki's face.
"I'm sorry," he whispered to her. "I just hate seeing you cry."
She cried again but Takumi knew it was out of joy since she gave him the most beautiful smile he had ever seen on her face. She leaned forward again just like last time. Takumi closed his eyes as their lips met. It was a host kiss but cute enough to make the crowd howl. The girls whined in frustration but hell with them. Some guys cried for Misaki too including Hinata who didn't know about this yet. But she didn't care either. Takumi pulled Misaki into a hug and dared to meet Kou's eyes.
But this time instead of glaring at Takumi he was...smiling.
Takumi smiled as soon as he walked away from the two. Guess his future brother-in-law had finally accepted him.
Not long enough I know. But I'm so tired. My test was yesterday but I feel like it was today.
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