A/N: Heyy guys (: hope you liked last chapter (: I know some did cuz Sana and Akito finally met! Lol I have a question. The only reason I'm lagging on the updates is cuz I'm writing longer chapters. So do you want longer chapters and slower updates or shorter chapters and quick updates? Let me know please! Also I just finished mid terms! It took forever but I finished (:
Tsyoshi: AHHH!
Sana: Tsyoshi what's wrong?
Tsyoshi: It's raining and thundering!
Akito: Baby.
Tsyoshi: Akito! It's scary!
Sana: Akito! Don't be so mean to him!
Akito: Whatever.
Me: If I owned Kodocha, Akito and Sana would have gotten together at the end of season 1, Naozumi would of left and never returned, and Fuka would have never ever gone out with Akito! So obviously it is not mine
'Thought'
"Speech"
*Flashback*
Arc 1: A New World Chapter 4: Trouble Brews
All eyes were set on Sana and Akito. Both Naozumi and Tsyoshi stared at their friends in disbelief, while Mami, Hisea and the rest of the girls in class drooled over Akito. Aya blushed while looking at Tsyoshi. Akito leaned against the wall but the smirk that was once on his face had vanished. He now looked at Sana with the same cold look he had given her the night before.
Sana stared at the boy leaning against the door. She glared back at him but felt herself getting hot from cheeks as she remembered the previous night.
"Sana? Is there a problem?" asked the teacher. Sana looked back at her sensei.
"Yes! He can't be in this class!" she shouted angrily.
"Why not Mrs. Kurata?" question her teacher.
"Because he p-" But Sana stopped herself. She bit on her lip and clenched her fist. Akito exhaled and the girls screamed.
"Akito! Be my boyfriend!" screamed one girl in the back.
"I love you!" screamed another.
Akito was growing tired of this. He looked up at Tsyoshi who look both surprised and confused.
"How do you know her?" questioned the brown haired boy.
"…" Akito stayed quiet. He looked over at the auburn on the other side of the room. She seemed to be in her own thought as well while glaring at him.
"Well then… Mr. Sasaki you can go over and sit in between Mr. Kamura and Ms. Sugiza. Mr. Hayama, since you and Ms. Kurata seem to know each other, you can sit next to her in the seat next to the window." Finished the teacher.
Sana gaped. 'This could NOT be happening!' she thought as the blonde haired boy went over to her. She slammed her head on the desk and groaned.
Akito inwardly sighed. 'Great… just what I needed.' He began to walk over to his seat while digging his hands in his newly acquired white pants pockets. He could feel eyes on him as he walked over.
Naozumi watched Akito walk over to Sana. The feel of jealously washed over him as the blonde haired boy took his seat next to her. 'Well, at least I know Sana won't like him because of the reaction she had when he entered.' Naozumi then turned his focus on the other teenage boy walking his way.
Tsyoshi smiled nervously as he walked down the aisle. When he arrived to his seat, he noticed a purple haired boy. 'I should be friendly and introduce myself. Yet he does have a strange color of hair. I wonder if he dyed it.' He sat down and looked over the boy next to him.
"Hello. I'm Sasaki Tsyoshi." Tsyoshi said as he introduced himself.
The purple haired boy looked over at Tsyoshi. He looked a little lost at first then smiled.
"Hey. I'm Kamura Naozumi. Same to you my friend."
Tsyoshi was happy. He made another friend. Things would go easier if he made friends.
"H-hello." Said a voice in back of him. Tsyoshi turned around and saw a girl with light brown hair that reached up to her shoulders and the prettiest chocolate brown eyes he had ever seen. He was too amazed for words.
"I'm Sugita Aya. And you?" she said quietly. Tsyoshi still didn't say anything.
Naozumi began to laugh. He could tell Aya had token interest in the boy and he was pretty sure the boy had taken interest in her.
Tsyoshi recollected his thoughts as he shook his head. "Uh. I'm Sasaki Tsyoshi! Pleasure to meet you!" he said as he blushed. Aya giggled. She liked this boy.
Naozumi laughed at his old friend and his new friend, if that's what he considered him. Tsyoshi did seem nicer and more gentle then the other boy. 'What was his name again? Oh yeah. Hayama Akito.' Naozumi glanced over at the boy and glared at him. He was looking out the window not even paying attention to the teacher. The look he gave Sana was... intense. It was just intimidating. 'He is defiantly someone I have to keep an eye on. I have a bad feeling about him.'
Sana rested her cheek on the palm of her hand as she looked over at the teacher. She didn't like this at all. First of all, her mama was wrong. She did see this boy again. And the fact that he sits next to her absolutely rages her. Second, he was a pervert. She didn't know if he would look at her when she wasn't looking. Third, it was his attitude. To Sana, he defiantly needs an attitude check. And his face had no expression readable. It's like he didn't know what expressions were.
Sana looked over at the dirty blonde haired boy next to her. He was leaning back, arms crossed, and looking out the window. Sana huffed and turned her head back towards her teacher. She leaned forward and rest her head on her arms as she listened to the lecture.
Akito was bored. He knew everything their teacher had been talking about so he didn't have to pay attention to it. He simply sat there, not caring if the teacher was scolding him or not, looking out the window and observing the school they had enrolled themselves into. It was a big school nonetheless.
The school courtyard was cut into four sections. The first was a shady area that had a couple trees where students could lay down and rest. The second was the cafeteria area. There were some tables and benches where the students could eat their lunches. The third area was an open field where students could play soccer or some activity similar. The other was the same as the first. It was another shady area where students could rest up.
The human world was much like he expected. It was more advanced in everything, but the people were the same. Their clothing was different, the shaped of the land, the smell, everything. But what he didn't expect was this girl next o him. The girls here were similar to the ones at home. They constantly followed him and asked him out to dates. But he never met a girl like her. He kind of liked it. 'Wait, no Akito. Don't distract yourself from your mission. This girl is an obstacle.'
He felt a pair of eyes on him though. He moved his eyes to the right and saw the auburn in front of him lean forward. When she did, the back of her shirt rode up a little and exposed some of her back. Akito inwardly smirked. He could be a bit perverted. He then looked back out the window and ignored the teacher.
After first period ended, the teacher said something about their homework the night but Sana wasn't listening. She just grabbed her stuff and put it away angrily. As she stuffed her books and supplies in her bag, she dropped her pencil. She groaned and bend over to grab it. When she did that, two feet came and stopped in their tracks. 'Please let it be Nao, oh lord please.'
Sana looked up and snorted as she saw the poker face of the blonde haired pervert. She stood up and grabbed her bag. She slung it over her shoulders but she then hit something. She then heard and 'Hn' sound behind her. She immediately looked over and saw that she nailed him in the chest.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry! Are you okay! I didn't mean to do that!" she said frantically as she reached over to him. But the boy did something that she didn't expect.
"I'm fine." He said with a cold tone. He slapped her hand away and walked past her.
Sana couldn't believe the nerve of the guy! She was being nice to him even after he peeked at her! She bit her lip and clenched her fist like she had done earlier.
"You're so rude!" she yelled.
The boy kept walking away and ignored her. Sana stormed out after he had left and met up with her friends. Naozumi was the first one to ask her what was wrong.
"What's wrong Sana?" he asked worriedly.
"That stupid boy! He is such a jerk! I hate him!" she shouted.
Naozumi chuckled nervously. "Well why do you hate him so much?"
Sana stood quiet. She exhaled then inhaled. "I'll tell you later. But I need to cheer up! I can't let that guy bring me down!"
"Do you even know his name Sana?" asked Aya.
Sana stood in place with a dumbfound look on her face. "Ehh no."
"Kurata Sana!" yelled Hisea.
"What?" she asked dumbly.
"How can you not know the name of a hot guy like that!" screamed Hisea.
"Hey! I'm standing right here!" interrupted Gomi.
"No one cares Gomi!" Hisea shouted back.
"Seriously Sana. That guy looked like a model. I wonder what's underneath all those clothes." Mami said dreamily.
Sana could not believe what she was hearing. "Eww! Mami! I don't even wanna hear about your stupid sex fantasies!" Sana screamed.
Mami turned red and said "It wasn't a sex fantasy! Geez Sana."
"You're a disgrace to all women Sana!" Hisea said. Sana swear dropped and smiled a crooked smile.
"His name is Hayama Akito. And don't forget it!" Mami said as she pointed at her.
Sana put her arms up in defense and smiled nervously. "Yeah yeah okay haha."
After they calmed down, Sana stood quiet repeating the boy's name. "Hayama Akito." She said silently.
This didn't go unnoticed by Naozumi. He saw what Akito did to Sana after she offered for her help. It enraged him that he would just slap her hand away like that. He was going to go and get her and that's when he saw what happened. He watched as Akito walked away without a care in the world. It made him really mad.
"Hey." Naozumi said. Sana looked up and saw the smiling face of Naozumi. She smiled back and said "Yeah?"
"You alright?"
"I'm fine." She answered.
"Well if you need anything, you know where I am."
Sana smiled. "Thanks Nao."
The bell then rang and the group quickly scattered going to their designated classes.
Akito sat in his English class but couldn't help but think about what had happened between him and that girl. He didn't understand why his mind kept tracing back to her. And Tsyoshi's words kept haunting him.
* Akito walked out of the class while rubbing his chest at the spot where the girl had hit him with her bag. 'Stupid girl.' He was broken out of his thoughts when he heard a voice.
"Hey Akito!" shouted Tsyoshi with a smile on his face.
"What?"
"You okay?" asked Tsyoshi as he fixed his tie.
"Yeah now let's go." Akito replied as he began to walk off.
"Wait!"
Akito sighed and turned around to face the frowning face of his comrade.
"What."
"Why did you hit her? Sure she hit you but she didn't mean to. I mean didn't you see her reaction when she did hit you? She asked you if you were okay immediately and didn't even think about it twice."
Akito went wide eyed for a couple seconds but regained his original black composure.
"I didn't need her help. She was in the way." He answered.
"So? The fact is she still tried to help." Tsyoshi stated but with a rougher voice.
"I don't need anyone's help. I can do things on my own."
Tsyoshi had heard enough. "It's okay to ask for help you know! And she was offering it!" Akito stopped walking.
"I don't know how you guys met since we've only been here two days but whatever happened between you two really upset her. Just the fact that she offered to help was a show in her true character!"
Akito still didn't move and Tsyoshi sighed. "Why do I even try. You're so stubborn. You've never listened to anyone but yourself. So why should now be any different?"
With that Tsyoshi walked away and left Akito standing there contemplating in his own thoughts. *
But Tsyoshi was right. Even though he had peeked on her, which was unintentionally, she forgot about that when she rushed over to help him. Maybe he shouldn't have slapped her hand away like that. 'Damn. Why am I getting so worked over this? Why do I even care? Damn it all.'
What Akito didn't know was that a certain purple haired boy was sitting behind him, glaring at him.
Naozumi didn't like this guy. To find out he had him in his prep class as well, just bugged him. 'I'll teach him to hurt Sana again. Just watch Hayama.'
After class was over, Akito stood up and began walking towards the door but stopped when he saw a purple haired boy blocking his way. Akito gave the boy a cold look but he didn't move.
"Move." Akito said roughly.
"No." Replied the boy.
Akito locked his eyes with the boy in front of him; his hazel ones with the boys blue ones. The boy then began to talk.
"Naozumi Kamura."
"Why would I care what your name is? Now move." Replied and aggravated Akito.
Naozumi frowned. "Listen to me and listen to me well asshole." Akito glared at Naozumi. "Don't you ever ever touch Sana again. Next time you touch her I will kick your sorry ass home to wherever you came from. Got it?" Naozumi spat.
Akito scowled at him. He had nothing to say to him. All these people were just in the way of his mission.
"Whatever." Akito answered as he pushed past Naozumi. Naozumi fell over onto the desk and turned quickly back at Akito. "Hey!" But Akito was already gone. Naozumi sighed and fixed himself. He then walked out and continued on out.
Fourth period passed by quickly and they were now in their lunch hour. Sana smiled as she walked outside with her bento box. Lunch was probably her favorite part of the day. She could relax and not worry about any homework, class work, or teachers. As she walked across the courtyard, she found their usual meeting place. The shady area next to the cafeteria was where they always met and ate their lunch together. She sat down and leaned against the trunk of the tree. She opened her bento box and began to drool at the food she had in her hand.
"Shimura really gave me something good today!" she shouted happily today as she began to dig in. After a few minutes, Naozumi and the rest of the gang showed up and began to talk about their day. Akito and Tsyoshi were mentioned a couple times but Sana kept her interaction with him quiet, as did Naozumi. Gomi nagged at Hisea for taking interest in other men and Hisea bickered back. Aya talked to Sana about how she liked their history teacher with Mami constantly butting in and Naozumi just listening.
On the other side of the courtyard, Akito and Tsyoshi hung out in the other shady area next to the open field where they played soccer. Akito was sitting like Sana, leaning against the tree with crossing his hands. Tsyoshi sat next to him and ate his food in silence. Akito had his eyes closed and enjoyed whatever time of peace he had. Tsyoshi looked over at his friend/captain. 'What are you thinking about Akito?' But Tsyoshi kept looking over at the other shady area where Sana and that Aya girl were. He had been itching to go over there. Besides, he knew Akito would have rather been alone.
"Hey Akito." Akito didn't move but made a small 'hn' noise.
"Do you mind if I go over with Sana, Aya, and them?" he asked nervously.
Akito didn't move or say anything at first but then said "I don't care. Do whatever you want."
Tsyoshi sighed. "Alright. See yah later." He said as he stood up.
Tsyoshi nervously walked over to Sana's group. He wasn't sure if they would like him because of Akito but he could sure as hell try to be friendly.
As he grew closer to the group, he became more nervous. 'I hope they like me. Oh please dear god let them like me.'
"Hey guys." Tsyoshi said with a weak smile on his face. Sana looked up along with everyone else. Sana smiled and said "Hiya!"
Tsyoshi let out his breath that he had been holding in forever.
"Do you mind if I eat lunch with you guys?" he asked.
"Of course not!" answered Sana.
"Hello again." Aya said softly. Tsyoshi looked over at her and blushed slightly.
"It's nice to see you again Ms. Sugita." Aya at this time turned completely red and Hisea, Mami and Sana all looked at her with an evil grin while the boys were laughing.
"A-aya is just fine." She answered. Tsyoshi smiled and said "Okay… Aya."
"I'm Sana! This here is Hisea, Mami, Naozumi, and Gomi. And since you already know Aya, I don't need to introduce you to her." Sana said with a grin.
"Yeah I met some of you in some of my classes like Naozumi over there." Tsyoshi said as he sat down.
"And I remember you Sana." Sana turned red and chuckled.
"Yeah well I put on a show this morning huh?"
"Nothing to be ashamed of. We have all done that in our life at least once." Tsyoshi said.
"I guess your right! Wait, what did you say was your name again?" Sana asked.
The whole group sweat dropped. Tsyoshi began to laugh and said "I'm Sasaki Tsyoshi."
"Right! Well welcome to the group Tsyoshi!" Sana said with much enthusiasm.
"Well thanks for letting me in guys!" The group began to talk but then Mami spoke up.
"Say Tsyoshi?" she asked.
"Yes?" he answered.
"Where's your friend?" she asked slightly confused.
"Yeah where is he?" Hisea said as she butted in the conversation.
Sana looked over at Tsyoshi along with Naozumi. Now that she thought about it, when Tsyoshi came over, Akito was nowhere to be seen. She thought it was kind of strange since Tsyoshi had been stuck to Akito's side since they got here.
"Oh Akito?" he answered. Both girls nodded and Tsyoshi sighed.
"He's out here somewhere. He wanted to be alone so I left and came over here." He explained.
"Do you think you could introduce us to him?" Mami asked with hope in her eyes.
Tsyoshi looked down and played with his fingers. "Well Akito isn't really a people person. He doesn't get along with people too well." Mami frowned.
"He gets along with you doesn't he? Who says he can't with us?" she questioned. Tsyoshi laughed slightly.
"Ah, well you see, Akito and I are only friend's cause of a special case. Trust me, if he didn't have to, he wouldn't talk to people or befriend them. He rathers being alone."
"How can anyone rather being alone?" Sana asked stepping into the conversation for the first time.
"He just does. Look I'm sorry but I can't say anything. Even though he's an anti social person, he has his secrets and I must respect them because he still is one of my best friends."
Mami sighed disappointingly and Sana looked at the floor. "I respect that." Naozumi said.
"You do?" Tsyoshi said with a confused look on his face.
"Well yeah. I mean everyone has their own secrets. Why should he be any different?" 'Even though he is a bastard that I don't like.'
"I just don't understand why he would rather be alone? It doesn't make sense." Sana said to herself quietly. But both Naozumi and Tsyoshi heard.
"Things happen. Akito, well Akito's had it rough." Tsyoshi said. 'Crap. This is bad. I didn't think we would end up talking about him.'
"He's like a lone wolf." Sana said sadly. Tsyoshi stopped all his thinking and froze.
"Wait, what did you say?" he asked. Sana looked weirdly at him.
"'I said he's like a lone wolf? You know, wolves travel in packs and he's the lone one sitting on the outside." The brunette explained.
'A lone wolf… Just like his animal. Alone. A wolf. A lone wolf.. Akito… you're a lone wolf.'
"So Tsyoshi? Where did you two come from? And why are you here? I mean there's gotta be a reason for you two being here am I right?" Hisea asked.
"Well umm we just had this big thing come up and we had to transfer schools." Tsyoshi tried his best to come up with a good enough lie but it wasn't working so well.
"You're keeping something from us aren't you?" Hisea questioned.
"N-no. It's ju-just that we don't really like to talk about it. You know, the past brings up unwanted memories."
"Like what?" asked Gomi.
"Okay guys! Leave him alone. He doesn't need to tell you anything." Aya said annoyed with everyone's questioning.
Everyone stared at her in disbelief.
"Whoa." Gomi said silently.
"Aya…" Tsyoshi said in amazement. He really liked this girl now.
Sana was amazed at Aya. She never said much but defending someone else that she hardly knew was on a new level for her.
"Well, why don't we just finish our lunch? How about that?" Mami stated. Everyone nodded.
While everyone finished up, Sana looked stared at nothing in particular across the courtyard. As she let her eyes roam around, she saw him. Sana opened her mouth a little and adjusted herself so she could see him clearly. There he was eyes closed, arms behind his head, and one leg bended up. 'He looks so peaceful and… handsome without his poker face.' Sana's cheeks had turned slight pink as she thought that. 'Wait! What am I thinking! I shouldn't be thinking things like this! But I can't help but wonder, what exactly are you hiding Hayama?'
Sana continues to stare at the boy but then he opened his eyes and looked straight at her. Sana was caught off guard and gasped slightly. His eyes read something different. The ones she and seen before had a hard, cold look. These looked lost and almost sad. There like the eyes she had seen when she first met him at the park. It felt like an eternity when she locked her gaze with his. The bell then rang which startled Sana.
"Hey Sana." Sana looked up to see Naozumi holding out his hand.
"It's time to go back to class." He stated with a smile on his face. Sana smiled and took his hand. She then fixed her blue skirt and looked up at the place where Akito was at. But he wasn't there anymore. She sighed and walked on behind Naozumi.
Akito walked down the hallways in silent as girls screamed about how 'hot' he was and guys glared at him for stealing all the 'chicks'. He could really care less about what people thought about him. This day had been very stressful for him. So far he had no luck finding the girl and people had already begun to give him a headache.
That Sana girl was the top one next to Tsyoshi. She was rude to him then nice then rude again and then the look they had shared was… different. In her eyes, he saw sympathy and what was forgiveness? He didn't know but she just added. Tsyoshi was giving him a headache as well. First he didn't want to be here, and then he goes and tells him off about slapping that Sana girls hand away. After he decides he wants to join them for lunch.
"Damn." He said to himself as he sat down in his next class.
The final bell soon rang and the school began to empty itself of kids. Sana walked along the school's outside wall, while conversing with her friends. That's when she saw Tsyoshi and Akito up ahead of them.
"Hey Tsyoshi!" she screamed. Tsyoshi looked over at her smiled and waved slightly.
"Akito's with him!" Mami yelled.
Gomi groaned as Hisea yelled too. Naozumi frowned and Aya smiled.
"Hey guys what's up?" he asked.
"Not much. Just walking home. Wanna join us?" Sana asked.
"Yeah! Join us!" Mami said excitedly. Tsyoshi chuckled and said "Sure why not?"
"I think I'll pass." Akito said as he pushed himself off the wall and began to walk away. Mami cried anime tears and Tsyoshi sighed at his friend. 'Akito…'
Sana watched him walk away and for a quick minute, wanted to run after him but stopped herself.
"Common guys. Let's head home." Naozumi quickly said.
They all nodded and headed home. Along the way, they tried to deprive Tsyoshi information about Akito but Tsyoshi kept to his word about not saying anything. Sana smiled and went along with her friends but she couldn't help but think back to the boy. 'He headed towards the park. Maybe he went there?'
"Hey guys!" Sana shouted as the group stopped walking.
"What is it Sana?" Naozumi asked.
"I forgot I had something to do with Rei. I'll see you guy's tomorrow kay? Bye!" she screamed as she ran in the direction she just came from. Naozumi had a worried look in his eyes while everyone else just continued walking. 'Sana… what are you doing?'
Sana ran until she made it to the park. She was a great stamina runner since she had so much. It wasn't hard for her. The only problem was that her skirt kept riding up. She shivered and covered herself with her coat. It grew dark quickly so the night temperatures took over. She walked over to the park and looked around for him. She went over to the bench they had met at but no sign of him. 'Where is he?'
She kept looking around and double checking just to make sure. She soon grew tired and sat down for a quick break.
"I'm so stupid. Why did I come back this way when he would have been long gone a long time ago before I got here?" She said to herself s she slapped her forehead.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." She kept repeating to herself over and over.
"Well hello pretty." Sana stood straight up and froze. She looked over and saw three guys surrounding her.
"Uh hi?" she answered nervously.
"Why is a beautiful girl like you sitting out here in the cold?" said one of the guys. He had red hair and was fairly skinny and tall.
"And calling yourself stupid as well?" said the other who had black hair but was shorter and a little fatter then the red head.
"Why don't you come back with us? We will take good care of you… I promise." Said the red head as he came closer to Sana and stroked her chin. Sana shivered and went back against the bench.
"P-please. Just leave m-me alone." Sana was terrified. She had no clue what these guys would do to her.
"Riko! Don't hog the whole girl dude!" Sana looked up to see a blue haired guy who wasn't fat or skinny. He was muscular and tall.
"Shut up Luka! I found her so I get to have her!" shouted Riko.
"Nah man you gotta share. I want some of her too." Shouted the black haired man.
"Shut up Kise!" shouted both the red head and blue haired man.
"Now where were we?" said Riko as he leaned down to kiss Sana. But Sana saw this coming and kicked him in every man's prize possession.
Riko hit the ground hard and shouted "Oww! My fuckin balls!" Kise and Luka laughed at their friend.
"Haha you dumbass! She nailed you good!" Kise shouted.
"Hey if you two are finished! She's getting away!" shouted Luka.
"G-get her!" shouted Riko.
Sana ran as fast as her feet could take her. She didn't know where she was going but she ran. She then stepped on something slippery and fell. She landed on her knees. She winced from the pain. As soon as she got up, two strong hands grabbed both her arms.
"Ahh!" she yelled.
"Shut up girl!" said Kise. Sana felt a sharp pain on her cheek. She suddenly cried out harder.
"Stupid Riko! You're gunna get us arrested!" Luka stated.
"That bitch deserved it! She kicked me hard!" Riko explained.
"Yeah yeah whatever." Kise said.
"SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!" Sana screamed with all she could. Suddenly a rough hand covered her mouth.
"Shit. Stupid girl." Kise said.
"Luka put her on the floor. I'm gunna have my fun." Riko said as he began to undo his belt.
Sana went wide eyed and began to cry. She began to move around to try and escape but it was no use because Luka held her down.
"Dude, I do not want to see you do it with this girl." Luka said as he looked the other way.
"Just shut up and hold her!" Riko yelled.
"Just hurry up Riko!" hissed Kise.
"Now I promise I will try and be gentle." He whispered as he went touch Sana. She cried under Luka's hand. The tears poured out of her eyes and she closed them as she felt Riko's hand grow closer and closer. 'Someone… please save me.'
As if god had heard her plea, Sana no longer felt Riko's weight on top of her.
"Agh!" Riko screamed as he was knocked off Sana. He grabbed his head to stop the throbbing pain he had endured from the kick.
"What the hell?" Luka said but was cut short when he got a punch to the gut. He fell back as he grabbed his now pained abdomen.
"Luka! Riko! Hur-" but that's where Kise finished as he got an elbow to his nose. Blood began to pour out and he screamed as he held it.
Sana slowly pushed herself up and slowly opened her eyes. She saw all three of her attackers on the floor. She screamed when she felt someone touch her shoulder.
"Leave me alone!" she pushed the person back and she moved back quickly.
"Kurata relax. It's me. Hayama." Sana opened her eyes and looked up to see the face of the blonde haired boy she had just met. She cried harder and hugged her knees.
Akito didn't know what to do. She was almost raped and he didn't know how to comfort her. He had never comforted anyone before. He walked closer to the girl and put both hands on both her shoulders. Sana immediately looked up and gazed into Akito's eyes. This time his eyes said something else.
"It's okay. I'm here. You don't have to be scared. They won't touch you anymore." He said calmly.
"Ha-Hayama…" she hiccuped. She then closed her eyes and reopened them. But when she opened them, she saw the man known as Luka with a thick tree branch in his hand.
"Hayama! Watch out!" she yelled.
Akito looked behind him and saw the tree branch coming down to him. He put his right arm up in defense and blocked the branch from going any further. He winced slightly from the pain but ignored it.
"You sick bastards. I'll kill you." Akito hissed.
"Try it you brat!" Luka yelled as he brought the tree branch up and down again. This time Akito anticipated his move and kicked the branch, splitting it in half. Luka gaped but didn't react in time as Akito did a three hand combo. He gave him two solid punches in the face and abdomen, with the final being in the chest. Luka fell back, gasping for air.
"Ahh!" yelled Kise as he ran towards Akito with his fist ready. Akito dodged his fist and grabbed it. He twisted his arm and made him fall to the floor. Kise yelled in pain while Akito kneed him in the face once more. He let go of Kise's arm and kicked him hard in the stomach which sent him flying. Kise landed with a hard 'thump'.
Sana stared at Akito in awe. He moved so gracefully but his moves were lethal. But what scared Sana was that Akito didn't show any sign of mercy. He hurt them badly.
"You damn piece of shit! I'll show you to mess with me!" Riko shouted as he stood up.
"Come and get me." Akito stated.
Riko blinked and in the next second Akito was gone. Riko frantically looked around for him but there was no sign of him. "What the hell? Where are you!" Then a string force hit Riko in the back. The red haired man fell over as Akito kicked him on the weakest part of his back. Riko tried to get up but Akito stopped him as he kicked his stomach. Riko spat out blood and curled up in a ball. Akito grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him up to his face.
"If you ever ever touch her again, I will really kill you." Akito had never had so much hate in his eyes, not even for Ituko. Akito threw him to the ground and clenched his now bruised hands.
Sana couldn't believe what she had just seen. This was the kind of stuff you seen in karate movies, not real life. Sana then noticed Akito walking back towards her.
"You alright?" he asked as he kneeled down.
"Hayama, how in the world did you learn that? You only see stuff like that in the movies." She said.
"Ask questions later. Right now we need to get you home and seen by a medic." Akito said.
"A medic?" Sana questioned.
"I meant a doctor." Akito said as he shook his head. Sana looked at him first but then nodded. Akito stood up over Sana stuck his hand out for her. She grabbed it and tried to lift herself up but fell back down when the pain in her left foot increased.
"Oww!" she said as she fell. She pulled Akito down with her slightly. He regained his balance and looked at her. "What's wrong?" he asked with slight concern.
"I think I twisted my ankle when I slipped." She said as she grabbed her foot. Akito nodded. He pulled her up and turned around then kneeled. Sana was confused.
"Uh… Hayama what are you doing?" she asked stupidly.
Akito sighed. "Get on my back. You obviously can't walk home." Sana blushed immediately.
"Ar- are you sure?" she questioned.
"Yes. Now get on." Akito commanded.
"R-right!" Sana said. She limped over to Akito and wrapped her arms around his neck. Akito then hauled himself up and wrapped his arms around her legs. Sana blushed again at the sudden contact. Akito began to walk.
"Wait."
Akito stopped and looked up at Sana. "What?"
"What about them?" Akito looked over his shoulder and at the guys on the floor. "Don't worry about them."
Akito then continued to walk, with a hurt Sana on his back, into the city.
None had said anything for a while. Akito stood quiet and Sana was still recovering from her experience if that's what they call it. Akito had noticed how quiet she had been but didn't know what to tell her. Like he had thought before, he was never the comfort type.
"Thank you."
Akito perked up and looked over the auburn headed girl.
"What?"
"Thank you." She repeated softly but loud enough for him to hear. Akito looked at the girl on his back and watched as she buried her hazel eyes in her bangs.
"If it wasn't for you, I would have been…" but her voice trailed off as she began to cry. Akito continued walking but he felt remorse for her,
She continued to cry as she tightened her grip around his neck and buried her head into Akito's shoulder. He felt her tears soak through his jacket into his shirt.
"I-I was so stu-stupid. I went to l-look for you but I kn- knew you would have be- been gone. Then they came and th- that guy. He could have, he could have… raped me." She cried as she said rape lowly.
Akito continued walking as he heard Sana's confession. 'Why would she have gone out looking for me?'
"I can't help but think about what would have happened if you didn't come along." Sana chocked out.
Akito kept on walking with Sana on his back. He didn't have anything to say. But she was also right. What if he didn't hear her scream? What if he left when he originally planned too? What if he made it a second to short? All this what if's? ran through his head. But then an image of the past came into his head as he remembered a mission he had similar to this incident.
* A Year Ago
Akito, Kyo, and Hiyori had just finished patrolling the Moon country's borders. They had gotten word from one of their spies that Ituko and his group had just been recently spotted. As soon as the report came in, Akito headed out quickly.
He and his comrades had been walking in the outer area of the Moon country's Bazim forest. Most people don't dare to walk in this forest for it was rumored to be haunted by ghost of the past. Akito, Kyo and Hiyori had been walking in this forest for almost four days and they had seen nothing of ghost. Akito grew frustrated because there was no sign of Ituko or the Evil 5.
"This forest is too much." Kyo complained as he stepped over a log.
"I agree. It's starting to become a pain." Added on Hiyori as she wiped the sweat of her forehead.
Akito continued walking without saying a word. But inwardly, he agreed with his fellow comrades.
The forest was known to have bizarre temperatures at different times. It could be the middle of the day and it be freezing cold. Or it could be late at night and scorching hot. The uniform wasn't helping much since it covered most of their bodies; also adding on the cloak, which made it worse.
Hiyori pulled down her pink long neck and took off her now sweat covered gloves. It was around 11 in the morning and the sun had been beating down on them. Kyo ran his hand through his sweat filled hair and loosened his gray cloak. He pulled down his arm sweatband and rubbed the area where the sweat had gathered.
But both knights felt sorry for their captain who dressed in complete black. He attracted all the sun and to them, it looked like he was about to explode.
About an hour later they stopped at a river and took a quick break. Akito seemed to scanning his map of the area to see how far they were from the sighting area.
"Alright. Were about two miles south of the location. If we move fast, we'll be able to get there before sunset." Akito briefly explained.
"Yeah okay boss." Kyo answered while dunking his head in the river.
"Captain?" Akito looked over to see Hiyori staring right at him.
"What?" he answered coldly.
"What are we gunna do if we happen to find Ituko and his group?" asked the brown haired girl as she wiped her forehead with her towel.
"Were going to end them." With that Akito walked away.
Hiyori sighed and sat down. She knew his answer but does he really think that just three of them can take down five of them?
"Don't sweat about it too much. Besides, I bet you twenty pounds those reports are giving us false information." Kyo said as he tried to brighten her up.
She smiled and said "I don't think they are real either."
"See? Nothing to worry about." He said as he chuckled.
"I guess your right Kyo." She said as she exhaled.
"Well, if they were to attack, don't worry. I will protect you and make sure they don't hurt you." Kyo replied as he winked at the girl causing her to blush.
"T-thank you Kyo." She stuttered slightly. Kyo laughed as he stood up.
"Let's get Akito and head out." He stated. She nodded and stood up as well. Then a scream was heard.
"AHHHH!" Kyo quickly drew out his nun chucks while Hiyori snatched out her bow and prepared an arrow. At that same second, Akito popped out of the dark, running on ahead of both of them while gripping his sword.
"Let's go!" he yelled. Kyo and Hiyori didn't hesitate. They ran right after him.
Akito ran as fast as his feet would take him. He had to get to that scream. It could have been Ituko or one of the evil 5 attacking an innocent by stander.
As the three man group ran through the forest, a small clearing came to view up ahead. Akito took his sword from his white sheath and cut through the plants in his way. In a matter of seconds, Akito, Hiyori and Kyo jumped out into the clearing to find a woman bloodied and bruised up on the floor with a man hovering over her.
The man wore a faded black armor vest and torn up leather pants which were now covered in crimson red. He had a wicked smile on his face and on the floor was a purple and black cloak that had the evil kingdom insignia on it. Akito recognized that insignia anywhere.
"Nice of you to show up." Said the man.
"You sick bastard! Get away from her!" shouted Kyo as he prepared his nun chucks.
Hiyori stood brave as she placed the arrow on her bow. She shook a little from the tragic sight in front of her.
"Where is he?" Akito asked.
"You mean Captain Oshido?" The man laughed. "He has no time for you Hayama. He had better things to do." He looked up and looked over at the three knights.
"But I must say, your spies are better than we had imagined. But what a shame that they didn't give us the information we wanted. They could have been handy to us." He said as he grinned.
"Oh no." Hiyori almost whispered as tears welled up in her eyes.
A menacing laugh escaped the evil man's lip and said "Yes. They are dead."
"And so are you Sanji!" Kyo yelled as he raced towards the man.
"Tsk tsk Hayama, you should keep better control on your men." The man known as Sanji replied as he dodged Kyo's attack. Kyo growled and twirled his nun chucks around. He sling shot them at Sanji only to have them entangled around the curved swords.
"Or they might just die." Kyo lost balanced as he felt himself being pushed towards Sanji. Kyo let go of his weapons and moved back, barely dodging the swing the man threw.
Kyo breathed heavily as he glared at the man in front. He then felt a drip of liquid run down his cheek. He had cut him!
"Haha you see! I could cut you down if I had wished to." Sanji said.
"Kotetsu fall back. I will take care of him." Kyo looked up surprised, to see Akito walking up next to him.
"But Akito."
"No buts. Protect Sugiza as she tried to console the girl on the floor. But stay on alert as we don't know if they are more of them here." Akito explained. Kyo was about to argue but decided not to. He nodded and ran over to the girl and Hiyori.
"So, it's me and you now?" Sanji smiled. "That's great. Now ill have the pleasure of killing you!"
Sanji ran straight at Akito, with both swords in his hands, swinging them around crazily. Akito readied himself in his battle stance. In one slick movement, two swords came down to Akito. Akito brought up his black sword to block.
Akito pushed Sanji back. "Not bad Hayama. Let's see what you can do with this!"
Akito went wide eyed as Sanji connected his two blades. Akito saw this as his chance to attack and went for an opening. He brought his blade down to Sanji's arm but as quick as he did that, Sanji's curved sword blocked Akito's blade from going down any further.
In one quick movement, Sanji brought the other end of his blade over and slashed Akito on his arm. Akito winced as he felt Sanji's blade cut him. How could he be so stupid! Akito quickly moved before Sanji could get another sweep at him.
As Akito fought Sanji, Kyo and Hiyori, well mainly Hiyori had looked over the woman's wounds.
"So what did he do too her?" asked a frustrated Kyo.
"To put it simple, he raped her." She said grimly.
"Damn bastard." Kyo said.
"She has a few broken ribs, a broken nose, her private areas are destroyed and her face is hardly recognizable. I don't know if she will live." Said the knight as she looked down at the floor.
"We have to save her." Stated Kyo.
Akito had managed to cut Sanji, but he was a madman. No matter the injury, Sanji stood up, licked his lips and grinned evilly. Akito began to grow tired. This guy had so much stamina, he hated to admit, it was hard to keep up with him. Akito gripped his blade as Sanji came at him. Sanji disconnected both his swords and threw one at Akito. Akito blocked it but twirled it around his blade. Sanji came at him at full force but Akito threw his own sword back at him. Sanji didn't see this coming and yelled as the blade pierced his shoulder.
"Ahh! Damn wolf!" he sneered. Akito panted and ran towards a kneeled Sanji. He brought his sword over his shoulder and slashed at him. Sanji quickly dodged this by a mere hair. Akito glared at him and moved back before Sanji could think of doing anything.
"Well not bad Hayama. It's just too bad that my time has come. We will meet again soon." With that Sanji dashed out of the clearing into the forest. Akito followed on behind him but was stopped.
"Akito! Wait!" Kyo yelled out.
"Dammit! What!" he yelled back.
"We need to get this girl to a medic now!"
Akito growled and clenched his blade. He drew it back in its sheath and walked over to his comrades.
"What happened to her." He asked.
"She was raped." Akito's cold face went stern. He walked over to the woman but went wide eyed as he knew who she was. Kyo noticed and asked "What?"
"She… I know her." Both Kyo and Hiyori were shocked to find out this information. *
The girl died in the next half hour. Turns out it was his sister's best friend who was vacationing out with her family. Akito wasn't able to save her and his sister blamed him.
* "You're supposed to be a knight! Your suppose to protect! If you can't protect then what the hell are you doing!" *
Akito swore to himself to never let that happen again. Now on his back, was this girl he had just met that he barely saved. If he would have gotten there just a couple seconds later… 'No. You saved her. That's all that matters.'
"Look." Akito spoke up. Sana perked her head up and looked at the boy caring her.
"Don't think anymore 'what ifs?'. The point is your safe. I got there in time so don't worry about it anymore got it?" he said bluntly. Sana blinked a couple times trying to comprehend what Akito had said.
"Thank you." Were the only words she could get across. She began to cry again and latched onto Akito harder. Akito sighed. This was going to be a long night.
After walking for what seemed like hours, Akito arrived to his home. He had no clue where Sana lived, so he took her back to his home. As he walked through the lobby, Kenta eyed him strangely.
"Already getting laid? Man you work fast." He said with a smirk on his face.
Akito ignored him and walked to the elevator. Barely managing, he pushed the 'up' arrow and waited for the elevator to arrive. When it did, he walked in and managed to press five.
When he arrived to his apartment room, he kneeled down and set Sana on the floor. She had fallen asleep on the way here and quite frankly, he didn't wanna wake her. He grabbed his key from his pocket and unlocked hi door. He grabbed Sana bridal style and walked over to his room. He set her down on the bed and covered her with his sheets. After tucking her in, he walked out and sat down on the couch.
He let out a long sigh and leaned back. He rubbed his eyes and opened them. He scanned his room and saw Sana's bag on the table. He reached over for it and hesitated opening it. 'Her parents might be worried about her. I should call and let them know.'
Akito opened the bag and quickly found her cell. He opened the thing and explored the phone for a while. He might be a genius but he hadn't gotten the whole phone thing down. After 20 minutes of exploring her phone, he finally found the contact section. He scrolled down to find her mother's number. He smirked as he seen her contact name; Mama!:D.
He pressed the call button and pressed the phone against his ear. The phone began to ring. For some reason, Akito felt… nervous? He didn't know but it was a new feeling to him. After a few rings, the person on the other line picked up.
"Sana?" answered an older voice that belonged to a woman.
"She is sleeping. Are you her mother?" asked Akito. The woman took her time to answer but then said "Who is this?"
"A friend of Kurata. Now are you Mrs. Kurata?" he asked once more. The woman didn't answer and another voice entered the conversation. Soon, it grew silent and Akito grew impatient.
"Hello?" This time it was a different voice that answered.
"Is this Mrs. Kurata?" Akito asked.
"This is her. How may I help you young sir?" Akito inwardly smirked. 'At least she had manners.'
"This is Hayama Akito. An... acquaintance of Kurata. She is staying at my home tonight because of a… incident that occurred earlier. I didn't know where you lived so I decided to take her to my home." Akito explained as the other side of the phone grew silent once more.
"Don't worry. I'm no kidnapper. I am merely a school student. I will not touch her or harm her in anyway. You have my oath."
After a few seconds of silence, the person on the other side spoke up. "Hayama you say?"
"Yes." He replied.
"I trust you. Keep my daughter safe please."
"Okay."
"Goodnight… Oh one other thing." Said the woman.
"Yes?" Akito answered.
"I want to meet you. Come by my home after school tomorrow. Sana will show you the way."
Akito was stunned. She wanted to meet him? What was that all about?
"Alright." Akito answered.
"Right then. Goodnight boy." With that, the phone line went dead and their connection was disconnected. Akito set her phone down and stared at it. Only one thing had run through his mind the entire time. 'What have I gotten myself into?'
Misako Kurata was sitting in her living room, thinking about the conversation with the boy she had just met. She didn't know how to explain it, but this young man was… different.
"My lady." Said the maid Shimura.
"Yes?" answered the author.
"Are you sure about this? I mean what if he was lying and intends to harm Sana?" She asked worriedly. Sana was like a granddaughter to her. She didn't want anything horrible happening to her.
"Tell me Shimura, do you think a kidnapper would go through all the trouble of saying that just to get us to believe him?" Shimura stood quiet.
"I don't believe so." Misako smiled. "Then there you go." Shimura smiled slightly.
"But what makes you so sure?" she questioned one last time.
Misako stood quiet for a few seconds but then stated "His voice." Shimura seemed confused.
"His voice?" she asked.
"His voice was calm and in tone. He didn't stutter, he didn't laugh, and he had no emotion. He was simply calm and respectful. No kidnapper would do that."
Shimura thought about Misako's explanation and realized that it made sense. No kidnapper would bother putting up a show like this. She smiled and said "More tea my lady?"
A/N: Yay! I'm done(: I liked the way this chapter came out if I may say. I think it's one of my better ones(:. Right anyways. So I hope my fight scene wasn't bad. I'm not too good with them. And I haven't really read any stories with many sword fight scenes so if anyone knows any please let me know! I added some of Akito's past even though I didn't mean too:P. So I guess that's a little extra. Now to Sana!
Sana: I didn't like this chapter.
Akito: Same here.
Tsyoshi: I liked it!
Sana: Well cuz you met Aya! Then you two will fall in love and blehh.
Tsyoshi: (Blushes ferociously) NO!
Akito: I'm out. (Walks away)
Me: Well that's about it. Please review and tell me what you think! I would gladly appreciate it(:
Sana: She also hopes you enjoyed it. I know I didn't. (Grumbles some inaudible words)
Me: Oh cheer up!