Chapter 22
And the Decade Princess is
One more exam left and then I'm free!
As soon as my exams are over I'll do my best to update everyday until July 4 since I will be on vacation afterwards.
I will try my best to update in my country but the internet is really expensive there.
So please remain patient with me.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me thus far and I highly encourage you all to check out my other fanfics A Scientific Love Story, and my latest fic A Love of Light and Dark, which I'm so proud of. It has 22 followers in just five chapters. For me that's a lot.
I hope you guys will help me as I move forward.
Also A Scientific Love Story is going to be a rather short story.
It will have 25-30 chapters.
A Fantasy World will have up to forty chapters.
A Love of Light and Dark will have no more than 20 chapters. (Mostly because the romance happens really fast). Plus the plot is simple.
As for my fantasy and sci-fi story they're relatively complex, which is why it'll take a long time for them.
Anyway for now enjoy this latest chapter.
Misaki clapped her hands together for the ten year old girl that had just performed a traditional dance.
It was well done, but Misaki couldn't find herself to smile.
Her moment with Asuka had ruined her mood completely for the day. They had just had a challenge in front of all these people. And Misaki was arrogant enough to say she would win.
Now if she lost it would completely humiliate her in front of everyone.
Misaki gritted her teeth and groaned.
"Stop sulking," Misaki glanced at Maria and huffed to herself.
"I'm not sulking," Misaki muttered under her breath.
Maria sighed and turned to Misaki. She lifted up her finger and flicked Misaki on the forehead. Hard.
"Ow," Misaki growled. She stood up immediately. "Why'd you do that?"
Maria merely smriked. "If you keep lying there's plenty more from where that came from," Maria smirked as Misaki sat back down and crossed her arms. But her anger soon melted away when a little girl with pigtails made her way to the stage.
Misaki felt her eyes softening and her hands began to clap on their own. She tried her best to make sure her rhythm was the same for all participants.
Ruri made her way to the center of the stage. She held her silver flute in her hand.
Misaki laced her fingers together and her heart was skipping a beat. Her niece had been practicing day and night. Today all that hard work was going to pay off.
Ruri brought the flute to her mouth and softly blew on the tone hole.
Misaki gasped.
Before the tournament Ruri had asked Misaki on how to play certain notes. But she never thought those pieces would add up to one of the greatest musical pieces of all time. It was written by Leucrose; a wizard who applied magic to his music to touch the hearts of his listeners. His pieces would be played in any instrument. They did not have to be for one single musical device.
Misaki sat there in awe. The stadium had gone quiet and she could hear a few sobs.
Ruri was only eight years old. Yet she had brought tears upon most of the people. You didn't see talent like that every day.
The music came to a stop and Misaki quickly brushed her own tears away.
Before she stood up and clapped. She didn't care if everyone thought this was due to favoritism. All she knew was that she was proud of her niece.
She glanced sideways. Maria was sobbing at her daughter's accomplishment. Ruri bowed and left the stage.
"Okay ladies and gentleman," Tadashi grabbed everyone's attention. "That was our last contestant for the decade princess award. But we're not done yet. A decade ago our current decade princess did the same thing. Her beauty and gentleness too had brought the audience to tears. Wouldn't it be great to let out heart flutter against that beauty again?" Tadashi smirked as the audience turned their attention solely on Misaki. Misaki gulped slightly. SHe glanced behind her at her friends. They seemed a bit surprised at first but then…"YEA! COME ON MISA! DO IT! SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU GOT!" Misaki was taken aback. Why did it always have to be about her?
She shook her head but then the audience began to whine. "COME ON," people yelled loudly.
"DON'T BE SHY. YOU'LL DO GREAT!" Misaki looked at Maria nervously for help, but that was pointless.
When she realized there was no winning Misaki got up and walked down the aisle to the stage. Loud cheers soon followed.
Meanwhile…
Takumi beamed to himself like an idiot as he saw Misaki walk to the center of the stage.
A little page boy came up to her and whispered something. Misaki seemed puzzled but then soon put her blank expression on and said something to him in return.
The page boy bowed to her and left.
He expected her to stand at the center of the stage but instead she disappeared inside a tunnel.
Takumi wondered what she was up to.
The stage began to turn dark. A spotlight appeared at the center. The center of the stage floor slid wide open and then a silver piano came up from the bottom.
There was a piano but where was the player.
A soft sound filled the stage. Takumi learned where Ruri learned how to play the flute. From her aunt of course.
Takumi expected her to walk in with the flute in her mouth but instead it was in a magical manner.
Misaki floated on top of a wave of water as the flute remained connected to her lips. But what amazed Takumi more was her attire. Her dress was a two piece, The top hugged her body tight and went down to her abdomen. But her skirt managed to cover up her belly. It covered her left leg but revealed her left on from her mid thigh to below. She wore a beautiful spiky necklace around her neck and bangles filled hr hand. Her earing were the same as ever. Long dagger shaped earrings that went down to her shoulders.
The water wave came down and soon Misaki's body began to glow. Thank goodness for the light or Takumi would have had to stab all the men's eyes out for staring at Misaki as her clothes spun around her. The light disappeared and Misaki stood in a beautiful cheongsam that was balck and went down to her mid thighs. It was a bit short and revealed her legs but Takumi still thought she looked cute.
Her mask lay on her head and a gust of wind carried her to the piano.
Takumi leaned forward a bit and Misaki fingers began to dance across the tiles. She played beautifully and elegantly and Takumi knew he wasn't the only one who thought an angel had fallen from the sky.
The beautiful piece reminded Takumi of when he was younger. He would spend his day playing the violin when he was one with all his studies. He wondered if he could ever get her to play with him.
Imagining Misaki by his side as they created music made his heart skip a beat.
The music came to a stop and the audience rose to clap. It was so loud that it was pretty obvious that they had enjoyed Misaki's performance.
Tadashi came to the stage. "That's our princess for you," he gave her a dramatic bow and she giggled.
"Now ladies and gentleman it is the end of the first half of this day," Tadashi said with a serious tone. Everyone knew what was coming next. The contestants made their way to the stage. They stood in a line and Ruri stood in the middle. It was good thing Maria and Misaki couldn't vote. Or everyone would have assumed this was all due to favoritism.
"The judges have decided," Tadashi continued. The little page boy from before came out of the shadows. He was carrying a tiara on a pillow. Misaki gently picked it up and made her way to the girls.
She stood in front of them and let Tadashi continue.
"And the Decade Princess is…" Takumi waited and was slightly excited to hear who it was going to be.
"Ruri Yukimura," the audience cheered and Takumi smiled as Ruri threw herself at Misaki.
Misaki placed the tiara on her niece and giggled.
An illusion appeared behind them.
It had the picture of a few young girls. But the one that intrigued him the most was the one with short raven hair and amber eyes.
Takumi squinted a little closer and recognized the young girl as Misaki. She looked like she must have been at least ten in that picture.
Cute! Takumi thought.
A picture of Ruri appeared next to Misaki's.
"Ladies and gentleman our new Decade Princess." Loud cheers followed.
Seeing Ruri make Misaki happy like this, Takumi wondered if he could ever do the same.
I'm honestly getting bored by this story at this point.
And I wrote it.
After the Academy War ends there will be a plot twist where I'll introduce the main villain of the story.
Remember I'm a huge emotional anime fan
So you can expect a lot of sadness in this fanfic. But rest assure Takumi and Misaki will end up together, but I can't say much about their ending.
Bear with me for a while.
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