A Recca no Honoo fic
By: Tenshi no Ai
Nope, don't own it, never will.
{A small author's note: I'm very sorry for those people who I've offended by having Yanagi beat Fuuko.....really sorry (esp. since Fuuko's one of my favorite chars too), but I had to. I have this whole story planned out, and that happens to be a pivotal event. Please keep reading, minna, I promise that she'll get her kicks in later......}
Ch. 4: What's Wrong with Hime?
(Fuuko, Yanagi, Recca, Mikagami's POV)
(Fuuko's POV)
I stand up, still confused about this whole thing.
I lost.
To Yanagi.
There's something so wrong with that statement.
I look at the girl who dodged everything I had....with complete ease.
I can't say I took it easy on her......I did use Fuujin after all.
Yanagi's just standing there, breathing calm and steady, relaxed pose.
I won't attack her again. There's no point in it now. I have my honor.
I lost.
I'm so confused.
her voice rings out of the night. It sounds normal again, nothing like the disembodied voice that seemed to hang in the shadows, but more clear, more like the Yanagi I know, onegai....will you please do something for me?
I raise my eyebrows. I have no clue what she could possibly want now, after this.
Will you please.....not tell Recca-kun about this?
Hey, works for me. I don't think he'd believe it anyway. But I am a little curious.
I don't want him to, she hesitates, fidgeting a little, it's just not for him to know, that's all.
I approach her. Yanagi-chan, what is it? What could be so bad that she wouldn't want to tell Recca about it? I mean, they tell each other everything.....
She edges away. It's nothing, Fuuko-san. Nothing to worry about.
Why is she so fidgety all the sudden? I say, trying to lighten the mood, you can tell me. How did you become so good? Especially in a week? I seriously doubt she was hiding any fighting skills before that.
It really isn't anything, she says again, a note of pleading in her voice. I'm more curious now. What is she hiding?
I come a little closer, until I'm about a foot away from Yanagi. Yanagi-chan, really, whatever it is, it can't be so bad that you can't tell your good friend Fuuko-chan!
Suddenly a glint catches my eye. It seems to be coming from Yanagi's neck? Hey, Yanagi-chan, what's that on your neck....? I reach out to touch it, and Yanagi slaps my hand away.
I said, it's not any of your business! Just don't ask questions, okay? she glares at me, then runs off, past me and out of the alley.
I stand alone, cloaked in the darkness. My hand stings from when she slapped it. A cold feeling suddenly chokes me, despite my heavy sweatshirt.
That's not like Yanagi at all...
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(Yanagi's POV)
I'm running.
Why did I hit Fuuko? I don't like any kind of violence at all! How could I be so mean when she's being so nice to me?
I slow down.
I really wanted to tell her about my madougu. To show that I was strong enough to handle one of those powerful relics from the Hokage village.
I stop in front of my house.
But something told me that I shouldn't tell anyone. Keep this between Kagerou-san and me. Don't tell anyone.
I climb the tree and enter my room.
Especially not Recca-kun.
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(Mikagami's POV)
Lately, I've been hearing some rumors that seem a little disturbing.
I've heard that Yanagi is avoiding her friends.
And I heard that she plans to, or has, broken up with Hanabishi.
Oddly enough, I didn't hear this from any of the Hokage. I've heard this all around class for a week or so now.
Apparently, Yanagi's in the list for most dateable' or somesuch nonsense. So a lot of people are watching this closely.
Ordinarily, I would be too. I honestly did have a crush on the girl Yanagi once. Her physical similarities to Mifuyu aside, she seemed like a girl who needed to be protected. Who needed someone worthy to protect her.
That's why I tried to scare off Hanabishi. He wasn't worthy to protect a girl like Yanagi. He'd just put her into greater danger.
But when I saw just how much Yanagi was devoted to him, I decided that, for her happiness, I would move aside. And Hanabishi.....has shown to be worthy of her.
Besides, she's almost like my imoto now.....suffice to say that I'm no longer interested in her in that way.'
But, as her oniisan', I have the right to be worried.....
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(Recca's POV)
It's been a week.
Actually, it's been 9 days since I last talked to Hime.
9 days...go by real slowly.
At first, when Hime told me that she wanted to walk to school alone, on that last Sunday, I figured, Hey, it's just walking to school, I don't think she'll get into some big trouble by herself.' Then, when I went to visit her with Fuuko at lunch, she was with all these girls in her class. I didn't even know that she talked to anyone in her class. Every time I've went to visit her at lunch, she'd always be drawing those picture books.
So Hime has some new friends. That's nothing to stress about.
9 days later, it seems like she's only with her new friends. Fuuko and Domon haven't talked to her either. I don't wanna ask Mikagami about Hime. He'll make some remark or something, and after the taunting I've gotten from Fuuko, Domon......hell, my whole homeroom (lousy gossips!), I just don't need that.
But I ain't gonna just take this lying down either! I wanna talk to my hime! I wanna know if I did something wrong, or something bad happened and that's why she's avoiding me.
Maybe I'm better off thinking with my fists an' all, but I know that Hime is avoiding me for sure. Fuuko and Domon....well, Fuuko really cuz Domon and Hime don't really talk, Hime could just be avoiding cuz she doesn't want Fuuko slipping anything to me.
But today is Wednesday. That's the day that Hime goes over to the kindergarten. I know that if she's really avoiding me, then she definitely use the kids to ignore me. But there's not much she can do if I just happen to run into her after the kindergarten thing.....
So right after last class, I race out of the door. I got cleanup duty this week, and that'll just make me late. Sides, the others can just cover for me. I won't let anything make me late!
And I run right into Mikagami at the school gate.
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(Mikagami's POV)
Monkeys are so predictable, I state, looking down at the boy in front of me. His face, originally in shock, quickly turns crimson, eyes outstretched, nostrils flaring and teeth grinding, as well as hot-tempered.
Hanabishi calms down somewhat, his clenched hands and reddened face the only signs of his current state. I don't wanna deal with you today. I have somewhere to go.
Like I said, monkeys are so predictable. To skulk around Yanagi-san's kindergarten job until she comes out, and then just suddenly bump' into her? Now his face seems to sag in shock. Ordinarily, I'd find some amusement in his 1000 faces' routine, but this isn't the time.
Hanabishi sighs and slaps his forehead with his hand. Yeah, yeah, I know, cuz I'm such a predictable monkey. Now, will you move so I can....
I'm not amused. So, to show this, I grab the monkey by his shirt collar, although I'm still calm and collected on the outside. What did you do to Yanagi-san to make her this way?
I DON'T KNOW! Hanabishi yells into my face, why the hell do you think I'm gonna go and find out right now? he slaps my hand away and storms off.
I don't watch him go. Knowing him, he'll make the situation worse. I'm more worried about Yanagi's change in temperament. The fact that Recca didn't know why Yanagi was mad (when the first time I had met Recca, Yanagi was crying that he had eaten all her pastries) worries me even more.
Hey, Mi-chan, haven't seen you around.....
Yeah, lucky you.....
I turn around to see.....another monkey and a gorilla behind me. I knew that you two were somewhere close.....after all, primates tend to stick together.
Kirisawa crosses her arms, Ha ha, Mi-chan, so funny....I was wondering if you heard all those rumors lately?
I nod.
Well, they're all true....well, I'm not sure about the one with Yanagi breaking up with Recca.....but the ones with Yanagi's total attitude change and her avoiding Recca, those're true, she finishes, taking a brusque swipe at her magenta-ish bangs.
Ishijima adds, and Recca's been goin' around like a zombie! It's even more worse than when you were tryin' ta take Yanagi from him!
I twitch and toss a dirty look at the gorilla, then focus back on Kirisawa. Is there anything else?
She turns her head to the side. Why do you care? It's between those two, anyway!
I narrow my eyes. Do you ever have that feeling that someone's not telling you the entire truth? Kirisawa's entire body language, from the way she won't look at me, to her relentlessly tapping sneaker, is screaming that she knows something I don't.
I won't worry about it for now. I'll find out later.
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(Recca's POV)
I've been wandering around here for close to 2 hours now. It's a good thing that this kindergarten is so close to the way home.
I'm not gonna worry much about what I'm gonna say to Hime, I just know that she'll see me and everything'll be normal again. That's what's so special about Hime; she's so forgiving and kind.
I knew that from the moment we met that she was my hime, and I...would be her faithful ninja.
And the fact that things...changed over time...I know that I'm not very smart, but I know that Hime and me, we've gone through so much...
So, whatever it is that's bothering her, it'll be okay in the end...
Hime's slender form steps out of the kindergarten's gates. I leap from the tree that I've been hiding in for the last 2 hours, and land in front of her.
Ehehehe.....done with chapter 4, how many more to go? Lots more! Oi, my hand's cramping up from excessive typing...I wanted to get out this chapter as fast as possible in response to last chapter's bad review (well, not necessarily bad). I just wanted to apologize, Fire Arrow, I didn't mean to make Fuuko look like the bad guy. Honestly! There's a reason, I don't know all the details myself, but I had to do this. It's what my muse whispered to me. I know that I can't please everyone all the time, but I'd settle for most of the time except for certain, special exceptions. Ok, so this qualifies as one of them....I just want everyone to know that these reviews are important to me is all. Um, okay, I would love to thank my 2 perma-reviewers, SaiyanGirlGenius and ReccaGirl, because I never thought that my lil' fic would actually get perma-reviewers! And a special thank you to lone....if you think what's up so far is interesting, just wait for the later chapters! Ok! Um, next chapter might be out late, cuz Thursday's my birthday! Woohoo to 17! Please include birthday wishes (j/k)with reviews(not j/k), (and ReccaGirl, can you send me a Nuriko doll? He's so cool!) and I hoped you liked this chapter!