A Recca no Honoo fic
By: Tenshi no Ai
I'm pretty sure that the last 8 chapters gave you a clue that, no, I don't own Recca no Honoo.
Ch. 9: Lessons Not Learned
(Mikagami, Yanagi, Recca's POV)
(Mikagami's POV)
So tired...and weak...
Hanabishi's home is less than 15 minutes from Yanagi's house, yet it feels like I've been walking for hours.
I trip and nearly fall over, but I steady myself in time.
Whatever I feel for Hanabishi, however incompetent he can be, I have to let him know.
Tell him that his hime...is no longer as he knows her.
As we all know her.
I can't take it anymore, I have to rest.
What a coincidence. I've reached Hanabishi's place.
Press the doorbell.
Nobody comes.
Again.
Again.
I slump down onto the porch and sigh. I need to lean on the house's wall, I'm so out of it. My head hurts so much. My vision seems to be rapidly deteriorating.
Mifuyu appears before me, a mysteriously smile playing on her face.
I whisper.
This has to be a result of getting blasted and falling 2 floors to the ground.
I won't believe any other conclusion.
Even if I do want to see my beloved neechan before me more than anything else.
Tokiya...still getting into trouble, I see...
My heart stops.
My eyes widen.
This has to be some sick sort of illusion. A dream.
Don't wake me up.
she, my beloved oneechan pauses, I...I've been looking over you.
Mifuyu, I've been getting revenge for you.
The fact that you can see me...you do know what that means, don't you?
I turn my head slightly to the right. Another Mifuyu...
No, it looks more like...
Mikagami-sempai, don't give up! Gomenasai, gomenasai...demo, it's not me doing it!
I take a deep breath.
Their voices mingle together in my mind. First they look alike, now they're starting to sound alike...
I shake, involuntarily.
I understand now.
I'm falling into a deep, black pit.
Mifuyu, Yanagi, oneechan, imouto...
There's a dark figure above me.
I can't see anything anymore.
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(Recca's POV)
Okay, so I'm here.
Remember to listen to everything she says! And don't go off all Hime this, Hime that'! She wants you to respect her, not be all patronizing to her!
And don't get caught staring at her chest! Not like she has much of one...
Thwack
Don't talk about Hime that way! I growl, hitting the bigger bush on Hime's yard with the hand not holding the flowers. Fuuko comes out of the other bush and whacks me upside the head.
Didn't I say not be all like Hime this, Hime that'?! she hisses. I'm already tense enough as is.
A date with Hime!
I'm not around Hime right now, am I? So it's okay! Fuuko just shakes her head and points toward the door.
Just remember not to call her Hime, take her to a nice place to eat, and make sure not to do anything too stupid... I frown and walk over to Hime's door.
It's like Fuuko has no hope for me at all! Why does she think I'll screw this up?
I gulp and move my hand to ring the doorbell, then turn away.
Ba-bump-ba-bump-ba-bump-ba-bump-ba-bump-ba-bump-ba-bump-ba-bump
I switch the flowers to my other hand. Doesn't matter. They're both sweaty.
Must calm down...hmm, there's a big mud puddle in Hime's yard...um, I can see Domon and Fuuko in the bushes....aw, kuso.
I turn back to the door just as it opens.
And...Hime's standing there.
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(Yanagi's POV)
I can feel my eyes widen.
What is Recca-kun doing here?
I lean against the door. My head hurts again.
My white turtleneck rubs against the door frame. I had to change because, oddly enough, my wine turtleneck's neck part was ripped off. I didn't like it too much to begin with, but I don't know why it was ripped.
My madougu seems fine. It tickles sometimes.
Recca-kun looks at me, a funny look on his face. Almost like he expects me to say something. Is something wrong, Recca-kun?
Ah, nothing! Recca-kun has a surprised look on his face, then brings up a hand in front of my face. In it is a bouquet of all sorts of spring flowers. Purples, blues, yellows, and pinks bloom in my vision.
Oh, it's so beautiful Recca-kun! I exclaim and take the proffered bundle into my arms, let me put this into some water. Would you like to come in?
Ano...um, it's okay. I...ano, I wanted to take you out...outside of your house! he suddenly blurts out.
Out of my house...why?
Why, Recca-kun? Is there something going on? A small, nudging thought pokes at the back of my mind, but I ignore it and wait for Recca-kun's response.
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(Recca's POV)
Huh....?
Hime's...not mad at me anymore...?
Hey, Fuuko and Domon's advice worked!
Ah, forgot where I was for a second!
H-hai, H...hai? Forgot, can't use Hime'!
Is something going on? Are we going to meet Fuuko-san and the others?
Her eyes...they're so trusting and innocent...
I grab her wrist. C'mon, let's go!
Out of the corner of my eye, I notice that she dropped the flowers. Ah, no matter!
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(Yanagi's POV)
Recca-kun...
I can't believe it, but bringing me flowers, taking me out for dinner, paying for everything...it's almost like a boyfriend taking his girlfriend out...
Ano...what am I saying? We just don't seem to have that type of relationship, no matter how I wish it so...
But still, Recca-kun's so considerate, taking me out...
And my headaches seem to have disappeared...
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(Recca's POV)
Recca-kun, I want to thank you for tonight... Hime smiles up at me as we walk back to her house. Thank me...? For what?
Oh, for tonight! Now that I think about it, we don't do this too much...go out...at least, not without the others.
Actually, this is the first real time.
First date...
Ahh! What am I thinking?
But Hime looks so beautiful in the moonlight...
It was so kind of you to do so...I really appreciate it! Hime looks down all of a sudden, fidgeting with her skirt. We've reached the porch of her house. I almost reply when I hear her talking again.
I have been feeling so...alone lately. And I get the worse headaches. I don't know why though...why I've been feeling this way.
Eh?
It's almost like...like I'm becoming someone else sometimes. I can't remember much lately, I don't feel like continuing with my picture books... Hime looks up at me again, her tears shining, making her eyes seem much bigger in the dark, almost like they're glowing... she sighs, oh, I'm ruining this for you...
Surprising myself, I reach out and hold her around the shoulders. Don't worry, Hime, you seem to be back to yourself again!
Ack! I forgot...
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(Yanagi's POV)
Hime?
Back to myself...what do you mean...? I hear myself whisper.
My head hurts again.
Ello, sorry for being slow. The way school and work is tho, the only time I can really write is either late at night or on the weekends...if I don't have plans ahead of time. Next chapter should be out from either Tuesday night to Friday night, depending. Um, it doesn't seem like I have a lot of people to thank (maybe because the story just didn't seem updated ^__^;;). Okay, so I just have one person to thank drumroll ReccaGirl! Yay! Okay, cuz Water Reflections also happens to be a one-shot, I'll just thank those reviewers here too! Again I'll be thanking ReccaGirl (who seems to be a fan of all my work...I'm so flattered...#^__^#), then Omnipotence (I doubt that I did a better job than you would've done...I just wanted to do it, that's all), and ayu (Of course I'll keep writing...it seems that I'll be lynched by ReccaGirl if I don't!). And arigatou to the person who imed me to ask when this chapter was going to be uploaded (but, y'know, a better way to get me to hurry up is to review...) as well as Karen (I just love talking to you! Arigatou for showing me all those Recca/Yanagi fics!). Next chapter: action! Ja, minna-san!