1 Author's note: Hey there! Sorry it took me such a long time to upload the
next chapter. Let's say I was busy with schoolwork, k? ( well, I was...)
Anyway...was reading the reviews. Well, let's see....hehe, I'll just save that after the chapter is over. For now, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own SD, just borrowing the characters.
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3 Chapter VII: " Mitsui"
Ishikawa scowled after studying Hotta for a moment. Finally, she spoke.
" I don't really give a damn as to whose group I mess with," she said coolly. " But I'd really like it if you kept 'our business' our business, and quit sharing it with any of my friends." Her gaze slid to Ruona, and back to him after a while. " You get my drift?" She smiled, but there was no laughter in her eyes.
Hotta scowled. " That was the wrong thing to say, freshman."
He turned to the other people behind him. " Let's get them."
No one held back. Before the command was even completely out of his mouth, people—seniors—attacked from all sides. Ishikawa just growled and charged. Raiyuu stood in a defensive stance.
Ruona ducked the blows easily and gracefully, having had over five years worth of training concerning flexibility and agility. She was also the first to fall though, when one of them caught her with a punch to the face. She fell to the ground instinctively, covering her mouth at the same time, ducking blows from two men who attacked at her the same time.
Raiyuu turned to see her fallen comrade as she let loose with a strong punch to someone's face. "Ruona!"
Ruona merely shrugged. " I'm fine." She lowered her hands to reveal a bleeding lip. It had split open. Not hesitating, she turned and kicked the nearest guy in the…lower area.
He groaned, falling to the floor. Ishikawa grimaced at the scene. " Ouch." She grabbed someone by the shoulders, and with full force, brought him down unto her knee. " You doing fine there?" she yelled at Raiyuu.
" Never been better," Raiyuu shouted back. She elbowed another's face as she punched another one's too at the same time. " But I could use a little back-up!"
" I'm trying to!" Ishikawa yelled again. " But it's ha--" She stopped short as another guy punched her in the stomach, at full force. She fell back a few steps, collapsing. " Hard." She finished weakly.
" Ishikawa!" Raiyuu punched the one she was fighting in the stomach too, for good measure. Then she did her best to run over to Ishikawa, which was hard considering people were coming at her from all sides. Ruona though, was doing her best to keep them off, using a wooden stick she had found lying around the gym.
" Don't do that!" Ishikawa screamed at Raiyuu. " You're still fighting! Fend for yourself!" She hurriedly raised her legs to kick one out of her path, and to trip another one trying to sneak up on Ruona's back. " Watch your back! These boys are ruthless backstabbers!"
" I noticed." Raiyuu staggered a little, holding her right arm to herself, wincing. Another student had found a stick just like Ruona's, and had hit her square in the arm. Now her right arm was engulfed in pain. " We're kind of outnumbered too."
" Well, that's your fault," Hotta retorted calmly. " You should have thought of that before you challenged any of us." He punched Ruona in the stomach, evading her stick. Ruona's eyes grew wide, her face pale. She dropped her stick.
Ishikawa scowled as she stood up shakily. " No one asked you to involve any of them in this!"
" You were practically begging for it, freshman."
" I was not."
" Not verbally." Hotta smirked as he hit Ruona again.
Ishikawa didn't have a good answer to that. Instead, she approached Hotta calmly…and delivered a swift kick to his head, the strongest one she could muster. Hotta swore and stepped away from Ruona, muttering. Ishikawa grinned. She had always been told her roundhouse kicks were her strongest.
" Well?" she asked. " Lay your hands off her. This fight is between you and me…or," she added, "you, your group of friends, and me. So leave mine alone."
" Cocky." This came from a student Raiyuu had fought earlier. He stood up, smirking as he approached Ishikawa. " We'll see…"
" Stupid girl." From another student. " You asked for it."
Hotta shrugged. " You said it, I didn't."
All fighters immediately left the other two girls alone, instead circling around Ishikawa. Raiyuu shook her head. Ishikawa was so…foolish at times! Or was it brave? Either way, she was risking a very painful death.
Ruona joined Raiyuu as they stood there, watching the others. The colder girl wiped a stream of blood away from her mouth silently, regarding the fight. What she was thinking, Raiyuu couldn't guess.
Then before anything else could happen…
" Stop."
Everyone turned to see the source. A tall man, who looked about six feet something, stood behind Ruona and Raiyuu. He had long, jet-black hair, with touches of blue. His cobalt eyes seemed to penetrate everything within his path. He was also wearing a… mask, the type one put around the mouth.
" Mitsui!" All the other students fighting Ishikawa, or rather, trying to, stopped all at once, and faced the newcomer. Ishikawa just stood there, confused.
Raiyuu's eyes widened in understanding. So this was the Mitsui that guy was talking about…the leader of the gang, possibly.
" What's going on?" his deep voice had an edge to it that got on Raiyuu's nerves. However, there was something else to it…
Hotta stepped forward. " This is the Kaede Ishikawa that Ryuji and Kamura have been talking about." He glanced at her sideways, then averted his eyes back to their leader. " The freshman who is trying to make a name for herself as a… gangster." He said the last word with scorn.
Ishikawa was shaking with fury. " What?! I am doing no such thing!" Her eyes seething, she glared at
Hotta. If looks could kill, Hotta would have been roasted to death on the spot.
The gang leader just smirked. " Oh really?"
Walking up to Ishikawa, he looked her over carefully from all sides, as Ishikawa struggled to keep her fists at her sides. It wouldn't do good to punch the gang's leader…she knew that she'd be dead and buried before she could even say Roadkill.
Finally Mitsui spoke. " This? An aspiring gangster?" He laughed scornfully. " Try again next year, little girl."
" LITTLE GIRL?!"
Ishikawa's fist flew at Mitsui's face—but he had caught her by the wrist single-handedly. They locked gazes with each other, neither one wanting to falter first. Mitsui's lips twitched.
" I'm impressed at your guts."
He tightened his hold on her wrist until Ishikawa could barely hold back a scream. Tears started to roll down her face. Finally, he let her sore wrist go, enjoying the tortured—and angry—expression she wore.
" Unfortunately, guts aren't good enough." He turned and strolled away from Ishikawa, back to his group. " Let's go, boys." They all walked slowly away from the scene.
As soon as they were gone, Ruona and Raiyuu ran over to Ishikawa, who was still staring after Mitsui's retreating back, breathing hard. She hadn't bothered to wipe the tears off her face.
Raiyuu spoke first. " Ishikawa? Are you all right?" she cautioned.
Ishikawa turned to her, eyes full of fury.
" Whoever that Mitsui was," she began shakily, " I swear—and I swear to hell, that I'm really, really going to make him pay for this." She stalked away, seething. " This is war." She was still clutching her injured wrist.
Ruona and Raiyuu exchanged puzzled looks.
They had never in their whole life seen a person so angry.
Okaaay....anyhow...now to answer to the people who reviewed:
Nightjade: hehe, thanks! I take it that you are a Yohei and Miyagi fan...?
Raiyuu: No comment. *grin* you can bug me in school instead.
Confusedsaddisappointedandwhatelse: long name, don't you think? Anyway, it is a someone ends with someone thing, but I'm not done yet. *grin* the pairings come a bit later. Yup, I twist around stuff a lot. Don't really like it when the plot gets too predictable. Hehe, you don't like Miyagi? Hehe...I happen to be a big fan of his...but Mitsui is still the best =)
Arrashi: Um...really sorry to tell you this...but I already have fixed pairs in mind ( and in the story). Gomen... But I can make a story for you that's RuonaxMitsui, you know, for your birthday, or you can tell me what you want and I can write. Sorry again!
Yuuki: Hehe, thanks! =) sorry it took me a long time to upload.
Fawkes: thanks! =)
Yuu Mizuyuki: Menandro is kawaii! And he's ours!
Clarebear: thanks! =) can you tell where the names come from?
Miki: Thanks! =) I also found the ballpen thing cool, I happen to like signpens myself. ( ok...I'm weird...)
Nepenthe: hehe...Is that a good or a bad oro? =)
Ruona: Yes, you found me. That's nice. =)
Dk: Hehe...I know what you mean. " Rukawa-Ishikawa!" *Ishikawa hits koibito- no-micchy on the back of head* Wait, that's not possible, I'm Ishikawa.
Well, that's about it...feel free to R&R.
Anyway...was reading the reviews. Well, let's see....hehe, I'll just save that after the chapter is over. For now, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own SD, just borrowing the characters.
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3 Chapter VII: " Mitsui"
Ishikawa scowled after studying Hotta for a moment. Finally, she spoke.
" I don't really give a damn as to whose group I mess with," she said coolly. " But I'd really like it if you kept 'our business' our business, and quit sharing it with any of my friends." Her gaze slid to Ruona, and back to him after a while. " You get my drift?" She smiled, but there was no laughter in her eyes.
Hotta scowled. " That was the wrong thing to say, freshman."
He turned to the other people behind him. " Let's get them."
No one held back. Before the command was even completely out of his mouth, people—seniors—attacked from all sides. Ishikawa just growled and charged. Raiyuu stood in a defensive stance.
Ruona ducked the blows easily and gracefully, having had over five years worth of training concerning flexibility and agility. She was also the first to fall though, when one of them caught her with a punch to the face. She fell to the ground instinctively, covering her mouth at the same time, ducking blows from two men who attacked at her the same time.
Raiyuu turned to see her fallen comrade as she let loose with a strong punch to someone's face. "Ruona!"
Ruona merely shrugged. " I'm fine." She lowered her hands to reveal a bleeding lip. It had split open. Not hesitating, she turned and kicked the nearest guy in the…lower area.
He groaned, falling to the floor. Ishikawa grimaced at the scene. " Ouch." She grabbed someone by the shoulders, and with full force, brought him down unto her knee. " You doing fine there?" she yelled at Raiyuu.
" Never been better," Raiyuu shouted back. She elbowed another's face as she punched another one's too at the same time. " But I could use a little back-up!"
" I'm trying to!" Ishikawa yelled again. " But it's ha--" She stopped short as another guy punched her in the stomach, at full force. She fell back a few steps, collapsing. " Hard." She finished weakly.
" Ishikawa!" Raiyuu punched the one she was fighting in the stomach too, for good measure. Then she did her best to run over to Ishikawa, which was hard considering people were coming at her from all sides. Ruona though, was doing her best to keep them off, using a wooden stick she had found lying around the gym.
" Don't do that!" Ishikawa screamed at Raiyuu. " You're still fighting! Fend for yourself!" She hurriedly raised her legs to kick one out of her path, and to trip another one trying to sneak up on Ruona's back. " Watch your back! These boys are ruthless backstabbers!"
" I noticed." Raiyuu staggered a little, holding her right arm to herself, wincing. Another student had found a stick just like Ruona's, and had hit her square in the arm. Now her right arm was engulfed in pain. " We're kind of outnumbered too."
" Well, that's your fault," Hotta retorted calmly. " You should have thought of that before you challenged any of us." He punched Ruona in the stomach, evading her stick. Ruona's eyes grew wide, her face pale. She dropped her stick.
Ishikawa scowled as she stood up shakily. " No one asked you to involve any of them in this!"
" You were practically begging for it, freshman."
" I was not."
" Not verbally." Hotta smirked as he hit Ruona again.
Ishikawa didn't have a good answer to that. Instead, she approached Hotta calmly…and delivered a swift kick to his head, the strongest one she could muster. Hotta swore and stepped away from Ruona, muttering. Ishikawa grinned. She had always been told her roundhouse kicks were her strongest.
" Well?" she asked. " Lay your hands off her. This fight is between you and me…or," she added, "you, your group of friends, and me. So leave mine alone."
" Cocky." This came from a student Raiyuu had fought earlier. He stood up, smirking as he approached Ishikawa. " We'll see…"
" Stupid girl." From another student. " You asked for it."
Hotta shrugged. " You said it, I didn't."
All fighters immediately left the other two girls alone, instead circling around Ishikawa. Raiyuu shook her head. Ishikawa was so…foolish at times! Or was it brave? Either way, she was risking a very painful death.
Ruona joined Raiyuu as they stood there, watching the others. The colder girl wiped a stream of blood away from her mouth silently, regarding the fight. What she was thinking, Raiyuu couldn't guess.
Then before anything else could happen…
" Stop."
Everyone turned to see the source. A tall man, who looked about six feet something, stood behind Ruona and Raiyuu. He had long, jet-black hair, with touches of blue. His cobalt eyes seemed to penetrate everything within his path. He was also wearing a… mask, the type one put around the mouth.
" Mitsui!" All the other students fighting Ishikawa, or rather, trying to, stopped all at once, and faced the newcomer. Ishikawa just stood there, confused.
Raiyuu's eyes widened in understanding. So this was the Mitsui that guy was talking about…the leader of the gang, possibly.
" What's going on?" his deep voice had an edge to it that got on Raiyuu's nerves. However, there was something else to it…
Hotta stepped forward. " This is the Kaede Ishikawa that Ryuji and Kamura have been talking about." He glanced at her sideways, then averted his eyes back to their leader. " The freshman who is trying to make a name for herself as a… gangster." He said the last word with scorn.
Ishikawa was shaking with fury. " What?! I am doing no such thing!" Her eyes seething, she glared at
Hotta. If looks could kill, Hotta would have been roasted to death on the spot.
The gang leader just smirked. " Oh really?"
Walking up to Ishikawa, he looked her over carefully from all sides, as Ishikawa struggled to keep her fists at her sides. It wouldn't do good to punch the gang's leader…she knew that she'd be dead and buried before she could even say Roadkill.
Finally Mitsui spoke. " This? An aspiring gangster?" He laughed scornfully. " Try again next year, little girl."
" LITTLE GIRL?!"
Ishikawa's fist flew at Mitsui's face—but he had caught her by the wrist single-handedly. They locked gazes with each other, neither one wanting to falter first. Mitsui's lips twitched.
" I'm impressed at your guts."
He tightened his hold on her wrist until Ishikawa could barely hold back a scream. Tears started to roll down her face. Finally, he let her sore wrist go, enjoying the tortured—and angry—expression she wore.
" Unfortunately, guts aren't good enough." He turned and strolled away from Ishikawa, back to his group. " Let's go, boys." They all walked slowly away from the scene.
As soon as they were gone, Ruona and Raiyuu ran over to Ishikawa, who was still staring after Mitsui's retreating back, breathing hard. She hadn't bothered to wipe the tears off her face.
Raiyuu spoke first. " Ishikawa? Are you all right?" she cautioned.
Ishikawa turned to her, eyes full of fury.
" Whoever that Mitsui was," she began shakily, " I swear—and I swear to hell, that I'm really, really going to make him pay for this." She stalked away, seething. " This is war." She was still clutching her injured wrist.
Ruona and Raiyuu exchanged puzzled looks.
They had never in their whole life seen a person so angry.
Okaaay....anyhow...now to answer to the people who reviewed:
Nightjade: hehe, thanks! I take it that you are a Yohei and Miyagi fan...?
Raiyuu: No comment. *grin* you can bug me in school instead.
Confusedsaddisappointedandwhatelse: long name, don't you think? Anyway, it is a someone ends with someone thing, but I'm not done yet. *grin* the pairings come a bit later. Yup, I twist around stuff a lot. Don't really like it when the plot gets too predictable. Hehe, you don't like Miyagi? Hehe...I happen to be a big fan of his...but Mitsui is still the best =)
Arrashi: Um...really sorry to tell you this...but I already have fixed pairs in mind ( and in the story). Gomen... But I can make a story for you that's RuonaxMitsui, you know, for your birthday, or you can tell me what you want and I can write. Sorry again!
Yuuki: Hehe, thanks! =) sorry it took me a long time to upload.
Fawkes: thanks! =)
Yuu Mizuyuki: Menandro is kawaii! And he's ours!
Clarebear: thanks! =) can you tell where the names come from?
Miki: Thanks! =) I also found the ballpen thing cool, I happen to like signpens myself. ( ok...I'm weird...)
Nepenthe: hehe...Is that a good or a bad oro? =)
Ruona: Yes, you found me. That's nice. =)
Dk: Hehe...I know what you mean. " Rukawa-Ishikawa!" *Ishikawa hits koibito- no-micchy on the back of head* Wait, that's not possible, I'm Ishikawa.
Well, that's about it...feel free to R&R.
