Well after about one day of total blank for what to write about, I've finally forced myself to keep writing the next few chapters.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed so far, I never thought I would get half this many reviews. yay! you people so rock! Thank you to the reviews i've gotten thus far:
Thank you
Doujin: Yeah i love to/fu's too! though i wish people would actually finish fics, drives me nuts when people don't keep writing! wah! it will be focused on mikagami and fuuko, but i'm taking my time on any possible love relationship, i'm not even sure who it will end yet :P you never know i might find a twist and they might not end up together *snickers* now that would just kill all the to/fu fans out there (and me :P). j/k!
Yanagi: ^salutes back, aye aye captain! :P ^ try chapt four again, it should work now, thanks for the compliments! you're so great! and i love your fics btw! :) Especially that Mikagami needing a wife one :P,
Ranka: thanks you your numerous TBC TBC TBC, it will be continued! :P) ,
NickyWhite2: thanks for reading, and even saying you LUV my fic! AH! that's such a cool thing to say :P
Haruko: Thanks so much for your encouragement! it has kept me going! appreciate it s much!
yonfi:especially yonfi for telling me that disastrous mistake i was making! :P hah hah)
seika: thanks for reading! keep reading and we'll find out together what happens to our dearest fuuko (because frankly i have no idea either! :P ideas? @_@
Kurei: thank you for your comments :) you seem very to the point and down to earth, i really appreciate it! thank you, and yes, it's kinda how the To/fu starts!
amakasu Toko: wah! dun throw a tantrum! heh heh, the rest of it the story will be up shortly! i hope you enjoy! and ideas/suggestions would be great! :)
Kiana (ah! ok i'l write the next chapter, as long as you don't glue me to the chair! :P)
applepower: i still love the nick! yes i will definitely continue the fic because of so many reviews so soon, very unexpected :) thank you for reviewing! the more reviews i get the faster i write :P
hyper_shark:@_@ (mental image of a hyperactive cartoon shark comes to mind :P hah hah) yes definitely i shall continue! stay tuned and thanks for reading!
Rheia: thanks for saying you love my story! that is such a compliment! thank you!
Fuuko: @_@?!?!?!? Fuuko is reading a fic about fuuko! WAH! Please don't hit me with your Kazadama! tee hee! anyway! thanks for reading Fuuko-sama! i shall soldier on and finish this fic! :P is this a tofu you ask? I'm sure you being Fuuko-sama after all can answer that :P hah hah
13110807soujiro04050719: @_@!!! loonnngggg.... nick. i hope if you've read past chapt one it's a bit more believable :) thanks for reading! must be a lot of soujiro nicks or something, that's the longest number nickname i've ever seen. heh heh,
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i'm so sorry if i missed anyone! I was so excited writing this fic and really nervous about putting it on the net, but now tis is all cool. Anyone else who reviews again or a bit later i will reply about/to in later chapters! Stay tuned for more Fuuko Kirisawa action.
Fuuko: Actually, i'm taking a break.
Kaze': eh? what are you doing out of my fic?
Fuuko: Me and Mi-chan decided he was going to be in the lime light from now on. Notice how the last chapter, the title got changed from Fuuko Kirisawa: to Mikagami Tokiya: ?
Kaze': hey I'm the writer of this_urk! *notices the Kaze no Tsume pointing straight at her.* Oh... you don't have to be like_urk...
*notices the ensui glaring down at her.
Mikagami: Do you feel lucky punk? Well...... do yah?
sweatdrop *immediately begins to change the new chapter on the computer.
Ahem... well, Stay tuned for more Fuuko Kirisawa *notices the ensui and Kaze' no Tsume edge closer'... and Mikagami Tokiya!
*the blades lower and they look away for a moment while Kaze' quickly adds something in'
... and Hokage action!
Kaze': phew....
Disclaimer: I don't own Flame of Recca.... BUT IF THE CHANCE CAME UP I'D GLADLY TAKE
IT! :P
mwahahahah
*notices all the owners of Flame of Recca raise their samurai swords*
Kaze'.... doh...
On with the fic now...
*THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO 'APPLEPOWER' WHO HAPPENED TO MAKE ME LAUGH AND IS A GREAT PERSON! ALSO WHO I SEEM TO HAVE ALMOST EVERYTHING IN WORLD IN COMMON WITH *I SWEAR I LOST A TWIN SISTER AT BIRTH!* @_@
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Chapter five:
Mikagami Tokiya: Reflections....
The next morning, like any other morning started with the rising of the sun. A new day had come, and paved the way for new events, new ideas, new conquests, and even new mistakes. Not everything about a new day was about starting something new and good. With the setting of the sun, the evils and pains that had been created in previous new days would awaken the next morning. To a optimist, a new day, was new hope, new goals, new ways to be happy, to a pessimist... a new day, was just a continuation of the mistakes and pains of the past new day.
For Mikagami Tokiya, the new day held nothing new or hopeful. Even with the good news that was a blessing to Fuuko about Ganko coming to live near by, the fact that Fuuko's mother had died and Fuuko was alone... an orphan... had not changed. With the new day... the fact that Mifuyu Mikagami was dead, and that Mikagami Tokiya had no family... that he was orphaned... had not changed.
The sunlight slowly poured into the quiet room... and the occupants in the room, began to stir.
Mikagami turned to the person who stirred next to him.
Crouched in a ball, she remained in fetal position most the night. He had not got as much sleep as the girl beside him, of course, he had not spent the night crying his eyes out. He rested his head on the sofa. He stared at the ceiling for a while.
He knew he should not be here. If anyone were to see him leave the place at this time of day, who knew what they would think. Knowing his luck one of his fan girls might even live near here and spot him coming out of her house wearing clothes that he looked like he had slept in. Mikagami ran his hand through the front of his hair for a moment.
Mikagami's hair was immaculate. Not many people could walk around with hair like his and look absolutely stunning. Those thoughts were the thoughts of pretty much every living being at school. Even a guy would admit to the thought that Mikagami was 'bishounen'. Mikagami's locker would constantly be filled with letters from fan girls. Some even professing how they had, had a crush on him since junior high, or elementary. Though Mikagami could (though he would not admit) believe that some of these letters were truly sincere and some girls really did have a huge 'infatuation' with him and they had feelings that he should not hurt, but he still would empty the locker on a daily basis and dismiss any letters, no matter what the content. He truly had no interest in dating right now.
The only interest he had ever had at school was of Yanagi... Sakoshita Yanagi. Damn Recca for reaching her first... but he knew it was not right. It was not right to love someone... just because they reminded him of his sister. Even so, every time he saw Yanagi, he wondered what could have been...
The person next to him stirred beginning to wake up.
So, after all those thoughts of dismissing people. What was he doing here?
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Last night...
The night blew softly by and her purple tresses of hair were moist from her tears as she sobbed against Mikagami's shirt. He could not help but notice her hair had got longer over the several months since the Uraboutousatsujin. It was just above her shoulders, though it still had that Kirisawa flair to it, her hair had definitely gotten longer. He wondered why time refused to let him notice such little things before. Any warm-blooded male would must definitely attracted to her healthy beauty...
Well that was till she slugged them in the gut or opened her loud mouth.
But Mikagami was no ordinary guy, though he had to admit there many beautiful people at his own school and everywhere he went, his emotions and interests were put away for someone that he had not noticed much at all. When so many girls liked him, he found himself resenting them, they did not want him for who he was, just what he looked like. He was sure there were some smart girls out of the ones who really liked him, but in truth he really did not care. The dating game was not something he was interested in. Since his sister's death, revenge had taken place of all things. But since the Uraboutosatsujin, after hearing Kai's words... he put his revenge on hold. He had pushed it to the back of his mind... and it would stay there till he decided otherwise...
He had to worry about right now. He had to stop thinking about how he would eventually avenge his sister's death, because that was not something that was an option right now. Right now, he had to worry about Fuuko Kirisawa, the only... friend... that he could empathize for... the only one who could probably understand his own pain. The only person he really gave a damn about right now.
As the night had gone on Fuuko had fallen very tired from sobbing so much. She seemed so comfortable leaning on Mikagami that he dared not push her away. Eventually they moved to the couch and she had fallen asleep on the couch exhausted. He had every intention of leaving, but he too was feeling very tired of all this business with Fuuko. He had told himself that he should leave, but before that thought had registered any consequences he had fallen asleep and found himself still sitting on the couch, next to Fuuko, who had taken residence on the other side of the couch asleep. She had obviously been crying during the night as well.
Mikagami sighed a little. He had never seen the girl let out so much emotion like this. It was like all the hardships that she had not cried for had come out in that one moment. He was sure she had cried before, when people were not around perhaps... but maybe she needed to let someone know that she cried too, despite her brash image. He just happened to be the person... it was nothing personal...
The sleeping figure finally awoke, though slowly. She seemed to flutter her eyes open as if she was confused at where she was. She stared blankly at the Television unit in front of her. Mikagami could not help but notice there were photos in frames above the television. He looked at them not saying a word. There was a picture of Fuuko, her mother and Ganko. They all looked so... lively. He saw where Fuuko had taken her vibrant looks from. It was like looking at Fuuko in the future. He smiled inwardly. Well at least she had that to look forward. She seemed so vibrant and young looking for somebody's mother. He looked further across the frames and noticed one particular picture.
It was the Hokage gang, left to right was Kagero who just stood there with a smile. Koganai smiling cheekily and shoving in a 'peace sign towards the camera. Ganko waving excitedly with that annoying toy fox Kondo suffocating in her arms. Recca with a cocky grin while Yanagi held on to his arm and waved sweetly. Then there was him who stood there with a little look of shock on his face as Fuuko had grabbed him in a hug and waved at the camera, whilst next to her Domon went nuts over her action.
He remembered that day as if it just happened last night.
It was the day they had won the Uraboutosatsujin.
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"Everyone let's have a photo!" Fuuko had announced excitedly. They were all jubilant over their over coming of Mori Kouran's forces. Because Kurei could not be found after the huge fight, Recca and the Hokage was named the winner. They group readily agreed. Even Mikagami had agreed to this. Though he was not as pleased with his last fight as everyone else, they had still saved Yanagi from Mori Kouran, and that was what mattered at the moment.
He recalled that, that thought was the moment he had pushed revenge back a little. Learning that is could be his own master that had killed his sister was a devastating thought. He had tried to find ways around it. Perhaps Kai had lied, but it seemed stupid to tell someone like that before they died. There was no way he could have lied. Mikagami shook his head. There was no way he would face his master.... well not yet... he needed sometime to think about this before he did anything rash. They had to think about what was happening right now. And right now they had saved Yanagi from Mori Kouran, and that was all he could ask for right now. He knew how he felt about the girl that so represented his sister.
He knew it could never be, as she was devoted to her 'knight' Recca. Even so, if they were together, it would have been for the wrong reasons. It would be like trying to get his sister back. For a relationship to be healthy and last, the couple should NOT get together for THAT reason. . It would have been doomed to failure or it would have started for the wrong reasons. He dared not love a girl because of the pain of loosing his sister... if he did... the poor girl would be with him not because he loved her...
Mikagami stopped in his thoughts as he realized he was being left behind. The group were going over to the photographers who were taking pictures of the tournament.
He smiled a little as he noticed how happy everyone was. They were all so jubilant, he had to drop his thoughts. He had to force himself to think only about right now.
His forehead creased a little.
... and right now, the vivacious and out going Fuuko Kirisawa is coming at me with elation and an over-flowing burst of happiness.
He readied himself for the impact and her jumping at him and hugging him like she did when he won the first fight here. Surprisingly it did not come.
"Mi-chan! You're falling behind! Hurry up! Or don't you want to be in the picture?!" she accused jokily. He shrugged a little and went along. He did not say anything. He had not noticed that Fuuko had been looking at him for a while, noticing the seriousness in his face.
"You've got to relax! Come on throw me an insult Mi-chan, you'll probably feel better." she offered lightly with a coy smile and her hands on her hips. He rolled his eyes.
"Kirisawa you're a strange person." he stated as a 1/2 insult as if it lead to another one.
"You called me Kirisawa!? Usually you call me Monkey." she grinned as if thinking it was an advance in the way he thought of them.
"Notice I called you 'person' not girl... sometimes I wonder if behind that attitude there really is a girl there." he added. She went ballistic for a moment.
He just looked at her for a moment with that arrogant smile. She finally calmed down.
"Geez, there feel better now." she snapped not seriously at him. He shrugged and started to walk over to the rest of the Hokage with a smug look on him pretty boy face.
"Hmph, you're right, does make me feel a bit better." he answered back as he walked.
"Agh! At my expense!" she called out at him typically Fuuko-like.
:Well you coming?" he called half heartedly. She shrugged with a smile and went after him...
When they all took the picture, it was hell trying to get all the teenagers to calm down while they were still high from their win. The poor photographer was getting impatient. Eventually he just shouted out when he was going to shoot.
"Alright! Geez! i'm going to count to three and if you're not ready I'm going to take it anyway!" he shouted trying to get over the noise of the people in the group. They still did not calm.
Sweat drop
"... did these kids really win this tournament? Must've been rigged." he mumbled to himself. He readied his camera.
"1!!!!"
"Recca-kun, I think the camera man wants us to look that way."
"Yes Hime'."
"Fuuko!"
"2!!!!"
"Dammit Domon get your mits off me!"
"Kondo stay still! It's just a photo!"
"3!!!!"
"ack!"
*Flash!*
Fuuko unpried her arms from around Mikagami's neck and returned to scolding Domon.
"That's MY butt! Not yours!" she snapped at him. He had tears.
"You held Mikagami! But not me! Oh Fuuko-chan does that mean that_!" he wailed but suddenly found himself as a star in the sky.
"You idiot!" she screamed. She huffed and puffed for a moment. She put her hands on her hims and sighed.
"That idiot, I swear he never learns." she had sighed annoyed. She noticed Mikagami still frozen in shock.
"Eh? Mi-chan? What's the matter?"
He lost it.
"Wh-what was that?! you made me look bad for the photo!" he said incredulously. She blinked for a moment as if searching for words to say. What? Was he ashamed being seen with her or something?!
"Geez Mi-chan is was just a hug! I was happy we got through all together. Don't have to be do mad!" she said a little slower than usual.
"I actually wanted a copy of that one." he sighed annoyed. She smiled and pat him on the head a little much to his embarrassment. She was treating him like a child.
"Oh don't be so fickle Mi-chan, I'm sure there will be many pictures!" She suddenly seemed to notice Yanagi calling her or something.
"Ah! Definitely Yanagi, I'd love to pose with you!" she dashed over to the girl. Mikagami just sighed heavily. Stupid Monkey. Only Fuuko would do such a silly thing of course. Taking advantage of the fact he did 'not like hurting women' policy.
Recca had approached Mikagami just then.
"Oi Mikagami!" he called out. The flame caster ran over to the Ensui wielder. On a normal day Mikagami would not think twice about his team mates. He had said in the beginning, to not take his comradeship as friendship, he was only doing it for his sister.
But now here he was, with a different respect for group he had first thought as an eccentric group of animals... Now they were... friends.
"What Hanabishi?" he asked impatiently. Recca was not fazed by Mikagami's intimidating attitude unlike most people.
"I was wondering how your fight went? I was away training and all, so I did not see." he said absolutely clueless about the whole thing. He saw Mikagami's face frown a little.
"Actually... I'd rather.."
At that moment he noticed Fuuko looking their way. She seemed freaked and ran over to them in a blur.
"Reccccaaa! Your Hime-chan wants to be with you in another photo!" she immediately said and dragged Recca away.
"Wa-wait!" he growled but Fuuko paid no attention. Fuuko looked back and flashed Mikagami a toothy smile. Mikagami just stood there confused....
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Back to reality:
At the time Mikagami did not know or even thought of the reason to why Fuuko had dragged Recca away. But now he had realized something about his comrade in arms. He had lost his match against Kai... and learnt a terrible thing about his master. Even if he did not show it to everyone, he was going crazy about it in his head. He did not expect anyone to even care or know. Why should they care, or know about his problems, it would just be hassle to tell them how he felt. And then he would have to deal with everyone's sympathy. He really was not the type who wallowed in everyone's sympathy. Actually he despised it. It showed everyone he was weak.
Today he had finally realized why Fuuko had dragged Recca away that day. She was saving him from the emotions that were swelling up inside of him. She showed that she cared about how he felt not by droning on about how sorry she was (Something he did not like hearing from a person who should not be sorry.) He also reminded himself that she had also lost to Mikoto's dirty tricks. She probably knew how he felt about losing the last match... Though she showed her sympathy through different methods rather than just saying, 'Oh! I'm so sorry Mi-chan!'
He could not help but smile. There really was more to her than met the eye....
Fuuko suddenly got up and raced upstairs in a hurry. Mikagami looked confused.
"hmm?" Mikagami just watched her. He still had not figured out what to do about being at her house. He had to go home and change to go to school first. Which meant he had leave soon. It was safe to leave her now right? He hoped to God he would not run into any of his fan girls on the way home. He got up and started to go after Fuuko.
"Fuuko! I have to leave soon." he called out going up to her room. He heard sounds of ruffling in the room.
"Fuuko?" he slowly slid the door open.
She almost ran into him.
"Ack! Sorry! I just remembered this photo album. I kept all the pictures that were taken in here. I remembered you probably don't have any." she said excitedly. Which was odd, you would not have thought that last night this girl was crying her heart out.
".... that's true." he said a little bewildered
"Hmm.. I can't find a picture of you and me in here. I don't think we ever took a picture together. Anyway, there are some of you and Yanagi of course." she started to hand him the albums randomly. He was confused. Was she thinking the same thing as him about that day of the Uraboutousatsujin just a little while ago? Why was she trying to be all cheery. But he knew this was typical Fuuko Kirisawa, there was no use in her being upset all the time.
"That book I was supposed to give to you, but forgot about it. I made one for Domon, I forgot to give them to everyone. I made copies for everyone. I was wondering, when you go to school, could you give it to Domon, I've already given Recca, Koganai and Yanagi one. I gave my spare one to Ganko." she said.
"What about your own one?" he asked. She shrugged.
"I'll just make more copies... I've seen the photos... a lot of times." she admitted sheepishly.
"Alright... well, I have to go to school now." He turned to leave, she escorted him down the stairs to the door. He turned to her.
"You will be ok, right?" he asked. She paused and suddenly broke into a grin.
"Gosh Mi-chan you suddenly seem like you CARE." she said teasingly. To her surprise he did not retort.
"I did stay the entire night." he said seriously. But still Fuuko was not intimidated.
"Yeah, yeah, and I_ uh, well... you know." she blurt out trying to hide her uneasiness about what had happened and the fact he had spent the 'night with her' (which if said out loud could sound very wrong at school!)
He shrugged a little.
"Don't worry, you don't have to say it. Just take of yourself Monkey." he said more typically Mikagami. If she had her fuujin ( and it was not out of commission.) she would have blast him one.
"Agh! I'll be fine. Stop worrying about me, you're starting to scare me." she teased and shut the door quickly.
He blinked for a moment.
He smirked a little and started off home.
.... stupid monkey..
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Meanwhile... Fuuko leant against the door.
She put her hand on her chest as she could feel her heart race a thousand beats a minute. She frowned for a moment.
She just stood there for a few minutes as if waiting for him to get out of ear shot from the house.
She suddenly screamed.
"Fuuko-chan are you nuts! There is no way you're going to fall for that_ that! THat! THAT....!" she clenched her fists hard as she realized she had no words to say. There was no way she was going to admit to herself or to anyone else for that matter that she gave a damn about Mikagami 'fridge boy' Tokiya.
She took a long breath as she readied herself to think of the best insult she could to make her feel better..
"THAT ICE COLD ARROGANT JERK!" she concluded.
She poked her tongue out realizing she could not dot it for some reason.
She groaned a little as she scolded herself.
That was pathetic!
Suddenly she heard the phone ring. She raced over to get it.
"Hello! Kirisawa resi_" she paused as she felt a wave of sadness hit her. Yes... it was the Kirisawa residence... containing all of one Kirisawa in it...
"I mean, Fuuko here." she concluded.
"Fuuko! You're up at lot earlier than usual!" blasted a young voice done the other end of the phone. Fuuko almost fell on the phone.
"G-ganko!!?"
"Morning Fuuko! I was just calling to see if you got my letter, I sent it like two weeks ago, but there was a problem at the post office and they sent it back. And I sent it again."
Fuuko was so happy she almost screamed. But she realized that she could not find the words to say to the girl. She was so scared of what she would say.
"I_uh, yes I got your letter. When are you, I mean..." she was stuttering. Her little sister seem so far away... how she wished she would be here to support her. How she wised someone would be in this cold house other than herself.
"EH?! Fuuko are you ok??? Did you see a ghost or something, you're acting kinda weird. You don't sound happy to hear from me."
"No! No! That's not it. It's just." Fuuko took a deep breath. She tried her hardest to try sound happy. As much as she loved Ganko, she did not want to let her know that she was hurt. She felt bad that only Mikagami had ever really seen her in pain....
"I'm totally fine! Just an early morning!" she said as brightly as she could. She hoped Ganko would not notice the lies in her voice.
"Oh that's great! By the way, I wanna say hi to your mom, is she awake yet?"
Fuuko froze.
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Oh the other end Ganko played a little with the ringlets in the phone cord. She had been so excited about calling Ganko about the letter today that she had called so early. She knew Fuuko might had been mad, but Fuuko was always so lively she did not mind. Ganko was always so excited when she called her older sister. She also missed Fuuko's mother, though the lady was only there on occasion, the lady reminded her of an older a little more lady-like version of Fuuko. She was what Fuuko look like with longer hair + some years. She was also outgoing and ambitious like Fuuko. Though she was a little oblivious to Fuuko's daily life and secret goals, like to make it to Toudai (Tokyo university) and her fights and the fuujin and a whole of things. Despite that Fuuko's mom was a lot of fun when she was around.
"Oh that's great! By the way, I wanna say hi to your mom, is she awake yet?" asked Ganko excitedly. She then scolded Kondo for being to insistent on wanting to talk to Fuuko.
"Kondo! It's my turn on the phone first, then you get to talk! And_ eh?" Ganko suddenly noticed the sniffling and sobbing sounds coming from the other end of the phone.
"Wh.. what? Fuuko? Fuuko are you alright? Did I say something wrong?" she asked pressing the phone against her ear more to test if what she was hearing was for real.
"Mom... Ganko... Mom is...."
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ok not too much development in that chapter yet. I don't want to jump into a To/fu so quickly, it's too weird if they do. yawn, i'm so tired. it's laattee. Stay tuned for the next chapter, I already have some of it typed so it won't be too far away. Sorry i took a while with this one, had trouble trying to figure out what to write at this point :P I need ideas people! :P thank you to everyone who has reviewed and those in the future!
Thank you to everyone who reviewed so far, I never thought I would get half this many reviews. yay! you people so rock! Thank you to the reviews i've gotten thus far:
Thank you
Doujin: Yeah i love to/fu's too! though i wish people would actually finish fics, drives me nuts when people don't keep writing! wah! it will be focused on mikagami and fuuko, but i'm taking my time on any possible love relationship, i'm not even sure who it will end yet :P you never know i might find a twist and they might not end up together *snickers* now that would just kill all the to/fu fans out there (and me :P). j/k!
Yanagi: ^salutes back, aye aye captain! :P ^ try chapt four again, it should work now, thanks for the compliments! you're so great! and i love your fics btw! :) Especially that Mikagami needing a wife one :P,
Ranka: thanks you your numerous TBC TBC TBC, it will be continued! :P) ,
NickyWhite2: thanks for reading, and even saying you LUV my fic! AH! that's such a cool thing to say :P
Haruko: Thanks so much for your encouragement! it has kept me going! appreciate it s much!
yonfi:especially yonfi for telling me that disastrous mistake i was making! :P hah hah)
seika: thanks for reading! keep reading and we'll find out together what happens to our dearest fuuko (because frankly i have no idea either! :P ideas? @_@
Kurei: thank you for your comments :) you seem very to the point and down to earth, i really appreciate it! thank you, and yes, it's kinda how the To/fu starts!
amakasu Toko: wah! dun throw a tantrum! heh heh, the rest of it the story will be up shortly! i hope you enjoy! and ideas/suggestions would be great! :)
Kiana (ah! ok i'l write the next chapter, as long as you don't glue me to the chair! :P)
applepower: i still love the nick! yes i will definitely continue the fic because of so many reviews so soon, very unexpected :) thank you for reviewing! the more reviews i get the faster i write :P
hyper_shark:@_@ (mental image of a hyperactive cartoon shark comes to mind :P hah hah) yes definitely i shall continue! stay tuned and thanks for reading!
Rheia: thanks for saying you love my story! that is such a compliment! thank you!
Fuuko: @_@?!?!?!? Fuuko is reading a fic about fuuko! WAH! Please don't hit me with your Kazadama! tee hee! anyway! thanks for reading Fuuko-sama! i shall soldier on and finish this fic! :P is this a tofu you ask? I'm sure you being Fuuko-sama after all can answer that :P hah hah
13110807soujiro04050719: @_@!!! loonnngggg.... nick. i hope if you've read past chapt one it's a bit more believable :) thanks for reading! must be a lot of soujiro nicks or something, that's the longest number nickname i've ever seen. heh heh,
Melyan: AH! melyan is my first reviewer ever! i love this person :P if you're a girl... sorry i don't swing for the other team :P hahahaha. thank you so much for being my NUMBER ONE! :)
i'm so sorry if i missed anyone! I was so excited writing this fic and really nervous about putting it on the net, but now tis is all cool. Anyone else who reviews again or a bit later i will reply about/to in later chapters! Stay tuned for more Fuuko Kirisawa action.
Fuuko: Actually, i'm taking a break.
Kaze': eh? what are you doing out of my fic?
Fuuko: Me and Mi-chan decided he was going to be in the lime light from now on. Notice how the last chapter, the title got changed from Fuuko Kirisawa: to Mikagami Tokiya: ?
Kaze': hey I'm the writer of this_urk! *notices the Kaze no Tsume pointing straight at her.* Oh... you don't have to be like_urk...
*notices the ensui glaring down at her.
Mikagami: Do you feel lucky punk? Well...... do yah?
sweatdrop *immediately begins to change the new chapter on the computer.
Ahem... well, Stay tuned for more Fuuko Kirisawa *notices the ensui and Kaze' no Tsume edge closer'... and Mikagami Tokiya!
*the blades lower and they look away for a moment while Kaze' quickly adds something in'
... and Hokage action!
Kaze': phew....
Disclaimer: I don't own Flame of Recca.... BUT IF THE CHANCE CAME UP I'D GLADLY TAKE
IT! :P
mwahahahah
*notices all the owners of Flame of Recca raise their samurai swords*
Kaze'.... doh...
On with the fic now...
*THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO 'APPLEPOWER' WHO HAPPENED TO MAKE ME LAUGH AND IS A GREAT PERSON! ALSO WHO I SEEM TO HAVE ALMOST EVERYTHING IN WORLD IN COMMON WITH *I SWEAR I LOST A TWIN SISTER AT BIRTH!* @_@
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Chapter five:
Mikagami Tokiya: Reflections....
The next morning, like any other morning started with the rising of the sun. A new day had come, and paved the way for new events, new ideas, new conquests, and even new mistakes. Not everything about a new day was about starting something new and good. With the setting of the sun, the evils and pains that had been created in previous new days would awaken the next morning. To a optimist, a new day, was new hope, new goals, new ways to be happy, to a pessimist... a new day, was just a continuation of the mistakes and pains of the past new day.
For Mikagami Tokiya, the new day held nothing new or hopeful. Even with the good news that was a blessing to Fuuko about Ganko coming to live near by, the fact that Fuuko's mother had died and Fuuko was alone... an orphan... had not changed. With the new day... the fact that Mifuyu Mikagami was dead, and that Mikagami Tokiya had no family... that he was orphaned... had not changed.
The sunlight slowly poured into the quiet room... and the occupants in the room, began to stir.
Mikagami turned to the person who stirred next to him.
Crouched in a ball, she remained in fetal position most the night. He had not got as much sleep as the girl beside him, of course, he had not spent the night crying his eyes out. He rested his head on the sofa. He stared at the ceiling for a while.
He knew he should not be here. If anyone were to see him leave the place at this time of day, who knew what they would think. Knowing his luck one of his fan girls might even live near here and spot him coming out of her house wearing clothes that he looked like he had slept in. Mikagami ran his hand through the front of his hair for a moment.
Mikagami's hair was immaculate. Not many people could walk around with hair like his and look absolutely stunning. Those thoughts were the thoughts of pretty much every living being at school. Even a guy would admit to the thought that Mikagami was 'bishounen'. Mikagami's locker would constantly be filled with letters from fan girls. Some even professing how they had, had a crush on him since junior high, or elementary. Though Mikagami could (though he would not admit) believe that some of these letters were truly sincere and some girls really did have a huge 'infatuation' with him and they had feelings that he should not hurt, but he still would empty the locker on a daily basis and dismiss any letters, no matter what the content. He truly had no interest in dating right now.
The only interest he had ever had at school was of Yanagi... Sakoshita Yanagi. Damn Recca for reaching her first... but he knew it was not right. It was not right to love someone... just because they reminded him of his sister. Even so, every time he saw Yanagi, he wondered what could have been...
The person next to him stirred beginning to wake up.
So, after all those thoughts of dismissing people. What was he doing here?
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Last night...
The night blew softly by and her purple tresses of hair were moist from her tears as she sobbed against Mikagami's shirt. He could not help but notice her hair had got longer over the several months since the Uraboutousatsujin. It was just above her shoulders, though it still had that Kirisawa flair to it, her hair had definitely gotten longer. He wondered why time refused to let him notice such little things before. Any warm-blooded male would must definitely attracted to her healthy beauty...
Well that was till she slugged them in the gut or opened her loud mouth.
But Mikagami was no ordinary guy, though he had to admit there many beautiful people at his own school and everywhere he went, his emotions and interests were put away for someone that he had not noticed much at all. When so many girls liked him, he found himself resenting them, they did not want him for who he was, just what he looked like. He was sure there were some smart girls out of the ones who really liked him, but in truth he really did not care. The dating game was not something he was interested in. Since his sister's death, revenge had taken place of all things. But since the Uraboutosatsujin, after hearing Kai's words... he put his revenge on hold. He had pushed it to the back of his mind... and it would stay there till he decided otherwise...
He had to worry about right now. He had to stop thinking about how he would eventually avenge his sister's death, because that was not something that was an option right now. Right now, he had to worry about Fuuko Kirisawa, the only... friend... that he could empathize for... the only one who could probably understand his own pain. The only person he really gave a damn about right now.
As the night had gone on Fuuko had fallen very tired from sobbing so much. She seemed so comfortable leaning on Mikagami that he dared not push her away. Eventually they moved to the couch and she had fallen asleep on the couch exhausted. He had every intention of leaving, but he too was feeling very tired of all this business with Fuuko. He had told himself that he should leave, but before that thought had registered any consequences he had fallen asleep and found himself still sitting on the couch, next to Fuuko, who had taken residence on the other side of the couch asleep. She had obviously been crying during the night as well.
Mikagami sighed a little. He had never seen the girl let out so much emotion like this. It was like all the hardships that she had not cried for had come out in that one moment. He was sure she had cried before, when people were not around perhaps... but maybe she needed to let someone know that she cried too, despite her brash image. He just happened to be the person... it was nothing personal...
The sleeping figure finally awoke, though slowly. She seemed to flutter her eyes open as if she was confused at where she was. She stared blankly at the Television unit in front of her. Mikagami could not help but notice there were photos in frames above the television. He looked at them not saying a word. There was a picture of Fuuko, her mother and Ganko. They all looked so... lively. He saw where Fuuko had taken her vibrant looks from. It was like looking at Fuuko in the future. He smiled inwardly. Well at least she had that to look forward. She seemed so vibrant and young looking for somebody's mother. He looked further across the frames and noticed one particular picture.
It was the Hokage gang, left to right was Kagero who just stood there with a smile. Koganai smiling cheekily and shoving in a 'peace sign towards the camera. Ganko waving excitedly with that annoying toy fox Kondo suffocating in her arms. Recca with a cocky grin while Yanagi held on to his arm and waved sweetly. Then there was him who stood there with a little look of shock on his face as Fuuko had grabbed him in a hug and waved at the camera, whilst next to her Domon went nuts over her action.
He remembered that day as if it just happened last night.
It was the day they had won the Uraboutosatsujin.
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"Everyone let's have a photo!" Fuuko had announced excitedly. They were all jubilant over their over coming of Mori Kouran's forces. Because Kurei could not be found after the huge fight, Recca and the Hokage was named the winner. They group readily agreed. Even Mikagami had agreed to this. Though he was not as pleased with his last fight as everyone else, they had still saved Yanagi from Mori Kouran, and that was what mattered at the moment.
He recalled that, that thought was the moment he had pushed revenge back a little. Learning that is could be his own master that had killed his sister was a devastating thought. He had tried to find ways around it. Perhaps Kai had lied, but it seemed stupid to tell someone like that before they died. There was no way he could have lied. Mikagami shook his head. There was no way he would face his master.... well not yet... he needed sometime to think about this before he did anything rash. They had to think about what was happening right now. And right now they had saved Yanagi from Mori Kouran, and that was all he could ask for right now. He knew how he felt about the girl that so represented his sister.
He knew it could never be, as she was devoted to her 'knight' Recca. Even so, if they were together, it would have been for the wrong reasons. It would be like trying to get his sister back. For a relationship to be healthy and last, the couple should NOT get together for THAT reason. . It would have been doomed to failure or it would have started for the wrong reasons. He dared not love a girl because of the pain of loosing his sister... if he did... the poor girl would be with him not because he loved her...
Mikagami stopped in his thoughts as he realized he was being left behind. The group were going over to the photographers who were taking pictures of the tournament.
He smiled a little as he noticed how happy everyone was. They were all so jubilant, he had to drop his thoughts. He had to force himself to think only about right now.
His forehead creased a little.
... and right now, the vivacious and out going Fuuko Kirisawa is coming at me with elation and an over-flowing burst of happiness.
He readied himself for the impact and her jumping at him and hugging him like she did when he won the first fight here. Surprisingly it did not come.
"Mi-chan! You're falling behind! Hurry up! Or don't you want to be in the picture?!" she accused jokily. He shrugged a little and went along. He did not say anything. He had not noticed that Fuuko had been looking at him for a while, noticing the seriousness in his face.
"You've got to relax! Come on throw me an insult Mi-chan, you'll probably feel better." she offered lightly with a coy smile and her hands on her hips. He rolled his eyes.
"Kirisawa you're a strange person." he stated as a 1/2 insult as if it lead to another one.
"You called me Kirisawa!? Usually you call me Monkey." she grinned as if thinking it was an advance in the way he thought of them.
"Notice I called you 'person' not girl... sometimes I wonder if behind that attitude there really is a girl there." he added. She went ballistic for a moment.
He just looked at her for a moment with that arrogant smile. She finally calmed down.
"Geez, there feel better now." she snapped not seriously at him. He shrugged and started to walk over to the rest of the Hokage with a smug look on him pretty boy face.
"Hmph, you're right, does make me feel a bit better." he answered back as he walked.
"Agh! At my expense!" she called out at him typically Fuuko-like.
:Well you coming?" he called half heartedly. She shrugged with a smile and went after him...
When they all took the picture, it was hell trying to get all the teenagers to calm down while they were still high from their win. The poor photographer was getting impatient. Eventually he just shouted out when he was going to shoot.
"Alright! Geez! i'm going to count to three and if you're not ready I'm going to take it anyway!" he shouted trying to get over the noise of the people in the group. They still did not calm.
Sweat drop
"... did these kids really win this tournament? Must've been rigged." he mumbled to himself. He readied his camera.
"1!!!!"
"Recca-kun, I think the camera man wants us to look that way."
"Yes Hime'."
"Fuuko!"
"2!!!!"
"Dammit Domon get your mits off me!"
"Kondo stay still! It's just a photo!"
"3!!!!"
"ack!"
*Flash!*
Fuuko unpried her arms from around Mikagami's neck and returned to scolding Domon.
"That's MY butt! Not yours!" she snapped at him. He had tears.
"You held Mikagami! But not me! Oh Fuuko-chan does that mean that_!" he wailed but suddenly found himself as a star in the sky.
"You idiot!" she screamed. She huffed and puffed for a moment. She put her hands on her hims and sighed.
"That idiot, I swear he never learns." she had sighed annoyed. She noticed Mikagami still frozen in shock.
"Eh? Mi-chan? What's the matter?"
He lost it.
"Wh-what was that?! you made me look bad for the photo!" he said incredulously. She blinked for a moment as if searching for words to say. What? Was he ashamed being seen with her or something?!
"Geez Mi-chan is was just a hug! I was happy we got through all together. Don't have to be do mad!" she said a little slower than usual.
"I actually wanted a copy of that one." he sighed annoyed. She smiled and pat him on the head a little much to his embarrassment. She was treating him like a child.
"Oh don't be so fickle Mi-chan, I'm sure there will be many pictures!" She suddenly seemed to notice Yanagi calling her or something.
"Ah! Definitely Yanagi, I'd love to pose with you!" she dashed over to the girl. Mikagami just sighed heavily. Stupid Monkey. Only Fuuko would do such a silly thing of course. Taking advantage of the fact he did 'not like hurting women' policy.
Recca had approached Mikagami just then.
"Oi Mikagami!" he called out. The flame caster ran over to the Ensui wielder. On a normal day Mikagami would not think twice about his team mates. He had said in the beginning, to not take his comradeship as friendship, he was only doing it for his sister.
But now here he was, with a different respect for group he had first thought as an eccentric group of animals... Now they were... friends.
"What Hanabishi?" he asked impatiently. Recca was not fazed by Mikagami's intimidating attitude unlike most people.
"I was wondering how your fight went? I was away training and all, so I did not see." he said absolutely clueless about the whole thing. He saw Mikagami's face frown a little.
"Actually... I'd rather.."
At that moment he noticed Fuuko looking their way. She seemed freaked and ran over to them in a blur.
"Reccccaaa! Your Hime-chan wants to be with you in another photo!" she immediately said and dragged Recca away.
"Wa-wait!" he growled but Fuuko paid no attention. Fuuko looked back and flashed Mikagami a toothy smile. Mikagami just stood there confused....
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Back to reality:
At the time Mikagami did not know or even thought of the reason to why Fuuko had dragged Recca away. But now he had realized something about his comrade in arms. He had lost his match against Kai... and learnt a terrible thing about his master. Even if he did not show it to everyone, he was going crazy about it in his head. He did not expect anyone to even care or know. Why should they care, or know about his problems, it would just be hassle to tell them how he felt. And then he would have to deal with everyone's sympathy. He really was not the type who wallowed in everyone's sympathy. Actually he despised it. It showed everyone he was weak.
Today he had finally realized why Fuuko had dragged Recca away that day. She was saving him from the emotions that were swelling up inside of him. She showed that she cared about how he felt not by droning on about how sorry she was (Something he did not like hearing from a person who should not be sorry.) He also reminded himself that she had also lost to Mikoto's dirty tricks. She probably knew how he felt about losing the last match... Though she showed her sympathy through different methods rather than just saying, 'Oh! I'm so sorry Mi-chan!'
He could not help but smile. There really was more to her than met the eye....
Fuuko suddenly got up and raced upstairs in a hurry. Mikagami looked confused.
"hmm?" Mikagami just watched her. He still had not figured out what to do about being at her house. He had to go home and change to go to school first. Which meant he had leave soon. It was safe to leave her now right? He hoped to God he would not run into any of his fan girls on the way home. He got up and started to go after Fuuko.
"Fuuko! I have to leave soon." he called out going up to her room. He heard sounds of ruffling in the room.
"Fuuko?" he slowly slid the door open.
She almost ran into him.
"Ack! Sorry! I just remembered this photo album. I kept all the pictures that were taken in here. I remembered you probably don't have any." she said excitedly. Which was odd, you would not have thought that last night this girl was crying her heart out.
".... that's true." he said a little bewildered
"Hmm.. I can't find a picture of you and me in here. I don't think we ever took a picture together. Anyway, there are some of you and Yanagi of course." she started to hand him the albums randomly. He was confused. Was she thinking the same thing as him about that day of the Uraboutousatsujin just a little while ago? Why was she trying to be all cheery. But he knew this was typical Fuuko Kirisawa, there was no use in her being upset all the time.
"That book I was supposed to give to you, but forgot about it. I made one for Domon, I forgot to give them to everyone. I made copies for everyone. I was wondering, when you go to school, could you give it to Domon, I've already given Recca, Koganai and Yanagi one. I gave my spare one to Ganko." she said.
"What about your own one?" he asked. She shrugged.
"I'll just make more copies... I've seen the photos... a lot of times." she admitted sheepishly.
"Alright... well, I have to go to school now." He turned to leave, she escorted him down the stairs to the door. He turned to her.
"You will be ok, right?" he asked. She paused and suddenly broke into a grin.
"Gosh Mi-chan you suddenly seem like you CARE." she said teasingly. To her surprise he did not retort.
"I did stay the entire night." he said seriously. But still Fuuko was not intimidated.
"Yeah, yeah, and I_ uh, well... you know." she blurt out trying to hide her uneasiness about what had happened and the fact he had spent the 'night with her' (which if said out loud could sound very wrong at school!)
He shrugged a little.
"Don't worry, you don't have to say it. Just take of yourself Monkey." he said more typically Mikagami. If she had her fuujin ( and it was not out of commission.) she would have blast him one.
"Agh! I'll be fine. Stop worrying about me, you're starting to scare me." she teased and shut the door quickly.
He blinked for a moment.
He smirked a little and started off home.
.... stupid monkey..
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Meanwhile... Fuuko leant against the door.
She put her hand on her chest as she could feel her heart race a thousand beats a minute. She frowned for a moment.
She just stood there for a few minutes as if waiting for him to get out of ear shot from the house.
She suddenly screamed.
"Fuuko-chan are you nuts! There is no way you're going to fall for that_ that! THat! THAT....!" she clenched her fists hard as she realized she had no words to say. There was no way she was going to admit to herself or to anyone else for that matter that she gave a damn about Mikagami 'fridge boy' Tokiya.
She took a long breath as she readied herself to think of the best insult she could to make her feel better..
"THAT ICE COLD ARROGANT JERK!" she concluded.
She poked her tongue out realizing she could not dot it for some reason.
She groaned a little as she scolded herself.
That was pathetic!
Suddenly she heard the phone ring. She raced over to get it.
"Hello! Kirisawa resi_" she paused as she felt a wave of sadness hit her. Yes... it was the Kirisawa residence... containing all of one Kirisawa in it...
"I mean, Fuuko here." she concluded.
"Fuuko! You're up at lot earlier than usual!" blasted a young voice done the other end of the phone. Fuuko almost fell on the phone.
"G-ganko!!?"
"Morning Fuuko! I was just calling to see if you got my letter, I sent it like two weeks ago, but there was a problem at the post office and they sent it back. And I sent it again."
Fuuko was so happy she almost screamed. But she realized that she could not find the words to say to the girl. She was so scared of what she would say.
"I_uh, yes I got your letter. When are you, I mean..." she was stuttering. Her little sister seem so far away... how she wished she would be here to support her. How she wised someone would be in this cold house other than herself.
"EH?! Fuuko are you ok??? Did you see a ghost or something, you're acting kinda weird. You don't sound happy to hear from me."
"No! No! That's not it. It's just." Fuuko took a deep breath. She tried her hardest to try sound happy. As much as she loved Ganko, she did not want to let her know that she was hurt. She felt bad that only Mikagami had ever really seen her in pain....
"I'm totally fine! Just an early morning!" she said as brightly as she could. She hoped Ganko would not notice the lies in her voice.
"Oh that's great! By the way, I wanna say hi to your mom, is she awake yet?"
Fuuko froze.
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Oh the other end Ganko played a little with the ringlets in the phone cord. She had been so excited about calling Ganko about the letter today that she had called so early. She knew Fuuko might had been mad, but Fuuko was always so lively she did not mind. Ganko was always so excited when she called her older sister. She also missed Fuuko's mother, though the lady was only there on occasion, the lady reminded her of an older a little more lady-like version of Fuuko. She was what Fuuko look like with longer hair + some years. She was also outgoing and ambitious like Fuuko. Though she was a little oblivious to Fuuko's daily life and secret goals, like to make it to Toudai (Tokyo university) and her fights and the fuujin and a whole of things. Despite that Fuuko's mom was a lot of fun when she was around.
"Oh that's great! By the way, I wanna say hi to your mom, is she awake yet?" asked Ganko excitedly. She then scolded Kondo for being to insistent on wanting to talk to Fuuko.
"Kondo! It's my turn on the phone first, then you get to talk! And_ eh?" Ganko suddenly noticed the sniffling and sobbing sounds coming from the other end of the phone.
"Wh.. what? Fuuko? Fuuko are you alright? Did I say something wrong?" she asked pressing the phone against her ear more to test if what she was hearing was for real.
"Mom... Ganko... Mom is...."
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ok not too much development in that chapter yet. I don't want to jump into a To/fu so quickly, it's too weird if they do. yawn, i'm so tired. it's laattee. Stay tuned for the next chapter, I already have some of it typed so it won't be too far away. Sorry i took a while with this one, had trouble trying to figure out what to write at this point :P I need ideas people! :P thank you to everyone who has reviewed and those in the future!