I do not own Sakura Wars or any of it's characters…'cause if I did, I wouldn't be calling this a fanfic and I would be sailing on the Caribbean in my private yacht, literally swimming in pools of money.
So, now that that's over, you can read the fanfic. Enjoy!
Oh, and this is set in sort of a past/future sorta way and it's based on if Orihime and Reni hadn't come in ST2.
Jacques, Fifi, Clarice, Sophie, Mikel, Reina, Ravina, and Peter are all my characters. NO TOUCHIE!!!
Chapter 15
"Okay Iris. Explain this to me one more time. Why does Maria hate me again?" Ohgami asked as walked up the stairs. "She overheard you talking to Ayame, and-" "Okay. No further explanations needed. I get it." "Wow. After six tries, you finally understand." Kanna commented. "That's a new record." "Oh shut up." Ohgami muttered. "I am not slow." The trio reached the end of the staircase and walked over to Maria's room. "Hmm…funny…no one's out here." Kanna commented. "And isn't that a new bullet hole?" Iris asked, looking at the polished oak door. "Uh…maybe I should come back later." Ohgami said, starting to walk away. "Nuh uh Oniichan." Iris snapped. "You're going to apologize to Maria right now!" With a stern seven-year-old looking at him, and a seventeen-year-old cracking her knuckles while staring menacingly, Ohgami had no choice but to walk up to Maria's door and knock on it.
Ohgami came back to me! Was the first thought that raced through Maria's mind when she heard a knock on her door. But then, thought's of doubt filled the blonde's mind. Or maybe it's Ayame, showing off her engagement ring, bragging about how Ohgami chose her over the rest of us and how big of fools we were. Maria's heart sank at the thought, but she felt a bit better when she heard Ohgami's voice. "Maria? Are you in there? Can I come in? I really need to talk to you." Yeah, and you really need to know what his reason was for hurting you like he did. But does he think you'd let him come in? Does he think you've forgiven him for what he did to you? Pushing those nagging thoughts aside, Maria walked over to the door and cautiously opened it.
"Hi Maria…um…god, I'm no good with this…look, I'm really sorry. Iris told me what happened, and…well…quite frankly I'm not sure exactly why you were eavesdropping on my conversation, but you have it all wrong. And if you'd just give me a chance to explain-" "I'm sorry Ohgami, but my heart has given you all the chances it has to give." Maria replied as she started to close the door. "I need some time to sort things out. Please excuse me." "Maria! Just listen to-" *SLAM* "…me."
"Well are you two happy now?" Ohgami asked, turning to Kanna and Iris who were staring blankly at the door. "This wasn't the way it was supposed to happen." Iris commented as they turned to leave. "What?! Then what did I do wrong?!" Ohgami asked as he started walking down the stairs. "Nothing, but Maria was supposed to-" "Ohgami! Wait!" Maria called from her room as the door flew open. "…change her mind." Iris finished as Ohgami raced back upstairs. Kanna got an extremely evil idea as she continued walking down the stairs. "Hey Iris, wanna help with something?" she asked with a sneaky grin. The little French girl read Kanna's mind and a wide smile appeared on her face. "Ooh! Yes, Iris wants to help!!"
"What made you change your mind?" Ohgami asked as he casually leaned against the doorframe. "……because I want the truth. I want to know what I really heard." "Uh…well, Ayame and I were repeating lines from a movie commercial." "It sounded more serious than that." "You don't believe me?" "…………no." "…" "I want to believe you, but somehow, I just don't." "Maria, you can ask Ayame if you want, but she'll tell you the same thing." "…" Ohgami sighed and stood up straight. "You still don't believe me, do you?" When Maria shook her head no, Ohgami chuckled. "You're a hard woman to please, you know that?" "Yes." "Well-" "AHHH!!!!!" Sakura's screams cut the conversation short, and when Orihime's and Sumire's followed, Ohgami and Maria decided to investigate.
Sakura had just picked up the newspaper to look at the latest reviews for the last play and looked at the front cover. That's all the prompting she needed to scream that loud. "What on earth are you screaming about Sak-" Sumire's comment was cut short as Sakura showed her the top story. "AHHH!" "What's all the racket?! I can't even play the piano correctly with you two screaming your lungs out!" Orihime exclaimed as she came running out of the music room. Both Sumire and Sakura showed 'The Daughter of The Sun' the top story. "AHHH!" "What's going on?!" Maria asked, running down the stairs, revolver in hand, with Ohgami trailing behind. The three girls that were looking at the newspaper article, stopped screaming and were now looking at the details of the story. "I asked you three a question!" Maria snapped. Sakura peeked over the large, unfolded newspaper and motioned for Maria and Ohgami to come look. But the couple never even looked at the story itself, for as they walked closer, they saw the picture on the front of the paper, and turned ghastly white. It was a picture of Maria and Ohgami kissing in the water under the bridge, and under that, was the headline, ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE: THE STARS OF THE LATEST PLAY, MARIA TACHIBANA AND OHGAMI ICHIRO, ARE REALLY LOVERS?! MORE ON PAGE 10.
"Oh my god! Where did they get this?!" Ohgami asked. "There wasn't even a camera in sight, let alone a person last night!" "H-how did they…" Maria stammered, deeply shocked. Sumire peeked over the newspaper and hesitantly motioned for Maria and Ohgami to look, but now the couple was more reluctant than ever. However, when Orihime did the same, they went to go look.
Maria Tachibana and Ohgami Ichiro were seen last night at Ueno park, having a water fight. It seems that they were on their way from an elegant dinner, as they were dressed in formal clothes. One of our correspondents, whose name is withheld, was lucky enough to intercept such information from observing nearby. He was fortunate enough to have picked up on this bit of conversation.
"I…I've been in love with you for some time now Maria. I'm not sure why though. Maybe it was something about you, when we first met, that made me fall in love." "I see…" "What's wrong?" "What you told me…it's made me happy…but now I have something to tell you." "I know that you overheard my conversation with Ayame today…but I know that you didn't hear all of it. You see…I'm going back to Russia. So when you told me that you had been in love with me for a long time, I felt stupid for not telling you earlier." "Telling me that you're going back to Russia?" "No…for telling you that…that I love you too."
"They call that a bit of conversation?!" Maria asked. "That was our entire conversation!" "……who is this "correspondent" they're talking about?" Ohgami asked. "It says that the name's withheld, which means that they probably knew we were going to read this." Maria replied. She studied the paper closer and noticed something that was crudely written in black ink at the bottom of the article. "Hey, what's that?" Ohgami asked, looking over Maria's shoulder. He noticed that Maria's hands were shaking as she read, and when she thrust the paper into Ohgami's hands, he knew exactly why.
Kuzuar,
I told you that if you didn't stay away from Ohgami, things would happen. This is one of many to follow if you do not heed my warnings.
PTO
Kuzuar…only Setsuna has ever called Maria that. And I know for a fact that he's gone. Someone else knows, but who is it? This Phantom of the Opera fellow is getting more suspicious by the minute…I think I'm going to have to ask Kayama for a favor. No one is going to hurt Maria……I won't let them.
A lone figure watches the startled reaction of Maria Tachibana as she reads the newspaper. With a smirk, the figure walks off, knowing that this time, Maria wasn't going to ignore his threat.
