Tokyo-to High: Year of the Dragon
Dun dun dunn! Looks like Akito made his first enemy! Well aside from Nova anyways, but Nova doesn't really count. Seeing as how people fight against themselves all the time. All though I don't think it's this literal of a sense.
Any who, seems like everyone wants Akito to hook up with Akira eh? Poor poor, heart broken, Orochi ridden, Akito.
At least it looks like Akito is gonna get some ass doesn't it?! Looks like you'll have to read and find out!
You know the drill by now, Akito Yagami & Nova Yagami © me, Tsunami is © my lovely Tsu-chan, all other characters are © either Capcom, SNK, Sammy, or any other company I have borrowed existing characters
Chapter 4 – Partners
Akito gulped hard, he had nowhere else to run. His back was already against the stairs and although it was a rather uncomfortable position, he seemed more concerned with the person on top of him right now.
"Tsunami...?" He asked again in disbelief. This couldn't be Tsunami; she was staying with her parents. She was miles away.
Akito quickly came to his senses and pushed her away and rose to his feet angrily. "You're not Tsunami so just leave me alone! You know nothing about me and nothing about what I want!" The figure of Tsunami rose to her feet and pouted. "Guess there's no fooling you is there?" the image faded and much to Akito's surprise before him stood his shoddier half.
The ebon and ivory hair mixture became visible and what had been Tsunami's beautiful slender form melted away to behold the firm lean build of Nova. Akito growled to himself, he definitely was not in the mood for this now.
"I wonder if there's fooling your new friends hmmm?" Nova smirked slyly and proceeded to walk down the stairs, his back to Akito. Akito's mind ran wild with scenarios of how Nova would destroy what little friends he had here. His fist soon balled as he ignited a sapphire flame around it. "You leave them out of this! This has nothing to do with them."
Nova stopped about four stairs from the bottom and looked back at him and smiling an eerily sweet smile. "But my dearest Akito, if they are a part of your life then it has everything to do with them." Akito could feel his blood boiling once again, he wanted so bad to leap down and attack him, gut him and leave nothing left. But common sense stepped in; he knew he was nowhere near the fighting capacity of Nova. Nova continued down the stairs and said back in an arrogant and teasing voice. "Oh and do give Tsunami my dearest heartfelt affection. It's been so long since I've seen her, or not long enough."
Akito's heart rate slowed as Nova walked away. For a moment he was tempted to chase after him and assault him violently, but he knew it would be in vain. Just then the door at the top of the stairs swung open and a soft meek voice called to him. "Akito...?" He looked up and saw Akira, he was sure it was the real one because she was timid once again. "Oh hey... sorry just dropped my back pack..."
He quickly extinguished the sapphire flame engulfing his hand before she could notice it. "Well come on... I saved you a seat..." she said smiling softly. Akito bent down and picked up his back pack and swung it over his back and smiled up at her. The pair proceeded through the doors and down the hallway to room 4-c. Akira sat down in her desk which was located in the back but she had moved a desk up so Akito could sit behind her. Akito went up to the teacher's desk and pulled his schedule out of his pocket and handed it to her.
She wore a small pair of glasses on her nose obviously for reading, her hair was a long emerald green that flowed down past her shoulder blades, and completed the ensemble with a black skirt and white blouse. She looked up at him and handed back his schedule to him after making the appropriate notes in her grade book. "Welcome to Sexual Education Mr. Yagami, sit where you wish." He nodded and took the schedule from her and proceeded to sit behind Akira and released a soft sigh. He hoped he didn't have to introduce himself to this class, and much to his relief he didn't.
The class started without so much as acknowledgement of his presence. The lights turned off and Mr. Aensland started a projector that had been located in the back of the class a few desks away from Akito. The film was the mating habits of teenagers and the common myths and misconceptions about pre-marital sex.
Akito took out a note book and took a few notes; although he was quiet sure he knew all he needed to from his intimate nights with Tsunami. Halfway through his notes Akira turned around and dropped him folded up piece of paper then quickly turned around. She had obviously attempted to make seem like she was stretching.
Akito scooped up the note and unfolded it silently and began to read. 'Akito,' he looked around quickly to make sure Mrs. Aensland wasn't looking at him; he continued. 'Thank you for trying to stick up for me at lunch. Not many people would have tried to do that. Especially to Eiji.' Drawn in the corner was a crude little drawing of Akira glomping Akito and pulling his ears playfully and saying 'My hero!' He smiled at this and continued to read. 'What class do you have next? I have European Literature next. Are you staying on campus? My brother Daigo is a guidance counselor here so I get to stay on campus, it's kinda a bother but also a convenience. Do you want to do something after school? Sincerely, Akira'
Akito looked up and at the movie which was now droned on about how thousands of sperm travel in one drop of semen, but that only one is necessary to impregnate the female's egg. He turned the page in his notebook to a blank page, looked down, and began to write. 'Dear Akira, No need for thanks. I kinda have a chivalry complex. I don't think its right to treat women that way. I have-'
Akito stopped writing and pulled out his schedule he wasn't sure what he had next. He looked it over and pocketed it once more.
'I have Archery Practice for the Archery Club next. I needed to take something for P.E. Credit and I find Archery really relaxing. I'm not staying on campus I'm staying with my cousin Iori. It's not that far from the school. I would be flattered to do something after school-'
Akito stopped writing in mid sentence. Would this mean they would be going out? Like on a date? Or just as friends? To quickly apt this he quickly wrote.
'However, I kind of promised my sister already that I would spend time with her after school. I haven't seen her since she was a baby and she wants to spend time with me. Maybe we can another time. Perhaps on the weekend?'
Akito reread what he had written and smiled at it. This should make it easy. He would tell her later about Tsunami so there would be no misunderstandings about his intentions.
He quickly folded up his response and slipped it under her elbow. She took it and looked around the room cautiously and began to read. Akito leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes for a moment. The next thing he knew the light was on and the class was gathering their belongings. Had he fallen asleep? Is so, he was glad he wasn't discovered sleeping; that would have been embarrassing especially considering the fact that Tsunami told him many times how he was a snorer.
He quickly got up and grabbed his belongings and saw Akira doing the same. She smiled at him happily but still meek. They proceeded out of the class room and Akito muttered without thinking. "Would you like me to walk you to class?" "Sure I'd like that..." she said so softly that Akito could barely hear her through the hustle and bustle of the hallway traffic. He quickly reassured himself that no harm could come from walking his new friend to her class. They proceeded down the stairs and Akito yawned still drowsy from his brief catnap.
"So your sister is Hibiki?" Akira said once the hallway grew less noisy. Akito nodded and scratched his ears. "Yea well my half sister. She's not a Yagami, a blessing there." "Why is that?" Akira asked inquiringly. "Well uh..." Akito really didn't want to explain that almost all members of the Yagami Clan had made a blood-pact with the demon god Orochi about two thousand years ago. "Well I mean this way she won't have to worry about her name following her through out her life. Like someone telling her 'your one of those Yagami punks!' you know stuff like that."
Akito ended a tone of disbelief in his own voice. "Oh I see..." Akira said as they rounded the corner. "So what time do you want to meet up this weekend?" Akira said holding her back pack strap a little tighter out of embracement. "Well... I just need to finish writing a letter to Tsunami... then I'll have a free weekend." Akira looked at him and blinked. "Is Tsunami your girlfriend...?" Akito smiled and nodded. "Yea... although we're little closer then normal couples. In fact we'd probably be married already if she didn't have to finish school..." Much to Akito's surprise Akira smiled whole-heartedly. "That's great; I can't wait to meet her! Does she go to Tokyo-to High?"
Akito rubbed his head in hesitation; he could just imagine how stupid he would have sounded. 'No Tsunami lives in alternate realm of reality!' Akira stopped and looked at him. "Sorry did I offend you?" "Huh? No not at all... Tsunami stays with her parents. It's a ways away. There were some... problems between certain members of her family and myself. So I decided it would be best if I took some time away..." Akira's cheery smile faded as she scratched her chin feeling somewhat awkward. "I'm sorry I didn't know..." "No it's ok. All in past." Akito said trying to pick up the light hearted tone that the conversation once carried.
"Well here's my class..." Akira pointed to the door at the end of the hall. "Oh ok... well have a good time in class." "I will it's one of my favorite classes." Akira smiled back and turned to enter the class. Akito turned and proceeded in the opposite direction back the way he came from.
"See that wasn't so hard now was it?" he said to himself. He knew he had to pick up his pace. The archery field was all the way across campus and walking Akira to her class had put himself slightly out of his way.
He walked across campus and although he wasn't entirely sure where it was, he knew the general direction it was in. After a few moments of wandering aimlessly through his new school, he eventually found his way out and onto the archery field. Many targets had been set up at twenty-five feet, fifty feet and for some of the more advanced students one hundred feet. Akito smiled at his good fortune; archery was actually one of his secret obsessions, and he tended to indulge himself in it whenever possible.
"Are you the new person?" Akito whirled around and looked down at girl before him. Her hair was a long ivory but tied back in a pony tail so not to distract her during practice. Her eyes were an unsettling sapphire that seemed to stand out all the more against her tan toned skin. "Uh yea I think so..." Akito withdrew his schedule and handed it to her. She looked over it for a moment and nodded. "Yep, well welcome to the archery club Akito, I'm Mina Majiking; President of the archery club."
Akito smiled at her and nodded. "Thanks for having me. I rather enjoy archery, I find it relaxing to say the least." "Well something we get along on then." The rest of the club which really only was about a handful of people were all set up and practicing. "Let's see what you got shall we?" "Alright sure."
Akito followed Mina to a storage shed that was off to the side of the archery range. She opened it up and pulled out a quiver with arrows stocked inside it as well as a wrist guard and slender black bow. She handed them to Akito and blinked. Akito removed his backpack and set it beside the shed. "You can use this equipment for now. However I suggest you purchase your own if you're serious about the club. Also if you were to go to any competitions you'll need a uniform, but for the moment don't worry about it." Akito nodded and took the equipment and began to suit up.
Once Akito had the equipment in place Mina led him over to a secluded target in front of the storage shed away from the rest of the club. "Ok Akito let's see what you've got so I know where to place you among the club's ranking." Her voice sounded rather enthusiastic as she sat down on the bench holding a clip board. She withdrew a pencil from behind her ear and smiled at Akito excitedly. "Alright... but it's been a while so I might be a little rusty..." Akito readied his bow in hand and drew an arrow from the quiver and positioned it into the bow.
His index and middle fingers secure around the end as he pulled back and held the bow steady. He closed his eyes and took a deep cleansing breath. He focused all of his frustration and agitation into the arrow then opened his eyes and effortlessly let the arrow go. The arrow flew and hit its target with the greatest of ease; A dead hit, Bull's eye. He smiled at this; he felt so much better already.
He lowered the bow and turned to Mina to see what her verdict was. She smiled at him and nodded making a few notes on the clip board. "Not bad, although let's be sure it's not just beginners luck!" Akito nodded and drew another arrow and took aim once again. He closed his eyes and concentrated once again. He imagined the arrow was the carrier for all his problems and once again let it loose only for it to find its target with simplistic of accuracy. It had also hit the bull's eye although he had aimed slightly off to the side so not to damage his previous arrow.
"Very very good!" Mina exclaimed as she jumped up from her seat and clapped her hands holding the clip board firmly under her arms against her chest. Akito couldn't help but feel humbled by this; he wasn't trying to impress anyone, just to enjoy himself. "Thank you." Akito said meekly. "You should think about coming with us to tournaments! There's a tournament in two weeks. I'll make sure that you'll be up to peak performance by then."
Akito smiled back at her but his eye quickly caught something unsettling; he turned to see that familiar mixture of ivory and ebony. "Nova..." he said under his breath, holding in a growl of anger. Mina soon turned to see who Akito was staring at. "Oh hello! Are you here for the archery club too?" Nova smiled sweetly at Mina waved his tail slowly behind him. "Of course Ms. Majiking. Archery has always been a fascination of mine." Akito sighed rather agitatedly. Why was he here? Of all places why here? The one place he thought he'd be able to find some peace.
"Another Yagami?" Mina said to herself as she looked at Nova's schedule and handed it back to him then opened the shed once more and proceeded to get more equipment. Akito kept his eyes on Nova; he knew there was more to Nova then his calm demeanor. Akito blinked for a moment and looked up at the sky questionably, he did take small solace in the fact that he now knew Nova was in fact here and not just a delusion of his mind. He heard Nova talking in the background to Mina about how he was a distant relative of Akito; nothing could be farther from the truth however.
"Well how about a little archery competition then?" Mina said after Nova had suited up. Nova turned to Akito and smirked waving his finger at him in a mocking manner. "Don't worry Akito; I'll try not to show you up... too bad." Akito sighed loudly now. "Oh goody gum-drops..."
Mina ran out onto the secluded field and removed the arrows that were placed there by Akito a while before. She ran back and handed one to each Akito and Nova. "Ok on my word, both of you aim for the target and release." Akito nodded but still kept an eye on Nova. "Ok ready!" In unison, Akito and Nova drew an arrow and slide it into place of the bow and pulled back. "Take aim!" Akito closed his eyes again and tried desperately to find his center but with Nova's presence it seemed impossible. "Go!" Akito opened his eyes and released his arrow, it glided along side Nova's and they both hit the target. Akito let out a sigh of relief; he reached up and wiped sweat off his forehead. It had taken every ounce of mental concentration to ignore Nova's presence.
"Very good!" Mina exclaimed excitedly, she positively was on pins and needles with delight. Many members of the archery club had gathered around and now were taking interest in the pairs little duel due to Mina's loud commotion. "Let's try once more now!" Both Akito and Nova drew an arrow from their quivers and slide them into place once more. Akito closed his eyes to concentrate, he breathed slowly to calm himself. "Ready!" They both pulled back on the arrow. Akito suddenly felt a sharp surge of anxiety rush through him. Nova had activated his ebon flame. He could feel it engulfing the tip of his arrow. "Take aim!" Akito growled lowly and quickly did the same. If Nova was going to cheat he was at least going to give himself the same advantage. Sapphire flame engulfed the tip of his own arrow as he opened his eyes. "Go!"
Both arrows flew in a streak of ebon and sapphire and hit the target with such force it combusted on contact. There were many cheers of excitement as well as gasps of amazement as the shards of the target flew through the air.
Akito and Nova lowered their bows in unison, Akito eyed him rather agitated. "Wow that was amazing you two!" Mina said rather over come with jubilation. "I'm registering you two in the tournament together! You both can be dueling partners!" Mina twirled around happily in place and smiled rather widely. "We'll finally get a trophy this year!"
Nova turned to Akito and smirked mockingly "Well looks like we're Partners." Akito's ears flattened against his head as he looked at Nova and grumbled. "When you say partner it just sounds gay..." Nova passed him a hinting wink that sent shivers up and down his spine. "That was the general Idea." Akito grimaced in place. "Great... just great...isn't this just so... 'magical' ".