Sakura: Welcome to the fourth part of the fic. The candidates to be Agents and their special abilities are chosen and will be revealed as the story progresses. Thank you for supporting this fic and please continue to do so.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tenipuri, but the Agency andOCs are mine.
Warning: Out of characterness.
Sakura Kiss: Part 04
"Until Asuka-chan gets the hang of being an Executive Officer, we will have to protect her at all times from the enemy," Touya said seriously, standing in the darken room with other Executive Officers.
"Since we're close to her, Rey and I will accept the job," Kazuki said with a smirk, his arms elegantly crossed and he is leaning slightly against the rectangular table.
"Refrain from using your abilities in public even if the enemy is attacking you," stated Hiromi professionally as the rest of the agents in the room nodded.
"Jirou, you're not serious about that…" said Atobe, blinking as his tries to absorb what had happened a couple of seconds ago. The rest of the Regulars look at the volley specialist with inquiring eyes, making the said person sweat drop but he did not say anything in response.
"Define what you mean by 'serious'," Jirou answered with a grin, not giving a definite reply. Asuka lets out a sigh at his response, and wonders why he has not let go off her yet.
"Jirou," stated Atobe in warning tone but the said person did not heed his tone of voice and completely ignores him. The volley specialist gives a small unnoticeable nod towards his partner, who also returns his nod in similar manner. The Hyoutei buchou opens his mouth again to continue with whatever he is going say but a small quake interrupts the conversation.
"Asuka!" Jirou yelled immediately, noticing that the girl is not by his side but falling to the earth below, 'Crap, this is bad. I can't use my powers or they'll know, but if I don't…Asuka-chan…' as he struggles with his inner self. He instantly made his decision and jumps after his fallen friend. Jirou grabs her wrist and pulls her towards him, then takes out a small device from his pocket.
"Asuka! Jirou!" yelled out Shishido, looking at the two from the railing of the rooftop balcony. Just as he yelled to the duo, a piece of wire tied around the railing tightly while he stared at it in confused. Shishido looks down, wondering where it came from then noticed that Jirou is holding a device in his hand and from the sunlight, the wire lets off a silvery tint.
"Don't touch the garrote!" Jirou shouted as he presses a button on his device, reeling the wire in and pulling him and Asuka upward. However, the wire could only hold so much weight before slowly snapping into two.
"Choutarou!" he yelled once again, just before the wire finally snapped into two. The said person looks over the railing, just in time to see Asuka being thrust into the air and his training instincts overtook his panic state. He extends his hand towards her outstretch one and grabs her wrist whilst his other hand is holding onto the railing. Ootori lets out a sigh of relieve, trying to adjust to newly added weight as he lets her dangle before pulling her upward.
"Jirou!" Mukahi shouted, looking over the railing as the volley specialist freefalls towards the ground. Ootori glances over at Asuka, making sure that she is alright while chanting an incantation in his mind. A couple of seconds later, harsh wind blows from all directions, startling everyone and made them close their eyes. Jirou smirks at the element then utilizes the moment to his advantage and lands on his feet gracefully due to his training. The wind died down just seconds after Jirou had landed, and everything returned to normal as if the whole incident did not happened.
"Asuka-chan, daijoubu?" Ootori asked softly as to make sure that his senpai-tachi cannot hear him. The said person nodded in response and glances towards the remaining Regulars, wondering if they had notice that the wind came from Ootori's spell.
"I made sure that they don't know," he added with a smile, having an idea of her silent inquiry. Asuka nodded in understanding but did not say anything since she was wondering how Jirou is fairing.
"And if you're wondering about Jirou, he's fine," Ootori said with a knowing smile, and she nods again in response. There are things that she is still not used to and it will take some time for her to be familiar with them, but for now, she will just accept their explanations.
"Where did that wind came from?" Mukahi asked, breaking the unearthly silence as the Regulars look amongst each other, trying to see if the other knew. Ootori lets out an inward smirk, not saying anything as he watches his senpai-tachi trying to figure where that unnatural wind came forth.
In the meantime, Jirou walks back to the rooftop as fast as he can while contacting other Executive Agents. He closes his cell phone cover and puts it away, hidden from everyone's view then opens the door.
"Jirou, you're okay," said Taki, with a small sigh of relieve, and the said person just nodded in response. Asuka, Ootori, and he exchange a brief glance amongst each other before looking away. Jirou walks towards the group and stands next to the owner of CSA, nodding to her in greeting.
"Was it the enemy?" Asuka asked quietly, sending a side-glance at the Executive Officer. He nods to her in response, but did not debrief on the topic and looks at the other Regulars.
"What's going on here?" Atobe asked, sensing something was amiss and he had a feeling that those three knows what that something is.
"…I'm sorry, Atobe-san, but this is something that we cannot tell you," Ootori replied coolly yet seriously, surprising everyone with his new personality.
"I contacted the others already," Jirou informed to him, receiving a nod from the other agent, and continues, "Are you hurt anywhere, Asuka-chan?" as the girl shakes her head in reply. The remaining Hyoutei Regulars look at the three, wondering what is it that they are hiding from them.
'It seems that those three know what's going on,' thought Atobe, watching them silently. Taki continues to write in his notebook about yet another newly gathered data of how Jirou and Ootori look serious.
"I sent the others a message with brief information on what happened," Jirou whispered to his partner, losing his prior cheerfulness and resumes, "As soon as I give them the signal, they'll be here in two minutes,"
"Understood," Ootori nodded, glancing slightly at the sakura tree near the building and stated, "Right now, we have to let the students evacuate the premises and deal with them," saying the last word venomously. Taki immediately stops writing and dropped his pen in an audible 'thud' while his notebook slowly follow afterwards. The remaining Regulars look at their used-to-be-innocent teammate in surprised, not used to hearing him speak harshly.
'What happened to Choutarou?' Shishido thought in awe that his doubles partner's personality had completely changed.
In the meantime across the town, the Seigaku Regulars are running around the tennis courts, trying to outrun each other in fear of drinking Inui Juice. Tezuka and Ryuzaki-sensei stood by the sideline, watching them run while Inui stood in front of a table with various color drinks.
"One more lap," the data specialist reminded, holding an extraordinary color glass. Sprawled on the ground near the table are non-Regulars, passed out from drinking one of Inui's special and the ones that survived are trying to regain his breath.
"Senpai-tachi, race you to the finish line," said Ryoma cockily, running ahead of the powerhouse. The other Regulars look at their Junior Ace in surprise before all rushing after him.
"Ochibi/Echizen, no fair! You got a head start" shouted Eiji and Momoshiro before running after him. The remaining Regulars glance at each other before rushing after the trio, each in fear of drinking Inui's cocktail – all except for the Tensai.
"Since you alltied, youhave to drink this," Inui said with an evil grin, holding up another Inui special. The Regulars, except for Fuji and Tezuka, freaked out from merely looking at the color and immediately denied drinking it.
"No way, Inui!" said Eiji, shaking his head vigorously as he felt something vibrating in his pocket. Inui raises an eyebrow, still holding out a glass towards Eiji, who just ignored him and takes out his cell phone. Eiji flipped his cell, his dark sapphire eyes scanning over the content swiftly then immediately close his cell phone and puts it back in his pocket.
"I have to go," the acrobatic specialist said frankly, running back to the locker room to change in his uniform. Inui stared after him with an eyebrow raised while the others glance at each other, wondering what happened to Eiji.
At the same time across the town, two other agents received the same message from Jirou. One of them excused from his club activities and rushed out of school as fast as he can go while the other one got on his motorcycle and rush to his set destination.
'I just hope that she's okay,' all three of them unknowingly thought in sync, hastening towards their destination.
"Ootori, Jirou, I demand to know what's going on," said Atobe in authoritative tone, startling other Regulars but neither of the two said anything in response.
"Choutarou, begin phase 1," Jirou said calmly yet seriously, ignoring Atobe and his teammates. Ootori nods in response before running towards the office to comply what his partner said.
"What you will see, what you will witness, no matter how much you wish to remember, you will soon forget," Jirou stated with a smirk, glancing at his teammates.
Please don't kill me for leaving it in cliffhanger and as I had said, the Agents are chosen. I'm sure you know who three of them are... next part: the other two people will be revealed. Until then, sayonara and please review.
Try guessing who said this line:
"Alright buddy, how would you like to die? Slowly and painfully or quickly and painfully? Either way, you're going to die."