Duos

A/N: (AU) A World where The Creation Rock crashes and is found by the Japanese Government. Long story short a massive explosion occurs and the people of Japan, nay, the World mutates – unlocking the Voids and the powers that come with it.

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Chapter 4

Mana Ouma (16)/Kira Alexander (16)

Inori Ouma (16)/Shu Tsutsugami (16)

Ayase Shinomiya (17)

Gai Tsutsugami (17)

(AU)

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He had messed up...

And this time he didn't think he could ever be forgiven; not by her, not by her sister, and certainly not by himself. But... she had instilled this sense of confidence in him, made him believe that this time he would succeed.

His fist met the tiled wall as tears fell from his bloodshot eyes. Really, what he should've done was cut his losses and leave this stinking dream on the backburner, maybe then he wouldn't be here a mess as she laid in the infirmary.

"How could you be so stupid...?"

He muttered to no one but himself as her chest rose and fell with a sense of peace. Okay, so to back up, a school was built nine years ago after the advent of a Human mutation by the effects of the Creation Rock. This school was given the name Genus High. After that, they were amazed to find out that the 'Strain' had spread to every corner of the World.

Japan quickly acted and came upon the realization that two powers had activated; one was known as Activators; ones who had the ability to call upon their Void at will. And the other was Reactors; those that had the ability to empower Activators and help their Voids evolve.

It wasn't long before people had learned that only women could use their Voids while men were the ones responsible for energizing the Voids. But, the only down factor was that only children under the age of 17 could use Voids. Long story short, Humanity had advanced greatly, thankfully so as they realized that they weren't alone in the Universe. These 'Apocalypse Beasts' were first sighted in China and they were here for one thing – The Void Gene. It was later discovered that the meteorite that crashed was of an Alien race that existed long ago and fought against the 'Apocalypse Beasts'.

And by mere coincidence, the meteorite crashed on Earth and saw fit to grant Humanity the same power. From the first encounter, it was deeply made aware that Reactors and Activators would be necessary for the survival of Humanity.

That was how the profession of 'Duos' came to be.

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How are you gonna say sorry?!" Gai yelled as he slammed Kira up against the wall, "She could've died because of you!" Moreover, Kira knew it, could see the image his mind conjured up.

"I'm sorry..." He muttered, looking down at the ground.

"Sorry isn't gonna cut it!" Gai yelled, "You should've just said 'no' in the first place. Even the teachers said you're too unstable." Gai re-affirmed a fact Kira already knew.

"Gai, that's enough!" Inori yelled, pushing Gai away, "The only thing is that Mana's awake and the nurse is pretty sure she'll make a full recovery." Inori confirmed.

"S-she's gonna be alright, right...?" Kira asked, clinging to the fact that his partner and friend would be all right.

"Yes," Inori answered, heatedly.

"Thank god..." Kira muttered sliding down into a seated position as tears cascaded down his cheeks. He barely noticed Inori's irate expression.

If there was one thing that made Inori angry it was if someone messed with her family – especially Mana, her older sister. Inori's eyes softened upon seeing Kira's relieved face that she bent down and placed her hand atop Kira's shoulder.

That's when the bell rang signaling next period and with that Inori and the others left for next class. And as Kira sat against the wall head in his arms, he failed to notice someone come and sit beside him.

"You know... if we don't get a move on, we'll be late for class." A feminine voice sounded from beside Kira.

The teen in question lifted his head and came face-to-face with his pink-haired, crimson-eyed partner smiling as if there's nothing wrong.

"M-M-Mana...?" Kira asked, before continuing, "I-I'm so sorry! It... It just seemed like it would-!" When she's pulling his cheeks with an irate expression.

"Stop apologizing! Damn, you're like Inori when she accidentally bumps into me." Mana says, flicking Kira's forehead, "I know I have a weak constitution, but damn do you guys treat me like glass!" She exclaims at the end.

Suddenly, Mana's standing, helping Kira to his feet as she marches, dragging him along. Kira can easily stop them both, but he doesn't instead opting to look down at the ground.

"But... what if what everyone's saying is-! Ow!" Kira yells as he's bonked on the head.

"Hey, I'm fine. Also, I don't freaking care what anyone says, you're my duo, and that's that!" Mana states, sizing Kira up with her signature glare, "And when someone – even one of my friends tells you that I'll punch them in the face, got it!" Mana further accentuates the statement by punching Kira's shoulder.

"T-Thank you..." Kira genuinely replies.

"Even if you are the worst Reactor, you are my Reactor, got it?" Mana says, enveloping Kira in a hug.

"Also, and be honest – did Gai hit you again?" Mana asks signature glare on her face as her hair sharpens due to her Void's ability.

"Um..." Kira weakly mumbles.

"How many stinkin' times do I have to tell him that I like someone else?" Mana vents to Kira, and pointedly looks at Kira the last part, as the young man is wholly confused.

"Aaargh! Sometimes I think you're an idiot. Come on." Mana says, back to dragging Kira down the hallway.

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A/N: So, um... this was something of an (AU) I came up with a while back. This was a speedy version that left many things unsaid. If you guys hadn't noticed the main pairing is my (OC)Kira and Mana second pairings are pivotal to the story.

I'll maybe continue this if I get around to it. School name was just dumb, eh?

-Darcest_Light-