Misaki: Hi Mina-san! (Hi everybody!)
Emichii: Wah, I can't believe this is the last chappie…
Misaki: Yeah, that means everything about to end right here.
Emichii: and your match with Ohjiro, it's gonna be on right now!
Misaki: YEAH!
Emichii: Get your game on!
Misaki? (What the hell?)
Emichii: …Sorry, whenever I watch Yu-gi-oh GX it kinda rubs off on me… I like Chaz!
Misaki: You like cheese?
Emichii: No! I mean yeah, I like cheese but I said I like Chaz! He's a character from-
Tamayo: GET THAT YU-GI-OH GX STUFF OUT OF THIS SHOW NOW!
Emichii: Here's the last chappie! Sob…
Well, whaddaya know? The last chapter? Already?
Chapter 9: The battle
"M-Misaki?" Ohjiro called after Misaki as she disappeared into the distance. Without thinking, he broke into a run after her.
"Misaki! Misaki!" he hollered. He ran faster and faster.
Misaki shook her head so that she wouldn't be able to see him. I'm sorry. …I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, Ohjiro!
Tamayo and Minoru had seen and witnessed the whole event.
Tamayo said, "… I feel sorry for Misakichi."
Minoru spoke, "I sympathize for Ohjiro."
Tamayo sighed.
Minoru continued, "But I say that her situation… it's a lot like your's, isn't it, Tamayo-chan?"
"What do you mean?" Tamayo grimaced.
"Well, it's a lot like your situation because Misaki's fallen in love with Ohjiro, so she doesn't want to battle him; she's scared that he'll hate her. But you… you love someone too, don't you? That's why you're avoiding him, because you're scared that something he says might hurt you. …I'm right, aren't I?" Minoru said wisely.
"…" Tamayo was silent.
After a while, she said, "…You're so smart. Are you sure you're in year 7?"
She stood up. "Well, maybe you're right… and I should tell him how I feel… even if I'm scared he'll still reject me."
She turned and gave Minoru a bright smile, "You're coming with me."
"Misaki!" Ohjiro exclaimed, "Misaki, come back!"
But Misaki wouldn't turn around, she continued running. And crying. At the same time.
The tears blurred her vision. She crashed into someone.
The guy turned around with a vicious expression on his face.
"Misaki!" Ohjiro sounded annoyed now. He kidnapped her from the scary guy and took her away to somewhere quiet.
Misaki refused to look at Ohjiro.
"Misaki," he started. "Misaki," he said again. "It's okay. It's okay!"
She turned around to face him, eyes full of tears, and flew into his arms.
"...Kotaro!"
Eh… nandesuka? Kotaro turned around. His eyes widened. "Tamayo?"
His spirit dropped when he saw Minoru standing next to her. Tamayo looked nervous. She took small steps towards him. Kotaro was surprised.
"Kotaro, I just wanted to tell you again… I wanted to tell you that… I love you, Kotaro-kun! And I want us to stay friends! I'm sorry that we drifted apart recently; it's just that I was afraid that you'd hate me… so… I… I want us to stay together!" It was probably the most amount of words Tamayo had ever said in one go.
Kotaro said, "Ano… T-Tamayo… I-I…"
Tamayo was bracing herself for the worse. Minoru was standing at her side, hand on her shoulder, telling her to pull herself together.
"I… I love you too!" he blurted out.
"It's okay…" Ohjiro said softly. "Misaki, I'm never ever gonna hate you…" He paused, and then added shyly, "Because I'm in love with you, Misaki. And whether you win or lose to me, I'll just respect you even more."
There was no reply. Just sounds of Misaki sniffling and crying.
Ohjiro went on. He bent down to look at her.
Misaki looked up for a second. She thought that his face would be angry, or annoyed but she found his usual friendly face and his beautiful gentle eyes.
"So, Misaki…" Ohjiro said. "Will you keep your promise with me? We'll still have our match tomorrow?"
"…I… I…" Misaki tried to speak but she didn't know what to say.
Perhaps she was still unsure.
But this is Ohjiro, Misaki! You can always count on him! Since when has he ever let you down? Misaki thought
"…Okay," she answered.
Ohjiro relaxed. "Good."
What happened next was so crazy that Misaki's brain failed to commute.
Ohjiro said, "I'm glad."
Then he pulled her towards her into an embrace. Misaki's eyes went into swirls.
Huh? Th-this is hayasugiru! This… this is way too sudden…
They pulled away from each other. He looked like he was finished, and about to leave, but he continued, "Oh and Misaki?"
"Y-yes?" Misaki responded.
Ohjiro smiled. "Tomorrow, when we battle, I want you to battle your hardest! Don't go easy on me, because I won't be going easy on you."
Ah… ah, yes!
He turned and left.
"YAAAYY! Misakichi!" Tamayo's familiar voice called.
"Eh? T-Tamayo?" Misaki spun around and saw Tamayo, Kotaro and Minoru standing there, to her right.
Misaki's head was spinning. They… just saw everything?
"We enjoyed the show, Suzuhara." said Kotaro.
Minoru commented. "You and Ohjiro-san make a cute couple."
Misaki was very embarassed. Then she countered back at Kotaro and Tamayo. "And what about you two?"
Kotaro and Tamayo looked at the floor, shifting their balance from one foot to the other.
"Well…" Kotaro said.
Tamayo said, "Everything's absolutely fine. Isn't that right, Kotaro-kun?"
"Er… yeah."
Tamayo cried out, "Oh, I love you, Kotaro-kun!"
She tackled him to the ground.
"No… everything's not all right! Changed… my mind…" Kotaro's voice faded away,
Misaki just smiled.
"Angel Wings! Please guide me and Hikaru!"
Hikaru flew onto the Layer and took up her fighting stance. Hikaru looked happy to be back on the Layer.
I'm sorry that I've slacked so much on training, thought Misaki to Hikaru, so we have to win this fight!
Ohjiro released Wizard onto the Layer.
Sorry everybody, I can't remember what Ohjiro's battle line was.
"Yeaahh!" cheered Tamayo, Kotaro and Minoru from the stands.
Misaki focused and concentrated. This time, yes this time I have to concentrate! I'm not going to lose to Ohjiro even if I'm in love with him!
Ohjiro, seated on the other side of the Layer was thinking the same thing. Misaki, you don't know how much you've distracted me these past weeks, and even if I love you, I'm not gonna lose! I didn't do all that training for nothing!
Hikaru dove at Wizard.
Wizard threw a series of punches at Hikaru. Hikaru dodged every single one then fired a huge kick at him. It took a lot of power to kick like that, so if you missed after kicking, you'd be out of balance for a few seconds.
But in Angelic Layer, every second counts.
Wizard had dodged Hikaru's kick so Hikaru was teetering for balance afterwards. Taking this chance, he attacked again, firing a giant kick of his own.
Hikaru went flying.
Hikaru! Misaki winced as Hikaru went flying and started falling, very fast towards the ground, which would damage her even more than the kick had already given.
Hikaru did a back-sault and landed on her feet.
I… am not going to give up, Ohjiro.
So far, Hikaru's damage meter had already suffered a lot, but Wizard was still in perfect condition.
I have to attack!
Hikaru ran at Wizard at full speed. Wizard knew this move and was prepared, so Ohjiro thought, but Misaki had more up her sleeve.
Wizard took a side-step to the left. Just what Misaki was waiting for.
Without blinking an eye, Hikaru also moved to the side and collided straight into Wizard, exactly what Misaki was planning. By crashing into the top half of Wizard, Hikaru managed to push him backwards, where he flew towards the edge of the Layer.
Ohjiro was startled. Ah! Wizard!
Luckily for him, Wizard fell to the ground just inside the Layer. Still, that cost him a lot.
Wizard struggled to stand up.
During this chance Hikaru attacked. There was a lot of hand to hand fighting then. Lightning fast punches and hard kicks.
Both of them fell back. As Hikaru tried to stand, Misaki realized with shock that both Wizard and Hikaru had exactly the same damage done.
But how? Before, Hikaru had the advantage! Ohjiro really had trained hard.
Tamayo, Kotaro and Minoru watched nervously. Both Wizard and Hikaru were struggling to get up. And both of them had such little HP left. So little, that a small punch would end it for them.
Wizard was the first one to stand up. And he charged immediately at Hikaru!
All of a sudden, it was as if time had paused for Misaki. Why? She wondered. Everything is actually going extremely fast, why am I seeing everything in slow motion?
Still, the slow-mo gave her time to think. Then all of a sudden, everything moved at once. Wizard was gaining on Hikaru, closer and closer at a huge speed, about to let off a flying kick. As soon as he crashed into her, she'd be dead.
Then Hikaru pulled the move. Ohjiro watched in horror as Wizard flew back and landed on the Layer motionless.
Okay, let's rewind a bit. It's just that everything that happened just then went extremely fast. Let's go through it slowly:
Wizard was gaining on Hikaru. His leg was raised coming towards her, soon ensuring her loss. Immediately, Hikaru put her right hand above his leg and her other hand under his leg and held on tight.
Just as Wizard took flight with the kick, Hikaru twisted her top hand over to the right, pulling downwards, with the other hand pushed upwards so that Wizard would fall right over onto the ground.
Oh, and for all skeptical people, this move really works! I tried it out on a guy at Karate. Then there was this huge thud! I was wincing and crying out, "Oh I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He didn't die. Name not provided to protect the innocent.
"Yeah! Misakichi!" Tamayo cheered. "You won! How did you pull that off?"
Misaki smiled. "Simple! I just copied one of your moves as always!"
"Really?" Tamayo cried. "Wow, I'm so smart, that was my own move!"
Ohjiro pulled off the Angelic Layer headgear thingy. He stood up and went over to Misaki.
"Misaki, that was the best battle I've ever had! Thankyou so much." he smiled.
Misaki almost fainted.
"Really, Misaki, thankyou." He pulled her towards him and kissed her. Misaki's brain was frying. Uh… I was wrong! Before, that was nothing! This… this is hayasugiru!
As the kiss deepened, Misaki found herself throwing her arms around Ohjiro's neck to kiss him back. It was only afterwards that she remembered she was still in the presence of Tamayo, Kotaro and Minoru.
While Misaki and Ohjiro were kissing, and Tamayo watching them goggle-eyed, Kotaro remarked to Minoru, "Crap, I didn't know people could hold their breath for that long!"
Minoru just smiled.
Kotaro frowned, "And Tamayo watching them like that, doesn't she know its rude? Hasn't she seen people kiss before?"
Minoru said, "Speaking of Tamayo, I just wanna say…"
Kotaro turned to him, "What?"
"I hope you make Tamayo happy because if you hurt her feelings again, I'll come after you," Minoru said this all while smiling crazily.
Kotaro's eyes twitched. "Did you know… the way you smile… really drives me MAD!"
Tamayo finally managed to tear her eyes away from Misaki and Ohjiro. She looked over at Kotaro. He and Minoru were arguing about something. Tamayo just smiled.
But gee, she thought, How's Misaki ever gonna stop thinking about Ohjiro after that kiss?
THE END!
Misaki: Oh my gosh! I can't believe it's really finished!
Emichii: yeah… sniff… it's finally finished…
Misaki: Oh yeah, and I just wanted to say that this last chapter had lots of Japanese words in it… shouldn't you explain?
Emichii: Yeah! Well, I really like Japanese, so lately; I've added some Japanese words to my system…
Misaki: Well, I guess its time for us to go…
Emichii: It was so great working with you, Misaki!
Misaki: I'll miss you! Write another Angelic Layer fanfic sometime!
Emichii: I will!
both hug Awww…
Misaki: Bye!
Emichii: Bye! Mattanee!
Well, that's really it. Wow… anyway, just some quick translations! Mattanee is a lengthened version of Mata, which means see ya. Hayasugiru means too early/too forward, etc. Nandesuka means what is it? Ano means ummm….
Ano… did I miss any? Well, that's the Japanese. But there's also stuff like dame, naze, baka, ureshii, ashita, kareshi… yeah, yeah, whatever!
Hmm, oh yeah! If you've read any of my other works, you'll find that most of the time I give a review of my next fanfic at the end! Well, the next fanfic that's coming out next week is called never meant to be a Poke-Digi World.
It's the requested and long-awaited (yes, I mean VERY LONG AWAITED) sequel to A Poke-Digi World? Very VERY long awaited- yes it was the very first continual fanfic I had ever written!
Anyway, it's about May, who remembers Matt and tries to find a way to reopen the portal between the Pokemon world and the Digital world. But to her surprise, the first Digidestined aren't there anymore, the second Digidestined is already up and running. And that's not all, in this one, Drew will make his appearance!
Yaayyy!
(Oh and it's a Pokemon/Digimon crossover) Well, don't forget to review! Suruno wasurenaidenee! And bye!