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Guest : Yup SEES will have a hard time dealing with Minato's anger he'll mostly ignore the orders of Mitsuru opting to do things on his own.
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"It's Yukari. Are you awake?" Yukari asked as she knocked on the door of the dorm's newest resident, Minato Arisato, but the blue haired devil didn't answer. Yukari tried her luck again with, "Please answer the door or I'll get in trouble." Once again there was no answer from the room.
"Are you awake?" Yukari asked again.
This time Minato yelled, "No! Go the hell away!" It was at this time that she was about to knock again, but the bluenette's yelling duly stopped her in her tracks.
"Fine!" She hissed and walked off, passing by Hamuko who was looking pretty chipper this morning.
"Is he up yet?" Hamuko asked with a smile.
The only response that she got from Yukari was a groan, "No. He's all yours. Good luck." She replied irritably before stomping down the stairs, making Hamuko look at her friend curiously.
"I wonder what's up." Hamuko wondered out loud softly, walking towards his room without even knocking and slamming the door open before marching in. Minato yelped in surprise seeing the unexpected guest storm into his room like a trooper in the military.
"Morning Minato-kun." She smiled at Minato who was desperately trying to cover his half-naked state since he was only wearing his jeans.
"Oh sorry. Did I barge in at the wrong time?" She asked still smiling, but her tone not saying anything about being truly sorry about the situation.
"Yes!" Minato growled, grabbing a shirt and putting it on. He stood up and walked towards her intending to yell what the hell she wanted, but he stopped as he saw the smile on her face. Instead he said something that he never said to anyone, albeit still stuttering. "Can I help you?"
'Holy **… did I just say that?' Minato thought, very much surprised at himself. He never said anything like that to anyone. It was a huge first for him.
"Yup," Hamuko looked pleased at his reaction, only widening her smile. "We have to go to school! Please get dressed up, I'll be waiting for you downstairs Minato-kun." After relaying that to him she turned heel and walked out of his room.
'What's up with the girl!?" Minato was about to ram his head on the wall. Ever since he had met that girl he was feeling something a lot different to the usual mixture of bloodlust and and anger. No. He was feeling something different entirely, but he couldn't place what it was.
"Argh, who cares?" Minato shrugged it off as he took his uniform from the closet, and quickly put it on, also grabbing his most dear MP3 player which his parents gifted him on his birthday; the same day that accident happened. He hung it around his neck, walking down.
Hamuko was waiting for him, humming a song that was playing on her MP3 player."When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars!" She sang with a voice that Minato nearly lost himself on. She kept on humming until she noticed Minato walking down to which she pulled her headphones out. Minato noticed that they were the exact same kind as his, but in red instead of his silver.
"Oh Minato-kun, thank god. I was worried you might have fallen asleep again." She joked and Minato nodded weakly. 'What is it with me?' he asked himself again, still garnering no answer to the reason why he was reacting so differently to her than anybody else.
"Um… do you like…?" He stammered.
"Hm? What do you mean Minato-kun?" She frowned but smiled playfully. "Are you asking if I like you?" She winked, almost making Minato shout.
"No!" He almost shouted out, much to the amusement of Hamuko. "I was just asking… whether you like Skillet…?" He finally managed to get that question out, even as he was still stumbling over his words.
"Oh I love Skillet!" She cheered pumping her fist into the air. "They're awesome!"
"Y-yeah…" Minato answered back. "Can we go… now?" He asked to which Hamuko smiled.
"Of course!" She grabbed him by the wrist, dragging him out of the dorm. Normally Minato would smack whoever was doing this to him but he just couldn't do anything with her hand gripped around his wrist.
"It feels… warm…" Minato mumbled to himself so that Hamuko couldn't hear, but he quickly shook his head out of his thoughts. 'No dammit, don't think like that!' He yelled mentally.
Hamuko had managed to push him all the way to the monorail. She happily sat down next to him, explaining the rules of the school which Minato just ignored. With that many people in the school, he was sure he was going to get pissed very easily.
They shared a long silence together as Hamuko looked at Minato, the hate in his eyes still evident but this didn't perturb her in the slightest and she just kept on smiling. 'I swear Minato, I'll light the night with stars for you and I swear that we'll get rid of this damned thing inside us' she thought determined. She was about to hold his hand, but the monorail had stopped.
The two stood up and walked out of the monorail. It was at this time that Minato noticed a lot of people staring at them. He wanted to yell at them, to tell them to mind their own businesses but with Hamuko beside him, he felt strangely calm enough to ignore the stares.
The two walked towards the huge school with Hamuko greeting everyone, and Minato behind her trying to ignore the stares of love and hate.
"He's so hot…" A girl squeaked.
"He's mine…" Another snarled.
"Hamuko-sama? Why is she walking with an emo like that?" A boy spat, making Minato turn towards him."What the fuck did you just say?" He growled at the sophomore, making him cower in fear.
"I…" Said victim was ghostly white at this point.
Minato was trying to resist tackling him to the ground and breaking his nose but he eventually chose not to. He didn't want to cause a scene on his first day. No… things like that can wait.
"Talk to my friend with respect you nobody." Hamuko glared at the freshman, shocking Minato. "Friend…?" He mumbled quietly. Did she actually consider him a friend? Of all things?
"Stupid fanboys… Let's go Minato-kun! Tell me if they ever say anything to you." She commanded, walking ahead and ordering Minato to follow him. To his surprise, he did.
'Friend? A monster like me?' Minato thought unsurely in his mind before a loud smack was heard, making him turn towards the sound. It was Hamuko clapping to draw his attention.
"Were you fantasizing about me? She teased, nearly making Minato blush.
"N-No…" He stammered.
"Aw, you're blushing!" Hamuko giggled to which Minato retaliated with, "No dammit, just tell me what to do now." Obviously he was trying to change the subject.
"Oh right," She cleared her throat.
"Listen carefully brave soldier! Your task is something many have tried but only some have passed…" She looked seriously at Minato, making his raise an eyebrow.
"Seriously? What's that?" Her look increased in urgency as she edged closer, whispering into his ear.
"You must visit the…" She trailed off, making Minato annoyed. He was about to shout at her to make her tell him, until…
"The faculty office right there to your left!" She nearly blared in his ear, making Minato cringe. Luckily he recomposed himself easily.
"What's so difficult about that?" He asked with a deadpan expression.
"Some of the teachers there are douchebags. Especially Ekoda" She sighed as she thought about that infuriating classic literature teacher, but smiled as she thought about something completely different. "See you later Minato-kun! I hope we can be in the same class." She quietly walked off as Minato watched as she rejected almost two guys with flowers in their hands.
"She must be popular…" Minato mused, walking to the faculty office. During his walk he saw a large man wearing a Sengoku helm, talking to a rather strange looking kid with a fan.
'Whoa. This school is one fucked up place." Minato thought, sliding the door open.
Standing in the office was a lone teacher. She seemed to be in her late 20s with brown hair and eyes, and a disgusting brown suit in Minato's opinion. Still flipping through a file she noticed him and smiled.
"Oh, are you the new student?" Minato nodded. "Minato Arisato, 11th grade correct? He nodded once again.
"Wow, you've lived in a lot of different places…" She said aloud. "Let's see… in 1999 that was what? Ten years ago… your parents…" She gasped and Minato's breathing became heavy. He didn't care where he was right now. He wanted to rip her apart, as she reminded him of that blasted incident.
"I'm so sorry. I was so busy that I didn't even get to read this." She apologised, but Minato didn't buy it.
"Oh so you read it aloud in front of me? Well thank you I feel a whole lot fucking better." He snarled.
"Sorry…" She tried to speak, but Minato cut her off.
"Just tell me my homeroom. That's enough." Minato closed his eyes, taking a few deep breaths in order to calm himself down. Whether it was actually working was open to interpretation since he didn't try to kill her, but he was still enraged by it.
"2-F." The teacher replied. "I'm your homeroom teacher Miss Toriumi." She introduced herself but Minato ignored her, walking out of the faculty office still seething inside.
"Stupid people…" He muttered to himself.
After an especially boring morning assembly, Minato was introduced to the class. He had a blank look on his face, ignoring the whispers of the excited girls in the classroom. "Class this is Minato Arisato. He will be joining us today." Toriumi introduced Minato who curtly nodded at them making Toriumi sigh.
"Right Minato-kun, please sit next to Hamuko-chan." Minato nodded strangely feeling happy as he walked towards her and sat down next to Hamuko. He also noticed that Takeba was right in front of them.
"Isn't it great that we're in the same class, and even better right next to each other?" Hamuko giggled.
"I don't gi—" He was about to insult her but stopped as he looked at her beautiful smile. Her scarlet eyes were full of joy, seemingly from the fact that she was really happy Minato sat next to her. "Y-yeah… same… here." He managed to say, surprising himself again. If there was anything that he had found, it was that he felt a whole lot calmer.
"Yippee!" She cheered, but it was then that the classes… Ok, not really classes but introductions to the teachers, and after a while the bell rang, signalling the end of school.
"'Sup dude?" A lively voice called out making Minato curse inside his mind. He slowly raised his head, looking into the eyes of a cap wearing student sporting a goatee. The look on his face was one that suggested that he had known Minato for a million years.
"What do you want?" Minato hissed, making the cap wearing teen cringe.
"Oh come on, at least let me introduce myself at least! I'm Junpei Iori. Nice to meet ya." He grinned, making Minato's rage grow. He was about to yell at him to go screw himself but a voice cut in.
"Honestly, don't you have anything better to do than to disturb people?" Minato looked as Yukari and Hamuko walked towards the two of them. He could recognize that voice as Yukari's.
"Oh hey Yuka-tan and Hamu-tan." He grinned while Yukari sighed and Hamuko greeted him back with a 'Hey Junpei-kun."
Yukari looked at Minato and smiled, "Isn't it nice that we're in the same homeroom?" She asked, trying to get Minato to talk.
"I don't care." Minato grabbed his bag, obviously wanting to leave the mess.
"Hey there, wait!" Junpei stopped him, making Minato hate him more and more by the second. "You already have a fan club here on your first day! Plus you got to walk with the most popular girl in the school, Hamu-tan!" He grinned his trademark grin, only making Minato even more pissed.
"Oh quit it Junpei-kun…" Hamuko waved her arms as if to get him to stop talking.
"Hmph." Minato was about to leave when Yukari stopped him.
"Hey, you didn't say anything about last night did you?" Minato nearly wanted to smack her. What she just said was something incredibly stupid.
"Whoa Yuka-tan… You t-two did it?" Junpei managed to say, and with that… Minato had enough on his first day. The people here were incredibly dumb.
"Oh yeah totally, we did it." Minato replied sarcastically while Yukari could feel her cheeks grow warm and Hamuko stood there speechless.
"You fucking moron," Minato cursed, glaring icily at the cap wearing teen. "How someone can be so stupid is beyond me," He spat and then turned to Yukari. "You're no better. You're every bit dumb and moronic as he is." He insulted once again. Oddly none of them had said a word. The both of them were quiet.
"I've had it," Minato kicked his chair hard and walked out. "Stupid people." He slid the door to the classroom shut with a huge slam, leaving the three alone.
"T-that was cold… who the hell does he think he is?" Junpei growled, looking at the walking and fuming Minato through the window. "He thinks he's so good just because he looks better?"
"He's… a jerk…" Yukari replied, calming herself down. "But why do I feel so strange around him?" She asked herself quietly.
"Minato-kun!" Hamuko yelled, running behind the bluenette who was stomping up the stairs.
"Why is Hamu-tan even going after the jerk?" Junpei hissed and Yukari answered.
"He's pretty… normal with her." Her tone carried a hint of jealousy, making Junpei's brow rise.
Minato was breathing heavily. He lost control of his temper again, but those people were so dumb. Without even caring he was going, he walked and walked, ending up on the roof. He closed the door, leaning on it he slowly slid down, making him sit on the ground with his back turned on it.
"Dammit… I lost control again," Minato muttered. "I need to control my anger… what will… Hamuko think…?" He asked himself but quickly shook his head. "No. I don't care," He stared down at the ground. "I don't… care…" He whispered quietly as he began to fall into a memory…
A six year old blue haired boy was standing in front of the classroom with a huge smile on his face.
"Class, please welcome out newest student." The teacher introduced Minato to the rest of the class.
"Hey everyone! My name's Minato Arisato. It's a pleasure to meet you all." Minato only grinning wider as the other kids greeted him back warmly, shaking his hand and asking questions that he happily answered.
Minato shook his head out of his thoughts, trying to get them out of his head.
"I've been like this for years… but why…?" Minato asked himself. "Why did I become like this? Why am I… a monster…?" He asked himself once more, his head drooping down to meet the tile's gaze. Ever since he had met Hamuko though… things had changed.
"M-Minato…" Hamuko sobbed hearing everything he said from the other side of the door.
"I'm sorry…" She cried, not loud enough for Minato to hear. "I wish I could do something… I wish I could carry the cursed thing instead of you… I'm sorry… it's my fault… What's happening to you… is all my fault…"