No gory scene this time but hopefully this builds some things up! Enjoy and thanks for the reviews and favs everyone!
"What on earth is going on!?" Akihiko yelled as he stared at the blood stained ground under the two teens.
"Shhh… You'll wake him up," Hamuko whispered as she continued stroking his hair. Yukari began shaking in jealousy, like usual.
"The hell happened here?" Junpei asked, unlike Yukari, he was actually more worried about Minato instead of being jealous about the fact that Hamuko was clinging onto him.
"We got attacked," Hamuko answered.
"By whom?" Mitsuru asked with a frown.
"I don't know," Hamuko sighed, "She was in the shadows the whole time so I didn't get a good look at her."
"What happened to Minato?" Junpei asked worriedly.
"What happened? This idiot must have been the one who placed Hamuko in danger," Yukari yelled, glaring at Minato's sleeping form. While she couldn't insult him when he was awake, this was the best opportunity.
"He's such a jerk that he must have invited trouble to come running towards him." Yukari spat while Minato slept… with a rather pained expression.
Hamuko's eye twitched… Yukari was crossing the line.
"You got a problem with him?" Hamuko spat back, furiously glaring at Yukari.
"I owe him my life!" Hamuko shouted, her anger nearly matching Minato's own. She couldn't stand it. Yukari was quiet now. Hamuko never snapped at anyone like that.
"If you have a fucking problem with him, tell it to his face next time," Hamuko yelled.
"But, Hamuko," Yukari tried to reason.
"Never say a fucking word about Minato again," If Yukari wasn't sure… She could almost swear that Hamuko's eyes turned pitch black for a second…
Yukari shivered and backed away. It seemed like she was the only one who caught it.
"Stupid," Hamuko shook her head and continued stroking Minato's hair, "You should remember Yukari. We all owe him our lives. No matter how rude he is to people." Yukari went quiet. If it weren't for Minato, Yukari would be dead against the Reaper.
"I… uh…" Yukari fumbled over her words.
"Drop it," Hamuko said flatly.
"But Marie, what exactly happened?" Mitsuru asked cautiously. She didn't want to be on the receiving end of a verbal smack down from Hamuko.
"Let's go to the dorm first," Hamuko ordered as she carefully lifted Minato up.
"Very well," Mitsuru nodded.
"This guy again?" A vein propped up on Minato's forehead as he stared at literally himself. The quiet copy of Minato was standing next to him in an endless white void.
"Let it go," The copy spoke soft;y.
"Shut up!" Minato spat.
"You're tarnishing Minato Arisato's name," The boy spoke, utterly confusing the hell out of Minato… Wasn't Minato… Minato himself?
"Fuck off! I got a headache now," He complained.
"Leave him be," The boy almost demanded.
"Shut up!" Minato had enough and soon enough his violent personality overtook his confusion. He tackled the copy to the floor. He charged his fist with an Agi spell and started pummelling his copy viciously, horribly beating him senseless.
"Idiot," Minato yelled, breaking his throat with a sick kick.
"What will THEY think of you?" Despite being beaten to the point of death, the copy spoke clearly even though Minato's foot was crushing his throat.
Minato stopped, although the comment was cryptic, he understood it pretty well. A headache really did strike him this time… He felt a bit conflicted.
"Ugh…" Minato struggled with the paranormal headache.
"Let it go! Don't do what you are doing!" The boy ordered and this clearly set Minato off… Nobody was going to order him around.
"I take orders from NO-ONE, especially a cheap imposter like you!" Pulling out his knife, Minato plunged it right into his heart… He felt his own scream echoing in the void… But just then…
"I…m … He… Ter." That voice was so demonic that it nearly made Minato's soul pass on from the fear. He couldn't exactly make out what it actually meant.
"FUCK!" Minato woke up with a jolt but immediately regretted it as his body protested. He was cut pretty bad. He was on the dorm's couch which was almost as comfy as his own bed.
"You're awake!" Hamuko sighed in relief. She tried to hug him but stopped instantly… Did Minato look scared?
Minato was shaking and sweating… His skin was ghostly white. The dream shook him to the core… He just couldn't figure out what that voice in the end was.
"What happened?" Hamuko asked worriedly as Minato started gasping for air.
"Arisato?" Mitsuru asked worriedly.
"What the fuck was that?" Minato spoke shakily… It wasn't natural that he was scared… Come to think of it, he had never been scared in the last ten years.
"Dude?" Junpei got closer to him.
Eventually realizing he was making a scared fool out of himself, Minato took back control of himself. He took a deep breath and painfully stood up… Only to collapse back onto the couch as his leg was still bruised.
"Are you okay?" Hamuko asked.
"I'm okay," Minato briefly smiled before yelling out in pain again. "Damn sharp knives…" He muttered.
"Knives?" Mitsuru questioned.
"Hell yeah, knives," Minato spat, this did bring something up. He limped towards Mitsuru and looked at her with a glare.
"All right Ice Queen," Minato spoke. "Let's clean the trash."
"What do you mean?" Mitsuru was even more confused now.
"A complete and utter sonnova bitch from our side is trying to sabotage this stupid little group from the inside," Minato declared and Mitsuru gasped.
"Someone's trying to what?" She asked loudly.
"You heard me idiot," Minato spat. "The crazy bitch who attacked me had an Evoker!"
"I saw it too!" Hamuko nodded, "She created shadows that covered the whole of the area."
"Created shadows? How is that even possible?" Akihiko asked.
"Don't ask me," Minato answered, turning to his 'team mates'. "Alright you idiots, I might have gotten fucked pretty badly but I did repay the favour! If anyone of you are in cahoots with her I swear right now, I'll pour your heart out when I find out," With that he walked up the stairs. Leaving the shocked team behind… Except for Hamuko who ran behind him so that he wouldn't fall again.
Minato dropped to his bed and groaned. "Damn psycho bitch…" His mind flashed back to the scene.
"Who is she?" He remembered her face again… It didn't look familiar at all."
The door slammed open to reveal Hamuko who had a first aid kit with her.
"You idiot! Don't move," She commanded and Minato froze. Obeying her command came to him as breathing.
"Fine…" Minato muttered as he lied back on the bed. Hamuko got to work on Minato as she bandaged every wound of his. Finishing patching the last wound up, she stood up and sighed.
"Not good! You're going to have another day off tomorrow," Minako said sternly.
"That's good," Minato replied. "No idiotic fan girls annoying me so that's a win for me." He just shrugged.
"Thanks for saving me again," Hamuko smiled.
"No problem," Minato smiled back.
"I wonder who she was," Hamuko asked as she plopped onto his bed.
"I don't know. She will be back though from what she said," Minato clenched his fist, "I'll reduce her to bones next time."
"Yeah. I'll give her a trashing since she hurt you," Hamuko swore.
Minato pondered the fuzzy feelings that were forming as he stared at Hamuko.
"Hehe," Hamuko laughed as she enjoyed the comfortable silence between them. She began humming eventually and Minato found it incredibly pleasing to listen to.
"You sing?" Minato rose an eyebrow at that.
Hamuko nodded with a smile. "Yup! I'm actually saving up for a guitar since I oh so badly want one," She laughed. "I may not be pretty or anything but I do have some great pipes in my throat."
"N-No!" Minato shouted.
"Huh? What's up?" she asked with a raised brow.
"What you said isn't true!" Minato nearly shouted again. Hamuko puffed her cheeks and pouted.
"Oh, so you wanna challenge me emo boy?" She dared. "Alright a one hour singing competition! Your ass is mine!" She declared loudly… Unfortunately she didn't quite get the meaning of what Minato said.
"I never doubted your singing skills…" Minato sighed.
"Then?" Hamuko asked curiously.
"Y-You… are…" Minato gulped and blushed. "Pretty…" A huge grin formed on her face…. She got exactly what she wanted.
Minato winced in pain as Hamuko tackle hugged him onto the bed, "Thank you! Thank you!" She laughed.
"No problem." Minato blushed while the embrace was suffocating, he didn't mind it since the one who was hugging him was Hamuko after all… Probably the only person in the whole world he actually considers a friend.
"Fucking summer uniforms!" Minato shouted to the sky, earning glances from the other students who quickly cowered in fear at the glare Minato sent them.
"That's right you punks! You're in front of the world's greatest!" He boasted.
Hamuko giggled at his antics as Minato kept ranting about uniforms. And more uniforms.
The two walked into class which basically meant Ekoda running in fear from Minato who quietly rested his head on the table and began to sleep.
"How he tops the class is beyond me," Hamuko sighed as she started writing her notes.
"I'm just that damn good…zzzz…" Minato drifted into sleep again after boasting once again.
"Sure you are!" Hamuko petted him, ignoring everything else, especially Yukari who was rather quiet was glaring holes into the both of them.
School ended so Minato and Hamuko hung out again. Minato spent his entire cash on Hamuko again to which she did protest but couldn't help but smile.
The auburn haired girl lied on her bed and sighed. "Hanging around with Minato is so fun," While she did admit his behaviour was rather cold… all right, straight out insulting, she felt so special the way Minato treated her.
"I feel like a princess," She squealed and rolled over, drifting to sleep… Only to experience a horrible dream.
"Minato-kun!" Hamuko sang as she hugged Minato only to receive a shove in response.
"Back off," Minato spat as he walked ahead. Hamuko shook her head and then ran behind him again.
"Come on emo boy," This time, she got a slap right in her face.
"The fuck did you say?" Minato snarled in her face, "You red haired bitch!" Hamuko's heart nearly stopped beating at his cold words… She started sobbing.
"Pathetic," Minato shoved her onto the ground. He bent down and grabbed her by the hair. "Alright, listen up," Hamuko sobbed as she feebly tried to make him get off.
"You think you stand out huh? Girls don't mean a damn thing for me… They are only there to get my minds off things." What happened to Minato?
"Minato? W-What are you saying?" Hamuko whispered.
"Hmph," Minato shoved her again, making her head slam on the ground… She cried out in pain but for the first time, Minato didn't do a thing.
"Hag." Minato blew dust onto her face and walked off, leaving Hamuko shaking and sobbing on the ground.
Hamuko woke up with a gasp. She looked at her pillow which was stained with tears. She was crying.
A dull ache in her heart formed, making her clutch her chest.
"It hurts," She whimpered. The nightmare was unforgiving and it shook her to the core.
"If I didn't have Death… Would he have done the same for me?" Hamuko asked herself. She got off her bed and without caring that her night gown didn't exactly cover her up completely, she ran down the stairs onto the boys floor.
Minato was just waiting for a damn soda to pop out from the vending machine until his head shifted towards the sounds coming from upstairs. Someone was running.
Hamuko jumped to the second floor and Minato blushed like mad… It was that same night gown.
"Hamuko, you might wanna cover yourself up," he stammered, blushing like no tomorrow. Hamuko didn't care about that and only ran towards him and hugged him tighter.
Minato was about to shake her off. Even if the hug was warm and all the situation nearly made him pass out. He stopped when something wet hit his chest.
"Hamuko? You're crying?" Minato asked worriedly. Hamuko kept sobbing into his chest. Minato slowly raised his hand and began petting her on the head.
"It's all right. The nightmares are all gone," He whispered. Hamuko eventually calmed down as she stopped sobbing.
"I'll…bi…ou…" She mumbled but Minato didn't hear it correctly since her face was still buried into his now wet shirt.
"Huh?" Minato kept petting her.
"I'm gonna bite you," Hamuko warned and Minato stopped dead in his tracks.
"Am I some kind of puppy?" She growled rather cutely and Minato laughed at how she became a blushing mess right in front of him.
"Yup. A cute one," Minato smiled, he hadn't done it in ten years but still. He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead softly.
"Just don't worry about the dreams…" Hamuko blushed madly but still smiled.
"Thank you Minato," Now Junpei better not have come out of his room and see Hamuko like that otherwise Minato would kill him on the spot.
Hoshi: Finished in record time for editing but... Hahaha... Great. Anyways, hope the chapter is okay... Now go review, I'm not wishing to get mauled by some wilder beasts or something. Like a Mothman. *smiles nervously and runs*
*comes back quickly* Right, sayoonara for nao~