Brutality and suggestive themes up ahead. No lemon (sorry folks) but just a warning. Have fun!
Takaya gave a cold smile as small tendrils of needle like static-electricity began to crackle around his body. Sho glanced at his body and raised his brows, it looked buffed than usual. Takaya looked like a damn scare-crow a few months ago.
Takaya's right arm was burned black due to the fire earlier but the burns weren't bothering the leader of Strega at all. Sho hissed in annoyance and Takaya's smirk disappeared and was replaced by an ice-cold expression.
"You little bitch," Sho spat. "Not training for a day in your life and living off those plumes, you're pathetic."
Takaya's expression didn't twitch. "Don't talk about training and power. You're weak."
Sho bolted upon that remark. He closed the distance and aimed a wild slash for Takaya's scrawny neck.
Takaya widened his eyes and unleashed a blast of flames just when Sho came in the pocket. The explosion of hell-fire sent the redhead reeling backwards to avoid the burns. He looked up and saw Takaya backing away, increasing the distance between them.
"I will not summon," Takaya stated, stretching out his arms. More bolts of electricity cracked around him and blood dripped down his mouth as he switched personae. "I mean, Minato barely summons when he fights you."
"Piece of shit," Sho ran forward upon the insult and clenched both of his swords tightly as he spun around for a spinning slash.
Takaya manoeuvred through the attack and quickly whipped around.
Sho turned around and saw a hand inches away from his face.
"Shit!" Sho crossed his arms in front of his face as Takaya unleashed a sphere of flames. Sho hissed in pain as his arms caught fire and he quickly backed away to dispel the flames.
"Come on," Takaya wagged a finger, enraging the redhead again.
"Amazing," Jin whispered. Sho was equal to Minato and yet Takaya was superior to him. Those plumes that Ikutsuki informed them of were clearly magical, but then again….
Takaya grinned again as more blood began to drip down his mouth. Several veins popped up all over his body which was clearly under strain. "Hahaha…" the leader of Strega gave a cold laugh.
Sho rebounded and charged at him again.
Takaya's smile went out the window as the redhead got closer and soon, within the pocket.
Sho swung his blades around, trying to rip Takaya's head off but much to his surprise, the older male was slipping and weaving through slashes, barely getting caught on the tail end of the metal.
Takaya dodged the final slash and spread out his arms again. His right arm caught fire once more and Sho knew for a fact that more flames were coming.
Sho whipped around and made a run for it, hoping to get distance.
Takaya started laughing as he let loose another vortex of searing heat that burned through the roof of the room, going up to the room above them.
Sho looked at the burned ceiling and clenched his jaw. Takaya was no weakling now.
The redhead gripped his blades. But neither was he.
Sho bolted for him again.
Takaya flicked his wrist and summoned a line of fire in front of him, stopping Sho in his tracks.
The scarred male growled and ran through the fire, taking little damage. He closed up on Takaya and tried to stab his face.
Takaya caught the sword in his palm and gave him a cold look.
Sho was seconds away from sending his other blade through Takaya's gut but the older male switched and sent thousands of volts coursing through Sho's blade.
Sho yelled out in pain as the volts surged around his body. He quickly disengaged and glared down the mutated bastard.
Takaya's face started to turn purple and his body turned red. He cleaned the blood running down his chin and shrugged his shoulder. "Pathetic as usual…"
Sho gave no shit about Takaya's magic and lost himself in rage upon that comment. The redhead charged for his leader again, closing the distance again.
Takaya gauged the distance and backed at the last moment, making Sho cuss. He rebounded back and tried another slash which Takaya evaded and ran off, controlling the distance.
Minato went toe to toe with him and distance wasn't an issue but Takaya was very good at keeping distance and firing off attacks from the outside.
Takaya channelled a bolt into her fist and chucked it towards Sho who dodged and tried to make a run but halted when Takaya started charging up another attack. "Tch…" Sho clicked his tongue and dodged the next bolt.
"No wonder Minato beat you so easily," Takaya mocked and Sho's eye twitched in anger. The redhead lost himself again and ran for the bastard.
"I took him to the deepest waters," Sho yelled out, jumping up and crashing down onto Takaya's head with a downward slash with both swords.
"Heh," Takaya sidestepped the pounce and kicked Sho in the chin.
Sho blinked. He wasn't wobbled but that kick was far stronger than he anticipated. He looked back and saw Takaya preparing another vortex.
Sho cursed and quickly rolled away from the expanding cyclone of static electricity that was expanding and swirling around Takaya.
Sho rolled onto his feet and saw Takaya standing stationary in the middle of the attack.
"Die!" Sho chucked his sword directly for Takaya's heart.
The platinum blonde male widened his eyes and saw the blade simply bursting through his cyclone. Takaya hurriedly called off the attack. The sword came inches away and the older male pivoted, saving his heart but the blade ended up ripping through his shoulder.
Takaya clutched the fresh wound and squeezed, forcing more blood out of the gash. "Heheh…" he gave Sho a cruel smile as blood started dripping down his mouth as well. "You will pay for this."
Sho cracked his neck and ran for him again.
Takaya took his stance and chucked dozens of bolts for the incoming redhead. Sho dodged his way through most of them but still got blasted and hurt by some. Quickly closing the distance, Sho feinted with a slash and came forward with a kick to Takaya's midsection, knocking the breath out his lungs.
Takaya hissed and grabbed a hold of Sho's face.
"Shit!" Sho shut his eyes as he felt the temperature spike up. Takaya was going to burn his face.
Sho wrestled his way out of the hold and aimed a horizontal slash for Takaya.
The older persona user caught the blade and stretched his palm towards Sho's face again.
"Oh fuck!" Sho cursed.
A gust of wind sent Sho flying to the other side of the room. The redhead male screamed as the brutal winds ended up ripping through the flesh on his face. Thankfully he managed to close his eyes at the last second.
"Takaya!" Jin said worriedly as his leader started yelling out in pain with his hands around his own temple.
"Hahahaha," Takaya gave another cruel laugh as he licked his bloodied hand with delight. There was certain madness in his eyes that Sho could recognize very well. It was very similar to the insanity that danced around in Minato's eyes during the battle.
Takaya finished cleaning his hand and gave a sadistic smile to the redhead who growled in return. "No aren't shit, do you hear me!?"
"Minato isn't shit!" Takaya yelled out in reply, pulling on his hair as the maddening rush of power smash into his brain, drawing out another laugh of his lungs.
Sho watched on as Takaya's body began to turn blue and then red and then blue again. The platinum blonde male laughed louder as the plumes inside his body started to power him up further but all the power was wrecking Takaya's mind.
"Haaah…." Takaya's hair started to turn bright gold and his body kept changing colors.
"What the heck is going on?" Sho blinked. This wasn't normal. Hell, those plumes weren't normal. Takaya looked like a train wreck, even with all the power.
Takaya's breathing began to settle down and the calm leader regained his usual, stoic face. "Ah…" he gave out a sigh, looking down at his body which looked like distorted. It was blue, black and red all over with multiple welts, bruises and veins.
"Disgusting," Sho took a step back.
"Takaya…" Jin whispered. That was surreal.
Sho shook his head and ran for Takaya again. "Time to die!"
Takaya quickly took his stance and even without caring for Jin, unleashed a powerful almighty attack that sent a shockwave through the apartment.
Sho stopped in his tracks and was blown away by the attack that consumed his from head to toe. "Ugh!" the shockwave of energy crashed into his chest, knocking the breath away and sending him crashing into the wall.
Jin was blasted away as well. The bespectacled male quickly crawled forward and ran out of the room to save his life.
Sho stood up and gripped his sword again as Takaya called off the attack and gave his usual smirk.
"You think you'll live with this bullshit?" Sho asked.
"I am immortal," Takaya declared. "I will live until the moment of the fall. None of you can kill me."
"Those plumes messed up your brain," Sho took his stance, ignoring the blood dripping down his frame.
"It gave me the life I lost back then," Takaya stated calmly. "I pity you. Never will you achieve what I have."
"I don't need your stupid plumes," Sho dashed and aimed a straight stab that Takaya sidestepped. "Real fighters don't give a damn about that sort of shit."
Takaya snorted. "Real fighters…." Sho turned around and Takaya slapped him across the face, widening his eyes. "That meaningless nonsense has no value to me."
"You son of a!" Sho stepped in with a kick and transitioned to a slash. Takaya managed to dodge the kick but the sword managed to cut open his chest a little bit. Greenish blood began to drip down the wound.
Sho shrugged the disgust off and kneed him hard in the gut.
Takaya hacked out blood and grabbed a hold of Sho's head.
Sho simply powered out of the hold and directed another slash which Takaya dodged. The older male quickly summoned a wall of fire, forcing Sho backwards.
Sho panted. All the running was starting to make him tired. Takaya, despite looking like a mutant looked fresh, even with the small wounds.
Takaya flicked his wrist and sent a buffeting gust of wind towards Sho who closed his eyes, crossed his arms to endure. The pressure forced him backwards and when the attack was finally called off, Sho lurched forward. His body was cut up.
"Are you getting tired?" Takaya asked, preparing another almighty attack.
Sho hissed in pain. "Gotta get closer. I'll get picked apart from range…" there was really no other choice. While he was physically stronger than Takaya, Sho was far weaker in elemental manipulation and Takaya wasn't even summoning his persona.
Sho took a deep breath and zapped over to Takaya who was prepared.
Sho gritted his teeth and crowded Takaya who channelled wind and fire into his fists.
Takaya whiffed on a slash and blasted Sho on the chest with another gust of wind. Sho swallowed the pain spun around for a spinning attack. Takaya ducked underneath the blade and punched him on the gut with his thunder infused fist.
"Shit," Sho tried to kick him away but Takaya blew him backwards by expanding on the wind attack.
Sho was sent crashing into the wall once more but he quickly got up and ran ahead as Takaya starting charging up another attack.
Sho got close and tried to stab Takaya's chest. Takaya countered and sent thousands of volts coursing through his blade again.
The redhead male screamed in agony and kicked Takaya who reeled backwards. Biting back the pain, Sho dashed ahead to take advantage but Takaya recovered surprisingly quickly and blasted Sho with a deadly almighty attack at point blank.
Sho collapsed to the ground, bleeding profusely from all the wounds. "Ugh…" he got to his feet and saw Takaya smirking at him. It was unbelievable. The plums made a huge difference.
"With his power, I will easily be able to kill Minato," Takaya said.
"Tch," Sho groaned. As much as Takaya had powered up, Sho knew that Minato would beat the brakes off him. It made him mad but Sho did accept Minato fought and beat him with a broken body. "Yeah, right…"
"Do not doubt me!" Takaya exploded with anger but calmed down seconds later. "My life is not complete without his blood on my hands…"
Sho took a step forward.
Takaya widened his eyes and sent a razor of almighty energy crashing next to Sho's feet. The redhead hurriedly backed away and gasped in surprise. The attack had ripped through the ground with a perfect shape.
Takaya channelled more energy into his hand and laughed. "Do you see now? Even Theo would have fallen next to me. I am supreme!"
"Kiss my ass!" Sho got mad and ran for Takaya again.
Takaya chucked countless almighty razors towards the charging redhead. "Ugh…" Sho managed to dodge some of them but the explosions that followed did damage him.
Takaya focused his eyes on Sho's hands. He was an expert swordsman and unlike Minato, Sho wasn't really good without his swords. Minato loved brawling and clashing blades with Sho but Takaya wasn't like that. He focused on weak-points and capitalised on them.
Takaya aimed the next razor of energy for Sho's wrist.
The redhead saw it coming and evaded the attack.
Takaya summoned another wall of flame when Sho got within the pocket, forcing distance between them.
Sho had half a mind to throw his single sword for Takaya again but he wasn't willing to take such a huge risk.
Takaya set his sights on Sho's arm again. He sent another razor for his wrist that ended up grazing his wrist. Sho shrugged the pain and Takaya wagged another finger, inviting him closer. "Come on…" he offered as the flames dissipated and Takaya spread out his arms and held out his chin.
Sho took the offer and dashed for Takaya again.
Takaya gauged the timing and bit his lip as he tried to calculate the opening. "Hmmm…" as soon as Sho came within the pocket, Takaya channelled ice and fire into his fists and smashed them together, invoking a reaction that made steam and mist fill the room.
Sho stopped his charge and looked around the room which was full of steam.
"Shit," Sho felt a grip around his wrist as Takaya grabbed a hold. Sho tried to power his way out again but Takaya dug his nail deep into the wound that was caused earlier.
The steam began to clear up and Sho saw Takaya standing inches away from him, his other hand cloaked with flames.
Sho used his other free hand to crack Takaya on the jaw.
Takaya's legs wobbled and Sho punched him again. Usually, Takaya would get knocked out by a strong punch but this time, he took the punches.
Takaya fought through the pain and infused almighty energy into his other hand that was wrapped around Sho's wrist.
Sho yelled out in pain, kicking Takaya repeatedly to break free but the older male didn't let go of the grip and kept burning Sho's flesh with the spell.
Sho dropped the sword and pulled back.
Takaya shot forward and punched him across the face, knocking Sho to the ground. "Ugh…" that punch hurt, it hurt like hell.
…. Not as much as Minato's punches though.
Sho quickly rolled away but Takaya stalked forward and kicked him hard on the gut.
Sho was sent crashing into the wall again. He hacked out some droplets of blood and gingerly stood up, holding his injured wrist. The wound from earlier was further worsened.
Sho was knocked back to the ground by another gust of wind that Takaya sent his way. "This is all too easy…" the platinum blonde male grinned. He had sustained a few bruises but Sho was far more damaged.
Takaya didn't punch and try to knock him out by continually targeting his head. He had wounded him in many different places, legs, arms, chest to accumulate damage and now, it was starting to wear Sho down.
Takaya fired off almighty bullets for Sho's limbs who took them without dodging.
"I do not fight recklessly like Minato does," Takaya said, dropping Sho to his knees with a larger bullet. "There is no one who can outsmart me!"
"Oh really?" Sho hung his head low and slowly stood up.
Takaya raised a brow.
"I know someone…." Sho looked up with a smirk as red mist exploded from the place where he stood. The aura shot upwards, blowing away Sho's hair and revealing his eyes that were glowing red.
"And he's right here!"
Takaya prepared himself.
Sho's crazes smile melted away to a cold and stoic expression as Minazuki took control. "And that is me…" Minazuki spoke lifelessly, glaring harshly at Takaya.
"Excellent," Takaya smirked. "I forgot you had a plume already."
"Your mind will get ripped to pieces," Minazuki warned. "Get ready, because the voices are coming…"
Takaya snorted in response.
"Let me help you…" Minazuki spat coldly. "I'll save you from the voices and agony by sending you to hell!"
Takaya laughed mockingly but he stopped doing so when darkness spread throughout the room, covering everything. Takaya wasn't quick enough to get close in time and found himself staring at darkness.
Minazuki picked up the sword and charged towards Takaya. His darkness was far stronger than Tsukio's, there was nothing that could light up the place.
Takaya took a step back as two red orbs formed right before him. "What are these-"
"Atom smasher!" Minazuki's yell made him tense up. Takaya quickly formed a shield of almighty energy and the first slash crashed into it, forcing Takaya backwards but with no damage.
Minazuki growled.
Takaya spat out blood and reinforced the barrier with more energy.
The second slash dissipated the almighty energy.
Takaya quickly dodged the third and final slash but it ended up grazing his sides.
Minazuki finally came within striking distance and sent the blade ripping through Takaya's back, drawing out a harsh, demonic yell of pain, followed by a thud. Distracted and wounded, Takaya wasn't able to dodge and anticipate the sword slash. "Ugh…" he coughed out blood and tried getting up but the wound was too severe.
The darkness dissipated and Sho hovered over Takaya. He looked exhausted and spent. "I'm going to kill you…" the redhead spat.
Takaya tried to move but Sho wasted no time and sent the sword slicing through Takaya's chest. The metal kept going further and further into Takaya's body until it pierced his heart.
"I'll rip your head off and send it to Minato," Sho hacked out some more blood and stared deep into Takaya's eyes.
Takaya's eyes began to lose light as Sho dug the blade in deeper. Takaya's chest began to rise and fall slowly and his breaths became shallower with every second.
Sho snarled and twisted the blade, completely ripping away the blood vessels and killing the damn bastard. Takaya sucked in one last breath before he hand fell limp at his sides. He wasn't breathing now.
Sho collapsed on top of Takaya, trying to regain his breath. "Haah…" that battle was far tougher than he imagined but he had won. He had killed Takaya, without bonds or any of that shit.
Sho pulled the blade out of Takaya's chest and grabbed a hold of his hair. He intended on bringing Takaya's head to Minato.
Just before Sho could rip his head off, someone yelled at him to stop.
"Stop it!" caught off guard by the yell, Sho pulled back and looked ahead to see a grenade inches away from his face. Beaten and tired, Sho wasn't able to counter or evade and took the explosion at point blank range.
Sho screamed out in pain as the blast further aggravated his nasty wounds. The force blew him backwards and the redhead collapsed to the ground a few feet away from the dead leader of Strega.
"You…." Sho gritted his teeth, hissing venomously at Jin who stood at the doorway with another grenade in his grip. "Spineless coward…"
"You're going to die now," Jin said, ready to throw another bomb to end Sho's life.
Sho shut his eyes.
"That was not needed, Jin," the cold voice made Sho widened his eyes in surprise and horror. That belonged to Takaya. Sho looked ahead and saw Takaya sitting on the ground, the wound on his chest was completely healed.
"H-How?" Sho choked out. Takaya was alive. Sho was sure his heart was torn to pieces. He saw life leaving his eyes, dammit. This wasn't real.
"I told you," Takaya stood up and walked over to Sho, lifting his face up with his foot. "I am immortal. You cannot defeat me…"
Jin took a step back. Takaya actually came back to life. Those plumes were indeed magical. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Takaya ignored his question and gave a dark chuckle. "I will do in a few minutes what you couldn't do in months, that is, kill that blue haired demon."
Sho hissed in response. "Minato will slaughter your ass."
Takaya blinked. That capped teen, Junpei, had said the same a few weeks ago.
"Nonsense!" Takaya smashed Sho's head into the ground.
Sho began to move. "Minato's back," he said, looking Takaya in the eyes. "Your best chance was a week ago when he was so utterly weak and pathetic that I beat him without breaking a sweat."
Takaya widened his eyes.
"You fool, you lost your only chance of beating him," Sho spat. "The damage he received from the fusions is gone and he's back at full health."
"You were banking on that, weren't you?" Sho asked. "Hoping for a time where he would be so weak that you'd beat him, because deep down, you know he'll kill you."
Takaya took a step back. His body was shivering as he replayed his previous beat down at the hands of Minato. Minato was far from a hundred percent during that time and now…
"Why didn't you tell us!?" Takaya shouted.
"Hahaha," a vortex of darkness began to surge underneath Sho's broken body. "I remember his words clearly. He's going to cripple you and present your head to Hamuko for what you did to her."
"Both of you make me sick," Sho admitted. "And having fought both of you, Minato will beat you to death."
Sho gave out a competitive grin. "Fuck both of you…" Takaya was going to end his life but the darkness swallowed Sho and he disappeared from the room.
Takaya started shaking and sweating after mulling over Sho's words. Minat's psychotic smile flashed across his eyes, making him gasp. He was back at full health. The demented demon was back at full health.
The beat down smashed into his psyche one more time and Takaya sucked in a deep breath violently.
"No, no, no!" Takaya shook his head. He wasn't going to get beaten by Minato again, not this time.
"Takaya!" Jin yelled but the leader had already run off, heading straight for the supply room, the place where he had buried the plumes. "Shit, no!"
…
"Good," Minato gave out an extremely rare compliment to the capped teen as he managed to graze his shoulder with the blade. Normally, Minato would explode into rage and beat him around but this was training.
Hamuko and Junpei both rushed at the blunet who gave out a faint smile and dodged the flurries of slashes but they were connecting at times. Hamuko had definitely improved and Junpei at least grasped the basics of sword-fighting.
Hamuko finally connected with a slash on Minato's chest. "Kill-shot."
"Use your fists, you sissy," Minato spat at Junpei who lunged at Minato with long punches.
"Don't hurt him, Minato," Hamuko ordered. Minato nodded and evaded the shots. Some of them managed to graze him and he complimented Junpei each time they did.
"Hahaha, Minato-sensei," Junpei laughed and switched back to his sword. "Come on, I can take it. Come back at me!"
Minato projected a blade into his grip and clashed it with Junpei. "Be careful what you wish for."
Hamuko stood back, watching the skirmish unfold with a smile on her face. Minato was pulling back on his sword and barely gazing Junpei on purpose, not wanting to hurt him too much.
Junpei came down with a vertical slash that Minato blocked. The two disengaged and went back to clashing blades again.
Hamuko widened her eyes as Minato gave a faint smile during the struggle; it wasn't his usual psychotic smile. It was genuine, happy and proud.
Minato pushed Junpei away who dropped his sword in exhaustion.
Minato did the same and clap thrice. "Well done, asscap. You did well!" Junpei widened his eyes as Minato gave him thumbs up.
"Hahah, thanks bro," Junpei grinned at him.
SMASH!
Magician Arcana Rank 2.
Junpei looked at Hamuko who was staring intently at Minato. "I-I gotta go now. Thank you sensei!" Junpei bowed and ran out of the room.
Minato turned around and Hamuko ran into him, hugging him tightly. "Thank you sensei!"
"You're welcome," Minato smiled. "You did better than he did."
A little exhausted from the training, Minato sat back on his bed and let out a deep breath. "It feels damn good to have a healthy body…"
"I bet," Hamuko sat next to him. "Were you proud of Junpei? I saw you smiling."
"I was," Minato said with no hesitation. Usually he would try to discredit whatever the others did and spit venom at them but this time, he gave another faint smile. "Gotta train my weak-ass teammates."
Hamuko squealed and hugged him again. "Minato, you're making me proud!"
"Hahahah, glad," Minato gave a wide smile. He leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss. "As long as you're happy."
"You make me real happy, Minato," Hamuko replied as she pulled away. "Despite all that happened between us…."
Minato looked away. "S-Sorry…"
"Hush," Hamuko pushed him backwards and Minato fell back on his bed.
"What are you…" his words dissolved inside of his throat as Hamuko gave a smile and straddled his lap, making Minato blush profusely.
"O-Oh God," Minato choked out, sinking into the sheets.
Hamuko pulled off his tie and undid the first button of his shirt.
"Shit," it was happening, it was really happening! Minato had dreamed of the moment ever since he went gaga-gaga on Hamuko back in the summer. Heck, even during his dark weeks, he always dreamt of the moment happening.
Hamuko undid a few more buttons and smiled at the blushing mess that Minato became under her.
Minato gave out heavy breaths as Hamuko lowered her face. They were finally going to do it! It was like a dream come true!
Minato's vision started to blacken and he started panicking. "W-What!?" was his health failing him again?
Hamuko was inches away and Minato was so goddamn excited that he….
…. Passed out from the overflow of hormones.
Hamuko pulled away as Minato shut his eyes. The redhead blinked and nudged him slightly and got no response. "Did he really?" she blinked rapidly. "Did he just…" she trailed off to a whisper.
"Ugh, ugh!" Hamuko scowled at his sleeping form and buttoned her own shirt up. "Goddammit!" did he really pass out before such a moment? "Stupid boy…" Hamuko threw a glass of water on his face and stormed out of the room.
Minato came to life and flailed like a fish. He coughed out some water and sat on his bed, still blushing profusely. "Did I really?" he blinked rapidly. "Did I just…." he trailed off to a whisper.
"I'm Minato Arisato," Minato clenched his fist. "And I just passed out before the best moment of my life!" he tried to walk forward but ended up collapsing to the ground. The little moment with Hamuko got his heart beating insanely fast. "Makes sense, I love that girl too much…" he groaned and stood up.
"Too much for my own good," working up the courage, Minato lumbered his way out of the room. His hormones and senses weren't going to ruin the best moment of his life.
…
Minato slowly opened the door to Hamuko's room and saw the resident scowling at him from the bed. Hamuko was listening to her headphones. She popped them off when Minato locked the door and walked closer.
"I swear," Hamuko hissed. "Why do I like you again?"
"I don't know myself," Minato rubbed the back of his head. "But hey, thank you."
"Man, this really is unfair," Minato sighed. "You pretty much own my ass at this point."
Hamuko finally snickered.
"I won't lie," Minato walked closer. "I've dreamed of this ever since I fell for you."
"Minato," Hamuko blushed faintly.
"Sleeping in the arms of someone you love…. I bet it's a damn good feeling," Minato smiled. "I won't let stupid hormones or anything else ruins this. We deserve this moment, Hamuko…"
"Yes we do," Hamuko removed her ribbon and started undoing the buttons of her blouse.
Minato removed his jacket and took a deep breath. He was still shaking but this was the moment he had waited for months.
The two came closer and kissed once more.
Minato and Hamuko spent a long time together.
…
…..
Minato was a blushing mess at the starting but at the end, the smile, the blush and shy-ness was all gone. Minato looked angry and agitated. He wasn't going to forget the time he spent with Hamuko but…
"Minato?" Hamuko hugged him, rubbing his back. "Are you okay?" he just went stoic-faced halfway through.
"Hamuko," Minato ran his fingers on her back. "Your back…"
"I can't look- ow," Hamuko winced in pain when Minato's finger touched a certain point. "Huh?"
Minato glided his fingers over the three scars on Hamuko's back. "Do they hurt?" the healing took care of the scar on her cheek but it didn't heal the ones on her back.
Hamuko thought back to Takaya shooting her about a month ago. "Those are…."
"Those scars," Minato hissed, pulling back and looking her in the eyes. "That goddamn bastard…."
"Calm down, Minato," Hamuko buried her face into the crook of his neck. Minato looked over her shoulder and cringed upon seeing the scars again.
"That piece of shit," Minato cursed once more.
"Calm down, please," Hamuko pleaded.
Minato took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
"Don't ruin this moment," Hamuko said softly.
"Sorry," Minato apologized "I-I just can't rest knowing that bastard caused you so much pain…." he began stroking her cheek again, the same place she had the scar which Elizabeth healed.
"I know you'll take care of him," Hamuko looked up to him.
SMASH!
Death Arcana Rank 9.
"But this night, think of only me…." Hamuko whispered with another blush.
Minato finally smiled and pressed his forehead against her. "You really snared me. I love you too much, it really isn't fair."
Hamuko giggled. "It is, because I love you just as much…."
Well, long ass chapter for the readers! Quite a mood shift huh? from a heated battle to a sappy love making scene, major hatred and back to sap. Huge thanks to Steven Cold for writing the social link scene because as you know, i suck at writing that type of shit. Thanks buddy!
Man, 70 chapters. We're close to the ending, dammit and the next chapters will be a treat to write. The climax is coming!
Also, I'm trying to write more technical battles instead of all out brawls so if you don't get some terms then do let me know, I'll be happy to help. if any of you follow boxing or MMA, you should know what is going on but if not, then do let me know.
And they screw each other! Poor fellas deserve a bit of love because their life is going to turn upside down soon (no, no more hate between them, don't worry) the sex scene was possible at two points, did it here because it built up the hate b/w Minato and Takaya. Kind of a mood kill with Minato cursing out Takaya after such a passionate moment but hey, blame Takaya for shooting Hamuko. :P
For the question why I chose kicks. Its because of tennis (forgot there is a volleyball team in p3p, would have used that to make her a fist fighter) also, Hamuko is fast, faster than Minato and kicks are better at controlling distance and damaging. Hamuko is an out fighter (someone who controls range and doesn't get into brawls) so punching really doesn't suit her.
Drop a review, tell us what you think. Thanks for the support so far, appreciate it always. Writing this with 2 other people surely helps a fucking ton.
See you later! \o/