A/N Hey guys! I wasn't going to be writing another chapter quite yet but one of my favourite authors just released another chapter for their fic and it was super good so I decided to give you guys a lil' present. 3 I'm not quite sure what it is going to be about yet so bare with me. This chapter is going to be off the top of my head because I have no idea what to do for the fic atm.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! I only own my own original characters and the writing in this story.
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Chapter 18; The Elite
She lays on her side and soon falls asleep. Tora lays there longer, staring up at the ceiling. When her breathing evens out to that of a sleeping persons', he shifts onto his side and stares at the back of her head, a great multitude of thoughts running through his head. Suddenly, she whimpers in her sleep and rolls over onto her other side, coincidentally rolling into him. She starts to curl up into a ball, apparently having that same bad dream again. Making a snap decision, he wraps his arms around her and pulls her into him. After a moment, she instinctively nuzzles closer to him and relaxes. Her head is nestled securely in the hollow of his shoulder. His face is a brilliant shade of red at having her cuddling into him. Soon, however, his own exhaustion wins and he falls into a deeply relaxed state. For some reason, having her in his arms and close to him made sleep come that much easier. And more peaceful as well. Before long, they were both asleep, cuddled together and interlocked in each others' limbs.
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An alarm comes blaring to life at 5 o'clock the next morning. The girl in his arms starts to stir but he quickly turns the alarm off and gently caresses her hair, lulling her back to sleep. He blinks his eyes, slowly waking himself up. Instinctively, he doesn't move his body so as not to disturb her. After he has regained his awareness, he glances to the side and sees her still cradled in his arms. His heart skips a beat and his face grows red as it had the previous night. As he watches, she makes a small sound in her sleep and nuzzles into him. He feels a faint throbbing in his pants and turns an even deeper red, using all the willpower he had to stifle the growing pressure there. After a few minutes, his heart-rate returns to normal-as well as all his appendages. He nuzzles his head into her hair, the silky smooth strands feeling nice on his face. He breathes deeply and soon falls back asleep.
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She wakes up with a start, not quite sure what had disturbed her. The sun was filtering through the window. She grows aware of the warmth before her and the arms securely holding her, gentle yet strong. She shifts her head slightly to the point where she can see him. Her eyes widen a fraction of an inch as she takes in Tora Igarashis' sleeping face. Just like that, all the memories of last night rush back into her head and she turns crimson, insanely embarrassed about how she had acted and the current...predicament...she finds herself in. Her mind feels muddled, his warm body too close to hers. She carefully disengages herself from his arms and crawls out of the bed, trying not to wake him. She looks at him from the side of the bed, still blushing profusely.
'We slept in the same bed all night. I called him last night when...He came...and stayed. Just what game is he playing at? I don't understand. And why do I feel so flustered? This isn't like me at all.' she thinks to herself. Reaching towards the bedside table, she grabs her phone and turns the screen on, reading the time. It was 9 o'clock in the morning. They were late for school. She puts the phone back down and sighs.
'I just need a shower to wake up. After that I'll do everything I normally do in the morning. Then I'll make food. I guess I should make enough for him as well. I'll leave a towel and clean clothes out for him, too. Then I'll go to school. Everything will go back to normal. Yea, that's it...' she goes over to her dresser and pulls out her uniform for school, also pulling out a pair of black dress pants, a white button-up dress shirt, and black socks. She carries everything into the bathroom connected to her room and organizes it on the counter. Her things were closest to the shower and Toras' was on the other side, closer to the door. She digs under the sink for a bit, finally finding an extra toothbrush and another towel and washcloth. She puts those beside the clothes she got for him. She shuts the bathroom door, not thinking to lock it out of habit. She disrobes and steps into the shower, gooseflesh covering her from the sudden temperature change of no clothes. She turns the nozzle and hot water floods over her. She lets out a content sigh, just standing there, letting the water cascade over her body. After a few minutes of that, she washes her hair with orange-citrus scented shampoo and conditioner. Letting the conditioner set, she grabs her razor and shaves her underarms, legs, and arms, as well as soaping up her entire body. She washes the soap off and washes her face with lemon-scented scrub. Letting the conditioner set a bit more, she runs a comb through her hair to even it out. Finally, she washes the conditioner out and relaxes in the heat of water. Stepping out of the shower, she wraps her hair in a towel and wraps another around her body. Letting most of the water absorb into her skin, she dries herself the rest of the way with the towel wrapped around her body. She carefully rebandages all her still-healing injuries and puts on a bra and underwear. She flips her head down, taking the towel out of her hair and using it to scrub her hair as dry as possible. Folding both towels, she hangs them back on the rack. She takes out her brush and runs it through her hair, de-tangling and smoothing it out. She finally pulls the uniform down over her head, smoothing it out and putting on her knee-high socks and boots. She brushes her teeth and finally leaves the bathroom, turning the light off.
She goes back into her room and stops at the foot of her bed, watching Toras' still-sleeping form.
'He looks...surprisingly cute when asleep.' she muses in her mind. She leaves him to sleep and starts to make breakfast. It was now 9:30.
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Tora starts awake, his eyes snapping open. He yawns widely, stretching his arms out above his head. Looking beside him, he sees the emptiness where Kailey had once been. Blinking, a smell hits his nose. The smell of eggs, bacon, and pancakes comes to him from the kitchen. Curious, he gets out of bed and exits the bedroom, still groggy from sleep. Pelevea looks at him as he enters the room but soon goes back to eating her meat. He walks up behind Kailey and wraps his arms around her waist, hugging her.
She glances over her shoulder at him, raising one delicate eyebrow at him, "What, can you just not stand being away from me that you can't handle not touching me?" she says sarcastically.
His eyes narrow slightly and he pulls her backwards before swinging her around and pinning her to the wall, "Careful, comments like that can get a girl in trouble."
Her eyebrows arch, and there is a challenge in her voice, "Ohh?" she purrs, sarcasm dripping from the words. "And just what might you do, little tiger?"
He pushes her harder against the wall, her attitude egging him on. He gets close to her ear and whispers huskily into it, "Oh, I can be very creative with punishments." He is close enough to her that he feels her heart skip a beat. Or maybe it was his heart?
She laughs, and before he knows it, she twisted out from his grasp and is pinning him to the wall face-first. "Now now, little tiger. None of that. We need to get to school. And you should probably shower. Better hurry." She lets go of him and backs back to the stove, separating the food onto two plates. She puts three pancakes on one plate and one on another, also placing a larger portion of egg on the three pancaked plate. She divides the bacon up evenly on both plates and puts them on the table.
He pushes himself off the wall and aims to grab at her again, but she twirls out of his grasp and bumps him towards her bedroom and bathroom with her hip. "Ah-ah-ah, little tiger. Go give yourself a bath or we'll be even later. It's already 10:30. And you better hurry or your food will likely be eaten by Vea." there is a sparkle in her eyes as she sarcastically teases him. Grumbling, he goes to the bathroom to shower.
"You'll pay for this, princess..." he grumbles to himself, sulking.
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It was 11:30 when they finally arrived at school. Kailey headed straight to the headmasters office to personally apologize for her absence. Tora could deal with that later. Right now, he had a more important job to take care of.
Entering a small room close to the council room, a sing-song voice calls to him, "Toraaa, where have you been? You've been ignoring us for the past two weeks. It's been boring."
He is confronted by a short blonde girl. "Calm down, Kaon. I've been busy. Although I do have some entertainment for you five. One of the newest students is a girl from Westminster, England."
"So? What do we care about some unimportant English girl?" Kaon whines. The rest of the Miyabigaoka elite sat quietly, waiting for him to finish instead of cutting him off halfway through.
He gives the tiny girl a cold look, "If you could refrain from speaking out of turn, I will tell you. She is not an unimportant girl. She is more important than all of you."
This catches their attention. "Tora-san, who exactly is this girl?" Tenryu inquires.
Tora looks at him, "Her name is Kailey Silvermorthnone."
"You mean Silvermorthnone as in the Royal Family? Most powerful in the world?" Ichitaro explaims.
He nods, "Yes. And what I want you five to do is befriend her. Stay close to her and keep her safe. She's already been attacked once on school grounds and if it happens again, you will pay for it. Is that understood?"
They all nod. Kaon has an intrigued expression, "So, we now have a princess attending our school? And we are supposed to befriend her? I do believe you have cured our boredom."
He ignores her, "She is in the same class as I am. I trust you will act swiftly." and just like that, he leaves them to talk amongst themselves and come up with a plan to win her over. He smirks, pleased that his plan was going well.
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It was now lunch and Kailey was going to get a bottle of Kombucha before looking over the cast list and her role for the school play. Suddenly, there is a tap on her shoulder. She turns and sees a petite girl around her age.
"Sorry to disturb you, but are you Kailey Silvermorthnone?"
She blinks, putting on her sweet smile and speaking with a silky voice, "Yes, I am. Do you need something?"
The girls' smile grows and she grabs Kaileys' sleeve, "I thought so. Could you come with me please? It's important." she doesn't wait for a response and starts pulling Kailey with her.
Blinking in surprise, Kailey follows after the petite blonde. They near the student council room and she is about to say something when the girl stops before a door and smiles up at her, "Here we are." the girl knocks on the door and a boy wearing a beanie opens the door and gestures them inside. "Come on!" the girl pulls her in and the door shuts behind them.
Thoroughly confused, Kailey smiles at the girl before noticing the other three people in the room. Making sure to smile at all of them, she stares down at the small blonde before her, "Um..Hello everyone. May I please know why I was brought here?" she keeps the growing irritation out of her voice as she waits patiently for the crowd of people to answer.
The girl smirks up at her, "We are the Elite at Miyabigaoka. I'm Kaon Umekoji, daughter of a famous toymaker and that is my brother Tomu." she points at the beanie and headphones clad boy, who gives her a half-smile and raises a hand in somewhat of a wave.
A black-haired girl comes over to her and smiles kindly, "I am Yi Hua Li, I am a model from Hong-Kong and this is my fiance Tenryu Arashiyama." she places a hand on the dark-haired man beside her.
He gently takes Kaileys' hand and kisses it, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Silvermorthnone-sama."
She smiles kindly at him and is about to say something when the other dark-haired boy who had yet to introduce himself flings his arm over her shoulders, causing her eyes to widen in surprise. "And I." He pauses for dramatic effect as he lounges over Kailey, "Am Ichitaro Tomikoji. I am the son of a company director." he sounds very proud and is still clinging to her.
Kaon starts to walk towards him but freezes when she sees the cold glint in the tall blondes' eyes. Her own eyes widen and she gulps, shocked and scared at the same time. Before anyone can react, Kailey flips a wide-eyed Ichitaro over onto his back on the floor, face inches from his with the same cold expression.
"It is one thing to introduce yourself in such a talkative manner. But do not touch me, Tomikoji-san. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" she growls at him, with a dangerously low voice.
His eyes are the size of saucers as she quickly nods, "I'm sorry, please forgive my rudeness Silvermorthnone-sama." his voice comes out as a squeak. None of the elite dare to move at her sudden change of attitude and that is when the Igarashi heir saunters into the room, stopping in his tracks when he sees the scene before him. He can't help but burst out laughing and all five of the elite turn to stare at him, surprised by his outburst.
Realizing this is all his fault, Kailey gracefully leaps up and storms towards him, glaring at him with a look that would turn the emotionless man to a wibbling cry-baby. "Do you enjoy meddling with my life?" she snarls at him.
The elite stand there, watching this unfold with mouths agape.
Tora laughs for a few more moments as Kailey stands fuming, glaring profusely at him. "I didn't meddle at all."
Her eyes narrow, "Really? What do you call it then?" she demands, standing with her arms crossed.
He thinks for a minute, still smirking at her, "Hm..improving?" he offers mischieviously.
Giving a frustrated sound, Kailey starts to storm out of the room when Tora grabs her wrist. "Aww, don't be so mean, princess." he coos mockingly.
She slowly turns to look at him, her eyes two chips of ice. She looks at the elite and offers them a curt curtsey, "It was a pleasure to meet all of you, but if you will excuse me I have studying to do." her face is devoid for any emotion except for the ice of her eyes and she gracefully yanks her wrist from Toras' hand. He aims to grab her again but she slaps his arms away, turning those ice eyes on him and making even him freeze. When he makes no more movements, she turns and leaves the room, the door clicking shut behind her.
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"She's...certainly something." Kaon says after awhile, still shocked by the tall blonde. "I like her. I accept your challenge. We will win her over and make her one of the elite."
The others nod their agreement.
"Good." Tora says, a bit distracted. "I'll leave you to it, then." he turns and exits the room, going to his office.
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'I've never seen her so angry before. Did it really bother her that much? It seems a bit ridiculous. However, I will have to punish her later for mocking me in front of the others.' he thinks to himself, sitting at the desk.
"Maki." he calls.
The black-haired boy enters, "Yes Tora-sama?"
"Bring Kailey hear. Tell her I need to speak with her. And make sure no one disturbs us."
'Yes..I will have to punish her greatly.' he thinks as Maki bows and leaves the room.
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She closes her eyes and lets the script slip from her hand. She was too preoccupied to focus on memorizing her parts and it was grating on her nerves.
'Why did he want his elite group to talk to me? It seems apparent that he wants them to befriend me. That is how this game is played. But what does he have to gain from it?' she thinks to herself, sighing in irritation, 'I just can't understand that guy at times. He's so damned annoying.' She opens her eyes, feeling someone elses' presence. Maki stands in front of her with his usual smile.
"Hello Kanade-san. Can I help you?" she asks with a sweet smile, hiding her wariness.
"Tora-sama asked me to come and get you. There is something he needs to talk to you about. He said it is important. Will you please follow me to the student council room?" his smile was unnerving but she stands.
"Of course Kanade-san." she follows behind him. 'The student council room again. What does he want now? I swear, I will murder him if it isn't important. I want to be left alone.' she thinks to herself.
Maki holds the door to the council room open for her and shuts it as soon as she enters. Tora is lounged on the couch across the room and she makes her way over to him, wasting no time. She hears the faint 'click' of a lock when she is within arms reach of the heir and turns her head sharply in the direction she had come. She is just about to go back to the door when Tora yanks her down on top of him.
"You weren't very nice earlier, princess." he purrs into her ear, restraining her arms against him in a manner nearly impossible to escape.
A small thrill goes through her at his touch, and she struggles to get away from him, "Let me go, Tora."
"Aww...Don't be like that, princess. You have to be punished for being so rude earlier." his voice had a husky tone that had her worried and she tried to get away even more. "Are you trying to excite me, princess? You seem to be rubbing against me quite a bit."
She starts to feel something pressing against her lower back, while emotions war inside of her. One of them being an immense fear. The same fear that had made her so cold today. "Tora-" She is cut off as Tora flips her over onto the couch with him on top of her in one fluid movement. His eyes were bright with desire and the emotions in her warred ever more. "Tora, let-"
Suddenly he is kissing her fiercely, desire making him rough. He bites at her lower lip before parting her lips with his and kissing her again and again. Instinctively she relaxes into the couch, and he kisses her even fiercer, wanting her to kiss him back. Before long, she is kissing him as well and things start heating up. He starts trailing kisses down her jawline and neck and a shudder goes through her that makes him even crazier. He starts kissing lower and lower and she snaps out of her passion-filled daze. As his hands start moving to the end of her skirt she lets out a cry, "Tora please!"
And just like that he snaps out of it as well, blinking. He looks at her face, sees how her eyes are squeezed tightly shut and tears are poking out at the corners. That's when he realizes that it wasn't really anger that he saw earlier. Her emotions were just still crazy from the attack. And he had just done the same thing those boys had. With a dark look, he pulls away from her. He stands up and walks to a table by the door. Kailey stays lying on the couch with her eyes closed. He returns with a glass of water and gently reaches a hand towards her and places it on her shoulder. She stiffens up at his touch and he is about to take his hand back when a sigh goes through her body and she relaxes again.
"I'm sorry, Kailey.." he starts in a quiet voice.
She opens her eyes slowly and lets out a soft sigh. After awhile, she looks over at him and offer a wry smile, "It's ok little tiger."
He was happy she sounded a little more like herself, but still felt a strange pain in his chest. He hands her the glass of water, "Here, drink this." he helps her sit up and she takes a drink of the cool water.
"Thank you." she says quietly. She gently grabs Toras' sleeve and pulls on it until he sits on the couch beside her.
They stay in silence for a long time, until eventually Kailey gets up and tells him goodbye. He still doesn't move for a long time after she is gone.
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A/N so...that just happened. I don't really know what just happened. But it did. So yea. Enjoy? Until next time! It will be the weekend next! And on Sunday play practice starts! Although I don't know what I will have happen on Saturday, haha. /shot