May 1, 2011
Forecast…. Cloudy
I landed flat on my ass as Chie kicked me in the chest, when I hit the ground, all the air escaped from my lungs. "Son of a-!"
"You okay?" Chie walked over as she put her hands on her hips. She had a look of concern in her eyes. "You seem out of it today…"
"Just a little tired…" I rubbed my forearm against my chest in pain; yeah Chie had one hell of a kick to her… Though to be honest, she was right, I was so out of it today… not because I was tired mind you, I got ten hours of sleep… "I didn't get to sleep until after midnight… It's turning into a habit."
"Oh," Chie held out her hand and helped me to my feet… I sighed as stood there, I was having difficulty paying attention today, to be honest… I had no idea why, so I couldn't ask her a simple little question about her blushing… I thought through every last possible meaning and outcome, yet not one of them made any sense to me. What, you guys thought I was gonna ask her out… I was just scared she'd never talk to me again if I asked her why she was blushing… Besides there was no way in hell would she ever go for a guy like me, right? "Hey, let's go grab a bite; I think you could use a break…"
"You can say that again…" I smiled as rubbed the back of my neck now in embarrassment. "So, you go to Aiya's?"
Chie's face lit up like a Christmas tree the moment the words left me my mouth. "Now you're talking!"
"Then," I took a couple of steps down the road. "How 'bout we do one last thing for training…"
"What's that?" Chie tilted her head at me as I kept backing away from her.
"Last one there has to pay to bill!" With that I turned and ran, leaving a shocked Chie in my wake. After a moment she realized what was happening and began to chase me down!
Outside of Aiya's Dinner
"M-man!" I had my hands on my knees as I finally made to Aiya's… two minutes after Chie did, yeah, I'm out of shape… SO WHAT!? "Did not realize… it… was… so… far!"
Chie was smiling like a mad man when I finally stopped in front of the dinner. "Yes! Now you have to pay!" She quickly turned to face the dinner looking at the menu that they posted on the front of the dinner. "Today is steak bowl day! Just you wait!"
"They have… a steak bowl?" I finally was able to regain my composer. "How come I have NEVER heard of this!?"
Chie smiled and tried not to laugh at the joke. That's when I noticed a voice of someone who was at least, maybe ten years old… "I-I don't have any more…" Me and Chie both got pissed off ever so slightly… ever so slightly being pissed enough to rip off every single one of their heads!
"Don't tell me they're at it again!?" Chie was a little more pissed than I was, mainly because I was distracted for a moment… yet the moment she said something, I shook my head to bring me back to reality. "Let's go, Kreed-kun!"
"Got it!" We both charged into the alleyway to see the punks surrounding a little kid. God, they knew how to piss me off! Attacking a teenager was bad, but this was downright disgraceful! "Oh, you have got to be kidding me! The same assholes too!"
"What are you up too!?" Chie was very clearly pissed at the morons, they had crossed a line last time, this time though, attacking a kid! They were crossing every line that ever existed… which pissed off the last person you ever wanted to make angry… besides the Hulk!
When the punks finally noticed us, the tallest one seemed upset that we were once again stopping them. "Huh? Aw, not her again."
"Heheh, I know how to handle this bitch." You should have seen my face when those words left his mouth. Yeah, I was pissed before… only now, I was gonna destroy this motherfucker! These guys where low… I couldn't wait to beat the ever-loving shit out of them.
"Huhuhuh!" The tall guy seemed HAPPY about his friend pissing off the wrong people! He was gonna regret this… "You look like you got something planned!"
The kid started to cry a little bit, I felt bad for the little guy… he didn't deserve this, no one did. "H-help…"
"Hear that, 'Chie-chan?'" I almost did a double take when the words left his mouth. "He wants help."
"How do you know my name…?" I was so shocked that I forgot how to talk for a while, but I had a few ideas how they got that information…
"We ran into the guy you saved last time…" I knew it! He was going to die a slow and painful death! "Had a friendly conversation. He told us kinds of stuff. Like where you live, and about that precious 'Yukiko-chan' of yours."
Chie looked like she had just been punched in the gut… I knew how she felt, she had been betrayed by someone that she thought was a friend, yet not only that… the one part of this that I couldn't understand was that she felt like she was betrayed by someone that she fell in love with once… "What are you trying to pull!?"
"Oh, I'm just gonna have a little chat with this kid. Stay put, okay?" I could see the anger rise from her shock; she would not let these punks push her around… This shot my level of calmness through the roof; I actually took a step back. "'Cause who knows what'll happen to 'Yukiko-san' if you get in our way…?"
"Hehuhuh!" His "friends" were cheering him on, like complete morons. "Man, that's nasty!"
"Why, you…!" Chie clenched her fist as the kid began to sniffle. I could tell things were not looking good. I was not going to abandon my friend! I was going to stay her, even if it meant I get the ever-loving shit beaten out of me. Chie looked to me for a moment; I smiled evilly at her and took another step back.
"Even your friend agrees with us!" The punks were really gonna use me as an excuse here!? "So just sit there and let us ta-"
"Shut up!" I nodded at Chie. "I stepping back so I don't get in her way you fucking idiots!"
"Alright, so it's okay to rip these punks a new one!?" Chie turned back to the punks, she had had it with these assholes, and I knew it.
"Just remember to call 911," I thought about it for a moment. "Wait, what is it here…?"
"You sure about that?" The leader punk had such a cocky grin on his face. "So you don't care what happens to you loved ones?"
"Rrrgh…" Chie was about to explode, I leaned against the wall, waiting to jump in if things got ugly. "Fine, then hit me!" I went into a coughing fit as the words left her mouth. The punks looked surprised as well. "You're pissed at me, right!? Then why don't you just take a swing at me?"
"Chie!" Chie just stepped right up to the leader punk; she just looked back at me for a moment. Basically telling me to stay back. "What are you doing!?"
"I got this!" Chie looked back at the punks, I was worried that she was actually in trouble, I was about to get in between her and the punks. "I won't fight back. Be my guest! The face, the gut, Just pick a target! As hard as you want! C'mon!"
The leader of the punks turned his head away from Chie; I was surprised when he didn't take a swing at her. "Freak."
His friends started to run back away from Chie, they were terrified of her! "What's with this bitch… She for real? Whatever, man… Let's go…"
As they tried to get around us, I grabbed the leader by his color, even with the kid watching. I slammed him against the wall… "If you ever threaten Chie or anyone she cares about, and I will personally hunt you down!"
A little out of character for me, yes… Was I serious? Yes, I would not let them hurt my friends. I wouldn't kill them, just let them taste the wrong end of my baseball bat again… "I-I won't! G-get off of me!"
I smiled evilly as I let the guy go, to which he replied by running away as fast as possible. I let out a long breath and leaned against the wall for support… I was breathing heavy, I was so nervous at that moment; I looked up at Chie who looked like she was in the same condition that I was in. "M-miss… Thank you…" We both looked at the little child, he looked scared still, but he seemed like he was in better condition than when we first found him.
"Huh?" I honestly think Chie forgot about him. "Oh, no, don't worry about!" With that the kid ran off as fast as he could… to be honest, I wouldn't have been surprised if in the next few days I heard rumors about the hero girl… The thought made me smile a bit.
"That was fun…" I looked over at Chie as I forced myself off of the wall. Chie sighed and looked back up at me.
"My heart's still pounding…" Chie just stood there with her hands on her hips, but she was freaking out the whole time… it was actually a comforting thought. I don't why, it just was. "Was that stupid of me?"
"You bet," I smiled as I walked up to her, she was about to say something, but I held up my hand to stop her. "But you protected the kid; you did an amazing job…"
"Thanks." Chie's face turned a little red, but it vanished quickly as she took in a deep breath. "It might've been stupid, but I wanted to save them… That kid, Yukiko… How I feel about this isn't fake. I really want to protect them…"
"If anyone can do it…" I placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's you Chie."
Chie's face turned the light pink color she looked to the ground as she breathed in deeply, she looked even more nervous than when she was staring down a thug… I pit started to form in my stomach, I had no idea why, I was starting to slowly realize how wrong I was… I made the full realization as the words that came out of her mouth next hit my ears… "Um, well… I also want to protect you… I might be a little flaky… And maybe you don't even need protecting… But… I… I want to protect you…"
I finally realized why she was blushing, I was so wrong, I-I felt like an asshole for not realizing this sooner. I was taken over with so much emotion, I couldn't really control my next actions… It was actually embarrassing a bit, because I kinda just placed both of my hands on Chie's cheeks and brought her in for the most important kiss of my life… I wanted to do this, but it was also an involuntary action on my part, weird, huh? Chie, well her eyes widened in shock at first until she realized what was happening… at which she let her eyes close and she got lost in it just as much as I was. Finally, we broke apart to breath. "W-will you be my girlfriend?" A little late for asking about it, but I frankly did not give a rat's ass!
"Okay…" Chie's face became an even darker shade of the pink. "You sure? This is me we're talking about…"
"That's my line…" I smiled weakly as Chie became incredibly embarrassed about this. "S-sorry, you don't have if you don't want to… I mean, who would want to go out with me, right? After all that I've done…"
"I-I would…" Now my face was a dark red now. This was very much embarrassing to us. "Th-then… Awww, th-this is embarrassing!"
"Well," I was still smiling a little; I was also rubbing the back of my neck… We really had no idea what to do now. "Just remind me to get ten thousand yen for Yosuke…"
Time Change: Daytime to Afternoon
Me and Chie really had no plans for the rest of the day, so we just decide to grab a bite to eat and go to my house for the rest of the day. Shut up… not what you think, after all Yukiko was gonna be there helping Wi- that was the moment I remembered… I forgot to tell Will about Yukiko. We were running to my house now. "H-how could you forget about something like that!?"
"It just slipped mind!" I almost busted the door to my house down, only to have Yukiko open the door with a smile on her face.
"Oh!" I guess Yukiko didn't notice me, only because I was on the back side of the door, lying on the ground. "Chie! What are you doing here?"
"Um…" Chie looked around the door. "Kreed, are you okay?"
"Fine…" I crawled out from under the door. "That hurt way too much for a door… "
"Oh!" Yukiko quickly moved the door so I could stand up. "I'm sorry Kreed-kun!"
"It's all good Yukiko-san…" I stood up and looked into my house to see Will sitting down at the table looking out of the door. "Hi Will…"
Will nodded and looked to Yukiko. "Um… Thanks, Yukiko-san… Crap, um… for the lesson."
"You're welcome Will-san." Yukiko smiled and looked back to us. "He seemed to understand what was going on when I got here."
"Oh," I blinked a few times, I was amazed, he was a fast learner… "Well, um… thanks Yukiko, n-next time I'll make sure to warn you if I told him or not… uh, Chie, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay," Chie sighed as she turned to Yukiko. "Come on Yukiko… I had a long day." Chie turned to me with a very gentle smile on her face. "Bye Kreed, I'll see you tomorrow."
I waved as I entered the house watching Yukiko and my girlfriend walk down the road… it was a good feeling to think and or say that for me… It made me feel like I was actually cared for, I was smiling pretty brightly as I turned around to Will. "Why are you so happy Kris?"
"Because you still have trouble with Japanese!" My smile turned a bit evil as I made fun of Will.
"What, I only really understood half of it." Will raised an eyebrow at me. I knew he didn't know all that well.
"Excatly!"
"Asshole…"
Well, I was waiting for this chapter for soooo long! Well I hoped you enjoyed and I would really enjoy feedback on this chapter, laters!