I don't know if I was late or not, but I uploaded as quickly as I could. I hope nobody waited too long.

Destiny and Fate Ch 5

The day disappeared with the setting of the sun and the world received quietness. The sky was darkened and tiny dots of glitter were hung on the sky, brightening the absolute darkness. All the movements have stopped and all the residents of Earth had gotten into their sleep except two special individual. A tall blonde man and a shorter girl who carries a gun with her all the time were arguing on the road.

"Like I said, I'm sorry, Hikari."

"You really screwed up this time. Didn't you?"

Scratch the arguing part. It was more like the male was being scolded by the ice princess. The situation was that the two have enjoyed the party they were in hours ago and were heading home when suddenly; the car gas has run out. Apparently, Hikari was blaming Takeru for not checking the meter and stranding them in the middle of the road. They were still not half way to their home and there were no cabs, bus, or whatsoever in the night street. The car doesn't function and the two were wondering what they should do. After pondering for some time, Takeru suggested an idea.

"Let's just find a place to stay for tonight. We won't get home by walking right now."

Then, Hikari sighed heavily and agreed.

"Alright. Let's go."

With that, they wandered the silent night street, searching for a place to stay. Every building was closed. Regardless, the two continued to look. After many minutes of searching, they finally managed to find an open hotel.

"Glad there is still some open places."

"Whatever. Let's go."

They entered and registered their name and paid the fee for a single night. Then, they were shown their room and were shocked to see the room. It was rather a small room. There was only one TV, one desk, one shower, and most shocking of all, only one bed. The two, especially Hikari, were surprised and shocked by this sight. Then, Takeru chuckled and spoke what was on his mind.

"I guess we're spending the night together."

"You're sleeping in the car."

A blunt rejection came out. Then, the gold haired, pale man complained.

"Aw, come on, Hikari. A car is no place for a person to sleep in."

"Then, sleep on the floor."

Another cold, blunt reaction, but Takeru nodded at her statement. After that argument was done, they were discussing who would enter the shower first. Takeru wanted to be chivalrous and wanted to let her go first, but Hikari refused to take that offer. In the end, Takeru was the first one to use the shower. With that decided, he began taking off his heavy and uncomfortable formal clothes. First, the jacket came off. Then, he started unbuttoning the shirt under. Seeing this, Hikari scolded him.

"Don't take off your clothes in front me."

"Does that really matter when we'll be sleeping together?"

He spoke deviously.

"Did you forget that you'll be sleeping on the floor?"

"Yeah yeah…Sure."

He reluctantly answered her and began heading towards the shower. Before entering, he turned around and spoke one last time.

"Hikari."

"What?"

"It's alright if you peek just a little."

He said while grinning. Then, Hikari reached for her gun strapped on her leg and pointed at the handsome blonde.

"Not even if you paid me to."

Then, he chuckled and went in to the shower and began washing himself. The sound of water drops crashing onto the ground roared throughout the room. While Takeru was washing himself, Hikari was on the bed, watching the TV. Nothing particular was on and she began surfing through the channel. Still, she couldn't find anything interesting to watch. Sooner or later, because of the tiring day she endured, her eyes began to lose strength and forced her to sleep. By the time when she fell deeply in her sleep, the water drops in the shower stopped and silence swarmed over the room. Takeru was done with the shower and came out with his pants while covering his portion of his naked upper body with a towel. He was about to talk to Hikari that she could use the shower, but decided to stay quiet when he saw her sleeping on the bed. He walked up to her and examined her innocent and relaxed sleeping face. However, his eye focus didn't stay on her face long since the position she slept forced the dress to reveal her slim, elegant legs. Being a guy, he couldn't resist the urge to touch her. And so, he began touching her beautiful legs and soon, he found himself kissing on her arms, legs, and neck. Suddenly, he stopped all the action and reached his hand beneath her dress and moved his hand towards her thigh. He felt the cold steel of the gun that she always had with her and took it off. He hid the gun in the room and went back to touching Hikari's helpless, sleeping body. Stroking, touching, kissing resumed and Hikari let out a moan as a reaction. He continued for several minutes until Hikari finally opened her eyes and yelled at him.

"I…Ishida! What are you doing?"

"What does it look like to you?"

He replied while putting on a devious smile on his face. Then, Hikari panicked and reached for the gun that Takeru disposed. Seeing how she didn't feel the pistol on her thigh, she panicked further.

"I already took care of that, so that you can't resist."

"Ishida…you…!"

"It's kinda pleasing to see you struggle so hard."

"Why are you doing this?"

She became frustrated and shouted at him.

"Men are this kind of animal. We're wolves."

This further scared the poor girl who was pressed against the bed. She tried to escape, but failed to since Takeru had grabbed her arms and locked them together. She couldn't use her legs either because she didn't have the power to lift the heavy man who was constantly touching and kissing her body. Hikari struggled endlessly, but no results came. Takeru was vastly stronger than her and much heavier. There was no way to overpower him when he was in a position where he is advantageous. As she struggled, Takeru's hands were exploring and feeling the softness of her skin. Soon, his hand reached the strap which concealed the upper part of Hikari's body. She felt him trying to unhook the bra strap. Now, she was crying helplessly. Tears dripped from her beautiful sparkling eyes. While crying, she barely managed to speak.

"…I thought you were going to make me smile…help me to love…"

"…"

Then, Takeru's hands froze in place.

"Stop…please…"

She spoke, still crying and sobbing. Now, she was looking away from Takeru, closing her teary eyes. Seeing her cry like that, Takeru removed his hands from her and got off of her, looking away. After a deep sigh, he apologized to the almost violated girl.

"Sorry, Hikari. I shouldn't have done that. Sorry…"

"…"

Neither spoke further and just remained in their position, still as trees. After being motionless for at least a good 10 minutes, Takeru walked to his tux jacket and took out Hikari's gun. He handed her possession back to her and finally let out some words.

"You can use the shower now."

"…O…okay."

After adjusting her dress, she rose from the bed and headed to the shower. Just before she entered, she looked at the blonde man looking away from her. As if he felt the stare, Takeru spoke when Hikari looked at him.

"The door has a lock, so don't worry."

"Huh…? Oh…okay…"

With that, she entered the shower and let the water wash her. She stayed in longer than usual because she was calming herself down and regaining her composure. What really delayed her was the question that she asked herself.

"Was he all that aggressive before?"

Perhaps that was her first time seeing him so serious. She began thinking if Takeru is faking his personality or has a different persona. Thinking in the shower for a long period of time didn't help her at all. No answer came and she decided to finally head out of the shower. After drying herself with a towel, she put on the dress and walked out the door. Upon exiting the shower, she saw Takeru sleeping on the floor like she said to him. His body just laid flat on the ground with nothing covering him. She walked up to him and sat down, looking at his face like Takeru did minutes ago. It was her second time seeing his sleeping face. Still, his face was as mesmerizing as ever. Feeling bad that he's sleeping on the cold, hard floor, Hikari took the blanket from the bed and covered Takeru. Also, she took a single pillow and placed it under his head, giving his neck some comfort. Now, his face looked more relaxed and comforted. Hikari, then, grabbed Takeru's tux jacket and used that as a blanket for herself. He was a tall and big person. His jacket was big enough to cover more than half her body.

"It's still warm…"

Clinging to the warmth that Takeru left in his clothes, Hikari drowned into the slumber. It was a blink, but the next moment she reopened her eyes, it was already morning and the blanket that she gave to Takeru was covering her. She looked around and saw the gold haired man coming out of the shower. His fashion didn't change from last night's. He did not wear his shirt, but had his pants on. Only thing different was that he did not have a towel around his shoulder. Seeing that Hikari woke up, Takeru brightly smiled and spoke.

"Good morning, Hikari."

"Yeah…good morning."

Hikari's mind was confused. The personality difference between his current state and that of last night's was unbelievably dissimilar. It was for a moment, but she saw the sudden aggression in him briefly last night. Now, it was vanished completely. Curious, Hikari asked him about it.

"Hey, Ishida."

"Yeah?"

"Do you have a separate personality?"

"Huh? Why would you say that?"

"Well…last night…you know…"

"Heat of the moment got me. But it was your fault for sleeping so helplessly and being so pretty."

"…"

Hikari became speechless. She felt like an idiot for thinking about such trivial thing so profoundly. Soon, she calmed herself down and began marching her way into the shower. Just before Hikari could go in, Takeru grabbed her shoulder and this startled her. She was still a little jumpy and paranoid from Takeru's action last night. However, her worry was relieved when he spoke.

"Can you give me my jacket back?"

"Huh?"

Then, she realized that her hand was holding Takeru's jacket firmly.

"I know you love my aroma, but it should've disappeared by now."

"Whatever. Take it."

She threw the jacket at him and went into the shower. Hikari was slightly angry at herself and Takeru for making her look like a worrisome idiot. Takeru was still the playful joker. With unnecessary thoughts removed from her mind, she washed her body quickly and came out of the shower.

"That was really a quick shower."

Takeru commented at her amazing speed.

"It's a shower, not a bath."

She replied in her usual cold manner.

"That's true. Either way, it's good that you finished so quickly. We got school to go to."

Hikari remembered that it was Saturday, not Sunday. Still, she did not rush and moved around calmly.

"Whatever. Let's go home already."

"Why not just straight to school?"

"I don't like attending school with dress on. That's why."

"Okay, then."

With that the two headed outside, checked out of the hotel, and got on a cab to return home. Approximately about an hour, the two finally arrived at their home and soon began change their clothes into something casual and appropriate to go to school with. Changing attires didn't take long and the two were at school in no time. Of course, they had to deal with the details of being late, but nothing occurred thanks to Hikari's ridiculous financial and political power. The two were having a normal day of school despite being late for 2 hours. Whether it was calculated or coincidental, the two arrived just before lunch started and as soon as that bell rang, a brown haired man, a senior student, came looking for Takeru.

"Is Ishida Takeru here?"

Then, everybody looked at Takeru with curious eyes. Usually, a senior wouldn't come all the way down to freshman's class if the matter was trivial. Takeru looked at the man who requested his presence and recognized who he was right away.

"I'm here. What is it?"

"I need to talk to you. Follow me."

"Sure. Alright."

Casually and calmly, Takeru followed the older student to the roof of the school. As soon as the two arrived, the older man spoke to him.

"Stop dating Hikari, Takeru."

He let out a very straightforward comment. Takeru, untroubled, questioned him.

"Any reason for that, Taichi-san?"

"If you want money, political power, or anything, then I'll give it to you. So stop dating her."

Takeru chuckled and replied.

"Sorry, but none of those are my concern."

"Then, what do you want?"

"One thing. Yagami Hikari."

This brought a grave silence. The confidence that Takeru spoke to him was a shock to Taichi.

"So you truly like her, huh?"

Taichi asked the tall, younger blonde man.

"Any man of this world does. And your feeling is same as mine, isn't it?"

A striking word left Takeru's majestic, heavenly lips. Taichi let out a compliment.

"An impressive observatory skill you have."

"You need a thing or two to survive this cruel world."

"You're one of a kind, Ishida Takeru."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

A short silence followed and Taichi began speaking bluntly.

"I acknowledge you as someone more than just a street kid. But won't you leave Hikari alone?"

"That's impossible just like the feeling that you have for Hikari."

"…"

"Even if you two love each other despite being related, I won't leave her."

"Very confident, are you?"

"Confident? No, absolutely not. I'm a coward."

"Why is that?"

Taichi questioned the supposedly cowardly blonde man.

"Because if a game has even less than 1% chance that I lose, I never play it"

"Then, why are you staying with Hikari? You know her feelings and mine as if they are your own."

"It is a rare case for me to play such a game which the odds are stacked against me."

Takeru gave it a pause and resumed speaking.

"But once I start playing the game, I never lose."

Rain drops began pouring onto the ground at the same time his confident words hammered down.

"Hikari's a wonderful girl and I wanted to make her mine. That's my reason for playing the risky game."

"You are a fascinating man, Takeru."

"Please. I'm not someone who deserves such praise."

"Very modest too."

"Thank you for your kind words. Now then, I'll be leaving because I don't want to get wet."

Then, Takeru turned around and started walking towards the door that leads to the classroom. He walked up to the rusty door and stopped to talk one last time.

"Let me give you some statistics."

"Statistics about?"

"The chance of Hikari and me getting together. And the chance of you and Sora getting together."

Takeru gave a pause and let out the number confidently.

"100 percent."

With that, Takeru opened the door and walked down the stairs. About half way down, he found Hikari waiting for them. As soon as she saw Takeru coming down, she asked him a question?

"What did Taichi say?"

Ultimate curiosity was sensed in her. Takeru saw it in her and answered her.

"He told me to take care of you."

"Oh…okay…"

Her voice had disappointment. Takeru, then, thought to himself.

'They truly are brothers and sisters. Their feelings are predictable and honest.'

Takeru let out a deep sigh and began walking quicker than Hikari. Then, he began going down the stairs further than where his class should be. Wondering where he's going, Hikari asked him.

"Where are you going, Ishida?"

"Oh, right, sorry. Here's the car key. You're gonna have to drive by yourself today."

He said as he handed the key to her.

"What are you doing?"

"Ditching school."

"Where are you going?"

"Do you have to plan where to go when you ditch school?"

"I guess… not…"

"There you have it."

Then, Takeru resumed walking down the stairs to leave the school. It was now raining hard outside and neither of them brought an umbrella. Takeru didn't have a car to shield him. Hikari became worried about his well being and health. After thinking for a brief period, she quickened her pace and walked beside Takeru.

"What are you doing, Hikari?"

"Ditching with you."

"Why?"

"Do you have to plan when to ditch school?"

Hikari replied strongly and silenced the tall, pale man. Then, Takeru chuckled and spoke.

"I guess you don't."

With that, the two walked to their car and drove away from the school. Inside the car, Hikari asked what Takeru was going to do now.

"Any plan for yourself, Takeru?"

"I don't know. It's raining right now, so I can't do much. I'm thinking of heading home. What about you?"

"Same."

"Perfect."

Takeru drove Hikari's expensive car through the heavy rain, listening to the rhythmic beat of the water drops. Despite being extremely perceptive, insightful, and observatory, Takeru couldn't see what this heavy rain signified. This rain was a warning symbol of the upcoming storm that he and Hikari would have to endure.

I'll be using Japanese honorifics because that gives more Japan quality. Just in case if anybody is confused, Japanese and some other countries go to school even on Saturdays.

See you all next chapter