Forbidden Love
Eps. IX
After cutting up the bat, Nao helped out Natsuki despite that fact that she doesn't even remotely like the gym teacher. Struggling, they really did sliced up the octopus, but the fish just won't stay sliced up as it kept on turning into water and pulled itself together over and over again. It is good for Mai as the thing's attention was focused on Nao and Natsuki, leaving her with plenty of time to conjure up her strongest fireball she could ever handle.
"Move it dog!" Nao shouted when she finally noticed an enormous ball of flame heading her way. Natsuki quickly pulled her weapon back and twirled causing a nice rotation moving away from the demon as Nao reached her hand out and shoot her claws to the nearest tree possible. The demon let out a screeching cry as the fire simmering it up causing the water in its body to evaporate quickly and nicely.
Going back to Mikoto, she bent her knees down slightly and leaped so high into the air that the flying head couldn't even seen her. When she came down, her fist come in contact with its face causing a bone crushing sound almost sickening if the thing wasn't a demon and Mikoto was a more sensitive person. She maintained the same force pushing it to a halt and down onto the ground, creating a nice crater as her feet landed safely on its spikes. Materializing a sword on her left hand, Mikoto drove it down into its mouth as she lifted her right fist off of it. She was purely driven by instincts and nothing else, breathing heavily her eyes glowed burning into the demon's mind to search for an answer and found it she did.
Along come Yukino to clean up the mess, unlike many Magnus Yukino doesn't know any kind of offense magic. Her magic ability dealt directly with mending things, and making everything looked like it had never been broken gods know how many times already. Everyone was helping out and no one noticed the deep gnash on Mikoto's right arm whatsoever.
The only time anyone noticed of the feral girl was when she collapsed from blood lost; Mai was the first to be by her side followed by Nao and the other two. "Oh crap, now what?" Nao asked rolling Mikoto on her back and checked her pulse. "I can only fix inanimate objects, flesh and blood are beyond me." Yukino said looking at the gnash on the arm. "I think Shizuru could do something about it," Natsuki said as she whipped her phone out only to be stopped by Mikoto. "D-don't… Just let me rest for a couple of days…" Mikoto said breathing heavily. "…and I'll be fine…" she finished and losing consciousness.
Natsuki was about to picked Mikoto up and took her back to the girl's place that is until Nao slapped her hands away from the unconscious girl. "Don't touch her," Nao said flatly while receiving a glare from the other woman. Nao scoop the feral girl up and left with Mai tagging along behind her, and she didn't seemed bother with that enough to shooed the teen away instead she sort of enjoyed the company.
"That girl is becoming too much like that brat," Natsuki said shaking her head watching Nao leaving with Mikoto in her arms with Mai behind her. "That's because Mikoto can easily related to what Yuuki-san had gone through; after all they're both in very similar situation for a while. It is only natural that they formed a certain kind of bond between them," Yukino said quietly. "Yeah, but I fear that that child become drawn into the battle between the girl and her family. You've meet her family, you know how crazy they are…" Natsuki murmured. "I just hope things would be better for them, the road in front of them would be full of spikes and thorns for sure." Yukino nodded her head in agreement with Natsuki.
Back at Nao and Mai, heading out of the campus and crossing the quiet street over to a house that seemed to be hidden behind layers of trees. "Hey kid, I know you got a crush on her and all. But don't you think you're a little young for that?" Nao asked without looking over at the teen walking beside her. "I'm sixteen, sensei." Mai started feeling a bit dislike toward her biology teacher as usual. "I find her to be a very interesting person," Mai proceed to explain her point of view about Mikoto. "Belief me kid, she is more than just an interesting person. This girl been through more hardship than an orphan," Nao laughed. "I'm sure Kuga-sensei warned you about being too close to her, right?" Nao asked. "Mm," Mai nodded without saying much. "If you're going to take her advice, best stay away from me too. We're just a bunch of lousy people, you know?" Nao laughed yet again.
They stopped in front of a small quiet house; Nao reached out and opened the door with her spare key. The two attended the cut and bandaged it up, leaving Mikoto to rest up in her room for the time being as they went into the kitchen and make some tea. Of course, Shiho was called over to keep an eye on the unconscious girl, but that doesn't mean they can't have a little chat before shooing the teen home.
"I bet you want to know more about her right?" Nao asked winking suggestively at Mai's way causing the poor girl to blush a nice shade. "Nao-chan, please be nice to her." Shiho warned her roommate. "Anywho, where to start?" Nao tried to sound thoughtful and mature for maybe a few moments. "You can start with how you met her," Shiho suggested as she poured the tea into three cups and handed one to each. "Yeah, I bet my crazy mother told you about me almost going to jail and stuff right? That woman is a psycho," Nao chuckled and the other two just stared at her silently.
"It was a couple of years back, back when I was still a novice in training to become a Portal Keeper like my dead old man." Nao started and referred to her deceased father in an unkind tone of voice. "I mean, I wasn't thrilled about it, and caused a lot of havoc because why should I care about humanity right? Well, I still don't but meeting her changed my mind about becoming a Portal Keeper." Nao's emerald eyes danced as she took a sip of her tea. "We fought together through many battles, but in the end I was chosen to be a Portal Keeper. She was really cool about brushing it off though, seeing her fight just really set my blood on fire and I feel like if I don't be at least as good as her or outdo her I just couldn't live with myself. She doesn't fight for humanity and all that bullshit, that girl fight her own battle and she fight because she wanted to. I guess that was what drawn me to her," Nao nodded again at her own affirmation.
"I guess it's my turn to tell you about how I met her now," Shiho started once Nao finished and Mai said nothing but listen. "As you can see, I'm but a normal person so all those magic and stuff was out of my league, though it doesn't mean that I don't believe in those and think it's garbage. I met Minagi-sensei during my study in Tokyo U, and she was also there and volunteered as a test subject to our project on nano-tech. I'm impressed with the amount of nanonite that's inside of her body, and what's even more amazing was how she got it to transform into object she desired for by her will alone. The nanonite really helped her heal faster than your average person, but there's just something else about her that neither of us was able to find out. Maybe, just maybe you'll be the one to unlock that mystery." Shiho added her two cents of a story.
"Pshh… I doubt it, a relationship between master and pupil are forbidden in the world of magic and demons." Nao interjected. "R-really?" Mai was shocked of the news. "Why did you think Kuga warned you for?" Nao asked with a raised brow at the teen. "But if I become a Grand Master, then it won't be a problem is it?" Mai asked as the theory of that hit her. "Nope, still forbidden…" Nao really stretched her words out. "Well…" Mai started debating with herself about her feelings for her teacher. "I don't care; screw them if they're against it. I love her and that's all I care about," Mai said with a determination look on her face that the other two found it to be rather amusing yet very interesting at the same time.
"How long have you known her to be so determined about your feelings for her anyway?" Nao picked on the teen suddenly. "Um… about a week?" Mai asked looking a bit flustered. "Do you believe its fate that you met her?" the red head pushed on and the busty teen nodded her head. "I'm sure you'll get over your crush on her soon," Nao said suddenly ruffling the teen's hair up. "Almost everyone who met her ended up having a crush for her at one point or another, it's like a charming effect thing. But they soon get over it and you will too," Shiho said with a warm smile on her lips. "No dammit! I said I love her and I mean it!" Mai was getting really agitated by her teachers at this point. Her angry outburst surprised the other two women; this led them to re-evaluate the seriousness of teen's feelings for her teacher.