Kajitsu minnsan. I hope everyone isn't angry for the long awaited update demo, due to the lack of knowledge on fireworks, I had to do some research to pick out some for this story. And for future warning: if the fireworks are not very descriptive, it's because the information that was given to me is either absent or improperly stripped of it's original form.
So without further ado, I give you the fifth chapter.
Behind the Scenes: LeafeKnights
Preview: This is scenes of the Leafe Knights secrets that you are about to discover. Tips of fashion by Hayate. Mannen's obsession. Sasame's Quest for the Sailor Moon Manga. Kei and the Nailfile. Go's fireworks. Hajime's secret. Shin's new emotion.
Chapter Five: Go's fireworks
A firework. Just by the sound of its name would make any fire maniacs squeal with joy from one of man kinds oldest inventions. Supposedly, created during the 12th century in China, they were originally meant to frighten away evil spirits with their loud sound, and to also pray for happiness and prosperity. But the way that were used then, today fireworks are now made more entertainment purpose.
Normally coming in packs, with different varieties, sizes, and effects. From their assorted brilliant multi-colors, to their clamorous booms these "innocent" fireworks though pretty to admire, could prove hazardous if handled foolishly. And it was for that reason, why they were banned in city limits. Or rather, one person was solely responsible for restricting such actions.
And that person was Go, the Knight of Fire.
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"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" The screams of the past echoed in Go's mind, when he waited impatiently by the phone, for a call back.
The application he sent out a week ago was late calling back, than any other job he applied to before. A good reason for his résumé being read late or worse rejected, was probably due to previous explosions the jobs had endured thanks to him. It's true, that the pyromaniac fire knight, had a habit of igniting fireworks in his trousers each time he got nervous or excited accidentally. Of course, naturally he wasn't to blame, because his love of fireworks were the only thing that kept his powers in check.
After many years without any battles with demon larva, his power would sometimes lose control. Hence, if his emotions were handled irresponsibly, the fire stored within him would arise in large quantities. Alas…the twenty-three year old knight, hadn't mastered the ability to harbor the enormous fire inside of him completely. He however, managed to keep it at bay for a certain amount of time, by channeling his powers into fireworks.
Although destructive they were, these babies bailed Go out of many unnecessary infernos from erupting.
Yawning from the tedious waiting, Go stretched his legs resting on the ground. For a total of two hours, the adult sat in the living room, praying the telephone would ring. But so far, there was no such luck. Already, his bottom was numb from the motionless sitting he was doing. Groaning from the sheer boredom of the situation, he began snapping his fingers kindling fire between them then blowing it out with his breath. This continued for another minute before he grew tired of this action, when he went back to staring at the phone once more.
It wasn't long before the man obliviously slipped into slumber. Though, not being much of a nap, he was awakened by one of his comrades from long ago. Vigorously, they shook his sleeping body as their blond curly bangs bounced with each shake. With a moan as his response, they shoved the phone in his chest giving him an evil glare. Puzzled by the older knight's actions, he put the phone to his ear and answered.
"Hello, this is Go, who is this?" There was a short pause.
"Hello, I'm the manager, to Awayuki Restaurant Four, and I just looked over your résumé and it seems you have quite the experience as a waiter. Perhaps you can come to the restaurant later today so we can discuss your application better." They said.
"Hello?"
Nearly dropping the phone due to his sweaty palms, Go was speechless and utterly surprised he got a chance for an interview.
"Hello?"
After a consecutive amounts of hello's from the person on the other line, Go agreed to meet them in half an hour. Slamming the telephone back into its base, he made a dash to his bedroom to spruce himself up before departing for his interview. Five seconds later, a neat and trim knight of fire made his way out the door and was on his way to the restaurant.
Deciding to take the scenic route instead of the teleporting express, he wanted to avoid unwonted attention drawn to him and having information spilled out about his true identity.
So on he speed, determined to make this job last, rather then the ones in the past. Rushing past neighborhoods, shops, and bystanders, he halted at a stoplight relaxing a bit from all his running. Fresh sweat collected on his forehead as he wiped it off with the back of his hand, he resumed his long sprint when the light changed green.
Gasping for much needed air, he was rewarded by the brilliant cursive letters to the café he was desperately seeking up ahead. Crouching his body forward once reaching the location, he was relieved that he didn't have to go any further. After a few seconds of harsh breathing, he regained his composure and entered the elegant restaurant.
The walls were painted with a rich golden red that illuminated the Japanese décor. Complimenting the style, bamboo table mats were placed on every table above encased painted table tops. Shimmering and lightening up the room, dazzling chandlers sparkled from above. Around the café, Japanese artwork including Buddha statues, adored the place, along with a waterfall in the center that completed the restaurant's beauty.
Making his way to the front desk, Go was at ah with the matching kimonos and yukatas the waiters and waitresses each wore. Envy crept inside his hopeful heart as he passed them by, with a deflated smile. Charged by anew determination, another goal spiked his interests, having him thrive even harder to be accepted to this job.
Once he reached the desk, he was asked to await for the boss and have a seat. As Go sat himself in one of the chairs they offered near the desk, he again found himself feeling an overwhelming déjà vu experience. Of course, it might've made him uncomfortable for the fact that he indeed, undergone this ordeal earlier this morning, when he was by the phone. But even still, Go couldn't shake off his huge disbelief he would be declined after they read his reasons for being fired.
"You may see him now."
Hearing those words aloud, his thoughts fizzled aside, when he was kindly escorted to the manger's office. Upon stepping inside, the manger signaled for Go to have a seat, as the clerk left to maintain his position at the counter. As soon as the click of the door resounded inside the room, the boss turned to the youth and eyed him with a critical look in this blue irises.
Sweat cascaded down Go's face with each second Mr. Nagashima had his eyes glued onto him. Blinking uncontrollably, he was surprised at the odd aspect of his suppose future boss gave him. It especially made Go cringe, when he averted his eyes to the fire knight's résumé, then return them to the fidgety adult seating in the guest chair. However, it was but a few awkward minutes, when the manager busted into uncontrollable laughter.
Now it was Go who gave the manager a perplexed stare, at this strange new boss he impatiently anticipated to meet. Second thoughts made the twenty-two year old, want to reconsider working under a loony, until Mr. altered his behavior. Transforming his unusual attitude into that of a professional, he explained his rashness to his applicant.
"Gomen for my lack of consideration, demo I always to do this to all my applicants to ease their tenseness. But somehow that only seems to drive them off."
Scratching his head at the confusing mystery of why no one stuck around, Go chuckled nervously knowing, the exact reason why no one wanted to stuck around.
Averting his eyes toward the young adult, he smiled at Go's laughter.
"I'm glad your at ease…at least it worked on someone." Chuckling again, he picked up his résumé and turned toward Go once more.
"Although you have a numerous reasons for being fired, I'll hire you because I see charisma in you kid."
Silence surrounded the room before Go jumped out of his chair knocking it down in the process, as he shook his new boss's hand with glee.
"Arigato, Mr. -"
"Call me Tomokazu." His new employer replied with no hint of spite in his amiably tone.
This settled nicely for Go because his late managers were old, cranky, and were easily annoyed by any little thing. However, by accidentally igniting fireworks from his pants wasn't considered "little," each one of them held resentment toward the youth in which he couldn't figure out. Though from observing his new boss, he noticed there was quite a huge margin of differences between Tomokazu and his old bosses. For one thing, he was quite younger and handsome than his previous managers, and more kinder at that. With his voluptuous blond hair tied in a low loose pony tail, Go could've swear he was Hayate's lost twin brother.
Feeling satisfied with having another shot at a job, Go's confidence rejuvenated him, as he prepared to depart in order to celebrate with achieving a new job. He was however, halted in his tracks by Mr. Nagashima himself.
"Before you leave, there's something you must do for me." Striding over to the door where Go's location happened to be, a click was heard.
"H-Hai?" Go answered.
Go gulped. The tension hovering over the room, suffocated the fire knight to the point of teleporting out of there. Claustrophobia clouded Go's senses as he contemplated how he could get out of the predicament without exposing his inner power. Although some of his brothers displayed their powers to the public for kicks, Go wanted privacy, and by revealing his power would make him feel uncomfortable. Although he had on several occasions, exposed his power for his reason being fired many times, were due to the fact of Go's inefficacy to control his emotions.
"In order to hire you, I need to gain your complete trust. For assuring my restaurant is safe, you must be patted down for fireworks. If you fail to do so, you will have to search elsewhere for a job." Slipping his long fingers into some latex gloves, he let them both smack his wrist, allowing a sinister illusion take hold.
Cringing after spotting the horrifying gloves anybody would dread secured tightly on his hands, Go now had bigger problems than just being accepted for a job.
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll (An hour later)
It was but an hour when Go emerged from the café with a upturned smile and limp in his step. What started as a pat down soon became a thorough cavity search. Alas, Mr. Nagashima's investigation came up clean, Go's precious fireworks were safely hiding in his drawers at home. Excited to not have his babies confiscated, he accepted the job, enduring the search as something trivial.
However, still not enjoying being "man handled," he decided to let off some fireworks at home to relax his violated body.
His previous thinking earlier of being a nicer boss than any other, also changed his perspectives on others. "Appearances can be deceiving," echoed in his head, taunting him for his desperate foolishness in seeking a job. Even though he allowed it to happen, it was now in the past and he had a job to look forward to. But maybe the job was not only a blessing, but also a burning hell underneath.
These were things Go was going to see and experience for himself at work the next day.
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (At the house)
Rummaging through disorganized dressers filled with wrinkled and unfolded clothes, Go searched for his secret stash of fireworks he hid. Tossing anything that wasn't what he desired, a heap of garments piled in no time. The ruckus the knight had caused, alerted Shinenji and who happened to be passing by. Peeking their heads into the bedroom, they asked the adult what he was up to.
"Otooji (Uncle) Go, what are doing?" Shinenji asked with a raised brow.
Being preoccupied with his searching, Go jumped from his nephew's voice he wasn't expecting.
"Uh…Oi (nephew) …I was just looking for my fireworks in celebration of the new job I was offered."
A pause disrupted the small chatter before laughter replaced the abrupt silent eeriness. The situation then shifted into confusion for the young uncle. Cocking his head to the side, Go was mind was boggled at his niece and nephew's sudden laughter. It seemed that all day Go received nothing but laughter at himself, and it was really starting to irritate him.
"Grr…would you stop laughing at me!" Go shouted, as the chuckling dissolved into past reminisces.
"Well Otooji, it's funny because you had many jobs in the past that you were fired by each and everyone of them because of your love of fireworks."
"Yeah, and …what's the point of celebrating your new job, when your just going to lose it in a week." Taeko said, participating into the conversation feeling slightly left out.
"NANI?" The adult who never wanted to grow up shouted, enraged at his brother's family who had so little faith in him. However, another voice entered their conversing, adding their own opinion into the mix as well as stacking more unpleasant insulting onto Go's already shattered ego.
"Gomen Go, but Shinenji and Taeko are right. You need to learn from your mistakes in order to here praise from your peers."
A melodic voice married with light mischief, concurred with the children in which Go was trying to convince to believe in him. These alluring vocals could only belong to that of the Knight of Sound, Sasame.
Blending into the room almost like a phantom, Sasame invaded Go's bedroom quietly, like a ninja of the night. His cloaked presence was alas disrupted the moment he spoke, for as soon as his children noticed him, they dashed to him in glee while in return, he scooped them into his arms. Giggling at his fatherly affection, they asked Sasame if they could join Go with celebrating his new job offer.
"Father, could we perhaps go outside with Otooji to pretend to honor him for getting another job, if only for a short while." Both children pleaded in unison, jutting their lower lips outward with a hint of tears at the corner of their eyes.
Of course, Sasame submitted to his kids begging, because he seen no harm with allowing them have Go let off a few fireworks.
"Alright, I'll let you two go with your uncle to watch him set off fireworks-" At the very end of his sentence, a thought occurred to him with allowing his brother to light fireworks near his urchins. "On second thought, I would like to supervise your firework display, in case of any emergencies." A playful smirk danced across his visage as his younger sibling fumed.
"Oh come on, don't you trust me Sasame?"
A second went by when everyone giggled at Go's comment. Even Go himself had to chuckle at his brother's earlier silliness, not at all offended by Sasame's sarcastic remarks.
Averting his gaze to his opened drawers, Go found a few fireworks he was desperately searching for. Yanking them from their hidden compartments, he challenged his niece and nephew to a race to the backyard. Of course, cheating was involved and the ones that won by deceit were team Sasame who he had Shinenji, and Taeko in. But nevertheless, Go let it slid, for he was too eager to light his babies more than anything else.
As the foursome found a nice spot in the enormous backyard, Go was soon fishing through his pockets for something to start off with.
Of course, their was a dilemma with the fire knight's location he selected. Although, he was in constant demand of fireworks, he sadly, had a terrible sense of considering what was safe or not. Unfortunately, the four were beneath a tree firing them off.
Setting his major combustibles aside for later, he pulled out a long strip of firecrackers for his family to behold. Stepping back to light the fuse with his power, he unleashed a small amount of fire to the explosives as the set of hundred each exploded with blatant sound. Cuffing, their ears from the clamorous noise, Taeko and Shinenji were ecstatic from the firecrackers effect. Their father on the other hand, groaned from the loud crackling that vibrated in his noggin. Being the Knight of Sound, had his good sides, but downfalls as well. Enhanced hearing was one of them.
The next item Go carefully selected to use next were the morning glory sparklers. Easy to handle and much safer than the majority of his fireworks, he let the children hold the sparklers after getting permission from their father. Lighting them up, the long shaft of the sparkler, burned as showers of multicolor sprayed at the end.
The two holding the flickering sticks, were at ah at the beautiful arrays of colors they produced. However, this emotion lasted for quarter of second before boredom took command. Discarding the burned out wands, they demanded for something with more kick to satisfy they their childish wants.
"Oh Go, don't you have anything better than just this kiddy stuff? Why don't you shoot off the big ones!" Shinenji whined as his sister copied his actions.
Go averted his gaze to meet his brother's serious one. His sibling's violet gaze appeared to be annualizing the fire knight's every moves, as if daring him to venture onward with his celebration. As if sensing the hidden meaning behind their purple depths, Go took the wager and proceeded.
For the next few minutes whistles belonging to wheelie fireworks, sounded off as they spun around in the grass on their own accord. Vibrant lights flashed rapidly with each turn as their screams increased.
Neither of the urchins were pleased by their effects, nor did the knight of sound who's aspect seemed pale from the invading noises. It was apparent that Go's display lacked everyone's interests, but the firecracker wasn't one to throw in the towel.
Pulling out different varieties of fireworks, he let Taeko and Shinenji handle the harmless party favors that were in shape of a funnel. Jerking the string attached to the smaller end of phone, numerous amounts of streamers scattered from the oval loud mouth popper. A loud sound amplified the completed illusion of a miniature megaphone.
As the noise subsided and the children wavered their hands left and right, judging his latest display, Sasame grabbed his sibling by the collar.
"Are you trying to kill my hearing or are you oblivious of my Leafe powers?"
The normal tranquil appeal of the twenty-five year old, demised before Go's rubies hues. The demeanor he was accustomed to since his birth, shocked the fire knight with this new emotion rather than Hayate's drastic transformation after meeting Himeno Awayuki. Now, standing in front of him was an assertive demanding Sasame, a behavior he never beheld.
Snapping out of his hypnotic contemplating, he realized his ignorance of the situation. How uncouth was his manners toward his older brother, in which he decided to argue him into resting inside instead. Although Sasame wasn't ready to go indoors anytime soon.
"Listen…" Clasping his hand over the silver head's shoulder, Go made his sincere apology. "I'm sorry Sasame, I failed to notice the effects of the fireworks were harming you physically. To make up for that, I would offer to usher you inside to recuperate your abilities." Shifting his hand to Sasame's bicep, his actions were thwarted.
"Gomen my brother, but I'm afraid I must decline your offer. Even though we're related by the same blood, I fear the safety of my children when your in the midst of your obsession."
Snickers arose from his statement as Go glared at the urchins. Turning his back from his family, he crossed his arms and huffed. This immature gesture only increased the giggling into laughter. Irritation set into motion as a very annoyed ex-leafe knight finally reached for the larger combustibles.
"If you want to see some good stuff then behold!"
Lifting a cloth that miraculously appeared in front of his audience, he boastfully showed his big babies. Aligned in clustered rows, tiny missiles seated neatly awaiting to be fired off. The sun that was currently horizontal from the tree they were beneath, made the hazardous fireworks gleam like gems. This effect though cliché, enticed the children's interest.
Averting their hypnotized gazes toward their father, they persistently began tugging on their father's pant legs, hoping to get his approval in order for their uncle to proceed. Sasame was a bit hesitative about relying his saplings to Go's obsession, though he as a final result, reluctantly allowed Go to watch them once again.
When the answer was confirmed, Go channeled little of his power into the fuse as one by one they flew into the air. Whistling loudly into the atmosphere, excellent colors streamed from below the crackling missiles creating tails as they jetted. Alas no matter how beautiful the missiles were, there a few that happened to strike some of the branches in the tree above, forming raining showers of fire.
This occurrence immediately, brought the two ex-leafe knights into action by raising a barrier surrounding the youths. However, as the adult's views leaned toward fear, the kids prospects were opposite of them with excitement shinning in their eyes.
The flames blazed incredibly as the time passed by rapidly. With the elements of fire and sound rendered useless in this inferno, their life flashed before their eyes. From childhood, to becoming Leafe Knights, and finally to their present lives, they sensed death knocking at their door. Huddled in a circle and terrified out of their mind, an arrogant voice called to them that seemed vaguely familiar.
"Oi (Hey), who was the baka who nearly barbequed everyone into charcoal?"
Everyone gasped when they suddenly recognized the speaker's voice.
"Mannen?" Go shouted through the fire, his vocals being sent to their rescuer.
"Hai!" He responded.
Just as soon as Mannen let those words infiltrate their hearing, he unleashed a wave of ice over the burning flames, extinguishing the burnt leaves and branches with his element. Immediately the frozen water put out the fire as Go and Sasame lowered their shields surrounding themselves. It was then that another party joined them to help out.
"What is going on here, did anyone get hurt?" The smooth vocals of Shin's concern brought attention onto the Leafe Knight of Plants. Directly bringing their sight toward the youngest knight, Shin was interrupted by another.
"Hey everyone! Did our stupid brother try to blow himself up with his fireworks Sasame?"
Approaching the slightly sullied sibling due to the accidental fire, Sasame nervously chuckled at Hajime's comment. Of course his light giggle wasn't benefiting for knight of fire's rapid temper, the older knight was caught in a pickle. Conjuring up an idea in seconds, he tried to defend Go by discussing a different topic.
"Hey Hajime…how are your marks in school, are you and Mannen still cheating off Shin again?"
"Wha-how did you know?" Hajime shouted blatantly.
"BAKA! Do you have to reveal ever little thing we do?" Conking the knight of water in the noggin, Mannen growled at having their secret spilled out. And to Sasame nonetheless! Surely, his older sibling would tattle to Hayate who currently was out of the country with Himeno.
As the quarrel between Mannen and Hajime heated up, Sasame grinned in self satisfaction. His plan went accordingly as he surmised. Although the rough draft wasn't thought threw thoroughly, he was glad to fulfill his obligation as being big brother. But there was one soul that sought to tarnish his reputation.
"But brothers isn't it awful if we let Go continue this, you know he could end up harming someone and it may in fact, turn into a law suit. For example…"
Pulling a large parcel from his blazer, Shin unraveled the rolled up manufactured paper and began listing the state laws dealing with fireworks that were printed on his copy.
"One: Find a safe location to shoot off fireworks, trees are not a good option. Two: Always have either a fire extinguisher, safety goggles, leather palm gloves, safety fuses, or a safety blanket in case of an accident."
At the mention of safety items, Go was flashed with venomous glares for the incident that occurred only seconds ago. Suppressing the urge to growl, Go lightly rubbed his slightly burnt palms together to lessen the pain.
"Three: Always have an adult handle fireworks when they prove hazardous. Four: Never have fireworks near combustibles or open flames…"
When the rules dragged on, the twenty-three year old felt everyone's piercing gazes scrutinize him as he wished himself for the ground to shallow him whole.
"And finally…" Shin flipped the parcel over to read the last rule. "Keep fireworks in a cool confinement, having them in pockets isn't a wise choice."
Once the rules were announced, Sasame starred at his younger sibling in flabbergast. The intelligent mind of the youngest sapling, dumbstruck the ever tranquil knight of sound. Losing his demeanor only temporarily, he regained his posture as soon as he returned to the subject concerning his whelps.
"Well Go…it looks like we must stop your celebration early and instead break the tradition with something different." Placing a hand on his shoulder, Go shrugged it off, vexed about his plans being blown out of portion.
"Ie oniisan (old brother), I refuse to change my plans over some trivial rules or laws." Repeating the same actions as he had earlier when everyone was teasing him, he pouted when no one sided with him.
"Dai (younger brother), you know that it isn't safe so why continue when the next time could perhaps be worse than the last occurrence? Must we argue over something small rather than spending quality time with shuzoku (family)?"
Extending a pale hand to his tanned sibling, he smiled when his shake was accepted with no need of resistance.
"Alright, I'll try something new, but not until I launch off a comet cluster shell and a some chasers before we go in and celebrate."
At the completion of the pyromaniac's semi-agreement to his brother's negotiation, Sasame stood frozen in his place. The hand he used to seal the deal with, had not dropped or released it's hold on Go's callused palms after his brother's transaction. Figuring his plan would be flawless without any reluctancy or bickering from Go, his idea was once again thrown back into his face. Contemplating another scheme to divert Go's actions or rather compulsion into something positive and harmless, Sasame risked the chance at taking a gander at his brother's visage.
Showers of tears rained down his refined youthful countenance as his pupils screamed with a visible pleading in their depths. This pathetic appeal, dragged the sound knight into letting the adult proceed all the while, regretting himself for allowing this to continue.
Picking a better location then they had originally selected under a tree, they were now standing below the deep blue canvas above. Surrounded by nothing but green, the place they found was a huge sliver of land behind the manor. In short, a backyard. Although it was fairly small for the vast land the Awayuki's acquired, the majority of the yard was for the swamp invested and strange animals in their private jungle.
Immediately, without receiving consent by anyone, Go had already set his launch pad on the ground, preparing to eject a large firework into the atmosphere. The cylinder tube that was supported by a plastic square, balanced evenly on the grass it was set upon. The shaft that was originally empty was now loaded with a walnut shaped firework, with a miniature hose attached to the end.
At a guesstimated distance that everyone assumed was safe, Go flicked a spark into the tube. In seconds the ball was lifted into the air bursting into a gigantic sphere of vivid color. The spectacle light show fascinated everyone bare witnessing, even the sensitive hearing knight of sound was astonished at the effect of the beautiful firework. So inspiring the sight withheld, the others demanded for more as Go reloaded the shaft as another explosion of color light the blue sky.
Though no matter how arousing the little display appeared, there was one knight that was not impressed by them in the least.
At the bottom bedrooms of the estate, rested a man with hair as fine as gold. His blond tendrils brushed the satin pillows that were supporting his head, as another explosion made the man groan inside his throat. Tossing about in his comfortable bed, his moans expanded once he jerked out of his tangled sheets, peeved by his deprived sleep.
Enough Kei had of the noise makers Go used to entertain himself and others. At first, the elder knight had no objections with fireworks, considering they helped his sibling reduce accidental fires throughout the city. But not having no patience to deal with the abominable volume today, Kei thought they were a nuisance and thus be disposed of.
Slipping into his blue bathrobe draped over the nightstand, Kei strode into the corridor anxious to rid the insufferable noise.
While the knight of light made his way towards the group, Go was at his final comet cluster shell. Blasting yet another vivid sphere into the air, everyone was displeased when they discovered that was the end of them. Sighing in melancholy, Go fished in his pockets for the last fireworks of the late afternoon. Pulling out a couple slim sticks that resembled sparkers from his shallow pouch, he lit one up. Without any signal or warning, one of them jabbed the tush of his mei (niece).
"Ouch! Otooji that hurt. Why didn't you warn me about them?" Taeko moaned, while rubbing her slightly scorched bottom.
The knight who ignited the firework cackled.
"If I told you, then it would deprive the mystery of these unique little devils."
At the completion of his sentence he was whacked in a triple conk, for his fiendish scheme. The pyromaniac was out of bird brain mind, and everyone assumed it must've been due to overexposure for years of handling combustibles. Groaning from the lump that would form on his head in an hour, he nevertheless, explained his reasoning.
"You see fellows and ladies, by the reaction the firework demonstrated, this is no ordinary run of the mill kind. It's like a detector that senses anything in its radius and almost resembling an actual missile, it pursues the moving target until it strikes the mark. Thus why they are called chasers. Now any questions?"
The dumbfounded visages of his companions was all the information to process for Go to comprehend their feelings. The summary he scrounged together was inefficient and non-informative to the common non-users. And of course there was also the way he interpreted the product with words that were unusual to his family. Even Sasame whom normally understood vague translation, was now baffled by his brother's odd explanation to his fellow audience.
"Although I grasp part of the situation you might be saying, can you speak in terms that are more…defined?"
Silence then smothered the group, who grew tiresome and puzzled as the afternoon collided toward nightfall. Already, shades of purple shrouded part of the right side of the sky. Twinkling specks of light dotted the dominating color as the echoing sound of chirps from crickets, filtered the field they were in.
Somehow unaware to the time, the enormous family neglected night was approaching for they spent long hours lighting off fireworks. Nevertheless, the grown ups and children knew that soon after the last one was finished, they would have to retire inside. This though, was thought about once their prospects of their surroundings sank in.
"Well-" Go began. "I suppose to put in easier terms…they sense your body's temperature and chase you until it hits you with a slight spark of heat." Twiddling his fingers in sheer uncertainty, Mannen patted his back, giving him a grin.
No words were necessary to express the hidden understanding behind their plastered smiles. Positioning himself behind the pesky firework, he shouted for his family to run. Sparks scattered from the back of the skinny shaft as it began sensing a target. It was then at this moment in time when the knight of light happened to approach the vacant field, fuming with rage.
"Oi Go, could you perhaps silence the ruckus. I need my beauty sle-Ack!" The screech belonging to Kei was quieted by a terrifying luminous light emitting from his current location. The awesome light show, frightened yet amazed the soon to be exterminated Fire Knight. As the brilliant light exploded then imploded, his attire wasn't a neat and tidy as they once were.
The robe he was wearing was tattered into non-sewing condition, while patches of his garments remained intact. His boxers he wore beneath, were visible for everyone to gander upon without their protective blue shield. The vivid color shinned with their bright tinge of yellow they possessed, as Kei's visage was tinted with a contrasted color opposite of his underwear. Steam seemed likely to flow from his ears, by the angry expression on his countenance. Inhaling a heap amount of oxygen into his lungs, Go whimpered at what would soon befall next.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The blatant scream scared everyone outdoors, as an enraged and half naked knight of light, stormed after a terrified knight of fire.
A humorous sight to behold indeed for anyone to bare witness, but for the twenty-three year old it was a horrifying nightmare come to life. A streak of light nipped his cheek barely as the fire knight picked up his pace, determined to not be caught by his furious sibling. Another second later, a blot of light made him stumble over himself as he fell to the ground, defenseless and unarmed.
Soon Kei neared Go who was busy cowering into a cradled ball he formed with his arms. Alas, instead of sweet vengeance, the scared brother assumed to be inflicted upon him, rather a hand brushed his jaw. Frozen in his fetal position, Go dared to raise his gaze to his sibling to see the faint smirk on his visage. Malice was visually spread across his countenance, but his voice mismatched the smile he displayed.
"Heh, Go do you think I'll harm you physically in front of my niece and nephew?" His remark made his eyebrows quark with a hint of inquiring behind the façade.
A bit hesitate about the strange brow raising, he answered Kei's question. "Umm…of course not oniisan, you'd never show violence to our expanding family, heh, heh." Giggling nervously, he felt uneasy when the smirk never smeared into anything amiable.
"Well Dai, I'm afraid I never mentioned anything about mentally now did I?"
The response spoken by his oniisan, made Go cringe in remote paranoia than when he was fighting aside his brothers against Fenril. Terrified for the aftermath of Kei's revenge, he only prayed that it wouldn't be harsh punishment that would haunt or damage his ego.
However, the following day left Go discombobulated by Kei's extreme wrath of vindictiveness. As a new betimes awakened the people residing in the Awayuki estate, a notice was attached to the main doorway entry. Stating in black bold letters, were the city's officials declaring to ban fireworks in city limits, due to previous and bizarre fires caused around Awayuki Town. Of course the news was devastating to the pyromaniac, it proved that messing with the Knight of Light meant disaster was afoot.
Alas, Go had no spare time to be moping around all day, because he had work today, which truthfully frightened him more than his vexed sibling.
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Upon entering the restaurant, Go was meet by his overly enthusiastic boss.
"So, you decided to come even after the small ordeal the other day?" The causal yet smug remark of Mr. Tomokazu rang through the disgruntled twenty-three year old.
For the last twenty four hours was the most tormenting hell Go had ever experienced. Starting with the morning notice he found today, to an irritated ex-princess of disaster chewing both Go and Sasame out after hearing the details by the younger knights that transpired earlier.
Not giving his boss the satisfaction of a decent answer, he grunted for response preparing to take his first customer's order. However, the soft caress on his shoulder, made him avert his gaze away from the hungry customer to the gleaming green irises belonging to Tomokazu. Mischief was apparent in his orbs making Go shift uncomfortably from one foot to the other, as he was reluctantly dragged to the backroom to be strip searched once more.
A minute passed when a vexed and embarrassed employee strode out of Mr. Nagashima's office, with peculiar limp in his steps. The black Yukata he wore was ruffled as a few of the top bottoms were unhooked. Hobbling to the next customer that was not attended to, Go had to ponder whether Tomokazu was homo or bi. This was a highly questionable matter for he was homophobic, and felt tense about the thought of it. Pushing the plaguing thought aside, he tried focusing on serving others.
Reaching the table that had no waiter, he pulled out a notepad ready to write the customer's order until he happened to take a gander at the customer. Dropping the pad to the ground, a tinge of red colored his visage. It was the very same girl from his previous job. With her brown tendrils blowing with the wind outside, and the way her matching eyes twinkled with concern had Go mesmerized. Although no matter how many times she appeared, there was never a moment in time the knight had ever stuck up a conversation with her. He was too bashful to even utter a single word without one of his fireworks setting off. Today sadly, was no acceptation.
The girl who was idolized, tilted her head in curiosity. Raising a hand in front of Go's view, she waved it back and forth not receiving a reaction. Sighing, at the deja vu she sensed, she spoke.
"Are you all right?"
Clasping her eyes shut, she assumed that another explosion would occur. However, something bizarre transpired instead. The fire she excepted, lit his garments instantly bringing him out of his trance. Paranoid by the odd spontaneous combustion, the girl searched for a source of liquid. Spotting a waitress with a jug of water nearby, she grabbed it from her and doused the entire drink on his Yukata extinguishing the flames.
The abrupt commotion disrupted the chatter amongst the café, as they stared in silence at the pair. It wasn't long before the two blushed profoundly at the embarrassing predicament. Quickly jumping further apart, Go peeked at the flushed girl at the corner of his eye. His heart raised when she caught his gaze and without rethinking or counseling with his thoughts, the words he wished to utter rolled of his tongue.
"Umm…would you like to go on a date with him?" His breath paused in his throat momentarily, quietly he awaited for the exciting or sadden answer.
Bowing her head, her eyes were shadowed by her bangs. Twiddling her fingers in a continuous fashion, she nervously bobbed her head. Sweat cascaded down her forehead as she shyly took him away from the crowded restaurant guiding him to the restrooms.
Although she was the type that would seem unlikely to remember the knight of fire, inwardly she desired for the adult to ask her on a date. Of course, Go was timid about approaching her, which left the girl grinding her teeth together dissatisfied at another encounter destroyed. Though today, she felt lady luck was her ally opposed to being her enemy the majority of the time she was glad in a way, for the strange situation.
Though for the twenty-three year old on the other hand, he was filled ecstatic joy inside and out. For months, he'd been itching to ask her out but he possessed not an ounce of courage in his body to do so. And even after his usual explosion of embarrassment, he somehow managed to get her to accept him by being himself. Although there was one matter that had to be dealt with first.
Averting his gaze to the beauty before him, he grasped her palms into his and questioned her on the only thing he was confused about.
"Uhh…I know this might sound dumb, but what is your name exactly?"
The sweet slash adorable moment was disrupted by Go's birdbrain. Sure there were advances that he missed his chance upon, but of the entire months he dreamt about her, he never had the slightest clue to what the girl's name was.
This my friend was the one small step the couple had to develop for their relationship.
The End
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I hope everyone enjoyed this story and don't take my description on fireworks too harshly. Hey, I tried, and it only took my half a month to accomplish completing this chapter. I'm not sure when I'll update the next one, but I'm pretty sure it will be a lot easier than this one was. Well…I'm glad for the people who have been patiently waiting for my next chapter, and gomen really, sorry that it took so long.
Well be on the look out for the next exciting behind the scene starring Hajime called, "Hajime's secret." Hmm…I wonder what his secret might be.
Until next time,
See Yah Anime Lovers!
Oh, and with the ending, I wanted to extend it some more, but considering how long it took to think up the story's plot line, I decided to conclude it with a sort of cliff hanger. And don't worry about the end, I'll have an epilogue after everyone's turn including the finally with this couple and other developing ones too. And the girl's name is Misa Hirano. I got her name from Misa on Death Note along with the voice actor's last name combined. I'm not original, so gomen.