Thanks for the reviews guys! I really appreciate them! Here's Chapter 5!
Chapter 5- New Home, New Wardrobe
Scheris ran through the halls to Ryuhou's room. She didn't care how sick she was, this letter was top priority! She pounded on his door just after Mimori had left and he opened it, expecting to see Mimori.
"Scheris!" he exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing here?" He could tell she was troubled; she looked as though she could burst into tears, and was very thankful now that it wasn't Mimori at his door.
"WHAT IS THIS?" She asked hysterically. "Since when have you been re-assigned to Mimori! And since when was I assigned to Cougar! He's never worked on a team before! He's good at flying solo, not partners! Mimori isn't even an Alter User!" So she hadn't figured it out, good. "I bet it's all cause she's a "princess" and her dad helps fund the place! So of course Queen Mimori gets her way!" This was seriously bothering her.
"Scheris why is this troubling you so much?" He looked down at her, and she flung herself through his doors and into his arms. This of course caught him off guard, and the force of her sneak attack made him fall to the ground with her on top of him. Desperately not wanting anyone to see this as it was embarrassing enough; he kicked the door shut with the tip of his toe and laid there on the floor. Scheris was clinging to him tightly, and Ryuhou was placed in an awkward position. What was he supposed to do? Shove a crying woman off and glare while saying 'Don't touch me'? But he wasn't really jumping at the chance to hold her either. 'What would a normal person do…?' Deciding that it would be best to comfort her, he cautiously placed him arms around her.
As luck would have it, Mimori just so happened to be on her way to bring Ryuhou's shirt back. To him. Figuring the door was open, she turned the doorknob. Sure enough, the door opened, only for Mimori to see Scheris.
And Ryuhou.
On the floor.
Scheris on top of Ryuhou.
With Ryuhou's arms around her.
Mimori didn't want to believe it; she wanted to pretend it was a dream. She lost control. In everything Ryuhou had done to her since they had reunited, nothing was as bad as this. She stood there a minute, her eyes filling with the tears that Ryuhou dreaded. He shoved Scheris off, and went to grab her. It burned his hands when he touched her, and she backed away, shaking her head slowly. She dropped his shirt and ran, Ryuhou at her heels and leaving Scheris very confused.
"Mimori, it's not what it looked like!" Mimori turned around sharply.
"Really Ryuhou?" She asked, giving him a fake smile that couldn't hide her sadness. "Then why don't you explain to me what you would call it?" She turned around and began to walk away. Ryuhou was silent for a moment.
"Miri, I was trying to help her."
"By letting her lay on top of you?" She said bitterly. Again Ryuhou was silent. Something overtook him, and he grabbed her wrists gently. "Please come back with me Mimori, you dropped my jacket after all."
'What a stupid excuse, but an excuse nonetheless.' "Sure I suppose, but only for your jacket…." She avoided his eyes the entire time they were walking down the halls back to Ryuhou's room. It was obvious she had no intention of talking to him, and this gave him a weird feeling. She had never ignored him, no matter what he had ever done to her. Why did this bother him anyway? It's not like he had feelings for her. No, those emotions towards her had ended seven years ago. At least that's what he kept repeating in his head.
She walked in his room, only to see Scheris giving Ryuhou a look that made her blood boil. She picked up the jacket Ryuhou had let her borrow, folded it up, and gave it to Ryuhou. Scheris sat on the couch and patted the seat next to her, as though expecting Ryuhou to come sit beside her. Instead Ryuhou gave her a serious look.
"Scheris I'm going to have to ask you to leave, I must speak with Mimori in private." Scheris was upset, but slowly walked out anyway.
Ryuhou shut the door silently behind her and sighed. "Mimori it wasn't what it looked like, she threw herself on me."
"Which is exactly why you had your arms around her right?" Mimori rolled her eyes.
"But I don't know how to react around things such as that."
Mimori laughed a little. "I could've told you that." He got her to laugh. That was a good thing right? She took a seat where Scheris had been sitting, and sat on a piece of paper. "What the-?" She got up to see what it was, and what she saw got her extremely mad. It was a picture Scheris had drawn while Ryuhou had been persuading her to come back. It was Scheris and Ryuhou, kissing while holding their hands that said LOVE in big bold letters at the top. Her eyes glowed and tears fell onto the paper. Not because she was sad, but simply because she was angry. The paper lit on fire, and her eyes stopped glowing. On instinct, she dropped the paper.
Which of course… was still on fire… which OF COURSE… landed on Ryuhou's carpet…… which of course started a much bigger fire……
Ryuhou released Zetsuei to try to take out the flame, but nothing he did was working. He decided that it would be best to leave. So, grabbing the box that he hid amongst a bunch of empty boxes under his bed, he grabbed Mimori's hand and fled out of his place. Other Alter Users were there moments after to take out the fire, and Ryuhou and Mimori were in the Commander's office. Ryuhou explained most of the situation(he left out the part about the picture Scheris had drawn, and the fact that Mimori had start5ed the fire since he wasn't sure that the Commander knew about Mimori) and the commander enter twined his fingers and set his chin to rest on them.
He sighed and, after about 5 minutes of silence, finally spoke. "I have come to the decision that, with her permission, you live with Mimori until we can fix your place and replace the belongings."
Ryuhou and Mimori looked at each other, and Mimori smiled. Why was she smiling? She had just burned his room, and yet she was smiling! But of course, anything Mimori did was contagious, and he soon found himself smiling as well.
"But what about your clothes?" Mimori asked as they arrived at her apartment-like room that she would now be sharing with Ryuhou.
"I'm not sure; HOLY won't provide me with any more."
Mimori had a glint in her eyes, a glint that sent chills down Ryuhou's spine. "Then that means…." She grinned, "…….That we're going shopping….." Ryuhou dreaded those words. Sure enough, within 5 minutes, they were in a cab on their way to the mall. She had Ryuhou buy clothes he would NEVER usually wear, had it not been for her, he bought what he called 'civilian clothes'.
"This doesn't feel right," He said, holding a blue snow-cone he had bought at the mall while staring down at his baggy pant and black muscle shirt. Mimori's snow cone was red and she looked at him and smiled.
"It looks good on you!" Mimori insisted. They arrived back at what they could now call 'their' apartment and dropped the bags of new clothes. Almost immediately after, there was a knock at the door. Mimori opened it to find Cougar standing outside.
"Commander wants to see us in his office, Ryuhou too." Mimori looked at Ryuhou, who shrugged at this. Were they in trouble again? They walked cautiously into the Commander's room and found Scheris already there. He looked at the four of them and gave them a serious look.
"I have a mission for all of you," he began. "I need you to rent a boat and go to the lake with it."
"What is our purpose?" Ryuhou asked.
"HOLY shall supply the money needed for this mission. The objective is to have fun." All of them gave him confused looks. "Well, I just thought you should enjoy a day without fighting Native Alters for once. Now go before I change my mind!"
"SIR!" They all ran out of the room and called a cab to the boat rental center. They put on the life jackets and headed out. Commander had picked the perfect day to do that, the sun was shining, the water was glistening and the water smelled fresh as the wind blew through their hair. The rented a tube and Ryuhou was the first one on. He held on to the handles tight, as though he would die if he even dared to let go. As luck would have it, Cougar was driving, and when he went to turn Ryuhou was jolted off of the tube and went tumbling across the water. His chest was hurting; he could feel his heart hurting from the force of the water. When the boat came around to pick him up, it took everything in him not to call out Zetsuei and tear Cougar into little pieces. After that they decided NOT to let Cougar drive, for his own safety.
After that it was Scheris's turn, who, unlike Ryuhou, was much less tense. She rode the waves as though they were nothing, but after a while she got afraid of falling off and had them stop the boat. Next was Mimori. She was smiling the entire time she was riding, she turned perfectly, she never even came close to falling, until, all of the sudden, something forced her underwater. Ryuhou had a bad feeling about this, everything was going fine, how could that have changed so quickly? After a few moments of silence, Ryuhou took off his life jacket and dove into the water. Sure enough, something had gotten a hold of Mimori, and that wasn't just any something- It was something created by an Alter User! Indeed, they had been ambushed, and in their condition, Mimori's Alter was useless. With the fire of determination, Ryuhou summoned Zetsuei and prepared for battle while trying to get Mimori up to the surface for some air. This was going to be a tough battle….