Call me by my name
Chapter 3: Games begin.
One Tomoki Sakurai was pacing around his tatami mat room, immersed in thought. The thoughts of his angeloid falling in love left him speechless.
Who was it?
He couldn't be sure because her expression didn't give anything away. Tomoki was confused to say the least. He had no idea that an UMA could fall in love. It was impossible, it was profoundly impossible. It was a possibility that he never ventured in to explore. Ikaros was just an angeloid with no emotions.
He bunched his hands and slammed it on top of his palms.
Perhaps she was quoting a line from a movie.
That could be it.
Tomoki furrowed his eyebrows together, doubt consuming him.
The black haired teenager stopped his relentless pacing and forced himself down. He sat cross legged on his soft futon and rubbed his chin.
Why was the tight feeling in his stomach making him lose his wits?
Maybe it had something to do with the reason there were two holes in his roof. It always annoyed him when Ikaros destroyed his house, especially making holes in roofs. She had gone out this morning after all.
A secret lover?
The thought of a secret lover had him steaming with annoyance. 'Going out somewhere' didn't just cut it for an explanation. It was far too vague!
She's an UMA! Everything was completely ridiculous! His reaction was completely ridiculous!
Tomoki let out a hearty laugh.
He was worrying far too much. He told himself, once Ikaros came back inside, everything will sort itself out. Well... without any interrogation first. First he'll get one of her watermelons and then...
Meanwhile Astraea and Nymph had also gone upstairs curious as to why Tomoki was yelling obscurities. They peered from behind his door to see him talking with himself, clearly distressed.
"Why is Tomoki talking to himself?" Astraea thought out loud.
"Well... can't say that's the weirdest thing he's done."
"There's nothing weird about talking to yourself!" Astraea gasped. "Or maybe... he ian't talking to himself. What if there's a ghost here!
"WHAT IF TOMOKI IS A GHOST WHISPHERER?!" She gasped even louder.
Nymph stared deadpanned at Astraea for a while, before ignoring her completely. She needed to know what was wrong with Tomoki so she can be there to help him out. Nymph narrowed her eyes and peered at him once more for any clues.
Tomoki, in the meanwhile, had finally stopped having conversation with himself. He stared confused at the two holes in his ceiling. He could hear a faint rumbling and pieces of rubble continued to flake down from the holes. He decided to get up and look out the window to try and figure out what was making the sound and yell at it to stop disturbing his train of thought. Before he could reach even half way to his window, two figures smashed inside, glass shattering everywhere. Tomoki could barely let out a surprised 'Eh?' as a handkerchief was smothered against his mouth.
His eyes closed and he drifted to sleep. His door slammed open to reveal two outraged angeloids ready to fight the suited men in front of them. The second man threw a ball against the ground which exploded with smoke. Astraea and Nymph were reduced to a coughing frenzy, and both ran down stairs and outside as quick as they could before the smoke consumed them.
Their eyes were dismayed when there were no slights of anything by the time they had raced outside.
"W-w-what should we do?" Cried Astraea. "Who would want to steal Tomoki?"
They looked at each in silence and sweat-dropped. Actually a lot of people would steal Tomoki mainly girls. He was rather notorious for his many perverted criminal acts.
"Well... whoever it is, i won't let them get away with it." Nymph cracked her knuckles menacingly.
Ikaros, at that moment, decided to make her entry. She found that her two fellow angeloids were rather worked up and was curious to know why.
"Nymph, Astraea, what's wrong?" She asked, tilting her emotionless face downward slightly .
"Ikaros!"
"Ikaros-senpai!"
"..."
"Tomoki was kidnapped!" Astraea wailed pathetically.
Suddenly it dawned upon Nymph that Ikaros was practically outside the entire time and didn't do anything when she more than likely saw the whole incident unfold.
"Ikaros! You were in the watermelon field, how could you not stop them?"
Ikaros tilted her head. "Master... was kidnapped?"
"Nymph sighed in frustration, Astraea sobs of 'Tomoki's going to die', did not help her case. Ikaros being strangely calm was beginning to unnerve her. "YES! What else did it look like?"
"In... the black helicopter?"
"More than likely! Why didn't you save him?"
"Master wasn't kidnapped. President took him." She answered simply though it did nothing to suppress their horror.
"She probably left a clue in the room."
All three angeloids raced up stairs, back into Tomoki's room and sound Sohara already there holding a piece of paper.
"It's an invitation from the president."
"Eh?" They all crept closer and it was indeed an invitation written in fine calligraphy.
'Dear everyone of this household,
You are all invited to an event hosted by Mikako Satsukitane.
Come to the shrine for an exciting time.
Tomoki is waiting.
"..."
"This is definitely another game." Nymph rubbed her chin.
"A game! I love games!" Astraea chirped.
"Well, what are we waiting for then. Let's go!" Sohara added in.
"I think it'll be faster if we fly there."
Sohara stepped back. These three were monsters when it came to travelling especially with how fast they go.
"O-o-oh.. you guys go ahead... I'll be fine walking there..." She laughed shakily.
"Sorry Sohara, It'll be faster if you come with us."
"Eh."
Ikaros lifted the brown haired girl by her arms and they were all off in a flash.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Sohara's scream could be heard a mile away.
They arrived at the shrine at no time at all. They spied Tomoko still knocked out by the drug on top of the stairs of the shrine.
"Tomoki!"
" Master!"
"Tomo-chan!"
All four girls ran towards him in a panic and relief were written on their faces when they noticed that he was breathing peacefully.
Nymph started to fiddle with the hem of her dress, a blush on her face. "Don't you humans have this thing called CPR to wake people up."
Sohara blushed and her eyes flickered to Tomoki's slightly parted lips.
"What's CPR? Can you eat it?" Of course Astraea had to ask.
"It's where... um... y-you put your lips over some else's and try and force oxygen in their lungs to resuscitate them..." Sohara explained, embarrassed.
"Oh. That sounds almost like a..."
"A kiss." Ikaros finished, eyes slightly glassy as she had said that.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet and everyone's attention was suddenly on Tomoki.
"W-w-well since I know more about CPR, I think I should be the one to do it." Sohara stepped forward first.
"No way, I should be the one to do it since I brought up the idea!" Nymph announced, eyes burning.
"I wanna do the CRP thing!"
"..." Ikaros stared at them bickering and placed a hand over her chest. Her reactor was buzzing again. "Kiss with master..."
The three began bickering amongst each other with Ikaros standing silently beside them.
The shrine began to fill up with people all chattering and whispering away to each other. In the crowd was also Hiyori who looked at Tomoki in wonder. Ikaros wondered briefly what on earth was going on.
The trees around the area began to sway. Soon they shook violently and a bright light shone upon them. Everyone looked up to see a black helicopter hovering above them and a purple haired Mikako was hanging out of the helicopter holding a megaphone.
"Glad everyone in town can make it!" She smiled widely. "Today will be a special event that i'm hosting! Since it's valentine's day, I'm going to make it different. See this(worthless) boy here."
She shone her helicopter light on Tomoki who began to stir awake.
"The aim is to capture him and bring him to the shrine and kiss him on the lips."
Tomoki froze as soon as she said that.
All angeloids and one human Sohara froze as well upon hearing this.
"For the person who succeeds I'm willing to offer them 1 million Yen as a prize."
This definitely had everyone's attention and they began staring at Tomoki with predator eyes.
"W-w-wait... Everyone..." He slowly crept back. He glared at the purple haired sadistic president and she gave him a small laugh. There were males mixed in there, which looked like they also wanted to steal a kiss for the large amount of money offered.
"Tomoki has 10 seconds to hide before everyone can start to kidnap him."
10...
Tomoki shot off like a rocket leaving a cloud of dust behind.
9...
I get to kiss Tomoki... Nymph blushed dreamily.
8...
Tomo-chan's kiss... Sohara cupped her cheeks.
7...
I'll be the first to get to Tomoki! Astraea cried determined.
6...
Master's... kiss... Ikaros looked at the sky with clouded eyes.
5...
Give me the money.
4...
I'd better save Tomoki and stop Mikako... Eishiro thought to himself.
3...
I have a reason to kiss Tomoki... Hiyori thought in happiness.
2...
Onii-chan's kiss... Is this love? Chaos was hiding in the bushes seeing the commotion and decided she wanted to join.
1...
This is going to be fun... Smirked Mikako.
"GO!"
The crowd dispersed and looking for Tomoki. Tomoki was still sprinted away, tears streaming down his eyes.
"WHY ME?"
:P Oh hey everyone. Thank you for being so patient- of course not by choice.
Exams are over. Assignments are over for this year and even work has died down. Before I go away for two weeks i've decided to update most of my stories. Thanks for all the support and until next time.
Usa-chan.