Legendary High School

I Own Nothing

Chapter 14: Insider

Suddenly, a red flash zips by. Everything slows as they all stop breathing. Masamune falls to the side and off the cliff. Gingka watches as his senpai falls and the river splashes with his body.

"MASAMUNE!"

Kyoya struggles to get out but the mud just goes through his fingers. Gingka sits in shock and stares at the river. Kyoya screams in anger and begins pounding the mud.

Gingka's eyes follow the red streak as it disappears back into the forest and he stands. He takes off running, slipping and sliding in the mud. He listens for the sound of rustling ahead of him and follows. Kyoya's screams of anger and sorrow still ring in the pouring rain. Gingka stumbles through the darkness, timing the lightning strikes to see ahead of him.

He catches glimpses of the person he's chasing. The dark pants and shirt, muddied boots, and white…white with gold. The red streak appears at times too.

Gingka stops running and pounds his fist into the nearest tree. He growls as his hair falls in his face. Kyoya finally crosses his mind again and back towards the wreck, he goes.

As he arrives, Kyoya's still struggling to get out. He lays forlorn against the mud as he's given up. Gingka growls and whips out his bey. He launches it with a scream and Pegasus shatters the log. The bey returns to him and he helps Kyoya to his feet.

"Gingka…" Kyoya looks at him, wide-eyed. The redhead sways and collapses into the senpai's arms. Kyoya catches him and watches his back. Exhausted. He had just enough adrenaline left to launch Pegasus.

Kyoya tries to move with Gingka but his leg refuses to let him. Kyoya kneels before laying back down and stares at the sky. Rain patters down and he holds up his arm to block it. He thinks quickly and reaches for Gingka's pocket. He retrieves his Leone. He thought Gingka had picked it up. He readies Leone in Gingka's launcher and tries to move himself to a position to launch. He aims at a nearby tree and rips.

Leone ricochets off the trunks and into the air where Kyoya calls for a tornado. After multiple times of doing this, Kyoya hears voices nearby.

"Yokatta…" (Thank God…) Kyoya's eyes flutter shut as someone's voice calls for help.

"Headmaster." A figure bows before another. "I did it."

"Good, Ryuga." Headmaster turns. "With Kadoya out of the way, things will progress smoothly."

"What about Otori?" Ryuga stands and wrings his wrists. "Last night wasn't pleasant."

"We're taking care of it. Worry about your next matches. You and Tendo are up next tomorrow. Go sleep." Ryuga huffs but complies. If this would get him closer to Number One….he would listen for now.

Headmaster stands at his large office window and smirks at his reflection. "It's all coming together…except for the Otori boy." He presses a button and demands an update.

"Nothing new, sir. He's still rejecting the medicine and behaving erratically." The guard shouts over the raging screams in the background. Headmaster scoffs and clicks off.

In the basement, rages the monster. The guard logs off with Headmaster and approaches the cage once more. "Otori-sama, you need to calm down." Screams ring off the walls as scratching is heard. Tsubasa throws himself against the bars, scaring the other guards. He laughs crazily as he slides down and then retreats back in the cage.

The guards spend the night trying to corner him and sedate him. Finally, in the early hours of morning, they manage to sedate Tsubasa. He lays on the floor in a heap as do most of the guards.

It hurts. It hurts so much! Tsubasa curls into a ball and hugs his legs. "It's okay." He looks over at a younger version of himself. "I'll step in again, if you'd like. But you can't keep fighting me." The younger version walks over and squats in front of Tsubasa. "Just for a while longer?"

"No. I need to find Eagle! I need to…" Tsubasa cries, his eyes wide and crazy. "LET ME OUT~!" Tsubasa screams and curls up tighter.

"You can't right now." The younger says. He looks around the dark space. "You have to remain here."

"But why?!" Tsubasa cries brokenly. "Just let me go…"

The younger looks down at his older and strokes his hair. "Just a little longer. Once it's safe." The younger stands. "Till then." Chains zip out from the sides and grab the older's wrists and ankles. Tsubasa cries as he's strung into the air. His head bobs downward and he doesn't move. "I'll step in." The younger's smile twists and it's eyes turn red. "For our sake."

*pops up slowly and waves* Konnichiwa, minna! So I know I missed my update two weeks ago. I kid you not, I was gone all day between my dad's place and other things and by Monday, I was in exams. I didn't get the chapter written to about 3 days ago. XP However, because I got it planned out, I'm currently writing ahead and have the next chapter typed and chapter 16 is being written either tonight or tomorrow. I'm on top of things.

One more thing: I am in love with this story arc that's going. I know things are super confusing but it's going to make sense in the end. I can't wait to have this one up! See you in two weeks for chapter 15! Bai Bai! *waves*