Chapter 3
Kyo and Leo were walking down the hall when they heard screaming. They ran towards it and saw Yuusuke. His face was shrunken in as if he had seen something terrifying. "Yuusuke, what happened?" asked Kyo.
"That… that was horrible" said Yuusuke looking at the door. Kyo slowly opened the door, when Yuusuke yelled, "Don't open the door!"
But it was too late. Kyo opened the door and was shocked by what he saw. Ichiban-Boshi and Tenjin were painting Bacchi-Gu's nipples black. Kyo face-vaulted. "Do I even want to know what you three are doing?"
"Hey Kyo-san, what's wrong?" asked Leo.
"Trust me; you really don't want to know."
Ichiban-Boshi picked up a sheet of paper and said, "We're practicing making nipple prints."
"Nipple prints?" asked Kyo.
"We got the idea after watching a TV show" said Ichiban-Boshi.
"We're making nipple prints so we can identify the girls based on their nipples" said Tenjin. "And now we can get to know the girls better."
"Kyo, why do they keep saying nipple printings?" asked Leo.
"You really don't want to know."
"Isn't it a wonderful plan? It kills two birds with one stone, plus it feels very good!" said Bacchi-Gu.
"Why do I have a feeling that this plan will end with you three getting your asses kicked?" asked Kyo.
"I can't stand it anymore! Take the print!" yelled Bacchi-Gu as Ichiban-Boshi pressed the paper against him.
The Baka Trio admired their work, "Perfect! At this rate we'll nail the real thing for sure! The memorable first one will be Futaba-Chan! No, it should be Sanae-chan! I think that for the good of everyone it should be Dr. Chigusa! We'll play rock, paper, scissors for the girl!" Kyo closed the door and backed away.
"That was the most horrifying thing I ever saw," said Kyo.
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Everyone was sitting in class, pretending to pay attention to the teacher, except for Leo, who was actually taking notes. Midori was daydreaming about Yuusuke. Mahiro was reading, and Kyo was asleep. The Baka Trio was watching Futaba. 'Wait for me Futaba-chan; soon I'll know everything about you. So it's decided, I'll do it. This is where we get that Narukawa guy!' Futaba then looked up, getting the feeling that someone was watching her.
Soon after class ended, the Baka Trio ran off to put their plan into action. Midori wrapped her arms around Yuusuke's arm and said, "Yuusuke-kun, let's go home!"
"Midori, can't you see that you're bothering Yuusuke?"
"No I'm not!" said Midori, a large smile on her face. Yuusuke pulled his arm free and walked away.
"Well, time to go home."
Midori chased after him. "You don't have to be so embarrassed!"
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Tenjin and Leo were on the roof. "Narukawa-san, I was wondering if you could do me a favor."
"Sure, Tenjin-san," replied Leo.
"I want you to hold onto this fishing pole, and when Bacchi-Gu yells 'now' I need you to reel in the line with all your might."
Leo nodded his head in agreement.
Futaba was walking toward the dorms. She was stopped by Ichiban-Boshi and Bacchi-Gu. "What do you two want?" She didn't notice the fishing hook get caught on her shirt.
They pulled out a paint brush and a sheet of paper. "We want to so you the fruits of our labors!" They then heard a loud explosion, but didn't pay attention to it.
Leo, however, did. "Tenjin-san, I have to go!" he gave Tenjin the fishing rod and ran off.
"Ano… okay," said Tenjin, now holding the fishing rod.
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Kyo had also heard the explosion and ran off. 'Good thing I grabbed my sword.' When he arrived he saw Sanae on the ground, passed out. There was a large boar-like creature standing over her. It was humanoid with red fur on its shoulders, wrists and ankles while black armor covered some parts of it. It had a pig-like snout, pointed ears and tusks like a boar. Unlike pigs, it wasn't fat but lean and mean and ready to charge.
Leo arrived too, his hands on his bokken, "Kyo-san, I'm here to help!"
"Get Sanae out of here, I'll handle the pig!" commanded Kyo as the creature charged. Leo picked up Sanae and ran off. He sat her down on a bench, unaware that she was slowly waking up. He covered her with his jacket.
"She'll be safe here…" said Leo. He looked around to make sure that no one could see him. He pulled out a blue and silver device and placed it on his waist. A belt generated itself and wrapped around his waist. He then slid in a red backed card into the device, now a belt buckle. He then said, "Henshin!" the belt buckle snapped open to reveal a Spades symbol before shooting out a rectangular energy field that held the image of a dragon. He ran through the field and came out the other side clad in silver and blue armor.
"CHANGE SEIRYU!"
Sanae looked shocked for a moment before she passed out of sheer shock. Draco ran towards where Kyo was. This creature was going to be sealed!
Kyo slashed at the creature, but it barely made a scratch. "What the hell is this thing?! This is really starting to piss me off…" Kyo raised his blade and slashed down. "Mizuchi!" a powerful blast of wind shot out of his blade towards the creature. The attack connected, severing the beast's arm.
It roared in pain then charged at Kyo. "Let's finish this!" proclaimed Kyo as he charged at the creature. He was shocked however when a burst of wind and electricity knocked the monster of its feet. Kyo looked to see where it came from and saw the same guy from earlier. 'Great, it's him again.'
Draco pulled out a card and slashed it through the sword, "SLASH!" Draco charged at the creature and slashed down, incapacitating the creature. He then drew out another card and threw it at the creature. The creature was sealed in the card and it flew back to Draco. He grabbed the card and put it in his sword. He was about to leave when Kyo grabbed his arm.
"You aren't going any where until I get some answers," demanded Kyo.
"It's best if you don't know," Draco said as he shrugged Kyo off. Kyo got angry and swung his sword only for Draco to block it with his. "I'm not your enemy."
"I want answers! Now, talk! Who are you and what was that thing?" Kyo demanded angrily.
Draco sighed. "Very well." He explained, "That creature was a Beast Spirit and I'm an Advent Knight. They were released so it's my job to seal them. That's all I can tell you. Goodbye." Draco then walked away and then caused the wind to blow hard. Leaves got in Kyo's way and when the wind died down, Draco was gone.
"Damn him!" said Kyo, still angry. 'At least now I know that the Mibu aren't involved.' Kyo then stopped and realized, "I better go check on Leo and Sanae." Kyo ran off to where he saw Leo run. He saw Leo pick Sanae off of the bench and run towards the nurse's office. Kyo caught up with them just as they were arriving at the nurse's office.
"How is she?" asked Kyo.
"She'll be fine," said Dr. Chigusa. "She just got a little overexcited. When she wakes up she'll need to take her medication."
Leo and Kyo sat there in silence, waiting for Sanae to wake up. "I found out what that thing was," said Kyo. Leo stared at him. "I ran into that armored guy again and he said that it was something called a Beast Spirit. Like I don't have enough crap to worry about without these Beast Spirits causing havoc also."
"What do you mean, Kyo?" asked Leo.
"Huh, oh crap! I didn't realize that I said that out loud. It's nothing to worry about," said Kyo.
Sanae slowly began to wake-up. She noticed Leo. "Good evening, Minami-san" said Leo with a smile.
"Good… good evening, Leo-san and Kyo-san" said Sanae, blushing. They then saw the Baka Trio, Midori and Yuusuke run past them.
"We're coming, Futaba-chan!" exclaimed the Baka Trio.
"It's your fault that she ran away in the first place!" yelled Yuusuke. Kyo and Leo ran outside to see what was going on.
"Hey Yuusuke, what's wrong?" asked Kyo.
"Thanks to these three, Kutsuki ran off," replied Yuusuke.
"What do you mean 'thanks to these three'?" asked Kyo, glaring at the Baka Trio.
"They tried to get Kutsuki's nipple print." Kyo punched the three of them in the head.
"You idiots, did you really think that would work?" yelled Kyo.
"Anyways they used a fishing rod to pull off her shirt…"
"You mean the fishing rod that they tried to get me to use?!" exclaimed Leo.
"So that was your plan?" said Kyo.
"They didn't see anything because I covered up Futaba-chan," said Midori.
"It was…" began the Baka Trio, but they were interrupted, when Kyo punched them in the head again.
"You three don't get to talk!" yelled Kyo.
"Hai, Kyo-san," said the Baka Trio in defeat.
"Well then, let's go find her," proclaimed Leo.
"But Leo-kun, you don't even know Futaba-chan," said Midori.
"Doesn't matter. Okaasan said this; a gentleman must always defend a lady," quoted Leo.
Kyo snickered, "Well that explains why you three are no good."
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Futaba was hiding behind a tree. 'I hope they don't find me.' Futaba was being chased by a group of people in white robes.
"Lord Shinrei may have told us to find Kyo, but that doesn't mean that we can't have some fun first…" said one of the people. Futaba turned and continued to run, until she accidentally slid down a hill.
"Ow!" said Futaba as she massaged her ankle. She twisted it when she fell.
"Found you…" said a voice from above her.
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"Well this is just great" said Yuusuke. "Now we've lost Bacchi-Gu and the others."
"Doesn't matter, I think I found her. This is her shoe isn't it?" asked Kyo picking up Futaba's shoe.
"Yeah, that's her shoe" said Midori.
"Midori, you stay here, Leo and Yuusuke come with me," ordered Kyo. The two boys nodded their heads. They then turned and slid down the hill.
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"There she is!" shouted Bacchi-Gu as they saw a moving shadow.
"We're coming Futaba-chan!" yelled Ichiban-Boshi as they crawled through the bushes. When they arrived, they didn't see Futaba, but a very large bear with an x-shaped scar on its face. The Baka Trio screamed as the bear approached them.
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Kyo, Yuusuke and Leo arrived where Futaba was. She was surrounded by troops, daggers in their hands. Kyo jumped between Futaba and the troops. He grabbed her and jumped back to the others. "Yuusuke… take Futaba and get out of here. We'll cover you," said Kyo. Yuusuke nodded his head. Futaba latched onto him, crying.
"Don't worry, Kutsuki. I'll get you out of here," reassured Yuusuke.
Kyo smirked, "Let's teach these guys a lesson, Leo." He drew his blade.
"Hai!" replied Leo, gripping his bokken.
The troops noticed the two swordsmen and charged at them. Leo avoided a stab to his midsection before slamming his bokken upon the person's head. Then, he swung his fist and punched him in the stomach, hard, causing him to drop. With a smile on his face, he pulled his goggles down over his eyes and said, "Ikuzo!" He rushed forward and began to swing his bokken expertly, knocking the daggers out of their hands before jumping up and performing a tornado kick that knocked a number of them out.
"He's good," Kyo complimented as he fought as well. Leo was pretty good at hand-to-hand and kendo. For someone who quoted his mom like a momma's boy, he could sure fight. Kyo's sword at the moment was thirsty for blood and these guys were going to quench it. "No more holding back…" said Kyo as he removed his sunglasses, revealing his blood red eyes to Leo. He charged at the troops slicing through them with ease.
"Kyo! Don't kill them!" yelled Leo. But Kyo didn't hear him. He was fighting like a man possessed, slaughtering the troops without mercy. He then noticed the remainder of troops trying to run away.
"Cowards!" yelled Kyo as he gave chase, killing them as they ran. He was then hit in the back with an electrified bust of wind, courtesy of Leo. He then stopped and turned to Leo. "So you want to fight too, huh?" asked Kyo, a demonic smile on his face. The voice in his head had taken over; Kyo was no longer in control. Kyo charged and swung down his sword but Leo sidestepped him.
"Kyo-san!" Leo pleaded. "Control yourself!" he ducked under a slash that sliced the tree behind him in half. Leo gulped. 'Looks like I have to use it after all.' He twisted the handle of his bokken that releases a small 'click' sound.
"Fight me!" 'Kyo' challenged as he swung his sword again. Leo swung his bokken as well. What happened was not steel slicing wood, but steel clashing against steel. Kyo then saw that Leo had a steel blade hidden in his bokken, with the rest of it acting as its sheathe. With a grunt, Leo kicked Kyo back and went into a stance, holding his revealed sword and sheath.
"Kyo-san, don't make me fight you!" Leo begged but he was ignored as Kyo swung his sword at him. Leo blocked with the blade before jabbing at Kyo with his sheath. Kyo sidestepped it and then swung his blade to decapitate Leo but Leo quickly ducked and elbowed Kyo hard in the stomach. He then went into a sweep kick that tripped Kyo before he stood straight up and pointed the tip of his sword and sheath at Kyo's throat.
"Calm…down…" Leo growled. Something in him was calling him to fight as his body crackled with electricity and random winds blew through his hair. His hair was no longer in a ponytail and whipped around his head.
Kyo pulled back his legs and kicked Leo in the chin before flipping back to his feet. Leo snarled his eyes glowing green as his pupils turned to slits. They charged at each other and swung.
"RAIJIN!" Leo called as he sent a blade of electricity at Kyo.
"MIZUCHI!" Kyo called as he sent a blade of wind at Leo. The attacks collided and cancelled each other out. "Stop holding back…" taunted Kyo. "Why don't you show me that armor of yours?" Leo was taken aback by this.
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Midori was waiting for the others to come back up. Yuusuke had brought Futaba back to the campus and had returned with Sanae, who was worried about Leo. "Do you think they're okay, Midori-chan?" asked Sanae.
"I'm sure they're fine" replied Midori.
"Let's go find out…" said Yuusuke as they slid down the hill.
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"What do you mean?!" questioned Leo.
"Don't think I'm as stupid as the, kid. It may have slipped past him, but I managed to figure it out. I've been around long enough to notice these kinds of things. So why don't you go ahead and get serious?" replied Kyo.
Leo, although right now was being manipulated by his Category Ace, just did as told. He didn't want to do it but then dropped his sheath and sword before reaching into his pockets and pulling out his Category Ace and Buckle. The buckle was now on his waist as the belt wrapped around him. He then slid in the card and he said, "Henshin!" The belt buckle split open and the energy field shot out before it moved back and swept over Leo.
"CHANGE SEIRYU!"
Now clad in his armor, Draco was ready for battle. His eyes were glowing and when he spoke a distorted version of Leo's voice came out, "This would be quite interesting. The boy, Leo, is slightly too weak in my opinion. Why don't you fight someone with more skill?" Draco drew his sword. Right now, his Category Ace was in control.
The two swordsmen charged at each other once more and slashed with their blades. Sparks flew as their blades crashed into one another. Kyo's red eyes stared into Draco's green ones.
"This will be fun!" Kyo said with a wide grin.
"Agreed," Draco said before he blasted Kyo back with an air blast. He then sent lightning bolts at Kyo. Kyo just jumped out of the way.
'I got to get back in control… but how?' thought Leo.
'Damn it old man! Not only did he take over, but now he's picked a fight with Leo,' thought Kyo, trying to regain control.
"There they are!" said a voice from the hill.
Kyo and Draco stopped slashing at each other when they noticed Midori, Yuusuke and Sanae. "Leo-san, please stop!" pleaded Sanae. Yuusuke and Midori stared at Sanae.
"Sanae-chan, how do you know that that's Leo-kun?" asked Midori.
"I saw him transform earlier. I thought it was a dream, but I know that it's him in that armor," replied Sanae.
"Silence, child…" said Draco as he knocked back Sanae with a blast of air. "Leo is no longer in control."
'Got it!'
"Hey Draco," began Kyo, getting Draco's attention. "How bout we have a little fun and kill these three…?"
Draco smirked under his helmet. "Fine by me…"
Kyo, at lightning fast speed, ducked down and slammed the hilt of his sword into Draco's buckle. The belt buckle then snapped close and the card was ejected out before the energy field swept over his body and changed him back to Leo. He then fainted. "Sorry about that, man. I didn't want to have to do that, but you left me no choice," said Kyo as he put his sunglasses back on. "You three doing okay?" asked Kyo.
"We'll be fine, but Sanae is pretty hurt," said Yuusuke.
"Same with Leo… Let's get them back to the nurse's office," suggested Kyo as he rested Leo on his shoulder.
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"I hate this," said Bacchi-Gu, as he and the others were walking back to school, beaten up something badly.
"It didn't say in any guide that they'd do something like that!" complained Ichiban-Boshi. Tenjin just cried.
"Let's forget it, we did get away", said Bacchi-Gu. They then stopped as three bears; including the bear from earlier appeared in front of them. The Baka Trio let out an earth rattling scream.
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It was the next morning. Kyo was still at the nurse's office with Sanae. "Why don't you two go back to your dorms? I'll call you when he wakes up," suggested Dr. Chigusa.
"Sorry, but Leo here is my friend, and I intend on staying here until he wakes up," said Kyo. Sanae nodded in agreement.
"Fine," Dr. Chigusa nodded before leaving them.
"Le… Leo-san, please wake up" pleaded Sanae. Leo began to stir and slowly woke up.
"Minami-san? What happened?" Suddenly, his eyes snapped open as the memories came back to him. The most prominent one was when he, actually the Category Ace controlling him, had blasted her. He sat up and looked her in the eye. "Gomen nasai, Minami-san! Daijoubu desu ka?"
(I'm sorry, Minami. Are you alright?)
Sanae said, "I'm fine, and it wasn't your fault." She then asked him, "What happened to you?"
"Where is my buckle and card?" he asked.
"Here," Sanae said, handing them over to him. "These are yours so I picked them up. They are important to you, right?"
Leo stared at the Category Ace and narrowed his eyes angrily. He then sighed and fell back on the bed, resting his head on his pillow. "The card took over me. It controlled me. Even sealed, they did warn me that, the Beast Spirit would control me."
"Beast Spirit?" Sanae questioned.
"The monsters I fight. The one who attacked you before was one," Leo explained. He took out a card depicting a charging armored wild boar. "I sealed it."
"So, you saved me."
"No," he shook his head. "Kyo was the one who saved you." He then said, "So, you saw me transform before?" Sanae nodded.
"Are you angry?"
"No, I'm not," Leo admitted, "At least not at you. I could never forgive myself if I ever hurt anyone."
"Just what happened?" Kyo asked.
"Like I said, the Category Ace took control. It takes a strong heart to suppress its power but even then the control might slip and the Beast Spirit inside will take over. I think it happens when I'm in fits of rage. Arigato, Kyo-san, for knocking me out of it."
"That's okay. So, how did you get roped into fighting monsters?"
Leo shook his head, "Gomen, but I cannot tell you! I've been sworn to secrecy." He then asked, "Who were those people and what happened to you? Why are your eyes so red?"
Kyo removed his sunglasses to reveal his red eyes. "This is my natural eye color. As for what happened to me, my ancestor took control of me."
"What do you mean?" asked Leo.
"I am related to the samurai, known only as Demon Eyes Kyo, that's also how I got my name. His spirit was sealed to his bloodline, and I am the only living male in his bloodline. So, I share my body with him, not by choice anyways."
'I heard that!" said Demon Eyes Kyo.
'And I don't really care!" replied Kyo.
"You haven't told me who those people we fought were?" Leo said.
"I'll tell you later. Tell me, Leo, besides us and Sanae, who all saw those people?" asked Kyo.
"I only saw Yuusuke, Midori, and Futaba. Bacchi-Gu and the others got separated from us." Bacchi-Gu and the others stumbled in.
"What happened to you three!?" asked Dr. Chigusa as she came back in.
"And why do you reek of bear love?" asked Kyo, holding his nose.
"We don't want to talk about it…" said the Baka Trio, they then passed out.
"With that said, Yuusuke, Midori and Futaba are involved now. So let's all meet up in the library to talk about it. No one ever goes there," said Kyo. Sanae and Leo nodded their heads in agreement and the three of them left.
"Will you be alright?" Sanae asked Leo.
"Daijoubu," Leo said with a smile.