A/N Hey everyone! So, school has started for me. D: -cries- You can guess what that means – I might not be updating as often as I and you all would like. D: But for the most part I'll update at least once every week, hopefully more often than that even. I can't say for sure, though. Anyway, here's Chapter three of Sakura Portal! I hope you enjoy! :]
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own either Fruits basket or Gakuen Alice.
Kyo's POVI got up, feeling restless after the bad dream I had. For some reason, it had been recurring lately . . . and it haunted me constantly. I tried to push it out of my mind, but it just wouldn't go away. It was very complicated and confusing – I didn't even know why it scared me . . . but somehow it did. Maybe there's something about that huge, blazing orange fire, or Akito's cruel laugh sounding as a pale white mask fell to the ground. Or it could be the fact that the last thing I saw in the dream was always Tohru lying on a bed, her sweet face pale and lifeless . . .
I was so absorbed in these thoughts that I didn't realize until I was staring at it that my feet had brought me to Tohru's room.
I realized her door was creaked open just enough so I accidentally caught a glimpse of the inside. And guess who I saw in there?
That brat, Natsume!
A growl rose in my throat, and I sneaked in the room, careful not to wake the girls but loud enough for Natsume to hear.
The brat swiveled around to look at me, his fiery crimson eyes burning.
"Baka – what the heck are you doing here?! You creep!" I growled in a whisper.
"They're not here," he replied coldly, so loud I jumped.
"What?! Shut up, or else you'll wake them with your loud voice!"
"Idiot. Didn't you hear what I said? They're. Not. Here," he replied slowly, saying each word slowly and deliberately as if talking with a very young child.
I blinked, realizing suddenly what he meant.
"They're gone?!" I exclaimed, letting my voice rise.
"How many times do I have to tell you?" Natsume growled.
I ignored Natsume's comment for once and smacked my face with my hand.
"How . . . Wait a second! There's a Sakura tree just outside of Tohru's room!" I exclaimed, realizing what really happened.
"You just realized this now?" Natsume muttered, rolling his eyes.
I just glared at him and held back the rest of my anger with all my might. I would deal with this punk later. For now, I have to focus on the problem at hand.
"I'm going to go wake up Yuki. He won't like it, but who cares? The idiot needs to suffer more often anyway," I said, my eyes glinting. Then, without another word, I ran out of the room.
~.*.~
"So, lemme get this straight – Tohru and Mikan are gone?" Yuki asked slowly.
"Yes. Would you wake up already so you can understand what we're saying?!" I snapped.
Yuki rubbed his face with his hand. "It's too early for this . . ." he muttered.
I was about to smack him on the side of his head when he got up from his seat.
"Okay. We really can't do anything about it, though. We have no idea how this 'Sakura portal' works or even what we're dealing with. You two just need to be patient and hope they find a way to get back home. When Shigure gets back, we'll ask him what he thinks we should do. I doubt it, but there's a small chance he might have a solution," Yuki said quietly.
I just grunted and sighed. "So, I guess that's it then. I'm going to have to deal with both of you in the same day," I muttered.
I let this fact sink in for a moment, then I added lowly, "Someone please shoot me."
~.*.~
"AUGH! You are really getting on my nerves!" I vented as I spiked the now empty milk carton on the ground.
"You just go and make yourself right at home! And you drink all my milk!" I continued, glaring at Natsume.
Natsume just ignored me and didn't respond.
"ARRGH! I'M GONNA—!" I began, but he cut me off before I could finish the threat.
"Haven't you had enough burns for today? Or would you like more?" Natsume growled, igniting a flame in his left hand.
I glared at him, but subconsciously grabbed my left arm where he had burned it earlier.
So, as you can probably tell, there have been many, many fights between us in just a few hours. It wasn't even noon yet and he had burned my hair, what, three times? And my arm once. And kicked me into a wall each time after he burned me.
The thing that bothered me most, though, was the fact that this kid was only in elementary school! He was eleven for Pete's sake! Why couldn't I beat him?! Maybe it was the fact that he had fire as an advantage . . . wait! That's it! Fire was how he won each time! If I could just have him fight without that fire of his . . . then I could win!
"Hey! Punk over there! I have a deal for you."
I thought I heard him sigh, but he said, "I'm listening."
"How about we duel? You can't use your fire, though. I can't use any weapons, either. It would be a fair fight."
"And what does the winner get?"
"The winner claims the title of being the better fighter. And if I win, you can't burn me anymore. If you win, I won't try to attack you anymore," I replied, my eyes gleaming with excitement.
Natsume paused, and I could tell he was thinking about it.
"Fine. But I have one more condition to add – don't bother me about how I act if I win. Like me drinking the milk. If you win, I won't touch your precious milk anymore," he said, meeting my gaze evenly.
"Fine. Let's do this, then," I replied eagerly.
Natsume got up from the chair he had been sitting in and headed for the door.
"Hey – where are you going?!" I asked incredulously. "You said --,"
"Shouldn't we do this out side?" he asked me, cocking an eyebrow.
I realized he was right, but I didn't say that aloud. Instead I just walked past him out the door without another word. Geez, I couldn't wait to kick this kid's butt.
We stood a foot away from each other outside in the roomy back yard. I readied myself and tensed as I said, "Bring it." I added a cocky grin to the comment.
Natsume made the first move. He went in for a blow, and I dodged it, but it turned out to be a juke. So just as I had dodged his false blow, he punched me with his other hand straight in my face.
I reeled back and felt blood run out of my nose. I cursed and wiped the blood off my face. I went forward to trip him. He stepped back to stop me from doing so, but one of his heels caught on my outstretched foot and he fell to the ground.
Before I had the chance to take advantage of his position, he had gotten back up.
I moved forward and behind him to try and get him in a head lock, but he swiveled around and kicked me in the gut.
I fell to the ground with a "thud." I cursed vehemently.
"Had enough?" Natsume asked coldly.
I growled and got back up, getting into my fighting stance again.
He swung out a foot and hooked it around my legs, knocking me to the ground again. But before he could do anything more, I grabbed his legs and heaved them out from under him.
He fell to the ground beside me. I used this time to get back up and catch my breath. I have to admit – this kid can fight! I thought, a little impressed.
Natsume stood up and tried to catch his breath like me. He stood strong and didn't shake, but I could tell he was beginning to have a bit of a hard time. He began to cough violently. I wondered if I should've taken it a little easier on him . . .
"Kyoooooo-kun!"
Oh. Oh no. Oh no no no. That better not be –
I swiveled around to see the person I dreaded most of all standing at the back door.
Kagura was waving vigorously at me, grinning foolishly and calling my name over and over.
Could this day get any worse?
~.*.~
Natsume's POV"You've got the count of three to get your freaking hand off me before I burn you to a crisp." I threatened.
Kagura, as the idiot girl was called, didn't take her hand off of me. "Whaaaat? Natsume-chan! You wouldn't do that! How could you even? There's no fire—,"
I ignited a fire in my hand and lit her hair with it. "Now there is."
As expected, the girl ran away screaming bloody murder like they all do.
I sighed and leaned back in my chair, closing my eyes.
Today was probably the longest and worst day of my life. Mikan was gone some where, and so was that other idiotic girl – Tohru, right? They both might be idiots, but at least the kept the peace around here! And they might've kept this new girl busy as well.
Why had she come anyway? I had been looking forward to beating Kyo in that duel, so he wouldn't be yelling at me every five seconds and not trying to beat me nonstop. Unfortunately, now we had to postpone our little duel because of Kagura.
Also, she's been a pain and made my life living hell ever since she got here. Never keeping her hands to herself, chatting nonstop, beating up Kyo[not that I minded that part; just that it made lots of noise], and not to mention just being extremely idiotic and annoying period. Seriously, I'd had enough stupidity and noise for a lifetime, thank you very much.
I decided to get up and go look at the cursed Sakura tree. Maybe if I just sat under it for a while I'd eventually teleport back to Gakuen Alice. It was probably a foolish hope, but it was ten times better than staying in this hellhole of a house.
As I headed for the door, I accidentally tripped and fell. Kagura had happened to run by screaming at that very moment, so I ended up landing on her.
As soon as I could I leaped back off of her. I waited for her to get up and scream at me or something, but instead, something I didn't expect at all happened.
Out of the pile of clothes rose a small boar. It poked its head out just where Kagura should've been.
"You jerk! Watch where --!" it stopped speaking when it suddenly realized something.
"Uh oh . . ." it murmured, looking at a hoof and back at my dumbfounded expression.
Just then, Kyo came into the room. His eyes widened till they rivaled saucers and his jaw dropped.
"KAGURAAA!!!"
A/N Oh wow that was so much fun to write. X3 lol. Don't you just love Kyo and Natsume? 3 Hehe. Well, I hope you liked this chapter as much as I did! xD I'll try and update soon, but with school just starting, idk when I'll be able to update. Hopefully soon. Anyway, please review and favorite if you liked! And I'm always open for suggestions for this story as well, so don't be afraid to share them if you have one. :]
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"Wait . . . let me get this straight – you're saying that when I step under here, I'm going to go somewhere else? What have you been smoking, Mikan?"
"So . . . I like, hit him in the wrong place, and he transformed?! Just like that?!"