K?O?K: So how are you coping Agito?
Agito: Fuck, what are you talking about?
K?O?K: You know, Oki and what not. I know you were very close.
Agito: That's what she said...
K?O?K: *awkward silence* You are officially my role model.
Agito: *sigh* This guy's annoying, I want Skye back.
K?O?K: Well, too bad cause she's taking a nap...We don't own Air Gear, but she does own Oki, so enjoy!
Previously:
"Mikura Kazuma?" She asked, and he nodded. She handed him a piece of elegantly embossed paper, "You have a message from Yamamato Oki."
He took it reluctantly, and walked out of the hospital. He rode around town to find a secluded park, and sat underneath a tree. Pulling out the letter, he unfolded it.
Hey Kazu-nii,
I'm sorry I ran off like this, but it couldn't be helped. I need to treat my wounds and these doctors can't do it. The only person who can is him. I know you will try to follow and stop me. If you do, I will never forgive you. I mean it. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about my queen-ship before, but I hope you forgive me. Oh, and please look out for Agito. He must hate me right about now and forever as well. Don't tell him about where I am, in fact don't tell anyone. Let them think I've betrayed them, because I'm not sure if I'll come back. If I do, and I'm not myself, please don't hesitate to end me right there. I'm putting my trust in you, Kazu-nii, don't let me down.
With love,
Oki
"Oki," he muttered, pulling his beanie to cover his grayish blue eyes and the tears flowing out of them, "you idiot! Why the hell don't you trust us! Fine… I'll do as you wish, but just know I'm never going to forgive you for letting me down like this."
I'm your own brother for god sakes. You can trust me you know? Kazu sniffled, I know that you were born in a test tube but you have my parent's genes. So what if you were raised by someone else? You're still my little sister... idiot.
After their match with Trident and Oki's disappearance, which was covered by Kazu and Ikki as a visit to her parent's place in Kyoto, Agito was moping around in his bedroom on the floor. The shutters were closed, blocking the sunlight. The Shark had been avoiding going to school even though he was perfectly fine.
Fuck... Why did you leave Oki? I never got to show you anything... me, Akito, my skills. Bitch, you just left and tore me apart. Ugh... screw this, why am I even thinking this shit? She left, so what? Fuck that.
He reached over to his bedside drawer and grabbed his iPod. Plugging in the head phones he just put it on shuffle to try and get him to go to sleep.
Cold afternoon,
I sleep in some…
Back of the room,
Avoid the sun…
You turned off the light, and I lost a lung.
You called it a night,
You had me won.
Eyes widening at the lyrics, Agito brought up the device above his face to see the song. "I can't decide by There for Tomorrow." Damn... it's like this thing is reading my mind. Ignoring the creepy feeling, he kept listening to the song.
Who told you to leave me all alone?
Leave me in the dark,
Leave me in the cold?
Who told you to leave before I could show?
Your half of the man you wanted to know,
But I had to face your last goodbye…
But I had to face your last goodbye…
The look on my face,
My bloodshot eyes,
So who won the war,
Deep down inside?
I can't decide…
I can't decide…
Agito, his lighter half called, Agito you can't keep moping around like this!
Only the dark can feel my touch,
No kind of remark could burn this much.
'Cause I'm as cold as December,
And I won't surrender…
Until you give me back my life.
Agito! He yelled louder this time.
The said person shifted to his side on the bed. In his mind, he turned his back to his other half. Leave me alone Akito, that bitch left, no ditched, he corrected, me after a one night stand. I have every right to mope around.
They listened in silence as the chorus started once again. Akito retreated to his corner, lost in his thoughts. The feline-eyed-counterpart kept thinking of the blue haired girl, who caused the Shark to be lost in her Mist.
Who told you to leave me all alone?
Leave me in the dark,
Leave me in the cold?
Who told you to leave before I could show?
Your half of the man you wanted to know,
But I had to face your last goodbye…
But I had to face your last goodbye…
The look on my face,
My bloodshot eyes,
So who won the war,
Deep down inside?
I can't decide…
I can't decide…
But she didn't, Akito chirped, She apologized when she left. Who knows, maybe something came up?
I can't see the sun in the morning!
Please send me a warning!
Next time I go through this again…
She fucking used me, Akito! You call that "something came up"!Agito snapped harshly at the child like half.
Akito pouted in their shared mind. I'm just trying to get you to feel better...
All out of luck,
All out of time.
Who would have thought, I'd lose my mind?
I know... I'm sorry for yelling at you.
No, I can't decide!
I can't decide!
Why? Why did you do it Oki-chan? asked the lighter half, unable to see his 'younger brother' in this situation, Why did you break his heart like this?
Who told you to leave me all alone?
Leave me in the dark,
Leave me in the cold?
Who told you to leave before I could show?
Your half of the man you wanted to know,
But I had to face your last goodbye…
But I had to face your last goodbye…
The look on my face,
My bloodshot eyes,
So who won the war,
Deep down inside?
I can't decide…
No I can't decide…
As the song ended, a certain pigtailed brunette entered his room. "Hey Agito-kun, you wanna go shopping? Now that you have your balance book back you can get some new clothes, you know?"
"Fuck," the Shark muttered and quickly swiped over his eye patch.
Akito blinked a few times, and sat up. Giving a laughing smile, he blurted happily, "Let's go Nakayama-chan!"
Yayoi (A/N: How the hell do you pronounce her name!) was dragged along with Akito, which was weird considering she should be the one dragging him. She was slightly blushing at the contact between them, his hand around her wrist. Although she was crushing on the aggressive half, she couldn't help but feel jittery by just being with the childlike one.
Akito sighed as he looked around the teen section. "Nakayama-chan, I don't think we'll find anything that's my size here."
"Nonsense," She replied curtly, while handing him a pink graphic T-shirt with the words "Pink is for tough guys" on it, "here, how's this?"
Akito turned around to look at it, and a bead of sweat formed at his temple, slowly starting to drip. Nervously laughing, he politely objected, "It's a nice shirt and all but it's not exactly my type Nakayama-chan."
Her smile faltered for a second, only to come back. "That's fine Akito-kun, I'll find something for you." she swore to herself.
They spent more time, finally deciding on some boyish graphic tees and some hooded shirts. One of them was shaped so that the hood had frog-like eyes. After they had made their purchases, they left to go and get some food.
"Nakayama?" A feminine voice called from behind, unsure of which half the blue-haired boy was, she didn't call him.
The couple (A/N: Not really) turned around to be met by Kazu and Emily. The blonde had his A-T on, unlike the rest of the group.
Nakayama asked nervously, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, nothing actually, we were just wandering around, I guess," Emily added a bit dejected that it was nothing more than that.
Kazu noticing the hint in her voice, joined in, "Yeah, I asked if she wanted to hang out today, and she accepted, what about you Akito?"
Laughing, he answered, "Nothing Kazu! Nakayama-chan wanted to go shopping and I thought I should have some new clothes too, you know? I can't keep borrowing off Ikki." He added the next sentence in a more whispered tone, "Besides, they're too big for me."
Emily's eyebrow rose at the comment and she exchanged glances with Kazu. As they came to an unspoken agreement, they nodded.
"You know," Kazu started, "We were just gonna get some lunch, you wanna join us?"
"Sure, we were gonna go get some too," Nakayama accepted, planning to talk with Emily.
They walked to the nearest Subway (A/N: God, I love that place) and ordered their choice of food, salads and sandwiches. The girls automatically clumped together into their own little group chattering away, while the guys ordered. Akito was holding the sandwiches while Kazu was just walking with his arms behind his head.
"So Akito, how's he doing?" Kazu asked, looking down on the shorter boy.
Akito looked at him with a confused amber eye. "What do you mean?"
"You know, Agito, how's he feeling. Is his leg doing better? Well… considering you're up and walking, that must mean that it is…" Kazu laughed embarrassedly scratching the back of his head, "Forget I ever ask-"
"He's still down." The lighter half curtly answered, not looking in anyone's eye. "He's being depressing, and he's even bringing me down. I don't know what to do about him."
"Oh…" Kazu trailed, not knowing what to say, "but why though? I know that there were feelings for him on Oki's side but I thought he didn't care."
Akito sighed, "He's hard to understand. One moment he's aggressive and the next he's protective."
"Tell him that things will get better, I'm sure of it. Oki may have betrayed us, but I'm certain that there's another girl, a better one just waiting for him to realize her feelings for him," Kazu said.
Akito stopped in his tracks and stared at the back of the blonde's head dumbfounded. He wasn't sure if Kazu was saying that just because he was protective of Oki and wanted Agito to back off, or if he truly meant that, and there was such a girl that could bring him out of his depression. He looked back at the table and mentally slapped himself.
Of course! How could I be so blind? The lighter half chided, Nakayama-chan is rather infatuated with Agito.
He started walking again and placed the tray filled with sandwiches and salads on the table. They ate chattering away animatedly and the day went on.
The disheveled sky blue hair was much more appealing than the rest of Oki's body. She was covered in cuts and bruises. Challengers had kept approaching the Mist Queen hoping to defeat her to gain the Regalia. She had to go through some dirty places to reach her destination, and it had not been easy.
Her tired eyes drifted from random places to the warehouse ahead of her. The warehouse lacked life, all it had was its pale walls colored in with mold and animals of the night. The roof had holes, the unkempt windows shattered, and the darkness of the night enveloped the building. If looked at close enough, you could see the cobwebs and empty nests that were made where ever there was space. She limped from the cover of the forest surrounding the ominous and dilapidated building, this was outside of course. Oki knew what was in store for her inside the warehouse. It had a secret entrance to a high -tech lab underneath.
Taking a deep breath she advanced towards the place where she ran away to escape the torture. As she reached the large doors of the building, they started opening to reveal the person she feared and hated the most.
"Good evening Father." She meekly greeted, her head bowed down to shade the fear in her eyes.
An incomprehensible scream escaped her lips as the tall, black-haired man pulled her ponytail and dragged her in. Once the doors closed, he threw her towards the wall. She sagged down, blood drenching her sky-blue hair.
"You ungrateful little bitch!" Dr. Yamamato slapped her, as she cowered in fear, "How dare you escape this lab and seek revenge on me? And how dare you join forces with your weak brother?" He slapped her cheek hard.
Oki hit the floor with an extreme force, and everything slowly started fading away to darkness.
I failed you… She tried to blink away the fading background, I'm sorry Agito… Kazu-nii… Koga…rasu…but yet everything turned black.
Oki's brain started working again, but something was off. She couldn't feel the control of her body.
"I see you've awakened my true creation." Dr. Yamamato smiled, as his glasses caught the light and had a glare hiding away his eyes, "Welcome back, Kasumi."
"It took you long enough you pathetic excuse of a scientist," She said harshly, in a tone filled with malice. She jumped elegantly off the examination table and hook-kicked his large head. "That was for abusing my body while that baby was controlling it."
"I'm sorry, Braincharger Amplifier 0: Kasumi-Oki Yamamato" He bowed to her.
Skye: *wakes up*
K?O?K: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Skye: Oh thank you! *smiles*
Agito: It's your birthday? Yes! One year closer to you being dead!
Skye: Yeah... thanks... anyway! Since it happens to me my birthday, and this is a very special moment as I reached the 50 review mark! I decided to give you all a chapter after so long! I know, I love me too! Also a special treat for all you faithful reviewers. My Thanks go to:
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angelrider13: Who doesn't dislike cliffhangers! Trust me, I do too. But they make everything so much more fun! Infact this chapter itself ended in a cliffy.
Lov3DrunkPunky: Glad you love it! It's not that great, lol, there are better ones out there. I also wish Agito would show a softer side too. But that would ruin his character, lol. I love him the way he is, I guess..
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Unnoticeable Person: Glad you like Oki so much! She is an interesting character to work with. It's hard to make her seem like she's not a pushover. I worry many-a-times that she's more like a Mary Sue, but you have to live with it I guess. Glad you like my pairing!
Kenji455: Yeah... It's vulgar. But that's just the way Agito is. He does most of the cursing. Besides, I'm pretty sure, most teens are mature enough to handle cursing. Glad you think that this story is good! Thanks for reviewing!
fangirl from Lunaescence: Thanks! I love Cascada, (personally I think she is better than Taylor Swift.) but that's just me. Agito is adorable, I lub him soo much! I wish I could be him for halloween, but I can't find a blue wig... I have the entire costume set up too! I think he truly doesn't care though, the only things he does care about are Agito and Kogarasumaru, to an extent and in this fic, Oki. Hope you stick with this story till the end!
Battle-Royalist: Neither can I! Yeah sounds weird but I make them up spontaneously, I have a slight idea on what I want to happen but what really happens is totally different sometimes. Glad you like this story! Thanks for your review!
Kaharu 'Sound Thief' Takashi: Glad you like Oki and her regalia. She is actually pretty, I'm trying to draw her and when I finish I will put up a link for you guys to see. Her regalia is pretty cool to. Hope there could be one like that.
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tj87: Interesting opinions! It's true that Agito is disrespective to girls, but if they prove that they are just as good as him, he will respect them. He's the prime example of "Respect is earned, not given" I guess. Besides, the b***h was just to add to his character. Don't worry, he's not really like that. Even if he was I still love him. ^^" I'm fickle like that I guess. But I can't spoil the thing for you, so I won't tell what will happen later. Glad you like Oki so much.
Emily of the Forest: I did write it, but it's more of a cliff hanger. Your questions might be answered in the the next two chapters! Thanks for reviewing!
K?O?K: That took a while!
Skye: Yesh Yesh it did, but it was worth it if I could tell my reviewers how much they mean to me!
Agito: That tj87 is getting no where near my Oki. Fuck.
Skye: *raises eyebrow* Your Oki? We'll see about that my dear. See ya later guys! Hope you liked my Goodie bag gift for you guys! Do review!
K?O?K: Bi bi!
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