AN: Yo everyone, it is me again. Didn't expect an update so soon did you? Well to my misfortune, this is the only work I'm having inspiration for. Now I just realized something that I had done unintentionally. The way I had chosen to introduce the characters, was girl boy girl boy girl boy girl. This actually the first time this has happened, to my knowledge, with this many OCs. Well, last time we saw Anthony and we saw some kid named Kazuma attack Ken-sensei. But let's not focus on that until the right time. Right now though, I have another problem that must be resolved. It may not have as much significance, but because I put it in and we're going in order of the guardians according to the rainbow, followed up by indigo, we have to go to it first. I apologize if what happens possibly makes you feel uncomfortable, but this is something that will not happen again, I promise. And with that out of the way, allow me to begin the next chapter in Kira's POV.
(Post AN) But before which, forgive this guy for not putting this up last time.
*Onee-chan: Older sister. I couldn't find younger sister in Japanese honorifics, so I'll be using this.
And also, italics = thoughts or flash back, and italics + bold = thoughts in flash back
Chapter 1, Pt. 3
First Day of School: Kira's Experience
*Third POV, Memory, 1 year ago*
A girl with platinum blond hair opened her door to let a girl with long black hair that was tied up in a high ponytail but still reached down below her shoulders into a room. The black haired girl was 5'3" with innocent light brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin. She wore a plain white shirt, a light blue jacket, a gold chain necklace with a small sapphire stone, silver wrist guards, loose black pants, and dark blue shoes. The blond girl was 5'3" with bronze eyes and pale skin. She wore a plain white t-shirt with an light orange vest over it, a pair of sky blue short shorts, and smoke grey flats. The room they had just entered was practically bare other than the bright, neon yellow walls, beige carpet, a few posters here and there of MMA fighters and a few of boxers, mostly of Rocky Balboa, a bed across the room with the head board facing away from the door, and the mahogany dresser that was placed adjacent to the door. The bed was easily big enough for two people to lie on.
"Wow, every time I come in your room Kira-chan," the black haired girl said as she walked over to the bed and just looked around. "I'm surprised you don't accessorize it at all." She sat down on the bed and laid back.
The blond, Kira, walked in to the room and closed the door behind her, but leaned on the door after she closed it. "Well, I'm not very keen on making my stuff too flashy Roxanne-chan," she said as she slid to the floor. She decided to look around the room a bit though. "But maybe I could do with a change to the wall color. Maybe adding some burnt orange." Kira was just thinking out loud at that point. The black haired girl, Roxanne, just laughed a bit at Kira's sentence.
"While I do know for a fact that you don't like making things too blingy, you should at least add stuff. Like maybe a desk and computer." She sat back up and hopped onto her feet from the bed. Kira soon stood up as well.
"But then Anthony'd be bugging me to play online games with him all the time." Kira kidded. There was a muffled 'I heard that' from the other side of the wall. Kira just walked up to it and punched the wall. There was a yelp of surprise from the wall and a thud. Kira turned around and smiled like nothing had happened. "Sorry about that, Little Tony wants to eavesdrop apparently," she said through gritted teeth.
"No problem," Roxanne returning the gesture with a bright smile which caused Kira to blush.
Keep it cool Kira, this just one night together with her, and only her hopefully. Just act normally. Kira thought as she tried to calm her racing heart. "Well, what would you like to do now?" Kira asked, honestly not knowing what to do. Roxanne got into a thinking pose and snapped her fingers.
"How about we watch a movie?" She said simply. Kira did have a DVD player hidden under her bed, and Roxanne was the only other person who knew about it.
"Alright, but we don't have many movies here at home. Only ones being Transformers Revenge of the Fallen and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Take your pick," Kira said leaning against the wall. She was lying, but knew that Roxanne would choose the 2nd choice since she had already seen the first choice so many times. Kira was trying to get her into the mood before actually talking about something. The reason why she asked Roxanne over in the first place.
"I've already seen Revenge of the Fallen about 10 times, so how about the other one?" Roxanne asked. Kira nodded, smiling a little. I went to grab the movies and headed upstairs quickly. *AN: Never seen The Girl who Leapt Through Time, so I don't know at all what happens in it and don't want to look it up so I'll just skip it*
The movie finished about 2 hours later. During which Kira didn't pay any attention to it and just scooted closer to Roxanne, trying to be covert and be as close to her as she could. "So what did you think?" Roxanne asked Kira when she had put up the movie.
"It was alright. I'm not that much into the mushy stuff, but you wanted to watch it so I didn't mind at all," Kira said, being honest for the first time in 2 hours. "What did you think?"
"It was alright, but it was kind of confusing with all the time skips," Roxanne said as she took off her wrist guards and shoes. "But I can tell there's a bit more to me coming over than just spending the night, so what do you want to talk about?" She took off her jacket and laid it on the bed, getting a bit more comfortable since the room was uncomfortably hot.
Kira, though, had been avoiding eye contact with Roxanne while she had been taking off her shoes, jacket and guards. She actually didn't think she had been very obvious with the approach, but then again she was talking about Roxanne. "If it has to do with your grades again, you didn't need to be so secretive. I mean, I've been helping you since you're 8th grade year. I keep telling you that I'll help you no matter what you do," she said as she squatted down next to Kira.
"It's not that," Kira said quietly, still avoiding eye contact. She was making sure her hair was covering her face from Roxanne's view. She didn't want Roxanne to see the concern written on her face, tears ready to fall at a moment's notice, and a bright red blush covering her cheeks. Maybe I shouldn't have done this in the first place, Kira thought.
"Then what is it Kira?" Roxanne asked, moving forward a little to try to see Kira's face. Kira reacted by turning her head further away, which made Roxanne even more worried for her friend. "We've been friends for about a year. You can tell me anything." Worry and sadness were mixing into Roxanne's voice. She didn't understand at all what was happening to her friend.
"You'll hate me if I tell you," Kira said, even more quietly then before. Tears began to flow down her face as Roxanne moved Kira's blond hair out of the way. Kira tried to shift away from Roxanne, but Roxanne held her in place.
"Just tell me Kira." Roxanne's voice was beginning to falter, as if she would cry as well soon.
Kira turned her head to see tears in Roxanne's eyes. She's this worried about me? Kira was confused at first, but decided in the end that she would just go for it and let what ever happen, happen. "You sure you want to know," Kira said, still as quiet, but a little more confident. Roxanne nodded her head and Kira let out a shaky breath. Now or never Kira.
Kira moved quickly as not to scare Roxanne away. She kissed Roxanne just barely to the left of her lips. Just enough so that she wouldn't steal Roxanne's first kiss, but enough that she'd get her point across. It was just a quick peck and that was it. Roxanne just sat there shocked. "Sorry, but I think I may have fallen in love with you." Kira's entire face turned beet red as she turned away from Roxanne, not wanting to make eye contact at that moment.
Roxanne didn't respond for a few seconds, but a blush covered her cheeks. "Um, alright." Roxanne didn't know what else to say. Her best friend had just confessed to her, but she was straight? At least that's what Roxanne believed Kira was. Roxanne knew for a fact that she herself was straight. So many things were rushing into her head she didn't know what to make of them and couldn't keep track of them all.
Kira continued to sit in the exact same spot and position she had been in. Roxanne had finally overcome her shock as she pulled out her phone and checked her texts. "W-w-w-e-w-e-wel-well, um, m-mm-m-y-my p-p-p-ar-par-pare-parents, w-w-w-a-wa-a-wan-want m-m-mem-em-emme-me h-h-h-h-om-home now," Roxanne said as she quickly put her jacket, shoes and guards back on in a rush. Her nerves were racked beyond belief and wanted out of there ASAP.
"A-alright b-" Kira started to say as Roxanne almost literally ran out of the room, leaving Kira sitting there, staring at the door. After a few minutes, she had begun to cry like she had never cried before, cursing herself inwardly for actually thinking that Roxanne would have any form of affection for her other than friendship. Kira sat in that exact spot all night and cried herself to sleep.
*Kira POV, Present*
My eyes slowly opened, revealing to me my entire room, the walls now painted pure black to match my mood. I hated the fact that she just ran away, but couldn't hold onto the fact. I had to move forward, for my own sake. But why is it so hard to? I asked myself. I just shook the question out of my head as I grabbed my school uniform from the door knob, quickly changed and grabbed my MMA fighting gloves and put them on.
I just went to the backyard, not wanting to pay attention to anything around me. It was the first day of the new school year, and I hadn't even talked to her yet. It was mostly my fault, but I didn't want to admit it. I scared her away and didn't even try to salvage our friendship. I made it to the backyard after those thoughts and saw my sandbag hanging from the tree. Oka-san must have known I was upset already and hung up my sandbag.
I made sure my gloves were tight before I began punching the bag. I pretended that the bag was me; the me who had let everything happen. The me who fell in love with Roxanne; the me who didn't even try to salvage the relationship; the me who was the source of all my remorse and sadness. I just wanted it all to go away. I just wanted it all to end. I would have cried had I not seen a boy walk outside in a pure grey t-shirt and plaid pants. He had spiked black hair, deep green eyes, and pale skin. He didn't look very awake at the moment, but I knew he'd wake up soon. That's just how Anthony was.
To finish off my frustration with myself I tried to deliver a round house kick to it, but failed and fell flat on the ground. She jumped up rather quickly and turned in my direction. "About time you got up baka," I said while I just walked past him and grabbed a towel that was lying on a bush directly to his left.
"Don't be a sore loser onee-chan, you know I won that battle fair and square," Anthony said as I turned around after wiping the sweat off her head. I was about to laugh, when I remembered what today was. I became serious and just walked in the house, hoping it seemed like I forget his very existence. "Um, what was that about?" I turned around quickly and prepared to throw a punch.
"I'm not angry at that. You just lucked out on that one." I grabbed the Eggos Oka-san left us out of freezer and put them in the toaster. "And I'm not that angry either, I'm just anxious is all." I took them out and put them on two separate plates. He took his and just began to eat it, not caring that it wasn't buttered or didn't have any syrup on it.
"It's the first day of high school, so? What could make you tha- oh." It clicked in the middle of his sentence. He understood better than my parents what had happened between me and Roxanne."You mean her." A look of fright crossed over me face at that. "You really think that she'll run away again? I mean, it's been over a year since you last saw her." I nodded and tried to soften my expression as much I could.
"Yeah, you may be right, but still. What would I even say? 'Hey there, how you been? Sorry about last time, but my feelings haven't changed one bit so go ahead and just run away again.' I mean, she didn't even take me seriously the first time, I think. She'll never feel the same." I just picked up my Eggo and began to eat it whole.
"You never know Kira, she may have changed her mind." I nodded, but didn't brighten up any. "But even if she doesn't, as a wise man once said, 'tis better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all.'" I just continued to sit there and eat my Eggo. Anthony went to get dressed and I got our stuff put together. I may be the younger of the two of us, but I felt like I was responsible for everything sometimes. On our way to school we began to argue.
"You can't tell me that Kia and Lyulf just up and disappeared during the summer, and then after only a day they were back. It's scientifically impossible," I said as I finally took off her gloves and put them into the pockets my skirt apparently had.
"You're talking about science? There's another mystery." Anthony said. I tried to sock him in the face, but he ducked just barely in time.
"I may not have the best grades, but that's just because I don't exert myself as much as you."
"And that's where everything began wasn't it?"
"Shut up about it or else?" I stopped walking entirely, stood directly in front of him, getting into a boxing stance.
"Just try me." He got into his own fighting stance and got ready to fight. We probably would have if not for a certain somebody coming right from behind us.
"Hey Anthony-kun, Kira-chan!" The voice yelled at the top of their lungs. We both turned to see who it was. We couldn't make the person out well, but we could see that it was definitely a girl. She began running and we got a better view when she was a few yards from us. She had on the same uniform Kira was wearing, but with brown flats instead of the black ones. She appeared to be 5'3", with long black hair that was tied up in a high ponytail but still reached down below her shoulders, innocent light brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin. She also had a gold chain necklace with a small sapphire stone around her neck.
"'Sup Roxanne-chan," Anthony said when she was about a foot away and we both relaxed at the sight of. I began shift nervously as Roxanne came closer. It was the first time we'd seen each other in almost a year. "Sorry we didn't visit over the summer like we promised." I scratched the back of my head nervously.
"It's alright, I wasn't home most of the time anyway. So how have you guys been?" She asked acting like nothing had happened a year ago.
"We've been good," Anthony said as a thought seemed to strike him. That isn't good for me, judging from the glint in his eyes "I'd like to chat more with you, but I promised a friend that I'd help out with his summer homework. I don't want to be late so I better move along. See you in class!" He said as he ran away. I stood in shock for a few seconds before screaming at the top of my lungs.
"Anthony Vermilion Sawada, get back here this instant!" He just continued to run away, and I just stood there, nerves racked and my heart race going faster than should be possible.
"Well, he had to go help someone, so let him go." She stood next to me, not too close that we were touching, but relatively close. "How about we just walk to school together," she said with that smile that made me fall in love with her in the first place.
"Sure," I answered shyly. I was kind of surprised that she was acting like nothing had happened, but my guilt was weighing over that. When I didn't begin to move, she grabbed my hand and began pulling me along.
"Come on, we're going to be late if you just keep standing there." I began to walk beside her and we both just stood in silence.
I wanted to initiate the conversation, but she cut me off before I could. "Look, we have to get this out of the way Kira-chan. I know what you said, and I am glad. I'm flattered definitely, but." She cut herself off there.
"Look I know what I said as well, Anthony told me everything," I said, panicking and thinking up a lie that would seem believable. She just stared at me, confusion written on my face. "Anthony said put something in the glass of water I had before we got back to my house that made me act drunk and crazy." I fought back a blush. Oh sure, make Anthony the bad guy. You're the one who initiated the act genius, I scolded myself inwardly.
"Oh, so then you aren't-" She was about to continue when she cut herself off, shaking her head. "I'm glad, that could have made things awkward." She smiled even brighter than before, if even possible.
I fought back the blush as much I could and put up a fake smile for her. "Yeah, me to." We began to catch up more on what had happened over the time we'd been separated.
We got to class after a few minutes of walking and took our allotted seats. And of course they're next to each other. It was as if the universe just wanted to say "You can't fight it, so just accept it." As much as I agreed with it, I still didn't want to admit it. Anthony rushed into class just as the bell rang. He took his seat and we all waited for the teacher.
The door opened soon after and our teacher walked in. He had has messy black hair that covered his brown eyes slightly, light skin and was 6 feet tall. He wore a dark blue shirt with long sleeves, blue jeans and black shoes. There seemed to be some sort of tiny lump in his sleeves, but I didn't have much time to think about it anymore as he picked up a clip board. "Alright students, welcome to your first day of class. I'll be your teacher for the year," he said as he looked over the list and began to write on the chalk board. "You may call me Hayashi-sensei if you want, but I'd prefer to just be called Ken-sensei." He said as he turned around, a serious look on his face. "It seems everyone's in their assigned seats, so I'll begin class now."
After the bell for lunch had rung, me and Roxanne both walked over to join Anthony. Though he had begun to talk, I ignored him completely, lost in my own thoughts. I was trying to get myself mentally siked for the qualifications that were after school and try to get the position for captain, just like Ryohei-san. But no matter what, I kept going back to that memory.
Lunch ended and class began, which I tried my best to stay focused on, but kept accidentally writing "Kira x Roxanne forever." When I noticed I had I erased it as quickly as I could. This kept going on in class, but I tried my best to make sure Roxanne didn't notice. She did look over at me with a bored expression though, mouthing 'boring' every time. I answered by mouthing 'I know right?'
Class soon ended and I packed up everything, hoping that I could get out of class as soon as possible, but that didn't happen. "So what are your plans for after school?" Roxanne asked as I finished up packing everything and slinging it over my shoulder.
"Well, I have a boxing club qualifier I need to go to," I said, trying not stutter. Roxanne looked a bit curious at the statement.
"Really? You still box?" I nodded, embarrassed that she found it a little weird. "Mind if I watch?" She asked sincerely and excitedly, which actually caught me off guard. I responded with another nod and walked up to Anthony, getting ready to bite his head off.
"Anthony, I hate you; you know that?" I said with a scowl on her face. He just smirked and prepared for a punch to be flung.
"Well yes, but there were reasons for it before. Why now?" He was being serious the first sentence and sarcastic the next.
"Well thanks to you I had to lie to her face, saying it was because I was drunk at the time I said what I did." I began to crack her knuckles and acted like I was calming down when I was trying to put it in the back of my mind. "But I guess I'll just settle down for this round." I stretched my arms upward and allowed a fake smile to cross my face. "But on the bright side, the qualifiers for Ryohei-sensei's Boxing Club are next so I get to show off my strength." I flexed my right arm and patted it.
"We talking your real strength or your mental strength? Because either way you're going to lose," He teased me. I just rolled her eyes, knowing full well that he wouldn't kid about my skills. "Make them go home black and bruised." He held out his left hand for me to grab, which I did with my own left hand.
We both pulled towards each other. "But if you can't make them snooze." We pulled away and He grabbed his stuff. "You'll be there right?" I asked, actual wanting him to be there.
"Of course. I may hate you, but when it comes to boxing it's the only time I actually do like you as a sister." We both left the class room and I went to go change in the girl's changing room while he had decided to take a walk around the school.
I made sure my helmet and gloves were on tight so I could fight to the best of my abilities. The referee introduced me and my opponent, a kid with dark brown hair, blue eyes, and black shorts as well as the normal boxing attire. "Don't expect me to go easy on you," he said as the bell rang.
I waited for him to make the first move, which he did after a few moments of looking around. He threw a single right jab that I easily moved out of the way for, but I didn't expect his next move. He delivered a left uppercut right into my abdomen right as I was dodging his jab. He didn't stop there and delivered a right hook to my face. I took a few steps backwards, tipsy from his sudden onslaught.
I accidentally got back into a corner and he then made a big move. He ran up and delivered a flurry of jabs into my face, breaking my nose, it felt like, and knocking the guard out of my mouth. He finished it up with a slow but powerful barrage of upper cuts to my gut, slowly moving upwards with each one, ending it with an uppercut to my jaw, probably dislocating it. It was powerful enough to lift me into the air and send me back a bit. He took the opportunity that was wide open and delivered a powerful right jab to my abdomen, forcing me to hit the corner post.
I fell to the ground, barely conscious. My back was hurting more than hell and I felt like I was going to die. My vision turned from what I could see to black over and over again. Kira, what's holding you back? I thought, as I tried to stand up.
"ONE!" The referee yelled, giving the 10 count to get back up. I tried to move but my body wouldn't let me. I focused on the stands and didn't see Anthony's black spiky hair anywhere in the crowd.
"TWO!" No one I knew was in the crowd. Everyone was yelling for me to stay down, not get backup. I can't lose here. Not after all this crap I've had to go through.
"THREE!" I tried again, but still couldn't move. I stopped entirely, and just waited for the ref to finish the count.
"FOUR!" He yelled, as I just lay there, waiting for the end.
"FIVE!" He continued, not letting me focus on anything else.
"SIX!" He waited for any sign of movement before continuing.
"SEVEN!" He yelled, continuing the count.
"EIGHT!"
"DON'T GIVE UP!" I heard a familiar voice yell. My eyes flew open as Roxanne stood at the base of the ring, security guards coming up behind her. Time seemed to stand still at that instant. "Don't just give up Kira." Tears started to roll down her face. "Not after all this." She said a bit more softly then the first. The security guards told her to get away from the ring, and she complied. But I did hear her say one last thing before she left. "Win it for me."
"NINE!" The ref was getting ready to say 10 when I began to get up, which most people found astonishing.
I got up and let a smile cross over my face. "Just who the hell do you think I am?" I said as I turned around and got into a boxing stance. "I'm not going to lose here. No way." I moved at a speed that even astonished me as I got right in front of the kid. "Don't mess with me," I said as I delivered a left uppercut with all my strength, sending him flying into the air and almost making him hit the ceiling, which was only 3 feet above me.
Before he could land to recover though, I pulled back my right fist and focused all my power into this one last attack. He fell right in front of me and I delivered the final blow, yelling the name in my head. MAXIMUM CANNON! The force of the attack sent him flying into the corner post, and even bend it a bit before he slumped down, unconscious.
The ref just stared in astonishment at what I had just done, but dawned me the winner no less by KO. The whole crowd was silent as I just got out of the ring and headed towards the changing room so I could get ready to go home. On my way, I saw Roxanne sitting next to the door. She stood up, walked over to me and embraced me tightly.
"That was an amazing ender," she said, not yet letting go, which I found kind of weird. She let go and let her smile beam more than I'd seen it beam in all the time I'd known her. "I'm glad your alright though." I nodded, guilt tugging at me. Just tell her the truth, don't let her go. I decided to listen, this once.
"Thanks. I'm sorry the first half was so bad though," I said, trying not to get to early off the subject. She just shook her head.
"You had something on your mind, I'm sure." We stood there in silence, waiting for the other to initiate the next topic.
"But," she began. "I'm sure that I'm part of the reason." I stared at her confused. "I saw what you wrote on your papers." I stiffed up at that part. "It seems you were lying to me. But why?" She looked sounded a little hurt that I had lied to her.
I looked at the ground, wanting to just disappear. "Because I didn't want to ruin our friendship." She was about to say something, but I cut her off. "I know that I am straight, but I just can't help but be in love with you." She just shook her head at the fact, as if she didn't mind.
"That may be, but I," she cut herself off, a nervous look on her face. "I could at least give it a try." I just smiled, happy she'd at least try.
"I guessed you would. Which is part of why I lied." My smile was replaced by a frown. "I don't want you to give up your life to me just because I'm in love and you won't be." Her face turned to one of shock as I began to walk past her. "How could I accept such a forbidden rose, when I can't even accept myself?" I just walked away into the changing room, leaving her standing there.
I left the changing room with a band aid over my nose to try and put it back in place. I saw Anthony running in the direction of the club and ran at him full speed. "YOU'RE LATE!" I yelled as I delivered a left jab to his face. He flew backwards, hit the school wall head first, and fell unconscious. Nice going, I thought to myself. I lifted Anthony over my shoulder and just ran to our house, wanting to get as far away as possible. I wanted to get as far away as I can, and try to forget. I can't accept my feelings for her, not until I'm ready to accept this myself. I just can't.
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AN: And that is it. Sorry that it is extremely long. Not including AN's, I've counted 4957 words, making this the longest chapter I've ever done. I still want people's opinions on the whole Varia thing, so please let me know what you think. I apologize to Blaze if I did anything to your OC you didn't like, and I apologize to all the readers if this made you uncomfortable. I won't make any dumb excuse, even though I do have a legit excuse (stupid dice roll), so go ahead and say what you want. But I will put that this is just supposed to add to Kira's development as a character and will not be made official. I already have 3 official pairings throughout my fics, and I don't want to add another non-straight arrow to it (don't want to put the word because it is stereotypical in my opinion and also not the right word, seeing as its original meaning was happy)(AND because I don't want to do anything against an OC creator's wishes)(AND ALSO while I am not against it, I don't do it much). Well that's about all I have to say. Sorry to all I said I apologized to and I hope you can forgive me and I hope you enjoyed nonetheless. Until next time dear readers, ciaossu.