Author's Note: Damn! I'm on a roll now! Second week in a row and I ain't stopping now! Especially since I have a lot of spare time since I'm on a road trip (But it is pretty boring...), it gives me more time to type. Although sometimes I feel that it seems a bit rushed. Oh well, a chapter is done and that's what matters!

Once again props to h3AdS1aMM3r for helping me keep my sanity in place not to mention the great advice that helps this story move along, you should give his stories a read they are very interesting and I think you will enjoy reading them too. So give him a chance!

Anyway on with the story!

*Growl...*

...

Oh man am I starving, damn Minako for eating my dinner. I didn't get even a bit of sustenance into my body, now I'll probably die of starvation with Minako as my killer. I checked my iPhone again to see that it was 12:01. The closest thing to sell some type of food was like ten minutes away, screw that I'll just get some bread from school tomorrow.

*growl...*

Oh shut the hell up!

Morning came as does the sun, the frickin bright sun that literally blinded me the minute I opened my eyes. A downfall of being a hobo but it does work effectively as an alarm clock, I wake up at around...

8:23...

Well better head to school unless I want my wallet to be empty. Besides I don't have anything better to do, people start to visit Naganaki Shrine during the day to pray and I'd rather not be reprimand by a bunch of adults about going to school or get taken to the police station. Yeah I've been taken there before; it's not that bad until they start interrogating you then it gets annoying.

I was already heading to the station, of course I'd also have to go through the same ridiculously crowded streets and that is never fun. The city is bustling with life and machinery like it always has, but the amount of advertisements on each building is quite staggering no matter how many times I pass through here. I see way too many ads for cola, but I see more ads on the latest phone model that just recently came out. There was an ad that did catch my attention, and probably everyone else on the street too. On the large screen on one of the large plazas was an ad for some big name clothes line, I wasn't paying attention at all to the clothes it was more like I couldn't take my eyes off the model. I don't know who it was but she looks absolutely stunning. She had short yet decently long light brown hair, brown eyes, creamy white skin and her figure was... Oh man I can't even begin to describe it; she had all the right curves and her body just seemed so flawless she seemed goddess like. I was just gawking at it the whole time, the clothes she was wearing didn't help that they seemed a bit too revealing but I didn't mind. The greatest thing about it though was how natural the photo looked, she didn't seem to have any sort of makeup work done and the picture seemed to catch the natural essence. The model was a natural beauty, not like all those dress'em up dolls where they don't show their true faces, she was different.

Hey! I'm a teenage boy; I'm allowed these kinds of things just as much as you are.

I don't know how long I was staring at her but it was long enough that the streets seemed to get more crowded than what was humanly possible. People were just walking around forming these amazingly large groups of people all heading somewhat in the same direction. I was so caught up in the ad that people started to push me around, it was like they thought of me more as an obstacle than a human being. I couldn't stop it but I still felt pissed off at all these people ignoring everyone else, thinking that their lives are much more important than anyone else's.

It's way too crowded to take this main road right now, I might have to make a detour if I wanna get to the station on time.

*Sigh*

I really need my music right about now...

The only other optional way to get to the station is through this back-alley way. Not exactly the ideal route but much preferred than the overly crowded streets. All I was hoping for was not running into trouble, the last thing I need at the moment is to run into a bunch of idiots.

"Oi! Lookey who we got here, come over here guys! It's the monster!"

Me and my big...

About three other idiots seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and had me completely surrounded. They all had the Gekkoukan uniform and I wasn't surprised either, these are the delinquent idiots of the school, they are probably one of the people who like to pick on me the most. I don't actually know their names so I'll go ahead and say that the leader-of-idiots was looking down on me obviously, right before he smacked one at my face.

The blow only caused me to stumble back a bit, apparently they all thought it was funny. Man this guy has such a weak straight...

"Oh! Is the monster hurt? Don't worry it won't hurt as much if you just lay still and take it you $#!t!"

With that he sent another straight to my face. Honestly, this guy is amazingly weak I just wonder what makes him think he's so tough. No technique and no power, that one punch told me he's never been in a fight whatsoever that other punch told me that was actually all he has. I could easily beat this guy, but I wouldn't even bother with these kinds of people. He has no power but he believes he does, sad that he can't even realize it. His buddies are probably the same, if I remember right they pick on not only me but some other kids at the school; just shows what kind of people these guys are.

I just let them do what they want, it's not my place to say what they should do and if they decided they want to do it than let them do it. If they don't even realize these kind of things on their own then too bad for them.

This guy was just yappin to his friends saying how weak I am and that he could easily take me down. I know that's a load of bull but I don't want to waste my time with them, I had to get to the station or I'd have to face the wrath of Arisato again...

Ah geez, I just have nightmares thinking about it.

"Welllll! Are you gonna say anything you piece of $#!t! HUH!"

What do you expect me to do you idiot? Recite the bible? Jesus you people really get on my nerves, just leave me alone you guys have to get to school too anyway. Regardless if there was any hint of humour in his last statement his idiotic group were laughing their asses off, it was hard seeing these guys laughing like that without puking. I mean what was so funny about this?

If you guys want to know more about these idiots find out more about them yourselves, I can't even be bothered describing their ugly mug-shot faces.

He was speaking like he was so above me I wanted to laugh at his ignorance, although I can't, I can laugh at him inside my head. Yes that might make me weird and slightly psychotic but that's the closest thing to mocking I could do right now. He really was getting on my nerves right now, along with his friends. I should just rip them a new one but that would get me nowhere, I should just endure this and move on when they get bored of this; it'll give me a much better excuse to miss school.

"Heh, where's that bitchy whore that's always with you, huh?"

...

He didn't just call Minako a whore did he?

"You know, I don't know why she hangs with a freak like you. She probably somethin' to you, but if she were to hang with me I could show her a good time!"

"Yeah man! Let us on some of that action dude!"

...

They didn't...

They just insulted Minako...

They're beginning to cross the line, and I could no longer guarantee their lives anymore. Do what you want to me, I don't give a $#!t; but don't go sayin' that kind of crap behind someone's back, especially Minako.

I was kind of losing myself now. My eyes hardened with rage although my face still remained passive I was still able to convey my message to the idiotic bastard and his buddies, I believe they started to feel the killing intent coming from me.

"H-Hey, what the hell are you lookin at you A$$#0!e! Don't give me that look!"

The leader-of-idiots tried for another one of his straights, I easily caught it with my hand. By now I could not forgive these guys. I've told you about Minako, she's the kind of person who tries her best to make everyone around her happy; like these idiots, and yet they have the gall to say all those things about her. I'm beyond pissed.

"W-Wha...!"

He actually seemed quite surprised I could do that, but I didn't see nor care that, I was beyond the point of reasoning. I had his hand in my grip, I remembered how weak his punches were; guess I should show him someone with some real power. I started to crush his hand in my grip, the pain he must of felt right now I could actually imagine.

"AHHHHH! STOP! STOP! IT HUR... AHHHHH!"

By now I had already destroyed his right hand, probably most of the bones that make up the hand; heck it was starting to bleed like crazy. He was on his knees as he was screaming out in pain, he didn't think that I could have done something like that or how painful that could feel. I felt he deserved much more than that so I shoved my foot into his face, I heard the following cracks and it felt satisfying to know I broke his nose and a couple of teeth too. I'm pretty sure I knocked him half unconscious so he could feel the pain some more, bastard deserves more than that.

His friends were quite shocked, they only stared at the bleeding face of their friend writhing on the floor in pain. One of them was actually brave enough to come and get me from behind.

"YOU BASTARD! You're going to pay for that!"

I simply swung my fist behind me and back-fisted his face into the wall, hearing a satisfying crack out of that one I knew I went a little harder than I should have; probably broke his nose and a cheek bone, also some teeth. He's unconscious that's for sure, he's not dead though.

The other two guys just stared at me with fear written all over their faces, I could almost swear I saw piss coming out of their pants. These guys were a bit smarter since they grabbed some weapons; a pipe and a bat from the trash. But they were stupid enough to actually come charging at me like a bunch of morons, honestly these guys have never really fought before have they?

I sidestep them with ease and the second they fell off balance from their charge I struck. I appeared behind them took both of their heads and smashed them together. They both easily fell unconscious as they both slid to the ground laying haphazardly. The only one that was semi-conscious was their leader-of-idiots, he looked even more pathetic than he already was with his messed up bleeding face. He was frozen in fear and pain that he could do nothing but mutter to himself, I could barely hear it but I could make out a couple of words.

"Demon... Real... ... Monster..."

...

I'm pretty sure from this display of utter violence that you all probably think I'm some sort of amazingly strong badass that has anger issues. Your wrong. When you live on the streets you're bound to get into a brawl or two, you learn a couple of things that help improve how you fight and your strength. But trust me when I say that this is the best I could do, you could probably pull off that kind of crap too if you tried; besides the guys were dumb asses, probably couldn't even fight a stuffed Jack Frost doll. I've seen a guy who can smash a wall with ease with only his bare hands, I honestly felt he could've killed anyone who he felt deserved it. I still remember what he wore, always wore some sort of coat and beanie at all times; can't really remember his face or name, but I did remember the harsh stare he could give you. He's one scary dude...

Although a guy with any sort of experience at fighting could easily hurt a guy with none. I guess that kind of happened when I first came to this school, I also guess that's when everyone thought I was a demon but I did it for a good reason.

But that's a story for another time, for now I should at least get this guy some help...

I searched his pocket and took out his phone and wallet. Quickly I called an ambulance, then just hung up, I knew they'd track down the phone anyway even if they thought it was a prank call, I'm pretty sure they'll find them sometime soon. I took a look at his phone to see that it was that new model that everyone was talking about. Still a bit pissed I smashed the phone into the ground, and took a look at his wallet. He had about ¥500 000, which is more than I can ever make in a whole month.

Seeing that he wasn't going to use it anytime soon I thought it'd be nice to have some money. I left his wallet and started making my way towards the station ignoring the A$$#0!3$ who were bleeding to death.

What to do with ¥500 000...?

Like she said she was waiting at the station for me. By the time I reached the station it was already 8:55. I just missed the last one heading to our school, if I took another I would be late. I'd have to anyway, it's way too far for me to actually walk there. When I got inside I saw Minako patiently waiting for me beside the tracks.

I don't know what compels this girl to do this, she could have gotten to school on time if she didn't wait for me. I will never understand her or her intentions...

When she sees me she lights up and smiles her trademark smile. Not to mention she rushes up to me and gets all in my face, way too damn cheery to see me.

"Morning Hikaru~! How are...?"

Weird?

Why'd you stop mid-sentence?

She had this stern expression on her face as she was looking directly at my face. I'm just wondering what the hell is wrong with her...? Was there something on my face?

And then she pokes my eye...

...

And for one reason or another it kind of hurt...

Oh $#!T!

Did it already start to bruise? I know I said that that guy's punch didn't hurt, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't leave a bruise. Oh man! How am I going to get out of this one now?

"HIKARU!"

I immediately straightened up and my body tensed up. This is when Minako gets pretty serious. She hates violence, so when someone is involved in any sort of violent act she becomes some sort of overprotective mother. It's not really scary but something about it makes you, I don't know... Makes you feel different? Kinda compels you to listen to her. I'm not too sure myself.

"What happened? How'd you get that black eye? Mou~ Hikaru~!"

Honestly, I could not come up with an excuse for the life of me. How do I explain that I got a black eye that didn't involve one person punching another? I got none. So bluntly, I quickly wrote out one word:

"Fight"

That might of unleashed hell on earth. Minako was set off, things would not end well for me. I may never see tomorrow ...

"Hikaru~!"

...

Here it comes! HELP!

D-D-Dear God...

I was half alive, waning from this world to the next. My body was in much pain, felt almost like I gotten caught in a stampede of rabid fan girls. I believe half the station has human like craters in them that weren't there before.

My body laid crumpled beneath Minako feet, the sensation of pain almost leaving me I could finally somewhat move a bit. Minako who was looking down at me seemed to have calmed down a bit.

When she gets angry she loses all sense of reasoning and just does the craziest things, mainly grab the nearest thing she could grab and start flailing it around like hell. In this case she grabbed me and proceeded to smash my body into everything in sight, she sure is strong enough to be able to swing my body around like that. I could recall she was yelling things like:

"BAKA! HIKARU IS A BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!"

She sure was loud...

I looked up to see angry red eyes, instead I was met with softened ruby eyes. If I didn't know better she looked like she was...

Oh no...

"Hikaru is a Baka! Why'd you get into a fight? *Sniff* I don't like it when Hikaru gets hurt! Baka!"

I-I get it so please don't...

"Wahhhhhhhhh!"

Minako was literally bawling her eyes out. She just stood there crying her eyes out, I was in a complete state of panic. Every guy knows that making a girl cry is just as bad as committing a sin, I know I'm not like other people and I can seem like an A$$#0!3 most of the time but that doesn't mean I'm a heartless bastard. Of course I have no idea what I have to do in this kind of situation. Does any guy?

Umm...

"*Sniff, Sniff*"

Uh...What do you do to get a girl to stop crying?

My mind could only do so much, figuring out the mysteries of woman was one of things it could not do. People were starting to stare at us, their eyes all directed towards me the guy trying to comfort a crying girl. I could almost feel the hate from all of them, they all had a look of disgust that said;

"How dare he make a girl cry, he doesn't deserve to live..."

Oh man what the heck do I do?

Do I hug her and try to comfort her with words? Wait, I can't talk. Okay that won't work... Maybe just the hugging?

Without thinking I quickly embrace her in a hug. I'm not sure if it worked, but she seemed surprised that I actually did that. She stopped crying but I wasn't sure if she'd start again so I still held her. She seemed to have completely calmed down after a few moments and finally I heard her speak again.

"Hikaru is a Baka... I've been waiting for you since six, and when you show up your hurt! You don't get how I feel, Baka!"

She's right, I don't get her at all. In fact why does she even bother with me? I'm the most hated person in our school, I can't speak with her, and I always seem to get her all worked up. What so great about me? If you keep on being friendly to me it won't turn out well.

She seemed to have fallen completely silent, I was kind of worried so I let go of her to see what was the matter. She had fallen asleep.

Well... I don't blame her. She's been waiting for me for almost three hours, she goes all crazy and then she has a breakdown. Honestly, I really wonder about this girl sometimes.

I check the station clock, it's 9:15. The next train wouldn't arrive until another 25 minutes and we're already late as it is. I couldn't leave Minako snoozing in the station and I knew for sure she wanted to be in school, so what's my last option?

I picked her up bridal style and started making my way out of the station. Everyone I passed by had this shocked face like it was the strangest thing they've ever seen. A blue haired boy carrying a sleeping beauty in his arms, running through town. Yup, definitely pretty strange...

While I was carrying her I could not stop looking at her sleeping face. I've never seen her so quiet and gentle looking before, she seemed so at peace when she's asleep. It was almost cute...

Whoa!

What the hell am I thinking?

This is Minako I'm talking about here, when have I ever seen her as anything but scary?

...

Alright I admit, even though she does scare me she is still a girl. A very attractive girl, who is at the moment literally in my arms. This is probably every guys' dream to have the Minako like this. She just seems so vulnerable right now that every other guy would also take advantage of her, I at least had enough self control to stop myself from doing anything of the sort. What I couldn't control were my hormones, dirty thoughts were starting to cloud my mind and I could feel it grow down there. I just hope she doesn't wake up, I really don't want to take another beating...

When we arrived at our classroom about half an hour late everyone was just staring at me incredulously. I would too if a guy came into the middle of a lesson carrying the most popular girl in their arms while she's asleep. I ignored all the stares and whispering so I could place her at her desk. Ms. Toriumi didn't seem pleased that the class wasn't paying attention to the lesson or that I came carrying Minako, but she didn't want to bother with it this time and just let it go.

Me? I just plopped myself at my desk completely ignoring the outside world. I knew people were talking about me but I choose to ignore rumours so it won't matter much to me. The only thing I had on my mind this time was Minako, actually it was like that the whole day.

Really, I'm not sure what to think about that girl. She is honestly one of the strangest people I've ever met, I've said that before but I'd say it again a hundred times if I had to get my point across. When I think about it now I think I'm the only male that she ever hangs out with. Despite being amazingly popular with just about every student in Gekkoukan, the only guy she ever spends time with after school. She obviously has a lot of female companions but I've never seen another guy around her, unless you count the ones that constantly try to ask her out yet keep on getting rejected every single time. I guess because of all that the guys seem to scorn me more than they would have, but it's not a problem that I can't deal with and it isn't her fault either so I don't blame her.

But then I question why she does spend all her time with me. Does she find me interesting? Does she pity me since no one ever talks to me? Does she actually want to befriend me?

...

Thinking back on those statements now I realize that I don't know how to deal with people at all, I don't understand what other people think. Everyone communicates with one another in order to understand each other better, for me I can't do half of that. In fact even if I could speak I don't know much about myself at all.

The earliest thing I could ever remember about myself was waking up next to a trash can and trying to get by without dying, I was maybe five around that time. Up to this point I never really thought about myself as much, I was too focused on trying to survive in this world. Now that I do have the time I just wonder who am I? Not like if I'm another species, but who I am as a person.

Maybe I should talk with Minako about this later. If I want to know more about who I am I'll have to start developing people skills. Besides, it was kinda my fault that she cried this morning; man, she could get so emotional sometimes. I should make it up to her some way.

...

Good thing I picked up that ¥500 000, I don't even know if that's enough...

It was the end of the day and Minako was still asleep, in the end I had to wake her up this time. Wow! Who would have thought that I'd have to wake Minako up? It's always the other way around. I tap her in the shoulder hoping for a response, nothing...

Can't tell her to wake up, so how am I going to go about this?

...

Got it!

I turn my iPhone to max volume, place my head phones over her ears, chose my loudest song and press play.

"UWAHHHHHHHH!"

The sudden blast of sound instantly jolted her awake and resulted her stumbling off her seat. It was really funny seeing that reaction, too bad I couldn't laugh out loud, a strange smile should be good enough.

As soon as Minako got her bearings she immediately sent a quick glare. I only had this strange smile on my face, it was slightly creepy. She pouted and honest to God it was actually pretty cute, yeah I admitted it; sue me.

She seemed to not really notice or care that she magically got to school or how she slept through the whole day. I wonder now, was she really asleep the whole time I carried her? Oh well, doesn't matter now...

I sigh while I hold out a single note;

"Good Morning Sleepyhead."

The look on her face was one of shock at the irony of it all. This kind of thing might never happen again, I have to milk it for all its worth.

I jotted down a few more words.

"So, you slept the whole day this time."

When she read this one, a faint blush showered her cheeks and she could not even look straight at me anymore. Man, when she's not scaring the crap out of me she can be a real girl, cute too.

I want to get out of this place ASAP, I really don't like school and would rather not stay here a second longer. I wrote out another note, this time a bit longer than usual.

"I'm sorry about this morning. Wanna go out to eat? I'll pay..."

After she read it she had this weird look on her face like it was impossible for me to ask this kind of thing. I admit it's not the thing I usually do but a little change isn't going to be that bad. Not soon after, her eyes sparkle finally realizing that I actually meant every single one of those words.

"D-D-Do you really mean it Hikaru?"

I simply nod my head in acknowledgement. That set off Minako, she was bouncing around the entire classroom. Looked like she regained all her energy after that long nap, she looks like she just won the lottery. She really is bi-polar sometimes.

"YAY! I finally got Hikaru to ask me out!"

I could only smile, her energy seemed to slightly affect me. I'm not one to smile that much but I couldn't help myself this time. Minako hit the brakes to her sugar rush when she saw me smile. I swore I saw her blush for a mere second, but it was probably from screaming so much. She then prompted to say something as equally embarrassing.

"YAY! I finally got Hiakru to smile! Today is a good day!"

She grabbed my arm and started to drag me by my arm. Seriously, déjà vu much?

We were about to leave the school building when we ran into a police officer at the front desk/school shop. Man, if he's here cause of those idiots from this morning I will be so pissed off. It's cause of them I had such a bad morning, if I ever see them again I will seriously break more bones. The police officer seemed to have notice us (How could he not when Minako was making so much noise...) and stopped us before we could make it out of the building.

"Excuse me, you two? Is there anyone you know a boy by the name 'Hikaru', with blue hair?"

...

What? Was it not obvious I'm the guy? I mean how many guys do you know have blue hair like this?

I simply pointed towards myself, they were going to find out about the thrashing anyway might as well get it over with.

"I'm sorry, but you're going to have to come with me to the station. We are going to have a lot to talk about..."

Minako was a little bit peeved, I can kind of see why. She seemed more excited than usual when I ask her to dinner, normally she forces me to pay for her dinner against my own will which would result with me being silent and her having a one-sided conversation with herself.

"Why does he have to go?"

"I'm sorry miss but if he's not willing to co-operate I will have him under arrest."

Wait...

Under arrest?

I've been through this procedure before (Sadly...), and never was it bad enough that they'd have to officially arrest. I've done worse to people before and all I had to do was report my view of the events, I'd get a lecture and we'd be done. They never had to cuff me either, I always co-operate with the force and never give them any trouble, so why so serious now?

"W-What? Why would you do that?"

He looked a little bit more peeved but his face still showed his professionalism.

"Because this man is under suspicion of the murder of four Gekkoukan Students... I'm sorry to ruin your day miss but he's coming with me"

My blood ran cold and I could almost hear my heart beat even faster than it ever did. Minako was also in shock as well, I don't blame her either. This was not something to joke about under no circumstances. I could not comprehend what was happening, my mind was drawing a blank.

Murder...

And I'm the suspect? All I did was rough them up a bit, I don't go around killing people!

What in the world is going on!

To Be Continued...

Notes:

500 000 Yen- about $4600 (Not that sure...)