Hey everyone! Thanks for putting in your votes on which couple I should mostly focus on. The winner of the couple is the greens! So if there are any green fans out there, I hope you like this story!
Ch. 2
Kaoru's p.o.v.
"For the last time, we heard it on the news!"
"I highly doubt that. My brothers and I are rarely shown on the news."
"Then maybe you boys got on there without knowing and some people realized who you were and what you do!"
"Look, you should stop lying to me. Just tell me the truth and things would be easier for the both of us."
"I'm not lying! I am telling the truth!"
"Thats not what your eyes are saying."
I growled at him as his green eyes twinkled with mischief. After my friends and I got captured by him and his brothers, we were dragged into separate rooms where each of us are stuck with our counterparts. The room kinda reminded me of an interrogation room except the walls were made from rocks and stone and it wasn't that big for a lot of people but enough room though for a few people to be in here.
I was made to sit on a chair with a lightbulb hanging above me and the only people who are in this room is Butch, my green counterpart, and the boy with the green goggles on his head who was guarding the entryway outside in which it was covered by a curtain. I think his name is Subaru since Butch mentioned his name while dragging me in here.
"Whats your name?"
I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up to see that he asked me a question. "What did you say?"
"I said, what is your name?" he frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. "Since you already knew my name, I think its best if you tell me what your name is."
"Why should I tell you!?" I glared at him.
He grabbed my chin and kept my face from turning away so I would still look at him. "It's rude to not properly introduce yourself to another person. If you don't tell me your name, then I'll have your friends tell me who you are."
"You leave them out of this!" I viciously growled at him. "If you dare go near my friends, I will make sure no one finds your dead body buried deep in the center of the earth's core for at least a millennium!"
He gave me a small smirk and leaned towards my face until he stopped when his nose barely touched mine. "Tell me your name and no harm shall come to your friends."
I clenched my fists to control my anger but let out a small sigh and mumbled out my name. "Its Kaoru."
"I'm sorry, can you repeat that?" he pulled his face away and put his hand near his ear to show that he was listening to what I'm trying to say.
"I said its Kaoru!" I yelled at him.
"Kaoru, huh?" he put his hand down and smirked. "That means fragrance. You're definitely filled with fragrance since you smelled like green apples and mint."
"Pervert! You sniffed me!?" I stood up and felt steam puffing out of my ears. "Do you have a death wish or something!?"
"No but its a free country. Aren't I allowed to sniff whomever I want?" he grinned at me.
"You're asking for it!" I swung my fist at him but he blocked it and grabbed my wrist. I tried to get out of his grip but his strength was better than mine so I couldn't get him to let go of me.
He then pulled me closer to him and my body was pressed against his. He wrapped his arm around me since his other arm is still holding onto my wrist. My head was pressed against his chest and my hand was pressed against one of his abs. I felt him rest his chin against my head and his grip on me tightened.
"You know, I've never met a girl who's not afraid to throw a punch at me. You kinda earn my respect," he replied. Huh? Did he just give me a compliment. I guess there's a bit of good in him.
"However, you should think before you act. That temper of yours could lead to some unwanted consequences and you don't want to put yourself or your loved ones in danger now, do you?"
On second, never mind. He'll always be the evil, arrogant, and cocky brat who's on my hate list. But, I can't believe I'm saying this but he kinda had a point though. I should at least calm myself down and not start a fight with anyone. I guess my temper could make me be involved with something I never want to be a part of. Who knew he could have a brain in his noggin.
"Are you done lecturing me?" I asked.
"Yes, I am," he answered.
"Good. I would appreciate it if you let go of me."
"Nope!"
"What do you mean no!?"
"I don't want to let you go at all. I like it when our bodies are pressed against each other."
"You sick pervert!"
"I'm hurt. How could you call me a pervert?"
"Because you are one!"
"I'm not a huge pervert or anything. Its only the hormones that are getting to me."
"Let me go now or you will lose your precious jewels!"
"There's no way you can do that."
"My knee is about to hit your private area. Release me right now or you won't be able to have any grand kids in the future!"
"Oh fine, Miss hot head," he released me and took a step back to give me my space.
"Thank you and don't ever call me that or I'll break every bone in your body!" I threatened him.
"Good luck with that. Its impossible for you to break my bones," he smirked.
"Wanna bet?" I cracked my knuckles.
"No thank you, I'm good," he replied. He's lucky that he didn't take the shot.
"Butch, is everything okay in there?" the guy named Subaru called out to him.
"Everything is okay, Subaru. I'm about to come out now with our guest!" Butch replied back to him.
"Alright!" Subaru said.
"Since I got your name but no info on how you knew who me and my brothers were, I guess our interrogation is over. Come on, lets go!" he grabbed my arm and dragged me out the room and parted the curtains and we went back outside to where we were in some sort of tunnel that stretches out somewhere.
"Where are my friends?" I asked them.
"They're in another location with my brothers and their friends. Don't worry, you'll see them very soon," Butch answered and then turned to look at Subaru. "Did all of the guests leave?"
"I'm afraid so. After the girls discovered our territory, we had to cut the party short so they all left and went home," he explained. "But we did promise them that we'll have another one next week and it'll be bigger and better than any other party."
"Thats good," Butch nodded and then turned his head to look at me. "Since you and your friends discovered our secret place, you girls cannot leave here."
"What!?" I yelled out in shock. "No way! You can't do that! My friends and I were supposed to go to the beach for a huge festival! The only reason we discovered this place is because one of my friends picked up your music from the subway station and we ended up following to where the sound was coming from!"
"You shouldn't have let your curiosity get to you," he shook his head. "Now, you're coming with us."
He dragged me through the tunnels as I kept on trying to get out of his grip. His friend Subaru was walking behind us, probably to make sure that I wouldn't escape or cause harm to Butch. Eventually, I stopped since his grip was too strong and it looked like he was way more stronger than me so I couldn't be able to escape.
The walk lasted for about 20 minutes and I saw some sort of bright light that probably leads to an opening. I wonder where they're actually taking me. We then walked through the opening and as my eyes adjusted to the area in which I was at, my eyes widened in shock and my mouth formed into an O when I saw something that I never thought would actually existed.
A city? There's a city underground!? Is that even possible!? My eyes scanned the area and the buildings looked like they were made from actual stone and other materials that were stored in here instead of the usual bricks that were made for homes and other buildings. There was a huge bridge in the center that kinda resembles the Golden Gate Bridge and lights were streaming out from the windows of the buildings including above ground. (If any of you have seen the movie City of Ember, the city in this story is just like the one in the movie)
"What the heck is this place?" I muttered to myself but the boys heard me.
"Our secret underground city," Butch replied. "This place is called the City of Arcane."
"City of Arcane?" I asked him.
"Thats correct," he said. "You'll get a full explanation about this city later. Right now, its time for us to go meet my brothers."
He lifted his shirt up a bit and my eyes were wide as dinner plates when I saw a belt around his waist that nearly resembles mine. No way, he has a belt that can make him transform!? Since when did he and his brothers have belts?! I looked over at Subaru and I saw that he also had a belt like Butch's. He can also transform!?
They pressed the compacts on their belts which caused them to transform. Whoa, their outfits are pretty awesome but I'm not gonna say that out loud because I don't want to admit it. I nearly yelped when I felt Butch pick me up like a bride and he and Subaru then flew up and started flying towards the city.
I felt my hair nearly flying because of the wind and I had to grip on his top so I wouldn't fall off. I decided to scan the city more so I wouldn't have to look at Butch and was pretty surprised at how amazing it looked. I don't know how they made this city but a lot of people would definitely love to be here. Not only like that, it looks and runs like a real city above ground and there were people walking around on the streets there but not that many at all. I wonder if Butch and his brothers had lived here for a long time and hid here from plain sight?
I didn't feel the wind in my hair anymore and I realized that Butch and Subaru had landed on the window sill of a building. They then untransformed and Subaru slid the window open for Butch and he then stepped inside while still holding me and Subaru following behind him and closing the window as well. Butch then put me down and I quickly took a few steps away from him since I didn't want to be close to him at all.
"Kaoru!"
I turned around and was tackled into a hug by my best friends. I quickly hugged them back and the girls kept asking me if I was okay and if Butch hadn't hurt me at all.
"Calm down, girls. I'm alright. No one messes with Kaoru Matsubara and gets away with it!" I reassured them.
"Matsubara is your last name? Gotta remember that," I heard Butch say with a smug look on his face. You better wipe it off or else!
I finished hugging my friends and I looked over to see that his brothers were sitting down on a bed with two boys near them. They must also be friends of Subaru's and the Ruffs since I remembered seeing their faces at the hidden party room. I looked around and noticed that the room resembled a hotel room or somewhat since this place is bigger than a motel room. Why did they bring us here?
"Now that everyone is here, now we can start with the introductions," Brick replied. "All of you know me as Brick so thats all you need to know."
"You also know me as Boomer!" Boomer exclaimed.
"Butch," Butch bluntly replied.
"My name is Enzan," the boy with white and black hair replied.
"I'm Netto!" the boy with the blue bandana on his head said.
"And I'm Subaru," the one with goggles who was with us replied.
"And your names, girls?" Brick asked.
"Momoko," Momoko said.
"I am Miyako," Miyako said.
"Kaoru," I replied.
"Since you girls trespassed into our secret underground territory, you cannot leave at all," Brick said.
"What!?" Momoko exclaimed in shock. "But we can't stay here! We were all planning to go to the beach and-
He put his hand up to stop her from talking. "Yes, I know but you all shouldn't have let your curiosity get the best of you. You followed our music and discovered our area. Because of that, we gotta make sure no one else knows about this place at all."
"Our families would be worried if they realized that we aren't back home at all!" Miyako said with worry.
"That would be covered," Boomer said. "We'll make them think that you're still there at home without letting them know that you're actually gone."
"And how are you gonna do that!?" I yelled.
"Its a secret, Kaoru-chan," Butch smirked.
"Shut up and do not call me Kaoru-chan!"
"I think it suits you."
"No it doesn't! No chan at all!"
"I actually like it."
"Screw you, Butch!"
"We can do that in my bedroom~."
I growled and tried to pounce on him but my friends held me back to prevent me from attacking him. I'm gonna kill that perv! I'm gonna strangle him with my bare hands and tear his body into shreds and bury him somewhere where no one would ever find him at all! Girls, just let me go so I can rip his head off!
"Kaoru, calm down!" Momoko yelled in my ear.
"Please, Kaoru-san! Violence is not the answer!" Miyako begged.
"Butch, you shouldn't have made her mad," I heard Subaru say. At least someone is smart not to make me mad!
"Its amusing to see her rile up. It shows how feisty she is, just my type," Butch smirked and licked his lips. I'm gonna wipe that smirk off his face!
"Thats enough!" Brick shouted. "Everyone, calm down now! There would be no fighting in the room!"
"Plus, we don't want to anger the people who live at this hotel!" the guy named Enzan added.
"Can't I at least kill him!?" I pleaded.
"No, Kaoru!" Momoko & Miyako scolded.
"Oh fine!" I nearly pouted and stopped struggling which caused them to let me go since I calmed down.
"As we were saying, you girls cannot leave this place until we know if you 3 are deemed to be trustworthy or not. If you girls are trustworthy and swear not to let anyone know about us or the city, we'll let you girls go," Boomer explained.
"If you're not trustworthy and possibly spies to expose our city, then we'll have no choice but to dispose you girls," Butch finished.
"Do we look like spies to you!?" I scoffed.
"Looks can be deceiving," Brick replied.
"We aren't spies! We're only normal teenage girls who want to do what we always do in our lives!" Momoko exclaimed.
"And that is?" Boomer asked.
"Hang out at the beach, the mall, any other fun place," Miyako answered.
"Go to the skate park, play soccer, watch sports," I continued.
"Eat at a cafe, hang out with friends, go to fun festivals," Momoko finished.
"And have a lot of girl time together. No boys at all!" we replied in unison and stick our tongues out at them playfully.
"Just like 3 certain girls we know of," I heard Enzan mutter. What is he talking about?
"I have a question though," Brick asked.
"What is it?" Momoko asked.
He pointed to the belt around her waist. "Why is your belt nearly similar to the PPGZ's?"
"B-Because we're huge fans of them! We bought them from a store so we can have something that reminded us of them so they're mostly fake!" Miyako quickly replied. Nice one! We can't let them know who we are.
"It is true that they are popular with their town," Boomer nearly frowned.
"Which is why we hate them so much," I heard Butch grumble. Looks like they still hold a grudge against us.
"We should all get to bed now. Its getting pretty late," Subaru said while looking at his watch.
"Thats a good idea. We all need to rest up since we stayed up too late," Brick sighed and looked at us. "You girls will be staying in this room and don't even think about escaping or contacting anyone for help. Electrical signals can never reach the underground at all."
"You boys are evil!" Momoko glared at him.
"We get that a lot whenever we do something bad so it doesn't affect us at all," he shrugged.
He and Boomer then got up from the bed and then left the room with Butch following behind him. Then, Subaru and his friends left as well and they closed the door and I heard it make a loud click as well. Oh great, now we're locked in here.
"Looks like we're stuck here," Momoko sighed.
"And we can't contact the Professor or anyone else because there's no signal in here," Miyako folded her hands on her lap.
"I so hate this! All we did was see their party! We didn't even see the city at all yet until they brought us here!" I growled in frustration.
"They recognized us as outsiders so they easily got us before we could escape," Momoko replied. "Anyways, we should all go to sleep and get some rest. We'll figure out what to do once morning hits."
"Dibs on this bed!" I jumped on the spare bed where Miyako was sitting on.
"Looks like Miyako and I are sharing this bed," she pointed to the bed next to the spare bed that I'm on.
"At least its big enough to fit the two of us," Miyako said.
"Plus, they're really comfy!" I snuggled against the mattress. No wonder hotels are considered fancy to a lot of people.
Since there were no pajamas to put on, we removed our shoes and socks and got under the covers and turned off the lights and let our heads rest against the huge pillows. Because of how soft the beds were, we closed our eyes and sleep managed to overwhelm us.