sHere's the next chapter of Twin's Desires. Now let me explain the lack of creative titles and chapters. I'm trying to follow the manga tradition of naming every chapter after a movie. Now me not knowing too many movies, decided to name to chapters off books. Now the last chapter wasn't really a book title that I know off, so here's a little story of how it came to be. I was looking at my shelf and saw Margaret Weis' Dragons of Winter Night. So I decided to use that, but some errors popped up. First of all, there is no dragons in the story. Second of all, it's not winter. It's currently Spring, so I looked again and found Dragons of Spring Dawning. Again, errors. Again, no dragons. Lastly, it's not morning. So I looked at the next book. Dragons of Autumn Twilight. You get the idea of no dragons. Now it's dusk, which could be described as Twilight, and the problem came as, it's not Autumn. So I decided to mix up the two books and got Spring Twilight...
Now enough wasting time and space, you probably didn't even read that...anyways. We learned that Kalas now lives next to the Tsukamoto sisters in a rundown building that he has to fix to stay for a reasonable price. Innocent also became friends with Yakumo, met Sarah and unintentionally met Kalas and is starting to dislike him for his rude nature of "Not watching where he's going" So, read on and see what awaits them.
XOXOX
Chapter 4: Final Fantasy and Spring Dawning
A man with brown hair laid on his knees, sword bloody and dripping stuck out of the ground, scars laying on him, panting in pain and exhaustion, he then turned his multi-colored eyes towards the man who delievered a deadly blow upon him. "Your wasting...your time. Lord K will already have finished...the brainwashing on Princess Ten Ten." The man replied between breaths.
The man only scoffed, "Doesn't matter. The power of love will always triumph over darkness." He replied.
The man on the ground only laughed painfully, "What makes you think...your the one she loves? Your only a Knight, Hanio...She might have rather die...then be with you." He pointed out.
"We've been through a lot together. Even though it is forbidden through the laws of the Kingdom. We could overcome it." Hanio; as revealed, mentioned. "By the way, Kale. Why are you assisting K?" He asked.
"He promised...to let me have...the Princess. He's not the one...who loves her...He was only using her to gain control of two Kingdoms...Don't you see? I'm the one...who loves her." Kale managed to replied in breaths. He then looked down with his eyes closed, then let a final dying gasp as Hanio stabbed him again in the back.
"You don't deserve her hand. Best you rest in peace and don't worry. Your Lord will be right behind you." Hanio stated, then retracted his sword and left Kale's dying body behind.
XOXOX
"There. Finally finished." Harima replied as he finished a short script. He then looked at his alarm clock, "Aw man. Time for school already?" He muttered as he got up and stretched, "Well, doesn't matter anyway. Not really that tired." He added and picked up his script and looked it through.
Recently, he heard Tenma saying that Kalas' eyes were cool, which was a sort of a pain as Harima hid his to conceal his true identity. In Harima's guide on love, a girl liking a guy's eyes meant trouble. And trouble meant competition. He didn't even bother to see if she even likes the guy, which was probably a rule he forgot to add in his guide to love.
"Once that Kalas guy sees this warning, it should show that Tenma is mine and he'll back off." Harima replied and stuffed it in an envelope and got dressed for school.
At the School
Harima arrived on his motorcycle; his newly drawn work packed safely underneath his arm. Taking off his helmet, he took a quick glance around, looking for the multicolored male. "Probably inside" He muttered to himself when he noticed the absence of the man.
Inside the school, Yakumo looked over the Driver's Ed list again and groaned silently when she saw Hanai's name underneath hers.
On the other side, Kalas was there staring at her, "Now is a perfect chance. Be friendly and ask for the necklace back. Simple." He mumbled to himself quietly. He then went to stand besides her, "Morning." He greeted.
"Oh, Good Morning." Yakumo greeted back, turning towards him.
Kalas didn't look at her, but at the poster, "So what's the reason of your groan?" He asked, staring cluelessly at the poster.
"Well, Haruki Hanai signed up too. Maybe you know him?" Yakumo asked.
"The loud mouth?" Kalas guessed and he wasn't too far off.
Back to Harima
The deliquent walked inside the halls, using his dark auras to drive people out of his way. "Now let's see. Where's Tenma's Sister?" He muttered within his thoughts.
He then looked ahead and saw her at the Driver's Ed along with his newly claimed nemesis.
Back to the Mediumship Duo, Kalas still looked at the board. The only thing he could read was his own name. "So am I to assume that you don't like this Haruki guy?" He asked, crossing his arms.
"Um, it's not that I don't like him, he's just too loud." Yakumo answered.
Kalas made a scoff, "Anyways, I've been meaning to ask you..." Kalas started, about to ask about the necklace.
"Hey! Tenma's Sister!"
Unfortunately, the other loud mouth arrived.
The two looked towards the deliquent who had a package between his arm. "Harima, was it?" Kalas spoke up.
"Yes, I'm Harima, but I don't have time to talk. I need to borrow Yakumo for a bit, see you in class!" Harima spoke out in quick words. Pushing Yakumo along the way who only helplessly marched where the man took her.
"Ookay?" Kalas muttered quietly, tilting his head confusingly.
Mikoto then came along who convenietly watched the entire thing, to add insult to injury, she had that smug look on her face. "So you found the brutal truth." She spoke out dramatically.
"Hm?"
"You thought you had a chance with Tenma's little sister? Well, with Harima in the way, it's pretty much not going to happen." She continued to speak in a poetic voice, rather poorly at that.
"So last night, you were encouraging me to pick her up, now you tell me it's not going to happen?" Kalas pointed out.
This went straight onto Mikoto's mind, "Aw, so you do want her?" She mocked.
"That's not what I mean." Kalas spoke out, looking down to his side. "Come to think of it, your IQ's pretty low as well." He added quietly.
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Forget about it." Kalas shrugged off, then turned towards the direction where Harima led Yakumo, "What's the deal with those two?" He asked.
Mikoto stood besides Kalas and placed her hands on her hips, "Well, you could either go with the Sawachika rumors on that the two are dating and went over something personal. If you know what I mean." She explained the first part.
Kalas looked at her curiously, "Those two?"
"Well, not really. Although some people believe they are dating, going through second base could just be lies spreaded by Eri." Mikoto pointed out. "While she won't admit, Eri does like Harima. She could just be saying those out of jealously. She's too proud to admit it herself." She added, scratching the back of her head.
"Seeing she's a rich girl. Sounds reasonable enough." Kalas replied, placing his hands in his pocket. "The other rumors?" He requested.
Mikoto then cleared her throat, "You could go with her sister's rumors that the two are dating and that Harima is trying to go to second base with her unwillingly, but gets stopped by Tenma." She explained the second rumor.
"Why do the two interact with second base?" Kalas asked curiously.
"You know highschool kids. Wild Imaginations." Mikoto responded.
"I can imagine." He responded calmly. "Any others?"
"Or you could go with the last rumor that the two are just very close friends who are working on a project." Mikoto explained the last rumor.
"Interesting." Kalas muttered, "What's the ratio of people believing?"
"I'd say that 45% believe Eri's, another 45% Tenma's, 5% Good friends, and the last 5% No one cares." Mikoto estimated.
"Pity..." Kalas mumbled quietly. He and Mikoto then went to class.
On the rooftop
"Hope you don't mind me dragging you out here." Harima apoligized.
"That's okay." Yakumo reassured. She then looked under his arm, "Need my opinion again?" She guessed, then again, why else would he drag her up here?
"Yes. I've added another character in my manga who was a rival of the hero. So in the end...Maybe it'll be better if I show you." Harima replied and opened his envelop and handed Yakumo the papers.
Yakumo looked at the new character; Kale Angel. Master of the ways of a Mystic Knight. Nice addition, but the fact that he had short reddish-brown hair and heterochromia made it a bit obvious that it was based on Kalas. So she decided to ask, "He looks a bit like Kalas." She pointed out.
Harima lowered the papers and stared at her darkly, "I've been planning him before he came here." He answered darkly as well.
"Oh, okay." Yakumo answered, she was used to his sudden darkness when things were too obvious. "So what's his story?" She asked.
"Well, he's been serving under the heroine for an year. He was behind the scenes of many of her kidnaps and an ally of the villain. He gained heterochromia when he sold his soul for magic and was banished of another Kingdom he use to serve because of what he's done. With the extra magic, he immediately gone insane, but eventually learned to control it, then he began serving under the heroine." Harima explained.
"So a sympathetic villain then." Yakumo remarked, finding more of Kalas' similiarities as she flipped the pages.
"Something like that. He dies in the end though." Harima added.
Yakumo looked at Harima concerned before putting her eyes on the pages again and flipped to the end and saw the words before his death, "So he loved the heroine as well?" She asked.
"Yep. A major twist in the manga." Harima announced proudly.
"So does this mean Kalas loves Tenma as well?" Yakumo thought to herself.
"Now, no offense, but I think I need another hand in this." Harima announced, causing Yakumo to look at him concerned. "I mean, your work is fine. But for once, I'd like to see what someone the complete opposite of you would say." He added, scratching his chin in thought.
"You mean like Eri?" Yakumo guessed.
"What do you mean Eri? She's too opposite, she's going to laugh at my work. Besides, I'd like someone else who can keep a secret." He answered, then snapped his fingers, "How about that new guy?" Harima suggested. In truth, the entire thing was just a setup to have Kalas read his warning.
"Um, I don't think he's too different from me." Yakumo guessed again.
"Oh please, you guys are like complete opposites. He's a guy and your a girl. Complete opposites." Harima's so called bright idea of opposites pointed out.
Just then the bell rang. "Oh, got to get to class. See you later, Tenma's sister!" Harima waved off.
Yakumo only stared confused, "What does he mean complete opposites?"
In class.
Kalas was staring at his desk in silence until a stack of papers smacked on it. He then looked up and saw Harima who seemed a bit dark at the moment. "What's this?" He asked.
"A project of mine. I need a guy's opinion. I figured you would fit the part." He requested...rather demanded.
The more Kalas looked at his shades, the more intimidated he felt. Deciding to amuse him, Kalas looked at the papers.
"There. He's looking at it. Do you see my warning?" Harima taunted within his mind. "He's just skipping through!" Harima noted, seeing Kalas just looking at it and not reading, "Maybe he's seeing the warning. Heh, see what is going to happen if you try to take Tenma away from me?" Harima continued taunting. He then saw Kalas turning to the last page with his supposed death, "Here it comes." He replied.
Kalas then straightened the papers and handed them back.
"So, what do you think of the war...I mean the manuscript?" Harima asked.
Kalas cleared his throat, "The pictures are good, but the words..."
"What about the words?"
Kalas looked down quietly, "I can't read Japanese." He admitted.
Harima then slammed his head on the desk, "WHAT! Why didn't you tell me you can't read the Kanji?" He shouted, getting up from his seat and grabbing Kalas by his collar. Kalas clenched his fists to counter attack if he done anything.
"Harima!" Itoko shouted, "Please be seated. Class has started." She warned.
Harima let go of Kalas and sat down, "Yes, Miss Osakabe." He muttered quietly.
Itoko then looked at Kalas concerned before turning back to the chalkboard and started discussing today's lesson.
Then a knock came upon the classroom door.
"Excuse me. Is this class 2-C?" A voice called out.
"That voice" Kalas thought quietly, seeing who it was at the door. Only to see the girl who he kept bumping into the other day. "Huh, so she's Innocent Myst" He added quietly and lowered his gaze back at his desk.
"Yes it is. You must be Innocent Myst. You can seat yourself in front of Miss Tsukamoto." Itoko greeted, pointing towards the now empty seat in front of Tenma.
Innocent looked towards Kalas and widened her eyes, "You?" She called out in disbelief.
Kalas quickly shot his head up, "Me?" He asked in confusion.
Everyone looked at the two carefully seeing some similiarities. In fact, they paid more attention to the both of them so much that they didn't notice the globe was somehow floating towards Kalas...above him to be specific. Even Itoko didn't notice it as she was alternatively switching glances between the two students.
"Is something wrong?" Itoko asked, still switching glances between the two.
The globe returned to its original place with no one noticing and Innocent responded by rubbing her forehead, "No, nothing important. Sorry, I'll just go to the seat." She answered, groaning silently in pain as she made a trail to the seat in front of Tenma.
Akira being the more observant, but still missed the floating globe just stared back at the paper. Any theories of Kalas being someone she was suppose to know shattered when she saw Innocent and the similiarities between the two. In a string line theory of all her missions, disguised as a maze, she never met anyone with heterochromia. She thought she figured it out as him being someone whose life she ruined. But with a sister, who clearly showed some sort of feud towards him shattered that theory. Afterall, how can a man's life be ruined with a sister like that?
"If they are siblings that is." Akira placed in her thoughts. When Kalas disappeared when they signed up for Driver's Ed, she easily saw that he wasn't comfortable near her. Normally it wouldn't bother her as mostly everyone, boy and girl alike were uncomfortable in her presence. But Kalas, his discomfort showed something else. She then dedicated her free time to figure out why without asking. Why without asking? Being Akira, she feared it would show a weakness.
Kalas didn't show any remorse upon Innocent's arrival. To him, she was just another girl who he got off on the wrong foot with. Even seeing their similiarities, he didn't even begin to think that she would be related to him. All bloodlines were casted off upon his adoption to Regino, and as of right now, he had no family. So, he just continued to stare at his paper, trying to figure out how a farmer got a chicken, a bag of seeds, and a fox across a bridge that can only hold the weight of two objects. The more he thought about it, the more strained his thinking train went.
Only Innocent gave the time to think of the similairities between her and Kalas. She noticed that they both had heterochromia, opposite of each others. Their hair color were almost the same. Estimating that he's three inches taller, she drew everything her mother had told her. But remembering most of her family history, she never knew of any Kalas. There wasn't even a member with the Angelus surname. Her telekinetic power and this type of thinking developed a headache. So putting it off for now, she rested her head on her hands groaning silently.
Everyone else just figured they were somehow related.
Lunch
Kalas again sat alone on his desk, eating a sandwich he managed to salvage upon his not-setup-yet-kitchen. He was still wondering how the farmer got the chicken, fox, and birdseeds across the bridge safely.
Tenma again pondered upon Kurasama's absence. "Maybe he went to America again..."
"Excuse me?"
"Or maybe he had a call from the government about the latest mission."
"Pardon me?"
"Maybe the government wanted him to be the first teenage boy in space..."
"Hello?"
"Or maybe he's an alien who had to return to the mothership."
Faroff
In a silent room, only accompanied by the sounds of a pencil scratching on paper, sat the engimatic boy of Yagami. Working on his comic. He managed to persuade Itoko to allow him a week off so he can meet his deadline in exchange of doing extra homework to catch up.
Back
"Yes. Maybe he had to go back because he got tired of waiting to hear of my love for him. What if he's in charge of judging whether or not this planet was worth living and he figured it was not because we aren't as friendly as we were long time ago. I doomed us all..." Tenma continued to exaggerate her wild imagination, trying to figure out why Kurasuma was missing again. All the while there was a voice trying to catch her attention. The more she thought, the faster she nibbled her pocky stick.
"Are you Tenma?" The voice, belonging to Innocent asked, tapping her shoulder.
The contact broke her thought train and she jumped up, "THE EARTH IS DOOMED!"
The whole classroom went silent as all eyes shifted towards Tenma. Of course, many knowing Tenma, this only lasted for a second or two and they resumed eating their lunches. Kalas however kept his gaze at Innocent, thinking if she knew how the farmer got the animals and bag of food across the bridge.
Harima also kept his gaze at that direction, but looking at Tenma. "I love how Tenma just shouts out random things like that." He quietly thought. Then he looked a bit further and saw Kalas staring at her direction. "What? He's staring at her too. Can this be?" He kept adding to his thinking train. He then turned his head towards the window, "Damn it! I got to get him to learn the Kanji so he can read my warning before it's too late." He kept thinking over and over again.
"Kalas?" Itoko called out. Looking up from his food, he saw that she motioned him to come. So putting down his food, he got up and walked towards her.
Back to Tenma who was continuing eating pocky like a chipmunk. Innocent stood in front of her quietly. "Now that I got your attention, are you Tenma?" Innocent repeated her question.
Tenma looked towards her, "Oh, your that girl who treated my sister to dinner before." She pointed out.
Innocent nodded, "That's right. My name's Innocent Myst" She introduced herself.
"Now call it a hunch, but is Kalas your brother?" Tenma asked.
Innocent shook her head, "Don't even know the guy. Me and Yakumo kept bumping into him last night." She answered, seating herself in the chair nearby.
On another side of the room sat Ganji, Nara, Fiyuki, and Yoshidayama who kept looking at Kalas. "So what do you think Buddha?" Yoshidayama asked.
'Buddha' stared at Kalas silently, taking bites out of his big sub sandwich. "We do not yet know if he'll fit among our ranks." He answered in a very calm tone.
"So we need to spy on him and learn more then" Fiyuki suggested, lifting his camera up.
"We just need to wait for a perfect opportunity." Nara pointed out.
So the four waited for an opportunity.
Back to Kalas, he stood in front of her desk, wondering what he was called for. "Yes, Miss Osakabe?" He asked.
"I just recently became aware that you cannot read the Kanji. Is this correct?" She asked.
Kalas lowered his head, "Regrettably, yes." He admitted.
"This won't do. You won't get any work completed this way." She replied, opening her dresser. "I'm assigning a tutor to help you during weekends and after schools." She mentioned.
Kalas shook his head, "I can teach myself. I don't want to be a burden to anyone." He refused the offer.
"That won't do either. I can see your a busy man at the moment and won't have much time to yourself unless someone takes the time from you." Itoko pointed out, "So I'm assigning you a tutor whether you like it or not. Where do you live?" She asked.
Kalas gave in with a sigh, "I live next to the Tsukamoto's. My house is still in a sorry state however." He pointed out.
"That'll be fine. As long as you learn to read." Itoko reassured.
Sometime after school
Harima stood in front of the desk.
Itoko looked bewildered, "You want to help Kalas learn the Kanji?" Even her tone showed she was suprised.
"Yes. The faster he learns, the better for everyone." He reassured. Guess why he wants Kalas to learn as fast as possible?
Later
Hanai stood in front of the desk.
Itoko stared on, "You too?"
"As class representative. I, Haruki Hanai will assist a fellow student." Hanai reassured. He's just there.
Later
Tenma stood in front of the desk.
Itoko was at a loss of words.
"I live next to him. I figure I should help him." Tenma pointed out.
Somewhere else
In a dark room, a group of men wearing masks sat on a long table. "Our nightwhisperers have learned that Miss Osakabe is assigning students to help our new classmate learn how to read." Ganji revealed.
"Why are we going to waste our time with him when we can waste it by learning more of Innocent?" A random male asked.
"With his eyes, he can probably influence any girl to sleep with him easily. We want to see if he is either worthy of joining our group or a threat." Ganji pointed out.
"Well, let's all teach him then."
"Negative. We still do not know how smart or observant he is. All of us together will probably arise suspicions to him. Therefore, only Nara, Fiyuki, Yoshidayama, and myself will go to his house and observe him. The rest will stay behind and progress on their regular assignments." Ganji explained. "Nara, go assign us." He ordered.
"Yes captain." Nara obeyed without hesitation.
Back to the desk
"You, Ganji, Yoshidayama, and Fiyuki want to help him as well?" Itoko asked astonished.
Nara only nodded eagerly.
Later
This time Mikoto, Eri, Akira, and Innocent stood in front of her.
"You too?" Itoko guessed, leaning on her hand.
Later
Imadori stood in front of the desk.
"You want to help too?" Itoko asked, staring at him.
Imadori stared silently, looking at bit lower then face level.
Itoko narrowed her eyes, "My face is up here boy." She pointed out in a threatening voice.
Imadori looked up, "What?"
Later on that day
Kalas looked outside his door in amazement. "Itoko said she would assign students to help me learn to read. So why the hell is the entire 2-C Class standing in front of my house?" He asked in astonishment, looking at the majority of the 2-C Class.
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And there's that.
I realized I made several mistakes in past chapters, one of them being getting the classes backwards. Yakumo is actually 1-D while the others are 2-C. I'll fix it later on.
In case you haven't figured it out. I'm kind of aiming of making Kalas the "Only Sane Person" While many of the cast; excluding Asou, are stupid (Harima, Tenma) or have their own problems. (Eri is just leaning on Bipolar) Kalas main problem will probably be on trying to stay on the Sanity side. I kind of think Asou is slipping towards Insanity since he started dating Mikoto.
For those that are actually interested, I've a preview that I'll allow people to read to those who wants to. Just simply ask, and I'll send it. It's in script form meaning it'll change drastically when the time comes. Characters included are only Harima, Yakumo, Kalas, and Kiko.
Review please.