The Trap Was Set

Winter break was almost over while all of us were sitting around in one of the many rooms of Konoka's home. Well everyone expect Angel. She hadn't come out of her room since yesterday when she slapped me. Konoka had gone to talk with her this morning, but she didn't say much about what my clone did. It must have been something horrible for her not wanting to see anyone.

"Sam," I turned to see Asuna with her hand on my shoulder. I couldn't speak while I felt my face heat up. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah…I'm fine. Just deep in thought." She nodded her head slowly while she dropped her hand, but she placed it atop of mine while on my lap.

I'd noticed that she was trying to get closer to me after we had that moment on the roof. She must know that I still have feelings for her by now, but somehow this doesn't feel right.

I could still feel my cheek stinging; I think my eye even started to water from remembering the pain. I need to see her. I need to talk with her.

I need to tell her…about…that.

"All right everyone," I looked up to see Negi sitting right in front of me while having this serious look in his face, "We need to have a plan."

Setsuna nodded her head while crossing her arms, "Yes. We need to be able to tell each other apart from those damn clones."

Konoka seemed like she was trying to think of something to help, until her face lightened up. "How about a word? A word only the rest of us know?"

I nodded my head while Asuna seemed impressed from what Konoka said. I thought it was a good idea, until it kicked in. "No, they can probably figure that out too. There has to be something else."

I noticed someone must have been staring at me since I could feel his or her eyes. I looked up to see Konoka staring at me with a concerned look. "K-Konoka? Something wrong?"

"I think I have an idea, but it might hurt a bit." I tilted my head while feeling a bit confused. "Asuna," she said while getting a small smile on her face, "Hold her down."

Before I knew it, Asuna put my arms behind my back. "W-What are you guys doing?"

Konoka placed her hands to my chest while closing her eyes, "Abintus obice." I could feel something growing from the inside of me. I felt like it was getting harder to breath while that feeling grew. "Custodi altera ex."

That when I could hear my heart thumping in my ears, everything started to look blurry, things were getting harder to notice. "Sammy," said Konoka while she placed her hands at the bottom of my shirt, "This is going to hurt, but it's the only way we can tell you apart from her." That when she slowly lifted my shirt up enough to show my stomach.

"K-Konoka-chan…" I had one of my eyes closed while breathing was getting hard. I could hear she chuckle a bit from me saying that name. "What's happening to me?"

"I'm marking you with a symbol the other you can't feel thanks to the spell I casted."

Whatever she was doing, it stung while it was ripping through my skin at the front side of my hip. It wasn't long before it ended. I could feel that space in my chest be lifted while Konoka put my shirt down. Asuna let me go, but she let me rest atop of her. I could see everything a lot clearer now. My face was probably flushed while my breath was hot.

I looked down grabbing at the right edge of the bottom of my shirt. I pulled it up slowly while losing that pain. It was actually fading; it must have been apart of the spell so the other me could feel it. That's when I saw it. This new scar was in the shape of a left angels wing. "Wow, Konoka, you should open up your own business."

She giggled while crawling over to Setsuna, she did this gesture to Negi to get Setsuna's arms too. Before I knew it, the same thing was happening to her too. I noticed the expression she was getting on her face. Yeah…that expression looks like the type you get when things are getting hot.

I felt my face light up while there was probably steam coming through my ears. I slowly turned my head to the back of me, where Asuna was still holding me in her arms. There were still hot tears in my eyes while my face was probably redder than it has ever been. "A-Asuna?"

She looked down towards me while having that dazed look on her face while she was staring at Setsuna being tortured. Though he she looked at me, her face did get a blush while some shocked kicked in. It looked like she was embarrassed or maybe even pleased. "A-Ah?"

"Did I…look that bad," I asked with a very low, but high-pitched voice while grabbing at her shirt by her shoulder. That tingling feeling was still at my hip. I was probably already shaking from it going through out my body.

Though before I knew it, she'd put her arms around me while her face was buried in my shoulder. I could see she was blushing since her ears were red, but her expression must have been pretty bad if she tried to hide it from me. "It was…actually…adorable," she said in a muffled tone.

I knew my face probably got worse while I just dangled in Asuna's arms. There was nothing I could do, I was too weak to try and fight it, but I didn't mind. It felt nice to be like this. "A-Asuna…"

That feeling was coming back to me. A feeling you only get when that one person is right next to you…or holding you. Though, I needed to be with another person right now, who made me feel the same way. Ugh, I hate my heart right now! Always getting in the way of every good moment.

I shook my head while pulling back from Asuna. Slowly I got up on my feet while making my way towards the door that lead to the hallway. I knew there were eyes on me, one in particular. I looked back while my breath was still heavy, "I'm going to talk to Angel…"

That's when I walked out as fast as I could in this condition. I leaned myself against the wall, trying to keep my balance. That feeling was coming back; maybe the spell is still in affect?

Before I knew it, I'd made it next to her door. I could sense someone behind that door. I grabbed at the door and slowly opened it. There she was, sitting on her bed reading some novel. Her head turned slowly only her eyes to light up. "Sam?"

"A-Ang…" I fell to my knees after feeling my head heavier than it should be. Angel quickly ran over to me only to quickly pull me over to the bed and close the door.

"Are you okay, what happened?" I shook my head while she sat next to me on the bed. She'd placed my head on her shoulder while holding on to my left hand.

"Konoka…found a way to tell Setsuna and I part from those clones." I took a deep breath while lifting up my shirt. She started sputtering up words thinking I was doing something instead, but I shook my head. "Look."

When she saw it, her first reaction was to touch it. I stung a bit, but eventually her soft touch made that pain fade away. I looked at her while she looked at my scar in awe. "W-Wha…Konoka-chan…you could have at least consulted me about what it should be…"

"What did that clone tell you?" She didn't look at me; she just kept her hand on the scar while tracing her finger up and down it.

"She said…Asuna was the one and only one you loved…that you only saw me as your cousin…the girl you grew up with…you loved me maybe once, but then you met Asuna."

I opened and closed my mouth while looking at her. "You believed her?"

"She said your feelings were connected…everything that went on with you went on with her. I knew because I saw that there was a bruise on her neck, that's where you had yours from Setsuna's clone."

She shook her head while grabbing at my shirt and pulling it down. She looked up at me while I looked down at her. We were pretty close; I didn't notice that before when we sat down.

"I believed her, every single word," I grabbed back at her hand while she continued, "Is there a reason I shouldn't?"

I nodded my head slowly while dropping my head, hiding my eyes with the shadow of my bangs. "Yeah, there is one…"

I could feel the grip on my hand getting tighter.

I looked up slowly, "Angel…I'll admit, Asuna made me fall for her too, yes you could even say I fell in love with her, but there's one thing you don't know about before all that happened."

She calmly sighed while sitting a bit farther from me. "What is that?"

I snickered to myself while standing up and scratching the back of my head. "Because," I looked at her only to see her cheeks had a light blush, "I fell for you first…"

I noticed it took her a while to let that sink in, but a few seconds pasted and the blush came to her face. Her mouth fell open and her eyes were wide. She started sputtering words while placing her hands to her cheeks. "E-E-Eh?"

I laughed a bit, but held it back while I kneeled right in front of her and placed my hands on her lap. I just smiled while looking at her. "I'm telling the truth. You were…my first love."

She looked at me while she covered her mouth. That's when she slowly placed her shaky hands on my cheeks and then her head on my mine. "Sam…you have no idea what I'm feeling right now."

I laughed while looking at her, "You don't know how much guts it took to say that."

Screeching. High-pitched noise in my ear began ringing. I grit my teeth while grabbing at my head. "Gah!" I pulled away from Angel while curling up in a ball on my knees.

She started worrying while holding me by my shoulders. "Sam? What's happening? What's going on?"

I shook my head while still grunting, "I d-don't know, ah!"

I could feel her trying to pick me up, before I knew it I was laid out on the bed with Angel trying to keep me down. "Stay calm and breath!"

I looked at her while feeling my fangs coming out already and my eyes probably changing. She placed her hands on my chest while she sat atop of me. "A-Ang."

She looked at me while still having a small blush on her cheeks. I didn't know if she wanted to cry or just shocked with what was happening. Whatever is happening to me, it feels like a power surge. I need to hold it back.

"Sam…" That's when she did something I didn't expect. She got face to face with me only to just kiss me. I knew what she was trying to do; she was trying to use her powers to push the surge away.

It was working while my teeth were going back to normal and my eyes were probably back to the way they were. When she pulled back I sat myself up. I was left with her still sitting on me. "Thanks An-," I was cut off.

She started to kiss me again while cupping my cheeks. I didn't know what to do. It surprised me more than it should. I couldn't pull back, because she kept making it deeper. Pulling me into the kiss. I never thought she'd try to make it a deep kiss, but I think I knew why.

I could feel her tears on my face while her hands were shaking. I placed my hands to her cheeks, so I could pull her away for a bit. I looked at her for a second before starting to speak, "You're just really happy, right?"

Her blush got darker while she dropped her head. She nodded her head slowly while mumbling something under her breath. That's when she suddenly lightened up and jumped off the bed. She looked towards the door while having her eyes.

"What's wrong?" She shook her head while taking a few steps.

"Something feels off, you don't feel it?" I shook my head while getting up from the bed. Angel turned towards me while looking down at the place where I had my new scar. "Konoka's spell must still be in effect if you can't feel that huge aura."

I stood next to her while getting my guard up. "What is it? Can you figure that out?"

She shook her head while walking towards the door, that's when it quickly slid open only for Negi to be on the other side. He seemed very shocked while out of breath.

"They're back! They've come back again, but the have reinforcements!"

I felt my eyes get wide while noticing it was just Negi who was the only one here. That's when I ran out of the room back to where I left everyone else, but when I got there, they were gone. "Damn!"

I ran out towards the outside, only to see Setsuna and Asuna guarding Konoka, but they were guarding her from only one person. I looked towards the left to see that cloaked person just staring at them. They're eyes a very light purple eyes were the only thing I could see.

"Sam!" I turned to see Asuna looking my way. "Get out of here!"

I shook my head while taking my place in between my friends and this new rival. Who this new person was, they never did anything, but just standing there burning a hold through my head.

I turned back towards everyone to see they were all still in fighting stances, "Um, guys, it doesn't seem like that person wants to fight us." I stood up out of my guard while turning completely towards them.

That's when I noticed something; they were all shaking in where they stood. They're weren't ready to fight; they were all frozen since the beginning. "W-What the!"

"S-Sam," I looked to see Asuna speaking through her teeth, "It's a-," she didn't get to finish. Someone else did it for her.

"Trap and you fell right for it," before I could turn. It was too late. I couldn't speak or move my body. That person that was just standing there from before, had gotten right behind me.

I didn't feel that person get there with my senses all messed from the spell, but it's not like I could do much. I turned my head to see it was a girl. She had long dark blue hair that reached her knees while her eyes shined. "A-Ah..gah ugh."

"I guess you can't speak with this spear through your heart, huh?"

I looked down at my chest while gasping for air; her arm was in the shape of a rock spear, which had made it's way through me. It didn't take long until the blood started spilling from the wound and my mouth. I felt my body going limp.

She lifted my up, only to have me up in the air with that wound getting bigger as I slid down her arm. She laughed a bit, "Ha, to think in one hit I got you. I expected more."

I turned my head towards her while gritting my teeth from the pain, "W-Who…"

"I'm Yukiko, but you can call me Yuki."

"Sammy-kun!"

"Sam!"

I turned to see Negi and Angel in shock from the situation. They both seemed quite scared. Yuki chuckled, "They can't stop me from taking you now."

That's when she started chanting a spell under her breath. It sounded like something that would teleport us somewhere. I knew this was my only chance to get out of here.

I grabbed at the rock in front of me while pulling myself out of it, until I did it in one quick swift. "Ah," I screamed out in outer agony while grabbing at my chest.

Yuki kept chanting her spell while a magic circle appeared beneath us. This couldn't happen. I looked back to see Negi and Angel trying to help the other, they were caught in the circle too. N-No, they'll be brought along with too. I need to stop this!

I placed my bloody hand on the circle while keeping one thought in my head; anywhere, but where she wants to go. Though while I tried contradicting her, a thought popped into my head that wasn't my own. It was a place I didn't recognize. Good enough!

That when the floor shattered before us while everything turned white. I could hear people screaming. I looked up with my blurry vision to see Konoka, Setsuna, and Asuna were moving again, but somehow we were all flying in mid air. I couldn't pay much attention from my heart being ripped in half. I knew it was healing, but not fast enough.

"Sammy!" Before my eyes went out on me, I saw a hand reaching out for mine; there was nothing else I could do. I took it. I was pulled in to their arms and then that's when everything blacked out for me.

Crap, they all got into trouble because of me again. Now we're all heading to kami knows where, but one thing worries me. Who did I grab?

"Sam, Sam please wake up!" I opened my eyes slowly while looking to my side to see Konoka was sitting next to me. I sat up slowly while feeling something hallow in my chest. I looked down to see there was darkness swelling around my wound.

"It's h-healing, huh?"

"You can say that," I looked up to see Konoka had a worried look on her face. That's when I noticed we were out somewhere in the woods. It seemed like the woods out by the school.

"Are we at Mahora?"

She nodded her head slowly while looking up, "Yeah…sort of." That's when I noticed she was staring at something by the trees towards my right. There was someone standing there, I thought it was Yuki by the way they were glaring at us, but I realized it wasn't her when that person stepped out of the shadow of the trees.

It was a guy who had dirty blonde shaggy hair, golden eyes, and a concerned look on his face. "Are you two all right?" He looked familiar; somehow it felt like I knew him.

Konoka shook her head while getting up slowly while picking me up with her, "No, my friend here got hurt you see."

He ran over to my free side to help me up. "I'll take over to my friend's cabin, I have a friend who can help you guys out."

"Thanks," I said while looking towards him, "We'll owe you one."

He shook his head while chuckling, "No harm done, I just help when I can, you know? I'd rather have others smile than myself."

Once he said that, I felt like knew that he was saying. I understood him very well. W-What the hell? I tell that to myself all the time. It's something I promised myself.

"Sammy," I looked over to Konoka, "If he asks us our names, I think we should make them up, I feel something weird about this guy." I nodded my head slowly while looking back to where ever he was leading us.

That's when I cabin appeared before us. T-That looks just like…Master's.

"We're here," he said while we walked up the steps. Once we got to the door he kicked it a few times since his hands were full. "Kousuke! Are you in there?"

K-Kousuke? Before I knew it the door opened and this cute looking guy was behind it. He had straight chocolate brown hair while some of his bangs covered his forehead, big brown eyes, and a bright smile. He wore a school uniform that seemed very similar to ours, expect with pants.

"Oh, who are these girls? Oh my, one of them is injured?"

The guy that was helping us nodded his head while making his way inside. "You need to heal her, quick. I think Eternity got to her. Damn her." He placed me on the couch while he went on about this girl. "She even has to go for innocent people!"

Kousuke laughed a bit while got right beside me; he noticed that Konoka wasn't leaving my side. He smiled while looking at both of us, "You two must be really close."

I knew my face must have turned red while Konoka giggled. "You could say that," she said in a joking tone.

He was about to place his hands on my wound, but Konoka spoke up out of nowhere. "Um, you can't heal her!"

He looked at her surprised while standing up straight. "Why is that?"

"I've tried. And she can't really die."

I nodded my head while sitting up and placing my hand on the wound, "It can heal it's self actually. I just need to get my energy back." He nodded his head slowly while looking over to the other guy.

"Some girls you found."

"Ha, shut up. So where's Seito?"

"He's probably training with Asuya."

I felt really confused while Konoka sat next to me. She got up next to me while she started whispering, "You don't think…"

"I don't want to believe it, but one way to find out." I looked over to the guy who helped us, "Hey sorry, but we didn't get your name." Don't say it. Don't you dare say it!

"Oh, right. Sorry. I'm Sammy Rose."

That's when I froze to stone while Konoka was probably just as shocked at me. I started to shake some while feeling my words getting stuck in my throat. I lifted my hand up while pointing from me to him. "W-W-W-Wah…"

"Haha, what's wrong? You're acting like I'm some sort of person from your past."

I shook my head, "M-More like…you're me."

Will things between Asuna and Sam getting closer? What about AngSam? Who exactly is this Yuki character? What's going to happen to Sammy's new wound if it doesn't close, or is it even healing? Wait, is that guy really Sammy? You'll have to wait and see in the next chapter of Let's Start Again!