Chapter 26

The next day in class Rin was asleep again so I took the time to draw a very shoujo looing face on him, in honor of what happened the previous day. 'Hey Mira what are you doing to Okumura?' Natsuki asked as her and Ayumi walked over to me. 'Oh a friend and I tend to draw on Rin's face every time he falls asleep.' I grinned as both the girls chuckled, 'we were wondering if you would like to join us today after school? We are going to go get some ice cream in town,' Ayumi questioned. 'I would love to but I have cram school after this, maybe this weekend we could do something!' I smiled back, 'yeah sounds great have fun!' Natsuki replied as they both headed out of class, I then noticed that one of the boys in class was looking over at me and blushing. 'Ah Sakurai could I talk to you for a moment?' He questioned, 'sure your name was Kirito right?' I asked as he nodded, the two of us went to the corner of the class as everyone was leaving. 'What can I do for you?' I smiled, 'well you seem to be friends with Natsuki and I was hoping…' He blushed as his grip tightened on a small envelope in his hand. 'Is that a love letter?' My eyes widened as my smile grew, Kirito turned bright red and nodded. 'Why don't you give it to her?' I asked as he quickly shook his head. 'I'm too shy to approach her but you seem to get along well with a lot of intimidating people like Suguro so I thought I could give it to you to give to her.' He asked, 'you find Ryuji intimidating? He's not scary at all; I guess he can be too serious at times! And of course I will!' I smiled, 'I heard rumors that you and Suguro were dating are they true? And thank you…' He blushed as I blushed back as I took it. 'Yeah, and I will make sure to give it to her next time I see her. I wish you the best of luck!' I smiled as he thanked me again and took off.

I slid the letter into my bag as I poked Rin in the forehead in attempts to wake him. 'Mira what's going on?' Rin mumbled, 'class is over time to head for cram school!' I stated as he quickly gathered his things and we both headed out the door. Ryuji was standing there waiting with a ticked look on his face. 'Hey Ryuji what's wrong?' I questioned, 'nothing what were you doing?' He asked as Rin and I gave him a puzzled look, 'uh waking Rin, we better hurry or we will be late for cram school.' I stated as Rin and I ran ahead, something seemed to be on Ryuji's mind. Throughout class he seemed as though his mind was elsewhere and when we were told to meet up late that night Ryuji left without saying anything. 'What's with him today?' Rin asked as he turned to me as if I would know. 'No idea how bout you guys?' I questioned turning to Renzou and Koneko, 'not a clue he was fine in class today.' Koneko replied as we all headed back to our dorms in preparation for this evening.

At 10:00 PM we met outside of Mepphyland. 'Todays mission concerns the 2nd of the 7 mysteries, "The statue of Johann Faust that moves in the middle of the night." This is a relatively low level demon that relies on possessing inanimate objects like statues and should be easy enough to exorcise. I would like you to complete this mission as fast as you can so we can get onto the 5th mystery, "The Unmanned Tram." So begin planning a strategy at once.' Yukio ordered, 'we ain't done a single thing right so far, so this time we gotta work as a team! And we sure as hell ain't losin' to the girls!' Ryuji barked out as we all took a step back. 'Huh, if your main concern is losing to us then you clearly haven't grasped the concept of "teamwork!"' Izumo argued back, 'I'm only sayin' it to get em pumped up!' Ryuji yelled back, 'if were competing it makes no difference!' Izumo defended, 'what!' Ryuji screamed, 'Bon…' Koneko sighed, 'what the hell's wrong with ya? Whacha want me to do huh?' Ryuji continued to yell as the rest of us just sighed; clearly he was in a bad mood. 'You're a pain in the ass so I want you to shut up.' Izumo replied a lot calmer, 'what'dya just say?' Ryuji looked as though he was going to burst. 'Ah I forgot these two constantly bitch at each other.' Renzou sighed, 'Mira can you do us all a favour and calm your man down!' Izumo asked as she turned to me. 'Hey what makes you think I take orders from her!' Ryuji continued to yell. 'Sorry Izumo I have no idea what's pissing him off this time…' I sighed, 'who says I'm pissed?' Ryuji continued to yell as we all stared blankly at him. 'Hey… the statue is gone…' Shiemi stated as we all turned over to look at it. 'Huh it disappeared?' Izumo cried out. 'Gaaaah!' Rin cried out as we looked up to see the statue of Mephy aiming a kick right at us. We all dodged but then it started to chase us. 'Shit he's fast!' Rin cried out as he pulled his sword out and slashed it in half surrounding it in flames.

We all headed over to the next stop while Ryuji lectured Rin the whole time. All we could do was stand there as the train came and Ryuji and Rin both jumped on. 'Ryuji what are you doing?' I cried out as he continued to ignore me, the train ended up derailing as Rin slashed the train causing it to explode and Ryuji went flying off. 'Ryuji!' I cried out as I ran towards him, 'looks like were not needed…' Renzou sighed. As I knelt down beside a banged up Ryuji he looked up at me in embarrassment, all I could do was slap him across the face, which seemed to surprise everyone. 'What the hell is wrong with you? I know you have always been reckless but you are taking it too far! All you have done today is cause fights and almost gotten yourself killed, why are you so angry?' I yelled out as I started to cry, Ryuji looked up at me with wide eyes as he placed his hand against where I slapped him. He didn't say anything but the look on his face said it all, he felt really bad. 'Let's go get you cleaned up…' I sighed as Renzou helped me lift him and carry him to the closest door where I pulled out the key to Mephy's medical room. 'I can take it from here Renzou thanks!' I smiled as Renzou took off and Ryuji sat on the bed. I got a cloth and washed it in warm water as I then pressed it against all of Ryuji's cuts and bruises. 'Ouch,' he winced as I continued to pat him down. 'Well if it hurts then think next time…' I shot back as I soaked the cloth once again.

After I had applied all of the medicine and bandages I sat on the bed next to Ryuji waiting for him to talk. 'I saw you earlier today…' Ryuji spoke as I turned to look at him; a look of sadness crossed his face. 'What do you mean?' I questioned back, 'You know, a guy in your class confessed to you and you accepted his love letter!' Ryuji cried out as my eyes widened, 'Ryuji he was giving me a love letter to give to my friend Natsuki, I was just helping them out!' I shot back as Ryuji stared back in shock, 'then how come you were blushing?' He questioned back, 'because he was talking about you!' I yelled as Ryuji froze, 'so you mean…' Ryuji mumbled, 'Idiot I love you and only you I would never accept a love letter besides he told me the whole school is talking about us dating…' I sighed as Ryuji's face turned bright red. 'Sorry… I guess I was a bit jealous…' He mumbled as I smiled and placed a kiss over his bandage. 'I would say a bit more then a bit!' I smiled as Ryuji placed his hand on the side of my face. 'Next time talk to me and we can clear little misunderstandings like this alright, you and Rin were almost killed again.' I stated, 'that damn Okumura he's so damn reckless, he almost killed me!' Ryuji barked, 'hey you are one to talk!' I laughed as Ryuji sighed, 'let me get you back to your dorm.' I smiled as Ryuji blushed and nodded.