Kanashi blinked and raised an eyebrow at Yashiro. Was what he asked just something to continue the conversation? If it was, that was a horrible attempt, but Kanashi decided to humour him. "Yeah," he nodded.
"Hm. I see," Yashiro nodded. "That's nice."
Kanashi sent a sceptic look Yashiro's way. "Why'd you ask?"
"No reason," Yashiro shrugged.
Riiiight. As if Yashiro of all people would ask something like that without a real reason. He was Yashiro, and even if he was kinda weird and closed off like he was, he didn't do things without reasons. Whatever they were. "Don't lie," Kanashi growled.
"Lie?" Yashiro raised an eyebrow and laughed as if that was the most incredulous assumption that he had ever come across. "Haha, it's just to get to know you better," Yashiro grinned.
Kanashi scrutinised Yashiro's expression, but he couldn't find anything but that annoying smirk of his pasted across his face. "Ah whatever…" he sighed before standing up. "Imma go home. See ya ."
"…alright," Yashiro nodded and watched Kanashi's back. He should get going soon as well. So he did have a girlfriend. He smiled mirthfully and set out back to his home.
…
A few days passed after that evening, and Erebus had added a few more details as to when the assassins would show themselves.
The main thing of interest was that they were going to try their damnedest to kill them when their backs were turned, so everyone was becoming more wary of their surroundings. Of course, everyone still went about their daily lives but with more caution than normal.
Kanashi had been hanging out with his girl every so often and if there was anything that could be seen about the two of them, it was that they were close to each other.
Unbeknownst to most spectators, a dark figure was watching them from the shadows with a plan firmly in mind. It was perfect.
Night smiled deviously as he returned to his home for once, and managed to get onto his laptop, or as he called it, his craptop. Or shitop. That name basically summed up his feelings about it.
His fingers tapped on the keyboard, although some of keys were missing and all that was left were rubbery stubs that used to have pieces of plastic on top of them. Night didn't care a great deal about the things that he kept.
NightLies: hey
MLight: Daru-kun, what's up?
NightLies: dont call me that. also, i was around nd I fnd smething interesting
MLight: Like what?
NightLies: fnd something about 1 of the targets. The one raz wuz supposed to go after has a gf
MLight: A girlfriend?
NightLies: Yea thought sumone cud use it or smething
MLight: …I'll discuss it. Thanks Daru-kun.
NightLies: bitch stop calling me that
MLight: Not going to. See ya Daru-kun.
NightLies left the chat.
…
"Uh guys, can someone help me get this guy off my tail?" Yashiro groaned in frustration and pointed towards the kid that was following him around. A first year that was fairly tall, but again, nothing compared to Yashiro. His skin was pale, his eyes brown. His hair was also brown, and it was not short, nor was it long, but it was tousled about.
"Why?" Yukari asked with a sceptical expression.
"Because, I don't need him following me around all day," Yashiro rolled his eyes.
"Um, why are you following Yashiro-san?" Fuuka asked.
"Because Yashiro-sensei said that he was going to teach me some stuff and he hasn't yet," the first year answered resolutely.
"Sensei?" Yukari said, confused.
"I told you already, I'm not your sensei," Yashiro sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "So, please, stop following me."
"Uh, what's your name?" Yukari asked.
"I'm Yamato HIbiki. But you can just call me Hibiki," he smiled cheerfully. "What's your name senpai?"
"I'm Yukari and this is Fuuka," Yukari introduced herself and indicated the meek, teal haired girl.
"Okay then!" he laughed. "Weren't you going to teach me some boxing, please Yashiro-sensei?" HIbiki asked.
"No, I told you already, I'm not going to teach you any boxing," Yashiro said, rubbing his temple.
"Who said teaching boxing?"
"Oh you," Yashiro sighed. "You know what Hibiki? Go over to him. I'm sure he'd be more than happy to teach you about some fighting…"
"Heyo," Kanashi grinned, swinging his arm around Yashiro's neck. "So, my friend, you wanna learn how to fight?"
"Yup," Hibiki nodded.
"You've come to the right place, what's yo face?" Kanashi chuckled.
"He's Yamato Hibiki," Yukari explained.
"Oh. I just felt like I saw a very obvious reference to something, but okay," Kanashi nodded slowly.
"Get off me!" Yashiro yelled, trying to pull away from Kanashi to no avail.
"You aren't going anywhere sugar high boxer boy," Kanashi grinned. "Well then Hibiki, lemme teach ya a thing or two about beating people up!"
Hibiki blinked and nodded slowly. "How are you going to do that?"
"By beating this guy up of course," Kanashi answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What!?" Yashiro exclaimed.
"But having two sensei beat each other up is bad," Hibiki shot worried looks at the both of them.
"Sensei now? Eh, but how else you gonna learn if ya don't know what a beat down is?" Kanashi asked.
"Oh please, if anyone's getting trashed between the two of us, it's you," Yashiro muttered.
"What did you say, sugar high boxer boy?" Kanashi smirked at Yashiro.
"I said, imma beat you down!" Yashiro said as he reared up his fist and tried to throw a speedy uppercut at Kanashi.
"Haha, that's more like it!" Kanashi grinned as he dodged the uppercut and stepped in with a roundhouse kick.
"Guys, stop fighting!" Hibiki growled, making the two of them stop in their tracks, leaving both of their attempted attacks at that moment intercepted. "For sensei, you guys aren't very mature."
"Whoever said that just because these dumbfucks are older than you that they're mature?" a familiar voice spoke gruffly.
"Eh, true," Hibiki agreed. "But that still doesn't justify their immaturity. Hello, what's your name?"
Kurow raised an eyebrow and replied, "I'm Miharu Kurow, resident badass."
"Hah! The only badass around here is me!" Kanashi grinned.
"You're anything but a badass," Yashiro said with a disappointed voice.
"Will you guys shut up? You're making a racket!" Minato roared, shutting everybody up.
"Oh hey Minato-kun," Yukari smiled.
"Yeah, hey. Now you three. You want me to steal your cap, hoodie and scarf?" he growled.
"You wouldn't dare," the three of them said in unison.
"Oh I would," Minato scoffed.
"Um, excuse me, but what's your name senpai?" Hibiki asked Minato.
"Huh? I'm Arisato Minato," he answered slowly.
"Wow cool!" Hibiki laughed. "From now on I'm calling you Minato-sensei!"
"Well… I technically am a sensei, I suppose, but not for fighting, that's for sure," Minato sighed quietly, rubbing the back of his head.
"…why didn't I suggest that before?" Yashiro blinked. "Why don't you go with Minato? He's stronger than all of us."
"Really?" Hibiki asked.
"Yeah…" Kanashi said reluctantly.
"He wrecks shit when he fights," Kurow shrugged. "Better than I do actually."
"Geez guys," Minato groaned. "I just came here to run away from a girl, not to get pulled into tutoring someone on how to fight."
"Running from a girl?" Hibiki asked.
"Would that be Nyxie-chan?" Kanashi chuckled.
"Shut up Kanashi," Minato growled.
"Did you just call me 'Nyxie-chan'?"
Immediately Minato froze up and turned around to face the voice that he just heard. "No, I did!" he blurted out. He just realised what he said and quickly tried to run from Nyx, but this time he was caught by his collar. "Oh crap…"
"Oh. Okay then," Nyx shrugged. "Why're you running, Minato?" she asked.
"N-None of your business?" he said weakly.
"Hey, he's totally fallen for h-" Hibiki began, but Minato gave a pleading look to him that told him not to say the rest of that sentence aloud.
"Come on Minato, tell me," Nyx sighed, still not letting go of Minato.
"I-I'll tell you about it later…" he whimpered before getting dragged off by Nyx to the rooftop.
"He's like a little puppy, kinda like Koromaru!" Kanashi guffawed.
"That was probably the largest moment of weakness I have seen from Minato thus far," Yashiro noted.
"They should grab a room and make out already," Kurow said nonchalantly.
"Um, so, Minato likes this Nyxie person?" Hibiki asked as they were a distance away from the four.
"Yeah. The guy's head over heels for her!" Kanashi continued laughing, clutching his stomach.
"I see what you mean now," Yashiro sighed. "So maybe Minato's a lovebird, but I doubt that Nyx thinks the same way…"
"Yeah, unfortunate," Kurow nodded. "But hey, the world's an imperfect place."
"Um, do I know you from somewhere?" Hibiki asked Kurow.
"Do you?" Kurow raised an eyebrow.
"I dunno, you just seem pretty familiar," Hibiki shrugged before turning around to face the direction that Nyx was dragging Minato off to. "Um, Kurow-san?"
"Shoot," he said.
"Do you know how to fight too?" Hibiki asked.
"Hell yeah!" Kurow grinned. "Better than these dumbfucks."
"Really?" Hibiki asked.
"No wait. Don't tell me you're actually considering him as your sensei?" Yashiro pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Yeah, I am," Hibiki nodded.
"Hahahaha, suckers," Kurow laughed.
"But cuss anymore and I'll flip a table on you," Hibiki deadpanned at Kurow.
"I'd like to see you try!" Kurow smirked.
"It's not as if I asked you guys to teach me how to fight just because I didn't know how to, you know?" Hibiki shrugged.
"Oh?" Kanashi raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah," Hibiki nodded before turning around and throwing a jab at Kanashi, but just stopping short of his nose. "You want proof?"
"Now this is interesting!" Kanashi grinned as he felt the force come from just his jab, before stepping in heavily and trying to get an elbow into Hibiki.
Hibiki held up his arm as a side block to defend against Kanashi, and to Kanashi's surprise, he didn't even flinch. It was like his defences were super high and maxed out even.
"Okay, this I wasn't expecting," Yashiro blinked.
"Heh, you haven't seen anything yet, sensei!" Hibiki smiled cheerfully as he straightened out his palm and tried to score a chop on Kanashi's neck.
AN: And so the newest arc begins with the introduction of a new character. You can ask him questions now too!
Plz box me yo thoughts and imma see ya guys later.
Anakin: Oh. Final Fantasy. I don't really play that. Or at all.
Hm, a bit young for that aren't I? Anyways… So Here We Are by Bloc Party.
Raidou: Of course not, and I'm looking forward to that as well.
Yoshikunitsu: Yup. And I know. I would be. But I'm trying to keep the Velvet Room and this story separate. There's another story that you know that has Elizabeth in it. You might've noticed already, but we have been working a bit in tandem, so…
Haha, probably.
Yup, and yup.
Q/A SECTION
(Minato and Nyx) Convo 1: To Anakin.
Nyx: K-Kids?
Minato: It's just hypothetical… just go along with it…
Nyx: Alright?
Minato: Emperor and Strength for a boy.
Nyx: Empress and Judgement for a girl.
(SEES) Question 2: Dream wedding themes?
Minato: I don't know. More Than One Heart by Mayumi Fujita?
Nyx: Romeo and Cinderella by the Kagamine twins…
Junpei: Get Lucky by Daft Punk!
Yukari: Um… Love and Roll by Supercell?
Fuuka: Wedding themes? Oh um… Fix You by Coldplay?
Mitsuru: Wedding themes? Oh… Starry Eyed by Ellie Goulding.
Akihiko: Eh… Closer, Joe Inoue.
Ken: Um… I'm not sure. Snow Fairy by Funkist?
Kanashi: Hah, Whispers In The Dark by Skillet.
Yashiro: You say it like I will get married someday. Hm… The Ballad by Bang Camaro.
Kurow: What the hell kinda question is this? Ugh, Don't You Forget About Me, Simple Minds.
Koromaru: …arf! (Lions in Cages by Wolf Gang. Hypothetically.)
(Nyx and Minato) Convo 3: To Technodude.
Nyx: What is he babbling about?
Minato: …I'm going to say this straight. Nyx isn't in love with me.
Nyx: In love with you?
Minato: I'll explain it later. But probably a song.
(Nyx and Minato) Convo 4: To Yoshikunitsu.
Nyx: Hm… *looks at Minato*
Minato: …Huh? *raises eyebrow*
Nyx: *kisses him on the cheek*What? You didn't say where.
Minato: … *blushes and walks away awkwardly*
(Minato) Convo 5: To Yoshikunitsu.
Minato: I'm not THAT dense.
Makoto: The legendary headbutt! *bashes head on a wall, creating a large hole* Whoo!
Minato 2: … *deadpans and headbutts Makoto unconscious* I'd rather not do that again. *rubs forehead* He has a damned hard head.
(Hibiki) Question 6: Are you based on anyone?
Hibiki: I dunno about that! But I hope that if I am, he's nice and caring.