Things weren't looking good once the Task Force arrived to the scene, viewing what they seen in their eyes. Destruction around the area, thankfully no one was hurt during the match, still inexcusable for the damage the two duelists caused. The drama slowly started to calm down, as one by one students taken their leave from the scene, some frightened to the core for witness such a tragedy. The Medical Team finally arrived, placing both Johan and Takashi into separate stretchers, waltzing out of here with once in custody. The group watched being carried away only hoping for the best, being interrupted from their thoughts once the male walked up to the girls, looking down at them, showing that he taller.
To everyone's surprised, Delthea bowed her head to the man, trying her best to hold her tears, knowing that she's making an ugly face from all the crying she done during the duel. The male sighed as he placed his right hand onto her head, petting it to give her some comfort. It worked, she slowly calmed down which made things easier for him to speak now.
"Listen, why don't the three of you go home?" He requested, withdrawing his hand away from Delthea's head, it's a mess right now, so the principle won't be happy to hear about this little... fiesta that you guys caused."
"You hear-" Shizuka asked, before she was interrupted by him.
"We've all heard in the cafeteria, next time being discreet about it." He exclaimed, taking his leave, "Even if you guys tried, the school would've taken noticed. Think of this as a learning experience, make sure it doesn't happen again or you'll be suspended for breaking the rules."
"What is your name at least!? So, I can thank you properly!" Delthea asked nicely, as he turned his head view at her, until Shizuka explained.
"His name is... Ryuuji Akimoto." Replying to Delthea's question, as they watch Ryuuji finally taken his leave.
The girls looked at each other, once all the commotion finally ended, not knowing what to say to each other since they are on bad terms. Delthea turned away from the two, clenching her hand into a fist, believe it was her fault. Due to the fact, Johan took action instead of her, which resulted to him being treated for overextension. Yurika reached her hand out towards Delthea, in attempt to comfort, noticing right away as she slapped her hand away from her. Glaring at her enemy, while tears slowly trailed down from her cheeks. Revealing to them, how upset she was.
"Don't touch me, Yurika..." Delthea said, in a soft tone, as she slowly took her leave, "We're not friends after all..."
The two-showed concern towards her, knowing that their helped is not wanted by her, even though, in their hearts, they want too. Bad blood still came in between them, despite the tragedy, all they can do is head home. Which, the two girls agreed on, taking their leave on the school noticing many eyes staring down at them, which made Shizuka uncomfortable. But she can't complain after what happened. Yurika seemed calm and collective about the situation, even while walking their usual route, she did not show any signs of distress about the whole thing. Once the two are finally alone, waiting for the sign to say "Walk." Yurika finally spoke her mind to Shizuka.
"Shi-Chan, I am sorry..." She said, sounding like her voice is breaking, "Sorry... for not stopping this before it got out of hand..."
Shizuka tried to comfort her ignoring the sign, as she moved her towards a bench, taking their seat. "Yurika, it's no one's fault. Things tend to happen, it was unavoidable, since both Johan and Takashi were already on bad terms."
Trying her best to address the fact that it was boys' decision to go all out for their own sakes, which slowly calmed down Yurika's thoughts. Exhaling, both the girls were exhausted from all the emotion drama they endured for the day.
"I will be heading home through here, be careful on the way back okay?" Showing concern for her friend, taking her leave after Shizuka nodded in agreement, "See ya tomorrow, Shi-Chan!"
With that, Yurika waved her arm saying goodbye in her action, having a smile, which made Shizuka happy. Once she finally took her leave, Shizuka headed home, on her way there, she noticed the bench where she sat on her first day off. Taking it upon herself, she revisits the bench once more, sitting down as cherry-pink colored petals scattered the area from the cherry-blossom trees. Watching the sunset slowly from her spot, smiling at the view, realizing she can't spend any more time here due to it being a school night, she forced herself up to break out of her comfort zone. Through her action, so noticed her card gliding down, touching the ground.
'Oh dear, better pick it up before it gets dirty.' She thought.
Getting on her knees, hovering right her hand on it, gently picks it up only to reveal that it was the same card she pulled out on her first day. "Red Dragon Archfiend." She took out her deck box, sliding it inside, and taken her leave. The past few days have been crazy for her, from the Ryuuji's Duel to Takashi's Duel. Despite all the trouble, it didn't sadden her one bit, understanding what it means to be a duelist. To win at all cost means willing to go through countless trials to overcome the odds, Takashi has proven a point in his match. She assumed it was the reason why he took the match instead of her, her question will be unanswered until Takashi returns to them.
Meanwhile, in the principal's office, Ryuuji was alone in the room with the head master, frustrated from what he heard before heading out. Ryuuji exhaled, not bother the situation, just annoyed that it took time away from him.
"So, any further damages I need to know about...?" He asked, hoping for any good insight from Ryuuji's view.
"No, just the two are unconscious from their duel" he explained, trying to calm the principal down, "But both duelists are from two rivalling clans, Ogawa and Suzuki."
"Is that so? Keep an eye on them, at any cost prevent a duel like this to happen." He ordered, looking out the window just to view the sunset from the distance, "Call their families, to pick up them up."
"Already done, Mr. Seijuro." Ryuuji stated, taking his leave, before he heard one final request from the principal.
"Ryuuji, remember. Keep an eye out during the Cherry-Blossom Festival." He exclaimed, as he watched Ryuuji walk out of the room, closing the door behind him, "I just hope this doesn't scare the next generation of duelist..."
Afterwards, night closing in on the town, Delthea walking down streets alone, thinking on what to do for the future once Johan returns to him. During all that, a group of three men were tailing her this whole time, being distracted with her thoughts alone, realizing she was being followed at the last minute. She began to run away from the group as they gave chase, preying on her for their own desires, being driven by both fear and adrenaline not giving herself a chance to slow down to be caught by their filthy hands. Unlucky for her, she was put into a corner after running for too long, her back against the wall as the three men closed on her.
"No... Please... Stop..." She begged, praying for a miracle, tears flooding from her eyes, she knew there is no one to protect her, "...JOHAN!"
Within that moment, the sky turned into night, as the neighborhood she was in, had no bystanders, all that was heard was a scream. No one knows what happened afterwards, the night ended, as morning rise and blessed the neighborhood with its warm sunlight, waking Shizuka up from her bed, the sunlight hit her face before the alarm went off. She turned it off before it rung, getting up from bed only wearing black colored panties and a tank top, messy blonde hair which she dislikes. Instantly, she walked to the bathroom to clean up.
"Hope today will be a little easier on all of us." she said to herself, hoping for a good day.
It was 6:13am, she had plenty of time to get ready, she got completely undressed, stepping into the shower and enjoyed the warm water spraying upon her body. Using the soap to wash herself, slowly, and used conditioner to wash the grease out of her hair. Washing away all the filth she felt on her body, as she turned off the shower and stepped out. Having a new pair of school clothes and underwear she had lay out for herself. Smiling, once she wearied her clothes and leaving the old one in the laundry basket, heading towards the kitchen to make herself some eggs. Taking out a pan, cutting a slice of butter just to lay it on the pan, turning on the stove as she watched it melt. Oiling the pan, as she cracked two eggs and opened them both on creating a sizzling sound. mixing the eggs together to make scramble eggs for a change.
She remembered to turn on the tv for the morning news, wanting to know what the weather will be here today, hearing the tv from the distance once she activated it with the remote. Going back to cooking, as she placed the eggs on the plate she plans eating off of. Washing the pan first before cleaning it with a scrub and soap, letting it air dry by itself, as she finally sat on the table to eat and watch tv. Enjoying her food with unsalted scrambled eggs, which her mother always made for her and Setsuna, until breaking news interrupted the channel news. What Shizuka saw caused her to drop the fork on the floor, walking up to the tv, her eyes locked onto the screen.
"What...?" she softly spoke.
What she saw was three bodies on the floor, decapitated bodies covered in a pool of their own blood, the reporter said it happened last night. The neighbors heard a scream coming from the alley and once they came to see what happened. Their bodies were found like this, and investigation was lay out, they were I.D. to be a group of students of Seijuro Academy. Another tragedy occurred, shocking Shizuka, as she took a seat on the couch, accepting what she just saw on the news, uncut. She sat there for an hour, letting her food stay cold, not wanting to go to Seijuro at the moment, but she forced herself up because attendance affects her grades.
She grabbed her bag on the way out, taking her time to walk, knowing that she had to turn off the tv and put her plate in the fridge for later. Seeing other students pass by her, with happy smiles and enjoying their usual chit chats. The news hasn't reached the student body yet, which is good for now, but would cause a panic, once it reached. Noticing Delthea taking the same path as Shizuka, she did not attempt to talk to her, despite of what happened yesterday. It couldn't be helped, they continued walking toward school, as Yurika waited at the front gate, walking passed Delthea, tense rose that moment and faded once Yurika and Shizuka began talking. Delthea stared at them for moment, seemly wanted to join in by refused herself and carried on with her day, her eyes seemed lifeless as she walked away from the person she used call her "friend."
"Shi-Chan, did you see the news?" she asked, concerned about the unfortunate event.
"Yeah, sadly. Seijuro students were killed last night..." Shizuka spoke softly, so none of the other students can overhear their conversation towards the tragedy, "It's a matter of time until the school talks about it..."
They both agreed to not talk about it, as they continued onward to the academy, which didn't take long for students to begin the talk of the town. Three Seijuro students were killed, a few tears were shredded by their friends. Shizuka can't imagine what their family be feeling at this time, knowing that their kid died last night. Lunch finally hit the school, the talk about the tragedy continued to rain down, the two girls finally took their seat without realizing that Delthea was already eating there. She instantly got up, without saying a word, getting ready to take a leave until Yurika spoke out.
"Delthea?" she asked her nicely, hoping for a proper response, "Will you eat with us?"
Shizuka noticed Delthea's hands gripping hard on the tray until it stopped, giving Yurika a proper response, "No, but thank you, I just finished eating. Good day."
"Okay..." she said, watching Delthea walk out of the cafeteria.
Once they finished their food, leaving the trays on top of the disposal box for the workers to clean up. Noticing that no duels were taking place today, probably due to the fact that is Friday. Instead, flyers of the Cherry-Blossom Festival were being handed out, Shizuka and Yurika were handed one, as the person carry them walked away. Surprised for the fact that the "Treasured Idol" is taking stage for the festival, the flyer said, "All are welcomed!"
"I guess Delthea will have a lot on their plate soon, I hope she does her best in the Festival." Yurika sounding happy for her, letting out a smile.
"You do care about her still, huh?" Shizuka asked, being certain of her question.
"Of course, it's just... Right now, her behavior is unforgivable at the moment, until she turns herself around, I can't be with her." she explained, looking down at the flyer.
"I am sure she will one day." Shizuka said, patting Yurika's back, as they went towards the library.
Delthea was watching them from afar, overhearing what Yurika said about her, which soured her mood even more than usual. Exhaling, as she headed to her classroom, thinking to herself.
'Shizuka, I will make sure you pay. For stealing Yurika away from me. That is a promise...'
The day finally ended for school, as everyone began to head home without delays, saying their goodbyes to enjoy their weekend. The most students seemed to have oved on about the tragedy while a handful will be mourning for them this weekend, truly a sad sight to see. Shizuka and Yurika were standing at the front gate, enjoying the view of the sun set once more before heading out, before they did Delthea passed the both of them first, not giving any expression towards them, until Shizuka spoke to her.
"Delthea, this weekend. Let's go and see them, both Johan and Takashi." softly speaking, "I am sure it will be more fun than going alone."
Delthea turned her head at Shizuka, her expression didn't change from before, "I am not going to see him for a while, I have things to do." she explained as she walked away from them, "But please, tell Johan... That I am sorry."
Confused with her response, the girls watched her walk out on them once again, with no backlash or anger coming out of her, something didn't seem right. They assumed she is still frightened from the duel, so they didn't pressure her into going with them.
"It's almost time for the Cherry-Blossom Festival, Shi-Chan." she said, as they started their walk, "You excited?"
"Of course, I am, I just hope Takashi will join us soon." being concern still about her friend, which got Yurika to giggle, "What is so funny?!"
"N-Nothing! It's just that Takashi has been looking forward to the festival, since he said 'The Festival of Amazing Spring Food!" they both begun to laugh together, which lightened the mood.
From a distance, a pair of student stared at the two girls that laughed out loud in public, a boy who seemed older than both Shizuka and Yurika was holding a piece of paper. It was the flyer of the Cherry-Blossom Festival. The boy had messy short navy-blue hair, silver eyes, and had a creepy smile on his face. His uniform wasn't from Seijuro Academy, but similar to it, instead of white, it was crimson red.
"The Cherry-Blossom Festival? Interesting..." he said, as he shoved the flyer in his pocket, and watched the sunset with the others, "Looks like a fun weekend ahead of us."
End of the Enrollment Arc...
I hope everyone enjoyed the final chapter of Dimensional Scales, season one that is!