Hello everyone! Here's the next chapter! It's the longest chapter I've ever written to date. I thought I make it up to you guys for making you wait so long haha. Well I hope you enjoy! Please Review!
Yakumo sits in her desk with a couple other students she was now considered a part of, the trouble makers. Right now she should have been at the café with Sarah but for the little outburst during class she was stuck here in detention. The feeling of guilt and shame was still dwelling inside her. But so was another feeling. Something inside her was telling her that it was worth it. A lot of stress released in one outburst towards a teacher. With all that was going on in her life she needs a little stress relief.
"Alright your free to go." The teacher says.
Everyone stands up and leaves the class with few words. Yakumo was wondering if Harima heard about what happened. What does he think about her now?
"Yakumo!" someone calls from behind her. Yakumo turns to see her best friend Sarah. Right at the moment she was a little scared of what Sarah might say. "What happened early today? I mean I've never seen you yell at someone like that." She asks.
Yakumo didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell her the real reason. That she was really confused about Harima watching her earlier in the day. So she came up with the next best answer "I don't know…I just did it." She says.
This answer didn't sit well in Sarah's mind. But with Yakumo's arm broken it might be messing with her head. She didn't know what to say to that. "I think we all get in trouble once in are life I guess." She says as they walk towards the school gates. "What do you think Tenma will say?" She asks.
Yakumo felt a cold chill down her spine. She had forgotten about Tenma. What will she say? What does she think? "I don't know…" she says.
Sarah could tell that this was really starting to stress out Yakumo so she changes the subject "So do you still want to get something at the café? I can imagine that you must be hungry after your ordeal. " she says.
"Sorry but I have to go to the store. I still have to help cook dinner." Yakumo said as she stopped at the street corner.
"Alright then I'll see you tomorrow then. Try not to stress too much!" Sarah says continuing down the side walk.
Yakumo stood alone for a moment. She was feeling the backlash of her outburst. But a part of her didn't really care. When she really thought about it not caring made things easier to bear. Some of the stress was slowly going away. Then the thought of Harima came to mind. Yakumo really wanted to know what he thought. She was going to find out one way or another.
Meanwhile
"Well Miss Tsukamoto your application is…interesting." The owner of the Café says looking at the unfinished form.
Tenma pigtails spring up "You really think so!" she says cheerfully.
The man lower the form "But I have one important question." He looks at Tenma and examines her carefully. "How do you feel about Cosplay?"
Tenma's raises her eyebrow "Huh cosplay? What's that?" she asks raising an eyebrow.
"Let me rephrase how do you like dressing up in many different outfits everyday?" he asked.
Tenma smiles "Oh when you put it that way I love it!"
"The job is yours." He says tossing the application aside.
Tenma claps her hands "Yessss! When do I start?" she asks.
"Right now."
Back with Yakumo
Yakumo enters the store and grabs what she needs for dinner. The last thing on her list was the Zinegama manga book for Tenma. She makes her way to the back of the store where the books were. When she got there what she saw made her heart jump. Harima was standing in front of the Zinegama books. He was looking through one of the books lost in whatever story he was reading. For a moment it threw Yakumo off. She didn't know that he liked manga. Normally Yakumo would wait until he left but she was already running late. "Alright just go and grab a copy. Plus it's not like he's going to notice me anyways." She thought trying to calm her racing heart. Yakumo took a deep breath and walks down the lane towards Harima. She stops a couple feet away from him red as cherry.
Harima notices that someone is next to him. He looks out of the corner of his eye to see it was a girl. The thing that freaked him out was that fact she went to Yagami high. If word got out that he liked manga everyone would laugh. The thought of Tenma laughing at him caused him to choke up a bit. He had to get out of here. But as he's about to leave Harima something catches his eye. The girl next to him looked really familiar. Harima examines this girl from the safety of his sunglasses.
Yakumo knew that something was up. Harima wasn't moving like before, and Yakumo could feel his eyes resting on her. She stood there frozen like a deer in head lights. So many things were going through her mind "Why is he staring at me? Did I do something? I can't see his thoughts…" she thought on trying to come up with something. Harima on the other hand was running through the day's events. It wasn't like him to be caught up like this. The only girl he ever thought of was Tenma. Why was this girl causing him to think like this?
Then it hit him "Holy crap! This is Tenma's sister she was walking with Tenma this morning! And now she knows I like Manga! What if she goes to Tenma? Damn it that can't happen!" Harima thought clinching his fist in.
Yakumo took a step back because Harima looked very distress. He was sweating, his fist was raised, and he had a trembling a bit. "I really wish I could read his mind." Yakumo thought now staring at Harima.
Harima seems to claim down. He readjusts his sunglasses and slowly turns to Yakumo. "Hey…Listen I know you know me and I know you…" Harima says trying to control his voice. Yakumo was shocked that he was talking to her. Not only that but he remembered her from the time he saved her. But truth be told Harima had no idea that Yakumo was the same girl from that night. He never got a good look at her. Harima went on "…But could you not tell anyone about seeing me here? It would damage my reputation and everyone would laugh at me…" he said trying to play off the tough guy look which wasn't working.
Yakumo could tell that she was making Harima uneasy. But her question was why? Her thoughts took her back to earlier when she saw him watching her. Yakumo cleared her voice "Yeah of course Harima. I wouldn't tell anyone." She says looking into his sunglasses. If only she could see his eyes…
The tension between the two slowly went down. Harima sighs in relief "Ok…Thanks…" he says putting the manga book back. Harima starts to head for the exit but stops and turns back to Yakumo "Uh see you later I guess…" he says almost forcing it out.
Yakumo could help but stare in awe "Sure…" is all she could say. With that Harima leaves the store. Yakumo looks at the time and gasps. She was supposed to be home ten minutes ago. Tenma would sure be waiting on her now. She grabs a copy of Zinagama and went to pay for everything. Afterword's she head for the door when some kind of alarm went off. It caused her to jump a bit.
"Excuse me? Do you have anything else that you didn't pay for?" The cashier asked.
Yakumo looks through the bag and finds nothing she didn't pay for. "Umm I sure I paid for everything. Everything on the receipt is in here if you want to check?" she said walking back in the store.
"No its ok dear we sometimes have problems with these things go on ahead." The cashier says waving her on.
Yakumo doesn't question it much and heads home. On the way there she was trying to think of what she was going to tell Tenma about earlier. She hoped that Tenma wouldn't be too disappointed. After a couple minutes Yakumo finally got home. To her surprise Tenma wasn't home yet. She checks her cell phone to see a text message from Tenma. It said that she got on the job at the café and was starting work that day. But the final words cause her to drip a drop of sweat "We need to have a talk when I get back." Yakumo already knew what she was talking about. The news of her little outburst must of spread fast. The thought made her a little angry; she wished that everyone would mind their own business. She wished that they would just leave her alone. Then she remembers how relieved she felt when she yelled her at teacher. Not caring about her actions got a lot of boys to look for someone else. What would happen if she kept this up? Would things go back to the way they were if she plays it off as a onetime thing? What would happen if she convinced everyone that she was changing…to be like Harima.
"Yakumo I'm home!" Tenma calls walking in the front door.
"I'm in the kitchen Tenma!" Yakumo calls back.
Tenma walks in the Kitchen "Hey Yakumo…You cooking dinner?" she asks. Yakumo could tell that Tenma was a bit nervous. Tenma most likely didn't want to believe it was true. But then again what else was she going to tell her?
"Yeah…I sure you heard about…me right?" Yakumo asked scared to hear Tenma's response.
Tenma shifted around a bit "So it's true then. You really did tell off your teacher." She said a bit sad.
Yakumo turns to Tenma "What? I just yelled out No. I wouldn't call that telling off a teacher." She said.
Tenma looked a bit relieved "Oh ok…I thought that story was a bit too far out haha." She laughs walking to Yakumo's side. "So did you get my copy of Zinagama?" she asks.
"Yeah it should be in the bag right there." Yakumo points to the shopping bag on the counter.
Tenma walked to the bag and looked through it "Ummm it's not in here. Are you sure you got it?" Tenma asked.
Yakumo walks over and looks through the bag "I sure I got it." She says thinking back. Tenma was looking at the receipt.
"You didn't get it…its not on the receipt." Tenma said.
Those words send chills down Yakumo's spine. The book was in her uniforms coat inside coat pocket. Without really thinking about it she must have put it in there. "Oh…I guess I really did forget." She lied. Yakumo couldn't let Tenma find out about this. At the current moment this wouldn't help her at all. The store was closed already and she would take it back tomorrow and pay for it. Yakumo walk to pick up her coat so she could take it to her room. But with her rotten luck the book fell out onto the floor.
Tenma exchanges looks between the book and Yakumo. It takes a couple seconds for Tenma to figure it out. A shocked look slowly appears on her face "I…I…I can't believe you! You stole this book didn't you!" she says pointing at Yakumo.
"No it's not what you think!" Yakumo says throwing her hands up in protest.
"Really then why would you lie to me? What about earlier? Did you really just say no? Or did you tell the teacher off like everyone said you did." Tenma asked. Yakumo could tell that Tenma was starting to get angry. She had never been this way with Yakumo in the past. Yakumo didn't know what to say that this point. Even with a good explanation Tenma wasn't going to believe. "Tomorrow you're going to take this back and pay for it!" she says putting it on the counter.
Yakumo just nods as Tenma storms out of the room. This hole she was getting herself into was just getting deeper and deeper. Did she really want to go down this path? Just for someone like Harima? At this point she still wasn't sure. Sure it felt good but in the long run would it work out? Or will it just destroy her. Yakumo finished with dinner and brought in to the table. Tenma was already waiting too hungry to be mad. But they ended up eating in silence. Yakumo couldn't help but look at Tenma's thoughts. She seems very confused about the whole situation. She didn't want to believe that her sister was turning into a bad egg. Yakumo decided to ease some of the tension. There was a question on her mind that she wanted to ask Tenma about. It was a love question and since Tenma claims to know a lot about that she thought she ask her. "Hey Tenma…can I ask you something?" she said breaking the silence.
Tenma jumps a bit "Oh yeah…anything Yakumo." She says.
Yakumo could feel a blush already burning on her cheeks "Well…if you love someone…How far would you go to get their love?" she asks looking down at the floor.
Tenma is a bit thrown by the question but thinks about it. How far would she go for Karasuma? The better question for her was how far has she already gone? She already clime down the school wall with plungers to avoid being seen coming out of the restroom by him. She shot arrows at him and saved his life from bank robbers already. At this point Tenma would do almost anything for him minus killing someone or doing something very dishonorable before marriage. Tenma comes up with an answer "Well…I guess anything. To win someone's love you have to be ready to try the impossible. You have to make yourself stand out. Which means stepping out of your comfort zone. Just ask yourself this question. How far have you gone to get their love? What have you done to make your fantasy a reality…wait a minute! You never told me who the luck guy was!" Tenma said in a happy tone. This was good news indeed for Tenma. She had wanted her sister to feel the warmth she felt from loving someone. That love was the best thing in the world.
Yakumo nods "that's a secret." She said with a smile.
Tenma scoots over to Yakumo "Come on Yakumo! You got to tell your big sister! I could help you a lot if you tell me!" she says begging her younger sister. At this point Tenma kind of forgot how mad she was at Yakumo.
Yakumo just smiles and shakes her head "Sorry Tenma…maybe some other time. I need to do this on my own for now but thanks." She says taking the plates back to the kitchen with her one good arm. But before she got too far Tenma stopped her and took the plates. Saying that she needed to rest so that her arm could heal. Yakumo didn't protest and she went to her room. Harima knew that she was alive and remember about the night he saved her. Tenma was right, Yakumo needed to step out of her comfort zone. She had to step up her game and make herself stand out to Harima. But the big question was how? Yakumo thought about this for a while. But at the moment she could really think of anything. So she decided to sleep on it. Maybe seeing Harima again would give her ideas.
The following day
Yakumo and Tenma walk to school like they always did. It wasn't until they reached the school that everything changed. Tenma said that she had to take care of something and ran off. Yakumo headed for class but something was different about everyone around her. A group of girls were just staring with a somewhat concerned look on their faces. For the first time since starting at Yagami High she couldn't read anyone's thoughts. For once it was quite in the halls. "Why is everyone staring at me? I mean I just yelled at a teacher it's not like I killed anyone." She thought continuing down the hall. Just then Sarah came over the corner and the look on her face scared Yakumo.
She looked very angry about something "Yakumo could you explain to me this picture!" she said in an angry tone. Sarah held up a picture of Yakumo leaving the store yesterday. From the angle it was taken you could see the Zinegama book in her uniform coat.
Yakumo takes the picture "What! Where did you get this? This isn't what it looks like Sarah I can explain!" she says crushing the picture and putting it in the trash.
Sarah calms down a bit "Ok I sure you just forgot to pay for it…but that's not what everyone else thinks." She says looking over her shoulder.
"Wait what do you mean? How many of these pictures are there?" Yakumo asks feeling something that made her uneasy.
"I don't know…but there a lot of them." Sarah said.
Normally Yakumo wouldn't get mad very often and when she did it would quickly pass. But this was different that fact someone took a picture of her and giving it to everyone in the school made her very angry. "Who gave the picture to you?" Yakumo asks wanting to know.
Sarah was really worried about Yakumo at this point. She had never seen her like this. Yakumo had her fist clinched and it was shaking like she wanted to hit someone. Sarah was scared of what she might do so she lied "Someone dropped it in the hall. Are you going to be ok Yakumo?" she asks putting a hand on her shoulder.
Yakumo takes a deep breath and calms down "Yeah…but I just…it was a misunderstanding at the store. As a matter of fact I plan to go pay for it after school. But just the fact someone would do this to me…makes me…angry and sick." She says continuing down the hall. Yakumo was going to find out who was giving out this picture. But then again what was she going to do when she found out? Yakumo decided to wait until she faces the person. For now she had to get through the day first.
Meanwhile Tenma was also concerned about this. She didn't like that someone had done this. But she didn't haft to look for to find out who did it. Besides who else in the school sell a picture like this?
END OF PART 3
Come on! It shouldn't be that hard to figure out...Its Fuyuki if you really don't know haha.
A/N: Ugh sorry it took four weeks to get this chapter out. Working on this story as been odd haha. Could of made it longer but when I came up on 3000 words I said should end it there.
Personal Notes:Work has been getting in the way. But anyways I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I made it longer just for you guys haha! Its hard to say when the next update will be. But don't worry I'll work on it when time permits it. Moving out of the family house with my bro so going to be busy with the move. Until next time please Review!
