Chapter 26:
3rd Person POV:
"Why?... Just why?" asked Hikigaya while looking at a limousine owned by the Yukinoshita family parked in front of their house, peeking at it's window is Komachi waving her hand towards her brother.
"Onii-chan! I look like a princess aren't I? Otou-san and Okaa-san took a ride with a separate car too! Your girlfriend's parents are the best!You'll ride with me right?" asked Komachi.
"Sigh... Komachi I have no girlfriend, also, you shouldn't just enter a stranger's car you know? What if they are evil?" said Hikigaya.
"But you'll save me if they're evil right?" said Komachi with great confidence in her brother.
"Yes I would but I can't save you all the time, so come out of there and ride the bike with me instead we're gonna be late for school, its safer with me, Yukinoshita family drivers are only good for crashing vehicles" said Hikigaya.
"Nope, I'd rather take this first class ride, Driver-san! Let's go!" shouted Komachi which caused the limousine to move.
"That rascal!" said Hikigaya.
Hikigaya then proceeded to remove the stand of his bike but it halted when another limousine stopped in front of his house.
The window of the limousine rolled down revealing Yukipapa.
"Hachi! Let's go to school together!" excitedly said Yukipapa.
Then, a hand pushed Yukipapa's face out of the view making way for another face to ppek at the window, Yukinoshita waved at Hikigaya and said "Sorry for this Hikigaya-kun, but Father always gets what he wants, resistance is futile so just get in here"
After seeing Yukinoshita, Hikigaya blushed slightly and thought to himself "There's now way I can enter that car now!"
"Nah, no thanks! I'll just use my trusted bike!" said Hikigaya.
In an instant, Yukipapa created an icicle shard and launched it at the tires of Hikigaya's bike, destroying it.
"MY BIKE! NOOOOOO" cried Hikigaya.
"See? My car is more trustworthy than that bike of yours!" said Yukipapa.
Hikigaya had no choice now other than entering the limousine.
Time skip-
At the very back,the limousine offers a seat that could house three person, Yukipapa sitting in the right most part of the seat while looking at the window, in the middle is Yukinoshita, and at the left most part of the seat is Hikigaya who is like Yukipapa, looking at the window too.
Hikigaya is doing his best to not stare at Yukinoshita.
"Her hair looks so beautiful"
"She smells nice too"
"She looks so strong and fragile at the same time"
"Someone that should be handled with care"
These thoughts are what is running around Hikigaya's head for the full duration of the ride.
Then suddenly, Yukinoshita started poking Hikigaya in the cheeks.
"Hikigaya-kun, look at this!" said Yukinoshita to get Hikigaya's attention but he seems to be so lost in his thoughts.
She poked harder.
"Ouch! Why the sudden physical abuse?" asked Hikigaya.
"Look!" shouted Yukinoshita with an enthusiasm of a child.
Yukinoshita opened her palm and created tiny snowflakes.
"Whoah!" said Hikigaya, his eyes filled with sparkles.
His nervousness were replaced by amusement and shock.
"You knew magic now? What else could you do?" asked the curious Hikigaya.
"If I focused enough, I can produce a snowball" confidently said by Yukinoshita.
"I thought her that!" chimed in Yukipapa but is ignored by the two.
"Do you think we could practice together? You are more adept in magic than me after all" said Yukinoshita.
"Eh? Why me? I'm only good at using the four basic elements, and ice magic is a specialization, keep practicing with your father instead" answered Hikigaya.
Suddenly, Yukipapa started crying.
"NOOOO! I'M NOT READY YET! MY YUKINO IS BEING STOLEN BY A MAN! But since it Hachi, it's ok, but NOOOOO! IT'S TOO EARLY! I HAVE SPENT 17 YEARS NURTURING MY YUKINO! ITS TOO UNFAIR TO SUDDENLY LOSE HER! Maybe I should start coming up names for MY upcoming grandchildren, WHAAAAAHAAAA! MY BABY IS A GROWN-UP NOW!" cried Yukipapa.
The two on the other hand, is embarrassed.
"I already told you Otou-sama, after that date, we only decided Tobe proper friends, nothing more, nothing less" said Yukinoshita.
"Right... Proper friends huh? I'LL MAKE SURE YOU TWO WILL BECOME IMPROPER FRIENDS DOING IMPROPER THINGS AT EACH OTHER! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" shouted Yukipapa.
Meanwhile...
At the other world...
A king sits on his throne, adorned with precious stones, a golden crown on his head, an emerald necklace on his neck, a bright red cape on his shoulders and under it is his regal white robe.
The King of Bramahal, father of Sylphia and Ruby is talking to his generals and advisors.
"How is the progress of the CUBE going?" asked the blonde king, with his red eyes awiting response.
"The CUBE will be operational in schedule" said one of the generals.
"Good, how's the SPHERE then? Thats the most crucial part of this invasion" asked the king.
"Our engineers and top mages are still doing some adjustments in the SPHERE" answers the general.
"I want the SPHERE operational next week!" demanded the king.
"Yes my liege! It will be done!" answered the advisors and generals before leaving the throne room, leaving only one person with the king.
"And you... How is the PYRAMID going?" asked the king.
"The Arc Mage is doing his best completing the PYRAMID, but he needs more Lunar Stones to complete it" explains the advisor.
"Give him what he needs, the survival of this world is at stake!" said the king.
"Yes my liege!" shouted the advisor.
Back at Hikigaya...
Hikigaya and Yukinoshita were dropped off in the front of their school.
Are they finally away from Yukipapa's clutches? Of course no! Now the two of them are being escorted from a far by Yukipapa's men!
The two have now separated their ways and have gone to their respective classrooms.
"They really think they are being sneaky huh?" said Hikigaya as he saw one of Yukipapa's men in his peripheral vision.
On his way to his classroom, Hikigaya walked into Totsuka!
"Hey Totsuka! It's been a while! Did you finally solve your yakuza problems?" asked Hikigaya. (In case you forgotten, refer to chapter 17)
"I'm engaged now Hachiman" said Totsuka.
"Ehhh... Congrats?" said Hikigaya.
"This isn't something to be happy about Hachiman! I can't even decide on something myself anymore!" complained Totsuka.
Suddenly, someone in sunglasses wearing a white tuxedo and a cigarette on his mouth approached Hikigaya and shoved him away from Totsuka.
"Stop bothering our young master you punk!" shouted the man.
"No! He is my friend!" said Totsuka to the man.
"No, it's we whom decides who can be your friends, its for your safety young master, what if an enemy yakuza tried to attack you?" explained the man.
"Thanks for your concern Kintaro, but Hachiman here is a good guy!" reasoned Totsuka.
"Someone named after the god of war? With that look in his eyes? I doubt it" retorted Kintaro.
"Hey!" shouted Hikigaya in disagreement.
Then suddenly, someone shoved Kintaro away from Hikigaya!
Its a man in black tuxedo! "Hey, if isn't it an Onigawara thug? The prison is over there, only the functioning members of society are allowed here" its one of Yukipapa's men!
"What? Can you say that again? " Kintaro taunted.
"Wanna fight?" said the man in black tuxedo.
Both of the men reached out to their pockets.
"You two are not going to have a gun fight here right?" asked Totsuka.
Both of them quickly pulled out their hands out of their pockets!
They both pulled out phones!
"I NEED BACK UP! THE ONIGAWARAS ARE HERE! THEY ARE ATTACKING YUKINO-SAMA'S FRIEND!"
"I NEED BACK UP! THE YUKINOSHITAS ARE HERE! THEY ARE ATTACKING YOUNG MASTER!"
Shouted the two grown men in unison.
In minutes, the school was filled with Yukinoshita thugs wearing black tuxedos and Onigawara thugs in white tuxedos.
Leading the Yukinoshita group is none other than Yukipapa himself!
"Yoichiro-san?" asked the confused Hikigaya.
And leading the Onigawara group is a man in traditional Japanese clothing with a katana in hand, his face is chiseled and has a scar running across his nose bridge.
"That's my future father in law! Onigawara Kenji!" said Totsuka.
The two leaders walked towards each other.
"As always, the losers gonna be the one to pay the damages that's going to be dealt in this school" said Yukipapa.
"I know, I know, now let's fight!" answered Onigawara.
"Wait, wait, wait, are you really gonna fight here in a school where a lot of innocent people gathers?" asked Hikigaya.
"Don't worry! We'll only do hand to hand combat, none of us and our men will use guns" explains Yukipapa.
Then, Yukipapa created a sword out of ice and Onigawara draws out his katana.
"You just said that this will be a unarmed combat!" complained Hikigaya.
"Well, our swords are the extensions of our bodies so... Yeah, this doesn't count" said Onigawara.
"And you just exposed your self as a magic user to a normal person! That's dangerous! What if the government took interest in you and started disecting you to know where your magic is coming from?" asked the concerned Hikigaya.
"Do you think someone saying magic is real is gonna be believed by the many? No Right? So it's ok to be seen by only a few, not many, and we can just erase their memories! And also, this guy isn't a normal person, you see that katana? That's the Onikiba, a demonic blade. If the Yukinoshitas uses powers from the Yuki-Onna, the Onigawaras uses powers from the Oni" explained Yukipapa.
And the two started a sword fight which caused their men to fist fight each other too.
"Who is that?" asked Totsuka.
"Thats Yukinoshita's father, but hey! Your future father in law has a magic sword so maybe you can ask for one when you become a member of their family!" answered Hikigaya.
"Nah, I want to learn your magic! The ones I can use to peek! Anyways, I'm gonna be late so bye for now Hachiman!" said Totsuka before leaving.
Clangk!
Clangk!
Clangk!
The Yukinoshita and Onigawara thugs are having a fist fight and in the middle of them are Yukipapa and Onigawara having a sword fight.
Both has finesse way of using the blade.
Yukipapa threw 3 consecutive slashes.
Onigawara blocked the fist 2 slashes and parried the 3rd one, forcing Yukipapa to step back.
Its Onigawara's turn to attack now.
Onigawara dashed forward and swung his katana to the left then right.
Yukipapa tried to block these attacks but Onigawara's katana is a two handed weapon, meaning that his attack have more power than Yukipapa's one handed ice sword.
Onigawara powered through Yukipapa's defense, but because Yukipapa's weapon is lighter, Yukipapa quickly made a side step to evade the attack and then thrusted his sword towards Onigawara's hips
Onigawara evaded but not on time, his hips got a small cut from it and now his favorite traditional clothing is damaged!
"You! My wife picked this up for me!" complained Onigawara.
"Stop boasting! My wife picked up my suit for me too!" retorted Yukipapa.
"Heh, we can definitely see the gap between our wives" Onigawara snickered.
"Are you implying that your wife is better than mine?" asked Yukipapa.
This made their thugs stop fighting and proceed to watch their bosses.
"The real fight is about to begin" said a Yukinoshita thug.
"The score is 17-17, we can finally see who has the better matriarch, Yukinoshita or Onigawara" said an Onigawara thug.
"Wait? This is a normal thing? They boasts each other's wives at each other?" asked Hikigaya.
"Yes" all of the thugs answers in unison.
"Hah! My wife can cook 3 dishes with just 3 hours!" boasted Onigawara.
"Well, my wife can cook 3 dishes in 2 and a half hours!" taunted Yukipapa.
"Wow, that time seems short for preparing a dish, is the taste good?" snickered Onigawara.
"... It ok, well, is your wife's cooking delicious?" asked Yukipapa.
"... Well, it ok too, but it's because we always leave the cooking to our cooks! I bet my wife will be so good at cooking if the wanted too!" said Onigawara.
"Whoah! The same thing with my too!" agreed Yukipapa.
"Anyways, my wife is better" taunted Yukipapa.
"No! My wife is!" argued Onigawara.
"Ugh, this is going nowhere, what if we just make our wives fight each other?" proposed Yukipapa.
"I'd like to watch that, but are they gonna agree to it?" asked Onigawara.
"Maybe if we begged enough" suggested Yukipapa.
"Yes! Let's do it!" agreed Onigawara.
Watching this, Hikigaya looked at one of the Yukinoshita thugs and asked "Why are they agreeing to each other now like they were friends?"
"It's because they are friends" answered the Yukinoshita thug.
"Then why are they fighting? Why are you and the others fighting?" asked Hikigaya.
"Because we can" answers the thug.
"But the two groups were so hostile to each other!" reasoned Hikigaya.
"Oh! It's that little act we put so that people around us will think we're enemies for real! Makes us look more cool and awesome!" answers the thug.
"It only makes you guys look like violent idiots!" retorted Hikigaya.
Then suddenly, Hikigaya, Onigawara, and Yukipapa felt something.
The trio all looked up at the sky and saw a portal opening.
"Oi, evacuate everyone away from here" commanded Onigawara to his men.
"I want you to make a parameter around this school, make sure no one enters here" commanded Yukipapa to his men.
"Yes sir!" responded the Yukinoshita and Onigawara thugs before leaving.
Now it's just Hikigaya, Yukipapa, and Onigawara. All of them are preparing for what's about to come out of the portal.
The portal widens, and came out of it is a man in black robe, his face covered by a hood, at the left hand of the man is a white SPHERE and to his right is a rusty sword.
"Well, well, well... The original is here! How lucky am I to find you this early!" said the man in black robe.
Its the Hikigaya clone!
The Hikigaya clone threw the SPHERE high up in the sky, the SPHERE started glowing bright blue.
"What did he do?" asked Yukipapa.
"I don't know" answered Onigawara.
"I'm not asking you!" said Yukipapa.
"I don't know too" said Hikigaya.
But when they looked again at Clone but he is gone now!(This what we'll call the Hikigaya clone now)
"Where is he?" asked Yukipapa.
"I don't know" answered Onigawara.
"I'm not asking you" said Yukipapa.
"Again? I'm your friend right? Rely on me!" said Onigawara.
...
"Hachi my boy, answer my question" asked Yukipapa.
Hikigaya is gone!
"Where is Hachi!" asked Yukipapa.
"..." Onigawara didn't say a word.
"I'M ASKING YOU NOW!" said Yukipapa.
"Oh...now you want to rely on me" argued Onigawara.
"Oh, now is not the time Kenji!" shouted Yukipapa.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" their bickering got Interrupted by a scream that is being louder by the second.
Hikigaya fallen down from heaven at bullet speed!
His fall made a crater on the ground.
Yukipapa and Onigawara quickly ran towards Hikigaya.
"What happened to you?" asked Onigawara.
While still laying on the ground, Hikigaya answered "He teleported me and himself high up in the atmosphere, then he slammed me back into the ground"
"He is powerful, more powerful than me, and what's more frightening is that he looks the same as me" Hikigaya added.
Then, purple laser beams came down raining on the trio.
Hikigaya recovered from his fall and the 3 of them started blocking the lasers aimed at them.
Then, the lasers stopped.
The 3 looked and watched a Clone slowly descent from the sky looking down at them with a smirk.
"We prepared so much plans and weapons and plans for and invasion and this is all the resistance we'll get? How rude." said Clone.
CHAPTER END-