This is my Second K-ON fanfiction. This story takes place during the girls senior year.
The Cursed Guitar! To Save Ui! Into Brane's World (Nodoka's Arc)
Chapter 39: Azusa's Escape Plan. (Part 1)
(Takes place after the events from the end of Azusa's arc)
Back at the castle, Brane and Ui and some of the Dark Figures, were making an early dinner. Azusa could smell the food. Her stomach growled.
"I hope he lets me have some." Azusa said to herself. A minion came to Azusa with a little snack. A muffin.
"Here." He said and Azusa takes it. "A snack from Brane." The figure then leaves as Azusa stared at the muffin. The minion went to Brane and whispered into his ear about giving Azusa the muffin. Ui wondered what it told him.
"Good." Brane whispered. He continued to make the dinner and told Ui what to do next. Ui chops up some onions and carrots and puts them in the pot. The early dinner is bacon potato soup.
"Is really smells good." Ui said and made a delightful sigh.
"It is. My minions love it." Brane said and stirred the soup. Dinner was gonna be good. Once it was finished Brane put in the fridge. Ui went back to her room and sat on her bed. Azusa was handcuffed again and Brane visited her during the afternoon. He gave some snacks before dinner and petted her head. She meowed at him and Brane loved it. Azusa then saw the key to her cell in Brane's pocket, perhaps she could steal them without him knowing. But how? Brane left the room and Azusa thought long and hard.
"I'm sure Brane has a spare key he uses. If I can get the one in his pocket, I can escape." Azusa said to herself. Her back slowly recovering from her whip session. If Azusa fails this, who knows what Brane would do to her. It was worth the shot. Hours go by and Azusa took a nap.
Back with the group, it was now time for dinner. The girls had dinner at a steak cafe. They brought Ritsu some food and visited her.
"How you feeling Ricchan?" Yui asked her as gave Ritsu her food.
"I'm feeling ok. Thanks for the food." Ritsu said and smiled.
"Welcome. I paid for it." Mugi said.
"Thanks Mugi." Ritsu opens her box of food. "Wow! This looks great!" Ritsu had a nice medium steak with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies.
"We also got you some water." Mio said and gave Ritsu her bottle of water to go with the food.
"Thank you Mio." Ritsu started to dig in. Jun was reading a magazine on Brane and his castle.
"Well Brane's no stranger to slaves." Jun stated, "He has had a lot of them. And most of them don't escape. If he does have Azusa as a slave likewise his pet..."
"Are you saying Azusa won't make it?" Mugi asked Jun.
"No...I mean that...we're gonna save her and Ui. No matter what. Azusa will not be one of those victims that can't escape Brane. We rescued her once and we will do it again. We might not be able to fight Brane one on one...but together we can beat him." Jun said and closed the magazine.
"That's the spirit Jun! We will save Azu-nyan and Ui! And will defeat Brane again!" Yui exclaimed.
Back at the castle Brane was checking in on Azusa. She pretended to be asleep. Brane decided to leave and as he did so, his spare key fell down. Azusa opened one eye and saw it. She quickly reached for it. Brane was clueless on it and used his other key he had by the front door to lock Azusa's cell.
"I have to keys for your cell just in case I lose one of them." Brane said and laughed. "See you later Azu-nyan." Brane leaves the room and Azusa looked at the spare key.
"That was easy than I thought it would be." Azusa smiled and hid the key under her litter box. "Once Brane is asleep. I'll use the key and get out of here. But I can't leave the castle just yet. I have to be careful. If I can keep this up for a few days, then maybe I can fool Brane. Just got to make sure to be back in here when he awakes to check up on me. I got you fooled Brane."
Ui was in her room, sitting on her bed. Brane entered inside. "Thank you for helping me with dinner."
"You're welcome sir." Ui smiled at Brane. "What time is it?"
"About 7 PM. I'll go and warm up dinner." Brane said and went to the door.
"Wait sir." Ui stopped Brane. Brane turned to Ui as she got off her bed. "What is down in the basement?"
"Nothing. Nothing is down there." Brane said and walked out. Did Brane knew that Ui was considering going down there? If she did would she get punished for it? She didn't want to risk it. Brane headed to the kitchen with Ui behind him. He got the soup out of the fridge and warmed it up. Dark Figures appeared and sat down at the dinner table, waiting for Brane. Ui served the Dark Figures their drinks, including Brane's drink. Ui got hers and sat down waiting for Brane to serve everyone the soup. Brane finished his and went to go see Azusa. He gave her a bowl of soup.
"Thank you sir." Azusa said and sipped the soup. "It's really good."
"Welcome, Azu-nyan." Brane said and then told Azusa to meow for him. "Meow for me Azu-nyan."
"Nya." Azusa meowed and sipped more of her soup. Brane chuckled and pets Azusa's head.
"Good kitty." Brane said and leaves Azusa's cell as Azusa ate her soup. Brane returned to the kitchen and puts his and Ui's bowls in the sink and cleans them. After the dishes were done Ui made her way back to her room upstairs. Brane returned to Azusa and got her bowl and disposed of it. Hours pass and Azusa had gotten a candy bar from Brane. He petted her head and she meowed for him again. Ui was in bed, fast asleep. Brane told Azusa he was going to bed. He also told her not to make any noises during the night.
"Yes sir." Azusa replied.
"Good kitty. I'll see you in the morning." Brane said and went to his room at the top of the tower. Azusa got the spare key and was going to get out of her prison cell.
"I can do this. I can do this." Azusa said took deep breaths and unlocked her cell and opened it. "I'm free." Azusa said and went up to the throne room. She saw Brane's crown on his throne chair and didn't see any of his minions around. Azusa looked at the crown and took it. She saw that it had sharp edges, it would be perfect to defend herself against the monster. Azusa went to the kitchen and opened the fridge, she was looking a drink and she found punch. She drinks it and went to use the toilet in the throne room. She goes and flushes it. She went out and saw a figure walking around. Azusa snuck on the figure and kills it with Brane's crown. The figure turned to fog and Azusa went upstairs. She went to Ui's room, thinking this was Brane and walked to the bed and slowly pulled the sheets. Ui wasn't in bed, she was in the restroom, she saw someone and touched Azusa's shoulder, thinking it was a minion.
"Huh?" Azusa slices Ui by accident, thinking it was a Dark Figure behind her. Ui got cut on her chest and Azusa made a run for it. Azusa trips and the crown fell out of her hands. Brane awoke and sat up.
"Better not be a damn minion." He said and went to go check on the noise. Azusa got back up and took the crown and quickly went back in her prison cell and locks the gate. Azusa puts the key under her littler box and hid the crown behind a small space behind her cell. Azusa then lied down and pretended to fall asleep. Brane checked on her. "Oh good...she's still in her cell." Brane took a sigh and checked the throne room and saw nothing. "Guess it was just my imagination." Brane went back to bed as Ui was bleeding. She wrapped her wound up and laid in bed.
"Why would a minion attack me?" Ui asked herself. "Or was it a minion?"
Yui was struggling to sleep that night. She was having a dream, rather, a vision. She saw Azusa Nakano locked up in a chamber, bruised and broken. Her tears were bloody. She then called out.
"Senpais...save me. Save Ui. Save us all." Azusa cried and Yui awoke in sweat and panting. She looked out her window and saw the dark moon.
"Azu-nyan? Is it true that Brane has you again?" Yui asked and went back to bed. The morning came and Ui was talking with Brane in her room.
"Someone attacked you?" Brane asked, stroking his beard.
"Yes sir. I don't know if it was one of your minions? Or maybe it was just a misunderstanding." Ui looked at her wound as Brane healed it.
"Very well then. I will speak to ALL of them right now." Brane said and went to the throne room with Ui. 10 Minions were lined up as Brane walked by them. Ui stood near Brane's throne chair, with no crown, and looked at Brane. "Who attacked Ui last night?" None of the minions answered as they looked at one another. "Well!?"
"Sir...we were all asleep. None of us went to Ui's room." Said the first minion in line. Brane walked to him and looked at him in the eyes.
"Perhaps one of you decided to check on Ui for me?" Brane looked at Ui, then back at the first minion.
"Well sir...we would never attack her unless she was being bad. Perhaps it was an accident." The minion told Brane.
"Anyone else have a say in this?" Brane turned to the others. No one said anything. "All right, I guess it was just a misunderstanding. Get back to work you guys."
"Yes sir." The minions saluted and went their separate ways. Brane sat at this throne, Ui looked at him.
"I wonder where my crown is."
"Maybe a Minion misplaced it." Ui said to Brane. He looked at Ui and gave a sigh.
"Look for it Ui." He ordered her.
"Yes sir." Ui said and made her way to Brane's room. Perhaps a minion placed it in his room last night when he was asleep. Ui checked his drawers, his closet and his bathroom. No crown. She checked under his bed as Brane entered his room.
"No luck?" Brane asked her. Ui stood up and shook her head. "Very well. I will have my minions search the entire castle. I will be back." Brane said and made his announcement. Azusa heard it and gasped.
"I hope he won't suspect me of taking it." Azusa said to herself. She heard minions walking around and one decided to check in the prison room. The Minion searched the entire room, not bothering to check up on Azusa. Azusa gave a sigh a relief as the minion made his way out of the room. He shuts the door behind him. Azusa looked and took out the crown. Would it be a good idea to kill the minions once they entered?
"Ok! I'll double check." The minion came back in and sighed. "Why can't Brane just look for it himself?" The minion said annoyed and kicks over some boxes. Azusa meowed and walked over to the cell door. She hid the crown behind her back and the minion turned to her. "You don't happen to know where Brane's crown is do you pet?"
Azusa showed the minion the crown. "I have it." Azusa said to the dark figure. It gasped.
"How did you get that?" He asked her.
"If you come inside, I'll tell you." Azusa said as she stood back. The minion uses a shard arm to unlock the cell. He opens the door and entered Azusa's cell. Azusa smirked and slashes the figure's chest with the crown. The minion moaned and fell to the ground and turned to black fog. Azusa sat down, hiding the crown behind her. She waited for more figures to appear to kill them. But what if Brane came down? Azusa heard Brane talking, but she couldn't make out his words. Azusa quickly placed the crown behind the small space in the wall.
"Azu-nyan. Do you know where my crown is?" Brane asked her as he appeared in front of her.