After her revelation of her true feelings, young Sakuya re-entered the building to fulfill her, mission; to win back the heart of minami itsuki. Everything was well thought out. Whether the two were together or not, whether one was single or had a new lover or whatever the case may be; the blond girl knew that they were meant for each other and she would express that any way she knew how.
Meanwhile Ikki was sitting on a nearby bench sulking in his own depression. After hearing the news of hi s friends impending move has forced him to question the future of his team. A parts war was taking place tomorrow and Kazu is moving right after it ends; would this be the end of all that he had worked so hard for? Would all the team effort that was put into their battles races and everything AT related be all for nothing after his best friend goes overseas?
How could this happen? He thought continuously. All the memories of the teams' highs and lows clouded his head. It seemed like he would be all alone. Despite having his friends the girl and the glory, it would all be meaningless without a best friend to share that with. After twenty minutes of reflecting, the crow got back on the floor to try to deal with the situation at hand. And yet his thoughts were still crowded with those words.
"I'm…leaving tomorrow."
He tries to block it out but it only comes back.
"At six o clock, after the parts war."
As he walked aimlessly, clouded by his thoughts of all the events that took place this Saturday, Ikki bumps into a familiar face, a familiar not so friendly face.
Thud!
"Oh, sorry 'bout that."
"Not as sorry as you're gonna be!"
"What are you-hey? Put me down! Put me down right god damn now!"
There he was, Ikki's old enemy and hater off all things air trek, Kaito warajima. He had picked the black haired boy up and carried him over his shoulder as if he were either a stack of logs or a really heavy rag doll. The smaller boy was pounding his fist on Kaito's back. Yelling and screaming the same thing over and over again.
"PUT ME DOWN YOU NO GOOD BASTARD! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?"
But the silver haired man did not respond. He just kept carrying Ikki to the door. Just before getting to the punch bowl, Ikki takes a bite out of his crisis. "You won't get away that easy- OUCH! WHY YOU LITTLE BASTARD, I'LL KILL YOU!" As said Ikki took a bite out of the situation and bit Kaito on the ear, causing him to lose his grip and drop the crow. Ikki seized his opportunity for escape and ran from his adversary.
Kaito however was not far behind; he chased the boy down all over the party areas. When Ikki realized that the taller man was gaining on him he went to the one place that he knew Kaito would never dare go, the ladies room, which was luckily empty. But then he thought about it, would he risk his rep for safety, would he allow himself to be captured or would he fight back against the one who ruined his past relationship. His mind was then made up; as kaito got closer to him IKki stopped just a few feet from the girls' bathroom, where he would make an unusual proposition.
"Why don't we settle this with a race?"
Caught off guard with the crows words Kaito suddenly stopped.
"I'll explain it like this; I'm here to bust up this little party. Well fine then and if- no when I win said race, you and your friend shut this down."
"Alright then, but when I win, not only do you leave us alone, you can't ever bother saku-chan again" (see chapter 5)
"Idiot, when will you learn better than to bargain me?"
"The same time you learn to stop being an asshole. Are we gonna do this or what?"
"You're on!"
A bystander who was listening announces what just went down to the entire room. "HEY EVERYBODY THERES GONNA A FIGHT BETWEEN KAITO OF WING G-MEN AND THE SKY KING!"
The room was then filled with excitement; an AT battle during a party? That was even better than a pop idol jumping out of the enormous cake. (See chapter 6) the bystander and everyone else went and passed this on to anyone they saw until it eventually got to the team and their girlfriends.
As the breaking news spread the two storm riders got ready to race. It felt like nearly an eternity since Ikki or Kaito rode their air treks. But it was about time that they did and the crowd was going wild to see such an exciting battle. The flag holder was standing there ready to give his signal. Other former teams as well as a few current teams including Ikki's , Kaito's and sleeping forest(please note that no one thinks that sleeping forest is a real team). Some smack talk was exchanged during the pre race.
"You're going down, crow!"
"Yah we'll see."
"All right, first person to ride around the entire yard and back is the winner. As agreed the loser will grand the winner's request. Understood?"
"ON YOUR MARK…" the flag holder started
"GET SET….GO!" and with that the race was on. both riders almost literally flown off from the starting line. The race was intense, whether it was from determination or from rivalry, neither storm rider was showing any mercy. They were fast, they were furious, but they were mostly out for blood, each other's blood to be more precise. So far the riders were neck and neck. Both trying to take the lead from the other, yet still showing no mercy. After merely seconds of intense speeding, the taller man had taken the lead.
Time went on and still things were not looking so good for the sky king. His opponent was still in the lead and there was not much he could do. So he sped up as much as he could so that hopefully he could catch up to his adversary. Unfortunately he fell just a few feet shy of the lead. Now what? Thought Ikki.
If I lose everything my team worked so hard for will all be for nothing. Those thoughts clouded his mind as the race continued. As the race went on the crow's determination got stronger which in turn allowed him to finally claim the lead from his rival. They finally reached the halfway point of the race and were ready to go back to the starting line. Both storm riders were neck and neck at least until Kaito took back the lead after about fifty feet away from the finish line. Seeing this, Ikki's former lover and Kaito former teammate Kamizaki Sakuya found a way to help the man she loved win that race. The blond girl ran in the middle of the race track and stood directly in front of the finish line; she was in full view of both riders. Kaito was only about thirty feet away from her when she lifted her top and exposed her huge breasts. The sudden flash caught her former teammate off guard and caused him to lose his focus, followed by his balance. After the exposure, she went back to the sidelines to watch ikki win. The smaller boy saw Kaito on the floor in what appeared to be a Love-drunken coma, he saw that as an opportunity to take the lead and win; which of course he did. The sky king passed his comatose rival and reached the starting line. The flag holder waved his flag and signaled that Ikki was the victor.
However things looked suspicious when the flag holder approached the crowd and made a startling announcement.
"Unfortunately Minami Itsuki is DQ'd for having a teammate distract his opponent."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Ikki questioned. "I didn't have any of my teammates distract him! None of them are even out here, dammit!"
"Oh yeah, what about this little slut?" the flag holder remarked pointing to sakuya.
"What the f- Saku-chan! What did you do!"
"I just helped you win that race."
"I know that, but, what the deal with you saying that you're my teammate? You don't have a team!"
"So?" sakuya protested. "According to the rules of the race if a non-team member performs a fowl from outside of a fight that outsider is at fault not the storm rider in the race."
"The rules also say that if there is a one on one AT battle no one else can interfere! You just cost your friend the race little lady!"
"Wait a minute…" Kaito responded, lazily rising from his love drunken state.
"That crow won fair…and square…punish that bitch not…. him."
"But boss-"
"No buts do what I say!"
"Er…fine, Itsuki Minami of Kogarasumaru wins this race and the party shall continue."
The crowd cheered loudly and Ikki and his ex went back inside. Wanting some serious answers, Ikki confronts Sakuya about her actions.
"Why did you do that?" he asked. "You could have gotten by team broken up!"
"I was trying to help you, crow!" she spat. "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even have this party!"
So that's how she wants to play, fine. Thought Ikki. "If it weren't for me, you would have been Kaito's sex toy! And you wouldn't have had what you have now! I made you!"
"You didn't make anything but that stupid team of losers!"
"And just where would you be without me, huh?"
"Excuse me, the whole time we were together YOU leaned on ME!"
Ikki and sakuya continued their sensless arguing for at least five minutes, unaware that the entire time they were arguing their faces were getting closer to each other. They kept talking smack about how weak the other was without him or her until finally their lips made contact. Both were in shocked to realize what just happened. But for some strange reason had no clue what to do or say.
"What…the…fuck just happened?" Ikki asked in cliché.
"Before we go any deeper into this, there is something you need to do for me." Sakuya proposed.
"Fine, As long as it doesn't involve me sleeping with you again."
"Well, too bad. It will involve me having you again and something else."
"What 'something else'?"
"I want you to let me join Kogarasumaru."
IKki looked around to see that pretty much everyone he knew and she knew was listening to everything that they were talking about, including the part about "sleeping with you again". He was even more stunned to find his girlfriend of three months Ringo standing there and with a saddened look on her face. It looked like they all knew the truth about what happened before the party.
"Aren't you going to tell them, crow?" sakuya taunted. "Aren't you going to let them in on our little secret? Cause if you don't, I will." She then put her arm around the spiky haired boy. "That is, unless, you make me part of your team."
Bossy, manipulative little bitch Ikki ranted in his mind. He just stood there in an awkward silence. No matter what he did, he would lose the trust of his friends and Ringo. It was a no win situation.
The silence was overbearing. There was so little noise that Ikki could literally hear his own heart beating.
Bo-boom, bo-boom, bo-boom! What do I do? What should it do?With kazu going away, I'll need a new member. Ikki thought to himself. Then again, no one on my team trusts her at all. I'd be digging by own grave. But if I don't let her join, she will tell ringo everything if she doesn't know already and then I'll have no team, no friends and no girl. Those Thoughts were in his head the whole time.
Soon the beating got louder and faster. The poor crow did not know what he was going to do. Either way could come back to bite him on the ass. But he knew what the right thing to do was and as much as it killed him to do it. He knew it had to be done. Everyone was waiting for him to say something, anything instead of just standing there like a stump.
"I know I am going to regret this but… saku-chan, welcome to the team."
"Ikki , are you out of your fucking mind!" screamed Buccha.
"You're letting this crazy bitch replace me!" screamed Kazu.
"She's not replacing you; she's going to be part of tomorrow's parts war." Ikki answered,
"Do you know what you've just done?" Asked Akito.
"You guys will thank me for this later, I mean that. What the fuck was I thinking?"
Ikki looked around again and saw Ringo running into the bathroom,; she appeared to be very upset about her boyfriends idiotic decision. While in the bathroom she had no choice to let out her anger, tears, and all the disappointment that was reaped with his decision. The crow of course went after her but knew he couldn't go in the bathroom.
"That baka," she began. "How could he be so stupid? He knows what that skank is capable of and he's gonna let her sabotage his team and for what? So she can keep some deep dark secret for him. I don't what Ikki's hiding but when I find out they're both dead!"
Little did she know, Ikki was listening to her from outside of the bathroom. Every second he stood there listening to his girlfriend's misery his guilt grew and he knew he had to tell the truth. Even if it broke her heart more than it already is.
"Ringo, baby can we talk?" he asked.
"There is nothing to talk about!"
"But this is important!" protested Ikki.
"You have five minutes."
" Okay, today I was going to get the decorations for our party and then I saw Kaito trying to rape Saku-chan so I helped her. And she helped me organize the party and buy all the decorations. And then one thing led to another and then we…uh…yeah."
"I KNEW IT!" Yelled Ringo. "I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD GO AND HAVE SEX WITH HER! AND YOU LIED TO ME ABOUT IT!" the red head walked out of the bathroom, her face covered in tears and run –off make up, and an angry look on her face. Words couldn't even describe the pain she was going through right now.
"Ringo, I'm sorry." Said Ikki
"You're only sorry you had to tell me." Ringo responded. Then with excessive force she slapped her soon to be ex-boyfriend and went to the car she wanted to go home and just be alone.
ONE WEEK LATER…
That last week has been stressful and heartbreaking for all of eastside high. Ikki and Ringo broke up, Kazu has gone to America and despite the team going up in the ranks the level of trust within Kogarasumaru is extremely low. The crow's one mistake cost him damn near everything; his friends, his rep and especially RIngo. Can Ikki regain everyone's trust back or is he damned to live a life of loneliness?
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