A/N: Kon'nichiwa! I hope you guys will like this fanfic.
I dedicate this to all RiTsu fans like me. ^_^
Enjoy reading! :D
"KANA!" Night Rikuo yelled as he ran towards the shaken human girl. Before the monster can slice Kana in half using its claw, Rikuo beaten the monster he's fighting with and quickly ran to Kana. Rikuo carried her by the waist and jumped to a branch of a tree. Tears started to form from Kana's eyes.
"You shouldn't be here!" Rikuo told her in a hoarse voice.
"B-but…" Kana snorted between her cries.
Rikuo stood up. " Let's talk later. Tsu—" He stopped. 'No. I can't let Tsurara guard Kana. She'll find out the truth.' He pondered.
"Just stay here. We'll take the monsters away from here." Rikuo jumped down.
" W-wait!"
"What?"
"G-goodluck." Kana mumbled,
Rikuo didn't bother to reply. He called out his subordinates.
"Guys! Take the monsters away from the tree!"
"Yes, Waka!" Kubinashi, Kurotabou, Aotabou and Kejoro replied in unison.
Tsurara looked up at the branch of the tree. Her brows met. "What?! Why's Kana here?"
Rikuo pulled Tsurara's hand and drag her away from the fighting scene. They hid behind a building.
"Waka?!" Tsurara wondered with a questionable look.
"Just stay here." Rikuo calmly said
"But I have to fight waka!" Tsurara insisted.
Rikuo sighed. " Kana should not see you."
"But Master—" She was cut off by her master.
"It's an order, Tsurara." He told him with a serious look on his face.
'Though Tsurara wanted to keep on insisting, she gave up. She lowered her head.
"Got it, Master…"
Rikuo nodded and left Tsurara. He went back in the fighting scene. Tsurara cannot do anything besides watching her master and the others fighting the monsters. She's eagerly wanted to help, but after her Master ORDERED her to just stay there behind the building to prevent Kana from seeing her, she stopped insisting.
The Nura Clan was busy fighting the monsters. One monster noticed that Rikuo was avoiding near the tree because there's something… or someone there that MIGHT BE IMPORTANT to Rikuo. The monster headed towards Kana. Kana screamed. Rikuo shouted Kana's name once again and left the monster he's fighting with. Rikuo guarded Kana behind and pointed his sword in front of the monster. His crimson eyes were on fire.
" Don' . .her!" He said in a low voice but you can sense he's controlling his anger.
Upon hearing that, Tsurara clutched her chest. Her heart was aching. It really really hurts a lot.
'What is this kind of feeling? It hurts.' She closed her eyes.
'Itai…'
Rikuo, Kubinashi, Aotabou, Kurotabou and Kejoro faught the monsters. When all the monsters were lying on the ground and Rikuo was about to use his Ōgi Meikyō Shisui, Sakura technique on the last one, the head monster but the head monster pleaded him.
" Stop! Stop! I give up! Spare my life, please….." The head monster admitted defeat.
Rikuo raised his brow."Hmmmm? Can't you see your subordinates? They're all dead."
" I don't care about them! Just please let me live! I take back my words!"
FLASHBACK:
(I take back my words!)
Earlier, Rikuo, Tsurara and Aotabou were on their way home from school when a monster attacked them from behind when they're passing to a non-crowded area. Thanks to Aotabou, he carried Rikuo on his left and Tsurara on his right to dodge the monster's attack. He put them down and posed a fighting pose.
"Tonight." The head monster started.
"Eh?" Rikuo don't get what the monster means.
"Tonight at the lot near the central park. I challenge you to a match." The monster cleared.
"What? What for?" Rikuo asked.
"If I defeated you tonight, trash your throne as the next Master of All Spirits. If you defeated me, I'll leave you alone." He monster challenged him in a match.
"I DECLINE!" Rikuo said.
"If you won't come, I'll harm the humans with my subordinates." The monster threatened.
"You're blackmailing!" Rikuo shouted.
"I'll wait for you tonight at 10:10 in the evening. If you won't come or even late, I'm afraid—"
"I'LL COME!" Rikuo agreed. He will do anything just to protect his friends.
"Deal?" The monster asked for assurance.
"Deal." Rikuo assured.
"Just as I thought. You'll do anything just to protect those weak humans. That's why I don't want a weak quarter Yokai who can only transform when the sun sets to stand above all of us." The monster blunted.
"No one can talk to master like that!" Tsurara said as she was about to freeze the head monster.
Rikuo stopped Tsurara. "Don't. We had a deal."
"But waka…" Tsurara let it go.
"I'll see you tonight, then." Rikuo told the head monster.
The head monster turned around. " And one last thing, you can bring your subordinates. I'll bring mine. "MERCY" is not on my vocabulary. Be prepared to die. NYAHAHAHAHAHA!" After that, he jumped away.
"Is he even serious?" Aotabou asked without finding actually an answer.
" Let's go home. We have an appointment tonight." Rikuo said and they started to walk home.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
" Take back your words?" Rikuo asked the head monster.
" Yes, I'm willing to take it back. Just let me go!" The head monster continually pleading.
""MERCY is not on my vocabulary" you said and even remind me to prepare to die… yet, you broke the deal. How pathetic of you to plea me after threatening me. And worst, being a leader who only cares about his own life is the most repulsive of having a clan." Rikuo said and positioned himself for the final attack.
" W-wait! No! No!"
"Ōgi Meikyō Shisui… Sakura."
"NOOOOOOOO!"
The Head Monster burned until it became an ash. The monster lying on the ground turned in to dusts.
" Unworthy leader." Kubinashi said.
" He's not serious at all." Aotabou answered his own question.
"You guys can go home. I'll be on my way soon." He told to his subordinates.
"Yes, Rikuo-sama!" They replied in unison.
Rikuo's sweat dropped and placed his forefinger on his lips. "Ssshhh… Don't call me by my name or she'll hear."
Kubinashi, Kurotabou and Aotabou looked up on the tree as well and all of them saw Kana looking back towards them. Actually, Kana can't see them clearly because it's dark.
" I see… the human girl is in there." Kurotabou uttered as he saw Kana.
"Sorry, Waka." Kubinashi apologized.
Kejoro bowed. "We'll be on our way then, Waka."
Kubinashi, Kurotabou, Aotabou and Kejoro walked back to Nura household. In the middle of the road, they noticed that Tsurara was not with them.
" Wait. Where's Tsurara?" Kubinashi asked them while looking everywhere.
" Maybe she went home first since Waka forbidden her to fight." Aotabou concluded.
" I wonder how she feels right now." Kejoro suddenly said with enigmatic tone.
" Eh?" The yokai boys were clueless by what she had said.
" Nothing! You'll never understand. Let's go." Kejoro said while waving her hands.
The Yokai boys just scratched their heads and continued to walk along with Kejoro on their way home.
The truth is, Tsurara was still hiding behind the building watching Rikuo and Kana.
" Are you alright?" Rikuo asked Kana.
" Y-yes. Thank you." Kana said. Her cheeks were red.
" I'll take you home." Rikuo turned around and was about to call the snake-like yokai when Kana grasped his gi. She blushed and let it go.
"I… I want to know you."
Rikuo turned to Kana. "Why is it, that you're always saying that whenever we meet?"
'Itai…' Poor Tsurara.
" Because… I want to know you more! At least… at least, tell me your name!" Kana gathered all her courage to say it.
'I can't tell her my name.'Rikuo thought and said, "I… protect people as possible as I can."
" But you're a yokai."
" Can't a yokai be good?"
" S-sorry…
" It's ok. Come, I'll take you home." Rikuo persisted.
"Let me be with you for awhile!" Kana insisted.
" You need to rest." Hesuggested.
"But—"
Before Kana can insist, Rikuo did something to her that put her to sleep. Rikuo princess cradled and stared at her.
Rikuo gazed at Kana. "I promised that I'll protect you… as long as I live."
Rikuo called the snake-like yokai and rode on it with Kana in his arms and flew over at Ienaga residence. Tsurara, who was still behind the building, stood there stiffened. The word "Protect" echoed through her mind all over. She closed her eyes sharply.
'Protect… I… I shouldn't be here in the first place! It hurts…'
Tsurara walked home with a broken heart.
So how was it? Please review and please let me know what you think. Should I continue to update the next chapter? .