Timid and Revenge

On a mountain of dead bodies, sat a 15 year old brown skinned boy with white hair, humming a song under the moon light that peeked in through the broken roof .

The air reeked of blood and rot , screams of agony and terror echoed , ashes rained all over as flames of orange and red danced around, the lifeless eyes of corpse all stared helpless ,

"Young master please get down, you might fall ill again"

He looked down at the stern butler who bowed respectfully,

He cocked his head to the side and pouted

" so quick? ..... can't I stay a little longer"

" no"

He furrowed his brows, his eyes became glossy as tears threatened to fall

" but–"

" No buts , get down here this instance or I'll tell your sister not to come see you anymore" The butler said with finality

" If I come down, will sister come see me ?" He said stubbornly

" Yes , I'll make arrangements for Young miss , now get down" The Butler said unable to stand the stench of this place

" Okay I'm coming" He slid down the bodies like it was a water slide.

..... next day.....

Literature class

Itachi rested her chin on her palm staring out the window blankly,

She could hear her class mates making playful remarks about the topic being taught ,

Kisaki was reading a love poem making different faces and voices to match .

It was a funny sight sight to witness especially when the young charismatic teacher played a female role,

he really had a unique way of teaching .

Tamako who sat next to Itachi was busy taking pictures and videos of him , posting it on the school's forum and in an instant there's a flood of comments praising Kisaki.

" Don't they have classes ?" Tamako asked scrolling through her phone reading the comments ,

" If you can play with your phone in class why can't they?" Itachi dully said

Tamako coughed and put her phone away

" My case is different, I have permission"

"From?"

"From me of course" Tamako huffed and patted her chest

" Okay class that's it for today " Kisaki

clapped his hands

" Aww sensei stay a little longer "

" Yes sensei please stay I have the next period free"

" Sensei you can tutor me privately "

" just who do you think you are ? "

" Sensei can I meet you when school's over ? "

" Why would you want to meet him "

" For lessons "

" Ladies that's enough.... I'll see you all in our next class " Kisaki flashed a killer smile and left the classroom with a few bold girls tailing him

" Wow sensei is really popular " A meek voice said.

" Why wouldn't he be? " Tamako laughed packing her things

Itachi looked at the owner of the meek voice

" What's she doing here? "

If Itachi remembered correctly Ashido wasn't in their class

"Oh her ?.... I requested for her to be transferred to our class " Tamako said

"mn "

" Oh that reminds me, Ashido has something for you " Tamako stepped aside and gently pushed the shy and hesitant Ashido towards Itachi ,

" uhh I uh .... I ummm.... I .. I " Ashido was in complete disarray, her thoughts were jumbled up.

a minute passed and she couldn't utter a reasonable sentence

Ding *

Itachi's phone chimed

" Kyosuke's match is starting soon, he says we have to be there "

Itachi plainly said as she packed her belongings and stood up .

" What was it you wanted to say "

Ashido's heart skipped a beat as Itachi's vantablack eyes locked gaze with her

" I... mm... it ,it's nothing " She frantically waved her hands with a defeated smile

Tamako was feeling frustrated at Ashido, she tried to understand what was so hard to accomplish

"Itachi you can leave first I'll catch up, save a seat for me "

" mn"

Without a second thought Itachi walked away.

Ashido bit her trembling lips and stared

at her shoes,

Tamako sighed and pinched her brows , for someone as bold and extroverted as her , it was hard to watch Ashido.

"There there , you should leave for your next class ... don't worry there are still a lot of opportunities to say thank you"

Tamako coaxed and patted Ashido's head

" Okay "

– Students council –

" Did it rainbows and kittens?" Miyano asked looking at Yuki who had been humming and happily doing whatever she was assigned to do, you could feel the cheery air around her ,

even the usual rigid Tachibana had a small smile playing on her lips.

"Yeah did something happen, the both of you have been behaving weirdly" Inumaki commented

" Yes something good happened " Yuki cupped her cheeks and smiled cutely her warm brown eyes sparkling.

" mm hmm " Tachibana nodded ,

" Care to share " Inumaki probed

" Of course, after much convincing and a lot of efforts , we finally broke our engagements " Tachibana stated

" And that means we are free from all loveless shackles " Yuki's smile got brighter

" Congratulations " Inumaki grinned genuinely happy for them

Among the five friends three of them have been engaged against their will by their grandparents to someone, before they were even born .

Miyano's face was dark

" So that means I'm the only one still promised to someone... I thought we will go through this together..... such betrayal"

" Ahhh don't worry, we'll support you all the way to your grandchildren's wedding with your promised one " Inumaki slung his arm over Miyano's shoulder teasing the latter ,

" I might sew that mouth of yours" Miyano threatened

" he's just joking " Yuki giggled

" This is worth a celebration, how about we go somewhere fun after school " Inumaki suggested

" Yes yes let's do so " Yuki happily supported

" We have work " Miyano was curt , being a total wet blanket

" how we forget that " Yuki said with sunken shoulders and a pout

" You're such a kill joy " Inumaki chided

" We can skip work , we just need permission from Masato " Tachibana suddenly stated as a matter of fact

and all heads turned to the president who had been silent all through .

Masato blinked as he was besieged with different stares ,

"Well can we ditch the extra work?" Yuki pried

" Can we? " Inumaki asked with a pleading gaze

Miyano's gaze stated ' Don't you dare say yes '

" Like Maki said it's worth celebrating for .... so why not?" Masato nonchalantly shrugged

" Thank you very much!" Inumaki and Yuki in unison

"Yes thank you" Tachibana said

Miyano's mood plummeted but he was still willing to go , after all he's still happy for them.

....

" Hey did you test the demo game I sent you?" Inumaki asked Masato

" No, I don't know how it works" Masato replied

Inumaki sighed and stretched out his hand

" Give me your phone "

Masato gave his phone to Inumaki and returned to what he was doing

'Shit! '

Remembering something

Masato raised his head and wanted to snatch the phone away from Inumaki but it was too late

Inumaki had his eyes and mouth wide open as he gawked at the screen of the phone,

he blinked and rubbed his eyes to be sure he wasn't seeing things

Masato leaned in to grab the phone so Inumaki stood up and walked away

" Yuki come see "

Inumaki dashed to Yuki's side almost shoving the phone in her face

" What is i– ... oh my goodness, Masato when did this happen??!" Yuki gasped in surprise

Seeing Yuki's reaction both Tachibana and Miyano got curious and walked over , they were equally stunned

" ehhh when did such development occur??" Tachibana shot Masato an inquisitive gaze

with three heads nodding in support,

It was the picture Masato took with Itachi when he won the game against her

Masato gulped nervously and scratched his head , he cleared his throat

" mmm..... I ... we sort of went on a date?"

"What?!" All four persons exclaimed

....

Stadium

Itachi and Tamako sat at a good sport where they would clearly see the match

not so surprisingly , they were a lot of females cheering Kyosuke on as he had a friendly fierce match with a student from another school, Kyosuke moved seamlessly, like he was dancing, every strike, every step was as light and gracefully as a feather dancing with the serene breeze .

When the match ended as expected Our dazzling knight won , when he removed his head gear revealing his handsome face and ran his hand through his hair the cheering got louder almost deafening...

"sheesh.... someone's really popular" Tamako said

and itachi nodded

Suddenly Kyosuke looked their way and gave a dashing smile, enough to send his fan girls into a screaming mess

Tamako covered her ears trying to tune out the shouting, she turned to Itachi with a scrunched up face

" We should leave"

"mn"

Both girls left and decided to wait at Kisaki's office.

–

"You guys left me " Kyosuke pouted lazily leaning on the door frame glancing at the two females who were having a serious conversation about a book ,

they turned their head in his direction

Kyosuke was now dressed in the school's uniform, his hair was messy and damp indicating he just showered , enhancing his charms

" I wonder how you managed to make it here looking like a walking temptation without being kidnapped" Tamako bluntly said

Kyosuke chuckled and sat with them

"you don't want to know"

"Congratulations" Itachi dully said

" Congrats " Tamako smiled

"Thanks .... I didn't think I'll be able to win , my opponent was really one unpredictable guy ..... so I'm really happy and feel accomplished" Kyosuke said with a satisfied smile

" So since you won we're obviously going to celebrate, right " Tamako leaned in dangerously close and arched a brow with a mischievous smile

Kyosuke squinted his eyes with vigilance

"You're not planning on scamming me of my money , are you ?"

"no no no no, how can I?... I just suggested, we go jubilate.... there's these new restaurant that opened , let's go there , since is your victory your paying" Tamako shamelessly declared pushing back her glasses

" So my money is the scapegoat" Kyosuke sighed and raised a brow.

" you're on point" Tamako grinned cynically leaning in more closer

suddenly She yelped when someone yanked her backwards and lifted her up in the air , like she weighed feathers .

" Do you want to give him a heart attack ?" Kisaki said still holding her up

" Ahhhh ..... put me down , put me down!!"

Kisaki ignored the angry chipmunk who was now screaming profanities at him .

He kept one hand on his ear and made an irritated face

" Tsk too noisy ..... don't you guys have maths class ?"

" Yes we do "

–In a private hospital somewhere away from Japan, Yuna laid on her back keeping an empty gaze on her handless arm,

Her life had been ruined ,

She was crippled, her career had been badly destroyed, her loyal fans sneered at her , her parents business was affected, her friends looked at her in pity and helplessness, she couldn't show her face in public, she fell from grace to beneath grass , all her shameful acts had been shown light ,

even the poorest of all spits when her name is mentioned

and Why did all these bad things happen to her ? .

Two words

" Itachi Koa "

Yuna seethed in her heart, hatred could not compare to what she felt

Yuna let out a broken laughter ,

she truly underestimated the enemy,

but now she's fully aware of what lays ahead ..... since her life has lost meaning, why not devote it to exacting revenge at least to keep busy till death comes knocking.

Yuna laughed hysterically, she had a crazed look,

today she was completing phase one of her plan

" Watch out Itachi Koa..... I don't care what happens to me .... I won't rest till you're totally destroyed..... I'll make you suffer not even death will be able save you ... just wait "

And with this said a new mindless puppet of anger and hate was born .

–

Maths class

The class was rowdy , as the teacher hadn't arrived , strangely the class quiets down and the air turned heavy , whispers of curiosity and distain wash through the class ,

"Why's everyone reacting like this ,I thought she has been in our class for more than a week now " Kyosuke said in a low voice

Tamako closed her eyes and sighed dejectedly ,

" Usually she comes to our home room class very early and stays in her own bubble, under everyone's nose .... today she came late so naturally everyone will

notice her "

" Oh "

Ashido timidly walked to her seat with her head down avoiding all gazes thrown her way, she sat in front of the class setting her things,

" What's she even doing here , I heard her grades are poor"

"Really?"

" If it's true we should have her transferred to a different class "

" Yes class A has no use of someone like her"

" She would ruin our painstakingly built reputation as the best class in year two "

" Do you think she cheated on the transfer test "

" That's the only way she can enter our class with her grades "

" I heard Aileen's health is getting worse "

" how can we forget about that "

" She's such a heartless thing , even though Aileen pushed her into the lake was it enough to let her entire family pay the price "

" Such a vixen, she can sit here acting all cute and innocent while she caused chaos in someone's life "

" We best avoid her , who knows who would be her next target "

" dude shut up don't jinx it "

Ashido bit her lips and her eyes turned glossy with unshed tears , she really wanted to run away hearing all the nasty comments

To make it worst some one shouted

" Hey toadie , did you come here to spread your bad luck charms ,I heard your former class don't want you!"

" Yeah even the students with F rank in academics rejected you " someone else added fuel

" Rejected by the reject club "

" Everyone let's officially give a warm welcome to the F knight reject ! "

the class erupt in laughter

Tamako who had been holding in her anger finally broke, she slammed her fist hard on her next causing everyone to flinch except Itachi who slept through everything

" Shit! how in the world did we not notice lady Uzui's presence"

" Aye! this Ashido really is a stroke of bad luck "

" Maybe we should call her the cursed reject from now on "

" Lady Uzui obviously heard us... let's just hope nothing bad happens"

" Oh Lord please save us from her wrath"

" Sigh ..... looks like fate doesn't like us all because of the cursed reject "

Tamako pushed back her glasses with a creepy cynical smile