❏ chapter, four.

↳ EMO BOY !

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"SHIT IM LATE FOR THE TOURNAMENT-" yep, that's me.

again.

i fLeW down the stairs and didn't even bother to eat breakfast. i realized that i did actually want to watch valt's match because... i don't know, the pressure of trying to be the best older sister/mom i can is making me.

then again, not like my mom was here for me so why should i have to be there for this midget-

kidding.

maybe.

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so, i missed valts match.

ima cry...

I FEEL BAD.

i literally got here seconds after it ended and apparently valt actually won, and now he stole a dog puppet from his opponent and won't give it back.

i just pulled out my phone and decided to record that cause it was adorable in every possible way.

"WELL IT TOOK YA LONG ENOUGH." i heard a certain manga pants stuffer yell out, all while hitting the top of my head.

damn it...

"I DON'T WANT YOUR CRITICISM!" i screamed back and shoved my phone back into my pocket.

"so what's your excuse this time? did you eat something you shouldn't have then jumped off a second story in your sleep?" ima kill this motherfu-

"BOY-"

"oh hey y/n!!" valt leaped off the stage and gave me a huge ass hug. "DID YOU SEE?? I WON!"

HE LOOKS SO HAPPY-

"y-yeah...i totally saw...you were really cool..🤗💀" i wasn't here to see shit...

honcho just looked at me like 'hoe we both know you lying😒'.

then while valt was still hugging me with a closed eye smile, i made a hand gesture that was slicing my head off and sent glares at honcho to silently tell him to shut the fuck up and not expose me.

he just rolled his eyes and didn't say anything after. "wow, who new the all so great rantaro could be so sassy."

"SAYS YOU-"

"SAYS THE ONE WITH THE FRIGGING CAPE!"

"IT IS NOT A CAPE!"

"she's right you know," thank you valt. "not many people can pull off a cape, after all."

while honcho was literally having a tantrum, nika interrupted us (thank god or hands would have been thrown.)

"hey shu! good luck with your next battle!" shu, who came out of nowhere, headed for backstage.

"oh yeah!" valt paused and turned over to the white haired- wait should i keep calling him failed abortion??

...yes.

"you're up next after this one! you better not lose!" valt cheered with a huge grin.

"yeah yeah, whatever you say." then he disappeared like the mYsTeRiOuS cHaRaCtEr he his.

"heh, as if he'd lose. he's like a super hero." honcho said smugly.

"SAYS THE GUY IN THE CAPE!!" valt wheezed, picking up on my slapping knee habit.

"IT'S A NEW THING I'M TRYING!"

"AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT WORKING-"

now they were just yelling at each other at this point. man, i don't want to be here anymore.

"um, i'll be right back." i whispered over to nika, she nodded.

i'm not coming back.

i backed up into the crowd until none of them could see me anymore. then again they were to occupied fighting to notice i even left to begin with.

i began to just think to myself, "damn, i'm hungry as hell. should i just leave-"

"hey you!" out of literally no where, some random voice popped into my ears, taking me by surprise.

YEAH NO I SHOULD DEFINITELY LEAVE.

then, just like that, i booked it to—i don't know, but i used whatever escape exit i first saw, and ran away from the mysterious voice who called for me.

and to this day, i never found out who it was...

HA. BULLSHIT.

DID YOU ACTUALLY THINK THAT GOD WOULD LET ME RUN AWAY AND SUCCEED? AS IF. HE'S A LOT MORE PETTY THEN HE LOOKS.

then the weird voice who had crept up behind me started running after me? LIKE GO AWAY YOU KIDNAPPER??

"WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY?!" he screeched from behind me, still running after me like a mad man.

"BECAUSE YOU'RE CHASING ME AWAY!"

"WELL CAN YOU STOP?!"

"LIKE HELL I WILL!" i then turned a corner and FINALLY lost him.

i swear some people have no respect-

oh shit.... it's a dead end.... WHY THE HELL ARE THERE NO DOORS IN THIS HALLWAY?!

"FOUND YOU!" FU-

i could hear huffing and puffing. am i really that fast?

i turned around and was ready to fight if necessary then just screamed whatever came to mind. "I HAVE A TAZER AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT- what the fuck."

my eyes had to bullshitting me because there was no way in hell.

"...."

"wait a damn minute- ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?? ITS JUST YOU?!" i screeched, my eye twitching like i was that close to snapping.

not even i could believe it. it was just some really good blader in the competition. he had long yellow hair tied back in a low pony tail, blue eyes, and if my memory serves me right (which it usually doesn't) his name should be like... wakiya?

girl i don't know, but i was kinda disappointed. not gonna lie i was kinda hoping it would be some hot mafia boss who would take me away to her mansion and obsess over me like the ones in the gay wattpad fanfics.

but this just sucks.

he stared at me like a fucking stick man. his arms were crossed, and he was tapping his foot impatiently as if i was wasting HIS time.

"anyway, what do you want? i'm kinda busy." yeah, busy tryna leave. i don't want to be here anymore.

"busy doing what?" he snorted, radiating smug energy.

"breathing. now get to the point mr. kidnapper." yeah that's gonna be this guys new nickname.

"IT'S WAKIYA MURASAKI TO YO-"

"IT'S SHUT UP BITCH." i snapped back.

then he gave this whole offended ass look and placed his hand on his chest looking me up and down in disbelief and disgust. "such language..." he muttered.

"..."

it was so silent, till my dumbass had to go and ruin it with the sound of me almost laughing my ass off. "PFFT-"

i smacked my hand on my mouth. i'm sorry but his reaction was funny okay it just was.

"IS THERE PROBLE-" him, obviously getting pissed off by my whole existence, yelled.

but i cut him off cause i can.

"YEAH. IT'S THAT YOUR STILL FUCKING HERE. WHAT. DO. YOU. WANT. FROM. ME. SIR??" i feel so angry and amused at the same time right now. i love it.

"OKAY RUDE MUCH??" he scoffed, crossing his arms and looking away all prideful.

i'm having way to much fun pissing this guy off.

"OH, I'LL SHOW YOU RUDE WHEN I MAKE YOUR FACE CATCH THESE HANDS IN THE NEXT THREE SECONDS IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT FROM M-"

"I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO A BEY BATTLE!"

"..."

did this hoe just cut me off.

"..."

it was so quiet. i hate it.

"wait a- THATS WHY YOU CHASED ME DOWN THE HALL?? WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TALK TO ME?? OR AT THE VERY LEAST NOT SNEAK UP BEHIND ME AND YELL "hey you!" FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO HEAR!!" i groaned in annoyance, smacking my forehead.

i for real ran for nothing.

"like damn no wonder i ran away." he just went silent at then started to re-think his life choices all over again.

"..."

it was just a whole ass thirty seconds of me staring at this guy with a 'are you dumb' look.

this motherfucker...

"someone end my misery. you know what? i have to go move on with my life now, and i recommend you do the same, and forget this ever happened." i then just walked past him muttering random curses of how hungry i was.

what i had just said finally sunk in and he turned around and yelled. "wait!"

"OH MY FUCKING GOD, BRUHH. WHAT??" i was at my breaking point. i've already ran out of social juice and i want to go home and sleep.

then he just flinched a bit at my screech then gave a really smug ass expression. "so is that a yes?"

"..."

i just stared at this hoe with my mouth dropped. i'm kinda surprised he didn't just run away in fear.

"...man, i'm too oxygen high for this, i'm going home..." and before he could protest anymore i turned the corner. before i could sigh in relief, my eyes spotted yet another nuisance.

right there in front of me, was a goddamn emo child who locked eye contact with me, and froze like ice.

he was listening in on the whole conversation, wasn't he?

"...oh my god, you've got to be shitting me..." i rubbed my temples and they both just stared at me really awkwardly.

"no. just at no." i stomped past the emo one, trying my best to keep whatever composure i had left. "screw you guys, i'm going home🚶‍♀️"

and that i did. little did i know that i had just been introduced to two characters that would forever affect my life.

in the worst of ways.

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"hey gu-"

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!" honcho and valt both screamed simultaneously as soon as i reproached the group after meeting a stalker boy and a purple maniac.

"i met goldilocks and depreso-espresso."

i mean i didn't technically lie soo...

"you what-? actually, i don't even want to know. what matters is that you're here now." honcho, looking like he about to snap just avoided eye contact.

"hm? why? is something happening?" i asked like the clueless and stoopid human being i am.

"do you live under a rock or something? if so, that would actually explain a lot." WELL DAMN HONCHO.

"the next battle is coming up. some guy named daigo kurogami or something? from what i hear, he's crazy strong too."

that name sounds so familiar, but my gut is telling me not to remember or else i'll throw up.

"hmm, sounds like something i couldn't care less about. thanks honcho." i smile and patted his shoulder.

"anytime." he spoke sarcastically, eye twitching in annoyance.

"ALRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS, AFTER THAT SHORT BREAK, LET US PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEXT CONTENDERS!" the microphone guy in the lime green suit, who i learned is hanami, announced.

everyone turned to him to actually pay attention, and i'm still here in the corner with my suicidal thoughts, and an oreo i found sitting in my pocket. what could go wrong??

"—AND DIAGO KUROGAMI!" hanami finished his announcing the two who would be competing.

but i honestly didn't care.

UNTIL I SAW WHO 'DAIGO KUROGAMI' ACTUALLY WAS.

HE WAS THAT STALKER GUY FROM BEFORE THAT WITNESSED ME CURSE OUT GOLDILOCKS. GOD IS TESTING ME TODAY-

so you know what i did? or, about todo? i was ABOUT to walk away, but you know what god hates me and decided he would wanted to fuck with me one last time.

AND THEN, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE—I JUST HAD TO MAKE DIRACT EYE CONTACT WITH THE DAMN STALKER KUROGAMI.

he froze on stage and we just stared at each other in some tense silence. but as if i was going to stand there for the next three days and have a staring contest with this hoe. so you know what I did? i flipped that little midget emo boy off, and he looked MAD.

then i walked away cause there ain't no way i'm staying here any damn longer.

but i mean at least i won??

though not sure if that can even count as winning or just being a petty.

meh, same thing.

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like you might of thought, i did not end up sticking around; drained of literally everything.

i told toko and nika i had to go due to an 'emergency'. and it was. i was on the verge of snapping, so they did the right thing and let me go.

so i just went home, and slept for three hours. wow, who new babysitting could be so tiring...AND NO IT WAS NOT ME WHO WAS BEING BABYSAT THAT WHOLE TIME!! (yes it was).

but do you want to know the real problem now?

WELL IT'S THAT BECAUSE I SLEPT ALL DAY LONG I WASN'T TIRED FOR SHIT WHEN I HAD TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND NOW I'M LITERALLY ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

but since mio is literally a goddess sent from heaven, she completely understood my situation and said i could skip school for the day.

but there's just one thing that was stopping me, and it's guilt.

OKAY I'LL ADMIT.

LEAVING THE TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE WAS A SHIT THING TO DO AND NOW THE VOICE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD HAS BEEN SCOLDING ME ALL NIGHT, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A FUCKING CHOICE ANYMORE.

I CANT BELIEVE I'M ABOUT TO SAY THIS, BUT I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL TODAY.

and thats exactly what i did. i soldiered through it  and made my dandy little way to that hell fire of a building.

right now i was making my way to my empty home room class, hopefully to sit down there and think.

i wonder where valt is? i should probably apologize for leaving like that yesterday.

"JOIN THE BEY CLUB!!"

boy what-

i peered over from behind the corner and saw valt running around the halls screaming at (low key harassing) people to 'join the bey club'.

or whatever that means.

"JOIN THE CLUB BEFORE ITS TO LATE!!"

...oh hell no.

i ran down the hall and leaped into whatever empty classroom i first found.

there ain't no way in hell i'm joining a bey club. i already hate this goofy ass sport enough as it is, i seriously don't know why i play it.

oh wait, that's right.

plot reasons.

also, i just don't have the guts to go tell valt i don't want to join because just LOOK at him.

HOW can you say no to him?

exactly, you can't.

so like the normal and very intelligent human being i am i ran away like any reasonable person would do.

I'M NOT CRAZY👹

i slumped down on one of the desks, exhaling deeply. "damn, i'm a really bad friend."

"..."

screw it, i'm leaving.

so i busted that door open and thankfully no one was in the halls to see me break down public property. and if there was... me must get rid of the witnesses.

"..."

wait.

"..."

okay it's a little too empty.

"..."

i don't like this...

i picked up my feet and began to wander the school in search for anymore human life.

you know it'd be funny if this turned into one of those 'last person on earth' type of thing....

low key kinda hoping that is the cas-

"l/n?"

WHO THE FU- oh never mind it's just a hot teacher.

"i'm surprised you aren't in the gym right now. i heard from one of the students that that friend of yours, valt was having a bey battle there."

SO THATS WHY THE SCHOOL IS EMPTY.

"really? thanks teacher boss lady." i gave her a salute, resisting the urge to play outro music.

i FlEw down the halls to go watch.... whatever is about to occur, but for the record the only reason i'm going is to apologize.

definitely not because i miss seeing valt's innocent face that makes me forget about all the terrible things i've done in life.

definitely not that.

i made my dandy little way to the gym, and damn... EVERYONE, was here.

well except for shu, but we all know the reason for that. he's probably skipping two hours of his classes to train again🙄 dumb bitch😒

so i decided i would sneak into the crowd, being unnoticed.

but of course that didn't work cause again, god hates me.

"oh hey y/n." GIRL WHO THE-

i whipped my head around to see the girl who had just greeted me very casually. she looked familiar, probably in my class or something.

she had short black hair with a red hair pin and what not. brown eyes, pink shirt, and blue skirt.

yeahh, wait. who??

am i supposed to know who this chick is? cause I don't. THE HELL WHAT DO I SAY??

"ohh, ummm, hey...?" well that sounded just great. i'm pretty sure my voice cracked too.

"you probably don't remember me, do you?" are you mind reader? "i'm in your home room class. i sit in front of you." i have a home room...😦??

...

WAIT A DAMN SECOND. SO SHES ALSO ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WATCHED ME CALL SHU AN ABORTED RABBIT!!

well damn that's one hell of a first impression. if i was her i wouldn't go near me if my life depended on it.

"my name is momoko ogi. it's nice to meet you." she smiled, placing a hand on her chest.

"..."

"marry me."

"wha-😃"

"NOTHING."

shit i nearly got on one knees for her- HOW CAN A PERSON BE SO NICE??

NAH CAUSE IT AIN'T EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE HOW DESPERATE I AM FOR A FEMALE FRIEND.

I'VE BEEN STUCK WITH VALT AND HONCHO FOR LIKE A WEEK AND I'M SLOWLY LOSING MY MIND.

"yeah... it's uh- nice to meet you, too😍🔥" well that was slick. "m-my name is y/n...🥺"

"uh.... yeah, i know..."

"..."

man, fuck this😐

THIS SUCKS ASSHOLE. I HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THIS GIRL BEFORE I MAKE AN EVEN BIGGER FOOL OF MYSELF.

"umm, sorry i forgot to walk my pet goldfish, please excuse me-"

"oh hey y/n! when did you get here?"

FUCK.

IT WAS LITERALLY JUST TOKO AND NIKKA STANDING THERE THE WHOLE TIME.

LIKE I KNEW I WASN'T THE MOST INTELLIGENT IN MY AGE GROUP BUT DAMN.

THIS IS JUST UNFAIR TO BE THIS DUMB, AND BLIND. WHY GOD. WHY.

"the battle, which will decide the captain of the bey club, will now be determined on who wins." some kid i don't know the name of, and is most likely playing reff, announced. "well as soon as they have five members..." he finished, awkwardly.

i finally got a look at the stadium past the mini-big crowd, and saw it was valt going against honcho. i couldn't help but get a smack of nostalgia from the first time i came to this school...

i nearly got smacked by a fucking bey😐

"three..."

i still can't get over the thought that there counting down the seconds left until they blow the school up...

"two..."

cause i'm not against it.

"one..."

just saying.

"let it rip!"

then they launched their beys and i visibly cringed.

okay so i just zoned out after that. one because I don't really care, and two because-...actually never mind, there is no 'two', i just don't care.

but anyway, in the end valt won and honcho surprisingly didn't throw a shit fit.

but the real problem is