Crying Night

One: The Icy Blade Melts

On the roof of St. Kieli Academy, I waited after school. It seemed like a daily occurrence, waiting for someone before dusk. Despite facing the fence in front of the door, I could tell everything that was going on. The wind blowing, the footsteps from the stairs getting louder, and finally a creak of the door. From the door came a scrawny boy, who was obviously in middle school, whereas I was almost in my 2nd year of high school at 16 years of age. However, I paid this no attention as he swiftly bowed and asked me:

"Chikara-san, please--"

"I refuse." I flatly rejected the boy who held a letter with both of his hands.

"You wouldn't even let me finish my sentence!" He retorted.

"You were going to ask me out right?" I turned around to face him, "Thus, I refuse."

"Yeah, but... it took so much courage for me to say that..." He grew depressed.

"Well, I can't. I have to do something before I go out with anyone." I quickly stated.

"Do you like someone?" He asked with a sparkle in his eye.

At that moment, I let a little bit of bloodlust escape. A flashback to that night led me to clench my teeth and tell this boy what I thought.

"I don't know. I love him, but I hate him more than anyone in this world..." I mumbled.

"Huh? Who?" He ran up to me with a smile.

"It's nothing. I'll keep your confession in mind." I said flatly as I flicked his forehead.

I walked to the door from the roof and sighed. Another random guy confessed to me. How many does that make this week? Wasn't that the third? I tried to gather my thoughts, but I couldn't keep count. My long light blue hair flowed behind me as I opened the door to go down and then slammed it behind me.

As I strode through the hallways of the school, whispers floated around me.

"Look, it's the Icy Blade!"

"I heard another person confessed to her! How many more people in this school will do so?"

"Chikara Tsuki-sama is so beautiful! I wish I could be like her."

"Too bad she doesn't go out with anyone. I would love to have her as a girlfriend!"

Every boy looked at me with lust, and most girls blushed when they saw me.

If I knew this would happen, I would have let out my true nature... I sighed as I thought this.

Yes-- nobody at this school knows my true nature. The only person who does is the one I swore to kill: Sora Taiyou.

After the events of ten years ago, I lived with a different family: The Kusari family. This family didn't treat me kindly, most likely because I was still chained down by Taiyou. The one who broke those chains and treated me with respect and love was Kusari Hoshi, my Onee-sama. Twelve years my senior, she became my legal guardian due to the Kusari family head's abuse towards me.

We moved to a two story house a year after she became my guardian. Hoshi-onee-sama worked her ass off to get it. Despite me also contributing with my job, she worked all day and didn't come home until eleven at night.

Three years ago, on one of her rare days off, I asked her the reason why she felt the need to work herself to the bone. Her answer?

"I love you so much. Do I need any other reason than that?"

And for the first time since before my parents were killed, I cried. Nobody told me those words, nor in the kind way she did so. I cried that day like I had never cried in my life.

My memories were interrupted when I bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry, I didn't—"

I started to back up, but a strong grip on my arm stopped me. I looked back to see the face I never wanted to see until his eyes were lifeless.

"Sora-kun...!"

"Have you been polishing your skills?" The first words after 10 years apart was about my true nature.

"Of course! All for the purpose of—"

He put his finger to my mouth and then hugged me.

"I haven't told anyone about your and my true nature! Are you really going to say that yourself?" He whispered in my ear.

Bystanders who had begun to gather around started squealing, one voice more clear than the rest: "The Earth's Sun, Sora Taiyou,  the Icy Blade, Chikara Tsuki! Oh my GOD, they hugged! This is a huge scoop!"

I thought I heard a camera flash, but I was too preoccupied with Taiyou's flirting.

More people gathered round, squealing like a baby bird asking their mother for food. Were we that much of a show?

I pushed Taiyou away with all my might, but to others it looked like I was pushing gently.

"OK, fine. Just don't hug me again!" I demanded.

"Understood, Tsukki!" He smiled as he said my childhood nickname.

"Stupid! Don't call me that!" I whisper-screamed.

Everyone roared with questions. People threw so many that my head felt like it would burst. The main one that everyone asked was, "Are you two dating?"

I was about to yell "Not a chance," but Taiyou beat me to it.

"Not yet." He declared.

I blushed, and turned away from him. I fidgeted like a regular girl being confessed to by her love, which was semi-true, but I didn't want to admit it.

"Please... don't do that..." I mumbled, and ran.

The crowd looked at me running, then Taiyou, then me again.

"She... blushed? The Icy Blade... blushed?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"Could it be...?" The same person who said the hugging was a big scoop seemed to notice something. Maybe it was my feelings, or maybe something more, but it was something that I didn't know.

I had no clue those few minutes would change my life so much.