mamoritai | f. megumi

十六

A tear slipped down Todo's eye. "I knew it." He whispered, positioning his stance. "You're so boring, Fushiguro." Todo added before sprinting to attack Megumi. With eyes wide, Momoka turned her body and watched as Megumi flew back. Running after him, a hand around her right elbow held her back. Momoka gritted her teeth in annoyance.

"Oh man. I feel so bad for Fushiguro." Mai laments, a lazy grin painting her lips. "He's a genius who enrolled as a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer, and yet he's nothing but a first year in front of our Grade 1 Todo. I should console him later."

Blocking out Mai's words as Momoka considered them unfit, she racked up her brain to think of something and help Megumi out.

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Momoka's eyes lit up before slowly and stealthily opening her deck of cards from inside her pocket, while staring at Mai, she secretly prayed that the card she took was Pisces. And as she took a quick glance at the card in her hand - a Pisces symbol greeted her.

Silently summoning the celestial spirit, Momoka and Pisces switched bodies. And not for long, Momoka came running out of the vending machine stands. Running to get closer to them, she caught sight of Todo sprinting behind Megumi, wrapping both arms around his waist as he lifts him up to ground, mid air. On the last step she stook, Momoka leaped forward, hands grabbing onto Megumi's ankles to yank him out of Todo's hold. Once successful and preparing for landing, it was Momoka's turn to wrap her arms around his waist, hugging him closely to hers.

"Momoka" Megumi mumbles her name. His eyes looking down at hers that she refused to meet. Biting her lower lip, Momoka stood in front of Megumi.

"Let's be equal here, Todo." Momoka begins to say. "I actually...happen to like boring men like Fushiguro."

As Todo leaped the ground and readied his right fist, Momoka only looked up at him before swiftly swinging her left leg, the heel of her shoes, hitting the side of Todo's neck. Landing on the ground, the two exchanged punches and blocks, neither a single spot of blood or sweat breaking out of them.

Taking a hold of Todo's wrist by surprise, Momoka held a deadly grip around it, putting all of her weight onto her hold as she swung him around before letting go of his wrist. However, it didn't went according to how Momoka had planned it. Initially, Todo's back is supposed to hit the blocks of wood. But instead, Todo regained his composure and had a good stance against the wooden pillar.

"It's not over yet." Todo says before leaping onto his feet, taking a hold of Momoka's jaw before swinging her over the wooden pillar, her body knocking down the middle part until she got out of the other side.

"That hurts" Momoka mumbles, feeling a searing pain on her back.

"Fight back, Nanami" Todo begins to say, "If you can't fight back anymore, at least change your standards!" Raising another fist at her, Momoka closed her eyes and blocked her face with both of her arms. She was readying herself for the impact, but it didn't come. Not even when her waist felt something slick wrap around it and helping her get back on her feet on the ground.

"Thanks a lot, Gamma!" Momoka beams at the frog, gently patting the top of it's head.

"Stand back, Momoka!" Megumi shouted. Stubborn, Momoka shook her head.

"I don't want to get beaten by an ape during the event!" She shouted right back at him, placing a hand on her lower back as the pain continued to surge. "And you?" She diverts her attention back to Todo. "What's wrong with liking boring guys?" She asks him. "He may be boring but as long as he cares for others more than himself...then, he isn't boring at all!"

Shaking his head, Todo leaped from the ground once more. "This is too boring. Bring it on!"

Unable to make bigger moves much further as her searing back kept aching, all Momoka could do was block his punch with her arms again. However, a hand clamped on the back of her clothes, pushing her backwards.

"Don't move" Toge says, causing Todo to stop in his track.

"What are you doing?" Panda asks, shouting while pushing Todo backwards. As Panda landed on the ground, he lets out a sigh. "We barely made it."

"Okaka" Toge replies

The sounds of hands clapping immediately could be heard from one side, turning their heads to look at who it is, it was Yu walking towards them.

"No fighting everyone!" He reminded them, a smile painted on his lips. "Let's all be friendly with each other until the day of the event starts!"

. . . . . . . . . . ♡

"WHAT? WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? SHE PROBABLY THINKS SHE'S A HOT SHOT OR SOMETHING!"

"Nanako, your voice is too loud..."

"But I'm so mad! She can't just come here and think she's better than everyone, Himiko!" Nanako responded, still aggravated over the story that Momoka told them earlier.

"And you!" Nanako turns her attention to Momoka, pointing a finger at the blond haired girl. "When the event comes, be sure to kill her! If you don't, I'll kill her for you!"

"But she's not my target. Her older sister will." Momoka responded, detaching the straw from her mouth. "My purpose on the event is to focus on exorcising curses while most of the rest will fight off the other students from Kyoto."

"Sounds boring." Himiko quietly responded.

"True. Thank god I made a right choice." Nanako adds, placing her hands on her hips.

"By the way" Himiko spoke, turning her head to look at Momoka. "Didn't you mentioned to us before that this Fushiguro guy is already attending this school?"

"Oh! You're right!" Nanako immediately replies before Momoka could even. "Where is he? I need to see with my own two eyes! Let's go, Himiko!"

Before Himiko could even protest, Nanako's hand envelopes around her wrist, dragging her sister along with her.

"He might get weirded out with you two!" Momoka replies, standing up from her seat to follow after them. She stops midway in her tracks as she goes back to their seat, taking her water bottle in her hand before going after them.

an: i'm sincerely sorry for no updates since starting tuesday last week! i got sick (my head, nose and back were all on fire) and was too tired to move, but i've already recovered so i'm good to go when writing now!

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