Stuck In Your Arms (Ittorou / Itto x Gorou)

Chapter One - Losing A Battle

It was a Wednesday but not just an ordinary one. People were really hyped up about something as they stood in the streets waiting for something wonderful. Normal citizens stopped and stared at them in confusion. Some people had no idea what was happening.

It seemed like they stood in a long line as if they were getting autographs or something. Yes, perhaps that was the case. Inazuma was really famous of the Yae Publishing House, no wonder why almost everyone was there.

"Alriiiight!!" a big, tall and muscular figure stood out from the crowd. "It's time for plan B!"

He had long white hair which was messy here and there, and two big red horns. It appeared he was an oni, a crimson oni to be exact. He was the city's mischief, he was known for getting in trouble all the time. Him and his gang really made this peaceful city... well, less peaceful.

"Plan B? Wait, we had a plan A in the first place?" one of the gang members spoke up in an unsure tone.

His name was Genta. He wore his usual hat and he raised one of his eyebrows.

"Ah, come on! I always have a plan, haha!" Itto chuckled to himself proudly.

He stretched his arms before he pushed everyone aside to be the first one in line.

"Hey!!" a woman yelled up. "I've been waiting here for two hours!! How dare you?!"

"Sorry lady but as her biggest fan, I have all rights to be the first one to meet her." he winked at her playfully which the woman didn't like one bit.

"Boss, are you sure this is okay?" Akira asked as he seemed a bit worried.

"Pff! Are you scared of a lady or what?" Itto bursted out laughing. "What will she do? Call the Tenryou Commission? They don't care about things like this."

The oni seemed more confident today than usual. The gang members looked at each other as they thought to themselves. They knew how much this meeting meant for their boss but to push everyone aside? They could have gotten hurt in the process.

Itto leaned close to the man standing behind the desk.

"Hey bro. Where's Miss Hina?" he asked innocently as if he didn't even commit a crime a second ago.

"Sir, please hold back your horns. We're giving out autographs with her face on it, we didn't say she'll be here in person." the man replied with a blank face.

"WHAT?!" Itto hit the desk as he became upset. "She was supposed to be here! This is unfair!"

"Sir, calm down. I'm sure this was a misunderstanding." the man changed his tone completely. "Here."

He grabbed a poster of Miss Hina with her autograph on it and handed it to the oni. Itto stared at it for a while as he let out a happy squeak.

"Oh, she's even more beautiful than I remembered!!" he smiled happily as he started walking away.

The gang immediately followed him behind.

"Boss, are you okay?" Mamoru rushed up to him first, wanting to take a glance at the poster in Itto's hands.

"I'm more than okay!" he hugged the poster as he giggled to himself. "She's so perfect, wonderful, amazing, kind and caring and-"

"Let me see! Let me see!" Akira tried to take the poster with no luck.

"Hey! This is mine!" Itto snapped at him as he put the paper away.

"Can't I just take a look at her?" he crossed his arms feeling defeated.

"Her beauty is so mesmerizing that you will fall in love with her immediately! I can't let that happen, Akira."

"Huh? What are you-"

"Gosh. Too sweet." a familiar voice spoke up behind them.

Itto slowly turned around to see his biggest enemy, Kujou Sara from the Tenryou Commission standing there with her hands crossed. A few soldiers were behind her, ready to attack.

"So the lady did call them on me..." he muttered to himself as his eyes widened.

"Arataki Itto. We meet again." she spoke up as she looked into Itto's eyes.

"How nice of you to join us, General Kujou. Are you here to make me beg for mercy too?" Itto chuckled as he took out his claymore, ready to defend himself and his gang.

"Final warning. Surrender your vision now." she said coldly as she squinted her eyes a bit.

"Oh but General, if you join the Arataki Gang now, I can show you what dreams are made of." he spun his weapon in his hand as he stepped closer to her.

He raised his hand towards her and gestured for her to fight him. Sara scoffed before she replied.

"Let it be." she took her bow out and raised her right hand into the air. "Attack him!"

As soon as these words ran out of her mouth, all the soldiers started rushing up to him attacking him. Itto easily managed to dodge the swings with their polearms and kicked them in the face.

"It's showtime!" he grinned as he started swinging his claymore, making the soldiers fall back in pain.

"Boss! Be careful!" Genta shouted in worry as he watched his boss fight.

"Woo! You're doing great, Boss!" Mamoru started cheering for him in anticipation.

The cheering made Itto more confident as a wide smile appeared on his face.

"ATTABOY!" he suddenly summoned his best friend, Ushi and threw him at soldiers.

"Moo! Moo!" Ushi the bull gathered all his strength and started kicking them with his horns.

"Good boy!" the oni showed him a thumbs up but before he could have said anything else, someone suddenly hit him from the back making him fall to his knees.

"It's over now." Sara said as she walked in front of him and crouched down to him.

"Ouch!! What has gotten into you, General?!" Itto hissed in pain as he slowly realized that there was an arrow in his back.

Sara didn't really care, she looked at his collar and grabbed his vision, then tore it down without a word.

"H-HEY! NO!!" Itto yelled up desperately as he watched the woman get up and walk away with her soldiers.

His gang members immediately rushed up to him.

"Boss! Gosh, you have an arrow in your back!" Akira yelled up in panic.

"Boss, don't die yet! We need you!" Genta joined his friend in the worrying.

"What do we do?!" Mamoru cried out as he started walking back and forth in stress.

Itto groaned in pain as he tried to pull out the arrow with not much luck.

"Guuuyss!! A little help??"

The gang members instantly grabbed the arrow and pulled it out together. Itto cried out in pain and slowly got up afterwards.

"You need to see a doctor!" Genta suggested but everyone ignored him.

"We need to get my vision back! I can't let her win this easily!!" the oni cursed under his breath as he stood up straight making his back hurt even more.

He started whimpering in pain as tears appeared in his eyes.

"Boss?" Akira glanced at him unsurely.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine... L-let's just go!" he answered between sobs as he started walking back to the city.