Far Off Memories

Part 1: Forgotten Potential. Chapter 3: Mystery of the Jinhiya

           On the next day, somewhere in the early morning... "Dude, I know you're always in a bad sort of mood, but- Today is a special case..." Akane blankly and worriedly looked at Diego who seemed to be extremely traumatized "Seriously, what happened this time?" "He's back... But this time with a son..." Diego mumbled. Akane was majorly confused "Who's back-?" Diego then slammed his hands onto the table "THE JINHIYA FAMILY HAS COME BACK AGAIN!!" "Uhhhhh... Uh-huh- To tell you the truth, man... Sometimes I got to eavesdrop on some of your conversations with Magister Dread-Demon, and once I heard you talk about these Jinhiyas- Who are they exactly?" Diego sighed "I hate talking about this..." "Does it have anything to do with your childhood nickname?" "DON DAREI(Don't you dare)-" "Diiiiiiiioooooo~! Heeheehee!" Akane teased and Diego growled "AH YO(Why you)-!" "Akane...you're at this again?" Lauren suddenly spoke up from behind and seemed unamused. Akane stood up and still kept her smug shark smile "C'mon Lauren, things were about to get a lil' personal over here, and you JUST had to intervene! Right, Dio?" Diego's face turned red out of anger "ZATNI YARAHAI(Shut the fuck up)!! I don't have to tell you ANYTHING AT ALL!!" Then he left. Lauren glared at Akane "You shouldn't have done that, Akane. Since you know it triggers him, why did you bother?" "Can I be blamed for my curiousity? Pododi minuu...what about you then? How well do you know Diego?" Akane's eyes shrunk and she again mockingly and eerily sneered. Lauren facepalmed and left the scene "Don't we have to prepare for the training day?" "OH YOU'D DO ANYTHING TO AVOID A CONVO, LAUREN!" Akane complained.
          Meanwhile, as Jagged slept peacefully and his alarm clock was about ring in 5 minutes, his holographic phone started loudly vibrating and ringing. Jagged immediately snapped his eyes open and grabbed his holographic phone and answered the call "Hane(Note: "Hane" is only used when taking phone calls)?!" "Oi Jagged, doro mori(good morning)!" Nisha's voice cheerfully sounded and Jagged was shocked "NISHA?! Wha- Wh-wha- H-How did you get my number..?!" "Ah- Nu, yesterday while on my way home, I passed by the Yeongli-yo University and met quite an interesting and mysterious guy.. We've talked a bit and then introduced ourselves. I guess his name was Sei, if I remember correctly. Then, I don't know how I brought this up, I started telling him about you, hehe- and guess what he said? He knows your number! And he gave it to me!" Nisha excitedly explained. Jagged was silent out of shock and greatly irritated "Uhhh, Jagged? Are you here? Hane..? You're making me sad..." "Ai zetsa... I'm just trying to figure out HOW and WHERE he got it, because... Because I don't even know this guy.." "Um- I hate to think that I might have encountered a stalker, but at least he helped me, heh- Alright, see you at school?" "Yeah, uvideya pore..." The call ended. Jagged faintly growled 'Guirosu, if I meet this weirdo today, HE'S SO GETTING BE-' Then the alarm clock rang and Jagged jumped from the bed as he forgot he even had this thing in the first place.
          Almost immediately Jagged left his room, being partially dressed up(having only his training pants on), messy-haired and exhausted. The last moments of his first phone call with Nisha left him greatly disappointed. He didn't really regret lying to her that he 'doesn't know' Sei, he was rather disappointed with Sei himself. Then he heard metalic knocking on the automatic doors, and hurried to open them. There, he saw Sei "Ive(Hi), Jagged-" Then both stared at each other in shock, except Sei was blushing a bit and awkwardly turned away. Jagged was confused "What the hell were you staring at..?" He rubbed his head and realized he forgot to brush his hair "AH- AI WAREBI RACHESA MAI SHIERI(I forgot to brush my hair)-!" And ran away. Sei giggled 'You're worrying about the wrong thing though-' Then in a few seconds, Jagged comes back, no longer messy-haired "...What do you want and what are you doing here?" "Nuuuu... I kinda ditched the universi-" "YO TO?!" "Oi, let me finish! I got free morning today and I saw this as an opportunity to sneak out. Get it?" "Hosho(alright), I get it..-" "Jagged, who are you talking to over there?!" Akane's voice sounded from the distance "U-Uhh- No one!" Jagged flinched and gripped Sei's wrist "You're SO getting beat right now..." He growled and led Sei into his room.
          Sei didn't seem to be bothered at all and instead complimented the appearance of Jagged's room "Wow, your room looks quite nice!" However, Jagged seemed annoyed with Sei's carefree ignorance "You still haven't answered the second part of my question. What. Are. You. Doing. HERE?!" "Ah- I-I told you! Since I have a free morning today I decided to visit you! Honest! I have no bad intentions-" "I know you have no bad intentions, the voice of Shionhō told me that. But...it never told me if I could trust you." "Uh... Is it because I gave your friend your number-?" Sei was visibly sweating. Then Jagged immediately remembered his phone conversation with Nisha "Oh that's right!" Then he gripped the collar of Sei's hoodie and pulled him closer "WHERE DID YOU GET MY NUMBER?!" Sei squeaked "O-One of my friends is a hacker and I asked him to find your number a-and...that's...pretty much it.." Jagged scoffed and let go of Sei "Not so ignorant and carefree now, are we?" "It's just...you seem pretty scary when you're mad like this.." The university student trembled while the schoolboy Shionhō maniac eerily smirked "Oh how the roles have switched~ You have 5 minutes to leave this place unnoticed. DO NOT show up here uninvited." And then he left, with his footsteps being followed by a door slam. Sei just stood, flabbergasted 'Ake... I'm kind of starting to regret sneaking here... I definitely did not expect him to get mad like this. Perhaps he's not in the mood? Or...' Then Sei smacked himself 'O choruto(Damn it) Sei, how many times have you promised yourself to not second-guess in desperate situations?! I better leave... I don't want to face his true wrath.'.