Monster - SDRA2 Fanfic (Book 1) - COMPLETED

Chapter 7

WARNING: MENTIONS OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND MENTIONS OF HURTING/CUTTING ONESELF

DO NOT READ IF THIS TRIGGERS YOU

After everyone left, Sora was the first to speak up.

"Alright Kokoro, please tell us what you found," Sora said

"Very well, this is quite a lot, so bear with me. Mikado was orphaned at a young age and was transferred to many homes, some decent, but some much worse. He developed a mentality that he would never be loved, as he believed that was why he was orphaned and transferred around. He always pushed himself away from others by being mean. I also found out that Mikado did not have magic as his original talent. He seemed to be an expert in computer programming but seemed to abandon it after learning magic. As I mentioned, those burns under his gloves were from magic, but it seemed like he had done it on purpose. That also includes the cuts. He constantly sees himself as a monster, and as a result, he hurts himself to make himself feel better. That seems to be the summary of it" Kokoro said. Everyone, even Yuri had paled from the story.

"I....never knew Mikado felt this way," Yoruko said.

"S-So he wanted us to hate him, so that's why he was always so mean?" Iroha asked.

"Exactly, he didn't do it because he wanted to, it was a result of the mentality he had," Kokoro explained.

"So...now with this, what should we do?" Yuri asked.

"We need to comfort him about this. I'm more than willing to offer therapy about this, but at least letting him know he doesn't need to keep this act up. It's not going to be easy, but if we are there to support him and treat him properly, he will get better." Kokoro told them.

"T-Then let's do that!" Hibiki said. "I kinda regret being mean to him.."

"It wasn't your fault sis...we all had no idea," Kanade comforted her sister.

Back with Mikado, he was just on the run for his life. He was scared, he didn't know what to do. He always had that demon in his head telling him how much of a monster he was but now that everyone knew, it was just getting worse. He just wanted it to end, and he could end it all at the moment. But he was too scared, so he just kept running. Turning a corner, he smacked right into someone, dropping the gun and falling to the ground.

"Shit sorry!" Mikado said getting up, nearly forgetting the gun as he looked up to the person who also was on the ground. It was someone he had never seen before, with green hair, a long black jacket with a rainbow, and a scarf.

"Hey, it's alright. Should've been watching where I was going" The tall man said. He looked young, almost around the same age as Mikado, but he was much taller than anyone he saw. Mikado thought he was pretty handsome but shook it off.

"I-I should go-!" Mikado said as he rushed past him, but stopped as the other grabbed his wrist.

"Woah-! Wait a second, you dropped your...gun" The man said not realizing it was a gun until he turned back to point at it. The man let go of Mikado's wrist and picked it up, giving it back.

"Ah...thanks" Mikado took the gun back.

"No problemo, glad to help!" The man smiled. Mikado blushed a bit, god this guy was cute. He wondered what his name was, but his thoughts were cut short when he saw down the hall, Syobai, Nikei and Setsuka turning the corner.

"Ah-ha! Found ya!" Nikei said. Mikado jumped as he bolted past the man, not even giving a goodbye as Teruya stood there confused.

"Uh...you guys looking for him?" He asked.

"You could say that. Never seen you around" Setsuka said to the tall man.

"Ah, yeah, my name is Teruya, I'm the Ultimate Merchant. I'm in Class 79" He told them. "Is everything okay?"

"It's a lot to explain so just come with us!" Nikei said.

"Wait what-" Teruya said before Setsuka grabbed him by the coat and pulled him along.

"We'll explain everything as we go!" Nikei said as they continued running. Back with Shinji, Hajime and Yuki, they bumped into someone on their way.

"Nyeh! Be careful, geez!" Himiko, the Ultimate Magician said to the three. Yuki actually knew her a bit.

"Ah,sorry Himiko..." Yuki said.

"What are you even doing running down the halls?" She asked.

"Ah, we're looking for Mikado. It's a long story.." Hajime told her.

"Mikado?? What's going on?" Himiko asked.

"Ah yeah, you two are friends, right?" Yuki asked

"Of course! Mages and Wizards share a special bond. We practice magic together!" Himiko smiled, proud of the fact.

"Well then, you should know..." Shinji said as they quickly summarized what happened.

"Nyeh...poor Mikado...I never knew how much pain he was in. I found it weird that he's been avoiding our magic practicing sessions these last couple of weeks." She said. "Alright, I'll help you find him!" 

"O-Oh you will? Thanks!" Yuki said.

"I won't be with you guys though. Mikado doesn't know I'm helping you, so if I go alone, he won't suspect me at all. I can use my magic to teleport around to find him if I know a location, and I can render him unconscious if I do find him" She said.

"I see...well I think we got a location," Hajime said checking his phone as Setsuka texted their group chat.

*Finding Mikado Squad*

Setsuka: We saw Mikado on the first floor, near the cafeteria. He got away however and we're chasing him

Yuki: I see. We found Himiko, who is a magician. She can teleport around and put Mikado asleep. She'll be alone so Mikado doesn't suspect her to be with us

Setsuka: Sounds good

Yuki: Alright, I'll add her to the chat

*Yuki added Himiko to the chat*

"Alright, he should be on the first floor," Yuki said to Himiko.

"Alright, leave it to me!" Himiko told them and in a flash, she teleported off.

"I never get how she does that..." Shinji mumbled as they headed off. Back with Mikado, he wasn't too far away from the cafeteria as mentioned, but he had managed to lose Syobai's group by navigating through a series of halls and confusing them. While running, he again bumped into someone, and in this case, it was Himiko who was wandering around after teleporting into the area.

"Nye-!" Himiko yelped, turning around to see the distressed Mikado. "Ah, Mikado!"

"Ah, Himiko, you gotta help me! It's hard to explain but the others are chasing after me!" Mikado said. "And I'm low on MP!"

"Ah, well I won't question it. But I'll help you out! I'll put an invisibility spell on you, it should give you time to find a place to hide" Himiko told him.

"Oh thank you so much," Mikado said, unaware that Himiko was also tricking him. Himiko took his hand and mumbled a Sleeping Spell she knew. All of a sudden, Mikado felt very tired.

"Huh..?" Mikado mumbled, yawning. "W-Why am I so tired..? H-Himiko what did...you...do..." He mumbled as he lost consciousness, falling to the ground.

Himiko caught the other before he hit the ground too harshly as she contacted the group.

Himiko: I found him, he's in hallway 5 near the cafeteria. I rendered him unconscious with my magic

Setsuka: Great work Himiko! We're on our way!