Yuuno stretched as he exited the large research facility at TSAB HQ. Due to their unique origins, the Materials often had to go in for various tests to make sure everything was all right. The three had a full day of exams ahead of them and now that he had dropped them off he wouldn’t need to go pick them up until the evening.
He had to admit that he felt a bit lonely without them around. His life was constantly hectic but he had gotten used to the company. Now that he was temporarily free of his responsibilities he wasn’t sure how to spend the time.
‘I guess I could go work on the library.’ He mused. That was another task assigned to him, one that didn’t get much attention, so he might as well use the day to make some headway.
“Yuuuuunoooo-sensei!” He heard the call before something collided into him from behind. He managed to keep from falling over and looked back to see Raiko latched onto him.
“Raiko, what are you doing here?” He asked with a bit of a frown. “Did you run away from the doctors again?”
“Nuh uh!” Raiko shook her head as she let go. “They said that some of the do-hickies broke and only had enough to poke and prod Seikou and Yami so I got to go free!”
“Really?” Yuuno raised an eyebrow sceptically. He’d have to call and make sure.
“So you know what?” Raiko grinned as she fished into her pocket. “Ta-dah!” She thrust out two rectangles of paper triumphantly. “The funny lady gave me these!”
“Amy did?” Yuuno studied the slips and saw that they were tickets to the Super Happy Fun Time amusement park.
“She said I should go with sensei and have some fun!” Raiko beamed. “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!”
Yuuno figured her story was likely true. Amy probably did give her the tickets since she couldn’t have gotten them herself, which meant that she probably was excused from the tests after all. While the library really did need his attention, he just couldn’t refuse that face brimming with enthusiasm.
“Okay then,” he smiled. “Let’s go.”
“Yay!”
X-X-X
“Ooooh!” Raiko exclaimed as she looked up at the park. “It’s so big!”
“It sure is.” Yuuno chuckled as he scanned the surroundings. Despite being a weekday, the park still had a fair number of other patrons.
“Wait, I know this place!” Raiko bopped her fist into her palm in realisation. “I saw it on a TV show! People came here when they went on a date!” Raiko blinked before exclaiming “So we’re on a date too!”
“Err, that’s…”
“I’m on a date with Yuuno-sensei! I’m on a date with Yuuno-sensei!” The blue haired girl sang, getting chuckles from a few passerbys.
“Well… I guess you could call it a date…” Yuuno relented. Having his first date be with Raiko didn’t sound bad at all. He just hoped she behaved.
They entered the park and Yuuno grabbed a map to see what attractions they had to choose from.
“I wanna go on that one!” Raiko pointed to the tallest steel coaster in the entire park before Yuuno could even open the map. The thing had about five loops, two corkscrews, and three huge drops.
“I think that might be too… extreme for us.” Yuuno chuckled nervously. He wasn’t one to mind heights, but in this case he was willing to make an exception.
“Oh come on, pleeeeeease?” Raiko clasped her hands together and stared at him with sparkling eyes.
‘Must resist…’ Yuuno gulped. Luckily his salvation was standing right outside the ride. It was a cardboard cut out of a clown that read ‘you must be this tall to ride.’ They were just barely under the limit. “Sorry Raiko, but we’re too small.”
“What, that’s not fair!” Raiko grumbled. “Stupid clown! I’ll show you who’s too short!”
Yuuno knew he had to act fast. “Let’s go on that instead!” He took her hand and pulled her towards another random ride.
“Wow, those tea cups are huge!” Raiko gasped, quickly forgetting about the clown. “I wonder what kind of giants drink out of those!”
“No one drinks out of them.” Yuuno chuckled in relief. “People ride in them.”
“But they’ll get all wet.” Raiko said. “Well, I hope it’s not that icky green stuff that that admiral lady always drinks.”
“You’ll understand when we get on.” They waited in line a few minutes before being seated in one of the cups.
“What’s this table for?” Raiko asked. “Are we gonna have a tea party in a tea cup?”
“Well…” The ride started up and the cup began moving. “If you spin the table, the cup will spin too. Like this.” Yuuno grabbed the edges of the table and gently spun it, the cup turning in turn.
“Ooooh! I wanna try!” Raiko grabbed the edges as well and began turning.
“Yeah, just like that. Slowly now… Okay, that’s fast enough… Raiko, don’t do it so har-!” Yuuno found himself forced up against the seat as the world outside of the cup became a blur of colour.
“Weeee!” Raiko giggled as she spun with all her might. If she didn’t cut it out soon, Yuuno was certain he was about to get reacquainted with his breakfast very soon.
X-X-X
It was fifteen minutes before Yuuno could walk in a straight line again. Thankfully his stomach contents remained where they were.
Not perturbed in the least, Raiko marched onward and enjoyed what the park had to offer in the fullest. She rode the merry go round, zipped through the mini coasters, laughed through the haunted house, and screamed in terror during the Small World ride.
“That was creepy!” She shivered as they sat on a bench to rest in a sparsely populated area. “I’m going to have bad dreams for weeks!”
“Oh, it wasn’t that bad.” Yuuno chuckled as he sat back and looked into the sky. It was a flawless blue.
“But the singing! THE SING… OH WOW!” The girl bounced up and ran forward. “It’s a kitty!!!”
The poor animal abruptly stopped cleaning itself and tried to flee but the blue haired girl was too fast for it.
“Such a cute kitty you’re so fluffy yes you are!” Raiko squealed as she held the cat tightly, rubbing her cheek into its fur.
“Raiko, stop that!” Yuuno ran up to her. “You’re making it mad! It’s going to…”
“Ow!” The warning came too late as the feline let out a hiss and swiped its claws at Raiko’s hand. It then jumped out of her arms and took a defensive stance.
“Are you okay?” Yuuno asked as he examined Raiko’s hand. “Good, it didn’t break the skin.”
“The kitty hurt me!” Raiko growled as she glared at the animal. “I’ll teach it to attack me!”
“No.” Yuuno said firmly, tightening his grip on her hand. “Leave the cat alone.”
“B-But!” Raiko looked at him like an innocent child being scolded by their parent.
“That was your fault.” He said. “You were being too rough with it and it defended itself. It didn’t do anything wrong.”
“But, but I just wanted to play with it!” Raiko started to tear up.
“That’s fine, but you have to be nice and gentle with it.” Yuuno released his hold and slowly walked over to the cat. It remained on the defensive for a moment, but soon relaxed and sniffed at the hand Yuuno had outstretched. He then began to gently stroke its fur and elicited purrs.
Raiko took a few tentative steps when he waved her over. She then followed his example and began to slowly pet the cat.
“See? That’s how you do it.” Yuuno smiled.
“Oooooh.” Raiko grinned as the cat flopped over onto its back so its belly could be rubbed. “That’s a good kitty!”
After a few moments the animal had had enough and trotted off towards its next adventure.
“Bye bye, kitty!” Raiko waved to it and Yuuno couldn’t help but smile at her. When she was like that it was easy to forget that the sweet girl beside him originated from darkness.
“Hey, sensei!” Raiko said when they resumed walking. “Can we get a kitty? Please please please please pleeease!”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Yuuno shook his head. “It’s a lot of work to take care of a pet and we have our hands full as it is.”
“I promise to take good care of it, I swear!” Raiko begged.
‘If the cat back there is any indication, I’m worried you might care for it too much…’ Yuuno thought. “I’m sorry Raiko, but the answer is still no. Maybe sometime in the future when you can be more responsible, we can talk about it again. Okay?”
“Okay…” Raiko hung her head.
“Err… Well, for now, let’s get some ice cream.”
“I want chocolate!” Raiko replied, reverting back to her usual chipper self.
X-X-X
After finishing their ice cream, Raiko declared her intent to use the bathroom and ran off. Yuuno waited near by, doing some window shopping at the souvenir store. Something caught his eye so he went inside, exiting moments later with a small bag.
“I hope she likes it.” Yuuno smiled as he checked the bag’s contents. When he did so something bumped into him and knocked him down on his rear. He looked up at what he ran into and came face to face with the most selfish, terrible, cruel and foul creatures in existence.
Teenagers.
“Watch where you’re going, twerp.” One of the three boys scowled.
“I’m really sorry.” Yuuno said as he got up.
“If sorry was enough to fix things we wouldn’t need cops!” Another of the boys scoffed.
“We might let you off if you entertain us a bit.” The final boy said, lightly shoving Yuuno to one of his friends.
“It’s important to bow your head to your superiors!” The other boy said before shoving Yuuno again.
“A brat like you needs to know his place.” The last boy laughed.
Before Yuuno could formulate some sort of escape strategy some one grabbed one of the boys by the wrist.
“What the?”
“What do you think you’re doing to Yuuno-sensei?” Raiko glared as she squeezed.
“Hey, let go!” The teen tried to pull his hand free but to no avail. “What’s with this kid? She’s crazy strong!”
“I won’t forgive you!” Raiko seethed, pulling her arm back and tossing the boy into one of his friends. They both landed in a heap which left the remaining boy gawking. “What you said earlier should apply to you.” Raiko advanced on him and brought her leg back. “Know your place!” Her leg shot out and connected hard, sending the guy to join his friends in the heap on the ground.
“Raiko, stop!” Yuuno cried out but the girl showed no indication of hearing him.
“The existence of people like you is revolting.” Raiko muttered as she moved forward. Yuuno could see the electricity crackling around her, which was possible because the Materials’ magic was unsealed bit by bit due to good behaviour. “I’ll kill you and send you to that eternal darkness!”
“Raiko!” Yuuno tried again desperately. He knew that she would kill them without hesitation and he had to stop that at all costs.
“This will be slow, it will be painful and yes, there will be blood!”
“RAIJIN NO SHUUGEKISHA, STOP THIS AT ONCE!” Yuuno screamed. Raiko froze before slowing turning to him, her furious expression replaced with one of shock.
“Y-Y-Yuuno-sensei? What…? But I…” She didn’t resist when Yuuno grabbed her hand and pulled her off at a hurried pace. “Sensei, why are you mad?”
Yuuno said nothing.
“It wasn’t my fault! Those guys were being bad and picking on sensei!”
Yuuno said nothing.
“They deserved it! I… I… They were hurting you so I…”
Yuuno said nothing.
“I’m sorry!” Tears started spilling from Raiko’s eyes. “I just wanted to help you! Please don’t hate me!”
Yuuno stopped and took a deep breath, waiting for the rush to settle. “I don’t hate you, Raiko, and I’m not mad either… Okay, I’m a little bit mad, but seeing you like that I… I was scared.”
“You don’t need to be scared of me!” Raiko assured him. “I like Yuuno-sensei a lot so I’d never hurt you!”
“No, it’s not that.” Yuuno shook his head and turned to look her in the eye. “I was afraid of what would happen if you didn’t stop. Listen, killing people is bad. If you killed those boys then the Bureau would come take you away and I would never see you again. I… I couldn’t bear for that to happen.”
“But… Those guys…”
“Those guys were jerks but that doesn’t make it okay to hurt them. Getting angry is perfectly normal but you have to stay calm and not let that anger get out of control. You can’t act out violently.”
“So I shouldn’t try to hurt what makes me mad?” Raiko asked.
“That’s right. Do you think you can do that?”
Raiko thought it over a moment. “Okay! I promise I’ll try!” She held out a pinky finger and linked it with Yuuno’s.
“That settles it then.” Yuuno smiled and held out the bag. “Here, this is for you.”
Raiko happily opened the bag and shone even brighter when she pulled out a plush cat. “Ooooh!”
“It’s not a real cat but it should do for now.” Yuuno said. “Be sure to take care of it.”
“My own fluffy kitty cat!” Raiko squealed and hugged it tightly. “I will name him George and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him and pat him and pet him and rub him and caress him and…”
“Glad you like it.” Yuuno chuckled.
It was getting late so the pair decided it was time to go, but not before they encountered the three boys again. The teens hastily rattled off an apology before running away as fast as they could. Yuuno was relieved that outside of their egos, there was no harm done. He could probably get the Bureau to let the incident slide.
“Today certainly was an eventful day.” Yuuno said.
“I had a lot of fun!” Raiko exclaimed, the cat now resting on her head. “The other two will be so jealous! Oh! But there’s still one more thing they did on TV we have to do!”
“What would that b-” Yuuno’s eyes widened as Raiko quickly pressed her lips against his.
“That!” Raiko grinned when she backed away. Yuuno just stood there with his mouth open and his face red. “Sensei looks so funny! Come on, George, let’s go home!”
“Raiko, wait for me!” Yuuno chased after her when he regained his wits. His life might have gotten a lot crazier but the boy knew that he wouldn’t give it up for anything.
2011-04-23, 02:17
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For those that belittle their favorite characters, complain about pairings, complain about oversexed images. Stop, thank you.
