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[Fated Day] Trusting The Stars; Closed
Topic Started: Nov 9 2011, 11:39 PM (493 Views)
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"Then that means we have one week to prepare ourselves. When that Fated Day is upon us, it will fall to Arcadia to decide the fate of our planet."

Those words echoed through Ikki's mind as he stood in the very area where arcadia fought for the freedom of their leader. Ikki hadn't been able to do much in the effort to show Hiro his worth, sure he managed to take down one of the Crowley brothers, but it wasn't under his own power, it was because of Masamune that he was able to take him down. Ikki shivered slightly as a gust of wind blew through, causing goose bumps to form on the boy's neck. He wasn't really dressed for cold weather, as he was wearing a pair of blue shorts, with a white t-shirt, and white sneakers on his feet. His eyes shifting towards the sky as his thoughts trailed off.

"Tarin...I promised her I would create a world where she wouldn't have to fear anything...but how can I create a world like that for her...when I'm living in fear...I don't belong in Arcadia...I don't belong with those guys...Meglumar, Hiro-Sensei, Jen, ever Star has to watch over me....I go on missions, and they all end up saving my tail....I'm not fit to be in Arcadia anymore...I just hold the others back, and walking into a battle like this, they don't need me being a liability...I don't want to be the reason someone gets killed...not again...." Ikki's thoughts traveled over the events leading up to now, the school had survived everything because of the efforts of the citizens of Hyakuji, but Ikki didn't belong with them, he wasn't as strong as the others, nor had he developed the bond that the others seemed to have with each other. He stood in silence before his phone began to beep, the boy reaching into his pants pocket to pull it out.

"Where are you? Its your shift at work, I will cover for you, but I don't like secrets Ikki...I know something is wrong-Tarin" Ikki read the message before flipping his phone closed, and placing it back in his pocket. He placed his hands into his pockets, studying the sky.

"Didn't paint you as a quieter Ikki....this isn't like you, normally Tarin gives you the confidence to do anything...but your afraid...because she won't be there to bail you out on this one. Your confident when its just your life on the line...but knowing the lives of others are on the line, if not the entire world...you fear what happens if you fail..."

"Yes! I'm terrified, what if I screw up? What if I freeze when everything is on the line? Worse...what if someone gets hurt because of me, it wouldn't be the first time Kal.." Ikki cried out as his hands balled into fist, his arms shaking slightly out of fear as his eyes shifted to the ground, the boy gritting his teeth as he tried to fight his emotions. This entire situation was new to Ikki, knowing that the entire fate of the world was in the hands of him, and a small group of students. It wasn't fair. How could they expect a group of kids to handle something so big? This had to be a dream, a dream he would soon wake up from.
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"You know, as much as screaming at the scenery is helpful, it doesn't actually give you any real answers."

The voice came from behind Ikki, and he would recognize it as the voice of one of his coworkers, the photomancer nicknamed Star. She walked over so that she was standing beside him, looking out at the view of Hyakuji and hugging her arms close to herself as the cold wind blew through the air. Unlike Ikki, she was actually dressed for the weather, in a warm jacket, a long-sleeved shirt, and a trendy scarf, but that didn't stop her from feeling the chill.

"Trust me, I know. I've tried."

A small hint of a smile appeared on the photomancer's face. She shook her head, her blond hair falling around her face as she looked out at the city. There was something deep about Star now, as if the layers of cheerfulness that she surrounded herself with had been stripped away for a moment, leaving in its place a young girl that had left safety and comfort and been thrust in this world too soon.

"Feel like talking about it?"
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"You know, as much as screaming at the scenery is helpful, it doesn't actually give you any real answers." A voice came from behind Ikki, the voice very familiar to the young boy as he turned around to see his friend and co-worker Star. Ikki jumped slightly as he eyed the girl, shocked she was this far away from the city. But his eyes quickly calmed as she slowly walked towards him, standing next to the boy as they looked out onto the city. Ikki had to admit there was a certain calming element that Tarin, and Star brought to him, maybe it was the fact they where the first real friends he made once arriving at Hyakuji? Or maybe it was the fact that he still carried a slight flame for Star, despite the fact they where both in great relationships. (her's having less bumps and bruises)

"Ya know...I once thought it made everything better, but...yelling doesn't do a damn thing Star...I'm still afraid..." He said softly as he kept his eyes on the city of Hyakuji, he knew he wouldn't be able to run from the battle that was to come, but deep inside he wanted to, he wanted to run and not turn back, and let Hiro and the others deal with this.

"I'm a coward...plain and simple...I'm scared Star...but not for myself...when there is pressure I freeze, if it wasn't for masamune I would have failed in stopping that Crowley brother...and someone would have gotten hurt...Star I don't want to see anyone hurt because I'm too afraid to act..." He said, his voice, cracking with emotion as he seemed to try to choke back the fear he was having about the upcoming battle. "Even during the attack on Kaimu I froze...unable to act, and because I was a split second too slow.."

"You took a shot to the chin trying to protect Star from that football player, not to mention that Raven guy beat the crap out of you...Ha! Maybe your right, maybe you should sit this one out!" Kal said with a laugh as Ikki let out a slight groan to the demons words, such was the draw back of having a demon living in your body, there was no off switch. It was then something hit Ikki as he glanced at Star. Something was off about her, she wasn't her usual chipper self that she seemed to always be when around Ikki, this thought scared the boy slightly as he spoke to her.

"Wait...what brings you this far out Star? You doing some thinking like me?" He asked, as he seemed to avoid eye contact with her, trying to hide his own fear as best he could.
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Star said nothing as Ikki spoke. She simply listened. She knew better than anyone that sometimes, you just needed to talk to somebody, anybody and have them listen to you and understand. And she understood. She knew what he was talking about, probably better than most. Her fear of being useless, her insecurity, her hatred of her weakness and her cowardice had been what nearly drove her over the edge last year, what sent her to England and J in the first place.

She wouldn't say she was completely over it now. Thinking about what she had signed up to do still made her stomach churn in an unpleasant way, and the boost of confidence she felt after getting her Persona wasn't making her feel better about the whole thing. But she was getting better. It was a slow process. But she was getting there.

"I like to come out here sometimes," she said when he asked her what she was doing up here. She looked up at the rapidly darkening sky. "You can see the stars best from up here. It reminds me of when I was little." When she was little, growing up on a farm, Star had sneaked out to the top of a hill nearby to see the stars at night. It seemed so long ago. She had sprained her ankle falling down that hill in the dark one time. That was how she met Helios, and how this whole thing started in the first place.

Although she couldn't be too angry. If she hadn't met Helios, she might already be dead.

Star clasped her hands behind her back, looking up at the sky. She didn't look at Ikki, understanding that he didn't want her to see him like this. "I understand how you feel," she said. "I've always been the weakling. The person everyone has to protect. And I get scared too. I freeze up. I don't want to get hurt, and I don't want anyone to get hurt protecting me. I don't want to be dead weight anymore..."

"That's why I'm going to give it my all," she said. "Because if we don't go out there, we'll never get rid of our fear."
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"You sound like me...growing up I used to leave camp sometimes to look at the star's...Egypt has the best sky. Its so clear, and bright at night....its beautiful...you get lost in it sometimes." He said calmly as his eyes studied the sky. Ikki was trying his best to hide his fear from Star, but he was sure she could pick up on it, the girl was smart, and like Tarin he didn't seem to be able to hide much from her. Not because Star could see through his lies, but because he could never bring himself to lie to her.

"Star your far from weak, your one of the strongest people I know, I've seen you in action, your quite the fighter, a lot better then me in some ways...why would you be worried, you have been in arcadia a lot longer, you fight with your own power...I have to rely on Masamune, or one of the other swords just to get by, at least you have your own power to get you through, and you have something to fight for..Meglumar, you two keep each other strong, your stronger together then you are apart. With him you will be fine..not to mention that scary Damon guy..." Ikki paused as he shivered slightly at the thought of the elemancer, the man controlled darkness if Ikki was right, and he seemed to be quiet, a bit too quiet for Ikki's liking, but maybe he just wasn't much of a talker. "You have something to fight for, a reason to fight...a reason to keep living...I lack such a thing, its hard to fight when you have no purpose." He stopped as he looked to the ground, his eyes showing a fear, a fear that his lack of purpose would cause him to do something reckless, and get someone hurt, that was his fear, he couldn't allow someone to get hurt because of him.

"Your right Star...but how do I go out there...and stand with you guys, when I feel like I don't belong...I look around I see you, Meglumar, Chizu, and Hiro-sensei...you guys are so strong, if anyone is the dead weight its me, and I think sensei knows it, that's why he tries to keep me out of trouble." His voice turned soft, his tone barely being able to reach her ears. When Hiro invited him to join arcadia, Ikki was sure he would be an asset, but instead he has been nothing more then a body in the crowed. "Sometimes I wonder if I belong here at this school, maybe...maybe I got in over my head, and maybe I should go home...before I get hurt. I mean come on Star. Were just kids! Why does the fate of the world depend on us? Why can't...why can't we be normal...live normal lives...why do we have powers? And what are they for?" He asked, his voice trembling with fear as he voiced his fears to Star. This wasn't like Ikki, he wasn't one to crack like this, but Star was the only person he could talk to. Tarin wasn't apart of arcadia, so there wasn't much Ikki could share with her, but Star was a member, and a person he felt close to. "Why does so much ride on us?" He whispered, but loud enough to where his words would have reached Star's ears.
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Star blinked in surprise, hearing what Ikki had to say. He thought she was strong? That's not how she remembered it. She took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, her shoulders slumping with the breath. A lot of the things that Ikki was saying were things that she had wondered too. She often wondered what she was fighting for, and why they had to be given these things in the first place. She couldn't blame him for asking these questions, but...

She shook her head. "I'm not strong, Ikki," she said. "Or at least, I'm not strong enough. Sure, I fight with my own power, but that's not power that I can really control. And it's not power that doesn't come with its consequences..." She stretched her hand out in front of her, staring at it. It looked so solid, just like a regular human hand, but how could she explain to Ikki that at those times, she didn't feel that solid, or that stable, or that human. She felt like light, and light that was in constant danger of getting swept away.

Yes, the power excited her, but the danger scared her. And the danger to others scared her even more. She shuddered, drawing her hand back. She didn't want to feel that scared anymore. "Besides," she said. "You have something to fight for. What about Tarin? What about Hyakuji? What about the people who care about you and the people that you care about? They're all things to fight for, aren't they?"

She fell silent, listening as Ikki continued to speak.

"You're telling me..." she said, when Ikki asked her why all these things rode on them. The words were said with her breath, almost too soft to be heard. Star practically sighed them. She tucked a strand of hair behind her shoulder, not looking at Ikki as she spoke. There weren't a lot of people that knew about this, although that number was growing, as Star was beginning to tell more and more of her friends.

Why not Ikki?

"At least you're human," said Star with a small smile, almost as if she were joking. "Fully human, and not some unstable elemental hybrid in danger of blowing herself up at any time. It takes a lot of the pressure off, believe me."
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"I couldn't control my powers at the start...and in some ways I still can't. I'm still trying to master the spirit wave...Meglumar can attest to that..." Ikki said rubbing the back of his head slightly as he thought back on the spar him and Meglumar had that morning before school, it was quite the site to behold, and although it ended in a draw, Ikki found his rival, and friend, which for him was a good thing. He watched Star carefully as she stared at her hand. Was something wrong with her? Why wouldn't she tell Ikki? Well maybe it made sense, he wasn't as close to Star as the others, and though they worked at the same store, they really hadn't spent much time with each other, but despite all of that, Star was one of Ikki's close friends, who he would give anything to protect. His ears perked up as Star pointed out he had to protect Tarin, to this statement Ikki just laughed slightly before turning to Star with a bright smile.

"Oh Tarin? She would be fine....she is stronger then she looks, she has proven to be tougher then me, in a lot of situations, Bell-Sensei says she is my baby sitter, and in some way's she is better suited to Arcadia then me...she is smart, calm, calculating, and is able to improvise...and despite how she talks, and acts, she isn't as cold as she would like others to think, she would be fine if something happened to me...trust me...she wouldn't shed a tear...Tarin is stronger then that...." Ikki said as his voice grew softer, with every word, the usual cheery tone he had when at school, or work, was gone, the Ikki that Star had grown to know was now replaced with someone who was afraid...afraid to fail, afraid for someone to get hurt because he was weak, and most of all...afraid that these people had given him a will to live. "I don't want to be remembered....I want to die and be forgotten...I don't want...anyone to be sad...no tears...I've seen enough of those..." Ikki said as he quickly shook it off, slapping his face with both hands as he tried to force himself back to normal.

"But your right...this city...my friends...everything here is worth protecting...but I lack the power, I want the power to protect everyone...I don't care what happens to me, just as long as you guys are safe, and can live your lives...everything else is unimportant." His voice was cut off as he heard Star utter something about being human. Ikki stopped talking as he looked at the girl with a shocked look as she kept speaking. So Star wasn't human like him? No she was here she was solid...so to Ikki that made her human. Ikki reached out, gently thumping Star's forehead.

"Feels solid to me, feels like Star, talks like Star, and I get the same butterflies in my stomach, so you must be Star. Human or not...it doesn't change who you are inside...besides...its not what you are that makes you human...its who you are...Star your just as human as me, if not more...so what if you could blow at any time? Doesn't make me care about you any less...your still my friend....and I still care about you...your just regular Star to me....." Ikki smiled at Star as he spoke every word, he didn't care what her story was, she was still as human as she was when Ikki met her. And nothing would change that.
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Star giggled as Ikki reminded her that he would always think of her as human, grinning slightly at him. "That's good to know," she said. Her expression sobered slightly, becoming serious again, although she was still smiling. In a situation like this, not even Star could act silly for long. "In all honesty, though..." she said. "It might not always be that simple. But I appreciate the thought anyway." She didn't want to say it out loud, because she wanted to stay positive, but Star had been aware for a very long time that the possibility that she wouldn't survive past graduation was very real.

"I know Tarin-chan is strong," said Star. "But that doesn't mean you can't fight for her. I fight for Meglumar and for Hyakuji, even though I'm probably one of the weaker people in it." She frowned.

"I don't have all the answers either," she admitted. "And I might have the power I need, but I don't have enough of the control to make it useful. But that's why I'm going out there. We learn things by doing. Nobody's ever going to be good at anything if they don't try. And it's scary at first, and it's probably always going to be scary, but if we want to be strong to protect the things we need to protect, then it's what we're going to have to do."
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"Well Star...not everything in life is simple, but certain things are. Star...if you ever needed my help...you would come to me right? I mean if there was a way to save you...you wouldn't go it alone? Your my friend, I don't want to see you hurt Star...just know...if you need help...I'm always around.." Ikki said with a smile as he hugged the girl, she was his friend, and the closest thing he had to a friend, but maybe that was his fault, he wasn't the social type, he wouldn't even know Star if he didn't work at the store, or was in arcadia.

"I would give everything to protect Tarin...she means everything to me." He said as he sat down, looking up at the night sky, it was beautiful, and perhaps one of the last time he would see the Star's like this, the chances of arcadia comming back where slim, but Ikki was sure that they could survive. They did have the best leader a team could ask for.

"Wow Star you make me sound like a big baby haha. I mean I'm scared, trying to figure things out, but you seem to have a way to get the answer....doing....maybe that's the answer, we learn by doing...that's human nature...the more we do, the more we learn, and I get the feeling everyone will learn a lot about themselves on this mission. "I promised Tarin a world where she wouldn't have to fear anything...I will start creating that world for her...But I also want to make a world for you and Meglumar, you guys are my friends....and I fight for those I love....you guys...Tarin...even Hiro-Sensei, he needs to pass the torch to someone...maybe I can take some of the pressure off of him if I get stronger...but all things in time huh?" Ikki said as he seemed to feel better by talking to Star, he had to admit she was a calming element for him in Hyakuji, and the one person he could talk to when everything stressed him out.
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Sorry...finals and crap kept me busy, but now I'm done for the semester.


Star smiled, giving Ikki a quick hug back. It was easy for her to say confident things like this now, but the truth was that she was afraid. Like everyone else, if they would just admit it to themselves, the thought of going out and fighting those things again scared the living daylights out of her. And unlike the others, she had already had a taste of what that monster could deliver. If she could help it, she never wanted to feel that pain again.

But she would, and she resolved to overcome it. Her mouth tightened in a line of determination, her eyes hardening. If she ran away from her powers, she would spend her whole life running. She knew now what she needed to do. She needed to take them, and show them that they were her powers, that it was part of her, and that she controlled them, and they didn't control her.

It was easier said than done, and it would require a mental strength that Star wasn't sure that she had, but she would try anyway. Because the worst that could happen was that she would die, and hadn't she already resolved herself to that fate?

Star nodded. "All things in time," she repeated, agreeing with him. The photomancer turned away, looking back out at the view. "We should probably be getting back soon," she said. "Meglumar and Tarin will start to worry."
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