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Authors: M.C Queen
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must have been angry at Akito for chewing them out because they
began cheering for Sis.
“
Go Daisuke's sister!”
“
You can take him!”
“
Go for the knees, Akito's weak spot is his knees!”
“
Dai-chan's only fifteen!” Yelled Sis. “He has his whole life
ahead of him!”
“
Nothing bad is going to happen Kanako!”
honored that Akito suddenly had so much faith in me, but the pain
in both arms was overwhelming and I couldn't take it any more.
“
STOP STOP!” I yelled. “My arm hurts!”
to make them both let go. I let out a sigh of relief and rubbed my
wrist where Sis had gripped on like her life depended on it. “Geez
Sis that really hurt,” I muttered.
My sister's
anger suddenly evaporated and I could see the regret begin to
surface on her face. “I'm sorry,” she muttered.
I felt
terrible for making her look at me like that, but I realized I
could use her guilt to my advantage. What I did next was another
terrible mistake. “What's the harm in just letting me train to be
an exorcist?” I said while trying to put on my best sad face.
She chewed
her lip, and looked like she was going to protest, but I slouched
my arm and tried to pretend I was in pain. “Ow, my shoulder.”
“
Dai-chan,” she sighed. She hung her head and looked
exhausted. “How about this? I'll stay and talk to Akito if you'll
just go home now.”
“
OK,” I nodded. I pretended to limp off into the direction of
home, until I remembered that my legs weren't supposed to be
damaged and I quickly stopped.
for seeing that look on her face, but those feelings were quickly
erased by the prospect of Akito convincing her to let me join.
“
Exorcist,
exorcist
,” I hummed to myself as I
made my way home. I was blissfully unaware that I had just refused
my last opportunity to distance myself from the exorcists and
Obake.
with Sis worked wonders because she finally agreed to let me
undergo training to become an exorcist. She still didn't look
pleased about it, and spent over half an hour lecturing me on the
hardships of being an exorcist in an attempt to make me quit.
“
You have to train for hours every day,” she
lectured.
“
I know.”
“
Even in winter. Sometimes they make you stand outside until
your toes freeze.”
“
I'll bring a blanket.”
“
You have to practice throwing paper charms until your fingers
bleed from all the paper cuts.”
“
I'll wear gloves.”
“
My father was forced to retire when he was
almost killed by an
S-level
Obake.”
“
I know Sis, I know.”
thing was that ever since my sister made an appearance at
headquarters, they all began calling me Dai-chan. It was like a
curse. I was terrified that they'd use it at school and I'd be
called Dai-chan no matter where I went. People would forget that I
even had a name.
I'm certain
if Sis has her way, Dai-chan might be the only thing engraved of my
headstone.
Chapter
10
memories of becoming an exorcist was when I would study so late,
that Sis agreed to let me spend the night at headquarters. I was so
excited. It was like the cool kids had finally allowed me into
their club house.
“
Wow it's just like a sleep over,” I said.
“
I don't see what's so exciting about it,”
said Kiyori before promptly laying down and passing
out
.
other hand was full of energy. As I already mentioned, Itsuki was
dead set against becoming an exorcist, and the others didn't appear
that enthusiastic either. Taisei was probably the only one who
thought it was fun. He had collected photos from every Obake they'd
beaten, and proudly pinned them all to his bedroom wall. I thought
it was an awesome idea until I realized Sis would murder me if I
stuck pins into her house.
“
Behold! My ultimate Obake collection,” he proclaimed as soon
as I rolled my futon out onto his floor.
“
Wow,” I rushed to the far wall and rapidly gazed over the
images like they could disappear at any moment. Cat people, raccoon
monsters, and talking rabbits all stared back at me from the
paper. He had even done various poses and peace signs in
front of the carcasses, and there was even one of him
planking.
“
I found one of you Dai-chan,” he said pointing to the far
corner.
face closer to the photo to see half my body protruding out from
behind a giant raccoon Obake. He must have taken it before Akito
confiscated his camera.
“
This is amazing,” I said in awe. I turned to see that Taisei
had whipped out a powder brush and was proudly dusting his
photos.
“
Isn't it,” he said. “I think it's important to have a record
of our efforts, but I'm not sure if Akito likes it.”
“
Why?” I asked.
“Because Akito is just Akito, that's all there is to it.”
“
No, no good,” came the voice of Souta. I turned to find him
trying to somehow squeeze his futon into the only free space left
in the room.
“
I don't get it, why are you guys all squished in here?” I
felt bad for taking up space, I attempted to move my futon over so
that he'd at least have enough room to lie down.
“
Itsuki gets his own room because he needs to concentrate on
his studies,” said Souta. “Then Nina and Kurumi fight all the time
so the girls take up the other two rooms.”
had heard us because he took the opportunity to poke his head in
and look around.
“
Hey can you keep it down,” said Itsuki. “I'm trying to
study.”
“
Oh yeah, sure,” Taisei turned to me. “Shut up
Daisuke.”
“
That dick Itsuki,” I muttered while punching my pillow. I
could remember hating him so much back then. Itsuki was chilling
out in his own personal room while the rest of us were crammed in
like sardines. Souta wasn't kidding when he told me that Kiyori
farted all night, and Kiyori suddenly let off one so stinky that I
had to flee to the hallway.
was across the hall. She had the sliding door open and I could see
her bent over the desk staring at a textbook while taking notes. A
large pair of black glasses were resting across her brim. The
lenses looked thick, so maybe she wore contacts during the day, but
I thought she looked better with glasses. Mana had such a pretty
face, I hope the fox monster didn't damage it.
“
Wow Mana,” I said. “I didn't know you wore glasses, you look
so smart.”
surprise and looked up to see me standing in the doorway. “Oh
Daisuke, you startled me.”
“
I'm sorry.”
her glasses and began rubbing her eyes. “But they're really
troublesome for exorcising, and they make my nose look big.”
“
Nah, they're great, you look awesome!”
“
Thanks,” she smiled.
cough. I peered down the hall to see Itsuki with his head out
the door glaring daggers at me.
“
Don't you have your own room to go to?” He hissed.
teeth, it was like the guy was on a mission to ruin my fun. “Geez,”
I muttered.
Every time I
attempted to have a conversation with Mana, Itsuki would always
sneak up behind us and begin making coughing noises, or make up
errands that she suddenly needed to run. I went back to my room and
returned to punching my pillow. I couldn't punch Itsuki in real
life (because he was a fit exorcist genius) so the pillow would
have to do.
Apparently I
wasn't the only one tired of his attitude, and within a few minutes
I could also hear Mana's voice down the hall. All the doors in the
house were made of paper so it wasn't difficult to hear them.
“
Itsuki. I don't know what's up with you, but don't you think
your treatment towards Daisuke is a bit excessive? This isn't like
you,” she said.
“
I just don't think you should hang out with that guy,” said
Itsuki. “Just look at him. He's a complete idiot. How could you
live with the Matsumotos and know nothing about Obake.”
“
But he could learn a lot from you if you just gave him a
chance.”
“
It's a waste of time. He's stupid, unreliable, obviously
trapped in his own fantasy worl-”
“
Hey I can hear you!” I yelled.
her voice to a whisper. Normal people probably wouldn't be able to
hear unless they had excellent hearing like me.
“
I know this isn't just about not going to the school you
wanted, maybe you're jealous bu-”
“
Me, jealous? Why would I be jealous of
Daisuke
Matsu-morron
.”
“
Things are going to change now that we're in high school,
things aren't always going to be the same as when we were kid-” She
was suddenly cut off by the sliding door slamming.
“
Itsuki!” Mana yelled. “Don't shut me out like this! When are
you going to except change!” I heard her feet stomping back up the
hall. “Idiot Itsuki!” She shouted.
“
Welcome to headquarters,” muttered Taisei. “And this is a
quiet evening.”
ask Souta if it was true, but he already had his earphones in and
was peacefully listening to music. He obviously had the right idea.
Despite the commotion I felt overjoyed that Mana was mad at Itsuki.
I hoped her rage towards him would continue on forever (it didn't)
and eventually give me the opportunity to ask her out.
“
Idiot Itsuki,”
I giggled.
It sounded like a fantastic
nickname.
to use the bathroom before turning in for the night, but the door
was already locked, so I had no choice but to endure and go to
bed.
I was too preoccupied by humming
idiot Itsuki
repeatedly to myself to look
where I was going, and I almost bawled face first into Nina. She
was dressed for bed in a pair of pink pajamas and her hair was
neatly tied back into a bun. She was carrying a hair dryer and an
armful of moisturizers and creams.
“
Watch it,” she muttered.
mouth to apologize but I suddenly noticed she had bleached her hair
blonde. It looked pretty good, and I assumed she got the idea from
Kurumi.
“
Wow Nina, when did you bleach your hair?” I asked.
Her eyes narrowed into a death glare.
“
I'm not
Nina,” she replied darkly.
ask if she was having an identity crisis, until I suddenly realized
that I was talking to Kurumi without any make up or hair
accessories.
“
Wow, sorr-” I attempted to apologize, but she shoved me out
of the way before I could finish, and stormed off down the hall
towards the bathroom.
“
So moody,” I muttered to myself. I rubbed my shoulder from
where she shoved me and returned to the bedroom. Taisei was sorting
through his latest stack of pictures.
“
Hey, has it ever struck you that Kurumi looks like Nina
without all the make up on?” I asked.
“
Of course they do, they're cousins after all,” he
replied.
“
Really?” I'd never considered it.
“
I don't know why you look so surprised,
most of us are all distantly related. Didn't Akito already give you
the big speech about inheritance and our ancestors receiving blood
from the great
what's-his-name
Obake.”
“
No, but tell me more.”
“
Most of it's all a bunch of crap-”
suddenly interrupted by the sound of yelling from the hallway.
Taisei
sighed. “And so it starts.”
“
You've been in there for an hour, just get out already!”
Screeched Kurumi.
“
Not this again,” moaned Kiyori. He reached for a pillow and
stuck it over his head.
was at least ten minutes of screaming and insults (which I don't
feel comfortable repeating) directed mostly at each others personal
appearances, and Kurumi insisting that Nina was so ugly that there
was nothing she could do in the bathroom to fix it.
“
Cut it out!” Yelled Itsuki from his room.
looked annoyed, he huffed and slid all his photos into the desk
draw. “Those two used to get along well when they were children,
but recently they've been intolerable.”
“
Maybe it's because of a certain someone!” Yelled Mana from
her room.
“
Mana! Isn't it past your bedtime!” Taisei yelled
back.
“
What do I look like, five!”