Chapter 7 - The city of love

A few hours later.

"Ah London the city of love." Says Harutora.

Masami knocks Harutora down the stairs of the plane.

"That's Paris." Says Masami.

"let's go." Says Saito.

Saito's friend is waiting for them with a car.

"Takazu long time no see."

"How is city life treating you , The captain still a slave driver."

"You don't know the half of it she can be a real pain but it's because of her that we could even come you wouldn't believe what i had to promise to get permission to use the jet."

"So let me show you around."

Takazu shows them around town and to the school.

"I don't know the specifics but since Saito told me the situation was serious i've enrolled you in school so you don't cause suspicion."

"More school well this sucks." Says Harutora.

"You might change your mind when you see it its right up ahead." Says Takazu.

They drive for a while.

" So how much longer until we get there." Says Masami.

"Well technically we're already on the school grounds."

"Whoa that's the school." Says Yuki.

"Yep it used to belong to a royal family but has long since been turned into school in fact that's where you'll be living you see the castle is so big that 10 years after it was made into a school they decided to allow the students to live there."

"So we're staying there." Says Harutora.

"Yeah sorry on an average policeman salary i only have the space for one more person unlike your brother who brings in what i make annually in about 6 months."

"Saito if you really make that much why do we stay in a apartment."

"Well aside from the money we were left i've been saving for your college."

"So how did you and my brother meet." Says Masami.

"Well it was five years ago back when me and Saito were still in the academy I was the top of my class and your brother well he was determined but he was just too laid back and he passed every exam and every drill it sorta bugged me that such a guy could match my skills but that's around the time things got seriously out of the 500 cadets men & women only three people could get positioned in Hiroshima and one of those spots was already taken by a young girl anyway when we found this out we both stepped up our game and even though there were two spots open we were rivals just the same and then one week before the final decision Saito hurt his right shoulder and shooting hand all in the same day."

"I remember that he came home injured one day and he wouldn't tell me why."

"Yep that's Saito for you well because of his injury he worked over time to make up for his lost time training day and night for a whole week under the instruction of the girl who had already taken one of the positions and then....."

"And then i passed and got to work in Hiroshima the end."

"Hey guys would you restrain Saito for a minute."

"No Takazu don't say it."

"Like i was saying and the girl he had spent so much "quality" time with became his boss aka the captain."

" .....Then Takazu got a promotion and was asked to work here in London."

The group is dropped off at the dorms and a little while later a man drops by with their school uniforms.

Back in the car.

"Sorry about embarrassing you but seeing your face does makes me wonder ...what the hell did you promise."

We cut to captain Sukinomi Sukiwara.

"[I can't wait for Saito to return.]"

The next day.

"This tie is killing me." Says Harutora.

"You know our school uniform had a tie too." Says Kazumi.

"Obviously you didn't notice i never wore it."

"Oh yeah but it's the first day at school so we should at least look nice."

As the group approaches their class Kazumi gets hit in the face by the door and falls back the girl who hit him looks at him for a few minutes then she hits Harutora for laughing and leaves.

"What was that for."

"You kind of deserved it." Says Hinata.

"Kazumi the man who took a baseball to the face, got shot with bullets ,and takes down assassins taken out by a girl with a door."

The group continues with their day, The next Morning Kazumi arrives ahead of the group and sees the girl from yesterday sitting in front as he got up to head to her desk she gets a paper then gets up and leaves Kazumi sees the low score on her paper and decides to follow her so he makes up an excuse to leave, His friends notice him but continue with their work.

Kazumi finds her on a bench under a row of trees.

"What do you want."

"Well first i would like your name."

"Kiona Valliea the second as in Valliea castle in other words this school."

"I'm Kazumi Kishimoto."

"Whatever it is you want you should know now that being all friendly with me won't get you it."

"I don't know what you mean"

"I'm no good they only put up with me cause i'm from a noble family so why should you be any different."

Kiona walks down the trail where she is grabbed and put in a black van.

"Kiona!"

Kazumi jumps onto the ladder on the back of the van the men inside notice and try to shake him off, Kazumi then punches through the back window of the van.

"What the hell is this kid."

Kazumi opens the door and enters the van.

One of the three men pulls out a knife and tries to stab Kazumi.

Kazumi almost instinctively moves out of the way and punches one of the men into the driver who's head slams into the dashboard knocking him Causing the car to spiral out of control into a street light , Kazumi grabs kiona as the vehicle comes to an abrupt halt flinging them through the windshield.

They walk back to the school.

" I'm sorry you had to go through all this."

"Something tells me this isn't the first time this has happened."

"Yeah sadly."

"Do you know why?"

"Well i was adopted by Mrs. Valliea because she couldn't have children but when she passed, her husband my adoptive father didn't want anything to with me and when he got remarried he shipped me off here but even that wasn't enough some of the "Teachers" are actually just his men who want to "accidently" cause something to happen to me."

Kazumi and Kiona enter the school where they over hear a Teacher talking.

"We finally got rid of her."

Kiona walks onto the school grounds as the teacher lights a cigarette but the flame blows toward the direction of Kazumi.

"Your plan failed."

"How did you escape i mean welcome back."

"Don't play dumb with me or the paramedics will be picking you off the side walk too."

"Listen kid your new so I'll let you in on a little secret nobody wants her she's a screw up and she has no friends so who going to notice if she's gone."

Kiona drops to her knees and starts to cry.

"He's right."

Kazumi Punches the teacher in the face.

"To you.…. to you she may be a screw up."

Kazumi yells as he hits the man.

"To you she may be unwanted but she matters to me."

Kiona looks up at Kazumi.

"She was sad and alone but if no one cared i wouldn't have risked my life to save her so if you don't want her then i'll just take her and be on my way."

"No can do ,My jobs not over until she's dead ."

The man runs at the now walking away Kiona and Kazumi , Kazumi turns and stands in front of kiona.

"Stand back Kiona."

Kazumi gets repeatedly hit but doesn't move from the spot he's standing on.

Blood drips down kazumi's face.

"You done yet?"

"Don't act so smug."

The teacher pulls out brass knuckles and punches Kazumi dropping him to his knees at which point the teacher goes for kiona until kazumi grabs his fist mere inches from kiona's face.

Kazumi then looks up at the man with killer intent in his eyes while the Phoenix tries to take over his body.

Kazumi seals his flames into a fist and punches the man into the concrete wall 20 feet away then he turns toward Kiona but as he sees her face he drops to his knees in pain then he returns to normal , Kiona grabs Kazumi's arm and they walk off toward the dorms.