@porkofdoom-san, haha.. I'm glad it felt raw.
Hahaha. Thank you for reading it.
@Goto24-san, I just like to try new things. I guess I am over that period. Haha
@alvinmahendra-san, Spaceboy686-san, Sakamichi-san, four4four-san, Let me see what I can do with this RisaNeru story. I still have an on-going series so it might take a while for a sequel.
Thank you for reading my stories.
Hello! Sorry for the late notice but last week’s chapter of WISH is the last chapter for the first part of the story and it would be on a hold for a while. I’m really sorry for that. But it is not getting hold because I got tired of writing it. It is part of the flow. Here is another short series from me. If you haven’t checked the SayaMilky fic I wrote before, I think it will be better to check that out first.
WISH will be back after this one.
Anyway, try to guess who will be the lead pairing in this story.
Enjoy~
When A Yankee Uses A Gun | Majisuka Gakuen AUPart 1: FRUSTRATIONSSAKURA jerked on her place after hearing several gunshots. Her eyes widened, alarmed of what may happen if she doesn’t move. She couldn’t help it anymore. The girl who is still in her school uniform was about to stand from where she is sitting in order to rescue their president but she was halted by the guy in front of him.
“Let them be.” That was the only thing Hiroki said; he is holding Sakura tightly by her wrist. His eyes are still on the cards that they are playing. They are playing poker but Sakura isn’t in the mood to enjoy the game. How could she even play if their president is already in danger?
“The enemy is already using guns and you are telling me to let them be!?” Sakura asked almost shouting, trying to free herself from the tight grip.
“My girl can handle it so don’t worry. She’ll manage to save Antonio.”
“Hiroki-san!” Sakura called out unto him. “I know how strong Salt-san is but guns—“
ARRRRRRGH!
That awful cry from the enemy made Sakura turn to where the battle is happening. She just saw that the gun is already in the floor while Salt is twisting the arm of the Yakuza leader.
“See?” Hiroki asked and then freed Sakura. He put off his cigarette by stepping on it and then slapped his cards presenting a full house. “I won again. Time to give me your lunch money.” Hiroki innocently smiled.
Sakura rolled her eyes and sighed. What would she give him when she survives eating free food from a Majijo OG called Minami? “How come you can remain calm like that? Your
girlfriend is in danger!”
Hiroki chuckled which made Sakura more pissed. “You are talking about Salt being in danger? Come on, do you remember how she badly kicked your ass?”
Sakura blushed at the embarrassment brought by those words. The fact that she only landed one punch and had her face hit the ground countless times during her match with Salt will never let her pride to rest.
“But that was a fair fight!” Sakura looked back at the happening battle and she was shocked even more. She twisted Hiroki’s head just to make him see what’s going on. Hiroki almost lost his life.
“Look! The boss already got his sword!”
Hiroki ruffled his hair; getting tired of Sakura’s futile worrying. He grabbed his pistol armed with a silencer and locked the Yakuza boss as his target.
“Are you seriously firing at them!?” Sakura complained even more. “What if you hit Salt-san!?”
“Urusai, urusai!” Hiroki rolled his eyes. “Don’t you know who I am?”
Hiroki focused on his target. The boss was swaying his sword all over the place and it is a little bit hard to lock him down. But yeah, he is Hiroki. He is the best hitman there is in the history of Yamamoto-gumi.
He knows his girl might get angry at him if he steps in her fight but he is really getting annoyed with Sakura’s ramblings.
“Gotcha.” Hiroki pulled his trigger and the sword flipped off from the hand of the Yakuza boss.
Salt was surprised to what happened. She immediately turned at the direction of Hiroki and Sakura. There she found Hiroki playing with his gun while Sakura had her jaw dropped. How on earth did he manage to hit just the blade of the sword!?
Salt scowled at her boyfriend for interfering with her fight. She was having a little fun teasing the Yakuza boss because he couldn’t slash her off.
“Gomen.” Hiroki mouthed followed with a wink.
“Tch.” Salt, now furious, sent her enemy to a deep sleep after a combo of kicks and punches. She then turned to Antonio and freed the kidnapped girl with the sword the boss dropped.
Antonio was kidnapped by their rival Yakuza group just for fun and to satisfy the flesh. She was caught off guard after fighting with some people from Yabakune and was easily taken away.
“Salt...” she called after being freed from being tied. “Why did you help me?”
Knowing that they are from rival schools, it was really surprising that Salt saved her from the hands of the enemy.
“I am bored...” said Salt which is not really surprising. “I’m bored so I get the task Hiroki was entrusted with.”
“Hiroki-san?” Antonio hurriedly looked for Hiroki and the guy just waved at her with his gun. She also noticed Sakura standing beside the guy.
“Why is Sakura also here?” Antonio bowed her head due to embarrassment. “This is really frustrating. If only I wasn’t tired after my fight with Yabakune.”
“That girl was asking me to fight her again but I said I was in a rescue mission.” Salt answered, disregarding Antonio’s shame. “Also, she’s not entertaining me enough anymore. She isn’t getting stronger at all.”
Antonio looked at Salt’s unamused face. “Are you really that bored?”
There was silence before the Rappapa president answered. “I don’t even know what my life is for.”
“You still don’t know even after having Hiroki-san as your boyfriend?”
Salt remained silent after that question from Antonio. She knows the story of the two. Hiroki is the adoptive son of her older sister and he became the marksman of their group despite the opposition of his adoptive parents. He was a crazy player until he met Salt. It seems that the guy has fallen head over heels to the Rappapa president to the point that he stopped killing people just because of Salt requested for it.
But, the question here is if Salt feels the same way.
“Why are you two taking so long?” Hiroki asked, looking so bored. “Get out of here already and I will clean this mess.”
“W-What do you mean, Hiroki-san!?” Sakura asked, panicking.
Hiroki looked at her with bored eyes, put his gun against his head and acted like he is firing it to himself. “Bang~”
After that he went to the direction of the unconscious Yakuza people. Before he could even go there, Salt halted him by holding him by his arm. He turned to his girlfriend with an innocent face.
“Why?” he asked innocently. “If I let them go they will just bother us in the future. They can’t afford to be beaten by a high school girl like you.”
Salt firmly shook her head. “Let them be. They won’t stand a chance if they come back to me.”
“But Haruka, these guys are yakuza. You don’t know what they are willing to do just to get their prides back.”
Hiroki is saying this because he knows what is really happening inside. There might be good ones but there are those higher ups that don’t bother about blood relationship in order to expand their territory. There are those who are willing to execute their own child just to get whatever they want.
“But you’re part of a Yakuza clan as well, Hiroki.” Her hand slid down the guys arm and then held his hand. “I can handle them. Don’t worry. They will be my toys just to relieve my boredom.”
Hiroki heaved a sigh. “But, Haruka—“
He felt Salt pressed his hands. She’s looking at him straight to his eyes.
“No more killing, Hiroki.”
Hiroki rolled his eyes and pocketed his gun. “Alright, alright. I’m just thinking about you.” He rose up his hands as a sign of surrender.
“I can handle them anytime all by myself.” Salt reassured him.
“At least rely on your boyfriend.”
Salt just sneered at him while looking at his frustrated face. “There’s no need.”
“YOU ARE being so serious, Sakura. There’s no need to worry that much about those two.”
Center put off her boxing gloves and placed it neatly at the nearest table. Those are the precious gloves given to her by a remarkable senpai. She made her way towards Sakura who is lying on a bench, wearing her ever frustrated face.
“I hate it that they are being so carefree because they are too strong.” Sakura murmured. She remembered how Salt single-handedly destroyed that Yakuza troupe. They were armed but she took their consciousness like she was battling with low-level highschool yankees.
Center chuckled at the showcase of frustration. “You just can’t accept the fact that you can’t beat Salt no matter how many times you tried, right?”
She saw Sakura clenched her fists, a sign that her hunch is indeed correct. Center saw everything that happened in Majijo. It always amazes her whenever there are girls aiming to reach the top. It always reminds her of her own adventures towards it and the
partner she was with.
One of the most remarkable fights that she has seen was probably the fight between the indestructible monster of the current Rappapa and the transfer student from Hakata. For a while she thought that Sakura could be the next Maeda because she reflected the same eyes as the legendary
destroyer. She thought that finally someone would be able to kick the bored monster out of the throne but Sakura fell short. She fell so short, watching her lying on the floor almost the whole fight was so disappointing.
And here she is now, well Sakura is well-respected in school as the current Vice President but the fact that she couldn’t dethrone Salt affected her pride to the core. She’s been training under Center’s guidance. The senpai somehow wanted to see to how much more the girl would be able to grow. She’s been improving a lot. She might stand a chance’ is what Center always thinks but as Sakura progresses Salt is also having her game up without even giving much effort.
This is what frustrates Sakura even more. She feels like she has been chasing after the wind— something that she will never be able to catch no matter how fast she runs. What’s worse is that Salt ended up getting a boyfriend to ease her boredom. All that Sakura wants is to be the one to remove that from her. She wanted to see Salt flash a frustrated face because of being defeated by her so that she could erase from her memory how Salt terribly looked disappointed when she failed to entertain her during their first bout.
A sigh came out of Sakura. “Tell me, Center-san... What should I do to beat Salt-san?”
Center gave out a weak smile. She stopped trying to dry her hair damped with sweat from the training and then focused more on Sakura.
“How about seduce her boyfriend?”
Sakura’s eyes shut opened as she jolted up from lying. She turned to Center with her jaw hanging. “Are you serious!?”
Center crossed her arms. “Well, if you manage to rob Hiroki-nii away from her then you will win in the best-girlfriend field.”
“That’s not the type of victory I am longing for!” Sakura answered back, almost shouting.
The senpai just laughed. “But you like Hiroki-nii, right? Beware of that man. Rumor is that Hirokii-nii is also a monster.”
“He is a monster because he has killed a lot of people already, right?”
“No, no, no, dear
kouhai.” Center eagerly shook her head. “I know that he kills without any hint of mercy from those dead eyes but what made him a monster is that he is...” She invited Sakura to come closer which the other girl did without thinking. She whispered the words she wanted to say.
“He can make anyone groan in bed—”
Sakura immediately covered her mouth as her cheeks burn in embarrassment. Center just looked at her with a wide grin on her face.
“He is a notorious monster in bed.” She casually said.
“B-But Hiroki-san is just in high—”
“Who told you that? He may look really young but he is already in his late 20’s.”
Sakura’s jaw dropped even more. What the hell is Center talking about?
“Rumors are he maintains that youthful face after taking someone else’s lives.”
Sakura remained quiet, contemplating about everything that she heard. She was just looking at Center as if she can’t fully grasp the situation.
“What’s with that look?” Center asked.
“I-I can’t believe that Hiroki-san is like that.”
“You wanna confirm it?”
Sakura blushed even heavier after that tempting suggestion of Center. “N-No way! I’m not into those kind of things! All I want to do now is to defeat Salt-san and reach the top!”
“I told you, you can also defeat her in some other ways.”
“No way!!!” Sakura angrily protested. “I’m not even interested to Hiroki-san as a man even the slightest bit!”
Center sneered. The sight of the flustered Sakura is making her excited. She likes the way this badass girl turns red. She looks so innocent and pure it makes her want to stain her. The sadist inside Center believes that a stained Sakura would entertain her more.
“Is it the other way around?” Center teasingly asked as she moves closer to Sakura. This action alerted the other girl. Sakura tried to avert her but if she moves further she will fall off the bench.
Center pressed her face near to the other girl’s. Sakura kept on trying to stay away from her but Center is like a snake that followed her wherever she is facing, trying to lock eyes with her.
Sakura gasped when she felt Center’s palm on her thigh. It was really warm and then she felt it crawling upwards.
“C-Center-san...!”
“By any chance...” Center caressed Sakura’s face with her free hand. “Do you have the hots for
Salt?”
Sakura’s eyes widened even more. Her mouth opened but there is no voice coming out. She waved her hands to gesture something but she panicked too much that she fell off the bench. The girl immediately stood up and faced the sneering Center.
“I-I-I don’t l-l-look at Salt-san that way!” Sakura stammered so badly. “F-For me she’s like a wall that I should crush or else I will never be able to move forward!”
Sakura was dumbfounded when Center started laughing so hard. The senpai was even clapping as if she was really entertained.
“Don’t take it so seriously, Sakura! I was just joking!” Center laughed even more while holding her stomach. “Why do you always have to be this serious?”
“Why are you all saying that to me!?” Sakura asked back. “Salt-san, Hiroki-san and then you...”
Center tried to get her composure back and then looked at Sakura straight to her eyes.
“You will bore people even more if you are always serious.”“There’s nothing in this life but seriousness!”
Center scoffed. This girl doesn’t really listen to her.
“If Nezumi heard that she would die laughing at your seriousness antics.” Center smiled faintly at the memory of her
special friend.“Nezumi-san, huh?” Sakura fell quiet after hearing Nezumi’s name. The one who conquered the top with Center but suddenly vanished. “Do you have any news about her?”
Center shook her head followed by a sigh. “I hope she’s doing well.”
At the sight of that lonely Center, Sakura sighed as well.
SALT couldn’t contain her frustration anymore as she lost against Hiroki for who knows how many times it is. She threw the console straight to Hiroki’s face that stopped the guy from his manic laughing.
The arcade staff member that is guarding them almost peed his pants since Salt is starting to lose her temper yet again. She has destroyed a lot of game machines starting from consoles up to the monitor screen and the gaming center won’t be able to keep up with the repair costs if this keeps going.
They tried to confront the couple a few times but there are two reasons that kept them hiding under the sheets. First, the girl is the leader of the notorious all-girls school for Yankees that has been running for generations and no one was able to dethrone her. Second, the guy is a well-known Yakuza member and not just a member but he is considered a high-ranker for being the dispatcher. No one was able to pull themselves together and confront the two.
Hiroki shouted in pain with what Salt did to him. He immediately checked his nose to see if it didn’t get crooked. He has been taking care of his face so meticulously due to the influence of his adoptive mother and the said face has broken a lot of hearts of all genders.
“Haruka~” he whined, sounding like his adoptive mother. “Don’t be a sore loser for once. If you can’t beat me then stop challeng—OUCH!”
He wasn’t able to continue when Salt stepped on his foot. The girl stepped even harder after seeing the pained expression on the guy’s face. “Someday, I will really kick your ass in this game.”
“O-OUCH!” Hiroki shouted and lost balance making him fall towards Salt’s direction. Surprised, Salt tried to step backward but Hiroki was quick to catch her by wrapping his arm around her waist. Their faces are near each other with Salt being baffled at the face Hiroki is showing him. It is the guy’s usual playful look.
Indeed, he was faking being hurt with what Salt did to him earlier. His body and pain doesn’t really exchange words so they would never understand each other. The two has ceased talking a long time ago.
“Baka.” Salt glared at him. “Let me go.”
Hiroki pulled her closer to him making her gasp. The sound Salt made brushed shades of pink on her cheeks. She got embarrassed after hearing her own voice.
“Let you go?” Hiroki asked with a sneer. “Your hands are telling another story.”
Salt looked at her hands which instead of
pushing the guy away are grabbing into the Hiroki’s shirt like they are
pulling him closer. The girl, agitated of the continuous teasing, gave Hiroki a blow to his stomach to free herself.
Hiroki did react to the punch she gave but she knows that all those reactions are just part of his instinct. It’s an impulse of the body but there isn’t really any pain that he could feel.
“I wonder when you will stop hitting me. Will I be a battered husband in the future?” The guy scratched his head while smiling foolishly to himself but then Salt’s heavy stare caught his attention. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
Instead of answering, Salt started walking towards the exit, bumping Hiroki along the way.
“Hey! What’s that for, Haruka?” Hiroki asked with a confused face.
Salt stopped and then turned to her boyfriend. She doesn’t know why but she feels like he made her wait for a very long time. Whenever she looks at that face of him, she could feel something in her heart that she couldn’t explain. It feels like she has longed to see that face but there is this bit of hatred for making her wait for so long.
She doesn’t know where she gets this feeling from but her heart aches whenever this guy comes into sight. She wants to give him a hug. It’s the first time in her life that she wanted to hug someone but she just couldn’t do it. ‘Playing easy was never her game’ she thought in the beginning but after getting beaten in an FPS game duel, she agreed to be his girlfriend as punishment.
“I’m really going to let you remember the feeling of pain.” Salt stated with a very serious face before turning back to her way out.
Hiroki’s eyebrows raised but he then smiled soon after.
“Please don’t. I had enough of it.” He whispered to himself before following Haruka.
“Anyway, Antonio told me to say thanks to you. Seems like you got a new fan.”
They were already in the streets when Hiroki started talking again. He tends to always make the atmosphere light whenever he feels it is time to do so. He just couldn’t stand a serious air. Sometimes he thinks it is funny that he turned out this way when he was just a very innocent kid calling a woman his Otou-san and scaring people with the way he stares at them. When did his personality change anyway?
Ahh… Yes, it was the time when his adoptive parents were
executed by the head of the Yakuza clan himself. It was the time they breathe their last, witnessing everything with his own eyes. How can a father just erase his own flesh and blood just like that after one disagreement?
Oh, and that was the time Hiroki took his first kill. He was forced to fire his gun to completely end someone’s life for the very first time. Both of his parents were already bleeding that time and he was given a choice to keep them alive by killing the politician that betrayed the Yakuza or let his hands remain clean but let his parents die.
Of course, due to shock and the love he had for his parents, he killed the politician, firing his gun straight to the guy’s head. His parents witnessed him killed someone and he could remember the strong feeling of letting them down. Hiroki did what he was instructed to but his parents were still slaughtered.
Trauma caused him to be a mindless puppet of the
Oyabun, discarding anyone that threatens the boss’ business. He doesn’t know how many he has already killed. He might be acting all cheerful but when it comes to killing, he won’t be someone you would wish to mess with.
“Tell her not to feel indebted. I had fun that night.” Salt answered him coldly, not even turning to him.
Hiroki laughed awkwardly. He is now the attender of the boss’ other daughter but to another woman. The Oyabun has an obsession of naming all his daughter’s with the name
Sayaka which is a bit creepy and weird at the same time.
“Anyway, tell Sakura that she has to pay me. She lost to me in poker last time.”
Salt scoffed. “Sakura, huh?”
“What? Did she do something again?” Hiroki pried.
“Nothing. She’s making me bored like hell.”
“Don’t be too hard on her. She’s doing her best just to entertain you. She must really admire you.”
Salt sighed. “Admire, huh?”
“She’s serious in everything she does. Sometimes her seriousness is scary. I hope she can loosen up even a little bit and start considering people her friends.” Hiroki smiled. “Be a good older sister to her,
Haruka-chan!”
“Shut up.” Salt tried to act tough but a faint smile peeked on her lips.
Hiroki watched Salt as she walks. He wouldn’t mind spending the rest of his life with her. If only he can get out of the hands of the Oyabun. Salt may have told him to stop the killings but he can’t say no to whatever is ordered for him to do. He’s afraid that Salt may get targeted as well just like what happened to his folks. He would never want to see her suffer the same fate. He still executes the orders but this time he lets them live but tell them to fake their deaths.
“Haruka…” he called out, the tone of his voice changed making the girl stop and turn to him.
“That face…” Salt pointed out the change in his facial expression.
“Haruka…” he called out once again. “Tell me, have I made you like me now?”
Salt smiled at that question. How many times would he even ask about that? She has agreed to be labelled his girlfriend. Isn’t that enough? “Maa… You entertain me so I’m keeping you in my company.”
Well, people just can’t be honest at times. Even though the answer is simply
yes they tend to go on a detour.
Quite disappointed, Hiroki just smiled. “Maa…”
He stood still and watch Salt cross the railway. Her house is on the other side of the road while Hiroki has to get back since his house is on the other direction. Salt didn’t even say goodbye. It’s always like this. They go on their separate ways as if nothing happens, as if they are not a couple.
The train passes by and together with the noise it makes, Hiroki released a sigh.
“Well I guess even the strongest Yankee would never love a criminal like me.”
Smiling as if it is the only thing to console himself, Hiroki started walking back. He doesn’t deserve any of this anyway. On the other hand, Salt froze on her way while climbing the hill. She looked back but only saw the passing train.
“Should I tell him?” She asked herself, her heart started beating fast. She shook her head to wake herself up.“I should tell him!”
The train completely passed and she saw Hiroki walking with his head down. Her heart couldn’t handle it anymore so she gave in.
“Hiroki!”
For the first time in her life she let her voice out like that. The guy looked back and was startled to see Salt running towards him with a smile on her face. Did the train put some magic on her? Why did she suddenly turn into a puppy?
“H-Haruka?” He called, couldn’t believe what he is seeing.
“Hiroki! I have something to tell you!” Salt tried to run but the gate of the railway hasn’t opened up yet. Out of frustration, she gathered air around her and tried to shout. “Hiroki!!! The truth is I—“
Hiroki’s shout echoed on the whole area after three gunshots were heard. He watched Salt as she fell on the ground, her eyes wide open but lifeless. Hiroki trembled upon seeing his beloved girl struggling to get air, bleeding terribly.
He ran towards her. He tumbled a few times for his knees were badly shaking. He tried to save her but there is nothing he could do for she’s already dead when he picked him up in his arms.
Hiroki wept. For the first time in forever he felt this excruciating pain of losing someone he holds dearly. He wept.
Bitterly.He looked up on the hill where the gunshots came from. There he saw someone wearing a hoodie and his core shook after recognizing who it was.
-TBC-