365 days as a helpless puppet

Chapter 5

A week has passed since me and Kazuha didn't talk to each other anymore. It was my fault. I shouldn't have been so mean to him back then. I  took a walk outside the city and saw Yoimiya testing out fireworks. "Oh, hey Yoiyoi!" I ran up to her and she smiled at me wide. "Hey street boy! Whatcha doing?" She said lighting another firework. "Nothing special and I already told you to not call me 'street boy' " I said annoyed. "Well anyway, I heard from Tomo what happened between you and Kazuha." Yoimiya said to me and my face turned into a frown in seconds. "So he already told his boyfriend huh?" I said silently to myself. "Look, I don't blame you. Everyone has these days where they just want to be left alone and that's fine! But I think you should really apologize to him." She said smiling slightly at me. She has a point though. It wasn't okay for me to do that. Especially because he wasn't the one that made me mad. It was her. I thanked Yoimiya and made my way to find Kazuha, which sat under a big tree, blowing into a leaf like a flute. I gathered all my courage and walked up to him. "Kazuha?" I said looking him into his eyes. "I'm...sorry for what I said last week. It wasn't right of me to do that since I wasn't exactly mad at you." I apologized as best as I could. "It's fine, I wasn't the nicest either." He said, having his usual warm smile on his face. "Thank you." I said as I smiled back at him. "Are we friends again?" I asked hopping for an answer from him. "Of course, I never stopped being your friend Kuni. Fights among friends is completely normal." Kazuha explained to me happily. "Phew, ok. I'm glad to have such a great friend like you." I said to Kazuha and sat myself next to him. He played a few song for me withe the leave in his hands and even taught me how to do it. We were finally normal again. But there was still this feeling that was bugging me everytime i was near him.  We went back to Komore Teahouse laughing together. "Hey, Kuni?" Kazuha suddenly turned to me. "Why were you on the streets at the first place?" He suddenly asked me. Well, i couldn't really tell him that the Raiden Shogun herself threw me away like I was garage. So I just said: "My parents kicked me out." Which was technically the truth. "Oh, okay." He said and continued walking. As we arrived at the tea house, Kazuha explained the situation to Tomo and everything was fine again. At least, that's what I thought. As I was laying in bed, I couldn't stop thinking about Kazuha. His warm, welcoming smile always made me happy. Yoimiya told me once what love meant. It might sound dumb but, I think I have fallen for him. I quickly slapped myself in the face as I thought that. No no no! He already has a boyfriend and is happy with him. He couldn't possibly like a someone like me, right? Later on the following day I was searching for Kazuha to discuss the plan with him but I couldn't find him anywhere so I started to look for Tomo who also was nowhere to be found. I walked around town when I heard some folks talk about someone. "Did you hear? Someone challenged the Raiden Shogun!" One Lady said to the other. "Oh yeah, a young boy. That poor guy." The second lady responded. No...it couldn't be...is Tomo really trying to fight her? But where is Kazuha? Is he with him? I quickly rushed to the tenshukaku and hid behind the nearest bush. There he was, fighting against someone, but not 'her'. It was another woman with short dark purple hair. She was using a bow and by the looks of it, she had a electro vision. Tomo seemed to be loosing to her. I watched patiently until I saw her, standing on top of the stairs. I couldn't move anymore. My whole body froze as I say her again after such a long time but...She was completely different. She still had that cold look in her face and it scared me. The woman who was fighting against Tomo made her final move and struck him down. I wanted to help him but, I was to scared. When suddenly Kazuha rushed up the stairs. Why was he here?!