31 - Hidekazu
By the time Hidekazu returned to the Tsukiko Academy in the month of the tiger, it was finals season. With a bit of renewed study, he might have passed on to the next year, but passing wasn't exactly the issue.
Barame's reaction to his disappearance, however? That would determine his future.
This time, Hidekazu expected the price to be his place at the Academy and his mentorship. The last bit he was more than happy to give up.
Before he discovered his fate, however, Naoji needed to uphold his end of their bargain.
The scars on Hidekazu's wrist stung when he strode into the Tsukiko Academy's library, sensitive from all the ki moving in and about the shelves. Most of the athenaeum had been repaired since Lacotl's attack last summer, and flying books flapped about through t
