A/N: Sorry for not updating. I’M REALLY SORRY!
School work, a sudden announcement and my glasses deprived-eyes are getting in the way of me typing this in the computer.
I still do hope that there are still readers of this fic >_<
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Anyways, please do enjoy yet another side story since there are more side stories to be released, I guess.
I'm gonna update Wolf&Pride and the Forbidden Couple tomorrow. Oh gosh I'm really sorry@Terragen-san: Hello! Thank you for reading my fic
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RE:Dux Side Story D - Seifuku no Resistance---
“Yuria.”
I looked up, away from the colorful bug that fascinated me so much.
“Oniichan.” I smiled as he smiled at me as well.
“It’s getting late, Yuriachan. Mom’s calling.” He said as he tried to reach for my small hand, which I eagerly gave to him.
“Nee, oniichan, what’s for dinner?” I said as I waved our intertwined hands.
“Ah, I think Shuu-okaasan mentioned something about… kaarage?” My brother said as he tried to think hard for the answer. “Chicken kaarage, I presume.”
I smiled in anticipation. I like chicken kaarage.
“And there would probably be some other dishes, too, like kinpira gobo.”
I shuddered in fear. Kinpira Gobo, meaning there are vegetables over the place.
“Oniichan, I don’t like veggies…” I said with a sad expression sprawled all over my face.
He just smiled at me and said,”You have to at least eat some, Yuriachan… Veggies are good for growing young girls like yourself, you know.”
I just nodded half-heartedly and said,”Maybe… I’ll try some.”
He stopped and smiled, then patted my head. “That’s a good girl.”
-
“I’ve been looking for you Yuri-chan! Where have you been?” My mom looked worried while crouching down to meet her face with mine.
“I was playing in the garden okaa-san.” I grinned, as she smiled back.
“Well then, let’s change our clothes, shall we?” She said as she brought me up to her arms, though she probably noticed how dirty my dress was. She doesn’t seem to mind that even her own clothes might end up dirty as well. I smiled to myself as I hugged her closer, feeling her warmth all over my body, as well as snuffing her perfume that smells like the summer.
“Mom, where’s dad?” I asked, though I definitely did not want his presence in the dining hall.
“He told me he won’t be coming home again, dear.” She said as she was rummaging through my drawers, while I sat down at the tatami mat, naked.
“Are you worried about him?” She smiled as she faced me, with a folded dress in her hands.
I just nodded half-heartedly. I never really saw my father that much. All he ever did was praise my brother and yell at me for my poor grades.
It’s not as if I hated him, though. I just don’t want to see him, if all he’s gonna do is yell at me.
“You’re not, are you?” My mother smiled as she went closer to me. “I can tell if you’re lying or not, you know.”
I bowed my head. “I-I’m sorry… Shuu-okaasan…”
“Yuri-chan, lying is no-good, you know.” She smiled as she patted my head.
“I’m sorry, I won’t do it again…”
“It’s okay, don’t cry.” She said as she wiped my tears off my face. “Yuri-chan’s a big girl now, right?”
I nodded as I flaunted a wry smile. “Un.”
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“Rumi, I think that you should come home earlier, when the kids are still around.”
“Why do you think so?” My father said as she put on his slippers. “It’s not that much of a big deal, ain’t it?”
“You’re getting distant from your kids. Especially Yuri-chan.”
“Yuria?” My father scoffed. “If that girl was at least as great and talented as Kizaki-kun, then we would be close.”
I was accidentally passing by the hall, grabbing a glass of milk as I overheard the conversation. I hid behind the kitchen counter and heard the horrible words coming out from my father’s mouth.
“She’s a useless idiot.”
Tears fell from my face as I saw my mother clench her fists in anger, while my father just passed by her showing no emotions whatsoever.
“Why…” I saw my mother struggle with her footing as my father stopped as she heard her speaking.
“Do you even love me? Our kids?” My mother said with teary eyes.
“You should know better than that, Shuu.”
-
“I’m leaving.” I said, in a monotone voice. “Bye mom, bye oniichan.”
“Yuri-chan, where are you going?” My mother asked, but I’m not planning on listening on her next words and just continued to walk.
“Yuriachan…” My brother spoke, grabbing my wrist lightly. “What’s wrong? Why didn’t you greet Father?”
His eyes widened as he saw the large bags under my eyes. “Let go, Oniichan.”
Mother quickly intercepted and inspected me. “Are you okay, Yurichan?”
“I’m fine.”
“Stop… stop lying… Yuri-chan…” My mother’s tears began to flow in a steady stream, and she hugged me.
I then saw my father walk away, away from the scene that just unfolded in front of his eyes. He headed for the exit without a word.
“I’m sorry, mom… I love you…” I said, in-between sobs.
My mother and my brother are more than enough. I don’t need father- I don’t need a father like him. That’s what I tried to tell myself back then.
Ah. I’m crying again.
-
One day, I was watching television with my mother and my brother after dinner as usual. I was having a game with my brother where we try to guess when the CMs will finally end.
“Okay, after this commercial, then.” My brother said. “If I lose, then you get my strawberry.”
I smirked,”I’m getting that, then.”
After the short commercial about a girl being chased by a turtle with sour candy, unfortunately for my brother, the show didn’t resume. There was another commercial, much to my brother’s dismay.
“Aww.” He made a defeated expression. “Here’s the strawberry, then.”
A few more commercials passed and our usual, and the show finally ended.
“Yuri-chan, I think that you should go to bed.” My mother said as she looked at her wrist watch.
“I don’t have school tomorrow mom…” I said as I looked lazily at the screen.
“That’s not the problem, you’ll end up dozing off and that’s what I’m concerned about.”
Ignored her and waited for the next program. I have never stayed up this late before, and I was really excited for what the next television program would be.
There was this title call, and I remember it clearly.
Aitakatta, Aitakatta, Kimi ni~
“AKBingo?” I questioned the rather ridiculous name of the show. “Oniichan, what’s this show about?”
“It’s about Japan’s National Idols, AKB48 and their sister groups.” He replied, his gaze directly on the screen.
“What do they do in that show?” I asked further, wanting to know more.
“They get to play around and do fun and interesting things.”
I furrowed my eyebrows questionably. What could that possibly mean? I must stay up to find out.
That night’s segment was Muchaburi Dodgeball. It was a battle of dodgeball between the so-called ‘senbatsu members’ and their ‘kenkyuusei’ as what my brother explained. I thought that it would just end up being some sort of a fun game, but it turns up that the members who get hit are to receive a punishment. Random punishments, to be exact.
I ended up laughing as much as I should’ve, when a girl named ‘Atsuko Maeda’ had some of the super spicy curry even though she wasn’t good with it. I didn’t notice how much time has already passed and before I knew it, the segment was already over, and they started singing and dancing to their new single entitled ‘Everyday Kachuusha’.
“They’re good.” I said as my gaze were glued to the television screen.
Right at that moment I was amazed. I was amazed by their commitment of trying of pleasing their fans, let it be by dancing or by joining variety shows. That was the first day that I knew idols.
And that was the first day that I won over my brother too.
-
“Yuriachan.” My brother called me while he was teaching me Math, the subject that I despised, and will despise for all eternity.
“Nnn?” I looked up, and saw his face smiling sadly at me.
“I’m going to Myojin.” He smiled.
My eyes widened. “Did mom know?”
“I’m planning on telling her later.”
I smiled. My brother was always amazing with everything, his studies, his piano lessons, his kyudo.
But deep in my heart, I thought, if he’s going there, then he’s leaving us… That made me feel sad.
“Don’t worry, Yuriachan.” He smiled and patted my head. “I’ll come back.”
I smiled back reassuringly. It seems that my brother can always read my mind, my thoughts like Shuu-okaasan does.
“Yurichan, are you interested in idols?”
I nodded. “Yup… just in AKB though…”
“Do you want to join someday?” He smiled.
“Probably.” I grinned, making him laugh.
But my father would never agree to let me join, though.
Later that day, there was a celebration for my brother and it was organized by our proud father.
-
I was in my classes as usual, taking notes. It was a rather boring day, and I wished that I could skip school, but we had a quiz.
I can’t miss one, my mother said.
All of a sudden, our teacher, Kaotan-sensei, approached me with a sudden pitiful look. I raised a brow at her not-so-usual reaction, for she was always grinning and laughing with her shark-like teeth.
“Yuria-chan…” She said. “Can I talk with you outside for a while?”
I nodded. Of course, I can’t refuse a teacher, even if I even wanted to.
When we were finally outside, her eyes became teary as she tried to say,”Your father summoned you to the hospital, so I’m taking you there.”
“What about the quiz?” I asked.
“You’re gonna have to be exempted from it.” She said as she tried to smile and hold my hand at the same time.
What could’ve happened?
“Listen, Yuria.” My father spoke at me coldly. He was cold like usual, but this time he was as cold as any human could possibly be.
“What happened?” I asked him. I wanted this conversation to end soon, as I hated seeing his face.
“Your mother. She’s diagnosed with breast cancer.” She spoke with no pauses, no concern for what the said news could’ve possibly done to me. “And her chances of making it through is slim, for it was detected right when it was too late.”
I left without a word and bowed to my teacher Kaotan, my mind still blank and empty. I immediately headed for the room my mother was at, and there she was, sitting up despite her condition, her smile still on her face.
“Yuri-chan.” She spoke. “Why were you so early?”
I gritted my teeth and tried to hold back the tears. “I-I… we only had half-day classes…”
“Is that so.” She smiled ,before looking at the window outside.
“Mom… are you gonna be okay?” I asked her, and she seems to be swayed by my question.
“M-Mom’s gonna be fine…”
I just went near her bed and hugged her tight. “Mom… you told me that lying is bad…”
“I… got found out huh.” She laughed.
“I… I love you, mom.”
“I love you too, Yuriachan.”
Ah… I’m crying again.
-
I visited my mother everyday since that day where she was said to be diagnosed with cancer. Today marks her 3rd month at the hospital.
Her condition seems to be worsening with every passing day, and I could see it with my own eyes. But I tried to look away, saying that there could be some sort of miracle that could save my mom.
“Mom, it’s Yuria.” I called to her, and her eyes immediately fluttered open. She had large bulges under her eyes, and her eyes seems sore, and yet she tried to smile at me as she possibly could.
“Ah, Yuri-chan…” She spoke weakly. “Can you help me sit up?”
I just nodded and held her shoulders. When she was first in here, she could at least sit up by herself, but now… she can’t… not anymore.
“Ah, I peeled some apples for you…” She smiled weakly.
“Mom, I brought those apples for you, not for me…” I smiled as I sat at her bed.
“Jaa,” She paused before saying,”Lets eat it together, then…”
I just smiled but my soul deep inside of me was breaking apart seeing my mom suffer this much. I ate apples with her, and she told me a lot of stories in the hospital. First was about her nurse, who looks and acts like someone from a maid café and how she was called a kusogaki cutely by the said nurse though she was 40. Next was about an update on how the birds were doing on the tree next to her window. Afterwards was about how she misses me and my brother, especially my brother who was at Kyojin’s dorms.
I also told her a bunch of stories about middle school, like… meeting a new friend.
“Mom, there was this girl…” I said, blushing.
“You’re in love, aren’t you…” She looked at me.
“No, mom I swear… I am not..” I said. “I have Kanako-chan you know…”
“What’s her name?”
“Kumi.” I spoke. “Yagami Kumi.”
“You’re in love!~” She teased back.
“M-Mou…” I said. “Mom! I-I’m not…”
“Perhaps you wouldn’t say that if you knew how flushed and red your face is.” She laughed.
“Fine…” I admittedly said in defeat. “I may… maybe in love with her.”
“That’s great. It’s great that you found someone that you love.” She smiled. “You should tell it to Kanako-chan…”
“But father’s gonna be mad… After all, she was the one who set me up with her.”
“Well, do you feel anything for Kanako-chan?”
I immediately replied,”We’re really close, we have fun as friends…”
“Well, about something more than that?”
“No…”
I gulped, and my mom just patted my head. “Don’t be afraid. Tell her how you feel. If she’s really your friend then she would understand you.”
“What about dad?”
“I’ll be the one to talk to him. He wouldn’t be able to say no, anyways…” She just smiled and held my hand. “I don’t want you to end up like us, Yuri-chan.”
“Like.. what?” I questioned my mother. By that time I was still an innocent and peachy teenager, so I had no idea.
“You’ll know soon.” She smiled. “Hey, Yuri-chan you mentioned something about joining AKB, right?”
“Me?” I asked. “I never told you… How did you know?”
“Ah, your brother probably mentioned something about it.” She laughed. “So, are you planning on joining?”
“Mom, I can’t leave you here alone in Nagoya. Akihabara is a far place.” I smiled.
“I don’t mind.”
“I’ll probably try some other time, I think that I’m too young for an idol right now.”
I lied. As much as I wanted to be an idol, of course my mother comes first. The responsibility of me looking out for her is up to me, since my father is busy with his work and everything else, while my brother, of course is at Myojin.
She just smiled as usual, though she probably knows that I’m lying.
“Hey, about the girl you like, can you bring her here someday?”
-
Another month has passed, and snow has fallen over Nagoya. It’s surrounded the city in a white blanket of wonders, as other people might call it. But as for me, it’s a pain. It’s super cold, and it gets in the way of walking. Though, I didn’t mind it right now, with me sharing a scarf with none other than Kumi.
Once we entered the door, my mom smiled at me as the two of us shouted,”Happy birthday, Shuu-okaasan!”
Her eyes widened, but she just shrugged it off with a laugh. “I thought that you forgot my birthday again, Yurichan.”
I just flashed a grin and signaled Kumi to go near mom with me.
“Kuuchan, hold this first okay?” I asked the girl while handing her the cake. Remembering what I used to do for my mother, I helped her sit back up and brought the cake near her face.
“41 years old! Happy birthday mom!” I yelled. “Now blow the candles.”
She just raised a brow at me and said,”You’ve brought someone with you, huh.”
“Um, ano… yes. This is Yagami Kumi, a friend of mine.”
“Are you sure she’s JUST your friend?” She smirked.
Kumi blushed with me as an awkward atmosphere permeated in the air. To break it off, my mom blew the candles with a strong ‘Fuu~’
“Yeah, Happy birthday to me!” She yelled, careful of not breaking the dextrose needle in her arm.
“Yeah… Yeah!” I tried to reply back.
“Yeah!” Kumi yelled, to remove the embarrassment from her face.
-
I watched as Kuuchan was slowly getting closer to my mom with a smile on my face. My mom’s being an old-brat again as usual, but Kuuchan wouldn’t lose to her games. All of a sudden, the door opened and we looked at the figure who stood there, holding a bunch of balloons in his hand.
“Oniichan.” I breathed, and all of a sudden my legs just immediately moved by itself and I hugged him tight. “I missed you, oniichan…”
“I missed you too, Yuriachan…”
Me shouldering all of everyone’s responsibilities might’ve gotten to me.
Ah… I’m… crying again.
-
Last night was a blast. The four of us had a small party, cake’s on Kumi and me, and the food was brought by my brother. He had taken a day off from Myojin and he had to kowtow in front of my father just to let him do as he pleases. What a mean person, she didn’t even attend the party even though my brother asked him to.
I thought, we should be alright with ourselves. I don’t need my father to do anything. Nothing that I ever did pleased him.
Not that I was aiming for him to be pleased anyway.
I was at school, and Kanako-chan was still giving me the cold shoulder after I rejected her, so Kumi stayed by my side the whole time. Then suddenly, Rika-sensei approached me. It sort of felt like a dejavu, and it sent chills down my spine. I felt like something bad was about to happen or was currently happening.
“Yuria… Can I talk with you outside for a while?” She asked.
I gulped. ‘It couldn’t be.’ I thought.
“The hospital asked for you. Let’s go.” She told me, with no pauses or no further explanations.
“What happened?” I was frustrated. I was angry. I was confused.
“Your mother, she only has a little time left.” My father told me. “We’re bringing her home. She has no chance of surviving this anymore.”
“Wha-“
I paused. Last night, she was so healthy, so happy, so energetic. And to think that this would happen on a blink of an eye… Why. I asked god. Why?!
Ah… I’m… I’m crying again.
-
A week has passed when my mother was finally sent home. She stayed slumped in her futon all day, surrounded by a lot of beeping apparatuses. She now had a mask all over her mouth, and she looked paler than before. I could say so, since I know that my mom wasn’t the exact definition of a fair-skinned woman. Now she just looks deadly white, and it scares me.
I hated thinking, but these days, I couldn’t help myself but stare at nothing and think. Think of the future, think of everything.
I liked staring at the moon when I was young but now I couldn’t help but stare angrily at it.
“Yuri-chan.” My mother breathed. “Why are you staring at the moon like that…?”
I looked behind me and I saw my mom smile at me, and I immediately went to her side and hugged her. “Mom…”
“Yuri-chan… I’m sorry…” She said, her breath faltering.
“Mom?” I asked.
“Yuri-chan… dear… I love you.”
“Mom?” I questioned her sudden words, but I just replied,”I love you too, Mom.”
“Please… don’t hate… Shuu-okasaan or your father… okay?”
“What?” I asked.
It couldn’t be.
“MOM!” I yelled.
“Please live your life as you wish. Treasure it, for the sake of your departed ones.” She said after I broke from the hug and looked at her face. “Do what your heart desires, and fulfill your dreams, even if people wanted you not to do so.”
She laughed before saying,”I don’t regret anything now… cause I have you and Kizaki-kun… and your father…”
“Mom…” I cried. “Mom, please… no.”
“We’ve to get there sooner or later… it’s just that mom’s gonna go ahead… a bit earlier than anyone else…”
“Mom…”
I held her hand as she lay down there with a smile, her breathing gone, and her pulse not vibrating in her wrists anymore.
Ah… I’m… I’m… crying… again.
-
For the first time in my life I saw my father crying. It was accidentally, actually. Here I am trotting into the kitchen at midnight after mom’s burial and you’ve guessed it, Imma go get some milk. Anyways, I saw my father entering too, and I don’t wanna be awkward again so I hid in the kitchen counter, again.
“Shuu.” She said as she hit the kitchen counter. I’m in the other side, if you ask. She cried. Streams of tears were flowing from both of her eyes. “Shuu…”
Could it be that my dad actually loved mom, and while I wasn’t there was actually looking after her? Could it be that the reason why she didn’t come when I was there was because she didn’t like to see both of us struggling and suffering? Oh gosh so many questions, no answers, I said as I was reminiscing my past.
But back at that moment, I didn’t think about anything and instead I thought that I heard her ‘shooing’ me.
Yes, I’m kind of an idiot, but not the worst one there is.
I think so.
-
There was this one day that I plucked enough courage to tell my dad to let me audition for the newly announced SKE, a sister group of AKB. They just did a 2nd generation auditions a while ago, so I guess this one’s the 3rd. I literally kowtowed in front of him just to let me audition.
“Do what you want.” He said, and patted my head.
I was amazed at how my father drastically changed when my mom was gone, and he seemed to care more about my being despite having another relationship to a girl named Sato Mieko. She became my step mom, and she was really kind and gentle. She gave off an older-sister feeling rather than a step mom’s though.
I just smiled and said,”Thank you!”
At the day of the auditions, everything went well. I met a lot of pretty girls at the audition, and I immediately found a group that I belonged to. With Ogiso Shiori, Kinoshita Yukiko and Suda Akara, my newfound friends, we all passed the auditions that day.
“Really?!” Kumi screamed. “YOU PASSED?!”
I blushed and realized that the phone was on loudspeaker, and now my friends are all smirking at me. “Yeah… I did, Kuuchan.”
“That’s great news!” She said as I turned the loudspeaker mode off. “Wanna have a party?”
“Where?” I laughed. “Could you even afford to treat me though?”
She giggled,”I saved some.”
“No thanks, let’s just go to my house.”
“But…” She said in a pleading voice.
“It’s fine. You need to feed your pet, and you have to feed your child hood friend and your glutton-self as well.” I giggled.
“Um… okay.” She said. “I love you.”
“I… I love you too.”
I closed my phone and surprisingly, all of my friends were smirking and nudging me.
“You had a special someone, huh.” Ogichan said as she pinched my cheek.
“Yeah yeah yeah!” Yukko said as she helped in pinching the free cheek.
“But… isn’t there a love ban in SKE?” Akarin said as she stopped laughing. “In ALL48 groups, actually…”
-
“We need to break up?” I heard Kumi’s voice crack. “Why?”
“Kuuchan… there’s a love ban in SKE…” I said, sadly. “I’m sorry.”
“Don’t worry, after we graduate, we’ll be the same, right?” I said, reassuringly. “Just please…”
“Okay… if that’s what you want. I’d wait.” She smiled. “It’s not as if we’d stop hanging out with each other, right? It’s just that kissing and intimate things are forbidden.”
“Un.” I blushed as I heard the words kissing and intimate things.
-
Since I joined SKE48 as a 3rd generation KKS, well everything has been hectic. From appearances on variety shows, to photoshoots, recordings, practices and stage shows were rather hard for a 13-year old me. I seldom have enough time to study, so quit school. The normal time that I go home is 12:30 AM and I never actually got to eat dinner, I just go straight to bed after removing my makeup and sleep. Sleep as much as I could.
“Actually today, we’re gonna have a new member in Team S!” Rena announced.
“WOAHHH!” The crowd responded with much enthusiasm.
“It’s… Kizaki Yuria-chan!” She waved.
“WOOOOOOO!” The wotas were happy about the announcement, while I just stood there like a duck.
After the announcement of me joining Team S, everything changed. From my usual hectic schedule going into SUPER ULTRA MEGA hectic schedule. When I was a KKS, I went home at 12:30 AM, well guess what. Now I go home at exactly 2:30 AM. How happy and how fulfilling it is to be an idol. Sometimes, I just pass out by our door step, or I actually forget to remove my make-up.
5 years later, I was just sitting there in the Reformation Festival, not suspecting anything suspicious. Maybe I would be transferred to Team E. Who knows? Still, I’d prefer to be in Team S.
Finally, it was time for my name to be called.
“Kizaki Yuria. Team 4 Vice-Captain. Full transfer.”
Huh.
WHAT?! I said, as I covered my mouth. Team 4, meaning in AKB, right?!
That just started my full-blown career. I was often in shows, and everything AKB is at.
Though I was ranked only in the undergirls at my first year, a year after I finally ranked in the senbatsu! It was a dream come true. Then my name just skyrocketed and finally, finally, I was on top.
“450,2189 votes. 1st place. Kizaki Yuria!”
Tears flowed from my face. I’ve finally reached this far in my career.
Kumi was just smiling from the audience’s seats and screamed for my name. “YURIA!” and the other wotas also joined her.
It was a a fun experience.
SKE, AKB, everything.
But it has to end.
Five years of me consecutively winning the senbatsu, I quit. That was around the time that AKB was receiving it’s downfall.
I graduated while being raised hoisted up in the air, it was the scariest thing ever, but I need not to worry. After all… I was already a test experiment of Kuuchan back then. Her drug was under development, and besides her, she injected it to me as well. I tried jumping from a building once, and yeah, I fortunately did not die.
After my graduation, my face and my advertisements just went away in all cities of Japan.
I felt free.
After a very long time.
-
“Yuria, you don’t regret anything?” Kumi asked.
“Nope, I don’t regret anything.” I smiled.
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