“What was it Miki called you? Kabu-something? And all your other nicknames are completely dull. At least they’re better than mine… I guess.”
“What do you want?”
“I want her back.”
Hitomi’s eyes slowly pried themselves open, and she stared at her friend for a moment, as if she was trying to determine how safe she was. After another moment, Hitomi relaxed, and closed her eyes again.YOSSI'S ALIVE!!! (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/A_w00t.gif)
“She… she didn’t hurt you, did she?”More to the point, looks like she saw and maybe even knows who attacked her?
“No, who… Yocchan, who did this to you?”Not important? WTF is up with THAT reaction? :o There must be something special/unique about the attacker. Yossi almost sounds like she's trying to protect whoever it is.
“It… it isn’t important…”
“Well, fine. But I have to call the hospital…”Okay, the fact that Yossi doesn't want to go to the hospital DEFINITELY raises some questions here. :dunno:
“NO! I mean… no… no, don’t… it isn’t… it isn’t that bad.”
she opted for poking a spot near the largest wound, a large gash that started from the top of her right knee down to her ankle. Hitomi yelped in pain, and stared at Maki in pure anger. The younger woman shrugged.Maybe that'll knock some sense into Yossi and she'll let Maki take her to the hospital.
“Just making sure you could feel that.”
“Whoever did this wasn’t aiming to kill you,” she finally said. Hitomi gave her a strange look.Attacks this brutal, where the victim didn't die are often meant as warnings for something or someone bigger. The fact that the attacker likely COULD have killed Yossi, yet didn't, means the attacker is trying to show the power she has.
“Doesn’t feel that way.”
“That’s because you lost a lot of blood… now if you’d let me call an ambulance…”
“I said no…”
“Didn’t say I was gonna. Not worth fighting with you when your mind’s made up.”
She had not expected Hitomi to have enough strength to stop her, let alone get up and give her what could be construed as a ‘bear hug,’ and she did not expect it to render her speechless either.Well, that was unexpected. :stunned:
“I’ll… be fine…”
Maki was about to protest, when she found a pair of lips colliding with her own.
“Well then, Nurse Goto, heal my wounds, make me feel better.”Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Maki in a nurse's outfit? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. ;D
“Yocchan… you killed her, didn’t you?”So the attacker is someone that's close enough to Yossi that she calls her "Yocchan"? The plot gets thicker, it does.
“You say it like you didn’t want to. You wanted the same thing I did…”So now it looks like we have 2 possible attackers. One who's willing to take things to the limit, and the other who sounds reluctant to do so. (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/hmmm.gif)
“No, no I didn’t! Not like that…”
“Yes, yes you did… or it wouldn’t have happened…”
“Just… stop hurting people Saki… Yocchan didn’t do anything to you…”Saki??? As in Captain or Nakajima-chan??? :o Is it someone who's currently in or who used to be in H!P??? Someone maybe from behind the scenes? :scared:
“Kabu-chan took our love from us…”Hmmmm...a seeming difference in opinion. Whomever this person Saki is in love with, she apparently thinks the second is also in love with her too, but the second may not be as obsessed about it/her.
“…. Your love…”
“No my dear, our love.
If it isn't terribly apparent now *has just added a disclaimer at the top* I like keeping people guessing. I like psyching people out. Just the way I am guys and gals ^^.
Kreuz, I have a feeling your speculation might have actually been right, if we're thinking similarly. You might want to hold onto that thought ^^.
Unless you thought Miki. Miki's not that narcissistic. I like to think of her as 'grumpily misunderstood.'
Though, Hitomi not wanting to go to the hospital... has nothing to do with the attacker ^^Really? (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/hmmm.gif)
I held up my sleek, black phone, adorned with shiny stickers and all (because when Tsunku said ‘I’m going to give you all new phones,’ and follows it up by giving us all stickers, all us teenage girls can do is make our phones look prettier… though, I think he did it like that on purpose)Aw that was nice of da Soonk.
“Blood… there was blood everywhere…”Did Sayu see the scene where Maki found Yossi all beaten up? If so, it sounds like it was after they had left.
...
I dismissed the thought of it actually being serious. It was Sayumi for god’s sake, please.
“Yocchan… is she at work?”
“Reina… promise me that… if you can’t find her, you call me back? I… I just want to make sure… she’s okay…”Okay...either Sayu has some uncanny intuition, or she's somehow involved (probably reluctantly) in this whole mess and she's genuinely worried about how/where Yossi is.
...
“… Sayumin, is something wrong?”
“Yes… sorda… I… I can’t tell you right now…
She paced back and forth in front of Miki, her mind spinning. Miki was as relaxed as ever, watching her subleader start having very Gaki-like reactions.Aichan reacting like many a wota (and foreign H!P fan) have been over the past couple of days.
“How could… why could… who would want…. I hate FRIDAY!” Ai finally shouted angrily, stopping and staring at Miki, “They’re so stupid!”
“But… you’re living with him?”It's certainly plausible, though somewhat moot as the actual article never actually mentions anything about anyone moving in together (that was just someone's "predictions"/speculation about what the article would say.
“Yep. Separate beds though.”
Nodding again, more to herself, Ai opened her mouth to speak, when she was half tackled down.All the while, Miki's watching this and having a right good chuckle. ;D
“Ai-chan! I HATE FRIDAY!”
...
“So do I Gaki… could you not yell in my ear next time?”
The girl gave Ai a pout before hugging her again. Letting out a sigh, Ai gave her a pat on the shoulder in comfort.
“Who!? No… I haven’t seen her… or… wait… WHAT?!... she did that to you? Why?... no… no I haven’t… Sayumi? What about her? … Fireworks? … God, you’re making no sense… call the hospital… I’ll take care of the other side, alright? I swear…”Oh don't tell me Sayu flipped out and beat up Shouji? :lol:
“I think devil horns and a sexy black dress will make me look sexier.”While that IS true, for pete's sake Yossi let Maki take care of you! :(
“You know, half an hour ago, you weren’t complaining…”Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Nurse Maki. :jerk:
“That would be because I was thinking about you in a nurse’s outfit… not thinking about how much this hur-OW! Alright, enough!”
“Telekinesis. I can move things with my mind… it was something Tsunku blabbered on about when I joined Momusu. Rika got one too. A blabber I mean. Didn’t he give you one?”WTF they got powers??? :o
Maki smiled at the woman sleeping in her lap as she sang to her.Maybe Yossi's just a fast healer? Or maybe the wounds just looked worse when they were all bloody?
...
She was sure those wounds were much worse earlier, when they were arguing about it.
“You make a good nurse…”Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh so maybe THAT is Maki's power. But if that's the case...is that why Yossi didn't want to go to the hospital? Maybe she could unconsciously sense that she'd be alright with Maki.
“… What do you mean? We argued half the time.”
“I wasn’t talking about that stupid disinfecting stuff. I was talking about you. You have a healing touch.”
I see someone isn't falling for my tricks this time.(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/doh.gif)
Or are you!?
*cackles*
So, did you call her or not?”Considering the whole revelation of the whole superpowers thing, that last bit could take on several different meanings.
“… I… I couldn’t… I… blanked out…”
“You… you didn’t kill someone while I was … out, did you?”Okay, that's disconcerting. If this person has some sort of power, but is unable to control it, it can potentially be a big problem.
“No… I only slightly mauled him…”
“What!?”
“Oh please… you know better than that… Of course I’m going to hurt someone.”
“We’re gonna hafta do something about the snooper though… she’ll get in the way of our goal.”Goal? Snooper? This is getting more and more complicated.
“It’s your goal…
“Don’t worry… either I’ll scare her… or I’ll make her death quick and painless…”That sounds like Miki. :grin: If that's the case, then the other person in the convo should be Aya. :D
“You wouldn’t…”
“Please, she’s not worth my mercy…”
“If you want to be merciful, just leave her alone!”
“But… where’s the fun in that?”
“Oh, don’t give me that Maki! You still like futsal, I know you do! C’mooooooon!”Either she's dealing with her recent attack in a really weird manner, or she's just acting like a kid for some reason.
Now she was whining at me. She never whined, she was Yoshizawa Hitomi, strong leader type.
he doesn’t exactly base his decisions on singing and dancing talent, if you haven’t noticed.”Wait, so Tsunku knew or could somehow tell that the girls all had some powers? How the fuck did he know that??? :o
...
I wasn’t entirely sure about the girls before me, but I knew I sure as hell didn’t. Neither did Charmy, Yocchan, Nono, Aibon, Mako, Konkon, Gaki, Ai-chan, Sayumin, Reina, Eri…
Wait.
“That was… like…”
“A good all of us. Yeah. He chose us… yeah, based on what he thought we could become, but he also chose us based on our special abilities.”
“Like, breaking hula hoop records?”
“Like telekinesis and healing.”
Hey, when did I enter the Twilight Zone? Seriously, sometimes Yocchan was just too much.
Tsunku says it has to do with the ‘mira’ content in our body. He hasn’t exactly explained it fullyFirst it's the Twilight Zone, and now Star Wars?
“Each time leaders and subleaders are changed, Tsunku goes over a list of all the Morning Musume members that the they’ve worked with… and points out which powers they have.”Strangely enough, that does seem to ring true right now. (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/blink.gif)
See, it’s easier when you humor her. She’s not so damn confusing.
“Fine. We have powers… and Tsunku hasn’t told you about it… so you’ve probably gotten zero training on them…”They were supposed to get training? :dunno:
We were supposed to get training?
“We’re supposed to have training?”
“… Right then… you’ll just have to practice…”But if Maki's power is healing, to practice them she'll have to....oh no. :cry:
“On what?”
She better not say what I think she was about to say. Instead of saying something right out, she gave me a small kiss on the cheek, then answered.
In the answer I didn’t want her to use.
“Me.”
“KAMEI-SAN!”Eri got beaned in the head by one of the turtles? :P
Before Eri could reply to the panic in Junjun’s voice, a blunt object struck her in the head.
And the rest was black.
Awww, I have a sta-fan! Fan! Yeah, I'll call you a fan!:imdead:
I meant a fan, I swear.
The only thing I'll let up on this time is Yossi's hospital hatred. It's how I perceive her attitude towards hospitals since her brother's death. I tried to make it obvious, sorry it didn't seem that way ^^;;
And thank you so much! I loveegoboosts[/b] the comments!
“Kamei-san… Kamei-san…”Kawaii! :love:
The whispering in her ear jolted her from her slumber, and their foreheads smacked together.
“Aiiiii…”
“Ow….”
“Junjun… what’s going on?” she asked. The girl smiled for a moment, before looking over her shoulder, at the door that stared right back.So they're looking for a ransom, eh? Kind of relieved, to be honest. It couldn't have been much much worse. :mon scare:
“There were… men… bad… to… house… took,” she finally said after a moment, “They think… my Japanese… bad is.”
...
“Kamei-san… they wanted… to…”
She paused a moment, trying to find the words to what she wanted to say.
“… Money… trade… for us!”
Sadly, futsal would have to wait, but she owed me big time.Kinky. :twisted:
And if it didn’t come in the form of futsal, I knew exactly how to get my payment.
“… Just stop doing things like… Yocchan, where are you going?”Nothing like a little "field training". You'd be surprised at the skills you actually have until you actually have to use them.
“I’m gonna make you panic so much that you have to come down and heal me.”
“Come dow- Yocchan?”
What was that guy doing? Was that his dog?Ew. :mon huh:
After a moment of silence, she sighed, showing me that she was in fact still more Miki-angry than anything, and rubbed her temples.That sounds sensible. :D
“Fine. But if you die… then it’s not my fault.”
As she entered the elevator, she furiously started pressing buttons again, not caring if anyone else really heard. Her hair was a mess, there were circles under her eyes, and she was wearing clothes that were far from matching, unless it was ‘yellow goes with blah ick purple green’ day.What happened to Sayu? :dunno:
But it wasn’t.
So it was only natural that everyone stared at Sayumi when she walked into the building. No greetings, no confetti, no ‘I’m ready to work today world!’ None of that.
Just anxiety and frustration.
“Reina, pick up your phone…” she muttered, before snorting and stuffing her phone into her bag, “FINE! Die for all I care!”
“Put it down at least… if you end up slicing your ear off, I’m not healing it,” she replied angrily. Hitomi shook her head.Awwwwwwww... :cry:
“If I put it down, you’ll make a grab for it… and then we’ll fight again, and we already determined you can’t heal yourself.”
There were a few small gashes on the inside of Maki’s palm, where she got panicked and stupid enough to grab the knife by not the handle. She knew Hitomi felt guilty about it, and would have rather risked her own ear than hurt her again.
Maki didn’t seem to pay any heed, as she sat atop of Hitomi, reaching for the object again.Under other circumstances, this could be hot. :P
Hitomi gave the girl a pout.LOOK AT IT!!! :mon blowhorn:
“You’re horrible at those Yocchan. Don’t expect me to do anything for you with that.”
But it was a cute sad attempt at a pout! Look at it!
Junjun let out a whine.Can't help but love the way Eri and Junjun call them childish names like "stupid heads" and "Silly Frenchmen". :lol: It's just so CUTE!!!
“I’m hungry!!!” she wailed. Poor girl. If I wasn’t so damn tied up, I would have gone to find where the nearest restaurant was and taken her to it.
That would have required the men on the other side of the door to not be such stupid heads.
Or as Junjun called them, ‘Silly Frenchmen.’ I liked that. She was so quirky, and I knew she was smart.
According to Tsunku, I could augment things. He didn’t specify what ‘things’ were, or how much I could do any of this. He just said I could.Oh, preview of Eri's (as of yet) unknown power? :w00t:
“Just don’t worry about it… when we get home, I’ll get Reina to bake you a big cake…”Wait, how'd she get untied? And where'd the candy bar come from? :dunno:
“What about cake?”
I stared up a moment, and if it was Junjun who was talking to me, I would have flinched. But, there she was, standing before me, munching on a candy bar.
“Uhm… Junjun… how…”Junjun's a teleporter! Take THAT you wannabe kidnappers! :shakeit: :muffin:
She shrugged, and grinned.
“We want out?”
Yes.
“Yeah.”
Junjun munching on the candy bar for another moment, before putting a hand on Eri’s shoulder.
“Close eyes. Imagine home.”
Nodding, Eri closed her eyes, and imagined her house… her bed, her warm bed, the thing she shouldn’t have left in the first place today.
After a few minutes, she felt Junjun’s breath in her ear.
“You can open your eyes now.”
Doing so, Eri looked around. She was sitting in her room, on her warm, comfy bed, with Junjun sitting right next to her.
“I make us go away!”
“No. Grumpy, hurt. You need nap.”
“No… you won’t be the subleader… Pigtails.”NOOOOoo, RISA!!!!!! :scared: :frustrated: They better get Gomaki on the scene...Risa has to live so she can make more frieeeeends...! Gah, what power does she have?! Maybe the power to turn back time?
“Seriously. It’s Turtle Girl and Chinese Panda number… one. You’re older, you’ll be number one.”Hakkan CM reference? XD
Koharu was staring at her, of course, in a creepy way, more creepy than the ‘I want you to buy my singles buy my singles now’ look that she got when posing for the camera.I know the look you speak of... :ph43r:
She didn’t see Sayumi killing Hitomi, almost mauling Miki’s boyfriend, and stuffing Koharu in a closet. They weren’t very Sayumi-like tendencies.Being able to see someone doing something is not the same thing as them having the capability of doing that particular something. This could be part of a secret, dark-side of Sayu that no one has yet seen.
“… She was locked in a closet Mikitty… maybe she just doesn’t wanna talk about it…”She spoke! :w00t: So...Koharu was the other girl that was with Captain? :?
“Saki said she was next…”
Koharu’s blunt statement caused the girls to stop in their conversation and stare.
“Come again?” Reina asked.
“… Saki… she said ‘she’s next.’”
“Who?”
“… I… I don’t know… she was looking at a picture of you and Sayumi…”
“Ah, sumimasen,” she said politely to the man behind the register, “Is there a chance that you have strawberry pocky?”Unable to find Strawberry Pocky anywhere? That's definitely strange.
...
“I’m sorry, no… we’re all out.”
“I was beginning to wonder what was going on… Matsuura-san was in here earlier. She was in quite a rush.”Wha?? :shocked: Ok, Aya can either read the minds of the UFA higher-ups or she just has really good contacts and found out that Risa's going to be the new subleader.
...
“She was asking for your subleader, and when I asked if she was wondering about Takahashi-san, she said ‘no, I want to speak with Niigaki.’
While she was thinking, and the man was ringing up her order, trying to get small talk out of her again, a loud noise rang throughout the store, and outside onto the street. Quite shortly after, impact and sharp pain caused Risa to fall forward, onto the counter in front of her.:OMG: ONOES!
“No… you won’t be the subleader… Pigtails.”
“Seriously. It’s Turtle Girl and Chinese Panda number… one. You’re older, you’ll be number one.”Gotta love Eri's cute sense (or lack thereof) of logic. :love:
Junjun gave Eri a peculiar look, but shrugged, and went right back to examining the bruise on Eri’s cheek.GIRLY SLAP FIGHT! :lol:
“I told you not to touch that!”
Eri started smacking at Junjun, and Junjun retaliated by trying to smack back. They ended up swatting hands and air for a good few moments before Eri snorted and resumed cooking.
“Grumpy! Worse than Grumpy Frenchmen!”
Instead of recoiling her hand like she had done before, Junjun kept up, this time getting a little more motherly and actually examining the bruise.Poor Eri. Being kidnapped and tied up like that by a bunch of (to quote Jun Jun) "Silly Frenchmen" would likely make anyone grumpy. ;D
“Jun.Jun,” Eri pronounced, slowly, “Let. Me. Cook. Your. Stu. Pid. Rice. Balls. In. Peace.”
“No. Grumpy, hurt. You need nap.”
“GO!”Bossy Jun Jun = cute. :wub:
Junjun pointed this time, to where Eri’s room was.
“NOW! Onigiri I bring. You sleep. I know cook how. No worry burn house down.”
“But…”
“GO!”
Drumming her fingers on the steering wheel of her dark purple car, Hitomi stared up at the stoplight for a few moments. It had been the first time she used the car since January, but somehow, Maki managed to convince her to use it again.I'd be worried about that part. :O
Despite the fact that she had yet to remember which pedal was the break pedal and which one was the gas pedal, she was doing fairly well. Maki kept pointing out which one was which after awhile.
“Yocchan, why do you even have this song in your car?”You know what they say, it's always in the LAST place you look. :P
Of course, she had yet to remember that ‘Love Like Crazy’ had been in the CD player for quite some time. That was where she put it!
Hitomi brat pouted, but stopped as an ambulance blazed by in front of them. Her look suddenly became serious.Sounds like something the Peg Sheety crew would do. :P
“That’s not good.”
“Usually when ambulances do that…”
“We’re following.”
“What?!”
“We are SO not following!”Oh...right. Maki can practice her healing powers without Yossi having to hurt herself. And here I thought Yossi just wanted to see where the ambulance was going. :D
“Yes we are. What better way to test your powers out?”
Hitomi paid no heed, once again, stopping in front of a small convenience store. As she went to turn the ignition off, she let out a pained cry, moving her hand to her head.OHNOES!!! It must be the store Risa's at!!! MAKI HELP HER!!! :OMG:
“… It’s bad…”
Maki started to panic. Hitomi was hurt or something, and there was an ambulance, sirens blazing, as well as a broken window, but no stretcher with person on it yet.
...
Someone’s dying in there!”
“Gocchin…”:cry: :cry: :cry:
That, and the pair of hands that went on her shoulders caused a sudden jump, possibly three feet into the air, but Maki relaxed.
At least Hitomi was good for that.
“… Is she going to be alright?”
“I don’t know…”
It was a whispered response, but Hitomi didn’t push it. She just pulled Maki closer, and held her there a moment.
“I can’t feel anything…” Hitomi whispered after a moment, “… Not from her… she’s there… but… she’s not there…”
Maki nodded slowly, letting a few tears roll down her cheeks.
“Just calm down Gocchin… you did all you could…”
I won't say who diesThat statement, in turn, implies that someone else DOES/IS GOING TO die! (dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN) :shocked:
Saki told me to ‘send regards’ or something stupid like that, and now here I was, gun in hand, running away. I saw a dark purple car speed by after the ambulance I hid from only moments before. Part of me was fairly certain I had known that car, but I didn’t want to stop and figure out who was inside.So here's the shooter, but why does she sound so panicky? Considering she was calm enough to carry out the task Saki gave her, she's choosing NOW to freak out? :?
Why Nii Nii? Why not Sayumin? Sayumin actually saw what happened… Nii Nii was innocent! Did Saki know something I didn’t?Ok, it's got to be someone that's close to the girls, since she seems to feel close enough to call Risa "Nii Nii" and Sayu "Sayumin". Saki may suspect that Sayu is somehow going to find out she's the one masterminding this all, and thus wants to get her out of the way before she can "spoil her plans". :O
“No Momo… I ain’t gonna stop either… this isn’t something we just stop anymore. There isn’t gonna be anyone playing the turncoat game… is there?”OMG MOMO-CHAN SHOT RISA!!! And holy shit Captain's sounding scarily sadistic. :OMG:
The sound of her voice at that point scared me.
“N-no. No, there isn’t.”
“Good. I’d have to do something about that if there was…”
Koharu was far from wanting to go anywhere. Every time Miki pulled at her, she let out a noise and clung to the couch. There would be a point where Koharu was going to hurt herself, and Reina wasn’t sure that was the most ideal for this situation.Holy cow something else must have happened to Koharu to have her freaked out this much. Sure it's got to be scary being stuck in a closet, but to be like this??? :O
Miki let out a grunt.I love her "the moment she stops being crazy" comment. It's totally Miki. :lol:
“Fine. She can stay here with you… but the moment she stops being crazy, you’re bringing her right to UFA, got it?”
“Yep.”
There was an exchange of glances for a moment before Miki promptly turned to leave. Reina brushed a hand through Koharu’s messy hair and held her close.Awwwwwwwww...protective Reina. :heart:
“Don't worry… Miki’s not gonna take you anywhere without me around… I promise…”
Maki gave Hitomi a slight smile, before it immediately wiped itself from her face.What happened? :o
“Yocchan…”
Hitomi glanced over her shoulder, and let out a yelp.
“HOLY CRAP!”
I already stated two someones die:OMG: EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Sayumi hugged Miyabi.:shock: EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
“I knew you wouldn’t think I was crazy!”
“… No, I can just read your mind…”
Blinking, Sayumi stared at her ‘newfound’ friend.
“Wha?!”
She needed to find out how Ai did that to Hitomi. She would get so much farther with her.Did Aichan do something? If so, what? You never said what exactly happened.
“Kamei-san…”How the hell...??? :?
“We’ve known each other a little longer… you can call me something else if you want to…”
“… Sorry about … uhm… fire…”
She wasn’t entirely sure how Junjun managed to make the rice cooker burst into flames, but she did, and then she proceeded to blame the rice cooker for being too different from her own, and the guilt she would have felt for waking Eri up.
“So where’re we going?”Yossi's reaction here = :dunno:
“Sayumin needs to know you aren’t dead. It’s the only way she can assemble words properly…”
There was a short silence.
“Oh.”
“She said she wished you dead or something stupid like that. That’s not true, is it Yocchan?”Could it be that the mystery person that attacked Yossi at the beginning was not actually a "person" at all, but instead some manifestation that was created to fulfill Sayu's mistaken "wish"? :o
Another silence. Maki glanced over at Hitomi and held her hand protectively. It was an adorable moment for the two of them, if Hitomi didn’t look like she was about to turn and run the other way.
“Yocchan! You’re okay!”Picturing this...it's just so cute and funny! :lol:
Sayumi shot up, running towards her former leader, who started to run away from the girl.
Well, it was more like running in circles around Maki, and Sayumi was just silly enough to follow suite.
“… Oh god…”ONOES! GET BETTER YOU STUPID WOUND! :scolding:
Maki and Hitomi had a simultaneous freak out moment, where Maki was immediately on the floor next to the elder woman, furiously trying to fix the problem. It seemed that her wound opened up again, leaving a large gash around the length of a notebook and the width of a key head bleeding in it’s place. If she could fix Risa, she could fix Hitomi’s silly wound, right?
“Why isn’t it getting better?”
“Koharu… you hungry now?”AWWWWWWWWWWWW! :mon cute:
Reina smiled at the girl, who was staring at the food, almost longingly. She stared at her senpai for a moment before shaking her head.
“It’s just a few sandwiches Koharu… they won’t hurt you…”
The younger girl held onto Reina as tight as she could, as if losing the girl was going to mean losing her life.
She reached into her nearby bag with her free hand and pulled out a small, round yo-yo, with little cats all over it’s light purple surface.Okay, so Koharu's still really spooked...and for some reason she's freaked out by yo-yos and/or images of little cats.
“Yocchan told me that this always worked when she was nervous. She’s got one too… maybe when this all settles down we can go yo-yo sho-…Koharu?”
The younger girl hid her face and started letting out squeals, hoping the object would go away. Reina blinked.
“Koharu, are you okay?”
“No more! Make it go away!” the younger girl shouted angrily. Staring at the girl for a moment, Reina was unsure of what to do, but the sudden burning sensation in her hand interrupted her thoughts.
“Ow… OW OW!” she shrieked, dropping the now flaming yo-yo, “Ohmigod, how do I put that out?!”
Koharu stared at it for a moment, head cocked to one side, in a much more calm manner than she mustered ever before.
“That’ll make it go away…”
“First Gaki… and now this… I’m such a failure…”Maki just needs more practice at this. She can't expect to be perfect the first day, after all.
“No you aren’t.”
Hitomi had her arms around Maki now, rubbing the younger woman’s back as soothingly as she possibly could.
“Don’t worry about it… I’m fine… it’s just a little leg wound…”
“What about Gaki-chan?”Uh-oh. :O
Ai’s voice shot through their moment, and Hitomi gave the fifth gen girl a solemn look. The girl only became more persistant.
“What’s wrong with Gaki-chan?”
Rika still hadn’t gone anywhere, but she stopped pulling, and had her chin on Hitomi’s shoulder.Closet time? Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. O0
“Hitomi-chan… you sound so grumpy! Maybe we need some closet time!”
By this time, Maki was composed enough to comfort Ai, who was in a hysterical fit, just thinking about her friend’s predicament. The elder woman looked over at the two and raised an eyebrow.All of a sudden I get the feeling of being part of the audience for the Jerry Springer show. :P
“What’s going on?” she asked. Rika was the first to chime in.
“Hitomi’s cheating on me with you.”
The look on Hitomi’s face was a mixture of anger, horror, and more anger, but Maki was far from amused.
“Oh?”
Everything seemed to be pushed aside for a moment. Even the ignored Sayumi and Miyabi seemed to get what was going on, as they hid behind the couch and made sure they were out of the line of fire.I'd say that's a smart move.
“Hitomi… what’s she talking about?” Maki asked. Staring over at the soloist, Hitomi kept from peeing her pants.Rika = :gyaaah:
She went straight past the Miki glare, over Ai’s ‘You’d better as hell not be late’ aura, and right into something not even Hitomi could manage.
She went into jealous girlfriend mode.
“Oh for god’s sake… WOULD YOU LET ME EXPLAIN!?” Hitomi replied, “Here I am, sitting on the floor, bleeding out of my leg, and all you can do is yell at me for a relationship I don’t have?!”Hmmmm...this is getting almost soap-opera-ish.
There was a small silence. Rika went to say something, but decided against it. Maki stared incredulously at Hitomi.
“What do you mean… a relationship you don’t have? Are you saying Rika’s lying?”
“No… I told you, let me explain. It’s a lot more complicated than she makes it out to be…”
“Oh?”
“Well… okay sorda not… but I’m not cheating on anyone and I’ve only got eyes for you…”
There was a small silence, before Maki sighed and rolled her eyes.Maki can't really mean that, can she? I mean, this is just her frustration at not having been able to heal her properly the first time, right?
“Brat.”
“Yes I am.”
“Fine. You can bleed to death then.”
At that moment, Rika launched over the couch and plopped down next to Hitomi, hand on her leg. After a few moments of Hitomi trying to tell her ‘no,’ Rika removed her hand and smiled.EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH??? :OMG:
“All better.”
Indeed, there was no leg wound. There wasn’t even a scar left behind. It was perfect.
Maki was furious.
“Do you mean you have healing powers too!? WHY DON’T YOU PEOPLE TELL ME THESE THINGS BEFORE!?”
“Rika’s had more time to test her powers out… Now can we talk about this?”Makes sense when you think about it. Maki must really hate being out of the loop like this. At this point she probably wishes that things could go back to the way they were before she found out that everyone (herself included) had these powers.
Maki snorted, and looked away.
“No.”
Rika was the first to finally speak up, as she innocently gave Maki the ‘Don’t hurt me I’m cute’ eyes and tried to talk to her.Seems to be that way for a lot of people. They can help other people with their problems, but for some reason, they're unable to do the same thing for themselves. More often than not, they keep that little bit secret because they feel ashamed/embarrassed about it.
“She really likes you, you know that right?”
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“She’s stupid with her feelings. She can help anyone else and their feelings out no problem… but when it comes to her own emotions, she can’t do anything right. She was like that with everyone. It’s just the way she is…”
“Why’re you defending her if she cheated on you?”Man, Rika needs to find a way to phrase her thoughts better. They can give people (like Maki) the wrong idea. :P
“Because she didn’t. She wasn’t lying, It’s … it’s just the term I use… when I’m annoyed with her… because she doesn’t spend enough time with the people who’ll just sit and talk with her…”
“I’ll sit and talk with her…”
“I know that. She knows that, but she’s trying to develop something past just sitting and talking with you… I dunno, I guess it’s just me being my selfish self, but she was like that a lot. She tried with Aya and Miki, and they didn’t work out… Mako didn’t work out either, but Mako was afraid enough to get out of that relationship…”
“Was she ever with you?”Yossi was probably just upset that Rika wouldn't be there so much and was just having a weird time dealing with it. It was probably easier for her (in a strange way) to just act as if they had never been together in the first place than go through an actual breakup.
“Oh yeah. A long time ago. Before Mako, but after Aya. It was a long one… I graduated and she didn’t talk to me the same since… it was like we broke up there… So we didn’t like… formally break up, but we did just stop. Seeing each other like that I mean. I guess she was bitter at me for leaving the way I did.”
“To be honest, I think it was good we broke up. She seemed happier after that… I don’t think I make a very good girlfriend… I’m too needy.”Heh, better not let Yossi hear you say that. :D
“Wouldn’t that make you the perfect girlfriend?”
“Not for Hitomi-chan. Hitomi-chan’s needier.”
“… Are you going to talk to her before she leaves?”Wait, what? :?
“I don’t think so… I don’t think I’m ready for a relationship… not right now…”
“She might not come back…”
Maki raised her brow at the girl.
“What?”
“… A long time ago… like, right after you graduated… Kaorin got all weird on us… like… you know how she spaces out? Yeah… she’s supposed to be a… uhm.. seer. I think that’s what Hitomi-chan called it. She’s one of those. Anyways… after you graduated, Kaorin started rambling on about a prophecy or something… and how in the seventh year of the 21rst, the graduating leader was going to die. Or something like that. We all got paranoid… for about two minutes, because then Kaorin was like ‘ah hah, I’m just joking!’”The seventh year of the 21st? If that's a reference to this year (2007 is the 7th year of the 21st century), then Yossi's gonna...
The three had snuck away after Hitomi left, the awkwardness of the situation getting the best of them.But they missed out on the juicy stuff. :hee:
“Not really sure. Haven’t had this much drama since the time Reina got caught with a boy.”This a reference to those FRIDAY pics that were taken of her and her manager at the conbi store?
Ai snorted.WOOO! Heroic payback-seeking Aichan is gonna fight for Risa's honour! :cool1:
“Gaki’s in the hospital.”
The other two stared innocently at Ai as she stared back at them.
“And we’re gonna figure out who’s responsible.”
“Ayaya!” she said, happy, sicky sweet cheer in her voice, “How’re you doing?”:nya:
A hug, a smile, a small kiss on the cheek. Make the fanboys swoon and the fangirls giggle.
“I never get to talk to you anymore Ayaya! I miss you so much…”If I'm reading this right...it sounds like Aya and Miki aren't "together" in this universe.
Aya wasn’t sure whether to take this as a joke or not… ever since the scandal blew this morning, she was furious with Miki.
But she couldn’t bring herself to say so.
“Miki… can we talk about this later? I have to … get to Tsunku…”
I thought Maki was going to be different. She didn’t seem like the type to anger easily. She seemed more like the type to shrug off that I slept around a bitThe "sleeping around a bit" isn't exactly a smart/good thing to do if you're in a relationship (or trying to get into a relationship) with someone.
I liked cuddles.Holy crap Yossi, did you ever think of trying to initiate the cuddles instead of waiting for someone else to? :banghead:
She obviously didn’t. She was a cold-hearted ice queen, despite the fact that she was only looking out for my well being this morning.
After a few more shameful minutes of sobbing over a girl I never really got, I felt a cheek on my shoulder. Rika did that when she wanted to comfort me, or Kuwagata did that when she was depressed.EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!
Not a lot of other people did it, unless they were Abe, wanting some attention or something stupid like that.
“Nee, why’re you so sad?”
My sobbing stopped, unable to place a name with the voice. I blinked, and glanced down.
Aya?
She hadn’t done that in ages.
“You’re never sad… Kabu-chan.”
QuoteAfter a few more shameful minutes of sobbing over a girl I never really got, I felt a cheek on my shoulder. Rika did that when she wanted to comfort me, or Kuwagata did that when she was depressed.EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!
Not a lot of other people did it, unless they were Abe, wanting some attention or something stupid like that.
“Nee, why’re you so sad?”
My sobbing stopped, unable to place a name with the voice. I blinked, and glanced down.
Aya?
She hadn’t done that in ages.
“You’re never sad… Kabu-chan.”
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Aya's just there trying to be a good friend, right? Aya still really is all rabu-rabu for Miki-sama, right? :mon cute:
Oh shit, anyone wanna bet that Maki's gonna walk by right now, looking for Yossi and she's gonna see this scene? She'll FLIP!!! :dizzy:
Now Junjun wouldn’t be able to taste anything good in life. All the good pocky was gone.
“There’s no strawberry pocky?”Aw crap. :(
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“Did they run out of flavoring at the factory?”
“No, someone came in and bought it all Kamei-san.”
Eri grinned at the man, but went back to where Junjun was, eyeing the other kinds of pocky she could get lost in.I guess UFA must have forgotten to teach Junjun & Linlin about not getting FRIDAY'd yet, huh? :P
“No strawberry,” Eri said, rather dejectly. Her older friend shrugged, then grinned and waved cheerily at the police man. He curtly nodded, and added a rather tight smile in her direction.
“Kawaii!”
At this, Eri let out a noise, and smacked a hand over Junjun’s mouth.
“Don’t say things like that!” she hissed, “FRIDAY could be anywhere!”
Junjun stared at her friend, shrugged, and nodded, before picking up some green tea pocky.
“Junjun, I swear….”Awwwwww...Junjun! :lol:
“Don’t do that! That is bad for public image!”
“What did you do to her?”This isn't really Aya, is it? It's Captain, and somehow she must have the ability to possess other peoples bodies. :o
“Such an angry question Kabu-chan.”
Hitomi had her hands on Aya’s shoulders, and was giving her a rather pissed off glare.
Aya just grinned right back.
“Saki, give her back.”
“I don’t get an innocent, ‘I missed you’? Kabu-chan, I’m hurt.”
“I guess that’s expected though,” Saki continued, “Ever since I took it all away from you, you’ve been all grumpy to me and Momo…”So does this mean that the previous relationship between Yossi and Aya that Rika mentioned was never really between Yossi and Aya? That it was always Captain (and Momo-chan) that were secretly in control of Aya during that time? :dunno:
“Just you. Aya didn’t do anything wrong…”
“Momo still loves you you know…”
There was no devious grin on the younger woman’s face. Instead, there were tears, and a look of sad pain.Does Aya mean when Yossi was attacked? That would mean that it was Aya who actually physically attacked her, and Aya was somehow aware, but powerless to do anything about it! :OMG:
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. I never blamed you for any of it, Aya-chan…”
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“You like Gocchin, right?”
It wasn’t an Aya question, but it was out there, for the world to hear.
“How…”
“There was a picture on your nightstand… ya know… when Saki snuck in and everything…”
“Can you… stop her?”Captain must be really skilled/good with her powers. Considering how young she is, it probably came very easily and/or naturally to her. To beat her would require someone even more skilled and powerful. Aya mentions two people, but who would those two people be?
“No… there’s only two people who can… and you know it…”
“If you say so… Kabu-chan…”So it would appear that one way to stop Captain is to kill off the host body that she's possessing. This is, of course, NOT an option under any circumstances for Yossi. Aya's just an innocent pawn here. Captain probably chose her because she knew that Yossi wouldn't be willing to hurt/kill her.
The grin returned. Hitomi stared, and went right back to anger.
“GIVE HER BACK!”
“You’ll just have to make me… Or are you too wimpy to do that too? Kill her off… just to get me out of the way…”
JFC, sweetie, it's a split personality. It isn't the Berryz, though it's a good idea.Wait, so Aya's a schizo? Captain's not controlling her in some psychic manner? That must mean that "Saki" is actually NOT Captain, but just the name given to Aya's "other" personality, right?
I promise, to make up for it, you'll get some fluff... I promise!It better be damn good fluff too. :(
“Koharu-chan… what… just happened?”Ah, the tried and true device for the writer who's run out of devices to use. :lol: Gotta love it.
“Deus ex Machina.”
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“It fixes broken problems.”
“More specific.”
“I don’t like yo-yo’s. I have to get rid of the yo-yo so I can be happy.”
“I don’t like yo-yo’s. I have to get rid of the yo-yo so I can be happy.”Getting rid of the yo-yo I can understand, but did she have to burn it? :? Couldn't she have just made it go "up and *poof*" or something?
“And my hand can fall off.”
“That’s just a part of Deus ex Machina I’ll have to come to terms with.”
“I don’t do it all the time. I barely do it at all… and sometimes… I try to help… but it never works out, something has to give somewhere…”EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! :OMG:
“So you have to use these powers?”
“Every now and then. Tsunku-sama said it was good for my overall health.”
What was that supposed to mean?
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“… It means that… well… it means if I don’t use them, I explode.”
Reina’s eyes grew a few sizes, before blinking, yet again.
“It’s… another side effect,” Koharu explained, in a sad and dismayed tone.
“But… if you want me to use them for you… I can see if I can get Sayu-chan to notice you more…”Sayu? Where'd this come from?
There was a pause, and an awkward silence, before Koharu closed her eyes, deep in concentration. Reina let out a noise.
“I… I didn’t say I was ever interested in Sayumin…”Koharu probably just knew this by plain observation. No need for powers here.
Now the innocent look was back, and the younger member stared up at Reina.
“… But you didn’t have to. You’re too nervous… to go near her, and so that’s why you two don’t spend all that much time together… and you let Kamei-san do all the talking when it’s you three alone in a room…”
Koharu continued.AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! :luvluv2:
“She looks at you all the time.”
Reina blushed.
“WHA?!”
“She does… and she told me you were cute… and… she said she wanted to finally tell you about it this morning… but I haven’t seen her since last night…”
Reina really didn’t know what to say to this girl. She was just told that the girl she was fawning over was fawning over her, and finally got the guts to tell her about it.
“She went over to Yossie’s house last night… to talk to Yossie about it… because apparently she gives better love advice than I do or something.”Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...love advice from 20 year-old Yossi VS love advice from 15 year-old Koharu.
“Yossie?! You mean…”Something's wrong with Sayu! :scared:
It began to click. The phone conversation, Miki’s freaked out reaction to the phone call… the whole reason they were there in the first place.
Reina wasn’t sure whether her heart was breaking in two or it was just confusedly running around like a little chibi in her chest.
“… Oh god…”
“I have to get away from you!”Damn, it's like a whole "Fatal Attraction" thing goin' on up in here! :O
She was already halfway out the door when she found that Saki was following her. She was still fleeing as she was doing so.
“But Kabu-chan…”
“NO! I told you to get away!”
“It… is how she is… but can’t you call her?”Hmmm...makes sense. Best part of the argument is the "making up" part. :D
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“No. I want to talk to her about it in person. I want to make sure I misunderstand the right things, and understand the wrong things. That way we can fight over it and make out later.”
“Ayaya, why’re you back here again?”What the...Miki KNOWS about Saki??? :shocked: Why the hell didn't she do something before?!? Didn't she know how obsessive Saki was getting over Yossi? Besides, having Saki must be really annoying, as when she's there, it means Miki gets less Aya-time. :cry:
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“Get off, you brat.”
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“Oh. Saki… wanna give Aya back?”
“Bitch… no.”
“Fine. I’ll just have to go and hit on Yossie or something… ‘cause clearly this isn’t getting me any-“
“NO! Get away from Yossie! She’s Maki’s now!”Awwwwwwwwwww...Rika's fighting on Maki's behalf. :oops:
Blush was written all over Maki’s cheeks. Miki, on the other hand, shrugged, and lightly made her way over to Rika, an evil glint in her eyes.And that's why we love Miki! :pimp:
“… Fine… wanna make out?”
“God, you’re so perverted!”
There she was, in her red haired glory, staring at her phone, as if trying to make some strange decision.Oh, Maki spotted Yossi admitting that she likes her! :w00t:
“Damnit. Why can’t I get any courage around girls I actually like?!” she shouted, practically to the world. Maki blushed some more. It was a quite flattering moment, and it would have been even more flattering if Hitomi saw her.
“Yocchan?”DO IT! SQUEAL LIKE A FANGIRL!!! :wriggly:
Whirling around, Hitomi stared at Maki for a good few moments, before a blush became apparent on her face, and her free hand clenched into a nervous fist.
Maki resisted the urge to squeal like a fangirl.
“Yocchan… if you… wanted to talk…”WTF.... :dizzy:
The blush disappeared from Hitomi’s features, and she shook her head.
“No. I was gonna just… call and say goodbye.”
“What?”
“… Uhm… look. Maybe… it’d be easier… if we just didn’t do this… clearly… you’re the jealous type… and I’m… like… not any better…”
“What the hell. Miki calls Aya Saki, I have healing powers that apparently Rika has too… and now you’re sitting here telling me you have split personalities?! When’s this confusion gonna end Yocchan!? WHEN!?”And now YOSSI has split personalities too! :err:
“Yocchan… I wanna help you through this…”Oh shit...the prophecy!
Hitomi took another step back.
“… I know. I just wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if you got hurt.”
There was a warm smile, one that Maki had never seen before out of her long-time best friend.
It was very short lived, as a dark purple car sped through, stopping only when it violently bumped into the elder red head, before speeding off again, leaving a rather awkward silence in its wake.
“… Yocchan?”
It was very short lived, as a dark purple car sped through, stopping only when it violently bumped into the elder red head, before speeding off again, leaving a rather awkward silence in its wake.
“… Yocchan?”
Oh, right. That prophecy thing. Kaorin always wanted to talk to me after my graduation, as if she was spooked about something.Kaori was likely worried (and must have somehow knew) that Yossi would have been the one that the prophecy referred to.
What was it that Kaorin said? The leader who graduates in the 7th of the 21rst or some such nonsense. Whatever. Never believed in strange prophecies like that.Yossi sort of contradicts herself here. She says she doesn't believe in prophecies, yet she just admitted to pushing Maki away so that she would get hurt. If Yossi really didn't believe in that prophecy she wouldn't have been worried about Maki getting hurt like that.
But… Gocchin. I can’t leave her hanging. I couldn’t. That was why I was distancing myself, so she didn’t have to ever worry about it again.
Was I dying?Not if Maki can remember what she's capable of. :mon cute:
Rika and Miki stood on the sidewalk, the former with her jaw dropped.A safe precaution, if for no other reason than to keep the girls from seeing Yossi in such state. I mean, getting hit by a car TWICE in one day? It's just...dayum. :shocked:
The latter with a phone in her hand.
“Moshimoshi! Ah! Hai, it’s Miki… yeah, just wanted to call and tell you to make sure the rest of clan Yoshizawa’s safe inside, and away from the streets… yeah, it seems that there’s a natural attraction for you people and cars.”
“Yocchan… I’m here for you… okay? I… I know you don't want me to get hurt or whatever… but… I’m here. I wanna help. You might be slightly stupid in the head… but ya know what? I don’t care. I… I love you…”I'd tend to agree with Maki, Yossi's being rather loud for someone who's supposed to be dying. :?
“… wanna… get… off…”
Maki stared down at what used to be a dead corpse, or what she thought was one. No coherent sentences, and her thoughts went right back to the zombies that she thought about earlier.
“… Ribs… ow… OW!”
Letting out a noise, Maki paused, unsure of what to do.
“OW. REST OF BODY OW!”
Another noise, followed by Hitomi moving around in Maki’s arms.
“Owwww… OOOOWWWW! Oh god! Ow!”
Maki blinked down at her. She didn’t seem to be horridly in pain. She was bleeding in a few places, but if she was still on the brink of death, there would have been quieter noises, and less moving.
Oh, healing powers. Duh.Indeed. Duh. ;D
“… Yocchan, I heard you the first time.”Well, looks like Yossi's gonna make it. She's making jokes and being all suave/cool and what not, after all. :pimp:
“Ow! Ooooww-… oh… wanna kiss me, make it better?”
“… What happened to ‘going it alone’?”
“Oh fine, don’t be here for me…”
“Brat…”
“Yes, I am.”
The sound of sirens snapped them both out of the looks they gave each other, Hitomi’s was more of a suave ‘You know you want some of this,’ and Maki’s was a look of pure anger.
“We should get out of the street.”Whoa, so Rika's power isn't healing, but instead copying the powers that the others have? Interesting. It would have been nice if that little fact had been made known to us earlier though (or maybe I just missed the part where you did >_<).
It was a neutral statement that came out of Hitomi’s mouth, but Maki wasn’t sure to follow it.
“If you get run over by a car, no one’ll be around to heal you.”
“Rika will.”
“She’s a mimic. You die, there’s nothing to mimic…”
Neither of them said it right out, as they finally settled on the sidewalk, but they both knew the other was thinking about it. An ambulance sped by, completely missing the scene of the accident, but it didn’t seem too concerned.Okay, I'll ask it: So where was that ambulance headed for?
“Yocchan… you gonna be alright?”XD Nice one Maki!
“Of course I am. You know me better than that. I’m tough! I’ll bounce back from anything!”
“There’s a snake next to you.”
“OHMIGOD WHERE?!”
She let out a noise, and clung to Maki, before realizing that the younger was laughing at her own joke. Hitomi snorted.
Maki let out another laugh before smiling over at Hitomi, who went solemn again. She was fiddling with her black cellphone, which was adorned with cute soccer balls and a little beetle sticker.Futsal and Kabutomushi! :rockon:
“I have to do this one on my own.”AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! :wub:
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“Will you come back?”
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“I hope so. My plan is to stay alive… I’ve been lucky so far… but I can’t always depend on you…”
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“No matter how much I might love you back.”
Maki smiled back, and the two shared a moment that one of them would later gag over how uncool it was to do it in public.
Seriously though, don’t wait up for me. Live life. Don’t mope around… ‘cause I really might not come back.”She hasn't? Shit that's not exactly comforting.
“You’re dead set on that, aren’t you?”
There was a small silence between them.
“No. I don’t want to be… I’m just being a pessimist. Kaorin’s never been proven wrong before…”
“I’ll be back. This time I promise.”Damn that's heroic. :cool1:
Without another word, Hitomi winked, and slowly walked off into the crowd.
Miki called Hitomi's mother. No reason other than my sick sense of humor.Well horray for that cuz this fic is damn hilarious. :yep:
“Moshimoshi! Ah! Hai, it’s Miki… yeah, just wanted to call and tell you to make sure the rest of clan Yoshizawa’s safe inside, and away from the streets… yeah, it seems that there’s a natural attraction for you people and cars.”Oh, Miki! I felt bad for laughing at this.
There was a pause, and Rika let out all hell on Miki, while the person on the other end, probably someone related to Hitomi, did the same.
Bullets hurt.Risa got shot?
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They don’t call me the reaction queen for nothing.
I don’t remember much after the immense amount of pain, but I do remember Gocchin’s voice, and the pain had stopped for awhile.
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Then, all I remember after that was popping my eyes open and being greeted with sobs and more pain.
“Gaki-san!”
My gaze snapped over to Ai-chan. Her eyes were puffy, her cheeks were tear-stained, but she had the same composure Yocchan had on her own graduation.Yep. :yep:
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“Sorry to give you a scare,” I tried sheepishly, “At least I’m alive, right?”
“ALIVE!? You’d better as hell be alive after all this worrying I’ve done! OHMIGOD Gaki-san, what is your problem!? You expect me to just say ‘everything’s alright, just get better soon’!? I’m not forgiving you for getting shot!”
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“You didn’t go off and do anything stupid, did you?” I finally asked.
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“No, not really…” Ai-chan said, through the last of her tears. I had no idea what she meant by that, but I knew it wasn’t ‘of course not Gak-san!’
“Ai-chan…”
“I… sent… one of the Berryz girls… out for clues…”
“Why?”
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“I don’t want whoever it was hurting you again!”
Pause. Silence.
Oh.
What did Kamei-san ever do to him? Why did he do that?GODDAMMIT now what? Last time we heard from Eri and Junjun, they were just trying to buy some FUCKIN pocky at a corner store! :banghead: How'd the FUCK did we go from THAT, to FUCKIN Eri bleeding?!?!?! And who the FUCK is "he" and what exactly did he say to Eri?
To say the least, I had no idea why she was bleeding all over the place. I just knew who did it.
He was angry, with wide eyes and scraggly, black hair. He didn’t have a gun or knife or anything.
He just spoke some Latin at Kamei-san, and she started splurting blood all over the place.
Again: I'm a girl. I know I don't mark it, but I didn't think I was that much of a guy >.>;; :roll:My bad, I forgot. :P
Besides, my mother would say the same thing if she ever read this (She kinda IS an English teacher) so I don't feel bad, and if you do I'll slap you with a wet noodle.Sounds like your mom and I are on similar wavelengths. :lol:
I won't guarantee that that fic will be any less confusing, or that 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 will happen, because I take my inspiration from the chaos (Ya know, stubborn like that), but I will promise that there will be LESS to keep track of up until chapter like 20.That's fine. Having less to keep track of will definitely make things easier to follow/understand.
And more freaking fluff. I got depressed with myself.Fluff is always welcome. :rockon: