Disclaimer: Nah, I don't own anything residing within the series of School Rumble. It belongs to the godly Jin Koboyashi.

Author's Note: Hey there. This is my first FanFiction ever! I thought I should do this on one of my favorite animes, School Rumble. Now, this is about a high school-er by the name of Sou Shuda. Uh...Yeah, don't want to ruin it too much [or run out of commentary] so let's get going! I'm hoping I will complete this story (as most stories I simply drop through laziness), but I also am aiming around twenty-or-so chapters. Not an impossible feat, but it'll take a while. I'll also try for one update per week. Probably Sundays (yet I'm starting on Wednesday, hurrrrr durrrr). Anyways, I like rambling, so let's stop now.

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Chapter 1

The New Delinquent

"Damn that Harima!" Sou yelled, punching the shadowy wall in an ally. The wall cracked slightly under the strength of his punch and the little chips that broke away fell to the floor. "How is a guy like him more known than me?!"

His name was Sou Shuda. Many people on the streets referred to him as an extreme badass delinquent. Ever since he was young, he's been a delinquent. He pushed around people who were both weaker and equivalent to him in power, gotten into actual knife fights and gang wars, and witnessed someone die. He only has a single friend, and a father who used to be an abusive drunk. He's the badassiest of the badasses (according to him) "...so why am I underclassed to someone like Harima?!" he punched the wall once more before he walked out of the ally with his hands bored into the pockets of his black leather jacket.

Summer vacation had just started, meaning Sou's life was getting boring again. In reality, he had nothing to do except to hang out with Laura, his only friend, or walk his dog named Shuppie. That warm heat melted his body within the leather jacket, but he refused to take it off because he disliked carrying things around. "What is there to do around here, anyways? I've been here for as long as I can remember, and I'm still not sure of what to do."

He looked around at other people to see what they were doing. He saw a young couple walk into the movies. "Hm. I did want to see that one movie. Sounds like a good idea. Maybe Laura would like to see it, too? Eh. I'll call her." Sou got out his cellphone and dialed Laura's number. The cellphone rang and rang.

Laura eventually answered, "Hello?"

"Hey, Laura. Sou here. Wanna go see a movie with me?"

"Ouch. Sorry. I already have plans for today. Maybe tomorrow?"

"Nah. I hate Wednesdays. Thursday?"

"I'm going out of town that day. Friday?"

"No. Anything beyond three days is too long for me to remember."

"Ah. Too bad. Sorry I can't come."

"It's all right. I'll just find something else to do."

"Okay, then. Later!"

"Later." He hung up immediately afterward and started walking down the street, looking up towards the sky. "Damn. Boring day, I guess."

Suddenly, a high-pitched voice yelled, "Look out! Look out! Run-away bicycle!"

Sou looked ahead, but was two late. A heavy metallic object barreled into him, knocking him straight down. As his consciousness started to slip, he heard a girl yelling, "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!" Sou passed out.

Later, Sou woke up in a hospital. He tried sitting up in bed, but a sharp pain in his abdominal region prevented him from doing so. He grasped the burning area and let his head fall back into the soft, fluffy pillow of his bed. Seeing as he couldn't do anything, he decided to sleep again. Just before his consciousness started to slip again, he heard crying coming from the side of his bed. Instantly, his eyes pried open and looked over to see that the culprit was a high school student. This confused him even more. She was crying so much, he may just think that he'd actually died!

"Doctor! Doctor! He died! The kid died!"

"WHAT?!" Sou cried out, immediately sitting up, feeling his body to see if he were still alive or not. Indeed he was. He realized this when the sharp pain in his stomach punched him again. He fell back down onto the pillow.

"Oh, silly me, he was just sleeping."

"Now, Tsukamoto, you've already made this mistake three times. If he's dieing, please make sure that he's actually dieing next time, okay? Now, Shuda-san, is it?" he asked Sou.

Sou looked over and replied, "Yeah. 's me."

"Well, at least you don't have amnesia. All I can really point out is that your collision with Ms. Tsukamoto here reopened a nasty wound in your abdomen. Don't worry, we already stitched it up. You'll be fine. Although, I don't recommend sitting up for a while. I'd say a day or two's worth of sleep will make you all better. Now, we're going to have to ask you to use everything in your power not to reopen that wound. Okay?"

"Okay!" Sou replied hastily.

"Good. Now, a Nurse will be here later to check up on you."

"Oh, goody!" Sou said sarcastically.

The doctor left, and Sou started to fall asleep again, but the girl next to him named Tsukamoto continued to keep him from sleeping. She was staring at him, and it was starting to become annoying. After a while Sou bellowed, "What is it?!"

Tsukamoto just looked at him with her deep blue eyes and repeated, "I'm sorry."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I heard you the first time." Sou looked up at the ceiling lights, and then back at her. The awkward tension in the room kept building up to a point where conversation had to be made. "So...you're the girl who ran me over, huh?"

The girl bowed repeatedly, reciting, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," over and over again.

"It's okay. There's just a few questions I want to ask you. First...what the hell were you thinking? Riding a bike on the sidewalk at that speed, I mean! You're lucky you only hit me!"

"I'm sorry! I saw a leaf the looked a lot like a squirrel, so I swerved out of its way. But it kept following my bike, so I went all the way to the sidewalk until I got rid of it! And that's when I lost control over my bike!"

Sou was thinking, "This girl MUST be an idiot, or something." He sighed, "Okay. I guess it's alright. My next question is what were you doing riding your bike on Summer break? You should be hanging out at friends' houses or something, right?"

"Well, actually...I have summer school," she said embarrassed, trying to laugh off the fact that she actually needs to go to summer school.

"Yep. Definitely an idiot," Sou thought to himself.

"Are you in summer school?"

"No. I get good grades."

"Really?!" she asked, completely baffled.

"Does she think I'm dumb?" Sou questioned within his mind. He started to analyze the body of the person who ran him over. She was relatively short, had black hair tied up in two...stem-like things protruding from the side of her head, and always seemed overly cheerful. Also there's the fact that she was small in every way possible. "So, what do your friends call you?"

"Tenma! My name is Tenma! And yours is...?"

"Sou. It's Sou."

"Nice to meet you, Sou! Uh, hey! I have some peanuts...do you want some?"

"Sure. Just hand one to me." Tenma handed exactly one peanut to Sou and watched him break the shell and eat it. "Thanks."

"Want more?"

"Sure!" Tenma now handed him several peanuts, and, one-by-one, he ate them.

"So. You go to our school right?"

"Yeah," Sou responded, chewing on a peanut.

"How long?"

"All three years."

"What?! How come I've never heard of you?!"

"WHAT?!" Sou yelled. He knew that he was overshadowed by Harima, but he really didn't expect someone to not even be aware of his existence. He lunged forward while eating another peanut, only to start choking on it.

"Awww. Hey! Don't do that! Stop it! Stop making fun of me!" Tenma said, playfully. She actually thought he was playing around.

Sou tried speaking, but no words escaped. His face changed colors from normal, to red, to blue. Finally, he spit the peanut out and laid back on his pillow just like a large tree hits the ground after being cut down.

Tenma giggled and looked at the time. "Oh, wow! Would you look at the time? I have to go now, or else my sister will get mad! Well, I'll see you later, I guess?"

"I guess."

"I'll promise to say hi if I see you!"

"Whatever." Sou stared at Tenma as she exited the room. Just as she left, a Nurse came in and started placing a water on a tray along with some sort of meager hospital snack. She then started talking to herself.

"Oh, that Tsukamoto. She's a really nice girl, but she's so dangerous to those around her. Such a klutz!"

"Hey, Nurse-lady? Could you tell me how long she was here?"

"Tsukamoto? Um. Ever since you were wheeled in, if I remember."

"When was that?"

"About noon. It's nine right now."

"Damn!"

"Please refrain from swearing. Thank you."

"Dang," Sou said, correcting himself. And then, just as Tenma did, the Nurse left. Sou watched the door to his room shut and turned on the TV to watch something. "Interesting..." he murmured to himself.

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AN: If you've read this, a review would be kindly appreciated. I always like to know if it's worth writing a certain story, because I really don't want to waste time writing one story when I can write another one. I'll thank anyone who reviews as soon as I can.