Me: Hello everyone! I've recently joined Fanfiction even though I have been a guest reader for a while now! I love writing and wanted to try to write stories myself! Emiko/Brooke is my OC along with Yoshiro/Ben! If you don't like OC's then don't waste your time! But I'm not focusing on just my own characters!
Bennett: Which the stories are actually not that bad….I guess…
Me: Oi….don't make me hit you, Ben!
Bennett: J…Just kidding!
Me: Anyways, I hope that you like the chapter! :D
By the way, here at the RRBZ alternate names in case anyone gets confused.
Katashi: Butch
Kiyoshi: Boomer
Tadashi: Brick
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Momoko's P.O.V:
"Oi, Momoko-nee, can I borrow this blouse for school?! Please!" My younger sister, Kuriko, basically demanded eagerly. I looked over from where I was pulling on my tan Ukala boots on my bed. She was clutching a light pink blouse in her hands and was putting on her best puppy dog eyes. I giggled at her look because I was feeling on unusual good terms with her lately. Today was her first day as a first year middle school student and she was excited to experience the wonders, more like agony, of middle school. She reminded me of my old middle school self.
"Sure, go ahead, Kuriko. Just don't throw it on your floor when you're done with it like you did last time," I consented with a lecture-like tone she went flat at before she beamed when she realized I gave her permission. She squealed while jumping up and down before hugging the blouse to her chest.
"Sure thing Momoko-nee! Arigato!" She smiled before racing out of my room to continue getting ready. I laughed softly and shook my head before standing up and looking in my body mirror. Heh, I really have changed….I don't feel excited about school for the same reasons anymore.
For one, after reading the Hunger Games series and getting totally hooked, I began to read lots and lots of more books which is basically what formed my love for reading. I still adore romantic novels and movies like I used to but going overboard with my crushes and such is something I've abandoned because I had a goal in my life now. Other than writing I really loved to bake and cook; not only that but I've been told by numerous people in my life that I always made amazing food out of scratch or "low-level" materials. And since cooking was something I enjoyed…I want to pursue a career in it by going to cooking school!
"Momoko, hurry up!" Kuriko complained loudly downstairs and I sighed, "It doesn't take long to put on a shirt! Let's go before I miss a chance to see Ken-kun!"
A smile twitched on my lips at the mention of my "little brother" of a friend whom I nearly saw every day of my life. The girls and I were still actively PowerPuff Girls Z, especially after we almost lost our powers when we fought and defeated HIM, so we still spent a lot of time at the Professor Utonium's laboratory and he began like a Dad to me, since I don't have one of my own.
I shook my head and looked at myself in the mirror one last time. I had my long auburn hair in a high ponytail, though my hair goes to mid-back now, and I was wearing a small pink stringy bow in my hair instead of my boisterous big pink bow. I was also wearing a tan long-sleeved jacket with a pink rose design on the shoulders, a pink sleeveless dress that ends above my knees, my light pink pantyhose, and my tan Ukala boots. I smiled at my reflection and grabbed one of my necklaces from the mirror, deciding upon my silver locket which has my favorite picture of Miyako, Kaoru, and I together.
"Momoko-neeee!" Kuriko screeched impatiently from downstairs and I rolled my eyes before grabbing my black and rainbow printed Justice bag that had an "M" on it then rushing out of my room and down the stairs. Kuriko was tapping her foot and then brightened when she saw me, "Finally! You take too long, Nee-chan!"
"Oh be quiet," I huffed while rubbing her hair as she protested. I grinned and looked over to where my Mom was in the kitchen washing dishes and smiling over her shoulder at us, "We're off, Mom!"
"Be careful and have a good day!" She called and we both nodded before sprinting out of our house. We slowed down a bit and chatted about how excited we were for school or what we were not so excited about. I was mainly just excited about the new classes I would have, since I was a sophomore now and learning to drive. There were new things to experience and I was just so happy to be going to school with Miyako and Kaoru again. We've always been together and nothing will ever change that….
"You know what, Nee-chan? I hope they have hot new transfer students in my grade!" Kuriko gushed and I laughed, feeling a bit of old dejavu from her words. She really was almost the spitting image of me if her hair and eye color were different. She now wore her dirty blonde hair, which she inherited from our Mom, in two low braids that looked cute and her eyes were a golden brown that often looked orange, "However, nothing will sway my love from Ken-kun!"
I sweat dropped at her, "Aren't you contradicting yourself?"
"Not really! Ken-kun hasn't accepted my love yet, but he's close! Since we're not dating I have to explore options, you know?" She explained as if I just didn't understand and I rolled my eyes at her. I knew the hard way to never question her explanations unless you wanted to be in her clutches for hours. I looked around when we got towards a road crossing and Kuriko happily skipped at my side as we crossed safely. I smiled at her and looked at the clouds.
"Momoko! Kuriko!"
We looked up and I beamed when I saw Kaoru skating towards us as she waved. She was still the same as ever with the way she always wanted to skateboard anywhere she went. She did a fancy stop and hopped off her board when she reached us and I waved at her, smiling, "Hey, Kaoru-chan!"
"Cool as ever, Ka-chan!" Kuriko gushed with stars in her eyes. Kaoru rolled her eyes at my sister but smiled none-the-less before she returned the greeting to both of us. Kaoru had changed the least out of Miyako and I, at least personality wise because her body changed the most it seemed. She had the biggest breasts out of us and she was the tallest. Her curvy athletic figure won over many of the male hearts at school. Well not as much as Miyako but still…
Plus, because of Kaoru's insistent Mom and our Miyako, she had gained more of fashion sense. Like today she was wearing green converse, black skinny jeans, and a white long sleeved shirt that had green and black stripped sleeves. Her hair had grown out to look more feminine and stopped above her breasts. Her style was popular among her fan-club girls or girls that look up to her in general I should say.
"So I was lookin' at my schedule and I saw that we have all new teachers. Looks like Miss Keene really didn't move up to teach high school," Kaoru was saying and I shook my head from my thoughts again.
"Yeah, but she teaches my English class!" Kuriko said happily, "I'm happy I at least know one teacher there. I think your old Math teacher is my Math teacher too!"
Kaoru laughed, "Those old-timers don't have better things to do than teach? It's been, what, almost four years since we've been a first year at middle school!"
I nodded with a small laugh myself, "Yeah it's been three years. After this year it will have been four years."
We continued talking about school and Kaoru made it appoint to fill Kuriko in on every little detail about the teaching staff we knew from middle school. It made me smile because Kaoru always claimed that she was not good with kids when she totally was….if her younger brother Shou, Kuriko, and Ken were not a testament to that. As we talked Kaoru and I realized that we had History, English, Math, Health, Study Hall and Science together much to our pleasure. Kaoru was terrible at Science and Math to which I was actually the best at out of the three of us. I was also really good at English, but only because I actually read the books we were supposed to. Miyako had trouble understanding the more difficult books so I often tutored her in English.
"Ah, there's Miyako-chan!" Kuriko suddenly chimed while Kaoru and I looked up from looking at our schedules. Miyako turned from where she was waiting at our designated meeting point at a road crossing just below the pathway to school. I should have not expected anything less than feeling awe at her outfit. She looked good in almost anything she wore….or actually I should say she could take any clothes and find a way to make it mesh together well. Today she was wearing a comfortable, almost baggy-looking, long sleeved wool shirt that was a cloudy light blue, a black skirt that ended below mid-thigh, white panty-hose, and black Alegria shoes. She still almost always wore her hair in pigtails, just not always curly, but today she did have her hair in her blonde ringlets that ended at her collarbone.
I always used to be jealous of her, because she was always so pretty and still is, but I just really respected her now. She had really matured and was no longer as much of a "clueless ditz" that she was in middle school. Out of Kaoru and I she was the one with the body that most girls wanted. Her breasts were full enough and her hips were big enough, but nothing about her was too big or small. I used to think she was perfect only to realize she took serious care of herself and worked hard to look the way she did.
"Hey Miyako!" Kaoru grinned as we finally made it across the street to her. I waved with a big smile and Kuriko stared in awe at Miyako as I expected.
"Good morning girls!" She greeted with a warm smile, her light blue eyes twinkling happily, "I'm so excited to be starting our sophomore year together! But…I'm nervous of the rumors I heard about the Health/Driver's Ed teacher. I heard he's very strict and a bit mean."
Kaoru and I shared a look before I shrugged, "Well as long as we act as expected I'm sure we'll have no problem if he is that way." Miyako smiled and nodded.
"Oh, Miyako, what's in your schedule this year? Momoko and I have, like, five classes together. Well also we all have lunch at the same time since the three of us are sophomores," Kaoru chatted as Miyako dug around in her black Kate Spade backpack and examined her schedule. Kaoru and I leaned in while Kuriko huffed about being left out.
Miyako had English, Health, Study Hall, and Science with us which was less than what Kaoru and I had together. I noticed that she was taking a Home Ec class and that made me smile. Miyako was great at make clothes and the homely chores. Kaoru whined about not having a lot of classes with us and I just rolled my eyes before asking to see their schedules myself. They blinked before willingly giving them over. I skimmed over the papers to see what classes they had when before comparing them to mine.
Kaoru: History, English, Gym, Lunch, Math, Study Hall, Health, Science
Miyako: Math, English, Home Ec, Lunch, History, Study Hall, Health, Science
Mine: History, English, Library Aide, Lunch, Math, Study Hall, Health, Science
"Ah, Miyako-chan has Math first…so early in the morning," I smiled as I handed their schedules back. Kaoru grinned at Miyako who sighed tiredly. I felt badly for her. Having Math first thing in the morning sucked, "Well at least you can get it over with early on!"
"Very true," She perked and I smiled back at her as Kaoru began to chat about her Gym class. Once you were a sophomore you didn't have to take Gym but she chose to take both Health and Gym. I shook my head at her. Physical exercise was so not my thing unless it had something to do with the PPGZ.
"Hey, Nee-chan, who is that girl? I've never seen her at this school before!" Kuriko interrupted our conversation, her orange phone clutched in her hands from where she had been texting. I blinked and looked to where she was pointing.
The girl was as tall as me and had dark brown hair in a messy bun. She was wearing a brown and white jacket that almost flowed out at the bottom like a skirt over her hips. She wore light brown skinny jeans and what looked like dark brown Michael Antonio boots. She seemed to be a pretty girl from as far as I could tell but I had no idea who she was. I would have noticed someone new at the school before because we hardly get any transfers that were girls.
"I have no idea," I finally answer Kuriko as she hummed in thought. I urged her not to stare because it was impolite and I would be very embarrassed if the girl looked over here at the moment.
"I don't recognize her either. Could she be a new student?" Miyako pondered out loud and Kaoru covered a yawn while shrugging. She didn't seem to care that much but I could tell she was still curious.
"Well, I'm going on ahead! Bye girls!" Kuriko said cheerfully and I looked over to see her group of friends waiting on her.
"Bye Kuriko, have a good first day," I grinned and she grinned back while my friends waved. I watched her run off before turning to lean towards Miyako and Kaoru, "Do you two have your PPGZ belts in your bag too?"
"Yeah, I didn't want to wear it today," Kaoru nodded as she looked behind her where her black sports back was on her shoulders, "Plus, some people get curious about it. I think it's losing its charm at making people clueless to our identities."
"I was worried about that too," I frowned uneasily, "That's probably why the Professor said we didn't need to wear it twenty four seven as long as we have them with us."
"I think it's nothing to worry too much about," Miyako smiled soothingly at us, "As long as we have them we'll be okay!" Kaoru and I smiled at her and nodded in agreement.
We came across the wide open gates to the entrance to the school and we started to get more excited. We knew our lockers were near each other but not side by side like we wanted. I found out that Kaoru was 203, I was 207, and Miyako was 213. So we were all top lockers, thank goodness. I always felt bad for anyone with a bottom locker. But usually there were enough lockers to go around or people just carried their things everywhere.
When it came time for the bell to ring Kaoru and I parted with Miyako, since we had History first while she had Math, and promised to save her a seat close to us in English.
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Miyako P.O.V:
I felt a bit nervous to be in a new class by myself. Though it did help that I knew a whole bunch of people from over the years since middle school. When I walked into the classroom I was pleased to see many people I recognized, many of which greeted me enthusiastically and I returned the greeting with a happy smile. I looked around the room and decided upon sitting in the middle right by the window. Soon the whole classroom was filled with students but there was like four empty seats here and there.
The teacher was not in the classroom yet, but that didn't surprise me because they usually waited until the tardy bell rang before entering. And sure enough, as soon as the bell rang the door opened and everyone quieted. The Math teacher was a woman with long black hair and blue eyes. She was really pretty! I smiled when she smiled around at everyone, "Hello, students! My name is Mrs. Engle and I'll be your Geometry teacher this year."
I giggled at all the boys whom wilted when they found out she was married. Mrs. Engle began with just some short sentences about the class before she turned towards the door, "I'm not the only new face you'll see. We have a couple of transfer students joining us!"
"Woah, transfer students?"
"Two of them?!"
"One is rare enough on its own!"
I blinked in surprise along with everyone. Townsville didn't get many transfer students at this school because hardly anyone moved here which might have something to do with all the supernatural crime fighting. I sweat dropped until I noticed Mrs. Engle invite the transfer students in. My eyes widened when I saw that girl from earlier walk into the room and behind her was a boy I didn't recognize.
"It's very exciting to have you two here with us," Mrs. Engle started as the two looked at her, "Why don't you tell us your name and where you're from?"
"Yes ma'am," The girl replied politely before she turned to face the class. I noticed that she looked nervous, "My name is Kawamura Emiko and I moved her a week ago from Tokyo."
"Ah Tokyo!"
"Lucky~!"
I smiled at Emiko. That was such a pretty name! I examined her and noticed that her eyes were a blueish-green…or maybe they were hazel? Her hair was in that dark brown messy bun I noticed earlier but her bangs don't go past her eyebrows and she had two long pieces of her that ended above her shoulders. Plus her outfit was super cute!
"Tokyo is a nice city," Mrs. Engle smiled at Emiko encouragingly before she turned to the boy, "And what about you?"
The boy blushed a little at all the sudden attention and I blinked at him. He gave off a familiar feeling and I'm not sure why. His very presence caused me a little unease but a whole lot of curiosity. The boy cleared his throat, "M…My name is Nakano Kiyoshi….and I have always lived in Townsville with my brothers…but we were homeschooled before now…sorta…"
Everyone looked at Kiyoshi in shock. He was born here? Or was just raised here? Usually if someone was being homeschooled here they followed that until they graduated. No one ever stopped homeschooling to go here! I stared at Kiyoshi. He had beautiful cerulean blue eyes, a dusting of freckles across his cheeks, and short blonde hair that styled behind his ears. Why did he seem so familiar to me? I noticed that he was wearing a dark blue hoodie and black jeans with blue vans.
"I see! How interesting! So you must be new to high school life?" Mrs. Engle asked after she got over her surprise. Kiyoshi stared at the ground a nodded. His eyes color and the freckles made him look a tad younger than he was but I thought he was kinda cute. He didn't seem gross or perverted like most of the other boys, "Well if you ever have any questions you can ask me or any of your classmates. Let's treat Kiyoshi and Emiko well everyone!"
Agreements fluttered about the room and Mrs. Engle let them choose between the four empty seats. Emiko chose to sit in the row next to mine; a seat that was in front of the one beside me. Poor Kiyoshi looked overwhelmed and I smiled when he looked over the room and his eyes met mine. He quickly ducked his head and for whatever reason chose the seat behind Emiko, which was beside me. I watched him get out a blue spiral notebook and a mechanical pencil. He was shaking a bit and I realized that he knew no-body here and not only that, but he's never even been to a high school before!
While Mrs. Engle was going over the syllabus and class rules I turned to look over at Kiyoshi and grabbed his attention, "Hi Kiyoshi-san, my name is Gotokuji Miyako! Please take care of me!"
He blinked in surprise and blushed before nodding his head, "N-Nice to meet you Miyako…t-take care of me too." I beamed and nodded my head, happy that I was able to get him to speak with me.
"If you ever have any questions just ask me, okay, Kiyoshi-san?"
He looked very surprised at me but I could tell already that some of the shakiness was going away, "T-Thank you, Miyako…that's very nice of you…" We both startled when Emiko suddenly turned around and stared at us, "H…Hello…Emiko, was it?"
"Yes, sorry I just overheard you guys talking and figured I could try to make friends in this class with people I sit around as well…since I don't know anybody," She blushed sheepishly but smiled none the less, "Please take of me as well, Miyako-chan, Kiyoshi-san!"
I nodded brightly and giggled when Kiyoshi nodded excitedly. Emiko smiled happily and turned around in her seat so she was sitting sideways, "I'll be able to talk to you guys better this way! Plus the first day is always just learning about the class rules and stuff you'll learn to do!"
"Yes, it's like that the first day," I agreed and Kiyoshi looked absurdly relived, "If you ever need help I can help you both!"
"Thanks…" Kiyoshi smiled at me and I felt warm all of a sudden. I blushed and looked way for a second.
"Thanks! I'm okayish at Math…but I'm not so sure how well I'll do in Geometry…guess you could say I'm average at Math," Emiko shrugged and I looked up when my blush vanished, "…so what other classes do you have Miyako?"
"Oh, here…" I handed over my schedule after digging in my bag and handed it over to her. I laughed softly when Kiyoshi leaned in to look at it too.
"Whoa, I have all classes with you except for Home Ec! I'm taking Art!" Emiko stated and my eyes widened but I felt happy to have a lot of glasses with her. She seemed nice and I would be able to have a friend in classes I don't have with Momoko and Kaoru.
"I have all classes with you, Emiko," Kiyoshi examined with wide eyes, "At least we can stick together as transfer students!"
Emiko stared at him and then beamed, "Heck yeah! And Miyako knows the school so she can tell us where everything is for sure!"
"Of course!" I smiled and then got an idea, "You two can eat lunch with my two friends, Momoko and Kaoru!" Emiko brightened instantly and smiled happily at me.
"Really? That would be great! I can't believe my luck in finding friends this fast!" She giggled and I nodded excitedly.
"I…I might sit at lunch with you but, uh, I'd have to see what my brothers want to do first," Kiyoshi said uncertainly, "My brothers might sit somewhere else."
"Oh…well the offer stands at any time," I promised and he seemed surprised at this before he smiled happily as he turned to stare at his notebook. I cocked my head at him and saw that Emiko was studying him as well. We only turned around when the teacher began handing out textbooks for us.
I wonder if Momoko and Kaoru are having fun in history….
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Kaoru's P.O.V:
Momoko and I had no trouble finding seats together at the back near the window. It's kind of a tradition now that we always sit in the back near the windows, if there were any. It's what we did way back when and it's something we just preferred. When the tardy bell rang I noticed people filing in and taking seats with their friends. I recognized a lot of them as our regular classmates but when the teacher came in I did not recognize him.
"Hello class, my name is Mr. Stewart…." He introduced himself by writing his name on the board. He spoke the regular boring pleasantries about looking forward to teaching us and fun and blah blah blah...but Momoko and I looked at each other in shock when he announced that there would be two transfer students joining us, "They have been homeschooled and do not know much about high school life so I suggest you help them if they need it. Come on in boys…"
I straightened in my seat when the two boys entered. They had the same build and similar features so I figured they were brothers or something. One of them had auburn hair pull back in a low ponytail that ended a bit below his shoulder blades, and only a tad closer to red than Momoko's auburn hair, with a red backwards cap on his head. He had reddish brown eyes and was wearing a, unbuttoned long sleeved red plaid shirt with a white shirt underneath, dark blue jeans and red sneakers. He looked oddly familiar but I couldn't place it…
The other one had slightly long jet black hair that ended a bit below his chin on both sides of his face. He had forest green eyes and was a bit paler than the red haired one. He was wearing a black and white striped long sleeved shirt with a melted skull on the front with the sleeves being pure black. I actually think that's pretty awesome looking…he had black jeans on that obviously had rips in it with chains interlacing the pockets. Dude, he had a lot of black on. What was he…an emo? And why did he fill me with a sense of dejavu?
Both boys looked a bit blank but if I was reading them right they looked slightly overwhelmed and a tad nervous. Mr. Stewart turned towards the boy with a tolerant smile and asked that they introduce themselves and state where they were from. I looked over at Momoko to notice she also had a weird look on her face. It was clear that I was not the only one experiencing dejavu.
"My name is Nakano Tadashi, the eldest brother, and we're from Townsville but we were home-schooled before this," Tadashi explained eerily clam besides the fact that he looked a tad nervous about everyone's eyes on him. A murmur hit the others and I ignored it to focus on Tadashi and his brother. His brother is the one that just sends warning signals throughout my brain…but why?
"And I'm Nakano Katashi, the middle child I guess you could say…." Katashi smirked a little, seemingly unaffected by the staring and murmuring unlike his brother, who seemed on edge.
"Nice to meet you Katashi, Tadashi….you may choose to sit in whatever seats remain," Mr. Stewart explained politely and I watched the brothers scan the room. Tadashi moved first and chose the seat behind me, which thank God Momoko has the seat beside me, while Katashi chose the seat behind Momoko, who gave me a look that I didn't quite understand, "If you boys have any questions at all feel free to ask me or your classmates!"
They both nodded silently and the teacher went on with his business of talking about what we'd learn and the class rules. I turned to look at Momoko, who looked deep in thought before flinching when Tadashi touched my shoulder. I glared behind me at him as Momoko broke out of her thoughts and turned to look as well, "Hey…what's your names?"
"I'm Matsubara Kaoru…." I huffed as I crossed my arms, wondering why Katashi was staring at me.
"Akatsutsumi Momoko," Momoko introduced with a small smile, "What made you two want to go here, Tadashi?"
"Eh…just for common interests," He replied vaguely and smirked at our reactions. I felt my eye twitch at my confusion and turned to look at Katashi, "My brothers and I just wanted to see what the commotion was about…the famous "high school experience"."
"Oh, I see," Momoko smiled again, "It's not bad but, like everything, it has its ups and downs."
"As I'm slowly noticing," Tadashi agreed while staring at her. I rolled my eyes at suddenly being left out and then it finally registered what he had said before.
"Wait, you said your brothers and yourself have common interests? So you have another brother here?" I asked, feeling lost. Katashi leaned as far as he could and grinned.
"That's right, babe, our youngest brother is Nakano Kiyoshi but he had Math class first," He explained while I looked towards Momoko, our eyes meeting with surprise. So he's in Miyako's class right now? Hey, wait a minute-
"Don't call me "babe" or you'll regret it," I frowned towards Katashi only for him to look unaffected, that ever-growing smirk of his still on that ugly mug!
"Sure, sorry about that babe," He apologized with fake sincerity and I could practically feel the vein in my forehead throbbing in agitation as he and his brother huffed a laugh together.
"Anyways," Momoko rolled her eyes and looked towards the brothers, "Do you even know where your next few classes are?"
"Well we got a small tour from the Class President earlier and we have school maps with us…but basically no," Tadashi sweat dropped and looked at his brother, "Katashi lost his map already…and it hasn't even been an hour since we got them…"
I laughed and Katashi huffed, crossing his arms, "They were small maps though…"
"Oh well, what lasses do you two have anyway?" Momoko questioned with a tolerant smile on her face, "If you have classes with either of us you can walk with us so you know where to go…" I didn't want to have to deal with these two so I glared at Momoko but blinked in surprise when I noticed how shocked Tadashi and Katashi were at Momoko's kindness…
"Would you really?" Tadashi asked with uncertainty, narrowing his eyes at us like he didn't fully trust us.
"Of course, right Kaoru?" Momoko turned to me and I sighed in defeat, nodding my head in agreement. Katashi and Tadashi looked at each other and then grinned.
"Hey thanks Momoko!" Tadashi smiled and I watched Momoko blush ever so slightly. I rolled my eyes, fighting off a groan, "We have English next and our brother Kiyoshi has English too…"
"Oh, that's good!" Momoko replied with a closed-eye smile. I looked at Katashi and blinked when he handed over his schedule to me.
"These are my classes and I have almost all classes with Tadashi except for Gym," He explained and I looked over his schedule, my eyes widening when I realized it was perfect copy of my own, "Do you take gym too, Kaoru?"
"I…I do…we have all classes together," I told him while cursing myself for stuttering.
"That's good! At least now I'll know someone," He smirked but genuinely looked pleased. I looked away and blushed a little, "I thought you looked like the athletic type! Guess I'll see how good you are in Gym, huh?"
I picked up on the hidden challenge and looked at him, smirking, "Yup. Same to you."
"Wow, not only you two but Tadashi has the same schedule as me," Momoko interrupted loudly, her eyes wide before she turned to Tadashi, "I didn't expect you to be a library aide?"
"There wasn't much else to sign up for and the secretary told me there was an opening for it. Said something about how most don't like being a library aide…however I don't mind books," He replied with a small grin. Momoko blinked in surprise at him as did I. I don't know many guys that like books.
"Tadashi is always reading but that's only because he's a nerd," Katashi teased and Tadashi glared at him, flicking his shoulder, "Hey!"
"Well I read a lot too! But I don't necessarily think that makes you a nerd," Momoko pouted towards Katashi while Tadashi stared at Momoko with slightly wide eyes.
"Whatever you say," Katashi grinned and poked his brother, "I think the Teach is giving out textbooks now…"
We went silent as Mr. Stewart, in fact, did start giving out textbooks. Everyone had to sign which number they got so it could be returned. The noise in the room got louder as everyone got their textbooks settled and the teacher gave us free time the rest of the time because he claimed we'd already know the common sense rules and there was no need to go over everything.
Momoko and I continued to answer the few questions that Tadashi and Katashi had. Apart from the teasing, and I am beginning to think Katashi has a death wish from me or something, they seemed like pretty alright guys and I'm a pretty good judge of male character out of Miyako, Momoko, and I. By the end of the class Tadashi asked Momoko where we sat at lunch and if it was okay if they sat with us since they didn't know what to really do in the lunchroom or even where to sit. Katashi claimed to reserve the spot next to me and I punched him in the arm for it.
After we, or I reluctantly, agreed it was funny to see how excited they got to finally see a "high school lunchroom". They obviously had a very TV definition of high school and I wasn't sure if they would like high school or be disappointed. Guess I'll find out eventually.
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After the bell for the next class rang everyone was happy to move on. Momoko and I grabbed out bags while waiting for Tadashi and Katashi to grab their bags as well. Momoko and I chatted to them about what to expect when we got to the classroom but I wondered why we were walking the way we were. Momoko and I were walking side by side with Tadashi on Momoko's side and Katashi on my side. We had formed a straight line or something and people were staring at the new boys intently.
"God, it sucks to be so attractive sometimes," Katashi suddenly sighed with a fake ass grin on his face. I rolled my eyes.
"I have no idea what you mean," I said and he looked at me.
"Don't be mean to me like that babe, not when we're just becoming friends," He winked and I growled at him. Momoko sweat dropped in our direction and Tadashi laughed at us.
"They're probably looking at you because they're afraid of you," I commented while looking away from him. I saw him blink at me from the corner of my eye and then he looked down at himself before shrugging.
"Well this is my style. I like this outfit," He countered stubbornly, "I don't care if I look emo…."
"You always look emo," Tadashi retorted with a grin and I smiled at little as Katashi huffed, crossing his arms. Momoko laughed.
"Well I think the outfit suits you, Katashi," She said and he suddenly beamed. Tadashi and I both rolled our eyes, "Oh, Miyako!" We all looked up to see Miyako walking down the hall with that girl from earlier and a blonde dude by her side.
"Hi girls!" She beamed as we joined them, "This is-"
"Kiyoshi! How was your first class, bro? Was it as bad as you thought it was going to be?!" Katashi suddenly near-shouted, making me glare at him before I realize what he'd said. I eyed the blonde boy….so this was their youngest brother they spoke about?
"It…It was okay. I met Miyako and Emiko though and they were nice to me," Kiyoshi smiled and the girl, Emiko, smiled happily at us.
"So you're name's Emiko-san? You must be a transfer student too," Momoko observed and she nodded.
"My name is Kawamura Emiko. It's nice to meet you," She bowed politely and Momoko nodded happily, "Miyako was kind to both Kiyoshi-san and I so we've been sticking close to her because she knows where our classes are."
"Yeah, I could tell you were both very nervous," Miyako smiled brightly and they both nodded.
"Well that's to be expected! And you're Kiyoshi, right? Tadashi and Katashi told us about you," Momoko chatted and Kiyoshi blinked at his brothers suspiciously for a second before nodding at Momoko, "Nice to meet you, Kiyoshi! And you too, Emiko! My names Akatsutsumi Momoko!"
"Yeah and I'm Matsubara Kaoru….nice to meet ya," I stated casually.
"Nice to meet you both…." Emiko bowed her head shyly and then smiled, "Do we all have English together?"
"Sure seems like it," Tadashi grinned as he grabbed the strap of his backpack, "We might wanna go if we want to get good seats."
"Good idea" I nodded and we all began walking together. We were already sorta close to the classroom and when we got there it was nearly full. I growled when Katashi pushed past all of us to claim the seat close to the door. I sat beside him with Miyako in front of me, Emiko sitting beside Miyako, Momoko sitting behind Emiko and beside me, Kiyoshi sat in front of Katashi and beside Miyako, and Tadashi sat in front of Kiyoshi. It was something short of a miracle that we all sat close together.
The tardy bell rang and the teacher came in and introduced himself as Mr. Curtis before stating obvious rules and things like that. I chatted with Momoko, Miyako, and Emiko and tried my best to ignore Katashi, who was hell bent on asking me twenty questions. Tadashi would try to lean as far as he could to talk to Momoko and Emiko as well and we ended up gaining a lot of attention because everyone was curious about the boys and Emiko.
I just wanted to hurry up and go to Gym class then lunch…those are the times I'm looking forward to the most.
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Emiko's P.O.V:
Lucky didn't even begin to describe how I felt so far. I've just recently moved to Townsville with my parents but we've been to Townsville before on visits to my Aunt. Townsville seemed to have changed on a little but that much seemed too much for me. Before I moved here I hadn't visited in a few months so it's been a while. So I was really nervous to be finishing high school here. I'm not really all that shy unless I'm thrust into a group of strangers. I have a hard time making friends because I'm always uncertain of what to say or do.
But introducing myself had been not as bad as I thought even though I couldn't look anyone in the eye. I chose a seat at random but I always like taking the back seats and I lucked out with Miyako and Kiyoshi today. Kiyoshi being a new transfer student helped me gain confidence since I wasn't the only new student. Now I have not only Miyako as a new friend but Momoko and Kaoru as well. Kiyoshi is my friend too and I think his brothers Tadashi and Katashi want me as a friend too.
English was a breeze and afterwards Miyako and Momoko pointed out the Art class for Kiyoshi and I on our school maps. Kiyoshi and I were both relieved at this and the fact that we could walk together. Then we all went our separate ways and promised to meet up at lunch. Kiyoshi and I walked side by side and I quickly noticed that Kiyoshi wasn't actually all that say either, it was just overwhelming for him to be in a new place and not knowing what to do with himself.
"I'm surprised my brothers made friends so easily," Kiyoshi told me as we walked down a flight of stairs, "Tadashi is usually very cautious of people and Katashi is very hyperactive. Tadashi thinks he might have ADHD and I just think Katashi-nii is just a rowdy person."
I laughed loudly, "Your brothers sound like a riot! I wish I had brothers!"
"You don't have brothers?" Kiyoshi blinked over at me and I nodded, "Are you an only child or do you have sisters?"
"I'm an only child actually," I shrugged when he looked surprised, "It sucks not having siblings but at the same time its okay."
"Don't you get lonely at home? As much as Katashi annoys me I couldn't imagine not having him there," Kiyoshi stated and then blushed at what he said, "Don't tell him I said that!"
"I won't," I giggled and then stared at the school map once we got off the stairs, "I get lonely sometimes…..but I'm close to my Mom!"
"That's good," He smiled at me, "I'm close to my Mama too…" Mama? No one really says "mama" usually just Mom or Mother….
"Oh I think this is the room," I blurted as we stopped abruptly. I double checked the location and room number before nodding. Kiyoshi and I headed in together and quickly took seats next to each other at easels. I put my bag down and peeked inside, feeling reassured that my belt was still there. I never went anywhere without my PPGZ belt but I was too scared to wear it around since I moved to Townsville.
I've heard all the amazing stories about the PPGZ here. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup…I really wanted to meet them as Brooke, but I have no confidence. They don't need my help…I hardly know anything about my powers and I was just be a hindrance. Plus it would be complicated to tell them how I became this way in the first place…
"You okay, Emiko?" Kiyoshi asked with a frown and I jolted out my thoughts, turning to him and nodded with a smile, "If you say so…"
Oh well….maybe I'll meet the other PowerPuff Girls Z one day….but I'm not ready to reveal myself to them and Townsville just yet….
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Art class was over in a pinch and I wasn't surprised because I always had a ton of fun in art class. The teacher, Ms. Reed, only read a handful of rules to us alone with expectation before making us draw something, anything we wanted, so she could access our skill. I drew a beach with ocean waves and Kiyoshi drew a boy sitting in grass listening to music. I blinked at how well he could draw.
After class was over Kiyoshi and I looked over the map at where Miyako circled the lunch room for us so we could meet up with them all. We walked out and I complained about having to go up the stairs again, to which Kiyoshi rolled his eyes at but smiled none the less. Once we were finally in the halls I turned to Kiyoshi, who said he pretty much knew where it was now after looking at the map.
I followed beside Kiyoshi and we had no trouble finding the lunchroom thanks to him. We pushed the door open and noticed higher grade levels already eating and there was a line towards tiny booths to get what you want. Kiyoshi and I stood in line while I looked over at him, "Do you think the others found a table already?"
"I think so," He replied hesitantly while looking around nervously, "I didn't realize how big the place is…I feel like everyone's staring at us." I nodded, feeling goosebumps on my skin.
"Yeah…but they're just curious since we're knew. Especially since you and your brothers never been to a high school before," I explained and he sighed, nodding his head. We stayed silent and waited for our turns for the booths. When we finally got our turn I beamed at all the food. I ended up with cooked fish sticks, mashed potatoes, and sweet peas along with a water to drink. Kiyoshi got the cheese pizza and soda before turning towards me, looking just a lost as I felt…what do we do now?
A helpful senior pointed out where we pay for our food and we thanked him before doing so and hesitantly walking away to get out of the way. It didn't take long for Kiyoshi to spot his brothers waving us over and we slumped in relief. We rushed over towards the back table and I noticed Miyako, Momoko, and Kaoru already there.
"Geez, Kiyo, what took you guys so long?" Katashi complained while Tadashi rolled his eyes. Kiyoshi gave them a flat look and ignored him but if I didn't know any better it seemed like Katashi had been worried for Kiyoshi? How cute! Katashi was sitting beside Kaoru who was sitting beside Momoko on the other side. Tadashi as across from Katashi and Kiyoshi sat beside him so I sat beside Miyako, who was on Kiyoshi's other side.
"So how did you like classes so far, Emiko-chan?" Miyako asked as she turned to me with a smile. I felt surprised at the familiarity she'd already given with my name and I beamed because I couldn't help it. Momoko must have known what I was thinking because she smiled softly at me.
"I like it! I think everything will be fairly easy and I loved the art class," I said and she nodded happily. This started a whole big conversation about what the boys and I thought of school so far. The boys seemed to be impressed yet still overwhelmed with everything and they were happy that there were more food choices than they thought. Then the conversation just got more rowdy from there when Katashi kept teasing Kaoru about some dodgeball game they must've had in their Gym class. Kaoru would yell at Katashi while we laughed and Momoko got onto her.
I sweat dropped but smiled. I really did luck out, huh? Though I can't help but wonder what the girls might know about the PPGZ….maybe if I know more about them I'll gain the confidence to reveal myself to the PPGZ…..maybe…
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Me: Finished! It might be a little longer than I wanted….but how did you guys like it? If you have any questions let me know and I'll answer them!
Ben: Why am I not already in the story, Emiko? *pout*
Me: Oh, hush. You'll be introduced in the story soon! Anyways I look forward to any reviews! They are appreciated greatly! No unnecessary criticism please and thank you!