A Title-deprived Kodocha Fanfic

A/N: Howdy, y'all. ^-^ I'm "Fifi LeCheezPoof", but I don't like that name, because, well... I think I was on something when I made that name. Now I'm "Haru no hime", which with all honesty, isn't much better, but it means "Spring Princess", and I was born in spring, so... X_x; This is based on the manga, since I read all of it. ^_^ I'd probably base my Kodocha stories on the TV show if I had seen past episode 36. O.o Anyway, since it's based on the manga, Sana and Akito are dating. Fuka and Takaishi are dating (in the manga, they talk over the phone, but it's never really made specific if they go out. But since Fuka's cool, I say she gets Takaishi, but he's in Osaka, so it doesn't matter anyhow), and Aya and Tsuyoshi, well, there always all lovey-dovey, so there. ^_^; Oh yeah, this is after the end of the manga, when Akito returns to Japan for 10th grade. By the way, does anyone know where I can download Kodocha BGMs? Or does anyone know where I can download the 2nd opening animation of Kodocha without downloading a whole episode? I don't mind downloading an episode, but I have an older version of RealPlayer, and it costs money to update it, for some reason... Anyway, I wanna see it... ^_^; Oh well, I'll just look harder.

Also, this chapter is slightly... sad? Read for yourself. ^_^; (Depending on the reviews, I'll know whether or not to make it a character death... Ahh! I don't want to, though!)

Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape, form, or phase, own Kodocha. All of that stuff belongs to Obana Miho-san.

The clenching feeling in the pit of Akito's stomach didn't help as he strolled down the sidewalk in midst of a heavy downpour. Not only was the weather less than pleasant, something didn't feel right. It appeared to be somewhat of an unbalance somewhere, like something bad was going to happen, but he was unaware of exactly what. When he left school, it was a warm, sunny day, but once he arrived at the doors, it immediately began to rain heavily, and being it was so spontaneous, Akito didn't have a need for an umbrella. School had been dismissed early due to the storm, but unfortunately for him, he had no way of going home except for walking. His white school uniform hanging off of him, and a stained off-white. He pushed his hair away from his eyes, and squinted in the distance.
"Stupid rain..." He growled under his breath, and went on. He glanced over to a car that drove past, as it immediately stopped several feet in front of him.
"Rei-kun, stop right here!" Shouted a female voice, as a completely dry, teenage girl in pigtails ran in front of him, a large umbrella held overhead.
"Hey, Hayama, you're completely soaked!" She cried, cheerfully. She softly kissed his cheek, and held the umbrella over his head as well. "Rei-kun can drive you the rest of the way home!"
He silently thanked her, and nodded. She took his cold, damp hand and led him to Rei's car. Sana opened the door, and climbed in the car, Akito following after.
"Good morning, Hayama-kun..." Rei greeted, silently fuming about the mess that was made to his clean car.
"Hello." He replied, with an expression that showed that he could care less about the puddle of rainwater his clothes left.
"Can you drive Hayama home?" Sana asked, as Rei continued to drive. He nodded. "By the way, why didn't you wait for me after school, Hayama?"
"I didn't know I was supposed to," Akito responded. "You didn't tell me to."
"I don't have to! Tsuyoshi always waits for Aya, and they go home together! So should we! You could have avoided getting wet if you just waited another two minutes..." Sana continued, as she brought her fingers to brush Akito's hair out of his eyes.
"If you say so, Sana." He answered, his gaze averting to the window.
"I say so!" She said, louder, and Akito reached for Sana's hand, squeezing it lightly as he kept his gaze toward the window. Sana gave a smile, as she watched the houses passing by. Rei looked on, getting a bit frustrated as he watched how Sana could fall in love with such a person.
Rei stopped in front of Akito's house. "Later," Akito said, as he reached for the handle.
"I'll go with you," Sana offered, but Rei turned around to face her.
"You have a commercial shoot in an hour."
"Oh, that's right..." She muttered, and laughed sheepishly. "Well, be sure to dry off, okay, Hayama? I'll call you later! But if I forget, I'll see you in school tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah. 'Bye." Akito said, and quickly pecked Sana on the cheek, and left the car with his hands in his pockets, toward his front door. Rei's jaw dropped at Akito's gesture, and stayed silent.
"Don't get mad, Rei-kun!" Sana teased. "You know there are worse things that he could do!"
Rei pressed his foot on the gas pedal and quickly sped to the studio for a change.
(A/N: I doubt Rei is still very intimidated/hostile toward him at this point, but Rei isn't entertaining otherwise... T_T;)
That evening, after Akito had showered and changed into dry clothes, all he wanted to do was sleep. That's what rain did to him. Depending on his mood, the rhythmic pounding of water droplets made him feel at peace, or it made him want to pound a wall in for being so depressing. Akito sat at the chair opposite the television, and grabbed the remote. He flipped the "on" switch, yet the television wouldn't turn on. He opened the back of the remote to find they did not have batteries. So he made the uncomfortable trip of getting up, walking over to the kitchen, opening a drawer, getting the batteries, walking back, putting in the batteries, and sitting down again. When he turned on the television, a woman in a kimono with her hair down, but a small ponytail sitting atop her head, squeezing a disgruntled, white bat with purple wings in her hand. The woman had rosy cheeks and a small smile on her face.
"O... Obana desu..." The woman said slowly. "Eeto.."
The program was cut off when the words "Breaking News" appeared in big letters on the television screen. (A/N: This was a bit more in the anime, but Obana-san had to be mentioned somehow...)
"This is Mr. Bob Bobditto reporting from channel 12 news, with a breaking story. There has been report of a car accident on a busy boulevard..."
Careless drivers, Akito thought to himself.
"The accident involved two cars and a van, in which one of the nearly mutilated cars contained the famous teen idol, 15 year-old Kurata Sana and her manager Sagami Rei..." The man said, as a clip of a female's body was sprawled onto a stretcher.
Akito stood up, eyes wide, mouth open. He dropped the remote.
"They have been taken out of the wreck, where they were taken to a local hospital. Kurata-san was found unconscious and bleeding, and there are no current reports on her condition. As for her manager, Sagami, he is in stable condition. We will update you at 3:00."
He picked up the remote once more, and turned off the television. He hurled it at the television, and pulled on his sneakers.
Running into the rain once more, he was determined to see Sana. He demanded closure, to know that she might be just fine.

End of Chapter 1.

A/N: This was short. Also, I love Sana-chan as much as I love dear Akito (which is a whole lot), but I'm just so bored... Rant? Rave? Flame? Comments, tips, suggestions, advice, bored? Talk to me, people! I'm not going to know unless you tell me. I love reviews! Also, thank you to those that reviewed my other fic, "My Heart will always be with you..." That story totally sucked, but I'm determined to continue that as well, along with a more humorous fanfic I was thinking of, "The Kurata Misako Show", a Jerry Springer-type talk show. ^_^ With the characters of Kodocha having enough issues, why not exaggerate it more? Anyway, see you all soon!