Hi! Updated to remove all the swearing. The anime was more toned down than the manga, I was more of a manga fan though. The live action was also alright.
Here's my first attempt to "write" something here. I hope it's okay though. This story just wouldn't let me sleep at all, I had to force it out of me just to get some sleep these past few days. So here it is, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't really know what the disclaimers are for but since I have seen them in every fanfic that I've ever read, here's mine: I don't own Wallflower, Perfect Girl Evolution or Yamato Nadeshiko blah blah blah blah. I don't own Sunako, although I think she's really cool and I wish to own Kyohei. ^_^
Chapter 1: The Threat, the Witch and the Envelope
CRASH!
"What the heck was that?" Mori Ranmaru lazily drawled, he seemed unfazed and continued to lounge in the couch while watching TV with the others.
CRASH!
"That horror freak! I'll - ." Takano Kyohei was annoyed, no one has the right to disrupt his favorite TV show.
"Kyohei, I think the sound came from the back - not Sunako's room." Oda Takenaga reasoned out.
"The back!" Toyama Yukinojou suddenly shrieked.
Only one thought popped up in everyone's minds - ruthless, obsessed fan girls. All four gorgeous teens ran to the backyard in hopes of saving what was left of their beloved backyard and probably part of the Nakahara mansion, but they did not expect whatever it was that they found.
"A package?" Yuki asked, he was the first to recover from the shock of actually not being mutilated by fan girls.
"Who the hell would drop a gigantic package in the middle of our freaking backyard?" Kyohei grunted. He was beyond infuriated - he was missing half of the show now.
"Oh, I know someone..." Ranmaru reminded everyone.
"Ohhh..." all four boys chorused.
"She really can't do anything normal, can she? Lunacy must run deep in the Nakahara family." Kyohei said. He really tends to babble when he's annoyed.
"I HEARD THAT!"
All four boys leapt farther from the package who, apparently, just spoke.
"Th-th-the package talked!" Yuki screamed while hiding behind Ranmaru.
"I think we better get this over with." Takenaga said while tearing off the wrapper that hid their mysterious package.
After finally peeling layers and layers off of protective wrappers, bubble wrap and all, they were faced with a 40x40 inch replica of Auntie's face.
"Hi guys! Where's Sunako?" Auntie's voice resounded clearly from the gigantic stereo that accompanied the humungous TV.
"What the hell's with the big TV?" Kyohei voiced out what was in everyone's mind.
"Oh, I can't drop by the house right now so I decided to try this satellite TV. We don't have one there, right? I bought a channel for us to communicate now, and I can see you too! Anyway, where's my beloved Sunako?" Auntie answered nonchalantly as if large TVs just drop from the sky.
"Hi Auntie, Sunako's inside the house right now. Do you want me to call her?" Takenaga replied.
"No! What I'm about to say is strictly for you guys only." Auntie said, with a menacing gleam in her eyes.
"Ohh... okay." Takenaga responded, weakly.
"You're all in your second year, right?" Auntie asked.
All four guys nodded, uncertainty plastered on their faces - all of them fearing for the worst.
"Well, since you haven't been successful in turning my beloved Sunako-chan into a lady for two years already, I'm afraid I may have to kick all of you out." Auntie said in an eerily calm voice, all that was missing was her maniacal laugh.
"WHAT?" the guys shouted in unison after realizing that she really wasn't kidding.
"I mean, sure, the rent may be delayed sometimes and-" Kyohei tried to reason out.
"Delayed? Kyohei, you can't even pay the rent. But then, how can you pay if you can't even keep a decent part-time job for a certain amount of time?" Auntie quipped back and now she did the maniacal laugh which really aggravated Kyohei more.
"Fine! I can't keep a part-time job! BUT I TRIED. It's those maniac bosses who can't keep their hands to themselves!" Kyohei was now physically seething.
"Auntie, why can't we stay here anymore? There must be a deep reason for this." Takenaga asked, aside from being curious, he wants to prevent any bloodshed at all cost, although it would only be Kyohei's blood and the TV's probable destruction.
"Oh, good thing you asked. Well, there have been proposals, really serious proposals. And-" Auntie started.
"You're going to kick us out because you plan to marry some rich handsome bastard? What does that have to do with us?" Kyohei interjected, still very angry.
"Hey! They weren't just wedding proposals, you know." Auntie hinted.
"Huh? What do you mean "proposals" then?" Ranmaru dared to ask.
"Business proposals. My current honey suggested that I turn the mansion to a bed and breakfast. We could run it and spend our entire lifetime leading simple lives with different guests every now and then. It would be perfect. There would be butlers and maids and ..." Auntie was already daydreaming and blabbering.
"Can't we have another chance?" Yuki disrupted Auntie's dreaming with an extra helping of cuteness, he was the only one who could actually ask Auntie at these moments.
"Chance? Hmmm.. Well, I think I could give you until this Halloween. I'm planning a Halloween Party right here in this mansion next week and I want to show off Sunako to some of my friends. So she must be lady enough, okay?" Auntie warned.
"Next week. Okay. I think we can try something by then." Takenaga replied, already thinking of plans.
"Oh, and no tricks, I'm dead serious this time, really dead serious." Auntie threatened and then she was gone.
"We are so screwed." Kyohei said. He was really in a foul mood and having everything boil down to Sunako's lady problem made it worse.
The four teenagers went back in the house to escape the chilly night air.
"What did Auntie mean no tricks?" Yuki asked.
"Oh, I think she meant hypnosis, lies, pretending to be lovers, blackmailing-" Takenaga enumerated.
"Not even blackmailing? It's the only reason we have been able to drag her into these crazy balls. Now, how are we supposed to force Sunako-chan?" Ranmaru interrupted, he really can't think of any miracles happening in the near future - well, miracles concerning Sunako.
"You think she's serious? I mean we have experienced drastic mood swings from that woman, she might actually forget about this if time passes." Kyohei hoped, for someone who usually shrugs everything off, he was really concerned about this one.
"I dunno. We can only wish she's not but you know how she is." Takenaga replied.
Just then, Sunako passed by to go to the kitchen like a dazed drug addict on the high.
"What's wrong with Sunako-chan?" Yuki asked.
"Hey Nakahara! What got you so creepily high?" Kyohei, always the brave one, asked.
Sunako turned, smiled frighteningly and went back to going to the kitchen, her dark chilling aura following her.
"Do you think she heard our conversations? I mean, she might want us to be really kicked out that's why she's so happy." Ranmaru mused.
"I don't think so. She's been watching a movie since this afternoon and you know she can't be disturbed when she starts to watch those." Takenaga reminded.
"What was Sunako-chan watching? She's gotten really scary this time." Yuki gasped, he was about to cry.
"An unedited, uncut, unreleased version of the Blair Witch Project - if I remember correctly; she bought it off an online auction site just last week, she asked me to help her with the bidding stuff." Takenaga replied.
"Blair Witch Project? Wasn't that movie made years ago? She probably watched that movie a million times already, what could possibly make her so crazy about it?" Ranmaru asked, he still thinks she overheard them.
"I think it was the original reel used in the filming of the movie, where crew members were supposedly possessed and some of the actors really got lost. I don't know if some exorcism scenes were even concluded." Takenaga said, remembering the item description from the auction site and Sunako's reaction as if Christmas (or Halloween, in her case) came early.
"Oh, don't mind her, she sure gets high easily. Anyway, what should we do? That horror addict is our only ticket to stay in this place, and we only have a couple days to transform that walking dark matter to something resembling human - female human." Kyohei whined.
"Wait. Hmm.. Blair Witch? Witch...witch...witch..." Ranmaru muttered more to himself than to the others, thinking of something particularly distant.
"Ranmaru-kun? You okay? Are you possessed like Sunako-chan?" Yuki whimpered; he was getting scared by the minute.
"Minerva!" Ranmaru blurted out loud as if he hit the jackpot.
"Minerva?" all three other guys asked.
"Yup! Minerva's a witch that I dated once. It was way back but I'm pretty sure she was a witch." Ranmaru proudly stated.
"I can't even imagine how you meet your women." Kyohei commented.
"So, what can this Minerva of yours do? She can't seriously be into magic, right? I mean, Auntie explicitly threatened us to use no tricks." Takenaga, the responsible one, reminded everyone.
"Oh, she's not that kind of witch, although she as one hell of a witch..." Ranmaru hinted, blooming-flower-aura enveloping him.
"So, what was she exactly?" Takenaga interrupted Ranmaru's daydreaming; not even wanting to know what it was about.
"Hmm... She was really into this Wiccan stuff which had some weird rituals. I think she made potions, spells and curses too. She can hypnotize too, she tried it on me once to spice up our... interactions." Ranmaru once again hinted, flowers bloomed more around him.
"So, she was into magic, witchcraft, sorcery?" Takenaga again interrupted, slowly getting annoyed at Ranmaru's flowers.
"No, no, no. She explained it to me once but she denied anything to do with magic. I really dunno, I mean, I didn't really care about those stuff back then. I guess we can try to ask her, you know. I think she has something that can help Sunako change." Ranmaru suggested.
"Well, since we can't think of anything better right now, I guess its okay to try your Minerva." Takenaga conceded.
"Okay, just don't expect everything to go smoothly. You know how she gets." Kyohei said.
"Dinner is ready." Sunako said from behind their backs and then creepily smiled, she was still quite high from watching the movie.
The boys were clutching their chests or their chairs, a shocked expression etched on their faces from being genuinely surprised and scared by Sunako.
"You! How long have you been there? Don't scare us like that, I can die of heart attack, you know!" Kyohei exclaimed.
Sunako just smiled freakily and went to eat in her room, her dark aura still following her.
"I'll give Minerva a call then." Ranmaru said, he instantly recovered from the shock and was dialing her number in his phone.
"Update us soon if she can help. For now, let's just eat dinner and wait." Takenaga suggested.
Yuki, Kyohei and Takenaga proceeded to go to the dining room to eat dinner while Ranmaru talked with Minerva.
"Well, Minerva agreed to help us. She was quite interested when I described Sunako's problem." Ranmaru said as he sat down to eat too.
"How will she exactly help us?" Takenaga asked.
"Shouldn't we be careful? Sunako-chan might get hurt, you know, witches are evil women, right?" Yuki asked, deeply concerned and scared.
"Oh, Sunako-chan will be okay. Minerva might be evil and wild sometimes but she can also be gentle." Ranmaru smirked, reliving his blooming-flower-aura.
"What should we do then? Did she give any instructions on how she will help us?" Takenaga asked, Ranmaru was really getting disturbing.
"She wanted to meet Sunako, and then prescribe a potion or whatever, that's what she said." Ranmaru answered.
"She's a witch, that bloody idiot will be thrilled to see her, she might even ask to be converted to be a witch too." Kyohei said.
"Yup, you're right. It would be easy to make her come see the witch but we can't just ask her outright. Anyway, I'll take care of it." Takenaga said, he was already formulating plans for Sunako.
After that, dinner proceeded smoothly, and then Yuki, Kyohei and Ranmaru returned to their rooms fully satisfied and happy. Takenaga, on the other hand, set his plan to motion. While Sunako was clearing the table after everyone left, Takenaga answered a supposed phone call.
"Auntie! You called, this must be very very important then -" Takenaga said, although a little bit too loud for a phone call.
"Yes, yes, the Halloween party preparations are complete. The invitations have been sent too-" Takenaga continued. Sunako perked up upon hearing the words 'Halloween party'.
"What? You want to invite a real live witch?" now Sunako was really interested.
"Yes, yes, we'll send her an invitation right away. I'll ask Kyohei to give it to her on his way to his part-time job tomorrow." Takenaga said. Sunako was already imagining the witch, the dishes lay forgotten on the table.
"Uh-uh. I'll print the invitation later and write the address in the envelope so that Kyohei can give it. Ranmaru knows the address? Okay, I'll ask him later. Uh-uh. Oh, okay. Bye." Takenaga ended his supposed phone call. Sunako was still daydreaming about the witch and did not even hear Takenaga calling her name.
"Sunako? Do you need help clearing the table?" Takenaga asked, acting sheepishly innocent, he was internally congratulating himself for devising such a devious plan.
"Huh? Oh, no, no, I can do this. You better go and do the invitation", Sunako instantly replied. She can't wait to know the address; maybe she can even trick the radiant creature into allowing her to deliver the invitation herself.
"Okay, goodnight then." Takenaga dismissed himself and went off to his room.
Sunako continued clearing the dishes and proceeded to wash them when Kyohei had the urge to steal … eat ice cream. Sunako was already on her way back to her room when she met Kyohei on the hallway and noticed the little black envelope sticking out of Kyohei's back pocket.
"Radiant creature!"
Kyohei turned around, just in time to dodge Sunako's lunge attack to his back pocket.
"What the hell was that for? You're having delusions of killing me again?" Kyohei asked, irritated and amused at the same time.
"Where does the witch live?" Sunako eyed the black envelope obviously.
"What witch? I don't know what you're talking about." Kyohei was still oblivious from the envelope.
"The witch! You were supposed to give her an invitation for the halloween party. I heard Takenaga earlier." Sunako was still eyeing the black envelope.
"Oh... that witch, I dunno." Kyohei lazily drawled, he was really slow sometimes - he did not even notice Sunako eyeing his back pocket.
"How can you not know? The invitation is right there, in your back pocket. Come on, let me see!" Sunako again lunged at Kyohei which he again dodged. Kyohei felt his back pocket and then finally noticed the black envelope.
"Oh… this." Kyohei said, he examined the envelope closely.
Kyohei's POV
Where the hell did this come from? And why is she so interested? Wait... oh yeah. Takenaga came up to my room earlier. That bastard! 'I'll take care of it', he said. I'll kill him for this.
Normal POV
"So, where does she live? Let me see." Sunako repeatedly tried to snatch the envelope from Kyohei's hands.
"No. I don't want to." Kyohei said, the urge to annoy Sunako overcame him.
"Let me see!" Sunako was slowly losing her patience.
"Stop pulling, you stupid-"
"Give it-"
"Hey you-"
Just then, a lot of things happened at the same time. Sunako tugged on the envelope harshly which caused her to lose her balance and fall backwards. Kyohei, being the overly protective guy that he is, wrapped his other arm around Sunako's waist and then maneuvered them so that he can cushion her fall. Kyohei's back hit the floor violently, he let go of the envelope but wrapped both arms around Sunako.
"Argh! For a girl who looks fit, you're sure heavy." Kyohei winced. He may have injured himself this time.
"Oh shut up! I'm melting. Let me go." Sunako struggled against Kyohei's arms.
"Stop fidgeting. I'm not letting go, I rather like you like this." Kyohei said, he tightened his grip around her.
"Let me go. Let me go. Let me go. Shit! I'm melting. I'm melting..." Sunako chanted to Kyohei's chest.
"Shut up or I'll shut you up myself." Kyohei hinted, a mischievous smile spread across his face.
Sunako paled as awareness dawned on her, she struggled even harder against Kyohei's arms.
"Oh, so you do remember the ability of my lips. Would you like me to refresh your memory more? They were quite irresistible, right?" Kyohei teased.
At this, Sunako stopped fidgeting. Kyohei peered down at her; she was already unconscious while his shirt was soaked with her blood.
"You are so damn predictable", Kyohei sighed as he proceeded to clean up the mess.
Well? Is it worth pursuing? Review, review, review this please.