Author's Note: This is my second -- well, technically third -- fanfic. It was originally going to be posted on Quizilla, but because of The N, everything is different so I can't post things like I used to. My chapters are too long... My user on Quizilla is GenjyoTori where I posted two Gojyo fanfics called for a Water Sprite.:: and :..Separation..:, which followed the storylines of Saiyuki Reload and Saiyuki Reload Gunlock. I may post them here, but I'll wait to see how my Gokusen fanfic goes.
Anyway, this fanfic will be following the Gokusen storyline -- the anime, not the drama. Unfortunately, I don't have a title for it yet so it'll just be called "Gokusen" for now. If anyone can think of a good title for me, please help me out. Also, I've replaced Fuji with Kodi and Zaku -- mostly Zaku. I hope no one minds the change. ///_^;;
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for Heisui, Kodi, and Zaku. Everyone else belongs to Kozueko Morimoto.
Dore kurai tatta no darou (How long has it been...)
Deatta ano koro kara (since we met?)
Ikutsu mono yorokobi to (We have many happy things,)
Kanashimi wo kurikaeshite (and many sad things.)
Katakoto bakari no kotoba ni (Faced with many faltering words,)
Kimi wa tomadou keredo (you are bewildered.)
Hontou no kimochi nante (But one's true feelings...)
Kuchi ni dasenai mono sa (are not easy to express.)
Kono omoi tsutawaru kana (Will my feeling get through to you?)
Kono kimochi tsutawaru kana (Will my sentiment get through to you?)
Shizen ni waraeru mamade ikiteyuketanara (I'm happy if I can carry on with a natural smile.)
Konomamade tsuzuku no kana (Will it go on like that?)
Kono mama de yukeru no kana (Can we go on like that?)
Tatoe tooku hanarete mo kokoro tsuyoku kanjitai (Even if we are far apart, I hope to feel your heart close to me.)
- Chapter 1
Heisui's POV
"Kumiko...tell me again why I have to look and sound...just like a guy." I said.
"Heisui, I told you that we're going to an all-male private high school. If you don't want to be harassed, then you have to dress up and sound exactly like a guy." My older sister, Kumiko, explained.
Right now, the two of us were on a bus heading towards the Shirokin Gakuen Private High School. I was wearing a black fishnet t-shirt under a short-sleeved grey shirt with black cargo pants that came with a creative brown strap and red shoes. I was never given the school uniform yet, so I had to go in my casual clothes today. I also had to wear a black leather jacket and keep it zipped because I was a bit of a chesty and that would give me away.
"Oh, don't forget your hat." Kumiko said, placing a black and white hat on my head that had a picture of a white skull on it. I took my hat off and rolled up my long hair before I put the hat back on.
"And make sure these cover the middle of your neck." Kumiko said, pushing together the two black collars on my neck. I had to wear these so that no one could tell if I had an Adam's apple or not.
I didn't mind dressing up as a guy at all. Compared to what my sister was wearing, my clothes were muchbetter. I looked down at Kumiko's green slippers.
/Why is she wearing slippers?/
The bus stopped. The two of us got off. I looked at the graffiti on the brick wall ahead of us. In yellow spray paint, someone wrote 'Love to Fight'.
/Nice.../
"Let's go, Heisui." Kumiko said.
The two of us ran along the wall. There was more graffiti. In purple, someone wrote 'Don't mess with me!', in green, someone wrote 'Come on', in red, someone wrote 'Whack', and in orange, someone wrote 'Stupid'.
/Nice graffiti.../
Kumiko and I soon reached the gates of the school. Next to the plate that held the school's name, someone wrote 'Enter at your own risk' in lavender spray paint. Then someone wrote 'Kill' in purple.
/Wow. High school's gonna be fun./
The two of us showed serious faces as we walked towards the school.
/This is really something. Let's see how we'll do./
- Arrival of the Rookie Teacher and a Punk Student with a Secret!!
"Oh, this is superb. Female teachers are just radiant. Excellent."
Kumiko, this other woman, and I were in the principle's office. The principle was this bald little guy in a purple suit with a purple bow tie. Next to him stood the vice principle. This guy looks creepy. He was wearing a yellow helmet that said 'Save Lives' at the top.
/Why the hell is he wearing that?/
To get my mind off the creepy old-looking guy, I looked over at the other woman. She had either dirty blonde or short light brown hair. She was dressed in a pink mini-skirt and a pink shirt that showed a lot of cleavage.
/Holy shit, she's bigger than me./
The vice principle cleared his throat. "That's why you hired these two, Principle?" he asked, looking down at the short man.
"Right. Fujiyama-sensei, music teacher..."
The principle pointed a hand at the other woman. She bowed as the principle pointed his hand at Kumiko.
"Yamaguchi-sensei, math teacher..."
Kumiko bowed as the principle pointed his hand at me.
"And our new student, Yamaguchi Heisui."
Keeping my hands in my pockets, I bowed my head. All of a sudden, the vice principle slammed his hand on the desk.
"What's the meaning of this?! Hiring female teachers... That's throwing a pig into a lion's cage!" he yelled.
"Pig…?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"You don't know anything about this school!"
/What's with this guy...? Is this school really that bad...?/
- In Class 2-4
??????'s POV
"Hey man, the new teacher is amazing!" I said, running back in the class and over to Kuma.
"What?" he asked, putting down a magazine.
"Did they hire a pro wrestler or something?" Uchi asked, sitting next to Kuma.
"Hell no! She's like this..." I moved my hands in circles in front of my chest. The two stared at me as I shook my hips. "And like this..."
Uchi stood.
"Whoa, no kidding?! It's a woman?!" he asked.
Everyone looked in our direction.
"Way to go, Principle!" Uchi cheered.
"Gotta prepare a 'welcome'..." Kuma said.
We snickered.
- Back in the Principle's Office
Heisui's POV
"Well, the students are still children. I think that deep in the bottoms of their hearts, they're seeking love. And so, with the love only a female teacher can give..."
"Naive! Naive! Naive! That's why students become arrogant!" The vice principle yelled, interrupting the principle.
We stared at the vice principle as he looked as us.
"Let me tell you something... If you underestimate our students, you will not live to see tomorrow. Fujiyama-sensei..."
"Yes?"
"With that provocative mini-skirt, the students will definitely treat you like a stripper."
Fujiyama-sensei put her hands in front of her mini-skirt.
"And Yamaguchi-sensei..."
"Yes?"
"With those slippers, you won't be able to run at full speed when you need to." The vice principle said, pointing down at Kumiko's slippers.
"Run?" she asked.
"If you want to be safe, you better change into training gear and running shoes. That's the basics."
10 minutes later.
Kumiko, Fujiyama-sensei, and I were standing in the hall with the vice principle and a bunch of other male teachers. Kumiko and Fujiyama-sensei were now dressed in red and blue training gear; Kumiko wearing the red one and Fujiyama-sensei wearing the blue one.
"Also, pairing up just won't do. If possible, move in groups of seven or eight. You may be somewhat safe if Heisui is with you, seeing that he isn't a horny dog like everyone else and, according to his profile, probably the toughest in this school. Well then, I wish you the best of luck."
With that said, everyone turned before they walked away.
"Wow," was all Kumiko had to say.
"All right, Yamaguchi-sensei, good luck to the both of us." Fujiyama-sensei said.
"Okay." Kumiko said.
"Oh, is Heisui your younger brother?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"Oh, um... Fujiyama-sensei, can you keep a secret?" Kumiko asked.
"Of course. What is it?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
Kumiko looked around before she whispered, "Heisui is really my younger sister."
"She is?!" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
Kumiko nodded.
"We have her dressed as a guy so that she won't get harassed by any of the boys. Although, these are what she would normally wear," she said.
"Okay. Your secret is safe with me. Good luck to all three of us then." Fujiyama-sensei said before she walked away.
I looked at Kumiko.
"What did you put for my profile anyway?" I asked.
"I didn't make anything up," she said.
"So you put that I beat up a teacher until he passed out?" I asked.
Kumiko nodded.
"Mmm hmm. Well, let's get to class," she said.
We walked down the hall until we reached Class 2-4. On the sign, someone wrote 'Stupid' in white.
/Can't wait to meet my classmates.../
Kumiko turned to me.
"Are you ready, Heisui?" she asked.
I nodded.
"Ready." I said in my guy voice.
"Perfect," she said.
Right as Kumiko opened the door, a light flashed. We looked down to see three boys lying on the ground. The one in the middle was lying on his back, holding a camera. He had dirty blonde hair. The boy on his left was a chubby blonde. The guy on the right of the boy with the camera had strange purple hair.
"Who are you?" The boy with the camera asked.
"Who? I'm your homeroom teacher." Kumiko said as the three boys stood.
"Huh?"
"Minami, what the hell? Man, you said she was stacked?!" The purple guy asked.
"You said mini-skirt..." The big guy said.
The boy in the middle, Minami, crossed his arms.
"That's strange," he said.
Kumiko closed the door behind us.
"Oh, that would be Fujiyama-sensei from Class Two. But she's in training gear now, too." Kumiko said.
"What the hell?" Purple asked.
"Quit messin' around!" Minami said.
The entire class was booing Kumiko.
/Wow... They're all literally a bunch of perverts.../
Kumiko and I looked at the blackboard to see that the boys drew a naked woman and wrote 'Shirokin Strip Theater' next to her. They also wrote 'The teacher will bare all!!' right under that.
"Oh my. The vice principle really knew what he was talking about." Kumiko mumbled to me.
I nodded in agreement as she walked past the two and over to the black board.
"This bitch's stubborn!" Purple complained.
"She probably balances her checkbook, too." Minami said.
"And you masturbate at night..." I mumbled as I walked past the three and headed for a seat in the back corner.
"Oh, Heisui! Come up here for a second!" I heard Kumiko call to me.
Sighing, I turned and walked towards Kumiko.
"Everyone, this is your new classmate; Yamaguchi Heisui. Heisui, why don't you write about yourself on the board?" Kumiko asked in an unusual happy tone.
Sighing, I took the chalk and wrote on the board. I stepped aside and showed the class my big 'NO'. The whole class laughed.
"I have to act somewhat like them to keep my cover." I mumbled to Kumiko.
"Gotcha."
I walked back to the corner seat and sat down. I actually sat down in an empty desk next to the corner seat. The chair was pulled out so I thought someone already claimed that seat.
I watched as the chubby guy jumped up on Kumiko's desk and sounded like he threw up... He was trying to scare her, but Kumiko just stared at him.
/Kumiko!/
"Oh! How scary!" Kumiko said.
Some people laughed.
"That bitch is slow."
"What the hell's wrong with her?"
"She's a retard or what?"
"She sure looks like one."
Someone walked in the room. I watched from the corner of my eye as a redhead with green eyes sat down at the desk I was originally going to sit in.
"Kuma, stop that racket, it's morning." The redhead said.
Everyone looked at him.
"Huh?" The chubby guy, Kuma, asked.
"Shin." Minami said.
Kuma hopped off the desk.
"That's odd. You're not showing up much in the morning," he said as he, Minami, and Purple walked over to him.
/So this Shin guy's the ring leader./
Kuma sat in the deck in front of Shin.
"The homeroom teacher, it seems," he said.
"The homeroom teacher?" Shin asked, looking at Kumiko.
"Yeah, and that's the new guy." Kuma said, pointing at me.
Shin glanced over at me, but I didn't pay him any mind.
"That's right! Now then, since everybody is here... I'm your homeroom teacher, Yamaguchi Kumiko!" Kumiko introduced before she bowed.
I glanced around. No one was paying attention.
"I heard that Class Two's teacher has big ones." Kuma told Shin, moving his hands in circles in front of his chest.
Minami, who was sitting next to Kuma and in front of me, leaned over.
"And we're stuck with this four-eyed monkey," he said.
"Hey, Heisui, you've seen Class Two's homeroom teacher, right?" Kuma asked.
"Mmm hmm." I answered with my eyes closed, my chin resting on my laced fingers and my elbows on the desk.
"Oh, my name's Kuma." Kuma introduced to me.
I glanced at them so I could see who was who.
"I'm Minami." Minami introduced.
"My name's Uchi." Purple introduced, sitting in front of Minami.
"Shin." Shin merely introduced.
I nodded.
"Heisui." I introduced back.
"You and that teacher have the same last name. Is she your older sister or something?" Uchi asked.
"Yeah." I answered.
Kumiko came over and began setting blank pieces of paper on our desks except for me.
"I want to get to know all of you as fast as possible, so please write down your name and whatever else you want on this paper," she explained as she passed out more papers to everyone before she walked back behind the desk.
"It can be something you like doing right now, or your future dreams. Oh, and you can also write about your girlfriends." Kumiko said.
Kuma shook his head.
"Whatever," he said.
"What are you friggin' talking about, you retarded bitch?"
Everyone but Shin and I were booing off Kumiko.
"Now, now. If you don't really want to, just write your name. I'll write about myself on the blackboard." Kumiko said as she turned and began writing on the blackboard.
"Let's see. Yamaguchi Kumiko, 23 years old, single. My hobby is..."
Kumiko stopped when someone threw a paper airplane at the blackboard. Some people laughed to themselves as they began throwing paper balls.
"Aim for the ass."
"Take that, bitch."
"Nice."
I saw a guy with black hair take out a pachinko ball.
[Note: Pachinko is a device for gambling, a pinball game played on a vertical board.]
"Hey, hey, bad idea..." A guy next to him said, but the guy with black hair threw the ball at Kumiko.
/Kumiko, don't you dare turn around!/
In a blink of an eye, I was kneeling down in the front of the class with my arm raised and my fist closed around the pachinko ball. I opened my eyes and glanced at the class. All of them were staring at me; even Shin was looking at me with interest. Kumiko turned her head to me.
"Heisui..." I heard her whisper.
I looked at her with a serious face and mouthed the words, 'They won't find me suspicious, but they would you if you caught the ball'. Kumiko nodded as I stood and tossed her the ball before I went back to my seat. Kuma, Uchi, Minami, and Shin were staring at me still.
"Minami, you have a camera. Take a picture, it lasts longer." I said, breaking the silence.
"Dude, that was awesome..." Kuma said.
"How the hell did you do that?" Uchi asked.
"That was badass!" Minami said.
/Good, they don't suspect anything. But Shin.../
I glanced at Shin through my bangs to see him glancing at me.
/What does he think about my actions?/
"That was great timing, Heisui. Right, Shin-chan?" Kuma asked.
Shin only continued to stare at me. I averted my eyes down at my desk.
/Stop staring at me!/
It's 4 'o clock.
Kumiko, Fujiyama-sensei, and I were walking out of the school. Kumiko and Fujiyama-sensei were dressed in their normal clothes again.
"The first day is over... You two seem really serious. Were you two alright?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"It went okay. No one suspected Heisui to be a girl." Kumiko answered.
"Heisui, you can sound like a guy, right? Let's hear it." Fujiyama-sensei said.
"Don't know what to say." I said.
"Wow, that's good. Why do you wear those collars?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"She doesn't have an Adam's apple." Kumiko asked.
"You really planned everything out to hide the fact that you're a girl, didn't you?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"It wasn't that hard since these are the clothes that Heisui normally wears. She has to wear a jacket though since she's a chesty." Kumiko explained.
"Oh, really? Those boys would be all over you." Fujiyama-sensei said and winked.
/Ugh.../
"So... how was Class Two?" Kumiko asked.
"Hm, three... No, probably two." Fujiyama-sensei said.
"What? Two what?" Kumiko asked.
Fujiyama-sensei looked at us. "Students I'd sleep with."
Kumiko and I stared at Fujiyama-sensei as she continued.
"I was teaching middle school until now. Well, the boys in high school are a little more grown-up, you see."
A little blush appeared on Fujiyama-sensei's face. Her face became redder when she saw how we were looking at her.
"Hey, that is not what I meant," she said.
Kumiko just laughed nervously as a yellow buggy drove up beside us. We stopped and looked at it as the window rolled down to reveal the vice principle.
"Yamaguchi-sensei, Fujiyama-sensei... You shouldn't stand around and talk after work. Withdraw immediately..." he said.
"Withdraw?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"It's the most dangerous time after school." The vice principle said before he drove off.
/This guy gets a nickname. Let's call him... Hmmm... He drives a yellow buggy...he wears that yellow helmet thing...he has a knack for bugging people... Let's call him "Yellow Bug," or just "Bug" for short. Yeah, that fits him perfectly./
A dog suddenly came into Yellow Bug's view. He quickly turned out of the way and drove past the dog before he continued on the road. The dog, which was actually a red wolf, looked at me.
"Kodi." I said.
Kodi's tail wagged as he ran over to me. I kneeled down and scratched behind his ears. Fujiyama-sensei bent down with her hands on her knees to get a close look at Kodi.
"What's that, your dog?" she asked.
"Yeah. A red wolf actually. I've had him since he was a pup." I explained.
"Wow! If you can keep a wolf, you must live in a big house!" Fujiyama-sensei said.
Kumiko rubbed the back of her neck. "Well..."
Someone whistled. We looked back to see Uchi and Minami waving from a balcony from the school.
"Fujiyama-sensei! Your ass is sexy!" Uchi yelled, waving his arm.
"It's amazing!" Minami yelled.
"Oh my."
Fujiyama-sensei stood and swung her hips purposely at the two as she walked away.
"Kumiko, you go on ahead." I said.
She nodded and followed Fujiyama-sensei. Kodi and I looked at the balcony.
Shin's POV
"That new guy... Heisui..."
Kuma and Uchi looked at me.
"Heisui? What about him?" Uchi asked.
Minami looked at me.
"There's something not normal about him." I said.
"What do you mean by that?" Uchi asked.
"I don't know, I just feel it." I answered.
"He's probably a kickass guy like you. Did you see him when he moved to catch that pachinko ball, cause I sure couldn't." Minami asked the last part to Uchi.
"Yeah, he was so fast. He's gotta be popular with the girls in his neighborhood." Uchi said.
"Yeah, he's lucky." Minami said.
I mentally sighed. They don't get it. I stood and leaned against the wall, turning my head to look at Heisui. He was looking back at me. There was a red wolf with him.
/He owns a wolf?/
"Let's go, Kodi."
Heisui turned with his hands in his pockets and walked away. The wolf, Kodi, was at his side.
/There's something more to him.../
Heisui's POV
Kodi and I were walking down our street towards home. We saw two men with their heads peeked out and looking around, most likely for me. Their names are Tatsukawa Minoru and Asakura Tetsu. Minoru spotted me. He and Tetsu stepped out of our home and faced me.
"Heisui!" They cheered.
"Hey, Minoru, Tetsu." I said as Kodi and I approached them.
They bowed as two men and Kumiko came out of the building.
"Heisui, welcome home." A man said.
His name was Oshima Kyotaro, but I just call him Kyo. The other man, Kozo Wakamatsu, stood next to him.
"Now that you're here, Ojou, Heisui, please report your first day at work and school to your parents," he said.
[Note: Ojou literally means daughter and is a respectful term mostly used by servants.]
All of us were inside on our knees with our hands in front of us and our heads lowered. We were in a praying position in front of a picture of mine and Kumiko's parents.
"Mother, Father... Today, I've finally accomplished my heart's desire to become a teacher." Kumiko said.
"And I am one of Kumiko's students." I said.
"Please watch over us." Kumiko and I finished.
"So, Ojou, Heisui, how was your first day?" Kyo asked.
"Nobody calls me teacher. Just, 'You bitch, you bitch.'" Kumiko said.
A vein throbbed in Kyo's head, "What?!"
Kumiko looked at him. "'You retarded, bitch?' and the like," she said.
"What?!" Kyo yelled.
He, Minoru, Tetsu, and Wakamatsu held angry veins.
"How dare they say that to our Ojou?!" Wakamatsu asked.
"Ojou, let me go and take care of some business... I'll be glad to do it." Tetsu said, hiding a gun in his shirt.
Kumiko stared at him. "Tetsu..."
"You dumbass! They're just high schoolers." Kyo said, looking back at Tetsu with Wakamatsu.
"That's right, so you don't need to..."
"Damn it! I'm going!" Kyo interrupted Kumiko as he took out a sword and held it in front of him.
"I could never live it down if something would happen to Ojou. Wakamatsu, I'll leave the rest to you," he said, looking at Wakamatsu.
"Wakagashira! I'm going, too!" Wakamatsu said.
[Note: Wakagashira is the second in command, the right hand man.]
"You dumbass! It's already been decided that I die first. If you guys were killed, who will protect our Ojou? You guys protect her!" Kyo said.
"Wakagashira!" Everyone said with tears running down their faces.
Kumiko bopped Kyo over the head.
"Morons. If you guys go out there, my background would be revealed. Heisui is making sure that doesn't happen. Are you planning to get me fired?" she asked.
Minoru moved towards me.
"Heisui, did they do anything to you?" Minoru asked me.
"They would of if I didn't sound and look like a guy." I answered.
"That's good." Minoru said.
Kyo looked back at Kumiko. "Well then, as a man, I should go teach them some..."
"Enough."
We looked to see mine and Kumiko's grandfather, Kuroda Ryuichiro, and another man by the name of Tomoya Shinohara.
"Kumicho!" Kyo said.
[Note: Kumicho is a boss in the Yakuza.]
"Don't get careless for Kumiko's and Heisui's sake." Grandpa said.
Kyo hid his sword behind his back. "Sir."
"Grandpa, you need to be in bed." Kumiko said.
"Kumiko, I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble just when you've become a teacher." Grandpa said.
"What are you talking about?" Kumiko asked.
"It must be hard as a woman to be the future kumicho." Grandpa said.
"Don't worry." Kumiko walked over to the back doors. "Heisui and I were raised here. Our mother hated the lifestyle here, but we like it." Kumiko opened the doors. "As a high school teacher and as an Ooedo member, I'll take care of everything."
"Ojou!" Everyone except Grandpa and Shinohara-sensei cried.
I managed to sneak out the side without anyone seeing me and sat down in the grass next to the pond. Everyone is always focused on Kumiko. The only people that give me any notice are Grandpa, Kumiko, Minoru, and of course Kodi. Speaking of which, he walked up to me and lied down next to me. I scratched behind his ears as a bigger black wolf walked up and sat down next to me. This guy's name is Zaku. He's the main wolf of the Ooedo Group and looks after everyone. He's two years older than Kodi. Or in their years, fourteen years older. Zaku looked at me.
"Are you alright, Heisui?" he asked.
I nodded.
"I'm fine."
"You sure?" Kodi asked.
I nodded and looked at the pond.
"Plenty sure."
No, it's not what you're thinking. Zaku and Kodi can't talk, but I can understand them and only me. A while back, Zaku had bit me on my right shoulder and I have been able to understand him since. Kodi did the same in the same area and I have been able to understand him since then, too. I hold the mark of a black paw print on my right shoulder blade and a smaller red paw print in the middle of the black one. No one, not even Kumiko, know about the prints and the fact that I can understand the two wolves. There's also another secret I hold that no one knows about except for Kodi and Zaku, and possibly...Shin.
That's right. This is Heisui's home. These scoundrels are Heisui's family. Heisui is with the mob. Although Ojou is next in line to become the next kumicho, Heisui is much stronger than anyone here, seeing that she has been here her whole life. Their mother and father had passed away months after Heisui was born. Her grandfather had managed to take care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself, but he still watches over her and Ojou. Heisui goes to either kumicho or me for advice. Kodi is always there for her and is very loyal to her ever since she found him floating down a river in a small bag as a pup. He blames himself for not being there for Heisui one fateful day, when Heisui needed someone the most. A boy with black hair had come along and saved her, but disappeared shortly after he gave her his name. Heisui has been looking for that boy even since.
It was night now. Kumiko and I walked Shinohara-sensei to his car. I had to keep my disguise on while I was outside. Everyone that knows Kumiko thinks that she has a brother instead of a sister because I always looked like a guy as I grew up. That was fine by me. Whether people saw me as a guy or a chick didn't really matter much to me.
"Let the company or me, as the family lawyer, take care of the minor details. Work hard on your teaching. You accomplished your heart's desire to become a teacher."
Shinohara-sensei smiled at Kumiko, who held a lovey dovey look on her face.
"Shinohara-sensei," she said with blush on her face.
"See you. Work hard in school, Heisui-kun." Shinohara-sensei said - knowing that I prefer "-kun" instead of "-chan" - before he drove off.
Kumiko waved him off.
"Good-bye," she said.
"Shinohara-sensei!"
Kumiko and I looked back to see Minoru and Tetsu pretending to be Kumiko and Shinohara-sensei and making-out.
"Take me!" Minoru said, pretending to be Kumiko while Tetsu pretended to be Shinohara-sensei.
"Shinohara-sensei!"
Kumiko got an angry vein, but I laughed. Kumiko walked over and beat-up the two before she walked away, thinking about Shinohara-sensei.
"Work hard on your teaching, huh? I'm going to work hard," she said as she walked inside.
I rolled my eyes at Kumiko before I grabbed one of Minoru's arms and one of Tetsu's arms and dragged them inside to their rooms.
The next day came.
Kumiko and I were walking up the stairs to Class 2-4. I was now wearing the school uniform; dark greenish bluish pants with a matching button up shirt and a white short-sleeved shirt underneath. Luckily, the button shirt was big enough so that no one could tell if I had a girl's chest or not. Of course, I was still wearing my hat.
"Got it? Behind the school gym."
"You'd better come alone."
After climbing a set of stairs, we looked to see Kuma facing the wall. I looked up the stairs to see two seniors walk up.
/Seniors? What do they want with Kuma?/
"Kumai-kun? What are you doing, class is about to start." Kumiko said.
Kuma didn't move. Kumiko stood next to him.
"Hey! Did something happen?!" she asked.
"Shut up! This has nothing to do with you." Kuma said before he ran off.
Kumiko and I watched him disappear.
/Kuma... You've been called out for a fight, haven't you?/
Kumiko and I walked to class and walked inside. Everyone was doing their normal thing.
"Okay, everybody sit down." Kumiko said as she walked towards the desk and I walked towards mine.
Shin was missing again. I took my seat and looked at the blackboard to see these idiots put a picture of someone's naked upper body with Kumiko's head taped over the original. At the left, someone wrote 'Uncensored Nudity'. At the right, someone wrote 'First Public Meeting'. Under that, someone wrote 'Yankumi'.
/Idiots... They spelled the wrong "kai" for "koukai"... I wonder who thought up the nickname./
[Note: koukai means public presentation, but they wrote kai which means meeting.]
Kumiko stood in front of the picture.
"Wanna bet if she's gonna cry or get mad?" Minami asked Uchi from behind.
"All right. I'll bet she'll cry." Uchi said.
"Then I'll bet she'll get mad." Minami said.
He looked at me.
"Heisui, wanna bet, too?"
I glanced at them in my usual position.
"I only bet with money." I said.
"All right. How much?" Uchi asked.
"2300 yen." I said, taking out my money and set it down in front of me.
[Note: One American dollar equals approximately 115 yen. They bet 20 American dollars.]
"So what are you betting on?" Minami asked.
"I bet that she'll get all giddy over that nickname." I said.
"All right, you're on." Uchi said as he and Minami set 2300 yen in front of them.
Kumiko turned to us.
"Hey, what's Yankumi? Maybe it's about me?" she asked in that happy tone.
"Of course. Yamaguchi Kumiko, so Yankumi." A guy said, sitting behind a guy in a blue hat with a red N on it.
"Me! I thought of it!" he said, pointing to himself.
"Really?! My nickname?! How cute!" Kumiko said, hugging her book.
"Is it? You retarded?"
Minami and Uchi held wtf faces. I held out my hand.
"Pay up." I said, using my other hand to put my money away.
Uchi and Minami put their money in my hand. I pocketed the 4600 yen.
"I should of known better. You're her brother. I'm not making bets with you anymore." Uchi said.
"You never know what the outcome will be." I said.
"Man, she's really easygoing. Right, Kuma?" Minami asked Kuma, who was sitting diagonal from me.
Uchi and I looked at Kuma. He was thinking about something.
"Hey Kuma, what's wrong?" Uchi asked.
Kuma didn't answer.
/He's nervous about the fight. I better save his ass./
Class was over. Everyone went to do their own thing. I walked over to Kumiko.
"Kumiko, don't worry about Kuma." I said before I walked out the door and headed towards the gym.
- In the Teacher's Lounge
Kumiko's POV
Fujiyama-sensei laughed.
"This is great. It's a masterpiece," she said, holding the picture of me.
"Right?" I asked as I laughed with her.
"These tits are amazing." Fujiyama-sensei said as Principle walked by and glanced at the picture. He had a big nosebleed. We turned to him to see him holding his nose.
"Yamaguchi-sensei, I didn't know you had such material..." he said.
"Principle, that's a fake." Fujiyama-sensei said.
/Come on now. Normally, you'd notice, wouldn't you?/
"Yamaguchi-sensei."
I looked at the vice principle.
"Now don't let your having fun get in the way of work," he said, sitting behind a desk.
"Yes, sir." I said, turning back around.
"Sekiguchi-kun." Fujiyama-sensei said.
A boy was walking pass the window. Fujiyama-sensei stood.
"Are you okay now? Were you treated at the nurse's office?" she asked.
The boy only glanced at her before he continued walking. There was a bruise under his right eye.
"What happened?" I asked Fujiyama-sensei as she sat down.
"It seems like he was hit," she said.
Iwamoto-sensei backed up in his chair against mine.
"Sekiguchi, really? Isn't he the boss of Class Two?" he asked.
"That's right, but he won't tell me what happened." Fujiyama-sensei answered.
"Well, chikuru isn't something you do as a man." I said seriously.
[Note: Chikuruis Yakuza slang and means to tell on someone.]
"What?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"Chikuru?" Iwamoto-sensei asked.
I realized what I said.
"Oh, ah, well, that's a teacher's job to find out, right?" I asked with a hand behind my head and laughed nervously.
"It may be a senior." Eguchi-sensei said.
"A senior?" Fujiyama-sensei asked.
"Well, there's this Kudou guy who's really bad and was expelled last year. I hear that he's been sneaking into school and has been leading the seniors," he said.
"Are you talking about a shima arashi?" I asked seriously.
[Note: Shima arashi is the (hostile) takeover of another gang.]
"What?"
All three of them were looking at me. I realized what I said and rubbed the back of my head.
"Oh, nothing."
The vice principle walked up to us.
"Well, it's all right as long as it's only students beating up each other. If it should escalate, please report it," he said.
/What the...? Is that how you treat these cute students?/
My eyes widen when a thought crossed my mind.
"Behind the school gym."
"You'd better come alone."
I was about to stand, but then I remembered what Heisui told me.
"Kumiko, don't worry about Kuma."
I relaxed.
/Right... Heisui is with Kumai-kun.../
- Outside near the gym
Heisui's POV
I stopped running and leaned back against a wall. I peaked around the corner to see two guys with light purple hair and brown hair beating up Kuma. A guy with green hair was leaning against the wall with a cancer stick in his mouth.
"You're a junior and still so full of it. Come on! Get up!" Light Purple said.
I narrowed my eyes as the two stopped kicking Kuma.
"Kudou..."
The green haired guy looked at Kuma.
"You were expelled. Why did you come back?" Kuma asked weakly.
Kudou walked over and kneeled in front of Kuma. He took his cancer stick out of his mouth.
"After I left, you all started to lose respect for the seniors. And I couldn't let you get away with it. Well, to get a reputation... I can't show off if I can't rule a school or two. Don't you think so?" he asked.
I didn't want to show off completely unless necessary. I picked up a couple pebbles and threw one at Kudou, hitting him square in the forehead. He fell back. The other two looked at me.
"What the hell?!" Kudou yelled, sitting up.
Kuma looked back at me as well. I continued tossing up the remaining pebble in my hand.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?"I asked as Kudou stood.
"Who the hell are you?" Brown asked.
I didn't answer them. Kudou looked back at Kuma.
"Oh? Did you tell on us?" he asked.
"No!" Kuma answered.
"Leave Kuma alone." I said, taking a few steps forward, still tossing the pebble.
"Stay out of our business." Brown said as he went to throw a punch at me.
"Heisui, look out!" Kuma yelled.
Gripping the pebble, I held up my other hand and blocked Brown's fist. He stared at me with wide eyes. I didn't even move or flinch. I only kept my calm face. Gripping his fist, I pulled him forward and punched his gut. He coughed up blood as he fell over and became unconscious. Kudou and Light Purple stared at me. Kuma was also staring at me in amazement.
"Let's have some fun."
Shin's POV
I was lying down on a hill by the river with my hands behind my head and my eyes closed. I was relaxing when I heard my cell ring. It was Minami. I answered it and listened to him. I sat up.
"Kuma was...?"
"That's right. He was called out by the seniors."
I grabbed my backpack and ran towards the school.
"Where is he?"
"I don't know. He said he'd be fine alone. It's probably Kudou."
My eyes widen.
"This is bad, Shin. What should we do?"
"I'll be right there. You guys look for Kuma."
"Got it."
I hung up my phone and ran faster.
Heisui's POV
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Light Purple went to throw a punch at me.
I grabbed his oncoming fist and flipped him over me, slamming him hard on the ground so that he would fall unconscious. Kudou stared at me with wider eyes. I began tossing my pebble again as I approached him. He backed into the wall he was leaning against. I stood right in front of him and crushed the pebble in my hand before I let the rubble and dust fall to the ground, just to show-off a bit.
"Y-You..."
I grabbed Kudou's collar and got in his face.
"Don't lay a finger on my classmates."I said before I punched Kudou's gut hard enough to make him become unconscious.
I dropped him to the ground before I walked over to Kuma and helped him sit up.
"Are you alright?"I asked, leaning Kuma against a wall away from where the three were.
"Yeah... Heisui...how did you...?" Kuma asked.
"Forgive me, Kuma."
I karate chopped a certain area near Kuma's neck that made him unconscious, but also unaware of the last five minutes when he wakes up. I stood and gave a low, long whistle. Soon, Kodi came running towards me and stopped in front of me. I kneeled down to his level and put a hand on his head.
"Kodi, I need you to stay here and act like you took out these guys. They're behind the building." I whispered.
Kodi nodded and ran behind the building. I stood and hid behind another building as two people came running from the opposite side of the building. It was Minami and Uchi.
"Kuma!" Minami said.
He and Uchi ran and kneeled down next to Kuma.
"Are you all right, Kuma?!" The two asked.
I noticed Shin come running from where I was. He passed me without noticing me and kneeled down next to Kuma. Shin shook his shoulder.
"Hey, Kuma. Get a grip!" Shin said.
Kuma woke up. "Shin-chan."
Kuma suddenly looked alert and looked around.
"Kuma, what happened?" Minami asked.
"I can't remember… I was getting beaten up by Kudou and his gang, but I can't remember anything after that." Kuma answered as Uchi walked behind the building.
"What the hell is this? Shin, look at that. It's Kudou," he said.
"Eh? What happened? Who did this?" Kuma asked, not remembering me taking out the three.
Kodi stepped up to everyone.
"Kodi." Shin said.
"Who?" Uchi asked.
"Kodi. He's Heisui's wolf." Shin answered.
"Wolf?! He owns a wolf?!" Minami asked.
"I see, so Kodi came and helped me. Awesome." Kuma said.
"I see. Cool." Uchi said.
Shin had a doubtful look on his face.
/Shit... I should have put better thought into this, but I had no time./
Kodi sat in front of Shin and put a paw on his leg.
"Hey, don't investigate too much into this. I took care of these guys." Kodi said, knowing that no one can understand him as he looked up at Shin.
"What the hell?" Shin asked.
"Who knows?" Minami asked.
Kodi's eyes glanced past Shin and towards me. He was asking if I should meet him back at home. I gave him a nod before I walked out from the building and towards home without anyone noticing me. Just as I turned a corner, I glanced at everyone to see Shin looking at me.
/Crap.../
Keeping my calm face, I just continued walking and thought about Shin.
/Shin... Shin... That name is so familiar.../
I closed my eyes and imagined Shin's face to compare it with another. My eyes widen and I stopped in my tracks.
/Shin... It was you... It was you that saved me all those years ago.../
Nakigoe agete (Everybody cries...)
Hito wa mina umareru no (when being born)
Kono yo de seou (It's because life in this world is burdened with...)
Ikue no kanashimi ya (repeated sadness...)
Kokoro no itami (and distress,)
Tsurai kara (bringing bitterness to everybody.)
Hitori de furueru hibi wa (The days I trembled alone...)
Watashi no ryoute ga hakikirenai wa (cannot be swept away by my hands.)
Kewashii yama wa onoremichi (Even if my fate looks like leading to a steep mountain,)
Furikaerazu ni susume (I will keep going forward, never looking back.)
~ PREVIEW
Kodi: I'm so happy. Heisui is doing great at her high school and already making new friends, I think... What? Heisui's in a duel? It must have been Shin that called her out. Next time: "Duel! Shin vs. Heisui." What? Shin's the one that saved her? Are you going to tell him, Heisui?
Author's Note: I'm not entirely sure how the money system works. I read in a Saiyuki manga that one American dollar equals 115 yen. If anyone knows what it truly is, please let me know.