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All characters belongs to Masami Kurumada / Toei Animation
Based in a true story... no, jk. Based in a dream I had + an AU I enjoy a lot. I must say I tried to make a little drabble about Jabu and his friends who doesn't have too much spot, but I finished with more than one chapter. Don't know exactly when I will finish the other ones but hope you enjoy this.
Note: English isn't my first language so I'm sorry if some words doesn't make sense/aren't the correct. But I'm always open to fix them.
ENJOY!
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Every day, the café opened its doors very early and closed almost at ten pm. It was known to be the best café in the whole neighbourhood, to have the most delicious coffee and the perfect carrot cake and some irresistible strawberry shortcake, without even talking about the cheap and warm soup for students and the big soda glasses someone could buy with a gigantic hamburger just showing the ID of the school. It was a perfect place for young people and old ones that decided to have a calm breakfast. The problem was that for a whole day was closed and now that was open again, was full of people who wished for a piece of cake or a delicious soup the other day and couldn't satisfy their desire in that moment. But even so the doors was still close and in the garden in front of the "Second House", name of the café, was all the people around.
The owner of the café, a Brazilian guy called Aldebaran, was holding some weird stove at one side of the garden that belongs still to him. It had a big pan on it, almost all the stove around and he was connecting the gas to it to turn it on and smile. At his side was a known client, a lawyer called Murice but everyone knew him as Mu. He was just helping to his friend.
"Is it working?" he asked seeing the pan and placing his hand close to it.
"Yes, it must be hot in some minutes." Aldebaran smiled. "This will be great…" he saw his clock. "I hope they arrive in time."
"What's that?" someone asked.
"Oh, this? Well, the reason why yesterday was closed." He answered seeing more people arriving. "Sorry if it is too quickly, I just knew yesterday, but an important company wants us to help them to collect money for an orphanage close to here." He explained as Mu moved quickly to receive someone else. "So, today we will be selling homemade crêpes, cappuccinos and chai, and all the money will go there. Every single coin."
A lot of people smiled, they liked the idea and trust on Aldebaran to know it would be like he said. And around all that people were some students of the University that were spending their Saturday with friends and their couples.
"Ah, I know what I want to eat." Smiled one of the five guys that were entering to the café. "If that helps then I will order twice."
"Ban, you always order twice." Nachi said with a smile. "But I get it, I think I will ask some too. What do you think Jabu?"
"Nah, I don't like so much sweet things in the morning."
The five friends decided to sit in one of the tables in the garden. Even if the café wasn't open yet, it was normal to see people taking a sit and waiting patiently. But now was different. Suddenly the lawyer entered with a plastic ball full of new menus, and in the entrance of the garden another known client was holding a kind of big canvas.
"Agora, help me with this." Shaka said as he give it to one of his nephews. "And, hunny, could you please help him?"
Inside a beautiful blue car, a yell could be heard. Jabu and his friends give a step towards to see who was doing that noise. But with that deep voice, they could knew who was. One of the students in the University and a known guitar player of the rock band called "Wings".
"I had tell you, don't call me like that, Shaka." The young man go out with a box. "And I will not help him, I didn't come here to help him."
"C'mon, Ikki." Shaka said a bit serious. "I need to go for my niece before it gets too late."
"You should let her use the bus for once in her life. It is not like she will have any sickness because of it, you know?"
"Are you going to help to Agora or not?"
Ikki just crossed his arms in front of his boyfriend and smiled. But before he could answer as always, someone began to whistle at him. He turned a bit angry, or better say, really angry.
"Having marital problems?" Jabu yelled.
"Shut up, you asshole." Ikki sighed and moved to the entrance to be close to Agora. "Move fast, I still need to go for my friend."
"You should let him use the bus for once, hunny." Shaka smiled as he pulled out the keys of his car from Ikki's pocket. "Thank you. And please, don't forgot in send me Seiya's cell phone. I need to call him to give him the fliers about the event. I promise you, I will be here in less than twenty minutes."
Ikki didn't answer and move fast as he could to be in the top of the bard that was the entrance to the café. Agora throw the canvas to show a big sign. The big words said "ONE CRÊPE FOR THE KIDS!" and it was about the event that was happening that day. Mu smiled being in the outside and realized a lot of people look interested, plus more people for sure would arrive because the fliers.
"Hey, Ikki."
"What the fuck do you need?"
"Oh, damn, someone woke up in a terrible mood." Mu said without being so surprised. "Anyway, I think we will need to ask some help. What do you think, Aldebaran?"
The owner was moving as well at his side and saw the big sign to smile. When Ikki jumped at his side, he just gave him a big hit in the back as Agora come close… to do the same to the young Ikki.
"Ah, it looks great! I knew Shaka would do this job perfectly."
"The best graphic designer in the city." Smiled Agora.
"I wasn't talking about it." Mu said seeing them so happy. "There will be a lot of people and you don't have lot of waitresses here."
Aldebaran was quiet now. In less than ten minutes the café would be open and he had just his wife helping in the counter and a girl called June who was the waitress.
"Damn, I don't think Europa has someone around who can help."
Suddenly Ikki smiled.
"I think Shiryu can help, at least his girlfriend because he has some work today. Just give me ten minutes and… I will bring you two waitresses."
As all of this was happening, everyone trying to help around, Jabu and his friends were listen carefully as Aldebaran's wife, a beautiful woman from the countryside, was taking some ingredients out of the café to place them in a table alongside the special stove for the crepes.
Ichi was asking who could be doing this, even if the answer was quite simple. Everyone around, specially Jabu, knew about the richest family in Japan and one of the most important around the world. The Kido Family was known for not just earn big quantities of money but too use it to help people around. It wasn't the old Kido who decided to do that, but his granddaughter Saori who, after so much time being just a spoiled girl, began to change and help others. But she change her point of view, because was still being a rich diva. Jabu knew her well, because his parents were workers in a Kido company and once in a while he played with her as children.
"Do you think she is doing this?" asked Geki. "Then I bet she will bring the best chefs or something. She always do big things."
"Indeed, the last time she did a big party with Greek thematic in the University." Commented Ban who began to play with the sugar that was in the table. "I guess she woke up yesterday in the morning with the idea and now… this." He moved his hand to point the announcement and how Europa was still moving from one side to another.
"You know what would be funny?" Nachi hit softly to Ban with his elbow. "That herself appears today to do the crêpes. That would be something amazing."
Some of them laughed but stopped when a lot of people began to enter to the café. They wasn't costumers but looked like people who would help around. They leave boxes of ingredients, other group entered to the café and some went out immediately to give the new menus to the costumers. The five guys placed their attention in the menu, were only crêpes. Salty, sweet, exotic flavours, for kids, with wine for adults and even jumbo or tiny ones.
"See, Jabu?" Geki smiled. "You can ask one crêpe with beacon and some eggs."
"Doesn't sound so good." Jabu said with a disgusted face. Wasn't supposed to be the crêpes with a sweet flavour? "But maybe I should… let's help in any way."
Now they didn't mind the other people going inside and out from the café. Even Europa and June were in the entrance just seeing them pass without knowing what to do. Just in a moment when a big guy was in front of their table.
Ban noticed who was and asked what happened. Agora was a bit worried and was holding a green apron in his hand, a tiny one to be for him.
"Ah… Ban." He turned just to smile, but in a second turned to the café again as if he was looking for someone. "Had you seeing my sister? She was very angry with our uncle and run to the café."
"No, I don't…"
"Do you have a sister?" asked Ichi. "I didn't know that."
"Yes. But… ah?"
The guys turned to see how Europa was smiling and making some movements with her hands to let him know someone was inside looking for him. Agora smiled and thanked to the guys and run to the entrance alongside some people.
Again alone, the five of them decided to keep talking about the crêpes but Nachi was still asking to Ban about that sister that Agora was talking about. Ban decided just explain that, Agora had an older sister that lived in India but too had a younger one that came with him to study in the University as well. Their uncle was Shaka, something kind of weird for a lot of people because was only six years of difference between them. Still, Agora was very respectful and always called him uncle.
But suddenly, as he was explaining, they saw a three clients alongside two other students. And indeed they were a bit nervous to say something stupid, after all those three were not just teachers in the University, but three of the most important ones. The first one, Shion, wasn't just the History teacher but the director of the whole University. His friend Dohko was the Chinese and well known to be the one who helped the students in almost everything they needed. Those two were the oldest of the University, and at their side was the French and Old Literature teacher, Camus.
"Ah this is going to be great, we should come back later." Smiled Dohko to Shion. "Hey, guys! How are you?" he waved his hand to Jabu and even to other students that were sit in other table.
As always, he was happy, very different to the other serious ones. But Camus was somehow angry, as he placed his hand in his student and pushed him slightly.
"Hyoga, I hope you didn't spend all night playing your guitar or talking with Ikki."
The young student sighed as he removed Camus' hand of his shoulder. He looked tired, but anyway moved to take his hair in a ponytail.
"I forgot was today, ok? Sorry. Jeez, I know my responsibilities."
"You just told me you forgot was today." Camus sighed. "Anyway. Your mother told me that if you want that motorcycle you need to earn the money. I will pay you if you help in this."
"Just don't say it loudly." Dohko interrupted. "It is a non-profit event, you can't say that."
"C'est vraie." Camus said. "But well, Hyoga, you know that. And I don't want to know you went just to talk with your friends."
Hyoga, almost as was his son, nodded and moved to talk with Europa and June. Meanwhile, a beautiful girl walked alongside Ikki, who didn't wait to run and hug in a very violent way to Hyoga. The young lady laughed because this and came close to Dohko.
"Good morning, mister Shion, mister Camus." She smiled.
"Shunrei, is a pleasure to see you again." Shion said giving his hand. "Are you here to eat too?"
"No." she answered with a proud air around. "Ikki asked me if I could help Aldebaran in the event and of course I will."
"That's my daughter!" Dohko smiled to hug her. "Well, see you later, my girl. I will come back to eat and help some people. Right, Shion?" his friend smiled and they three say goodbye to Shunrei.
He was just twenty five years old when his old brother died leaving a little girl. He didn't care what other people said or thought, for him Shunrei was his daughter.
"Indeed will be big." Geki said to himself, but his friend could heard him. "Even those two will be helping. And you know that seeing Hyoga doing something else but playing in his bad is something really serious."
"Or Shunrei outside the tea house." Continued Ichi.
While they began again their talk, some other things happened in the background. Hyoga was now wearing an apron and a weird hat and was listen to Europa about some ingredients, June was explaining some things to June about being a waitress in that place and even heard some feminine yells inside the kitchen. Indeed they were worried, looked like a woman was really angry. But something else took their attention.
In the entrance of the café, just in front of the garden and in front of Shaka's car, was a beautiful Bentley. A man that everyone knew as Tatsumi moved quickly to open the door of the passenger. Everyone sighed and were surprised to see the young Kido girl going outside. She was wearing some jeans and high heels that went well with her white blouse.
"Well, time to cook." She said to then smile and walk to the entrance of the café where Aldebaran was waiting for her. "Thank you so much, mister. I really appreciate you let us do this."
"No, thank you for choosing my café." He then pointed the stove. "Here is, everything ready for the chefs who will work on this." Aldebaran saw Hyoga being close so he placed his hand in Hyoga's neck in a friendly way to pull him close. "He will help with the crêpes, he says he knows how to cook. His name is Hyoga."
For a second, Saori was more than serious. Indeed they knew each other. Ikki, his best friend, was just a pain in the ass to Saori since their band was so famous around. Once she asked them to be part of a concert, she tried to organize everything but Ikki took control without even ask and organized all. It was a tremendous success but Saori was really angry still. And now this… but that wasn't the worst.
"Well, just one thing, Hyoga." She said still serious. "I'm the chef, you only help."
"You are the chef?" he asked.
"You are the chef, lady?" Aldebaran asked too in the same time.
"Is she really going to be the chef?" Jabu was astonished.
"No way, is she going to be the chef?" Mu and Shaka said in the same time.
"Please don't make me laugh!" Ikki began to laugh and lay on Shaka' shoulder. "Oh, darling, we need to come back to see the terrible fail she will do."
The rock star moved where Hyoga and Saori were and just pat their both backs.
"Please, don't go." Hyoga said a bit surprised.
"I have better things to do with Shaka. But I will come back later." He then turned to see Saori. "Good luck… Paris Hilton."
"Good luck, asshole."
Ikki just got serious and pushed slowly to his friend to move outside. He and Shaka were talking about something but was not easy to hear now. They both and Mu get into the car to move on, as Saori was giving her smile to the people and saw that people who was inside the restaurant.
"I'm glad so many people is here and sorry for the delay. But right now in this moment, the event begins!" she was indeed happy and the people began to clap as she took a purple apron from Tatsumi's hands. "The waitresses will take your order now."
In the moment she said that and moved one side form the door alongside Hyoga, four girls went outside. Europe, who normally was in the counter, now was helping inside the restaurant as a waitress alongside June. Outside everyone recognized Shunrei with a big smile.
Jabu and his friends were seeing around. They still couldn't believe Saori was preparing some ingredients. The richest girl in whole Japan was there, cooking for them. They were totally now ready to order some crêpes. But the other waitress was talking with Agora, he looked a bit worried but suddenly smiled and received a hug and kiss in the cheek. He run inside because looked like he was going to be the cashier that day.
"Oh well, I'm happy I came here with you guys." Jabu said taking a comfortable pose in the chair and seeing the menu. "And I must admit those girls looks cute."
All of them were with a white shirt that had the logo of the café and the logo of Kido's company and a skirt of different colours. Europa's was gold, June's blue, Shunrei's red and…
"Do you know what to order, darling?"
Jabu almost fall from the chair when his eyes caught those beautiful legs in the green skirt. The other guys blushed because recognized the girl. Big blue eyes, her curly hair in a ponytail and always talking and moving in a cute but seductive way. She was smiling and her lips were glowing as well her long eyelashes were giving more beauty to her face.
"C'mon guys! Let's help those little kids!" she smiled placing a V sign with her fingers on her cheek and lifted up a leg. "And please…" suddenly she was serious. "Don't make me waste my time."
"She is Agora' sister." Ban said, the only one who wasn't blushing or being perplex. "I told you guys, this will be a great day."
And indeed, that day will be full of surprises.