A shrill alarm rang through the air before a hand slammed down on the cause. Akito Hayama yawned as brushed his golden hair away from his eyes. He groaned and rose, searching for his sneakers. After 6 tiring minutes, he found them under his desk, under an enormous pile of homework, none of which looked done. He put them on, slipping a sweatshirt on, before running out of the room and leaving the house to go jogging. And so began his normal boring routine before school.
"Akito-kun!" A voice yelled. A moment later, a black haired boy with glasses came up beside Akito, a young brunette accompanying him.
"Hn? Morning Tsuyoshi, Aya." He muttered, his eyes drooping.
"Are you alright, Hayama-kun?" Aya asked, concerned for her boyfriend's best friend. Before Akito got a chance to answer, however, an unclear figure came running toward them, screaming with a voice that blew out their eardrums. Sana Kurata, the child celebrity, had arrived and was rushing through the school in fear of being late. As she came by, Akito grabbed her arm in an attempt to stop her and succeeded after being dragged many feet away by the hyperactive teen.
"Hayama?" She looked at him, confused. "Why are you just standing there? We're gonna be late!" She screamed.
"Um, Sana?" Tsuyoshi asked, hesitantly. "You're not late."
"Wha?" Sana looked at him as if he was the most ludicrous thing on earth.
"You're early, dummy." Akito said from her side. "Ow." He moaned as her ever-present hammer connected with his skull.
"Dummy, huh?" She asked, threateningly, brandishing her red hammer. A loud ringing rang out over the field. Sana and Akito were to busy fighting to notice it and only stopped when Aya said they would be late, at which Sana let out a blood curdling yell and ran toward the school building, Akito flailing around behind her, unable to free himself of her death grip. They reached the classroom just in time and plopped into their seats right as Sengoku-sensei walked in. (For the sake of the story, all o' the gang is gonna be in class 1-1 with Sengoku.)
"Silence!" He bellowed. "Yunchi! Pass out the tests. Now!" He ordered. The said boy scrambled up to fulfill the order as fast as he could. When he was about halfway through the stack, a loud gasp sounded from the female population as Hayama's head came down with a 'thunk' on top of his test.
"Did he really do that bad?" One of the boys questioned. Te one nearest him took it and held it up. "Nope. A 97. Wow. That was a hard test, too."
Tsuyoshi sweat dropped and bent over his friend. "He's asleep." He said. The class fell anime style.
"Asleep?" Sana repeated, an aggravated tone showing in her voice.
Sengoku-sensei smacked him on the head with a book, waking him up. "Take him to the clinic." He told Tsuyoshi.
"Yes sir." Tsuyoshi nodded and helped support the groggy Akito out the door.
During break, Sana, Aya, and Fuka all came to see what had happened in class.
"Akito? Is he awake?" Sana asked Tsuyoshi, who shook his head.
Silence… "Well, let's not just sit here." Fuka leaped up. "He may never wake up." She whapped him on the head with her fan a woke him.
"So…" Sana started.
"Where am I?" Akito asked.
"Uh –sweat drop- The clinic." Tsuyoshi answered. "You fell asleep in class."
"Oh."
"Oh? That's all you have to say?" Sana asked, veins popping. "How 'bout telling us why you're so damn tired?"
"Yeah, Aki." Fuka joined in. "You're always so tired."
"If your morning training does this, maybe you should lay off a little." Tsuyoshi suggested.
"It's not the training." Akito said, quietly. No, the training wasn't a problem. The problem was- a loud jingle interrupted his thoughts. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and answered without bothering to check who was calling. "What do you want?" He demanded into the phone. His friends sweat dropped.
'Nice way to answer' They all thought.
"Yo." A female voice rang out from the phone. Akito closed his eyes.
"What. Do. You. Want?" He demanded through gritted teeth.
"Ha ha. I just called to confirm my last call. Didn't really expect you to pick up though. You ditchin' class or somethin'?" The girl on the other line laughed. Akito looked ticked off. Tsuyoshi looked like he was trying to concentrate on something. Aya looked confused. And Fuka and Sana just looked clueless.
"Whatever." Akito responded and hung up to the girls laughing voice.
"Akito!" Fuka hit him with her fan. "How can you be so mean? You can't just hang up on people like that!"
"Why not?" Akito asked. "I don't wanna talk to her right now." He said.
"You-" Fuka began, but Tsuyoshi's exclamation of "I got it!" cut her off.
"Got what?" They all asked, except for Akito who merely looked at him.
"That girl?" He asked. "What was her name?"
"Huh!" The girls asked, even more confused.
"Iziyo." Akito replied. Sana flinched. Fuka only frowned.
"Uh… last name?" Tsuyoshi asked, sweat drops forming. Akito shrugged. They all fell.
"Wha? How can you not know her last name?" Fuka demanded.
He shrugged again. "There're too many. Who knows which one she goes by anymore."
0o "What the hell does that mean?" Fuka asked. When Akito didn't reply, she got ready to hit him really hard, but forgot about it when Aya asked Sana if she was alright. She looked over and gasped when she saw the blank look on Sana's face.
"Sana?" She asked, panic clear in her voice. Akito looked at her silently and let no one see the fear in his eyes. "Kurata?" He muttered quietly.
"Sana? Sana! What's wrong with you?" Aya shook her friends shoulders but only got silence.
"Sana?" Tsuyoshi bent over her. "Sana, what's wrong?" It was silent for a while as they all looked at their friend's lifeless face.
"Nothing." She whispered, barely audible, "I'm fine."
"Fine?" Fuka looked at her, disbelievingly. "You're not fine. Now what's wrong?"
"I said I'm fine!" Sana said, forcefully, before running off.
"What's her problem?" Akito asked, receiving glares from the others. They sighed. They didn't know what was wrong, but they were all sure of one thing: it was all Akito's fault.
So, what do ya think? Any good so far? Review with all your comments and complaints please. Oh, and I do not own Kodocha. I do, however, own the new character that's coming in. Hope you liked it.