Hey yowh fanfic readers! Again I'll say that it's me Step824's cousin. I'll be using her account since I'm too lazy to make a new one for myself. :D
Ok so here I am trying to write a new story when I can't even finish my old ones! Darn! Well, blame it all to the romantic books I've been reading, they gave me too much ideas on new stories.
I'll stop talking now so you can read my precious story, haha!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Prince of Tennis or the characters there, for if I do, I'll give Shishido a love affair! XD
"Bang la di! Ooh la ba ni man ku ni ya! Bang la di!" Ai watched the old lady in ragged clothes pray over her grandmother lying on the bed. The said old lady with messed up jet black hair that almost reached the floor was kneeling on the ground and was chanting some words Ai didn't know even existed on the face of the earth.
Ai looked at her right only to see her mother praying so hard with her eyes shut close. She shook her head side by side. With her grandmother sick for almost three weeks now, her mother didn't had a choice but to call Lala, as what the people on their village call her, to cure their grandmother. Ai didn't like the idea but she was persuaded by her mother since their hard headed grandma wouldn't want anyone to cure her except for the so-called Lala.
"Buma! Buma! Buma!" Ai sighed out loud as Lala put some herb on the forehead of the sick one as if that was the only medicine her grandmother needed. A few moments of silent passed with Lala only kneeling in front of her grandma.
If Granny don't get any better I'll show that Lala what real medicine is.
They live in a small village far from civilization, near who knows what mountain it is over the rainbow. See? People don't even know the name of their place. Who knows if someone even knows the existence of their place?
"Lala! How is she?" Ai's mother quickly talked to the old lady as soon as she stood up from kneeling. She saw the rinkles on her face were deeper than it is, she was wearing a frown. Does that mean something happened to her Granny?
"I can't cure her yet. I need one more thing to continue the ritual." Ai saw Lala looked at her, as if she was the one who could only save her Granny. Her eyes never left Lala as she approached her. Lala was the first one to speak.
"I need you to get something for me." A small paper was given to her and as she looked at it more, she noticed it wasn't a just a simple paper, but rather a photograph. Ai looked at the image and then raised an eyebrow at the old woman.
"A duck? We have a lot of ducks here."
"It's not just a simple duck Ai, you need to find a duck that looks exactly like it. And there is only one place for you to go in order to find it. Tokyo." Ai looked at Lala as if she had just grown another eye. Perhaps finding a duck would be okay but going as far as Tokyo only to find a creature with feathers but wouldn't fly could be called as crazy! Ai was about to protest when her mother pleaded in front of her. There is definitely wrong with the people on her village! If only she knew how to cure her own Granny.
"Fine!" She gave in at last.
"Thank you! Thank you Ai! I know you wouldn't let us down!" frowning, she touched her forehead for the migraine she was getting.
"Mom! Let go if you still want me to be able to go to that town alive!"
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"Freaking duck!" Looking around, she shouted in frustration. It had been three hours since she got to Tokyo and all she could see were tall things made up of bricks with lights from them, a metal with wheels underneath that only beep at her when she got on their way and people who were so dressed up as if their life will depend on how they look. To make the story short, Ai didn't like the ambiance of the city. It was too crowded and noisy. People were always on the rush and don't even have a care if they were hurting others on the way.
In addition to that, she couldn't even see any kind of the duck anywhere! She doesn't even know where to start looking! She was unfamiliar of the place.
"Oh duck, where are you?" she could only sigh and sit on the cemented floor, feeling like giving up. People were looking at her but she didn't care. She was tired that's all. Maybe out of miracle, the duck would just appear on a corner and approach her. Then they could live happily ever after! Now she sounds like crazy!
"Kya! Oh my God! Have you seen him?" Ai looked at her right and saw a girl which of her age jumping up and down.
"Yeah I did! Kyaaaaa! He's so handsome!"
"Stop it will you! He's mine now!"
"Oh come on! I can share him to you if you want! Now let's go! I heard he was still there!" Ai watched the scene of the loud mouthed girls play out. She can't believe such girls exist. It was the first time she saw girls act like that. Girls in their village were so conservative and gentle; it was even hard to hear their voices.
Her eyes followed the two girls ran and stopped. They joined the crowd of girls who could almost beat the long necks of giraffes. They were all on their tip toes and were trying to see something she couldn't see as well.
Standing up, Ai decided to see what Tokyo town girls made them that way. Maybe if she knew, she'll somehow understand them. Ai walked nearer and tip toed as well. With the height of the girls in front of her, even tip toeing was not enough.
"What the hell am I doing?" Ai was about to give up when another girl roughly pushed her way through the crowds; earning her a glare from the others. Out of the way the girl had made, Ai caught a small vision of the scene, a boy with blue cap, a girl in French braid and a duck. Yeah that was all. The girls in Tokyo were getting oh so crazy because of that? What was so important of that? It was just a boy with a duck that looked exactly like the one she needed. Tsk. How pathetic.
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After being frozen on her spot, her body acted on its own as it made its way through the crowd of shrieking girls. Some glared, some cursed while some just gave her space for they saw the panic on her face, too bad she didn't had the time to thank them.
Reaching the front, she saw all too well the appearance of the duck. She just couldn't decipher if it was really a duck or goose. Ai put the distracting thoughts behind and chased over it. She could hear some cursing and some laughing but Ai could careless. Her grandmother's life depended on the creature and being embarrassed right now could only make her mission fail.
"Aaaah!" She shouted as the duck that look more like a goose tried to jump out of her grasp. Yup, after a few minutes, she finally caught in and she smiled as she pat the head of the animal on her arms. Who knew she had a talent for chasing animals? At last her Granny could be completely cured!
She was about to get out of the place when she heard a loud shout that could almost be heard up to their village. Ai searched for the location of the shout and was surprised that the person owning it was just behind her.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING LADY? You ruined our scene!" it was a man in his mid-40's who might seem to be in a run way fashion show because of his attire. Ai flinched as she looked at the expression of the guy; he looked like he could eat her any minute now.
"Well, I-I…" the hard glares the man gave her made her stutter. She hugged the animal in her hands and looked around. That was when realization hit her.
Her eyes were as wide as saucers as she looked around her. Everyone was looking at her, some metal things with lenses where set up and some men where as pissed as the one before as they arranged some props around her. Looks like she came in such a bad time.
"Damn! That girl had to ruin everything! Now we have to start all over again!"
"Calm down Joe! It was just a small stunt."
"Small stunt? YOU CALL THAT SMALL STUNT! I ALMOST KILLED MYSLEF JUST TO GET SHISHIDO ON THAT SCENE! WHO KNOWS IF THAT GUY WOULD DO IT AGAIN?" Ai watched as another man came to calm the now on fire director of the scene. She doesn't know what was happening but she knew she'll be punished with what she did.
Heaven! Please be kind with my Granny and let this duck reach her in time! She prayed on her mind her last will and testament. If she can even escape this mess, she promised to be kind and to never steal his brother's books again.
"But Shishido-san will never do that stunt again!" Ai could still hear their argument. She could hear another person in the conversation but couldn't see who for they were blocking her vision. But even though, she still watched them intently, or should I say, listen intently. For who knows if they were already planning on sending her to the other side of the world.
"Shishido please! This our last request from you!"
"Fine I'll do it! Again I'll say, this is the last!" And the boy finally revealed his face to her as he walked away and met her gaze.
Everything seemed to stop; people's voices seemed to just become an echo. He was staring at her with those cold eyes, but no matter how cold they were, Ai couldn't stop staring at them. It carried the charisma no one ever knew existed. She looked at every angle of his face; everything about him just seemed to be perfect. Ai's heart seemed to race, she couldn't believe she just saw a God came down from heaven. And with the sun's rays shining down on him, it just made the picture of him as a God so seem so real.
She had pitied the creature on her arms; she was hugging too tight by now. It was the only way for her to stop the tsunami of emotions inside her. She made a mental mote to thank the duck in her arms and to feed it everyday in case it can escape Lala's evil plans. Ai would make its life comfortable for it was a blessing in disguise to her.
DONE! I know! I know! It's weird! No need to state the obvious! But, that was just who I am. WEIRDO.
Don't worry, it was just for the beginning of the story, it would be more normal in the future! I hope someone will review. *sigh*