Enjoy one of my favorite fanfics! -Chevi-chan
Rival Schools Fanfic-Akira In Love
Written By Chevi-Chan
~Of All The Times To Act Like A Girl~
It was a bright summer day. The sun glared into Akira's eyes as she wiped her face from the perspiration, getting grease all over her. Edge and Gan sat close by, playing a game of Go, watching Akira tune-up her motorcycle.
"Why don't we go find Daigo. It'd be more fun than sitting around, ne Akira-San?" Akira stood up and threw her wrench at Edge.
"You can wait, right?! Baka..." Gan laughed at Edge.
"You know Edge, he can't ever wait for anything...AH HA HA HA HA!!!"
A shadowed figure appeared behind Gan. Akira ran up to him. Daigo arrived.
"Big brother!!!"
"Yo, Akira...Edge, Gan. Sorry for being a little late."
Edge smirked and turned the other way.
"What's with him?" Daigo asked, looking at Edge pouting to himself.
"Oh, that baka? Nothing." Akira replied, hitting Edge in the back.
They all sat down for lunch.
"I brought you guys some snacks." Gan oogled the delicious aroma, not stopping himself from grabbing it all for himself. Akira smacked his hand.
"Gan?"
"Sorry Akira-San."
Edge got up and started to trot off. Akira came up behind him and yanked on his hair, dragging him back to his spot.
"Oh no you don't..."
"Hmph..."
Akira laughed with the others as they sat on the floor of the Auto Shop, not paying attention to anything else going on around them. When they had finished, Daigo brought Gan and Edge along with him to take care of some business on campus. Akira decided to test out her motorcycle.
"Okay, time to ride!!!"
The engine of her motorcycle reved up high, and screeched as it left the garage doors. She could feel the wind press against her and she enjoyed herself. She took a turn to go under the bridge, and looked at the water to her right. Not paying any attention, a young man walked in front of her. Akira turned her head back to the road and saw him straight ahead. She tried to avoid him, but the bike forced her off, flying her into the guy, while her bike skid across the dirt. She smacked him dead on.
"Whoa, I'm really sorry...are you okay?"
He was a little dazy, his forehead slightly bleeding from the impact. Akira immediately noticed it. She took her helmet off.
"Oh my gosh...I didn't mean...oh."
Akira took out a hankerchief and wrapped it around his head to avoid the blood from getting all over his face. She examined him carefully while doing this, seeing two books beside him on the ground and noticing his silky, long hair as she felt it against her hand. When she had finished, she shook him a little to bring him back to conciousness.
"Hey, hey! Wake up! C'mon now!"
He began to fidget a little, then opened his eyes.
"Wha...what happened...?"
"Umm...well, are you okay?"
The guy looked around a little, then noticed the helmet at Akira's side and immediately remembered what happened.
"Of course I'm not okay! You just slammed me onto the ground! Why don't you pay attention to where you're going!"
He stood up off the ground and dusted himself off. Akira handed him his books back.
"Here..."
He snatched them from her hands, then felt the handkerchief around his head.
"You were bleeding a little bit."
"Oh...thanks..."
He turned around and began to walk away. Akira noticed his arm had a bad scrape on it, and she ran up to him.
"Hey wait a sec! You're arm is bleeding! Let me take care of it."
He looks at his arm, then walks as he was.
"I can handle it."
"No you can't! Let me patch it up."
"I said I can handle it...don't you think you should get your bike and go home like a good little girl?"
Akira puffed her face up, looked behind her, then ran to her motorcycle and got on, catching up to the guy who obviously didn't want anymore of her help.
"Hey...at least come with me so that I can give you a proper bandage instead of that rag."
He looked at Akira, then decided to follow her.
"Fine, if that'll make you leave me alone."
"Good, we'll go to my school and I'll take care of ya."
"..."
Inside the school, it was actually a little quieter than it's usual loud voices.
"Here...follow me."
"I know my way around, don't pull me."
They entered the Nurse's Office, which had a male nurse...seeing as females don't survive in Gedo.
"Mr. Garao isn't in today...some guys smacked him in the face a few days ago..."
"Oh..."
"Well, here."
Akira unbandaged his head and re-wrapped it after washing the blood off.
"Hold on, you're not leaving yet!"
Akira wrapped some bandages around his arm with the scrape, and taped it tight.
"Okay, there you go..."
"Thanks, kiddo!"
The guy patted her on the head, then turned to the doorway and began to walk off, waving his hand behind him.
"Maybe I'll see ya around sometime."
Akira watched as he walked out the door.
"Ki...kiddo...? Why that...!!! Hey, come back here!!!"
Akira ran out the door and pulled him back.
"Hey, what?"
"I am not a kid!"
"Oh...?"
"I am Akira Kazama, sister of Daigo, gang leader of Gedo High!"
The guy paused, seeing the mistake he had made.
"Whoa, hold on a sec! You're Daigo Kazama's little sister?!"
Akira gave him a bad look.
"Okay, not little..."
"Who are you anyway?"
"Asamu Yudachi...and you're the infamous Akira? I should have recognized you from the look of your motorcycle and skull emblem helmet."
"You mean...you really didn't recognize me?"
"What? Was I supposed to?"
"Everyone around campus knows who I am..." Said Akira proudly.
"Well, I've never seen you at this school, only heard of you."
"Do...do you go here?"
"Yeah, I'm a senior."
"Whoa!!! I've never seen you around this school! And I swear I've seen everyone, cause they're always hanging around my brother."
"Well, I used to..."
Asamu started walking away again.
"Hey, do you think I'll see you around?"
"Yeah..."
Akira watched as he walked down the hall.
"Allright, see ya..."
Akira went back to the Auto Shop and washed off her motorcycle. Edge and Gan arrived, bringing a box with them.
"What's in the box, guys?"
"Heh, some tools and junk for the shop. Here ya go...oof!" Edge dropped the box on his foot.
"YAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Akira and Gan just laughed while Edge ran like crazy around the shop.
"Here...I got it Edge."
"Thanks Akira...oww..."
"No prob..." Akira smiled serenely.
Edge and Gan watched as Akira carried the box to the corner, then walked over to her motorcycle and shined it up, humming a tune.
"Um...we're going back to Daigo now..."
"Bye then..." And she went on humming.
As Edge and Gan exited the Auto Shop, they pulled eachother to the side.
"Akira's never hummed...has she?"
"Not that I know of...I've never heard her hum like that before."
"Something's weird here..." Edge contemplated. Gan laughed out loud.
"Aw, Akira is probably just havin' a really good day, that's all! Now c'mon!" Gan pushed Edge and they went on their way.
Meanwhile, Asamu sat by a tree on campus. He was deeply reading a book, but stayed on the same pages for a long while. He shut the book and put it aside.
"Man...I just can't concentrate on the story...I just forgot what I read...what's wrong with me?"
He got up and leaned against the tree trunk, holding the book under his arm. He noticed a shadow next to him...he turned to find Akira.
"Whoa...what're you doing here?" Akira asked.
"I was reading a book."
"What kind of book?"
"You wouldn't be interested."
Akira smirked and tried to grab the book from his hands.
"Hey, let go!"
"Aw, c'mon Asamu!!!"
Asamu held the book up high and pushed her away.
"Why are you so interested?"
"I'm just...curious!"
Asamu sighed and handed her the book.
"The Sound of Waves...by Yukio Mishima?"
"It's a story about these two teens that meet secretly because of gossiping townspeople...it a very well written story."
"It's a romance?"
"Yeah."
Akira tossed the book up in the air and Asamu caught it.
"You're right, I'm not interested..."
Akira turned her head a little and laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You...reading a romance? That's kinda funny! Oh...the heat of passion rose and they were all over eachother the rest of the night...ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
"IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF ROMANCE!!! It's a regular story, not some fake ol' romance novel fantasy that older women make cause they can't get none!"
Akira stopped laughing and looked serious.
"..." Akira stared at Asamu.
"Akira?"
"HA HA HA HA HA HA~!!!"
"Urgh, now what?!"
"You look so funny, all serious like that...Aha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Asamu couldn't stand being laughed, so he stomped off.
"Hey, hey, I'm sorry Asamu...come back...ha ha ha ha!!!"
But Asamu didn't turn around, and disappeared into the distance. Akira finally stopped laughing, and ran after him.
"It seems your always trying to find a way to follow me...why are you bothering me?! Am I that interesting to you? We just met about an hour ago, and already you're following me like a lost puppy! Why don't you find someone else to bother, huh?!"
"I'm not trying to bother you...I just..."
Asamu and Akira stopped walking.
"Listen Akira...I didn't mean to yell..."
Akira looked as if she were about to cry, but she didn't know why.
"I...fooled ya, didn't I?" Akira wiped her eyes, trying to look as if she were faking, when she really wasn't.
"Yeah...I guess you did...I really thought you were crying."
"Well, I'm no regular girl! Nothing phases me!"
"You need that kind of attitude around this school to survive, especially since you are a girl."
Akira sat thinking for a minute.
"Wanna go eat?"
"What, now? Like I said, we just met. Besides...I'd never have thought that the sister of Gedo's gang leader would be this nice."
"Just answer the question."
"No thanks...I already ate."
"Oh...kay...umm...sorry for saying you read romance novels..."
"It's okay, it's not the first time it's happened."
"Really?"
"Yeah, guys always make fun of me reading...they think I'm too smart or something, just cause I don't go around picking pockets, or beating up people."
Akira wanted to do something other than just standing there, so she suggested something.
"Do you wanna go to the...library?"
"Now you're inviting me to the libary. I thought you weren't interested in books."
"Well, it's alot better than standing around doing nothing but chit chat. Let's go!"
"If you say so, but feel free to leave whenever you feel like it, especially if it bores you."
Akira ran ahead of him.
"It won't!"
As Akira and Asamu entered into the library, Hinata and Sakura passed by them.
"Hey Hina-Chan...isn't that the biker girl, Akira Kazama of Gedo?"
"Hm?" Hinata looked behind her and saw Akira with a long haired guy. "Wha!!! She's with a guy other than those two weirdos, Gan and Edge."
"Yeah, and he's really cute!" Commented Sakura.
"Wow...how lucky..."
Akira and Asamu were walking down the aisles, when Akira cleared her throat and asked him some questions.
"Um...where do I look for books on...motorcycles?"
"Go to that computer over there and type in what your looking for. I'll be right here if you need me."
Akira looked at the screen of the computer and typed in motorcycles, but it didn't do anything.
"Well, I typed it...now what do I do?"
Akira got puzzled and eventually messed the computer up. She had never used one before.
"Oh...now what is this stupid thing doing?! Darn it, I'm just looking for motorcycles!!! WORK YOU PIECE OF CRAP!!!"
Asamu heard her in the library and ran over to her. Everyone around her was staring at Akira, pounding at the keys and yelling.
"Your not supposed to yell in the library, Akira...what's wrong?"
Akira turned her expression from mad to pouty.
"I can't get this to work..."
"Ha ha, here...I'll show you...look."
Asamu showed her what to do, and afterwards, it made her feel dumb and embarrased.
"I...knew that...I just making sure you did..."
Asamu laughed and patted her on the head again.
"Hey, what'd I tell you about..."
Asamu stopped her and smiled, then went back to the aisle he was looking in. Akira blushed a little.
"What...why do I..?"
Back at Gedo, Edge and Gan were looking for Akira.
"Man...we couldn't find Akira anywhere."
"I know...I told you she was acting strange...she usually just stays right here until we get back...she never goes anywhere without us...and we've searched the whole campus...Daigo's not gonna be happy when he hears this."
A shadow appeared behind Edge.
"Hears what...Edge?"
"Uh, Daigo...well...umm..."
Daigo cracked his knuckles and glared at Edge. Gan intervined.
"Hears that...we...uh..."
Daigo stood there...impatient.
"We can't find..."
Then Daigo felt someone tap his shoulder...it was Akira.
"Hi big brother!"
"Oh Akira...there you are. I like what you've did with the motorcycle."
"Thanks."
Edge and Gan were filled with relief, but that didn't get them off the hook from answering Daigo's question.
"Well guys...hears what?"
"That...Akira was planning to scare you from behind, we know how you don't like being messed with heh heh..."
"What are you talking about, guys?"
Edge and Gan looked at Akira and tried to tell her to play along.
"Oh right...guess I couldn't fool you, big brother..."
Daigo looked a little suspicious, but once he saw Akira's smiling face, he forgot about it.
"It's getting late. Let's go home Akira."
"Okay...bye Gan! Bye Edge!"
"See you tomarrow, Daigo...Akira..."
Akira locked up the Auto Shop, and then started to walk home with Daigo.
"So, what did you do today Akira?"
"I...rode my motorcycle after I tuned it up...then I went to the library."
Daigo stopped for a minute.
"You actually went to the library?"
"Yeah, I got some books to help me with my motorcycle...they sure had alot of books on it too."
Daigo kinda laughed.
"Well, that's good."
Akira didn't say anything else on the way home, but instead just smiled the whole time. Daigo noticed how happy she looked, and wondered why. When they opened the door, Akira dropped one of the books on the ground. Daigo picked it up.
"The Sound of Waves? Akira...what's this?"
Akira immediately grabbed the book and stuffed it away.
"I accidently got that one! It's some dumb ol' romance novel."
"Oh, okay then. If you need me, I'll be in my room. I'm tired. Goodnight Akira."
"G'night Daigo."
Akira went to her room and took out the book she "accidently" got.
"What am I thinking? I don't wanna read this!"
She threw the book across the room and laid there for a while, looking at the ceiling.
"Asamu Yudachi...hmm..."
Akira pictured him in the corner of her mind...deeply thinking about him.
"Man...he's that type that's serious and smart. What in the world is he doing going to Gedo? You'd think he'd be in some better school..."
Akira felt something jump on the bed. It was her cat, Shiro.
"Aww, Shiro-Chan! Whatcha doin' kitty?"
Shiro yawned and lay in Akira's lap.
"Sleeping is probably best for situations like this...goodnight Shiro."
Akira fell asleep, with Shiro by her side.
That following morning, Akira woke up a little later than usual. Shiro was gone, and her house was very quiet. She did her morning routine, and checked to see if Daigo was still there, but he had already left. So, she left the house and headed off to Gedo.
"Yawn...I didn't get much sleep last night...I wonder why?"
Akira spotted Gan and Edge in the distance and waved to them.
"Morning Gan...Edge!"
"Hey Akira!"
"Yo Akira...what's up?"
"Not much...where'd Daigo go this morning?"
"We haven't seen him yet."
"I see. Well, see ya!"
"Hey, where are you going?! Akira!!! We wanna know something!!! AKIRA!!!"
"I'll be back!"
Gan and Edge looked at eachother.
"What the...?"
"What's she up to now?"
"Should we follow her?"
Edge thought for a moment, and turned around.
"Nah...we got better things to do than to follow her. I guess it's her own business. C'mon."
Akira headed toward the same tree she had seen Asamu by the other day. When she reached it, she didn't see him.
"Huh? Where is he?"
She looked around, but still couldn't find him. She felt a warmth behind her, and turned around...it was Asamu.
"What're you doing? You look panicked."
"Who...me? No, I was just..."
Asamu interupted her and gave her something, wrapped in paper.
"What's this?"
"Some food...I didn't want it, but I just bought it. It's coffee cake."
"Oh...thanks. I didn't bother to eat anything this morning."
"Akira...what are you doing today?"
"What? Why...are ya lonely?" Akira teased.
"Fine..." Asamu walked off. Akira followed behind.
"I'll hang with ya...so...what d'ya wanna do?"
"Well, it is hot today. Let's go to the water...c'mon. I know this great park that overlooks the water."
"Okay...why not."
"Let's have lunch first."
"Why?"
"It's already 12:00 in the afternoon."
"Oh. I guess so."
As they left, one of the guys on campus saw Akira with Asamu. He immediately went to go find Edge and Gan.
"Hey Edge!"
"What's up, Kaguro?"
"Is Akira with you today?"
"No...she went off without us today." Answered Gan.
"Well then, I just saw her walk off with some strange guy."
"WHAT?!" Edge and Gan yelled.
"No way...Akira's not interested in guys...is she?" Edge questioned.
"Do you think that's why she was acting weird yesterday?"
"Could be...thanks for letting us know Kaguro, but don't let this word out to you know who, go it?"
"Right." Kaguro ran off.
"Heh. That guy's known for telling people lies..."
"Then..."
"We don't go anywhere."
"But what if she really is with some guy?"
"Gan, how long has Akira been hanging out with us?"
"Well...since we we've been in junior high, I guess."
"And has she ever acted weird cause she was around us?"
"No..."
"And why is that?"
"Cause we're not attractive...and she thinks of us just as friends."
Edge fell.
"NO, idiot! She doesn't act weird cause she don't like guys in that sense!"
"Well, all girls have to fall in love sometimes."
"Akira is no ordinary girl...she's a motorcyclist!"
"Girls can ride motorcycles."
"Well...she knows Taikyoku-Ken."
"Girls know Taikyoku-Ken."
"Well...she...hangs with guys."
"Girls hang with..." Gan was kicked down.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I know...let's go."
As for Akira...her and Asamu sat on a bench in the park, eating some fast food.
"Thanks for paying, Asamu."
"Aren't all guys supposed to pay for girls?"
"Well..." Akira thought of a time her and Gan and Edge went to eat at a fast food resteraunt, and she had to pay for both of them.
"Not always..."
"It sure is a nice day...I was gonna go read some more, but it was too nice a day to just sit around."
"Yeah..."
It stayed quiet for awhile, and Akira decided to ask some questions about him.
"So...I already know you like books...but what else do you like?"
"Well...I like places that are quiet...and I like playing the piano and the guitar."
"Gedo certainly isn't a place that's quiet, that's for sure. But you like playing instruments?"
"Yeah...I can play them pretty well."
"I'll have to hear you sometime. So, do you like anyone?"
Akira stopped for a minute and put her hands over her mouth.
"Me? Yeah...I guess...it's really hard to say."
"Then you don't have to. It was a pretty dumb question anyway."
"Okay then, what do you like?"
"Motorcycles, and cats!!! I have a cat named Shiro at home."
"You answered that quickly. Do you like anyone?"
"What...me?!"
"I don't see anyone else around, of course you."
"Well..." Akira couldn't really say either. "No, I don't think so."
"I see. Well, I think you're lying."
Akira blushed.
"What do you mean? I wouldn't lie about a thing like that."
"I can tell when someone is lying...it's in the way they look and the way they talk."
"Well I'm afraid you're wrong!"
Akira got up and stomped off.
"Hey Akira! Stop...come back here! I was just...aw, Akira!"
Asamu caught up with Akira and stopped her.
"Hey, c'mon now. I didn't mean to...I'm sorry. I believe you."
"What?"
"I believe you."
"You're just saying that."
"No, really..."
Akira hugged him.
"Thank you, Asamu-San. But you really were right...I was lying."
"..."
Akira let go and smiled.
"I'm gonna go now...I guess I'll see you later..."
"Bye...Akira-Chan..."
To Be Continued...
Rival Schools Fanfic-Akira In Love
Written By Chevi-Chan
~Of All The Times To Act Like A Girl~
It was a bright summer day. The sun glared into Akira's eyes as she wiped her face from the perspiration, getting grease all over her. Edge and Gan sat close by, playing a game of Go, watching Akira tune-up her motorcycle.
"Why don't we go find Daigo. It'd be more fun than sitting around, ne Akira-San?" Akira stood up and threw her wrench at Edge.
"You can wait, right?! Baka..." Gan laughed at Edge.
"You know Edge, he can't ever wait for anything...AH HA HA HA HA!!!"
A shadowed figure appeared behind Gan. Akira ran up to him. Daigo arrived.
"Big brother!!!"
"Yo, Akira...Edge, Gan. Sorry for being a little late."
Edge smirked and turned the other way.
"What's with him?" Daigo asked, looking at Edge pouting to himself.
"Oh, that baka? Nothing." Akira replied, hitting Edge in the back.
They all sat down for lunch.
"I brought you guys some snacks." Gan oogled the delicious aroma, not stopping himself from grabbing it all for himself. Akira smacked his hand.
"Gan?"
"Sorry Akira-San."
Edge got up and started to trot off. Akira came up behind him and yanked on his hair, dragging him back to his spot.
"Oh no you don't..."
"Hmph..."
Akira laughed with the others as they sat on the floor of the Auto Shop, not paying attention to anything else going on around them. When they had finished, Daigo brought Gan and Edge along with him to take care of some business on campus. Akira decided to test out her motorcycle.
"Okay, time to ride!!!"
The engine of her motorcycle reved up high, and screeched as it left the garage doors. She could feel the wind press against her and she enjoyed herself. She took a turn to go under the bridge, and looked at the water to her right. Not paying any attention, a young man walked in front of her. Akira turned her head back to the road and saw him straight ahead. She tried to avoid him, but the bike forced her off, flying her into the guy, while her bike skid across the dirt. She smacked him dead on.
"Whoa, I'm really sorry...are you okay?"
He was a little dazy, his forehead slightly bleeding from the impact. Akira immediately noticed it. She took her helmet off.
"Oh my gosh...I didn't mean...oh."
Akira took out a hankerchief and wrapped it around his head to avoid the blood from getting all over his face. She examined him carefully while doing this, seeing two books beside him on the ground and noticing his silky, long hair as she felt it against her hand. When she had finished, she shook him a little to bring him back to conciousness.
"Hey, hey! Wake up! C'mon now!"
He began to fidget a little, then opened his eyes.
"Wha...what happened...?"
"Umm...well, are you okay?"
The guy looked around a little, then noticed the helmet at Akira's side and immediately remembered what happened.
"Of course I'm not okay! You just slammed me onto the ground! Why don't you pay attention to where you're going!"
He stood up off the ground and dusted himself off. Akira handed him his books back.
"Here..."
He snatched them from her hands, then felt the handkerchief around his head.
"You were bleeding a little bit."
"Oh...thanks..."
He turned around and began to walk away. Akira noticed his arm had a bad scrape on it, and she ran up to him.
"Hey wait a sec! You're arm is bleeding! Let me take care of it."
He looks at his arm, then walks as he was.
"I can handle it."
"No you can't! Let me patch it up."
"I said I can handle it...don't you think you should get your bike and go home like a good little girl?"
Akira puffed her face up, looked behind her, then ran to her motorcycle and got on, catching up to the guy who obviously didn't want anymore of her help.
"Hey...at least come with me so that I can give you a proper bandage instead of that rag."
He looked at Akira, then decided to follow her.
"Fine, if that'll make you leave me alone."
"Good, we'll go to my school and I'll take care of ya."
"..."
Inside the school, it was actually a little quieter than it's usual loud voices.
"Here...follow me."
"I know my way around, don't pull me."
They entered the Nurse's Office, which had a male nurse...seeing as females don't survive in Gedo.
"Mr. Garao isn't in today...some guys smacked him in the face a few days ago..."
"Oh..."
"Well, here."
Akira unbandaged his head and re-wrapped it after washing the blood off.
"Hold on, you're not leaving yet!"
Akira wrapped some bandages around his arm with the scrape, and taped it tight.
"Okay, there you go..."
"Thanks, kiddo!"
The guy patted her on the head, then turned to the doorway and began to walk off, waving his hand behind him.
"Maybe I'll see ya around sometime."
Akira watched as he walked out the door.
"Ki...kiddo...? Why that...!!! Hey, come back here!!!"
Akira ran out the door and pulled him back.
"Hey, what?"
"I am not a kid!"
"Oh...?"
"I am Akira Kazama, sister of Daigo, gang leader of Gedo High!"
The guy paused, seeing the mistake he had made.
"Whoa, hold on a sec! You're Daigo Kazama's little sister?!"
Akira gave him a bad look.
"Okay, not little..."
"Who are you anyway?"
"Asamu Yudachi...and you're the infamous Akira? I should have recognized you from the look of your motorcycle and skull emblem helmet."
"You mean...you really didn't recognize me?"
"What? Was I supposed to?"
"Everyone around campus knows who I am..." Said Akira proudly.
"Well, I've never seen you at this school, only heard of you."
"Do...do you go here?"
"Yeah, I'm a senior."
"Whoa!!! I've never seen you around this school! And I swear I've seen everyone, cause they're always hanging around my brother."
"Well, I used to..."
Asamu started walking away again.
"Hey, do you think I'll see you around?"
"Yeah..."
Akira watched as he walked down the hall.
"Allright, see ya..."
Akira went back to the Auto Shop and washed off her motorcycle. Edge and Gan arrived, bringing a box with them.
"What's in the box, guys?"
"Heh, some tools and junk for the shop. Here ya go...oof!" Edge dropped the box on his foot.
"YAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Akira and Gan just laughed while Edge ran like crazy around the shop.
"Here...I got it Edge."
"Thanks Akira...oww..."
"No prob..." Akira smiled serenely.
Edge and Gan watched as Akira carried the box to the corner, then walked over to her motorcycle and shined it up, humming a tune.
"Um...we're going back to Daigo now..."
"Bye then..." And she went on humming.
As Edge and Gan exited the Auto Shop, they pulled eachother to the side.
"Akira's never hummed...has she?"
"Not that I know of...I've never heard her hum like that before."
"Something's weird here..." Edge contemplated. Gan laughed out loud.
"Aw, Akira is probably just havin' a really good day, that's all! Now c'mon!" Gan pushed Edge and they went on their way.
Meanwhile, Asamu sat by a tree on campus. He was deeply reading a book, but stayed on the same pages for a long while. He shut the book and put it aside.
"Man...I just can't concentrate on the story...I just forgot what I read...what's wrong with me?"
He got up and leaned against the tree trunk, holding the book under his arm. He noticed a shadow next to him...he turned to find Akira.
"Whoa...what're you doing here?" Akira asked.
"I was reading a book."
"What kind of book?"
"You wouldn't be interested."
Akira smirked and tried to grab the book from his hands.
"Hey, let go!"
"Aw, c'mon Asamu!!!"
Asamu held the book up high and pushed her away.
"Why are you so interested?"
"I'm just...curious!"
Asamu sighed and handed her the book.
"The Sound of Waves...by Yukio Mishima?"
"It's a story about these two teens that meet secretly because of gossiping townspeople...it a very well written story."
"It's a romance?"
"Yeah."
Akira tossed the book up in the air and Asamu caught it.
"You're right, I'm not interested..."
Akira turned her head a little and laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You...reading a romance? That's kinda funny! Oh...the heat of passion rose and they were all over eachother the rest of the night...ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
"IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF ROMANCE!!! It's a regular story, not some fake ol' romance novel fantasy that older women make cause they can't get none!"
Akira stopped laughing and looked serious.
"..." Akira stared at Asamu.
"Akira?"
"HA HA HA HA HA HA~!!!"
"Urgh, now what?!"
"You look so funny, all serious like that...Aha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Asamu couldn't stand being laughed, so he stomped off.
"Hey, hey, I'm sorry Asamu...come back...ha ha ha ha!!!"
But Asamu didn't turn around, and disappeared into the distance. Akira finally stopped laughing, and ran after him.
"It seems your always trying to find a way to follow me...why are you bothering me?! Am I that interesting to you? We just met about an hour ago, and already you're following me like a lost puppy! Why don't you find someone else to bother, huh?!"
"I'm not trying to bother you...I just..."
Asamu and Akira stopped walking.
"Listen Akira...I didn't mean to yell..."
Akira looked as if she were about to cry, but she didn't know why.
"I...fooled ya, didn't I?" Akira wiped her eyes, trying to look as if she were faking, when she really wasn't.
"Yeah...I guess you did...I really thought you were crying."
"Well, I'm no regular girl! Nothing phases me!"
"You need that kind of attitude around this school to survive, especially since you are a girl."
Akira sat thinking for a minute.
"Wanna go eat?"
"What, now? Like I said, we just met. Besides...I'd never have thought that the sister of Gedo's gang leader would be this nice."
"Just answer the question."
"No thanks...I already ate."
"Oh...kay...umm...sorry for saying you read romance novels..."
"It's okay, it's not the first time it's happened."
"Really?"
"Yeah, guys always make fun of me reading...they think I'm too smart or something, just cause I don't go around picking pockets, or beating up people."
Akira wanted to do something other than just standing there, so she suggested something.
"Do you wanna go to the...library?"
"Now you're inviting me to the libary. I thought you weren't interested in books."
"Well, it's alot better than standing around doing nothing but chit chat. Let's go!"
"If you say so, but feel free to leave whenever you feel like it, especially if it bores you."
Akira ran ahead of him.
"It won't!"
As Akira and Asamu entered into the library, Hinata and Sakura passed by them.
"Hey Hina-Chan...isn't that the biker girl, Akira Kazama of Gedo?"
"Hm?" Hinata looked behind her and saw Akira with a long haired guy. "Wha!!! She's with a guy other than those two weirdos, Gan and Edge."
"Yeah, and he's really cute!" Commented Sakura.
"Wow...how lucky..."
Akira and Asamu were walking down the aisles, when Akira cleared her throat and asked him some questions.
"Um...where do I look for books on...motorcycles?"
"Go to that computer over there and type in what your looking for. I'll be right here if you need me."
Akira looked at the screen of the computer and typed in motorcycles, but it didn't do anything.
"Well, I typed it...now what do I do?"
Akira got puzzled and eventually messed the computer up. She had never used one before.
"Oh...now what is this stupid thing doing?! Darn it, I'm just looking for motorcycles!!! WORK YOU PIECE OF CRAP!!!"
Asamu heard her in the library and ran over to her. Everyone around her was staring at Akira, pounding at the keys and yelling.
"Your not supposed to yell in the library, Akira...what's wrong?"
Akira turned her expression from mad to pouty.
"I can't get this to work..."
"Ha ha, here...I'll show you...look."
Asamu showed her what to do, and afterwards, it made her feel dumb and embarrased.
"I...knew that...I just making sure you did..."
Asamu laughed and patted her on the head again.
"Hey, what'd I tell you about..."
Asamu stopped her and smiled, then went back to the aisle he was looking in. Akira blushed a little.
"What...why do I..?"
Back at Gedo, Edge and Gan were looking for Akira.
"Man...we couldn't find Akira anywhere."
"I know...I told you she was acting strange...she usually just stays right here until we get back...she never goes anywhere without us...and we've searched the whole campus...Daigo's not gonna be happy when he hears this."
A shadow appeared behind Edge.
"Hears what...Edge?"
"Uh, Daigo...well...umm..."
Daigo cracked his knuckles and glared at Edge. Gan intervined.
"Hears that...we...uh..."
Daigo stood there...impatient.
"We can't find..."
Then Daigo felt someone tap his shoulder...it was Akira.
"Hi big brother!"
"Oh Akira...there you are. I like what you've did with the motorcycle."
"Thanks."
Edge and Gan were filled with relief, but that didn't get them off the hook from answering Daigo's question.
"Well guys...hears what?"
"That...Akira was planning to scare you from behind, we know how you don't like being messed with heh heh..."
"What are you talking about, guys?"
Edge and Gan looked at Akira and tried to tell her to play along.
"Oh right...guess I couldn't fool you, big brother..."
Daigo looked a little suspicious, but once he saw Akira's smiling face, he forgot about it.
"It's getting late. Let's go home Akira."
"Okay...bye Gan! Bye Edge!"
"See you tomarrow, Daigo...Akira..."
Akira locked up the Auto Shop, and then started to walk home with Daigo.
"So, what did you do today Akira?"
"I...rode my motorcycle after I tuned it up...then I went to the library."
Daigo stopped for a minute.
"You actually went to the library?"
"Yeah, I got some books to help me with my motorcycle...they sure had alot of books on it too."
Daigo kinda laughed.
"Well, that's good."
Akira didn't say anything else on the way home, but instead just smiled the whole time. Daigo noticed how happy she looked, and wondered why. When they opened the door, Akira dropped one of the books on the ground. Daigo picked it up.
"The Sound of Waves? Akira...what's this?"
Akira immediately grabbed the book and stuffed it away.
"I accidently got that one! It's some dumb ol' romance novel."
"Oh, okay then. If you need me, I'll be in my room. I'm tired. Goodnight Akira."
"G'night Daigo."
Akira went to her room and took out the book she "accidently" got.
"What am I thinking? I don't wanna read this!"
She threw the book across the room and laid there for a while, looking at the ceiling.
"Asamu Yudachi...hmm..."
Akira pictured him in the corner of her mind...deeply thinking about him.
"Man...he's that type that's serious and smart. What in the world is he doing going to Gedo? You'd think he'd be in some better school..."
Akira felt something jump on the bed. It was her cat, Shiro.
"Aww, Shiro-Chan! Whatcha doin' kitty?"
Shiro yawned and lay in Akira's lap.
"Sleeping is probably best for situations like this...goodnight Shiro."
Akira fell asleep, with Shiro by her side.
That following morning, Akira woke up a little later than usual. Shiro was gone, and her house was very quiet. She did her morning routine, and checked to see if Daigo was still there, but he had already left. So, she left the house and headed off to Gedo.
"Yawn...I didn't get much sleep last night...I wonder why?"
Akira spotted Gan and Edge in the distance and waved to them.
"Morning Gan...Edge!"
"Hey Akira!"
"Yo Akira...what's up?"
"Not much...where'd Daigo go this morning?"
"We haven't seen him yet."
"I see. Well, see ya!"
"Hey, where are you going?! Akira!!! We wanna know something!!! AKIRA!!!"
"I'll be back!"
Gan and Edge looked at eachother.
"What the...?"
"What's she up to now?"
"Should we follow her?"
Edge thought for a moment, and turned around.
"Nah...we got better things to do than to follow her. I guess it's her own business. C'mon."
Akira headed toward the same tree she had seen Asamu by the other day. When she reached it, she didn't see him.
"Huh? Where is he?"
She looked around, but still couldn't find him. She felt a warmth behind her, and turned around...it was Asamu.
"What're you doing? You look panicked."
"Who...me? No, I was just..."
Asamu interupted her and gave her something, wrapped in paper.
"What's this?"
"Some food...I didn't want it, but I just bought it. It's coffee cake."
"Oh...thanks. I didn't bother to eat anything this morning."
"Akira...what are you doing today?"
"What? Why...are ya lonely?" Akira teased.
"Fine..." Asamu walked off. Akira followed behind.
"I'll hang with ya...so...what d'ya wanna do?"
"Well, it is hot today. Let's go to the water...c'mon. I know this great park that overlooks the water."
"Okay...why not."
"Let's have lunch first."
"Why?"
"It's already 12:00 in the afternoon."
"Oh. I guess so."
As they left, one of the guys on campus saw Akira with Asamu. He immediately went to go find Edge and Gan.
"Hey Edge!"
"What's up, Kaguro?"
"Is Akira with you today?"
"No...she went off without us today." Answered Gan.
"Well then, I just saw her walk off with some strange guy."
"WHAT?!" Edge and Gan yelled.
"No way...Akira's not interested in guys...is she?" Edge questioned.
"Do you think that's why she was acting weird yesterday?"
"Could be...thanks for letting us know Kaguro, but don't let this word out to you know who, go it?"
"Right." Kaguro ran off.
"Heh. That guy's known for telling people lies..."
"Then..."
"We don't go anywhere."
"But what if she really is with some guy?"
"Gan, how long has Akira been hanging out with us?"
"Well...since we we've been in junior high, I guess."
"And has she ever acted weird cause she was around us?"
"No..."
"And why is that?"
"Cause we're not attractive...and she thinks of us just as friends."
Edge fell.
"NO, idiot! She doesn't act weird cause she don't like guys in that sense!"
"Well, all girls have to fall in love sometimes."
"Akira is no ordinary girl...she's a motorcyclist!"
"Girls can ride motorcycles."
"Well...she knows Taikyoku-Ken."
"Girls know Taikyoku-Ken."
"Well...she...hangs with guys."
"Girls hang with..." Gan was kicked down.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I know...let's go."
As for Akira...her and Asamu sat on a bench in the park, eating some fast food.
"Thanks for paying, Asamu."
"Aren't all guys supposed to pay for girls?"
"Well..." Akira thought of a time her and Gan and Edge went to eat at a fast food resteraunt, and she had to pay for both of them.
"Not always..."
"It sure is a nice day...I was gonna go read some more, but it was too nice a day to just sit around."
"Yeah..."
It stayed quiet for awhile, and Akira decided to ask some questions about him.
"So...I already know you like books...but what else do you like?"
"Well...I like places that are quiet...and I like playing the piano and the guitar."
"Gedo certainly isn't a place that's quiet, that's for sure. But you like playing instruments?"
"Yeah...I can play them pretty well."
"I'll have to hear you sometime. So, do you like anyone?"
Akira stopped for a minute and put her hands over her mouth.
"Me? Yeah...I guess...it's really hard to say."
"Then you don't have to. It was a pretty dumb question anyway."
"Okay then, what do you like?"
"Motorcycles, and cats!!! I have a cat named Shiro at home."
"You answered that quickly. Do you like anyone?"
"What...me?!"
"I don't see anyone else around, of course you."
"Well..." Akira couldn't really say either. "No, I don't think so."
"I see. Well, I think you're lying."
Akira blushed.
"What do you mean? I wouldn't lie about a thing like that."
"I can tell when someone is lying...it's in the way they look and the way they talk."
"Well I'm afraid you're wrong!"
Akira got up and stomped off.
"Hey Akira! Stop...come back here! I was just...aw, Akira!"
Asamu caught up with Akira and stopped her.
"Hey, c'mon now. I didn't mean to...I'm sorry. I believe you."
"What?"
"I believe you."
"You're just saying that."
"No, really..."
Akira hugged him.
"Thank you, Asamu-San. But you really were right...I was lying."
"..."
Akira let go and smiled.
"I'm gonna go now...I guess I'll see you later..."
"Bye...Akira-Chan..."
To Be Continued...