A/N: Before anything else, let me remind you, I DO NOT OWN YAMATO NADESHIKO. Of course, you know it. :)) Just in case. :))
It's the start of another semester in Mori High. And as for our main characters, it is their senior year. Bigger responsibilities and higher level decisions come in line with that. By 'bigger responsibilities', I mean heavier challenges (especially for the four guys) which are most of the case caused by fans.
Since the four gentlemen started schooling in the Mori High, records say that the population gets higher and higher during every semester. At first, it seems overwhelming to the officials running the school but gradually, the blessing became a curse. They can no more control the growing population of the students much to the extent that they need to build new rooms to be able to accommodate the transferees. Plus, it has also been reported that the boy-girl proportion is definitely losing its balance. At first glance, it would seem that Mori High is an all-girls school because of how the girls dominate the campus. All over Tokyo, much less, Japan, Mori High has established a name, thanks to the four lads.
If that was, at first, good news to the officials of the school, it was the other way around for Kyohei, Takenaga, Ranmaru and Yuki. Not even needing to see the records, they can tell about the booming population of the school. Each day becomes harder to handle because of the growing number of their fans.
And Sunako? Still as quiet about the matter. As long as she gets a share of the chocolates every Valentine's day, she's fine with it.
Now, enough for the side stories. Let's get into the real agenda.
No Longer
Chapter 1
The Starting Line
"WHAT THE?" Yuki cried, "how do you think can we get to school with this number of girls ready to eat us alive?"
"It not even Valentine's Day for that matter, how much more if it is?" Takenaga sighed while peeking through a small slit in between the two curtains that are pulled close to each other to hide the view inside the mansion.
"We can't do anything against that large multitude of bitches." Kyohei weakly stated while sitting back to back with the wall near the windows.
"Hey! Watch your words Kyohei. Can you not just appreciate their love and passion towards you? Oh! I pity these lovely darlings, how can they be this passionate to this harsh guy who's calling them… Oh! I can't even say the word." Ranmaru dramatically stated, better yet disgustingly, in the other lads' point of view.
"You pity them?" Kyohei repeated.
"Yes, I do," was then the red haired guy's quick answer.
"Then why don't you face them?"
"Oh c'mon! that's a different story."
"See? What a coward."
"Why you? If you call me a coward, then what do you call yourself? Hiding here and stuff, isn't that cowardice?"
"I guess. You're also hiding, coward little Ranmaru, remember?"
"This smells like fight," the other three thought as they can unwillingly overhear the blooming argument.
"Coward little Ranmaru huh, coward lousy glutton Kyohei?" Ranmaru teased back.
"Oh yeah. See who's talking? It's the coward little Ranmaru known for his being playboy but is now hiding from the girls who are hunting him down." Kyohei just coolly retorted.
"I am not—", just as he was about to shout back, they were hissed by Takenaga.
"Could the two of you stop shouting at each other like first graders fighting over a sandwich? Shut your mouth up if you don't want to be heard and get beaten up to death." Takenaga warned.
"But it wasn't me who started all this, it was this coward lousy creature of the light glutton," Ranmaru explained, pointing a finger on the accused, Kyohei.
"You're making your own version of the story, it was y—", and they were hissed again, this time by Yuki.
"If you two want to fight each other, I suggest you do it in front of the girls so could scare them away and we could go to school safely. What do you say?" Yuki sarcastically questioned the two gentlemen at fault.
"Fine, fine," was the only answer of the two.
Then silence.
"Now what do we do?" the brightest creature with the most share of fans outside broke the silence.
"I don't know" the others, except Sunako answered in chorus.
Just as when that happened, Sunako stood up.
"Hey you! Where are you going?" Kyohei eyed her curiously.
"To school," was her plain answer.
"Huh?" the other three stated in unison.
"How are you going to do that, Sunako-chan?" Yuki asked.
"I'll pass through the main door," she replied as she was indeed walking to the direction of the door.
Just as soon that was said, she was already by the door, now ready to turn the knob open. The gentlemen did not had enough time to let what she has just said sink into their system but it was as if a sensory action that they all went running for the door and to stop Sunako's sudden action.
"Hey! That was close, you little!" Kyohei sweat-dropped.
"Why are you stopping me? I never had a hard time passing through your fans. They take the initiative to back off whenever they see me pass. So I don't think I deserve to be here."
"But you know quite well that you are our last resource for the matter," Kyohei retorted which gained him three hard knuckles on his head, "WHAT WAS THAT F-?" But he was hissed even before he finished his sentence.
"Quiet down! Will you?" Ranmaru glared at him while emphasizing each syllable of the sentences.
"Sunako-chan, he meant, you know quite well that if you do that, that could also put us in trouble, so much trouble," Takenaga explained.
"They might eat us alive, y'know," Yuki added, tears flowing from his eyes.
"And if you do that while you are with us, who knows what they might think? They might as well hunt you down, you don't want that to happen, do you?" Ranmaru shared an explanation.
They were all relieved when surprisingly, their explanations did them good as when Sunako started retreating back. She sat down to the nearest seat she could find, "But what do we do? I want to got to school now." That said, was enough to widen the guys' eyes. It was a rare chance hearing Sunako say those words, much less show interest in going to school.
"I want to go to my sanctuary in school now" was in fact what was really going on inside her head.
"What did you just say Sunako-chan?" Yuki questioned immediately.
"What? I said I want to get to school now." She repeated.
Just as when the guys could show their "woah!" reaction, they heard the wind whirling sounds from outside. They grew curious about it but none of them has enough confidence to check it out so they just waited inside hoping it was a rescue.
1 second. 2 seconds. 3 seconds. 4 seconds. 5 seconds. It felt like forever, when even before the sixth second ticked, the door banged open revealing a form of a lady. They were blinded by the sudden entrance of the light from the outside. They have been used to the dark a while back and it was kind of hard to get over. They all narrowed their eyes, so as to recognize whose figure that was. It took them sometime. As the figure gets closer to them, they realize it was really a lady, a familiar lady... actually… "THE LANDLADY!" they all exclaimed at the same time.
"Hello there, it has been so long, indeed!" She greeted, "how are you guys doing?"
They cannot answer in shock, she always catches them off guard.
"I heard, it's the first day of your senior year. And I came all the way here just to greet you Congratulations!" she stated, while walking towards her niece, taking her hand, "Congratulations, dear." Sunako murmured a soft 'thank you' before letting her Aunt continue, "I am sorry for this delayed greeting, but I guess, it's better late that never, right?" With that said, she started walking towards the door. And soon enough, she was outside, marking her exit from the scene. She closed the door.
Then silence. They could hear the whooshing away of the helicopter and the 'wow' and 'woah' sounds from the audience outside.
And then now, complete silence.
"W-what was that?" Yuki jaw-dropped.
"I-I don't know." The others answered, all in the same boat with Yuki.
"I-I thought that was rescue," Kyohei broke.
"Me too," the other answered.
And then another dull silence from the shock. They are even frozen to where they were situated, blinking 3 times every second in disbelief.
During that silence, slowly, they could hear the same noise they heard just a moment ago, the whooshing one. It sounds like its getting nearer and nearer. Ech of them thought that they may just be imagining things, but they are not. It's real. Just as when the whooshing sound came to its loudest, they waited. They were anticipating for another shocking entrance from the main door. But as they say, 'expect the unexpected', their predicted entrance from the main door failed, but at least not completely. The entrance this time was from the another access door in the living room. That was the door which connects the dining room and the living room. Much to their anticipation, it was no more the landlady, it was, this time, her loyal assistant.
"Please do follow me. I was ordered to send you to school upon seeing your pitiful situation, according to the landlady." He explained.
Tolerating the emphasis put on the word 'pitiful', Edward could see how the faces of the teens in front him lit up. It were as if saying, he was angel sent from the heavens.
He was caught off guard when all of a sudden, everyone started hugging him and saying their 'thank you's to him as if there is no tomorrow.
Soon enough, when if felt like forever, they are now all boarded on the helicopter which would carry them to school. They used the access door at the kitchen, which is at the back part of the house so as to avoid being seen by the girls waiting outside the mansion.
A/N: Okay. I know this is not what you are expecting. Sorry for the lame chapter one. I still don't know what to say yet. But I swear to make it up to you in the next chapter/s. I also do not expect you to review on this chapter yet, but at least, let me know about your anticipations. That might help me get ideas. Thanks. See you soon. Updates MIGHT be posted two to five days later. Sorry if that sounds quite long. I am in the midst of my prelim examinations and I just inserted doing this during free times so as to get inspired in getting high scores for the tests. I love yamato nadeshiko that much just so you know. Again, thank you in advance.