Summary: Osaka makes an amazing discovery about the truth behind Chiyo's pigtails.
Chapter 1: The Pigtails
pigtails...
There they were, bouncing around right in front of her face. Up and down, back and forth, in and out, left and right, side to side. In diagonals, zig-zags, and swirls around and around and around! Osaka couldn't speak pigtail very well, but she was very sure that they were laughing at her, taunting her. They had the audacity to 'hahaha' right in front of her face!
Pigtails...
They were not only just laughing at her, they were making fun of her too. They were controlling her best friend right in front of her.
'Chiyo! Left-face!' Righty commanded.
(Osaka decided to take the time to name both of the pigtails. The left pigtail was named Righty and the right pigtail was named Lefty. Don't ask me for the reasoning, it's Osaka we're talking about here.)
Chiyo did as she was told and left-faced in a military manner.
'Chiyo! Ten back flips, now!' Lefty commanded.
Amazingly, Chiyo successfully did ten back flips.
'Chiyo! Bark like a dog!' came a double command by both pigtails.
'Arf! Arf!' Chiyo barked in a remarkably cute voice with her tung sticking out of her mouth and her pigtails flapping up and down like dog's ears.
'Good girl!' they cooed. 'HAAHAHAHAHA!!' they laughed, obviously enjoying every minute of it.
Pigtails!
'Stop it! Stop controlling my friend!' Osaka ordered the two culprits.
'What are you going to do about it?!' Lefty questioned.
'Yeah! You can't do anything!' Righty agreed.
'Chiyo! Punch yourself in the face!' came another command from Lefty.
WHAM!!
And to Osaka's horror, Chiyo completed the task she was given without hesitation. She planted her tiny fist directly in the middle of her face at full force. When Chiyo removed her hand, she was wearing that same happy-as-can-be smile on her face. Only now, she had a big bruise and there was blood trickling down her right nostril.
'Ouch..' Chiyo said with an undeniably cheerful smile on her face.
'Ahahahaa! Do it again! Do it again!' Righty ordered.
Chiyo then began to repeat the action again
WHAM!
and again...
WHAM!
and again...
WHAM!
and again...
WHAM!
and again...
WHAM!
and again...
The Pigtails!
'NO! Stop hurting Chiyo-chan!' Osaka exclaimed, watching her friend in terror.
'Ehehehe... What are you talking about? Can't you see how much Chiyo loves doing this?' Lefty reasoned.
WHAM!
'Ouch... tee hee,' giggled Chiyo, as another trail of blood trickled down her other nostril. Her smile stayed the same as if nothing were happening.
'That's not true! She hates it and you know it!' Osaka accused. She knew that even though she had a smile on her face, Chiyo was resenting every minute of her treatment. Frankly, the pigtails know that as well. It was just that they were having such a fun time watching Osaka's reactions, that they simply did not care.
'Oh, man, this is awesome! Let's try some other stuff!' Righty suggested.
'Chiyo! Bonk yourself on the head!'
BONK!
'Slap your face!'
SMACK!
'Kick your shin!'
THUD!
'Poke your eyes!'
SPLOPE! (?)
'Kick your stomach!'
POW!
BIFF!
CLUNCK!
SPLATTER!
SLICE!
KA-POW!
KA-BANG!
BOOM!
It was too much for Osaka to handle. She had to stop them and save Chiyo before it was too late! Osaka lost all control and composure and finally lashed out against the villains.
"THE PIGTAILS!!!!!!" Osaka suddenly yelled and tackled Chiyo to the ground trying to effectively remove Chiyo's pigtails.
"Ow! Hey! Osaka-san, what are you doing?!" Chiyo asked as she resisted Osaka's pigtail removal.
"Stop wigglin' around Chiyo-chan! I'm tryin' to save you from them evil pigtails!" Osaka explained as she continued to pull the pigtails. The plan wasn't going exactly as, well... planned, though it wasn't much of a plan to begin with. Operation: Pull Chiyo's Pigtails Off was failing. No matter how much Osaka pulled, they just wouldn't come off! So, Osaka did the one thing anyone would do in her situation: she pulled harder.
"Ow! Ow! OW!" exclaimed Chiyo in complete pain and confusion.
The other girls – who were just recently in conversation – were taken completely off guard by Osaka's spontaneous actions. Sure, they heard Osaka muttering 'pigtails' to herself over and over again, but they decided to just ignore it, since it was Osaka and all. Regaining her senses, Kagura took the initiative in pulling Osaka away from Chiyo – who obviously didn't expect her friend to attack her like that. Still struggling, Osaka was dragged away from Chiyo by Kagura.
"Osaka! What the heck were you doing?!" demanded Kagura.
"I'm tryin' to free Chiyo-chan from them evil pigtails!" Osaka explained, still being held back by Kagura.
"Evil... pigtails?" Chiyo asked obviously not understanding a word Osaka was saying.
"That's right! Them pigtails are tryin' to take over Chiyo-chan's mind and hurt her." Osaka said. Kagura let go of Osaka, seeing as how she was starting to calm down.
"Frankly, Osaka, you were the only one hurting Chiyo-chan," explained Yomi as looked over to the still confused Chiyo who was being helped off of the ground by Sakaki.
"No! I was tryin' to save her!" Osaka exclaimed to Yomi, then looked over to Chiyo. "You've gotta take'em off before they do somethin' really bad."
Chiyo just stared back a Osaka, very confused.
"Hey, Osaka. So, the pigtails are supposed to be aliens or something?" Tomo decided to ask.
"Exactly!" Osaka exclaimed.
"What? Did you forget to take your medication today or something?" Tomo mocked.
Obviously confused by Tomo's sudden comment, Osaka remained silent.
Tomo, in an attempt to rationalize the situation (which is very out of character for her), walked over to the now standing Chiyo and undid her pigtails. Chiyo's hair then fell down to her shoulders.
"See, they're gone now," Tomo said breaking out in laughter because she knew that Osaka never thought about doing that.
"No, wait! That won't help, cuz Chiyo-chan'll just go and put 'er hair back into pigtails," Osaka argued.
Chiyo did just that.
"And what's wrong with having pigtails?" Chiyo asked, still not understanding a word Osaka was saying.
"CUZ THEY'RE TAKIN OVER YOUR MIND!!!" Osaka exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Chiyo-chan. It's Osaka we're talking to here. Just ignore her and don't take anything she says seriously," Yomi reasoned.
"Yeah. Just quit while you're ahead," Righty said.
"That's right! Nobody's gonna believe you anyways," Lefty agreed.
It took Osaka aback for a second when the pigtails finally decided to talk, but to her dismay, her friends didn't even seem to notice.
"It's them! Don't ya hear'em?!" Osaka asked in an almost pleading voice.
"Hear who?" Sakaki asked.
"Them!" Osaka exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at Chiyo's head. "The pigtails. The ones taking over Chiyo-chan's mind!"
"What are you, crazy? This is really starting to get old," said Kagura.
"C'mon! Let's go home already!" Tomo said impatiently.
And with that, the all the girls, except Osaka, started to make their way out of the nearly empty classroom. Osaka could only stare at their backs as they left, not being able to comprehend the disbelief her friends had in her.
"You'd better get used to us, runt," said Righty.
"Cuz we're gonna be here for a very long time," Lefty added.
The pigtails laughed harshly at Osaka as Chiyo left the classroom.
"Don't worry, Chiyo-chan. Someday, I'll save ya from them evil things, even if it's the last thing I do!" Osaka swore to herself.
Little did she know, that 'someday' was just around the corner.
(Chapter One End)
Author's Notes: I have no idea what I was thinking when I decided to write this. It is actually based off of an original story I was thinking about writing, that was a whole lot more serious than this is. Anyway, in the next chapter, Osaka makes an amazing discovery. Chapter 2: Osaka and the Chiyo-ites. Stay tuned!
P.S: I have no idea what getting poked in the eye sounds like.