Here's my next story! It's DMGX based on History's Strongest Disciple: Kenichi.
This story isn't really in a certain place of Japan. Let's just say it's a very unpopulated spot and is just...a place. I'll call it... Koyomoto? I think if you put it together (Koyo meaning colored leaves and moto meaning base) equals the base of colored leaves? Lol. I kind of like it, though.
If you have any suggestions...please...don't hesitate to tell me them T_T
-Rina
DISCIPLE
Chapter One: Transfer Student and Bento Boxes
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"Yoo-hooo!" a loud, obnoxious voice called. "Aren't you a fine lady..." Jun Manjoume, currently a second year at Kobayashi High, stepped in front of the young blonde girl. She wore the usual school uniform, a sailor's uniform. Jun Manjoume, on the other hand, wore the male one, a black collared jacket with matching slacks. "Beautiful face...large breasts...amazing." The girl glared at the boy, annoyed and ready for a fight. Just then, Jun's gang came by and surrounded her. "I think I'll take a liking to you, Transfer." No one knew her name, as this was her first day, and they simply called her Transfer.
No one cared.
"Mmmph." A young man emerged behind them from the school gate. It was already past the end of school, so Jun's gang would go around, causing trouble to stragglers, mainly at the front gate.
The brown-and-orange haired man wore the usual high school uniform, like Jun, but his collared jacket was popped open, revealing a slim-fit shirt, which seemed to press perfectly against his muscled chest. Asuka Tenjoin, the blonde girl, noticed arm guards on his hands that were nearly hidden by his high school jacket. "Unfortunately for you, Manjoume, I have a soft spot for girls."
"A-augh!" Jun shouted. He spun around, meeting the brunette's eyes. "Y-Yuki-san." He clenched his fingers, nearly shaking in fright.
"Transy," the brown-haired addressed Asuka. "You stand back. I can handle him." He pointed towards the street.
She nodded, but was held back by one of Jun's lackies. "You gotta get through me, Yuki-san!" Jun shouted, putting up a fist. "I've been training."
The brunette smiled. "Good." He made no gesture to make a stance.
Jun put up his fists and shot like a bullet at the brown-hair, his fists aimed directly at his face. The brunette side-stepped with a sigh. Jun launched another attack, but he simply dodged under it and uppercutted him.
Jun fell to the ground, helpless. He shifted slightly upwards, addressing his goons. "L-Let's go, boys!" Two of the tougher looking delinquents picked him right up and ran off. Jun pointed the finger at the brunette. "This isn't the last of me, you bastard!"
He shrugged it off and then looked at the girl. "Hey." He strode towards her and pulled his jacket off, wrapping it around her shoulders. "Are you alright, Transy?"
She nodded, staring at his muscles. "How did you do that?"
He stared at her peculiarly. "Do what? Beat up Manjoume?" He pulled an arm around her shoulders.
Another nod. He clenched his fist in front of her eyes. "Training. Lots of it." Asuka noticed a sudden spark of joy in his eyes. "Not a lot of people know that." He pulled her up into his arms wedding style. "Where do you live? I can take you home in a jiffy."
Her eyes widened. "I pretty much live on the other side of school - whoa!" He ran towards a back alley, one Asuka hadn't noticed before. In front of them was a large space for a creek, which Asuka noticed was near the park that was close to her house. "W-What is this? Who are you?"
"It's a shortcut," he said simply. Then he jumped from the rails of the school side to the other side.
"Are you crazy?" she nearly screamed.
"Shh...," he whispered, nearly inaudible. He landed safely on the ground, his feet making no sound at all. "If you're ever late going to school, remember that park and jump..." He pointed at the bridge. "Or just cross."
His eyes turned to her face. She was as white as a sheet. "O-Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" He let her get on her own feet, but she just fell into his chest.
"Oh...Oh my God...," she groaned, clenching his shoulders. "D-Don't...ever...do that...again...," she muttered.
A brown haired man, who looked older than both the brown-and-orange haired and Asuka, came running. His hairstyle was a lot like Transy's, the brown-and-orange haired thought. "Yo, Imouto!" Then he noticed she was in someone's arms. He stopped once he got near them, panting. "So...you...found...a new...friend?"
She quickly broke away from the brunette and blushed. "U-Uh, I g-guess."
The brown-and-orange hair chuckled. "Sorry. I was just bringing her home." He nodded towards the large creek. "Oh." He looked at Asuka. "Pardon me...I never introduced myself."
She shook her head and blushed. "No, I should be sorry. I never said thank you... Domo arigatou..." She bowed in embarrassment. "I'm Asuka Tenjoin." She pointed at the brown-haired man that looked eerily like her. "This is my brother, Fubuki Tenjoin."
He nodded. "I'm Juudai Yuki, of the Akiyama Dojo." He returned the bow. "May I see you home, or would you prefer to be with your brother?"
Blood rose to her face. S-Such manners. "Whatever's fine by you." She spun around, but turned her head back for a moment. "You can drop the etiquette."
He grinned. "I guess you saw through me, huh." He stretched his muscles. "My grandfather doesn't like me being too casual, so he asks me to be all formal, 'n' stuff."
Asuka smiled. "I know the feeling. Anyway...how'd you do that?"
"I told you, didn't I? I train my body to its limits," he said, staring at Asuka directly in the eyes.
She kept a steady look on his eyes and said, "Teach me."
His eyebrows furrowed. "I won't," he decided after a moment. "The training...is hell."
Her eyes widened. "But you can do it -"
"I barely survived," he amended, putting a fist up as he clenched it. "The Akiyama Dojo strives for peace...not destruction. I'll draw you a map tomorrow at school." He hopped backwards onto the rail of the park side of the creek. "Come by..." He winked. "If you think you're hard enough." Juudai did a back-flip and disappeared on the other side.
"Imouto," Fubuki said, asking for her attention. "Do you really want to learn...what that guy is doing?"
Asuka nodded, putting a hand on Fubuki's shoulder. "Yes, Nii-san." She clenched her shoulders and realized she still had Juudai's jacket. "That guy inspired me..." She hugged the jacket. "He's cute, too."
Fubuki chuckled, putting an arm around his sister. "You've made a friend, huh."
She nodded, making a cat face. She waved the uniform around. "I'll give this to him tomorrow."
Fubuki smiled.
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Asuka jumped out of her bed early at 6:45. Time to make Fubuki-san some breakfast. She sighed slowly and stood up, running to the bathroom. Stripping out of her nightgown, she put on the hot water. As she slipped inside the shower with a yawn, she thought to herself, I wonder was Fubuki-san would like. She shook her head and focused on her shower.
When she emerged from the shower about fifteen minutes later, she sprinted to her bedroom to get ready for school. She dropped her towel and pulled some clothes on. She wore the Kobayashi girl's uniform, the blue sailor's suit. With a smile on her face, she grabbed Juudai's jacket. As she ran down the stairs, she threw it over a chair in the kitchen and began to get out pots for breakfast. She quickly cracked eggs and threw them into the pan. She smiled at herself. Fubuki loved eggs and bacon in the morning. Not a normal Japanese kid, but she didn't really care. It was the only two of them living there anyway.
She grabbed two plates and put the scrambled eggs onto one plate with a smile. "You're awake pretty early, Fubuki," Asuka said as her older brother tried to sneak up behind her. She sighed and her eyebrows furrowed. "What do you want?" she said sourly.
"Oh, come on. Don't be like that," Fubuki groaned. "Be nicer to your Nii-san..."
She sighed, hugging him awkwardly. "Sorry, Fubuki." She handed him the plate of eggs. "I hope you like them, Nii-san."
He nodded and said, "Of course I will. Your cooking is amazing!"
She smiled and continued with the eggs. As she drew out another pan, something crossed her mind. "Fubuki, do you need me to make you some lunch today?"
He shook his head. "Nah. My friend said he wanted me to try this thing he made." He sat down at the table and eyed the jacket. "You bringing it?"
She smiled in response. "Of course. It's his, anyway."
"Good girl," Fubuki chuckled. He continued eating just as Asuka sat herself down at the table with her own food and a full plate a bacon.
"Eat as much as you want, Nii-san," Asuka said happily.
"YEEEEESSS!" Fubuki shouted in the air, digging for more bacon and eggs.
"What's the time?"
With a mouthful of food, he responded, "Almost 7:15."
She nodded. "Okay...I'm about 30 minutes early to leave."
He shrugged. "Why don't you go now and check out ways to get to school? It'll be useful." He grabbed more food. "Besides, you should go make your lunch now."
"Oh! Good idea, Nii-san." Asuka giggled in embarrassment. "I'll go prepare a bento box." She jumped up and ran to the pantry. "You said you didn't want one, right?"
"Y-yup," Fubuki said, nearly choking on his food.
She giggled as she readied rice, vegetables, fish and meat into her box. Once she finished with her lunch, she grabbed her school-issued suitcase and her lunch. She put Juudai's jacket over her shoulder and wondered how his morning was going.
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"Dammit!" Juudai shouted angrily. "Where the hell did I put my jacket?" He jumped up from his little pallet he called his bed.
"Bro, will you shut up?" his younger brother, Kyo, groaned. "I'm trying to get some extra z's..." Kyo looked a lot like his older brother. He had the same wild, spiky hair, except that Kyo's hair was more of an unnatural silver. He looked more muscular than Juudai, but, from many spars, Juudai was obviously much, much stronger and skillful.
He shook his head. "Ugh! I guess I'll just go to school without it!"
A young girl with red-ish hair looked at the two of them, the one standing up and the one lying his face flat on the floor. "Ah! Eri-san!"
Eri Tsukino glared at Juudai. "Where's your uniform?"
"I-I don't know, Eri-san!" Juudai exclaimed, flinching. "I-I must have dropped it yesterday!"
"How would you drop a uniform that you're wearing?" Eri screeched.
"ERI, SHUT UP! YOU'LL WAKE UP THE MASTERS!" Kyo exploded. He rolled back into his pillow.
Eri's eyes widened. "O-Oh, right."
"Relax, Eri," Juudai groaned. "I'll just go to school and explain to the headmaster I didn't have it."
Eri sighed, but nodded. "Alright."
He smiled at her. "Thank you, Eri-san."
"Drop the etiquette." His eyes widened.
"I know exactly what happened!" Juudai boomed, exploding out of the Akiyama Dojo and into the street.
"JUUDAI!" Eri screamed in vain. "YOU FORGOT YOUR BENTO!"
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Asuka ran towards the park, glancing at her clock every once in a while. Oh no...I'm going to be late! It's already 8:00! She decided to use the shortcut, but she knew she was going to be late.
"Huff...augh," she heard a familiar voice behind her. When she looked back, it was him! Her prince. He was looking down at his feet, mumbling to himself. "Lost my uniform...spazzed by Eri...forgot my lunch...got beat up by Marufuji-san...gonna get killed by Manjoume for messing with him..." As he looked up, he noticed Asuka's glance. "Ah. Transfer!"
"Asuka!" she harshly corrected.
"Oh. Right." He reached behind her and hitched her up wedding style again, her holding her suitcase and bento box...boxes. She had one ready for Fubuki just-in-case. "I'll jump the creek for ya!" he exclaimed. He put his suitcase on hers, saying a quick apology and jumped the large creek like he did last time. He landed gracefully, and Asuka quickly hopped out of his arms, throwing his suitcase at him.
"Thanks, but we've gotta get going!"
The gate-watcher was just about to close the gate...
Juudai rushed forward and was home free, but Asuka hadn't made it yet. She had just realized Juudai was very inhuman. He stopped the gate with his bare hands just as Asuka ran through. She fell on her knees and groaned. "G-Get up, Asuka," Juudai muttered, standing up and giving her a hand. The bell suddenly rang. "Oh God, I'm gonna be late!" He winked at her as he ran off. "I'll see you later! Since you're new here, you should get off free!"
She noticed that the gate-watcher wasn't there anymore. She walked slowly to her classroom.
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As she entered, the teacher looked at her disapprovingly. "Late on your second day, Miss Tenjoin?" Professor Cronos asked.
Class 2-B wasn't the worst class...Asuka looked at her surroundings. "Gomenasai," Asuka said after a moment, bowing.
Cronos raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you come late yesterday, as well?"
"Yes, sir, but my brother was trying to get every thing sorted out." Asuka looked around the room, finding a confused and shocked stare from her prince.
"Ah, that's right, right," Cronos agreed. He, or she, turned to 2-B. "Class, this is your new classmate, if you haven't met her yet, Asuka Tenjoin." She put up a hand in a hello. "Would you like to say a few things about yourself?"
"Uh, sure." She looked at the class. "I'm Asuka, and I'm from Tokyo... I live only with my brother..." She furrowed her eyebrows.
Someone from 2-B called out, "Do you have a boyfriend?"
She glanced around and stared at the person who shouted that, who was sitting in front of Juudai. Juudai looked uninterested; his hands were behind his back, while his feet were resting on his desk. The person who shouted it out was a light blue-haired boy with glasses. He looked very serious. "N-No," Asuka stammered.
The whole 2-B stared roaring.
"She's pretty," the blue-haired said to Juudai.
He shrugged, keeping that bored sense there. "Nothing..." He shook his head, and a soft grin appeared on his lips. "She's wildly beautiful, Shou."
Shou chuckled. "That's a first. No girl has ever caught your eye before."
Cronos slapped his ruler onto Shou's desk. "Talking, are we?" Shou flinched and jumped up in surprise. The whole class laughed. Asuka stared, feeling bad for Shou. Cronos pointed at the free desk next to Juudai. "Miss Tenjoin, you may sit there.
She nodded and walked gracefully to the desk, ignoring all comments.
"She's really pretty...who knew she didn't have a boyfriend?"
"I bet she's all face and no brains."
"Probably stuck-up."
And the comments went on like this until she sat in her desk.
"I don't really agree with them," she heard a soft whisper. Juudai was eying her, trying to look like he was paying attention to Cronos' lesson. "You seem really nice. I wanna get to know you - ow!" Cronos smacked his hand with a ruler.
"No talking." Cronos strode to the front with an atmosphere of superiority, so Juudai shut his mouth.
Once the bell rang, Juudai stood up, yawning...then suddenly he was crowded. Asuka saw him roll his eyes. So many girls, so desperate for Juudai! Asuka thought. She noticed that Juudai had gone back to his normal position - the hands behind head with feet on the desk.
Asuka's bravery swelled, but she sucked it up. She took his jacket in her hands and tried to shout above them. "Juudai."
His eyes opened when he heard that voice. "Mmhm...Asuka-chan?"
She pushed through his crowd. "Yeah." She handed him his jacket. "It's yours, right?"
He nodded, putting his seat in correctly. He slipped it on with a sigh. "Domo arigatou, Asuka-chan...Oh, here." He handed her a piece of paper which she guessed was the map to the Akiyama Dojo. She slipped it into her suitcase subconsciously.
The used-to-be loud and obnoxious crowd was suddenly quiet. They dispersed slowly, but they did leave them alone.
"Oh, God, thank you, Asuka for...for making them leave!" he groaned, banging his head on the desk. "They never leave me."
Asuka giggled, but just then his stomach rumbled. "Mmhph!" he groaned.
"What? Your Dojo doesn't give you any food?" she joked.
Juudai rested his hand on his palm, while his elbow was on the desk. "Barely," he muttered. "I forgot to grab my lunch today." He rolled his eyes.
"I've got an extra," she sighed. "I was gonna save it for Nii-san, but I think you really need it." She threw him the bento box that was wrapped in blue. He caught the fabric with his mouth and dropped it in his lap.
"Let's go up to the roof," he said suddenly, holding her wrist before she opened her box.
"Why?"
He winked at her. "So no one comes by and disturbs me...us!" he amended with a smile.
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Juudai took her bento boxes and looked up at the roof.
"Why'd you -"
"So you can climb," he said, smiling with his eyes closed. He took a deep breath and hopped on to the second level. He peered off the edge, looking at Asuka's surprised face. "You coming?"
"Y-Yeah," Asuka stammered out as she began to climb the high ladder. As soon as she got up, she noticed Juudai was lying on his back, closing his eyes and smiling. "Juudai," she said quietly.
"Mmhm?"
"Aren't you gonna eat?" she asked.
His stomach growled. "Oh God yes!" he nearly shouted, sitting up almost immediately. He looked at the bento box. "Are you sure I can take it, Asuka? It is your brother's, isn't it?"
She shook her head. "It's alright, Juudai. He said one of his friends was gonna get him food." He smiled, said a quick thank you and began eating fiercely. Her eyes kept a steady look on him, happy with how he ate with such gusto. Juudai looked up, feeling a low-ki glare on him. He raised an eyebrow to Asuka's staring.
"Something on my face?"
She shook her head and grabbed her own bento box and began eating.
"You're a great cook, y'know, Asuka-chan," Juudai said with a cute smile. She sighed and reached over to pluck pieces of rice off his chin. He blushed. "Ha, ha, thank you."
She shrugged. "Yeah."
He chuckled quietly. "I have no friends, you know."
Her eyes widened. "What? But you seem so popular -"
"Popular doesn't mean...doesn't mean I have a lot of friends," he finished, laughing sheepishly.
"You aren't great with words, are you?" she teased.
He shrugged. "My fists do all the talking." He continued eating and groaned. "This is amazing," he muttered, falling backwards onto the roof with a loud sigh. "It is very, very good, Asuka-chan. You must make me more..."
Asuka giggled involuntarily. "Oh, well, that's the first time someone really loved my cooking, other than my older brother."
He put a thumbs-up, for that's all the energy he had.
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Asuka looked both ways before leaving the school. "Precarious, are we?" a familiar voice said.
"Jeez, Juudai," she groaned, flipping her wrist backwards to hit him with her suitcase. He moved his head slightly and caught her wrist. "Let go," she sighed.
He obliged and said, "Are you coming?" Juudai knew that the eyes of the school were on him, either for the reason that he was the prince or that he was talking to the transfer student... or both.
She shrugged his question off, but he asked it again, this time more impatiently. "I don't know, Juudai." She said this with no hint of confidence whatsoever. "I really don't. It's just...you said it was hell, right?"
He nodded. "If you believe in yourself, then, of course you can make it," he encouraged. "Besides, I don't think Eri can stand getting destroyed by me and Kyo." He chuckled.
"I might come," she muttered for his sake.
With a grin on his face, he patted Asuka's head. "Thanks." Juudai ran off, being a model student that smiled, but inside felt like there was nothing he would live for. Until now, at least.
She watched him sprint, thinking I bet I could do that. And then she watched him jump the creek. Not so much anymore.
Maybe I will go to the Akiyama Dojo. She pulled out the map, and it showed a very detailed plan to get to the dojo, but just then, someone snatched it from her.
It was a brown-haired girl, who was somewhat shorter than her. Asuka guessed that she was a first year. "Oh, what's this little piece of paper?" Her hair was about shoulder length and messy, but her eyes just said You're dead. "Hmm. A dojo?" she snorted. "Like you could survive a dojo. Besides..." She shoved Asuka once. "This thing is from the Prince. Why would he want you?"
Asuka glared at this girl and said, "Isn't it obvious? I'm special to him."
The brown-haired started laughing. "S-Special? T-To him! You must be kidding me!"
"Go ask him yourself," Asuka replied, spitting in her face. She walked off, feeling triumphant as she grabbed the map back. She looked at it and thought, Alright, I so need this.
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In front of her were two huge wooden doors. Asuka ran towards it, trying to open it. Above the doors had the kanji for Akiyama.
"Do you need help?" a voice said behind her.
"Yes I -" Her eyes widened as the person behind her appeared. He was a tall greenish blue haired man with large eyes. He wore no shirt, which exposed his large muscles. His hands were wrapped in bandages - Asuka guessed that this was because of brutal training of the Akiyama Dojo. He strode towards the wooden doors and flicked at it with a finger.
Her eyes continued to widen as the doors opened easily. As she turned to thank the man, he had already disappeared.
"Whoa..."
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I tried kind of a different format of story-writing. I want to be an author when I'm older so if you ever see my name on a book, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO PICK THE BOOK UP AND TRY TO READ IT ORRRRRRRRRRRRR BUY IT. I'D SO APPRECIATE IT .
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-Rina