Alright...I know I should be killed for starting another non-updateable fic, but hey! This might just be a way to get my bunny going. XD I have a feeling this will be a fun fic to write. So! Suggestions, criticisms and all that hula are welcome. :3 I shall take the final pairing votes during the making. BTW...What the floozey happened to FF for two days!? Were we attack or something!? XD
Diamonds and Coal
Summary: Skip Beat High School Spinoff. AU Oh the drama! Sho the Water God. Kyouko the vengeful bride. Reino the unenthusiastic stalker, and Ren the drama instructor from hell. High school was going to end with such a bang! Ren /Kyo/Sho /Rei
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In high school...
Yes you must excuse this poor, old storyteller for starting off with such a cliché, but not to digress the matter at hand—
High school is HELL.
Let us first review the ingredients that made up high school as the inevitable cesspool of puberty.
Well, in Kyouko Mogami's lifetime, there were three people who fittingly describes her high school life nothing short of dropping down the eight depth of hell. Even said "species" would not even dare to light her abysmal and plankton-like life with their presence. And said hell would become an indomitable ice age if such an occurrence ever happened.
Nevertheless, a few shreds of the outside world still irritatingly slips from her peaceful and cold cocoon.
"Kyaaaaaahhh!" Shou-chaaaann!"
" He looks soooo incredibly hawt today!"
"Argghh! And the way he combs his hair back like that! ...Aaaah!"
"It makes me wanna bear that man's babies!"
"He's so orgasmic!!"
The tiny non-existent plankton nearly tripped on her own two feet and pay tribute to the wall.
This.
This was one of the reasons her visions of high school (with a plethora of fairies and water nymphs accompanied by dazzling unicorns) shattered in one full swing.
Kyouko Mogami, in her eighteen years of existence, and under the shadow of the most idiotic, selfish, arrogant baboon, unconsciously let out a few hell hounds from her person.
Shoutaro Fuwa.
The name send shivers of hatred and despise at the mere mention—nay, the measly syllable that procures the devil's name.
They were childhood friends.
Or at least she thought they were...
Until the idiot grew his head out to the size of Hindenburg looking at the mirror. In a matter of years, he used her to his own advantage. She who catered to his every needs and loved him unconditionally until the fall of their first year in high school.
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Kyouko likened high school to a forest land. And as carefree and enlightened as she was being with Sho in the same high school had put her in a blissful high that no one can burst—
"Sho-chan!! Why do you hang out with that creepy Mogami chick?"
She stopped short from one of the fairy's tugging her sleeve as she rounded a corner, spying a beautiful red-haired creature sitting herself comfortably at Sho's lap.
"She's such an irritating swine," a short-haired girl on his left arm huffed, "Honestly! I can't believe you put up with her!"
She didn't realize she was such a bother, Kyouko's face fell at the notion of being such an inconvenience to Sho. But she knew he will fight against her defense and show to these girls that she was a precious friend—
"I know." ...what?
"She clings to me every time. It fucking irritates me."
Eh?
"But why do you...still put up with her? It makes me jealouuuuss!"
"Me too!" Both girls pouted at him cutely.
"Ahh...don't worry ladies. She's not that important. Say, well...to me , she's like a maid. I think it's a good advantage that she makes bentos for me, carry my bag and do my homework. Of course I have to show a little courtesy by giving a little bit of attention now and then."
N-no way...
"Are you sure that's all there is to it?"
"Of course! I have no interest in ugly, tasteless and weak women—"
She watched in trepidation as her heart fell to pieces and her soul darkened.
"You girls are my treasure," he finished the knee-melting statement by delivering both women with a scorching kiss.
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And we come back to the scene in a hallway filled with cursed fan girls as the once bright and cheerful Kyouko Mogami walked like death herself.
After the cold, merciless and earth-shattering blow to her heart dust her to smithereens, she resolved never again to face him. Never again to return who she once was. To never again exist for one person alone. From now on, she vowed to exist for herself...or at least what people can see.
Of course, it always help to now and then curse Sho from the eight depth of hell and back. She had been waiting for the past two years to take the gold from him, to rip him out of his self-made pedestal of arrogance. But honestly...she's gone from nil to nada in her "Conquest to Kill Shoutaro." She could not find the perfect opportunity to slam him down from his high.
So far...what she had thought were all murder-worthy and just a short stop to juvenile prison, and she didn't want that. She wanted him to feel the same pain, the same suffering and burdens she felt. Killing him will not be enough of all the torture he put her through.
The past two years was planned in secrecy, in dark terror and complete obsession of his inevitable humiliation. And within those two years she became non-existent, troubled and alone.
Kyouko stomped away from the his disgusting club with no direction in particular all the while muttering curses and Sho's warped mind in consistent with his fan girls.
'Stupid Shoutaro!!! Freakin idiot shoulda get his pretty face knocked up! He's probably thinking: "Damn I'm so fine, I should be a rock star!" I'm gonna kill you!!! Just you wait! This year...this year I'm gonna humiliate you soooo bad you wish you never entered high school!!
Kyouko laughed maniacally as her demons smashed an imaginary cherub Sho from her vision. Unbeknownst to her, a shadow loomed over her shoulder...
"Pigtail-girl, while I appreciate your demonic aura, your face...is another matter." a smooth, velvety voice blew through her ear as Kyouko prepared herself from the minion of the devil himself.
Flying a clean five feet from the air, hands in a protective stance, and all fine hair stuck out in defense, her shadowed face balked in horror. 'Gaaahh! The Beagle Club President!!!" (In reality it is the Vie Ghoul: Spiritual Healing club, but with all its eccentric members and the extension of "Dedication to Vie Ghoul Girl Fan Club" it just became more of a habit club for the eerily creepy.)
Kyouko hated the ESP, mentally challenged, freaky-stalker in front of her for three reasons: 1.) he was ESP, 2.) he was mentally challenged, and 3.) he was a freakin' stalker!!
All in all, he was just as dangerous as Shoutaro with his deadly good looks, pale skin, amethyst eyes and a voice as smooth as angel's hair...but the guy...was downright coffin scary! What was more, he was just attracted to her "aura" but only preferred that and bluntly points out: "It would've been nice if you're as pretty as your dark thoughts."
And of course...she just had pure, incidental and ugly luck for her to wonder aimlessly to the lion's (or in this case a rabid beagle's) den.
"Beagle President!" she feigned shock, while in reality she was itching to find an escape a route to freedom. All her senses and demons hissed in disgust and fear at the non-human, super freaky stalker.
"Now, you wound me so with such a name. I've told you before you can always call me Reino," he purred taking five steps forward as Kyouko blinked underneath her long bangs in panic as she moved five steps back until she collided against a wall.
"I-ch-uhh—" She desperately wanted to say: "I'm gonna kill you!!" But her confidence and determination not to let her existence be known prior to her big "smackdown" to Sho overpowered her sensibility to defend herself.
He place both his arms on either side of the wall, leaning down to her eye level. Even her demons stopped their helpless assault as an invading aura froze her in place. "What's wrong puppet? Can't move?"
Cliché and rather desperate as it sounds, she didn't think the theory of prince in shining armor would add to her in reality right now (or ever for that matter—she smashed a nefarious thought of the egotistical blonde who came in her vision). But she really, really prayed for a loud pin drop or a-a-a frog turning into some clown right now just to—
"Mogami-san? Akazuri-san? Isn't it time for your classes?"
Kyouko nearly skipped and kiss whomever saved her from the clutches of—
"Ah, Tsuruga-sensei,"
Urk—
Skipping and kissing whomever savior feeling gone.
The evil thing (still in the same position as before) smiled languidly at Kyouko's bane of existence number three, all the while slowly backing away from her as he disgustingly ran a clawed hand on her chin and down her neck.
(Eeeeee!!! I'm gonna scrub myself raw!! You BASTARD!)
"Next time we meet, let's hope it's just the two of us, so I may enjoy more..." he stalked away in a fluid motion as she was left with her right hand twitching, wanting to do some severe damage to the—
"—gami-san? Mogami-san?"
"Ah!" she blinked her eyes, forgetting her (non) savior as she quickly fisted her hands and bowed. This was just the worst day. "A-I-I'm fine! S-Sorry, s-sensei for—"
"I thought you were a very respectable student, Mogami-san." she could feel the million-watt smile that had all the girls swooning and dropping faint away in the hallways. But she always knew that smile was letting on more than he thought.
Tsuruga Ren was incongruous to be a teacher.
The man more likely belonged to celeb or fashion mags to drool over than deal with hormone driven students. Then again, maybe he thought he'd get more kick out of appearing like a god in the form of a teacher filled with young, attractive females. Back then, she had always thought of him as a pedo, worse as Sho. And to this day it stands...even though he had really good methods for teaching English and was an avid Shakespeare fan like she.
For some reason (most likely stemmed from Sho's hatred of this guy with his winning looks and higher fan base) Kyouko came to hate him too.
"But I guess I'm mistaken," he shrugged as he walked past her.
"E-eh?"
"Please choose an appropriate venue to display your affections for each other next time.
"W-what?" he did NOT insinuate that beagle boy and her—
"And oh—" he turned around and gave her a charming (evil) smile "Be prepared to recite me Brutus' excerpt from Scene II by memory in class."
Yes, she decided, she hated that teacher after all—with our without Sho's influence.
'You pedo beast...'
Leaving her desolate and exuding a stronger whirlwind of demonic aura, Kyouko Mogami's brow twitched as she looked from one end of the hallway to the other and promptly screamed:
"DAMN YOU AAAAAALLLLL!!!"
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Hold the pan, the gun and the chair! And don't call Timmy to get the knife! XD I have a completely ingenious plot for all this and I am not insane as to go suicide and not update! So I hope y'all like it! Cuz so far I'm writing as I go, but I do have some in-ground ideas.
First! As an AU high school spin off, they will obviously remain in character (which I'm quite good at) but being AU I still tied in some of Kyouko's reason to "kill" Sho from the orig., and some sort of "I hate you now, but I'll like you later" feeling with Ren besides Kyouko. And Reino is being Reino. XD
As for Kyouko's sneakiness and non-immediate action for revenge...let's take it as one of her plots like the one in the manga/anime where she was an "angel" and refused to be recognized by Sho. She has a motive in the end, trust me.
Second...the randomness of the summary will come to play -winkwink- and somehow or the other the story play would focus on Kyouko and the guys. I don't wanna reveal my plot for the play right now, but if anyone of ya read the manwha Bride of the Water God by Yun Mi-Kyung then ya'll know where this is going. Other than that! This will be a high school romance/comedy/adventure ficcie, so I hope ya'll like the first installation.:) And oh! I'll hold a vote for the final pairing but for now, I'm on a polygamy quest so hush! Of course, I'm not making Kyouko-chan any easier, she is horribly oblivious.
Kyouko's looks...hmm if you've read Nakamura Yoshiki's other one-shot manga "Dramatic Love Album" (read it!) character Manabe--Kyouko looks kinda like her for the first part before we come to the "play." Kyouko's playing like the Cinderalla-ish part in here and there will be a school drama which would let her interact with the leading men and--AAAHHH! I'm saying to much! okay wait for next chappie!
...I love reviews...-.-