My Sister, the Mad Scientist, an Azumanga Fanfic - Chapter 1:Enter Saisei Sakaki

AN:This is technically related to one of my OCs in AzuDisgaea, but you really don't need to read that to understand this.

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"Come on! Little sis, It's time to get up! It's time for your first day of high school!" If Sakaki was awake, this would probably be what she was hearing right now, but she was in a deep sleep, "Probably lost in a dream about kittens or something." the girl outside the door thought to herself.

She quietly crept into Sakaki's room "Hehehe, I guess I'll have to try another method."

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Sakaki woke up to the feeling of something on her chest, her expression turned from sleepy to shock when she saw a pair of hands on her breasts. She slowly turned her head to the face of her sister, Saisei, grinning playfully.

"AHHH!" Sakaki screamed and practically jumped to the other side of the room. Saisei sat up on the bed and began laughing uncontrollably. "Ahahahaha! You should see the look on your face!"

"Did you just grope me?!"

"It was a sisterly grope, completely and totally platonic."

"That doesn't even make sense!"

"In theory every gesture can have a different meaning depending on the culture, so yes it does make sense. Now get ready! This is probably the first time we could be in the same class!" Saisei left as Sakaki got herself ready.

In one word, how would Sakaki describe her older sister? Quirky, that would probably be best. Ever since they were kids Saisei was always an oddball, a mad scientist so to speak. When they went toy shopping as kids, while Sakaki went for stuffed animals, Saisei looked into chemistry sets. She'd even made the basement into her own private lab. It really wasn't too bad, the worst case being one time when she was 12 and Sakaki was 11, Sakaki walked in as her sister was dissecting a frog.

She was a genius, no matter how quirky she was. So she had always been getting offers to attend all sorts of private schools. Which she had gone to throughout middle school, then in her first year of high school, she seemed to burn out, and ended up getting kicked out due to her failing grades. This is the part Sakaki dreaded, they were in the same grade now, and, despite her so called 'burn out' Saisei managed to get accepted into the same school as Sakaki. This meant they could end up in the same class, which would most likely lead to a repeat of elementary school, where Saisei embarrassed her every step of the way, one thing she remembered in particular from her second last year of grade school, "Hehe, you should be proud, little sis! You're developing way faster than any of these other girls!" and that was just the tip of the iceberg. Of course, her 'cool' persona was a result of Saisei's antics as well, most people thought she was quiet because she wasn't bothered by her sister's antics, but really she was just embarrassed, which just lead to shyness.

Sakaki knew things would be the same as before if they ended up in the same class, so all she could do is hope. The two walked along on their way to the school, Saisei stood a few centimeters shorter than her sister, despite being older, her hair was cut short, and messy, when they were kids she kept it in a ponytail for 'lab safety purposes' but she had said that the time taken to keep track of hair that long in the morning took time a way from vital lab procedures, so one day she decided to hack it all off. She also wore a pair of oval glasses, the only reason she hadn't switched to contacts was the idea of keeping up the traditional scientist look, which was also why her wardrobe contained no less than twelve lab coats.

The walk was pretty ordinary, it was early so neither was in the mood for talking, Sakaki also still a little angry about her sister's actions that morning. The silence was broken by Saisei's sudden sneezing, "A-choo!" She looked over to see a small grey cat sitting on a stone wall beside her, "I figured as much, well I'm not gonna let my allergies act up on the first day, come on, let's keep--" CHOMP! As Saisei had begun to walk away, it seemed Sakaki had tried to pet it. "Not again..." she thought as the cat sprinted away, "Ever since she was little."

The rest of the walk went on without incident, and they finally made it to the school. Sakaki looked over the class listings to find her name in Yukari Tanizaki's class, class 3. Then to her horror, right under her name was the name Saisei Sakaki. "Woo-hoo! We get to be in the same class, little sis! This is going to be so much fun!" Saisei said, hugging Sakaki. "Oh no..." was all that came to her mind.

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They entered the classroom to find the teacher wasn't there, even though class was about 5 minutes from starting. Sakaki took a spot by the window, Saisei actually went over to a different seat, "Kaori."

"Saisei."

"You know, my security system picked up some suspicious movement the other night, you wouldn't happen to know anything about that? Would you?"

"Nope nothing, maybe you should stop being so paranoid. It was probably just a large dog or something."

"Don't give me that, Kaori. Look, I don't mind if you like my sister, but the whole stalking thing has to stop. You've been doing it since middle school, It's not healthy." While Saisei had not gone to school with Sakaki at that time, she had become aware of Kaorin's obsession.

"Well, if I just had some pictures you could lend me..."

"I could get a restraining order."

"Anyway, what the hell are you doing here anyway? Shouldn't you be in the next class up?"

"I have my reasons."

At that point, the teacher walked in, a little out-of breath, and apparently embarrassed at something she had just said.