"Crap! I'm so, so late!" A stressed red scarfed teen exclaimed as she dashed away from the docks.
"It's my first day at school and I'm already this late?!" She ran and ran as fast as she could. Note that she has a roll of futomaki in her mouth, though it is sticking out.
She arrived from a passenger boat, but it had to go through a bunch of control checks, including checking of the passengers.
"Master Kiriya is going to kill me if I'm late this time!"
(At the same time)
"CRRRAAAAAAAP! WE'RE LAAAAAAAAATE!" A stressed teen exclaimed as he dashed through an open large alleyway with people passing through.
"Osomatsu! Wait up!" A calm but frustrated teen followed suit. He was identical to the stressed boy in front.
"Not again, not again!" The boy in the front dashed even further away. There were four more boys following them. They were all identical to each other. The body and the hair. Also the citizens gave them stares.
"Muscle muscle! Hustle hustle!" The fifth boy at the row exclaimed happily with a wide open mouth.
"Jyushimatsu, now's not the time to be happy." The last boy in the row says with a worried look.
"Aaaaaaaawww, don't sweat it Totty." Jyushimatsu replied.
"This is so stupid…" The cynical looking boy frowned. He had messy hair compared to the others. "I'm tired of this crap…" He began to slow down his speed, but…
"That's no good, Ichimatsu. Absence is a no-no." The happy boy picks up the cynical boy in a fireman carry technique. "Eh?!" The cynical look transformed to a terrified look.
"EEEEEEEEEH?! Jyushimatsu! That's dangerous! Let go!" The terrified boy wiggles, but to no avail.
"It's already dangerous to let go. Sit tight for a bumpy ride!" Jyushimatsu happily exclaimed. The one called Ichimatsu continued to scream for his life.
"Good grief…" The last boy lets out a sigh.
"Even if we are late, we still have our pride, brothers." The boy with the sunglasses confidently smiled at the three boys behind.
"No one wants your opinion! Now book it!" The last boy angrily snared.
"Heh! I will introduce this schoolyear for THE Karamatsu. There must surely be Karamatsu Girls there this year." Karamatsu daydreamed about his glory mid-running.
"Last year didn't went well for you. You should try to focus more on work this year, Karamatsu." The second boy in the row bluntly said.
"No one wants to hang around idol-geeks, Choromatsu." Karamatsu said unamused.
"Shut up and book it!" Choromatsu yelled out of annoyance. He turned his look back to front. He widened his eyes. "Damn it…! HOW FAST CAN THIS GUY RUN?!" He already had enough…
(Back at Asuka)
Asuka chewed on that futomaki. After all that running, she haven't ate one yet.
"I can make it… I can make it!" She saw the gate to the recognizable shopping area. She then dashed for it.
Just as she was about to reach the gate, someone came around the corner. There was a boy. He then gave a quick glance of surprise at Asuka. She widened her eyes. Everything went in slow motion. She hesitated and tried to slow down, and so did the boy. But then…
*BUNK*
Both fell on their butt to the ground. Asuka rubbed her head. She saw to her left side. Her futomaki was laying on the ground.
"My futomaki…" She had teary eyes. She felt completely sad that she didn't get to finish her roll.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't noticed!" Asuka sat on her knees and rapidity bowed her head down.
"Crap, sorry! I didn't see you around the corner." He did the same. Then they heard a rumble, more like a shake. Behind the boy were five other identical boys. Asuka became straight up confused.
They stopped behind the boy. "Geez Osomatsu." The meekly looking boy pouted.
"Could you just slow down for once?" The normal looking boy of the group complained.
Asuka was still confused.
The cynical boy being carried around by the happy looking boy has noticed Asuka's expression.
"What? First time seeing sextuplets?" The cynical boy emotionlessly responded.
"Sextuplets…?" She tilted her head a bit. "How is that even possible? They're really rare, something not expected in Japan!" Asuka baffled.
"I know, right? Mom is really amazing." The smiling boy happily bounces.
"My mademoiselle. Are you alright?" The boy with the sunglasses kneeled in front of her and elegantly offered his hand to her. He also gave a cool-looking smirk.
"Ummm… Who are you guys?" She meekly said, and she crawled a bit back away from the kneeling guy.
"Eldest son, Osomatsu!" The boy who got crashed first introduced as he points on his chest with his thumb, giving a happy smirk.
"Second son, Karamatsu." The narcissistic boy in front of her revealed his eyes and winked at her.
"Third son, Choromatsu." The normal boy politely bowed.
"Fourth son, Ichimatsu…" The cynical boy unenthusiastically introduced.
"Fifth son, Jyushimatsu!" The smiling boy happily flailed his arms, as well as bouncing Ichimatsu up and down.
"Youngest son, Todomatsu." The meekly boy tilted his head and smiled cutely with his eyes closed.
"Well… I'm Asuka." She gave a smile with her well-known greeting. (AU Notes: Victory pose)
"Wait, now's not the time!" Osomatsu suddenly grabbed her hand and helped her up. Both of them starts to run across the shopping area.
"Eh?! W-wait up!" Choromatsu tried to reach them, but it was too late.
"OH COME ON!" Choromatsu roared to the sky.
Both of them kept running and running.
"Nice to meet you." Asuka happily said looking at the eldest son.
"Heh. I'm known as the 'Charisma Legend'." He said with a confident grin.
Asuka could not help but to giggle at that comment. After running through the area, they headed towards the large school building just a couple of blocks away.
(At the school entrance)
Both arrived at the packed full yard. Students has already started to get in the building.
Osomatsu panted hard near the entrance. He noticed that Asuka went on ahead.
"I have to go. Nice to meet you Osomatsu." She turned her body back and waved at him. He did the same. As he tried to catch up with his breath, the other five soon caught up with him.
"Damn it Osomatsu. Slow down next time." Choromatsu slaps Osomatsu's back.
"So where is Asuka?" Todomatsu asked and turned his head back and forth.
"She went on ahead." Osomatsu explained.
"This is going to be an interesting year." Osomatsu muttered silently.
(A couple of months later, POV change)
I'm tired of all these games. Time to go home. I exited the arcade center, and went for a stroll instead.
"I haven't seen Asuka since the schoolyear started…" I muttered sadly. She's gotta be busy with school, I guess. I would be nice of her to drop by and say "Hi".
Wait, why am I thinking about her a lot lately? I mean, she's pretty cute and nice. And also that rack… So big…
Huh? Before I noticed, I was in a cramp alleyway. It was really crampy. Then I saw a movement above me. There were five people leaping across buildings and buildings. I couldn't see them properly.
"Ooooooh…" I was astonished. Curiosity overtook me, and I followed those five 'shadows'.
They were really quick, so I had to run after them.
I soon followed them to the empty shopping area near the school. I hid myself in cover of the buildings. Those five are now on the roof.
The first thing I noticed is that they were all girls, with huge racks! Hot damn, that's rare in this country.
I see a blonde chick with the school uniform, though it's unbuttoned that it reveals a lot of her torso. She has this playful grin on her.
Then there was a long black haired girl with a white gold-trimmed jacket with six buttons and a few golden tassels strewn across. Kinda reminds me of those high ranking military folks wear. She has a serious look on her.
Next to her is an eye-patched white haired girl with twin-tails held with shurikens. She wears a pale brown jacket over a white school skirt, red plaid skirt, brown loafers, and calf-high black stockings. Around her shoulders is a black mantle with two extended tails. She kinda reminds me of Ichimatsu.
The fourth girl are all pink. Her pigtailed hair is pink and her outfit are pink. She wore a pink track suit with biker shorts. There is something odd about her pupils…
The last girl is a ponytailed girl with white ribbon holding the hair. She dons a uniform composed of a yellow vest over a white shirt, as well as a green skirt.
"It couldn't be…" I silently muttered. That girl… There's no mistake!
They rose up again, and leaped away from my direction. They were so damn fast!
I ran to the middle of the shopping square. I turned around to look for them, but there wasn't any movement.
"What the hell is going on?" I scratched my head a bit. I hate to do this, but I think I'm gonna keep this for myself a while…
(Few weeks later)
"So… why are you with me again?" I asked my 'travelling companion'.
"Beats me. In case something might happen to you." My dear cynical companion answered.
"You're always with Jyushimatsu, and now you're with me?" We walked through the shopping area for the search of cola.
"Don't ask questions. I simply joined." He looked away from me.
"I knew you wanted the cola!" I accused him with my finger pointed at him.
"Would you shut up?" He became annoyed and retorted. Then we oddly became frozen at the same time. I just got this chilling feeling down my spine.
'The hell was that feeling? "Did you felt it?" He asked me in a surprised expression. I only nodded, though I didn't understand how he felt it too.
Suddenly he ran towards the school, fast. "Oi! Wait up! Where are you going?!" I yelled and followed him. He was heading for the school for some reason.
...
We arrived at the school entrance. There were a lot of metal clashing and bullets heard on the school ground.
We hid behind the brick wall and peeked.
10 girls went 5v5 on each other. That's the same five girls I saw weeks ago! Then there were other five newcomers.
A dark-tanned girl with a long ponytail wore a black school uniform. She held six swords, three on each hand. She definitely stole that from Wolverine. She fought against Asuka, who had two tiny swords.
Then was that green haired girl with tattered clothes. She wielded a dagger. A good glance at her, she's pretty emotionless. She fought against the blonde chick, but she has giant boots?
Nearby was yet another blonde cutie with a green dress inspired by western. She held a GIANT sword equal to Buster Sword. She fought against the military girl, who had a long katana.
The fourth girl was literally a small petite Lolita that had an umbrella as a gun. She were fighting against the pirate girl who also had an umbrella as a weapon.
The last one was this girl with brown hair curled at the ends with a large pink ribbon on top of her. Her outfit looks like a combination of white and pink lingerie. She had a diamond formation opening revealing her cleavage. She had a lab coat lined with different vials. She went head on with the other pink girl, who used her fist. But she keeps falling down and down...
All of them clashed with each other, but the newcomers seems to have the upper hand.
The tanned girls slashes Asuka hard. I'm feeling very pissed at the sight…
Ichimatsu uncharacteristically watched the scene eyes widened.
"Heh! Is that all you got?! It felt like a feather caressing me!" The tanned girl taunted. She slashed Asuka to the ground, but still she stands up and take it.
"You're just too pathetic to watch. Now it's time to end this!" The girl raised her blades.
Then Ichimatsu went out in the open. "Ichimatsu! What are you…?" I angrily whispered.
He walked right towards the girls. Damn it… I followed him. As the eldest, I have to keep my bros out of trouble.
Asuka noticed both of us surprisingly. Her eyes widened in shock.
"Osomatsu…? Ichimatsu…?" She meekly announced.
The tanned girl lowered her blades and glanced back. Her reaction were just the same as Asuka's.
All of us literally just stopped in our tracks. The tanned girl had her mouth agape.
"…Ichi…matsu?" She responded. She knows Ichimatsu? I was behind him, so it wasn't easy to see his reaction. I glanced over him by tilting my body to the side. His eyes widened as well, but he kept his mouth closed.
"Homura…" He muttered. That's her name, huh.
"But… the Shinobi Barrier…!" Asuka tried to stand up. "But how…?"
"W-w-w-we were going through the shopping area, and then we had this chilling feeling from the school. So we decided to explore it!" I tried my best to explain, though the motive was a complete lie.
"Tch…" This girl called Homura gritted her teeth. "We're done here…" She unsheathed her sword.
"…" Asuka simply stared at her.
"Asuka! Since our fight has been unexpectedly interrupted by civilians, your life has been spared." Homura announced.
"On our next fight, your life will end by my hands!" Homura declared. Her attitude kinda pisses me off.
"Retreat!" Homura commanded, and her friends all got that and disappeared by jumping away from the school.
She was the only one remaining. The other girls were surprised that she stayed.
She gave a slow glance towards Ichimatsu. She gave a sad expression.
"Ichimatsu…" She silently said. He didn't respond to that.
"…" He only gave her his usual cynical stare.
Homura dismissed that and jumped far away from them.
Soon after, Asuka fell to the ground. I panicked and rushed to her side along with Ichimatsu. So did her friends.
Just what have I landed us on anyway?
(Nurse's office)
Me and Ichimatsu sat by Asuka's bed, who was awake this whole time staring at us. We were told by her friends to wait for someone that can explain this whole ordeal we have landed on. They were also here in this room, covered in bandages. It was evening, but we had nothing better to do anyway. The awkward silence were killing me.
"So… uh… the name's Katsuragi." The blonde girl introduced with a large smile. I guess she felt the awkwardness too.
The long haired girl with the katana cleared her throat loud. "My name is Ikaruga. It is nice to meet you." She bowed her head down.
"My name is Yagyu. That's all you need to know." The white haired girl bluntly introduced.
"Ummm…" Pinky behind Yagyu fidgets a lot. "M-m-my name is Hibari! Nice to meet you!" She stressfully introduced and bowed down hard.
"Hi." I gave them a small wave with a tiny smile.
"Hi…" Ichimatsu didn't move at all.
Yet another awkward silence. I understood them. Being with their injured friend with two other strangers watching.
"Are you both… perhaps a part of the sextuplets gang Asuka were speaking of?" Ikaruga broke the silence with a question. Asuka were talking about us?
"Huuuuh? That's them?" Katsuragi pointed at us as she glanced over Ikaruga.
"Crap, I forgot…" I reposition my seat. "The name's Osomatsu. The eldest out of six." I introduced with the same way Asuka greeted us back then. Asuka on the bed smiled a bit.
"Ichimatsu... The fourth one…" Ichimatsu responded with his usual behavior. "It's rude to point at strangers, you know." He points out.
"Hehehehe… Sorry 'bout that." Katsuragi scratches the back of her head.
A door suddenly opened. It was a middle-aged man with silver hair. He wore all black.
It was no mistake… It was…
"Well well, if it isn't Osomatsu and Ichimatsu?" The man called out with a slight smile.
"K-K-Kiriya-sensei?!" I bursted out. That's my math teacher! Was he the one we were waiting for?!
"Good grief, how many times have you already landed yourself in trouble? Moreover, you got Ichimatsu involved as well." He opened a notebook other teachers always carries. It has info on the students here.
"Let's see here… Scamming the delinquents for extra cash. Rigging to soda machine to malfunction. Numerous peeking…"
"Enough enough! Don't say anything anymore, please!" I interrupted Kiriya-sensei. Another word, and I'm screwed!
"Well then, shall we get down to business?" He closes the notebook and put it down on a nearby table.
"Master Kiriya, is it wise to let them know?" Ikaruga asked worried.
"They have seen enough, and what we are capable of." He replied calmly.
It went quiet again. It felt quite chilling here…
"Osomatsu, Ichimatsu." Kiriya-sensei called out. We turned around to face him.
"Are you familiar with ninjas, or shinobis for this matter?" He asked us.
"I've read a lot of manga about them and watched a bunch of anime about them, so… yeah?" I responded meekly.
"What if I told you they actually exist, hiding from the public eye." Kiriya-sensei suggested.
"Are you saying…?" Ichimatsu asked halfway through.
"Yes. There are schools training them throughout the country. There are hidden schools that trains every students there, like those girls you saw earlier. Our school is different. We have normal students here not knowing the existence of shinobi, like you. We have only selected few compared to the hidden ones. Only the teachers, the principal and the vice principal knows our existence." Kiriya-sensei explained. I was taking back.
"There are two types of shinobis. 'Good shinobi' and 'Evil shinobi'." There are good and evil involved?
"Good shinobis work for the government in order to maintain peace in the society. They have no personal gains they wish for. Evil shinobis in other hand, works for the underworld syndicates, corrupt politicians, and other greedy big shots. Evil shinobis don't care about the world, only the cash they can get their hands on." Kiriya-sensei-sensei explained the difference. So no world domination, or mass slavery? Nothing sinister?
"Wouldn't that just make them mercenaries?" Ichimatsu raised his hand up. I was thinking the same. "You could say that." Kiriya-sensei replied.
"What a stupid concept…" Ichimatsu muttered loudly. All of us were taken back, except Kiriya-sensei of course.
"Who came up with this anyway? They're just the same." Ichimatsu mocked.
"Ichimatsu, don't…" Hibari tried to calm him down. But Kiriya-sensei interrupted her. "Think whatever you like. That's all you need to know of the shinobis." Kiriya-sensei had made it clear.
"Can both of you keep quiet about this?" Kiriya-sensei requested us. "Even to your family?" He sounded more serious. I read in a manga that ninjas can be threatening if someone won't keep their words.
What other choices do we have? Me and Ichimatsu stared at each other for a moment.
We looked at Kiriya-sensei again, and we nodded.
Ever since then, we started to hang out with the girls more often. (TOO MUCH FOR A CHARACTER CHAPTER)
(Few weeks later)
I was a hot summer day. I went for a walk in the park near the lake. I then noticed girl sitting on a bench munching on a futomaki. I haven't seen her since she got injured. I happily ran to her, but on the second thought…
Nah. It's totally fine!
"Yo!" I called out. She turned her head towards me in a surprise manner.
"Osomatsu?" She asked.
"'Sup?" I gave out a grin. She smiled back. "Have a seat." She offered the other space.
"Thanks" I responded as sat down heavily.
"So what happened to that girl you fought against?" I haven't seen her in a while.
"We beat them in their home turf." She smiled confidently. "Is that so? That's good." I felt happy for her. "We're now friends from now on." She announced. Good and evil friends? Wait, come to think of it. They're just mercenaries, so that's fine. Good and evil has nothing to do with it.
"Can I have a roll?" I stared at her bento box. She gave me a bright smile. "Sure!"
I leaned closer towards the box, then I bumped my head to Asuka's.
We stared at each other for a moment, both of us were blushing brightly. Like magnet, our lips pulled each other together. Of course, she backed away and I returned down to earth.
We turned around away from each other. Crap, what to do, what to do? Why did I do it?
Today WILL be the day. I peeked back at Asuka, who still has her back turned.
Here goes… There's no turning back…
I quickly turned around with my eyes closed and yelled: "I LIKE YOU!"
Another voice said the same. It was...
We both opened our eyes in front of each other. We were blushing all way through.
I was shocked. She opened her mouth and closing it rapidity.
We both looked down on the bench out of embarrassment.
"Ever since you started hanging out with us…" Asuka started to talk.
"You've become much more cooler than before…" She meekly said as she stared at me.
"And you much cuter…" I responded scratching my cheek.
Before, we were like best friends. Hanging out, eating, playing, going to arcades, and much more.
How will this change our relationship?
"Umm…" She fidgets a lot. "Wanna be… my boyfriend?" She asked while she was blushing.
"I could ask the same…" I responded.
"So… what now?" I asked her. She were playing with her index fingers while looking away.
"We could… hold hands?" She suggested.
"Ok…" I pushed my hand to her and locked it into her hand.
"So soft…"
"So thick…"
I stared at our hands while maintaining our blushing.
"W-what now?" She suddenly asked. "We could… kiss… now?" I stuttered.
She nodded weakly. Our faces closed in to each other. She pulled her lips together and we went for it.
*SMOOCH*
We stayed like this for a while, embracing our new relationship.
We separated ourselves from each other. She lets out a smile even though she's blushing. I could tell she was happy.
"Ehehe…" She heartily giggled. "I look forward to our time together onward…" She leaned against me and rested on my shoulder. "Me too…" I reassured her, caressing her hair.
But for now, let's just enjoy our life together…
The anime those sextuples originates from is called 'Osomatsu-san'. I recommend watching it for pure humor and gags. Seriously.
