Chapter 2 - The Fight Club

I like the long chapters.

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Chirp! Chirp!

The birds woke up Tooru, teling her that it was just after dawn, she lifted her small hands up to her face and wiped the sleep out of her eyes. Her eyes languidly opened up, and she sat up in her bed, still in her blue housedress. She got up off her bed, pulling the housedress slowly off, as the bottom of the dress trailed up her small body. Her uniform was what she immediately put on after that, she chucked her housedress into the laundry hamper. Then walked downstairs to make breakfast.

Shigure was already wide awake, solving a rubix cube out of pure boredom. He was hungry, but didn't dare go get anything to eat, it might affect Tooru somehow, everything people said she took to heart, and it always affected her accordingly. Besides, he liked a propperly cooked breakfast by Tooru than some rubbish he could barely rustle up. When he finished solving the rubix cube, he turned on his computer, he planned to fit some work into the day.

Chugi was already wide awake too, Chugi usually only got 3, sometimes 4 hours of sleep, but he managed to turn those 4 hours of rest into 20 hours of energy. Chugi was a very early riser, he was already in his uniform, and he already ate his waffle breakfast. He was doing his homework on the birch dining table, beside the glass scultpure centerpiece. Math expressions and girls faces dashed and pranced through his mind, as they usually did.

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"Ha! Kya!"

Chugi kicked, missing a very meek boy who looked tired and drunk.

"Kya"

Chugi swung another kick, nearly hitting the tired boy with light brown hair and bad posture.

"Hya!"

Chugi hit the drunken boy with his elbow, right in the hollow of his back, the boy toppled over tiredly and seemed to have fallen asleep the second he hit the floor.

"Snoozer, wake up!" rambled Kyou

Six boys were in the fighting club, a club that went up against other school in wrestling, martial arts, judo, and other countless styles of fighting; Kyou was part of the provincially renowned club, their club, even though small and seemed violent, was highly disciplined, and intelligent.

"Howdy, get Snoozer off the ground" called Chugi, Kyou picked up the tired drunken boy who was nicknamed Snoozer.

The club used Hamtaro nicknames, for some odd reason or just for fun, no one really complained anyway.

Chugi was nicknamed Oxnard, Kyou was Howdy, Nick; the tired boy was Snoozer, a bald muscular kid named Habi was nicknamed Boss, a small kid as tiny as Momiji with red short hair was Chris; nicknamed Cappy, a small and cute slender asian girl; the clubs organizer; was named Claire but nicknamed Bijou, the last boy was almost a clone of Chugi but much less dexterous; he was named Jin but nicknamed Spat

The group of 7 were all very close, like a big family, they had won 978 gold trophies, 567 silver trophies, 231 bronze and 2,546 participation ribbons, along with one platinum in a nationals martial arts tournament, which was first place in the entire region. The group really was an amazing group of people.

"Snoozer, wake up!" Chugi clapped his hands together loudly

"Snoozer! Wake up! Or we'll miss the judo competition!" yelled Bijou loudly

Snoozer awoke quickly, completely alert but his eyes still closed. He picked up a gym bag and said

"Sorry Bijou-chan, forgive me" the boy ran out of the room, quickly

"That boy, what are we to do with him?" sighed Bijou

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Meanwhile, Tooru was already at home with Yuki, Arisa, and Hanjima, studying hard for big tests coming in the next week. Yuki kept stealing glances at Hanajima, she must have noticed since she put her book closer to her face.

"Im going to get a drink" Tooru broke the silence "would anyone else like anything?"

"Water please" said Arisa

"Of course Uo-chan" and with that, Tooru quickly ran downstairs to get a drink, when she heard something creep up on her. She was frozen in fear- did she forget to lock the door?!

"Hey Tooru-san, can some friends come for dinner?" said a voice like Kyou's

Tooru was relieved, she'd been reading up on Egyptian burglaries for a report, somehow, burglaries stuck in her head.

"Of course Kyou-san, who is it?" said Tooru, turning her back to the fridge in order to face Kyou who was holding a velvet gym bag

"Chugi-san, and 5 other people" he said happily

"Oh wow! So many people!" Tooru's eyes glittered, she was going to meet Kyou's friends she never knew he had!

"Yeah, we're celebrating my friends golden trophy in a tournament"

"How exciting!"

Tooru opened the fridge and dug out an orange juice box and a bottle of water "Hey, could you get me some water too?" two bottles of water. She shut the fridge door and handed Kyou his water.

"So who is he?" asked Tooru

"It's a she, and her name is Claire"

It seemed Snoozer was just driving, Snoozer was much too slow to fight anywhere except boxing, which because he has oddly rough skin and strong punches. "but we call her Bijou"

"Oh a she?! The nickname is so cuuute!" said Tooru while apologizing for cutting the conversation short to go study more.

Kyou dropped his red gymbag on the floor, and drunk his water, he dug out his white gi out of his gym bag, he got changed quickly in his room, and raced to his master for some training.

On Chugi's side of things he was with Bijou in his apartment, making her an afterschool lunch; some noodles. Bijou loved being the center of attention amongst six very good guys, half of them had apartments or homes maintained with friends. Half of them got great grades and already a job. Half of them already had girlfriends, but she still felt like a little bit of a girlfriend to all the boys. Chugi had all these things except a girlfriend, which looked quite endearing to her, Chugi had a great personality, and was very mature.

"Here Bijou-chan" Chugi handed her the bowl and chopsticks, she began eating at the dining table, she was still in her black gi.

Chugi went to his bedroom, and found a traditional maroon hakama, the one he wore when he saved Kyou and Yuki, it was still rather dirty from the escapade itself, but it was still in presentable order. He'd get it cleaned later.

His wardrobe almost completely was made up of yukatas, obis, hakamas, robes, gis, his school uniforms, and one casual pair of jeans and an off-white t-shirt he bought to wear when he was repainting his apartment green.

He looked into his closet and found some of Bijou's dresses, and casual wear, and one obi; Bijou managed to leave clothes everywhere somehow, her parents were murdered so she decided to live at her friends houses.

"Finished!" he heard the cute feminine voice from the other room chirp

"Okay, leave it on the counter, then come here to pick something to wear" he replied in a loud tone

He heard the clatter of the porcelain bowl and chopsticks against the graphite counter. She came into his room, seeing that he had set out her clothes on the bed, waiting for her to choose something.

Her obi matched Chugi's hakama perfectly, it looked regally maroon with a tie formed to look like a yellow rose. The obi had a golden flower pattern design running across the fabric. She thought them appearing like that, would make them look like a couple, her heart pounced on the idea, like a dog and a steak. But Chugi might feel differently.

"Can I wear this?" Claire pointed to her obi

Chugi could imagine that they'd look like they were seeing eachother, but chuckled at the cute idea he knew she was thinking and said "Why not?"

Tooru was putting her fresh trout into the oven and clicked the stove on medium. She liked cooking big meals, it made her feel important as the cook.

"Tooru-chan, we'll be going now" said Arisa lightly

"Yes" agreed Hanajima

Tooru turned around to see that her two friends had finished studying, Tooru gave a little bow and said "Thanks for coming, see you tommorow Uo-chan and Hana-chan"

The two girls bowed and started walking out of the house, Arisa hautuly shouting "Byeeeee~" as she left the residence. Yuki came up behind Tooru

"Honda-san, that's an awfully big fish for 4 people." he said

"Its for 10 people" she replied happily

"I know Kyou-kun can eat like a pig, but he won't need all that"

Tooru blushed slightly and giggled, "Kyou-san is having friends over"

"Kyou-kun has friends?"

"Of course!" Tooru clapped her hands together and smiled angelicly

Yuki left the room, he was alone and had finished his homework, he went to Shigure's den and knocked twice.

"Come in my little Tooru-kun~" said Shigure playfully

"What do you call Honda-san?" said Yuki coldly

"Oh shit, it's Yuki" he whispered just loud enough for Yuki to hear by accident "never mind, what is it?" he continued

"You know Kyou-kun is having friends over, right?"

"He is?"

"Yeah"

"Any highschool girls?" Shigure said playfully

"Dammit dog! Don't make me come in there and beat you!" said Yuki sounding annoyed

"Oh fun~" said Shigure, popping out of his room like a toddler who just ate a pound of sugar, he ran around the house yelling "Highschool girls!~" Tooru giggled as Yuki chased him around the house yelling "You sick dog!"

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Chugi finished tying Claire's elegant obi tie, it took him longer than he expected, but the work of half an hour of tying showed beatifully, the rose looked regal and delicate. They stood up and went to the bedroom, they both looked into the long rectangular mirror. It'd be nearly impossible to not think they weren't seeing eachother or dating. But they both looked like a cute couple, with Claires short black hair tied into a small ponytail and bangs, and her brown eyes complimenting the green eyes of Chugi. They both decided to go, but Claire got her small token bag that matched her obi perfectly first.

Tooru got out the large trout and had finished making her rice and miso soup. She took the hot trays full of fresh and delicious food.

"Let me help, Honda-san" offered Yuki who came back from his shower after he beat Shigure over the head with a book he wrote. 'Ohh! The irony' Shigure said as he got hit.

"Yuki-san doesn't have to" Tooru pouted

"It's okay Tooru-san, I want to" Tooru blushed a little at the offer to help, then Yuki went to go get plates and chopsticks to set the table.

Kyou walked into the house and saw the food, he said "Thanks Tooru-kun" as he tried to get the water out of his hear from his swim, in the lake which he did after his training often to rinse up.

"Oh, it's the least I could do for Kyou-san!" she shouted from the kitchen, retrieving the rice

"I smell food~" said a playful voice from Shigure's den

"Go to hell~" said Kyou almost as playfully back

Shigure openned his den door and jumped to the trout, trying to inhale all he could of the smell.

"Get offa it! Your vile drool will ruin Honda-san's hard work!" yelled Yuki

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Knock! Knock! Knock!

A few moments after Tooru set down dinner, they heard three knocks at the door. Kyou went to the door and opened it up, he saw Chugi slightly bent over to give stability to a wide-eyed Claire, who was riding on Chugi's back all the way here.

"Hey Oxnard-chan! Bijou-chan!" Kyou said like he was seeing an old friend from long ago

Chugi walked in with Claire still on his back.

"Woah!" exclaimed the perky, feminine voice Claire made "what smells so good?!"

She looked to her left and saw a feast fit for royalty, her eyes widened even more, like a kid who just saw Santa Claus with a big gift for her

Chugi had a nice sweet toothless grin on his face, happy at how excited Claire was. Claire was a good girl too, thought Chugi, nothing wrong with her.

Claire got off Chugi's back roughly, and went to the table. "Who cooked this?!" she exclaimed

"I did" said Tooru just coming from her room; she just got changed into her daydress "is there anything wrong with it?"

Claire jumped infront of Tooru at lightning speed, she took both her hands in hers and excitedly let out "Noo! It's better than I could imagine! Thank you!!!" Tooru smiled angelicly, pleased by the appreciation being recieved.

Knock!Knock! Knock!

Kyou, who was standing by the door opened it quickly, and was greeted by an energetic boy jumping into the room yelling "Cappy-chan's here to partyyyy!" he was dressed in casual clothes, but still fitted in perfectly.

"Cappy-chan!" Chugi said, running at him and playfully mock tackling him

"Cappy-chan brought foood!" he said excitedly, grinning

"Oh really?" asked Kyou

"Yeah!" Chris (Cappy) pulled out a small plastic bag (the type you see at the grocery markets) from behind his back, he reached into it and grabbed out a white box. Then set it on the table.

"Yay! We get to eat a box!" joked Chugi loudly

Claire and Tooru giggled at the joke, "No silly!" said Cappy while laughing. He opened the box and everyone "Ooooed" and "Ahhhed" at the chocolate cake before them.

"Dessert!" said Kyou with a charming smile

"This dessert cake cannot rival the sweetness off Tooru-kun!~" said Shigure playfully

"Despicable!" flinched Kyou whilst smacking Shigure upside the head

"Behave!" stomped Yuki

The group of friends all stormed Shigure with "Hii!" s.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Kyou, seemingly being glued to the spot beside the door, opened the door to see a muscular smiling boy, with a sleeping boy slung over his shoulder.

"Boss-chan! Snoozer-chan!" Kyou said, intentionally too loud, trying to wake up Nick.

The sleepy boy raised his head slightly, gave a little wave, and then dropped boneless again to be carried by Boss.

"Come in~" chirped Tooru

"Thanks, I wi- HOLY CRAP!" stammered Boss as he walked in

"What?" asked Chris

".?!" he shouted each word individually

Tooru's eyes shone and she beamed, her hands folded into a ball, she watched as the muscular boy chucked the tired boy on the floor (who just moaned from the impact) and hop onto the pillow seat, waiting anxiously to eat.

Kyou walked to his usual seat, and counted his fingers, seeing who was left to arrive.

Knock!Knock! Barge!

The door flew open, and the knob slammed into the tatami wall, demolishing it, leaving a mark of the destruction.

"Oh... Damn" everyone heard a voice a little lighter but similar to Chugi's say

Chugi went just beside the door. Jin (Spat) walked in, about to bow and apologize, but Chugi send a forceful push at Spat. Chugi laughed as he saw Spat fall and roll on the ground; a few people in the room laughed, others were silent such as Tooru.

Jin got up and closed the door, then advanced towards Chugi and tried pushing his head down from behind. Unsuccesful he tried again, and again, and again, but Chugi was immovable.

"Done yet?" asked Chugi quietly

"Nope" Jin tried once more, failing "Nevermind, yeah I'm done"

The whole room burst into laughter, even Tooru who was dead silent a second before, was giggling till her ribs hurt.

Everyone sat down in the whirlwind of laughter, everyone started filling their plates franticly, trying to get the fattiest parts of the trout before anyone else. After everyone got a piece if trout, except Chugi and Kyou, they stared at eachother, subliminally saying "First to blink loses the fish" they stared at eachother for a few minutes until Chugi slowly raised his chopsticks and poked Kyou gently in the eyes

"Ow!" Kyou said, letting Chugi take the fish

"Tsk!Tsk! You snooze you lose Howdy-chan" laughed Chugi

"Damn you to hell!" shouted Kyou

"I love you too Kyo-san!" said Chugi loudly

Kyou and Chugi started laughing while constant conversations broke out across the dinner table between new and old guests and the hosts. Occasinaly, Shigure would try to get "acquainted" with Claire by trying to put his hands on her arms, but was usually answered with being judo-flipped and kicked out of the room with a clear subliminal message- "What! The! F***! Were! You! Thinking?!"

The whole night was filled with laughter and food, like a big family would act. At the end, as people started leaving, Jin said

"Snoozer and I are going to drop the trophy off at the goldmine" he weighed a trophy in his hands. The goldmine was the storage facility for club's trophies, their storage was far too small for the alas of awards they had. "Okay?"

"Okay" said Claire

Snoozer got up tiredly, walking with Spat out of the door and to the highschool. Next to leave was Habi (Boss) and Cappy with him. Chugi, and Kyou talked and Claire and Tooru talked while Shigure read his paper all the way into the wee hours of the night. It was very late, probably into morning hours, Claire was dead tired, on the brink of sleeping, almost everyone was the same except Chugi and Shigure who seemed surprisingly energetic, intrigued and determined to continue their conversation about a book Shigure wrote that Chugi read. Claire went to Chugi's side tiredly, she nudged him twice, sat down beside him, and put her head into his lap and fell asleep, completely trusting Chugi with her sleeping body. Chugi started stroking Claire's short, yet silky smooth hair, whilst continuing his conversation with Shigure.

Tooru got up, her shoulders cutely crooked "Im going to bed" she said

"Good night Tooru-san" said Chugi lightly, as to not wake Claire up

"Sleep well my little Tooru-kun" bidded Shigure playfully

Tooru got up and quickly picked up all the plates and tossed them into the kitchen sink, then slugged her way up the stairs, to her room.

"Shigure-senpai, it is getting rather late, perhaps Claire-chan and I should go, she is very tired, I wouldn't want to put her into a worse situation" said Chugi, trying to expose how much he cared for Claire's rest to be good.

"Well then, good night Chugi-kun, and tell Claire-kun I bidded her goodnight too if she wakes up" said Shigure, then he got up, and tiredly went to his den, apparently he has no energy now for some reason.

Chugi stayed there for awhile, being the only awake one in the house. He stroked Claire-san's hair, then watched her nose crinkle cutely and heard her little mews she made in her sleep. So many cute girls in his life. Claire-chan was one of them.

Finally, his sense of fatherhood kicked in, Claire would wake up sore and unrested if he let her sleep here. He picked her up as gently as he could, held her close, and left the Souma's.

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"Sleep well Claire-chan" said Chugi whilst tucking her in his bed at his apartment. She hadn't stirred the whole walk to the apartment, as he pulled the blanket up to her chin, her hands came up to clutch it with her little hands.

"You're too cute" whispered Chugi

Chugi left the bed, letting her rest properly. He took of the top of his hakama and pounced onto the couch, he slowly dozed off.

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I love this story ;) Hope you guys do too