A/N: And now for the much anticipated part two! Well at least somewhat anticipated...Okay maybe not really at all but still it's here! Part two: "Wild Nights."
-----Party!-----
Having just finished dinner Chiyo and Osaka were cleaning the dishes while the rest remained sitting around the table. "Hey Chiyo," Osaka prodded, "Aren't we goin' ta a festival again this year?"
Chiyo nodded. "Yes, but its tomorrow night Osaka."
"Then what're we gonna do tonight?" the spacey girl inquired.
"We party!" Tomo exclaimed as she rocketed out of her chair and came to a sliding stop in front of the refrigerator. The wildcat then swung the door open and retrieved two six packs of beer. "This time we're gonna have some real fun!" she announced as she slammed the door shut.
"I told you not to bring that!" Yomi scolded.
"You also said I shouldn't bring the watermelon," Tomo pointed out. "Oh! I brought sake too!" Tomo announced as she set the two six packs down before going back into the fridge to retrieve two bottles of sake. "And there's more where this came from!" she boisterously informed everyone as she set down one of the bottles and retrieved one of the six packs before ushering the beverages to the table where everyone was sitting. "Drink up!" she exclaimed as she handed a beer to Yomi before cracking her own open and tasting it. Letting out a sigh Yomi followed suit also sipping on her beverage as she looked around to the other girls. They seemed apprehensive about this situation, especially Kagura and Kaorin.
"Is this really okay?" Kagura asked as she simply stared at the can of beer in her hands.
"We probably shouldn't…" Kaorin started but was stopped by Sakaki's surprising action of grabbing the bottle of sake, pouring herself a glass, and drinking it. Sakaki's actions spurred both Kagura and Kaorin to follow suit, Kagura opening her beer and Kaorin joining Sakaki in drinking sake.
"I'll have some sake," Osaka announced as she took a seat, "Would you like some too, Chiyo?"
Chiyo was flabbergasted. "I'm too young to be drinking like that, you all are!" she scolded. "You should stop right now!"
"Don't worry Chiyo, it's really good," Osaka assured her as she put her glass to Chiyo's lips and poured the liquid down her throat, "see?"
The poor little girl coughed and sputtered. "That wasn't good at all!"
"Say, Tomo," Yomi prodded, "Just how did you, of all people, get all of this?"
"Don't worry about it!" Tomo shrugged Yomi's question off, "Just drink up and enjoy!"
While the rest seemed to be enjoying themselves Chiyo still wasn't convinced that this was really okay. Since Osaka brushed her off she decided to try to plead with Sakaki to put an end to this situation. "Sakaki, you all really shouldn't be doing this!" the little genius pleaded, "Can you convince them to stop?"
Sakaki was taken aback at the pitiful look Chiyo was giving her. "Um, maybe you should go to bed," Sakaki offered to the little girl.
Getting frustrated Chiyo then marched over to Yomi, her last hope for someone with any reason left. "Yomi, you should make them stop!" Chiyo irately ordered.
"Ah," Yomi acknowledged the girl, patting her on the head, "You feel left out huh?" Yomi grabbed a fresh beer and handed it to Chiyo. "If you didn't like the sake this might be better for you."
Finally fed up with the older girls the little genius snapped. "Fine!" she said as she opened the beer. She then quickly downed the beverage while receiving cheers from the rest of the group.
-----Promise-----
"Remind me why I'm coming along with you," Nyamo demanded.
"Because to get there I needed a car, and you wouldn't let me drive yours!" Yukari irately reminded the woman behind the wheel. "Besides, don't you feel the need to be there? That little brat promised she'd invite me along again this time!" Yukari ranted.
"They're adults now," Nyamo pointed out, "They don't really need us there to hold their hands anymore."
"Didn't I tell you what Tomo told me?!" Yukari retorted.
"You know that girl," Nyamo sighed, "If any of it was true it's a vast exaggeration."
"Then what about us?" Yukari reasoned, "Shouldn't we get to enjoy a nice vacation at the beach too?"
"We weren't even invited though," Nyamo reasoned.
"Yes we were!" Yukari yelled, "Tomo said to come next time!"
"That was back at graduation!" Nyamo snapped at her friend, and nearly lost the road because of it. "Jeez, you really are impossible," she complained as she regained control of the car.
"A promise is a promise," Yukari mumbled as they pulled up to the familiar beach house.
"The lights are on, so they must still be up," Nyamo reasoned as the two approached the door.
-----Party Crashers-----
"Ah, Chiyo you should get up," Osaka informed Chiyo.
"But Osaka…" Chiyo started only to be cut off by Osaka.
"It's really easy," Osaka assured Chiyo, "Just stand like this."
"But…"
"Here," Osaka offered her hand towards Chiyo, "I'll help ya up."
"Osaka, you're the one that's lying down," Chiyo pointed out.
"Really?" Osaka asked as she looked around. "Oh! That explains why it's so easy to stand up like this."
Chiyo tried to take Osaka's hand and help her up, but in her inebriation the little genius only managed to fall on top of Osaka. Chiyo pushed herself up and started to apologize, only to realize that Osaka had somehow fallen asleep. "She's asleep," Chiyo observed before letting out a yawn herself.
"You look like you're about done, too," Yomi observed as she helped a half asleep Osaka to her feet. "Let's get you two to bed."
"You're no fun!" Tomo exclaimed as she arrived on the scene armed with a permanent marker. "You're supposed to prank whoever falls asleep first!"
"Just help me get her upstairs and you can do whatever you want," Yomi assured the wildcat.
"Anything?!" she excitedly asked as she propped up Osaka's other side.
"Within reason," Yomi corrected herself as she glared at her oldest friend.
Osaka mumbled something incoherent.
As soon as all the girls were upstairs there came a knocking at the door. Receiving no answer there was a louder knock. Still receiving no answer the door burst open revealing an angry Yukari and a frustrated Nyamo. "How dare you…eh?" Yukari looked around the empty room seeing absolutely no one to yell at. "Where did they go?"
"Could they have gone to bed and left the lights on?" Nyamo speculated before eyeing the table littered with empty alcoholic beverages. "Look!" Nyamo pointed at the table, "They really did need chaperones!"
With nearly inhuman speed Yukari was seated at the table with a freshly opened beer. "Well now that we're here we should enjoy ourselves!" she announced to her long time friend.
"You were never worried about them in the least were you?!" Nyamo scolded.
"Oi, Is that you Kagura?" Yomi called downstairs as she leaned over the banister. Upon seeing an angry Nyamo standing in the middle of the room Yomi nearly fell over the banister. "W-What are you doing here?" she stammered out.
"Just what have you been doing here?!" Nyamo angrily retorted, "And where is everyone else?!"
"It was Tomo's idea," Yomi reasoned, though even she realized how stupid of an excuse that was.
"You're supposed to be the mature one, why didn't you put a stop to it?"
"It's too late now, they're probably all drunk and passed out," Yukari joined in the conversation. "So save yourself the trouble and have a drink!" she announced as she opened her second beer. "Is there any more, or did you drink it all?" Yukari asked as she realized she had just opened the last one.
"There's more in the fridge," Yomi told her as she stumbled down the stairs. "S-Sorry Kurosawa-sensei," Yomi offered under Nyamo's withering glare.
"Oh! There's sake here too!" Yukari happily noted as she opened the refrigerator.
"So where is everyone?" Nyamo exasperatedly asked.
Yomi thought for a second after sitting down across from a blissful Yukari who was now pouring herself a glass of sake. "Kagura went out for a run awhile ago, Sakaki got sick and so Kaorin helped her into the bathroom, and Tomo and I just helped Osaka to bed. Chiyo's in bed too." Yomi informed Nyamo, carefully choosing her words at the end as to not tip off to Nyamo that they had encouraged the young girl to drink.
"Ah! Yukari and Nyamo are here!" Tomo exclaimed as she leaned over the banister much like Yomi did, "Now we can really party!" In her excitement Tomo leaned just a bit too far and fell head over heels, right on top of Nyamo. Somehow the duo ended up on the floor in a position very reminiscent of a sixty-nine. Yomi and Yukari both erupted into laughter as Yomi scrambled for her camera.
"Cheese," Yomi taunted as she took a photo of the duo in their suggestive position.
"G-Get off of me!" Nyamo yelled as she shoved a dazed Tomo away from her.
After getting to their feet the duo joined Yomi and Yukari at the table. Yomi and Tomo had gotten themselves each a new beverage, much to Nyamo's chagrin. "You need to take it easy Nyamo," Yukari assured her as she handed her friend the bottle of sake, "These girls are in the prime of their youth! They should enjoy themselves! We should share in their youth and drink to our heart's content!"
"Yay! Yukari! Banzai!" Tomo loudly announced as the quartet began drinking.
-----Boyfriends?-----
Kagura had hoped going for a run would help to sober her up some. Her hopes were not realized as she stumbled up the stairs to Chiyo's beach house. "Damn it," she cursed as she pulled herself to her feet and made for the door.
"Ahahahaha! You should have seen it!" Tomo loudly finished her story of how she 'broke' Sakaki's nose.
"I'm back!" Kagura announced as she was taking off her shoes. "Se-Sensei!" she stammered once she saw that Nyamo and Yukari had arrived while she was out.
"Kagura!" Nyamo exclaimed as she got out of her seat, and almost fell down, "What happened to you?!"
"I-I just went for a run, didn't Tomo and Yomi tell you?" Kagura said as she tried her very best to appear sober in front of her sensei.
"Y-Your head!" Nyamo pointed out once she had closed the distance between the two.
"Oh…that, I fell down," Kagura reason as she reached up to her head, "Do I have a bump?" Kagura quickly discovered that it wasn't just a bump, for as soon as she touched her head she felt the warm fluid leaking from head. "B-Blood," Kagura stammered out as she stared at her now red hand.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up," Nyamo assured as she ushered Kagura to the bathroom.
"Those two are still in…" Yomi tried to warn the duo, but to no avail.
Nyamo swung the door open. "E-E-E-E-Excuse us!" she stuttered as she slammed the door closed. Both Nyamo and Kagura's faces flushed a brilliant red. "We-We'll get you fixed up in the other bathroom," Nyamo offered as she dragged a still-blushing Kagura away.
Yomi sighed as she handed Tomo her camera, "You're going to do it anyway, you may as well do it right."
"I owe you one!" Tomo praised Yomi with a thumbs up as she rushed to the bathroom. She silently and slowly approached the door before rapidly flinging it open and snapping as many pictures as possible before she was assaulted by thrown toiletries. Then, seemingly by itself, the door slammed shut and this time locked. Tomo then held up the camera like it was a trophy. Yomi and Yukari both gathered 'round to see the photos.
"They probably learned all of this from Nyamo," Yomi joked as the three now blushing girls flipped through the photos Tomo managed to get.
"How disgusting!" Yukari said more than a little too loudly.
"Damn, I guess this means those two beat us to having boyfriends," Tomo lamented after giving it some thought.
"I-I don't really think this counts," Yomi replied as she continued to stare at the images. The trio nearly fell over as Yukari fell into Tomo who then fell against Yomi. After steadying herself Yomi had to help Tomo keep Yukari on her feet. "It looks like you've had too much already."
"Which way to the toilet?" Yukari mumbled.
Tomo and Yomi looked to each other in panic. "The sink!" Tomo said pointing.
The duo quickly brought Yukari to the kitchen sink so she could purge. "I'm actually impressed," Yomi said to Tomo as she looked away and tried to ignore the sounds Yukari was making, "I figured you would be the first one to be in that position and the first to pass out."
"If I did that I wouldn't have been able to prank everyone!" Tomo informed Yomi while flashing her a victory sign.
"No way," Yomi thought to herself, "She actually thought this through."
-----Yomi vs. Tomo-----
Yomi let out a sigh as she closed the bedroom door behind her. She could only imagine what Tomo was doing in there to poor Yukari. Though, knowing Yukari, whatever it was she would repay Tomo tenfold. Yomi silently made her way down the hall to the stairs. "No matter what," she thought, "I can't allow myself to fall asleep before her. I need a plan." As she descended the stairs and made her way through to the kitchen she counted back through how much she had drank. "Three beers and a cup of sake…or was it four?" she couldn't remember. She carefully paced herself so she would outlast the rest, but she had never imagined someone else would have the same plan, and Tomo of all people. Upon reaching the sink she had to look away. That wasn't going to be fun to clean up. Yomi did a double take looking at the sink before going through the cabinets. "This just might work."
Tomo came striding down the stairs, or so she tried, as about halfway down she missed a step and came crashing down. Unfazed, Tomo sprang to her feet wearing a smile. "You should go take a look at Yukari!" Tomo announced to Yomi.
"Best not to wake the sleeping beast," Yomi mused.
"What are you doing?" Tomo asked her as she saw Yomi pouring sake into a very large glass.
"Everyone else is asleep or…otherwise occupied," Yomi explained to Tomo, "So either you or I must clean up Yukari's 'mess' in the sink."
"No way I'm doing that, you can do it!" Tomo refused.
"I thought you might say that, so how about a competition?" Yomi asked as she handed Tomo the glass she just filled and picked up an identical glass of her own, "A race. Whoever finishes last has to clean it up," Yomi challenged her friend, knowing that the wildcat would never pass up an opportunity to show anyone up.
Tomo tentatively looked at her glass then to Yomi. "Go!" Tomo suddenly shouted as she gained a head start in drinking her glass. Unseen by Tomo, Yomi was barely able to hide her sly smile as Yomi quickly began to down her glass…of water.
Yomi carefully matched pace with Tomo. After all, she didn't want to lose, but she did want Tomo to drink it all. "I win," Yomi announced as she set her glass down just moments before Tomo finished her glass. "Now you get to go clean up Yukari's dinner," Yomi taunted. Tomo was about to protest, but instead made her way over to the sink and purged. "Now you're defiantly cleaning it up!" the bespectacled girl scolded.
"I feel like shit," Tomo complained before purging again.
"I don't care," Yomi coolly replied, "Unless you're unconscious you're cleaning that mess up."
"You're so cruel to me Koyomi!" Tomo choked out.
-----Yomi's Plan-----
An annoying ringing brought Yomi out of a dead sleep. She eagerly sat up and shut off the irritating device. Yomi felt confident that she was safe from Tomo's pranks thanks to her own trick that put Tomo out before her. "I need an aspirin," she mumbled aloud before spying her camera. "That's right," she thought to herself, "I've some work to do." With that thought in mind she picked up her camera and made her way to the next bedroom. To her surprise she found Kagura and Nyamo fast asleep. Both women were naked and Nyamo was halfway rolled on top of Kagura and seemingly using her breasts as a pillow. With a satisfied smile Yomi snapped a couple of pictures before silently exiting the room.
In the next room she found Chiyo and Osaka. Tomo clearly had fun with that marker. Both girls had the word 'baka' written on their foreheads and various doodles all over their faces. Yomi also took a few snapshots of this scene.
Yomi hesitated before entering the next room. She silently offered a prayer to the gods pleading with them not to allow the person inside to wake up before she had finished taking her photos. "I wonder what Tomo did to her," Yomi thought to herself as she stealthily entered Yukari's room. "Tomo is dead meat," the bespectacled woman thought as she took some snapshots of Yukari. The woman's hair had been completely butchered. Yomi then exited the room wondering what on earth could possess even Tomo to do something so foolish.
Yomi's last stop was the room in which she placed Tomo. Of course since Tomo wouldn't be able to prank herself, it fell on Yomi's shoulders to prank the girl. Walking inside Yomi admired her prank, she didn't really think putting one's hand in a bowl of water would really work, but apparently it did. Taking a liberal amount of photos Yomi once more made her way slyly out of the room.
While she descended the stairs Yomi wondered if she should try to get into the bathroom. Those two defiantly never left the bathroom last night. And since one of Tomo's pranks last year was to lock every door in the house Yomi had learned where Chiyo kept the simple key to open the inside doors. Deciding it would be worth it Yomi retrieved the object and made her way to the bathroom. Inside she found Kaorin lying half naked on top of Sakaki who also sported very little clothing. Following her routine she took a few photos and made her escape undetected.
Her task complete Yomi went to her bag and retrieved her laptop. Sorting through all of the photos she made sure to transfer all the embarrassing ones to her laptop and only leaving the tame pictures on the camera. She then replaced the laptop in her bag and retrieved a bottle of painkillers. She took a couple from the bottle and made her way to the kitchen where she placed the bottle and camera in plain sight before getting herself a glass of water and downing the two pills she had. Yomi leaned against the counter as she looked to her camera. Most everyone would want the embarrassing photos deleted, and surely they would all believe that she had deleted them when they examine the camera now devoid of embarrassing pictures. "It's always good," Yomi thought smugly to herself, "to hold all the cards."
A/N: And so concludes part two. Just what will Yomi do with her mountain of blackmail photos? What exaclty happened between Nyamo and Kagura? What will Yukari's revenge be? Will Kaorin and Sakaki become a couple? The answer to these questions and many more...will never be revealed. That's it. Story's done. Hope you enjoyed. :p