A/N: Just a note, this takes place maybe, oh, maybe 3 or 4 years after graduation? Also, I haven't forgotten about Maya, he'll pop up...
Nyamo isn't really dead, she turns up later.
Chapter Two: Grand Theft Auto
Nyamo. Dead. Somehow I couldn't quite string those two together. Did I expect her to live forever? Probably not. But for her to die so soon... Or was she still alive?
No, I told myself. It's not worth it. But all the same...
I took off a light jog, then started dashing after about ten seconds. By thirty seconds I was running full throttle, right up to that cretin's foot. Yomi shouted something from a distance, but I couldn't hear, so I gave that monster a sharp kick in the foot, wanting it to lift up its leg to see if Nyamo was alive under there.
It was the wrong foot.
"Shoot," I muttered in frustration.
"Kagura! Do a barrel roll!" called Tomo helpfully. I waved a fist at her, then took a jump away from the foot, looking back frequently to check if Nyamo was there. Never saw her once.
Oh crud, I thought to myself. Now the other monster, the blue one, wanted to fight, so it was following Mr. Pink Dragon. And Mr. Pink Dragon was following me. Curse words flew into the air in a panicked uproar, and Tomo flung herself in Nyamo's car, making hand gestures out the window. Luckily, our mutant dinosaurs were dead slow, it took them a whole minute to lift up a single foot. This was a nice advantage, and I vaulted myself into the car swiftly, right next to Tomo. Which probably wasn't a smart choice, but screw that, if I got out, I'd probably get killed.
"Step on it!" shouted Yomi, urging the others into the vehicle. Tomo nodded, pulled out a paperclip, and began twisting it.
"TOMO!" I shouted, bashing her on the head.
Tomo retrieved the paperclip, rubbing her head sorely. "Well, don't people pick locks with paperclips?" she asked.
"This isn't a lock," pointed out Yomi, getting into the back. "It's a freaking CAR."
"You're not answering the question," pouted Tomo.
"Why do people pick locks with paperclips?" asked Osaka from the back row. "Wouldn't it make more sense it pick locks with fingers?"
"Why fingers?" I asked, though I probably didn't want to know.
"Well, people pick their noses with fingers, people pick their as-"
"Okay, okay, I get it!" I shouted hastily. "But that still doesn't solve our problem of HOW TO START THIS CAR."
"With a key, of course," said Osaka helpfully. We ignored her.
"Here," said Sakaki from the middle row, placing Maya down. She handed the key forward, and Tomo snatched it right up.
"Whoa, what the heck is this?!" asked Tomo, amazed.
"To heck with it, just start the car already!" I screamed, ready to decapitate her.
"Geez, Kagura, you have anger issues," said Tomo, starting up the car moodily.
Of course we all knew a ride with Yukari was suicide, and that there wasn't a lot that could rival her behind the wheel. Tomo's driving was one of these few things.
Tomo was tearing right down the road, knocking cars aside as if they weren't there. Chiyo had long passed out from shock, and Osaka was turning green. Even Sakaki was shifting around uncomfortably. Maya was certainly traumatized from this experience.
"How fast are you going?!" shouted Yomi ludicrously.
I consulted the speed meter. 100 miles per hour. "100!" I called back, before the realization of what I'd said hit me. "Tomo, what the heck are you doing driving at ONE-HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR?! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY DRIVING LIKE THAT!!!"
"I think it's more than that, actually, but the stupid meter isn't big enough," said Tomo. "Hey, Sakaki, there's one of those speed things coming up? You know, those things that say how fast you're going? Yeah, would ya check that for me?" Sakaki nodded, then gazed out the window.
"160," she reported, paling. I couldn't have agreeed more with her.
Tomo pumped a fist in the air. "WOOT! 160! Beat that, Yukari!"
"Tomo, you maniac!" shouted Yomi, making frantic hand gestures. She struck Osaka by accident, who prompty opened her mouth to speak, threw up, then turned green again a few moments later. "STOP THE FREAKING CAR!"
"MAKE ME!" taunted Tomo. "Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Why you little-" Yomi jumped up from her seat, dove right for Tomo, and started bashing her on the head. I watched, interested, but realized we were going to crash right into a stone wall if somebody didn't do something. I shoved them over, took over the wheel, and swerved sharply to avoid the wall-
-And crashed right into a different wall.
We had just enough time to react before the airbags exploded in our faces.
"Tomo, what the hell?" demanded Yomi.
"Yeah, so what if I did that on purpose?" grinned Tomi wildly.
"YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE?!" we all shouted together.
"Well, I just figured..."
"You just figured you could run us into a wall and kill us all!" I snapped, smacking her upside the head.
"But you're not dead," pointed out Tomo.
"Or are we..." said Osaka ominously.
"So you ARE a lifeless corpse!" declared Tomo, pointing an accusatory finger at Osaka. "But anyway, I ran us into the wall because, like, we were about to reach the summer festival- you know, the one we went to, like, five or six years ago? Yeah, that one. Well, see, I wanted to go, but, see, driving super-fast is all fun, you know? So instead of, like, slowing down, I figured that if I just rammed us into the wall, we didn't have to slow down and we could still stop! So yeah."
Silence. Then Yomi kicked open the door and threw Tomo onto the car next to ours. We watched as the people inside sweatdropped, quickly backing up. Tomo took note of this and started clawing the hood furiously, clutching onto the car for dear life. We heard somebody inside shout, "STEP ON IT, WADA!" and the car lurched backwards at about 20 miles per hour, sending Tomo flying onto the parking lot, skidding a few feet from there into the wall.
"Well, since we're here, might as well have some fun," said Yomi after a while.
"Even though we all know Yomi's just using this as an excuse to eat..." mocked Tomo from the ground. I noticed Yomi was about ready to catapult herself from the car onto the wildcat, but restrained herself, instead walking out of the car and heading to the trunk. I followed along, and spotted Sakaki waking Chiyo gently. Maya hopped out of the car, glared at Tomo, and waited patiently for Sakaki.
Yomi held out a slightly sticky looking plastic bag. "Wonder why all our summer kimonos are together..." I mused to myself, but tentatively reached into the bag and pulled mine out. Luckily Osaka had only barfed on the outside, so the actual kimonos were safe.
Tomo was holding hers in front of Yomi, grinning evilly.
"...What?" she asked uncertainly.
"You may not have noticed, but I can tie this thing by myself!" cackled Tomo.
"...Why?" she said.
"So I can compete with Sakaki-san!" shouted Tomo wildly.
"You're such an idiot," muttered Yomi.
"Oh, what's that now, Yomi?" said Tomo softly. "You can't put it on? I'll help you. Oh no, it's too small!"
"Shut up!"
I chuckled lightly, then turned to my own. Surprisingly it wasn't too small, even if the last time I DID wear it was, like, four or five years ago, but DAMMIT! I still couldn't put it on. I swore madly as I made several futile attempts to put this cursed thing on. But it wouldn't work! CRAP!
"Uh..."
Sakaki. Crud. Why did she decide to turn up now of all times?!
"...Do you need help?" she asked.
"Uh... no. No," I said, trying harder to the get the stupid thing on.
Sakaki-san watched me as I made an idiot of myself trying to get the thing on. "Do you... want me to do it for you?"
"I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY!" I shouted, trying even harder to get this to work. Five minutes passed with no luck at all. I groaned. It was probably hopeless anyway. "Sakaki-san... will you-"
"Hey, now, what do we have here?" grinned Tomo, suddenly appearing behind us. "Kagura needs help? Oh, but why choose her over me, hmm?"
I glared at her. "Don't even think about it."
"Is it... could it be love?" exclaimed Tomo, trying to act surprised. She danced around in little circles like crazy. "THE SECRET'S OUT!" shouted Tomo. "KAGURA- Oh, god, ow..."
I kicked her in the shins sharply. "Shut up!"
"I'd hit you, but your huge boobs would make it totally useless," sneered Tomo weakly. Sakaki merely blushed as I started sweeping the wildcat away. Little moron.
Anyway, we eventually got ready for the festival. Part of me felt guilty about just partying while Nyamo was dead, but what good would it do to greive and mourn? Still, though...
"LET'S GO!!!" shouted Tomo wildly. And without further ado, she slammed us all through the entrance at once.
A/N: Review please. Review or suffer and early death. I HAVE THE DUBBED ANIMES READY
