Kikumaru's Adventure

Kikumaru raced up to his house's front door eager to check up on his parakeet, Fred. He reached the door and tried to open it but it was stuck.

"Hoi hoi. Its locked," Kikumaru stated while fiddling with the lock. When it refused to budge, he began to glare at it. "Why won't you let me in, nya," he pouted before thinking of a "great" idea.

He ran back a few steps and then got ready for a backflip into the door. He closed his eyes and did a backflip into the door. He had been hoping that his body would be strong enough to push open the door. He waited for the door to open beneath him, but it never happened. Kikumaru felt the air get knocked out of his lungs as he collapsed on what seemed like tiles and looked up to see what had happened. He caught sight of his older sister looking very angry. Once he realized that she had opened the door for him, he said, "Tadaima," cheerfully.

His sister, Kaede, was fuming. She gave him a death glare and asked, "Eiji, why were you trying to break the door open?"

"It wouldn't open!" Kikumaru complained as he picked himself up. He was about to tell her about the amazing plan he had thought of when she sighed. "Huh, onee-san, are you okay, nya."

"No, I'm not okay!" she snapped. "I have exams coming up and I need time to study, but I have to cook tonight."

Kikumaru brightened up. He gave his sister a quick hug before saying, "Hoi, hoi. You don't have to worry nee-san. I'll cook for you, so you can study."

Kaede shook her head. "I already thought of that. Okaa-san said that I have to cook tonight."

"No problem nee-san! I'll help you so that the cooking will be finished super duper fast," Kikumaru screamed while glomping his sister.

"Oi, shut up you guys," a male voice could be heard yelling, "I gotta work on my homework."

"Sorry nii-san," the siblings said in unison.


"Where were you?" Kaede yelled as Kikumaru skipped into the kitchen after disappearing for five minutes.

"I was brushing my teeth," the red-headed acrobat replied.

Kaede just sighed being all too aware of her brother's habits. "Forget that. Just get started on dinner. I put the recipe card over there."

Kikumaru went off to his corner of the kitchen and began working while singing a song from the Chocolates latest album. Soon enough, both siblings were singing random songs while working. Before they knew it, everything besides the desert was on the oven.

"Can I choose what is for desert nii-san," the acrobat asked while wearing the pout that his sister couldn't resist.

Kaede sighed but reluctantly agreed. "As long as it isn't too difficult. I'm not the best baker." As soon as she finished speaking, she was glomped by her younger brother. "Can't..breathe..need...air," she gasped while being strangled.

After letting go of his sister, he screamed, "We should make strawberry cake."

A loud slam could be heard echoing through the house after Kikumaru finished speaking. A red-headed boy who resembled the siblings poked his head into the kitchen. "You guys can't shut up, so I'm going to the library. Call me when dinners ready," the boy growled before stomping out of the house. The siblings glanced at each other with solemn expressions before letting out little giggles that turned into huge laughs very quickly. They only stopped at the smell of smoke.


After the disaster had been prevented by Kaede's magical powers and the cake baked with help from Kikumaru's acrobatics, the siblings sat at the kitchen table working on homework. Well, Kaede was working on her homework. Kikumaru sat at the table doing his best to avoid touching the mountain of homework in front of him. He had made up the craziest excuses to get out of his homework and it didn't seem like he was going to run out of excuses any time soon.

Kikumaru stood up and said, "I think I left my toothbrush outside."

Kaede had gotten annoyed with his constant excuses because she wanted her brother to have to suffer through homework like her. This time she wasn't going to let Kiku get out of doing his work. Before he could get out the door, she asked, "Eiji, why would your toothbrush be outside?"

The acrobat turned around and saw his sister glaring at him from her seat at the kitchen table. Kikumaru was very nervous because he could tell his sister wasn't going to let get out of this easily. He gulped and said, "Well, nya, I left it outside while I w-was...washing Fred, our parakeet."

Kaede raised her eyebrows skeptically. She could tell her brother would give up on his theory rather quickly, so she simply stated, "Oh, in that case, why don't I help you look for it." The look on her little brother's face was priceless, but she couldn't laugh at it now. She had a mission.

Her brother was about to give up when he thought of another "great idea." He stood up straight and said, "Sorry nee-san. You can't help me right now, nya. Ojii-san and okaa-san are here and you have to set the table."

Kaede looked behind her and saw that her little brother was right. Their parents were home. She sighed. Kaede had really been looking forward to seeing her brother try to trick her into believing his toothbrush lie. Yeah, she wanted to see her brother nervous and fidgety. Sue her! Kaede turned around to tell her brother to help her set the table, but he was nowhere in sight. From the sounds she heard coming from down the hall, it seemed like he was brushing his teeth yet again. She sighed and got to work.

Kikumaru was in the bathroom getting ready to brush his teeth, but he couldn't find his toothbrush. Where his toothbrush normally was there was a note from his eldest brother.

Haha, Kiku! This is what you get for being so loud while I was trying to study. Have fun brushing your teeth without your lucky toothbrush.

-Kyou

He stood in the middle of the bathroom and wished that dealing with his family was as easy as acrobatics.

A.N.

Here is the second oneshot in my story. Hope you found Kikumaru's story at least slightly funny. Anyway, I have a quick note. Kikumaru supposedly has 2 older brothers and 2 older sisters. I included one of his brothers and one of his sisters in this. For my story, both of his older siblings are in high school. Oh, and the idea of Kikumaru stuttering because of his sister is just so strange. By the way, I know nothing about backflips so just imagine Kikumaru did some sort of acrobatic trick to try and open the door. Finally, the family is supposed to have a dog and parakeet. I included the parakeet and gave him the non-Japanese name of Fred! I like the name Fred. Yah, that is pretty much it. K, bye!