Ready, everyone? Well, I am! I just had 8 fun-size Kit-Kat packs and I'm rearin' to go, so without further ado here's Chapter 3!! Oh yeah, and this link is dedicated to AR: I'm really sorry for being away for so long. Apart from being grounded for most of the holiday season (loooong story), my sadistic teachers also gave me 6 wonderful projects for [insert your holiday here XP So, for my New Years resolution I've decided to ditch the remaining homework and continue my writing. School is going to be hell tomorrow!

Disclaimer: Azumanga Daioh and all it's respective copyright belongs to me... Yeah, right. Hikari Kasuga belongs to Fade To Osaka, who is an awesome young writer. Be sure to check out his stuff ;)

Tenkousei Troubles

Chapter 3

"Mom, I'm home from school!" Nicholas yelled to his mother as he entered the door of his home. It was the end of his first week at school and he still had a hard time believing the many things he had witnessed since he'd transferred: His sensei coming to school hung over, the admirable Mr.Kimura, the sweet Ms.Kurosawa, and that crazy hyperactive girl who was always challenging the two best female athletes in sports, but never once even came close to actually beating them. Nicholas' mother ran to the door and gave him a hug.

"Oh, my little Nicky! You are home! How do you like the Japanese school so far?" she asked. Because she was an American she had a poor Romanian accent, but the boy didn't matter. He loved her either way. As he hugged her, he sniffed her clothing. They smelled like Pine-Sol. The boy could tell she had been cleaning the house all day by the fresh pine smell on the floors and her heavily matted hair, which was now tied into a bun.

"Wow, she must've been working pretty hard," he thought to himself. "School was alright, I guess. I made a few friends. Oh yeah, and there's this really cool teacher there who is the very picture of honesty. His name is Mr. Kimura and he's also a real ladies man."

"Oh, that is good to hear. Very good indeed," his mother replied letting go of him. "You go upstairs now and do school work, okay?"

"Yeah, sure thing mom," the boy replied as he eagerly made his way to his room. Once he was there, he made sure his mother had gone back to cleaning and quickly shut the door. He then flicked on the light switch and started to take out dozens of photos from his book bag. They all appeared to be pictures of Osaka, the girl not the place. What Nicholas hadn't told his mother was that in the short passing of that week he had fallen in love with the girl. He loved everything about her. That sweet manner of innocence, her unquenchable curiosity for the strange and bizarre, the way she always gazes off into space, as if she can see beyond what's already there, everything.

"Oh my sweet Ayumu, where have you been all my life?" Nicholas asked hugging one of the pictures. "It's too bad you're bent on killing me, otherwise we could've gotten along," he sighed. "I hope it's not to late to win her love," he said to himself as he began pinning the photos up all over his room. In the process of pinning the best one on the ceiling over his bed, he accidentally tripped over his nightstand.

"CRASH!"

"Nicholas, you are okay?" his mother asked. "I thought I heard something fall."

"Yeah, mom. I'm okay," he answered from the room. He then quietly picked himself up of the floor.

"That probably wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done," he muttered to himself while painfully rubbing the bump now quickly forming on his head. "There," he said as he pinned up the final picture, "All done. Oh wait. Should I do my homework now, or later?" He turned around and turned on the small TV sitting on his work desk. Naruto showed up on the screen. He seemed to be broadcasting an ad.

"Mina-san, Konnichiwa! Uzumaki Naruto-sama dattebayo! Kyou, Terebi Toukyou wa shuujitsu no subete no Naruto anime supeshiaru miseru zo!! Kono bangumi mechakucha sugei zo!! Minna, Miotosu na ttebayo!! (Hey there, everyone! The great Naruto here! All day today, TV Tokyo will be showing every Naruto special ever made. It's gonna be soo awesome! Don't miss it!)" The young ninja yelled as he waved to the viewers. The ad then changed to a Pocky commercial with strawberry Pocky sticks in swimsuits gliding through a pool of milk, "Pocky cereal! Your favorite snack now meets breakfast! Anata mo watashi mo Pocky!"

Nicholas quickly changed the channel to TV Tokyo. They were now just in the middle of the Great Sannin battle.

"I guess the work will have to wait," he said as he grabbed a box of Pocky from his bag and begin to munch down as he watched his favorite anime.

At about the same time, Ayumu Kasuga was busy pacing the floor of her room. Of all the weird things she'd seen in her life, nothing had struck her quite the same way as that transfer student. Many thoughts continued to race through her head. If he was really a vampire how could he walk around in the sun, and if he wasn't one why was he always wearing those shades? She had to get to the bottom of this, right now. But how? Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Osaka wondered who it could be.

"Come in," she said.

"Nee-chan, Tou-san wants you to take out the trash." It was Hikari Kasuga, Osaka's little sister. At that moment, Osaka could've sworn she heard a light bulb click on in her head.

"That's it, Hikari-chan! We're gonna stake out that vampire's house! Jus' like we did with da Jersey Devil!"

"A vampire? Cool!" Hikari answered before stopping herself. "Wait, what does that have to do with trash cans?" she asked.

"We're gonna hide in his garbage! It's the perfect plan!" Osaka said as she took out a pair of binoculars along with other spy wear out of a black trunk in the corner Hikari had never seen before.

"Ya' see this, Hikarin?" Osaka asked as she pointed at the trunk. "This is my super special spy-trunk-thingy! I hold all my special gadgets n' stuff in here! Ya' See?" Hikari looked inside.

"Whoa! Look at all this stuff! Where'd u get 'em?" she asked. Osaka smiled proudly at her little sister.

"In'ernet of course! No come on, Hikarin. We don't got much time," the space cadet said as she climbed out the window.

"H-Hey, wait! Shouldn't we get our shoes first?" Hikari called after her sister.

"Already got 'em!" Osaka called from outside.

"That's Nee-chan for you," Hikari smiled as she followed suit with her sister.

Meanwhile

"Sasuke, I'm gonna take you back to Konoha even if I have to break every bone in your body!" an enraged Naruto shouted to his friend/rival. Nicholas turned away from the TV to glance at the alarm clock on his desk. Its glowing numbers read 7:40 pm.

"This marathon won't be ending till 12 am. I'd better start my homework before it's too late," the boy said as he rubbed his eyes and reached for his bag.

"R-RUMBLE CRASH!!"

"Augh! What the heck was that just now?" Nicholas asked as he jumped to his feet. Unfortunately, he was much too tired to pursue the matter any further. "Eh, it was probably just a cat," he said pulling out his work. "Time to hit the books."

Down below Nicholas' house, a dizzy Osaka lay sprawled out under an empty garbage can.

"Nee-chan, you've got to be more careful. Are you okay?" Hikari asked as she picked her sister up.

"Ah'm okay, thanks Hikari-chan," Osaka said as she got to her feet.

"Wait, is it Hikari-chan or Hikarin?" the smaller girl asked.

"I alternate," Osaka said briskly as she quickly got back into the battered receptacle. "Now, c'mon we don' got much time left. The vampires should be waking soon."

"W-Wait, if he's a vampire how can he walk in sunlight?" Hikari asked.

"Hikarin, any vampire can walk in sunlight as long they drink enough blood! Don'tcha watch Hellsing?" Osaka asked.

"No, Tou-san and Kaa-san don't let me. Remember?" Hikari said. Osaka stared blankly for a moment.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry, Hikari-chan. I forgot you're too young."

"I saw Amaenaideyo!! though," the younger girl answered defiantly. Osaka once again got a blank look.

"Hikari-chan?"

"Yes?"

"Let's just forget ya ever said that."

"Oh, got it," Hikari replied as she grinned sheepishly.

"Now, let's go stake that vampire's house!" Osaka said as she ran into the nearby bush. "Ready, Hikari-chan?"

"Ready!" Hikari yelled.

"Achoo!" Nicholas sneezed. "Heh, I wonder if someone's talking about me." He thought to himself. He then commenced to finish his remaining work.


Okay, I'm stopping here for now, cuz well, I just feel like it. Look forward to the next chapter! (Sorry, for my horrible Japanese.) Oh yeah, for those of you who have never heard of Hellsing or Amaenaideyo!! before, just Wiki them. I'm sure something will turn up.

See ya around and Happy New Year!