DISCLAIMER- I do not own School Rumble!
Thanks for the reviews everyone. I got around 2-3 chapters of ideas in my head, so expect
heavy updates today. Now, I'm gonna try and incorporate a bit of Japanese into the story,
just to make it seem more realistic, since just English seems a bit odd to me. If you guys don't
like it, just tell me in the reviews, remember, I need criticism, I'm not a proffesional writer yet,
this is just my second fan-fic. Oh, and just a note to those who remember WAS Burger,
in real life, MOS Burger is delicious, if your in Taiwan or Japan, go there, and order to rice
based combo, the burgers are mediocre, but if it's got rice, it's GOOD.
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Yakumo's life went on, week by week. Even so, there wasn't a week that she didn't go check
at the dock or zoo. Tenma, Akira, Eri, and Mikoto all called frequently to ask how she was
doing, especially Tenma, yet none of them seemed to catch the hint of sadness and loneliness
that she had, except Akira, who kept quiet about it.
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The first term was drawing to a close, and Yakumo's searches proved fruitless. However,
her luck changed one day when a student from 2-B came talked to her during lunch.
" Ano.. sumimasen (Umm.. Excuse me) are you Yakumo Tsukamoto? "
" Hai. (Yes) "
" I was wondering if you can.. um.. help me with my manga a bit.. " the boy stammered.
Yakumo stared above the boy's head, I hope I don't get a bad review
After knowing his intentions, Yakumo nodded and took the small stack of papers, and started to read.
The story was original, but still within the boundries of a classic manga. It was solid, had a good cast,
the cast members were original, and the story flowed smoothly. As she read on, something caught her
attention, the way the shadows were drawn, and the writing, that style belonged to...
" Ano... did you write this part? " Yakumo pointed to the climax pannel.
" Uhh... oh yeah. Some guy helped me with that when I was at Tokyo, eating at WAS Burger. "
" Do you happen to remember what he looked like? "
Could this be Harima-kun? The writing style, the shadows...
" Hmm... I think he was tall, had black hair, and looked kinda like a delinquient. "
Yakumo's heart skipped a beat. Delinquent. The word that everyone but her would use to
describe Harima. It had to be...
" How long ago was this? " she tried to ask as normally as she could, masking up the sense of urgency.
" Last week when I was visitng my cousin. "
A week ago. Could Harima have left Tokyo? Maybe he's still there...
After a few seconds, Yakumo remembered the manga script in her hands. And finished reading the last few pages.
" It's pretty good. Just keep practicing with the speech. " she critiuqed.
" Really? Can you help review it later in the future? " he asked with a sense of pride in his voice.
" Sure. I'd be happy to help. " Then, she saw his thoughts shift-
YES! This got a good review from the editor of Hario! Maybe the Chief will accept it...
" Umm... one more thing. Don't try and submit it yet. Work on it a bit more. "
" Oh... ok. " the boy half sulked, half puzzled on how she knew about his idea of submitting it.
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That night, Yakumo couldn't relax. Her mind was filled with thoughts of Harima. Why is he
in Tokyo? What's he up to? Why'd he leave so suddenly? So after much thought, Yakumo
decided to head to Tokyo, and try to find Harima. Tomorrow was Saturday, so it didn't matter.
She'd leave in the morning.
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Alright, the moment this chapter goes up, the 4th chapter is going to be started on, so wait
a bit. I hope you all don't think this is too abrupt of a decision to go look for Harima, my original
idea was to have Yakumo read the latest issue of a Manga, and realize the style, call the editor,
meet the writer, then learn of Harima being in Tokyo, but that seemed weird, that a full fledged manga
artist getting advice from a random person, so I decided to have a struggling newbie artist ask the
now reknowned editor for Hario Harima, and have her find out Harima's location that way.
REVIEW PLEASE!
