Japan School year starts in APRIL!!!!! Many thanks to whoever saved CC from bashing head on wall from frustration!! (CC couldn't figure it out for the longest time…)

Thanks for all your reviews! CC is glad to know Aka-chan is still loved… (gives everyone Akaya-plushie)

Sorry about the Kuwabara / Kuwahara mix up. Thanks to whoever caught it! (It says Kuwabara J. in here if you do search character...so I just followed along… oops)

NOTE: Someone asked about Renji's and Akaya's relationship / past…CC will be explaining that in future chapters. Probably as an extra side-story. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait until I've introduced another character.

WARNINGS: Faux cross-dressing (not really), half-dead bunnies and Akaya (because he should come with a warning sign.)

Chapter 4 – Jenny-senpai?

Kirihara's POV

We found Jiji in Snowflake Village harassing a short-haired waitress.

I really didn't know he had it in him. I mean, he's Jiji. I'd understand if he harasses a librarian or a geeky professor, maybe even a computer, but not a waitress. It makes as much sense as calling Yukimura-fukubuchou an ugly ogre.

"Didn't know Yanagi liked that type." Marui muttered under this breath.

Niou's eyes took on a devilish gleam.

I inched closer to Marui.

"What are you still doing here Niou?" Marui popped a bubble in annoyance as he swung the door open to the dessert shop. I dashed inside first, making sure Marui was between me and Niou and ran towards safety. Niou's manic grin is giving me the creeps, which doesn't make sense since I'm the Rikkaidai ace who's not scared of any bakemone (and who's going to sweep all tennis titles and retire off in Hawaii with my life-time supply of chocolate sundaes with the umbrellas.)

Niou smirked. "I'm here to give support to our dearest Jenny." I could practically see the evil aura around.

Marui, being the bunny, didn't notice that everyone with brilliant insight standing close to Niou had already scurried away.

Since I'm the brilliant Rikkaidai ace, I scurried off towards Jiji. If it all works out, I'll have him pay for our sundaes and have him chase away Niou. Nothing's quite as scary as an angry yuurei. (I've seen first-years actually run away from him when he starts laughing. I don't think anyone can beat that.)

I plastered my most relieved look on my face and grappled Jiji's neck. "Jiji! I thought you got trampled over since noone could see you! Where did you go?"

"Ayaka-chan." Jiji pried my fingers off his neck. "There's a 98.91 percent that you'd make your way here even if you did get lost on the way." He ruffled my hair and scooted over so I could sit next to him. I endured it, because I want my free sundae. (It's better to save my money for leaner times when Jiji couldn't go with me.)

Marui bounced over, slid in quickly on the other side, took one look at the waitress and screeched.

"Yiiii-----! What the hell happened to you?!" That was belted out in a horrified way that was somewhat akin to what a bunny would sound like before it got ran over by a truck. (Although, I don't think bunnies can make any sound. At least the bunny last year didn't. Not even when I showed him the book of 'Bunny Suicides' and tried to stick him into a toaster. Stupid bunny was too fat and didn't fit.) (1)

I peered at the source of the bunny-shriek – the waitress. It wasn't the first time I've seen a boy cross-dressing. But it was the slapping black cap from this morning. That was enough to make me loosen my jaw.

He was wearing a long, frilly apron that had too much lace and dangling snowflakes, with a matching snowflake print hat. I guess he hasn't got the hang of cross-dressing yet. He doesn't appear to be wearing anything underneath his apron. Any smart male knows not to wear shorts underneath long aprons.

"Jenny-chan." Niou drawled and smirked at the flushing 'waitress.' "Ran into some problem with your boyfriend?" (2)

Jenny looked like he wanted to slap Niou too but restrained himself. I tried not to chuckle at his murderous, PMSing frown. Someone had taken initiative to put silver glitter around his eyes and clipped his hat down with glittery, snowflake clips. It made Jenny's glare 100 times less effective than this morning. (Try to imagine a glittery silver snail with snowflake earings glaring at you and that's about as effective as Jenny's stare.)

"May I take your orders?" Jenny growled, whipping out an order pad and trying to act unperturbed. Jiji did the same, whipping out his pad and trying to act like a person obsessed in writing yuurei. (I'm guessing he's writing in yuurei since it doesn't look like Japanese or English.)

Marui finally recovered from his roadkill experience. "I want everything you've got here!" He exclaimed brightly, drooling over the colorful photos of desserts in the menu.

While Jiji's frantically scribbled away, I tried to use his blazer to wipe Bunny mucus pooling on my side of the table. "I want a chocolate sundae, Jenny-senpai!"

I bit back my laughter as black cap's veins started to twitch. It's not my fault he didn't introduce himself. Didn't his parent's teach him any manners?

Niou's eyes gleamed a little brighter. "I'll have a Yuki-special, Jenny-chan." He drawled, letting his eyes rove up and down Jenny's outfit a little too obvious even for me. I don't think Jenny liked his type. (Jenny's type is probably a stuffy, stern person with no vocabulary under 4 syllables.)

Jenny gritted his teeth and stalked away like an angry snow princess, taking with him the menu (and bunny mucus.)

Marui looked a little lost without his menu and went back at popping his gum. (Like I said before, he has a really short attention span. Like a bunny.)

There was a moment of silence. I guess everyone's still a little unnerved at Jenny's fabulous getup.

"I'm not making Yukimura mad. Ever." Marui broke the silence first with a determined voice.

Niou smirked for no reason.

"He'd probably look better in that getup." Jiji said. Warning bells! I didn't like where this conversation is heading. (If you have a Ka-san like mine, you'd want to steer clear of it too.)

I nudged Jiji under the table before he opened his big mouth to blab more.

He smiled and snapped his notepad shut. Then reached over to ruffle my hair. (Not again with hair? What's wrong with having curly hair?)

"What does fuku-buchou have to do with this?" I tried to evade Jiji's wandering hands without falling off the seat. It proved impossible. I fell off gracefully.

"Everything Ayaka-chan. You'll know when you get older."

I crossed my arms and fumed. I hate it when Jiji explains things like that. It's not like he's that much older than me anyway.

oooOOOooo

After a very satisfying meal (Jenny paid for it. He said Yukimura was treating us. Fuku-buchou's really nice. Maybe I'll consider having him as fuku-buchou after I beat up Bakayama.) all 4 of us took the bus home. We sat on the back row, since Jiji liked to observe passengers around him. Although I don't know why he needed statistics on people he's never going to meet again.

Niou seemed to be in a hurry to 'cheer up Jackal'. He kept saying something like '50 percent commission' and 'a real seller'. I don't understand him at all, so I tuned him out.

Bunny tuned him out too. He kept talking over Niou about the 'Monkey ball pervert' or 'Yukimura's sweetheart'- whoever she is, and how they were both pedophiles.

"Technically," Jiji said in his Professor tone. He only used it when tutoring me in Math, which I hate. All those numbers make my head ache. "Sanada-san (Oh. So Jenny's name is Sanada. Sanada Jenny. Weird name for a weirdo. It sounds right.) couldn't be a pedophile because he's the same age as Yukimura-kun. And the shopkeeper is an exhibitionist not a pedophile. He didn't molest Ayaka-chan."

"It's Akaya." I corrected Jiji.

Jiji ignored it as usual. Bunny just looked confused.

Niou sniggered at the bunny. "Don't mind Yanagi. You'll overheat your brain."

It was already a bit late for that. Bunny's face matched his hair and his sparkly pink shoes. "But he's thinking of molesting Aka-chan! And if Sanada's not a pedophile now, he's going to become one when he grows up. That means they're both PEDOPHILES! I'm such a genius!" Bunny crowed triumphantly, pumping his hand in the air to 'wow' us (and the entire bus) with his brilliant power of deduction.

There was another moment of silence as the entire bus turned to look at the pink-haired teenager. So did I. I couldn't help but be a little surprised that Bunny-senpai actually made a lot of sense. (More so than Jiji's statistics and rants on logarithms.)

Bunny's self-preservation skills kicked in. He glared at everybody, then pointedly stared at a stern-looking old man (who looked like he was suffering from acid reflux) sitting a few rows down away from us, huffed and sat down.

Point made, the entire bus turned their attention to the unfortunate stern-looking man. There was a quick musical chairs scramble and, five seconds later, the front of the bus was completely crowded, with mothers ushering their children towards the exit on the next stop.

Jiji gave a weird cackle and whipped out his notepad again. "Kaku…"

Niou did a Jiji-imitation of his own cackle. It was an imitation, so it wasn't as effective as Jiji's, but still creepy enough because it's Jiji he is imitating.

Then, I suddenly realized I'm surrounded by cackling half-baked cookies. I smiled and chuckled, feeling happy that they included me into their batch. It makes sense afterall, since I'm the one and only Rikkaidai ace. (3)

TBC

Nicknames (to refresh your (and CC's) memory since it tends to grow.)

Akaya Kirihara - Aka-chan (baby) - Ayaka-chan

Yanagi Renji - Jiji (old man)

Marui Bunta - Bunny-senpai

Sanada Genichirou - Jenny

Nakayama-buchou - Bakayama (stupid mountain)

Glossary (CC just realized it's needed)

Ka-san - originates from Okasan - means mother - as usual Akaya tends to skip formalities

Kaku - data - Inui is to 'ii data'. Jiji is to 'kaku' (CC imagines them to be pokemon. squeals in delight)

A/N:

(1) Yiiiii - Eep or Argh in English. A meaningles, pointless scream. (CC got it from Sena-kun in Eyeshield 21. The little guy's so kawaii!!! Like Marui!!!)

(2) Jenny – CC actually had a difficult time trying to figure what name to give to Sanada. Luckily, Niou solved it for me. 'Gen' is pronounced as 'Jen' in Japanese ( I think…) Since he never introduced himself, Akaya just assumed Jenny is his first name. A girly name for someone who does girly slaps. Suitable right?

(3) Akaya admits he's not normal because he's an ace. There is a fine line between a genius and an idiot. However, if Jiji is in the group, it's got to be the former one. (That's what Akaya thinks.)

Other A/N:

The 'bus' scene was kind of a filler bit. CC cringes from admitting such a horrendous thing. But CC wanted so show Niou also belonged to part of the group, since the guy doesn't have a lot of lines. (He got less than he wanted…) And to show that Akaya sort of accepted him in the end.

Sanada (from the manga) seemed to have a traditional family, supported by his katana training. Therefore, if CC throws in the inherited genes and environmental factors, Sanada would prefer a traditional Japanese wife. Hence, Akaya isn't really far off from Sanada's ideal wife.

CC just wants to clarify that Akaya knows Jenny isn't cross-dressing. He's just wearing an apron over shorts, so it looks like he's wearing a wrapped around dress. As to why Akaya would know...well...CC will explain that in future chapters.

Basing on Akaya's personality, he's got to have 'The Book of Bunny Suicides' lying around somewhere! For those of you unfamiliar, it's a black comedy book on how to kill and maim rabbits in the worst way possible. (Once again, CC wonders exactly how Akaya's parents allowed their son keep that book. What's wrong with their parenting?) If it makes you bunny-lovers feel better…the toaster wasn't on when Aka-chan tried to stuff the rabbit inside. As for the 'last year' part, Aka-chan's class pet was a rabbit. He was in 6th Grade. (CC can't stop jaws from dropping at his youthfulness.)

Marui isn't really that dumb. He's smart enough to know how to push punishments on other (innocent) people.

CC now awaits patiently for you to rant and rave, cuss and criticize. (next chappie would hopefully be better...I don't really like this chappie...)