Chapter 7
The Three Little Toddlers
A/N: Forgive me for being a sucker at registrations and such. I only wrote what I could on there, so please don't hate me.
"This is it, Hatoko-chan," Kina says early one morning as she, her wife and daughter stand before a small school building before them that reads "Hibiki Elementary". "This is where yer going. An' I have all the registration forms done; with the help of Suu-chan, of course~!"
Sumi nods in agreement. "It's quite difficult, but we got through it just fine."
Hatoko gazes at the school building as she gently grips Kina's hand. "I'm a bit nervous about this…but I feel that I'm going to have a great time."
"That's the spirit~!" Kina cheers as she hugs her daughter. "I'm so glad we're applying you to this school! I'm sure you're going to have lots of fun there~!"
Hatoko just nods. She hopes that her two mothers are right on her making new friends soon. She does not like being lonely after all. With a smile, she and her two mothers enter the school and find the front office. They tell the office lady about attending Hatoko to this school and the office lady accepts. Once that's done, Sumi and Kina were told to meet up with a kindergarden teacher to talk about Hatoko attending there and if there should be any problems that they might discuss as well. The two wives nod and gently take Hatoko towards the classroom the office lady told them, which is down at the end of the building where the first graders and kindergardeners are. It's a small hall with about 4 classroom for the first graders and 2 classrooms for the kindergardeners. Sumi and Kina walk towards the classroom on the left and knocks on the door. A few seconds later, the door opens, revealing a young woman with red hair tied in a pony-tail and wearing glasses. She is also wearing a female business suit, which consists of a red vest, yellow long sleeved shirt and black skirt and high heels.
"Oh, welcome," she says. "What brings you here?"
Sumi smiles. "Hello. My name is Sumi Miyako and this is my wife, Kina. We would like to introduce you to our daughter, Hatoko. Hatoko Kobayashi." She gestures her hand towards her daughter
"Nice to meet you!" the young girl says as she bows.
"Likewise," the red-haired woman says as she returns the bow. "My name is Mizuho Kazami. I'm the kindergarden teacher here." She then looks up at Sumi and Kina. "Oh, I'm very surprised to see a lesbian couple here with their own daughter. That happens rarely here."
"Oh, really?" Kina asks.
"Yes," Mizuho replies. "Though, it's nice to see that you two are nice ladies. Here, why don't all come in."
The three all enter the classroom and take a seat at the teacher's desk near the corner of the room. Hatoko looks around as she takes her seat. There were building blocks of different kinds, large Lego blocks, toy dinosaurs, playhouses, two matts with blankets for nap time and there were about 5 or 6 round tables with little chairs. She smiles at the atmosphere around her. This is definitely going to be one good year at kindergarden.
"So, Hatoko-chan," Mizuho speaks. "You're applying here?"
"Yes," the young girl replies with a nod.
The red-haired womna smiles and looks at the two wives. "Did you have the registration forms?"
"Yes, we gave it to the office lady at the front," Sumi replies. She digs into her purse and pulls out another piece of paper. "Here's her birth certificate."
Mizuho takes it and examines it for a bit. "Mmmm…I see. So, Hatoko-chan is actually adopted by the two of you. She's been transferred to the Yamase Orphanage because her parents couldn't afford to take care of her."
"Yes, ma'am," Kina says with a nod. "She wanted a wonderful family to care for her, so we decided to adopt her."
"I see. Well, you two look like very nice parents to Hatoko-chan," Mizuho says.
"Thank you very much," Sumi and Kina say in unison.
The teacher then turns to Hatoko. "Hatoko-chan, welcome to Hibiki Elementary. You'll love it here and I hope the other children will get along with you."
"I hope so," the young girl says as she fiddles with the hem of her skirt. "I feel a bit nervous."
"It's okay to be nervous," Mizuho says. "But you'll get used to your new friends after a while."
"Okay," Hatoko nods.
Sumi and Kina smile at her daughter. They are sure Hatoko is going to have a good time in kindergarden. After discussing a few more things, like how long each class goes, when recess will start, nap time and snack will occur and other things, the girls stand up.
"It's meeting you two," Mizuho says as she bows.
"Likewise," Kina says as an idea pops in her head and clasps her hands together. "Hey! Maybe we should hang out sometime!"
Sumi turns toward her wife. "Are you sure?"
"Of course!" Kina says as she turns toward Mizuho. "After all, Mizuho-san is a nice enough person to talk to, right?"
The red-haired woman nods. "Of course! I would love to hang out with you two!"
"Great!" Kina cheers. "Let's all exchange numbers right now~!"
The three women snatch out their phones and exchange numbers for a minute. Once that's done, Mizuho smiles at the happy family.
"Hatoko-chan's first day will be tomorrow," she says.
"We'll be there," Sumi says. "Thank you."
"Thank you!" Hatoko says as she waves. "See you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow, Hatoko-chan," Mizuho waves back.
With that, the happy family leaves the classroom with Hatoko holding both of her mother's hands.
"That was easy," Kina says.
"It sure was," Sumi agrees as she turns to her daughter. "Are you looking forward to your first day here?"
Hatoko nods happily. "Yes! I'm so excited to be there!"
"I'm glad!" Kina says as she turns toward her wife. "Hey! Why don' we tell the others?"
"That's a great idea," Sumi says as her smile fades at the thought of a certain someone. "But…what about your sister?"
"Don' worry. I'll discipline her if she doesn' behave," Kina says while showing a fist.
**At the Apartment a Few Hours Later**
"Wow!" Arata says as she clasps her hands together. "Congratulations, Hatoko-chan!"
"Yes!" Hayase agrees. "I hope you have a good first day."
"Thank you!" Hatoko says.
Kana couldn't stop herself from squealing. "OOHHHH, THIS IS SO GREAT! CONGRATS HATOKO-CHA-OWWW!"
Kina raises her fist after hitting her sister's head with it. "Yer not goin' to suffocate Hatoko-chan this time, ya hear?"
"Yeesss…." Kana groans as she gets back on her feet slowly while rubbing her head.
Komugi walks up to the young girl and smiles. "I hope your first day goes well, Hatoko. This will be your first time to make real friends."
Hatoko nods and turns towards her mothers. "I will make friends soon, right?"
"Mm-hmm," Kina replies.
"We know you can do it," Sumi says.
This makes the young girl feel a lot better than she had earlier, even back in the orphanage. She now has the confidence to try to make at least one friend. If she does that, she'll be able to tell her two mothers the great news. With that in mind, she hugs both of them with a smile on her face. Sumi and Kina return the hug.
**The Next Day**
The two wives enter the school again the next morning, this time, the halls were full of little children. Most of them were at their lockers, chatting with their friends while others are just chilling and walking towards their classrooms. They stop they minute they step foot in the small hallways. Hatoko is wearing a white T-shirt with a pink flower printed on it with a pink skirt on it and white knee-high socks.
Kina kneels down to her level. "Alright. This is it, Hatoko-chan. Behave yerself and have fun."
"Don't get into trouble," Sumi says while waving a finger. "I don't want any accidents or incidents on your first day, okay?"
"Okay!" Hatoko says while nodding her head. "I'll be a good girl!"
Kina nods as she gives her daughter a hug. "Okay. We'll see you after school, Hatoko-chan."
"See you, Mama Kina and Mama Sumi," Hatoko says as she returns the quick hug and pulls away.
After that, the young girl trots over towards the kindgergarden classroom and closes the door. Kina stands up as she watches her daughter leave and links arms with her wife.
"I'm glad Hatoko-chan is goin' to school," she says softly. "She'll love it there."
"I'm sure she will, Kina," Sumi agrees as she kisses her wife on the forehead.
"Alright, everyone," Mizuho says. "Gather around because I have a special announcement for all of you."
All the children gather around their teacher as the red-haired woman beckons Hatoko to come to the front.
"Everyone, this is Hatoko Kobayashi," Mizuho says as she gestures her hand towards the young girl. "She is a bit shy, but is a nice girl. Please get along with her."
"It's nice to meet all of you," Hatoko says as she bows.
The children applaud and Hatoko sits back down with the rest. She looks around for a bit before getting her attention to the teacher. The first thing they are doing is a coloring activity. She gets the children to the tables and passes each of them a sheet. They are coloring a puppy playing with a ball. And there are letters, telling which color to color the picture with in order for the kids to understand. Mizuho then passes out crayons to each table and the kids immediately start coloring. Hatoko starts to color the puppy brown since the letter "BR" means brown. It takes about a minute to color the whole thing before going for the collar, which has the letter "R" for red.
She then goes for the green, which is labeled "G" on the grass. She takes a light green crayon and starts to color when it suddenly breaks.
"Awww!" Hatoko frowns.
"Here! You can have this!" a girl with blue hair tied in two twin braids says as she hands her a light green crayon.
"Thanks!" Hatoko takes it and carefully colors it.
Mizuho walks around the room, making sure everyone is doing the task well. She looks over at Hatoko's work and smiles.
"That's very good, Hatoko-chan," she says softly. "Great job."
Hatoko smiles back, turns toward her work and continues coloring. After about 20 minutes, everyone finishes one by one and hands in their work to Mizuho. She compliments each of them and starts to stack them up so that she'll hang them up on the wall later.
**An Hour Later**
After doing a few more activities, like learning how to write words, doing some arts and crafts and doing snack time, it's time for the children to play outside. Everyone excitedly runs outside with Hatoko being the last one to run out. Mizuho follows close behind to keep an eye on the children. She looks over at Hatoko, who is standing there for a bit, hesitating.
"Don't you want to play with anyone?" she asks.
"Yes," Hatoko replies as she looks around. "But…I don't know who to ask. They all seem so interested in their own friends."
Mizuho kneels down to her level and searches with her until they hear a voice.
"Hey! Wanna come and play?"
Hatoko turns around to see the same girl that handed her the crayon waving with her friend next to her. The other girl has black hair with two low pig-tails and expressionless eyes, making her a bit scary.
"Oh! Looks like Kaede-chan and Mari-chan are eager to play with you," Mizuho says as she stands back up. "Why don't you go to them, Hatoko-chan?"
The dark-haired girl nods and happily runs toward them.
"Hello!" Hatoko greets.
"Hello!" the blue haired girl says. "My name's Kaede and this is Mari-chan!" She gestures toward the black haired girl. "What's yours?"
"I'm Hatoko," the dark-haired girl says.
"Nice to meet you, Hatoko-chan!" Kaede says. "I hope we can become great friends!"
Hatoko gasps. "F-friends?"
"Sure!" Mari says. "You look like a nice person anyway, right? So, let's play together!"
Hatoko wanted to jump for joy. She can't believe on her first day, she's actually making real friends and that's really good. Her two mothers are truly right after all.
"Yes!" the young girl says. "Let's all play together!"
The three young girls take hands and jump around happily in a circle while laughing. Then, when they stop, Mari lets go and taps Kaede on the shoulder.
"Tag! You're it!" she says as she immediately makes a run for it.
"Hey! No fair!" Kaede cries as she chases after her.
Hatoko laughs as she follows Kaede to chase down Mari. They run past the playground and around the swing set until they get towards the sandbox. Mari stops to see the others building a sandcastle and does not want to knock it down. She quickly turns around to see Kaede catching up to her, so she turns back around into the open space where the little soccer fields are, but Hatoko cuts her off and accidentally tackles her to the ground. Kaede jumps in soon after. The girls laugh as they stand up.
"You're not it, Hatoko-chan!" Mari says.
"But at least I still caught you~!" Hatoko points out. "Doesn't that count?"
"Ah, who cares," Kaede says. "We're having fun, though."
Hatoko smirks. "Well in that case…TAG! You're it, Mari-chan!"
"Oh, it's on now!" Mari immediately goes after Hatoko with Kaede following her.
However, once they get around the playground and swing set again, Hatoko is getting farther and farther away from Kaede and Mari than earlier. Eventually, they stop to catch their breath while Mari watches Hatoko keep on running until she stops.
"She's really fast," Kaede pants. "I don't know how she's able to run that fast!"
"Me neither," Mari agrees.
"Yoo-hoo!" Hatoko waves. "Aren't you gonna get me~?"
After getting their breath back, they continue their pursuit and Hatoko makes a run for it. They get to the small soccer fields once again until Hatoko stops to look back and notices Mari is gone. She chuckles to herself as she thinks she had lost her. But when she turns around, she sees Mari cutting her off, making the dark-haired girl slide stop, but is too late to turn back around. Mari tackles her to the ground and laughs.
"Tag! You're it!" she says.
Hatoko laughs as well and sits up to look around for a bit. "Hey, where's Kaede-chan?"
Mari looks around, too. "I could've sworn she was here."
"Hey, girls!" Kaede calls from behind a big tree. "Over here!"
Both young girls trot over towards their friend, who has three sticks in her hand. She hands both of them one and smiles.
"What are these for?" Hatoko asks.
"I saw this on television one time," Kaede explains. "Pretend these are swords."
"Alright," Mari says as she waves her stick. "Then what?"
"Then, you raise your stick in the air and the others do the same," Kaede says as she raises hers. "The ends have to touch."
"Okay," Hatoko raises her stick and touches Kaede's with hers. Mari does the same.
"Now, all of us shout these words," Kaede says as she inhales. "We say, 'All for one and one for all!' Got it?"
"Oh~! Now I get it!" Hatoko says excitedly. "We're the Three Musketeers, right?"
"Correct, Hatoko-chan!" Kaede says. "Only we are The Three Little Toddlers. How does that sound?"
"Oh, that's a great idea!" Mari says. "But why are we do this?"
"To celebrate our friendship with Hatoko-chan," Kaede says. "I thought this might be a good time to do this."
Hatoko smiles at both of her new friends. "Thank you, Kaede-chan and Mari-chan! You're the best!"
Both of her friends smile back at her. For the first time in her life, Hatoko has made real friends. Not one, but 2 friends, which makes it ten times better. And she couldn't be any happier.
"Ready?" Kaede says as she raises her stick.
Hatoko and Mari nod as they raise theirs and touch Kaede's altogether.
"ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL!" the three of them shout in unison.
When it's the afternoon, it's time for the kindergardeners to come home. Mizuho says good-bye to all of them, including Hatoko and everyone exits the classroom to go to their respective parents. Hatoko immediately notices Sumi and Kina up ahead and trots over to them.
"Mama!" she says as she happily jumps into Kina's arms.
Kina catches her and spins her around a little while lifting her up. "Hey, Hatoko-chan! How was your first day?"
"It was great!" Hatoko replies. "I made 2 new friends today!"
"Oh, my goodness! That's amazing!" Kina says. "I knew you could do it!"
"Me, too," Sumi says. "We're very proud of you, Hatoko-chan."
The young girl smiles at both of her mothers. She is really grateful to be adopted by wonderful lesbian parents. In the end, making friends is a huge success for Hatoko.
A/N: Yes~! I finally put Mizuho Kazami into good use in this story! There is no other good anime female teacher other than her that I like! Well, other than Takako from Sono Hanabira, but she already has her girlfriend. Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter because I sure had fun writing this~! Also, even if you know where the characters are from, I'll put them here just so that you'll all know what I'm talking about.
Mizuho Kazami from "Please Teacher"
Kaede Furutani and Mari from "Yuru Yuri"
I do not own either of those series or any of those characters. I shall make more female crossover characters soon because it's a lot more fun doing that. Feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)