Rating: K (G)
Challenge 13: Lending a helping hand
Hakuba's Assistance
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Aoko as Kaito ran off after flipping her skirt for the fifth time that day. "That, that, that…BOY!" she said, moving her hands in a throttling motion as if she were strangling a certain someone.
"Kuroba-kun do something ungentlemanly again, Nakamori-kun?" asked Hakuba.
"He flipped my skirt again today! Why does he keep doing that? It drives me crazy!"
"Hmmm, that may be the reason why he does it then. He likes how you react." Hakuba thought about something a moment before he decided to share it with Aoko. "I cannot condone such acts on any fine lady such as yourself. Perhaps we could devise a way to 'get back at him?'
Aoko liked the idea but became downcast, "I tried that once. I wore fish panties-," Hakuba motioned that he did not understand, "Kaito's afraid of fish. So, yeah, I wore fish panties and scared him with that but it hasn't stopped him from doing it again and again." She sighed, "I'm not sure what to do."
Hakuba offered, "Let me think about it and when I get a useable idea, we can show him that you don't appreciated his behavior."
"Thanks, Hakuba-kun!"
That evening, Hakuba called Aoko to present his idea to her. She was thrilled despite the trickiness of the project. She was quite sure that it might stop Kaito from flipping her skirt.
The next day at school, Aoko and Hakuba showed up early. They distributed something wrapped in a small plastic sack to all their classmates and gave them instructions.
Kaito showed up just before that bell that day. Aoko made sure he would just make it to class by explaining the plan to his mother (who happened to be quite happy to help Aoko).
During the midmorning break, when the teachers switched rooms, Kaito moved in for the kill. With practiced ease, he flipped Aoko's skirt. He began to dash away but stopped in puzzlement. Why had not Aoko shrieked in rage? Why was she not chasing him?
He turned around to see Aoko smiling manically. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw her holding an object that sent uncontrolled shivers down his spine. Unwillingly, he looked at what she was holding. It was a rubber fish.
Kaito squeaked and backed up quickly until his back was up against the chalkboard. He looked around for a way to escape but found the rest of the class had rubber fish. They advanced on him and dumped all the fish on him at once.
Kaito let out a shriek that was remarkably similar to the parting lines of the Wicked Witch of the West. "I'm melting! Melting!"
His classmates took some pity on him when the teacher came in and reclaimed their fish (for future use). Kaito lay on the floor, underneath the chalkboard, in a near catatonic state. The teacher simply looked at her usually errant student and shook her head. Class started immediately after that and it was well into the next class when Kaito finally revived.
Aoko turned in her seat towards Hakuba, "Hakuba-kun, that was a terrific idea."
"Always happy to lend my assistance to a young lady like yourself," he smiled.
