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C h a p t e r 7 - T h e S t u d e n t B o d y P r e s i d e n t
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"Welcome to McDonald's Japan! What can I serve for you today?"
Chou tapped his fingers, thinking what to order, as he looked up at the menus on the wall. "Hmm, I'll take a numbeh one, a numbeh 4, a numbeh 10, 'n king size fries. Yo Sou, ya turn ta order." He waited but no reply so he turned around and smacked Soujirou on the head. It took Soujirou five seconds to return back to reality. He winced up at Chou. Smiling sheepishly, he replied, "Oh, I'm sorry, Chou-san." He looked up at the menus to decide but the only thing that was on his mind was last night's events.
The events was definitely something he would remember for a while. There wasn't so many problems in one night in a long time for Soujirou so it wasn't so easy to erase something like that from his mind. He gave a long sigh as his thoughts raced away and he was now staring at a bunch of images of hamburgers, French fries, and sodas. "A vanilla ice cream cone."
Chou looked at him oddly. "I volunteered ta pay for breakfast 'n all y'all gonna eat is an ice cream cone? Ya such a girly boy, Sou. Oh well, less on my tab."
Soujirou didn't reply, he just smiled. Last night's thoughts were now gone from his mind. The guns, the emotions, the blood, and the old memories that had returned once again. Yakuza business meant yakuza business. Mistakes were not tolerated at all. After all, today's a new day to learn from yesterday's mistakes. "Thanks but I'm just not hungry."
"Your total comes to 1,600 yen," the cashier person said.
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Munching on his extra, extra large cheeseburger, Chou managed to talk but unfortunately, showing his chewed up food as well. "Shishio wants da facts for last night's mission 'n da facts he'll get. So explain to us Soujirou-sama. What exactly happened, even though I was there myself."
Sitting across from the mighty hungry Juppon Gatana member, Soujirou smiled as a sweat drop fell from his head. "Meeting here at McDonald's is hardly what I had in mind, Chou-san. Wouldn't it be better if we were somewhere private...? ...At a better restaurant?" he suggested as he licked his vanilla ice cream.
Chou shook his head, "Nah, people 'ere would just believe dat we're just a bunch of horny teenagers 'n probably talkin' 'bout dirty stuff. Ya know, what teenagers usually talk about."
Soujirou tore his attention away from his ice cream and stared at Chou's attire. He couldn't help but laugh. Chou wore a red Pikachu baseball cap, black sun glasses, a white T-Shirt that said I love Doraemon with an image of Doraemon on it, jean shorts, and to top it off; sailor moon sneakers. That attire, Chou picked it for himself. Supposedly, he was supposed to be undercover. He was goin' for the teenager look but he really had no idea what teenagers wore. His outfit was more of a little preschooler which did not fit him since he was a man around the age of late twenties or early thirties. Adding to the fact that he thought all teenagers were horny at this stage in life and how he thought teenagers dressed had made it funnier.
The only one dressing normal at the table was Soujirou. After all, he had school afterwards, he wore his school uniform. "Of all places, Chou-san, did it really have to be McDonald's? Wouldn't you think that this would be a...confidential talk? What if someone hears us and find out that we're apart of the yakuza. Shishio-san would have your head, Chou-san."
Chou flinched listening to the last sentence. He scratched his head, giving Soujirou an innocent expression. "Then...ya'd save me, right Soujirou? Look, da true reason why we're 'ere, I'm broke so I can't treat ya to some fancy restaurant," he turned away, looking at the ground. Then mumbling, he replied, "I lost all of my money on gambling."
"Again?" Soujirou looked at him shocked, but his smile returned as he rubbed his forehead, "You should really stop this bad habit of yours. And, besides, I offered to buy you breakfast but you declined."
"'n have my pride be smashed? Everyone thinks I'm only hangin' 'round ya for da money, which is only partially true. So from now on, I'm buying." Chou pointed to himself. "Just wait 'till pay day, I'll be filthy rich again." He looked to his left and right and replied, "Besides, anyone who eavesdrop, I'll kill 'em. They wouldn't get away."
Soujirou laughed, "Ok ok ok. Let's get on with the information." Chou nodded and took out a little notepad. "'kay, start. Who were those three girls you were in the room with..."
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So he told Chou what the truth. Not one lie about it. The conversation played once again in his head as Soujirou walked to school.
"They are classmates of mine from school. I was followed the first one that I saw there. I was curious to see if they were going to take any part in this. The first one I saw there, the short one with the blue hair in braids. Her name is Hamasaki Ayumi."
"THE Hamasaki Ayumi?" Chou interrupted. He was a big fan of hers.
"No. Anyways, as I were searching for Diefendorf, I burst into a room in which I saw Hamasaki-san. Apparently she was passed out on some bed and there was some guy undressing her. He saw me and I shot him in case he would be a witness to the police after. Hamasaki-san was unconscious so I didn't bother with her but then she woke up and knew me instantly as the Tenken. A few seconds later, the other two girls barged in. Takani Megumi, the long, dark haired one. The blue haired one in the ponytail was Kamiya Kaoru, daughter of the police chief."
"Kamiya? She's the police chief's daughter? The Tokyo policechief? The one that's persistent to hunt Shishio-sama and all the other yakuza down? Are you sure?"
"Positive. She's also persistent about catching Shishio-san as her father too. I've eavesdropped on some of her conversation with her friends while being in school. It seems she hates the Juppon Gatana and Oniwabanshuu the most. I was about to kill her and the rest but you know what happens next. I fainted in the middle of my attack towards Kamiya and collapsed. The rest is still unclear to me...
Looking back at their little meeting, Chou didn't write anything at all on his little notepad. He was too focused on the information Soujirou told as if it was an interesting story.
The meeting wasn't what Soujirou would want to start his morning on. He was already a hangover from too much drinking last night and to reminisce about the events didn't help. In fact, it made him grumpier inside but on the outside, his smile was still on him.
As he walked down the hallways in the school, everyone greeted him as he walked past them and he greeted them cheerfully back.
"Hey Li! What's up?"
"Good morning Li-kun!"
"Yo Li!"
He smiled and greeted them all back politely. The guys would smirk and smack him in the pat as a friendly gesture while the girls blushed and waved. So high school students are all like this? he thought as he turned at the corner. But right at the corner, he accidentally bumped into the very person he did not wanted to see that day. Hamasaki Ayumi.
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She couldn't believe it. Omasu was gone. After the phone call with Aoshi, Omasu was ordered to pack her bags and leave the apartment where the two both lived for so long. Aoshi's orders was for her to stay at the Oniwabanshuu mansion and was not to return until the one month punishment was to be ordered. Omasu had not left her that long a lone but Misao knew it was only because of what she did. Now she had to face the consequences. It was only herself to blame, not Aoshi-sama, she would tell herself. She couldn't help but get angry somehow though.
And so her mood was not so great the following morning. Many of her classmates that passed her had greeted her but she didn't return any kind gestures back. From time to time, a scowl or a small snare but that was all. She didn't feel like she need to bother and go into another one of her temper tantrum like she would usually do. That morning, she felt lifeless. She did not want to talk to anyone.
As she was about to turn at a corner, she instead bumped into Li. The two collided into each other and caused them to fall on the floor, landing on their behinds.
"OW!" Misao stood up, rubbing her behind. Seeing her books had fell to the ground, she quickly bent down to pick them up. Soujirou, however, had beat her to it and grabbed it first. Standing up, he handed it to her.
Misao scoffed. Grumbling she replied, "Than---" but before she could finish, Soujirou left as he passed her.
Rude! She turned around and glared at Soujirou as he walked away. She was definitely not in the mood to be ignored. She would be the one doing the ignoring.
"HEY YOU CHINESE BOY!" Everyone turned to notice her loud yelling. Though she yelled, Soujirou didn't stop walking away. "I'M TALKING TO YOU! STOP WALKING!" He continued to walk. Furious that she was no obeyed, Misao growled and punched the wall to her left in frustration. I'm going to teach him a lesson. Misao marched up behind Soujirou and grabbed his right shoulder. She readied her fist and was about punch him from behind but Soujirou anticipated her attack before she could land her punch.
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He sense an attack coming and quickly defended himself. Soujirou squatted to the floor to duck the punch as Misao only punched air. With Misao's arm above him, Soujirou reached up and grabbed it with both hands. Catching her off guard, he pulled her whole body in the air through her arms. Misao went soaring in the air and unfortunately landing upside down against a wall. At that point, everybody in the hallways was silent. They all stopped what they were doing and focused all of their attention on the scene in front of them. The awkward silence suddenly resulted in sudden clapping and cheering. Everyone ran towards Soujirou and Misao. They all formed a crowd among the two. It was split into two sections. The ones who was cheering for Soujirou, stood cheering behind Soujirou. The ones who was cheering for Misao, stood behind Misao.
Soujirou looked around as everyone was shouting out, "GO LI-KUN! PUNCH HIM HAMASAKI! BEAT HER TO THE GROUND! DO THAT MOVE AGAIN!" Misao, on the other hand, ignored the crowd. She marched up to Soujirou again. This time, she meant business. Her hands were made into fists, getting ready for her next attack.
Soujirou wasn't getting ready for anything. He wanted to avoid confrontations with Misao and blend in with everyone else in school but he guess it would be this hard. He had no idea what to do but he had to think of something fast to avoid a fight in school. Last night probably had got her too so this is probably why she wasn't so nice today. This would explain why she felt like beating him up.
And so Soujirou did what he could think of right there and then. "LOOK! A FLYING CHICKEN!" He pointed out the window. Misao fell for it as she turned to look. In fact, everyone in the crowd turned to look. This was his chance and he took it immediately. He turned and ran the opposite direction as fast as he could. And that's very fast.
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Misao didn't know why. Throughout the whole day, Soujirou was avoiding her. Through homeroom and the classes she had with him, Soujirou avoid her as much as possible. When she came near him, he would simply walk away to another place in the room that was far from her. When she tried to say something to him, he quickly take out his book and start reading. She was getting irritated with him. Yesterday he was fine and all nice to her but today he was being cold to her. Usually someone like Misao would give up and hang out with other people but something about him made her perseverant to get him to talk.
During lunch, she spotted him in the doorway but he had gotten away before she could even take a step. He disappeared during the whole lunch period.
She was about to go after him until she heard her name called. She turned around and spotted her two friends. It was Kamiya and Takani and as usual, they invited her to sit with them. She felt awkward talking to them right after the incident at the night club but she had no good reason why not to sit with them. She approached them slowly. Kamiya smiled at her as usual and Takani ate her lunch quietly looking down at her food.
"Hey," Misao greeted them as she sat down.
Kamiya was the first to talk, "Hey ya too." The three all ate their lunches in silence. No body talked for a while until Kamiya spoke, "Last night sucked, huh?" Misao chuckled nervously and nodded in agreement.
Kamiya continued, "My dad totally killed me afterwards. I have to do all of these chores for a whole month. What was your punishment?" Misao would have laughed but the word 'whole month' brought her down again. "Uh, same thing."
They both looked at Megumi, who looked up at them. She paused and looked down. "Two months of toilet duty."
"Megumi lives at a shrine just to let ya know. No indoor plumbing.," Kaoru replied.
"Ew..." Misao and Kamiya both said in unison. Megumi twitched.
"Anyways, I'm really sorry. I didn't think the Juppon Gatana and the Kuro no Yuurei would attack each other at Velfarre last night, of all nights. Must be our bad luck. And it seems the Kuro no Yuurei was trying to buy some illegal cocaine and marijuana. The truth behind it all, they were actually going to buy it with the money they stole from the Juppon Gatana. That's why the Juppon Gatana was there, to take their money back."
This summarily caught Misao's whole attention. "They stole the Juppon Gatana's money? How?"
Kaoru leaned closely in and whispered, "It appears that there is a spy for the Kuro no Yuurei that is impersonating as a Juppon Gatana member. That spy had stolen it and gave it to the Kuro no Yuurei."
"Spy?" Misao asked, shocked. Then a thought caught her attention. "Heeey, wait a minute. How do you know all of this?"
Kaoru nodded and return back to eating her lunch, "I overheard it from my dad."
Megumi spoke up, "Her father's the police chief in Tokyo. If you haven't noticed, Chief Kamiya hates all yakuza. He's trying to do all that he can to bring them all to jail, especially the Juppon Gatana. After what he did to Chief Kamiya's partner, Okubo Toshimishi."
Misao choked on her last bite.
Kamiya looked up, "Are you ok?"
Trying to force a smile, Misao just nodded, "Uh, I, uh, I got to go...tooo...the bathroom!" She quickly stood up, "Bye!" and ran out the door.
o.O "What's the matter with her?" Kamiya shrugged and went back to her lunch. Takani, on the other hand, watched Misao with suspicious eyes as she ran out.
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Soujirou laid his head down gently on one of the cold hard table in the school's library. Everyone had abandon the library since it was lunch time so only Soujirou remained in there. As he laid there, all he felt was sadness but he didn't know why. He didn't feel like talking to others. He felt like he wanted to only be only alone in the darkness. Never in his life had he been this gloomy, except for the time... The time he killed his family.
Then the dream he had last night came back to his mind. But it wasn't a dream. It was real. It was the past that came back to haunt him. Something about that particular event that he could not get it out of his mind.
You...bastard child... Never be loved... Burn in hell...
As he remembered the way his family had treated him, he was happy that they were all dead. Dead by his hands. It was all thanks to Shishio that he could have a chance to show that he was not worthless. It should have been a happy ending but why was he feeling sad when he thought about it.
He turned his head to the other side. To his surprise, there was someone else sitting next to him. Startled, Soujirou quickly sat up and faced him.
"Hello!" The figure was another student. A boy with brown hair and he was sitting in the chair next to Soujirou, smiling. "I didn't happen to startle you do I? Sorry, sorry, sorry!" he laughed merrily to himself.
Recovered from his shock, Soujirou smiled and replied, "Oh no. It's entirely my fault for not paying attention to the fact that I am in a public place."
"Oh no, it's quite my fault! You didn't think anyone was in here since they all went to lunch so it's my fault for startling you for being the only here too!" the boy replied grinning.
Soujirou grinned back, "Oh but I should have thought about the few that would be going here too like me. I am the one who should be sorry."
"Oh goodness! I didn't mean to make you feel sorry! I'm sorry for that!" the boy apologized.
Both of them gave a sweat drop. "Um... We're not really getting any where are we?" Soujirou grinned sheepishly. The other boy scratched the back of his head, "I guess not Jet Li-san," and laughed. Soujirou was surprised yet again, "How did you know my name?"
"Oh whoops!" the boy clasped a hand on his mouth, "Well... First of all, let me introduce myself! I am Okita Soushi! As this school's student body president, I remembered all of the new student's names and profile. You are Jet Li, 18 years old, male, born on September, black hair, blue eyes, height 163 cm, 51 kg, blood type AB, home schooled, excels in all of your subjects, and you like to listen to Elvis."
Elvis? Who's that? Probably Chou-san's input. Soujirou smiled, "Wow, you're really good Okita-san."
"Thank you. The profile helped me a lot when finding you," his smile widen, "And please, just call me Okita, Li-san!" Okita smiled.
Soujirou smiled back, "Of course! But please just call me by Li too, Okita."
Okita nodded, "Agreed then!"
The introduce was going well for the two boys. But then something behind Soujirou caught Okita's eye. "Oh no!" Okita yelled.
Soujirou looked at him confused and turned around to see what Okita was looking. He looked but didn't see anything. The back of the library was like what it looked like yesterday. Soujirou asked, "What is it?"
Okita got up from his seat. "Look! The air conditioning is on!" he walked over to it and laid a hand over the air coming out from it, "I told the school already to take them out but they still didn't listen to me. I told them so many times that the use of air conditioning will lead to global warming," he sighed. Okita gasped. Another thing caught his attention, "The new rugs! They better not be from any animals! Where's my microscope so I can check for myself?"
A sweat drop fell from Soujirou's head as he watched, "Very environmental friendly that you are, ne?"
Okita stood up proudly, "Oh yes. I believe we humans were put on earth to protect the earth and its creatures so we must rid everything that hurts it!" He open the front of his uniform shirt to reveal a white shirt that he was wearing underneath it. It had, Our Friend, the Earth, and a picture of a smiling globe behind it. "I'm also president of the Our Friend, the Earth club! Want to join?" from somewhere around him, he magically pulled out another T-shirt, the exact one he was wearing and held it in front of Soujirou to give it to him.
Soujirou smiled politely but waved his hand to politely decline, "Oh, no thank you but it's nice of you to ask."
Okita took his T-shirt back, "Oh well. If you ever want to join, we'll invite you in with open arms!" he grinned. Suddenly, the alarm on Okita's watch on his right wrist went on. Instead of a normal beeping noise, it was Okita's voice that yelled out, 'Hug a tree!'
"Well!" Okita buttoned his shirt up, "Time for a student body meeting! I'll see you later Li!" Marching out the door, Okita happily hummed to himself.
Soujirou stood there, watching him as he left, "He reminds me of someone..."
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