A/N: Welcome to despair, but beware… honestly I didn't know what else to type. Heh.
Just A Day In The Life…
Day 6 (Pt. 2)
(The Missing Briefcase)
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"Hey guys!" Zoe called out to her female roommates. They all were in the hallway with distasteful expressions, looking in the same direction at a young man,.
"What are you guys looking at?" Zoe wondered as she followed their eyes.
There was a young man causing commotion down the hall as female students wailed and screamed for the young man's attention.
"Who's that?" Zoe asked.
"That's none other than Chaud Suave." Victoria replied.
"Who?"
"He's a complete womanizer and a douchebag on all levels." Naomi explained.
"Really?"
"Yes! He even has a long track record of ladies he's gone out with, most of them ending in one night stands."
"OH my…" Zoe was awe struck by the information as she looked at the young man toss his wavy dirty blond hair that came down to his eyes. She caught a glimps of his green eyes as they winked at them before he disappeared behind a crowd of young girls.
"Hmmm… anyways. I was wondering if any of you or anyone you knew was missing anything lately." Zoe asked as she pensively rocked back and forth.
"No why?" Naomi was the first to respond.
"Oh nothing heh heh heh!" Zoe replied as she skipped away to the doors that led outside.
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*KNOCK* *KNOCK*
The sound of Takuya tapping on the door leading to Mr. Hitoyoshi's office echoed.
"Yes, please come in."
Takuya walked in, sheepishly.
"Oh, Takuya? How are you, and how may I help you?"
"Nothing really. I just wanted to know if you were aware if anyone was missing anything that was important…and shiny."
"Huh… what an odd thing to ask, but now that you mentioned it; Ms. Avery has been missing something lately."
Takuya's attention rose. "Really?""
"Yeah the other day she told me lost a silver case…"
"Dang it…"
"It was the case for her glasses. I told she should really get used to using contact lenses. It brings her eyes out more."
"OH! OH, OK?" Takuya was relieved yet perplexed by the teacher's statement.
"Was there something you have that you wanted to show me?"
"Oh no no… I'll be leaving now." Takuya dashed out the office as fast as possible.
Mr. Hitoyoshi watched in bemusement as the young boy left his office without a trace. His back pressed against the back of his executive chair as he clasped his fingertips together. A delightful smile crept across as if he were plotting something.
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Outside in front of the campus, Kouji, Kouichi, JP and Tommy were asking around each student if they knew of any missing valuables.
"No. I don't know anything..." one student replied, when Kouichi asked him.
"Nope. There's no one I know of that's missing anything." Another bystander replied as Tommy asked him the same question.
"Man, at this rate we'll never know who it is." Tommy moaned, although that was a good thing.
Meanwhile, JP jumped around to each female student, pestering them about any missing possessions.
"So do you know if anyone is missing something valuable?"
"Uh… no? Now buzz off! You're in my personal space." The girl replied as she took a step back.
"I'm sorry…" JP apologized for his rude behavior. He then had an idea. "but while I have your attention, what do you say you and I go out sometime? Eh? EH?"
The girl punched him in the stomach before she walked away with a repulsive attitude. "How about you go jump a cliff, creep!"
JP moaned in agony, clenching his guts before they fell out. "OW! C-come on… I-I JUST ate!"
Kouichi finally came to a likely conclusion. "Let's face it. No one would own that much money in the first place. I think its drug money that some thug stashed away before the cops could catch him."
The four guys flinched at the idea.
"Well drug money or not, we're keeping that sucker. OK?...Ow my spleeeen." JP continued holding his abdomen. The girl may have ruptured something.
"Aw, JP. When will you ever learn?" Kouji quipped.
Suddenly a weird kid appeared behind them. "Did you guys say you know of something that's missing?"
Kouji, Kouichi, Tommy, and JP glance at one another before they answered. They were anxious and cautious of their words and actions.
"Maybe… who wants to know?" Kouji replied.
"Well, I was looking for a briefcase that I misplaced this morning." The boy answered. He had wild black hair and wore a yellow opened vest over a two-shades-of-blue striped sweater. He wore a peculiar pendant in the shape of a card.
"OH SO YOU WERE?" the four guys felt their heart sink.
"Well we have a silver briefcase," Tommy replied.
"You do? Let me see it?"
"Wait! Tell us what's in the briefcase, first!" Kouji lashed out before they accidently gave away any valuables to the wrong person.
"Oh well you see…" the boy looked around before he jutted his head forward and covered his mouth from the side as if he were about to divulge classified information.
"…there was a bunch of valuable stuff in there."
"What kind of stuff?"
"Top limited edition trading cards. It's my brother's but he lets me hold onto them for him, and if I don't find it, he's gonna KILL me! He may even through me out of the family business. Man, I hate my life…"
"Oh…sorry to hear that, but we don't have such a thing." Kouichi replied,
"Yeah the briefcase we have has money in it." JP said before Kouji jabbed him in the injured gut for ratting out their secret to a stranger.
"Oh no worries. Money is not my issue right now…" the ragged haired boy walked off as tears mystified in his ruby violet eyes. "My brother's not going to be happy about this."
As the mysterious yet peculiar boy walked off, the gang watched him with doubtful expressions.
"I feel like I've seen him before…" said Tommy, scratching his orange mushroom hat.
"Yeah…" the others replied.
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Afterwards the gang met up at the front of the school now that most of the school was back at their dorms or elsewhere.
"Any luck guys?" Takuya asked.
"No." The guys replied.
"Nothing here either." Zoe answered.
They were at a dead end, but this was a good kind of dead end.
"You know, Kouichi earlier said that the money was drug money." Tommy said. He thought it bore mentioning again to where Takuya and Zoe heard it.
"You know I didn't think of it? It was just lying in the bushes."
"But like I said before we're gonna keep it now that it's ours." JP reminded them again.
"Plus, if it were drug money, I think we would be hearing police sirens around this neighborhood." Kouji said.
On cue a police car passed by with its sirens blaring. The gang gawked at one another, more nervous now that Kouji jinxed it.
"We'restillkeepingthemoney!" JP disrupted the tension.
"Well you know what this means. If no one claims it will be ours by tomorrow." said Kouichi with excitement. He could grasp victory.
"I thought you said three days… according to the hand book."
"Yes, but really… who's counting?"
"Yeah just think of what we could do with all that money…" Takuya pondered.
"We could build an arcade system in my room!" Tommy suggested.
"What?" Everyone objected.
"Now now, before you get all upset I was going to say you guys could also stop by anytime to have fun. It wouldn't be just for me."
"Of course not. First of all you and Shinya would get to enjoy it more than we would and second…hold on, by the way how is my brother doing?"
"Oh, he's alright…" Tommy answered.
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(Meanwhile at Tommy's dorm room)
"Is anyone out there?" Shinya asked, stranded in a random cage, "I need food! TAKUYA WHERE ARE YOU?"
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"That's good to hear… I think…" Takuya replied to Tommy's answer.
"Well obviously you guys are missing the point. We definetly need a dojo. I could defiantly work on my technique!"
"A DOJO?"
"YES!" Kouji said. He affirmed them just in case he was vague in his remark.
"That's ridiculous. You guys are missing the BIG picture. With all that money we could invest in one the latest models of…" JP pulled a Kitchen Appliance catalog from no where, "THE OMEGA KITCHEN HELPER 3000X!" he went on to explain, " With it, it can cook your meals and help clean your messy room. It would also serve you like a servant! Did I mention it comes in a female maid version?"
Nobody was pleased to hear JP's proposal.
"I DID MENTION IT WAS OMEGA, WITH AN 'X', RIGHT?"
"JP everything with you always leads to food, sleep, or girls. What we should do is invest in something more productive like a new fashion line," Zoe eyes glazed over as the thought passed through her mind, "Just think off all the clothes and beauty cosmetics we'd make! We'd be RICHER!"
"No-way Zoe!" Takuya said, "You'd be the only one who would enjoying that fantasy! What we need… is a car! A sports Car. TOP FUTURE MODEL!"
The gang stared at him with doubt. He couldn't possibly be serious
"No, no, no… stay with me here. Now picture us on a cruise to the unknown in one of the latest sports cars of the future. We'd be traveling in style!"
"Get out of here! That's a stupid idea. WE all wouldn't fit in a sports car." Kouji objected.
"I know…"
"So in other words the car would be for…you?"
"Ex-Actly," Takuya nodded his head, repeatedly, "Isn't that a good idea." He smiled a toothy grin.
"Dammit Takuya! Could you be anymore selfish?"
"Hey, you're the selfish one!"
"All of you can bite me!"
"This is stupid…"
"GO SUCK AN EGG!"
"I LIKE TURLES!"
Before they knew it, they all were at each other's throats like cackling lions and hyenas. The dispute escalated until someone had to put an end to it.
"HEY! HEY! HEY!" Kouichi quieted the group. Everyone was huffing with anger. Even Tommy was on top of JP's neck, attempting to strangle him. "You guys, don't you see what is happening?"
"Well of course. You guys clearly just aren't on my level." Kouji remarked.
"What level?"
"You guys! This money is turning us against each other. I thought we agreed we would split it evenly and leave it at that?"
Everyone came to their senses as they "Ohed" in unison.
(Cue sad piano music)
"I'm sorry you guys. I got all worked up over this."
"No worrries. You were just passionate for the things you loved."
"And I guess I can be a little unrealistic at times."
"I'm SO glad were friends!"
"Yeah, let's not ever fight over something like this again!"
"Agreed!"
"NOW GROUP HUG EVERYON!"
(Cue the blissful/inspirational music)
The group laughed and chuckled at each other for being so stupid, getting worked up over materialistic things.
(*Vinyl Record Scratch*)
"Alright guys. Play time is over." Kouji broke reality in.
The gang stopped hugging and prepared to go their separate ways.
"Alright you guys, I got to head to soccer practice," said Takuya
"Yeah, and I have to go. I'm going to be in the marching band at the school football game later on tonight," JP mentioned.
"We have to go the pregame show. We promised we'd volunteer for the preparations," said Kouji, Kouichi, and Tommy.
"Oh wow. You guys are unlucky. I don't have to do anything today. My volleyball practice was canceled because of the game, which I can't wait to see."
The other guys snarled a Zoe's remark, as snarky as it was.
"Well see you guys!"
"See ya!"
"Bye!
With that they group disbanded and went their separate ways for the afternoon.
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(Meanwhile, aft the fiasco…)
The majority of the school population was at the Legacy Stadium nearby, getting ready to watch the school football game. It was the first one of the season and everyone was pumped up… everyone except Zoe.
Throughout the day Zoe had only heard of the mysterious briefcase full of money but never got an opportunity to see it firsthand. So with this chance, since most of the guys were at the game, and Takuya was at soccer practice, Zoe decided to sneak into the guy's room to see for herself.
To start off, she wore a clingy grey sweater and black leggings with black socks. She was incognito for the situation like a diamond thief attempting to rob a jewelry store. She wrapped her hair in a ponytail as she dashed from bushes to bushes. She found herself near the front gate of the dormitory as students passed through the gate. The girl walked by them hoping they would not notice her. They did.
She was now in the elevator and on the second floor. She paced here way over to room "217" and turned the door handle. It was locked. At the same instance, two students walked by, having a serious discussion about cats and which ones were the cutest. Zoe stood in place with her arms folded, whistling a whimsical tune. As soon as the coast cleared, she pulled a hair pin from her hair and began to fiddle with the door lock. As she persisted the door eventually snapped and came undone.
"Oh yeah Zoe… you got the skills." Zoe bragged to herself as she stepped inside the room.
The door closed and everything was still. The air was a tense. She could almost swear there were trip wires around the area just in case someone was to intrude. She looked around the area, disrobing and dismantling just about everything to see where the briefcase was but to no avail.
"I better clean this up before I leave," the girl thought as she walked around with her arms folded. She was perplexed at how well the thing was hidden… that was until she had an idea where to locate it.
She looked at the kitchen cabinets and went for the first one she saw.
"Aha! Scum!"
Zoe shrieked as the omnipresent Kouji jumped out of the cabinet. It was surprising how he could fit in there to begin with.
"How'd you?"
"Ssh ssh ssssssh… no need to worry about that. Now EXPLAIN yourself!"
"Awww… come on, Kouji! I just wanted to see the money."
Kouji ignored her request.
"NO! You're tempted eyes would be corrupted with greed. I can already see it."
"No they're not? Can I at least see what all you guys are talking about? Can I see the money?"
"I'm afraid not, Zoe."
Zoe was now getting irritated and curious, which was not a good mix.
"Pleeeeeeease, Kouji? Pretty pleeeeeeeeeeeeease?"" Zoe pouted her lower lip as her eyes watered like a puppy.
"Zoe! Those puppy eyes may work on Takuya, they definitely work on JP, but they will not work on me!" Kouji held his stand while holding the briefcase, "Besides, you shouldn't even be here. This is the guy's dorm room. You could get in trouble as well as me and the rest of the guys… well me in particular."
"Ok… I promise I'll leave as soon as you show me the money…"
Both Kouji and Zoe had an intense eye contest. Kouji kept his grave demeanor face while Zoe stared back at him anxiously.
"Fine…" Kouji gave in.
"Yay, you fill my heart with joy." Zoe glomped Kouji, before he could retract his statement.
"Yeah yeah, now get off me."
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Meanwhile outside the halls, Takuya got off soccer practice early and decided to head home for a quick shower before he headed to the school game. In the process he realized he could mention the briefcase to his headmaster, Sgt. Colonel, like the guys suggested.
He noticed the elderly man was in his office and knocked on the door.
"Who goes there?"
"Um… it's me, Takuya."
"What do you want, boy?"
"Um I have something to show you."
The officer opened the door and stood in front of Takuya. Standing 6' 4", he was an intimidating sight up close
"Well?"
"Um it's a briefcase, sir. I was wondering if you knew anyone that was looking for it."
"Hmm? This better not be a sick prank your tryinna play on me, boy."
"NO! No, sir."
"Then show me this briefcase, boy. Show me right away. I don't want to miss the school game."
"Don't worry, sir! Right this way." Takuya bowed before he led the way back to his room.
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Kouji cracked the briefcase as light began to emanate from the inside. As it fully opened a chorus of angelic symphony sounded throughout the room. Even a flock of doves flapped their wings as they flew out of the briefcase.
"Its… beautiful…" said Zoe as she marveled over the sight.
Kouji quickly shut the silver case causing Zoe to flinch.
"What? Why'd you do that?"
"Ssssh! Someone's coming!" Kouji shunned the girl as his dark blue eyes darted to each corner of his eye sockets.
He heard the voice of Takuya and Sgt. Colonel on the other side of the door.
"Dammit! Quick we've got to hide!" Kouji placed the briefcase back in the cabinet and grabbed Zoe into the nearest hiding spot, the bathroom.
Takuya opened the door. "It's in here…"
Both Takuya and the Sergeant gawked at the room with wide eyes.
"What in torpedo kamikazes happened here? I think I need to do surprise inspections more often. This place is a disaster."
"Sir, I swear it was not like this before! Someone must have messed up the place."
"Well I'm going to have to settle with this later now show me this briefcase."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the bathroom door, Kouji pressed his ears to the door.
"Dammit, Takuya must have told our headmaster about the briefcase."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"Well, I don't know but one thing's for certain… we need to get you the hell out of here!" Kouji whispered.
"How do we do that?"
Kouji looked at the narrow window that Kouichi mentioned earlier. It was the only way.
"Quick, you're going to leave through the window."
"Through there?" Zoe studied the window and back at her shape, "I'm not sure I would fit."
"Of course you would fit. Kouichi managed to get through there earlier. If this were JP then that would be another story."
Kouji got on top of the commode and pulled Zoe up to his level. She stepped on the tank and peered outside the window
"Are you sure about this?" Zoe sounded anxious about the situation.
"Just do it. We have no other options."
Zoe proceeded through the window while Kouji kept watch on the door for any sudden movements.
"How am I going to get down from here?"
"I don't know… do you see anything that you can reach?"
"I see nothing but a large tree branch."
"Ok, good. You can use that to climb your way back down then."
Suddenly, Zoe started making grunting noises. "Crap! I think I'm stuck."
"What?" Kouji hissed as he rushed up towards the window, "What do you mean you're stuck?"
"I mean 'I'm stuck'. I can't move." Zoe budged some more but to no avail. Her feet dangled in the air like a rag doll.
"No no no no. You have to make it through." Kouji became nervous which was a rare sight to see. He stepped up behind the girl on the toilet seat. His throat gulped as he proceeded to push her through the window.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Zoe was turning red in the face, "Get your hands away from there." She felt uncomfortable with Kouji placing his hands on her butt, trying to force her through the window.
"Zoe, now's not the time for modesty. We have to get you out of here, pronto!" Kouji continued pushing but she was not budging, "Dammit… see if you can you're your stomach in."
"I've already tried that." There was a quiver in her voice.
"Dammit! Kouichi how did you get through here?" Kouji mumbled to himself. "You need to lose some weight, Zoe!"
"Hey, for your information, my figure is just fine!" Zoe lashed back at the boy.
"I was speaking figuratively." Kouji replied before he gained an idea. "Hold on. I need to get something that will lubricate you through the window."
"Do what?"
-xxx-
Takuya just got through showing Sgt. Colonel the money and expected him to confiscated, but instead what he did surprised him.
"Well, boy I must say you are lucky. All I can tell you is keep the thing until tomorrow. If no one claims it, it's yours.'
Takuya's face lightened up like a child at an amusement park. The headmaster made his way to the door until he remembered another important thing.
"Oh yeah. While I'm here, I might as well do an inspection just to make sure you guys aren't hiding any contraband on my floor."
"Oh please Sgt Colonel. We wouldn't have any such thing…"
"We'll see about that…" the veteran began to walk around to each bed and station, checking for anything out of the ordinary.
-xxx-
"Dang it. He's definitely going to come in here any minute." Kouji overheard the headmaster on the other side of the door.
"You know… I wanted to live a happy life before I died, but now I'm going to be stuck here all because of my stupid curiosity." Zoe's future flashed before her eyes. She imagined herself turning old as her friends came to visit her through the window. They would have to climb a ladder individually just to greet her.
"Why did I have to be so stupid?"
"Zoe! Pull yourself together!" Kouji encouraged the girl the best he could.
He continued searching for anything that would loosen Zoe through the window. He found a peculiar body wash that JP used on a regular basis. It had the picture of a fat baby on the cover in the mist of bubbles.
"JP… this is just six kinds of crazy…" Kouji then placed some of the blue liquid into his hand before he applied it to Zoe's abdominal area.
"S-stop t-that heh heh that ti-ickles!" Zoe tried to contain herself, but she was known for being ticklish.
"Zoe this would be a whole lot less creepy if you'd stop saying things like that…"
"Hey, you're not the one stuck inside a window someone tried to force you through, now are you?" Zoe retorted as she kicked him in the stomach without looking.
"Zoe, stop it!" Kouji hissed. She caused him to fumble the bottle, spilling the blue body wash all over the place. A wet patch fell on his feet causing him to slip his foot into the toilet bowl, as water splashed onto him.
"SHIT!" the boy yelled which would have been the correct term to use if JP had forgotten to flush in the morning. He looked back up after falling only to realize his hand caught Zoe's pants, pulling them down to her thigh in the process. He was face to face with her white and purple striped panties, embroidered with a Hello kitty face staring back at him.
"WHAT THE HELL KOUJI! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Zoe yelled, her voice cracking. Her face was flustered with a crimson red as a few students walked by the window. They were curious about the showing going on at floor room 217.
"I SWEAR, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! I SLIPPED!" Kouji apologized. His eyes were wide as if he had seen a ghost. He'd never seen Zoe from this point of view before.
"YOU'RE LOOKING, AREN'T YOU! QUIT IT!" Zoe's feet flailed, knocking Kouji back. He fell hard on his back as his head bounced against the tiled floor. He sat up after the knock down and rubbed his sore head. After, he looked up and saw Sgt. Colonel and Takuya looking in through the door.
"What in torpedo kamikazes is going on here?" the headmaster asked. He demanded that he get an understanding.
All Kouji could do was look away sheepishly, more flustered than Zoe herself. Although the girl could not see what was going on, she knew she was busted as well.
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"So let me get this straight… you're getting detention?" Kouichi asked. It was later on in the evening, the guys were back in the dorm room and it was getting late.
"Yes! It's the first one I've ever gotten!" Kouji explained himself to his brother. After what happened, the headmaster signed him a pink slip for his conduct of behavior, regardless of the fact it was all a misunderstanding.
"Yeah and Zoe got one too." Takuya added as he watched the twins' discussion. "So what exactly where you doing in there? If I didn't know better I'd say…"
"Hey, you watch yourself, Takuya! All that you saw was no more than a horrible coincidence. I would never intentionally pull down Zoe's britches!"
JP immediately sprayed his drink from his mouth after hearing that remark. "You did what?" JP exclaimed.
"Don't get any ideas, JP. It was all an accident." Kouji defended himself again.
"So then explain yourself." Takuya replied with a half skeptic, half taunting attitude.
"Look. Zoe came in here trying to find the briefcase, but she didn't know I was guarding it as usual…"
"You did that creepy teleporting thing again didn't you?" JP said.
"When she found out I was guarding the briefcase, she wanted to see what was inside. I told her no but eventually I let her have a sneak peak…." Kouji continued with the story, ignoring JP.
"Heh-heh… that's what she said…" Takuya joked.
"It was then that Takuya and Sgt. Colonel came inside, and I hid inside the bathroom with Zoe. I tried to get her out of here through the window, but… you can guess how that went."
"Lucky…" JP muttered as he took a sip of his drink, unaware that the others heard him.
"What was that?" Kouji retorted.
"Oh nothing." JP replied.
"So is she OK?" Kouichi asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah. She's fine," Kouji answered, " They had to call the school maintenance to get her out from the window. They even gave us a new window."
All three of the guys took a look at the window as if it were… eye candy.
Suddenly, JP yawned and stretched his hands to the ceiling. "Well I'm tired you guys. After a day like this I could use my rest." JP then climbed into his bed, "Good night guys!"
The guys wondered to themselves as to why JP went to bed earlier than usual.
Meanwhile, it began to pour outside like it did in the morning, only this time there was lightening crackling through the sky. The flash of light emanated through the window, alerting them that it was raining.
"I guess we should all go to bed then." Kouichi suggested. The others agreed as they changed and got into their beds.
"Good night everyone!" said Kouichi.
"Good night!" everyone else replied as the lights went out.
The rain poured for a good five minutes while the gang slept, peacefully. It was pitch black and no one could see anything. With a flash of lightning seeping through the window, a silhouette of a large figured hovered over the beds. In another flash there was a another shadow crouched near the kitchen. With each flash of lightning there were shadows moving within the room. The lights finally came on as the gang realized they all were trying to pull a fast one on each other. They woke up to get their hands on the briefcase.
"SCUM!" Kouji yelled with a vehement tone.
"Out of my way!" JP yelled as he pushed Kouichi aside. Kouichi fell into a pile of clothes on the floor.
Takuya tripped JP, causing the large boy to fall down on his chin. With the opportunity he dashed over to the cabinet, but Kouji was once again holding the briefcase before anyone could get to it.
"I swear you guys! This thing has gotten me into TOO much trouble today! I'm not going to let you guys take it from here!" he Sparta kicked Takuya in the chest, crashing him into the refrigerator.
Takuya rushed to his feet and came over to Kouji to tackle him, but in one swift movement, Kouji drew out his katana that he kept at his side of the bed.
"Don't take another step!"
Takuya snarled. He found a chair and raised it up as a weapon. Meanwhile Kouichi got up and picked up a bo staff, twirling it around like a wushu artist. JP, being the last to his feet, picked up the nearest and deadliest thing to match their weapons… a frying pan.
"So is this how you guys want to go?" Kouji twirled the blade in his one free hand, "Cause I'm ready to dance!"
"I don't dance!" Takuya replied, "I KILL!" he lunged forward with the chair and tossed it, but Kouji quickly deflected it with a swift move of his sword, cutting the thing in half.
It was Kouich's turn to face Kouji as he sprang forward with his staff. Kouji swung his blade to scare his brother off but Kouichi knelt to the ground to doge it, thrusting the blunt end of the stick into his brother's torso. The long hair boy fell back, launching the briefcase in the air as Kouichi caught it in mid air. JP saw his opportunity as he rushed behind Kouichi with his frying pan and wacked him over the head. Kouichi fell to the ground still clenching the case of money. It was everyone's gain as they scrambled over to the fallen boy to grab the briefcase like hungry men scavenging over the same food. With everyone's hand on the prize they beat each other until one of them came out victorious. This continued throughout the night until they all grew weary and tired.
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(Early next morning…)
The guys slowly woke up with groggy faces. They all realized they still had their hands on the case of money. Looking at one another, they waited for the other person to let go.
"Ok, this isn't going to work unless all of us let go at the same time." Kouji said as he rubbed his eyes.
The rest of the guys agreed as they slowly rose to their feet. They walked over to the same hiding spot and counted to three before they dropped it and carried on with their morning.
It was then they had a good chance to finally look at one another, and the damage they had caused. Each carried black eyes and bruises all over their bodies.
"Wow! I did that to you?" Takuya asked as he pointed at Kouji's battered face.
Kouji glanced back at the boy before he snarled, "You don't look so good yourself."
-xxx-
During the walk to school, the four teenagers strolled at a slow pace. Not one looked at the other as if they were ashamed of what they'd done.
"Hey guys!" both Tommy and Zoe greeted the four of them. They all replied back with a monotone.
Zoe instantly looked down when her eyes met Kouji's. She still remembered the fiasco from the day before and was completely embarrassed.
"What do you say we put all this nonsense behind us," Takuya glanced at the two as he made his remark, "I think it's time we started behaving like adults. Besides, you know what this means? We get to keep the money and split it like we planned."
"YEAH!" the rest of the gang agreed, unanimously.
"You guys must have had one hell of a night." Tommy said as he analyzed each of the four guys.
Takuya gave the young one a stern look. "Don't ask…"
-xxx-
(During Homeroom)
The class was rowdy right before Ms. Avery stepped in the door.
"Good morning students. Time to settle down now."
The class dispersed to their seats. At the same moment Florence from yesterday stepped into the class. He was fashionably late.
"Pardon me, Ms. Avery. I do believe I'm fashionably late."
"Your excused, Florence now have your seat."
The gray haired boy walked over to the seat in front of Takuya as he staired at the aloof boy. Takuya glanced back at him with one goofy smile, unsure if Florence was normally a serious person or could once in a while crack a smile.
"I swear, you lack of mannahs bothers me." Florence said, before he finally took a seat.
-xxx-
After the school bell blared throughout the hallways, the students of Ms. Avery class began to head out the door.
"And don't forget to do your assignment. No Excuses. No Exceptions."
Takuya, Zoe and the twins lingered back to discuss what they would finally do with the money. A lethargic ecstasy stimulated their senses. It wasn't every day they got lucky in such a situation as this.
"So after school, I'll get the briefcase and split the money with you all, six ways, and we'll go from there."
"Is still can't believe we're going to be rich by the end of today."
"Yeah, its not everyday someone leaves a silver briefcase in a bush for someone else ot find."
The conversation perked Florence's ears as he began to pack up.
"Did you fellows say you found a silver briefcase with money in it?"
They gang felt their heart drop, slightly. "Yeah, who wants to know?"
"Did you just happen to find this yesterday?"
"Yes, I did…" Takuya replied, feeling his heart drop further.
"Oh my, I believe you found my treasured briefcase full of money that my father gave me."
"Really?"
By now the team's hearts were on the ground, squashed to syrupy pancake.
"Yes, I somehow misplaced it in the rain yesterday, but I'm certainly glad you guys found it. Where did you place it?"
"It's back at our dorm room."
"Good I'll meet you all there to retrieve it."
"Hold on!" Kouji cut him off, "if you were missing it, how come you didn't tell anybody… or at least tell an official?"
"Well my dear lad, if theres something I've learned is that people can be a bit, greedy and feisty over money. I wouldn't dare just ask anyone letting them know that such a prize possession of mine exist, would you?"
"Got a point…" Kouji mumbled to his own hearing.
"But don't worry, I'll pay you all small percentage for finding me my dad's parting gift to me. Tah tah for now!"
The aristocratic boy walked out the door with a chipper in his step as he hummed a enlightening tune.
"Well… at least we found the owner…." Kouichi added his words to the discouraging situation.
Takuya glanced at Kouichi and the other two then back at the waltzing Florence.
"That's the first, I've ever seen him smile since he got here… THIS WHOMPS!"
The endeavors for finding the owner had paid off… unfortunately.
(Ending Song: Untitled, by Simple Plan)
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: I had originally started this is in October of last year, but school took over. And then I couldn't finish it till the end of the semester. Plus I was working on the third episode of the Frontier Abridged series, so that took a chunk of my time. But here it is… all done.
I'm not really sure where to go from here. I had originally planned to do a Halloween and Christmas episode, but I don't know. I guess till next time…
