ASUKA'S BOOK OF LOVE
Author's Note: Happy New Year! I'm back and so is this story. So, the conflict resumes from where it was left. It's time for Junko and Momoe to find out who their best friend likes and carry on the story a little further with new plans and mischief. The japanese names are either self explanatory or already covered in this chapter. My brother hates me for using them, but I started the story with them and I'm finishing with them so tough chance. No that I have a problem with dub names or anything... Oh yep, I got him GX Tag Force 2 for PSP and it's like the coolest game if you want to write about a duel. I think I'll use it... in later chapters. On with the story!
Chapter Ten: Boys- Oh, Brother!
Asuka: What are you talking about? I never left!
Junko: Oh, just ignore her. She means detention. Well, how was it? I've heard rumours that in detention they place you in Duel Academia's darkest dungeon and they find a million ways to torture you, both physically and psychologically.
Momoe: Yeah, right. Then a dragon comes out and challenges you in a shadow duel. You are so stupid Junko! You might be a goody two-shoes that has never been in detention but you can't possibly believe that it's that bad!
Asuka: Thank you for your interest girls! Actually, it's pretty decent. Professor Hibiki supervised us while she was correcting some exams so there was plenty of time to chitchat with Fubuki and Judai. So, everything's okay, really…
Momoe: Well, while you were at it, Junko and I were preoccupied with very important business here. We did a little research on our all-diminishing list to find who you actually like and we have a jumped to a top three…
Junko: It's a top four, actually since the third place is a tie, but you get the point.
Momoe: We will help you, Asuka. You see, even though we thought initially that Misawa would be the right for you but then, we acknowledged that you would like more mature guys…
Junko: …who possess qualities that any elitist girl would admire!
Asuka: I already told you, I am not elitist.
Momoe: Yeah, but we pretty much are. I mean who doesn't like the classic preppy guy, tall dark and handsome?
Junko: And rich? So, when you decided to reject Jun, we thought maybe you'd like his brothers, Chosaku or Shoji… They are number three on the list and the good thing is that your choice remains in the Manjyome family!
Asuka: This is horrible… How could you ever think of me and them? Ugh! One, they are a little old. Two, Jun is a very nice guy compared to them… I didn't reject him because he wasn't perfect enough for my elitist tastes. I did because he is snobby, conceited and arrogant. Yet, other than that he's fine and we get on well, I hope. His brothers on the other hand are ten million times worse in terms of being jerks!
Junko: So, the all-powerful Manjyome family doesn't interest you, does it?
Asuka: No! If I wanted to date rich and powerful men, my parents would agree to send me to become a geiko at my aunt's house, not a pro duelist in Duel Academy!
Junko: My parents will send me to Kyoto to become a geisha right after I graduate, isn't that cool now that you mention? After all, a well educated woman must know how to duel gracefully…
Momoe: Girls! Our future is not the point! Even though I often daydream of the finishing school in Europe my parents will sent me after graduation in order to study history of art… It's located somewhere in the Alps!
Junko: So, Manjyome Chosaku or Shoji are off the list?
Asuka: Definitely!
Junko: Well, this brings us to our number two… well, Momoe can you tell Asuka who this is?
Momoe: To tell her certainly requires subtlety. After all, he's the best catch in the entire Duel Academia and he's mine at the moment, so…
Asuka: Best catch? Yours? Please don't tell me you are talking about Tenjouin Fubuki, my brother?
Junko: In fact we are. We know you are really picky and that no guy without beauty, brains and a personality would stand a chance with you. We simply had to ask ourselves: who is the most handsome, intelligent, interesting, talented, benevolent, all-rounded…
Asuka: Why does this phrasing reminds me of something?
Momoe: And the answer was Fubuki, of course! So, do you like him?
Asuka: You PERVERTS! How could you ever think that I'd fall in love with MY OWN BROTHER?
Junko: I thought caps were forbidden in this journal…
Momoe: Seems like that rule was abolished long ago. Anyway, I think we got her mad…
Junko: Do you think our guess about Fubuki was a little two far-fetched. I mean, she has a point there, with them being siblings and all…
Momoe: Hello? Haven't you heard of Morgan and Arthur? Even though they technically didn't know it…
Junko: I guess Tenjouin Fubuki-san is off the list, in other words all yours, Momoe!
Asuka: Yeah, you can have him. I have no problem with that. Just take him away. The North Pole is fine… Planet Mars is even better!
Momoe: Well, crossing out people has its good side! We finally found who Asuka likes!
Junko: Yeah, we did! So, tell us Asuka, how did you realize you had feelings for Marufuji-kun?
Asuka: So, you used logic to find out, right? I never thought you had any, but I guess us being close friends is a good influence. Well, he's confident without being arrogant, he's good-looking and always calm, he knows a lot about duel monsters and he's a source of inspiration. You can't but admire him, really but even though he looks out of reach he is very down to earth and level-headed…
Momoe: Well, I guess love and beauty are in the eye of the beholder.
Junko: You are a strange match indeed Asuka but we'll help you two get together, if you wish. I mean, come on, he's not that unattainable.
Momoe: Now that I think of it, you're too good for him!
Asuka: Hey, thanks… But I thought in love you need to deserve each other.
Junko: No need to thank us! I mean, after all you are the Queen of Obelisk! What is he?
Asuka: Hmm… The Kais-
Momoe: That's right! He's only the Kaiser's little brother, nothing else. Sho might be cute and all according to your weird taste but he has yet to prove himself.
Junko: And he's such a scared little mouse! How could you ever think he's confident?
Asuka: Oh, I see. You think I'm in love with Sho Marufuji! Well, wrong again. Oh brother… It's not so I'm in love with. The clues are all in front of you! I am in love with his brother, RYO Marufuji!
Momoe: OMG! That's so cute!
Junko: That's true, so fairytale like… a Queen and a Kaiser.
Momoe: They truly are the perfect couple! We were fools not to see. The signs were there all along! Ryo and Asuka… Asuka and Ryo! And he's her brother's best friend, how conveniently fitting!
Junko: We'll help you get him, Asuka. Go girl! Wait, Momoe, why wasn't Ryo on our list again?
Momoe: Maybe we just forgot him. Stupid really to do so…
Junko: We didn't forget him, I'm sure of that!
Asuka: Well, maybe you crossed him out by mistake then. It seems possible…
Momoe: It could be, but now that you mention it…
Junko: …Doesn't Ryo already have a girlfriend?
Asuka: He does? Really?
Momoe: I thought so too… He already had a girlfriend which is why Ryo wasn't even on the list. It's not like Asuka to steal other girls' boyfriends!
Junko: You seem very disappointed Asuka. But then again, I can't blame you.
Asuka: He never told me… But then again, why would he? All we talk about these days is card strategies. Fubuki didn't have a clue either and he definitely should know. Ryo tells him everything… or almost everything. Yes, now that I think of it, I wouldn't confess to my brother I have a soulmate. He would become irritating to death. You were talking about the future some while ago… His idea of it is participating in an ukulele-themed reality show.
Momoe: Actually, I've never seen Ryo with a girl, except that when he's with you Asuka. Those card strategy lessons you take with him are still ongoing, right?
Asuka: I think so, yes.
Junko: You see, we are quite confused about Ryo Marufuji as well, as far as girls are concerned. You certainly seem to be one of the few people he likes well. But then again, we heard the other day that Seika Kohinata is his girlfriend.
Momoe: On the other hand, she may have as well developed a liking in him too and she spreads the rumours to discourage other girls to get closer to him.
Asuka: Seika, you mean my self-proclaimed school pageant rival? She certainly doesn't like me at all! I bet she could be capable of spreading false rumours… I know for sure she will have to attend a dueling event with Ryo, now that graduation is so close. First and second years will participate too, but the tag teams have yet to be announced.
Junko: So, they are only a tag team! There is hope!
Momoe: Nah, we need to get sure first. And there's only one way.
Asuka: Okay, Momoe, I know what this looks mean. I have to go on another date, don't I?
Momoe: Good, you're starting to learn.
Junko: Momoe, I can sense your plan and it's brilliant. Asuka will go another date, this time with Sho, the Kaiser's little brother in order to learn who Ryo truly likes! Satanic! Think of it not as a date, but as a mission instead.
Asuka: Wait, isn't that like taking advantage of Sho? I wouldn't like that! We're friends after all!
Momoe: Do you like his brother or not?
Asuka: Yes…
Junko: Then do it! It will be so easy. You study alongside Sho if I am not mistaken, right? You can even ask him honestly if you are such a close friend to him as you claim.
Asuka: I'm starting to get the hang of it. I don't really like this but I guess I'll do it, if it's my only chance.
Momoe: Good, our girl is learning!
Junko: Soon she'll know that she would do anything for love; yes she would do anything for love…
Momoe: Stop singing, stupid! You are tone deaf!
I have already given you some hints for the continuation, haven't I? Well, I won't give you more, but I can promise even more surprises? I thought over the plot and I'm planning to introduce more characters (from the series and the manga, never OCs- the fic is already fully packed), especially since my brother's PSP is giving me more and more ideas! Well, see you all soon! I hope you had a lovely vacation!