Chiyo and Osaka managed to arrive at the summer home intact physically, if not mentally. Yukari screeched the car to a stop and turned to the two girls.
"We're here. Oh stop shivering, this time I respected the speed limit for most of the journey" she said sighing. "Well help me with the bags ok?"
"We…are…alive" gasped Osaka.
"But at what cost?" replied Chiyo, slowly moving, pulling her head out of her safety position. Both opened their own doors and stepped outside shaking. Chiyo found Kaorin standing in front of her, and the older girl took the two small bags that belonged to Chiyo.
"On the way back I'll go with Yukari Chiyo-Chan" said Kaorin. "It's only fair since you went instead of me on the way down."
"T-thank you Kaorin" said Chiyo. At least the small girl could enjoy her trip without having the threat of the Yukari mobile hanging over her. Already Kaorin noticed a faint swagger as Chiyo's confidence returned, having been torn down by the car trip.
"Wow" said Kaorin, seeing the summer house for the first time. "This is amazing. This belongs to your family?" she asked Chiyo.
The small girl nodded. "It does Miss Kaorin." She reached into one of her equally small pockets. "And here's the key." Kaorin decided not to ask questions as Sakaki and Yomi gripped hold of Tomo, who struggled to break free.
"Hooray it's a vacation!" said Osaka walking behind Chiyo and Kaorin.
"No, this is a perfect opportunity for you to catch up on your studying" said Yukari seriously. "Just screwing with you." The look of horror was still on Osaka's face.
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Kaorin dumped her bags down and peeked out of the doorway as Tomo ran around in her swimsuit yelling.
"Beach, beach lets go down to the beach!"
"We've only been here twenty minutes" called out Yomi. "Give us some time."
"I've given you twenty minutes!" called back Tomo, now sprinting around the kitchen. "Let's go!"
"I'm ready" said Osaka, appearing just behind Tomo who narrowly avoided hitting the girl in the face with her flailing arms. Osaka stood in a flowery one-piece suit and looked across at Tomo, who seemed to have taken great pleasure in choosing a relatively small two-piece suit.
"What?" asked Tomo.
"You look good in that. I wish I could wear one of those but I wouldn't look good in one."
"Well of course if you compare yourself to me then you'll feel that way. After all, who looks better then me in one of these?" she asked.
"Sakaki-san?" suggested Osaka, who backed away as Tomo glared. "And maybe Yukari-sensei" continued Osaka, not sensing the danger she was currently in. "And we haven't seen Kaorin yet either…" Osaka paused, and then sprinted for the exit as Tomo chased after her. Sprinted for all of three seconds before going at a fast walk.
"Please don't hurt me" said Osaka cowering in a corner.
"Save your quarrels" said Yukari stepping into the room in a robe. "We all know I look the best" she said, pulling off the robe to reveal a skimpy pink two piece. "What da ya think of that then?" she asked.
"I think there's quite a bit of homoerotic tension here" said Osaka in a faraway voice.
"What!?" asked Yukari.
"You're showing off your body to girls and none of us have any boyfriends…I know about myself but you two might be…"
"Ha ha" said Tomo laughing desperately, "Of course I've had boyfriends, I've had loads."
"Really?" asked Osaka, her interest peaked (and returning from dreamworld). "What's it like?"
"Well, it urm, great" said Tomo turning away.
"Wow." Osaka turned to Yukari. "Yukari-sensei, do you think I'll be able to get a boyfriend one day?"
"Er, maybe" said Yukari. Her reply didn't feel Osaka with confidence.
Osaka looked down at her chest. "I bet if I was like Sakaki-san, this wouldn't be a problem." She slowly turned and looked at the girl who had just appeared behind her. "Oh, hello Sakaki-san" she said as the tall girl blushed.
"Kaorin! Chiyo-Chan! Yomi! Kurosawa-sensei we're going to the beach!" called out Tomo, "Let's get going!"
"It's a two minute walk" called down Yomi, "From the front door! We'll be down when we're ready."
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After just over two hours of doing nothing on the beach, Yukari excused herself.
"I'm just going to go to the seafront stores and get some sake" she said, standing up and dusting off the sand.
"Don't you think you'll need something?" asked Minamo, Yukari still in the skimpy swimwear.
"Of course" said Yukari, pulling on a pair of flip-flops. "Don't want to burn my feet on the hot ground."
Minamo watched as Yukari slowly walked away. The woman stepped into the storefront and grinned as a group of men called out to her. She felt even better as a man looked at her, walked past, continued looking and ended up walking into a wall. Finally, she'd found people who recognized her beauty. She spotted the store she'd need, and was close when she suddenly stopped.
"Holy crap!" she said, reaching out and ripping a poster from the wall. She turned and sprinted back to the beach as a man leant out.
"Hey, I was told to keep that there!"
Yukari paused. Of course- she'd forgotten to buy some drinks.
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"Students gather!" called out Yukari.
Slowly the group ambled towards the teacher. She stood holding the ripped piece of paper as though it was a special prize.
"What is it Yukari-sensei?" asked Chiyo.
"Look what I found" said Yukari, thrusting out the piece of paper.
"Beach…cheer-leading contest" said Osaka slowly reading the title. "Tonight."
"Cheerleading?" asked Yomi.
"Yukari…" said Minamo.
"Relax Nyamo. This is something we can easily win- especially with me involved" said Yukari. "And look, if you win we get a free Korean barbeque meal at a nearby restaurant, and a hamper of alcohol!"
"It could be fun" said Kagura. "But we wouldn't have much time to prepare."
"It's not about preparation, it's about who looks the hottest!" said Yukari.
"Maybe, what do you think?" asked Kaorin turning to Sakaki.
"I suppose."
"Lets do it!" said Tomo pumping her hands up in the air. "Contest! Victory! Win at all costs."
"That's great since I already signed us up!" said Yukari. "And I'm the captain! I'm going to have to choose four of you to compete later on tonight."
"You're the captain?" asked Minamo. "Didn't you have to take some kind of sanity test?" Yukari glared.
Minamo would spend a long period of time trying to get all of the sand out of her hair.
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"Ha, this team would surely win" said Yukari, placing a piece of paper with five scribbled names on the desk. Me, Sakaki, Kagura, Tomo, Yomi. "That would be great! That beer and barbeque is mine."
"I've got the team ready, lets go."
"I don't think I can" said Kagura, groaning as she lay on the couch. "I think I spent too long in the sun."
"Come on, all you have to do is dance for half an hour."
"Ungrawphh" groaned Kagura.
"Where's Yomi?" ask Yukari glancing around the room.
"Sleeping, she stayed up late. Probably eating" said Tomo.
"I heard that!" yelled Yomi.
"Grrrr!" said Yukari so viciously that Chiyo hid behind the couch. "Fine then. Tomo, Sakaki you two are on the team."
"Cool!" said Tomo.
"Ok" said Sakaki. She didn't want to let everyone down.
"Hey Nyamo, you want to join us?"
"No thank you captain I have to go wash my hair again."
"Fine then" said Yukari in a tone as threatening as Minamo. "Kaori, do you want to be on the team?"
"Well, ok" said Kaorin turning to Sakaki.
Yukari paused, looking at Osaka and Chiyo. She'd have to choose one of them. Osaka pointed at herself and then at Chiyo, while Chiyo stood with that cute smile, damn that was so annoyingly cute. Wait, the sports festival, the event that didn't count…
"Chiyo, you're on the team too. I remember your cheerleading at the festival."
"Really? Was I that good?"
"…Yeah."
Osaka followed the group out of the door. "I'll be the official cheerleader of the cheerleading team" she said.
A short time later Kaorin found herself holding pompons standing in front of a small gathering. The majority of the crowd happened to be men, who had taken the opportunity to support the three groups of girls who'd joined up. She'd heard one person muttering complaints about Chiyo, asking why another beautiful girl couldn't be there. Nervous, she stood close to Sakaki as they set themselves up. Chiyo was at the front, in the middle, Tomo on her left, Kaorin on her right. Sakaki and Yukari stood at the ends.
"Good luck Sakaki-san" she whispered.
"Good luck to you too."
Yukari turned smugly to the crowd and as with the others held her pompons aloft as the music started. Cheering came from the crowd as they danced, the whole event a blur for Kaorin, merely following Chiyo. She spotted Osaka dancing in the crowd and holding up two thumbs. Soon the music stopped and the group cheered loudly.
"Well it would seem as though we can choose our two finalists now, the unlucky team to leave is about to find out. The two finalists are Team Alpha, and Team Yukari!"
"Team Yukari?" said Kaorin aloud, as the gathered around Yukari who was grimacing.
"Crap, crap crap" she chanted.
"What is it?" asked Chiyo.
"I've pulled something, I can't stand on my ankle."
"But we have to go back on in a minute Yukari-sensei" said Kaorin.
"Damn it, I can't" replied Yukari. "But if we don't have five people we forfeit."
"How about Osaka Yukari-sensei?" asked Tomo gripping hold of the girl and pulling her forward.
"Well I guess four and a half is better then four."
The group explained this to the host who agreed to let Osaka take Yukari's place, and they stood as the opposition danced.
"We're doomed" muttered Yukari.
"Don't worry, we'll do it" said Osaka. "Isn't that right Chiyo-Chan?"
"Definitely!"
"Lets do it for all of us" said Kaorin.
"And the beer" said Tomo and Yukari in unison.
"Returning without their injured captain, lets hear it for Team Yukari!"
The group cheered as Chiyo reappeared, having won over the crowd simply by being adorable. The others appeared and Tomo took a position on the outside this time, Osaka standing beside Chiyo. Yukari limped into the crowd (But tried to make it seem more serious then it was) and turned to watch her students.
Kaorin and Osaka looked at one another nervously as the music started. Chiyo found herself leading the group, and managed to keep a routine going, the audience cheering her on, the small girl growing in confidence. Kaorin and Osaka focused on Chiyo as the music continued, Tomo and Sakaki in combination with Kaorin providing the hotness Yukari had stated was needed. Finally the music ended and the crowd cheered, Osaka stumbling slightly. All that dancing and focusing (for two minutes) had made her tired.
"And the winner is…!"
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Tomo, Yukari and Osaka slowly moved around Yomi's bed.
"We won!" called out Yukari and Tomo in unison, startling Yomi out of sleep.
"Yay!" said Osaka, failing to realize they had only done this to annoy Yomi.
"Now everyone downstairs for some drinks!" said Yukari. "And don't wake up Nyamo" she whispered.