(10/29/10)
Same day…
Professor Peter, instead of a lesson, discussed the Culture day with Ms. Toriumi.
"And the room with more money than the rest will receive 80% of the profit from their classroom."
"Tch… that's all?" Minako said, "Well, that's disappointing."
"My dear Minako-chan, you'll also get something far more valuable than money!"
"What is it, Prof?" Minako said excitedly, "More money?"
"Bragging rights…" Professor Peter sighed, "You get to brag about your greatness."
"Wouldn't that make us seem big headed?" Minako said, before I clamped my hand in her mouth.
"… So, that's the low down…" Ms. Toriumi said.
"Have any of you chaps heard anything the others might be planning?" Professor said.
"Sensei, I heard the second year's planning a Group Date!" Quan said.
"Indeed?" Professor Peter mused, "Highly intriguing…"
"I heard 1-A would be planning some sort of play…" Junpei said.
"The third year's talked about a Movie room… something or the other." Yukari said.
"We could start a Fight Club…" Lee said hopefully.
"Lee!" someone shouted.
"Hey! Call me when you grow some balls, man!" Lee said.
"Uh, hello? I'm a girl!"
"Sorry." Lee said apologetically.
"Damn…" the Professor said, not shying away from cursing in class, "Looks like we've been stringed out…"
Everyone was silent.
"This is it! We're ruined!" Ms. Toriumi lamented.
"Don't despair, my dear lady." Professor Peter said, "There is always humor within the most desperate situations…"
Then, Junpei raised his hand, "Oh, oh, oh!"
"Yes, Junpei-kun?" Professor Peter said.
"You don't need to ask to go to the bathroom." Ms. Toriumi said.
"No, I just remembered something!" he said, "The… The Culture festival last year!"
"Tch! You're out of your mind, Junpei! It was cancelled last year!" One classmate said.
"No! Remember how we had to clean up the joint?" Junpei said.
"Yeah… I still have splinters in my hands…" Fuuka said, showing her scored hands.
"Oh! Have the nurse look at that!" Professor Peter said.
"Anyway, remember how Minato and Kenji joked around? That was insanely funny!" Junpei said.
Everyone suddenly remembered.
"Did we?" I said.
"Hmmm…" Kenji mused, "Oh yeah… I remember now!"
"That was hilarious! My gut still hurts from those jokes you guys made!" Yukari said.
"Yeah! You guys were a great comedy team!" Yuko said.
"So, we can start a Comedy Club, where the funniest in the class can join! Just like SNL!" Junpei said.
"So, Junpei-kun, let me get this straight… you're suggesting that we start a Comedy Club?" Professor Peter said.
"Yeah."
"Great! For good show of initiative, ten points!" Professor Peter said.
Junpei smiled broadly as everyone patted him in the back.
"It's settled. We get a few jesters to joke around in skits." Professor Peter said, "So all of you better practice!"
We nodded.
We went out and Minako excitedly talked to the girls and whisked them all away.
The boys and I were left.
"Wonder what's got them excited." I said.
"Meh, they probably saw some octopus hotdogs on sale…" Lee said.
"Yeah, we should start thinking about the skits!" Quan said.
We did that and went down, where a crowd was gathered.
"What's going on here?" Junpei said.
The students were talking excitedly.
"*squeal* Arisato-san is heeeere!" a fangirl said.
"Cooool! Quan-kun's here! If I marry him, that'd make Professor-san my dad-in-law!"
"Yay! Kenji-kun is joining!"
"Tch… Junpei is here too… as expected."
A guy looks at us.
"Hey! You guys do us proud, okay?" he said.
We all looked at each other.
"What are you babbling about, brah?" Lee said.
"What the hell…?" Junpei mutters and tears his way into the crowd.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" he bellows.
He runs out with a wild look in his eyes.
"THEY'RE DEAD!" Junpei cried.
"Whoa, hold on, hero, what's up?" Lee said, stopping him.
"Yeah, what's going on?" Quan asked.
"T-Take a look at the bulletin board!" Junpei hissed.
We did, moving people away.
We were turning red when we saw it.
"Miss" Gekkoukan cross dressing pageant
1.) Junpei Iori
2.) Kenji Tomochika
3.) Minato Arisato
4.) Lee Jonas Aida
5.) Quan Pi Lao
6.) Hortez Rama
7.) Hideyasu Omura
Notes: Up to seven contestants only!
They must participate in costume, swimsuit and Q/A.
Anyone backing out shall be sent to three months detention (including winter breaks and holidays and Sundays)
"Those bitches!" Quan cried.
"Wait, how sure are you that they did it?" I said.
"It HAD to be them!" Junpei cried, "Cato and his goons couldn't have put it here!"
"Rio! Why?!" Kenji moaned.
"What did we ever do to them?!" Lee cried.
"Damn it!" I cried.
All the boys present heaved a sigh of relief. Even though there was one remaining spot, they guarded it closely.
The only one looking sad was Bebe.
"Do us proud, son." A guy behind us said.
"You got balls!" One said, then laughed.
Lee looked at him intently, then punched him in the face.
We had to restrain Lee from his induced bloodlust.
All the guys stormed out of the lobby and marched straight to the rooftop, where we were sure that the girls were laughing their heads off.
I lead the way and when we reached the rooftop, I kicked the door open.
The girls, Minako, Yukari, Rio, Pinky and Fuuka were at the benches.
Minako was laughing her head off, then she saw me and stifled a laugh.
"H-Hey guys!" she said jovially.
"Sup." Rio said.
"Explain yourselves. NOW." I said sternly.
Minako smiled, "Explain what?"
"Don't play dumb!" Junpei cried, "We know you wrote our names in the drag pageant!"
"We did?" Rio said, trying not to laugh.
"You guys are bein' unreasonable!" Lee cried.
I looked at Yukari.
"Hey, don't look at me, I wasn't any part of that." she said.
"N-nor was I!" Fuuka
Quan looked at Pink.
"Pink! How could you?!" he cried.
"H-Hey Quanny, I was involved and I don't deny that, but I didn't write your name…"
"Who then?" Quan demanded, "Speak!"
"Uh… It was Uncle!" she squealed.
"That bastard!" Quan cried, "Stupid selfish son of a bitch!"
"Hey, that's your dad." Rio said.
"Yeah, but right now, he's the asshole who wrote my name on the Miss Gay contest!" Quan cried.
"What's got you guys so uptight?" Minako said, "You could always back out!"
"Are you high on drugs or something?" I shouted, "Even if we wanted to, we couldn't back out! The Professor said that we can't!"
"You can!" Minako insisted, "But you'd have to attend 3 months of detention with no holiday breaks!"
"We can't do that!" I cried.
"Well, if you wanted to, you would quit. But you want to, since you won't quit!"
"That doesn't make any sense!" I cried.
"You little…" Junpei hissed, but I stopped him.
"Junpei… let's have a word with the Professor…"
"But-"
"Come on!" I said and they followed me.
In the hall…
"Dude, you must be nuts if you think I'd go to detention for 3 months!" Junpei cried, "I wouldn't last that long! I'm too soft for the slammer!"
"It don't matter to me." Lee said, "It'll be like stayin' at home. I'll just say I need to use the wash room and I'll head back to the dorm and sleep." Lee shrugs.
"Relax, it's not like we're going to jail… just a little… payback."
"All for one, one for all!" Kenji said, "But what are we doing?"
We were at the lobby.
"Anyone have a pen?" I asked.
No one moved.
"Come on! Not one of you has a pen?!" I shouted.
"Eh… I left mine at my desk…" Junpei said.
"Mines at my locker…" Kenji said.
"Yeah, left mine at the dorm." Lee said.
"Pinky borrowed mine."Quan said.
"Oh for the love of…" I muttered, reaching for my pocket.
Wickedly laughing, since it was blank, I wrote on it.
Miss Gekkoukan Beauty pageant
1.) Minako Arisato
2.) Pinky Lee
3.) Rio Iwasaki
4.) Yukari Takeba
5.) Fuuka Yamagishi
Note: Contestants may not quit at any time, or else they face immediate detention for 3 months on ALL occasions.
"Hey, why is Fuuka-san and Yukari-chan here? I thought they were innocent or something." Lee said.
"No mercy!" Junpei cried, "Poor Fuuka though…"
"Apparently, they haven't thought about this…" I said.
"Hahahaha!" Junpei laughed.
"Wait… lemme add more hotties…" Lee added, borrowing the pen.
Miss Gekkoukan Beauty pageant
1.) Minako Arisato
2.) Pinky Lee
3.) Rio Iwasaki
4.) Yukari Takeba
5.) Fuuka Yamagishi
6.) Michonne La Monde
7.) Yo Duc Tho
Note: Contestants may not quit at any time, or else they face immediate detention for 3 months on ALL occasions.
"Really? Those chicks?" Kenji said with distaste.
"Yeah. Nothing more sexy than mean girls like those two being forced to parade around in swimsuits." Lee said.
We thought about it.
"Yeah, it is kind of sexy." Kenji agreed.
When Michonne and Yo passed by and saw their names, they looked like they were expecting it.
We went to the lunchroom, much more smug this time.
Then…
Slam!
Minako kicked the door open.
A few minutes ago…
Minako and the girls were laughing at the trick they pulled.
"Was that genius or what?" Minako said, "They never expected that!"
"Yeah, but I'm a little scared… what if they put our names?" Yukari said.
"Hey, relax, I hid all their pens." Pink said.
"Yeah, but there's a school store 3 meters away from the bulletin board." Fuuka pointed out.
"Ahhh-" Minako said, finally looking stumped, "I haven't thought of that one."
"Of course you haven't…" Yukari rolls her eyes.
"Just calm down, alright?" Minako said.
"Let's see…" Rio said.
They went downstairs and found a large crowd of boys excitedly talking.
"Man! I can't wait to see Yukari-san in action!" a Yukari-fan said, "These days, only Minato-san gets her all to himself… and still have Minako-chan on his harem! Some schmucks get all the luck!"
"I think Fuuka-chan deserves some light!" a Fuuka-fan said, "Her calm disposition is really attractive!"
"No way could that chick compete against Minako!" a Minako-fan voiced his opinion, "Her spunkiness will rule all!"
"Bullshit!" a Rio-fan said, "My girl, Rio, could snap that twig with one hand!"
"Hey!" a Pink-fan said, "Pinky's childish demeanor would beat them all!"
"Make way!" Minako said.
The girls were horrified at what they saw.
Minato, she thought angrily.
She knew she had no right to be mad at Minato and should even compliment his wit.
Turning heel, she marched straight for the cafeteria.
She arrives quickly and launches a shattering kick to the door.
Minako and her posse stormed in.
She had some rather sweet things to say to me.
"You. Fucking. Son. Of. A. Bitch." she pronounced those words very slowly.
"What'd we do?" I said innocently.
"You know damned well what I mean!" Minako cried, "Why'd you put us in the beauty contest?!" Minako cried.
"What are you talking about?" I said, "All we did was write the names of our forever girls!"
"Heeey! Why did you write my name?!" Yukari snarled, "I didn't do anything!"
"So did I!" Fuuka cried.
"Guilty by association." Junpei said.
"Shut up!" all the girls said.
"Hey, we join the Miss Gay, and you join the Beauty Pageant, it's a win-win solution… you guys see us in drags and swimsuits while we see you in your underwear, swimsuits, lingerie, casual and sensual clothes."
"That's unfair!" Minako cried.
"Not as unfair as you guys putting our names in the Gay Pageant." Lee said.
Minako and guest took their seats.
"Well, I guess it would be okay to join the Beauty Pageant…" Minako said.
"But some jerks called Minako a twig!" Rio said.
"And I am not a twig! I grow curvaceous every day!" Minako said.
I nodded, "I know…"
My eyes strayed to her Red Wayfinder. I noted it looked identical to my Blue one.
"Hey, eyes up here, buddy." Minako snapped, thinking I was looking at her bosom.
"Ah, sorry."
"Listen, the only way we could get out of this mess is if we work together. If we bicker, that'll only make things worse… the next best thing we can do is work together and give them one hell of a show." Lee said philosophically.
All of us stared.
"Lee… that was inspiring." Kenji said, wiping a tear from his eye.
"Nah, that was just something I thought of while smoking a joint."
Minako smirked.
"Fine."
And with that, we ate lunch together.
(10/30/10)
Tuesday…
Classes were cancelled as a result to preparing for the Culture day.
We spent the day making our set.
Rio and I were in charge with the making of the makeshift backstage, which took up 1/3 of our classroom and Minako and Kenji were in charge with the food and beverages and the rest helped out with the props.
The overseer of the Human resources was Yuko. Yuko ordered most of the Kendo team members in our class to do all the grunt work. Knowing Yuko's strong, rather bossy personality, the seven burly, 5'10 tall Kendo SV members were fearful of the 5'3 tall girl.
Then, Yukari, Fuuka and I plotted the skits. Professor Peter and Ms. Toriumi helped in making the skits.
We spent literally the entire day preparing for Culture day.
(10/31/10)
Wednesday…
Today, we rented out some coffee club stools and bar tables, then we rented some costumes for our skits.
Yuko was barking orders for the SV members (and a terrified Quan, Junpei and Lee,) to lug the tables and stools up four flights of stairs.
We replaced the lighting with dim lights, like in a comedy bar.
Rio had her hands full making the set with Professor Peter.
Pink had her dad bring a fog machine, to add mystic charm to the place.
Fuuka rigged the sound system as Yukari decorated the place with pink doilies and cup holders and anything festive. Fuuka also added some plants to be the centerpiece of the table and also to breathe life in the room.
Yukari did a great job; the room now had a mysterious, ambient atmosphere.
Minako and Kenji were in their expertise, making a bar with a long table covered with a cloth and were setting up blenders, microwaves and foods.
I lent them my refrigerator and we filled it to the brim with soda. I also helped manage the work with Yuko.
Also, to maximize profit, we set the entrance to 200 yen per entrance (with limited bathroom breaks,), no outside foods allowed (will quintuple the price if they did bring any,) and seriously overprice the foods and drinks. That was Minako's proposal.
After that, we practiced the skits. Our reputation depended on it.
(11/1/10)
Thursday…
Today, Yukari and I decided to spy the others as they worked.
We went to the Freshmen Floor.
Inside, they had set a rather fancy stage that had Greek Drama masks at the top of the stage, with a red velvet curtain.
Yukari held my arm.
"Look… they're doing a play called 'Romeo+Juliet+Hamlet'" Yukari sighed, "Isn't that just romantic?"
"I guess…" I said, "I always wanted to watch a school production of Romeo and Juliet."
"Well, I was thinking…" Yukari began, fumbling with her cellphone.
"Why, you want to watch it with me?"
Her eyes lit up like a firework.
"Really? You'd want to go with me?" Yukari asked.
"Sure. I can't imagine anyone better to go than with you."
Yukari looked as if she was ready to die happy.
"It's a date. After our skit, when we're on break, we'll watch it together. Just you and me."
"No Minako?" Yukari said hopefully.
"Nah, I think we should spend this time together." I said, "Besides, Minako doesn't like plays. Most likely, she'll be over the Tarot stall or something…"
Then, I went to the sophomore's hub with Lee, Kenji and Junpei.
One of the rooms had a Speed Date room, while the other was a Group Date Café.
"Well, looks like they're ready." I said.
"Nah, a 1000 yen says that this'll be a bust." Lee said.
"You're on!" Junpei said, "Things like this would be popular with the dudes."
"D'ja guys think I can score a hot chick?" Kenji said.
We looked at him.
"Are you high or something?" Lee said.
"You already have a hot girlfriend." Junpei said.
"A-And don't you forget it." Kenji said with a smug smile.
Then, two brawny second years came out.
"What are you guys looking at?" one said, "Get your own ideas!"
"What, this failure?" Lee said, "Trust me, no one will follow this toxic shit."
They looked furious.
"What'd you say? You seniors think you're so high and mighty!"
"What did you say?!" Lee said, moving in them.
Kenji, Junpei and I restrained him and we left.
Then, Minako and I went to the Third Year's.
They covered their room with black cloth.
"A movie room and a horror room?" Minako said with distaste, "Sounds totally lame."
"Hey, you'll never know… seen the latest Wrong Turn?" I said.
"Yes. A big piece of bullshit as well. The only thing that'll scare me, is the Wicked Witch from Snow White… damn!" Minako rubbed her arms as she got goose pimples.
We laughed it off as we went to practice the skits.
Tomorrow looked to be a very promising day for us Seniors.
A/N: Guys, about my last A/N… Rain check!
Haha!
I hope you're ready for the next chapter! Unluckily for you, I'll deliberately take two months to update!
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