Disclaimer: I don't own ccs, those men in black do! They're sitting in
that comfy chair in Koudansha's office aka the Diet Building (the one in X)
Kuriekurei's Nook: This is part two of my weird fanfic. In this one,
the focus is on Yamazaki and Chiharu. But, you'l expect a little S+S moment
here too. (very little)
Why I Lie
( really, I have twenty more other titles if
you don't like it)
I am invincible. There's no one who can defeat me!(Chiharu: Cut it out!) Uh, ok. Let's start again.
I am Takashi Yamazaki. An ordinary kid living in a town called " Jupiter 9". The way people live in Jupiter 9 is different. They drag people around and make kids carry heavy stuff like big rocks and large statues. (Chiharu: …….. ) Then, kids ride on big octopuses with bulging eyes and teachers make students do 1000 math problems a minute.
Excuse me. This is Chiharu Miharu, Takashi's classmate. Whatever you heard from Takashi, pls. ignore them. Don't listen to him. All his stories are LIES. We don't live in Jupiter 9, we live in Tomoeda. Duh. Have you ever heard of a town with that crazy a name? Anyway, if you plan to read on, keep in mind that all of Takashi's stories aren't true.
1
Chiharu
" Did you know that in a certain country in Africa, people would put rocks under their bed? It was said that they do it for protection against bad spirits." Takashi said. He was telling one of those tall tales of his.
"Hoe." Said Sakura, half believing, half doubting.
We were gathered around the classroom, eating lunch from our bento boxes. "We" were Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Naoko and me.
It could have been perfect. Not until Takashi came. He heard us talking about spirits. Takashi butted in and told an unrealistic story.
"Takashi!" I almost yelled. I got up and dragged him away.
When we got out of the classroom, I started scolding him.
"Alright! Alright!" Takashi said.
I glared at him. He backed away and took off.
I sighed. He never learns one least bit.
"Okay class. Today, we'll do something a little different in our literature class." Miho-sensei, our reading teacher, was giving us a group project.
" You'll group into sevens and do a report on any fairy tale like Cinderella and Snow White. The report includes introduction of characters in your chosen fairy tale, summarizing the story and a short presentation on an excerpt from that fairy tale. In other words, you'll act that part out."
There were groans, grunts and complaints from almost every student in that class.
" Hoe. That'll be a tough assignment." I heard Sakura say. I saw Tomoyo nod.
Miho-sensei waited for the whole class to pipe down. Then, she continued on.
"The project will start today and the presentation will start a week from now." She finished off right before the school bell rang.
"Is that clear?" She looked at all of us.
"Hai." All of us said.
All of the students filed out except for Sakura ,Tomoyo, Naoko, Rika and me.
"Ne, minna. Let's group together and work hard on our project." I took the liberty of saying.
"That's a great idea!" Naoko nodded. The others nodded as well.
"Demo, there's only 5 of us. We're short of two more members." Sakura pointed out.
Tomoyo glanced at a kid who was about to get out of the classroom. "What about Li-kun?"
Syaoran turned around when he heard his name. He looked puzzled.
"Why don't you join our group Li-kun?" Tomoyo tipped her head to the side.
Syaoran looked even more puzzled. "Eh?" He said.
Suddenly, Sakura stood in front of him. " The project Miho-sensei was talking about, would you like to join our group?" She had puppy dog eyes.
Instantly, Syaoran flushed. He looked away from Sakura. "S-sure."
I could tell that Syaoran liked Sakura-chan a lot. I actually think they look so cute together.
"Great. Now we have 6, 1 more member to go." Tomoyo said.
"Why don't I join your group?" A male voice spoke. I recognized it right away. No, it couldn't be. Not HIM.
"Yamazaki-kun!" Sakura said, startled.
"So, can I?"
2
Yamazaki
Why are
these people looking so surprisingly at me as if I'm a stranger? Was it strange
for me to join their group at times when we had projects? What am I? A kid who
was just born yesterday?
But anyway, they agreed on letting me in on the report. We went to library to choose the book we want to do the presentation on.
"I think Red Riding Hood will be great! What do you guys think?" Rika held a book with a girl in red shown on the cover.
"I don't know. I think I like those ghost stories better." Naoko pursed her lips.
"Hoe!" Sakura slightly trembled.
"Naoko, you'd think there were any "fairy tales" that are ghost stories." Chiharu stared at Naoko.
"Actually there are ghost fairy tales." I interrupted. "There was this story in Ancient China about a young Chinese girl who unlocked the seal of a magic ball. Inside that ball was a 10,000 yr. old evil spirit who destroys things and makes people suffer. The evil spirit fell in love with the Chinese girl and they lived happily ever after!"
"Yeah yeah." Chiharu rolled her eyes. "You just made that story up. Even Li-kun doesn't believe your story because he knows about China himself. I think you've been watching too much Dragonball. Have you been watching discovery channel too?"
" Uh, maybe a little." I said.
"So anyway, what do you guys think of Red Riding Hood? I think Rika's idea's great." Chiharu ignored me.
" I think it'll be splendid." Tomoyo answered, smiling.
3
Chiharu
Three
days have passed since we started our project. We had to stay a bit late after
class and we had to suffer Takashi's torments.
I just don't know the reason why he lies. I think he ought to be a lawyer. "Lawyers are Liars".
I think I should give him a crash course in honesty.
Someday, his lies will do him good. I just don't know when that day will come.
One day before the real presentation starts, we had to stay really late. We picked the part when the wolf was pretending to be Red Riding Hood's grandma as our excerpt.
Sakura was red riding hood and Yamazaki was the wolf. The rest of us would take turns in the summarization and introductory report.
It was about 5:45 when we finished our work. All of us decided to walk together and drop off each person one by one.
" I can't believe we finished at this time. My mom will kill me just about now." I groaned.
"Hoe. It's getting dark now." Sakura huddled near Tomoyo.
All of them stayed quiet until they neared Tomoyo's street.
" Oops. There's my street. Gotta go!" Tomoyo separated from our small group. "See you guys tomorrow!"
"Bye Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura waved to her as soon as she was nearly out of sight.
We continued walking on until there were only five of us left- Sakura, Naoko, Syaoran, Takashi and me. When Li-kun's apartment came to view, he almost hesitated going home. I was sure he didn't want to leave Sakura scared. But he changed his mind and went on.
Now, there were four of us left. We kept quiet at that time. Only the sound of our footsteps was heard.
" Do you guys wanna pass by King Penguin Park?" I asked quietly.
No one answered.
Naoko fixed her glasses up her nose. "I heard there were ghosts that appeared near King Penguin Park." Her voice squeaked.
No one spoke.
" They say it appeared in the lake beside King Penguin Park." Naoko spoke, then she paused. "I think it looked like a ball of gas. That's what I heard from the people who saw it."
The air was really tense now. The sun was really about to set.
I saw Sakura kind of walked funny. I could tell she was very scared. Takashi was amazingly quiet too.
We were almost near the lake Naoko was talking about.
" N-na-naoko, is that story about the ghost true?" Sakura asked nervously.
Silence.
"I guess so." Naoko spoke so softly, she was careful not to alarm Sakura because she knew Sakura was scared of ghosts.
We dropped off Naoko a few minutes later.
Then, in about a few seconds, we were going to pass the lake.
Tap-tap tap, I could here the rippling of the lake's water.
Suddenly, there was a strong wind. It blew away the leaves that fell on the ground.
"Hoe!" Sakura yelped.
Then as if nothing happened after all. The strong wind stopped. Everyhing was quiet again.
The lake was exactly beside us.
I could feel myself tremble.
The steady rippling of the lake's water was the only thing we could hear again.
"M-minna, I'm sca-scared…." Sakura said.
"Me too." I admitted.
Takashi was walking ahead of us. I don't know what he's thinking, but I'm pretty sure he's scared. " Did you know, that if you want to overcome your fear…….." He stopped.
We stopped walking for a while.
"……..you should just hold on to the person near you and hold on that person as tight as you can……" He paused. He was having a hard time trying to say something realistic for once. "…..cause, together, you'll get through with it." He smiled at the two of us girls.
Sakura looked like she was on the verge of crying now, but then, she restrained herself. Her mouth formed an almost "u" curve. It was a "Sakura smile".
"I'll do that." She said, no longer trembling.
I smiled too. It's the first time you ever told a good lie.
"That wasn't so bad was it?" I said, smirking.
"What was?" Takashi frowned at me.
"You can actually tell a good lie."I said jokingly.
"Huh?"
"The Takashi I knew would never tell something like that. I guess people do change."
" I'm still me. Hora. Did you know that Coca Cola cans that were manufactured during the '50s were mad of orihalcon?"
"Hoe?" Sakura eyes were wide.
"He's back." I smiled ruefully.
That scary moment actually turned into one of those tall tale days we usually had.
To Be Continued-
Next story features Kero's Adventure in Takoyaki Dream World
Kuriekurei's Nook:
Why do I keep coming up with these stories?! OH WHY, OH WHY?! Just tell me what you think of it.
