False Impressions
By Izanami Hime
Part 6
Tanoshi was in an especially good mood the next day. In stead of moping around, she was back to being trouble-making herself. At the moment she was using a rubber band to shoot pieces of paper at the kids in her class. She took careful aim at her next victim ;a girl named Arisu. Arisu had been jealous of Tanoshi ever since she started dating Taro, and had tried to make Tanoshi's life miserable. Her pitiful attempts were laughable, and that's just what Tanoshi did.
Tanoshi let go of the rubber band, and the paper flew into Arisu's hair. It was the 7th one Tanoshi had shot at her, and Arisu's hair now had white flecks. It looked kinda funny.
When the bell rang Tanoshi bolted straight to the cafeteria. She picked up a tray, and got in line. "Chicken and fries again, what a surprise." The lunches at St. Mary's were donated by the Xia Feng Chicken Farm(1). Every Wednesday the cafeteria served chicken and fries, the other choice was a ham and cheese sandwich. When Tanoshi got to the end of the line, the lunch lady put a chocolate milk on her tray. Tanoshi then went to sit down.
Tanoshi took a seat next to Taro, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. By now she was used to sitting next to Taro. She hated him, but knowing that she had Duo made it easier to play her part as Taro Ikegami's girlfriend.
"What was that for? Have you finally decided to accept the fact that you belong to me now?" Tanoshi took a deep breath before answering.
"Yes. I've just realized how amazing you are." Tanoshi felt like gagging after saying that load of crap. Taro however didn't notice and seemed pleased.
"I'm going to the opera with my uncle on Friday, so I won't be around after 7pm."
A look of mock disappointment crossed Tanoshi's face. "Damnit, I really looking forward to Friday's date too. Now I guess I'll have to hang out with a friend. Oh the humanity."
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Next period was history. Tanoshi and Duo finished their interview with Headmaster Ikegami quickly. They then started planning the mission.
"So when should we do it?" Duo asked.
Tanoshi remembered what Taro said at lunch. "I think Friday would be best. Taro and his Uncle are going to the opera Friday night. We can do it then, and get rid of them both."
Duo looked her in the eyes. "Is it really necessary to kill Taro? I know that he knows too much, but is their any way to keep him quiet without killing him? " Duo hated the boy for what he'd done to them, but he didn't like the idea of killing him.
Tanoshi nodded. "Yes it is necessary. If we let him live, he'll tell someone who you are. If it was just me I wouldn't care, because I can handle myself. But if he found out about you, who's to say he can't find out about all of us. We'd be putting our friends in danger, and if anything happened to them because we didn't kill Taro I'd never forgive myself."
Seeing how serious Tanoshi was, Duo gave in. "You have a point. I don't want to take that chance either." He looked down for a moment. "Ok, we'll do it on Friday. Let's meet outside the Opera house at 6pm. I don't think we should be seen leaving together."
They finished planning the mission until the bell rang.
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Next class was study hall. Tanoshi took a seat next to Azuki, and decided to take a much needed nap.
"Hey Tanoshi." Azuki was poking her friend in the back, trying to get her attention. After a while Tanoshi lifted her head and looked at her friend. "What?" Azuki stopped poking her.
"I just wanna talk. You know, that thing friends do when their bored outta their minds." Tanoshi flicked Azuki in the forehead to shut her up. "I'm listening. What is it you want to talk about Azuki?"
Azuki decided to choose her words carefully. "What's up with you and Duo? Are ya back together?" Tanoshi was startled. "W-what do you mean? I'm going out with Taro."
Azuki smiled knowingly. "Well ever since you got paired up for the history assignment, you've both started acting normal again. Don't you tell me that you guys aren't together again. I can tell."
Tanoshi sighed in defeat. "Ok, you caught me. But Please don't tell anyone. If Taro find out, I'm as good as dead." The truth was that Tanoshi could handle Taro, but if he decided to tell the world who the pilot of Gundam 02 is then she was screwed.
Azuki nodded. "Don't worry, I won't tell that asshole anything." Tanoshi was so relieved, that she gave Azuki a huge hug. "Thanks Azuki-Chan, you're the greatest."
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After school Tanoshi went straight to her room. She thankful that she didn't have a roommate and could do whatever she wanted in her room. She didn't have any plans for the rest of the day, so she decided to hang out in her room.
"Hm… what should I do?" She turned on the TV, and when she saw that nothing good was on she turned it off. She looked around her room for a while. then suddenly she stopped.
"I know, I'll call Aya. She'd love to know that me and Duo are back together." She picked up the phone and dialed the number to the safehouse.
"What do you want?" It was Meiyo. "Well it's nice to talk to you too, Meiyo. Could you put Aya on the phone?" After a few minutes of Meiyo ranting on about the injustice of Tanoshi calling the house number instead of Aya's personal number, she handed the phone to the other girl.
"Tanoshi how are you?" Tanoshi smiled at the concern in her friend's voice. "I'm fine, actually I'm doing great. I just called to tell ya that me and Duo are together again."
Aya let out a deep breath. "Tanoshi that's wonderful. I'm so happy everything worked out." They chatted for a while longer.
"Hey Aya are you busy tonight? I wanna go to the mall."
"I'm sorry, I've got a mission tonight. Um, Shizuka's got a date with Trowa… Oh Suiri can go with you." Tanoshi laughed. " Suiri hates the mall. The last time I took Suiri to the mall, she pulled a gun on the woman who tried to give her a make-over." Tanoshi laughed at the memory. "actually that was the funnest time I've ever had at the mall. Put her on."
About a minute later, Suiri picked up the phone and said one word. "No"
"Oh come on Suiri. You're the only one free tonight, and I miss you. Pleeease, I promise we won't go through the makeup department."
Suiri thought it over. *I'm not doing anything tonight, plus it would be nice to see Tanoshi.* "Fine, I'll go. Where do you meet?"
Tanoshi told Suiri to meet her at the Emerald Square Mall(2) food court at 7pm.
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Tanoshi hung up the phone, and decided to get changed. She opened her closet, and pulled out a couple of outfits. "Hmm… should I wear black, black, black, or black?"
Since she was just going to the mall, she picked out a pair of black baggy jeans, and a black T-shirt that read 'I'm only wearing black until I find something darker. (3)', and put on her favorite black boots. She left her hair down, and put on her black lipstick, and glitter eye shadow. Suiri hated it when Tanoshi dressed this way, but she did it anyway.
Next Tanoshi packed a few things in a bag, and left through her window. She jumped from ledge to ledge, until she reached the ground. "Now I need a ride."
She found a black motorcycle in the parking lot that was just begging her to ride it, so she did. She put on her headphones, popped in her Linkin Park CD(4), then took off towards the mall.
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"I wanna run away, never say goodbye. I wanna know the truth instead of wondering why. I wanna know the answers, no more lies. I wanna shut the door and open up my mind." Tanoshi was singing along to one of her favorite songs on the CD.
She swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel, and ran over a turtle instead(5). "Oops, sorry 'bout that." she pulled into the Emerald Square parking lot a few minutes later.
Tanoshi entered the food court and saw her friend at the arcade. She was playing a game called 'Champions of the Battlefield'(6). It was a two player game, where you pick either an Oz mobile suit or a Gundam and battle the other player.
Suiri had picked her Gundam Tsuyoi, and was beating everyone who dared fight against her.
Tanoshi watched as Suiri blew up a pitiful Oz Aries with her beam cannon. The kid seemed confused, like he didn't know how he could have lost to a Gundam. Tanoshi got out 50 cents to challenge her friend.
She took her seat, put in her money, and chose her Gundam Dark Angel. Suiri turned to face her friend. "Izanami you're late." Tanoshi grinned. "Well you know me, I've just gotta make an entrance."
Behind them, kids were placing bets on who would win, The mysterious emerald haired champion, or the newcomer in black.
Tanoshi started the battle by swing her scythe at Tsuyoi. Suiri easily dodged, and shot her beam cannon. Dark Angel dodged it, and used its stealth mode to sneak up behind Tsuyoi and slashed it with her scythe a few times before Suiri pulled out her shield and blocked.
Tanoshi then shot some smoke, and while Suiri was trying to blow the smoke away, Tanoshi finished her off.
The crowd that had gathered around the girls was speechless. They couldn't believe that the girl in had had won. Tanoshi stood up, took a bow, and then left the arcade with Suiri.
"Well that was fun." Tanoshi said as they headed for Hot Topic. Suiri looked around the store, then decided she would just stay with Tanoshi. "Tanoshi, I don't know what you find so appealing about this store." Suiri seemed bored, while Tanoshi seemed like she was having a field day.
Tanoshi bought two t-shirts. One read 'I'm so evil the devil worships me', and the other said 'It's only funny until someone get hurt, then it's hilarious.' Suiri just shook her head when she saw them. "What do you need more black shirts for?"
Tanoshi clutched her shirts protectively. "I always need more shirts, plus these are cool." Suiri gave her f a look that said 'Whatever', and they walked to the next store.
In Suncoast both of the were having a good time. Tanoshi was looking through the Anime section, and Suiri was looking at the action/adventure movies.
About twenty minutes later Tanoshi walked up to the register with about ten DVDs. The cashier scanned them and gave Tanoshi the total. "Miss this comes out to $299.80." Tanoshi handed the lady Headmaster Ikegami's credit card. The lady scanned it and handed Tanoshi the card. "Thank you come again."
Tanoshi found Suiri and they left. This time they went to the store with all the guns and knives. Suiri looked at their selection of guns, while Tanoshi bought a new knife. She had lost her other one on her last mission.
Once outside the store, Suiri checked her watch and saw that it was 9pm. "Tanoshi we better get going. You've got school tomorrow, and you've still got to drive to St. Mary's."
Tanoshi nodded. "I guess you're right. Well it was nice seeing you Suiri. Thanks for coming, it was fun. I'll see ya later." They went to the parking lot and went on their way.
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1) Sorry Xia Feng, I couldn't help myself. ^_^
2) The Emerald Square Mall is a real mall near my dad's house. It's awesome. It has three floors and every store you could want.
3) I have that T-shirt, and my friend hates when I wear it.
4) I love Linkin Park. Their music is soooo aweome!!!
5) The other day I saw a dead turtle on the side of the road. Someone had hit it. It thought that was interesting, so I put it in here.
6) I know lame name for a game, but I couldn't think of anything.
a/n ok, nothing much happened in this chapter but that's ok right? The next chapter will be up as soon as I stop being lazy and type it up. Right now I have it in my notebook. I still need a title. Please help me with ideas for that.
By Izanami Hime
Part 6
Tanoshi was in an especially good mood the next day. In stead of moping around, she was back to being trouble-making herself. At the moment she was using a rubber band to shoot pieces of paper at the kids in her class. She took careful aim at her next victim ;a girl named Arisu. Arisu had been jealous of Tanoshi ever since she started dating Taro, and had tried to make Tanoshi's life miserable. Her pitiful attempts were laughable, and that's just what Tanoshi did.
Tanoshi let go of the rubber band, and the paper flew into Arisu's hair. It was the 7th one Tanoshi had shot at her, and Arisu's hair now had white flecks. It looked kinda funny.
When the bell rang Tanoshi bolted straight to the cafeteria. She picked up a tray, and got in line. "Chicken and fries again, what a surprise." The lunches at St. Mary's were donated by the Xia Feng Chicken Farm(1). Every Wednesday the cafeteria served chicken and fries, the other choice was a ham and cheese sandwich. When Tanoshi got to the end of the line, the lunch lady put a chocolate milk on her tray. Tanoshi then went to sit down.
Tanoshi took a seat next to Taro, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. By now she was used to sitting next to Taro. She hated him, but knowing that she had Duo made it easier to play her part as Taro Ikegami's girlfriend.
"What was that for? Have you finally decided to accept the fact that you belong to me now?" Tanoshi took a deep breath before answering.
"Yes. I've just realized how amazing you are." Tanoshi felt like gagging after saying that load of crap. Taro however didn't notice and seemed pleased.
"I'm going to the opera with my uncle on Friday, so I won't be around after 7pm."
A look of mock disappointment crossed Tanoshi's face. "Damnit, I really looking forward to Friday's date too. Now I guess I'll have to hang out with a friend. Oh the humanity."
/***************************************************/
Next period was history. Tanoshi and Duo finished their interview with Headmaster Ikegami quickly. They then started planning the mission.
"So when should we do it?" Duo asked.
Tanoshi remembered what Taro said at lunch. "I think Friday would be best. Taro and his Uncle are going to the opera Friday night. We can do it then, and get rid of them both."
Duo looked her in the eyes. "Is it really necessary to kill Taro? I know that he knows too much, but is their any way to keep him quiet without killing him? " Duo hated the boy for what he'd done to them, but he didn't like the idea of killing him.
Tanoshi nodded. "Yes it is necessary. If we let him live, he'll tell someone who you are. If it was just me I wouldn't care, because I can handle myself. But if he found out about you, who's to say he can't find out about all of us. We'd be putting our friends in danger, and if anything happened to them because we didn't kill Taro I'd never forgive myself."
Seeing how serious Tanoshi was, Duo gave in. "You have a point. I don't want to take that chance either." He looked down for a moment. "Ok, we'll do it on Friday. Let's meet outside the Opera house at 6pm. I don't think we should be seen leaving together."
They finished planning the mission until the bell rang.
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Next class was study hall. Tanoshi took a seat next to Azuki, and decided to take a much needed nap.
"Hey Tanoshi." Azuki was poking her friend in the back, trying to get her attention. After a while Tanoshi lifted her head and looked at her friend. "What?" Azuki stopped poking her.
"I just wanna talk. You know, that thing friends do when their bored outta their minds." Tanoshi flicked Azuki in the forehead to shut her up. "I'm listening. What is it you want to talk about Azuki?"
Azuki decided to choose her words carefully. "What's up with you and Duo? Are ya back together?" Tanoshi was startled. "W-what do you mean? I'm going out with Taro."
Azuki smiled knowingly. "Well ever since you got paired up for the history assignment, you've both started acting normal again. Don't you tell me that you guys aren't together again. I can tell."
Tanoshi sighed in defeat. "Ok, you caught me. But Please don't tell anyone. If Taro find out, I'm as good as dead." The truth was that Tanoshi could handle Taro, but if he decided to tell the world who the pilot of Gundam 02 is then she was screwed.
Azuki nodded. "Don't worry, I won't tell that asshole anything." Tanoshi was so relieved, that she gave Azuki a huge hug. "Thanks Azuki-Chan, you're the greatest."
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After school Tanoshi went straight to her room. She thankful that she didn't have a roommate and could do whatever she wanted in her room. She didn't have any plans for the rest of the day, so she decided to hang out in her room.
"Hm… what should I do?" She turned on the TV, and when she saw that nothing good was on she turned it off. She looked around her room for a while. then suddenly she stopped.
"I know, I'll call Aya. She'd love to know that me and Duo are back together." She picked up the phone and dialed the number to the safehouse.
"What do you want?" It was Meiyo. "Well it's nice to talk to you too, Meiyo. Could you put Aya on the phone?" After a few minutes of Meiyo ranting on about the injustice of Tanoshi calling the house number instead of Aya's personal number, she handed the phone to the other girl.
"Tanoshi how are you?" Tanoshi smiled at the concern in her friend's voice. "I'm fine, actually I'm doing great. I just called to tell ya that me and Duo are together again."
Aya let out a deep breath. "Tanoshi that's wonderful. I'm so happy everything worked out." They chatted for a while longer.
"Hey Aya are you busy tonight? I wanna go to the mall."
"I'm sorry, I've got a mission tonight. Um, Shizuka's got a date with Trowa… Oh Suiri can go with you." Tanoshi laughed. " Suiri hates the mall. The last time I took Suiri to the mall, she pulled a gun on the woman who tried to give her a make-over." Tanoshi laughed at the memory. "actually that was the funnest time I've ever had at the mall. Put her on."
About a minute later, Suiri picked up the phone and said one word. "No"
"Oh come on Suiri. You're the only one free tonight, and I miss you. Pleeease, I promise we won't go through the makeup department."
Suiri thought it over. *I'm not doing anything tonight, plus it would be nice to see Tanoshi.* "Fine, I'll go. Where do you meet?"
Tanoshi told Suiri to meet her at the Emerald Square Mall(2) food court at 7pm.
/***************************************************/
Tanoshi hung up the phone, and decided to get changed. She opened her closet, and pulled out a couple of outfits. "Hmm… should I wear black, black, black, or black?"
Since she was just going to the mall, she picked out a pair of black baggy jeans, and a black T-shirt that read 'I'm only wearing black until I find something darker. (3)', and put on her favorite black boots. She left her hair down, and put on her black lipstick, and glitter eye shadow. Suiri hated it when Tanoshi dressed this way, but she did it anyway.
Next Tanoshi packed a few things in a bag, and left through her window. She jumped from ledge to ledge, until she reached the ground. "Now I need a ride."
She found a black motorcycle in the parking lot that was just begging her to ride it, so she did. She put on her headphones, popped in her Linkin Park CD(4), then took off towards the mall.
/***************************************************/
"I wanna run away, never say goodbye. I wanna know the truth instead of wondering why. I wanna know the answers, no more lies. I wanna shut the door and open up my mind." Tanoshi was singing along to one of her favorite songs on the CD.
She swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel, and ran over a turtle instead(5). "Oops, sorry 'bout that." she pulled into the Emerald Square parking lot a few minutes later.
Tanoshi entered the food court and saw her friend at the arcade. She was playing a game called 'Champions of the Battlefield'(6). It was a two player game, where you pick either an Oz mobile suit or a Gundam and battle the other player.
Suiri had picked her Gundam Tsuyoi, and was beating everyone who dared fight against her.
Tanoshi watched as Suiri blew up a pitiful Oz Aries with her beam cannon. The kid seemed confused, like he didn't know how he could have lost to a Gundam. Tanoshi got out 50 cents to challenge her friend.
She took her seat, put in her money, and chose her Gundam Dark Angel. Suiri turned to face her friend. "Izanami you're late." Tanoshi grinned. "Well you know me, I've just gotta make an entrance."
Behind them, kids were placing bets on who would win, The mysterious emerald haired champion, or the newcomer in black.
Tanoshi started the battle by swing her scythe at Tsuyoi. Suiri easily dodged, and shot her beam cannon. Dark Angel dodged it, and used its stealth mode to sneak up behind Tsuyoi and slashed it with her scythe a few times before Suiri pulled out her shield and blocked.
Tanoshi then shot some smoke, and while Suiri was trying to blow the smoke away, Tanoshi finished her off.
The crowd that had gathered around the girls was speechless. They couldn't believe that the girl in had had won. Tanoshi stood up, took a bow, and then left the arcade with Suiri.
"Well that was fun." Tanoshi said as they headed for Hot Topic. Suiri looked around the store, then decided she would just stay with Tanoshi. "Tanoshi, I don't know what you find so appealing about this store." Suiri seemed bored, while Tanoshi seemed like she was having a field day.
Tanoshi bought two t-shirts. One read 'I'm so evil the devil worships me', and the other said 'It's only funny until someone get hurt, then it's hilarious.' Suiri just shook her head when she saw them. "What do you need more black shirts for?"
Tanoshi clutched her shirts protectively. "I always need more shirts, plus these are cool." Suiri gave her f a look that said 'Whatever', and they walked to the next store.
In Suncoast both of the were having a good time. Tanoshi was looking through the Anime section, and Suiri was looking at the action/adventure movies.
About twenty minutes later Tanoshi walked up to the register with about ten DVDs. The cashier scanned them and gave Tanoshi the total. "Miss this comes out to $299.80." Tanoshi handed the lady Headmaster Ikegami's credit card. The lady scanned it and handed Tanoshi the card. "Thank you come again."
Tanoshi found Suiri and they left. This time they went to the store with all the guns and knives. Suiri looked at their selection of guns, while Tanoshi bought a new knife. She had lost her other one on her last mission.
Once outside the store, Suiri checked her watch and saw that it was 9pm. "Tanoshi we better get going. You've got school tomorrow, and you've still got to drive to St. Mary's."
Tanoshi nodded. "I guess you're right. Well it was nice seeing you Suiri. Thanks for coming, it was fun. I'll see ya later." They went to the parking lot and went on their way.
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1) Sorry Xia Feng, I couldn't help myself. ^_^
2) The Emerald Square Mall is a real mall near my dad's house. It's awesome. It has three floors and every store you could want.
3) I have that T-shirt, and my friend hates when I wear it.
4) I love Linkin Park. Their music is soooo aweome!!!
5) The other day I saw a dead turtle on the side of the road. Someone had hit it. It thought that was interesting, so I put it in here.
6) I know lame name for a game, but I couldn't think of anything.
a/n ok, nothing much happened in this chapter but that's ok right? The next chapter will be up as soon as I stop being lazy and type it up. Right now I have it in my notebook. I still need a title. Please help me with ideas for that.