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The Kindergarten Affair
By Areku
Part 4: One for Two,
Two for One
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For Akito, school did not get any better. For Yurika, it was heaven. The following chapter is split into two, the first three activities are given from Akito's POV. The next three are given from Yurika's POV. Since the author is rather distracted by the TV at the moment, she shall leave the rest of their school day up in the air till a more convenient time.

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The day started out just like yesterday. We all arrived at school. We all sat down. The teacher came in. The teacher started talking. Before the teacher started talking Yurika started. Today I didn't respond. I just stared straight ahead of me, trying to listen to the teacher. Yurika kept on talking, I guess she didn't notice that I wasn't listening.

Then the teacher said it was snack time. So we all moved over to some tables, and were given some napkins when we sat down. I tried to avoid Yurika, by waiting for her to sit down first.

She musta saw through that tactic, cause she came over to me an' said, "Akito, where you gonna sit?"

So I was stuck sitting next to her again. In the middle of the girl's table, even. All the boys were snickering at me, and my face felt really hot. Stupid girl.

We had those animal cracker things today. They were all right I guess. They were more fun to play with than to eat. So I was busy having the lion eat the elephant when that girl next to me caught on. She asked if she could play too. Her, play, no, I din want to, so I shoved my crackers in my mouth and said I wasn't playing. She said 'oh' and went back to chattering with the girl next to her. At least she was chattering to someone who wasn't me, an I got to sit in silence for awhile.

Then Teacher handed out some papers and said to draw something that was important to us. So I started drawing Genkiganger 3. Yurika seemed pretty excited with the assignment and started scribbling away with a blue crayon. Her head musta been two inches from the table, and NO I WAS NOT WATCHING HER. I only noticed cause Teacher came over and told her not to do that, and that pictures usually come out better when you're face is farther away.

"Yurika, are you done with the blue crayon? I need it."

"Sure Akito, if your done with the brown."

"But I'm not using brown."

"Oh," she giggled, "yeah, sorry." Girls are too giggly. All they ever do is giggle about stuff. That's why boys are better.

She handed me the blue crayon, and I started working on Genkiganger's body. She was still scribbling away at something, I didno what. Then Teacher said that we could take turns talking about what we drew. When it got to be my turn I held up Genkiganger, an' said that he was from my favoritest TV show.

Yurika went next, she'd drawn two scribbly people, one had allot of blue and the other was brown. She said that it was she and Akito playing. Then she said that I was her best friend in the whole world. All the other boys started snickering some more. My face got really hot and I looked down at my feet.

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Next came recess my favorite! Me and Akito were going to play on the jungle gym, but then he went to the swings, so I went to. Then I started telling him about all the great stuff Daddy said last night when we were eating. Stuff about how the nice science people are always behind in their developments. Then there was the stuff about the govment people putin everybody everywhere.

Akito was looking down at the ground and not talking. So I talked about more science stuff. I thought he might wanna talk about that cause of his mommy and daddy. He still didn't talk back, so I stopped. It is really hard to hold a conversation when you don't have anything to talk about.

Akito hopped off the swings and walked over to the slide, so I followed. That big meanie was there pushing people over the side of the slide. Then he said, "We better go over there." He pointed toward where Teacher had come out and was shouting and waving. So we went over there and lined up with the rest of the kids.

We went to gym; I don't like that as much as recess. It's fun to run around and stuff, but sometimes they make you do stuff that I don't like. Today they said we were going to play dodge ball. I don't like dodge ball, it seems like all the big boys gang up on everybody else, an they always win. I can't really throw a ball, so I get out really fast. The worst part about that is that Akito doesn't get out fast like me, so I get to sit all alone while he still plays.

Today it didn't happen quite like that, today it was worse. They put the balls in the middle like they always do an everybody ran up and grabbed them and threw them at each other... and I was scarred so I tried to find Akito to protect me... but Akito was busy yelling at the people on the other side so I ran around in the back getting away from the balls. The balls were everywhere! It was so awful, an I was scared, an all the other people got out cept me, cause I was in the back. Then the gym teacher said the game was over an the other side won, but then the people on my team said that I was still in so we didn't loose yet. Then I started to cry cause I hate dodge ball. I didn't want to be the only one out there with everybody staring at me!

Then the bell rang and we all lined up to go back to the classroom because now it was lunchtime. On the way, I was still sniffing and wiping my eyes, but Akito stood next to me so it wasn't so bad.

We took our stuff and went outside. Mommy made me a lunch, with all my favorite stuff in it. There were candy, and cookies, and gummy worms, and lollipops, and candy, and yummy stuff, and cookies. All because my Mommy loves me, an she wants me to be happy.


[flashback]

"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy," bounced little Yurika, "put the cookies in my lunch PLEASE!!!"

A tired looking woman replied, "Yes Yurika."

"Then can you put that candy, that I really like, that you picked out at the store, in there too?"

"Only if you eat your sand-which."

"But I don't like sand-which, they're so icky!!"

"Yurika you have to eat something besides candy."

"But I don't like other stuff. I only like to eat candy. That other stuff tastes real bad," her eyes started to tear up, "an I don't like it, an Daddy said I never have to eat stuff I don't like." Tears flew silently down her cheeks.

"Yurika don't look at me like that. Your father is to relenting." Mrs. Misumaru finishes backing the lunch and leaves the room. Yurika whimpers for awhile then she looks into her lunch. She took out the few healthy items, and stuffed in more sweets. Then she smiled and walked away.

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Akito's mommy didn't make him lunch, instead he got stuff from school. His lunch was some icky gray stuff with noodles that looked really icky.

He took a bite, and groaned, "When I grow up I'm gonna be a cook. Then I can work at school and make food that tastes good. Then nobody will ever have to eat this yucky stuff again."

I thought hard for a little while, "I wanna be... like..." then it occurred to me, "I wanna be like my daddy!"


END


AN Sorry about the ending there. It does fit, right? Um, dodge ball, in Kindergarten, Areku rubs head sheepishly well I donno it seemed to fit... kinda... didn't it?

I have no idea what school is like in Japan. I don't know if they have kindergarten or not. I don't know where I could find out about that type of stuff. So I'm not going to attempt it. Instead I'm going to assume that since this is the future all systems will have blended into one. In short, it's going to be an American school on the planet Mars. Does that make sense?

I've never been to Kindergarten, so I don't really know what happens there. So I asked a couple friends and wrote this. I hope what I wrote isn't to far from the truth. If it is, could you PLEASE let me know.

Disclaimer, the rights to Nadesico are held by Kia Asamiya, Xebec, and ADV. All of which I greatly respect, and have no intention of ripping off. So please don't sue me.