Tokyo Babylon--The High School Years
by Miyuki Inakamono
Author's Babble: I don't own it. This chapter is decicated to all those who have always wanted to see Subaru get the best of Hokuto. Have fun. ^_~
Part Four
Subaru stood in the lunch line, looking around. He couldn't find Hokuto. It was bothering him terribly, for he and Seishirou had come up with the perfect way to get her back the night before.
It was flawless.
Almost.
If she would just come! Seishirou wasn't eating, and had already went to go find her and drag her into the cafeteria, knowing full and well that Subaru would lose his wits if it didn't happen just the way they had planned it. According to Seishirou, if he payed attention to Hokuto'sbabbling for a change instead of trying to do the impossible--block it out--he'd find something to bug her about. As a result, Subaru spent the past week dealing with his dear sister's teasing, but all at the same time, he spent a great deal actually listening to what she said and names she used in it. Sure enough, Seishirou was right--there was a name that kept popping up over and over again whenever he recalled the conversations. Tashi Kaminari, an older student of the high school.
Oh, where was that annoying girl anyway??
Ah, but then, like a ray of sunshine in his otherwise dismal existance, Subaru saw as the double doors to the cafeteria open and Seishirou come walking in, radiant as the sun shone in behind him, giving him the appearance of an angel. However, Hokuto came behind him and it seemed as though a dark storm cloud with dancing demons under it had crowded over his dear angel.
Enough with the fluff.
Students were exchanging glances; it seemed to them that Hokuto was in trouble, and she rarely did anything wrong at school, save for the occasional dress referals, but for a person with Hokuto's sense of style, that was inevitable. Nevertheless, Hokuto was in the cafeteria and taking a spot in line as Seishirou sat down at the same booth the three had been sitting at since school had started. He glanced across the cafeteria at Subaru, smiling at him with a look upon his handsome features that made Subaru want to cackle manically. So maybe Hokuto was right, and the world was coming to an end. And irony be damned, it was Subaru's fault.
***
Being as the first in the cafeteria between the two, Subaru sat first, making a point of sitting next to Seishirou and ignoring the snickers of the people around him. Over the past week, he had become used to hearing it; surprising how long a week may seem when one does the same thing every day.
"Do you have a plan?" Seishirou asked as the younger man sat down next to him, opening the plastic tray with the salad in it (it's what he had been eating everyday since he started to go to the high school).
"Hai, and I think it's a good one to. A grand idea that hit me in the line when Hokuto came in."
Seishirou raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Going to tell me, or will I have to wait?"
"You'll have to wait, but not for long; here she comes now." Subaru quickly stopped the conversation there as his twin sat down across from him. He waited paitently, munching on lettuce leaves, for her to make the first blow.
"So!" she said, putting a straw into her slushie. "Have fun today in class, Su-chan?"
Subaru nodded his head. "Hai..."
"What did you learn about with Sei-chan, hhhhmmm??" She had that grin on her face. It was building up inside of her; both companions could see it. When Subaru didn't respond, Seishirou decided to light the fire himself--"We discussed a project due next week. You'll hear about it later today in my class."
"Oh? What kinda project?" She burst from the grin to the face. "Hands-on project? Can you help? Maybe give him some extra-credit if he screws it up?" Then she giggled insanely as she realized her own mess-up in word choice.
"Ne, Hokuto-chan, I could just tape your and you're boyfriend. Mind if I ask Tashi about it?"
And the giggle-machine was unplugged.
"...Nani?" Hokuto stared at Subaru as the boy smiled at her angelically.
"Oh, you know. That one you were just off with; the one Seishirou-san had to drag you away from." Subaru kept that look on his face, protraying himself as the innocent one.
Hokuto's jaw hit the table with a loud thud. "How..." She glanced from Seishirou to Subaru, then back to Seishirou, and so on. "But you..." Truth be known, Seishirou was dying to know how Subaru knew that Hokuto was off with that boy; he knew, but didn't have time to share the precocious information with him.
"Hokuto-chan, really. We should double-date sometime. Unless," Subaru began to grin as he realized just how much fun being cruel was, "you'd rather be alone." Oh, it was sooo fun. "You know, those theatres really are dark. Go see a really bad movie; I doubt you'll be paying any attention to it anyway, and no one would be around. Much better than the library, ne?"
And now Hokuto was sputtering. "How did you find--Who told you--Why do you--SEI-CHAN! YOU'RE BEHIND THIS AREN'T YOU?!" She stood up, ready to storm out. "DO YOU REALIZE THE MONSTER YOU'VE CREATED?!"
That being said, she ran off.
Subaru grinned, giggled, then began to eat the rest of his salad with a smile on his face. Seishirou's turn to ask questions. "Dear, Subaru-kun. How did you find all that out?"
Subaru shrugged in that elegant way of his. "My friend saw her and Tashi outside the cafeteria; he was mentioning it to one of his friends who thought Tashi was cute and I overheard. And then he mentioned them in the library; needless to say from Hokuto-chan's reaction, they weren't reading."
Seishirou shook his head, smiling at Subaru's cunning. "Well done. Though, those were only the first few blows in today's battle, and with Hokuto-chan, it's easy to lose the upper-hand. You weren't being exactly mean; just telling a few things you knew that weren't supposed to be known. You know you have to do better than that."
Subaru grinned. "Oh, don't worry. I know lots about Tashi. I asked around. I have all sorts of wonderful things to bug my //dearest// sister about.
Witht that, he finished off the last bite of his salad and the two left the lunch room; Seishirou to the teacher's lounge and Subaru to the library.
***
Seishirou was reading lesson plans.
Yes, his lesson plans.
The thought struck him as ironic--the Sakurazuka trying to decide how to talk to teenagers about sex. Since when had he, the most well-used government official, been reduced to a person that disuaids horny teenagers? He himself wasn't really one to talk; he placed a bet on a young boy, much younger than himself, when he was only 15; and a good many years later here he was telling that same boy that sex was wrong when you're not married. Not that it mattered to Subaru any; that point had already been proven.
But he was looking over lesson plans.
'Speaking of plans, what happened to ours?' Subaru wasn't doing what Seishirou thought he was doing. He was being much worse, despite what Seishirou had said during lunch. He thought they were going to do teasing, but it seems as though Subaru was leaning more on the blackmail side of things. If that insued, things could get messy as Hokuto would try to find something to blackmail Subaru with.
She wouldn't have to look much further than the bedroom down the hall.
With a sigh, the older man (which seemed to become more and more apparant each day, at least in his own humble opinion) closed the lesson book and put it back into his box. He ran a hand through his hair (he could have sworn just that morning he saw a grey one among the black) and turned to leave the teacher's lounge. However, his departure was interrupted as he bumped into a person--younger than him, or so it appeared, who was carrying a good many papers. Seishirou immediately appologized (Subaru was rubbing off on him) and beant down to pick up the papers. The woman said something about how he didn't have to, but he did it anyway, picked up all of them and stacked them neatly and handed them back to her.
"Thank you," she said, smiling at him.
"You're welcome." Seishirou felt that his job was done, so he offered a smile of his own and turned to leave.
"Hey... You're the new teacher around here, ne?" The voice piped up, obviously not about to leave Seishirou leave without conversation.
"Hai." Why be mean? He held out his hand, "Sakurazuka Seishriou desu."
The lady looked at him, and now Seishirou had a clearer view of her face. She was younger than him in appearance--she looked as though she had just gotten out of college. She had the common straight black hair and dark black eyes with a fair tanned complexion. She had dimples when she smiled, he noted, and stood a good foot and a half shorter than him--if it weren't for the high heels. She was very pretty, Seishirou had to admit, although she wasn't really his type.
She shook his hand. "Kaminari Nozomi desu."
Something about that clicked in Seishirou's head and warning alarms went off, but he had no idea why. He shrugged it off as paranioa and smiled. "Nice to meet you; if you don't mind, however, I have to get back to my class and prepare." 'And I told Subaru to meet me there.' "Ja na," he said and turned.
"Ja ne!" She waved at his back then paused and shook her head, tapping it softly.
Without knowing it, Seishirou had just started something that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
***
HEH. Yeah, that's right. I end it there. LAUGH AT YOU!! Well, not really. Just like the rest of you, I have no idea who that lady is. She just poped in there. *shrug* We'll see...
by Miyuki Inakamono
Author's Babble: I don't own it. This chapter is decicated to all those who have always wanted to see Subaru get the best of Hokuto. Have fun. ^_~
Part Four
Subaru stood in the lunch line, looking around. He couldn't find Hokuto. It was bothering him terribly, for he and Seishirou had come up with the perfect way to get her back the night before.
It was flawless.
Almost.
If she would just come! Seishirou wasn't eating, and had already went to go find her and drag her into the cafeteria, knowing full and well that Subaru would lose his wits if it didn't happen just the way they had planned it. According to Seishirou, if he payed attention to Hokuto'sbabbling for a change instead of trying to do the impossible--block it out--he'd find something to bug her about. As a result, Subaru spent the past week dealing with his dear sister's teasing, but all at the same time, he spent a great deal actually listening to what she said and names she used in it. Sure enough, Seishirou was right--there was a name that kept popping up over and over again whenever he recalled the conversations. Tashi Kaminari, an older student of the high school.
Oh, where was that annoying girl anyway??
Ah, but then, like a ray of sunshine in his otherwise dismal existance, Subaru saw as the double doors to the cafeteria open and Seishirou come walking in, radiant as the sun shone in behind him, giving him the appearance of an angel. However, Hokuto came behind him and it seemed as though a dark storm cloud with dancing demons under it had crowded over his dear angel.
Enough with the fluff.
Students were exchanging glances; it seemed to them that Hokuto was in trouble, and she rarely did anything wrong at school, save for the occasional dress referals, but for a person with Hokuto's sense of style, that was inevitable. Nevertheless, Hokuto was in the cafeteria and taking a spot in line as Seishirou sat down at the same booth the three had been sitting at since school had started. He glanced across the cafeteria at Subaru, smiling at him with a look upon his handsome features that made Subaru want to cackle manically. So maybe Hokuto was right, and the world was coming to an end. And irony be damned, it was Subaru's fault.
***
Being as the first in the cafeteria between the two, Subaru sat first, making a point of sitting next to Seishirou and ignoring the snickers of the people around him. Over the past week, he had become used to hearing it; surprising how long a week may seem when one does the same thing every day.
"Do you have a plan?" Seishirou asked as the younger man sat down next to him, opening the plastic tray with the salad in it (it's what he had been eating everyday since he started to go to the high school).
"Hai, and I think it's a good one to. A grand idea that hit me in the line when Hokuto came in."
Seishirou raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Going to tell me, or will I have to wait?"
"You'll have to wait, but not for long; here she comes now." Subaru quickly stopped the conversation there as his twin sat down across from him. He waited paitently, munching on lettuce leaves, for her to make the first blow.
"So!" she said, putting a straw into her slushie. "Have fun today in class, Su-chan?"
Subaru nodded his head. "Hai..."
"What did you learn about with Sei-chan, hhhhmmm??" She had that grin on her face. It was building up inside of her; both companions could see it. When Subaru didn't respond, Seishirou decided to light the fire himself--"We discussed a project due next week. You'll hear about it later today in my class."
"Oh? What kinda project?" She burst from the grin to the face. "Hands-on project? Can you help? Maybe give him some extra-credit if he screws it up?" Then she giggled insanely as she realized her own mess-up in word choice.
"Ne, Hokuto-chan, I could just tape your and you're boyfriend. Mind if I ask Tashi about it?"
And the giggle-machine was unplugged.
"...Nani?" Hokuto stared at Subaru as the boy smiled at her angelically.
"Oh, you know. That one you were just off with; the one Seishirou-san had to drag you away from." Subaru kept that look on his face, protraying himself as the innocent one.
Hokuto's jaw hit the table with a loud thud. "How..." She glanced from Seishirou to Subaru, then back to Seishirou, and so on. "But you..." Truth be known, Seishirou was dying to know how Subaru knew that Hokuto was off with that boy; he knew, but didn't have time to share the precocious information with him.
"Hokuto-chan, really. We should double-date sometime. Unless," Subaru began to grin as he realized just how much fun being cruel was, "you'd rather be alone." Oh, it was sooo fun. "You know, those theatres really are dark. Go see a really bad movie; I doubt you'll be paying any attention to it anyway, and no one would be around. Much better than the library, ne?"
And now Hokuto was sputtering. "How did you find--Who told you--Why do you--SEI-CHAN! YOU'RE BEHIND THIS AREN'T YOU?!" She stood up, ready to storm out. "DO YOU REALIZE THE MONSTER YOU'VE CREATED?!"
That being said, she ran off.
Subaru grinned, giggled, then began to eat the rest of his salad with a smile on his face. Seishirou's turn to ask questions. "Dear, Subaru-kun. How did you find all that out?"
Subaru shrugged in that elegant way of his. "My friend saw her and Tashi outside the cafeteria; he was mentioning it to one of his friends who thought Tashi was cute and I overheard. And then he mentioned them in the library; needless to say from Hokuto-chan's reaction, they weren't reading."
Seishirou shook his head, smiling at Subaru's cunning. "Well done. Though, those were only the first few blows in today's battle, and with Hokuto-chan, it's easy to lose the upper-hand. You weren't being exactly mean; just telling a few things you knew that weren't supposed to be known. You know you have to do better than that."
Subaru grinned. "Oh, don't worry. I know lots about Tashi. I asked around. I have all sorts of wonderful things to bug my //dearest// sister about.
Witht that, he finished off the last bite of his salad and the two left the lunch room; Seishirou to the teacher's lounge and Subaru to the library.
***
Seishirou was reading lesson plans.
Yes, his lesson plans.
The thought struck him as ironic--the Sakurazuka trying to decide how to talk to teenagers about sex. Since when had he, the most well-used government official, been reduced to a person that disuaids horny teenagers? He himself wasn't really one to talk; he placed a bet on a young boy, much younger than himself, when he was only 15; and a good many years later here he was telling that same boy that sex was wrong when you're not married. Not that it mattered to Subaru any; that point had already been proven.
But he was looking over lesson plans.
'Speaking of plans, what happened to ours?' Subaru wasn't doing what Seishirou thought he was doing. He was being much worse, despite what Seishirou had said during lunch. He thought they were going to do teasing, but it seems as though Subaru was leaning more on the blackmail side of things. If that insued, things could get messy as Hokuto would try to find something to blackmail Subaru with.
She wouldn't have to look much further than the bedroom down the hall.
With a sigh, the older man (which seemed to become more and more apparant each day, at least in his own humble opinion) closed the lesson book and put it back into his box. He ran a hand through his hair (he could have sworn just that morning he saw a grey one among the black) and turned to leave the teacher's lounge. However, his departure was interrupted as he bumped into a person--younger than him, or so it appeared, who was carrying a good many papers. Seishirou immediately appologized (Subaru was rubbing off on him) and beant down to pick up the papers. The woman said something about how he didn't have to, but he did it anyway, picked up all of them and stacked them neatly and handed them back to her.
"Thank you," she said, smiling at him.
"You're welcome." Seishirou felt that his job was done, so he offered a smile of his own and turned to leave.
"Hey... You're the new teacher around here, ne?" The voice piped up, obviously not about to leave Seishirou leave without conversation.
"Hai." Why be mean? He held out his hand, "Sakurazuka Seishriou desu."
The lady looked at him, and now Seishirou had a clearer view of her face. She was younger than him in appearance--she looked as though she had just gotten out of college. She had the common straight black hair and dark black eyes with a fair tanned complexion. She had dimples when she smiled, he noted, and stood a good foot and a half shorter than him--if it weren't for the high heels. She was very pretty, Seishirou had to admit, although she wasn't really his type.
She shook his hand. "Kaminari Nozomi desu."
Something about that clicked in Seishirou's head and warning alarms went off, but he had no idea why. He shrugged it off as paranioa and smiled. "Nice to meet you; if you don't mind, however, I have to get back to my class and prepare." 'And I told Subaru to meet me there.' "Ja na," he said and turned.
"Ja ne!" She waved at his back then paused and shook her head, tapping it softly.
Without knowing it, Seishirou had just started something that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
***
HEH. Yeah, that's right. I end it there. LAUGH AT YOU!! Well, not really. Just like the rest of you, I have no idea who that lady is. She just poped in there. *shrug* We'll see...