1.1.1.1 Chapter V: " Commotion"
Mizuyuki stepped out of her class, which luckily, happened to be the last class for the day. Turning to her right, she saw Raiyuu walking down the hallway.
Mizuyuki smiled, and ran on after her friend. " Raiyuu!"
Raiyuu turned and smiled back." Oh, hey, Mizuyuki."
The two fell in step as they headed towards the exit. Already the hall was a mess; students milling all around them. Mizuyuki struggled to hear Raiyuu's voice.
" What happened to you awhile ago?" Mizuyuki asked.
Raiyuu grimaced. " You wouldn't want to know." she quickened her pace and lowered her voice so only Mizuyuki could hear. " I was attacked by the Down- with-Ryonan people."
Mizuyuki was puzzled. " Why?"
" I made the mistake of mentioning to them that my brother was from Ryonan." Raiyuu cringed. "They went nuts after that."
" Ohhh." Mizuyuki nodded slowly. " You caused quite some trouble with that thing, don't you think?"
" Um.actually, you're right." Raiyuu clutched her books tighter. " Boy, is oniichan going to owe me a lot after this.I could have been stabbed to death by ballpoints!"
" Say what?" Mizuyuki sweatdropped.
Raiyuu shook her head quickly. " Never mind."
~*~
The bell rang, jolting Ruona from her thoughts. Finally, the end of the day.
She wasn't focusing too well on her classes today. Ruona had no idea why, but..she lifted her chin up. She'd just have to study extra hard when she got home from school.
" .Understand, class?" the sensei said. " You are to submit that by Monday."
Huh? Ruona frowned. What was he talking about-
She hadn't been listening to the sensei!
She looked down at her neatly jotted down notes. It didn't say anything there about any take-home schoolwork, though.
Ruona realized that she'd have to ask somebody for the homework. She sighed. What a hassle.
She turned to the student nearest to her. " Excuse me, but may I please know what the home work is?" she asked as politely as possible.
The student just gazed coolly at her for a moment. He was tall, with a shock of black hair laying messily in his eyes. He also looked a little bleary-eyed. Ruona could have sworn he had just woken up.
He then spoke. " I don't know what it is." he said quietly.
What?
Ruona couldn't help but speak again. " How can you not know?" Which was a very inappropriate question, considering she herself didn't know.
The student frowned at her before turning away. " That's none of your business."
1.1.2 What.
Ruona fumed inwardly, but kept her cool outside. He was rude!
She picked up her belongings and practically stormed out of the classroom, only to be ambushed by no one other than Kaede Ishikawa. " Knew I'd find you here!"
Ruona raised her eyebrows. " How'd you know?"
Ishikawa grinned. " Oh, I have my sources." She fell in step with Ruona as they proceeded out of the classroom. " How's life treating you, my stubborn friend?"
Ruona considered telling her about the rude guy, but decided to keep it quiet. Kaede didn't really have to know it anyway.
" Fair enough." She shifted her bag from one hand to another. She didn't bother to ask about Ishikawa's.
Kaede just smiled. " You haven't changed at all, Ruona."
Ruona just kept silent.
They walked outside, into the courtyard. Both girls were quiet, just taking pleasure in the company of each other. Nothing much to say, really.
" What time is it?" Ishikawa's voice broke into Ruona's thoughts.
Ruona checked her watch. " Three thirty-four."
The other girl frowned. " Oh.it's nearly time for Kaede-kun's basketball practice!" Stepping away from Ruona, she made her way towards the gym. " Gotta go.have to tell him something!" she broke into a run. " See ya!"
Ruona just shrugged once more, seemingly staring off into empty space. " 'Bye."
~*~
Damn.I forgot to tell him that I knew Raiyuu! Ishikawa cursed silently, running as fast as she could. Wonder if he knows that already.maybe I could ambush him before basketball.She stopped by the door of the gym, breathing hard. Kaede proceeded to open the door--
but stopped short though, when she thought she heard something.
Against better judgement, Kaede looked behind the wall of the gym.
She didn't regret that she did. Two students-seniors, probably-were bullying what looked like a freshman. Kaede's eyes narrowed. She approached the two.
Kaede tapped the one nearest to her. " Excuse me? I really think you shouldn't do that."
He just grunted and shoved her hand away. Still taunting the younger student.
Kaede frowned. She didn't like being dissed off.
She punched him square in the shoulder. " HEY, did you hear me?"
The two seniors turned around slowly, staring at her, sizing her up. The freshman saw his chance and escaped.
The bigger one narrowed his eyes. " Tough one, huh?"
Kaede raised an eyebrow. " Wanna make something outta it?"
The smaller one laughed unpleasantly, cracking his knuckles. " Oh, feisty. I like that type."
He glanced at his partner. " Easy meat."
" I don't think so." Kaede said softly, smirking. She got ready as the two advanced on her, grinning evilly.
I'll just talk to Kaede-kun later.she ducked as a fist flew fast at her. If I get through this thing alive, that is.
1.1.3
~*~
Raiyuu rounded one corner, looking right and left.
Good. No Ryonan-hater in sight.
She sighed in relief. Phew.she rolled up her sleeves. A few more corners, and I'm outta here.
She had been sneaking around buildings for the last few minutes. Somehow, she couldn't get Naoko's words out of her head. 'We'll be watching you.' she shivered subconsciously.
Ah, stop that, Raiyuu! A voice chided her. You're no wuss!
" Right," she muttered under her breath. " No wuss." She took in a deep breath, then-
Someone tapped her on the shoulder. " Raiyuu."
" AHHHHHHH!!!"
Raiyuu jumped about a mile. She turned around, eyes fearful, ready to face the enemy.
To find her brother staring at her strangely.
" Huh?" Sendoh Akira frowned. " Raiyuu?"
" Oh!"
Raiyuu's heartbeat slowed down, and relief flooded her. " It's only you!"
" Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Sendoh seemed amused by what his sister had said. " C'mon, let's get home." He gave her a closer look. " Is there something wrong?"
" Uh.no! no, of course not!" Raiyuu said hastily.
Then she frowned.
" Yes, there is. You got me in trouble, oniichan!" Raiyuu grimaced. " With ballpens!"
Sendoh raised his eyebrows. " Me? Why?" he seemed confused. " Ballpens?!"
" Never mind." Raiyuu decided to shrug it off instead, waving a hand dismissively. " Why are you here?"
" What's wrong with fetching my sister from school?" Sendoh said with mock- hurt. " And besides," he added, " I've always wanted to check Shohoku out. We're going against them in the tournament."
Raiyuu sweatdropped. " So now we know the real reason."
Sendoh grinned, and crooked an arm around Raiyuu's neck. " Don't be a moron. I also wanted to see you, you know."
" Yeah right." Still, Raiyuu grinned. " The Shohoku team is practicing right about now.I think. Wanna watch them?"
" Sure." Her brother replied breezily. " This should prove interesting."
" Oh?" Raiyuu's eyebrow went up. " You sound so cocky today."
Her brother just shrugged. " We'll see."
Raiyuu wasn't sure, but she thought she heard a light threat in his tone of voice.
~*~
Ishikawa ducked another punch, sidestepped, and delivered an uppercut to the burlier one. Then she turned and delivered a flying kick to the second one.
The smaller one grunted. " She's good." he took his hand away from his mouth. Blood dripped from it.
" Yes," the other one seethed, " But NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" roaring, he stood, and attacked her again, with a punch to the abdomen.
Ishikawa sidestepped his attack once more. " You'll have to do better than that." she snickered.
The smaller man delivered a kick to her head. Ishikawa ducked just in time, stepping away from the two, still in the ready stance.
These two are good, too.Ishikawa thought, breathing heavily. I might have a hard time.
She ducked once more as the bigger one delivered another punch to her, this time to her face. Ishikawa scowled, and twisted in mid-air to kick him in the face. " Didn't your mother ever teach you your manners?"
He scowled, blood dripping from his nose. He wiped it away. " Whore."
Ishikawa raised her eyebrows. " Shut up."
She heard footsteps from behind her. Anticipating an attack, she turned around.
The smaller guy had gotten hold of a stone, and was about to smash it over her head.
No! Ishikawa internally screamed. She gave the guy a punch kick to the stomach, then a snap kick. He slumped to the ground, unconscious. " Don't ever do that to me." she told the unmoving body with clenched teeth. I hate an opponent who attacks from the-
All of a sudden, pain coursed through her body. Ishikawa fell forward, one step, then collapsed. Opening her mouth, she spat out blood. There was a dull ache in the back of her head.
--back.
Her eyes rolling up in her head, Ishikawa fell to the earth, unmoving.
The other student stood behind her, a large stone in hand. He was also smiling menacingly.
~*~
Raiyuu gasped when she saw the horrible scene. Ishikawa lay on the ground, her head bleeding. Behind her was another person. He too, was lying on the ground. Above both of them was another student. Laughing almost triumphantly, he got ready to smash the stone on Ishikawa's head once more, then-
A hand held him back. " Don't." Sendoh said softly.
The man looked at Sendoh, anger in his eyes. " You can't stop me!" he pulled his hand free of Sendoh's grasp, then drew it back to punch him.
Sendoh caught the hand in mid-swing. " Yes, I can." Quietly.
The student actually looked frightened. " You-you--" he backed away one step. Then another.
" You'll pay for this!" he turned around, then ran away, not looking back.
Raiyuu watched as Ishikawa stirred, mumbling something. Immediately she ran over to her side.
" Ishikawa!" Raiyuu asked. " Are you all right?"
" I'm fine." Ishikawa murmured, rubbing the back of her head. " My head hurts, though."
" It's bleeding," Sendoh said firmly as he joined his sister. " You'll need to see a doctor."
" It is? No, it's not.oww." Ishikawa winced as she gingerly touched the back of her head, drawing it back only to see a sticky red substance on her fingers. Blood. " Damn."
" What happened?" Raiyuu asked. " What did you do?"
Ishikawa sat up, wincing slightly. " Had a fight. They were bullying this other student, so I felt I had to go ahead and stop them."
" You knocked him out?" Sendoh nodded toward the unmoving figure beside them.
" Kinda." Ishikawa winced once more. " Ouch."
Sendoh let out a low whistle. " Whoah."
Raiyuu however, was a lot more concerned. " Hey, we've got to get you to the hospital," she said, trying to help her friend up.
Ishikawa shook her head. " No hospitals," she fretted. " My parents will get upset. I'll-I'll treat it by myself."
" You'll just get caught." A voice joined in. " I'd suggest you go to my house to have it fixed up."
Rukawa-kun stood by the doorway, silently dribbling a ball. Apparently he had heard the entire conversation.
Ishikawa smiled faintly at her cousin. " Thanks." She raised her eyebrows. " Basketball practice is over?"
Rukawa just shrugged.
Sendoh raised his eyebrows as he looked at Rukawa. " Interesting," he finally said.
AN: AHHH!!!! Sendoh lovers, don't kill me!!!! *ducks as objects are thrown at her*
Yes, he is indeed Raiyuu's brother. Or stepbrother, whatever you call it.
Comments? R&R! Be nice!
I don't own SD, just borrowing characters.
Mizuyuki stepped out of her class, which luckily, happened to be the last class for the day. Turning to her right, she saw Raiyuu walking down the hallway.
Mizuyuki smiled, and ran on after her friend. " Raiyuu!"
Raiyuu turned and smiled back." Oh, hey, Mizuyuki."
The two fell in step as they headed towards the exit. Already the hall was a mess; students milling all around them. Mizuyuki struggled to hear Raiyuu's voice.
" What happened to you awhile ago?" Mizuyuki asked.
Raiyuu grimaced. " You wouldn't want to know." she quickened her pace and lowered her voice so only Mizuyuki could hear. " I was attacked by the Down- with-Ryonan people."
Mizuyuki was puzzled. " Why?"
" I made the mistake of mentioning to them that my brother was from Ryonan." Raiyuu cringed. "They went nuts after that."
" Ohhh." Mizuyuki nodded slowly. " You caused quite some trouble with that thing, don't you think?"
" Um.actually, you're right." Raiyuu clutched her books tighter. " Boy, is oniichan going to owe me a lot after this.I could have been stabbed to death by ballpoints!"
" Say what?" Mizuyuki sweatdropped.
Raiyuu shook her head quickly. " Never mind."
~*~
The bell rang, jolting Ruona from her thoughts. Finally, the end of the day.
She wasn't focusing too well on her classes today. Ruona had no idea why, but..she lifted her chin up. She'd just have to study extra hard when she got home from school.
" .Understand, class?" the sensei said. " You are to submit that by Monday."
Huh? Ruona frowned. What was he talking about-
She hadn't been listening to the sensei!
She looked down at her neatly jotted down notes. It didn't say anything there about any take-home schoolwork, though.
Ruona realized that she'd have to ask somebody for the homework. She sighed. What a hassle.
She turned to the student nearest to her. " Excuse me, but may I please know what the home work is?" she asked as politely as possible.
The student just gazed coolly at her for a moment. He was tall, with a shock of black hair laying messily in his eyes. He also looked a little bleary-eyed. Ruona could have sworn he had just woken up.
He then spoke. " I don't know what it is." he said quietly.
What?
Ruona couldn't help but speak again. " How can you not know?" Which was a very inappropriate question, considering she herself didn't know.
The student frowned at her before turning away. " That's none of your business."
1.1.2 What.
Ruona fumed inwardly, but kept her cool outside. He was rude!
She picked up her belongings and practically stormed out of the classroom, only to be ambushed by no one other than Kaede Ishikawa. " Knew I'd find you here!"
Ruona raised her eyebrows. " How'd you know?"
Ishikawa grinned. " Oh, I have my sources." She fell in step with Ruona as they proceeded out of the classroom. " How's life treating you, my stubborn friend?"
Ruona considered telling her about the rude guy, but decided to keep it quiet. Kaede didn't really have to know it anyway.
" Fair enough." She shifted her bag from one hand to another. She didn't bother to ask about Ishikawa's.
Kaede just smiled. " You haven't changed at all, Ruona."
Ruona just kept silent.
They walked outside, into the courtyard. Both girls were quiet, just taking pleasure in the company of each other. Nothing much to say, really.
" What time is it?" Ishikawa's voice broke into Ruona's thoughts.
Ruona checked her watch. " Three thirty-four."
The other girl frowned. " Oh.it's nearly time for Kaede-kun's basketball practice!" Stepping away from Ruona, she made her way towards the gym. " Gotta go.have to tell him something!" she broke into a run. " See ya!"
Ruona just shrugged once more, seemingly staring off into empty space. " 'Bye."
~*~
Damn.I forgot to tell him that I knew Raiyuu! Ishikawa cursed silently, running as fast as she could. Wonder if he knows that already.maybe I could ambush him before basketball.She stopped by the door of the gym, breathing hard. Kaede proceeded to open the door--
but stopped short though, when she thought she heard something.
Against better judgement, Kaede looked behind the wall of the gym.
She didn't regret that she did. Two students-seniors, probably-were bullying what looked like a freshman. Kaede's eyes narrowed. She approached the two.
Kaede tapped the one nearest to her. " Excuse me? I really think you shouldn't do that."
He just grunted and shoved her hand away. Still taunting the younger student.
Kaede frowned. She didn't like being dissed off.
She punched him square in the shoulder. " HEY, did you hear me?"
The two seniors turned around slowly, staring at her, sizing her up. The freshman saw his chance and escaped.
The bigger one narrowed his eyes. " Tough one, huh?"
Kaede raised an eyebrow. " Wanna make something outta it?"
The smaller one laughed unpleasantly, cracking his knuckles. " Oh, feisty. I like that type."
He glanced at his partner. " Easy meat."
" I don't think so." Kaede said softly, smirking. She got ready as the two advanced on her, grinning evilly.
I'll just talk to Kaede-kun later.she ducked as a fist flew fast at her. If I get through this thing alive, that is.
1.1.3
~*~
Raiyuu rounded one corner, looking right and left.
Good. No Ryonan-hater in sight.
She sighed in relief. Phew.she rolled up her sleeves. A few more corners, and I'm outta here.
She had been sneaking around buildings for the last few minutes. Somehow, she couldn't get Naoko's words out of her head. 'We'll be watching you.' she shivered subconsciously.
Ah, stop that, Raiyuu! A voice chided her. You're no wuss!
" Right," she muttered under her breath. " No wuss." She took in a deep breath, then-
Someone tapped her on the shoulder. " Raiyuu."
" AHHHHHHH!!!"
Raiyuu jumped about a mile. She turned around, eyes fearful, ready to face the enemy.
To find her brother staring at her strangely.
" Huh?" Sendoh Akira frowned. " Raiyuu?"
" Oh!"
Raiyuu's heartbeat slowed down, and relief flooded her. " It's only you!"
" Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Sendoh seemed amused by what his sister had said. " C'mon, let's get home." He gave her a closer look. " Is there something wrong?"
" Uh.no! no, of course not!" Raiyuu said hastily.
Then she frowned.
" Yes, there is. You got me in trouble, oniichan!" Raiyuu grimaced. " With ballpens!"
Sendoh raised his eyebrows. " Me? Why?" he seemed confused. " Ballpens?!"
" Never mind." Raiyuu decided to shrug it off instead, waving a hand dismissively. " Why are you here?"
" What's wrong with fetching my sister from school?" Sendoh said with mock- hurt. " And besides," he added, " I've always wanted to check Shohoku out. We're going against them in the tournament."
Raiyuu sweatdropped. " So now we know the real reason."
Sendoh grinned, and crooked an arm around Raiyuu's neck. " Don't be a moron. I also wanted to see you, you know."
" Yeah right." Still, Raiyuu grinned. " The Shohoku team is practicing right about now.I think. Wanna watch them?"
" Sure." Her brother replied breezily. " This should prove interesting."
" Oh?" Raiyuu's eyebrow went up. " You sound so cocky today."
Her brother just shrugged. " We'll see."
Raiyuu wasn't sure, but she thought she heard a light threat in his tone of voice.
~*~
Ishikawa ducked another punch, sidestepped, and delivered an uppercut to the burlier one. Then she turned and delivered a flying kick to the second one.
The smaller one grunted. " She's good." he took his hand away from his mouth. Blood dripped from it.
" Yes," the other one seethed, " But NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" roaring, he stood, and attacked her again, with a punch to the abdomen.
Ishikawa sidestepped his attack once more. " You'll have to do better than that." she snickered.
The smaller man delivered a kick to her head. Ishikawa ducked just in time, stepping away from the two, still in the ready stance.
These two are good, too.Ishikawa thought, breathing heavily. I might have a hard time.
She ducked once more as the bigger one delivered another punch to her, this time to her face. Ishikawa scowled, and twisted in mid-air to kick him in the face. " Didn't your mother ever teach you your manners?"
He scowled, blood dripping from his nose. He wiped it away. " Whore."
Ishikawa raised her eyebrows. " Shut up."
She heard footsteps from behind her. Anticipating an attack, she turned around.
The smaller guy had gotten hold of a stone, and was about to smash it over her head.
No! Ishikawa internally screamed. She gave the guy a punch kick to the stomach, then a snap kick. He slumped to the ground, unconscious. " Don't ever do that to me." she told the unmoving body with clenched teeth. I hate an opponent who attacks from the-
All of a sudden, pain coursed through her body. Ishikawa fell forward, one step, then collapsed. Opening her mouth, she spat out blood. There was a dull ache in the back of her head.
--back.
Her eyes rolling up in her head, Ishikawa fell to the earth, unmoving.
The other student stood behind her, a large stone in hand. He was also smiling menacingly.
~*~
Raiyuu gasped when she saw the horrible scene. Ishikawa lay on the ground, her head bleeding. Behind her was another person. He too, was lying on the ground. Above both of them was another student. Laughing almost triumphantly, he got ready to smash the stone on Ishikawa's head once more, then-
A hand held him back. " Don't." Sendoh said softly.
The man looked at Sendoh, anger in his eyes. " You can't stop me!" he pulled his hand free of Sendoh's grasp, then drew it back to punch him.
Sendoh caught the hand in mid-swing. " Yes, I can." Quietly.
The student actually looked frightened. " You-you--" he backed away one step. Then another.
" You'll pay for this!" he turned around, then ran away, not looking back.
Raiyuu watched as Ishikawa stirred, mumbling something. Immediately she ran over to her side.
" Ishikawa!" Raiyuu asked. " Are you all right?"
" I'm fine." Ishikawa murmured, rubbing the back of her head. " My head hurts, though."
" It's bleeding," Sendoh said firmly as he joined his sister. " You'll need to see a doctor."
" It is? No, it's not.oww." Ishikawa winced as she gingerly touched the back of her head, drawing it back only to see a sticky red substance on her fingers. Blood. " Damn."
" What happened?" Raiyuu asked. " What did you do?"
Ishikawa sat up, wincing slightly. " Had a fight. They were bullying this other student, so I felt I had to go ahead and stop them."
" You knocked him out?" Sendoh nodded toward the unmoving figure beside them.
" Kinda." Ishikawa winced once more. " Ouch."
Sendoh let out a low whistle. " Whoah."
Raiyuu however, was a lot more concerned. " Hey, we've got to get you to the hospital," she said, trying to help her friend up.
Ishikawa shook her head. " No hospitals," she fretted. " My parents will get upset. I'll-I'll treat it by myself."
" You'll just get caught." A voice joined in. " I'd suggest you go to my house to have it fixed up."
Rukawa-kun stood by the doorway, silently dribbling a ball. Apparently he had heard the entire conversation.
Ishikawa smiled faintly at her cousin. " Thanks." She raised her eyebrows. " Basketball practice is over?"
Rukawa just shrugged.
Sendoh raised his eyebrows as he looked at Rukawa. " Interesting," he finally said.
AN: AHHH!!!! Sendoh lovers, don't kill me!!!! *ducks as objects are thrown at her*
Yes, he is indeed Raiyuu's brother. Or stepbrother, whatever you call it.
Comments? R&R! Be nice!
I don't own SD, just borrowing characters.
