1 Author's note: Hey there! Sorry it took me such a long time to upload the
next chapter. Let's say I was busy with schoolwork, k? ( well, I was...)
Disclaimer: I don't own SD, just borrowing the characters.
2 Chapter VIII: " Aftermath"
Yohei slid into a seat beside Mizuyuki during English. " Hey!"
"Huh? Oh, hi." Mizuyuki turned absently to her cousin. " I didn't know you were in this class."
" I'm not." Yohei grinned. " I just wanted to ask you a question."
Mizuyuki sweatdropped. " Oh. What?" she opened her English book as she reviewed her verbals. They were having a test on that today.
" Whatever happened to your friends?" He gestured towards Ruona, who had just entered the classroom with a swollen lip. Not to mention a big black bruise where her left eye had been yesterday. "Looks like they've been through a whirlwind." Raiyuu came in next, with a bandage wrapped around her right arm. Mizuyuki frowned. Yohei was correct, they did look like they had come out of a whirlwind. And where was Kaede?
" I don't know," she admitted honestly to her cousin. " Last time I saw them, they were all in one piece."
Yohei grimaced. " They're pitiful. If I didn't know any better, they were beaten up by the gang of seniors. You should have seen what they tried to do to Sakuragi."
" Beaten up? No!" Mizuyuki shook her head furiously. " I know them! They'd never get in trouble with any gangsters…well, Raiyuu and Ruona wouldn't," she added helplessly.
" What about that girl Ishikawa?" Yohei asked. " She seems like a fun person to get into fights with."
Mizuyuki didn't doubt that. How many times had Ishikawa gotten into trouble already since the first day of school?
" Maybe…" Mizuyuki said doubtfully. Tapping a pencil to her forehead, she watched as Ruona and Raiyuu took their seats, taking out their books. She'd have to talk to them later…
Mizuyuki was so deep in thought she didn't even notice that their sensei was already there.
" YOU!"
Mizuyuki jumped. " Me?" She then realized that the teacher was talking to Yohei.
" You there! Mito! I believe this isn't your class," the sensei went on sternly.
Yohei stood up from the chair, trying to look innocent. " Oh…why, yes, it isn't! Thank you, thank you very much for pointing that out to me." he started backing towards the door. " Thank you once more, sensei. I shall now go back to my respective classroom." Bowing one last time, he shot out as fast as he could, the sensei glaring daggers after him.
Mizuyuki shot another look at her two other friends. What happened to them?
~*~
" Tanizaki-san! What happened?"
Ruona looked, deadpan, at the people surrounding her. " I fell." She said simply.
" Oh…" Haruko frowned. " That's all?"
" Yes." Ruona then refused to open her mouth after that.
" What about you, Sagara-san?" Haruko turned to Ruona's other friend, eyes filled with concern. "What happened to you?"
Raiyuu's eyes darted around for a moment before she finally replied. " I…um, fell too."
" Also?" Haruko frowned even more. " Where'd you fall?"
Raiyuu sighed. She was never ever good at lying. " Um, from the stairs in my house. We both accidentally fell down, and, uhh…we bumped a flowerpot. It cracked open." She didn't know where that came from, but that could explain all the small bruises they had all over their body.
Haruko grimaced. " Ow."
Raiyuu nodded. " Exactly." She adjusted her arm, grimacing at the pain. " Excuse me for a moment…"
She grabbed Mizuyuki as she exited her class. " Mizuyuki!" Raiyuu hissed in her friend's ear. " Have you seen Ishikawa?"
" Is she even here?!" Mizuyuki replied hastily. " What happened anyway?"
" Wait." Raiyuu grabbed hold of Ruona and dragged Mizuyuki into the courtyard. There they moved into a less populated and much quieter area as Raiyuu told Mizuyuki the whole story. Ruona offered nothing to tell or show saving her scars from the battle.
Mizuyuki shook her head with worry after Raiyuu finished with her tale. " Are all of you alright?"
" Barely," Raiyuu muttered. " It took me quite a while to convince oniichan that I fell down from the stairs at school."
" You lied to him?!" Mizuyuki was what could be said as flabbergasted.
" Well, I wasn't gonna go ahead and tell him that I was beaten up by a group of seniors!" Raiyuu retorted. " He'd cream them all for sure!" She rubbed her arm in pain.
Mizuyuki frowned. " You guys could have been killed."
Raiyuu laughed. " Don't worry. We're headstrong fools. Nothing's going to happen to us." She rubbed her arm again absently. " At least now I have an excuse from gym."
" Oh well." Mizuyuki shrugged. " What happened to Ishikawa anyways? Why isn't she here in school?" her eyes widened at a possible thought. " You think she ended up in the hospital?"
" I don't know." Raiyuu looked thoughtful. " Why don't you ask the person who's most likely to know?"
~*~
" I am not going to go talk to Rukawa!"
" Why not?!" Raiyuu said, exasperated. " He's not a monster or anything!" All three of them turned to watch as the black-haired basketball ace shot another basket.
" That's what you think." Mizuyuki suppressed a shudder.
Raiyuu sighed in defeat. " Ruona?"
Ruona just glared at Raiyuu.
" I get your point." Backing away, she turned back to Mizuyuki. " Mizuyuki?"
The normally cheerful girl crossed her arms. " Why don't you do it."
" Because he's not going to answer me with a straight answer." Raiyuu said patiently. " He's known me since we were children."
" If he's like that, much more to me since he doesn't even know me." Mizuyuki pointed out. " I say you should do it."
Raiyuu sighed. " Fine, fine." She stood up, walking towards Rukawa. " Don't say I didn't say anything."
She stopped in front of him and watched as he shot a slam dunk into the net. Landing on both feet, he ignored the company and started dribbling the ball furiously again.
Raiyuu sighed. " Rukawa."
He waited before shooting the ball to turn to her. His entire face was drenched in sweat. " What?"
" What happened to Ishikawa?" Raiyuu asked tentatively. " I mean, do you know what happened?"
Rukawa watched Raiyuu out the corner of his eyes as he shot another ball. " She's skipping school again."
Raiyuu frowned. " Are you sure? Was she…hurt badly or anything?" she pressed on.
Rukawa turned to Raiyuu fully. " As far as I know, no."
" So you're saying that Ishikawa's just fine?" Raiyuu jumped. Mizuyuki had snuck up from behind her, and was smiling cheerfully at Ishikawa's more reserved cousin. Rukawa frowned.
" I didn't say that." he turned away from them again.
Mizuyuki frowned. " Idiot." She turned away.
Raiyuu frowned, too. She would never get a straight answer out of him. " C'mon, let's get going," she called to Mizuyuki. " They still have basketball club."
Mizuyuki trudged after Raiyuu, Ruona following the two from a distance. Rukawa watched the three from afar. Shaking his head, he shot another basket.
AN: Weeeellll....hmm....
Nothing much to say after this chapter. R&R!
Disclaimer: I don't own SD, just borrowing the characters.
2 Chapter VIII: " Aftermath"
Yohei slid into a seat beside Mizuyuki during English. " Hey!"
"Huh? Oh, hi." Mizuyuki turned absently to her cousin. " I didn't know you were in this class."
" I'm not." Yohei grinned. " I just wanted to ask you a question."
Mizuyuki sweatdropped. " Oh. What?" she opened her English book as she reviewed her verbals. They were having a test on that today.
" Whatever happened to your friends?" He gestured towards Ruona, who had just entered the classroom with a swollen lip. Not to mention a big black bruise where her left eye had been yesterday. "Looks like they've been through a whirlwind." Raiyuu came in next, with a bandage wrapped around her right arm. Mizuyuki frowned. Yohei was correct, they did look like they had come out of a whirlwind. And where was Kaede?
" I don't know," she admitted honestly to her cousin. " Last time I saw them, they were all in one piece."
Yohei grimaced. " They're pitiful. If I didn't know any better, they were beaten up by the gang of seniors. You should have seen what they tried to do to Sakuragi."
" Beaten up? No!" Mizuyuki shook her head furiously. " I know them! They'd never get in trouble with any gangsters…well, Raiyuu and Ruona wouldn't," she added helplessly.
" What about that girl Ishikawa?" Yohei asked. " She seems like a fun person to get into fights with."
Mizuyuki didn't doubt that. How many times had Ishikawa gotten into trouble already since the first day of school?
" Maybe…" Mizuyuki said doubtfully. Tapping a pencil to her forehead, she watched as Ruona and Raiyuu took their seats, taking out their books. She'd have to talk to them later…
Mizuyuki was so deep in thought she didn't even notice that their sensei was already there.
" YOU!"
Mizuyuki jumped. " Me?" She then realized that the teacher was talking to Yohei.
" You there! Mito! I believe this isn't your class," the sensei went on sternly.
Yohei stood up from the chair, trying to look innocent. " Oh…why, yes, it isn't! Thank you, thank you very much for pointing that out to me." he started backing towards the door. " Thank you once more, sensei. I shall now go back to my respective classroom." Bowing one last time, he shot out as fast as he could, the sensei glaring daggers after him.
Mizuyuki shot another look at her two other friends. What happened to them?
~*~
" Tanizaki-san! What happened?"
Ruona looked, deadpan, at the people surrounding her. " I fell." She said simply.
" Oh…" Haruko frowned. " That's all?"
" Yes." Ruona then refused to open her mouth after that.
" What about you, Sagara-san?" Haruko turned to Ruona's other friend, eyes filled with concern. "What happened to you?"
Raiyuu's eyes darted around for a moment before she finally replied. " I…um, fell too."
" Also?" Haruko frowned even more. " Where'd you fall?"
Raiyuu sighed. She was never ever good at lying. " Um, from the stairs in my house. We both accidentally fell down, and, uhh…we bumped a flowerpot. It cracked open." She didn't know where that came from, but that could explain all the small bruises they had all over their body.
Haruko grimaced. " Ow."
Raiyuu nodded. " Exactly." She adjusted her arm, grimacing at the pain. " Excuse me for a moment…"
She grabbed Mizuyuki as she exited her class. " Mizuyuki!" Raiyuu hissed in her friend's ear. " Have you seen Ishikawa?"
" Is she even here?!" Mizuyuki replied hastily. " What happened anyway?"
" Wait." Raiyuu grabbed hold of Ruona and dragged Mizuyuki into the courtyard. There they moved into a less populated and much quieter area as Raiyuu told Mizuyuki the whole story. Ruona offered nothing to tell or show saving her scars from the battle.
Mizuyuki shook her head with worry after Raiyuu finished with her tale. " Are all of you alright?"
" Barely," Raiyuu muttered. " It took me quite a while to convince oniichan that I fell down from the stairs at school."
" You lied to him?!" Mizuyuki was what could be said as flabbergasted.
" Well, I wasn't gonna go ahead and tell him that I was beaten up by a group of seniors!" Raiyuu retorted. " He'd cream them all for sure!" She rubbed her arm in pain.
Mizuyuki frowned. " You guys could have been killed."
Raiyuu laughed. " Don't worry. We're headstrong fools. Nothing's going to happen to us." She rubbed her arm again absently. " At least now I have an excuse from gym."
" Oh well." Mizuyuki shrugged. " What happened to Ishikawa anyways? Why isn't she here in school?" her eyes widened at a possible thought. " You think she ended up in the hospital?"
" I don't know." Raiyuu looked thoughtful. " Why don't you ask the person who's most likely to know?"
~*~
" I am not going to go talk to Rukawa!"
" Why not?!" Raiyuu said, exasperated. " He's not a monster or anything!" All three of them turned to watch as the black-haired basketball ace shot another basket.
" That's what you think." Mizuyuki suppressed a shudder.
Raiyuu sighed in defeat. " Ruona?"
Ruona just glared at Raiyuu.
" I get your point." Backing away, she turned back to Mizuyuki. " Mizuyuki?"
The normally cheerful girl crossed her arms. " Why don't you do it."
" Because he's not going to answer me with a straight answer." Raiyuu said patiently. " He's known me since we were children."
" If he's like that, much more to me since he doesn't even know me." Mizuyuki pointed out. " I say you should do it."
Raiyuu sighed. " Fine, fine." She stood up, walking towards Rukawa. " Don't say I didn't say anything."
She stopped in front of him and watched as he shot a slam dunk into the net. Landing on both feet, he ignored the company and started dribbling the ball furiously again.
Raiyuu sighed. " Rukawa."
He waited before shooting the ball to turn to her. His entire face was drenched in sweat. " What?"
" What happened to Ishikawa?" Raiyuu asked tentatively. " I mean, do you know what happened?"
Rukawa watched Raiyuu out the corner of his eyes as he shot another ball. " She's skipping school again."
Raiyuu frowned. " Are you sure? Was she…hurt badly or anything?" she pressed on.
Rukawa turned to Raiyuu fully. " As far as I know, no."
" So you're saying that Ishikawa's just fine?" Raiyuu jumped. Mizuyuki had snuck up from behind her, and was smiling cheerfully at Ishikawa's more reserved cousin. Rukawa frowned.
" I didn't say that." he turned away from them again.
Mizuyuki frowned. " Idiot." She turned away.
Raiyuu frowned, too. She would never get a straight answer out of him. " C'mon, let's get going," she called to Mizuyuki. " They still have basketball club."
Mizuyuki trudged after Raiyuu, Ruona following the two from a distance. Rukawa watched the three from afar. Shaking his head, he shot another basket.
AN: Weeeellll....hmm....
Nothing much to say after this chapter. R&R!
