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INTRODUCING - JAPAN!
Part 1
POW! BANG! CRASH! And the occasional scream and shout of pain were heard from the alleyway. A small figure crept closer to the origin of the sounds in curiosity. The figure's eyes lighted in pleasure and anticipation at the sight of about twelve bodies tangled together in a fight.
"Need any help?" Without waiting for a reply, the figure jumped into the powing, banging and crashing and joined the fight for all its worth.
"What the-" Sakuragi grumbled as he felt a small fist came into contact forcefully with his ribcage. He ignored it and continued to headbutt the guy in front of him.
"Sorry! I was aiming for someone else!" An unfamiliar voice growled at him from behind. Sakuragi just grunted.
The fight lasted for another few minutes before it ended with Takamiya jumping on the back of one of the gangsters in sumo-style. "Banzai!"
"Arrrrrgggghhhh! My back!"
"Hmph. You should have thought of that before picking a fight with us!" Takamiya looked at his friends for approval but found them instead staring at a small figure. He rose and joined them, ignoring the groaning bodies that were trying to get the hell out of there.
"Hi!" The figure greeted them cheerily as if blood wasn't coming from a cut in his forehead. His voice was sort of muffled behind the body on top of him. It was a boy. Not taller than Miyagi, wearing round sunglasses that managed somehow to stay on his nose and a cap perched atop his messy, black hair. A lock of dyed silver-blond hair was hanging on his forehead - probably due to the latest craze that hit the country.
He pushed the body away in a forceful motion.
Instead of answering him, they just stared at him as if he was crazy. After all, nobody in their right mind would joined a fight involving guys twice their size, and came out looking as if they had just finished a stroll on the beach, if not for the wound.
"Who are you? A spy from the xxxxx group?" Sakuragi demanded.
"Nope! I just enjoy fights." The boy replied.
To say that they were shocked would be an understatement; their jaws were practically hanging open to the ground. All eyes grew as big as saucers and each tongue rolled like carpets out of their mouths.
"You're a GIRL!" Sakuragi and the Gundams shouted at the same time. There was no mistaking the feminine voice coming out of the figure's mouth that time.
"I know." The girl sighed, giving a totally unexpected answer. "But hey, don't underestimate me." She lowered her sunglasses and a green eye closed to wink at them. Seeing that the boys were still trying to digest the fact that she was a girl, she shrugged and walked over to them.
Sakuragi couldn't believe his eyes when the girl slung her arms lazily over Takamiya's and Yohei's shoulder (she intended to slung one of them over Sakuragi's but she couldn't quite reach it). "So what if I'm a girl. It's not as if you've never seen one before in your life."
"Hey, wait a minute! You have no business here! Girls should stay at home do whatever the stuff that girls do!" Sakuragi finally voiced out, feeling confused under a situation he never thought he'd be dealing with.
Instead of getting angry, she laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed some more. She laughed so hard she shook Takamiya and Yohei, whose shoulders were still being hanged onto by her. Feeling more dumbfounded with every second, Sakuragi couldn't help getting annoyed and his temper was ready to explode since she started to laugh (he presumed) at him.
"Uh oh. Better stop laughing." Warned Noma seeing the vein at Sakuragi's temple rose to the surface and was then pounding furiously. Takamiya and Yohei were desperately trying to disengage her arms away from them.
The girl put her hands over her mouth in an attempt to stop laughing. She took a couple of deep breaths and although her eyes were still crinkling at the corners and her dimples were still present, she finally stopped laughing.
"Gomen, I don't know what got into me but that statement somehow strike me as funny at that time." She apologized in a very sincere voice. "I know! Why don't I treat you guys as a celebration of your victory!"
"Food! I'm all for it!" Exclaimed Takamiya, rubbing his tummy and in a hungry motion.
"How do we know it's not a ploy to trap us? What if you're a spy sent by our foes?" asked Sakuragi, suspicious.
"I told you earlier I'm not. I'm just someone who enjoys fights." She explained. "I just love pounding the daylights out of somebody."
"Why help us then? Not them?" Yohei voiced out and pointed to three bodies, arms around each shoulder trying to help the each other stand and walk. The other four were already gone from the scene.
"It doesn't seem fair, five against seven - so I thought, why not even the score?"
"Six against seven is not even."
"Okay then, let me rephrased my sentence, why not 'try' to even the score. Are you done questioning me yet? My offer still stands." The last one was said in a luring tone.
"Yeah guys, give her a break," said Takamiya, immediately siding with her.
The Gundams looked at Sakuragi. He shrugged. "Why not? She seems harmless."
The girl slugged him lightly, "As I said, don't underestimate me."
"Where are we going?"
"A place I just discovered the other day - its called Danny's"
"That's our favourite hangout, well, aside from the pachinko parlour."
"Just shows I got great taste. C'mon." She slung her arms around Takamiya and motioned the others to follow her. They didn't waste another second and before long, laughter can be heard from the unlikely bunch which comprised of a tomboy, a tall redhead, a boyish-looking guy, a mustachioed guy, a blond and a horizontally, vertically and visually challenged guy.
*****
"Aaahhhhhh. That was great. You should treat us again sometime soon," Takamiya said contentedly.
"Ya ya." The others seconded.
"Never seen you around before, just moved?" asked Yohei. She nodded. "Last week."
Noma tapped her shoulder to gain her attention. "I don't mean to offend you but where's your-" He made a bouncing motion with his hands over his chest. Sakuragi and the other Gundams sweatdropped.
"Baka!" Sakuragi punched his (Noma's, I mean, not his own) head.
"Gomen! Gomen!" apologized Yohei, his face red.
"Hahahahahahahaha!" The girl laughed. "I don't mind, I like frankness in a person. They're there but they ain't much."
"How do you hide them - hey!" Noma held his hands up defensively, this time trying to prevent Yuji's fist from coming into contact with any of his body parts.
"No need to defend my honor, he's just curious. To answer your question, it's all thanks to the wonders of a thick undervest and the sports bra, any more questions?"
"You're not normal, you know that?" said Sakuragi, stating a fact rather than asking a question.
"I know. Looks like a boy, acts like a boy but who can blame me? I got five brothers to thank for this. But to tell you guys the truth, I like the way I am - I mean, I'm me and I'm the only me in this world!"
"What's with the glasses? You haven't taken them off ever since we met."
"This?" She pulled them off. "They hide the fact that I have such girly eyes." And she was right. Her large green eyes were the very feminine, with thick curly lashes framing them. "And they make me look tougher and more kawaii than I already am." She laughed as the Gundam sweatdropped. Sakuragi looked curious.
"Can I try them on?" asked Sakuragi.
"Sure, why not? Just don't break them - they're my favourite pair."
"How do I look? More kawaii than before?" He posed a la James Bond.
"Sugoi!" The girl exclaimed. Sakuragi laughed in the maniacal way of his and the girl joined in. The Gundam sweatdropped again.
"You sure are one happy girl." Yuji commented, seeing that nothing could remove the smile from her face and that she laughed a lot.
"Of course! Why be sad when you can be happy! Life's too short so enjoy it to the full. That's my motto for life!" She grinned at them. "My five brothers taught me that."
"Wah. Five oniichans you say? You the youngest?"
"Yup. First there's Kenshin, second is Ryu, third Mamoru, fourth Kouji and fifth Kotaro. They're not my real brothers, in fact we're all not related by blood to any one of us." She nodded in a matter-of-fact way. "All raised in an orphanage, we sort of adopted each other and changed our family name to Hiroshe."
Trit! Trit! Trit!
"Ah! My mobile!" She fished out a small fiery red mobile phone from out of the pockets of her baggy pants (at which point Takamiya nudged Sakuragi and whispered - "just like your hair!" - to which he was rewarded with a headbutt) and pressed a button. "Ah, hai! I know, I know but I've made some new friends." She laughed at whatever it was the person at the other end mentioned. "Hai, hai, I'll be home in a few minutes. Ja' "
"Gomen, that was my oniichan. He wanted me home to help unload our stuff." She pulled out a couple of bills from her pants. "Yare! Nearly forgot! Do you guys know Shohoku high?"
"We all go there!"
"Great! I'm starting there next Monday! Maybe you can show me around!"
"Hey!" Takamiya exclaimed. "We haven't even introduced ourselves yet. I'm Takamiya Nozomi, you can call me Takamiya."
"I'm Noma Chuichiro." He scratched his head and laughed embarassingly. "Gomen about my questions earlier." The girl just smiled.
"Yohei. Mito Yohei."
"And I'm Sakuragi Hanamichi - Basketball man!"
"You play basketball?!"
"Yes! You are now talking to the one and only basketball tensai! Nyahahahahahahaha!"
"This is great! I had always wanted to learn more of the sport." Trit! Trit! Trit! "Damn, must be my oniichan again. Sorry to leave so soon, meet you guys again Monday! Ja!" She hurried out. The boys followed and waved at her as she waved at them cheerfully.
"Hey! Wait! You haven't even told us your name yet!" Sakuragi shouted at the girl who was then just a small figure against the backdrop of the setting sun.
"Japan! Hiroshe Japan!" She shouted back before disappearing around a corner.
To be continue.
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INTRODUCING - JAPAN!
Part 1
POW! BANG! CRASH! And the occasional scream and shout of pain were heard from the alleyway. A small figure crept closer to the origin of the sounds in curiosity. The figure's eyes lighted in pleasure and anticipation at the sight of about twelve bodies tangled together in a fight.
"Need any help?" Without waiting for a reply, the figure jumped into the powing, banging and crashing and joined the fight for all its worth.
"What the-" Sakuragi grumbled as he felt a small fist came into contact forcefully with his ribcage. He ignored it and continued to headbutt the guy in front of him.
"Sorry! I was aiming for someone else!" An unfamiliar voice growled at him from behind. Sakuragi just grunted.
The fight lasted for another few minutes before it ended with Takamiya jumping on the back of one of the gangsters in sumo-style. "Banzai!"
"Arrrrrgggghhhh! My back!"
"Hmph. You should have thought of that before picking a fight with us!" Takamiya looked at his friends for approval but found them instead staring at a small figure. He rose and joined them, ignoring the groaning bodies that were trying to get the hell out of there.
"Hi!" The figure greeted them cheerily as if blood wasn't coming from a cut in his forehead. His voice was sort of muffled behind the body on top of him. It was a boy. Not taller than Miyagi, wearing round sunglasses that managed somehow to stay on his nose and a cap perched atop his messy, black hair. A lock of dyed silver-blond hair was hanging on his forehead - probably due to the latest craze that hit the country.
He pushed the body away in a forceful motion.
Instead of answering him, they just stared at him as if he was crazy. After all, nobody in their right mind would joined a fight involving guys twice their size, and came out looking as if they had just finished a stroll on the beach, if not for the wound.
"Who are you? A spy from the xxxxx group?" Sakuragi demanded.
"Nope! I just enjoy fights." The boy replied.
To say that they were shocked would be an understatement; their jaws were practically hanging open to the ground. All eyes grew as big as saucers and each tongue rolled like carpets out of their mouths.
"You're a GIRL!" Sakuragi and the Gundams shouted at the same time. There was no mistaking the feminine voice coming out of the figure's mouth that time.
"I know." The girl sighed, giving a totally unexpected answer. "But hey, don't underestimate me." She lowered her sunglasses and a green eye closed to wink at them. Seeing that the boys were still trying to digest the fact that she was a girl, she shrugged and walked over to them.
Sakuragi couldn't believe his eyes when the girl slung her arms lazily over Takamiya's and Yohei's shoulder (she intended to slung one of them over Sakuragi's but she couldn't quite reach it). "So what if I'm a girl. It's not as if you've never seen one before in your life."
"Hey, wait a minute! You have no business here! Girls should stay at home do whatever the stuff that girls do!" Sakuragi finally voiced out, feeling confused under a situation he never thought he'd be dealing with.
Instead of getting angry, she laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed some more. She laughed so hard she shook Takamiya and Yohei, whose shoulders were still being hanged onto by her. Feeling more dumbfounded with every second, Sakuragi couldn't help getting annoyed and his temper was ready to explode since she started to laugh (he presumed) at him.
"Uh oh. Better stop laughing." Warned Noma seeing the vein at Sakuragi's temple rose to the surface and was then pounding furiously. Takamiya and Yohei were desperately trying to disengage her arms away from them.
The girl put her hands over her mouth in an attempt to stop laughing. She took a couple of deep breaths and although her eyes were still crinkling at the corners and her dimples were still present, she finally stopped laughing.
"Gomen, I don't know what got into me but that statement somehow strike me as funny at that time." She apologized in a very sincere voice. "I know! Why don't I treat you guys as a celebration of your victory!"
"Food! I'm all for it!" Exclaimed Takamiya, rubbing his tummy and in a hungry motion.
"How do we know it's not a ploy to trap us? What if you're a spy sent by our foes?" asked Sakuragi, suspicious.
"I told you earlier I'm not. I'm just someone who enjoys fights." She explained. "I just love pounding the daylights out of somebody."
"Why help us then? Not them?" Yohei voiced out and pointed to three bodies, arms around each shoulder trying to help the each other stand and walk. The other four were already gone from the scene.
"It doesn't seem fair, five against seven - so I thought, why not even the score?"
"Six against seven is not even."
"Okay then, let me rephrased my sentence, why not 'try' to even the score. Are you done questioning me yet? My offer still stands." The last one was said in a luring tone.
"Yeah guys, give her a break," said Takamiya, immediately siding with her.
The Gundams looked at Sakuragi. He shrugged. "Why not? She seems harmless."
The girl slugged him lightly, "As I said, don't underestimate me."
"Where are we going?"
"A place I just discovered the other day - its called Danny's"
"That's our favourite hangout, well, aside from the pachinko parlour."
"Just shows I got great taste. C'mon." She slung her arms around Takamiya and motioned the others to follow her. They didn't waste another second and before long, laughter can be heard from the unlikely bunch which comprised of a tomboy, a tall redhead, a boyish-looking guy, a mustachioed guy, a blond and a horizontally, vertically and visually challenged guy.
*****
"Aaahhhhhh. That was great. You should treat us again sometime soon," Takamiya said contentedly.
"Ya ya." The others seconded.
"Never seen you around before, just moved?" asked Yohei. She nodded. "Last week."
Noma tapped her shoulder to gain her attention. "I don't mean to offend you but where's your-" He made a bouncing motion with his hands over his chest. Sakuragi and the other Gundams sweatdropped.
"Baka!" Sakuragi punched his (Noma's, I mean, not his own) head.
"Gomen! Gomen!" apologized Yohei, his face red.
"Hahahahahahahaha!" The girl laughed. "I don't mind, I like frankness in a person. They're there but they ain't much."
"How do you hide them - hey!" Noma held his hands up defensively, this time trying to prevent Yuji's fist from coming into contact with any of his body parts.
"No need to defend my honor, he's just curious. To answer your question, it's all thanks to the wonders of a thick undervest and the sports bra, any more questions?"
"You're not normal, you know that?" said Sakuragi, stating a fact rather than asking a question.
"I know. Looks like a boy, acts like a boy but who can blame me? I got five brothers to thank for this. But to tell you guys the truth, I like the way I am - I mean, I'm me and I'm the only me in this world!"
"What's with the glasses? You haven't taken them off ever since we met."
"This?" She pulled them off. "They hide the fact that I have such girly eyes." And she was right. Her large green eyes were the very feminine, with thick curly lashes framing them. "And they make me look tougher and more kawaii than I already am." She laughed as the Gundam sweatdropped. Sakuragi looked curious.
"Can I try them on?" asked Sakuragi.
"Sure, why not? Just don't break them - they're my favourite pair."
"How do I look? More kawaii than before?" He posed a la James Bond.
"Sugoi!" The girl exclaimed. Sakuragi laughed in the maniacal way of his and the girl joined in. The Gundam sweatdropped again.
"You sure are one happy girl." Yuji commented, seeing that nothing could remove the smile from her face and that she laughed a lot.
"Of course! Why be sad when you can be happy! Life's too short so enjoy it to the full. That's my motto for life!" She grinned at them. "My five brothers taught me that."
"Wah. Five oniichans you say? You the youngest?"
"Yup. First there's Kenshin, second is Ryu, third Mamoru, fourth Kouji and fifth Kotaro. They're not my real brothers, in fact we're all not related by blood to any one of us." She nodded in a matter-of-fact way. "All raised in an orphanage, we sort of adopted each other and changed our family name to Hiroshe."
Trit! Trit! Trit!
"Ah! My mobile!" She fished out a small fiery red mobile phone from out of the pockets of her baggy pants (at which point Takamiya nudged Sakuragi and whispered - "just like your hair!" - to which he was rewarded with a headbutt) and pressed a button. "Ah, hai! I know, I know but I've made some new friends." She laughed at whatever it was the person at the other end mentioned. "Hai, hai, I'll be home in a few minutes. Ja' "
"Gomen, that was my oniichan. He wanted me home to help unload our stuff." She pulled out a couple of bills from her pants. "Yare! Nearly forgot! Do you guys know Shohoku high?"
"We all go there!"
"Great! I'm starting there next Monday! Maybe you can show me around!"
"Hey!" Takamiya exclaimed. "We haven't even introduced ourselves yet. I'm Takamiya Nozomi, you can call me Takamiya."
"I'm Noma Chuichiro." He scratched his head and laughed embarassingly. "Gomen about my questions earlier." The girl just smiled.
"Yohei. Mito Yohei."
"And I'm Sakuragi Hanamichi - Basketball man!"
"You play basketball?!"
"Yes! You are now talking to the one and only basketball tensai! Nyahahahahahahaha!"
"This is great! I had always wanted to learn more of the sport." Trit! Trit! Trit! "Damn, must be my oniichan again. Sorry to leave so soon, meet you guys again Monday! Ja!" She hurried out. The boys followed and waved at her as she waved at them cheerfully.
"Hey! Wait! You haven't even told us your name yet!" Sakuragi shouted at the girl who was then just a small figure against the backdrop of the setting sun.
"Japan! Hiroshe Japan!" She shouted back before disappearing around a corner.
To be continue.
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