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INTRODUCING - JAPAN!
Part 3
"Pan. Hmmm. I like it!" Ayako exclaimed. Miyagi nodded, agreeing with whatever his Aya-chan said.
"Pan. Not bad - it suits you." Mitsui slapped her back. Japan, or Pan as she was known from then on slugged him back.
"Pan." The Sakuragi Gundams nodded simultaneously. "Nice.."
"Pan?! Huh! What are you? Related to Peter Pan?!" Sakuragi snorted, still mad at being hit by a girl. The others held their breath, fully expecting a fight to break out.
"Sakuragi-kun-" Haruko started, trying to calm Sakuragi.
"That Pan is pronounced with the 'a' as in the word 'and' while my name is pronounced with the 'a' as in 'water'." The new girl explained patiently. "Don't tell me you're carrying a grudge against me, Sakuragi-san. You know, you look kinda kawaii and adorable when you're mad."
"I do?! Honto ni?!"
"Of course!"
"Nyahahahahahahahahahaha!" He laughed maniacally, his good mood returned. The others let out their pent-up breath in relief.
"Now that's settled, why don't you guys show me the principal's office?"
"Maybe it would be a good idea to remove that first." Yohei pointed to her sunglasses.
"Yare! Nearly forgot! Thanks for- Hey!!!" Pan shouted in surprise as the front tire of a bicycle collided with her rear end. The cyclist, a black- haired sleeping guy, opened his eyes - revealing a pair of blue eyes - blasting ice at Pan for waking him up from his slumber. While Pan, moving on reflex action, jumped up high and delivered a kick at him.
Yohei pushed Rukawa off his bike, saving him from Pan's high kick. Instead of thanking him, Rukawa gave Yohei one of his famous glares.
"Gomen! It was a reflex action, didn't mean to kick you!" Pan offered her hand to Rukawa, who was at that moment sitting on the ground, scowling. He ignored her hand and picked himself up, brushing his pants lightly.
Pan just shrugged. She eyed him up and down, assessing him. [Rather cute.] Giving him one last look, she turned her attention back to her newfound friends. She smiled at them and lifted her shoulders in a 'well, I tried' shrug.
She looked at her now silent friends. "Nani? Is anything wrong?"
"Ummm.well, ano.. Pan-san, didn't you feel anything different?"
"Different? No. I feel fine. Why?"
"No tendency to drool? No increase heart rate? Feeling faint? Lightheaded?"
"No.Why?" She asked again.
"Nothing wrong, it's just that any girl that sees Rukawa for the first time tends to undergo all those symptoms. It's rare to see one who doesn't."
"It's because she's not normal you know." This from Sakuragi, looking serious and stating it in a matter-of fact-way.
"You can say that again." Muttered the rest.
"So how do I look? Okay?" Pan ran her hand through her hair in an attempt to make it look passably neat.
"Good! Good! You look perfect!" Sakuragi reassured her, feeling smug that his newest friend had not fallen for that baka Kitsune. The corner of his eyes noticed the small movement of another girl's facial expression, which was quickly covered by the usual expressionless mask. He turned slightly to look closer (discretely) for any other tell-tale signs but was disappointed.
He turned his attention back to Pan and together with the Gundams, escorted her to the principal's office.
*****
Rukawa closed his eyes to sleep as usual in class. But instead of drifting off to sleep, his thoughts unusually began to wander to form an image of a highly unusual subject.
A girl.
In all his life there was only basketball and sleep. Of course, there also exist the needs of food, shelter and school but they were not as important as the other two mentioned earlier. He had no time for the opposite species nor did he have any interest in them. until now.
It was the girl who he had bumped with his bicycle that morning. Her spontaneous reaction was surprising, unlike the giggly or any of the girlish reaction he expected. True, he expected anger but due to his looks it usually changed to endless sighs.
But this one aimed a kick at him, apologized, offered help and turned her back on him with a light shrug when he refused. As if he wasn't worth her attention if he didn't want it. As if he wasn't worth the effort to know him better.
He focused on his mental image. Slightly smaller than the average girl, dark hair with a lock in front dyed an unusual silver-white colour. Her slim, well-toned body told him that she must be quite an active person and there was her boundless supply of smiles. She didn't look to him as if she had ever been mad at anybody or give anybody had any reason to be mad at her - she had that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to shout if you don't like her the way she is, that's just too bad.
And not to mention she had the most beautiful pair of green eyes he had ever seen.
They were big and framed by thick, curly lashes. Life and mischief sparkled in them and they always seemed to smile at everyone and everything in sight. He thought he could detect a hint of interest in them, but it was quickly squashed when she turned her back on him.
[Hmph. Who the hell cares of what she thinks of me? I don't.]
A voice in his head snorted at him - [Like hell you don't.]
[What the heck do you know anyway? She just piqued my interest because she was different.]
The voice didn't say anything but just snorted again. Rukawa sighed mentally and wondered since when did he begin to lie to himself. With that he switched his mind off everything and went to sleep.
*****
Kazuha stared at the backs of Sakuragi, the new girl and the Gundams. But mostly her attention was focused on Sakuragi and the tomboy, more accurately on Sakuragi's arm around her shoulders.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
[Just here less than an hour and already very close.]
She knew she had no right to feel the slightest, brief jealousy (yeah, right!) she was feeling then. After all Sakuragi did not belong to her, nor anyone for that matter - she and him were just friends, that is if you count trading one liner insults with his finger-pointing-loud-swearing as being friends.
[Baka do'ahou] She cursed the redhead. [Why do you make me feel all these foreign emotions? It's all your fault I'm not myself, it's all your fault for being so damn alive and full of fire. If not for your fire, I wouldn't be attracted to you and.and...] She stopped when she realized she had been standing there, fist clenched and still staring at the back of the object of her anger, who was at that moment just about to enter through the school gate.
She unclenched her fists and let out a mental sigh. "Bakabakashii do'ahou." She said in a low voice.
"Teme Aisu!!!" Sakuragi appeared suddenly in front of her, face red with anger. "Who you calling baka huh?!"
She merely lifted one eyebrow, which clearly said - if you feel the sting.
"Why you-" She ignored him and left him without a backward glance. "Hey! I'm not finish with you yet! Hey-"
Kazuha continued to walk away, to all she appeared to be calm and cool, as if there wasn't an angry guy shouting at her, but inside she was still angry. [That baka, why is he so slow?! Baka baka baka baka baka baka!]
She let out a sigh (not mentally this time).
[At least he knows I'm alive]
To be continued..
Rei: So what you think? (Singlish.heh heh heh). Flames, criticism, praises, compliments, etc - as long as it's a review - are welcomed.
INTRODUCING - JAPAN!
Part 3
"Pan. Hmmm. I like it!" Ayako exclaimed. Miyagi nodded, agreeing with whatever his Aya-chan said.
"Pan. Not bad - it suits you." Mitsui slapped her back. Japan, or Pan as she was known from then on slugged him back.
"Pan." The Sakuragi Gundams nodded simultaneously. "Nice.."
"Pan?! Huh! What are you? Related to Peter Pan?!" Sakuragi snorted, still mad at being hit by a girl. The others held their breath, fully expecting a fight to break out.
"Sakuragi-kun-" Haruko started, trying to calm Sakuragi.
"That Pan is pronounced with the 'a' as in the word 'and' while my name is pronounced with the 'a' as in 'water'." The new girl explained patiently. "Don't tell me you're carrying a grudge against me, Sakuragi-san. You know, you look kinda kawaii and adorable when you're mad."
"I do?! Honto ni?!"
"Of course!"
"Nyahahahahahahahahahaha!" He laughed maniacally, his good mood returned. The others let out their pent-up breath in relief.
"Now that's settled, why don't you guys show me the principal's office?"
"Maybe it would be a good idea to remove that first." Yohei pointed to her sunglasses.
"Yare! Nearly forgot! Thanks for- Hey!!!" Pan shouted in surprise as the front tire of a bicycle collided with her rear end. The cyclist, a black- haired sleeping guy, opened his eyes - revealing a pair of blue eyes - blasting ice at Pan for waking him up from his slumber. While Pan, moving on reflex action, jumped up high and delivered a kick at him.
Yohei pushed Rukawa off his bike, saving him from Pan's high kick. Instead of thanking him, Rukawa gave Yohei one of his famous glares.
"Gomen! It was a reflex action, didn't mean to kick you!" Pan offered her hand to Rukawa, who was at that moment sitting on the ground, scowling. He ignored her hand and picked himself up, brushing his pants lightly.
Pan just shrugged. She eyed him up and down, assessing him. [Rather cute.] Giving him one last look, she turned her attention back to her newfound friends. She smiled at them and lifted her shoulders in a 'well, I tried' shrug.
She looked at her now silent friends. "Nani? Is anything wrong?"
"Ummm.well, ano.. Pan-san, didn't you feel anything different?"
"Different? No. I feel fine. Why?"
"No tendency to drool? No increase heart rate? Feeling faint? Lightheaded?"
"No.Why?" She asked again.
"Nothing wrong, it's just that any girl that sees Rukawa for the first time tends to undergo all those symptoms. It's rare to see one who doesn't."
"It's because she's not normal you know." This from Sakuragi, looking serious and stating it in a matter-of fact-way.
"You can say that again." Muttered the rest.
"So how do I look? Okay?" Pan ran her hand through her hair in an attempt to make it look passably neat.
"Good! Good! You look perfect!" Sakuragi reassured her, feeling smug that his newest friend had not fallen for that baka Kitsune. The corner of his eyes noticed the small movement of another girl's facial expression, which was quickly covered by the usual expressionless mask. He turned slightly to look closer (discretely) for any other tell-tale signs but was disappointed.
He turned his attention back to Pan and together with the Gundams, escorted her to the principal's office.
*****
Rukawa closed his eyes to sleep as usual in class. But instead of drifting off to sleep, his thoughts unusually began to wander to form an image of a highly unusual subject.
A girl.
In all his life there was only basketball and sleep. Of course, there also exist the needs of food, shelter and school but they were not as important as the other two mentioned earlier. He had no time for the opposite species nor did he have any interest in them. until now.
It was the girl who he had bumped with his bicycle that morning. Her spontaneous reaction was surprising, unlike the giggly or any of the girlish reaction he expected. True, he expected anger but due to his looks it usually changed to endless sighs.
But this one aimed a kick at him, apologized, offered help and turned her back on him with a light shrug when he refused. As if he wasn't worth her attention if he didn't want it. As if he wasn't worth the effort to know him better.
He focused on his mental image. Slightly smaller than the average girl, dark hair with a lock in front dyed an unusual silver-white colour. Her slim, well-toned body told him that she must be quite an active person and there was her boundless supply of smiles. She didn't look to him as if she had ever been mad at anybody or give anybody had any reason to be mad at her - she had that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to shout if you don't like her the way she is, that's just too bad.
And not to mention she had the most beautiful pair of green eyes he had ever seen.
They were big and framed by thick, curly lashes. Life and mischief sparkled in them and they always seemed to smile at everyone and everything in sight. He thought he could detect a hint of interest in them, but it was quickly squashed when she turned her back on him.
[Hmph. Who the hell cares of what she thinks of me? I don't.]
A voice in his head snorted at him - [Like hell you don't.]
[What the heck do you know anyway? She just piqued my interest because she was different.]
The voice didn't say anything but just snorted again. Rukawa sighed mentally and wondered since when did he begin to lie to himself. With that he switched his mind off everything and went to sleep.
*****
Kazuha stared at the backs of Sakuragi, the new girl and the Gundams. But mostly her attention was focused on Sakuragi and the tomboy, more accurately on Sakuragi's arm around her shoulders.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
[Just here less than an hour and already very close.]
She knew she had no right to feel the slightest, brief jealousy (yeah, right!) she was feeling then. After all Sakuragi did not belong to her, nor anyone for that matter - she and him were just friends, that is if you count trading one liner insults with his finger-pointing-loud-swearing as being friends.
[Baka do'ahou] She cursed the redhead. [Why do you make me feel all these foreign emotions? It's all your fault I'm not myself, it's all your fault for being so damn alive and full of fire. If not for your fire, I wouldn't be attracted to you and.and...] She stopped when she realized she had been standing there, fist clenched and still staring at the back of the object of her anger, who was at that moment just about to enter through the school gate.
She unclenched her fists and let out a mental sigh. "Bakabakashii do'ahou." She said in a low voice.
"Teme Aisu!!!" Sakuragi appeared suddenly in front of her, face red with anger. "Who you calling baka huh?!"
She merely lifted one eyebrow, which clearly said - if you feel the sting.
"Why you-" She ignored him and left him without a backward glance. "Hey! I'm not finish with you yet! Hey-"
Kazuha continued to walk away, to all she appeared to be calm and cool, as if there wasn't an angry guy shouting at her, but inside she was still angry. [That baka, why is he so slow?! Baka baka baka baka baka baka!]
She let out a sigh (not mentally this time).
[At least he knows I'm alive]
To be continued..
Rei: So what you think? (Singlish.heh heh heh). Flames, criticism, praises, compliments, etc - as long as it's a review - are welcomed.