Author : it's been what - 4 months? 5 months? Since I uploaded a new
chapter. Now that, I tell you, is one hell of a writer's block!
INTRODUCING - JAPAN!
Part 8.
"Hey, hey, looks like our baby sis has a boyfriend." Kotaro taunted Pan. All five guys were wearing smirks on their faces.
"Huh?" Pan could only blinked in stupefaction. After all, it was only seven in the morning and her brain has yet to function.
"Yeah, so Pan, why didn't you tell us about him? Afraid we'll beat him up and interrogate him?" This time, Kenshin, her eldest brother piped up.
"I don't understand what the hell you guys are talking about. Looks like to me you all had left your brains somewhere else this morning." Pan muttered in confusion as she continued to stuff herself with food.
"We were talking about the guy who avenged you by hanging the Judo captain upside-down a tree." Kouji explained exasperatedly after seeing his sister still confused.
"What guy?! What Tree?!" Pan exclaimed. Suddenly something clicked as if the pieces of puzzle finally found their places. "You meant to tell me that someone beat up Aota and left him hanging down a tree?!"
"Of course. What do you think we were referring to?" Ryu answered. Then all five brothers turned to look at her and said in unison. " You didn't know?"
Pan lifted one eyebrow. "What do you think?"
"Well, well, looks like baby sister got herself a secret admirer."
"Did Aota said anything about who beat him up?" Pan asked nonchalantly.
"Why? Interested?" Mamoru teased. Pan only response was a flicker of feeling in her eyes, which all five noticed, before she quickly masked them behind a disinterested façade.
"Time to go to school!" Pan stood up abruptly. She hurriedly neatened her uniform and as quick as lightning went out the front door.
All five brothers looked at each other and smiled.
"She's finally growing up."
"I was afraid that she would never turn out the way girls are supposed to turn out.but now, I think everything's all right - She's finally acting like the girl she is."
"Providing the guy she likes, likes her back."
"And providing he's a decent chap and not some slick, smooth operator who had girls hanging on both arms."
"God! I shudder to think what that kind of snake would do to our baby sister!"
One by one, each smile dissolved into a frown and finally molded into determined faces.
"Everyone. We're on a mission."
******
"What's eating you Pan? You look kinda focused on something else all day." Yohei interrupted Pan's thoughts.
Pan, Sakuragi and the Gundams were on their way to Danny's after school. They decided to stop over for a while in a nearby playground.
"Eh? What? Oh, sorry. What were you saying just then?" She flashed him a big smile.
"He said what's bothering you?" Takamiya repeated Yohei's words.
"Uh nothing."
"It couldn't be nothing. Must be something. Tell us, we're your friends." Noma urged.
"Yeah! Tell us!" Sakuragi seconded in his loud voice. It attracted the attention of nearby passerby, to whom Sakuragi frowned fiercely at with a loud "What?" They scurried away in terror.
"Erm.well.maybe you could." She trailed off.
"What?" The Gundams and Sakuragi shouted exasperatedly.
"Well.IjustwanttoknowifitwereyouguyswhocreamedAotatheotherday." Pan rushed hurriedly.
"Eh? Creamed Aota?" All five asked in confusion.
"Oh. You were referring to the incident where Aota was found by his club members hanging down a tree." Yohei said as comprehension dawned on him.
"Wasn't me. Though I wish it was." Sakuragi told her.
"Not me either." Was Yohei's reply.
"Ain't neither one of us." Answered the rest of the Gundams.
"Maybe it's Sendoh. After all he is rather protective of you now that you guys are together again." Supplied Yohei.
"Wha..? Sendoh? What's he got to do with this?" The other four asked.
"We're assuming that the person who beat up Aota did it because he wanted to avenge Pan." Yohei explained, his hand gesturing to a blushing Pan.
"Oh." They nodded, finally understanding.
"Why Pan, this is the first time I've seen you blush." Yohei commented. "In fact, this is the first time I've seen you act like a girl."
"I am a girl." She pointed out, still blushing. "Although, now that you mentioned it, I've never act like one before. I must be undergoing some sort of phase - you know, body chemistry and all those biological stuff."
"So you're saying you're gonna turn into one of those giggly, swooning, shrieking, hysterical type?" Sakuragi asked in terror.
"Baka!" She slugged him. "Of course not! It's just a phase - I think - and I'll get over it sooner or later."
" I don't think it's a phase, Pan-san. I think you're what people call a late bloomer. After all you're fifteen. By the time you're sixteen you'll probably developed some feminine traits." Noma commented.
The others looked at him in wonder.
"What?!" He exclaimed. "I pay attention in class sometimes, you know. Not like some people I know."
With that, the five others jumped on him and declared world war III on him.
******
(Sometime later.. After the fight.)
"Pan." Sakuragi started.
"Hmmmm." She replied.
"Would you mind moving your ass away from my ribcage. I-can't-breathe!" He gasped out. "And Takamiya, stop biting on my leg or you'll regret it later!"
"I will if you would just remove your damn legs from my face!"
After a few minutes untangling themselves, they continued their conversation.
"So, as I said earlier, it could be Sendoh." Yohei started. He ant the other boys settled themselves under a tree.
Pan settled herself on a swing, with her back towards them, and propelled herself forward with her feet. "Nah. I asked him. Although he did want to but when he heard that how somebody beat him to it - he started laughing his ass off."
"Somebody likes you." Sakuragi teased her. "Enough to beat up someone who didn't even put a scratch on you."
"She 'did' got her shoulder sprained in the process." Yuji added dryly. Then his eyes widened in surprise, as did the others when they spotted a familiar figure emerging behind the tree they were sitting under.
The figure put a finger on his lips - signaling them to not say a word of his presence.
Sakuragi got up to his feet, ready to fight him off but was blocked by Yohei. Yohei shook his head and whispered "He's the one."
"But-mphfhmmpfh." His words were quickly muffled by the others while they forcefully dragged him away so as not to interrupt the scene that was going to unfold before them.
"I bet you he's going to propose to her." Noma whispered to his friends.
"Nah. I bet that they're going to fight, then make up." Takamiya whispered back. "How about you Yuji?"
"I'll have to agree with Noma."
"Okay then, how much?"
"1000 yen."
"Deal!"
And all the while, Pan was still swinging herself at a constant pace, unaware of the stranger behind her, and that her friends had left her and were now watching behind a hedge. (hidden, of course)
"I wonder who could it be.?" She said dreamily as her thoughts wandered and an image of a boy formed. [Could it be.Nah! He wouldn't! For all I know, he doesn't even realize I'm alive!"
She sighed, quite unlike the hyperactive Pan everyone knows. "Who the heck could it be?" She said loudly, not really expecting an answer.
"It was me." A voice from behind her replied.
~To be continued.
Rei : I still don't know where the story is heading. Just bear with me. Oh, and a few reviews won't hurt, heh heh.
INTRODUCING - JAPAN!
Part 8.
"Hey, hey, looks like our baby sis has a boyfriend." Kotaro taunted Pan. All five guys were wearing smirks on their faces.
"Huh?" Pan could only blinked in stupefaction. After all, it was only seven in the morning and her brain has yet to function.
"Yeah, so Pan, why didn't you tell us about him? Afraid we'll beat him up and interrogate him?" This time, Kenshin, her eldest brother piped up.
"I don't understand what the hell you guys are talking about. Looks like to me you all had left your brains somewhere else this morning." Pan muttered in confusion as she continued to stuff herself with food.
"We were talking about the guy who avenged you by hanging the Judo captain upside-down a tree." Kouji explained exasperatedly after seeing his sister still confused.
"What guy?! What Tree?!" Pan exclaimed. Suddenly something clicked as if the pieces of puzzle finally found their places. "You meant to tell me that someone beat up Aota and left him hanging down a tree?!"
"Of course. What do you think we were referring to?" Ryu answered. Then all five brothers turned to look at her and said in unison. " You didn't know?"
Pan lifted one eyebrow. "What do you think?"
"Well, well, looks like baby sister got herself a secret admirer."
"Did Aota said anything about who beat him up?" Pan asked nonchalantly.
"Why? Interested?" Mamoru teased. Pan only response was a flicker of feeling in her eyes, which all five noticed, before she quickly masked them behind a disinterested façade.
"Time to go to school!" Pan stood up abruptly. She hurriedly neatened her uniform and as quick as lightning went out the front door.
All five brothers looked at each other and smiled.
"She's finally growing up."
"I was afraid that she would never turn out the way girls are supposed to turn out.but now, I think everything's all right - She's finally acting like the girl she is."
"Providing the guy she likes, likes her back."
"And providing he's a decent chap and not some slick, smooth operator who had girls hanging on both arms."
"God! I shudder to think what that kind of snake would do to our baby sister!"
One by one, each smile dissolved into a frown and finally molded into determined faces.
"Everyone. We're on a mission."
******
"What's eating you Pan? You look kinda focused on something else all day." Yohei interrupted Pan's thoughts.
Pan, Sakuragi and the Gundams were on their way to Danny's after school. They decided to stop over for a while in a nearby playground.
"Eh? What? Oh, sorry. What were you saying just then?" She flashed him a big smile.
"He said what's bothering you?" Takamiya repeated Yohei's words.
"Uh nothing."
"It couldn't be nothing. Must be something. Tell us, we're your friends." Noma urged.
"Yeah! Tell us!" Sakuragi seconded in his loud voice. It attracted the attention of nearby passerby, to whom Sakuragi frowned fiercely at with a loud "What?" They scurried away in terror.
"Erm.well.maybe you could." She trailed off.
"What?" The Gundams and Sakuragi shouted exasperatedly.
"Well.IjustwanttoknowifitwereyouguyswhocreamedAotatheotherday." Pan rushed hurriedly.
"Eh? Creamed Aota?" All five asked in confusion.
"Oh. You were referring to the incident where Aota was found by his club members hanging down a tree." Yohei said as comprehension dawned on him.
"Wasn't me. Though I wish it was." Sakuragi told her.
"Not me either." Was Yohei's reply.
"Ain't neither one of us." Answered the rest of the Gundams.
"Maybe it's Sendoh. After all he is rather protective of you now that you guys are together again." Supplied Yohei.
"Wha..? Sendoh? What's he got to do with this?" The other four asked.
"We're assuming that the person who beat up Aota did it because he wanted to avenge Pan." Yohei explained, his hand gesturing to a blushing Pan.
"Oh." They nodded, finally understanding.
"Why Pan, this is the first time I've seen you blush." Yohei commented. "In fact, this is the first time I've seen you act like a girl."
"I am a girl." She pointed out, still blushing. "Although, now that you mentioned it, I've never act like one before. I must be undergoing some sort of phase - you know, body chemistry and all those biological stuff."
"So you're saying you're gonna turn into one of those giggly, swooning, shrieking, hysterical type?" Sakuragi asked in terror.
"Baka!" She slugged him. "Of course not! It's just a phase - I think - and I'll get over it sooner or later."
" I don't think it's a phase, Pan-san. I think you're what people call a late bloomer. After all you're fifteen. By the time you're sixteen you'll probably developed some feminine traits." Noma commented.
The others looked at him in wonder.
"What?!" He exclaimed. "I pay attention in class sometimes, you know. Not like some people I know."
With that, the five others jumped on him and declared world war III on him.
******
(Sometime later.. After the fight.)
"Pan." Sakuragi started.
"Hmmmm." She replied.
"Would you mind moving your ass away from my ribcage. I-can't-breathe!" He gasped out. "And Takamiya, stop biting on my leg or you'll regret it later!"
"I will if you would just remove your damn legs from my face!"
After a few minutes untangling themselves, they continued their conversation.
"So, as I said earlier, it could be Sendoh." Yohei started. He ant the other boys settled themselves under a tree.
Pan settled herself on a swing, with her back towards them, and propelled herself forward with her feet. "Nah. I asked him. Although he did want to but when he heard that how somebody beat him to it - he started laughing his ass off."
"Somebody likes you." Sakuragi teased her. "Enough to beat up someone who didn't even put a scratch on you."
"She 'did' got her shoulder sprained in the process." Yuji added dryly. Then his eyes widened in surprise, as did the others when they spotted a familiar figure emerging behind the tree they were sitting under.
The figure put a finger on his lips - signaling them to not say a word of his presence.
Sakuragi got up to his feet, ready to fight him off but was blocked by Yohei. Yohei shook his head and whispered "He's the one."
"But-mphfhmmpfh." His words were quickly muffled by the others while they forcefully dragged him away so as not to interrupt the scene that was going to unfold before them.
"I bet you he's going to propose to her." Noma whispered to his friends.
"Nah. I bet that they're going to fight, then make up." Takamiya whispered back. "How about you Yuji?"
"I'll have to agree with Noma."
"Okay then, how much?"
"1000 yen."
"Deal!"
And all the while, Pan was still swinging herself at a constant pace, unaware of the stranger behind her, and that her friends had left her and were now watching behind a hedge. (hidden, of course)
"I wonder who could it be.?" She said dreamily as her thoughts wandered and an image of a boy formed. [Could it be.Nah! He wouldn't! For all I know, he doesn't even realize I'm alive!"
She sighed, quite unlike the hyperactive Pan everyone knows. "Who the heck could it be?" She said loudly, not really expecting an answer.
"It was me." A voice from behind her replied.
~To be continued.
Rei : I still don't know where the story is heading. Just bear with me. Oh, and a few reviews won't hurt, heh heh.