A Christmas Carol : Akira Sendoh Style!
[A/N: Hi minna!! Well Christmas is over (but the spirit isn't yet…) and New Year is to Come Hurrah!!!!!! Thanks to all who reviewed this fic as well as the other (Devilish Angel Angelic Devil [my KogurexMitsui AU fic] (you people made me very happy indeed! Arigato!! ^_^). Hope all of you guys had a wonderful holiday! Well here is the promised part two of my Christmas Parody. Btw, this is quite an AU too and the video conference was from Hawaii!! Another one (last…promise!!)::ducks from thrown books:: Gomen! I had a little error so please look later in my footnotes Arigato and R&R!]
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Part II: The First of The Three Interlopers
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Sendoh awoke only to find a very dark room indeed. Nothing was distinguishable in his room except for the glowing screen of his computer and the frosted windows. To his surprise, the digital bedside clock alarmed its hourly routine. It's display showed 12:00; for a fact, Sendoh had the net conference from Hawaii at about past twelve in the evening.
Sendoh sat confused, has he slept for more than a day? To double-check, he immediately looked at his wrist watch only to find out it was December 24th and the time was surely 12:00. He just sat there and stared at the clock's Lcd and began counting the minutes….
…It was impossible…
…A quarter past…
…Half past…
Suddenly Akira remembered what Maki had told him. One o'clock….[1]. This made him an impulse to stand from his bed and look outside of his window.
He saw a figure walking towards his gate. It halted there and rang the doorbell.
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[2]Sendoh rushed downstairs to the door and greeted the visitor standing in front of the door. "Konbanwa Sendoh-san"
"Art thou foretold comer of my house?" Sendoh greeted.
"Hai…Sendoh-san please do me a favor?," the visitor asked.
"What is it?"
"Stop mimicking old English stuff."
"Uh. Okay."
"Many people in Kanagawa asked me to go here."
"I see." Sendoh told while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Who are you and why are you here?"
"Kiminobu Kogure desu. A member of the Shohoku High basketball team." The visitor replied gently. "Just to make you think about your brain's state that's all."
"Oh. I don't see what makes my brain special that even people who I consider strangers come here on Christmas eve concerning my brain. ." Sendoh replied again and intently stared at the visitor's young and handsome profile. Not bad, not bad at all, he thought. Perfectly built body, lean, dark-haired, and a strikingly fair complexion for someone playing a rough contact sport such as basketball. Well-toned bodies are perfect for…
"Ahem. Your brain needs special attention, that's all." Kogure cleared his throat rather loudly and asked Akira to join him. Sendoh tried to protest especially about the freezing temperature and so on about his clothes, he decided to grab his jacket and his shoes and set out with Kogure.
Around ten unrealized minutes The two reached the lower block of the residential area of Kanagawa where Sendoh once lived. "Is this where we are going to?"
"Yes. Still Recall this place!"
"This is where it all began! Strange after many years you remember it."
"Isn't that before you were a straight 'A' student? Enthusiastic about life and well, curious."
"Yeah something like, 'hey you know what masturbation is?" Sendoh thoughtfully (and disgustingly though) quipped.
"Uhh…errm…Quite so." Everything that seemed surrealistic became alive. And Kogure was aware that Akira recalled all those scenes in front of them..
*Flashback*
"Oi, onii-san…papa wants you there…"
"Imouto, did he?"
"Yes! He says that you'll be a fine one. Great, great! Especially with those grades from school you have shown him!"
…then another…
…yes she was nice…my only imouto.
"She left, didn't she? With children I suppose?"
"Yeah. One. Though very naughty as always."
"Your nephew…in danger of getting infected with your curiosity."
…and yet another showing Sendoh a little older than before in a party hosted by Mr. Ikada...
"Ah yes! Ouka, Akira you're both free, Christmas eve!" cried Mr. Ikada. He was the jovial, and witty owner of the store where Sendoh once worked for as part-time. "My fine apprentice, Akira have fun!"
Akira could clearly see the guests, Mrs. Ikada and her fair daughters (Which Akira did stare at…[A/N:I thought at this time Aki-kun should be innocent…ano ba yan…-_-" ]).
*End of flashback*
Akira was so absorbed in his own recollection of memories, took moments before realizing that he was still with Kogure. "Seems that you really looked up to Mr. Ikada. That you throw out even the most worn-out clichés, ne?"
"Well-everything depended on him, you see. Besides he's really a good man. Learned stuff from him. Oh maybe now he would ask me about history and such." Akira replied.
"Yeah. Loads of stuff." Kogure repeated, "World history? Don't you know you're already history?"
"Uh. No? Why would I? And, If I'm history and I don't know, I'm rather flattered to know about it right now."
"Oh yes, give me a break Sendoh-san."
Kogure and Sendoh still walked further. "Gotta move faster." The spectacled boy glanced at his watch, "Nearly time." They both walked past closed shops and stopped at another area of the down town: the park.
"Could we leave this place?" Sendoh immediately asked. Then a recollection came to him.
"Mercy… It's …no…"
"It matters little. I have chosen this life now. I shouldn't be sad…if it can also make you happy as I tried."
"What life have you chosen?"
"A little off from what I expected. I have to go."
"Matte…Reika …yes changes are there but I haven't changed towards you…"
"I know. But change is also is you…My love is of any worth anymore with you, Akira. I would gladly leave you in peace. I'm just a bother in your industry" The two parted ways and it was their last meeting.
"C'mon. Please stop this crap. Do you enjoy making me remember painful memories?" Sendoh asked crossly. Kogure smiled lightly and replied softly, "Iie…My intention is for you to remember…"
"Just one more place here…" Kogure gently grasped Akira's arm and pulled him towards a house nearby. "Still remember this place?"
"Yes. Reika's home."
"Reika, guess who I saw?" The boy asked as he lifted the girl's nephew, "It's an old friend of yours."
"No. Who is it then" She laughed lightly, "I'm not good in guessing, Sei-kun"
"Akira Sendoh. I saw him walking with S'nichi Maki!"
[A/N: Hell, I don't really know Maki's first name spelled correctly…I have a doubt in it. Uhh…are there any Maki fans out there reading this? ::hides self:: Gomen! Back to the story…]
"Heard Maki's leaving for another country. Too bad Sendoh will be down especially if his partner was gone. Wonder if they had a quickie before?"
"Haha…maybe no. Well, it's really their interests that keeps them together."
"Uncle Sei, What do they like?"
"I would rather not tell you."
"Kogure-san," sad Sendoh in a quite broken voice, "Can we leave?"
"Well there's nothing wrong with it, Sendoh. It's just that the memories will remain there even how much you keep it away." Then the older boy continued, "Why? Hate seeing your er…quite good past?"
"Who would want to remember someone who asks my ex about if I did it with Maki. Never. Nope I did NOT, and will NEVER do so. Urgh, call me untouched."
"Untouched?"
"Heck, whatever. Just leave me please?"
Kogure took no reaction towards Akira's protests to leave the area and for him to leave. "Maa gomen kudasai, Sendoh-san. I have to leave now. Nice walking with you. Just think about how good you were before…By the way, stop staring behind me."
Without effort, Sendoh smirked and chuckled lightly, "Well, you see it's perfectly toned. Exercise regularly, right?"
"Uhh…I don't know what to say…" Kogure gave a timid smile and quickly turned away to hide color of his cheeks. "You compliment too unusal."
"Oh yes I do. Don't worry…your time wasn't wasted, I think. I will re-think about tonight's event."
"That would be fine. Ja, gotta go!" Kogure said as his back slowly receded in the distance. "…gotta go? To where? Where else but Hisashi Mitsui's arms…tut, tut…talk about bi. And they thought I was a pervert?" Sendoh slowly said to himself as he turned a corner of the streets; only to find out that he was already a few meter's away his home.
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end of part II
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Aki: hope you enjoyed this! Gomen for the delay. I expected this to be finished before I left but I failed to. Hehe…
BTW, the [1] there is about time. I told in the previous chap that the three persons' arrival was at exactly twelve. But then I reviewed my book (the original story) I saw it was one o'clock…(this is the effect having read the book a long time ago….T.T) so I changed it anyway.
Hey, thanks also for lethal_virus04 (who had to listen to me doing a monolog of this fic over the phone…^_^;;) and kaederukawa_kill you guys never tell much 'bout your fics…to my teddy bear (argh! See? I'm insane…it dear old Schuldich's fault…why did I ever like bishies that are either insane, weird, or perverse? Arigato A.Pikachu (hey, she's a very good writer here in ff net!) aka Goku-kun for the teddy u gave me this Christmas!) and also to w@$hü who I was talking to the phone approved my idea of this fic. And to all of you guys out there who are reading this!
A Happy New Year to All!!!
(the Greeting Shinnen Omedeto, Kurisumasu Omedeto means Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (ta\hanks to that old McDo tray cover and my nifty dictionary!)
Ja! ::rushes away singing 'auld lang syne' out of key::