Upside-down
By:
Darkness VII
Opening blabber: Yes, the third chapter. Remember that Rukawa called Kim 'baby',
well it's a term of endearment that you'll just have to get used to. This
chapter, as I promised, will be of Ryota/Ayako. Just a little Ryota/Ayako in
this one but I promise, when Kim leaves, it's all gonna be about them. Be
patient! Of course there's still Kim and
Kaede here. What would become of my story without them?
Dose anyone out there know Ayako's last name? Please help me!!!
CHAPTER 3- Ryota and Ayako: the start
After class of course would be basketball practice for Rukawa Kaede and the rest. Kaede changed into his training clothes and went to the gym. He wore a constant smile and all his fan girls kept screaming because they thought Kaede was smiling them. You and I know the real reason why he was grinning like an idiot. Yes, that's right. He was thinking of his sweet little Kim, sleeping soundly, dreaming her sweet dreams, standing at the other end of the court. Standing at the other end of the court?!?
It was Kim, she was standing at the other end of the court. As soon as he saw her there, he approached her. "Kim? Baby, what are you doing here?" he asked. It was obvious that Kaede was very, very concerned and it was obvious that Kim was still very, very sick. "Came to at least watch the team practice. Probably even shoot a few hoops myself..." she said but she was cut off by Kaede. "No, you're not. You're sitting down right now" he said pointing at the benches. "But..." she tried but Kaede had that look on his face that he meant it. Kim started trudging her way to the bench where Ayako and Anzai-sensei were sitting.
"Kim? What are you doing here?" Ayako asked in a very concerned tone. "Funny, Kaede asked me the exact same thing" Kim answered, if that's what you call an answer. "Rukawa Kaede? Why would he poking around your business?" Ayako asked, again. "You wouldn't wanna know." she answered. "Oh, but I do. Is it because, oh no. No way..." "Way" then there was an awkward silence between them for about three seconds then Kim heard Ayako say something "Shit...""Huh?" "Shit..." "Shit what?" "He's so kawaii" "Who's so kawaii? I hope you're not referring to MY Kaede" "Your what?" "Never mind. Now answer." "Ryota" "What's wrong with him?" "He's kawaii" "Nani!?" "Yes"
"Ayako-san, you must be kidding me. You and Ryota? Well, come to think of it, he does look all dreamy eyed when he looks at you" This time it was vice-versa. Ayako was looking at Ryota all dreamy-eyed. Kim had to wave her hand in front of Ayako's face a few, few HUNDRED times for her to regain her senses. "Oh, he's just so cute. The first time I met him, he was so cute. I've been waiting for him to ask me out like forever. But he just won't" "Don't worry Aya-san. I'll have Kaede talk to him." "Why the heck would Rukawa talk to Ryota?" "Because I say so" "Okay, thanks Kim"
Practice went by smoothly except for maybe a few complaints from Sakuragi. Luckily, there were no fights between him and Kaede. Probably because Kim was there that Kaede was in no mood to fight with our annoying red-head. Kaede was still at the gym after the practice to clean up. Kim sat down the whole time with a few occasional complaints that, to quote her "My ass hurts" un-quote.
After Kaede and the rest of the juniors finished cleaning the gym, Kim and him went into Kim's car and drove to Katakura manor. "Why don't you stay over for dinner?" Kim asked. "Uh, sure I guess" "Don't worry, my dad ain't that bad. He's gonna be fond of you once he gets to know you" "Okay..." Then, the car finally stopped at Kim's house and both of them entered. The doormen greeted them. The maids, butlers, guards and Kim's nanny greeted them both. "Dad!" Kim yelled out. "Sir Useigo isn't home yet, mistress Kim." One of the maids answered. "Okie dokie, thanks Mrs. J" she said and the maid bowed respectfully.
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Mistress! *lol* Sorry I had to interrupt. You must think now that Kim is plenty rich. Well she is. And remember I promised Ryota/Ayako in this one? Well, for once, this story is going slow. Slow as it is, just keep reminding yourself that love takes time. And besides, I'm having a lot of fun thinking up ways to show Rukawa Kaede's other side. The side only known to a few people. His mom and dad, aunt and of course, Kim. Thanks for your patience!
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As I was saying, they were in Kim's place already and Kaede saw some awfully expensive things. I dare not mention anything, I might break one. (= hahaha, corny. What a crummy excuse) Kim led the way. Kaede followed and Kim finally stopped walking. They were at a room that didn't look like a dining room at all. In fact, it wasn't a dining room, but the den. With one of those huge flat screen TV's.
Kim sat on the big, comfy looking couch and Kaede followed. She turned the TV on and gave the controller to Kaede. "You watch, I'm sleepy" she told him, while laying a pillow on Kaede's lap, for her to lay her head on. Kaede had no objections. "Okay, sleep tight. I'll wake you for dinner" he said, with a very sweet tone. A few minutes passed and Kim was already on the train to dream land. Kaede on the other hand, couldn't concentrate very well. He couldn't concentrate, one because he was in front of a huge TV. Two, he was worried that Kim's dad might walk in to the room and ask him questions (= Yes, this is the worry-wart side of Rukawa Kaede). And finally, three, his beautiful girlfriend was sleeping soundly with her head laid on his lap.
He couldn't take it any longer, so he just shut off the TV and joined Kim in her sleep, but before he could even close his eyed, the maid knocked on the door. "Excuse me sir, but mistress Kim's father is almost home. Could you kindly tell her that? Thank you" she said, bowed and closed the door. He thought about waking her, which meant he would disturb his sweet princess from sleeping. But what has to be done, has to be done. "Kim, wake up" he started. "Kim, wakey-wakey sleepy head" he said, poking her nose. "Huh?" she said as her eye-lids opened "What?" she asked grumpily. "Your dad's coming home" "So?" "So, I thought I'd wake you up" Kim rolled her eyes "You know the least person I'd want to see when I wake up is my dad" "Sorry..." "Nah, it's alright"
After about a few minutes, Kim's dad did come home. "Kim! Where are you honey?" "What!?" "Come here, Kim" "Fine, fine" Kim went out of the den telling Kaede to wait for her there. "Kim, I need to tell you something" "Speak up" "We have to go back to the US, not for so long. Just for two weeks" "WHAT!!??!" "Calm down, little missy. It's not like it's gonna take forever. Just for a while. We leave the day after tomorrow" Meanwhile, back at the den, Kaede, who was disturbed by all the commotion, went out just to see Kim running past him with tears in her eyes. He ran after her, seeing that he had to, and was overly worried about Kim.
Kim just ran, she ran upstairs to her room, slammed it shut and jumped on her bed, crying. Kaede who just reached there, was still panting heavily. He was wondering why she was crying, how she got there so fast and how she can slam a huge door shut after running at least half a mile. (Yes, the house is huge) He wanted to ask her all of these, but he had to get in the room first, ne? So he knocked, nicely at first, then it louder and louder, until finally Kim opened the door.
She was there, standing in front of him with red puffy eyes. "Kim? Shit, what the hell happened?" "Kaede!" she ran up to his open arms and cried. "It's okay, baby. You can tell me" he held her as tight as he could thinking that in her present condition, she might pass out. So he carried her over to the bed and laid her there. "Come on Kim, talk to me. Your freaking me out" "Oh, I'm sorry..." "It's alright. Please tell me what happened" "My dad came home today and told me we had to leave for the US the day after tomorrow. We'll have to stay there to quote him 'for just two weeks' un-quote, okay?" "What's so bad about that?" "Well, you see, when my dad says 'two weeks' he means more like 'two months' and..." she stopped as more tears came. You probably know the expression 'just a minute' and you know how much it feels like 'just an hour'. So probably 'just for two weeks' would be more like 'just for two months'. You and I know that two months sucks big time.
Anyway, Kim continued what she was saying. "And I don't know if it's just gonna be two weeks or two months. I'm sorry..." "Oh, don't cry... It's alright. I'll wait for you" "Really?" "If your family calls, I can't stand in the way of it, ne?" "Oooh, baby, that's sooooo sweet!" she squirmed. "Thanks, Kaede. I feel loads better. And to think for a minute you'd freak" "Uh, Kim, one last thing." "Sure, shoot" "How do you run so fast?" "Simple, ninjustsu. I can jump to the roof in one swift movement without braking a sweat. That's why I got to the All Star Team" "Oh. Thanks. That cleared my head." Then the maid again came in "Mistress Kim, dinner's ready" "Oh, okay, Thanks Mrs. J" and the maid bowed respectfully.
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It's me again, sorry to interrupt, but I've just re-read the whole piece and, well, even I can't stand this whole sweetness thing. In other words, this mush is making me spew. Sorry I had to interrupt, but I'm telling you now that there will be more of these until the end. This is just a friendly warning from your author. Sorry again!
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So I leave the two lovebirds in Katakura manor savoring the time they have left for each other. And I change the setting to Ryota's house, where Ayako was tutoring him in reading English. Miyagi was reading "Baa Baa black sheep" *lol* out loud. "Baba blach shep, av you any wol?" "Iya, iya, iya. That's not how you read it. It's Baa Baa black sheep, have you any wool? Got it Ryota?" "Uh..." "Well?" "I guess so" Humph, where's Kim when you need her... "Let's continue"
And as the night grew further and further into the dawn, the Miyagi residence has one more occupant. "Aya-chan! Wake up!" Ryota said loud enough to be heard by Ayako. "Nanda? Ryota what are you doing here?" "Aya-chan, this is my house!" "Are? Oh yeah... well I better get going then" "You're not gonna have breakfast here?" "Gomen nasai, Ryota, I have to go home" "Okay, see ya later!" he said and waved goodbye to Ayako.
As you and I know, Kim and Kaede become so inseparable sometimes. And this sometimes is now. So whatever they're doing, they're doing it. No not that IT, you dirty minded ecchi! They're just getting into each other's throats. That all. Now I go back to Ayako and Ryota now in their classroom, Ryota sleeping away and Ayako fighting to keep awake. It felt so good being in Ryota's room last night. Why don't you just tell me you baka!
After class was through, both of them went to the gym together. Mostly because of Ryota's persuasion and partly because Ayako did want to go to the gym with him. Their bond was like that of best friends, but not that much open to each other as that of Kim and Ayako. They'd eat together and watch a couple of movies sometimes, but those things weren't official dates, it was just like hanging out together. The thought made Ayako even more frustrated.
It was after practice that Rukawa, erhem, Kaede asked Ryota to stay and they'll have their guy talk. They did. "Oh really she does now, does she?" Ryota asked "Yup" "Don't worry. I'll take care of it". The next day, Kim was leaving after school *sniff* and still, the two were still inseparable. Enough about them, I will return you now to Ayako and Ryota who were listening to the teacher.
"Now everyone, it's time to choose the class representative for the Year 2 singing contest. We'll be doing it by row. Miyagi, you are the first" Hashimoto-sensei said. Ryota stood up and put his A1 CD in the player. (Sorry if you think A1 corny, I do, but I find one of their songs very useful for this story. I only know the chorus of this, so bear with me)
"If you would be my girl friend,
then I would be in heaven.
I would do anything
Stand on my head and sing
If you were my girl"
As he continued the song, his eyes were locked on Ayako, who retuned the stare, and they continued to stare intensely until the song stopped. When he was going back to his seat, Ryota gave Ayako a wink and she blushed seven shades of red. And soon it was Ayako's turn.
"I know that he loves me cause he told me so
I know that he loves me cause his feelings show
when he stares at me you know that he cares for me
you see how he is so deep in love
I know that he loves me cause its obvious
I know that he loves me cause it's me he trusts
and he's missing me if he's not kissing me
and when he looks at me his brown eyes tells his soul"
This time was still the same, they were still staring at each other. And as the song faded, Ayako took her CD, and went by Ryota's desk. She put a piece of paper on his desk and went to her seat. Ryota, who was curious and excited, quickly opened the note. It read:
Aishiteru
With love,
Ayako
He looked back at her and she smiled sweetly at him. This time, she really meant it and he knew he had to do something about it. Woops, oh look at the time, it's the end of practice and Kim has to leave for LA, or shall I say, Hollywood. The team was at the airport to bid their team member a goodbye. "I'll come back as soon as I can, okay" she told them "Good luck!" "Have a safe trip!" were the remarks heard from the team, in Akagi's case "Come home soon, Katakura". "DON'T CALL ME KATAKURA!" she remarked and went to Kaede "I'll be back. Don't worry, baby." She whispered into Kaede's ear and gave him a quick kiss on the lips and boarded the plane.
The plane flew away after twenty minutes and Kaede waited for it to go out of sight. "Come on, Rukawa, cheer up!" Ryota told his friend. "I doubt Kim would want to see you like this" "I guess you're right. Need a lift?" "Sure" Ryota and Ayako rode with Kaede until they were at their respective homes. Be safe, Kim...
Meanwhile, Ayako was having a mental debate to whether or not to call Ryota because he hasn't talked to her at all after class. Ryota, what's wrong with you?
To be continued....
Author's final (not really) blabber: Hahahahaha! I rule! Sorry to hang you up. You know it's against my ideals to leave you hanging like this. But hey, it isn't illegal, right? Don't you worry, I'll update soon! If I know what you think, so review. If I get at least three reviews (+ or -), I'll continue the dang story. Remember, REVIEW!
PS
If any of you out there know
Ayako's last name, please tell me
Please review while you're at it
Please let me know how you like it
Or not
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it's darkness_VII@thevortex.com
I own nothing of A1 or Destiny's Child
I have nothing to do with:
-"If you would be my girl" by A1
-"Brown Eyes" by Destiny's Child
Domo Arigatou!
Darkness VII