K Goes To Kindergarten



"OWW! Yuki-chan! That hurt!" Ayaka wailed, clutching her cheek, which left a Lego-imprint. It really didn't hurt, it was only that Ayaka wanted to draw everyone's attention to her. Apparently, Eiri had grown tired of her stupidity, and threw a Lego in her face, to shut her up. He crossed his arms, and growled angrily to himself.

Mrs. Hiten blew her silver whistle, and walked narrowly over to them, her thin stockings making a 'shushing' sound. "That isn't the way we play here." she picked Ayaka up, and hugged her. "I think you need a timeout, Yuki." she took him by the hand, and sat him on a blue bench, surrounded by a metal fence, and set the timer. "You stay here for awhile, and I'll let you out in 20 minutes."



As we leave poor Eiri, being glomped and "huggled" by Shan-chan, on the other side of the room, Shuuichi watched in horror, seeing Yuki was being tackled, by someone other then him...worse, it was a GIRL who was tackling him. "I think I need to sit down." Shuuichi gasped, plummeting on the floor, his face cherry red. Touma chuckled. "Seriously, Shuu-chan...it isn't THAT terrible, is it?"

"More than you know."

Hiro chomped on a cookie, and rested his palm in his hand. "Look who's coming." he said, all of a sudden, pointing. They all craned their necks to the door, and saw Ken-chan, Aizawa, and Taki walk briskly in the room, as if they worked there. Right after them, Tachi walked in with his mommy...*ahem*... "Now, you be a good boy for mommy, okay?" she asked in a babyish voice. She sat down in one of the blue plastic chairs, and sighed. Pulling out a tissue from her bag, she folded it into a small square, and then into a smaller square, and then into an even smaller one. Shuuichi saw all of this, and began to feel dizzy. K's laugh was becoming clear, then faint. He looked at Tachi mother, and the tissue wobbled in and out of focus. He shook his head abruptly, and the tingling sensation he previously had, stopped. Tachi's mother got up, and left. Up until this time, he was being a suck-up to her. As soon as she disappeared into the crowd of people who were dropping their children off at the teacher's station, he quickly turned to Yuki.

"Hey, Yuki..." he said, with a sly grin. "What'cha doin' in there?" he poked inside the cage, laughing, as though Eiri was a freak-show. "You didn't screw anyone, did'cha? Cause if you did, then THAT'S something to be in time-out for." It seemed like Yuki wasn't the only one who was being picked on. Shuuichi and the others were having trouble too.

"Tiny, and pink. That's exactly what you are." Aizawa grunted, circling Shuuichi. "Stupid. Did I mention stupid, too?"

"You think you're a big shot, don't you, Ryuuichi?" Taki laughed. "You think that stupid pink rabbit is gonna save you? Yeah, right." he grabbed Kumagorou by the ear, and flug him on the ground, ripping it. Ryuuichi stared in utter shock, too scared to cry, or whine, or even move.

"What's with that squirt gun?" Ken-chan inquired. "Is that s'posed to scare me?" he pretended to tremble, biting his nails. "Oh, no... I might melt." he said, smirking. "I'm no Wicked Witch of West."

Only Touma was left, huddled in a corner, watching everything. Shuuichi, Ryuuichi, K...poor them. But the thing that angered him the most, was Yuki, being made fun of. 'And he's supposed to be the toughest of us.' Touma thought. He stood up, and stayed against the wall, out of everyone's focus, heading toward Yuki's "cage". Yuki had pretty much given up on fighting back, just sat there nibbling on a chocolate cigarette.

"Hey, Tachi!" Touma called. "Why don't you pick on somebody your own size, huh?" he asked. Tachi turned around, and smirked. "Like you, right?" he replied. "Sure, why not?" he stood in front of Touma, ready to knock the sake, or whatever Touma drank this morning, out of him. "Take this.." Tachi swung at him, but missed by a mile, and Touma retaliated, and pushed Tachi down to the floor. "That isn't right, pickin' on poor Yuki." he said. Across the room, Ken-chan, Aizawa, and Taki watched as Tachi growled, ready to get up, and beat Touma to a pulp. But that didn't happen. Instead, his anger turned into sadness. Tears rolled down his cheeks, as his scrambled to his feet, and ran out of the room, screaming for his mommy. The three members of ASK, saw this, and retreated, hoping it wouldn't happen to them.

Ryuuichi stooped down, and picked up the remains of Kumagorou, ear and all. "What are we gonna do now?" he asked, close to tears. "Poor Kumagorou didn't stand a chance." Shuuichi patted him, on the shoulder. "Don't worry Ryuu-chan. I'm sure Mrs. Hiten can fix him. He's not gonna die..."

"Can rabbits live without ears?" Hiro asked.

K nudged him in the stomach. "That's not the point, Hiro."

"Where is she? I hope she knows how to sew..." Ryuuichi scanned the room, and spotted her at the teacher's station. He shook a little, hoping he could get her to help. "Don't worry, Kumagorou, you're gonna be okay..." Mrs. Hiten smiled as the brown-haired boy approached her. "Yes?" she asked, blinking. Ryuuichi blushed slightly, and held out the torn rabbit, the stuffing coming out of his ear. She gasped, and took the animal. "Oh, I see." she said. "You want me to fix it, don't you?" she laughed a little, and beckoned him to come with her. She pulled out her sewing kit, and held Kumagorou's ear in place. 15 minutes later, she showed him to Kumagurou. "There." she said. "All better..."





I was too damn lazy to finish...that's all I'm sayin'...