Author's note:
Hagaki: Anatadake Mitsumeteru...hitori de Matsu...Ah!!! Minna!!!! Konninchiwa!!! Here's Chapter eight!!!!
Minami: (turning the cassette player off) Better type now!!!! Everyone's here!!!
Hagaki: Che!!! Urusai!!!! I know what to do!!!!
Minami: Anyway, please enjoy this short chapter.
Hagaki: You'll know later why it's short.
BOTH: JA NE!!!!
Chapter 8: Drunken Christmas...
On the chilly streets, a soft Christmas jingle could be heard, beautiful snow gently falling on the ground, shimmering lights, enormous Christmas trees, people with lots of shopping bags, buying at this last hour, some where at their homes, sitting peacefully before the warm fire.
" Kaede? Kaede, there's a package for you at the door." Rukawa's mom said, waking the sleeping Rukawa up. Rukawa stirred and groaned, scratching his head lightly. He cursed softly at that damn package disturbing his sleep. He then read at the label. "To: Rukawa Kaede Merry Christmas From our heart, your fans."
It was them again, those darn girls who kept on drooling on him since senior high. He just set aside the big package. But then, he noticed a smaller package beneath. He picked it up and read the label. " Rukawa Kaede, A small gift for this year's Christmas. Akagi Haruko." He then grunted, but brought the small gift and placed it under the Christmas tree, beside all the other gifts given to him by his teammates.
11:59. A minute to go before Christmas. Kogure went out of their house to invite Mitsui and his parents along. Mitsui was just a house away from them, so there's no problem. He also invited the others, but they said that they'd be late. Others said that they can't because they said they need to spend some time with their parents this Christmas.
" Arigato, Kogure-san. We understand that Christmas is happier when we are many." Mitsui's father said, bowing slightly.
" Ah...doo itashimashta. (Don't mention it) My grandmother was really the one who told me to do so."
" Even so, we would like to thank you. Good thing that our naughty son had a kind friend like you." Mitsui's mother said, causing Mitsui to blush madly.
" Stop that!" He exclaimed.
Kogure let out a giggle as he led them to their house, where his grandmother was waiting.
" Kiminobu, hayaku. (Faster) One minute to go before twelve." said Kogure's grandmother.
" Haii."
" Haruko-san.... *mumble*...." Sakuragi murmured as he was sleeping. His mother was watching him, laughing at her son that was looking stupid just because he was drooling over a girl.
" Hanamichi, okiro. (Wake up) " She gently said on his ear. Sakuragi opened his eyes slowly.
" 'kaasan? Nani?"
" Why don't you go to your friends now? Isn't it they invited you for a party?" Sakuragi stood up and threw the pillow he was hugging. Stretching and yawning, he went straight to the bathroom to change his clothes.
" Hanamichi, one minute to go before Christmas." His mother reported.
" Haii...wakatta..." He replied groggily. After changing, he ran towards the door, greeted his mother "goodbye", and headed for Kogure's house. But before going straight to his friend's house, he stopped by the cemetery. He then went to his father's grave, said a prayer, left a flower, and then hurried towards his real destination.
" Kogure?" Ryota said as he knocked on the door, holding Ayako's wrist. It looks like they rushed towards there.
After a while, they then heard someone say " Hold on".
Kogure opened the door.
" Ah, Miyagi, Ayako. Okaeri. But I thought you wouldn't come?" Kogure said, letting them enter.
" We couldn't help it, ne, Aya-chan?" Ryota said as he freed Ayako at last. Ayako nodded.
" We thought that if we wouldn't go, we would miss all the fun." She added.
" Sou ka."
Just when Kogure would close the door, he spotted Sakuragi running towards their direction. He then waited for him at the door.
" Hello Sakuragi. Okaeri." Kogure said.
" Ah...Megane-kun, I almost got lost." Sakuragi replied, plopping at the floor. " Anyway, would Haruko come?"
" Yup. But Akagi said they'd be here approximately twelve thirty."
Rukawa was having second thoughts. Would he go? Or would he not? He sighed as he sat at his chair, staring at the fireplace.
After a moment, he stood up and grabbed his jacket. He told his mother that he'd be going. His mother smiled as a sign of approval, and watched him as he walked towards the door.
Rukawa pulled his bike, dusted the snow out, wore his gloves, and drove off.
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" Take, isn't that you and Haruko were invited by a friend? Why don't you go now?" Mr. Akagi said (Let's call Akagi Takenori for a while, his father is here.)
" Spare us a moment with you, otosan, okasaan." Takenori said. He then looked at his imouto, who looked very irritated.
" Onichan!! We'll be terribly late!!!" Haruko said.
" Go now Takenori. You and your sister are not children any longer. Time will come that you two will be separated from us. It's not for eternity that you'll be glued on our sides. You'd be on your own. I hope you understand that Takenori, so do you, Haruko. So, you may go now if you want to. Your friends are waiting for you."
" Okasaan...arigato." Takenori said as they hurriedly went out, leaving a smiling, but crying mother, because of joy.
Rukawa stopped in front of Kogure's house. He parked his bike at the gate and knocked. After seeing Kogure, and after being greeted by him, he walked inside and was greeted by his other friends.
" Good thing that you came Rukawa. Now, it's only Akagi and Haruko who's missing." Kogure said, taking his seat.
" Oh, and your friends too, Sakuragi." He added.
" Nani?!" Sakuragi exclaimed.
" KONBANWA, MINNA!!!!!" Sakuragi-guntai exclaimed happily as they entered the house.
" Hey, we brought something to drink!" Yohei said. Takamiya, Okusu and Noma brought in cases of liquor that made everyone shocked. " This is our gift to you!!!" They exclaimed.
" Arigato, Mito, Takamiya, Okusu, Noma." Kogure said.
" Oi!!! Why don't we play a little game? Let's see who can drink the most!!!!" Takamiya requested.
" Count me in!!!" Sakuragi said.
" I'll join too!!!" Mitsui said.
" Don't forget me!!!" Ryota said. They all grabbed a bottle as Yohei counted up to three, signaling them to start.
" Maa..." Was all that Ayako could say.
" Let them be." Kogure said, sweatdropping.
" Do'a'ho." Rukawa sighed, as he snatched a bottle and poured for himself.
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" Oi, you're Tamura Itoe right? You'll be free by next month, so stay there and be quiet like all the others." A police said as he locked the police station, leaving Itoe with the other prisoners.
He then stared at the gray ceiling of the prison. Darn, what a Christmas....
" Nobuhiro...I'll kill you, that's for sure...."
But one there's one thing nobody knows about Itoe's present condition.
He was already an autistic...
He became an autistic because of all the painful things that happened to him. He lost hope. He lost his mind. Now, he'll be more dangerous than ever...
" Oi, kid. You're speechless. What happened to you? What's your case?" A man inside the same cell said.
Itoe didn't reply.
" Kid, you're such a chicke- WAAAAAAAH!!!"
Before the man could finish his sentence, Itoe kicked him repeatedly, punched him, and slammed the man's head on the wall harshly. The other persons inside where telling him to stop, but he didn't listen to them.
" NOBUHIRO!!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!" He was shouting, misguided the man as Nobuhiro. He continued this until the man was half dead, lying at the floor, his head bleeding badly.
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" Konbanwa min-" Akagi then spotted the Sakuragi guntai, Sakuragi, Ryota, and Mitsui looking damn drunk, lying at the floor. "-na."
" What's going on?" Haruko asked.
" They just had a contest to see who could drink the most." Kogure replied, sweat dropping.
" Tora tora uma! Tora Tora uma! Libilibidou....." Sang the seven men, dancing like crazy. (Minami: Wah! Hidoi! They're drunk!!!! ^.^)
" Haruko-san *hic!*...." Sakuragi said as he grabbed Haruko's ankle, causing her to be shocked. She screamed as she (unwillingly) slapped Sakuragi, making him fly outside, his face smashing on the neighbor's wall. He then flared in anger as he charged Akagi, thinking that it was Akagi who slapped him.
" Why you GORILLA!!!!!" He exclaimed, head-butting Akagi.
" Saru!!!!" Akagi shouted back, punching Sakuragi.
" Itai!!!! You slapped me then you punched me!!!! Why you cold-hearted, nose-swelling, gorilla-faced %$#@*&^%!!!!!"
" BAKAYAROU!!!! IT WASN'T ME!!!!"
" THEN WHO?! WHO'S THAT #@$%&*^%?!"
" Ah...gomen nasai, Sakuragi-kun...ano...it was me..."
Sakuragi turned into stone.
" Haruko...Haruko-san?!"
SAKURAGI'S THOUGHT:
" Sakuragi-kun, DAIKIRAI!!!!!!!" Shouted Haruko, running away from Sakuragi.
" Haruko-san!!!!" Sakuragi cried. The waves of the sea splashing against the rocks behind him.
" Waah!!! Haruko-san, please forgive me!!!!" Hollered Sakuragi. Question marks appeared on (CHIBI) Haruko's head.
" Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" Haruko said.
" Oi, Gori...*HIC!* Join us!!!!" Takamiya said.
" I don't drink liquor." Akagi said.
" Che! *hic!* Megane-kun, join us!!!!" Takamiya said, drinking more.
" Oi, Takamiya. Yameru. *hic!* He's an innocent, girly guy. *hic!*" Okusu said, waving the bottle he was holding.
Kogure's aura was surrounding him and was turning into fire.
" Ko-kogure-sempai!!!! He-he's drunk!!! He's drunk!!!" Ayako exclaimed, pulling the atomic bomb-like Kogure back.
" Aya-chan!!!! *hic!* Why are you hugging him?!" asked a super drunk Ryota. " Aya-chan!!!!"
" Ryota....ah...you're mistaken!!!!"
" Oi! Kogure! *HIC!* Don't let anyone call you a girly-gu-*HIC!* girly-guy...." said Mitsui, his eyes nearly closing.
" *SIGH* a house full of drunk guys....what should I do?" Akagi said.
" Leave them alone." Rukawa answered, pouring another one for himself. He was also a bit drunk. His cheeks were slightly red. (That makes him MOOOORRRREEE kawaii!!!!!!!!!!)
This Christmas...is....a DRUNKEN Christmas...^.^
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Author's note:
Hagaki: There you have our short chapter, chapter eight!!!!!
Minami: We hope that you understand why we call this a short chapter...
Both: To all of you, advanced MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!