TITLE: B.A.R.F. (School Really Sucks!)
PURPOSE OF WRITING: No purpose at all! HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^O^
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Slamdunk or any of its characters……don't sue me……^_^
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* I don't know when this happened….GOMEN!!!!!!!!!
CHAPTER 3: Dreams Are Better Than Reality
YURI
" Ooookay, all of this stuff fit in here an hour ago. It's got to fit in here NOW!"
I shoved the wooden bats in the corner of the closet and put the bases on the top shelf. I'd been trying to fit in all the equipment used during my phys ed class, which was baseball by the way, inside the supply closet for the past ten minutes, and my patience was already running thin.
Just as I was about to shut the door, a volley-ball rolled of the shelf and bounced on my head before falling down to the floor. Then, it continued bouncing that sent the things on its way to topple over and after a few seconds, it finally stopped.
ARGH!!!!! This is REALLY annoying! Why am I the one doing this anyway?!
Oh…I forgot. I volunteered for this to gain 'extra' points….
Then I heard Nayuki and Sara screaming outside the room.
" OI Yuri! Hurry up. You'd miss the bus you know!"
" Yuri-sama! Faster or you'll be late!"
" I KNOW! I would be finished by
now if you guys would HELP me."
" But we already took a bath!" They said in unison.
Ugh! Those two are really useless.
I picked up the ball and threw it back really hard. Unfortunately, this was one of my more moronic moves- two more balls came rolling out of the shelf then bounced on my head again, along with a tennis net that toppled over me and a hockey stick that hit my already abused head. To tell you the truth, I feel like there are about a thousand bumps on my head right now after receiving those 'sweet little gestures' from these damned equipments.
I really suck at P.E….
I HATE THIS SUBJECT!
Then I kicked the locker, which caused more things to fall down. Actually, there were no more things remaining inside the closet. Everything was now scattered on the floor.
To heck with this! I guess the feeling is mutual.
I sighed heavily, checking my watch.
Three-thirty. Fifteen minutes late for my tutoring job.
GREAT. JUST GREAT.
Finally, after 10 more minutes, I managed to round up every stray ball and other things lying on the floor and got the supply closet safely shut. Or so I thought.
I sure pity the next poor person who will open this…..
I grabbed my backpack and jogged out of the room.
NAYUKI
" FINALLY! The princess came out of her kingd -- YURI?! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?! Ah….don't tell me you've been fighting with Mr. Volleyball and Mrs. Hockey stick again."
" Basically….yes. I just love 'bonding' with them."
" EEEEEW! Yuri-sama, where have you been?! To a pig pen or somewhere related to that?! Wait! I didn't know Shohoku has put up a corral here?! Do schools usually place corrals on their areas? What for? Do we offer classes here about piggery and all those barn stuff? How come I don't know anything about this?!"
WHAT THE --
" Sara….did you, by any stupid chance, flushed your brain AGAIN in the toilet while we're taking a shower?"
" Of course not! And besides, that would be TOTALLY and UTTERLY disgusting, Nayuki."
" So, I'm guessing that making sense isn't just your area of expertise, is it?"
" What do you mean by that?"
" My praiseworthy but half-witted friend, I'd love to interpret it to you but I'm afraid that the few scraps left by your infinitesimal 'medulla oblongata' would explode. Not that it would make any difference anyway…." [TY for my handy-dandy thesaurus! ^_^]
" EH?!"
" See? Nevermind…OI Yuri! Don't you want to clean yourself first?"
" Eh?! What for? I smell just fine."
" You know, I've come across rotting bodies that are less offensive than what you look like now."
" It's okay. I'm there to teach him, not pose for him."
" But first impressions last."
" Yeah, Nayuki's right. First impressions definitely and absolutely last. By the way, Nayuki, what was your first impression about me?"
Our conversation's getting pointless but I wouldn't miss a chance to annoy Sara…never.
" A miracle of nature."
" Really? (blushing) Why?"
" Because you, my dear inane friend, have the splendor and benevolence of a true goddess that any maiden would love to die for."
" Really? Wow…ummm…but what's inane? And benevolence? And --"
" AND, you have the brain size of an atom with an IQ of 2 and you're still able to talk. What a miracle indeed!"
Ten thousands points for Nayuki! Yeah.
" NANI?! WAAAAAH! Nayuki's really a meanie. Tell her to get off my case, Yuri-sama…"
" I'd be nicer to you if you'd try to be smarter. And not just try. You've got to STRIVE for it REALLY hard."
" NANI?!"
" Hey, let's just continue this problem whether Sara's stupid or not tomorrow, ok? Now let's move. I'M LATE!"
SARA
" Hai…."
Nayuki and I both said at the same time. Then we continued walking out of the building.
" Ne Nayuki…"
" What?"
" I sure pity her student."
" Shhh….she might hear you, baka!"
" Look at her. She NEEDS a total make-over NOW."
Then I saw Yuri-sama turn around and glare at me.
" If you're going to talk about me behind my back, make sure I don't hear it ok?"
" Hai…."
Then she continued walking and immediately rode the bus without even saying goodbye to us.
" THIS is all your fault. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth."
" Demo Nayuki, it's the truth."
" I know. But next time, if you've thought of something to say, don't mention it ok? Or at least tell them to me when she's nowhere near us."
" Hai…."
WHY is she always making fun of my stupidity…
" Oi…I'm sorry. I just got all worked up with having a quick banter with you."
" Ok…but stop making fun of me."
" But I couldn't help it. It's amusing to make of fun of someone 'lower' than my level."
" No it's not."
" Well, you like playing with your dog."
" So?"
" That basically describes how I feel."
" WHAT? You're comparing me to a DOG?!"
" Eh…no?"
" Oh…ok."
I saw Nayuki roll her eyes and try her best to stifle a laugh.
" Ei…stop making fun of me!"
" I'll try. But I can't promise. Now let's go and see Rukawa-kun play!"
" HAI!"
NAYUKI
Sara's ignorance gives inspiration to morons everywhere that they could still improve!
She's the quintessence of stupidity, if I may say so…
I love using my knowledge on words to describe her…
And I'm such a wretched friend…
But it has a nice effect on me…
It always makes me happy!
Heheheheehehehehehehehehehee…….
Yuri's going to kill me if she finds out I'm verbally torturing Sara again.
Better hit it off with Sara now….
~ Meanwhile at BARF ~
MITSUI
I had been here for the past 30 minutes and I'm starting to get pretty mad.
I hate it when I'm asked by someone to come early then that someone would be the one to be late. Not only was it rude, but it also threw off the order of things. I mean, I have far more important things to do than sit and wait here for my tutor forever.
I have asked one of the tutors around here for the nth time already if my tutor's going to be here or not. She said that 'she's' already on 'her' way here.
At least now I know my tutor's a she.
I began tapping my pencil tip against the tabletop in sharp, quick motions. It sounded like a little woodpecker was pecking away at a glass or something.
" Ikeda! Your student's been waiting for you for the past 30 minutes! He seems really pissed off right now!"
Pissed off?! More like I would love to strangle her to death this very instance. Hey! Ikeda sounds familiar….
" NANI?! Shit….ARIGATOU!!!!!"
GREAT! Now she's finally here.
Then on the door, a girl about my age and I think was a head shorter than me suddenly appeared. She dropped her duffel bag beside her and it landed with a really loud 'thud' on the floor.
" Gomen….P.E…..sucks….need…..grades….higher…..Nayuki….Sara….idiots….bus….slow…..GOMEN NASAI…."
She said this while looking down on the floor with her hands on her knees, obviously gasping for breath.
Wait….I think I have seen her before. And those names….they sounded awfully familiar too…..
Then she looked up at me.
Her emerald green eyes were sparkling and her long wavy brunette hair that was supposed to be held in a ponytail was now sticking on her face. She was obviously from Shohoku because she was wearing a droopy red-and-white shorts with our school logo placed on it and an old white shirt that's really big for her.
Hmmm…come to think of it, if this girl tidies herself up, she looks a lot like….
" YURIKO?!"
YURI
What the --
" MITSUI?!"
" Wow….I didn't know you're working here."
" WHAT are you doing HERE?! Are you lost? There's no basketball court here, in case you didn't know."
" THANKS for the VERY warm welcome. And, in case you haven't noticed, it looks like I'M you're student and YOU'RE my tutor."
MY STUDENT IS MITSUI?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? My classmate, HISASHI MITSUI?!?!?!?!?
I must be having some horrible hallucinations or some nightmare or…..
Without thinking twice, I banged my head on the wall.
" OUCH!!! Damn…."
AAAAHHHH!!!! I'M NOT DREAMING!!!!!!
" Ugh! I see you really love this room eh?"
" What?!"
" Nothing. By the way, nice outfit. Very….formal."
" Shut up."
I placed the pencils, eraser, folder, and pad down the tabletop, which was now covered with a thousand dots.
" Mitsui, I'm sorry for being late."
" Twenty minutes to be exact. You know, for someone so good with numbers, stuff like this matters, right?"
" I said I'm sorry. Are you deaf or something?"
" Hey, did you stop to take a quick work-out? Not that you really need one…"
" Just shut up. Look, this really isn't my day so just save your remarks for next time ok?"
" Look, this isn't MY day too. I
didn't come here to be the target of your PMS or whatever tantrums you have."
" FINE. Let's just start ok? We don't have much time
as it is."
" All right. It's your fault anyway."
Then he moved his chair over to make room for me.
ARGH! This day is getting worse every minute…..
And to think I have to spend time with him for TWO WHOLE MONTHS?!
As if seeing him in school AND at our classroom wasn't enough….
MITSUI
ARGH! This day is getting worse every minute…..
And to think I have to spend time with her for TWO WHOLE MONTHS?!
As if seeing her in school AND in our classroom wasn't enough…
" So, Kamaro-sensei told me that you need help in Math. Is that right?"
I clicked on the overhead study light, " Yep."
" What book are you using?"
" The same book YOU use, baka. We're classmates, remember?"
" I KNOW. I just thought that maybe, you're using a different book BECAUSE, if I remember it right, everyone in our class was passing Math and you're not."
" And if I remember it right, you're so-called 'friend' didn't pass either."
" Well, she has her own reasons."
" I have mine too, baka!"
" Who are you calling stupid?!"
" Good question. I don't know…what's your name again?"
I saw her lips quiver and her fist clench for about a minute, took a deep breath then sighed.
YURI
This guy's really getting on my nerves! He called me a BAKA when he was the one who needed my services!!!
But, I've got to calm down. His presence means my job. And my job means money.
Inhale….exhale….inhale….exhale….
" Okay. Sorry about that. Well, what exactly is the problem?"
" My grades are going down. I just failed my math exam for the….I don't really remember for how many times….and Kamaro-sensei already sent a warning note to my parents. And, the basketball tournament is just around the corner."
" So?"
" SO, I have to bring this grade up NOW and pass my next exams or I'd be dropped out of the team."
I tried to smile. I hated it when people, like this jerk here, expected a miracle cure after only one session. TOTALLY RIDICULOUS, and not to mention, DISGUSTINGLY PATHETIC.
" Well, according to my schedule, you've got to meet with me on a M-W-F basis from 3:15 to 4:15. If those times ever pose any problem on your overly busy life, we can try to set our meeting at another time or for another day."
He shook his head vigorously, " THAT won't be necessary. A short session after school is fine. The shorter, the better. We don't have to finish the whole two months actually."
What an overly conceited and know-it-all jerk….
" Okay….but that's for ME to decide. I'm not even sure if we'll last for ONLY two months. Judging from your last performance, it depends on how fast you'll learn from me. And we've got to meet at least an hour or I will not get a full payment."
He heaved a long and painful sigh, " Hai….sensei."
" YURI. Call me by my name, ok?"
" Whatever…..hey, isn't that the term used for --"
" Shut up."
" What?! I haven't even finished
what I'm going to say!"
" I KNOW what you're thinking, pervert."
" You sure a fast thinker. A hentai thinker, that is."
" I'm not fast. You're just
really slow. Now stop all this nonsense ok? Sheesh…"
MITSUI
I thought I could 'charm' my way out of here but…I was wrong.
YURI is not seducible in any way.
BORING….
" Well, what I usually do is help my students with their daily home works and then I'd give them some additional worksheets to be turned in to me the next session."
" YOU'RE giving ME home works?! That's unfair."
" Well…."
" I'm already having hard time answering our home works from class. You can't do this to me."
" THAT'S how it works here. You'll get used to it anyway."
" But --"
" No buts. You've got to follow me whether you like it or not."
GREAT. I'M REALLY HAVING A BLAST HERE.
" Don't you have a quicker method? You know, like speed-reading but for Math? I mean, you're a smart person. You probably have something like that here, right?"
" NO. And if I do have some tricks like that, I WON'T give it to you. You should learn your lessons the hard way."
" Fine. Whatever…."
YURI
HAH! Speed-reading for MATH?! Now that's new….
Sara would definitely be my very first customer in case there was a trick like that.
" So, did you bring the assignments sensei gave us today?"
" Yeah. I think it's somewhere in here…."
Surprisingly, he began rummaging inside his pants' pockets. But, all he got were some candy wrappers and a hanky.
" Anou….don't you have a bag?"
" NO. Wait…I left my bag in school but the only things inside it were my extra clothes. AND a bottle of water."
" Ooookay. And you call yourself a student..."
" Well, that's not any of your business right? You're here to teach me about Math, not lecture me about what a student should or should not bring to school."
" FINE."
" GOOD."
" Then I'D just use MY COPY because YOU conveniently lose YOURS!"
" Do whatever you please."
This guy's really a living example of a stuck-up jerk!
I was just being curious then he suddenly gets mad at me….
I quickly read through our assignment. This seems pretty easy….
" So, do you have any questions about this?"
" Nope."
" Are you sure?"
" Yep."
Then he looked at his watch. After that, he looked at me.
" Times up."
" Yeah….right. Look, I know you're supposed to go now, but I though we could stay a little longer to make up for being late."
I saw him brush through his hair and peered out of the window. Then his face lit up.
" That's nice of you but I can't. I have to go back now to school and practice with the team."
" Oh…okay."
" So, I'm to read over my assignments and we'll go over it tomorrow?"
" No. Our next meeting's on Friday, remember?"
" Right…but I'd still see you tomorrow at school so I'll just ask for your help if ever I can't answer these questions."
" That is if I'm not busy teaching Sara."
" Oh…Sara…I pity you."
" I don't need your pity. I'm already used to it. And, another thing, you may work on these too."
I handed him some worksheets and upon receiving them, he grimaced.
HAHAHA! How I wish I had a camera right now.
" So, you better go now. I'll just see you tomorrow."
" Don't remind me."
" BYE!"
" ……………………………"
And then, he left the room while murmuring different curses directed to me.
He's really a jerk up to the last minute….
At last! He's finally gone….
I still can't believe Hisashi Mitsui's the one I'd be spending my free time every afternoon.…AND, his family would be the one to pay for my services….
Nevermind….it's still money. I can't let my pride get the better of me.
Wait till Nayuki and Sara hears this! I'm sure they'll annoy him for the rest of his life for being my student.
I leaned back to stretch m legs. My eye caught a glimpse of someone wearing a Shohoku uniform. It was Mitsui, walking out of the building and was immediately bombarded by girls and some of his teammates.
HAH! As if he's just been released from some kind of jail.
Feeling annoyed, I took out my copy of 'Sophie's World', the novel we were reading for English, and opened it up to where I'd let off last night.
Then, Miya, another tutor here at BARF came and gave me some food. Then, we began talking about my 'handsome in a rugged way', according to her, student. It seems that she was the one bothered by Mitsui so many times while I was still on my way here. She also happened to overhear our 'tutorial lessons' and we had a blast making fun of him.
Hmmm….it feels so good to smile at last….
MITSUI
Ahhh…
Free at last!
I still can't believe Yuriko Ikeda's….I mean, Yuri's my tutor…
Once outside the building, I was immediately bombarded by some girls and some of my teammates. They were all there to support me and to make sure I don't miss any practice we'll have today and in the coming days.
As I was about to leave with them, I caught a glimpse of my study room. There, I saw Yuri leaning on her chair with his feet over the table. She was reading a book, probably the one where we have to make a report. She looked pretty tired.
Then, another tutor came inside the room and gave her some food. Her face lit up and she smiled. Then the two of them began talking with each other. It looked like they were having a good time because Yuri couldn't stop smiling and laughing. Come to think of it, I've never seen her smile like this.
It looks….nice.
Wonder what they're talking about….
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~_^ MY! MY!
After so many trials and hardships, I finally uploaded….
I just finished taking my finals from hell and I'm just recovering from a headache brought up by a tornado of different information that swept my little brain up to its saturation point. Mind you, it even went supersaturated, I think. Hope I passed….even a 3 would be enough for me. At least it's a passing grade, ne?
YEYYYY!!!! Sem-break, HERE I COME!!!!!!! Anime marathon to the fullest….^_^
And to show my happiness, I got my hair cut really, REALLY, short. So short, it looks disgusting. ~_^
So, I hope you liked this chap. Nayuki's a REALLY nice friend, isn't she? Hehehehe…~_^
Oh! I would like to thank Merriam & Webster for helping me find the right synonyms…and TY too to the built in thesaurus.
I'm actually having a writer's block now. I don't know how I'd continue this. Anyway, the week is still long. I'm sure inspiration will hit me one of these days. In the meantime….
Love it? Hate it? Let me know!
Pls. Review! JA! ^_^