Chapter Eleven- Secret Languages
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"DA!"
Houjun opened his right eye, then sat up and rubbed both eyes. Then he looked around the room for the source of the noise.
It took a while for the boy to be able to focus on anything. However, once he could, he found that other than his father's staff in the corner, there was nothing that could have made any sounds such as the one he'd heard.
After an instant or two of serious thought about this, Houjun dismissed the entire situation as waking himself up with his own snoring, and settled back down on the cot. His eyes began to slowly drift close when...
"DA! NO DA!"
No da?
Houjun opened his eyes again, looking around his room once more. Again, he found nothing. Puzzled, he turned to look out the small window. Without standing up, he could only see out of a bit of it; however, he didn't feel like getting up to make sure he didn't see anything.
Besides, he didn't hear the sound again for a few more minutes, so again dismissed it. "Weird bird or somethin'..." he mumbled into the cot. He once again closed his eyes.
"DAAAAAA!"
"DA!" Houjun jumped up, surprised at the sound. Then he stood, turned, and peered out the window.
It was a bit later than when he usually woke up, maybe two or three hours after dawn. After peering around, he couldn't spot any weird birds. Once again, the blue-haired boy was puzzled.
Then he heard giggling.
He turned his head to the right, and discovered Kouran and Akemi sitting together a little ways from his home. They were seated next to a tree, apparently engrossed in a doll that Kouran had. On closer inspection, he realized that for some reason they were both glancing his way a lot, but were pretending they didn't notice him.
That confused him more than anything else.
With a, "Da?" to announce his confusion, Houjun turned back to the bed one more time.
"DA! No da, da no, no no da! Da?" someone chirped.
He turned around again to see Akemi was giggling at Kouran, who was smiling and repeating the two words "No da!"
"Ano..." What was she doing?
"No DA, na no da, da no da!" Akemi replied between giggles.
"Daaaa?"
Both girls turned to wave at him cheerfully. "NO DA!" they called, then started laughing again.
"Ano... da? What're you two doing?" he asked, yawning.
"Da no da, na no da da no da!" was Kouran's oh-so-coherent reply.
Again, Houjun found himself staring blankly at the girls. "Huh?"
She gave a little frown, then repeated the same sequence of no da's.
"What did she say?" Houjun asked Akemi.
Akemi merely repeated what Kouran had said, making random little gestures with her hands as though trying to visually help the boy out as well as explain.
However, it was not helping in the least.
The blue-haired boy scratched the back of his head. Then he lit up. "I know, you got.. um... you can't speak right! You musta crammed too many honey cakes in yer face, Kouran-chan." He grinned at her somewhat outraged expression, and waved. "Well, if ya don't mind go... have trouble talking... somewhere else, mmkay? I wanna sleep!"
With that, he returned to his bed. However, it wasn't long until he heard them start again.
He blinked, then stared up at the window. "Just what is up with them?" he mumbled.
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"Da, no da da!"
"Noooo da!"
Houjun hung his head. "Daaaa..." He heard the two girls giggling and sweat-dropped. "When will they stop?"
Late afternoon sunlight was filtering through the leaves on the trees, casting interesting shadows and light patterns on the ground. Houjun had been lying there for a while, grateful for the break from the girls, trying to guess what the shapes looked like. Then, like the rest of the day, the two had shown up, saying nothing but, "No da" and laughing about it constantly.
"Where's Hikou when ya need 'im?" Houjun asked himself. He sighed. "It's so weird, I haven't seen him all day. Where IS he?"
"Houjun-kun!"
Speak of the devil...
Houjun glanced up to see his best friend running towards him, and a beacon of hope appeared in his rather confusing (not to mention annoying) day. "Hikou! You gotta help me!" he cried, starting to run.
Hikou blinked as he reached his friend. "What's up?" he asked. Then he glared at the girls. "And what're THEY doing?"
"THEY'RE what ya gotta help me with!" Houjun said. "Or I'll go crazy!"
"Really?" Hikou's eyes sparkled. "Ya think maybe you'll see things or you'll think ya can fly or somethin'?"
"Nah, that's when you're... when you're..." Houjun snapped his fingers. "Ha! When you're drunk! That's what my Dad says."
"Ooh," Hikou said. He nodded at this new bit of information.
Houjun poked his friend. "Sides, why'd ya want me to go crazy? Then I'd have friends... upstairs!" He imitated one of the older ladies in the village by tapping his temple with a finger and assuming a grave expression.
Hikou laughed. "True. Can't have my best friend get a new best friend! So whaddaya want me ta do?"
"I want ya to watch the girls. Talk to 'em while I... do stuff."
"Stuff like what?"
Houjun whispered something into Hikou's ear. Hikou's eyes widened, then he smiled.
"Haaai! You are so evil, Houjun-kun! Count me in!"
"Arigatou, Hikou-kun! Let's get 'em!"
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The girls, meanwhile, had been having their own conversation.
"I think we're bothering him, Akemi-chan!"
"Wai, it's working then, Kouran-chan! Should we keep going?"
"Yeah, maybe it'll get that nasty Hikou too!"
"Hai! You have the best ideas, Kouran!"
"Arigatou!" Then Kouran smiled. "Ne, let's both go after different boys. You go after Hikou and I'll go after Houjun, mmkay?"
"That way we'll be able to split up if they do!" Akemi said with realization. Then she giggled. "Oh, Kouran-chan, you are so evil!"
"Arigatou, Akemi-chan! Let's get 'em!"
"Haiii!" Then Akemi looked around. "Ano, Kouran?"
"Nani?"
"Where ARE the boys?"
"Uh..." Indeed, the boys seemed to have run off. However, Kouran managed to see Hikou dodging around a corner before he completely disappeared. "That way! Let's go!"
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The girls approached Hikou, who was sitting under a nearby tree now whistling and staring up at the leaves, with a contented expression on his face. Naturally, however, he gained a sour look when he saw them.
"Whaddaya want?" he asked.
"Where's Houjun-chan?" Kouran asked.
"Why do ya wanna know?"
"Cause I wanna know."
"Why?"
"Cause."
"Why?"
Kouran glared at him. "CAUSE."
"Why because?"
"Cause BECAUSE. Where is he?"
"Why do ya wanna know?" Now Hikou was enjoying himself, going by the grin on his face.
Kouran, however, ended his fun when she hit him on the arm. "Tell me!"
"Itai!" Hikou rubbed his arm. "Meanie."
"Why don'cha go run to yer Moooooommy!" Kouran taunted.
"Yeah, an' be a tattletale!" Akemi sang out.
"Good idea, Akemi-chan!" Kouran whispered. Akemi smiled back.
"You'll be runnin' to YER mommy when I get done wit' ya!" Hikou scooped up some dirt.
"Oh yeah?" Kouran followed suit, and Akemi did as well.
They started a little dirt-throwing fight. Soon all three were filthy, bearing grass stains on their clothing and smudges of dirt on their hands and faces.
Soon, a nearby bystander decided to interfere.
Kouran was busy scooping up another handful of dirt when she felt something in her hair. She dropped the dirt and cautiously lifted her hand. Something crawled onto her hand.
She shrieked and began to shake her hand frantically. A moment later, a harmless spider landed on the grass. Rather miffed, it began its way towards the tree for a new home. "EW! SPIDER! SPIDER! KILL IT, HIKOU! KILL IT!"
Hikou was too busy laughing to even answer.
"What're you- EEK!" She squeaked as someone jumped on her from behind.
"BOO!"
"EEEEAAAAAAH!" Kouran started to struggle. "Stop it, stop it please!"
Laughing, Houjun got off of her and offered a hand for her.
Kouran looked incredulously at him. "Houjun-chan...?" She started to sniffle. "You... you scared me..."
"What a meanie!" Akemi declared.
"You started it!" Houjun told them smugly.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
"DID TOO NO DA!"
The girls stopped, then started laughing.
Houjun's eye twitched. "It's not funny... You DID start it, and that's what ya get for- ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!"
Both girls were still laughing.
Then Hikou came to Houjun's defense. Plucking the spider from the tree, he threw it at them.
Needless to say, neither the spider NOR the girls were very happy about this. Shrieking, the two girls ran off while the boys laughed. Even more miffed, the spider burrowed under the grass to search for a better hiding place to live.
The boys were the last ones laughing as they raced to the market, both to tell the other boys what happened and to hide from the girl's soon-to-come wrath.
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I hope this partially makes up for the lack of updates recently. ^^; Frankly, I was a tad hyper and feeling a bit evil when I wrote this. So naturally there was a boys versus girls battle here. I hope you enjoyed this. (Celebrates) Five pages instead of just three this time! I'm so proud! (Hugs fic) I hope you enjoyed this, everyone!
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"DA!"
Houjun opened his right eye, then sat up and rubbed both eyes. Then he looked around the room for the source of the noise.
It took a while for the boy to be able to focus on anything. However, once he could, he found that other than his father's staff in the corner, there was nothing that could have made any sounds such as the one he'd heard.
After an instant or two of serious thought about this, Houjun dismissed the entire situation as waking himself up with his own snoring, and settled back down on the cot. His eyes began to slowly drift close when...
"DA! NO DA!"
No da?
Houjun opened his eyes again, looking around his room once more. Again, he found nothing. Puzzled, he turned to look out the small window. Without standing up, he could only see out of a bit of it; however, he didn't feel like getting up to make sure he didn't see anything.
Besides, he didn't hear the sound again for a few more minutes, so again dismissed it. "Weird bird or somethin'..." he mumbled into the cot. He once again closed his eyes.
"DAAAAAA!"
"DA!" Houjun jumped up, surprised at the sound. Then he stood, turned, and peered out the window.
It was a bit later than when he usually woke up, maybe two or three hours after dawn. After peering around, he couldn't spot any weird birds. Once again, the blue-haired boy was puzzled.
Then he heard giggling.
He turned his head to the right, and discovered Kouran and Akemi sitting together a little ways from his home. They were seated next to a tree, apparently engrossed in a doll that Kouran had. On closer inspection, he realized that for some reason they were both glancing his way a lot, but were pretending they didn't notice him.
That confused him more than anything else.
With a, "Da?" to announce his confusion, Houjun turned back to the bed one more time.
"DA! No da, da no, no no da! Da?" someone chirped.
He turned around again to see Akemi was giggling at Kouran, who was smiling and repeating the two words "No da!"
"Ano..." What was she doing?
"No DA, na no da, da no da!" Akemi replied between giggles.
"Daaaa?"
Both girls turned to wave at him cheerfully. "NO DA!" they called, then started laughing again.
"Ano... da? What're you two doing?" he asked, yawning.
"Da no da, na no da da no da!" was Kouran's oh-so-coherent reply.
Again, Houjun found himself staring blankly at the girls. "Huh?"
She gave a little frown, then repeated the same sequence of no da's.
"What did she say?" Houjun asked Akemi.
Akemi merely repeated what Kouran had said, making random little gestures with her hands as though trying to visually help the boy out as well as explain.
However, it was not helping in the least.
The blue-haired boy scratched the back of his head. Then he lit up. "I know, you got.. um... you can't speak right! You musta crammed too many honey cakes in yer face, Kouran-chan." He grinned at her somewhat outraged expression, and waved. "Well, if ya don't mind go... have trouble talking... somewhere else, mmkay? I wanna sleep!"
With that, he returned to his bed. However, it wasn't long until he heard them start again.
He blinked, then stared up at the window. "Just what is up with them?" he mumbled.
~*~
"Da, no da da!"
"Noooo da!"
Houjun hung his head. "Daaaa..." He heard the two girls giggling and sweat-dropped. "When will they stop?"
Late afternoon sunlight was filtering through the leaves on the trees, casting interesting shadows and light patterns on the ground. Houjun had been lying there for a while, grateful for the break from the girls, trying to guess what the shapes looked like. Then, like the rest of the day, the two had shown up, saying nothing but, "No da" and laughing about it constantly.
"Where's Hikou when ya need 'im?" Houjun asked himself. He sighed. "It's so weird, I haven't seen him all day. Where IS he?"
"Houjun-kun!"
Speak of the devil...
Houjun glanced up to see his best friend running towards him, and a beacon of hope appeared in his rather confusing (not to mention annoying) day. "Hikou! You gotta help me!" he cried, starting to run.
Hikou blinked as he reached his friend. "What's up?" he asked. Then he glared at the girls. "And what're THEY doing?"
"THEY'RE what ya gotta help me with!" Houjun said. "Or I'll go crazy!"
"Really?" Hikou's eyes sparkled. "Ya think maybe you'll see things or you'll think ya can fly or somethin'?"
"Nah, that's when you're... when you're..." Houjun snapped his fingers. "Ha! When you're drunk! That's what my Dad says."
"Ooh," Hikou said. He nodded at this new bit of information.
Houjun poked his friend. "Sides, why'd ya want me to go crazy? Then I'd have friends... upstairs!" He imitated one of the older ladies in the village by tapping his temple with a finger and assuming a grave expression.
Hikou laughed. "True. Can't have my best friend get a new best friend! So whaddaya want me ta do?"
"I want ya to watch the girls. Talk to 'em while I... do stuff."
"Stuff like what?"
Houjun whispered something into Hikou's ear. Hikou's eyes widened, then he smiled.
"Haaai! You are so evil, Houjun-kun! Count me in!"
"Arigatou, Hikou-kun! Let's get 'em!"
~*~
The girls, meanwhile, had been having their own conversation.
"I think we're bothering him, Akemi-chan!"
"Wai, it's working then, Kouran-chan! Should we keep going?"
"Yeah, maybe it'll get that nasty Hikou too!"
"Hai! You have the best ideas, Kouran!"
"Arigatou!" Then Kouran smiled. "Ne, let's both go after different boys. You go after Hikou and I'll go after Houjun, mmkay?"
"That way we'll be able to split up if they do!" Akemi said with realization. Then she giggled. "Oh, Kouran-chan, you are so evil!"
"Arigatou, Akemi-chan! Let's get 'em!"
"Haiii!" Then Akemi looked around. "Ano, Kouran?"
"Nani?"
"Where ARE the boys?"
"Uh..." Indeed, the boys seemed to have run off. However, Kouran managed to see Hikou dodging around a corner before he completely disappeared. "That way! Let's go!"
~*~
The girls approached Hikou, who was sitting under a nearby tree now whistling and staring up at the leaves, with a contented expression on his face. Naturally, however, he gained a sour look when he saw them.
"Whaddaya want?" he asked.
"Where's Houjun-chan?" Kouran asked.
"Why do ya wanna know?"
"Cause I wanna know."
"Why?"
"Cause."
"Why?"
Kouran glared at him. "CAUSE."
"Why because?"
"Cause BECAUSE. Where is he?"
"Why do ya wanna know?" Now Hikou was enjoying himself, going by the grin on his face.
Kouran, however, ended his fun when she hit him on the arm. "Tell me!"
"Itai!" Hikou rubbed his arm. "Meanie."
"Why don'cha go run to yer Moooooommy!" Kouran taunted.
"Yeah, an' be a tattletale!" Akemi sang out.
"Good idea, Akemi-chan!" Kouran whispered. Akemi smiled back.
"You'll be runnin' to YER mommy when I get done wit' ya!" Hikou scooped up some dirt.
"Oh yeah?" Kouran followed suit, and Akemi did as well.
They started a little dirt-throwing fight. Soon all three were filthy, bearing grass stains on their clothing and smudges of dirt on their hands and faces.
Soon, a nearby bystander decided to interfere.
Kouran was busy scooping up another handful of dirt when she felt something in her hair. She dropped the dirt and cautiously lifted her hand. Something crawled onto her hand.
She shrieked and began to shake her hand frantically. A moment later, a harmless spider landed on the grass. Rather miffed, it began its way towards the tree for a new home. "EW! SPIDER! SPIDER! KILL IT, HIKOU! KILL IT!"
Hikou was too busy laughing to even answer.
"What're you- EEK!" She squeaked as someone jumped on her from behind.
"BOO!"
"EEEEAAAAAAH!" Kouran started to struggle. "Stop it, stop it please!"
Laughing, Houjun got off of her and offered a hand for her.
Kouran looked incredulously at him. "Houjun-chan...?" She started to sniffle. "You... you scared me..."
"What a meanie!" Akemi declared.
"You started it!" Houjun told them smugly.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
"DID TOO NO DA!"
The girls stopped, then started laughing.
Houjun's eye twitched. "It's not funny... You DID start it, and that's what ya get for- ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!"
Both girls were still laughing.
Then Hikou came to Houjun's defense. Plucking the spider from the tree, he threw it at them.
Needless to say, neither the spider NOR the girls were very happy about this. Shrieking, the two girls ran off while the boys laughed. Even more miffed, the spider burrowed under the grass to search for a better hiding place to live.
The boys were the last ones laughing as they raced to the market, both to tell the other boys what happened and to hide from the girl's soon-to-come wrath.
~*~
I hope this partially makes up for the lack of updates recently. ^^; Frankly, I was a tad hyper and feeling a bit evil when I wrote this. So naturally there was a boys versus girls battle here. I hope you enjoyed this. (Celebrates) Five pages instead of just three this time! I'm so proud! (Hugs fic) I hope you enjoyed this, everyone!