A/N » Thanks ......., Fan and Shells for the reviews! Chapter 9 was one of the shortest chapters I've ever written, 'coz I've got WRITER'S BLOCK!! Arghh! -_-; To make up for it, and the long wait, partly due to ff.net's weird server mistakes, I've decided to try to put a long chapter 10! Oh and there's a new character being introduced! Enjoy!
Disclaimer » Hana Yori Dango does not belong to me. It never will belong to me. It never has belonged to me. ^^
Generation Y
Chapter 10 » Seichi Kouji and lots of other funny things
Students streamed the halls of Eitoku as the last lesson for the day ended. Banging of lockers filled the place and laughter followed. Somehow, the atmosphere tensed as F4 walked down the stairs.
"Let's have lunch at the café today! I haven't been there for such a long time!" said Ryuki as he jumped in front of F4.
"Are 4 days that long? Maybe you do need Math tuition." Muttered Saota as Ryuki jumped up and down like a crazed 5-year-old kid.
Outside Eitoku, dark clouds were looming above the majestic building. Birds were flying towards trees for protection, a sign of an impending storm. Cold air breezed through the halls of Eitoku and Misao found herself shivering involuntarily.
"You cold Misao?" asked Nishirou shyly.
Misao looked up at Nishirou and felt a blush coming to her face.
"Erm… it's ok. I'm going to meet up with Yuii and Nikkie now. See you tomorrow." With a smile, Misao bid F4 goodbye and headed towards the classroom where her friends would be waiting for her at.
"Nishirou." Teased Ryuki in an almost seductive voice. "Are you feeling what I think you're feeling?" Ryuki grinned.
Nishirou's face turned red like a tomato while Takizawa couldn't help feeling the pangs of jealousy every now and then as he watch Ryuki tease Nishirou about his new found friendship with Misao. He looked up at the beige ceiling as they walked to the school café. Playing with his hair as he trudged down the hall, he sighed and hoped that his raging male hormones won't cause him to result in a war with Nishirou.
Outside a certain classroomMisao sneaked her head into the classroom where she was supposed to find Yuii and Nikkie. It was empty. She looked at the sign outside the classroom and made sure that she was at the right place. Eitoku was so huge and she hasn't even got use to the endless stairways and winding corridors yet.
Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. As she spun around, she screamed.
"ARGHH!!!!!!!!" Misao took a step backwards and fell on the floor.
As she looked at her attacker, she came face to face with… a donkey mask?
"What the? Donkey?" asked Misao, scratching her head and feeling extremely puzzled and confused.
The donkey-masked person took off the mask to reveal herself as Yuii.
"Sheesh, can't take a joke Misao? What do you think of this mask? I'm going to use it when I'm telling stories to the children at the playground." Grinned Yuii as Nikkie stepped out of her shadows.
"I've already advised her not to. The mask scared the hell out of you. I imagine the children will have heart attacks once Yuii puts it on." Said Nikkie as she received a murderous glare from Yuii for that comment.
"Whatever. So. Where are we going now? Yuii, put that mask away before we have to sent someone to the hospital." Asked Misao as she sighed over the infatuation of her model friend over a certain donkey mask.
"Let's try the new restaurant down the road. I heard they've got really cute waiters and nice food. Plus the environment is rather good. There's music for your dining pleasure too. It's the greatest!" exclaimed Nikkie.
Yuii and Misao nodded their heads and started walking to the car park while finding their way through this huge concrete jungle maze politically known as Eitoku Gakuen.
When the trio finally made their way to the parking lots, the dark clouds looming above the school were threatening to start crying any moment. Leaves were twirled round and round by the strong winds. The sun was nowhere insight even though it was only noon. A flash of lighting streaked across the sky and loud thunder was heard a few nanoseconds later. Soon raindrops were pelting down on their heads as they hurriedly unlocked their cars.
"So, where exactly is this place you were talking about Nikkie? Name?" asked Misao as she started her ignition key.
Nikkie did the same to her Nissan Sunny super saloon 1.6 before replying to Misao's question. "It's called Syonan meaning Light of the South. The owner of the restaurant came from the South of Japan, hence the name. Syonan is not very far from Eitoku. The main customers for this restaurant were targeted at students, preferably from Eitoku and Eirin. So it's located somewhere at the intersection between the road to Eirin and Eitoku."
After starting all their engines, the trio headed to Syonan. [A/N Kind of reminds me of Charlie's Angels. Misao's Cameron, Nikkie's Drew, Yuii's Lucy. ^^]
As they reached the intersection, Nikkie pointed to a restaurant bearing fanciful letters saying Syonan. The rain was making her vision in the car foggy and blur. There was heavy traffic there too.
"Whew! Didn't know it would really be this crowded here. This restaurant really is very famous. Let's got get a seat." Said Nikkie and she skipped into the restaurant packed full of Eitoku and Eirin students.
"Three seats please." Said Misao to the waiter standing behind the podium in front of the restaurant.
"Names." Asked the waiter as he grinned at Misao politely.
"Ikina Misao, Kori Nikkie and Mino Yuii." Replied Misao with a bigger grin on her face.
The waiter winked at Misao and Yuii and Nikkie stared after her.
"This way."
As the waiter led the girls to their seats, Nikkie and Yuii stared at Misao.
"What was the display of affection? You go after waiters Misao?" asked Nikkie in horror.
Misao and the waiter laughed at her comment before Nikkie continued.
"I know he's good looking and all, but, Misao, are you that desperate? I mean, you already have Taiken Takizawa you know."
Misao stopped laughing and stiffened at the mention of Takizawa's name. Then she stood up.
"This is not just any waiter. He was one of my classmates from Eirin and he's the legendary Seichi Kouji." Misao grinned at the reaction on her friend's face.
"My god! The owner of Syonan is Seichi Kenji, which means… it's his father!" shrieked Nikkie.
Yuii was just staring with her mouth agape.
"I guess so. Kou you never told me your father opened a restaurant here. You never even contacted me after I left Eirin. Some kind of friend you are." Misao joked as she punched Kouji playfully.
"Sorry for not contacting you. My father was busy with his new restaurant and I had to help out. After all, once I graduate from University, I will have to learn about the business too, might as well start young. So, what was this mention of Taiken Takizawa from your lovely friend over here just now?" replied Kouji, blocking yet another punch from Misao.
Misao stopped punching Kouji and looked down at the floor.
"It's nothing. We are just friends. You jealous?" said Misao as she tried to change the subject.
Kouji sensing the sensitivity over that issue decide to follow her new subject.
"No way am I going to be jealous. Not over you of course. Never in a million years. I wouldn't be jealous over a tigress." He grinned.
"Is somebody going to introduce us, because I'm feeling terribly lost." Muttered Yuii.
Misao hit her temple, feeling stupid that she forgot about her friends.
"Kou, this is Mino Yuii, the super model from Hanazawa Model Agency. She's one of my best friend and stays with me. This is Kori Nikkie, the one who's going to take over the world – erm I mean the Kori Trading Company. She's my other best friend." Joked Misao.
"I'm Seichi Kouji, erm, son of the owner of this restaurant. I'm from Eirin Academy as you heard from Tiger girl over here." He said as he pointed at Misao.
"Tiger… girl?" asked Yuii and Nikkie.
"Don't ask." Replied Misao as she tried to erase that memory from her head.
"So you guys eating lunch here?" asked Kouji as he casually played with Misao's hair.
Yuii and Nikkie jerked up their eyebrow and then answered yes.
"I'm going to bring the menu over. Enjoy. The food here is really good. Especially so when I'm one of the chefs." Boasted Kouji.
"Are you sure it's edible then." Said Misao.
[anime style] Kouji tried to strangle Misao while Yuii and Nikkie struggled to hold him back.
While Misao was attempting to slice her crayfish, she asked Kouji.
"So is Yaoda reigning queen since I'm gone from Eirin?"
"Well, she's pretty much in charge of most of the things you were handling previously. Including the annual Teacher's Day celebrations. And she's after me in full force." Replied Kouji as Misao sent her crayfish flying over the table.
"Oops, sorry. Anyway, Yaoda's going after you in full force?!" asked Misao.
"Well, she always had the hots for me anyway. But you were always closer to me and she didn't really want to be near your acquaintance, so she waited till you got out of Eirin before working on me." Grinned Kouji.
Misao stared dumbfounded at him before crying over her crayfish.
When they had finished their dessert, the trio bid Kouji goodbye and left to return home.
"Wait Misao!" shouted Kouji as Misao stepped into her Porsche.
"Kou?"
"Erm… I was wondering if you are free this Saturday because I would like to take you out on a date." Asked Kouji as he blushed.
Misao raised her eyebrow questioningly.
"It's not what you think. It's Ella. She's always trying to ask me out on Saturdays for a movie or something. I've ran out of excuses to avoid her, so this was the best I could think of." Said Kouji as he ruffled his hair.
"Ella. You are on such close terms with her now? Alright, I'll accept the date so that I can incur more wrath of the great Yaoda herself." Joked Misao.
Kouji smiled at her remark then continued. "Where do you want to go?"
Misao thought for while then replied. "Anywhere's fine with me. You set the time and place. Just remember to call me to tell me the details. Oh yeah, and I predict Yaoda's going to follow us around. Maybe we should fake kiss or do some hugging. Man! Can't wait to see the look on her face." Grinned Misao.
Kouji dropped his jaw. "Old habits die hard."
Misao smiled then waved goodbye, feeling happy and excited about the date that Saturday.
"Yaoda Yaoda, oh too bad you can't see what I have installed for you. I may be well out of Eirin, but I'm still in Japan." Muttered Misao evilly to herself as her car made a left turn to the Ikina Mansion.
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……. » =P is some sort of smiley face used commonly in IRC and MSN and blah blah blah.
Fan » I know there are lots of grammar problems. I don't usually check my story after I type them; I'm a little lazy. I'll try to avoid errors next time though. I like Nishirou + Misao pairings too! Kind of like Rui and Tsukushi. Haha. I'm not sure how the story will turn out, besides, I've just added a new character, and so, there may be lots of twists and turns. She may even end up with Shono Ryuki! But that's scary.
Shells » Looks like quite a lot of people prefer Nishirou + Misao. Thanks for reviewing!