A MATCHMAKING DOCUMENTARY
Chapter 6 Some Revelations
Kagero frowned when she stood up from under one of the tables in her restaurant.
"Where on earth is that damned piece of cloth?" she pounded the wooden table in frustration.
"Eh. Kagero-san, are you okay?" one of the waitresses asked.
"No!!" Kagero answered immediately. "I can't find my handkerchief," they all stare at the immortal woman before them blankly. "Well, don't just stand there, help me find it!" everyone hurried around looking for their employer's plain white handkerchief, while she sat down and sighed. She's had that handkerchief all her life; it can't just suddenly disappear.
"Kagero-san?" Kagero looked to her left to see a big, fat, ugly man with a mustache waving a white cloth in front of her.
"Yamaguchi-san?!"
"Gomen ne, did I startle you?"
"Oh, uh. yes, a little, but don't worry about it. Can I help you with something?"
"Iie, I'm okay, but I think there's something I can help you with," again he waved the handkerchief in front of her.
"Ko-kore wa. this is my handkerchief!" she quickly grabbed it from his hands, examining it. "How did. how did you get this?"
"OH! HOW DID I GET IT? Umm." he raised his voice all of a sudden as she asked him this. He thought hard before continuing. "Uhh. I FOUND IT! Yes, yesterday, I found it OUTSIDE your RESTAURANT. AND I saw you looking FOR your handkerchief and I thought PERHAPS this MIGHT be it," he faked a smile. The story might have been believable if it wasn't for his weird and suspicious way of telling it. He should've at least TRIED to make it sound convincing; without all of the strange emphasis on each randomly selected word, and the dumb smile he had on his face. "But it doesn't really matter WHERE or HOW I found it. The important thing is that it's back to you now, right?"
"Well, I guess so."
"You see." Mr. Yamaguchi didn't let her continue and wrapped his arms around her. "That's good, we're okay now, aren't we?" he hugged her very tightly, she was starting to suffocate, and it definitely beats the deadliness of Domon's embrace.
"Sure, can you please let me go now?" Kagero breathlessly muttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry," he let go of her.
"Forget about it," she replied as she took a deep breath. She too, forced a smile back at him. "And thanks for the handkerchief."
"No problem, anything for you, Kagero-san."
"Arigatou," she thanked him again. He didn't respond, instead, he stared at her. He gazed into her ice-blue eyes; they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen; her lovely face, her pale white skin.
"Ano. Yamaguchi-san?"
"Nani?!" Kagero shook the teacher out of his thoughts.
"D-Daijoubu desuka?" she placed her right hand over his shoulders with concern. He looked at it first as if not believing it was her real hand on him then said.
"Daijoubu-" before he could continue, he was interrupted by someone entering the restaurant. It was Recca and Yanagi. Yamaguchi and Kagero looked at them then back at each other.
"Are you sure?"
"Hai," he leaned into Kagero about to kiss her. She gulped, trying to lean away and looking around for help.
"ITAI!!!!" Yamaguchi cried out as he hit the restaurant's newly painted wall.
"What the hell do you think you're doing to my mother?!" Recca shouted after he had beaten the hell out of him.
"RECCA!" both Yanagi and Kagero called out. "What are you doing?"
"I'm not letting this, this. man do anything to you and get away with it," Yamaguchi then stood up, dusting himself off.
"This is your son, ne?"
"Hai, this is my son, Recca," Kagero answered.
"I'll come back when he's in a better mood then," he made his way to the door and went out, sending one final wave of goodbye to Kagero.
"I WAS in a better mood until I saw him", Recca glared at the door where Yamaguchi just went out.
***
"Who was that?" Ganko asked as Kaoru stepped back in the living room.
"Nobody."
"Really? That's my favorite person."
"Ha Ha," Kaoru laughed sarcastically.
"So, who was it?"
"It was Onaji, there, I told you. Are you happy?" Kaoru sighed as he sat down trying to be as calm and unsuspicious looking as possible.
"Oh really? Well, were you talking about that 'top-secret-that-would- probably-get-you-two-in-big-trouble-if-anyone-finds-out' plan?" she crossed her arms.
"How did you. I mean I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Kaoru-niichan, please, stop trying to hide it. You know I'll find out eventually."
"You won't find out anything 'cause there's nothing to find out!" Kaoru said firmly while in his head he was yelling, 'please let it go, please drop it, PLEASE!!!'
"Fine, keep denying it, but I'll be watching you," the blonde haired girl said as she walked to the stairs.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"To the bathroom. Kondo, you keep an eye on him, okay?"
"Roger!" Kondo raised his arm over his forehead like a soldier; he saluted Ganko.
"And I thought I was supposed to watch her," the green-eyed boy muttered.
"DING! DONG!" the doorbell rang suddenly. Kaoru eyed the door before he stood up to open it. As he slowly pulled the door towards himself, he saw a girl his age gazing back at him, tired and sweaty from running very fast.
"Kao-ru!" she finally said in between her heavy breathing.
"Onaji! What happened to you?"
"I ran here as fast as I can," Onaji placed her hands on Kaoru; leaning on him for support. "What happened?"
"Why don't you come in first?" he lead her inside the house to the red sofa lying a few feet from the door. He sat her down and spoke as he made his way the kitchen, "I'll go get you water."
Onaji shifted herself to a more comfortable position, as she sat down. She fixed her overalls, which were already falling off her shoulders.
"Here," Kaoru came in handing her a glass of cold water. She took it right away and finished it faster than anyone can blink.
"Thanks!" she handed the emptied glass back to her friend. "So what's going on with Ganko?"
"Like I already told you. She's already suspecting that we're up to something. If you haven't realized it yet, if she finds out, we're both dead!"
"AHA!" a smirking Ganko standing on one of the stairs startled them both, "Now, I got you! If I find out what?" she walked over to them. She glanced at Onaji but quickly turned to Kaoru; she seemed quite irritated at Onaji for some reason.
"We have to tell her, ne?" Kaoru turned to Onaji.
"Guess so," she took a deep breath. "You see, we have this project for Science. I have no idea what it has to do with our lesson at all but it's supposed to be a. a matchmaking documentary. We have to choose two people to match make and we chose. tell her Kaoru."
"Um we. we uh. we chose. AHEM! Tokiya-niichan and Fuuko-neechan AHEM!" Kaoru managed to cough out.
"WHAT?! Did I hear you right? You're trying to match make Tokiya- niichan and Fuuko-neechan?!" Ganko asked shockingly.
"Uh. yeah," they answered nervously. That kind of reaction would probably mean trouble for the both of them. Ganko started to turn all red, looking like she was about to burst in anger. "That's it, we're history," Kaoru whispered to Onaji.
"Maybe you can talk it out with her. You're smart, you're witty, and you're Koganei Kaoru. You can always talk yourself out of trouble. I mean, you always get yourself into trouble ON PURPOSE. You like trouble!" Onaji hissed back.
"Not like this!"
"KAWAII!!!" Ganko then exclaimed. "That is the cutest thing I have ever heard! Why didn't I think of it before?!" Kaoru and Onaji stared blankly at her for a while, letting it all sink in.
"So. You. like the idea?!" Kaoru asked looking very confused.
"Yes! Do you need any help? I can help you if you want," Onaji nudged Kaoru, grinning. It was their chance. More hope had formed inside Kaoru as he heard Ganko.
"Do you promise not to tell anyone?"
"My lips are sealed!" she pulled her two fingers across her lips as if there was a zipper closing it up.
"Well, then I guess there is something you can help us with," Onaji said, her grin not disappearing.
"I'll only do it if Kaoru-niichan asked me," Ganko crossed her arms, stomped her feet and looked away from them. Onaji looked at Kaoru, silently asking him what has gotten into Ganko. He looked at Ganko, and then shrugged.
***
"You're asking me to help you get Hanabishi and Yanagi-san together?" Tokiya asked Fuuko who was sitting across from him in the living room of his house. She nodded as a reply. Tokiya closed his eyes, shaking his head as he grinned, "Hn." "What?" "You really think I'll help you with such a childish and ridiculous thing?" "No, I just wanted to run the idea by you to see if you were interested." "Interested?" "Well, Mi-chan, it's been a while since the last time I checked if fishes were still swimming, birds are still flying, and the pigs are still happily on the ground. Might as well see if it's still that way. And coming here today, I see it is." "It takes millions of years for animals to evolve, chimp girl." "Yeah, what the hell was I thinking coming here at all? Hopefully, your kind wouldn't take THAT long to evolve," Fuuko stood up. "But if you do go bonkers and actually become interested, let me know," she walked towards Tokiya's front door to leave but stopped suddenly and without turning around she said, "And by the way, call me chimp girl again and you get it, frosty."
Tokiya shook his head and smirked as she shut the door, "Silly, banana- eating, long-tailed, furry animal that climbs on trees," then he has a vision of an angry Fuuko with a long tail, a monkey face, eating bananas while climbing a tree. Well, everyone has a silly side, even Tokiya.
***
". and then this guy, right? I meet him at this street, right? And he was like, like, you know? Like, I haven't have. no, I haven't had. no, I hadn't had. no, ah, I hadn't have a bite in days. HAHAHAHAH!!!" Recca burst out in laughter. "Oh wait, you haven't heard the best part yet, so you know what I did?" Recca asked trying to hold in his laughter.
"What?" Yanagi asked eagerly.
"I bit him!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!" Recca laughed even louder than the first time. He was pounding his fists on the table for effect. Yanagi, although she never really understood the joke decided to laugh along with her ninja. Just watching him was entertaining for her already anyway. She was of course laughing less boisterously than he was. Everyone in the restaurant was staring at them, Yanagi flushed when she noticed this but Recca was laughing even harder. He didn't really care if anyone is looking.
"That's supposed to be funny?" Fuuko stood there beside their table.
"Yeah, you just don't get it cause your mind's too shallow," Recca looked up and replied.
"You think? I don't know, but I think I've heard that 'joke' before. You know? Like about a few thousand times. And I can't really tell if the humorous part of the joke is too deep that I can't understand it or if it's too shallow that I don't find it funny."
"Well, my princess thinks it's funny, don't you Hime?"
"Um. Recca-kun, I don't get it actually. I didn't understand a word you said because you were laughing too hard. But I'm very sure it's funny cause it came from you," she smiled.
"See! She thinks it's funny!"
"Did you even understand a word she said?"
"Oh please, Fuuko, you're just jealous cause I'm gifted with a great sense of humor and you weren't!! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to the back to share my joke with more superior beings, which are more capable of understanding and appreciating good comedy!"
"Rewind to the beginning of our conversation and playing it through Recca's ears. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, FUNNY, blah, blah, YOU!" Fuuko said as Recca walked off to the back of the restaurant to share the joke with Kagero. Yanagi laughed, this time sincerely. She completely got the joke.
"You're so funny, Fuuko-san!"
***
"I think that was a really good story, Recca!" Recca had just finished telling Kagero his 'so-called' joke. "Of course, you bit him. Was he hurt?" she asked seriously. Recca, who was laughing hysterically at himself again, paused at his mother's question.
"Well. he." he tried to think of a good response. "I. don't know. It was a joke. Hey! Wait mom! Are you playing with me?! HAHAHAH! That's a good one!"
"I love you dear." that made her son stop laughing again.
"Huh?! Didn't you understand what I said? I mean, DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID?!?!?! DID YOU FORGET TO CLEAN YOUR EARS AGAIN, MOM?!?!?!" he shouted.
"Oh no! Oh no! I just don't think I've said that lately."
"Mom, what's going on? Is something bothering you?"
"Well, actually, I've been." she hesitated. Should she tell Recca what was going on with her lately? She told Fuuko but only because she might be able to help. Recca would probably just overreact. She knew he's going to be worried and probably won't be much help anyway. "No, you know what? Never mind, it's nothing. It's no big deal, really."
"Hmm. Are you sure, mom? You seem so messed up lately."
"I'm just tired. I've been so busy with the restaurant and everything. Don't worry, I'll be okay, Recca."
"If you say so."
***
"Okay, Ganko, since you live here and all, you spend the most time with Fuuko-neechan. So you're really going to be useful to us. We were thinking if maybe you could shoot some footage and stuff that might be good for the documentary. Like here at home when you talk about Tokiya-niichan," Kaoru said as he sat down on the floor with Ganko and Onaji.
"Right!"
"So you know what to do?" asked Onaji.
"Um. Sure, why not?" she answered without looking at Kaoru's friend.
"Do you have any questions?" Kaoru asked, noticing the coldness between the two girls beside him.
"Yes, actually, I do have one question, Kaoru-niichan."
"Shoot!"
"How do you plan to get them together?" Kaoru and Onaji looked at each other questioningly. None of them answered Ganko. "Okay. So I take it you don't have an actual and concrete plan yet, huh?"
"Didn't you have a plan?" Kaoru started to panic for some reason.
"Yeah, no, I did! Of course, I had some ideas but I just realized I don't really know where to go from here!"
"Alright! Guys! Guys! Calm down! Don't worry, I'm going to help you. We're going to pull this off. Trust me, I know these things!" Ganko said.
"How?"
"It's a gift! Although I've never done this before, I know I've got it in me. And remember, I am a puppet master, right? I may seem like an innocent little girl but I'm really the one in control. I'd also like to consider myself as the puppet master of this group. I know what's going on and I know what to do about it! I know what I'm doing so I want you to have faith in me and I assure you I will not let you down!"
"Man, you are so confident!" Kaoru applauded.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very-"
"Okay, so how do you get two people together?" Onaji interrupted.
"No, I don't like that question! I don't know the answer yet! However, we could start by organizing everything first before making a move. What have you got so far anyway?"
"Just some footage of us interviewing Tokiya-niichan and Fuuko- neechan. It's pretty good!" Kaoru replied excitedly.
"Alright, what we need is to get some information and stuff. I have my sources. We need to know what they're up to all times. We need to arrange everything in order. We have to have a system with files, charts, and important equipment. We have to have a concrete plan and we need to know how to go about each step. This is going to be so fun!"
"Onaji! I think we're back in the game!" Kaoru said happily.
End of Chapter 6
Author's notes: Whoa! I'm an author again! I haven't written fanfiction in a REALLY long time. I thought I would never be able to finish my stories. Here I am though, writing again. The first part of this chapter was actually written already almost two years back, I just never got to finish it. Now I have. I just feel I owe it to the fic to finish it. Anyway, I was reading through the past chapters and I cannot believe the crap I've been putting up. I wanted to fix it but I'm kind of lazy so I would when I have the time. I still think this thing is a shallow and weird but I find it funny so that's fine by me. I'm just having fun. I'm really sorry if I wasted your time with this meaningless piece of nothing. I just realized I'm not that great in writing but I don't care. I'm just doing what I want. I'd really like you to review. Please give me some suggestions too. What would you like to happen? The next chapter will depend on your reviews and my mood. Usually, reviews get me writing so.
Disclaimer: Here's a little something inspired by the show, FRIENDS. which is also NOT MINE.
Getting money for writing this fanfic would be cool! But it's not right because I don't own Flame of Recca. Let's say I use the money to buy shoes, when I walk in them I'll only hear.
"Not-mine-not-mine-not-mine," and even when I'm happy and skipping, I'll only hear. "Not-not-mine-not-not-mine-not-not-mine."
I don't want to go through that. I'm not, actually, because I don't get money for this. I don't need to feel bad for taking something that's not mine. What I'm doing is really just interacting with Flame of Recca. So there's really no need to sue or anything.
Chapter 6 Some Revelations
Kagero frowned when she stood up from under one of the tables in her restaurant.
"Where on earth is that damned piece of cloth?" she pounded the wooden table in frustration.
"Eh. Kagero-san, are you okay?" one of the waitresses asked.
"No!!" Kagero answered immediately. "I can't find my handkerchief," they all stare at the immortal woman before them blankly. "Well, don't just stand there, help me find it!" everyone hurried around looking for their employer's plain white handkerchief, while she sat down and sighed. She's had that handkerchief all her life; it can't just suddenly disappear.
"Kagero-san?" Kagero looked to her left to see a big, fat, ugly man with a mustache waving a white cloth in front of her.
"Yamaguchi-san?!"
"Gomen ne, did I startle you?"
"Oh, uh. yes, a little, but don't worry about it. Can I help you with something?"
"Iie, I'm okay, but I think there's something I can help you with," again he waved the handkerchief in front of her.
"Ko-kore wa. this is my handkerchief!" she quickly grabbed it from his hands, examining it. "How did. how did you get this?"
"OH! HOW DID I GET IT? Umm." he raised his voice all of a sudden as she asked him this. He thought hard before continuing. "Uhh. I FOUND IT! Yes, yesterday, I found it OUTSIDE your RESTAURANT. AND I saw you looking FOR your handkerchief and I thought PERHAPS this MIGHT be it," he faked a smile. The story might have been believable if it wasn't for his weird and suspicious way of telling it. He should've at least TRIED to make it sound convincing; without all of the strange emphasis on each randomly selected word, and the dumb smile he had on his face. "But it doesn't really matter WHERE or HOW I found it. The important thing is that it's back to you now, right?"
"Well, I guess so."
"You see." Mr. Yamaguchi didn't let her continue and wrapped his arms around her. "That's good, we're okay now, aren't we?" he hugged her very tightly, she was starting to suffocate, and it definitely beats the deadliness of Domon's embrace.
"Sure, can you please let me go now?" Kagero breathlessly muttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry," he let go of her.
"Forget about it," she replied as she took a deep breath. She too, forced a smile back at him. "And thanks for the handkerchief."
"No problem, anything for you, Kagero-san."
"Arigatou," she thanked him again. He didn't respond, instead, he stared at her. He gazed into her ice-blue eyes; they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen; her lovely face, her pale white skin.
"Ano. Yamaguchi-san?"
"Nani?!" Kagero shook the teacher out of his thoughts.
"D-Daijoubu desuka?" she placed her right hand over his shoulders with concern. He looked at it first as if not believing it was her real hand on him then said.
"Daijoubu-" before he could continue, he was interrupted by someone entering the restaurant. It was Recca and Yanagi. Yamaguchi and Kagero looked at them then back at each other.
"Are you sure?"
"Hai," he leaned into Kagero about to kiss her. She gulped, trying to lean away and looking around for help.
"ITAI!!!!" Yamaguchi cried out as he hit the restaurant's newly painted wall.
"What the hell do you think you're doing to my mother?!" Recca shouted after he had beaten the hell out of him.
"RECCA!" both Yanagi and Kagero called out. "What are you doing?"
"I'm not letting this, this. man do anything to you and get away with it," Yamaguchi then stood up, dusting himself off.
"This is your son, ne?"
"Hai, this is my son, Recca," Kagero answered.
"I'll come back when he's in a better mood then," he made his way to the door and went out, sending one final wave of goodbye to Kagero.
"I WAS in a better mood until I saw him", Recca glared at the door where Yamaguchi just went out.
***
"Who was that?" Ganko asked as Kaoru stepped back in the living room.
"Nobody."
"Really? That's my favorite person."
"Ha Ha," Kaoru laughed sarcastically.
"So, who was it?"
"It was Onaji, there, I told you. Are you happy?" Kaoru sighed as he sat down trying to be as calm and unsuspicious looking as possible.
"Oh really? Well, were you talking about that 'top-secret-that-would- probably-get-you-two-in-big-trouble-if-anyone-finds-out' plan?" she crossed her arms.
"How did you. I mean I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Kaoru-niichan, please, stop trying to hide it. You know I'll find out eventually."
"You won't find out anything 'cause there's nothing to find out!" Kaoru said firmly while in his head he was yelling, 'please let it go, please drop it, PLEASE!!!'
"Fine, keep denying it, but I'll be watching you," the blonde haired girl said as she walked to the stairs.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"To the bathroom. Kondo, you keep an eye on him, okay?"
"Roger!" Kondo raised his arm over his forehead like a soldier; he saluted Ganko.
"And I thought I was supposed to watch her," the green-eyed boy muttered.
"DING! DONG!" the doorbell rang suddenly. Kaoru eyed the door before he stood up to open it. As he slowly pulled the door towards himself, he saw a girl his age gazing back at him, tired and sweaty from running very fast.
"Kao-ru!" she finally said in between her heavy breathing.
"Onaji! What happened to you?"
"I ran here as fast as I can," Onaji placed her hands on Kaoru; leaning on him for support. "What happened?"
"Why don't you come in first?" he lead her inside the house to the red sofa lying a few feet from the door. He sat her down and spoke as he made his way the kitchen, "I'll go get you water."
Onaji shifted herself to a more comfortable position, as she sat down. She fixed her overalls, which were already falling off her shoulders.
"Here," Kaoru came in handing her a glass of cold water. She took it right away and finished it faster than anyone can blink.
"Thanks!" she handed the emptied glass back to her friend. "So what's going on with Ganko?"
"Like I already told you. She's already suspecting that we're up to something. If you haven't realized it yet, if she finds out, we're both dead!"
"AHA!" a smirking Ganko standing on one of the stairs startled them both, "Now, I got you! If I find out what?" she walked over to them. She glanced at Onaji but quickly turned to Kaoru; she seemed quite irritated at Onaji for some reason.
"We have to tell her, ne?" Kaoru turned to Onaji.
"Guess so," she took a deep breath. "You see, we have this project for Science. I have no idea what it has to do with our lesson at all but it's supposed to be a. a matchmaking documentary. We have to choose two people to match make and we chose. tell her Kaoru."
"Um we. we uh. we chose. AHEM! Tokiya-niichan and Fuuko-neechan AHEM!" Kaoru managed to cough out.
"WHAT?! Did I hear you right? You're trying to match make Tokiya- niichan and Fuuko-neechan?!" Ganko asked shockingly.
"Uh. yeah," they answered nervously. That kind of reaction would probably mean trouble for the both of them. Ganko started to turn all red, looking like she was about to burst in anger. "That's it, we're history," Kaoru whispered to Onaji.
"Maybe you can talk it out with her. You're smart, you're witty, and you're Koganei Kaoru. You can always talk yourself out of trouble. I mean, you always get yourself into trouble ON PURPOSE. You like trouble!" Onaji hissed back.
"Not like this!"
"KAWAII!!!" Ganko then exclaimed. "That is the cutest thing I have ever heard! Why didn't I think of it before?!" Kaoru and Onaji stared blankly at her for a while, letting it all sink in.
"So. You. like the idea?!" Kaoru asked looking very confused.
"Yes! Do you need any help? I can help you if you want," Onaji nudged Kaoru, grinning. It was their chance. More hope had formed inside Kaoru as he heard Ganko.
"Do you promise not to tell anyone?"
"My lips are sealed!" she pulled her two fingers across her lips as if there was a zipper closing it up.
"Well, then I guess there is something you can help us with," Onaji said, her grin not disappearing.
"I'll only do it if Kaoru-niichan asked me," Ganko crossed her arms, stomped her feet and looked away from them. Onaji looked at Kaoru, silently asking him what has gotten into Ganko. He looked at Ganko, and then shrugged.
***
"You're asking me to help you get Hanabishi and Yanagi-san together?" Tokiya asked Fuuko who was sitting across from him in the living room of his house. She nodded as a reply. Tokiya closed his eyes, shaking his head as he grinned, "Hn." "What?" "You really think I'll help you with such a childish and ridiculous thing?" "No, I just wanted to run the idea by you to see if you were interested." "Interested?" "Well, Mi-chan, it's been a while since the last time I checked if fishes were still swimming, birds are still flying, and the pigs are still happily on the ground. Might as well see if it's still that way. And coming here today, I see it is." "It takes millions of years for animals to evolve, chimp girl." "Yeah, what the hell was I thinking coming here at all? Hopefully, your kind wouldn't take THAT long to evolve," Fuuko stood up. "But if you do go bonkers and actually become interested, let me know," she walked towards Tokiya's front door to leave but stopped suddenly and without turning around she said, "And by the way, call me chimp girl again and you get it, frosty."
Tokiya shook his head and smirked as she shut the door, "Silly, banana- eating, long-tailed, furry animal that climbs on trees," then he has a vision of an angry Fuuko with a long tail, a monkey face, eating bananas while climbing a tree. Well, everyone has a silly side, even Tokiya.
***
". and then this guy, right? I meet him at this street, right? And he was like, like, you know? Like, I haven't have. no, I haven't had. no, I hadn't had. no, ah, I hadn't have a bite in days. HAHAHAHAH!!!" Recca burst out in laughter. "Oh wait, you haven't heard the best part yet, so you know what I did?" Recca asked trying to hold in his laughter.
"What?" Yanagi asked eagerly.
"I bit him!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!" Recca laughed even louder than the first time. He was pounding his fists on the table for effect. Yanagi, although she never really understood the joke decided to laugh along with her ninja. Just watching him was entertaining for her already anyway. She was of course laughing less boisterously than he was. Everyone in the restaurant was staring at them, Yanagi flushed when she noticed this but Recca was laughing even harder. He didn't really care if anyone is looking.
"That's supposed to be funny?" Fuuko stood there beside their table.
"Yeah, you just don't get it cause your mind's too shallow," Recca looked up and replied.
"You think? I don't know, but I think I've heard that 'joke' before. You know? Like about a few thousand times. And I can't really tell if the humorous part of the joke is too deep that I can't understand it or if it's too shallow that I don't find it funny."
"Well, my princess thinks it's funny, don't you Hime?"
"Um. Recca-kun, I don't get it actually. I didn't understand a word you said because you were laughing too hard. But I'm very sure it's funny cause it came from you," she smiled.
"See! She thinks it's funny!"
"Did you even understand a word she said?"
"Oh please, Fuuko, you're just jealous cause I'm gifted with a great sense of humor and you weren't!! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to the back to share my joke with more superior beings, which are more capable of understanding and appreciating good comedy!"
"Rewind to the beginning of our conversation and playing it through Recca's ears. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, FUNNY, blah, blah, YOU!" Fuuko said as Recca walked off to the back of the restaurant to share the joke with Kagero. Yanagi laughed, this time sincerely. She completely got the joke.
"You're so funny, Fuuko-san!"
***
"I think that was a really good story, Recca!" Recca had just finished telling Kagero his 'so-called' joke. "Of course, you bit him. Was he hurt?" she asked seriously. Recca, who was laughing hysterically at himself again, paused at his mother's question.
"Well. he." he tried to think of a good response. "I. don't know. It was a joke. Hey! Wait mom! Are you playing with me?! HAHAHAH! That's a good one!"
"I love you dear." that made her son stop laughing again.
"Huh?! Didn't you understand what I said? I mean, DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID?!?!?! DID YOU FORGET TO CLEAN YOUR EARS AGAIN, MOM?!?!?!" he shouted.
"Oh no! Oh no! I just don't think I've said that lately."
"Mom, what's going on? Is something bothering you?"
"Well, actually, I've been." she hesitated. Should she tell Recca what was going on with her lately? She told Fuuko but only because she might be able to help. Recca would probably just overreact. She knew he's going to be worried and probably won't be much help anyway. "No, you know what? Never mind, it's nothing. It's no big deal, really."
"Hmm. Are you sure, mom? You seem so messed up lately."
"I'm just tired. I've been so busy with the restaurant and everything. Don't worry, I'll be okay, Recca."
"If you say so."
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"Okay, Ganko, since you live here and all, you spend the most time with Fuuko-neechan. So you're really going to be useful to us. We were thinking if maybe you could shoot some footage and stuff that might be good for the documentary. Like here at home when you talk about Tokiya-niichan," Kaoru said as he sat down on the floor with Ganko and Onaji.
"Right!"
"So you know what to do?" asked Onaji.
"Um. Sure, why not?" she answered without looking at Kaoru's friend.
"Do you have any questions?" Kaoru asked, noticing the coldness between the two girls beside him.
"Yes, actually, I do have one question, Kaoru-niichan."
"Shoot!"
"How do you plan to get them together?" Kaoru and Onaji looked at each other questioningly. None of them answered Ganko. "Okay. So I take it you don't have an actual and concrete plan yet, huh?"
"Didn't you have a plan?" Kaoru started to panic for some reason.
"Yeah, no, I did! Of course, I had some ideas but I just realized I don't really know where to go from here!"
"Alright! Guys! Guys! Calm down! Don't worry, I'm going to help you. We're going to pull this off. Trust me, I know these things!" Ganko said.
"How?"
"It's a gift! Although I've never done this before, I know I've got it in me. And remember, I am a puppet master, right? I may seem like an innocent little girl but I'm really the one in control. I'd also like to consider myself as the puppet master of this group. I know what's going on and I know what to do about it! I know what I'm doing so I want you to have faith in me and I assure you I will not let you down!"
"Man, you are so confident!" Kaoru applauded.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very-"
"Okay, so how do you get two people together?" Onaji interrupted.
"No, I don't like that question! I don't know the answer yet! However, we could start by organizing everything first before making a move. What have you got so far anyway?"
"Just some footage of us interviewing Tokiya-niichan and Fuuko- neechan. It's pretty good!" Kaoru replied excitedly.
"Alright, what we need is to get some information and stuff. I have my sources. We need to know what they're up to all times. We need to arrange everything in order. We have to have a system with files, charts, and important equipment. We have to have a concrete plan and we need to know how to go about each step. This is going to be so fun!"
"Onaji! I think we're back in the game!" Kaoru said happily.
End of Chapter 6
Author's notes: Whoa! I'm an author again! I haven't written fanfiction in a REALLY long time. I thought I would never be able to finish my stories. Here I am though, writing again. The first part of this chapter was actually written already almost two years back, I just never got to finish it. Now I have. I just feel I owe it to the fic to finish it. Anyway, I was reading through the past chapters and I cannot believe the crap I've been putting up. I wanted to fix it but I'm kind of lazy so I would when I have the time. I still think this thing is a shallow and weird but I find it funny so that's fine by me. I'm just having fun. I'm really sorry if I wasted your time with this meaningless piece of nothing. I just realized I'm not that great in writing but I don't care. I'm just doing what I want. I'd really like you to review. Please give me some suggestions too. What would you like to happen? The next chapter will depend on your reviews and my mood. Usually, reviews get me writing so.
Disclaimer: Here's a little something inspired by the show, FRIENDS. which is also NOT MINE.
Getting money for writing this fanfic would be cool! But it's not right because I don't own Flame of Recca. Let's say I use the money to buy shoes, when I walk in them I'll only hear.
"Not-mine-not-mine-not-mine," and even when I'm happy and skipping, I'll only hear. "Not-not-mine-not-not-mine-not-not-mine."
I don't want to go through that. I'm not, actually, because I don't get money for this. I don't need to feel bad for taking something that's not mine. What I'm doing is really just interacting with Flame of Recca. So there's really no need to sue or anything.