Well, damn. I don't know how long it's been since I wrote this chapter, but
it's been a long time. I don't know why I never uploaded it, maybe I wrote
it somewhere where I had no net connection, then forgot about it.
Regardless, here is a new instalment! Sadly though, I don't know if I'll
actually do anymore work on this story. I still love the idea, but the muse
has died. Let us all mourn it now.
*moment of silence for Kat's dead muse*
Continuing on, yeah. Don't really have much else to say. Hope you all enjoy it though. ^_^ Maybe if enough people become enamoured with this fic, it might prompt me to bring it back to life, who knows.
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Tomoyo sat underneath the cherry blossom tree outside the school, waiting for her friends to appear that morning. She always came early, enjoying the calm and quiet morning. The birds chirping in the trees, the morning mist being eaten away by the sun's rays, ah shit, who was she kidding? She left so early in the morning to get out of her house, away from her father. Meiling wasn't the only one who had family with grabby hands. No one knew, because nothing had happened. Yet. In those early morning hours, when both she and her father were up, her mother still asleep in bed, she had learned months ago to not hang around for long. So she left early, and came to the school, sitting underneath the old cherry blossom tree. She usually had to wait about half an hour before anyone would show up, and she took that time alone very seriously. She leaned back against the tree, slipping on her headset and turning on her cd player. The time seemed to pass by more quickly, and she suddenly became aware of something blocking her sun.
"Hey Tomoyo, what you doing here all alone?" She opened one eye, took one look at the face belonging to the person blocking her sun, and then shut it again, turning her Discman up louder. It was Ken Niige, a rather annoying boy in her class who had taken an interest in her lately. He sat down beside her, uninvited of course. She was aware of him talking, but made a blunt effort of not paying attention. He finally tapped her arm, waiting for acknowledgement.
"What do you want Ken? I'm busy."
"Busy doing what?"
"Meditating." She turned her music back up, no interest in further discussion with him. But he continued on regardless, seemingly impervious to her lack of interest. She cursed every God in the sky whose name she could think of, and then a few she made up, for shoving this burden of a boy on her shoulders. Just as she was about to punch him in the stomach to get her message across, her saviour came!
"Niige! Get your ass off my spot. Who the hell gave you permission to sit under our tree anyways? Get lost you sorry excuse for a piece of crap." With a kick to the leg as he was scrambling up, Ken quickly vacated his position next to Tomoyo under the tree, and as he was walking away, turned back around and issued a very loud goodbye to Tomoyo. Once he was out of sight, Tomoyo leaned against Meiling, hugging her friend tightly.
"Oh my Christ Mei, I thought he wasn't ever going to leave! Thank you so much for saving my fist from turning red."
"Say what?"
"I was just about to slam him one in the stomach. Unfortunately I don't have your biting tongue."
"You know he wouldn't have cared what you said anyways. As long as you were talking to him, that's more than enough for the boy." Meiling laughed, and Tomoyo pouted, knowing that what her friend said was true.
"So where's Syaoran? Not attached to your arm this morning? Was the umbilical cord finally severed?" This time was Tomoyo's turn to laugh, as Meiling glared her way.
"Shut up Yoyo. He went to get Sakura so she wouldn't be late this morning, seeing as how we have that test first thing, and she failed the last one because she came twenty minutes late." They both laughed, Sakura wasn't quite as punctual as she had once been.
"So why didn't you go with him?" Meiling shrugged, picking a daisy from the patch beside her.
"Didn't wanna leave you by yourself." She looked over at Tomoyo and smiled, mockingly offering her the daisy.
"You lying shit, you just didn't want to walk the extra distance." They both burst into laughter, as Meiling nodded.
"Am I that transparent?"
"No, I just know you too well." The two girls leaned against each other, their hands clasped together.
"So, how was your night anyways? Did you study for the test? Gonna ace it so I can copy?"
"Shut up. I don't need to study. I feel offended by that comment! How about you? Did you have to dodge any bottles on your way in?" Meiling grinned.
"Actually no. We made it home after the cease-fire was signed I guess."
"Damn girl, you know, most people wouldn't joke about crappy family lives so much, but the way you go on you should be on Comedy Central or something." They both laughed, looking off down the road and seeing their two other friends.
"About damn time. The bell's about to ring."
"He probably had to go in and drag her lazy ass out of bed." They both got to their feet, meeting up with their friends as they walked towards the school steps.
"Nice to see you're here on time, for once."
"Aw shut up Tomoyo. Man am I tired." Sakura made no move to cover her mouth as she yawned, walking into another student. "Hey watch where you're going!" She glared at the younger girl, who scurried away in fear. They walked into their classroom just as the bell sounded, walking down the aisles in between the desks, heading to the back of the classroom where they sat.
"Good morning class, nice to see all of you here on time. I will begin passing out tests now, make sure you remember to sign them, as I will be using them for attendance for today's class. Good luck to all of you, I hope to see you all finish them this time." With that last remark he looked right at Sakura, who simply smiled back at him. He passed the tests out, briefly contemplating in his mind to separate the four in the back. There was no doubt in his mind that they cheated, but he had been yet to catch them. Their tests were never identical, but still, he was certain that Tomoyo was the only reason the other three were passing math. It came so easily to her, and they never paid attention, so they had to be cheating. But if he wanted to keep his job, he would have to watch them more carefully before insinuating anything. He had already nearly lost his job earlier this year when he had wrongly accused Meiling and Tomoyo of cheating on their papers, which had been disproven and had resulted in a long talk between himself and the school principal. So he finished passing out the papers, then returned to his desk.
The test went on quietly, and as much as he tried, he could find no evidence of the four in the back cheating. He cursed their skills, and collected the tests. The test had taken up all class, and the bell had just sounded. The kids all quickly left his classroom, as he sat back in his chair and tried to relax. He would find a way to kick all four of those scumbags out of his school, he would just have to be patient.
(meanwhile, in the hallway)
"Heh, did you notice him checking us out the entire time? Like damn, could the guy get anymore obvious?"
"No kidding. I guess after your mouthing off to him this morning, you must have sparked the fire in his heart too Mei."
"Shut up Toto! I was talking about our teacher, not your puppy dog. Ken couldn't handle me. He knows that."
"How's that? He tested the waters?" Meiling nearly exploded on the spot, taking Sakura's joke more seriously than expected. The three laughed at Meiling, as she went off the proverbial deep end. In what could only be a work of fate, just as she finished screaming about her disgust at the mere sight of Ken, and how if she ever had the misfortune of touching him would soak her body in acid, she just happened to turn around and collide with him. She screamed about how the Gods had cursed her, and ran off down the hall, leaving Ken to stare in disbelief.
"Tomoyo, don't take this the wrong way, but I think you need some new friends." Ken looked at Tomoyo, a sympathetic gleam in his eyes. The small Japanese girl simply started laughing, clinging to Sakura for support as they continued down the hall after Meiling.
*moment of silence for Kat's dead muse*
Continuing on, yeah. Don't really have much else to say. Hope you all enjoy it though. ^_^ Maybe if enough people become enamoured with this fic, it might prompt me to bring it back to life, who knows.
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Tomoyo sat underneath the cherry blossom tree outside the school, waiting for her friends to appear that morning. She always came early, enjoying the calm and quiet morning. The birds chirping in the trees, the morning mist being eaten away by the sun's rays, ah shit, who was she kidding? She left so early in the morning to get out of her house, away from her father. Meiling wasn't the only one who had family with grabby hands. No one knew, because nothing had happened. Yet. In those early morning hours, when both she and her father were up, her mother still asleep in bed, she had learned months ago to not hang around for long. So she left early, and came to the school, sitting underneath the old cherry blossom tree. She usually had to wait about half an hour before anyone would show up, and she took that time alone very seriously. She leaned back against the tree, slipping on her headset and turning on her cd player. The time seemed to pass by more quickly, and she suddenly became aware of something blocking her sun.
"Hey Tomoyo, what you doing here all alone?" She opened one eye, took one look at the face belonging to the person blocking her sun, and then shut it again, turning her Discman up louder. It was Ken Niige, a rather annoying boy in her class who had taken an interest in her lately. He sat down beside her, uninvited of course. She was aware of him talking, but made a blunt effort of not paying attention. He finally tapped her arm, waiting for acknowledgement.
"What do you want Ken? I'm busy."
"Busy doing what?"
"Meditating." She turned her music back up, no interest in further discussion with him. But he continued on regardless, seemingly impervious to her lack of interest. She cursed every God in the sky whose name she could think of, and then a few she made up, for shoving this burden of a boy on her shoulders. Just as she was about to punch him in the stomach to get her message across, her saviour came!
"Niige! Get your ass off my spot. Who the hell gave you permission to sit under our tree anyways? Get lost you sorry excuse for a piece of crap." With a kick to the leg as he was scrambling up, Ken quickly vacated his position next to Tomoyo under the tree, and as he was walking away, turned back around and issued a very loud goodbye to Tomoyo. Once he was out of sight, Tomoyo leaned against Meiling, hugging her friend tightly.
"Oh my Christ Mei, I thought he wasn't ever going to leave! Thank you so much for saving my fist from turning red."
"Say what?"
"I was just about to slam him one in the stomach. Unfortunately I don't have your biting tongue."
"You know he wouldn't have cared what you said anyways. As long as you were talking to him, that's more than enough for the boy." Meiling laughed, and Tomoyo pouted, knowing that what her friend said was true.
"So where's Syaoran? Not attached to your arm this morning? Was the umbilical cord finally severed?" This time was Tomoyo's turn to laugh, as Meiling glared her way.
"Shut up Yoyo. He went to get Sakura so she wouldn't be late this morning, seeing as how we have that test first thing, and she failed the last one because she came twenty minutes late." They both laughed, Sakura wasn't quite as punctual as she had once been.
"So why didn't you go with him?" Meiling shrugged, picking a daisy from the patch beside her.
"Didn't wanna leave you by yourself." She looked over at Tomoyo and smiled, mockingly offering her the daisy.
"You lying shit, you just didn't want to walk the extra distance." They both burst into laughter, as Meiling nodded.
"Am I that transparent?"
"No, I just know you too well." The two girls leaned against each other, their hands clasped together.
"So, how was your night anyways? Did you study for the test? Gonna ace it so I can copy?"
"Shut up. I don't need to study. I feel offended by that comment! How about you? Did you have to dodge any bottles on your way in?" Meiling grinned.
"Actually no. We made it home after the cease-fire was signed I guess."
"Damn girl, you know, most people wouldn't joke about crappy family lives so much, but the way you go on you should be on Comedy Central or something." They both laughed, looking off down the road and seeing their two other friends.
"About damn time. The bell's about to ring."
"He probably had to go in and drag her lazy ass out of bed." They both got to their feet, meeting up with their friends as they walked towards the school steps.
"Nice to see you're here on time, for once."
"Aw shut up Tomoyo. Man am I tired." Sakura made no move to cover her mouth as she yawned, walking into another student. "Hey watch where you're going!" She glared at the younger girl, who scurried away in fear. They walked into their classroom just as the bell sounded, walking down the aisles in between the desks, heading to the back of the classroom where they sat.
"Good morning class, nice to see all of you here on time. I will begin passing out tests now, make sure you remember to sign them, as I will be using them for attendance for today's class. Good luck to all of you, I hope to see you all finish them this time." With that last remark he looked right at Sakura, who simply smiled back at him. He passed the tests out, briefly contemplating in his mind to separate the four in the back. There was no doubt in his mind that they cheated, but he had been yet to catch them. Their tests were never identical, but still, he was certain that Tomoyo was the only reason the other three were passing math. It came so easily to her, and they never paid attention, so they had to be cheating. But if he wanted to keep his job, he would have to watch them more carefully before insinuating anything. He had already nearly lost his job earlier this year when he had wrongly accused Meiling and Tomoyo of cheating on their papers, which had been disproven and had resulted in a long talk between himself and the school principal. So he finished passing out the papers, then returned to his desk.
The test went on quietly, and as much as he tried, he could find no evidence of the four in the back cheating. He cursed their skills, and collected the tests. The test had taken up all class, and the bell had just sounded. The kids all quickly left his classroom, as he sat back in his chair and tried to relax. He would find a way to kick all four of those scumbags out of his school, he would just have to be patient.
(meanwhile, in the hallway)
"Heh, did you notice him checking us out the entire time? Like damn, could the guy get anymore obvious?"
"No kidding. I guess after your mouthing off to him this morning, you must have sparked the fire in his heart too Mei."
"Shut up Toto! I was talking about our teacher, not your puppy dog. Ken couldn't handle me. He knows that."
"How's that? He tested the waters?" Meiling nearly exploded on the spot, taking Sakura's joke more seriously than expected. The three laughed at Meiling, as she went off the proverbial deep end. In what could only be a work of fate, just as she finished screaming about her disgust at the mere sight of Ken, and how if she ever had the misfortune of touching him would soak her body in acid, she just happened to turn around and collide with him. She screamed about how the Gods had cursed her, and ran off down the hall, leaving Ken to stare in disbelief.
"Tomoyo, don't take this the wrong way, but I think you need some new friends." Ken looked at Tomoyo, a sympathetic gleam in his eyes. The small Japanese girl simply started laughing, clinging to Sakura for support as they continued down the hall after Meiling.