Sorry it took long. I'm working - as in office work.
***
Everyone in the auditorium was silent and tension was felt in every nook and cranny of the spacious room. Some students found the walls more interesting to watch than to see their teacher pace around the room ready to tear his / her hair out at any moment. Some even found it nauseating to watch him pace around the room in what looked like a fast forward walk-a- ton.
"Where on earth is that Canson?" he suddenly stopped and screamed at his bursting point, "Does she know how much time she's wasting?"
All but Rukawa cringed at his screeching tone which can go head on with a cat which had its tail caught in a door. He growled and grumbled glowering at the wincing students.
"Well, do you have any ideas about her whereabouts?" he asked impatiently.
When one of the students came in from the principal's office, to ask whether Rika was going to school or not, was when the real tension had started. She shook her head and told them that she did not call. No one else answered since no one knew. It wasn't like her to cut classes or absent herself without prior notice or call to either the officials of the school or a student in her class.
They half-expected Rukawa to know but then he didn't and what they had no idea was he was near the breaking point himself inside. 'Where the hell are you Rika!' he thought but showing no outward emotion, 'Don't you dare leave me here with this raving lunatic of a teacher. I can't take him...her...whatever without a diversion...' he stopped. Her? A diversion? In what way?
The teacher snapped again. "If she can't catch up with us when she comes back, I'm personally going to take her out, give her a failing mark and I'll be forced to make Kyori to play Anna."
Rukawa's head jerked back in surprise, 'Not Kyori...please not her.' She was a part of the Rukawa Shinietai Organization and he utterly despises those screeching wild cats. 'Rika, please come tomorrow. I'd rather hold you in my arms than...' he stopped. Now where did that thought come from?
"Alright everyone," he / she called out "let's begin with this part."
'If you don't show up, dou ahou,' Rukawa thought, 'I'm going to personally see why you were absent and what the hell went wrong with you. Temera, I'd rather you than anyone else.' He blinked. That thought was uncalled for. He decided that he just has to stop thinking about her and think abpout more important matters at hand - like getting rid of the teacher literally clinging on his arm.
After hours of practice, the drama teacher was ready to tear the hair off his head in the lack of experience in acting of the students. His anger was directed at all but Rukawa who was just being himself and acted just like the King of the story without even trying. "You have to look as if you're begging d@%# it!" he knelt in front of Rukawa and demonstrated again.
Rukawa knew he was expected to act so he rolled his eyes in frustration to which the teacher complimented him for his fine acting. The youth, however, wanted to bury his face in his hands.
"Do the scene again!" the teacher barked.
[My Lord, we need your sympathy in this request.] One of the students, who acted a peasant, said the lines with fervent eagerness.
Rukawa flicked his hand in dismissal and massaged his forehead in annoyance, which was all real and not just acting. The students who posed as guards quickly went by the "peasant" and carried him off.
"Alright, then," the teacher interjected, "then Rika comes in and says Anna's lines, blah, blah, blah."
***
Sendou dribbled the ball unconsciously seemingly staring in space with Uekusa guarding him. In one - not very graceful - swift movement, he stole the ball from the ace and captain who still stood there not knowing that he doesn't have the ball any more.
*Flashback*
"Rika, don't go back to your house now," Sendou told her as Rika prepared her things in her bag, "You're not going to get out of there alive."
"Akira, I have to go home, and you know I will; one way or another." She reasoned out. "Look, you've done a lot already and if I stay here any longer, an army may barge into your house. I can't endanger you or anyone else."
"Yes, but, you could at least let some officials go with you," - he was practically begging - "at least he won't bother you with them around, or maybe even me."
"You don't understand," she sighed in resignation but red was slowly creeping up on her cheeks and she did her best to keep it at bay, "there's something I didn't tell you. You see, my dad's got some people stationed here and I've realized that even if I try to pull the American law on human rights on this, I can't do anything. He'll get the best lawyers to lie and tell the court that they were trying to cure me from some sort of weird mutation. And you know the worst part? They're going to have my mom handed to a facility to be tested since they will think she's the cause of this...abnormality. I don't want her to suffer either. I don't have enough stable evidences against him."
Sendou's mouth worked but no words could form out of it. A moment of silence hung in the air before he could actually force some words out, "At least call my cell phone to tell me you're alive."
Rika smiled and ruffled his hair, "I will, and I'll be alive. I don't die easily; not when I know someone cares. Next time I faint like that again, bring me to Michiko's room. I don't want you sleeping on your chair. Well, I'll be off then."
His mouth hung open as she passed him then suddenly, ran ahead of her to open the door and escort her to the front door. They were followed by meaningful coughs from Nikki and Yoshi.
*End Flashback*
"Hey, Sendou!" Fukuda called to him and jerked his arm to wake him up.
Sendou was suddenly jerked from his thoughts and realized the score, 60-70 - not in their favor.
"What's wrong with you Sendou?!" Taoka scolded the captain once again, for the nth time. "Why don't you focus? The game ended with your team trailing by ten points. Ten points, Akira Sendou! One more time, Sendou and I'll strangle you senseless. Fifteen laps and move it!" He said those sentences emphasizing his name over and over again trying vainly to shame him.
Sendou did a mock salute and did the laps. 'When is she going to call?' he thought biting his lips. He was too worried to feel ashamed. Imagine, a captain being punished alone.
Suddenly, his phone rang and he hurried to it finishing only half of what he was supposed to do. Taoka called to him to finish his laps but he paid him no mind muttering apologies and the call was important. Their coach cursed under his breath about choosing the spike-haired boy as captain.
"Moshi moshi, Sendou Akira desu," (sorry, I can't help it) Sendou answered with a ragged voice due to his running.
"Akira!" the voice said through the other line - Rika. "I'm sorry, am I disturbing you?" she tried to hide the pain she was feeling.
"No, not at all," he lied, "Are you hurt or anything?"
"Just a little bruise here and scrape there, nothing big." She answered making her voice as cheerful as possible. "I wouldn't be able to meet you today, so be careful of," she dropped her voice to a whisper, "Rina. Run immediately to a swamp or a garbage incinerator or anything that would gross her out if you see her."
Sendou laughed, "Don't worry about me, I'll be all right. You're the one who should take care of yourself."
"You know I will," she told him, amused. "Alright. I told you I'm alive so call me at night to tell me you are...safe from DANGER."
"I will. Goodbye."
"Baibai."
***
dunkmoonX: Nikki is Sendou's cousin and so is Yoshi. They're fraternal twins; both boys though. Sorry I didn't make it clearer.
Sofia/3sh: Di naman ako ganon kagaling. Isa kasi yun sa mga practical jokes na ginawa naming magpipinsan sa kapatid ko. Haha...siya na mismo nagsabing may boyfriend siya.
ninny: Hahaha...those jokes can be very tricky. We tried it once on my sister and she told my mom that she has a boyfriend. Yup, Nikki and Yoshi are fraternal twins. Both boys.
KISS rocks: uh, the way of writing is good and the expressionism is ok and the storyline is ok. Not really what I call the most exceptional fic but it IS good.
***
Everyone in the auditorium was silent and tension was felt in every nook and cranny of the spacious room. Some students found the walls more interesting to watch than to see their teacher pace around the room ready to tear his / her hair out at any moment. Some even found it nauseating to watch him pace around the room in what looked like a fast forward walk-a- ton.
"Where on earth is that Canson?" he suddenly stopped and screamed at his bursting point, "Does she know how much time she's wasting?"
All but Rukawa cringed at his screeching tone which can go head on with a cat which had its tail caught in a door. He growled and grumbled glowering at the wincing students.
"Well, do you have any ideas about her whereabouts?" he asked impatiently.
When one of the students came in from the principal's office, to ask whether Rika was going to school or not, was when the real tension had started. She shook her head and told them that she did not call. No one else answered since no one knew. It wasn't like her to cut classes or absent herself without prior notice or call to either the officials of the school or a student in her class.
They half-expected Rukawa to know but then he didn't and what they had no idea was he was near the breaking point himself inside. 'Where the hell are you Rika!' he thought but showing no outward emotion, 'Don't you dare leave me here with this raving lunatic of a teacher. I can't take him...her...whatever without a diversion...' he stopped. Her? A diversion? In what way?
The teacher snapped again. "If she can't catch up with us when she comes back, I'm personally going to take her out, give her a failing mark and I'll be forced to make Kyori to play Anna."
Rukawa's head jerked back in surprise, 'Not Kyori...please not her.' She was a part of the Rukawa Shinietai Organization and he utterly despises those screeching wild cats. 'Rika, please come tomorrow. I'd rather hold you in my arms than...' he stopped. Now where did that thought come from?
"Alright everyone," he / she called out "let's begin with this part."
'If you don't show up, dou ahou,' Rukawa thought, 'I'm going to personally see why you were absent and what the hell went wrong with you. Temera, I'd rather you than anyone else.' He blinked. That thought was uncalled for. He decided that he just has to stop thinking about her and think abpout more important matters at hand - like getting rid of the teacher literally clinging on his arm.
After hours of practice, the drama teacher was ready to tear the hair off his head in the lack of experience in acting of the students. His anger was directed at all but Rukawa who was just being himself and acted just like the King of the story without even trying. "You have to look as if you're begging d@%# it!" he knelt in front of Rukawa and demonstrated again.
Rukawa knew he was expected to act so he rolled his eyes in frustration to which the teacher complimented him for his fine acting. The youth, however, wanted to bury his face in his hands.
"Do the scene again!" the teacher barked.
[My Lord, we need your sympathy in this request.] One of the students, who acted a peasant, said the lines with fervent eagerness.
Rukawa flicked his hand in dismissal and massaged his forehead in annoyance, which was all real and not just acting. The students who posed as guards quickly went by the "peasant" and carried him off.
"Alright, then," the teacher interjected, "then Rika comes in and says Anna's lines, blah, blah, blah."
***
Sendou dribbled the ball unconsciously seemingly staring in space with Uekusa guarding him. In one - not very graceful - swift movement, he stole the ball from the ace and captain who still stood there not knowing that he doesn't have the ball any more.
*Flashback*
"Rika, don't go back to your house now," Sendou told her as Rika prepared her things in her bag, "You're not going to get out of there alive."
"Akira, I have to go home, and you know I will; one way or another." She reasoned out. "Look, you've done a lot already and if I stay here any longer, an army may barge into your house. I can't endanger you or anyone else."
"Yes, but, you could at least let some officials go with you," - he was practically begging - "at least he won't bother you with them around, or maybe even me."
"You don't understand," she sighed in resignation but red was slowly creeping up on her cheeks and she did her best to keep it at bay, "there's something I didn't tell you. You see, my dad's got some people stationed here and I've realized that even if I try to pull the American law on human rights on this, I can't do anything. He'll get the best lawyers to lie and tell the court that they were trying to cure me from some sort of weird mutation. And you know the worst part? They're going to have my mom handed to a facility to be tested since they will think she's the cause of this...abnormality. I don't want her to suffer either. I don't have enough stable evidences against him."
Sendou's mouth worked but no words could form out of it. A moment of silence hung in the air before he could actually force some words out, "At least call my cell phone to tell me you're alive."
Rika smiled and ruffled his hair, "I will, and I'll be alive. I don't die easily; not when I know someone cares. Next time I faint like that again, bring me to Michiko's room. I don't want you sleeping on your chair. Well, I'll be off then."
His mouth hung open as she passed him then suddenly, ran ahead of her to open the door and escort her to the front door. They were followed by meaningful coughs from Nikki and Yoshi.
*End Flashback*
"Hey, Sendou!" Fukuda called to him and jerked his arm to wake him up.
Sendou was suddenly jerked from his thoughts and realized the score, 60-70 - not in their favor.
"What's wrong with you Sendou?!" Taoka scolded the captain once again, for the nth time. "Why don't you focus? The game ended with your team trailing by ten points. Ten points, Akira Sendou! One more time, Sendou and I'll strangle you senseless. Fifteen laps and move it!" He said those sentences emphasizing his name over and over again trying vainly to shame him.
Sendou did a mock salute and did the laps. 'When is she going to call?' he thought biting his lips. He was too worried to feel ashamed. Imagine, a captain being punished alone.
Suddenly, his phone rang and he hurried to it finishing only half of what he was supposed to do. Taoka called to him to finish his laps but he paid him no mind muttering apologies and the call was important. Their coach cursed under his breath about choosing the spike-haired boy as captain.
"Moshi moshi, Sendou Akira desu," (sorry, I can't help it) Sendou answered with a ragged voice due to his running.
"Akira!" the voice said through the other line - Rika. "I'm sorry, am I disturbing you?" she tried to hide the pain she was feeling.
"No, not at all," he lied, "Are you hurt or anything?"
"Just a little bruise here and scrape there, nothing big." She answered making her voice as cheerful as possible. "I wouldn't be able to meet you today, so be careful of," she dropped her voice to a whisper, "Rina. Run immediately to a swamp or a garbage incinerator or anything that would gross her out if you see her."
Sendou laughed, "Don't worry about me, I'll be all right. You're the one who should take care of yourself."
"You know I will," she told him, amused. "Alright. I told you I'm alive so call me at night to tell me you are...safe from DANGER."
"I will. Goodbye."
"Baibai."
***
dunkmoonX: Nikki is Sendou's cousin and so is Yoshi. They're fraternal twins; both boys though. Sorry I didn't make it clearer.
Sofia/3sh: Di naman ako ganon kagaling. Isa kasi yun sa mga practical jokes na ginawa naming magpipinsan sa kapatid ko. Haha...siya na mismo nagsabing may boyfriend siya.
ninny: Hahaha...those jokes can be very tricky. We tried it once on my sister and she told my mom that she has a boyfriend. Yup, Nikki and Yoshi are fraternal twins. Both boys.
KISS rocks: uh, the way of writing is good and the expressionism is ok and the storyline is ok. Not really what I call the most exceptional fic but it IS good.