Rating: To be on the safe side, I decided to change the rating to PG-13
Synopsis: Instead of OC's going to Japan as foreign exchange students, why don't the SD boys come instead? Chaos follows when they head to sunny Malaysia…
Pairings: No Yaoi's. Pairings shall remain a mystery until later chapters.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A/n: this will be my last update until after my exams. Phew, senior year was much harder than I expected…(maybe it's because I'm not smart…) anyway, thanks for all the reviews, they were very encouraging! Don't stop now!!
krappkarmin: *mysteriously* Will Fujima, Jin and Sendoh be there? keep reading, they might show up earlier than you think…~_^
crazy4u: sorry to upset you, but Mystical wanted to host Mitsui-kun, although I did tell her that you would have to cross your dead body first. I'd love to be friends with ya! *extends hand* Yeah, Greek mythology is cool isn't is? too many there aren't many people who's into it thought.. oh well! ^_^
akane: from past experience, I found out conveyor belts DO eat up your stuff! They seem to be especially fond of Aussie chocolates though…in school, I refer to Josh as "Potato" because he looks like one.
Chidero: Puteri Court? Isn't that in Seremban or something? I'm still looking our for people to host the rest of the SD boys. Ya wanna host anyone? Hmm. This chapter is about 10 pages long. Enough for ya?
Mystical: Gomen ne, Baka. That last chappie was mostly about the boys POV. So sorry. (You cannot get mad with me! I'm your best hentai friend!) Look out for future chapters of sashi-kun, ne? I'll write more about you after the exam!
rj-chan: ~LOL~ Rukawa does do'aho a lot doesn't he? Don't worry about Mitsui, he's found his bag. Glad to hear you enjoy reading it!
miracle: *places hand on heart and sings "Negaraku" * I'm proud of Malaysia! (that is, when it isn't hot!) You from PJ? Cool! Me too! anywayz, this is about 10 pages long. Is that long enough?
TehTarik: he he he. I like Sakuragi as well! SMKDJ should look out, cuz the Tensai has landed!! J Kaede does imagine things from time to time, although is looks like he's always sleeping.
Unquestionable: Yes, unbelievably, Josh is real (dang it). how he managed to be the president of the Interact club is still a mystery. In real life, I suspect that Melanie has a crush on Josh, but she's living in denial. I'm from PJ
Chapter Four: Meet the (Host) Family?!?
[Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Men's bathroom. 11:30 pm]
Josh Wong POV
It's all Artemis's fault. Because of her, I have been stuck in this bathroom for more than half an hour. Melanie has gone off to the nearest pharmacy to get me a tube of Brylcream. Where the heck is she? She's been gone for ages now. I can't wait much longer, that Haruko chick is going to come anytime now!
Elaine Soo POV
Ha ha ha. Serves Josh right. I'm glad Artemis dumped her coke in him. I've never seen anything more ridiculous than his hair all wet and floppy.
Amanda Ching POV
I couldn't help sniggering as the image of a coke drenched Josh flitted into my mind. Padan Muka. (Artemis: Padan Muka in Malaysian slang is 'Serves you right'. ^_~)
[Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Men's bathroom. 11:34 pm]
Josh Wong POV
ARGH! WHERE IS MELANIE AND MY HAIR GELL?!?
Melanie Yen POV
All the shops are closed at this time. Josh is stuck in the loo and needs a tub of hair gel, and he has been waiting in the bathroom for some time now. The Japanese students will be here anytime now. Arty, Amanda and Elaine are pissed off with Josh, and I think they're mad at me as well for running after him.
Help.
"Where am I going to get hair gel at this time of the night?" I wailed aloud as I tramped past the rows of closed shops. I still couldn't get over the fact that Artemis actually dumped her drink on my boyfriend. I know she don't get along very well with Josh, but I thought what she did was a little too much.
There wasn't much point looking for a pharmacy anymore. All the shops here were already closed. With a sigh, I decided to go back and tell Josh I couldn't get him any hair gel. Suddenly, an idea hit me. Elaine was bound to have some hair gel with her, since her hairstyle is a milder version of Josh's hair. I smacked my forehead exasperatedly. Sometimes, I was just so SLOW!
I turned back and dashed down the silent corridor. "Please, let them still be there," I muttered to no one on particular as I ran.
Artemis Li POV
"Why are we still waiting here by the way?" I wondered aloud. Elaine, Amanda and I were lounging about in the waiting room. Melanie had ran after Josh after I threw coke all over his stupid lame head and she seemed to have vanished. Sometimes, that girl can be so THICK. Can't she see that she doesn't mean anything to that undeserving idiotic moron?
"Maybe we should go home," Amanda suggested.
I opened my mouth to agree when Melanie dashed into the waiting room. "Elaine—hair gel, please," she gasped out. I couldn't help staring. Her face was all shiny, and she had a disheveled look. I couldn't help opening my mouth and asking, "What for?"
"Josh needs it. you see, he's stuck in the bathroom--,"
I groaned loudly. Elaine gave her a pointed, ferocious scowl and went on to the serious business of staring at her fingernails. Elaine has somewhat spiky hair like Josh, but she doesn't gel it up till it stands on ends.
Melanie sighed dramatically. "Please Elaine?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"PLEASE?"
"NO!"
It was like watching to pro tennis players slam a ball across the net back and forth. Melanie pleaded, Elaine refused. Plead, refuse, plead, refuse. It went on for a while.
"PLEASE?"
"NO!"
"PLEASE?"
"NO!"
It was getting very annoying now. Melanie's voice grew increasingly whiny, and Elaine was on the verge of yelling. I stood up. "Won't you two shut up please?"
Amanda Ching POV
While Melanie and Elaine were quarrelling, and with Artemis telling them to shut up, no one noticed that a big group of people came in. No one noticed except for me, that is. I felt my jaw hit the ground.
Wow. Big serious wow.
"Wah liau."
Melanie Yen POV
"Wah liau."
My head swiveled automatically to where Amanda was staring. I felt my eyes widen involuntarily. The first word that came to my mind was TALL! Some of the students were more than a head taller than I was. After the shock had worn of, I quickly noticed that they were so damn cute!
"Nyahahaha! Everyone welcome the Tensai to Malaysia!" the red head looked around, and before I could say 'excuse me', the red head had bounced out and started pumping my hand vigorously. I felt as if my hand was going to pop out of its socket. Ouch.
"Konichiwa! Ah ha, ha! You must be the girl who's hosting me! I'm Hanamichi Sakuragi, but you can also call me Tensai Hanamichi! Nyahahaha!" this came out faster than a bullet train.
"Erm, I'm Melanie," I began uncertainly. My gosh, he's so tall. All the carefully rehearsed Japanese phrases went clean out of my head as his over enthusiastic manner caught me off guard, so I responded in English. "Nice to—"
"Ha, ha, ha. Melanie. Nice to meet you! Hey, Haruko-Chan! Who's hosting you?" he interrupted me to grab the wrist of a pretty girl with brown hair. The girl smiled uncertainly and stood on tiptoe, as if she was scanning the crowd for her host. Haruko? It sounded familiar. Wasn't she the one that Josh was hosting? Shouldn't I do something?
"Erm, Haruko Akagi?" I asked uncertainly. She turned towards me and gave me a blur look, then she smiled. "Yes?"
"Your host is, uh, currently tied up at the moment," I said, not knowing how to tell her about the coke dumping incident. She gave me a bright smile. "That's okay," she announced. "I'll wait."
I sighed, took out my hand phone and dialed Josh's number. "Give me a sec." I told her. She smiled at me once more. For some unknown reason, her sweet smile was beginning to irritate me.
"Damn it, Melanie, where are you now? Do you know, any time now the foreign exchange students will be here? Did you manage to get my hair gel? I managed to wash out the coke that bloody Artemis threw on me, and I really need the hair gel now. my hair—"
"Never mind about that, Josh. Just come out of the bathroom. Haruko's here already." I could still hear a howl of creative language buzzing from my phone, when I hung up. Haruko stood by, giving me a doe eyed look of pure blurriness.
I sighed. "He'll be coming out from the bathroom now," I explained. Haruko's face lighted up. "Really? That's great. I can't wait to meet him." I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. that surprised me a little, I barely knew the girl, but she was beginning to get on my nerves.
Josh Wong POV
Bloody hell. I need my hair gel. (Arty: Hey! It rhymes!)
Kaede Rukawa POV
This is so boring, I thought as I looked blankly at the whole hand shaking, bowing and greeting crowd before me. There was this guy standing on the edge of the crowd, looking as bored as I was feeling. He was probably still waiting for his guest student to show up. My eyes flicked to the sign he was holding.
The Interact Club of SMKDJ
Welcomes
Kaede Rukawa
Interact Club of Kanagawa
I felt a small twinge of hope. The girl Elaine must have been unable to host me, and they must have pulled him in as a last minute stand in. He looked at his watch, as if he was contemplating to go home. I shrugged inwardly and headed towards him. He gave me a quizzical look as I approached him.
"Kaede Rukawa."
His frameless glasses flashed as he gave me a disbelieving look. I didn't blame him. I was pretty much towering over him. Hah. These Malaysian boys were pipsqueaks, compared to me. I folded my arms and waited for the do'aho to say something.
"Elaine Soo."
What the heck?!? He's Elaine? Isn't Elaine a girl's name? I almost did a double take and looked him over again from top to toe. Baggy cargo pants, baggy shirt, short spiky hair, huge Nike trainers, flat chest. Yeah, all the evidence pointed out he was a guy. Only problem was, he had a girl's name.
"Excuse me?"
"You got a hearing problem?" he, I mean, she snapped. "I'm Elaine Soo, and I'm going to be hosting you during your stay here."
"You're a girl," I blurted out. His, I mean, her eyes narrowed into dangerous slits. "What's that supposed to mean?" she demanded. "You don't go out often enough to see how girls look like?" he, I mean, she said rudely and gave me a pointed look which I duplicated easily.
"Who do you think you are? Some kind of smart ass or something?"
Something told me we had got off the wrong foot. Something else told me we weren't exactly going to be getting along anytime soon. Perfect, I'm going to have a freaking cross dresser to host me for the next two months. Isn't life grand.
"Do'aho."
Hishashi Mitsui POV"Hello, I'm Amanda, and I'm going to be your host for the next two months. I extended my hand for her to shake, but she did a perfect 90 degree bow right before me, her six earrings glinting as she moved her head.
(Arty: //sweat drop// shouldn't that be the other way round?
"Hi," I responded. "Nice to meet you. Amanda had a round face and rosy cheeks. She was the type of girl that made you feel comfortable with life when you look at her. She gave me an even white smile.
"So how was your flight?"
Flying doesn't agree with me, but I didn't say so. "So, so," I shrugged and shouldered my bag higher. "Though, I could use a good night's sleep."
"Yeah, after so many hours in the plane." She gave me a wink. "I know how that feels. Here, let me grab your bag," she reached out and took my roller bag that I had (finally) managed to find.
"No, it's alright," I called out, but she had already grabbed the handle and went of, her ponytail bouncing and her earrings tinkling as she went. "We've already booked a cab, but I want you to meet my friends first," she called out as she went towards a girl who seemed to be climbing a chair.
"It's okay, you can give me back my bag," I called out as I went after her. Ouch, my knee was throbbing a little. After sitting down for a long time, my knee went a bit stiff. Like an old man, I hobbled after her. She slowed down and waited for me to catch up.
"How old are you?" she asked.
"Twenty," I said as I tried to take my bag back. "You?"
She shrugged. "17 in November. What are you trying to do?" I was trying to pull my bag handle out of her hand, but she was hanging on to it. "I told you, I'll carry your bag for you."
"No, it's fine," I tried tugging at the handle once more I want my bag. There was a slight scuffle as I tried to get it back. That girl has grip! However, I managed to grab my bag back and pulled it possessively towards me.
Amanda gave me a queer look. What is it with you?" she asked.
"I want my bag."
She gave me a slightly narrow look. "Okay. You can carry your own bag." She spoke to me as if I was a small kid, but I didn't care. I got my bag back!
Amanda Ching POVWhat is it with him and the bag? The way he grabbed it back was like he was hiding something in it. This guy's cute, but weird.
Artemis Li POVI can't find my student. Really. I was beginning to feel like a right fool, standing by the chairs and holding on to the sign. I hadn't seen anyone in the crowd who looked like my guest student. He was supposed to be this blur looking kid with glasses. I stood on tiptoe to look for him, but an annoyingly loud red head got into a yelling match with what seemed like Elaine's guest student got into my line of vision. Standing at the back of two ENORMOUS six footers when you're only 5'1 (even if you're on your toes) and scanning the crowd isn't exactly the best way to look for someone.
Feeling somewhat frustrated, I climbed on top of the chair to get a better look. The chair wobbled and shook under me, but I ignored it. Okay, I told myself. Look out for a blur looking kid with glasses. Blur kid with glasses. Blur kid with glass—
"Artemis Li?"
"Huh? Yea—" The chair shook wildly under me. "Warggh!" PLAPH!
"Oof!"
"Ow!"
"Sorry!"
My butt hurt. My ribs hurt. It looked as if I fell off the chair and had landed on top of someone and squashed the poor person pancake flat in the process. My rear end protesting, I wriggled off.
"Aiyah, I'm so sorry," I apologized profusely. "Are you okay, is anything broken?" The person got up slowly. "I know I'm very heavy. I'm really sorry. Don't cry okay?" the last line died off as I was looking into a very good-looking person (well, good looking by my standards, anyway). He had brown hair and brown eyes and a sweet shy smile which he was smiling now. I must have turned as red as a cooked lobster. By the way I was staring, my eyeballs would have been rolling on the floor any minute now.
"It's okay, but I seem to have lost my glasses," he said. "It must have fell off just now."
Glasses! I spied something glinting not too far away, and pounced on it. "Here," I said as I gave it back to him. "Hope it isn't broken."
"It's okay," he said. I think he was probably feeling as embarrassed as I was. "You're Artemis Li aren't you?"
"At your service," I mock saluted.
"I'm Kiminobu Kogure. Nice to meet you."
Kiminobu Kogure? Oh wait, wasn't he the blur kid in glasses I was supposed to host? But he was nothing like in the picture! The kid in the picture had a blank dazed look, where else the person before me looked rather cute as he got up and took his stuff that had somehow managed to scatter all over the ground.
"Why were you standing on the chair, by the way?"
"The chair?" I asked, a bit blur. Oh right. I was standing on a chair and I fell on him. "Oh, I was looking for my guest student, and I erm, slipped." If my face turned any redder, I would probably be able to pass of as an oversized tomato.
"Are you alright?"
"Never been better," I exclaimed brightly. After I saw you that is, I added silently. "Okay, we'll have this get to know each other session on the way back okay? Me and my friends pooled our cash and we managed to get this cab," I jumped to my feet and grabbed his sleeve and towed him out. "This way! The cab's out there!"
"Artemis, are you alright? I mean, you fell out of that—"
"Never been better," I declared. "Come on! Lets go now!" with that, I hustled him towards the exit.
"Wait a minute. I think your president is going to make a speech," he said. A crowd had begun to gather around. Looked as if Josh finally came out of the bathroom. With an evil grin, I wondered if he managed to get all the coke out of his hair.
"May I have your attention please?" Melanie called out, as she clapped her hands loudly. "The president has something to say." Josh seemed to be cowering behind her. I could see part of his maroon shirt peeking out behind Mel. With a final tug, Josh was brought out to the front.
I raised my eyebrow as I had a good look at my handiwork. Not to sound conceited or anything, but I think I had done the world a good deed. The coke seemed to have improved his looks. The brash red head stared hard at Josh then suddenly burst out into gales of laughter.
"Nyahahahahahahahahaha!! He looks like a drowned porcupine! Nyahahahahaha!"
I couldn't help laughing along with the rest of the people. The red head did have a point. Josh did look like a porcupine that had just braved a raging river. Next to me, Kogure was smiling as well as he looked at our president.
Josh Wong POVArtemis Li, I'm going to kill you. This is all your fault.
Whew! 10 pages of it! Sorry to bore you with all the boring explaining, but I got into my "cheong hei" (Chinese for long winded) mode, and decided to explain everything. Am I making sense? I don't think so. At three in the morning, I can never make sense. Okay, I need ideas now. Tell me what you think the boys do during their stay in good ol' Malaysia, and I'll put them all down in the next chappies.
Actually, I ought to be studying my chemistry now, but I'm typing fan fiction instead. (WARGH!) I really ought to be studying now. See ya! Don't forget to leave behind a review!
*Arty limps away to study Chemistry*
PS: I'm probably going to get loads of tomatoes thrown at me, but Norah Jones rocks! I like Avril too…Pity she didn't win anything. (check out her outfit during the Grammys. It was weird in a very cute way!)