Rating: 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
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A/n: Hey there everyone! Sorry for the long delay of posting this chapter up. There was a problem with my com, and well...I actually wrote a song about it. It goes something like the tune "Yesterday" by the Beatles..
Yesterday
Yesterday,
My computer seemed to work okay.
Now it looks the trouble's here to stay,
oh what happened since yesterday?
Suddenly.
I can't log onto the internet properly.
There's this shadow hanging over me,
because I can't check my mail.
Why did my dad install,
Microsoft windows 2000.
Now there's something wrong,
with my com and I can't go ff.net....
Before I get hurled rotten tomatoes thrown at ,me, I better start thanking all my fellow Malaysians who so kindly reviewed:
Chibiangel: hehehe. I like Artemis Li too(^_~)! Greek mythology rocks! Which one's your favorite? I like the ones about Paris, Helen, and the Trojan War.
TehTarik: I like drinking tehtarik! You want me to kesian Josh. Why? He's supposed to be the 'bad guy' in the fic! (-.- why everyone kesian Josh wan?)
Crazy4u: you want to be a archeologist or scientist. If I were you, I'd be an archeologist, because it's way more interesting than being a scientist! (Well, by my POV that is) anyway how about considering to go into anthropology? Yes, mythology rules! Have you read 'Beowulf', the Danish poem? It's really good! (as to how old am I, if you really want to know, you got to e-mail me for that^_^)
Unquestionable: join the shorty club! *waves shorty banner* Elaine really does look like a guy, that we call her 'leng chai' sometimes in school. Why do you think she's lucky? Ru is kind of kawaii sometimes. As to Mitsui and his bag, he didn't smuggle drugs, but he's guarding his secret in his bag, that will be made known to everyone in the next chappie. *winks mysteriously*
Chidero: Puteri Court is in KL?!? Doh! *smacks forehead at blur ness* I didn't know that. Is it a school or something? Oh well. Don't worry, there will come a time when you *may* get to pour coke on someone. And I memang don't like Haruko from the start cos she's irritating!
Cinnamon stick: ha ha! Kawaii nickname! You like Man U too? Sugoi! *hugs cinnamon stick* I decided to change the school's name to SMK Damansara Jaya cos it sounds more, I don't know…Malaysian? (and as far as I know, almost every school in PJ & KL is "haunted") I don't like Physics BTW…
Miracle: *wow. Patriotiknya…* //sweat drops// not long enough?!? Alamak…why does everyone kesian Josh? The only reason I put him in the fic is to get back at his meanness to me in school (but don't tell him that!) you'll find out what's wrong with Mitsui in the next chapter. Promise.
Akane: *squirms* don't pity Josh! He isn't worth pitying! Trust me! anyway, here's the update! Hope you like it.
Okay, so I think that's about everyone right? Okay then. On to Chapter 5 (which happens to be 13 pages long)!
Chapter 5: We Like Monday Mornings?!?
TC \l4 "
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Amanda Ching POV TC \l4 "
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I had to admit; he was more gorgeous up close. His silky black hair fell across his forehead as he tilted his head and gave that smile that never failed to make my heart start throbbing wildly. All I could do was to stare back.
"You're the first girl that ever made me feel like this," he whispered huskily. His face moved a little closer to mine.
"What are you going to do?" I asked, somewhat squeakily.
"Just this," our lips were now millimeters apart.
"Sano, I—"
"Shh." He cupped my face in his hands. I closed my eyes and pursed my lips expectantly….
"Bee Beep! Bee beep! Bee beep!"
"Howazat?" My eyes popped open, and the familiar surroundings of my room flashed back in front of me. Sano had disappeared.
"Bee beep! Bee Beep! Bee beep!"
"Sano, don't go!" I called out as I watched my favorite Bishonen (Sano is from the manga Hanakimi) faded away in my minds eye. I groaned. That was a marvelous dream!
Bee beep! Bee Beep! Bee beep!"
I hit the snooze button on the alarm clock. It said 6:15 in glowing red digital numbers. Scowling at the clock, I snuggled back into my warm bed, although I knew today was Monday, and I had school to attend. After contemplating if I should go back to sleep or wake up, my conscious got the better of me. Grumbling mentally, I got up, shoved my feet into my fluffy slippers and shuffled out of the room after switching off the AC. I yawned sleepily as the front door creaked open. The morning air smelt funny as if…
"Woof." Something warm and furry pressed against my legs. "Woof."
I stared at Mimi, my dashund-dobie mix then at my porch floor where the weird odor was coming from. "You couldn't have," I said. "Bad dog Mimi. Bad dog." All the time I spent on toilet training her just didn't seem to be much good. "Go into the house." Unrepentant, she gave a joyful bark and bounded into the house with a clatter of claws on the marble floor. I glared after her as I picked up the garden hose and started spraying the porch floor as hard as I could.
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"I've got a good mind not to feed you," I mumbled after hosing the floor very thoroughly. My mum would kill me if she found out that Mimi had left another 'surprise' in the porch. A few woofs emerged from the kitchen. "What makes you think I'm going to feed you?" I called out.
"Don't worry, I already have," I masculine voice said. "Good morning by the way."
What? I found myself staring at Mitsui. He was wearing plaid pajama pants and a rather body hugging gray shirt. His bluish-black hair was tousled, and it looked as if he had just woken up.
"Huh? You fed her?"
Mimi looked up from her food long enough to give him an adoring look. "Your dog is clever. She actually brought her bowl and showed me where the kibble was." He patted Mimi on the head. she looked up once more and gave him another adoring doggy smile. "I like dogs. What's her name by the way?"
"She's Mimi," I told him. My dog was currently giving me a look that rather suggested animal abuse. Okay, time to steer the subject safely away from dogs. "Er, you've got to get ready, because we're going to school."
His forehead wrinkled. "What time is it?"
I consulted the clock. "6:30. what's more, I think we've got to go a bit earlier today because I have to let the teachers know you'll be joining class—"
"What time does school start?"
"Um, 7:30. why?"
"Seven thirty?" he demanded. "Flaming crap, that's like before the sun's up isn't it?"
"Not really. we've also got to leave the house earlier because it'll take some time to get to DJ and there's the early morning traffic to beat," I ticked off my fingers one by one. "After that, I think there's assembly today, so if we go to school late I'll be looking forward to either picking up rubbish in the padang (padang = field) during recess or washing the girl's toilet. [Arty: in my school, our version of 'detention class' is to pick up rubbish or clean toilets. Seriously, I think the school is too poor to hire janitors so we poor students have to do the dirty work.]" I started pushing a reluctant Mitsui towards his room. "Right then, be a good boy and get dressed."
"I'm going, stop pushing me! Wait, don't come into my room! It's a mess in here and I haven't made the bed yet! No, wait, my bag! I've got to cram my stuff back in! Wait! I'll change. Just don't come in here!" I found myself very rudely pushed out of the way. The door slammed inches away from my face.
"This guy is weirdlah."
Hisashi Mitsui POV
Whew. That was a close call. If she saw what was in my bag…
Hanamichi Sakuragi POV
"Ring! Ring! Ring!"
It was my alarm clock. I bounced out of bed and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I was totally psyched out to be going to school today, since I would get to see my Haruko-chan! I haven't seen her since we left the airport, which was the day before yesterday. I missed her bright smile and her sweet voice. Did she miss me as well? I wondered as I brushed my teeth. Well, I would find out today.
Something delicious smelling met my nose as I went down the stairs. My stomach rumbled noisily. There was going to be something good for breakfast. What a perfect way to start my morning! I closed my eyes and thought about my beloved Haruko as I went down.
/Hanamichi's Imagination/
"Hanamichi-kun! I missed you so much!" Haurko said as she fell into my strong manly arms (Arty: Mystical if you are reading this: DAMMIT! STOP LAUGHING!!!) and looked up adoringly at Hanamichi. "I've been so lonely since we parted at the airport and that baka kitsune had done nothing but sleep."
"Nyahahahahaha! Don't feel lonely anymore Haruko-chan! the Tensai is already here!" I would say
"I know," she said coyly. "Hanamichi-kun, can I tell you something?" she asked, her eyelashes fluttering prettily.
"Of course! You know you can always tell me anything!"
"Well then," she paused here and lowered her head. Haruko's porcelain cheeks turned a dainty shade of red.
"I think I like you."
BAM!!!!
/End of Imagination/
"ITAI!!"
"THUD! THUD! THUD!"
Melanie Yen POV
It was all very weird. At first, my mother was so against me having a male guest student living here. I had to listen to her nag about me agreeing to be a host family, for the past two weeks or so. then when she met Hanamichi, she just went all friendly and made some comment on his "fiery red hair" or something. As if it wasn't weird enough, my sister Sheryl decided agreed to drive me to school today, in order to "get you and Hanamichi to school earlier" (I quoted that from her). Since when did she ever care about me getting to school on time? She's rather sleep in instead.
Now, I am sitting here, helping my mother roll rice into sushi because my mother decided to make "Hanamichi feel at home." Looks like we would be eating sushi for the next two months. Yesterday when I was asleep, she went out and bought loads of fish, squid, seaweed, wasabe, ramen noodles, you name it, we've got it at home! Today, I was pulled out of bed at the crack of dawn to help make sushi and noodles.
Like I said, it's all very weird.
"BAM! THUD! THUD! THUD!"
I jumped up, and so did my mother. "What was that?" she asked me. "What broke? Go and check Melanie."
By the sound of it, maybe world war three had started and US fighter planes had just dropped some bombs outside, thinking that they were in Iraq or something. I ran out, expecting to see half of my house turned into rubble. To my horror, I saw Hanamichi sprawled at the bottom of my stairs with a smoking red lump on his head.
"Oh my gosh, what happened to you?"
"Itai…"
Okay, good sign. It meant he wasn't dead yet. I hovered over him. "Are you sure you are alright? Do you remember who you are? Look here," I held up my hand in front of his face. "How many fingers am I holding up?"
"Ahahahaha! I'm fine," he leapt up suddenly. "What's for breakfast? I'm starving!" he bounced off into the kitchen. "Ah, ohayo Yen-San! Wow! There's ramen!"
For some reason, my eyes swivelled up towards the wall for no apparent reason. Bits and pieces of plaster, cement and flakes of dried yellow paint littered the landing of the stairs. My eyes widened when I saw the condition my wall was in.
ADVANCE \u 5"Oh. My. Sainted. Teddy. Bear." TC \l3 "
There was a mean looking dent in the wall. Just looking at it made me wince. Damn, that boy must have a scull of chromium! I went back to the kitchen.
"BURP! That was good. Is there anymore?" the food that I had painstakingly helped to make was all gone. In its place, were little pieces of rice and splotches of soup on the table.
"You have a very healthy appetite," my mother said admiringly. "Why don't I get you a second helping. Melanie," she gestured for me to come. "Help me boil some more rice."
"But I've got to go get ready," I protested. "For school I mean."
"Never mind. Just go."
I scowled.
Kaede Rukawa POV
POUND! POUND! POUND! "Woi! Wake uplah!" POUND! POUND! POUND! "Woi, deaf issit? Wake uplah! Going to be late for school!" POUND! POUND! POUND! "Woi! Wei, are you deaf or what? Can wake up or not?"
I ignored my alarm clock. However, it started to get irritating. Reaching out I slammed my hand onto the clock, only to find my hand made contact with something hard and wooden feeling.
Ouch. But hey, I'm Rukawa. I show no emotions. I show no pain. Ouch, my hand hurts.
POUND! POUND! POUND! "Woi! Wake uplah!" POUND! POUND! POUND
Squinting, I looked at the place where I usually put my alarm clock. There was nothing there except a wooden table and a cartoon plastic table lamp. Wait a minute, table lamp? I don't have any table lamps in my room. What's more, I won't be caught dead with a table lamp of a rabbit on a toilet bowl with a plunger on its head. [FYI: the table lamp of a rabbit on a toilet bowl with a plunger in its head happens to be a Mashi Maro table lamp]
POUND! POUND! POUND! "Woi! Wake uplah Stupid!" POUND! POUND! POUND
Damn, I just remembered, I was a foreign exchange student in Malaysian ,and right now, that awful pounding was coming from my door. Facts began to filter back into my head. The plane trip, the red head do'aho, the airport, the do'aho cross dresser…"
I bolted upright. That was no alarm clock I was hearing. It must be that do'aho cross dresser who is making all that noise. Just thinking about her gave me goose bumps. I seriously considered going out and punching her. After all, no one interrupts my sleep and gets away with it.
"ARGH! I don't give a freak if you're still sleeping, I'm going to wake you up!" the door rattled, and something spiky in what seemed like a light blue apron and skirt bounded into my room. Before I could say anything, I felt her grab my shoulders and shaking me.
"Wake up-lah bodoh! If you don't hurry up, I'm going to be late! Wake up!" that was emphasized with a hard shake. "Can you hear me or not you stupid fool? Are you deaf? It's time to wake up!"
"Do'aho," I said, as I tried to pry her fingers off my shoulders. "Go away."
"I'm not going away until you freaking *shake* wake *shake* up! *shake*"
"I'm awake do'aho," I told her very much annoyed and awake now. "Leave me alone." She let go of me. In the dim light, I saw she was wearing a blue apron-like dress, which was obviously her school uniform. Despite my annoyance, my mouth twitched a bit. I didn't know she had anything relatively close to a dress in her closet.
"I'm going downstairs, you better come down in fifteen minutes or else I'm going to, I'll cekik (cekik = strangle) you!" she folded her arms and glared at me in a very Butch manner. Ooh, I'm so scared, I thought mentally. I narrowed my eyes and glared back at her to show her I wasn't intimidated by her.
"What are you waiting for? Get ready-lah!"
"Go away do'aho. I have to change." She glared so hard at me I was surprised her eyeballs didn't pop out of their sockets. After a moment of silence, she shouted, "Fine!" and stomped out of the room.
I proceeded to go back to sleep. There was no way I was going to wake up at this time of the morning. Something felt wrong as I turned around in bed. Something was missing. My eyes flicked open. Nota-kun! He was gone! Jumping up, I began searching frantically on my bed. He wasn't there. My heart started pounding like a drum. Where was Nota-kun? I looked on the floor. He wasn't there either. Where could he be? Bending down and looking under the bed, my eye spotted something furry and reddish. I had him up next to me in a flash.
Nota-kun is actually my stuffed fox. I got him as a birthday present from my grandparents when I was about five. He's one of my most precious possessions after my basketball. I can't sleep peacefully in bed if Nota-kun isn't there. I cuddled him, and proceeded to go back to sleep.
Elaine Soo POV
"Eh, Laine, where is your friend?" Adam asked as he tapped his fingers on the car keys. Adam is my twenty-year-old brother who annoys the living heck of me sometimes. Just because he can drive and has to chauffeur me around makes him think he has the right to be the Lord of all Creation. He isn't exactly Mr. Patient Guy either.
But then again, he had a point, where was that bloody moron Kaede anyway? Maybe he had slipped and drowned in the toilet bowl while getting ready. He was supposed to be down here about ten minutes ago. If he didn't come down soon, I was going to be late for school.
"Wait a while, let me check," I told him, and dashed up. Putting my ear to the door, I couldn't hear anything. He must have been in the bathroom. Opening the door quietly, I went in to knock on the toilet door and ask him as nicely as possible to hurry up. The door swung open silently and I saw—
I cracked my knuckles. I didn't care if he was supposed to be my guest. He was going to get it BAD. I advanced to the bed with a bit of a sadistic grin. It was time to practice my kung fu skills on the pig before me.
BIFF! BAM! POW! *Stars, moons and planets flew out, and a thick white cloud enveloped around* (you know, like how cartoon characters get into fights?)
"Do'aho! Go away!" WHAM!
"Ow! You stupid pig! You hit me for what?"
Artemis Li POV
"Hurry up! Run faster!" I told Kogure as I grabbed his sleeve and towed him along. Of all days, I chose to wake up late, today! Not that I usually arrived to school on time anyway, but after last weeks encounter with the discipline teacher and his best friend the cane, I wasn't taking any chances.
# Flashback #
"Artemis, this is the fourth time this week you came in late for school. What do you have to say for yourself?" Mr. Ayman asked as he waved his long thin cane dangerously as I stepped into the school half an hour after the bell rang.
"Um, well, I, uh..."
"Next time I catch you strolling into school at this time, you can be sure of me blacklisting you," he gave an unpleasant smile that displayed his cigarette stained front teeth. "You know what being
blacklisted means don't you? That means you'll be considered a juvenile delinquent. Not to mention, you'll have to attend detention class."
I couldn't believe that man. "Just for coming to school late?" I burst out in disbelief. "You've got to be kidding me."
"I assure you, Artemis, I am not." this was followed by another unpleasant smile that made me think he actually enjoyed handing out punishments to students.
# End of Flashback #
Well, whatever it was, I wasn't going to sit around and wait for him to delightfully hand me out the detention slip that I was to take home and wait for my parents to sign. No way Jose. It just so happened that when my alarm clock rang, it turned out to be a little later than I imagined.
The bus stop was just a couple of roads away. This encouraged me. With a little bit of luck, the bus would be right there when I reached. Kogure and me would get into the bus and we would be on our way to school. I would then reach school on time, and everything would be alright.
PUFF! PSHHTT...
Uh oh. I was treated to the sight of the blue and white bus pulling away from the bus stand just as I came up to the bus stand.
"ARGH! Wait up!" I yelled. The bus didn't seem to be listening. With another puff of black smoke, it made its way down the road. I grabbed Kogure's wrist and ran faster.
"Artemis--"
"Don't care. Just run," I panted. The bus was getting further and further away. I tried waving hard at it. "Stop! Wait a while-lah!"
It didn't wait. With a last puff of, the bus revved up and sped down the road, leaving noxious black smoke in its wake. I slowed down hopelessly.
"Oh crap."
Needless to sat, we came to school late. I felt my heart sinking in my shoes as I approached the gate. Standing next to the row of blue-clad prefects was...Mr. Ayman. His cane was wiggling behind his back dangerously as he came forward to "greet" me.
"No excuses today I see," he said. Waggle, waggle went the cane. I wanted to shrink into nothingness. I could see it now...
/Artemis's Imagination/
"I'm sorry Miss Li, your school report shows you have got a criminal record," the stony faced publisher tossed the manuscript across the table contemptuously back to me. I'm afraid we cannot publish your story."
"But, but–"
"I'm sorry, my decision is final. Mr. Ayman is a very influential member of our publishing board. He's even friends with the Most Important Person in the World which happens to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia."
"What has that got to do with publishing my story?" I blustered.
"Well, I'm very sure he won't want us to be publishing anything written by a criminal."
*flushing toilet bowl sound effect*
/End of imagination/
I'm screwed. I am so screwed. Wait, I'm not screwed. Kogure's here isn't it? Well then, I'll just put the blame on him. Hah!
Artemis Li, you are a genius sometimes.
Kiminobu Kogure POV
By the look on Artemis's face, I concluded she was in some sort of trouble for coming to school late. She said something to the teacher in a language I couldn't understand to the teacher and pointed at me. The teacher gave me a look that made my arms crawl in gooseflesh before responding to Artemis once more. With the teacher and the prefects staring at me, I was beginning to feel creeped out.
Finally, the teacher waved Artemis away after what seemed a sharp warning. She grabbed my arm and bolted away, as if the teacher was chasing after her with a lightsaber.
"What did you tell him?" I asked, curious.
"I just told him that you had trouble waking up early in the morning, stuff like that," she said. "Not only did he let me off, I've got permission to come slightly later to school than usual as long as you're staying with me." she gave me a big grin. "You really saved my arse back there. I owe you one."
Prefect # I POV
Wow, that guy was cute. But he wasn't as cute as the red headed one that Melanie brought to school with her.
~End Of Chapter 5~
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