Prank 2: MASTERMIND
Note: This is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT story from the first one. Oh yeah! I don't own CCD. This is just for writing fun and for people who want to read a new story about it. In short, Entertainment only, not Profit.
BY Aya-CLAMPGAKUENlover ------------------------
The afternoon was silent. Clouds moved slowly that day. In CLAMP School, everything felt slow for Nokoru Imonoyama on that very day. Suoh left him, facing all the paperwork to himself. He left with a grin, not a frown, in Nokoru's surprise.
Nokoru sits alone in the Student Council room. The door was shut tight and the windows were barricaded. Suoh left a note outside the room to NOT open it no matter what. For reasons of his paperwork at the height of Mt. Fuji, and precaution to all students for his pranks for it was April Fools day. Nokoru was left with no choice but go do his paperwork.
While sitting in the bottomless pit of boredom, he goes to the fridge to get some Strawberry cake. In a split second, a tiny lady cry comes through his ears. He was stunned and quickly tries to open the door and windows. "WHAT DID SUOH LOCK THIS WITH?!" he asked himself.
The door and the windows wouldn't budge. He thinks for a bit and tries to find a way to get out of there. An idea popped in his head and puts on his dark glasses. He activates his DUKLYON watch and calls Eri Chusonji. The speakers of the school began to tune in a song, which called Eri and DUKLYON. Eri, Takeshi and Kentaro heard it and..
-Eri's Classroom-
Eri stands up in the middle of class in everyone's shock. The teacher already knew that act of hers and let her out. "Sensei already knew what I was to do.. Strange!" she said when her teacher set her outside. She opens her DUKLYON watch and sees Nokoru.. I mean Choukan of the DUKLYON.
"Good that you answered my call, Eri-kun!" Choukan said over the video-watch.
"What is the distress for, Choukan?" she asked.
"Please blow up the lock at the Elementary Student Council room window. It's very urgent!" he ordered.
"I understand." she quickly took off her CLAMP School uniform and under it was her DUKLYON uniform. She quickly ran outside the building and used her scooter to reach the Elementary Division building. She saw the window was fully locked. She saw Choukan waiting for her in the room. "Choukan, shall I?" Choukan nods.
"STAND BACK!!" She opens her DUKLYON bazooka and fires the lock. The lock went falling. "WAAH!" It fell on Eri's head, leaving her unconscious. Nokoru jumps down the building without hurting himself. He lifted the lock on Eri's head and realized the huge weight of it. Nokoru sweatdropped. "I'm very sorry, Eri-kun." he bowed and left.
He found himself standing at the Kindergarten Student Council room, seeing Utako Ohkawa crying her eyes out. "No..koru-sama?" she pouted her eyes.
Nokoru calmed her down, while searching for a calmer. A calmer is an item or something that she cherishes and would at least calm her down. He found the alligator plush at the sofa and gave it to her. "What's wrong, Ohkawa-kaichou?" he asked.
Nokoru served tea to her and looked in her lonely eyes. "It was like someone stole her sparkle in her eyes.." he thought.
"Well, I know that you 'know' about us." Utako squeezed the plushy.
"How did you notice?!" He sweatdropped, thinking that he was too obvious.
"Well anyway, Is something the matter?" he continued.
"Did you see him? You know, working at the student council." she said on looking at her reflection at the tea.
"Yes. But he left as soon as he was done. I find it strange that Akira would be un-cheerful."
"You see, he was like that for several weeks now. I try say 'hi' to him but he gave me the cold shoulder. Not that Suoh is really like that. It was like he doesn't cherish me anymore.." she started to have gentle tears in her eyes.
Nokoru was surprised at the same time a little angry with Akira. "This morning, he visited me with some reports on the Star Festival at campus. I asked him what was wrong and he didn't speak. I proposed for some cake and tea but he declined with a big NO! He never does that at-"
"-At what, Ohkawa-kaichou?" he looked at her continuous sweating and blushing.
"N-N-Nothing re-really! HAHAHAhaha.." Nokoru still thinks that Utako was lot suspicious when she stopped her words.
"As a CLAMP School Detective, and a good friend of yours, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE AKIRA FOR WHAT HE DID!"
"We're going a bit exaggerated, Nokoru-sama. Please, don't tell Mako-oneesama about this.."
"No. Ohkawa-kaichou, let's go to fourth grade, Class Z." Nokoru opened the door and bowed to the lady.
"But..-"
"It'll be okay.. I shall find out the reason for slight rip in your relationship!" Utako sweatdropped.
--Fourth grade, Class Z--
Akira was in the front, explaining his work at math class. A gentle knock was heard and the teacher opened it. Nokoru and Utako were outside, holding a pass for Student Council members. "Good afternoon, Class Z, Would I please borrow Ijyuin Akira for an urgent meeting?" Nokoru asked. All of Nokoru's fans were squealing and jumping, and were waving hi to him. Utako sweatdroppped.
"Ijyuin-kun, you're excused. Please come back after your meeting." Akira wasn't so cheerful about it, though. Utako peeked into the room and saw him. She smiled but he didn't smile back. His face was cold, like Suoh's, but colder. The teacher gave Akira the pass and let him out.
"KONNICHIWA!" she greeted.
"..konnichiwa.." he replied. Nokoru was still surprised.
"Akira?" Nokoru spoke.
"..yes, kaichou?.."
"Why are you like this all of a sudden?" he asked.
Akira dashed away, losing Nokoru and Utako's sight. He ran like Suoh and jumped into a big tree. Nokoru and Utako quickly followed him and searched for him in the park. Nokoru had no clue on where to find him but Utako said Akira was in that big tree near a bench. "How did you know that?" he asked.
"I can't tell Nokoru-sama that I can see Akira-kun's silhouette, like any other Friday night date, he hides in the trees and waits for me to open the balcony door.." she thought.
Nokoru looks up in the tree, seeing Akira grasping two branches and hiding himself. Utako looked sad when she saw him hiding from her. "Akira, come down from there." Nokoru requested.
"No! I'm not coming down." he replied.
"WHY?! WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS, AKIRA-KUN!!" she started to cry.
"Ohkawa-kaichou.. Akira, your just gonna let her cry?! I feel ashamed putting you as a CLAMP School Detective!" Nokoru tried to climb the tree, for Utako's sake, but it was too hard, considering his motor nerves useless. Utako jumped in the first branch with ease but in tears. She continued to climb up, while crying her eyes out. "Ohkawa-kaichou.." Nokoru said.
Akira ignored Utako's sense of crying, but a lot sad inside. "WHY?! AKIRA-KUN, YOU IDIOT! YOUR JUST LIKE SENSEI! A BIG FAT WEENIE! WHY ARE YOU GIVING ME THE COLD SHOULDER, HUH?! I SEE THAT YOU TWINKLE NO LONGER FOR ME! YOUR A WEAK, WEAK, WEAK BOYFRIEND!!" Utako almost reached him and grabbed to another branch. Tears made Utako's hands moist and tries to grab hold on Akira's branch. She slips and..
"AAAAAAAH! NIJUU MENSOU!" She screamed.
"OHKAWA-KAICHOU!!" Nokoru screamed.
"UTAKO-SAN!!! I-It h-hurts.." Akira grabs Utako while he was falling as well. He hugs Utako to just receive the ground impact instead of her. "Gomenasai, Utako-san.." he whispered.
"I-It's o-okay.." she cried in her lover's chest, near to their future hospital feeling.
"? Ta-takamura-senpai!" They discovered that Suoh Takamura was there to catch them. Suoh felt a lot uncomfortable. "IJYUIN AND OHKAWA-KAICHOU FEEL A LOT HEAVY TOGETHER.. GET OFF ME.." Suoh thought.
"Suoh! What a big coincidence! Thank goodness you're here!" Suoh un-lifted Akira and Utako. Akira hugged her and kept repeating, "I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I'M VERY VERY SORRY!"
"This is so touching! I feel that I saw these two hug before.. Don't ya think, Suoh?" Nokoru was happy that they're alright.
"Really? But, It was 20 Mensou, not Ijyuin." Suoh wondered. "Sometimes I think you're dense, Suoh.." Nokoru thought.
"Akira-kun? Akira-kun?!" Akira fainted at the grass.
"I was afraid that he would faint now.." Suoh whispered to himself.
"Takamura-sama?! You knew about this?!" She asked. Suoh nods. He carried him to the Elementary Student Council room. Nokoru got him a cold compress for his head and Utako puts her alligator plushy for comfort. "Suoh, what's wrong with Akira?" Nokoru asked.
"I would like to know that as well, Takamura-sama." She said.
"Ijyuin has caught a deadly disease recently. He told me about it that he would die at anytime in this month. He said that his life was limited and was out of advice. I told him not to tell you guys about it." Suoh explained. "Bad advice, Suoh." Nokoru said.
"So that's why he was acting a lot like Takamura-sama.." Utako thought.
"Ijyuin also said that when the time he faints, it'll be his last day.." Suoh looks down, feeling guilty on his doing.
"Kaichou, we should leave them alone for a while.." Suoh said.
"But-" Suoh dragged him out of the room. Utako thanked Suoh for dragging him out, for their sake. She went around the room, searching for something that cannot be touched or seen. "I guess I can't find a way to make life sparkle into you again." She goes to Akira's desk, checking his stuff out. She saw a photo slipped at the bottom of the CPU and checked it out.
"This is a picture of..me." Utako was very shocked. She could only smile. Utako can imagine that when Akira was in pain that was the only thing that could make him smile. Talk about flattery. She faced Akira and started to talk to him, though she is never answered back.
"Will you wake up for the last time? I know that you've suffered for a long time, and you were sure that you'd die very soon. What did you do wrong to receive the fate? You'll leave everyone you love and care for. Nokoru-sama, Takamura-sama, Nagisa-chan, Mako-oneesama, the dog I adopted, your mothers and me. I know I don't own you or something like that but I don't to lose you." She hid her face on the sofa and waited, and waited, and waited.
Akira awoke from his unconsciousness and slowly moved his body, but couldn't. He scratched his head and wondered what he was doing in the Student Council room at that time. "I remember now.. I see.. Gomenasai Utako-san.." he thought.
"Utako-san.. Utako-san.." he clasped her shoulder and gently woke her up.
"Akira-kun! How did-"
"I have to tell you something. Before I.. The light is flashing before my eyes.." Utako listened to Akira's final words.
"Sure.. W-What is it?" she asked.
"Two things.." Akira answered.
"The first is.. After I tell you the second thing, I will always love you." Utako was over-rejoiced and was finally, happy. The whole April Fools day, she cried like a little girl, though she is a little girl and now she's loved. Utako became excited to the second thing.
She gently kissed Akira on the cheek. They both blushed pink. "That was my first kiss.." They both thought.
"Thank you, Akira-kun. Though we had sad times, you made me the happiest bride. I will always love you, till I depart this world.." Akira was so touched on her words.
"So... WHAT'S THE SECOND THING?" she excitedly said.
"I'll whisper it to you." he smiled. Utako came closer to him and was still super excited.
"A-"
"A?" she said. Before finishing his words, he became unconcious and lifeless. Utako was so shocked that she stared so lonely at the floor. Still sad, she slammed the floor and couldn't stop gasping. A BIG SLAM OPENED THE STUDENT COUNCIL DOOR.
"APRIL FOOLS!!" Nokoru and Suoh came inside the room, carrying a banner with a writing, 'APRIL FOOLS UTAKO!'. Akira rose up from the sofa and held Nokoru's fan saying 'APRIL FOOLS'. Utako was stunned and April Fools wind blew in her hair. Akira sweatdropped when Utako was ..motionless.
"So that's why you locked me here.. You planned it all out and it was 100 precise! Sometimes I think you got a sense of humor, Suoh!" Nokoru said.
"Don't give me the credit, kaichou. Ijyuin planned all the details and I just played with his April Fools scheme to Ohkawa-kaichou." Suoh replied.
"Akira! Call Ohkawa-kaichou here, or her April Fools cake would grow cold!" Nokoru called Akira.
"Akira"
"Ijyuin?"
"I.. I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE! WAAAAAAAH!" she cried...again. (Aya: Go figure that crying is the new way of casual expression)
"U-Utako-san! I'm really sorry! It was just for the spirit of good fun. ..Your cake is waiting for you.." Utako looks at him and pauses. Akira looks curiously at her with his big puppy dog eyes. Her eyes started to show tears and sniffled.
"WAAAH!"
Nokoru: (whispers) Hey Suoh, maybe next year we'll prank Nagisa-jo.
Suoh: Don't even try! (evil glare)
Nokoru: Just kidding! Hahaha.. (sweatdrop)
Nokoru: (murmur) I wonder why Higashikunimaru-kun and Shukaido-kun didn't answer my call..
!!THE END!!
In CLAMP School Park, Takeshi Shukaido kept running all around the place, trying to confuse Kentaro Higashikunimaru. He looked so wasted loosing that freshman and really ran the whole day. "MAN, I HATE THIS DAY!!"
Aya: REVIEW! ONEGAI!! I know this prank kinda sounds like cliches of other April Fool pranks.. But I wanted to do this fic! It's so... AkiraUtako like.. hehe.. I'm on synch to finish 20 Faces wedding: THE PLAY..
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