Kaori, the Ice Queen Cometh!! I'm back! If you hadn't noticed yet, this story is really about Manny and how she finally found a place where she can fit in…Oo; BTW, the kiddos got back from NYC on Monday, the Talent Show was on the Monday after, and so the action in this one takes place mostly on a Thursday (read and find out about what I'm talking about!!).
Where She Belongs
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Part Five: Rivals
By: KaoriNeko
"You girls are an embarrassment to our fine institution here, I'm afraid I'll have to give you both two weeks detention." Mr. Raditch said to Kaori and Paige. He and Mr. Armstrong had dragged them (literally) to his office.
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Raditch, I don't usually do stuff like this," Kaori said, standing up from her chair. Paige watched as Kaori's face scrunched up, in an effort to make herself cry. "It's just that Paige has been tormenting me ever since I've come here. She thinks I'm after her boyfriend!" Kaori whined as tears fell down her cheek.
"Great acting…" Paige mumbled.
"Another week's detention," Mr. Raditch shouted to Paige. "Ms. Michalchuck, you may leave, Ms. Gray, may I speak with you privately?" Paige stood up and sulked out of the room, while Kaori sat down.
"What do you want to speak to me about, sir?" Kaori questioned.
"First, take this," Mr. Raditch said, handing her a wet towel. "Try to get some of that caramel off."
"Thanks." Kaori said, taking to towel.
"Well, I have quickly decided, after your statement about Ms. Michalchuck, that I want you two to understand each other more,"
"What do you mean?" Kaori asked alarmingly, as she wiped off some of the sticky substance.
"Well, I think it'd be nice for you to join the Spirit Squad, I'm actually making you Co-Captain, maybe your sister wants to join too."
"Is this mandatory?" Kaori asked.
"Absolutely…" Mr. Raditch replied bluntly. "Be in the gym every Thursday after school, and remember to have fun."
"Yeah, fun…" Kaori said, exiting the office.
Get closer to Paige Michalchuck? How much closer can these two get?
"So, what are you doing after school?" Kiari asked Manny and Kaori. They were making their way to last period which happened to be Science. Today they all had on a pair of Seven jeans, Gucci stilettos, and Juicy Couture wife beaters, which all read: "If I Only Had A Brain", with a little dancing scarecrow next to it.
"I have Spirit Squad…" Kaori grumbled.
"I'm on the Squad!" Manny laughed.
"Really? Mr. Raditch signed me up in an effort to get closer to Paige, so things like the Caramel Incident don't happen again. And guess what, I have to be the Co-Captain, which means working with Paige…"
"I thought Hazel was the Co-Captain?" Kiari said, turning the corner.
"I guess Raditch relieved her from her duties…" Manny said.
"This is gonna be so fun, I better get my pom-poms ready!!" Kaori said sarcastically as they walked into class.
The last bell of the day rang and the kids rushed out of their classrooms to their lockers, preparing to go home. But Kaori, had to stay behind…for Spirit Squad.
"Hey, have you seen Manny? She's supposed to meet me at my locker." Kaori asked her twin.
"No, I haven't seen her," Kiari said.
"Why aren't you leaving now?" Kaori asked, as she and her sister began searching the crowded halls for Manuela.
"I'm staying after with you! For Spirit Squad."
"THANK GOD!! I need all the support I can get," Kaori shouted. "Oh, there she is!! Manny!"
"Oh, hey, I was looking for you," Manny said, running up to them. "Are you ready to face the wrath of Paige, codename: Satan?"
"I think I'm ready, as long as I shake my pom-poms and my cute little ass, I think I'll have the whole school in the palm of my hands." Kaori said, tying her hazel, blonde highlighted hair into a high ponytail. Kiari did the same as they entered the Gym.
"Five, six, seven, ei-" Paige shouted, but stopped when she saw the trio enter the gym. "So nice of you to join us, Manny and Kiari, and of course, our new Co-Captain…"
"Me, the ever so wonderful, Kaori." Kaori said smiling, and jumping in front of Paige. "I know you guys have been learning a routine for a long time, but I want you to forget about that. I have a new, sexier one. And I even have sexier uniform designs, the new uniforms are being made my Stella McCartney as we speak, so they should be in by next week, trust me, they'll be the hottest thing ever. Kiari, cue the music."
Kiari nodded and turned on the small boom box which always sat near the training mats. Destiny's Child's song, 'Lose My Breath' blasted and Kaori began going over the routine. Paige was about to say something but when she saw Mr. Raditch enter, she tried her best to follow the sexy routine.
"How did Kaori come up with this all so quick?" Manny whispered to Kiari as she 'dropped it like it's hot'.
"When Kaori doesn't like something, she oddly enough becomes more determined to do it. Like right now, she wants to conquer Paige."
After about three hours of practice, the girls got the routine down. "Perfect, wonderful!!" Kaori shouted. "Okay girls, hit the showers, next Thursday we'll bring the new outfits." The Squad ran into the locker room and Paige and Kaori trailed behind.
"So, what do you think of my new routine?" Kaori teased.
"I think it's idiotic because we have a competition against Bardell coming up in two weeks!" Paige shouted. "It's dumb changing the whole routine!"
"Don't you see the girls can do it? You treat them like children, that's why you always lost against Bardell, or maybe it's because of Dean?"
Paige stopped in her tracks. She looked at Manny and Hazel, both of whom knew what happened with Dean, "How the hell do you know about him?"
Kaori winked and raised her index finger to her lips. "Shhh! It's a secret!"
The next week the Spirit Squad was pumped up, they couldn't wait to see their new uniforms!
"Okay, the shipments are here!!" Kaori said, entering the gym with Manny and Kiari behind her. Behind them were sweaty and shirtless Craig and Sean carrying two boxes.
"We didn't know which outfits to choose, this one…" Manny said, pointing to Craig. He pulled out a cute yellow micro-mini-skirt, with cute little yellow feathers dangling on the end and a blue halter top with a plunging neckline.
"Or this one?" Kiari said pointing to Sean. Sean pulled out a blue mini skirt with a cougar on the ass, then he pulled out a yellow bikini top and a yellow mesh long sleeved shirt, covered in sparkles.
"THE SECOND ONE!!" The whole squad shouted. Paige slanted her eyes and stormed over to Kaori.
"You're making sluts out of my Squad!"
"Paige, don't be jealous just because you wanted to do it, but I was the only one who had the guts to." Kaori said, staring into Paige's raging eyes.
"You can't speak to me like that, I'm the captain!"
"I'm sorry, that's captain, Raditch saw my potential yesterday and decided to promote me, sorry co-captain!" Kaori smiled brightly and ran over to Manny and Kiari to help pass out the new uniforms.
"She has got to go…" Paige grumbled and went to help distribute the outfits.
Whoo! I know it took a looooooooooooooooooong time to update but Jr. High is kinda crazy! Anyway, I'll try to update as soon as I can, but don't expect me to do it in one day! And plus, I have a surprise for the next part, so please, please look out for it! And R & R!!! OH! And the new chapter for my 'Charmed' fanfic will be out soon! So look out for it!