Konichiwa!
Okay, this chapter was revised because I've decided to take Sakura and Sasuke out of the story. It was really a VERY tough decision but then, I realized that the character portrayed by Sakura does not suit her persona since her role would be the mean one. Oh well, Sasu/Saku pairing could wait till I finish this story.
I would like to thank everyone who reviewed last chapter. You guys are the best! Special thanks also for all your critiques because they helped me in improving this fic.
Oh yeah, the plot is still the same. Only the characters' descriptions were changed.
Note: Italics: Thoughts
Bold: Words that are emphasizedWARNING: OCC-ness of characters and a few grammatical errors (I'm kinda careless, that's why)
Disclaimer: I don't own GTO.
Chapter 2Welcome Kikuchi's fiancée
"Oi! Sorry I'm late-" Kusano Tadaaki stepped inside Ichiraku Ramen but stopped in his tracks. He was supposed to meet Murai and Fujiyoshi at Inogashira Park but he got caught up on something so he told them to go ahead. He was quite shock to see the whole restaurant quiet; all attention was focused at the direction of Onizuka and the others.
"What the heck is wrong here?" he muttered as he made his way to their table. He was quite shocked that even Onizuka was out of himself- the glass where he was putting sake in was already overflowing. He directed his gaze towards where Onizuka was staring. It was only then that he realized what's odd.
A beautiful girl was suffocating Kikuchi with her rib-crushing hug.
"What in the hell is going on? Is that girl Kikuchi's sister or something?" Kusano nudged Murai who was too shock to react. Everything's just so plain... intriguing.
"Oi! Earth to A-N-Y-O-N-E-!" Kusano found himself almost shouting. There's something going on and he doesn't have any clue to it.
Somehow, Kusano's shouting brought the people back to Earth. They turned to him.
"What?!" he asked, quite scared. He mentally slapped himself- he might have disturbed a very important event by what he did.
"Oh, SHIT!" Onizuka cursed when he realized that the whole bottle of sake was wasted.
"Onizuka-sensei! You're a teacher! How could you curse in front of your former students?" Fuyutsuki-sensei snapped. Onizuka laughed nervously.
"Let.. go... need air..." Kikuchi choked out.
"Are you saying something, darling?" the girl asked sweetly, touching his cheeks gently.
Silence...
Still silence...
Uhh.. more silence...
Damn. Will this silence ever break?!
Argh! Stop this silence! It's ticking the readers off!
At last, the words finally registered in the spectators' minds.
"DARLING?!" Kusano exclaimed disbelievingly. What the hell is going on here?! He glanced around him, hoping that a good soul would be kind enough to enlighten him.
Most of the male population gave Kikuchi a death glare while the girls squealed. The girls thought that the couple certainly is so sweet to each other that, in no time, ants would be craving over them.
Kikuchi felt his face burn. His eyes twitched dangerously. What did she say? Darling...? DARLING?! Who the heck gave this annoying and super beautiful girl- wait, where did THAT came from?!- the permission to call him darling? Of all words! Duh! Even his mom never called him that! DARLING?! DARLING?! It is a very great humiliation for a genius like him!
Speaking of that... Kikuchi's eyes widened. It was only then that he remembered something very important.
Kanzaki was present, right?
She heard the er... 'darling' part, right?
She's going to make fun of him now, right?
Oh, what does that mean?
T-R-O-U-B-L-E, I guess.
Kikuchi glanced at Kanzaki, praying that his worst fear was not confirmed.
Kanzaki was clutching her mouth, trying her best not to laugh. Her face was already red. She coughed a little and focused her attention of her the ground- trying to regain her composure.
Kikuchi sighed. Phew! Good thing she didn't laugh- it would only add more humiliation to have a fellow ahem genius laughing at your erm... disgracing state.
However, fate really has a sense of irony.
"Ha... ha... hahahahahaha!" Kanzaki started laughing like a maniac, banging her fist on the table while the other held her stomach. The people looked at her curiously while Kikuchi looked at her with pure horror imprinted on his face. She just found the scene hilarious. Who would have thought that a simple 'darling' could break that computer genius' poker face? Oh, the irony!
"KI-KU-CHI! You lucky bastard!" Onizuka grabbed Kikuchi by the collar. He just can't accept that Kikuchi Yoshito, a computer nerd and has no interest in girls or whatsoever, would be called 'darling' by a cute girl! To think that he is only 17 while Onizuka is 25 and yet never in his life was he called 'darling'!
"Stop it! Don't you dare hurt MY Yoshi-chan!" the girl suddenly snapped, pulling a quite beaten Kikuchi out of Onizuka's grasps. Kanzaki just laughed louder than ever.
"I'm not doing anything to him!" Onizuka defended himself. "Right, Kikuchi?" he patted Kikuchi's head. Kanzaki was almost breathless from laughing.
"No! I caught you red-handed! You were trying to suffocate him!" the girl accused him. The boy, who was the girl's companion, just looked at them dully.
"No! I was his former teacher so why will I do that to him? Do you want to know more about Kikuchi? I could tell you! Just meet me tomorrow, 9am, here," Onizuka quickly responded. He rubbed his hands together.
The girl raised her eyebrows, "Do you think I would go on a date with you, former teacher of Yoshi-chan? Of course not! I am Yoshi-chan's fiancée and it would be a crime to date other guys beside him."
Onizuka's face fell. "Why can't anyone be kind to go out of me?!" he cried dramatically.
"What the hell is going on?!" Kusano screeched. He was like a lost boy who can't seem to understand a word that they were talking about. Poor guy.
"Kusano? When did you arrive?" Murai looked at him curiously. Apparently, he already snapped out of shock and was kind to notice Kusano first who, by the way, was banging his head on the table out frustration.
"GAK! Don't kill yourself, KUSANO! HELP! KUSANO IS TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE!" Tomoko suddenly shrieked. She grabbed Kusano and stopped him from what he was doing. It caught the attention of the guys in the table that they looked at him curiously.
"Er... Tomoko, I think Kusano will not commit suicide," Yoshito pointed out cautiously.
Eh? Oh, you're right," Tomoko said thoughtfully after looking at a dazed Kusano.
Anyway, who are you?" Fuyutsuki-sensei asked the 2 newcomers. The spectators nodded in agreement.
A small smile appeared on her angelic features, thus making some of the guys drool. She had long silky black hair that reached way pass her waist. It was currently tied up in a half ponytail with a red ribbon. Her black eyes looked like the sky on a clear night. She was wearing a light pink dress that reached up to her knees with a pair of white sandals on her feet.
"My name is Ishikawa Rhine," she pointed at her companion, "and he is Kirizawa Takeshi."
Kirizawa Takeshi is your average quite-type guy. A head taller than Rhine, he had jet-black hair and a pair of onyx eyes. He was wearing a dark blue jacket with a matching white shirt on the inside and black pants. His black shoes were perfectly shined. A dull expression was plastered on his handsome face. He leaned at the nearby wall and closed his eyes. Bottom line: he's your average quiet-type heartthrob.
Kikuchi was still trying to get out of Rhine's grasp but to no avail. It seems that she doesn't have the slightest plan to let Kikuchi free. Poor guy.
"Er... Ishikawa-san, don't you think Kikuchi is already suffocating?" Yoshikawa carefully asked. Rhine instinctively looked at Kikuchi who was gasping for air. She yelped.
"Oh my gosh! Yoshi-chan! Are you alright?" she quickly released Kikuchi much to Kanzaki's displeasure. The scene was very nice, you know? It was once-in-a-life-time!
Kikuchi coughed as he held his sore throat. It was almost red due Rhine's tight grip
"Anyway, tell us your story now so we could all be enlightened," Onizuka said as he lit a cigarette. Rhine nodded and sat down properly.
"My mother is Ishikawa Micia, a model, and my father is Ishikawa Gisuke, CEO of a famous corporation. I am Yoshito's childhood friend from Kyoto: his hometown," she smiled at him.
Kikuchi thought for a while. It was true that he was born in Kyoto but stayed there only until he was 5. He was a nerd back then so he didn't make any friends except a girl who was their neighbor's daughter.
Oh no...
Kikuchi's eyes widened. He now remembered this girl and the event that likely brought her here.
"We were the best of friends: studying together, playing together, there were even times we took a bath together- of course we were innocent at that time," Rhine continued. The people snickered after looking at Kikuchi.
"Taking a bath together, huh?" Onizuka gave Kikuchi a perverted look. Kikuchi really is a lucky among girls.
Kikuchi turned red as a tomato. Why did she say that?! Of all things to share about their childhood, why that?! Kanzaki already has 2 aces to blackmail him: one is the 'darling' and two is the 'taking a bath together'. Speaking of Kanzaki... Kikuchi turned his gaze to her.
Kanzaki was looking intently at him, smirking.
Uh.. Oh..
When Kanzaki smirks, it means trouble.
Kikuchi groaned. He now has two problems to fix: first, get this annoying childhood friend away from him; second, try to let this certain genius shut her mouth about what she heard.
It seems the second one was far harder than the first.
"Anyway, 11 years ago, Yoshito's family decided to move to Tokyo. And that was the last time I saw him..." Rhine had a dazed look on her face. The people waited in anticipation, it was a cool love story, you know?
----Flashback------
"sniff Are... you really going to leave me, Yoshi-chan?" a five-year old Rhine asked. Her green eyes were puffy and red from crying.
"Don't worry, Rhine-chan, I'll come back one day," a five-year old Kikuchi assured. He was not crying yet a sad look was plastered on his face.
"Promise me that, Yoshi-chan. Promise me also that..." Rhine blushed a little.
"That I'll never forget you."
"N-not only that..." Rhine twisted her fingers.
"Eh?"
Rhine gathered all her courage, "Promise me that when we meet again, you'll marry me."
Kikuchi looked at Rhine disbelievingly. "Marry you? I mean, we're still young," Kikuchi said, his logic taking over.
"That is why when we'll marry each other when we meet again- maybe 10 years or so from now."
Kikuchi shifted uncomfortably. He thought over the idea. "Erm.."
"Yoshito! We're ready to leave!" his father called.
Rhine cried harder, "Promise me!" She held Kikuchi's arm tightly.
"Rhine..."
"I'll never let go until you say 'yes'!"
"Yoshito! Come now or we'll be left behind!"
"Promise me! Yoshito!" she tightened her grip causing him to cry in pain.
"Okay! Okay! Just let me go!" Kikuchi finally answered. He looked at Rhine. Rhine smiled brightly.
"Go now or you'll be late," Rhine pushed him and he ran to his parents. "I'll wait for you, Yoshi-chan..."
----End of flashback---------
The people were silent after hearing Rhine's tale. It was like a fairytale where childhood lovers promise to meet when they grow up.
"KI-KU-CHI!" Onizuka cried. "Why are so lucky?!" Murai patted his shoulder sympathetically.
"Teacher, you must face the fact that you'll never have a girlfriend. Your only hope is Fuyutsuki-sensei," Murai sighed. Onizuka continued to cry.
Kusano was mumbling to himself, "Kikuchi has a fiancée. Kikuchi has a fiancée... I understand now." He nodded and sighed. Phew! At last he was now enlightened.
Kanzaki was still smirking at Kikuchi. Ooh! Another ace for her! Childhood promise, huh? Interesting, very interesting...
Kikuchi silently prayed for his dear life. A very big damage has been done to his reputation as Mr. Logic or Mr. Brains-before-heart. Who, in their right minds, would promise to marry a childhood friend?
Um.. that was exaggerated, isn't it?
Well, it was understandable because he was a normal, innocent, 5 year old child at that time- but well, we all know that he's now a genius who wouldn't let his heart rule over his mind. And that's the sad part.
People think that a person like him would never do a foolish thing- even we're talking about a 5-year old boy here.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, poor guy.
One girl's appearance caused a very big mess that surviving it would be a miracle.
"So, in other words, Kikuchi promised to marry you when you grow up," Fuyutsuki-sensei analyzed. Rhine nodded happily.
"But how did you find Kikuchi?" Yoshikawa asked curiously. This girl really has a good memory to remember such a foolish promise.
"Like what I said, my father is a CEO so getting information is a piece of cake. Yoshi-chan is very intelligent so I just consulted the results of the Nationwide test for Junior high conducted 3 years ago (1), he was number two then. I found out that he was studying in Seirin High. I concluded that his house might be in the vicinity of the school so I asked some people and they told me where I would find his house," Rhine explained.
"Why did you consult the results of a test 3 years ago?" Kanzaki asked in her sweetest voice.
Rhine looked at her, "It is because I tried to find him 3 years ago. I planned to meet him but, on the very same day, my father asked me to fly straight to the Philippines where his friend had an accident and was in ICU. He couldn't come since he was caught up in a very important business trip."
"Then why didn't you come back?" Kanzaki asked innocently.
Rhine narrowed her eyes. This Kanzaki girl is annoying. "I was planning to but my parents decided to let me study in a prestigious school in the States. I obliged to them since I AM a RESPONSIBLE daughter. That's where I have been these past 3 years."
"Who is this Kirizawa Takeshi? Is he your boyfriend?" Kanzaki asked again with her innocent tone, thus infuriating Rhine even more.
Rhine tried to remain calm. She smiled, "My father thought that it wouldn't be safe if I go here alone so he allowed Takeshi to come with me here. Oh, and Takeshi isn't my boyfriend or anything near that. He's just my friend since I already have a fiancée..." She tried to reach Kikuchi but he moved his chair farther. She narrowed her eyes.
"Yoshi-chan? Is there something wrong?" she asked sweetly. Kanzaki turned to Murai and the others and pretended to vomit. They snickered.
"Are you already itching to be married, honey?" Rhine asked. The others giggled. Kanzaki's fourth ace: 'honey'.
Kikuchi made a fast calculation.
Problem: Rhine is back due to a promise he made 12 years ago.
Facts given: Ishikawa Rhine, Kikuchi Yoshito
Equation: if Kikuchi Yoshito Ishikawa Rhine = T (as in trouble) then KY - HS = normal life
Solution: Wait, how will he take HS out of KY?
Oh crap, the whole equation is messed up.
For the first time in his life, Kikuchi Yoshito- resident computer genius and Math geek, failed to crack up a mathematical problem.
Wait, it isn't a mathematical problem since numbers are not used.
But there are variables and mathematical operations involve.
Oh, damn. Let's just save this argument for later, shall we?
"If we would start a family, I want 2 children!" Rhine continued to muse, "A girl and a boy, if fate allows. I'll name the boy Yoshito Jr. while I'll name the girl Sakura or even Tomoyo. I also want a dog, um... what do you say I name him/her Akamaru (2)?"
Kikuchi sighed out of frustration. He was quite aware that any moment now, his poker face would crack out of stress. There was only one thing to do in this kind of situation. Even he was a genius, there were things, which only this person could solve.
Yep, you guessed it right.
Onizuka Eikichi, 25 years old, single.
Kikuchi gave him a pleading look. It was embarrassing to admit but he was desperate. Onizuka was his last hope.
Onizuka looked at him, a scowl look in his face. Why would I help a person such as Kikuchi? I mean, he already has a cute fiancée so why would he throw her away? It's a crime!
Kikuchi groaned. Onizuka was not helping! His eyebrow twitched dangerously. He must throw away his pride if he wants to survive this. Okay then. He brought his hands together, his eyes were near to tears.
Onizuka shifted uncomfortably. Kikuchi was pleading him- an occurrence you wouldn't expect from a person like him. He sighed. As much as he wanted not to help, he couldn't. Kikuchi was still his former student so helping him was still part of his duty (especially that he is known as GTO.)
"I'm telling you, Yoshi-chan. Our wedding would be the greatest!" Rhine sighed deeply. The people nodded in agreement.
"That couldn't be possible though."
Everyone turned to look at Onizuka, his eyes were closed as he savored his second cigarette butt. Kikuchi's face lit up while Rhine cocked an eyebrow. Kanzaki and the others looked at him curiously.
"What do you mean?" Rhine asked, her tone low and dangerous. Takeshi cracked open an eye to look at the scene. This is interesting...
"You see, Kikuchi already has a girlfriend," Onizuka simply answered, his eyes were still close.
Everyone stared at him as if he was an alien. Kikuchi has a girlfriend? Now that's new...
Kikuchi's jaw dropped. Of all the excuses he could have said, why does it have to be like this?! It looks like another problem was thrown into him.
"And who is she?" Rhine asked as she eyed Onizuka intently. Sparks were already flying.
Onizuka's eyes were still close as he sighed. He raised his arm and pointed a person no one would expect...
They all looked at the direction where Onizuka's pointing finger was directed.
T-Tomoko...?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To Be Continued...
So what do you think? Please review!!! (You could just tell me what you thing of Rhine and Takeshi)
I'm currently working with chapter 3. Hopefully, I could post it before the end of August. (Don't blame me, please! Exams are coming really fast and I really need to study very hard to pass Physics and Biology.)
See ya!
(1) The test Rhine was talking about was the test Onizuka was asked to be number one if he wanted to stay as a teacher. Of course, Onizuka got number one while Teshigawara-sensei, the Math teacher who's head-over-heels with Fuyutsuki-sensei, was number three.
(2) Akamaru- the name of the dog of Inuzuku Kiba. He can sense an opponent's chakra. He's from Naruto and I don't own him.