Strange Love
(I know, you must hate Kuwa-chan, but then why are you reading this?! If you are reading this just to flame me for liking the idiot, don't. Get something else to fill up the time in your life. And I will be speaking about the originals, not the dubs. Everyone's voice is much better in it.)
A girl with long teal hair and large blue eyes walked down the street. She was, homely, with freckles on her cheeks, and she was wearing her school uniform, but she looked nice. Black square glasses sat on the edge of her nose and helped enlarge her eyes. She heard a yelp and looked over to see a boy her age in the bookshop. He wasn't handsome by any means, but she couldn't help but admire him.
His hair was orange and gelled into curls upon his head, with some fringe helping to shape his high cheeks and dark eyes. He was wearing the boy uniform of her school. Now she remembered, he was the guy she'd liked since last year, Kuwabara. He was strong, so why was he letting these punks pick on him? She saw the book behind his back and smiled.
"I guess even punks need to study." She muttered fondly and walked up to them. (Reason she didn't recognize him before is he usually kept his hair cut short in stead of gelling it. And it is gelled! It is waaaay to shiny to not be!)
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? He says he doesn't want to fight you!" she said and stood in front of the orange haired male. He was about a foot taller than her.
"Oh look! He needs a girlie to protect him." They mocked.
"If you don't know, I'm Mektei Gunnan, the only female punk of Saryashiki Jr. High. Leave him alone." She warned. They backed off slightly.
"You're Mektei Gunnan? I thought she was taller, and pretty." One commented and stepped forward, only to be punched back by Gunnan.
"You idiot! Don't invade my personal space!" she said tempermentally. Kuwabara sweat dropped. The others ran off to lick their wounds and left Gunnan giggling.
"Hey there, punk." She said. Kuwabara looked at her quizzically.
"Are you really Mektei-san?" he asked. Gunnan nodded.
"You're Kuwabara-san, ne? Nice to meet you. Oh, you dropped your book!" she said suddenly and, after shaking his hand, bent down to pick it up. She smiled and handed it to him.
"It was nice meeting you, but I have to leave. Let's hang out sometime, okay Kuwabara-san?" she asked. He nodded dumbly and smiled as she ran off. He then paid for the book and went home to study.
The next day found Kuwabara walking to school. He was hurrying to take the test today, and he could sense the kids following him.
"I better hurry up or else they'll make me miss the test." He mumbled.
They almost attacked and he tensed, still running, when he heard a female voice. He turned and felt disappointed when it wasn't Gunnan, but some other girl. He kept running, even when he heard the sounds of fighting. He was waiting with his friends for test scores when the female punk showed up.
"Kuwabara-san! How nice to see you again!" she cried and ran over. Her eyes were bright and sparkling and,...was she wearing lip gloss??!
"Hey there Mektei-san." He replied.
"I was wondering. 1, why didn't you fight back yesterday? And 2, wanna hang out after school today?" she asked. Kuwabara blushed as his gang looked on in interest.
"Well, the first is a promise between men. The second, sure I guess. I mean, I'll have to check my schedule, but yeah, I guess that'd be cool." He said.
Gunnan blinked then grinned.
"Hey, why don't we skip right now and hang? I mean, it won't affect the test grade and you look like you haven't gone out much except to fight." She said and nudged him in the ribs. Kuwabara blushed harder and his friends sniggered.
"Umm, sure. Let me get my bag." He said, making Gunnan's eyes light up. She smiled and nodded.
"Okay! Meet me outside in a few. The front entrance, not the back. See ya!" she called over her shoulder and ran to get her stuff.
"Oh wow! Kuwabara-san said he'd go out with me!" she cried in delight, earning a few weird stares.
Kayko ran up.
"Hey there, Gun-chan" she greeted. Gunnan smiled widely back at her.
"Hello!!" she chirped. Kayko faltered.
"Why are you so happy?" she asked warily. She usually didn't want to know when it came to her and Yusuke.
"Kuwabara-san is going out with me in a few minutes!" Gunnan squealed. Kayko sweat dropped.
"Kazuma is a nice boy, but I wouldn't want to go out with him." She replied. Gunnan frowned.
"He certainly isn't going to win any contests, but he's loyal and brave and honorable." She said. Kayko threw her hands up in defense.
"Okay, okay. Here he comes, I'll leave you two lovebirds." She ran off before the blushing girl could smack the back of her head.
"Hey Kuwabara-san!" she cried in delight.
"Hey Mektei-san. So, where to?" Kuwabara asked. Gunnan smiled.
"Well, I was thinking the arcade with the pizza-ria next door. And call me Gunnan." She replied.
"Alright, Gunnan. Let's be off. And call me Kazuma." Kuwabara said and they walked off.
"Oh my Kami-sama! It's loud in here!!" Kuwabara yelled over the pulsing music. Gunnan nodded.
"It must be DDR night. C'mon, I love that game!!" she screamed and took his hand before running through the crowd. They saw two other kids dancing against each other. One girl had short brown hair and pretty blue eyes with a tank top and short shorts on. She was dancing well against the famous Johnny Steps. A boy with tri-colored hair stood in amazement with the girl's coat. Gunnan gasped. (I OPPOSE Tea/Yugi, he just didn't think she could dance like that.)
"Wow! Are you Yugi Mutou!?" she screamed above the music. He looked over and nodded.
"That is so cool! I'm Mektei Gunnan!" she yelled.
"This is Kuwabara Kazuma!!!" she introduced Kuwabara. Yugi raised an eyebrow at the orange haired boy.
"Can you dance?" he bellowed above the pulsating rhythms. The two nodded. Gun had insisted they change clothes before hand and now she wore a black tank and a pink mini skirt with black Goth Boots. Her hair was in a ponytail and she was wearing her glasses correctly instead of pushed down her nose. Her eyes were lined with pink glitter and she had on black lipstick.
Kuwabara had on a white wife beater and black gi pants.
They waited until the girl, Tea, beat Steps, and Gun challenged Yugi. They stepped up onto the pads and a techno song started. Yugi pulled off disco moves that even Steps couldn't. (Got that idea from Bright Nights, Starry Days, a Yugioh fic. It rox my sox!! And it's in my faves.) Gun was twirling and jumping and giggling all the way.
They tied and Yugi said he had to go and left with Tea. Gun pulled Kuwabara onto the pad and they danced against each other. Kuwabara was a little clumsy, but he could dance pretty well. Gun beat him easily though and they had a grand time until sunset.
"Let's go to my house. I have an inside pool." Gun said. They raced to her house and into the pool room. Gun lost her balance and tripped, sending her into the pool from the momentum she'd gained while running. She swam up grinning, glitter running down her face and her lipstick smudged. She put her hand on the side of the pool.
"Help me up." She demanded and grabbed Kuwabara's hand. He nodded and went to pull, but got pulled in instead. Gun went into giggle fits.
"I got you!" she said and opened her eyes after wiping the water off her eyelids. She widened her eyes and gasped softly. The gel in Kuwabara's hair had washed out from the pool water and his hair was actually slightly wavy and not curly. It went to his chin and looked very nice.
"Wow." She said softly. Kuwabara looked confused.
"What?" he asked.
"You're hair. It looks nice down. It helps frame your face better. I like it." Gun replied. Kuwabara blushed.
"T-thanks." He stuttered. Gun blushed as well as his hair moved over his right eye.
"Wow! You're a bishie!!" she exclaimed. Kuwabara's face went red.
"You shouldn't wear gel! It hides your natural bishounen looks." Gun continued, her eyes wide. She reached a hand to brush back the hair as Kuwabara looked down in embarrassment.
"I assume you've never been complemented before." Gun said dryly. Kuwabara shook his head.
"Nope." He said. Gun smiled and tilted his head up.
"Well then I feel lucky being the first one to say you look gorgeous." She said softly. And to this day they all say, that the young mans face grew tens shades darker that day. They got out of the pool and dried off, shocked to find it was 10.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" Kuwabara asked. Gun nodded.
"I'll see you tomorrow." And then he left.
