Chapter I: Hokage Reunion
"Oh my God! Is that really you, Fuuko-sempai?" Ganko said in awe. Ganko is not a child anymore; she's a young lady now.
Fuuko smirked and ruffled the wavy, blonde hair of the girl. "You too Ganko. You are not a chibi anymore."
At the end of the room, Tokiya was swinging his wine glass while looking at Fuuko with intent. 'She has changed much,' he thought, smirking as he remembered that he called Fuuko a monkey before.
A hand came wriggling free on his head, destroying his shiny, long hair. "Tokiya-san!" the voice said. He sighed in disgust.
"You again," he said in a boring manner.
Kaoru looked disappointed. "It's so nice to see you, Tokiya-san." He scrambled to the floor like a cat to a couch near Tokiya and elbowed him. "Fuuko-chan looked nice, didn't she?" he said teasingly.
"Stupid boy," Tokiya muttered under his breath. However, he's really bemused at Fuuko's appearance. She's wearing a white halter blouse and purple skirt matching her purple high heels.
"Fuuko!" Recca shouted, happy to see his old friend. He accidentally hit Tokiya and jumped to hug the entire crowd. Unfortunately, Tokiya's slopped wine all over his black set. "Gomen, Tokiya," Recca said, smiling and holding his hand in a "peace" sign.
"Still careless, water flea," he muttered again. He was about to go home because of this bad happening (a/n: ok, I admit that tokiya is such a body-conscious freak), but he stopped after turning.
"Are you okay?" a voice said, offering him a handkerchief. It was Fuuko. She was smiling, but not teasingly, she was smiling encouragingly.
Tokiya had no choice but to smile back. "Thank you Kirisawa but I'm okay," he said, appreciating but avoiding the same. She ducked her and accidentally smelled her scent. 'Wow!' was the only thing he could say.
"Whatever," Fuuko said, clearly annoyed with his icy manner. 'Anyway, he's really icy, what do you expect?' she thought smugly. Offering things to him is a really stupid thing to do, 'Really,' she thought. She turned away from the haughty man and proceeded chatting with the others.
"So, Fuuko-chan, where have you been?" Yanagi asked smilingly, judging her with the way she looked.
Fuuko smirked back. "Yanagi, you're a bit curious today." She beamed at her. "Anyway, I just came home from U.S.A., finishing my scholarship. I returned here because I was employed in MizuCom as their new consultant supervisor." Actually, she is thinking of boasting about it. "After finishing college, a big company gets you?" Kagero said in awe. "That's great Fuuko, congratulations." She then shook Fuuko's hand.
Fuuko had no choice to smile. "Thank you. You know, I'm very lucky to be in this small party. It's been a long time guys."
Recca stretched his arms. "And you've changed too much Fuuko-san. You're a girl!" he laughed.
Fuuko's fist came with a thunderbolt. "Yeah, right. There's nothing funny!" she growled at Recca.
'So, Fuuko's working in MizuCom now, huh?' Tokiya told himself. 'Then she'll definitely work under me.' That fact made him smirk.
Well, I'm totally unpredictable. Maybe the next chapter will be a character's point of view…
