Marmalade Boy- Fanfic by pandabear234 a.k.a. Dora Ng
^^Authoress' Note^^
Heyz! I would like to thank all those people who reviewed the last chapter^^ you are so sweet! And such great motivation! Well… for those of you that actually did review, this is for you! ^^
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If my English is bad, sorry, it's not my top subject since I'm Chinese… ^.^
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You are my beloved…
The one the that I love…
The one that I want to spend the rest of my life with…
You are my beloved…
Because I need you now with me…
Marmalade boy Fanfic by pandabear234
College Days
Chapter 3: The Straying Arrow…
Miki, Meiko, Arimi, Suzu stand up from their seats cheering for the group.
Miki cries, "Way to go!"
Toya blinks and claps but isn't amused as he glances at Miki. = Why is she so pleased? = He continues to clap but sighs, =I can play the drums better than that…=
Yuu smiles on stage and takes the mike of the holder, "Thank you everyone! We couldn't have done this concert without all you fans and of course our music manager Miwa Satoshi!"
Satoshi puts his guitar down to the side, and takes the mike from Yuu, "Thank you Yuu… Everyone it's the summer and we got school beginning soon! So everyone enjoy the rest of the festival!"
Everyone in the audience stands up cheering except for Toya sitting with his arms crossed and with no care for what's going on, =What a bunch of idiots…=
Miki glances at him, "Fujishima-kun?"
Toya looks up at her, "Hm?"
Miki sits back down, "What is the matter? Why aren't you cheering for the group?"
Toya shrugs and puts his elbow on the left elbow rest, "Nothing… I'm just tired right now…"
Miki giggles and then stands back up, "Oh come on…" She grabs his elbow and pulls him up.
Toya looks at her strangely, but can't do anything about her pulling him up.
Meiko glances at the two, = I have a very bad feeling about this guy… and he looks so familiar…= She turns to look her left at Suzu and blinks, she was surprised to see Suzu staring at Miki and Toya, "Suzu-chan?"
Suzu blinks and looks at Meiko, "Yes, Meiko-san?"
Meiko looks at her strangely, "What were you thinking just now? Because you made such a face…"
Suzu blinks and then stands on her tippy toes to whisper something into Meiko's ears, "I don't like this dude…"
Meiko's eyes widen as Suzu goes back down; she whispers back, "Why not?"
Suzu shrugs and shakes her head, "I just don't know… Bad vibe?"
Meiko nods, "I understand you completely…" They both glance at Miki and Toya laughing…
Arimi notices the two of them talking, but then the curtain onstage closes. Ginta turns to them, "Let's go! Before it gets crowded."
They all nod at him and they start trailing out together.
~Outside…
Miki breathes heavily as she sits down on the bench, "I thought we were never going to get out of that crowd…"
Meiko joins her as she also huffs and puffs, "Oh yea… I thought we were going to die…"
Suzu puts her elbows on her knee and leans forward from the bench, "We were close to dying…"
Arimi giggles as she rubs her knees, "yea… Good thing Ginta told us to move as soon as we did… or we would be still stuck in that hot concert room…"
Ginta scratches his head, "That's strange… there was more people than was expected… that was why it was so crowded in there…
Toya leans back on the bench, "It wasn't all that much…"
Everyone turns to him, he continues, "Those girls are probably from the high school around here anyways…"
Miki blinks at him, "How do you know?"
Toya shrugs, "It was kinda obvious… if you hadn't notice that they were going crazy for those guys on stage… I wonder who they are…"
Everyone looks at him, then they hear shouting from a distance, "MIKI!" "SUZU!"
Miki turns around and squints her eyes as she sees a familiar figure with khakis waving at her; she smiles "Yuu!" Suzu squeals as she does the same but waves at Kei.
Yuu, and Kei come over followed by Satoshi and a female with long black wavy hair.
Miki hugs Yuu, "You did a great job!" Toya glances at her with passive eyes as he figures it out.
Meiko and Suzu also notice this little gesture. Suzu looks the other way, =better not make this noticeable… or Kei will think something=; but then she says turning to Kei, "I loved the last song!"
Kei smiles, "Of course thanks to the writer Miwa here…"
Ginta packs Satoshi hard on the back, "Well nice job you did with all of the song back there…"
Satoshi makes a face of a little pain but then smiles, "Thanks, but I had Lita help me here."
He gives her a little push, "Everyone, please meet Furuya Lita."
Lita smiles and makes a little bow, "I'm Furuya Lita."
Suzu hugs her, "Lita-chan!"
Lita giggles and she hugs Suzu back, "So how was the concert?"
Suzu smiles and looks up at her, "It was great, and the songs were so beautiful."
Arimi joins in, "Lita, you really were great in writing some of them."
Lita grins and they stop hugging, "Thank you."
Meiko then lifts her left arm to see her watch, "It's one…"
Miki and Toya say surprised; "It's one?" Everyone turns to them and looks at them both strangely.
Then they all turn to her looking at her strangely, Meiko nods with her right hand point to her watch.
Miki looks into her purse and takes out a booklet that's labeled "Summer Festival Club Activities", she opens the booklet and her eyes widen.
Yuu puts his hand on her left shoulder, "What's the matter Miki?"
Toya hovers behind Miki and then they both exclaim, "I'm late!"
Miki and Toya look at each other strangely as everyone else look at them strangely.
Yuu asks Miki, "What are you late for?"
Miki turns to him and says, "I'm late for the archery club activity…"
Toya suddenly asks, "You do archery too?"
Miki looks at him and nods, "Yea, why?"
Toya points at himself, "I'm in the archery club, but how come I never saw you there before?"
Miki puts the booklet back into her purse and answers at the same time, "I was going to tennis then archery…"
Toya scratches his head, "So that's why; I always left early for work…"
Miki nods, "This is so weird…"
Yuu taps Miki, "when did you start archery?"
Miki looks up and thinks, and after 10 seconds; she answers, "Quite awhile ago… didn't I tell you?"
Yuu shakes his head, Ginta suddenly says, "So that's why you disappeared the last half of tennis practice…"
Miki nods again, but Meiko signals Miki's eyes to her watch with her hands. Miki's eyes widen, "Ahh! I'm even more late!" She runs off yelling, "Watch me outside next to the gym!" Toya runs after her "Wait for me too!"
Ginta blinks as he watches her and Toya run into the university, "Yuu, Miki's seems to be getting more and more distracted…"
Yuu sighs and shakes his head, "I really don't know anything myself…"
Meiko crosses her arms and thinks, "Miki…"
~Later on…
Suzu squeals as she looks around, "Did Miki-chan come out yet?"
Meiko sits down next to her, "Nope…"
Yuu sits next to her, "I didn't know that this was a competition…"
Ginta sips from his soft drink, "Really?"
Yuu nods as he reads the booklet, "Yea, take a look. It's the entire archery team."
Everyone hovers over Yuu's shoulders and looks into the booklet.
Arimi smiles and points as she spotted Miki, "Hey, look there's Miki! I love her outfit!"
Satoshi nods, "Yea, that's the traditional archery outfit."
Lita smiles and takes out a camera, "And I think this will be of good use here…"
Yuu grins and Ginta takes the booklet out his hands, "Furuya-san; May I use that camera to take some pictures of Miki?"
Lita smiles and nods, "Of course, Matsurra-kun; here." She hands him the camera and he takes it.
Then suddenly Suzu squeals "Look! IT'S MIKI-CHAN!"
Everyone looks up eager to see Miki, Suzu jumps up and waves at her, "MIKI!" Before Miki notices her, Satoshi pulls her down. Suzu pouts, "Why did you pull me down Onichan?"
Satoshi shakes his head, "Archery takes concentration, don't ruin it for her…"
Suzu realizes her mistake and nods, "Sorry Onichan."
Kei smiles and puts his arm around her, "Don't worry about it, Miki will do fine…"
Suzu smiles, "Yea, she will!"
Then they all turn their attention to the announcer, "EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE SUMMER ARCHERY COMPETITION OF 20XX! WE HAVE MANY NEW COMPETITORS SINCE LAST YEAR AND THEY ARE MORE DETERMINED THE EVER! THE WINNER GETS TEN TICKETS TO GO SKIIING IN THE MOUNTAINS!" I did it 20XX, because I didn't want to put a specific year.
Everyone in the arena cheers as they hear this especially for Ginta yelling, "Go Miki!"
Arimi quickly tries to pull him down, "Ginta! Calm down!" However Arimi couldn't do it herself so Yuu had to help, "Suou!"
Miki, standing in the midst of the crowd smiles, as she sees her friends cheer for her. She picks her pocket and takes out a red ribbon that matched her outfit. She then uses the ribbon and ties it around her forehead.
The announcer starts again, "OUR COMPETITORS ARE MANY FROM OUR UNIVERSITY, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT JUST ENTERED AND IT ALL ADDS UP TO 15 CHALLENGERS. THEY ALL HAVE TO SHOOT 3 ARROWS AND THEY WILL GAIN THE MOST POINTS TO WIN WITH TWO ROUNDS, AND NOW OUR COMPETITORS!"
All of the people in the middle including Miki get into a position facing their targets 70 feet away.
The announcer continues, "Our competitors are Sagami Rika, Senior; Miyazaki Sakura, Junior; Fujishima Toya, Junior; Koishikawa Miki, Sophomore; Shukaido Aki, Junior; Takanori Kentaro…"
The announcer finishes the list and still with Ginta yelling, "MIKI! MIKI! GO MIKI!" Arimi sighs and covers her ears, "Ginta!" Ginta turns around at her, "What?"
Arimi takes her hands of her ear, "Would you quit it? You're ruining Miki's concentrations!"
Ginta scratches his head and sits down, "Oh, I see… oops?"
The announcer starts after the clapping again, "Everyone to their places, bows in left hand down, arrows in pouch tied to their back, and now they will start after the gunshot!"
Everyone readies themselves as they switch into a position.
*BOOM* (gunshot)
Everyone cheers for their favorites. Miki gracefully pulls the arrow to the bow and lets go to see it flying far and sharp.
After a couple of minutes, a bell rings and the announcer says, "End of round one! Only 7 may proceed to the next level, which are: Fujishima Toya, Miyazawa Yukino, Arima Soichiro, Koishikawa Miki…"
Ginta yells yet again, "Go Miki!"
Satoshi shakes his head and points, "But take a look at our new friend's targets." They turn their eyes to see Toya's target, and gasp at the high score.
Kei says in a cool voice, "He's good at this…"
Yuu nods, "Yea… which is a problem for Miki…"
Suzu stands up and faces them, "For crying out loud, let's believe in Miki that she can do this… for maybe that guy is good, but I believe she's better."
They smile at her and they begin to change their look at the scores.
The eight people that didn't exceed the level left the arena and the ones that did stayed in their positions as new targets were replacing the old ones.
Then the announcer begins again, "Now Round 2 will start after another gunshot… but competitors, please get into your positions again."
All of the challengers get into their positions again.
*BOOM*
Arrows fly from the challengers to the targets. Miki takes her second arrow from her back pouch, and then she wires it up to let it fly again. But to her surprise it strays off away from the board, she gasps. Yuu looks at her face and notices something wrong, "She lost her concentration!"
The group glances at that note and then looks back at Miki.
The announcer shouts, "Fujishima is in the lead, but isn't this interesting? Koishikawa seems to have lost her senses! Time is about to run out, is she going to accept defeat?"
Miki bites her lip and quickly takes another arrow out shooting it elegantly. The arrow reaches the target denting the 200-point spot.
*RING!*
Everyone in the arena stares at the arrow that was shot by Miki.
The announcer shouts with more spirit then ever, "AND THE ONE THAT SUDDENLY TAKES THE WINNING SPOT FROM FUJISHIMA IS KOISHIKAWA MIKI-SAN WITH THE TOP RECORD OF 500 POINTS OVER 475!"
The audience cheers crazily for the new champion of the summer festival. Especially for Ginta and Suzu shouting, "MIKI! MIKI! GO MIKI!"
Miki swipes her face with a towel and smiles. Toya walks up to her and congratulates her with a handshake, "Nice job at the end."
Miki smiles as she shakes with him, "Thanks."
Then suddenly he hugs her, Miki blinks, "Uh… Fujishima-kun…"
Meiko and Suzu look at them and have a worried look. Suzu tries to start a conversation with Yuu so he won't notice; Meiko nods at Suzu and then glances back at Miki and Toya, =He is going to be causing much trouble…= Not only does Meiko and Suzu see this, but so does everyone else…
Toya lets Miki go, "Uh… Sorry…"
Miki blushes a bit, "It's okay… but-"
The archery club president come over and congratulates her with an envelope, "Miki-chan!"
Miki greets her with a smile and takes the envelope, "Thank you Miyanaki-sempai."
Kimiko giggles, "It's okay if you call me Kimiko. But you did great in the competition! I didn't even expect you hit the top record and at the end! She did great didn't she Toya?"
Toya nods in agreement, "Yep…"
Miki blinks at the envelope, "What is this Kimiko-san?"
Kimiko giggles, "It's the 10 tickets to the ski trip, your prize to go skiing
Then someone from the side calls Kimiko, "Kimiko! We need you to help!"
Kimiko waves back, "Okay! I'm coming!" She turns to Miki and Toya, "Gotta go! See you two at the next meeting." Miki and Toya nod.
Yuu and the group approach them. Miki jumps into Yuu's arms, Yuu says, "Not bad Miki."
Ginta pats Miki's shoulder, "You did great Miki!"
Miki smiles and makes a painful face, "Thanks, I've been doing a lot of exercises and that's why I haven't been at tennis club for the last couple of weeks…"
Arimi looks at Miki's outfit up and down, "Hmm… that may be a good new idea for the fashion club…"
Miki blinks at Arimi, "Huh?"
Arimi giggles, "The fashion club needs a new subject, so I guess its gonna be sports outfits! Miki, you have to model for the archery club!"
Everyone falls to the ground anime-style and with anime sweatdrops.
Arimi blinks and helps Ginta up, "You guys are strange… falling all at the same time…"
Suzu takes out the program booklet, "So, what do we do now?"
Miki looks down at her outfit, "I think that I should go and change…"
Yuu nods and looks at her, "Yea, maybe you're right…"
Miki wipes her face with her towel, "I want to go home and take a quick shower…"
Yuu nods again, "Okay, then I'll go home with you…"
Satoshi stops him, "Hold on Yuu… we still have to plan for our next concert, and don't you think that you are ditching clean-up…"
Yuu sighs, "Damn… I forgot…"
Satoshi says, "Well, that leaves you, me, and Kei to clean-up. Lita, you're going over to the photo room to develop the pictures right?" Lita nods. He continues, "Suou, you still have that tennis match. Suzuki-san, you still have the fashion club. Suzu, you got to be model for the fashion club's show. Akizuki, you have the literature club activity…"
They all nod at the fact that they are busy. But then suddenly Toya speaks up, "I'll take her home…"
Everyone's eyes focus on him, Yuu says, "Alright then, it can't be helped…since you had the same activity as she did…" He walks up to Toya and pats his back, "Thanks… because I'm afraid of something happening to her…"
Miki pouts, "Oh, come on, I'm not a child!"
Yuu crosses his arms and smirks, "And who knows when you walk when its says not to walk…you did that last time, and you were lucky I pulled you back!"
Miki crosses her arms, "Oh darn it… Fine whatever, come on Fujishima-kun."
Meiko sighs and shakes her head, =damn my activity… I'm afraid what will happen to her… I guess it can't be helped…=
Miki and Toya start walking, and Suzu whispers to Meiko, "I don't like this one bit…"
Meiko sighs, "It can't be helped… we still have all of our activities to do too…"
Suzu pouts, "But don't you think Yuu should just tell Onichan that he's worried."
Meiko glances at Yuu, "Of course he's worried especially how brainless Miki can get, but that's Miki, and not to mention her independence…"
Suzu crosses her arms, "Wonderful…"
~On the streets toward Koishikawa/Matsurra residence…
Toya speaks up after the several minutes of utter silence, "So what were you going to tell me before Kimiko interrupted?"
Miki looks at him surprised but then looks back down at the cement, "Well, uh… um… I just wanted to tell you that I had a boyfriend…"
Toya glances at her but then he also looks back down at the cement, "Yea, I knew that, it's Matsurra right?"
Miki nods as they both continue to walk, "Yea…"
Toya clenches his fist, "So were you trying to make a point?"
Miki suddenly looks up at him as they both stop before crossing the corner, "Um…"
Toya grabs her by the shoulders, "Were you?"
Miki shakes her head, "No! I wasn't!"
Toya suddenly realizes his position and where they were. He releases Miki, and suddenly takes off crossing the street.
The light opposite to the corner was changes from red to blue, but one car didn't notice it. Toya reaches to the other side, but he abruptly turns back around after he hears Miki yell for his name. A car suddenly collides into Miki……… Toya shouts, "Miki!"
^^Authoress' Note^^
Ahh! Don't come kill me! I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, but this is one heck of a long chapter don't you think? Neh? The thing is review=long chapters! And I'm sorry for a cliffhanger, but the story is getting boring wasn't it? Oh wellz laterz… and remember! More reviews=new chapter and maybe even longer! ^^
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