Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Marmalade Boy! So don't sue me… he he… Darn sure wish I did… Well, it belongs to Wataru Yoshimizu. Sugoi! Way to go Wataru-san! She is my favorite writer, because this was the first Anime/Manga that I liked. Wataru-san also did recently adorable Mintna Bokura, and admirable Random Walk, and Kimi Shika Iranai. Now's she doing Ultra Maniac. It's so kawaii! Keep it up Wataru-san! You're doing great! ^^
Marmalade Boy- Fanfic by Kyokosakuras/pandabear234 a.k.a. Dora Ng
^^Authoress' Note^^
Hihi! I'm so sorry that it took me so long to type! Gomen ne… Forgive me! I have midterms to prepare for and all this anime to watch… T_T argh…thanks for waiting so enjoy!
If you haven't notice that in my last chapter… I mentioned a couple a characters that were from some other anime! For example: Arima Souichiro, and Miyazawa Yukino were from His and her's/ Kare Kano. To those reviewers… thank you so much, for liking my story! This chapter is for my reviewers, thank you and Happy New Year! =P kinda late aren't I? I got midterms! Not to mention my Website too! That I haven't updated or changed anything for a while! T.T I completely forgotten that it was Meiko's b-day in October! Ah! Very late… Gomen ne Meiko-chan!
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*Things happening (noise)*
=Character's thoughts=
If my English is bad, sorry, it's not my top subject since I'm Chinese… ^.^
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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!"
Marmalade boy Fanfic by Kyokosakuras/pandabear234
College Days
Chapter 4: That's classified information…
Di…di…di…
"Doctor Fujishima, her heart beat is steady now."
He nods and pats the brunette's head, "Good, I'm going to go on my break now…"
The nurse nods, "Yea, it's been quite a while you did that…"
He smiles and as he leaves the darkened room, "Nurse, you check the system before you leave too." The nurse nods.
He walks down the hallway towards his office but is stopped by a shout, "Otou-san!"
Kazuma turns around to face the one who called him, "Ah. Toya."
Toya breathes heavily, "Is she okay?"
Kazuma nods but smiles weakly, "I can't guarantee it…"
Toya closes his eyes, "I see… but what are her injuries?"
Kazuma lifts the clipboard in his right hand, he unclips the top paper and hands it to him, "Read."
Toya's hand trembles as he grasps the paper, his eyes skim through and he looks worse than before, "………"
Kazuma pats his son's back, "It's okay, and you brought her just in time."
Toya nods and hands the paper back to Kazuma. Kazuma takes it and clips it back to the clipboard, "Her injuries weren't that bad. She looks quite familiar… who is she?"
Toya clenches his fist and throws it to the wall, "It's Mi-chan…"
Kazuma's eyes widen in surprise, "Mi-chan?!? Koishikawa Miki?"
Toya nods still with a face of regret, "who would've thought this would happen again…"
After that last line, the main door swings open with a young blond man runs in with several others. He notices Toya and runs at him taking him by pulling on his collar, "Where's Miki!?!"
Toya closes his eyes, as he doesn't bother trying to ease Yuu's grip.
Chiyako cries seeing Yuu's anger, "Yuu, let go of the poor guy!"
Jin, Youji, Satoshi, and Kei try to ease his strong grip. Youji shouts at him, "Yuu! Calm down!" Satoshi equals a tone, "Yuu! It isn't going to change anything!"
He points to the door on the right, "There…"
Yuu releases him throwing him to the wall; he barges through the door of Miki's room. Meiko closes the door behind him.
Rumi helps Toya up from the floor, "Are you alright?"
Toya looks up at her and smiles weakly, "no problem…"
Kazuma helps him with the other side, "Toya, you really should let me see that shoulder…"
Toya holds his shoulder and shakes his head with disagreement, "Otou-san, it's okay; you don't need to, I'm fine."
Kazuma gives him an are-you-sure look, "Toya, I really don't think you should just ignore that shoulder…"
Toya massages his shoulder with his left hand, "I'm fine."
Kazuma sighs and takes his stethoscope out of his ears, "If that's what you want… but if you feel pain later; come and see me."
Toya nods. Kazuma turns his gaze to the four parents, "You four come with me, and I'll give you the details of Miki-chan's condition."
They nod and follow Kazuma into a conference room down the hall. Toya just stands where he was and stares into Miki's hospital door. He notices Meiko making her way towards him from the door. She stops in front of him and asks in a stuttering tone, "How did this happen?"
Toya stares blankly at her, "It wasn't my fault…"
Meiko glances back at Miki's door and then back at him, "Is that all you can say for yourself?"
Toya closes his eyes and says nothing. Everyone was staring at him. Ginta had anime veins popping from his head. Kei forms his hand into a fist. Satoshi and Lita stare blankly at each other. Arimi leans on to Ginta's right shoulder. Suzu was different… she marches up to Toya and slaps him in the face. Toya falls and lifts his left hand to the red spot on his left cheek.
Suzu cries at the fallen Toya, "How dare you do this to Miki-chan!"
Meiko gasps, Kei shouts, "Suzu!"
Toya rubs his cheek, but Suzu takes another hit at him. Satoshi grabs her from her left, while Kei had her right. They pulled her away from Toya. Suzu struggles and cries "Let me go! Let me at him! Let me at him!"
Satoshi says sternly into her ear, "It's not worth it!"
Kei shouts tugging onto her, "Violence never solves anything even if I want to do it too!"
Meiko helps Toya get back up; he says in his defense, "I said that it wasn't all my fault!"
Arimi says in surprise as she feel's Ginta's shaking, "Ginta?"
Ginta shakes in anger, "Then give me one good reason why I shouldn't finish Sakuma's slap…"
Toya stares at him, "I told you once, and I told you twice; it wasn't all my fault!"
Ginta shouts at him, "Then explain your innocence dammit!"
"Suou… Suzu…"
They all turn to see a broken and tired out Yuu. Yuu says without any feeling at all directed at Toya, "If it isn't your fault all this time, why won't you finally tell us?"
Toya gulps but nods silently; he walks down the hall to a room across from what the parents entered. Toya points into the room; they understood what he meant so they followed him.
The room consisted of a large conference table and several chairs. Toya closes the door after all of them had entered. He takes the chair at the head of the table with Yuu opposite to him. He takes a deep breath, "I'm sorry for all of this… Matsurra-san, you put Miki into my responsibility and I let this happen, however, it is not my fault… I didn't lead her into the accident."
Yuu glances at him and then at Meiko, "Go on."
Toya interlocks his fingers, "We were crossing the street, and I was ahead of her because I started to walk a little faster then her. The light was on the correct signal, but that one car didn't notice… she didn't realize that car was speeding but she kept going after me… the guy that was driving is now held in the police station since he was drunk driving…"
Yuu crosses his arms, "I see… I want to know her injuries and how bad is the whole thing?"
Toya takes another deep breath, "Well, my father has told me… she was hit not to badly… her right arm had a slight fracture but we took care of it already, and also a sprained ankle too, but we'll she has some bruises and scrape all around, but other than that, I think she's lucky."
Yuu blinks at him with his widened eyes, "What do you mean lucky?"
Toya closes his eyes and leans forward on his chair, "she was lucky to be alive, if she didn't have a side collide, she would've died having a direct collide…"
Yuu squints his eyes in confusion, "What?!?"
Toya sighs and pauses for a second, "I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, she would've died if she was hit in the middle of the dashboard/bumper."
Everyone stares at him…
~W/ the parents…
"So that's all of her injuries?"
Kazuma nods at Rumi, "Yep, other than that, she's lucky to be alive and breathing."
Rumi sighs, "Thank goodness…"
Jin sighs and shakes his head, "It only seems like that we are a bother to you Kazuma…"
Kazuma smiles and shakes his head in disagreement, "Don't worry about it, she came in when I wasn't all that busy anyway…"
Youji pats his back, "But thanks for taking care of our Miki-chan."
Chiyako smiles as she takes a sip of water from the glass on the table, "It's really great to see you after all these years."
Kazuma grins and clips the paper back onto the clipboard, "Yeah, I agree, and you four seem to be just like you were when we were in high school. I'm not surprised you guy haven't changed actually."
The four parents stick their tongues out and then they all laugh about it.
Rumi pulls her hair away from her face, "So how's Mariko doing?"
Kazuma looks at her and smiles, "She doing quite great with her job as a interior decorator, and energetic as usual."
Chiyako giggles, "I remember the time she used to draw all these designs in her notes during the class. Sensei always screamed at her for wasting all of her time."
Then a constant monotonous beep rang from Kazuma's pocket. Kazuma blinks and stands up reaching his pocket and reads the message, "Sorry, but it seems that I'm need in the emergency room… I'll keep you guys updated about Miki-chan."
The parents nod and Rumi says, "thank you so much for everything…"
Kazuma shakes his head, "No Problem, Just returning the favor…"
~In conference room #2…
"She's could've died?"
Toya nods at Yuu, "Yes, that's why she's a lucky one."
Yuu rubs his eyes with his left index and thumb, "I see… Thanks for telling me…" He stands up, "Excuse me for a moment…"
Meiko looks at him but says nothing, =he's so pale…oh Miki…=
Yuu slowly opens the door, "You guys go home… it's getting late anyway…"
Ginta stands up abruptly, "Are you crazy? I'm not leaving this hospital until Miki awakes!"
Yuu looks back at him with cold eyes, "Fine, do whatever you want, it your choice…"
He shuts the door behind him with a click. Ginta shakes from his anger when suddenly; Satoshi stands up, "Suzu, Lita; let's get going…"
Suzu clutches to the seat, "I'm not leaving either!"
Satoshi makes a face of disappointment, "It's late, and I'm sure Miki wants to not worry about her like this."
Kei stands up and places his hand into his pockets, "Suzu, come on, he's right. We should respect Yuu's order."
Suzu makes an annoyed face but walks after Kei, Lita and Satoshi out. Arimi pats Ginta, "Ginta? Should we go?"
Ginta calms down a bit and nods, "Well, we got nothing else to do…"
Meiko gets up from her seat, "I guess I'll come with you"
Ginta glances at her and shakes her head, "No."
Meiko blinks, "Oh, I know what you're going to say… don't worry; I'll stay here in case anything happens. I'll call you guys if something does happen."
Ginta nods and smiles weakly "See ya later."
Meiko waves and makes her graceful smile, "Ja."
After Ginta and Arimi left the room, complete silence fills the atmosphere of the room. Meiko glances at Toya, "Why do you seem like you know Miki so well?"
Toya looks at her, "What are you talking about?"
Meiko crosses her arms and makes a determined face, "You sound like you known her for years, and why do care for her so much?"
Toya shrugs with a cold face and gets up from the chair, "It doesn't matter to you anyway…"
He walks towards the door, but Meiko guards the way out.
He gets up and walks towards the door but Meiko stands in his way, "Why are you like this about a ordinary girl that you just met this morning?"
Toya puts his hands into his pockets, "Move out of my way.
Meiko glares at him "Don't make me despise you after only meeting you such a short while ago. Tell me why."
Toya's face doesn't change but he still looks coldly at her, "That's classified information to me, and move out of my way, or I'll force my way out."
Meiko continues her glare but steps to the side, but as Toya walks out; she says, "Special, ain't she?"
Toya stops for a second then continues thinking, =damn…=
Meiko sticks her head out and watches him walk down the hallway, =something is definitely fishy about him… I'll better check this out… I'm better go check on Miki…=
~Miki's room…
Di…di…di
Yuu stares at her face with the slight light from the window to the waiting room, "Will you ever open your eyes for me?"
He holds her right hand tightly to his cheek. =You got to…=
The door swings open and Kazuma walks in turning on the lights he notices Yuu and smiles at him, "Ah, Yuu-kun."
Yuu smiles weakly at him, "Uh, hi Dr…um"
Kazuma smiles warmly at him, "Fujishima. It's okay, don't worry about it, you been through a lot…"
Kazuma walks to the left side of Miki's bed and puts the stethoscope into his ears. Yuu blinks after realizing something, "Fujishima?"
Kazuma nods while he places the metal circle on Miki's chest and moves it around to hear her heartbeat, "Yep, that's my last name."
Yuu asks him as he stands up, "Isn't that the last name of that Toya-guy?"
Kazuma chuckles as he stops and takes the stethoscope out of his ears, "He's my son, why?"
Yuu glances at Miki and sits back down, "Oh, that makes some sense in how he told me about her injuries…"
Kazuma turns around to check on machines, "Yeah, he's studying medicine at Tokyo University; I didn't think that he was going to follow in my footsteps either…"
Yuu holds on to Miki's hand again, "Doctor…"
Kazuma turns back around to check on the IV line connected into Miki's left wrist, "Yes?"
Yuu close his eyes and says shuddering, "Will she wake up?"
Kazuma gives him a little smile, "Don't worry about it, she will, but I don't even know when… I'm sorry."
Yuu shakes his head and opens his eyes again, "Thanks… I just wish that I was there with her when this happened…"
Kazuma walks to his side and pats him on the back, "Don't think about the past… it's getting late, your parents already left and shouldn't you be getting home?"
Yuu shakes his head again, "No, I'm going to stay with Miki."
Kazuma makes his way towards the door, "I see… then I'm going to go now…"
Yuu nods and puts his head down next to Miki's face, "Thanks…"
Kazuma turns off the lights and closes the door behind him.
~Outside of Miki's room…
Kazuma blinks when he sees a girl with long brown wavy hair, "Uh… you are?"
Meiko blinks and then smiles, "May I enter the room? I'm her best friend, and I would like to see how she is doing."
Kazuma squints his eyes at her a bit, Meiko looks at him strangely, "Something on my face?"
Kazuma realizes that he was staring at her but he says, "Meiko-chan?"
Meiko blinks surprised, "Hm? Do I know you?"
Kazuma puts his hand to guide her to the side, "Can I talk to you?
Meiko shrugs and nods, "Uh, I guess?"
They move to a corner and Kazuma suddenly hugs Meiko. Meiko makes a surprised face and asks, "Uh… why are you hugging me?"
Kazuma lets her go and says, "You grown so much, and you don't remember me do you?"
Meiko shakes her head, "Uh, no…"
Kazuma falls to the ground anime-style, he gets back up and scratches his head, "I'm your uncle"
Meiko squints her eyes and then her eyes widen, "You're Uncle Kazuma? From my mother's side?"
Kazuma smiles and nods, "I see you finally figured it out."
Meiko hugs him tightly now; "I haven't seen you since I was 6! What happened to you and Auntie Mariko?"
Kazuma pats her head smiling, "She's doing great, we moved to America and now we came back to start my doctor career after finishing everything there."
Meiko lets him go, "But how come you never visited?"
Kazuma looks sadly at her, "Let's just say your mother was really stubborn and still despised me for a reason even I don't understand why she still this way…"
Meiko nods glancing at Miki's door but suddenly looks back up at him, "If your Dr. Fujishima, then Fujishima Toya is…"
Kazuma grins at her as he finishes her sentence for her, "your cousin."
Meiko's mouth opens surprised, "He's Toya-kun!?!"
Kazuma chuckles at her, "You didn't remember him did you?"
Meiko closes her eyes and shakes her head, "Nope…and I know he looked so familiar too…"
Kazuma notices Toya come out of the elevator, "Toya!"
Toya glances at the one who called him but gulps seeing Meiko; he walks over to them anyway, "What's up Otou-san?"
Kazuma smiles and makes a hand gesture towards Meiko, "Meet your little cousin Meiko."
Toya's eyes widen and he steps back away from Meiko, "What?"
Kazuma shakes his head sarcastically, "You don't remember her either?"
Toya shakes his head, "Of course not!"
Kazuma takes Meiko's long hair and folds it up from the back, Meiko cries, "Hey!"
Toya takes another look at her and then realizes, "Ah! Mei-chan!"
Kazuma chuckles and lets go of Meiko's hair, "I see that it takes you two a while to realize things…"
Toya gives him an I'm-going-to-hurt-you look, "Otou-san… I was 7 when I last saw her! What am I now?"
Kazuma smiles but when suddenly he hears a sound…
*Beep… beep… beep…
Kazuma makes an annoyed looks and reaches into his pocket taking out his beeper, "It seems that I'm needed, so I'll see you two later."
Meiko and Toya nod and wave as he runs down the hall.
Meiko glance at Miki's door, "I'm going in to check on Miki…"
Toya nods and move out of her way "Go ahead."
Meiko opens the door and goes in to find Yuu sleeping peacefully next Miki. She smiles as she spots a blanket on the edge of the bed. Toya watches her as she takes the blanket to cover Yuu. She puts her finger on her lips making a sign not to make sound. Toya moves his lips saying "Duh." but not a noise coming out of his mouth. She tiptoes out of the room and slowly closes the door.
Toya crosses his arms, "How long have those two been dating?"
Meiko looks at him, "Why would you want to know that?"
Toya says in a calm voice, "I just want to know…"
Meiko sighs and starts walking toward the elevator, "It's classified information."
Toya's jaw drops, "Hey! That's my line!"
Meiko sticks her tongue out at him, "Live with it!"
Toya glares at her, "This argument sounds familiar."
Meiko giggles and nods, "Yep, just like when we were younger."
Toya chuckles, "Ah… the good old days."
Meiko presses the down button; Toya asks, "You're going home now right?"
Meiko nods, "Yep, since it's getting late…"
The elevator door spilt open, after Meiko walks in; Toya trails in after her, "I'll walk you home."
Meiko smiles and presses the 1st floor button, "Thanks, Cuz."
~On the way home…
Toya sticks his hands into his pockets, "Ya noe, it's interesting how we ended up meeting again."
Meiko nods and she yawns, "Yeah, it interesting; it turns out that we're actually going to the same college."
Toya glances at her and asks, "So how's your parents?"
Meiko has a little gasp and stops in her tracks, "I don't know."
Toya stops and turns to face her, "What do you mean?"
Meiko looks up at him, "I don't live with them."
Toya's eyes widen, "Huh? What do you mean?"
Meiko raises her left hand and points to the ring on her fourth finger from the thumb.
Toya's jaw drops as he pulls her hand to about 6 inches away from his face, "That's real? You're married?"
Meiko turn pinkish and nods, "Yeah, I live with my husband, my parents denounced me."
Toya lets go of her hand and sticks his hand back into his pockets, "oh, sorry to bring that up…it's like I didn't know…"
Meiko smiles and stares at the ring, "I feel set free…"
Toya smiles and her and they start to walk again, "What happened to the festival?"
Meiko puts her finger to her lips and thinks, "Arimi had her fashion show, and I did my poetry and literature meet…"
Toya nods and rubs his eyes as he yawns; "Oh… since you're married now, what are your plans for your future?"
Meiko glances up at the clear sky and answers, "I'm planning to become a full-time novelist, and I've had a couple out of already… Have you heard of Mettaigyo?"
Toya makes a funny face and his eyes widen, "Yea, it was a cute. The author was Akizuki Mei-…" He looks at her, "You?"
Meiko giggles and smiles at him, "Yep, it was me."
Toya's jaw drop for the third time, "I got to stop doing this… you just have more and more surprises that I don't know of…"
Meiko smiles and sticks her tongue out, "I'm just full of surprises. Anyways, we're here." She points to the apartment building that they were in front of, "Thanks for walking me home."
Toya shrugs and smiles at her, "No prob, you're my cuz; so I should do it. It's great seeing ya again."
Meiko nods and waves as she walks in, "Ja."
Toya waves back, "Ja."
Meiko walks into the elevator and presses the '4' button. =What a day it has been…I'm so tired… I better get something to eat=
She walks out and heads towards her apartment door. She then reaches into her purse to take out her key. But when she realizes the door wasn't locked, she opens it and walks into the living room.
"Welcome home Meiko."
Meiko's face brightens up and smiles at Namura. She runs to him and hugs him tightly, "You came home earlier than I expected!"
Namura hugs her back, "Yea, I got on the first train home when I heard what happened to Koishikawa from her mother."
Meiko looks up at him, "You did?"
Namura nods and lets her go, "I'm sorry, was there any change when you left the hospital?"
Meiko shakes her head and takes off her
jacket, "No."
Namura takes her jacket and hangs it onto a hanger in the closet, "I see… How's
Yuu-kun doing with this?"
Meiko shakes her head again with a more depressed look, "He's shaken up quite a bit… I left him there and he was sleeping next to Miki. He said that he wasn't going to leave until she woke up…"
Namura asks while he starts towards the kitchen, "and when is that?"
Meiko follows him, "Even the doctor can get a exact time…"
Namura sighs and opens the refrigerator, "Oh… that really sucks then, you hungry? It might make you feel better about the situation."
Meiko happily nods, "Yea, I haven't gotten anything into my stomach since lunch with Miki…"
Namura takes a plate of salad covered with saran wrap out of the refrigerator, "Here's a plate of salad that I prepared for you earlier."
Meiko smiles, "Thanks." She takes the fork from Namura and takes her first bite. Then she suddenly remembers, "Oh yea, I saw my uncle and my cousin today."
Namura blinks curiously as he takes a cup of green tea for her, "Your uncle and cousin?"
Meiko nods and takes the tea, "Yea, I haven't seen them for over 15 years."
Namura takes a sit at the opposite side, "Wow, 15 years? You never mentioned your other family members to me before."
Meiko puts down the tea, "Well, it turns out that my uncle was Miki's doctor and a he's also an old friend of Miki's parents too."
Namura takes a sip from his cup of green tea, "What a coincidence…"
Meiko shrugs and puts a grape tomato into her mouth, "Hm mm."
Namura puts down his tea, "But why so long that you haven't seen your uncle and cousin?"
Meiko puts down her fork and picks up a napkin to wipe her mouth from the ranch dressing, "My mother completely despises him."
Namura's eyes widen, "What? Why?"
Meiko shrugs and drinks from the tea cup, "You know my mother well don't you? She just likes to keep to herself when it comes from family members. The last time I saw my uncle was the family reunion. My mother hated that, but my grandmother insisted on us going that one time…"
Namura nods, "I understand your feelings, and I still believe you mother will change somehow."
Meiko rest her chin on her left hand with her elbow on the table, "I actually wonder that… Someday, Somehow, Somewhere, Sometime, Neh?"
^^Authoress' Note^^
So did ya all like that? The more reviews, the longer! I certainly hope that you all enjoyed it, because there's more where that came from! ^^ *Sticks her finger up like a peace sign* Here's the cheer: More reviews=more chapters and maybe even longer remember? But there's also the problem with me and my SAT's and midterms that are ending tomorrow! ^^ And also not to mention my anime frenzy…Ahhh! G2G! Remember the drill! ^^ Ja nae!