" I GOT IT!" exclaimed Misao bouncing back to life after a few minutes of silence. " He's taming the shrew! Either that or they're blind husbands!"
Laughing, they entered their next class. Unaware that their conversation had been eavesdropped on.
"I think we can use this to your advantage."
" How? Its going to be like 4th grade again with Makimachi-san. 'I got you something Aoshi-sama, wait Aoshi-sama, ooh Aoshi-sama,'" said Ami in a childish voice. Her pretty face contorting into an ugly scowl.
"Uh and that Tanuki…just when me and Kenshin were getting closer. She'll ruin everything! What if her and Kenshin start dating again?" asked Tomoe, emotion detectable in her voice.
TBC…
Previously
" I GOT IT!" exclaimed Misao bouncing back to life after a few minutes of silence. " He's taming the shrew! Either that or they're blind husbands!"
Laughing, they entered their next class. Unaware that their conversation had been eavesdropped on.
"I think we can use this to your advantage."
" How? Its going to be like 4th grade again with Makimachi-san. 'I got you something Aoshi-sama, wait Aoshi-sama, ooh Aoshi-sama,'" said Ami in a childish voice. Her pretty face contorting into an ugly scowl.
"Uh and that Tanuki…just when me and Kenshin were getting closer. She'll ruin everything! What if her and Kenshin start dating again?" asked Tomoe, emotion detectable in her voice.
TBC…
AN: I know your probably all sick of hearing of me but I was just going to say that Blind Husbands is a movie, and I'm pretty sure all you know of Taming the Shrew so yeah…I'm done.
Ch 9
" So now do you see how you can use this against them?" asked Yumi clearly satisfied with her plan.
" I admit it sounds like it'll work, but how do you know that they'll fall for it," asked Ami skeptically.
" Of course it'll work. With their peanut-sized brains how could it not. The only one who might be difficult to convince would be Megumi, but I think we can find a way around her," stated Tomoe confidence flickering in her eyes.
Later that day
" Oh my gosh, I'm so tired! If I have to introduce myself one more time in front of a class of stuck up people not to mention horny boys who haven't even hit puberty yet I'm going to kill someone!" declared Megumi slumping down at one of the lunchroom tables.
" Yeah, well I'm just tired of getting stared at and being referred to as the new kids," said Kaoru taking a seat across from Megumi.
" Your tired! Well at least you know that the teachers don't quite remember your name yet! 'Misao quit talking.' 'Makimachi-san pay attention' 'Misao am I going to have to move you?' 'Makimachi-san please go outside until you can control your laughter and outbursts!' 'Makimachi-san that's enough. Its not his fault he was born a prepubescent girl.' oh and what seems to be every one of my teacher's favorite saying 'Shut up, Misao!'" said Misao changing the pitch of her voice to suit that of the teacher.
" 'Its not his fault her was born a prepubescent girl' What kind of teacher says that?" asked Megumi a smirk evident on her face.
Kaoru smirked. " Our gym teacher, Hajime-sensei."
"Isn't he-…"
" The prick we knew when we were little, yeah. I mean I didn't do anything that that dimwit didn't deserve." said Misao scowling.
" What did you do?"
Flashback
"I wonder what we're going to do in gym? What if we could board in the class? Wouldn't that be cool!" exclaimed Misao jumping up in down in anticipation.
" Mi-"
" Don't count on it girly. The teacher, or should I say sensei as he likes to be called is a real ass. He believes in discipline and what not. So today we're learning how to wield a bokken and other forms of martial arts," said a girl with cinnamon eyes and waist length sea green hair pulled into a braid. Roughly 5'5 the girl was pretty.
" Sounds fun enough," said Kaoru. Now usually Kaoru would have said something about being interrupted, but something in the depths of her eyes betrayed that she was just another pretty face. The way she represented herself demanded respect, and without even trying she had gotten Kaoru's.
" Oh, oh I hope its co-ed! I saw the rooster-head walk in and I feel like wiping the floor with him," said Misao mischief in her eyes as they walked out of the locker room.
" Then your in luck, cause sensei does not go easy on us just because we're girls. One of his few good traits," said the girl smirking. " So I hope your ready for a hour of hell."
"Hmm…and here I thought school in general was hell," said Kaoru a smile playing on her face.
They laughed.
" Hey what's your name?"
" Shura."
"Alright settle down!" yelled a harsh baritone voice.
Turning around, they saw someone they wished they'd never have to see again. Broad shoulders, beady eyes a yellow hue, sleek black hair combed out of his face leaving only two strands in the center, the man looked wolfish.
" Holy crap! You've got to be kidding me!" yelled Misao making wolf eyes center on her.
" Well I see six years have done nothing to change that high-pitched squawk of yours, weasel girl. What a shame."
Face turning red in anger and embarrassment, Misao looked ready to explode.
" For those of you who are knew, I'm the gym teacher, Hajime-sensei. Now that we have that covered, today we will begin our unit on the art of the sword, but we'll be using bokkens instead of real swords seeing as the school board actually cares about your lives and consider each single one precious," said Hajime with something akin to a sneer on his face. " We'll also be learning other forms of martial arts, so that by the end of this unit each and every one of you will at least be able to defend themselves. At the end of the unit, each one of you will face… one of the members of the martial arts team."
Waiting with baited breath, all of them were terrified at the mere thought of having to face the wolf one on one. Exhaling the tension seemed to ease away with the mention of the martial arts team.
"Sagara, get up here. Along with anyone else who knows a form of martial arts."
Few went to stand by Sano, and even fewer girls. If it weren't for Misao and Kaoru, Shura would have been the only girl.
" You can't actually believe that the new kids-GIRLS to be exact, know how to fight do you old man?" asked a boy with blonde hair that could match Sano's in height. " I can understand Shura, because she's on the team but-"
" Don't forget the fact that that was after she kicked your ass…more than once!" said Sano his loud voice carrying throughout the gym.
" I was just saying that they look way to small and fragile to be able to fight, rooster-head" said the boy glaring.
" Well I bet you that the weasel here can kick your ass just as well as Shura can, broom-head" yelled Sano getting worked up.
" What? That little twig? She wont even be able to lay a hand on me, she might be able to make me deaf with that annoying voice of hers but-"
No longer listening to Kaoru's pleas of self-control, Misao yelled, " YEAH, well this little twig says your on!"
" I'm not going to fight you," he said unable to believe that she thought he would waste his time on her.
" Well your not the teacher here, I am, and I think a friendly little spar between you to isn't a bad idea," said Hajime-sensei a faint flicker of irritation in his eyes at all the outbursts.
Walking over to where they kept all the bokkens he grabbed two and headed to the center of the gym, where two mats were lying. " What are you waiting for, Makimachi-san, I thought you were going to teach this kid a lesson for making fun of you. YOU to Cho!" yelled Saitou loosing patience.
Walking over to him, each grabbed a bokken and got into a stance.
Within minutes they were off, delivering blows to each other left and right. So far Misao was able to land two blows on Cho, one on his forearm and the other in the lower part of his back. Cho on the other hand was able to land four, two of which had Misao flat on her back. Both seemed to possess their own level of skill that had their opponent on edge. Cho obviously had the upper hand in strength and speed, but Misao also had speed of her own as well as the gracefulness of a true ninja; not to mention the cunning of a weasel.
' Damn it! Taking him straight on isn't working…so how to get to the broom-head?' thought Misao as she took up another defensive stance.
" Had enough yet, little girl," said Cho in a cocky voice.
" Dream on pineapple-head," said Misao her swift eyes catching the flash of anger pass through his eyes. ' Bingo!' " What can't the prepubescent girl take a little name called," asked Misao in a whisper loud enough for only him to hear. Her mockery unmistakable.
An almost inaudible snarl escaped his lips.
" It seems I've upset you," she laughed. " Was it the pineapple-head remark or the fact that you can't take a joke? No?…hmm…"
'THERE!'
Without a moments hesitation Misao attacked head on. Mere inches away from him, Misao flipped over him (avoiding his side swipe) and struck in between the shoulder blades, causing him to drop his bokken.
The match was over, Misao had won.
" Well it looks like the weasel here won," said Hajime-sensei walking onto the mat. " Get up, Cho, I know she couldn't have hit you that hard." Lending out his hand, he hoisted the pain stricken Cho onto his feet.
" Serves you right, you jackass! Girls can do anything boys can do, and we can do it right the first time! So you can take that gigantic ego of yours and shove it up-"
" That's enough, Makimachi-san. Its not his fault he was born a prepubescent girl," said Hajime-sensei. Sending the class into large waves of laughter. " Take this as your last warning, Cho, disrespect me like that again and you wont be facing the weasel but me," whispered Hajime-sensei warningly.
End Flashback
" Well that sure sounds like Hajime Saitou."
Friday
" HELL YES! The weekend!"
" Hold up, Misao!" yelled Kaoru running down the stairs to catch up to her hyper friend, who by now was playing on a patch of ice.
" Ice, ice baby too cold. Ice, ice baby," sang Misao turning ever so slowly on the ice.
" What the hell are you on weasel girl," asked Megumi finally appearing. " Is that how that song even goes?"
" Hmm…I don't know and I don't care. You wanna know why I don't care? Cause it's the weekend! Which means no school, no homework, and most important of all no more Tomoe and her slutty friends! Just us, our boards, and a whole flippin' mountain to carve our names into!"
" Don't forget that party that we were invited to, courtesy of Sano," said Kaoru smiling at her smaller friend who just so happened to fall on her ass.
" Uh that loud-mouthed, brainless jerk! You know what he did to me! He-"
" What hasn't he done to you, Megumi? I swear you guys should just sleep together and get it over with," said Kaoru nonchalantly.
" WHAT!"
" Kaoru's right, its obvious you like each other. You guys are only mean to each other to cover up your true feelings- badly I might add," said Misao never loosing the cheer tone of her voice.
" You guys wish! I'll prove I don't like that Tori atama, tonight at that party I'll- I'll get a boyfriend!"
Misao and Kaoru looked at each other briefly before answering. " Deal."
" And afterwards I reclaim my title of Queen of the Mountain!" said Misao in a wave of bravado.
" Ohoohoho," laughed Megumi. " What makes you believe that you were Queen of the Mountain? We all know it was-"
" Me, of course," said Kaoru. Her friends rolling their eyes at her.
" Dream on Tanuki, we all know it was me."
" You wish, Fox!"
" Yeah, it was me!"
" Whatever! It was me!"
" No, it was me!"
" NO, IT WAS ME!" they all yelled at the same time, breaking off into laughter.
AN: another chapter done! YAY! (victory dance!) I'm happy with this chapter. No I'm not conceited, its just that I updated pretty soon! HIGH FIVE! Well now that this chapter is done I'll be focusing more on the snowboarding and all that fun stuff. Of course SOME not all, just a FEW chapters will be happening at school. Ok so anyways this chapter probably has mistakes in it (no surprise they all do) and I apologize, but I wanted to get this out fast!…anyone want to be my editor for this story?
R&R PLEASE!