Author's Notes: Hey guys! I know it's been a while, but I'm back with Chapter Five of "As Long As I'm With You"! I hope you all like it!
It's been so long since I've found the time to update this story, it's sad. Unfortunately, with all my other stories, not to mention school work and everything else, I've been pretty swamped. But don't worry, I'll do my best to update these stories quicker once my others have finished. (A Lost Soul, Gray Stones, etc…)
Anyway! Thank you faithful readers!
Your faithful (yet super busy) author,
Sammy!
The next day, Kiba, Hige, and Toboe walked to school as usual, Hige and Toboe talking much more then usual, Kiba remaining silent.
He was still upset about Cheza's snappy reaction to his worry yesterday. She didn't seem herself after talking to that Narumi… Late to class, different attitude…had Narumi said something to upset Cheza?
Kiba couldn't imagine why. Narumi was the Senior Vice President and extremely well liked on campus. In fact, not a single nasty rumor about her had every floated through the Akasuko halls. A rare occurrence. It just didn't make any sense.
"And I looked on the internet! Do you know how much this thing costs?"
"I ran over six miles! Sakuya was really impressed!"
"Manami was so upset she couldn't even face me in person! I should be the one apologizing!"
"And Sakuya doesn't have a boyfriend!"
"Want to see it? I may let you hold it if you ask nice."
"Do you think Sakuya likes carp or pork rolls better?"
"Will you two SHUT UP?" Kiba finally exploded, and the two backed off, eyes wide. "I'm not in the mood."
A loud whizzing started to sound from behind the three young men, and they all knew what was coming. "Here comes Tsume and his "baby"." Hige sighed, shaking his head.
In truth, the sound got louder and louder until the group finally saw Tsume and Reika skid around the corner of the street on Tsume's motorcycle.
"Should we even bother to wave?"
"Not really."
But the next thing the group knew, a hideous skidding of tires and a huge screeching sound filled the air as Tsume's bike came to an abrupt halt right next to them. The three boys turned to see Tsume and Reika hopping off and removing their helmets.
"Yo!" Tsume gave a smirk.
"What do you need now?" Hige grumbled.
"Can't a few good friends say hi in the morning?" Reika asked, copying Tsume's smirk on her own face.
The three obviously weren't buying this explanation.
"All right," Reika sighed. "Have it your way. We want you two," she pointed to Kiba and Hige, "to make a little announcement for us."
"Announcement?" Hige asked. "What kind of announcement?"
"Here," Reika pushed forward a piece of paper into Kiba's hand, and Kiba glanced down at it. "Read it out loud."
"Wow, Hige, did you hear?" Kiba read. It was a script, and, written next to his name, in very sloppy handwriting, was text.
"No, Kiba," said Hige, squinting at his line of text after Kiba's. "What's shaking?" He looked up at Reika and Tsume. " 'Shaking'? What the hell is up with that?"
"Just keep going," Tsume snapped and they continued.
"There's going to be a rave this Saturday at Club Wolf's Bane," Kiba said his next line, then looked up. "Wolf's Bane? That's a twenty-one and up club. They won't even let you in without ID."
"Keep reading!" Reika commanded, and Hige and Kiba returned to the poorly written script.
"Wolf's Bane? That's a twenty-one and up club. They won't even let you in without ID," Hige repeated. Kiba looked at him, narrowing his eyes. "That's what it says, I swear!"
"No problem," Kiba read his next line of text. "Tsume's got it all worked out. Everyone from Akasuko's invited."
"Tsume? Reika's boyfriend?" Hige asked. "Tsume, I would never refer to you as 'Reika's boyfriend'. I knew you a long time before you knew Reika."
"If you don't want your head to be smashed in, keep reading," Tsume growled, and Hige gave a small gulp.
"Yeah, I hear they're…" Kiba frowned, a confused look on his face. "They're going to do it?" He looked up at them. "Are you serious? You're going to fake sex?"
"Why not?" Tsume shrugged. "It'll be huge news! I told you, we have to keep this rumor cooking if it's going to remain recent!"
"I don't know Tsume," Hige said anxiously. "This seems taking it a little far. What if the school finds out?"
"They've got no proof," Tsume shrugged. "And we're not actually going to do anything. In truth, they've got nothing to kick us out for."
"It seems pretty extreme," Kiba murmured, folding the paper.
"Hey, you owe us for that necklace!" Tsume reminded him. "You've got a duty to serve us in our noble cause."
"Noble cause?"
"To make the entire school look like a bunch of idiots!" Reika laughed, then hopped back on Tsume's motorcycle, Tsume following her. "Practice your lines boys! You're going to have to act a lot better then that if people are going to pick up on the plan!"
"What plan?" Toboe asked.
Tsume sighed. "You really are stupid, runt. This Saturday, we're going to cook up our rumor even more, with the entire school at Wolf's Bane club."
"You said…everyone from Akasuko's invited?" Toboe asked.
"Oh wait," Tsume stopped himself. "Kiba, make an addendum. Only Juniors and Seniors are invited."
"That's fowl play Tsume!" Toboe growled loudly, but Tsume had already thrust on his helmet and put his motorcycle into gear.
"See you later!" called Reika after them.
With that, he sped off, Reika holding onto his waist, the three boys still looking extremely angry or extremely confused.
"This is horrible," Hige muttered, frowning as he got to school. "We're going to announce an illegal rave to the entire school."
"I'm not really worried about that right now," Kiba said coldly. "I need to find Cheza. 'Scuse me." With that, he broke off from the two boys, walking down the halls to find the girl in question.
"Man, he's acting super weird lately," Hige shrugged. "Oh well. So, I guess it's just you and me Toboe."
"Sorry Hige," Toboe stuck out his tongue. "I've got to go and study for the Geometry test on Friday. If I get a bad grade, my parents will seriously kill me."
"Heh, sucks to be you!" Hige laughed. Toboe frowned and walked off towards the Freshman lockers, leaving Hige to his own devices.
"Hey Hige!" Hige turned around to see none other then Blue carrying a large box under her arm. "This is for you. I bought it as a return present for the necklace." She passed him the box and he looked at her oddly.
"Huh? Really?" Hige asked. "I thought I got you mad yesterday about the watch."
"Huh?" Blue asked, feigning innocence. "Oh please, I'm over that. Just open the box. You can wear it to prom."
Hige looked at Blue, then opened the box slowly. His eyes widened. "Woah! Blue! This is a tuxedo suit! Like…import! These things cost more then I could make in ten years!"
"Oh, it's no big whoop," Blue lied through her teeth. "J-Just something I found kicking around the house, you know?"
"Well, this is great!" Hige smiled. "It'll go great with my watch!"
"Actually, the watch looks really bad with it," Blue told him. "I asked my…uhh…Dad! He said that Rolex watches look bad with tuxedo suits."
"Hmm…they seem to match to me," Hige shrugged, taking the suit. "Oh well. See in class, Blue. Thanks again."
With that, Hige walked off, the box under his arm. Blue looked after him, her eyes narrowed. It was obvious that her suit was just another present to Hige. And that stupid watch was still on his mind. Maybe it wasn't the gift that Hige was so stoked about…
Maybe it was the fact that Manami had been the one that had given him it.
"Man, I'm pissed!" Blue bit her lip, turned on her heel, and walked off towards the opposite hall.
"Now class…" Saotome-sensei told his Freshman Geometry class that morning in class. Toboe was once again sitting next to Sakuya, who paying attention to the teacher. Toboe was still paying attention to Sakuya… "I'd like to remind you all that our test is on Friday. It'll be our second test of the year, and after your dismal scores on the first exam, I'm going to expect better results this time."
Toboe wasn't paying a word of attention to the teacher. He was staring at Sakuya's pen. It was pink, and it looked like it was running low on ink… He should buy her a new one…
"Especially for those of us who can't seem to pay attention!" Toboe was greeted by an eraser hitting his head, thrown by Saotome-sensei. The class giggled amongst themselves, and Sakuya let out a giggle too. Toboe quickly collected himself and rose to apologize to the teacher.
"Forgive me, sensei. I'll pay better attention from now on," Toboe sighed, bowing to the teacher and sitting down.
"Good. Oh, and Sakuya-san," Saotome-sensei turned to Sakuya, who looked up, surprised that the teacher had addressed her. "You, of course, are excused from the exam."
"Oh man! No fair!"
"You're so lucky, Sakuya."
"That's all right, sensei," Sakuya smiled politely. "I'll take the test."
"Y-You will?" Saotome-sensei asked, a little surprised. "Are you sure? There will be some topics that you haven't been here to cover."
"That's all right. I'll be fine," Sakuya assured him. "Thank you for the thought though."
'Woah!' Toboe thought, looking at Sakuya. 'Sakuya-chan is really brave to take an optional test! I can't think of anyone else who would do that…especially not me.'
"Toboe-san! Please stop looking at Sakuya-san and pay attention!"
"Ack! Sorry sensei!"
"You know…you don't have to take the test," Toboe told Sakuya once they got out of class. "I'd really hate to see you get a bad grade just because you weren't there for the material like the rest of us, ya know?"
"That's nice, Toboe-kun," Sakuya smiled. "But that's all right. I'm sure I'll be fine." Sakuya looked at her shoes, then smiled. "Back at my old school, I wasn't very pretty, or popular, or funny, like you Toboe-kun. And I was horrible at sports. But I was good at classes and stuff like that."
"R-really?" Toboe asked. "How good?"
"Oh, I was the top of my Junior High," Sakuya told him. Toboe's eyes were wide.
"Woah! That's so cool!" Toboe exclaimed. "I can't believe it! You were the top of your class?"
"Uh huh," Sakuya nodded. "I admire knowledge a lot. School's really important to me."
Toboe froze. His heart felt like it had just fallen through his stomach. At his Junior High School, Toboe had been below the middle of his class. He wasn't studious at all, and had usually gotten straight C's. But if Sakuya really liked school…
'She won't like me anymore if she finds out that I'm not smart like her!' Toboe thought to himself.
"Is something wrong Toboe-kun?" Sakuya asked, smiling. Toboe was snapped out of his thoughts and was returned to the real world.
"Oh! Uhh…no! Nothing's wrong! Not really, anyway!" Toboe assured her. He then looked down at his shoes and gave a small gulp. "It's just that it's a funny coincidence! I was at the top of my class in Junior High too!"
"Woah!" Sakuya smiled at Toboe. "That's so awesome Toboe-kun! I can't believe that you're smart as well as athletic and funny! You have no faults," she joked, roping her arm into Toboe's. "Perfect man, huh?"
"Heh, not at all," Toboe smiled weakly, looking at his shoes. 'What have I gotten myself into now?'
"Cheza!" Kiba called to the meek girl in the hallways that morning after class. Cheza turned around, embarrassed. "Cheza, there you are."
"Oh…Kiba-san…" Cheza murmured. "This one was just getting this one's books."
Kiba smiled hearing the usual 'this one' coming out from Cheza's mouth. He walked over to her, looking serious. "Why were you upset, yesterday?"
Cheza immediately dried up. It was obvious that she wasn't in the mood to talk about it, especially not to Kiba. She simply closed her locker and looked at Kiba with a smile. "There is nothing to worry about. This one is fine."
Kiba sighed. "Anyway…our next class is together. Let's go."
"All right, Kiba-san!" Cheza smiled, walking along with Kiba, trying to remain relatively upbeat. She even tried to spark up a conversation, which Kiba did his best to return, despite his taciturn nature.
"She is really pissing me off, Narumi-san!"
From behind a hallway wall came none other then Narumi and two other girls from yesterday's lunch. Narumi looked out as Cheza and Kiba walked off. There were gears turning in her head.
"It's not fair that Kiba-sama just comes to her rescue whenever she cries a little!" the other girl insisted. "Kiba-sama has never shown interest in any other girl! Then she just comes along and he's her lap dog!"
"Just shut up you two. I'm trying to think…" Narumi muttered, and the two quickly quieted themselves down. Narumi smiled; obviously, something had just clicked. "I've got it."
"So how are we going to get back at her?" one girl asked, smiling widely.
"Easy!" Narumi smiled. "We're going to help her."
"Huh?" the other asked, eyes wide. "Narumi-san, that makes no sense. How can we get that stupid girl away from Kiba by helping her?"
"You two are simple," Narumi hissed. "I hate simple people. True revenge can only be obtained through observation. So, I suggest that if you want to get revenge on Cheza, then you follow me. If not, fine. Kiba-kun is going to be mine, anyway."
With that, Narumi started to walk off, pushing her black hair behind her ears. The two girls looked at each other, unsure of what do to, until they finally nodded to each other and ran after their precious ring-leader, Narumi.
"Manami!" Blue called out to Manami an hour or so later in the halls. Manami, who was with Chikage and Yuri as usual, turned around to face Blue, smiling. "Manami, there you are!"
"Hello, Blue darling!" Manami smiled, waving to Blue. "Did the suit work?"
"It didn't get the reaction I thought it would…" Blue murmured. "All he talked about it how it would go with your watch."
"Hmm…I see," Manami sighed, putting her arm around Blue. "Don't worry Blue darling. I've got the perfect plan, all set up."
"What's that?" Blue asked, curious.
"I've heard there's going to be a rave Saturday night at the Wolf's Bane Club from Reika and Tsume!" Manami smiled at Blue. "I'll simply get you and Hige together at that! Parties are really great places to meet new people and make new relationships, if you know what I mean."
Yuri and Chikage giggled, and Blue shrugged. "Not really. I've never been to a rave."
"I thought so," Manami smiled. "Anyway, that's not the point dear. The point is that you and Hige are bound to have a few romantic moments at such a place. I'll just make sure that I set them up to your liking, kay?"
"…Okay…" Blue nodded, a little skeptical. "But nothing weird, okay?"
"I promise!" Manami smiled, taking Blue's pinky in hers. "Consider it a promise from a friend!"
"Th-thanks Manami," Blue smiled, nodding. "I've got to get to class before the bell rings. See you later!" With that, Blue waved and walked off from the three girls, heading to her next class.
"I really don't get it," Yuri sighed, shaking her head. "How come you're being so nice to her?"
"Just to prove that Hige's still wrapped around my finger," Manami smirked. "I have my master plan all laid out to make Blue know her place in this school once an for all."
"Which is…?" Chikage asked, obviously extremely curious as to her friend's devious plot.
Manami smirked at her friends, then flipped her hair behind her shoulder. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Hey Reika!"
"Tsume!"
"I hear there's going to be a rave on Saturday!"
"Is it true?"
"The rumors we mean…"
Tsume and Reika, after giving Kiba and Hige their little act and performing a bit of their own work, had gotten the word around school about the party. Of course, the student body, being a very organized society, had kept the information out of the hands of teachers and administrators. By now, every Junior and Senior in the school knew that the Wolf's Bane club was the place to be that Saturday night.
And as for Tsume and Reika's rumor…well, that ALSO was circulated around the school extremely quickly.
"Just as we want it," Reika smiled to Tsume, who returned the smirk.
"Full proof plan, if I do say so myself."
"Whatever," Reika sighed, grabbing a drink of water from the drinking fountain. "Only one step closer till Prom, right?"
Tsume didn't respond, and Reika stood up, a worried expression on her face. "What's wrong with you?" Tsume asked.
"Tsume…w-we're…uhh…not actually going to do anything, are we?" Reika asked. Tsume looked at her, then burst out laughing.
"Dude! I'm not that sick! Making out is one thing, but sex is another! Get a life, seriously. You think I'd actually do that to you?"
Reika frowned, her cheeks growing red. "Well, you don't have to act like I'm so repulsive!"
"H-hey! What am I supposed to say?" Tsume asked, confused. " 'You're sexy, I want you?'"
"NO! Ewww! Pervert! Dream on!" Reika shouted, whacking Tsume with a book, making him fall back.
"My God! I can't win! You women are so complicated!"
A little shorter then most of my chapters, but it was done quickly! Hope you all enjoy! Look forward to an update on December 31st!
Until then,
Ciao for now!