Dark Nadeshiko-Wow, my third ficcie already! So proud! pats head
As you all know, there's a time when our bodies start to change and new feelings begin to arise at the most random moments. And no, I'm not talking about gaining weight and losing control of your bowels and bladder when you hit ninety. Puberty, we've all endured it haven't we? (And if you haven't, that means you shouldn't be reading this ficcie in the first place, so scram!) Finding that your pants don't fit as snugly as before, hair coming out of more sensitive places, random intervals where your voice just can't decide where it wants to go, and worst of all, yes, you know what I'm referring too, the 'talk'.
We all know the theoretical part of human reproduction, but the hardest part is, getting to that step. They don't teach you how to proceed when trying to attract the attention of the opposite sex; you're supposed to learn that by yourself. Of course, the all the tennis playing jocks are too obsessed to bother about this. It's always tennis first, food second, sleep, and then school if they feel like it. This contributes to their lack of understanding towards the opposite (and much more informed) sex.
This is why Tachibana An, Yukimura Miyu (whom I'm still not sure if she's an OC or not, if she is, tell me and I'll remove her immediately) Osaka Tomoka, and Ryuuzaki Sakuno were on a mission to prevent the regulars from A) getting killed by their fan girls B) getting slapped by older sisters, classmates, and such and most importantly, C) getting neutered by their girlfriend (Or boyfriends) before they spawn the next generation of idiosyncratically dramatic tennis players.
Lesson One- Pick-up lines
It was a lazy Friday afternoon, tennis practice was cancelled due to severe cases of food poisoning, Inui was being held in custody in Ryuuzaki-sensei's office for attempted murder. Since he had nothing else to do, Fuji made up his mind to visit his darling little brother Yuuta; dragging along Momo and Echizen to distract that nameless purple thing that always seems to appear around Yuuta. You know the chain reaction that occurs when Echizen goes anywhere, Tomoka follows and Sakuno goes makes sure she doesn't get herself killed, and to sneak glances at her Ryoma-kun, but that's besides the point.
They decided to stop at the street tennis courts first, just in case he was there. And he was, along with the purple thing that Fuji still couldn't give a name to. In fact, the entire St. Rudolph team was there. Fuji bounded up to his horrified brother and proceeded to embarrass the hell outta him.
"Momoshiro-kun! Echizen-kun!" Looks like An was here too.
"What are you doing here?" Kamio snapped, shoving his face into Momo's.
"Yes, what are you doing here?" Shinji muttered, "Its bad enough that St. Rudolph is cluttering up the courts. This is all a plot to intimidate those of us who are claustrophobic isn't it? Not that any of us are, but I'd never thought that Seigaku would sink that low. For shame, what would Tachibana-san think of this? This-"
"Shinij…shut up."
They walked over to the Fuji brothers to talk with the others. "Oi, Akazawa, where's your doubles partner? Did you scare him off already?" Momo sniped.
"Kaneda? No, he's over there."
"Who's the girl sitting with him? His girlfriend? She's cute."
"He wishes," Akazawa scoffed, "The idiot's failing English, he has to raise his marks or else he's off the team. Igarashi's here to tutor him."
"Lucky bastard, maybe I should start failing English too da-ne." Yanagisawa muttered.
"He's just jealous he doesn't have a pretty girl peering over his shoulder." Kisarazu, his partner, muttered, "And that he doesn't have the guts to talk to her."
"I do to da-ne! I'll prove it da-ne!" He stalked over to the benches.
"Poor guy," An tsked, "Yoshiko-chan's going to give him a tongue lashing for sure." She had met her at the hospital two years ago when her brother broke his foot.
Now let us observe the foreseen disaster. Yoshiko was peacefully reading her book, waiting for Kaneda to finish his worksheet so she could check it over. When all of a sudden, "Igarashi-chan da-ne," Her book was plucked away, "After you're done helping Kaneda da-ne.I was thinking, you, me, dinner da-ne?"
She narrowed her eyes threateningly, "Well, I was thinking," She paused, Yanagisawa leaned forward eagerly, "My foot, your ass, the curb?" She snatched her book back, "Perhaps the other sempai-tachi are interested?"
"Stop, drop and roll, cause you just got burned!" Momo snickered, "You wanna pay for our dinner instead?"
"Shut up da-ne! It's not like you can do any better da-ne!"
"Watch and learn." He slid up to her, "Hello beautiful."
"Pity I can't say the same for you," She flipped a page, "Could you move? You're blocking the light."
He backed off as if burned, no pun intended. "Man, that girl is tough." Momo whined.
"She should be. She has a reputation to maintain." Nomura informed him, "She may not look like it, but she goes to Orihime."
"Orihime? The Orihime?" Kamio was incredulous.
"What's Orihime?" Sakuno asked, completely in awe that she was speaking up at all.
"It's an all girls institution that includes elementary, junior high and senior high schools with 5300 students. (Very slight crossing over with Zodiac PI, but only the schools.) It's completely gifted organization. People from all over the world transfer to it, but only gifted, scholarship, or delinquent girls attend. The main language spoken is English, with Japanese as a second language. Because of its multicultural populace, it is very into feminism and close-knit." Mizuki counted off, "The junior high and senior high students share facilities and some classes with St. Rudolph to make sure they get an outside influence. Igarashi-chan over there is in most of Yuuta's classes even though she's a year younger."
"Have you been stalking me Mizuki-sempai?" Everyone jumped, a bit guilty, "Sorry to break it to you, but I don't like you that way." Yoshiko smirked, "Better luck next time."
"Next time what?" Yuuta had finally detached himself from his brother's iron clutches.
"Nothing," Yoshiko waved it off, "Could you show Kaneda-sempai the notes on noun clauses and participial adjective phrases? I didn't bring them along." He nodded, "Sankyuu Fuji-sempai."
Yuuta blushed, "You don't have to call me that. We're in the same classes anyways. It's just Yuuta."
"Hai Yuuta-san." She smiled, "An-chan, who are your friends?"
"Oh!" An jumped up, "These are our friends from Seigaku, this is Fuji Syuusuke, Momoshiro Takashi, Echizen Ryoma, Ryuuzaki Sakuno and…"
"Osakada Tomoka, nice to meet you! Don't steal Ryoma-sama got it!" Tomoka glared childishly.
"… wouldn't dream of it," She smirked, "Fuji Syuusuke?"
"Saa…" Fuji smiled, "Yuuta's my younger brother."
"Ah…Yuuta-san aniki." (Yuuta's older brother) Yuuta grinned; it was a nice change to have the roles reversed wasn't it? "Pleased to meet you."
"Why are you so nice to Fuji-sempai and not us?" Momo complained. He does that a lot doesn't he?
"Well…."
"He's much better looking." Tomoka injected, Yanagisawa looked outraged. (He is not da-ne!-Yanagisawa)
"He's very friendly and polite." Sakuno offered shyly.
"Didn't use any corny pick-up lines either." An pointed out.
"He's Yuuta-san's aniki, and he annoys the hell outta Mizuki-sempai quite skillfully." Yoshiko smirked.
"You're so mean to your sempai-tachi!" Mizuki moaned, "I'm dreadfully hurt!"
"Nah, I think it's just you. And Yanagisawa-san." An turned to the girls, "So, want to go get some ice-cream? I'll pay."
"Alright, my treat next time then." They headed for the stairs, "Yuuta-san, Yuuta-san aniki, Kisarazu-sempai, are you coming?"
"Hai!" Without a second look back, they all walked off together.
"You realize that your fan club just ditched you for ice-cream right?" Momo nudged Ryoma, "Ah, to be young again!"
"Why does Atsushi get to go da-ne?"
"…he called her pretty." Nomura said as if that explained everything.
It didn't.
Pick up lines, as a member of the female species, my first and only advice is if you say the crap, prepare to be slapped. Or hit, punched, kicked, shoved or suffer any other kind of verbal, physical, and or egoistical abuse.
So what did the St. Rudolph regulars learn today?
Pick-up lines don't work. That is unless; you have a face like Fuji…….or Tezuka. sigh
Dark Nadeshiko- I've always hated Yanagisawa, his hair really bothers me, so does his lip, voice, and da-ne, da-ne thing. The Fuji brothers and Atsushi are to die for! Read and Review!