Old Fiat (nFr)
To the reviewers:
Yaelifivefour: Is English your first language? I'm glad you like it! The chat scenes are easier for me to write. :) No one dies, in modern fencing one wears a chest guard and the canvases contain body armour. Also the tips are rounded so there's not much chance of death. :)
Merissala: I'm glad you liked it! I tried to be as in character as possi for you. :D
Yema: Thank you for your kind words!
To Ahotep: oui, c'est l'escrime. Je fais l'escrime… quand il est en saison. Désolé si cette chapitre est plus tard, j'ai vais alle à la cité pour 2 jour. J'espère vous-aimez!
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Chapter Nine:
Kaoru Kaido looked at his watch.
8.02 (20h02)
She should be here, he looked nervously at the sky. He hoped Momo and An would arrive late. He shan't see me like this. Kaoru quickly entered the restaurant.
'Hey Kaoru,' Takashi Kawamura looked distracted. 'You have a reservation for two tonight, eh?'
'Yes,' Kaido blushed.
'Do you think that you could tell me the name of the second half of your party so that I may alert you as to their arrival?'
'Yes, Anastasiya, Anastasiya Pavelova,' he was lead over to a table and seated himself on one of the soft cushions.
'All right, I'll tell you when she gets here,' Taka walked back to the front of the restaurant to greet some other people.
About five minutes later Anastasiya arrived and sat across the table from Kaoru.
'Hey,' she smiled, shyly. 'I'm sorry I'm late.'
'It's fine, what held you up?'
'Oh, I ran into this friend of mine and talked to him for a bit. He said he'd be here tonight with his date too. Isn't that cool?' she looked happy.
'Yeh, that is cool,' Kaoru looked distractedly around the restaurant. Where was Momo? Had he been lying about going there with An? That would be great because then he could make fun of him.
Suddenly he spotted them. They were standing at the door chatting with Taka.
Anastasiya gave a little giggle. 'That's him,' she pointed to Momo.
'You're friends with him?' Kaoru was shocked. This was a repulsive development. 'Him?'
'Yes…?' she got up and walked over to Momo. 'Hello!'
Kaoru stood up to acknowledge Momo's presence. 'Hello Momoshiro.' He sneered.
'Anastasiya!' Momo kissed her once on each cheek. 'Who's your date you were telling me about?'
She pointed to Kaoru. 'This is he, Kaido Kaoru, my prince from ballet class!'
Momo looked just as disgusted as Kaoru felt, but quickly recovered and smiled elegantly. 'Hi Kaido.'
'Hello Kaoru,' An bowed. 'How're you doing?'
'Fine,' he said as politely as he could.
'You're dating Kaido?' Momo whispered in Anastasiya's ear. 'What are you thinking?'
'He's really nice and quite a gentleman to me, also my parents approved of him,' she looked down. 'Is he a friend of yours?'
'Anything but, listen, I'll talk to you later about him, by phone,' she raised his voice again. 'See you two later.' He winked and he and An walked over to their table.
'What was he whispering to you?' Kaoru looked concerned.
'Oh nothing,' she looked at Kaoru. 'What are we eating?'
'Cucumber and Salmon hoso maki zushi, I ordered it before we got here,' he grinned and everything was fine.
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'Damn you Fuji, you must have been practising,' Atobe touched the spot on his chest where Fuji had just hit. 'But never mind, you have yet to beat me.'
'Two, Nil,' Kunimitsu looked at his watch. He had sworn to Linda that he'd be back online in 30 minutes and this had taken quite more time than it ought've. 'Do you think we could end it now?'
'Oh, you'd love that wouldn't you,' Atobe laughed. 'For your little boy toy to beat me? Ahahahaha! I don't think so!'
'Whatever,' Tezuka frowned. 'Prêt?'
'Prêt.'
'Allez!' Kunimitsu watched as Atobe moved quickly towards Shusuke.
No, thought Atobe. I'm doing exactly what he wants, his counter attack is perfect but if I can force him into an offensive position then I may just have him.
Atobe retreated quickly and waited—
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'Sadaharu.'
'Oh, hello Sonya,' Inui looked up from his data notebook where he was scribbling furiously about his encounter with Kaido. 'Why're you here?'
'I just was talking to one of your older sisters and she said you like to hang out here,' she looked around at the small café where Sadaharu usually sat for people watching. 'Do you mind if I join you?'
'No, please,' he quickly stood up and pulled out a chair for her. 'I was just writing a bit in my notebook about this one guy on my tennis team.'
'Do you write about me in your notebook?' she smiled and sat down.
'Erm, no, not really, it's pretty much all about people whom I play tennis with… competitively,' he smiled. 'You can see it if you want to though.' He handed her the small book with a slightly worn cover.
She opened it and looked. 'Woah, you have everything in here. Who is Fuji? Who is Kaido?'
'They're people on my tennis team,' he ordered her some tea.
'Fuji clips his toenails once every month… usually when they get to about 1.9 centimetres long,' she closed the book and laughed. 'How is that important datum for tennis?'
'I dunno,' Inui put some more sugar in his tea. 'It's these little idiosyncrasies that help me gather the more important data.' He grinned. 'How've you been doing?'
'Fine,' she handed to book back to him. 'Do you want to come over to my house later and we can play Xbox or something?'
'Indeed,' he said. 'I'll be over in… thirty minutes, I just need to call someone.' Sonya left and Inui pulled out his mobile.
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'Hello?' Kaoru Kaido picked up his mobile.
'Kaido, it's I, Inui.'
'Hello Inui!'
'How'd the date go?'
'Oh, great! Except for Momo being there but he was so surprised when he saw I had a girlfriend!'
'So Anastasiya said yes to going out with you?'
'Yes, thanks you Inui.'
'Welcome, I'll talk to you later,' Inui closed his mobile and walked over to his bicycle.
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'Keigo, what's wrong?' Mary Elisabeth Atobe looked at her son who, for the first time in his life, looked suicidal. 'Come here and sit beside me.' She patted the cushion next to her.
He sat down slowly; his thighs were in pain. 'Nothing's wrong, mum.'
'You don't expect me to believe that do you love?' she leaned his head on her chest and stroked his hair. 'Tell me what's wrong, please?'
'I just fought a duel against Fuji Shusuke… I lost.'
'Duelling? What were you dueling about?'
'A girl.'
'Oh.'
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Hello! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update this, I understand if you guys don't review… though I do like reviews… I love reviews.
I do have a reason for being late though! I was in Paris for a few days… I'm sorry.
Please do review though and tell me what you think should happen!
-Old Fiat n.fr