Chapter Threee! Thanks everyone for the reviews X3 I'm glad you all like it! I was shy to post this at first. x-x I took SexyShounenBat's advice and added quotes! X3 I'm still trying to get used to the format. LOL! Part of me wants chapter book the other wants script so excuse me for going into past tense and present here and there. But when you read it you don't notice it that much. Sometimes one sounds better than the other. I'm gonna try to have a new chapter every week cause I really wanna get this done but I also have 2 other comics I'm working on. One of them which I spent the last 4 days writing. Anyway, enjoy:D
Later after breakfast, the two of them walk down the sidewalk towards Kozuka's school. Mel has her arm around Kozuka's shoulder
Kozuka smiles- "Thank you for breakfast... and dinner!"
Mel smiles back- "You're welcome! Dinner for breakfast is good, ne?"
Kozuka- "Sou desu ne (Indeed)! I feel better now too."
Mel- "Good!"
Kozuka looks down- "I like your boots!"
Mel- "Thankies! I like yours too."
Kozuka- "Thank you for walking me to school."
Mel- "No problem."
Kozuka- "I was too shy to ask."
Mel- "Awee! Hehe." She looks down at his lunch box, "By the way, your bento's awesome! I've never seen one in person before. I wish I had one when I went to school."
Kozuka puts his arm around her and they do a squishy side-way hug- "Hehe! Arigatou!"
Suddenly Mel's phone rings;
Mel backs away from Kozuka and does the 'hold on' gesture with her hand- "Neh... Just a second..." She reaches into her bag and answers her cell, "What..." she says with an angry expression- "Oh good Lord..." she holds the phone up high into the air and screams DRAMATICALLY! "STOP CALLING MEEEEEEE!"
She brings the phone back down and begins pressing a button obsessively with an evil 'BWAHAHA' look on her face- "BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK! BLOCK!"
Kozuka looks at her cellphone's screen with a confused face- "Dare desu ka (who is that)?"
Mel- "AARRG!" she throws the phone back into her bag and STOMPS!- "MY EX!" Her movements are all dramatized as she explains- "He's a FUCKER! He was FINE at 15 but then 16 came and he turned into an asshole that IGNORED my long distance calls to play VIDEO GAMES! Then I got my net back and he SMOTHERED me and had turned into a hypocritical copycat and copied my art work!
But did he stop? NO! So I dumped him! I was only 16! I had gotten out of bullshit and needed some SPACE! I wasn't even MEAN about it! But NOOO! He took it PERSONAL and hated me! Even when I was gonna get back with him once I felt better and cleared my head!"
Kozuka watches her reaction with large eyes, trying to keep up with her English. He had formed a sweat drop. He wasn't scared, just like '...woah!'
Mel- "He joined up with my enemies and told everyone what I confided in him about, when we were supposed to stay friends! Then he fucks me over BIG TIME! So I tell him to 'FUCK OFF'! Then months later he emails me an apology saying 'I'm sorry. Let's be friends'. Being the nice person I am I forgave him and accepted. But then he acts like I have COOTIES! So I GO! Then I meet him in a chat by accident. Then he tells me this whole time he was actually GAY! Now he CALLS TO RUB IT IN MY FACE! Lord knows how he got my number! Fuckin online shits anyway..."
Mel tightens her fists and brings them along side her face- "HRNNN THE PRESSUUURREEEE!" She finally calms down and pants...
Kozuka looks at her sweetly trying to translate the rant so he understood it and think of how to react- " ... ... ... You don't have cooties... O-O"
Mel looks at him with big squishy eyes, her rage gone- " º3º ..." She smiles and pets him on the head- "Thank you. Sorry you had to see that."
Kozuka- Hehe! I don't mind. I understand.
Mel grabs his hand and leads him back towards school, as if he were her little brother- "Come! Let us forget the imbecile and take our leave!"
They skipped away.
A few blocks down the road the two of them got tired of skipping XD so they just walked. Mel has her arm around Kozukwee.
Some asshole walks by from behind them. He RAMS into Mel almost knocking her over.
Kozuka grabs onto her so she doesn't fall.
The two of them look at him evilly!
Mel- "HEY!"
Kozuka is silent for a moment, but then says- "It's him..."
Mel stands up straight and looks at Kozuka- "Who?"
Kozuka stares at the guy- "Gouma..."
Mel- "Huh?"
Kozuka quickly gives her his bento- "HOLD THIS!" Then takes off his backpack and says as he pulls out a baseball bat- "That bastard won't get away with that!"
Mel is shocked and confused as Kozuka GROWLS and runs towards the man, his bat being held up reading for a swing.
Mel stares confused for a moment, then looks away PAINFULLY as Kozuka "CRACK"s him over the head from behind.
Kozuka holds his bat over his shoulder and throws his other arm in the air, holding a victory pose! A large toothy smile from ear to ear- "Take THAT you bastard! That'll teach you to hurt girls! VICTORY IS MINE!"
Mel walks up to him and looks at him sorta confused, but realizing what happened... sorta- "Iiyeee..."
The guy wasn't dead. Just... knocked out.
Mel picks Kozuka up and holds him around the waist, as if he were a child fighting with another- "Come on..."
Kozuka squirms his legs and swings his bat, looking at the unconscious dude on the ground- "HEEYY! I have to arrest him! He could STRIKE AGAIN!"
A few blocks down the street;
Mel sets him down and looks at him. She flails her arms in the air- "What the hell was that?"
Kozuka looks at her innocently, all cute and childish- "Un... he was possessed by Gouma... That's why he attacked you... Gouma is evil... I'm a holy warrior chosen to defeat him and save the world... O-O"
Mel didn't know what to say, but she understood what Kozuka was going through. She too is always running about in her own fantasy world and has been since she could remember. She smiled and gave a slight nod- "Ee..." She gives him a gentle pet on the head- "Let's go squishy." She put her arm around him and continued leading him down the street.
Mel- "No more head-baseball..."
Kozuka- "Are you mad at me?"
Mel- "NAH!"
At school;
The two of them stand at the entrance of the school yard and stare at the school and the kids. Kozuka clings to Mel's side as if he's afraid to go in. She's got her arms around him.
Kozuka- "Here we are..."
Mel- "Look at them all..."
Kozuka- "Yeah... scary, ne?"
Mel- "Very."
Kozuka- "...Bastards."
Mel looked down at him- "Are you sure you'll be ok?"
Kozuka- "Yeah... I do this every day..." He stalled for a moment, "I should go..."
Mel- "Alright."
Kozuka- "..."
He hugs her, she hugs back and squeezes. She can tell something's wrong because the hug is tense, as if he were holding back shivers.
Kozuka- "Daisuki... Ki o tsukete (Take care)."
Mel- "You too, sweetie."
They pulled away from the hug.
Kozuka turns toward the school but turns towards her a little to talk- "Pick me up after school?"
Mel- "Of course!"
Kozuka starts walking away. He hugs himself around his chest and looks at the ground and begins to tremble.
Mel- "You sure you're ok?"
Kozuka- "I'm fine. Just cold."
Later after school ends;
Mel runs through town in a panic- "IIYAAA! I'm so LATE!"
Meanwhile in a fenced in, baseball field area;
3 boys have Kozuka surrounded. One has him in a choke hold, while the others stand around and yell in his face.
Kozuka has his hands on the guys arm, trying to pry out of the choke hold. He trembles and cries.
Boy 1- "You know why you suck at fighting? You can't see out of those squinty ass eyes! HAHAHA!
Kozuka, so frightened he can't think straight enough to speak English- "Hanashite(Let me go)! O-nagai yo(Please!)!"
Guy 2, the one who has him in the hold- "SPEAK ENGLISH!"
Guy 1- "He's so short!"
Guy 3- "Look at him cry! What a FAG!"
Guy 1 gets in Kozuka's face and smiles evilly
Kozuka attempts to look away- refusing to make eye contact. (Like how he did with Ikari)
Guy 1- "What's wrong with your face! Are you 40! Maybe If I hit him it'll knock it all back into place!"
Guy 2 lets go as guy 1 swings and punches Kozuka in the right cheek.
Kozuka falls to the ground saying "UGH" as he hits the ground, on his face but with his arms over his head in attempt to soften the fall. He curls up into a slight fetal position, the best he could do while laying on his stomach.
Guy 3- "Get up you shit head!"
The 3 boys circle him and start kicking.
kozuka puts his arms over his head, and waits for the nightmare to end.
Mel runs by the baseball field. She hears commotion and looks over- "Huh!" She stops and faces them. Unfortunately the fence is on her side. "HEY!"
The guys pay no attention.
-"WHIMP!"
-"LOSER!
-"GET UP!"
Mel punches the fence- "STOP IT!"
The guys continue to kick and stomp.
Guy 1- "HAHAHA! He's so-"
Mel comes up from behind and shoves her tazer right into the back of the guys neck. It makes a loud 'ZOOORRTCH!' sound as the guys eyes open so wide his eyes could have fallen out XD He falls to the ground.
The other 2 guys stop kicking and look up- "HUH!"
Mel snarls as she holds her tazer in one hand and a pistol in the other- "GET AWAY FROM MY FRIEND YOU COW-FUCKING HICKS!"
Mel kicks the shit out of the guys.
Kozuka doesn't notice. He's too traumatized and the ringing in his ears is too loud to even notice. He just continued to lay there, trembling with his arms locked over his head and tears falling from his eyes.
The other 2 guys had ran away holding their groins and stumbling. Mel had an obsession with hitting assholes where they hurt most. Especially Jocks like them, who always tease smaller kids (mainly boys) and think they're the hottest shit in the bowl when it comes to Gym's shower time. The kind of assholes who also pick on women, just because they're not sluts or dress different. ¬¬
ANYWAY!
Guy 1 finally wakes up.
Mel stomps on his chest before he can stand up.
guy- "UGH!"
Mel points a gun at him, ready to fire.
Guy stares in fear silently.
Mel looks at him with cold eyes- "My name's Mel. I'm from Seattle. I've taken several self defense classes and weapon classes. I also have a license to kill on defense. Take note of that."
The guy just stares. He gets a stupid grin on his face- "Duhuhuh..."
Mel gets an irritated look- "What are you looking at!" She looks down and notices he's staring up her skirt. She HISSES!- "GET OUT OF HERE!" She grabs him by the shirt, turns him around and kicks him in the ass.
Guy stumbles away.
Kozuka still lays on the ground shaking and crying.
Mel walks up to him- "Kozuka..."
Kozuka doesn't notice.
Mel kneels down next to him , lays her head on his shoulder and puts her arm around him in attempt to comfort him- "It's ok now..." She pets him.
Kozuka puts his arms down on the ground.
Mel helps him to his knees.
Kozuka keeps his head down so she can't see his face. He's still trembling.
Mel- "Are you ok? ... Come here." She pulls him into a hug and rubs his back.
Kozuka rests his head on her shoulder. Tears fall from his eyes but he tries to hold back. Atleast to not make a sound. He wraps his arms around her, buries his face into her upper-right chest area, by her shoulder and clings- " ... I hate how I look..." He turns his head to the left, tears continue to fall from his eyes. His expression is frightened and hurt. His exposed eye is scanning the area for more assholes - "You're the only one that doesn't make fun of me... I'm so ugly..." He wipes his eyes on her shirt, getting rid of any tears.
Mel pulls away from the hug, looks him in the eyes and pets the cheek of his pouty face- "No you're not. I think you're beautiful. Besides, if you looked different you wouldn't be Kozukun."
Kozuka- "I'm not beautiful..."
Mel- "Yes you are. Come on, let's get out of here... Are you crying?"
Kozuka- "No. Just dirt in my eyes."
Mel knew he was lying, but she didn't say anything. She helped him to his feet, grabbed his backpack and they headed back to his house.