New pictures are here! Whoot! They're cool little character IDs, there are more to come for other characters too. Sorry it's been so long, but the program ShiverMeTembers wants to do the comic in still hasn't come and we ordered it three weeks ago! It was on backorder and now no one knows when it's coming, not even the people who sold it to me! Anyway, that's the reason there is no comic yet, so enjoy the character IDs!
BUT I CAN'T FIGHT!
"I can't believe Dad sent a letter of challenge to Setsuko!" Daichi huffed. It was the next morning and he was walking to school with Jatsuma. After a long night of arguing and brooding Daichi was still very angry with his current situation. "And without even telling me!"
"Yeah, it's really awful." Jatsuma sighed, tired of hearing about it. "I wouldn't worry too much though. It's not like Setsuko is going to want to fight. You said he was a nerd, right?"
"I guess." Daichi said. "But still, it's going to make things really awkward."
They entered the schoolyard filled with chattering students waiting for the bell to ring, signaling the start of classes. Everything seemed perfectly normal and peaceful. Daichi took a deep breath; maybe Setsuko would just ignore the letter.
"Red alert, Daichi." Jatsuma whispered to him. Daichi looked up and saw Setsuko walking towards them through the crowd.
"Oh crap! Jatsuma, cover me!" Daichi said, ready to duck away into the pack of girls passing by.
"Hi Daichi!" Setsuko greeted him.
"Setsuko! Hey, didn't see ya!" Daichi said in a fake cheery tone.
"Well it seems we have procrastinated on our project, haven't we?"
"Heh heh. Guess so." Daichi laughed.
Jatsuma rolled his eyes.
"We should probably get to work on that. But I wanted to ask you something first." Setsuko reached into his pocket and pulled out a rolled up piece of paper. "What's all this about you challenging me to a fight? Over Lotion?"
"ACK!" Daichi jumped back instinctively. "Oh, just ignore that! Really it's nothing! Really! It's just my Dad, he gets a little carried away and does this sometimes! Really, I can't mention any names at home because the next day it's all like 'why did you challenge me to a fight?' and I'm all like 'oh that's just my crazy Dad!' then we all have a good laugh about it! I just mention the names Lotion and Setsuko and all of a sudden-"
"I accept." Setsuko interrupted.
Daichi blinked and Jatsuma gaped at Setsuko. "Um…excuse me?" Daichi asked.
"I accept." Setsuko said again. "I could tell you liked Lotion from the moment we met. I just didn't think you had the guts to try to take her. But let's get something straight now; Lotion is going to be my girlfriend. So if you're smart you'll give up right now."
Daichi just stared at him with his mouth hanging open, stunned.
"No? Alright then." Setsuko jumped into the air and came down with his fist bared.
"AAHH!" Daichi yelled in a panic. Jatsuma jumped forward and threw a punch at Setsuko to stop him. Setsuko dodged by springing off of Jatsuma's face and landed several yards away.
"OW! GEEZ!" Jatsuma held his hands over his nose. "You kicked me in the freaking face!"
"This doesn't concern you Jatsuma. Stay out of it." Setsuko said, glaring.
"I'll get involved if I want to get involved!" He snapped. "You're really getting on my nerves!"
"How…you…" Daichi stuttered. "How did you do that? You can't…you're a martial artist?"
"Been one for years. Does that surprise you?" Setsuko sneered. "I'm a member of the Bensuko school of martial arts. I'm a black belt, I have won three tournaments and mastered midair fighting. Ready to surrender?"
Daichi's eye twitched. "Here I though you were just a nice nerd who happened to like Lotion." He growled. "But you're just an egotistical jerk!"
Setsuko frowned. "At least I'm not a ditz who can't even walk two steps."
"Why don't you come over here and say that?" Daichi walked forward two steps and tripped. "AH!"
"Gladly." Setsuko said. Daichi sat up and saw Setsuko running towards him.
"Daichi! Look out!" Jatsuma warned. Setsuko swung his fist around.
"Hey guys!" Lotion sprinted towards them. Setsuko stopped just and inch short of Daichi's face. Daichi sat there, wide eyed, looking at the fist in front of his face.
"Huh? What…what's going on?" Lotion asked.
Setsuko looked at Lotion and backed away from Daichi. "Oh, nothing at all."
"NOTHING AT ALL?" Jatsuma yelled.
"Yeah, nothing." Daichi said as he stood up. Jatsuma looked at his brother with a raised eyebrow.
"Well…okay." Lotion said, sounding concerned. "The bell's about to ring so we should probably get going."
"Right." Daichi and Setsuko said at the same time. Then they glared at each other and started walking stiffly towards the school.
"Are they okay?" Lotion asked Jatsuma.
"Don't ask." Jatsuma sighed.
LATER IN CHEMISTRY
Okay, so this wasn't the ideal situation. But Daichi would be damned if he let that idiot Setsuko whisk Lotion away from under his nose. Setsuko had taken the opportunity at the beginning of class to switch seats with the girl who usually sat next to Lotion (by promising to do her homework for a month).
"Class, make sure you have your goggles on tight!" Ms. Meadows instructed. "This sulfite solution can really sting if it gets in your eyes!"
"Hold that steady." Lotion said as she added another ingredient to her and Setsuko's solution.
"Don't worry about it." Setsuko said with a grin on his face.
Look at him, cozying up to her. It's disgusting! Daichi thought.
"Dude…DUDE!" Daichi's partner yelled and grabbed the beaker away. Daichi had been pouring way too much of some green chemical into it and it was overflowing. "Yowch! That thing stings!" He quickly set it on the table.
"Oh sorry! I was just-" Daichi looked up and saw Setsuko scoot his seat closer to Lotion's.
"BACK OFF!"
Everyone turned around to look at Daichi. "Is something wrong Daichi?" Ms. Meadows asked.
"Nothing." He said, still glaring at Setsuko who was smiling at him. Lotion looked concerned. "Really, it's nothing."
"Alright then, try to contain yourself. Everyone back to work! Chop! Chop!" Ms. Meadows instructed and the class returned to their beakers.
Setsuko turned back and sneered at Daichi as he scooted his chair even closer to Lotion. Daichi picked up his own beaker and threw it. "WHOOPS!"
"AH! DUDE!" His partner yelled.
Setsuko and Lotion looked around just in time for the beaker to hit Setsuko. Lotion jumped back. "What the-!"
"AHH! DAMN IT!" Setsuko twitched as the solution stung his skin.
"EMERGENCY! WE HAVE A SPILL!" Ms. Meadows grabbed the emergency fire hose off the wall and aimed it at Setsuko. "DON'T MOVE!" She turned it on and Setsuko was sprayed with a large sum of water for a few seconds.
Then the water pressure lessened and he stood there soaked with a furious look on his face. "You…YOU'RE DEAD!" Setsuko picked up his and Lotion's own solution and threw it back towards Daichi.
"Setsuko! Don't!" Lotion yelled.
"AAHHH!" Daichi fell out of his chair and avoided the solution, which landed on the floor.
"Dude." Daichi's lab partner said.
"SAOTOME! SATO! I'm surprised with you two!" Ms. Meadows yelled. "In the hall! NOW!"
LATER
Daichi and Setsuko stood in the hallway holding buckets of water for as their punishment. Neither looked particularly pleasant.
"This is your fault." Setsuko hissed.
"My fault? You're the one who kept edging closer and closer to Lotion!"
"I've never had to be punished before! You blemished my perfect record!"
"There's a first time for everything." Daichi said with a smirk.
Setsuko growled. "That's it!" He dropped his bucket and threw a punch.
"WHOA!" Daichi dropped his own buckets and ran off down the hall. Setsuko hit the floor instead, bringing up some of the tile.
"You can't outrun me!" Setsuko took off after him.
Daichi looked back over his shoulder and saw Setsuko gaining on him. Oh man! It's just a matter of time before I trip.
"GAH!" He had reached the end of the hallway and fell down the first flight of stairs. "Ow." He sat up and rubbed his head.
"You won't get away!" Setsuko yelled from the top of the stairs as he began to run down them.
"GAH!" Daichi fell down the second flight of stairs. But instead of hitting the floor he ran into someone.
"Ah! What the-?" Iikiba jumped back. "Daichi? What the heck are you doing?"
"Iikiba! Thank God! What are you doing here?" Daichi asked.
"I was going to the bathroom, that okay with you?"
"Ha! Ha! You're always good for a laugh!" Daichi patted him on the shoulder.
Iikiba raised an eyebrow. "You're freaking me out at little."
"DAICHI!" Setsuko had reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Eep!" Daichi jumped behind Iikiba.
"Hey! What's going on?" Iikiba said, looking between the two.
"This is none of your business. Step aside." Setsuko ordered.
Iikiba narrowed his eyes. "Daichi, what's going on?"
"That's Setsuko." Daichi explained.
"Really? Him? Why's he chasing you?"
"It's a long story."
"Oh, I get it." Iikiba said with a half smile and a sigh of irritation. "You know none of this would have happened if you had just listened to me in the first place."
"Can we talk about this LATER?" Daichi said angrily.
"I won't ask again! Step aside!" Setsuko yelled.
Iikiba cracked his knuckles. "What a pain. Look nerd, I don't want to hurt-" Right then Setsuko grabbed hold of Iikiba's arm and spun him around into the wall. "AHH-OOF!" Iikiba was so stunned that he couldn't even move, mostly from surprise.
"AH!" Daichi jumped back in surprise. But right then the bell rang and the hallway was filled with students emptying out of their classes.
Setsuko let go of Iikiba's arm and looked around, but Daichi had already been swept away by the crowd. "Damn! I'll get him sooner or later!" He walked off down a hall.
Iikiba fell off the wall onto the floor. "Ow! Why that…that stupid…ARRH!"
LUNCHTIME
Daichi made it through his next few classes without much trouble. By the time lunch rolled around he had a pretty good grasp on his situation. Not only was Setsuko a martial artist, he was a GOOD martial artist. He had managed to get a hit off Jatsuma and had slammed Iikiba into a wall. And he wanted to kill Daichi.
Daichi sighed. "And I can't even fight back."
"Hey Daichi!" Jatsuma waved him over to where he was sitting eating his lunch. "How's it going?"
Daichi glared at him. "I spend the whole morning trying not to get beaten up and you ask how it's going? It's going badly!"
"Geez. No need to get snippy. He can't do anything with all these people watching."
"That didn't bother him this morning! Jatsuma, this is serious! Setsuko's really good! He's going to beat the crap out of me!"
"Well…uh…look on the bright side!"
"What bright side?"
"Maybe he's forgotten." Jatsuma said, smiling.
"ARGH! Why do I even talk to you?" Daichi stomped off.
"Hey! Is that what I get for trying to help?" Jatsuma called after him.
Daichi walked over to the other side of the schoolyard and sat down with his back against a tree. What am I going to do? There's no way I can beat him. But, Daichi sighed. "I can't let him take Lotion either. And if I keep running away that's what's going to happen."
That was when Daichi felt a cold shiver run down his spine. "Oh great." He said sarcastically.
"Good afternoon Daichi." Yuri arrived, in her carrier supported by fan boys of course. "You look a little down." She said. The fan boys faked concern.
"You could say that." Daichi said wearily.
"I've got just the thing to cheer you up, a box lunch." Yuri snapped her fingers and a fan boy ran forward and pushed the lunch into Daichi's hands.
Daichi's eye twitched. "As much as I appreciate this," He pushed the lunch back to the fan boy. "I DON'T WANT IT!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. The fan boys gasped. Yuri's eyes widened and she looked rather taken aback.
"I am REALLY not in this mood for this! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Daichi picked up his bag and stomped away in a huff.
"Why…the nerve!" One of the fan boys said.
"How disrespectful!" Another agreed.
"Um…Yuri. This is about-" The fan boy holding the box lunch held it up just as the internal timer went off. The top popped open and he was covered in a spray of black ink. "Never mind." He sighed.
Yuri watched Daichi go with narrowed eyes and a sour look on her face. "Hmph." She turned her nose away.
Ever feel your friends are more honest than you want them to be? I think Daichi does.