Moonlight Sonata
By Luna Stop Swearing/Lunatique
A/N: Thank you very much for reviewing! Replies to reviews (it's a habit of mine) at the bottom.
Disclaimers: See Chapter 1.
Chapter 2: Andante
"Seniors' Prom!" Kunio Murai exclaimed to his friends with disbelief and confusion as they walked down the corridor to class. He hadn't changed much since the last time we saw him, back in junior high, except that he was taller now, and slightly less arrogant. Only slightly, though, but yes, miracles do happen. "Now what the hell is that?"
"Don't you know, Murai?" Tadaaki Kusano teased. His jump into adulthood was quite evident, since his voice was deeper than it had been over four years ago, and he had quite a plantation of hair on the top of his upper lip. It wasn't a full-blown mustache (not yet, anyway), but it was getting there. He was probably the only member of the original trio who now had what could be called an active social life, as he already had a girlfriend.
"Kusano, if I knew, I wouldn't be asking that question now would I?"
"Isn't a prom one of those things you push a baby in?" Koji Fujiyoshi hadn't had his hair cut since he graduated from junior high, and just kept his hair in a ponytail. This act was inspired by Miyabi Aizawa's words during their junior high graduation, when she casually commented that he looked good with his hair long. His mother became a telemarketer, which brought in considerably more money than making buttons (although she still made them on the side, when she had time), and had married a middle-class owner and chef at a ramen store. To earn extra money, Fujiyoshi worked part-time there, which explained why he seldom attended any of the gimmicks of the Onikumi.
"That's a carriage, Fujiyoshi!" Murai groaned irritably.
"No, no, prom is also another word for that," Fujiyoshi insisted. "Didn't you remember what Tsukishiro-sensei read to us in class?" He coughed haughtily, then began to recite aloud an excerpt of the short story that their English teacher had told them a few days ago. "As the nanny pushed the baby in the old prom…"
A loud sigh was heard from behind, and Urumi Kanzaki graced the stooges with her goddess-like presence. If anything had changed about her, it was that maybe she'd been a little nicer, to both fellow students and teachers, but it was impossible to ignore the edge she maintained over them. Yeah, the IQ thing. Part of the Onikumi (Onizuka's Gang- what the students decided to call themselves), she still hung around with the trio, Kikuchi, and Yoshikawa, usually on the rooftop or at Onizuka's place, sometimes, around town at various ramen stores. Physically, change wasn't exactly striking, but she'd grown some nice boobs at this point, which did not escape any of her friends' eyes. Not even Kikuchi's. "You're talking about a pram, Fujiyoshi. A prom is a fancy dress party for graduating seniors. This affair is more commonly practiced in the West, which makes me curious as to why they'd want us to have a prom."
Kikuchi's pace quickened so he could catch up with the genius girl. He couldn't explain something, which he hated. He disliked it when he couldn't explain things or couldn't understand things. Right now, he couldn't understand what he was feeling when he was around Urumi. He felt a strange kind of heat when there was contact between them, or they were just in each other's presence. It started at the back of his neck and crept up to his ears, which bothered him because it looked like he had beets on his ears. Sometimes it was so bad that he had to excuse himself from class and go to the washroom to cool off. He, being a genius, had an inkling of what it was, yet did not want to acknowledge it yet. It had to be explained. He shrugged it off as early symptoms of an exotic disease. He pulled Urumi back so Murai and the others could walk ahead of them. Her eyes fluttered open, questioning the action. "Nani, Kikuchi-kun?"
"For once in your life, Tensai Kanzaki Urumi, don't you think it would be wise to stop questioning and just have fun at the level of people our age?"
"The difficulty of us 'tensai' is that our questioning and skepticism is built-in, as is our knowledge that we are surrounded by..." She glanced around, gesturing towards the populace with her eyes. "…Idiots." Smiling brightly at Kikuchi, she skipped gaily to class.
Kikuchi was not stunned by her response, but followed her into the room of Class 3-4.
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What will happen to Kikuchi and Kanzaki? Will Fujiyoshi get a life? Why hasn't Onizuka been mentioned yet? All this and more in the next installment of… Moonlight Sonata!
A/N: There you go, a little Kikuchi/Urumi action! (Which is why all of you read the fic, right?) Tensai, by the way, means 'genius.' This is in reference to Hanamichi Sakuragi, the main character of Slam Dunk, who always calls himself a 'tensai.' And can anyone guess what the chapter titles have in common? Anyway, review reactions (in the order of how I got them):
Hunter Sopko: Thanks for the positive feedback! Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Ai… she'll just be a little late to class, methinks, but she's here to mess with Kikuchi's mind and heart.
Allence of the Weed AKA I'm So Damn Pretty and Smart: Yes, you are so damn pretty and smart. That's fact. Now stop saying that.
Red-jewel, Kit-Kat, d!sLoCatEd, nascent, irugawa_tsubame, Scarlet, Reika, DarkFusion: Hmm, having second thoughts about the Kikuchi/Urumi pairing. Just kidding! ^__^V Thanks for reviewing!
Czari: Yes, I know who you are. Now go get an account here like Ella did! ^__^ And start watching GTO, man! (girl!) You don't know what you're missing.
Aeris: I'm glad you liked how Yoshikawa was portrayed. Yes, the Haruko Akagi in Chapter 1 is the Haruko Akagi from Slam Dunk. ^-^;; I was running out of names for girls, and I didn't want a Sakura. At that time I was at a SD fansite and remembered Haruko. Watch out for references to other anime in the chapters to come. I think there will be a lot. I tried to make the Kikuchi/Kanzaki moment here less cheesy, but…I don't know. It looks wrong to me. I may take it down, I may not.
tanya-crest: Some facts are fanon, some are canon. Feel free to use the canon.
Claudia: They are seniors now. Onizuka still lives on the rooftop. This will be noted in the next chapter. ^_~
Mari Kreuz: Hindi, kasi project namin sa klase yung paggawa ng Noli play. Ako yung writer, hehe. Astig nga e, naging comedy bigla.
Until next time, guys!