Moonlight Sonata
By Luna Stop Swearing
A/N: Wow… still overwhelmed by the reviews… doumo, minna-san! And look at that, I didn't raise the rating… *smirks* Not yet, anyway…
Warnings: Sexual language. I hope that all of you are old/mature enough to read this (nah, all of you are jaded –I hope- anyway, ne?). There will be more stuff like this in upcoming chapters, I hope I don't traumatize anyone, because my conscience can't take that. Look at that, I'm rambling.
Disclaimers: Standard disclaimers apply.
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Episode 4: Non Troppo
When Kikuchi and Urumi reached Onizuka's room, they first noted that they were the last of the Onikumi to arrive. Nothing unusual, of course. Yoshikawa was on his hands and knees, looking for the games Onizuka had borrowed from him in junior high but had yet to return. Kusano and Fujiyoshi were browsing through old issues of Shonen Jump. Kunio tried to avoid looking at the TV screen, but his primal instincts got the better of him.
The next thing that Kikuchi and Urumi noticed was that their beloved sensei was watching a new porn flick, which they gathered from the way Kunio was acting towards the TV. Well, actually, they had come to a point where they could no longer differentiate new porn that Onizuka had borrowed or bought from previous ones, so they weren't sure if their teacher was in fact watching a new flick or just recycling something in his vast collection. Kusano picked up the case of the DVD, and handed it over to Kikuchi and Urumi for comment. The DVD proudly screamed "Dirty Prom Queens: XXXCited and XXXtreme," with grainy pictures of a very attractive American blonde massaging her melon-like breasts and her nether regions, and then another one of her giving a man fellatio. The DVD cover said that her name was Jenna Jameson. Kikuchi merely blinked, and quickly handed it back to Kusano.
Eikichi Onizuka's bachelor pad was littered with porno mags, takeout containers, beer cans, cigarette butts, video games borrowed (and not yet returned) from Yoshikawa, and manga. Posters of Due le Quartz, Porno Graffiti, L'arc~en~ciel, X Japan, and Morning Musume could be seen covering the holes in the walls that he was too lazy to board up properly. Kusano noticed that he was reading the latest tankoubon of Musume Monogatari and volume 10 of Mars, simultaneously. They were located on the all-purpose coffee table which Onizuka used as a dining table, a gambling table, a cabinet, and a foot stool. If he left tankoubon there, that meant that he was reading it. Otherwise, it went into a box under the coffee table labeled 'MANGA' in bad kanji.
"I'm guessing that you're responsible for our having a senior prom?" Murai asked as he sat down beside his teacher and watched a Western girl in a fancy American gown being screwed by what appeared to be a high school boy who must have abused steroids. They appeared to be doing this in a bathroom, with many other steroid-abusing high school boys watching with perverted pleasure. The girl just kept moaning and screaming for more until the guy reached his peak. The faint chords of what appeared to be 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA wafted into the bathroom. Urumi automatically clapped a hand over her mouth to suppress a giggle. She didn't know why, exactly, but it just seemed funny, sex and ABBA. It was like William Hung and American Idol...not that she bothered to watch that filth. These past few weeks, she found out that there were things that were beyond her power to explain. This, of course, bothered her a lot, because she, like Kikuchi, wanted to believe that there were scientific explanations for everything. She seemed to have trouble with where thought ended and feeling began. It hadn't been a problem for her before, but now she realized that she couldn't always run away from her emotions. But of course she wouldn't admit this to anyone- that was a sign of weakness, and that was one thing that she understood perfectly well.
"I can't believe the inspiration for this prom thing was a porn flick."
This was normal for the Onikumi, watching porn. The Onikumi understood that porn was a required portion of Onizuka-sensei's day, and they could do nothing to tear him away from it until after he'd had his fill. Now it was nothing weird, just like reading a book or watching TV, a hobby on the side. One could ask, oh so casually, "What were you doing yesterday?" And they would reply, as if telling you the time or answering a math problem, "Oh, watching porn." The initial reaction of the person they were talking to (especially if it was an older person) was shock. The next question would most likely be, "Why?" The most likely answer would be, "Ii ja nai?"
Before, back in junior high, everyone would still be in awe at the size of a guy's dick or a woman's breasts (even Urumi joined in the ooh-ing and the aah-ing and the chorus of "That can't be real!"). Yoshikawa would get constant nosebleeds (and would also get laughed at by Onizuka) and Kikuchi, out of respect for the women, would look away, but now, as high school seniors, everything seemed normal to them. They stared at the TV screen like they were watching the news, MTV Japan, Hello! Morning or something normal at least. And Kikuchi didn't bother turning away anymore. Before, there was still a thrill to watching porn, mostly because it felt so dirty and illegal. Now, after watching so much it was just dirty, degrading, and boring. They couldn't understand how Onizuka didn't get tired of it all, and he'd been watching them since even before he was of legal age.
"Wouldn't that be fun? Going to a prom, having that happen…" Onizuka commented, his eyes not moving from the flickering TV screen, but his mind creating a pretty little scene in his head. He was the hormonally-fueled high school boy driving frenetically into the pretty high school girl, who only wanted more. In the little movie in his mind, Azusa Fuyutsuki played the role of the pretty high school girl.
Eikichi Onizuka, no longer single (when he filled out application forms or surveys, his status was 'taken' or 'not available', sometimes 'NA' when he was too lazy to write out 'Not Available'), and now 25 years old, still looked the same as he did three years ago. Right now, he was wearing a baggy L'arc~en~ciel shirt, and the latest craze in Japan (around 5 years ago), something called puruntongs, pants that were too short to be called pants, but too long to be called shorts. He was barefoot, of course, and smoking as he talked.
Urumi whacked him on the back of the head with the DVD case. "Baka! And you don't understand why you're still not married, do you?"
Onizuka was still touchy about the first and only time that he tried to propose to Fuyutsuki over a year ago, something involving fireworks, a carnapping, cows, karaoke, several thousand yen, geishas, Evangelion reruns, and the Onikumi, of course. The plan had backfired, but Fuyutsuki had just laughed it off. He never did get to pop the question, of course, and made his girlfriend believe that everything was just an elaborate joke meant to make her smile. Afterwards though, he decided to forget that it ever happened. He returned the ring to the jeweler the very next day, and used the money he got back to eat toro and ramen with the Onikumi. Of course, the Onikumi would never let him forget the happenings of that day, and would constantly squeeze it into conversations they had.
He pushed Urumi's hand away, letting the action slide. "Shhh…" No one could talk to him properly while he was watching porn, but that didn't stop the Onikumi from bombarding him with personal questions.
"How long have you been dating?"
"Is the sex good?"
"Why don't you want to propose again, sensei? Maybe this time it'll go well. I promise that I'll get the proper car next time."
"Sensei, did you borrow my copy of Demonic Geisha 3?"
"Maybe he's lost his guts."
"I don't think it's a matter of guts, since Onizuka-sensei's got too much of that for his own good, but a matter of commitment," Urumi suggested, then rolled her eyes. "Men and commitment issues."
"Can you all just shut up until this is over?" Onizuka grumbled. "I'm trying to enjoy my movie here!"
"Movie?" Kunio frowned. "That's just porn!"
"It's a porn movie. Now scram."
"Touchy, touchy," Urumi scolded him.
The sensei leaned against the coffee table, threw his head back, and blew a large smoke ring over his head, then cracked his knuckles as he enjoyed his smutty flick. The Onikumi raised their eyebrows at one another as one by one they picked up their bento stacked against a corner of the wall, and left the storage room that had been his living quarters for the past four years now. They lounged on the rooftop, eating their lunch, waiting for Onizuka-sensei to finish his flick and come out.
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When will Uchiyamada-sensei make an appearance? What do the Onikumi have up their sleeves? Where is this all going? When will I put more K/K moments? All this and more in the next installment of… Moonlight Sonata! Until the next episode!
Onikumi: This is a rough translation, but it technically means 'Onizuka's gang,' or something like that. You get the picture.
Ii ja nai: If I'm correct, this means, "Why not?", with the same nuance as "What the hell?"
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A/N: That was a hard chapter. I'm sorry for it being short, too. I have no idea how Onizuka should act. Especially when watching porn. I'm actually quite dissatisfied with it, and may take it down in a while for rewriting. But now you know that he's Fuyutsuki-sensei's boyfriend now, and that there's been one failed marriage proposal. Yes, I believe there will be more. ^^;; Anyway, now that my 'guess-what-the-chapter-titles-have-in-common' game is now over, I give my readers another challenge: 'Find all the cultural references embedded in Moonlight Sonata.' Two have been found already, but there are more.
Right, let's do the review thing once again (Just skip if you don't want to be bored):
Allence of the Weed: I'll try to make my updates longer in the future, as promised. I also write according to my mood, and whether I fare well with my muses (of which you are one ^^), so if I'm particularly euphoric, I'll do a 2,000 worder.
GreatLight432: Whew, glad you thought I captured the spirit of GTO, and the personalities of the L337 couple. Thank you for understanding my predicament. Yeah, I've been writing fics for a while, and I know there's no money involved, but it's just so fun to do!
Cryxxy-Chan: Thanks! Everyone seems to be clamoring for some Y/A action… Don't worry, I'll try to sneak some in. If not in the next chapter, then the one after that. All our favorite characters, not just K/K, will get their own little side stories here, if everything goes according to plan.
Kairi21: When I did my research about the Japanese school system, I was also confused. Well, it's like this (correct me if I'm wrong): They have 12 years of school, all in all, same as the American school system. Except in Japan they have two years of junior high, then three years of high school. And kami nga, wala nga kaming prom, turnover lang. 'Steg kasi school namin. Sorry, I don't have a PS, my sisters destroyed it a long time ago. Now on to your question.
What Is A Muse?: In Greek mythology, there were nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne. They all had stuff they were good at. Calliope was good at epic poetry, Clio had history, historical and heroic poetry under her belt, Erato had lyric poetry about love and eroticism, Euterpe was in charge of lyric poetry and flute playing, Polyhymnia was all about songs for the gods or sacred hymns, Melpomene had the tragedy thing going on, Terpsichore was all about dance and choral singing, Thalia (yes, she's also a goddess, not just some Latina telenovela star) was the comedian, and Urania had her astronomy. A muse, fanfiction-wise, is merely inspiration personified. Someone or something that inspires you to write, or gives you ideas. I have three principal muses so far…
tanya-crest: Yes, I plan on bringing K/K together, then tearing them apart, then bringing them back together… it's a complicated cycle. I hope you stick around to see what unfolds.
disL0Cated: Nice observations there, brain and brain, bully and loser. I myself am not sure how I'm going to write an Onizuka/Fuyutsuki properly. Thank you for reviewing!
Riyuji.Raicho: First of all, I must say that I'm impressed that you went through all the trouble of reading my bio and tracking me down. ^__^ Yeah, I know that the first time they ran it, it was uncut. I'm glad I watched it then. I'm just waiting for the Tomoko arc to start, since that's my favorite… or has it started already? And yes, I've noticed that the majority of the GTO writers/reviewers seem to be Filipino. Not that that's a bad thing, of course.
Angel-wing2: Me? Lit. Major? *laughter can be heard in the background* Um… no? (Doesn't know how to react to that) My dad says there's no money there. I'll probably take up Journalism or International Studies. (I'm not even in college yet!) Thanks for the positive feedback, though.
Elle30: Hehe, good for your sister! Well, I won't say the actual name of the school (bad publicity), but I will give out a few hints, see if they match your school. (1) Instead of Junior Proms during 3rd year, we have a turnover in school. (2) It's an all-girls' school (if you're in a co-ed one, then…). (3) It's located near UP Diliman. (4) The school name contains the word 'School.' (5) Our school fair is in December. If these match then… wow. Contact me immediately.
C: Thanks, C! Now I know which Gundam series it's from! Yes, readers, it's Sayla, not Sara. My apologies to all, as I kept hearing and seeing 'Sara' in the subs. ^__^;; I now feel awful for having misled anyone. Anyway, I did a little research on Sayla. *Clears throat* Sayla Mass is from the series Mobile Suit Gundam. She's 17 years old, from the Earth Federation, is the communications officer on the bridge of White Base, and pilots the G-Fighter. She only sort of looks like Urumi. But then again, I've only seen two pictures.
arukas: Thanks, I'll try to work on Fuyutsuki's language and attitude better. It's just that I thought that maybe three years of teaching might have taught her to be tougher. Especially since she's around Onizuka.
Scarlet: They don't show him smoking in the anime, but he does in the manga. I guess it's possible, though the occurrence of it here is not as dramatic as that in the West. (Paano napunta yung usapan sa ganun dito sa Pilipinas?)I haven't been to any kind of prom, ya know. I must be at least 10x more clueless, but I do have an inkling of what goes on. ^^;;
Mari Kreuz: Yeah, Fuyutsuki-sensei! Huzzah! Nice blog, by the way. Ate Yumi doesn't sound bad. :P Yumi-nee-san! ^__^
Strife-Ishitaka, Shadow ScytheX, Tonie Grace: Always a pleasure to have more people on the Kikuchi/Urumi ship! Glad you guys like the story so far. I can't believe you found me, Tonie!
Haro: Thanks for the additional information (although I did do research on Sayla Mass when C submitted a review) on the other Sarahs. I've only seen Gundam Wing, so I wouldn't know. ^^;; Demo… when you say Urumi Kanzaki, my mind has this image of Dorothy Catalonia. Without the freakish eyebrows of course. While we're on the topic, has anyone noticed the resemblance between Kikuchi and Kiminobu Kogure from Slam Dunk? My lovely muse Allence was the first to point it out to me.
Well, that's all of them. Until the next episode! (Again!)