The young girl in the army palette tank top ran straight into a dirty, abandoned complex. This kind of setting has been used so often in movies and shows, so just imagine one of those as being this place. Anyway, for some reason, she turned her head left, then right, then ran towards an open window about ten feet high. She then made a great, athletic flipping leap into the window with the biker helmet in hand.
On her tail was Ran Hibiki, "Photojournalist Supreme". She wasn't quite as confident in her athletic ability, so she didn't even bother making the jump.
"Man, she's good! But I can't be distracted by one jumping leap. This is the scoop of the millennium! Don't worry Taiyo High, 'cause Ran Hibiki's on the job!". She then found the more obvious, accessible garage door entrance moments later and made her way inside. She around the spacious place for the girl she pursued earlier, but to no avail.
"Wow, this girl must have as much stealth skill as I do! That's okay! She's not the main attraction anyway! But I should probably find some place myself. With all the junk here, it should be really easy to conceal myself!". She then crept around steadily, and, after finding some conveniently placed crates, swiftly hid behind them.
After a few minutes, a guy outfitted in a spiky biker outfit and red gloves came out, conspicuously donning the white skull helmet that the young girl had from before. One would assume that THIS is the real Akira Kazama, the younger brother of the infamous Gedo High Gang Leader, Daigo Kazama. Noticeably different from Kyo being in disguise is his considerably shorter height, and a tighter black jacket. Still, his calm, collected posturing oozed confidence.
"Where are those guys? I know they decided to take a side trip to the market, but it shouldn't take them THIS long... unless Gan... oh boy", Akira thought to himself. Now, how could Akira have possibly known that, someone might be wondering? Well, maybe Akira has sources. He IS the younger brother of a Gang Lord, after all.
While Akira waited for what seemed like ages in a posture of folding his arms together and tapping his foot, the Ninja Journalist Ran Hibiki fell asleep. Now, some might assume that a skilled journalist like Ran would fall asleep without snoring, but they would be wrong. Luckily, Taiyo's expert reporter found away to silence her loud snores were she to fall asleep, but the details are a little sketchy. There's probably a little chart explaining Ran's insane methods, but it would be better not to bother readers with boring science stuff like that. It's bad enough the heroine of this story fell asleep, so sleepy readers would just render this fanfic pointless. What? You don't think Ran is this story's main heroine? Pay attention!
Anyway, Ran's mysteriously silent snores suddenly ceased when rumbling foot steps approached the complex.
"HONESTLY, GAN! WHAT THE F WERE YOU DOING EATING OUT THE SUPERMARKET'S F'N SAMPLE CARTS! THAT WAS FN STUPID AND A FN WASTE OF TIME! YOU SHEAD IDIOT!", a voice yelled out. This guy could probably have a rap record if he wanted to. He says enough swear words to pull it off.
"I told you I was sorry, Edge", a lower voice groaned. "You know that's the time I tend to get really hungry, anyway!".
"Geez, it was bad enough you wasted time chowin' down on free samples, then you had to swallow some s and choke on it! I can't believe we spent nearly an hour doing the heimlich manuever on you! How much space do you have in your throat, anyway? It couldn't possibly be any bigger than that f'n blackhole you call a gut!" Edge yelled.
"EDGE! GAN! ENOUGH OF YOUR STUPIDITY! COME HERE THIS INSTANT!", Akira yelled.
Edge and Gan ran in immediately. Yes, even Gan is capable of high speed movement when panickeed.
"You're two hours late! I wanted this meeting as soon as possible, and you go off and nearly choke to death. Pa-the-tic..." Akira was strutting around, trying to contain her anger.
Armed with a silent, fleshless camera, Ran snapped picture after picture. "This is just perfect!", Ran said to herself.
"But Boss... this wasn't my fault! It's HIM!", Edge said while pointed one of his numerous throwing knives at the giant summo guy, who quivered in fear.
Akira shook his helmeted head. "DON'T MAKE EXCUSES! JUST BE OF USE!", she shouted in Edge's ear.
Edge yelled in pain from his eardrums, while Gan just shook.
"A--aaaaa-a-Akira, sir! I actually have something you should hear!", Edge cried.
Gan nodded. "Yeah, we've got good news!", he managed to get out.
"What", Akira groaned. "You saved a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching to Geico?". Akira took a few steps towards Gan and Edge, and socked them both in the faces with one swift movement.
"You know how much I hate their asscrap commercials! Don't waste my time with a joke like that!", he said.
"But what use would we need of Geico? None of us even have cars! Not even Boss!", Gan cried.
Edge smacked his face as a response. "Just... shut.. the... f... up".
"Listen, Akira", Edge said while gaining some confidence, "Shortly after you left, it seems some punk impersonating you nearly beat up our entire school. Now, after a little investigation time we did before getting here, we found out that this guy was actually a student that recently transferred to Taiyo High. Some of the guys we asked around believe his name is, uh... Kyo Kusanagi or something like that".
"Kyo Kusanagi… Taiyo High? So what are you saying, we go to this Kyo guy, beat him to a pulp, and maybe we can get some answers to my brother, Daigo?", Akira asked, sounding somewhat desperate.
"Uh sure. It seems Kyo himself is looking for Daigo as well. He didn't come into Gedo looking to disgrace the name of Kazama, but, I guess it has been awhile since the fighting, and if Kyo is looking for Daigo as well, he just might be even closer to finding him than we are. There also happens to be a tidbit of news that Daigo was last seen with Batsu Ichimonji for one reason or another, so it would definitely be worth it checkin' out Taiyo High. Come to think of it, maybe I should've told you the Batsu thing first, huh?", Edge explained.
"Yeah, yeah...", Akira groaned. "At least we have a lead, though. And if it turns out there isn't anything we can learn about my brother, well, there's always that imposter we can beat the crap out of. It sounds fun teaching this Kyo a lesson", he sneered.
"Alright! Time to kick some Taiyo ass! It's about f'n time I settled the score with that shead Batsu! The prick owes me!", Edge grinned as he bashed both his fists in anticipation.
Gan just stood there silently, waiting for another order.
"Okay then, now that that's settled. We're goin' to Taiyo High, regardless! Let's move out, guys!", he commanded.
The Gedo Gangsters followed without hesitation, ready to start a rumble at Taiyo High.
Just then, an unusual image entered the consciousness of the confident biker: the face of a young man with greyish blonde hair, and ruby eyes covered with glasses. "Wait a minute, why I am I thinking about that at the time like this?", he wondered. Just why exactly IS he thinking about that? That's a good question.
"... whatever. That doesn't really matter now. I should concentrate on finding my brother Daigo, or beating up that poser, Kyo. Not necessarily in that order, of course".
While everybody tries to recover from Akira's unsual imagery, Ran looks extremly pleased the results she got. "This is great! This is GREAT! Gedo's goons will be heading to Taiyo for a brawl, giving me yet ANOTHER photo op! This is is a perfect day for ace reporter Ran Hibiki! It's time I return to school!".
And just like that, Ace Reporter Ran Hibiki disappeared like a ninja, without a trace of her existance. Who knew?
Burning Justice!
The Kusanagi Chronicles
A Rival Schools and "Kusanagi" Fanfiction
Chapter 2:
10 Things I Hate Abut School
Within the sacred halls of Public High school Taiyo High, our heroes, the Kusangi boys, are searching for their classroom, just happy to make it before the bell rang.
The ruby eyed Kei Kusanagi had his body bent forward, gasping for breath, while the fiery-eyed Kyo Kusanagi looked perfectly fine.
"Huf... huff... Kyo.. huff... what... were... you... thinking... what that plan... of yours?... huff.. you... know... that... was.. completely pointless!... hufff".
"Oh, come on, Kei! You know what happened to me last time I tried challenging an entire school since I threw down with Benimaru! No one would even approach me anymore, since schools across Japan somehow know of my triumphant victory! Even street thugs look at me in fear! Of course I needed a disguise!" he explained.
"But... Kyo... huff.. why... your target'... little... brother?... huff... that's the part... huff.. that seemed.. huff.. half-baked...", Kei questioned.
"Yeah, I know... that was a completely random choice. Don't understand why I went through it myself, but well... some guy left their white skull helmet in the middle of nowhere, and I remembered hearing that Daigo Kazama had a little brother who dressed like a biker, and that's when everything clicked. I had a complete biking outfit packed away already, and with the helmet, the disguise would be perfect! Didn't expect the chain girl to arrive, though. She sorta ruined it for me. Then again, that was a fun fight. I have a feeling I'll never see her again, though. Something about her arriving before her chronological time or whatnot. Oh well".
Kei put his right hand on a wall and continued to try and regain his breath being still. After finally catching his breath, he fixed his posture upright and then angrily glared at his more spry cousin.
"AND HOW DID YOU GET HERE BEFORE ME!" Kei shouted while flailing his arms. "YOU WERE AT LEAST MILES BEHIND ME WHEN YOU FINALLY STARTED HEADING TO SCHOOL!"
"Oh, yeah, that... well, you see... there was a bus heading to Taiyo that happened to be really close to the Gedo school grounds, and so... I made it... and then I got here. Cool, huh? We should probably check the bus stops and schedules around this place. It would really helf if we knew that stuff".
Kei look dumbounded. No matter how much trouble his cousin Kyo got into, dumb luck always managed to find a way and compensate for his thick-headedness. Poor Kei, meanwhile, is dealing with a whole lot of messes that can be really hard for a kid to get through. His older sister Kozue was inexplicably murdered, and he fell into some illness called a standstill because of that, which was about three years ago. And then there are the more recent, although smaller problems, like people thinking he's some playboy among the older women, or that he's some super pervert who dates elementary school girls. And then there's fact that almost every stranger he comes across thinks of him as a total wuss, which seems to be happening a lot in this fanfic. Kei doesn't know that though. But I digress...
So after awhile, they finally reached their designated homeroom.
"Alright, Kei! Look alive! This is pretty much going to be our school residence for the rest of the year, so try not to embarrass yourself in front of everybody! And I guess... I should probably do the same, only harder, huh? I mean, I'm the guy who got expelled from about 15 schools for fighting, and you're the goodie-goodie who's only missing out on time because you fell asleep for three years. Man, the name Kusanagi must not carry a whole of luck to it, now that I think about it..."
"Just... open... the door", Kei groaned.
"Alright, already, sheesh!", Kyo sighed. He opened the door, revealing an active clasroom. Most of them appeared to be bland, generic, Japanese public school students who just like talking about their day. There were a handful of characters that really stand out among them, however: A student in blue with an unruly black hairstyle with white streaks, and had a much wilder look in his face then even our hero, Kyo; a cool and confident student with short orange hair and glasses to add a look of intellect, clothed in white; a girl in a red jacket with matching pants and hair band, with long black hair and a long bang sticking out; and finally, a younger looking schoolgirl with an appropriately cute scholgirl outfit, and funny short brown hair with a white bandana.
The schoolgirl energetically waved her hands at Kei and Kyo. "Hi guys! You must be the new students! Nice to meet you! My name is Hinata!".
As if by instict, Kei lept back in a panic. "Please don't fall in love with me!", he cried in his head. Did I mention he had a reputation of being an elementary-schoolgirl-dating perv? That rumor isn't true, you know...
"Uh... what's... he doing?", Hinata asked in a confused tone.
"Oh, yeah. Forgive my cousin, Kei. He had some really strange experiences with younger girls, and he's been afraid of them since. Just act normal, though. He tends to not mind being around nice girls", Kyo explained.
"Oh, okay. Gotcha!". He then calmly walked towards Kei with her friendliest smile. "Uh, hey, Kei isn't it? Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt ya".
Kei regained his composure and felt a gentle aura form Hinata. "This girl... maybe I have nothing to worry about after all. She couldn't possibly be as crazy as the other ones I met. She could actually be normal. I'm sure it's just coincidence that she looks battle-ready. Maybe she's just more on the active side!", he thought himself.
He then shook the little girl's hand and accepted her offer of friendship. "A-alright. Thank you. I'm Kei Kusanagi, and that tough guy over there is Kyo. Nice to meet you... Hinata".
"Not a problem", Hinata chimed. "Schoolgirls are getting harder to trust nowadays, huh?".
Kei didn't quite catch Hinata's joked, but shrugged and followed her into the classroom.
"Don't mind those other guys, they don't really matter at all", Hinata said, "but you MUST meet my friends!". He then quickly dragged Kei to her group of desks, while Kyo calmly followed after.
"The one in the red jacket, we never say her name for some reason, but we call her Chairperson. She's really nice!".
Chairperson offered a calm, friendly wave to Kei and Kyo. "Hello, Kei. Kyo. I'm actually taking this Saikyo-ryu self defense correspondence course. It's been a real workout so far, but the teacher is a little... weird. Anyway, I see you two gentlemen as potentiel martial artists. Would you care to join me so I don't have to be alone in my training?".
Kei was thinking for a momment, but Kyo immediately shook his head. "Sorry, Chairlady. I'm studying up on Kenpo and the Kusanagi Honou-ryu, I'm afraid I'm taken". And before Kei could even open his mouth, Kyo continued, "and I'm afraid Kei will have to sit this one out, too. Sure, I've considered teaching him everything I know, and my father also considered teaching him the ancient arts, but we're afraid he's going to char his ass in the process with his clumsiness, so it wouldn't work out. As for your style, you said Saikyo-ryu, right?".
Chairperson nodded. "That's right. Saikyo-ryu. Some of the basic stuff is decent enough for beginners. I wouldn't suggest doing the advance class, though...".
Kyo went into a thinking posture. "Yeah, I think I know what you mean. Anyway, I don't think Saikyo-ryu would be right for Kei, too. I just have a feeling that seeing that right martial art for him will just kinda hit me. No hard feelings, though".
Chairperson nodded understandingly. "It's okay. I would still love for you guys to have fun at school", she responded happily.
Kei had a hopeless look in his eyes. "The IDEAL martial art for me? When are we going to see that? Kyo knows I'm just too weak for martial arts, so why is he even bothering making this up?", he thought.
"Anyway, moving on. The collected guy with the glasses is Kyosuke Kagami! He's the head our group's Morale Committee, and he's very smart and reliable! I tend to do some peer studies with him when I don't understand the material!".
Kyosuke simply turned his head slightly and gave a one-handed wave, then faced the front of the class again.
"We definatley have a few officials in this class alone. I feel a little caged in here", Kyo thought to himself. "And that Kyosuke kinda looks like a stuck-up pretty boy jackass. I wonder if the kind of power he has went to his head already".
Kei simply smiled friendly in response, but Kyosuke seemed uninterested.
Hinata was briefly lost in thought. "You know, if done the right way, the new guy could look like a splitting image of Kyosuke! Just dye his hair orange, fix his hair up right, and give him a white uniform. Yeah, it could work! But why would we even need a Kyosuke look-a-like in the first again! Yeesh! There I go again, getting carried away with some silly thought", she said to herself.
She then put Kei's attention to the final guy she has yet to introduce. " And that guy's my boyfriend! He's... uh... Batsu? What's up?".
The wild-eyed Taiyo Student slowly stood up and exchanged glances with Kyo. Both looked ready to sock each other in their faces.
"Heh, I went to Gedo High looking for a good fight, but it looks like I might get what I want after all. This guy's no Daigo Kazama, but I think he might provide some fun", Kyo thought to himself.
"There's something I don't like about this guy. He must think he's the toughest guy around, huh? Well, it's about time I show him that he's wrong", Batsu thought.
Both guys got into fighting position, which aroused the other dozen generic students into a frenzy.
In an obvious response, they chanted, "Fight! Fight! Fight", over and over again. This seems to be a common practice in nearly every public school in the world, excluding France, of course.
"Oh, it seems Batsu found another worthy challenger!" Hinata remarked nonchalantly. Kei glared in confusion.
"Don't worry", Hinata reassured, "this is just a regular occurrence in this school. A couple of fights break out between two tough guys, and it only ends when one clearly triumphs. Nothing out of the ordinary. I got into a scrap myself a week ago. This girl was trying to grab the last melon bread from my grasp, then I just challenge her to a fight, beat her to pulp, and the bread was mine to claim! Infect, they actually nicknamed this entire School District the "Battle District" once! Kinda fitting, huh?".
Kei looked like he was about to pass out from what he just heard. "Battle... Distirct?", he barely managed to utter.
"That's right!", Hinata confirmed, "Taiyo, Gorin, Gedo, Pacific, Justice, and Tamagawa High. They're all part of the Legendary Battle District!", she answered in great cheer.
Kei didn't look much better than before after hearing what Hinata had to say. "... what exactly have Kyo and I gotten ourselves into this time?", he thought in great worry.
"Alright! With that out of the way! It's kinda funny to be getting new students today! Actually, I also heard that we're getting a new teacher today!", Hinata chirped.
"Oh, that's right!", Chairperson said, "Our last teacher, Fujisawa had to retire, so now we're receiving a new staff arrangement. I heard about that!".
Something just struck Kei. Actually, he recalled a woman who just happened to move in next door on the same day Kyo and he transferred to Taiyo High. He also remembers Kyo making an ass of himself in front of her as well, but he'd rather wipe that part of his memory away. Anyway, he struck that thought out completely, wondering why he was thinking about that to begin with.
"I also happened to heard that this new teacher is supposed to be quite young and beautiful", Chairperson continued.
"Really?", Hinata answered in excitement, "Like Kyoko-sensei for Justice High? She's so super beautiful, and I'm so jealous! But Kyoko-sensei's really nice, too! I don't think there's actually any woman on the planet who could be as nice as Kyoko-sensei! She's my role model!".
"Well, they are only rumors", Chairperson noted, "I'm not sure if Taiyo really will have to put up with another beauty. But for now, most of the boys at school be drooling over Ran".
"Yeah, I've been wondering about that for awhile", Hinata mentioned. "If Ran's been so darn popular all this time, why is she so embarrassed to talk about her love life?", she asked.
"She has a hard time picking up on that kind of thing, ya know. There's something about her upbeat, excited attitude that catches their attention, but at the same time, the boys are just too intimated by her. They find it extremely hard to even go near her for any love confession, so Ran's always off by herself. Maybe her love of journalism is a compensation for something... she's missing?" Chairperson contemplated.
"I hear... Ran has a crush on Kyosuke", Hinata mischievously whispered into Chairperson's ear.
"WHAT!", Chairperson shouted at the top of her lungs.
No one was really bothered by her shouting. Actually, while Hinata and Chairperson continued their gossiping with Kei simply standing there, the rest of the student body was still putting their attention on riling Kyo and Batsu in a fight. Suddenly, the tension in the air broke.
"Everybody, settle down please!", a meek voice called out to the students. A young woman with long pink hair entered the room. She wore a proper, buttoned white shirt and black skirt. The glasses she wore over her big blue eyes gave her more of a cute look, unlike the intellectual impression Kyosuke's eyes gave. For a woman, the expression on her face looked perfectly bright and innocent.
Kyo, Kei, and Batsu quickly sat in some empty seats. Kei simply looked at her in fear, lost completely in nervous thought "That's... that's...".
"My name is Mizuho Kamiya-sensei. Nice to meet you all!".
All the boy's eyes were glued to her. All of them, except Batsu and Kyosuke's, of course.
"Waitaminute... that chick looks familiar", Kyo thought to himself.
Kei just slapped his head. "I don't believe this..." he thought to himself, "I CAN'T believe this...".
"I understand that there are two new students joining us today as well. Will the two of you please come up and introduce yourselves?", she called out.
Kei and Kyo got out of their desks and walked quietly to the head of the class. Kyo didn't mind at all, but Kei was dripping in sweat. In equal speed, both students wrote their full names out in Kanji. Kyo's name appeared messy, while Kei's was crisp and clean.
"Yo, guys! The name's Kyo Kusanagi! Nice meeting you!", Kyo announced in a rowdy voice.
"Good morning, everybody. My name is Kei Kusanagi. Nice to meet you", Kei said in a quiet voice.
"I see. You two have the exact same last name in both pronunciation and characters as well. So, I would assume you two are related somehow?", Kamiya-sensei asked in a polite tone.
"We're cousins", Kyo and Kei responded in unison.
"I see. Well, it seems the three of us are new to this here at Taiyo High. Let's make our first year one to remember, okay?".
Both Kei and Kyo nodded in agreement.
"You may now take your seats", Kamiya-sensei informed her two students.
Both boys casually went back to their desks and sat down once more.
Kyo and Batsu exchanged angry glances once more, while the other boys (except Kyosuke, of course) looked upon their new teacher in sheer delight.
Kei slumped forward on his desk and and rested his head atop his two folded arms. He had a worrisome look on his face. "High School's going to be REALLLY tough on me from this day forward, huh?". He sighed to himself. "Helpless" adequately explains the emotions going through poor Kei's mind.
Kamiya-sensei then proceeded to take roll. She called on a bunch of names, and everyone would respond when called upon. Roll call went by without a hitch, until one name called delayed the process.
"Hibiki", Kamiya-sensei called out. No one responded.
"Hibiki!", Kamiya-sensei called out oncemore. Again, nobody responded.
"Ran Hibiki!", Kamiya sensei called out in an even louder voice.
"Here!", an energetic young girl's voice called back.
Ran Hibiki, Ace Repoter, who was missing the entire time Kei and Kyo had finally made it school, had seemingly materialized into her empty assigned desk like some teleportation ninja trick. In satisfaction, Ran chuckled to herself as she managed to save herself from a tardy.
"Good going, girl! It seems you haven't lost your touch at sneaking into school in a momment's notice! A rather handy skill if I do say so myself!", she grinned to herself. "With Gedo High coming our way, it's bound to get much more exciting here! But for now, I better print the story about the beatdown those delinquents suffered hours ago! You've outdone yourself this time, Ran! You've finally found the stories that'll make your name famous!". Ran Hibiki, Ace Repoter's face expressed sheer bliss. At this right, nothing would stop this passionate journalist from getting her big scoop.
End of Chapter 2
All Characters in this story are created by Capcom, SNK, and the guys who made Please Teacher!... inexplicably. While the story is loosely based on the Rival Schools Storyline, this fanfiction is a written product of me, Chicken Yuki. I hope you had fun.