A/N: Soooo...it has been just about forever since I posted anything last time, ne? Well...there are reasons for that and I´m not about to explain everything right now. I am not sure when the next chapter of this will be posted, but it may be a very long time till next time. (Lets hope not :) ). Yes, I know I got alot of Kagura in this chapter vs the little Sakaki I got...but...I think it´s just abit of my favoritism, I like Kagura alot more than Sakaki
Disclaimer: I do not own Azumanga Daioh or anything related to it.
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With a few days left before his first school term is due Brendi spends those days exploring the neighbourhood.
After a little walking around in the sun he finds that there are few stores in the immediate area and thus he decides to purchase some more basic foodstuffs and articles for his new home.
Having finished the shopping Brendi decides to explore the local park he had stumbled upon earlier that day and the girl he´d seen.
The sun was at it´s highest and there were birds in the park singing, as people walked their dogs, were out for a walk just like Brendi or they were just spending time with their friends. And as Brendi sat down on a bench a little way off to the side he had spotted her. She was crouching over by a bush some yards away, apparently watching something inside it. She had long black hair and her face was lit with a slight blush, mezmerised by whatever was in the bush, stirring about. Brendi couldn´t help but stare at this beautiful girl in her own world.
Then she sticks her hand into the bush only to hurriedly pull it back out with a grey cat attached to it. After a few seconds the cat lets go and runs off into the park with the girl staring after it. Suddenly she becomes aware of this foreigner staring at her. Blushing furiosly she gets up on her bike and trots away in full speed.
"What had just happened? Who was that huge gaijin who had been staring at her? Why had she run off so fast?" Were only a few of the questions flying through Sakaki´s head as she rode past a mother with her baby in a carriage. "How long had he been staring at her? And who was he really?" When she thought about it, he looked kinda scary. With that height and hair he must´ve been either a delinquent or someone not from the neighbourhood, as she would´ve remembered someone who was taller than her, with a beginning beard and a mane like that. Well, hopefully she´d never have an encounter like that again. "I must´ve gotten abit skittish during the holiday."
Brendi couldn´t help but chuckle abit at the memory, he must´ve startled the poor gal. "She looked about my age, maybe I´ll see her again when the school starts. If I do I should apologise to her. I gotta start making some friends sometime, and at the risk of being a little ecchi she´s not someone I´d object to see another time." Brendi finished the thought with a smile.
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The trees in the park had several birds in them, singing their hearts out now that spring was properly underway. The sun is shining, lighting up the park consisting of some paths in a slightly wooded area with green fields and a big pond.
Brendi entered from the north and wandered slowly towards the pond somewhere in the middle of it all. From all around him came the noises of a busy park, birds singing, children playing and the low buss of people in the distance speaking.
With the gravel chrunching beneath his sneakers Brendi walks all the way down to the pond to gaze into the green water.
A few minutes pass by as he dreams off, staring into the murky waters. Brendi breakes out of his trance and views out over the pond, only to get blinded by sunlight reflecting of the water. Brendi reels at the sudden light and staggers back unto the gravel road, bumping into someone.
Twisting around, still partly blinded, Brendi can only see a figure lying in the ditch along the road.
"Ah! I´m so sorry. I was day-dreaming, and I got blinded and, and..." " Hai, hai, apology accepted, but I..." Now that his vision was getting normal again Brendi saw that the person he´d run over was a girl, a really cute girl in a brown sweatsuit with short, spiky brown hair encasing her face, which at the moment was growing slightly annoyed as she waved her hand in front of his face. "Hey, earth to mister hairy gaijin guy!" " Wha-? Oh, sorry bout that, got caught up in the moment." Brendi managed to get out, rubbing his head with a goofy grin. "Well, if you´re all finished with that, maybe you could help me over to that bench over there? I think I sprained my ancle pretty bad." " Ah, yes."
Coming over to the girl Brendi gets her arm over his shoulder and supports her over to the bench, sitting down beside her. When they´re seated properly the girl pulls off her shoe and sock to have a closer examination, meanwhile Brendi starts talking again. "Hey, look I´m really sorry about this, I shouldn´t have been dreaming off like that, but I...Wooow! That looks pretty painful." On the girl´s ancle there´s a huge, purple bruise. "Ah! It is, to the touch at least, but I´m sure it´s ju..." "Wait, don´t touch it anymore! We gotta get you to a doctor or something real quick, come on I saw a clinic just down the road." And before the poor thing even gets a chance to protest Brendi rises up and make as if to support her, waiting for her to comply. What´s with this guy? First he makes me tumble into the ditch and now he´s all fired up to help me. Oh, well I guess it would be best to have it checked, can´t have an injury now with the swimming season coming up´ With that Kagura got up and put her arm over the boy´s shoulders.
After a few metres though the two realise that this makes for a pretty slow and awkward pace. Stopping up Brendi blushes abit and looks away. " Uhm...would it be ok if I carried you? It would get us alot faster there and it´d make it abit easier on your other foot."
Also blushing Kagura thought about it abit and gave herself a mental What the hell, it´s only for transportation purposes!.´ "Uhm...yes, it´s ok, just get there fast then!"
At that Brendi bends abit down and gets his left arm under her legs and lifts her up, carrying her at chest level. Setting a fast pace they make it to the clinic within a few minutes, with a gasping Brendi." I´m sorry about this pant, I pant really need some exercise." Flashing another goofy grin at the end.
Walking up to the reception Brendi sets the girl down in their previous position, if only to look a bit more respectable. Behind the desk was an elderly lady, smiling an overbearing smile. "Hello. we were wondering if the good doctor had some time to check on an injured ancle." "Ah, yes, well Doctor Marutaki will be busy for another 20 minutes or so, if you would please wait?" "Yes, we can wait."
Taking the girl over to the waiting room Brendi lets her sit down on the most comfy looking chair in there, as he seats her she hits her ancle on the table leg and flinches in pain. "Ouch!" "Ah, that didn´t sound very pleasent. Ah, please wait here, I´ll go get something." And before Kagura gets to say another word the mysterious gaijin is out and gone. What the?´ After a minute or so he´s back with two cans of soft drinks which he gives to her.
"Here, one for you and one you can put in your sock to cool down your ancle." "Oh...wait...you didn´t get any yourself?" "Hm? Ah, no I forgot about that, well I´m not so thirsty anyhow. Enjoy!"
After a few minutes of waiting in silence Kagura turned to the foreign boy. "Hey, you never told me your name!" "Oh, ah...My name is Brendi, nice to meet you Miss...uh.." " Kagura!" She finished for him with a grin. "Nice to meet you too, Brendi...Say, that´s not a japanese name...and you don´t look anything like a japanese, would you mind if I asked you were you´re from?" Brendi broke his stare from the way Kagura was fiddling with her brown bangs. "Ah, yes, I´m Norwegian actually, from Norway."
"Norway?" Kagura says with a pussled look. " I can´t remember anything about the country, even though I think I´ve heard of it before." "Hehe, well I can´t blame you, we don´t have alot of influence in the modern world today, so I guess we´re kinda obscure for some countries. By the way, are you gonna go to the highschool just near here? I´m starting there the day after tomorrow." "You´re starting there? So am I! But , you know, you look pretty old for your age then, I thought you were my sempai by three years or so." "Heh, I´m guessing it´s my facial hair growth that put you off?" "...Well, yeah...you got more facial hair than most Japanese will ever get, and your hair is kinda long for a high-schooler." "Ah, well I ki..."
Brendi is interrupted as the door opens and the old woman pokes her head inside. "The Doctor will see you know."
After a few minutes of poking and reassuring Kagura comes back out from the doctor´s office with a tube and a happy smile. Brendi goes to meet her at the reception disc.
"That will be 2500 Yen for the appointment and the cooling salve, please." "Ah, I will be paying that." Taking out 3 one-thousand yen bills Brendi accepts the 500 bill he gets back and turns to Kagura. "What now? You getting picked up by your parents or?" With a scowl Kagura looks at Brendi. "You know, I pay my own bills, you had no right to do that!" "Wait a second there, I was the cause of the injury, remember? That means I get to pay the bill."..."Oh, allright, but next time I´m paying your doctor bill!" "Well, lets hope that´ll never be necessary, ne?" "Yes...now, I think I´m gonna call my mom, since it´s a fair distance home, even if you could use the exercise" She finished with her tongue sticking out at him in a playful manner.
A quick phonecall later and a few minutes of waiting brought a red golf to the parkinglot and Kagura went to meet up with her mom. She waved at Brendi as they passed him on the sidewalk. When she sat back to relax she felt something shift in her sock. Realising it was the extra can Brendi had bought for her she pulled it out and looked at it. It was Dr.Pepper. I hate Dr.Pepper.´ She thought with a smile...That didn´t stop her from drinking it though.