Chapter 1: Park
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Azumanga Daioh. The lucky duck here is Kiyohiko Azuma. Mamoru, however, is MINE!ALL MINE! HAHAHA!
A/N: My first fanfic but it shouldn't be very n00bish. I'm pretty good at writing. Please comment, but no flames please.
Yomi: You're just too wimpy to take them.
Itena: Shush up. Do you want me too---?
Yomi: gasp No! I don't wanna get fat! Fine I'll shut up.
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The sunset reflected colours on the clouds, with leaves falling, dancing down to the crisp ground, layering the cement with colours. Autumn's beautiful scenery was almost impossible to resist, specially strolling through the park. Suprisingly, it was hardest for Yomi. Yet though she loved the beauty fall brang to her eyes, she missed the roses. After graduating highschool, she had grown a fondness for roses. They were beautifly scented, looked gorgeous, can protect itself, and skinny. Yomi sighed. Even after graduation, she still had a hard time with diets. And though she was a little less self-concious about it, she still wished she could at least lose just a couple of pounds.
The park seemed to be Yomi's favourite place these past few weeks, she would often be found taking a stroll, gazing at the leaves that drifted down from the trees. She often wished everyone else would join her, but college was difficult and with everyone in different schools aswell as all the studying that everyone's been doing is was pretty hard to get together. The worst was Chiyo-chan all the way in America.
' What is she going to do when she graduates?'' she thought
A sudden gust of wind made Yomi shiver and frown. That was no ordinary wind.
' What's this sudden jyaki?' she thought, ' Something's wrong.'
Looking around uncomfortably, Yomi decided that this was her cue to head home.
Yomi started walking towards the park's exit, to get to the train station, but the jyaki was overwhelming her. She looked around her, seeing many others seemed to be surrounded by this invisible force.
'What the hell's going on here damnit?' ' she screamed inwardly. A large frown upon her brow formed as she clenched her teeth, tense.
Then, a painful feeling. As if something was entering her lungs and spreading. Yomi gasped and went on her knees as pain flushed through her like poison. But suddenly, as quickly as it entered, the pain stopped. Yomi held her chest, panting, quivering, eyes wide with fear and shock. She breathed deeply, trying to calm and slow the adrenaline pumping through her veins. She looked around her. Many were walking fast, or even running to get out of the park quickly, not wanting to do with whatever just happened. She also turned to the direction of the exit as well, and tried to put the mysterious gust at the back of her mind, never to be thought of twice. Yet she found that was impossible.
"Yomi-kun!" shouted a guy of short black hair with slightly spiked bangs and a height of 168 centimetres, running to her with a warm smile and waving.
Yomi's face brightened, "Ah! Mamoru-kun!"
Mamoru stopped in front of her, and gave her a small, quick embrace,"I didn't know you were here 'cause I didn't see your car-,"but his phrase was interrupted as he quickly noticed the intense anxiety of the environment that the people leaving the park in a hurry created," What happened here?"
Yomi shook her head, " Nothing, nothing at all Mamoru-kun."
Mamoru doubted it was 'nothing at all' but shook the feeling off.
"So you were taking a stroll?"
"Mm," Yomi nodded,"I was leaving just now."
"So you want a ride?" Mamoru smiled
"Mm."
Mamoru drove silently. Yomi didn't seem to want to talk, so he kept silent. But he couldn't help but worry. And Yomi, grasping her chest every once in a while, wasn't helping,"Are you sure nothing happened?" he finally asked.
Yomi shook her head, " Nothing happened, honest."
Mamoru had a worried look on his face. He wasn't buying it.
"Won't you believe your own girl?"
Mamoru jumped, "O-ofcourse I trust you, but I can't help it."
Yomi smiled, 'He lives up to his name.'
(A/N: Mamoru means protect in japanese)
She rested her head on his shoulder," It's alright, so don't worry."Mamoru smiled as his face flushed, eyes softening. Yomi closed her eyes and let herself rest, with Mamoru by her side.
They came to an apartment building and curbed into the front driveway. Mamoru laid a hand on her shoulder, gently waking her up, "You're home, Yomi-kun." Yomi opened her eyes and nodded sleepily. She kissed him on the cheek and unbuckled her seatbelt.
"Is there anything else you need me for?"
Yomi shook her head, "No, that's all right Mamoru-kun, you've done enough for me."
"Okay then, I'll see you later then," he said. Mamoru started his car.
Yomi had a look of uncertainty she never felt before. Just as Mamoru was about to drive off, Yomi ran to the car door, "Please, stay a little longer." Mamoru was a little suprised at the anxious look on Yomi's face, a face he's never seen before, not on her, but he smiled and chuckled inwardly.
"Of course."
Yomi didn't know why she suddenly needed him. She couldn't quite finger it, but something mad her want to spend as much time with mamoru as possible. No, she needed to spend time with him as much as possible. And it didn't look like Mamoru minded much at all.
(A/N: I left this place blank for your imagination to cook up. No it's not cause I want to avoid lemons you sick Hentais!)
When Mamoru finally drove home, Yomi felt more secure, though she wanted Mamoru to stay longer. But she couldn't ask him of that. No instead of stopping him, she kissed his cheek and waved goodbye as he backed up and turned to the exit. Instead of stopping him, she went in the building and entered the elevater.
The elevator rose. 5. 6. 7. The doors slid open and let her go through. Yom walked to the of the hall with 710 inscribed on the name plate attached to the door. Yomi slid a key on the lock on the doorknob, rigged it clockwise, then pushed open the door, pulling out her keys. She entered the suite, and scrunched up her nose when she smelled the stale smell when one goes in a suite that has been uninhabited for while.
Yomi flipped a few switches around the house, then tossed her purse on the dining table. She then let herself fall on her bed. As she stared at the twirling fan attached to the ceiling, she though about the incident in the park.'What the hell was that anyway?'she though,'That couldn't of been a normal gust.'
Yomi decided to sleep it off and forget about it in the morning, though she doubted that would be the case.
"Mamoru, MAMORU-KUN!"Yomi kept screaming as she scrambled through the rubble around her, the aftermath of a hurricane," Mamoru-kuuun!" She searched everywhere she could, but no sign of him. That is until she heard a pained groan coming from under a car that had flipped and crashed into the building. She gasped, " Mamoru!" she scrambled through to get to him, not caring how heavy the car was, not caring how they hurt her as she tried to push them off of him. She just needed him out of there, needed him safe, needed him close to her, to tell her everything was alright.
Finally pushing the last of the rubble, her hands, knees, face scratched up with bruises and glass cuts, she gasped as she saw Mamoru, limp and ragged with serious wounds. "No, no, Mamoru,"she couldn't stand it. As she held him in her arms, an almost unearthly scream was heard throughout the heavens.
"MAMORU-KUN!"Yomi jumped from her bed, tears down her face. She sighed in relief, " A dream. Just a dream." Yomi yawned, stretching her arms. She looked at her calendar and smiled, "The holidays,"Chiyo-chan was coming from everseas to visit everyone during the holidays. Her plane would be at the airport at 7:45. It was 5:00. More than enough time to get there. Yomi decided she would get dressed even though it was early.
But when she got up from her bed, she felt lightheaded and dizzy, but only for a second. Yomi blinked,"What the hell was that just now?"
Yet Yomi shook the feeling off and went to get ready. Putting on an orange turtleneck with long sleeves over a white undershirt, she slipped in a slim pair of dark blue jeans. Going to the washroom, she started washing her long, light brown hair in the tub. She dunked water on it, turning her hair black and wet, then scrubbed her scalp with shampoo. After rinsing, she took the conditioner and placed it mostly on her ends, then brushing it. Another rinse and she turned the wter off, grabbing a towel, roughly drying her hair. She then took the blow dryer. As the sound of warm gusts drying her hair consumed her ears, Yomi wondered whether Chiyo-chan had changed much. Yomi shook her head, "It's only been a year, the most that could of changed is her height."
Grabbing a piece of toast and stuffing it in her mouth, Yomi slid on her long beige jacket, grabbed her purse, and went out the door. Locking it, Yomi walked down the hall and took the elevater down to level P1.
Walking through the underground parking lot, she came across a silver Honda Civic in lot 710. Taking her keys, Yomi opened the car door and started the engine. Backing up slowly, she steered to the direction of the exit, and pushed on the gas pedal, driving off, in the direction of the Tokyo airport.
By the time Yomi had driven into the airport, it was 6:45. Thinking she was early, Yomi was slightly suprised to see Sakaki's dark blue Honda Accord,'What you would expect of Sakaki,' she thought,'Sakaki was always early.' Yomi locked the cardoor, payed for the parking, then headed to the Arrivals section of the airport.
As Yomi entered through the automatic sliding glass doors, Yomi wasm't suprised to see waves from not only Sakaki, but from Kagura, Tomo, and Osaka aswell. 'Carpooling again,' she thought.
"Yo Yomi!"yelled Tomo, energetic as she ever was, "You're late!"
"We're all early Moron!" she yelled back. You wouldn't be able to see it if you looked straight at her face, but Yomi was slightly relieved. Everything was normal.
Suddenly, an announcement was broadcasted throughout the airport,"All flights arriving from America will be 35 minutes early. We apologise for any inconvenience."
Everyone's face brightened, lucky they didn't have to wait as long.Osaka spoke up," When's Chiyo-chan's plane arrivin'?"
Kagura looked to the plane schedule situated in front of the main entrance," It says 7:45, but since it's 35 minutes early, Chiyo-chan't coming at 7:15. It's 7:00 right now, so Chiyo-chan's plane should be coming in 15 minutes."
Everyone stared at her," Since when were you good at math?" asked Tomo.
"...You didn't honestly think I was that bad, did you?"
"Um, no..."
A/N: Yes that's my first chapter, a bit boring but at least it's a start. Please review, but again, no flames.
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Talking corner:
Chiyo-chan: When am I gonna be in the picture?
Itena: I've never heard you whine before, and if I have it was probably politly.
Chiyo-chan: Oh um, excuse me!
Itena: I'm only teasing you Chiyo-chan.
Chiyo-chan: oh...