Here is Chapter 4. Hope you all enjoy it.
Chapter 4, "Day(s) of Reckoning, Pt 1".
Osaka slept past sunrise, and up until a half-hour before school. Upon waking up, she proceeded to stare at the clock for a few minutes, and realized what time it was. She then freaked out before getting ready. She hurried, and ran out the door. 'Today I'm gonna figure everything out! Gotta get it together! Yeah, get it together, get it together...' she continued to think as she made a mad dash for the classroom.
When she entered the room, it was surprisingly docile. No Kagura/Tomo scuffles, no Yukari snapping, nothing. That was because the previously mentioned people weren't here yet. Only Chiyo, Yomi, and Sakaki were there.
"Hey, guys. Where is everyone?" Osaka asked them.
"Late. I would expect it from Tomo and Yukari, but not Kagura." Yomi replied. Sakaki stared out the window, and Chiyo sat in her seat, buried in her thoughts.
'I…I need to tell her… otherwise, we won't get the chance if we all go to America together. But how, and when?' she worried as Tomo entered the room.
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"Where's the jock? I've got a bone to pick with her!" Tomo announced upon her arrival.
"Sit down, Tomo, before you make yourself look even more idiotic." Yomi complained.
"Hey! I don't need any of that from you right now, so lay off!" Tomo told her rather seriously.
"…Uhhh…is there something…wrong, Tomo?" Yomi asked.
"You bet there is! I'm tired of Little Miss Idiot telling me what to do! I'm gonna give her a piece of my mind! That is, if she has the guts to stand up to me." Tomo elaborated.
"A piece of what mind?" came Kagura's voice from outside the room. She entered, a smirk playing across her lips.
"That's exactly what I'm talking about! You constantly put me down, but you seem to forget who has the better grades between us, jock! And we all know that athletes are socially challenged, which makes you the idiot!" Tomo informed her, smiling triumphantly.
"Yeah? Well…well…you're grades are just barely better than mine! And, you always act like an idiot…" Kagura trailed off, knowing that Tomo had beaten her…this time.
"That's enough, you two. Drop it and sit down, you're both giving me a headache." Yomi ordered, and they complied.
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"Crap! I'm going to be extra late today! I'm gonna get my head bitten off for this!" she used it as motivation to run even faster; and at this point she could be breaking world records, if anyone had the chance to see the blur. She ran until she knocked the nearest thing over, and tripped on it. "Hey! Watch where you're going, you-"she started to rant, when she looked at the person.
"Yukari? What are you trying for, Mach 6?" Nyamo asked, picking herself up off the ground.
"Why are you so late? You're normally such a prude." Yukari asked her, confused and aching.
"I've got my reasons! Now, we'd better get there NOW." Nyamo avoided, and they ran together. They charged through the entrance door, parted ways, and stormed to their homerooms. Opening the door, Yukari walked to the board and wrote down the assignment she thought was next.
"Alright, you slackers, get to work!" she ordered.
"Uh, Miss Yukari?" one of the students asked.
"WHAT?" she replied, angered.
"…This is an entirely different chapter." He informed her. She sweat dropped, and decided not to bother.
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Lunchtime came around, and the group came together at Chiyo's desk. "So, have you decided yet, Yomi?" Kagura asked.
"No…I'm still thinking about it. I'm leaning towards staying here though." Yomi answered.
"I'm staying, then." Tomo interjected.
"I wonder why? I mean, I have one pretty good idea, and-"Kagura began, but was slugged on the top of her head by Tomo.
"What were you saying?" Tomo asked malevolently, glaring daggers at her.
"I think at this point it's pretty obvious." Kagura replied.
"What's obvious? Are we talkin' about Tomo and Yomi?" Osaka asked; correctly.
"What about them? Is there something different about them?" Chiyo asked.
"No! There's nothing different about us! Leave us alone!" Tomo defended.
"Why are you so protective all of a sudden? Could it be…because…?" Kagura asked, laughing evilly.
"I…shut up…do you even know what you're saying?" Tomo fumbled with her words, trying to counter Kagura. Yomi had taken notice at this point.
"What are you getting at, Kagura?" she asked, suspecting her reasons.
"It's nothing, really, just making Tomo squirm. But then, if I was wrong, then she wouldn't be acting this way…" Kagura answered, showing a sly grin Tomo's way.
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Tomo was walking home, angered that Kagura was getting so close, when Osaka stopped her. "What is it, Osaka?" she asked.
"…I've got somethin' on you now!" Osaka informed her.
"What? Is that so? And what could you have on me, bubble brain?" Tomo asked her, not believing it.
"This!" Osaka answered, flashing Tomo's own journal.
"Ha! There's nothing implicative in their! Nice try, though." Tomo told her; surprised that Osaka could be so…evil!
"You must not have remembered this entry back here!" Osaka told her, opening it to the back. When Tomo's eyes flowed through her own writing, and the things she'd written, she almost screamed.
"Damnit! Why did I have to write that? Give it back!" Tomo demanded, snapping at the book, but Osaka held it away from her.
"I guess this makes us even, doesn't it?" she asked Tomo. Tomo flushed red before taking the book and leaving with a contemptible huff. Osaka started after her.
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"Tomo, what were you tryin' to get outta me? Was it just favors? You could have just asked." Osaka told her. Tomo turned to face her.
"Dear Osaka, it's not that simple. But I'm not going to tell you right away." She said to Osaka.
"Tell me now! I wanna know why you were doing this." Osaka pleaded to her.
"All in good time, Osaka. Don't worry yourself over it…at least, not yet." Tomo said before leaving.
'Okay, so she's definitely got somethin' planned, I've just gotta find out what!' Osaka thought as she got home. Tomo's erratic mind dwelled on other thoughts.
'Perfect! I've got a full proof plan to put Kagura off. If it doesn't work, though…I'll have screwed myself over and said everything I'm trying to stop her from saying in the first place! Oh well, no matter. That idiot's not gonna beat me!' she told herself before falling asleep.
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End of Chapter 4.
Pt. 2 will be up shortly, my readers.