Here is Pt. 2. RR it, or I'll be forced to hunt you all down and kill you. This will be a strictly TomoxYomi chapter. And the long-forgotten disclaimer: I do not own Azumanga Daioh.
Chapter 5, "Day(s) of Reckoning, Pt. 2".
That night, and into the early hours of the morning, Tomo plotted her revenge against Kagura. "Even if I do get Kagura, though," she thought aloud, "I…I'll still have to tell Yomi…she won't let me off easy after I do this." She brooded, trying to find the right way of performing her deed without admitting her reasons. "Ah, what do I have to worry about? I'm a genius! This is gonna go off without any problems!" she reassured herself before falling asleep.
Her target was out jogging that night. 'I wonder how long it'll take to make her admit it. I'm getting a kick out of this, but I hope I'm not doing anything that gets Yomi mad at me too.' She thought as she went about her path.
Yomi had her own thoughts concerning the problem. 'What's Kagura trying to do? Whenever she mentions how Tomo is always with me, that wildcat squirms. Why…does she go everywhere I am, anyway? She's worked extremely hard to be in the same class as me for so long. I'll ask her tomorrow…' Yomi pondered before falling asleep herself.
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Morning came about, and the group filed into the classroom. "Hey, Kagura! Come here for a minute, would ya?" Tomo called.
"What's she got planned? Stay focused, Kagura. Don't fall for any of her tricks." Kagura whispered to herself as she approached Tomo.
"Think fast!" Tomo yelled suddenly, and threw something into Kagura's head. Kagura stumbled back, twisted, and landed…on Sakaki. Their lips crashed into one another, and both girls flushed a deep red. Kagura jumped off of her and helped her up.
"I'm SO sorry Sakaki! Damn you, Tomo! This is low, even for you!" Kagura yelled, still bright red, before running out of the classroom. All Tomo could do was roll around laughing until she bawled.
"Yes! That worked perfectly! That'll teach her to mess with Tomo Takino!" she roared, then proceeded to laugh even more.
"Tomo! What's wrong with you? You're gonna apologize if you know what's good for you!" Yomi demanded, a dark look in her eyes.
"You're right, Yomi," Tomo said, stopping her laughing, "I'm sorry for using you as a pawn, Miss Sakaki!" she said.
"That's not what I meant. Stop being so immature, Tomo! It makes me look bad as much as it does you. Why can't you just be normal for once?" Yomi said without thinking. That statement struck Tomo to her core, and she immediately stopped. She silenced, and sat down, not saying another word.
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And Tomo remained silent, through class and up to lunch. When the group convened at Yomi's desk, she didn't join them. 'Stop being so immature, Tomo!' she played it back in her mind. 'Why can't you just be normal for once?' that last sentence tore at every fiber of her being.
She didn't know what to do; keep this up, and risk her friendships with Sakaki, Kagura, and Yomi, or apologize, and admit that her best prank ever was really just a big screw-up. She decided on the latter option, and slowly rose to walk to them.
"What now, Tomo? Another prank to pull?" Kagura snapped, anger filling her voice.
"No, I just came to apologize. I understand how you feel. What I did was pretty good though, you've gotta admit that!" she tried, but earned nothing but glares. "But seriously, I'm sorry, alright?" Tomo finished.
"It's not that easy Tomo. Kneel down, and apologize to your superior." Kagura announced loudly, so the whole class heard.
"Now hold on a damn minute! I sincerely apologized! I'm not gonna lower myself to your level!" Tomo screeched.
"Alright then, apology denied." Kagura said coldly. Yomi looked on, perplexed by how they were going at each other's throats over a simple apology.
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Everyone in the room, including the recently awoken Yukari, looked on to see what would happen next. Reluctantly, almost painfully, Tomo did as Kagura had instructed her. "That's right," Kagura smirked, enjoying every second of this, "apologize to Miss Kagura now."
Tomo, who felt humiliated and belittled, slowly and steadily said those words: "I apologize…Miss Kagura…" she said, flushing red from anger and embarrassment.
"That wasn't hard now, was it? I expect more suitable behavior from you from now on." Kagura finished, savoring her ultimate victory over 'Wildcat' Tomo. Tomo said nothing, but simply left the room. Kagura turned to Yomi, expecting a look of satisfaction, but instead found one more pained than Tomo's.
"I hope you're proud, 'Miss' Kagura." She said; hurt thickening her voice, as she proceeded to leave after Tomo. Most of the others cheered her for standing up to Tomo, but her friends showed a different opinion on their faces.
'…Why is it that everything I do has to mess up like this?' she asked herself mentally, and also proceeded out the door. Why Yukari didn't stop them is anyone's guess, although it could be the memory of a similar incident between her and a friend…
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Yomi walked the halls, searching for Tomo, but to no avail. 'She didn't leave, did she? I need to find her, damnit!' she thought as she searched every room. She decided to look outside, and found Tomo sitting against the wall, but failed to acknowledge her expression. When Yomi knelt down to see yet to eye with her, she found she was sniffling.
"It wasn't supposed to be like that…everything happened the wrong way." Tomo said to no one, still not even realizing that Yomi was right in front of her.
"You did make a big mistake this time, Tomo, so you can't expect things like this not to happen." Yomi said to her quietly. Tomo looked up, and right at Yomi.
"You think even worse of me now, don't you? You're on Kagura's side all the time! I thought you might help her get back at me, but not like this." Tomo said, more hurt than Yomi had ever heard her.
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Kagura rounded the corner, and stopped by a window to get her bearings when she overheard the two outside. She snapped down under the window and eavesdropped on Yomi and Tomo. Being close to an outside door, she edged to it and exited the building. Their, she peeked around a corner at the two.
"I thought you might help her get back at me, but not like this." She heard Tomo say to Yomi.
"Tomo, it isn't like that. Kagura had a right to do that to you; did you forget what you did?" Yomi asked her.
"No! But…it isn't the same!" Tomo countered, but faltered. She then began raving about how Kagura had it coming, and the reasons she did it. Yomi attempted to silence her, but failed.
"And why do you care anyway, Yomi? It's just another stunt from the 'immature' Tomo. I would act more 'normal for once', but that wouldn't be the real me, now, would it?" Tomo finished, on the verge of sobbing.
Yomi was taken aback. Those were her words, the ones she'd said to try and stop Tomo. Instead, they'd harmed her.
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"Tomo…I…I didn't mean that, I meant…that you were supposed to be, more…" Yomi couldn't correct it now; she had hurt Tomo, and she felt that it was her responsibility to fix it. But how? Tomo would hardly listen to her. And Kagura was still listening, starting to feel worse herself. Tomo continued to rant, and Yomi was running out of options.
'I've really hurt her…there's one thing I can still do, but she'd definitely take it the wrong way...' she worried as Tomo continued seemingly endlessly about how long they'd been friends, and about what happened today. And so Yomi took it upon herself to take the last option; she closed her eyes, and closed in.
"And secondly, I-mmph!" Tomo mouthed as her best friend forced her lips over her own. She calmed down, and let everything sink in. When Yomi pulled back, she blushed the deepest red Tomo had ever seen. "W-w-what a-are you d-doing, Yomi?" Tomo stammered.
"…You always take the initiative, Tomo. I…th-thought I'd be more like you…" Yomi stuttered to her. Kagura had witnessed the event, and didn't realize that her body made her walk over to the two.
"Ack! What are you doing now, spying on us?" Tomo accused.
"No! I wanted to apologize. I took things way too seriously, and I apologize…for everything. Do you forgive me?" she asked, expecting revenge.
Instead, Tomo looked to Yomi, then Kagura, and said "Of course!" to her.
"W-we'd better get back now. They're probably forming a search party." Yomi instructed, still blushing and stammering.
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Chiyo, Osaka, and the others were surprised when the three walked in together, even more so that they were all smiling. Yukari took the opportunity to ruin the moment by ordering them extra work for being gone for so long, and the day continued as it normally would, with the exception of whispers between the students and Tomo and Yomi's thoughts toward each other.
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End of Chapter 5.
Here it is. Spur of the moment, so don't flame it, please.