Woot! Happy 4th of July

The other holiday we give ourselves to play with explosives and drink booze lol

Chapter three is up!

I was reading one of Pizza blade's rants and he was right 17 stories is not acceptable, people just haven't realize how good School Rumble is.

And CherryBlossomArtist brings up another good point... can you please give me a piece of you thoughs to see how my story is going or if your actually enjoying it at all.

Enjoy!

(...This is awkward, Im sitting down with two people I don't know who are willing to let them live with me and not only that they're willing to put me back to school...great...)

Nicholas, Itoko and Harima were quietly eating dinner: ramen. The silent went away when Itoko asked him a question.

"So what's your story?" She said still eating her ramen acting casually.

"Huh what you mean?"

"What's a 15 year old living in the streets."

"Umm its sort of personal," trying to avoid the subject.

"Well you really have no choice..." Itoko breaking a half smile

"Huh?"

She grabbed out of the blue a syringe that what seemed to contain a gold liquid inside. Harima and Nicholas looked at her a shock. Harima who was sitting right next to Itoko was scooting away from her.

"Umm w-what's that?" Looking at the sharp syringe.

"You like? First it will knock you out and as you sleep you will be sleep talking about your dark secrets, admiration, desire, and so on " Itoko still smiling. "I call it the "Truth" Serum, very handy for interrogations."

Nicholas swallowed really hard and so did Harima.

" Itoko-san is that necessary?" Harima trying to talk his cousin out of it.

"I used it on you when you first ask me when you wanted to stay at my place."

"WHAT!" Discovering what just happened to him at the past.

"How else would I know you like Tsukamo-" she was cut off when Harima covered her mouth.

Shit im going to die that I just did that to Itoko

"Huh Tsukamoto Yakumo?" Nicholas said, "Sara already told me that Harima and her are dating."

Itoko looking at Nicholas and then Harima with a smile that can even send shivers down to a hardcore soldier.

"Well you see he really-" but was stopped again by Harima.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! Where here to know about his past not mine...lets just use that truth serum on him!" Quickly averting the attention.

Phew... That was too close...

"Wait we don't have to use that! I'll spill just please don't stick that needle on me!" Asking for mercy, "Where do I start..."

I lived in the outskirts of Kyoto for 14 years. When I was in the age of 5 me and my parents where in a car accident. Lucky for me I was unharmed but, sadly my parents died on collision. I was soon sent to an orphanage. But the orphanage I went to where the staff abused the orphans. The place was horrible. I lived in that prison cell for 8 years trying to survive . You practically had to fight for your own food because of the so called "shortage". I ended up sending 14 kids into the hospital for the severe wounds. I thought I did them a favor that they were being taken away from there.

"Ouch so you had to fight for your food." Itoko getting interested. Harima thought he was just making it up.

"Yeah...the funny thing is when I actually gotten the food I was so tired from fighting I didn't want to eat anymore." Nicholas taking another serving of ramen and continued talking.

The staff called us stupid and unwanted and they way they treated you was horrible. It was probably just that all of the staff where thugs who thought that running a orphanage would make the ladies think they're sensitive. Anyways I was one of the many kids who were looked down on. Then one night one of the kids burned down the orphanage finally collapsing into insanity.

"Burned down?" Itoko growing more interested.

"Yeah he stole several beers from the staff refrigerator and made motolov cocktails out of it." Finishing the ramen.

Since of the incident all the other nearby orphanages didn't want to take us in since they thought we were psychos . There where a few that went too orphanages to other cities and even countries. Some of the kids like me were adopted to foster homes.

"Wait... your adopted?" Itoko spoke in confusion.

"I am but he isn't really much of the father type... chances are he doesn't even remember me."

The adoption was from court orders to my foster dad who supposedly beaten his wife. The court were trying to get rid of the orphans as fast as possible taking any evicted person willing to take care of a child as community service other then jail. At first I was happy to know I was being adopted. But when I reached his house it was reeked of beer and sake.He did nothing but drink beer and watched T.V.I even thought he forgot that he had me.And then there was middle school. I was look at as the delinquent. Some how my classmates knew I was from the burned down orphanage and thought I was a psycho or something. Soon I just became that delinquent and beat the crap out kids who keep on reminding me of the orphanage. Then my attitude worsen when I started terrorizing the streets mugging teens and adults in the age of 13. Soon I found out a underground fight club fighting for money near the business district and participate on it . I hid the fact that I was 13 and people thought of as an 18 year old because of my rough appearance.

"Hmmmm... how can a street thug end up rescuing two of my club members." Itoko asked

"Well one day my life finally something good happen to me." Nicholas said smiling.

Flashback

"Damnit they ripped me off again," Nicholas counting the money on his hand just getting out of fight club.

"I can buy a few food for this week." Crossing the street heading to a ramen restaurant. Just as he was going to walk inside he noticed a school girl just about his age running out an alley beside the store but, was pulled back in by a group of thugs.

"What the..."

Out of all the things he done he have never hit a women before and dislike people who do, moral coming from his foster dad. He may be a thug but, he was still a human being. And the thought of the extra money from scrapping the thugs cringed to his mind also. So he ran into the alley finding the thugs trying to strip the clothing off the girl.

"Hey look a punk." a thug noticing Nicholas.

"Help!" The girl was crying.

"I'll help if you buy me a bowl of ramen." Can't stop thinking of his stomach first.

It didn't take her long to say yes for her to buy a bowl of ramen. At that time Nicholas was happy that most of his life he was full of fighting making the thugs fall easy. Just as he took the last thugs wallet only too find that all 6 thugs didn't have a single yen on them.

"You cheap bastards!" kicking the side of a fallen enemy then he remembered the girl.

"Oh yeah the girl." looking back seeing her eyeing at him like in a trance.

"You ok?" waving his hand in front of her face.

"Oh s-sorry I was just shock... this is the first time this happened to me." Coming to a smile.

"So what about those ramen?"

"Umm about that...I sorta don't have any money...sorry!" Bowing down.

"Ugh...its ok...well take care and bring some company with you sometimes, these streets are dangerous." Advising her and walking off.

"Umm well you can come over my house and I can give you something to eat." Offering to Nicholas "To owe you back and... I don't want to walk home alone."

Nothing taste better then free food.

"Umm thanks I'm Nicholas Ronoa..."

"Oh my name is Tano Hinata thank you for saving me Ronoa-san"

"Please call me Nicholas, Im still getting used to people calling me on my last name." Her nodding to his favor.

"So what are you doing here this late at night?"

"I was finishing a project in my friends house and I end up finishing it at 8:00"

"So you didn't ask you parents to pick you up?"

"No they would kill me to find out I'm still outside in this time of night, right know they think im still in the house sleeping."

"I see."

When they finally reached Tano's house she climb her way into her window and unlocked the frond door of her house. There they snuck into Tano's room.

"Wait here and I'll cook up something."

Minutes later she came back with a two bowls of beef stew.

"So are you some sort of college student?"

"Huh umm no im still in junior high I just look rough."

"What! Your lying what school do you go to?"

"Umm Shuna middle school."

"Oh well I go to Suzuki middle school."

"You must be smart to go into that school."

"Yeah... it's hard though lots of homework and projects."

"Wow...I get straight turtles." embarrased feeling dumb.

"Don't say that! I bet your just lazy."

As we talked more the first time I realized that I was actually enjoying my time. In 13 years of my life I was enjoying myself. That night she asked me to come over again. For the next year I was having fun with Tano Hinata, from meeting her parents to helping her study for her finals. I soon quitted my fighting just to be with her more. I actually had a family who appreciated me and not like the one back home.

"So what happened to her?" Itoko asked.

"Well one day she just left with even saying goodbye." He answered. "I asked one of Tano's friend why she left saying that her dad gotten a new job in the UK and had to leave immediately."

"Her friend said that the only reason why she didn't tell me was that it would make it more difficult that she was moving."

"Tough... you lose friends..." Harima still not believing on the story.

"The only reason why I stayed in Kyoto was that I could be with her but since she was gone I have no family left so I left wandering around Japan till I reached here 2 weeks ago."

"That's the reason you left?" Harima asked. "You're a wuss to that you can't face your own personal problems."

"Quiet Harima he's not done." Itoko scolding him.

"Yes ma'am."

"Well one day I was caught stealing food and a officer was after me. Soon I got away from him by hiding in an alley but, I grew tired from running and fell asleep. The next thing I knew I saw your girlfriend and her friend being harassed and making me ending up saving them."

"She's not my!-"

"Quiet Harima." Itoko staring daggers at Harima and went back to Nicholas. "Is that all?"

He nodded. Itoko then when into thinking if she would actually use the syringe.

She let out a small sigh. "I guess I believe you." Itoko putting away the syringe in a cabinet. "If your going to stay here at least I have to build a trust on you."

"Your not actually going to believe that fabricated story are you!" Harima outrage that he was victimized and not him.

"Hmm... from what I heard from Nicholas another person has the same story as him." Itoko looking at Harima.

"Really?" Nicholas surprised to know that a person was having a shitty life as him.

"Yeah you see I know a close person of mine who in his young age was a fighter always trying to find a stronger opponent. The kids feared him in school, his family was always away, and was a delinquent in heart. But one day all of that change when he rescued a girl from a thug. After rescuing her the person fell in love with that girl." Itoko grinning.

Nicholas was staring at Harima who seemed to look at her in shock.

"But the girl didn't really love him back...in fact the girl thought he was a molester due to an incident and ran away."

Nicholas looked at Harima who know seemed to have a heart attack.

"Is he ok?"

"That's his favorite part of the story."Itoko grinning mischievously

"So he heard it before?"

"Plenty of times."

Harima mumbled to himself "I'll kill you...you sick vilewomen "

"Where was I?... oh yeah, after that incident he devoted his life to admit his feeling to that girl far enough that he was using his art to confess to her to growing muscle, mustache, and a goatee and wearing sunglasses."

"Wow...it does sounds similar to my story except mine wasn't so... clich'e"

"HE COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER WAY!" Harima blurted out.

Nicholas and Itoko started giggling.

"Well you two should clean up the table and go to bed tomorrow me and you have lots things to do to enroll you." Itoko recovering and ordered Harima and Nicholas around and walked into her room.

"Yes ma'am." Both said together.

After they both cleaned the table Harima gave Nicholas a small book.

"What's this?"

"Just read it for future reference if your really staying here." Harima said ," You'll be sleeping in my room also."

The cover read Survival guide in Itoko's place.

"Huh its only one page?"

"That page contains all the thing to know."

Page one:

The most important rule of all time is to never piss of Itoko-san.

Failure to do so would come to a:

1)Painful Beating

2)Painful Death

3) 1 leading to 2

"What have I gotten myself into." Nicholas smacking his hand to his forehead.