Kisa's turn! By Lyell
(Sorry for the late update. To make it up to allof you me and AF decided to do a specal. Two for one! So that's two fics at once! That shouldmake you happy! About the title,it'sbecause Kisa never really says anything. Sowe were thinking of riling her up instead. As usualwedon't own nothing,soenjoy!)
Poor Sohma Kisa was sitting at her desk at school doing her best to ignore the giggling and snide comments from the girls in her class, sure that they were talking about her.
"Alright class!" Her teacher, Sagara Sozo, clapped his hands and got the classes attention. "For tonight's homework, due Wednesday, we are doing a fun exercise in Drama." The class was silent as the teacher looked around and began to explain. "Drama, as you learnt today, is basically acting a decided part. You will each act a subject given on these cue cards." Sagara-sensei held up said card than began to walk through the rows, handing out the cards. "You are allowed to work in groups, but all the subjects must be covered. Once you receive your card you may leave."
Students began to file out of the room, all talking in quiet excitement about the projects. All except for Kisa who sat and waited to the last minute to leave so as not to enter the rush, looking down at her card which had said 'A Pirate'.
"A moment, Kisa-chan." Sagara-sensei stopped her as she finally got up. "I have a new card for you."
"Huh?" Kisa looked down again at her card then at the card her sensei was offering her. She hadn't wanted to do anything about a Pirate and cringed at the entire exercise altogether, so she took it tentatively as she handed her original one over. This one read 'Fed Up'.
"It's for stress relief." He explained as he calmly walked past, "This will give you a chance to tell everyone what you think. You won't get into trouble, it's on the card you were given. K?" giving her a friendly smile and a wink as he lead her out the room.
Kisa didn't know what to think as she stood in a corner of the gym, away from the others. She had spotted Hiro with his class, standing to one side and frowning at the world in general like he always did, and this had given her some courage. Especially when he had spotted her and gave her a smile that lit up his face in a way only he could. She hadn't had a chance to talk to him all week as he and his class had gone for a school trip, the same one her own class would take next week.
The young girl fiddled with her fingers hesitantly before sending him a tentative look. He looked at her back with puzzled concern, taking some steps forward before remembering he was with his class and stopping. Kisa looked away undecidedly before voicing her silent question to him again. Hiro looked even more concerned this time, and it sent a tug to her heart. After a moment though he smiled at her again cheekily and mouthed "I'm sure you'll do great." giving her a small thumbs up and quickly going back to his sour expression before anyone could see him.
With a new look of determination Kisa raised her hand, offering herself next when the current skit's children had received their applause and filed back into the audience. "Kisa-chan." Her Sensei immediately chose and a hush fell on the group as the odd little girl walked through to in front of them a good distance away, taking a wooden bokken from the basket some of the Kendo Club had left nearby. She stopped, eyes shut and looking down as she sighed and prepared herself for what she was about to do. All the year's anger and hatred began to bubble unbidden from her stomach and made it's burning way settle in her chest and slowly build until it was big enough to start climbing up her throat and into her mouth.
Kisa's eyes snapped open as giggling was heard behind her. "Shut up." The finalisation in her voice quickly silenced the perpetrators.
Kisa turned to the audience, all three classes of her year staring at her in attention. Behind them all her teacher smiled his approval and motioned her to continue.
"In every culture there have been people who have condemned those who are different from them. Whether it be by stoning: like in biblical times, burning: which was done in Europe to 'Witches', hanging: as the Americans did to black slaves, or even the discriminations of today: when some bars or hotels refuse to take any foreign custom. This unfairness has survived, from the Boshin war and the Bakumatsu where people gladly threw their lives away for equality, in the pathetic form of bullying and gang related violence. Not from money, but violence on people who happen to be just that little bit different than them. Hair colour, eye colour, even clothe styles have been targeted." Kisa's gaze fell across the ranks of serious students, her eyes piercing those who knew they were guilty of such crimes and leaving them with a sense of awkwardness as her stare continued around the room. Hiro smirked from his place leant against the wall.
"I'm telling this to you now!" Kisa said with all seriousness, the shy little girl seemed to have disappeared for the moment as she held her bokken in the 'guard' position and pointed to a group of girls in her class. "I'm fed up with it! If you have a problem with my hair, don't whisper about it behind my back! Instead of giggling and making fun of me by copying everything I say, come up to me and say it to my face! I WAS MUTE FOR A YEAR! I HAD TO GO TO THERAPY AND TAKE DRUGS, I WAS SO UNHAPPY!" Tears were in Kisa's eyes now, but her sword never faltered. "I WENT MUTE BECAUSE EVERY WORD I SAID WAS COPIED! YOU COWARDS! IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH, COME GET ME! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Kisa took a run at the girls, sword held high as she jumped and shouted, "RyuTsuiSen Tori-Baajon!" bringing the sword down just in front of the squealing huddle of girls only to be met with the wooden clack of another bokken. 'Hiro-chan…!'
Hiro stared defiant at Kisa as she landed before him. It broke his heart to see her so angry and sad and the gods, if you were into that sort of thing, only knew it hurt him even now to stand in her way but her couldn't let her risk expulsion just because of some annoying stupid girls.
"Move!" Kisa ordered, preparing another strike as tears continued to stream down her face.
"They aren't worth the trouble." Hiro told her with a grunt. "You were right when you said they were cowards, Kisa-chan. And to be honest I wouldn't care if that was a real sword in your hands and you sliced every single one of them into tiny little pieces. All they would ever be good for is fertiliser. Or crows bait." Hiro spat on the floor to the side of him, his mouth having went dry as his message whirled around in his head in it's almost nauseatingly Shojo Manga-ness. "But I wont let you degrade yourself like that, Kisa-can. As I said, they aren't worth it." Hiro turned his bokken aside and whispered so only she would hear. "I care about you too much."
'H-H-Hiro-chan.' Kisa let her tears flow freely and she suddenly dropped her bokken and ran forward to embraced the, now severely embarrassed, boy in a hug and cry into his chest.
Hiro awkwardly patted her hair and back as he told her. "See? I have a card too." Kisa lifted her head as Hiro fished his card out of his pocket and showed her his topic. Peacemaker. She smiled up at him, her tears beginning to fade at the knowledge that he would always support her, and set her on the right track should she stray.
Clapping interrupted the tender moment as Sagara-sensei strode between his ranks followed by Hiro's own sensei, who seemed rather upset with him. Judging by the glare Hiro shook off with his usual 'Bite-me' attitude.
"And I think that concludes the lesson for today!" Sagara-sensei announced as the bell rung. "Right on time. Okay, Minna!" He called to the rest of the class as they began to make their way out of an interesting class. "Those who did not get a chance to perform, there's always tomorrow! So be ready, huh! You girls, I want a word with you later! ALSO! EVERYONE! DON'T FORGET! Myojin-sensei wants any math homework left to be completed by lunch! Come on, guys! Any more complaints and its Detentions! Just because your homeroom teacher is such a nice guy, doesn't mean I'll bail you out all the time! You listening!" But his calls had fallen on deaf ears as the last of his retreating students gave him a backhanded wave as they shut the gym door behind them. 'Obviously not.' He sighed to himself as he scratched his head and suggested that the two children should relax in the matrons room while he and the two other remaining sensei's had a chat with the deputy head.
END!
(The RyuTsuiSen, or the Dragon Hammer Strike, is an attack from the famous Rurouni Kenshin. I added the Tori-Baajon to the end, which means Tiger Version, to give it a little kick. And No, Kisa doesn't actually know how to use a sword. It's just that she's seen all those things in Manga and Anime and it rubbed off. Any queries, or if you just want to say how brilliant we are, just click the Review button.)
KawaiiKittens: Mwahahahaa! Sorry but I only get the computer tice a week. If I can pryHev off MSN and if I get on before AF gets her hands on it. It's good that you like the Anime. Butwe will wantit back.
Kyo's Lover: More Romance? You got it! Just not in this chapter or the next. But it will come!
Bannigerru, Tohru-Kun12321, Broken and Fallen Angle of Death and Math-nerds-unite: Glad you like it. But if you thought Momiji was funny, you're gonna wet yourself for Yuki!
Me, myself, and I: Luaghs No. It's called a Suger Crash! They really suck!
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I know it didn't have much funny in it but the next one's a killer!
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