(06/08/10)

Friday…

The week went by without a hitch, really…

Except that… Yukari looked… what, happier? Content?

So, I just enjoyed the week with Minako, until Friday…

Minako and I were walking by the halls with Kenji and Rio…

We were chatting.

"Aw man! Ekoda chewed me out big time!" Kenji moaned.

Rio shook her head, "What did you do this time?"

"It's about my damn locker…" he muttered.

"They don't make 'em like they used to…" Rio muttered.

"It also helped that Minato's on a damn mission to destroy my lockers!" Kenji said.

"Sorry…" I said.

"Nah, don't sweat it…" he said.

"That's not much of a problem, eh? Since you got a new locker…" Minako said.

"Yep! Right by the Football field…" he said with pride.

"Great eh? I've read that the lockers by the football field are one of the oldest ones at school… they're probably made with wrought iron or something…" Minako said.

"Nerd alert…" I coughed.

"What was that?" Minako said as she narrowed her eyes at me.

"N-Nothing! Just a…. fickle at my throat…" I said.

"Well, fix it…" she said.

Then, we passed by the bullies.

Cato, Hide, Quan and Hortez with the girls, Pink, Michonne and Yo stood by the water fountains.

"Well, well! If it isn't the misfits!" Cato said.

"Yeah! Misfits!" Hortez repeated.

"Oh boy! This looks like the beginning of a bad joke! The vampires, a werewolf and the scarecrow!" Hide said.

"And you guys are the punch line… the seven morons…" Minako muttered.

"Yeah! Scarecrow!" Hortez repeated.

"Hey!" Kenji said, "I'm in shape, fool!"

"In shape my shiny metal ass!" Quan said, "If you want to see 'in shape', then look at Minako! Her body's driving me nuts! You know what I mean?" Quan nudged me.

"Dafaq? Eyes up here, pal!" Minako hissed.

"S-Sorry!" Quan said.

"You guys ought to know the meaning of respect!" Cato cried.

"And you need to know the meaning of shut up, you blonde retard..." Minako said.

Cato moved in to attack, but Quan stopped him.

"Why don't we settle this in the court?" Quan suggested.

"Which one? The Badminton court or the Basketball court?" Rio said.

"The Basketball court, of course!" Hide cried.

"You know we're not good at Basketball!" Kenji said.

"And don't you forget it." Quan said.

"Oh yeah? How about we go toe-to-toe on the Badminton course? You fools would never stand a chance against… Kenji! Let alone the four of us!" Rio said.

"Yeah! Hey!"

"Okay… how about the noble sport of Soccer?" Cato suggested.

"Soccer? Ha! We'd crack your skulls with our kicks!" Minako boasted.

"Let's see… three o clock this afternoon." Cato said.

"Better note that down, son… that's the time you get your patty-cake ass kicked!" Minako said.

"Eleven on eleven! Better recruit!" Hide said as they left.

We were alone in the halls.

"What do we do now?" Kenji said.

"We get help." I said.

First, we went to the Student council room, where an old friend was waiting for us…

His slicked back hair shone in the light.

"Minato-kun? What a pleasant surprise!" he said.

"Hidetoshi! It's been a while, Mister President!" I said.

"Haha! It looks like I didn't need that teacher's endorsement…" he said, "Why are you doing here anyway? Did you hear about the opening for the Sports Committee?" he said.\

"Opening?" I said.

"Yes… the position has been vacated for a while now…" he said, "And since our esteemed former president has chosen you, I have seen it fit to appoint you as Head of the Sports Committee." He said.

"Great." I said, "But… I'll only join if my friends, Minako, Rio, Kenji and Yuko could be my aides."

"Done. What else do you need?" he said.

"Well… We need you to team up with us at a friendly game this afternoon…" I said.

"Something's telling me it'll be anything BUT friendly…" Minako muttered.

"It's against Cato." I said.

"Ah, yes… Him." Hidetoshi said as he shuddered.

"What's wrong?" I said.

"He filled my position as Head of the Discipline Committee… usually, that job is reserved for handpicked individuals, but Mr. Ekoda saw it fit to appoint those stooges…" he said.

"I see… good time as any to get revenge." I said.

Hidetoshi nodded.

"Consider me your Fullback." Hidetoshi said.

"Him?! A fullback?! He's barely bigger than Kenji!" Minako said.

"I'll have you know I played Soccer all the time." Hidetoshi said, "I've got this."

"We'll see you by the court at three, Hidetoshi." Minako said.

Then, we went to the Home Economics room.

There, a blonde French teenager was making clothes.

"Eh? Minato-zama! Hajime mashite!" the boy said.

"Bebe! I guess your uncle let you stay, eh?" I said.

"Ye'z! Z'omthing about living my dreams!"

"Okay… I need your help here…" I said.

"Yeez? Anything!"

"We need an extra Soccer player." I said.

"Him?! He's more likely to kiss Cato and blow the opposite team!" Minako cried.

"Quoi?!" Bebe said, "Are you doubting my Z'kills in football?!" Bebe demanded.

"Yep."

"I 'appen to be ze best ztriker in all of Paris!" Bebe said.

"Let's see…" Minako said.

"Allow me to introduce myself! I am Andre Jean Laurant Geraux! But call me Bebe!" Bebe said.

"Where the hell do you get Bebe from THAT?!"

Then, we went to the Kendo team's gymnasium.

There, Kaz was practicing.

"Kaz, we need members to play with us against Cato and his mob. You guy's in?"

Kaz looked around.

"We're in."

Then, we went off to the court at exactly 3:00, where Bebe miraculously made jerseys for us…

The girls joined with us.

Then, Cato and I made a coin toss and he had the ball.

We played it pretty clean in the first few rounds…

Then, a few rounds later, Cato and his cronies begun using cheap shots…

Minako replied by conking Quan and Hide together.

Cato elbowed me and I fell down.

Minako tried kicking the ball, but it misfired and hit a locker, denting it horribly and ripping it from its rusted hinges.

"My locker!" Kenji cried.

"Oops…" Minako said.

Then, we went back to the game, Kenji slightly aggressive.

Bebe was left out mostly, so I did him a solid and passed the ball to him.

Immediately, his European eyes flamed with passion.

He expertly dribbled the ball and scored.

We kept scoring and scoring.

Then, we won, which was no surprise.

Cato got so angry, he kept provoking us to fight him.

Since Minako was such a hothead, that was very easy to do.

Minako took off her shoes and threw it at Cato, one hitting Cato and the other hitting Quan.

Immediately, all hell broke loose.

Bebe was exceptionally good at fending for himself, guarding and dodging.

Surprisingly, Minako, Kenji and Rio were very good at it.

Minako took a wooden pole and used it like a naginata, hitting Quan to and fro, even hitting me by accident as I tussled with Cato.

Rio laid the smack down on Hide, making him bleed.

Hidetoshi tried to restore order, but managed to get himself smacked on the nose.

Then, Ekoda and Ms. Toriumi interrupted the brawl.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Ekoda bellowed.

We were in a tight spot, because Hidetoshi couldn't afford to inplicate himself in an incident as a school student body president.

But, strangely enough, it was Cato who spoke out for us.

"Mr. Ekoda, sir, there is no cause for alarm." He spoke eloquently.

"And why not?" Ekoda said.

"Because we were merely engaging in a sport."

"You don't say?" Ekoda said, "Be so kind as to enlighten me on what sport you were playing?"

"Rugby."

"Ah… I see… well, carry on." he said and left.

Then, Cato looked at us.

"Hey, if we rat you out, we go down the drain ourselves. This doesn't change anything!" He said.

"Ugh! You're the one who caused it in the first place, asshole!" Minako yelled.

"And got my damn locker busted!" Kenji added.

"Well, well… ingrates will be ingrates. We won't forget this." Cato said and they left.

We celebrated our win.

Then,

(06/18/10)

Monday…

Minako and I joined the Library Club, headed by Ms. Toriumi and Mr. Ono.

There, we had to do our library duties, obviously.

What will happen next, I wonder…?