A/N: chapter forty... The first time I got to chapter forty, I only had 100 reviews at most... Now, with your support, I have over 500+ at least. And I extend my heartfelt thanks.
On a side note, College is going great! People are nice and I got voted Class President! *cheers*
Thought, I cannot update as much, I think. But who knows? School starts very soon, and I have to get my act straight. Thanks for the support and please review.
(11/17/10)
Same day, noon.
As we boarded the plane, there was an old lady dragging a trolley down the aisle of the first class. She lifted it, and I helped her with it.
"Allow me." I said.
She smiled, "Why thank you, Young Man!" She smiled as she took a seat. My seat was about farther than the others, since it wasn't the same plane we boarded. But I can elect to change if I feel so.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"Minato." I said.
"Is that so? Such a lovely name! Call me grandma."
"Okay." I said, "Great to meet you, Grandma-san."
"I see..." Grandma said, "Would I interest you with a story?"
"Okay! I'm game." I said.
She told me about a really romantic story. As she did, I looked at Minako, wondering if we could have a romantic love story of our own.
"You're not listening!" She said indignantly as the plane raised to 5000 feet.
"Uh, no, I was listening... Heihachiro was your first lover and your family didn't like him because he worked in a circus." I said, recapping what she told me.
"That's right. And he agreed with them. So, in a fit of rage, I decided to give myself to someone else. We went on to have four kids. And after I was widowed, Heihachiro and I rekindled our romance. We went on to have five more children." She said with a sigh.
"Quite a story..." I said, "True love can really wait..."
"Correct. And you? You have a girlfriend?" She asked.
I smiled wryly, "Not yet... I'm in love with my best friend..."
"Then why not confess?" She asked.
"She might get mad..." I said.
"Haha! And if she doesn't?"
Then it hit me; what if she didn't?
"Nah, she might yell at me..."
"For not saying it earlier! You know, Heihachi and I wrote to each other once a month... Oh, how I remember waiting for his letters arriving everyday! And when his troupe arrived in town once a year, we would sneak out and talk under the stars."
"Yes, but I'm still saving up." I said.
She nodded in agreement, "Well, you're right about that. Save enough money for your future."
"Ah, no, money's not a problem... I'm saving my confidence." I said, almost laughing at myself.
She laughed heartily, "Hahahaha! You jokester! Your love affair is really interesting! They ought to make a story about it!"
I looked up, "Is someone writing about me right now...?" I thought to myself.
Nah.
"When we arrive in Japan, I want to get in contact with you!" We exchanged numbers. It surprised me how her phone is more advanced than mine.
"And hurry before it's too late." She said, "Anyway, I need to sleep."
I thought a lot about what she said and decided to sleep as well. I allowed Grandma to take my area and moved with Minako. Yukari was there too, much to my chagrin. I sat next to Minako and Yukari.
When I woke up, we already landed as Minako gazed into the runway.
After a buckling ladning, we disembarked and met up with Leah and Akihiko, who picked Minako, Rio, Kenji Junpei and I.
"Hello Akihiko." Mitsuru said amiably, "How are you on this day?"
"Fine, thanks." Akihiko said, "Just picking up Minato and the gang."
"I see," Mitsuru said as she excused herself.
After saying goodbye to Quan and Pink, who were going home in Professor's car, Yukari and Fuuka, who were going home with Yuiri, and Lee, who went via bus, we rode out on the Outrider and brought Kenji and Rio home.
I handed the Xtremer Dinosaur Protein Buffer powder to Akihiko, he gave me a nice grin and a light punch to the shoulder... A light punch for Akihiko would equal to a jarring haymaker to anyone normal.
Leah, as usual, fussed over us again, demanding to know if we did anything illicit or otherwise. Junpei said he was hungry as Leah immediately brought food. And to top it all off, she gave us all three hand-knit sweaters.
"Man, you must've really missed us!" Junpei cried.
"Maybe," Leah admitted, "All I can say is that the house sounded like a graveyard without you. And "Silent KO" Sanada lived up to his name and didn't make a sound. You would've thought he was dead if his body didn't smell so sweaty and didn't bloat up."
"Hey." Akihiko chided.
"Uh, Nee, I brought you something..." Minako said as she fished out the torn and darned Yankees Baseball top.
"Authentic?" Leah asked as she sniffed it.
"As authentic as it could be," Minako said, "I even had it signed. Had to fight off a horde with a bat to get it."
When Leah looked like she was about to laugh, Akihiko nodded, "Saw it on the News... "Bat wielding psycho fends off angry mob", yeah, sounded catchy."
Minako blew a raspberry at Akihiko and went back to her house.
Junpei and I unloaded in our rooms. After bathing and changing my clothes, I began fixing my stuff.
I suddenly became so tired, that when I was arranging my clothes, I became dizzy and fainted in my bed.
When I came to, it was already sunday noon. I laughed very loudly as I went down to find Minako eating the usual bowl of Froot Loops and watching TV with Akihiko, Junpei and Leah.
"Ah, you're awake!" Leah exclaimed, "We were quite worried, Minako especially!"
"Hey!" Minako protested.
"You deny that?" Akihiko asked.
"Er, not really." Minako said, "You had me worried, Minato."
I smiled, "Sorry. Say, isn't it Carrer Week the week after this?"
Junpei groaned, "You just HAD to remind me..."
I shrugged, "Just remembering. What do you think they'd make us do this time?"
"Maybe they'd let me work in a maid café... Too bad I don't own any skimpy skirts." Minako said.
"What about the ones you use when going to the store?" Junpei asked.
Minako looked at him in surprise, "How do you know about that?!"
"Uh... Er..." Junpei blushed.
"He watches you go to the store with Military Grade Binoculars." Akihiko said while a drinking protein smoothie.
"OMG, that's so creepy!" Minako exclaimed as she looked at Junpei with disgust.
"Hey, that's not-" Junpei began.
"He told me he's not gonna stop." Akihiko said.
After a thorough tirade of cursing from Minako, Junpei said he wouldn't spy on her anymore.
Nodding, Minako continued eating cereal, despite it being well past breakfast.
That night, she was watching TV. I took the opportunity to revive an old practice as I scribble something.
Me: WHATS UP
Her eyes brightened as she took a notepad.
Minako: NOTHING MUCH, U
Me: WELL, THINKING OF YOU?
That was quite true. She laughed as she wrote something as well.
Minako: HAHA, ME AS WELL.
My heart jumped to my throat.
Me: YOURE THINKING OF ME...?
Minako: HUH...? NO IM THINKING OF MYSELF TOO.
I laughed.
Me: R U XITED FOR THE CARRER WEEK
Minako: NO CLASSES, SO WHY COMPLAIN
I nodded.
Minako: U KNOW, I HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE... HES COOL, SMART AND MYSTERIOUS... NOT TO MENTION THICK HEADED.
I nodded somberly.
Me: IM GOING TO SLEEP IN A BIT
Minako: OKAY.
Suddenly getting bold, I decided to write something.
Me: GOODNYT I LUV YOU
My heart beat out of my chest as I waited for her response.
Minako: LUV U TOO, BUDDY
My heart sank. I was quite confused, but I decided to go to sleep, lest I lose my mind in thinking.
One week later.
(11/26/10)
Monday...
We were in the classroom as Ms. Toriumi assigned our work.
"As you know, it's Carrer Week today, and here are your job designations..."
She began a long speech about our jobs and I finally heard my name, "Minato-kun, Aida-kun and Yamagishi-chan." She said, "Will work in a restaurant owned by our former student, Suemitsu."
We nodded and went to the specified address.
Lee and Fuuka would be the chefs, while I would be the waiter. The only thing I could say, is that this would be a sad week for the establishment.
The first two days would go along smoothly, but on the 3rd day, Fuuka was planning something.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm planning to make a dish out from scratch." Fuuka said.
I felt an ominous cloud pass over, "Be careful."
After serving some dishes, I saw her add garlic with sour milk. Lee came over, "Cute, isn't it?"
"I'd take away some of those ingredients if I were you... She might end up summoning a demon or something." I said.
"Aw, don't be so mean!" Lee said.
After a few minutes, Fuuka exclaimed, "It's done!"
She handed us two bowls of steaming soup, that didn't feel right.
I gulped as I tried to fake it. It tasted horrid. Lee must've felt it too, since I could hear something sizzling inside his nose. For Fuuka's sake, I'd eat it.
I drank and I drank... I felt my insides burning... I felt thirsty and delirious... I cried for my mother and father to save me, but I imagined Fuuka in Thanatos' costume, laughing at me. She added more soup as Lee cried. I wanted to vomit, but nothing would come out. I relived my worst fears... I suffered... I almost begged Fuuka to kill me, but I finally finished the Soup of Despair.
"Ugh... Ugh... Delicious." I managed.
"Want some more?" Fuuka asked.
"NO!" Lee and I shouted, "Uh, too much of a good thing is bad."
Fuuka nodded and smiled. Lee and I would later throw that soup out. I'd place some of it in a container and kept it.
After that, the remaining two days were normal.
The carrer week ended without a hitch.
(12/02/10)
Sunday...
After studying, Minako and I hung out and ate Froot Loops while watching MTV with Akihiko and Leah.
(12/03-08/10)
Monday-Saturday...
We had exams today and it was fairly easy, since Minako studied with me. After that, Minako went to me:
"I got things to do," Minako said, "See you later?"
"Okay." I said.
As she left, I looked at her wistfully, "You know, Minako's been pretty busy lately..." I mused, "She doesn't see me as much as she usually does..."
"Bro, you see her everyday, and every night if you look out your window." Junpei said.
"Maybe..." I said, trying to reassure myself.
"Maybe? Maybe she's seeing someone else, besides you." Lee said absentmindedly.
"Gee, thanks for the support, Lee. I knew I could trust in you." I said blandly.
"I'm just keeping it real." Lee said nonchalantly.
That stirred me up. What if she was with someone?
"You gotta follow her around, bro." Quan said.
"That's stalking!" Kenji cried.
"No! I trust Minako. Besides, I'm not her father." I said.
"You'll never know." Quan said.
"Forget you guys... I gotta go run some errands..." I said.
"Errand of following her?" Lee asked, "We'll follow you."
I tried to protest, but the guys angrily protested that their respective girlfriends, except for Junpei, have been avoiding them as well, so I conceded.
We immediately tracked Minako meeting up with the girls. They looked pretty grim. They then went together in a group.
"Why must they travel in packs?" Kenji muttered as we trailed them, "Makes it harder for us to approach them."
"I feel like sheep looking at those wolves." Quan panted as we rested for a while.
We eventually stopped at a café. Quan frowned strangely.
"What?" Kenji said.
"That," Quan points to the cafe, "Is Pinky's Family Cafe, Le Pinque."
"What exactly are they doing there?" I asked.
"Maybe Pinky enslaved Minako and the girls to bake cakes for them!" Junpei cried.
"Don't be dumb," Kenji dismissed him with a wave of the hand, "Probably Pinky has some sort of racket and the cafe is just some sort of illegal front."
Then, we saw Minako leading Fuuka in.
"No! They're going to initiate Fuuka! I have to save her!" Lee said.
"Get real guys." Quan said dryly, "Pinky can't even organize the contents of her bag, let alone a drug cartel."
We waited for a while, "Sigh, this is gonna be a while..." I said.
We decided to pass time by playing dice. Probably an hour or so.
"I win! Triple seven!" Lee cried.
"That's crap!" Quan shouted, "There's only six digits in the damn dice!"
"What's up, Wendy Wu?" Lee sneered.
"Quit calling me that, Yaoi boy!" Quan countered.
"Ya gotta bring that up? Uke?" Lee said derisively.
"Seme!" Quan shot back, "Ain't nothing gay about getting banged anally! You're the one who's gay enough to do it! Matter of fact, it creeps me out to stand right next to you. Fag!" Quan said crossly.
"Why you insolent little-"
"Hey... Hey! They're out!" Junpei said as we stood up.
Lee grabbed Quan by the collar, "We'll settle this after class..." He hissed.
Quan pushed Lee, "It IS after class!" He barked.
"Will two shut it and follow?!" I growled.
They followed with hs as we tailed the girls again. They were walking towards the Bank, and Pinky had a large sack. They went inside the bank after looking at their reflections.
"What's in there, I wonder...?" I asked aloud.
"A dead body, maybe?" Lee said.
"It's not." Junpei said, "Too heavy for a 90-pound chick who can't lift an iPhone... Probably money."
After fifteen minutes or so, they exited.
"Aha! It looks like they laundered their money! It only supports that illegal front idea! They're into narcotics!" Lee cried.
"Let's not jump the gun," I said, "Let's tail them first."
We followed them into an abandoned lot. We took cover behind some shipping crates.
"Are they gonna whack someone?" Kenji asked.
"Shhh! Watch!" Junpei hissed.
They took shovels and began digging, as Minako buried a small parcel. After which, they left in a huff.
"Let's go see what it is!" Junpei said excitedly.
"Wait, let's respect their privacy, eh?" Kenji said.
"Anyone care what this guy thinks?" Junpei said loudly.
We didn't answer.
"Great. Be quiet Kenji!" Junpei said, "I've always wanted to say that!"
We went and grabbed the shovels and dug until we unearthed the parcel. I pulled the strings and unwrapped the packaging paper. Inside was a letter, which I opened.
It read:
look behind you, silly rabbits
We let out an audible groan as we looked back and saw the girls crossing their arms and looking really stern.
"What are you morons doing?" Minako asked with a raised eyebrow.
"We, uh, we..." Junpei stammered.
"What have you guys been doing?" Lee said loudly.
"Working!" Rio shouted, "We introduced Fuuka to Pinky's Café."
"Prove it." Quan said.
"Yeah, ya gotta prove it!" Junpei said.
They smirked, "Follow us."
They led us to the Cafe and served us. It was quite good.
After that, we went home.
A/N: Rushed this chapter. Haha, extremely busy.
Anyways, please review, and should the casual sex thing be the next chapter? Please say so if you're of the same opinion.
KazuyaYamura 6/6/13 . chapter 39
Kinda sad that they don't remember Aigis, since she's my favourite character, but still, great chapter. One thing really caught my interest and that was the fact that Lee is actually serious about Fuuka, which made me like him more as an OC. Operation Babe Hunt 2.0 was undeniably a bigger success than the first one, unless you count MC x Aigis (which I do...). And since the school trip is over, I wonder what's gonna happen next! I can't help but think that Cato has somwthing up his sleeve though... But I hope that all of them can make it through whatever he has planned! I would also like to congratulate you for receiving over 500 reviews and I think you really deserve it! I hope that you'll continue this great story, and if I have time, I'll probably read DoW. Although, I must ask, how long is this story gonna be? All things come to an end. Don't forget that. I'll be waiting for the next chapter!
Oops, sorry! I didn't mean to offend you or anything! It's just that I'm quite sore that Aigis indirectly caused Minato's death...
Yes, Lee is quite serious... So serious, that he'll end up hurting her soon.
Cato is always plotting. Soon, he'll be suspected by the gang.
Thanks! It was also with your help and everyone's that I was able to achieve such a feat. Thanks!
Oh, the end...? Not quite sure yet. Many things to happen. But I do hope you'll read anyway!
Radaketor 6/7/13 . chapter 39
Di-did Quan and Lee... no... did they? Nah, they couldn't have... could they?
Well, aside from that "confusing" part, the ending to this trip was a good one, i'm really anxious to find out why Cato sponsored the trip.
Good luck with college and i look forward to DoW.
Yes, they did. Quan did a classic Yaoi trick; trap.
You'll find out very soon why he did that. And thanks for well wishing!
Hoshi no Ookamiden 217 6/7/13 . chapter 39
No problem, and I'm here again like always since you asked so nicely. Jokes, I find a warm fuzzy feeling when people appreciate my reviews.
I just can't believe how good Minato can be with his words. Every time, all the girls? Just wrapped around his finger. Not to mention that Lee's frankly failed attempts at hitting were hilarious as hell, and that his attitude towards everything just makes him an enjoyable character to watch. Junpei? He's Junpei like usual, and doing Junpei-like stuff. He just seems to butt into everything, it's funny. And disappointing. XD
Quan... I've nothing to say, but his prank this chapter was just funny. Kenji... probably could have been a bit more involved but thankfully you didn't forget him. Like I do with some character when I'm writing. Just sad times at Gekkoukan High then. Don't do that, please... It would hurt my soul. :D
Like I said, more description is always welcome in a story, but other than that...
Keep it up!
Thanks! I always find any reviews to be quite exciting, especially if they're long.
Description... Got it.
Also, I liked your artwork on Deviantart! Especially with Minako laughing.
Now to answer Stan...
blablabla6h 6/7/13 . chapter 20
Also, I understand your hatred for Aigis...but come on...Junpei was just acting OOC-ish...because he knew about Aigis and...hell even called her Ai-chan...
I don't why,but I feeling scared when I am going to read the next chapter...
That was an obvious joke...I know how to write...
"Ring-a-ding-ding" In fact yeah, it is...guess what I'll give you advise...play RPG games and listen to music...in your free time...ok?
As if! Are you trying to say that "running like a wild man and try to get to the exit" was not crazy enough?
By "omnivore", i meant food-fetish...
And about the Junpei cockbloker thing...I didn't mean the MinaKari moment...I meant Minato and Minako moment...
Who cares? That's strike two with your constant, undeserved complaining, like a child. So what if he called her Ai-chan? So what if Junpei is OOC? I don't really think MOST people gives a crap... Not that I'm implying anything... Or am I?
Feel scared. It's gonna get better.
Sure. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Jokes are meant to be funny, kid. And that's far from funny. And I didn't ask, nor do I care if you know how to write or not. If that's the case, the joke is at your expense.
Wow! Sage adviCe!
Not.
Don't tell me what I can and cannot do in my free time. Also, if you haven't noticed, I actually have a life other than just playing RPG and listening to music... Not that I'm implying something...Or am I?
As a side note, no RPG had a ring-a-ding-ding sound. Unless it's one for toddlers. Or goobers. NOT that I'm implying anything... Or am I?
Oh yea! It's as crazy as "Stay and they'll kill you". And it's COMMON SENSE' something that people these days, like ouy lack... NOT that I'm implying anything... Or am I?
Food fetish, huh? And you used the word omnivore to describe it? Well, please look up those words on the dictionary. If she has a food fetish, than so do I. Oh, yeah, if you're wondering, Minako and Minato do eat a lot, but none of the two get an "unusual sexual gratification" from it not "worship it for it's magical purposes." So check your words before using it lest you look more foolish than you think. Also, ALL humans are omnivores. Again, it would do you well to actually listen to your classes, instead of "playing RPG's" and "listening to music" all the time. Besides, if you don't eat, you'll die... That's the basic needs of MOST humans... NOT that I'm implying something... Or am I?
It's CockbloCker. And I'm not gonna argue with the MinaKari thing. Though I keep stating that it's MinaYuka, because Minakari is a type of ornament, you seem to ignore that fact. And I think that only you call it that. It's painfully obvious that you think very differently from other lamron people... Einstein defines insanity as "Doing something [or in this case, calling] something over and over again and expecting a different reault) since I'm obviously not insane like some Crowish people, I will not reason with you. Not that I'm implying... Actually, I am implying something... Or am I?
Also, you may strategically place your wonderfully chapped lips at my posterior and kiss it repeatedly.
Also, it stated in your profile that you, quote, "HATE GAY PEOPLE!1 I HATE THEM!". Are you some form of homophic bigot or somthing? Besides, you're starting to boarder upon the common troll, you could even qualify to be my Stan. Look it up.
Also, before you shoot your mouth off again, let me remind you to read everything thoroughly, since it seems like you just glance at the letters and write the first thing that comes out of your pre-pubescent mind.
Peace out!
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