I haven't gotten a wink of sleep.
I laid down on the futon mattress that was prepared for me by Kawakami temple. Staring at the ceiling I was able to fully take in my situation amongst other things such as check out the gaming ability I have.
What am I even doing here? What's the point?
I thought about the possible answers to those questions throughout the entire night. Normally, you can win games, but this seems to be an RPG system which, RPGs take FOREVER to complete.
Right now all the quests I'm getting seem to be little side quests, but there doesn't seem to be a main overarching one insight.
I check the mission menu.
[Daily Mission: Train At Kawakami Temple!
Find Lu Yi and get your daily training instructions]
That's it. That's all I have to go off of. One mission pops up, I try to complete it, some monotonous things happen and then another quest pop up.
Maybe it's to beat Momoyo? I mean, that's basically what the principal wants me to do, but for some reason when he proposed that no sort of quest notification popped up and I can't find anything in my queue either.
At this point, I have to completely accept that I'm not dreaming. Not only have I physically felt pain, but I've slept two different times and woken up for both. This all just seemed so impossible to me that I guess I've been in denial but I can only deny it for so long… I'm here.
I still can't remember what happened before that start screen though. Hopefully, I'll remember as the time goes on but… After that dream, I wonder if I even WANT to know.
"YOU AWAKE YET!?"
My heart damn near jumped out of my chest as the door of my room suddenly slammed open. "WHATTHEFUCK!?"
Suddenly I'm greeted by one of the most beautiful faces I've seen in a long time. And by long time I mean for a brief moment yesterday.
Red eyes, waist-length black hair, voluptuous body, yep, Momoyo Kawakami in the flesh. She was wearing her casual clothes which consisted of a blue top that shows off her midriff and skinny jeans.
"Rise and shine, roomie," she spoke as is she knew me. "You ready for morning training?"
I sighed, "Well actually I was thinking I might be able to get some breakfast first. I mean this whole living in a new country thing has really got me tired out. Not only that but I kind of have jet lag which is- where are you taking me?" I stopped my speal as she lifted me up onto her shoulders.
"We're just heading out for a little walk," She said as she slipped out of the room.
I knew there wasn't anything I could do to physically overpower her. Momoyo's on some Dragonball z type power. No way I can match up to her in any way. "You know I can walk right?"
"Sure you can," She said as she continued to walk down the corridor of Kawakami temple.
I let out another sigh. "You know, I feel like we never introduced ourselves. I'm Omari, it's nice to meet you."
"Umu I know your name. I'm Momoyo Kawakami."
"Nice to meet you," We officially met each other as she carried me on her shoulders outside of the main house.
…
"Ah, good morning you two," the Chinese man known as Lu Yi stood in his usual green training Gi out in the Kawakami courtyard.
"Mornin'," I said, still on Momoyo's shoulders.
"I hope you're ready for your first day at Kawakami temple," He said with a slight smile.
"As ready as I'll ever be I guess," I shrugged… On Momoyo's shoulders. "I could use some breakfast but I guess that's a no go."
"Nourishment is a prize, not a right," the man in the green gi said. "Now may I convince you to let the young man off your shoulders."
"Sure," She said as she dropped me onto the ground.
"Ouch."
"Today we're going to start conditioning you for the Kawakami fighting style," Lu Yi said as he squatted down next to me.
"Conditioning? Like in football?" I questioned.
He nodded. "Just like in sports, you need to make sure your body is prepared. As of now, you do not look unathletic, on the contrary, you look pretty well built compared to the average person. But to train in the Kawakami style? You'll need to way above average."
"Fair enough," I muttered, still not getting up due to the fact that I just woke up and this grass is way more comfortable than standing.
"Up you go," Momoyo, reading that I enjoyed the ground, lifted me up by my armpits and stood me on my feet.
I guess I can't have one good thing ever.
"Question though, if I'm conditioning, shouldn't I get some sort of food?" I asked.
"Haven't you ever seen Karate Kid?" Momoyo started. "Don't question the methods."
"No, I'm pretty sure you're just fucking with me."
I could see sweat from the Lu Yi's forehead start to drip. "Well if I'm being honest… I had Momoyo wake you up a bit too late."
"So the punishment for you guys being behind… is that I go without breakfast?" I questioned, rubbing the bridge of my nose.
"Basically," Momoyo said as she patted my back.
"I see," I said as my head dropped.
"Well, for right now, we're waiting on your partner to show up. She knew you were going to be a bit behind her physically so she started the workout before you."
"Partner? Is it not Momo-"
"Me? Your partner? Sorry bud but if I was to even breathe on you seriously, you'd die," Momoyo said with an arm around my shoulder.
I wanted to say: damn your breath is that bad?" but decided against it.
"Oh, here she comes," Lu Yi said as he looked behind me.
"Good morning~" A familiar voice rang out from behind me.
"Kazuko-san," I smiled at the cute and recognizable face. "I'm guessing by your gym uniform that you're my training partner for the day?"
"That's right!" She said cheerfully. "Gotta whip you into shape if you wanna start training here!"
"Now," Lu Yi started. "I prepared this tire for you."
"Okay thanks for the- wait come again?" I did a double-take.
"Doubletakes are cheesy," Momoyo noted.
I waved off her criticism. "Did you say tire? Like the 4 that Kazuko drags around with her?"
"Oh, you knew about that? Indeed. Your condition will be modeled after Kakzuko's own training. Of course, she's way stronger than you, so we'll start you off with 1 instead of 4," the Sensei explained.
"Easier said than done, that's a motherfucking tire!" I felt defeated already.
The master patted me on my back, nodding to himself as he felt my back up. "Just as I thought, you have plenty enough strength to pull it. You just don't know it."
"I don't know chief, this is a big ass tire," while Wanko is pulling multiple car tires, it looks like they prepared me one truck tire to pull.
The man laughed. "Well, why don't you try?"
"Alright, if you say so."
After stretching out my body and tying the tire around my waist. "Why not around my shoulders? I feel like this could throw out my back or something."
"Do you always complain?" Momoyo rolled her eyes.
"I do when I'm woken out of my slumber to do something," I'm really not a morning person.
"Alright then, give it a tug," the sensei implored.
Grounding my feet into the ground I push off, surprisingly, I drag the tire quite a bit. Maybe it's because I never dragged a tire before or maybe it's because I'm a lot stronger now, but it's actually kinda easy.
"Oh shit, it wasn't as hard as I thought it was."
"See," Momoyo nodded.
"Welp, let's add 4 more," Wanko said cheerfully.
"WHAT?!"
...
"Keep Up Mari-kun!"
Description: You're training with Wanko, make sure you keep up! (Keep within 100 yards of Wanko until the end of the run)
Reward: 400 XP
…
"Wanko… how… do you… do this...every...day?" I said as I fell on my back heaving air into my lungs.
"Hehe, you get used to it," she smiled as she looked down at me, casting a shadow with her body. "Though you did a good job keeping up with me for a first-timer."
As I looked up at her I actually was able to take it all in for the first time. Wanko is undoubtedly… cute. She wore her gym uniform and because she stood over me, I got a really nice view, being able to see up her shirt slightly.
"B-By the way, school is in an hour right?" I stuttered as I looked away, deciding not to stare too long.
"Hm?" She tilted her head. "Oh yeah, almost forgot, we still have to jog the rest of the way to school."
Pure destruction… Complete obliteration… the only way to describe my lungs at this point and here she was suggesting we jogged even further? God… Damn it… Wait a minute.
"Wh-What!? I'm sweaty as hell, I can't go to school like this!" Now that I think about it, there's no way I'm spending the second day at this school smelling like a dirty gym sock.
"Well I guess we'll have to get there early so you can hit the showers before class," She said with a wink.
Luckily for her she's cute. Otherwise, I'd… do absolutely nothing because she can still kick my ass. "Can… Can I take the tires off at least?"
"Sorry, no can do. Master Lu said your morning training will last until you get to school," she smiled down at me, not fully understanding the devastation she had just inflicted on me.
"Japan is such a cruel country."
…
Somewhere not so far away is a group of familiar students. A group of students you may have heard of before. Their battles are known throughout the- oh who am I kidding? Look the Kazama family + two new people are on their way to school.
"Are you still angry that your food got taken away?" Yamato asked Chris only half interested.
With slight offense in her voice, the german snapped back. "Of course! It's Inari we're talking about!"
"Hey don't get angry at me," he said putting his hands up in mock surrender. "I'll summon someone who will be a suitable match."
With that said Yamato put a dog whistle in his mouth and blew.
"That's a whistle policemen used to blow when they were making an arrest. Are you a constable?" The blonde inquired.
Yamato shook his head. "This is to call our friend. See?"
With that, the sound of feet hitting the dirt behind them began to ring out from behind them. They all turned to see a familiar face running towards them.
"Morning! Who called for me?" Wanko asked as she put on the brakes, sliding her heels through the grass.
"See, I used the dog whistle to call the dog," Yamato explained to Chris.
"I see, as expected the dog came when you called her," Chris said matter-of-factly as she covered her smile behind her hand.
"Chris sure does seem accepting of the unnatural phenomenon which is Wanko's dog whistle," Moro noted.
Yamato nodded. "She must be the type to believe what she sees."
Chris pondered. "So you can call her whenever you want?"
"Wanko can take the place of a warm water bottle in the winter. Your feet won't get cold as long as you hold her between your legs." Miyako explained in a matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"Except I'll get upset if you fall asleep and leave me stranded!" Wanko said with a growl.
"You'll always have someone to fight with," Yamato joked about Chris' and Wanko's rivalry.
"I'm not so hot-blooded that I'd need such a thing," Chris sighed. "Do you always run around like this in the morning?" Chris asked Wanko.
"Pretty much," she replied with a smile. "Though, I have someone with me today."
"Oh? And who's that?" Yamato questioned.
Wanko tilted her head and confusion. "What do you mean? He should be right behind me-" She cut herself off mid-sentence as she looked behind herself and saw no one. "OH NO!" She yelled.
"What's wrong?" Moro asked.
"Mari-kun was with me all morning but I guess when I heard the whistle I left him in the dust!" Wanko seemed embarrassed.
Gakuto scoffed. "Wait, the pretty-boy-foreigner? What were you doing with him this morning?" he asked almost offended that anyone was hanging out with him.
"You know, you're the only one calling him pretty," Miyako pointed out.
"We were just conditioning him for training," Wanko replied with her usual bright smile.
"Wait, condition him for training? Kawakami temple is taking him as a student?" Moro, along with the rest of the family seemed surprised.
"Grandpa recruited him, himself," Wanko confirmed. "Says he has a lot of potential, so since he was homeless he's letting him stay with us."
"Wow, the principal himself? Didn't know Omari had it in him!" Capt shouted with pride.
"That foreigner is staying under the same rough as Momo-senpai? That lucky bastard, I knew something was up with him!" Gakuto cursed with tears streaming down his face.
Moro patted the taller teen's back. "He can't really help that can he?"
Yamato looked over at Momoyo who seemed like she was in deep thought. "What do you think Nee-san?"
She hummed. "I think Omari is an interesting guy," she noted. "With each task completed it's like his power gets more and more noticeable. At this rate, he'll become a formidable opponent sooner than later."
Yamato was in awe. Was Momoyo really thinking that much about a guy instead of cute girls like she normally does? He couldn't help the tinge of jealousy that started to burn in his gut.
Not to mention, approval from the principal after just one day?
"Omari," he whispered under his breath. "Just who are you?"
…
"Damn it! Where did you go, Wanko?!" I shouted at the top of my lungs looking for my training partner.
Suddenly, a familiar sensation started to build up in my nose.
"ACHOO!" Damn, that was a big ass sneeze.
A/N:
(So I ended up just connecting chapter 6&7 lol he's the author notes for both of them.
Sorry for such the long wair for such a short chapter. Life gets in the way a lot for someone like me who's always doing stupid shit and dealing with the repercussions of said stupid shit. But like I said, I'll never abandon this fic, so here's another chapter that I hope can hold you over for a little.
I want to have another chapter come out this month but it might not be till early next month, we'll find out.
A/N:
So I said a new chapter at the beginning of the month… and all of a sudden… the month is about to end.
Sorry.
This is the type of fic it'd probably be best to forget about, let chapters pile up and the binge lol. Though I really do appreciate y'all reading as soon as you can.
Also, third most followed story on the site? I love ya'll. (I think this makes Omari the most popular OC on fanfiction. Maybe in the whole fandom.)
This chapter was weird for me because I feel like it could have been added onto the last chapter but I didn't even finish writing this chapter till today so…
Has the pacing been too slow chapter to chapter? Would you rather me have time skip into some more juicy stuff or would you be interested in a few more chapters of Omari in class with the gang and enjoying everyday school life? Let me know.
Thanks for reading!