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YEEESS! FINISHED AT LAST! god this took me so long to write... I started off so well too... had half the chapter done last Sunday and it still took more than a week to finish! Why must it be so hard to write!? T_T ...I only just finished all my Christmas shopping today too...
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End Notes
It's been over a month since Reborn-sensei arrived and in less than two weeks summer break will start. It feels like the weeks went by really fast, but it also feels like a lot happened in such a short time. I feel so exhausted and energetic at the same time… It's a very weird experience…
But then again, everything in my life has been weird lately… and noisy too…
Azusa-san really meant what she said about making me into "boss material"… She started hanging out with us during breaks and on weekends too. She's always hitting me, saying stuff like: "Stop being such a wimp!" And when she was helping me with my homework she threatened me at gunpoint for "writing stupid things."
I feel like people have said that to me before… Sigh, at least Yuki-sempai isn't all that great at studying like me. Although, she still gets better marks than I do… particularly since she has more time to study now that she's quit baseball. Azusa-san doesn't like sempai at all. She also figured out that sempai was a girl… maybe it is that "woman's intuition" thing…
It's quite funny to watch the two of them argue. Or rather Azusa-san yelling insults at sempai, and sempai just laughing obliviously. I can't tell if she's just brushing them off or if she really doesn't understand she's being insulted… Well, the arguing is a hell of a lot better than the heavy silence…
Seriously, the girls seem to be able to talk with one another just by making eye contact. They also seem to get really tense around one another, like they're having some kind of contest or something… I don't really get it… Sumi-chan remains impassive, Sempai just grins and Azusa-san looks pissed off all the time.
The really weird thing is that both Sempai and Azusa-san act totally different in front of everyone else! Sempai, I can understand; she's pretending to be a boy after all. But Azusa-san practically has a split personality!
I once passed by her in the hallway and she was chatting away with some other girls. What freaked me out was she was quiet and was smiling! The way she walked was different too, as if she was a delicate princess! Having only seen the Azusa-san that yells and pissed off easily, I stood gaping stupidly for a few seconds before she sent me a very discreet glare.
Sempai and Azusa are like exact opposites… Sempai acts more feminine around me and manlier around others. Whereas Azusa-san acts more tomboyish around me and really girly around others! I have to say, I'm glad Sumi-chan acts the same for everyone… I guess she's a bit friendlier to me than to others…
Merda, I need more male friends… these girls are gonna drive me crazy…
Kai absolutely loathes crowds. Apparently any more than two is a crowd (but I don't really count for some reason). He could (grudgingly) live with Sumi-chan's presence, but he would not stand for sempai and/or Azusa-san being around too. Generally speaking, Kai won't attack a girl… unless they've either thoroughly pissed him off or he has a legitimate reason to bit them to death.
Of course, breaking any one of his self-imposed rules is considered a "legitimate" reason to be bitten to death… Honestly things have gotten a bit too crazy lately… Between the girl's antics, Kai's biting, oh, and the sheer chaos induced by Reborn-sensei, I just can't get any peace around here anymore!
"I agree with Kai-chi, there are too many people hanging around us now." Yeesh, jealous much!
"You don't get an opinion…" I'll admit I miss the quiet too, but this isn't so bad…
Masamune's life seems to have also become a hell of a lot more lively too.
I guess that's a given when one is continuously being shot with freaky bullets that kill you then bring you back to life, and make you run around like some crazy pervert in your underwear… The only reason his reputation is still somewhat intact is because he becomes really amazing when in Dying Will mode.
Heck, he's become more popular than ever, especially after he got that creepy sports teacher fired for fraudulence. I swear that guy was definitely a pedo… He's half the reason I'd try to skip sport all the time (the other half being that I just suck at it).
Anyways, Masamune gained a lot of followers recently. I heard that he even got the Student Council President on his side! That guy doesn't seem like the type that plays well with others… I think he's probably just interested in all the stuff Masamune's been doing lately and maybe all the stuff about the mafia…
I wouldn't really know anyways. I'm only able to hear this stuff second hand from others or when Masamune is boasting to Katerina (he tends to exaggerate when he boasts to her). In fact, his being Sasagawa-san's boyfriend isn't entirely the truth either… Sure, they hang out and stuff and they seem pretty close but I wouldn't say they're "dating".
They look like normal friends to me, but… what does a couple even look like? Is it like, kissing and shit? Personally I find kissing to be a very gross activity. Not because of a childish excuse like "cooties" or whatever, but because I just don't like the idea of sucking on another person's face and getting their saliva in my mouth…
Do you know just how many germs are in a person's mouth? Ugh, and the thought of having someone shove their freaking tongue in my mouth just makes me want to throw up… No, I don't ever want to have some chick's spit covered tongue in my mouth.
Well, anyways… I don't think that Sasagawa-san believes she's dating Masamune either. Behind all the sparkles and bright smiles she actually has a very serious personality; nothing like Kyoko-sensei at all. She's also very smart surprisingly tough. She doesn't take shit from anyone.
Seriously, this one time when she had come over, I nearly fell down the stairs but she caught me. Literally, she caught my wrist and dragged me back upright! This chick is so freaking strong she even left bruises around my wrist! It was a deep blow to my manly pride to be proven weaker than Miss Sparkles… she must lift weights or something…
She doesn't let Masamune get away with anything either. I think he must've really fallen hard for her if he's willing to make compromises. The guy has always done whatever he wants and no one could tell him otherwise, until now that is… I do believe Sasagawa-san will be a very good influence on him.
"It's about time someone set that brat straight."
I let out a snort of laughter, "Heh, that's mean Aigís!"
"It's still the truth."
"Pfft, stop trying to make me laugh; it's too hot for this!" I sigh dryly.
Seriously, I hate summer! It's just too damn hot and humid to do anything today! I don't want to go to school today either… I glance at the alarm clock to find it's nearly six o'clock… nearly time for Sensei's Leon-hammer wakeup call… fantastico…
At least tomorrow is Sunday and I don't have to go anywhere… hopefully. With Sensei around, you just never know…
"It's too hot…" I grumble as I lay sprawled out on the living room floor trying to eat my ice-cream before it melts off the stick. It was freaking hot at school yesterday too but today is a hell of a lot worse. Normally I'd be up in my room just lazing around on the floor or under of the air-con…
But today the worst catastrophe in the history of the world has occurred: THE FREAKING AIR-CON IS BROKEN!
The first suspect on my list is that damn cazzo known as "Fate". That asshole is always screwing me over… The very next suspect would have to be Reborn-sensei. Only because I know he just likes to watch others suffer… also because he never appears to be affected by the weather… I must find out how he does it…
One would think I'd be used to the heat given my ability to conjure up fire out of nothing, but no, I absolutely cannot stand the heat at all!
Since my room is probably the coolest place in the house, I usually just stay up there all summer and eat ice-cream. But I ran out of ice-cream and had to come down here to get some… it was just so damn hot I don't have the energy to drag myself back upstairs. Plus my room is only like two or three degrees cooler than the rest of the house anyways…
So, here I am, lying on the floor eating ice-creams out of a cooler box with a fan blowing air over me. I love ice-cream by the way. Actually I love anything that's frozen or cold, like I'd prefer to have a cup of ice rather than a cup of water. And even though I hate yogurt altogether, I will eat it if it's frozen. Cold food is the only thing keeping me cool right now.
I wonder if it's worth venturing out into the heat to go to Kai's place… It's too hot to move though… "But he has working air-con…" I know, but it's like a hundred degrees out there… ugh, my head hurts, it's too hot to think…
My lazy pondering comes to a halt just as Masamune thunders down the stairs, talking loudly on the phone. How can he have so much damn energy in this heat? I'm actually kinda surprised he's still using the phone Padre gave him when we started junior high. Masamune's is white and sky blue and mine is orange and black.
Maybe it's because they have a lot of fancy functions and you can download all kinds of apps and stuff… I like it because it's easy to figure out and it's virtually indestructible. Seriously, my phones been in the wash about nine times already and it's still alive! I never really had much use for it before so I tend to forget I had it in my pocket…
Kai got a phone that looks similar to mine, only its purple and black. He rarely used it too. Before I only had Kai's, Padre's, Masamune's and the home phone numbers on my phone; my world was very small… But now I have Sumi-chan's, Sempai's and Azusa-san's numbers too… okay, my world is still kinda small…
Texting is kinda new to me… I don't understand a lot of the stuff Sempai says…
What the diamine is "L M A O" and ": D" supposed to mean anyways? Is it like some kind of code? I don't get it at all… It scared the crap out of me the very first time I got an actual phone call (it was from Azusa-san). It took me a few seconds to realise that weird beeping sound was coming from my phone… I need to change the ring tone…
"That's impossible." Masamune comes into the living room with a bottle of water still chatting away with whoever it is he's talking to.
Since I'm hot and bored I roll onto my stomach and just watch him walk around while he talks. He's pretty much wearing the same kind of clothes I am: a grey singlet and some knee length denim shorts. The only difference is I'm wearing a yellow singlet and khaki shorts. He hangs up the phone and sits on the edge of the couch, taking a big drink of water.
Huh? What's that black smudge on his shoulder? I sit up to get a better look at it… kinda looks like a black skull. Oh, there's a speech bubble coming out of its mouth… what does it say…?
"How embarrassing: You used to dress up as a girl when you were three…" What the…?
"Shut up dame Sora!" He spins around face red with anger and embarrassment. "You had to dress up as a girl too!" It was one of dear Aunt Katerina's strange hobbies to dress her nephews up in girl's clothes when we were younger. But that's not really the point right now.
"It's written on your shoulder." I reply dully pointing out the spot on my own shoulder.
He checks the spot and cue loud screech of: "WHAT THE F*** IS THIS!?" I expect Reborn-sensei shall be appearing soon to explain this with some mafia related logic.
"Bakamune, you have the fatal Skull Disease." His voice echoed eerily. I turn to find him leaning casually against the wall and talking through a green funnel (probably Leon). So that's why his voice echoed.
Oh yeah, I so called it— Wait… did he say "fatal"? As in "going to die"?
Sensei continues explaining ominously. "It's a mysterious disease which reveals all your embarrassing secrets all over your body until you die; otherwise known as the 'Dying of Shame Disease'."
… Say what?
"What's with that!?" Masamune yells in disbelief. "There's no way that's true!" he walks over to the kitchen sink and starts trying to scrub the skull off. "As if such a crazy disease exists! Besides, how would I even get such a weird illness anyways?"
I'd have to agree with him here… This is probably the dumbest disease ever invented.
"Hahaha! It's like, literally dying of embarrassment!" I know right?
Sensei just smirks though, "Bakamune, You've been killed with the Dying Will bullet ten times now. It's always been said something horrible will happen to the victim after the tenth bullet," He very calmly takes a sip of coffee. "It's such a shame that it's the Skull Disease."
So it true!?
Masamune spins around utterly furious, "Why the hell didn't you tell me this before!?"
Sensei just shrugs, "It slipped my mind. By the way, your secrets will continue to appear on your body after you die, which is at sundown."
"…" Wow, Masamune looks like he could literally explode any second now.
But seriously, Sensei is probably getting the biggest laugh out of this right. I'll bet he planned this in advance… the sadist… Oh, so this is why there wasn't any random torturing— I mean training sessions today.
"Ah, it's on your leg too." I point to the skull saying how he had wanted to be a girl so he could marry me. Wow that was ages ago, way back when we lived in Italy. I'd almost forgotten how close we used to be…
He groaned and shoved me aside as he raced upstairs, probably to check over his body and try to hide his secrets. Sensei gave an amused chuckled and then turns to me, "You're not interested in finding out his secrets?"
Blank stare and then a shrug, "I already know all his secrets."
I take another ice-cream out of the freezer and ask slowly, "He's not really going to die… is he?" It's far too hot right now for him to make such a bad joke…
"Unfortunately, he is. The Skull Disease is incurable." His voice remains neutral (as usual)… I can't tell if he's serious or not… But I don't think he's lying either…
"…But you must have a cure of some kind." I highly doubt he'd just let Masamune die… Besides, Padre was trained with the Dying Will bullet too (although I seriously can't imagine Padre in Dying Will mode at all…), so he must have survived this 'Skull disease" thingy too.
He tilts down his fedora and smirks, "I have a doctor acquaintance that's an expert on incurable diseases. He's the one who cured your father when he had the Skull Disease."
"…But?" This sound too good to be true…
"Too bad, he's recently retired and living in Italy. Bakamune only has until sundown; even if I did call him, he'd never make it in time." I knew it…
"Things aren't looking too good for Bakamune~." Quit with the jokes already! This is serious!
"There must be some way!" I can't just sit back and let my brother die!
Sensei's smirk seemed to get wider, "Fortunately he had an apprentice, and she just so happens to live here in Namimori."
For real!? Wow, that's a strangely lucky coincidence… I smell a conspiracy here… oh well, "And? Who is she?"
"Someone you know very well." I give him a 'I-won't-get-it-in-a-million-years-so-just-tell-me' look. He just chuckles a little, "Her name is Maede Sawako."
"…" Long pause… "EEEEHHH!? SAWA-CHAN!?" Are you serious!? Wait! If this doctor guy is an acquaintance of Sensei's then… Sawa-chan is part of the mafia!?
"Who would've thought?" Yep, definitely a conspiracy going on here…
Well, at least she'll be easy enough to find… With a reigned sigh I head upstairs to get Masamune. This'll be over faster if I just bring him with me rather than getting Sawa-chan to come here. He totally freaked out when I opened the door without knocking, it's not like he was naked or anything… Drama queen…
He'd changed into a white long sleeve shirt and grey jeans (probably to hide the secrets). He must be absolutely boiling hot in those clothes…
"Come on, we're going to the doctor for the cure." I deadpanned and started to leave, Masamune grumbling after me. "Oh, and it's on your neck too."
I point to the spot where it says; "How embarrassing: you still sleep with your baby blanket." He groaned in despair and rushed back into his room. I grabbed my phone and slipped on my shoes, and waited for him to come back. He came down grumbling as he finished tying a red bandana around his neck. It's just too hot for him to wear a scarf.
I figure Sawa-chan would still be at school (even though it's Sunday), she's always there doing some kind of research. Plus she has mentioned a few times that the air-con in her apartment had broken, and the nurses' office has working air-con. On a hot and humid day like this she's bound to be there rather than at home.
Well, that was the theory anyways…
"Nobody's here!" Masamune growls angrily.
I just sigh and roll my eyes. I can clearly see that, you don't have to say it… It's obvious she was here though. Her laptop is on, there are files and papers spread out over the desk and her coffee mug is still sitting there half full. Maybe she just stepped out for a bit? Where would she go?
"Oi! What now dame Sora? The doctor isn't even here!" Masamune wails looking scared.
"Just wait here…" I mutter and set off towards the library, she might have gone to get some reference books or something.
"Oi! Wait!" Masamune comes racing after me.
Can't he just sit still for a few minutes…? Sigh, oh well, it might be faster if comes with me… Sensei looks pretty amused by the whole thing as he walks alongside us… Can't he at least pretend to be a tiny bit worried here? Damn sadist; making me do all the work…
When we arrive at the library Masamune immediately begins searching up and down the rows of bookshelves. I watch him for about a minute before doing the most logical thing and asking the lady at the reception desk. Apparently Sawa-chan had been here earlier today but wasn't here now… fantastico…
Masamune was getting really cranky; I would be too wearing all those clothes in this heat… Oh! And being told you're gonna die at sunset wouldn't put anyone in a good mood (except maybe Sensei…). I just ignore his grumbling and decide to try the teacher's lounge next. She might have gone to get another coffee or something…
Once again, we just missed her… I never would have thought that Sawa-chan actually moves around so much… It seemed to me that she lived in the nurses' office… I wonder if she's back now. As we round the corner I nearly crash straight into Kai. He must be doing his Sunday inspection of the school grounds.
"Small animal." He grunts a greeting to me before glaring at Masamune (who promptly tries to hide behind me). Then he notices Sensei and gives a nod in acknowledgement. Sensei returns the gesture by tilting down his fedora and smirking.
"…Ne Kai, have you seen Sawako-sensei?" Kai pretty much knows everything that's going on in the school grounds.
"Hn… computer lab…" he replays nonchalantly.
"As expected of Kai-chi! So reliable!" I can always count on him!
"Arigatou Kai!" I grinned at him, receiving a noncommittal grunt in response, and then dragged Masamune to the computer labs.
Just as Kai said, we found Sawa-chan in front of a computer, her maroon hair braided up Princess Leia style, dressed in a really casual skirt and T-shirt under her usual white lab coat (she has a weird fashion sense), sifting through some files on a thumb drive.
"Sawa-chan." I call quietly causing her head to snap up.
"Chii-tan~!" She squeals flinging herself halfway across the room and crushing me in a hug. "Where have you been lately? I've been so lonely~!" Merda, she's so damn clingy! I knew I should have visited her earlier… Seriously, I can't breathe with my face shoved into her flabby chest!
"Other men would seriously kill to be in your position right now though~." …Why would anyone want to be glomped to death?
Masamune briefly grabs her attention with a light (annoyed) cough; I use the opportunity to squeeze out of her grasp. Sensei looks amused as usual… I'm just going to ignore him…
I had to quite literally drag Sawa-chan back to the nurses' office, while trying to explain the whole "Skull Disease" thing with her damn arms wrapped tightly around my throat (Why am I friends with this idiota again?). Masamune being incredibly grumpy and twitchy the whole damn time too… Well, he has only got about two or three hours (at most) until sunset…
Dio, the sooner he's cured the better; I am so ready to go home.
Upon arriving she whips out her bright red rimmed glasses and suddenly goes into serious mode. She gets right up into Masamune's face with an analysing look. Then she backs off, rapidly spinning around and proclaiming rather dramatically: "NOT CUTE!"
"…"
What… The… Hell… Sawa-chan…?
"Huuuh? What's that supposed to mean!?" Masamune looks incredibly insulted. It's not like it's a compliment for a guy to be called 'cute' anyways…
"I only treat cute people!" Sawa-chan declares slipping her glasses back in her coat pocket. Once again I'm smothered in a Sawa-glomp, "Like my sweet little Chii-tan~!"
WHAT!?
"Hahaha! Yup, just adorable Chii-tan~"
"I resent that…" Damn sadist looks so damn pleased with the whole situation… This whole damn thing is rigged I tell ya!
We spent another hour trying to convince her to treat Masamune's Skull Disease. In the end I just couldn't take any more and pretty much begged her to treat him so I could go home. Oddly enough, I only got as far as saying "Please" before she appeared to have a heart attack and a jet of blood spurt out her nose.
Seriously, I thought she was having an attack of some kind and I'd end up with two corpses by the end of the day… Not a very nice thought… Luckily, she recovered immediately and then proceeded to treat Masamune.
Apparently the only way to counter an incurable disease is to get a disease that is the exact opposite to it, thereby cancelling out its effects. So basically Sawa-chan brought out this big ass (it was freaking huge!) needle and injected Masamune with something called the "Angel Disease" and now he's cured.
This all sounds completely ridiculous to me but as long as he's cured, I'm happy.
The walk home was nice and quiet too, since Masamune was just sulking and rubbing his arm. He never liked getting needles, can't say I do either. Those things are bloody scary (particularly one that big…). No offense to Sawa-chan's "healing" abilities, but, I seriously hope I never ever get an incurable disease…
I thought Masamune deserved more scenes, plus Sawa-chan doesn't get much screen time either.
This mat be the last update for the year (wow, it's nearly 2014 O_O )... a slight possibility of an update between Christmas and New Years... but at this stage I really don't think it's goint to happen... I'm pretty active on Deviantart these days though XD I'm thinking of maybe making a DA group for The Inheritance Project, but I dunno yet...
So Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Everyone!
-lots of love, NyanNyan-suru :3