Azumanga Daioh does not belong to me it belongs to Kiyohiko Azuma

Azumanga Christmas Tales

By Tuxedodude

Sakaki's Tale

Sakaki came out of the arcade. She was holding a bunch necoconeco plushes. At first she wanted to give Yomi one of them as her present, but she didn't know if Yomi liked plush things. "If only I had gotten Miss Chiyo's name. As she kept walking she noticed a bookstore. "Maybe I can find something for her in there."

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Sakaki started looking around when she noticed two girls arguing. "But why do you want to waste your money on the mind shriveling junk when you can buy something to enhance it." Sakaki recognized them right away as Miruchi and Yuka, Chiyo's former grade school classmates.

"Forget it Yuka, I'm buying this manga and that's that." said Miruchi. Yuka just sighed. "Fine, but don't blame me if you head down the wrong path in life. Sakaki walked up to them. Um, hello.

Miruchi and Yuka just stared at the tall girl. "Hey you're Sakaki, Chiyo's friend right?" Miruchi asked. "Mmm." Sakaki answered with a small nod.

"So what are you up to?" asked Yuka with a small smile.

"I'm looking for a present for a friend of mine." answered Sakaki.

"Is it Chiyo-chan?" asked a gleefully Miruchi.

""No, I'm looking for a present for Miss Yomi." Sakaki said as she sighed. "There is a get together tomorrow at Miss Osaka's house and we're having a secret Santa to see who we would give a present to who...I got Miss Yomi and Chiyo got Miss Kagura."

"You mean you each know who's going to give to who?" asked Yuka.

Sakaki just nodded her head." Yuka just gave a sweet but innocent smile. "But in a secret Santa, you're not supposed to reveal to the others who you're going to give to, until the gifts are handed out." Sakaki just blushed as she realized that an error was made.

Miruchi just place her hand on Yuka's shoulder. "Hey Yuka-chan, just cut them some slack, there high school students, the always lose their memory as they get older." Yuka quickly shoved Miruchi's hand away. "Don't say things like that, besides, Chiyo-chan is in their class and she's our age."

"Ah, but you forget the pressures of high school, Chiyo-chan's brain must be starting to have an effect of stress from all that high school work."

Sakaki just stared at them with a confused look, the way they looked as well as the way they were acting seemed familiar. "Of course." She thought as she gave a small smile. "But they each act as the opposite of their counterpart."

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Sakaki decided to continue to look around the bookstore as Miruchi and Yuka had decided to tag along to help. "Maybe a book about dieting." Miruchi said. "Chiyo-chan is always saying that Miss Yomi is always worrying about how fat she is." Yuka gave the other girl a small jab in the ribs. "Miruchi that's not a very nice thing to say, besides Chiyo-chan didn't quite say it like that, she just said the Miss Yomi was always concerned about her weight."

"Then how about a book about singing lessons, Chiyo-chan said that her singing was bad enough to wake the dead." Sakaki just stared at the small black haired girl. There was no way Chiyo would ever say anything like that about anyone. She turned to Yuka to find out what Chiyo really said.

Yuka looked into Sakaki's eyes and she knew she was waiting for an answer. "Actually...she really did say that." She looked at the ground and blushed in embarrassment. Sakaki just sighed. "Maybe I'll just go look in another store."

"Well go with you." Miruchi said. "We we're getting bored here anyway."

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They left the store and they noticed that it had started to get dark, it was colder as well as the snow kept falling. They we're about to walk off when something caught the corner of Sakaki's eyes.

A car was coming down the road, speeding and swerving. It was heading towards them. "LOOK OUT!!!!" Sakaki screamed as she grabbed the two girls and jump out of the way. The car slammed into a pole.

Sakaki slowly started to get up. "Is everyone okay?" Yuka stood up. "I'm fine." Unfortunately Miruchi wasn't as lucky.

"OWWWWWW MY LEG HURTS!!!!!!" she screamed as tears were rushing down her cheeks. "MIRUCHI-CHAN!!!!" Yuka screamed as she quickly knelt down beside her injured friend.

Sakaki studied her leg. "This is not good, I think it may be broken and it seems to be swelling up fast." The bookstore owner quickly came outside. "What happened?" she asked.

"Quick, call an ambulance." Sakaki told her. Suddenly a man got out of the crashed car and started to walk in a daze, he was obviously drunk. "Make that two ambulances." Sakaki added.

"Look whhhat you (hic) did ta my caaarr." Sakaki slowly started to walk towards him. "Bastard." she thought. How could anyone drink and drive.

"You..youse gonna pey fer thee dami..(hic) damigees ta mai caaar." Sakaki was full of rage when she finally reached him. "Yoooou biitchh whatca goon..(hic) goona doo." the driver said. Sakaki then proceeded to punch him so hard that she knocked him out.

"WOAH!!!" Yuka yelled as she stood there shocked at what she had just seen. According to Chiyo, Sakaki was mostly a quiet person showing no emotion. Yet she had just seen the tall girl knock that guy's lights out.

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Time passed, Miruchi was loaded into an ambulance and Yuka also got on to comfort her friend on the way to the hospital. The police had also arrived and arrested the driver.

Sakaki was reassuring to them that everything was going to be okay when an officer walked up to her. "Miss Sakaki if I may have a word with you." Sakaki just stared at him. "Of Course."

The ambulance drove away as the officer and Sakaki walked over to the sidewalk. "You know, I've been tempted to knock the block off every drunk driver in the city, but it's against the law." Sakaki just stared at the ground. "I'm sorry."

The officer just sighed. "The driver has decided to press charges against you for assault so I have no choice, I gotta take you in." Sakaki just stared at the officer. "I understand." she answered as she held out her arms as the officer place handcuffs on her.

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THE NEXT DAY...

Sakaki was wearing a prisoner uniform. Even though she was in jail, all the officers in the station treated Sakaki like the hero she was. They had bought her breakfast, and they even asked her what her favorite dish was so they could bring it to her for lunch. The only thing she regretted the most is that she was probably going to miss Osaka's get together.

The officer from yesterday walked in. "You have a visitor." he said with a smile. Yuka came into the room with an innocent smile. "Hello Miss Sakaki."

"Yuka?" Sakaki walked up to the cell door. "How's Miruchi."

"She has a broken leg, but it's going to heal completely... Her parents wanted me to tell you that they are very grateful to you." Tears started to form in her eyes. "Thank you Miss Sakaki, you saved both out lives." Sakaki's eyes were also filling up with tears. "I'm sorry you had to see what I did to that driver yesterday."

"Are you kidding, he totally deserved it." Yuka responded." Sakaki gave her a firm look. "But it was the wrong thing to do." Yuka just blushed in embarrassment. "Of course."

"You go in front of the judge in a few hours, are you up for it." the officer asked.

Sakaki just stared at him. "Mmm" she said as she nodded.

"Same ol Miss Sakaki." Yuka thought.

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The courtroom was full of people the bookstore owner, the arresting officer, Yuka and her parents had stooped by to show their support. The only people missing were her classmates, she made Yuka and Miruchi promise not to tell them anything, she didn't want then to see her like this.

"ALL RISE!!!" the bailiff yelled as everyone stood up as the judge walked into the courtroom. "You may be seated." she said then turned to the bailiff. What's our next case?

"Tomozawa Shu vs. Yuri Sakaki" the Bailiff responded.

The judge read the report and sighed. "Okay then. Opening statements." the lawyer, Kazunori Mori, who represented Tomozawa as the driver was now known as, stood up. "Your honor I am here today to see that justice is done today for my client here." Everyone in the courtroom cringed at the lawyer's remark.

"Miss Sakaki did willfully and knowingly proceeded to attack my client here for no reason what so ever. And It would be in the best interest of the community that she be put away for a long time so that she can never assault anyone ever again." he sat down.

The judge turned to Sakaki's lawyer, Makoto Mikami. "Opening statement council." Mikami stood up. "Your honor if my client is found guilty of assault it would be a great injustice, Mr Tomozawa was the one who is a danger to the community not Miss Sakaki."

"OBJECTION YOUR HONOR..." Mori quickly interrupted. "My client is not the one on trial."

Mikami turned to face him. "But he soon will be for drunk driving wont he?" she smirked.

"You're honor." Mori protested.

The judge just sighed "I'll sustain the objection, Miss Mikami please stick to this case."

"Yes your honor." Mikami answered. "As I was saying, Miss Sakaki should not be put away for something that anyone of us could have done...that is all." she sat down.

"Very well then." the judge said. "Mr. Mori, call your first witness."

Mori just scratched his head. "Um, you see your honor..."

"What is it Mr. Mori?" the judge demanded.

"We have none." he answered. "Excuse me?" the judge asked.

"We don't have any witnesses." he gave a nervous chuckle.

"Wait let me get this straight, you come into my courtroom with assault charges and you're telling me that you don't HAVE A SINGLE WITNESS?!!!!"

"Um, that's the bottom line." he answered as Tomozawa quickly turned to him. "What's the deal here Mori you told me you were going to get some witnesses?" he wispered. Mori nervously looked at his client. "I tried, but everyone in the area claim that they didn't see anything." he wispered back. Mori looked at him angrily. "What are you talking about, the bookstore owner, the people who were standing around, the two little girls."

"They all claim they didn't see her punch you, in fact they're all saying you were passed out from being drunk."

"Mr. Mori, if you could join us today in this lifetime." the judge said in an annoyed tone.

Sakaki turned to Mikami, "What's happening?" she asked. Mikami just smiled. "I think you're about to get your 'GET OUT OF JAIL FREE' card.

Mori just stood up. "No...witnesses...you're honor." he sat back down and slumped in his chair.

"Well then." the judge started. "I guess if there are no witnesses in this case then I guess we don't even have a case to begin with." she picked up her gavel. "CASE DISMISSED!!!!" Everyone in the courtroom cheered.

"Bailiff what's are next case." the judge asked. "The bailiff read the folder and gave an wicked smile. "The City Of Tokyo vs Tomozawa Shu, charge...driving under the influence."

Tomozawa quickly stood up. "HEY I THOUGHT THAT CASE WASN'T UNTIL NEXT WEEK!!!!!!" Mikami just turned to him. "I guess it got moved up." she turned around. "Miss Sakaki, I think you need to stay and be a witness right?" Sakaki gave a small and wicked smile. "Of course."

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Some time later Sakaki, Mikami, Yuka, and her parents were leaving the courtroom. "Miss Sakaki," Yuka started "We're going to go out for dinner to celebrate your victory, anywhere you want." Sakaki just smiled. "I wish I could but I need to get to Osaka's house, I'm real late now as it is." she ran off. "OKAY BYE MISS SAKAKI SAY HI TO CHIYO-CHAN AND MAKE SURE TO TELL HER ABOUT MIRUCHI-CHAN!!!!!" Sakaki just turned and waved as she kept running.

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Sakaki continued running towards Osaka's house when she realized that she still hadn't gotten a present for Yomi yet. She quickly ran into the first store she saw and quickly looked around. She saw a small Necoconeco, each one of the cats was wearing glasses and the Large cat was holding a book. "Perfect." Sakaki said as she bought it and quickly left the store and continued towards Osaka's house. "I hope they understand why I'm late." she thought.

TO BE CONTINUED

UP NEXT... Yomi and Tomo's Tale.

I really hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it, okay then take care.

'TILL NEXT TIME