Chapter Six

Declaration: I do not own Hana Yori Dango…..sigh …of course…

Erm, hi everyone… I know I really kept those who waited for my update waiting very long. Gomenasai, my dear readers! I had actually given up this story because I have no direction where the story is gg.

Until recently I found a review in my inbox which really surprises me that someone actually likes my story, I decided to continue writing. But it still wasn't easy to find the story direction. After much thought about the fanfic I have read, I know what I had wanted to write.

I find that a lot of fanfic is usually based on the anime. The anime was good but it does not bring out the characters properly. The fanfic actually offers a greater range of personality. The manga provide more insight to their individual characters. And that is why I fell in love with HYD. So I m gg to try to use the story a platform to display their individual charm. Especially Yuki, whom I feel is as strong willed as Tsukushi, just at different volume. In face of love, she is as strong and as courageous like Tsukushi with her flying kicks

Here's a scene from the manga I will like to narrate. Its Tsukushi's thought after Yuki asked Tsukushi to not ask anything about her and Soujiro and just cheer her on: "Her face is set and full of determination. I have never seen this Yuki before. Oh yes I had. In high school, a boy has bullied one of our friends. Because of this, our friend refused to come to school. Finally the girl came back to school and I got the boy to apologized to her, by force of course. Later I found out that everyday after school, Yuki went to our friend's house to encourage her not to give in like this and come back to school. Yes, Yuki is different from crazy me. She is strong."

Okok I will shut up now b4 u all fall asleep like Rui..Please read and review! Feed me my motivation! Next Stop: Chapter Six

Food Fight

The day began early for both Tsukushi and Yuki. For Yuki, the whole morning was spent preparing her famous apple pie, touching up on the decoration, laying out the food stand and even climb up the ladder to decorate the basketball hood. While Yuki is doing her best to cope, Yumi and her gang are sitting around the court chit chatting. All the time giving Yuki instructions but not lifting a finger to help.

"Can't that girl do anything right?" Yumi sat down to tell her friends after she had ordered Yuki to change the decoration of the basketball hood thrice. Her friends sniggered and replied "And you expect her to? She is dumb enough to befriend that poor ugly freak and try to steal your Himura sempai from you."

"Himura just pitied her! She was no match for me. Let's not talk about that useless guy I dumped. Soujiro is so much more. He will be coming today."

The mention of the Soujiro sends the whole table into a big commotion. All of them are dying to know about the legendary F4.

Yuki nearly broke the ladle she was holding. She has overheard their conversation. She did not mean to eavesdrop but the group of hyena girls is just too loud. 'Probably meant to let me hear it,' thought Yuki. She despised herself for not being to stand up to them and tell them to take back what they said about Tsukushi. Because she knows Tsukushi will definitely do so for her.

Tsukushi rushed to work after only few hours of sleep. She spent most of her precious rest time tossing and turning thinking about how she can help her family. Well….Probably nothing but to work her butt off, she thought.

The final touches are made to the party. Yuki stood on the ladder to adjust the balloons position tied to the banner when "POP!" went one of the balloons she held to as she jumped upon hearing a high piercing scream.

Nishikado Soujiro winced inwardly at the piercing screams. He wondered why he bothered to come over to this party only to find he attracts wild animals. He smiled, or rather smirked at his sudden image of the crowd looking like some circus acts. All of them sprouting wild animals head. Like a python meeting his prey, Yumi crept to the side of Soujiro and held on tightly to his arm. Strategically, placing his arm to rest on her blossoms and glanced up at him smilingly then walked him through the crowd, not unlike a queen showing off her latest dress. Looking at Yumi, Soujiro remembered what Tsukasa had said about her the night before, which he is her prized trophy to display to others. Well…his violent friend does surprise him with that kind of less than often wisdom sometimes. However, he, Nishikado Soujiro is no idiot either. He knows the game and plays it well. In this game he will always be a winner and he is letting no python to control him, after all that's why he like these games so much.

So he walked through the crowd with Yumi, frequently smiling at the crowd, make some flirting looks at some of better looking girls in which Yumi grasp on his arm will become tighter and tighter.

Suddenly Soujiro noticed a petite gal was not in his welcoming committee. She was up on the ladder working with the balloons. He was a bit surprised that a girl has escaped his charm. To reaffirm his ego, he turned to smile flirtingly at one of his admirers, she in turn gave a scream that could shatter all glass which make the girl on the ladder jumped and popped a balloon. Soujiro looked on the scene with interest as the girl climbed down the ladder shaking and placed a hand on her chest. She seems to have suffered a heart attack.

Soujiro laughed a bit to himself then realized Yumi has fixed an nasty gaze on the girl. Anticipating trouble for that girl, he rubbed his arm a bit on Yumi's blossoms and smiled at her sexily when she looked up at him. Mission accomplished. Yumi returned to her 'I have snagged the best prize look' and continue the parade.

Yuki decided to leave the balloons alone, she is afraid she might fall from the ladder with all this scary shriek from the girls. She looked at the cause of the commotion. Oh he is really good looking. She felt her knees buckled at his smile, but her common sense kicks in when she saw the number of girls gushing at him and Yumi grasp on him. 'Well he way beyond my league anyway. I will probably be torn apart even before I get near him.' Yuki thought dispiritedly and went on to find a nice spot for Tsukushi and herself.

Soujiro and Yumi finally reached their specially reserved table with the mob of on-lookers. Their table is at the centre of the court and decorated lavishingly with beautiful centre piece, clad in white table cloth and gold skirting. They even prepared a bottle of red wine laid in a silver basket on the table. It is obvious that the couple has prestige like the King and Queen because the rest other tables were just given a piece of plain white table cloth. Yumi has made sure Yuki flaunt all the best decoration at her table and let the remaining tables be as plain as possible.

After settling at the table (still holding on to Soujiro's arm), Yumi ordered some from the crowd to bring an assortment of food for them and one to pour them the wine. Resting her head on his shoulder, she asked him the question she has longing to ask from the start.

"Darling, I thought the rest of the F4 are going to be here too," and pouted.

"Yumi, are you suggesting that I m not charming enough alone? Or is there another member of the F4 you are eyeing at?" The coldness in his voice is unmistakable.

Yumi immediately turn and hugged Soujiro then life her head up to say "Of course not, silly. I 'm solely devoted to you."

"Then you won't say no to my invitation won't you?" whispered Soujiro to her ears, then slipped a key to a hotel room onto Yumi's lap.

Yumi giggled and nodded. She was relieved that she did not cross Soujiro and let her chance of a lifetime to be at the top of the society and wife to one of the most gorgeous man to slip away. She will win him over and share his glamour, wealth and beauty; she will then be the envy of all.

Soujiro grinned at how easily he had turned the table on her and achieved at his motive. It has always been easy for him, he really do not want to waste too much time on this kind of girl and wondered who in his list will be his next target. Just then, his handphone rang.

"Yes Tsukasa," Soujiro answered his handphone lazily. "Akira already told me that he will be late. Ok! Ok! No need to vent it on me. She is not here!"

Yumi was listening in to Soujiro's conversation and wondered who is the "she" Soujiro mentioned. Just then her eyes swept towards her thorn in her flesh, Yuki looking as if she was having a disagreement with her friend, Nikki. It's disturbing to see that the pathetic Yuki is disregarding her power by getting into a disagreement with HER friends. Yumi thinks that Yuki need some reminding as to who is the upper class here.

" Excuse me Jiro, I got to go clean up something," said Yumi. Soujiro looked up curiously as she rose from her seat but was snapped back to his handphone by Tsukasa's shouting. "What!" cried a frustrated Soujiro to his mouthpiece.

Yumi marched to buffet table, where Yuki and Nikki were standing and snarled to Yuki "Who do you think you are? Talking to my friend like this."

"No Yumi. I was only telling Nikki that I can't give her both of my apple pies because I m saving one for Tukushi," explained Yuki hurriedly.

"Ya Yumi. This girl is so stubborn. She refused to give me both of the pies. I had wanted to bring the two pieces over to you and Nishikado-sama. How could I just bring one?"

"You are refusing me and Jiro of your pathetic apple pies? You think too highly of yourself, Yuki. Don't forget my family is the one that feed and clothed your family. One word from me, your father will be out of a job like Makino's. Then the two of you can run everyday after class to work like a smelly labourer. I am sure that ugly Makino can guide you to be a good working dog, given that she smell so strongly like one hahahahaha!" sneered Yumi, Nikki, being the good lackey that's she was, laughed along.

Yuki stood speechless and bewildered. She felt every single inch of her body shaking with furry. She has to do something to stop herself from collapsing. She found her saying something to Yumi. And then bam! Her face was hit by the apple pie she baked. Next thing she heard was screams, laughter and shouting. Then some more food rain down on her. She found herself slipping on something then started fell to the ground. Bracing the fall, she closed her eyes and waited. But it never did. She opened her eyes and saw a face looking worriedly at her, in the next instant turned to face angrily at the other side, shouting "Would you all stop this nonsense immediately!"

She was then helped to stand upright by the owner of the face. She saw the crowd gathering around them was staring in silence. Yuki took in their sniggering, angry, mocking and sneering faces then looked at her dirtied arms and clothes. She shook off the arms holding her and ran.

Dance, Dance


We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you'd love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me

You always fold just before you're found out
Drink up its last call
Last resort
But only the first mistake and I...

I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I'll write them
So you need them just to get by

Why don't you show me the little bit of spine
You've been saving for his mattress, love

By Fall Out Boys