Chapter 4 – The Previous Friday Gathering
Author's Note
I have no intention of abandoning this story, as I can easily make at least 5 more chapters for this, but I might work on a Rosario + Vampire fan fiction, or a Majikoi and R+V crossover.
18:15 (6:15 PM) Friday, August 28th, 2009
I arrive at the abandoned complex and travel up to the fifth floor and open the door to the secret base, and find only Gakuto and Capt. here.
"Where are the other 5 girls and Moro?" I asked.
"Moro's on his way, but I have no idea where the girls are; we can't really have the Friday Gathering with only us four." Said Capt.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." I said, wondering what in the hell the Kazama Harem is doing now.
"So Capt., how did they catch you?" I asked.
"I got cornered by Momo-senpai and Wanko." He said, a bit ashamed of himself.
"Well, I managed to escape all five of them plus Margit, but I can't really move my left arm right now." I said.
"How exactly did you escape all of them?" Capt. asked.
"Well I jumped off the Tama Bridge twice, placed a decoy in my room, and used deceptive tactics on Mayucchi." I said.
"Damn and I thought I was crazy, but you jumped off the Tama Bridge twice?" Capt. asked.
"Yeah, once when Nee-san was hunting me and the next when Margit was hunting me." I replied.
"So wait, why can't you move your left arm?" asked Gakuto.
"Well, a blunt sword attack from Mayucchi, a Tonfa Punch from Margit, and arrows from Miyako will do a significant amount of damage to my left arm, no?" I said.
"Damn, that's got to hurt." said Moro, who just walked into the secret base.
"It would hurt if I could remotely feel it." I replied, half-jokingly.
"So what did Kojima-sensei do to you after you were brought back Capt.?" I asked.
"She just whipped me a few times and scolded me, but I did hear her mutter about something about the principal wanting to see you." Capt. said.
"Damn, I knew there was something else going on here." I said. "Did you manage to hear anything about what he wants to talk to me about?"
"No, she never said anything else about that matter." said Capt.
"That's strange; the principal told the girls they needed to bring me back, but they never said why." I said. "To add to that, they never send six people to hunt down a few people skipping, it's always one or two people that are assigned to bring back the people that are skipping."
"Yeah, that's the strange thing about it," said Capt. "I had a suspicion that something else was going on here too."
"Man, I don't have a good feeling about this Friday Gathering or Monday." I said. "Well, let's just wait for the other five to show up."
In about five minutes the Kazama Harem shows up and starts to act normally, but I'm irritated due to all the chasing they did to me earlier today.
"Don't act like everything's okay." I said. "Don't forget it is all of your faults that I can't move my left arm for a while."
"Is it broken?" Asked Moro.
"No, it's not broken or fractured, it's just that the damage of those attacks caused some of my nerves to shut down temporarily; it will start moving again in an hour or so." I said.
In about thirty-five minutes, I start to feel my arm again.
"There we go, good to have you back arm." I said to my left arm, but it doesn't respond, of course.
I get up and start participating in the Friday Gathering normally, but the Kazama Harem starts to act like normal, competing for my attention, as if it is some sort of game, but I ignore them and start playing Texas Hold 'Em Poker with Gakuto, Moro, and Capt.
I have a pair of Aces in my hand and an ace, a king, and a ten on the table, so I decide to go all in.
"All in" I said.
"Fold." said Gakuto and Capt.
"I call." said Moro.
Gakuto lays down a nine and a six.
"Three of a kind." I said, and layed my cards down.
"Two pair." said Moro, who had a nine and a king in his hand.
"Damn, I thought you were bluffing." said Moro, who was irritated on losing.
I deal and wind up with a pair of eights, and decide to bet minimum.
"I call." I said.
"I call." said Capt.
"check." said Gakuto.
I burn a card and lay down an eight, a five, and a four on the flop.
"Raise to 10." I said.
"Call." said Capt. and Gakuto.
I burn a card and then lay down a five on the flop.
"All in." I said, confident of my Full House.
"Call." said Capt.
"Fold." said Gakuto.
I burn a final card and then lay down a six on the river.
"Full House." I said.
Capt. smiles and says "Four of a kind." and lays down his pair of fives.
"Shit, you sunk my boat!*" I said, surprised.
"Yamato, play with me!" All of the Kazama Harem says simultaneously.
The five members of the Kazama Harem start to glare at each other with murderous faces.
"Ugh, fine." I said in an annoyed tone. "If it'll keep you from killing each other, fine."
I still have this bad feeling that I can't shake away, but I decide to ignore it.
I get up from the poker table we have set up and go play with the Kazama Harem, so they don't start killing each other, but I couldn't stop Wanko and Nee-san getting into this fight.
"He's my little bro, so all of you leave him alone!" exclaimed Nee-san.
"But if he's you're little bro, that means that he's mine too!" exclaimed Wanko.
"Ugh, here we go." I said with a strong tone of regret and despair.
"Not if I disown you!" replied Nee-san.
"That's it, knock it off you two!" I yelled.
I put myself in-between Wanko and Nee-san.
"What exactly are you going to prove with disowning Wanko?" I asked.
Nee-san was speechless for a minute but then asked, "So, you choose Wanko over me, eh?"
"What is with women today and jumping to conclusion?!" I exclaimed. "No! I only love hermit crabs!"
Nee-san ignores me and says "Very well, looks like I'll have to get rid of Wanko since you won't choose me."
"Well, that's some screwed up logic." I said "But I'm not letting you hurt one of our friends for something as stupid as this."
I stand in front of Wanko, ready to take a blow.
"Yamato…" says Wanko.
I turn my head to her and say "Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not choosing you, I'm just trying to make Nee-san snap out of it."
I turn back to Nee-san.
"If you want to get rid of her, you'll have to go through me." I said, standing my ground.
"So, you really chose Wanko didn't you?" asked Nee-san.
"Don't get the wrong idea, I don't want any of you in a romantic relationship; I'm just making you snap out of this Nee-san." I said firmly and bluntly.
Nee-san throws a punch with her left hand, but I catch it with my right hand.
"What!?" said Nee-san, in a surprised tone.
She then takes her right hand and puts a large amount of power into it.
"Shit, Looks like I have to block with my left arm." I think to myself.
Right before the punch hits me, I force my left arm up to block the attack.
*Crack!*
A very loud crack can be heard, and I find my left arm next to my side, looking lifeless.
"Shit, looks like I broke it this time." I said.
The pain starts to rush in and I kneel on the floor.
"Ouch, this hurts like hell." I said, grimacing at the amount of pain I'm bearing.
Nee-san looks at her hands; her face full of disbelief and shock.
"What-What have I done?" She asks herself.
"Isn't it obvious? You broke my arm." I said coldly and bluntly.
I stand up, but stagger a slightly due to the pain of my left arm breaking.
"Say, you or your old man wouldn't happen to have a type of Restoration technique on other people, would you?" I asked her.
Still in shock, Nee-san is looking at her hands.
"Aye aye aye." I said.
I walk up to her and put my right arm on her shoulder.
"It's more of my fault than yours; I'm the one that put my left arm up to block it anyway." I said, trying to reassure her.
Nee-san still doesn't move.
"Ah hell, Wanko, does your old man have any type of restoration techniques for other people?" I asked Wanko.
"Yeah, he does, we also have the healer monks." She said.
"Off to the Kawakami Temple then." I said.
I walk out of the secret base without saying another word.
By the time Nee-san regains herself, I'm already on the first floor.
"Wh-Where'd Yamato go?" She asked the rest of them.
"He went off to the Kawakami Temple to get his arm treated, and probably talk to the old man about it." Wanko replied.
"Oh hell, I can't let him go there." She said.
"Why not?" asked the rest of the Kazama Family.
"I don't know exactly, but there's a reason why we were supposed to drag him back to school, and that was to talk to the old man." She replied. "But I don't know what he wants to talk to Yamato about."
She heads for the door.
"I'm going after him; I really don't have a good feeling about this." She said.
Wanko and Mayucchi block the door ahead of her.
"Stop, you've done enough damage today." they both said.
She sighed and said "I guess you're right, but I still don't have a very good feeling about this."
Nee-san sat down and the rest of the Kazama Family decided to wait for Yamato to return.
Meanwhile…
"Note to self, don't break my arm ever again." I said to myself jokingly. "Okay, almost there, just a few more blocks."
I reach the Kawakami Temple, where Lu-sensei is out in the middle of the grounds, doing a small amount of cleaning.
"Oh, hi Yamato, what are you doing here?" asked Lu-sensei, the current assistant master at the Kawakami Temple.
"Oh, just needing medical treatment for a broken arm that was caused by Nee-san, that's all." I said.
"You're joking right?" Lu-sensei asked.
"I wish I was, this hurts like hell." I replied.
Lu-sensei walks up to me and inspects my left arm.
"Yeah, that's definitely broken." Lu-sensei said. "Come on; let's get you to Master Tesshin."
I walk with Lu-sensei to where Tesshin is.
"Master, we have a problem." Said Lu-sensei. "Naoe's here with a broken arm, and Momoyo was the one that caused it."
"Yeah, yeah okay." He said, uninterested.
"Hey Gramps, your granddaughter broke my arm." I said bluntly.
"Wait, what?!" said Tesshin, surprised.
"Take a look for yourself." I said.
Tesshin looks at my arm.
"That's broken alright, and pretty badly too." He said. "You're great friends with Momoyo, why did she do that?"
I tell him the story of the fight between the Kawakami Sisters.
"It may not have been the best idea, considering the nerves shut down earlier today when you had those five and Margit chasing after my ass." I said.
"Tell you what, I'll fix your arm if you come talk with me." Said Tesshin.
"Deal, but you have to fix my arm first; I can barely walk with the amount of pain I'm in right now." I said.
"Yeah, I'm surprised you're even standing with that bad of a fracture, she wasn't that far off from shattering your bone into pieces." He said.
"Damn that girl and her strength." I joked to myself.
"Kawakami Style Heal!" exclaimed Tesshin, and preformed his healing technique on my arm.
The pain immediately goes away and I can start to move my arm again.
"Don't stress it too much; it's still slightly damaged." said Tesshin.
"Well, the pain is gone, so I'm fine with not over-using it for a day or two." I said.
"Now come, we have to talk." said Tesshin.
"Alright, I'll keep my end of the bargain." I said and followed Tesshin.
"So, what's this about old man?" I asked.
"Don't call me old!" Tesshin exclaimed. "I want to talk to you about Momoyo."
"Is this about what happened at the Friday Gathering and with my arm?" I asked.
"Well, it sort of is." said Tesshin. "I know the situation you have with all of those girls from the Kazama Family."
"What, you mean the Kazama Harem I somehow got myself into?" I asked.
"Precisely, I think it will be better for the both of us if you pick Momoyo." He replied.
"Erm, I'd like to know the reasons why it benefits both of us."
"Well, if you pick one of the girls, wouldn't they stop bothering you as much?" He asked.
"That may be true for Chris, Wanko, and Mayucchi, but Miyako will never give up, and all it will do is cause hostilities, and I really don't want that." I said.
"That may be true, but can you not call what happened at your Friday Gathering hostilities between all five of those? If you pick Momoyo, it will only have hostilities between two people."
"I can see your point, but I can pick any girl I want and I'll only have hostilities between two people, and nobody will have any hostilities if I go out with Miyako, so why should I choose Momoyo?" I asked.
"Well, if she has a boyfriend, her battle libido won't build up, as all the stress of not fighting will be relieved when she's with her boyfriend; plus you're the only male that can really match up to her." Tesshin replied.
"I'm already her outlet for her battle libido, and are you saying that my intellect can equal Momoyo's strength?" I asked.
"If you think hard enough and you are serious enough, yes; I do believe that you can match her strength with your intellect and strategy skills, 2-F won the Kawakami War outnumbered two-to-one and with Momoyo on 2-S's side, am I correct?" He asked.
"I suppose you are right, but I really don't feel anything for her after the second time I got dumped." I replied.
"Wait, you've already asked her out twice?" asked Tesshin.
"Sure have." I replied.
"That makes more sense why you have no feelings left for her." Tesshin said. "I'm not forcing you or threatening you, but I think it will be the best for the both of us if you decide to go out with Momoyo. That is all." said Tesshin. "You are free to leave now; I have had my talk with you."
"I got one last question." I said.
"Yes? What is it?" Tesshin asked.
"Is this what you wanted to talk about earlier today and why you sent those five and Margit after me?" I asked.
"There were two reasons: one – to bring you back to school, and two – to talk to you, so partly yes, but I hear that didn't work and you managed to evade them for the whole day."
"Yeah I did, but my left arm went through hell." I said.
"Well, take care Naoe." Said Tesshin
"Yeah, you too old man." I replied.
"I told you to stop calling me old man!" exclaimed Tesshin.
I leave the Kawakami Temple and start heading towards the secret base again for the Friday Gathering when I look at my watch.
"19:30 (7:30 PM) eh?" I asked to myself. "I wonder what they're doing right now."
I arrive at the secret base about fifteen minutes later.
"Hey, I'm back." I said as I walked into the room.
I walk into an empty room.
"Huh, don't tell me the Friday Gathering is already over; I wanted to play some more Hold 'Em with Capt., Moro, and Gakuto." I said.
I notice Nee-san against the wall, passed out.
"Come on Nee-san, wake up." I said.
She didn't respond, but that's when I found Kawakami Water cans next to her.
"You're drunk off Kawakami Water, aren't you?" I asked the unconscious Nee-san, who didn't respond, of course.
I sighed and said "Can't just leave you here, come on now."
I pick her up and put her in the Fireman's Carry position.
"Damn you're heavy!" I exclaimed.
I carry her out of the secret base and slowly towards the Kawakami Temple.
Twenty-Five minutes later…
I arrive outside the Kawakami Temple.
"Whew, good thing I'm here, she's really starting to wear me down." I said to myself.
I walk into the Kawakami Temple courtyard, where Tesshin is there.
"Naoe, what are you doing to my granddaughter?" Tesshin asked.
"I went back to the secret base and she was against the wall unconscious from Kawakami Water, do I decided to bring her over here." I replied. "Where's her room?"
Tesshin points to the left and says "Down that hall, third door to the right."
"Alright, thanks old man." I replied.
"I told you to stop calling me old man!" Tesshin exclaimed.
I use the last bit of strength and carry her into her room and onto her futon.
"Damn Nee-san, you were heavy." I said to myself jokingly.
Nee-san starts to wake back up when I'm leaving the room
"Ugh, where am I?" Nee-san asked.
"You're in your room." I replied. "When I came back to the base you were unconscious, so I carried you back to your room, now goodnight Nee-san."
"Yeah, good night." She replies and lays back down on her futon.
I close the door to her room and exit the Kawakami Temple and start walking back to the Shimazu Dorm.
"Whew, that wore my ass out." I said to myself and started to use the last bit of my energy to walk back to the Shimazu Dorm.
I make it back with just enough energy left inside me to lay my futon and go to sleep.
"What an eventful d-" I try to say, but fall asleep before I can even finish my sentence.
End of Chapter 4
*A Full house is also called a "Boat" and a four of a kind beats a Full House, and "You sunk my boat!" is a common saying with poker players when someone with a Full House is beaten by a Four of a Kind.