Chapter 4: High School Blues
"Wake up! Rise and shine!" Utari slapped Kotori and Neko, yelling in their ears. Neko huddled under her blanket, and Kotori sat up, yawning.
"I'll rise but I just won't shine." said Kotori drowsily. Utari dumped a big glass of ice water on Kotori's head. Kotori jumped to her feet and ran out of the living room screaming.
"Shine!" Utari screamed with glee. She laughed like a half drunk half crazy man, before turning to Neko and ripping off her blanket. "Neko! Up!" She jumped on top of her and shook her.
"I'm retired from school.." Neko moaned. Utari sighed and lifted Neko over her head. Neko instantly woke up and struggled from Utari's grip. "Put me down Utari!" Utari did as she was told and dropped Neko. Utari lifted up Neko's head.
"You kissed the floor." Utari patted Neko's head. Neko growled and quickly jerked her mouth up and bit Utari's hand. Utari yelled and tried to break free of her teeth. Neko finally let go when Kyo stumbled into the living room.
"Would you two shut up!" He gave both of them one of his evil glares. He looked around the room, for the third girl. He stumbled against the back wall, so she couldn't sneak up on him. "Where's Kotori?" Utari and Neko looked blankly at him. "Talking to you two is like talking to a wall." He grumbled as he cautiously walked into the kitchen. He looked around, but found no sign of Kotori. As he opened the fridge to get his milk, he heard a loud clash in the bathroom. It was followed by a faint scream. It was Kotori's scream. He sighed then made his way over to the bathroom. He banged on the door a couple of times, but got no answer. "Kotori?" He began to open the door. "What did you do thi-." He was caught short of his breath. Kotori was sitting against the back wall. Her long hair was loose, and she wore only a towel. He stared mindlessly for only a few seconds then slammed the door shut. He was blushing madly. He said nothing else and walked away staring at the floor.
In the Living Room....
"Utari we need to get dressed, before we go to school!" Neko said.
"Oh right! We got our uniforms yesterday," Utari looked under her blanket, "Here they are! My black pants and shirt.......this is a boy's uniform!"
"Eww....Utari is a cross dresser!" Neko screamed, finding her blue top and mini skirt.
"Oh shut up...I just don't like wearing skirts that is all." Utari began to dress. Neko laughed.
"Good morni-!" Yuki walked into the living room as Utari and Neko were dressing. Both of them were laughing so they didn't notice him. He turned around and walked around that room and into the kitchen like a mindless zombie. There he saw Kyo, drinking his milk silently. Both of them were still red, and didn't say anything to each other. Suddenly Shigure's voice could be heard from the living room.
"Neko! Utari! You girls better hurry and get your clothes on, before someone sees you!" His voice was followed by his girlish laugh.
"Ahh! Shigure! Pervert!" Utari screamed, covering herself.
"Shigure! I'm hungry!....stupid button!" Neko said, trying to get one of her buttons fastened.
"Hear..let me help you with that!" Shigure said, but two fists came down on his head, before he could step into the living room.
"You'll do no such thing!" Yuki and Kyo yelled, not looking at Utari or Neko. They dragged him away.
"Oh Neko! I'm sorry! You'll have to find another person to help you with your button!" Shigure yelled. Utari finished dressing and fixed Neko's button. Now Utari was blushing as a tiny smirk grew across her face. That's when Kotori came stumbling out of the bathroom with a towel still around her body.
"Neko! Utari!.......I..." Kotori stuttered. Both Utari and Neko looked at her with anticipation for something drastic. Kotori blinked, then her expression went blank. "Oh never mind I forgot." Kotori skipped back to the bathroom. The other two did a face plant into the floor.
"Idiot..." Utari muttered.
"Sorry I woke up so late! I'll get started on breakfast." Tohru's voice could be heard from the kitchen.
"Oh that's alright Ms. Honda." Yuki replied.
"Yay Tohru! Now we can finally have a good meal!" Shigure sounded excited. Utari and Neko looked at each other. They had a tacit agreement that they would head on to school, and the Sohma's could enjoy a peaceful breakfast. Utari found a piece of paper and wrote a note. They laid it on the table, and headed out the door. They grabbed Kotori on their way out.
"Oh I almost forgot! Utari! Neko! Kotori! What would you......your not in here." Tohru searched the room. She found the note left on the table.
Dear um..whoever find this,
Me, Neko, and Kotori went on a head to school. We remember the way from yesterday so don't worry about us. We'll meet you at school. Enjoy your peaceful breakfast!
Peace, Love, and Crabs!
Utari
"Where are they?" Kyo asked, walking in behind Tohru.
"They went on to school." Tohru said quietly. She went back to the kitchen, and finished making breakfast.
At School.......
"Hey what class did you two get in?" Kotori asked as they entered the high school campus.
"Hmm..I'm in class....2-D! That's the class with Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo!" Neko did a little dance.
"Hey wow, I'm in class 2-D also. Sweet." Utari joined Neko in her dance. Kotori looked in her folder for her class.
"Aww...I'm in class 3-D! I'm going to be all alone!" Kotori cried like a little girl. Neko and Utari ran over to her hugged her.
"It's ok little Kotori! We'll talk to you in between classes, and you can find us some cute high school boys to flirt with." Utari winked at her. Kotori nodded.
"Lonely......Oh well! I'll try to make a good first impression!" Kotori yelled. Neko and Utari joined in her joy, and they ran past all the other kids and went to find their classrooms. They were laughing and joking in the hallways when they were stopped by one of the student council representatives.
"Excuse me!" He shouted. They turned around and gawked at him. He was tall, with short brown hair and big nerdy glasses. "You three must be new here! I am Vice President Konan Mudo! And I'm here to straighten out some issues with you three. For the first thing, you two..." He pointed to Kotori and Utari. "You're wearing a boy's uniform! And you're wearing half a boy's uniform!" Utari and Kotori scanned each other. Utari was wearing a boys uniform, and Kotori was dressed in the top of a girl's uniform, but she wore pants.
"They don't like wearing skirts!" Neko jumped in front of them, as if protecting them from some evil monster. Konan looked down at her and blushed.
"Well, you must be Neko, umm..." He looked down at the papers he had in his hand. They the records for the three girls, "Matashichi! Neko Matashichi!" They had to lie about their names, and other information to get into the school.
"Yes that'd be me." Neko giggled.
"Well you are they only one who is following the dress code! I suggest you two follow her example."
"Hey! They can dress however they want!" Neko shouted. Konan straightened his glasses.
"There is a dress code!" Utari punched Konan.
"Let's go people, I don't wanna listen to him." Utari muttered walking away from him. Kotori and Neko followed her. As they turned to go downstairs, Yuki, Kyo and Tohru appeared from a different entrance. They found Konan lying on the ground with a bloody nose, twitching.
"What the hell happened to you?" Kyo asked standing in front of him.
"Konan! Oh my gosh! We need to get you to the nurse!" Tohru knelt down by his side and held him up.
"Konan what happened?" Yuki quietly asked.
"He looked up and Yuki; his eyes were wide and blood trickled down his mouth. "The red hair! Blazing eyes! She punched me!" Konan screamed like a possessed little boy.
"Who?" Yuki asked.
"U...Utari! Matashichi!" He fell over on Tohru's shoulder. Yuki and Kyo nodded at Tohru. She would take him to te nurse, and Kyo and Yuki would go find Utari, Neko and Kotori.
"Dammit! These girls are causing more trouble then Haru and Momiji!" Kyo complained as him and Yuki hurried down the hall. Yuki didn't say anything, but concentrated on finding them. He didn't feel like fighting with Kyo at the moment. They headed down the stairs and passed two hallways. When the reached the "D" hallway, they found them talking near a window. Both of them were shocked at Utari's and Kotori's clothes.
"Ms Kotori! Ms Utari! What in the world are you wearing!" He said when they got closer to them
"I'm not gonna wear a skirt and those flimsy little shirts." Utari pouted.
"I just don't like wearing the skirts! So I found some pants." Kotori replied.
"You need to wear the right clothes." Kyo scolded them.
"But they aren't comfortable in the uniforms they are supposed to wear!" Neko ran up to Yuki and Kyo. "They shouldn't force people to wear things the don't feel comfortable in! I goes against all the rights of people! They rights to life! Liberty! And the pursuit of happiness!" Neko shouted down the hall, throwing her hands in every direction.
"Ok Neko we don't need a history lesson." Utari muttered.
"Oh..well..yes," Neko coughed, "carry on then."
"You three are going to get kicked out of school, you punched the damn vice president!" Kyo said. Utari fluttered her eyes and acted innocent.
"Oops...he was just being so mean." She held her hands behind her back and drew little imaginary circles with her foot. Moments later the bell rang.
"Well let's go to class. Utari, Neko you two come into the class with us. Kotori you're right next door." Yuki said urging them to their class.
"We'll see you later Kotori!" Neko waved.
"You won't forget about me!" Kotori yelled back.
"Never! You'll be in my mind always!"
"Always and forever!" They reached for each other. Utari grabbed the collar of Neko's shirt and drug her into the class room. "No! Don't taketh my lover!" Kotori screamed in a screeching voice. Neko waved sadly and the door was shut in Kotori's face. She stood in the hallway all alone. She looked to the door of her classroom. She could hear voices of people laughing. She thought of her lonely self and looked at the ground. "I'll be all by myself....oh well! La, la, la!" Kotori skipped over to the door and slammed it opened. "Greetings my minions!" Kotori stood with her hands on her hips in the doorway. Every other student stopped what they were doing and stared at her. Kotori listened to some of their whispers. The boys saying she was cute, and the girls saying she was a nutcase. The teacher looked up from her desk and smiled.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is our new student. Her name is Kotori Matashichi. Please treat her kindly." She walked over to Kotori and shook her hand. Then she looked around the classroom and pointed to an empty desk for her to sit in. "Mr. Nisuki!" The teacher called out to one of the boys sitting in the back. He waved his hand, and the teacher pointed to the desk next to him. She walked over to him and bowed. She sat down and had a big smile on her face. Except for the one boy she was surrounded by girls.
"So Kotori..where are you from?" The girl to her left asked. She was had short blond hair and bright grey eyes.
"Far away." Kotori said.
"How far?"
"Very far."
Another teacher walked into the classroom. He walked to other teacher's desk and whispered something in her ear. She shook her head then stood up and faced the class. "Class you have to excuse me for a few minutes. Please stay quiet and read page 45 of your book." She quickly walked out of the class. The students moved around the class. One of the guys went behind the girls and patted her rear end.
"Kira! You pervert!" She screamed, swinging her fist at him. He laughed and ran to the other end of the room with his friends. The girl that had questioned Kotori earlier sighed.
"Boys these day. Not any decent ones. Right Kotori?" Kotori smiled and laid the back of her hand on her head.
"Not a single decent man to be found." She stood up and sat on her desk.
"Umm Kotori?" The blond girl asked.
"Hope you like singing." Kotori said as the class quieted down, and stared at this strange girl.
"Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods?" Kotori began singing. The class gathered around Kotori, listening.
"Where's the street wise Hercules to fight the rising odds." She slowly slid off her desk and walked to the center of the crowd. "Isn't there a white knight, upon a fiery steed, late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need." She did a spin and lowered her gaze to the ground. Most of the other girls had gotten into the song, and they picked up the tune, and became the background singers for Kotori. And so the musical began.
(Girls) Ahhhhhhh Ahhhhhh!
(Kotori gets faster) "I need a hero! I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night. He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from the fight." She stood on top of her desk and began dancing. "I need a hero! I''m holding out for a hero 'til the morning light! He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon and he's gotta be larger than life....larger than life." At this point all the boys stood from their desk and grabbed one of the girls to dance with. Amazingly they all were in step and on cue. Kotori continued to dance on her desk.
(Long musical part) All the boys grabbed their female partners, and twirled them and did a modern style tango.
(Kotori) "Somewhere after midnight, in my wildest fantasy, somewhere just beyond my reach There's someone reaching back for me!" She put more soul into her dancing "Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat, it's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet!"
(All the girls) I need a Hero!
(Kotori) "I''m holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night! He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from the fight. I need a hero! I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light, he's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon and he's gotta be larger than life." Kotori jumped off her chair, and tripped. She kissed the floor, but quickly got back to her feet.
(Another long musical part) Most of the girls danced again with their male partners. A couple of the boys grabbed Kotori and began dancing with her. Now they did a tango/river dance mix. As they were dancing Kyo walked into the class room. Next door, they had heard something and Kyo was sent to check it out. He walked in and was immediately taken away by another girl. He pushed her away and ran to a corner o the room where he was safe. He didn't know where the music was coming from, or why they were dancing.
"What the hell are you people doing?" He screamed but they ignored him and continued their dance. As the music picked up speed, everyone gathered around a single desk Kyo watched them wondering what was attracting them. Then Kotori jumped on the desk and began singing and dancing again.
(Kotori) "Up where the mountains meet the heavens above! Out where the lightning splits the sea! I would swear that there's someone somewhere watching me! Through the wind and the chill and the rain! And the storm and the flood, I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood!"
(Everyone) "Like a fire in my blood! Like a fire in my blood! Like a fire in my blood! Like a fire in my bloooooooood!"
(Yet another musical part) This time Kotori got thrown into the dance. She found herself a tall young man with spiky black hair. He twirled her then knelt her back. All the others followed her example. They did another version of a modern day tango.
(Everyone) "Hero!" (A shorter musical part) All the boys pushed the girls into other boys.
(Kotori) "I need a hero!"
(Everyone including Kotori) I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light!
(Kotori) "He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon, and he's gotta be larger than life!" Kyo watched them all with embarrassment and amazement. A slower musical part came on and all the students aligned so that there was a straight path from Kotori to Kyo. Kotori ran to him and forced him into the middle of the crowd. He took her hand and they danced. Kyo didn't enjoy it very much.
(Everyone) "Ohhhhhhhhhh!.....Hero!"
(Kotori) "He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from the fight! I need a hero!" The song ended with every girl being spun into the arms of a guy. Kotori got inches away from Kyo's face. Kyo let go of her and dragged her into the hallway. Everyone was clapping at whistling at Kotori's performance.
"Thank you! Thank you! My adoring fans! You'll are such wonderful dancers!" She laughed as she was being drug out. Kyo slammed that classroom door.
"What the hell did you think you were doing!" He said
"I was dancing!" Kotori started to sway back and forth. Kyo stopped her.
"You idiot! You know that's a class disturbance! You could get expelled for that!"
"Aw...you know you enjoyed it Kyo!"
"I did not! You could've gott-......why do I even care! It would be better if you weren't here!"
Kotori lowered her eyes. "You really not like me Kyo?" He turned away from her, and tried to clam down.
"You need to act right. That's all. If you don't then me and Yuki and Shigure have to deal with it." Kotori started laughing softly. Kyo thought she was crying. He turned back around. She had her hands over her eyes. "Oh! Crap...don't..." He sighed. Kotori looked up with a happy face. It shocked Kyo.
"Kyo you care about me! See you do love me! Kyo! Kyo! Kyo!"
"What the hell? I never said that!" Kotori jumped on top of him and hugged him. "Get off of me!" Neko peeked her head outside and grinned. "Hey! Keep it PG-13 you two!" She giggled.
"Aw! Neko! I didn't want it to be PG-13!" Kotori laughed back. Yuki appeared from behind Neko. "Kotori, please let go of Kyo." He said in his usual calm voice. "What was going on the that classroom Kyo?"
"Stupid Kotori turned it into a theater! She had the whole class singing and dancing. They even had music playing." Kyo replied.
Yuki looked confused. "Long story Yuki...the magic of Kotori!" Kotori said.
"Better bring Kotori into this classroom till the teacher gets back." Neko suggested. Yuki sighed then stood to the side of the door. "Come on Kotori....you'd better stay with us."
"What no! She'll turn our classroom into the next parade!" Kyo protested. Yuki shot him a glare that said 'Shut up or I'll knock you through the roof' They all walked into the classroom. Their teacher had left also, but that class just talked. No musical. Utari sat in the corner. Neko mentioned that she was being anti-social. So for a while they left Utari alone, and talked with Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki. Soon both the teachers came back. Kotori snuck into her room. All went well until lunch.
Lunch.....
"Utari you've been anti-social all day!" Neko rolled ver to Utari. Utari rasied her eyebrow at Neko.
"I just don't feel like talking." Utari pushed Neko away.
"Hey Utari! Neko! Come and meet two more Sohma's that go here." Tohru said grabbing Neko's hand.
"Tohru! Utari is being anti-social!"
"Oh..well if want to come and meet them, then..." Her voice drifted away.
"I'll meet them later..." Utari said. A man with white and black hair walked into the classroom. Utari eyes lit up. "I'm not anti-social no more!"
"Oh! This is Hatsuharu Sohma! He's the ox!" Tohru said.
"Hello." He said
"Hi! I'm Utari!" She turned to Tohru and whispered. "Is he single?"
"Well um he likes Yuki."
Utari was speechless. "I'll show him the ways of the straight world!" She declared. She ran over to him and started talking to him. Eventually she punched him and they got into a play fight. Utari won. Momiji then came into the picture. He clung to Neko. They seemed to get along very well. They were sad when they had to leave each other. Momiji promised that he would visit, which didn't make Kyo very happy.
After School.........
The Sohmas and Tohru had gone down the hall to get something. Neko went with them and Kotori was still doing some things in her classroom. Utari sat alone in the classroom since after Haru left she became anti-social again. She was daydreaming about many things. Her family and friends. How they were ever going to get back. After while she got bored of her thoughts, and quietly sang to herself. "I see a red door, and I want it painted black..." From the corner of her eye, she caught glimpse of something red. She quickly turned her head and saw the red closet door. An evil smile grew on her face. She crawled out of her chair and opened the closet. Inside was a quart of black paint. She took it, and a big paint brush out. Utari opened the paint and stuck the paintbrush in it. "Painted! Painted....painted black! Oh black as night! Black as coal!" She laughed as she painted the red door. She didn't notice the teacher walk in the door. He heard Utari and saw her painting the door like a crazy person with a paintbrush...which was what she was.
"I see my red door and it's headed into black!" The teacher walked up behind her and coughed. Utari stopped painting and turned around and looked up at him.
"Ms Utari...what do you think you are doing?"
"Uh...what the voices in my head tell me to do...." She tried to look innocent.
"That is destruction of school property..you should be severally punished, but since you are new here, I'll just give you detention. You'll serve it today. Go sit!"
"But Mr Lito! I was just-!"
"Sit!" He cut her off.
"I'll have my revenge Mr. Lito...and I know just what to do." She mumbled to herself as she sat at her desk. Five minutes later, Mr Lito left to use the restroom and Kotori walked in.
"Utari! Let's go!"
"I can't I'm in detention!" Utari yelled.
"Oh...what did you get detention for?"
"Never mind that! This isn't right! Giving a new student detention on her first day!"
"Right! Injustice!"
"I should have my revenge!"
"Yay!"
"I know just what to do!"
"Yay!"
"Kotori you have a mission!"
"Yay!"
"You must go the store!"
"Yay!"
"And get me.......!" Utari whispered what she wanted in Kotori's ear.
"Yay-!.....Wait a minute!" She looked at Utari funny. "What are planning to do with it?"
"Go!" Utari slammed her hands on the desk. Kotori grimaced
"Don't hurt yourself!" Utari scowled at her. "I'm going!" She ran out of the room. As she was running down the hallway she found Neko. "Neko! We gotta go to the store!" She grabbed Neko hand and continued running, pulling Neko with her. "We'll be back!" Yuki and Kyo just walked away, and Tohru didn't have time to ask anything.
10 minutes later......
"Utari we're back!" Kotori yelled running into the room. The teacher wasn't back yet.
"Wow that was fast...did you get "it"?" Utari asked.
"Yes I did!" Kotori smiled, and Neko was clueless.
"What did we get?" Neko asked. Utari got the small container out of the bag.
"You got a bottle of revenge." She took three pills and grinded them into powder. The teacher walked back in.
"You two don't talk to her! Utari is in detention." He said setting down his coke on his desk. He stopped by the vending machines on the way back. Utari kicked Kotori's leg. Kotori knew what to do. Neko took a seat and watched them. Kotori walked over to Mr. Lito and started asking random questions.
"Mr Lito how long have you been teaching?" He looked at her funny.
"5 years." He answered. While Kotori had him distracted, Utari slipped over to Mr Lito's drink. She carefully opened the cap and poured the powder into the coke. A couple times Mr. Lito almost turned around, but Kotori made sure he didn't. When Utari made it back to her desk, Kotori thanked him and ran back over to Neko. They watched him as he took a drink from his coke. He made a funny look on his face. "This coke taste a little funny." He commented but continued drinking. Kotori and Neko went to the back of the room, away from Utari. Neko clapped her hands as Mr. Lito finished his drink. It would take another five minutes for the "revenge" to take effect. Five minutes was all that was left of Utari's detention. Soon that time passed. Mr. Lito began checking the three girls in his room. He shook his head and looked away from them. Utari grinned and stood up from her chair. He looked at her as she did. Utari played with her hair a little bit, then bent over to pick up her bag. Mr. Lito groaned and looked away from her. Kotori and Neko joined Utari. Kotori sat down on the desk crossing her legs. She licked her lips since they were dry, but Mr. Lito took it the wrong way. Then he stared at Neko in her mini skirt. The three girls heard a loud clash. Mr. Lito slammed himself against the desk moaning loudly.
"Get out. Please. You can go." He said.
"Are you sure Mr. Lito?" Utari said in a sultry voice, while undoing the top two buttons of her shirt. He backed away from his desk.
"Please go." He tried to stay calm. Utari wasn't going to let him off so easily. She gathered her things and walked over to him.
"It's getting hot in here." She leaned over his desk.
In the background Kotori and Neko began singing. "It's getting hot in here....so take off all your clothes." Utari shot them and evil glare. Utari bent over further, where Mr. Lito could see down her black shirt, but from the little brown bag in her arms, the white bottle rolled out on his desk. Kotori and Neko stared at each other in shock. Utari looked at Mr. Lito and smiled a stupid grin. He stood up from his desk.
"You three are expelled! For three days! You three are not to come to school!" He backed up against the wall and Utari, Kotori and Neko ran out into the hall. Outside Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru were waiting for them. They stared at them wondering what they had done now. Mr. Lito stood at his door and yelled at them in the hallway.
"Next time you three do that, you wont be returning to this high school!" He slammed his door. The three girls laughed hysterically.
"Tohru faced them." Um...what did you do? Why did he expel you?" She looked worried. They could hear him yelling all the way into the hall.
Kotori and Neko laughed harder, and Utari caught her breath. "We just played a harmless trick."
"What?" Yuki asked.
"We spiked his drink with Viagra!"
Yay! I'm done! Sorry it took so long! Should I continue writing on this story? Tell me what you think. Kotori, Neko and Utari will be getting more involved with the Sohma's now that they are expelled.
And FYI....for those that don't know what Viagra is it's a "male enhancement" pill.