Before we
start, I would just like to say that this story isn't intended to be
YukariNyamo, not that I have anything against it, but it doesn't fit
with the intended plot of this story.
Thank you for your
continued support.
"First period Gym! First period
Gym!" sang Tomo Takino as she skipped down the corridor. "Hey
Yomi, d'you think we'll get the pool today?"
The
bespectacled brunette walking beside her looked out of the window and
sighed at the fluffy, fluorescent grey clouds and the hard, damp
concrete of their high school's grounds."I doubt it..."
said Yomi as she gazed out at the freezing January mist. The two
friends walked in silence for quite a bit, the usually hyper Tomo
seeming subdued by something, maybe it was the weather, or perhaps,
having had stayed with her mother in Osaka for the past week, she was
just tired.
Ai Kanashima (the former Mrs. Takino) was a lovely
person, and perhaps it was her separation from Mr. Takino that had
made Tomo the way she was. Yomi remembered going to their house once
when she was younger, and when Tomo's life wasn't a high-speed,
caffeinated whirl...
Koyomi reached up to press the doorbell.
Tomo's mum had answered it, and was smiling a warm sunny smile down
at her.
"Oh... hello, Mrs. Takino. Is Tomo here?"
"Yes, she certainly is!" laughed Tomo's mother, "It's
such a nice day, isn't it, Koyomi-chan? Are you going to the park?"
Koyomi blushed. "Yes... I was cycling over," indicating the
red bicycle that stood on the pavement, "and I was wondering if
Tomo-chan would like to come too?" Yomi blushed harder, having
been a shy child. "Yes, that sounds like a brilliant idea!"
exclaimed Tomo's mum. "Please excuse me for a moment, I'll get
Tomo." Ai called up the stairs. "Tomo! Koyomi-san wonders
if you want to go to the park!"
"Oh, boy! Please wait
on me, Yomi-chan!" shouted the young Tomo from her bedroom. Yomi
giggled. Tomo hadn't been hyper back then, she could have been
described as more vibrant and imaginative.
Yomi heard the sound
of feet running down the stairs, then a loud crash! as Tomo took a
tumble. "Ouch..."
Eventually, a dazed Tomo appeared at
the door, hairbrush in one hand, fiddling with the belt on her jeans.
Then her mother appeared, handed a plastic bag to Yomi containing two
cans of lemonade, ham sandwiches, and some home-made biscuits, and
then bent down to fix her daughter's belt and brush her hair.
"On
you go, Tomo. Have fun you guys!"
"Oh look, here we
are already..." said Tomo, still in a sing-song voice. "We're
here, Miss Kurosa..." Tomo and Yomi's eyes met with the grey
ones of the substitute P.E. teacher, Yuko Mekeibu. Tomo and the
rather xenophobic Kagura's jaws dropped. "Crap, it's
gaijin-sensei!"
"Good morning, Class Three. I'm Yuko
Mekeibu and I'll be-"
"SAY SOMETHING IN ENGLISH!!"
screamed Tomo, and Kagura blushed and sweatdropped at the same time.
Their substitute looked quite startled.
"Er, hello, class.
My name's Yuko McCabe and due to the request of Miss Takino, this is
my English introduction. Would anyone care to translate that for me?"
Chihiro raised her hand. "Inoue."
"Hello to the
class. I am Yuko McCabe. The assignment by Takino-san is, my opening
speech of the English version." Miss McCabe seemed mildly
amused. "That's... close enough."
"Tanizaki-san?"
The vice-principal caught Yukari while she was hurrying down the
corridor. "Do you know why Kurosawa isn't in today?"
Yukari smiled in a vengeful way. "I think so..."
Nuts, I'm really bricking it with this story, huh? First I
say it's not yuri, then I dedicate most of the chapter to Tomo and
Yomi, then I end it with a cliffhanger again, and it's really short,
and pointless filler, too!!!
SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!! THE NEXT
CHAPTER WILL BE BETTER, I PROMISE!!!
