Rayquaza45: It's update time once again! I now bring you the fourth chapter of this crossover series that hasn't been done before (that I know of)!
This time around, Kyon meets someone we're all familiar with by now. What could happen?
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(Play: Maid Sama OP - My Secret)
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Chapter 4: Kyon goes to Maid Latte
(Monday at 3:00pm)
(Seika High School, Student Council Headquarters)
Misaki Ayuzawa, the president of the Seika High student council was diligently working at her desk. Signing papers, approving reading material and scheduling extra-curricular activities were all among her many responsibilities.
Later this week, the Seika High basketball team was scheduled to play a match against the basketball team of North High School, another high school a few miles away. It became Misaki's job to approve the timing suggested by the principals of Seika High and North High as well as to make sure the arrangements for the Seika High students to travel by bus to North High were taken care of.
With her signature on the travel form in approval, Misaki called on her vice president for the delivery.
"Shouichirou!"
"Yes!" A blue haired boy, Shouichiro Yukimura the vice president meekly exclaimed. "What can I help you with, Madame President?"
"Take this form to the principle and tell him the travel arrangements for our basketball team to get to North high have been taken care of." She instructed him.
"Yes ma'am!" He said as he took the form and ran towards the door as fast as he possibly could, before bumping into a familiar face, literally.
"Hello there." The tall blonde heartthrob of Seika High said in a debonair manner. "How are you doing today?"
"T…Takumi! I…uh…" The vice president stuttered.
"Oh, I see Misaki is working you hard as always." He said, noticing the paper in his hand. "Why don't you go on and finish it, wouldn't want you to get the president angry."
"Yes!" He exclaimed as he ran around Takumi and out the door as if his life depended on it.
"Takumi! I told you not to come to the student council room unless you have an issue to raise!" Misaki scolded him. "And what's with your attitude? Shouichirou's scared of you enough as it is."
It was true. Ever since he was jokingly kissed by Takumi as some part of an elaborate plot to get a rise out of Misaki, the vice president had always been afraid of the half Brit and regularly avoided him since he blushed like a teenage girl when he was around him. Some students have even commented that he gives off a feminine aura even though he's a guy.
"How's the work going, Misaki?" Takumi asked her, dodging her question.
"Hectic." Was her answer. "This basketball match against North High is a real headache. I've had to arrange the bus to take our students there even though I think that's outside my responsibilities as the president. Furthermore, we need to approve the budget for the new scoreboard!"
"Why do we need a new scoreboard?" He asked.
"Because the old one is outdated and looks like crap." A male voice answered from behind him.
When Takumi turned around, he saw a boy slightly shorter than himself standing there. He was in his uniform but wore a gray hooded sweater with the hood over his head in addition to a thick pair of sunglasses.
"Kanou, so you're here as well?" Takumi asked, acknowledging the presence of the former woman hater.
"I am." He said. "President, Yukimura wishes for me to inform you that he has delivered the form to the principle and has gone home, citing a fever as his reason."
"Well, as long as he did his work." Misaki reasoned. "That coward."
"You're not gonna punish him, Misaki?" Takumi wondered.
"I should be punishing you!" She angrily retorted.
Takumi started forming a devious smile. "I'm very willing to be punished by you."
"Idiot!" She angrily muttered to herself before turning her attention to her treasurer. "What's the budget for the ride to North High School?"
"The budget is well within our limits, Madame President." The student council treasurer replied.
"Oh, I apologize." Kanou said as he pulled out a book from his jacket.
The treasurer looked at the blue notebook with shock as if he'd seen a ghost. "This is…"
"It's the old accounts book I had to recreate!" Misaki exclaimed. "Kanou! Couldn't you have returned this a bit sooner?"
"Yes, Misaki." He humbly replied. "I apologize for taking the book away."
"Treasurer! Check up the new book of accounts and replace it with the corresponding information from this book where appropriate!" Misaki ordered.
The treasurer took the book. "Yes, Madame President."
"So Misaki, are you planning to attend the basketball match against North High?" Takumi asked.
"If I'm free this Thursday then I will definitely attend." She answered as she continued filling out forms.
Takumi sighed. "Well, I guess that'll do." He said as he exited the room.
In the area outside the Seika High School building, three male students were sitting in a circle drinking soda and watching the blue haired Ikkun draw pictures in his notebook.
"And this is what the North high kids are gonna look like after our basketball team trounces them!" He declared as he held up a sketch of a boy in a Seika High uniform knocking down a boy in a North High uniform.
"Yeah, we're gonna kick their asses!" Kurotatsu declared.
"They'll be so badly humiliated; they'll never show their faces at a basketball match again!" Shiroyan exclaimed.
"Yeah…humiliated." The brown haired boy said, putting down his can of soda.
"Huh? What's on your mind, Kurotatsu?" Shiroyan asked, knowing that Kurotatsu didn't often go into deep thought.
The brunette's eyes then got narrower. "I was watching an American show on the internet yesterday and found it quite fascinating." He explained.
"American? So it's in English, then." Ikkun reasoned.
"You understand English enough to watch shows in it?" The blonde asked.
"More or less."
"So what's it about?" Ikkun asked.
"It involved a really smart guy in high school, his older brother and his older brother's friend going to their school at night to guard their scoreboard from a rival school's players the night before a big basketball match." Kurotatsu explained. "Technically, the brother and his friend go guard the scoreboard but leave the little brother behind even though he seems to be the main character."
"I've never heard of any show like that." Ikkun commented.
Kurotatsu shrugged. "Well, it's never been on Japanese television but the stuff I saw was hilarious."
Shiroyan looked confused. "But I don't get it, what's the point in stealing a scoreboard?"
"If one school is to host another for a sports match, it'd be a disgrace to the host if it didn't have a scoreboard to keep track of the score." The brunette told him as he started snickering.
"What are you getting at?" Ikkun asked, noticing his tone.
"I'm saying we should steal the scoreboard from North High the night before the game!" He revealed. "We hit 'em where it really hurts!"
"I doubt they'll care about anyone stealing a scoreboard." Ikkun pointed out.
"Maybe not, but that's where the plan really begins." Kurotatsu laughed.
"Go on." Shiroyan gestured.
"Alright, get in and huddle." Kurotatsu said as he leaned forward.
"Just tell us, already." Shiroyan whined as he leaned forward as well.
"Alright, see my uncle knows a guy who owns a shop which makes uniforms for schools and…"
(Monday at 3:15pm)
(North High School, SOS Brigade Headquarters)
"Kyon! Are you listening!" Haruhi shouted.
"Yeah, yeah, I hear you."
Once again, Haruhi was spouting out random crap nobody really cares about, but somehow came back to the topic of our SOS Bridage Super Sentai day and she, once again, is telling me to go to the tailor shop I found and give them our material so they can make our costumes, much to my dismay.
"What are you waiting for!" She shouted.
"What! You want me to go now?"
"No I want you to go tomorrow." Her face started to look pretty sour. "Yes I want you to go now!"
"Come on, I'm tired!"
Haruhi then picked up a big bag and carried it in her arms, assessing the weight.
"Catch!" She exclaimed as she threw the bag at me.
From the moment I turned, I was doomed. I didn't see have a chance to react and though I caught the bag, I fell out of my chair from the force.
"Are you crazy?"
She flipped her hair. "So tell them we need five Super Sentai costumes in red, blue, green, yellow and pink. The red, pink and yellow should be designed for the female physique."
Well, technically red should be male but with Haruhi, logic is secondary.
"Oh, and tell them you'll be paying after they finish them." She reminded me.
"Can you tell me why I have to pay?"
"Because I'm the SOS BRIGADE CHIEF!" Damn she's loud. "And I said so!"
"How convincing."
"Just go." She said. "The sooner you drop those costumes off, the sooner we get them back."
Easy to argue with that logic, but I'll avoid doing that so as not to incur her wrath.
"Alright, I'm going."
With that I took the bag and walked out that door as Asahina, Koizumi and Nagato looked on silently.
(Monday at 4:25pm)
(Tailor Shop, The Next Town Over)
"So I can have these ready by Thursday evening." A middle aged man in a blue hat told me.
"Sure, I'll pay on pickup if that's alright."
"Sure," he said. "we have no issues with that."
"Great."
Just when I was about to leave, he called out to me.
"You know, this is the second set of Super Sentai costumes we're making this week." He said.
"Really?"
"We do a number of specialties." He explained. "But costumes like the ones you ordered are rarely asked of us, and to have two orders in one week is unusual. Is there some convention in town?"
"No, just the whim of crazy people."
"I guess if there were a convention, we'd be having even more orders." He reasoned.
"Hey, if you don't mind telling me, who ordered the other costume set?"
His face turned a bit remorseful then for some reason. "I'm sorry I can't divulge that information to you."
"It's fine I don't really-"
"But if you were to go down the street to an oddly decorated building, I'm sure you could find that business." He told me.
So first he can't tell me who ordered it and now he can?
Well, if it's a person I guess he should keep it a secret, but a local business, I guess the public may have a right to know. Or maybe they don't. Who cares?
"Thanks."
So now I'm walking down the roads of a town I don't think I've ever been to before to find a building which is oddly decorated so I can find out who ordered a set of Super Sentai costumes even though I don't honestly care.
This town had a bunch of people walking up and down the streets. Moms were holding their kids' hands and carrying grocery bags. Teenagers were holding hands. Three guys in green jackets and red ties were snickering to one another.
As I walk down this road, I think about the road of my life. If anything interesting is going to happen soon, if anything gets smashed, if someone gets their ass kicked, if someone-
"The heck?"
On the sidewalk was a sign with an arrow pointing to a building adjacent to it.
Maid Latte
Well, it is oddly decorated on the inside.
(Monday at 4:40pm)
(Inside 'Maid Latte')
"Welcome back, Master." Three girls said to me as I entered, bowing their heads.
The heck, what are they doing? Wait? Maid Latte is the name of this place? So everyone here dresses in maid outfits? Cosplay café! That's what this place is! They're the ones who ordered the costumes from that shop like the SOS Brigade did.
"May I show you to a seat, Master?" A maid with kinda-red hair asked me.
"Sure."
Admittedly, I'm a little uncomfortable with being called 'Master' but if that's the way they run this ship, who am I to complain?
She seated me in a table on the right side of the door, pretty close to the window. I could see the rest of the café from here. She left me with a menu and said I could take time to decide what I wanted. Honestly, I wasn't that hungry but after coming here, I guess it'd be rude not to have something. Maybe just one drink.
When I looked at the other side of the room, I noticed those same three guys in green jackets that I saw on the road sitting there. The three of them had their chins on the table and eyes closed, like they'd melted away or something.
As it turned my head, there was another maid with black hair smiling down at me.
"May I take your order, Master?" She asked me.
Wow, she's so cute! Am I drooling in my mouth? Damn it! Come on, Kyon, get it together!
"Sure." I said. "I'll have a cola."
"Will there be anything else?" She asked, her smile as heart-melting as before.
"Nothing." I told her.
"Very well then." She smiled. "Please wait with us a moment."
As cute as she was, that line made her look a bit like a robot. A robot with a rockin' body!
With all the maids around, I couldn't help but think about Asahina. No doubt, her maid outfit wasn't as neat as these girls' but I guess that's because the SOS Brigade has limited funds, or Haruhi couldn't be bothered to look for a better costume.
Just then, a tall blonde guy walked into the shop. He turned his head and looked at me, giving me kind of an angry look before he took off into the curtain separating the kitchen from the café. If he'd given me that look on the streets, I'd have punched him before he saw it coming.
Since he's going into the kitchen, he must have a job here and that's why none of the maids greeted him when he walked in. When he did walk in, those three guys in the green jackets took notice as well. They must know him from somewhere.
"Excuse me, Master."
It was her! She showed up in front of me twice without me noticing. She's like a ninja. A ninja with a rockin' body!
"Here is your drink." She said as she put a tall glass of fizzing black soda on my table. The straw in it was one of those coloured ones with an intricate design. There was even a lemon slice on the edge of the glass, for the sake of adding more flavour.
"Thank you."
"Is there anything else I can do for you, Master?" She asked, smiling once again.
Man, I'm so weak. But I'm gonna be broke if I stay here too much longer.
"No thanks, I'll just take the bill." I told her.
"Certainly." She said as she bowed and turned around and went back to the kitchen.
Strange. I've never heard of billing being done in the kitchen.
(Monday at 4:45pm)
(Maid Latte Kitchen)
"Misaki!" The teenage maid's boss and café owner, Satsuki, called out.
"Yes boss?" She turned away from the table where she was typing into a register.
"I dropped off the material at the costume shop this afternoon and they said it'll be done by this Thursday!" She said.
"That's good. So we'll be doing this 'Maid Ranger' event this Friday, then?" Misaki asked
"That right!" Satsuki exclaimed as she pumped her fist. "Let's get ready to rock!"
"Alright, boss." Misaki said as she turned around and finished keying in the information to the register which printed a bill. "I'll be there."
"I'll be there to watch you too, Misaki." The blonde cook said with his back turned to the girls.
"Oh Takumi, how are you?" Satsuki asked in an infatuated voice.
"Just get back to work!" Misaki told him.
At this, the half Brit teen turned around and created a multi-coloured aura around him.
"My only job is you, Misaki!" He said with the aura in the background making his face stand out.
"You perverted space alien." She angrily muttered as she left the kitchen.
(Monday at 4:47pm)
(Maid Latte Cafe)
Damn, I don't know what they do to their drinks here, but this cola is even better than the ones you get elsewhere. Maybe they have some secret ingredient they add to it. Coupled with the lemon, it makes for one sweet drink.
Just as I finished my drink, that cute maid came back with a book in hand.
"Here you are, Master." She said as she put the book on the table.
I opened it and noticed that it was a variety that was hollow and could be zipped up. Only the bill was inside, and said that for the drink and service tax, the amount to be paid was ¥189. It's a bit more than elsewhere but I guess for the good drink and beautiful girls in the area, it's an acceptable price.
I reached into my pocket and left something like ¥200.
"Thank you." I said as I prepared to leave.
"Please come again, Master." She said as she bowed.
I didn't really know if I was going to come back anytime soon given the distance from my house, but I'd be crazy not to ever come back. The beverages are great and I'd assume the food is as well.
I turned back and nodded just to be polite. She acknowledged it and smiled back at me, not turning because she seemed determined to see me as much as she could till I left. Is that out of affection or business policy? Maybe it's a bit of both?
So now I'm done with today's work and all I have to do is go home, call Haruhi and tell her I dropped the stuff off.
Then I'm going to sleep.
(Play: Haruhi Suzumiya End - Hare Hare Yukai)
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Next time: Chapter 5: Protect the Scoreboard at all costs! The Idiots Invade!
The Idiot Trio is planning something. What will the North High Students do to stop them?
Till next time.