- A Beautiful Tomorrow - An Ambient Generation
. . . The Turn Around . . .
I updated as soon as I could I hope some of you like this fast update of mine. The dance will be in a few more chapters, I'm trying to make this story more in-depth than other high school fics. So be patient with this! Naniwa being the coach for Martial Arts team is pretty lame, but I didn't know who else. Enjoy!
Yuri shook out his damp hair from his sweaty face, falling on all fours and panting.
"THAT'S GREAT, YURI! KEEP IT UP!" The teacher for the Martial Arts class, Naniwa yelled.
The younger man merely nodded, too exhausted to reply.
"EVERYBODY HIT THE SHOWERS! YURI GETS ONE OF THE FIRST SHOWERS! MAKE S-U-R-E YURI GETS A STALL!"
Yuri allowed two of his other peers to help him to his feet.
He sank onto a bench the minute they entered the locker rooms.
"Conrad! Do me a favor and work on your kick!" Mr. Kawashima called.
Nicholai nodded slowly. "Yes, sir."
Yuri smirked before removing his shirt. Waiting for Naniwa to leave, he slammed his locker shut.
A few boys headed for the showers.
"MAKE SURE HYUGA GETS A STALL!" Naniwa yelled again before finally leaving.
"Hey Conrad," Yuri walked up to him and lay a hand on his shoulder. "This is your last chance. I mean it. If you screw up at the tournament on Saturday, you're off. Got it?" he squeezed his shoulder painfully.
Nicholai flushed, turning red with anger. "It's not your decision, Hyuga." He muttered before continuing to take off his shirt.
Yuri raised an eyebrow. "In case you forgot, I am the leader, I AM the best fighter." He narrowed his eyes before laughing. "You Conrad don't exactly count."
Nicholai clenched his teeth. "We'll see."
Yuri backed away, grinning. "Sure we will. Miss a hit and your ass is out."
He turned away and started walking to take a shower before turning around again.
"By the way, Conrad. We don't date freaks. Get it through your head." He disappeared into the shower room.
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"So, how was your day today?" Mrs. Elliot asked her daughter that evening. She had taken them out to a Chinese restaurant to get away from the house.
Alice pushed her egg roll around her plate. "It was okay." She said quietly.
Mrs. Elliot smiled encouragingly. "Anything interesting happen today?"
Alice paused. "Yes."
"And that is..?"
She cleared her throat awkwardly and looked her mother in the eye. "I was asked to the dance today. It's next Friday." She waited patiently and looked down.
Mrs. Elliot was surprised. "Are you sure you're ready?"
Alice glanced back up at her. "What do you mean?"
Her mother shrugged. "You just never have been on a date before. You wouldn't know what to do."
"It's not a date mom." Alice said quickly.
Mrs. Elliot laughed. "It's a date. HE'S your date. That means you only dance with him. Unless. He lets you dance with someone else, of course."
Alice anxiously looked at her mother. "But I don't know how to dance!" she blurted.
Mrs. Elliot laughed again. "It's not that hard. You'll catch on. Eventually."
"And I also have to wear a dress right?" Alice continued desperately.
"Not a dress. A formal gown." Her mother corrected her, "We can arrange that. I gave you some money right?"
"I bought some skirts though."
"Skirts that cost $500.00?"
"No!"
Mrs. Elliot nodded, "Go to the mall and get a dress. But remember; a DECENT dress. Because women-"
"-keep their dignity." Alice sighed, "I know."
"Maybe you should ask the guy who's taking you first." Mrs. Alice suggested. "Ask him what color to wear."
"It's his decision?"
"No, but you don't exactly know either right?"
"No, he's just going to tell me to wear any color."
"You sure?"
"Yes." Alice said nervously, but making a mental note to ask him anyway.
Mrs. Elliot smiled. "Okay. Who is the guy anyways?"
"Oh his name is Nicholas-I mean Nicholai. Nicholai Conrad." Alice explained. "He's on the Martial Arts team for our school."
"Alright. Just make sure I get to meet him. See what he's like." Mrs. Elliot said.
Alice nodded.
Great, now she had another problem.
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"Hey,"
Alice turned around as she walked down the school's large main hallway.
Nicholai was striding towards her down the hall, that next morning. "Wait up, Al!"
Alice blinked. "Umm."
He flashed her a sincere smile. "So how've you been?"
"Pretty good." She responded steadily, "How about you?"
"Great. Real great." He gave her another smile. "You heard about the tournament tomorrow night?"
Alice bobbed her head gently, "Yes…"
Nicholai fell in step with her. "So… you coming?"
Alice was taken aback. "To the tournament?"
"Yeah. It'll be fun." He insisted.
She bit her lip, "I don't know."
"Please come? Just watch to game." He urged. "You can-you can cheer me on." His blush showed upon his pale face.
Alice giggled. Whoa that was weird. She hadn't heard herself laugh for so long.
"So you coming?" he asked again.
The girl shrugged. "Maybe."
His grin widened. "That's good enough for me. See ya Al."
She watched him walk away.
Alice didn't know why, but she felt weird every time he called her Al. She wondered why he was already nicknaming her. It wasn't as if they had anything going on.
She sighed and continued walking down the hall.
She didn't think she'd ever get it.
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Alice unwrapped her PB&J sandwhich and took a bite, savoring the sticky taste.
"Hey Ali." Kurando slid into a seat before her.
She swallowed. "Hello Kurnado, how are you?" She hadn't spoken to him in a long time.
"On Monday and Friday next week the Science fair downtown is starting." He pushed up his glasses. "Do you want to come with me? I want to submit my newest creation in the contest."
Alice wrinkled her nose. "Monday AND Friday?"
Kurando nodded earnestly. "For those who miss the Monday fair get the FRIDAY fair! What do you say? After school on Monday you coming with me?"
Alice apologetically shook her head. "Sorry Kurando. Can't."
"Why? We HAVE to go!" He insisted. "We ALWAYS go!"
"I can't. I have something else to do."
"But we ALWAYS go." Kurando wailed.
"I'm sorry, Look Kurando, I didn't even get my project together for this year. What am I supposed to enter?"
The black haired boy shrugged. "I don't know…" He mumbled.
Alice didn't know what to say. "I-"
"I KNOW!" he shouted excitedly.
She jumped as half of the cafeteria glanced at them.
"Shhh!" She chastised, "What?"
"I know!" He cried again, but more quietly. "We'll go together on the FRIDAY fair! You should have time then to get together a project! Eh, are you free then?"
Alice bit her lip. "I'd love to go with you Kurando." She said honestly. "But I'm um. well. I uh, I'm sort of going to the dance."
His jaw fell off his face.
"WHAT?!" he gasped.
She shrugged. "Yeah. Some guy named Nicholai Conrad asked me-"
"Some guy?" Kurando repeated, "Nicholai Conrad is on the school's Martial Arts team!"
Alice looked at him curiously. "Aren't you going?"
Kurando chuckled bitterly and stood up abruptly. "Yeah.. right.." He mumbled. "See ya Ali." He shuffled away, head down.
Alice felt a pang of pity. She knew exactly how it felt to be left out. "Kurando!" She called to him. "I'll go to the fair with you instead, if you want me to."
He turned around and shook his head. "No, it's fine. I don't want you to graduate from high school without ever going to a dance. Have fun." He said sincerely.
Boy, Alice really hated herself. "Well what about you?" she demanded.
Kurando raised an eyebrow.
"C'mon Alice, you think I'd ever get a chance? You're very pretty. Your status at school just changed because homeless people started living with you. Before that happened, you were once a NORMAL person. Not a freak, definitely not a geek. Me? I've always been a geek. And I don't exactly strike a person handsome."
Alice frowned. "You're so stupid to believe all that. Get a grip of yourself, Kurando! You are NOT ugly-"
"You HAVE to be joking, Elliot!" A voice said loudly, from behind them.
They both whirled around.
Alice inwardly sighed. Who else but Yuri?
The bastard smirked at them.
"You were saying that, Inugami over here isn't ugly?" he said, raising his voice loud enough for everyone to hear.
Yuri laughed darkly. "No, he isn't ugly. He's hideously deformed."
Kurando went bright red as everyone laughed and turned away to leave.
Anger pumped into Alice's veins. What was Yuri's problem?
She crossed over Kurando and blocked his way. He stared at her in surprise.
"Yes, Yuri I was telling him he wasn't ugly." She said, facing Yuri, raising her chin defiantly and struggling to keep her voice steady. "Do you mind?"
Yuri's lips bent into a sneer. "Yep. I fucking do mind. You got a problem with that, freak?" He narrowed his eyes challengingly.
Alice opened her mouth.
Say something! She told herself.
What?
Anything!
"Whatever," she turned and walked out the lunchroom.
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Yuri furiously pounded on the PS2 controller. "DAMN YOU JIN!" he yelled.
His stupid 14 year old half sister tutted loudly behind him.
"C'mon." he muttered, eyes focused on the T.V. "COME ON!!"
Anastasia looked up from her homework, frowning. "Get a life, Yuri. It's only a game." She rolled her eyes.
"Fuck it." He snapped back.
She tsk-tsked before going back to her homework.
Yuri kept punching the controller, making Jin do crazy moves, which made him lose.
A big GAME OVER flashed on the screen.
Yuri violently hurled the controller away.
"YURI!" Anastasia cried. "Are you CRAZY!?"
"Psycho." He muttered, getting up just as his mother entered the den, camera at hand.
"Yuri-honey!" She cooed, "It's time for a few pictures before your big tournament!"
He glanced at the time before rolling his eyes. "Mom, the tournament's in like, 5 hours. It's only 3 right now."
"Still!" Mrs. Hyuga insisted, "You should be practicing!"
Yuri made a face, "Chill out. I ALWAYS practice. And anyways, I NEVER miss a hit."
Anastasia snorted from behind them. "Don't brag."
He smirked. "Why do you think they made me the lead instructor of the team? Simple. Cuz I'm the best fighter." He boasted.
Anastasia stood up and stalked out of the room, her faithful textbook under her arm.
"FREAK!" he yelled after her.
Yuri shook his head. It was scary how his own sister reminded him of Alice.
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Alice sighed. "So, should I go?"
Mrs. Elliot nodded. "Absolutely! Go out and have fun, after all. It's only a fighting tournament."
She shrugged. "But I'm not even interested in Martial Arts."
"He wants you to be there." Her mother reminded her.
"Well HE wants a lot of things." Alice said. "I promise mom, it's weird. Every time I tell him no, he begs me until I change my mind."
Mrs. Elliot glanced at her. "Well maybe he really likes you."
"No." Alice shook her head, "I don't think so. It seems like. Like obsession. I know it sounds dumb, but it's just what I think." She quickly added.
Mrs. Elliot nodded. "Just give him a chance. If he blows it, it's over."
"How is he going to 'blow it'?" Alice demanded, confused.
Her mother studied her for a second. "You'll know."
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Sorry, sorry, sorry! This chapter was kinda rushed but I had to write it so the next part would make sense. I didn't have too much fun writing this except that most of you are probably pissed off at Yuri for calling Kurando that. Hahaha.
And yes Anastasia is Yuri's half sister, she had to be in there somewhere, I think she seems to fit the part very well. And this is AU so Mrs. Hyuga and Karin are… ARE NOT… ya know. And I just had to make Yuri play Tekken it looks so funny. XD
And I'm sorry I think I missed some reviewers last time… I was in a hurry and I messed up my after chapter comments. I apologize to whoever I forgot. Now I'll do this more carefully and I won't miss anyone!
Angelic Kamaria – Look I bet you are surprised to this so soon. Hope you enjoy it. Peace!
Tiger5913 – Hey hun. I haven't heard from you forever, you didn't die did you? Omg, I'm worried! Haha.. and the dance will come up soon, don't worry a few more chapters and the dance will take place! Yes Yuri is an ass. I bet you're really really pissed at what he said to Kurando. XD He should be digging his own grave by now. Can't wait for more of my gift fic, c'ya later!
Roxsheena – Hi I think you'll hate Yuri again… :P And I'm glad you think this is great, I love it when people say things about my work cuz I always think it's lame! Hehehe. Ooooh another big Yuri Hyuga fan. Me too! We can both be his biggest fans! - cuddles Yuri doll along with her new trusty sidekick Roxsheena -
llYuniell – Sorry about the last chapter I put your review there instead of... Someone else's. oops!! Everyone hates Yuri this is great. I don't think you'll hate him later though and if you still do... man, you're evil. :P
Asnee – lol, you're review was weirdly funny. Veronica's boobs are filled with undying malice. Malice indeed. Poor Joachim.
CrazyRedNeck – Yours was funny too. Don't worry Nicholai will be out of the scene maybe. MAYBE.
confused deranged person – Thank you! Don't know what else to say, Thanks!
Pyaara Wala – Eeeeh hope you're not mad. The dance won't arrive yet. I'm gonna hide, you may hit me!
Bella – Hiya Bella! I bet you want to pound Yuri in the ground or torture him with voodoo by now. Who knows when he'll stop being a jerk? I cannot say. Hehe There's a reason way Nicholai is stalking Alice, don't worry you'll see soon hopefully. And I was thinking of making Veronica a school secretary since she is older in the game. But I decided she would be the fake boob girl at school. And… that'd be creepy if she was 30 and a 12th grade student. XD
Oh and hunny, I did give Lucia a part! Don't worry! She's one of my fav characters so… I have hers planned out. I don't know if it will be a big role or not but she's definitely in it. And Alice with her torn skirts, well that's just the way she is but there may be a small chance of a reason she's doing it. You'll find out later. There ya go I answered you're questions the best I could at this time. Taa taa!
JacobAlvarez - Wow even the guys reading this hate Yuri. EVERYONE HATES YURI! I must have really done a good job… that'd be spine-chilling if someone were to cheer him on. Oo Yuri won't be nice anytime soon, Jacob. BUT he will… maybe. And I hope this chapter made you feel better for seeing more Kurando. Kurando will be in this a lot so no need to agonize about not seeing him make an appearance. Funny, everyone loves geeky Kurando and hates bitchy Yuri. Ha.
bitterSWEET-love – Hiii it's you again. I'm glad you're still reading this, I didn't wanna lose you! Yuri will have sweet moments when he feels like it. Hahaha
RandomFan – Thanks for the kind word. I'm trying to update this as fast as I can; I'm getting ready for college soon so I'm preparing for that also. But I will not fail and I'm gonna try to update this every week or maybe even less.
– Haha I love you're name. Butit won't show up on the document.Mystery person, thanks for the accolade.
Kaparzen – Heeey You almost threw in the lake yesterday! Have mercy, you little runt. Thanks for the compliment keep reviewing even though I know you hate to. :P
KallenKoenig – Hey a new reviewer! Yuri and Alice are my fav couple too, and by the looks of it you must be a Karin fan, and I hate to break it to ya but… nevermind I don't wanna spoil this! And thanks for saying this is too good to be a cliché fic I think I will change my summary and get the cliché word out of it. Thanks for the suggestion!
Eldameldor – Thanks, and yes I feel bad for Alice too. Look at how cruel I am for torturing the poor creature.
MikoNoNyte – Kim thanks so much for the review! I'm in high spirits now! Yes I have a crazy mind and wild imagination I'm glad this made ya laugh at my silly head. I thought Kurando had the geeky look to him too. The way he talks just screams "Nerd!" Sorry for reminding you of your high school hell but I tried to make similar situations almost everyone has confronted. And yet again you caught me, I totally forgot to describe Michelle and Terry, I'll make note of that. Time for a hug and kiss! - smooches –
fireinu – Heya. Yuri already knows what she does with her skirt... maybe I should describe that a bit more, but still the whole freak think makes a notice of that. But thanks!
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