Harmony of One
Disclaimer: I do not own Love Hina, any of its characters, or any thing Love Hina-ish. Ken Akamatsu does. So thank him for creating this awesome manga series.
A/N: Wow, it's been a while since I've looked at this story, almost two to three weeks. I even forgot what was happening (had to re-read it, yes it's sad) in this story. But never fear, chapter three is here!!! One more side note is that this is more Manga based (it is way better than the Anime of Love Hina), as Motoko's group does not exist in this story. Please R&R!
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Chapter 3: High School Girls!! Motoko's School.
------------Hinata-sou Living Room------------
::Monday, February 16th, after breakfast::
"Ahhhh!" Keitaro yelled. His voice shrieked into previously unknown pitches and octaves. "It's already time to go to school!!!" He was packing Motoko's school bag while Motoko was doing the same with Keitaro's satchel.
"Why do you use such an unwieldy carrying device?" Motoko asked.
"Ahhh!" Keitaro responded. Motoko sighed. Ever since realizing he had to go to school as Motoko, Keitaro had at best, given one-word and illogical answers.
"Shut up and calm down!!" Naru screamed. She hit him. BAM!
"Owwww," Keitaro groaned. "Okay, I'm calm. I'm calm, breathe." He took several deep breaths very slowly. Motoko finished packing and slung the satchel over her shoulder.
"Who are your friends again?" Keitaro suddenly asked Motoko.
"Komachi, the serious one, and Sakura, the googly-eyed one," Motoko answered, again.
"Thank you thank you," Keitaro responded. Shinobu came out with Su in a school uniform.
"Woah, Shinobu-chan, you look a lot prettier in a school uniform!" Keitaro commented.
"Wha-?" Shinobu responded. "I-I look prettier?"
"Yeah, I've never seen you in it before," Keitaro told her.
"But you…never mind," Shinobu said, about to say "but you see me in it everyday" when she realized it was Keitaro. She blushed furiously and turned away.
"Let's go!♥" Su shouted, jumping onto Keitaro. They all walked out.
"Are you ready, Motoko-chan?" Naru asked.
"Yes, let us leave." Motoko and Naru also left. Haruka watched them all from the tea house. The smoke from her cigarette wafted up slowly.
"Interesting," she said.
-----------------------Motoko's High School-------------------
"Woah, this is a big school!" Keitaro said.
"That's because it's the school for the entire Kanagawa district from middle school to high school. The high school is over there," Su said, pointing to the right side of the building.
"But it has 10 floors!" Keitaro exclaimed, counting. "Yeah, just about ten!"
"Well…there are many classes," Shinobu said. "Err…I don't know which class your in."
"I know! I visit Motoko's school sometimes, and it's class 4-E!" Su shouted. (A/N: Okay, I once again my ignorance of all things Japanese, considering that the only Japanese culture I receive is from Manga, Anime, and one Japanese friend, who is so Japanese. So just pretend that the class is 4-E which is not a dumb nor a smart class, but only an average class.)
"4-E?" Keitaro asked. "Okay, thank you. Err…have fun?"
"Bye Sempai!" Shinobu waved, dragging Su along who was muttering "I want to go with Keitaro!" Keitaro waved and watched them walk away. Okay, I have to do this. I can't embarrass Motoko-chan or myself. Okay, what did her friends look like? I only remember what the like…? Oh darn it all. Keitaro clenched his fist and walked into the school
"Woah, it looks even bigger on the inside!" Keitaro said. There were a lot of students milling about. Keitaro stood above them, as Motoko was taller than even his true body. How shall I find classroom 4-E?
"Motoko-chan! Over here!" someone called out.
"Eh?" Keitaro said, turning his head towards the voice. He looked around, but could not locate the voice. The hallway he was standing in was crowded.
"Motoko-chan!" Keitaro turned and looked for the voice again when suddenly he was tackled from behind.
"MO-CHAN!!!♥" someone squealed. BAM! Something tackled him from behind.
"Eh?" he said.
"Mo-chan, you're here!♥" someone hanging onto him said. He blushed – he had never had such close contact with a girl before.
"Ah…" Keitaro stuttered.
"Heh, let's go to class before our Sensei gets angry!" The person behind him let go and in came a short (at least compared to Keitaro…or Motoko) girl with brown hair that was down to her shoulders. There was a ribbon tied in it, a pink one, and she was wearing the typical school uniform, a blue blouse with a scarf tied in front and a short skirt that was also blue.
"Where's Komi-chan?" she asked. From this, Keitaro guessed that she must be Sakura.
"Uh…I don't know, Sakura-chan," Keitaro replied.
"Hmm…" Sakura mused. Keitaro slowed down because he was walking in front of Sakura and he didn't know where he was going. He hoped Sakura would walk in front of him and lead the way.
"Why are you lagging behind? Let's go!" Sakura said, upon noticing this pattern, and she pushed Keitaro forward.
"Err…" was all Keitaro could reply. He looked at the numbers. 4-A, 4-B, 4-C, 4-D, then finally, 4-E were seen.
"Ah, here we are," Sakura said, and she opened the door. The students were all in groups talking, each in there little clicks. Keitaro could see that each were composed of their own type, like sporty people (jocks), smarter people (nerds), and the socially inept people, (geeks) who were probably in most respects like himself in high school. The geeks didn't even talk to each other; they just sat at their desks quietly. Keitaro felt a special connection with them and an urge to just at least say hi to them when he heard a warning ring in his head. Don't talk to any boys – I hate those spineless jellyfishes! Keitaro heard Motoko in his head. I guess I shouldn't disrupt anything. Sakura walked over to where a girl with short black hair sat. Sitting down she seemed meek, but Keitaro was weary – she had defined muscles that scared him.
"Hello, Motoko-chan," she greeted.
"H-hello," Keitaro responded. Is she Komachi-chan? He asked himself.
"Hi Komi-chan!!" Sakura said. Yes, she is, Keitaro said. "?" Sakura asked. "What are you thinking about, Mo-chan?"
"Eh?! Oh…err…nothing…" Keitaro answered.
"Motoko-chan, did you finish the homework?" Komachi asked.
"Homework? Err…um, I forgot, what was it?"
"You don't know? Usually you're the one who is telling us to do it, and then some," Sakura said. "You're awfully quiet today."
"Quiet? Haha…" Keitaro laughed nervously.
"Motoko-chan! Show more resolve! Otherwise they might come and get us!" Komachi said.
"Oooo, that'd be exciting!" Sakura cried.
"They? Who's they?" Keitaro asked. He was beginning to realize that Motoko hadn't told him anything much at all.
"Who's they? Them!" Komachi said, pointing to a group of boys who had big muscles on their arms so that if they flexed them they were in danger of ripping their shirt off.
"But why would they come and get us?" Keitaro asked confused still.
"Because they want to date you!" Komachi said.
"That would be cool!" Sakura said.
"Be quiet Sakura!" Komachi said.
"But why…?" Keitaro asked.
"Because they know you're the strongest person in the class and can kick anyone's butt,' Komachi explained. Ah…that's not quite true anymore…better act like it though. "How do you not remember this? Are you okay?" Komachi leaned closer and put her hand on Keitaro's forehead. Keitaro started to blush. He grabbed Komachi's wrist and pulled her hand away.
"I'm fine…" he said.
"Hmm…" Komachi mused, obviously still suspicious. She whispered something to Sakura. Sakura's face suddenly brightened and she suppressed a giggle.
"Err…what's going on?" asked a confused Keitaro. SLIDE! Suddenly the door slid open and an older looking man walked in. All the students went to their desks and stood up.
"Good morning, Sensei Ueda," the class droned.
"Good morning," Ueda said. "Please hand in your homework and place it in this box." The students unzipped their backpacks and took out their homework.
"Psst!" Sakura whispered. "What did you get for question 4?"
"Eh? Ah…on what?" Keitaro asked. He took out multiple sheets of paper that Motoko had told him was the homework she had done for today. Of course, Motoko doesn't procrastinate and finishes it on Friday night.
"On the math, which is right now," Sakura continued whispering. Keitaro took out the sheet that corresponded to math. It was a multiple choice worksheet.
"Four?" Keitaro asked again.
"Yeah," Sakura answered. Keitaro looked.
"Uh…a," Keitaro said.
"Thanks!" Sakura said, and she circled it.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Keitaro cried.
"Huh? Why not!" Sakura whined. Komachi returned from handing in her homework.
"Hey! Are you trying to cheat off of Motoko-chan again?" Komachi asked.
"Uh…no?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura! What did we say about this?" Komachi asked her.
"Not to cheat because it is bad discipline and if I get caught I'll get into trouble," Sakura dully stated.
"That's right," Komachi said.
"Fine, fine," Sakura said, and Keitaro went with her to hand in the homework.
"Trouble, ladies?" Ueda asked.
"Eh? What trouble?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know, but you two were taking an awfully long time to hand it in…not doing anything illegal now are you?" Ueda suggested.
"Of course not Sensei!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Well…you'd better be right, I have eyes on the back of my head!" Ueda told them, smiling broadly.
"Okay, Sensei," Keitaro said, smiling back.
"Eh? Are you okay?" Ueda asked. "Why are you all smiles?"
"Err…" Keitaro stuttered, immediately wiping off his smile. "Never mind," he said, turning around quickly and walking back to his seat.
"?" Keitaro sat down ignoring the questions that Sensei Ueda had.
"Okay, today we're learning about logarithms," Sensei Ueda told them. Logarithms. I can do this, Keitaro thought.
"This is the basic form," Ueda continued, scribbling stuff down on the black board. "If x to the a equals y, then log base x of y equals a. If you write log without any base number, then it automatically means base ten. If you write ln it means log to the base of e, which is something we'll learn later." Ueda continued to write stuff down. Keitaro took notes studiously, furiously scribbling. He looked up. Ueda had stopped writing stuff down.
"So, anyone, what is the log of ten?" Ueda asked. A kid was asleep upon his desk.
"Masanori!" Ueda shouted, pointing to the kid that was asleep.
"Eh? What?" Masanori asked.
"What is the answer?" Ueda asked.
"Oh…err…one?" Masanori said, unsure.
"Yes, good job," Ueda commented. Masanori put his head on his hands and stared completely bored at the blackboard. Keitaro looked at him – he was asleep by the time Ueda had started to write the laws of logarithms.
"If you have the log of two numbers multiplied by each other, then you can add the logs of those numbers instead," Ueda continued.
::Later, second period, 9:15AM, Science::
"And that is how to do that!" Sensei Ueda said. BRIIINNGGG! The bell rang and Sensei Ueda's face fell. "Too bad, I had a couple more examples to show you guys." All of the students' faces lit up.
"Oh well, I'll show you guys tomorrow!" Ueda said. (A/N: I'm showing how un-Japanese I am right here and I'm going to assume that they have different teachers for each subject and they stay in the same classroom.) He left and another man came in.
"Hello Sensei Yayashi!♥" one of the girls said, waving.
"Hello," Yayashi said gruffly.
"Hello, Sensei Yayashi!♥" Sakura said. She poked Keitaro. "Motoko, isn't he so dreamy?" Keitaro reacted instinctively.
"Ugh, no way. How can you ask me that?" he said.
"Sakura, haven't we told you not to ask us these things?" Komachi said. "Men are spineless jellyfishes!"
"Hmmph!" Sakura retorted. "You guys are no fun at all." Sakura frowned.
"Please take out your textbooks," Yayashi said.
::Third Period, history::
"I don't remember any of this at all!" Keitaro complained.
::Fourth Period, English::
"I can do this!" Keitaro said.
::Fifth Period::
"Finally, almost done!" Keitaro exclaimed as the English Sensei left. Keitaro leaned back in his chair and stretched.
"Motoko-chan? It's time," Komachi said.
"Time? Time for what?" Keitaro asked confused. He realized that the other students were all getting up too.
"For gym!♥" Sakura cried, jumping up.
"EEEEEHHHHHHH?????" Keitaro shrieked. "G-gym?"
"What's the problem? We have gym everyday this period," Komachi said, with an expression that showed she thought Keitaro was crazy. "Seriously Motoko-chan, did you hit your head or something, because you're forgetting a lot of things this morning."
"Ah…ah…no, I'm okay!" Keitaro said. Motoko had not told him anything about this. I hope that Motoko doesn't kill me later… Keitaro thought wearily.
"Let's go," Komachi said, pulling Keitaro up. "Jeez, you're so slow today."
"Mo-chan! Hurry, or we'll be late and Sensei Sugimoto will get angry!" Sakura said, tugging on Keitaro who was frantically looking through Motoko's backpack to see if there was anything important in there. Nothing… he thought. Okay, that's good. He followed Sakura and Komachi. They led him to the girls' locker room. Oh wait, this is bad. Very bad… Keitaro thought.
"Err…on second thought, I don't feel well today. I can't do gym, good bye!" Keitaro said, and he started walking away.
"What? You and I need to protect Sakura-chan and each other from the lecherous boys! Let's go!" Komachi said.
"Err…ah…urm…" Keitaro stuttered. "Help?" he asked, but Komachi ignored him and no one else heard him. They reached the locker room. Keitaro looked at the sign in fear and dismay.
"Let's go!" Sakura said. SLIDE! Keitaro immediately held on to his nose. SPURRRTTT!
"Eh? What's wrong?" Komachi asked. "Did you get hit in the face?"
"N-no, ah, I'll be right back!" Keitaro said, but Komachi held on to him.
"I don't think so missy! We'll get in trouble in we don't change now! Let's go!" Komachi said.
"Woo hoo!" Sakura said, jumping up and down. SPURRRRTTTT! Keitaro's nose was a waterfall. A waterfall made of blood.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sakura asked. Keitaro just closed his eyes and crossed his fingers. Komachi poked him.
"Hey! Get your uniform and change!" Komachi said. She opened a locker. Keitaro stared intently at the wall of lockers in front of him. He focused and tried not to look anywhere else.
"Um, which one is mine?" Keitaro laughed nervously, looking at Komachi who had pulled her shirt and skirt off and was in the midst of putting on her gym uniform. "AHHH!" he shouted, more blood coming. SPURRTTT!
"?" Komachi asked. "Are you okay?" Komachi learned over Keitaro, her chest reaching into his face. The bleeding just got worse.
"A-ah, y-yes!" Keitaro stuttered, looking away. He smelled soap. Is it from her…? Keitaro thought nervously. CLANG! Keitaro heard a locker slam shut.
"Here," Komachi said, stuffing a gym uniform in front of his face. "Put it on before we're late."
"Mo-chan!" Sakura said, bouncing into view. Keitaro looked at Komachi – she was dressed now, though the gym uniform was a bit on the skimpy side. All of the other girls were dressed and Keitaro's nose stopped bleeding. Sakura and Komachi stared at Keitaro.
"Are you going to get dressed or what, Motoko-chan?" Komachi asked.
"Uh…you guys go ahead, I'll catch up with you later," Keitaro said.
"…okay…" Komachi said, and she walked towards the exit with Sakura tugging her sleeve and asking what's wrong with Mo-chan. They exited.
"Now how do I put this on?" Keitaro asked himself. Having not looked at anyone, he didn't know how it worked very well, but after several tries got it on. He went out the way that Komachi and Sakura went.
"Taking our time, are we Aoyama-san?" a woman that Keitaro assumed to be Sensei Sugimoto said.
"Sorry, I had a little trouble with the uniform," Keitaro said.
"Well, I expect that next time we'll be punctual?" she asked.
"Yes yes," Keitaro answered hastily. She nodded, and Keitaro went and stood by Komachi and Sakura.
"Today class, we will be playing dodge ball," Sensei Sugimoto announced.
"All right! I love this game!" a kid that Keitaro recognized to be Masanori shouted. "I will win!"
"All right, calm down. The rules are as follows. No hits to the head. Anyone doing so will be out immediately. Catching it obviously means that the person throwing it will be out. When you're hit, you go to the opposite side of the gym and stand behind the line," Sensei Sugimoto said, pointing to the end line that marked the out of bounds for basketball. "If you catch a ball thrown by your teammate on the other side and hit someone, then you are back in. Any questions?"
"Yeah, so if you don't catch it from your teammate but still hit someone, it doesn't count?" a boy asked.
"That's right, okay, the teams will be formed by counting off. Line up!" Sensei Sugimoto ordered. They did and they began counting off. There were eighteen people in class 4-E, meaning nine on each side.
"One."
"Two."
"One." The class began counting and Keitaro could see that he would end up on Sakura's team. At least someone I know is on my team. Well, I guess I don't really know them… Keitaro thought.
"Two," Keitaro said when it got to his place.
"One," another boy said. I should look at a yearbook so I know who everyone is, Keitaro thought.
"Two," Sakura said. Komachi was next but somehow she managed to slip in between someone and ended up on his team also.
"Two," she said. Nine on each team, with 5 girls and four boys on the other team, while there were 6 boys and three girls (namely Keitaro, Sakura, and Komachi) on his team.
"Psst!" he whispered to Komachi.
"Yes?"
"Who's good on our team?" Keitaro asked.
"Jeez, you hate this game and want to know who's good?" Komachi sighed. "You're acting really weird today, Motoko-chan."
"Uh," Keitaro stuttered, alarmed. "I just wanted to know if I had to do anything or not."
"Well, Masanori's pretty athletic so, he'll be alright. Plus he seems to get into these things," Komachi said. Oh, that kid, Keitaro thought. He had seen him sleep through every class, though he still seemed to know what was going on.
"Natsuo over there," Komachi said, pointing to a slightly overweight guy. "Is slow and fat and can't do anything so he'll be the first out. Err…Ryu is lazy and won't get hit, but really won't do anything either." She paused. "I guess the other three are about average, Katsumi, Ikku, and Nakamaro." Three average looking guys were standing around and chatting.
"But their team might beat us down if we don't do anything. They've got Madoka and Maiko, two of the best gymnasts in our grade. Kazumi, Hiroko and Hoshiyo aren't bad either. Let's see…the guys are all good, they're the four who want to get you," Komachi said, and Keitaro could see they were all huddled together and whispering. Occasionally, one would point in his direction.
"I hate those idiots. Thank goodness you can crush them, otherwise we'd hear no end from them," Komachi said.
"I think it would be very nice if you two started to notice cute boys," Sakura said.
"Waaaah?!" Komachi said. "Never! All males are perverted lecherous fiends and deserve to be punished." Keitaro remained silent.
"Why? Without boys, there wouldn't be any girls," Sakura pointed out.
"People who want to do 'that' can, but I for one will not. Don't you agree, Motoko-chan?" Komachi asked.
"Uh…yes, I do agree," Keitaro said, after a pause. That pause made Komachi worried, however.
"Why do you hesitate? I am sure that you are in accord," Komachi said. "Really, later we will take you to the nurse."
"NO! I'm okay, really!" Keitaro said. The last thing he wanted to do was go to the nurse.
"Okay, students, line up at the edge," Sensei Sugimoto said. They all did.
"Let's do this!" Katsumi, Ikku, or Nakamaro said. Keitaro didn't know which one.
"Remember the plan," another said.
"Can't trust the girls to do anything," the third one commented.
"Why you!" Komachi began, but Sensei Sugimoto had blown her whistle.
"GO!" she shouted, and both teams rushed towards the middle line. The majority of the other team reached there first. BAM! BAM!! BAM!! Natsuo and two of the trio, as Keitaro called Ikku, Katsumi, and Nakamaro, were out immediately. Ryu hadn't moved from the edge at all – he was standing there. Sakura had by now bounced out to the middle and grabbed a ball. She flung it at the opposing team. BOING! It bounced of one of the girls.
"Over here! Sakura-chan!" the three boys behind the other team cried out. She picked up a ball and threw it over there. BAM! Midair, Sakura got hit.
"Oh rats," she said, and walked over. But her ball was caught.
"All right Ikku!" Katsumi or Nakamaro said. "Go!" Ikku threw it as hard as he could at one of the boys. BAM!
"I'm back!" Ikku said. Komachi, meanwhile, had grabbed a ball and tossed it to Keitaro.
"I know how good you are at throwing, so you can have it," Komachi said. Keitaro started to sweat nervously. He remembered his past experiences.
----------------A High School Gym-------------
::Sometime in the past::
BAM!
"Ha! I got you, Gennai!" a young Keitaro shouted.
"Did not! I caught it, see?" the other kid, Gennai, said.
"What? You just picked it up just now, I saw you!" the young Keitaro complained.
"Liar!" Gennai shouted.
"Okay, enough already," the Sensei said.
"But Sensei–" Keitaro began, but the Sensei waved him off.
"Just forget it and continue playing." Keitaro gritted his teeth and clenched his fist.
"Take THIS!" Gennai shouted, flinging a ball at Keitaro.
"Ahh!" Keitaro shouted, ducking. BAAAMMM! It hit him in the head and Keitaro went flying down the court. BAM! He hit the wall, dust in the air.
"Are you okay, Keitaro-kun?" a classmate asked.
::Present Time::
Keitaro was shaking, visibly shaking.
"What are you waiting for, throw it!" Komachi said. "Ah! Look out!" Keitaro saw a ball whizzing for him. BAAAM!!
"Got her! I finally hit Motoko-san!" one of the boys on the other side said. The ball had hit him on the head Keitaro had fallen to the ground limply. TWEEEEETT!!
"Hisaki-kun! What was that?! You're out for hitting Motoko-chan on the head!" Sensei Sugimoto shouted.
"What?!!!" Hisaki shouted in dismay. "Fine, fine, fine!" He stomped off to the other side.
"Are you okay?" Komachi asked.
"Yeah, I'm good," Keitaro said. He had endured worse.
"That's amazing, I know if I was hit like that I would be down like a sack of–" BAAAMM!! Komachi was hit.
"Arggh! I hate being out!" she shouted as she walked to the other side. BAM! WHIZZ! WHOOSH!! Balls were flying everywhere and Keitaro could only duck, dive, and scream for his life.
"Ahh!!" he shouted as balls flew. Soon it was down to 2 on 2, Madoka and Maiko on the other side while it was only Keitaro and Ryu on his team.
"Take this: spinning balls of beauty!" Madoka and Maiko shouted, and they jumped into the air spinning while balls flew out from them.
"Ahh!" Keitaro shouted again while he dodged balls. Ryu barely moved as he dodged ball after ball. Madoka and Maiko landed. Ryu picked up a ball and dropped kicked it. BAM!
"Over here, Ryu-chan!" Masanori shouted from behind the other team. "Even if you're a lazy bum, you can at least throw the ball over here!" The ball the Ryu had drop-kicked landed in Masanori's outstretched hands. "All right! DIE!" he shouted, and slammed a ball towards Madoka and Maiko.
"Eh?" they said. BAAM!!
"Madoka-chan, it's up to you!" Maiko shouted as she walked to the other side. Madoka gripped the ball and it flew towards Ryu. He ducked. WHOOSH! But Kazumi, Hiroko, or Hoshiyo caught it and pegged Ryu from behind. He looked behind him and shrugged his shoulders.
"All right Hoshiyo-chan, good job!" Madoka shouted. Keitaro frowned in dismay. It was still a 2 on 2 situation, and he couldn't do anything.
"Eat ball!" Masanori shouted, and he hit Madoka square in the stomach. BAM!
"Ouch!" she grunted in pain.
"Hoshiyo-chan, over here!" one of the boys on the other team called out from behind Keitaro.
"Here!" she cried, throwing a ball towards them. But Masanori threw a ball and hit it straight up and caught it.
"Rejected! In your FACE!!!" he shouted. "Oh, I'm the winner, you're the loser, I'm the winner, you're the loser," Masanori chanted.
"Masanori-kun! That's enough!" Sensei Sugimoto shouted.
"Sorry, sorry," Masanori said.
"Okay, good game everyone," Sensei Sugimoto said. "We have time for one more round…how bout we make it a boys against girls round!!!"
"Woo hoo!" all the girls shouted but Keitaro.
"We're going to crush them," Ikku, Katsumi, and Nakamaro said. Ryu sighed.
"Man, I didn't want to walk to the other side," he said, slowly walking.
"Hey! Ryu! Faster, or we cannot play!" Sensei Sugimoto said. He trotted instead of walked to the other side.
"Ready? GO!" Sensei Sugimoto shouted. The boys got all the boys first. BAM! BAM! BAM!! Three were out immediately.
"I hope you play a better game than last one, because that was pathetic. How are you going to deal with Kendo club later? We'd better send you to the nurse," Komachi said.
"What?! No, I'm fine," Keitaro said. "Duck!!" he shouted, and bent backwards. Komachi dived to the ground and the ball flew right over Keitaro's face. He stretched out his hands and caught it.
"Hey, I caught it!" he said.
"Good, now fling it back at them!" Komachi told him. Keitaro threw with all his might. BAAAM!!
"OW!" Ikku shouted. "Who hit me?"
"It doesn't matter, Ikku-kun, you're out," Sensei Sugimoto said.
"All right all right," Ikku said, walking to the other side behind Keitaro.
"Yes!" Keitaro said, pumping his fist.
"C'mon, here's another," Komachi said. A ball came whizzing towards Keitaro, but Komachi blocked it with the ball she was offering to Keitaro. BONK!
"Take this, I'll be back," Komachi said. Heh, this is fun, Keitaro thought, and he took aim. BAM!!!
"Yikes!" Katsumi shouted. He looked around anxiously. "No one saw that…"
"Katsumi-kun! You're out!" Sugimoto said. "Go!" She motioned to the other end.
"Rats," Katsumi said. "Out."
"Psst! Mo-chan!" Sakura whispered.
"Eh?" Keitaro said, turning.
"Here!" Sakura said. She handed Keitaro a ball. "It's the special ball. Hit Hisaki-kun!" Keitaro looked at the ball in his hands worried. Special ball? That worries me… Keitaro thought. He spied, though, the kid who had smacked him in the face. I'm a lady, I can get back at him and not feel guilty, Keitaro thought, deluding himself. He threw it. BAAAAMM!! Hisaki was caught squarely in the chest and he went down. The ball exploded and confetti came out while a sign was hung on Hisaki's chest that read: "You're a loser. Deal with it." Keitaro's mouth dropped open.
"Ah…" he began to say with his hand reaching out. TWEEEEET! Sensei Sugimoto blew her whistle.
"Who threw that ball?" she demanded. Keitaro slowly inched his hand up.
"Motoko-chan come over here!" Sensei Sugimoto said.
"Ooooooooo," the class went. Keitaro felt burning humiliation and slight irritation at Sakura for giving him that ball. Sugimoto motioned to the class.
"Continue while I talk to Motoko-chan," Sugimoto said. Keitaro and Sugimoto walked outside the gym while the sounds of dodge ball continued. Sugimoto closed the door.
"Motoko-chan, I know how much you hate Hisaki and his three buffoons. And I can't say they are the most savory group either, but where did you get the idea to throw a ball like that?" Sugimoto asked.
"Well…err…Sakura-chan gave me it and I didn't know it would do that…" Keitaro said, hoping that the Sensei would forgive him.
"Well, if she does it again…hit them again!" Sugimoto said, patting Keitaro on the back.
"Uh…"
"Now get back in there, we only have a couple minutes left!" Sugimoto said. Keitaro walked back in to the gym where he saw with dismay that girl team only had Komachi and Madoka left. They did not like each other, it seemed, while the "trio" was left on the other side, Katsumi, Ikku, and Nakamaro were working beautifully together. Komachi and Madoka only barely managed to dodge the balls that were flying towards them.
"Motoko-chan! Come and help us, quickly!" Komachi called out.
"Ikku, prepare for 'that' plan!" Nakamaro shouted. "Katsumi? Ready?"
"Yes!" Katsumi replied. Keitaro sighed. Why do I not feel like I want to do this anymore? He asked himself.
"Take this: trio spike of death!" Katsumi, Nakamaro, and Ikku shouted. Ikku ran forward while Katsumi heaved Nakamaro into the air. Ikku hit a ball up to Nakamaro while throwing up a ball. Katsumi did the same.
"SPIKE!" they shouted, all hitting the balls at the same time. BAM BAM BAM!!
"Watch out!" Sakura screamed. The balls whizzed towards Madoka, Keitaro, and Komachi. Keitaro stood in front of the other two and took the hits. SMACKKKOOO!!
"Motoko-chan!" Komachi shouted as Keitaro dropped to the ground. Madoka, however took advantage of the situation. She picked up a ball and flung it. BAM BAM BAM! It bounced and hit all three of the boys.
"Catch it!" Masanori shouted from behind Keitaro. "Then she'll be out!"
"I got it!" Ikku shouted.
"No, I have it!" Nakamaro shouted.
"It's coming right here, I got it!" Katsumi shouted. They all ran towards the ball. Keitaro closed his eyes. BOOONKKK! The trio hit heads and fell to the ground unconscious. Everyone sweat-dropped and sighed.
"Okay, class, that's it! Time to go to lunch!" Sugimoto told them. She walked over and tapped the three boys on the ground. "Hello? Can you hear me?" she asked.
"Motoko-chan, let's go and eat," Komachi said.
"Mo-chan! Hurry, I'm hungry!" Sakura said.
---------------Lunch Room---------------
"Itadakimasu!" Sakura said. She quickly took out her bento and started eating. Komachi sighed.
"Sakura, you always eat so fast," Komachi said.
"That's because I need to scout to find cute boys!" Sakura said, swallowing. "During the club time."
"Ugh," Komachi said. "Can't you find a good club to join? You could join our Kendo club."
"Kendo? I can't even do any Taijutsu, how do you expect me to fight with swords?" Sakura said, frowning.
"Just asking," Komachi said.
"Aren't there other clubs you can join?" Keitaro asked.
"Yeah, but I don't know which one I want to do…maybe I'll join the flower arranging club," Sakura pondered.
"What? There's such a club?!" Keitaro exclaimed.
"Um…yeah," Sakura said. "Obviously."
"Which reminds me," Komachi said. "We need to bring Motoko-chan to the nurse."
"No, I'm okay, really!" Keitaro protested.
"That's not true. You won't be able to defeat the boys if they challenge you in your current condition," Komachi said. All three had finished their lunches.
"Let's go!♥" Sakura said.
"No really, it's okay!" Keitaro said. Komachi grabbed him.
"Like I'd ever let you escape," Komachi said, and she dragged him to the nurse.
---------------------Nurse's Office------------------
"Hello. What is the nature of the problem?" the Nurse asked.
"Motoko-chan here seems to be acting weirdly, and before her nose was bleeding a lot even though she has no physical damage to that area," Komachi explained.
"I'm okay, really…" Keitaro tried to interject.
"Don't listen to her, she just is deathly afraid of needles and so hates going to the nurse or any doctors," Komachi said. Eh? Motoko-chan is afraid of needles? Keitaro thought. The nurse nodded and wrote some more in her notebook.
"She's also afraid of turtles!!" Sakura butted in. The nurse paused. She looked over her glasses on her nose.
"Turtles?" she asked. Sakura nodded smiling. "Okaaay, well please put on this gown so we can do a full body check. You may leave your panties and bra on," the nurse told Keitaro. She turned to Sakura and Komachi as Keitaro looked at the flimsy gown in abject horror. "You two can leave and go join your clubs now – it's about time."
"Okay!♥ C'mon, Komi-chan!" Sakura said, tugging on Komachi's sleeve.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Motoko-chan is just fine," the Nurse said, smiling. Komachi and Sakura left. The nurse pointed to a sectioned off room.
"Change in there and when you're ready you can come out," she said. She went to her desk and started writing some stuff while Keitaro walked behind the curtain. He stared at the gown in his hand. Motoko-chan, please forgive me, Keitaro thought as he began to change.
-------------------Kendo Club Headquarters----------------
"Where is Motoko-san?" a girl asked, wearing the traditional warrior's uniform of a hakama and loose white shirt. Komachi suddenly burst in.
"Ah, Komachi-chan! Do you know where Motoko-chan is?"
"I'm sorry, but she's at the nurse. She was acting weird all day, so I had to force her to go to the nurse," Komachi explained.
"Ah, okay. Well, since Motoko-san is not here, then we should practice hard for tomorrow," the girl said.
"Good idea, Mayoko-chan!" the members said.
"Okay, do routine number 5," Komachi ordered. She was second in command, though probably not second best. They began.
--------------------Nurse's office---------------------
"Ah! That's cold!" Keitaro said as the nurse applied a stethoscope to his back.
"Breathe normally," the nurse ordered. She listened. "Okay, now take a deep breath." Keitaro did so.
"You seem fine, Motoko-chan," the nurse said.
"Good. Can I leave?" Keitaro asked. The nurse thought for a while.
"Well, since you're here, I might as well do a physical. You've basically gone through half of it already. Might as well just finish it," the nurse said.
"Okay, sure," Keitaro responded. The nurse did several more tests.
"Okay, now I need to check you breasts. Take off the gown," the nurse said.
"Whaaat?!" Keitaro exclaimed.
"C'mon, don't be shy, I'm not going to hurt you or anything," the nurse said.
"But…but…" Keitaro stuttered.
"Just take it off!" the nurse said, exasperated. She ripped off the gown.
--------------------Hallway of the School----------------
"Hello Sakura-chan. Are you going to a club?" a man on hall patrol asked.
"Ah, yes. I'm going to the Home Econ club," Sakura responded. Actually, I'm looking for boys! But I can't say that because then Mo-chan and Komi-chan will get angry at me, Sakura thought.
"Cooking food, eh? I always thought you'd be a good cook. Well, hurry along then," the man said.
"Yes, Sensei," Sakura responded, and she walked off in the direction of the Home Econ club.
----------------Outside the Nurse's office---------------
::At the end of School::
"Motoko-chan! Are you okay?" Komachi asked. SLIDE!
"Here she is, and she is very healthy! She checks out 100!" the nurse said, smiling. She whispered in Komachi's ear. "Though she's a little shy!"
"Thank you," Komachi said, bowing.
"No problem," the nurse said, and she went back into her office. Keitaro was very red and couldn't stand quite properly.
"Motoko-chan, snap out of it! The nurse says you're healthy, so that's a good sign. The kendo club went well, we all practiced hard."
"Oh…that's good," Keitaro said, clearly thinking about something else.
"Err…Motoko-chan, this is where we part. I'll see you tomorrow. You'd better snap out of whatever you're in," Komachi said, and she left. Keitaro was at a loss.
"Let's see, if she went that way, I guess I have to go the other–"
"Motoko!!!!♥" Keitaro heard someone shout then someone landed on him.
"Oof! Who is that?" Keitaro asked.
"Su! Don't be so vicious!" Shinobu cried out, running after them. Keitaro turned around.
"Oh thank the stars, it's you guys!" Keitaro said.
"Motoko Motoko, you should have seen what we did in class today!!" Su called out.
"What? What did you do?" Keitaro answered.
"Uh…Su? This isn't Motoko, remember? It's Sempai!" Shinobu said.
"Oh. Well, Keitaro, want to hear what happened today?" Su said. She doesn't even care, Shinobu thought.
"Well, first we had a Home Econ demo in class, but obviously the oven they were using was defective," Su started.
"Don't tell me you–" Keitaro started, and Su nodded.
"Yup!♥ I fixed it and also added some stuff!" Su said. "It made the oven so much better. Well, except when someone pressed the self-destruct button instead of the bake button."
"Self-destruct?! You crazy crazy kid!" Keitaro shouted.
"Haha! Of course!" Su laughed.
-----------------------------Hinata-sou---------------------------
"I'm back!" Keitaro said, flopping down on the couch. "Oh man, that was so much more trouble than it's worth.
"I'll go work on that device to get you back to normal, Keitaro, cause you're more fun that way!" Su said, and she bounced away.
"I have to cook dinner," Shinobu said.
"Don't you have homework to do?" Keitaro asked.
"Oh…yes…but I have to cook so–" Shinobu began, but Keitaro interrupted.
"No, no, you do it and I'll cook something," Keitaro said. "It seems that I can do that, at least."
"Y-yes, Sempai, I will," Shinobu said. She walked to the stairs, and looked back. Keitaro made the "shoo" motion with his hands.
"Go! I'll cook tonight," Keitaro said. BAM!
"We're baaaackk!" Naru and Motoko said. Keitaro lay on the couch.
"Well?" Naru asked.
"Well what?" Keitaro asked.
"What are you doing here all alone doing nothing?" Naru asked. "If you have nothing to do, let's go study!"
"Oh wait, I have something to do! I'm cooking dinner, goodbye!" Keitaro said quickly, and he left.
A/N: Okay, I have to say a few things about this chapter. Sorry for having a slew of OCs in this chapter, and they'll probably stay because Motoko's school is never mentioned in the Manga, and I don't like the groupie idea in the anime, so most characters are completely new. I hope you don't get angry…hope you like that the chapter is long this time…though it won't be this long all the time. Take it as the Christmas bonus chapter!! (Like there's such a thing) But at least the update this week is good. I felt like this chapter, while it introduced a whole slew of characters, was good. So do your thing and Please R&R!!