Jem: Oh. My. God. I actually finished it 0.o I was stuck in a rut for a bit… well a big bit. I haven't updated in like 5 months! (Don't kill me) I must say, I have a lot on my hands with this fanfic. Bisco Hatori is really starting to show the TamaHaru pairing is what's gonna happen. I need to come up with the ultimate alternate dimension! So you will see events in the manga featuring in this fanfic from now on. But, they are gonna be Kamified and HikaHarufied :3 Well anywhos. Without any further ado. HERE IS MATTOID: SIMPLY SEMI INSANE CHAPTER 9!! Dun dun dun…
Chapter Nine
"You know this brings back memories…" Kaoru muttered to himself, hitting his head on the wall of the dark closet. "Just more cramped, with an annoying brat, and in pitch darkness."
Kami jumped at the noise of Kaoru's head hitting the wall and hugged his arm. "Stop making unnecessary weird bumping noises!" She then realized she was clinging to him and quickly threw his arm away. "What are you talking about anyways?"
"Oh a test of courage we had a bit before you came. The wimpy class president and I were locked in a classroom until Hikaru found us."
"Well unluckily for us Hikaru was the one that frickkn' locked us in."
"What no more bawling?" Koaru replied in a mocking tone to change the subject away from the fact that his unobservant twin and Haruhi were the reason the two were locked in the closet.
Kami punched his shoulder spiritlessly and leaned her head back on the wall, jumping at the sound that it made. "Quit trying to act like Hikaru, Kaoru. He'd be the one to say that. Not you."
"When'd you become a twin expert?" Kaoru asked with a roll of his eyes.
"I've grown up with Jace and Aaron. They can be just as, actually they are just as annoying as you and Hikaru are." She laughed timidly, looking in a random direction with wide eyes.
"What are you so afraid of anyways?"
"I already said, horror movies scare me beyond all means." Suddenly she whipped her head in the opposite direction, but seeing nothing in the darkness made her hug her knees tightly to her chest.
"Never would have guessed your weakness was the dark and horror movies."
"Hey! Who said I was afraid of the dark?" Kami said as she inched closer to Kaoru. "It's mostly dark closets."
"What's the difference?" Kaoru asked with a laugh as he wrapped his arm around Kami's shoulders and pulled her close. "If you're so afraid I'll keep you close so if some weird head comes down from the ceiling it'll get us both."
Kami felt a small blush creeping up her cheeks as she buried her head into Kaoru's body and whispered to herself, "Or some serial killer creep." She may have denied being afraid of the dark, it was partially true, but she feared it at the same time. With the closest it was just knowing that in The Grudge 2 the Grudge's head stretched down, it was one of those irrational fears that someone always has. Now with the dark her fear was split. She hated not knowing what was there in the darkness, but she was also terrified of what she might find when the light turns on. That fear was newer.
"Serial killer creep?" Kaoru asked curiously, looking down at the faint crimson colored head leaning against him.
"Yeah, haven't you seen the movie?"
"No."
"Well there's this guy named Freddy that helps the Grudge kill people. Everyone knows that. Oh and they like to eat males so you'll die first."
"That's one weird movie."
"No, really?"
Kaoru laughed and shook his head. Really, Kami was the weirdest person he knew. One second she was close to crying her guts out and the next she was cracking jokes about what she was afraid of.
"Hey Kaoru, I was thinking about it and you didn't seem all that shocked when I asked you about Haruhi. Does somebody already know?"
Kaoru wasn't even shocked with how she seemed to notice. He was past being shocked with this idiot. He sighed and nodded his head. "Yeah. Hunny figured it out."
"Tamaki really does like her as a girl, but it too much of an idiot to even realize he is lying to himself." She continued.
"Yeah yeah. Where are you getting at?"
"Well I was thinking about it and I'm not really around that much when Haruhi and Tamaki are interacting. So that got me thinking, how does Haruhi act around him? Do you think it might be a possibility that she could like him as well?"
Kaoru paused for a moment then sighed. "To tell you the truth I'm not really sure. I really hope that she likes Hikaru more than Tamaki deep down inside. Hikaru knows that Tamaki likes her, along with the rest of us, and he tends to get weird when the topic comes up. He doesn't realize himself how much he likes her."
"Hmm hmm. Thought so." Kami sighed and shook her head. "This makes this tricky."
"Yeah. When I first realized I liked her, I decided to not do anything about it. I like the way things are in the Host Club. I really don't want to change the way everyone acts around each other. But, these idiots not realizing their own feelings are going to figure it out one day. I don't want the confusion that is going to follow it. I'm hoping that if Haruhi really does like Hikaru then we can just get Tamaki out of the picture and get them together. Tamaki is an idiot. I highly doubt a relationship would last all that long with him anyways."
Kami laughed and nodded. "Agreed, agreed. When'd all this happen anyways?"
"Ah… Around last summer. Crazy time. The crazy daughter of Haruhi's dad's friend was staying with her. She had a thing for Tamaki, but gave up after a while." He sighed and shook his head. "I just really hope things turn out better for Hikaru."
"Tya ha. You really want to destroy Tamaki."
"What kind of laugh is that?"
"It's a tya ha. Got a problem with it?"
"Hmm. Not really. You really are weird Kami."
"Why thank you Kaoru. You really are self sacrificing. When are yah gonna start thinking about yourself?"
"Hmm. Maybe never."
"Tya ha. I say you need to find yourself a new Haruhi." Kami grinned, but suddenly jumped when a piece of clothing fell of a hanger.
"Just clothing." Kaoru said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh." Kami giggled and looked up at Kaoru. "Tya ha."
The two sat in the closest talking about whatever came to for a bit. Then the topic of getting Hikaru and Haruhi came back up and they started devising different scenarios. They had no idea what time it was when Kami's whole body started vibrating. She shrieked and pulled her small little cell phone out of the back pocket of her pjs.
The light that came from the phone temporarily blinded the two for a minute before they stared at each other with wide eyes. Kaoru's shocked expression instantly changed to an exasperated one and Kami's to a sheepish embarrassed look. "Don't tell me you forgot you had that." Kaoru said with tone that said 'I give up trying to get you' as he pulled away from the small teen.
"Shut up." Kami shot back as she looked at the text message she had just received. "Yay! We're saved! Coco got frustrated with how you and I have yet to be found and asked if I was lost! They're coming to save us!"
"We're saved!"
The two jumped up and hugged each other cheerfully, then started jumping around in a circle singing about how they were saved.
In a matter of minutes the light switched on and the door burst open.
"KAORU!"
"KAMI!"
Hikaru came running in and glued himself to his twin.
Coco ran in and glomped her friend. Zaire was about to run after her when he noticed Tamaki was about to go hug Kami as well and turned to glare at him before attaching himself to Kami as well.
"We thought you got lost in this giant place-" Zaire started to say when his younger sister cut in.
"But really, you never got lost in our house and you have a great sense of direction and you NEVER win at Hide 'n Go Seek so I had a feeling you were trapped somewhere. Didn't expect Kaoru to be with you, but it's for the better. Closet huh?" Coco grinned and elbowed Kami in the stomach playfully.
"Worst place for Kami-cakes to get stuck in." Zaire added with a pitiful frown.
" 'Specially in the dark." Coco said with a nod.
"Yeah, 'specially after…" Zaire stopped talking and looked at Kami with wide eyes. "Waaah! Kami-cakes! I didn't mean anything by tha-"
"I'm gonna go hide again! It doesn't count since I told you guys where we were." Kami yelled with a playful grin as she ran away from the group.
"Zaire! You big idiot!" Coco yelled, hitting her brother's chest with hard punches. "Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!"
"Waaaah! Coco! I didn't mean to! It just slipped out! She makes it easy to forget it only happened a little over a month ago!"
"What are two talking about?" Hikaru asked with a raised brow.
"Ain't it obvious?" Zaire said with a know-it-all sigh. "She found her in the dark after all."
"Who found who in the dark?" Tamaki asked with wide eyes.
"Wait-" Coco are Zaire stared at the group, consisting of the other Hide 'n Go Seek players with looks of shock. "You guy's don't know?"
"Know what?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked, crossing their arms.
"About her mom." Zaire replied with his mouth shaped in a perfect 'O'.
"Car accident, right?" The twins replied with a confused look that was mirrored by Tamaki.
Coco and Zaire couldn't believe their ears. Did everyone really not know about Kami's mom? They didn't even think she could keep a straight face for a month without even a single break down. Surely she had told one of them…
Following that train of thought Coco turned her gaze to Haruhi, who seemed to be avoiding their eyes. The blond raise a brow and leaned down to be eye to eye with the shorter girl. "You know, don't you?"
"During the ski trip." Haruhi distantly said, quickly step siding the lounging Tamaki, who was crying about his daughters keeping secrets from him.
"Dear lord these people are idiots." Coco stared at them and then dashed off to Kami's room. "If the evil information man doesn't know the Japanese are a hopeless race. Including the little idiot that just ran off. I cannot believe this…" Her mumbling continued as the group followed her down the hallways to the sleepover room.
"KYOYA!" The blond yelled, throwing the door open.
The dark lord looked up from his laptop and pushed his glasses up. "What is it?" There was a slight look of shock in his eyes, but the room of idiots didn't notice it.
Hunny and Mori looked up from their card game and wandered over. "What is it Co-chan?" The cutsie boy asked.
Coco ignored the adorable thing and sat down next to Kyoya. "You do know about Kami's mom, right?"
Kyoya stared at her for a second then back at his computer, then once again at her crystal blue eyes. "I take it she was lying and the information was covered very well?"
Coco let out a groan and fell back onto the bed. "At least you realized something was up."
Tamaki raced over to the tall girl, worried tears brimming his eyes. "Coco-chan! Whatever has Kami-Berry been keeping from her family?" Suddenly he yelped and scampered across the room, rubbing his head. "What'd you hit me for? Ladies aren't viole-"
"Oh stuff it." Coco stood up and placed her hands on her hips. "You have no right to call yourself her family! Didn't Jace and Aaron make that clear earlier? Please you didn't even realize she was lying about something so OBVIOUS! You need to put up with that girl for 8 years, and then you have the right to call her family! She's impossible to understand since she doesn't open up to ANYBODY!" Coco paused for a moment then glared at Tamaki. "'Side you can't be her Dad. I am her second mother and there's no way in hell I'm marrying you."
"Coco, can you just tell us about what you are babbling about?" The twins plopped themselves onto the ground and pulled into a comfortable position, they had a feeling Coco would be talking for a LONG time. "If the brat's mom didn't die in a car accident, then how did it happen?"
Hunny crawled up onto the bed next to Coco and frowned. "I wanna know how Kami can continue acting like nothing is wrong, even though it has been such a short time ago."
"Well this way of acting is better than what the old Kami would've been like." Zaire said, sounding almost intelligent despite the fact what he said made no sense.
"There was a different Kami?" The twins asked curiously. "How does that work?"
"Bet she was more tolerable than this one." Hikaru added with a smirk.
"Oh most definitely." Kaoru agreed with a nod.
"Not really." Coco said with a sigh. "The old Kami is long gone now, but she was pretty pitiful. But if the old Kami never existed then I guess this Kami wouldn't either."
"We've strayed away from the main topic here." Kyoya stated. He wanted information, bad.
Tamaki looked up from his Corner of Doom that he had wandered into with a look of hope. "Coco-chi. If you tell us more about Kami-Berry surely we can better understand her! Would that make us closer to being allowed to be part of her family?"
"Closer to being accepted as true friends, possibly yeah. I guess a deep understand of Kami's mind is needed to understand what she is actually going through right now… All right then. I'll teach you all about Kami and then I'll grace you, Kyoya, with the knowledge you are seeking."
Haruhi watched Coco silently and decided not to speak up and ask if it was okay for Coco to tell the group the truth about Kami's mom. Obviously the blond had more than enough rights to tell them, after all it didn't seem like Kami would ever herself up to the group of boys.
"Guess this means we're going into story mode, huh Coco?" Zaire asked jokingly.
"Hey, story mode? That means we aren't in it!" Hikaru yelled.
"This is just the authors way of trying to get Kami's past into this crazy fanfic, isn't it?" Kaoru asked exasperatedly.
"Well dur. How else is she going to tie it in? Childhood friends don't fly across the world that often you know, even if they are filthy rich."
"Let's just not go into story mode." The twins suggested hopelessly.
"Too late!" Coco cackled. "We're already going into it!"
8 years ago… Coco: 8 years old, Zaire: 9 years old, Kami: 7 years old
The tall blond girl sighed as she licked the side of her ice cream to keep it from dripping. "Where the heck did Zaire go?" She asked herself in a bored tone, not really caring where her older brother had disappeared to. The 8-year-old Coco was tall even as a child. Even though she was only in the third grade, the child looked like she could easily blend in with sixth or seventh graders. Which was one factor in the reason she was sitting alone at the mall.
Coco was a very mature eight-year-old. She always went off on her own for pretty much everything, of course with Zaire tagging along because he had nothing else to do. Their mom never noticed they left anyways. It annoyed the child how her mother was always working, so she simply left the house when she grew bored. It all worked out for the better. She could have her fun and mom never needed to worry about her.
Of course, Zaire always tagged along and somehow Coco always was the one looking out for him, instead of the other way around. Really, she was the younger sibling. She should be the one being looked after. But, Coco would hate it if that were the case. She enjoyed the responsibility of being the dominant sibling.
"Coco! Coco! Coco!" Zaire's loud girly voice pounded through his sister's head. He was the same exact height as his younger sibling, being a boy his growth spurt had yet to kick in. Unlike Coco, Zaire actually looked like a fourth grader, the grade he was actually in. People often confused the order of age between the two, especially once they met the two. Coco acted a lot older than her brother. The younger Zaire did not have silver hair. He had bleached it later on in high school. Young Zaire had vibrant red hair, almost the exact same shade as Kasanoda's.
"What is it Zaire?" Coco asked as she finished off the last of her ice cream. Knowing her brother, it was probably something really stupid.
"There's this girl playing DDR right now and she is really good at it!" Zaire yelled excitedly.
This news caused the blond girl's eyebrows to rise. "Oh really? Now that's interesting. Do you think she could be the one?"
Zaire nodded excitedly, his shaggy red hair flopping all over the place in the process. "I really think so!"
What was Coco talking about? Well she was talking about the reason they started hanging out at the mall every day. It had all started on the very first day of school. Coco had been running later, Zaire had already left so he would have plenty of time to talk to his few friends. She had started running through the school, in hopes she wouldn't be late for the first day of third grade. In her haste she hadn't noticed somebody walk out in front of her. They collided. The girl Coco ran into apologized and quickly ran away, but not before Coco could catch a quick glimpse of her.
It had been a short girl, short for an elementary student. She was a brunette with a strong hue of auburn mixed in. Strapped to her back was a Digimon backpack. Dangling from the backpack were key chains to Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and other anime shows that aired on Cartoon Network and other channels.
Ever since Coco and Zaire's uncle introduced them to anime they had been searching for another child destined to otakuism, like themselves. Coco decided she wanted to find the girl again and make her be their friend. But after that day Coco never saw the girl with the anime backpack again, she gave up on the search.
A few weeks ago, the search started back up again though. Coco had been going through some books in hopes of finding a good fantasy to read when she heard someone humming the tunes to a couple different DDR songs. The person was humming the entire song perfectly. Only somebody who played DDR a lot would know the songs that well. Coco had dashed out of the isle she was in to the source of the humming DDR player, but was too late. The person was already out the door, but not before Coco got a good hard look at her.
She looked exactly like the Digimon-Backpack-Girl, but the Digimon backpack was gone. Instead, there was a plain dull blue backpack hanging from her back. But Coco did notice something. Hanging from one of the zippers was a tiny key chain. The key chain looked exactly like one from the Digimon girl. Coco had a feeling that the humming girl was the one she had been searching for.
At first she tried just looking at school, but it was difficult for her to search through the younger grades, all of them were afraid of her gigantic height. That was when the idea to look for her at the only Arcade nearby with DDR, the one in the mall.
"Well then dear brother, let's go get our new friend!" She laughed and dashed off to the Arcade.
"Ah! Coco! Wait for me!" Zaire yelled after his younger sister, trying to catch up with her.
The Arcade wasn't far from where Coco was eating her ice cream so it didn't take long for the siblings to get there. Coco headed straight for the DDR machine and was a bit surprised to see a small crowd around it. She frowned and weaseled her way to the front.
Standing on the metal pads were two people. One was a regular Coco knew by face, a guy named Blake something-er-other. He was a total jerk and enjoyed making anybody that wasn't as good as him at DDR feel bad. He was worth breaking the house rule of no cursing to call him an asshole.
On the pad next to him was a tiny girl. She looked even frailer than if she wasn't standing next to the giant teenager. Even the DDR machine itself seemed to dwarf her. The girl was wearing a hat that looked a lot like Ash's hat from Pokemon. Her shoulder length auburn/brown hair was pulled into a ponytail that was sticking out of the opening in the back of the cap. The brim on the cap was pulled down in attempts to hide her face. Hanging from the belt loop of her jeans was a stuffed animal of Gatomon and what looked like a Sailor Moon transformation compact. Her outfit itself was normal enough, but the hints of not wanting to part from anime were not unnoticed by Coco.
The two were playing on Heavy and it was obvious the little girl was creaming Blake. The crowd was jeering at Blake and cheering on the little girl. Coco listened to what they were yelling and realized they were actually saying a name.
"Camy! Camy! Camy! Beat him bad Camy!"
"Haha! Blake this is karma for you! Camy is beating your butt!"
"Camy you're awesome!"
"Blake you're a loser!"
"Bout time somebody taught that jerk a lesson!"
Coco watched for a little bit more before she wiggled out of the crows and walked back over to Zaire. "It's odd. Everyone seems to know her like she's a regular. I've never seen her before. But she's the one. That's for sure."
Zaire stared at his sister with big eyes. "But Coco, I've seen her a lot! She's just never played while we were around. I was talking with that one high schooler, what his name? Oh yah, Derran was saying that she never plays when anybody that looks to be in elementary is around. He said something about suspecting she has problems at school with teasing since she is pretty self-conscious. Also, she just started competing with people just recently. Apparently she was playing after school almost everyday for a while until one of the regulars saw her playing and suggested she tried competing against some people."
Coco stared at Zaire, fire leaping in her eyes. "Zaire! You stupid head!" She whacked her brother on the head as hard as she could. "Why didn't you TELL me there was a girl in here all the time? I never noticed!"
Tears started forming in Zaire's eyes. He hated it when Coco was mad at him. "I-I'm s-sorry Coco! S-she was a-always haning o-out with t-the t-ticket man. I-I d-didn't think she c-could be the girl you w-were looking for!"
"Use your brain for once you dunce." Coco sighed and looked over at the crowd. "I can't believe she's been under my nose this whole time."
"OOOOH!" The crowd yelled excitedly.
A high pitch shriek sounded as somebody picked up the Camy girl and placed her on his shoulder. "And she remains undefeated!" The guy yelled to the crowd.
The ticket guy pulled a white board out from the under the ticket counter. On the white board there were names of the well-known regulars and some others. Below their names were two numbers representing their wins and losses. One the bottom of the board the name 'Camy' was written in lime green.
"Wah! Andrew!" The Camy girl said in her high-pitched girly voice. "I told you! I spell Camy differently! It's K-A-M-I!"
The ticket guy, Andrew, laughed and handed Kami the lime green marker. "Okay okay. Take a chill pill girly. You want to write it then?"
Kami squealed and jumped off the shoulders of the person that had carried her over onto the counter. If she had gone the ground, she wouldn't have been able to even reach counter top, no less the board. She unscrewed the cap and erased the incorrect spelling of her name and replaced it with 'KAMI!' then changed her score from 5-0 to 6-0. The crowd cheered again.
"Kami! Kami!" A high school girl ran up to the tiny child and scooped her up. "My gawd! Even I want to play against you now! When'd you get so good? Why did you betray the person who introduced this game to you?" She pretended to cry. "You've become better than your teacher!"
"Karen! I'm sorry!" Kami stared at the high schooler with wide eyes. "I didn't mean to make you upse-"
"Aw you cute little thing you. I'm not upset! I'm just teasing you!" The teenager laughed and hugged the girl. "Anyways, Andrew, isn't your shift almost over? This thing needs to get home before her mom does."
"Oh!" Kami jumped down to the floor and ran around to the back of the counter. "I can't get home after Mommy! She'll be real worried!" She looked up at Andrew and gave him a hug around his legs. "You don't need to give me a ride Andrew! I'll just take the bus so I have extra time before Mommy gets home." Kami picked up her backpack and slung it over one shoulder. "Bai-bai everyone!"
"Hey Kamsters, you'll be back tomorrow, right?" A random person asked. "I wanna play yah too!"
The girl Kami giggled and nodded. "I'm here everyday." She waved and said, "See you all tomorrow!"
"I'll give you a ride tomorrow Kami!" Andrew called after the girl as she walked out of the Arcade. "All right. Who else wants to attempt to raise their win count?"
Coco and Zaire watched the whole scene play out quietly. They both were trying to figure out who the heck this girl was. There wasn't a single 'Kami' or even a 'Camy' at their large elementary school. As Kami walked out, Coco noticed her dull blue backpack with the single tiny keychain. "It is her!" Coco hissed to her brother. "Com'on let's follow her!"
After following the tiny girl halfway across the mall, Coco noticed she was taking her hat off. That held potential. Maybe the girl was somebody Coco knew by face. The hat really was obstructing her view…
Kami stopped in the middle of the walkway and pulled her hat off. She stuffed it into her grungy backpack and then pulled the ponytail out of her hair.
Coco stared for a moment then her crystal blue eyes grew wide with recognition. "OH MY GAWD! The anime DDR girl is that shy girl MASAMI?!" The blond was so shocked she yelled out, loud enough for Kami/Masami to hear her.
"Who's Masa-" Zaire started to ask when Kami/Masami looked over in their direction.
Kami/Masami stared at them with eyes as wide at Coco's. "Wh-Wha-" She started to say, but stopped talking. Instead, she pulled her glasses out of her bag and ran away from the two.
"Ah! Coco! She's running away!" Zaire yelled in his sister's ear as if she couldn't see the retreating girl.
"I know you dumb butt." Coco rolled her eyes and turned around. "There's no need to chase after her. I know who it is, but Masami? I'd never guess it. Though, the disappearing Digimon backpack now makes sense…"
"What are you talking about Coco? Who is she? How do you know her?"
"That was Masami Kaneko. She's in the second grade. Her mom is an up and coming fashion designer. Mom absolutely loves her designs. Masami is the unfortunate example of a shy kid being taken advantage of. There's a group of bitchy-"
"Coco! You just cursed! You better now say that in front of Mom. She'll-"
"Yeah, yeah. Zaire, I know, but there is no other way to describe those brats. They're constantly getting Masami to do stuff for them. Also, they don't know what individuality means. Anybody who isn't exactly like them they make fun of. They've sent plenty of girls home crying. They even tease boys who aren't that tough. It's horrible. All the third graders know about it because they even sent this really nice third grade girl home crying. They are unbelievable. Masami is pretty much their little servant. She doesn't have enough backbone to simply say no."
"Awwwww. How horrible! She seems so cute too!" Zaire sighed and shook his head. "Why are girls so mean?"
"Zaire, guys are mean to you. They tease you all the time." Coco looked at her brother with a raised eyebrow. She was a bit confused as to why her brother sounded as if he thought only girls could be mean to others…
Zaire stared at his sister with wide eyes. "What are you talking about Coco? I don't get teased. Guys play with me all the time!"
The tall blond sighed and shook her head. Of course, her stupid older brother didn't even realize he was being teased. Sometimes she wondered if they were even related. "Okay, whatever you say Zaire." Coco said, not wanting to burst his bubble. Though she wasn't sure if it was even possible to make the idiot realize guys were teasing him. "Anyways, we have a new friend to save!"
Zaire jumped up and down around his sister as they walked. "Seriously Coco? We're going to conduct a rescue mission?"
"Heck yah!"
--
Whispers ran across the elementary like wildfire.
"The Foxx siblings are up to something." Came from the fourth graders after seeing Zaire running around crazily to the third grade section of the school.
"I hear they are trying to find those second grade brats." Erupted from the third grade, courtesy of Coco demanding where they were.
"I hope they give them a good beating." Was from the fifth graders, the most violent students in the school were rooting for a good fight.
Once these rumors reached the second grade, the whole grade level was trembling. Coco and Zaire had built themselves quite a unique reputation in their school. Every grade knew their face by name and they knew Coco knew their face by name too. Wherever trouble was Coco and Zaire were there in the middle of it. Teachers and administration also knew the two.
Everyone wanted to be Coco's friend so they weren't on her bad side. She was the brains of the duo and did not forget things easily. That and the fact she was a rather violent eight year old contributed to a lot of the fear students held.
In Zaire's case, people actually liked him. His idiotic nature was hilarious so everyone actually wanted to be his friend. He loved friends, so it all worked out.
"Hey kid." Coco toward above one of the little second grade boys with a nonchalant look on her face.
The kid looked up and froze. He had heard the rumors. They were looking for them. No one knew why, but they were looking for them. Most of the second graders were hoping Coco and Zaire had enough of their horrible treatment of others and were going to set them straight. They were really hoping the two weren't going to actually join the group of horrible girls. The kid pointed over to the K through 2 playground at the domed jungle gym.
Coco grinned and ruffled the kid's hair. "Thanks Kevin." She started laughing as the kid jumped as she said his name. Apparently he didn't know she knew everybody in the school. Silly uninformed kid. "Yo Zaire! Found them, let's go!"
Her idiotic brother was goofing off with some of the second grader girls. Really, Coco wouldn't be surprised one bit if her older brother turned out to be a player when her grew up. Someone it seemed to fit his personality.
"Sorry luvvies. I'll play with you guys later! We're going to go save Kami!" Zaire waved and skipped over to his sister.
"Who's Kami?" The girls asked each other as they watched the two head over to the jungle gym.
"Why are you calling her Kami?" Coco asked her brother curiously.
Zaire thought for a moment then shrugged. "She didn't really seem like much of a Masami back at the Arcade. People usually don't know each other when they come to play DDR so they tell people to call them by names they wish they could be called by outside of the Arcade. I wouldn't be surprised if Kami really wants to be known as Kami." He smiled at his sister, not knowing how smart he just sounded.
Coco laughed and put her arm around her brother's shoulder. "Ah Zaire. You have no idea how much I love you at moments like these." She ignored his confused look as they reached the jungle gym.
"Come on." Coco whispered to her brother as she pulled him over to the platform on the fort that hovered above the jungle gym dome. "Let's just watch for a little bit."
Inside the jungle gym sat five girls. Four might've well been clones. They each wore pastel color based outfits with the same exact hairstyle. Even their names were similar. They were Amber, Ashley, Amanda, and Allison. The older students tended to call them the A Brats. Amber was the ringleader of the four. Amanda was her second in command. Allison and Ashley were the cronies.
Sitting across from the four A's sat Kami. Her wardrobe was rather boring, dull and pale colors that didn't really fit Kami at all. After seeing the Masami called Kami at the Arcade, Coco couldn't image her any other way. She had seemed so happy. There, the lime green marker seemed exactly like the type of color that would look perfect as clothing on the tiny girl.
The four A's seemed to be discussing their older siblings. Kami wasn't part of the conversation, obviously, but surprisingly the leader, Amber, didn't seem all too attached to the topic. Coco knew why.
Amber's older brother wasn't something the preppy clone would ever be proud of, though Coco would love having an older brother like hers. Amber's older brother was what she called an extreme anime fanatic and gaming nerd. The term 'otaku' was still foreign to Coco and Zaire. The guy was at the Arcade every weekend, not only playing DDR, but all the fighting games as well. The guy was a total dork.
It wouldn't be long until Amber decided to change the topic before it reached her. There was no way the leader was going to embarrass herself by talking about her brother. Coco just hoped that it didn't involve Kami, though she had an idea Kami was the instant topic change option for Amber.
"What about you Am-"
"Where are your glasses Masami?" Amber suddenly asked, staring at Kami with a piercing glare.
Kami looked up from the sand and her hair fell away from her face. Coco and Zaire both almost blew their cover with a gasp. They had never seen Kami without her glasses before. Glasses really did pull your attention away from her eyes. Kami's eyes were the most amazing things Coco had ever seen. She definitely wanted Kami as a friend now. One eye was gray (which was odd enough) and the other was green. Her eyes were different colors.
"We are playing soccer today. My glasses get in the way. I wanted to play so I wore my contacts." Kami muttered to the ground, looking away from Amber the second she began talking.
"Well I don't care. Your eyes creep me out. I told you to always wear your glasses. I'm hungry. As punishment, give me your lunch. You always have yummy snacks. I want them." Amber crossed her arms and stared at Kami. "Come on, lemme have them."
"It's what you get for not listening to Amber." Amanda taunted with a cruel laugh. "Come on then. Take 'em out!"
"Coooocoooo." Zaire whined as he watched Kami's pained expression.
"Sh." Coco hissed. "Just wait a little bit longer. I need to enter at the perfect moment."
"But what is wrong with n-" Zaire shut his mouth after the glare he received from his sister and returned his worried gaze back to Kami.
The tiny brunette stood up and headed over to the far side of the jungle gym where the backpacks were piled. She picked up her pack and walked back over to the four A's. She set it down before she sat back down herself that was a mistake.
Allison quickly reached forward and pulled Kami's backpack over to the pastel foursome. She grinned evilly at Kami's helpless look and zipped open the pocket. Out spilled her Gatomon plushie and a giant mixture of Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, and Pokemon cards.
"What is this junk?" Amber asked angrily, picking up the plushie as she spoke. "I thought after that lame backpack I made it clear this stuff isn't worthy of being part of our group. I'm being nice enough to let a loser like yourself hang out with us. The least you can do is actually follow orders and try to fit in." She shifted the plushie in her hands where the body was in one and the head on the other. "Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough Masami." She said as she started pulling in the plushie to make it tear apart.
"Okay enough's enough's." Coco said with a sigh as she started to get up.
"Coco, look." Zaire pointed down at Kami with wide eyes.
Kami was shaking and angry tears filled her eyes. She stood up and walked up to Amber. She raised her shaking arm and slapped Amber across the face. "I CAN'T STAND YOU! I HATE HATE HATE HATE YOU AND YOUR STUPID GROUP!" She grabbed her stuffed animal away from Amber and walked over to her bag.
All six children that just witness the outburst stared at Kami as if she had just spurted a leg on top of her head and a mouth on her ass. Amber was the first to recover from shock.
She stood up with a huff and stomped over to Kami, her hands clenched into fists. "Who do you think you are?" Amber grabbed Kami by the shoulder and forced her to turn around. "Who do you think has been taking care of your sorry self since the beginning of the school year! You'd be an even bigger nobody than you are now if you didn't meet me! If you beg at my feet I might consider forgiving you."
"All righty. This has gone on long enough." Coco jumped down from her spot on the fort onto the top of the jungle gym. With swift agile movements she slipped through one of the triangle openings and landed onto the sandy ground. She grinned happily at the sight of horror the four A's faces. She almost burst out laughing at the total disbelief written across Kami's face. It seemed she was still in shock herself about sticking up to the Amber-Bitch.
"What do you want here Coco?" Amber glared at the girl only a year older than herself. She was trying to put on an act that she wasn't scared, but she was ready to piss in her pants.
Zaire jumped onto the jungle gym as Amber was talking and the sudden arrival of the other Foxx sibling caused the four A's to jump. The redheaded boy laughed as he dropped into the jungle gym. "Amazing Kamikins! I was very impressed!" He skipped over to Kami and gave her a hug.
"W-what the heck is going on?" Kami asked with big eyes, she was ready to start crying. She just slapped somebody. She hadn't even slapped a nobody somebody, she slapped an Amber somebody. Amber was going to tell on her and she was going to be in so much trouble.
"You are our new friend." Coco said with a shrug. "I must say, I really like you now after that performance. Can't have a friend that is a total wussbag."
"When did Masami get Coco as a friend?" Amanda hissed to Amber.
"I don't know." Amber growled back. She was really loosing her cool. "She's probably paying her off."
"How rude!" Coco said with a huff, making the bitchy second graders to look over at her. They weren't really thinking that she was listening to them. "I'm forcing her to be my friend. You got a problem with that?"
Kami knelt down onto the ground and started picking up her trading cards. "This isn't happening." She muttered to herself, completely ignoring the interaction between her 'friends' and 'new friend'.
Zaire squat down next to Kami and grinned. "I'm really happy to be your friend Kami! I like you!" He laughed and started helping the girl pick up her cards, randomly commenting on those he didn't have.
Kami looked up from the ground to stare at Zaire with wide eyes. "You collect Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon cards?"
"Well duh. They are the only good trading cards out there." He looked down and gasped. "Oh wow! This is an awesome card! How'd you get all these good ones?"
"I just buy them." Kami muttered. When she noticed Zaire was looking right back at her she quickly looked down again. Amber didn't like it when she looked directly at people, it creeped her out.
Amber wasn't doing so good. She was about to loose her servant to the devil of the elementary school. She had worked so hard to train the stupid thing, she wasn't going to let it go to waste! "Yes I got a problem with that! She's our friend."
Amber shot her hand out and grabbed a handful of Kami's hair. She pulled the short girl up to her feet and forced a smile onto her face. "Isn't that right Masami? We're best of friends."
"U-Uh.." Kami stared at all the people looking at her and tried to think of the right answer. She really should say yes. She highly doubted the Foxx siblings truly wanted to be her friends. They probably just wanted to use her like the A's were. When she thought about it, being used by Coco sounded scary. She would rather stay where she was than become wrapped up in the chaos that followed the Foxx siblings. "Y-"
"Oh please. Do you really want to go back to that shit?" Everyone gasped at the sound of the curse word. Coco rolled her eyes and continued. "That's exactly what it is. They aren't your friends and you know it. Just speak your damn mind and stop letting them control you. People will like you better if you don't do what they say. Despite what these bitches have told you, people actually like personality. Stick out. Be yourself for Christ's sake."
"Coco, I'm going to have to tell Mom." Zaire muttered under his breath.
Kami stared at Coco with wide eyes, unlike the A's who were just shocked from the amount of cussing. Kami was surprised with the meaning of what Coco was saying. She had been thinking for a while with thoughts much like what Coco just voiced. Kami really wanted to be able to proudly say she played DDR and that she was good at it. She wanted to wear her Sailor Moon compact and Gatomon on her belt loops. She wanted to have a Digimon backpack. She wanted to trade her Pokemon cards with other kids before school started… Maybe Coco and Zaire really did want to be her friend.
"Don't listen to her Masami. You know we are your real friends." Amanda said with a fake smile.
"Yeah! They are just jealous of our friendship." Amber said, letting go of Kami's hair. She reached out her arms to give Kami a hug. "You know we think you are the best."
Kami looked up at Coco with pleading eyes, begging her to tell her everything was true. She really could be herself and have friends. That Coco and Zaire really wanted to be friends with her not somebody they created.
Coco smiled kindly and nodded. "Be Kami."
At that moment the shy girl Masami died. Completely died. One might think it impossible for someone to change so quickly, but it was only a matter of time before Kami snapped. Her personality had been changing ever since the A's started using her. It was around that time she had started playing DDR and hanging out with all the nice older kids. They had helped bring Kami out of her hiding spot. All she had needed was Coco to seal the deal and destroy Masami forever.
"Don't touch me." Kami said sternly, glaring at the ground.
Amber laughed and started to move closer to Kami. "Come on Masami. They're just trying to trick you. They won't be real friends."
Kami lifted her head and her hair fell out of her face. A cold green and gray glare pierced into Amber and onto the other A's. Everyone instantly noticed the different. Masami slouched slightly, trying to just blend in with everything. She had held her head down so no one would have to see her weird eyes. Kami stood straight, trying to pull as much height as she could from her pathetic measurement. Her head was held high, her eyes in plain view for anyone to see. "Go and die you shitty clones. You have as much personality as Barbie. Do you know how long I've wanted to say this? I don't know why I even allowed you to step all over me. I'm not a damn doormat. Though you four would probably make a wonderful one. Seeing as both Barbie and doormats are inanimate objects. I advise you step away from me unless you want your stomach dislocated into your throat."
The A's were too shocked to even move. Even Coco and Zaire were staring at Kami in disbelief. How could someone with such a strong disposition been the servant for four bratty little girls for so long?
"Eh. Too late." Kami pulled her arm back then jammed her fist into Amber's gut.
"Brat!" Amanda yelled as Amber fell to the ground, clutching her tummy. The second-in-command A ran to Kami and kicked her as hard as she could.
Kami winced and fell down at the sudden impact. She hadn't been expecting Amanda to get physical.
Being the bitch she was, Amanda kicked Kami again while she was down, right in her side.
Kami yowled in pain, but instead of falling over she leaped up and socked Amanda in the face. Amber had gotten back up and was about to charge at Kami while her back was turned. Coco quickly intervened at that moment. "Bring it on bitch." The third grader said with a demonic smile.
Amber growled and charged for the tall blond. She bent low in hopes of using Coco's amazing height against her, but Coco wasn't stupid. She was expecting the stupid girl to try something like that. As Amber ran forward in her bent position her head was the perfect level for Coco to kick her. Coco never passed an easy hit.
She raised her leg and brought a swift round kick to the side of Amber's head. That was one A down.
Kami was still dueling it out with Amanda and the other two A's finally seemed to have recovered from shock and started going for Coco and Kami.
"Zaire!" Coco yelled up at the redheaded boy sitting on top of the jungle gym, watching the scene below. "What the hell are you doing? Get your ass down here already and help us beat the living daylights out of these A's."
"I'm a guy Coco. I don't hit girls."
Coco sighed and faced the A charging for her, Ashley. With a quick karate chop to the back of her neck, the girl was down quickly. The blond looked over to her accomplice to see how she was doing and burst out laughing. The little brat was going against Allison and Amanda alone. Her nose was bleeding from a blow she had gotten from Allison when she snuck up, but other than that she seemed to be fine. But then again so did the other girls. The bruises would be showing up later.
"I really wish I was the one that completely took down Amber." Kami said with a sigh to Coco as she crouched down and swiped the feet out from under the two girls. Swiftly she jumped up and landed her feet on the girls' stomachs. They wind got knocked out of them and they didn't stand up to try to fight Kami again. The four A's weren't unconscious or anything, they just didn't want to get up again in fear of Kami and Coco.
Coco walked over to Kami and placed her arm around the small girl's shoulders. "I must say Kami-Kam. You were more than I thought you would turn out to be. I really do hope you want to be our friend."
"Of course I do. I wouldn't beat these bitches up if I didn't." Kami shrugged and looked at the ground. "Where are my trading cards?
Zaire slipped back in to the jungle gym and handed Kami a large stack of cards. "I finished picking them up for you." He said with a big grin. Zaire stared at her bleeding nose and yelled, "Kamikins! You're bleeding! Hurry hurry hurry! We need to get you to the nurse!"
Zaire quickly stuffed Kami's items into her backpack and pulled her out of the jungle gym. "The blood isn't stopping Coco! Kamikins is going to die!"
Coco sighed and followed her brother and friend out of the jungle gym. "It's just a nose bleed. It'll stop in a bit." She looked around and grinned. There were no witnesses. Great! That means we get to get out of class later on today when they finally get the courage to go tell on us!" She looked at Kami and grinned. "I hope you are prepared to get into tons of trouble."
Kami giggled and shrugged. "I don't really care anymore. I've wanted to do that for so long!" She ran ahead of the siblings and started twirling around in circles. "I feel so free! I just want to run around and do whatever I want! I want to go play DDR! I want to go watch my anime! I want to trade my cards! I want to go home and tell my mommy that I want to start wearing her crazy clothes that I've loved forever! I want to be friends with you guys!"
Coco laughed and watched Kami twirl about. She was just an adorable thing. Coco absolutely loved her. Was she ever right to go in and take her away from the A's. "Well you are already friends with us. So that's one thing off your list."
Kami's eyes grew wide and an adorable look of amazement spread across her face. "Seriously? Wow. I have friends." She started giggling at the amazing thought.
Zaire puffed up and then let out a loud squeal. "YOU ARE ADORABLE!" He screeched as he launched himself at Kami and then attached himself to her.
Coco stared at the two and then finally gave in. "I can't stand it either! You are too cute!" She ran over and pushed Zaire away so she could hug Kami herself. "Where have you been hiding all this year Kamikams?"
"Under a pile of A's." Kami replied chirpily.
Coco laughed and squeezed Kami closer. "You are officially our friend Kamikins. I hope you realize there is no going back now!"
Kami laughed and stared at Coco. "Are you serious? What would I have to go back to?" She smiled and ducked out from the giant's hug. "Oh hey, where's my backpack?"
"Right here Kamikins!" Zaire yelled as he skipped over to Kami and handed her bag.
"You know I don't really feel like staying here." Coco said with a sigh.
"Yes, I know what you mean Coco! It doesn't feel right to go to class and not play with Kami right after we became friends!" Zaire agreed with an excited nod. He had a feeling where Coco was going.
"What are you guys talking about?" Kami asked innocently. She wasn't following their train of thought at all.
Coco grinned at Zaire and nodded. "You know what I'm thinking Zaire. Let's take 'er and run!"
"Aye aye Coco!" Zaire yelled with a jump as he scooped up the tiny second grader and followed Coco as she started running across the campus.
"Hey hey! What's going on?" Kami tried to get out of Zaire's grip, but the girl was no match for him. She was stuck.
"We're kidnapping you." Coco said with a laugh as they headed to the school gates.
"Wha wha?! You're skipping?!" Kami yelled as she started trying harder to get out of Zaire's arms. "I don't skip! It's bad enough I'm going to get in trouble for fighting, but skipping too? I can't do that too!"
"Well actually you aren't skipping Kami!" Zaire did a little skip as they successfully ran out of the school and down the sidewalk. "We are kidnapping you!"
"Mommy's gonna kill me." Kami sighed, giving up. "Where exactly are we going?"
"To complete your list of course! We are going to go play DDR then do whatever you want to do!" Coco grinned and added, "Now that you are our friend you should be expecting more jail breaks like these! We don't follow rules! We make 'em!"
"Dear lord, what have a gotten myself into?"
"The best life you can have." Coco said with a grin.
"Hm. That sounds bearable." Kami giggled. "What the heck. Forget the rules! I'm gonna live like you guys from now on! You aren't just the Foxx siblings anymore! You've gotten a new addition to your duo!"
"Yay! Kamikins really does want to join us!" Zaire squealed as he hugged Kami.
Kami giggled and hugged Zaire back. "I don't think I've ever been this happy!"
--Back at the Elementary School… 4th grade section near the school gates--
"Jace, was that just Coco and Zaire that ran out of the school?"
"Yes I think it was Aaron, but who was the cutie they were kidnapping?"
"I think it was the girl Coco was saying they were going to make their new friend."
"Oh, now I feel insulted. Don't they feel that we make great friends?"
"Well it's not like we hang out with them that much…"
Aaron looked at his brother with a grin. "Hey Jace, you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Jace returned his twin's grin and stood up. "Let's go follow them."
"Woo hoo!" Aaron yelled as he leaped up. "I feel a chaotic friendship is about to be created!"
--Four Years Later--Last Month of The School Year--
"WAAAAH! COCO! WHERE IS MY KAMI-CAKES?!" Zaire yelled as he leaned over the balcony. "This is the last month of my last year of middle school! I'm going to have to wait THREE WHOLE YEARS before Kami-Cakes is going to the same school as me!"
"Hey you blubbering fool." Jace said, knocking Zaire on the back of the head.
"You aren't the only one upset." Aaron continued with a defeated sigh.
"Our poor Kamsters is going to be stuck in this hellhole with Coco for a whole year without us."
"And then she's going to be all alone. That's not fair!"
"How the hell can that brat not be here?" Coco asked angrily. She was leaning against the podium next to the balcony with her arms crossed. Today was the day they were going to pull their best prank yet, on the principal himself.
They already snitched the keys to his office and made copies in a previous prank that covered their true intentions. They also knew the principal's schedule by heart. After a month of prior planning, they were finally ready to pull the ultimate prank.
Every morning the principal said the announcements on the inter com. That was when the prank was going to take place and there would be no evidence whatsoever of who did it. Sure, the whole entire staff would know it was the group, but they wouldn't have any proof.
It was a mastermind plan. First the principal would make his announcements like he did every morning. But he did more than that every morning. The guy was a total freak. He turned on Madonna on his stereo and started dancing to it while eating pudding. It was beyond hilarious. After a bit the secretary would come in and join him.
Kami was the one that witnessed this and came up with the prank, so where the hell was she?
"Ah! Somebody is standing at our meeting spot!" Jace yelled, pointing over to the door to the library. A short girl was standing there with her arms crossed, but her hair was bright neon purple. Kami's hair sure as hell wasn't purple. Plus, it was shorter than Kami's shoulder length hair. The hair on this purple girl was cut up to her chin and styled to flip out. It looked adorable on the tiny girl, but to actually be Kami?
"What the hell? Is that Kami?" Coco asked, actually leaving her spot on the podium to lean of the balcony to stare. "Dear god I think it is. What the hell happened? Her hair is amazing!"
Coco turned around and sped down the stairs and across the campus, the three 8th grade boys quickly ran after her.
As they neared the purple haired girl they saw green and gray eyes staring at them credulously. "Where have you four been? I was starting to think you chickened out."
"Kami-cakes!" Zaire yelled, attaching himself to the tiny girl.
"What the hell happened?!" Jace and Aaron yelled, also piling on top of the ridiculously small 6th grader.
"This isn't going to sit well with your bitchy relatives when you go to the reunion this summer." Coco said suspiciously as she walked up to Kami and ruffled her short hair. "What's the motive?"
Kami giggled and ducked out from under the three tall boys, who fell over when their hug toy suddenly disappeared. "Well that's the whole reason, well part of it." She grinned and ran her fingers through the short purple hair. "You know how Momma has been using herself as a test subject for that hair dye she created that is based on berries and fruits and stuff so it doesn't harm your hair? Well she created unnatural colors and needs someone to test those. I asked her if I could be the test for them." She giggled and shook her hair around. "And I was getting annoyed with my long hair so I chopped it off."
"Okay okay that's nice and all, but what about your relatives? They're gonna give you enough shit about all the detentions we've gotten this year. Are you trying to kill yourself with the neon hair to top it off?" Coco asked, actually worried. Kami always dreaded the first week of summer ever since Masami was pushed into nonexistence. Her mom's family was ruthless and tried to find every single thing 'wrong' with Kami and shove it in her face. It always crushed the poor girl, so why the heck was she setting up more stuff for them to hassle her about?
"I've decided to officially not care anymore." Kami said with a gigantic grin. "I've been worried about what they thought for the longest time, but I've just gotten tired of worrying. It's such a bother. So, instead of them making me feel bad, I'm going to piss them off. Momma is gonna get a laugh out of it."
Coco gasped and her hand flew to her mouth in shock. "My little Kami is growing up!" She squealed as she pulled a Zaire and attached herself to Kami.
"Woo hooo! The brat has graduated to bitchy brat! Banzai!" Jace and Aaron wiggled their arms around in a mock celebration.
"Nyoo! You two! Kami-Cakes isn't a brat! She's a cake! A cake!" Zaire jumped around the twins with a hurt expression. "A cake!"
"I'm neither!" Kami snapped at the three. She pointed at her hair and snickered. "I'm a pomegranate."
"Naah. You're too small to be Zakuro." Jace shrugged and nimbly avoided the punch Kami flew at him.
"Too hyper to be her too. You are a Purin through and through." Aaron added with a laugh as Kami rounded around to him.
"All right you idiots. Let's leave the goofing off until our mission is over. We gotta rig the principal's office now."
"Ah true true." Jace and Aaron said with a laugh as they followed Coco around the administrative building.
Zaire and Kami followed after them as well. "Kami-Cakes, don't you need to go through the building and unlock the window?" The redheaded boy asked curiously.
"Already done." Kami replied with a giggle. "Since you guys took so long I took the liberty of going ahead and infiltrating the building."
"Ooooh good job Kami-Cakes! You're like a ninja!"
"Pah. She can't be a ninja." Aaron said with a smirk.
"Ninja's gotta blend in with their surroundings." Jace said with a firm nod.
"Purple hair is going to do a ninja no good." They said together with a laugh.
"Which is for the better." Coco said in a stern voice. "Because anybody on the ninja side of the battle is no longer my friend. PIRATES FTW!"
The group laughed and rounded the corner to the back of the administrative building. Behind them was the cafeteria, which to their luck had no windows on this side. It was as if the school was asking them to play a prank on the principal. Quietly they crept up to the middle window and climbed into the office.
Jace and Aaron set up a video camera on the bookshelf so it had a view of the entire room. They then started arranging the items so the camera would be concealed.
Zaire was acting as a lookout, it was the only thing the idiot was capable of doing without screwing up.
Coco was rigging the stereo so that when he turned it on, the little mic that had hooked up to the inter COM system would turn on as well.
Kami was in charge of connecting the camera to a wireless transmitter that sent out signals to Jace's computer. From Jace's computer he would hack into the school TVs and start broadcasting the feed from the camera onto the screens.
"All done?" Coco asked after finishing up with the mic.
"Done." Jace and Aaron said with a thumbs up.
"100 percent-o ready." Kami said with a giggle as she climbed out from under the computer desk.
"Somebody's coming!" Zaire hissed, actually being smart enough not to yell.
"Gyaah!" Jace and Aaron whispered as they leaped out the window.
"Cowibunga!" Kami squealed quietly as she followed suit.
"Common yah idiot." Coco hissed as she grabbed her brother's arm and dragged him outside with the others.
They broke out in a run the second they hit the ground. The bell was going to ring soon and needed to be in class the second it did. They weren't going to give the administration any hope of pegging them with the prank. Thankfully, the five middle school students had the same exact elective first period, video production. It really rocked how they could use any electronic they wanted at any point during the class, the teacher absolutely loved the five of them.
Right before the final bell was about to ring, the five otakus slipped into their chairs at their table in the back of the room. They were right on time.
Everything went on normally until a few minutes after the morning announcements. Suddenly Madonna filled the school and moaning soon followed the old star. After a bit of that, Jace opened up his laptop and turned on the video camera. The image of the principal dancing around in his office popped up on the TV screen.
He had his tie tied around his head and his shirt was unbuttoned. He was eating pudding and moaning each time he took a bite. The entire class burst out into laughter, the pranksters included.
After a bit the secretary walked into the room. "Umm. Sir." She said quietly.
The principal saw her and grinned. "Ready to dance like there's no tomorrow Cheryl?"
"Sir, someone has messed up the school tvs and inter COM system. You are being broadcasted throughout the whole entire school."
"WHAT?!"
Under the cover of the laughter Kami grinned at her friends. "I say our great next feat should be the fire alarms. We need to learn if the rumors are true that red ink spurts out when you pull it."
"Oh we like that idea." The twins said with matching smiles.
"That's great. Zaire can be our shield if ink does spurt out." Coco said smugly.
"Oh great!" Zaire said happily. "Hey, wait. No!"
The five of them burst out laughing, blending in with the rest of the class.
--About a Month Before the Present--
"Coco dear, what took you so long to get home? You said you were almost here a hour ago." Mrs. Foxx walked down the giant staircase in the front hall to her children who were walking into the house.
"Sorry Mom!" Zaire chirped. "We took the long way home since we walked Kami to her apartment!"
"I just can't leave the idiot by herself at midnight on the streets." Coco said with a tired sigh. "It never sits well with me." The blond looked at her mom with a raised eyebrow. "Mom, your eyes are all read. Were you crying?"
Suddenly the tall women fell to the ground and tears started pouring out of her eyes. "C-Coco. Z-Zaire. You know I love you, right?"
Coco knelt down next to her mom with a frown, Zaire right behind her. "Mom, what's wrong?"
"K-Kami d-dear just called. S-she was in h-hyst-sterics." Her whole body shook with her violent sobs.
The mentioning of Kami made both Coco and Zaire instantly more worried. "What about Kami Mom?" Zaire knelt down next to Coco, his eyes speaking volumes of his anxiety.
Their mother looked up at them, tears streaming down her face. "Akemi is dead."
Before they could react Coco's cell suddenly started ringing. Without even looking to see who it was the blond answered it and said, "Kami! Are you alright?"
Racking sobs could be heard on the other end and incomprehensible words spilled out of the phone. "Calm down Kami. We'll be right there."
Coco shut her phone and gave her mom a hug. "Sorry Mom. Kami needs us more right now."
"Yes, yes. You're right." Mrs. Foxx wiped her tears away and handed her daughter keys. "I came down to give you these. Take the car. You'll get there faster."
Coco gave her mother another hug and ran out the door.
"We'll be home late Mom." Zaire said, giving his mom a hug as well before he chased after Coco out the door.
Coco was an insane driver and cut a half hour drive into a ten minute one. Seeing the flashing lights of police cars, she parked a block away and ran the rest of the distance. It didn't take long for her to find Kami sitting on the ground, leaning against the apartment wall. There was a news crew standing in front of the building and all the tenants were outside as well. Coco also noticed a group of richly dressed people talking with the police and the news crew. She had an idea as to who they were, but they weren't her concern at the moment.
Coco sat down next to Kami and pulled the small teen into a comforting hug. She seemed to be past tears and was just staring blankly out in front of her. "Kami, hun. We're here." Coco crooned softly as she ran her fingers through Kami's blue hair. Was it really just a few hours ago they were off playing DDR and goofing off?
"Kami!" Zaire whined, falling down on the teen's other side and giving her a giant hug. "Oh Kami! It's alright to cry!"
"I-I d-don't think I can c-" Suddenly Kami burst out into tears and buried her head into Zaire's shoulder, his body was closer to her than Coco's.
"Awww Kami!" Zaire felt tears of his own forming and started rocking back and forth.
"They are t-trying t-t-to k-keep the media qu-quiet about it. They ar-are already pl-planning her f-f-f-funeral. Already!" She wailed and buried her head deeper into Zaire's shoulder. "I-I d-d-don't want to c-c-cry anymore! M-M-Momma is pr-pr-probably c-crying a lot r-right n-now. I-I d-don't w-want to make h-her c-cry e-e-even more!"
"Shh Kami." Coco said gently, not bothering to pry her friend away from her idiotic brother. Now wasn't the time to be fighting for Kami's attention. "It's alright to cry for now. Let it out. You can decide to not cry anymore once you've calmed down."
"I didn't say I loved her. I didn't. I didn't say it. I did-did." Kami's words were completely overcome by sobs and Zaire held her closer, not knowing what else he could do.
"Zaire, watch after her." Coco said solemnly. "I'll be right back." She started to stand up, but Kami reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Don't leave me." She whimpered.
Coco didn't have the heart to say no. She sat back down and wrapped her arms around Kami as well. The three sat like that on the sidewalk for a bit, but the chaos outside the building still wasn't thinning out. Finally Kami fell asleep in Zaire's arms, her peaceful breaths signifying the change.
Coco stood once more and gently pat her older brother on the head. "Watch after her. I need to find out what happened."
She headed over to the flashing lights and buzzing crowd. It didn't take her long to find the policeman in charge. "Hey." Coco said, putting on her 'I'm not taking any shit from you' face. "What the hell happened here?"
"Why should it concern you kid?" The policeman asked, obviously annoyed with the fact a teenager was disrupting him from his job.
"I'm the daughter's best friend and I need to know what happened." Coco said sternly.
"Oh." The man said in shock. "We've been looking for the daughter for a while. We need to ask her some quest-"
"She's asleep right now." Coco crossed her arms and stared at the man. "The last thing she needs right now is to go through the whole thing again. Now tell me, what happened?"
The officer sighed and signaled Coco to take a seat on the police car as he sat down himself. "We believe it might have been the third killing of a serial killer."
This caused Coco's jaw to drop. What type of serial killer singled out someone like Kami's mom?
"He's been targeting single mother's with a single daughter. Psychologists say that his mother was probably killed and he had a sister that found her. He cuts it close with his escape, always making sure that the daughter comes in right as he is leaving. What makes us almost positive is the note he left. For the last two murders he left a note hanging up on the wall of the scene with the murder weapon holding it in place. All three notes have the same thing written on them. Something about being afraid of the dark. It's horrible." The officer sighed and placed his head in his hands. "The next door neighbor was the one that called 911. The daughter had walked and just started screaming. She didn't move from her spot until the woman picked up the phone. The neighbor told us that the mother told that she loved her, but died before she could reply. We lost track of her during all the chaos. At least she's with friends."
The officer heard a choking sound and looked over at Coco, who was trying desperately to hold back her tears. "I take it you were close to the mother."
"She was like a second mother." Coco stood and turned away from the officer. "Thank you for informing me. I'll go now." She headed back over to Kami and Zaire to see her silver haired brother asleep as well.
With a defeated sigh Coco slid down the wall onto the ground and allowed her tears to flow. How could such horrible misfortune have befallen her friend like this?
………
Coco paused her story and urged back the tears that were threatening to fall. She looked around the room and saw her stupid brother and Tamaki clinging to each other, sobbing like the idiots they were. The twins looked pained, obviously feeling guilty about how they had been treating her friend. Hunny was sobbing in Mori's lap. The quiet guy was actually showing a bit of emotion in his eyes, they glistening slightly like tears were considering falling. Haruhi held a blank expression on her face, she had already hear the story from Kami, but after hearing about her past, it seemed much more tragic. The only jackass that wasn't showing any heart at all was the bastard Kyoya.
Coco ignored the cold bastard and took a deep breath. "The idiot woke up later and informed me that her mom would be crying if she cried so she wouldn't cry anymore. End of story." The blond looked around the room and smiled. "Though I'm happy that she did end up with you guys instead of staying with me 'n Zaire. It was probably easier for her to forget as best as she could with people she didn't even know. So I'll give you ext-"
Coco was suddenly cut off as Tamaki rammed into her to give her a hug. "Oh Coco-chan! You are the most wonderful friend my daughter can have! Oh how happy I am to have your permission to be Kami-Berry's friend!"
"Hey you blond bimbo!" Coco pushed Tamaki off her and scowled. "Who said I gave you permission? I just said I was thankful." She crossed her arms and pointed at the third years sitting on the ground, "I only give permission to Hunny and Mori cause I like them best."
"Whaaaa?!" Tamaki yelled, falling into his Corner of Doom. "That's not fair."
Zaire laughed and pat Tamaki on the head. "Aww. I'm sorry King. If it was my decision I'd give you permission, but it's Coco's call."
"I wouldn't be so quick to that if I were you Zaire." Kyoya said suddenly as he typed on his computer. "After all, for the beginning of Kami's stay he was refusing to acknowledge her as a person allowed to hang around Haruhi. He called her a bad influence."
"Mom! You tattle tale!"
"King." Zaire stared at Tamaki with watery eyes. "I had so much faith in you?! How could you!?"
"How can you stand that idiot?" The twins asked Coco, talking about her older brother.
Coco smirked and replied, "I was about to ask you the same exact thing."
While the story time upstairs had been going on… our wonderful Kami-Cakes was down in the kitchen…
Kami yawned and looked up at the kitchen clock. Two hours had passed since the game of hide and seek had began. It was getting close to the 2 o' clock mark. She was seated on the counter, her back leaned up against the wall. Her legs were spread out and sitting on her lap was her laptop. She was munching on some random snacks while talking to one of her online buddies. Star was curled up next to her, purring as Kami reached down to pet her occasionally.
She'd quickly run away from the group. Not really because of what Zaire was saying, she didn't even realize he was talking really. She just didn't want to get pegged with being it. After the closet Kami didn't feel like playing hide and seek anymore. All she wanted to do was sit down at her computer and eat snacks. Which was exactly what she was doing. Mission fulfilled.
She yawned again and looked down at her computer screen. "Darn." Her friend just signed off. Now what to do?
Suddenly the sound of the fridge opening filled the room and cause Kami to jump in surprised. She looked over to the fridge and saw a rather tall guy in pjs. He had short black hair and from her perspective she could see a bit of facial hair on him as well. He didn't look like anybody she knew, so who the hell was he?
"Uummm. Hello?"
The guy jumped and turned around to see Kami staring at him curiously. "Oh. I thought all you kids were finally asleep. Please don't tell Yuzuha I was getting a snack. She'll be had at me."
"Uh, okay?" Kami continued staring at the guy and finally asked, "Who the heck are you?"
The guy instantly turned gloomy at her question. "Ah. It figures. I just got home a few days ago too. It makes sense. Though I could have sworn I said hello."
Kami laughed at the weird guy and nibbled on her Pocky. "You're weird. But I seriously don't know who you are."
"I'm Hikaru and Kaoru dad."
Kami dropped her Pocky and stared at the guy. "WHAT?!" She screeched, setting her computer down and jumping to the floor. "I didn't even realize the HAD a dad! You must be a ninja! I never noticed you!"
"I've been considering becoming a ninja. With my skill of being unnoticed. I could be a spy maybe too. I'd be the best of the force. Look at how I blend in with the fridge." The twin's dad stepped back into the fridge and really did seem to start to disappear.
Kami squealed and clapped her hands. "Or you can join the circus! They'd love your act!" She paused and then gasped. "My gawd! Your presence wasn't even noticed by Star-chan!" She pointed at her cat, who was staring at the two curiously.
This didn't seem to make the twin's dad feel any better. "Seems I can add that to my list of what I can hide from." He muttered gloomily.
Kami laughed again and jumped back onto the counter. "I like you Hitachiin-sensei! Teach me your ninja ways!"
The twin's dad stared at Kami incredulously. "Kane-"
"Ah, no no Hitachiin-sensei! I'm Kami! Just Kami!" She grinned and nodded to the door. "You really should go to sleep though Hitachiin-sensei. I promise not to tell Yuzuha-san that you were having a past midnight snack, but only if you promise to teach me how to be a ninja!"
A small smile spread across Hitachiin-sensei's face as he closed the fridge door. "You have a deal then Kami-chan. Now what about you? Shouldn't you be going to sleep soon?"
Kami laughed and shook her head. "We're still playing hide and go seek! I'm hiding in here. I don't think I'm going to be found for a while. They've probably been looking through all the upper stories. They are all idiots."
Hitachiin-sensei smiled and headed to the door. "Don't stay up too late Kami-chan. You guys are going to have a long day tomorrow. Make sure you get the others to go to sleep soon as well."
"Will do Hitachiin-sensei!" Kami giggled and waved as the ninja-like guy disappeared. "Coco is gonna be mad at me, but I've always favored ninjas more. But vampires will always win in the e-" A giant yawn cut her off. She laughed at the sound made with the mixture of 'end' and a yawn. Another yawned passed through and Kami sighed. "Maybe I'll take a small nap as I wait for them." She muttered as she leaned her head back on the tiled wall.
Star purred and climbed into her lap. He nuzzled her hand, wanted to be pet, but the crimson haired teen was already dead asleep.
Hikaru and Kaoru's dad reentered the room carrying a small pillow and blanket. A soft smile creased his face as he walked over to Kami. He had a feeling she would be falling asleep soon. His perspective skills never failed. Gently he lifted her head away from the wall so he could place the pillow between her and the hard surface.
He looked down at the cat and remembered that he didn't like men. The twin's dad placed the blanket around Kami, but made sure to leave one side partially uncovered so the blanket didn't smother the kitty.
'Hitachiin-sensei' quietly left the room, wondering what his sons were really doing. He highly doubted they would have been playing hide and go seek for so long. It didn't really concern him though. He needed to go back to sleep anyways…
--Back Upstairs--
"Gah!" Coco suddenly exclaimed, interrupting the chaos inside Kami's room. "The little idiot still thinks we are playing hide and go seek!"
The whole room froze, exception of Kyoya of course.
"Gyaaah!" Zaire whined, jumping up from his spot on the ground. "We must go find Kami-Cakes!"
"Hope she's not stuck in another closet." Kaoru said with a smirk.
"We'd never find her." Hikaru agreed with a nod.
"Whaa! We need to hurry and find Kami-chan! It's no fun waking up and having no idea where you are!" Hunny exclaimed.
Tamaki whirled around and nodded. "Yes! We must go find Kami-Berry!"
The group, exception Kyoya, charged out of the room to find Kami.
In the end it was Coco and Zaire who found the sleeping idiot. They weren't kind enough to carry her upstairs and let her continue sleeping. No, they woke her up being the wonderful friends they were.
Somehow the whole group was able to gather in Kami's room and actually go to sleep before the sun rose. Everyone fell asleep on the floor, all except Kyoya who pushed any and everyone who attempted to sleep on the bed.
It really was quite a cute scene. Mori was sleeping sitting up, his back against the wall. Hunny was sitting up as well and was leaning sideways on his giant cousin. Hikaru, Kaoru, Haruhi, and Tamaki were curled up around Mori's legs. Coco, Zaire and Kami were at the center piece's feet. Kami was squished between Coco and Zaire as they used her as a huggable pillow. Everyone was… well…peaceful.
Of course, everything would go back to chaos when they got around to waking up in the morning…which by that time would be more like the afternoon.
End of Chapter Nine
Jem: 0.o I don't have any footnotes this chapter… Amazing! xD Well now to answer all these reviews that piled up of this horrible rut stage…
Much thanks to Strawberry Newtype(Wowies 0.o That's a long time. I love Kami's friends too xD And you know, I wouldn't be much of an otaku if I didn't include other anime, now would I?), loretta537(Oh I'm getting there eventually…Gyah! I couldn't do that to Bisco! That'd be horrible to think one of the fathers was a cheater…Very sorry for not updating soon), HyperFoxChild(Oh mi gawd. Your review made me crack up so much xD Very glad the last chapter made you go crazy…Not sure how else to reply xD), KinKitsune01(Tee hee. I'm sure you'll build up the courage to go to a con one day. I wish you luck! :3 And I'm not saying anything to give the pairings away… though it's kinda obvious now xP), SistersGrimm(Gyah. If you about died waiting for the last chapter you must have really died for this one. :( I really do love the HikaHaru pairing as well…I would start ranting about the TamaHaru paring, but that'd take up too much room xD), micati, blackrose4ever, Hibiki-chan, hitsugaya07(Gyah. There are a lot of errors in all my chapters. I was rereading them right before I got back to typing the rest of this… Dear god I wanted to kill myself..But anywhos, you're HikaHaru moment will come eventually! Gah. I'm not supposed to give that away…), cwizumi, Terriortwlight, zenith darling(tya ha. I think you pretty much did wait another 6 months for this one… xP), nino-kun(Kya! I luv LoveCom. Tis adorable. I pretty much squeed through the whole series xD), Monica(I feel special. Not only did a GAIAN (oh me gawd squee I luv Gaia) tell you about my fanfic, but the GAIAN ACTUALLY SUGGESTED MY FANFIC! I'm ready to happily die now… And I feel even more special! You're first review? Yay!), Kinoshita Kristanite(Shweet!), iEmily, TheWinchesterAngel(hmm I dunno. I love Mori, but actually coming up with another Oc would be rather bothersome…), Hakumei.xo(Nya there's been two comment about typing errors… Jeezles peezles that's horrible of me!), Hikari Kimaka, and Quelara!
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