Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to the Codename: Kids Next Door or Love Hina.
Edited by: Zenapax & Iresol
Note: Sorry for taking so long to write this. I ran into some personal problems, which I'm still dealing with. But somehow (with very little effort those) manage to balance my problems and writing fanfics. So, I'll either be delaying the next chapter or quickly having it up soon.
The Agony Of Goodbye: Tuesday - School Daze
"Huh?" Kuki says, looking into total darkness. "Where am I?"
Feeling around the area with her arms and legs, realizing she's lying down in a narrow space. She tries to stand up, but doesn't get halfway up before hitting her head on something and crashes back down to the floor. Wondering what happen, she raises an arm up, getting about a few feet in the air before touching what seems to be a ceiling.
"What the?" Careful not to hit her head again, Kuki sits up before slowly trying to stand. She gets about three feet of her body up right before touching the ceiling again.
"Oh great!" She cries out. "I'm in the hidden passageway!"
Not caring how she ended up in here, Kuki goes on her belly and starts to crawl, wanting to get out. She thinks she's only going to spend a few minutes in the passageway. After what seems likes few hours, she's hot and sweating all over. Feeling very tired, she collapses.
"Can't move," Kuki cries. "Too exhausted to..." Before she could finish, she lifts her head and sees a faint light in the distance. Excited that she has finally found an exit, she gets her second wind and crawls at top speed towards it.
Once she reaches the light, she lifts up what seems to be a wall scroll and looks out, horrified to see Wally on top of Shinobu, in bed and under the covers.
"Do you want to consummate our love for each other?" Wally bluntly asks, making Shinobu blush like a tomato.
"Yes. Yes I would." A moment later, Kuki can only watch as Wally pulls over the covers.
'Consummate their love?' Kuki thinks as she begins to cries. She can see movement going on under the blanket, hearing faint sounds of what seems to be kissing noises. Unable to take it anymore, she leaps out from behind the wall scroll.
"No!" Kuki shouts, running towards them. "No! I won't let you!"
As she runs, she can hear her name being called out. She ignores it, but soon, her vision becomes blurry that she can't tell where the bed is anymore. After a few seconds, her blurriness gets even worse as the voice gets louder. Kuki closes her eyes, hoping it will go away. After a few intense seconds, she opens them to see a familiar and friendly face.
"Mom?" She says with a surprise tone, seeing her mom with a worried and concerned expression.
"Kuki honey. Are you alright?"
"Yes mom. I'm fine. Why?"
"You were screaming at the top of your lungs about not letting someone do something." Kuki feels embarrassed that she was talking in her sleep.
"Oh that," she giggles, trying her best to sound alright. "Don't worry about that. It was just a nightmare."
"Okay then." Kuki's mom leans over and kisses her daughter's forehead before giving her a hug. "I was just scared, you know." She gets up and heads towards the door. "By the way, breakfast is ready. You better get dressed and grab some before it's all gone." With a smile, she leaves.
Kuki goes to her bag of clothes to change, but at the last minute, changes her mind. Still wearing her night clothes, she heads out the door and down the stairs towards the dining room.
Inside, there is a mountain of food as Keitaro, Mr. Beatles, Mrs. Sanban and Naru sit around the table. Kuki joins them, sitting next to her mom. She takes an empty plate and starts picking up food with chopsticks. Having about the right amount of food on her plate, she grabs a bowl of miso soup and begins to dig in when Su arrives, looking watery-eyed with her tongue hanging out.
"FOOD!" She yells, running towards the table.
She grabs the rice cooker, along with two bowls of miso soup and in a matter of seconds, wolfs it all down. Before she can grab anything else, everyone holds onto their portion of breakfast.
"Dammit Su!" Naru yells. "How many times do we have to tell you not to eat everything on the table! There are other people who haven't eaten yet!"
"But I'm hungry!"
"You're always hungry!" As the two of them argue, everyone else goes back to eating their breakfast. Keitaro explained to them yesterday, that someone always argues with Su about her eating everything.
Once everything is settled between Naru and Su, they begin to eat breakfast peacefully as Kitsune and Motoko come into the dining room. As they grab a plate and put food on it, Kuki notices that Wally is missing. At first, she thought nothing of it, knowing that he usually gets up late. But then she remembers that he slept in Shinobu's room. Figuring that she's still probably cooking, she gets up from the table and heads towards the kitchen. When she goes in, she sees no one there. Disappointed, she heads back to the table. Mrs. Sanban notices her daughter's sad expression.
"Kuki honey. What's wrong?"
"Oh. It's nothing. I just wanted to ask Shinobu if Wally is awake." She grabs her tamago-yaki with her chopsticks and dips in soy sauce before taking a bite.
"He is," Motoko reply. "I saw him go into the bathroom." Kitsune lets out a confused look.
"You sure?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because I also saw Shinobu go into the bathroom." Remembering that both Kitsune and Motoko went down together, Kuki bolts out of the dining room, heading towards the bathroom.
Up the first flight of stairs, she hurries over the to bathroom door. Opening it and making her way through the small entrance room, she goes inside the actual bathroom, seeing Wally just about to stand up from the tub.
"What the?!" He shouts, submerging himself in the tub. "What are you doing here Kuki? Can't you see that I'm taking a bath?"
"YEAH!" Kuki violently cries, coming closer to him. "WHERE IS SHE?"
"Where's who?"
"YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Her flames of fury begin to appear. "NOW, WHERE IS SHE?! WHERE ARE YOU HIDING HER!"
"I'm hiding no one. I'm the only one in here."
"YEAH RIGHT!" Kuki peeks into the tub just as Wally covers himself up.
"Dammit Kuki! Now you've gone too far." Wally seems to think that Kuki didn't hear him, seeing angry fire in her eyes before reaching over to him.
"THAT'S IT! NO MORE GAMES! WHERE ARE YOU HIDING HER!"
"For the last time, I'm the only one in here. And who are you talking about?"
"SHINOBU! WHERE ARE YOU HIDING HER!"
"I'm right here." Kuki turns around, about to kill the both of them, when she notices that Shinobu is wearing a sailor style school uniform.
"What in the world..." Kuki lets out, looking very bewilder. "Why are you wearing that?"
"What do you mean?" Feeling that Shinobu is playing dumb, Kuki storms towards her before she begins to scream at her.
"WHAT DO I MEAN!? YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO BE NAKED IN THE BATHROOM WITH WALLY!" After realizing what she just said, Kuki blushes like a tomato and covers her mouth. Although Shinobu doesn't quite understand much English, she perfectly understand what Kuki said to her; also blushing like a tomato, but too paralyzed with embarrassment to cover her mouth.
"Come again?" Both girls hear Wally say, who has a towel around himself and looking very angry at Kuki. Before she can think of an explanation, Keitaro appears in the doorway.
"Oh great. I'm too late."
"What do you mean Sempai?" Shinobu ask.
"Look you guys," Kuki interrupts. "I'm sorry for causing a scene. I heard from Motoko that Wally was in the bathroom, but also heard from Kitsune that Shinobu was in there too. I thought you two were together doing...whatever and I guess I'm wrong. Sorry."
"Well, you should be," Keitaro says. "Acting out before hearing the whole story."
"Before hearing the whole story?" Kuki looks bewildered. "What do you mean?"
"After you ran off, Motoko explained that Wally went to the bathroom after Shinobu left because she saw him waiting outside the door. Kitsune then realized that after she saw Shinobu enter the bathroom, she went to the toilet and must have been there longer then she thought before meeting up with Motoko and joining us for breakfast."
"Oh no." Kuki slaps her forehead.
"It's okay," Shinobu tells her. "It's an honest mistake." Kuki sees her smiling, unsure of what to think of it.
"I agree," Wally adds. "No real harm done. But you all do me a favor and LEAVE SO I CAN FINISH MY BATH?!"
"Sorry!" Kuki, Shinobu and Keitaro say together, closing the door behind them before leaving the bathroom.
Kuki and Keitaro head back to the dining room to finish up breakfast as Shinobu heads back to her room. Finishing the last of her food, Kuki puts away her plate in the sink and heads back to her room to change. But before getting there, she sees Shinobu staying outside her door.
"Hey Shinobu." She turns her head towards Kuki.
"Oh. Hi Kuki."
"What are you here?" Shinobu looks a little nervous, avoiding eye contact.
"Well...you see..." A sweatdrop appears on Shinobu's forehead. "I was wondering if you want to come to school with Su and I?"
"School?" Kuki shocking replies. "You have school at this time?"
"Yes. Japanese schooling is different from American schooling you know. Not only do we take different breaks from you guys, but also begin and end the school year in different months." Kuki wants to slap herself for forgetting that part because her mom always tells her about her school days in Japan. Then she wants to slap Shinobu for making her feel dumb.
"I know. I just forgot. But how come you and Su didn't go to school yesterday?"
"It was a faculty staff day, so we got a day off. Anyway, do you want to come?" The moment Shinobu asks that question, Kuki already wants to tell her 'no'. She has been mad at her for spending all of her time with Wally, getting close to him and flirting with him. Even sleeping together in her room. Before Kuki could give her answer, Wally comes out from the room, wearing faded blue jeans, a shiny sliver shirt, white socks and the translating helmet while holding a pair of brown shoes.
"Shinobu." He calls to her.
"Yes?" She turns around towards him.
"Keitaro's shoes are too big for me."
"Darn. I knew this would happen." A question mark appears above Kuki head.
"Why do you have my cousin's shoes for?"
"Shinobu told me that I need to bring indoor shoes since I'm going to school with her and Su." Kuki's mouth drops to the floor before her tongue rolls out.
"WHAT A MINUTE! You're going to school with her and?" Wally nods. "Why? I thought you hate school?"
"I do. But there will be nothing to do around here."
"What do you mean?"
"Our parents are going to work. So is Kitsune, whatever that would be. Your cousin and Naru are going to the library to study for some entrance exam. Motoko is going to her high school while her :pointing to Shinobu: and Su are going to middle school. Which leaves us here alone."
'What's wrong with spending time alone?' Kuki thought. 'I mean, you were alone with Shinobu all day. And night!'
"Beside, we been cooped up in here since we arrived and I want to do a little sight seeing." Kuki feels disappointed that he doesn't want to spend time alone with her. Worried that she also looks disappointed, she hides her feelings, trying to look cheerful.
"I see your point. Well, Shinobu just asked me if I wanted to come to school with her and Su and I was just about to tell her that I accept her offer."
"That's great. The four of us are going to school together." Wally looks really pleased, which puts a smile on Kuki's face. "But did you tell your mom? I mean, I already permission from my dad."
"Don't worry about it Wally," Shinobu interrupts. "When I asked your dad if you could come, her mom was with him and told me that she could come with us if she wanted to."
"Great!" Kuki shouts, trying to sound happy about this. "I better go get changed then."
"Sure. Wally and I will look for some indoor shoes and we'll meet you at the front door." Shinobu and Wally head towards the stairs as Kuki heads to the room. As she opens the door, she hears Shinobu calling out to her. Looking back into the hallway, she sees Shinobu runs towards her.
"What is it?" Shinobu stops a few feet from Kuki. She looks down at Kuki's bare feet for a moment before looking back at her.
"Ask Su for an extra pair of indoor shoes. You might be her size." With a quick nod, Kuki watches Shinobu runs back towards Wally before they disappear.
Stepping inside her room and closing the door behind her, Kuki makes her way to her bag, checking out what she should wear. Knowing what the school uniform looks like and wanting to get Wally's attention, she decides to wear a plaid teal mini skirt and matching tank top. Just as she's about to leave, she realizes that her mom won't approve of her outfit. Knowing that she has to see Su, she redresses into her black khakis and red long-sleeve shirt. Tucking the clothes that she wants to wear under her arm, she heads towards Su room.
Knocking on her door, Su opens it, greeting her with a smile.
"Hey Kuki! What are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm going to school with all of you today and..."
"YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL WITH US!" Kuki nods. "YAY!" Su jumps on Kuki, feeling very excited. Kuki tries her best to carry the extra weight on her, but fails as they both come crashing to the floor. She lets out a painful sigh as Su jumps off of her and back into her room.
Getting up off the floor, Kuki enters Su's room. She watches her grab her bag before sprinting towards her.
"Let's go!" Su shouts, grabbing a hold of Kuki's arm. "I want to show you all around school!" With Su's speed and momentum, Kuki takes a few steps to where Su is going.
"Su! Wait!" Kuki manages to get her balance and stop in place, thus making Su lose hers and fall to the floor. "Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" Su rubs her head.
"I think I have a boo-boo." After rubbing her head, she gets up. "But I'll be fine. Come on. Lets go to school and I'll show you around."
"Okay, but I have a favor to ask you." Kuki feels a bit nervous about asking to hid her clothes from her mom when she remembers about the shoes. "Actually, it's two favors."
"Oh? Then what are they?"
"Well, the first one is do you an extra pair of indoor shoes that I can borrow? Shinobu told me that you and I might be the same size."
"I might. Let's check then."
Su goes back to her room, followed by Kuki. They go to the other side of the room with not much forest area. They walk up to her closet door, where she takes out a few shoe boxes. She checks the inside of a few boxes before handing one to her.
"Try that one." Kuki opens the box and pulls out a pair of white sneakers. She places it on her feet and begins to walk around in them. "How do they feel?" With her back towards Su, Kuki gives a little twirl, smiling at her.
"They feel great!" Su begins to clap as Kuki takes off the shoes. "I can't believe that we have the same shoe size."
"I know." Grabbing a plastic bag, Su takes the shoes and puts them in it. "Okay. We're set. By the way, what is the other favor you wanted?"
"Oh that." Kuki begins to blush in embarrassment. "Well, I was wondering if I could put these clothes in your bag?" Walking up to Kuki, Su looks at the clothes. She picks them up and in a flash, changes into them, checking herself out in the mirror as Kuki has a bewildered expression across her face.
"Why don't you just wear this?" Su ask. "This looks really cute and you may have a lot of guys coming after you!" Kuki begins to blush again, only wanting Wally coming after her.
"I know, but my mom doesn't approve of me wearing outfits like that outside the house. So I need to hide it in your bag until we're at school so I can change into that."
"Oh. I see now." In a blink of an eye, Su changes back into her school uniform, putting away Kuki's clothes in her bag. "Sure. I'll help and don't worry. I'll keep it a secret from your mom."
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it. That's what friends are for." Kuki lets out a smile, realizing that she has made a friend in Su. "Anyway, lets go. I want to show you around before class begins."
"Alright." Kuki grabs the indoor shoes and the two of them leave the room together.
Down the stairs and to the front door, they meet up with Wally and Shinobu, who are waiting for them. Kuki and Wally tell their parents goodbye before leaving for school.
After descending the long flight of stairs, the group walks across the street and waits by a bus stop. They wait about a minute before they see a bus coming towards. Boarding the bus, they make their way to the back before sitting down. Upon Su and Shinobu's request, Wally and Kuki take a sit next to the window, so that they can see parts of the city. Wally immediately sits down, looking out the window. Kuki hesitates, wanting to sit next to him, but follows suit, taking the seat in front of him. As she sits down, she notices that Shinobu is slowly making her way towards Wally. Without thinking, Kuki gets up from her sit, grabs Shinobu's arms and quickly sits back down.
"Sorry," Kuki says, trying to act cheerful. "But I really don't know you very well, so I thought we should sit together and talk." She lets out a smile, hoping to conceal her motive is that if she can't sit next to Wally, neither can she.
"Well..." Shinobu looks up, seeing Su with a confused expression before turning back to Kuki. "It's fine with me, unless Su wants to sit with you." She turns back to Su.
"It's alright." She replies with a smile before sitting next to Wally.
Kuki is bored out of her mind the whole ride to school, trying to make conversation with Shinobu. She didn't have a lot to talk about with her since she really didn't want to know her. She is glad that Shinobu did have things to talk about or she would have been in an awkward situation. Su also joins in on the conversation as Wally continues to look out the window.
Half an hour passes before the foursome reach their stop. They get off and walk about a block before reaching a long and tall gray building with a lot of windows. As Wally and Kuki look in amazement, Shinobu and Su lead them to the front door. When they enter, they see a few kids standing next to what seems to be a larger wall full of small cabinet holes.
"What are those?" Wally ask.
"They're called getabako. It's where you put your outdoor shoes in," Shinobu answers. "They're all assigned, so you can't put your shoes in with ours."
"So, where do we put ours?"
"Over there." Shinobu points to a small getabako next to the front door. "Those are reserved for visitors."
As Wally makes his way to the visitors' getabako, Kuki notices that he's carrying a plastic bag with him. Following him, she takes off her shoes and places them in one of the getabako next to his before putting on the shoes Su let her borrow. When she gets them on, she sees Wally already making his way towards Shinobu and Su. They wait until Kuki joins them before moving along. They walk about hundred yards before making their way to the office.
As everyone enters, Shinobu tells them to stay by the door before walking to the faculty office. It doesn't take her long before she comes back, handing Wally and Kuki plastic badges.
"What are these for?" Kuki ask.
"Those are visitor passes." Shinobu answers. "It's just to let the teachers and other facility know that you're not students here."
Putting on the badge, Kuki looks down and notices the shoes Wally is wearing, making her laugh and falling to the floor.
"What's so funny?" Everyone ask together. Kuki, trying to control her laughter, gets up and makes her way towards Wally.
"Wally. Are you really wearing..." Kuki can't help but chuckle some more.
"Yes?" Although Wally replies with an angry and annoy tone, he's a little embarrassed.
"Are you wearing Mary Jane shoes?!" Wally sweatdrops, blushing like a tomato.
"Hmmm...yes." His answer causes Kuki to fall down laughing again.
"Why are you wearing girl shoes?" Su ask.
"Because these are the only indoor shoes that I found that fit me."
"But Mary Jane shoes?" Kuki replies, get up again and holding her side. "It's pretty funny that you're wearing girls' shoes. Anyway, who's are they?"
"They're mine." Kuki's laughable mood changes to despair when she realizes that Shinobu spoke up.
"They're...yours?" Shinobu nods.
"Yeah." She begins to blush. "He tried just about every pair of shoes in the Hinata Sou before trying on those. I never would have imagined that we have the same size shoe."
Kuki feels very ill at the moment. Not only have they spent most of the vacation together, they have somewhat the same physical build. At least, feet wise. She swears that if she catches Shinobu wearing any of Wally's clothing, she's going to murder her.
"Well, I'm just glad we didn't have to buy a pair of indoor shoes." She lets out a chuckle, trying to hide the pain she's in. "Anyway, is there a bathroom nearby?"
"Sure. Just down that hallway."
"Thanks." Kuki turns towards Su. "Give me your bag."
"Huh? Why?" Su is a little confuse by her request until she remembers what's in her bag. "Oh yeah! I almost forgot. Say, why don't I come with you?"
"Okay." The two run side by side, entering the bathroom together.
Both Wally and Shinobu turn towards one another, showing the same bewildered look. They wait a few minutes before their friends return, seeing Kuki wearing something completely different.
"WOW!" Shinobu surprisingly says. "You look so pretty."
"Thank you," Kuki replies, thinking that she's making her jealous. "What do you think Wally?" Watching his expression on his face, she thinks he isn't impress with what she's wearing.
"Is that another one of your 'my mom won't let me wear this in public' outfits?"
"HEY!"
"What do you mean?" Shinobu ask.
"Kuki's mom is pretty strict on what Kuki can and can't wear. She usually hides the clothes she wants to wear, that her mom won't allow, in her bag and will wear it once she's at school. I don't understand the whole thing because she looks the same to me, no matter what she's wearing." A ten ton anvil falls on Kuki's head, knowing that her plan to get Wally's attention didn't work.
"Well, I think she looks pretty hot to me," Su says, putting an arm around Kuki's shoulder. "Come on! I want to show you around the school before we go to class."
"What about Wally and Shinobu? Shouldn't they come with us?"
"Why?" Shinobu ask before surprisingly popping her eyes out, looking embarrassed. "Oh shoot. I forgot to tell you. Su and I are in different grades, so we won't be in the same classroom."
"WHAT?!" Kuki shouts. "You mean you two aren't in the same grade?"
"That's right," Su adds. "I'm one grade higher then Shinobu." Kuki looks bewilder, thinking all this time that they were in the same grade.
"Since the two of you are here, the plan is that you'll go to Su's class while Wally goes my class," Shinobu explains as Kuki grinds her teeth. "We'll get together at lunch and you'll switch places."
"Switch places?"
"Meaning that after lunch, you'll go to Shinobu's class," Su begins explaining. "And Wally goes to my class!" Kuki hides her disappointment, knowing that she won't spend a lot of time with Wally. "Now come on! Time is a wasting!" Before Kuki could say another word, Su grabs her arm and drags her out of the hallway, leaving Wally and Shinobu alone.
"So..." Shinobu begins, blushing a little. "You want me to be your tour guide around the school? I promise to be more gentle then Su is." Wally laughs at that comment.
"Thanks, but there is nothing I really want to see. I'm not a school person."
"Oh. Well, you want to go my classroom then? One of my friends is usually there by the time I arrive and the others comes a few minutes after."
"Sure."
The two of them walk to the end of the hallway and climb a flight of stairs. Once they're at their floor, they enter another hallway before stopping at the second door on the left. Shinobu opens the door slightly, peeking into her classroom.
"Oh good," she says. "My friend is here."
Sliding the door completely open, Shinobu lets Wally enter the room. Stepping inside, he sees the classroom empty except for a girl with short brown hair, sitting on the opposite side of the room, reading a book.
"Akiko-chan!" Shinobu calls out as she closes the door. The girl turns her head towards them and smiles.
"Shinobu-chan!" Closing her book and letting it drop on her desk, the girl gets up from her seat and makes her way towards her friend. "Long time, no see."
"Oh, come off it! It's only been a few days." Wally watches both girls smile and giggle. When the giggling stops, the short brown haired girl looks at him.
"Hey. Who are you?"
"Oh. I almost forgot," Shinobu interrupts. "Akiko-chan, this is Wally Beatles. He is Sempai's cousin's friend. He has been staying with us for a few days now." The girl looks bewilder by Shinobu's explanation.
"So, he has no relation to Keitaro?"
"None what so ever. Anyway, Wally, this is one of my best friend in the whole wide world, Taichi Akiko."
"Hello," Akiko says with a friendly smile to him, staring at his head.
"Hey," he replies, feeling awkward at the moment.
"What's that?" She ask, pointing to his helmet.
"You mean this?" Wally also points to his helmet. Akiko nods to confirm it. "Well, this is a translating helmet that Su made. It helps me not only understand Japanese, but also be able to speak it."
"WOW!" Akiko looks baffle by this. "I can't believe that Su made something that actually didn't kill anyone."
Wally and Shinobu lets out a sweatdrop as they hear the door opening. Everyone looks towards the door and sees another girl with long black hair in pigtails, entering the room. They watch her close the door before turning around, staring at them.
"Oh good. You're here." Shinobu says, coming towards the girl. "Wally, this is one of my other best friends, Hattori Yasuko." Wally can't help but stare at the girl's blushing face, wondering what she's thinking. "Yasuko-chan, this is Wally Beatles."
"Hello," Yasuko says in a quite voice.
"Hi," Wally replies. "Are you okay? Your face is all red."
"IT IS?!" Yasuko covers her face. "Oh, this is so embarrassing!"
"Don't mind Yasuko-chan," Akiko says to Wally. "She's always like this around new people."
"Oh. Well, don't be embarrassed. I understand how hard it is when you meet someone new for the first time."
"Thanks." Wally doesn't know if his words of encouragement worked because she's blushing even harder, but she does show off a smile towards him. "Say, your Japanese is really well spoken."
"Thanks, but I don't know any Japanese." A question mark appears above Yasuko's head.
"But you are speaking Japanese right now."
"I know, but I don't know it." More question marks appear above Yasuko's head. "You see, I'm able to speak and understand Japanese because of this translating helmet."
"Oh. I get it now. Where did you get it?"
"Su made it." Yasuko sweatdrops.
"Su...made that?!" Wally nods. "And...you're still alive?" Now he sweatdrops.
"Okay. Does Su usually make bad inventions or something?"
"No," Shinobu answers. "But they usually have a way of back firing at people."
As time goes on and more of Shinobu's classmates arrive, the four of them sit together, talking about themselves. Wally listens in as Akiko tells him that she was Shinobu's first friend, since she was sad and depressed when they first meet and didn't talk to anyone. She doesn't tell much about herself, other than that most of the girls tease her and have locked her in the bathroom stall on more then one occasion. Yasuko doesn't tell much about herself either, explaining that she doesn't know where to start. What she does tell is that she likes to make cosplay costumes of her favorite anime and video game characters for herself and her friends, which doesn't interest him. Although not here, Shinobu tells him about their other friend, Hoshi Kiyohara. She tells him that she's very wild and out-spoken, but knows her limits, thus never getting into trouble. At least, not real trouble. She also has been best friends with Yasuko since they were in first grade and enjoys cosplaying and singing, hoping to be either a pop singer or a seiyuu. She is also the one that gave Shinobu most of her manga. Just as the group finishes talking, they look towards the door, seeing a girl with short flaming orange hair coming in.
"That's Hoshi-chan," Shinobu says to Wally. It takes Hoshi a few seconds to see her friends before walking towards them.
"Hey everyone," she says with a smile before looking at Wally. "Say, I don't recognize you."
"Oh him," Shinobu responds, standing up from her desk. "Hoshi-chan, this is Wally Beatles. He's from America and has been staying with us a couple of days now. Wally, this is Kiyohara Hoshi."
"Hello," he says, looking at Hoshi staring at him steadily. It creeps him out for a few seconds before she looks at Shinobu with the same look. Again, a few seconds go by before she looks back at Wally, but this time, her expression changes to being surprise, making him confuse. She stares at him for a few more seconds before looking back Shinobu with a bewilder expression.
"Oh my gosh, Shinobu-chan. I can't believe you snagged yourself a foreign boyfriend. And a cute one too I might add." Shinobu lets out a little yell before falling to the floor. Moments later, she gets back up, looking like a tomato.
"Boyfriend?!" Millions upon millions of little sweatdrops appear on Shinobu's head. "He...He's not my boyfriend!" Hoshi looks at Wally, nodding nervously in agreement with Shinobu.
"Yeah...Sure he's not." Hoshi sarcastically says. "Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you." She extends her arm out, seeming to want a hand shake. Wally accepts it, but begins to regret a few seconds later as she shakes his arm and the rest of his body wildly.
A few minutes after meeting all of Shinobu's friends, the teacher arrives. Just as she's about to start class, she notices Wally with the girls. She motions him to come towards her. Shinobu goes with him and explains the whole situation to the teacher. After giving it some thought, the teacher tells them that she'll allows him to sit next to her and the others, just as long as he or the others aren't misbehaving during class and will tell the other teachers about him. Before going back to their seats, the teacher also tells them that he isn't allow to help them with the work she's going to present in class, which Wally is thankful for since he really isn't good in school.
After going back to their seats, the teacher begins class. Wally listens in as the teacher explains math formulas. For the first time since going to school, Wally is comfortable being in a classroom, knowing that he doesn't have to learn anything.
After the first five minutes though, he becomes bored, wanting to be disruptive. He begins to think of what he can do when he looks at Shinobu's face. She seems serious, concentrating at what to teacher is teaching. Not wanting to disappoint her, he bites his tongue and listens to the lesson plan.
Nearly an hour passes before the teacher is done and leaves the classroom. Wally breaths a sigh of relieve, knowing that he didn't cause any trouble. He watches everyone in the class gets up, either talking with one another or stretching.
"Boy! That was difficult," Hoshi says, putting her book away. "I didn't understand a thing Toujo-sensei taught us."
"Isn't it because you suck at math, Hoshi-chan?" Yasuko sarcastically ask, causing Shinobu, Akiko and even Wally to laugh.
"Oh shut up." She turns away from Yasuko and looks towards Wally. "So, what did you think of your first time in a Japanese classroom, Shinobu's boyfriend?" Wally is about to respond when he realizes what Hoshi called him, blushing all over. Shinobu on the other hand, falls out of her seat. She shoots herself back up, either looking red of embarrassment or red of anger.
"I told you already. Wally is not my boyfriend!"
"And I'm telling you right now, I don't believe you." Hoshi lets out a devilish glare towards the two of them, who are side by side. "I'm going to keep calling him that until you admit that he is your boyfriend. Or at least, you have a crush on him."
"I DO NOT!" Shinobu screams, causing everyone in the classroom to look at her before going back to their business.
"You shouldn't be yelling in class, Shinobu-chan."
"Then don't be teasing me or calling Wally my boyfriend!"
"Say girls, when does the next class start?" Wally ask, changing the subject. "I mean, I don't mind listening in your conversation, but I don't want you to be late." All the girls look at him and laugh. "What? What's so funny?"
"I'm sorry Wally," Shinobu says, trying her best not to laugh. "I guess I forgot to tell you that unlike the schools in America, it's the senseis that move to classroom to classroom. Not the students."
"Great! Now you tell me!" The girls laugh again just as another teacher shows up.
The next subject Wally sits in is Japanese history. He's fascinated by the class since everything the teacher telling the class is new and interesting to him. Unfortunately, with all the names, cities, prefectures, eras and dates foreign to him, he's having a hard time understanding the information.
After finishing that class, the next teacher comes in, surprising Wally as he teaches English. The teacher asks him to join in, which he politely decline, knowing that he's a bad English student. He does listen as students read sentences out loud, thinking that some of them speak English really well while others need more practice.
Once the class is over, everyone begins to leave the classroom. Wally is a little confused by what is going on before Shinobu tells him that the next class is physical education. He gets all excited since that is his favorite subject. He goes with the girls to the locker room, but has to go to the boys since he isn't allow in the girls. Hoshi makes a joke about Shinobu allowing him to go in there once all the girls leave so she can strip in front of him, which causes Shinobu to turn bright red again, pushing her and Hoshi into the locker room. Before going in with Yasuko, Akiko tells him where the boys locker room is and explains that their teacher is a male, so he should ask him for a set of extra clothes if he wants to join them.
Watching the girls go in, Wally makes his way to the boys locker room, trying to find the teacher. When he does, he tells him who he is and that he wants to participate. The teacher goes to the back of the office to see if they're any extra clothes, but comes up empty. The teacher does tell him not to be discouraged since all he was going to make the students do is run.
Wally makes his way out of the boys locker room and into the PE area, where basketball courts surround him. Not knowing or seeing the door leading to the girls locker room, he leans along one of the basketball poles, trying to relax. As he waits for the girls, he looks up at the sky, wondering what Kuki and the others are doing at this very moment.
"There you are!" Recognizing Shinobu's voice, he feels himself being pushed. He takes a few steps forward before stopping. Turning around, he sees Shinobu with her signature smile before it quickly disappears. "Oh. I see that Nakamura-sensei didn't have any spare clothes for you."
"That's okay." He told me that..." He notices Shinobu's PE uniform, causing him to stare in awe and confusion. Although the white shirt she's wearing seems to be a size smaller then what he seen her wear, he can't believe that her shorts looks like bikini bottoms. He is unable to turn away, staring at her shorts and legs. Soon, Yasuko, Akiko and Hoshi join them, but are also wearing what Shinobu is wearing.
"Wally..." Shinobu says, which brings him back to senses.
"Yes?"
"What did sensei tell you?"
"Oh. He said that all you guys were going to do was some running." All the girls sigh in despair. "Anyway, what are you wearing?"
"Huh?" Yasuko exclaims before understanding what he's getting at. "Oh. You mean these?" She sticks out her pelvic forward, causing Wally to turn around and nosebleed. "They're called buruma. These are our issued gym shorts."
"So that's what they are," Wally responds, turning back to the girls while still holding his nose. "Can you tell me why they're so short?"
"It's to give us more leg movement," Hoshi answers. "Though, I think it's only an excuse for us girls to show off our legs so the guys can look at them. Just like what you're doing." Wally feels embarrassed as he sees the girls laughing at him. He turns around, walking away from them, wanting to crawl into a deep hole. He suddenly feels someone grabbing his shoulder. He turns to his side and sees Shinobu next to him.
"Don't mind what Hoshi said. We have been wearing burumas since elementary school, so we're used to guys staring at us like that. And don't worry about what you just did. I should have warned you about this." He doesn't know why, but Wally feels relieve, no longer bothered by his actions.
"Thanks."
A few minutes later, class begins. Wally watches the girls and everyone else in the class stretches and runs two laps on the track. Once everyone is back, they, along with the teacher and Wally, goes back to the track. Since he can't participate in the running, the teacher hands him a stop watch and clipboard, asking him if he wants to do the hundred meter time trails for the boys or the girls.
Since he's comfortable with Shinobu and her friends, Wally opts to go with the girls. The teacher tells the class what's going on before going to the other side of the track with the boys. Wally does his best to make the girls run the time trails and actually does a good job of it, with a little help from Shinobu and her friends.
Once the time trails are over, the teacher announces the end of class, letting everyone to go back to the locker room. Before going with her friends, Shinobu tells Wally to meet her and the others outside the girls locker room.
It doesn't take long for Wally to make his way back to the entrance of the girls locker room. He waits a few minutes before seeing Shinobu and the others coming out together in their school uniform. As he joins them, Shinobu tells him that it's lunch time as they head towards the cafeteria.
Going inside, Wally and Shinobu attempt to find an empty table while the other girls stand in the lunch line. Since the cafeteria is still pretty empty, it doesn't take long for the duo to find a table. As they sit down next to each other, they hear two trays fall on the table. They look up and see Kuki and Su sitting across from them with a large bowl in front of them.
"Hello Shinobu! Wally!" Su says in excitement.
"Hey you guys," Wally replies. Shinobu notices the looks on both girls faces. Su seems very happy, knowing that this is the only time they hang out together in school. Kuki on the other hand, looks exhausted.
"Say Kuki. Are you alright? You look tired."
"I am," Kuki says in a weary voice. "Su dragged me around the entire school. I didn't realize that you have to be the energizer bunny just to keep up with her."
"Awe! That's nice of you to say," Su says before digging into her bowl. Kuki is about to do the same thing when three girls join the table.
"Hey Su!" The three of them say together. With a mouthful of noodles, Su waves at them. Confuse, Kuki looks at Shinobu, pointing to the three girls.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't introduce you to them. Guys," Shinobu waves her hands in front of the three girls, getting their attention. "Okay guys, this is Sanban Kuki. She's Sempai's cousin. Kuki, these are my best friends. Taichi Akiko, Hattori Yasuko and Kiyohara Hoshi." Kuki lets out a small smile to Shinobu's friends. They smile back at her before eating their food. Kuki is about to do the same thing when she sees Shinobu handing a small box to Wally.
"What's that?" Kuki ask, getting their attention.
"You mean this?" Shinobu points to the box. Kuki nods. "It's a bento box." Knowing what a bento box is, Kuki begins to act hysterical.
"What a minute! You mean you made lunch for Wally?" Everyone at the table stares at Shinobu in bewilderment.
"Yeah," Shinobu replies, handing Wally the bento box. "I made one for you too." She goes into her bag and pulls out another bento box, making her friends goes back to eating their food. "I already have my own, so this is yours if you like." Kuki is relieved that the lunch she made for Wally isn't an aisai bentou.
"Thanks, but I already bought mine."
"I'll take it!" Before anyone can react, Su grabs the bento box from Shinobu's hands and wolfs down the contains in a matter of seconds. When she's done, she sees at everyone at the table holding onto their lunch. She sighs in despair, knowing that her friends won't share their lunch with her. After everyone finishes eating, they leave the cafeteria together, walking aimlessly in the hallway.
The walk through the hallway is pretty peacefully and relaxing for Wally. He looks at the architecture of the school, comparing it with his school as he hears the girls asking Kuki about herself. He can hear her enjoying herself in her voice, looking happy and comfortable with them.
After going through most of the school, everyone begins to go back to the classroom. As they enter the building, Hoshi grabs Shinobu by the arms and drags her into the girls bathroom, telling Yasuko and Akiko to follow. They do as the other three wait for them in disbelief. After a few minutes, they hear the warning bell.
"We better get going Wally," Su says with eagerness. "I don't want to be late to my favorite class!"
"Oh? What would that be?"
"SCIENCE!" Su hops up and down for joy before turning her attention to Kuki. "Anyway, I'll see you, Shinobu and the others after school. Bye!"
Before Kuki could say goodbye, Su grabs a hold of Wally's arm and literally flies up the stairs. Knowing the way she acted in her classes, Kuki knows that he's in a world of action and chaos, wondering what kind of trouble she's going to put him through.
'Hope she doesn't do too much to him.'
"Hey guys!" Hearing Hoshi's voice, Kuki turns around and sees her holding onto a frightful Shinobu as Yasuko and Akiko come out of the bathroom door. "What do you think of Shinobu-chan's new look? Pretty sexy huh?" Hoshi flashes a dramatic smile before it fades away with a look of bewilderment when she sees Kuki. "Hey! Where did Su-chan and Shinobu's boyfriend go?"
"Oh. They went to..." Realizing what she said, Kuki drops her jaw. "SHINOBU'S WHAT?!"
"Don't mind Hoshi-chan," Yasuko says. "She's just teasing Shinobu-chan because Wally is like the first guy besides Keitaro to be this close to her."
"Oh. I see now." Kuki laughs, grateful that it was only a joke.
"Anyway, where did Su-chan and Wally to go?"
"Su took him to class because they heard the warning bell."
"Darn!" Hoshi cries, snapping her fingers. "And I wanted to know what Shinobu's boyfriend thought of what I did to her."
"QUIT CALLING WALLY MY BOYFRIEND!" Shinobu screams, pushing her friend away from her. Kuki begins to study Shinobu face since her attire is the same, but can't find anything different.
"What did you do to Shinobu anyway? I don't see any changes."
"Hoshi-chan put lipstick and a little blush on Shinobu-chan," Akiko answers. "As she puts it, she wants Shinobu-chan to look pretty and feminine when Wally sees her again and might be enchanted by her new look to kiss her." Kuki's head explodes just thinking about that.
"Look guys!" Shinobu interrupts. "Let's take Kuki to class. I don't want to be late and have her in trouble."
"Fine!" Hoshi says, making her way towards the stairs. As they follow, Kuki can't help but wonder what Wally will think of Shinobu's new look.
As the girls make their way back towards class, Wally stares out the window in Su's classroom, sitting in the back next to her. The class itself is real boring for him as one by one, students come up to the front and present a report that's science related. He doesn't pay attention to any of it, continuing to stare out the window. He notices on a few occasions the teacher staring at him, but doesn't seem to care.
After feeling like forever to Wally, Su nudges him, telling him that she's going to present her report. Not wanting to be rude to her, he watches her make her way to the front of the class, carrying something underneath a large red cloth. Placing it on the teacher's desk, she turns towards her classmates, holding a piece of the cloth.
"Alright everybody. My report is on..." Wally watches her pull the cloth off the object, but can't see it. In a matter of moments, he sees her classmates ducking under their desk, screaming at the top of their lungs. Even the teacher cowers behind a student's desk. He doesn't know why until he sees the object on the teacher's desk, not sure if he should be impressed or frightened. "MISSILES!"
"Oh gosh!" One of her classmates yells.
"She has done it now!" Another one shouts.
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" A third classmate screams as that classmate begins to pray.
"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing." Su calmly says.
"You mean like when you had that bacteria and you broke the vial, making us sick for a month?" Su sweatdrops.
"Yeah!" All her classmates and the teacher sweatdrops and begin to pray. "HEY! Have a little faith in me! Anyway, missiles. How are they made? How do they work. And what makes them go boom?" When she says 'boom', all her classmates and the teacher scream in terror.
As Su continues in her presentation, Wally notices that some of her classmates have calmed down and are sitting back in their seat. The rest, including the teacher, are still hiding behind a desk. Listening in, he is really interested in her presentation, even those he doesn't understand the technical jargon she's talking about.
A few minutes goes by in the presentation when Su goes to the missile. She begins to fiddles with it, explaining the different compartments in and around the missile, when the class hears the ignition go off. The class scrambles in a panic as Wally anticipates the missile sky-rocketing through the ceiling, thinking that this is the most interesting thing he has experienced at school. The missile soon begins to lift off, making it's way towards the ceiling. But as it gets halfway there, the missile makes a ninety degree turn towards the class and comes rushing at them, heading straight for Wally.
Noticing this, he ducks under his seat in time as the missile flies by. He hears the window break above him as shattered pieces of glass fall below like rain droplets. After a few seconds, he gets up from under his desk, looking at the broken window with the missile nowhere in sight. He turns around, looking angry and bit frightened, making his way towards Su.
"What in the world just happen?" He yells. "I almost got killed!"
"Oh, don't worry," she replies. "You're fine now."
"FINE?! You nearly gave me a heart attack!"
"Well, I didn't, did I? Anyway, that missile I shot out is a homing missile. I program it to find a rare metal and when it does, it'll blow it up!"
"Well do you want it to blow up a rare metal?" After giving Wally's question much thought, Su sweatdrops.
"I don't know." Wally sweatdrops. "Anyway, we won't be seeing that missile any time..." Su looks bewilder, staring out in a daze. "Huh Wally. You better run."
"Why?"
"That rare metal I told you about that the missile finds."
"Yes? What about it?"
"Some of it's in your helmet."
"WHAT?!"
Wally turns around, seeing the missile coming back, aimed at him. Letting out a scream, he makes like a bat out of hell and runs out of the classroom, with the missile hot on his tail. Flashing a smile, Su calmly skips her way with towards the teacher, who is still hiding behind a student's desk.
"So Uehara-sensei, what's my grade for the report?" The teacher falls unconsciously to the floor.
As Wally runs for his life, Kuki sits in Shinobu's classroom, continually keeping her mind off the comment Hoshi made. She knows it is a joke and that Shinobu's friends are just teasing her, but it still bothers her. She can't help but look at Shinobu's face, seeing the bright red lipstick and soft colored blush applied to her.
'Damn. She looks so beautiful and mature with make up on,' Kuki thinks. 'With the way she has been flirting with Wally, she'll definitely get his attention now.' She lets out a small sigh, hearing the teacher calling out Shinobu.
"Yes Minamito-sensei," she responds, standing up from her seat.
"Shinobu, can you please get the television from the office room?" She nods and makes her way towards the door. Shinobu gets a few feet to the door when everyone in the classroom hears someone screaming for help. "What was that?"
Before anyone can even breath, they hear a sound explode from outside the classroom. A moment later, the door is blasted open as something collides with Shinobu, sending her to the other side of the room. When she crashes into the wall, a dark cloud of dust appears on top of her, making all of her classmates and the teacher rush towards her with concern.
"Shinobu! Are you alright?" The teacher yells, fanning the cloud.
The whole class begins to wonder about Shinobu's condition as the dust cloud starts to settle. All of a sudden, Kuki hears a faint popping noise. She looks around the classroom to see where it came from, but nothing looks out of the ordinary. Going back to the cloud, she sees that it has completely vanish and gasps in horror to see Wally on top of Shinobu with their lips inches away from touching.
"Damn that Su," he groans, beginning to stand up. "Having a missile chase me all because she put a rare metal in the helmet. Why I'm going to..." He looks down, finally noticing that he's on top of Shinobu. He begins to blush as she starts to groan, opening her eyes.
"What happened?" She looks up to see Wally, blushing at the sight of him. "Wally? What are you doing here?"
"Huh...Let's just say that one of Su's inventions finally backfired on me." The two begin to laugh until they turn away from each other, seeing Shinobu's classmates staring at them.
Remembering the position he's in, Wally jumps off of Shinobu, sitting a few feet next to her. As he starts to explain what happen in Su's classroom, Kuki notices something on his face. She stares at it for a few seconds before realizing what it is. She turns to Shinobu's friends, getting their attention.
"Do any of you have a tissue?" Kuki ask.
"I have a handkerchief," Yasuko replies.
"I'll take it."
Yasuko goes back to her desk and grabs it from her bag. Handing it to Kuki, makes her way towards Wally and rubs it all over his lips. When she's done, she pulls it away and looks at it.
"Hey!" Wally yells. "What was that for?"
"Red..." Kuki replies with a depressing tone.
"Red? What do you mean red? Am I bleeding or something?" Shinobu and her friends goes to Kuki and inspects the handkerchief. When they check the red mark, Shinobu looks very pale while Hoshi giggles madly.
"Oh my gosh! This isn't blood. It's lipstick!" Hoshi turns her attention to Wally. "You kissed Shinobu-chan!" His entire face goes red, letting out a giant sweatdrop as the class goes crazy.
"WHAT?!"
"You kissed Shinobu-chan!" Hoshi repeats. "I put some make up on her before lunch ended so you could kiss her, but you already left. I guess this and the power of love bought you to give Shinobu-chan her first kiss, huh Shinobu's boyfriend?"
"SHUT UP! MY NAME IS WALLY! NOT SHINOBU'S BOYFRIEND!"
As the teacher tries to restore order in the classroom, no one notices that Kuki left the room. She sprints through the hallway and enters the girls bathroom. Going into one of the stalls, she close the door and begins to cry, knowing that she missed her chance to give Wally his first kiss.
End of Chapter
Omake: Cosplay Fashion Show
"Explain to me again what we're doing?" Wally ask Hoshi, who along with Kuki, are standing outside Shinobu's room.
"Okay, but one last time. Yasuko-chan made a few costumes for Shinobu-chan for the up coming anime convention we're all going to. We just want your guys' opinion on how she looks in them."
"How come I'm the only one going in costume?" Shinobu shouts through her door.
"Because Akiko-chan and I already tried our costumes. Anyway, do you have your first one on?"
"Yes!"
"Okay then, we'll get started. Akiko-chan." The door creeps open. A hand sticks out from the opening, holding an index card. Hoshi takes it before the hand disappear and the door closes. "Alright Kuki and Shinobu's boyfriend..."
"I told you already! My name is Wally!" Hoshi stares at him evilly.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever you say, Shinobu's boyfriend." Wally falls down embarrassing. "As I was saying, thank you for coming and welcome to the first annual Hinata Sou Cosplay Fashion Show. All costumes are designed by the talented Hattori Yasuko; our door opener is the graceful Taichi Akiko and our model is the sexy Maehara Shinobu." Kuki turns to Wally, who is blushing. She wants to kill him right then and there, but hears Hoshi continuing on. "Our first costume is like our school uniform, but a bit different. From the anime Azumanga Daioh, here is..."
Opening the door, Shinobu comes in a school uniform. It's similar to her uniform, but this one is all red. She smiles at her American friends, twirling around in a circle, showing off her costume. When she's done twirling, she continues to smile, looking very happy. A few seconds go by when her smiles fades, looking at Hoshi. Yasuko and Akiko also come out from the doorway, looking at Hoshi.
"What's a matter Hoshi-chan?" Akiko ask.
"Yeah. Why didn't you say my character's name?" Shinobu adds in.
"Because I don't know which character you're playing."
"What do you mean?" Yasuko ask.
"Come on! We've all watched the anime. They pretty much wear that! Shinobu-chan can be all of the characters."
"You have a point." Yasuko stare at Shinobu carefully. "How about Kaorin? Shinobu-chan pretty much has the same hair cut as her."
"Your right!" Hoshi shouts for joy. "From Azumanga Daioh, Kaorin!"
"WHAT?!" Shinobu shouts in disbelief. "You mean the lesbian that has a crush on Sakaki-san?" Her friends nod. "NO! I don't want to be her! I like boys!"
"You do? Who then?"
"I like..." Shinobu stares at Wally and begins to blush, letting out a sweatdrop. "Never mind! On to the next costume please!" Pushing Yasuko and Akiko away, Shinobu closes the door. Hoshi shifts her attention back to Wally and Kuki.
"So, what did you think?"
"She looked..." Kuki begins, but Wally pushes her out of the way.
"She looked pretty and very cute! I never seen that azu manga...whatever it's called, but costume looked great on her and I really want to see that anime." Wally hyperactively says, making Kuki wanting to strangle him to death.
She gets up and brushes off any dirt on her clothing. Sitting back up, she's about to give her opinion when the door creeps open. Again, a hand sticks out, but is holding a few index cards. Hoshi grabs it and looks through them.
"Is this all in order?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay then. Anyway, the next costume may not look like much, but the character is in fact a sorceress and a princess. From Slayers, Amelia!"
Opening the door, Shinobu pops out in a cream colored clothing with pink trim on the bottom of her shirt, around her collar and on her short sleeves. She also has teal boots, a black belt around her waist with pink fur attached to it, pink waistbands and a pink choker. There are also four large blue marbles: one on her belt, another around her neck and one on each wrist.
"Our model may not know it, but wearing that costume gives her magic powers that her character possess." Shinobu looks at Hoshi in disbelief.
"Are you kidding me Hoshi-chan?!" She shakes her head. "That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I mean, like a fireball is going to come out of my hands because I'm dressed as..."
"Excuse Shinobu," Kuki interrupts. "But what is that in your hand?" Shinobu looks down to see.
"Oh. That's a fireball." She turns her attention back to Hoshi when she realizes what she just said. "Wait a minute! A fireball?"
She looks down at her hand again and sure enough, there is a fireball. Bewildered, Shinobu throws the fireball off her hand, blowing and brushing any excess fire off. When she's done, she's feels relieved, but soon goes into a panic state when she sees Wally, literally burn to a crisps.
"Oh my gosh! Wally! Are you okay?"
"Never...better..." He spits out a puff of smoke before falling to the floor. Confused, Shinobu turns her attention to Yasuko.
"How in the world do I have magic powers?"
"You know how accurate I try to be when I make costumes. Since Amelia has powers, I put powers in your costume." Shinobu show a surprising look on her face, unable to believe it.
"So I really have powers?" Yasuko nods. Shinobu gets a bright idea and puts her arms together in the air as a red aura appears around her. "Darkness from twilight, crimson from blood that flows..."
"The hell?!" Hoshi shouts. "Is Shinobu-chan performing the Dragon Slave?"
"She can't!" Akiko answers. "Only Lina can perform that!"
"Buried in the flow of time; in Thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness!" Shinobu continues her chant as more red aura appears.
"Look! I don't know if Shinobu-chan can perform the Dragon Slave, but I want to stop her it if she can!" Immediately, Shinobu's friends come towards her.
"Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess! DRAGON..." The girls jump their friend, causing Shinobu to lose consideration, along with the red aura. "Hey you guys! I was only kidding!"
"Yeah right!" Her friends say in unison. Yasuko and Akiko quickly begin to remove Shinobu's costume as Hoshi closes the door.
Throughout the whole ordeal, Kuki brushes off most the ash from Wally's body. Finally regaining consciousness, Hoshi goes on with the fashion show.
"After that near death experience, we're ready for the next costume. Her next character may look sweet and innocent, but she can literally kick your ass! From Rumble Roses, Hinomoto Reiko."
Opening the door, Shinobu wears knee-high red leather boots with black trim down the middle, red leather short-shorts and a red scarf. Both Kuki and Wally are guessing that she's wearing some kind of red leather top since the strap is showing, but Shinobu is covering up her chest area with her arms.
"Hey Shinobu-chan! You're not suppose to do that," Hoshi shouts. "That's disrespectful to the designer."
"I don't care!" Shinobu cries. "This top is too small! I'm afraid of a wardrobe malfunction!"
"Oh don't worry! You're among friends. Besides, you're in front of your boyfriend and I don't think he would mind!" Before Shinobu could say another word, Hoshi comes and slaps her arms.
Screaming in pain, Shinobu lets go of her chest, reveling her red leather bikini top. Kuki soon realizes that Shinobu wasn't covering her chest because her top is too small, but because she's showing a lot of her cleavage. Turning to Wally, she sees him covering his nose.
"That hurt Hoshi-chan!"
"Sorry, but look on the bright side, your boyfriend definitely likes that costume." Shinobu turns to Wally, seeing the same thing that Kuki does.
Shinobu lets out a scream and closes the door. As they wait for the next costume, Wally grabs a box of tissues, wiping all the blood from his nose. Kuki is still angry at him when Hoshi begins to speak.
"Our next costume is for you guys. A little slice of Americana as you call it. Representing the red, white and blue the only way she can, Wonder Woman!"
Opening the door, Shinobu reveals knee-high red boots with white trim around the top and the middle of the boot, blue bikini bottoms with tons of white stars, a red top with a large gold eagle and a golden tiara with a red star in the middle. She also has a golden lasso tied to her waist.
"What do you think guys?" Shinobu ask, seeing their bewilder expressions with Wally again covering up his nose.
"I think..." Kuki begins when her mouth drops to the floor. "I think your eagle fell."
"What?" Shinobu looks down and sure enough, her golden eagle has fallen to the floor. Looking at her top, there is a cut that not only goes down to her waist, exposing more of her cleavage, but also showing her belly button.
"Now that's a wardrobe malfunction!" Hoshi laughs. Shinobu screams louder then before and again closes the door.
After that little mishap, Kuki's anger grows even more when she sees small amount of blood coming out of his hands. After Wally wipes the blood off his nose and hands, they wait for the next costume when they hear yelling coming from Shinobu's room.
"I'm not wearing that!" Recognizing Shinobu's voice.
"Oh come on! It's looks really cute on you." Akiko pleads.
"I said no."
"Please Shinobu-chan?" Yasuko begs. "I worked really hard on the costume."
"I said NO!"
"But..."
"NO!"
Suddenly, the group outside Shinobu's room hears a lot of rumbling going on. From what they can tell, they hear fists being thrown, slaps across the face, bodies hitting the floor and things breaking inside. After a few minutes, Akiko emerges from the door with blood coming down from the top of her head.
"Huh...Hoshi-chan. Yasuko-chan and I need a little help."
"What seems to be the problem?" Before Akiko can answer that, they hear Yasuko screaming in pain.
"Let go! You're hurting me!"
"Shinobu-chan is surprising strong." Akiko finally answers.
"Oh. Okay. I'll give you a hand." She turns towards Kuki and Wally. "Do to an uncooperative model, the fashion show is going to be delayed a bit. Just sit back and enjoy yourselves and we'll get the show back on in a moment." With that, Hoshi goes inside Shinobu's room, closing the door.
The scuffling continues, hearing the same noises as before. Kuki can only wonder what kind of costume Shinobu is unwilling to wear. Within a minute, all is silent. Both Kuki and Wally eagerly look at the door, wondering what just happened. A moment later, Hoshi steps out from the door, showing off a shiny black eye to her right eye.
"Without further delay, let's continue with the fashion show. Our next costume maybe a bit revealing for our model's tastes; trust me, it's not; but with a little persuasion and a pair of handcuffs, we are able to show you it. From Sorcerer Hunters, Chocolate Misu!"
Opening the door, Yasuko with a bloodily lip and Akiko with more blood pouring out of her head, stand between a crying Shinobu. Kuki immediately takes notice that her arms are behind her before taking a good look at her costume. She doesn't understand all the fuss about wearing the costume, seeing her wearing black baggy pants, black boots and a black leather hat with pins of a skull with two bones making an X and a golden eagle spreading its wings in the middle. That is until she notices Shinobu's top, which is basically a pair of black suspenders covering very little of her chest.
"OH MY GOSH!" Kuki shouts in bewilderment, making her speechless and unable to think straight. Remembering that Wally is sitting beside her, she turns to him and sees that he doesn't even bother to cover up his nose, watching blood flow down like a crimson waterfall. "WALLY!"
"HUH?" Apparently, Kuki has seen Sorcerer Hunters because when Wally turns, she is dressed like Tira Misu with a black leather bustier, mid-thigh high black leather boots and signature black leather whip. With all the anger built inside of her for the way Wally has reacted towards Shinobu's costumes, Kuki swings her whip her him, causing him to jump ten feet back, just missing him where he stood.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Kuki shouts, slowly making her way towards her friend. Fearful of her new attitude, Wally scrambles and makes a mad dash out of the hallway, with Kuki chasing after him.
"Hey you two!" Hoshi shouts as they disappear around the corner. "We're not done yet. We still have the lingerie session to show you."
"LINGERIE?!" Shinobu cries. Having seen her fair share of lingerie catalogs that the older residents have left around, she shoulder thrust her friends, causing them to fall to the floor. Free from their grasps, she runs in the direction of Wally and Kuki. "THAT'S IT! I QUIT!" She runs as fast as she can with her arms behind her back because of the handcuffs as her friends give chase.
Second Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Azumanga Daioh, Slayers, Rumble Roses, Wonder Woman or Sorcerer Hunters.
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