Famous in a Small Town

Stronger

by

Numanife ( Kat )

A/N I hope you enjoy and I think I may start a little side series called 'Can you understand him' for Davide, lol. Nul-chan would probably be the one who hurts him everytime no one gets it xD.

"Bane-kun!" I cried out softly. "Bane-kun, they hurt me!"

Bane-kun pushed one against the wall then threw him on the ground. He kicked all of them, and they ran off, like dogs with thier tail between thier legs.

I hugged him and Aoi-kun took my hand, leading me to the big tree, by the field, "We're going to teach or how to play baseball!"

I looked up with my tear glazed eyes and sniffled a bit, "W-Why?"

"So you can grow up to be strong! Just like us!" He laughed and handed me a bat. Everyone surrounded me with a smile, and we began to pick teams.

Yeah, stronger, that's what I need to be. Instead of the timid little girl I am. No, the timid little girl I was.

I lifted my head off my pillow and put on my new uniform. I'm not really in the mood to throw a fit. Especially when I know if I did, Nul-chan would probably track me down again, and hurt me. I don't really want to deal with that right now. I pulled my baseball bag on my shoulder, fixed my hair really quick, and put my backpack on my other shoulder.

I stepped outside and my sleepy eyes widened. There sat a stretch limo, with that Atobe boy in inside. Is he insane? I do have a baseball bat, I could always smash his car until it leaves and I could have some peace.

I don't care how popular he was, I'm not cheering for that stupid, stuck up team. I'd rather hang myself.

I looked at him, uninterested, then began to walk towards Hyotei, completely ignoring the so-called 'ore-sama'. He can kiss my..... never mind. I'd rather he didn't

He stepped out of the car in an instant and yelled, "Ore-sama demands you come back!" I turned around and stuck my tongue out.

"Bite me!" I yelled back. He twitched, then looked back in the car, saying something to someone inside.

I heard a "usu," then a large, tan, empty head boy stepped out of the car. I froze, and I stared for a moment, then began to run, only to be chased. I felt myself being lifted of the ground.

"Let go of me, you brute! I have a bat!" I yelled, but he just walked back to the car, placing me inside of it, gently. I looked at Atobe, "What's your problem?" I demanded loudly.

"Your father works at my father's company. Ore-sama simply wished to show you hospitality." He answered cockily.

"Look, I don't know know what disease or what it does, but shoving me in a car and forcing me to go to school with you is definitely isn't not hospital." I said, annoyed at the fact he completely ruined my morning. He smirked at me. "What?"I snapped at him, even more annoyed at the fact that this boy is cockier than I am.

"Ore-sama is amused by your constant defiance towards Ore-sama, It interest Ore-sama." He said, causing me to twitch, I mean, how many people do YOU know that calls himself Ore-sama after every other word. What's worse is that he has a mindless minion. Come on! He has everything!

We got to school, and I almost tore that door off the car. I was out and running to baseball try outs. If I was late, I was going to stab that mole face. Or, worse, have Nul-chan do it. She would never stop if she had the chance to start.

Luckily, I made it on time, and since I was already in different clothes that I conveniently got on as I ran here, I got to sign in earlier, meaning I could play earlier. It was a mixed team, but thier were a lot more guys, than girls. In fact, the only girls there are me and two other girls, one with crimson hair and the other had ocean blue hair. I walked over to them calmly.

"Hey!" I smiled, holding my helmet under my arm and kept my bat on my shoulder smoothly. My purple hair was tucked in a low ponytail, to make sure I could get my helmet on.

"Hello!" The said at the same time. "Are you new?" the blue haired one asked.

"Yes, I just moved here and this is my first day, actually." I smiled.

Just then, I heard a snort behind me, making me turn around quickly. There, I saw a big guy, with slick black hair, smoothed back, except for two strands, which hung on his forehead. "Just go back to class, shorty, baseball's a dangerous sport for little girls."

I smirked, putting my bat beside me, leaning on it. I put my hand on my hip and answered, "Is that a challenge, pretty boy?"

"Only if you can handle it," He smirked back, and I went to the home plate, and pointed my bat at him.

"Leave her alone, Inku-senpai." The crimson haired girl defended me, like I was only a child.

"Tell you what, if I can get one run off you in three hits, without stopping on a plate, you have carry all my bats around school for the rest of the year," I bet cockily. This is more like it.

"Okay, but if you don't, which you won't, you have to serve me, like getting my water and towels, during practice for the rest of the year."He answered, walking up to pitch.

I smiled, "Your on!"

He got ready to pitch, getting into position quickly, and did a did a curve ball. I smirked, and hit if as hard as I could, and right after the contact, I ran for first plate, ignoring how far it went, or where. Suddenly, Inku-san appeared at third base, and put the ball to my chest right before I got there. This made me happy, the fact he actually put up a fight.

I grabbed my bat from the ground and got into position, waiting for the pitch. He did a fast ball, and I hit it easily, this time, I watched it fly towards the tennis courts as I ran the bases. But while he ran to get the ball, I decided to have fun, and once I reached second base, I ran backwards to watch him chase the ball. Then he ran into the fence. I touched home plate and ran towards him.

"Whose the little one now, hm, Inku-san?" I laughed in his face as he lay on the ground. "Well, my last class is science, in room 4-B, be sure to give all my stuff back before you leave, Oh and Inku-san," I looked at him.

He groaned, "What?"

"Big things come in little packages, you moron." I laughed again, then ran back to practice, listening to some of the Hyotei regulars laugh at him, and tease him a bit. Not being bullies, just playing.

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After class, Inku-san handed me my stuff, and I began to walk home. That's when I saw him again, the one who almost stopped my heart from beating. He was walking the cutest dog in the world, while chewing some gum. I wanted to go over and talk to him so badly, but I had to get to the music store for the big sale event going on. Wait, that's it! Music! Maybe he likes music!

I ran over to him, "Hey, Shishido, right?" I asked, walking beside him.

"Yes," He asked, a little bit annoyed at my randomness.

"Do you like music?" I asked with a happy/cocky smile.

"Yeah, why?" He asked, getting a little more interest in the conversation.

"They are having this big CD sale down at my favorite store, you want to come?" I asked again, making him look at me.

"Sure!" He smiled. Wow, he had a pretty smile, "Come with me, I have to go get my money."

"Okay!" I smiled.

"Gum?" He asked, holing a stick out to me.

"Sure!" I took the stick and unwrapped it, and tasted the minty gum. Yummy, mint. I found something we have in common, that's a start! And he has mint gum! That's a big plus!

We got to his house and he grabbed his wallet and called his mom saying he where he was going. Once she said okay, we left.

"Hold on, if we walk, we'll be walking all night. Let me call my friend, she'll take us." I smiled and called her. She came pretty quickly and we got in. "You may want to put that seat belt on." I warned him, and then she began to speed down the road.

Once we were out of the death trap, we stepped into my territory, and approached the best music store of all time.

We stepped inside to see rows and rows of music, all on sale, five dollars or less. I sighed and spoke again, "they are closing, so thier trying to get rid of all thier CDs."

He looked at me and looked up again, "Why are they closing?"

"Because, James-kun died. He was the man support here. Without him, there's nobody to help pay for the shipping fees of all the CDs and stuff," I answered, looking towards the counter.

"Really, how did you know that?" He asked, still in shock of the awesome sale around us as we walked around.

"Because, everybody dies famous in a small town." I said with a smile, then saw someone behind the counter. "Kinto-kun!" I ran over to him.

"Ah, baby girl, your back! Quick buy all these CDs before I die from music overload!" The old man said back to me.

"The sad thing is that that's something you'd probably do." I sighed. I went back over to Shishido-senpai, and we looked through all the CDs, picking out a mountain of them, and put them in a cart. We needed a CART to carry them, that was kinda sad.

"Baby girl! Baby girl's in there!" I heard a crowd of people say outside.

I giggled, "Prepare for the crowd, Shishido-senpai."

"Does everyone know you here?" He asked, staring out the window with widened eyes.

"Of course! Everybody knows everyone around here! We're a big family, and nothing in the world could change that." I smiled and we paid for the CDs, "Hold on, let me get rid of the rush before we go out."

I stepped outside and everyone tried to hug me at once, causing me to fall over, and a dog pile formed. I got them all off and laughed a little, "Well, I have to go now, guys, gomen! I love you all!" I went inside for the bags and Shishido laughed a little when I tripped and dropped them all on the ground! It wasn't funny!

"Shut up!" I said then grabbed my CDs, shoving them into random bags.

Yay for music!

A/N Haha Inku-san's lost to the little baby girl.