(For those who don't know how they're speaking, pretend it's in english dub, but using Japanese names. So pretty much like Persona 3 or Persona 4. You're welcome. Also, if Itsuki was voiced in english, Crispin Freeman would be his voice actor. You'll know why! Have fun people!)
Chapter 2: Welcome to Highschool.
January 8th
The morning of the new semester... Of course. The cold air spreaded throughout my room, and the annoying sounds of the alarm clock beeping loudly... With me being such a lazy bastard, I didn't even look around to just grab the clock and throw it to the floor. It broke. "Dammit..." Was all I could say when I looked at the destroyed clock with the time in tact... 6 o'clock in the morning.
I got dressed in my school uniform, but not even buttoning it up jacket, only the white shirt. The tie was a pain in the ass too, so I just left it in my dresser since my first year. I stepped out to hear groaning sounds... Then was impressed. My vision saw the purple haired girl doing push ups... With just her hands and those sweat pants covered legs in the air straight like a statue. Hand stand push ups... Go figure. A puddle of sweat was formed under her to show she's been at it for a while now. You can also guess that from the sweat on her white tank top that was tucked in her pants. "Morning." She said to me.
"Yeah... Morning." Was all I could say before heading into the kitchen. "Hope you like ham and eggs."
"I don't mind." She said still focusing on her pushups... Now is a better time than ever...
"I can see your bra." Was all I said before hearing the sounds of something falling. Then I saw it... Her back on the floor, her shirt out of her pants to REALLY show her bra. Wow. They are big. "Whoops..."
"P-Perverted bastard!" She cursed at me... Only to charge at me with a punch... Not even blinking at it, the fist stopped in front of my face. "You didn't flinch?"
I only flicked her fore head again to have her back in focus. "Put your top down..." I instructed her as she looked down... Her face bright red to see her bra covered breast out in the open. "Seriously... It ain't lady like to show a man your chest..."
Her reaction was fast as she placed her top down to cover it. "W-Well stop looking at me with those predator eyes!"
"Whatever smelly." Now she's really pissed. "Hurry up and take a shower." Before she could do anything, she marched on forth to the bathroom. The only thing I heard for the next 15 minutes were the sound of food cooking, and Ayane in the shower. I felt like I was cooking for the woman I loved. Funny, right?
Ayane finally came out with a new change of clothes, with a towel over her head. "Thanks for the food." She said as she started eating the eggs and smoked cooked ham I made for us. I took my time slowly, while she was chomping away like she hadn't eaten in forever!
"Is it good?" I asked to the purple haired diva who came to a complete stop.
"It actually is! Who knew a guy could cook?" She smirked.
"Lets see, shall we?" I put my chop sticks down to lay my head on my right hand, then started counting. "Family of Brothers, Sister is married, Mother is dead, and last but certainly not least, I learned how because those two idiots can't do anything right..."
"What?"
"I even have to do their taxes..."
"Bull! You're joking!" She didn't believe me... No one would.
"Does it look like I'm joking...?"
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"Is that a... Trick question?" She asked me as I sighed. This is me afterall... No one could tell. Since it's only 6:30, I decided to watch the news... I kicked up my feet, grabbed the remote and watched.
"-It's gonna be pretty cold out there so make sure to wear warm clothes! In other news, DOA tech's Dead or Alive tournament has had a fantastic competition, with the winner being an amazing kung fu man, while the underdog was a cute spunky teenager. Let's go to the interview!"
The camera changed to a girl with brown hair and looked somewhere in my age. The name on the screen read, 'Hitomi'.
"I never thought I would be able to do it! I gave it my all, lost but at least I made a name for myself!" She looked at the camera then waved. "Hi Dad! Hope I made you proud!"
"Always happy-go-lucky..." Ayane said watching the TV. "I swear, THAT one is someone I don't like." I smirked at this.
"Is there a Love Triangle going on?" I saw her blush brightly from that question, as she quickly grabbed the nearest sharp object and placed it near my throat. "So that's a yes." I said flatly before turning my head to the T.V. again.
Ayane only looked in wonder but frustration at me. "JUST GO TO SCHOOL ALREADY!" And then, she kicked me out of my own house. It's weird considering the fact that SHE'S the one who is a guest in my home. Women... Am I right?
The roads were still covered in snow, as everyone in school uniforms were going the same way I was. The school looked dull like it should, as I can practically hear the teachers getting pissed off that we're the ones to blame or something. After school, I have no future for college, but to just mellow out all through the rest of my life.
When I entered, people would say hi to one another, and the warm air and atmosphere getting them in a good mood. Turn it up to high, people go crazy... However if one were to make it too cold than everyone gets depressed. We humans sure are picky...
By the time I entered class, someone bumped into me when I opened the door. I smelled the scent of roses going through my nose, then looked down to see black hair... "Yep, it's you alright!" That voice was familiar. The person that gave me my space was none other than...
"Kokoro-senpai?" That's her... She was this school's former idol. And a friend of mine... I guess? "Shouldn't you be in College right now?"
"Shouldn't you?"
"You want the the Powerpoint?" I asked before walking passed her. "Anyway, what did you need?" She started grabbing something from her bag.
"Well, since we won't see each other that much," The next thing I see in my face was a boxed lunch with a pink wrapping cloth on it. "I made you lunch!"
"Oh?" I can smell the cooked food just from one swiff. "Thanks."
Before anything, she patted me on the head like a kid then left. I swear, that girl will never change for anything. The boxed lunch was placed inside my desk for safe keeping, since I feel the thousand death stares from a bunch of jealous male underclassmen.
Class was starting with our teacher, Miss Kuri coming in. Everyone's favorite ditzy dirty blonde teacher. "Morning students!" He said cheerfully. "I hope you guys had a great vacation, because it's back to studying!"
"Hey Teach!" A student called out. "Did you enjoy it with your boyfriend?!"
Next thing we see, is her slamming her head down as she started crying. When she's like this, someone would get up to calm her down. And it looks like it's gonna be me. My legs guided me to her, as she latched onto me as she was crying her hearts out on my chest like a baby koala. "Mori-kun! You're the only one who can comfort me!" The way she looked at me was cute. It's funny, since I'm the student and she's the teacher.
"There, there. Let it out." I said as she finally calmed down. When I took my seat, she was drying her tears.
"W-Well, I have an announcement!" She said to us as we were interested... Well everyone else was. I just looked outside the window as the snow continued... "We have a new student transfering in our class!"
"I hope it's a hot girl!"
"Do you think it will be a cute boy?"
"Who knows?"
"Please let this girl go out with me!"
All of that I heard. Then the sound of the door opening went straight in my ear, then the voice... "So, this is the class?" I sighed in disbelief... My eyes weren't playing tricks on me. There's only one person in the world with purble hair and red eyes. However, this one had her hair up in a short pony tail. That thing that tied it was the same color as Ayane's headband. There was also a fake mole near her left eye... Nice disguise, moron.
"This new one is Shizuka Koritsu! Please treat her kindly!"
"Hey." Was all she said.
"Please take the seat next to Itsuki-san!" With that, everyone eyed me in anger. It's bad enough I have to share a house with this one, but to be in the same class? Well, there goes my peace and quiet life... But I never had one to begin with, thanks to my idiot brothers and Kokoro-senpai hanging out with me at school.
Class went like it should, and me just not paying attention and sleeping. When everything was over as the lunch bell rang, I could only go to one specific place to eat. Was the rooftop? Yeah right, that's a cliche that only happens in manga. I went to a room on the third floor, the empty Book Club. I opened the door to see everything as it should... Two shelves on the walls, a book case that looked dusty, also some desk put together to make it look like one big table. And windows that gave me a good look of the town.
However, one thing stood out... Can you guess? "Hello!" Yep. Ayane in her Shizuka persona, leaning on the table with her arms behind her with her left crossing the right. "I heard that some people would see you in here."
"You're an idiot." I said closing the door.
"You jerk! It's a good disguise!"
"It's no better than a pair of silly glasses with a big nose and mustache that you see in a cheap toy store!" I remarked. "Seriously, what the hell are you doing here?" I asked her while i pulled up a seat with the boxed lunch Kokoro-senpai made for me.
"Well, uh,"
"30 seconds..."
"WHAT?! Hold on! You can't just do that while I'm-"
"20 seconds..."
"You giant stupid jerk! I busted my ass to-"
"10 seconds..."
"I CAME HERE TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU!"
I opened the box lunch with the chopsticks, giving a sly smile at Ayane. "Was that so hard?" I asked her as I saw what was inside. Just you're standard boxed lunch. "Kokoro-senpai has really surpassed herself this time."
Ayane looked at me with an angry glare with a tabbing of her food... I offered her some food but, she stabbed it with a kunai.
"Well I did need some iron in my stomach today." I said continue to eat... But then another kunai was stabbed through it. I lifted my hands away from it, but with the tips of the chop sticks still in my mouth.
"D-Don't get the wrong idea!" She said looking away. "You're brothers wanted me to keep an eye on you!" I thought deeply about this...
"Kokoro-senpai is a College student now, so-"
"Stop that!" She yelled at me again. "Jeez! You sound like you're in love with this girl! 'Kokoro-senpai, Kokoro-senpai, Kokoro-senpai', how stupid!"
"Someones jealous..." When that sentence came out, the chopsticks that were in my mouth got sliced in half. I saw she was holding a short sword katana. "Am I right?"
"SHUT UP! WHO WOULD BE JEALOUS OF SOME GOODY GOODY GIRL LIKE THAT?!" She crossed her arms with the weapon still in her hand. "That girl pissed me off when I first met her."
I sighed at this then shook my head. "You have anger issues... And trust issues."
"That's why I don't trust you too!"
"Fair enough." I stood up from the chair as I started taking out the kunais from my boxed lunch. Wrapping it around with the cloth so I could hold it better. "Let's go little one. We got class."
"I'm not little!" She protested at me, only being patted by my hand. Our height was different, her being 5,2 and me being 5,11. An awkward silence happened for a good while... "S-Shut up..."
Whenever she acted like that, she was always adorable. Well, still adorable.
Everything seemed normal even though Ayane was in some stupid disguise. School was going fine from start to finish...
"HEY!" Well... Until this happened. The one thing that hit me in the back of my head, was a glass bottle that shattered when thrown. "Mori-senpai! We know all about it!" A group of punks gathered... Some not even from the school.
"Everyone from this school and the next knows about Shizuka-san!"
"And we know about you and her getting along!"
"An outcast like you doesn't deserve a girl like her!"
"We're not gonna lose this time!"
"This also for Kokoro-san!"
Every comment about me just kept going... And going... But there was only one thing that I focused on. My blood from the back of my head. "The way you threw that bottle... That can kill a guy you know?" I looked at the group.
"HOLD IT!" I saw Ayane jump from a higher level of the school and landed next to me. "What the hell is wrong with you guys?!"
"Shizuka-san! We're here to free you!" Ayane had a dumbfounded look.
"Itsuki Mori is just a trouble maker and an outcast!"
"A girl like you deserves someone better!"
Ayane was about to grip her short sword, but I stopped her as I grabbed her wrist. "Ayane... Hold my bag and don't look..." I could go into detail... But I'm letting-
HEY! What're you doing?!
Oh, sorry Ayane.
Let me tell them what happened! Now go! The little one is crying and needs you!
Okay! Okay! Ayane has the floor...
Good... So anyway...
"You bastards... It's bad enough my brothers have a handicap match whenever I do something bad... But to just see my blood in front of me, it really pisses me off!" I saw him with a very angry scowl. "I hate fighting... My name means a 'Tree Forest' if you read the kanji. A Tree Forest is a peaceful place, which I want to live in..."
He cracked his knuckles getting ready for an all out brawl! "GET HIM!" Everyone charged in at him! What I thought was going to happen... Didn't. Instead I saw bodies flying like they were paper as Itsuki was just punching, kicking and throwing them everywhere! He grabbed a lead pipe from someones hand as he whacked them upside the head with it, then grabbed a wrench from another... He used it to upper cut the guy into a tree!
"Oh shit..." Was all that came from my mouth.
"A Tree Forest is also somewhere no one can hear you scream!" He shouted at them. For a good fight and minutes passed by then, he was covered in dirt, blood, cuts and bruises. "Dammit... I hate it when I have to fight punks... Now those two will really let me have it." It shocked me to know THAT is what he was worried about! Not even learning about what would happen if police arrived! "Might as well be a hardcore match when I get back at home... Or a street fight."
"Wow." Was all I said seeing him. "Uh, you okay?"
"No... Not in the slightest." He said touching the back of his head. "Hey, you think a band-aid can cover this?" He asked me.
"Uh, no." Was all I could say. "It's gonna take a lot more than just a band-aid to cover it."
"Ointment than." I facepalmed. I grabbed his hand as we took off from school building. "Where are we going?"
"To the drug store." Was all I answered. After everything that happened, we made it home. I was stuck playing nurse with him, being bandaged up from that fight. His clothes were torn, with rips and tears. "Are they always like that?"
"Only once... When I was hanging out with Kokoro-senpai in my 2nd year." He layed back. "It was relief, you know?"
"Punching the living shit out of them?"
"Exactly. Too much stress might make my hair go from grey to white."
"What was your hair back then?"
"Black."
"You're joking..."
"Nope." Seriously... No matter what, he was always able to stay calm and monotone.
I grabbed his wallet as I began to walk away. "I'll get you some food. I'll be back." I told him before I left. Walking through an unfamiliar town, is weird... Not having to sneak around is strange... Just being a regular girl... It felt like taboo for me. I didn't have to sneak, nor kill... All of it felt so strange. When I was in that school, it felt like moving from your habitat... "Nice disguise." I heard someone.
"Who's there?!" I asked behind me. Then, I relaxed seeing who it was... Dressed in a normal t-shirt, jeans and sneakers... "M-Master Hayate!"
"Ayane." He smiled at me. "What are you doing in a school outfit? You're 19 years old."
"Uh, well, I uh...!" I panicked at the spot. "I just... Wanted to see how it fit! Yeah that's it!"
"Really?" He asked me as I nodded. "And that guy you were with?" When talked to me about Itsuki... It felt like I was stone for a second.
"W-w-what guy? I-I don't know any g-g-guy!" I was laughing nervously... Master Hayate walked past me, then stopped to tell me something.
"It's good to see my little sister growing up. Finding love and all." At that moment, I shattered into a million pieces. "Later." When that happened, my heart sunk and everything around me was slowed down. I fell in love for my brother when I didn't know he was related to me... I wanted to be close to him... Have him as a husband... But it changed when I knew the truth. I hated myself... For thinking those things about him.
When I came back with food, I saw Itsuki sleeping on the couch resting peacefully. Wrapped around a blanket for warmth. I got mad... I wanted to punch him. When my brother saw us together, I hated it... "Ayane..." He said my name in his sleep! HIS SLEEP! Itsuki may be the most weirdest guy I know, besides that Zack that made us go into a island wearing skimpy bikinis... Yet, when he said my name, I couldn't help but feel happy for a moment. Only to punch him out of misunderstanding!
"Y-Y-YOU PERVERT! DON'T DREAM ABOUT ME!" I shouted at him... No comeback. Then I saw I made him bleed more! "Oh crap!"
When time passed, and me healing him again. "Thanks for the wake up call..." He didn't look at me while he was eating take out. I really felt bad, but I couldn't say sorry to him. While we were done, watching tv and all... I got cold. Real cold! Before anything else, I saw that he put the same blanket on me too.
He grabbed my shoulder and brought me closer! My heart was racing faster than a NASCAR event! "W-What are you doing?!"
"You're cold, right?"
"Yeah! But-"
"But nothing." He said to me as he made sure to wrap the blanket around us. "You're gonna get sick if you're cold." He was jerk... He was an ass... A perv... But so warm... I fell asleep on his shoulder. Then I heard, "You're cute when you're like this."
I only responded with, "You pervert..." Instead of a comeback, he fell asleep too. I liked every minute of it that time, but couldn't admit I did...
END
AWW! Wasn't that heartwarming? Hope everyone liked it. And now you know why I chose Crispin Freeman if Itsuki was voiced. Sorry this was late, let's just say that school is keeping me locked up and people I lived with are stricted as fuck. Don't you just hate that? I feel like if I were a parent, I would be an awesome parent... Not those parents that let there kids do whatever the hell they want, but the relaxed and mellow kind that can truly bond with them. That's the kind I want to be.