Guest1: your welcome..they're both such an amazing writers and I really look up to them. I'm not really into comedy..lolz but I'll try my best to write a RomCom story...thanks..
Guest2: thanks, glad u like it...someday, I'll try to write a HanaSen/SenHana but definitely after I'm done with the other story, maybe a one-shot... :)
mrsklemazk: Thanks ...glad you love it:). Actually I wanted to write it that way..but Kaede as a girl was more suited to my plot.
cousin: don't worry it won't be a long chapters like the rest, I promise to myself to limit my story either one-shot or less than ten chapters hehehe...it's giving me a hard time to use a lot of english..(sakit sa bangs...sabog utak...nosebleed) by the way crazy4U will ended very very soon... :)
Atka-Jane: hmmm...maybe yes, maybe not...hehehe...it's just getting started XD
Chapter 2
To Kiss away the Spell
Sakuragi step off his feet on the ground to let the lady kitsune, sitting behind him to go down slowly from his bicycle.
After the class, Rukawa invited Sakuragi to their house to finally meet her parents. Too good that there's still no practice for basketball so the redhead came along.
As he park his bike, he looked around to look for the kitsune's house. "Oi kitsune, where's your house?" He asked, wandering his eyes around, amazed at the luxury apartments in front of them. He looked at the lady kitsune then followed her gazed.
"Here." She said, pointing at the huge gate behind them where they stand, painted in red and golden with an artistic dragons carved on it and pressed the intercom.
Slowly, the gate opened and an old man came out smiling gently at them. "Welcome home, Kaede-sama." He greeted, wearing a black suit matches with a white bowtie. "And welcome, Sakuragi-sama, please come in."
Sakuragi flabbergasted when the old man opened the gate wider, revealing a huge Chinese-style mansion inside.
"Do ahou...let's go." She said and pull the redhead's hand when she noticed that he's too dazed to see their house. Dragging him inside followed by the servant, carrying Sakuragi's bicycle.
Rukawa went upstairs and left the redhead in the living room to change her uniform. The old man introduced himself as Keisuke-san, their butler. He can't stopped his eyes from looking here and there. The living room was stylish, fabulous for the commoners like him that made him felt nervous and shrunk.
As the old man pour a tea on the teacup, he ask him. "Ano...Keisuke-san...are they collectors of Chinese thingy?" Gazing at the varieties of dragons, then to the small rounded zodiac-animals jade figurines, and Buddha that displayed in the living room.
The old man smile. "No, Sakuragi-sama. They are Chinese, I mean half-Chinese half- Japanese."
"Waa...really? Didn't know that!" He exclaimed.
"Hehehe. Yes." The old man chuckled. "Kaede-sama's parents and ancestors were both Chinese-Japanese." He added.
Sakuragi stood promptly when he saw Rukawa walking along with a tall man, wearing formal black suit that was the perfect copy of the kitsune, and voluptuous woman, unlike the kitsune's slender figure, almost tall and pale as same as her. No doubt that they were her parents.
He's quite surprised to see her wearing a traditional Chinese clothes like her mother, with her hair tied in a tight round ball at the back.
The woman smile at her. "Please sit down... Sakuragi-kun. We're so glad to finally meet you." She said politely.
The redhead's impression on her was she's an glamorous and intelligent woman. He looked at her and turned at kitsune who sats in between them, across him. "Nice to meet you too...Rukawa-san."
The woman cover her lips and giggle. "Hihi, no need to be so formal Sakuragi-kun, just call me Kamiko-chan...hihihi." Rukawa glare and elbow her to stop from giggling. "Ehem...I mean Kamiko-san. And this is my husband..." Rukawa stood to change her seat, next to her mother. "My husband, Wei. Popsy this is Sakuragi-kun."
The redhead unexpectedly tactful and well-mannered that took Rukawa by surprise. The redhead stood and offer his hand to her father for the shake hands, as her father gladly accepted it.
"Nice to meet you Sakuragi-kun." He said emotionless.
Sakuragi sat and scratch his head shyly. Their personalities were too intimated. He's not used to meet a rich and glamorous people like them. Just to think of it, the kitsune itself was actually a glamor person too. "Nice to meet you Rukawa-san." He was overwhelmed by the man's attractive and reserved personality.
"Popsy." Rukawa's mother called. "I told you many times when you pronounced a Japanese name, you should put respect and feelings on it...a passion. Have any idea what Sakuragi means in Japanese?"
Rukawa's father turn to his wife and shook his head. "Ah... Popsy... Sakuragi means cherry blossoms. Say it like this...repeat after me ...okay?" And she smile at him, sweetly. "Sa...ah..ku...ah..." Eyes fluttering and lips pouting with a seducing moan.
Sakuragi's jaw dropped when the lady kitsune's mother begun to say his name in a very seductive ways and getting closer the her father, slowly unbuttoning her clothes. "Ra...ah...gi...ah..." Then winked at the her husband. "Say it Popsy..." Licking her very red lips then bit it.
Rukawa's father stared at her. "Sa...ah..." He moan just like his wife did, and Sakuragi caught off-guard near fell to his seat.
"Ehem...ano...Kamiko-sama. " The butler butted in. "I think when you're pronouncing the 'Ra' you should soften and curl you tongue like this." Showing his tongue to them. "Ra...with air."
"Oh yeah...you're right Keisuke-san...let's do it again. " she agreed.
"Sa...ah...ku..." The three of them repeated.
"No... Popsy, you should curled your tongue like this" showing her tongue. "when you say Ra..repeat after me. Sa...ah..ku...ahh...Ra...Ra..ah...gi..."
Sakuragi sweat drop while the lady kitsune's veins popping out to her temple. She can't take this humiliation. "Stupid parents...and butler.." She whispered, especially not in front of the do ahou that foolishly watching them. Indeed, their appearances were deceiving.
"Ano... Rukawa-san, Kamiko-san just call me Hanamichi...hehe." He suggested nervously.
The three of them stop and look at him. "Ahh...much better Hanamichi." Rukawa's father answered, and the redhead sighed in relief.
"Popsy...did you know what's the meaning of Hanamichi in Japanese?"
"I don't know Momsy..."
"It's a flower path...and when you pronounce it...you should put love and passion on it...like..."
The lady kitsune out of patience and smack the table. "Enough! Mom and Dad." Glaring at her parents icily then turned to their butler who immediately stepped aside. "Please fix your clothes Mom..."
Rukawa's mother pouting and buttoning her changshan then sat formally. "By the way Sakuragi-kun, Kaede-chan told us that you're still remember her as him, the boy Kaede, is that true?" She asked seriously.
Sakuragi breath deeply that at last they're all done on practicing on how they should say his family name. He looked at the lady kitsune first before answering her question. "Yes I do, Kamiko-san. I ... I was really shocked to see him, I mean her like that..so I asked her what happened...then ki...she told me it was a spell."
"I see." Rukawa's father answered. "We have to let you know the whole truth before you can help our Kaede to undo the spell. But it needed some sacrifice..." He said, that made the redhead felt quite anxious.
"Sa...sacrifice? What do you mean by that Oya.. Rukawa-san?"
"It was our fault why Kaede-chan have to suffer this spell." Rukawa's mother said sadly. "If we just followed the elder 's advice...Kaede-chan won't experienced this..."Look apologetic at the lady kitsune next to her. "I myself was originally a boy..." She confessed.
Sakuragi's brown eyes widened. Looking at her from head to toe. There's no way that the gorgeous woman in front of him was actually a boy. Before...
Suddenly, Rukawa's mother stood in front of him. Sakuragi freeze when the woman ripped off her clothes and revealed her ...ehem...gigantic breast shamelessly.
Sakuragi gawking at her. Experiencing a huge loss of blood from the very first time in his life seeing a breast as big as her, though it's covered with her black-laced bra. The attentive butler handed him a box of Fine tissue to wipe his bleeding nose.
"Waaaa.. Momsy what are you doing?" Rukawa's father asked, grabbing his wife to cover her.
"Maa...maaa. Popsy... I just want Sakuragi-kun to show my new breast...hihihih." Giggling like a teenage girl. "Dr. Wong opened her new clinic in Macau, and I got her latest product." She shake her boobs and it's jiggles. "Touch it Popsy...it's feels so good."
Rukawa's father peek in her clothes, though not smiling but obviously happy to see 'it'.
On the other side, lady kitsune cross her leg, smirking and amuse at the redhead's reaction after seeing her mother's chest. He's in deep red like the color of his hair. She wanted to burst into laugh but she tried really hard not to. He may be an annoying, noisy asshole but naive when it comes to things like that.
"Maa maa.. Sakuragi-kun, don't be shy. I'm pretty sure that Kaede-chan already show hers to you...hihihi... Am I right Kaede-chan?" She smirk at her daughter and the kitsune smirk back at her.
Sakuragi blushed deeper and look down to hide his embarassment. "Ano... Kamiko-san..how...how can we undo the spell." He queried nervously to change the topic. Rukawa family grinned.
"About that...we should tell you first what happen why we didn't fully broke the spell." Rukawa's father said. "Me and Kamiko was actually a rival in school...then one day, Kamiko turned into girl that nobody knows about the real her aside from me. I'm the only person who can helped her to break the spell but we failed. "
"Failed? Why?" Kitsune asked curiously.
"Because before the hundred days come...we..."
"Hundred days?"
"Yes. To be able to undo the spell you must stay together, live together and fall in love with each other within one hundred days..."
"What? Fall in love!" Kitsune and the redhead exclaimed in chorused.
"Yes. And not just to fall in love." Turned to the redhead. "Sakuragi-kun must proved to the elders of our family that he really loves Kaede no matter what. And at the hundredth day, Kaede will grant a wish, whether she wanted to stay as a girl or turn back as a boy. Then everything went back to normal."
"But...but..." Sakuragi stuterring. "How can I fall in love with him...her.. He's a boy to begin with."
Rukawa's parents look at him worriedly, but more disappointed. "We know...that's why we said it needs a lot of sacrifice...we're sorry not to know that you're a homophobic...and aside from that on the ninety nine nights upon reaching the hundredth days, both of you must..." They looked at each other meaningly before her mother finally finished her sentences. "You must make ...love... You know...have sex...and Kaede-chan's virgin blood must take it to the elderly to be able to break the spell."
"What? Sex?!" The two teenage exclaimed again in unison.
"Se...sex..." Sakuragi can't hide his red face. "But...we can't do that..."
"That's the only way.."
"No way I'll had sex with that do ahou!" And she ran off upstairs. Everybody in the living room just watched her from leaving.
"Eto... Ano Rukawa-san, Kamiko-san... I don't think I can do it...with her...you see... Even your son... I mean your daughter don't agree with this...and I don't even think that we can do..se...make love without marriage coz is not a really right thing to do."
"We're so sorry to bother you Sakuragi-kun...but we don't have any choice, that's the only way...or else..." There's hint of fear showing in her dark-blue eyes. "Kaede-chan might die if she reach her seventeenth birthday without breaking the spell." She mumbled dolefully and bursted in tears.
Sakuragi stunned hearing that the lady kitsune's life in danger. He felt guilty for not able to do something about it...and he remembered that he promised her that he will help her to lift it.
He looked at them and stood. "Kamiko-san...please don't cry. I'll do it... I'll help your daughter..."
Sakuragi standing in front of her room door. He's tighten his grip on the small purple bottle. Inside of it is the potion that he must drink and pass it to the kitsune through his mouth.
He hated the idea but kistune's mother insisted that he really needs to do it. And once he passed it to her mouth, some sort of lights should appeared. It's proved that he, Hanamichi Sakuragi was willing to help and to fall in love with her with all his heart and soul, whether the kitsune is a girl or a boy.
He took a very deep breath before knocking on the door. He's quite nervous and somehow frighten. In case the lights didn't appear, they still have another last chance to do it. Or else, there's no way they can let the kitsune to turned back to normal and might even die.
No answer from the kitsune, he turn the doorknob and it was unlocked and let himself in. The room was spacious and quite dark. In the corner of the room, next to the window, he could the see the kitsune, standing staring at the sky. By the moonlight shine upon her, he could her sad face and tears rolling down to her cheek. Realizing she's in melancholy mood.
"Kitsune." He called gently, approaching the raven-hair girl and stand next to her. "So you're crying..."
"Of course not do ahou!" Simply wiping her tears, never noticed the redhead come inised her room.
"Why you ran away? You didn't hear the rest..."
"I rather die than to fall in love with you."
"Talk about pride...you stupid kitsune. Your parents was really worried about you..."
"Hn?"
"I promised that I'll help you right...nothing will happened if you just stand, stare and cry here."
"So you want me to accept it?"
"Yes...and stop acting like a real girl you damn fox... I wanted to save your life too!"
Rukawa startled and look at him. "What did you say?"
"Kitsune. We must do this. I told you I wanted to beat you in basketball...and besides...your parents was really worried if you don't back to normal."
"Hn?"
"Coz if you stayed like that...you might...die..." He avoided her gaze. "So... I'm willing to give it a try. To fall in love with you...and you must try it too..." He mumbled softly.
"Fine. But how?"
Sakuragi showed her the small bottle and gulped it. He move closer, hold her chin and landed his lips into her.
Rukawa was too shocked and gaped at him, that lets the redhead to easily pass and insinuated his tongue on her to share the bittersweet liquid inside his mouth.
It was the most important thing that the kistune mustn't know what's the used of that liquid and both of them should swallowed it or else they will fail.
He slowly moved closer as they shared and tasted the liquid. Both eyes close. Sakuragi unconsciously pull her closer and pin her on the wall. He lower his both hand and encircle around her thin waist. Rukawa slowly wrapped her arms around his neck, moving up her one hand to carress his red hair. Sharing and deepening the kisses.
The redhead hugged her closer as she tilted her head to give him more access. Suddenly, a glow of red and blue lights surrounds them, that breaks them from kissing. Both felt embarrass as they completely forgotten about everything because of the sudden kisses.
The room filled with those sparkling tiny blue and red lights. The door burst open and the lights turn on. It was Rukawa' parents smiling broadly at them.
Rukawa's father walk closer to them and grabbed Sakuragi's hand. "Momsy..." He called his wife and she handed him a small box and put it on his palm. "Open it and put it on her."
The redhead open the box and reveal a red-colored ring engraved something on it. "Ring?"
"Yes. It's symbolizes your pure intention to help our child. So please put it on her."
Sakuragi took her left hand and gently slip the ring on her ring-finger. He felt the rush of blood all coming to his head as he blushed. It's like a wedding ceremony.
After, Rukawa's father took her hand and place the small box on her palm. She open it without waiting her father's word, then took the blue-colored ring and handed the emptied box back to her father.
She looked first at the blushing redhead, then frowned, not really like the idea of putting a ring on him. She took his left hand by force and wear the ring on his third finger.
The kitsune's mother sob and embrace them both. "My Kaede-chan... Sakuragi-kun...please from now on take care on my precious so...daughter."
She let go of them. Rukawa's father took something in his pocket and stood in front of them. He murmured a few words and show the pendulum on his hand. "No matter what happened, both of you should stay together and be strong to face the trials and hardships that will come along your ways. We will see you again on the fiftieth days..."
The two teenager was hypnotized by it, following each swing and on it's third swing...everything turns into black...
To be continued...