Chapter 2: The Day After (Mostly)
Ok, so this is my newest chapter, I'm trying to type these fast, but correct so if there are any errors, please tell me so I can correct them ASAP and not make them again. I hope you all enjoy and don't forget to review! Well I hope you like Chapter 2! (By the way, this isn't the speed I'm going to be typing these at, I just happened to have been working on this for a little while before I actually posted the first one.) Oh, and to Gonstika, don't worry about being harsh, I know I have a long ways to go and I gladly accept your criticism! Enjoy!
Rating: T
The Announcement
"Hello Ms. Kuroi!" Konata chimed as she walked through the door, waving happily.
"Hey Izumi." She heard her lethargic teacher say.
"You sound down teach, what's up?" Konata asked, wondering what could possibly have her teacher so moody on one of the last days before Summer.
"I have a few announcements that are a real drag..." Kuroi complained.
"Hmmm, I wonder what it could be with only a few days left until graduation." Said Konata with her catgrin. Kuroi sighed.
"I guess there's no better time than now to bring your mood down." Ms. Kuroi said halfheartedly. "Class, I have a few announcements to make that for your convenience has been arranged in the list below."
"1). Summer vacation has been canceled. Apparently they can do that. Instead, you will be given more time off that is spread throughout the next school year."
"Doesn't affect me at all!" The Otaku cheered.
"Let me finish Izumi." Her teacher responded with an equal and opposite tone in her voice.
"2). Due to some attempt to save money or something, all the local colleges have been shut down. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but that's what they did. Instead, you will attend college classes right here in Ryōō. You will each have to retake your tests to determine whose class you'll be in. This also means I have to learn a whole new lesson plan ALONG with my old one!" Cried the despondent instructor.
"WHAT? That sucks!" Konata cried along side her teacher and fellow students.
"And finally 3). We have a new student! His name is Kanpeki Otokonoko." He was an average looking boy with short, brown hair. Most of the rest of his features were hidden by his school blazer, which seemed different somehow.
"It's nice to meet all of you, if my name is too long to remember, my friends usually call me Tony!" Bowed the new student.
"Tony? That makes no sense." Commented the teacher under her breath.
"I like the name, I'm not sure why." Tony said, startling Ms. Kuroi with the fact that he heard her. "But, call me whatever you feel comfortable with!" He said with a smile.
"Lets see, there an empty seat behind~... Izumi!" Stated Ms. Kuroi, pointing to an empty desk of a former student behind Konata.
"Okay then!" Tony sat down behind the Blue haired girl.
Uhg, what's with this guy... Perfect Boy? That's really your name? Konata wondered. He gives me a bad feeling... What a drag... Konata sighed internally as she thought about her new situation.
"Hey, I hope we have a great year." Whispered Tony.
"I'm not looking for more friends, kid." Konata replied coldly.
"... Oh" What did I do? The new guy asked himself.
Lunch Time
"Hi everyone, I've come for lunch!" Kagami said as she entered the room. Just as she was about to sit with her friends at Konata's desk, she noticed the new face behind her friend. "Who's the new guy?"
"Oh, he's just some kid that transferred in because his scores placed him here for now. Crazy stuff about the whole college and summer thing, eh?" Konata said, trying to change the subject.
"He looks kinda lonely, we should go ask him if he wants to join us!" Kagami suggested. "Who know, he might be a time traveler, alien, or esper..." She joked at Konata.
"Ug, fine, but just because you asked Kagami." Konata turned to the desk behind her reluctantly. "Hey Tony, wanna join us?"
"Sure! It would be my pleasure." The boy said gratefully as he got up to move.
"Hello, my name is Kagami Hiiragi and this is my sister, Tsukasa Hiiragi. These are our friends, Miyuki Takara and Konata Izumi." Kagami introduced herself and her friends. She didn't know what moved her to welcome him into their group when they hadn't asked anyone else, but she felt like she absolutely had to.
"We've met..." He said as he sweatdropped looking at Konata, "But I have heard of you all before."
"Oh really?" Kagami said with surprise. How does this guy know us?
"You see, I've heard about how Hiiragi-san and Takara-san are some of the brightest students in the school. And I heard that Hiira... the younger Hiiragi is one of the best cooks around!" He didn't have the heart to tell them that the only reason he really knew Tsukasa was by her older sister. More often then not, he had heard her talked about as "Kagami's Sister" rather than Tsukasa. He had a feeling she was a good cook and so decided to go for it.
"You can call me Kagami." Kagami said, blushing slightly at such high praise.
"My friends all call me Miyuki." Miyuki eye-smiled.
"I don't mind if you call me Tsukasa at all!" Tsukasa stated.
"Izumi is fine." Konata said with slight hostility in her voice, causing Kagami to give her a look that Konata somehow knew meant that she wanted to see her later.
"Fine, you can call me Konata then..." Sighed the blue haired Otaku.
"Thanks, I appreciate the kindness. I do have one question though Kagami." said Tony as he started looking deep in thought.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Twin tails... Dual personality... Nice sometimes but cruel at others... Are you by chance a Tsundere?" Asked the boy innocently. Konata's ears perked up and her head whipped around to look at him with a slight twinkle in her eye.
Another one, huh? "That's what she tells me." Kagami sighed as she pointed over towards Konata.
"And by the way you reacted, I'm guessing you're an Otaku, Konata?" That only brightened her twinkle.
He seems nice enough though. I wonder what the rest think of him... I can ask Miyuki without him knowing I'm sure. Thought the Tsundere, as she and Miyuki had both taken several foreign languages.
"Oye Miyuki, ¿qué piensa usted de este tipo, que parece lo suficientemente bueno hasta ahora." Kagami asked her friend, sure she would understand the need for the language change.
(Hey Miyuki, what do you think of this guy, he seems nice enough so far.)
"Él es bastante bueno hasta ahora, creo que se parece como una buena persona." Miyuki replied in Spanish, basically reiterating what Kagami had said.
(He's rather nice so far. He seems like a nice person.)
"Creo que es el mejor hombre en este grupo!" Tony added helpfully, smiling at the reactions he would get.
(I think he's the best guy in this group!)
Kagami and Miyuki both jumped a little as he spoke Spanish more fluently then both of them.
"Uuuh, I'm really sorry for talking about you in front of your back like that, I was just curious is all..." Kagami said quickly turning a light shade of red. Hmm, if he knows Spanish so well, he probably doesn't know many, if any, other foreign languages...
"Its no problem, I understand your curiosity of your friends opinion of me. I was kind of wondering myself." Stated Tony, obviously amused.
Now speaking in English (I'll put them in double quotation marks to symbolize it from now on), rather than the Japanese you're obviously not reading, Kagami started talking to her sister who occasionally joined her sister when studying it at home.
""So, do you think of him Tsukasa?"" Kagami asked in rough English.
""If he is not listening, I'll tell you later, you do not know us."" Said Tsukasa, surprising her sister with her caution, but in equally rough English.
""You think he kn-""
""I believe you are trying to say, 'So, what do you think of him Tsukasa' and 'I'll tell you later, we don't know if he's listening.' Which I kinda still am."" Again startling them with a near perfect command of English as well.
What is this guy? I guess it could be worse, if he hadn't told us, he could have listened in on so much stuff that we might have said...
"So Tony, how many languages do you know?" Asked Tsukasa.
"I am fluent in over six million forms of communication." Stated Tony rather matter-of-factly.
"Eh~?" Tsukasa kicked her head to the side.
"What are you? A droid?" Kagami asked with a snicker.
"Not the one you're looking for." The boy said, eliciting a small giggle from Kagami, making Konata stifle a similar reaction, but leaving Tsukasa and Miyuki with nothing but a confused look. After the laughter had subsided, the Tsundere saw the confused look on her sister's face.
"Come on Tsukasa, its Star Wars! We watched it a couple years ago, remember?" Kagami asked.
"I guess, kinda..." Tsukasa mumbled.
"So Tony, wh-" Kagami tried to ask.
"Hey Hiiragi, weren't you supposed to go back to your class ten minutes ago?" Kuroi interjected.
"Huh?" Kagami questioned as she looked at the clock. Lunch had ended five minutes earlier. "..."
"CRAP CRAP CRAP!" She yelled as she ran out of the room at light speed.
"I hope her teacher isn't going be too hard on her." Miyuki commented.
"Yeah, me too..." Tony said, an air of concern in his voice.
"Don't worry, Yukari is late half the time herself and this, if memory serves, is Hiiragi's first time being late." The teacher said.
"I'm glad." Tony said with a sigh of relief.
"Shouldn't you three be getting back to your seats?" Kuroi said, referring to the three friends who were still seated at Konata's desk.
"Ye-yeah!" Tsukasa stuttered as they hastily returned to their seat.
After School
Kagami raced over to her friend's class as soon as the bell to get out rang. "Oi! Hiira..." was all Misao could get out before her friend was out of earshot.
She got to her destination at the same moment Konata was leaving the room. "Hello Kagamin~!" the Otaku called out.
"We need to talk." Kagami said curtly, grabbing her friend by the hand and pulling her away from the others.
"Wh-whoa! What's up Kagami?" She asked as they started to stop. "Anything wrong?"
"What did Tony do to you? Why are you acting like this?" Kagami questioned ferociously.
"Acting like what? He didn't do anything." Konata said.
"You're acting like an ass. Now I want to know why before I make any judgments." Kagami said.
I can't really tell her why, not yet at least... That prediction I don't think I was supposed to hear that Tsukasa told me about... You will find love soon... He's the only guy we have actually talked to for more than five minutes and Kagamin is always complaining that she doesn't have a boyfriend... Not to mention that she just invites him to join us out of the blue, randomly? "I just have a bad feeling about him is all. You understand?"
"No. No I don't. He seems like a nice guy, but you don't like him. I'm trying to understand, but you're not giving me any reasons here other than your intuition. Now there's something you're not telling me and I want to know what it is. I know you, you're not like this!" Kagami tried desperately to goad her friend into telling her her true thoughts.
"Well I..." Konata sighed. "Why are you defending him so adamantly?" Konata asked.
"Because he hasn't done anything!" Kagami said. "Yeah, he's a little too smart I guess, but that's hardly worth shunning the guy, you know?" Kagami asked.
"I..." Konata began to think about ways to get out of there. She was uncomfortable with how angry Kagami was actually getting. It wasn't a cute angry like normal. "I..." Kagami knew she was close. "I.."
"Kagami! Konata! Hey!" Tony yelled as he ran towards them waving.
"Tony! What are you doing here so late, do you have an after-school activity?" Konata said quickly, trying to keep the subject off of her behavior.
"No, you see I'm sorta... kinda... lost.." He said while hanging his head, ashamed.
"Well that's too bad, why don't you show him around Kagami? Kthxbye!" Konata shouted as she sprinted off.
"What was all that about? Didn't she hate me at lunch time?" Tony thought out loud.
"I was actually trying to find out why that was. I was pretty close when you came and interrupted us." Kagami said, slightly irritated at the boy's terrible timing.
"Oh man, I'm really sorry. I was wondering what I did..." Hmmmm, I'll have to think about it...
"I wouldn't worry too much, she already said you didn't do anything." Kagami said.
"Hmmm, I might have a theory, but I'll need to think for a little while before I can put any confidence in it." Tony said getting a distant look in his eye, but recovering a second later.
"Oh? And just what might this theory of yours be?"
"Classified Information."
"I figured." Kagami said, wishing people would for once just tell her things instead of hiding them from her. "So you're lost, huh?"
"Yeah, I was wondering around trying to find my way out when I realized, even if I did make my way out, I have no clue how to get to my house from here. That's about the time I saw you two."
"Well, where do you live?" Kagami asked.
"3-14-17 Kita-Satte." Tony said.
"Are... are you serious?" Kagami deadpanned.
"Yeah why?" asked Tony, confused at her reaction.
"No-...Nothing, I'll help you out." Kagami stuttered, almost stunned by this turn of events.
"Cool you know the way?" Tony asked excitedly.
"All too well..." She said as she led him on a quick tour of Saitama before she would lead him home.
2 Hours Later
"-And MAN was it stinky!" Tony said as he concluded his story.
"Really? I didn't even know they got that stinky!" Kagami said laughing.
"Neither did I until I smelt it myself!" The boy laughing with her.
"Well, we're here, this is your house. I'm wondering though, how did you not know where this was? I mean its your house." Kagami said.
"Thanks a lot for your help. And as for the question, when I was transferred here, I didn't have much time so I chose the cheapest place available at the time that would still be kind of spacious and went straight to school. I've never even seen the inside!" Tony said cheerfully.
"I see, I guess it would have to be spacious to fit you and your parents, not to mention any siblings, huh?" It was more of statement than a question though.
"Well... My parents are both gone and I haven't heard from my brother in a long time. I'm on my own here." Tony said in a slightly less cheerful voice.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know..." Kagami said rather depressed that she had stirred painful memories in her new friend.
"Nah, its okay. Its been like this for as long as I can remember. Or as long as I care to remember, that is. I'm doing fine."
"Glad to hear it... If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen?" Kagami asked.
"I don't mind you asking, its the answering part I don't like much. To be quite honest, I don't remember clearly, all I really have is what my brother told me." Tony said.
"Wow look at the time! I'll never make it home before curfew, even if I run! Crap!" Kagami said, nearly losing her temper with herself for not keeping better track of the time. Late twice in one day because of this guy. Kagami sighed. She wasn't as angry with him as she was with herself for not keeping up with her time better.
"You can use my bike! It's right in here... " Tony said as he retrieved his bike.
"Wait... didn't you say you had never been here? How did you get this here then? And how did you even know where it was?" Kagami asked.
"You've no time for questions! Ride Kagami! Ride like the wind!" Tony said overdramatically.
"Th-thanks... I've had a lot of fun showing you around!"
"Hehe, as have I. Hey Kagami?" He said, halting her for a minute.
"Yeah?"
"Um... I'll tell you tomorrow. If you don't mind me sitting with you guys again, that is." Tony said in a playful tone.
"Not at all! I'll see you tomorrow!" And with that, Kagami rode off into the night, hoping to make it home in time. "And thanks for letting me use your bike!" She shouted behind herself.
"No problem!" He called after her.
Luckier Channel
"Luckier~ Channel~!" Akira shouted as the lucky board was held in front of the monitor. "Hiya Luckies! I'm your navigator, Akira Kogami!"
"And I'm her assistant, Minoru Shiraishi!"
"We're on our second chapter! So did you notice anything out of the ordinary Shiraishi-san?" Akira said in her cutesy voice.
"Well, this chapter was kind of different from the last one, they introduced a new character!"
"Yeah, I know, what the hell was the writer thinking anyway? You never introduce a new character in these things unless you kill them off the next chapter. I wonder how that's gonna happen." Akira remarked, dropping her cute act completely. "So, what do you think of him? You like him? I thought not, he shouldn't even be in the story, much less in the limelight like he was here. I'm mean WHY THE HELL CAN'T THEY LET ME ON THERE AGAIN IF THEY CAN JUST BRING IN SOME GUY LIKE THIS? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!"
"Please Akira-sama, calm down!" Shouted Minoru.
"I WILL NOT, I WA-"
*Music Tone*
"Awwwww, that was way too short! Well, we're out of time for today! Bye-nii~!" Akira faint cried, picking her act up again instantaneously.
"Bye nii~!" Minoru mirrored.
"..."
"So. Have you asked them why they wrote me out of the show?" Akira asked after the screen went back up.
"Yeah, they said we caused too much of a ruckus last time." Minoru explained.
"Fine. They want a ruckus, I'll give them a ruckus..." Akira said almost under her breath as she walked off.
"Ah-Akira-sama, wait!" Minoru chased as the camera goes black.
*End*
After Section
And so ends another chapter, what did you think? There were a few parts that didn't happen like I thought they would, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out. So a lot happened in this chapter and I'd like to clarify a few things. I know a few people personally would probably say "OMG! A male character on LS? There are no male characters on LS! Especially an OC!" to which I must quote one of my favorite authors on the site by saying
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Besides, I've thought of quite a few things that can happen with a guy character in it. That is also my reasoning for college and summer. I wanted them to stay where they were, at least for now seeing as how I'm still a noob at writing. Maybe people will stop being such cheapskates and reopen the colleges in the future.
Just let me know if you have any questions/concerns/critique/or (unlikely as it is) compliments!
(EDIT)Warning. Tony is going to be a prick for several more chapters, please don't stop reading on his account! Please if you've read to this point, at least read a few more and don't quit. I realize, he's extremely annoying, but it was for an intro. He gets better later after some stuff happens.