jyaniz-musume world

Summon no Jutsu

2010-10-14T21:29:00.001+08:00

I'm stressed again with the budget meeting and stuff... so many numbers but I noticed that when I'm at the peak of stress, that's the time where I can write stories....anyways... enjoy my comeback on JE fic!XD

Ninjas…

We can read about them in Japanese history books. Basically, they are widely known during the feudal period, altogether with samurais. They were fast, ‘invisible’ , and most of all, they possess some kind of powers. In our age today, we rarely think about the possibility of them existing. Yes, we can watch them in anime shows. And yes, there are still schools that teach ninjutsu as a form of martial arts but…

Are there still real ninjas out there?

……………..
*knock knock*

“Please come in!” A petite girl wearing a nurse’s uniform peeked inside the room as soon as she heard him answer.

“Dr. Yamashita, there’s an emergency at the ICU room. Apparently, we lack doctors at this time of the night and there are three patients in ‘code’ right now. We need your help.”

“Ok, I’m coming.”
“FINALLY! Some action!

~Five Minutes Earlier
“GAAAHH!!! I’m so bored!!!” Dr. Tomohisa Yamashita, cardiologist at a certain hospital in Tokyo, exclaimed inside his room. He just got back from his usual ‘boring’ rounds. He checked the progress of the patient, prescribed medicines and now, he will do his usual stuff of writing reports and checking his records. Just thinking about it makes Yamashita sigh. It’s been a long while since he experienced his ‘adrenaline’ rushing due to emergencies. He needed it now or else, he might die out of boredom in his night shift. And then, an idea popped in.

“Hey, what if I summoned ‘him’?
Unknown to his colleagues, he’s a true ninja. He descended from a line of ‘black’ ninjas where they can give sufferings to humanity because of their powers. They don’t do that anymore and just try to blend in with normal people but there were certain times (times like what Yamashita was experiencing right now) where they use their powers for selfish reasons. Yamashita made some hand signals and hit the ground with his right palm making a thick smoke appear. When the smoke subsided, a handsome, but short guy appeared.

“What is it you want master?”

“Ryo… I’m really bored.” Yamashita plainly said.

“Do you want to play ‘who’s the greatest killer’ game?”

“Uhhhm, no not that. And besides, I’ve eaten lots of meat lately so I’ve lost some abs… You’ll easily beat me with that hot body of yours.”

“Yeah right, and last time we played it, I’m the winner.” Ryo snickered.

“Yeah, by just ONE girl… and ohhh… she’s not a girl anymore..she’s a GRANNY!”

“She’s still a girl… You just can’t accept that you lost to me.” Yamashita just sighed and decided to change the topic. His ‘servant’ can really be a arrogant sometimes (just like him)

“Anyways.. I want you to create a commotion where they will need my help. Got that?”

“Yes master.” Ryo went to the center of Yamashita’s room. He mumbled something and from his bare back, an electric guitar emerged. He got it and placed it in front of him. He strummed the strings and started singing… yelling.

“YEAH!!! YEAH!!! YEAHHH!!! KIMI WO IRODORU SUBETE NO YOUSO BOKU GA MAMOTTE MISEYOU”
……………

“Not guilty!” The presiding judge hit the circular wood with his wooden hammer, signaling the end of the session. The ‘suspect’ was now hugging his attorney tightly, thankful that he emerged as the winner. On the other side of the court, the victim and his family was not happy with the result. The fresh graduate lawyer was also not happy with his first case and he knew, something was wrong with the decision.

“I will find the truth.”

~Five Hours Later

“Huh? Where am I?” The man’s drowsiness quickly vanished as soon as he realized that he’s in a foreign room. Add to that, he was tied up tightly in a chair. He saw a dark figure leaning on the door and he can’t recognize him or her due to the poor lighting.

“You’re here on your ‘will be’ graveyard… if you don’t tell me the truth.” The figure moved closer towards the man. He gasped as he realized who the person was.

“You’re the lawyer of Kamenashi!!! You’re attorney Shigeaki Kato!”

“You’re correct Mr. Akanishi.”

“Wh.. what do you want from me?!” Akanishi asked.

“I just want the truth Mr. Akanishi.”

“Well, the hearing was finished five hours ago right? The judge said that I’m not guilty! I didn’t cheat on him!”

“If you’re telling the truth, then why are you trembling?” Akanishi didn’t respond to Shigeaki’s question. The lawyer adjusted his glasses and put his hands behind him. “I see that you’re practicing your right to remain silent… but I can make you reveal the truth.” Shigeaki said and with that, he made hand signals behind his back. Akanishi coughed when a thick smoke suddenly appeared.

“What the hell was that?!” When the smoked vanished, he noticed another man beside the lawyer.

“Why did you summon me, master?”

“Tego, make this man scream the truth. Got that?”

“Anything you wish.” With that Shigeaki left them in the room. Akanishi eyed the blonde hair guy.

“Hi! I’m Tegoshi! I’m going to sing you a song….”

“TOTEMO DAIJI NI OMOU KARA…IAAA..IAAHHH…IAAA IAAAHHHH AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!”
Akanishi cringed at the powerful voice. He wanted to place his hands over his ears but he was tied up.. He was really helpless at this situation.

“KIRA KIRA HIKARU, ANO HOSHI NO YOUNI, FUTARI NO ASHITA KAGAYAKASE TAKUTE!!! MOU HANASANAI HANASHITAKU NAI.. KIMI NO HOKA NI WA MOU NANI MO IRANAI KARA

YEAAAAHHHHH~~~!!!!!”

“ALL RIGHT I’LL TELL THE TRUTH!!!!”

………………..
“Mr. Koyama, please tell us what’s your secret?” In a certain hotel, there’s an ongoing press con of a newly hailed ‘prince’ of restaurant business. He was just a manager of a certain restaurant five years ago but when he resigned and established his own brand, he became well known. His restaurant was well accepted by consumers because of the exquisite taste and affordability. The ‘wonky’ eyed man smiled warmly before answering.

“My secret? Well, I just have someone who’s really great in distinguishing the tastes of food.”

~Five Years Ago

Koyama Keiichiro locked his door and did some hand signals. After the thick cloud of smoke vanished, a man, appeared.”

“Stressed again?” The man asked.

“Yeah… I did the staff’s schedule, attended the budgeting two days ago, yesterday’s the store review, I’m finishing the month end reports, ooohh.. don’t forget the payroll and internal audit this week.”

“Woah, talk about being a workaholic.”

“I’m not workaholic, you know that Massu… Sometimes, I think about resigning from that restaurant.”

“Then pass your resignation letter and start your own business.”

“Uhh, isn’t that will make me A LOT stressful?”

“No, because you have powers and I’ll help you… just make sure it’s food business.”

“Thanks… MASSU..PERMAN~” Massu lightly punched his master’s shoulder for making fun of him.

~next day

“Ok Massu, are you ready?”

“YES!~” Koyama made some hand signals and placed both of his hands on the large rectangular table in his dining area. After the smoke vanished, there were hundreds of small plates with various foods on the table. Massu started his ‘job’.

“This one’s a little bit spicy…. Yum yum…just put a little bit of salt next time… yum yum…hmmm, don’t ever serve this one…..yum yum… please make another of this one.. pretty please?”

The End

Writer’s Block.. or is it?

2010-10-01T10:37:00.002+08:00

Woah!!!! It's been really that long?!?!?! I can't believe it. I haven't been updating for half a year.. I guess I'm just too busy with work.. Actually, this fic that I'm about to post was initially entitled, "Stressed" coz I'm really stressed right now..but I 'played' again..and it became...'cute' so I decided to change the title...ahaha...enjoy reading!

I am staring at the monitor for almost an hour now and yet, not a single sentence has been written on the page. I WROTE something for the past hour but whenever I pressed a key, my mind went blank and then it took a little too long to press the next letter. I sighed out loud. This is going to be a long night.

First of all, let me introduce myself, I’m Takahashi Ai; a manager of a certain restaurant and a ‘fiction’ writer. I wrote stories as a hobby. My forte would be writing comedy and horror themed stories but I sometimes do drama and romance... Just don’t ask where I get ideas from the last one because even if I’m almost 24, I’m still lacking a ‘significant other’.

I have already written about a hundred stories of various genres but now, I’m in a pinch. I’ve acquired the dreaded ‘writer’s block syndrome’. Well, technically it’s not a disease or something, but it’s not what most writers would like to have. I have lots of ideas going on my mind right now but I just can’t fully express what I want to tell to my readers. Add to that, being a manager, there were lots of responsibilities that you have to do and lots of problems to solve. So for an amateur writer like me, vague ideas + stress = writer’s block.

I shifted in my seat as I put my fingers back on the keyboard. I wrote a sentence then erased it… Wrote another one, not satisfied… erased. I grumbled as I stopped the urge to hit my laptop. Thank goodness that technology has already advanced right now. If not, then I would still be writing in a piece of paper. If it really were a piece of paper, I would have crumpled it a lot of times now and threw it in the trash can. Sad to say, my laptop is a little bit expensive than a piece of paper… scratch that… WAY TOO EXPENSIVE to throw just like a trash. And just imagine just how many ‘trees’ would have been cut down for the hundreds of paper I would have thrown.

I’ve been thinking hard but all I can think about is this: store review, how to increase the sales, audit and making the guests happy. My ‘managerial’ mind really works alongside my writer side whose thinking about a very beautiful girl trapped in a castle with a ‘vegetarian’ vampire and a group of friends who ate something at a certain party and was turned into a ‘sentai’ group. With my current situation, I’ll not be able to finish something. How I wish I didn’t become a manager.

I’ve always liked my job… that’s before, when I was just a mere team leader. But I STILL like my current position; I just don’t like the additional responsibilities. Before, I can write three different genre stories at the same time but now, I can write three paragraphs in 10 minutes and end up deleting it again and again. Sometimes I want to quit being a manager due to stress but my co-manager was preventing me.

Niigaki Risa, my co-manager who helped me a lot with the paper works and handling our staffs. When I was about to hit my head on the table after our area manager had a little talk with me on the phone to rant how dismayed she was, Risa quickly put her hand between my head and the table. I’m not exaggerating, it did happen. When I was really annoyed at our staff for making a mistake, she would be the one who would talk to that person. But before that, she would pull me inside our office, play some soothing music from the computer, give me a juice or an iced tea and then leave me alone to relax. When the date for the ‘dreaded’ store review was announced, Risa already readied the papers that I would report. She even made a survey about our competitors and their promos so I can explain fully why our sales went up… or worse, go down.

I’m the ‘shy’ type of person. Wait… egoistic? Hmm, I don’t know how to call it but I can’t really say out loud how thankful I am to her. So, I just sometimes put Risa as my heroine in my stories… I put a different name but her characteristics were almost the same. She nearly died from this certain story of mine where she was trapped inside a cave for three days, but I made sure that there’s a certain ‘Takahashi Ai’ helping her out. This is the only way I could repay her for all the things that she’s done to me. On another story, ‘Risa’ and ‘Ai’ went to an amusement park and had a fun time together. I made ‘Risa’ puke after riding the roller coaster ... Don’t get me wrong! I’m not actually biased about my stories. I made ‘Risa’ laughed hard when I screamed my ‘manly’ scream inside the horror house. I named ‘Risa’ as Lisa and me… Lovely. Both foreign names because even if I’m Japanese, there were quite a few international readers reading my blog. Can you believe that?! I managed to keep my own blog considering my tight and stressful schedule! That’s something to be happy about.

Anyways, I had enough from reminiscing things that didn’t even happen in reality and possibly, will never happen in the future. For the 8 hours that I’m working, Risa and I only spent 4 hours together. One of us would be the opening manager and the other, the closing manager. If one of us has a day off, the other one will have a straight duty. That’s just how things work in our restaurant so I know that ‘that day’ will never come. I turned my focus back on my monitor and tried to write something. I saw Risa bumped into the door earlier. Maybe that’s a good idea on another comedy fiction. What should I name her this time? I already named her Sayumi (the narcissist who was turned into a bunny by a revengeful witch named Koharu), Reina (the closet yankee-girl who works in a maid café), Eri (the dorky school girl who has a serious heart disease), and Aika (the girl who loves animals, specifically her pandas Junjun and Linlin, but has yet to learn how to ‘love’ humans).

I closed my eyes. Thinking about the name wasn’t that hard before. Maybe I’ll just change the ‘S’ with ‘K’. I’ll name my character ‘Rika’. There, that’s settled. Now about the genre... Mystery? Drama? Horror?I guess I’ll just stick with comedy first.

For the characterization, I noticed that Risa can sometimes do cutesy stuff, and can be a little bit stubborn. Ohh, and sometimes our staffs call her the ‘reaction queen’! Maybe I’ll include that character of hers. Hmmm, Will I include myself or not? There’s a guest complaint earlier at the store, and Risa was the one who talked with the ‘fuming’ guest. She knew I’m not good with those stuffs. Okay, I’ve decided I’ll include myself so I can repay her. My name…. I guess Hitomi will do. I was about to cry earlier but Risa told me that I have wonderful eyes so I’ll better not ruin it with my tears.

Now here comes the plot… It’s comedy so a plot wasn’t that necessary right? So Risa slipped and bumped her head earlier. She opened the blender while it’s still rotating thus making the mango shake burst out right to her face. What else… Hmm... We were drinking coffee earlier; Risa burned her tongue and due to the shock, she now has coffee stain on her blouse. Talk about ‘unlucky’ day. So here comes me, the one who was laughing hard at her. The one who applied ice on her head, the one who got her own handkerchief and wiped her face… The one who helped her remove the stain inside the restroom.

Come to think of it, maybe I’ll just give ‘Ai’, I mean, Hitomi a cool character. The Hitomi who didn’t had a laughing marathon. The Hitomi who caught her before she bumped her head. The Hitomi who stopped her from opening the blender and the Hitomi who reminded her that the coffee was REALLY hot. Yeah, that’s something I could never do in real life.

And now that it’s been settled, I’ll begin writing the story…

It was a normal day at the Musume Restaurant. There were quite a few guest eating at lunch time due to the bad weather outside.

Wait… that was yesterday. It was pretty sunny earlier. Erased.

It was a beautiful and sunny Monday morning at Tokyo, Japan but the Musume Restaurant manager ignored the scenery and was running really fast. She over slept this morning and…..

Hitomi was supposed to be a cool character!!!! I’m the one who’s late… Not her…. GAAAHHH!!!!
I slumped on my chair, hitting my head lightly on the table. All the planning failed; I’m back at the starting line. I guess I wouldn’t have an update on my blog this month.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated, indicating that a message has been received. I flipped it open and saw my co-manager’s name on the screen.

“Hey Ai!!!! We managed to meet our target sales this month! You wouldn’t have a problem when the store review comes, isn’t that great? Anyways, you’re the closing manager tomorrow right? Let’s celebrate! I’ll wait for you after operating hours. It’s a great way to unwind and we really haven’t hang out ever since I have been transferred to this branch. I hope we can know each other better. <3
--Risa--

I smiled because of two reasons. One, our operations manager will not yell at me this month and two, Risa and ‘Ai’ will finally be able to have a ‘chill’ time together. No work related and problem related talks tomorrow night. I started thinking about the possible things we can do together at that time. Were there other restaurants still open after 10? Were there still arcades, karaoke, or mall at that time? If not, I guess we can just hang out at the park… or the bay side.

I quickly typed my reply.
“Sure.”

I placed my phone on the table and stared AGAIN on the monitor. I wasn’t thinking about the story anymore; I was thinking what kind of chill time we could do tomorrow night.

………….…….
“I’m sorry you have to wait for four hours.”

“No it’s okay. I went to shop for a couple of things before going back here. So shall we go?” Rika stood up and grabbed my hand. “So how much we’ve earned today?”

And here I thought that we’re supposed to have some ‘chill’ time with no work-related talks. I’m thinking about a nice payback for ruining the evening.

“Well,” I paused to look at her. She looked back at me, curious as to why I’m grinning like crazy. “Half the normal sales for our average Monday sales add to that our net sales last Tuesday. Our running Average Daily Sales last night became higher than our ADS last Wednesday giving us the idea that..”

“We sold a lot today than yesterday, right?” I nodded. Rika playfully punched my shoulders and we resumed our walk. It’s quite a chilly night for September that’s why Rika was still holding my hand. At least that’s what I’m thinking as to why she hasn’t removed her hand yet. Deep inside me, I DON’T want her to remove her grip on mine.

“Where do you want to eat?”

“Any place that’s still open at this hour.”

And so Rika pulled me into the first restaurant we saw that’s still open. We ate… a lot. I guess I’ll just exercise for two weeks to get back to shape. Yep, that’s how MUCH we’ve eaten. We drank. Well, just a little bit. Even though it’s my rest day tomorrow, I don’t want her to have a very bad hang over just because of me. After all she will be having a straight duty tomorrow. It’s nearing midnight when Rika decided to walk near the bay side.
………………..

I was thrown out of my reverie when my phone vibrated again. It’s still Risa.

“You don’t sound so enthusiastic there… I guess what I heard from our staff is right. You hated celebrating your birthday. Well, I guess that will change tomorrow night. I’m going to give you a gift.<3
--Risa--

Oh yeah, my birthday is on the day after tomorrow. Now I remembered as to why I requested that day as my rest day. Well, it’s not like I hated it, it’s just that I don’t like thinking that I’ll be a year OLDER again that’s why, I don’t NORMALLY celebrate it. I celebrate it ALONE; playing my PSP, watching anime, downloading movies and writing a story. Yup, that’s the real me.

I was about to reply her when I thought about something.

………………
‘Nee, Hitomi.”

I reluctantly left my gaze at the beautiful scene in front of me and looked questioningly at my partner… who was not looking directly at me but at her watch. Right, she needs to go home because she still has a duty tomorrow.

“You want to go home? It’s okay, I’ll help you get a cab.”

“No, just wait.” Now I’m really confused. She kept staring at her watch, as if she wanted to kill it for being so slow… or fast. That is until I heard her ‘silent’ countdown.

“5,4,3,2,1….. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AI!!!!!” She lunged forward and hugged me. Well, it feels quite comfortable being hugged by someone… like… this… I looked at her, tears threatening to fall.

“Ho.. how did you know?”

“I had my sources.” She replied, still grinning like a kid. “Here, I got a gift for you.”

She removed her arms from me to get something in her bag. My mind went blank at the sudden loss of heat. I wanted it back and so, I grabbed her and pulled her closer to me. I felt her body become stiff.
“Ai?”

“Thanks… not just for this night… Thank you for being there for me every day.” Suddenly, my mind can’t catch up with what my body was doing. I just see myself, holding her chin up, and leaning forward to kiss her.
………………..

Wait!?! Did I just think about that?!?! I didn’t seem repulsed by the thought and I actually feels…good. I sighed out loud. Now, I have a hint as to where I’m getting my ‘romantic’ ideas in my fiction. I’m officially in love with ‘Rika’. So I guess my supposedly comedy fic will be written as a ROMANTIC-comedy fic.

That is…. If only I could write what I’m thinking…. Wait, wouldn’t it be better if I could actually ‘DO’ what I was writing?

The End

Tanaka Deka's Regrets

2010-02-28T23:08:00.005+08:00

Somehow I'm glad that I haven't posted this fic last January...I'm really busy right now to write something and I just have to log in and post this fic so that I'll have even just one post this February..I doubt whether I can continue writing this march...I've been transferred to an even FAR-ther work place..so yeah...anyways, I hope you enjoy this one, a continuation of my Inside the Elevator One shot Series.>XD

Every great story has its back ground. Sometimes, it just popped out of one’s mind, much like a bulb lighting inside the head while crying out ‘Eureka’. Other times, a good story can be based on experience, or something that have been seen or read. And for one Reina Tanaka… it could be both.

It started one day, when her two best friends were acting a little ‘too’ close to each other. Reina looked at them quizzically. It was just last week where they had that little ‘play’ where the older one, tried to ‘protect’ her from the narcissist; but now, it seemed that the two ‘leveled-up’ in terms of closeness. The great ‘Tanaka-Deka, wanted to know the truth.

She started observing/stalking her friends. She saw how the bunny would take an extra ‘touch’ on the turtle’s hand; a quick but definitely ‘lovingly’ kiss on the cheeks; a tight hug that’s becoming habitually… as in everyday, every hour.. and every minute that the two spent time alone together. They were ‘not’ that always ‘alone’, sometimes they spend their time with the leader or sub-leader… or even with her but still… Reina felt that they’ve become ‘too far’ from her.

Reina remembered the dialogue a week before; the day before it all started. Even though she’s not good at using the high-tech box; with a thing named after a pest and a lot of buttons with characters, she decided to use it (against her will of course). She typed in slowly first of the two ‘label’ that she had remembered. Reina was shocked with the result. When she typed the second-one, she was overwhelmed at the great number of supporters. The turtle was right; there were more ‘TanaKamei’ pairings than the ‘TanaShige’ ones. Reina followed the links and she was greeted with a page where Morning Musume ‘stories’ resides.

Reina’s wonky eyes grew wider as the genre jumped from normal Momusu stuffs, to sci-fi, to paranormal, to fluff, and lastly… to the ‘ero-side’. Reina stayed unmoved for the past hour. She managed to read three TanaShige ‘ero’ fic and most of it was really out of character. They were intoxicated? They were not yet on the right age to drink and she would definitely not ‘do’ it on a really dirty public restroom. She rested her eyes first and let the reality sink in. There were people, more specifically, fans that made stories like that to them. Considering that she’s the one who started that ‘play’ thing on Hawaii and on the DVD magazine, but those fans were really ‘exaggerating’ it.

Reina continued reading and this time, she read those with ‘TanaKamei’ tags. Reina blinked many times as she read the different stories. Since when did she become a mushy person? Ok, she’s a good person inside her yankii attitude but crying ‘overly’ when Eri left her? Trying to kill herself? Being over romantic to Eri? Being the ‘initiator’? She can’t even imagine herself starting those kinds of things towards her friend. Reina snickered. The fans should try to investigate more. But she can’t really blame it right? After all, it’s all fiction. Her eyes were so tired from reading all of those stuffs that she decided to turn the computer off… but she noticed something that she should have noticed earlier on… A KameShige fic.

…………………
Finding the Truth

“OHAYOU~!” The narcissist extraordinaire and the atomic aho greeted cheerily. The other members greeted them back, but not the little yankii. She went towards the turtle and pulled her away from the bunny.

“Hey, are you alright? What happened last night?”

“Yeah, you can say that I’m still in one piece. We just talked.. Oh, she let me have enough sleep.”

“Ehh?? How’s that???” Reina asked, quite shocked that Eri got a different treatment than her.

“I don’t know.. Maybe because, we’re best friends.”

“But I’m your best friend too! We’re Rokkies!”

“Uhhh.. maybe because, we’re a little bit too close to each other.”

……………………
It was a normal day at the studio. The girls were trying to learn the choreography for their new song. Reina couldn’t help but notice the way the bunny and the turtle ‘communicate’ with each other. They were a little too close from comfort during breaks. When she mingled with them, the two started acting awkwardly. Reina smelled something fishy going on between the two. Reina knew how ‘evil’ Sayu can be sometimes and she was thinking that she might be planning something against the current leaders so her and Eri can be the leader. Thinking of the possible every day ‘narcissistic’ routines that the ‘future’ sub-leader will make them do was making her head ache. Reina decided to learn the truth.

“Hey guys! Want to go shopping today?!”

“SURE!!!” Almost all of the girls answered back. Reina turned to her fellow rokkies who was looking like they were planning something else.

“How about you two? Come on, it’ll be fun!”

“I’m sorry Reina but I promised Eri that I’ll treat her today. JUST her.”

“You’re going to treat me?” Eri pointed at herself.

“Yes~!” Sayu forced a laugh. Reina knew something was wrong the moment ‘Eri’ was a little bit slow to play along with Sayu. The other girls started pulling her away from her fellow rokkies and was excited about shopping that they didn’t mind whether the two was going with them.

“Oh well, there’s always a next time to find the truth.
……………………..
“So, what did she ask you?” The bunny asked the turtle after their rehearsals.

“She just asked me why you gave her a different treatment than me. She’s really annoyed that you only let her sleep for an hour while you gave me at least four hours of sleep.” Sayumi chuckled and hugged her so called ‘best friend’.

“Of course.. she’s different. She’s not the one I truly love.” Sayumi held Eri’s chin and kissed her passionately on her lips. Eri abruptly pulled away as she remembered that they were still inside the studio.

“Sayu, not here. Someone might come back.”

“No one will comeback. Reina invited them go to shopping with her right? So don’t be afraid… after all, I locked it after they’ve gone away.” Sayumi smirked as she remembered what she had done earlier. Eri was shocked at the ‘naughtiness’ of her girlfriend at first and then smiled.

“You really are evil sometimes.”

“Well, only for you.” Sayumi answered before diving in for another kiss.

The End

~PM me if you want the perv. :D~

…………………
“HOLY CRAP!!!!” Reina exclaimed as she read that ‘single’ fic. It looked like the ‘author’ has some kind of ‘psychic powers’ and used it as tool to ‘spy’ on their daily lives. Reina hovered her fingers on the keyboard. Her inner self wanted to ‘read’ that ‘ero’ fic but at the same time… she felt really bad for her two friends. Given that the story was really, really close to the real thing that happened last week, she wanted to know what happened when those two were alone inside a room. She secured and tied little angel-Reina and proceeded with making an account on that forum.

………………
“Tanaka-san, what are you doing alone here?” The tall ‘miracle’ member asked as soon as she saw her sempai looking blankly at the vast space in front of her.

“Searching for inner peace of mind.” Reina replied nonchalantly. Koharu was about to poke her on her side to check whether she’s just asleep and sleep talking when Aika came, hugging Reina immediately from behind.

“Tanaka-san! Let’s go shopping after practice! Help me pick a good camera.”

“Can I come along too?! I wanted to buy a new belt.” Koharu squealed with delight.

“Sure! You can come along with us, right Tanaka-san?” Aika hugged tightly the little yankii which made the one involved to snap out of her reverie and remembered what she read last night:

Koha-Rei pairing (rated R)
Wrapped
Summary: Reina was obsessed with Koharu but the other liked Aika. Reina invited Koharu to her house for a tea party, drugged her and used a belt to tie her up to her bed. Warning: Not for the faint hearted.

ReiKa pairing (fluff)
Click
Summary: Aika asked Reina to be her model in her photography assignment. Aika made Reina wear different sets of clothes which made the ‘photographer’ make mistakes on her shots. Contains lovey-dovey scenes that would make any fans go wild at this pairing.

“GAAAAHHHH!!!!!” Reina shouted and ran away from her two, stunned kouhais. Reina needed to ran away from them as soon as possible. The writer really was a psychic. Her feet ran and ran until it took her to the direction of the elevator. When the door opened, Reina saw her two best friends inside, kissing and groping each other. The two quickly stopped what they were doing when they saw a frozen Reina in front of them.

“Hi there Reina! Where are you going? We still have practice today.” Sayumi asked, without a trail of embarrassment on her voice for being ‘caught-up-in-the-act’. The other one was doing badly and was turning into a tomato. The two moved out of the elevator and walked towards the room where Reina was a moment ago. Reina made the two stop on their tracks with her ‘bold’ question.

“Just what are you doing inside the elevator?” Reina ‘fearfully’ asked the two culprits. She didn’t really want to hear the truth, it’s just that she’s curious whether that ‘author’ has hit the spot.

“Ahhh… nothing.. we are doing nothing.. Right Shige-san?” Eri nervously looked at the girl beside her.

“I think she deserves to know it. She’s still a rokkie.” Sayumi looked straight in Reina’s eyes. “Look Reina, Eri and I have been officially dating since last week… and it started right after our phone incident. Remember I called her? So there. We’re lovers now and I think you know what ‘lovers’ usually do right?” Reina’s color left her face. That ‘author’ was really right.

“I know… you don’t have to mention it to me.” Reina went inside the elevator and pushed the close button. Somehow, her imagination’s still ‘showing what she read on that ‘ero’ KameShige fic in which that ‘author’ described vividly.

“This is all your fault… YOU HEAR THAT!!! YOUR FAULT!!! STUPID ELEVATOR!!!!” Reina banged the lifeless metal door with her fist. If only they didn’t see that YoMiki scene before… if they didn’t see that TakaGaki scene… if she didn’t let her ‘deka’ side took over and observed KameShige, then she would still have her sanity. A couple of floors down and the elevator door opened. Reina looked up and saw the taller of the Chinese members. She pushed the button of the floor where they will practice their new dance routine for their PV. As the door closed, Reina saw the other one pulled something from her bag.

“Ohayou Tanaka-san! Want some banana?” Reina’s mind went blank.

Jun-Rei Pairing (drama, angst)
Alone: Chapter 4
Summary: Reina was a loner in her school until a Chinese exchange student decided to get closer with her. Junjun was on the elevator with Reina and decided to start talking to her with an aid of a banana. Will Junjun succeed on making the girl her friend when Reina definitely didn’t want the other to know the truth behind her past? Chapter 4 is up and contains a lot of drama.

“NOOOOooooo!!!! LET ME OUT!!!!! I’M STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!”

The End

Otaku Expo

2010-01-24T23:25:00.008+08:00

This is just a rant at my 'Rika' mode...a.k.a. fangirl mode at an Anime Con.XD

To start it all, I just went to this anime con to watch my former co-worker at his gig in that convention... Well, he was into really... REALLY heavy metal type of music (he's a drummer of a band), and then when I brought him into an anime con last September and watched some bands performing anime songs... he was somewhat 'awed'. And then last December, he told me that he joined a band who's performing anime songs at conventions... I'm proud of him...

So yeah, it's Sunday, a hectic day for restaurants... and being a team leader, I can't afford to request for a rest day so I just asked for an opening shift. After my work, I quickly went to the said event but sad to say... They already performed and my friend was on his way to work... So what else can I do... I put on my 'Rika' mode (if I used 'Charmy' mode, someone will react.XD) and bought lots of stuff...XD

A personalized kanjani 8 mug..Lime green for Ohkura..ahahaha..THere's no Yassan.T_T (blue)

I quickly grabbed this as soon as I saw the 'Zetima' label...ahahaha.XD

I don't know what came to me when I bought this one..I guess, because I found it funny how Tsunku looked really 'gay' at his pics here...hehehe.>XD

Of course... It's Utada..who wouldn't want her?XD

When I found this... I hyperventilated...Seriously..XD

Ok... THE REAL RIKA JUST MANIFESTED AT THAT BOOTH!!!

Where there's Rika.. There's YOSSY!!!!! I wanted to faint at that time..really..XD

Ahhh.. the girl's snack...ahahahaha... I can still remember their Pocky Commercials..XD

Ok, I just saw this when I was buying the cds... YoshiGaki... they are my best friend's 'favorite' pairing or so.. so I bought it... Though I never actually came across a fic with YoshiGaki..hey! That's an idea..maybe I'll write one..LOL

Since I started 'hyperventilating' and picking up momusu cards... the seller dig into his box and found this one for me.... A MAKI GOTO FIGURINE!!!! At that moment... I felt like I was already in heaven..XD

All in all...that's all the things that I bought today... costs me a thousand box.XD

And that is all my Hello!Project things collection....ahahaaha...It's been a fun day at that convention... should I make an omake of fangirl based on this?ahahahahaha.XD

If You Were Gay

2010-01-20T00:57:00.001+08:00

Ahahahaha...since I can't make a vid out of this song..I decided to make a TakaGaki song fic instead...Enjoy!XD

Ai Takahashi just finished taking a bath after an hour… that is because she finished a level of ‘Final Fantasy XII’ game on her PSP. It’s her ideal way to relax on their hectic schedule. She dressed up and sat on her couch to read her favorite book.

Ai:

“Aah, an afternoon alone with
My favorite book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
No roommate to bother me.
How could it get any better than this?”

Ai cringed when she heard the door open and in came the Reaction Queen, straight from their ‘GakiKame’ show.

Risa:
“Oh, hi Ai!” Risa greeted excitedly and sat down in front of Ai.

Ai:
“Hi Risa” Ai replied flatly.

Risa:
“Hey Ai, you'll never
Guess what happened to
Me on the subway this morning.
This girl was smiling at me and talking to me”

Ai:
“That's very interesting.” Ai responded monotonously and focused on reading her book. Nothing will stop her from finishing the last installment of J.K Rowling’s story.

Risa:
“She was being real friendly,
And I think she was coming on to me.
I think she might've thought I was gay!”

As soon as she heard the last word, Ai looked up from her book and stared at her grinning best friend. Ai cleared her throat before answering.

Ai:
“Ahem, so, uh, why are you telling me this? Why should I care? I don't care.” She then decided to change the topic.

“What did you have for lunch today?”

Risa:
“Oh, you don't have to get all defensive about it, Ai..” Risa grinned at her friend. Ai raised her voice as soon as she heard the ‘D’ word.

Ai:
“I'm NOT getting defensive!
What do I care about some gay girl you met, okay?
I'm trying to read.”

As to prove her point, Ai raised her book, on her eye-level to completely ignore her friend, and started reading a paragraph or so. Risa remained quiet for a while and then decided to continue her ‘attack’ on her best friend’s ‘preferences’.

Risa:
“Oh, I didn't mean anything by it, Ai.
I just think it's something we should be able to talk about.”

Ai:
“I don't want to talk about it, Risa! This conversation is over!!!” Ai snapped.

Risa:
“Yeah, but...”

Ai:
“OVER!!!” Ai, yelled as she glared at her friend. Risa on the other hand didn’t seem affected at all.

Risa:
“Well, okay, but just so you know …” Risa stood up from her chair, making Ai look at her presence before starting to sing and dance.

“IF YOU WERE GAY
THAT'D BE OKAY.
I MEAN 'CAUSE, HEY,
I'D LIKE YOU ANYWAY.
BECAUSE YOU SEE,
IF IT WERE ME,
I WOULD FEEL FREE
TO SAY THAT I WAS GAY
(BUT I'M NOT GAY.)

Ai tried to process what was happening to her friend. She made a mental note to separate her best friend from a certain turtle so that turtle will not be able to impart her craziness to Risa.

Ai:
Risa, please!
I am trying to read....” Risa just grinned at her making her somewhat irritated.
“What?!”

Risa:
IF YOU WERE QUEER

Ai:
“Ah, Risa!” Ai face-palmed herself. Risa was really acting weirdly all thanks to the ‘Ahou’ queen.

Risa:
I'D STILL BE HERE,

Ai:
“Risa, I'm trying to read this book.” Ai waved the book in front of Risa but the younger one just ignored it.

Risa:
YEAR AFTER YEAR

Ai:
“Risa!!!”

Risa:
BECAUSE YOU'RE DEAR
TO ME,

Ai:
“Argh!” Ai covered her ears with her hands just to make her best friend’s noise go away.

Risa:
AND I KNOW THAT YOU

Ai:
“What?”

Risa:
WOULD ACCEPT ME TOO,

Ai:
“I would?” Ai pointed at herself.

Risa:
IF I TOLD YOU TODAY,
"HEY! GUESS WHAT,
I'M GAY!"
(BUT I'M NOT GAY.)
I'M HAPPY
JUST BEING WITH YOU.

Ai:
“Watch Takarazuka plays, High-King recordings...” Ai tried thinking about different things just so she can escape her predicament.

Risa:
SO WHAT SHOULD IT
MATTER TO ME
WHAT YOU DO IN BED
WITH GIRLS?

Ai:
“Risa, that's GROSS!” Ai countered back. Eri must have given her best friend something for Risa to act ‘crazily’ like this.

Risa:
No it's not!
IF YOU WERE GAY
I'D SHOUT HOORAY!

Ai:
“I am not listening!” Ai covered her ears and started running away from the delirious ‘bean’.

Risa:
AND HERE I'D STAY,

Ai:
“La la la la la!” Ai tried to mask Risa’s voice with her own but it seemed that the other person was immune to it.

Risa:
BUT I WOULDN'T GET
IN YOUR WAY.

Ai:
“Aaaah!”

Risa:
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
TO ALWAYS BE
BESIDE YOU EVERY DAY,
TO TELL YOU IT'S OKAY,
YOU WERE JUST BORN
THAT WAY,
AND, AS THEY SAY,
IT'S IN YOUR DNA,
YOU'RE GAY!

Ai:
“BUT I'M NOT GAY!” Ai shouted frustratingly.”

Risa:
If you were gay.

Ai:
“AHHHHH!”

The End

Fangirl 14

2010-01-19T23:31:00.003+08:00

Yey!!! I MADE IT JUST IN TIME!!!! ahahaha...I got extended from work and thank goodness there's no traffic at this time of the night. So, I'll just get straight to the point... HAPPY B-DAY RIKA!!!! This FINAL chapter's my gift for you!!!XD

Rika typed her comment on Kuwagata’s blog but before she decided to send it, she thought that it contains a lot of information on the writer’s part. She just posted the first part and then decided to just send her analysis through PM.
Charmy

Hi there, Kuwagata-san. Finished your fic and I want to congratulate you for making me cry.. No pun intended.. but yeah, that was a really good ending for your fic. My best friend would squeal as you decided to end it as TanaShige. Or is it? ahahaha..So this is your answer right? I’ll just PM you my analysis coz I know, you don’t want me to expose your real identity here…Just reply if my ‘theory’ is wrong but mind you… I’m very good at analyzing stories…. Why? Because I had a pretty good grade in our Personality Psychology class. So, I’ll send it to you now~! XP

Rika clicked the send button. She grinned as she remembered to highlight the word ‘TanaShige’ as an answer to those who were fighting before. She was glad that after giving that lecture, those readers decided to not to take pairings seriously and be open minded about it. And they were still commenting on the story.

“If only those guys knew the real story…” She then opened another browser and typed in her personal e-mail account. She pasted her ‘analysis’ on it and sent it to Hitomi’s business e-mail account. She forgot to ask for her ‘personal’ account and since she had a database of the employees’ e-mail addresses, she used it to find Hitomi’s account.

To: yoshizawa_hitomi@ishikawagroupofcompanies.com.jp
From: kawaiicharmy@yahoo.co.jp
Subject: Analysis on Searching for the Light

Hey there! Sorry if I had to e-mail you using OUR official add..but yeah.. I forgot to ask you about your other email add so I had no other choice…Unless of course, you want me to tell the whole world about the real Kuwagata…LOL

First of all, I think, your story is not that ‘parallel’ on Miki’s story, since you’ve said it’s more on symbolism type. So… here’s my guess… Eri and Sayu are one… I mean..well, based on what I’ve learned on Miki’s story… You liked her… So I guess, Eri’s your ‘other’ side, (and her sickness was being gay towards someone)… and Sayu’s the normal one… I was having a hard time to decide who’s who at first because Sayu’s really hard to predict. And, you killed Eri… I think that means, you killed your feelings towards Reina… or Fujimoto-san in real life... and since Eri asked Sayu to be friends with Reina… I think you’re telling me that you wanted to be friends with her again right? And what you did with the ending… I think, “Eri’s” wish came true. Although… that doesn’t explain why Miki had to slap you in the park…I don’t mean to be rude or something. Just don’t answer it if you don’t want to. But how can you say that the two of you were alright when you left after Miki slapped you? Well, there is that hug but still… Hmmm… So there’s my analysis… I really hope you can reply to this PM. Don’t think that I’m just being nosy or something. Honestly, the two of you were fairly close to me that’s why I want to understand what happened before. I really hope that it’s already fixed now, just like in your ending. 

Rika clicked the send button and logged off on her account. She took a glimpse at her ‘temporary’ apartment. She almost didn’t notice it but it’s almost time for her to leave this cozy place. She lay on her bed and tried to get some sleep.

“Don’t be. I’ll wait for you, promise.”
“GAAAHH!!!! STOP PESTERING MY MIND!!!!” Rika shouted frustratingly. Somehow what happened earlier keeps popping out of nowhere. Her mind was playing some nasty tricks to her as she can’t seem to forget their ‘date’ especially Miki’s kiss. She knew she was blushing as she touched her lips; even though it’s just a short contact, she can still feel Miki’s lips on hers.

“Think rational Rika… It just can’t happen! Why did you do that! You’re giving her false hopes! She’s already hurt before and now, you will hurt her more! You’re a coward Rika. You just can’t do that. You have dreams. You have a good future ahead of you!”

“A good but sad future if you ask me.” Rika sat up from her bed and looked around. She was trying to remember whether she locked her door or not. When she remembered that she locked it, she returned to her lying position.

“Why do you keep on running away from reality? Why you just don’t grab the chance that you’ll be happy?”

“Who’s there!?” Rika shouted. The voice didn’t reply.

“I must be imagining things. Maybe I’m stressed out from work.”

“You’re stressed because you can’t face who you really are.”

“Who the heck are you?! And why are you telling me this things?!”

“Sorry if I haven’t properly introduced myself. My name’s Charmy.

“What?! Charmy?!? Hey that’s my…”

“Yes, your name… sometimes you’re so slow ne. I’m you if you don’t notice it.”

“So that means it’s all in my head…. WILL YOU JUST DISAPPEAR! I want to sleep!” Rika closed her eyes tightly and covered her ears. She knew it wouldn’t be effective because the voice was coming from inside her.

“Sorry.. but I can’t do that.”

“May I ask why? You’re just a figment of my imagination. YOU are not REAL!”

“Yes you are correct. I’m just a figment of your imagination… you know. I’m tired too and I really want to sleep.. so stop thinking about me and make me vanish already.”

“That’s what I’m trying to do! You just keep on popping out of my head!”

“You know why? It’s because your other side, represented by me, can’t rest until you solve your problem..I mean OUR problem caused by your ‘Reina’.”

“There’s no problem right! I already solved it. It just can’t happen okay. That’s my answer so stop bothering me.”

“You represent the head part and I represent the heart. My answer and your answer are contradicting each other that’s why we’re in this mess.”

“God placed our head to the higher part of our body to be used first before the heart.”

“But sometimes, we have to use our heart for the same reason as to the head because, it’s the right thing to do. We perceive the heart as weak but actually, it’s the stronger among the two.”

“Stronger?? If we follow my heart, we’ll only get hurt in the process and then…”

“Then we’ll be able to learn eventually. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. They are the one’s teaching us a lesson.”

Rika sighed. It’s really hard to fight with her inner mind especially if it was just showing her the truth… It’s hard to accept that her ‘other’ one was winning against her more ‘rational’ side but then again… love’s not really rational right?

“I hate you…”

“Correction… You hate yourself… because I’m you too.”

“Fine, geez… You know. I’m really tired. I know you can feel it too so let’s just settle this topic tomorrow. How’s that?”

“I’m okay with it. At least you’ll have a clearer mind to analyze things, Ms. I’m A+ in Psychology subject.”

“Shut up!” With that said, Rika immediately fell into the dream land.

……….
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIKA-CHAN!!!!” Ayumi half shouted/ half greeted her best friend as soon as the door to their mansion opened.

“Thanks!!! You really have a way with greetings right?” Rika rolled her eyes and opened the door wider for her best friend to get inside.

“Well, you squealed at my ears many times when you’re fangirling over Ohyass and Three-Tums. It’s just a little payback for making me deaf for many years now.”

“Geez, Ayu, you are so thoughtful. You haven’t forgotten that.” Rika replied sarcastically and then the two started laughing.

“Share the happiness with me.” The two looked towards the direction of the voice and saw Rika’s mother in the dining hall. Ayumi skipped towards her and hugged her best friend’s mom, which she considered as her second mom.

“Ka-san!!! You look gorgeous in that dress.” Ayumi complimented.

“Thank you Ayu. Now that’s what you call a compliment, right Rika.”

“Ka-san… you’re not a teenager anymore… It doesn’t fit your image.” Rika replied which earned her a light nudged courtesy of her best friend.

“Come on Rika. It looks nice on her.. Just chill ok? It’s sometimes good to try the unconventional rather than the tradition.” Mrs. Ishikawa nodded her head in approval as she pat the shoulders of Ayumi.

“Now, who’s hungry?”

………………
“Happy birthday Rika!” Mr. Ishikawa greeted as soon as he entered the dining hall. The three of them started eating the appetizer when Mr. Ishikawa arrived. Rika got up from her chair and hugged her father.

“You’re late. And you’re the one who doesn’t want to be late.”

“Just got stopped by someone.” Mr. Ishikawa moved away from her daughter and went to kiss his wife before sitting in his chair. Today was exclusively a family celebration. Rika celebrated her birthday party last night at their main office. Ayumi’s parents were present there too but they had to excuse their selves early to catch their flight to America for a business trip. Most of the executives of the other branch were present like Mr. Nishida of Saitama branch and Ms. Abe of Hokkaido. Hitomi was also there too and she gave Rika a watch as a gift. She then handed her a pink folder. Hitomi whispered to her that she really tried hard to write that ‘kind’ of story; a steamy and ero fic about her favorite pairing, TanaKamei. The party ended an hour after midnight but through that time, Rika felt lonely… She’s missing someone badly.

“Why didn’t you go to the party last night?” Mr. Ishikawa directed her question at Ayumi.

“I already told Rika-chan about it a week ago… She didn’t tell you?”

“Sorry, I forgot! Ahahahaha.” Ayumi playfully hit the back of Rika’s head, making her jerk forward a little.

“Oh by the way. Here’s your REAL gift, last night was just a prelude.” Mr. Ishikawa handed her daughter a small envelop. Rika looked quizzically at her father as she was thinking what was inside.

“Is it a check? A gift check? Another ticket to a Hanshin game? A plane ticket for my visit to another branch?”

“Why don’t you open it now?” Mrs. Ishikawa smiled at her daughter. Ayumi nudged her so Rika peeled the sides and pulled out its contents. Rika and Ayumi was shocked at what Rika received as a gift.

“You two have fun in watching that concert. Just make sure you’ll be back after midnight.” Mr. Ishikawa said as he drank his coffee. The two were still speechless. Mr. Ishikawa gave them a VIP ticket to the Hello! Project’s Chinese New Year Concert next month where Three-Tums and Futari are going to perform. Ayumi finally decided to say something after being awestruck for a minute.

“I told you, your parents are cool.” Ayumi nudged at her immobilized friend. Rika looked seriously at her father.

“Wha…wh… how.. did you find out?”

“Well, it’s because you left your ‘secret’ cabinet unlocked when you were still in college and when I opened it, I was greeted by anime and Three-Tums paraphernalia.” Rika’s father smirked as he remembered something. “Tanakamei Forever huh… If you asked me, I like the yankii and narcissist combo.”

“YEAH!!!!Wat to gO To-chan!!!! TanaShige rocks right?” Ayumi yelled excitedly as she shook the hands of Rika’s father. Rika was shocked at the revelation. She felt like someone possessed her father. Her ‘real’ father wouldn’t act like that. She turned her attention to her ‘unmoved’ mother, as if asking for a help or explanation. Her mother looked towards her and smiled warmly.

“If you ask me,I like the KameShige pairing. Best friend’s still the best, right, Rika and Ayumi?”

“KASAN!!! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?! Ayu’s JUST my best friend!!”

“Yeah ka-san, Rika already has Rein…hmphh!” Rika quickly covered her friend’s mouth before she spilled anything ‘confidential’. Her parents grinned at her.

“Rika, let go of your best friend’s mouth… I’ll ask her something.” Mr. Ishikawa said sternly.

“But…”

“Rika….. let her go.” Rika has no choice but to obey the words of her father. She leaned back on her chair and glared at Ayumi. Mr. Ishikawa turned her attention to her daughter’s best friend who was slightly shaking from the glare of Rika.

“Now Ayumi, can you repeat what you’ve said earlier?”

“Uhhh… Rika already has Reina. You know.. She idolizes Reina so much. Ahahahaha.”

“Oh really? I thought that she’s more of an Eri fan because there are tons of Eri’s posters on her cabinet.”

“And don’t forget Eri’s photobooks, dear. She completed all the releases.” Mrs. Ishikawa followed. Rika was sure that her face was bright red from embarrassment.

“Of course, she’s my daughter. I know she would complete that. Just like my collection of Dragonball.”

“eehh?!?! To-chan.. are you… an otaku before?” Ayumi questioned.

“Yeah… and you know what.” Mr. Ishikawa looked at Rika, “your mother and I met in an Anime Convention where there’s a concert of SMAP.”

“NO WAY!!!”

……………………
Rika entered her room and went directly to her table where her laptop was awaiting her. There were many things that she learned today. She learned that her father was an anime otaku while her mother was so into SMAP. Her father showed her his ‘secret’ cabinet full of dragonball DVD’s, figurines and other things. She opened her laptop and decided to write something before her birthday was officially finished.

After all, she promised it.

…………………..
Second Chance

“Ohayou minna!”

“Ohayou Ms. Michishige!” The people in the boutique answered as the raven-haired girl entered. Sayumi Michishige, the daughter of the owner and president of a certain brand of perfume, went to manage the newly opened store in Kobe. She will stay there for a month or two until she saw that the store can stand alone. Before she was assigned by her father there, she was the store manager of the Saitama branch for three months. Apparently, her father opened another branch in Hokkaido so she was sent there to train the people working in there. She’s a good leader, daughter and person but there’s only one flaw to her excellent personality…. She’s a closet Otaku. Most people associate the word OTAKU with men but there are also girl’s like her who are addicted to Anime. As a proof, she has a collection of manga, Anime DVD’s and MP3’s, posters, cards, magazines, etc. in their house. She even had some costumes of her favorite Anime characters which she always wear in Anime conventions, which her parents didn’t even know.

The Kobe branch is much smaller than in the pioneer store in Hokkaido. There were only five of them inside the store. She was close with all of them except with the management trainee. Managers were supposed to look approachable and friendly but this girl was somewhat different. She was warm and caring when it comes with the customers but when there were no people in the shop, she preferred to be left alone.

“Good morning Tanaka-san! Let’s have fun today!” Sayumi greeted the new management trainee but was answered by a snob. She’s the boss and her subordinate was acting like this towards her. A way to punish insubordination was by suspension but Sayumi tried to restrain her ‘evil’ side and tried to be civil first. What she meant by ‘civil’ is by ‘teasing’ the other girl.

And that’s what the boss was doing every single day. And every single day, her efforts were being returned in a form of snob, glare, hiss and a frown. It went for a week and Sayumi was really considering making a verbal and written warning before suspending the girl but a miracle happened.

“Isn’t that the DVD of the new season of Kyou Kara Maou?” Sayumi’s eyes widened. Her ‘secret’ has been out and most importantly, the one who saw it was Ms. ‘Glaring’ girl.

“Uhhh… yeah.”

“Ahhh, there are many Yaoi parts in there especially between Yuri and Wolfram.” Sayumi turned around and stared at the girl behind her who was grinning widely. “And the ending was just priceless.”

“NO WAY?!? YOU KNOW THIS ANIME!?!?” Reina swiftly covered her boss’ mouth as the other staffs were looking at their direction.

“Ahahahaha, don’t mind us. We’re just discussing something about the monthly sales analysis.” Reina lied. The staffs went back to their work. “Geez, do you plan on telling the whole world that you’re an otaku? Do you want the staffs to make fun at you because of that?” Reina whispered as she let her hands off Sayumi’s mouth.

“Thanks… you’re an otaku too?” Reina just replied with a smile. And that’s the start of a beautiful friendship between the two.
…………………..
“Reina, can I borrow your Vandread DVD?” Sayumi asked as she scanned the DVD collection of her friend while she was waiting for the other to finish her bath. Reina yelled her affirmation. “Reina, can I borrow your Ouran Host Club DVD?”

“SURE!!!”

“Reina, can I borrow your Tsubasa Chronicle DVD?” This time, there was no answer. “Reina? Can I...” The door of the bathroom opened and Reina came out with a white towel draped on her body.

“Just get what you want to borrow.” Reina said casually but the other one was not listening to her intently because the other one was busy staring at her. “Hey… Did you hear what I said?”

“Uhh.. yeah.. I heard it. Thanks.” Sayumi quickly move her attention back on the DVD’s but her mind was constantly showing Reina’s body.

“Geez… this is the result of watching too much yuri animes…”

………………
“Good Morning! Welcome to…”

“Reina!!!!” Sayumi’s eyes twitched as the girl with a toothy-grin ran past her.

“Oi, Eririn.. Wacha doin’ here?” Sayumi has only a little knowledge about dialects but she knew that Reina just said that in Hakata-ben. She turned around and saw the ‘girl’ hugging Reina. Reina saw her questioning eyes and move away from the girl.

“Ms. Michishige, this is my best friend, Kamei Eri.” Then turning to the girl, “Eri, this is the owner of this store, Michishige Sayumi.” With that said, Sayumi saw the girl’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Ow..ner?”

“Yeah.” Sayumi tried to say it in a nice way but she was sure that she sounded proud there.

“I’M SO SORRRRRYY!!!!! REALLY!!!! I’M SORRRY!!!! I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE THE OWNER!!!! SORRRRRRRRYYYY~!” Eri started bowing down excessively that Sayumi and Reina were getting dizzy over her. Reina held her back to stop her. Reina turned towards Sayumi.

“Sorry about that.. She’s the Ahou-Queen.”

“Hey! I’m your best friend but you’re ruining the name of the turtles in front of your boss!” Sayumi chuckled. Eri was a complete opposite of Reina and she was wondering how the two ended up being best friends.

“Hey, it’s okay. Tanaka-san, why don’t you take your break and talk to your best friend. I’ll take over for now.”

……………………
For the next five days, the three spent time together. Eri was into anime too and the three of them would have a pajama party at Reina’s house where they will watch different animes until the wee hours of the morning. And on their last night, the truth came out one night.

The three of them were sleeping together in Reina’s not so wide bed. Reina was in the middle while the two were on the side. Sayumi was awoken by some whispers coming from the two. She didn’t open her eyes and just listened intently on the conversation.

“Reina. Please, come back to me.”

“I can’t. I’m busy here.”

“You can’t or you don’t want to?”

“Let’s not talk about it tonight. She might wake up.”

“Ohh… so you’re busy with your boss. I should have known.”

Sayumi resisted opening her eyes. The topic was about her. She tried to control her breathing so Reina wouldn’t feel that she’s becoming tense and thus blowing up her cover.

“Eri, I already told you before… I can’t love you the way you loved me. You’re my best friend. I don’t want to ruin that and besides, you have Gaki-san now.”

“We’re already through because you’re the one I truly love! Can’t you understand that? I tried loving Risa the way I loved you but… I can’t seem to forget you.” Sayumi can hear Eri’s light sobs. Reina moved a little bit towards her best friend’s direction.

“Look, you can’t love two persons with the same zeal for each. The result will always vary because those two people are not the same. Well, sorry if I can’t fully explain it to you, but I hope you grasp the idea there.”

“Please, I beg you… just try to love me… more than a best friend. Even just for a day.” Eri begged. Sayumi felt Eri’s arm on Reina’s hips, tightened.

“I don’t know about that…”

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“Hey, where’s your alien friend?” Sayumi asked even though she knew the answer. She was awake pretending to be asleep when the turtle left the kitten’s apartment.

“She went back to our home town. An emergency came up.”

“Ohhh…”

“Yeah… so, what are you up to today? There are still lots of animes to choose from.” Reina asked, forcing a smile on her face which Sayumi quickly noticed.

“Why don’t you follow your friend? It’s clear that you’re somewhat lonely today.”

“I’m not lonely? I’m glad that ahou-queen was not pestering me.” Sayumi thought deeply. Maybe a little ‘push’ will help her friend realize something.

“If that’s the case then, let’s enjoy ourselves together. How about watching Strawberry Panic together?” Sayumi inched her way closer towards Reina which caught the other off guard.

“Wacha doin’?!” Reina blurted in her native tongue as Sayumi caressed her face.

“Come on… I know you think that I’m hot and sexy.” Sayumi leaned forward to whisper something on Reina’s ears. “What are you waiting for?” Sayumi moved forward to kiss Reina’s lips when the other pushed her away.

“Hey! What the hell are you doing?!”

“Reina… I’m your boss, you should do what I told you or else, you’re fired.”

“No I won’t I would rather kiss Eri than you!” Sayumi pointed at the shorter girl while grinning widely.

“AHA!!! Now the truth finally came out from your own mouth! You love your best friend!!!”

“Ehhh?!? NO!!! I was just… I was just…”

“I heard your conversation earlier… She went away because she was broken hearted courtesy of you. What are you afraid of? She really loves you very much and I know she won’t do something that will hurt you.” Reina decided to remain quiet. Sayumi can see that the other was contemplating. “Look, just follow what your heart says. Don’t mind what the other people will say to you. It’s your own life.” Reina’s eyes lit up as she looked at Sayumi’s warm smile.

“Go to her and ask for a second chance.”

The End

Written by : Charmy
Posted : January 19

oh yeah..that's the ending!!! *runs off to hide from those who wants to kill her*
that's the last chapter but I'll make an epilogue..hehehehe..fooled you there.XD

Legend of the Firecracker

2010-01-01T22:41:00.002+08:00

A good way to start the new year is a story about how the colors of the fireworks came about...ahahaha.. I imagined this while I'm still at work and I really had to hide my face and pretend that I was busy so that they won't see me smiling like crazy... HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!!!!

One fine evening, a young couple was staring at the clear night sky when suddenly, fireworks exploded from afar, giving different colors to the sky.

“Nee, Ai-chan. Do you know how they put different colors in the fire crackers? Do they put food coloring in the gun powder?”

“Why would they put FOOD coloring there? Risa, you are really funny.”

“But, how can they produce those yellow, green and pink colors?” Risa looked back at her lover who was holding her from behind.

“Hhmmm, there’s a story that I’ve read on a book about fire crackers. It’s like an urban legend.”

“Come on, tell it to me.”

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“Once upon a time, even before China was being ruled by an emperor, there were three powerful kingdoms. The North, Middle and South Kingdoms were ruled by three, young queens. The North Kingdom was ruled by Queen Junjun. The kingdom was much like Sparta. They were focused on military tactics and kung-fu. The people respected their queen because of her prowess in the battle field. Her tall figure and awesome brute strength was enough to make their enemies ran away from her.

The South Kingdom was ruled by Queen Aika. That kingdom was like Athens. The queen wanted her people to be intelligent and creative so she put up many schools. The queen even gave scholarships to those with ‘special’ ability like her. She became queen not by blood or marriage but because of her high memory capacity. She can memorize a list of names or things in twenty minutes.

Queen Linlin was the ruler of the Middle Kingdom. The people there were happy and contented with their lives. They were the traders and businessmen of the old China. Queen Linlin was a jolly queen and she wanted her people to be like her. Every morning, the citizens of her kingdom would gather near her palace. When the first ray of sunlight illuminates the statue of the queen, Queen Linlin would come out of her room and laugh with her people.”

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“What?!?! EVERYDAY??? They are laughing with the queen?” Risa asked quite shocked at her girlfriend’s story.

“Yeah, according to that book, it’s like the queen wanted to start their day right with a laugh. They even nick named her the ‘HAHA Queen’.”

“Really weird queen if you ask me. So, where do the colors of the fire crackers fit in?”

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“These kingdoms have different Gods that they worship. For the North Kingdom, they worshipped the studious but narcissistic, pink hare-God, Sayu. The South, they worshipped the fiery yellow tiger-God, Reina and for the Middle Kingdom, the subtle and shy green turtle-God, Eri. As you noticed, the gods that they were worshipping were in contrast with what the kingdoms were doing. And it was noticed by a young, mischievous traveler named Koharu.

Koharu visited the South Kingdom first. When she heard that there’s a ‘Memory’ Competition and the winner will get a free meal, she decided to join, only to be surprised that she will have to compete with the queen. It was a tough fight but still, the Queen won. Even though Koharu lost, the queen still gave her a free meal and a free tour of the kingdom.”

“And this is the shrine of our Tiger God, Reina.”

“Hhmm, who made this statue? Your god has wonky eyes.”

“Don’t say that about our God. She might kill you with her Fiery Glare.”

“Ok, I won’t but still… her eyes… it’s a little disturbing.”

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“After visiting the South Kingdom, she went to the Middle Kingdom and ‘interrupted’ the morning routine.”

“WHERE IS IT??? WHAT’S THE REASON OF YOUR LAUGHING MARATHON? I DON’T SEE SOMETHING FUNNY! SHARE IT TO ME~!!!”

“Even though she disturbed their routine, since she’s on the land where only happiness exists, she was forgiven by their good queen.”

“You know, you should stay here in our kingdom. You’re a jolly person too.”

“I can’t stay in just one place. I’m a traveler and I would want to see different places before I die.”

“If that’s the case, then let out tortoise-god, Eri, guide you on your journey.”

“Ehh? Why does your God’s thighs are like that?”

“That’s because she uses her power called Thunder Thighs.”

“Thunder Thighs? Shouldn’t it be Thunder shell or something? She’s a tortoise. She’s supposed to have low leg powers right?”

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“When she reached the North Kingdom, they were in the middle of their Daily Exercise. Queen Junjun was not happy with the disturbance that she made the traveler do push-ups, 100 times.”

“UWAAAH~! I’M SO TIRED!!!!”

“That’s your punishment for interrupting our exercise.”

“Geez, will you lighten up? It’s just an exercise.”

“It’s not JUST an exercise. It’s important for us to have good body built.”

“Ehh? If you’re so into ‘body building’, then why does this statue of this girl looks so skinny? She looks like a wimp if you ask me.”

“Don’t you dare disrespect our hare-God, Sayu! She will punish you with her ‘venom tongue’!”

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“Koharu stayed at the shoreline of the North Kingdom, ready to go out of China the next day. While she was asleep, the 3 Gods were having a confrontation in their sky palace.”

“I’LL KILL THAT GIRL!!! SHE SAID I HAVE WONKY EYES!!!”

“Hey, calm down. Lower your voice, I’m trying to sleep here.”

“In case you were asleep earlier. SHE BAD-MOUTHED YOUR THIGHS!!!”

“ZZZzzzzzzzz.”

“Geez, Reina. You’ll get wrinkles on your face if you don’t stop what you’re doing.”

“BUT, THAT KID’S REALLY ANNOYING!!!! DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE NOT ANGRY WITH HER WHEN SHE CALLED YOU A WIMP!!!!”

“Well, I don’t mind being called a wimp as long as I’m the cutest god there is on the entire heaven.”

“ARRRGGGHHH!!!!! ARE YOU REALLY THE NORTH KINGDOM’S GOD?!?! YOU WON’T EVEN FIGHT!!!”

“And look who’s talking… your kingdom is a peaceful and intellectual kingdom. And if you have a ‘brain’, then you’ll realize that you have to stay calm and at peace with your inner self.”

“The tiger god was really angry with Koharu and the hare-god amplified her ‘grouchiness’. She grabbed a carrot and threw it towards the hare-god but her ‘wonky’ eyes made it hard for her to aim and thus, hitting the sleeping tortoise-god.”

“THAT WAS MY FOOD!!!! I’ll KILL YOU!!!”

“WHO DISTURBED MY SLEEP!?!?!?! YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS!!!!”

“FINE! LET’S FINISH THIS ARGUMENT TONIGHT!!”

“The tortoise-god opened her shell and out came an army of little turtles. The tiger-god growled and from her breath, formed an army of little kittens. The hare-god hopped around and from the wind that she produced, came an army of little bunnies. The 3 armies clashed with each other and when they clashed, they produced a wonderful color in the sky followed by a loud bang. Koharu was woken up at the sound and she watched the spectacle with awe, not knowing that she’s the first one to start it.”

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“And that’s how the firecracker’s colors started based on the book by ‘Murasaki Aoi’.” Ai finished her story. Risa remained quiet, as if she’s still processing something.

“So, I guess, the pink colors came from the bunnies then, the green ones, from the turtle and the yellow colors came from the kitties?”

“Yes. Cool right?”

“Yeah, cool story. I didn’t know that there’s a legend about that. You really love reading books. I guess, you lived in that South Kingdom in your past life.” Ai laughed at what her girlfriend just said. The two continued watching the night sky being lit up with fireworks.

“Nee~ Ai-chan, I wonder if Koharu’s still the cause of this ‘heavenly war’ right now.”

“Hmm, I highly agree.”

“Why?”

“Well, because after that incident, Koharu went here in Japan and annoyed our own gods Izanagi and Izanami.”

“Ohh, she really is mischievous.”

“Yes she is… Can we please stop talking about her? Let’s just enjoy our date here.”

THE END

Fangirl 13

2010-01-01T20:03:00.006+08:00

Did I made it? I posted it right on time right??? Ahahahaha... HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!!!! what a way to start 2010...hmm, that means... I'll still be writing for the rest of the year..anyways...enjoy this 2nd to the final...yeah, you heard me right... the next one will be the FINAL chapter... and no amount of deal would make me post it sooner... I'll post it as Rika said... on her birthday..so you'll have to wait for 19days more to read it..I'll not stall this chapter any longer. Enjoy reading!

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“So? What if I’m Kuwagata? It’s not really MY story… got that? So please just move out of my way.”

“SO THAT’S IT!!” Rika blurted. After staring for minutes in front of her computer, the ‘data’ input has been processed in her brain and she finally ‘almost’ understood what Miki meant.

“So.. wait… She’s not Kuwagata in that forum… but she’s Tenma. It’s either she has two usernames in that forum or… she’s not really Kuwagata, but then again, she said she’s Kuwagata. Hmmm, but if she’s not Kuwagata, then that means… HOLY CRAP!!!! Yoshizawa-san??? No way.”

“Who wrote this story?”

“Ahhhm… my … my friend. I was just...”

“I don’t know. We haven’t seen each other for a while.”

“My PC broke, I can’t proof-read her fic so yeah, she sent it to me via mail instead. Kinda low-tech right?”

“Speaking of reading. My friend’s on a roll, she told me that she already finished last night the fifth chapter of ‘Searching for the Light’.”

“Well, my friend was bothering me to check her draft. It’s almost midnight when I sent her the chapters. I bet you read it that’s why your eyes were like that?”

“Well, I believe she’s inspired to write every day… and if it’s based on something, expect it to be updated frequently than her fanfics with original plots.”

“I didn’t think about that one…”

“Hmmm, when I think about it, I think that’s not considered plagiarism. She didn’t copy the whole story although the idea’s still there… but it’s really different. That’s my opinion.”

“Hmmm, I guess she will end it up like the story. She’s a really sadistic person and she likes it when her main characters die. But she’s a masochist too… sometimes.”

Memories of her conversation with Hitomi flooded her mind. It’s as if she’s watching straight from a television and it showed her the important memories only.

“OMG! She’s just like Reina! She’s talking in a third person point of view!” Rika got her cell phone and was about to call Hitomi. But she realized that it’s already past midnight and the other was probably fast asleep. She will just have to call her tomorrow morning or go to her office. With that, Rika closed her laptop and decided to sleep.

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“So, what now?” Miki glared at the person in front of her. She really didn’t want to talk about her ‘escapades’ but her friend was REALLY bugging her.

“Ayaya, can we please not talk about this for now? I mean, it’s already 1 in the morning and I’m already tired.”

“Hmmm, just a little bit of information? PLEASE?!?!? I’m your best friend and… come on!!! TAN~!!!! PLEASE~~!!!!” Aya started shaking the shoulders of Miki. No matter how hard she glared at Aya, it seemed that the other was already immuned to it.

“OKAY!!! Just stop shaking me! You’re making me dizzy.”

“Yey!!! So, uhhh… what happened?”

“Got on a date, saw Hitomi again, got in a bicker fight… resumed date… wrote a fanfic, oh yeah.. and then my best friend is bugging me. That’s it.” Miki muttered sleepily. She’s really exhausted and still hasn’t fully recovered on the ‘talking’ marathon that they’ve done at Maki’s house.

“WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?! How am I going to understand it?”

“You asked for a LITTLE information. And I gave you one. Now stop asking questions and go to sleep. GOOD night!”

“Is that how you treat your FORMER love now that you found someone new?”

“Aya?!” Miki rolled her eyes as she saw Aya making her famous puppy eyes. Miki knew she would fall for the trap if she would not look away. She closed her eyes so that she will not see her ‘weakness’. “Look. I’m tired now. My energy’s been drained. I just want to get some decent sleep.”

“Alright. I’ll give you a decent sleep. But promise me, tomorrow morning, you’re going to tell me the whole story. Got that?”

“Yeah, promise. Good night!” Miki hugged her best friend without ever opening her eyes, and went towards the bed. Miki faced the wall and was about to sleep when she felt that there’s someone on the other side of the bed. She turned around and saw Aya smiling sheepishly, with both of her hands under her head.

“May I ask you… What are you doing?”

“Sleeping?”

“Uhhh… here?”

“Come on Miki, have you forgot whose house is this? And whose bed is this?”

“ARRRGGHH!!! Ok fine it’s yours. Just let me sleep ok? No big movements!” Miki faced the wall again and closed her eyes tightly.

“Who’s the messy sleeper here?”

“AYA!!! LET ME SLEEP!!!”

“Ok~! Geez… Tan, lighten up. You’re so grouchy like an old person.”

“I’m not old. You are.”

“HOW MANY FREAKING TIMES SHOULD I TELL YOU…. I’M NOT OLD!!!!”

“LET ME SLEEEEP!!!!” Aya didn’t retaliate as she decided to let her best friend get her sleep. Instead, she hugged Miki from behind and nuzzled closely on her neck.

“Do you really plan to let me sleep?”

“Actually, I’m helping you get your sleep.” Miki felt Aya’s lips form a smile on her neck. She just let out a sigh as she held Aya’s hand on her waist and drifted off to dreamland.

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As the morning came, a girl was awakened by the sounds of her phone ringing. She blindly searched for her phone, not bothering to take a look at the monitor to know who was calling her.

“Hello?”

“RIKA~!!!! So how’s the date turned out with Miki?”

“Huh? What are you saying?”

“Geez, did you forget? I left you two yesterday… Well, I purposely left you two that is.”

“Uhhh, who am I speaking too?”

“Is that the way to treat your best friend? It’s me, Sayu!”

“Sayu? Sayu?.... Hitomi? Uhh no, she’s Risa…wait… best friend….. AYU!!!! What the heck was that?!”

“Ahahaha… so ERI? How’s Reina? Did she treat you really good? Come on tell me~!”

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“Well, how can I explain it… Uhhh, good?”

“Come on Tan!!! You’re no different than last night!”
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“It’s kinda awkward.. We role played a TanaKame scene.”

“REALLLY?!?!?! So Miki’s being straight forward with you?”
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“Uhh, yeah and then, I held her hand.”

“MIKI!!!! OH MY GOD!!! You’re really the straight forward type!!”
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“I guess so…And then she… uhh.. you know… hugged me.”

“OMG!!!! OMG!!! DO you know that I’m hyperventilating right now?!? Rika that was… KYAAAHH!!! Just like a real TanaKame scene.”
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“And not just that. I caressed her cheek and said some sweet stuff.”

“KYAAAHH!!~ And how did she react by that?”
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“Umeboshi? Way to ruin a good moment there Rika. And since when did you like umeboshi?”

“Come on Ayu… I don’t know how to react to those kinds of…. You know!”
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“And you bought her umeboshi?”

“I was about to, but then Hitomi came.”
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“Ohhh, the other manager popped out… is that the friend of Kuwagata?”

“Yeah.. and it turns out that Miki and Hitomi knew each other.”

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“And she followed me into our role play thing, and became Risa.”

“Ohhh… Hitomi’s still updated with the latest buzz. She knew ‘GakiKame’ fans are multiplying. So what happened next?”
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“They used the ‘role play mode’ to fight. I’m still not sure about the root of their fight though.”

“Ahhh… It’s really hard to be in the center of conflicts. So what did you do?”

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“Rika pulled us into a quiet place to settle our thing and then… we settled our thing.”

“So… Hitomi and you are friends again?”
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“I can’t hear them clearly but Miki said that they’re ok…. And she continued the date.” Rika took a peek at her wall clock. She still has time to do her morning chores before going to work. She just needed to finish her chat with her best friend.

“You know. You two are really like Reina and Eri. You’re weird. And Miki’s really yankii, my hand still hurts a little from her grip. Anyways, what happened next?”

“I’m going to be late if I don’t hang up now.” Rika excused. Should she tell her best friend what happened with their ‘date’? Up to now she, herself, can’t imagine as to why she allowed herself to be dragged in this so called ‘mess’. She’s the president’s daughter and Miki’s one of their employees. Not to mention a ‘girl’ employee. Rika massaged her temples. She’s been into too much ‘Shoujo Ai’ or even ‘Yuri’ genre with the Three-Tums that somehow it’s back firing at her own life.

“Come on Rika. I know you can make it in your office in just 20 minutes. So, what happened? TELL MEEEE~~~!!! PLEASE~~!!” Rika cringed at the high voice of her best friend and let out a sigh. She’s still her best friend no matter what.

“Well, she took me into this another restaurant with some live music performance and great ambience and then she accompanied me to my house… and…”

“THAT’S SO SWEET!!!!! You know. I’m not imagining a Rika x Miki scene… I’m imagining a REINA x ERI scene! That was so sweet!!! Geez, Rika… you’re such a lucky girl!” Rika smiled at the comment but decided to remove that smile from her face.

“AYU!!! Come on, Miki’s a girl! I’m a girl!”

“Reina and Eri are girls too. I don’t see any problem with that.” Ayumi defended.

“Ayumi, we’re living in the REAL world.” Rika retaliated. She heard her best friend chuckle a bit. She already knew she would get some ‘stupid’ argument after that chuckle.

“They are living in the REAL world too. And you should know that because WE are attending their concerts.”

“But… Their relationship.. you know.. Tanakame, TanaShige and KameShige thing are just a figment of our imagination. It’s just can’t happen in real life.”

“Really? How sure are you about that? Did you already do a research about that? Come on Rika, reality’s even ‘magical’ than the movies or fanfics if you think about it. We say that ghosts or creatures don’t exist but there are evidences that they exist. There are lots of ‘impossible’ things happening everyday at the different parts of the world, we just don’t know it because of the lack of media or information.” Somehow, her best friend has a point. Before Ayumi would only give her crazy answers whenever she was asking or telling her point but now, she’s answering sensibly.

“Ok, I must say that you have a point there but still, I think, they are just doing purely ‘fan service’ because it’s what their fans, like me… and you, want.”

“If you put it like that then I’ll become a fan of YOUR pairing. Hhmm.. Fujimoto Miki and Rika Ishikawa… It could be IshiMoto but since Miki’s the one leading, I think it’s better if we named it FujiKawa. What do you think?” Rika face palmed at what her friend said. Ayumi’s taking their discussion really far.

“AYUMI!!!! ARE YOU REALLY PUSHING ME TO THE ‘OTHER SIDE’?!? ARE YOU REALLY MY BEST FRIEND?!?!” Rika yelled playfully. Somehow, the blush on her cheeks wasn’t cooperating with what she’s saying.

“No, I’m not pushing you to the other side and yes, I’m your best friend.”

“Then why does it seem like you’re pushing me towards Miki?”

“I’m not pushing, I’m just merely telling facts from my observations. You were really happy when you changed her. You bugged her in ways a superior would never do, in ways that you would never do to someone who you just met. You seemed really happy when you were talking with her when we were in the restaurant. Rika, the signs are right there in front of you, ready to pounce at you anytime. You just have to grab it.”

“I don’t want to grab it! Is this even legal?”

“I guess the right question is, is it even accepted here? If you worry about it too much then go to Spain, or Belgium, Canada… or Sweden! You can have your marriage there and then straight to honeymoon.” Ayumi followed her comment with a laugh that’s different from her normal, ‘fangirl’ laugh. It’s more on the ‘crazy’ laugh.

“SHIBATA!!!! It’s really early in the morning!”

“Hai, hai… I’m just stating my opinion. You don’t have to be angry. ”

“Well, you’re the one making me angry.” Rika pouted even though she knew her friend wouldn’t be able to see it. She took another glance at her clock and decided that she really needed to end the call. “Anyways, if you’re just going to annoy me at the start of my day, I’ll hang this up. I need have to prepare now.”

“Ok, I’ll just annoy you later.”

“Geez, thanks, you’re really my best friend.” Rika replied sarcastically.

“Good luck with your love life. I’m officially into FUJIKAWA now. I’ll write fics about you two, ja~!”

“AYUMI DON’T YOU…. dare.” Rika put her phone beside her. Her best friend cut off the line even before she even completed her sentence. She sighed out loud. Her friend has a point. Ever since she ‘officially’ started in her work, her father sent her into different branches ranging from a month up to five months. Her three-month stay in Hokkaido was, for her, the happiest and at first she didn’t know why. Her father also noticed it too and thus, she was given a day to visit it again five days ago. Ayumi’s right. All the facts were there, hitting her every time. It’s just that she didn’t notice it… or was trying NOT to notice it. Rika grabbed her pillows and screamed on it before deciding to finally start her day.

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“Ohayou!” Rika turned around to see the owner of the deep voice.

“Ahh, Ohayou, Mr. Nishida. You’re pretty late this morning.” Rika made it into their office 5 minutes before her official work time due to her early phone call. Usually, Mr. Nishida was earlier than her normal arriving time of 20 minutes before the official work time but now, it seemed that she reached the office first. The door of the elevator opened and the two went inside. They were staying on different floors.

“My car broke down but I managed to fix it in time. So, how have you been? It’s just a few days from now and then you’ll go back to Kobe. I hope that you enjoyed your stay here.”

“Yes, I really enjoyed my stay here. And I learned a lot from this branch.” The elevator stopped on Rika’s floor. She stepped out and turned back as she heard the older man said something.

“We also learned a lot from you. Do your best today. See you later!” Rika smiled at Mr. Nishida before the elevator door, closed. She walked towards her office to start her work and it seemed that she will be quite busy before she will go home as Mari showed her a list of meetings and paper works that she needed to attend. During her lunch break, she just ate her lunch silently, without even checking her laptop for updates. She has lots of paper works to do so she completely set aside her fangirl side for the first time since her stay in Saitama branch. As she was munching and checking some papers, her phone rang. Rika rolled her eyes and mumbled a silent prayer before answering it.

“Oh please… I hope it’s not Ayu.”
“Good afternoon, Ishikawa Rika speaking. How may I help you?”

“Uhh, hi… so uhhh.. My flight back to Hokkaido is tonight at 8. Can I see you after your work?” Rika blinked many times. Rika wanted to scold herself from blushing as soon as she heard Miki’s voice.

“Uhh, ok. Where?”

“Let’s meet at that restaurant last night. I want to treat you again before I go.”

“Ok. There’s so many things that I want to clear with you after reading that fic. I want to ask it now but I have much work to do before I go back to Kobe five days from now. So I’ll just see you later at 5.”

“Alright. Uhh….uhhh… Take care always.” Rika knew Miki wanted to tell her something else but it seemed that the other can’t say it.

“Sure, you too. Bye.”

“Bye.” Rika clearly heard Miki sighed before she fully put down the receiver. Somehow, hearing Miki’s voice made her heart beat really fast.

“What’s going on with me!!!! This cannot happen!!! My dad’s gonna kill me!!!” Rika managed to finish her meal without a glitch and continued her work. She managed to finish ALL of her work an hour before 4 in the afternoon. She stretched her arms as massaged her eyes. She pressed her intercom and called for her secretary.

“Yaguchi-san, kindly pick up the files. I’m already finished with it.” After a couple of minutes, Mari emerged from her door and picked-up the papers. Before going out, Mari gave her a present.
“What’s this?”

“A goodbye present. I want to be the first one to give you one.”

“Thank you very much! I appreciate your efforts.” Rika gave a hug at her secretary at this branch. She was thankful that she met a certain Mari Yaguchi who has been a great helper. Rika went back to her seat and took a good look at her office. She stayed here for at least a month and she knew somehow, she’s going to miss it.

“Ahhh!!!” Rika suddenly exclaimed. She grabbed her phone and called someone whom she should have called earlier.

“Yasuda-san, is Yoshizawa-san there? Kindly tell her to go here in my office. Thank you.” With that said, she put the receiver down and waited patiently for the other party to arrive.

“Uhh, Yasuda-san said that you wanted to see me.” Hitomi greeted after knocking on Rika’s door.

“Yeah, Gaki-san, I need to talk to you about something.” Rika smiled as she said that. She can’t believe she’s the one who started the ‘role play’ mode, in which the other one gladly played along.

“Is it about last night with Tanaka-san?”

“Yes… I’ve already asked her what happened but she told me to read a fic instead. And that fic, was…well, I think it’s about you and Reina’s story.”

“Well, what’s there to explain when you already know the whole story?” Rika saw Hitomi’s sad expression on her eyes.

“I need to clear something on my mind… Are you, the real Kuwagata?”

“Yes… and no at the same time. It’s our nickname. I’m Kabutomushi and she’s Kuwagata… but I decided to use the latter in that blog… so as not to forget her completely.”

“I see.”Rika leaned back on her chair, trying to imagine what happened between the two friends. “Do you and Miki… I mean, Reina already fixed your differences last night?”

“Yes.”

“You’re still having a hard time talking about this right?” Rika asked as soon as she noticed Hitomi fidgeting over the topic.

“Yes…. But if you really want to know what happened, I think I’ll update my fic tonight. But you’ll have to analyze it yourself because I’ll tackle it through symbolism.”

“Ok, I think I can manage that.” With that said, Hitomi left Rika’s room as the other readied herself for another ‘date’.
“They are both alike; expressing their explanations through fiction.”

…………………
“Hi there! How’s your day?” Miki stood up as soon as she saw Rika coming near her table to pull out a seat.

“Thanks!” Rika sat down on the chair while Miki get back on her on seat. “Well, I’ve been pretty busy this morning. I have to finish a lot of paper works before I go back to Kobe.” Rika mumbled a simple thank you as the waiter gave her the menu. They ordered their food first before Miki finally continued their conversation.

“When are you going back?”

“Five days from now. “

“Ohh.” That was all that Miki can say because her mind was drifting somewhere else. She was being very nervous every time she took a glance at Rika.

“You alright Reina? You’re sweating profusely. Do you have a fever?” Rika touched Miki’s forehead to check her temperature. Miki quickly swatted her hand away. Rika was stunned at the action.

“Yeah, Reina’s fine. Reina’s just nervous… about my flight. That’s all.” Miki lied. Based from her experience, Rika will start to worry about her about that simple thing.

“Then don’t take that flight! You know, just like Final Destination. Something might happen… and I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.” Miki saw a light blush on Rika’s cheeks. The other girl decided to look away from her and turn her attention on the waiter who was serving their food.

“Does Eri worry about Reina?”

“Of course.. you’re… my friend.”

“Ohh.” The two silently started eating their meal. Miki knew they were in an awkward situation and she needed to fix it up before she will board her plane. After eating, Miki took Rika to the nearest park. There were few couples walking around the park at that time so Miki decided to take the chance to confess her feelings for her ‘boss’.

“Uhh… Reina only have an hour left before she’ll go to the airport but before Reina will go, Reina needs to say something.” Rika’s heart started beating really fast as soon as Miki said those words. Rika took a deep breath and decided to act naturally.

“What is it, Reina?”

“Well, you see, Reina was really angry with her heart. Before, her heart was pure and full of kindness towards her friends but something happened and Reina’s heart turned into ice. It was covered with impenetrable ice that even Reina herself had a hard time removing. Somehow, someone came into Reina’s life that started melting the ice that Reina unknowingly put up, and now, it’s completely melted.” Rika listened intently on what Miki was saying. Deep inside her, she knew she was the one Miki was pertaining too. “Reina tried scolding her heart and did her best to not let the person into her life because Reina knew she would only get hurt in the end. But Reina’s heart was stronger and even though she knew she would get hurt, it wants to take the risk.” Miki looked straight into Rika’s eyes. “Reina’s in love… with a turtle.”

Rika wanted to melt at the way Miki ‘confessed’ her feelings. Her other half wanted to say yes right at that moment but still, her ‘rational’ side won the argument.

“Ano, that turtle is me right?”

“Yes, my one and only Eri.” Miki took Rika’s hand into hers, hoping the other would receive her.

“I’m sorry that I destroyed the ice wall that you built.”

“But I’m really thankful that you manage to break it down.”

“Ok, uhh.. I appreciate your confession... no, what I mean is… I appreciate your love for me, but I think,” Rika paused, still thinking of a ‘lighter’ way to say it, “ I’m still not ready to accept your love. You’ve fallen in love with a turtle who wouldn’t want to go out of her shell. There are lots of factors to that but the number one reason is fear… fear of the unknown. Turtles’ feel secured inside their shell and I think it will take some time for a turtle like me to go out of my security zone.” Rika explained but her heart felt heavy as she was doing it. Add to that, Miki’s almost teary eyes made it hard for her to stop herself from hugging the other one.

“It’s alright with me. Reina will take her time and instead of putting up an ice wall, I’ll develop myself and become a shell. So when Eri will finally decide to go out, I’ll become her shell and protect her from outside forces.” Rika finally let her tears fall freely from her eyes as she lunged forward and hugged the other girl.

“I’m so sorry.” Rika cried on Miki’s chest as the other girl hugged her back and stroked her hair. Miki took a deep breath as she, herself, was having a hard time holding her tears. She mustn’t cry now. Rika need her strength.

“Don’t be. I’ll wait for you, promise.” The girls remained in that position for what seemed like an eternity before Miki took the courage to move away. “Reina has only one request before she goes away.”

“What is it?”

“Will Eri let Reina kiss her goodbye?” Rika didn’t answer instead, she closed her eyes. Miki put her hands on Rika’s shoulders and pulled her closer to her. It was nothing more than a quick, chaste kiss on the lips. Even though she really liked it, Miki has to pull back. “I have to go now. Thank you, for everything.” Miki walked away but was stopped when Rika hugged her from behind.

“On my birthday. I’ll post a fanfic. Be sure to read it.”

“Sure. See you again.”

Rika went home as soon as Miki went to the airport. She was really tired from all the stress in work and the emotional turmoil that she was going through right now, but she definitely needed to read Kuwagata’s next chapter. She opened her laptop and typed in Hitomi’s blog. Her sleepiness vanished when she saw that the next chapter has already been uploaded.

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Chapter 11

“So, what is it this time?” Reina asked as soon as she got on the place that Sayumi said. Sayumi decided to go for the ‘direct’ approach too.

“Do you have feelings for my best friend?” Reina was taken aback at the other girl’s question but decided to answer it none the less.

“Well, I’m asking that to myself too. Lately your friend’s making me confused.”

“What if I told you that Eri likes you, how would you feel about that?” Reina blinked at the other girl. She still find Sayumi quite hard to read and she’s definitely having a hard time analyzing as to why the other girl’s telling her stuffs like this.

“Why are you telling this to me now?”

“Because Eri’s too ashamed to tell it to you in person. Being her best friend, I want to help her out.”

“Really?” Reina crossed her arms trying to get the real intention of the other girl.

“Yeah, you don’t believe me do you?”

“Well, based from experience… yes. You’re hard to read… But I feel that there’s something else that you want to talk about.”

“And what’s that?”

“Earlier… before you called. I felt like.. I don’t know. Somehow I felt like Eri’s in danger or something. It’s pretty late when you ran out of the court. I guess, the sun rose up even before she was able to go inside her house right?” With that said, Sayumi removed her gaze from Reina and her smile vanished. Reina knew she hit the spot. “Is she alright?”

“For now.” Sayumi responded. Reina looked away from the girl. She somehow felt guilty as to why Eri wasn’t able to go home earlier. If only she noticed the time. Sayumi sensed what the other girl was thinking. “It’s not your fault. We knew it will come to her sooner or later.”

“What?”

“Her death… it will definitely come sooner or later.”
…………………..
“Hey there Reina! What are you doing here?” Eri tried to greet cheerfully even though she doesn’t have enough power on her voice. She gave her best friend a questioning look as to why the other girl was here.

“I felt that something bad happened to you earlier and I asked Sayumi to take me to you. We didn’t notice the time earlier and the sun rose up even before you went inside your casket right?” Reina tried to lighten up the mood a little bit by bringing up the ‘vampire’ thing.

“Yeah, but you didn’t need to worry that much. I’m a tough vampire; I won’t go down easily without a fight.” Eri reassured her friend by holding onto Reina’s hand and squeezing it a little bit.

“I’ll gladly help you with your fight.”

…………………
For the next three months, Sayumi and Reina were always visiting Eri and if it’s their lucky day, Koharu would tag along with them. Aunt Iida would always cook for them as they cheered up the little turtle. As the days go on, Eri’s health grew weaker and weaker. And the weaker she became, the more Reina wanted to stay by her side.

“Hey, are you sure you’re not sick? You look paler than before.” Risa commented. She noticed that Reina lost some weight and she’s always running away right after the school was over. She didn’t even have the time to play basketball with them on their free time. Reina was completely taken by her ‘vampire’ friend.

“Yeah, I’m alright. I’m just, well… doing some important stuff.”

“Would you mind sharing what that ‘important’ stuff is?” Ai asked, concerned at what her friend was acting for the past few months.

“I think in due time I’ll tell you about it, but for now, let me do this alone.” The two saw the seriousness in their friend’s eyes that they just let her do her way. Reina immediately excused herself as she saw Sayu waiting for her outside.

“Did you tell your friends?”

“Nah, I don’t want to bother them. Besides, they’ve only seen Eri once.” Sayu was about to reply when her phone rang. She answered it and Reina saw how Sayu’s facial expression changed to shock.

“It’s Koha-chan.. We need to go to the hospital, fast.”

…………………
“Eri… wake up… Eri... We’re here now.” Eri slowly opened her eyes as soon as she heard her best friend’s voice.

“Hey.” Eri weakly replied. “How’s school?” Reina bit her lip as she saw how Eri gave her best effort to smile and pretend like she’s not in pain. Reina wanted to tear up right at that moment but knowing Eri, she would just ‘forcefully’ laugh at her weakness.

“Fine.. how about you? How are you feeling right now?”

“I’m much better now that I’ve seen the two of you.”

“That doesn’t answer my question.”

“Well then, what do you want me to say to you?” Sayumi opened her mouth but her voice didn’t come out. Reina put a hand on Sayu’s shoulder.

“Eri, are there still things that you want to do?” Sayumi glared at her. She didn’t know what came to Reina’s mind. Eri stared at Reina’s determined eyes. She let out a dreamy smile as she told them her answer.

“I want to do a dunk… That’s the only thing I haven’t done ever since I started playing basketball.”

“Then, get stronger… and when they discharge you from this hospital, we’ll play basketball.”

“Promise?”

“yes.. I promise. Rest now and be stronger.”

…………..
“What the hell are you thinking?! Are you insane?!? You do realize that Eri’s weak.. and she’s becoming weaker every single day!!! Look at me when I’m talking to you!” Sayumi pulled back Reina, only to be surprised to see her crying for the first time.

“I know… I just want her to do her dream… so she will not have regrets later. I know it’s hard for us.. but it’s even harder for her. Please, help me with this… I beg you.” Reina pleaded over the now crying girl. “Look, from what I’ve read, fewer than 40% of individuals with this disease survive beyond the age of 20. Eri’s nearing her 20th birthday and we don’t know whether she will die earlier or later. With her current state, I don’t know how long she would last so I want to do this… for her… And I need you to help me. Please, Sayu.

……………
“Why do you need to cover my eyes?” Eri asked her cousin who was pushing her wheelchair.

“Well, because it’s a surprise.”

“Where are you taking me?”

“To the usual place” Koharu continued their journey and after a couple of minutes, they reached the place. “Here we are… you can now take it off.” Eri took off her blindfold and saw that they were in the court. She squinted her eyes and saw that Sayumi and Reina were already there, waiting for her.

“Hey guys! What are we going to do here?” Koharu pushed her closer towards the two and that’s the only time that she noticed that there’s a large trampoline underneath the basket. Reina grinned excitedly.

“We’re here to see you dunk the ball.” Eri’s eyes widened as Reina took her ‘request’ seriously. Reina walked closer and offered her a ‘piggy back ride’. “Let’s go. Hold on to me.”

Reina was able to carry Eri’s current weight with ease. Sayu put a strap to ‘lock’ Eri to Reina so she wouldn’t fall when they will jump. Reina and Sayu climbed up the trampoline as the latter gave the ball to Eri. Koharu was on the side, busy filming the entire event on Eri’s camera.

“Here, hold the ball tightly.”

“Thanks Sayu.” Eri mustered all her strength just to hold the ‘heavy’ ball.

“Ready when you are.”

“I’m ready.” Reina started jumping on the trampoline, slowly gaining height as she put force on her jump. She jumped a little closer towards the hoop so that Eri can do the ‘dunk’. She tightened her grip on Eri as they neared the basket.

“Come on Eri…. You can do it!” Sayu yelled, encouraging her best friend.

“Yeah!!! Do a windmill!!!” Koharu cheered. Eri focused as she neared the hoop. She readied herself as Reina jumped higher on the trampoline. She raised her hand and did a two-handed windmill. Sayu and Koharu applauded as the ball went through the basket perfectly. When their ‘bouncing’ stopped, Reina put Eri down and gave her a hug.

“That was great! I was just expecting you do a regular dunk instead you did a windmill. You’re really great!”

“Thanks.” Eri mumbled. As she hugged back her friend.

“You don’t have worry about us. We’ll be fine. We’ll see each other again at the finish line.” Reina whispered so that only Eri would hear it. Eri tightened her hold on Reina.

“Thanks a lot. Let’s play basketball when we meet again.”

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“Hey, what are you doing there?” Risa called back as soon as she noticed that their other friend was not following them.

"Just saw a good book.... It's about taking care of your skin."

"Yeah Sayu... you and your narcissistic ego strikes again." Ai commented and the three laughed.

"Hey! I'm not that narcissistic!!!" Reina went close to her and patted her head.

"Yeah, yeah... and I don't have wonky eyes... Geez, Sayu... you're like that ever since I've known you."

"Whatever... Let's just continue shopping."

An hour later, the two excused themselves and went off somewhere.

"I can't believe it's already been three years."

"Yeah... But I know, she's happy where ever she is." Reina replied as she looked towards the sky. "Hey, let's buy your book."

"What book?" Sayu asked as Reina pulled her back towards the bookstore.

"You know, the one which tackles on taking care of your skin."

The End

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Rika didn’t expect that she would cry over a fanfic. Her imagination was really vivid that she felt like she was watching a movie. She was about to type a comment but, it’s Hitomi’s ‘explanation’. Instead of making a public comment.. She decided to PM the author instead.

TBC

by the way... you have 19 days to 'interpret' Searching for a Light before Rika will post her interpretations...nyahahaha.XD

Santa Eri

2009-12-24T06:37:00.002+08:00

This one's a belated b-day fic for Eri!!! ahahahaha... It just came into my mind..so yeah... Happy birthday Eri!!! and Advance MERRY XMAS TO ALL!!!XD

“GAAAHHH!!!!” Ai screamed with her ever famous ‘manly’ scream. Her sleep was interrupted when she felt like there’s something ‘crawling’ rom her legs. She threw the blanket away from her, in fear that the crawling thing that touched her leg was a cockroach. Ai opened the lamp beside her bed and saw a cute little green turtle with a small card on its mouth.

“Merry Christmas Ai-chan… From Santa Eri.” Ai squinted her eyes at the message and focused on the name of the sender. She smiled as she scooped up the little animal.

“Thank you, little Eri-chan.” She kissed its head and was about to go back to sleep when she noticed something else written on the card.

“PS: Your gift is on your dresser.” Ai stood up and went to her dresser across her room. Her eyes widened at the said ‘gift’.

“FINAL FANTASY XIII!!!!!”

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Sayumi bolted up from her sleep as she felt that ‘something’ was touching her hair. She grabbed her cell phone beside her and used it as a ‘flash light’.

“Who’s there? This bunny’s not afraid of you!!!” Sayu yelled. She looked closely on top of her pillow and saw the ‘culprit’. It was a cute little turtle with a card on its mouth. Sayumi scooped up the little creature and got the card.

“Merry Christmas, Sayu!!! Tone down from using your power, the ‘evil tongue’…Hahahaha… From Santa Eri.” Sayu laughed at the message. Her best friend really is weird. She put the turtle beside her when she felt something hard on her bed. She hovered her cell phone and saw the ‘hard’ thing coupled with another note.

“PS: Please take care of this or you’ll end up with seven years of badluck.”

“KAWAII!!! It’s a PINK, BUNNY MIRROR!!!!”

…………………………….
“Don’t disturb me… Stop it…. GEEZ, WILL YOU JUST STOP BOTHERING ME!!!!” Risa yelled as she sat up from her bed. Someone was playing tricks on her and ‘touching’ her left hand. She raised her hand and saw that a small turtle was ‘holding on’ into her hand. She put it close to her eyes and read the paper that the turtle was biting.
“Gaki-san! Merry Christmas! Let’s always do our best on our radio show! From: Santa Eri.

“What the heck are you thinking now? You really are weird.” Risa said to the turtle as if she’s talking directly to its ‘master’. Risa put the turtle on the floor.

“Go home now, little friend. Your weird ‘master’ might have been waiting for you to come back.” Risa saw the turtle walk up towards her door. She laid on her bed when something hit her back. She sat up again and looked for the item.

“PS: I want to see you wear these nails on our concerts.”

Risa smiled, her friend gave her a pack of assorted nail art stick ons.

………………..
Reina felt like something was tugging at her pajamas. She was too scared to look so she didn’t move even a bit. When the ‘tugging’ of her pajama turned into ‘touching’ by something cold, she can’t help it but yell and turn her lamp, on. Reina blinked many times before laughing real hard as she realized that she was so busy freaking out with a little turtle.

“Reina, Merry Christmas! Please stop being a yankii and be a good girl from now on… just like me… From: Santa Eri

“Sugoi…” Reina looked at the turtle and smiled. “How did she train you?” A note fell from inside the turtles shell.

“Look underneath your bed and your real gift lies there.” Reina gulped. What if Eri was just toying at her? Eri knew that she’s afraid of scary stuffs.

“Why did it always have to be ‘under’ the bed?” Reina breathe a couple of breaths before taking a peep under her bed. Her eyes grew large as her gift was waiting there, in a Santa Clause costume.

“Eri! What are you doing under my bed?!?”

“I’m going to give you your gift.” Eri said teasingly and pulled Reina towards her. She immediately lay on top of the other girl and removed Reina’s clothes.

“Now, be a good girl will you? Santa’s going to give you a very nice gift.”

…………………….
*Shabondama Ring tone*

“What? Where? Who???” Eri quickly sat up as she heard her phone.

“Who the heck is this… and we were just getting into the best part.” Eri got her phone and read the message sent to her at this ‘unholy’ hour. There were many messages from her fellow members but she decided to read the message of the last person who mailed her.

“Eri, Happy Birthday! The other members probably sent their mails at exactly 12:00. But Reina thought this specially for you. As your birthday is on December 23, I send this at 12:23!”

~Reina

Eri blinked many times. How could she forget that it was her birthday today? She quickly typed in her reply to that person..

“Reina, I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH! THANKS!” Eri waited for a few seconds before the reply came in.

“I love you to, Eri. Can’t wait to see you again.” Eri’s eyes, glistened with mischief as she typed her reply.

“Me too… Hey, do you want to role play when we meet up? I’ll be Santa Claus and you’ll be my reindeer.”

The End

Fangirl 12

2009-12-19T21:57:00.003+08:00

Hi there! Got sick.. missed work.. and so, I managed to finish the next chapter. I will warn you..there's too much Charmikitty on this chapter... Read if you dare.Oh yeah.. I think this is the longest chapter I've done so far in this title.XD

“More than the friend type?” Hitomi repeated. “I didn’t know about your relationship with Kame-chan. She didn’t mention you to me. If you’re the ‘more than friend’ type, then I should be the one to know it first.” The three were still standing in the middle of the street

“Why would she reveal such things to you? You’re just her ‘officemate’.” Miki stressed the last word and gave Hitomi a smirk. She’s having fun being the ‘yankii’ like what Reina portrays on the screen.

“I’m not just her officemate.”

“Ohhh, so you’re the third party who wants to destroy our lovely relationship. Is that it?” Miki raised her voice and moved closer to Hitomi. Hitomi didn’t back down over Miki’s piercing glare but instead, she just stared coolly at her and answered back.

“You should have your eyes checked. I’m not the third party here.”

“And what are you trying to imply at that?” Rika finally decided to step up and stop the ‘playful’ arguing of the two when she saw that people were starting to stop and look towards their direction.

“How about continuing that in some quiet place?” Rika suggested. The two stopped bickering as soon as they noticed that people were flocking near them. They quickly left the area with Rika leading them to a nearby park. Rika kept glancing back towards the two and noticed that they were not talking with each other and were facing the opposite sides. Rika and Miki’s eyes met for a split second and Rika saw that ‘weird’ look

“I’m really curious about those two. I haven’t heard any news or gossips about some managers having conflicts with each other.”

“Eri, where are you taking us?” Rika sighed. Miki’s still in her ‘role play’ mode.

“I’m taking you two to a quiet place where you can sort out your thing.” Miki walked faster and caught up with Rika. She held Rika’s hand which made the other flinch from the contact.

“Tanaka-san.. can’t you FEEL that Kame didn’t like having TOO MUCH PDA?” Hitomi said in a serious voice.

“PDA?” Miki asked. She’s not really good at this acronym thing.

“It’s public display of affection… dimwit…” Rika answered seriously but deep inside, she wanted to laugh at Miki’s ignorance.

“Hey… How come you know that? Reina thought that you’re the atomic aho of our group? You mustn’t know that arduous thing.”

“It’s not that hard, TANAKA-san. Even the little kids nowadays knew that.” Rika replied. She stopped near the man-made lake and moved away from Miki’s grip on her hand.

“Why the formalities? Because your officemate is here? I guess you didn’t want her to know about our little relationship because you’re embarrassed about private things?” Miki crossed her arms over her chest.

“If I’m embarrassed… that’s because of your attitude.” Rika looked at the two culprits. “The two of you need to settle things NOW!”

“If we’re going to settle something… well, it’s gonna get bloody here.” Miki quickly said.

“Yeah, and if you want to clean up after… we don’t mind settling our differences.” Hitomi followed. Rika sighed. She knew, or rather, felt that something happened between the two and she want it to be fixed.

“Look guys, this is serious. Please settle whatever happened with the two of you.”

“But Eri…”

“Fujimoto will you cut the role play already?!” Rika asked with a hint of irritation on her voice. Miki snorted and looked away. “Guys, I know… something happened. I’m not that blind. And correct me if I’m wrong but, I think the two of you knew each other before.”

“Yeah, way to go captain OBVIOUS.” Rika saw Hitomi bit her lip to stop herself from laughing from Miki’s remark. Rika smiled to herself. Although, again, it’s her ‘blunder’ that made her almost laugh, at least the tension was somewhat lifted up.

“Anyways, I’ll leave you guys alone. I’ll just sit there on the bench and just wave at me when the two of you are done.” Rika pointed on the other side of the lake where there’s a vacant bench near a row of food stalls. Rika walked off, not waiting for the two to say something.

“The two of them were close to me. I hope they can fix it”
Rika crossed the bridge to go to the other side of the park. She put down her bag on the bench before completely sitting down. She looked at the two figures, still unmoving.

“What are they waiting for?! Geez, JUST TALK ALREADY!!!!” Rika stood up and went towards a crepe stall. In times like this, she really would want to eat something sweet so a chocolate-flavored crepe will keep her company while the two sort out their thing. She sat back at the bench after paying for her snack. It felt like she was watching some kind of a drama movie, minus, the sounds because she can’t really hear most of what they were talking about. Hitomi and Miki’s faces were in a lot of pain. Hitomi suddenly held Miki’s shoulder’s and was shaking her. Miki slapped Hitomi on her cheek. Yes, it was like watching the climax of a tear-jerker movie. After a couple of minutes, they stopped. Rika can see Hitomi trying to suppress her tears as she extended her hand to Miki. They shook hands before Hitomi turned around and left the place. Rika immediately ran towards Miki.

“What happened?”

“She left. She needed to finish something and it’s getting late.”

“Ohh…” Rika didn’t know what to say next. She considered asking for details but she can see that Miki didn’t want to talk it over. Miki’s still staring at the direction where Hitomi went. “so… uhhh..”

“Let’s continue our date, Eri.” Miki turned around and grabbed Rika’s unfinished chocolate crepe and gobbled it up. Rika was left speechless. She can’t discern whether from Miki taking her delicious snack or because Miki still wanted to continue their role play. Or both.

“But… I’m… not… finished… with that.”

“Reina will buy you many crepes if you really like it that much. Its Reina’s treat since Reina haven’t bought your umeboshi earlier. Now, let’s go!” Rika wanted to laugh at How Miki exaggerated Reina’s 3rd person talk but her mind went blank at the way Miki’s holding her now. Miki held her hand again and this time, entwining their fingers. Their bodies were really close to each other and Rika thought that with their current space, Miki might hear her heart beating, really fast.

“Role play… it’s just a little role play…. Just get along with it.”

“Why are you so stiff? Lighten up will you? We’re on a date here.”

“Uhh… well, you see…”
“Gaah~! Rika! Get a grip!!! It’s just a role play…got that? Do you understand that? It’s just normal if your heart’s beating really fast… Well, you’re still outside and it’s already dark. Something bad might happen. And… it’s really cold right now.. Your heart beats really fast because your blood is circulating through your body to give you enough heat. That’s it. And you’re cheeks are feeling hot right now because…”

“Hey, you became silent. Is something wrong?” Miki moved her face closer to Rika. She touched Rika’s forehead to check whether she’s sick. “Hey, tell me. What’s wrong?”

“You are not blushing… GOT THAT?!?! This is a normal phenomenon to you when you’re imagining what will happen to that TanaKamei fic you’ve read on that forum. You’re on the same situation as them in the fic that’s why you remembered it. You remembered Reina kissing Eri under the moonlight as they were on a date that’s why you’re blushing. You are blushing because of that fic… Your heart’s beating really fast because you’re excited to read the next chapter of that fic. That’s the ONLY reason.. Remember that Rika! Separate fiction from reality!”

“Uhh… I’m… listening to my stomach growl. I’m hungry.” Rika wanted to smack herself for coming up with such a lame alibi. Miki laughed really loud.

“Why didn’t you say so? Come on, let’s go find another restaurant.” Miki pulled Rika to the chain of restaurants located near the park. Miki chose a place with a good ambience and delectable cuisine. The waiter led them towards their seat which was near a fountain.

“So… what do you want to eat? Just choose. Reina will take care of the bills.”

“Uhh, REINA… you really didn’t have to do this. I have my own money.”

“So that’s it?” Rika looked at Miki as soon as she heard her somewhat ‘irritated’ voice. “You didn’t want Reina to treat you because YOU have your own money? Sorry about that. Reina forgot that you’re the president’s daughter.” Rika massaged her temples. Miki even copied Reina’s yankii and somewhat ‘grouchy’ attitude. But then again, Miki’s attitude before was worse compared to Reina.

“No, what I mean is… Don’t waste your money on me.”

“Reina’s not wasting her money, Reina’s happy to treat Eri. Reina’s contented whenever Rika… I mean Eri smile.”

“Gaah~! Too much ‘Reina’… Ehh? WHAT!?!” Rika’s eyes grew wide as she heard her name. She looked at Miki who was smiling impishly.

“So, uhhh… Will Eri accept Reina’s treat to her?” Rika blinked her eyes. It must have been just her imagination. But why would she imagine that? Rika leaned back on her chair. She might as well enjoy the ‘free’ food now.

“Ok. Just order me a steak and a chocolate marshmallow cake.”
…………….
The ‘date’ turned out well. Miki and Rika had fun talking about the latest Jpop news, but they deliberately left some information about Three-Tums and Futari because they were still on their role play mode. The good thing about that restaurant was at a certain time, some musicians will go to a table and played a melodious music so they felt they were on a ‘real’ date. They left the restaurant after finishing Rika’s 3rd dessert. Miki decided to walk with Rika to her apartment.
“So… welcome to my apartment! Please take a seat” Rika lead Miki to her couch but the other remained standing.

“No, it’s alright. Reina will go home now. Reina just wanted to make sure Eri’s safe.”

“Ohh, you’ll leave me alone already?”

“Unless you wanted to do something. Do you want to play in the bed with Reina?” Miki moved closer to Rika and then put her arms around her hips. Rika remained calm and looked at Miki’s eyes seriously. She managed to hear some of their conversation at the park and it really bothered her when they started mentioning, Kuwagata and her story. She can’t thoroughly connect each pieces of ‘vague’ information so she needed to ask before letting Miki off the hook.

“It’s your story right? I’ve heard the two of you arguing about that.” Rika saw Miki blinked her eyes many times before going wide. Miki remained silent and turned around to leave.

“It’s getting late. I’m going now.” Rika quickly blocked Miki’s escape route by closing the door and leaning against it.

“Don’t try to deny it. I won’t let you out unless you answered my question.”

“You heard us?! But you’re really far from us. You have such good ears.”

“Well, I can’t hear it if the two of you would just settle it in a nice way. I’m glad I moved away because if I didn’t I might became deaf from the yelling and shouting.”

“We’re not yelling, we’re just talking in a loud voice.” Miki replied sarcastically.

“Yeah, right… So… you’re Kuwagata? It’s your story?

“So? What if I’m Kuwagata? It’s not really MY story… got that? So please just move out of my way.”

“What happened between the two of you?” Rika asked straight to the point. Miki took a deep breath and closed her eyes. After a minute of deafening silence, Miki replied.

“You like Futari too, right?”

“Uhh, yeah? Why?”

“Go to ‘that’ forum and read a fic entitled ‘Chingudeul’ later this night.” With that said, Miki pushed Rika aside, opened the door and ran away. Rika has woken from her ‘half dazed’ state caused by the very mention of the said forum when the door closed with a bang. Rika swiftly opened the door and yelled to the fleeing girl.

“HEY!!! YOU DIDN’T EVEN ANSWER MY QUESTION!!! GET BACK HERE!!!! FUJIMOTO!!!” Miki stopped then turned around and stuck her tongue out at Rika before continuing to run again. Rika didn’t know whether to be angry or laugh at what Miki did for it really was unlikely for her character to do that. She closed her door and went towards her laptop.

Wait… Is that Korean? One shot? Oh~! I really hope she will make a double post! GAAAHH~! MIKI!!! UPDATE SEARCHING FOR THE LIGHT ALREADY!!!! I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ERI!!!!!!

Rika opened Kuwagata’s blog… and there’s still no update. She remembered that Miki ‘just’ left her apartment minutes ago. Rika sighed and just waited calmly at the story that ‘Kabutomushi’ will post later. In the mean time, she opened a translation site and searched for the meaning of the korean word. And it turns out, it meant ‘friends’. Rika had a theory; if Miki based it on the fic, it might be that Miki and Hitomi were ‘friends’ before but then, something happened along the way… and she’s going to find that out later. To kill the time, she typed another comment in Kuwagata’s ‘latest’ chapter to let the writer know that she’s still waiting for the continuation.

Charmy
Hi there! It’s been a while since you last updated. I guess you’re really putting an effort to make it really good. Well, for me, whatever you write is great! Ahahaha… I hope you update soon!
Oh yeah, thanks for the treat today! (^_^)

Rika pressed the send button. It was a little milder than what she actually thought in her mind. With nothing else to do, she watched some of the ‘good’ stuffs that Ayumi gave her, especially Three-Tums’ latest Asian Concert Tour, where they held a concert at Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. After two hours of watching, the concert ended so Rika checked the forum and saw that the story has been posted, but the username’s different. She was expecting to see ‘Kuwagata’ or ‘Kabutomushi’ as the author but instead, it was written by ‘Tenma_Mosaku’.

“EEEHHH!?!?! Tenma?!?! What the… Now I’m really confused. I better read it now.

……………….

Chingdeul

“Good morning Ai-chan! How’s your homework?” My best friend looked up from her book and stared blankly at me. I guess she didn’t do it because she got hooked again on our favorite group’s latest movie. “Uhh… you know… the scenic pictures?”

“Ohh, that one! Yeah. I’m finished with that already.”

“Then why did you give me that look?”

“Because I thought you meant ‘school homework’ when you mentioned that.” Ai smiled sheepishly and went back to reading her book. Yeah, ignore me again with that stupid book. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Risa Niigaki and the girl that I was talking to is my best friend, Ai Takahashi. Well, if you know us, then you would ask us why the two of us are best friends. Our characters are a ‘total’ opposite. She’s silent, I’m loud. She’s responsible… I’m carefree. She’s somewhat a loner, I’m friendly. With all that said we still complement each other, probably the only thing that holds us together is our great love for our favorite group, Morning Musume. Well, I mean, she introduced it to me and then boom! I became addicted to them too; Koharu Kusumi, the miracle member, Konno Asami, the ‘geek’, Makoto Ogawa, the cheerful one, Kaori Iida the ‘weird’ one and their fierce ‘yankii’ leader, Yuuko Nakazawa. Both of us are ‘head to heels’ addicted to their music. Another thing is that we both really love basketball. Well, my two bestfriends were the ones who introduced it to me and then, Ai-chan somewhat became my mentor. She taught me everything I know. Our sport was the one responsible as to why were like this. I think I’ll just give you some details on how Ai and I met.
…………….
Flashback
“Gaki-san! Watch out!”

“Itai!!!”

“Where are you looking at?! Geez, Mame-san… Focus on the game!”
“That’s my first two best friends. The one who called me Gaki-san was my pet alien… I mean, Eri Kamei and the one who just insulted my forehead, was Sayumi Michishige. We always play basketball at a certain court near our neighborhood. I could say that I’m not really that good in basketball but I’m not that bad too. I mean, I was just plain, old, good enough player. I really wanted to beat these two airheads in basketball but I don’t know whether I can do that because, they’re the ones who introduced me to this sport.

“Hey… Gaki-san? Are you alright? Look at what you’ve done Sayu! Risa probably developed amnesia because of the impact!

“Sorry Mame-chan! That was an accident.. but… it wouldn’t really happen if you focused on the game. Geez, why did you freeze in place?”
“Why? You want to know why? Because I saw ‘her’; the one who uses this basketball court in the wee hours of the morning. The one who played basketball better than anyone else in school. The one who was addicted in anime and games, like me. The one who some call ‘the mysterious one’.

“Hey! The game’s not yet finished! Where are you going?”

“I forgot something! I’ll be back later!”
“So I went to chase the ‘mysterious one’ and I lose sight of her. And when I’m going back to my friends, I suddenly bumped into someone who’s looking at some CD’s in a certain music store.”

“I’M SO SORRY!!!! I didn’t mean to bump… into... you.”
“Now this is a new one for me. In school, my classmates call me ‘the Reaction Queen’ but that sure didn’t take effect when I met her face to face. Well, you could say that my face has some ‘funny’ reaction that she noticed.

“It’s nothing…. I think you’re the one who’s hurt. Are you alright?”

“uuhh, yeah… I… I’m fine… uhhh, you’re from Hinode Gakuen right?”
“Yeah, I’m the one who took the initiative to befriend her. Because I had a feeling that she’s the ‘shy’ type. And that time, my hunch was right.”

“Yes, Do you often see me in campus?”
“I would really like to say that I see her most often in the court near our house rather than the school but she might think that I’m stalking her or something so I decided to ‘lie’.

“Uhh, no. I’m from Kaede Gakuen, I just always see you reading a book in the public library during weekends because I always go there too. My name’s Niigaki Risa.”
“Well, I don’t ‘actually’ read when I’m in the library, I’m just visiting Eri whenever Sayu’s not around. Eri’s working part time in the public library and Sayu’s working as a part-time model/idol so her schedule’s somewhat warped. So whenever I’m bored, and although I know I’ll just be bored more in the library, I visit Eri and play some nasty tricks which will annoy her… and the librarian. But whenever I make that, I’ll make sure that Ai’s on the other side of the room.”

“Mine’s Takahashi Ai. Nice to meet you.”
……………………
“To make my story short, we became friends. But my two best friends didn’t know that because I don’t want them to know, until Ai will train me to become good in basketball. We always play early in the mornings when the sun isn’t up yet. No wonder she’s good in basketball; she’s got the determination and the attitude of a varsity player. In other words, she’s a workaholic and she’s rubbing that attitude of hers in me... and that’s good because, I see how I’ve improved from the two months that we know each other. And then, finally, I decided to introduce her to my best friends.

“WHAT?!? SINCE WHEN?!?! WHY DID YOU HIDE IT FROM US?!? WE’RE YOUR BEST FRIENDS!!!”
“Ok, now I know that Eri has a potential to become the Reaction princess. And Sayu’s dead pan look is a winner. I really wish that I had my camera with me at that time to capture the ‘moment’”

“Is she… normal?”
“What kind of question is that Sayu? OF course, she’s still a human. She just have higher I.Q than yours. You see, Hinode and Kaede Gakuen are on the same community, after all, we’re sister schools. Ai-chan’s really good at basketball but she’s not the captain. She’s good at exams and other things too as far as we heard. And then I got to know her better and I can fully tell them that she’s normal. She might be weird, likes to be alone… fixated at favorite things… and then.. yeah… she’s acting somewhat suspicious.. I mean mysterious, but she’s still human.”
“Uhhh, Last time I checked her, she’s a human. She even had a scratch on her knees when she fell down. I accidentally tripped her while guarding her.”

“Since when did you learn to play dirty?”

“ERI!!! I SAID… ACCIDENTALLY!!!”

“Hey, it’s so early in the morning and you’re already yelling. Are you this loud?”

“You’re here~! Hey guys, this is Ai Takahashi. Ai, my two best friends, Sayumi Michishige and Eri Kamei.”
“I just introduced her to my friends, and they already started ganging up on me. I won’t give you the details but, they’re really mean. At least they got along pretty well. We started playing two on two. Sayu and Eri and I teamed up with Ai. And you know what… WE’VE WON!!!! Ahahaha. My hard work really paid off. So after that, I became the captain of our varsity team when I was on my senior year, Even though Hinode and Kaede were rivals in competitions, Ai-chan would always help me in my training. Just like a private tutor in basketball.

When we graduated from junior high, Sayu focused on being an idol, and Eri transferred to a different place. So me and Ai went to a same school and we decided to enter in a different club other than basketball… And that’s the Photography class. In our school, we are known as a diligent student. We always excel academically and were admired but other students. That’s why we decided to keep quiet that we are an OTAKU. You know… people who are REALLY OBSSESSED with anime. Otaku’s has that geeky image; glasses, messy hair, and a really weird behavior. If ‘normal’ people would know that we’re an otaku, they might move away from us. It’s really Ai-chan’s fault. She introduced me into this world and now, I’m amplifying it.”

So, we’re here in our photography club room. We passed the ‘assignment’ that our president, Mitsui Aika, gave us. The theme is ‘Matsuri’ and I think she had a plan to exhibit our photos on our school festival next month.

“Woah! Takahashi-san… Niigaki-san… your pictures are awesome! I have a feeling our exhibit will become a success!”

“Thanks!” We grinned at each other. We’ve become a great tandem ever since that day. Whether it’s in basketball, or academics… or even photography, people can’t separate the two of us. It’s like what I’ve said before, we complement each other. And another reason why we grinned was because Mitsui-san likes to treat us whenever she was happy or something. And tonight, we will go to the karaoke.
……………………
“BRAVO!!!!” We roared as Ai finished singing and dancing her song. It was from Morning Musume’s number 1 single, Love Machine. Yep, I told you we’re great fans.

“Niigaki-san! You’re next!” Mitsui-san gave me the mic. And my fingers excitedly punched the numbers of my favorite song.

“Ai wo kudasai~.. WAHH!!! Mr. Moonlight! Upside down! Mr. Moonlight~!” I saw Ai laughing away as I clumsily do the dance choreograph of the said song. I really didn’t know what was happening to me. It felt like I’m really energetic or like I was in the cloud or something. Well, I guess, everyone here is as crazy as me. My song ceased and my group mates clapped their hands for me. Mitsui-san raised her glass of tea.

“For the success of our exhibit!!!” We raised our own cups and drank its contents simultaneously. My iced tea tasted really weird. I looked at Ai-chan and I was about to tell her about my drink when she fell on the floor, and continued laughing hard. Ok, that was WAY too weird. That’s Ai-chan we’re talking about. Mitsui-san gave her the mic again. They all love Ai-chan’s voice… oh wait. They are going to do a duet!

"I want to believe this love is true . . .
. . . the love you express to me.
The future can only tell if this love is true or not, right?

As for now, I love you with all my heart
and nothing can get in the way."

“WOAH!!!! WAY TO GO AI~~!!!” She really liked English subject and she nailed Makoto’s engrish part. Mitsui-san took Yuuko and Kaori’s parts while Ai-chan took Makoto, Kon-Kon and Koha’s parts. They were dancing and singing crazily.

“Thank you!!! I love you all!!” We all laughed and cheered for Mitsui-san.

“I LOVE YOU RISA!!!! PLEASE BE MY GIRLFRIEND!!!” The cheering stopped and all their eyes looked towards my direction.

“Nice joke Ai-chan! Give me the mic and it’s my turn to sing now.” Instead of giving the mic to me, Ai-chan put it close to her mouth.

“I’m not joking Risa. I’m serious. I’m in love with you.” I just have to do something before it worsen. And the best thing to do is… laugh.

“Ahahahaha… geez, Ai-chan. I think you’ve drunk too much ice tea.”

“I told you not to put alcohol in it.” I looked back at Mitsui-san as she smacked the head of our naughtiest member, Koki. So that’s it. Alcohol! The weird taste and the weird actions… It all makes sense now!

“I’ll take Ai-chan home. Just continue the party guys!” I pulled Ai out of the karaoke bar and went to the bus stop.

“I told you I’m not joking.”

“You know, it’s just the alcohol messing with your mind. Koki put some alcohol in our drinks.”

“I’m not drunk. Why can’t you believe me? I’m in love with you.” I didn’t answer. Now I know how Eri felt before… so here’s another flashback.

………………
Flashback
“GAAAH!!! HE’S REALLY CUTE!!!”

“Ehh? Where? Who’s cute?”

“My friend’s little brother. His name is Yuki Michishige. He walked with us earlier… Kyaah!!! He’s so cool!”

“Uhh, ok… I thought your fangirl side is only for Morning Musume?”

“Yeah… but there’s always an exception.”
“I said that to Ai-chan but in reality, I’m just using Yuki as my mask. The one I really like was my other best friend Eri. I don’t mind them teasing me about Yuki, at least I can hide my true nature to them. It all happened before I even met Ai-chan.”

“I’m sooooooo tired~!!!! I have an audition tomorrow!!!”

“If you’re soooo tired, then just go home and rest.”

“Yeah, we’ll gladly take you home.”

“Ohh really? Is that ‘really’ your agenda Mame-san? Or do you like to tag along with me to see my brother?”

“EEHH~! NO!!! come on… we’re friends! It’s only natural for us to look at each other.”

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Anyway. I’ll just go home alone. I think Risa you still need to practice your jump shots. Eri will help you. Right?”

“Yeah! I’ll help her improve. Just go and rest. Do your best tomorrow!”

“Thanks! I’ll do my trade mark Usa-chan Peace tomorrow.”

“If you want to become a model DON’T EVER DO THAT!”
“And because of that remark, Sayu smacked my head. Anyways, I was left all alone with Eri and we continued playing basketball. Until we’re very tired.”

“Gaki-san… I’m tired.. Aren’t you tired yet?”

“Uhh… no. I can still play.”

“Geez, your stamina is like a man’s stamina.”

“I am a man… I mean woman. HAhahahaha.”
“Did I just say that? I guess I did. I always had this feeling towards Eri. She’s a very reliable person.. and funny. Sayu and I always tease her about her strange behaviors and all those teasing led to another. I had no idea that I would fall in love with my best friend.”

“So let’s go home now.”
“We were silent on the way home. I wanted to confess but I don’t know where to start. And if I didn’t confess, it would just torture me. I didn’t know that falling in love is really hard.”

“Uhh, Kame… how would you feel if somebody falls in love with you?”

“You’re asking me that? Of course I will feel happy that somebody noticed a turtle.”
“And she laughed at her own comment. She’s really strange.”

“What if that person is your friend?”

“Hmm? That will make it easy for both of us. If we’re friends, then we won’t feel awkward with each other.”

“What if that friend of yours… is a girl too?”
“At this question, Eri stopped walking and faced me. She didn’t just faced me, she scrutinized every inch of my face as if she was searching for something.”

“AHA! I knew it! You’ve fallen in love with Sayu!”
“Awww come on!!! SAYU?!?! That narcissist bunny?!? Can’t you see that it’s you whom I’ve fallen with?”

“Ewww!!! NO! Who would want to date a narcissist bunny who only talks about how cute she was all day?”

“Hmmm… so it’s me then?”
“Her keen senses were very fast considering she’s a turtle. I was taken aback and I didn’t know what to answer her. And I’m glad I didn’t because…”

“You know, I really appreciate it. Thank you for loving me but I guess, I’m not the right person for you. You see, I don’t want to ruin our friendship. You’re my best friend. If we fight, we can still fix it but if, for example we become lovers, I think it’s hard to bring back the friendship if we breakup or something. You’re too important for me to lose. I know that you’ll find someone better than me, someone that will take care of you no matter what happens. And when that day happens, let me be the one to know it first okay?”

…………………..
“You see, you’re my friend Ai-chan. Not just any friend, but I’ve already considered you my best friend. I don’t want to ruin our friendship in case our relationship will turn sour.”

“Why do you think that I’ll turn bad? I won’t do something that will make you sad. I’ll make sure that we’ll always be happy with each other.”
“Woah… that’s… yeah… she has a point… But… I just can’t love her. Whenever I’m with Eri, I’m happy and my heart always beats very fast. When I’m with Ai-chan or Sayu, I’m happy too, but my heart was just beating normally. And based from that, I know that Ai-chan isn’t the right person for me. She’s just a very dear friend. And honestly, it broke my heart when Eri said that. I know it will hurt Ai-chan too.”

“Well, things don’t go well in reality. It may happen it the fics, but it’s really hard to do that in reality. There are just some things that we can’t control. I’m sorry Ai-chan. But I rather have you as a friend.”

…………….
AI-chan started ignoring me since that day. She went back to her ‘introvert’ self. When we’re in our club, the other members were looking weirdly at us. I think they still can’t forget Ai’s confession in the karaoke. I tried to be close with her again but it’s her who’s moving away. I guess I hurt her that much. And I will just continue to hurt her when I stayed here. On the next school season, I changed my school. I went back to my parent’s hometown to study. I like photography that I took it again as my club, even though it still reminds me of Ai-chan. I know in time, we’ll be friends again.

“Woah… you’re good.” I looked up and saw this wonky-eyed girl staring at me. “Hi! I’m an exchange student here too! My name’s Tanaka Reina.”
“The girl extended her hand but I didn’t take it. My attitude changed when I left. I became grouchy and I’m always glaring at other people. I’m not the same Risa anymore. Risa only exists when I’m visiting Eri or Sayu. Reina started bombarding me with ‘cold’ jokes and it’s starting to annoy me.”

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you annoying me like this?”

“I’m not annoying you. I’m just being friendly with you. I think we’ll see each other more. You’re really good. No wonder Aika idolizes you.” With that said, my eyes grew wide, not because she messed up my hair but because of the name Aika… Is she talking about our president? Mitsui-san?

“And true to her word, she didn’t stop bothering me. It turns out that Mitsui-san was her relative and she told Reina about my photos. Reina really ‘bugged’ me during her stay in our school. And because of her, I became the same old Risa again. She stayed for only three months in our school and she has to go back to her school but for three months, we became friends. And I started to like her. Maybe she’s the one whom Eri mentioned; the right person for me. I started observing her and I learned that she was hiding something from me. And she was hiding it perfectly, until she accidentally blurted it.

“OH MY GOD!!!! I’VE BEEN SEARCHING THIS FOR YEARS!!!! MORNING MUSUME’S FIRST SINGLE!!!!”
“My heart started beating fast at the mention of my favorite band. I gave her my famous stare and she started stuttering her answer.”

“Uhhhm… uhhh… well, you see, my best friend really like this group… and I’m searching for this album because I know she will love it. After all, it’s a rare item.”
“I tried to go deeper and I learned that she’s a closet fangirl. I decided to visit her in her town and it turns out that Ai-chan and her were classmates. And our meeting turned sour.”

“Come on Kon-Kon, The great Makoto will treat you for dinner.”
“Oh yeah, since I already know that she’s a fangirl, I decided to make our reunion fun by role playing our favorite members.”

“Hey! Have you passed the photos for… our…exhibit?”
“I looked back and saw Ai-chan. I didn’t know how to react at first. I saw Reina looking back and forth at us. I know she’s confused as to why Ai-chan was staring at me. I don’t know what has gotten into me but I put my arms around Reina.”

“Who’s this Kon-Kon?”

“I’m Koharu Kusumi, Kon-Kon’s classmate.”
“I’m surprised at first that Ai-chan role played with me. I started doing things to Reina. And she’s just taking it in silently. And then, she noticed the tension between us and she took us to a quiet place to settle things. We talked and we came into a conclusion. I won’t give the details because… it’s our secret. But I can assure you, we’re both fine now.”

The End

Bloody AKB48

2009-11-19T23:59:00.005+08:00

Back! After almost a month... Been really busy..something happened so my busy schedule was doubled... Anyways... it's ok now so I'll bring you this POST halloween fic... 'someone' gave this idea to me... AHahaha...enjoy!

A dark cumulus cloud was hovering above the well-lit Tokyo sky, making the atmosphere a little bit eerie than it already was. Add to that, it’s the day where the ‘ghouls’ and ‘ghosts’ were said to walk off the face of the earth. At this gloomy Halloween night, the girls of Morning Musume were having a sleep over at their leader’s room.

“Ai-chan! Tell us a scary story!!!” Linlin suddenly suggested. The other girls slowly turned their heads towards her with a shocked expression in their faces. “What? Come on… It’s Halloween and a great way to celebrate it is to tell some scary stories right?”

“She has a point.” Junjun thought out loud. The other girls rolled their eyes at her. They knew that Junjun likes scary stuffs. Ai, being the ‘good’ leader that she was, decided to call it a day.

“Okay girls, it’s already late. We should sleep now. I know that we still have our free day tomorrow but some girls here are already tired from the earlier performance.” Ai scanned each faces of her members and it shows that ALL of them clearly didn’t want to sleep yet.

“I know a good one. It’s based from the experience of one of my friends in Kanagawa.” Ai stared at her best friend in horror. Risa’s her best friend but she’s not supporting her in her ‘lame’ attempt to escape the possible ‘Horror Fest’. Her pleading eyes were not enough to make Risa stop her storytelling.

“I’ll call this one… ‘The Tale of the Operating Room’.” Risa said in her lowest voice ever.

“COOL!!! Gaki-san, you sounded like you’re a part of the Midnight Society!” Eri gleefully exclaimed but Reina softly elbowed Eri’s side to silence her. Risa continued with her story.

“My friend was operated at a certain hospital to remove her kidney stones. She told me that she was knocked out from the anesthetic and she didn’t know anything that’s happening around her. The doctors were the only ones who told her what happened.”

“Ehh? How was that possible?” Ai asked, her voice quivering. She’s supposed to be scared but her curiosity got the best of her.

“Hmmm, I was wondering about that too. The doctors said that she’s REALLY knocked out but she’s still talking and she was even answering their questions, as if she was awake too.”

“I’m talking in my sleep too…” Eri butt in.

“Kame… your sleep talking is about your dreams and most of it is nonsense… while her, she knew what the doctors were doing and she was even following their prayer but when she woke up, she can’t remember a thing.”

“Creepy…. And then?” Linlin asked, her usually happy face was replaced by fear and anticipation for the outcome of the story.

“Well, that’s the end of it.” Risa announced. Ai smacked her head.

“What the heck was that?! Your dream that your grandma was being chased by an orangutan was even scarier than that!”

“ Come on… Can’t you just get it? My friend was possessed by a spirit because a lot of people died in that hospital! I was just being nice because I know that you’re scared of ghosts and stuffs.”

“Ohh… Is that so? Sorry.” Ai said and hugged her dearest friend who’s sitting beside her.

“I know a good one.” Aika suddenly exclaimed. All eyes turned towards her. “And it happened to me before.”

“EEHHHH!?!? NO WAY?!” The girls screamed at the same time. Aika just nodded in response and proceeded with her story.

“It was on my 10th birthday party where I was wearing a white princess-like dress. I won’t give you any details about that but, it ended late at night and I was really tired. I just threw my dress on the right side of my bed and it landed… well, actually it was more like hanging from the side of my dresser mirror. Anyways, I got dressed then slept. And then… it happened on my dream…” Aika paused for a while to look at how the girls reacted. She saw that they were listening intently on her story and was anticipating a ‘good’ scare specially Ai who ‘locked’ Risa on a tight koala hug.

“I dreamt that I was on my bed and then, an old white lady was floating on my right. I can still clearly see her wrinkled face, her burning red eyes… her…”

“STOP DESCRIBING IT!!!” Ai yelled, all the girls looked at her, grinning at her current situation. “Well, just continue with your story but don’t describe the lady any further.”

“Ok…” Aika continued, “Where was I… oh yeah, the old lady was floating near me. I wanted to run away but I can’t move my body. It feels like I was really, really sleepy that I can’t even move my fingers. A friend of mine introduced me to a prayer to exorcise evil. It’s in latin. I’ve memorized with my heart it but it seems that I can’t remember some parts and can’t continue with it. Then I tried the common prayers but the old lady was praying it together with me… and you know what’s scary?”

“She went closer to you?” Junjun asked.

“No.”

“She tried to bite your neck.” Sayumi declared as if she was so sure of what happened. Reina responded.

“Sayu… she’s not a vampire ok? How come will she bit her neck right? So Aika, what happened next?”

“Well, she said… ‘you think I didn’t know that prayer right?’. Her voice was really scary and then she laughed like a madman. I knew that it was just a dream so I said to myself that I will wake up from that scary dream; and I did. But when I opened my eyes… I still saw that white lady.”

The girls screamed loudly. Aika covered her ears with her hands. “GEEZ!!! Are you trying to make me deaf? Anyways, back to my story, it’s not actually a ‘ghost’ just like in my dream but it’s my dress. The creases on my dress formed exactly the face of the old lady in my dream… scary right?”

“So… what… did… you do… with … your dress.” Ai slowly asked with her voice shaking in fear. Risa could only smile at the way her best friend was acting.

“Well, I just put it back in my cabinet. It’s still my dress right? I just can’t throw it away that easily and besides… it’s my mom who bought that for me.”

“Speaking of buying… I had a scary experience once.” Reina suddenly said. “I was buying this particular necklace when I saw a friend of mine near another stall. I thought about going to her after buying the necklace but when I looked again in that store, she was already gone. And then after two hours, I was about to leave the mall when my friend greeted me. I told her I saw her inside but she said that she had just arrived.”

“When you saw that friend of yours in that stall… was she wearing the exact same clothes that when you saw her again?” Junjun asked. Reina nodded vigorously, hoping that Junjun has the answer. “Well, that was her doppelganger. I bet something bad happened to your friend after that?”

“Yeah! She got sick! How did you know?”

“It’s said that doppelgangers are harbingers of bad luck. If you or someone saw your doppelganger, it means that either you will become sick… or worse… you’ll be dead!” Junjun emphasized the last word which made their leader hug her best friend tighter.

“Ai-chan… you know, from this angle… It looks like you were just using your ‘fear’ as a way to score points on Risa.” Sayumi blatantly said making the older girl blush. Eri lightly hit her best friend on her head. “Itai! Why did you do that?”

“Because you’re stating the obvious… You’re making Ai-chan blush. Just let her do her thing silently ok?” Sayumi nodded and turned towards Linlin who was raising her hand like a school girl.

“OOHH!!OHH!!! I remember!! I have a scary experience too! It was back when I was still in China. We were cleaning our school’s auditorium with only the light from the stage open. The back part was really dark and you can’t see a thing but I did. I saw something walking in there. And I know it’s not human… It’s pure black! If it’s a human, then I will see a faint flesh color right? But it’s darker than the background color and all of us suddenly felt that the room became cold.”

“Just like…. Now?”

“RISA!!!! STOP SCARING ME!!!!!!” Ai’s scream was followed by a loud thunder.

“I’m not scaring you… What I mean by that is, it’s getting cold now because it’s raining.”

“No… you’re clearly scaring me! It has a double meaning!” Ai answered back while still not removing her hold on Risa.

“Hey…. Have you heard the story of Bloody Mary?” Ai’s eyes widened in horror as she heard Junjun’s ‘cold’ and ‘dark’ voice. Everyone knew about that urban legend. Ai tried to calm herself in preparation for Junjun’s story but instead she heard the bunny’s voice.

"OMG! I KNOW OF A SIMILAR ONE! I heard that if a Morning Musume member goes in a dark room and says ‘AKB48’ in front of a mirror 3 times, one of them will appear in the mirror and try to scratch out your vocal chords!" Ai sighed in relief. At least Sayu said something that’s not meant to scare her.

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" said Reina. Sayu stared at her and then grinned.

“You’re just scared.”

“What?! I’m not scared! Who told you that JOKE?! Geez, you know what. I’m going to the bathroom and try your lame joke.” Reina stood up and went inside Ai’s bathroom and closed the door. They saw the light was turned off and heard Reina said ‘Akb48’ three times. “See… I told you it’s just… AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!”
The girls were stunned as they heard Reina screaming wildly inside. They rushed towards the bathroom and tried to open the ‘locked’ door.

“Reina! What’s happening?” Sayu pounded the door to no avail. Eri tried to kick the door down to no avail. Aika rolled her eyes towards her sempais.

“Geez… you could ask Takahashi-san for the keys…” The two Rokkies stopped for a while and then resumed beating the door. “REINA!!!! Are you alright?!?! Hold on!!! We’re coming!!!”

“How come it won’t open? We didn’t hear her lock it.” Ai said to herself while holding tightly to Linlin as a replacement for her best friend who just stood up and went towards the direction of her bathroom.

Aika walked towards their stunned leader and asked for the keys. Ai was in no condition to move so Risa was the one who went to Ai’s dresser and grabbed the keys. She was about to give it to Aika when Reina’s screaming ceased. The two girls looked at each other rather alarmed and then they ran towards the bathroom. Before they can insert the key, the door opened by itself, revealing a terrified Reina lying on the floor; shivering and rocking back and forth. Junjun glanced at the mirror but saw nothing. Eri and Sayu carried Reina on Ai’s bed. Linlin managed to get out from Ai’s grip and went to Ai’s personal fridge to get some water for her terrified co-member.

“What did you see? I didn’t see anything on the mirror.” Junjun asked. Sayu sat beside her friend.

“Did you see your future husband?”

“Or an AKB48 member?” Eri queried.

“Something really scary?” Aika asked and then Reina nodded. Ai grabbed Risa again and hugged her tightly. Risa being caught again by the ‘koala’ hug of Ai, decided to give her best friend a ‘small’ scare.

“Did you see bloody Mary?” Risa felt Ai’s grip tighten after hearing that name, then followed by a light smack on her head.

“no.”

“Then tell us what it is.” Sayu demanded.

“I… saw…” Reina wasn’t able to finish her sentence when a lightning flashed, followed by a deafening sound of a thunder. The girls screamed and then screamed louder when the lights were cut off.

………………………
” I’m almost finished!!!! I’m missing out our sleep over because of this freaking assignment! Need to do it fast.. HAYAKUSUMI mode… ON!!!”
Koharu focused and in no time at all she finished her math assignment. She quickly changed into her pajamas and went towards Ai’s room. As she was walking in the hallway towards the stairs, she can hear faint sounds of girls screaming and as she walked closer towards Ai’s room, it’s getting louder and louder until it suddenly stopped.

“What was that? Are they telling creepy stories?” Koharu was really intrigued so she ran towards the corner but her instincts told her to stop and hide for a while when the door opened and saw two figures walking out of Ai’s room. When the coast was clear she ran towards the room and opened the light, revealing the ‘devastating’ situation of her friends.

“Guys!! What did Fujimoto-san and Nakazawa-san did to you?!?”

The End

Fangirl 11

2009-10-13T18:39:00.000+08:00

Finally! Here's the update that you've been waiting for! Well, sorry if there's no Three-Tums story...but hey... I think 'Kuwagata' explained that. I think I want to melt while making this chapter….SO CHEESY!!!! Aherm… anyways, enjoy reading!

“OHAYOU~!” Rika excitedly greeted as soon as she entered their building. Her officemates were stunned because they thought that it’s her day off. They replied back; still surprised by her sudden burst of energy. Rika skipped happily along the corridor going to the elevator while humming along the tune that she was listening to the night before, and early that morning.

“Cry, cry don’t cry watashi wa suki na no~” Rika tried hard to restrain herself from making ‘eye-catching’ dance moves as her officemates were eyeing her. She didn’t mind all the looks for she was busy being happy that time.

“Tonight tonight KISU shinai asobi ja KISU shinai~” Rika looked back at the person singing the next line on Resonant Blue.

“Ohayou Yoshizawa-san! How’s your day?”

“Well, as far as you can see, my day hasn’t started yet. But it seems that yours started for some time now.”

“Yeah! Gaahh!!! I really like Three-Tums’ Resonant Blue song but having their autographs on the CD case makes it really stand out!”
“I thought you said that it’s your rest day today?”

“Yeah.. but I still need to finish some work… then the FANGIRLING will resume!!!” As Rika squealed her secretary came out from another door and stared at her. Rika cleared her throat and made a ‘normal’, much like ‘formal’ greeting to Mari.

“Good morning Yaguchi-san. Let’s do our best today!” Mari blinked before finding the right answer to her boss’ question.

“Hai.. Oh by the way, Ishikawa-san, your father called again.”

“Ughh”
“Oh, so what did he say? I hope it’s not another travel in one of our branch? He knew that today’s my day off right?”

“Well, you can relax because he just called to say that someone’s going to visit you.”

“Did he mention who that ‘someone’ is?” Rika stressed the word ‘someone’. She had a feeling that ‘someone’ has already visited her in the form of Fujimoto Miki.

“No. He didn’t say anything about that. He just said that she will be here at lunch time.” With that said, Mari excused herself from the two, and then gave the taller one an extra look before completely disappearing behind the corner. Rika noticed that and at the same time, heard the person behind her letting out a sigh.

“I guess my day’s just started there.” Rika gave Hitomi a bewildered look. “Hahaha, why are you giving me that look? Hey, I’ve got to go now. I’ll be late for a meeting. See you around!” With that said, Hitomi quickly took an elevator, leaving a clueless Rika in the middle of the corridor.

”What was that all about?” Rika shrugged the thought and waited for the ‘other’ elevator. “Is it Miki? But she visited me yesterday? Well, I guess I have to wait till lunch time… Help me, help me, help..”

“Help me!” Rika quickly covered her mouth. She has the dreaded ‘Last Song Syndrome’ for Resonant Blue and somehow, she said loudly Michishige’s ‘yell’. She was relieved that no one heard her. She quickly boarded the elevator and went to her office.

……………..
“Yatta!!!! I finished it!!! Cry, cry don’t cry… hmmmm hmm hmm….” Rika happily hummed the tune as she was clearing up her table but before she can put everything away, her phone rang.

“Konnichiwa, Yaguchi-san.” Rika greeted. It was her initial reaction as Mari filters her calls.

“Do I sound like Yaguchi-san to you?”

“EHHHH?!?!? USO?!? Ayumi?!? How did you know my local number?”

“Uhhh, I asked someone… Didn’t your father told you that I’m coming to visit you?”

“EHHHH?!?! He did mention that ‘someone’ will visit me but he didn’t mention that it was you!” Rika heard her friend laugh on the line other line.

“Geez Rika! I thought you like Eri and Three-Tums, but I think you’re beginning to become Risa. If you will become an idol, you’ll absolutely inherit her ‘Reaction Queen’ title.” Rika was about to answer again but her mind told her that at her state, she’ll definitely answer her friend in a ‘reaction queen mode’, so she just decided to change the topic.

“So, where are you now?”

“Uhhm, outside? In a café near your office?”

“You sounded unsure there… I know that place. Be there in a jiffy.”

“Oh yeah.. Don’t forget to bring your laptop with you!” Rika answered a quick yes and closed her phone, but when she was about to put her laptop inside its case, she stopped and place it back on her table.

“I’m a fast reader…” When she checked Kuwagata’s blog, she was disheartened at what she read.

I know a lot of you are checking my blog everyday to read an update ever since I was back from a long hiatus. And I’m sorry to tell you that I think I’m in a writer’s block again. Don’t get me wrong here. It’s not because I can’t write but it’s more that I want the outcome to be… well written, especially with this ‘Searching for the Light’ fic because somehow, it’s been a part of me. I’ll just post it when I’ve finished it, Thank you for your continuing support
~Kuwagata

“Oh man… that sucks… oh well, I’m expecting a good ending here.” She closed her laptop and swiftly put it inside her bag. She got out of her room, gave her finished work to her secretary and quickly left the office.

……………………
“Uhh, Ayumi. I think we should change the venue.”

“Why?”

“Because, they are my officemates and I don’t want them to see me squealing and hyperventilating over whatever files you’re going to give me.” Ayumi felt sorry for her friend. In her work, her officemates knew that she was an anime addict and much like a Maki Goto and Kanjani 8 fangirl, or ‘wota’ sometimes. But her friend was having a hard time being a closet fangirl. Even though her friend didn’t tell her, she can feel the pressure of living the life of what people perceive her to be; where a single ‘dirt’ on her excellent profile wasn’t allowable. She nodded as a response and let Rika lead their way.

“I know of this certain restaurant. It’s just 10 minutes away from here.”

…………………..
“A..yu..mi… where.. did… you… down…load…that?” Ayumi wanted to laugh at her friend. She was transferring some of the ‘Three-Tums’ files that she downloaded on the net when Rika started ‘hyperventilating’ silently.

“On the net… I was following some Maki Goto links and I stumbled upon a picture of Maki and Reina on a ferris wheel. It was about two years ago I guess, the time when Maki cut her hair short.” Ayumi watched as Rika was trying her very best to conceal her squeal by covering her mouth with her two hands. “Hey, I don’t want you to die because of suffocation. I think you should let go now, we are the only one’s here. Everybody else has gone back to their work.”

“I… can’t… I… don’t… want… someone…. Oh my gosh…OH MY GOSH!!!! Omgomgomgomgomgomg…..” Ayumi face palmed as she heard her best friend’s famous ‘omg’ mantra when Rika saw a TanaKamei picture where Eri looked like she was kissing Reina on the cheeks. “Is it edited? Is it edited? Is it edited????!!!”

“Uhh, I don’t know but it looks so real…”

“KYAAAHH!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!! I’LL MAKE THAT MY WALLPAPER!!!! HARHARHARHAR!!!!”

“So this is Ishikawa Rika at her 100% fangirl mode… Kowaii…” Rika quickly covered her mouth. It wasn’t her best friend’s voice. She looked at her friend and saw that she was having that bewildered look too. They looked back at the entrance of the store and Rika gasped.

“Ehhh? Miki?”

“Hi! Just got back from Tokyo.” Miki walked towards their place and pulled out a seat next to Rika. She quickly noticed the picture on the laptop and snorted. “So you’re a TanaKamei fan… I pity you.”

“Huh? What do you mean?” Rika asked. Ayumi was curious too. Miki let out a victorious smile. “Because, the real pairing in Three-Tums is KameShige. They’re best friends, and Eri herself admitted that she always spends most of her time with Sayu…” The two was left dumbfounded for a while and then started laughing like crazy. “What? You don’t believe me? Watch their interviews! There are lots of proofs in there!”

“Hahahaha… so you’re into Three-Tums too…” Miki can’t look directly at Rika’s eyes. Her façade has fallen off and there’s nothing she can do about it but to go with the flow. “And your favorite pairing is KameShige…. I think we just formed a triad..” Rika thought aloud, and then started laughing again.

“Triad? I don’t get it.” It was Miki’s turn to be curious at what Rika said.

“Well, you see. It’s like this… I like TanaKame… then you like KameShige… and then Ayumi here likes TanaShige. Three pairings for the three persons.” Miki looked at Ayumi when Rika pointed to her. Rika got Miki’s quizzical look. “Oh, sorry. I haven’t formally introduced the two of you. Ayumi, this is the co-worker that I’m talking about Fujimoto Miki, from the Hokkaido branch, and Miki, this is my best friend… Shibata Ayumi.” Ayumi smiled at Miki when the other reached out her hand for a simple hand shake. “Finally! The two Maki Goto addict have met!” Miki furrowed her eyebrows… while Ayumi raised hers. Rika noticed that the simple hand shake has turned into a ‘gripping’ fight. “Uhh, guys…”

“SO IT’S YOU!!!” Both of them announced at the same time.

“Rika, remember three years ago, at that Anime Convention that we went in Tokyo a week before our college graduation? Where I found that ‘Goto Maki Premium Best 1 album?” Ayumi questioned her friend without taking off her ‘glare’ at Miki.

“Uhh, yeah. I definitely remember that. You made a scene with that girl on that little CD.” Rika laughed but quickly stopped when she felt that the tension was still rising between the two. And then it hit her. “Don’t… tell… me…”

-Flashback-
“COME ON!!! WE WILL BE LATE!!! I DON’T WANT TO BE LATE!!!”

“I know, I know… I’m hurrying! I’m not a fast runner.” Ayumi yelled to her friend who was running ahead of her. They were inside a train station and were trying their best to catch the next train. They reached the platform in no time and in exchange, they were coughing and breathing harder because of excessive running. After a few moments, Ayumi decided to resume their previous conversation. “So what did you tell your father this time? Graduation practice even though it’s Sunday?” Ayumi snickered. Rika playfully punched her best friend’s arm.

“No, I told him, that I’ll help you shop for a nice dress that you will use for our graduation. And as usual, he always falls for my explanations!”

“And you used me again?! Geez… If you honestly told them where you will be going, then I think we wouldn’t have to ‘disguise’ ourselves with these outfits. Ayumi pointed on her black, leather over coat. We look like Nazi’s here and also, THE HEAT’S KILLING ME!”

“They wouldn’t understand it… and besides, we will remove these outfits ONCE we reach Tokyo. Just think that we’re cosplaying right now. ” Rika answered while they entered the train. She fixed her thick sunglass and lowered her cap so as to avoid being recognized. Ayumi wanted to retaliate about their outfits but her friend’s somewhat ‘family’ problem was her main concern for now.

“You haven’t even tried it yet. How did you know that they wouldn’t understand you? Look at me, sometimes it was my father who’s the one buying an anime DVD. And they also watch those with me.”

“You have cool parents. I don’t know whether my parents are cool too, but they see me as a perfect daughter. Though I don’t say it aloud but I love them so much that I’m willing to sacrifice my hobbies for them to be happy.” Ayumi eyed her friend even though she knew Rika wouldn’t see it. She knew her friend has a soft spot for her parents. Ayumi wanted to say that her friend was wrong. Rika made it sound like her parents were forcing her to study hard but in reality, it was Rika herself who were doing those stuffs because of her ‘wrong’ impression about her own parents. Ayumi always spend her childhood days in Rika’s ‘mansion’ so she knew how ‘cool’ Rika’s parents were; though her best friend was too blind to see those. Her father was a joker and liked to make fun of Rika. Her mother was a caring mother; she always makes them cookies whenever they will study, put blankets on them when they fell asleep. All those times that she spent with her family, she never heard them say ‘study hard’ to Rika as the other claims it to be. Of course, are there parents who will not be happy when their child is performing great in school and in life? None. She wanted to tell Rika about the ‘shadow’ that she created but hey, they were going in an Anime Convention and it’s not the right time to be gloomy over life.

“Sacrifice? You?!? You can’t even seem to let go of that first Shounen Jump manga that you bought years ago.”

“It’s different… it’s called Sentimental Value.”

“But it sounds the same to me.”

…………………
“OMG!OMG!OMG!!!! COME ON!!! We need to have those cupcakes!!!” Rika pulled her friend towards a certain booth for the Johnny’s Entertainment products. There’s an announcement about the JE booth on a certain blogging community that they will give free cupcakes for the first 50 persons who will visit the booth. Ayumi and Rika were one of the first persons so they received a cupcake.

“I’ll take the blue one. It’s Yassu’s color.” Rika said to the fellow fangirl who manages the booth.

“And I’ll take the green one… I like the green ranger.” Ayumi said while smiling crazily at Rika. “Hey… are we on a role play or what? Is it a coincidence that you’re wearing blue and I’m wearing green?” Instead of answering her friend, Rika chose the ‘indirect’ approach.

“Nee~ Tacchon… I want to taste the green cupcake too. Will you please let me have a bite?” Ayumi suppressed her laugh and decided to give a reply to Rika.

“Of course my dear Yassu… You can NOT have a bite. I’m hungry, you already have your cupcake and most of all, you’ll just get fat.”

“Tacchon~! You’re so mean to me!”

“KYAAAHH~! So the two of you are an Ohyass fan too?” The girl who handed them the cupcakes asked. The two nodded and the girls started screaming… or squealing about their favorite pairing.

“They will have a new drama! It’s called Yasuko to Kenji! MY GOLLY WOW!!! There will be lots of OHYASS hints there!!! KYAAAHH~!”

“Yes~!!!! And did you see their latest DVD? Yassu was kneeling in front of Tacchon and then Tacchon grabbed Yassu’s hair it looked like he was ‘wiping’ Yassu’s face in his front… KYAAAH~!”

“And then, did you see their ‘Wahaha’ PV? It’s PURELY an OHYASS PV!!! KYAAAHH~!!”

“Yassu and Tacchon, alone in a Bathtub!!! MY PERVY MIND’S RUNNING!!! KYaaaAAAHHHHHhhh~~~~!!!!

The two met other JE fans and the booth was suddenly turned into a screaming fest. After a couple of minutes of buying JE stuffs and meeting and getting to know their fellow JE fangirls, Ayumi and Rika bade them goodbye and looked at the other booths. Rika and Ayumi bought a Final Fantasy 8 necklace, various anime DVD’s and posters. Ayumi bought a small ‘Killua’ doll to add to her Hunter x Hunter collection while Rika purchased a ‘Shaman King’ game on PC. The two were enjoying taking pictures with some cosplayers, taking a video at the bands performing and participating in the various games. They were eating some takoyaki and sushi at a certain booth when Rika noticed their ‘next’ location.

“Look! A CD and DVD booth! Let’s check that out.” After eating, they proceeded in the said booth. Rika almost let out a squeal as she learned that the booth was selling different Jpop and Jrock ‘hard-to-find CD’s and DVD’s. They quickly got inside and search for whatever CD they will see.

“KYAAAH~! Three-Tum’s first movie!!! Hoshisuna no Shima, Watashi no Shima - Island Dreamin'! I WILL DEFINITELY BUY THIS!!!” Rika hugged the said item and when nothing answered her, she went looking for her friend. “ Hey! Are you alright over there?” Rika asked her friend as soon as she caught her staring at a certain CD. She can’t see it because Ayumi was blocking her view so she decided to take a closer look. And there it was, the limited edition album of her best friend’s favorite singer.

“Are my eyes playing tricks on me?” Ayumi whispered to herself but loud enough for Rika to hear.

“No, I can see it too.” Ayumi was about to reach for the said album when another hand grabbed it first.

“Yatta! The album with Maki’s Korean version of Suppin no Namida and Daite yo!” The short-haired girl beside Ayumi exclaimed happily. Rika slowly looked at her friend and as expected… Ayumi was pissed off.

“Hey you! I was going to buy that one! I didn’t you see me looking at it?”

“So? You were just looking at it so I grabbed it.”

“But I saw that first! That’s MINE!”

“And I TOOK it first!” The girl examined the CD. “I can’t see your name on it, so it means that it’s definitely NOT yours!”

“Uhh, Ayumi, just let it go. It’s just another CD…”

“IT’S NOT JUST ANOTHER CD!!!” Rika was surprised when the two exclaimed that simultaneously. After glaring at her for a split second, the two realized something.

“DON’T IMITATE ME!!!” Rika wanted to laugh at the scene in front of her. The two were clearly a ‘Wota’ of Maki Goto. If not for the other person who approached the ‘yankii-like’ girl, it may end up it a ‘messy’ way.

“Tan! What are you doing?! Give that back to her!” Rika saw how the other person made the girl change her fierce expression.

“But Ayaya! This is a limited edition! I…”

“Geez, if you want one, just ask.”

“But… But…” Rika and Ayumi were speechless. The girl morphed into a whining 5-year old kid. Ayaya removed the CD from Tan’s hands and gave it to Ayumi.

“Here you go, sorry about that.” She then looked back at her friend. “Don’t worry, I’ll be the one who’ll ask her.” Ayumi muttered a simple thanks and bowed. “Sorry again. It’s just my friend’s really a hard core fan… but she didn’t want to be labeled as one.” The girl sweetly whispered but the other one heard it. She wore again her angry expression.

“Hey! I heard that! Geez, it’s ruining my mood. Let’s just go Aya.”

-End Flashback-

“OMG!!!! I remember! You’re that ‘Tan’ person!!!” Rika yelled as she pointed her finger towards Miki.

“Yeah… I am that ‘Tan’.” Miki answered between gritted teeth. Rika noticed that the two were still crushing each other’s hand. “Geez, will the two of you stop that?! It’s already been three years!” The two didn’t even flinch. Rika sighed and decided to take the ‘authoritative’ approach. “Ayumi, stop that… and you to Fujimoto.” The two decided to follow this time after hearing Rika’s angry voice. And then suddenly, the two of them started laughing, leaving a clueless Rika staring wide eye at them.

“AHAHAHAHA!!! You sounded like an angry chipmunk!” Miki declared.

“Yeah! It doesn’t fit you! You’re not that scary!” Ayumi followed and then laughed louder. Rika scowled but then, her face lit up. It’s better for them to be laughing even though the source of their merriment was her. She decided to let it slip for now and just enjoy the afternoon.

…………….
The three of them spent their day talking about Three-Tums though most of their talks centered with Maki Goto. Rika also knew her but did not have the same zeal compared to Three-Tums. At least, she can relate. Then they gossiped about the latest news like the new musical that the Three-Tums and Futari were starring in, and the latest radio show that Risa and Eri formed to promote the musical. After that, they went for a walk in a record bar to look for some CD’; Rika made sure that the two won’t fight again. All in all, they had fun that afternoon, but all things comes to end. It was almost dark when Ayumi decided to leave. Rika and Miki walked with her towards the train station.

“Thanks for visiting me. Take care!” Rika said as she hugged her friend tightly.

“You’re welcome. We’ll go shopping again as soon as you got home, ok? Well, you can rest first.” Ayumi joked and then looked she looked at the other person beside her best friend.

“You’re such an interesting person. No wonder Rika likes you.” Miki’s eyes widened at the comment and then she grinned back at the similarly stunned Rika.

“So~, you like me huh?”

“Ehh?!? I didn’t say that! It’s not like what it means! Ayumi! What the hell…”

“See… you’re actions are definitely showing it.” Ayumi grinned and then laughed. “I’ll leave you now! Good luck!” With that said, Ayumi ran towards the platform.

“Hidoi!!!!” Rika yelled back. She felt some heat rise on her cheeks. She gathered her courage and faced Miki. “It’s not like what you think. It’s just that when I was in Hokkaido, you’re only person whom I was close with so when Ayumi calls to check up on me, you were always part of my story.”

“Yeah, no need to explain. I was just messing with you. So… are you in for a walk, ‘Kamei’-san?” Rika looked puzzled at first but then smiled when she realized that Miki was just role playing. She decided to play along.

“Yes, ‘Tanaka’-san. It would be nicer if ‘Sayu’ stayed a little longer.” Miki linked her hands with Rika. Rika was somewhat taken aback at the sudden gesture. She felt her cheeks turned hot for the second time. It seemed natural when she was holding hands with Ayumi but a different feeling emerged when Miki was the one holding it. She shrugged at the thought. They were ONLY role playing.

“How many times should I have to tell you, call me Reina.”

“Ok, if that’s what you want, Reina-chan but you must call me Eri.”

“Sure, if that’s what my princess want.” Miki suddenly hugged Rika which caught the other off-guard.
“This is just a role play… a ROLE PLAY… we were just playing a TanaKame scene… nothing else…”

“Uhh… Reina… you’re crushing me…” Rika finally managed to say. Miki wasn’t really crushing her; it’s just that she wanted to get out of their awkward position. The other finally decided to let her go but managed to make Rika’s heart skip a beat when Miki removed a strand of hair on her face and put it back on her ear, making her fingers touch Rika’s cheek. “You’ll look even more beautiful if you don’t hide your face behind your hair.”

“Uhh… UMEBOSHI!!! I want to eat Umeboshi!” Rika suddenly blurted. She can’t stop herself from blushing real hard when Miki accidentally or intentionally caressed her cheek. She was hopeful that Miki didn’t notice that due to the poor lighting. She didn’t like umeboshi but when she spotted some umeboshi being sold in a stall, she used it as a chance to get away from her current situation. After all, she was still ‘playing’ Eri’s character. She ran towards the stall leaving Miki behind her.

“Should I really buy one? I don’t like umeboshi… it’s too sour for me…”

“Let me buy that for you.” Rika was stunned when she recognized the owner of the voice.

“Yoshizawa-san? What are you doing here?”

“Just strolling around… then I saw you. You want that? I’ll buy that for you.”

“I’ll be the one to buy that for her.” Rika saw that Hitomi’s eyes widened when she saw Miki approaching. She thought that there may be some sort of rivalry between the two managers. Miki inched her way towards Rika and hugged her from behind. “Nee~ Eri, how many packs of umeboshi do you want?”

“Miki, this isn’t the right time to role play” Rika whispered but Miki ignored her. Instead, she turned her attention towards Hitomi.

“Eri, who is this girl?” Rika wanted to stop role playing at that instant. She was about to say Hitomi’s name when the other beat her.

“Niigaki Risa. I’m Eri’s office mate.”

“I’m Tanaka Reina, Eri’s friend… well, more than friend type…”

“I think I want to die right now…

TBC

So Close

2009-10-07T13:45:00.002+08:00

Ahahaha.. I decided to make a fic out of the OPV that I made... so yeah, I made this one really fast so I think it affected the quality of the outcome... Anyways, enjoy reading!XD

You’re in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I’m with you
So close to feeling alive

“That’s it for today! Good job everyone!” Sumio-san said after finally being satisfied with our performance. It’s what you expect for a veteran Takarazuka director.

“Takahashi-san?”

“Yes?”

“You and Niigaki-san have a great chemistry. I guess that’s because the two of you are best friends. You two amazed me. It looks so real.” He gently patted my shoulders. I muttered a simple thank you as he walks away. Sumio-san, if you only knew. I hope it’s really real too.

When did I start feeling this way towards you? When did I start hiding a simple glance from you? I didn’t really know the answer at that and the initial reaction I did was to move away from you. I knew you tried hard. But I was more stubborn. From ‘Risa-chan’ I resorted to calling you ‘Gaki-san’, though I know it would hurt you most. Why? Because I’m afraid. I’m afraid to lose you as a friend. It’s better for me to suffer alone and still being able to talk to you in ‘civilized’ way than not being able to talk to you at all.

A life goes by
Romantic dreams will stop
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close

I’m in this kind of ‘self- denial’ stage right now and I think there’s nothing that I can do about it… Every night my dreams kept on haunting me. Dreams of you and me together. Dreams of us back then where we would give our innocent smiles to each other; back then when this feeling hasn’t surfaced yet. I tried to live my life as normal as it can be. But every day you would mess with my inner mind. You don’t have any idea how your simple touch can wreak havoc inside me. I knew you did that on purpose. Because I knew you sense that I was indirectly pushing you away from me.

I think I’ve succeeded on that. You and Eri make a great pair. As I look at the two of you, happily talking to each other while packing up your bags, I felt a tinge of jealousy. If I’m not afraid to face this feeling, it was me who would be laughing with you right now. And for a split second, I felt that I want to hold you… forever, if that’s possible.

So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you’re beside me and look how far we’ve come
So far we are so close

“Hey Ai-chan, why are you still here?”

“I need to practice more… I feel like I’m not still good enough for this role.”

“Ai-chan… you’re such a workaholic… You’re fine. Believe in yourself. I think you’ve improved a lot ever since Ribbon no Kishi.”

“Thanks Gaki-san… But still… I want to practice.” Please Risa… Don’t make this hard for me… You, saying those words, makes me want to embrace you right now.

“If Takarazuka are my idols too, I would be really nervous just performing with them. I know what you feel Ai-chan. I’m here to help you.” You put down your bag and held my hand. I hope you didn’t hear my heart skip a beat. “So, let’s practice Cinderella and Prince Charles’ parts, shall we?”

“Ha… hai…”

How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We’re so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let’s go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far

It felt like time stopped on us. It’s like we really are Cinderella and Prince Charles. Or that’s what my mind wanted me to think. I stared at your brown eyes and tried to decipher that ‘mysterious’ look that you’re giving me. Was it happiness? Pain? Confusion? Anger? Sadness? Maybe it’s all of those emotions. You’re silently asking me why right? Why did I keep on pushing you away when all I ever want was to be beside you?

“Do I love you because you’re beautiful? Or you’re beautiful because I love you?” It’s the first time that you talked since we started dancing. I thought you said that we should practice our scenes but all we did was dance… and got lost to it. Should I answer it? It’s just our song that we would sing so there’s no need to answer right. But a small part of me wanted to answer ‘both’. I want to pretend this ‘practice’ of ours was real. If it’s only me, I wanted to go on dreaming. At this moment, I didn’t want to lose you. You’re always the one who gave me strength, who’s always telling me that I can do this and that. The one who always says that you’ll stay by my side and support me at everything. I know it’s not part of the scene but I can’t stop myself from resting my head on your chest. The sound of your beating heart made me feel at ease. I really don’t want to end this fantasy.

“Gaki-san! Come on! I thought you promised that we would go shopping!” I heard you let out a ‘sad’ sigh.

“I have to go Ai-chan… Kame’s waiting for me.”

“Uhh, thanks… for practicing with me.”

“I had fun. Let’s do it again sometime. Oh yeah, believe in yourself. You can do it. You know I’ll always support you no matter what.” You immediately ran after that. I was left alone, thinking about what you said. I gave me hope, but at the same time, a little bit of pain in the heart. I felt like you feel the same way about me too… but like me, you were afraid. I guess it can’t be helped. We’re best friends. We’re so close… and yet, we’re still so far.

The End

Takagaki OPV- So Close

2009-10-05T12:51:00.003+08:00

Not much but I made a TakaGaki OPV... I don't know why but the idea came to me two weeks ago? Not sure about the date but it was during one of my breaks and I was watching Dora the Explorer Tour from afar while I was listening to Jon McLaughlin's So close... and suddenly, I wasn't watching Dora anymore but a tear-jerker TakaGaki 'possible' fic... possible coz I can't write too much drama..I'm still not good in that area..so yeah... Just sharing this one..Sorry about the subs!I haven't downloaded the RAW file.XD

Stranded

2009-10-03T22:26:00.009+08:00

I'm back!!!! Ahahahaha... anyways.. to those following my 'fangirl' I'm happy to tell you that I may post it some time next week... but for now, this fic is based on my grueling experience last Saturday when a typhoon hit our country. The incidents really happened.. but I added some 'fluff' scenes which didn't happen in reality.. So yeah.. I hope you would have an idea at what I went through that day...(although I made this one short..yeah... SHORT)I hope you like it!

PS: Yeah, the banana shake was true and so as the 'picnic'. There's that "TanaKamei' thing goin on...I did eat that chocolate, 'Matsuura-san's really gay.. 'Nakazawa' really ran off. There's really that shivering 'Risa' beside me..though in real life Risa's a HE and I definitely didn't do what Ai did. Talk about code names.. :)

“I wish I went out earlier”

I let out a deep sigh as I grabbed my phone from inside my bag. I have to message my manager that I’ll be late. Now my record of having a clean slate would be tarnished. I looked outside the window and saw that the rain was still pouring down hard. I hate rainy days.

~Good morning mam!~
“What’s so good this morning? I’m going to be late!”
~It’s me, Takahashi-san. I think I’m going to be late. The bus hasn’t move due to the flood for about forty minutes now. I’m really sorry.~

After I sent the message, I put my phone back to my bag and pulled out a book that I bought two days ago. I can’t seem to focus to my reading as my ‘responsible’ side was bugging me.

“If you only didn’t play PSP earlier, you would probably be in the store right now.”
“I can’t help it. I can’t wait to try the new game.”

“And now, look at you. Why are you reading that book when there’s only 20 minutes left before you will be officially late from work?”
“I’m going to be late anyways. There’s no need to make haste.”

“What are you saying?!? Are you really a team leader?! A leader isn’t supposed to say those things!”
“And what should I do?”

“How about you, getting out of this bus right now and run towards your store just before your time expires.”
“And what? Be soaking wet from rain and mud?”

“Remember, this will be the first time that you will have a ‘late’ record!”
“But if I do that… I’ll have an ‘x’ mark on my ‘uniform’ in the checklist. You know Fujimoto-san’s strict when it comes to appearance.”
”But you will be late!”
“This is my first time… and I can’t control the weather. I think Fujimoto-san will understand me.” As if on cue, I pulled out my phone from my bag and read the message.

~It’s ok. I’ll just adjust your time if you will be late for an hour. The store’s in a mess right now. We closed the ‘Smoking’ section due to the heavy rain.~

I smiled. Our ‘scary’ manager really has a soft side. The ‘responsible’ me vanished after reading the message and I’m left alone with my book. I finished four chapters and looked at the time. It’s been thirty minutes pass my ‘original’ schedule but the bus only moved an inch…or so. I messaged my manager again to tell her about my current situation although nothing much changed since then. It’s just to show her how ‘eager’ I am to get to work so she should stick to her word about adjusting my schedule. I continued exchanging mails with my manager. I learned that our front was already flooded and although our store was on the third floor, due to the wind, the outside was already ‘flooded’ too.

It’s already an hour and fifteen minutes passed since I was stuck in this traffic jam. I looked outside and noticed that the rain had died down. I sent one last message to my manager. I’m glad I bought some load before I got on the bus.

~I will walk now~

…………..
“I should have listened to my other side”...I shouldn’t have fallen for that new game.
I cautiously walk along the highway. One, because I don’t want my pants to get dirty and two, because I’m walking beside the cars and buses. But I’m not alone in this kind of ‘Exodus’. I was thinking to use the train for convenience but after seeing that I have to ‘swim’ to get to the other side, my feet automatically turned towards the flyover. I took a picture towards the ‘brownish sea’ below me as a form of evidence. I was nearing the end when I saw that it’s also flooded. I quickly boarded another bus to get to my destination. So here I am in our store, almost 2 hours late if not for the adjustment.

“Takahashi-san~! How are you! Glad you made it.” I was greeted by my ever ‘weird’ sub-leader. She’s reliable… yeah… But sometimes.. She’s just plain weird. I didn’t know how Rei can keep up with her weirdness. Oh yeah, did I say that in our store, it’s forbidden to have a relationship between your co-workers? They always say, ‘one must die’ if they ever found out but hey, you can’t stop love. And surprisingly, Matsuura-san found out, but still kept quiet. It’s because Tanaka-san and Kamei-san knew something about our Matsuura-san and Fujimoto-san’s relationship which I knew from the beginning because I was ‘fairly’ close to Matsuura-san. Yep, I have an open mind about the third sex. Anyways, Michishige-san was reapplying her make-up when I approached the cashier’s area.

“Hey, what happened here?”

“The ceiling’s leaking. We had to cover the POS and elevate the UPS so that it won’t get wet. And I had to hide my cute face under this hood so I won’t get wet too.” Shige-san’s narcissistic side attacked again. I smiled as I walked past her and put my bag into my locker room. Nothing much happened for the rest of the day. I just did some paper works, checked the stocks, and cleaned what was needed to be cleaned.

“You want some banana shake?” Jun asked me. I looked back at the dining room and saw that the others were already drinking their share. I know he liked bananas but a shake at this weather? Well, I guess it’s not that bad.

“Sure. You made this one?”

“Yeah…” There were no guests given that there’s a typhoon in our country right now. Fujimoto-san suggested that we had a ‘picnic’ and at the same time, helping our store to have some sales. Aika suggested that we use our tip in case we don’t have enough money. Lin-chan and Jun-kun made our orders. Rei-kun and Eri-chan made the drinks while Shige-san and Aika-san went to the lobby and tried to get some customers, if there were any. I sat down beside Fujimoto-san.

“Is Matsuura-san alright? I heard in the news on the bus that her town’s flooded right now.”

“Yeah, apparently, her subdivision is the only place where there’s no flood.”

“Glad to hear that.”

………………..
It’s almost six in the evening and finally, some real guests arrived. It’s only four transactions but still, at least we sold something. Due to the bad weather, we closed early that day. We left the store at 9 in the evening. I’m the only person who goes home in the south.

“Are you sure you’ll be ok?” Linlin asked worriedly. Among the staff in the kitchen, Linlin was my favorite. She’s really funny and I like to tease her a lot about her eating habits. Besides, we get along pretty well when it comes to cooking so even though I’m a dining team leader, she would let me cook sometimes when there are few guests.

“Yeah. I’ll be fine. I’ll keep in touch.” I waved at them as they crossed the street. Rei-kun lives nearby but I know he will accompany Eri.

“Don’t you wish you had a boyfriend?”
“I’m still enjoying my single life.” Yeah, my single, BORING and REDUNDANT life. Shaking that feeling aside, I had to squeeze my way in just to board a ‘nearly’ full bus. Normally, it would only take me thirty minutes to reach my other bus stop but then, some of the streets were still flooded. I sighed in resignation. My legs were numb from an hour of standing on this crowded bus. After another thirty minutes, I got out from the bus. I really wish that there’s a bus line that would travel straight to my place so I won’t have to board a bus twice.

And as if it’s really my UNlucky day, I’m waiting for at least an hour now. It’s almost midnight but there’s no bus going towards my town. My stomach growled and I instinctively opened a pack of chocolates inside my bag. Sorry Kusumi.

-Flashback-
“Hey mom, I just got here… I’m stranded for two hours.”

“I told you not to go to work today but you didn’t listen.”

“I can’t help it. I’m a team leader.”

“Anyways, I think you should sleep at your cousin’s house.”

“Why?”

“Apparently it’s really flooded outside. We’re on the second floor now because the water on our first floor is waist deep.”

“Ehh? How about my PS2? My computer? My books?”

“Don’t worry about it. We saved it just in time.”

“Thanks. I’ll call Kusumi now.”

“Ok, be careful on your way home.”
…………….
“Hello? Kusumi? It’s Ai.”

“Ai-chan? Hi there! How are you doing~! Where are you~!” Still my ever hyperactive cousin.

“I’m here at work. Mom said that our house is flooded and she thought it would be better if I would stay there.”

“GREAT~~~!!! LET’S PLAY ~~!! I HAVE A NEW GAME~~!! And please.. BRING SOME CHOCOLATES~~!”

-End Flashback-

~It’s not flooded anymore. Where are you going to sleep?~

~I’ll go home. It’s already midnight and I don’t want to disturb Kusumi’s sleep.~ That is, if she really sleeps at night. That kid’s always full of energy.

There were many buses going to the town next to mine. It’s a nice option but still I didn't want some ‘adventure’ in the middle of the night. Another option was I can sleep in a hotel… or motel but I didn’t have extra money with me. When all hope was lost, a miracle happened. A lady driving a white pick-up truck stopped in front of us and asked the old man beside me where he’s going. Apparently, the old man was from the same town as mine, and so are the others beside me. The kind lady told us to ‘hop-in’ on her truck. Finally, I was going home.

But that didn’t end my sufferings. We were again, stranded just right after midnight. Add to that, the rains were pouring harder. I’m glad I brought an umbrella that day but I can’t be happy when there are other people on the truck who were soaking wet because of the rain. Two hours have already passed since I boarded this truck. The kind lady checks us time to time. I learned that her name was Yuuko Nakazawa and she’s working in our city hall. That made sense as to why she helped us.

I tried to sleep but I can’t. My ‘seatmate’ kept on moving. She was sitting beside me before but when I observed her, her knees were close to her chest while she lay her arms and head on the side of the truck. She was shivering badly, probably due to her wet shirt and she was probably conserving her body heat with her current position. It began raining again and this time, I shared my umbrella with her. She looked up as she felt that the rain wasn’t falling on her. I vaguely see her face but I definitely notice her eyebrows and bean-shaped forehead.

“Thanks.” She mumbled.

“It’s nothing.” I looked away and observe the other people on the truck with us.. There’s the old man, a woman with her pet dog, a student.. a lot of office workers and a lovey-dovey couple in front of me... hmm… that’s interesting. At first sight you would think that they’re a normal couple because that short-haired blond GIRL really looks like a guy but then again, my gay-dar’s improved all thanks to Matsuura-san giving me on-the-spot quiz every now and then with the guests that eats in our restaurant were gay or not. I continued watching them and noticed that they were sharing their body heat with each other; my inner side spoke up again.

“Now, do you wish you had a boyfriend?”
“In this circumstance… yes.”

I looked back at the girl beside me. She’s still shivering. She shifted her position so that she was again sitting beside me on the side of the truck, with her head on her lap and her arms crossed over her chest.

“Care to share your body heat with someone?”
“Ehh? But I don’t know her!”

“Being a leader means you are sensitive towards the other’s needs.”
“Yeah.. I can see that she’s really cold right now but the thing is… I DON’T KNOW HER!!!”

“Then take this a chance to, you know, make friends.”
“But… I can’t.”

“Come on! This is really easy. You are working in a restaurant where you HAVE to interact with various STRANGERS! Show them why Aya made you a leader!”
Ok. First things first, I’m a shy person. I’m not the one who usually made the first move or started a conversation. I was really surprised when I learned that I’ll become a leader although I already had the feeling that Fujimoto-san and Matsuura-san will choose me. I was just doing my job properly though they saw me as ‘hard-working’ and ‘perfectionist’. Did I already say that THEY think I’m ‘responsible’ too? Anyways, I’m a leader but it’s like that I’m the one being lead by the others. And another thing was, I would rather forecast and analyze the stocks and input something on the computer than to face the guest. I would serve them, yeah… But sweet-talking them as to why they should eat in our restaurant wasn’t really my thing. I always leave that to Kamei-san or Michishige-san while I always hide in the bar where I’m enjoying making/tasting the drinks.

“Just do it. Look at the other passengers. They are talking even though they don’t know each other. Look at Nakazawa-san, she let us ride on her truck even though she doesn’t know us. She talks to us from time to time just to check on us. She’s not even the mayor but just a simple worker in the city hall but she still decided to help us. So I think, that’s enough reason for ‘us’ to help this person who’s in desperate need of heat.”
Gaah, I hate it when my inner mind tells me what to do. She made it look like it’s really easy. I sucked in my fear and faced the girl.

“A..a.. are you cold?”
“Geez can’t you tell yourself?! OF COURSE SHE’S COLD THAT’S WHY SHE’S SHIVERING!”

“A little..”

“Ahhh…” The reply made me want to cut the conversation but my inner side was still bugging me. I looked down at my jacket. “I can share you my jacket.” The girl looked back at me with a shocked expression on her face.

“Ehh?!”

“Yeah.” Our conversation was going smooth. Did I sound sarcastic there? Anyways, I started taking off my jacket when the girl straightened up and stopped me.

“It’s your jacket. I’m fine.” Finally! A full sentence from the girl.

“But I can see you shivering.” The girl blinked several times at me. I knew that she was trying to think of an answer.

“Well, it’s because of this weather. It’s just normal.” Woah, I didn’t know that there’s a person who’s stubborn than me. I can’t give up now right? Not when this strange feeling of confidence has swept me. I moved closer to her and put half of my jacket on her.

“I think its ‘normal’ for me to share this jacket with you.” This time the girl was speechless with my bold action. I can’t remember the last time that I’m being bold like this. I tried starting a conversation and my efforts have not been wasted. I learned that her name was Niigaki Risa, she was just hired as a receptionist in the hotel in front of our building and she lives near my cousin’s house. It’s really a small world right? We talked about lots of things; from our current situation now, which wasn’t going any better, to our work and hobbies. And then after almost four grueling hours, the cars were already moving. We laughed at the scene. There were many cars and buses that weren’t moving, probably because the driver has fallen asleep. We approached the toll gate in a matter of 15 minutes. But, when it’s our turn to pay, Nakazawa-san sped off.

“Ehh? Why?” Risa asked me, as if I know the answer.

“Maybe she’s just pissed off because we’re stranded for hours and they didn’t do anything.”
And what do you know, my hunch was right. Apparently, a high-way trooper followed us and asked Nakazawa-san to pay.

“WE’VE BEEN STRANDED FOR HOURS AND YOU PEOPLE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!”

“The flood is out of our hands. We can’t control things like that.” And so, we innocent people have to listen to this heated argument. The trooper called some back up and I felt Risa stiffen as soon as she saw that the other trooper was holding a shot gun. Nakazawa-san was still driving slowly because the cars in front were driving slowly too. I bet the flood hasn’t gone down for good. And then my reverie was suddenly halted when the door of the passenger seats opened and the people inside there, transferred to our place… while the truck was still in motion. A girl was crying and freaking out.

“He aimed the gun at Nakazawa-san! I was really scared!” I looked at the couple in front of me; the girl with the long black hair was stroking the scared girl’s back.

“Don’t worry about it. He will not shoot her. There are many witnesses if he did that.” The boyish girl answered. Risa looked at me with a scared expression on her face.

“Don’t worry. Nakazawa-san works in the city hall. She’ll be alright.” After a couple of minutes of heated argument, the troopers finally left us. The rest of the journey was uneventful, after all, it’s almost four in the morning and all of us were already tired.

“You guys alright back there? Nakazawa-san shouted from the driver’s seat. “Just shout when you need me to stop.” All of us answered yes.

“I’m almost near.” I said to Risa. “I can leave you my umbrella and just get it tomorrow at the hotel.”

“Thank you but I decline your offer. You’ve done a lot for me.”

“We’ll see each other again.”

“Hai!” Risa answered. I’m glad that I listened to my inner self. It feels good to earn a new friend. I shouted to Nakazawa and she stopped the truck. I jumped down and took one last look at my new friend before going to the front and thanking the kind lady. It’s muddy and dark at our place. I quickly got my lighter and opened it. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t smoke but we had a smoking area so a lighter was part of our ‘readiness checklist’. When I got home, I quickly mailed my manager, asking whether she can change my schedule, again. Thank goodness Matsuura-san was already awake at that time and replied that I can go to work at lunch time. I quickly replied thanks and put the phone on my drawer. It’s been a tiring day for me but I experience a lot of new things and earned a new friend.

The End

Shaman King

2009-09-14T22:59:00.003+08:00

Ahahaha... no, it's not an anime fic... its more like the pairings here are just like the Tao siblings...You get the idea? If not, then read on to find out... I made this one based on their recent dvd/tv releases particularly their platinum 9 concert mc, dvd magazine vol.23 and gravure television. Enjoy this one!XD

“Nihao! It’s time for your English lesson!” Junjun beamed as soon as the door opened up. The shorter girl in front meticulously scanned her from head to toe until her eyes widened from the sudden shock.

“WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!”

“I just want to help you with your English skills for free.”

“Reina’s alright with her English… and I thought I told you that you can’t come in my house?!?”

“Datte~… Datte~” Junjun tried to convince her sempai using her cutesy voice.

“Don’t give me that tone! I already told you that it creeps me out!”

The tall girl laughed at the way her sempai reacted. After a five-minute battle of words and wits (not to mention the battle of pushing and pulling the door) Reina finally let her visitor enter her abode. She gestured Junjun to sit on the sofa while she got some drinks for them in the kitchen. No matter how irritated she was at the moment… she still must be a good host to her guest. But the moment she came back, her patience level escalated.

“Woah sugoi Tanaka-san! It feels like… like… a house…” Reina’s eye twitched at the weird remark.

“It really is a HOUSE!”

“I know, but I really thought that your house would be purple in color and there would be lots of yakuza-like things. You know, samurai swords, guns, skull ornaments…”

“CHOTTO!!! I know you hang out a lot with Eri but please, try to have some protection against her weirdness because you sounded like her just now.” Reina tried to maintain her serious look but on the inside, she wanted to roll on the floor and laugh her heart out. After all, what can you expect from the ‘Atomic Aho’ of the group.

“Ehh? I sounded like her?” Reina saw Junjun looked at the ceiling, immersed with deep thought.
“Yeah, that one’s so Eri-like. It looks like she’s not the Junjun whom I know before. Eri must have abducted her and messed her mind but putting some weird device or something. And now, maybe Junjun’s communicating with queen Eri.”
“Can I cut your communication with the eriens and let’s settle this, ok? I may have some yankee image, but I’m not definitely a Yakuza and yes, I like purple a lot, but I’m NOT OBSESSED with it. There’s a huge difference in that, got it?”

“Hai! Got it! So now, let’s proceed with your English lesson!” Junjun replied cheerily. Reina cringed at the mention of Junjun’s purpose. She grabbed her back pack and started unpacking her English books that her mother sent. “I watched your HaroMoni English Lesson and you really need to study your English. Oh yeah, your party party quote knocked me out and I have a theory that Yoshizawa-san and Ishikawa-san’s group name was originally derived from that episode. You know, when Camus-sensei asked whether you’re ANGRY in that incident, you answered HUNGRY. I bet they just changed ‘U’ with ‘A’ and that’s how they came up with Hangry and Angry.” Reina blinked several times at the way Junjun was thinking and conclude that Eri must have done something with their kouhai. She made a mental note to have a serious talk with her friend later, that is, if Eri will take her seriously.

“I already told you, I’m okay with my English. It’s our day off and I don’t want to spend it by frustrating my mind with studying. I need to relax too! Tomorrow we will have a photo shoot for Gravure Magazine and Reina really needs a rest.” Junjun’s smile didn’t vanish even when her sempai turned down her offer. Instead she gladly returned her books inside her bag.

“So then, let’s relax together! I brought some foods for us.” As Junjun returned her books, she pulled out a bundle of bananas.

“Why am I not surprised?” Reina replied sarcastically. What can she expect from the banana-loving girl of Morning Musume. “Well, I don’t want to eat that like I’m some sort of a monkey… Do you want some banana-split? I have a chocolate flavored ice cream in the freezer?” Junjun nodded wildly. She didn’t particularly dislike Junjun and she’s really not that harsh towards her before. It’s just that she’s somewhat annoyed at her kouhai when she practically came to her house even though she clearly stated, even in front of their many fans, that Junjun can’t come. But a smaller part of her thanked Junjun’s boldness to go against her. She got the bundle and turned on her t.v before going back to the kitchen.

…………………..
Junjun scanned the channels as Reina was preparing their delicious banana-split. She paused at a certain channel showing a well-known but old anime.

“Hey! They are replaying Shaman King!”
Junjun watched the first few seconds showing a scene on Jun Tao and Ren Tao and her mind drifted off.
” Tanaka-san is like Ren. She’s hard on the outside but a real softie inside. She would fight for what she believes in but will fight more for the sake of her friends. She shows fake anger to hide her embarrassment.”

Junjun continued to watch the said anime and then she made a decision as the next scene focused on Jun Tao.
“Jun Tao… is like me. I’m Chinese. I support Tanaka-san even though she can’t feel it. I love her even though she doesn’t know it. A doujinshi that I’ve read before has a Jun-Ren incestual relationship… it will be the same for us because a girl to girl love is a taboo in our society. But then, it’s still possible to tell your feelings out loud. I wasn’t joking when I told her I like her in our Platinum 9 concert. I wasn’t good in acting out the third party because I DON’T want to be a third party for Tanaka-san. If only Shige-san wasn’t there…”

………….
Reina grinded some pine nuts and sprinkled in on top of their dessert. She put the two plates on a tray together with some cold juice and walked towards her dining area. She stopped on her tracks when she saw Junjun intently watching Shaman King. Her eyes lingered on Junjun’s calm but serious face. She bit her lip and tried to remove the thought that was trying to cloud her mind.

“Yabai! Not good Rein.. She’s just doing a ‘fan service’ when she told you she liked you and nothing else. Get a grip and try to act cool and cold if you have to.”
“Here’s our food… Are you sure you didn’t steal this from Saru-chan?” Junjun removed her gaze from the tv and looked at her questioningly.

“Saru… chan?”

“Ai-chan.” Junjun blinked for a while before laughing out loud. Reina joined her laughing fit a little while later. They spent their day, laughing and talking about various things but when it’s almost time for Junjun to go home, the cheery atmosphere vanished.

“Uhhm, thanks for dropping by.” Reina said without looking directly at Junjun’s eyes.

“I should be the one who should thank you. I really had fun staying here.” Junjun replied awkwardly.
“Should I tell her? It’s now or never..”
Junjun took a deep breath before finally having the courage to look at Reina’s face rather than the floor. “Tanaka-san… I want you to know… That I’ll be Jun Tao for you.” Reina was puzzled at what her kouhai said and eventually looked up to face her. At first, she was thinking that Junjun was a victim of Eri’s weirdness but that thought vanished when she saw the seriousness etched on Junjun’s face.

“I… I don’t get what you mean.”

“You’re Ren Tao.. and I’m Jun Tao. You always do things alone but I’ll be there for you, silently supporting you all the way.”

“Ehh? W..why?” Reina held her breath while waiting for Junjun’s answer. Would her prayers be answered or a life of sorrow will await her.

“Because I’m serious when I told you on stage that I like you.” Reina’s tears fell at that instant. She was over whelmed with happiness. Her ‘indirect’ effort was not put to waste. She really liked Junjun. On their DVD Magazine while they were having a photo shoot for Platinum 9, she purposely made that ‘couple act’. She wanted to feel how it will be like if Junjun was her lover. She definitely didn’t want Junjun to be cheating on her but, it’s hard to control the scenes if there were three persons. She really wished before that Sayu wasn’t there at that moment but it doesn’t matter to her now.

Junjun now has a worried look upon her face. She didn’t know why Reina suddenly cried like a child but she let her body moved on its own accord. She embraced Reina tightly and let her cried on her chest.

“You… don’t… know how… happy I am…. Right now…” Reina said in between her sobs.

“Finally, it’s a Jun-Ren pairing from now on.”

……………..
“Arigatou gozaimasu~!”

“Arigatou”

“O-ha~”

“I better sit down, right?”

“It’s been a… why? Stand up!”

“When I stand up, we…”

“Kareshi desu..”

“Kanojo desu..”

“Juno… Jun is fine, right? Hey Jun,”

“Yes?”

“Today, we’re on a date huh?”

“That’s right.”

“In this extensive…. Grass? Grass? What to say?”

“Grass?”

“In a field!”

“That’s it.”

“Ah, assemble now. Off we go. Bye bye!”

The two smiled sweetly at the camera as they walked hand in hand to meet with the others. They told the world that they were lovers. It depends on the one who watched it whether to take it seriously or not. As for them, they were dead serious about this matter and confessing their love in front of the camera was the thing that differentiates them from the anime Shaman King. Jun was contented at silently looking out for her little brother and Ren Tao always pretended that he didn’t care for his friends. The Tao siblings NEVER admitted to each other, out loud, the feelings that they were holding inside.

They just did.

The End

Cosplay Mania

2009-09-14T12:17:00.013+08:00

Some random rants about the event that I went to yesterday.... Hmmm, I should make a comedy oneshot of this in Fangirl world... or as an omake... or a flash back... I wonder who will play as 'me'... AHAhaha..XD

So yeah... I'm posting another real life experience in my supposedly fic blog.. To lazy to post... or even open my LJ account so please bear with me..LOL

I really didn't plan to go there in the first place but my former- office mate begged me to accompany HIM.. Yes, he's a HIM and I wanted to laugh at him for 'that' characteristic of his.. I could rant about the many times that he made me the frontman..a.k.a, the one who always asks somebody for directions and stuffs... Take note, I'm an introvert person...before..XD

Back to the story, so we went there even before the opening of the mall.. and then when we went inside, I saw my friends who's addicted to JE.. yeah, and we 'inserted' ourselves in front of their line... not minding the stares of the persons behind them.. We took pictures and yeah... ranted about the latest stuffs happening in the JE world (Ryo and Yamapi's H1N1 news, new Ohyass J-drama, etc). And then I usually talk about anime and j-rock to my office mate so he will not feel 'left-out'. We entered the venue and directly went to the Johnny's Stall to buy some stuffs. (Actually, I'm there for the cupcakes.. the first 50 persons will have a cupcake.XD) I bought "Young Song" with TegoMass as the cover.

Then, after buying it (more like after eating the cupcake), my office mate and I went around to look for some shirts and anime/j-pop DVD's or CDs. And then that's the time when my office mate saw who I really am...

To my office mates, I'm a thrifty person, not spending much on buying stuffs.. or foods, etc... unless it's something related to Japanese culture. So yeah, he was really amazed at how I find Morning Musume stuffs in the vast display of various CD's like I have some radar of some sort. At first I saw three CD's through the thick crowd and it's a good thing that I have company... he's the one holding it for me while I search for other cds... talk about having a servant... XD

So yeah... then , we ate lunch... watched some band performing anime songs and buy some more before going back to the JE booth and resting for a while... And then, went back to that previous stall where I bought Momusu CD's to look for more, (my readar tells me that there's more to find) and behold... I found another three!!!

After a while, we went outside the venue to our branch in that mall to visit our manager before. He's our favorite among others. We talked a lot and took some pictures... and then I called our branch asking whether I could come at around 5 instead of 4 in the afternoon. I'm a team leader so as much as I want to be absent that day, my responsible self told me that it's a big no-no. I hate that characteristic of mine sometimes... Anyways, before I go to work, I went back to the venue and celebrated Kanjani 8's Anniversary!

Flailed at the Eito Stuffs, ate another round of cupcakes, meet some new friends and bumping into some old friends. Even though my legs ached for too much sprinting and running, even though I was fifteen minutes late for work, it's still worth while for me. Why? See the pics and judge..XD

I really enjoyed that event... and so, look forward for the next update of Fangirl... whether it's the next chapter or just an omake, I'll make sure I'll insert my experiences in there.XD

Hidden Feelings 2

2009-09-10T11:24:00.002+08:00

Ahahaha... I'm editing the links to my blog...so while I'm at it.. I thought I could use the time and post the 2nd part of my supposedly fic after fangirl..ahahaha.. XD

teh_hottest_pimp
August 24, 2005, 6:05PM

Hitomi
Another boring day practicing at the studio… I envy those Rokkies… They look happy. I just shrugged my shoulders… I shouldn’t be thinking of those things… I need an outlet…I need to get out fast… Then out of nowhere…My saviour comes… I quickly packed my bag and run after her…

“Rika!”

I nearly bumped on to someone… but with my futsal skills, I managed to dodge that person. I didn’t take the time to notice her but I’m sure it’s one of the soloists. Damn, where did Rika go?

making_gold
August 24, 2005, 6:51PM

Maki
She nearly hit me but she never said sorry or anything… Well, she didn’t actually hit me… but it feels like she’s ignoring me or something. I sighed and continued walking along the corridor. She’s in deep thought.

“I regret the day that I asked Tsunku to let me graduate… I lost Momusu..and Yocchan..”

“Hey… are you alright?” I blinked several times before answering the person in front of me.

“I.. uhhh… yes? I’m alright… You don’t have to worry about me, Abe-san.”

TBS

How to React To a Confession

2009-09-09T08:21:00.002+08:00

Finally posted! My brother's really annoying for he almost dragged me away from MY own laptop without letting me finish this first so he can play his dotA. Sorry for those I mailed and waited... (particularly someone there.. but I made it up by putting your quote there..find out what..:) ) So yeah... it's somewhat a continuation of Inside the Elevator.. but it's not that really funny... I guess... it's more on the fluff side. Anyways, enjoy reading it!

“Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah”

“Uh uh… yup…and then?”

“Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah…..”

“*Yawn* yeah.. hmmm, uhuh… sou~”

“Blah blah blah blah blah blah…. Eri?”

“…”

“Hey Eri! Are you even listening to what I’m saying?”

“….”

“ERI!!!! ARE YOU ASLEEP?!?”

“Huh?!? What?!?” Eri replied

“Did you fall asleep on me just now?”

“No… I was listening intently on what you’re saying. And I was remembering something funny that I suddenly became silent. You know me.”

“Oh you remembered something funny?”

“uhhh… yeah?” Eri’s response was more of a question than a statement. She didn’t want to lie to her friend but she has no choice. Sayu will feel very bad if she learned that she FELL ASLEEP but it was actually Sayu’s fault in the first place. She glanced at her digital clock beside her bed. It’s been six hours already since their ‘conversation’ started.

“Well, anyways back to my story…blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah….”

“Here we go again”

……………………
“Uhuh… ok… hhhmm…huh? and then? yeah….... so… ok… it’s alright with me…really……sure…………..”

“Eri!!!”

“Huh?!? Yeah? I’m listening… I’m just checking my mail that’s why I became silent for a while.”
“Geez, now I know how Reina felt. If this keeps up, I’ll really fall asleep and it’ll be hard for her to wake me up. Sayu can’t tell that I’m already sleep-talking earlier. Bad thing is that I can’t remember what I’m saying.”

“Really? SO who mailed you?” Eri paused for a while. No one mailed her for the last five hours so she thought that the last message would be enough for the doubting Sayu. She’ll just mail Reina later and tell her that the last message was at 3 in the morning. She did help her earlier so Reina should help her too.

“Reina. She just said good luck and goodnight.”

“Reina? Now why would she mail you at this time?”

“Uhh, because she’s my friend too and she experienced yesterday what I’m going through right now so she was just checking me out.”

“Ohh… Ok, I’ll let you sleep now.”
“Finally!” Eri rejoiced inwardly. At last, her friend was letting her sleep, she’s luckier than Reina who just slept for about an hour while she can sleep for another four hours. “Just don’t forget our date tomorrow at nine in the morning. In front of the Up-Front Building. I love you! oSAYUMI!!!”

“What the…. EHHH?!?! A DATE?!?!? Since when?!” Eri tried to remember what her friend was telling her earlier but the most that she can remember was the rambling of her friend about her looks and some cute things that she saw. She decided to give up thinking and let sleep fall on her.

…………………
“Hey Eri, is it alright if I’m going to tell you something?”

“Uhuh”

“But please don’t feel grossed out or something or jeopardize our friendship.”

“ok…”

“Honestly, What I told earlier. About me liking Reina. That was just lie. I was really trying to vie for a position as a leader nothing else.”

“hhmm”

” Promise! It’s the truth! I thought that if I became the leader, I can do anything that I want… Including my selfish reasons... with you.”

“huh?”

“I took the chance to kiss you last week, when you were really ‘knocked out’ on that Yomiki scene in the elevator… because I really like you… A LOT.”

“and then?”

“Then I thought that I’ll be using my leadership powers to make you fall for me, that is if you don’t feel the same way towards me. I’ll be the first one to break that leader-sub leader thing if you’re not my partner. But remember what Koharu said earlier?”

“ yeah…”

“If it’s in seniority, I don’t have a problem because it’s you who I’m with.”

“ so…”

“So I’m taking this opportunity to ask you on a date tomorrow. It’s our rest day right? I’ll see you in front of Up- Front building at 9. I’ll take you to my favorite places which I know for sure, you will like.”

“ok…”

“Are you sure it’s okay? You’re not disgusted with me for liking you?”

“it’s alright with me…”

“really?”

“really……”

“So by this…I think… we’re officially a couple now?”

“sure...”

“Yatta!!! YEy! You don’t know how happy I am right now… I love you Eri.”

“…..”

“Eri?”

“……”

“ERI!!!”

……………..
“HOLY CRAP SO THAT WAS IT?!?!?”

“What was, ‘so that was it thing that you’re talking about?” Eri gazed at the person in front of her. She glanced at the clock and it showed her that it’s just eight in the morning.

“EHHH?!?! SAYU?!?! What are you doing here?!?!”

“I know I said that we have a date at nine but since you’re my girlfriend now… I thought that it’s sweet to pick you up. And besides, sometimes you become tardy and come up thirty minutes late.”

“HUH?!?! Ehh??!? EHHHHH?!?!”

“I know you hang-out with Gaki-san a lot but please, stop being the second ‘reaction queen’.”

“NANI?!? USO!!! USO!!! I’m not like Gaki-san!!!”

“You should hear yourself just now. Anyways, I watched your Futarigoto before I went here.”
“Oh yeah, I talked about her in there… WHAT THE?!?!”

“Very reliable but very spaced out too… She’s really mysterious. You know this mystery can be solved because I’m telling you the answer right now.” Eri backed away a little, she’s not used to ‘this’ Sayu. Well, she’s still her friend Sayu… but the one talking right now is the ‘mysterious’ Sayu.

“I’m spaced-out because I fell for you right there at the audition. I’m mysterious because I liked you right from the start.”

“And I like Umeboshi!” Eri didn’t know what came to her mind to say that thing. All she wanted to do was to divert the topic for she didn’t know how to react to her friend’s confessions.

“Huh? Ok… And I like Spaghetti… So I’ll call you my Umeboshi.. and you call me Spaghetti.”

“Ok. But it sounded a bit weird. More like stupid. But I’m the Atomic Aho of the group right? So I guess, I’m not in the right position to say that. Right?” Sayu smiled. Her friend can be really weird most of the times but still, it’s that character of hers that made her fall for her.

“Yeah, but I still love you nonetheless.” Sayumi moved forward and kissed her friend on the lips. Eri’s mind went blank but after a few seconds, her eyes slowly widened at the shock.

“DID YOU JUST KISS ME?!?”

“ahh yeah?” Sayumi replied nervously.

“ON THE LIPS?!?”

“yeah?”

“THEN THAT WILL MAKE US OFFICIALLY DATING NOW, RIGHT?!?” Sayumi nodded in response. Eri was freaking out and she’s somewhat scared. She was talking about Eri earlier about this and she can clearly remember that her friend answered that she will not feel grossed out or anything. But what her friend was showing right now was the complete opposite of it.

“GEEZ?!? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?! Come on! We have a date in less than” Eri glanced at the clock beside her bed, “twenty minutes!”

“I did tell you about it on the phone.”

“Since we’re officially a couple now… would you please not get angry at me when I tell you that I really fell asleep on you while we’re talking on the phone.”

“Ehh? But you were still responding…”

“I’m sleep talking. Most of the time.”

Kagami

2009-08-12T22:54:00.004+08:00

Busy! hehehe.. but at least I got some time to post this one shot...just need some time to edit chapter 11 of fangirl. I had fun writing this fic and it's not my usual writing style..is it? Oh well, I hope you like this..DOuzo.XD

“Yosh! You’re the ichiban Kawaii of the group. No one is cuter than you. Ishikawa-san is just the second when it comes to cuteness. You’ll go out there and show what you’ve got.”

“Sayu! Hurry up! They are already waiting.”

“Hai! Coming!” I gave a quick smile before going out of the dressing room. In case you don’t know me, I’m Michishige Sayumi, the cutest member in Morning Musume. Don’t ask why, just look at the evidence. And what you’ve seen earlier is a part of my daily routine. Well, I think its better talking to your own reflection than a small pill bug…. I was still little at that time ok? Where was I? Oh yes, my daily routine. I know that I’m cute but sometimes I get paranoid over small things so I really need to do that. And besides cuteness? I’m getting paranoid over her

You wanna know who’s the lucky girl? My best friend. Not the yankii one, the weird one. If you have watched our first Utaban appearance where Nakai-san put us into some lie-detector test, there was this certain part where he asked as Rokkies who among us thinks that we are cute. Me and her put quite a show with our ‘Richter scale magnitude 8’-like results. Back then, I was sneering. Hell, I’m way cuter than her right? But now, I beg to differ.

Do you see her standing besides Gaki-san? I know caterpillars evolve and become a beautiful butterfly but I just realized that turtles can do the same too. My god she’s so hot! That’s probably the effect of that ‘Ero-Kawaii’ thing she said on our latest DVD. Honestly, I got paranoid at first. I can’t accept that she’s cuter than me. And why did I think that? Well, because only cute persons would make you stare at them for hours. Only cute persons would only make you have sleepless nights just thinking about them….Gaahh… I don’t know what she did with her body but she really looks dashing now.

There! Did you see that! She smiled at me! You know what… I’m just planning how to confess to her. I just need the right time… Which I think after this practice of ours? I don’t know where to start and I don’t know what her reaction will be but at least… I confessed. Not like our leader-sub-leader duo… Just confess already! Gaki-san is taking her time away from me. And if they didn’t suppress their feelings for each other… It will be KameShige Theater and not GakiKame Theater. The second one sounds lame no matter how I think about it. Anyways, I’ll try to confess today right after our dance practice.

……
I just finished my shower and I’ll be off to home now. But before that… I need to confess to her. So here I am, standing in front of our dressing room mirror. Trying to get the confidence I needed.

“You are the Ichiban Kawaii here in Morning Musume. No one comes close to you in terms of cuteness.” I read a certain tip from a magazine on how to be confident in an interview. It’s not for interview but hey, practicing your lines in front of the mirror would really help me not to stutter in front of her. Ok, where will I start…

“Eri!” Ok, that sounded forceful... It’s as if I’m angry with her.

“Eri…” That one sounds really serious. It sounded like there’s terrible news that I will tell her. Oh well, go on with my usual happy self.

“Eri~!” Better… Wait… I’ll pretend she’s here… I’ll try to visualize her. Close your eyes Sayumi… focus… when you open your eyes, you will see Eri… Woah… It works! I didn’t think that my imagination’s really that good… Ok, back to work.

“Eri, I need to confess something to you…” Ok, she will definitely have that weird look if I said that but it’s still alright, I got her listening to me. Now, all I need to do is to choose one; either to be bold and daring or to start talking about the beginning of our friendship and indirectly tell her that we need to go up another level. Knowing Eri, I’ll just tell it straight to her face.

“I love you!” Oh shit… I messed up! She looks confused. I need to back it up… I need to explain it to her.

“Well, you see… Uhmm.” Gaahh! This is so frustrating. I can’t think of a good explanation. But love doesn’t need explanations right? Geez, if this is the real her, I’m really screwed.

“I can’t explain it to you because honestly, I don’t know why I feel this way towards you. And I don’t have the slightest idea that my feelings as a best friend for you will evolve into love. I want to say this to you because… I’m hoping that you can reciprocate my love for you.” Reciprocate? I can’t think for a better word! I need to fix that when I’m really in front of her.

“I don’t mean to force you. And please don’t change your attitude towards me. I can still be your best friend if you really don’t like the idea of us being together in a… you- know way.” Gaahh! I messed it up in my practice.. How will I be able to confess to her for real? I guess I’m just really tired. Maybe I’ll just confess to her some other time. I closed my eyes and massaged my temples. I need to relax. Stress will do harm on my beautiful skin. I let out a loud sigh before opening my eyes again.

“Ehh?” Is this for real? I think I can’t stop my imagination. I saw through the reflection that Eri’s still standing there, near the door behind me.

“I appreciate your love for me, thank you.”

Ehh?!?! I think I’m really stressed out with all of these. Aside from seeing things, I’m actually hearing things! Have I lost my mind? Have I become insane due to the lack of sleep every night because of you? This is bad. Eri’s walking towards me… Stop it… Hey you inner mind! Stop putting up those images! My practice’s already finished!

“I thought I would never hear those words from you.” Ok, this is really bad. I never thought I’m THAT obsessed with her. Only obsessed persons would imagine things like these. Come on.. SHE?!? I bet the real her would not tell those words to me. I guess she might me scared of me and would run away. That was not the real initial reaction that I’m expecting… Wait. So I’m expecting myself to fail right from the beginning? Gaahh! My head hurts and the imagination of Eri hugging me isn’t helping at all.

“My imaginations please stop… It really pitiful of me to imagine and feel things as it is.”

“But you’re not imagining things.”

HOLY CRAP!!! I’m not imagining things? Since when?!? SO that means… I pinch my cheeks… Ok now that really hurt a lot. Then I face the ‘supposedly’ imagination Eri and pinch her cheeks.

“Itai~”

“You… you’re the real Eri?”

“Of course I am! Ok, now. What in the world did you take up? I mean, you sounded like you’ve taken some drugs in order to profess your love to me? Are you sure you’re alright?”

“You… heard… what.. I said?” Ok… so the practice session turns out to be the actual one. THE ACTUAL ONE!?!? Oh crap… I’m dead… I wish I was dead at that time… or be invisible… I don’t really know what to do next.

“All of it.” I know that everyone calls me bunny but if anyone would see my face right now, they would rather call me tomato instead. “And rest assured that it would be reciprocated.”

“Huh?” My mind didn’t catch that one. What was being reciprocated?

“You sure didn’t take any drugs?” I vigorously shake my head. I would NEVER do that even if I’m desperate. Hell, I read that it can destroy your skin… I mean looks. “I know what’s going on… You were practicing in front of the mirror how you will confess to me right? And you’re feeling rather awkward in our situation right now?”

I KNEW IT!!! Eri really is an alien!!! A mind-reading alien that is. Because if not, THEN HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD SHE KNOW WHAT I’M THINKING ABOUT!!! I let out a sigh. MY mind’s really messed up right now. I’m too tired to think. I nodded slightly to answer Eri’s question because I suddenly felt the urge not to talk.

“Don’t be then… because to tell you honestly.. The feeling is mutual.” Wait… What?!? The feeling is mutual?!? I looked at Eri and saw her blushing. If I’m a tomato, then what else is redder than a tomato? I’ll tell you… Eri.

“You do what?!”

“I love you too.”

The End

Fangirl 11.5

2009-07-23T23:41:00.004+08:00

Back for an update! Oh yeah,fyi, this is the really REALLY post b-day fic for Yossie..Ahaahhaha.. It's mostly in her POv and after reading this, I know you'll get the plot of the story.. So yeah...it's 11.5 because it's not the main story (which focuses on Rika)but a side story... and then it's somewhat a song fic too for I inserted the translation of Kataomoi chiisana koi of Tegomass... I guess it means One sided little love... or something. Anyways, enjoy this cheesy~ update.

It’s almost midnight when the girls decided to stop playing basketball. They were drenched in sweat as they sat in the nearest bench.

“That was one hell of a game!” Miki exclaimed. She can’t believe that Aya and Maki would team up against her. It was a handicap match which she welcomed at first. She thought that she would win easily as Maki was busy with her tight schedule and Aya changed her sports to Futsal. She now realized the huge error she made. “Geez, are you sure you’re a busy person? Because it seemed that you’re better now than before!” Miki said while playfully glaring at Maki.

“Yeah. I’m pretty busy right now.” Maki replied nonchalantly. “It’s in the genes.”

Miki sighed and looked at Aya. “And you? What’s your reason?”

“Ahhh,” Aya became silent for a few seconds, “I don’t know. Maybe because my body still knows how to play it. You know, there are certain things that are really hard to forget.” Aya looked at Maki. She wanted to ask Miki something that’s been bothering her since their lunch. Maki got the hidden message in Aya’s pleading look.

“Hey, I’ll go get some refreshments back at home. I’ll be back later.” Miki wanted to go with her but Aya pulled her back.

“Are you going to leave me here alone?”

“But Maki’s alone now. We should accompany her! Who knows, there might be paparazzis here… or a wota stalker or….”

“Or you’re just having a hard time distinguishing the reality from fantasy.” Miki looked at Aya questioningly. “Look, you REALLY like to read lots of fanfics and sometimes, you mixed it up with what’s really happening now. This is Maki’s neighborhood. She’s safe here.” Miki thought for a while. Has she really been too engrossed in her own world? She was about to dispute it when Aya added something.

“And besides, I want to talk with you, alone.”

“Ehh? Me?” Miki pointed at herself.

“Yes, you. You saw her?” Aya queried. Miki was really confused at what her friend was talking about.

“Uhh, may I ask… who’s her?”

“Her! Your mentor! Did you see her in the store when we’re buying our drinks? Don’t deny it.”

“Mentor…mentor… mentor…” Miki mumbled as she tried to remember the person Aya was telling her.

“Come on… the one who taught you how to play basketball… the reason why you’re so engrossed in Three-Tums… and the reason why you decided to change the branch of your office… DO I NEED TO TELL YOU MORE?” At this, Miki’s eyes widened.

“Di… did she see me?” Aya sighed. Her friend didn’t have the slightest idea about the topic.

“I guess. She accidentally poured her coffee on her shirt when she saw you… that’s really funny!” Aya laughed as she remembered the earlier scenario. She stopped when she noticed that Miki’s face was expressionless. She turned serious and decided to ask what’s been bugging her for a long time. “Nee, Miki. I’m your friend right? So could you tell me what really happened between you and Yoshizawa-san?”

……………………

“Hey! Did you wait for too long? I over slept a little.”

“No, not really I just got here. So… what do you want me to teach you?”

“Hmm, I want to learn how you do those fancy crossovers. I’ll show Maki and Aya that I’m better than them!”

“Yeah, sure. If you can just shut your mouth and do more training, then your dreams of beating them will come true.”

“Yochhan!!! You’re really mean!”

I love you so much that I can't sleep
This little love will not come true
It is you, it's you
I slip into the futon but

I sat up from my bed. It was just 30 minutes since I fell asleep and I’m already dreaming about my past. Miki… The girl who changed my life.

I always see her playing basketball after school. She was like me, dedicated and passionate about our sport. I was enjoying watching her at first, but after many days of just watching from afar, I gathered my courage and joined her.

Your side profile is so bright
I can't reach it at all
I have to forget you, but I can't forget you
It is flooding my heart

Miki Fujimoto, the next-to-be captain of your school’s basketball club. The way you talk, and the way you persevered on your practice says it all. You treated me as your mentor but I knew, one day you’ll even surpass me.

“GAAAH!!! HE’S REALLY CUTE!!!” I was surprised to hear you squeal for the first time. I look weirdly at you.

“Ehh? Where? Who’s cute?”

“My friend’s little brother. His name is Yuki Goto. He walked with us earlier… Kyaah!!! He’s so cool!”

“Uhh, ok… I thought your fangirl side is only for Double U?”

“Yeah… but there’s always an exception.” I laughed. “Hey, you heard about the new girl group in town? They are just starting but man, they’re good.”

“Ehh? What’s their name?”

“I bet it’s Three-Tums…” I saw your pretty eyes widened with surprise.

“MY GAAAHH!!! THREE-TUMS!!! YES!!! They’re really good!!! And CUTE TOO!!!”

“From Double U to Yuki… to Three-Tums… you’re the Queen of Randomness.”

“But they’re good! I already bought their first single. I also made a forum for them.”

“Give me the link! I want to see your forum!” This made me happy inside. At last, I’ll see your real fangirl side. The pure 100% of it, but then…

“No way! Find it out yourself.”

If there's an end to this unrequited love
Please tell me
I want you to notice this unrequited love
This is a love that cannot be reversed

We spent a lot of time together, from high school to college. You introduced your friends to me and we always played basketball. As the time pass by, you’re starting to confuse me. My mind wished that you won’t notice it…but my heart tells otherwise. I’m hoping for something that would never happen in real life.

"What's wrong? You look down"
You ask with a worried face
It is you, it's because of you
I shut my words in my desk but

I tried to focus on my work so as to avert these thoughts of you. I didn’t notice that by doing so, I’m starting to distance myself from you.

“Hey, is there something wrong? Don’t tell me, it’s about that new project Mr. Nishida was talking about?”

“Yeah… that’s why I’m really busy right now.”

“Geez, you have no time for fun anymore. I bet you want to become the president of this company right? Well, bad news for you… Mr. Ishikawa has a daughter and from what I heard from Mr. Nishida… She’s really good.”

“I’ll be better.. Now go away and leave me alone.”

Your words are so gentle
I look down with a flushed face
My heart wavers inside

“Ok, I’ll leave you alone now. But don’t forget to eat your lunch. Here, I made an extra bento for you.”

You still worry about me even though it’s obvious that I’m pushing you away. I can’t deny it any longer. I’m 100% sure about this. I really fell in love with you.

If there isn't an end to this unrequited love
I'm okay with it
Let me protect this unrequited love
Still unable to do anything
That's me

If I did confess to you
I won't be able to see your smile anymore
Just watching you from afar
I don't mind it

I still can’t sleep… the memories were still hunting me. If I wasn’t drunk at that time, I bet, you wouldn’t go away… I sighed loudly, even though I’m the only person who can hear it. I have made up my mind. I stood up and went to my laptop to open it. I need to finish my story… our story..

TBC

PS: kataomoi also means unrequited... so I guess the english title is unrequited love..XD

Fangirl 10

2009-07-18T22:48:00.003+08:00

Ok...so here's the update! I guess by reading this... you'll realize something...ahahaha.... I expect some long comments or something regarding the next chapter... I hope your 'psychic minds' are still working... Enjoy reading this!

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Rika was amazed with the forum address that was inside the CD Miki gave her. Her initial reaction was to look inside the fanfic section. And there, she saw a familiar title wrote by a certain online user called Kabutomushi.

“Ehhh?!? Sleep Over?” Rika clicked the thread and read the contents… “Ehhh?!? This story is the same as…Oh, I get it! So Kuwagata uses Kabutomushi here… still a beetle. Gahh! I missed this fic. This is the first fic that got me hooked on the Tanakamei pairing. Why did she only post one of her fics here? She has lots over her blog. Ooh! Here’s ERI_SLAVE too! How come I don’t know this site… I have a feeling this Tenma_Mosaku person is a guy..Just by looking at his name.. Heaven demon groping… yeah… and a really obsessed wota of Three-Tums that is. Maybe this tenma guy is a friend of Miki’s friend. And maybe this CD came from him? And decided to give this CD to Miki’s friend.. And Miki’s friend wants to share the Three-Tums madness that’s why when Miki said that I bought a Three-Tums CD, she went really happy and decided to give this CD to me… Maybe that’s it… OR... Miki's friend is actually this tenma guy? But I don’t care!!!” Rika grabbed her CD and jumped on her bed happily.

“KYAHH!!! OMG!!!! I better tell this to Ayumi!!!!” Rika got her phone from her pocket and dialed her best friend’s number.

“Hello?”

“AYUMIII!!!!!” Rika squealed gleefully.

“Geez Rika! I told you not to do that anymore right? Do you really want to make me a deaf person? Geez, what is it this time? I bet another Tanakamei fic… or an Ohyass fic?”

“No… It’s way better than that.. But still has a relation with three-tums.” Rika declared while studying the contents of the CD that Miki gave her.

“Ahhh… your officemate finally decided to introduce Kuwagata to you?” Ayumi queried.

“Hmm, no… although that would make me scream like this too… there’s another reason.”

“Okay, I give up. What’s the real deal?” Rika muttered a silent sorry to her friend for the next thing that she will do.

“MY ANOTHER OFFICEMATE GAVE ME A THREE-TUMS CD WITH THEIR SIGNS!!!!” Rika screamed over her phone.

“RIKA!!!My ears!!!” Rika laughed as she heard her friend’s ‘scream’ reply. “I will stop writing your favorite TanaKamei pairings and make into a TanaShige or KameShige pairings if you will continue doing that.” Ayumi threatened.

“Ok, I will stop doing that. Anyway, my office mate from Hokkaido. You know her right?”

“Hmm, Miki Fujimoto?” Ayumi asked. She remembered how her friend always talk about her when she was still in Hokkaido; the way they make fun on their president and how Rika ‘somewhat’ changed her attitude.

“Yeah! So you do remember her.”

“How can I forget your endless ranting about her before… So she gave you that signed Three-Tums CD? And I thought she’s a normal person too.”

“No, I just learned that this day. Her friend is the one who’s addicted to Three-Tums. And then Miki mentioned me and her friend immediately gave me that CD… and worse…” Rika paused, she grinned for she knew Ayumi will be shocked to hear this one. “She’s a Maki Goto addict!”

“No way! Maki Goto?!? No way!!!” Rika laughed. Finally, Ayumi knew she wasn’t the only fan-girl of Maki Goto. “GAAAAHHH!!! I want to meet her!!! Finally! I’m not all alone! There’s another girl who likes Maki Goto songs!”

“There are girls too, but maybe just 2%... and the rest are the wota guys. I already told you about the other 1%.” Rika heard Ayumi laugh on the phone. She got her hidden meaning.

“You’re saying that it’s just the two of us, and me being the other 1%?”

“Well, you’re the one who said it.”

……………….

“Sorry I’m late!” A girl with short hair greeted Miki. She was wearing a plain black long sleeved blouse matching her dark blue fitted jeans. Miki helped her friend who was holding a large paper bag.

“It seems that we will have a party this night. You bought lots of food. We might not be able to consume all of that.” Miki said as she scanned the items inside the paper bag.

“Don’t worry. Did you forget that she’s a good cook? We’ll be able to eat all of this without even noticing it.” The girl replied. They rode a bus going to the train station. From there, they will ride a train going to Tokyo. When they arrived in there, Miki pulled her friend towards a certain store to buy some drinks. After that, they hailed a cab and gave their friend’s address. They immediately knocked on the door as soon as they arrived on their destination. A girl with a long, brownish hair opened the door.

“Ayaya! Mikitan! It’s been so long since I last seen you!” The girl hugged her two friends at the same time. She led them inside her apartment and signaled them to sit on her couch.

“Yeah, it’s hard to have a friend who’s famous nee, Gocchin?” Miki started, “With all the concert tours and promotions on the TV, you don’t have enough time to spend with us.”

“Hey, look who’s talking. If you didn’t move to Hokkaido, then you’ll have some time to spend with us.” Aya replied. She and Maki were good friends even before they met Miki. She still has a constant communication with her and always makes sure to visit her at least once a week but this past month, Maki was on her concert tour and was always out of her apartment.

“As if I have a choice right?” Miki answered.

“But you have a choice! If you just…”

“Can we please not talk about that topic? Let’s enjoy each other while I’m still here.” Miki cut off Aya’s words. Maki, seeing the tension between the two was rising, decided to do something. Those two were like Fire and Ice even before and it’s always her ‘duty’ to pacify the two.

“If the two of you will be like that, I’ll not let you eat the chocolate marble cake that I baked.”

“We’re not fighting, are we?” Miki wrapped her arms around Aya’s shoulders.

“Yeah, we’re very good friends right?”

“The two of you were as childish as ever. Fine, I’ll get the cake.” Maki stood up and left her two friends who were somewhat drooling at the thought of the yummy cake that she baked.

“So, what did you do while you’re waiting for me? You’re pretty early.” Aya queried her friend.

“Hmmm, what did I do? I met up with my boss and gave her something.”

“Your boss? Abe-san?”

“Ishikawa-san.” Aya thought for a while before remembering where she had heard that name before; it was when she visited Miki on Hokkaido three days ago. She wanted to surprise her about the CD of Three- Tums. She was waiting for a cab on the airport when she saw Miki came out of the exit. She went towards her and Miki was really surprised out of her sudden visit. She asked Miki if she had some kind of premonition that she will visit her. Miki answered no; she just said goodbye to her boss, Rika Ishikawa.

“What did you give her? Hey, I know you have a position in your company but I feel like you wanted to be the vice-president or something.” Aya half joked. She knew Miki will do everything to achieve her goals.

“Hey, I’m not like that. I just gave her something to confirm my theory ever since I met her.”

“And what was that?” Aya asked curiously. She moved closer so that she will hear clearly Miki’s answer.

“Well, I gave her my CD of Three-Tums and then her other side showed up. It turns out that my theory that she’s one of those ‘Napthalene Balls fangirl’ was correct.”

“Ehh? The moth balls? I don’t get it…”

“Come on… Where do you usually put the moth balls?” Miki gave a wink to her friend.. She’s known to be a straight forward type of girl but when it comes to her two friends, she would like to ‘torture’ them just a little more.

“Of course I would put it in my closet so the insects will… not… eat… OHHH!!! Now I get it!
Hahaha, that’s something new. The heir to a large company is a closet fangirl… But… Why did you give that CD? Maki had a hard time getting them to sign that up. And I went to Hokkaido just to give that to you, and you just gave it away?”

“I’m starting to live a normal life… I had a funeral for my old self four days ago.” At this, Aya laughed out loud. Her friend, who was known to be an ‘OTAKU’ way back when they were still in high school, was suddenly giving up on her passion. Maki emerged from the kitchen, holding a tray with three slices of cake and three cups of tea.

“Hey, what’s funny?” Maki greeted as she put the tray on the table.

“Miki said, she wanted to live a normal life. As if she can!” Aya continued laughing. Miki glared at her.

“Hey! I’m serious! Why can’t you believe me?” Maki was the one who answered her because Aya was busy laughing so hard.

“Because, it’s like saying that you won’t eat Yakiniku ever again. Just because something happened, you will change everything in your life. That’s not the Miki we knew. Our ‘Miki’ is a person who never listens on what others will say. You have your own decisions and no one can interfere with that, right?”

“Yeah… and besides… what… I think you’re the first ever diehard fan of Three-Tums even the time when they were just starting and were on an independent label. You’re the founder of an on-line forum about them. You wrote fics. You’re constantly updating their discography. You have gone to their various concerts… And now you’re telling us that you’ll give up everything that you have established?” Aya enumerated after her laughing fit. Miki glared at the two. “Oh yeah… and I can’t forget the many sleepless nights of you thinking of a nice username for your forum… That’s really funny.”

“Yeah, she ended up as just ‘Tenma_Mosaku’… the Heaven demon groper… pretty lame if you asked me.” Maki followed.

Miki sighed in defeat. She smiled inwardly. Even though she can’t do a lot of bonding moments with them for many months now, they still know her down to the last bone in her body. “I know what I did. You don’t have to enumerate it to me. My, my… I can never fool the two of you. You knew me very well. Let’s just eat the cake. I’m hungry.”

…………………..
“Is it really alright to stay here for the night? I think you need to rest. That concert tour’s really tiring if you ask me.” Aya asked before putting a small amount of the delicious cake on her mouth.

“Yes, it’s really ok. You’re my friends. And we have so much to talk about.” Maki replied. Miki suddenly looked up from her plate and moved her head as if she was searching for something… or someone.

“Where’s Yuki? Is it alright for him if we stayed here?”

“Yuki’s on his apartment. It’s much closer to the Johnny’s office.” Maki replied. Her brother Yuki was an idol too. He was a solo artist in Johnny’s entertainment. He became close with Koki Tanaka of KAT-TUN; the older brother of Reina Tanaka of Three-Tums. And she took that chance to get her friend an autograph CD from Three-Tums. The three finished their so called ‘tea party’. They talked about their lives and stuffs for about an hour before Maki remembered something. “So, you guys want to play some basketball? There’s a court nearby.”

………………….
Chapter 10
”Ya… yakiniku?” Reina asked happily. It was her favorite food. And she will be the happiest girl if Ai will treat her for a week.

“Yah… So I need you to focus and beat them up.”

“SURE!!! Leave everything to me!”

Sayumi walked towards her best friend who’s in trance. “Hey, Eri are you alright? I’m sorry about what happened earlier. It was just somewhat jealous because I feel that she’s slowly taking you away from me.”

Eri looked at her quizzically. “Ehh? Why do you feel that way?”

“Well.. because… I don’t know.. I just feel it. Do I need to come up with a radical explanation for that?”

“Ahhh… no?” Eri said in an interrogative tone. Sayumi remained silent and petted her hair. Eri snuggled closer to her. “Sayu… The sun’s going to rise in a few minutes. Let’s go now.”

“Ahh… so that’s why you’re looking into space now.”

“Hey, Sayu! The sun! My cousin must go home now! And we need to prepare for school too!” Kusumi shouted from behind and pushed them towards the court’s exit. Reina and Ai noticed the three getting out.

“Chotto matte! Where are you guys going? The game’s not finished yet!!!” Rika screamed.

“Sorry! Let’s continue it some other time!” Sayumi yelled back. “Our vampire must go home and hide in her coffin before the sun rises! And we still have school to attend to!” Sayumi ran off and followed Eri and Kusumi.

“Ehh?!? I thought that they were just joking about the vampire thing?!? What’s going on here Ai? I thought…” Risa’s mouth was stopped by Ai’s hand.

“You’re so loud! The neighborhood will wake up from your voice… Geez, I forgot that today’s Friday.. We have a test on Math…” Ai raised her eyebrow on Risa. “How will I suppose to know the truth? We just met them today. Hey, Reina, you have an idea?” Ai turned around and faced her somewhat stunned friend. “Reina?”

“My yakiniku….”
……………………
“Will the two of you run faster?” Eri shouted at the two who were running far behind from her.

“It’s not our fault if we’re not a fast runner! Even though you’re my cousin, I don’t have your genes. ” Kusumi whined. She’s on their school’s futsal team but it seemed that her training’s still not enough to match the speed of her cousin.

“Go on! Just leave us... It’s important for you to be inside the house before the sun rises.” Sayumi urged on. She knew that the sun’s rays would come out anytime soon. She was thankful that there are lots of tall houses in their community. She tried to catch up with Kusumi. “I can’t believe we didn’t notice the time.”

“I guess we enjoyed the game too much.” Kusumi replied. “She’s still fast.”

“But she’s always 30 minutes late on our designated time when we’re going to play basketball.” Sayumi answered. They were near Eri’s house but the sun’s rays appeared from behind the tall house, hitting Eri even before she entered their house.

“This is not good.”

…………….
Reina’s head throbbed in pain. She didn’t understand what her teacher was yapping about if front of the class. All she knew was that she really needed sleep. And if not for Risa who was always kicking her leg, she’ll already be in dreamland right now.

“Hey, you’re not the only one who didn’t get enough sleep so stay awake with us.”

“Stay awake with us?” Reina whispered and looked back at her friend. “Who’s ‘us’?”

“Me and Ai… who else?” Risa replied and pointed to Ai who was sitting beside her. Reina rolled her eyes as she saw Ai looking at the board and scribbling something on her notebook with her pen.

“So you think Ai was a diligent student who’s copying our lesson from the board?” Risa nodded but she has this quizzical look on to Reina. Reina shook her head in disbelief. Ai was Risa’s best friend but Risa still didn’t know her best friend’s ‘special ability’. “Risa, watch this…” Reina threw a piece of paper towards Ai’s notebook. Risa was shocked because Ai didn’t even move a bit. She looked slowly at Reina, with big, surprised eyes. Reina grinned wider and this time, threw another piece of paper towards Ai’s head. Ai jerked from her seat, looking left and right for the suspect. She saw the two looking at her.

“What?” Ai whispered, careful not to let their teacher hear her.

“Your best friend didn’t know that you can sleep with your eyes open while your hands are moving.”

“GAAH! Why didn’t you say it earlier!?!” Risa whined.

“Niigaki- san, is there something wrong?” Their stern-looking teacher asked. The whole class was looking at Risa while the two tried to prevent themselves from laughing out loud. “If you don’t have anything relevant to say, please stay quiet and listen to my lesson.”

“Hai, gomen.”

……………..
“Hey… You’re listening to those Chinese Twins again?” Risa removed Reina’s earphones. They were at their favorite spot under a tree, eating their lunch. The yankii gave her a glare but Risa still continued teasing her friend. “Come on. Do you even understand their language?”

“No, but they are still famous… and cute!” Reina defended. She was hooked on this certain anime made in China and she really loved the theme songs so she researched the artists and ended up liking Junjun and Linlin’s songs.

“Are you studying Mandarin?”

“No.”

“Do you understand what it means without searching for a translation in the internet?”

“No.”

“So how come are you still listening to that?!?”

“Risa stop bugging Reina!” Ai commanded. Reina muttered a silent thank you for her friend for somewhat saving her. But her smile disappeared quickly as soon as Ai continued her sentence. “Just leave her alone. She’s still a teenager so she still has the license to be irrational.”

“WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?! You’re a teenager too so don’t act like you know it all!”

“Is my big sister bothering you again?” Reina almost jumped from surprise as someone spoke behind her. She turned around and saw Ai’s brother, Takahashi Yuuto. Reina blushed from embarrassment.

“Ahhh…no…err.. no..I mean.. yes… they are bugging me.” Yuuto was a year younger than them. She didn’t tell her friends that she has this certain little crush on him. That would automatically earn a ticket for a lifelong teasing courtesy of Ai and Risa. She didn’t notice it before, but he has this certain goofy smile that makes her giddy inside. Same as what she always feels whenever Eri’s with her.

”Ehh? Why do I suddenly think of her? Ok… this is weird. I know I have a crush on Yuuto but I have this same feeling towards Eri… ok… weirder.. Stronger feelings than Yuuto?!? I think I’m having one of those ‘adolescent phases’ that they were talking about. The identity crisis stage.”

“Why are you here in the first place Yuuto? How come the guards let you in our campus?” Ai asked her little brother. She really loved his brother very much and she’s proud whenever she hears someone having a crush on her brother.

“Well, I told him that I’m going to give you this.” Yuuto searched for something inside his bag. After finding it, he shoved the rectangular thing on her sister’s face. “You forgot your lunch. Mom said, you were in a trance earlier because you’re still sleepy.”

“Ohh, am I? But I’m eating my lunch now.” Ai pointed towards the half finished bento box near Risa’s side.

“You should be saying MY bento.. Geez Ai, are you still sleeping? I’m just sharing my food with you!”

“Ehh? But I thought that it’s my food.” Ai whined in her unusually low voice which made the others laugh.

“She’s still sleeping.” Yuuto remarked. He patted Reina’s shoulder and moved his lips near Reina’s ears.
“Please be careful with her, she always hits someone when she’s sleeping.” Reina knew that she blushed for she felt the heat from her cheeks.

“Hey, are you alright?” Risa asked. She noticed her normally frank and out spoken friend turned silent suddenly. Reina mentally slapped herself for blushing in front of her friends. She scanned her brain for a plausible excuse. She looked up at the sky and saw the sun. Her wonky eyes grew bigger when she realized something.

“I have a bad feeling about this…” As Reina said those words, her phone rang.

“Hello? Reina? This is Sayumi.”

TBC

………………..
“You know what...” Miki started as Aya passed her the ball, “I read lots of fanfics about you guys.” Miki looked at Maki before throwing the ball onto the hoop.

“Huh? What fanfic?” Maki queried. Aya got the ball and passed it to Maki. Maki ran towards the hoop and made an easy lay-up.

“You know the forum I made about Three-Tums right? Many of their fans we making a love triangle between you, Reina and Eri.”

“And you’re one of them?” Aya asked after throwing the ball from the three-point line. Miki nodded vigorously.

“Yeah! And a perverted one!”Maki bounced the ball on Miki’s head. “Ouch! It hurts! Geez…”

“Is it because I made that surprise appearance at their concert? I did that just to get that autograph that you requested me.” Maki did that as a thank you gift for her request. Yuki told her that he didn’t have a hard time getting their autographs because Reina idolizes her. She quickly called up Eri and Sayu to sign the CD.

“Hahahaha… Of course. If you didn’t do that, I would give you an idea on the dance routines for your ‘Some Boys Touch’ PV. You should be grateful to me.” Maki smiled and passed the ball to Miki with all her strength. Miki caught the ball just in time before it hit her face. She stuck her tongue out at Maki. “You can never do the same thing to me twice!”

“Hey, will the two of you stop that? Come on. We’re already old.” Aya said as she picked up the ball. The two looked at each other. Even though they haven’t seen each other for a long time, nothing had changed in their behaviors. They grinned at Aya.

“You’re the only one who’s old.” The two said simultaneously.

“I’m NOT!!! I’m the youngest dammit...”

“Hahaha, let’s not pick on little ol granny and let’s just enjoy playing basketball.” Miki teased and Maki followed her lead.

“Yeah you’re right. Come on granny, take it easy… or your old bones might crack.”

“I’M NOT OLD!!!!!”

Official Fic trailer

2009-07-08T09:28:00.002+08:00

Yey! I finally did it!!! I made a trailer for my fangirl fic...Hehehe.. It didn't come out like I wanted it to be due to lack of vids... but still... this is the best that I can do for now..Hahaha.. I hope you will like it.XD

Fangirl 10.5

2009-07-05T00:28:00.007+08:00

Ahahaha...Why did I post it when I haven't posted the chapter 10? The truth is... I DON'T REALLY KNOW!!! Maybe because Sayumi's birthday is coming up and this one will serve as my b-day fic for her. Oh, and I don't forget my promised Yoshizawa b-day fic... Glad my 1kb memory's still working. I'll just post it when I'll post the chapter 10 or 11... because it contains a lot of info..Ahahaha.. Many will kill me for the ending... I just have a hunch. Anyways, here's the angst, emo... whatever you call it... chapter/b-day fic of Sayumi. I inserted something I read from Kata's poll...Hehehe. So the ending turned out not so-emo..LOL.Enjoy!XD

BTW, someone owed me three updates..XD

“Hey… Eri.. Please wake up.. Don’t leave me…” I cried beside the hospital bed while holding Eri’s limp hands. I decided to skip school for the sake of my best friend. A part of me was also guilty for what happened to her. If I only watched the time… this wouldn’t happen to her. I felt Eri’s hand twitch a little. I quickly wiped off my tears and faced her. I can’t let her see me in this state. “Eri?”

Eri’s head moved towards my direction and opened her eyes. “Are you crying?” Eri asked in a weak, hoarse voice. I bit my lip. She still worries about me even in her current state.

“No, I just woke up. You know, tired from all that playing, not getting any sleep… Hmmm, what else…”

“You didn’t go to school?”

“Why would I when you’re here in the hospital?” I just can’t leave her alone right? I’m the only support she has right now. Her aunt was out of town two days ago. I really can’t leave her.

“Come on Sayu. This is nothing. You should go to school right now.”

“Nothing?” My inner self wanted to explode. I know I have to be nice with her but this is too much. “So being confined in this hospital, and having yourself injected with medicines and stuff is nothing?!” That’s it. My sarcastic side showed up. And Eri looking at me innocently wasn’t going to help ease my anger. “Why can’t you just…”

“What? Blame my condition?” I stopped and looked at Eri. She still has that innocent look in her eyes but behind that look, I can see something… I don’t know what is it but it’s more like a look of determination. “Look, Sayu. I have this illness ever since I was born. There’s no known cure for this. But I still have this positive outlook. I don’t know when will I die but I’m prepared for it. I just want to treasure all my experiences so I will not regret it later. I just face every challenge with a smile.” At this, my heart wanted to burst. Did she just say the word ‘die’? As if I would let it happen to her.

“You cannot die! You will not leave me alone right?!” There Eri saw the real me. The mysterious me suddenly resurfaced because of that word. The truth is… I’m weak. I just become strong whenever Eri’s with me. And now, I’m showing her my weakness at the wrong time.

“Sayu, you have to understand, EVERYBODY will die. But the hard part is that if we die earlier than expected. That’s why you have to live your life to the fullest every day; because you will never when will your time comes.” I don’t know what the problem with Eri is. She can say those words easily. The tears that I’ve been trying to stop were now freely falling from my cheeks. I just hate this topic. I felt Eri’s other hand wipe away my tears.

“Come on Sayu. Don’t cry. Be the strong Sayumi that I always knew. Even when I’m gone physically, I’ll reside inside your heart. You made a big room for me right?” Eri said those words softly. From the tone of her voice, I know that she’s on the verge of crying too. The only thing I can do now is to somehow divert the topic.

“Yes… complete with a queen-sized bed, a large wardrobe and lots of toys… For only 1 million yen a month!”

“That’s a little bit pricey. Don’t I have a discount? Come on! I’m your best friend!” Eri whined.

“Hmmm, I’ll think about that… How about giving me a kiss?”I playfully asked her. I like this topic better than the other one. Don’t get me wrong… I’m straight. But I don’t know about her. And if she’s going to die, I need to clarify it before she goes.

“Okay, that’s it. I’m tired and I want to sleep.” There… She’s clearly avoiding the topic. But she needed to ‘face the challenge’ right at this moment.

“Before you go to sleep, let me see your left hand.”

“Ok… but you’re holding it tightly…” I gave her a puzzled look. Eri pointed at my left hand. It’s true. I’m still holding her hand.

“Ohhh… Didn’t notice that… Anyway, hold still.” I looked closely and compared her ring finger and index finger.

“What are you looking for?” I didn’t answer her. Instead I showed her her fingers.

“See this? Which do you think is longer… your middle finger or your ring finger?” Eri squinted her eyes, and after a few seconds she came up with an answer that made me smile.

“My ring finger?”

“I thought so too…”

“What about it?”

“Well, I read this article in the net… basically it’s about hormones and stuffs and then it says that a person who’s ring finger is taller than the index finger… is a homo.”

“What?!?”

“Yeah… Don’t try to deny it anymore… You like girls… You like Reina.” I would laugh out loud if we’re not in the hospital but Eri’s blush and reaction was really funny.

“Ahhh… no.. It’s just that…”

“Come on, what’s wrong with that? Oh yeah… I think the only wrong thing that you have done is that you have a crush on someone who’s not as cute as me… Geez, you know, it’s painful on my part! I’m the cutest girl around!” I don’t care if I sounded narcissistic with that but those types of comments were the ones bringing Eri’s smile.

“Still as narcissistic as ever.. Fine, all for that discount… I think I have a crush on her. But I guess it’s no use continuing it.” There were two meanings behind that statement of hers. One is that it’s no use continuing because Reina might freak out or… because she will die sooner. I really hate this topic!!!

“Sayu, can I have one wish….”

“What…”

“Reina’s a good person. Please remain a good friend to her no matter what happens.”

TBC

ahahaha...sleepy now... sorry for the abrupt ending..XD

If I Have a Blog by Sayumi Michishige

2009-06-28T00:33:00.004+08:00

Yeah! Had some time to post something... and sad to say, it's not an update.. Just a random idea I had when I heard Beyonce's "If I were a Boy" song... Ahahaha... Enjoy reading the lyrics of my parody...if you have the song, then listen to it while reading my version!If you're wondering about the 'kamikatta' thing. I watched some vid on youtube showing Reina typing it... and it took her a lot of time typing it and finding how to type the question mark.But sad to say... Can't find the link anymore.XD

If a had a blog even just for a day
I will write all the news about me
The latest fashion items and go

Rant my beauty tips
But I changed my mind
I’d rather keep it a secret
So I will remain as the cutest girl
This world has ever seen

If I have a blog
I think they could understand
I’m not that narcissistic
Really, I’m just tellin’ the truth

I think it’s better
Than my own radio show
My voice sounds hoarse from the talking
And tired from all the recording
Then they tell me that I’m out of tune

If I have a blog
then I could rest my voice
I’ll just spend an hour typing
About what happened in our dance practice

I’ll take out my cam
And capture pictures of me
With my famous Usa-chan peace
And then I will upload it, to my blog

If I have a blog
I can type ‘kamikitta’
Finish it a lot faster
And know how to put question mark

I taught Reina that
During Haromoni
Even babies can do that one
It’s good to know she has weakness
And now I know that I’m much better

A lot of people say that I’m a weakling
I beg to disagree
There’s a reason behind it
Don’t want to ruin my make up
If I’ll sweat

But it’s just a blog
I’ll write anything
yeah, I’ll write everything, oh!
Involving the girls of Momusu
That our fans don’t usually know

Yossie’s really a pimp
And Eri’s with Reina
Just read all the fanfics, they are true
I will not give you the pairings
They might graduate me for spilling it
I won’t make a blog

a banner and a video

2009-06-21T00:05:00.002+08:00

I will be gone for probably a week..Because I'll be pretty busy with work. So I'll leave you all with something before I go.XD

And dito mo itype yung iba pa. :D
So yeah... will be gone for a week.. so I decided to do something. I'm not really good with Adobe Photoshop..but this is the best that I can do. Ok..I present you, the official banner of my fic, Fangirl!

Ahahaha..really lame. I think but that's the best I can do for now.XD
And I saw this on youtube. Rika acting like a wota... Yeah.. imagine she's being like this to Three-tums..LOL

Anyways, I hope you liked my last post for now..so yeah... I'll stay in the reality world for a week or so... See you again!XD

Fangirl 9

2009-06-20T11:52:00.002+08:00

Ok..another update! Ahahaha.. and I'll probably be away for a week due to busy schedule so yeah.. Please don't expect any updates for next week.. So enjoy this latest chapter.XD

“Gaahh!!! Finally… I can go home!” Rika stretched her arms as her clock showed that it’s already time for her to leave. She was fixing her things when somebody knocked on her door. “Come in!”

As soon as she said that, Mari’s head popped out from behind the door.

“Hi there! I’m going home now!”

“Sure! Take care!”

“ Thanks. And before you go, please see Mr. Nishida. He wanted to talk with you earlier, but it seemed that you went out this lunch.”

“Yeah. I went to see some friend. Ok. I’ll go to him after I’m done with this.”

“See you tomorrow!”

Rika quickly finished her packing and went to Mr. Nishida’s office. She knocked twice before she heard Mr. Nishida’s voice, permitting her to come inside his office. Rika saw the old man sitting in front of his desk.

“Ms. Ishikawa! I wanted to talk to you earlier but I can’t find you anywhere.”

“I went to a certain restaurant to meet someone. ” Mr. Nishida grinned at her, at which Rika knew what that certain grin means. “I was with my friend... and it’s a girl ok. I still don’t have a boyfriend.”

“Hahaha!” Mr. Nishida chuckled. “I know. If you already have one, your father will tell it to me too. Anyway, Ms. Abe sent me some reports earlier. And she also sent a CD for you. I don’t know what it contains but she said that it’s important for you. I have a hunch that it’s the project you did in Hokkaido.” As he said that, Mr. Nishida gave Rika a transparent case with a gold CD inside. “You can go now.”

“Thank you.” Rika studied the CD. She noticed that the burn marks only few, meaning the data inside were a lot smaller. She went to her office and removed her laptop from its case to know what’s inside the CD. And when she found out what it contains… she was touched. It was the video of the program that the Hokkaido branch did for her before she went back to Kobe. And she forwarded it to her part where she sung Asu e no Tobira.

”Ehh.. well. It’s hard to admit but I sounded really weird there.”
Rika scanned the content of the CD and then she remembered the CD Miki gave her but decided to view it at home for if she viewed it in the office, she might go home really late. Instead, she went to Kuwagata’s blog and decided to give some lectures on the three fans that were fighting.

Charmy
Sorry to intrude but if you should know, this isn’t the right place to fight like that. This is a fic blog and not a flame forum. Sorry for the term but that’s the reality. If you want to fight, then fight somewhere else. Please respect Kuwagata’s blog as she was just trying her best to make us happy with her fics. But sad to say, you are destroying it. I know there are various worshippers. I for one is a TanaKamei fan but I respect every fic that ends with TanaShige or KameShige. Why? Because they are still Three Tums. They are still part of the group that we worship. I hope I will not see any hints of fighting in the next chapter. Kuwagata’s my favorite writer that’s why I stepped up so as not to further ruin this blog. Please be open minded.

“There! I hope they will stop bickering on the comments page.” Rika said as she posted her comment on chapter 8. She was about to turn off her wi-fi signal when Kuwagata’s blog reload and revealed a new chapter.

..............

Chapter 9

“HEY! PASS THE BALL!!!” Reina shouted as she saw Eri coming up to Risa but instead of helping, she made it worse. Risa lost her focus and so Eri was able to steal the ball away from her.

“YOU’RE SO LOUD!!!” Risa glared back at her friend. They were having a three- on -three competition. Reina, Ai and Risa made the first team while the second team consisted of Eri, Sayumi and Kusumi; Sayumi’s classmate and Eri’s cousin. It was more of a handicap match again. Risa was guarding Kusumi; both playing as the center. Sayu was playing as the forward so Ai was guarding her and lastly Reina was trying to steal the ball from the point guard of the other team, Eri.

“You’re really good at dribbling.”

“Come on! Apply what I’ve taught you. It’s your time to show your friends what you’ve learned. But still, we won’t get easy on your team.” Eri whispered. Reina smiled and quickly, reached out her hand towards the ball but Eri was quicker. She did a bounce pass towards her cousin. Kusumi acted like she was about to shoot so Risa jumped up to block it but it turns out that it’s only a fake. Kusumi dribbled the ball once and did a fade away shot. Their lead was added with another two points. And their time was almost up; Eri’s time was almost up. Ai called for a time-out.

“We can still win. Their lead is only seven points. We can do still do at least three, three-point shots or two, three point shots and a quick jumper within two minutes. We just have to tighten our defense and not let them get a shoot from now on.” Ai started. She was about to tell her two friends what to do when Reina suddenly speak up her mind.

“Risa was letting Kusumi free.”

“Hey! I’m not… You’re the one who’s not guarding your vampire friend. Oh, that’s right… You can’t block her right?”

“Chotto! That’s a low blow! I’m not that short. Wait till I grow taller and I’ll be making slam dunks right at your face!”

“Sure, I’ll wait for that time to come… If that day will really come.” Risa mocked. Reina was about to walk right up to Risa when she heard Ai raising her voice to get their attention back to their game plan.

“OKAY BACK TO BUSINESS…” This wasn’t the first time that Risa and Reina fought while playing basketball and she’s always the one who settle their differences. She’s the mature one and those two need some guidance with their fiery attitudes. “As I was saying, we have to tighten our defense from now on. Reina, I noticed that you were much better now than before. I know she’s the one who taught you what you learned now. You know her better than we do so can you try to share to us what she’s like when she’s playing?” Reina thought about it. Ai was right. The first thing you need to know when you want to win was to know your enemy better. Reina shared with them what she observed when Eri and Sayumi were playing together. Ai now knew what to do.

“Woah… Now I really wished I didn’t join the futsal club and stick with basketball. I never knew our team’s really good!” Kusumi said. She was always hanging out with her cousin and friend before but ever since she auditioned for the futsal club of their school, she’s so tired from their practice that she rarely visited her sick cousin for the last year. She only got her updates from Sayumi who was her classmate.

“Well, it will become better if I was on that team right? Well, not as a player but their good looking muse.” Eri and Kusumi looked at each other and laughed out loud.

“EHH? WHY WOULD THEY WANT YOU AS THEIR MUSE???” Kusumi replied and continued her laugh.

“Come on Sayu… I know you’re narcissistic and all but… I never expect it to be this worse.” Eri added and joined her cousin on laughing.

“Fine, laugh at me now but I’ll not entertain you if I become the next Miss Universe…”

“Okay, let’s stop joking around and get serious… Look at them,” Eri pointed towards Reina’s team, “they are really finding ways to beat us.”

“Yeah, serious… We need to get serious.” Kusumi followed her cousin’s lead to ignore her best friend deliberately.

“YOU TWO ARE REALLY MEAN!!!!”

The game resumed with the ball in Ai’s possession. She will be the one who will be making the inbound pass. Sayumi was tightening her defense but then, Ai outsmarted her and passed the ball in between her legs. Reina caught it up and immediately ran towards the hoop. She did a crossover dribble against Kusumi who suddenly appeared in front of her.

“She’s fast…” Kusumi tried to stop her but she only made it worse. Kusumi lost her balance when she tried to get the ball and fall on her knees. Reina lost her footing and dived forward… towards Eri who was in front of her.

“Hey Eri are you…” She was really worried about her best friend for even if Eri’s taller than Reina, Reina’s still heavy and will squish her friend. Sayumi stopped her tracks as she approached the two after 5 seconds of not moving. She saw Reina’s lips touching her best friend’s lips. And they were not trying to move from their position. Sayumi couldn’t control herself. “Hey, you’re squishing my friend!” Sayumi pulled Reina away from Eri.

“Ahhmm.. Ano… gomen…” Reina tried to explain but her mind was totally shut from the previous experience.

“Gomen! Did the two of you have some serious injuries? I’m really sorry! It’s my entire fault!” Kusumi apologized loudly but Sayumi didn’t notice her and instead look at Reina angrily.

“You know. You’re messing with her mind lately and I won’t allow that!”

“Ehh? I’m what?” Reina asked curiously. This is the first time that she saw Eri’s best friend that angry.

“NO!!! It’s really nothing! Sayumi was just joking around… riiight?!” Eri looked at her best friend with pleading eyes. Sayumi sighed. She can’t resist her best friend no matter how hard it is for her part.

“Ahahaha… And I think Reina really fell for that.” Sayumi laughed and patted Reina’s shoulders. “Come on. Let’s continue the game. It’s Reina’s turn on the free throw line.”

Reina went to the free throw line, still confused at what Sayumi said earlier. Risa and Sayumi were already blocking out each other.

“Isn’t that too early to do? Reina’s not dribbling yet.” Ai asked the two ‘hyper’ girls who just ignored her question. Ai just sighed and noticed Koharu doing something weird, with her hands in a ‘kamehameha’ position, towards the direction of Reina.

“Uhhm, what are…” Ai didn’t finish her question for she ‘heard’ what Koharu was mumbling.

“It will miss… miss… miss… misss…”

Ai sighed again and this time, found the ‘vampire’ looking at the sky in a state of trance.

“Am I the only one focused on this game?”

Reina dribbled the ball and shot it. With her mind drifting somewhere, she forgot to apply enough force for the ball to even touch the basket. Eri’s team automatically got the possession of the ball.

“GAAAHH!!! WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH YOU?!?! That’s an easy shot!!” Risa shouted and looked at Sayumi. “YOU! I didn’t hear what you told her earlier but it sure is messing with her mind… That’s really cheap!”

“Yatta! My mantra worked!” Kusumi shouted with glee. Sayumi smiled and shook her head slowly. She then looked at Risa who now had her hands crossed over her chest.

“Well, basketball is not really a physical game. It’s more of a mind game. If you lose your focus, you’re finished. That’s an important lesson in this game. And if Reina can’t overcome it, you two will have to do something to bring her focus back… or else, lose this game. Risa was amazed at what Sayumi had said.

“Woah.. Reina has good teachers… I wonder if we could recruit her as a coach… Naahhh… That can never happen. She’s still a student.” Risa quickly went to Ai.

“Ai, we need to do something to Reina. She lost her focus and at this rate, we will lose if we don’t do something.”

“Yeah. Don’t worry. I know how to bring her focus back. I’ll use that thing.” Ai grinned and walked towards the direction of Reina.

“What thing?” Risa asked.

“’THAT thing!” Ai shouted back. Reina looked back at her friend when she heard Ai yelled behind her. She didn’t really hear what her friend said for she was thinking about what Sayumi said earlier.

“I’m messing up with Eri’s mind? What the hell did that mean? Is it because she was teaching me basketball and thus making her sleep, less? Wait...I’m the one who’s experiencing that. She’s really asleep every morning. I’m the one who doesn’t have enough sleep…” Reina’s thoughts was cut short when Ai tapped her shoulders and whispered something.

“I’ll treat you for a week if we will win this one. I know a good restaurant with yakiniku as their specialty… So stay focused.”

TBC

……………………
“Overtime?” Rika closed her laptop forcefully as she heard a voice from out of nowhere. She looked around and saw a head poking out of the door.

“Yoshizawa-san! Geez, you scared the hell out of me. Please knock on the door next time.” Hitomi opened the door wide enough for her to get inside the room. She walked towards Rika’s table.

“I did. Maybe you just didn’t hear it. I can hear some noises that sounded like a muffled scream… or rather, a squeal.. and then it felt like there’s a magnitude 5 earthquake. So when I knocked and nobody answered, I peeped to see whether there’s someone inside. Apparently, I just found a Three-Tums addict who likes reading fanfics made by my friend. So how’s the latest chapter?” Rika wanted to laugh for Hitomi caught her. She wanted to go home early but she got hooked on the new chapter. It seems that Kuwagata was on a roll this day with two chapters.

Rika blushed from embarrassment. Her co worker heard her squeal and felt her jumping around when she read that Reina fell into Eri and accidentally kissed her lips. “Well, the chapter’s really good. So, Kusumi was Eri’s cousin in there… Before, I was thinking why she inserted Kusumi on her dream… Now I understand…Your friend, she’s improving. I didn’t know that she’s a fast writer.” Rika said what she observed, “Normally, she would update once a week or once every two weeks but now, she’s updating almost every day, and twice this day. That hiatus really helped her.”

She motioned Hitomi to sit on the chair in front of her desk. Hitomi shook her head and remained standing. “Well, I believe she’s inspired to write every day… and if it’s based on something, expect it to be updated frequently than her fanfics with original plots.” Hitomi explained. Rika was somehow disturbed at what her colleague was acting.

“What’s with that look?!? Is it an illness from this company? Miki has that look… so as Mari and now, Hitomi. Maybe tomorrow I’ll see Mr. Nishida with that look.” Unknowingly, she gave Hitomi a blank look; a sign that she was immersed deeply with her thoughts. When she finally noticed her colleague looking at her quizzically, she immediately asked something related to their previous topic.

“Ahh, so since she got the plot from Taiyou no Uta, it’s just easy to edit the story instead of creating one… But isn’t that plagiarism? You know… the story’s still based on the movie.” Hitomi blinked several times. Rika wanted to laugh at her. Hitomi’s really cute when she’s doing that.

“I didn’t think about that one…” Hitomi whispered.

“What?” Rika asked. Instead of answering, Hitomi finally sat on the chair and stayed silent for a couple of seconds.

“Hmmm, when I think about it, I think that’s not considered plagiarism. She didn’t copy the whole story although the idea’s still there… but it’s really different. That’s my opinion.”

“Ahh... Well, anyways, there are lots of other writers doing that in forums…” Rika added. In her own opinion, Hitomi was still editing Kuwagata’s story. At first, it looked like it was a rip-off from the movie but as the chapters pass by, it was making its own story; the story between Eri and Reina’s friendship. But deep inside, she would really like it if Kuwagata will follow the storyline of ‘Taiyou no Uta’ because that would mean that Reina would fall in love with Eri. Usually, normal persons would be disgusted in reading this kind of fics; boy-boy, girl-girl. People who read it are open to the idea of the third sex. The misconception of normal people is that those people reading or writing are gay too. But it’s different from her… and Ayumi. They were just open minded persons that love reading anything which involves their favorite group or pairings. Rika just sighed. She really wished that she could stay up in her own world. Surfing the net for 24hours, reading fics, downloading stuffs, writing fanfics… She would be the happiest girl if that happens.

“Hey, what are you thinking right now?” Hitomi asked.

“What do you think your friend will do about the ending? Will she end it like what happened in the movie… or she will change and make up another ending?”

“Hmmm, I guess she will end it up like the story. She’s a really sadistic person and she likes it when her main characters die. But she’s a masochist too… sometimes. ”

“I see… I really hope that she will not kill Eri. I know it does not exist in real life but… Can I give an idea and then relay it to Kuwagata?”

“Shoot.”

“Well, I hope that Reina will find a cure on Eri’s disease… and then, Eri will live longer. I hope it ends with TanaKamei… I still like the KameShige pairing but… I really think that it’s best to end it with TanaKamei.”

“What if she made it into a TanaShige… would you still read the ending all throughout?” Rika thought for a moment. Hitomi was right. It’s possible to make it into a TanaShige if Eri died like that. But she felt like it’s more of a friendship than love. Sayumi’s character was difficult to understand. One thing’s for sure, Ayumi will be delighted if that happened.

“Yeah… I’ll read it… It’s because not all fics end in a happily-ever after type. Sometimes they end bad and we often think because the author planned it to be like that… But we don’t think about why the author did that. If we look deeper… maybe we can get some lessons from that.. Like if Kuwagata killed Eri.. It means that life is short and you have to enjoy every single time that you’re alive.”

“Woah… nice analogy there… That’s... really… deep.” Hitomi replied, amazed at what her boss said. Now she knew her capabilities as to why she became one of the people in this company with high ranks… that is... besides from her being the heir to the company someday.

“Darou? Well... in short. I will read it because Kuwagata made it.” Rika answered. She then noticed something on Hitomi’s collar. “Ehh? What’s that? She pointed at it. Hitomi looked at the direction Rika was pointing and smiled.

“This? Your father sent me away again to do visit our supplier in Tokyo. And then I got sleepy after taking my lunch…” Hitomi paused for a while. It seemed that she’s choosing the words that she will say next. “I ordered a coffee and the accident ensues.”

“Hahaha! How clumsy can you get? What happened?” Rika laughed.

“Yeah… I saw someone as I was drinking my coffee. I was surprised and yeah… it’s just a small drip. No biggie.” Hitomi chuckled nervously.

“Why were you surprised? Is she your long lost friend or your enemy?”

“Ahhhh… my friend… but I didn’t go to her. She was with someone else.”

………………………
“AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! MY VERY FIRST THREE-TUMS CD WITH THEIR SIGNS!!!!!” Rika squealed with delight as soon as she reached her home. She almost forgot that Miki gave her that CD because of Kuwagata’s update on the net. She quickly opened the CD which she was dying to open while she was still in her office, afraid that she will really lose her image because she might not be able to contain herself. A small piece of paper fell off from the inside.

“Ehh??? What is this?” Rika picked it up and read its contents. “Hi there! Type this url when you’re surfing the net. It’s really cool…. Is this for me or Miki’s friend wrote this for Miki and she forgot to remove this before giving it to me?” Rika asked herself. She got her bag to get her laptop and check the site. She squealed with delight as the URL she typed is actually a web address of a Three-Tums forum that she hasn’t discovered until now. And she noticed that it’s different from the other forums… all of the sub forums were moderated by ONLY one moderator.

“Woah… this person’s really an addict when it comes to Three-Tums… Wait…” Rika looked closely at the name shown in her monitor. “Kabuto…mushi… It’s a beetle too right? Just like Kuwagata… EHHHH?!?”

Fangirl 8

2009-06-16T13:11:00.002+08:00

I'm back! LOL..so here's the update... it contains some stuffs that I noticed in real life forums..LOL... and I really tried my best to imitate them..LOL. I even hired a spiritist to let their souls come into me to impersonate them better...jokes! Anyways..I hope you like this chapter. Don't kill me!XD

Rika was walking towards the direction of their office when somebody tapped her shoulders from behind.

“Ohayou Ishikawa-san!” Rika turned around and saw her secretary.

“Ohayou! My, you’re somewhat late today. Usually you’re already inside before I get here.” Instead of answering her question, Mari looked from left to right to see whether there were other people nearby.

“Did I just see you get off Yoshizawa-san’s car?” Rika was taken aback. From the look of her secretary, she knew she can’t lie about it.

“Ahh, you saw that? Well, you see…” Rika trailed, “I was waiting in the bus stop when she passed me by her car. She offered me a ride in her car so I accepted it. Why? Is there a problem with that?” Rika took this chance to know the reason why everyone treated Hitomi like she has a contagious disease or something.

“Well, I guess there’s no problem with that. But don’t let the others see that you’re hanging out with her or you’ll have to deal with some kind of rumors.” Mari related. Rika wouldn’t miss this chance.

“What kind of rumor exactly?”

“Well, any type or rumor that if you can’t take it, I bet you would want to return to the main branch as early as possible.” Rika can’t believe at what she’s hearing right now. Based from her observations, Hitomi’s not the type to do anything that bad that the majority of the employees would want to gossip about it. Rika took a quick glance from Mari. Mari was serious at what she’s saying and at the same time, sad.

“What’s the case with Hitomi? I noticed that most of the employees wouldn’t want to go near her… And one time, we were on the elevator at the same time, it seems like they were talking about us.”

“That’s it. That’s what I’m talking about.” Mari replied. They were nearing their building quickly. Rika wanted to know more but Mari stopped and faced her. “You’ll be out of this branch in two weeks so I think that it’s better for you not to dig deep into it.” With that said, Mari went inside the building quickly. Rika was left outside, thinking about what her secretary had just shared.

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Rika went inside her office with a lot of questions bugging her mind. She really hated staying in the ‘real world’. There are so many problems that she has to deal with; her own work, the people she’s working with, and the responsibility of maintaining her ‘goody-good’ status at the same time. The only time that she’s breaking free from it was by the internet where all her ‘fantasies’ came true. When she saw that’s it’s already lunch time, she left all her work and opened her laptop. There’s no update yet and only her comment was posted in there so she visited her best friend’s blog. Apparently, Ayumi wrote a new comedy fic. In the story that she uploaded, Ayumi and her were riding in a car and a group of bad guys kidnapped them. They were hidden in a secluded place, waiting for their families to take the ransom money to the kidnappers. And then, the ‘Eito Rangers’ appeared, rescuing them. It’s funny in a sense that each ‘Eito Rangers’ has their own ‘weird’ powers. Ryo has a ‘killer smile’ which can make any bad guys freeze when they see him. Subaru has the ‘enka’ power which can make the bad guys’ ears bleed because of his high pitched voice, and so on and so forth.

“WHAT WAS THAT?!?! I’m not like that at all in real life!!! I’m an anime addict but I will definitely NOT do that crap…LOL.Dude, you should make it more realistic. And besides, my birthday’s still a month away... Are you making a suggestion on what we shall do on my birthday? Hehehe, anyways, I liked your fic!!! To the highest level! That was really funny and to think that we are included in the story as the heroines… or the damsels in distress? Hahaha. And mostly in my point of view. That bad guy leader… isn’t he Koki Tanaka? And the rest are the Kattun guys? And I really love that “MOE POWER” of Ohkura and Yassan… Can you edit it? LOL… I just have this great idea that Reina rushes to his brother’s aid and then Eri was there…and then, they just started having those “MOE POWER” too… Just thinking out loud… I really appreciate it, Thanks!!! BTW, I wrote a drabble. It’s somewhat… I don’t know. I just wrote what comes into my mind last night. Please comment on it. Two weeks more and I’ll come back there. And the first thing that we will do… CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!! See you soon!!!XD

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Chapter 8

Reina saw two figures in the court. As soon as she went home, she finished her homework, ate her dinner and slept early. She woke up an hour and a half past midnight and sneaked outside to meet up with them.

“Oi Eri! You’re spacing out again… Did you make contact with your mother ship?” Reina heard Sayumi said out loud. It seemed that the two haven’t noticed her yet.

“Yeah, apparently, they wanted to take me home now.” Reina saw Sayumi dropped the ball and rushed over to Eri. Through the dim lights of the court, she can still see the worry etched on Sayumi’s face as she hugged her friend. She can’t hear clearly what Sayumi’s whispering to her.

“I’m really intrigued by her illness.”

Reina decided that maybe it’s not the right time to barge in so she turned her back on the two but as soon as she started walking away, Eri noticed her.

“Reina! Ohayou! You’re pretty early this time!”

“Ohayou! Well, my team mates were noticing that I improved so much so I need to continue what I’m doing right now. I was watching the two of you play… Both of you were really good.”

“Of course! We’re the best tag team champions!” Sayumi replied. At this, Eri laughed out loud.

“What tag team champions?! Are you watching too much wrestling?” Sayumi didn’t realize what she had said and Reina didn’t get it at first but after Eri said that, the two of them laugh out loud.

“What I mean is that we’re the best tandem in basketball.” Sayumi corrected. “You wanna try us?” Reina thought about it for a moment. It would be a handicap match. Two versus one; and those two were much taller than her. It would be a great way to know her capacity.

“Ok, but go easy on me.”

The three were having a good time playing basketball even though Reina was trying her hardest to score against the ‘two towers’. The only thing that she can be proud of was when she blocked Sayumi’s shot even though she was much shorter than her. And she did score, although the two won by thirty points.

“Sugoi, the two of you were really good.”

“Well, you’re good too. You were really hard to defend. You’re so small and agile.” Sayumi said which earned her a glare from Reina.

“Is that a praise or a joke?” Eri laughed at Sayumi’s blank look. Her friend can be slow at times, which she seemed to get from her. Reina laughed too, after seeing Eri laugh. Then, with no choice at all, Sayumi joined their laughing marathon. The three of them were having a hard time catching up their breaths.

“Why did you laugh?” Eri asked Sayumi. Sayumi thought for a while.

“I don’t really know.” Reina burst out laughing after hearing Sayu’s funny answer.

“You two were really weird.”

“Well, you’re weirder laughing by yourself.” Eri replied after restraining her laugh and giving a wink at her best friend. Reina knew that she was being ‘bullied’ again by this two.

“Ehh? You’re picking on me again. That’s really mean.”

“Then why don’t you pick on somebody else.” Sayumi proposed. Reina got what she meant. It will be a good way to give her friends a scare and at the same time, Eri might tell her the real reason; her sickness.

“Yeah… I remember. My friends were asking me how I improved a lot with my basketball skills and I told them that a vampire was teaching me. They wanted to play with you too. Is that okay?” Eri was taken aback at what Reina had said. She never thought that Reina would really believe what she said. She now feels guilty for lying to her. If there’s a better time to tell the truth, it would be now. Eri decided to tell the truth to Reina.

“Reina, I have something to confess.” Eri started. Reina knew it from the start and this was the moment that she’s waiting for. To know the real reason as to why Eri must go home before the sun rises. “I’m not really a vampire. I have a rare skin condition. It’s like I’m allergic to the UV rays of the sun. If I’m exposed to that, I can easily die, like vampires do. It’s worst than skin cancer.”

“Oh, is that it? It was quite a relief knowing that you’re not really a vampire.” Reina tried to joke. Eri’s eyes lit up. Reina clearly accepted her. “So, are you taking some medicines? What’s your sickness called?”

“Yup, I’m taking medicines and also, a monthly visit to the doctor. It’s called Xeroderma pigmentosa,”Eri added.

“Xeno-what?!? It’s kinda hard to memorize…”

“It’s also called XP… Well, then enough with that talk.” Sayumi butt in, “I have a nice idea on how you can pick on somebody else.”

“Ehh?”

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“Are you really sure that we are safe?” Ai asked Reina. “She won’t bite us right?” Reina wanted to laugh at how her friend was bugging her ever since she they left their meeting place.

“Yah. If it’s not safe, I’m already a vampire too.”

“But maybe, in return for not biting you, you made a promise with her to bring your friends, us, over so that she can eat us instead.”

“HUH?!? Why would I do that for?!”

“Nothing. Just thinking out loud.”

“You know Risa, you’re just watching too much movies. Stop that.” Ai smacked her friend’s head lightly.

“Don’t try to hide your fears Ai. I’m your best friend so I know that you’re twice as scared as I am.”

“Will the two of you stop that? We’re already here. She’s a nice per.. err… vampire. So just act normal.” Reina grinned. This will be interesting to watch.

“Ohayou! Sayu!”

“Oi Reina! You’re early this time. SO you’ve brought your friends.” Sayumi walked towards the new comers. Ai and Risa stepped back a little. Reina wanted to giggle at that scene.

“Hai, this is Ai and Risa.”

“Is that her?” Risa whispered to Reina’s ears. Reina shook her head.

“Where’s Eri? They wanted to see a real live vampire.” Reina asked Sayumi. The tall girl pointed behind them. As if on cue, Eri appeared out of the darkness.

“Ohayou… So these two are your friends.”

“AAAHHHHH!!!!” The two screamed their lungs out. When they looked back, they saw a tall girl holding a bottle on her hands. The two noticed some blood on her lips. They screamed even louder. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Reina and Sayumi covered their mouths.

“You’re going to wake up the whole neighborhood!” Reina whispered to Ai’s ears. “I told you, she’s harmless. Trust me!” The two let go of the two previously screaming girls.

“Hi! My name’s Kamei Eri, nice to meet you.” Eri extended her hands towards the two. Risa pushed her best friend forward to receive the hand shake. Ai’s hand was shaking and so was her voice.

“H..hi. My name’s Taka.. hashi Ai.” Ai slowly reached out her hand and gave Eri a quick handshake. She pulled her friend behind her to do the same. Risa has no choice but to do it.

“Niigaki Risa.” Risa said in her ‘stammering’ voice which made Reina laugh out loud.

“Guys, come on! She’s harmless.” Reina faced Eri. “Hey, is that blood? Is that your favorite AB blood?”

“No, apparently Sayu can’t get any AB blood for me… It’s just plain O type.” Eri answered and passed the bottle to Reina which in turn drank its contents.

“Hmmm, so sweet.” Risa’s eyes widened at the scene.

“I KNEW IT!!! You’ve become one of them! You’re a vampire too!” Reina smiled evilly at the two. Risa wanted to run but Ai caught her hand. Ai stepped forward and grabbed the bottle from Reina’s hands. She smelled it first and drank some of its contents. Risa was shocked.

“What are you doing?! Are you insane? Do you want to become a vampire too?!?” Ai smiled and smack her friend for being a ‘reaction queen’.

“They are just fooling us. This is just a bottle of strawberry juice.” The three laugh out loud when Ai found out that they were just making fun of them. And they laughed even louder at Risa’s stunned face.

TBC
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Jigoku_Shoujo
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! I SO CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED! CAN YOU SMELL THE FRESH TANAKAMEI IN THE AIR? IT'S LOOOOOVE~~~! <3
Mwahaha~ Eri's going to suck your blood if you don't update again! I know cause she told me~ XP
lol, man, this chapter was awesome! I can't believe both Ai and Risa fell for it too XD those stooges! I'm still rofling at Risa, the true overreaction queen and the strawberry juice incident...mmmmm, strawberry juice *drools*.....good god I want a nudie.....
Oi! Why was it so short? And where's the hawt Tanakamei action I was promised -in my head- in the form of rabu rabu or at least KISSES! I heard nothing! Not even the slightest "Chuuu!~"! Why?
Don't tell me you're really a KameShige fan or something... nah it can't be! If you were then there'd really be no point in even adding Reina to the mix and making it so much about her.... unless you're trying to confuse me... THAT'S IT! YOU'RE TRYING TO CONFUSE ME! It's really that awful pairing and Reina's just gonna be all heartbroken, like me, when this is all over. I WONT LET YOU! I'll protest this! I'll camp outside your house and stalk you untill you succumb to the sweet sweet TanaKamei! OR send my baby pandas after you and they WILL lick you to DEATH!
So be wise and choose ..... wisely! Will you go for TanaKamei? Or that awful pairing that really shouldn't even exist and trust me, Shige is content loving herself, she doesn't need Eri to tell her she's cute, she's got a mirror and her own vocal chords for that XD
PS UPDATE! pleeeeeeeeease!~ :3 *puppy face*

Eri_ S.L.A.V.E
JSKFdhnblsnerhnasnlas *hyperventilating*

Quote: “Yeah, apparently, they wanted to take me home now.”
~GaahH!!Eri take Sayu with you to your home planet so you can have your honeymoon already!!!!

Quote: Reina saw Sayumi dropped the ball and rushed over to Eri. Through the dim lights of the court, she can still see the worry etched on Sayumi’s face as she hugged her friend. She can’t hear clearly what Sayumi’s whispering to her.
~GAAAHHHHH!!!!!fhdsbhuaejtirna;tiuu;oisuytgyh…THIS SCENE IS THAT ONE THAT MADE MY BRAIN MELT!!! Even though Reina didn’t hear what Sayumi whispered… I can clearly hear it...
Sayu: “Don’t worry Eri, I’ll go with you to the ends of the universe…” ASKLdvfnib w;tslnigeuzbleayutg!!!!!! *incoherent talking* Gaahhh… It’s KAmeShige at its best!!!

Quote: Reina decided that maybe it’s not the right time to barge in so she turned her back on the two but as soon as she started walking away, Eri noticed her.
~I just hope Eri didn’t notice Reina walk away.. so Sayu and her can be together the whole night/morning… just like before… XD

Quote: “What I mean is that we’re the best tandem in basketball.” Sayumi corrected. “You wanna try us?” Reina thought about it for a moment. It would be a handicap match. Two versus one; and those two were much taller than her. It would be a great way to know her capacity. “Ok, but go easy on me.”
~Ahahaha..Sayumi won’t go easy on you! You’re stealing her girl!!! And she proved that by beating her with 30pts….of course with her loved one, Eri…XD

Quote: “Well, you’re weirder laughing by yourself.” Eri replied after restraining her laugh and giving a wink at her best friend. Reina knew that she was being ‘bullied’ again by this two.
~see what I mean?!? Eri definitely loves her best friend…They are BULLYING Reina!!!..It’s KameShige at its finest!XD

Quote: “Will the two of you stop that? We’re already here. She’s a nice per.. err… vampire. So just act normal.” Reina grinned. This will be interesting to watch.
~she’s a nice…per…vert?LOL

AHaha..been gone for a while…Just recharged my battery and watched Three-tums DVDs at home..gahh..Damn PC..it broke up… So yeah..Didn’t disappear because of that one person…but this is my answer for him…..KameShige is REAL DUDE!!! IT’S REAL!!!!!!!! Even though I can see that there are already two TanaKamei fan here… sorry…but have you watched their Futarigoto? It’s only sayu and Eri..no reina. Eat that one!XD KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige KameShige!!!!100x

Jigoku_Shoujo-
incoherent talking is true indeed ERI_SLAVE because none of that made sense to me. Do you honestly believe it KameShige? Even though the signs for TanaKamei are EVERYWHERE? Oh poor slave, you will be so crushed in the end when it turns out TanaKamei XD
and just cause you may see some small fragments of KameShige it doesn't make it real. You think they chose to do Futarigoto together? Puhlease, I'm sure Sayumi would much rather do it alone (lol) than let anyone steal her screen time and Reina was probably just outside, waiting for them to finish so she and Eri can make SWEET LOVE! you can write "KAMECHIGE" as many times as you want to, but that still wont make it real
TANAKAMEI IS THE TRUTH!

Elevator_Party
Yeah! Go Jigoku Shoujo!!! …Glad you know that we’re already two persons believing in TanaKamei love! Ok… I admit…There are hints of KameShige…. in the PAST…PAST..got that? Stop living in the past and move on..Nowadays.. it’s called TanaKamei..XD

Eri_S.L.A.V.E
@JIGOKU
Your online name suits you…you should go back to hell and also, don’t forget to bring your friend Elevator Party with you. And fyi..who’s CHIGE? I didn’t know that person? I only know one word..and that’s KameSHIGE…. Oh yeah..another fyi… It’s im possible for Reina to be with them at that time because she’s out on an island doing her photobook…Do you need to get out of hell just to connect to the internet and research something as important as that? That is..if you’re really a Reina fan..
@Elevator_Party
It’s TanaKamei who’s on the past…. Kameshige is the past, present and future personified… I don’t need to waste my energy slapping that fact in front of your face…

NiNi
Ahh guys… I don’t want to sound rude but… it’s GakiKame nowadays…yeah…you know.. with Risa Niigaki of Futari?They look good together.XD

Jigoku_shoujo
"Who the hell are you? Kim Possible? quit acting like a know-it-all if you don't know who Chige is. cause only an idiot wouldn't know I was referring to Michichichihchishige Sayumi all right? And quit acting so self righteous!
"I have a right to express my own opinion, that of KameShige being fake and TanaKamei being the real pairing in this story and if you don't like then YOU go to hell."
"And just cause I'm not a stalker like you that monitors every minute of Reina, Eri and Sayu's life doesn't mean I'm an idiot, it just means that I unlike you have a life to live, and don't have the necessary three tv's in the same room with which to monitor them all the time. Oh and just for the record, if me you and them were in a room, I know which one of us they'd be running from. See, I figured you out. You're the type that thinks because you're old and you've been on a site forever, you have the right to treat the new people like your face (aka shit). You live to find flaws and mistakes so you can point them out and feel superior and gain a bit of imagined self worth to justify the countless hours you spend in front of a screen everyday, trying to make yourself feel better and feed your deep superiority complex because you have nothing else to do.
You're the type that substitutes human contact with a cold keyboard. And you're the bitter nerd who's sitting in his/her office chair critiquing everything you see because your life is so pathetic you'd have less trouble pointing out the flaws in a storyline than finding and fixing all your own faults."
"And just for the record, you're wrong, I'm not one of those huge "GA GA OMG MOE MOE" TanaKamei worshippers that talks only of how they're perfect and so on, I actually don't mind KameShige, I'm neutral, it is just so OBVIOUS that this story is in fact TANAKAMEI and not KAMESHIGE and you being too stubborn to realise it is what's pissing me off.

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Rika blinked several times over her PC. She was somewhat shocked and saddened at what she read at the comments page. Her favorite author’s page has been suddenly turned into a war zone… a 'WORD' war zone between followers of different pairings.

“Ehh?!? They’re destroying Kuwagata’s fic blog! I don’t understand why the simply pairing war has turned into something personal like this. They are just following one group. I need to stop this right now!”

Rika was about to type her comment when her phone suddenly rang. And it was the person she wasn’t expecting to call.

“Hello, Miki?”

“Hi, can you meet me now? It’s your lunch break right?”

“I think you’re worst than my father. I can’t go there in Hokkaido now!”

“I didn’t say that I’m in Hokkaido right?” Rika was shocked. It means that Miki’s here in Saitama. She looked at her wall clock near the door and saw that there are still 30 minutes left.

“Where are you?”

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“Hey! Nice to see you again. What are you doing here? Don’t tell me Abe-san sent you for some kind of a meeting or something?” Rika queried as soon as she saw Miki on the designated restaurant. She gave a hug and a pat on the back at Miki. Miki moved away after that and signaled her to sit down. She heard Miki letting out a small chuckle.

“You’re really a work-a-holic. Everything means business to you. Don’t I have the free will to visit you without you relating it to work?”

“So you just went here to visit me?”

“Yup. Got a problem with that?” Rika was unsure of what was happening. Miki’s actions were somewhat different. It must be related to Miki’s ‘weird’ look when she visited the Hokkaido branch.

“No, I don’t have a problem with that. So, now that I’m here. What do you want to do? I only have,” Rika looked at her pink wrist watch, “20 minutes left for my lunch break.” Rika KNEW something was wrong with Miki. And she has to know it before her break expires. And then, Miki grinned back at her. “Ehh? Why are you grinning like that?”

“Nothing, I just have something to give you.” Miki opened her brown shoulder bag and looked for that ‘thing’. Rika deduced that Miki will be only staying for the day, considering her small bag.

“What time will you go back to Hokkaido?”

“I’ll be staying here for three days.” Miki replied nonchalantly without even looking back at Rika.

“WHAT?!? You’re staying for three days with that small bag of yours?! You fitted your clothes inside that bag or you’ll shop here?”

“Baka… I have a large bag. I left it on my friend’s home… Ahh, there it is!” Miki announced happily. “Close your eyes first.” Rika furrowed her eyebrows at first before she followed. She felt a hard, square-ish thing; it felt like a CD case.

“A CD? VCD? DVD?”

“Hmm, CD… Of whom?” Miki asked. She covered Rika’s eyes just to make sure she wouldn’t peek.

“How would I know? I can’t see it… There are no Braille marks on it.”

“Make a wild guess.”

“Ahhh!!! I got it! It’s a recording of my voice when I sung in my farewell party!” Rika exclaimed. She really remembered Miki having a digicam that day, even though the other denied before. And during her luncheon visit to Abe-san, she asked for a copy of it. She presumed that Abe-san asked Miki to give it to her when she asked for a three-day leave.

“Why would I record your poem recital that time? I told you before that I don’t have a digicam.”

“Poem recital? Did you forget what happened that day? I sang ‘Asu e no Tobira’ of I WISH. And by the way, Abe-san said during my last visit that she let you hold her digicam.”

“I’m just holding her digicam. It’s not mine. And as a matter of fact, you’re not even ‘whispering sweetly’ as the theme said… And what’s with the ‘they smelled bad’ thing? It’s supposed to be, ‘the love I met’. And it really sounds like a poem recital to me.” Rika thought for a while and then she got what Miki meant.

“HIDOI!!!! I’m singing! You haven’t really changed! Hey, even though I’m not working in Hokkaido, my rank’s higher than you so you should respect me. That’s insubordination. And besides… with glistening sweat, it’d make the t-shirt smell bad right?” Miki laughed out loud, not minding whether the other people in the restaurant will look at her. She didn’t know whether Rika was just joking or she really didn’t intend to. They were like this back in Hokkaido, and sometimes, they join forces to tease Abe-san.

“Sure, do what you want to the best employee of the Hokkaido branch… Come on! This one’s really easy.”

“Fine… Hmmm, since this one came from you… L’ Arc en ciel? Kaggra? Plastic Tree?”

“Do I look like a JROCK fan to you…”

“If you ask me… YES! Or maybe since you like English movies, you might also like listening to English Rock tunes like Slipknot, Mudvayne, System of a Down…”

“You’re much meaner than I thought.” Miki cut in, “I don’t like rock music. I like the jpop/ hip-hop type of music.”

“You’re joking me right?!” Rika wanted to glare at Miki but she can’t because Miki’s hands were still covering her eyes. It’s hard to believe what Miki revealed to her. The image that she established for Miki was slowly vanishing inside her head.

“Believe it or not. I like listening to Maki Goto songs.”

“USO!!!! Really?!? Maki Goto???!!!”

“Yup, the ‘Glass no Pumps’ and ‘Some Boys Touch’ types of songs. Are you giving up? Or do you still want to guess it?”

“Fine, I give up…. What is it?”

“Open your eyes.” Rika slowly opened her eyes as soon as Miki removed her hands. She had a hard time adjusting to the sunlight and her vision was somewhat blurry at first. She was stunned as her eyes revealed the image of the CD. She wanted to scream at that moment. It was the Resonant Blue single of Three-Tums… with their signatures.

“OH MY GAAAHH!!!! THREE-TUMS!!!! AND THEIR SIGNS!!!! MIKI’s THE BEST!!!”
“Oh, so it’s Three-Tums… How did you get their signatures?” Rika wanted to laugh at that instant. She was able to stop her fangirl squeal and was saying it in the opposite way that her head was telling her to do.

“Well, I was with my friend earlier. And then when I saw that CD, I told her what happened to you in Hokkaido and yeah… She gave it to me to give it to you.”

“Really? You’re giving this to me? But, I guess this is too much.”
“AHAHAHAHA!!!! SHE’S GIVING IT TO ME!!! YES!!! I WILL TAKE THIS ONE!!!”

“No, it’s alright. Take that. My friend loves to see that someone is addicted to her favorite group too. So yeah, give that to your best friend.” At that Rika took the CD and put it close to her chest.

“No way! This is mine and mine alone!” Miki blinked several times before laughing out loud. On the other hand, Rika wanted to slap herself. Her façade has fallen off in front of Miki.

“I knew it! So you’re really a fan of them. You don’t need to hide that to me. I understand because my friend is like that too.” Miki explained. Rika smiled at her. She didn’t have to pose around Miki anymore.

“Thanks. I didn’t know that you understand people like us. Hmm, I bet, your friend is fangirling about Three-Tums and you, on Maki. Yeah, that’s interesting to see.” Rika’s imagination started again to change the JROCK model of Miki. Now, Miki was one of those WOTA guys screaming Maki’s name in her concert.

“I think I don’t like what you’re imagining right now.” Miki cut-off Rika’s thoughts by hitting her lightly on the head,

“Hey! That’s not only insubordination but also a form of physical injury!”

“I don’t care… I just have a feeling that I don’t like what you’re thinking right now.” Miki glared at her which made Rika laughed out loud.

“Hahahaha… You knew what I was thinking because you also think the same too… You’re a fangirl after all.” Miki’s glare vanished and joined Rika on her laughing fit. The two ordered sandwich for lunch.

“Is it enough for you? You still have 4-5 hours of work.”

“I’m the boss, I can eat at my office and besides, I ordered three.” Rika answered before taking a large bite at her club sandwich.

“So, you really like Three-Tums…”

“Yup… you can say it’s addiction. I’ve bought all of their singles, been to their concerts, downloaded their dramas and I’ve written and read lots of fanfic about them… and my favorite writer is Kuwagata.” At that point, Miki almost spit out the mango shake that she was drinking. Rika rushed to her side to help her choking friend.

“Hey, are you alright?!” Rika asked frantically as she repeatedly hit Miki’s back. After a coughing fit, Miki was breathing normally.

“I’m fine now, thanks.”

“What happened with you?”

“Ahh, nothing… It’s just that my friend also talks about this writer all the time…”

“REALLY?!?!? Sugoi?! Has she commented on her latest update? What’s her online name? Is she Eri Slave? Elevator Party? Murasaki Aoi? Who who??? My online name’s Charmy…”

“My respected image of you is starting to dissolve rapidly and is being replaced by a wild wota…” Miki said loud enough for Rika to hear her clearly. Rika was stunned. Miki laughed at Rika’s stunned face. “You’re both Kowaii and Kawaii… Hahahaha… geez, I can see that someday, if you don’t control that side of yours, you’ll be banned from attending Three-Tums concerts…”

“Eh? Nani?” Rika looked at the CD that Miki gave her and thought hard as to why Miki said that. Miki saw the look on Rika’s face and decided not to let her ‘suffer’ more.

“Because who knows what you will do there… And I bet, what you’ve showed me is just 10% of it? Right? I know because I’ve seen what my friend can do and I tell you, she’s the worst if you ask me.”

“Oh? Is that it?... Ouch!” Rika yelled as soon as Miki’s hand hit the back of her head. “Why did you do that for?”

“I think you should thank me for doing that. Because, if you don’t move now, you’ll be late for work. It took you 10 minutes to get here and right now…” Miki glanced at her watch, “you have approximately 12 minutes to get back from your work.”

“Oh! Yeah! Work.. I have to go now. It’s hard to wait for the bus…” Rika quickly put the CD inside her bag and stood up. She forgot her agenda to find out what’s bothering Miki. It was all shadowed by the round thing that Miki gave her and the information overload.

“Still not bringing your own car?” Miki asked as soon as her boss looked at the bus stop in front of them.

“Yup… I’ll be gone here in less than two weeks so yeah, didn’t bring it. Thanks for the gift. So where are you going now?” Miki remained seated on the chair.

“I’m going to wait for my friend here. And then we’ll go to Tokyo to visit another friend and spend some quality time together. I‘ll be busy up until the New Year so I’ll enjoy my free time with my friends. We’ll come back tomorrow afternoon.”

“Oh…” Rika muttered. She didn’t expect Miki to have friends’ way back in Tokyo. She assumed that she met them on one of Maki’s concert or something. She shrugged off the thought and looked at her watch. She decided to just hail for a cab. “Tomorrow’s my rest day. Just call me if you want me to tour you around the city… which I think your friend did before…”

“Hmmm, Yep, she toured me years ago but yeah. Sure. I’ll love to hang up with you. And frankly speaking, there’s some things in the branch that I want to talk about.” At this, Rika’s eyes lit up. It might be the reason why Miki’s acting like that. Tomorrow, she will make sure that she will find the answers to her question… unless Miki will give her another Three-Tums merchandise and forget all about it again.

“OK, let’s talk about that tomorrow. Ja!” Rika said as she saw a taxi outside. She went out of the restaurant waved at Miki before opening the taxi’s door. Miki waved back at her and pointed at her watch. Rika nodded and got inside the cab. She wished that the driver was a previous F1 racer.

Dream Chance!

2009-06-13T21:28:00.005+08:00

SOme random rantings and pics at the Toycon...

GAAAAHHH!!!!!*Flails*....

Just got back from the meet-up...and well...it's good...it's ok... (LOL..Biased..because we're not the organizers this year..XD)

Anyways... I ALMOST fainted...because there's a Johhny's Booth that sells Uchiwas and magazine stuffs... I bought some pics of Ryo Nishikido and a group pic of NEWS.. (Hell, I would buy the entire collection of pictures of Morning Musume girls... still biased..XD)

And then yeah... I FAINTED!!! Because.. I saw Morning Musume CD'S!!! Gahhh... bought 3 cd's...even if it's already old...(I wished I brought more money last year because there were lots of new morning musume stuffs before than this year..T_T). I bought the three cd's that I found...the love revolution 21 single, the happy summer wedding single and Maki GOto's Afurechau Be in Love single...Gaahhh.*nosebleed*... Aherm... so yeah... They'll be next with Miki's album and the Morning Coffee in my cd rack...

And then... Yeah...too much flailing ensues... The event itself was fun... I'm satisfied...but not like before..(Biased because we're the previous organizers..)
I really like the prizes...the free DVD's, magazines...stuffs....etc..

And then the games...We did a skit on the drama Yasuko to no Kenji... Oh yeah...and what I liked the most was when there was this draw-lots game and then you will do whatever it says on the paper.I picked... "Hug one of the organizers"... And I grinned like a devil...Ahahaha..Nekoism, my friend was like.."Oh crap...here she goes.." We were in character..Me being Yasuda Shota and Nekoism as Tadayoshi Ohkura.. and when Neko was with one of the organizers... she suddenly turns into Yasu and that organizer as Tacchon..So what happened earlier was like..payback time...I hugged her and told her...
"I'm the ONLY ORIGINAL Yassan." (Ahahaha..I maybe scared the wits out of her..LOL..I 'm not that bad...)

And then, I went around again and bought some cute animal head bands...I bought a tiger one.. I remember Reina with this.LOL...

And then..saw a Harry potter booth...with the harry potter cosplayers..and then I saw this megane-girl... I really wanted to ask her..whether she was hitomi-kun... In the back of my mind...

"Hi there! Do you like Morning Musume? If yes..are you Hitomi-Kun?"

Well, that didn't materialize.. My former shy self resurfaced..Anyways..what can I say... It's nice meeting your old fangirl friends and really cool to meet new ones.That's enough for me... Oh yeah.. One fangirl's lil bro wins!!! He's just 3..but he can lip sync and dance KAT-TUN's Don't you ever stop while we're at the mall's foodcourt!!! Gahh! He's so cute! (Pedophile alert..XD)...Aherm...I hope next year.. Another group will continue the Toycon tradition..because us... I'm telling this now..we will again be organizing the meet-up on 2011..That's the 5th year and it's gonna be the SENPAI YEAR!!!!LOLZ..XD

ADD:..Oh yeah..met another H!P fan... I know her for like..two years ago..but I just learned that she knows H!P too...and I really thought she's a full blooded JE fan..Deep inside that hor-kame...is a Berryz closet fangirl..LOL

TOYCON 2009

2009-06-08T22:48:00.003+08:00

Credits goes to Nicole of LJ (thistealistoxic) for the official banner.

Hi there guys! Those people living here in the Philippines (preferably in the Metro Manila Area), who likes Johnny's Entertainment, we're inviting you to go to our JE MEET-UP Event at the TOYCON (Toy Convention) at SM MEGAMALL MEGATRADE HALL on June 13, 2009. It will be our third year now. There will be games and prizes ahead! And then, a chance to meet up with fellow fangirls (not my fic..LOL) and rant about your favorite artists from JE (Or morning musume because I'll be there..LOL) Bring any...if you want to share your stuffs or if you want to cosplay...feel free to do so... Just leave a comment here if you will go to the said event...The more, the merrier!XD

The Wedding

2009-06-04T11:51:00.002+08:00

This post contains some news about Miki's wedding. I got it from Tokyo Graph... Read on... This will shock you.

Former Morning Musume leader Miki Fujimoto (24) and comedian Tomoharu Shoji (33) are engaged to be married. Both of their agencies announced the big news on Tuesday.

Their relationship was first discovered in May 2007, which led to Fujimoto's graduation from Morning Musume. Now, after two years of dating, they have decided to tie the knot. They reportedly plan to register the marriage in July, but they have not yet determined a date for the wedding ceremony. There are no plans for a press conference regarding the announcement.

Fujimoto plans to continue in show business, but it is said that the home will be her priority.
~Tokyograph News

Later in July…somewhere around Las Vegas

“Hey.. Congrats Miki!”

“Thanks Rika..” Miki gleefully said over her phone.

“You know, you should have done that wedding here in our country so the girls can go too.”

“Well, Shoji wanted our marriage to be private… and besides, after the wedding… next will be the honeymoon.. You know what I mean.”

“Hahaha… the groping demon strikes again!!! Anyways… Congrats on your wedding. It’s so sudden..Just like Tsuji and Iida-san… You’re lucky Yossie didn’t lecture you just like what she did with Tsuji.”

“I’ll be the one who will lecture her then. Hey, I better get going. Shoji’s already waiting.”

“Sure..Congrats! See you soon!”

Miki closed her phone and left it at the dresser. She got out of the room and went to the chapel where her groom was waiting for her.

“You’re late.” Shoji said. “Your groom’s been waiting for you for the last ten minutes.”

“Well, I just had a phone conversation with Rika.” At that moment, Miki’s 'groom' appeared from behind her.

“She isn’t angry about me vanishing from our Hangry and Angry concert tour right?”

“Nopes… she just wished me good luck.” Suddenly, the marriage officer came out from the door in front of them

“Are the two couples already here?”

“Yes!” All of them replied.

“Then, I’ll start the ceremony. Let’s start from the first couple. Do you, Hitomi Yoshizawa, take Miki Fujimoto as your lawfully wedded wife…

“I do… can we skip to the kissing already?”

“Can’t you just wait for a little bit…. Aherm… Miki Fujimoto do you take..”

“I DO! Can we kiss now!?!”

“Uhhm…yeah… Aherm… Do you Shoji Tomoharu take Kenichi Miyazawa to be your lawfully wedded husband…” The officer looked at the two boys already kissing in front of him.

“Yada yada…. Ok fine..Just kiss him…It’s finished! You’re both officially wedded now! Go to your honeymoon! Here are the papers… I already signed it..Gaahhh… Can’t you both wait to get a room?!”

The End

The reason why Eri likes corners

2009-06-01T21:47:00.003+08:00

A new post for June! But it's not a fic.. it's about something that caught my attention. My friend sent me a link (http://gurakko.livejournal.com/tag/blood+type+comics) and then.. Eri came quickly into my mind.

Eri's type AB right? And she likes corners...Just sharing..LOL

On the Way Home

2009-05-25T20:54:00.002+08:00

I wrote this song fic about two years ago...I posted it in some forums before but I don't know why I haven't posted it here... SO yeah... I found it and I'll post it here now... And this is a thank you for someone who did something for me... You know who you are...Thankies!!! Yeah... the song that I've used is TegoMass- Kiss Kaerimichi no lovesong...Enjoy!

On the way home from the park
Just the two of us

“Did you have fun today?”
It was almost a month ago since I graduated from Morning Musume. I hardly spend time with the girls: both past and present members. I guess it was destiny that I saw that person in the park; wondering alone, looking rather distraught and gloomy. I approached her… … I really missed her.

“Hai! Thanks for treating me today. I really liked going here. The scenery is beautiful and there are lots of wonderful things here.”

My treat to her worked well. There wasn’t a tinge of sadness that remained on her eyes. I’ve brought back her smile for that day… Could it be that my presence did that?.... What the heck am I thinking?… She’s Miki Fujimoto… The ever complicated person I’ve known in my stay in Morning Musume. It’s hard to guess what she’s thinking. One way she’s angry, arrogant, lonely, happy…. But ever charming.... And it’s her complex personality that captivated me..

Watching you being more happy than usual, I asked:
“What would you do if the world disappears tomorrow?”

“Hey… Could I ask you something?”

“Just don’t continue if you will ask me some stupid question.”
“Actually… It really looks like a stupid question…. Ano, what would you do if the world ends tomorrow?”

Good job Yoshizawa… You ruined the mood… Now she’s back on her somewhat gloomy state.

“If you don’t feel like answering it, it’s fine with me.”

You didn’t say anything and just held my arm tighter
~Nee… Look this way to me

You stopped on your tracks… You bring your face close to mine and looked straight at my eyes…

“Please don’t ask those things… It scares me.”

Our lips are so close my heart wouldn’t stop thumping

“H…hai… I… I wa…was just thinking about this movie that I’ve watched yesterday. Sorry for bothering you with my question.”

And what a good time for me to stammer… It was a lame excuse… I know what she’s thinking right this moment, that I’m such a bad liar… But I can’t help it… I can’t think straight when my heart feels like exploding when it’s beating really fast… She’s the only one capable of doing that to me…

No matter how you act, no matter when it is, I’ll always keep a hold of you
If you’re hurt and tears fall
Even if everyone around the world turns into enemies, I’ll always protect you
I LOVE YOU, I don’t need any words
Your kiss is my last forever

Fate must have arranged that I saw you in the restroom. 2 years ago. I thought I already knew you… I thought that you’re a strong person just like what you’ve been projecting the moment you joined us: your Bad-Ass attitude. The others couldn’t bear to look at you when you give them your ever infamous ‘glare’… It just so happen what I saw that day was a stream of hot, salty liquid called tears, flowing from your eyes. That day I decided to watch over you…

Our usual separating place, there’s nothing I could do, I know
You blow up your cheeks, let go of our hands and leave ~nee

“So… this is where we’ll separate. Thanks again for treating me!”
If I have the power to stop the time, I would stop it right this very moment. I’m still savoring the time our hands clasped together. Others may have laughed at you when you blow your cheeks like that. You’re even cuter than Kon-Kon. But as we all know, all must come to an end…

“I guess so… It’s nice to see you again! Hope we can do this again some other time,”
“Sure, why not. Next time, I’ll be the one treating you as a payment for treating me today.”
“A goodbye kiss is enough to pay me.”

Look this way to me
Our lips got closer together, my heart wouldn’t stop thumping

You looked stunned. I guess you didn’t expect that to come from me. Wait… You smiled! I wasn’t expecting that… You moved close to me… What is this feeling... I guess, this is what some people refer to as ‘butterflies in the stomach’… I can’t describe it. It grew wilder when you closed your eyes… My body has a mind of its own. I can’t think straight right now, as you clung to me while I pressed my lips against yours. This is the best ‘goodbye kiss’ I had in my entire life.

Even if it’s someone like me, I can get stronger if you’re with me
Love is a strange magic, I’m not afraid of anything
Even if anyone around the world turns into enemies, I’ll never let you go
STAND BY ME, it can’t be just anyone
I want you to stay by me

Life’s not fair right? I’m not there when you needed me. I could have protected you if I didn’t graduate in Momusu. You may still be a part of it till that faithful day the press caught you dating a guy. Is it bad to go out with a friend who’s not of the same sex? People are always quick to judge. Why they are not thinking like that when they see us eating together outside? When we’re hugging in public? Just because we’re both girls, they didn’t expect us to do something like a guy and girl would normally do? The responsibilities that I left on your shoulders when I graduated must have increased your anxiety that you decided to quit the group you loved. If only… That is the phrase that people with regret in their hearts, usually say.

AH
With your innocent face you say:
“~nee, are you still going to kiss me when I turn into a grandma?”

Our kiss lasted for only a short while, but for me, it seems it lasted for eternity. You’re the one who pulled away. I like it when I see you blushing like that.
“You’re a pretty good kisser, nee… Guess you kissed lots of girls before this? Hahaha!”
“Nani!?! It may sound hard to believe, but… This is the first time actually.”
“Uso dayo!!! Hontou ni?”
“Hai… Hontou ni.”
“… I must have been a very important person for you to kiss me like that.”

You got precisely the point. I would never dare kiss another person besides you. That’s how important you are to me. I hope that you feel the same for me to.

“I wonder if you would still kiss me when I become an ugly and bent Obasan.”

~Nee when that time comes, it’s the same for me
I’ll never let go of your hand

“Hahaha, by that time, I will be a much more hideous looking grandma than you. I will be the one who will wonder by that time whether you would still like to receive a kiss from me.”

“I guess any other person who will see two kissing grandmas, may not like what they are seeing… But… I’m not like them. It’s ok to be kissed by the one… you loved, right?”

No matter how you act, no matter when it is, I’ll always keep a hold of you
If you’re hurt and tears fall
Even if everyone around the world turns into enemies, I’ll always protect you
I LOVE YOU, I don’t need any words
Your kiss is my last forever

No words needed. Our actions and feelings said it all. Though we may not seem to discuss our feelings when both of us were still on the group, what we show for each other can’t lie. As I saw your back disappear into the corner, I knew that it’s not the last time that we’ll see each other. For a new chapter of the book has begun. And this time, two different individuals will be bonded by the most powerful thing in the world… Love.

~The End~

Hidden Feelings

2009-05-22T15:02:00.006+08:00

I'm off to work now! Ahahaha...but I can't go until I post a 'drabble' here. Apparently, it's just a part of a longer fanfic after I've finished Fangirl... As I was searching my files earlier, I stumbled upon my unfinished fics... I mostly forgot about them due to my 1kb memory but because of that, every unfinished fic has a summary of my plan on it... So yeah, I planned this last December... Still thinking about how to write most of it... after fangirl I'll do this one... and then after this the another Rokkie fic...LOL... It's a drabble so it's short...but yeah... At least you have an idea about the characters...LOL..Ja! I better go now or I'll be late..XD

Maki
There they go again. I don’t understand why I should be feeling this way but… Somehow… I still feel jealous over her. I know it’s wrong… It’s already been two years already. I want to forget her… I want to forget this feeling… But why? Why can’t I forget you Yocchan?

~Lol..it's really REALLY short...Hahahaha..XD

Saved

2009-05-20T05:07:00.003+08:00

The really over due b-day fic for Rika...I will finally post it here..LOL

“Osoi yo! I’ve been gone for a month and then you will make me wait for two long hours? I did say that today’s the day right?” Rika said as soon as her best friend arrived on their meeting place. Ayumi was sweating a lot, and it looks like she ran to their meeting place instead of driving her car.

“Yup, I know that. I just didn’t notice the time. Let’s go shopping. I still have to buy you a nice gift.”

“Ehh?!? I just went to Saitama and you forgot that today’s my birthday? Are you really my best friend?” Rika asked in a sarcastic voice which made Ayumi laugh.

“Hey, I wrote an OhYass fic for your birthday. That’s my gift for you but you said you want something more. So here we are.” Ayumi pulled her friend inside the department store. Rika noticed that while she was busy looking for wonderful clothes, her friend was busy looking at something. Ayumi looked scared and she was always looking at her back.

“Was there something wrong?” Rika gathered her courage to ask her disturbed friend. Ayumi looked at her. Rika knew that she was trying to conceal something.

“No, I’m alright. Oh, look. There’s a wonderful bag on sale over there! Let’s go!” Rika knew that Ayumi was bothered by something. They’ve been friends for far too long now so they basically knew what the other was thinking and Rika knew that something’s not right with Ayumi. As soon as they entered the restaurant to eat diner, Rika confronted her friend.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing.”

“I know you’re hiding something from me. What is it?” Ayumi knew she can no longer hide it to her friend.

“Just act normally like we were just having a chat or something.” Ayumi whispered loudly. Rika nodded. “I noticed that I was being followed by a car since I went out of our garage. I tried to evade them by going to different places by they won’t leave me. Just take a taxi after this. I feel like they’re after me.” Rika was shocked to hear the real situation. She tried to calm herself. She wouldn’t let anything bad happen to her friend, especially on her birthday.

“No. I won’t let you go alone. Let’s report it to the guards here in mall. I bet when they see that we were being protected, they won’t attack us.” After eating their dinner, they both went to a guard near the exit and reported what Ayumi had said. The guard called for backups and tried to protect them the whole time they were inside the mall. Ayumi felt that they were not being followed anymore. After a while, they thanked the guards and Rika rode with Ayumi on her car.

“Do you have any idea who those people are? Do you have enemies?” Rika asked worriedly. Ever since Ayumi told her that she was being followed, she can’t stop thinking about her friend’s safety. Ayumi was a good person and there’s a little possibility that those people hated her.

“My only enemy is ‘D Freaks.” Rika blinked several times. Her friend was pertaining to an online user who was sending ‘I hate your fic’ comments on Ayumi’s blog.

“Huh? Don’t tell that ‘D Freaks’ is still flaming you?”

“Apparently, yes. There’s something wrong with her head. You know, if she doesn’t like OhYass fics, then she shouldn’t have read it. I’m always indicating the pairings and the genre so my readers would have an idea before they read it but no. She’s a big SubaYasu fan but she always finishes reading my OhYass fics.” Ayumi rumbled.

“So do you PM her and answer her back?” Rika asked curiously.

“No, I don’t reply to her comments. I just post another OhYass fic to annoy her more.” Rika laughed. She never knew that her friend has that ‘sadistic’ nature. Their chats were interrupted when a black van stopped in front of them and Ayumi had to step on the brakes. And then, four men with firearms got out of the van and signaled to them to get out of the car.

“Oh no! What shall we do?” Rika asked frantically to her similarly stunned friend. “Maybe they are the ones who were following us before.”

“I don’t know. All the doors are locked but it won’t stand against those firearms. My car’s not bullet-proofed.” And as Ayumi said those, the men focused their guns on them. They both decided to get out alive than to be killed inside. Two men grabbed them and made them inhale something which made them sleepy before putting them inside the van. When they woke up, they were inside a huge building.

“Hey, Ayumi.. Are you alright?” Rika tried to wake her sleeping friend with her voice because they were tied on a chair. “Oi, Ayumi!” Rika bumped her head on her friend’s head behind her. She’s anxious to know whether her friend was alright and as soon as she heard her say “Ouch”, she let out a sigh of relief.

“Itai! Why did you do that for?” Ayumi growled.

“I’m worried because you’re not answering me.”

“I’m just asleep from that something that those guys made us inhale.”

“As if I can see you… I can’t even hear your snoring so I have no idea that you’re still asleep.”

“You can still joke at this time? We need to think of way to get out of here.” Ayumi whispered so that their kidnappers would not hear their plans.

“Don’t worry… I’ll get us out of here” Rika started saying incomprehensible words in a mantra like manner. If Ayumi wasn’t an anime fan, she wouldn’t have an idea as to what Rika was doing.

“I know that Super Doll Licca is your favorite anime but this is reality. Have you inhaled too much of that stuff? I think it messes up with your head.” Rika stopped her mantra and remained quiet for a while. “Hey, are you still there?”

“That means, that this necklace that I bought from an anime specialty shop is a fake.” Ayumi wanted to laugh as Rika sounded just like a small child who just lost something. Her friend was acting really weird just now.

“Hey, I know it’s your birthday but you’re acting a little bit weird just now.” Rika was about to answer her friend when the door suddenly opened revealing six men in black suits.

“How are you ladies? Welcome to our lair.” The man wearing thick sunglass asked. He was about 5’5tall and he seemed a little bit chubby for his height. Rika tried to look pass his sunglass. He felt like he had seen this man before.

“May I ask why you kidnapped us?” Ayumi tried to ask calmly.

“YEAH! AND I HAVE A GUT FEELING IT’s ABOUT MONEY RIGHT?!? IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME AND…”

“Will you please calm down? Let me handle this one.” Ayumi said over her shoulders. She was about to say something when they heard something break. It sounded like a glass has been broken and then, a shout followed that sound.

“EITO RENJAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!”
*Insert Eito Ranger’s Theme here*

Rika and Ayumi were wondering where the shout and music were coming. The kidnappers were wondering too when 7 ‘colorful’ people fell from the ‘sky’.

“Release those beautiful girls or we’ll definitely kick your butt!” The man on his ‘yellow uniform’ said while making a weird position.

“Hey, I’m the leader… I should be the one saying that.” The long haired guy wearing the ‘red uniform’ said to the yellow guy.

“Hey… I thought that I’m the leader because I’m the oldest?” the ‘black ranger’ replied.

“PAAA~NN! Stop that guys, we haven’t introduced ourselves to them!” the man wearing a purple suit smacked the head of the ‘orange ranger’ who just made funny faces to the two ‘clueless’ girls.

“Don’t just butt in like that. Geez, your timing is so wrong.”

“Ahhhmm, are you going to save us or you’ll just stay there?” Ayumi asked. Rika suddenly laughed out loud.

“HAHAHA!!! IT WORKED!!! MY CHANTING WORKED!!! Although they’re not Super Doll Licca but… HEY IT WORKED!!!” The bad guys led by the man with sunglass, got into a fighting position and then ran towards the super heroes. The red guy yelled and then an enormous sonic boom followed, making the bad guys cover their ears. One of the bad guys who looked like a girl face off with the yellow ranger. He was about to punch his face when the ranger smiled. Rika and Ayumi saw how the bad guy slowly froze on his feet. The taller bad guy saw his companion and decided to run towards him but the purple ranger whacked his head with his enormous right hand. The taller bad guy screamed in pain and then the orange ranger appeared in front of him, making some funny faces. Rika and Ayumi were amazed at the ‘weird’ super powers that these heroes have. The taller bad guy was now rolling on the floor, laughing and crying at the same time.

“Are they really super heroes? Man, they have weird powers if you ask me…” Rika said to Ayumi who didn’t even respond to her. “Hey, are you alright there?”

“Yup… I’m fine… but can you see that blue and green ranger near the door?” Rika looked back and saw a glimpse of what her best friend was trying to tell her.

“Your head is blocking my view.” Ayumi moved her head a little bit to the right to give Rika a clearer view. “Ok, thanks… So what about them?”

“I don’t know…is it just me or they are making out in front of that bad guy?” Rika squinted to see better and as her best friend said, they were kissing.

“Yep, they were kissing alright.” A man’s voice boomed out from behind them. Rika looked back and saw the ‘black ranger’ holding a knife, trying to remove their ties. “It’s their ‘MOE’ power… Look at the bad guy now.” Ayumi and Rika noticed the bad guy nose bleeding from the intense kissing and make-up sessions in front of him.

“I would bleed like that if I’ve seen Ohkura and Yasu kissing like that…”

“Or Reina and Eri in my point of view….” Rika replied.

“HEY!!!! It’s better if it’s Reina and Sayu…. I’ll make a fanfic about it…” Ayumi answered back. Which made Rika laugh. The black ranger finally removed the thick rope with his seemingly dull knife.

“It took you so long…” Rika quickly massaged her wrists. She scanned the area and saw that the only one standing from the bad guys… is the boss. The red ranger was in front of him.

“I’ll kill you!! You’re messing with my business!” The red ranger looked over at the black ranger.

“He’s going to do it! The two of you! Quickly! Cover your ears! He will release his ENKA power!” As soon as he said that, the red ranger shouted with all his might. It’s really a shout because he had a tone, none the less, it’s making their head ache. At last the big boss was finally defeated. Rika and Ayumi removed their hands from their ears.

“Are you girls alright? Your car is still outside. You can just drive away safely from here.”

“Thank you… uhmm…” Rika tried to recall the name of these weird superheroes but to no avail.

“Eito… Eito Rangers.” The yellow ranger said.

“Oh yeah, that’s right… thank you Eito Rangers for saving us!” With that, smoke appeared from nowhere and after it’s cleared up… the heroes were already gone.

“Sugoi! They really have a weird way of coming in and out of a scene… Hey Ayumi… are you alright?” Rika looked at her friend who’s somewhat in trance.

“That blue and green ranger… they definitely look like Ohkura andYassan… and they were kissing and making out…”

“Oh my…. Her imagination’s running wild again… She’ll definitely make a fic about them.:

The End