Class Camping Trip

Izumi Kanai
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Izumi had come to the trip very prepared. Her father drove her to the bus and helped her get the almost 20 kg suitcase onto it. She wasn't used to camping, and pretty much just threw everything she thought she might need into it. As she climbed the stairs onto the bus, she was on lookout for someone to sit next to. She first saw Kiriyama sitting close to the front, alone, but there was no way she would sit remotely close to him. Especially not now, after... She turned her head and faced it forwards, making her way through the bus. Finally she spotted Toshinori Oda, one of her two tentmates, sitting alone near the end. Even though she would much rather sit next to her other tentmate, she thought this would do just fine as well.

She smiled brightly at Toshinori and made him scootch, to make room for herself. While waiting for everyone to arrive, the two of them smalltalked about everything between what to do if ("vulgar") bugs attacked their tent at night, to how her violin playing was going. Toshionori was her teacher after all, and a very dedicated one. Then suddenly he changed the topic to their loud tentmate, Ryuhei.
"Izumi, has Frenchie started talking to you again?"
Indeed he has, Izumi thought absentmindily. She forgot about Toshinori and thought about Ryuhei, about their recent fight with Kiriyama, about watching a movie at her house not long after, about the bet he had made with Mitsuko and how they hade gone through with that, about how good that had felt...
She smiled, losing track of both time and her thoughts. Finally she remembered Toshinori would want an answer soon.
"Oh, sorry! Yes, don't worry, Toshinori! We worked it out somehow. So the mood in the tent won't be ice cold, at least."

Though somehow she still worried about how the mood would be. She could not get inbetween the two of them fighting for five days, that seemed like an impossibility.

Keita Iijima
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The first thing Keita noticed upon arrival, was Yoshimi Yahagi unload her three suitcases. In order to impress the girl, he had agreed to help carry her luggage later. He found himself to already regret that decision. Heh, oh man, not cool.

When he entered the bus, his head turned in every direction, looking for his best friends, Shinji and Yutaka. He saw them, already sitting together. Ah, how typical. He had hoped he would get to chill with The Third Man for the entire ride.
"Hey, guys," he grinned and sat down on the seat behind them, directly behind Shinji. The conversation between the two of them went on, and Keita tried eagerly to follow it. Huh??? Kiriyama? Kiriyama and an uzi? Wait, what?
He leaned over the seat and poked Shinji lightly, claiming his attention.
"Shinji!! Dude, what's all this talk about Kiriyama? Heh, I haven't heard anything about this. Is everything going to be alright?"

It sounded like this situation could get possibly dangerous. In Keita's head that meant one thing: Damn, I have to find a way to stay out of it!

Megumi Eto sat in her seat, playing with her polaroid camera. She moved into a more comfortable position and put her camera into the air, testing it out.

A single photo fell from her camera and she bent down and picked it up. The photo was a little blurry but it still looked good. In the photo was the back of Noriko and Kuninobu's head. Megumi had made sure she sat near her best friend and since Kuninobu had already sat next to her, Megumi sat behind them.

Megumi did this a few more times, taking pictures from every angle on the bus. When she was done she looked through them all. Most of them didn't spark any interest for her, although, one photo did. She looked at it closely, in the background was Shinj with his friends. Megumi looked at the picture and smiled. She would add that to her collection later on.

Megumi placed the photos into her carry on bag. Her bag already contained some photos, but most of them were placed into her luggage. She placed the photo inside, next to the photos she had taken today. All those photos were of her and her friends. Mainly Noriko though.

Megumi loved taking photos, especially on occasions like this. Even though Megumi was at first a little nervous about this occasion. But who wouldn't be? Her last school trip wasn't such a good one. Megumi shook the thought from her head. She decided to take some pictures, to take her mind off of the topic.

"Hey, Noriko. Can i take a photo of you and Kuninobu? I'm sure it'll look great!" Megumi asked, tapping Noriko on the shoulder.

Noriko turned around at the sound of Megumi's voice. She was holding her polaroid camera, and Noriko had no doubts that she had already taken many photos of her classmates. When Megumi asked if she could take a photo of her and Yoshitoki, she beamed.

"Of course! That would be great. Thanks, Megumi!" she replied brightly. She turned around and smiled at the camera, and tugged on Yoshitoki's sleeve, nodding towards the camera.


"That's... wonderful to hear," Toshinori managed to reply. Inside, he was fuming a little. If Frenchie was still angry with Izumi, there was a chance that he would ignore both of them, granting Toshinori a slight bit of peace. Unfortunately for him, that plan was gone straight down the drain.

He noticed that Izumi sounded a bit strange with her tone of voice in answer to his question. One thought crossed his mind. She couldn't be... No. Even though Kawada was a vulgar choice, she wouldn't lower her standards to that.

"This bus is vulgar," he complained in an attempt to change the subject. Feeling disgusted, he pushed a plastic wrapper out into the aisle. Public buses certainly were not Toshinori Oda's scene.


"I guess you're right... I'm still gonna avoid him as much as possible. He's scarier than Souma," Yutaka replied to Shinji, feeling a little more secure at his friend's reassurance.

From behind, Keita Iijima asked a question after overhearing their conversation. He seemed nearly as panicked as Yutaka did a moment ago. He sat up and turned around to Keita. Even though he clearly wanted Shinji's attention, Yutaka decided he'd answer.

"Don't worry about it, Keita! He won't hurt us. Shinji said he wouldn't!" Yutaka replied.

"Of course! That would be great. Thanks, Megumi!" Noriko beamed, happy at her request of a photo of her and Kuninobu.

Megumi smiled and nodded. She placed the camera in their direction and held it. Noriko was smiling brightly, tugging at Kuninobu to look up. When they were both ready and the blurriness had faded she took the photo.

A bright light went off and Megumi moved her camera down. After a few moments a photo fell out and Megumi grabbed it. She shook it in the air and blew on it.

"Here you go!" Megumi said, offering Noriko the photo.

When Megumi approached and asked about the photo, Yoshitoki, who was almost asleep, looked at her and smiled. He kissed Noriko's check for the photo, and then took it. This situation reminded him too much to the program, so that he seemed very concerned.

"See, Noriko. Do you like it?" said when he showed the photo to the girl.

((Sorry for the previous post. I had somehow forgotten how to sign in. Reposting this just for clarity's sake))


Takako had managed to find herself a reasonable spot on the bus between two actually normal people, Hiroki and Kayoko. Staring over Kayoko's shoulder at the landscape speeding by, she felt a lingering tightness in her chest. She could pass it off as bad memories, the negative associations she's sure that all the students in her class have with camping trips. She found herself looking for military vans, scanning the skies for helicopters. It was stupid, she knew. And it wasn't the real reason she was nervous anyway.

The past few nights had been tough ones. She wasn't able to sleep, and even a midnight run couldn't clear her head. If only I could have slept, then I wouldn't have had to fucking think about it. . Takako wished there was some one to talk to or something. She'd considered talking to Izumi about it during the trip. Now she just wanted to catch up on her sleep.

"Thanks again, Megumi! You're great!" Noriko told Megumi happily as Yoshitoki took the picture off her. She took a look at the picture in his hands. It came out great, and Noriko thought that they looked pretty cute in it.

"It's lovely, Yoshitoki. You look adorable in it! Hmm, I hope there's not much longer left in the bus ride... I can't wait to get there," Noriko commented, smiling as she leant over to look out the window.

Izumi Kanai


Toshinori was already complaining about the bus being too vulgar for his standards. Izumi figured what he had the biggest problem with wasn't as much the bus itself as the people on it. She watched him throw some old wrapping paper out to the aisle and raised her brow slightly, smiling.
"It's not that bad, is it? At least it seems... clean." Her argument was immediately shut down as she noticed something brown and sticky smeered on the seat in front of her. She wrinkled her nose, disgusted. The more time I spend with Oda, the more my snobbish side surfaces, she suddenly thought. This almost frightened her, as she was not ready to run around and yell at everyone for not being sophisticated enough just yet.

"Well, Toshinori, you're already struggling and we're just on the bus. How do you suppose you will survive five days in the wilderness?" she asked, laughing.

Yoji Kuramoto

The ride with Yoshimi was very pleasant. They talked together, blazing through several topics and planning on the dance. Yoshimi would occasionally lean in to kiss him. But there was something wrong. Yoshimi seemed tense. She seemed nervous, and this made Yoji very nervous too.

Did she finally realize that she was so out of his league? Was she going to break up with him and she was nervous about it? Or is there something else entirely? He was extremely worried about this as he was always so self-conscious. "Y-Yoshimi... Is some thing wrong? You seem tense..."

Tense?

Yoshimi opened her eyes exaggeratedly and denied shaking her head. Damn it! she thought. Would Yoji know what happened with Mitsuko? She looked at the girl sideways and hugged her boyfriend again, smiling.

"I'm okay! Don't worry, I only a little nervous... We will stay alone in the tent, you know. Is like a honeymoon for us, no? Ahahaha!"

But she felt really uncomfortable. She was... She was a whore. Yoji didn't deserved it.

She was a bad girlfriend.

"Y-Yoji, I must tell you something..."

Oh god, oh god! She's breaking up with me! She finally realizes how hideous I am! She rralizes how much prettier she is than me! No! Kazuhiko was mentally cursing himself for being so hideous and disgusting.

He tried to keep his face calm but he couldn't help but have a distressed look on his face. He looked like he was about to cry. "W-What's wrong...? Are you b-breaking up with me? What'd I do!?" He asked.

Yoshimi blinked, so surprised. She didn't want to break up with him or anything like it, so she stroked his hair and smiled a little, although she wanted to cry.

I will hurt Yoji...

She couldn't stop thinking about it.

"N-No, hear me, please..." lowered her voice "I-Is about Mitsuko and I... H-Hmm, Y-Yoji... w-we had sex a few days ago... "

She closed her eyes. Tears came out of these, Yoshimi felt like a bitch...

Yumiko Kusaka;

Yumiko sat calmly in her seat, glancing out the window occasionaly. She had her hands rested in her lap and her bag next to her. It made her feel more comfortable like that. Yumiko glanced out the window and straightened up her back. Yumiko prided herself on her good posture, so she never liked to be leaning or shrugging.

She decided to read something to take her mind away from the long journey. She grabbed her bag and placed it on her lap, pulling out a magazine and a pack of gum.

"Yuki, do you want some?" Yumiko asked her friend, who was seated next to her.

Yukiko shook her head and looked away. Yumiko frowned and put the gum back into her bag. Yumiko sighed as she realized how nervous Yukiko looked from time to time. She couldn't blame her though, even Yumiko had her nerves in a knot. After last times trip, it's hard not to feel nervous.

Of course, Yumiko had to suck it up though. She was meant to be the braver one, afterall. She would be the one who comforted her friend, not the other way around. It had always been that way with the pair. Yumiko didn't mind though, it made her feel important.

Yoji's first reactopn was that this was very hot. He pictured them making out for a second but he then came to his senses. His girlfriend just cheated on him. He was conflicted, he could get angry and break up with her, which is what a normal person would do, or he could forgive and pretend that it never happened.

Yoshimi was the perfect girlfriend, she is sweet, loyal, and very beautiful. Meanwhile Yoji was clumsy, self-consciois, and many people comsider him unattractive. Yoji would have trouble finding another girlfriemd as good as Yoshimi, so he decided to forgive her.

He wiped away her tears and held her hand. "Yoshimi, it's okay. You were manipulated. It'll be finewhen if you don'tmdo it again." He said, trying to calm the crying girl down. He was trying his best to calm down his own inner anger.

MITSUKO

Mitsuko was grimanced as Yoshimi revealed the details of their affair. She was distressed when Yoji told her to not do it. But Yoshimi was so good, I wanted to keep her as a fuck buddy... Mitsuko pouted internally. Mitsuko considered Yoji very ugly and didn't get how Yoshimi could stay with him for so long.

Oh well, she can still have Shogo soon. And Takako seems to be coming around. Maybe Hiroki. And Tadakatsu is already in her web.

When she heard Yoji, Yoshimi couldn't hold a scream of excitement. Now she felt better, but inside her she knew that she had done a bad thing. Yoshimi kissed Yoji's check and hugged him again, laughing.

"You're so nice with me... I'm lucky for have you..." she said with a sweet voice. "Don't worry, I'm going to be only for you, okay? I love you so much, Yoji..."

YOJI

The camping trio will be a little stressful, with this on his mind. But he decided to do his best to ignore it, it wouldn't be a good trip if he was thinking anout that the entirr time, He was very tired now ((Not Program gas.)) and decided to rest his head on Yoshimi's shoulder and take a nap.

"Im gonna sleep for a while until we get there, kay Yoshimi?"

YUKO SAKAKI
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After a long, hard goodbye to her mother at the station, Yuko boarded the bus for her class' trip. She was already prone to homesickness, and now, with memories of the Program looming over her head, she was getting more and more nervous with the minute. Maybe I shouldn't have come after all. Is it too late to go back home? She turned around frantically, but her mother had already left. She would have to do this alone.

Before the tears could spring to her eyes, Yuko spotted a distraction. Yukie and Yuka were sitting in a spot nearby, so she slid into the third seat next to them.

"H-hi girls," she started, voice wavering.

She noticed that Yukie seemed . . . off today. She was much quieter than usual and the pleasant aura she usually gave off was gone, replaced by a fog of gloom. The sunglasses on her face made it obvious she was trying to hide something in or around her eyes. Yukie hardly ever wore sunglasses. Concerned, but also relieved that she might not be the only one feeling upset, she placed a hand on Yukie's arm.

"Is, um, is everything alright, Yukie?"

Fucking school trip.

Shogo Kawada tucked the cigarette pack back in his pockets as he stepped in the bus. He let his eyes wander around the bus, looking for free seats and certain faces. The bus wasn't even half full; the back of the bus had plenty of seats that weren't taken. He started walking slowly but surely towards the end of the bus, passing many of his classmates without saying a word or giving them a look. He had his familiar strict expression on his face, as he finally noticed Izumi Kanai, the girl he hoped not to see just yet, sitting and chatting with Toshinori Oda.

As he passed the two, he quickly glanced at the girl but soon enough turned his face away from her so no one would notice. The mess he had created for himself and the girl was big enough — the past few weeks had been extremely confusing, even for him.
And not that it was enough, he had been feeling sick during those weeks as well. Sick on a school trip? Yeah — sounds about right.

He sat down next to the window, crossing his arms against his chest, resting his head against the glass. He was about to close his eyes when he saw from corner of his eye someone sitting beside him. He turned his head slightly to see who had the courage to sit next to him. Shuya.

”...The hell?”

Shogo was positive of that Shuya wasn't going to attend the trip. The Princess of Rock had a rough week as well and had told Shogo and the rest of his friends that he would stay home — but what it was believing his own eyes, there he was, huffing something to himself, his arms crossed just like Shogo's, and for some reason looking extremely pissed.

”So, Shu... Are you coming after all or did you lost your way home?”




Sakura Ogawa felt uncomfortable sitting in the bus. Not only getting the bad memories of the last school trip but also because of her partner sitting next to her. All the mess with Hirono Shimizu has clinged into her mind. The girl just couldn't stop imagining all the things that happened to Kazuhiko and the things both of them had said about the incident. She barely talked to Kaz. She couldn't even look into his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'll be right back, Saku."

She heard Kazu getting up and going somewhere. Sakura stayed quiet. Sighing deeply, she focused on the view passing by. Her thoughts were interrupted by the loud voice. She recognized the words ”nice” and ”ass” and when Sakura turned around to see who those words were directed to — Kazuhiko.
Sakura's eyes watered. She clenched her hands into a fist and got up from her seat, meaning to walk over to Shimizu and yell at her.

KAZUHIKO

Kazuhiko winced as Hirono yelled "Nice ass" as he walked away. He sat down with Sakura and was about to start talking about her. But she angrily got up, with tear-filled eyes and started walking to Hirono. He needed to stop her before she did anything rash.

Kazuhiko ran to catch up with Sakura and stopped her before she made contact with Hirono. He looked in her eyes, her tears practically breaking his heart. He knows that her tears are his fault, he was the one who Hirono took advantage of. He was the one who Hirono loved to tormemt. He believes that it's all his fault that she is in this situation.

He tries to cakm her down. "Saku, please, just ignore her. Her words can't hurt us. Lets just sit down, and preoare to be together on the trip. Don't let Hirono ruin it for us." He said softly. He then smiled weakly and gestured to their seats.

Shuya gazed up at Shogo, the anger drained from his face for a split second. He assumed that Shogo wouldn't acknowledge his existence and that he'd just be mumbling to himself for the whole bus ride. "H-Huh..?"

His anger then returned as he prepared to explain the situation to Shogo. "It's not like I wanted to come! It was all Shinji's fault! He just showed up in my room all of a sudden, packed my shit into a bag, and dragged me off! I barely even got a word in! Who the hell does that anyways?! If he thinks that this will make everything better, then he's completely wrong! I've never been so pissed at him before. He's got a lot of nerve thinking he can do something like that!"

Shuyas guitar had been laying straight up, inbetween his legs to keep from falling over. He then hugged the neck of it and rested his cheek against the tip of the headstock, pouting like a child. "It's not fair."

Shinji

Shinji looked over at where he had noticed Shuya and Shogo were sitting together upon hearing Shuya's angry yelling. He had already reassured both Keita and Yutaka that nothing would happen with Kiriyama so the three had just been chatting about nothing in particular for a while. I didn't think he would be that upset about me forcing him to come, maybe that wasn't the best choice, but there was no way I was going to let him sit on his ass alone for five days. It is for his own good, he can't be that mad.

"I really hope he isn't this mad the whole time, things will get bad if they are," Shinji mumbled to himself as he turned his attention on staring out the window.

Noriko let out a yawn, feeling tired after the night before. She had stayed up far too late on the Internet once again, and she was feeling drowsy all day so far because of it. She pressed her head against Yoshitoki's arm again and snuggled into him.

"I'm going to take a nap for a while... Wake me when we arrive...." she mumbled, drifting off to sleep.


Toshinori's face paled at Izumi's response. He almost forgot that he would have to spend so long in the wild, surrounding by disgusting little creatures, and woodland animals.

"I'm going to lose my sanity on this trip, aren't I?" he asked softly, almost ready to faint at the thought of it.

Izumi Kanai

Izumi laughed at the frog-like boy's panicked expression. Although if she was going to be completely honest, the thought of being outdoors for such a long period of time worried her as well. Not just because her class had it's fair share of homicidial maniacs, but because Izumi was after all used to a lifestyle similar to that of Toshinori. And that lifestyle did not include hiding from ants in your sleeping bag.
"Even if you do, I'm sure you won't be the only one," she said, smiling. "There is bound to be some chaos. Just thinking about -" she cut herself off as she glanced towards the isle and met the very intense gaze of Shogo Kawada. He quickly turned away from her, his expression emotionless. She turned her attention to the seat in front of her, not sure where to keep her eyes anymore. Great. He hates me now. But who can blame him... Somehow during the confusion she had felt after breaking up with Mitsuru, she had managed to drag Shogo along on an emotional rollercoaster. And it didn't end well. Izumi had come to terms with the fact that sometimes these things doesn't work out. Sometimes people weren't meant to be together. And that's just the way it was. But the knowledge that she had hurt someone she cared about so deeply, was pounding in the back of her head like the beat of a neverending song. And everything was made worse by whatever was going on between her and Ryuhei, and now that they had kissed once more... This is all such a mess. She leaned her head back, letting out a deep sigh.

Then she remembered she was in the middle of a sentence, and it would be rather rude to just shut her friend out all of a sudden.
"I'm sorry, Toshinori! My mind seems to be a bit... absent lately," she smiled faintly and turned her head to him. "But tell me, what champagne did you bring us?"

Keita Iijima

Keita heard Yutaka's comforting words and it relaxed him. Perhaps he wouldn't need to find a good hiding-spot in the forrest after all.
"Well, if Shinji says we're safe, then we're safe! No doubt about it, dude." He grinned and gave a thumbs up to show the complete faith he have in his best friend. But Shinji had already turned his attention to the window beside him.
Keita glanced out his own window, starting to feel tired. But... Heh. No way I'm taking the chance on falling asleep, man.

Yukie

Yukie looked up at Yuko and gave her a reassuring smile that everything was alright. Of course everything wasn't alright the boy she loved and her were now officially "just friends" and then she began to develop a crush on her ex's best friend and to top it all of she had to share a tent with them for 5 days.

Hirono

Hirono woke up from her nap when the bus went over a bump. "Damn Driver!" She mumbled to herself. She pulled out a nail file and began to file her nails as she looked around the bus. Hirono wondered who she could torment on this trip other than Kaz, someone she hasn't bullied in awhile. Suddenly her eyes fell upon Yuko Sakaki. Hirono smiled devilishly, this was going to be fun.

Mizuho

Mizuho stared intently out the window during the bus ride. She was beginning to get a bad feeling about this trip. "Hey Kaori," She turned to her friend "How big do you think Sasquatch is?"

YUKO SAKAKI

Yukie smiled at her, trying to convince her that everything was alright. Yuko knew that Yukie and Shuuya had broken up. There was no way she could be completely okay already. But she could also tell that Yukie was reluctant to continue the conversation, and she was never one to pry. Yuko just nodded, hoping that Yukie would maybe open up to her later. After all, she would much rather worry about her friend's love life than her classmates being forced to kill eachother.

No . . . ! Stop thinking about that! It's not going to happen again, it just isn't! God will provide, Yuko. Have faith in God . . .

TAKAKO CHIGUSA

Takako lay her head back against the seat, closing her eyes. She hoped she could get some sleep. She slipped her headphones on to listen to her iPod, trying to concentrate on the music. But soon enough her thoughts floated back to the subject she'd been trying so desparately to avoid. It seemed that every time she tried to go to sleep, she started thinking about Mitsuko.

She wasn't some one who was used to being confused. Everything was usually black and white for her, right or wrong. Even things with Hiroki hadn't been as complicated as this. At least with Hiroki she'd known what was most important -- their friendship. She couldn't even get her priorities straight when it came to Mitsuko. After the ridiculousness at the dance, she thought she'd be able to hate the other girl. She knew she had a right to. And yet, she couldn't. Then, a few nights ago, Mitsuko had shown up half-drunk on her doorstep. What a trip that night had been. It was even more infuriating because, dammit, Takako wasn't drugged or anything, but they'd still nearly ended up fucking.

And if that wasn't confusing enough, she had to go all soft and mushy on me when she thought I was asleep. Kissing me and apologizing, if that even was an apology . . . The worst part is, I don't even know what to think of it, because she was probably still tipsy and --

"Ugh," she muttered, hoping Hiroki or Kayoko wouldn't hear, "Fuck."