The Joker

I'm Fudou Akio, midfielder. Try not to get in my way. [Affiliated with SSI] Image Credit

[oldkonoharoll]

Konoha ran instinctively towards her favourite place, the tree-lined path behind the main school building. She was thoroughly out of breath by the time she got there, and leaned against a tree to catch her breath. Her own wild fear surprised her sometimes. She just hoped that the strange boy hadn’t decided to follow her…

She swallowed nervously, looking up. That wouldn’t happen…right?

[thefudouakio]

Soon enough Fudou lost sight of any sign pointing to where the girl could have gone. He turned the corner outside one of the school buildings and looked around the area. Still, he could see nothing. 

It ticked him off. 

If he gave up now, that would be his loss. Shoving his hands into his pockets, Fudou wandered the area with a sharp eye out. As he looked, the boy started wondering why he had even chased after in the first place. He didn't actually have a reason to seek out the strange girl, but it was hard not to be interested. Who just runs away like that? 

The midfielder took a seat on one of the benches offered to the students along the path, deciding to think about his options. As soon as he sat, however, there was a rustling noise from behind him. With a slight turn of his head Fudou spotted a small tuft of hair form behind a tree.

[straightfacedmahoro-deactivated]

Mahoro looked away slightly, “Wandering. I finished my assigned work, and so have nothing to occupy myself with.”

[thefudouakio]

Fudou snickered. "Homework. Boring and pointless." Obviously, the boy was just trying to defend his reason of skipping out on his homework.

[thefudouakio]

are people alive out there

[thousandarrow-deactivated201402]

superduperzanark started following you

sunnykinakomochi started following you

straightfacedmahoro started following you

jaggerwock started following you

thefudouakio started following you

  Oh? Fellow classmates so eager to see me? I haven’t even proved what I can do yet

[thefudouakio]

"Don't get ahead of yourself, who said anything about being eager?"

[straightfacedmahoro-deactivated]

Mahoro had planned on giving the other boy a polite nod and moving on, but the shorter student stopped and started speaking.

"Hm, I’m afraid I can’t say the same for you." He said without a change in his expression.

[thefudouakio]

Fudou shrugged at the guy’s answer, not really expecting much different. He gave the stranger his trademark smirk, letting his smug expression fall naturally.

"Not surprising. I’m Fudou Akio." said the mohawked boy easily, introducing himself. He didn’t bother with a handshake, he just figured he should let his name be known.

[straightfacedmahoro-deactivated]

"Mahoro Tadashi. It is…good to meet you."

[thefudouakio]

He shrugged. "Of course it is." Fudou looked around the empty hallway, looking for something to make a conversation out of. "What're you doing anyway? Roaming the halls and all that."

[oldkonoharoll]

"Wh-what?!" exclaimed Konoha in a tiny voice, already almost moved to tears. "I…I didn’t know…" Lip trembling, she glanced briefly up at the boy, who was wearing a very serious expression, then back down at her feet. there was only one thing for it.

She turned tail and started running in the opposite direction from the boy and the sheds. Where she was headed, she wasn’t sure - just somewhere that wasn’t here.

[thefudouakio]

Before he knew what was happening, the girl was near tears and ran away. Reflexively Fudou's arm came out as if he could retrieve the girl from the small motion. He called out to her to wait, but she was a fast runner. 

The boy blinked, surprised. That certainly didn't take long. She looked timid, but she acted absoutely terrified of Fudou. Did he really look that threatening? He touched his face and furrowed his eyebrows for a second before snickering at himself. Good. With fear comes power, after all.

With his hands on his hips, Fudou debated going after Morimura. One hand, she would probably run away again. On the other hand, he might get some benefit out of this. He mulled it over in his head a moment longer before setting off in the direction the girl headed.

[straightfacedmahoro-deactivated]

Mahoro had planned on giving the other boy a polite nod and moving on, but the shorter student stopped and started speaking.

"Hm, I’m afraid I can’t say the same for you." He said without a change in his expression.

[thefudouakio]

Fudou shrugged at the guy's answer, not really expecting much different. He gave the stranger his trademark smirk, letting his smug expression fall naturally.

"Not surprising. I'm Fudou Akio." said the mohawked boy easily, introducing himself. He didn't bother with a handshake, he just figured he should let his name be known.

[straightfacedmahoro-deactivated]

As captain of Genei, Mahoro had long ago learned to get anything that could interfere with responsibilities out of the way as quickly as possible. Thus, he he had no homework, having finished all of it and even studied ahead for one or two of his classes, and so was stuck with nothing to do. As usual, he hadn’t really tried to talk to his classmates, and they hadn’t tried to talk to him.

[thefudouakio]

On his way to who-knows-where the mohawked boy spotted an semi-familiar mop of hair.  The guy with said mop was...actually, Fudou didn't remember ever talking to him. He looked like a quiet type though, not much to look at. 

Nonetheless, Fudou decided to use him as his excuse. It's always fun to bother people anyway. He walked up to the guy, his hands is pockets and he gave a casual nod of greeting as one would in passing. The difference being, however, that the midfielder stopped walking when he nodded.

"Yo. You look kinda familiar." Fudou raised an eyebrow at the guy in front of him, hands still shoved noncommittally in his pockets.

[thefudouakio]

Fudou crossed his arms, glaring a hole through the papers that mocked him from his bed. Homework...his mortal enemy.

He had put off the stupid things for so long that now it had piled up into an unbearable mountain of ugh. The mohawked boy knew it was in his best interest to do the homework, but whenever he merely considered doing the mass of papers he lost interest and left it. 'Maybe', he thought, 'I can get rid of that pile. I'm sick of looking at it.' 

He mulled it over in his head for a short minute before he stood up from his seat and waved a hand dismissively at the papers. "Nah." 

And with that he left his room in search of some way to avoid his homework.

[thefudouakio]

I'M HERE AND I'M QUEER HOW LONG WAS I GONE OH MAN

[thekishibetaiga-deactivated2014]

Unlikely Friends

[thekishibetaiga-deactivated2014]

Kishibe is a little surprised at the friendly turn around but the comment makes his smile turn mischievous. He leans into his friend a little as they walk and his eyelids drop to match his smile. "I look forward to seeing the rest of you then~" He says, giving quite the double meaning to his words. In an instant his smile becomes innocent again as if nothing was said and he opens the door for his brunette roommate to enter the cafeteria.

[thefudouakio]

Once more Fudou was a bit thrown off by Kishibe's unexpected actions. He blinked as the boy's expression turned from normal to mischievous to normal again in a matter of seconds. He then snickered, shoving his hands in his pockets and walking through the door.

"Same here." he responded with a wink, making his way over to the food. As he walked Fudou gave a small chuckle, if only for himself. Getting along with this guy wouldn't be that hard after all.

[oldkonoharoll]

Don’t come this way, don’t talk to me, don’t talk to me… was what Konoha was thinking, but to her horror the boy was doing exactly that. She’d just have to get through it…make up an excuse about needing to go back to her room, maybe…that could work…

She jumped as the boy spoke to her. Why was he asking her that? Did he think she was trespassing? Maybe she shouldn’t be here after all…

"I-I’m…Morimura Konoha…" Konoha said, almost in a whisper. She stared at her hands rather than at the boy, wringing them shakily.

[thefudouakio]

The shed wasn't actually that far from the place Fudou had ended up falling asleep. Soon enough, he was standing in front of the nervous girl. He almost felt bad for her, he didn't usually get this kind of reaction from just saying hello to a person. 

Almost. 

The mohawked boy planted his hands on hips and gave the girl a quick once over. She seemed utterly harmless. Fudou furrowed his eyebrows and straightened his back, making himself look a bit more "official looking". Even though his demeanor made him look anything but a respectable official.

"Don't you know students aren't allowed in these sheds? They need to be cleaned."

[thekishibetaiga-deactivated2014]

Unlikely Friends

[thekishibetaiga-deactivated2014]

The blunette is a little taken aback by his roommates reaction. 'I get the feeling people don't compliment him a lot.. That's too bad he's.. really adorable woah..' "Yeah food sounds great, let’s go.. Who knows.. Maybe I’ll get to see that smile again.." He walks a head of Fudou a little and smiles back at him.

[thefudouakio]

Fudou snickered at the comment, giving Kishibe a shove with his arm as he gave a small trot to match his pace. "Careful, if you're so focused on my face you won't get to see the rest of me." The midfielder crossed his arms, giving his roommate snide smirk. 

[thefudouakio]

Bench Buddies

[platypusagent-blog]

Tachimukai was surprised to hear the rules of this match. But they didn’t worry the goalkeeper in the slightest, in fact, now Tachimukai was sure to hold whatever Fudou had to offer. (But thinking about it, Tachimukai wondered if Fudou actually knew any shooting Hissatsus anyway…)

The boy however focused on the match again once he saw the ball coming. Tachimukai didn’t even have to move much to hold this poor shot and save the goal. Still with a rather angry look in his eyes, he threw the ball over to Fudou, speaking in a matching, dominant tone: "Is that all you got?!"

[thefudouakio]

Fudou grinned and received the ball from the goalkeeper. With the tone that Tachimukai used, Fudou was finished with trying to ease into his shots. He shouted back with as much force as his opponent, seeming to stand a little taller as he did.

"Not even close!" With that, the mohawked brunette slammed his foot into the ball, sending it flying towards the goal.

--

Sweaty and tired, Fudou's hands remained on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. He wasn't sure how long they'd been at it, but both Fudou and Tachimukai had been at a constant back and forth of shooting and holding. Without any hissatsu techniques, it was a more than a battle of skill, it was one of both physical and mental endurance as well. 

He brought a hand up to wipe away at the sweat on his brow while he stood up straighter. He then left his hands on his hips, letting out a big breath before grinning at the boy he had been facing for the past...hour? Possibly longer. 

"You're not as weak as you look." Fudou jeered, giving the ashen blonde an offhand compliment. In a way, the midfielder felt like he had more of a grasp on Tachimukai and his soccer now. 

[thefudouakio]

Bench Buddies

[platypusagent-blog]

Tachimukai huffed out a little. This behavior was exactly the reason he did not want to have conversations with Fudou despite the fact they had enough time as much as they were benched.

"Fine, Fine." The goalkeeper replied, trying to sound calm as he made his way to the goal. While the brunette positioned himself, Tachimukai also frowned a little. He actually had hoped to make friends with Fudou. To realize that the midfielder isn’t as bad as Tachimukai always thought… but after this experience… He could say Fudou was even worse.

"Alright, Bring it!" the student shouted, clapping his hands together and then holding them in front of his body, ready to hold any of Fudou’s shots. Tachimukai was angry, really angry, so letting in one single shot of this sap was unacceptable.

[thefudouakio]

Fudou grabbed a ball on his way to the field, settling on a spot not too far from the goal. He dropped the ball on the ground and set his foot on it harshly, his hands defaulting to his hips. Tachimukai was mad, that much was incredibly obvious. Amusing as it was, it was time to act. He gave the ashen blond a smirk before speaking, make sure his voice would be heard loud and clear. He hated repeating himself.

"One rule: no hissatsu techniques. This is a man to man fight." For a moment, his words almost seemed to lose their cocky flare, taking on an entirely new tone; it was almost serious, as if he was addressing a real challenge.

However, as quickly as it came, it was gone, and Fudou was all sneers and attitude quicker than you could say Inazuma Japan. 

Without warning, Fudou kicked the soccer ball at the goal, without nearly as much power as he could have put into the kick. He kicked it only slightly to the side of Tachimukai, an easy block. Even with Fudou's horrible attitude, a shot like that was insulting.

[oldkonoharoll]

Konoha’s heart nearly stopped at the sound of an aggressive - or so she thought - voice from behind her. Abandoning all thought of getting a ball, she tremblingly glanced over her shoulder to see who had called out. Unsurprisingly, it was someone she didn’t recognise. A boy with a mohawk and a scary face…

Even if Konoha had wanted to reply (and she definitely didn’t, she wanted to run), her mind was completely blank, so she simply stared at the boy in terror.

[thefudouakio]

Fudou lowered his hand when the girl didn't respond, raising an eyebrow in her general direction. She hadn't moved from her spot either, like she had been caught doing something she shouldn't have. Briefly the boy wondered if he should leave her alone.

He quickly decided, 'fuck that', and started walking towards her anyways. She had peaked his interest.

However, she gave him a bit of a vibe that told Fudou she would run away if she could, so he decided to make a little conversation. "Hey, who're you?" Thankfully that came out a little more evenly this time around. Maybe it was just his waking up brain that had caused his voice to be so gruff. 

[thekishibetaiga-deactivated2014]

thefudouakio started following you

[thekishibetaiga-deactivated2014]

Kishibe looks at his roommate and nods, "Alright.." Then he gets an almost teasing grin. "Your smile is really something, you should show it off more often.." Though his smile is teasing, his words are earnest..

[thefudouakio]

The midfielder blinked, immediately dropping the smile that had overtaken his features. He furrowed his eyebrows and brought his hand up to his new frown, trying to hide his embarrassment of being caught off guard. Fudou hadn't been expecting a comment like that, and it threw him for a small loop; he was without a witty response.

"Shut up." was the best thing he managed to come up with in a few seconds.

Fudou focused his attention elsewhere, spotting the cafeteria not too far away. "Hey, are you hungry?"