Title: Grade 2, Class 2
Author: Stormy1x2
Rating: G
Word Count: 1215
Notes: Another fic in the LGO-verse. Kamio's little sister is changing classes – and makes some new friends. Crossover with Aishiteruze Baby.
SERIES SPOILER INFO!!
Info: Aishteruze Baby is an adorable, 26-episode anime based around 15 year old Kippei Katakura who is suddenly placed in charge of taking care of his cousin, 5 year old Yuzuyu-chan. Kippei's family is interesting, warm, and welcoming – a nice change. The series explores the Japanese hierarchy of mothers and play groups, abandonment, post natal depression, suicidal teenagers and the pressure of school, child abuse, parental death, anorexia (Kippei's off/on girlfriend Kokoro-chan) and does it in a way that doesn't overwhelm the viewer with angst, offers a realistic portrayal – and yet still manages to make you smile with hope. It's one of my favorite sugary animes. Yuzuyu-chan is just so adorable, it's ridiculous. Kippei goes from a shallow, girl-obsessed, school-skipping slacker, to a caring, sentimental, warm-hearted and emotional young man who wins his girlfriend by being there for her when no one else is, saves a young family friend from making a fatal mistake, and all while acting as the parent for little Yuzuyu-chan.
Anyway, the series ends with Kippei still taking care of Yuzuyu-chan, as there's been no real resolution with her mother. I'm assuming this is still the case, and so Yuzuyu-chan is now in grade 2 and still living with Kippei and his family.
Additional: The school system I'm using heer is semi-based on the one in my school in Shanghai. The best class is categorically known as 'Class 1' and if the students can't keep up, they get switched with other classes in future terms. Exceptions are made for students who have parents working as teachers in the school who get to have their children placed in Class 1 as a working 'perk' even though the child's grades should have them dropping a grade or two, such as one of my students. .;;
Lastly: this fic is one of several that I plan to write that will eventually have Kippei from Aishiteruze Baby meeting Kamio (and Kirihara, of course) through their sisters, and giving both of them a chance to make some new friends. However, in this first fic, Kamio only gets a few brief mentions, Akaya even less. That won't be the case for future fics.
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( Michiko hesitated outside the classroom door. Butterflies did cartwheels over the elephants marching inside her tummy, and it was only the knowledge that Akira-nii would be very disappointed in her that kept her from running back down the hall and out the door. )
End Notes: Midori Koizumi and Yutaka Fujikawa are my own creation, as is Onada-sensei (though her name is taken from a disagreeable young woman who appeared briefly in 2 episodes of Aishiteruze Baby and frightened Yuzuyu-chan to make Kippei like her. Yeah, I don't get it either). Marika-chan and Ken-kun are Yuzuyu-chan's canon friends from pre-school – they're all attending primary school together.
Feedback always appreciated.