This is just something random that popped into my head. Hecate wishes to pursue a romantic relationship with a human she met as Konoe Fumina, and that human is… Keisaku Satou!! ENJOY!!

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Yuji walked down the street. Where in the world was Shana?! After school, she left with Yoshida and Ogata, but she never came back for evening practice. Of course, this meant that he should expect a beating from Wilhemina, but that didn't come either. So he went for a walk that evening, bored out of his mind… that is, until he was grabbed by his collar and pinned to a wall. He stared in horror at his kidnapper: a certain blue-haired Tomogara we all know and love: Hecate. "Y-You!" was all he managed to say. Hecate's face was expressionless.

"Yes, me," she replied monotonously. Right about now, Yuji started wondering where exactly Shana, Wilhemina, or even Margery could be as he mentally prepared himself to cast a Fuzetsu.

"Wh-What do you want?!"

"I want…"

"Do you want to synchronize with me?!"

"That's not exactly what I had in mind… that is, if you wanted to synchronize with me, then—"

"You're here for the Reiji Maigo, aren't you?!"

"No."

"Then what do you want with me?!"

"I want…" Wait… was Hecate actually blushing? "I want… to know… IwanttoknowifKeisakuSatouhasagirlfriend." She clasped her hands over her mouth as she blushed a deeper shade of red. Awkward silence.

"What?" Hecate glared at him, sending a shiver down his spine.

"It's a simple question! Answer me!" Now she was starting to sound like Shana.

"I… I didn't hear you! What was the question?!" Hecate sighed and lowered her voice.

"I… well… Does Keisaku Satou have a girlfriend?" Yuji stared at the Master Throne in shock and disbelief.

"…What…?" Hecate glared at him again.

"Are you deaf?!" Yup. Definitely turning into Shana.

"No! I heard you!"

"Then what is it?! Does he have a girlfriend or not?!"

"No! He doesn't! Why the hell do you care?!"

"Because… as Konoe Fumina…" Hecate began playing with her fingers. "I experienced… some weird and wonderful… emotions… and Ogata-chan said this was called 'love' and she felt this around Eita Tanaka, and—"

"Since when do you remember the names of people in our—my class?!" Hecate released a long sigh.

"As I was just saying, as Konoe Fumina, I experienced some weird and wonderful emotions. This 'love' was not the only one. Ogata-chan called me her 'friend' and that somehow made me feel warm and fuzzy inside… like when Bel Peol complements me or Sydonay—"

"Don't want to know."

"And since I am Ogata-chan's 'friend,' I care about what goes on in her life, and she 'loves' Eita Tanaka." Another awkward silence. Yuji was the one to break it.

"So you're not here to synchronize with me or for the Reiji Maigo."

"No! How many times do I have to say that?! Ugh, Yoshida Kazumi was right, you are oblivious!"

"Huh?"

"Never mind!" Hecate sighed again. "So… I want to come back to your class…"

"To be with Satou." She blushed.

"Yes."

"No way in Guze is that happening." Hecate stomped her foot on the ground in a very un-Hecate manner.

"Why not?! I can blend in with humans just fine!"

"Shana's going to rip your head off… then mine for agreeing to this."

"I don't care what Shana-chan does to me! All's fair in love and war!" Yuji cocked an eyebrow.

"Shana-chan?"

"She's Hirai Yukari, but everyone calls her Shana, so why can't I be Konoe Fumina and have everyone call me Hecate?!"

"It… it's different!"

"A flame haze can disguise herself as a human but a Tomogara can't?!"

"No, a Tomogara can't!"

"Sorath and Tiriel did. Sydonay told me." Yuji smacked his forehead, wondering why he was even having this conversation in the first place.

"That was completely out of line. They dressed all weird and were French kissing in public."

"What's a French kiss?"

"You'd be better off asking Bel Peol."

"Why can't you tell me? Besides, Sydonay will just yell at Bel Peol for corrupting me." Yuji turned a bright shade of scarlet and scratched the back of his head.

"Let's just say you'd be better off asking a girl."

"Anyway, can I please rejoin your school?"

"No." Hecate then did the most un-Hecate thing imaginable. She pulled out the puppy eyes. And pouted. If there was anything she learned from being human, it was that guys always fall for the puppy eyes.

"Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaase Sakai-kun?" Adding the "-kun" to his name was a bonus. Yuji sighed. How could he resist?

"Ok, fine." She smiled, almost like she was Konoe Fumina instead of Master Throne Hecate. "But only if you swear you won't steal a single existence."

"Ok."

"And you won't go after my Reiji Maigo."

"Fine."

"And you won't disrupt the balance."

"Ok!" Hecate must really like Satou if she was agreeing to all his terms.

"Shana's going to kill me for this, but… what the heck. It's all for Satou, right?"

"Yup!" Her face suddenly fell. "Sydonay and Bel Peol… I told them how I felt, but…" A familiar look fell upon her face. It was a look Yuji knew all too well: it was the look all girls got before they cried. "They don't understand… they think this will interfere with Bal Masque… They said they're going to live with me when I join your school…"

"So? Wilhemina lives with Shana, so… if they live with you, then say you live with your Uncle Sydonay and Aunt Bel Peol."

"Thank you Sakai-kun!" Hecate threw her arms around him in a very un-Hecate manner. "I promise I won't go after your Reiji Maigo! I promise I won't harm a living soul!" Yuji stuck out his pinky.

"Pinky promise?" Hecate stuck out her pinky as well and frowned at it in confusion.

"'Pinky promise'? What's that?"

"If you pinky promise something, you can never go back on your word."

"Ok." She awkwardly wrapped her pinky around Yuji's. "I pinky promise I won't go back on any of your terms and I won't harm a living soul."

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"Ok women!" Ogata addressed Shana and Yoshida. "I called you two here for a reason." Shana looked bored, and Yoshida looked worried. "Our men lack maturity and commitment!" Awkward silence. Yoshida shakily raised her hand.

"Ogata-chan, Ike-kun is very committed to me." Yoshida mumbled shyly and awkwardly.

"Yes, but he lacks maturity. And Shana-chan, Sakai-kun's mature, but he lacks commitment."

"Yeah…" Yoshida agreed. "Remember when he kept hanging around Konoe-san?"

"Who's Konoe-san?" Ogata asked.

"An old… acquaintance of ours," Shana replied.

"Anyway, back on topic!" Ogata continued. "You both are lucky because your men have one, but lack the other. Mine lacks both!!" Even Shana was surprised at her sudden outburst. "Tanaka is the most immature person on the planet—"

"And in the crimson world," Yoshida whispered to Shana.

"And he still hangs around that drunk old hag Margery Daw!!" No comment. Shana was the first to break the awkward silence.

"Ogata—"

"I know Margery-san said she was just staying at Satou's place until she found a place to stay for herself, but that was last year! One year and she still hasn't found a place to stay! And that's because she does nothing but sit on her lazy ass and drink booze all day!"

"But Ogata-chan," Yoshida objected, "Margery-san is just staying at Satou's house and Tanaka sees her as an older sister, nothing more."

"No objection to her laziness and her booze addiction, though," Shana added.

"But… still!" Ogata yelled, more to herself than anyone else. "She makes me so jealous!"

"Jealousy is never a good emotion to have," Shana told her.

"It's one of the seven deadly sins," Yoshida added.

"Oh look who's talking!" Ogata shot back. "You two fought for two whole semesters over Sakai! Kazumi, wouldn't you make bentos for him every day? And Shana-chan, you came up with all those weird names for him… like 'Mystes'." Yoshida silently gasped. "I guess that's supposed to mean he's something special to you, cause Mystes sounds like mystic, right?" Both Yoshida and Shana were speechless at Ogata's odd logic. "But Tanaka and Satou call him that too… are they gay… with Sakai?!"

"No!" Yoshida and Shana simultaneously shouted.

"And Sakai always calls you a 'Flame Haze,' Shana-chan," Ogata continued. "But Tanaka, Satou, and even Kazumi call you that too, so that's probably because you have a lousy temper." Both Shana and Yoshida were still speechless. "That's right, be amazed at my logic!"

XX

That first chapter dragged out for a lot longer than I expected… So, just to clear things up, Shana, Wilhemina, and Margery have NO idea about the deal Yuji made with Hecate. PLEASE REVIEW!!