Episode One! Aiko and pools and diaries!
It was early in the morning when a commotion was starting in A Class. Murmurs of the same name were filling the classroom
"Aiko-san sure is taking part of this"
"Of course! Didn't you read that? All members are required to join?"
"Kudou is our pride when it comes to swimming"
... and other chit chats about her
"Ohayou! Arre? yuuko, what's up?" Aiko greeted then asked Yuuko who's near her. Her response was only her pointing at the poster on the wall
'Swimming Tournament:
All members of Swimming Club are required to join, and other students from all levels are welcome too! An olympic-like contest between Fumizuki Academy's swimmers.
Prizes:
- 3 month worth worth meal tickets
- Remedial Classes-free for 2 months, effective even defeated on ST War (Summoning Tests War)
- Plus 10 points on selected subject's score
When? Next week, 2pm'
"Wow, those prizes sure are cool!" Aiko exclaimed
"Well, we won't tell you to join since you were required to join" Yuuko told her with a smile.
Meanwhile~ In F Class,
"Is there anyone going to join?" Yuuji, as F Class rep., asked the class who were 30% paying attention and 70% not
Minami raised her hand "I know how to swim, but since all swimming club members are in, I don't know if I match for them" she shrugs her shoulder
"A great time to get swimsuit shots eh? Muttsurini?" Akihisa elbowed Kouta which made his nose drip blood as he nodded
"By the way, you should join Minami-chan, there's no harm in trying" Himeji persuaded Minami and she gave her a smile
"You're right Mizuki. So Yuuji, I'm in!"
"I might as well join too" Hideyoshi stood up smiling
FAST FORWARD! After Class
Ooshima-sensei, the Health and Physical Education teacher, called out through the speaker
"Swimming Contest Participants, please proceed to the pool with your school swimsuits. And the students who will watch, you all can come too"
Aiko was already dressed in her swimsuit in the changing room when this was announced
'I wish to see him soon. Well, I know he will come because of girls in swimsuit. Still perverted as always. But as he always claims, he has no interest. Whatever, ittekimasu! (I'm off for now!)'
Outside the changing room,
"M-Muttsurini..." Akihisa pulled Kouta to the slightly opened door of the room.
"...so~ W-what about Kudou Aiko staying there in her swimsuit?" Kouta said trembling as he plugs his nose with tissues
Then something caught their attention
"Muttsurini, is that a diary?"
"... too classy of her"
Kouta's sharp eyes noticed every single thing Aiko did. The way she occasionally stops and held her pen real tight as her hands were shaking. He can't admit it to himself, but he really is worried on what caused her to that state. She is usually cheerful and energetic but now she looks so gloomy.
"Muttsurini, let's go" Akihisa stood up followed by Kouta.
"Muttsurini" Akihisa started as they walked through the hallways
"...un?" (A/N: Similar to 'hmm?' I just got influenced by the Light Novels :P)
"Remember Kudou-san's shoukanjuu on the test of courage?"
"...Yes (drip drip drip/nosebleeds)" he was nosebleeding because he remembered the part where her shoukanjuu stripped
"I-Iie! I mean the noppera-bou (Faceless ghost)!"
"...Huh? Oh yeah"
"D'you know why her shoukanjuu turned out like that?" Kouta just shook his head. Not bothering to think since by judging Akihisa's looks, he knew the answer to his own question
"Yuuji told me that 'if she doesn't have a face, maybe she doesn't want others seeing her real self.'"
"... so you're telling me that her pervy self is to hide something to herself? Like those characters in romantic stories that is really outgoing but is heartbroken inside?"
"Does she even have a reason to be heartbroken?"
"..."
They were already by the pool when their conversation ended
"Sorry for the wait!" Minami called out with Hideyoshi and Aiko beside her
Hideyoshi's attire you ask? He is in his trunks and has a towel hanging over his neck. The two sides of his chest covered like usually parodied in the anime. This made Akihisa and Kouta thrown by the force of their own nosebleed
"... I don't mind this kind of end" Kouta murmured and passed out with a smile on his bloodied face
"N-Nooo~! Muttsuriniiii~!" Akihisa isn't nosebleeding as hard as Kouta is so he crawled to him and cried like an idiot he was
After a few moments, a crowd of girls kidnapped Hideyoshi and made him wear a shirt. We don't know why but that's how things are
(Akihisa'a POV)
"Okay is everyone here?" Ooshima-sensei asked and all of the participants said 'Hai!'
"Good, okay first five to try. From second years." sensei looked at the students in front of him and started pointing some
"Kudou" Kudou-san looked shocked as if she wasn't paying much attention. I wonder what's gotten into her? I can't read muttsurini's face here, he's too good in holding that poker face for a while now. Kudou-san walked to the side of the pool where they were going to dive from. She positioned on the far left side. Forgive me, I don't know what is that called (A/N: I used Akihisa's idiocy here! XD For I don't really know what that is)
"Shimada" Minami walked beside Aiko as they whispered about things that can't be heard from here
"Kinoshita" Hideyoshi with a down look on his face, walked beside Minami. Come to think of it, his ane-ue (sister) didn't join?
"Shin'no (Niino)" then a purple haired girl walked beside Hideyoshi, one more left!
"Koyama" so the last one was that cross dressing fag, Nemoto's ex-girlfrined. 1 student from A Class, 2 students from our class and 2 from C Class.
"Ready?" the swimmers went to their diving position and I noticed Muttsurini isn't on my side anymore, he is busy taking sexy shots while the girls (A/N: he counted Hideyoshi as one) prepare for a dive
"GO!" their reaction time were fast that they dived in about the same time.
As expected from a swimming club member, Kudou-san was taking the lead, followed by Hideyoshi. Sugoi! Way to go my bride! Then the violet or purple or whatever colored-hair, then Minami and Koyama was in a tie.
"Kudou! Kudou!"
"Hideyoshi! Hideyoshi!"
Those were the names that were most called out. And oh! Look! Hideyoshi and Kudou-san were off to a return lap. Hideyoshi only a feet away from Kudou-san.
"First! Kudou Aiko!" Ooshima-sensei said which made the crowd roar
"Second! Kinoshita Hideyoshi" then it's us, boys', turn to cheer
"Third! Koyama Yuuka"
"Fourth! Shimada Minami"
"Fifth! Shin'no Sumire"
Muttsurini returned to his seat breathing heavily. Looks like he lost a lot of blood again
Then another five were set to practice. The first five went out to get changed and not so long they went back.
"Hello~ Yoshii-kun, Muttsurini-kun!" Kudou-san in her usual cheerful manner, greeted us with a smile
"Omedetou, Kudou-san" I congratulate her and she bowed her thanks. And glared bitterly at muttsurini. O-oi~ That's creepy. She must've noticed me looking at her so she cleared her throat and smiled again
"Mattaku~ How stubborn of you muttsurini-kun." she said in such a childish manner
"..." muttsurini remained quiet as he scanned through the pictures. Kudou-san shrugged and went to her chair and...
"Muttsuriiiniiii!" I shouted at his ear
"Nanda!? (What!?)" I pointed to Kudou-san who was talking to Ooshima-sensei. Looks like she was going home.
"... I don't care about her going home" do these two had a lover's quarrel or what?!
(Aiko's POV)
I was going home now. Well, I don't have anything to do at school and... I can't stand him anymore! What happened? I don't know either. These past weeks I felt like being annoyed with him and with myself. I feel like that Minami-chan being annoyed in Yoshii-kun.
My house isn't so far so I reached it in no time.
Shoes.
Shoe rack.
Walk to my bedroom.
Throw my bag.
Get my diary.
Well, I only use this to write my feelings down. Especially for Muttsurini-kun who doesn't even notice that.
'I don't want to sound so dramatic, but I think my heart aches for some reason. I feel so empty and stupid now. Why would I even bother get to his attention if he doesn't even look at me even if I'm in front of him. Like what happened today. Fufufu... I know I won't win for those other girls so yeah. I won't bother now. If he's not going to notice me, I'm ignoring him as well!'
I closed my diary shut and hid in under my pillow.
The next day... Day 2 of swimming practices!
(Narrator's POV)
The girls were in the changing room now, getting ready for the next practice. Today is the day when the teachers decide who's going to join the tournament and who's not. They're eliminating students from all levels until there were only eight left.
The noise of girls chattering were heard on the hallways too. And again, the ninja pervert, Kouta, was hanging on the ceiling outside the room and is ready taking pictures. Unknown to him...
"Sensei, give me permission to summon" a familiar voice said from behind
"I give access to this battle"
"Arigatou, sensei... Summon!" then a shoukanjuu in sailor uniform that wields a battle axe appeared with a dead serious look on its face.
"Tsuchiya!" the girl called out
"...dare ga-?" he looked behind him to see Aiko standing with her hand on her waist and a serious look like the one in her shoukanjuu
"If you're going to peek. You must at least defeat me!" she challenged. Her score still not shown, the numbers are still running so it's a mystery what her score is
"...summon!" his shoukanjuu appeared
Subject: Health and Physical Education
Fumizuki Academy, F Class, Tsuchiya Kouta, 524 points
vs.
Fumizuki Academy, A Class, Kudou Aiko, 583 points
Aiko smirked as her shoukanjuu thrust to him.
"...Accelerate" his shoukanuu was about to pierce her shoukanjuu with its kodachi but her shoukanjuu dashed to her side and while his shoukanjuu was standing still beside hers, it took the opportunity to hit it with her axe deducting 530 points from his shoukanjuu
"It's my win then!" Aiko said as the summoning field disappeared.
"...how in the-"
"Better luck next time-" she walked passed him and stopped before entering the changing room
"-Tsuchiya Kouta" then she entered the room and Kouta, with a shocked expression, was dragged my Iron Man
(Akihisa's POV)
Muttsurini missed the fun! The girls were more competitive now and now's when they're going to eliminate some.
"So, these are the 8 that will participate in the tournamanent"
"Blue Team: (Second Years)
Shimizu Miharu
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Kudou Aiko
Shimada Minami
Red team: (Third Years)
Kogure Aoi
Nanami Kenichi
Natsukawa Shunpei
Ichihara Ryoujirou"
Oh? So one of the Tokonatsu duo find his way to the finals? Impressive! Then I saw muttsurini with a zombie look on his face.
"Eh? Doushita no? Muttsurini?"
"...Iron man" he simply answered. Which means!
"Who did you fought this time?"
"... Kudou Aiko"
"What subject!?"
"...Health and P.E."
"W-w-w-w-waaaait! She defeated you on that subject?" This is so unbelievable! He can even defeat her AND the teacher. But now he... Just what the eff?! He sat beside me and started telling his story
"...She had 583 points while I had 524. But know what's weird? She didn't call me the name she usually calls me"
"You mean the 'muttsurini-kun'?" he nodded
"...she called me by my full name just like how I call her"
"That's weird.. Oh there she is!" I noticed Kudou-san was already changed in her school uniform. She looked at our side and quickly looked away as she got her bag and left.
"...I think I have a mission Akihisa" arre? What do this mean?
"What do you mean?"
"...I'm going to know what's wrong with her. And... I think I need your help"
"Eh? Boku?"
"...yes. I need you to make her leave her house and leave the diary in her room"
"Why do it have to be me!?" if this is Yuuji I'm talking too, maybe he had his gag face on now and say words that are really going to make me agree with him. But still, muttsurini here looks really worried about her. Hehehe...
"Muttsurini, why won't you admit it already? You like Kudou-san!"
"...n-no! I just d-don't prefer that side of her!"
"The way you strongly deny is suspicious too"
"...t-tonikaku, (Anyway) I'm going now, you go distract her!" then he left.
(Akihisa's residence)
(Akihisa's POV)
"Hello? Hideyoshi?"
"Nanja? (What is it?)"
"Muttsulini needs our help" actually, he asked me only... Hehehe. I don't think I can do this alone. And I asked Yuuji for some strategy and Hideyoshi is perfect
"What do he wants me to do?"
"Well, it's-" Oi! Yuuji! Don't steal someone's phone when he's still talking!
"Here's the plan, (mumbles) Aiko and pretend (whispers) then Akihisa and I will (blabbers) Got it?" I barely understand anything, you idiot. But I think Hideyoshi will get that
"Got it. Expect me there in 5 minutes"
Six minutes later...
(Narrator's POV)
"I'm here!" Hideyoshi greeted as Akihisa open the door
"So, let's commence operation lure out Aiko and steal diary?" Yuuji asked
"Yeah. I informed muttsurini of your plan and is waiting outside Aiko's house"
"We only have one chance so we must not fail" Hideyoshi informed as they nodded to each other and left the house.
Time: 6:27 pm
"On my mark, Hideyoshi."
Hideyoshi then do something with his hair.
"Aiko!" he called out using Yuuko's voice and what he did with his hair was the change of hairpins in place. Aiko dashed out of the house, knowing Yuuko's personality. She opened the gate as she stepped out
"What brings you here Yuuko? You could've just called me"
" 'Tis... Ah, I mean, It is important so come with me" he said as they walk outside. As they reached the next three houses or four, two boys in black come out of nowhere. One grabbed Aiko's hands and put it behind her with such force while the shorter one made her breathe the sleeping drugs.
Aiko struggled but it was no use since the one holding her is too strong and she is immediately put to sleep.
"Hoo! Never knew this will be so easy" Akihisa claimed as he removed his mask
"Sa~ What are we going to do with her then?" Hideyoshi asked redoing his hairpins back to place
"We can't let her in Akihisa's because her sister is there. So mine's fine since... Well, I don't think Shouko will be there" Yuuji said with him carrying Aiko on his back.
"Let's go then. And let's catch up with muttsurini" - Akihisa
Right after they locked the door from Yuuji's bedroom from outside and tied Aiko to the chair, they ran to Aiko's house and saw Kouta, in his ninja gear, under some random tree on Aiko's house's garden.
"... no one aside from Kudou is in there. So we can safely get inside" Kouta simply said as he lead their way inside her house and to her bedroom immediately
"Where would she hide the diary?" Akihisa asked while searching Aiko's bag
"If her pen is still here on the bed, maybe her diary is..." Yuuji said as he lifted Aiko's pillow and found what they were looking for. Hideyoshi snatched it and browsed through pages
"Looks like there weren't much entries here." Hideyoshi said as he was running his eyes through the pages and stopped at the last entry she wrote. "Guys, I think this is the answer to why she was acting so weird" he said as he showed them her yesterday's entry
'...Fufufu... I know I won't win for those other girls so yeah. I won't bother now. If he's not going to notice me, I'm ignoring him as well!'
The three looked at Kouta who was looking down.
"Oi, muttsurini. You okay?" Yuuji asked as he placed a hand on his shoulder.
"... I think so. I never knew she... well, felt that way"
"So, to get this straight muttsurini, do you like her?" Akihisa asked kneeling down on the floor to look at Kouta's eyes
"... maybe"
A/N: Yosh! Next chapter is going to be short. Maybe? :P The tournament's next! Hope you like this minna! ^O^ Reviews are welcomed. Add to favorites are most appreciated :D