Chapter 1- The Start
Screech
That's the last sound that Namikawa Hikari had heard before she found herself on the floor, surrounded by blood. She was saving a certain purple-haired boy wearing a yellow jersey that was about to be hit by the passing car. The said boy tried to wake her up but she didn't open her eyes. She can hear a faint sound of ambulance coming into that road. They checked her up and carried her into the ambulance.
When they reached the hospital, the ambulance quickly stopped and hurriedly put her into the emergency room. The boy whom Hikari had just saved and somewhat her family were waiting near that room. Finally, the doctor exited and told all of them that...
She was dead.
Opening song: Houseki by Kamakari Kenta
"Kami-sama!" a 15-year-old-like brown haired boy with angel wings and a halo on top of his head, started calling. "Kami-sama! Trouble-desu!"
"What is it Sato-kun?" a man asked, sounding irritated in his voice. "I'm busy here."
"Kami-sama! Kirihara-kun is destroying his opponents again-desu!" 'Sato' panicked.
"Who is the unlucky guy?"
"Uh-"
"I think it was Fuji Shuusuke of Seishun Gakuen this time, Kami-sama," another boy with pink hair, had angel wings and halo on top of his head said, cutting off what Sato was about to say.
"Cupid-san!" Sato exclaimed, seeing the pink haired boy in the area. "When did you get here-desu?"
"I'm always here, Sato-kun." Cupid sweatdropped. 'Oh' was the only reply he got.
"Did that guy got hurt?" Kami asked, trying to stay in the topic.
Sato nodded his head. "Yes. But, he did win at the end-desu."
Kami was sorta impressed by that. "Wow... even though he got hurt, he still managed to win."
"Yeah. I guess it was a miracle to win against that Kirihara guy." Cupid stated. Kami and Sato nodded their heads.
"It's true. And because of that, we don't have any choice but to change his heart." Kami explained.
"Nani? You're going to change his heart-desu?" Sato panicked again, thinking of something that is not the real meaning of what he said that made Cupid to roll over the floor, laughing. Sato sweatdropped and cocked his eyebrow in confusion. "What is so funny, Cupid-san?"
Cupid didn't reply since he was too busy laughing. Instead, Kami replied for him. "Well, what I meant about what I said Sato-kun, was that I plan to change his attitude."
"Oh. I see-desu." Sato sighed. "I'm sorry. I actually misunderstood you-desu."
Kami turned again to Cupid who still can't stop laughing and was on the floor, (fake) tears somehow falling from his eyes. Since Cupid is so hard to convince to stop once he laugh or something that will entertain him, Kami suddenly, out of nowhere, created a sound similar to a thunder and this made Cupid to finally stop.
"Go-"
"Stop talking for awhile, Sato-kun." Kami advised the poor boy. "He might laugh again and I can only do this sound once."
Since he was not allowed to reply, Sato only did was to nod.
Cupid cleared his throat. "So, back to the topic, what do you propose we do to change Kirihara's heart, Kami-sama?"
Kami was taken aback by that question as he had not prepared anything yet. "W-Well, let's think."
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Still in the same "land"...
Hikari slightly blinked her eyes and was trying to picture what was the surrounding around her. She can faintly see two boys looking at her and was mumbling something like, "Is she okay?" or "Should we wake her up?", but she was not really sure if that's what they said because she felt very weak at that time as if she's stuck onto the floor. Tied, actually.
Finally, after awhile, she felt a little bit "alive" and started to sit up. The two boys were -surprisingly- nowhere to be found at that location. She turned to look at where she is and blinked a few times. She stared at that place which seemingly looks like full of clouds.
"Where am I?" Hikari wondered. Suddenly the previous boys appeared in front of her which made her jump.
"Konnichiwa!" the two boys greeted.
"I'm Sendo Hitachi." the boy at the left said. His eyes were brown. He has a silver hair wearing a white plain buttonless jacket and blue jeans. His hair is short until the back of his neck and is sort of spiky.
"I'm Sendo Aichi." the boy at the right grinned. Like Hitachi, Aichi's eyes are also brown. He also has a silver hair just like Hitachi and wears a white buttonless jacket with some green outlines on the side and blue jeans. And lastly, just like his brother, his hair is also short until the back of his neck and is also spiky.
"And we are the Sendo Brothers!" Hitachi and Aichi introduced themselves at Hikari as some (imaginary) confettis popped out of the ground.
Hikari blinked. "So, in short, you're both twins?"
"Yes!" the twins answered in unison.
"Okay." Hikari breathed heavily before shouting, "WHERE EXACTLY AM I? I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM THEN I CAME ACROSS WITH YOU TWO! WHERE AM I, HUH? TELL ME! I ABSOLUTELY SURE THIS IS NOT A PLACE IN JAPAN. BESIDES IT'S FULL OF CLOUDS! THAT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? AND-"
The twins just stood there and blinked. They looked at each other after a few minutes and stared at the panicked girl again.
Finally, after almost an hour of ranting, Hikari calmed down. She panted.
"Are you done ranting?" the twins asked after an hour of not talking.
"I AM NOT RANTING!" Hikari shouted but failed to do so and started coughing. The twins just stare at her again, wondering if she's alright. She then added, "And yes, I am done."
"Well, can we tell you where you are now?" the twins asked again, hoping that they won't be replied with anymore yelling.
"WHAT? YOU KNEW AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?" Unfortunately, the twins didn't get what they wished for and they were, again, yelled by Hikari.
"Well, you were ranting so-"
"I AM NOT RANTING!" Hikari failed to shout again and coughed.
"Um... Hikari-chan, can you lower down your voice a bit?" Aichi requested. "It's hurting our ears."
"Yeah." Hitachi added. "You shout at us as if we're 5000 feet away from you."
"Wha-!"
"What's going on here, gentlemen?" the voice of a familiar guy asked casually, replying a stare from the three.
"CUPID-SAN!" the Sendo Brothers exclaimed in unison. They immediately bowed down their heads. "Ohayo gozaimasu!"
"Hey, you don't need to be so curtsy, Hitachi and Aichi." the voice of another familiar guy told the silver-haired twins.
"SATO-SAN!" the twins exclaimed again in unison. "Ohayo gozaimasu!"
Hikari sweatdropped. Heh, 'stop shouting at us as if we're 5000 feet away from you', huh? I wonder who said that.
"Hey, you're Namikawa Hikari, right?" the pink-haired guy asked.
"A-Ah." Hikari nodded, surprised at the sudden question. After a few seconds, she began to sense something weird. "Hey, how do you know my name?"
The guy just smiled."You're in heaven, Hikari-chan. Of course I know your name."
Hikari just nodded as if it was the most obvious thing. Then, she realized something again. Wait. I'm in Heaven? As in Heaven, Heaven?
The Sendo Brothers noticed something weird from Hikari and turned towards her. Hitachi looked at her face while Aichi poked her.
"Hikari-chan, are you okay?" Aichi asked, still poking for her. There was no response to the silver-haired boy. It was Hitachi's turn to ask.
"Hey, Kari-san, my brother's asking you if you're okay." Hitachi shook her shoulders. There was still no response. "Hey, come on! Ans-"
"I... in... Heaven...?" Hikari eyes went wide in shock.
-She finally realized the truth-
"What? Don't you mean you didn't know you're in Heaven from the start?"
"OF COURSE NOT!" Hikari shouted (A.N: Hehe. Hikari is beginning to panic now.). "Wait a minute. If I'm in Heaven, then I must be-"
"Dead." Sato answered. "Yes-desu. You're dead, Hikari-chan."
Hikari fell to the floor and grimaced. "It can't be!"
The Sendo Brothers stared at Hikari and shook their heads. "Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. You're overacting too much, Hikari-chan. And you Sato-san, you look calm when you said that Hikari-chan is already dead."
"Yeah. I wonder why, Sato-san?" Cupid told the-now-embarrassed boy with a sarcastic tone.
"No-desu! Maybe you're mistaken-desu!" Sato blushed in embarrassment while denying all those accusations.
Seeing that the four boys are talking and were somehow "having" fun, Hikari felt out of place. And because of this, she decided to stay away from the uncomfortable atmosphere she is getting and just let her legs do the job.
When Hikari first took her few steps onto this "new" land, she felt that it was very good because of the fact that the ground was made of clouds. Fluffy clouds, if she may add. She felt that she was free. She smiled and danced for no reason as if this is just a dream. Yeah. This must be a dream.
And then, since Hikari was just walking at that time and her eyes were closed because of happiness, she suddenly bumped into someone. She fell onto the ground and felt her back in pain. Hikari winced while rubbing her back and was mumbling that it hurts.
"Oh, gomenasai." A masculine voice said and offered his hand to help Hikari. "Are you alright?"
Hikari finally opened her eyes and saw the man that she bumped into. She sheepishly took his hand and immediately, the man slowly helped her. She blushed. Wow. He is quite handsome at this angle.
"Are you alright?" the man asked again. Hikari sheepishly nodded. "Ah. That's good." The man paused and turned his face the one behind the girl. Hikari followed where the man is staring and immediately stared with eyes wide open. What the? I should be far away from them by now! But how-?
"Is there a problem, Hikari-chan?"
"Ah, no! It's nothing!" Hikari raised her hands in defense and laughed nervously. She is beginning to feel uncomfortable again. Actually, she feels that it's already beginning to be wierd having many strange people know her names and all.
"You might be asking yourself why I know your name, right Hikari-chan?" the man smiled. Hikari somehow shivered when she saw the smile. She thought that even though the man smiles friendly, something about it feels scary. The poor girl just nodded sheepishly and let the man speak. She is afraid to have goosebumps in front of a mysterious person. "Well, my name is Shougo Kamakari and I'm most notably known here in Heaven as 'Kami'."
"K-Kami? As in, 'God'?"
(A.N: In Japanese, "Kami" means "God".)
"Ah." Kamakari nodded. "I know I'm suppose to be old or something like that, just like in stories. But here in Heaven, we don't get older so we're all lucky to maintain our age forever!"
Hikari resisted to join 'Kami-sama' in his laughter. She feels that she might sound weird and at the same time, crazy, if she does that. "Y-Yeah. I think you are lucky."
"Anyway, I just want to ask Hikari-chan..."
"Hmm?"
"... Have you ever been in love before?"
Hikari's jaw dropped. "H-Huh?"
Apparently, luck is with Hikari at that time as the four boys stopped their conversation and hurriedly ran towards Hikari and Kami.
"TONO!" the Sendo Brothers called in unison as they hugged the poor, defenseless Kami. Hikari urged herself not to laugh at the current scene but failed when the said scene is beginning to look cute.
"Hey, why are you laughing, Hikari-chan?" the Sendo Brothers asked in unison (A.N: They are really good at this, neh?).
"Can't... help it... too funny..." Hikari laughed so hard that she can't even say a full sentence.
Suddenly, someone blocked the light in front of Hikari that she stopped. She looked at the person blocking and saw Kami facing her while his eyes are in shadows. Hikari screamed and crawled backwards.
"Cupid and Sato," Kami started, "bring Namikawa Hikari to the hall."
"Roger!" Cupid and Sato replied and immediately took her into the said hall. Hikari tried to pull away from Cupid who is carrying her now in his shoulder but she can't because of Cupid's strong body.
"What are you doing! Let me go!" Hikari shouted but neither of the two boys listened.
"Good luck, Hikari-chan. You will need it." Hitachi and Aichi waved their hands, saying goodbye to their friend.
"Hey! Someone help me!"
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Meanwhile on the tennis courts of Rikkai Daigoku Fuzoku...
"Hey, where's Yagyuu-senpai? He's terribly late." the seaweed haired boy, Kirihara Akaya, asked while playing with his racket.
The bald boy, Jackal Kuwahara, who ended a call in his cellphone just now, shook his head to everyone signaling that he can't contact the lost boy. The red haired boy, Marui Bunta, like always, just chewed his bubblegum with his hands behind his head and was doing nothing. The rest of the Regulars, namely: Sanada Genichirou, Niou Masaharu, Yanagi Renji and Yukimura Seiichi just stood there and did nothing.
"I can't believe that Kirihara is even earlier than him." Renji muttered. He took out a piece of paper and wrote something in it.
"Hey, Niou-senpai, aren't you worried about Yagyuu-senpai?" the ace of Rikkaidai asked for the millionth time at the Trickster, trying to annoy him even more. But unlike his previous tries, Niou finally said something.
"I AM WORRIED ABOUT HIM, BRAT!" Niou shouted at his poor kouhai. "There, happy? You've been annoying me for the past 50 minutes, you know. AND I CAN'T TAKE IT!"
"Alright, alright. I was just asking senpai." Kirihara raised his hands up in defense.
All the things that the Regulars did from then on stopped when they saw a purple haired boy wearing a Rikkaidai jersey sprinting towards the tennis courts. They immediately realized that it was their late teammate, Yagyuu Hiroshi.
"About time, Yagyuu." Niou said. "We wasted our morning practice just waiting for you to show up, you know?"
"I'm sorry, everyone. There was an accident at the road and-"
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"Oh, it's the bell." Yukimura informed his teammates. "Just save your story for later, Yagyuu. Right now, we need to go back to class."
"I understand."
The Regulars carried their bags and headed towards their respective classes. Niou suddenly heard a fainting voice and stopped midway. He looked around and found no source of the voice. Yagyuu noticed Niou is not following anymore and stopped. He then looked at his doubles partner.
"What's wrong, Niou-kun?" Yagyuu asked.
Niou looked at the sky and paused. Then, he said, "Ah, it's nothing. You go ahead. I'll catch up."
"Alright." Yagyuu replied and headed towards the door of the school.
Something is gonna happen. I just know it. Niou thought to himself while looking at the clouds. And after awhile, he continued walking towards his classroom.
Ending song: Smile by Hiroshi Kitadani
Konnichiwa-desu! I am Dark Lord of Anime! I passed this now because I want to know what you readers think about this story. I'm still working on Chapter 5 until now. Haha. Yes, I'm still working on Chapter 5 of this story. That's true.
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