Author Note: Wow, it's overkill. This is a side project of some sort, so I will update it when I feel like it. Enjoy~
To Chichiryuutei: You're awesome. Thanks for reviewing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Little Busters!
I, Tokido Saya, stared at the man who I had fought with for a very long time.
He had killed me. Once, twice, thrice, it went on, and on, and on for what feels as long as eternity.
I stared as he lay on the floor, unable to move any of his muscles.
There were 3 bullets mark on his uniform. The bullet Riki-kun and I had shot.
I stared as the game master lay on the floor, as harmless as a sponge.
He pointed the direction of the elevator.
He told us to go to the last floor, the 60th floor.
To find the secret treasure Riki and I had looked for.
We obliged and head to the elevator.
I, Tokikaze Shun, no, Natsume Kyousuke, stared at the spy named Tokido Saya, whose real identity is a wandering spirit who had entered this world of his, as she walked with Riki to the elevator..
She had made a request.
"It was meant to happen. You can not stay here forever."
"...Then, give me one more chance. After I finished this mission of mine, I will leave this world."
"Could you manage to win this game with one more try?"
"I will. And I have a request."
...And that request was to change the secret within the 60th floor, into a bio-weapon.
Because in order to leave this world, she had to kill herself.
Infected with a lethal virus. It was a perfect reason to shoot yourself.
And she did just that. She entered the room, 'accidentally' break one of the container, get infected and shoot herself as an act of heroism, in order to keep the virus from leaking out of her body.
After her soul had departed from this world, I had planned to 'reset' everything. And I did just that.
I raised my hand, everything within me was 'swallowed' by my hand.
Everything, everything was swallowed, until the only thing left is pure darkness.
Then, I reconstruct everything in my mind, from dirt, seas, rivers, mountains, persons... Everything.
At last, I try to materialize everything I had reconstructed in my mind.
But nothing happens.
At that very moment, I realized that something is very, very wrong.
I do not have any control over this world, the control that I had before.
I wondered. Had the bus in the other world exploded? Am I... Dead?
But no, it is not the answer. Because in the distance, I see a light. A soft, bright light like that of a star.
I approached the light. And there she was, standing right in front of me.
"Tokido Saya! What have you done?!" she was quietly staring at me. As if the reason was very obvious.
"I was reconstructing this world to fit my delicate taste." I rolled my eyes at the 'delicate' part.
"But how did you gain the control of this world? How did you manage to steal it from me?" I asked the most important question.
"...To tell you the truth, I'm not sure myself." she answered sheepishly.
I looked at her as if I had just saw an idiot jumping from a 30-stories building.
"Give it back!" I demanded.
"No way." she responded flatly. I could hear her saying something, but I didn't catch it.
Then, a bright light flashed.
I shut my eyes tightly.
The moment I opened them, I was laying in my bed, holding my favorite manga, 'School Revolution', without any memories of what just happened.
"Hm..." I scratched the back of my head. Just what was this feeling that something is off?
I wondered for a moment.
"Ah well." with that statement, I goes back to reading the manga.
Hmm... I wonder what I'll do tomorrow. Maybe I'll take Tokido's suggestion of joining the Little Busters.
I'm Naoe Riki. A member of the Little Busters, a group of childhood friends who vanquish evil and bring justice to the world!
...But, we had converted it into a baseball team a few days ago.
The Little Busters currently had 5 members. We're short on people, that's why we went around school to invite someone to join us.
The original five member, counting from latest to oldest, would be me, Miyazawa Kengo, Inohara Masato, Natsume Rin, and...
...Tokido Saya.
Yes, Tokido Saya. She was the founder of the Little Busters. She's also the one who suggested that we play baseball, out of all thing.
When I asked why, she answered with hey typical, "It's fun!"
We had gone through many adventures together.
It's fun. Really fun. I wish that this fun will lasts forever, but I know that it's impossible.
Nothing is eternal, after all.
I'm currently laying in my bed, when my hand phone ringed.
I reached my hand to grab it, and then look at the screen.
There, I found a text message from Saya.
"Come to the baseball field. We need to talk." that's what it said.
I wonder if something is wrong.
"Hey, Masato." I called at my roommate softly.
Masato, who's currently doing push-up with his chest muscle (no kidding) looked up at me.
"What's it, Riki?" he responded.
"I'm going to go meet Saya." I said.
"Oh, okay." He said back. A few moment passed, until he suddenly shouted, "WAIT! WHO AM I GOING TO PLAY WITH IF YOU'RE VISITING SAYA?!"
"But how about your muscle? They would become soft muscle if you don't train them right?"
"Hmm... That's right. I don't want my solid muscle to become soft after all, so it can't be helped." He said that, then he returned to doing push-up.
I couldn't help but laugh when I see him doing it. He looks like a caterpillar moving around in a tree branch.
I exited the room and went outside the boys' dorm. Then, I went straight to the baseball field. There, in the middle of the field, stood a figure.
As I approached that figure, I called out, "Hey, Saya!"
The figure turned to face me. I could see her face clearly now.
"R-Riki-kun..." she answered in a somewhat tense voice.
I frowned, "What's wrong? Is something bothering you?"
She stood silently for a moment, then she moved closer to me.
"Riki-kun... I have something I need to ask to you."
I responded with an, "Eh?"
"But first... Promise me that... Promise me that you would answer my question truthfully."
I was about to ask about what's talking about, but after seeing her serious face, I answered,
"Okay..."
She sighed, she raised he face, she stared at my eyes.
Her lips quivered, she opened them, but no sound seems to be coming out.
"...I-" she stopped herself. Then she tried again.
"...Riki-kun, I-" She stopped herself again. Her face is red for some reason. Then, with all of her might, she tell me this:
"Riki-kun, I like you!"
"Eh..." I paused. "Eh..."
Then, reality slapped me in the face, bringing me out of my frozen state.
"EEHHH?!"
She blushed intensely, and then she say, "G-go out with me!"
Wait, wait, wait, this is a confession isn't it?! No matter how I look at it, this is a confession isn't it?!
We stayed silent for a minute or so.
Then, she break the ice by asking, "So?"
"So...?"
"The answer, baka!" she yelled at me angrily.
"Well, um, ah, uh, eh, am, em, ha, he..." I started spouting nonsense in front of her.
I stopped myself, then tried to calm myself down.
I closed my eyes. Then I asked myself. Do I like her?
Yes, of course. I liked her as a friend. But as lovers?
Do I see her in that way?
...
Then, following my instinct, I closed the distance between us, then I opened my eyes.
In front of me, is the beet red face of Tokido Saya. The girl who just confessed to me.
The girl that saved me from the pain of losing my parent.
The girl who reached her arm to mine.
There's only one answer to her question.
"Saya... I... I like you too. Let's... Let's date!"
Her face. It was at that moment that I realized, that in her face existed the most beautiful smile I'd seen in my life.
