Hey readers! Miss me? Probably not xD. Oh well, I have a preview for the Shitsurakuen fanfic I have been working on for a while. I hope this story is enjoyable. ^_^

I do not own Shitsurakuen-or else I'd make sure that spoiler would never happen. T_T

Enjoy the story and please review. ^_^

Chapter 1

Sora sighed, two weeks out of high school and she has no idea what she's going to do. Tsuki, her long time friend and biggest crush, is already getting acceptance letters from all of the colleges she applied for. The redhead sighed as she sat down at the bar table.

"Hm… the legal drinking age is 20… I'm eighteen… could I pass for a 20 year old… I could…. Would they card me?" Sora thought, trying to get out of her depressed state of mind. Well she is tall for her age, plus she matured, body-wise, pretty well.

"Yeah! I could definitely pass for 20!" the redhead thought with a big smile. At the sound of the door opening made the young woman turn and see someone that made her eyes light up with her childish joy, "Akanneeee-Kun~!" Sora got up and ran towards the young man and glomped him with small smilies and hearts following her, showing how she didn't act even remotely close to her actual age, and attracting a lot of attention. Yeah she could totally pass for 20.

Soon the two sat at a table and Sora explained to him her problem. Akane had a darker shade of red hair than her, and also had green eyes instead of blue. The older of the two sighed.

"I guess one couldn't hurt." With that he stood up and went to order to light drinks for him and Sora, since he was 20, he didn't get carded or anything. He returned to Sora and gave her the one with less alcohol.

"So, you still wear your glasses, Akane?" Sora asked taking a sip of the bitter liquid scrunching up her face at the taste.

"Yeah I do," He replied taking a small sip as well, "I can't see very well without them, you know."

"Why though? You're good looking, handsome even! I bet there are plenty of girls that'd want to be with you if you didn't wear them!" Sora exclaimed not realizing the blush growing on her friend's face.

"Uh… Sora… stop…" Akane said blushing, he knew the girl had affections toward her best female friend, but it still didn't help the fact that he used to really like the girl back in their high school years, but there were few that didn't.

Sora's eyes widened a bit and her mouth made an "o" shape. "Why?... Oh my god, are you gay!" Sora's eyes lit up with enthusiasm. She mistook his embarrassment as him not being into girls. The look on her face made it seem as though little hearts and stars would start floating above her head at her excitement that one of her male friends might actually be gay. Hey, she may be gay herself, but she doesn't have many gay friends, so of course she'd be excited.

Akane's eyes widened, "What? No!" but his words fell on death ears as the girl had left him and was heading to a group of guys. His panic turned into fear. What the heck was on that girl's mind!

"Hey, guys, are any of you guy-" Sora was interrupted by Akane clamping his hands over her mouth sweat dropping.

Awkwardly the young man smiled and waved towards the group of guys, "Sorry, she had a bit too much to drink." He explained quickly before rushing her back to their table. "… I'm not gay," he mumbled under his breath as he wondered why he had allowed her to drink in the first place.

Soon both were done their glasses of light alcohol and were sitting in silence. None has said much since they sat down. It was times like this that Akane wondered what laid in the female's mind. The fact still stood that he would probably never fully understand his dear tomboy female friend, and that annoyed him slightly since he liked knowing things; she was something he'll never truly comprehend.

Sora sighed and laid her chin on the table. Her eyes closed in straight lines and she sighed again. He knew the problem now. Her problem was obviously the object of her affections, Tsuki.

He often caught Sora like this in high school. It was often when the other girl was on her mind, and that was too often, if you asked him. Sora was in love, though, and he could not blame a person for falling in love, and he couldn't blame Sora for falling for another girl, as a man himself, he finds girls very attractive and can understand Sora's attraction. He just didn't understand why her attraction was toward this particular girl, because she is so different than Sora-quiet, kept to herself, good grades, smart, calm, mature-so un-Sora-like.

"Want another drink, Sora?" He offered to try to help his friend get out of the slump. It's the least he can do right? Since he's 20 and she's only 18.

Sora thought about it for a moment. "Sure, I'll go up with you this time," Sora said with a smile. The two redheads got up and headed toward the front of the room.

"Hey, bartender, ma'am, could I have another order or, uh, light sake?" Sora elbowed him lightly in the side with a light glare.

"Light?" She hissed at him in a hushed voice. Akane waved her off. The long dirty blonde bartender turned around. Sora studied her for a moment, took in that she wasn't too short nor too tall, wasn't too thin nor too big, but the only not average thing about her was her cuteness and the size of her bust, which Sora would describe as even bigger than Tsuki's, and very drool worthy, if she was a pervert that is.

Akane noticed the calculating look on Sora's face, the one that makes her look irresistibly handsome or as it was said during high school Sora's "knightly face"-Akane himself had heard the talks of how this facial expression of Sora could woo all, and sweat dropped. "Where'd your depression go… I swear you're secretly a pervert."

"Hey, my name is Sora, what's yours?" Sora exclaimed excitedly offering a hand toward the shy girl behind the counter who blushed slightly and stuttered her name as Koharu and lightly shook Sora's hand. A sly smirk played across Sora's lips before her smile brightened even more and her knightly look disappeared.

"That's a cute name, it fits you!" Sora continued in her friendly way-or would it be a flirty way? Koharu blushed a bit again, and all Akane could think of was how the heck Sora did these things that could cause even the straightest of girls to sway her way… okay maybe with the exception of Tsuki.

The flushed girl stopped Sora from embarrassing her more, "I still got to get you your drinks and I have other customers to attend to; my shift is almost over." With that Sora understood and stopped bugging the poor girl.

A half hour or so after their drinks, and playing some pool and foosball, Akane and Sora decided it was time to be heading out. Cheerfully they talked until Sora suddenly stopped.

"Did you hear that?" the knightly girl asked her nerdy companion.

Akane blinked twice. "What are you talking about now?"

"I heard something, over there!" She made a pointing gesture to the back of the bar.

Akane only let out an amused chuckle. "Sora, I think you can't even handle light sake, come on, there's nothing back there-" before he could even finish Sora had started dashing to the back of the building, "H-Hey, Sora!"

As she turned the corner she froze as she saw a drunken guy pinning that nice bartender she met earlier and her shirt was mostly unbuttoned too! Anger surged through the tall girl as she saw that man not looking like he was going to stop. Anger and the need to protect swept through the taller girl as she ran up and gave the man a fierce knee to the side of the face making him crash down onto the pavement.

"Come on!" Sora called to Koharu as she grabbed her wrist and ran off in the direction she came from not wanting to deal with that man anymore. "It's okay, Akane! I got her." Sora shouted to him smiling brightly waving her free hand. Once they caught up with Akane, Koharu immediately started buttoning up her shirt blushing deeply.

"How in the world did she-oh forget it, let's chalk it up as it's a Sora thing." Akane thought while sweatdropping.

"Let's go to my apartment, for all of us to calm down, okay?" Akane asked. Koharu nodded silently and Sora smiled brightly grabbing the other girl's arm and followed Akane to his car. It was a small black car with five seats.

Sora opened the back door and bowed slightly. "You can go first, Koharu-chan," Sora said looking up at the blonde with her knightly look again causing the shy girl to blush more and look away muttering a thanks as she ducked into the car soon followed than the person who was the reason for her blush. The three rode in silence until they made it to the male's apartment.

Once there the three hurried into the building, because it had started raining badly as they were heading home. Sora quickly ducked inside of Akane's apartment directly after Koharu.

"Nehhh I hate rainnn," whined the female red-head who was drying her hair with a towel. The two girls settled on the couch and Akane went to go get refreshments for his two guests.

Koharu shifted a bit feeling a bit out of place in this small yet cozy apartment. "So… are you and that boy related?" Koharu asked curiously. This obviously made the bubbly girl on the other end of the cough to laugh.

"No, why would you think that?" the taller one questioned between giggles. The boy of the little group came in and handed the others their requested drinks. Sora got strawberry soda, Koharu got tea, and Akane just got himself water.

"I don't know… the bright eyes and red hair? Your hair styles would be alike if you had short hair… If you're not related… are you two dating?" This part of it caused the two in question to spit out their drinks. The oldest one's face was almost as dark red as his hair while this accused "girlfriend" had a dumbstruck expression.

"Eh!" the redheads stared at the blonde with the same expression. Sweat-dropping, Koharu knew that she was wrong. What could she say? They seemed pretty close, and the way Sora greeted him at the bar gave her that idea. Could anyone actually blame her?

"So anyway…" Koharu started, "how old are you, do you go to college yet?" Koharu asked Sora.

Sora laughed nervously, "ehehe I'm not in college yet… and I'm 18…" Koharu's face grew curious.

"You're not in college… you look older than 18… Wait… You're not 20 and I sold you alcohol! I could lose my job!" Panic rose within the blonde.

Akane interrupted, "You sold me the sake, and I just shared it with her. Surely you wouldn't get in trouble for that, right?"

"I guess not… So… what's your full name? Just wondering, so I can know the complete name of the person who saved me," stated the shy girl.

The taller female smiled brightly, "I'm Himoto Sora, and it was no problem to save you. I'd save anyone if I knew there was trouble, now you answer all the questions you asked me."

The other girl blushed a bit. "I'm Izaki Koharu, I'm 18, so I'm the same age as you, and I go to a small local college around here."

"Oh really!" Sora asked more interested this time her face looking so childish and cute that Koharu couldn't help but giggle. "What are you going to be when you're out of college?"

"I-I want to be a teacher for young children… but my parents want me to become a nurse so I can become as successful as they are…"

Sora scrunched up her face, "Why wouldn't they want you to do what you want to if it makes you happy? And if they're really that successful then why are you working at a bar and at a small local college?"

The statement caused the shy one to blush a bit, which confused the ponytailed girl. "Well… I wanted to earn the money for the education on my own… I wouldn't let them pay for it… to put it simply." Well that sounded simple enough for the red-headed young adults to understand.

The three chatted for a while afterwards and even exchanged numbers when the blonde stated she needed to leave. Being the "knightly" woman Sora is, she offered to walk Koharu home since it was still raining and late; they didn't want another incident to happen while Koharu walked home.

"Really you don't need to walk me…" insisted Koharu. The two were walking down a busy sidewalk while Sora holding the deep blue umbrella.

The one holding the umbrella just showed a big cute childish smile at the other as she replied, "I couldn't just leave you on your own. What kind of knight would I be then?" Sora smiled grew after she said so. Somehow calling herself a knight made her feel a lot of pride.

A sigh escaped the blonde and then she shyly smiled with a blush. This girl next to her was surely different than the people she was used to being around. Sora was athletic, kind, brave, strong, beautiful… handsome, friendly, good, pure of heart… and made Koharu blush a thousand more times than she believed anyone else could. Another thing that Sora was that most people she knew weren't… Sora was very blunt and to the point.

When they got to the house, Sora's jaw dropped and the umbrella almost followed.

"Wh-What is this place! I think we got the wrong address! This place is huge Koharu-chan!" Sora panicked causing the girl next to her to giggle at the reaction.

"No, this is where I live. Thanks for the escort; it was very kind of you." Koharu bowed slightly and before she could open the gate to her house Sora grabbed her hand n turned her toward herself. Purple eyes met with blue.

"It was my pleasure to walk you home, for I am a knight of the ladies," Sora said in a voice that was somewhat deeper than usual and holding her knightly look. The blonde's face colored, very much to a degree that could match her company's hair. The piercing blue eyes shot right through her and she felt frozen. This was something she knew only Sora would be able to do to her. The self-proclaimed knight then bent down and kissed the back of Koharu's hand. "Good night, Koharu-chan." As soon as she finished the good night her knightly demeanor left her and she smiled brightly and innocently at the blonde leaving her at the gate as she walked away with a childish swing in her step.

"What is with that girl," pondered the very flushed girl by the gate with a hand over her pounding heart. "… I can't wait till I see her again…"

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter/preview for my newest fanfiction story. :) PLEASE REVIEW IF YOU LIKE IT, sorry to be pushy, but I want to know if it's good because I'm currently stuck on a part and need the motivation to work on it... so basically review if you want more and I'll give you virtual cookies =D which are almost like real cookies, but you can't eat them.