I absolutely love this manga. It's really really badass. It seriously lacks popularity. People should realise its awesomeness alr :O Anyway, here I am with an Alive fanfic instead of my usual dgm one. Just wanted to do somthing different for once. I hope this story manage to get some reviews despite its low popularity here at :D I really like Nami X Taisuke pairing. I know that it isn't the canon pairing but I'm never really supportive of canon pairings anyway. Don't flame me Megumi X Taisuke fans. I like Megumi but I just like Nami better :p Nami is such a tsundere around Taisuke and Taisuke is such a dork. The combination is really cool imo :3 enjoy this chapter and pls review :)


It was a typical night. A week before the group will take action to retrieve Akuro's heart. In the meanwhile, the group of them is pretending to be tourists while secretly spying on the military camp nearby. After a long day of "work", the gang returned back to the empty house which they are temporarily living in to analyze the information they got. Yukie Mama didn't turn up for the meeting as usual. Her body condition is extremely bad due to the heart being nearby and she could not really move about freely.

"So, what information did everyone manage to collect today?" Rei asked.

Only one hand was raised. As expected, it was Jun's. The rest did not really do any work that morning, they had been playing around the beach and it surrounding areas the entire day oblivious to Jun and Rei's sufferings. What surprised Rei the most however was the fact that even Nami, the one that he thought should be the most reliable in the group after Jun did not manage to get any information.

Rei sighed and went on to see what information Jun had manage to collect. After the group analyzed it, he announced the punishments for the 4 children who forgotten to do their work. They are going to do sentry guard duty for the next 3 nights and they have to prepare meals for the groups as well.

"Oh man, why should I get involved in this?" whined Aoi.

"Just accept your punishment like a mature girl Aoi" replied an annoyed Rei who stood up and left the room to get a puff, followed by Jun who went to bed, leaving the 4 children behind to discuss about the punishments by themselves.

"Come on guys, this might actually be fun." said an extremely excited Taisuke.

All the rest stared back at him. How can he be so idiotic even at times like this?

"I think that we should divide up our chores into two. Taisuke can team up with Nami –nee while I team up with Aoi" said Yuuta, trying to improve the situation.

All the rest nodded in agreement except Nami.

"Yuuta, how can you team me up with this idiot." said Nami, pointing at Taisuke.

"Aww Nami, is it really that hard be around me?" said Taisuke, trying to sound as sympathetic as possible.

"Just bear with it Nami-nee, it will be over soon. Anyway, as much as I hate to admit it Taisuke's cooking is good so he can help you when you two are preparing the meals" coaxed Yuuta.

With that, it was decided. For sentry guard duties, Yuuta and Aoi would be doing the earlier shift and Taisuke along with Nami will be taking the later shift. As for the meals, Yuuta and Aoi will be in charge of Breakfast while Taisuke and Nami will prepare dinner. They will take turns to do Lunch starting from Taisuke and Nami since they are older.

With that decided, Nami and Taisuke went to sleep while Yuuta and Aoi went out of the house to do their guard duties.


Nami flipped around in her sleeping bag. For some reason, she could not get to sleep. Something inside her questioned whether she might possibly be excited with doing the punishment together with Taisuke but she quickly shook off the idea. Who could possibly be happy about being stuck with that idiot?

After a few more failed attempts in trying to sleep, Nami decided to go check whether Taisuke was still awake in the boys' room. The house was quiet except for the sound of inconsistent breathings coming from Yukie-san's and the boys' room. She could hear some whisperings from outside the door as well. The voices belonged to Aoi and Yuuta who were discussing about school and other things.

Nami slowly push the door to the boys' room open, trying to make as little noise as possible. Jun was sleeping soundly at one corner of the room and Rei was nowhere to be seen, probably still spying on the military outside.

The person she was looking for was sprawling on the floor as if he was a dead spider. As expected, Taisuke was already sleeping .

"Megumi…Hirose…" mumbled Taisuke in his sleep.

Megumi, Hirose. That's all the idiot ever thinks about. Is there any place in his heart for somebody else? Nami slapped herself gently, why would she care about whatever or whoever he thinks about anyway.

She tiptoed across the room where Taisuke was sleeping and squatted down beside his sprawling body. He looked so peaceful while he was sleeping. How she wished she could be like him. How she wished she would be less concerned over everything that's happening just like him.

Just then, the boy flipped over and faced her. Nami got shocked over his sudden movement and went closer to him to check whether he's awake.

As she got closer and closer towards his face, Taisuke suddenly mumbled out something.

"Nami…I"

Her entire face turned red. The surprise she got from her name being called caused her to move forward too fast and she was now face to face with Taisuke. Their noses were separated by just a bare centimeter.

She quickly backed away from him and waited for Taisuke to continue talking. Taisuke seemed to be telling her something in his dream or else he wouldn't have added an "I" after her name.

"I.. I.. I…"

She continued waiting. The suspense got heavier and heavier by the second

"Yuuta, Aoi"

What? What was with that? Kanou is such an idiot, stopping just as the contents of what he wanted to say was about to be revealed.

Without warning, Taisuke's eyes suddenly open and he stared straight at Nami's panties.

"Hey Nami, why are you here? Is it our turn to do duty already? Hey what did we eat for dinner last week? Pink with white stripes looks good on you." said Taisuke anxiously trying to avoid the topic.

"Kanou…"

With that, Nami kicked Taisuke across the room and walked out of the room to join Aoi and Yuuta.

"Girls are so hard to understand sometimes" thought Taisuke as he tried to stop his nose from bleeding from Nami's kick. After the bleeding stop, Taisuke quickly ran out to join the three.

The four children talked about the incidents that happen during the two years which they didn't get to see one other. For Aoi, it was about things that happen beyond the two years. They continued to talk heartily till Yuuta and Aoi's shift ended.

After Yuuta and Aoi left, there was a strange and awkward silence between the two remaining teenagers. There was nothing to talk about.

"Hey Nami.." said Taisuke trying to initiate conversation.

"Hmph" Nami was still angry over the incident before.

Looks like that night's sentry guard duty won't be an easy one.


Next Chapter: Sentry Guard Duty

Hope you like the story so far. Please review. Critics are welcomed as well :D

I can't wait for the ch 54 to be scanlated :D My Nami X Taisuke radar sense something :)))