Matsurei: Requested by Shindou Ranmaru! ^w^ Hope you like it! ...Multi-chapter... TwT I'm gonna give it my best...

Suginei: Ufufufufu -w-

Matsurei: O_O"

"Ha! You gotta try harder, Tsurugi!" The light brown haired girl laughed, tilting her head to the side and winking, her usual pose whenever she greets people or whatever...

The former ace striker panted, wiping away a drop of sweat that was about to slide down his chin, a small smile forming. "Don't be conceited... next time, I'll definitely get back my rightful place as ace striker of Raimon." He said, smirking as the girl blinked a few times, slightly surprised that Tsurugi was being so competitive all of a sudden.

"Haha! Sure! Come at me with all you've got!"

"Right back at you."

Hamano sat onto the bench, more like, hurled himself onto it, "Ahh... so tired..."

"It's rare that you would say that..." Hayami commented, taking a sip of his water tentatively.

Hamano tapped Hayami's shoulder, then poked him in the cheek when the latter turned, smirking widely at the easy prey, "Whose fault is that, I wonder?" He asked, a wide smile still on his face. At that, Hayami's face turned into a crimson shade of red, pushing Hamano's hand away from his face. Stuttering so much that no one could make out what he was saying.

"Hey, Hayami, what are you trying to say?" Midori asked, arching an eyebrow impatiently at the two.

"Oh, you don't know? Last night, Hayami was so cute! He-"

"Ha-Hamano-kun!"

Kinako skipped over, her straight hair bouncing in a wavy motion behind her, her arms stretched out like an airplane, "Huh? What? What? Is this yaoi gossip I hear~?" She asked excitedly, looking from Hamano to Hayami in full body movement.

"N-n-n-no! You've got wrong!"

"Yaoi? What?" Hamano asked, in between laughs as Hayami's face became redder and redder.

"It's popular among the girls these days." Midori explained as Akane pulled out a copy of the "Momoiro Koi Shoujo" monthly magazine. It just so happened that the gray-purple braided hair girl was the junior editor of that series, though of course, no one knew since the time never seemed right to break the news.

"Hmm? So, Midori, you actually read these kind of steamy manga, huh?" Nishiki teased, flipping open a certain H page.

"Of course! I'm a fully mature girl ready for love as well, you kn- NISHIKI, YOU BETTER STOP LAUGHING THIS INSTANT OR I'M GONNA PUNCH YOU TO HEAVE THEN KICK YOU INTO HELL!"

While those two sorted their argument out, the others simply thought of them as background noise, since this sort of thing between them seemed to happen every day. "Ah, that's right! Captain, are we done?" Kinako asked, her golden brown eyes blinking extremely fast, thought quite cutely.

Tenma laughed, thinking that Kinako sort of resembles a puppy, "Yeah. You seem to be in a hurry... something came up?"

"Oh, not really~" An abnormally happy aura was emitting from Kinako... quite like the time when Fubuki made soccer mochi for everyone during the New Year's party.

"Well, if you're that happy about it, there's no point in delaying it much longer, is there?" Shindou put in kindly, hanging his towel around his neck.

"Yesss~~ thank you!" Kinako giggled happily as she skipped away.

"...Listen, I know Kinako's a very open minded girl and all, but..." Kirino started as soon as Kinako was out of earshot.

"That was sort of creepy, wasn't it? Even for her." Kariya put in, arching an eyebrow. "Something must be up."

Panting slightly with her uniform hanging over her arm, Kinako raced towards the school gates, her bright yellow sundress flowing behind her while her orange hairband sparkled under the moonlight. Her cheeks were slightly flushed by the time she arrived at her destination, "Sorry I'm late!"

And who but the Protocol Omega member was there to greet her? "Don't be silly, one minute is definitely not late." The purple haired boy insisted, patting his secret girlfriend on the head in an extremely gentle movement.

Well, who would have thought...

The odd relationship between these two almost seemed unlikely... okay, definitely seemed unlikely, but, it has happened, and it was the big deal.

While the secret couple were sharing these rare, short, but sweet moments where Kuosu would act like a gentleman and kiss Kinako's hand ever so lightly, escorting her onto his... bike, and Kinako would blush and giggle ever so softly as if she were a princess. Neither of their team would believe it, but they've always wanted to be like this... Kinako, who was supposed to be a tomboy, had always wanted to be spoiled like this... what was wrong about a girl wanting to feel like a princess once in a while?

It was hard to believe, but... again, it was true.

A few streetlamps away, Beta was leaning against a tree, her agent uniform taken away, she was left with her casual clothes, making her look nothing like the commander of Protocol Omega 2.0. She sighed, her purple eyes showed nothing but sadness, it disappeared in a flash however, when she heard footsteps heading towards her. "I am surprised, you, out of everyone else, would be okay with this scene, Beta."

"Alpha... why am I not surprised that you would be here?" Beta laughed, wiping away a tear that was sparkling near the corner of her right eye.

"...How long has this unrequited love been going on?" The former commander of Protocol Omega seemed quite calm even though he was facing this girl who had taken over his place. Well, in a way, they were in the same boat now, so there was no use fixing old grudges at the moment.

Beta's eyes narrowed slightly, "Hm, Alpha, you're quite nosy. I simply do not want to spoil their fun, I'm a fan of soap operas, after all."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

The two former commanders fell into silence, but the moment was soon broken once more by Alpha, "Actually, I originally came here to tell you that the higher-ups have made their decision." He noted, turning to face Beta more directly.

"Oh?" Beta arched an eyebrow, prompting him to go on.

"In order to escape the fate of Eternal Prison, we must finish the final mission. Whoever completes it first successfully, gets a chance to kick Gamma's ass."

"My, my, what language, Alpha." Beta giggled in her deeper voice.

"...May the best win."

"Yes... indeed..."

With that, Alpha vanished into the darkness once more. Beta sighed as she watched him go. Sometimes, she wished she wasn't such an egoist.

The next day... Kinako ran out of her house to greet Kuosu, who was always waiting there for her, escorting her to school. But not today... no matter where she looked, Kuosu was no where to be seen. Huh? This is weird... Kuosu would never make her wait... at least not for this long...

In the end, Kinako had to walk to school herself, she couldn't pay attention at all in class, wondering if something had happened to her secret boyfriend. "He couldn't have been found out by his team mates already, right?" She mumbled to herself worriedly as she got dressed, half an hour earlier before the others, this was the rule, after all.

As she exited from the locker room, she was surprised to see everyone already gathered outside, though still in their normal school uniforms. They seemed to be gathered around a very familiar looking guy... he had some kind of communication device clipped to his right ear, much like those in Protocol Omega... "Kuosu!" Kinako blurted out, though stopped herself from tumbling out personal questions that would make the others suspicious about their relationship.

"Hm?"

"W-what are you doing here?!" Kuosu's pale eyes narrowed dangerously, then out of no where, a ball flew out and hit Kinako squarely in the chest, "Oof!"

"So noisy... it's my own business where I go, right? Pssht."

"K-Kuosu?" Kinako clenched her teeth as pain vibrated from her chest. Why? How did it turn out like this? Everything was normal just yesterday...

"Hey! Have some pity on A-cup girls!" Midori lashed out, first to reach Kinako and helping her up slowly.

It wasn't the time to sweat drop at Midori's comment, but that's what the others did anyways. Quickly recovering after wards, of course, each turning on Kuosu, "Where are the others?"

"Planning an ambush, perhaps?"

"Humph. Like I said earlier, it's my own business where I want to go." Kuosu repeated, sneering at the Raimon team before turning away, leaving Raimon grounds.

"...What's with that jerk." Midori cursed as Kinako looked down at the ground. Tears were forming in her eyes, but she wouldn't allow them to escape her grasp, no matter what. Still, the sudden change of Kuosu's attitude bothered her to no end.

Dong... Dong... Dong...

After the bell tolls twelve, everything will vanish...

Just like a dream.

...The first bell has chimed.

Matsurei: And so, this fic may become a collab between Shindou Ranmaru and I, so, stay tuned~

Suginei: ...

Matsurei: What?

Suginei: I've been wondering... why don't you ever do that with me?

Matsurei: ... Man, this seems kind of yuri.

Suginei: What are you thinking, idiot =.=