Disclaimer: I do not own yowamushi pedal nor the characters inside it. All I own is the plot.

Chapter 1

"Hey, you want some pocky?" Naruko asked, pointing the box toward Imaizumi.

"It's okay," he replied. "I don't eat much sweets."

As Naruko was about to put it away, Midousuji extended his hand toward Naruko.

"Can I have some?" he asked, displaying a creepy smile on his face. Naruko stared back with a face of slight shock, but then gave a couple to him anyways. Though Izumida seemed to be minding his own business, he quickly shot a look of disgust to Midousuji.

The sun was high in the sky as Midousuji and the first and second years of Sohoku and Hakogaku were taking a stroll. As Aoyagi stopped to gaze at the sky, Teshima ran up to him and started once again, another conversation.

Aoyagi pointed across the street and told Teshima, "Ah. He's back."

Teshima raised his hand to block out the sun and then squinted to see what Aoyagi was pointing out.

"Oh, Onoda!" he shouted as he waved.

Onoda smiled and rushed across the street after the red hand was replaced by a figure on the traffic light.

As he ran to join the group Manami smiled to him.

"Bought more anime things?" he asked, noticing the hime bag Onoda was carrying.

"Ehe…" Onoda laughed. "Yeah…"

Onoda opened his mouth to add more to his statement, but then realized that Manami was not listening. He turned around to try to find out what Manami was interested in. However, all he could see in the direction Manami was staring at was the road in which he had just crossed.

"Hey, Manami…?" He asked, tilting his head to try to see Manami's face.

"Huh?" Manami quietly stated as he looked at Onoda. Though he wasn't sure, Onoda thought that for a second, Manami's eyes looked a little red.

"Um…Uh…" Onoda stuttered. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, of course!" Manami reassured Onoda.

Although he said so, Onoda wasn't so sure if he really meant it because the smile on his face looked quite different from usual. It looked very… odd and out of place.

As they approached the following crossroad, he saw it once again. The flash of red in Manami's eyes. Wondering if he was just hallucinating, he peeked at Manami's face once again. However, Manami's face was normal, his eyes were pure blue. Onoda shook his head and tried to ignore it. He glanced at Manami one more time to make sure of it, though. This time, Manami noticed.

"Sakamichi-kun…? Is something wrong?" Manami wondered aloud.

"Eh…? Nothing, absolutely nothing!" Onoda almost shouted, scared that Manami knew why he was looking at him.

" Is that so… Well, anyhow, let's cross the road," he stated bluntly.

"But isn't the light going to turn red soon…?"

"That's alright," he grinned. Then, without the others noticing, he pushed Onoda slightly. Losing balance, Onoda stumbled onto the road right as the red hand appeared- straight into a truck's path.