Yup people, its a Zoruru and OC centric story. I'm pretty sure the description gave it but hope you enjoy this despite me being such a crappy author. Special thanks to Tantilla for helping me with the story by being a Beta. If it wasn't for her, this story would have been MUCH worst!

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This was degrading. This was pretty much his low point now. He swore to himself that he would kill Zeroro with the same mechanic arm he has given him. But seeing Zeroro's blood on his blade was always put off for another day because of those Pekoponions. The Hinatas and that one ninja girl served as a barrier to getting his revenge. If he ever wants his goal to come true, they need to somehow go away. Zoruru was given strict orders not to kill any of the Hinatas or their friends, much to his dismay, so killing them like before was out of the question.

After months of analyzing and calculating plans, he finally found the solution. If he couldn't get information on the Pekopoins himself, he needed one to it for him. This is why he was now silently cursing to himself while sitting on a tree near the middle school the Hinatas went to. If he was a less careful and smart person, Zoruru would probably just take one of their friends hostage and see what would happen from there. But no, this needed to work even if that meant dealing with some annoying Pekoponion person. As much as he hated the plan, this doesn't mean he carefully figured out every detail to it. One thing he knew was that the Pekoponion needed to be a peer of the Hinatas so it will be easy to gain their trust. While this was important, it can't be a close friend of any of the two or they would notice a difference in their behavior such as more anxious or jumpy than usual while interacting.

The Pekoponion shouldn't have any close friends as well since they will also tell if they were under pressure while interacting too. A majorly important detail would be the Pekoponion's home life. Same facts applyed to their family members and if he needed to talk to the Pekoponion, he can't risk being discovered by some nosy family. There was one Pekoponion who fit this description very closely. For the past week, Zoruru observed that she wouldn't talk to her peers and prefered to be alone even during her lunch period. When he followed her home, he discovered she only lived with her father who would work late and return home around 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

"When she gets home, I'll finally get my plan into action by showing myself" He thought while watching said Pekoponion in class.

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Yuri let out a small sneeze. "Guess someone is talking about me" She thought. She ran a hand over her curly, light brown hair as the teacher went on with his lecture. It was the last period of the day and the only thought she had on her mind was going home. She started playing with her boy's uniform tie, a acommedation she requested when moving to Tokyo a few years ago, until she heard the final bell ring.

"Alright class remember to finish your schoolwork for homework today. I'll be checking tommorow." The teacher said as he dismissed them.

The class said yes, rose and bowed, and started packing up and heading home. As Yuri packed her text books and books she borrowed from the library, she heard a small thump and turned her head to the noise. On the classroom's floor was a brightly colored cellphone with an assortment of key chains on them. Yuri picked it up and noticed it was next to her classmate's desk, Natsumi Hinata.

"Natsumi already left with her friends so should I just leave it here for her?". No, she thought. It would probably get stolen or lost and besides, what if she needed it when she got home? She did know where she lived since she saw her walk towards her house several times after school.

"I guess its best to just go over and give it to her myself"

As simple as this may seem to other people, this situation would create an awkward atmosphere with the pink-haired girl, or so it seemed to Yuri. She never really talked to her so she wouldn't feel comfortable being around her. She might annoy her if shes talking to friends . Maybe she should leave it here on the desk.

"This is her phone though and I don't want her to go through the trouble of going back to get it again". After awhile of internal debating, Yuri decided to stop over thinking everything and just give the pink cellphone to Natsumi. She walked outside the school building to feel the sun's warmth on her pale skin. While never the type to go out and enjoy nature, she did appreciate the fact it was a pretty nice for a day in Fall. Yuri passed some groups of students who eagerly talked to one another about their social life, just being a little jealous about how close they seemed.

"Natsumi's house isn't very far from where I live so maybe if I wait arou-" Yuri's thoughts were cut short when she notice a familiar black-haired girl pass her. From what she knew from school, she moved here only a little earlier than herself and was the school's top athlete, surpassing even Natsumi. One fact that entered her mind was that she was very close friends with Natsumi and even lived next door to her, as she often sees them walking home together.

"Good, now I won't have to go over there myself" Yuri thought with relief. Yuri walked a little closer to the athletic girl, all while keeping her green eyes towards the ground.

"Ummm... H-hey Koyuki?"

Said girl turned her head around at the mention of her name.

"Oh hi Yuri! Is there anything you need?"

Yuri kept her eyes down and reached into the pocket of her pants to get the cellphone.

"N-Natsumi left her phone in class today and I was wondering if you could give it to her" She said and gave the phone to Koyuki's outstretched hand.

"THIS is a phone? Its so tiny though! How can anyone make calls on this?" Koyuki said while inspecting the phone in slight amazement. Yuri suppressed a laugh and nodded at Koyuki. She overheard her several times ask Natsumi and the teacher in the computer lab questions that came as common sense to most people. To her it was just hilarious.

"Well anyway, I'll give this to her. Thanks Yuri, see you in school!"

Yuri waved goodbye as the ninja girl eagerly ran towards Natsumi's house. With that, she walked towards her own house unaware of the events that were to be unfolded tonight.

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Well thats the first chapter! I have the second chapter in the works and if I'm lucky, will be posting it up some time this week. If you like or dislike, review because feedback helps me improve and post more often!