*Ring ring* The bell rung and everyone got up from their seats. "Ah! It was such a long day today! I'm so tired!" Endou gasped. "You know Endou that you can study more enthusiastically if you want" Gouenji said and packed his things. Endou looked at him and grunted. "Endou!" Handa came in running. "What's wrong Handa?" Endou asked. "En…Endou…" Handa said breathing in some air, "Do you know what date it is tomorrow?" Handa asked.

"What the- You came running all this way just to ask that? Come on! It's 18th of March tomorrow." Endou replied. "And do you remember what special occasion is it tomorrow?" Handa asked. "The first day of Raimon for the first, second and third years who entered today?" Endou said aimlessly. "Endou… Tomorrow is Kazemaru's birthday" Gouenji sighed. "What!? How could I forget?!" Endou yelled. "Ask yourself… I'm out of here" Gouenji went outside leaving the other two surprised.

"Well what should we do then Handa? I mean like some sort of special party or something?" Endou asked. "Why don't we stay with him until 12am today and throw a big party?" Handa asked. "I guess, it'll be alright but what if he has something already planned tonight with his family?" Endou replied.

"Then what about we ask him to come to the clubroom tomorrow and give him a special surprise?"

"This is sounds better Handa! Let's tell the others" Endou and Handa rushed to the field where the other Raimon members were.

In the field

"Minna! Tomorrow is-" Endou suddenly stopped. Handa who had been running behind him hit Endou and fell to the ground. "Hey! Endou, watch it!" Handa looked around and saw Kazemaru standing there.

Both of them whispered and ran backwards.

"Hey Handa"

"I know."

"What should we do?"

"Ask him to leave?"

"He would mind."

"Tell him that a teacher is calling?"

"Or maybe keep him busy in some other thing?"

There was a long silence. No one moved or spoke something then suddenly, "Endou…kun? You didn't say that. Did you?" Handa asked. "No I didn't… then who did?" Endou and Handa looked backwards flustered.

"Yo!" Aphrodi called. "Aphrodi!?" Endou and Handa screamed. "You're planning a birthday party for Ichirouta-kun right?" Aphrodi asked. "Then leave it to me! You tell the other players. I'll distract Ichirouta" Aphrodi said triumphant. "Okay then. We're counting on you" Endou and Handa said. Aphrodi nodded.

"Hey! Ichirouta-kun! Come here!" Aphrodi called. "What's wrong Aphrodi?" Kazemaru went there and Endou and Handa told the plan to everyone. Right at that time Kazemaru returned with a very angry look on his face.

"Get aside Kabeyama!" Kazemaru said angrily. "K…Kazemaru-san? What happened?" Kabeyama asked. "Yeah Kazemaru, What happened?" Endou inquired. "And why are your clothes dirty?" Kidou asked.

"That damn Aphrodi said that he had something very important to show me and then all he did was shoot an evolved 'God Knows' towards me" Kazemaru pressed his teeth and clenched his fists angrily.

"Well… Kazemaru-san…. Why don't we end practice today and rest?" Kabeyama asked. "I don't know, ask Endou" Kazemaru replied.

Kabeyama pulled Kurimatsu and said, "Kurimatsu! Captain and Handa hid so that Kazemaru could decide and they leave without anything suspicious looking to him but now he wants captain to answer! What do we do?"

"Let's say him that you tell us what to do simply?"

"It's way too easy to figure out!"

"This birthday surprise isn't going well!"

"Let's forfeit"

"Shut up Kabeyama! We'll think of something!"

By then everyone looked at Kabeyama and Kurimatsu and were very worried but Kazemaru was just confused. Suddenly Shishido spoke up, "Kazemaru-san, we cannot find Captain. And you know if Captain is not here you are supposed to take command?"

"Shishido when was that rules made? Well if it's right then all of you can go home." Kazemaru declared. "Thank goodness!" everyone sighed and went home except for Kazemaru.

After a while

Kazemaru went to the steel tower and practiced his running and shooting. After multiple times of falling over Kazemaru saw someone coming towards him. At first he thought it was Endou but it was not. He strained his eyes and saw Suzuno and Hiroto followed by Aphrodi coming towards him. Kazemaru got to his feet and looked at them with surprise.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kazemaru asked.

"We should be asking you that… what are you doing here? It's getting darker" Hiroto replied. "Well I thought about practicing so I came here." Aphrodi looked at Kazemaru's hands which were filled with cuts. "Ichirouta-kun show me your hands" He asked. "Yeah sure here-" "What have you been doing? Your hands have been filled with cuts!" Aphrodi yelled. "Kazemaru… why are you practicing right now anyway? Come with us. We have something planned." Suzuno said. "Really what have you-" "Onii-chan!" Kazemaru's sister, Kazemaru Kaori, waved.

"Kaori? What are you doing here?" Kazemaru asked. Kaori hugged her brother. "Hey! What's wrong with you?" Kazemaru blushed. Hiroto and Suzuno laughed. "Kaori! What's wrong?" Kazemaru asked again. "Terumi-onii-chan invited me" Kaori smiled. "Aphrodi!" Kazemaru yelled.

"Come on Ichirouta-kun. It's better to let Kaori come with us. She is your sister anyway and look Hiroto and Suzuno are getting along with her already." Aphrodi pointed towards Kaori and the two other boys who were talking. Kazemaru freaked out.

"So Kaori-chan what would you like to eat?" Suzuno asked.

"Feel free to ask us Kaori-chan" Hiroto said.

"Guys…. I'm going to kill you!" Kazemaru yelled. "Kill us later but first introduce your sister to us Kazemaru" Suzuno said. "Well her name is Kaori. She is 4 years old and very annoying but some people find her cute and attractive I don't know how. Anyway there she is and do whatever you want with her." Kazemaru sighed.

"What a carefree brother" Hiroto smiled. "Having a little sibling is so tiring!" Kazemaru replied. "I can relate this" Aphrodi sighed. "You have a little sister too Aphrodi?" Hiroto asked. "Yeah but sadly she's only 2" Aphrodi replied. "At least I don't have one!" Hiroto declared. "Yeah neither do I! But I did used to have one" Suzuno said sadly.

"Suzuno…?" Everyone looked at him sadly and decided to go to another topic.

"Come on! We need to be going!" Suzuno said. "Kaori-chan… are you coming with us?" Suzuno asked kindly. Kaori nodded with a big smile on her face. "Good. Guys come on. Kazemaru we have something big planned" Suzuno said happily. "Yeah sure! Come on" Kazemaru nodded and they all set out for a journey.

In the mall

"So first we are going to the mall and then the amusement park." Aphrodi told. "Oh and Kazemaru we should have done this tomorrow but we thought that your team might've wanted to do something with you tomorrow so we decided on this night" Hiroto whispered into Kazemaru's ear.

"I don't mind. At least you did something" Kazemaru teased. "Hey!" Kazemaru chuckled. Suddenly he started searching for something. "Where's Kaori?" He asked worried. "Don't worry. You do shopping with Hiroto. Me and Aphrodi are looking after her" Suzuno smiled.

"Thanks Suzuno."

"Don't mention it"

Kazemaru and Hiroto went into a shop while Kaori played with Suzuno and Aphrodi. When they got out Kazemaru and Hiroto had many shopping bags. "Did you actually buy these?" Aphrodi looked at the bags in despair. "Yup we did. Actually this shop was great. We bought things for you too and Kaori-chan too" Hiroto said and handed a beautiful pendant to Kaori who said thank you and wore it right away.

"Does it look nice Onii-chan? Terumi-onii-chan, Hiroto-onii-chan, Fuusuke-onii-chan?" Kaori cheered. "It looks very nice" They all said.

"Kaori? Are you hungry?" Kazemaru asked. "No, I'm not." "K then. Let's go to the amusement park then. Kaori hold my hand." Aphrodi said. "And Kaori don't get too far from us either. It's very crowded and you can get lost easily" Kazemaru asked Kaori. "Ok Onii-chan!"

In the amusement park

"Wow! Where do we go?!" Kaori looked at the amusement park in awe. The others just laughed. "Where do you want to go?" Hiroto asked. "Um… Let's go to that wheel!" Kaori pointed towards the Ferris Wheel.

"I'll go get the tickets" Kazemaru went over towards the tickets. When he came back they gave the tickets to the man and went on the Ferris wheel. Just after the ride started, Suzuno became stiff which Aphrodi noticed. "Suzuno, don't tell me your not good with heights" Aphrodi asked. Suzuno gulped and nodded to which everyone sighed.

After the ride

"Thank goodness it stopped!" Suzuno said walking out the Ferris Wheel. "Where should we go now?" Kazemaru asked. "Let's just go to the Horror Studio if you guys aren't crybabies!" Aphrodi said. "But what will Kaori do?" Hiroto answered. "I'll go! I won't be scared!" Kaori replied. "We'll see that when we get there" Kazemaru taunted. "I'LL SHOW YOU ONII-CHAN!"

In the Horror Studio

It was very scary and everyone was scared to death. Kaori hid behind Kazemaru and didn't let go of him till the whole ride. When the roller coaster went to the puddle of blood everyone screamed like a mad person and they were surely not enjoying.

Outside

"Onii-chan!" Kaori cried and hugged Kazemaru tightly. Everyone was white and pale in the face. "Looks like no one is that brave I guess" Aphrodi exclaimed. "Yup but its impressive how Kaori didn't cry or scream during the whole ride" Hiroto was impressed. "You say that but during the whole ride she hugged me tightly and squeezed my hand" Kazemaru sighed and smiled. Everyone laughed.

"Now where should we go?" Suzuno asked. "I think we should get something to eat. Kaori is getting hungry" Kazemaru replied. "What's the time by the way?" Hiroto inquired. "It's almost 11:50! We should get a cake a cut it for Ichirouta's birthday." Aphrodi went to the bakery and came out with a cake as he said.

They all sat down and counted till 12:00 and then they started to cut the cake. "Happy birthday Ichirouta!" Aphrodi said while offering some cake to him. "Happy Birthday Kazemaru-kun!" Hiroto and Suzuno also offered cake to show their gratitude. "Happy Birthday Onii-chan!" Kaori took a big piece from the plate and stuffed it into Kazemaru's mouth. Everyone laughed.

"Well it was all for today. But lastly gifts from us to you!" Hiroto took out a present with blue wrapping paper and gave it to Kazemaru. "This is from me Kaze." Hiroto said handing the gift over. "Next is mine! Here you go!" Suzuno gave his gift wrapped in a football wrapping paper. "And of course, here's mine!" Aphrodi gave him his gift wrapped in brown wrapping paper. "Thankyou guys!" Kazemaru said happily.

"Onii-chan…." Kaori took the attention. "Yes Kaori. Is everything ok?" Kazemaru asked kindly. "Here… I also bought a gift for you!" Kaori handed a gift wrapped in pink wrapping paper to Kazemaru. "Thankyou Kaori!" He said and started to open the present. "It's a beautiful locket Kaori!" Kazemaru exclaimed. "You're welcome Onii…Onii-chan" Kaori paused as she started to feel sleepy.

"Are you okay Kaori?" Hiroto asked. She nodded. "She's just sleepy. Why don't we take her to your house?" Suzuno asked. "And then continue?" Kazemaru nodded. "Come here Kaori. I'll give you a piggyback ride" Kazemaru said as he took her little sister on his back and they started to go out of the amusement park and towards home.

Near the house

"She's completely fallen asleep." Aphrodi declared. "Yeah. She was tired because of all the running around she did today of course." Kazemaru added. "Hmm… Well little children do need to be active that is." Suzuno said.

"Suzuno. If you don't mind then can I ask you something?" Kazemaru asked. "Yeah sure birthday boy. Ask anything you want" Suzuno replied.

"Well… what did you mean by I used to have a sister?" Kazemaru reluctantly asked. "You really want to know?" Suzuno replied. "If you want to tell that is." Kazemaru hesitated. "I sure do want to. Well it happened 7 years ago. I was 6 years old back then. My sister was just a new-born baby back then. I really loved her but then one day

Flashback

"Fuusuke-kun! Hurry up! It's an earthquake!" A beautiful lady with white long hair and a slim body structure, not more than 22, screamed and she had a baby in her hands who was crying as well. She took her son Suzuno Fuusuke and they ran outside where their other family was but the earthquake was intense. It showed no signs of mercy and didn't know when to stop. The buildings collapsed and Suzuno's family was buried underneath it. Suzuno saw the destruction with his own eyes and saw only her sister breathing. He took her into his arms and ran for their lives. The rescue came and took them to the hospital.

4 years after the earthquake

"Fuusuke-Onii-chan!" The young girl called. "What is it Aiko-chan?" Suzuno asked. "Fuusuke-Onii-chan I'm feeling dizzy and…" Aiko started to lose consciousness. Suzuno panicked and ran to the hospital while holding her in his arms.

In the hospital she was admitted and a week later it was discovered that her heart had ruptured and she died. Suzuno was in shock and disbelief. He was taken in by the orphanage, Sun Garden where Aliea Gakuen was formed.

In real life

"I'm so sorry Suzuno. I didn't really know and all" Kazemaru looked at his friend in terror. "It's okay Kazemaru. Now let's get your sister to bed and then go back to partying!" Suzuno managed to put a fake smile on his face.

In Kazemaru's house

"Ah! Ichirouta-kun! Happy birthday and Kaori-""Mom, Kaori fell asleep so we bought her back home" Kazemaru said as he placed Kaori on the bed. "Oh looks like you had fun. Anyway are you going again?" Kazemaru's mother asked. "Yes Mom. I'll come back later." Kazemaru replied.

"Before going ask Terumi-kun to come here for a second." Kazemaru's mother asked. "K. Aphrodi! Come here for a sec!" Kazemaru called Aphrodi. He came and then Kazemaru's mother talked to him.

"Terumi-kun your mother went to her family so she asked me to take care of you until then. Please come over with Ichirouta-kun and also your sister is staying here. Don't worry, you'll have fun" Kazemaru's mother smiled softly.

She was a very kind woman and she and Aphrodi's mother had been best friends since they were 4 year olds. But after her death ,when their so called-mother went to her family, Kazemaru's mother asked them to stay in their house.

Outside

"What happened Aphrodi?" Kazemaru asked. "Nothing. Just that I'll be staying with you until a time." Aphrodi replied making Kazemaru cough. "Anyway let's go" Hiroto demanded but just as they got out the pavement a white hole appeared, sucking in all of them.

They screamed and yelled in terror. But after a fall of 3 minutes they reached the surface. It hurt as they fell. They got up and saw nothing but a white tunnel.

"Is anyone there?" A voice called.

"This voice…. It can't be…. Is it really you guys? Mikado Gao!? Ryuenji Tasuku!?"

I hope you all like this. It wasn't really impressive but please deal with it. ~ Kaza-chan

It's better than your other two stories Kaza-chan! ~ Kazemaru

Really? Well happy birthday Kazemaru! ~ Kaza-chan

Thankyou for remembering! ~ Kazemaru

Your welcome. Anyway Hiroto-kun the preview! ~ Kaza-chan

Preview:

Kazemaru's birthday takes and unexpected turn when they meet Ryuenji Tasuku and Mikado Gao again. (If you are confused by again then read my other story 'Two Collisions')

NEXT TIME: We meet again!