Author Note: Yahaha~ I'm back with another chapter!

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I don't own Little Busters!


"…And so, I will be joining the Little Busters from now on." I smiled as the man in front of me, Natsume Kyousuke-san, Rin's older brother, said that.

Saya had recruited him a few days ago, since according to her he looked, "Bored and interesting."

"Welcome to the team!" Masato shouted as he patted Kyousuke-san in the shoulder.

"With you joining us, we had… let's see… one, two, three… hmm…" he sank into deep though as he counted the current members of the Little Busters.

We currently have 5 members, including me, Masato, Rin, Saya, and Kyousuke-san. Kengo couldn't join since he has injured his right arm (he seems very disappointed to be left behind).

"What an idiot. He couldn't even count how many members we had." Rin said loudly.

"Now, now, Rin. I'm sure he is just distracted. I'm sure he could count them if he isn't." I responded to Rin.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't count!" Masato shouted with tears flowing out of his eyes.

"What an Idiot." Rin repeated her assault, "He admitted that he couldn't count."

"Well, I'm sorry that I admitted that I couldn't count!" Masato is now lying on the ground, sobbing.

"R-Rin! Stop! You're breaking him!" I immediately stopped her.

Kyousuke-san, who is standing beside Saya, muttered quietly, "The Little Busters… it looked like such a lively group… I wonder why I didn't join it sooner…"

I heard a cough. We looked at the source of it.

"Masato, could you cry in the corner of the field? Far away from us? I had something important to tell."

Uwah! She's being extra cold today!

Masato, who had been ordered to cry somewhere else, did just that.

He rolled (he doesn't bother walking!) to the corner of the field, leaving a river of tears behind him.

"Now, that the nuisance is gone, I will tell you some important stuff." Saya paused, and then pointed her index finger at me.

"Riki-kun, since we still need 5 other members, you were in charge of recruiting them." it took a while for her words to sink inside my head.

"E-eh?! Me?!" I shouted in surprise.

"Of course. Who else could do it better than you? Masato? Rin? Me? Well, actually I could. But I already recruited Natsume-kun, so you have to search for the other 5 yourself."

"But that's not fair! At least make Rin and Masato do it too!" I protested vainly.

"But Rin couldn't talk with stranger, and seriously. Who would want to join if they're asked by Masato?"

"I HEARD THAT!" Masato just shouted from the corner of the field!

He quickly raised himself from the ground and run here in full speed.

"WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?! ARE YOU SAYING THAT NO ONE WOULD JOIN IF THEY'RE ASKED BY ME?!" he asked in anger.

"Well, yeah. That's exactly right." Saya said without considering his feeling.

Masato crouched, and muttered quietly, "So everyone thought of me like that… I'm just a nuisance…"

"Now, now, Masato. I'm sure someone would join if they're asked by you." I patted him in the back.

He suddenly jumped like a kangaroo, and proclaimed:

"I will recruit some members! Remember that!" he shouted, and run away toward the boys' dorm.

"Eh, did I go too far?" Saya wondered.

"Whatever. It doesn't matter. Now, Riki-kun. Go recruit 5 members!" she paused, the proclaimed loudly:

"Game start!"


The day after that…

"Ano…" I said slowly to one of my classmates.

"Eh, Naoe-kun? What is it?" the male student replied.

"Are you interested in baseball?" I asked him nervously.

"No."

Rejected!

"Etto…" I said slowly to a girl in my class.

"Eh, Naoe-kun is it? Do you need something?"

"Do you like baseball?" I asked the important question.

"What is baseball?" she showed a confused face.

Rejected!

"Um…" I called someone I just met on the corridor.

"…?" she stared at me.

"Er…" I was feeling nervous from the stare.

"…?" she keeps on staring at me.

"Do you speak Japanese?" I finally asked.

The girl shook her head.

Not even rejected! She doesn't really understand what I'm saying!

I sighed. No one seems to be interested in baseball, let alone playing it.

"Kyaaa!" someone yelled behind me.

Suddenly, something collided against my shoulder.

I fell down to the floor, along with the unknown person who had crashed into me.

"Saigusa Haruka! Stop it right there!"

"Ah crap. Sorry~ But I had to go!" along with that short line of words, the person quickly raised herself and ran away from there.

I watched as the person's long purple hair, which is tied into a ponytail, swayed left and right as she ran.

"Don't you dare! You will not escape!" the group of students who is chasing the girl, the shouted.

They chased after her, leaving a cloud of dust behind.

…Just what was that about?

As I lay on the floor, a hand is offered to me.

I raised my head and looked at the owner of that hand.

It's Saya. I take her hand and began to stand on my feet.

"Thanks, Saya." I thanked her with a smile.

She smiled as well.

"No problem. Anyway, have you found any members yet, Riki-kun?" she asked me.

I looked guilty enough for her to form an answer, "So… no luck, huh?"

She sighed, feeling depressed.

Seeing her like that, I feel depressed as well.

We both fall into the pit of depression.

Until, a bright ray of light shined at us, literally.

"ARGH! MY EYES!" I shouted as the bright light assaulted my eyes.

Suddenly, the light is turned off. It took a while for my vision to go back.

After it did, I looked for the source for that light.

A few meters from us, stood the girl who had crashed into me just now. She's holding a flashlight in her hand.

"Yahaha~ Sorry! You two just looked so depressed that I couldn't help but shine a ray of hope at both of you~" the girl said sheepishly.

"Don't do that! And how did you get here so fast?! Aren't you being chased by the Disciplinary Committee just now?!" I shouted at her.

"Oh that. I'm not sure myself~" she said happily. This girl… she is unbelievable.

"Saigusa Haruka! How did you get here so fast?!" the group of the Disciplinary Committee members shouted at her.

"Oops, gonna run. Bye~" she ran away. Again.

"GET HER!" the group of students continued to chase after her.

Both Saya and I looked at each other.

She shrugged her shoulder, and said, "Anyway, we don't need to do baseball practice this afternoon since the field is being used by the softball team."

"Ah, I see." I said slowly.

"Ne, Riki-kun." Saya called me.

"Hmm?"

"Let's go shopping this afternoon!" she suggested.

I let her words sink into my mind for a moment, and when it did, I blushed.

W-w-w-w-wait! T-this is… this is a date isn't it?! She just asked me to go on a date with her!

Saya stared at me as I tried to calm myself.

I took a deep breath, and said, "Sure."

Well, that's what it's supposed to sound like. But what came out is this:

"S-s-s-u-u-r-r-e!" I stammered due to my nervousness.

She laughed.

"Hahaha!"

"D-don't laugh! I was nervous, okay?!" I defended myself.

She didn't stop, however.

"Ha-hahah-aha!" she tried to stop herself from laughing, but failed.

"Come on, stop it already!" I begged her.

"Ahaha… Sorry, I couldn't control myself."

She went silent, and asked quietly, "So? Will you come?"

I turned my head away from her due to my embarrassment, and nodded.

"…Sure." I said.

She is also looking away, so I couldn't read her expression.

Something tells me that she is just as nervous as me though.

"Okay. Let's meet at the school gate at 3 o'clock." As she said that, the bell ringed.

"Ah, class is about to start! See you later, Riki-kun!" she hurriedly walked toward her classroom.

I stared at her shrinking back until I couldn't see it anymore.

I turned my body and head towards my own classroom.

"A date… huh?" I muttered to myself.


When the last class ends, I hurriedly head toward my room.

I head inside the bathroom, take a bath, brushed my teeth, spray some perfume to myself, and changed into my casual clothes.

I wear a pair of dark blue jeans along with a black shirt and a brown jacket.

I stared at my reflection on the mirror, slapped my cheeks twice, and shouted, "Yosh!"

I went straight toward the school gate, but found no one there.

"Eh, where's Saya?" I glanced at my digital watch, and the time showed on the screen is…

2 PM.

"Whaaa-?! I went here 1 hour early?!" I was so eager to it that I didn't even bother to check the time!

I sighed and rubbed my forehead.

Should I go back? That's the most logical choice, but I choose to wait here anyway.

It just 1 hour after all!

…2 hours later…

I raised my head as I heard the sound of footsteps approaching me.

There, walking slowly toward me with a red mark on her left cheek is Saya.

She rubbed her cheek while looking away from me.

Silence covered the atmosphere, until she shouted in embarrassment, "Yeah, I'm late because I overslept! It's funny right?! Pure idiocy right?! So stupid that you wanna laugh all day right?! Laugh! Hahahahaha~"

I face palmed. I should've stayed in my room after all…

I sighed, and then smiled.

"It's okay. I didn't wait that long." I lied.

Saya stared at me, and then blushed.

"Y-you don't have to lie! Just laugh, would you?!" she shouted while looking away from me.

"…You're just too kind, Riki-kun…" she muttered quietly.

I moved my body forward, and taken her hand into mine.

Saya showed me a confused face.

"Let's go." I tugged her hand while saying that.

She let hung her mouth open for a moment, until a smile formed in her lips.

"…Yeah. Let's."

With that, both of us went on our first date…


Meanwhile, somewhere else at the moment…

"Everyone! I bought 6 members for the tea- eh, where's everyone?" Masato wondered as he gazed at the field, that's being used by the softball team.

Suddenly, his phone ringed.

He picked it from his pocket, and stared as a message appeared on the screen.

'Oh, I forgot to tell you, but we didn't have practice today.'

"ARGH! WE DIDN'T HAVE PRACTICE TODAY!" he shouted loudly.

"Um, Inohara-san? Where are the baseball team you're talking about?" a short guy behind him asked.

"Yeah, there's no team here except the softball team." another guy said.

"This is a joke right? Hahaha. How funny. Thank you for wasting our time." a girl he had recruited said, and then left.

The others followed her, leaving him to stand alone in the corner of the field.

"WHY?!"