The Few Chosen: 1

Two weeks before it begins... (Tokyo, Japan)

"Nagasaki?"

"Yes. You'll be leaving on Sunday."

"What about" "We've told your brother the same thing. It may seem like we're being irrational, but this is for the best." Tsubaki's mother looked at her with pleading eyes, almost as if she was begging for her daughter not to ask questions.

Tsubaki nodded and left the room. For some reason she felt that her brother would resent her, the same way he did when her parents asked if she'd like to join the ken do club as soon as she entered high school. She feels like it all began when she asked why he left. That one year where he ignored her in the hallways and only spoke to her when she'd be harassed by guys, saying not to be so naive as if she was asking those guys to bother her. After Masamune graduated, he would still mess with her but he eventually quit and let her enjoy the rest of high school.

"Tsubaki?" Masamune's voice caught her attention and Tsubaki realized that she was standing in front of her brother's door "Need something?" he asked

"Uh..." Tsubaki stopped when she noticed Masamune had stopped in the middle of packing "I just came to say goodnight, brother." she smiled and walked off.

Masamune stopped for a second and looked back at where Tsubaki was "She knows, huh?"

Tsubaki sighed as she entered her room and smiled when she got a message from Maka "Tsubaki, come visit now, unless you're enjoying the fact that you traumatized me TT" Tsubaki chuckled as she typed out her response "You never know, maybe I am trying to scare you".

It took a few minutes but Maka replied "o_O you horrid she devil acting all innocent, but that's how you draw your prey in, huh" Tsubaki looked at some of the manga on her bookshelf, and chuckled nervously to herself. The majority of those manga were either yuri or yaoi, both of which are really explicit genres "Oh no, you caught me" she joked and lied down on her bed...


"Sanjuro" the man staring at a framed picture of his son and daughter looked away to see his wife with tear filled eyes

"Are we making the right choice? What if they" "Masamune and Tsubaki will be out of their reach, we'll just have to stand tall." Sanjuro placed the framed picture back in its place and held the woman he married as she began to cry.

"Why are they doing this? We did what they told us to and raised our children to know right from wrong " she asked letting out a choked sob

"I don't know."


10 days before it begins... (Tokyo, Japan)

"Please accept my feelings!" Tsubaki looked at the boy bowing before her

"Oh wow um..." she sweat dropped realizing that someone was really confessing their feelings to her the way it's done in manga

"I know a girl like you might never ever like me, but then again you're different." the boy looked up at her with a nervous smile and a slight chuckle.

Tsubaki bent her knees slightly and pat him on the shoulder "It is sweet of you to confess, but unfortunately I'll be moving away soon." she winced internally when this confession became even more manga like.

The one confessing hides their feelings with a sad smile and says "I see" then walks off to deal with the sting of rejection...

She face palmed as soon as her admirer was out of earshot "Guess I better say goodbye to my teachers considering it's already Thursday," she stretched her arms as she walked "better ask my adviser for help finding another university if I want to continue my education." she muttered.

After getting her things together, Tsubaki made her way home and was surprised to get a call from Maka, "Be honest!" the blonde's voice could be heard by people passing by which left Tsubaki a tad embarrassed. She ran to the on campus garden "About what?" she asked looking to see if anyone was around

"Did you make up the phenomenon just to scare me?"

"No, it's an actual thing." Tsubaki raised an eyebrow when she heard something be thrown in the background

"You're terrible and I hate you!"

Tsubaki giggled "Tell you what, my parents are sending me to Nagasaki, so"

"What the hell did you do that they have to send you away?!" and again some people passing by were able to hear Maka

"Maka" Tsubaki scolded her friend with an embarrassed voice "I'm on campus grounds right now, don't scream every five seconds, please." a sigh from Maka reassured her that the yelling will stop

"I have no idea why I'm being sent away, but it didn't seem like my mom wanted me to ask any questions, so I didn't. Anyway, I'll practically be by myself, so if you'd like then take that as an opportunity to scare me."

"I live in Nevada and I already scared you once by making you think I was being kidnapped, so why would I be able to scare you from such a long distance?" Maka asked rhetorically.

Tsubaki sighed "If you were able to come up with a prank like that then use the three days I gave you as time to think of something new." she hung up the phone and walked off to find her adviser.