CHAPTER TWO:

In Michiko's pov.


"MICHIKOOO!!"

I shreiked and jumped high in the air. I turned around quickly, managing to get tackled once again. The only thing I could see was dark pink hair, and I heard my cousin's excited squee. That meant one thing. Bunta Marui.

"H-hi Marui-kun." I stuttered. He leaned out of his tackle and grinned at me.

"Oi!! Get off her!!" Atobe growled.

"Buchouu!!" Jiroh whined.

"NIOHH!! GET BACK HERE!" I screamed, running after the trickster who had made me get lost. He snickered as he ran, and Jiroh looked at us in confusion.

"He made her get lost." Marui explained. Jiroh understood immediately.

I finally managed to tackle Nioh to the ground just infront of Atobe's feet. He jumped back and scowled at me pinning down the tricking jerk. Nioh laughed and struggled to get free. But I did not box with Sengoku Kiyosumi daily for nothing.

"Now, why did you tell me wrong directions?" I asked. He sighed.

"I'm a trickster, what did you expect?" He snickered after that. I growled at him, just as my cellphone made itself known in the back pocket of my pants. I released one arm and took out the object known as my purple EnV phone.

"Michi-chan here, moshi moshi!" I chimed.

"MICHIIEEE!" I let out a squeak and dropped my phone, rubbing my ear. It hit Nioh on the head and he growled. I picked up the phone immediately.

"Y-yes, Kimi-chan?" I asked.

"Guueeessss." She laughed. I groaned. Her and her guessing games!

"What?" I paused, "Uhm...you FINALLY asked out that boy?" I guessed. She groaned.

"No, not yet."

"Then...erm...ohmygosh you finally got rid of the pipsqueak?!" I squealed, excited.

"No...dang, I wish though." I groaned.

"Way to kill my excitement!! My hopes and dreams- crushed!"I cried, sniffling dramatically. Nioh looked at me like I was crazy.

"No! Guesss!!" She whined. I thought for a minute.

"Whatttt?!" I whined.

"Alright fine!! I'll tell you, but you have one more guess first!" She laughed.

"Hmm...you found a purple monkey who was magic and sold you a magic refrigerator and you threw your brother in and left him in some random parking lot of some random gas station?" I guessed. There was a pause, and she burst out laughing on the other line. Atobe twitched, Jiroh fell asleep on a confused Marui who was looking at him like he was insane- especially since he was clinging to his waiste while he slept-, Sanada was twitching like Atobe, Gakuto was on the ground laughing, and the others stared at me like I was insane.

"What was I guessing, Kimi-chan?" I asked when she calmed down.

"Oh boy, Michie. I wish I had your ability to be so random. But I really did wish that would happen..." She trailed off, but continued excitedly, "Anddd you were guessing thatttt...I finally figured out who it is you like!" She squealed. That woke up Jiroh, who looked at me in shock and protectiveness, but still refused to release the whining Marui.

"Oh, really?" I asked, "How is it possible to guess me liking someone whom I don't like? You know I don't like anyone right now."

"Of course you do! You, Michiko Nakamura, are madly inlove with...YUUSHI OSHITARI!" She squealed. I blanched, as Yuushi gaped at me. I gaged.

"EWH!" I screamed, "Not in a million years- no offense Oshitari-kun. I don't like him that way! He's practically my brother!" I shuddered. I stood up and helped up Nioh.

"Then it's...Gakuto!!" She squealed. Gakuto stared at me, and I scrunched up my nose.

"No. He's like a brother too, idiot."

"Then it's Kabaji!!" I literally dry-gaged. Atobe stared at Kabaji in awe.

"Ewhhhhhh. No no no! I barely know anything about him..besides that...he scares me.." I trailed off, and Atobe sighed in relief.

"Then...Ittt'ssss... OHMYGOSH!! YOU LIKE CHOUTAROU!!" She squealed. I pulled the phone away from my ear and blanched, as Choutarou turned several shades of red and Atobe glared at him.

"NO!! FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME KIMI-CHAN NO!! I do not like anyone. MORE ESPECIALLY anyone from HYOUTEI." I groaned.

"Oh...wait...then...ohmygosh you like...uhm...That one guy?" I blinked. I sighed.

"Yes, Kimi-chan. That one guy. We'll leave it there." I heard her pout and I rolled my eyes. "Bye Kimi-chan."

"Bye." She replied. Then we hung up and I turned to the guys.

"Just so we're clear. I like absolutely none of you in that way." They sighed in relief, save for Atobe who puffed his chest out proudly, wanting me to change and say 'excluding him'. I raised an eyebrow and added, "ESPECIALLY not Atobe." He depleated his proud look and glared at me, ignoring the snickers from Gakuto...who recieved a murderous glare from Atobe and I laughed.

"Ne, Michi-chan, who is it you like then?" Gakuto asked, glomping me from my left side. Bunta took the time to glomp my other side, and Jiroh my back. I groaned, the only side left was the front- so which person would attempt tha--

"What the?!" I asked, just as Nioh glomped the front of me. He shrugged.

"Eh, Too good to pass up." I glared at him in reply.

"I don't like anyone." I rolled my eyes.

"Yes you do. You haaave to!! It's impossible not to!" Marui whinned. I rolled my eyes.

"No, I don't." I shrugged.

"Then who was it you mentioned in your diary? Didn't you call him 'T.A' or something? I'd rather not say what those initials stood for..." He asked. I flushed immediately, and there were quite a few raised eyebrows, as Atobe glared.

"Ne, so you do like someone." Nioh smirked. I glared at him, still flushed.

"It's none of your buisness, you stupid trickster jerk!" I growled. Something seemed to click in Jiroh's head, but he quickly pretended it hadn't.

"Tell meee!!" Gakuto whined. I shook my head.

"Nooo." I groaned.

"You'll break eventually." He decided. Then he was in for a long amount of waiting.


Two weeks later, I found myself being glomped by a whinning Gakuto, and a practically-crying Marui. I hadn't broken in yet. And Atobe was no better then the two 'redheads' (though Marui's a dark-pink-head).

"Tell usss!!" They whined.

"Nooo." I groaned, for the million and fifth time in two weeks.

"Pllleasseee?!" They whined. Atobe stormed over.

"Tell us before ore-sama goes insane!!" He growled. I snickered.

"You're already insane. Besides, that will simply make you go to the asylum, and I won't have to deal with you, so why should I?" I asked. He blinked at my random conclusion, before he glared at me. He got extreeeemely close to my face, and I turned several shades of red while I glared at him.

"Tell ore-sama, right now. ...Or you loose your first kiss, right here, right now." He hissed. My eyes widened.

"How did you know tha--" I was cut off by his glaring. I groaned. "Fine. But not until you back up." I replied. He immediately backed up, and everyone crowded around. Everyone, including, all of Hyoutei and the Rikkaidai regulars.

"Well?" Nioh asked. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I. Like. T.A." I laughed as they deadpanned.

"What does that stand for?!" Everyone but Jiroh asked. He knew from my diary, and he was glaring at me to tell him.

"That's all I'm saying. You have to figure it out." I laughed.

"Pleeeeaaaassssssssseeeeeeee?" Marui, Jiroh, and Gakuto whined.

"Jiroh you now know what those stand for, just not who they stand for." I laughed.

"What does it stand for." Marui asked his worshipper.

"It stands for 'tricking arse'." He replied. I sweatdropped, I had hoped he wouldn't explain that. They were all smart enough to figure that out except him and maybe Kabaji. All eyes immediately went to Nioh, who had his eyebrow raised at me. Then the eyes shifted to Atobe who's eyes were glaring icily toward Nioh's head.

"Me, eh?" I glared at him. I decided to argue and say it wasn't.

"N-" I was cutt off as he came dangerously close to my face and I turned redder then I had with Atobe that close. He smirked and I felt his breath dance across my lips. It only managed to make me blush harder.

"So it is me." His smirk widened and he leaned in to press his lips against my own. I went wide-eyed, but soon melted into the kiss, him doing the same. A few minutes later he pulled away.

"Good news. Daisuki amarini, Michiko." And he leaned in to press his lips against mine again. When we pulled away I smiled.

"Daisuki amarini amarini, Nioh--" He cut me off.

"Masaharu." I blushed a bit, but nodded.

"Daisuki amarini amarini, Masaharu." He smiled and kissed me again, ignoring Atobe's curses and death threats in the background. Masaharu Nioh. My very own Tricking Arsehole.

A/N: See why I don't like it? I was going to delete it until Ukyou-chan threatened to take my head off with a chainsaw... I guess it's better then I thought. :)

Anyway, tell me what you think. --Michy