Disclaimer:

Hey guys. So I love fanfiction with a burning passion and I was reading this One Piece one and I got really ticked off. Okay, I know I use Japanese words a lot in my stories, but please please PLEASE don't use them if you don't know what they mean. Don't just go to Google translate because, yes, they are wrong.

And if you're going to make an OC please don't make their moves be something like Blizzard Tornado of the Ice Fruit! or something like that…I'm sorry but really? It's a Japanese show, make the name Japanese or something…

Well that's my rambling, enjoy and PLEASEE review guys!

Chapter 3: I CHOOSE YOU!

-June 15th, 2008, 78 days before Italy-

The bright rays of sunshine poured into a huge, glass window as a tired Moriguchi Natsuki groggily woke up. She stretched her arms back and sat up in her king size bed to look at her surroundings. The walls were painted a nice midnight blue, which actually worked well because it contrasted nicely with the white, lacy shades. The walls were bare save for a few maps of Japan and maps of all the train lines in Japan. There was even a photograph on the dresser of Oshitari Yuushi and Kenya when they were younger playing dress up.

Natsuki smiled at the photograph but suddenly started wondering when she had even climbed in bed to sleep last night. She honestly couldn't remember much about what happened last night. All she did remember was that they had a major sleepover, and Zaizen Hikaru got a mont blanc to the face after he insulted her hair. She giggled as she thought back to the nice memory.

"Whaa nee-chan you're already awake?" The tired voice of Tooyama Kintarou asked as he popped his head out from under the covers of the king size bed.

Natsuki stared at him with her mouth hanging open while wondering how he had managed to sleep in the same bed as her throughout the night considering how much of a light sleeper she was. She was only 15 years old and she had slept in the same bed as a boy and he was younger than her too!

She carelessly shrugged the thought away. This was the boy who called her nee-chan for crying out loud, he wouldn't do anything to her? Would he?

She sighed a bit as Kin-chan coyly smiled at her. Yup, definitely too innocent to do anything.

"Hey Natsuki-chan, its Shiraishi, are you up yet?" The light voice of Shiraishi Kuranosuke asked as he lightly knocked on her bedroom door.

"Mhmm I just woke up Shiraishi-kun." She said shyly realizing that she had on a tank top and some shorts. "But, I'm not exactly dressed yet so I can't let you in. Was there something you needed?"

He coughed and apologized quietly before continuing on. "Yeah, you see, Kin-chan's been missing seen last night and we were wondering if you've seen him."

She looked down at the grinning redhead who was now standing next to the balcony window.

"Uh…" She trailed off and gaped at the young boy who had opened the balcony window and jumped right off of it.

She fumbled with the sheets and dashed right out onto the balcony and started to search frantically for the young boy who obviously had a death wish.

"Nee-chan where you looking?" Kin-chan asked her naively as she whipped her head around to the floor above hers. And, there sat Tooyama Kintarou gleefully smiling at her from a chair on the third floor's balcony. Next to him stood a smirking Zaizen Hikaru, who waved to her with a devious look on his face.

Natsuki paled slightly when she realized he had a camera in one hand. She glanced down and groaned when she realized she was still wearing her tank tops and shorts, which both had little Hello Kitty designs.

"Nice pajamas Moriguchi."

She scowled at him before stepping back into her room and slamming her balcony door.

That son of a b-

-June 16th, 2008, 77 days left before Italy-

"Bye Kenya, bye Natsuki-chan! I hope you two have a great day at school!" Oshitari Kenya's mother said excitedly from her spot at the doorway as both Natsuki and Kenya got into a car that was waiting to take them to school.

"Bye Oshitari-san!" She smiled at her before stepping into the car as Kenya did the same.

The inside of the car resembled her own car back home, except this one had a small fridge wedged underneath the passenger seat. Kenya opened it and passed her a bottle of Ponta which she accepted happily as he took one for himself out as well.

"So fun day yesterday huh?" He asked to make some conversation.

She scowled at him to which he laughed at. Yesterday, after Zaizen had taken a picture of her with her pajamas, a war commenced to see who could take the most embarrassing picture of whom. All the Shitenhouji boys and herself had participated. They had all gotten a digital camera and their time limit was until 7 o'clock that night.

Needless to say, many pranks were played and the winner was Shiraishi. He won simply because he had taken a picture of her and Zaizen in a misunderstanding position. And, by misunderstanding position she meant her body literally on top of his from her tripping on the stairs.

Natsuki clutched at her hand and groaned inwardly. It was really giving her a headache just thinking about it.

"But you know, I'm glad we had that little picture war." She blankly stared at him as if he grew a second head. "Uh, well what I mean is, our little Zaizen has trouble fitting in at school."

That got her attention as she almost pounced on the poor boy to beg for more details. Instead, she settled on her best puppy dog eyes she could muster and silently begged for him to continue on.

Blackmail time~

"So, Shitenhouji Chuu is well known around here for our jokes and pranks. Our school motto is 'warratamonn gachiya.' All the school teams and clubs go by that rule, and our principal is a huge jokester himself." He chuckled to himself and explained a joke that the principal had told them at the entrance ceremony last year. "And Zaizen of our team doesn't really find stuff funny. He's a serious kid, I've only seen him laugh at a joke once, and that was when Shiraishi first started saying his catchphrase."

Natsuki's eyes were glittering and she was slightly smirking at the newly found information.

Payback time Zaizen!

She giggled a little as he kept talking. "But, yesterday, and the day before that, he was laughing a lot and having fun, I think he's enjoying spending time with you Natsuki-chan." She stared at him. And stared and stared and stared. She then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Yeah right, I think he made it clear on the first day that he doesn't like me and he's out to make my life miserable." She dramatically sighed.

"Nah, I think he secretly likes you. Just deep down in his heart and he just doesn't know it yet." Kenya beamed at her while she just shook her head.

"Right whatever you say Kenya-kun."

They rode in silence for the next few minutes until the car pulled up along a small shop that said TAKOYAKI! on a small sign. She looked at Kenya questioningly as he helped her out of the car.

"Uh…Kenya-kun I don't know if you've gone blind or not but this is not the school…" She deadpanned.

He smiled coyly at her before stepping in through the doorway while tugging at Natsuki's hand.

Oh wow…we're holding hands!

"Welcome!" The cheery voices of Koharu and Yuu-kun sounded from a table in the shop while waving at Kenya and Natsuki as they walked in. Kenya tugged on her hand even more and the two settled into two seats next to the two lovers of the team.

"Hey guys!" Kin-chan ecstatically yelled out as Gin, Shiraishi, Koishikawa, Kin-chan stepped into the store a moment later.

As soon as the small group of four entered, the three sitting with her stood up immediately and walked toward the door. They all shared a knowing smile at their spot from the door.

"Uh morning guys?" Natsuki said uncertainly. She had a confusing expression on her face while wondering why they were leaving so abruptly. They all had suspicious smiles plastered on their faces too.

Hmm…something's fishy

"Oh sorry Natsuki-chan. We always meet here and walk to school together." Shiraishi explained to her. He opened the door and casually held it open for her to walk through it. Again very suspicious but who was she to say no to a hot guy holding open a door for her?

"Thanks Shiraishi-kun." She said happily as she jumped right out the door…

…and into the arms of an unsuspecting Zaizen Hikaru.

"Huh?" They both said in synchronization. A 'click' from a camera was heard while the rest of the Shitenhouji team laughed at the two's predicament. They were practically in each other's arms, and Oshitari Kenya now had a picture for blackmail.

"Senpai…you're going to erase that picture right?" Zaizen said cautiously as he backed up about three steps away from Natsuki.

"Yeah…Kenya-kun you wouldn't be that mean and actually use it as blackmail or anything…right?" She asked in a cross-me-if-you-dare voice.

"Uhh…RUN AWAY!" Oshitari Kenya shouted out in panic as he and the other Shitenhouji guys ran all the way to the school with Zaizen and Natsuki running after them. For anyone who happened to pass upon that seen in the morning, all they could head was a 'Naniwa no speed star!' and 'ahh~ ecstasy~.' Needless to say, it was a very tiring morning for everyone.

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After the group finally arrived at the school and Kenya had unfortunately gotten away and hidden the camera, while Shiraishi had introduced Natsuki to her teachers.

After a short tour she had finally arrived at the drama club. It was a small classroom and from the looks of it, there were only 4 people in the room at that moment. She took a quick breath and gave Shiraishi a thumbs up.

Here I go!

"Morning guys!" She exclaimed while opening the door and stepping in.

After hearing her voice, all four of the students stood up and bowed.

"Good morning Moriguchi-san!" They all shouted out enthusiastically in reply.

"Wow, you guys don't have to bow or anything." She said in uncertainty.

"Of course we do! We practically idolize you Moriguchi-san! We've all seen your work in plays and musicals. I'm Koga Akane!" An enthusiastic black haired girl said while skipping over to her.

"Wahh~ that's unfair Koga, I wanted to introduce myself first!" A dark blue-haired boy said as he practically pushed Koga out of the way. "My name's Takagi Kazuki! And you're Moriguchi Natsuki-san and I can't believe I'm meeting you! You're so pretty!" He said as he started jumping up and down.

"That's not nice Kazuki-kun. You shouldn't push Akane-chan out of the way like that, she's your senpai!" A purple haired girl with glasses said as she joined the small group that was forming in front of Natsuki. "My name is Morita Yukimi. I'm the club president here and we humbly welcome you Moriguchi-san."

"Mou, why does everyone else get to introduce themselves first? Totally unfair." The last boy of the group whined as he lazily sauntered over to them.

"That's your own fault Kai!" Takagi Kazuki yelled.

"Right…" He trailed off and looked up at Natsuki. "So I'm Osawa Kai. I'm a second year."

They all moved toward the small group of seat that they were originally seated at and motioned for Natsuki to join them. They had then started a small game of introductions.

"So, like I said earlier, I'm Morita Yukimi and I'm the drama club president. I'm also a third year, and I'm the vice president of the student council here." She pointed at Takagi Kazuki to go next.

"I'm Takagi Kazuki and I'm a first year! Uh, I don't really have a job but I'm also a part of the baseball club, and my best friend is Tooyama Kintarou! He was talking to me last night about you Moriguchi-san!"

The resemblance is really striking…

She silently mused to herself as Koga Akane started her introduction.

"I'm Koga Akane and I'm a second year. I'm the treasurer of the drama club and I'm also a part of the swimming club here." She finished cheerfully as she began to hum a song.

The last boy looked up at the awaiting eyes and sighed. "My name is Osawa Kai and I'm a second year. I don't like doing much. Oh, and my best friend talks about you all the time Moriguchi-san."

She looked at him confused eyes. "Who's your friend?"

"Oh, it's Zaizen Hikaru. He tells me how you love to annoy him and he has this urge to tease you whenever you're around."

That brat…

-June 17th, 2008, 76 days left before Italy-

Damn that Kenya! Thinking I was going to kill him by poisoning his food or something. Dammit! I missed my chance to get revenge on him for the blackmail he got yesterday! Mark my words Kenya, no matter how hot you are I will have my revenge!

Natsuki did a slight dramatic pose on her walk to school. Ever since yesterday, Kenya had been avoiding her like the plague, thinking that she would threaten him. He was, of course, correct and took drastic measures to make sure he didn't see her.

He had left the house an hour before she even woke up, and his parents had gone on a small trip to go see Kenya's younger brother who was attending school in Hokkaido.

So now the lonely Moriguchi Natsuki was trudging her way to the school trying not to get lost.

"AH! Nee-chan! Whatchya doing here nee-chan?" Two cheery voices asked from behind her. She turned around to see it was Tooyama Kintarou and Takagi Kazuki walking in the opposite direction of the school.

"Uh going to school like you guys should be doing?" She replied smoothly.

"Psh we're not going to school today nee-chan! It's our monthly arcade game day! Wanna come with us?" Kin-chan asked her in a excited voice as Kazuki sheepishly hid behind his best friend.

Oh my gosh! He is so adorable!

"Uh…" She trailed off as both boys grabbed her hands and sprinted away.

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"I WIN! HAHAHAHA!" All the people in the arcade cringed after hearing the maniacal laughter from Moriguchi Natsuki. The trio had been at the arcade for the past few hours and this was the first time she had won against both of the first year boys.

"Wow Moriguchi-san! You're so good!" Kazuki complimented her with hearts in his eyes. He had been following her around for the past few hours like a lost puppy and he just looked so adorable that she couldn't help but pat his head or hug him.

"Mou Kazuki-kun you can just call me nee-chan like Kin-chan is or Natsuki-senpai." She gave him a short pat on the head. He just smiled at her and nodded.

"Okay I'll call you Natsuki-senpai!"

The two grinned at each other and started playing a game of air hockey. After about 10 minutes, a loud voice called out to them.

"NEE-CHAN! I LOST! BEAT THAT GUY WHO BEAT ME!" A sniffling Kin-chan shouted at them from another air hockey table a few feet away. The boy standing across from Kin-chan was wearing a white cap and had medium length green hair.

HES SO CUTE~!

The boy smirked at Kin-chan's wailing and looked over to Natsuki.

"So you're going to play me miss blondie?" He said in a cocky voice.

Oh my gosh he's a brat like Zaizen! NOOO such a waste…

"Yeah I am!" She pushed Kin-chan out of the way and put in 200 yen. "And my name's not blondie, it's Moriguchi Natsuki."

"Hmm well it shouldn't matter either way right blondie?" He replied back which only served in aggravating her even more. "But my names Echizen Ryoma."

Echizen Ryoma? I've definitely heard of that name somewhere….

They had played a best two out of three games with her winning the first one and him winning the second game. Of course, Kazuki and Kin-chan were cheering for her the entire time while some people even gathered to watch.

"DAMN!" The last game had ended and Ryoma had ended up beating her by three points.

"Mada mada dane Moriguchi. You still have lots more to work on." He said in Japanese then in English, which she had understood perfectly.

"Naa~ nee-chan what he say?" Kin-chan asked her in a cute voice while Echizen Ryoma got bored and walked away to another game.

"He said 'you still have lots more to work on.' It means mada mada dane." She explained in a motherly voice.

"Hehh~ nee-chan, you're so smart!" He said excitedly. "You still have lots more to work on!"

He began jumping around and bouncing over to the next game when he realized Natsuki wasn't following him.

'clink'

"Huh, Natsuki-senpai, are you okay?" Takagi Kazuki asked her in a concerned voice while watching her pick up her case of arcade coins. Kin-chan also showed the concern on his face while going over to see if his nee-chan was okay.

"KIN-CHAN!" She roughly grabbed his shoulders and brought his face only centimeters away from hers. "YOU! I CHOOSE YOU! YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN MY PLAY!"

Both first years stood in amazement at Natsuki's decision. Needless to say, the dumbstruck expressions from both of them made her day completely worthwhile.

-End of Chapter 3-

Augh that took me forever! Please R/R guys!