"So, why were you all dressed like girls at the Miss Summer Yukata Pageant?" Rena asked. The others jumped back, surprised.

"How'd you know we were dressed like chicks?" Akihisa asked.

Rena turned to Kouta. "Kouta's nose started to bleed when he saw me."

"I knew you'd blow our cover," Yuuji growled, grabbing a handful of Kouta's shirt.

"Yuuji Sakamoto, Akihisa Yoshi and Kouta Tsuchiya broke our contract by approaching a female in her own home!" a member of the Inquisition Group shouted, snapping a whip against Akihisa's desk. "They're all traitors! Capture the traitors!"

"Later!" Akihisa, Yuuji, and Kouta all called, bolting out of the room. The group of violet-cloaked students chased mercilessly after them.

"And Hideyoshi was complaining loudly," Rena continued as if nothing had happened. Minami, Mizuki, and Hideyoshi were the only ones left in the room to hear her. "That's how I know he's a guy."

"Well, at least you know," Hideyoshi sighed.

Rena, Twins, and Misunderstandings!

Rena was skipping her way down the hall towards class; it was so good to have friends. She felt happy like she never had before. It wasn't an overwhelming happy, but it wasn't a subtle happy that lasted a few hours. She had her eyes closed, and she didn't realize that she was about to collide with Hideyoshi's twin sister, Yuuko. After they crashed into each other, Rena picked herself up and looked at the other, who hadn't fallen down.

"Oh, Hideyoshi, I'm sorry," she said. She had kind of outgrown fervent apologies; it was a lighter apology. She gave a closer look at the twin. "Um… Hideyoshi, why are you wearing… a girl's uniform?"

"You really are stupid, aren't you?" Yuuko spat. "No wonder you're in Class F."

Rena was taken aback by this response. Since she was still new to the school, she didn't recognize a lot of people out of her Class F-related social circle. She didn't know Hideyoshi had a twin.

"I can see why you were put in the class with all the losers," Yuuko continued cruelly. "Honestly, even Shimada knows how to walk with her eyes open. Anyway, watch where you're going."

"What…?" Rena whispered. "I thought we were… friends…." the wonderful word was marred with pain and confusion.

"Oh, please," Yuuko said, snapping her head in Rena's direction. Her cold, teal eyes burned into Rena like a syringe of hot medication. "I would never want to be friends with you."

She brushed past the shocked teen. Rena felt numb again, but she soon recovered with the familiar feeling of pain. No, it wasn't familiar; this pain was deeper, worse than when she lost everything that she didn't really care about. She did something she'd never done like this; she began to cry.

Tears washed down her face bitterly as she trudged to her classroom. She found a seat at the back of the room and began to scratch at a loose edge of her skirt. She sniffled hysterically, jumping with every inhale. It wasn't long before the other students returned to the classroom.

"Oh, hey, Rena," Kouta said, walking into the room. He paused when he saw her crying cutely in the corner. It's not like he wanted to take inappropriate pictures of her; he just thought she was so adorable like a kitten. He fell backwards in an explosion of blood with a yelp.

"Hey, Kouta," Yuuji greeted, walking into the room with Akihisa and the girls. "What's wrong with you?"

Kouta pointed weakly towards Rena, making the others robotically turn their heads.

"Rena!" Himeji and Minami cried.

"Ah—don't cry!" Akihisa said, kneeling next to her. "What happened?"

"Did someone hurt you?" Himeji asked.

"Did you get a bad grade or something?" Minami pressed.

"Someone get a picture," Kouta whispered. "Please… I'll treasure it forever."

Shut up, Kouta; this is serious.

"It's Hideyoshi," she whimpered, wiping at her tears. "He… he said he never wants to be my friend…."

"What? Hideyoshi said that to you?" Akihisa demanded. Even Kouta was stunned, and he moved in to put his hand on Rena's shoulder.

"That jerk-face!" Yuuji cursed. Rena sniffled and he looked down at her. He knelt beside her and put a hand on her shoulder blade.

"Yuuji," Shouko said ominously.

"What are you doing here?" Yuuji whispered desperately.

"Usually, I would not allow you to comfort other girls," Shouko looked at the dejected cat-girl unfathomably. "But I will… just this once." With that, she got to her feet and disappeared into the shadows of the school.

"That was weird," Yuuji said.

"Hey, guys, sorry I'm late," Hideyoshi said, waving at his friends.

"Hey, you jerk wad," Yuuji snarled, getting to his feet.

"What?" Hideyoshi asked innocently.

"What's the big idea saying something like that to Rena?" Akihisa added.

"Yeah, what's your problem?" Himeji demanded.

"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about," Hideyoshi said defensively, taking a step away from his friends.

"You'd better spare the excuses or I'll break you in half!" Minami snarled. "Now apologize to Rena!"

"R-Rena," Hideyoshi stuttered.

"Huh?" Rena looked up, suspicious.

"What happened? Seriously, what did I do?"

Rena was beyond perplexed; she observed some major differences between this person and the person she'd encountered in the hallway. Their hair was parted differently… their form was slightly, slightly out of proportion.

"When I bumped into you, you… you… said you didn't want to be my friend."

"Yeah, you idiot," Yuuji barked. "Since when do you go around saying stuff like that to little girls?"

"Yuuko," Hideyoshi realized. "Guys, you know it wasn't me; I have a twin, remember? The rep from Class A?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Rena could have gotten her mixed up with me," Hideyoshi explained.

"Oh," they all chorused.

"Never doubted you, buddy," Kouta said.

"Of course you didn't," Hideyoshi thought bitterly.

"Sis, we need to talk about something," Hideyoshi called when he got home. Yuuko lowered her manga just enough to see her furious brother.

"What's up?" she asked half-heartedly.

"Why were you so mean to Rena?" he asked. "You know, the girl in the hallway?"

"She was such an idiot," Yuuko complained, as if she didn't hear him. "She actually thought I was you."

"That's put me in a very bad position, Yuuko," Hideyoshi said. "Why did you do it?"

"Since when do you care so much about that girl?"

Hideyoshi grit his teeth. However would he get out of this one?

"It's because she knows you're not a girl, right?"

Baka and Test

"Seriously, now that you've figured it out, don't you think that everyone should treat me like a guy, too?" Hideyoshi asked Rena as they made their way to Class F one morning.

"I think it's a good thing they don't," Rena said with a somewhat bothered tone.

"Why would you think that?" he questioned.

"If they did know…."

"We have more news on the girl Sakamoto, Yoshi, and Tsuchiya approached! We must capture them immediately and sentence them to death! Capture the traitors!"

"Wouldn't the Inquisition Group be after you for sure?"

Hideyoshi blinked once, but began to laugh. He put his hand on Rena's head in a friendly way. "You know, Rena, I really like you. How about after school we go out to the movies together?"

"I'd like that very much!" Rena squealed, nodding her head.

"So, what movie do you want to see?" Hideyoshi asked, looking at the posters in the lobby of the theater. Rena observed the posters quietly.

"Let's go see this one!" Minami squeaked as she held on to Akihisa's arm.

"O… Okay."

"Yeah, come on, Yoshi, it'll be fun!" Himeji added.

"Hey, Akihisa," Hideyoshi greeted.

"Oh, hey Hideyoshi, Rena," Akihisa greeted them. "You guys going to see a movie too?"

"Of course they are, you idiot," Minami said. "Why else would they be at a movie theater?"

"Oh, yeah, right," Akihisa mumbled. "So, what movie are you going to see?"

"That one," Rena said, pointing to the poster that Minami picked. "Would you mind if we went together?"

"That would be great!" he cheered.

"So, Yuuji, what movie would you like to see?"

"Not again," Yuuji whispered.

"Here with your girlfriend again, Yuuji?" Akihisa asked, glancing over at Yuuji, who was tied to Shouko.

"She's not my girlfriend!"

Shouko stabbed Yuuji's eyes as punishment.

"Don't be silly, of course he's here with me," she said softly. "Let's go see this one."

"No way! That one is three freaking hours! Io can't sit still that long," Yuuji argued. "Forget it; I'm not doing this again."

Shouko pulled a stun gun out of her pocket and stunned Yuuji so that he wouldn't escape.

"Two for the Living Dead, twice," Shouko said to the lady behind the counter.

"One student and a very hot zombie for Living Dead, twice for no reason," the lady said in a cheerful voice, nodding. She handed Shouko the tickets and the blue-haired girl skipped into the theater, dragging her fiancé along.

"Man, I kind of feel sorry for Yuuji," Akihisa said. "Anyway, let's go."

"I had a lot of fun today," Rena said as Hideyoshi walked home with her. "I never thought having friends could be this fun."

"I'm glad you had a good time," he replied with an easy grin. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

"One more thing," Rena said, turning back to Hideyoshi.

"What is it?"

"Do you think Akihisa will forget his lunch again? I don't want him to starve, but he eats so much that I want to make a separate lunch for him."

Hideyoshi laughed. "I don't think he'll forget it."

"Good," Rena chirped, turning on her heel and prancing inside.

That's the end of this chapter. I'm sorry if it's not any good; I'm in the transitional phase of my chain watching. I've been watching a lot of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, so I've been tempted to just make her insane here and now. But I decided to have a few Hideyoshi x Rena chapters first. It gets fluffy… trust me. Coming up is a Summoner Test War, swimming in the ocean, and Rena getting sick. Keep reading and stay classy and don't change for anyone ~Nipah~