Chapter 4: A message for you

A/N: Really, truly sorry for the delay! Exams kinda took me away from my life and I wasn't sure what I should add in the next chapter. I've thrown in some surprises so hope you like it. :D

Thank you to those who read and reviewed! So yeah, this chapter is dedicated to ColinatorGX, InuOtaku911 and Ruto Kuntai for reviewing the last two chapters. Well, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Bamboo Blade belongs to Masahiro Totsuka and Aguri Igarashi.


"So Tama-chan," Kirino trotted towards the dark-haired first year. "Whatcha doin' ?" Tama looked first at her senpai then down to the book.

"I'm looking at TV listings for Blade Braver," Tamaki monotonously replied, "and I have to figure out what to make for dinner." Kirino sweat-dropped. That doesn't sound exciting.

RING!!

"Is that the announcement bell?" Azuma asked, slicing the air with the shinai. She stepped forward to strike Saya.

RING!!

"I think it's the fire alarm!!!" Saya shivered. She stepped sideways and blocked the move.

RING!!

"Ano, Kirino-senpai," Yuji pointed towards a sports bag, "I believe it's your keitai." Everyone looked from the bag towards Kirino.

"Heh heh," Kirino chuckled and walked towards it, "sorry about that." She took it out and flipped it open. "Moshi moshi… eh? There's no voice…" Kirino stared at the keitai and started shaking it.

"Ano, senpai," Miya-miya said, "Why are you shaking it?"Kirino, still shaking the keitai gave a laugh.

"Whenever there's no sound coming out, I always shake it," Kirino beamed, "it always works."

"But what happens if it's a text message?" Dan-kun asked. Kirino stopped shaking and stared at the keitai's screen. There was a tegami with wings. She clicked on a button.

"You have one text message from unknown." The voice announced. Kirino looked back at her teammates and gave a laugh.

"My bad." She said while she clicked on another button. She scanned through the screen, her eyebrows furrowed. "Ehhh… did this person send it to the wrong person?" Saya jogged over and peered from her friend's shoulder. Saya's eyes grew wider and wider.

"Can I read it out loud?" Saya asked. Kirino shrugged.

"I don't think it was for me anyways…" Kirino trailed off before Saya grabbed the keitai and began reading out loud.

"A message for you. I know this is kinda sudden but I would like to express my feelings and emotions to you. I haven't told anyone, not even my best friend, about what I'm going to say to you. I've always wanted to tell you this more than anything else. In fact, whenever you are around, you always make me feel less angry and less tense. With your cheerfulness, you always light up my day. I also admire how you care for other people as well. I want to meet you in the library during the beginning of period 6. From someone you know. "

Saya looked up and found many amusing faces. Tamaki stared with indifference, Azuma's glasses shattered on the ground, Miya-miya's eyes were replaced with hearts, Yuji stared into space, Dan-kun began his day dreams again and Kirino just looked plain shocked. Yuji shook his head and look up.

"Are you sure that's not for you?" Yuji slowly asked. "I can't think of anyone else who's famous for their cheerfulness besides you." The rest of the group nodded in agreement. Kirino gave a laugh.

"I don't remember having anyone ask me out…" Kirino trailed off and started to think, "there was one time a guy with short messy hair asked me to be his girlfriend at a dance…" Everyone shifted closer. "But that was in middle school and I rejected him." Everyone fell down. Saya got up and read over the message.

"Why don't we find some obvious clues?" Saya stated and pointed at 'cheerfulness' "We know for sure that Kirino is known for her cheerful character…" then she pointed at 'best friend'. "It's also obvious that the sender didn't tell anyone about this crush."

"But aren't those clues a bit... blunt?" Azuma tried piecing back her glasses, "why don't I take a look… aahhh! Don't toss it!" Azuma caught the keitai but sat on her already broken glasses.

"Let's see…" Azuma scanned through the message, "it's safe to say that it's not a prank message. If it was, then the pranker would sign that person's name on it." She pointed towards 'angry' and 'tense'. "With these words, we already figured out that the sender is someone who's usually violent..."

"Come to think of it," Saya interrupted, "There are only 6 guys who are famous for bullying others. There's Hideo, Kitoshi, Toyama, Suzuki, Iwase and Aida-san."

"I don't know who Hideo or Kitoshi are, but I believe I've heard of the rest…" Kirino replied. Azuma cleared her throat.

"It would probably means that the sender should be from your grade… the second year." Azuma stated, "That'll be Toyama, Iwase and Aida-san." Saya started laughing.

"That's it?" She laughed, "You can't possibly mean either Toyama or Iwase would like Kirino!"

"Ano," Tamaki said, "why do you add 'san' in Aida-san?"

"You see, there are three people with the last name Aida in our grade," Kirino explained, "since two of the three are girls, we always call him 'Aida-san'… wait… he's not mean!!"

"Yeah but he always ignores me all the time!" Saya scoffed, "he doesn't even look like your type!"

"Are you implying that either Toyama or Iwase are the sender then?" Yuji asked. "The message said Period 6 right? What do you have?" Kirino thought for a while and beamed.

"I have Spare!" Kirino replied, "Usually, I'm either at the dojo or in the library…" She trailed off and stared at Saya. "Did you tell anyone that I go to the library during spare?" Saya shook her head.

"Kirino-senpai has a stalker!" Dan-kun announced. Kirino's eyes widened.

"No I do not!" Kirino shook her head and tried to laugh it out, "how about we finish practice and then go to class?" Everyone nodded and got their gear on. Kirino stared at the message.

Who could it be? I don't remember liking anyone beside that kid during middle school but that was a long time ago. She sighed and turned it off. I haven't heard from him for a long time…Oh well, time to get the team workin'!


A/N: Surprised? I hope I didn't freak anyone out with this chapter. The mysterious sender? Well, you're gonna find out in the next chapter! :D (but keep guessing) If you know who that sender is, please save your guesses til the next chapter... don't wanna ruin the fun for the others. :P

I know that in text messages it's usually abbreviated but to make the whole story work, I made the message written with punctuation etc. About the Aidas, both of the girls Aidas are twins and coincidentally, Aida-san has the same last name as them.

Japanese Words:

Keitai means cell phone and Tegami means letter

I'm expecting to update around next week since I'm writing this instead of preparing for finals. This storyline might last for another chapter or so? I think most of you were expect a Tama x Yuji eh? As soon as I'm done with finals and get myself into the summer mood, I promise that I'll write at least 1 Tama/Yuji chapter. Later days!