Thank you for the people who liked and read my stories.

Wow Sakuchii-chan your very observant about things especially with Taiyou huh, but I didn't understand when you meant Somoeka's name twice. I checked it but couldn't see it.

Also thank you from love from dove to I will try to finish this story as understandable as possible


"Enjoy the little things that happens in your life because even if it's just little if it makes you happy then surely it's worth it"


A few days have passed and the three were enjoying their little vacation. It was already after class and every students of Raimon Junior High were either going home, hanging out with some friends or were going straight to their club rooms.

Kirino Ranmaru P.O.V

"Kariya! Won't you ever stop pranking one of us even for just one day!" Hikaru shouted at Kariya who is laughing hard that tears were forming in his eyes, while Shishido and Kabeyama were at Hikaru's back looking at Kariya too, since the three of them were victims of Kariya's prank. But before Kariya could say something someone hit him in the head hard.

"Ouch!" Kariya said while rubbing his head.

"Kirino-sempai!" the other three shouted and went to me happily, because if there's one person who can stop Kariya's pranking it would be me. And besides Kariya only teases the others when I'm not around to be teased or to scold him for his actions.

"Won't you ever stop pranking someone even for just one day!" I scolded to Kariya.

"But it's so boring being all goody two shoes~" Kariya whined pouting at me.

"Sigh (while shaking my head). Okay what did he do to you guys this time?" I asked looking at the three victims.

"Well Kariya borrowed something's from us earlier and when we asked him if we could get it back he told us that it was inside his sports bag, but when we opened it a bull frog suddenly jump out on us" Shishido explained.

"Don't forget the part that you guys screamed like a girl and had that horrified face and hugged each other tightly like the world is ending and fell with your butts on the ground" Kariya said while snickering trying hard not to laugh too hard and is clutching his stomach hard and is bend his other arm on his knee supporting his upper body, and I hit him in the head again.

"Ouch!" Kariya said while rubbing his throbbing head.

"It's your own fault Kariya! Now apologize to them!" I said pointing to the other three.

"Eeehhh! But Kirino-sempai it's not like they got hurt or anything!" Kariya whined at me, but this only made me glare at him.

"Choose it's either apologize to them or me scolding you for-who-knows how long" I said crossing my arms looking directly at Kariya's eyes. Kariya as much as he wants to annoy Kirino chooses the latter he's been scolded enough by Hitomiko at Sun Garden whenever he does some mischief he doesn't want to be nagged here at school too.

"Sigh..Fine" Kariya walk closer to the other three and apologized to them and they forgave Kariya, and three walked away to start stretching.

"But I can't guarantee that I won't do it again Kirino-sempai" looking me in the eye and smiling to me mischievously.

"Don't worry I'm not hoping it" I answered back. We both started a staring contest, until Kariya turned around and started walking away but stopped and looked sideways and smirk while I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I really feel bad for the boy that you rejected earlier, but I guessed it must be harder for you since even though everyone knows that you're a guy that doesn't stop them for confessing their love to you, huh" Kariya said and turn around started walking away while snickering.

I then became red because of both embarrassment and anger. I opened my mouth about to ask on how he found out about the confession but closed it again 'cause knowing Kariya he won't just say it'.

As I started walking where the others are, I suddenly stopped and looked around my surroundings, after a few more minutes I continued my walk.

Endou Mamoru P.O.V

Mamoru is already coming to the fields when he is greeted by some of his team mates.

"Captain!" "Endou!" they shouted.

"Hey guys!" I greeted back.

"Captain, can we ask you something?" Shindou asked.

"Sure, what is it?" I asked.

"Is there something wrong?" Sangoku asked.

"No, nothing's wrong why?" I look at them confusedly.

"Lately you haven't been your normal self, captain" Kurimatsu said.

"What do you mean?" I asked only getting confused more.

"Well...Um...You're...Always alert and you've been a little jumpy, every time we would tap you on the shoulder you would have this serious face and dangerous aura surrounding you" Hayami explained to me.

"Oh! Really?! Sorry didn't mean to worry you guys, don't worry I'm fine" I said shocked and tried to reassure them that I'm fine.

"Ok, if you say so just remember if you have a problem then don't think twice on telling it to us" Gouenji said. And they walked away. After they were gone I heard some rattling behind me and when I look there was nothing.

Otonashi Haruna P.O.V

"Ot...Onashi...Otonashi!...OTONASHI!" Natsumi shouted while waving her hand in front of Haruna's face.

"What!?...What?!" I shouted while shaking my head looking for the source of the voice and I realized that Natsumi is calling me.

"Sigh...Thank goodness you came back, are you ok?" Aki asked worriedly.

"Yes, Kino-sempai" I answered smiling at her.

"You sure? Because lately you've been spacing out a lot you know" Midori said looking at me skeptically.

"You know if you have a problem you should share it, that way you'll be more at ease" Akane advice. Just then Kidou walk to them.

"Is there something wrong?" Kidou asked.

"No, nothing's wrong Yuuto-nii" I answered shaking my head.

"You sure?" Kidou asked and looked at the other managers.

"Mmm...No, nothing's wrong Kidou-sempai" Aoi answered for us.

"I understand" and Kidou turned around and walked away but before he could get too far.

"Haruna, I'm still your big brother so if you have a problem do not think twice of coming to me" looking at me and smiled, which made me happy and smiled back.

"Of course! Yuuto-nii!" I answered back happily. But after the girls and Kidou were not around I looked at my surroundings feeling like I'm being watched.

After Practice (Narrator's P.O.V)

It was already sunset and everyone were already starting to go home.

"Hey! Haruna are you going home now?" Ranmaru asked.

"Yes, why?" Haruna answered.

"Mamoru wants to talk to us about something" Ranmaru said.

"Now?" Haruna asked and look at Ranmaru's back to see Kidou walking towards them.

"Yes" Ranmaru answered.

"Maybe later, Yuuto-nii always accompanies me when going home. It'll be weird now if I said that he can't tag along with us" Haruna said.

"I understand let's just meet up at the Tower Plaza later, I'll tell Mamoru so don't worry" Ranmaru smiled reassuring Haruna and she smiled back, they then noticed that Kidou is already close and that's when Ranmaru walked away and went to back to the soccer room to talk to Mamoru about the change of plans.

"Hey, Yuuto-nii" Haruna greeted her brother, while her brother is looking at Ranmaru's back.

"What did you two talk about?" Kidou asked and looked at Haruna.

"Oh! Nothing just some stuff, don't worry it's nothing" Haruna lied while Kidou is looking at her skeptically.

"You know you, Endou and Kirino are acting weird this past few days if you guys have something going on you could always tell it to us after all were not only teammates but also friends as well. Especially you Haruna I won't forgive myself if something bad happens to you after all it's the older sibling's duty is to protect their little ones that come after" Kidou said at Haruna smiling at her. And they started walking together.

Meanwhile Ranmaru had already told Mamoru about the change of plans and both agreed on it, once they were outside of the school gate that's where they separated. Ranmaru is about to start walking when someone called behind her and when she turned around it was her friends.

"Hey guys, what is it?" Ranmaru asked to them.

"Are you free today?" Ichino asked.

"Yeah, why?" Ranmaru asked again.

"Want to hang out with us for a while" Hamano asked putting both of his hand beside his head smiling at her.

"Sure why not" Kirino asked smiling at them. And she, Kazuya, Hamano, Hayami, and Domon, and Kazemaru went to an arcade shop to have fun for a while.

Steel Tower Plaza

Mamoru is training with his tires, while waiting for the others.

"Just as expected you're the first one to be here captain" Haruna said.

"Ah! Haruna I didn't notice that you were already here" Mamoru said shocked since he is so busy training that he didn't notice Haruna's presence.

"So what is it that you wanted to talk about, captain" Haruna asked.

"Later when Ranmaru's here" Mamoru asked. A few minutes later someone came running to them when they saw who it is it's Kirino.

"Hey, guys.. Sorry for...Being late.." Ranmaru said while panting, her body is bend forward both hands is on her knees supporting her upper body.

"Ranmaru!" they both shouted at the same time.

"What happened to you?!" Haruna asked looking at Ranmaru shockingly and worriedly and went to her to look if she's alright.

"Are you ok? You look like you've run a marathon" Mamoru said looking at Ranmaru''s tired face.

"No don't worry I'm alright, it's just that me and the other guys went to the arcades to have some fun and I totally lost track of time and when I saw what time it was I run all the way here" Ranmaru explained once her breathing is fine again.

"Ooohhh" they both said and fell at the same time.

"So-" Ranmaru then walked to sit in the bench "what is it that you wanted to talk to us about". While Haruna sit next to her.

"The boss called me earlier at school he said we should be prepared since sooner or later he'll give us the full detail of our assignment" Mamoru told them seriously.

"Does it have something to do with the attacks?" Ranmru asked who is starting to think of things about their attacker.

"Are we going to hunt the person that's attacking us" Haruna said ready to revenge their injured comrades.

"No, whether you like it or not that's not our assignment is about" Mamoru said shaking his head. Disappointed since he thought they were going to hunt down the person who is attacking them.

"What!" the two shouted shocked, especially Haruna whose eager to get revenge from her comrades.

"Are you sure about that Mamoru?!" Ranmaru asked.

"Yes, I am" Mamoru said a little disappointed to their boss.

"But what could be more important than hunting that person down?!" Haruna asked who is starting to get angry.

"I don't know! Even I was shocked when that wasn't the assignment that is given to us" Mamoru said who is starting to get annoyed too, not at them but at their boss.

"I did ask him why but he wouldn't answer me properly" Mamoru told them. Mamoru and Haruna were disappointed and were starting to get frustrated while Ranmaru could only stare at the distance.

"Sigh... So what's this assignment that is given to us instead?" Haruna asked disappointingly.

"It's actually a three-way mission each of us will have our own mission. 1. Someone will be guarding a building 'cause recently someone is destroying our facilities, but that the person attacking the facility isn't "The Hunter" but there's a theory that they are conspiring; 2. There's a traitor in our organization so one of us is going to look for that person, there's a high chance that the traitor, "The Hunter" and the attacker are all connected somehow; 3. We're going to guard someone from the higher up since there's a high chance that he might be targeted. And also all of the location are near each other so we could still help each other once the other person is finished with their assignment if we ever got problems" Mamoru explained to them.

"This person that's been attacking our facility do the boss knows why that person is doing it?" Haruna asked.

"Honestly, even the boss doesn't know why, they said that it's just attacking randomly" Mamoru said.

"Then how can they be sure that the building that were guarding will be attacked" Ranmaru asked confusedly.

"They're not, but they did say there's a high chance that the facility might get attacked and also he will be called 'The Shadow' " Mamoru answered even he is getting confused by their assignments.

"And the 2nd assignment how can they be sure that's there's a traitor in the organization?" Ranmaru asked curiously.

"Well the reason for that is actually related on the 1st mission since from the looks of it 'The Hunter' knows the facility very well from the underground and secret passages and the weak spots of the building, they can even hack it easily if not seconds then minutes" Mamoru explained.

"And the 3rd mission?" Haruna asked.

"The 3rd mission is only a precaution as I said the locations of the places are close to each other and coincidentally it's also close to one of the higher ups place" Mamoru said.

"When will the mission start?" Haruna asked.

"The boss only just said to be prepare since he might deploy us anytime" Mamoru said.

"Ok since we still have some time, choose carefully on what assignment you want to do" Mamoru said seriously eying them both.

"Yes!" they both shouted. And the three of them started walking down.

"Hey, you guys" Haruna said gaining their attention and both looked at Haruna.

"Yes?" They both asked at the same time.

"Do you guys have a problem?" Haruna asked, remembering her brother's statement about them.

"Problem?" Mamoru and Ranmaru then looked at each other confusedly and looked back at Haruna and shook their heads.

"No, why?" they both asked at the same time.

"You sure, you don't feel anything weird like someone's following you or keeping an eye on you?" Haruna asked, both Ranmaru and Mamoru stared at her wide eye shock evident in their face.

"You guys too?!" both Ranmaru and Mamoru shouted at the same time, while Haruna just looks at them amusingly eyebrows rise a smile forming in her lips.

"I knew I wasn't being paranoid!" Mamoru said happily knowing the fact that he wasn't going crazy as he thought he was.

"And here I thought I have another stalker, Sigh" Ranmaru said relaxing her stiff body since it's not one of her stalkers.

"Seriously" Haruna asked amused by their actions and reasons.

"Hey, can't blame us you know", Ranmaru said since even though she cross-dresses as a boy that doesn't mean boys don't come after her especially the gay ones.

"She's right you know" Mamoru said defensively.

"Ok ok I got it no need to get defensive you know" Haruna said trying to calm them down.

"So do you guys have any idea who or what it is?" Ranmaru asked since she doesn't have a clue.

"No" they both answered.

"Either way we should just be careful, since we really don't know what's happening or what's going on" Mamoru said frustrated since he doesn't know anything about the person that's watching them.

"Ok" Haruna and Ranmaru answered. And the three of them went home.


Friends are like shadows they're always there in times of darkness