The next day, Sana sped to the classroom. She was running full speed, just barely screeching to a halt at the last minute in front of the classroom door. The bell rang just as she turned the doorknob.

"I'm sorry I'm late! I won't ever do it again!" Sana yelled, bowing her head. Just then, she got hit in the head by a volley ball. The classroom was a mess and the boys were throwing everything in their sight. Mitsuya-sensei was nowhere to be seen.

Akito was in the back of the classroom, listening to his CD player with his eyes closed. Sana marched right up to him, with huge hammers in each of her hands. Just as her hammers were about to meet his skull, Akito's eyes popped open, widening immediately.

"What?" he asked, as he grabbed her wrists to stop the hammers. The hammers whacked forcefully against his head. As his head burned in pain, he remembered that he had not yet started learning karate. He blushed at the thought of Sana beating him up.

"Why did you turn into boss monkey again? I thought you were done with that!" Sana screamed as she raised the hammers again.

"I am. I told them last night. I'm not the boss monkey today," Akito explained, just barely ducking the hammers. "Gomi took over."

Sana turned away and stalked over to Gomi. He was throwing a soccer ball around. Sana caught it half way in the air.

"Pass the ball," Gomi demanded.

"No," Sana stood her ground.

"Oh you want to play it the hard way?" Gomi taunted as he inched closer to her, towering over her.

"Stop causing trouble. Sit down and listen to sensei!" Sana yelled, not the least intimidated.

Gomi reached to grab the ball, but Sana pulled away. He reached again, but Sana's reflexes were too quick for him. Instead, he grabbed her wrists, the ball dropping to the ground.

"I'm warning you Kurata Sana. You're cute so I'll let you go just this once. Next time, it won't be so simple," Gomi said, tightening his grip on her wrists. Sana struggled to free her wrists but to no avail.

Suddenly, Gomi loosened his grip and fell over, blood gushing from his nose.

"If anyone tries to mess with Sana, you'll have to deal with me first," Akito said as he grabbed Sana's hands and walked out of the room, closing the door behind them.

"You still got it Akito," Sana said, "Thanks for coming to my rescue." She flexed her wrists, examining the red marks Gomi's hands made.

"Uh huh," said Akito, "he deserved that. You okay?"

"I'm fine. You didn't have to hit him that hard," Sana commented as she glanced back over at the door.

Akito shrugged, "What now?"

"Uh class?" Sana asked, "Where's Mitsuya-sensei?"

"Hiding under her desk," Akito replied with a sneer.

"Come on, let's go back inside," Sana said as she opened the door for the second time that morning.

To their surprise, Mitsuya-sensei was writing math equations on the board and everyone had their books open. The balls and toys were piled in the back of the classroom. Sana and Akito's jaws dropped to the ground. Mitsuya-sensei turned around toward the two and smiled, nodding over to the two empty seats in the front of the room. When the two finally gained composure, they sat down at their desks and began taking notes.

The questions began during lunch. A crowd of girls approached Sana as Gomi and a bunch of boys nervously went up to Akito.

"Is it true that you and Hayama are in a relationship? Last night's news was all about you guys!" Aya asked Sana.

"Yup! I love him!" Sana yelled as Akito blushed from across the room. He stayed quiet, so Gomi and the boys went over to the crowd of girls to hear the story.

"Wasn't he your worst enemy just yesterday?" Mami asked as a bunch of girls nodded in agreement.

"Well not anymore!" Sana said. "We worked it out."

"How'd you work it out so quickly?" Gomi asked. "We want our Hayama back."

"It's a secret! You're never getting him back. He's all mine! MUAHAHAHA!" Sana replied.

"But what about Naozumi? I thought that the media said that you guys would be the perfect couple," Aya asked with dreamy eyes.

"Naozumi who?" Sana said.

"Naozumi Kamura!" Aya said. "That famous, pretty, rich, nice,-"

"Okay okay," Sana cut in, "I haven't even met that guy so how am I supposed to know if we're the perfect couple?"

"But Hayama is the biggest trouble maker. He's the reason our class is so behind. What's so great about him?" Hisae-chan asked angrily.

"Don't worry, Akito's already stopped," She turned to face Hayama and waved him over.

As Akito made his way over, Mimi asked, "When did you start calling him Akito? You always called him Hayama!"

"He's my boyfriend!" Sana answered as a matter of fact. Sana pulled Akito closer as soon as he was within her reach. "Akito, apologize for all the trouble you caused."

Akito blushed a little as he bowed his head. "I'm sorry. I won't do it again," he said.

Everyone stared at Hayama with wide eyes. Gomi and the boys looked uncomfortable and the girls silently cheered.

Gomi finally found his words, "Hayama-san! You don't have to make us look so lame. I thought you were kidding yesterday when you said you'd back out. What's with this? And the punch?"

"We're almost middle school students. Start acting like it," Akito said as he walked back to his spot in the back of the room.

Sana smiled as this was the Hayama he loved.