A/N: OMG... it was so long before I have decided to continue this story...I've been preoccupied with other series that I have forgotten how things will go hahaha. But I do love Kise, so I never forgot about him and my love for him, anyways, school took me away from my social media accounts... Med school is killing me...

Anyway, I failed to study Kendo... just went roaming around Japan...sucks, so I had no idea how to make a fight scene and this is a bit af OOC for Kise...sorry


"F-fight you? B-but captain? – " Kaede picked up her shinai and stared at Yuuya, who was prepping.

"As my second in command, I need to know how you can fare with me." Yuuya threw a head gear at Kaede, which she picked up. "Come on now. Show me what you got."

"This'll be good!" Kaede heard one senpai talk. "At least if she can't do well, all of us will know."

"Sheesh, why was she chosen? Just because she had dispatched one starting player."

"Just some friendly match, Kaede." Yuuya said with a smile before he put on his head gear. He said it in a tone that only she could hear.

"Yes!" Kaede knew it was her captain's way of supporting her and showing their other team mates that she's more than capable to be the vice captain of the team.

She got herself ready then, after wearing her armor; she reached for her head gear and looked around. 'I really don't want to show them… but I guess this really is necessary.'


"Oi! You've been grinning like an idiot, ever since we got here." Kaede's imagination was stopped as she felt Matsu-nii tap the back of her head.

"I'm not."

"You are… So, mind telling... what's with Kise?"

"K-Kise? Nothing's with him, what were you thinking?" She cleared her throat. "He uhhh…just helped me clean the dojo yesterday."

"Really? Why is he the one helping you,though?" Kasamatsu's arms crossed at his chest. "Still not good with your team?"

"Oh that – " Kaede grinned and was about to tell Kasamatsu but –

"Yoh, Vice!" As if to answer his question, one third year student, which he knew was in Kaede's club greeted her. "See yah later!"

"G-good morning, senpai." Kaede bowed her head and the senpai bid goodbye to her.

"Whoa… I thought you said they don't like you." Kasamatsu, said while watching the kendo player ran towards his group. "Don't tell me that guy – "

"Oh well, I kinda did something…" Kaede scratched the back of her neck as she was reminded of the memory.

"What?"

"Uhmmm… Show off?" She said, not knowing the right word to use.

"Looks like you'll have some explaining to do." Kasamatsu ruffled her hair and she glared at him. "That and some certain blonde."

"Blonde…Oh…" She blushed.


Kise was almost late in class, his sister stole his alarm clock last night and that caused him to wake later than usual, luckily their chem. teacher was also late. On his way, he was greeted by multiple girls in the hallway, he even smiled at one of them (the girl fainted), however, he was stopped as he saw one girl inside their classroom.

If you are this ball… then… He blushed as he remembered, he kissed the ball, it was embarrassing. But she was cute yesterday…

"Mornin' Kaedecchi~" He greets as soon as he sits beside her.

"Hi." Kaede greets and it surprised Kise to see her smile at him, it is rare actually, usually she'll just blurt out 'Hi' without even sparing one glance at him.

"Whoa…" He noticed her different vibe, of course. "Something amazing did happen. What is it?" Kise nudged her shoulder.

"Nahhhh… It's nothing actually."

"You wouldn't feel that way if it's nothing." Kise pouted.

"Eh? Why'd you say that?"

"Well… You seem to be in a good mood." Kise rests his chin on the palm of his hand as he stared at her. "Come on, you gotta tell me."

"…"

"I know! You're probably in good terms with your team now." Kise said with a bright smile. "That's what's been bothering you last time, I'm happy for you then, Kaedecchi~" He was again violating her space as he tries to hug her and she comically hits him with her chemistry book.

"Oh right, Thanks for yesterday." Kaede said. "You really helped me."

"Yup…Saved you from the rat." Kise teased and she sneered at him.

"Don't sound so proud! You were squealing like a girl when you thought it's a worm."

"That's fine, I really hate worms." Kise grinned "But you… you were so cute Kaedecchi~"

"C-c-cute?" the kendo player blushed furiously. "That's silly; I would've fended off that pest if I wasn't caught off guard."

Their teacher came after a few minutes and she was carrying some papers, suddenly Kise remembered that their proficiency exams are coming and those papers were probably their scores from the midterms. He cringed as he remembered how poorly he performed in chem. To prove his dilemma, his world almost shattered as he receives his paper.

"Kise? Are you alright?" Kaede asked as she noticed Kise spacing. She then glanced at his paper and she instantly understood why he is making such a face.

"Kaedecchi~"

"I guess you'll do well… in the next exams, perhaps?" Kaede didn't look convincing at all, Kise knows that, he actually got a 25/100 score in chemistry, and yup it adds to his failing scores from other subjects.

"Ugh…And this happens now that winter cup is coming." The blonde looked at his seatmate who's staring at her paper. "How about you, Kaedecchi?"

"Oh…I'm fine I guess." She hid her paper, which piqued Kise's interest a lot more.

"What's that Kaedecchi? You know it's fine if you have a failing grade too, after all I…" Kise checked her paper and stopped. "You got 88!"

"Ahhh… yeah, I told you, I like chem.."

"B-but…88, you got only have 12 mistakes, Kaedecchi~ that's cool…and at the same time quite depressing."

"Well… you should do your best or else they won't allow you to play in the winter cup games."

"I know. This sucks." Kise slumped. "My other subjects aren't promising either."

"I only did well in chem." She said trying to cheer him up.

"At least you got one well." Kise sighed and buried his head on his arm.


"Oi, Kise..." Kise was twirling the ball, but he let go of it when he heard Kasamatsu-senpai call him. "I need to ask you something."

Is he going to scold me again?

"I heard that you failed most of your subjects last midterms." Kasamtsu said sternly, arms crossed. "You know that you're not allowed to play if you fail the proficiency exams."

"Ack! Yeah...Hahaha...that's - " Kise was again trying to charm his way off but, Kasamatsu kicks him in the shin. "Senpai!" He cried.

"For you to participate in the winter cup, you need to at least make it to the top 100 or else you'll spend your time in remedial classes rather than practicing." Kasamatsu scolds him.

"Ok. Ok." Kise stood up, when he was about to go, Kasamatsu kicks him on the back, causing Kise to stumble on the floor again. "Owww! What's that for, senpai?!"

"Kise." Kasamatsu called his name seriously, making Kise remove his comical expression. "I forgot to ask but what were you doing with Kaede here, yesterday?"

"Wha – Nothing! We were just talking about how you taught her to shoot?"

"Really?" Kasamatsu raised a brow at him. "So… "

"Well, Kaedecchi's really cool and all so – "

"Kise, I'm telling you, she's not like any kind of girl you can just flirt and leave, I will hit you until you die if you even have the slightest idea to do that. I know how you feel and that's - "

Kise's head bowed, his eyes were hooded but his lips were curved in a smile, causing Kasamatsu to be more annoyed at the blonde but he stood up, revealing a serious face. "If you know how I feel, senpai...then you know that I'm very much serious." Kise said and continued to go out of the court.

"What happened?" Moriyama asked as he saw the scene occur in front of him.

"Nothing. I just told him to take his studies seriously." Kasamatsu replied as he watched Kise left.


He went to a nearby cafe, tried to read some notes but gave up he wore his earphones and listened to some music. "So I got to get in the top 100…Ugh…It sucks." he stretched out his legs and looked out of the window.

"Oh! I remember some lucky item, Midorima gave...I wonder if he still have it." Kise fished out his phone and then dialed some numbers, he called many times but the call was rejected a lot of times. KUROKOCCHI, WHY?!

Kise walks out of the cafe when he noticed that the number of girls is increasing, he decided to just go home, however, he saw Kaede on her way to the bookstore, the blonde decided to meet up with her. She was on the pen section, choosing some pencils and markers.

"Kaedecchi?" Kise called and she looked up to see him.

"Kise? What are you doing here?" Kaede asked, partly surprised to see him. "I saw Matsu-nii just a while ago, he's still in the court."

"They cast me out! Say...Kaedecchi, can you help me study?" Hearing his request, she had a good idea why he was 'cast out' possibly by her Matsu-nii.

"I can't...I can pass but I'm afraid I can only manage average ratings, you'll need someone better to teach you." Kaede turned her back on him and continued choosing some pencils. "If you want though, I can ask Matsu-nii to - " Kise grabbed her shoulders suddenly.

"No! Anyone but Kasamatsu-senpai! I will have brain concussions before the exam even starts!" Kise pouted. "You got 88 in chem…"

"I told you chem's the only subject I did good... I'm not the right one to help, though..." she said. "How about?..." she smirked and then dragged him back to school.


"So Kise. She's Mayu-chan, my friend." Kaede showed a pretty girl which Kise greets. "She's one of your admirers." She whispered to him, and Kise looked at her curiously.

"Ki - Kise-kun!" Mayu-chan bowed.

"Hey, Mayu-chan..." Kise glanced at Kaede. "So?"

"She's really good at her studies and I asked her for help, which she agreed to do because she wants to help you, right, Mayu-chan?" Kaede gave a thumbs up at Mayu-chan and the girl eagerly nods. "We only have at least a week to study, so she'll meet with us in the library. Fine with that, Kise?"

"Well, of course." Kise happily replied. "Thanks, Mayu-chan."

"N-No problem." Mayu-chan said and then excused herself.

"I told you that you can charm any woman. You can ask help to girls like Mayu-chan, you know? Instead of just receiving some sweets, why don't you ask this kind of help?" Kaede said.

"Heh. That was quite embarrassing." Kise scratched the back of his head.

"Well then, let's go home." Kaede said and it surprised him, for the first time, she's the one who said that, usually, she doesn't want to go home with him but right now, she just said that. Kaede looked behind and saw Kise rooted on his spot. "Kise?"

Am I improving? Kise thought as he stares at Kaede. "Sure..."

Kaede suddenly blushed; she realized that her invitation went out of the blue. "Sorry, ummm…If you have somewhere –"

"Nah, I need to stop fooling around, I need to go home and study." Kise said scratching the back of his neck. "Can't let our efforts go to waste."

"That's good if you think that way." Kaede smiled at Kise, she mentally sighed because she still expects something from him, even though she knew he has someone on his mind already, she walked a bit faster.

"So? Mind telling me what happened with Kendo club?"

"It's a long story."

"Well, We have a long walk to the station, another long ride until your stop. We have all the time."

"Let's just say, I showed them what I got." She proudly said. "But it is mostly thanks to my captain, Maybe he realized that I really have a potential to be his vice and he just helped me prove it to the others."

"How did he do that?"

"He asked me to have a match with him." Kaede grinned as she remembered.

"Wahhh…You won against him?"

"No, I actually lost to him." She answered, placing her hands at her back, slowing her pace but she wasn't looking at him, she was thinking about her match.


Kaede did well defending herself but that last hit came unexpected and it's near her neck, she was caught off guard and because of the suddenness, she felt her sorry behind making contact with the wooden floor.

'I lost' She thought, removing her headgear, while still on the floor.

"Whoa…That's cool!"

"No one has ever stood up that long with cap, not even the previous vice…"

"Not to mention she's a girl."

Kaede whipped her head to where her senpais are, they were all talking about her, and how she probably 'gave a hard time to her cap' but she knows, that's not the case.

"Can you stand?" She looked up and saw her captain. "That's a good job, you almost got me…"

"But you still won." Kaede sighed. "I knew you went easy on me…"

"Compared to the others, I went a bit overboard with you, still, you really are good." He offered his hand, Kaede accepts and he pulled her up. "Now… They won't speculate that I chose you because of personal reasons."

"Ehhh? Personal reasons?"

"Do your best, Vice." Her captain tapped her shoulder before he went to join the other members.


"Wow…he really said personal reasons?" Kise somehow looked annoyed as he tries to think of a personal reason the kendo captain might have for Kaede. They were on their way to the station.

"Yeah… but I think it's just a speculation because I heard the coach was the one who suggested me." Kaede said as she searches her bag for her card.

"Hmmm, but I know the coach will just choose possible candidates, the captain's still gonna pick his vice."

"Ahh… really?" Kaede pondered as she inserts her card in the machine.

"Don't you think that personal reason means… really…" Kise doesn't want to get to the point actually. "You know…personal?"

"Of course a personal reason is personal, really, Kise…"

"No I mean, personal relates to the person and uhmmm…" If he meant personal…Is he interested with Kaedecchi? Urgh… Kasamatsu and her captain, she has some inclination with older guys…Seriously and both of them are good with hitting people, but I can probably catch up to them…nah Kasamatsu's onto Kaedecchi's sister, but he seems really close and he doesn't want me…urgh, why am I being frustrated with this…

"Kise, stop over thinking whatever you are thinking." Kaede interrupts his thoughts, she noticed that he suddenly looked agitated,. "The coach probably had me as the only candidate, he seems to be aware of my love for martial arts, he even knew that I do Iaido."

"Iaido… that's cool! You got a real sword for that, right?"

"It's not a good one, besides I stopped Iaido since middle school, I focused on Kendo."

"You're so cool, Kaedecchi!" He said as the two of them rode the train. "Really cool, I'm seriously a fan of yours." The two of them were standing near the pole.

She blushed as he heard Kise say that. "W-well…uhhh…Thanks." She cleared her throat which caused her to let go of her hold on the pole. She knows her face is really heated right now, so she was avoiding any eye contact with him.

"Look! It's Kise-kun!" Kaede looked to see some girls waving at him. "Kyaaa! Kise-kun rides this train too!"

"Hi!" Kise said waving and smiling back at the girls. They were seated near the train door.

"Aww, Kise-kun, there's still some space here! You can sit here." One girl tapped a free seat beside her.

Kaede breaths out heavily, of course those were his fans and they look pretty, so he'll probably move to their side."Kaedecchi?" Right…Of course he'll say 'I'll just go there and talk to those cute little kittens'…kittens…really, why are they called kittens, anyway?

"It's fine you can sit with them." She said looking away from him, So much for the happiness of having him as a fan…of course he'll say that to anyone.

"Huh? I was going to – "Kise noticed that her good vibes before suddenly disappeared. "Are you alright, Kaedecchi?"

"Oh here's my stop." True enough she can see the station, that's her usual stop. "See you tomorrow." Kaede said flatly as she walks near the exit. I really have no right to be jealous, even Kise said he doesn't want girls that tie him down… I still have no idea what that really means…

While Kaede was spacing out, one of the girls that said hello to Kise feels annoyed that Kaede was being close with the hot basketball/model that they admire, and due to her annoyance she has this sinister plan to trip Kaede, the fan girl stretched her foot and since Kaede wasn't paying attention, she tripped, her body falling forward.

Oh shit! Kaede closed her eyes, she knew her head will probably hit the glass door or if it opened she'll be face first with the floor, but that's not what happened, she felt a strong arm on her midriff, pulling her close until she felt something hitting her back.

"Whoa…Kaedecchi, are you alright?" Kaede opened her eyes, she slightly moved her head to the side and she was welcomed with Kise's worried face that was mere centimeters away from hers.

"I-I'm fine…" She looked away from him, suddenly the door opened. "It's my stop…I'll go now." Her hand tried to remove his arm from her as she was about to move, but instead he let go and he held her wrist.

"I think you're not fine." the blonde said as he stepped out of the train, she followed because he was holding her wrist. "I'll walk you home."

"You don't need to do that, I can take care of myself." She said pulling her hand away from him. "Go back."

The train door closes and it continued to move, Kise pouted and points the train. "Can't go back, now, can I?"

"Go get a train back. I'm really fine." Kaede said as she turns around and started to walk, Kise followed though. "Kise! Go back now!"

"Why are you so edgy? And you were in such a good mood a while ago, Kaedecchi."

"Not really… It's just late, you should go home early to study, right?" She fidgeted. "And besides…"

"Besides?" Kise beamed at her. "Besides what?"

"Ugh…nothing, whatever…do what you want." Kaede gave up she can't really complain about those girls now.

"But why'd you trip though? Are you really alright? I mean you're a kendo player…shouldn't you have strong knees?"

"Its those girls…" She said in an almost inaudible voice.

"Huh?" Kise moved closer. "What?"

"I said those girls…" She glanced and saw Kise coming closer again, it made her nervous that it made her punch him, causing him to stumble down.

"Awwww! Kaedecchi!" Kise stood up rubbing his cheek. "It hurts."

"Sorry, that came out rashly."

"So…What about those girls?" Kise remembered which caused Kaede to stop walking.

"I said… those girls are probably expecting you to sit with them."

"Ah? I was going to ask if you want to sit, I'm not going to sit and leave you standing Kaedecchi, who do you think I am?"

"Oh…" So he was going to offer that seat to me.

"Really, Kaedecchi, are you jealous?" That was a joke…but he realized, why did he make a joke like that. "Oh..uhmmm, that's…"

"I'm not jealous, Kise." She said, eyes still looking in front of her.

"I know, I'm just kid –"

"I have no right to be…" She said with her back faced to him, Kise suddenly ran out of words to say, well... what can he say to that… A right to be jealous, Do you want to? Well…I'm pretty much, having some jealousy issues, a while ago… "My place is near here, I'll be alright, bye, Kise" She glanced at him quickly and ran, leaving him speechless.


A/N: tomorrow's the next chapter, probably... probably...