This was going to be one big chapter but when I found out that this chapter took up 10 pages on Microsoft Word, let's just say I'm learning to word limit my ideas so I don't kill my lovely readers! And therefore look forward to Mion and Jiro's turn sometime later~

~RomanceAnimeLove28~

Mion: What?! Me and Higuchi?!

Ome: Yup! And don't worry Mion Chan, at least you weren't first like Rizumu and Sasahara.

Mion: That doesn't make me feel better… More like it makes me feel insulted…

Rizumu: Well it makes me feel worse! *blushing*

Ome: Ara ma! Why are you blushing Rizumu Chan? I might have to tell Hibiki that you've been unfaithful to him…

Rizumu: Unfaithful?! But Hibiki doesn't-

Ome: Then we'll use this Fanfiction to describe all the messy love relationships between each main guy and the 6 heroines.

Mion: Are you implying that MARs and KIYUMI will all end up with someone?

Ome: Who knows? *shrugs*

MARs: You should!

Ome: I'll figure it out eventually! *laughing it off* *MARs feels scared*

Aira: How come you're not included Ome Chan?

Ome: Because I'm the author. *incredibly happy about this fact*

"Does anyone have any ideas for what our class should do for the Christmas festival?" Most of the students in Mion's class raised their hands.

"A puppet show!"

"A play!"

"A food booth!" Everyone shouted one idea after the other.

"Chotto! We can't do all of those things with our budget! Please vote on one thing in an orderly fashion!"

"Then let's make an eating booth while running a scary haunted house!" One boy suggested.

"How in the world are we going to do that?!" The girl class representative argued with him.

"Then let's put on a scary puppet show!" A girl yelled.

"How will that attract customers?!" None of these ideas were working.

"Then how about we combine with the rest of the first year classes and put on one big RPG game?" Higuchi stood up and asked.

"RPG game?"

"Like where the customers will come in and need to make it out to get to the prize, making one person do whatever they want for the 25th."

"Good idea…"

"How about we make them do tasks to get out of the maze?"

"And the prizes will be crystal balls with the person's image that you get to control!" Higuchi made the class silent.

"Who is going to be able to make such a thing…?" Everyone asked as Rie just shook her head.

"Stupid Jiro… What are you thinking…?"

"Then I have someone in mind in class 1-C that could probably pull that off." Mion said amid all the noise.

"Let's go ask the classes for confirmation right now!" Higuchi dragged Rie and Mion with him before the class representative could stop him.

"Why did you drag me along?! Go by yourself!" Rie and Mion said even though they didn't talk to each other. Jiro looked like he didn't care about what they said. They barged in on class 1-B's English class.

"Hello all! We would like you to stop in the name of the love!" Higuchi said with sparkles around his face. He wasn't making much sense since no one understood what he meant. Mion and Rie felt really embarrassed. Mion wasn't about to embarrass herself further so she stayed by the doorway. Rie didn't seem to care as long as Jiro stopped talking.

"Are you crazy?!" Rie pulled his ear so he would face her.

"Ow! Rie! What are you doing?"

"I could ask you the same question! Don't drag me into this!" She stomped her foot.

"Students from 1-A… If you don't have business here please get back to class…" The teacher said trying to act nice.

"Of course we have business here! We would like to know if 1-B would collaborate with 1-A to pull of an RPG for the Christmas festival!"

"That sounded more like a command than an actual request…" Aira said, rubbing her head in confusion.

"You'll do it won't you Aira Chan?" Jiro skipped to her and held her hands as he pleaded. Seiji didn't like that scene. He got up and tore their hands apart.

"Seiji kun?"

"What are you doing Seiji?" Jiro asked him, for getting in the way of his plan to get Aira to say yes.

"We will participate in the RPG as long as you don't do that Aira Chan. She's fragile you know Jiro." He looked at him seriously.

"Hai! We'll be taking our leave now that he said yes!" He dragged the girls down next door.

"Hm… Adams might have a thing for Harune Aira… I can use that to get Shou san to like me…" Mii thought to herself.

"Why is everything revolving around Harune Aira… It's irritating…" Girls in the class used their usual bullying methods. Seiji eyed them showing he knew what they were doing.

"It's probably just because Aira Chan was next to the door." He said in a strong tone. It didn't sound like his usually playful tone that resembled Jiro's voice.

"Why did we agree to that Adams?!" A guy shot up from his seat.

"Well it sounded like fun and if we all work as one bug team, we'l have more budget to work with."

"Yeah but…"

"Besides, when do we get to perform a real life RPG? It could be fun. And since I'm class representative of 1-B that shouldn't be a problem now should it ?"

"Ok…" Aira looked at a happy Seiji.

"Seiji kun… There are so many things I don't know abut him… I hope to get to know him better!" Aira smiled as Seiji smiled as he looked at her from the corner of his eye. He was happy that she was happy. And during this happy scene, Jiro opened the door to 1-C's math class.

"The answer is-" The door shuffling open interrupted Rizumu's answer.

"Hello all! Stop in the name of-"

"Give it a rest!" Rie smacked Jiro in the back of the head to stop him from finishing the phrase.

"Rie! I'm trying to act jolly to get them to want to join us!"

"Jolly my foot! You're scaring them away! Jiro-baka!"

"What are you talking about?! They should be overjoyed to do the RPG with us!"

"Can't you see?! They're never going to say yes if you keep acting like a weirdo!" As they argued everyone sighed.

"They're even more annoying than Amamiya…" The girls whined.

"What?!" Rizumu stood up. Ome touched her shoulder and just shook her head. Rizumu tried to ignore their comments.

"Students of 1-A please get back to class! We're in 2nd period right now!" The male teacher of 1-C yelled.

"Wait! We would like class 1-C to participate in an RPG game with us 1-A for the Christmas festival!"

"Stop the commands and ask nicely!" Rie said pouting that he was ignoring her.

"Really Yukimura and Higuchi… Stop acting like a married couple and ask normally-" She got cut off by a raging Prism Star. Ome's eyes fell on a scary Rizumu.

"We're not married! How could I like this weirdo that can't even ask for a favor?!"

"Well I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life with a pouting woman. You should really smile more Rie. If you don't lighten up you might end up old and crinkly soon."

"Jiro!" He happily got chased around the room by Rie.

"Kora! Higuchi! Rie! You interrupted me!"

"I don't care!" Rie refused to look Rizumu in the eye.

"The Christmas festival?" The teacher and Ome asked.

"Right! Well 1-B and 1-A are going to collaborate and do a RPG game where the customers have to fulfill tasks in a maze. If they get out, they win. The prizes will be a crystal ball you pick that shows the person you get to control for the 25th. The entire day!"

"Entire day?!" Everyone was getting pumped up.

"And? Who's making those 'crystal balls'?" Ome eyed Higuchi.

"We'll figure that out later! Ome, let's do the RPG!" Rizumu said. Ome was trying to get out of this situation.

"Oh- Hello Mion!" She waved to Mion blissfully showing that she's trying to avoid Rizumu's begging methods. Mion just shook her head.

"So will you do it?" Many people were nodding their heads and looking at Ome. She thought of it and smirked.

"Nee? Since it's a game, we can get the customers to do anything right?" A blizzard blew through the room.

"Of course~"

"Then sure! Now are you guys planning on making me create those crystal balls?" She gave them a happy smile.

"Yeah…" They were trying to inch away from Ome.

"Sure~ Why not?" She sighed making even Mion smile.

"Then we will all work on it tomorrow ok?!" He ran away in a hurry with Mion and Rie.

"Do you want to stay after school and see all the clubs again?"

"Sorry Ome! I actually want to look around the sports clubs by myself! And Aira joined the Fashion Club while Mion joined the chorus."

"And why so suddenly?"

"I don't know. But we can meet up after school around 4:30 ok?"

"Sure~ I guess I'll go make sweets in the home economics room again."

"With your cooking skills, why don't you join the cooking club?"

"Because they scare me! How am I supposed to say yes to people whose look in their eyes change when they hold a spatula or frying pans?! Especially the 3rd years…"

"You're over-exaggerating but I can't wait for your sweets Ome!"

"Hai Hai! I'll make sure to put a lot of dark chocolate in your portion Rizumu!"

"Uso!"

"Joking~"

"Kora! Zhang! Stop talking!" The math teacher threw chalk at her intending to hit her face. She swiftly caught it.

"Sensei, have you no manners? You must throw the chalk like this!" She twirled the chalk and threw it back at him only to have it bounce off his head that had one hair on it. That one hair slid off.

"Oh no! My pride and joy!" He was looking at his completely bald head through a hand held mirror.

"See you later!" The 4 girls parted ways after the bell rang. Rizumu walked on the sidewalk near the tennis fields. 3 girls blocked Rizumu's way as she walked to the soccer fields.

"Hey. We need to talk." The older girls motioned for Rizumu to follow them.

"What is it?"

"We've sit back and let it slide but really you are annoying even if you aren't with Hibiki."

"Why don't you transfer out?"

"Why should I transfer just because you say it? And why can't I be near Hibiki?"

"Because Hibiki belongs to everyone. Stop acting so stuck up!"

"The stuck up ones are you guys senpais! What do you think you know about Hibiki?!" The middle girl slapped Rizumu. She stared at them in surprise as she covered the red mark. Rizumu couldn't tell what hurt more, the slap or the words coming out of their mouths.

"Don't get so cocky just because you do the Prism Show with him! You can't just go and monopolize him when you feel like it!"

"I don't!"

"And now you want to deny it? We heard from Yukimura Rie! You're nothing but a phony that joined the Prism Show to get close to Hibiki and win his heart over!"

"It's not true! I joined because I honestly love the Prism Show and wanted to get mama back!" Hibiki turned the corner to see Rizumu arguing with the girls. When he saw that the girl was ready to hit Rizumu, he jumped in and grabbed her hand.

"What's going on here?" He put put her hand down as he defended Rizumu.

"Hibiki sama?! No it's not-"

"Get to the point! What is going on here?!"

"We just wanted to talk to Amamiya san!" They ran away before he got anything else out of them.

"Are you ok Rizumu?" She backed away when Hibiki tried to touch the bruise on her face.

"I'm ok. It's nothing. They asked me a few questions and I just said something rude!" She rubbed her head.

"Then why is there a mark on your cheek? What really happened?"

"Really Hibiki! I just accidentally slapped myself when I was trying to get it together!"

"Rizumu…"

"Anyway… I have something to do so I'll be leaving now ok?" She ran off without looking him in the eye.

"Why won't you tell me what's going on…?" Rizumu ran down the sidewalk until she got to the place above the soccer field. She was frustrated but had no urge to cry.

"I am just so stupid…" She sat down and stared into the sky.

"Nee? Do you have any intention to join our soccer team?" A group of girls peered down at Rizumu.

"No. I-"

"Just give it a try!" They pulled her down and brought her to their team captain.

"Hey isn't it that girl?"

"Yeah the one that takes advantage of Hibiki sama…" Rizumu hated hearing those remarks but the team captain didn't seem to notice them at all.

"Amamiya san would you like to try to be goalkeeper for this team?"

"No I-"

"Hm… So you can't even do this~"

"Of course I can! I'll show you."

"Then, we, the soccer team will test your abilities right now." Some girls smiled secretly. Rizumu didn't have a good feeling about this but went along with it anyway. She stood at the goal and waited. The team captain kicked a soccer ball down the middle of the goal, which Rizumu caught with very little effort. The girls each went one by one. Rizumu caught all the soccer balls until some of the girls decided to cheat. 2 girls kicked 2 soccer balls at the same time. Rizumu successfully intercepted one of them but the other hit her leg. She slumped down because her leg.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" The team captain said to the girls that just broke the rules to this exercise. They didn't care and still kicked soccer balls at Rizumu. One hit her arm and the other hit her stomach.

"Cut it out!" Rizumu called with some strength left. They didn't listen to anyone and kicked again. Sasahara sped in and kick one ball back at them, caught one ball and let the other go into the goal after he positioned Rizumu away from it. The soccer ball didn't hurt the girls that it got kicked back to, barely missing their faces.

"Sasahara…?"

"What do you people think you're doing?" He kneeled down to help Rizumu.

"Sorry! We didn't mean to so this! It should've been one ball at a time but these 2 girls got out of hand and kicked too many balls for Amamiya san to catch!" The team captain bowed as she apologized.

"If that's the case then they should be off the soccer team."

"What?! It was just-" The girls tried to reason out their actions.

"Our school doesn't need people that break rules to represent it at soccer competitions. I advise you two to shape up before you guys get yourselves expelled." He picked up a dizzy Rizumu and walked away.

"You guys should repent on what you did. I think you should quit the soccer team for now."

"But captain that girl was monopolizing Hibiki-"

"And how does that justify what you did?! If he hadn't come, Amamiya san would've probably gotten seriously injured, enough to get her into the hospital! And that would've been all your faults!"

"What would you do if the person you loved was with another girl?!"

"I would watch him from afar! I wouldn't dare to hurt the girl he likes because that would be hurting him! Now please leave the field! Your actions have disgraced our school and the soccer team!" They walked away. Sasahara took Rizumu to the nurse's office to get bandaged up.

"Ah! Sasahara kun! What brings you here today?" The nurse, Fumie Sensei asked him.

"This one. Help bandage her up." He looked down at a half asleep Rizumu.

"Ma Sasahara kun! For you to bring a girl-"

"I'm ok! If I rest a little I'll be fine!" He stared down at her. His amber colored eyes made Rizumu unable to say no.

"Ok! Just leave it to me! Sasahara kun get out ok?" She kicked him out (literally) as she started bandaging Rizumu.

"Chotto!"

"Just leave all the injuries to me!"

"Oi! What are you doing Sensei?!" By the time he went back in, Rizumu was sleeping. He looked at her face.

"If you want I can leave you 2 alone! After all a couple-"

"What?! Stop joking around!"

"See you later! Don't do anything strange to her!" She dashed out of her office. He sat by her bedside and thought to himself.

"Why didn't I deny it? Whatever. I probably just didn't have time." He reached to pinch her face. She opened her eyes which made Sasahara leap back, trying to act like he wasn't going to do anything to her.

"Sasahara why are you here?"

"No reason. The nurse said she needed someone to look after you while she went on an errand." It was obvious that it was a lie.

"Mou Sasahara you don't need to lie." She laughed slightly.

"Anyway what were you doing being a goalkeeper to the soccer team?"

"Well I didn't want to join at first but then when they said I couldn't accomplish it…"

"And being your hot-headed self, you said you could do it."

"Hot-headed is too much!"She pouted.

"Ok. Fine. Then tell me what happened to your face." He pointed to the pink mark that didn't disappear from Rizumu's left cheek.

"It's nothing." She turned away as she touched the bruise. He pulled her face toward him. She thought he was going to do something weird.

Kazuya: And just what do you take me for Zhang?!

Ome: Oh you took it as an insult? It was actually a compliment!

Kazuya: There's no way I'd… *blushing*

Ome: Oh really? And here I thought-

Kazuya: There's no way I could kiss Amamiya!

Ome: Who said I was talking about kissing? *smirking*

Kazuya: Zhang! You set me up!

Ome: Ara ma! Why would I do that? *innocently feigning ignorance*

Kazuya: Don't try to get out of this one! *chases Ome around*

"No!" She felt a cold sensation on her skin that made her jump back. When she opened her eyes, she saw a slightly blushing Sasahara with an ice pack in his hand.

"It looked like it hurt."

"Thanks Sasahara…" He put the ice pack on her bruise again.

"You can talk about whatever you want. No one's here besides me." Her facial expression darkened.

"I wanted to be happy here. I wanted to laugh and smile with Aira and Mion here. I wanted to chat more with our class. I wanted to experience normal school life. But I never thought I would get myself into this…"

"Get into what?"

"My love for the Prism Show should've been obvious to all the people that watch me jump with all my energy… But people have misunderstood my intentions… I didn't join the Prism Show to get close to Hibiki… I just wanted to get mama back and be a happy family again…"

"Did a girl hit you because of that?"

"No! It's not like that! I wasn't bullied! I'm ok!" But when he felt hot water on his hand, he knew that she was lying.

"Why is she so stupid?" He looked at her tears. They were increasing. When she looked up, he was surprised. It was the first time where he saw her cry so much. Her eyes drooped as large tears flooded her face. But she still looked like she was trying to endure all the pain she went through because she was gritting her teeth. She gripped the sheets.

"Why can't she just break down like a normal girl…? Why is she still trying so hard to stop crying?"

"Why are you crying?" He tried to act calm with her.

"Why…? When I try so hard to get people to love the Prism Show like me… Why do people hate me because I'm next to Hibiki…? And when I try to stay away from him…"

"Are you staying away from him because you don't want to get bullied for it or for another reason?"

"I don't know… But I can't stop these tears… Why Sasahara?" He didn't know the answer. He felt bad that he didn't know how to answer her.

"She's an idol… She's supposed to be someone I don't want to concern myself with… So why do I feel bad…" He put his arm around her head.

"I can't understand why you're acting this way… But…" He didn't even know what he was saying anymore.

"Sorry Sasahara… For being…"

"Un…" He just sat there and let her cry on his chest.

"Don't think anything of the strawberry smell of her hair… Wait- I shouldn't know this!"

"So this is the temperature of a boy… It's warm…" Hibiki passed by the nurse's office because he thought Rizumu would be there since she had a bruise on her face. His eyes widened.

"Was I too late? Has she fallen for him already?!" He punched the wall in frustration. Even the calm Hibiki felt flustered seeing Rizumu like this.

Aira was walking to the fashion club but stopped when she heard voices in the club room..

"Should we really be doing this?"A girl whispered to her friends.

"We need to show her what happens when someone gets close to Shou sama and bullies another girl that's innocent."

"They couldn't be talking about me right…?"

"I heard! Harune Aira is actually bullying Yamanishi Mii in her class!"

"What?! But I didn't do anything mean to Mii Chan! Who said such a thing?" She heard the sound of a marker squeaking and peeked in. The girls were vandalizing all the pretty fabric and dresses the fashion club worked so hard to put together.

"Please stop! The fashion club worked hard on those clothes!"

"Hm… So Harune Aira is here…"

"Please! Don't hurt the clothes anymore!"

"Why should we listen to you? You bullied someone else didn't you? Well how does it feel to be bullied back?" A drawn on cerulean blue dress was in one of the girls's hands. She ripped it right down the middle.

"No!" They threw the messed up fabric to Aira.

"It wasn't that pretty anyway. Why are you getting so worked up?"

"She worked hard on this! Mimi Chan in 1-A worked hard on this dress!"

"I don't care who she is." She said flatly.

"I'm sorry… I couldn't protect you at all…" The girls wanted to mess up some more fabric to make fun of Aira. They ripped a green ruffle top to think strips.

"No! Stop!" Aira leaped to get the marker only to get pushed and having her arm hit the wall.

"Hey! This wasn't part of the plan!" A girl whispered to the girl that threw Aira on the wall.

"Don't think this is the end. You deserve so much more pain and humiliation than just this." They walked out leaving a despairing Aira to pick up all the fabric that was ruined.

"I'm sorry… It's my fault… I really am weak…" She started crying as she looked down at the clothes that her club worked so hard to sew and create. A teardrop fell on the floor. Aira touched her own face to see that she really was crying. Seiji came across the open club room and saw Aira sitting there.

"Ah! Aira-" He paused when he saw what she was doing. Something shiny was falling from her face. He saw the ruined clothes in her hand. "Aira Chan! What's wrong?!" He ran in and turned her around so she would face him. A depressed Aira looked at him.

"Seiji kun… What do I do…? I couldn't stop these clothes from being ruined…" He looked at the black marks and rips on the fabric.

"This is terrible… Who did this?"

"It's my fault… I wasn't strong enough to stop them from vandalizing these clothes…"

"It can't be your fault Aira Chan!"

"It has to be my fault! I could've saved these clothes but because I was too weak, I was no match for those girls!" She looked at him with eyes that showed true pain. He looked at her hand holding her right arm.

"What happened Aira Chan?" She knew he was looking at her arm.

"Nothing! I just felt like holding onto my arm!" Seiji stared at her for signs of lying. He pulled up her sleeve to see a big gray bruise on her arm.

"This can't be anything! Why did you hide this for this long?!"

"I'm sorry…" She looked like she was going to cry again. He rubbed his head.

"Sorry sorry Aira Chan… I didn't mean it that way… It's just that I'm afraid one day you will have so much pain inside of you that eventually you won't be able to voice them out to anyone ever again…" He used his hand to wipe a tear off her face.

"But why do you…"

"Because I like Aira Chan." He smiled at her. She sat there, surprised. More tears came down her cheeks. She let out a cry. "Why are you crying Aira Chan?! You must not like being liked by me right?! Ah!"

"I like Seiji kun too!" She said in between hiccups. He wrapped his arms around her back.

"Eh?! What's going on?" He could feel her trembling in his arms.

"If only I could always make her feel better… I hope she doesn't break in my arms…" He squeezed harder making her feel like she's dying.

"Seiji kun…" He finally released her when he realized how tight he held her. She was coughing from lack of oxygen.

"Ah! Aira Chan!"

"Seiji kun… Why did you do that?" She didn't look mad, just confused at his ridiculous behavior toward her. There was an awkward silence.

"I don't know… I guess I wanted to comfort you…" He blushed as he looked away.

The reason Seiji thought he was reddening and the reason Aira came up with didn't match. (Just a Side Note to Readers from Ome~)

"Really thank you Seiji kun!" Her lips curved into a smile.

"Ah! What's wrong with me?!"

"Eh? Seiji kun?"

"Why do I feel the urge kiss Aira Chan?!" He was holding his head like he was out of his mind. Aira stood there with no pupils in her eyes. She needed time to process that thought.

"Hai?!" She fidgeted around as Seiji did the same. He finally stopped confusing himself when he grabbed Aira's left arm. She stopped and looked at him worried about what would happen next. He brought his head down to her eye level. He looked into her eyes. There was no tint of pink anywhere on his face.

"I've never seen Seiji kun like this…" She looked into his serious face. His bright yet deep red eyes made her feel dazed. As he moved closer to her, she didn't notice his actions at first. When she finally blinked she realized how close he was to her.

"What is this?! Is he about to k-kiss me-?!" Her eyes kept blinking as she tried to get out of his grip. She couldn't and the closer he got to her, the more she got scared.

"Seiji kun!" He was listening to her and at the same time he wasn't. He turned his head left which was Aira's right.

Ah! He's not listening!" She grabbed his uniform's sleeve hoping he'd stop. That brought some sense to him. He instead kissed Aira's hair.

"Just kidding!" He gave her a playful grin.

"Eh?!"

"What? Did you actually want me to give you a kiss Aira Chan?"

"No that's not it Seiji kun!" He went and made her go red again.

"Well now that you seem to be in a better mood, let's go get your arm bandaged up."

"I guess this should be enough for now." Ome stared at 5 cakes, 2 batches of cookies and 1 batch of brownies. She wrapped everything in 9 different bags and ran out of the home economics room to give them out. She passed by Aira and Seiji first.

"Hi Aira! Adams!"

"Ome Chan! What are you doing here?"

"I finished all the sweets and I'm going around giving them out." She handed a pink ribbon to Aira and a yellow ribbon to Adams.

"I get one too?"

"Of course. Take it as a thanks for helping sweet and lovely Aira all the time."

"Ome Chan!" She was embarrassed by that statement.

"O ya? Why are you red Aira Chan? Adams what strange thing did you do to Aira? Perhaps you chickened out and didn't do it is the problem?" She looked like she had fun investigating what happened to them.

"That's not it! Nothing happened?"

"I love how your reactions say otherwise." She said back.

"Ome Chan!" They both yelled.

"Anyway have fun going home today ok? Adams I'm counting on you to protect Aira."

"Hai…?"

"Mou Ome Chan! It's not like anything will happen to me! And you're not coming with us today?"

"I have some business to take care of today so you guys go home first ok? I'll tell Mion and Rizumu for you!" She ran off before they could respond.

~~~~~~~~Only you can decide who you really want to be comforted by~~~~~~~~