Hey guys! For some reason, is being a butt, so writing this was a struggle. ISH DA SHTRUGGLE! Ok, this chapter is about a 5 hour long gym class, yay!

"OK CLASS! GET READY FOR YOUR FIRST FITNESS ASSESSMENT!"

Everyone dropped their jaws. They looked the gym teacher up and down. Huge. Huger than anyone they'd ever seen(TBD:I'm imagining The Rock in Fast and furious). While he was looking over his clip board, Kaien looked around in annoyance,"Did they have to have every grade take the fitness test at the same time."

The field was full of students from all grades in the standered blue gym uniforms. Kaien was irritated by the cluttered mess, but Masaki was 100% cheerful. Kaien said flatly,"Ya know, just because you got a date to the dance, it doesn't mean you can act like the rest of the day will be just fine."

Masaki looked at him with a smirk and said,"You're just jealous that every girl plus Dai got a date to the dance and you still have no clue who to ask." Kaien rolled his eyes and mumbled back,"Not true." but Masaki persisted.

"It so is. You haven't talked to any girl in the school outside of the group so you have no chance of getting a date if you act so antisocial. Even Katsu and Raiden are chatting with a couple of girls over there." Kaien followed Masaki's finger and saw the twins talking to a few rather cute school girls. Kaien turned back to Masaki and rolled his eyes,"That doesn't mean I'm jealous."

Masaki started jumping up and down, repeating,"Yes it does! Yes it does! Yes it does!" Just as Kaien was about to reach his breaking point, something kicked Masaki's feet from under her, causing her to land on her butt and let out a small shriek. Kaien looked at her with slight concern before looking at a clearly pissed Riko looking down at the fallen strawberry.

"Not every girl is going to that stupid dance!" She declared before storming off. Masaki stood up and crossed her arms,"What is her deal? That's it, I'm devoting this gym class to getting her to open up more." Kaien looked at her weirdly and asked,"Have you been spending time with Dai's mom recently?"

Masaki said with a determined smirk,"Nope, but I gotta learn her secrets on getting short, white haired kids to be more social, god damnit." With that she stomped away to begin her mission, leaving her brother sweat dropping.

He turned around to Katsu and Raiden right behind him. He put his hands on his hips and asked,"How'd it go with the girls?" They both nodded, signifying that now they have dates to the dance as well. Kaien smiled, but his twitching eye showed that we was in fact jealous. He turned around to find Jiro and said,"Well, I guess you and I are going alone, buddy."

Jiro looked up at him and said,"Actually, I'm staying home on Halloween for an Ace of Spades tournament." After hearing that, Kaien's head dropped in sadness. The dance was in a month, but his sister was right. He hadn't talked to any other girl in the school other than the one's in the SASP, and right now, most of the people knew him as the kid who got his ass kicked by an 11 year old on the first day of school. His odds weren't so good.

Meanwhile, Masaki was looking for her target. Just as she found sight of her, the gym teacher started talking again,"Ok everyone! Before we get started let me clarify something! You all are in the same class for the Physical Assessment because this school has a record of students skipping grades! Even years ago, many grade schoolers attended this high school! Anyway, you'll be split up by your age group and lead by one of my assistant coaches! Look for the coach holding your age and we'll split you all up from there!"

After receiving the orders, everyone in the crowd started dispersing into long lines behind each coach, except for the one holding the 'U14' sign who only had three people in his line. Then, the coaches started going down the other four lines, giving everyone a number between 1 and 15. It took a good 10 minutes out of everyone's time, and by then they all figured that they would spend the remaining time in the school day to take this test instead of going to their last 5 classes.

By the time the coaches finished counting, everyone was divided into groups of 6 or 7, once again with the exception of the U14 group. Kaien was in the same group as Dai, Setsuna, and a few other freshman. Katsu and Raiden were moved to a Junior group because of their size, and Zach was moved into the same group as well. Kazumi, Nanami, and Neko were with a few other freshman, and Masaki, Mutsoko, and to their surprise, Derek and Matthew were in the same group. It turns out those two were actually 14, but skipped a grade to be sophomores with the other TAC's. Lastly, the rest of the TAC's were in the same group by request.

"Ok everyone!"The head coach shouted,"We'll start in a few minutes!" Masaki thought about her group for a moment before she smiled widely and started jumping up and down, clapping rapidly. Mutsoko raised an eyebrow at her and asked,"Why are you so happy about taking a gym test?"

Masaki stopped jumping and said,"Everything's going according to my pla-" She was cut off from saying anymore by Mutsoko putting a flat hand next to her neck as if it was a knife and saying suspiciously,"Ya know, you've been acting a lot like Aizen lately, Chappy." She spat the last word and narrowed her eyes.

Masaki stared at Mutsoko's hand for moment before realizing something,"Wait a minute, what do you mean by 'lately?'" Mutsoko replied,"I'm a very curious and observant person. Now, before you say anything else, prove you're not Aizen."

"Uh," Masaki said,"Just ask me a question that no one knows the answer to?" Mutsoko replied almost instantly,"Who's Riko's mother?" Masaki shouted at her,"NO ONE AT ALL KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION?!"

Mutsoko smirked,"I know,"she said calmly, lying of course, since she knew the answer,"But if you were Aizen, you would have given an answer right away to prevent suspicion. But like you said, no one knows, so therefor, you are Masaki. Now, what's this plan of your's?" Masaki smiled deviously and whispered to Mutsoko,"I'm on a mission to make Riko more open to people so she will go to the dance with us." Mutsoko interrupted her by sighing,"Oh brother."

"Shush," Masaki said before continuing,"Anyway, in our group is you, the only person who Riko has ever been on 'not on my hitlist' terms with, Derek, your dance date and Riko's dance date's brother, and in Riko's group is her dance date. How much more perfect could this get?"

"Maybe it would be perfect if I actually agreed to help you." Mutsoko said flatly, quickly figuring out she would be involved. Masaki's happy expression dropped and she said,"But why won't you? You've become as stubborn as Riko."

Mutsoko rolled her eyes and said,"Maybe there's a reason she's not as open to the idea of a date. Have you ever taken into consideration of her age?" Masaki shrugged and said,"I wished I could date at 11. I don't see the big deal."

Mutsoko shook her head in disappointment and thought about another way to explain it,"Think about it this way. So far, how much do you know about Riko's family?"

Masaki tapped her chin in thought,"Well, her dad's the captain of Squad Ten and her mom's…wait. I thought we already established this. I don't even know who she is!" Masaki exclaimed in confusion at the question. Mutsoko nodded her head slowly so Masaki could understand,"Exactly. Maybe Riko developed the whole 'I don't wanna admit I have feelings for this person' gene. And as far as not being open to other people, like I said, remember who's in her family." Mutsoko winked and waited for Masaki's confusion to turn into that breakthrough expression. After several moments, Masaki's eyes widened and she said,"Ooooooooh, I get it."

"Good," Mutsoko sighed,"So you know why I'm not helping you." Masaki instantly put on a stupid smile and said,"Nope! You're still helping me!"

Mutsoko sighed in frustration and Masaki pushed on,"You are going to help me because I don't think you want Derek to know that you got arrested for three weeks." Mutsoko's eyes popped open, and she nearly started begging to defend herself,"Wa-wait a minute. That's not even accurate information. Riko's the one who hit that cop with his own bat. I just got busted for it."

Masaki shoved her finger two inches away from Mutsoko's face and said,"Who needs the details, and I bet Derek won't care who did the crime if I just told him who did the time." Mutsoko stayed silent for a long time before saying,"You suck, ya know that."

"Yup, now here's the plan," Masaki said happily,"You talk to him for a little bit about whatever it is you Mutsoko's talk about, and then you suddenly look at the under age group and ask out of curiosity if Danny has feelings for Riko."

"Why do you even care?" Mutsoko asked. Masaki responded,"Because Riko is a cold person, and only true love can melt a frozen heart."

Mutsoko was silent before she said,"I think you watched Frozen too many times." Masaki gasped in shock and said in an offended voice,"There is no such thing! Now go do your job."

"I hate you so much for this." Mutsoko said flatly before turning around and walking over to Derek, but she was interrupted by a loud whistle. The head coach shouted once again,"OK EVERYONE, WE WILL GO THROUGH A ROTATION TO EXAMINE YOUR CURRENT PHYSICAL ABILITIES! GO TO THE STATION WITH YOUR AGE AND NUMBER AND WE WILL BEGIN!"

Perfect timing to get Mutsoko out of asking Derek a question she never wanted to ask. She walked back over to Masaki and said,"Maybe some other time, 'cause we're gonna need all our breath if we wanna survive…" she stopped, looked at what their first test was, and smirked,"…the pull-up test."

Masaki looked at her weirdly and turned to the station they were heading towards,"Oh dear God." She said,"I'll be dead before my second test, and then I won't be able to go to the dance with Kyle!" Mutsoko sweat dropped at Masaki's teen drama and said,"That's the downside of dying?"

Ignoring her, Masaki started mumbling nonsense to herself and biting her nails. She eventually stopped all together and got a sly face,"Wait a minute, don't think you can't get out of asking Derek about Danny."

"Can't hear you from way up here!" Mutsoko said mockingly from her arm hang on the pull up bar, starting her test. Masaki's eye twitched and she demanded,"Ask him already."

"Still can't hear you." Mutsoko said, using the two foot difference between them as an excuse not to hear her. Masaki looked up at the bar next to Mutsoko's and grabbed it with both hands. She jumped up to be level with Mutsoko, but she had already let herself hang from the bar. She swung back and forth and said,"Now you're too far up to hear."

Masaki let herself hang as well, and Mutsoko pulled herself back up. Masaki tried to pull herself back up, but couldn't go past an inch and fell back to the ground. She rubbed her head and asked,"Where do you get the upper body strength to do that?"

"I live in an abandoned warehouse with no stairs, three levels, and a lot of pipes." Mutsoko responded. Masaki stood up and just raised an eyebrow at her. Mutsoko sighed and kept with her test, choosing to ignore Masaki hence forth.

"Whatever," Masaki said,"I'll just tell Derek about your criminal record." Mutsoko smirked and said,"No you won't."

"And what makes you think I won't?" Masaki said confidently, and Mutsoko said calmly,"If any of us end it, no one is going to that dance with a TAC. Did you forget that so easily?"

Masaki dropped the confident expression and changed to a completely dumbfounded look. If she ratted Mutsoko out, and Derek dropped out of the party, then forget Riko being a problem, no one will be going,"Ugh fine, I'll just ask him myself." She said grudgingly, leaving Mutsoko to finish the pull up test.

She walked over to Derek, who had just finished his test and was resting in a near by chair. Masaki walked right up to him and said,"Hey, can I ask you a question really quickly?" He looked up and nodded, slightly confused.

"Thanks. Anyway so over the past few days, I've noticed something with your little brother, Danny." She started, and Derek raised an eyebrow at her and asked,"Like what?"

"Well, here's the main question," Masaki said and chuckled slightly to make it seem like she thought it was silly,"Does Danny happen to have feelings for Riko?"

As soon as she said that Derek broke into laughter like she was insane. Masaki was actually surprised by the reaction she got. When he calmed down, he said with a slight hint of more laughter,"He does not have feelings in anyway for anyone, trust me on that. The only reason it may seem that way is because it's hard for a 12 year old to make friends in high school and Riko is the closer to his age than most."

Masaki thought about how much that response wasn't helping her cause at all. It made it even more likely that Riko would just say 'not my problem' and not go to the dance. She asked,"What about Jiro? Wouldn't that make more sense since they're both boys?" Derek shook his head,"I told him that the other day after the fight, and he brought up the fact that he looked like more of a indoors kid than Riko."

"Oh," Masaki said. Clearly in this situation, she lost. But being the stubborn daughter of Ichigo Kurosaki that she is, she vowed to still make Riko go to the party some how. But for now, just focus on the task at hand…Physical Exam. She said thanks to Derek and walked back over to Mutsoko, who was still doing pull ups.

"Jeez Mutsoko," she said,"How much stamina do you have?" Mutsoko just dropped and said,"Even more, but I want to save my energy for the weight lifting test."

Masaki turned around in pure terror and saw the station stocked with dumbbells and metal poles next to extra weights,"Dear God." She whispered in horror.

"I HATE GYM!" Setsuna shouted as she collapsed on the matt under her. Beside her, Kaien was doing push ups in sync with some recording in a stereo near by. Through his exhausted breaths, he asked Setsuna,"Tired already?"

"Well, I'm sorry if I don't have arm strength." She said into the matt, too tired to lift her head. Kaien let out a disappointed sigh and mumbled,"At least you're working hard, Dai." Then he looked to his other side and nearly fell flat on his face, but stopped himself. Daisuke was also collapsed on the ground, but he wasn't tired. He was…crying.

"What the hell, Dai?!" Kaien yelled at him, making him snap his head to the side and sniffle,"What K-Kaien?" He said in a cracky voice. Kaien then shouted,"DUDE YOU'RE CRYING WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A PUSH UP TEST!"

Daisuke sniffled again and said while plopping his face back on the matt,"I'M NOT IN THE SAME GROUP AS KAZUMI!"

"WHAT THE HECK IS WITH YOU DAI?!" Kaien shouted at him,"YOU'RE ALL ROUGH ON THE OUTSIDE BUT YOU HAVE NO BALLS! YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR DAD!" Daisuke looked at him offended and said,"Hey, I have more balls than my dad does."

"I never said you had less." Kaien said quickly. He was more tired than Dai was and if they started a fight, he might lose. Nah, Kaien would still win, but the guy was so sad for no reason, so he didn't keep on with the conversation.

After a while, Kaien stopped the test and sat up with an exhausted sigh. He looked at Dai again and mentally cried himself,"At least you have a girlfriend, you idiot."

"So, you guys don't talk much?" Zach said to Katsu and Raiden, who looked at one another then back at Zach and nodded. He bent down and grabbed the dumbbell loaded with weights, picked it up and settled it on his chest. Katsu and Raiden did the same thing with their dumbbells, and same with the other juniors in their group.

Yep. That's another conversation with those two.

"Pacer Test! Couldn't have picked a better first test." Neko said confidently. She, Nanami, and Kazumi were lined up inside the gym for the pacer test. Kazumi looked at her with an eyebrow raised and said,"I don't think flash step is aloud, Neko."

Instantly, Neko's mood was killed. She hung her head in despair and said,"That's no fun." Nanami surprisingly didn't look at all nervous or frightened by the pacer. Neko noticed and asked,"What's got you off the shy drug?"

"Well," Nanami started,"I never really had a problem with running." The others looked at her weirdly, expecting an explanation. She eventually said,"My mom's stories sounded scary and painful, giving me a lot of phobias, so I learned to run for long periods of time."

Neko said,"Oh yea." Then they were silent until Neko said,"I wonder how painful getting stabbed is." Nanami replied,"I think it hurts a lot."

"I always thought it was painful to have a piece of plaster ripped off my face." Kazumi said, referencing her mom's stories. Neko finished the trend by saying,"I kinda thought it would be painful to have an angry teenagers head between my boobs."

"Huh." Both Kazumi and Nanami said. They were completely confused at the statement, and Kazumi asked,"Uh, wouldn't that be Dai's mom?"

"Nope," Neko said looking ahead,"That's my mom." The pacer track on the radio next to the gym teacher started playing, talking about the stuff that by high school, everyone has memorized. This sound means the end of the lap, this one means it's getting faster, etc. Kazumi said right as they were about to start,"It would probably be embarrassing for the teenager, but we know who's head that story falls on."

"ACHOO!"

That was the only disturbance in the silence at the U14 group. Riko forced herself back against the matt with the sudden sneeze. She looked to the side at all the other groups and mumbled angrily,"Who the hell is talking about me now?"

"Bless you." Danny said to the other side of her. Riko didn't stop looking at the other groups and quickly said,"Thanks."

After a while, she gave up on trying to figure out who was talking about her and just went back to her sit ups.

"I think we all can agree that we're going to hate gym this year." Kaien declared as they all grouped up at the end of the test. They were all sweating and walking slowly with dangling arms. Well, everyone except Kazumi and Mutsoko. Masaki looked at the two calm girls and asked with heavy breaths,"How can you two not be tired after that?"

"Ugh, we'll tell you some other time." Mutsoko said while rolling her eyes. It was already the end of the school day, so they gathered their things, said bye to one another, and dispersed.

What a gym class. I would either die, or enjoy the life right out of myself. I realized I haven't done a question in a while, so I'll do one now:Why do you think Mutsoko and Kazumi had unbelievable stamina? Put your answers in the reviews! See ya!