OMFG! THANK YOU! MERCI! SALMAT! ARIGATOU! GRACIAS! Err…I dunno how to say it in Chinese O.o I actually got six reviews like I asked! (Well, technically stripedichigo's first one was on the first chapter but literally it was on chapter 8 which is really chapter 7. :D I know 'cause she mentioned Mikio and Haina…I'm ranting on and on, aren't I. Duuudee…) I never thought that would actually happen! O.o It was SORT of nine reviews, but it was on the A/N on chapter 9, which isn't really a chapter 'cause like I said it was an A/N. I would have deleted it, but for the sake of your uplifting reviews…NAH. I'm keeping that A/N thingy. LOL.
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JustinneXD: Yay! New reviewer! O.O Ironic, we're the same age and from the same place. O.o Except I'm in Canada. xD. Thank you for reviewing this story! I'm so happy! To your other review: Salamat po! (O.o You do understand tagalog right? I hope so. O.o) I try to update when I can! Thanks for telling me you like it! Your review along with others made me really happy! :D
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Lucky-chan: O.o xD O.O *looks down with hands behind my back, swaying back and forth under your scrutinizing gaze because somehow I'm scared…(xD)* I didn't doubt you! I…um…was unsure? Hehehehe…*nervous laugh* O.O Good advice. Hehe. I won't get writer's block…(I already got the plot just in case…O.O) But I forgot what an OVA is. *scratches head* Erm, for the chapters thingy, it could be just chapters, extras, or OVA's…O.o Conflict and obstacles…depends…hmm…*thinking position* Confusion…O.o That'swhy I'm asking the readers. O.o LOL (?) A/N one…Haha, I sorta figured that out…in some ways. O.o I'm like that too, important stuff might be in there…or stuff that entertains you. Haha LOL xD Whatever…O.O Couple dedication…Yeah, I had that idea…I mix up things on my profile so people have to read the whole thing to figure out my age ad stuff, and that's the same with my stories. xD I gave a clue of what might be next xD O.O Sarcastic-ness O.O LOL xD. O.O Nice wake up call…Or is it a wake up call? *scratches head* LOL xD.
.|neleenchan:3|. (): Hehe, I like it that way, O.o, it makes it funnyyyyy… O.o Three people commented on the cliffy...Somehow I can never tell it's a cliffy or not…To me they're all cliffies when I read fanfics. O.o LOL xD. Yeah me too! O.o But then again I made the plot and stuff, so yeah. xD Kya~! I always liked Aoi and Youchi together. It's even on my favourite couples in my mixed up layout-ed profile. O.o LOL xD. Haha, I'll look for/make them faster. –smile smile- Yeah, I'm going to make a one-shot about them while still working on this story, but if I decide to make a joint fic instead, then it will be after my next planned out fic…possibly.
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stripedichigo: Wah~! Thanks for doing everything possible~! Yay, two new reviewers! Hehe, I know the feeling. Usually I read fics on my cell but it won't let me review, so I write it down to record it and then when the author sees my review sometimes it mentions things like, 'darned phone, won't let me review…O.o' ,'hehe…I read this before but I forgot to review it' or 'about _ or_ of these hits are mine because I tried to review but my cell won't let me'…Somewhere along those lines. *sweatdrop* O.o *gives thumbs up* Somehow I crack myself up also when I write those funny bits. LOLOL. That's what these people get when you come by a RukaRu obsessed fan, like we agreed my pen name tells the world my favourite couple. LOL. O.o NxH? *GASP!* They're like brother and sister here in acts. I'm not about to make this NaRu or whatever you call it here. (I don't think they have a merged name…I just make up merged names, like KoMire, YuuKo, and others. No one actually made those yet. xD o.O) Maybe in another story to make Ruka jealous. *slaps forehead* Now I got another idea…I have too much HxR ideas. O.o You can even give me a song and next thing you know I'll get an idea…I know 'cause that actually happened. LOL. I like it when Hotaru and Natsume don't want to kill each other and are instead friends or something along those lines. Yeah, I like Mikan's attitude here too. LOL, the yelling part last chapter cracked me up. Maybe I should have made Sumire slap Mikan anime style…Nah, don't wanna fall off my bed. xD. Hehe, yeah I think I developed their attitude here pretty well. But Nanami needs a bit of work…O.o Really? Cool. *does happy dance (but I don't know how to dance xD.)* For a reply to your other review, O.o yeah, I don't want September to come 'cause that's when I'm going to start. T.T Yeah! Ranting your anger out by writing is VERY effective! LOLOL.
A/N: Blonde is used for girls and I think guys, but blond can be used for guys…So yeah.
"Ha-Haru?" Hotaru stammered, bewildered. Ruka felt himself getting jealous again. Why wouldn't he? There, in front of Hotaru was a black-haired, brown-eyed boy, which most of the girls in the ballroom had turned to with hearts in their eyes. Haru gave Hotaru a half-smile. "Miss me?" he said, holding out his arms as if he was expecting a hug. By this time, pretty much everyone was watching the exchange between Hotaru and the mysterious guy named Haru.
"You idiot! How could you have done that?!" Hotaru hit the guy's chest.
"Ow…" Haru rubbed his chest. "Geez…Don't you miss me, Ru-chan?" he asked, with fake tears.
"What do you think, you stupid bumbling idiot?" Hotaru crossed her arms.
"Um…" Haru pretended to think. "Yes?"
"Duh!" Haru smiled again and gave her a one-armed hug.
"You thought I was gone, didn't you?"
"Yes! What else would I, would we think when we saw you like that?! Haru, don't do that again!"
"I'm sorry!" Haru held up his hands. "But I'm here now, aren't I?" Hotaru nodded slowly.
"Yeah…You're right." Then she looked him in the eye. "But do that again, you really won't live."
Haru chuckled nervously. "Eh…eheh…" He scratched his head sheepishly.
"How did you get here?"
"I have an alice."
"Really?"
"Yes…I think you could guess." An image flashed in Hotaru's mind when he said that, and somehow she thought she immediately knew at that moment. "Illusion or-and doppelganger."
"Yes…Both. But I can only do an illusion involving my doppelganger/s."
"You ass, why'd you do that?"
"Erm…With people staring at us I don't think I should say…"
"Fine, later on, somewhere more private." They nodded at each other. Ruka got even more jealous. Effects of this cursed love, he dismissed the thought. Then Hotaru noticed almost the whole ballroom of people looking at them. "Scram." The people turned back to their own conversations. They didn't know that Hotaru had no heart to hit anyone with the baka gun. Hotaru held Haru's shoulder and walked closer to her group of friends.
To joke around, and make sure Ruka was extra jealous to 'speed things up a little', Koko said teasingly, though he knew the truth, "who's that, Hotaru-chan? Your boyfriend?" Hotaru and Haru looked at each other, gave each other weird looks, blushed at the absurdity of that particular situation, gave Koko weird looks also and glared at him a minute later for even suggesting something supposedly so impossible as they had thought. Hearing that possibility, Ruka wanted to storm out of the ballroom. He looked down and stared at the floor furiously, as if wanting it to disappear at the heat of his glare. He put his hands in his pockets and kicked the floor, though it wasn't really possible. The gang noticed this, and most of them knew what it meant. Natsume could feel his best friend's aura, and it was heavier, and more dangerous, in a way, than usual. "No, you stupid mind-reader, you probably know who he is." Ruka's aura became slightly lighter. Natsume smirked, but was a bit relieved. Ruka must be really jealous, he thought. Koko gulped mentally. He hoped Ruka wouldn't figure out that he did know who Haru was and kill him tonight…Or at least be too envious to notice. Keep praying, Koko. You never know what might happen.
Mikio smirked a little at what Koko thought. Accidentally her alice had wandered into his mind. Pushing her thoughts closer to Koko by practically yelling them in her head, hoping he would hear, she thought, fat chance, Koko…maybe.
Her thoughts were sent into Koko's territory. I haven't seen Ruka this protective before, and I don't want to figure out, Koko thought back. "Er…" Koko voiced to the world.
"Typical." Hotaru rolled her eyes. "Use your mind, why don't you, Koko."
"Um, guys, I just got to step out for a sec," Aoi said.
"I'll come with you," Youchi told her. They walked off.
"Oh, I just have to get something," Nonoko said. She walked out also.
With Aoi, Youchi and Nonoko…
"Ok, here," Nonoko said, giving Youchi and Aoi a small green device. The two put them in their ears. "Use them to communicate with us, but just in case…" Nonoko gave them two simple matching bracelets with different colored buttons. They put them on also, but Youchi hid his under his sleeve. Nonoko nodded. "Good thinking Youchi. Now, if you aren't going to or don't want to communicate with all of us, there are those buttons there. Press those buttons to communicate with the person you want to communicate with. Yours, Youchi, is the dark gray button. Aoi, yours is the reddish-orange button. Mine is the dark blue one, Anna's is the pink one, Nanami's is sky blue, Mikio's is blue-green, Sumire's is emerald green, Mikan's is bright orange, Haina's is yellowish orange, Koko's is light gray, Natsume's is red, Yuu's is light brown, Kitsuneme's is white, Tsubasa's is black, and Misaki's is royal blue. Press the clear button if you want to talk to all of us or choose new people. Got it?" The other two nodded. "Good, now, give these to Tsubasa and Misaki." Nonoko passed them identical items. "You guys go first, you don't want to be suspicious, do you?" They shook their heads and went back to the ballroom.
With the others…
Youchi and Aoi went back, and after almost a minute Nonoko went in too. I gave it to them, Nonoko thought, hoping Mikio or Koko would hear it. Koko looked at her from the corner of his eye and nodded discreetly. Nonoko nodded a little back, to show that she saw. Nonoko blinked and then looked to the others. They were, or most of them were, talking to Haru.
With most of the boys…
"Wait, wait, wait," Kitsuneme said fast, stopping Haru from answering his previous question. Haru blinked then looked at Kitsuneme. "So then who are you to Hotaru?"
"Well, certainly not her boyfriend, like Koko here suggested." Haru jabbed a thumb in Koko's direction, who was beside Kitsuneme and Yuu. "I'm her friend."
"Oh…her friend, huh?" Kitsuneme raised an eyebrow suggestively, but he was only joking...Well, at least he hoped Haru didn't like Hotaru, or worse, love.
"Don't think I don't know what you're doing. I don't like her, or love her. I only like/love her as a friend. Besides, I know who likes her." Haru gave a smirk. "That blond guy…what was his name? Ruka, yeah, him."
"Dude, how'd 'ya know?" Kitsuneme looked a little taken aback, Koko smirked with Haru, and Yuu raised an eyebrow.
"Er…Tell you later…"
With Nonoko…
Nonoko quirked an eyebrow at that from where she was, then went back to paying attention to whatever the girls were saying. The Dance didn't really start yet…Dancing went a little later on. But then Nonoko remembered what she had to do. She blushed.
With most of the boys…(again)
"Hey Koko," Yuu whispered.
"Eh?"
"Go convince Ruka to talk to Hotaru."
"Eh? Hm, okay."
Koko walked to where Ruka was. He was with Natsume, Tsubasa, Misaki, Aoi and Youchi, talking. "Hey, Ruka!" he called. Ruka's head snapped in Koko's direction. "What?" Koko walked closer to the group and nudged Ruka.
"Come on, go talk to her. Don't think you can get out. Just even a simple 'hi' or something, I don't know. Just talk to her, for god's sake, Ruka." Ruka sighed heavily. Truth be told he was torn between talking to her and just watching in the sidelines. "Fine, if it will make my lovesick mind-reading friend shut up." Koko smirked and then grinned mischievously.
"Just go already…The love of your life is waiting." Then Koko put on an imitation of what it supposed to be Hotaru playing Juliet, but instead looked like a gay retard. "Oh, Romeo, Romeo-" Ruka interrupted as he passed a hand over his face in embarrassment and exasperation. "Stop, you sick, gay, lovesick puppy."
"Yeah, sure, so I'm in love with Sumire," Koko started, but was interrupted when Ruka looked at him as if he was mental. "What? It's true. And don't interrupt me, I'm not finished." Ruka rolled his eyes. "Now, as I was saying, I'm in love with Sumire. But I'm not the lovesick puppy here. Dude…you're too depressed man. Talk to her…Now."
"Sheesh, now that's a first," Ruka shook his head, rolling his eyes as he did. "Koko demanding something of me." Ruka walked towards Hotaru anyway, though. The people who were with Ruka before followed him with their eyes. "You sure he's gonna confess today?" Misaki asked.
"I'm certain of it." Koko grinned.
With Ruka, RukaPOV…
I stopped half-way from my destination. I was definitely nervous. I backed out the first time, after that Haru guy came… God, what am I going to do? Mentally I sighed. I put myself in this…I have to face this. Just go, Ruka. I put on a determined face, clenching my hands, and walked forward. Hotaru was there…Talking to our friends. Gathering my courage, I took one more step, gulped, and tapped her shoulder lightly. Slowly she turned around. My breath caught in my throat. I don't deserve her, I thought as I looked at her. I never did.
"Uh…Imai?" I looked down at her, and unluckily looked in her eyes. I summoned the courage not to get lost in her amethyst-like orbs, but failed. I felt her breath get caught on too. This is torture…But the best form of torment there is. I thought she wouldn't reply, I really didn't…I thought we would just be there, and I would suffer the best form of torture, yet the worst. But there she was, my eyes worshipping her, betraying me, and she replied, so softly, but enough that I could still hear her, "yes?"
I admit it, inside I was jumping for joy. My thoughts screamed out, so loud that if my eyes hadn't been focused on her face, I would bet I would see both Mikio and Koko cover their ears, or mentally, and physically try not to. I was so happy…Her distancing herself from me, and that last encounter…My heart clenched. I had to wait…But here she was, talking to me…Finally, talking to me…And…I wasn't forcing her. My heart skipped with joy. I wasn't holding her back from going away. She would have been gone, after my nervous excuse for a start of conversation. But no…She was still here, and with that one word, I wondered. Was it over? Would she tell me now, why she was distancing herself from me? Or was this a chance?
"I…" I looked down and mentally shook my head. Why am I so nervous? I mean I naturally would be but…I don't think I ever was this nervous…What do I say?
I think you should tell her the truth, Ruka…
Telepathy…It was Koko's voice. But he had mind-reading, not telepathy.
Butt into my life, why don't you, Koko, I thought sarcastically.
I just did, genius. Mentally I rolled my eyes. Don't give me that eye-roll, Ruka.
Fine, Fine. Lay off, go talk with your girlfriend or something. Leave me alone.
Ouch. You're really grouchy in your mind but then you're nervous. What the heck's up with that?
Leave me alone, or turn into a Koko frappe.
Oh, COME ON!
Fine, I'll turn you into Koko frappe later.
I'll leave you alone then! Man, you're a second Kitsuneme!
Shut up.
Geez, dude… He faded out.
I bit my lip. "Hotaru…Can I…" She was looking at me intently as I spoke, nervous, but willing courage to overcome me. But no, another word couldn't be spoken, I was interrupted by music.
Sorry for the short chapter! Well, in my standards. It's only 3077 words. Don't look at me like that! I like writing, okay? It was supposed to be longer…I don't like this ending, really. And I'm not sure if this is a cliffy or not, 'cause frankly I dunno the difference in fics…Man, I'm weird. Koko frappe. Haha.
Koko: Urusai! RUKA WILL NOT EVER DAMAGE MY REPUTATION!
Me: What reputation?!
Koko: I will not, and I repeat, will not-
Me: Stop with the 'will not's. Ok, Koko you are one of my favourite GA characters, (I think number 3 or 4…) but seriously…It should be the other way around, with you demanding something of him. Besides, even if he's a softie-
Ruka: -Hey, I heard that!
Me: *dismisses the thought at the moment* -it's still most likely for him to damage your rep instead of the other way around. *thinks, then says*…I think. And Ruka, that's SO true.
Ruka and Koko: SO NOT!
Me: Teme! Urusai!
Ruka and Koko: *goes crazy at the moment* NEVERRRRRRRRRR!!!
Me: *sweatdrop* Yeah…Okay…Whatever…BTW, to BYB readers, read that author's note that has the outer appearance of a sixth chapter. Nope, it isn't a chapter, 'cause like I said, an author's note, I tell you! So, after you read it…Er…Yeah.
Ja, peeps!