Two years in the making. I'm so proud that my story is two today. That's like 730 days. Enjoy. Though I don't think this chapter is too good.

"I'm home!" Kagura called out as she entered her house, followed closely by Emi. There was no response and the house was very still. "Mom?" She walked to the kitchen and found a note on the fridge. Went shopping with some friends. Took Uehara. Heat up some leftovers from last night's dinner. -Mom. "Well, I guess she's going to be gone awhile." She turned back to Emi who was still standing at the front door. "My mom's not here. Follow me to my room."

Kagura ran up the stairs. When she reached the top she noticed Emi calmly walking. "It's ok to run you know. I always run up the stairs," she said, trying to encourage the other girl to move at a faster pace. Emi took the hint, and walked faster.

The girls reached Kagura's room, which was right in front of the staircase. Emi let out a surprised look. Kagura's room wasn't too big or too small, and was surprisingly well kept. The only mess to be found was a clutter of videogame cases next to the tv. "Do you like to clean Kagura-san?"

"Huh?" Kagura looked around her room. "Uh, no. My mom cleans my room. She's a neat freak sometimes." Kagura was about to turn around and turn on the tv, when she noticed something. "Hey, Emi-chan. Americans wear shoes in the house, right?"

"Sometimes, why?" Emi then looked down and saw she was still wearing her shoes. "Ah! I'm sorry. It's a habit that's hard to break." She quickly took her shoes off while Kagura stood laughing.

"It's ok. As long as you didn't track mud, I'm sure we'll live. It's not the end of the world." Kagura looked over at her videogame collection. "Hey, wanna play something? I have lots of games."

"Sure. I'm not too good, though. You'll probably beat me, Kagura-san."

"Kagura-san, huh? Don't call me that," Kagura said, trying to decide which game to play. "Call me by my first name."

There was a moment of silence before Emi spoke up. "Kagura isn't your first name?"

Kagura sweat dropped. "You don't know my first name?"

"Well, I know your other name is Yuso. But that's your last name, right?" Kagura shook her head "no." "But you were introduced as Kagura Yuso… Oh, wait! I forgot, the last name goes first… That's so confusing. Why not just-" Before Emi could finish her thought, she was tackled to the ground Kagura.

"You're so silly, Emi-chan." Kagura gave her new girlfriend a kiss before returning to her task of deciding which game to play.

zzZZzz

Kaiya was watching the two from a tree outside Kagura's window. (Creepy, eh?) Due to the oncoming nightfall, there wasn't enough light for Kaiya to be seen. "How dare that American come in and swoop Kagura-san away from me!"

"Whoa!" Kaiya heard from below her. "Did that tree just talk?" Kaiya looked down to find Rin inspecting the same tree she just so happened to be on top of.

Crap! If Rin finds me up here, I'll be in a pretty big hole. She cleared her throat. "Be gone, human," she said in a threatening voice.

Rin jumped back. "Possessed tree," she cried as she back away quickly.

"Possessed tree?" A girl, around the same age and height as Rin, with black hair came up behind her. "That's cool!" She eyed the scared looking girl next to her. "IHi, the name's Tomo! And I'm gonna exercise this possessed, demon tree!"

"No you're not," said another girl, slightly taller, with brown hair and glasses. "Let's go, it's getting late. My mom will be mad if I'm not home." She dragged Tomo away from the scene.

"No fair, Yomi! I never get to see any action! You're leaving all the fun to that chick." Tomo fought as hard as she could to break away from Yomi's grip. She was able to get free for a few seconds. She grabbed a rock and, as Yomi began dragging her again, threw the rock at the tree. "Good luck with the possessed tree, kid!" Tomo held a thumbs up.

Rin stared in confusion at the two walking away. When she heard a thud and a loud cry, Rin looked back at the tree. "Hey, wait a minute!" She climbed the tree, reached up at branch and found herself face-to-face with Kaiya.

Kaiya, surprised to be found, jumped off the tree, brining Rin down with her. Rin fell heavily ontop of Kaiya's back. "Rin, get off me," Kaiya grunted.

The addressed girl thought for a moment. "No."

"Why not!" Kaiya began flailing her arms and legs.

"Not until you tell me what the hell you were doing up there."

I can't tell her the truth. I'll never hear the end of it. "I was… Bird watching…"

Rin raised an eyebrow. "Bird watching? This late?"

"Yes."

Rin looked up to see if she could spot some birds. "I don't see any birds."

"Well… You scared them away." Just as Rin was about to respond, the front door to Kagura's house began to open. Kaiya pushed Rin off of her with all her might and hid behind the tree. She ran back when she realized Rin was still out in the open. She grabbed the baffled girl, and pulled her behind the tree.

"What the hell-" Rin was cut short by Kaiya covering her mouth.

Emi walked out the front door, followed by Kagura. "Sorry we couldn't play longer, my mama-san doesn't like me out so late," Emi said, as she and Kagura walked past the tree.

"It's alright. My mom is like that sometimes too."

When Rin was sure that Emi and Kagura were out of earshot, she bit down on Kaiya's hand. Kaiya yelped and drew her hand back. "What was that for!"

"You were spying on Kagura?"

"No, I was bird watching."

"So you just happened to be bird watching in the tree right next to Kagura's house with no birds around?"

"Yes."

Rin shook her head. "I don't believe you."

"You should."

"Why?"

"Because it's true." Kaiya could tell Rin was getting frustrated. She knew that next to Kagura, Rin was one of the strongest girls in the school. While Kaiya was famous for her temper, Rin was famous for her strength. No doubt Rin could easily hurt Kaiya pretty bad. A frustrated Rin was a dangerous Rin. "Ok. I was observing Kagura-san. Not spying as you so put it."

"How do you even know where she lives? I didn't even know this was her house."

"I followed her…"

"Why? We're a fan club, not a stalking club!" Rin shook her head in disbelief. "And what was Emi-chan doing with her?"

"Well if you would let me explain the situation-"

"Explain!"

"I'm getting to it." Kaiya sighed. "Well you see, Kagura didn't show up for the tutoring session today." Rin let out a laugh, and Kaiya rolled her eyes at the girl. "Anyway, I decided to go for a walk in the park because I had nothing else to do. And what do I find? None other than our 'sweet, little Emi-chan' giving my… I mean, our Kagura-san a kiss."

"Huh?" Rin gave Kaiya a shocked look.

"So I followed them back her to keep on an eye on them and make sure things didn't progress too far."

"So… What happened? Up there in the house, I mean."

"Well, I was only able to see Kagura give Emi one kiss."

"Oh." Rin sat silent, seemingly thinking the situation over. "Alright then, good for Emi-chan?"

"What?"

"Good for Emi-chan. She gets Kagura-san."

"You're just going to accept defeat like that?"

Rin got up from behind the tree and walked back to the sidewalk. "Well, think of it this way. Emi-chan isn't going to be here for long. She's only here as a foreign exchange student, not permanently. So when she goes back to America, and Kagura-san is sad, I'll swoop in and make her feel better. Thus, winning her love! This works in my favor."

"Eh? No, I'm going to be the one who wins her love!"

"Yeah, right. It shall be me!"

"How about we decide at the sports festival? A race to see who it'll be."

Rin hit Kaiya on the head. "We're on the same team, idiot!"

"Well, we'll have our own race, apart from the sports festival. Just us two."

Rin thought it over. "You're on."

So the plot thickens, eh? Probably not. Haha. Oh and a note on Emi using the term "mama-san." My friend went to Japan for a foreign exchange program and he referred to the lady he stayed with as his "mama-san." Thought I'd use it for this. Yay for my story being two! Whoohoo! Please continue to read this story, even if you don't review, it's still appreciated. Though I do like reviews :)