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Kirino: That totally wasn't an advertisement…
Mega: Nope! Not at all! Now, the reviews, Kirino!
Kirino: *lugs in reviews* Here! Take them!
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Guest #2: Yup. Shindou can be surprisingly jealous when Kirino is involved. Somehow, I think that Fallon is going to enjoy irritating him… I don't think that it's cloudy, but I do think that it's getting misty! Ha! Get it? No? Okay. I hope that you like this chapter.
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Mega: Good batch of reviews for last chapter, right Fallon?
Fallon: Yup. Now let's cut the chitchat and get to the chapter! I need to show Shindou up again!
Shindou: Hey!
Fallon: Hush it, maestro-boy. Onto the chapter, everyone!
Chapter Eleven: Reunited
~Tenma's POV~
While my friends were caught up in the middle of what we later dub as the first "Kaen encounter", I was still asleep in my bed. I, unlike all of my friends, had the privilege to meet a new friend that had not assisted us previously. Actually, scratch that. I had the privilege to meet an entire group of people that I would later learn were there to assist us.
I didn't meet them all at once. In fact, I didn't meet some of them until after I had met Fallon herself. The first one I met, though, I don't think that I'll ever manage to forget.
When I managed to force my eyes open after my seemingly endless slumber, a flash of silver was the first thing to greet me; then, bright blue and near white joined in the mix of colors.
Blinking in surprise, I found myself looking at a tall girl with silver hair that went with her pale skin tone and vibrant blue eyes nicely. She knelt down next to me and looked at me curiously.
"Are you awake now, Tenma-chan?" She asked me airily.
"I think so… Unless you're just a figment of my imagination or something," I told the girl.
She laughed, "You're so funny, Tenma! You almost remind me of Fallon with your answers."
"Fallon?" I was confused. Who was this "Fallon" anyways, and why did I remind this girl of that person?
"You haven't met her?" She looked shocked, but then she seemed to realize something. "Oh! That's right! You've been here for the entire time, haven't you?"
I nodded. "I have, but who is "Fallon"?"
"Did I not tell you?" She really seemed to be quite the airhead.
"No, but I'd appreciate it if you did. Also, who are you, and how do you know my name?" I asked, hoping that she at least knew that much.
"Me?" She pointed to herself, and I nodded. "I'm Tsukino, but you can call me Tsuki! Nice to meet you, Tenma!"
She extended her hand for me to shake it, so I did. "It's nice to meet you, too, Tsuki, but how do you know who I am, and who is Fallon?"
She pondered my question for a moment before she gave me an answer. "Fallon is my best friend, but I'd like us to be a little bit more. She won't let us, though. She's also the one who told me about you, so she's kinda the brains of this operation."
I nodded, understanding most of Tsuki's explanation, but one thing still bothered me. "How did Fallon know about me?"
Tsuki shrugged, "Who knows? She's just, what's the word? Oh yeah! She's omniscient!"
"Omniscient?" I wondered aloud. I had never heard that word before.
Tsuki grinned. "Yeah! I think that she said that it means "all knowing" or something like that."
"Oh. Does she all know, then?"
"Pretty much. She's basically a walking combination of the dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, and internet." The silverette told me.
"Wow." This "Fallon-girl" really seemed to be smart.
"I know. She's really impressive," she then began pulling me out of bed. "Come on! Fallon's probably her, so you can meet her yourself!"
"H-hey!" I cried as the hyper girl tugged me out of bed and began pulling me down the hallway. Ordinarily, that wouldn't have been that much of a problem, but with my legs like jelly, I ended up stumbling down the hallway painfully behind the pale girl.
Tsuki, as it turned out, had no idea where she was going, so we ended up just walking through most of the hallways. We did that until Tsuki whirled around and took off running towards one of the hallways with insane speed. I swear that my feet didn't touch the ground for the entire trip. When she stopped, I managed to twist my head to get a good look at the hallway. It appeared that there had been some sort of commotion in that hallway recently.
Tsuki sighed as she glanced around the hallway too. "Come on, Tenma."
Forcing my legs to work, I managed to stand properly and began walking beside her. She guided me through the maze of hallways towards the soccer field. "Tsuki?"
"Yes?" She asked, her former airy attitude gone completely.
"Why are we going to the soccer field?" I asked her.
"Don't you want to see your friends?"
"I do, but what does that have to do with anything?" I was confused, but then I began to catch on. "Wait… The field is where my friends, isn't it?"
"You catch on quickly when you want to, don't you Tenma?" She nodded in confirmation and continued walking towards the field.
Once we arrived, I was greeted by a shocking sight. A girl I didn't know was yelling at my team while Tsurugi continued to give them instructions on what else to do. Shindou-senpai and Kirino-senpai were there, too. Kirino-senpai seemed to have no problem with the girl, but Shindou-senpai looked ready to kill her. The girl noticed this, but she apparently didn't care, which only aggravated Shindou-senpai even more.
Tsuki looked around before her eyes landed on the new brunette. She smiled brightly and took off running towards her, completely leaving me behind. "Fallon!" She called before launching herself at the other girl. 'So that's Fallon…' I thought as things the silverette had said suddenly began to make sense.
Fallon looked very shocked as Tsuki tackled her into a hug. I winced in sympathy for her as Tsuki began embracing her tightly. She didn't look too pleased with sudden with the sudden contact.
"Tsuki…" She hissed unhappily, "Let me go! I can't breathe!"
"Sorry, Fallon!" Tsuki laughed as she allowed her grip to loosen.
"You need to stop doing that. You're going to end up killing me at this rate," she grumbled.
"There's no way I could do that, Fally! I love you!" She giggled and hugged Fallon tightly again.
Fallon blushed darkly, "if you don't stop calling me that name, I'm going to end up killing you instead, and stop saying such flippant things!"
Tsuki pouted, "You're so mean, Fallon."
"Of course I am," she scoffed. "Who do you think I am? The Easter Bunny?"
"No, but you'd make a cute bunny!"
Fallon just growled and pulled the taller girl into a headlock. "Shut up, you idiot!"
Shindou-senpai and Kirino-senpai, whom had been standing nearby, watched the scene that was unfolding with completely different emotions. Kirino-senpai seemed to be amused by the scene, but also was sympathetic towards Fallon, while Shindou-senpai just starred at the scene in shock. Tsurugi was beside Fallon and was laughing silently. I also laughed. Fallon glared at all of us before she whacked Tsuki's head with the thick book that I hadn't noticed that she had been carrying until that moment.
Tsuki continued grinning like an idiot as Fallon turned towards me, "Matsukaze Tenma, I presume?"
"Y-yes?" I had laughed at her earlier, but after seeing what she had done to the silverette, I didn't want to anger her any more than I already had.
She gazed at me in acknowledgement before turning to Tsurugi. "Why is he here?"
Tsurugi looked at me curiously. "I don't know. Care to explain, Matsukaze?"
"I… um… I…" I couldn't figure out what to say.
"Don't blame him!" Tsuki, thankfully, came to my aid. "I brought him here to meet you, Fallon. I'm sorry! I didn't know that he wasn't allowed to come!"
"Tsuki…" Fallon sighed before she looked at Tsurugi again. "Why don't you take him to his room? He's obviously not well."
"I-I feel fine!" I told the female brunette feebly.
"Really? Tsurugi," she didn't even have to finish her sentence because Tsurugi was beside me in an instant. He carefully pressed him hand to my forehead. "You have a fever, Tenma. Come on, let's go."
I wanted to protest, but instead, I found myself being carefully guided into the hallway. Then, Tsurugi picked me up again and began carrying me back to my room. Again. Déjà vu, anyone?
"Tsurugi?" I asked the taller boy as he continued to carry me to my room.
"Yes, Tenma?" He murmured into my ear.
"What's going on?"
"What do you mean by that, Tenma?" He seemed confused by my question, but I wasn't buying his act.
"You know what I mean, Kyousuke! Why are Tsuki and Fallon here, and why does everyone seem so on edge?" I was frustrated by my boyfriend's act, and there was no way he was going to get away with not telling me about what was happening.
"I wish I knew, Tenma," he breathed into my hair, "I really wish I did."
"But…" I trailed off. He must know something, but I was unsure how to get him to tell me.
"Don't worry about it, Tenma. Everything will work out somehow, right?" He smiled at me gently. I didn't like it when people stole my sayings.
"I guess," I buried my face in his chest as he continued on.
"You should get some rest. You must be awful tired," he told me.
"Don't worry, Kyousuke. I'm plenty tired. If I had it my way, I'd get to sleep for a year," I reassured him.
Kyousuke chuckled, "but if you did that, then you'd leave me all alone!"
"Poor baby," I giggled.
My laughter intensified when he began to pout. "I don't want to be alone, so I'll just sleep with you instead!"
I blushed at his declaration. "K-Kyousuke! Don't say things like that!"
"But why not? You know that you love it." He smirked lazily.
"Honestly. You're so strict, antisocial, and mature everywhere else, but whenever you're with me, you act like a kindergartener!" I groaned exasperatedly.
"I could say the same for you, Tenma-chan," the navy-haired boy told me. I blushed furiously at the nickname and groaned again. "Don't be like that, Tenma. We're at your room, so you'll be rid of me in a few moments anyways."
Tsurugi entered my room and made his way over to my bed. I yelped as he dropped me onto the bed. Tsurugi just smirked for the umpteenth time and handed me the blanket and stuffed bear that I had been given during my brief moment of consciousness earlier.
"Get some rest, Tenma-chan. God knows you need it*." Tsurugi helped me pull the covers back and slide into the bed again. He then pulled the covers over me and situated the blanket on top of the comforter. I smiled and pulled the bear closer. Tsurugi began making his way towards the door, but my call stopped him.
"Tsurugi?"
He turned to me. "Yes, Tenma?"
I grinned at him sleepily, "I love you."
"Good. I love you too." He leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to my lips. I kissed back, and we stayed like that for a moment before we broke apart.
"I should go. I have practice, and you need to rest. Okay, Tenma?" He was talking to me like a child, but I really didn't care. "Yes, Kyousuke. Good night."
He smiled at me, "Good night, Tenma. I'll see you later." With that, he turned and walked out of my room.
I yawned tiredly and allowed myself to sink even deeper into the covers. Hugging the plush bear to my chest, I closed my eyes and allowed sleep to claim me once again.
~Fallon's POV~
I watched as Kyousuke took Tenma to his room. I smiled inwardly as I struggled to escape Tsuki's death grip, and let me tell you, that is no small feat.
Once I had pulled Tsuki off of me, I turned to the team and began yelling at them again. Tsuki quickly began to assist me, so I guess that I got an assistant out of her unwanted arrival. After the two had left, I had taken charge of the practice, but the moment I saw Kyousuke's silhouette nearing the field, I grabbed Tsuki by the arm and dragged her away. She looked confused, but she didn't try to fight me, for which I was glad because there was no way that I was going to get stuck in another scene in front of the Raimon players.
I dragged Tsuki through multiple hallways before I found one a suitable distance away from the field. "WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"
She flinched slightly, but she continued to smile. "I came because I was worried about you."
"Worried about me?! Is that really all?!" I glared at her.
"Yeah, it is. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you, but you would've tried to keep me from coming," she explained honestly.
My gaze remained cold, "of course I would have! Do you have any idea how dangerous coming here is?!"
She nodded, "I do, and that's why I came! What if something happened to you?! I don't think that I could live with myself if you got hurt or worse because I didn't come with you."
"You would've found some way, but you have to leave!" I crossed my arms and looked at her sternly.
"Why's that, Fallon?" She countered. Curse her and her overprotective nature…
"Because I care about you too much to involve you in this, you idiot!" I blushed while I said it, but I really didn't care at the moment.
"You… care about me?" Tsuki looked shocked, but incredibly thrilled.
My blush darkened, "I do…"
Tsuki smiled brightly and pulled me into a tight hug. "Good. Now all we need to do is-" "Tsuki!"
"What?" She smiled coyly.
"Just… shut up, will you?" I sighed, embarrassed by where that conversation could have led.
"If it's for you, I guess that I can," she kissed my cheek chastely.
I felt flustered, but I did manage to reply. "If you want something more, the best way to get it is to ask…"
"And what do you mean by that, Fally?" She asked me in a rather, well, seductive tone.
I flushed even more, "if you know, don't ask!"
She laughed, "you're so cute, Fallon."
"If you keep acting like that, you're going to be dead," I hissed.
"Fallon! Don't be like that!" She whined like a young child.
"Then shut up, you moron!" I yelled, irritated with her childishness.
"I will," she started.
"Good," I sighed.
"If you let me stay," she finished.
"WHAT?! There is no way that you can stay here!" I told her sternly.
"Please?" She begged, "I'll stay out of your way and help you."
I looked at her tiredly, "You can do those things back home."
"I know, but I promised Kana and Rakki that I'd look after you," she explained as I seethed silently. Of course Kana and Rakki had put her up to this. Everyone else probably played a role in this as well, and knowing them well I did, I also knew that they would show up later on.
"Fine," I groaned in aggravation. "You can stay."
"Yes!" She threw her arms around me and hugged me tightly. "Thank you!"
"Just don't cause any trouble for me."
"Okay!" She chirped joyously as she released me from her death hug.
'I'm going to regret this, aren't I?' I thought as I stared the silverette.
"Together, we'll take down Kaen and all her minions!" Tsuki cheered, "Right, Fallon?"
"Sure," I murmured nonchalantly. 'Why are you doing this, Kaen? What happened to the Kaen I knew?'
~Chapter Fin.~
Mega: Here's the next chapter. What do you think?
Fallon: I think that Tsuki should have been included in the story.
Mega: Why's that, Fallon?
Tsuki: *in the distance* FALLON!
Fallon: Gotta go! Bye, minna! *darts off to escape Tsuki's death hugs*
Kirino: And there she goes…
Mega: Yup. Aren't you glad that Shindou isn't like that?
Kirino: You have no idea…
Mega: Well, that was chapter eleven. I hope that you liked it. Don't forget to review because more reviews equals more motivation, which can lead to faster updates, so keep reviewing!
Kirino: We hope that you liked (even if I wasn't in it that much)!
Mega: Also, status update for Trauma. I plan to update it this week, but I need to know how long to make it. I'm thinking around five chapters, but feedback is also appreciated. I can also take requests for stories, but I would prefer them to be one to two chapters only, and I would like to know that basic plot and/or pairings for the story.
Kirino: Mega is also looking for a beta reader, so if you're interested, just PM her.
Mega: That's all for now! Sayonara, minna!
Kirino: See ya, everyone!