Tadeski's POV:

I am the best. How do I know this? Ever hear someone say 'it's the best'? Well, people call me 'It'; therefore, I am the best.

Why is my nickname It out of all things? My full name is Tadeski, Ittembiza, so my initials are I.T. and the first two letters of my first name are also I.T. Figure up the math by yourself, okay?

If you can't, then just deal with It.

See what I did there?

Anyways, enough with the introductions.

It was late Saturday afternoon. Fagenn, Dakota and I were in the library for the simple fact that Mr. Asahi, or whatever, assigned us partners for a project. I usually wouldn't step a foot around any kind of book, but Fagenn refused to do all of the work, so there I was, bored out of my mind.

'Maybe a few jokes would liven things up..'

"Knock knock."

I watched him sigh and roll his eyes.

". . . Who's there?"

Thinking nothing of his obvious distaste, I continued forward with full force. I was determined to make him laugh/smile. I WILL succeed! I have to! I ALWAYS do!

"The Interrupting Cow."

"The Interrupting Cow wh-,"

"MOOOO!"

Fagenn blinked with slightly rounded eyes as I leaned back and cackled loudly. He looked so surprised! Instead of joining me, however, he simply turned to face the computer without so much as a short chuckle. Damn, he was gonna be hard to crack.

Stupid stick in the mud.

"Hey, fraulein," I whispered in his ear. "Fraulein, fraulein, fraulein, fraulein, fraulein, fraulein, fraul-,"

"What," he snapped.

"You and I would make beautiful children together."

I copied those lines from an abridged version of an anime called Hellsing, so I had to imitate a sort of German accent to get the point across, but I'm more than sure that it went right over his head. In fact, it was obvious how startled he was by my odd and –no doubt- weird remark by the way his face contorted with confusion and disgust, but this only made me fall out of my chair, holding my side. Tears welled up in my eyes as I desperately gasped for air between fits of laughter.

"Y-you. . should hav-ve s-seen. . y-your fa-a-ace!"

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Needless to say, Fagenn sent me away.

He said that I was distracting him from our project, and if I wasn't going to help him get it done, then I should get it out of his way.

At least now I don't have to do anything.

My stomach growled at me angrily. 'That's right,' I thought. 'He made us skip lunch so we could go into the empty library while the others ate.'

I started towards the squat yet spacious building. The scent of hamburgers and strawberries hung in the air like morning mist.

"I'm off to eat hamburgers, a wonderful burger and tots because because because because BECAUSE! the wonderful wonderful wonderful taste it has! I'm off to eat a wonderful hamburger and tots!"

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"Yo, It, tell another one!"

"It! It! It! It! It!"

I grinned widely at the group of guys cheering me on. It was nice to be appreciated for my sense of humor and what not.

"Alright, alright. So, a blonde a brunette, and a redhead are running from the cops."

The guys quieted down and listened intently. Some snickered while others shushed them.

"They find themselves on a farm. The brunette hides inside a herd of cows, the redhead hides inside the chicken coop, and the blonde dives behind a couple sacks of potatoes stacked in the barn. Soon, the police come to the farm and begin to search for them. They approach the cows. The brunette calls out, 'Mooo.' They move on. Next, the walk around the chicken coop. The redhead goes, 'Bock bock bock.' Finally, the move to the barn. The blonde whispers, 'Potatoes!'"

Everyone bursts out in a loud round of laughter. A few people pat my back and give me high fives. After a couple puns and the like, we found ourselves arm wrestling. Three or four different games went on at the same time. I acted as ref for a few of them until Ezekiel, one of the Swim Team members, decided otherwise.

"It, you and me?"

He held out his arm, palm ready for me to accept. Without the slightest hesitation, I took hold of his outstretched arm firmly. I gave a lopsided grin and nodded my head. There was no way I would back down from a challenge. That would be cowardly. Besides, It is number one.

"You're on, dude."

Nathaniel sat to E's left, so he became our ref.

"Ready," he called. "Set?.. GO!"

Instantly, as if by a yank on a taught hair wire, my hand slammed his into the black rectangular table with a loud 'bang'. He grunted, but was fine. His pride might have been hurt and his arm would be a tad sore, but he still smiled good-naturedly.

"Heh heh. I thought you'd be weak because of how fast you shot off your mouth, but it seems you're stronger than the limp noodles I assumed were your muscles."

It one, Opponents zero.

Grinning, we exchanged a hand shake to show that there were no hard feelings. I took no offense to his comment. Most people make that assumption of me, just like how most people forget how good my grades are. I may act stupid and giddy, but I'm still smarter than average which isn't a surprise, really, 'cause It's the best!

Fagenn's POV:

I clicked the mouse repeatedly. Soon, another tab pulled up and loaded along with countless others. Closing out a few to see if that would help the rest finish, I thought about Tadeski, 'It'.

He was immature, obnoxiously loud, insensitive, rude, crude, annoying, pushy, and, yet, surprisingly funny.

I had to kept reminding myself that I wasn't supposed to laugh, let alone hold a conversation with him. She had made it painstakingly clear that I was only to observe. Anything more or less wasn't acceptable nor an option. I was there to learn about Kira and his supporters; however, some of the additional rules made my task damn-near impossible, but there wasn't a choice.

Failing someone that had a personality like M3ggABit3s was unwise.

I had to put friendships aside. No one should matter to me except for my cyber family, the CHU. Nothing should distract me, even Tadeski. He was not a major priority.

He didn't matter. It did not matter.

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Sorry I've yet to inform you guys, but there's a DA poll up. You guys get to choose who dies. The name(s) with the most votes shall perish! All are welcome deaths, save for a specific person/people who I plan on using for book 2, so hurry up and get to voting if you want.

Also, I have to say that I won't update much during the summer. It's NOT my fault, but I'm not supposed to be on the internet, yet I manage to sneak on at school. Once school's out.. well, there's pretty much no way around my damn gaurdians' rules. I know, bummer. BUT, I will be adding an additional chapter –maybe two- that I've already finished. All I have to do is type it out then put it out.

Onwards! :P