Review Answers
Thank you to Kara, Moonlitelover, Xandochu, kawaii.meiko (remember the names being underlined isn't because I thank them more than others, it's just that they are new reviewers! I love all of you :) ne?)
To Kara: Alright, you go for Sanada, do you? :) Me too - well, as one of them that is! Your vote has been counted! Hehe ...
To Moonlitelover: Hehe, I think Nadjai and Atobe would be a really entertaining couple ... perhaps a little disturbing and they'd argue 24/7. But how can you know if you love someone, unless you try stick with them - in good AND bad?! Well ... hehe, I could probably always introduce her to him, see how that would go! And if it wouldn't work with Atobe, then hey! We still got a dusin cute regulars to go for! :) NadjaiXEVERYONE! Now that would be interesting, yes indeed!
To Xandochu: Well, you have been absent for some time now - I missed you! T.T --cries-- But I'm glad you're back! Yaa ... I think it sucks with the robber too. Damn, he stole all of my stuff! I'll burn him if they catch him! Hehe, Yukimura and Sanada, as I decided to stick with in the first place - exactly what I got the most ideas for! :) Good girl, have a cookie!
To kawaii.meiko: I know, you're still only at chapter 3 ... but I'm only able to thank you here ... as it came in this order with the reviews. Ah well! One day you'll read this (in twenty years or so XD) Yes, yes ... Sanada and Yukimura sure is good friends - not! So far, that is though. Well, I hope you enjoy it all - and God bless to you too! :) I like how you end everything with that! Cute with a catch-phrase!
Hehe, just figured I'd get started with some romance in this – honestly, it has been 24 chapters so far … and there hasn't been much lovey-dovey in the air! T.T Well … unless you can say Miku-Zen is something like that :) - Yack!
Ah well, I'm still thinking about who, she should end up with (so far), so please continue telling me who you prefer!
Niou: 1
Sanada: 2
Yukimura: 1 (plus my vote! XD)
Atobe: 1 (O.o I'm sort of with this one too)
That's it so far! So, if you want Nadjai to end up with whoever you like, then you'd better tell me as soon as possible! Or you'll miss the chance!
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Powerful Rikkai Dai
25 – Why Girls Just Love Niou
Normal POV
"Fujika Nadjai and Niou Masaharu to the principal's office, right now!"
Every single head turned and stared at her. Nadjai laughed nervously, eye twitching drastically. Then she stood up with a sigh, sadly exchanging looks with her best friend in the seat next to her. "See ya!" Riku whispered to her, shaking her head.
Then the black-haired girl walked down the row of tables and chairs, not caring for all the staring from her classmates. In stead she was trying to suppress the intend of murder, boiling inside of her. "What the heck did that bloody trickster do this time …?!" She cursed under her breath, wanting to cut off that annoying ponytail of his. She slammed the door after her, ignoring the shout from the teacher. She made her way down the hall, stopping at the staircase; waiting for the other to join her.
Shortly after, she spotted the spiky, silvery hair from down the hall, approaching quickly. Niou was grinning broad, as he noticed her fuming, leaning against the railing. "What have you done this time?!" She called out, sounding rather angry, when he was in hearing range.
Not even stopping, he continued up the stairs, and she followed. "Ah, nothing much." He said, smirking constantly. "You'll know when we get there."
She sighed again, rolling her eyes. "Ah …"
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"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" The principal mock asked, sitting in his comfy chair, arms crossed and watching them, as they entered the office.
"You really need to ask? It was you, who called us up … honestly, asking who it is; are you stupid or something?" Nadjai retorted, having been ticked off by the trickster on the short trip up the stairs. Her mood was really bad at that time. "Stop asking questions you already know the answer too, idiot. And secondly, it's not what, it's who - we're persons, not things! And you work in a school?!"
Both of the children took a seat in front of the large desk, completely shutting out the principal (who was really fuming at that time), once again arguing. Well, Nadjai was arguing; Niou merely chuckled and ticked her off further. "Ahem!" The man cleared his throat and they turned to face him.
"What?" She snapped. "Can't you see we're in the middle of something?!"
"…"
She stared at him, eyebrow raised. "… Hello?"
"…"
"Just great; we lost connection!"
"…"
"Honestly- …"
"Haha …"
"…"
"You know, Spiky-kun, your hair … is it real?"
"As real as anything."
"… I don't believe you."
"Want to check it?"
"How the heck do we do that?!"
"… You don't want to know."
"I guess I don't …"
"Heh …!"
SLAM!
Once again they stared at the principal, who had suddenly burst up, slamming his hands against the table. "Enough! Both of you, shut up-"
"That aint a way a principal should talk to his students-" She started off.
He send her a warning look. "I know it was you; who did it!"
"… Did what …?"
"Don't play innocent!"
"I'm not playing innocent – I am innocent!"
"You- you painted a beard on the school's statue, didn't you?!"
"… Why the heck would we do that …"
She glanced onto Niou, who only continued smirking. "Why would you do that?" She mimed, sending him a questioning look. He merely shook his head, not answering her. "And anyways-" She turned her head back at the older man. "Is that really something to get that mad about? It's just a beard; I could come up with so many more things I could paint."
"…"
"Oh, like what?" Niou asked, now sounding interested.
She laughed slowly. "I don't want to mention it – too weird a picture in my mind."
"Heh, really? We should work on that idea of yours, some day."
"Yaa, that'd be great."
"… Out …"
"Huh, did you say something, Principal-san?"
"… Out …"
"Out where?"
"Just … get out …"
"Well, if you don't say out where, we can't go out, you know."
"Get the hell out of my office!"
And so, they found themselves on the other side of the (now locked) door, staring at the, forever doing nails, secretary. She glanced up at them slowly, but shortly after returned to her fingers and nail-polish. Nothing new to see … "I'll write a note about what you've done – today – and let the teacher hand it to you. The usual."
"Ah." Both of them replied, walking out. Nadjai waved back at her, but then turned her head towards the boy, just when a weird noise was heard over the speaker.
"Bloody-!"
"You turned on the speaker before we left, right?"
"Yup."
"Hm … Nice." They high-fived, but then split at the stairs once again. "Guess I'll be seeing you."
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"Alright!" Iwasaki called out, motioning for the regulars to gather. Apparently, that day, when the two freshmen from class 1-1 had arrived for tennis practice (one more reluctant than the other), they had found the captain to be missing. Explanation: Kantou Tournament postponed – and therefore the two captains had to … argue a little with the people, holding the tournament. Well, not that anyone minded!
Nadjai hissed at her senpai, as Joruni ruffled up her hair. "I'm not a kid!" She muttered annoyed, yet still joining the others.
"Everyone here?" The vice-captain asked, scanning over the six other girls, checking. "Good to see you at practice, Nadjai-chan." She added, smiling at the baby of the team.
"Oi? … if it weren't because you didn't call me Lumpy, I'd probably have killed you."
"Haha." She laughed, completely aware that she was serious. "It seems that the Kantou Tournament has been postponed for until after the weekend – I have no idea why, so don't ask – but that is only good! We have more time to practice!" Then she found a paper out from her pocket and unfolded it. "And as some of you may have noticed too; the captain is absent at the moment-"
"Woohoo!"
"-But she has still given orders to the practice of today-"
"Aw man?!"
"-and apparently, she has decided it along with the other captain …" She grimaced. "… Therefore we're going to play mixed doubles with the boys today."
"…" Everyone was silent.
"I WANT GEN-CHAN!"
… Nearby a certain cap-wearing person tensed, having sensed an evil aura out to get him …
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Your POV
"And the matches will be:
Shinobu-Goro against Shioko-Kouta
Iwasaki-Yori against Kaito-Joruni
Yayoi-Genichirou against Tamafume-Renji."
At first, you stayed quiet, taking in all the facts, but then it dawned on you. "W-wait …" You stepped forward towards the two vice-captain. Then you pointed towards yourself, face completely blank. "What about me?"
Iwasaki smiled sadly at you. "Well, you're teamed up with Seiichi-kun, but we're a pair too much, so you'll have to wait and only watch." Your face dropped and your lower lip began trembling.
"I-I'm not going to play?!"
"No- well, not yet, but ye-"
"WAHH! I want to play!"
"Na-Nadjai, please don't cry! You'll be able to play in the next round." The third-year tried calming you. "Why don't you … go … err-" She exchanged a begging look with the other in-charge at that time.
Kaito, the boys' vice-captain, sighed and motioned for his left-over regular. The princess smiled as usual and walked over. "Yes, Buchou?" He asked sweetly – which means; fear him!
"Can't you take her away from here … Calm her?"
"Hai, hai." He then turned towards the sobbing you, who was clinging onto the other girl. "Come Nadjai, I'll … play with you." He found a ball from his pocket, waving it in front of your head. He chuckled, when your eyes followed it hungrily, tears evaporated. "Ne?"
"Uh … Gimme!"
And so you happily jumped after him, the rest of the regulars looking after the two of you, slightly worried about your mental state. "She really is a simpleton …"
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"Fetch!"
Yukimura threw the ball, sending you running over the green grass after it. He was sitting on a bench, checking the strings on his racket, glancing after you once in a while, making sure you weren't setting something on fire – not that he cared, but ... Yet suddenly you were gone from his view and before he knew of it, you were sitting next to him, spinning the ball between your hands.
"Do you enjoy it – playing tennis, that is?" You asked, staring out into space.
At first he stayed silent, pondering about the question. Did he enjoy tennis? "Yeah …" He then answered, short and precisely. Yet there was hesitation in his voice.
"Huh …?" You mused, sighing. "Sometimes I don't …"
This caught his attention, making him turn his head and stare at you. "Sometimes you … don't? Why is that?"
You let out a deep sigh, once again, but then smiled at him. "Find it boring!" You told him, throwing the ball into the air, letting out a short laughter before catching it again. "I wonder why we actually find it interesting … hitting a little ball like this back and forth … and to think we do it for hours." You shook your head. "But it's probably because we devote so much of our time, wanting to accomplish something … then again, you create bonds. If I hadn't started tennis I'd never have met you …" You trailed off, staring into the clear, blue sky above you.
Yukimura tensed. Was this leading somewhere?
"… I really like you, do you know that?"
He prayed to God, that you were just talking randomly as usual … and you weren't somehow falling for him and was in the middle of a bizarre confession of your burning love. And God had answered … in a good way, luckily!
You let out a laugh. "Ha! I just saw where this was heading! But as if I'd ever see us as anything but friends!" You patted his shoulder, missing to see his relieved/disappointed face.
Wait-! Disappointed?! His brow furrowed as he discussed the word disappointed with himself. What was he disappointed about?! He wasn't … he glanced onto you … falling for you, was he?
"Oh?" A voice suddenly rang out behind them, making the purplish-haired boy snap out of it. "Am I interrupting something?"
"AH?!" You bolted up, turned and faced the trickster. "Don't you dare sneak up on me ever again – my heart nearly blew up!"
"Blew up, even?" He chuckled of your choice of words. "Well … just wanted to say, that the first matches has ended already, and you'll be able to play now." He shook his head at the two of you, wondering what had happened there. One of them was – as usual – acting like a complete idiot (guess who?), while the other was muttering disappointed over and over again. "Weirdoes …" He thought, turned on his heel and walked back towards the courts. Suddenly, though, he felt an arm around his shoulders as you hung yourself onto him.
"You know … I like you too!"
The two boys tensed.
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"Fujika, mind coming with us for a second?" A girl – seeming to be a second year – asked, tapping you on the shoulder. Taking a quick sip of your water, you glanced upwards unto her, eyebrow raised. Then you smiled, stuffed the bottle into your bag and stood up.
"Ah, sure!" You told her, beaming. "That's fine with me." And so you followed the girl and her two lackeys, unaware of their intentions ...
... You looked around in the small storage-room, wondering what you were doing there. But then you heard the lock click and you quickly turned that direction, only to find them blocking your path. Eh? Am I getting …?! NO! They're after my bubblegum! I can't let them!
… Wrong conclusion …
"Err- excuse me … but I don't think-"
"Cut it out, you know what we want!"
"I- no, I don't …"
"Yes!"
You suddenly felt a sharp pain just under your left shoulder. You cringed, stepping back and barely avoided the broom, as it got slung against you a second time. "I don't think- just for that little-" You rubbed the aching spot on your arm, wincing as you touched the place where the broom had made an impact.
"A little thing?!" She screeched at you. "Little?!"
"Jeez, woman, it's only bubblegum!"
"…" They stared. Bubblegum?
"W-what?! Bubblegum?! No-! It's-"
Now it was your turn to stare. Your eyes widened in disbelief. "Then … what is it? I don't have anything else you can steal …"
"We're not out to steal anything from you!" She said, having been completely dragged into your pace. "We want you to stay away from him!"
"… Huh?" You blinked confused. "Who's him?"
"Niou-sama!" All three girls cried out.
"… Ah!" You clapped your hands together, finally understanding. "Fan girls!" Suddenly your face softened and, without them having a clue as to how, you were hugging the leader. "There, there … I know how hard it must be … knowing he'll never look at you … being desperate, just wanting to be able to touch him …" You patted her head, not even noticing her burning with anger and humiliation. "I feel your pain, little one …"
"How- how dare you?!" She shouted, pushing you away quickly, as if you were contaminated. "Don't you try and set yourself into our place – you understand nothing about our feelings!" She pointed a finger towards you, accusing. "You have no idea how it is to watch – how you just waltz in, getting close to all the regulars! Not only have you lured them into your trap, but also everyone else on the team! I know you did something to him, you witch – else there'd be no way, he'd like you!"
"Eh?" Your ears reacted to the last part she said. "Like? What do you mean by like?" You asked. "We're friends, in the same club … there's nothing going on! And I'm sure he'd talk with you too, if you just tried." Since you're pretty cute and … he'd at least collect your number … "Well …" You pushed your way past her before she had time to react, reaching for the doorknob. Yet, lucky as you were, a hand grabbed you, pulling back.
"We'll make sure; that you will never even think about getting close to him again!" She hissed, motioning for the broom-wielding one to get closer. You shut your eyes tight, expecting the hit – but … nothing ever came. You stayed silent, keeping your eyes closed, thinking they were messing with you. That never happened though …
You opened an eye, then both. The three girls stood frozen, staring at the person, holding onto the broom. "N-Niou-sama?" They stuttered.
"Ah? What's going on in here?" He asked, smirking as usual, yet his eyes were blazing with coldness. "Girls shouldn't fight … that's such a turn off." You coughed at his use of words. T-turn off?! "Now, why don't you let her go? I doubt her captain would be very happy if she gets hurt, in the middle of Kantou …"
And so you felt the grip around your shoulder lift and you were set free. Glancing a single time on the three girls, all staring down onto the ground, you walked over towards the trickster. "How on Earth did you get in?!" You asked. "The door was locked!"
"… You do know there's more than one door, right?"
"…" Your eye twitched. "Ah …"
"Silly." He chuckled, walking out without looking back at the fan girls a single time. At first you only stared after him, but then you shook out of it and ran after him.
"Oi!" You called. "I'm not silly!" You slowed down as you had reached him again, falling into his pace. "I'm just unlucky, that's all …" You muttered, kicking up pebbles. "Anyways, how did you know I was there?"
"Secret." He mused, not looking down upon you.
"Oh." You said quietly. Then your mind wandered back onto what the girl had said earlier. You paused, looking upon your shoes. "You know … she said something really weird."
"She did?" He asked, amused raising his eyebrow. "What could that possible be?"
You laughed. "Hah … she said you liked me – how strange is that?!"
"What strange is there in that? Perhaps I do like you."
Your eyes widened and your head snapped up. In disbelief, you watched as he started walking again. Ba-thump! You placed a hand over your heart, still staring after him. Then your mouth dropped and you glared at your chest.
"BA-THUMP?! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU SKIPPING A BEAT FOR?!" You yelled at it. Niou chuckled, having heard it perfectly clear. "AND WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT?!"
You ran after him, tackling him just before the courts.
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Well, I guess there was some romance in this? Am I right …?! Just a little, ne? :) I tried at least … heh … so, does anyone like anyone – or is there just so much strangeness in the air, that everyone go giggly at the wrong times?!
Hm? You'll never know … unless you read the next part too!
Remember reviewing! Make me happy – and I'll stuff the next episode with so much love that even the most love-hungering person will throw up! … or not … :)
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JA NE!