Chibi Dating Sim #2- Serena and Kaidoh

She didn't stand out much- not much at all. She wasn't enough to really catch anyone's eye, but she did…eventually. She wasn't shy- just quiet. She was friendly enough, but people looked down on her. She got picked on continuously. It really was a phenomenal day for Serena when somebody decided to stick up for her.

Kaidoh Kaoru was training in the park after a strenuous Saturday morning run. It was only his normal routine, so he tuned out. Jogging casually around the jungle gym to cool down, he wasn't paying attention to anything around him. He briefly glanced up at his surroundings. His pace slowed considerably when he saw a group of thugs assaulting somebody he recognized. He groaned. He really had better things to do, but the real question was could he just leave her and live with that on his conscience? The answer was no.

"Hey!" He called to them, jogging over.

Sensing trouble, the five assailants backed off slightly.

"Hey- that's Kaidoh Kaoru!" One of them whispered. "He's friends with that Momoshiro- the guy who nearly killed someone playing tennis!"

Friends with Momoshiro? Kaidoh felt nauseous.

"Let's go- it isn't worth this aggravation." Another one of them said. He motioned to his comrades and they took off.

"You okay?" Kaidoh turned to her. He knew he'd seen her somewhere- maybe they went to school together…?
"Yeah, I guess." She replied softly. "Thank you."

He hissed. "For what?"

"You stuck up for me." She said. "Nobody ever sticks up for me."
Kaidoh raised an eyebrow. "They didn't hurt you, did they?"
She faked a smile…obviously. "I'm alright."

He didn't believe her. Silently cursing himself for having a good heart, he sighed. "Show me."

Hesitantly, she complied. She rolled up her sleeves and revealed her pale arms- splotchy and bruised.

Kaidoh hissed again. The fake smile on her face was starting to anger him. "Well…Come on." He turned and started to walk away, then stopped when he noticed that she wasn't following him. "I said come on."

"Um…I, uh…Why…? Uh…" She stammered, unable to coherently form an understandable sentence.

Kaidoh sighed and took her hand. She flinched, and then looked at him with surprise when his grip turned out to be gentle.

"Where…Where are we going?" She asked as he led her out of the park.

"To my house." He blatantly answered her.

She stayed quiet for the rest of their journey. When they finally arrived, she stopped on the porch. "Um…Thanks, but…Who are you?"

He was embarrassed. "Kaidoh." He mumbled, unlocking the door and leading her inside. "Who are you?"
"Serena." She replied softly. "Ah, uh…thank you, but I don't need-" She stopped talking when he turned around and gave her a sharp look. She cautiously stepped inside of his home, and he immediately closed the door behind her. She felt her pulse quicken, and her breathing sped up.

If Kaidoh noticed her panic, he didn't show it, and led her into the bathroom. As he dug around under the sink, she tentatively sat on the edge of the tub.

"You'll slip if you sit there." He grunted, turning to her.

She immediately jumped to her feet.

"Sorry…"

Kaidoh pointed to the counter, and she eased herself up onto it.

"What are you-" She stopped again when he handed her a bottle of lotion.

"If you use it, the skin on your arms will be less likely to crack and bleed." He explained.

"Oh…Thank you…" She lamely replied.

"Did they do anything else to you?" Kaidoh asked her.

She quickly shook her head, earning a suspicious raise of an eyebrow from him.

"You limp when you walk."

"No I don't."

Kaidoh sighed. "Fine. Go home."

She carefully lowered herself down from the counter and stood there looking at him. "Um…"

"What?" He asked harshly.

"Nothing… Thank you."

She got out of there as fast as she could.

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"I'd never thought that you'd be one coming to me for data, Kaidoh." Inui offered an amused chuckle as he spoke with his companion over the phone.

"Inui…I just want to know. What can you tell me?"

"What's her name?"

"Serena."

"Just Serena?"

Kaidoh hissed. Inui sighed. There was the sound of papers shuffling for a brief moment before Inui spoke again.

"Her data in incomplete. I only have a few notes on her. She's a B-average student at Seigaku. 85 percent of the time is in the library. 15 percent of the time is missing in action. Wears the winter uniform one hundred percent of the time." Inui read from one of his notebooks.

"Is that it?" Kaidoh asked. He sounded impatient to Inui. "Ii data…"

"I never knew you could be so…demanding, Kaidoh." Inui joked.

Kaidoh hissed again before swiftly hanging up. Inui looked at his phone in surprise. He never knew that Kaidoh was so serious about girls.

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It wasn't long before he saw her again.

"Ah-um…Thank you…" She told him softly. "For the other day."

Kaidoh shifted his gaze and stuck his hands in his pockets. "Whatever…"

Serena laughed lightly and smiled softly. "Well…bye…" She gave him a friendly wave before darting off.

She got about seven feet before falling down.

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"I told you."

Her face was bright red as she sat on the counter in Kaidoh's bathroom yet again. "I'm sorry." She whispered.

After collapsing on the sidewalk, Kaidoh had carried her the whole block and a half back to his house. She now shifted uncomfortably in her Seigaku uniform.

He pulled out a knee brace and handed it to her. "Keep it." He said before she could ask.

She took it and stared down at her hands.

Sighing, Kaidoh took the brace back from her and lifted her right leg up. Instantly, her hands flew to her skirt and she pushed her leg down, wincing in pain.

When Kaidoh realized what she thought he was doing, he blushed furiously and hissed.

"I-Idiot." He stammered. "I was only going to put the brace on you."

"Ah…" She relaxed slightly once she understood. "I see…Sorry."

Hesitantly, Kaidoh took the brace again and gently lifted up her leg. Once he had secured the knee brace and lowered her leg, the both of them looked away from each other.

"Be careful with that knee." He finally spoke.

She nodded. "Okay…Thank you." She carefully lowered herself and headed for the door. "Goodbye."

Only when he knew that she had left him did he reply. "Goodbye."

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The next day was when Kaidoh discovered that he and Serena were in the same P.E. period. He found that Inui was right- when she dressed; she tried to cover as much skin as possible. Kaidoh assumed it was to cover the bruises.

He couldn't have been further from the truth.

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"Kaidoh."

Inui walked towards his friend with a look of seriousness on his face. "I have complete data on your friend." He handed the viper a full notebook.

"Where did you-"

"Yanagi Renji. From Rikkaidai."

Kaidoh gave him a puzzled look.

"Read and you'll understand."

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Name: Niou Serena

Age: 13

Height: Approximately 5'3"

Weight: Approximately 103 lbs.

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: White

Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Food: Beef Udon

Best Subject: N/A

Worst Subject: N/A

Family: Niou Masamoto (Father)

Niou Toshiko (Step-Mother- Third wife to Niou Masamoto)

Real Mother-Unknown (Deceased?)

Niou Masaharu (Half-Brother)

Other: Quite and shy. Often bullied. Problems at home concerning Masaharu and his step-mother. Often injured. Cuts herself (?).

Kaidoh frowned while flipping thru the rest of the notebook. Jeez, and he thought Inui was a stalker. But for some reason, Serena stood out to him. Why? Sighing, he put the book in a drawer in his desk.

That weekend, Inui took Kaidoh to a small cake shop where they met Yanagi Renji and Niou Masaharu.

"How do you know my sister?" Niou asked warily.

"She goes to our school." Inui answered for Kaidoh. The data man knew that the trickster and the viper would more than likely not get along.

"Oh yeah. Yanagi, I forgot that you had friends at Seigaku." Niou said.

"Yes, well, Inui- come have a look at this for me…over here…" Inconspicuously (of course), Yanagi dragged Inui to the other side of the shop.

"So what do you want with my sister anyway?" Niou asked, turning to Kaidoh.

Kaidoh hissed. "Who ever said I wanted anything?"

"We're here, aren't we?"

Kaidoh was silent. Niou laughed and started to walk away, then stopped.

"But…She has seemed happier lately…And she's been talking about some mystery guy who saved her more than she's ever talked about anything else before…Not that that's saying much…" He laughed again and started walking away once more. "It's alright with me." He called back over his shoulder.

Kaidoh left shortly thereafter.

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He saw her later that day…or rather he found her. She was in the park again, and a familiar scenario played out in Kaidoh's mind. This time there were more than five guys.

"You always manage to get yourself into trouble, don't you?" He growled while pulling her away from the group of thugs.

"Sorry." She looked down.

"Is that all you ever say?"

"Sor-…Yes."

Kaidoh sighed. He took her back to his house for the third time and inspected her. She seemed fine, but appearances were deceiving- he should know. Still, he asked. "Are you alright?"

Serena looked at him. "No."

Kaidoh hesitated. He reached out and gently took her wrists, alarmed when he felt scars there. That finalized his decision.

"What are you doing?" She asked; her voice barely above a whisper.

"Trust me." He muttered before softly pressing his lips against hers. At that moment, though she wouldn't tell him until many years later, Kaidoh Kaoru saved her.

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A/N: First of all, I love reading all of your guys' reviews- thanks for the feedback! Second of all, if you guys have any requests just let me know. I do write shonen-ai, so if you want to see a golden pair one shot, or something, let me know and I'll probably write it.

Who's up next? Why, Fuji and Kacey of course! A whole new meaning to "tensai versus tensai".

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