A/N: IM BACK! I'm soooooooooo sorry for such a long wait! You guys defiantly do not deserve the wait :P School was just time consuming and softball and volleyball have been consuming my life lately! But again, I'm truly sorry for such a long wait! Anyway, I think I've kept you enough. To Sana!

Sana: Tokyo pop is closing its company in America!

Me: Really D: ! That means no more Gakuen Alice D;

Sana: -_- This is Kodocha Author-chan.

Me: I know but Tokyopop stopped printing your manga a long time ago. But it prints Gakuen Alice, which is my current favorite!

Sana: Nice to see what your true feelings are Author-chan.

Me: Oh come now! You know Kodocha will always be my number one anime/manga(:

Sana: :D Your right! Sorry about that!

Me: Anyway, I sadly don't own Kodocha. If I did, I would have demanded for the anime creators to end Kodocha the way the manga did! Not some stupid alternative ending that made any sense!

Enjoy! ^_^

'Thought'

"Speech"

*Flashback*

Arc 1: A New World: Chapter 11: Preparations

Long, sharp nails dug into the skin of his neck as the women held a tight grip onto his now messy collar. She pushed her body into his and brought her mouth next to his left ear. The blonde haired captain frowned for two reasons: One, he didn't even see her coming, meaning his senses were completely off and two, she was rubbing against him and he did NOT like it.

"Imagine the wild things we could do in here nya?" the women seductively spoke. Akito cringed with disgust.

"Why don't you get the fuck off of me." He replied.

"Temper temper sweetie. You shouldn't use such foul words towards a woman. It's very rude don't yah think?" She countered with a sadistic smile.

"No. Rude is you pulling me into this alleyway and touching me as if I allowed you to Hitorashi." He paused as he prived away the slender arms of the woman in front of him from his frame. She smirked.

"Right, Where are my manners?" a light, luring giggle escaped her lips.

"I'm leaving now." He turned away and began to walk out, but a long arm reached out towards him and pulled him back in.

"Oh common Hayama-kun. Stay here and talk with me for a while." she teased while running a finger down his forearm.

"No." he replied coldly as before.

She laughed slightly. "Why do you play so hard to get?"

His frown turned to a piercing glare and he pushed her back into the other wall. His hand gripped her left shoulder and he held back his clenched fist. He would NOT hit a girl. That was the last thing he would ever do. Even when it came down to enemies, he never hit a girl with his fist. Even though he personally wanted to ram his into hers, he wouldn't.

"Ho ho ho, now look who's being rude." the sadistic smile returned.

"I do NOT want you. I'm not playing your little games anymore. I'm done with it." he spit back at her while glaring at her with his deep, golden eyes.

Her smirk turned into a slight frown and she dropped her hands from his shoulders and placed them on her hips.

"I've never had a boy turn me away... I just don't understand!" she took a deep breath. "Is it Kurata?" she asked.

Slight stunned, though he hid it very well, he narrowed his eyes at her and stepped back. His scowl never left his face as he answered.

"I don't think it's any of your business regarding what my involvement is with her." he answered. Her frown turn to a scowl and her blood boiled in anger. She was going to murder the auburn haired girl! As she stood there in her own world, Akito scoffed and began to walk away without another word.

Suddenly, it struck her. Her fiendish smile returned and she burst out into a fit of giggles. Hayama knew he should keep going. Anything from this girl was bad news and he knew it. As long as he avoided her, everything would be okay. Too bad she had claws like a tiger and took a tight grip to his shirt.

"Well Hayama, on the day of her party, you will be mine." she hotly whispered in her ear. This time, his eyes widened. 'Why would she of all people go to Kurata's party? Doesn't she hate Kurata? There is no way she could possibly be trying to be friends with her. Unless...'

"Such nonsense right? A girl like me go to an amateur party like hers?" she spoke without a care in the world. "But you know she invited me so it would just be so rude of me not to go."

But question is: why did she invite her? What would compel her to give her the invitation knowing that Hitorashi absolutely despised her?

The smudge on her face never disappeared. "See yah later handsome." she winked and blew him a kiss. She was off, leaving him in his own thoughts.

Something wasn't right. He had seen it in her eyes. She was up to something. As far as he knew, she hated the auburn haired girl. She would do anything to embarrass her in front of everyone. She was a twisted person like that and the fact that she would absolutely infuriated him.

The same feeling from the night he had saved her returned once again. He felt a sudden need to protect her, to keep her safe and he knew she was not going to be safe if Hitorashi went to the party. Because she was so naïve and stupid, she could fall for anything. Her stupidity really amazed him, but also angered because there was no way she could ever protect herself.

He couldn't make sure she was safe. There was no way. Sasaki would be too involved with Sugita and he had no other 'friends' to help him out. Also, Kamura would be trailing her around, trying to confess his love for the idiot. His gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. He also did not want that girlish boy to follow her around. Though, he would be the perfect distraction for Kurata and give Hitorashi a less chance to attack the auburn haired girl.

Still, the risk was too high.

He couldn't protect her from far.

Unless...

Unless he went to the godforsaken party and watched her from close. That would be a lot easier than from doing it from a longer distance; much easier.

He groaned in frustration. A teenager's life, along with the life of a captain who happened to be the leader of an ancient group of warriors, ended up to be quite a disaster.

Kamura Naozumi sat in thought in back of a 07 Jaguar, while his manager rode him back to his home. The day was very productive as they went to different brand label companies. They all wanted to sign him and they were all great, but he wanted to sign with the one who offered him the most. He had a long two days ahead of him as that was what the time limit was to think. He and his manager were going to think this decision over carefully, but he would ultimately be the one with the last call.

But that wasn't the only thing clouding his mind. A certain hazel eyed girl played in his mind throughout the whole day.

He missed her. He missed seeing her beautiful face, her vibrant hazel eyes, and her angelic smile. He missed her soothing voice and her long, auburn locks. It was kind of sad how after two days, he was already missing her like crazy. He felt empty when he wasn't around her. She was his life. He wouldn't trade anything in the world for her.

He laughed at himself quietly as he leaned against his knuckles, looking outside the window of the moving car. What would make him think all these thoughts? What would make him drop everything and go after her? What would make him be so jealous of someone else and turn him into someone he isn't?

Love.

That's what would.

He loved her. No. He was in love with her. He loved her so much it hurt. It hurt knowing that she can't see how much he loves her. It hurt that she had no idea what her feelings were towards him. But he was willing to hurt for her. He was willing to cheat for her. He was willing to kill for her. He was willing to go to the ends of the earth for her. He was willing to die for her.

But that's where the golden eyed boy came.

Yes, he didn't like him. Yes, he despised everything about him. But it wasn't anything about him in particular that made him hate him.

It was the one thing they both had in common; the one thing that connected them both.

It was her.

If it wasn't for her, he probably would have at least attempted to befriend him.

Yes, he would have attempted to friend him. He really had nothing against the guy except for the fact he now too had a hold on Sana's heart. If it wasn't for that, everything would be different. He was still the nice guy underneath. He didn't like hurting people. He never held grudges, or took something away from someone with ill intention. But the fact that he was now a very likely opponent in winning her heart changed everything.

Though he was constantly calling her names and teasing her about various things, he had seen it. After what Sana had told him at the mall that day, he had been watching closely. He saw the change in him. He saw it as clear as looking at the reflection of a clean mirror.

She had changed him. Well, he was changing.

He wasn't the same person he was when he arrived. The cold demeanor he had been expressing was now diminishing to just a stoic faze. Sure, he was still poker faced and blunt. He was still emotionless and hardly spoke, but he was different.

And that was what scared him.

He wasn't afraid to admit that he could lose to him in winning Sana's heart. But, he wouldn't go down without a fight. He would fight for her all the way until she had come to a decision. Though she was dense, he believed she had enough sense to figure out her own feelings. If not now, then eventually later she would.

But he would not give up on her. He will fight for her. He will fight for her until his very last breath. He would make sure of it.

A small vibration emerging from the front pocket of his demined jeans broke him from his thoughts. He pulled his Blackberry from his pocket and pressed on the screen. His movie star smile crept onto his face as he looked at who the message was from.

From: Beautiful

Hey Nao! :D How'd the meetings go? Good I hope! Just wanted to check up on yah! See yah tomorrow hopefully! Bye :)

He began to type way at his miniature keyboard, his smile never fading from his face. Before pressing the 'send' button, he looked over at the message one more time.

To: Beautiful

Hey Sana! Everything went fine. Now it's time to decide where to sign. I missed yah these past two days. I'll be at school tomorrow for sure though alright? See yah :]

He pressed the 'send' button, and off was his message. His gaze then fixed itself on the passing city from his seat and his smile never faded from his lips.

He was defiantly not going down without a fight.

Nerves coursed through his body as he sat in his room. A small sweat began to form at his head and he became very anxious. He sat playing with his hands, thinking of one thing and one thing only.

He didn't know why he was so nervous. Wait, yes he did. He was nervous because this would be the first time in his life that he would ever do this. And this would be the first time in his life he was going to go against a certain someone if he said no.

But somewhere in his heart said he might say yes.

A small vibration alerted him and he looked to the side of his bed as he saw his Instinct light up. He reached over to it and immediately smiled.

From: Aya-chan

Hey Tsuyoshi-kun! Me and Sana are going out to the cafe today? Would you like to join us? Maybe Hayama-kun could come to?

And this was what the problem was. Her. He knew he defiantly liked her. He liked her A LOT. And he wanted nothing more than to always be with her for some reason. He knew it wasn't love, or so he wasn't sure. He wanted it to be love, but then he didn't.

If it was, the day he would leave would be the hardest thing he would ever have to do. But he desperately wanted to make it official with her. She was the first girl he ever had such strong feelings for. She was sweet, kind, thoughtful, and overall great person. No one could even compare with her and he didn't want to lose that.

To: Aya-chan

That sounds like fun! I will defiantly be there! I'll ask him but you know how he is. Lol

He wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend, but the problem was he didn't know exactly how.

He was never really a ladies man. He was always the shy, nerdy boy in the background. He stuttered and made a fool of himself around all the girls he's talked to beforehand and they all just laughed at him. He was always insecure about himself and stopped trying to get girl's attention.

Who was always the ladies' man though was his best friend. He never tried to get girls, they just came at him. Before he changed, they all followed him around because he was the leader of their group, and was the adorable one out of everyone. After he changed, the girls liked him because he represented a bad boy of some sort. He was stoic and did rough things that earned him that name. After he became a royal knight, also taking the position of captain nonetheless, girls swooned over him 24/7.

But he never ever put any attention to it.

From: Aya-chan

Okayy ^_^ were meeting up at 5! See yah then!

As Tsuyoshi typed away on his phone, memories of his past began to emerge of his best friend's history with girls. He never tried and he always pushed them aside.

Somehow though, he was good with girl advice.

But this was where his problem stood. He was going to ask Hayama Akito, The captain of the 6 Royal Knights of Alagasean, how to ask a girl to be his girlfriend. It didn't seem hard, but it was probably the second hardest thing he will probably do in his entire life.

"Ugh!" He sat back, frustrated with himself. He looked over to his clock.

3:27

'About an hour and a half till I meet with them.'

He turned his attention towards the door and bit his lip. 'Should I? Yes? No?' His mind was filled with confusion. He didn't know whether to listen to his head or his heart.

He sighed. "Akito's going to kill me." he said as he walked over towards the door and out. He closed it softly behind him and walked over to Akito's apartment. Nervously, he turned his hand into a fist and raised it to where he would knock on the door. He left his hand still for a minute and anxiously thought it over.

'What am I thinking? Hayama would stop me from doing it all together!' he thought. 'But, if I don't do this now, then it never will. I will just have to disobey my orders!'

He swallowed all his fear and knocked on his best friend's door three times. He really wanted this. He's never wanted something as bad as he did now. He wouldn't let even the captain stop him from being happy.

Soft footsteps approached the door as Tsuyoshi awaited for Hayama to answer the door. So many thoughts crossed his mind in that matter of seconds. It felt as if the world was closing in on him. As the door squeaked open, he let out a small sigh and put up a smile.

Standing in the doorway was the notorious captain, looking as if he had woken him up from a nap. Tsuyoshi raised his hand slightly and said "Hey Ak- Hayama."

Looking at him with his poker face, Hayama did not reply. Tsuyoshi let out a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his head.

"What do you want." he asked, rather annoyed.

Tsuyoshi jumped slightly with his forwardness and again, let out an awkward chuckle.

"Well... I need your help with something." Hayama arched his brow slightly, but then went back to his ever stoic faze. He side stepped, inquiring for the brown haired boy to enter. Tsuyoshi let out another small laugh and walked in cautiously.

Tsuyoshi made himself at home as he sat down on Hayama's couch. Nervously, he observed the living room and found it to be the same as it once was the last time he was in here. It was a simple home made for a simple person. But the thing was Hayama Akito was far from simple. He was one of the most complex people one could ever meet. He was difficult to read and hard to understand. So far, the only person who has been the most successful in understanding him was Kotetsu Kyo. Part of the reason for that was because they met before Hayama had changed, also their past were somewhat the same.

"Well what is it?" the captain asked as he sat down on the chair.

Tsuyoshi broke away from his thoughts and gazed over to Hayama. "What?"

The golden eyed boy sighed in annoyance. A slight scowl appeared on his stoic face. Tsuyoshi gulped slightly and looked down at his hands, which were now resting on his lap. A small layer of sweat began to form at the corners of his forehead.

"We-well I, well yo-you know, well ma-maybe yo-you don't. But I kn-know that you sa-said that we we-weren't all-allowed to-"

"Stop stuttering and spit it out already." He coldly stated. Tsuyoshi jumped a bit.

"Well, I uh I mean I don't want to upset you but I uh.. I don't really know how to tell you so I umm…" Instead of stuttering, he was lost for words and began to grow more nervous. The words that were supposed to come out of his mouth were not the words he was speaking right now.

'I knew this was going to happen! I knew was going to freeze in front of him and not be able to tell him that I think I love Aya and I want to be with her!'

Akito sighed heavily and massaged his temples. He didn't know what his medic needed help in but whatever it was, it was making him a nervous wreck. And he was becoming rather annoyed with his timid demeanor.

"Look, I don't know what has gotten you so work up, but if you don't tell me what you need help in within the next 10 seconds, I will karate chop you in half. Got it?" he said with no mercy.

Tsuyoshi went numb and he gulped again. He hated the karate chops Hayama would give him.

"Okay fine!" He closed his eyes and stood up while clenching his fist at his sides. Hayama eyed him with slight curiosity and waited for what Tsuyoshi had to say.

"'!" he quickly stated as he said it all in one breath. His face was a deep shade of red and his heart was beating faster than it has ever before. He was far too frightened to look up and see the reaction of the boy in front of him.

He slowly titled his head upwards and poked one eye open. Surprisingly though, as he looked up, Hayama did not in fact seem upset. He was poker faced, but Tsuyoshi expected a scowl to appear on his face. Instead, there was nothing.

"That's it?" he replied to Tsuyoshi's confession.

Surprised, Tsuyoshi's eyes went wide and gaped at his friend. This reaction was completely different then what he had expected it to be. He expected for Hayama to have sudden outburst and scold him. Instead, he just simply stared back with the vacant look plastered on his face.

"You can close your mouth now." Tsuyoshi blushed slightly and closed his mouth, but to say he was not shocked would be an understatement.

"I saw this coming ever since you started hanging out with her. I was waiting for the day you would knock on my door and ask for help." He nonchalantly explained as he polished his black blade.

'What the? If he knew then… '

"I'm only saying this once so listen carefully." Tsuyoshi still slightly dazed, nodded.

"Ask her to be your girlfriend at Kurata's party. Don't stutter and be smooth about it. Try not to turn too red when you're asking her." Tsuyoshi smiled as Akito finished. The old Hayama from when they first arrived would have been completely against this idea. He would have objected and probably karate chop him for hours end.

Akito had to admit he was slightly amused by his medic's reaction. He's known the boy in front of him since his childhood and nothings really changed about him. He was still the same Tsuyoshi, but he couldn't say the same for him because he knew he's began to change.

"But…"

Tsuyoshi sighed. He knew there was a 'but' in there somewhere. "But what?"

"You are going to have to leave her behind. I warned you not to get close to anyone but you didn't listen. Now you want her to be your girlfriend. I don't really care, but you will come back with me and you will say goodbye to her. And you will never see her again." He explained coldly.

Tsuyoshi's face fell with sorrow. That was one of the many things he thought about before he came to his decision about asking her to be his. He knew that he would never see her again. He knew that once they found the princess, they were never going to return to this world. Everyone's he met so far, they will all disappear over time.

"A little harsh don't you think?" Tsuyoshi muttered under his breath.

"As cold as it may seem, that is what is going to happen and you know that."

"Yeah…" he answered, now depressed.

Hayama looked upon him and saw how the body language of his friend had changed. He normally wouldn't care what he felt and let him be. But, at this moment, he felt slight remorse. He could read the boy and knew that his medic had strong feelings for the timid girl in their class. He inwardly groaned and rubbed the back of his head.

"That's why you should spend as much time as you can with her."

Tsuyoshi immediately shot his head up with surprise. That was defiantly not an answer he would EVER hear come from the mouth of the ever stoic, ruthless, cold-hearted, Hayama. Hayama was cold, blunt, and had no sense of emotion. He hated anything fun. He was rude, heartless, all about duty and work. He didn't care what people thought about him. He never really gave advice and if he did, he told it straight it without beating around the bush.

But this Hayama was different.

"Wait… what?"

"I told you, I'm not repeating myself. If you didn't catch that, then it's your fault."

"But Hayama! I didn't hear you! Just one more time please!" Tsuyoshi begged.

"No, now get out." He said as he pointed towards his door.

Tsuyoshi frowned and stood up. As he walked over towards the door, he sighed. He reached out for the door knob and began to turn it, but before he left, he turned his head and asked, "Aya invited me to the café downtown and she asked me to ask you if you wanted to come. Its gunna be her, Sana, and I."

Hayama made no sign of acknowledgement and continued polishing his jet, black blade.

"I'm guessing that's a no." he sighed once more and headed out, but not before something stopped him.

"When you ask her out, don't be too much of your idiot self, but don't be too much of who you're not."

The brown haired boy went wide eyed once again and was caught off guard with his captain's words. He just did not understand his captain at all. One minute he was being his old self, the next he was being the 5 year old Hayama he once knew before he changed.

Tsuyoshi smiled to himself though. It was nice knowing that his best friend cared though it seemed like he didn't half the time.

"Haha alright captain." Tsuyoshi walked out of his apartment, leaving Akito with those words of a goodbye.

Hayama smirked.

"IM SOOOOOO EXCITED!" cheered a very happy Kurata Sana.

"For the party?" asked her best friend, Sugita Aya.

They were currently sitting inside the most popular café for students in town. It wasn't as crowded as it usually was because of the holidays. Both girls were chatting away happily as they waited for their new friend to arrive.

"Duhh!" she replied. "It's in 3 days!"

Aya giggled. Sana certainly was a joy to be around. She was a great person and had the most amazing personality that would brighten everyone's day.

"I'm pretty excited for it, but are you sure it's okay with your mother?" Aya asked with concern.

"Of course it is!" she said with much enthusiasm. "In fact, when I told her, she said I really should have to party. Also, she isn't going to be there. She has a date." She said as she wriggled her eye brows.

Aya blushed. "Really? With who?"

Sana shrugged her shoulders. "Some mangaka she met on one of her book signings. I don't really know the guy considering he's only been over twice, but he seems like a good guy. " She paused for a second, looking at nothing in particular.

"Wow. I didn't know your mom was interested in dating again. I thought after the other one, she was done with men." She continued.

Sana smiled. "Yeah, she was done, but I think this guy gave her hope in men again. I think… I think she's happy… like really happy again."

"That's great Sana. I'm really happy for you and your mom." Aya said with a small smile formed at her lips. Sana gleamed back at her.

"So now that were off that topic, what's going on with you and dearest Tsuyoshi hmmm?" she asked as she nudged her, wriggling her brows once again.

The timid girl immediately blushed. She looked down at her fingers and began to fidget with them. A small smile played at her lips.

"I-I have no id-idea what you a-are ta-talking about Sana."

The auburn haired girl grinned like an idiot and said "Liar! You likeeeeeeeeeeee him."

Aya's blush deepened to a deeper red. "I-"

"Just admit it Aya! You like Tsuyoshi!" She expressed happily.

"We-well… he is a good guy and he's really sweet…" the brown haired girl finally admitted.

"Ha! I knew it!" she said in triumph. The grin never left her face as she continued to tease Aya about Tsuyoshi.

Aya blushed madly. Yes, she did happen to like the newcomer. She was never the girl to focus on boys though. Like Sana, she never put much attention to them and focused on school more. She's always had admirers and boys ask her to be her boyfriend, but she's always politely rejected them. But finally, in her third year of high school, she's finally found someone who she's truly happy with and they weren't even dating.

"Sana! You mustn't say anything to Tsuyoshi-kun or Hayama-kun! Please!" she nervously asked. Sana measly laughed at Aya's concern.

"Duhh I won't. Buuuuuuuuut I think you should tell Tsuyoshi!" She happily proclaimed.

"NO!" She outburst, shocking Sana. Aya's eyes grew wide when she realized her mistake. She covered her mouth and looked down immediately.

"Why not?" the hazel eyed girl asked.

"Be-because what if he doesn't like me? I don't think I could handle that heart break Sana…" she quietly admitted as her face fell.

Sana looked over at her best friend in silence, not sure what to say in this situation. She then reached out for her hand, and held it. Aya looked up to see determination and hope in the eyes of the person sitting across from her. A confident smile was plastered on her face.

"Tsuyoshi likes you. I know he does. He would be crazy not to!"

Aya smiled and she suddenly felt a whole lot better. Sana was the greatest friend anyone could ever have. She made people want to bet on her because they knew she would not falter. She never let her friends fall and always put them before herself. She was probably the most amazing person around.

"Thank you Sana."

"What are we thanking Sana for?"

Both teenagers in the booth jumped as they heard another voice. Both girls looked to the right of them seeing not only Tsuyoshi but his infamous friend: Hayama Akito.

Hayama could tell they were shock to see him. He could read people better than he could read a book. The Sugita girl had a soft, surprised expression present on her face. Her chocolate eyes were wider the usual and her body language had changed. The other girl, on the other hand, was completely in shock. Her eyes were the size of dinner plates, her mouth hung open wide, and her eyes were filled with shock, confusion, etc.

"Hayama! What are you doing here?" Sana asked as she sat there in confusion. He replied with nothing as he stood there, hands dug into his black, jean pants.

Tsuyoshi laughed, knowing full well that there would be this reaction from the two girls.

"Oh right! Please, sit down." Aya said as she slid down to the end of seat. Tsuyoshi sat down right beside her and smiled. Sana grumbled as she sat slid over, giving room for the blonde haired boy to sit down. He looked at the seat for a second, lost in his own thoughts. Sana didn't feel any new weight on the seat, so she looked back up at the golden eyed boy.

As she observed him, she noticed he was looking 'godly', as Hisea put it. The charcoal sweater that was loosely hanging onto his body was zipped open down to his built chest, which was covered by a thin black muscle shirt that outlined his muscles. Dark colors made his striking golden eyes brighter than they usually were and his tanned skin glowed. He looked like a god sent by the heavens.

"Try not to drool too much."

Sana broke out of her trance and shot him a deadly glare.

"Am not! Why would I drool over an asshole like you?" She said to him as she crossed her arms. He smirked as he sat down. Tsuyoshi and Aya smiled at their bickering.

"Why do I get stuck sitting next to you?" She grumbled under her breath as she pouted.

"Don't act like you don't like it." He replied.

She blushed by his comment and frowned. "I do not! I'd rather sit by a zombie!"

He glared at her and she glared back. There fighting and bickering were common. One would say something, then the other would add to it, and then they would continue back and forth until someone split them up or before one of the marched off; which was usually Sana.

"You're an idiot pigtails." He insulted.

She threw a nasty glared back at him as his vacant face stared at nothing.

"Hayama, don't be so mean to Sana." Tsuyoshi chuckled as he watched his two friends argue.

Hayama glared at his longtime friend and Tsuyoshi immediately shut up. He did not want to feel the wrath of a pissed off Hayama later. Aya giggled quietly. It was nice for all of them to be able to hang out with no drama.

"So Hayama-kun, I didn't think you would come." Aya expressed as she fondled with her fingers. He looked over at the brown haired who captured his medic's heart.

"I thought you didn't like us hmmm?" Sana added in, curiosity filling her eyes.

Tsuyoshi sat, thinking how exactly his friend would answer this. Even himself, he thought Hayama wasn't going to come along. When he walked out of his apartment and found Hayama standing next to his door read and set to go, so many thoughts ran through his mind.

* Tsuyoshi walked out of his apartment, locking the door behind him, getting ready to meet up with the girls. But he couldn't get his and Hayama's conversation out of his mind. It kept playing through his mind like a song stuck on replay. His eyes wondered over to his best friend's apartment. But as he looked over there, they grew wide.

Standing in front of the door, stood his captain, looking as if he was ready to go out. He stumbled a bit and made a small sound as he dropped his key. As he bend down to pick up his key, he heard footsteps approach him. He looked up to see Hayama walking his way. The medic stood up.

"Going somewhere?" the glass eyed boy asked.

"…" his captain did not answer.

"Anywhere specifically?"

"… No." he replied.

"Oh… well… since you aren't going to go anywhere specifically, would you like to join me and go down to the café like I asked earlier?" Tsuyoshi asked once again, knowing that the answer was probably going to be the same as earlier.

Hayama stood still for a second, and opened his mouth as if he was going to say anything. But he didn't, well at least that's what he wanted Tsuyoshi to think. What Hayama failed to notice was that his friend in fact did hear him.

"Whatever…" *

"Sorry for the wait there. What can I get for you four today?" the waitress asked as she walked over to the table, breaking the tension that was there just a second ago.

"Oh yes! Umm may I have some of your peach tea please?" Aya asked. The waitress nodded.

"I'll take another one those please." Tsuyoshi said as Aya blushed.

"I'll have a Strawberry Mango Smoothie please!" Sana said with a grin on her face and the waitress nodded her head once again.

"And for yo-" the waitress was about to say but was caught off guard as she looked at the boy who still needed to order.

She was stunned by how gorgeous the teenager was. She couldn't help drool a bit at how good looking this boy was. She quickly fixed herself up and put on a seductive smile on her face.

"How may I help you young sir?" she said with a playful smile and batted her eye lashes at him.

He put no attention to it. "Coffee. Black." He said swiftly. Out of the corner of his eye, he could already see her trying to flirt with him.

"Yummy. My favorite kind yah know. I'll be right back with your order." She attempted to flirt. Tsuyoshi tried to suppress a chuckle as he read the annoyance on Hayama's face.

"Umm excuse me miss, but he's not the only one in this table so I believe what you meant to say was 'I'll be back with your orders' right?" Sana said in annoyance. She was pretty much use to girls flirting with Hayama, but it still irked her at times.

The waitress shot her a dirty look as Sana smiled back at her.

"I believe she's right. So I would very much appreciate if you would stop your hopeless attempt of flirting with me in front of my girlfriend."

The whole table stood silent as Tsuyoshi and Sana gaped at the blonde haired warrior and Aya's eyes went wide. The waitress turned red with embarrassment and angrily turned away, almost stomping back to the kitchen.

Tsuyoshi could not believe what he just heard. 'Girlfriend?'

Sana sat in pure shock as her mouth hung down open.

"You should really stop doing that or a bug will go in." he simply stated.

Sana turned 5 different shades of red as she stared down the golden eyed boy next to her. Her heart was beating extremely fast, skipping beats, and butterflies emerged in the pit of her stomach.

"Wh-wha what was that about!" she questioned.

"Yeah Hayama! What was that all about?" Tsuyoshi asked with curiosity.

He stood silent for a minute, thinking. He made no acknowledgement to the eyes looking at him and the question coming at him.

"Are you going to answer? Cuz I really wanna know what that was about!" Sana asked with confusion.

"No." he finally replied. Sana fumed in her seat and frowned.

"Here's your drinks." The waitress said with annoyance as she returned with their drinks.

"Two peach teas." She placed them both next to Aya and Tsuyoshi.

"A Strawberry Mango Smoothie." She spitted out and glared as she gave the drink to Sana. Sana quickly hid her anger and smiled back at the waitress. "Thank you!" she thanked happily.

The waitress rolled her eyes. She then turned her attention towards Hayama. Her seductive smile played at her lips once again.

"And your coffee handsome." she placed the coffee on the table and a small piece of paper. "In case you ever need a real woman." She whispered as she smirked over at Sana, who gaped at the comment.

"Which is not you." He stated as he focused his attention on his coffee. "Besides, my girlfriend is right here next to me." He said roughly, raising his voice a bit. The waitress gaped. She frowned and turned her heels, stomping away.

"Hayama!" she yelled with anger.

"Now now sweetie. Be a good girl and drink your smoothie and let me drink my coffee."

Sana turned red once again. And the butterflies grew bigger. She didn't know what to say or how to feel. Her heart was racing once again and she felt her cheeks burning up. Why was she feeling this way?

"Alright Hayama, what the heck was that about?" Tsuyoshi asked.

He ignored Tsuyoshi's question and drank his coffee. Aya sat in silence. She didn't even know what to say. For Hayama to say something as blunt as that, it must have shocked Sana, nevertheless confuse her.

They all sat in silence as they continued drinking their drinks. They decided to stop asking Hayama why he did what he did because they knew they were getting nowhere, so they sat there in an awkward silence for the rest of the time.

After half an hour or so, they asked for the bill. As they walked out of the café, Hayama took a hold of Sana's hand and entwined his fingers around hers, which completely startled her. She turned red once again and looked down at where their hands were connected. She felt as if a shock of electricity had coursed through her body.

All eyes were darted towards the 'couple'. Whispers began to fly around the café and Sana had to admit, some of them were very mean.

"She's not even pretty."

"He's way too good and hot for her."

"She's probably just dating him for the looks, how shallow."

"She's probably some conceited bitch."

Sana bit her lip as she heard the whispers across the room. She was none of those things, so why did people keep calling her that. Suddenly, Sana felt Hayama's hand squeeze at hers a he was comforting her. But there was no way he was comforting her. That wasn't him at all.

The whispers stopped and Sana looked up at the boy. He still wore his poker face and continued walking as if it was just another casual day.

Tsuyoshi was in complete and utter shock as he watched Hayama take a hold of Sana's hand. Never in his life had he ever imagined him doing something so bold. He didn't even know what was going on anymore. Hayama was different. He was doing things that weren't him. He didn't know who this person was anymore.

"Tsuyoshi?" Tsuyoshi looked over to see Aya looking at him with concern.

"I'm okay… I'm just stunned." He admitted.

Aya took a deep breath and took a hold of Tsuyoshi's hand. Tsuyoshi jumped a bit and looked over at Aya. "I am too, but I can't even imagine how Sana feels."

As they walked out of the café, Hayama kept a hold of Sana's hand. He held onto to it as they continued walking down a couple blocks. After reaching a certain distance, he finally let go.

"What the HELL Hayama! What the hell was that about?" she screamed at him in pure anger. He stared back at her. Tsuyoshi and Aya stayed back a bit, giving Sana and Akito their space.

"No! Don't just stand there and say nothing!" she demanded. "You're going to tell me because what you did back there was just…. Was just weird!" she continued.

"Too many girls were staring at me. I needed to get them off my back somehow. When the waitress came over, that was the perfect opportunity to get them off my back." He paused. "By telling them you were my girlfriend, I knew they would stop."

Sana stood there in silence. She didn't even know what to feel. So many emotions were running through her mind and anger was defiantly one of them. She clenched her fist and gritted her teeth as her body began to shake.

"You… You are such a fuckin asshole."

Hayama frowned.

"You are such a fuckin asshole you bastard!" she yelled, her head still looking down.

"You think you could just use me whenever you like? You think that you could just say whatever you want and get away with it? You think you could do what you want with me whenever it pleases you?" she seethed through her teeth.

Hayama stood in silence.

"Well you can't!" she yelled as she picked up her head to face Hayama. His eyes went wide a bit as he saw the tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"Your little stunt back there really hurt! Did you hear what all those people were saying? Did you hear all the things they were calling me because of you? Did you even think at least once how I would feel about it?"

No answer. She closed her eyes and the tears began to fall down her face.

"Of course you didn't because you don't care about anyone! You don't care who you hurt or what you say. You don't care about anything!" She yelled through her tears.

"It really… hurt." she whispered. "All those really mean things they said. I didn't deserve that. I didn't do anything that caused me that pain."

Tsuyoshi and Aya stood in the background and listened to Sana. Tsuyoshi felt extremely upset and glared at his captain. He agreed with Sana. The stunt he pulled was shallow and rude. He didn't blame Sana for the way she felt.

Hayama fell silent. He didn't know what to say because he did do what he did for his own purpose and he didn't think about her feelings at all.

"You can't even spare yourself an apology for me can you?"

Silence.

"Of course you can't." She said in anger. "I can't believe I ever wanted to help you out! I can't believe I ever wanted to get to know you!"

"No one asked you to get to know me. You did it all on yourself. You just continue prying into my business as if it was yours."

Sana snapped.

"Well excuse me for trying to be your friend! Do you even know what a friend is? I don't think you do because friends don't this to each other. They don't hurt them and not care about each other. They actually care!"

His face became hard and his lips were pressed into a firm, thin line.

Her tears continued to stream down her face. She didn't know why she was crying. She didn't know why she was so upset and so hurt. She felt that whatever friendship they built over the past couple weeks, was for nothing and was now crumbing down.

"I don't care."

"What?" Sana looked at him through her swollen, red eyes.

"We might be so called 'friends' but I don't care about you." Akito countered as he intensely glared at Sana.

Sana went wide eyed along with Tsuyoshi and Aya. Tsuyoshi was boiling with anger. Through all the years that he's known Hayama, he was never so rude and hurtful. He was never so cold. But this person, he didn't know who this boy was. But whoever he was, he personally wanted to hurt him for saying something as heartless as that to a good friend of his.

Sana froze.

"We might be so called 'friends' but I don't care about you."

The words were ringing in her ears as she stood there. After all this time, she cared for nothing? It was pointless. There was no reason for her to even try anymore. He didn't care. He didn't care about her. She thought that maybe, she could help him just a little bit. That she could open his heart. That she could break through his walls.

She thought wrong.

Now she was standing in the middle of the city, hurt and disappointed by what happened today. She was so stupid. She was so naïve to think she could help someone who did not want to be helped.

'You're such an idiot Sana. You really are.'

"I care."

Hayama gazed over at the girl. He was surprised to hear those words come from her mouth.

"I care about you. Why do you think I tried so hard?" she questioned. "My mistake for thinking you cared too."

"Yeah, your mistake."

That was it for her. She's heard enough. She took a couple steps in towards him and raised her hand.

*SLAP*

Tsuyoshi and Aya watched in amazement and shock as Sana slapped the blonde haired captain. No one, no ONE ever touched Akito. No one ever dared to hit him or fight back the way she did. Tsuyoshi immediately grew frightened for Sana. He knew Hayama and he would not take that. He knew it. He would hit her back. He really would.

Hayama stood in complete and utter shock. His eyes as wide as a dinner plates as he let the sting of the slap settle in. No girl had ever hit him. Never has a girl hit him. He didn't know what to do or how to react. He had never been in this situation. But no later, he returned back to his normal poker face and buried his eyes in his long, blonde locks.

"That's the first time I ever hit someone…" she whispered almost inaudibly, then ran away. Hayama stood still, hearing the fading footsteps of the girl he had just hurt.

Sana ran right past Aya and Tsuyoshi with tears streaming down her face. She needed to leave. She couldn't stand being there anymore.

"We might be so called 'friends' but I don't care about you."

The words never left her brain. They kept replaying in her mind like a film without sound. The tears weren't stopping anytime soon and she continued to run.

"Sana!" Aya called out. But she didn't stop. "I'm going after her." Tsuyoshi nodded and Aya left after her. Tsuyoshi watched as Aya disappeared in city traffic until she was completely gone. He then turned his complete attention to the boy standing in front of her. He glared and walked over to him.

"Hayama! You're such a dumbass! Why the hell did you do that?" Tsuyoshi started.

But he didn't reply.

"You really hurt her! Like really! All she wanted to do was help you! What's so bad about that huh! Who are you even? The Hayama I know would never do something as cold and cruel as that!" he continued with the lecture but the captain just stood silent.

"Are you even fuckin listening to me?" Tsuyoshi said with an outburst.

"Tsuyoshi…" he spoke softly.

Tsuyoshi was thrown back. 'Did he just call me by my first name? No way.'

"I screwed up."

Blue eyes darted back and forth between two objects as he was shopping for the perfect Christmas present. He needed it to be perfect. He wanted it to be the best thing that she had ever gotten. He didn't want it to be something cliché like a necklace or something. He wanted it to be something she would never forget, but that something was yet unknown as he struggled to find her the perfect gift. He put both objects back as he sighed. This was much more difficult than he anticipated.

"How do girls do it? How do they find it so easy?" he asked himself.

He strolled through the shopping center, constantly being stared at and hit on. He continued to sigh as he found nothing. Shopping for a certain person was a lot harder than he thought it was. Nothing seemed right or it was too cheesy. And he wanted it to be far from cheesy.

For the first time in his life, Kamura Naozumi could say he didn't know what he was doing.

A/N: Omgg I finally finished! Whoooooo! I'm soooooooooo sorry for taking so long to update! Like I explained at the top, I've jut been so busy with everything this summer :P I seriously have no break. But I gotta confess I had 10 pages of this chapter done for about 2 months and I just couldn't finish it. I was only going to make it around 15 but I decided to write a bit more because I made you all wait for so long! So there you go!

Alright about this chapter. I don't really know to be honest. I kinda just wanted to finish it. But I hope I had it well-structured I guess you can say. I think Akito and Sana were a bit out of character. I don't know though. You can tell me. And I made Naozumi somewhat nice again. Cuz common, we all know Naozumi isn't a bad guy. He's a good guy. Akito was kinda really mean in this chapter… but you'll find out soon why he was mean and why he's acting the way he's acting. But anyway, I think it's about time I close this chapter sooooo character closing!

Sana: Well it's about time were back!

Me: So sorry Sana! It's just the past few chapters have been extra-long.

Sana: So stop them from being extra-long!

Me: But I can't cuz then I don't feel satisfied where I have to leave it off and-

Sana: Okay never mind. Forget I asked :P

Me: So will you close it for me?(:

Sana: Alright! Please review and let Author-chan know how you liked this chapter! See yah next time!

Me: Byee ^_^

Next Time on Two Worlds Collide:

Sana's Christmas party is only one day away and things are not looking so good. Things between Sana and Hayama have become more awkward. All the while, rumors and gossip travel around school about what happened at the café and Hitorashi Ayumi is not happy. On the bright side, Aya and Tsuyoshi seem to be finally taking that step forward in their relationship and Naozumi has come up with the perfect Christmas present for Sana.

Arc 1: A New World: Chapter 12: Mixed Feelings