Fallen Squared- Chapter Two

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"Okay, the point of this game is what again?" Mian said, holding the soft yellow Nerf ball in her hands and looking at it quizzically.

Hotohori laughed. "You're supposed to hit the people on the other team with the ball, while still trying not to get hit with one yourself. The people on this side of the line are your teammates, and the people on the other team…are trying to hit you as hard as they can…and then when you get hit, you have to go to the "prison", which is actually behind that red line, and stand there until you get the ball. One of us might throw it to you so ya gotta pay attention. If you get the ball while you're over there, then you get to come out and back over here. If you catch the ball or they catch it you're in prison if you're not already there…how's that?"

Mian furrowed sallow eyebrows and shrugged. "Yeah I think so….kinda like dodge ball…which happens to be my favorite game…" she grinned and looked to the coach for the signal to start the game.

Coach Nakago blew the whistle and started the prison ball game.

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Tasuki stood on the other side of the gym, already mad and getting angrier. /How does she happen to be everywhere I turn? Well now that we're playing a physical contact sport, I guess I can teach her a lesson and make it look like an accident…/ he grinned to himself.

"Yo Tasuki, look out!" a boy yelled from behind him.

Tasuki turned just as a ball nailed him in the leg. He stood there for a minute, then blink, taking in that he was now out. As he jogged over to the other side of the gym and behind the red line, he caught the smug look of the sakura-haired woman. He smirked and blew it off, knowing the game was far from over.

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Mian dodged another ball, then caught one just barely. /I think I like this game…/ She threw the ball again and hit this blonde boy just as a ball nailed her in her head from behind.

"Itai…" she said plainly. Somehow, she knew who'd hit her. /Vengeance can be sweet, but the sensation is fleeting…./

She jogged to the opposing side of the gym, where she joined three other people. One was the red-haired girl from earlier on the bus, who was jumping up and down and yelling loudly. The girl turned to her when she got to the 'prison' and said,

"Hi there. You're the new girl right? Oh I just love your hair! It's so pretty! My name's Miaka. Yuuki Miaka."

"Mian Faxian. Nice to meet you." Mian said awkwardly, catching a ball that was about to nail Miaka in the head.

"Wow that was a nice catch." Miaka said, giving Mian a v-sign.

"Domo." Mian said, tossing the ball to the girl.

Miaka smiled. "Arigatou." she searched for someone to hit and threw the ball. Luckily for her it made its mark. "Yatta!"

Mian smiled. "Nice job." She gave Miaka a high five as the redhead ran past her.

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Tasuki still couldn't wipe the grin off his face, even though he was now the only person left on his side of the court. Thanks to his agility, he was still in the game. While it seemed like a pretty stupid form of pay-back, it was kinda funny. Funny enough for him anyway. Tasuki caught a ball aimed for him and sent the person on the other side back to prison.

"Mian!" he heard from the other side of the court. When he looked up a short red-haired girl was motioning for a person in the prison behind him to catch the ball she was about to throw. He turned and saw that the person was the sakura-haired girl. He broke into a run so he could get the ball before it did get to her.

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Mian heard her name called and looked up. The other two boys that had accompanied her in the prison were now back in the game. Miaka was motioning for her to move so she could throw the ball to her. The fire-haired boy made his was to her end of the court.

The ball soared through the air and was almost to her side, as was the boy.

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Tasuki dove for the ball, only to miss it by an inch. He heard the tell-tale sound of the girl catching it. When he turned around the girl held the ball in her hands, smiling serenely. Cerulean eyes locking with golden ones.

"You lose." she said, tapping him lightly with the ball.

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"You lose." Mian said, tapping him lightly with the ball. She tossed the ball up and caught it, walking back to the other side. She could almost feel his eyes burning into her back.

Miaka ran over to and hugged her. "Good job! You won the game for us!"

"Domo, it was fairly easy…that was a really good throw. You've got good aim." Mian said, pulling her hair out of the ponytail holder and letting it fall around her shoulders.

Miaka laughed. "Actually it was more like a fluke. Hey what class do you have next?" she said, walking with her to the locker room. "I have Geometry."

Mian looked down at the shorter girl. "What are you?"

Miaka blushed. "I'm a sophomore but I know I look like a freshman."

Mian laughed. "Not really. You look like a sophomore. I'm a junior, so I've got Calculus."

Miaka looked at her quizzically. "Well wouldn't you have algebra II?"

Mian shook her head. "Normally I would, but I already have a credit in that. I'm taking Calculus this year."

Miaka nodded. "Sou ka…well then what do you have third block?"

"World History."

"Kakkoi! Then that means you have B lunch with me!"

"Looks like it." Mian said, pushing open the door to the locker room.

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Tasuki shoved his clothes back into his gym bag, then slammed the door to the locker shut.

"Oi, what's with you, Tasuki?" a blue haired boy said, shutting the locker next to his.

"Shut up Tamahome. I'm not in the mood."

"Oh are you still pissed that that girl got you out at the last second? What did she say again guys?" he said, snickering and turning to the other guys in the locker room.

A blonde boy laughed and slapped Tasuki on the shoulder. "I think it was," he imitated Mian's monotone, light voice. "You lose."

The other boys erupted with laughter.

Tasuki kicked the locker shut that was open next to him. "I'm not in the @*&!@% mood right now! Don't piss me off!"

The boys continued to laugh as Tasuki left the locker room angrily.

"Baka ketsus…."

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Mian walked into the lunch room with Hotohori.

"You can come sit with me alright?" hotohori said.

"Yeah sure…" Mian said, not paying attention, then she remembered. "h wait. I told this girl Miaka I'd sit with her. Gomen…"

Hotohori laughed. "Oh she sits with us do not worry."

Mian sighed, relieved. "Hai hai…" she followed Hotohori over to a table in the back where there were where there were nine people sitting there. Among those people were Miaka, the blue-haired boy she'd seen earlier on the bus. The blonde boy…only now there were two of them, a boy with long violet hair that was in a braid, a tall boy with light blue hair and slit eyes, a short boy (probably a freshman) with crimson hair, the guy she'd seen on the bus with dark blue hair and brown eyes, and then….

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Tasuki laughed at Koji's joke about their English teacher, when Koji suddenly poked him in the side.

"Oi here comes Hotohori and your girlfriend." Koji snickered.

Tasuki looked at him like he was crazy, then looked up. And there was the sakura-haired girl walking with Hotohori.

"You!" he yelled, jumping up.

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Note- and there's chapter two! Wai wai! What do you think minna-san should I keep going? Please review and no flames please.