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Anywayz.. Tsukushi and Tsukasa will recognize each other..

Tsukasa: Yay! Finally! Put me with Tsukushi!
Angel: *wicked grin* Not until you beg..
Tsukasa: Grrrr..

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Tsukushi trudged slowly towards the school building, grumbling. Her car had broken down that morning.. if you could call that old piece of junk a car at all. Even the beautiful Sakura trees that grew around Eitoku failed to lighten up her mood. She was late and on the way to school she had passed that bitch Asai, who never seemed to be short of new insults to throw at her. Those sniveling idiots never failed to aggravate her.

If I was still rich, I would never treat people like that! She thought angrily. Slowly she walked through the school gates and was immediately aware of people whispering and giving her weird looks. As she walked, she found people clearing away from her. What was wrong? It was strange.. Even Makiko failed to show up where she had promised to meet Tsukushi.

Suddenly, glancing at her watch told her she only had 10 minutes left.. to go to her locker and find her room for that day.. 25C. Quickly she rushed into the West Wing of the school, opening the locker, she found the answer to all the questions that had been revolving in her mind. All those weird looks..

She had received the red tag.

Ripping the tag from her locker, she closely examined it. A piece of red paper saying "You'll be Dead." With F4 written on top with gold paint. Dead? A grin spread across her face. F4? Hadn't Kazuya said that Tsukasa was the leader of F4? And now they were giving her the "dreaded" red tag. She burst out laughing, somehow she could not imagine her Tsukasa doing something like this.. But his temper had always been bad. She sighed, what had she done to deserve this red tag?

Maybe that guy from the cafeteria yesterday.. was their friend? She smiled again, maybe Tsukasa didn't know about her yet.. She wondered what Tsukasa looked like now.. had he changed much? Still the tall lean guy that she had known? The loud ring of the bell brought her crashing back to reality.

Oh no! Where is room 25C?! Kazuya! Makiko! Where are you people.. she thought desperately. She looked at the number of the classroom next to her locker. 30A. So 25C would be somewhere near here right? Hurriedly she ran along the corridor. 29B, 28 D.. she ran along, hoping to find 25C after the rooms numbered 26. It was 20B. She cursed the school. Wasn't it logical to put 25 after 26? But no! They just HAD to put 20 after 26. Damn the architects.. designers.. whatever.

What could she do now? Looking around the deserted corridors, she knew everyone had gone to class.. except her. So how was she supposed to find the bloody classroom? Frantically, she pulled out the map of the school. But it only confused her more.

Turning around she caught sight of someone's back, walking away. Quickly, she ran until she got near enough to see it was Rui. "Rui chan!" she called out, "Matte kudasai! (please wait)"

He spun around to face her, it was that Tsukushi girl again. Slowly he found himself smiling again, the frantic look on her face was too hilarious. Tsukushi could never fail to make him smile. "Tsukushi?"

She stopped in front of him, panting for breath. "Rui chan.. Do you know where room 25C is? Actually.." she paused, "Can you take me there if it's not too much trouble? I can't really follow directions that well…" She blushed, it was true. She was always getting lost.. especially big school like Eitoku.

Hesitantly, he slipped his hand into hers. "Come with me."
Why am I doing this? Don't I normally just mind my own business? Why have I decided to help this girl.. Tsukushi? But she is pretty cute.. I wonder if she received the red tag from Tsukasa? After all she did make him very angry yesterday..

Tsukushi blushed again as she felt Rui take her hand. It felt so warm and comforting.
'*Oh god.. I hope he doesn't see me blushing.. Again! Why do I always blush around him? But he is so handsome.. I wonder if he knows anything about Tsukasa.*'

Suddenly she felt him pause. Looking down, she saw a thin fishing line strung across the corridor. If Rui had not been here to guide her, she knew she would have surely tripped. Was this what Kazuya had talked about? The tricks that they played on the people who received the red tag? Before long they had reached the door of 25C.

She turned to thank her "saviour", "Rui chan.. Thankyou so much!"

"Be careful of the tricks." He advised before turning and walking away.

Looking at her watch again made her realize that she was 10 minutes late to class. She took a deep breath, and with renewed confidence, she opened the door. She took a step back, preparing herself for the worst. And she was right, a splash of cold water came running down in the spot where she had just stood and soon the bucket came tumbling down as well. She grinned and silently thanked Rui again. She walked in slowly and cautiously and faced the teacher. "Sensei.. Osokunatte Sumimasen! (Sorry I'm late) I got lost coming to this room."

"If you were lost, then how did you get here?" the teacher asked sternly.

"I.. Rui helped me." She explained.

"Ha..na..za..wa.. Rui?!" stammered the teacher. "He helped you?!"

A high cold laugh rang out from the class, it was Asai. She sniffed haughtily, "Hanazawa help you? In your dreams Makino! Why would he take notice a poor stupid girl like you?" *Hanazawa Rui helped this Makino? How is that possible when he never talks to anyone but F4.. Not even me, Asai!*

"Quite right." The teacher agreed, "Stop lying Tsukushi san!"

"What?!" she cried out, "But it's true!" Why are they making such a big deal out of this.. It was only Rui. I wonder what's so special about him? And why wasn't he in class this morning..

"Stop lying her I will kick you out of class!" the teacher shouted.

A few giggles and sniggers came from the class. However the teacher took no notice. "This time I will forgive you since you are a good student academically. Next time, DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!"

Tsukushi opened her mouth to retort that she wasn't lying, but she closed it. There was no point in arguing anyway, the teacher seemed firm on his decision about her. Reluctantly she dragged herself to an empty desk. Be careful of the tricks.. Rui's voice rang in her head. Quickly she stood up, fingering the seat she found that glue had been put on her chair. Taking out a piece of paper, she covered her seat before sitting down. Smiling, she glared defiantly at Asai. These students would need to work harder on their tricks.

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F3 sat restlessly in the cafeteria, alone, waiting restlessly for their remaining member to come. Slowly Rui made his entrance into the cafeteria.

"Rui! What took you so long?" Akira called.

The cafeteria was their place to hang out, when it was deserted by all students.

Rui shrugged and sat down, before closing his eyes as slumber took over.

"We were waiting for you!" Tsukasa declared then a mad grin appeared on his face. "I wonder how that girl is doing. She must have received my red tag by now."

Rui's eyes flickered open in interest. Tsukushi? He had helped her that morning.. But why? Simply because she asked? No… that was not the reason, he normally ignored everyone that tried to talk to him. He simply shut them out, but why not Tsukushi?

"Oh yes.. and Rui.." Anger flashed in Tsukasa's eyes. "Why were you talking to her yesterday? She is our enemy! How did you know her anyway?"

Rui shrugged again, his face showing no sign of interest.

"Yeah.. Rui! You normally don't talk to anyone. Why did you know her?" Soujiro added.

"We've met before.." he answered in a tone that clearly showed he was uninterested.

"Where?" even Akira started to question him.

Rui sighed and looked at his three friends. They showed no signs of backing down on their little "interrogation". "I talked to her on the rooftop.."

Akira's mouth dropped open in surprise. "You TALKED?!"

"Yeah.."

"What was her name again?" Soujiro asked, "Sushi?" he chuckled at his own joke.

Rui looked at him, clearly annoyed. "Her name is Makino Tsukushi."

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Ahh.. so it is getting more interesting now.
Tsukasa finally knows it was Tsukushi!! =P
Find out more in the next chapter!

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* Angel *