Dj: long time no update, pipol!!!

Kishin: Yup. I got a real good time vacation!

Dj: and by the way, sorry if I did update just now. You see, I have a lot of activities to do and because of that, it ate my writing time..!!!! But now, I'm back!!!!

Kishin: You know, I've been in Hawaii!!! Did you know that?

Dj: What?????? You're mean!!!!! But now, I'm the one who's mean!!!!!! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Kishin: ehi??? Sorry.

Dj: no excuses!!!! Double torture!!!!!!!!! (gong)

Chapter 3: Practice Blues

Early morning of the second day. Everybody is very busy for the rehearsals for the play. The costumes are haven't done yet and the play is going to be..next week!!!!!

=====Flashback===== "What's that?" Kishin points to a something that is in Kuroudo's hand.

"Use your mind and you'll find out." The blond teen raised one of his eyebrows.

"JERK." The brown-haired guy crosses his arms. "DUH-DUH!!!! I KNOW IT'S A PILL!!!!"

"That's better. You're using your cranky brains."

"Stupid monkey."

"What?"

"Oh, nothing. Just tell me what the pill is for.!!!!"

"Why you want to know?" Kuroudo reached for his water bottle, then drinks with the pill.

"What if I do want to know?!!" Kishin started to lose his patience.

"Come on, pipol!!!" Kouya interrupted the argument. "would you have a day of no arguments? You're always like that!!!!"

The two just ignored Kouya.

Out of the blue, the youngest member of class 3A just shout out.

"THE TWO OF YOU!!!!! WOULD YOU MIND TO END IT UP!!!! THE REHEARSAL WILL START IN 4 MINUTES!!!!!!"

silence.

Kishin just looked away from the two and into the horizon.

~Hm.. I really wonder what that pill Kuroudo is taking and what is it for? I mean, he has no sickness, but.Shut up, It's just a vitamin pill.~ =====End of Flashback====

"Dude!" Takeshi just waved his hand in front of Kishin's face. "Are you daydreaming again?"

"no."

"But why on earth you just daydream??? You always act like that since the first rehearsals!!!!"

looking oh-so-innocent about the situation, Kishin replies with a soft voice. (sounds like no-no Kishin behavior.ahem)

"I'm not daydreaming. And where are the others?"

Takeshi started to cough. ~Idiot. You were daydreaming.~

"In the rehearsal room."

"but we're here already!!!"

"Kishin, do you mind? This is the rehearsal room for the elementary students!!!!"

"So, what do you mean?"

"Our group is in the HIGH SCHOOL rehearsal room!!!!"

Kishin turned from his natural skin tone to a rose pink. He really is in the elementary rehearsal room. The room looks childlike.

"Ouch."

Takeshi just pulled Kishin's arm and ran through the building.

"Would ya mind if we hurry up or Terrorist Teacher will kill us!!!!!" (FYI: Terrorist Teacher is Mr. Shiro +_+)

"Alright already!!!"

In the rehearsal room.

"Midou, where's Okawa and Manganji?" Mr. Shiro asked Dan.

Dan removed his glasses and reached for a palm top in his front pocket. "It says here that they're only 50 meters away from the room."

The teacher widened his eyes. "How did'ya know?"

"ehi?" Dan scratched his head. "Takeshi has the same palm top as mine as well as Rai and Rin. All of those Palmtops had a transmitter which enables us to locate each other." He put on his glasses again.

After 5 minutes.

Someone opened the door. "Sorry sir. We're late."

Mr. Shiro walked closer to the person who opened the door. "WHY DID YOU EVER COME 5 MINUTES LATE!!!!!! BOTH OF YOU DELAYED OUR REHEARSAL!!!!"

"Sir, It's Kishin's fault!!!" Takeshi raised his eyebrow, pointing Kishin.

"______"

"Never mind." Mr. Shiro tone stopped shouting. Then he starts again. "NOW GO INSIDE TO START THIS DAMN REHEARSAL!!!!"

3 hours later.

"Good thing Terrorist teacher gave us a break." Rai removed his glasses.

"Yup." Rin started to eat his food. "To hell with those two who went up late so we ended up like this!!!"

Takeshi seems to overhear the conversation. "You two again!!!! Come'on!!! Put Kishin on the blame and not me!!!!"

"Oh yeah? You included there!" Rin muffled his voice. (then chokes)

Takeshi just laughed. "Serves you right!"

"What?"

"never mind." Takeshi walked away. ~If I won't go away from those two, I'll end up in the hospital!!! Oy, look at those tiger-like faces, ready to kill..!?~

Meanwhile.

"Ahhhh. We understand now."

"the what?" asked Jirou, who was eating his snack.

"The pill that Kuroudo drinks." answered Kyousuke. ~Idiot.~

"And what is that?"

"An anti-cough pill." Kuroudo walks toward Jirou and Kyousuke's location. "You see, I have chronic cough so I have to take one. Anyway, my cough's gone anytime now." He smiles then grabs a box of Sushi to eat then walked away from them to eat outside on the nearby tree.

Just then, while finishing his meal on the tree.

"Kuroudo!"

"Kishin?" Kuroudo widened his eyes seeing Kishin below. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm the one supposed to ask you that!" the brown-haired guy replies.

"So?" the blond teen went down from the tree.

"What are you doing here?"

Kuroudo pointed at the box he was holding.

"I see." Kishin just nodded his head. "But why on earth you would eat your snack here?"

"My Master told me that people are 'supposed' to be in tune with nature."

"That's it?"

"Yup." Kuroudo just smiled. "So, My turn to ask."

"Okay."

"Why are you here?"

silence.

~do I suppose to tell this guy that I'm here just because I'm looking for him only? Damn, that would be insanity!!!! Now what? What excuse I would do to make this guy shut his mouth out?!~

"I'm waiting." Kuroudo raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, sorry, just daydreaming about you." Kishin replied with an annoying voice. ~Wait. Daydreaming about him? Aw, Man!!! This is worse! Stupid mouth. Why do I have to tell that in front of him?"

"WHAT?"

"Oh nothing." Kishin ran away. "And forget that thing I Told you!!!!"

"weird." ~Now, Kuroudo, tell yourself, why would Kishin be daydreaming about you?~

The confused blond-haired teen went back to the rehearsal room.

"Hey! Good thing you're here!" Kouya waved his hand.

"Why?"

"The costumes are finished!!!" Lan Fan jumped back and forth because of total happiness. (FYI: Lan Fan is their costume designer for the play since she used to be in a play all her life...Right? Also, costume designing is her specialty.)

"Really?" Mr. Shiro interrupted the conversation. "All of the characters in the play, would you mind if you try wearing your costumes!!!!"

"Hai!!!"

Lan Fan went in front of Kuroudo with a some sort of a gown. "Here, Try wearing this." She smiled then handing it down to him. "Since you were his best pal, I made it myself. Also your partner's costume. Thanks to the help of Kaoru and Lilica, other costumes were finished in no time."

"Well, what could I say?" Kuroudo got his costume. "Thanks!"

"Hope you like it!"

Kuroudo went to the changing room and put on his 'Aurora-like' costume. He looked in the nearby small mirror and his jaw dropped open.

His gown is a shiny blue gown with a ruby pendant at the center then, it was of-shouldered gown with the half of his back exposed and it has silver rose design on one side of the gown.

He went out of the changing room and into the rehearsal room. All of the people's jaw dropped open.

"I knew it would came out like this!" Lan Fan smiled.

"Kuroudo, is that you?" Mr. Shiro jumped in excitement. "No wonder why you're perfect for the role.

"Here. Wear this." Lan gave out an artificial blond hair that has the exact color as Kuroudo has. Then, she put it under his original hair.

"Take a look at yourself!" Kyousuke carried a full-body mirror.

The blond-haired guy looked at himself on the mirror. "Um, that would be me?"

"Yup!!!" Kaoru looked toward Kuroudo's direction. "Are you a girl? Of a girl in disguise?"

the class laughed.

"None of the above!!!" the blond-haired guy turned pink.

Just then, Jirou shouted from 'out of the blue'. "Kishin?"

Kishin was staring at that so - called 'girl in disguise' with his gray eyes ...

~W-Wow. Who's that girl?~ (Talk about disguise!, Kuroudo really makes himself look like a she, but that normal 'he' would be enough to make himself a she. Jaz Joking! ^-^)

"so, excuse me," he went to the so - called girl (fine! Let's just say a lady!!!!)

"Do I know you?" he asked.

Silence ...

Takeshi shook Kishin's head. "Don't you recognize her?" ~wait. HER???"~

The blond teen started to get angry. "Want a black eye?"

Kishin's mind was full of little mind boggling questions, and asked one of those to Takeshi.

"She's a he?"

Takeshi shook his head. "Yup." "And er, um, I don't want a black eye, Kuroudo."

"Really? That's Kuroudo?" the mind - boggled guy asked. (Duh, you know who he is!)

Kuroudo held his 'fake hair' which really, really, REALLY look like his real hair.

"So, you want a proof then?"

He removed his hair and together with that is a soft blow of the wind. His golden hair started to blow with the wind passing his face.

"Yup, you're right, Takeshi. The she is a he!!!!" ~I'm soooo stupid not to think of that!!!!!~

"See what I mean?" Kuroudo got out of the rehearsal room to the changing room since he has to go home early.

~did I got out of my masculine look when I changed into my costume???~ that question always go around his mind until he reached the changing room. He looked at himself again to see if he can answer that question roaming around his mind.

Well, the question of his was answered. He tried to wear the fake blond hair Lan has give him. He put it on, looked into the mirror ...

"Oh, Shit." The blond guy shook his head. "it's true."

On second thought, ~I look beautiful than I expected~ (Ouch!!!!)

"I don't look that bad. I guess."

He changed his clothes and get this, he forgot to remove his fake hair!!!

After the practice ...

Kuroudo went home alone, again. By the time he got home, his mother was surprised to see him.

"As far as I know, my son, Kuroudo got out here as a he. Now he came back as a she!!!"

she laughed. Her son blushes.

"Mom!!!" he raised one of his eyebrows. "How could you tell me that?"

His mom laughed even more. "Now you look more like a young lady!"

She went away for a while to get something from her room. Upon coming back, she was holding a mirror.

"Take a look at yourself."

A shout came out of the Marume's residence.

"I forgot to remove the fake hair!!!!!!" Kuroudo removed his hair as fast as he can then went to his room. He blushed even more.

In his room:

"Awww, man!!! Why did I ever forget to remove that Fake hair!!!!"

he started to unpack his things when ...

when he saw a letter. But, from who?

~Who could this be?~

He opened the letter.

[ Hey! Nice going on the practice earlier this day! Sorry if Takeshi and I didn't come on time so we delayed our practice for some time. Also, I didn't know that the lady I saw in costume was you! Sorry for that. Another thing, take care of your health!!! Recover soon!!! I don't want to kiss a sick Aurora!!! Your partner, Kishin]

"Weird. The word "Take Care" is not even in his vocabulary!!! Why is he saying this? Was he insulting me or what?"

Just then, he fell into sleep holding Kishin's letter ... add that to the cherry blossoms flying around his room from his garden ...

The End. For now.

Dj: that was a long one.

Kishin: yup. Weird too.

Kouya: you're right. (Yawns)

Takeshi: dj!!!! I want to sleep!

Dj: then go to sleep. By the way, I've reloaded some of the previous chapters because of some wrong typings I got there. Hehehe -___-

Kishin: on other things, this is the weirdest chapter you wrote, dj, did you know that?

Dj: I know. And the longest one.

Kishin: hehe. Hey readers, please review!!!!