Dear god... How long as it been since I wrote this story!?!? TOO DAMN LONG I'D SAY SO! Anyway, Thanks Lyss.... For that review ages ago. Lol. Okay, sometimes I forget people's last names in this. When you review. Do you mind telling me the last names? Thanks.

Characters

Keyko Mekko- Taru's best friend. Les. (girl) 17
Michio Kaku- Just another friend. Straight. (girl) 17
Kensuke Tanabe- Michio's Boyfriend and Tomoe's "friend." Straight. (guy) 18
Hioshi Ishukawa- Suke's friend who just hangs around the little group, he's a
wannabe. Had a crush on Hotaru, but got turned down. Straight. (guy) 16
Satashi Tajiri- Friend of everyone in this little group. Bi. (girl )17
Hotaru Tomoe- Main Character, and.. well.... yeah. Les. (girl) 17
Megumi Lan- Incoming Character. Les. (girl) 17
Ellysa Himto- Incoming Character. Bi. (girl) 17
Rei Hino- Friend's with Hotaru and Hotaru's parents. Les. (girl) 18
Haruka Tenou- Hotaru's Guardian. Married. Les. (girl) 23
Michiru Kaioh- Hotaru's Guardian. Married. Les. (girl) 22
Setsuna M.- Hotaru's Guardian. Bi. (girl) 24
Ami Mizuno- Friend's with Hotaru and Hotaru's Guardians. Bi. (girl) 18
Minako Aino- Friend's with Hotaru adn her Guardians. Les. (girl) 18
Usagi T.- Friend's with Hotaru's Guardians. Straight. (girl) 18
Makoto Kino- Friend's with Hotaru and her Guardians. Les. (girl) 18
Hiromi Shimato- Friend's with Hotaru and Keyko. And, the rest of the bunch. Bi. (girl) 17

School Days

'Finally! Home. Thank you god. Whew...' Taru rushes to her locker and throws her books in and slams the locker.
"Feck!!!" (A/N: thanks G.P... lmao) Hotaru opens her locker, again, nad gets her CD player and New Found Glory cd. She walks outside and looks scans the crowd.
"Hey! 'Taru!" Mekko calls her over to the benches waving to her. Tomoe waves back and runs over to her.
"Hey Keyko. What's up?"
"Nothing. We're gonna head over to the Arcade. Wanna come?" Keyko gesture's to three girls behind her.
"Uhm... Err... Who are they?" Tomoe raises a brow and has this confused look on her face.
"Oh, this is is Elyssa. The new Foreign Exchange Student I was telling you about at lunch." The new girl sticks her hand out at Hotaru.
"Nice to meet you 'Lyss. That's is I can call you that." Hotaru shakes her hand and smiles.
"Yeah, you can, a-lot of people call me that, so.. yeah."
"And... the other two girls?"
"Hiromi Shimato... She's new." Tomoe shakes her hand. ".. And, Megumi Lan. I think you seen her around."
"Yeah, I have. Nice to meet you Megumi-chan." Hotaru smiles and shakes her hand. "Shall we?"
"Likewise, 'Taru-chan." 'Kito smiles. Hotaru returns it.
"Hai, let's go." And, with that, they head off for the Arcade.

After a 30 minute walk

Game You Arcade (A/N:I took this from a video game.)

Mekko walks in Game You first, then 'Gumi, Lyss, 'Romi and 'Taru last. They go to the back and sit in the booth near the two new DDR machines (A/N: I love DDR so I had to put it in here. Heh heh.).
"I never seen that here before..." Hotaru comments staring at the machine.
"I think they just got in. Look's brand new and no marks. Look, there's another one." Keyko points behind Megumi and Hotaru. They both turn around.
"So there is..." Lan says. "Hey, Tomoe." She nudges her on the ribs lightly. "Wanna play?" She grins.
"Iie. I suck at video games. And dancing. Especially if the two are put together."
"Oh, com'on 'Taru!" Lyss says.
"Com'on, Hotaru. You can't be that bad!!!" Hiromi smiles.
"Hai, you need to live a little, Hotaru-chan. All you do is sit in your room on the comouter and write for the site. What is it again? Oh, yes. FanFiction thing..." Keyko teases Hotaru. She blushes slightly.

Hotaru looks at 'Gumi and then Lyss and Keyko.
"Oh, fine! You guys are so... Grrr... Anyway, if I win. You gotta buy me something." Tomoe gets up.
"Alright. If you lose... Well, let's just say you'll owe me sukoshi." She winks at Tomoe. And, yet again, she blushes a bit.

They head over to the the DDR machine and see that Lyss and 'Ko are talking to someone very familiar to Hotaru.
'Is that... No.. It couldn't be. Oh. My. God. It is... Rei... Why not Ami? God, USAGI!? Wait.. scratch that. Why not Makoto, Minako??? Michiru-mama.. Haruka-papa!? Argh! Damn you Rei-san..'
"Hey, Hotaru-chan? You alright?" Megumi puts her hands on the shorter girl's shoulder looking at her in concern.
'Wow, 38 minutes of knowing her and she's already concerned about me.'
"Oh, huh? Hai, I'm fine."
"Okay, you ready?"
"Ha-Hai." Hotaru looks at the rather large screen in front of her.
"Alright." 'Gumi hits the START button and the whole thing starts flashing slowing but brightly.

The game starts out pretty easy, but then it starts to get harder and faster.
'Damn... This is hard!!' Hotaru whipes off beads of sweat off her forehead. Then the game stops 12 seconds later.

::Player Two- WINNER! Press START for Round Two.::

"Heh heh. Nice try Tomoe. We have 3 more rounds. And, I was going easy on you." Lan grins and brags.
"Shut it... I'm just getting started on your ass!" Hotaru takes off her black and gray sweater and reveals a white tank-top.
'Holy.. Shit. She's... Wow.. Well, hott.' Megumi gulps and, kinda does the same but, has a black tank-top on.
"Rea--." Tomoe stops when she notices Lan. 'Kami....' She blushes after looking.
"What are you blushing for? Like what you see?" She kinda blushes too, but very discreetly(A/N: Two words: Sexual Tension. Hehe.). She chuckles and grins.
"Ehh... Ready now?" She tries hard not to look at Megumi and avioding the question.
"Hai." She's still grinning.
'I need to whipe off that grin off her face...' Hotaru thinks.
"Okay." Tomoe hit START and the game starts.

Okay, so the game is going faster this time and the lights are flashing like crazy that it gets people to watch them both competing. Hotaru notices that Rei, 'Lyss and 'Ko are next to her. 'Lyss and Rei are talking to each other. And, Keyko and Hiromi are whispering
'What are they talking about?' Hotaru keep going.

::Two Minutes Left::

' Fuck.. She was playing back there. She's really-fucking-good!' Lan thinks. 'I'll just joggle her mind then.'
"Give it up Tomoe." She smiles and whipes off sweat on her forehead.
"Iie! Never to you!"

::10...9...8...7.....6...5...::

'Com'on..' Megumi thinks.

::4...3....2....1::

Tomoe and Lan catch their breaths waiting for the winner.

::Player One- WINNER! HIGH SCORE! Press START for Round Three::

"Oh! Look who's the punk-loser noooow. Heh heh." Tomoe smiles and rubs it in. A-lot.
"Oh, this is just the beginning, Hotaru-chan. We have 2 more rounds."
"Yeah, yeah. You ready?"
"Hai."
"Let's go then." She presses START.

::-15 to 25 minutes later-::

Hotaru-2
Megumi-2

'This is... very tiring..' Lan thinks.

10...9..8..7..6...5...4...3..2.....1

"Kami!!!! Tired..." Tomoe leans back on the bars and see that Rei, 'Lyss, 'Romi, and 'Ko are laughing a bit at Tomoe. "Shut up you four.. I don't see you doing this!" They shut up.
"Heh heh. And the winner is..." Megumi chuckles and looks at the screen,

::Player::

'Please let it not be her....' They both think.

::Two-WINNER! HIGH SCORE! Game. Over.::

"Fuck..." Hotaru sighs while Megumi smiles and laughs.
"Look on the bright side.. Wait.. There is no bright side." Hotaru sweatdrops and glares at Megumi. "Heh heh heh..." She laughs uncertainly and sweatdrops.
"Don't rub it in."
"Yeah, but you're in debt of me until I get you to do whatever I want." She follows Hotaru to the soda machine. Hotaru gets two waters.
"Here." She hands 'Gumi a bottle.
"Thanks." Lan smiles at Tomoe.
"I have a feeling whatever I have to do is going to be very embarrassing. Or, just something I'll regret."
"Or will never forget or regret. And, good Kami... Never be embarrased about." She looks deeply into Hotaru's eyes.
"Maybe..." being drawn into Megumi's gaze.

Megumi leans down and...

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MWAHAHAHA! CLIFF-HANGER! I am so evil. Lol. Tune-in next time to see what happens next oh wonderful people.

Hai-yes
Iie-no
Kami-God
Sukoshi-a little

Review. Please. Please. Please. Please!!!! Oh, god. I'm getting a bigger ego. Oh, well. Lol. Review, please.