(Disclaimer: I do not own YST nor RW, they are owned by Sunrise. Neither do I own the characters of the original series.)

(Author's Notes: Please, DON'T BLAME ME if some of the details are insufficient, since I had never seen the entire series before. I'm just fascinated over the series, that's why. Some of the characters added are of my own and not related to other anime, in short, ORIGINAL. So please, enjoy reading and review it! This is my first taste of writing fanfiction, and I'm not too god at English, so please BEAR WITH ME...)

SAMURAI PHANTOM REKKA: CHAPTER ONE

Episode Three: THE SURPRISE TEST

"WHAT??? A surprise test???"

"But, Ma'am, you ain't gonna kill our brains, aren't ya?"

"You HAVEN'T told us about it!!!"

"Aren't ya just STUPID? Surprise test are meant to be SURPRISING, don't ya know that, man?"

While their English teacher had heard enough of their complaints, "Since you did very POORLY last week, I decided to make another test! This time we will see who among you really touched their books... At least, not all the times Miss Williams is always the best here..."

Indeed. When it comes to this subject, EVERYONE envies Luna Williams a lot. She's half-African-American and indeed, can speak and write basic English fluently. Almost all of them were seeking for her help when it comes to English homework, and luckilly she's always there to offer her hand for help.

As been said a while ago, their English teacher gave a special test and of course, all were NOT ready for it, except of course, Luna, aside from being the class president, she's the smartest girl in the class. Ryo, obviously, pissed off silently as he looked at the questions which he didn't understand a lot--all written in ENGLISH. He then remembered their last quiz which he got the LOWEST--16 or something. Indeed it is his waterloo. Until he look around and saw Luna, sitting on the second row in the second line, who is seems at ease in answering the test.

He sighted heavily. How he wished he could be like Luna! But hell, no, he's a Japanese and not an American to understand every English word or phrase. And he knows that there are others, too, who were dreaming to be like her or to be friends with her only for the sake of tutoring them in English. And that sounds so selfish. For that Ryo stopped thinking abbout his problem and instead just concentrate on the test though he don't understand even a letter.

...Until he sees something.

Puzzled, he saw only Luna, nothing or no one else. But why? He almost thought that he has a crush on her. Darn, that's impossible! He can't have a apecial feeling on a girl since he doesn't have time for that. He shook his head vigorously...

But the surrounding still didn't change.

Oh no... It's...It's...

Until he heard her VERY CLEARLY from afar!

An action word...Yes, a verb! Verb... An action word modified by a noun, verb or another...adverb? Adverb... An agreement that...Oh, yeah, S-V Agreement...

He can hear her! Without opening her mouth! But how? He can clearly hear her from an aisle away and yet...

What the heck is going on???

"Sanada?"

Gulp.

Turned to his crossed old professor with sweatdrop, "I believe you still have a test to finish rather than imagining yourself sitting beside Miss Williams."

Everyone laughed, except Luna, sighing.

"Quiet please, people!"

In impulse, thet turned at their papers and went silent.

The teacher turned to Ryo again. "That will be a warning for you, Mr. Sanada. The next time I caught you doing something irrelevant to my subject will be very 'fatal' for you... Remember that."

The teacher then roamed around again to check the students, leaving Ryo speechless.

About what had just happened, he decided to stay quiet about it. After all, no one will ever believe in him--even his closest friends in the classroom--that he can actually read and hear someone's... THOUGHTS. Thoughts that either come from the BRAIN... or from the HEART. A special ability that he possessed... since LAST YEAR.

Sweat rolled down from his forehead to his cheeks untouching his sideburns. His tiger blue eyes cannot focus carefully on his paper, still thinking of the incident. But why should he have to be nervous with it? Avoiding to think of it again, Ryo decided that the best thing to do is to try to write the answers he had just heard from Luna's thoughts. So be it, he thought, and so, although he don't understand, he jot down the answers according to what he just heard first. After all, it's the only way to 'pass' the subject, though it was caused--unexpectedly--by MENTAL MAGIC.

And it was done! Right after the bell, all the papers were in. All had a migraine, Luna still in her calm and compose self, and Ryo...

He was silent the whole day. His classmates were wandering about his strange behavior but he just ignored them. It must have been done to what happened during the exam. But they're WRONG.

And the next few hours went normal to him.

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(Okay... This is it for now! Don't be afraid to put your comments on here! I'll be grateful to that!)