Disclaimer: Hmm...no, no and no. I do not own Groove Adventure Rave; it's characters and the series. And although I don't own Japan either, I perfectly understand I'm allowed to use their language.

Angsty, angsty chapter three!

Chapter 3


"Lucia...chigaimasu...onegai..."

Haru hadn't slept peacefully that night. How he was wrong that Shuda's words could give him at least a few moments' peace when sleep would settle in.

How wrong he was...

He was trapped in the nightmare again. Although the same nightmare recurred for ten consecutive years, Haru still hadn't quite managed to find a way to escape the seemingly eternal chain of dreams.

It would always seem that he would be forever bound by the nightmare that was named Lucia...

Haru kept twisting and moaning in his bed, his body writhing in pain, both emotional and physical. What was it with the kid named Lucia that had caused him so much grief and anguish in the past? Why wouldn't it just go away? Why was it that he could never forget that boy?

Why?

"HARU!!! BAKA!!!"

The shout made Haru jolt and wake up from his nightmare, only to meet up with a fist that was descending at a rapid rate towards him. In a few seconds, all that was left of Haru was his body twitching in bed, as Gale continuously screwed his fist onto the other youth's face.

"WON'T. YOU. EVER. GIVE. ME. ANY. REST..." Gale screwed deeper and deeper, emphasizing each word with a turn of his fist. Haru threw him off, bouncing back with a hand on his reddening cheek.

"Itai...Oi! I'm gonna get you, you..." Haru stopped short as he realized that it was no other than Gale.

"This is for two consecutive times, Haru, that you disturbed my sleep with your incessant moaning!" Gale prepared to drop another punch into Haru's face.

"Ei! Chotto matte, Gale-kun! We gotta talk..." Haru placed his hand over his mouth, realizing he called him "Gale-kun". He swore he could see a visible vein appear on Gale's temple.

"Oh, now YOU go off calling me GALE-KUN?!?!" Gale decided that was it. He was going to deliver Haru the ultimate screw punch.

Haru barely dodged the punch falling back to the bed. Gale, delivering so much force, got carried away. Momentum had shifted; he fell onto Haru, chest first.

Eyes met...

The lights suddenly turning on...

Oh shit...

And Shuda and Musica were staring at both of them, mouths gaping at the sight. Gale, the last person they were expecting, was straddling Haru in the hips, and with the last punch delivered, had brought them in a seemingly "kiss-me-damnit-or-I'll-screw-you-real-good" position.

"Anou...Shuda-kun...it...it's not what you're thinking it is..." Haru giggled nervously, panic written all across his face at the seemingly malicious position they were in.

Even Gale was speechless, his slack eyes showing signs of activity at what the hell was he thinking! Going into Haru's room, straddling the youth by the hips, and now, faces close by mere inches!

With Shuda's incessant blushing, and Musica's smirk; Haru and Gale could sense what both were thinking at the same time.

"Anou...Haru-kun. You'd know we'd understand if your into...um..." Shuda started to hide a snicker.

"Haru! You should have told us! We shouldn't have disturbed you and your lover in this time of the night..." Musica was almost going to burst into incessant laughing." You know we won't mind the moaning and quaking around the house..."

Gale suddenly hopped off, running past the two of the bishounen and back to his room, slamming the door shut after him. Haru was still keeling over, his face still set in a very visible blush.

"Kimi tachi... it's not what you think it is...chiksou na..." Haru fumbled with his fingers, peering at the two who were riotously laughing at the doorway.

"Anou..." Haru decided to change the subject. ", Why are you two in boxers only? And Shuda-san, did you...uhm...did you..." He innocently asked, peering at a wet spot on Shuda's left thigh.

"Haru-kun. Stop turning ecchi on me. I spilled a glass of water on myself when I heard you two going on with your commotion. And I always wear boxers when I go to sleep..." Shuda trailed off, yawning, as his laughter engine slowly died down.

"Ne, Haru-kun. We're going to go back to our rooms now. Don't let lover boy escape if you have the chance again." Musica teased him, leaving a wink at Haru, whose mouth twitched again at what Musica was insinuating.

"Kiite te kudasai! It's not what you thought it was!" Haru whined pathetically as Musica dismissed him with a wave of his arm, still laughing a bit more slowly now.

"Chiksou...that was two times I had to go through a lot of trouble because of Gale-san..." He mumbled to himself, heaving his head back to the pillow.

"I gotta stop thinking about these thoughts, school's up tomorrow..." He thought to himself, as he slowly drifted back to sleep.


Haru scuffled with his hair, as he buttoned his uniform up. As far as his university was concerned, uniform days ran from Monday to Thursday. Students were allowed to go on casual uniform the rest thereafter, as classes go up until Saturday noon.

He settled to hiding his bracelet under his sleeves, but left his necklace to dangle outside his uniform. The Takedai uniform was nothing unique as it was just as similar as all other schools, all except that his level color was black. The elementary students were to wear green, and the high school students, dark blue.

Tucking his school cap onto his back pocket, a close resemblance to the Mao Tse-Tzung cap, Haru belted his needed books and papers and slung them over casually on his back. He decided to go take at least his breakfast.

"Ohayou, Haru-kun..." Shuda was preparing breakfast; a meal of hotcakes, maple syrup, and hot cocoa. Haru was about to greet him cheerfully when his eyes fell on Gale.

Also wearing the same school uniform as he was.

"Ohayou, Shuda-san..." Haru managed a smile as he settled opposite Gale, who eyed him distrustingly from his cup of coffee, preferring the drink to Shuda's cocoa.

"I trust you go to the same school I am supposed to be in to, huh?" Gale finally broke the awkward silence that enveloped the table. Haru managed a nod, weakly eating his hotcake, gulping down a few sips from his mug.

"Eeto, Gale-san...I...I wanted to tell you I'm sorry about everything yesterday..." Haru peered over the blonde, finally mustering enough courage to admit his mistake. "I don't know what made you upset when we quarreled but I'm really sorry...and I'm also sorry for calling you an ecchi yaoi hentai..." Haru blushed deeper, getting the awkward feeling with the word "yaoi" and what happened to both of them that night. Gale was just peering over him, intently listening to everything Haru had said.

"None taken. I figured it would be more stressful on both of us if we continued hating each other for the rest of the year. We could hate each other again when that time comes...but while it isn't yet..." Gale flustered, not used to talking that much or that long either.

"I assume we could be friends?" Haru weakly offered a smile at him. Maybe this wouldn't be a bad day after all...

"Don't assume too much. What I meant was that, if you stay out of my way and business, I don't go into yours. Things will work out fine with the both of us when that happens. So don't go talking to me or anything unless it's important, and only if it concerns your life and death, preferably the latter." Gale slammed his mug down on the table, as he took his bag and left Haru, gaping at him with renewed annoyance and irritation at the blonde.

Maybe he had spoken much too sooner...

Haru hadn't noticed that he had already arrived.

The Take Daigaku, or Takeku (as students and peers would call it), seemed closer than Haru remembered it was yesterday. But, nevertheless, he was hopeful it would be something to look toward to. Judging by the enraptured faces of the students that had also began jam packing into the school, Haru thought maybe it wouldn't be such a bad day after all.

Then again, he should stop thinking like that, remembering his earlier episode with Gale.

Haru lonely walked the path towards the school entrance, amidst the chatter of students and teachers. This is the hard part of being a new student, he never knew anyone in there...

"Yo, Haru!"

Haru perked up when someone called his voice. It was Musica, waving at him by a grove of bamboos. Then again, giggly girls that seemed to be "flirting" with him surrounded him.

"Ohayou gozaimasu, Musica-san..." Haru bowed, being formal towards him.

"Na, Haru. Good luck on your first day. I really would like to give you a tour, but as you can see, I have my hands full..." Musica trailed off, as he was shifting to and fro to each and every girl.

"It's ok, Musica-san. I think I can handle it..." Haru giggled nervously, sweatdropping at Musica. The last thing he needed was a girl clinging on to him.

"Anou...let's see. Room 2-A. Japanese History. Mmm, it's not in my itinerary..." Haru was staring at the school directory and bulletin board, running his fingers at the various names. "Baseball auditions? Might as well watch..."

A soft tugging at his hair surprised Haru.

"Hmm...such wonderful scent. And the texture! So smooth and silky..." Haru fretfully pulled his hair back and looked to who it was.

"Uhm...onamae wa?" Haru was still fumbling with his hair, wondering if the blonde in front of him did something to it.

"Ore wa Julius desu. Soshite, anata wa? Booo yooo..." Julius bowed gracefully, his voice filled with air and fanciness. Haru's right eye twitched when "Julius" stressed his last word. He swore he was a...

"Glory. Haru Glory..."

"Ahh, kiree namae "the season when flowers bloom"..." Julius placed his fingers thoughtfully in his chin.

"Right...uhm, is Julius a Japanese name?" Haru asked, curiosity quirked at finding out his name meant something in Japanese.

"Huh? Oh no, no, no, no, no, no...ore wa igirisu desu. I'm just studying here to improve my...uhurm...lack of "appreciation in the language of the nihonjin"." Julius emphasized, quoting with empty quotations in the air. Haru left a small laugh escape his breath.

"Kawaii desu ne! Ja, I hope I can bump into you again later. I still have classes! Oyasumi!" Julius sauntered off in the most perverse manner; Haru thought he wouldn't be surprised if people would tell him he was a homo...

At least Haru had made a friend, he thought to himself.


His classes didn't start until ten o' clock, so he set himself to head to the baseball diamond to check on the audition. A few minutes had gone by before he decided to just leave, seeing that it was boring anyhow, when he heard a distinct whistling sound.

pak!

"Whow..." Haru felt the world turning blurry all of a sudden, and he collapsed on the benches. A few minutes went by and he saw a large man looming over him, his face set in concern and worry.

"Daijobu ka?" The man helped Haru up, setting him onto a nearby bench.

"Ee. Demo...that was painful..." Haru rubbed the side of his head, the one that received the most impact.

"I'm sorry. I was the one that hit the ball." The man bowed in apology.

"Iie. It's okay. I've gotten more hits much worse than this..." Haru laughed, trying to lighten the mood.

"That's good. Oh, by the way, kimi wa Ryuujin Let." The man extended his hand in greetings.

"Haru Glory." Haru nodded in response.

"I usually stay here in the baseball field. I hope we'll be seeing each other again. If it makes you any better, I'm second year now. You can drop by anytime if you want to hang out or something, as long as it isn't in between classes..." Let slowly walked away, leaving Haru smiling.

"Arigatou, Let-san..." Haru ruefully rubbed his temple, smiling at him.


Room 2-B. English...

Haru managed to arrive just a few minutes before the session started. The classroom did not seem overcrowded at that moment, and Haru could spot Julius at the back. Julius managed a grin at him, before turning his attention to a certain blue-haired boy. Haru turned back, patiently waited for their instructor to arrive.

Meep meep

Haru managed to look up to his hair, to see a weird looking "dog-thing". In a few moments, he saw a brunette scooting on the floor like she had lost something.

"Anou...kore...inu desu..." Haru pointed at his head.

"HAAH!!! Plue-chan! How did you get there?!?! Arigato, ni-san..." The girl bowed furiously and took the "dog" from Haru's hair.

"Sou ka...inu desu?!?!" Haru thought it was a ridiculously weird "dog", having no very, very short white fur, a humongous round head, and an ice cream cone for a nose.

"Actually, I don't know...but he does look like a dog doesn't it? And Plue looks absolutely kawaii!" The girl hugged "Plue", almost as if strangling it to death.

"He he he...kateni hozaiteru..." Haru sweatdropped at her, laughing tensely. The he shook up, forgetting his manners.

"Atashi Haru Glory desu." Haru gave a hand to her, to which she accepted, holding "Plue" at the other hand. "Kimi wa?"

"Elie. Elie desu. Although the nihonjin keep insisting that my name is "Erie", I'm comfortable with both of them."

"Huh? You're not Japanese?" Haru asked her, raising an eye.

"Watashi? Uhm, my father's German and my mother is Japanese. I think that qualifies me...aren't you one? I thought Haru is a Japanese name?" Elie smiled widely Haru thought it would reach at both of her ears.

"Sou desu ka...uhm, that's what I thought too. Julius said my name meant "season when flowers bloom". But actually, I'm Symphonian, although I don't belong in the main continent." Haru explained to her, his depression over his homesickness suddenly disappearing at recounting Gallage and Symphonia.

"Sugoi! I wanna go see Gallage sometime..."Elie jiggled, excited at the prospect of visiting a new place.

"Well, we could go there when vacation starts..." Haru gave an assuring smile, to which Elie gave one of her squinty-eyed nods.

"Ohayou gozaimasu, minna..."

Everyone settled down as the middle-aged instructor arrived, setting her things down on to the teacher's table.

"Ohayou gozaimasu, sensei!"

The instructor eyed her class, and gave an approving nod before writing her name with a marker on the white board, both in big kanji letters and in the English alphabet.

"I. Am. Ms. Maru. Hanaya. And I assure you I am not a florist either." She wrote every kanji letter with the emphasis on her clipped English. The class tried to stifle a laugh as they looked at the irony that their instructor was more inadept at what she was supposed to teach than they were, other than the tasteless joke she tried to pass around.

[Maru literally means "circle, zero"; while Hanaya means florist or flower shop]

"All right, everybody (speech slightly raised), role call!" Ms. Hanaya sat, taking her attendance sheet.

"Eiji Raikun!"

"Haa!"

"Haru Glory!"

"Hai!"

"Megumi Fujiwara!"

"I'm here!"

And after the androgynous roll call, the class settled into a state of suspended animation, as Ms. Hanaya's lecture turned into an instant black hole, sucking all the life that was once abundant in the classroom. The hour passed by with nothing but "No! No! Am goes with I as Are goes with We!" and "A is the first letter of the alphabet! Not P!"

Haru and the others came out an hour later, everyone clutching their stomachs. Elie looked a bit green and Julius, with the blue haired boy, a bit azure.

"I don't believe this...am I cursed to go through her for the full year?!?!" Haru groaned, feeling nauseous and about to throw up.

"Don't worry, Haru...we all went through it..." Elie assured him, then ran to the side and hid herself behind the grove of Chinese bamboos. Haru could hear sickening groans of throwing up.

"Ugh." Elie wiped her mouth, as Haru stood by, watching her drink from the fountain. "I am never gonna drink three cans of soda without eating breakfast. It tastes horrible!" She made a face, recounting the taste of bile at the back of her throat.

"Hey, Haru-kun. Wanna eat at the cafeteria? I'm starving, and it's lunch time anyway." Julius came up to both of them, eyeing Elie with mild irritation as so did the girl at Julius.

"Uhm. Julius-kun. This is Elie." Haru introduced the girl, as Elie stuck her tongue out at him. Julius pulled his eyelid down at her as well, mocking her.

Haru laughed nervously, pushing the two away as each started to assault the other with obscene and more perverse hand gestures. "I assume you two know each other..."

"Sigh, both of them had been childhood rivals ever since they entered school. And it was not a bit that both of them are still fighting at least over something now, which would be you, Haru-san." Haru jumped a little as a cold voice brushed at his back.

"It's Seighart." The blue haired boy that accompanied Julius introduced himself, to which Haru acknowledged.

"German, I assume?" Haru smiled back, to which Seighart favored a wry grin.

"Mm. Ever the keen one are we? How did you know?" Seighart looked at the platinum blonde, amused by him.

"I figured that out when I heard your name. It pays when you play RPG's" Haru grinned.

"Kimi wa omosiroi desu yo?" Seighart shook his head, still smiling.

"Arigatou. Now to do something about them?" Haru pointed at the two, almost at the point of tearing each other's eye out.

"Kansha shitemasu. I was almost gonna forget about them. Oi, Julius-kun..." Seighart made a beeline at the boy, as Haru did with Elie. Both were flushed at their bout with each other.

"Elie-san. Try to forget anything with Julius. He's my friend too. It also hurts me if both of you don't agree with each other..." Haru gave a weak smile at Elie, who was still pouting.

"Hmph. That kiiro saru! I have every mind to throttle the bastard into oblivion..." Elie got cut short as Haru turned away, with a hurt expression. Elie sought to take what she said back.

"I...It's okay. Who am I anyway to go against between you? I'm just the newcomer here...I...I'm sorry for butting in on your businesses..." Haru walked away; with Elie, Julius and Seig hanging in the air. Had they known Haru's self esteem was as low as what Elie's grade was in fine dancing the last year, they wouldn't have started a quarrel in front of him.

"Who am I anyway? If I interfere, I just might make things worse...I always do..." Haru walked aimlessly, not knowing where he was going...

Which would be the reason why he bumped into a person, causing both of them to fall over.

Haru was still rubbing his bum ruefully; not noticing whom it was that he had bumped into.

"Haru...if you're not a sleeping disaster; try not to be a walking one either."

With that, Haru received a very sharp kick, sending him a few meters back into the now-empty corridors. Seig and the others were running towards him, seeing everything that had happened.

Brushing off a trickle of blood, Haru stood up and painfully walked towards Gale. Julius and the others stood behind, not knowing what to do.

Kneeling in front of the larger blonde, Haru bent his head down and weakly rasped...

"Gomen...Gale-san. Please take it out on me..."

Gale woudn't have been happier as he continually pummeled Haru's stomach with his steel-plated boots. Elie and Julius gaped in shock, while Seig just stood in wonder, as Haru managed to take everything the blonde gave to him.

With the last kick that sent his face reeling to the ceiling, Gale saw Haru's expression through his dirtied and blood-caked face.

Ecstasy.

Pure bliss.

Gale couldn't take it anymore, walking away. Haru let a few tears fall, as he weakly fell to the floor, a smile creeping in his face.

The last he heard was Elie and Julius shouting at him, and Seig slowly carrying him in his arms. Haru slept with a smile on his face...

He never felt any better...


Gale leaned on the wall, clutching his heart. He was almost close to tears, his throat choking him. He waited for the three of them to take Haru to the clinic, before easing his head at the corner. Slowly, he cried silently, falling as his knees gave way to his weakness.

"Why? Why can't I be as mean as I was to him before?"

Damn Haru...


Chapter 3! Chapter 3!

I posted all three chapters at the same time, so I'm going to leave the update for this until next week. Please read, rant and review! Onegaishimasu! I want to know what you think before I update or sumthin'. Now to get back to my two other fics...

Oh! Angsty! I like an angsty Haru and a melodramatic Gale.

Oh, and by the way, this chapter has been brought to you by the kanji syllables, ni, mu, and by the number shichi [7].

Chapter 3 was also brought to you by the following expressions:

Chigaimasu-"stop"

Onegai- "please" (did I have to translate that?)

Baka - "fool, idiot, imbecile;" it is synonymous to do'aho and aho.

Chotto matte- "please wait"

Kimi tachi- "you guys" this pertains to the term you(plural) meaning you(audience), a collective noun.

Chiksou [na]- "damn [it]", a curse word I regularly use on a daily basis, and one I can rant to anyone about (Cuz they don't understand)

Kiite te kudasai- "Please listen"

Ohayou gozaimasu- "good morning" (hey, I thought I explained this already?)

Onamae wa-"What is your name?"

Kiree namae-"pretty name" (well, in my opinion; Haru's name IS pretty)

Ore wa igirisu desu-"I am English" {Igirisu is English in nihonggo)

Nihonjin-"Japanese person/people"

Kawaii desu ne-"That's cute"

Kimi wa?-"You are?"(kimi is used by people to establish familiarity, same with –kun and –chan. Asking a stranger demands that you use "anata" instead of "kimi")

Demo-"but..."

Anou...kore...inu desu...- "Uhm...this...dog..."

Ni-san-"brother". Of course, the term for sister is nee-san. You could substitute for ni-kun and/or ni-chan/nee-chan. Woman must use the more polite term oni-san/onee-san.

Kateni hozaiteru-"Whatever you say..."(just dunno about this...)

Kimi wa omosiroi desu yo?-"You're amusing, aren't you? "(Who, me? He he...)

Kansha shitemasu-"I'm grateful"