Author's Notes: (insert disclaimer) I don't feel like writing it.

To start things off, I wasn't too pleased with my last chapter. It was too short. I knew I should've written it longer. It was because I was writing it at 12:00 something. I had a little more stuff to add to the story but since it was too late, I didn't feel like writing, I felt like sleeping. LOL anyway, here's chapter 3.

Thanks for the reviews too! Oh and I think I can write a chapter every week so it'll probably be in every Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Relationships Mixed Up

Band was her worst class, gym second. She hated band, so why exactly was she placed in such a horrible class and with Satoshi too! She hated it so much.

"Ah…Harada, how are you doing with the clarinet?" the band teacher questions. He was walking around the classroom checking up on people who were unprepared for class.

"Uh…good…but still…sensei, I'm really not too sure about playing in the Winter Concert. I mean, I don't even know anything about playing instruments and I'm not even sure if I'm holding this recorder…"

"Clarinet."

"Clarinet…the right way!" Risa explained. She was really holding it wrong so the teacher had to fix her position as well.

"Hmmm…you know what? You're right! Why don't you stay after school for more lessons from Hiwatari or me then? That should put you on track," the teacher said with a smile on.

Seeing his smile, her smile turned upside down, "It's okay, sensei, I'll just try to practice everyday and hopefully be as good as you one day…." Of course she was not serious.

"Good, good, now…just where exactly is Hiwatari anyway? He was supposed to be teaching you right now," the teacher noticed. He looked around the room.

Just as he said his name, Satoshi comes to him and apologizes about being late to class.

"Alright, it's okay, just get ready so you can teach Harada here," the band teacher said and then walks off to see the other players.

Satoshi glanced at Risa and took a seat next to her. She made a face and looked away.

"You're holding it wrong again," he comments.

"Shut up."

(After Classes)

"Too high."

"Laaaa…"

"Too low."

"Laaaa…."

"I said too high!" Miss Love shook her head sadly as Riku tried to improve her singing again. They were currently in the auditorium; Miss Love was seated in the first row, center seat while Riku was on stage.

"You told me I sang it too low so I sang higher, isn't that right!" Riku yelled back. She was so mad because they spend hours trying to get "the right sound" out of her. Each time Miss Love would say "Too high" and so she'd try again just to hear her say "Too low".

"Yeah but it's too low, come on, try again!" Miss Love claps.

(Up the balcony)

Since Dark and Daisuke had nothing better to do, they've decided to check up on Riku. Of course, she didn't know they were there, because if she did, she'd die of embarrassment.

"Wow, Miss Love sure looks like she's enjoying this," Daisuke noted. He couldn't help but chuckle when Riku sang things wrong or when the teacher told her it was too high or too low.

Dark was too deep in thought to reply to him.

After awhile, he spoke, "Daisuke, let's make a bet."

That caught Daisuke's attention, "A bet?"

(A.G.H.S.)

"Ah! So I hear, but they join that contest every year. It doesn't matter. We're no good with performance anyway. We're specialized for the major subjects not those…lower and more unimportant subjects like performance," Principal Ima said with a shrug. She was currently in her office with Ritsuko telling her about the contest.

"Yes but I think we should join anyway because we might be able to win the A.B.H.S. in the one thing they are best at, what do you think? It'll work. I'm sure if we put together a good play with a decent plot, we'll win, principal! Give this school a chance to earn victory!" Ritsuko said. She looked at Ima with a determined look on her face.

The principal of the A.G.H.S. sighed and nodded, "Alright, if you're so confident in winning, Ritsuko, do you happen to know another school that is going to join other than the A.B.H.S.?"

"I've heard that the P.H.S. is also joining," Ritsuko answered.

"The P.H.S.? That school is so bad it's not even funny. I guess the only school that is a competition is the A.B.H.S.," Ima said while shaking her head.

"You know, you should never underestimate the students in the P.H.S. or the school itself," Ritsuko said and then walked out of the room.

That left Principal Ima looking after her confused.

(Next Scene)

"Is it me or is this school so much worst than the A.G.H.S.?" Riku asked Risa. She grabbed her water bottle and started to drink from it quickly.

Risa was already in bed because she was too tired, and so she says. "It would've been so much better if it weren't for the horrible classes I have," she answered. "And why are you drinking so much water?"

"Because the crazy performance teacher kept telling me to sing something and she kept telling me I was too high or too low, now my throat hurts a little," Riku explained. She drank some more water.

"Why do I get this feeling you'll need to use the bathroom soon?" Risa said while shaking her head sadly at her older twin sister.

After that comment from Risa, Riku excused herself to use the bathroom. Risa only giggled as Riku left the room for the bathroom.

After using the bathroom, Riku washed her hands and sighed. Why was she stuck with this job?

As she opened the door to go outside, she sees Dark again. "You know, if you keep standing outside the bathroom door like this, I'll tell the principal on you, stupid pervert," she glared at him and pushed him out of her way.

What she didn't realize was that he was holding something behind his back.

"Riku, will you go out with me?" Dark asked as he took the flowers from behind him and hands them to her. They were roses.

Riku cocked an eye brow, "What's that supposed to mean?" She looked at the flowers that were in her arms. Sure they were pretty but what is he trying to say? She knew he wasn't serious about going out with her because they don't even know each other yet!

"Like I said, since you're hot and I'm hot too, I think we should go out," he said proudly. Ha! Isn't that good enough of a reason for you to go out with me? Haha, I'm just too good now for the second step…

He was about to advance towards her but she only threw the flowers back at him. "If that was to impress me, it's only making me hate you more. Don't you have anything better to do? Like homework?" she asked madly. After saying that, she went back to her room and slammed the door before he could say or do more.

"Damn! I was so close!" Dark mumbled and turned around to go back to his room just to see Daisuke laughing at him.

"That was not funny; I'd like to see you try! Hmph, my next attempt will work for sure and then we'll see who's laughing!" Dark yelled but that still didn't stop his roommate from laughing.

(Dinner Time)

"It's dinner time! Finally, let's go to the dinner, I'm starving!" Risa exclaimed. She jumped up from bed and hopped next to Riku. Risa didn't do her homework for 3 hours because she was in bed; she kept telling Riku the bed was really comfortable.

Riku, on the other hand, was doing her homework and was almost done. "Huh? Oh…uh…why don't you go ahead first? I want to finish this science homework then I'll come down, alright?" Riku was still writing.

Risa shrugged, "Fine, I'll wait for you downstairs." Riku nodded and so Risa leaves the room just to see Dark standing outside their room.

"Oh, hey, Dark! I didn't know you were here…are you going to dinner now? Want to go down together? Riku said she wanted to finish her homework first," Risa told him. She beamed at him hoping he'd go with her.

"Uh…I can't yet…why don't you go first? I'll be down in a bit," Dark answered. Risa frowned and then walked off.

When Risa entered the dinner room and got her dinner ready in a plate. She found a table and sat down. She started to eat by herself. She also looked around the room to see if she knew anyone there. Then her eyes landed on Satoshi.

He was writing something while eating. She frowned, must be that stupid project he was doing in English class.

So after she finished her dinner, she decided, just out of curiosity, to see he was doing. Riku, Dark and Daisuke still weren't down yet so why not?

His table was not really far from hers so she had to walk only a short amount of distance. Since his back was facing her, she peeked over Satoshi's shoulder and looked. To her surprise, it wasn't that special project he was doing in English class but the English project they were supposed to work on together!

"Exactly, what is the title of this super boring story?" Risa asked out loud. She did read some part of what he wrote but it was about technology and inventions. To her, that was just plain boring. A story about technology and inventions on Christmas? Who in their right mind would read something like that?

By hearing her voice, he sighed sadly and asked God in his mind why she had to be here and disturb him.

She took a seat next to him and grabbed the papers from him and scanned it through. After a couple of glances and readings, she finally said, "This is the worst Christmas story written in the history of stories!"

Satoshi grabbed the papers back from her and continued writing. He didn't say anything.

"If you really want to fail that badly, fine but if you want to pass, you should rewrite that story or I'll do it…or we can both work things out," Risa crossed her arms and looked at him for an answer.

"None of the above," he said later on and continued to write.

"What! Fine! I'll do it by myself too!" Risa screamed and walked away back to her room so she could do her project.

(The Next Day: In Performance Class)

Riku quickly looked through her script. She totally forgot to memorize the first part of the play! She was busy doing her other homework yesterday, not to mention taking notes.

"Did you get to finish memorizing the lines yet, Riku? You forgot yesterday, huh?" Dark said from behind her. Since she didn't let him sit next to her, he sat behind her.

"Shut it, I'm almost done," Riku said madly. She tried to memorize the last few lines in the first scene.

Dark shrugged as Miss Love came into the auditorium in a hurry. She quickly got ready for the class and then got on stage.

"Okay, students, let the rehearsal begin. We must not waste any time. I've got news from the principal about the contest this morning. There will be more schools than last year that will be joining this contest. I know you all will not fail me, seeing how well we did last year but still…anyways, let's get things started! First scene, Harada-san, get on stage!" Miss Love called from the stage.

At once, all the boys looked at Riku. She blushed with embarrassment. Why was all the attention always on her? Miss Love always does this.

Riku, reluctantly, got on stage with her script. Miss Love noticed that, "You do remember the lines right?"

"Yeah…but if I have the script with me, it'll be better. Don't worry; I'll say it the way you want it to be said. I won't read it, I'll say it," Riku assured her.

Miss Love, then, nods in approval, and got off stage. She told Riku to begin.

Riku looked at her script for a second and then said, "What a nice day today is! The birds…"-looks at her scipt-"Oh! The birds are singing and the clouds…wait, no, wait. That's the narrator's part! Oops…I'm sorry," She looked at the teacher and said sorry for her mistake again.

"Uh-huh…alright, continue, just start from your lines then. From the part where it said 'Why can't I find my true love', start there," Miss Love instructed from the bottom.

"Alright, I'll try that again….Why can't I find my true love! I've been waiting…" Riku was cut short.

"I thought you said you'd say it with the mood! You're supposed to sound sad and confused, not tired and unhappy! Come on, try it again!" the teacher scolded.

This really was going to be a long 2 and a half months. Now Dark was waiting patiently for his turn but he doesn't show up until after the 3rd scene and if Riku doesn't work faster, they'll never get to the best part. The part that will win her heart for sure.

(The horrible English Class)

Since the students were told by the teacher to work in pairs for the project they were all working with their partners…except for Satoshi and Risa. They were both writing the story but not together.

The English teacher walked over to them with a huge smile on her face, "Hello children, how are you doing? Tell me a little about the story so far." She looked at what Risa was writing.

"It's about a girl who lost her dog and then it was found by the guy. You see, in the beginning, the girl has a crush on the guy and the guy likes the girl too but they were both too shy to tell each other how they felt about one another. The dog bought the couple together in the end. And so they lived happily ever after," Risa summarized.

"That is the worst story I've ever heard," Satoshi comments and then goes back to his story.

"I love that idea, Risa! I'm so tired of all the boys' stories, they all have the same plot but yours is so much better. I like it a lot, actually. Can I see what you have so far?" she asked happily.

Risa didn't give it to her though, "But there's a little problem, sensei…I didn't get to write it in English yet. I'm planning to write it in Japanese first and have it translated in English later." In her mind, she added "By Riku, of course."

"Oh, no need for that, Risa! Satoshi's good with English, since you're both partners, he'll help you translate as well. I mean, you're partners for a reason, right? Good job, keep it up," with that the English teacher walked away.

Risa couldn't help but smirk at Satoshi, "You heard the teacher, help me translate! We're using my story."

That made Satoshi grin back at her, "She didn't even get to read my story yet, what makes you think she'll like yours more?"

(Lunch Time in the Library!)

Since Riku had to finish this huge project for Japanese class for tomorrow, she had to do some research. That's how she ended up in the library. She was currently looking for books about ancient Japan because the teacher wanted them to do report on it. They were going to start a new book so they had to gather information.

The library was huge and books were everywhere. Not many people were in the library now though. There were even books on the floor, yes, these people were really messy. Riku wrote that down, of course. The shelves were at least 10 feet tall, that's why ladders were also everywhere.

She looked and looked everywhere for a good book but none caught her eye…until she looked up. A huge book about ancient Japan was up there. On top of the highest shelves. Oh that's perfect…

She took a nearby ladder and climbed up. When she got hold of the book, another huge book caught her eye. She wanted to get it but it was a little too far away so she tried to stretch her right arm while her left held on to the big book.

Just a little more…almost here…She stretched a little more.

"Riku-san! What are you doing up there?" Daisuke yelled from the bottom. That made Riku look down and completely lost her balance. She fell.

Daisuke ran fast enough to catch her but the fall was too big so Daisuke ended up on the floor, sitting up.

Riku's book fell out of her hand when she fell so there's less weight.

After the fall, she quickly got off him, blushing because she was so clumsy and because he saved her.

"I'm so sorry, Niwa-kun! Are you okay? Oh I'm so clumsy!" Riku apologized. She was hoping he was okay. She was not exactly light.

"Yeah…I'm fine, are you hurt?" he asked back. Since the big book was near him, he took it and handed it back to her.

"Thank you…but you shouldn't have saved me from the fall," Riku said as they both got up from the floor.

"I wouldn't want to see you get hurt," he smiled and climbed up the ladder. When he got the book that Riku wanted before, he got back down and handed it to her.

"Thank you so much, Niwa-kun! You're the best!" Riku thanked him again and smiled. Seeing that smile, he blushed and said it was not a problem.

(Band…)

Before the band teacher could say anything, Risa spoke, "Yeah, yeah, Hiwatari-kun'll teach me, got it. Bye, sensei." The teacher smiled and then walked away.

"Tell me why you even chose this instrument? The clarinet is not exactly the easiest instrument to play with, you know," Satoshi shook his head sadly at her.

"It looked like a recorder," came her simple reply.

"So, let me get this straight, you think the clarinet looks like the recorder? Do you not see the keys on the side? Do you even know how the embouchure looks like? Do you…" he was cut short.

"I don't know anything about the clarinet but I can blow!" Risa yelled. She blew on it hard. The worst of noises came out of that instrument and everyone, including the teacher, looked at her.

"Is it me or does the clarinet sound horrible? It sure looks like the recorder but it sounds way worst," Risa said. She was about to blow again but the teacher stopped her.

"That's not how the clarinet is supposed to sound like, Hiwatari, are you even helping her? Check her embouchure. She's holding the clarinet the wrong way again, do something about it!" the band teacher screamed.

Satoshi nodded and so class continued.

"I don't get it! What did I do wrong? That's how I blew when I played my recorder back in 5th grade…" Risa frowned.

"Your embouchure is wrong, that's why no matter how much air you give it, the sound comes out wrong," he answered.

"What the heck is an embouchure?"

"The way you put your mouth on the mouthpiece."

"It's different from the recorder?"

"What do you think?"

"I hate band class. Why can't you demonstrate?" Risa asked as she handed him her clarinet.

He pushed it back to her, "Because I don't play that instrument. I just know what you need to know in order to play it."

(Math Class)

When Riku entered the math room, she had the surprise of her life.

Author's Notes: Hmm…bad ending, no? LOL…Again, I was supposed to add more to this chapter but I am kinda busy so that's all you'll get till the next time I update. You just have to wait a week.

Oh and I want to know what's your top 2 favorite couples out of DaisukeRiku, DarkRiku and SatoshiRisa. It'd be nice if you tell me in your review.

Lastly, many of you probably do have a good idea of what the bet was but you might just know some parts of it and not all, mwahahaha! The bet won't be revealed till near the end of the story so yeah. Now on with the review replies:

lil-saturn-goddess: Glad you liked that chapter, what do you think of this one?

brianna: I love long chapters too! The teachers are pure evil, lol. Hope you like this chapter and do tell me who your top 2 favorite couples are!

Craze Izumi: Glad you like long chapters, hope you like this one! Hehe.

DivineShana: Eh…I can't tell you yet anything about Krad, you'll find out yourself. Hehe, gotta love the suspense!

Sakura Silvy: Hmm…well I really can't get relationships up so fast until something happens. It's still the beginning but the plot is also making it's way in the story…or has it already begun? LOL…Hope you like this chapter!

TM fanz: Thanks for reviewing! Who's your top 2 favorite couple?

Sammi-chan71914: Is this one funnier? Yup, I love Satoshi and Risa too! Yeah, maybe I should make my chapters longer, lol. Thanks for liking Krad…hmm…for some reason he's not in this chapter…I wonder why…lol.

Kosmic Kitty: Hope you like this chapter! I'll read your story! Thanks for reviewing!

AniMeViEtGrl: Umm…I'm still debating on the guy for Riku. I like both of them so it's really up to you guys. Thanks for the review!

RikuDarkDaisuke: Hope you like this chapter and don't forget to tell me your top 2 favorite couples (DaiRiku, DarkRiku and SatoRisa)!

Black Mistress: Yup! Gotta love S/R! I really like DaisukeRiku too! Hope you like this chapter! Hehe.

ImaViet: lol, I know. Well, who's your 2 top favorite couple? Oh and thanks for the review. I'll update every week. Isn't that great?

Kazumi Kairi or Kairi-chan: Both of them had a great day, lol. For us, they did. Hehe. Hope you like this chapter! The plot is slowly unfolding so keep reading!