"The time has come for us to put away our childish ways and become men and women of the
world, this is only the ending of one chapter of our lives as we all move on to bigger and better
things…So what do you think of that is it too…"
"…Corny? Yeah I'd say it's corny" answered Batsu as he continued to stuff his face with
food moving his chopsticks as fast as he could move them.
He and Kyouske were sitting outside under a tree on the Taiyo high school grounds, they were both
eating there lunch and discussing there plains for graduation that was coming up in about a few
weeks and Kyosuke was working on his speech to the whole student body, because he was the
valedictorian for this years graduating class at Taiyo, and he was very nervous.
"Look Kyosuke every thing that you are saying has been said and done man, I'm not trying
to be rude but it's boring." Continued Batsu as he took a brief moment from stuffing his face to
speak.
"Boring? Are you sure?"
"Yeah man, what; you need is…is…"
"What?"
"…Something that will give the student body to remember you by…I mean say something
that they would never see coming, something that they would never hear come out of your
mouth…Something like…"
"…How about a little song and dance" interrupted a cheerful familiar female voice.
When Batsu and Kyosuke heard it they both looked up and saw to there surprise Hinata standing
over them with a smile on her face.
"Hinata hey what's up" spoke Batsu as he stared Hinata up and
down.

Over the years at Tayio Hinata has been going threw many changes
physical as well as mental, she has now changed from the cheerful skinny little girl that she once
was to a beautiful and physically more develop young woman that she is today. Hinata grew her hair out and she wears it now in a long pony tale and her shape has develop into more of a
woman's shape now, her breast are much bigger and her legs are longer, to put it bluntly she has become very attractive she's not just cute anymore she's out right sexy, and Batsu has notice this change in her, and he likes it. Unfortunately Hinata does not give him the time of day since she has gone threw this change.

"Hey guys" answered Hinata
"A little song and Dance?" spoke Kyouske
"Yeah! Why not" laughed Hinata
"Give me a break Hina, I'm into making a fool out of myself"
"Well whatever do what you like but I think it's a good idea"
answered Hinata and with that she took a seat between her two friends.
"Yeah you would" answered Kyouskue as he then just began to get
back to work on his speech.
"So Hinata what do you have plan after graduation?" asked Batsu as
he inched up closer to her.
"Well I'm not sure, I think I'll just have a really fun summer"
"What? You mean you haven't applied to any colleges yet?" spoke
Batsu with much surprise in his voice.
"Of course I have and I have been accepted to a few but I just don't
know which one to go to yet, that's all I'm saying….so what about you Batsu"
"Well like you said this should be one hell of a summer, I think I'll
ride it out and see what happens too…who knows maybe you and I could um…get closer" spoke
Batsu trying his best to sound sexy.
"Lets not… and say we did" answered Hinata as she slowly inched
away from him and caused Batsu to fall on his face.
"Now that was smooth Batsu! Maybe I should do that f or my
speech … I mean no one would ever see it coming" laughed Kyouskue and with that Hinata also
joined him in the laughter.

"… I can not believe this, Oh my God, this is not real?"
…Dear applicant we have received and looked over your resent
application to this University and we are very happy to announce that you have been accepted, congratulations and we welcome you to the University of London, where we hope that all your academic dreams will be fulfilled…

"Oh my God! This is really happening! I'm going to London to
study abroad!" yelled Yurika as she sat by a near by fountain on the Sejjun high school grounds reading her acceptance letter to the University of London, where she wishes to study music and the fine arts. As Yurika stared at the letter she felt a few tears fall down her face, she could not believe that is was happening to her, all that hard work and practice really paid off, and now she was one step closer to fulfilling her dreams to become a musician and a composer.

"This is too good to be true, I…I…I'm so happy" spoke Yurika as
joy flowed all threw her body. "I have got to tell someone" she continued and with that she picked up her books and headed inside the school to look for someone she knew to tell them the good news. As she ran threw the hall of the school many of the students stared at her with surprise and shock, because seeing Yurika running threw the halls with a huge smile on her face was very uncharacteristic, and yet they were witnessing it.

"Hey what's the rush!" yelled a familiar voice
And with that Yurika stopped running and turned around.

"Zaki!"

"Yeah that's me, now what's going on you seem like you're the
happiest person in the world, did you get laided last night or something?"

"No, even better!"

"Well what could be better than…"

"…Zaki I got accepted to the University of London!" blurted out
Yurika as she grabbed on to her taller friend and hugged her with all her might. Zaki was taken a back by this action, she didn't know what to do or say by the fact that Yurika had been accepted
and the fact that she was hugging her in the middle of that hallway and other girls were staring.

"Tha tha that's great Yurika…let me go….I'm really happy for
you….let me go…congratulations…oh and did I mention let me go damn it!" answered Zaki and Yurika finally let go of her grip of her. The two friends were now just standing in the hallway facing each other.

"Sorry about that, I got a little carried away" spoke and embarrassed
Yurika

"Yeah I can see that; but anyway; for real I'm happy for you, you
worked hard over the years and it paid off, I'm proud of you Yurika"
"Thank you Zaki. Hearing that from you really means a lot to me"
There was brief moment of silence as the two friends soaked up the sentimental moment.
"I'm really going to miss you Yurika" finally spoke Zaki
"Oh yeah I almost forgot about that part…I will be leaving…I..I'll
miss you guys too, you're my family" spoke Yurika with trembles in her voice and before she
knew it she was grabbing on to Zaki once again in a fierce embrace.
…Oh give me a break…again with the hugging? Thought Zaki to
herself.

"I don't know what I'm going to do, damn it! There is not enough
time in the whole world to get all this shit done Argh!"
"Calm down Ran it's not the end of the world…just a final" spoke
Iichno in a calm and nonchalant voice as they sat in a booth in a near by burger place. They went there after school to eat and to study because at Tayio the seniors got a half a day to prepare for the finals that were coming up. And Ran was stressing big time over all the studding that she needed to do, and the fact that she still hadn't heard back from and of the colleges that she applied to. As Ran
stared threw the thick textbook and pulling at her hair at the same time Iichino just ignored it and calmly at her hamburger.

"You know Iichno, it amazes me that you are like; so chillin right
now" spoke Ran as she finally looked up from her textbook out of frustration.
"Yeah well Ran it's called not waiting for the last minute to study"
"I didn't wait the last minute, it's just that I couldn't concentrate for
a while because of all this added stress, I mean we are planning for the rest of our lives…that
and…" spoke Ran as she stopped talking and looked a little sad.
"Ran what's wrong? Are you okay?"
"Well…it's …"
"What? Come on you can tell me"
"It's Roberto…" spoke Ran as she began to drift off in thought.
"What's wrong? What about him?"
"Well he might be getting drafted into the pros and…"
"…Oh I see"
"Yeah, he's going to leave me" spoke Ran with trembling voice.
"Well have you guys talked about it?"
"..No, not really"
"Why not:"
"Because every time he tries to bring it up I change the subject… I
mean it just hurts too much"
"Well maybe he's willing to continue the relationship"
"I don't think so Iichino , I mean why would he, I mean he will be
around all of these gorgeous groupie girls that actually like soccer and know the game, I mean why would he want me?" Spoke Ran and when she said that tears began to fall down her face.
"Oh Ran don't cry" spoke Iichino as she handed ran a napkin to
wipe her face while looking away.
"I can't help it, he's leaving me and…I..I…" continued Ran as she
was now fully crying.
"Ran please stop crying…your going to make me start crying if you
don't stop"
"…But I'm in love with him, you have no idea how happy he makes
me, I really feel that we were meant for each other."
"Well do you think he feels the same way"
"I don't know …I mean he says he loves me but…"
"…well there you go, If Roberto loves you he is not going to let you
go…ok…now cheer up"
And with that said Ran took a deep breath and whipped her tears away.
"your right Iichino"
"Yeah it's not that bad, why don't you just talk to him about it
okay"
"Okay yeah your right, I will talk to Roberto …and if it's meant to
be it will be right"
"Right"
"Okay cool" spoke Ran as she put on a fake smile on her face.
"Great now let's get back to studding shall we"
"Right"

"Damn it you play too much!" yelled Natsu as she picked up her
books from the ground after someone was pushed into her and knocking her books out of her hand.
"Look I said I was sorry Natsu" explained Shoma as he scratched
the back of his head out of embarrassment. He and Roberto were playing around and Roberto pushed him and accidentally causing him to fall into Natsu.
"Here let me help you pick those up" offered Shoma
"No…look just leave me alone okay" snapped Natsu
"Hey Natsu what's up? you seem tense" asked Roberto as the three
friends stood outside of the Gorin high school gates.
" It's nothing I'm just tired that's all" explain Natsu as she now had
her books in her hand and the three friends began to walk home once again.
"Yeah I know what you mean, my coach worked me to death today
at practice" spoke Roberto
"Well he would ,I mean come on your there star" spoke Natsu
dryly. When Natsu said that Shoma looked up at her, over the years Natsu and Shoma had always had a
unusual relationship, it was kind of a love hate thing. There friendship as always been strong, but in the last two years of there high school years it seems like there love and hidden passions for one another were growing tremendously. And as he stared at her he couldn't help but feel his love for her sour he loved her and he felt that it was high time he told her.
As the trio walked on Natsu was uncharacteristically quite. She then
looked over at Shoma who was now talking to Roberto about something, she didn't know what they were talking about nor did she care, all she knows is that she has been feeling torn and depressed lately about everything in her life lately. Natsu has been doing some secret soul
searching in the past few months and she felt like she has lost her passion and love of volley ball, it just didn't mean that much to her anymore. And everyone expected to her focus on that, and because she was so good Nastu was given a full scholarship to go the Gorin University, but she didn't want to do that , she had other things in mind that no one knew. No one seem to notice.

ButNatsu had changed she has become more feminine, Nastu grew her hair out to a medium length bob hair style and she even has started to wear a little make up, not much just a little lipstick here and a little eye liner there, even her clothing and demeanor has changed, in a single year Natsu changed from loud mouth tomboy to a assertive and tactful young woman. She kept more to herself now and while she was still a tomboy at heart and the way she played sports and her fighting skills the way she dressed now was more sexy and feminine. So of course if this changed, what she wanted to do in life would only naturally change as well, and what Natsu wanted to do more than anything now,
was to go to culinary school and become a great chief or a cook and maybe some day open her own restaurant or sell books of her recipes. But she couldn't tell anyone that, she felt like they would either be disappointed in her or laugh and she didn't need either of that right now.

'I can't believe that this is almost the end… and I still haven't made
up my mind. I don't know if I want to go to college or to just get a job…I mean college is really expensive and I have no idea what I would major in anyway. I looked at tons of catalogs and therewas nothing in them that interested me, I mean I don't want to be a math major or engineering or be into fine arts or anything, I mean I'm not good at anything. And just look at everyone they seem so happy about their acceptance letters and their awesome futures …what the hell do I have to look forward to? Work at Macdonald's for the rest of my life? This shit sucks… '

thought Akira as she walked on the sejjun school grounds and heading back to her dorm room, she had been thinking about this all day ever since Yurika told her the good news about her going off to London to study music. Akira continued to walk with her head down and thought about this, she had no idea what she wanted to do with her life, the only thing that she felt she was any good at was fixing
motorcycles and martial arts, so why would she go to college, this fact went around in her head over and over again.

"Yo Akira" called out a familiar voice
Akira turned around and to her surprise she saw Zaki standing behind her without her mask on and a smirk on her face.

"Oh hey girl what's up" spoke Akira trying not to make her
depression obvious. Zaki then walks up to her.

"Not a damn thing just finals…So what's up with you I haven't
seen you all day" spoke Zaki as the two friends began to walk.

"Nothing …just the same as you studding for finals but I don't
know why I bother" spoke Akira as they both walked to a cherry blossom tree and decided to sit under it. It was around 6:00pm and the campus was very quite because all the students were in there dorms studding and the sun was going down and the beautiful colors of sky's twilight kind of comforted Akira a little. As her and Zaki sat under the tree and starting at the setting sun and the sky Akira begin to talk softly.

"What's the point Zaki?"
"What do you mean?" asked Zaki as she looked over at her friend.
Akira was staring up at the sky but her face looked extremely troubled.
"Akira? What's wrong?" continued Zaki as she notice that Akira
did not answer her.

"I…I …feel like I don't have much of a future, I mean everyone is
going off to college and making there dreams come true while I'll be stuck here and …"
"…Akira let me ask you something, do you want to go to college?"

"To be honest no not really…I just don't think it's for me"

"Why "

"Because all the things that people go to college for, I don't want to
do that in life I won't enjoy it, yeah that money would be good if a became something like a doctor or lawyer or something but I just don't feel like it would make me happy"

"So what you're saying is, you feel that going to college wouldn't
help you to fulfill any of your dreams or goals in life"
"Right"
"So what do you want to do?"
" I don't know Zaki…I'm not good at anything"
" I didn't ask you what you were good at …I asked you what you
were good at I asked you what did you want to do? What are your dreams?"
"I don't have any"
"Don't lie to me" spoke Zaki sternly Akira looked at Zaki's face
and saw that she was serious.
"Ok…Um I want to work with my hands"
"Meaning what?"
"I don't know …I like to repair things… I like cars and
motorcycles, I like to race them as well as fix them
"So why don't you do that? I mean you already have the skills
Akira. Why don't you go to like a trade or a technical school to just become certified…"
"Do you think I should Zaki… I mean it's not as respected and
exciting as going off to college and studying abroad like Yurika is doing"

"Why are you comparing your life and dreams to Yurika? Akira
look; we all have different dreams and things that we are good at. Yurika is good in the performing arts, she can play and write music and she has perfect pitch when it comes to singing, while I can't even hum on key. I would have to be stupid to think that I could become a famous singer, on the other hand I enjoy writing and I love philosophy, these are the things that make me happy. I would rather do any of those things than to do what Yurika is doing, because that is not what I have a passion and a drive for. Akira what I am trying to say is who cares what people think, you have to live for you and do what is going to make you happy and make your life more enjoyable for thelong run"

When Zaki said that Akira was silent for a few minutes to try and let that all sink in.

"Well Akira I gotta get going, let me know what you plan on doing
okay." And with that Zaki stood up from her seat from under the tree and headed back to the
dorms. Leaving Akira to ponder on what she just said.

"Yeah I'd like two large pizza's with extra cheese, chicken,
sausage, anchovies, and pineapple on one, and…um hold on a sec man…" spoke Edge as he put thepizza man on hold on the phone. "Yo, Gan what do you and Daigo want on the other pizza?"
continued Edge as he directed his question to his two friends who were on the couch watching TV,while Edge was is in the other room on the phone.

"Um …how about pepperoni, onions, and hamburger" Stated Gan
back to Edge.
"Is that cool with you Daigo?" asked Edge
"Yeah that's fine" answered Daigo.
Edge then repeated this to the pizza man and hung up the phone.
"Hey the pizza should be here in about 45 minutes" spoke Edge as
he got off the phone and began to walk in the living room with his friends.
"So shouldn't you guys be studying right now" spoke Daigo as he
flicked the channels on the TV with the remote.
"Studying? For what?" spoke Edge as he flopped on the couch and
kicked his feet up on the coffee table.
"Finals maybe" answered Daigo
When Daigo said that Edge and Gan looked at each other for second, and then began to laugh as
hard as they could.
"Fi…fi..Finals!" laughed Gan historically
"Man Daigo we ain't studying for that shit" spoke Edge after he
calm down from his laughter.
"I see" simply spoke Daigo
"Boss you gotta understand, what, would be the point? Me and
Edge are not going to college or anything"
"Yeah Daigo, look at us, do we really look like we would amount to
anything? Shit man that would just be a waste of money…" continued Edge
"Yeah and that is if we even get excepted to one, and I don't think
they would let me or Edge into one with that grades that we have" explained Gan in between
laughter.
"You could at least try" spoke Daigo
"Whatever" was the only thing that Edge said as he got up from the
couch and walked into the other room.
"Yo Edge where you going?" asked Gan
"I'm going to piss…why? Do you wanna watch?" stated Edge in a
very rude and sarcastic voice.
"Shut the fuck up!" yelled Gan
"Hey you shut the fuck up, you damn queer!" yelled Edge from the
bathroom.
"So you guys ain't going to college huh?" stated Daigo
"Nope…I can't say that, that was in my plans" spoke Edge from the
bathroom.
"Then what do you guys plan on doing for the rest of your lives?"
"Well Boss I'm taking over the family business at the restaurant"
spoke Gan.
Okay …and what about you Edge" asked Daigo
"What the fuck is this? 50 damn questions!" yelled a frustrated
Edge as he flushed the toilet and walked back out in the living room.
"Wait hold up!…who the hell are you raising your voice at Edge?"
stated Daigo sternly.
Edge didn't say anything back only sucked his teeth and took a seat back on the couch.
"Look watch your mouth, I don' t care if this is your apartment
Edge! You will not talk to me like that!" corrected Daigo sternly

Edge said nothing, he just slightly rolled his eyes like he didn't care about what Daigo was saying, but the truth was he did care.
Edge has been living on his own for a whole year now in this
apartment. His father kicked him out of his house one night after getting into a terrible verbal and somewhat physical fight with him, and he hasn't been back to live there ever since. Edge was able to get small jobs here and there and while using the money that he saved from many of the street fights that he been in to get the apartment and furnish it. He lived with Daigo for a small bit before he was able to save up enough money to get his place. He still is into the underground street fighting thing, but his means of money comes from something else now, something that is more profitable, but only a few people know what he does, and he is sitting with them now. Only Daigo and Gan knows what Edge does now to get money not even his girl friend Zaki knows, and he likes it like that because he is a very private person.
The things that Daigo was saying about college was getting to him even though he would never admit it, because even though Edge is making good money now with
his secret career it won't last forever, and he don't know how much longer he will be able to keep Zaki if they are on two different intellectual wave lengths, because Zaki has already been accepted and will be attending college in the fall under the double major of Literature and Philosophy. And while he was happy for her it kind of worried him because he didn't want to lose her.

"Yo Edge! Edge!" yelled Gan

"What!" yelled Edge as he was snapped out of his deep thoughts.

"Dude someone is at the door" answered Gan

"Oh" and with that Edge stood and walked over to the door, and
answered it.

"Yo! Pizza's here!" yelled Edge back at Gan and Daigo.