Matches and Maddness!

Chapter six: Miracles do happen! Hachiko's Choice

Disclaimer: Do you THINK that I own an ACTUAL anime? I think NOT!

Went to my high school's football jamboree last night! Our team ROCKS! In six minutes we scored TWO touchdowns! GO SHELDON IRISH! We have the TOP atheletes in the mid-western league in Oregon! All the teams pale in comparison!

In the new artwork for TC, they make Midorikawa Kero look child-like as oppose to the old art that made her look... Curvy... It's scary to think of Kero as... Curvy... In the anime she's child-like, that makes her so adorable! To think, a twenty-something year-old woman who's very... Child-like... I'm a fan of Kero, but I never found a good couple with her in it! Someone! Come up with a couple for her! She's lonely! Toadman is adorable too! I just wanna hug them both! As you can tell... I love cute things... Oh god... I'm turning into Chad! I don't wanna turn into Chad! I want to be a girl! Turn me into Orihime instead! I don't mind the lesbian attacks! I already have that problem! But please, NOT CHAD! Okay, I'm done now!

Okay, just to tell you... I'm straight! I'm kinda bugged by Shonen and Shojo-ai... But the Shojo-ai episode of Excel Saga was funny! "This is a few lily pads short on being Shojo-ai!" God! I love Excel Saga! One reason to like Saloma, she has Hyatt's Japanese vioce! The Excel girls are funny! Total spoofs of Excel and Hyatt!

Koshi Rikdo is Higure! Just kidding!

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6:17 AM

Hinoken and the others lay alseep in the waiting room... Hachiko had her head on Saloma's shoulder and Tesla was curled up in her chair. Hinoken was half-asleep and sitting up. The doctor came out of Madoi's room and everyone woke up.

"I have some good news!" with those words, everyone perked up. "I don't know what happened, but, Madoi has drastically improved! Her fever is down, her lungs are emptying out! This is nothing short of a miracle! But, there is some bad news... Madoi has severe scarring in her lungs, she will have a hard time catching her breath and it could be painfull... And she's still unconscious... Which is bad... She may me in a coma..."

"This is my fault! I was the one who made her mad! I should've noticed something was wrong! I should've went looking for her earlier! No, I should've went after her when she ran off! I should be arrested!" Hinoken bursted out. He had kept his emotions in for too long, he had to let go.

"NO! Mr. Hino! This isn't your fault! If you're story is true... Then it is Miss Iroaya's fault, she knowingly ran off, when she was sick, during a rain storm! This happened because Miss Iroaya was foolish!" the doctor said in a mean tone.

"What did you say?" Hinoken looked back and glared at the doctor. "Did I just hear you blame the victim?" Hinoken grabbed the doctor by the collar and got into his face. "If I EVER hear you saying something like that about Madoi again, I'll burn you alive!" he said in more of a growl.

"Hinoken! Stop it right this second!" Tesla grabbed Hinoken's arm. "Do you think Madoi would like seeing you doing something like this? She'd lose respect for you!" Hinoken dropped the doctor. "Good, now you won't be kicked out of the hospital!"

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7:06 AM

Tesla had long gone to work and Hinoken went into Madoi's room, which left Hachiko and Saloma (who is asleep) alone in the waiting room. Hachiko kept looking at the clock... Waiting and waiting...

"Sakuraba..." said Kishimoto as he came into the hallway carrying bags.

"Oh... Hi, Kishimoto!" Hachiko said as she waved at him (she kinda looks like Orihime when she waved at Ishida in volume seven, you know, chapter sixty-one!).

"I brought you guys breakfast from my family's bakery." he handed her a bag full of old fashioned glazed cake donuts. Hachiko's eyes got really big.

"Those are my FAVORITE!" she took a bite out of one of them, she also managed to get glaze around her mouth... Not to mention crums...

"Hachiko!" then came in a tall, brown-haired girl wearing a shirt that said 'it's all about KARASU'...

"Eiriko?"

"GASP! How cuuute! You've got food all over your face and you don't even care! That's the power of cuteness! Itooshi!" Eiriko said as she hugged Hachiko. At that moment Kishimoto felt a chill...

"BACK OFF, EIRIKO!" said another girl, shorter and she had short brown hair. She had a blue shirt on with jeans. "Go flirt with that guy over there!" she pointed at Kishimoto.

"Ariko! Nice to see you both... I guess..." said Hachiko as she wiped the crums off her face.

"We came over to your house and there was a note there that said you were here... Who's that guy?" Ariko pointed at Kishimoto again...

"Uh... Kishimoto... You know... Ranked number one in our grade! Isn't Eiriko number thirty in the eighth grade? You're number seven, right? Ariko?"

"Right... So that's Kishimoto! Thought he'd be shorter and nerdier..." Ariko was indeed mentioning a stereo-type...

"It's very unbecoming to use stereo-types... Ariko Hoshiki..." said Kishimoto as he adjusted his glasses.

"How'd you know my last name, Kishimoto?"

"Like Hachiko said, you're number seven. That's how I know your name, Hoshiki..."

"Why to you refer to Hachiko by FIRST name and Ariko by LAST name! Is something going on between you two!" Eiriko said glaring at Kishimoto.

"Eiriko! Nothing's going on! He usually calls me Sakuraba! And I always call him Kishimoto!" Hachiko tried to clear thing up...

"Good! Now I can have my little K-san look-alike all to myself! You also remind me of a blonde Karasu! Or, if you cut your hair, Eiri Yuki! Or Orihime! Would that make me Chizuru?"

"You poor thing! Does she have to act like that in public?" Ariko patted Hachiko's head. "No wonder Hana calls her Chizuru! Yet, of course, I didn't read Bleach number two yet... So I shouldn't know..."

"Three out of four of those characters are guys... That makes me feel good..." Hachiko said sarcastically. "Do I look like a guy to you?"

"No... But there WAS that one girl that thought you were a guy... But there is the boobage factor... You're too busty to be a guy!"

NOTE: The "boobage factor" is just an expression made up by my friend YBMC! Yagi and him use it all the time...

"That reminds me! Hachiko! Wear a REALLY tight shirt! Show off what god gave you!" Eiriko is at it again... Hoo boy...

"Ughhh... She's making me sick... I think I'm gonna leave now..." Kishimoto started to leave...

"Wait! Kishimoto!" Hachiko went after him.

"Now look what you've done! You made them leave! And now I have to walk to school with just you! Uggh!" Ariko stomped off away from Eiriko.

"What did I do?" Eiriko said in a whiny voice.

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Hinoken closed his eyes and got up from his seat. He then leaned over and kissed Madoi on the forehead... He then left without saying a word... "Uhhh..." Madoi's eyes opened a little and she looked around. "Ow... My chest hurts! I can barely breathe... What's happening to me? What happened? The last thing I remember was... Sitting on the bench... And my chest hurting... Then cold and wet... What's the matter with me? Where am I? And why am I here? Who brought me here?"

"All very good questions, Miss Iroaya! First of all, you're in the hospital!" said a different doctor from before... He was blonde and he had blue eyes. He had rectangular glasses. "I'm gonna be your new doctor! I'm Dr. Ogata. Second, you have pneumonia. Third, you seem to have passed out in the rain on a bench. Fourth, Mr. Hino, Miss Magnets and the Sakuraba family brought you here! They're out in the waiting room... If you want to see them..."

"How bad is my pneumonia?"

"You were on the verge of dying! Six and a half hours in the rain can do that to you! Your friends were all saying their good-byes to you... Very heart-wrenching indeed! Of course, you were in a coma-like state the entire time! For a while we were under the impression that you were in a coma! The last doctor you had was a piece of work! He blamed you for this entire mess! Mr. Hino requested a new doctor, and that's how I became your new doctor! If you wanted to know!" He said in a cheery voice.

"That was a mouthfull! How can you say all of that without breathing?" Madoi sweat-dropped.

"Unlike most people in this country, I don't smoke! I'm very unlike my brother, Seiji Ogata, he smokes all the time! Some people say we look alike! It could be that we're twins and all! But we're total opposites! Have you ever noticed that siblings are very different? The other day, I met a girl who has a twin and they have some sort of "intuition" for eachother! Pretty cool, huh? Well, my brother and I don't have an intuition! Do you have a sibling, Miss Iroaya? Do you guys have an intuition?" He said in a hyperactive way.

"Yes... I DO infact have a younger sister, but no intuition! And please, don't mention siblings, okay?"

"Okay! I understand!"

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11:33 AM

BOM BOM BOM (the sound of the lunch bell ringing)

"YES! LUNCH IS APON US! I'm starved! Good thing I have left-over donuts! And ramen! YAY! Beef RAMEN!" Hachiko said with enthusiasm.

"Here we go again. It's only lunch, Hachiko, not new years." Ariko said with NO enthusiasm...

"Only lunch! Do you hear what you're saying! Lunch is the best part of the day! Isn't that right, Saru-kun?" Hachiko looked over at her friend, Saru.

"Yes, you are very correct." Saru had black hair and brown eyes. He was short in stature. He wore a red shirt that said 'ZER0' with gold lettering under his uniform.

"Oh yeah! Today someone's going to sit with us! Hey, Kishimoto! Come over here!" Hachiko yelled across the room. Kishimoto and his friend, Ryo Asano, came right over. Ryo had long, black hair. Her eyes were aqua blue.

"Hello, Sakuraba! Hello, Hoshiki! And... Who are you?" Kishimoto asked Saru.

"I'm Saru Arcadia... You must be Kishimoto..." Saru said in a momotone voice. "I'm very sorry, but I'm going to have lunch off campus today... I'm going to have lunch with my friend..."

"You mean the girl you're staying with? What was her name again... Misa? No. Mihoshi? No. Miyaki? No..." Hachiko tried hard to remember the person's name, but to no avail.

"Her name is Miyuki..."

"Hey! My mom's friend's name is Miyuki! Cool! What's your friends last name?"

"Kuroi."

"GAH! Your friend IS my mom's friend! Must not tell mom, must not tell mom, must not tell mom!" Hachiko repeated herself over and over.

"Why?" Saru had a genuinely confused look on his face.

"Because of your shady relationship with a woman who is seven years older than you! That's why!"

"Shady? What's so shady about living with a childhood friend?"

"Childhood friend? She would have had to be your baby-sitter!"

"We were in the same classes..."

"That's impossible! You're seven years apart!" The plot thickens!

To be continued...

Glossary:

Kun- An honorific usually refering to a guy who is younger than you.

Navi info: Wolfman

NetOp: Hachiko Sakuraba

Element: NONE

Charged-up attack: Crusher claw

Effect: Goes in enemy's area and attacks enemies and cracks all pannels.

Favorite chip: Any sword-type chip

Favorite quote: "Chikara" (force)

NetOp info: Hachiko

Navi: Wolfman

Likes: Bleach, most manga in general and Go

Dislikes: One Piece, spiders, dresses and skirts

Position: Civilian (M and M) Captain of Panzer (White Wolf)

Known family: Mother, father and grandmother

Favorite quote: "The White Wolf always gets her prey!"

Note: M and M will most likely end at chapter nine! And will be continued in another story!

Preview: White Wolf

The White Wolf storyline takes place eight months AFTER M and M. The story revolves around Hachiko and her aim for the top! But durring her tournament spree, a criminal organization called Arcadia Corp. comes and causes trouble! After the national Ameropian tournament, Hachiko along with others start a task force called Panzer...

SPECIAL: Things I keep on my computer desk!

A water bottle- Just in case I get thirsty when writing

Bleach GNs- For ideas

Shonen Jumps- Again, for ideas

Shojo Beats- Yet again, for ideas

Lyrics to "Never Dying Flower"- Comes in handy sometimes!

A lot of fortunes from fortune cookies- Uh...?

The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes- For birthdates!

Floppy disks- To keep M and M on! (my computer doesn't have internet!)

Chapstick- Couldn't find another place for it!

A picture of Kishimoto drawn by me- So I can look at it all the time! Sigh...

A gameboy advance- ?

A scrunchy- ?

Board games- ? What the?

A wolf figure- YAY! A Wolfy! YAY! A present from Yagi-san!

Anime DVDs- Uh... ? FULLMETAL PANIC!

A picture of Hachiko- For refrences!

An extra keyboard- Uh... Hmm?

A portrait named "Jack, Jack, Jack and Jack"- Birdies are cute! Painted by my mother! Goes with the Island Jungle theme in my room!

A pair of Sunglasses- ? (Put's them on)

I think that's all! (reads fortunes) Love comes singly and leaves accompanied. Your courage will reap rewards for you. You are compassionate and fun-loving... And the last fortune I got around four weeks ago: The project you have in mind will soon gain momentum.