Thanks for all the reviews. Due to some e-mails I have gotten about certain complaints, I will now be answering reviews. It's interesting; I have never actually done that before. . .But whatever. Here's chapter 5.

CHAPTER 5

" So what are the scores so far?"

Yorokobi, one of the people in charge of the voting schemes sighed as he pulled out a piece of paper from under the huge stack of tiny slips, waiting until Jihiro had sat down on the chair opposite Yorokobi before continuing.

" For the men, Shinichi is in the lead with 104, followed closely behind by Yoro with 92, and finally lagging behind is Sanshriyuki with 43."

Jihiro let out a whistle, grabbing a meat bun on the table before munching into it, sighing continuously with every bite he took, and Yorokobi had to admit that it was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen. " Yeah, I never DID like Sanshriyuki." He said, taking a sip of water. " I was a fan of his swimming for a few weeks back. Asked him for an autograph or something, but he just sneered and told me to eat my own pants. Like it had anything to do with an autograph."

Yorokobi laughed, grabbing the meat bun found next to Jihiro's, and bit into it, looking down on the list. " For the ladies, leading is once again Ran Mouri with 124." He went on, just as Jihiro choked on his water. " Next to her is Shiho, with 121, and finally is Sakura with 112."

" Ran Mouri?" Jihiro gaped. " She's winning again?"

" Well, you can't blame her." Yorokobi said, shrugging. " She IS very popular with the boys and girls alike. Plus, she has a sweet ass."

" I know that," Jihiro said tensely. " But I believe that Miss Miyano should be able to lead her. After all, she's cool and has a personality. Plus, she's funny. Ran is cool and kicks ass, but she's not even half as funny as Shiho."

" Funny?" Yorokobi asked. " She looks cold. I saw her in the recess hall just two days ago. Barely nodded as I greeted her."

" That's what she's like on the outside." Jihiro said carelessly. " But I'm in her form class, and I can tell you she's funny. She's sweet, beautiful, AND She doesn't try too hard. Plus, she doesn't act like a queen around Shinichi.'

" Oh yeah, Ran dumped him, right?"

" Bingo." Jihiro said.

" Maybe it's better if Shiho wins. Maybe I'll vote for her too."

" My feelings exactly."

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" A solid has a constant shape and weight." Shiho said, almost rolling her eyes in boredom. From teaching Shinichi's class to 11-year old kids was sort of depressing, but after many hours of this sort of drastic change, she got steadily used to it. " And obviously for a liquid that is different, can anybody tell me what are the definition of a liquid, in that other case?"

A young boy raised up his hand.

" Yoshi, is it?" she asked, nodding at him.

" That's right." He said, then he paused.

" Well?" she asked, patiently. " You don't raise your hand, and not answer the question."

" I'll get to that." He said excitedly. " But I just wanted you to know that the whole class voted for you for the Queen."

An unknown blush appeared on her face, but quickly ceased herself. " I don't think that that's relevant to the subject of matter, Yoshi." She said tightly, and the rest of the class cracked up with laughter.

" We just thought you were much prettier than Ran Mouri, Miss Miyano." Said Mirai, one of the girls in the front row. " We just all agreed one day that we wanted you to beat Ran, allowing her to get second for the first time."

Shiho had to bite her lip to prevent herself from smiling. ' These kids are just so unknowing.' She thought. ' But I thank them. From the bottom of my heart.'

" Thank you." She said, smiling shyly.

Several of them hid smirks.

" You're smiling, Miyano-sensei." One of the guys said, pointing at her. " You never smiled in front of us before!"

She blinked.

" I didn't?" she said.

" No." Yoshi said. " You should more often though. You look prettier when you do."

Her cheeks unknowingly reddened.

" He's had a crush on you since you entered the classroom." The guy next to her said, winking at her.

" Mou!" Yoshi said, embarrased, but certainly wasn't denying it.

Shiho blinked.

" Trash Ran Mouri, Miss Miyano!" a girl called out from the backseat, followed by cheers and claps. Shiho was speechless. She never thought that they wouldn't hate her, and to top that, but they liked her.

They actually liked her.

" I will," she started, and several people clapped at that.

" Providing you all pass up your homework on time."

Her last sentence was met with few groans, and thunderous applause.

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" Good luck, Ran."

Ran smiled at the boy as she and Sonoko walked down the hallways towards Shiho's class. Sonoko was about to comment to Ran about how she was sure that Ran would win once more when she raised her eyebrows at the empty placing beside her and Ran. " Hey, Shinichi wasn't at our table during recess, Ran." She said, and Ran nodded, biting her lip. " I know." She said. " I wonder if he's mad at me for rejecting him or something."

Sonoko snorted.

" No." she said. " He isn't that sort of person."

" He isn't?" Ran asked. " But I wanted to ask him to follow me to the market today, I wanted to get some things for my dad, and he rejected me."

Sonoko opened her mouth to say something, before she snapped it shut.

" What?" Ran asked.

" Isn't that Shinichi right there?"

Ran looked up, and noticed Shinichi and another girl walking in their direction, the girl laughing at a joke that Shinichi had just said. Ran felt a strange pang of jealousy, but she just shook it away.

But Sonoko, however, didn't take it as well as Ran did.

" Hey!" she yelled. " Shinichi!"

Shinichi barely batted an eye as he muttered something to her, and she nodded, walking off. He walked over to them, a grin on his face. " What seems to be the problem, Sonoko?" he asked.

" What the Hell was that?" she asked, pointing her hand in the direction of the girl.

" Oh, her?" he said. " Oh yeah. Her. Yeah. She's a female."

" Don't be funny, smartass." Sonoko said. " Who was that?"

" Just a girl I asked out." He said, shrugging, nudging past them.

" Where are you going?" Ran blurted out.

" Going to get a snack before I get to class." He said, not even looking back.

Sonoko and Ran just stood there, staring.

" Come on, ignore that ass." Sonoko said, grabbing Ran's hand.

Ran turned her head to watch Shinichi disappear behind the wall before she followed Sonoko towards the classroom.

Shinichi turned, making sure that he was not in their sight before leaning against the pillar, wiping the sweat off his face.

" How did I do?" he asked.

Shiho appeared from behind the wall, smirking.

" Not bad." She said, grinning. " For a moment there, I almost thought that you were really over her."

Shinichi moaned and nodded.

" Hardest thing I ever had to do." He said.

" WE all have to get over someone," she said, shrugging. " It's just that yours had to be with her."

Shinichi nodded, scratching his head.

" Well, we'd better make it to class." He said.

She just stood there for a while.

" Hey, Kudo." She said, and he stopped.

" Yeah?" he asked.

" Do you mind if I give you another class tonight?"

He raised his eyebrows, but nodded eagerly. " Sure." He said.

She smiled.

" What are your weak points?" she asked.

He blinked.

He had never thought of that before.

" I don't know." He said. " I guess I wasn't that good in realizing what a woman wanted."

" Body language." She said.

" Yeah." He said.

" What else?"

He scratched his chin.

Then he blushed.

" What?" she asked, almost coyly.

" Er, I don't think you can help in this." He said.

" Try me." She said.

" No, I. . ."

" TRY me."

He coughed.

" I. . .I was always weak as a. . ."

He coughed again.

" Kisser?" she finished for him, enjoying his face turning from white to blue to a final red. " I should have known." She said, grinning.

He looked away.

She thought for a while.

" Meet me in my class after school." She said, walking onwards.

He looked up.

No, she wouldn't. . .would she?

She smirked, walking onwards, listening his footsteps catch up with her.

" Why are you helping me?" came his voice in her head again.

That was strange.

There was no answer to that.

Unless that meant that she was. . .

She turned around to look at him, and he smiled.

She looked away.

No.

That was impossible.

Was it?

But there was only one way to find out.

And it was to help him out.

No turning back.

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" Nice shot! Kudo!"

Shinichi smirked as he ran back to the end of the pitch to defend, enjoying the cheers of his name from both the males and females alike. That was the main reason why he loved Physical Education so much. It was one of the few things in life that he actually liked, ranging from sports to. . .

" Nice shot, Shinichi!" Came Ran's voice.

Girls.

He forced himself to play mute as he ignored her, stepping foward to guarthe opponents. Ran, who was waving her hand at him, stopped all of a sudden. She bit her lip as she turned sideways to Sonoko, who had just hit an amazing spike to the other end of the volleyball court. " Did you see that, Ran?" she said excitedly. " Did you see the magnificance of my play? Did y. . ."

She stopped in mid-sentence.

" What's the matter?" she asked.

Ran shook her head, getting back in the game.

" Nothing." she mumbled.

Sonoko raised her eyebrows but said nothing.

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Shinichi high-fived with Yoro, who happily patted him on the back. " Nice block, Kudo!" he said grinning, while Shinichi grinned back. Yoro opened his mouth to say something, when he nudged Shinichi in the ribs.

" Kudo!" he hissed. " Look! Miyano-sensei!"

Shinichi turned around. Indeed she was popular. There were boys swarmed around her, hands in their pockets, almost drooling on her skirt. He looked away, just in time to block a goal from the opponent, amid cheers from around.

Shiho noticed the sound, and looked down.

Her eyes followed to Shinichi, who was laughing as he got patted on the back.

A faint blush tinged on her cheeks.

But she shook herself, and walked off.

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It was the end of the day.

Shiho nodded goodbye to the students who waved at her as they walked out the classroom, and sat down on her seat, twirling herself silently in her chair and shut her eyes, ready to get herself some rest before meeting up with Shinichi once more for another class. It was not until she heard a small cough when she noticed a student standing right before her.

She blinked.

" How long have you been standing here?" she asked.

" Pretty long." he said, shrugging.

She raised her eyebrows as she suddenly remembered who he was. He was Sanshriyuki, one of the three students voted to be the ' King' of the school year. She swirled her chair and turned to face him, crossing her legs. " You aren't here to ask me to help you out in the competition, are you?" she asked accusingly. " I mean, I'm not one who likes to cheat in. . ."

" No," he said, rushing his words out. " It's not."

" Oh?" she asked, suddenly interested. " Then what?"

He blushed as he noticed her tongue slowly peeking out of her mouth to lick her dry lips, wetting them considerably. It was very unlike him to blush; beleive me, he was one of the most cool and collected students in the entire school. But there was one weakness of his, and he was almost ashamed to admit it.

Her.

In fact, he had fallen in love with her the first time he had met her, but didn't dare say anything. She just watched him, never breaking eye contact with him.

" I love you, Miyano-sensei." he blurted out.

END OF CHAPTER 5

Wow, this could spell trouble. Expect Shinichi/Shiho moments in the next one, I'm thinking of making them kiss in the next chapter, so hopefully there will be no protests. (Laughs). This is not just a a love triangle, but a love square, in fact. Shiho, Shinichi, Ran, and now Sanshriyuki. Do not worry, Shiho will not fall for this water polo dude, but I have this idea for him and Sonoko to work together for stuff. . .Still thinking about it. But thanks to all my reviewers! The most you review, the faster I update! Cheerio!

Foxyfire. . . Well, be sure to bring a jug of water next to you when you read my future chapters. (Laughs) One word. eBay. And I'll see you soon too.

fanfic maniac. . . .Well, you could say that in a way. But I just did what you wanted right? Guess what the two of them are going to do. J

anime-obsession260. . . .Hehehehehe, thank you. Love your story Silent Life by the way. When will chapter 4 come out?

Sacred Alliance. . . .Really? I always thought it was possible. I read it somewhere in a book. But it's cool, no matter what, right?

Vash. . . .Haha. Love your short reviews. Never goes further than 6 words.

SN 1987A. . . .Yeah, I know Shinichi doesn't have retainers, but I couldn't make them pop out of thin air, right? Plus, I suspect he has some hiding away somewhere. Where else can he get that bloody great smile of his?

Wayupi. . . .Thanks for voting, however it may be. (Laughs)

Crystal Snowflakes. . . .Thanks. Good luck to your story.

Genjy0-Sanz0. . . .Thank you. Thank you very much. (Bad Elvis imitation)