Word Count: 301
D is for Determination
It had been a long, grueling process riddle with trial and error—mostly error. But now all the patience, careful planning, and losses were about to pay off.
"B-4."
"Miss."
White and yellow pieces went flying as Kaname slammed her hands down on the table. "LIAR! There's no way I could have missed! I've hit every point around the one spot I have managed to hit you, so by the law deduction I have to have hit something!"
"Negative," Sousuke replied. "You were able to land a direct hit earlier, but since I was unable to determine the location the assault had come from, my only other choice was to take evasive maneuvers and get out of reach of the enemy's sonar."
"…So you moved your pieces?"
"Affirmative."
There was a loud crack as fan met skull.
"That's cheating!"
Scratching the back of his head, the solider looked down at their game of Battleship. "I don't understand. It's unrealistic to stay stationary when you are unsure of enemy location. I was simply carrying out standard procedure in the events of—"
"It's a game, Sousuke, not real life! You play by these rules, not the military's!"
Despite her frustration, Kaname softened when she saw how hopeless he looked in his confusion. She regretted being such a push-over when he looked up, eager to learn, and asked her to let him try again. It was a bad idea, since teaching him the normalcy of anything often resulted in massive headaches.
But whenever he looked at her like that, eyes full of determination and confidence, she found herself believing in anything.
"Alright," she sighed at last. "But we're trying something simpler first. I'm thinking Go Fish."
"Right. But… how would all the preparation and gear for fishing be simpler than this?"
Kaname groaned.
-owari
Authoress Notes
Wow, thanks for the reviews guys. They give me more confidence.
Um... confession time though, I guess. I haven't seen the entire series. I've only seen Fumoffu, and what I can remember of the first season which I viewed about 2 years ago--once and once only. ...Plus I haven't seen the last DVD of the first season. So I'm really pushing my limits and standards by going out on a limb and writing the characters without seeing/remembering much of their history. (Heck, I had to read fanfiction to remember terms like "The Whispered" and "Mithril". That's sad peoples. Sad.)
But all of you have made me feel welcome and for that I thank you greatly! I hope I don't disappoint anyone with future drabbles.
EDITED 10-26-05 - Just revised some grammatical errors and whatnot that were here earlier. Hopefully all is well now.