Author's Rants: Okay, so I finally noticed this after writing like thirteen chapters of my Yu-gi-oh fic and four chapters of this Sukisho fic… when I make a question mark with an exclamation mark following directly after it, it seems as though when I post it on it deletes the question mark… what the hell? I also write with a nice format, tabs and everything, why does F up my formatting? It's irritating.

Know what else is annoying? Freaking episode titles that last forever and then end up having basically nothing to do with the freaking episode! Seriously! The chick that writes Inuyasha is INFAMOUS for them. It pisses me off! On with the story.

Chapter Five: The day that Sora went to the grocery store to buy some tomatoes for ninety nine cents per pound but when he got there and bought them, he noticed they rang up a dollar forty eight a pound and when he took his complaint to customer service they informed him that the sale he'd read about in the ad didn't occur until the following day, so he just returned them.

… Take that, Rumiko Takahashi-san!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sukisho… or Inuyasha… If I did, there'd be more plot and less stupid side-stories about who loves who- GHUGH… and more Sesshoumaru. -.-

… Now that I think about it… THIS is a side-story, too… meh.

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"You've got to be joking…" Sora's eyes narrowed on the JOAT request Nao held in front of his face.

"It's from Minato-sensei…" Nao huffed. "It's authentic. I called to confirm… at first I thought it was a joke, too…"

"…Bull crap! Ayano left Kano-kun in his care! Why is he pushing him off onto us!"

"My guess…" Nao glanced at the note before putting it back where he'd gotten it; Kano-kun's backpack. "…I think they want to have… s-e-x."

"Sex?" Kano looked up and Nao gawked, covering his mouth.

"S-E-X. Sex." Kano spelled it out with the toy blocks Minato had left them.

"…" Nao and Sora exchanged looks before sighing.

"Sooo… Kano-kun, what do you do for fun?" Sora knelt down, smiling.

"…" Kano stared at him before thinking about it. Movies got boring after the first three… but he was hungry… "I'm hungry."

"Me, too…" Nao stated, sitting on his bed. "…Let's take him to Gaku's. He can watch him."

"We can't just keep passing him off onto other people! Besides, it was a special request!" Sora snapped, pulling out the cookies Nao had gotten for himself. "Here, Kano. Nao can't eat them anyway."

"…" Kano took them before blinking. "Why?"

"…Uh… he's on a diet." Sora shrugged, looking through some of Nao's movies. "I know… why don't you watch a movie!"

"No…" Kano got up before blinking as the door suddenly swung open.

"SORA-NIICHAN!" Sei burst through, excitedly, Kitamura and Shiina hot on his trail. "Have you seen…" They trailed off, noticing Kano.

"Oh…" Kano blinked.

"Hey, he's the kid from the hospital!" Shiina pointed. "Little kid! I like him! He's smaller than me!"

"I like him, too!" Sei exclaimed, jumping up and down a little. "Come play with us, little kid!"

"Why? He's like… not even in grade school yet." Kitamura huffed.

"He can help us!" Sei turned to Sora. "Please! Can we play with him? Are you guys watching him or something?"

"Uh…" Nao blinked as Sora nodded.

"That's right. We're supposed to keep an eye on him. What are you guys doing? Are you looking for Matsuri?"

"We're helping hang up decorations for the school carnival." Kitamura exclaimed. "Buchou's gonna let us handle all the decorations!"

"Buchou?" Nao and Sora exchanged looks again, imagining their blonde-haired friend writhing in ecstasy from their having called him their manager.

"Naa, speaking of 'Buchou,', we should go find Ichikawa-kun and make sure he isn't hanging around with Aizawa again." Nao suggested.

Kano glanced up at the name as the other boys shuddered from the mere mentioning of the man.

"Ichikawa? Is he the guy with blue hair?" Sei blinked. "He's with the scary guy. They're helping with the decorations, too!"

"…?" Nao and Sora blinked.

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"Very good! VERY GOOD! It looks so very good!" Umetani smiled, cutely, pointing. "Oh, Nagase-kun, please raise the streamers a little."

"It's perfectly even." Nagase snapped, raising it.

"…No… you were right… lower it back…" Ume-chan nodded.

"…I know." Nagase muttered under his breath, taping the streamer.

"WUAAAAH! BUCHOU! DON'T FALL, OKAY!!" Ichikawa whined, nervously from twenty five feet below.

"I won't." Nagase started climbing back down the latter.

"SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!" Sora grabbed the latter and started shaking it, suddenly.

Nagase growled, gripping onto it.

"WUAAAH! STOP IT, SORA-SEMPAI!" Ichikawa wailed, grabbing his arms. "You'll make him fall!"

"That's the point."

"HASHIBAA!" Fujimori snapped. "The kids will see and they'll take after your example!"

"Pish." Sora pouted, letting go. "No fair."

"Waaah! I want to climb, next!" Sei exclaimed, staring up as Nagase continued climbing down.

"How'd you guys get stuck doing this?" Hashiba asked, arms folded as Umetani got out another streamer.

"Obligation." Ichikawa smiled. "The clubs that were open today until five have to offer their assistance. Our being in the chemistry club means we have to help."

"Hey, guys!" Hano waved. "Want to help blow up balloons? My cheeks are sore."

"Kmmmff!" Hiromu stifled his laughter, patting Hano on the back. "You shouldn't talk like that in front of the children you know! Hano-kun!"

Hano blushed beet. "I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT! Ahem… Fuuta! Come help blow up balloons!"

"I am helping blow up balloons." Kitamura snapped, popping one with a needle.

"NO!" Hano snapped, running over. The kids all gawked, running away.

"Run!"

"Ruuuun!"

Kano smiled, catching a red balloon that floated down into his grasp. It popped, suddenly and he blinked, flinching, before pouting, then looking up as Nagase knelt down in front of him.

"Kano… right?" Nagase smiled lightly.

Kano stared at him before turning and running to Sora, hiding behind his legs.

"…" Nagase's smile faded and he stood. "Now that there's more help, can we get back to chemistry class, Umetani-sensei? We're very busy."

"Busy doing what?" Ume whined. "But you guys said you'd help."

"But it's done, isn't it?" Hano asked.

"The gym… but this is just for karaoke. We have to decorate outside still, and we only have two hours."

"Wuaaah…" Ichikawa whined. "We have to climb ladders again!!"

"I don't mind. I'm not afraid of heights." Nagase shrugged.

"Don't forget the swimming pool! Fujimori-kun and Hashiba-kun, you two can help me with the pool, and Nagase-kun and Ichikawa-kun, you two can set up the streamers, flyers, and signs outside, since you're not afraid of heights. Kids, find Honjou-kun and help him set up some of the stands outside."

"Um… swimming pool?" Nao blinked, nervously. "…Why don't I help… um… Hiromu-kun and Hano-kun!!"

"I'm doing the dunk a guy in a pool of water thing." Hano smiled. "They sure like dunking geeks like me."

"…Or rather… Hiromu-kun?"

"I'm doing the kissing booth!" Hiromu smiled, cutely, blushing lightly and glancing at Sora.

"…I can do that!" Nao moved in front of him. "We can give each other breaks!"

"We get to dress in dresses, it'll be fun!" Hiromu smiled.

Nao sweat dropped. "…But I don't have to swim… right?"

"Right!"

"Great!"

"How come this is the first we've heard of this carnival thing?" Sora huffed.

"Because you guys are inobservant." Ichikawa teased. "Have fun with the pool, Sora-sempai!"

"…Yeah… have fun…" Hashiba huffed, lifting Kano and sitting him on the stage next to Hano. "…Help him blow up balloons, okay?"

"Um." Kano nodded.

"The hell are they gonna do with the pool anyway?" Sora muttered, heading out.

"Scooba diving!" Umetani smiled.

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"Hi there! Would you like your face painted!!!" A perky clown leaned down, smiling to Kano. "Kano-kuun!!!"

"…" Kano blinked, clenching Sora's hand before glancing up at him.

"…Nanami-chan?" Sora's eye twitched.

"Oh, hi Hashiba-kuun! I'm so glad you're still taking such good care of Kano-kun for us! Shinichiro made a bet with me that you'd try to brush him off onto someone else, but I told him you were trustworthy! Boy am I glad! So, do you guys want your faces painted?" Nanami offered.

"…" Both blue haired boys shook their heads no, enthusiastically.

"Where is Minato-sensei?" Ichikawa blinked. "Is he here?"

"Oh, I'm sure he's around…" Nanami smiled. "Why don't you boys go look around a little, I saw the pool and the gym—they look wonderful! I hope you all have a very fun time."

"Thanks…" The four walked off.

"So what's the deal with this carnival anyway?" Sora asked, licking an ice cream as he walked alongside Ichikawa.

"It's a fund raiser." Ichikawa replied, shoving his ice cream into Nagase's face. Nagase pulled back just in time.

"I'm good, thanks."

"Your loss." Ichikawa licked it.

"We're actually raising money for the school, since windows keep breaking."

"Well if people wouldn't jump through them." Ichikawa teased Sora, who huffed.

"Well if people wouldn't BLOW THEM UP." The senior retorted, and Nagase smirked before glancing down at Kano, who was eying him.

"…Come on, let's go dunk that nerd friend of yours." Nagase gripped Ichikawa's arm, tugging him away.

"See you later, Sora-sempai!"

"Wanna hit the kissing booth with me?" Sora smiled down at Kano, who blinked before nodding.

"Um."

"Great!"

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"I feel better." Nagase clapped his hands as Hano coughed and wheezed, pulling himself out of the water.

"…I don't feel good about this…" Ichikawa whined, holding three balls.

"Then give them to me." Nagase reached for them, and suddenly Minato sat down on the plank.

"Alright, Hano. Go ahead. Five minute break."

Ichikawa's jaw dropped. "M-Minato-sensei!!!"

"Oh… you're Sora's friend…" Minato blinked. "That straight A student… well, go ahead. Toss the balls."

"B-but… you're still wearing your school clothes…" Ichikawa blinked.

"That's because I don't intend to get wet." Minato whipped out a book of detention slips. "…By the way, do you engage in hand to hand fights with Sora every morning? Aren't you aware that's a suspend-able offense?"

"…" Ichikawa threw a ball, purposefully missing. "Woops! Too bad I'm not as good at throwing balls as I am punches- ahahaha…"

Everyone in line gulped, some of them heading back to see if they could get their money back.

Nagase huffed, grabbing a ball from Ichikawa before throwing it.

"GUAAAH!" Ichikawa's jaw dropped in horror.

SPLASH!

GAAAAAAAAAAASP!

"C'mon. Let's get our faces painted so he won't recognize us." Nagase grabbed Ichikawa's arm and tugged him away.

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"Okay, take your break." Nao sighed, patting Hiromu on the back. "I'll take over."

"Thanks, Fujimori-kun. Surprisingly, there're a lot of attractive guys in the line…" Hiromu whispered. "And don't forget to change your voice to sound more feminine! They like that better."

"Uh…huh…" Nao sweat dropped, sitting down.

"WELL HELLO!" A fat guy plopped down in front of Nao, who gulped, lifting the sign that dangled in front of the desk:

Lip to Lip kiss: Pink ticket-- $1.00

French kiss: Red ticket-- $5.00

Make out-session: Blue ticket-- $10.00

Nao glanced up. The guy was holding a blue ticket. "Nnh… Is this really legal?"

"That's what I said!" The guy smirked, gripping Nao's chin.

"Thanks, Sunao-kun!" Hiromu called from the back of the line, holding a hot dog with garlic on it. "I'll bring this through and give you a kiss! We can fight back!"

"…Ugh…" Nao shuddered. "Who's idea was this, anyway?"

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"This whole carnival was Matsuri's idea!!!" Sora gawked.

"Yeah." Minato snapped, wiping his face from the water.

"Wow, I can't believe someone ACTUALLY dunked you." Hano exclaimed.

"Yeah. I wanted to be the first!" Sora huffed.

"When I find that four-eyed brat, I'm going to kick his ass, you can be sure of that." Minato snapped. "Okay, Hano, you have a customer."

"…But it's only been four minutes."

"…" Minato glared.

"Alright, alright…" Hano pouted.

"Where IS Matsuri, anyway?" Sora huffed, heading to the kissing booth with Minato.

"I think I saw him giving blood." Minato replied. "…And for Nagase's sake, the four-eyed brat better be hanging around that general area, too."

"NAGASE DUMPED YOU!!!" Sora gawked, smiling a huge smile. "HE'S MY NEW FAVORITE PERSON!"

Kano blinked before glancing at an ice cream booth, tugging on Sora's arm. "Niichan…"

'WAAAAH! HE CALLED ME 'NIICHAN' IN THAT CUTE VOICE!' Sora thought, blushing madly. "You want ice cream, huh, Kano-kun!!!"

"Um!"

"Okay! Oh… but…" Hashiba pouted, staring at his wallet. Only one dollar left…

He glanced at the ice cream, which was one dollar, before glancing at the kissing booth. Nao was up…

"…" He sadly turned to look down at Kano, who had his hands pressed against the window, staring excitedly at all the different flavors.

"…Now I know how YOU feel…" Sora pouted, and Minato blinked, glancing at the kissing booth. A sinister smirk spread across his face.

"Yeah… give him whatever he wants…" Sora sighed, handing the man a dollar before turning. "So, Niichan- GYAAH!" He gawked.

Minato was standing in line, holding a blue ticket.

"YOU BASTARD!"

Kano smiled, holding his ice cream up to Sora. "Want a lick, niichan!!!"

"…" Sora glanced down at him, annoyed. "No thanks… I had my heart set on licking something sweeter…"

"Nothing's sweeter than chocolate…" Kano blinked.

"Ah… so naïve…" Sora sighed, taking his hand.

"It even has sprinkles…"

"So sweeeet…" Sora wasn't really listening to Kano, he had a spacey look.

"Like you don't get that for free anyway!"

Sora glared as a hand clamped down on his shoulder.

"Matsuri, where the hell have you been!!" Sora swung around and gawked.

"I gave blood!" Matsuri exclaimed, pointing to his arm.

Sora moved away from him, shrinking up a little. "I hate needles…"

"It was fun! And I'll get to find out my blood type! They send you a card in the mail!"

"…I thought you already knew your blood type…?"

"Yeah, but I gave so much blood I feel all light headed and I can't remember!"

"…Here, Matsuri… lean on me, like this…" Sora sighed.

"Oh, I can't go to half of these things… it's not fair… and I'm the one who organized it!"

"…Why can't you go?" Sora blinked.

"Let's just say I had a bit of trouble with the house of mirrors… some complaints were filed… a fine was charged for public indecency… anyway, I think I'm okay to go through the kissing booth! That bishounen Hiromu is working it, right?"

"Yeah, and Nao." Hashiba huffed. "And that ass hole Shinichiro just bought a BLUE ticket!"

"… Meaning…?"

"The pink means lip to lip kiss… the red means French kiss… and the blue means make-out session."

"…Why?" Kano asked, suddenly.

"I guess 'cause pink is when a girl is innocent, she doesn't wear lipstick… red is like if you have lipstick and you have more experience… and blue from crushing your lips together so much they bruise or somethi- I DON'T KNOW! I don't think there's any meaning to it, they're just colors!" Sora huffed. "And now niichan's going to make out with MY guy!"

"…What a jerk…" Matsuri huffed before smirking. "Hey, I have an idea…"

"Oh no…"

"What?" Matsuri blinked.

"…You have an idea. I just said 'oh no' because usually your ideas…"

"…"

"…" Kano licked his ice cream, watching.

"…Never mind."

"WHAT!!! MY IDEAS WHAT!!!!"

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"Can't you finish instead of laughing!!!" Ichikawa whined, Nanami doubled over in a fit of his own laughter.

"I-I-I'm TRYING! AHAHAHAHAA!" Nanami sighed, wiping away a tear before finishing Ichikawa's face. "Okay, Nagase-kun, your turn."

"…" Nagase sighed, annoyed, sitting in front of Nanami. Ichikawa took watch.

"You know…" Nanami smiled to him. "I can't paint on you with your glasses on."

"…" Nagase pulled them off.

"There, that's better." Nanami smiled. "Why, you have a very attractive face… not unlike your father."

Nagase huffed as Ichikawa glanced at them.

"NO WAY! THAT SPIDER HEAD HAS NOTHING ON NAGASE-BUCHOU! He's ten times more attractive than that old guy!"

"…Old…" Nanami's eye twitched. "He's not that much older than Shinichiro…"

"He's like ten years older than Minato-sensei!"

"Ten years isn't a lot." Nanami huffed. "Honestly… you boys… you think a week is a long time."

"It is!" Ichikawa huffed.

Nagase smiled, standing after Nanami finished doing his face. He slid his glasses back on. "Let's go find Hashiba."

"Huh?" Ichikawa blinked. "Why?"

"No reason in particular…"

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"Minato-sensei…" Nao blinked as Minato smirked, sitting down.

"Hi there, Sunao! Look what IIII have!" He raised a blue ticket and Nao's forehead darkened to the color of the ticket.

"'Scuse me." Someone tapped on Nao's shoulder. "Your break."

Minato blinked as Sora smirked, patting the shoulder of the fat kid from earlier. "Look who volunteered to give you a break!"

Minato stared.

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"Eeeh? You want your faces painted, too? But why?" Nanami blinked as Nao looked around, frantically, Sora and Matsuri both jogging in place, as though they were in a hurry.

Kano picked up a paint brush and started painting his own face.

"SORAAAAAAAA! MATSUUURIIIII!"

"…Oh my…" Nanami blinked. "Isn't that Shinichiro's voice?"

"Hurry!" The two snapped as Nao hid behind Nanami.

"THAT was NOT funny!" Minato snapped, furiously, barging in.

"That's what you get for trying to make out with Sunao." Sora huffed.

"…" Nanami's eye twitched. "Shinichiro… you were trying to make out with a high school student?"

"C'mooon, Nanami! It's for a good cause!"

"Paying for windows isn't a good enough cause."

"…Actually, I meant pissing Sora off… but yeah, the school NEEDS windows. One kid went to lean against one and fell out! Thank God he was on the first floor."

"…Nanami-sensei." Nagase came back, irritated. "Have you seen-"

"YOU!" Minato pointed and Nagase blinked.

"…Oh… shit."

"WUAAH! It's starting to rain outside!" Ichikawa wailed, coming inside the tent, quickly. He blinked. "Oh, look, buchou! Everyone's here!"

"Rain?" Matsuri blinked. "Oh no… it's supposed to be sunny today… that means we have to close everything up!"

"Too bad… I was really starting to have fun." Sora pouted.

"Hey! Why is everyone ignoring me!! I'm still mad!" Minato snapped, sitting beside Kano, who blinked, drawing angry eyebrows on his forehead.

"…" Everyone stared before stifling their laughter.

Kano blinked before smiling, cutely.

"BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!" Everyone busted up laughing and Minato raised a mirror to look, chuckling a little.

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"So what didn't get rained out? Where are we going?" Nanami asked as Minato led the group to the school. "Are we going to the pool?"

"NO!" Nao snapped.

"Of course not." Minato smirked. "We all have our places in this carnival, and mine is at the school."

"I thought you were covering for Hano!!!" Ichikawa blinked.

"That was just because I'm a nice guy." Minato pulled them all into the gym and everyone in the huge room turned to look at them as they walked out on stage.

"…Wasn't the gym for…" Sora's face paled.

"Kareoke?" Nao whimpered.

"Hi there, everyone! Who wants to hear some SINGING!!!"

"YEAAAAH!" Everyone cheered.

"Oh God, no…" Sora snapped.

"First person to go on the spot is off the hook." Minato snapped.

"But we didn't prepare or anything!" Ichikawa whined.

Nagase grabbed the mic. "…Okay… It looks easy enough…"

"WHAA!!!" Sora and Nao gawked. "NAGASE! You DO know what karaoke IS, don't you!!!"

"…Singing to a machine, right?" Nagase asked, glancing over the screen. "…How come there're no actually songs on here? Just music?"

"You have to make up a song on the spot, didn't I mention that? No backing out now." Minato raised the mic. "Nagase Kai of the chemistry club has volunteered to go first!"

"YEAH!" Everyone cheered as Nagase's eye twitched.

"Good luck, Buchou… if you mess up, I'll go right after you and make an even bigger ass of myself!" Ichikawa offered

"…Thank you... That's very reassuring, Gaku."

"What's the name of the song!!" Minato asked into the mic.

"…" Nagase huffed. "Reloaded."

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AN: That's all for now… I forgot when I wrote the AN last time that I had a side-story set aside in case it started taking me a while to get a chapter done. I was gonna skip it, but I decided I liked this one after all… not to mention, I had forgotten that there are some important things in here for setting up the next chapter. Aside from that, I'm not even half-way done with the next chapter… hope this holds some people over for now.