Have you wondered with all of Koutarou's knowledge of Angelic Layer, how he would do actually controlling an angel? Well, I've been wondering the same thing. What would happen if fate brought him and Tamayo to the same layer?

Newbies to the Layer Part 1 Koutarou's First

"Hi Koutarou-kun!" Greeted Misaki. "I can't wait until we go look for an angel for you!"

"Um… yea." Said Koutarou. "Where's Hatoko? Is she coming with us?"

"She should be here soon, she said something to take care of first. I can't wait until I see how well you do. I mean, you have all that kung-fu training! Too bad Tamayo couldn't come,"

"I was wondering about that, why can't she come? She wouldn't want to miss something like this."

"I think she said that she has a date with Ohjiro-kun. I can't believe that they are together."

"Neither can I, with that temper of hers, how can he stand her." Said Koutarou, teasingly. Misaki giggled.

"Hey you guys! Let go!" Said Hatoko from a distance. Misaki waved and started towards the preschooler.

When they finally got to Piffle Princess, the two girls were bombarded with people, asking for their autographs. Hatoko just smiled at her admirer's and suggested that Misaki and her play a game of Angelic Layer to calm down the crowd. Misaki complied and they both went to rent a layer.

After their light sparring match, they went to look for Koutarou, who apparently got lost in the crowd. When they found him, he was in the café, sipping strawberry Ramune. The two girls sat down next to him and stared. They stared at the bag he was carrying.

"Hi, done with your match?" They both nodded and started rummaging through his stuff.

"Wow, for a looser of a brother, you do know the basics of Angelic Layer." Hatoko said as she pulled out some fabric. "Good thing you have me, or else you'd have to buy the electronic stuff too."

"Wow, you're making a girl angel." Said Misaki.

"Let go back, so my dear brother can start working on his angel. Misaki, I have a new move that I wanted to practice. I'll show you when we get back." Said Hatoko.

Koutarou grabbed his bag and followed her. Misaki followed them too.

When they finally got back to the Kobayashi residence, they settled down in Hatoko's room. Hatoko is a big Angelic Layer fan. Around her room, you could see angels, posters and some equipment. Misaki eyed the room nervously. She sat down and looked around more. While Hatoko and Koutarou were fiddling around with the set up, she inspected some of Hatoko's older angels. She picked one of them up, inspecting it.

"Do you like it?" Asked Hatoko "That one is built for defense. Her name is Saiako. She was my first angel. But after a while, I figured that even if you ad absolute defense, but couldn't hit your opponent, it won't do much good. By the way, we're starting now." Said Hatoko motioning to the laptop behind her.

The two girls sat down and focused on the screen. Koutarou started setting the perimeters for his angel. When it came time to choose the type of angel he wanted, Koutarou hesitated before setting them. The two girls gasped and started to chatter behind him.

"Hatoko, has there ever been an angel like that before, I mean… I've been playing for less year than you have, but I've never heard of an angel like that."

"Hm… I think I've made one once, it was good, but I prefer speed. I think there are a few out there, but they aren't very successful." The two were too focused on their discussion that they missed the naming of the angel.

"Stupid brother, why didn't you tell us you named her. What did you name her?"

"I'm not telling, you just have to wait and find out." Said Koutarou. Koutarou looked at the raven-haired angel in his hands. The angel's raven hair reached her waistline. The angel has big red eyes. Her top was similar to that of Suzuka's. She wore a dark black skirt that reached her knees, and had cloth tied to her wrists that went behind her like a shawl. To top it all off, she had a witch's hat on her head. Her feel ere equipped with deadly black heals. Her attire was all black, except for the gold dust on her skirt and the gold fringe on her shawl.

"Fine, lets go back to Piffle Princess to see how she does in the layer." Said Hatoko, not pushing the name issue farther. Misaki nodded and took out Hikaru.

"Umm… Hatoko, can I borrow Saiako? I would love to pit her against Suzuka." Said Misaki. Hatoko responded with a nod led them out of the house and back to Piffle Princess.

When they arrived, Misaki used her points to get them a room. When they entered the room, Misaki set Hikaru down and placed Saiako into the layer. Koutarou placed his angel into the layer. Putting on the head set, he tried to control his angel.

"When you control an angel, it takes a lot of will power, even if you are distracted for a minute, your angel can fall." Said Hatoko. Koutarou nodded and practiced making the angel walk and run. When he got the hang of it, Misaki put some music on.

"Now try some dance moves. Do what I say." Koutarou could only nod at the command.

"Left, right, up down…. Finish." Said Misaki. They did it a few times before Koutarou could do it flawlessly.

"Well, I think you're ready for a public tournament." Said Hatoko, nothing his improvement.

"Really? I wanted to tryout a few moves first…"

"Heh. You can try them out during the tournament." Replied Hatoko. "I think there's a tournament tomorrow, so if you want, you can try out your moves by yourself. Misaki and I have to practice."

Misaki nodded and bowed to Koutarou, "I can't wait until I see you battle." With that, she left the practice room, in search of some opponents.

Koutarou remained and used up the rest of his time in the practice room improving and trying out some moves.

To be continued

That could be counted as a oneshot, but as the little intro said, Tamayo will also be trying her luck in the layer. Stay tuned for the next chapter! Read and review!

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