Nisa buried her face in her hands. She was back at Kaniki's house, and sitting on her bed. Kaniki was downstairs making dinner.
"I'm an idiot!" she groaned. Nisa flopped back onto the bed. How could she have humiliated herself! In front of Hyde!
"He was right there!" she moaned.
"Who was were?" Kaniki asked curiously as she walked into her room with dinner. Kaniki sat down next to Nisa and handed her a bowl and chopsticks. Nisa took the food gratefully and ate it quickly.
"Well?" Kaniki smirked. Nisa swallowed a mouthful of noodles.
"What?" she asked. Kaniki grinned.
"Who were you taking about? Hmm?" she smiled. Nisa blushed.
"I was just talking to myself." She replied. Kaniki cocked her head, then she smiled.
"Oh! I get it." She thought aloud.
"Get what?" Nisa inquired.
"The fight today," Kaniki began, Nisa listened, confused, "you know! The fight. They got away and blasted us. You were embarrassed 'cause Hyde was there." Nisa blushed furiously.
"No way! That's not true! I wasn't thinking about him!" she insisted angrily.
"Riiiiiiiiiight." Kaniki smirked as she slurped up some noodles. Nisa huffed and continued to eat.
Hyde and Eido sat up on the billboard in silence. Eido was stuffing a yellowtail burger into his mouth while Hyde thought about their day. Nisa had been pretty quiet when she and Kaniki had left, which was odd. Nisa was usually pretty chatty.
"She was probably upset because she lost the fight." Hyde thought aloud. He heard Eido's voice from the other side of the billboard.
"Ha! Thinking about a girl Hyde? And you tell me to focus." Hyde blushed.
"I was not!" he countered.
"Well, when was the last time a guy was a 'she'?" Eido smirked.
"Well, you're living proof." Hyde replied. Eido swallowed a mouthful of burger.
"Hey! No need to rip on me! I was just saying!" Eido complained. Hyde sighed.
"Idiot." He murmured.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Cronlin yelled as he threw a rock at a tree. He missed and hit somebody's house. The window smashed and some lady screamed. Cronlin scowled.
"Man! She's not supposed to be strong! She's supposed to lose!" he paced around in the grass, grinding his teeth. Galig watched him.
"Well, maybe we need to practice." He offered. Cronlin stopped.
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF HELL ARE YOU THINKING!" Cronlin screeched. Galig fell over.
"What's wrong with practicing?" Galig asked in fear. Cronlin turned to face him.
"Oh, you're here….. and….. yeah. Never mind. Practice, sure. I'll be right there." Cronlin replied in a daze. Galig was confused. Was he talking to himself? Cronlin, talking to himself! If he had been talking to Galig, he would have spouted off insults, not disregard it…….. what was up with that kid?
Cronlin sighed. I have to stop thinking aloud, Galig might suspect something. I mean nobody's that dense.
"Hey Cronlin, do you think my fingers look like twigs?" Cronlin turned to see Galig standing by a tree and comparing his fingers to twigs. Cronlin sweat dropped.
"Of course I could be wrong." Galig was now picking twigs off the tree and trying to connect them to his hand.
"I bet Hyde never has to put up with this."
The next day, Kaniki had to go to school again, and Nisa, like always, tagged along. When they got to the school grounds Kaniki stopped.
"What is it?" Nisa asked curiously.
"I just realized," Kaniki began, "we actually made it all the way to school without getting attacked!" Nisa rolled her eyes.
"Kaniki, we've never been attacked on our way to school." She replied. Kaniki stuck out her tongue.
"What about yesterday? You're boyfriend attacked us!" Kaniki insisted. Nisa blushed.
"One, he's not my boyfriend, and two, we attacked them." Kaniki sighed.
"Same diff! Come on, let's go." Nisa smiled and followed Kaniki into the school.
Kaniki grinned as she took her seat in the classroom. Nisa stood next to her and tapped her foot loudly on the floor.
"What?" Kaniki asked. Nisa sighed.
"What am I supposed to do all day?" she inquired. Kaniki sweat dropped.
"Just do what you did yesterday!" Kaniki insisted. Nisa scowled.
"There is no way that I'm going to sit outside all day! Again!" Kaniki sighed.
"Well, what am I supposed to do? I have to be in class!" Kaniki whispered frantically. Nisa sighed.
"Fine. I'll wait outside." Nisa reluctantly agreed. Kaniki beamed.
"Thanks Nisa! I'll buy you an ice cream after school ok!" Nisa gave a small smile.
"Sure, sure." And with that, Nisa walked out the door and into the courtyard.
Nisa picked up a rock and tossed it in the air as she walked. She was sooooo bored. For fun, she threw the rock at a tree. It went into the branches and she heard the thump, which meant it had hit something.
"Ouch!" Nisa looked up to the tree.
"Trees don't say ouch…" Nisa muttered to herself. She walked over to the tree and began to climb it. She saw a shadow stumble through the branches.
"Hey! Who are you! Get back here!" Nisa yelled up. She scrambled up the trunk and grabbed onto a branch. Using the branch she swung back and forth and whipped herself into the middle of the tree's branches. She saw the shadow hiding on one of the thinner branches.
"Um, hi…. I'm Nisa and-" she heard a creaking noise. She gasped and looked down, no, her branch was very thick, and stable. She looked over to the shadow, the branch they were sitting on was cracking.
"Hey! Whoever you are, you're gonna fall!" Nisa yelled. She ran as fast as she could. She avoided branches but……… she wasn't very good at it.
"Ah! OW!" Nisa tripped over one of the branches. As she fell she reached out to grab something. Her hand hit another branch and she gripped onto it right away, but the branch threw her off balance and she fell to her knees. Nisa stood up and looked down. She was a little dirty, and her knees were a bit scraped from falling on them, but she was ok.
"Nnn! Ahhhhh!" Nisa whipped around to see a girl falling off of the tree. She had long blonde hair and was wearing a lime green dress. Nisa jumped off the tree and grabbed hold of a branch the same time that she grabbed the girl's hand.
"Ah, are you okay?" Nisa gasped. The girl looked up at her.
"Yeah, thanks." She smiled. Nisa grinned.
"I'm gonna let go no, k? So, land on your feet." Nisa told her. The girl grinned and nodded. Nisa let go and the girl landed on her feet and gave her a thumbs up. Nisa grinned and returned the gesture. She then let go of the branch and landed next to the girl.
"So, anyway, I'm Nisa, and you are?" Nisa held out her hand. The girl took Nisa's hand and introduced herself.
"Nice to meet ya Nisa! I'm Arria." Nisa nodded.
"So, Arria, wanna have a race?" Nisa asked with a smirk. Arria laughed.
"You're on!" she yelled. And with that, the two girls ran off towards the other side of the courtyard.
Soon it was time to go, and Nisa and Arria were both waiting for someone. Nisa stood on tiptoes, looking for the familiar face of Kaniki in the crowd of middle school students. Kaniki walked over to Nisa.
"Hi!" she greeted. Nisa waved.
"Arria, this is Kaniki, Kaniki, Arria." Nisa grinned as she introduced her two friends. Kaniki held out her hand.
"Pleasure to meet you Arria." Arria grinned and shook Kaniki's hand cheerfully.
"Likewise." She replied.
"Arria!" the three girls turned to see a high school student. She had short black hair and green eyes. She had a smile on her face but her eyes had no twinkle. Arria grinned.
"Hi, Kiki! This is Kaniki and Nisa, they're my new friends!" Kiki walked over to them.
"Hello, my name is Kiki, I'm in high school but you must attend this middle school." Kaniki nodded.
"Yes, Kiki," Kaniki began, " If you go to the high school, why was Arria at the middle school?" Kiki gave a kind smile.
"You know, I really have no clue. She likes it at the middle school for some reason. I think it might be because the teenagers at the high school scare her a little, but I don't know….. she just likes it here." Kaniki nodded.
"Yeah……"
"Hey, Kaniki! We better go." Kaniki looked down to see Nisa looking urgent. Kaniki was confused, but she nodded.
"I-I'm sorry, I've gotta go. It was nice meeting you!" Kaniki yelled out as she and Nisa left.
"Uh, bye Nisa! See ya tomorrow!" Arria yelled. Nisa gave a quick and followed Kaniki.
"Okay, Nisa, what is it? Is Cronlin attacking?" Kaniki asked frantically.
"No! Worse!" Nisa replied in a worried tone, "Look!" Kaniki looked to where Nisa was pointing. Kaniki braced herself and was about to pull out the book when-
"It's just Hyde and Eido." Nisa looked over to Kaniki.
"I know! Come on, let's go!" she insisted. Kaniki began to laugh.
"I can't believe you're running away from him just because you're embarrassed!" Kaniki giggled.
"Shhh!" Nisa ordered. Kaniki ignored her. Hyde turned his head and his eyes widened. Oh he had defiantly seen them. Hyde kicked Eido and he turned too. A big grin spread across his face and he raced over on his skateboard with Hyde following. Nisa took a step backwards. Kaniki noticed Nisa's worry and smiled.
"Hey! Eido! Hyde! Over here!" Kaniki yelled.
"Ahhhh!" Nisa hid behind Kaniki.
"Hey-"
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Nisa screamed before Eido could finish his greeting. Kaniki laughed.
"Nisa, he was just saying hi." Eido grinned, Hyde crossed his arms.
"So sweetie! You're finally coming around." Eido nudged.
"Don't push you're luck." Kaniki replied. Eido grinned. Hyde rolled his eyes.
"Hey……. Where's that little purple haired girl?" Eido wondered. Kaniki smiled.
"Right here!" Kaniki told him as she stepped aside to reveal a very terrified Nisa.
"H-hi." Nisa stuttered. Hyde raised his eyebrow.
"So, what have you boys been up to?" Kaniki asked. Eido ran his fingers through his hair.
"Well, we-"
"Eido, we never do anything." Hyde interrupted. Eido huffed and crossed his arms.
"Geez, Hyde! I'm just trying to make small talk with these lovely ladies." He replied.
"We have more important things to do then talk to girls." Hyde insisted. Eido gasped.
"Hyde! Bite you're tongue!" Kaniki bit her lip to prevent form laughing.
"WHAT DO YA MEAN YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO!" Nisa screeched. Hyde turned to face her.
"HYDE!" she yelled. Hyde sweat dropped. Nisa jumped on him and soon they were in a squabble.
"HOW DARE YOU!"
"WHAT DID I SAY!"
"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT!"
"THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!"
"TAKE THAT BACK!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!"
"DON'T PRETEND YOU DON'T KNOW!"
"I DON'T!"
"Oh, here, let me help you up!" Nisa offered cheerfully. Hyde, Eido and Kaniki all sweat dropped.
"Huh?" Eido held his head in confusion. Kaniki laughed. Eido watched her for a minute and smiled.
"Hey Hyde!" Eido yelled.
"What?" he replied. Eido walked over to him and smiled.
"So Hyde, what do you say we invite these lovely young ladies over to my place as an apology?" Eido offered. Hyde opened his mouth to object but….
"Go over to you're house! Can we really?" Nisa asked excitedly. Kaniki gave a small smile.
"Yeah, should we come over on Sunday?" Kaniki asked slyly. Eido gave a grin.
"Sure!"
"Eido!" Hyde objected. Eido shot him a look. Hyde narrowed his eyes.
"Well…. We'll be over at 6." Kaniki announced.
"A.M?" Eido asked hopefully.
"P.M." Kaniki replied happily.
"See ya then!" Nisa called out as she and Kaniki left for home.
"Yeah, see ya then." Eido replied blissfully. Hyde sighed.
"Great, we get to waste a day with two girls." Eido ignored him and got on his skateboard.
"Come on, Hyde! Let's go." He commanded. Hyde nodded.
"JIKIR!" and with that, they flew off into the sky with Eido spouting off more stupid comments.
