A/N: What? You act like I have a history of not updating fast or something...

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If you've been wondering what your old pal Mari has been up to the past few days then I have two things to say. The first thing is that I have to thank you for asking and for checking up on me, it really means a lot. And the second thing is TRAINING!

April 29th. All I did was train. And it's really not even worth going through. It was a whole lot of weight lifting, running and more running. No I haven't even officially been taught any fighting techniques yet, if that is what you were going to ask.

The only good thing that came out of yesterday is I got to hang out with Momoyo a bit but trust me, the conversation was even more frustrating than the training. In fact I trained so hard yesterday that I actually got a little break this morning.

"Mari, how are you feeling?" Momoyo asked as I walked next to her.

I rubbed my sore neck and shoulders as we made our way to school. "Somewhere between falling apart and barely staying together."

"So what you're saying is you'll be ready for training tonight?" Momoyo said as she hip checked me.

"I never once said such a thing," I laughed almost falling to the ground under the force of the hip check.

"Senpai, who's that?" The cute girl who Momoyo was currently holding in her arms asked.

"That's Mari, my protege," She told the girl. "He'll be a great fighter someday."

"Shucks," I said as I rubbed the back of my neck, for a different reason this time.

"Now, if you'd excuse me Mari, I'm skipping school with this girl today, but I'll see you tonight so make sure you rest up," she said with a wink that made shivers run down my spine.

She ran off with the girl allowing me to get one last look at her as she disappeared behind the horizon. Jesus, she's bad.

"Morning Mari-kun," Yamato said as he caught up to me.

"Mornin'," I replied back to him.

"How is your training?"

"Oh man, I'm faster and stronger everyday," I say in a sarcastic way though I'm completely serious. Already being a level 13.

"I believe it," Yamato complimented me.

"Oh by the way Yamato, how was your duel with Aoi?" It happened the other day, but I fell asleep during class again and slept right through it.

"Ah, he beat me unfortunately."

I give him a lil half smile and pat him on the back. "You got it next time brodie."

Together we both walked to school, making small talk here and there but it was a mostly quiet walk, which was completely fine with me.

As we walked through the hallway I noticed that it was a bit more bustling then it usually is. It seemed Yamato noticed it as well as he asked Kuma what had happened.

"Another window has been broken it seems," he says as he munches on a piece of cake.

"Another one?" I asked. "Who in their right mind would vandalize this school of all schools?"

"I think the principal's going to get mad now. *Munch* Hmm, this cake is delicious."

"You're eating gateau chocolat in the morning? That's amazing, Kuma-chan." Yamato noted.

"They used a lot of couverture chocolate, so this cake's the best." He seemed to be a cake connoisseur.

"Lemme taste it… Oh this is good…" Yamato tasted it and seemed genuinely surprised.

"Would you like some as well Mari-kun?" Kuma asked.

I put my hand up. "Nah, Senpai would kill me if she found out I was cheating on my diet."

"Nee-san isn't really the type to get mad about things like that," Yamato said as he pushed the cake closer to me.

"Really I can't, she said I need to follow the plan to a T so I can fight her as soon as possible."

Yamato didn't seem completely convinced but he shrugged it off anyways.

"Oh what is that? It looks good, Yamato." Wanko greets us as we walk into class.

"Kuma-chan gave me some cake," He placed the slice on her desk. "Here, I'm not going to eat all of it."

"Have you tried it yet Mari-kun?" She asked me.

"As much as I'd love to," I start.

"Oh yeah right, the diet." She remembers sheepishly.

"Yeaah," I could almost feel tears start to come out. "What about you Chris?" I noticed the blond staring down the dessert. "You look like you want a taste."

"You lack common sense to eat a piece of cake in the classroom during the morning." Though she says that, she's definitely eying the slice up.

"Wow, this is great!" Wanko exclaims.

"But I guess it's not against the rules," the blond says as she strolls over to Wanko's desk. "I guess I'll try some myself."

"Looks like you're a little too late my girl," I said as I pointed to the plate where the cake used to be.

"Yeah she finished it while you were talking to yourself." Yamato noted.

"Thanks for the meal!" Wanko cheered as she runs to go throw the plate away.

"K-Kuh!" Chris looks like she's about to blow a gasket.

Uh-oh. "Chris relax, Kuma-chan told us where he got it from. I'll take you there some time." I tried to save the day as much as possible.

"Really?" She seemed a bit happy.

"Sure." I nodded.

Suddenly, Moro burst though the classroom door. "Yamato Aoi's at the gambling den, he's taking challengers too."

"He's there huh? My chance for revenge came faster than I thought!" Yamato stood up from his desk, turning to the rest of the class. "Everyone, I'm going to go beat Aoi Touma from class 2-S in a gambling match. This is my return match, so come with me if you want to watch."

A group of classmates including me decide to go with Yamato for his battle with this Aoi dude. I missed out last time so I definitely have to go support this time.

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"So, I request a rematch," Yamato says as he busts into the gambling den.

"Sure," without missing a beat Aoi accepts.

"That was quick, Boss," The bald skinhead guy named Jun notes.

"We still owe them for your loss, Jun," Aoi scolds the baldie gently.

"My apologies," Jun says.

"It's useless, useless, useless, no matter how many times you try." The black haired girl in the Kimono screeches. Kokoro, I think her name is. I like her voice actress.

"Ne~" Suddenly, my attention from the battle was dragged away to this white haired girl tugging on my sleeve. "Do I know you from somewhere?" She asked, her red eyes piercing into me.

"Me?" I point at myself, mentally slapping myself in face. Of course she meant me. She tugged on my sleeve and looked me directly in the eyes. "I don't think so. I just moved her from the west."

"I feel like I've met you before?" She brought her hand up to her chin in thought… cute. "What's your name?"

"Omari, but you can call me Mari if you want."

"Okay~" She sang.

I turn back to the action to see that I missed some stuff. "Ayo Moro, what did I miss?"

"Uh, well, not much actually," Moro seemed a little perplexed at my friendliness towards him. I guess we haven't spoken to each other that much. "They both decided on using playing cards to settle this."

"How so?"

"They're going to guess the top card of the deck, whoever gets closest wins."

Why would they spend all of this time just for a game of chance… No, this isn't a game of chance. I know Yamato well enough to know that he has something up his sleeve… Hell Aoi might be on to something as well. This isn't a battle of chance… this is a battle of con men.

"So they decided to buy a deck of cards from downstairs to make it fair huh?" That may have put a damper on one of their plan's already.

"Wait, if we're already going out of the way to buy cards downstairs, how bout we go to the convenience store down the street." This is the second time they've switched where they're getting the cards from. First Aoi refused to use the playing cards in the room, now Yamato refused to use the cards from downstairs.

"I think the stand downstairs is enough," Aoi complains.

"The lady who works there falls for flattery," Yamato retorts.

"What's going on?" The white-haired girl who's name I believe is Koyuki asked me. "They're just arguing over where to get the cards right?"

"Yeah, they're both Con men at heart so they've probably had the cards thus far rigged or something."

"Wow Omari, you're pretty smart."

"Well I have been upgrading my intelligence."

We waited for a while For Jun And Miyako to come back with the playing cards. They both confirm that they're legit.

Aoi and Yamato check the cards to confirm once again that these are legit.

"Jesus, all of this just to guess the top cards, these guys are going all out." I whisper to myself.

"I know right~" Koiyuki sings.

They both take turns shuffling it and now finally, it was time for them to play the game.

Yamato bets. "I'll bet a king."

Aoi chuckles. "And I, a six."

They place their bets.

"Omari-kun, would you like to do the honors?" Aoi turns to me.

"Me?" I point to myself, again slapping myself for asking the obvious. "How do you know my name?"

He chuckles. "Of course I know who you are, we're in the Big four after all."

WHAT IN THE HELL DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? I shake my head as I walk over to the cards, placing my hand on the top card.

"You two ready?" I asked them as they both nodded. "Alright then, read em and weep!" I shout as I turn the card over.

I could feel the entire classroom hold their breath as the card flip, what I saw, made my stomach jump.

KING OF DIAMONDS!

"WHAT!?" Kokoro gasped. "He guess exactly right?"

"Wow that's amazing…" I said, actually stunned.

"I win." Yamato says simply, shrugging his shoulders.

Chika congratulated Yamato. "You did it, Naocchi! You made up for your loss."

Aoi sighed in defeat. "That was splendid… you completely beat me."

"HOLD ON! One more match!" The snob in the kimono complained.

But with that though, the bell rang and the match had to end completely. Aoi complimented Yamato and left the classroom.

"Bye Omari-kun!" Koyuki waved to me as she left with Jun and Aoi.

I turned to the champion. "How'd you do it Yamato? There had to be a way to pull that off."

"Mari-kun, cards are my hobby. I know every way to shuffle a deck and where certain shuffles will land on certain cards. I just counted both of ours."

"T-That's insane." I couldn't believe it."

"Some things are necessary to win."

And with that, the somewhat anticlimactic match was done.

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Just as I was about to leave school… "Ayo Omari!" I heard a lively and familiar voice rang out behind me.

I turn to see the bandanna wearing Capt running towards me. "Yo," I greet him as he zooms over to me. "Don't leave! The Kazama family Plus Miyuki and Chris are having a meeting in our classroom."

"Oh, so Momoyo-senpai won't be free for training then? No skin off my back." I could feel my muscles screaming in relief.

"Well about that, I'd like it if you could come too," Capt admitted.

"Me?" SHIT I really need to stop doing this.

"You've gotten really close to Momoyo and Wanko, so you're basically apart of the group already. If you're interested, I'd like to show you how the Kazama family gets down!"

Wow, he actually cares. "Sure."

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"I went and Found Mayucchi. She was looking at the Kendo club," Wanko entered the classroom with a nervous Yukie.

A little later Miyako came in with a familiar blond. "I brought Chris. She was drinking tea in the tea ceremony club."

"And I brought Omari, I have no clue what he was doing when I got him!" Capt proclaims.

"I was just going home, dude."

"But all 10 of us are here now!" Capt started his meeting. "This is good news! We received a request."

"A request, huh? That's good. I can save money on food." I find myself standing next to the very beautiful and very frugal Momoyo.

"Um, what do you mean by request?" Mayukie asks timidly.

"We get hired for things like lending a hand in club practice games, and we call those requests," Yamato explained.

Moro chimed in as well. "Most of the time, they want momo-senpai's athletic ability."

Gakuto laughed. "There are requests for us guys too, like pretending to be a boyfriend."

Moro agreed. "It was Capt who pretended to be the boyfriend though."

"Sounds like yall do it all." I note.

"Only things that involve school though," Yamato replied.

"We receive payment in meal tickets. This time, we get 10 first-class meal tickets each." Capt announces.

Wanko's eyes light up in delight. "Wow, that's a lot! Sounds like a big request."

"It's a manhunt request. Punish the people who're breaking the windows."

"So someone actually requested that?" Miyako asks.

"How'd you manage to win it?" Gakuto asked.

"Win it?" Chris and I questioned in unison.

"We're not the only one's doing this jack-of-all-trades thing. So requests are first put on auction." The muscle head explained.

"The windows here have been broken this week, right?" Capt aks.

"I hear this is the first windows breaking incident at Kawakami Academy," Momoyo chimes in, scooching a bit closer to me for whatever reason.

"They told us to punish and capture the culprits." Capt announces.

"What's security doing?" Yamamto asks.

"I heard that when he seized the escaping culprit he was knocked away by other culprits. They aren't ordinary people." Capt explains.

"Sounds like something you'll have to take care of," Momoyo whispers in my ear, giving me goosebumps.

"I-I mean, I'll get some help from you right? Right?"

God help me.

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A/N:

If you guys don't mind the character interactions then HOOORAY cause I'm loving writing Omari into this universe.

Ruberforumfree you want me to add magic? Hmmm possibly later in the story, in his higher levels. Never really thought about it tbh. It'd be cool.