If there are any mistakes, I apologize, and please don't flame. If there are, please do PM me and I'll fix my errors. Thank you and enjoy!
Note: English is my second language!
I don't want to hurt the UsuiXMisaki fans out there, but I want to try and see if Misaki Ayuzawa is capable to be a StarForce member, and have Tendou in Usui's place.
I don't own Megaman nor Maid-Sama except the transformation, new characters, and new Battle Cards.
Chapter 10: Sports Festival / Slash Beast
Maid Latte
It was Kimono Day.
The Maid Latte staffs were wearing pink kimonos with aprons in the front and black sashes around their waists.
"You look great, Honoka-chan." Subaru praised her friend in a kimono.
"Arigato (Thank you). And so do you, Subaru." the blonde returned the compliment.
Misaki approached to the two waiting customers. "Sorry for the wait, Goshujinsama (Master). Excuse me." she placed a cup of coffee on the table and returned to the kitchen.
"Oh, Misa-chan, can I borrow that tray?" Satsuki walked to the black-haired girl.
"Wait, watch out!" Misaki warned her manager.
Satsuki took the tray from latter's hand and suddenly felt the enormous weight. On cue, she dropped it to the ground and broke some tiles.
"EEEEEEKK! ! This isn't our tray!" the dark purple-haired woman shrieked in fright.
"I'm sorry. I brought it from home for training purposes." Misaki explained.
"W-W-What is this made of! ? It's wedged into the ground!"
"I found a perfect material from scraps."
Tendou picked the tray off the ground and examined it in his hand.
Satsuki had a shocked look on her face, seeing Tendou took it in his hand. "He can lift it so easily! ?" she questioned inwardly.
"Wow! This tray is something. Maybe I can find more of this material for my MegaBot armor. Misaki, what are you training for anyway?" Tendou asked, returning the tray to her.
"I'm training for the Sports Festival tomorrow." Misaki answered.
"Sports Festival? Is it different than last time?" the spiky brown-haired asked again.
"Yep. Every time you win the race at the Sports Festival, you'll get different prizes." Misaki replied, then engulfed by a fiery aura, "And I'll finish first in all the races and get all the prizes! It's for the sake of the girls in Seika!" she vowed solemnly.
The next day
The sky was bright and clear.
"We will now begin the 81st Seika High School Sports Festival!" the P.E Rep announced.
The horde of male students roared with their burning spirits, wanting to start the race as soon as possible.
"What's with these morons?" Tendou mumbled in confusion. He wore a white shirt, dark blue sweatpants, and white sneakers. He had no idea why they were so fired up. Turning his head, he saw the prize list on the board and decided to check it out. "Holy cow! These rewards are crazy... and too simple." he stated blankly, "Okay, so you get these rewards for winning first in each race, huh?" he began to read them until one caught his attention.
The reward for the ninth obstacle race was... a "Kiss from Sakura Hanazono"! ?
"WHOA! ! A kiss from Sakura! ?" he shouted in disbelief, "Is that legal! ?"
"NOOOOO! !" Sakura cried in tears, refusing to accept the news from the group of male students.
They were all in smooch land and eyed at her with big grins on their faces.
"Give it up, Sakura Hanazono! You've been chosen by the school survey as the No. 1 girl we wanted to be kissed by!" Goda showed her the paper in his hand as proof.
"I don't want to do this!" Sakura dropped to her knees as Misaki came to her aid.
"Sakura! I'm sorry. It's my fault. I thought I had banned this reward. But after it's been officially announced to everyone... "
"Sakura Hanazono's kiss! I, Goda, will definitely make it mine." he vowed with an ominous pink aura around him. He had confessed his love to her, but sadly she rejected him 100 times.
"Misaki... this is too unfair!" Sakura turned to her friend with tears in her eyes.
Misaki gave her friend a sympathetic look and knew she had to help her. She refused to let one of them kiss her as she placed her hands on the salmon pink-haired's shoulders.
"Sakura, don't worry! I will protect you!" she promised her friend, "Anyone who goes near Sakura-" she spoke in a venomous tone, causing the male students to gasp in fright, "I will murder them one by one!" she finished in a purple aura, cracking her knuckles.
The male students quickly ran away from her murderous aura.
Tendou stared at them with an unimpressed expression. "Seriously... all they want is a kiss from Sakura? I don't understand these people." he questioned in disbelief, then remembered the accidental kiss he had with Misaki. "Then, again... I'll keep that to myself." he added thoughtfully with a blush on his face.
"Hey, new kid!" a male student called him.
"Oh, great." Tendou turned and saw a group of male students standing next to him. They all had a "must win" look on their faces.
"New kid, please help us win the 1000m! It's the Extra Serving Fried Pork Cutlet Curry for 3 months, and it's limited to 30 per day!"
"Why should I help you morons?" he frowned at them.
"Because Sakura told everyone you can run as fast as a cheetah!"
With a tick mark on his head, Tendou turned in a slow motion and eyed at the salmon pink-haired girl with a scowl. He couldn't believe she told everyone about his speed from his second day of Seika High.
"That Sakura... !"
"Hang on, new kid isn't on the boys' team." one of the boys spoke.
"What do you mean I'm not "on the boys' team"?" Tendou asked, turning back to them.
"Well, on the team list, your name is on the girls' side." he answered, showing him the Sports Festival guidebook.
Tendou took the book and examined the list of names. Soon, he found his name on the girls' list and scowled at it. He stormed off and wanted to give one of the Students Council a piece of his mind.
The spiky brown hair Student Council named Takashi Hagimoto was adjusting the microphone as the announcer and felt a hand on his shoulder.
Tendou forcefully turned the latter to face him. "Hey, I have a question for you. Why the hell am I on the girls' team! ?" he asked almost angrily, slapping the guidebook the Takashi's chest.
"Tendou?" Misaki was doing a warm-up and noticed him talking with Takashi, one of the Seika Students Council, before walking towards them. "Tendou, what's going on?" she asked.
"Misaki, for some odd reason, they put me on the girls' team!" he told her.
Misaki took the guidebook and saw his name on the list. "You're right! Takashi, why is Tendou on the girls' team?" she asked.
"Well, uh, how do I put it... We actually thought new kid was a girl... so we put him on the girls' team." Takashi answered nervously between stuttering.
Tendou grabbed the latter's shirt and pulled him close, "DO I LOOK LIKE A GIRL TO YOU! ?" he shouted.
"S-Sorry, new kid! T-T-To be honest, y-you really do have a girl's face."
"THAT'S BECAUSE I WAS BORN WITH MY MOTHER'S FACE! !"
Misaki quickly broke the two apart. "Tendou, calm down! I'll talk to them about this!" she assured him and led him to the girls' team. She remembered meeting his mother, and they had a strong resemblance, but didn't tell anyone about it.
Takashi was literally scared of Tendou. He took a water bottle from the table and drank it before taking a seat. He grabbed the microphone and started the announcement in an energetic voice.
"Okay, everyone! Time to start the Seika Sports Day! Your announcer of the day will be Takashi Hagimoto, the broadcasting rep! Which class will be the winner! ? Or will it be the girls' team! ? The first race is the popular 100m dash!"
On the first race, five male students were stretching their arms and legs beforehand. Misaki was the only female student who was participating in the race.
"Will she be the winner? Girls' team's Kaichou Ayuzawa is on fire!"
Misaki was fully prepared and faced forward with a fiery aura.
"Misaki, ganbatte (good luck)!" the girls cheered.
Tendou sat there and realized something with a confused face. "Tell me why you girls aren't entering the race?" he questioned skeptically.
"Now the runners are gathering up to the starting line! Who will be getting the right to play any music you like for a month during lunch hour! ?"
Misaki and the five boys formed a line and knelt to the ground.
The signal was heard!
Five students started running. Sadly, one stayed behind, frozen in fear due to Misaki's menacing aura with a "I'll never let you have the reward" death glare.
"Huh? What happened to class 2-6? He's frozen at the starting line. So Kaichou Ayuzawa really is the fastes-oh?" Takashi paused at the racing course.
Misaki dashed at a quick pace with a demonic look on her face, which scared Takashi and the rest of the Students Council.
"Holy crap! She's fast!" Tendou widened his eyes in surprise.
Misaki made it to the the finish line and earned a happy cheer from her team. Tendou quickly shut his ears with both index fingers from the girls' loud cheer.
"Misaki, you're so cool!" Sakura praised her friend.
"You're amazing, Misaki!"
"The peace during the lunch hour is preserved."
The spiky brown-haired turned to the girls with a question mark on his head. "Huh? Peace? What do they mean by "peace"?"
The four boys had a disappointing look, seeing the first reward was taken by their Kaichou.
"We thought something like this would happen... "
"But who thought she would be so serious about it."
"No fret. There are still plenty of prizes left." one of them assured his friends.
Soon, Misaki won the second race.
"200m dash, first place goes to the girls' team!" Takashi announced the victor.
"NANI (WHAT)! ?"
The third challenge was the Bread-Eating Race. Misaki decided to skip the challenge. Tendou got hungry so he participated in the eating contest, and won in a tremendous speed. Everyone was incredibly astonished to see him ate more than the competitors. However, he wasn't interested in the reward so he gave it to Misaki.
"N-New kid is an eating machine!" the male students exclaimed in shock.
Misaki was surprised to see his appetite, "Whoa, Tendou! What is your stomach made of! ?"
Again, Misaki won the fourth race and struck a victory pose.
"400m dash, first place goes to the girls' team!"
And again, Misaki won the fifth race.
"Girls' team comes in first for the 1500m run, too!"
"Hmm... I wonder why Misaki is winning the prize every single race?" Tendou questioned thoughtfully, rubbing his chin.
The group of male students gathered up at the P.E Representative and complained.
"Hey, what's the big deal! ?"
"We can't accept this!"
"Forbid them from letting one person do everything!"
"Hang on! There's no rule that says repetitive entry is not allowed." the P.E Representative replied in defense.
"What's wrong with that! ?"
"Even then, this is unfair!"
Misaki heard the boys' complains and couldn't believe what she just heard at the last part. "Unfair? What a funny thing to say. I'm fighting with everything I've got!" she turned to them with a murderous look on her face.
The boys were scared-stiff as one of them saw Tendou at the girls' team.
"Hey, new kid! Why don't you join us and help us win! ?"
"Come on, new kid! There's no need to let that oni (demon) hog all the reward!"
"Yeah, new kid! Help us!"
Numerous tick marks appeared on Tendou's head, he couldn't take any more of their complaints. "WOULD YOU MORONS GIVE IT A REST! ? I CAN'T RACE WITH YOU ALL! !" he barked at them.
"Why, new kid! ?"
"You're not on her side, are you! ?"
"BECAUSE I HAVE A DISEASE, AND IT'S LETHAL! !" he pointed at himself with his left thumb.
Both boys and girls' team gasped at Tendou's disease as they backed away from him. Misaki gaped and didn't know he had a serious sickness.
The boys trembled, wanting to know how dangerous it is.
"N-New kid has a disease... ?"
"Is... is it contagious?"
"YES, IT IS! I HAVE THE "I-CAN'T-RACE-WITH-YOU-MORONS" DISEASE! !" Tendou blurted out.
Deadpanning, Misaki was unimpressed. She couldn't believe he had a disease that he made up.
"Tendou, there's no such disease that exists. No way the boys will believe that." she pointed.
The boys immediately fled from him.
"AAAAAAAAHHH! ! RUN AWAY! !"
"NEW KID IS CONTAGIOUS! !"
"They actually believed him! ?" Misaki gaped in astonishment, dropping her mouth to the ground.
Break time during the Calvary
Sitting by the tree, Misaki decided to skip the Calvary and needed to relax before entering the seventh race. Hearing footsteps coming closer, she turned and saw Tendou standing next to her.
"Hey, got a moment?" he asked.
"Sure." she replied as the spiky brown-haired sat beside her.
"Misaki, something's been bugging me ever since you started the Sports Festival... why are you pushing yourself so hard to get the prizes?" Tendou asked curiously.
"Oh, that's right! It's your first time! Well, Tendou, this is something I have to do for the girls in Seika. You see, I was informed that most boys won the prizes and caused too many disturbances at Seika. The girls couldn't stand their obnoxious behaviors and had to endure it for a month. That's because I'm the only one who can compete and win the first prize. To be straight, I want to win as many prizes as possible and create an environment that's more relaxing for the girls." she explained the whole detail to him.
Tendou began to understand what the girls meant by "peace" during lunch hour earlier. The boys were causing too much racket and the girls couldn't eat their lunch peacefully.
"Wow. That's hard to believe." he said.
"Well, Tendou, I'm glad you're not one of them. Oh, and why aren't you competing? That "I-can't-race-with-you-morons" disease was so cheesy. I had to admit, it was kinda funny." she giggled.
"I have no interested in the Sports Festival." Tendou answered and stood up, "The next race is starting soon." he extended his right hand to her.
"Okay, everyone, the 1000m run will start soon!" Takashi announced.
Misaki took it as Tendou pulled her to her feet. "Don't worry about me, Tendou. I will win the next one. Count on it!" she gave him a thumbs-up.
And so, Misaki won the seventh race.
Sitting on the grass, Tendou was amazed to see Misaki still had enough stamina. Suddenly, he saw three male students gathered up together as he watched them.
"Hey, Goda, I think beating her to take first place is impossible."
"Don't worry. I'll use whatever it takes to win.
The spiky brown-haired narrowed his eyes at them.
"Master Tendou?" Draco called from inside his Hunter-VG.
"I know. They're planning something."
"Okay, everyone, we're starting the last race of the morning shortly, the obstacle course! The number of participants is unlimited! Who would be the first to go around the school once, avoiding all the traps! ? And who will be the one to win the kiss! ?"
Sakura cried and refused to be the kissing prize. The horde of male students cheered, but interrupted by an angry aura.
It was Misaki who was enraged, "I WILL PROTECT SAKURA! !"
"Holy crap!"
"She looks as if she's already killed someone."
The boys sweatdropped at her aura.
"Hey, Goda, are we really going to do it?"
"Of course, we are, by any means."
Tendou deepened his narrowed eyes at them. He took out his dark blue Hunter-VG and placed it at the center of his waist from underneath his white shirt as it shot out metallic silver belt strap on both sides, wrapping around his waist.
"On your marks, get set... GO!"
Misaki and the group of male students ran with everything they had.
"Wow! Look at them, everyone's running hard out!" Takashi ran ahead of them, "The first obstacle is climbing over the steep wall!"
Misaki managed to climb over the wall while the boys had a hard time climbing, causing them to slip and fall.
"And we're already seeing people disqualify!" Takashi shouted, seeing some boys cheated by riding on shoulders to boost the climbing.
After climbing a tree, Misaki proceeded on the tightrope walk at a steady pace to prevent herself from falling. Several boys couldn't make it to the other side and fell on the giant cushion.
"Next is the tightrope walk! My condolences to people who are scared of heights!"
"With the number of contestants greatly reduced, the current leaders are 3-2 Goda-senpai and 2-1 Kaichou Ayuzawa!"
Misaki and Goda were running to the swimming pool neck-to-neck.
"The two of them have come to the pool trap! Here, you fail when you fall into the water!" Takashi noted.
"Shoot, I'm starting to get tired!" Misaki panted, realizing she used too much energy. "But I must save Sakura no matter what!" she began to pick up speed with everything she had.
Goda noticed she was running faster than him, but wouldn't let that happen. He decided to use desperate measure by shoving her to the pool with his left hand.
"N-No... I'm... falling... " Gasping, Misaki couldn't believe he cheated.
She was falling close to the pool until two hands grabbed her left arm and swung her to the fence. Landing on the fence, Misaki widened her eyes and saw her savior was none other than Tendou with a smile on his face.
"T-Tendou?" she gasped and noticed he was falling to the pool.
Tendou faced the water and mumbled. "Batoru Kaado (Battle Card). HobaaShuuzu (HoverShoes)." he planted his feet above the water and leaped high in the air. He back rolled in the air and landed safely on the ground.
Misaki widened her eyes in complete disbelief.
"HUH! ?" The male runners couldn't believe what they just witnessed right before their eyes.
After making it the other side, Goda paused at the unbelievable sight. "N-New kid! ? How did he do that! ?" he questioned.
The male students gathered up around Takashi.
"Hey, that's no fair!"
"New kid just bounced off the water!"
"That shouldn't be allowed!"
"H-Hang on, let me get my rulebook!" Takashi took out the book and checked the obstacle course for the swimming pool. He found it and grabbed his microphone. "Uhh... the rule didn't say anything about bouncing off the water. Umm... I'll allow it." he announced.
"NOOOOO! !"
"T-Tendou, how did you-" Misaki was cut off by Tendou, who placed his right hand on her left shoulder.
"You're pushing yourself too hard. I'll take over." he smiled at her.
"Uh... okay." Misaki responded with a slow nod.
Tendou climbed on the ledge and leaped over to the other side.
"HUH! ? How far can he jump! ?" Misaki questioned in shock, gaping at the distance. "Wait, I've got to catch up!" she came back to her sense and continued the race.
"Now, we're at the volleyball court! Goda-senpai is leading the race himself!"
"All right! At this rate, Sakura's kiss is mine!" Goda shouted happily to himself.
Suddenly, Tendou caught up next to him. "I saw what you did back there. That was uncalled for." he said coldly.
"N-New kid! ?" Goda gaped.
"WHAT A SURPRISE! !" Takashi exclaimed loudly, "NEW KID HAS CAUGHT UP WITH THE LEADER! ! AND KAICHOU AYUZAWA ISN'T FAR BEHIND, TOO! !"
Goda turned his back and saw Misaki gaining speed in her monstrous aura.
At the last trap, it was the volleyball club's spikes.
"In this chaos, the Volleyball Team's spikes attack them!"
Tendou smacked them away with his arms and Misaki dodged the incoming volleyballs.
"The two leads are back to the field! They only have a little further to go to the goal!"
Tendou and Goda were reaching close to the finish line.
Goda turned to him and refused to let him take the kiss reward. "Damn it, new kid!" he reached his right hand at him to shove him off the course.
"Batoru Kaado (Battle Card). Supiido Buusuto (Speed Boost)." the spiky brown-haired mumbled.
With a loud puff, Tendou sallied to the finish line at a tremendous speed and left a trail of smoke on the ground.
"No way!" Misaki gasped at the sight.
The entire Seika High student went silent in astonishment to see his amazing speed, dropping their mouths to the ground.
Shaking in disbelief, Takashi froze at the sight and held his microphone. "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-The winner... is new kid... " he announced slowly through trembling.
Goda was in a state of shock and stood there.
"Excuse me." Misaki passed beside him and made it to the finish line at a steady pace.
"C-Coming in second is Kaichou Ayuzawa. W-W-Which means that new kid wins the prize to be kissed by Sakura Hanazono." Takashi trembly handed the prize to Tendou as he took it.
"Hang on a sec! You mean my reward was a kiss, and not Xbox 360! ?" Tendou shouted at him in disbelief, pretending he had never seen the reward list.
(Xbox = Ekkusubokkusu / Kiss = Kisu)
"Sorry, new kid, we don't have the money to afford such thing." Takashi answered sadly.
"Come on, new kid! Kiss Sakura!"
"Yeah, kiss her!
"KISS HER! ! KISS HER! ! KISS HER! ! KISS HER! !"
Tendou growled in annoyance and didn't have a choice. He approached Sakura and stood in front of her.
"Sakura... " he raised his right hand slowly.
Misaki watched and made sure he wasn't like them.
"Kiss my hand." he requested plainly.
"Huh?" Sakura was confused.
The boys fell to the ground in disbelief and stood back up.
"WHAT THE HELL, NEW KID! ?"
"THAT'S NOT HOW YOU KISS A GIRL! !"
"ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GRAB HER TIGHT AND KISS HER LIKE THIS! !"
"AAAAAHHHH! ! DON'T KISS ME! !"
Tendou ignored them with a scowl. Sakura looked at him, and then his hand, and then back to his face. With a smile, she knelt to the ground and took his right hand, then kissed it like a fairy tale.
"Also, tell anyone about my healthy speed or my work, I'll have your head. Understand?" he warned her in a dark tone.
"Eep! I-I won't, new kid! I promise!"
Sighing in relief, Misaki was glad he wasn't like the rest of the men. Suddenly, an image of their accidental kiss appeared in her head. She immediately turned away with a blush and looked at him from the corner of her eye.
"Wh-What is this feeling?"
Lunch time
Tendou laid on the grass and stared at the sky, needing some time to relax. Suddenly, his Hunter-VG rang as he took it out from his pocket. It was a message from his mother.
"Hi, Tendou, I'm at your school right now! Can you come to the front gate?"
Tendou stood up and proceeded his way as he was told. And there she was, Sonia was standing at the front gate of Seika High with a bag in her hands.
"Here, Tendou, I've brought your lunch." she handed the bag to him as he took it. "How's the Sports Festival? Are you having fun?" she asked sweetly.
"It's okay. Some guys were trying to cheat their way to get the prize for themselves. However, Misaki won every prize for the girls' population at Seika." the spiky brown-haired answered dully.
Sonia smiled and placed her right hand on his left shoulder. "Tendou, the Sports Festival is not always about winning. It's about having fun with your friends together. Whatever Misaki is doing, I'm sure she has a reason to please the girls." she planted a sweet kiss on his forehead. "I'll see you later, sweetie!" she waved at him and left.
Tendou sat on the grass and opened the bag. "Oh, hot dogs!" he took one and bit it.
After lunch, it was a Costume Race.
Misaki was very displeased at the next race, "I wanted to be as far away as possible from this, I went to the point of forgetting that existed."
"You okay, Misaki?" Tendou asked, who came from behind.
"N-Nothing! I-I'm thinking about skipping this one." she replied, sweating.
Hearing her tone, Tendou grew a smirk and realized what it was. "Oooohh~ What's this? Misaki, the Kaichou who won every prize at the Sports Festival, is now chickening out on the costume race?" he playfully mocked her, making chicken sounds.
"Me, chicken! ? I'll show you who's chicken! How about this? Loser will clean the hallway for a week! ?" she declared, pointing her finger directly at him.
"Deal!" Tendou accepted as they shook hand.
Sakura and Shizuko appeared from behind.
"Misaki-chan! I will participate in the costume race!" the short black-haired girl called as the two turned to them. "A minimum of one person must participate in this race, too. We feel bad for relying on you so much." she added.
"I'll participate, too, so take a rest." Sakura followed.
"Besides, this race will see relatively slow people." Shizuko adjusted her glasses, "So I should join in since I'm not an athlete."
"Oh! But the race requires you to change clothes." the salmon pink-haired realized the missing part.
Shizuko took out a yellow poncho with orange polka dots and put it on. "No fret. I have a poncho to change into."
"Wow, Shizuko, you're so well prepared." Sakura praised.
"There's nothing to worry about with this."
Misaki dropped her mouth in surprise with a "What" look on her face.
"Where the heck did you get that from?" Tendou questioned in confusion.
"No way, Shizuko!" Misaki interrupted with her eyes closed and approached her friend up close, "I can't throw a frail girl into the midst of the wolves bare naked! I'll go!"
"Next up, program number 12, costume race! All participants, please gather!" Takashi announced.
"Misaki, are you okay with this? I mean what if these guys came in and saw you changing?" Tendou asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine, Tendou. I'll just get a costume that doesn't stand out and finish stealthily!" the black-haired assured him, "Besides, no one knows that I work as a maid. Well, except for you that is." she noted in a whisper, "And Megaman."
"And no one knows that I work at a WAZA HQ." Tendou countered back.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me... why did you work there?" Misaki asked.
"Because Megaman used to work there. WAZA has a big history about the StarForce 23 years ago." the spiky brown-haired answered half-truthfully. "And I still can't believe you girls followed me." he frowned at her.
"The original Megaman used to work there? Does that mean Megaman, I mean, Megaman with wings works there, too?"
"Uhh, no. He doesn't." he lied.
"Oh man, it started. Just watching this race is boring."
"Yeah, the participants aren't into it and the costumes are half-assed."
"And the prize is shit, too!"
"It was a pencil that raises your intelligence from the Principal, wasn't it?"
"Such a downer."
Tendou and Misaki heard them and were not impressed by the reward.
"A pencil that raises your intelligence? There's no such thing!" the spiky brown-haired shook his head in disappointment.
"Oh, Kaichou, so you'll be participating from the girls' team?" a voice asked.
The two turned and saw Yukimura standing behind them.
"Yukimura." Misaki was surprised to see him in this race.
"Huh? New kid, you're on the girls' team, too?" the short dark green-haired questioned.
"I was forced to be on their team... because I have my mother's face!" Tendou raised his voice in anger.
"Tendou, remember, I'll take care of it!" Misaki assured him.
"Actually, most participants in this race are people who are bad at sports." Yukimura said.
"Really, that's hard to laugh at." Tendou replied, "I'm glad I'm not a sport guy."
"Yukimura, you're not good at sports, too, right?" Misaki asked calmly.
"No. I'm a drag at sports festivals." Yukimura answered nervously, rubbing the back of his head, "But coming here in Seika, I'm happy that there is a program that even I can participate in. That said, I was sick last year. So this is my first year doing it."
"Hehehe! I guess you must be excited about this, huh?" Tendou asked with a chuckle.
"Yes, I am!" the short dark green-haired answered with a smile, "I'm here to have fun!"
"Okay, let's explain the rules!" Takashi took a paper in his left hand, "First, 50m from the start is the costume rack! Please get the entire bag without looking inside! Next, 50m ahead of that is the changing room! Get changed in the dark, run around the track once for the finish line. The catch of the game is if you can choose a costume you can change into quickly or not. Everyone, please gather up at the starting line!"
As the race start, Tendou and Misaki were the first to take the lead, then felt something odd about the race. They turned their heads back and saw the rest of the male students were running lethargically.
"It hasn't been a minute, and these guys are already out of shape?" Tendou questioned.
"Well, I guess that's what happens when you used too much energy on the other races." Misaki replied.
"Hey, looks who's talking." he laughed, "I'll go on ahead, and then back you up." he sped up and snagged a bag without a second thought, running to the tent.
Misaki stopped and couldn't decide what to pick. She saw one bag that got her attention.
"Hmmm~ I think something that looks heavy will have more fabric. And I'll change before the tent gets filled with guys." she took and dashed her way to the tent. Opening the entrance with a small sunlight, she paused and saw Tendou and Draco, who just took off the helmet - completely headless. Filling with darkness, Misaki quickly brought the sunlight back inside the tent and saw Tendou wearing Draco's costume in a split second. "WHAT THE HELL! ?" she ran to the other end and opened it, shifting her head both sides to see Draco's identity was nowhere in sight. "Tendou, what's with Draco! ? I don't see a human head on him!"
"Wh-Wh-What are you talking about, Misaki! ? You've got it all wrong! Th-That wasn't Draco at all!" Tendou quickly retorted in defense. "More importantly, put on your costume quick! I'm glad I put it on just in time."
"Tendou, look carefully, it's pitch dark! I can't tell what uniform is at all with this!" the black-haired opened the bag and reached her left hand in it, "But I feel something I'm familiar with. Tendou, give me some light for a bit."
"Okay." Tendou reached his hand to the back and froze.
With a small sunlight, Misaki gaped at the unexpected sight.
In her hands, it was a maid uniform! Instead of black, it was green.
"Wh-What the! Was that an illusion! ?" the black-haired questioned, panicked.
"It wasn't! How did you manage to get a maid uniform! ?" the spiky brown-haired asked in disbelief.
Inside Seika High
The Moron Trio was desperately searching for a missing maid uniform.
"Where did it go! ?" Shirokawa shouted.
"Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?" Sarashina looked at every direction.
"The maid uniform I made for Misa-chan!" Ryuunosuke cried.
"I don't know! Hang on a sec! Why aren't you wearing your costume! ?" she pointed in realization.
"I'm not wearing that stupid costume!"
"It's the rule, Tendou!"
The entrance was opened with a small brightness as a group of male students entered the tent.
Tendou quickly took out a costume from the bag and revealed it to her.
"I'm not wearing this stupid clown costume! I had nightmares about them! Clowns are nothing but trouble!"
"Why! ? Of all things! ?" Misaki shoved the maid uniform back into the bag.
"Could it be you choose a big bag that might be suitable for you?" Tendou asked nonchalantly and shoved his costume back, then noticed something outside.
"Th-That's not it, Tendou... "
Tendou walked to the entrance and frowned at the sight. "Uhhh... Misaki, you might wanna see this."
Misaki complied and stood next to him.
The male students were wearing different costumes: a mummy, a simple black jumpsuit, a reindeer, a boxing gloves with an underwear, a swan, and a Saiyan armor based of a Dragon Ball Z series.
"I don't know what to say." Misaki said in disbelief, deadpanned.
"Those costumes are so crappy." Tendou added before turning to her. "Well, I guess someone is going to clean the hallway for a week." he chuckled.
"Sh-Shut up, Tendou! I'm going to wear it, and let's not talk about this ever again!" Misaki threw the bag at him, but he simply dodged it as the bag hit a face.
"DACK!"
"Huh? Why did I just hear a dog bark?" Misaki asked.
Due to the small brightness, Tendou turned and recognized a person with a short dark green hair. "Hey, it's Yukimura! You okay?" he approached the dark green-haired.
"N-New kid, is that you? Wh-What happened? Did I do something wrong?" Yukimura asked as the spiky-brown-haired helped him up.
"N-No, you didn't." Misaki answered.
"I'll get moving right away." the short dark green-haired grabbed a bag and left.
"Yukimura, wait!" Misaki reached her hand to him, but Tendou stopped her.
"Now's not the time, Misaki. You've gotta put on the maid uniform. And I won't peek nor say a word about your job!" Tendou faced at the entrance.
"All right, already! Just let me-" Misaki took out the costume and froze. "T-Tendou... we have a problem."
"Is it about helping you change, I'm not-" Tendou turned and gaped at the sight.
Misaki wasn't holding a maid uniform. It was a construction uniform.
"The costume changed!" Misaki shouted to herself, realizing her costume was switched with Yukimura's due to the darkness.
"Whoawhoawhoawhoa! Hold on! If you have Yukimura's costume, then that means... " Tendou turned back to the entrance and opened it, "No way... " he deadpanned at the unbelievable scene.
"Huh?" Misaki stood next to him and widened her eyes.
At the track, Yukimura was running in a maid uniform.
"Who is that maid?"
"Yukimura?"
The boys stared at him with pink marks on their faces. They were amazed to see him wearing a maid uniform.
"H-He looks good in it. Actually, isn't it more well made than the others?"
"Maybe he prepared it himself, trying to stand out.
Yukimura stopped and turned to them, "What are you saying?"
"You want to say things like, "I look good in a maid outfit", right?"
"Oh, so that's what it is."
"No, that's not-"
"Trying to add a flower to this race, eh?"
"How considerate."
Yukimura felt discouraged and lowered his head.
Tendou scowled at those morons for teasing Yukimura - all because of one little mistake he made.
"Those jerks! I've had enough!" Misaki was about to storm out, but Tendou quickly caught her from leaving the tent.
"Hold it, Misaki! Did you forget about the rule? You'll be disqualified if you're not in a costume!" he brought her back inside the tent.
"Tendou, this isn't the time! Do you understand how he feels! ?" Misaki raised her voice.
"Of course, I do! This is Yukimura's first time entering the Sports Festival! I doubt these morons didn't know one thing about this festival!"
"What is this one thing?" the black-haired asked softly.
"It's about having fun!" Tendou answered.
"Fun?" she paused, bewildered.
"That's right! Those who think the festival is all about winning and getting prizes, they don't deserve to understand what fun is! It's about having fun with your friends together and enjoy your time!"
Misaki eyed at him for a moment and lowered her head. Hearing his words hit her. She realized she was focusing on the Sports Festival very serious - maybe too serious. She started to understand now.
She had completely forgotten what it was like to have fun.
She forgot what fun really was.
How long did she have fun before?
"Tendou... what you're trying to say they can't have fun without teasing those who are taking the race seriously?" Misaki lifted her white shirt off her torso. "I won't let that happen."
Yukimura was having a hard time running in a maid uniform and tripped, falling to the ground.
"Are you okay, maid?"
"Maybe the length isn't right, despite preparing it yourself."
They teased and laughed at him.
Yukimura was about to burst into tears. He couldn't believe this was happening to him. Today is his first time enjoying the Sports Festival. All he wanted was to have fun.
"He looks really flustered!"
"This is hilarious!"
"Huh?" one of them noticed a costume he had never seen before.
A figure approached and stood in front of the fallen green-haired.
"Are you okay? ...Stand, Yukimura."
Yukimura widened his eyes at the latter. It was a girl wearing a mixture of a pirate and samurai costume with an eye-patch on her right eye.
"Let's run together." she offered her hand to him.
"Who's that?"
"Hey, look, another's one coming."
The second person wore a dragon costume, who was approaching the samurai-pirate-costumed girl.
"Shizuko, isn't that?" Sakura recognized the costume.
"It is. That's Tendou's cosplaying friend Misaki told us about." Shizuko answered.
"Whoa! Their costumes really are a step above the rest!"
The person in a dragon costume reached his hands to the helmet and took it off. "Misaki, you need to slow down."
"Kaichou! ?"
"NEW KID! ?"
"Why are those two so serious in a costume race! ?"
"Why does that dragon costume looks so real! ?"
Misaki turned to the group of male students. "Is there a problem with doing it seriously?" she asked sternly.
"N-Not at all."
"I thought she was pretty cool for a second there."
"Come, you guys, we're already left behind. Let's finish the race together." Tendou suggested, walking forward.
"If it's a race, then run."
Yukimura was amazed to see Kaichou and new kid defended him. "Ummm... Thank you very much!"
Misaki smiled back at him. Tendou gave him a thumbs-up.
The P.E Rep approached them with a red card in his hand. "Kaichou, new kid, that's a disqualification." he told them.
"Sorry." Misaki rubbed the back of her head with a nervous laugh.
The P.E Rep noticed one more student coming from behind and recognized he wasn't wearing one of the costumes as well. "Hey you, over there! Big guy in a lion costume! That's a disqualification!"
The lion costumed ignored him and continued walking.
"Whoa, that costume is neat!"
"I know! It looks so real!"
"Hey, what's your name?" the P.E Rep asked, raising his voice a bit.
The lion costumed complied, stopping his tracks. "Slash Beast."
"Well, uh... Slash Beast... Your costume isn't part of the race so I'm gonna ask you to-" Unable to finish, Slash Beast grabbed his body and lifted him in the air.
"You feeble humans are pathetic!" he threw him at the group of male students.
"Aaaaaahhhh!" they cried and fell to the ground.
"What the? What's he doing?" Misaki asked, then realized something about that lion costume. "You're a monster, aren't you! ?"
"Heeheehee! You have good eyes, girl. Indeed, I am! I'm Slash Beast! A Repliforce!" he let out a lion roar in the air, "Tsuin Surashaa (Twin Slasher)!" he swung his arms and sent out two crescent moon-like energy slashes at the tent and the stand.
(Slash Beast was from Megaman X4.)
The Seika Students screamed in fright and panicked, rushing their way to the exit of the track field. The mechanical lion leaped forward in the air and landed at the exit with a loud thud. Everyone stopped and didn't know where to go.
It was the only exit they have!
"All right, you human scums! Where is Megaman! ?" Slash Beast demanded.
"He's not here!" a voice answered.
Everyone turned their heads to the owner of the voice as they parted like the Red Sea.
It was Misaki - still in the mixed costume of a pirate and a samurai - wielding a pipe in her hands.
Next to her was Tendou in a fighting stance - still in his dragon costume.
"Kaichou! ? New kid! ?"
"HAHAHA! ! Two little humans dare to fight me?" Slash Beast dashed towards them.
Misaki swung the pipe at the mechanical lion, but the latter caught it with his mouth, then shattered it with his teeth.
"No way!" she widened her eyes.
"Misaki! Stay away from that monster!" Tendou shouted. He reached his hands from underneath his shirt and took out two pellets in each of his hands. Crossing his arms in an X, two pellets were between his three fingers as he threw them at the mechanical lion.
Slash Beast spat out the shards of pipe and felt three small objects hit his chest, then small explosions occurred around him. "Aaaaaaaahhhh!" he grasped his head in pain.
"Huh? Did Tendou just throw grenades... or is Megaman nearby?" Misaki noticed in confusion.
One pellet missed and fell to the ground as Goda picked it up. "Hey guys, look! New kid's throwing a peanut!" he laughed, then the pellet exploded with a loud bang.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH! !"
Several students cried and grasped their ears in pain.
"BAKA! ! DON'T TOUCH THAT! !" Tendou barked at them.
Slash Beast turned to the boy and dashed to him, grabbing his body. "You human scum!" he leaped up and threw him straight to the school storage shed with a loud crash.
"Tendou! New kid!" Misaki and Yukimura shouted.
At the school storage shed
Tendou landed on several large bags of mulch. "That was a safe landing." he claimed and stood on his feet.
Draco's armors detached from Tendou's body and reverted back to his body, standing next to the teenager.
"Master Tendou, perhaps it was unwise to use your Stun Pellets in school."
(A/N: Stun Pellets are miniature version of Stun Grenades.)
"Ugh! Me and my Megaman habits again!" Tendou groaned, "Draco, I recommend you not to get involved in the fight. Misaki almost saw you at the tent earlier." he took out his dark blue Hunter-VG from his pocket.
"I concur. It was a close call." Draco nodded and turned himself into a ball of light, entering the latter's Hunter-VG.
Tendou placed his Hunter-VG at the center of his waist and it shot out silver belt strap around him. "Henshin!" he called out as his body was consumed by a ball of light.
"Kaichou!" Yukimura shouted at the terrible sight.
Misaki was grabbed by Slash Beast's right hand as he brought her close, then sniffed her. "As I thought. You have Megaman's scent! Tell me where he is, girl!" he demanded.
"Why are you monsters looking for Megaman! ?" Misaki asked, trying to break free.
"Simple! We want revenge! Hmm?" Slash Beast noticed something at the sky.
A ball of light appeared and flitted its way towards him. It tackled Slash Beast as he dug his left claw on the ground to slow his brake.
The light vanished and revealed Megaman, carrying Misaki in a bridal style.
His armors were dark blue. He had wings of Cygnus Noise form. His helmet had no spiky hair. His lens was red, and a silver mask below it. His streamlines were green.
"Megaman!" Misaki was glad to see him.
"Minna (Everyone), it's Megaman!"
"Megaman's here! ?"
"Megaman!" Yukimura exclaimed with tears in his eyes.
The girls gasped in excitement and brightened their eyes, seeing Misaki was in Megaman's arms like a shining knight in armor.
Megaman (Tendou) placed her on the ground. "I'll handle this." he said, forming his fighting stance.
"Okay!" Misaki nodded and joined the rest of the students.
Slash Beast stood up on his feet with a growl. "Megaman! I'm gonna enjoy fighting you!" he charged at him with a roar.
Megaman (Tendou) extracted two red blades on his forearms and bolted towards his enemy. The two collided and clashed their attacks with their swords and claws. Megaman (Tendou) swung his blades at him, but Slash Beast smacked them with his claws before the two leaped backward.
"Impressive! There's something different about you, Megaman! Your fighting style is not the same." Slash Beast said before charging at him.
Megaman (Tendou) retracted his armed-blades, "Batoru Kaado (Battle Card)! Faia Nakkuru (Fire Knuckle)!" he called out as a large red fist appeared on his right hand. He sallied and launched his red fist at the charging enemy.
With a smirk on his face, Slash Beast quickly stopped in his track. As the dark blue armored Megaman was in a close range, the mechanical lion kicked his enemy with a swift backflip, sending him in the air before pursuing and giving him multiple punches and kicks at a quick speed.
"Megaman!" Misaki and Yukimura shouted.
"RRRAAAAHHHHH! !" Slash Beast rolled and made an invert front-flip kick at him, dropping him to the ground.
"Gaaaaahhh!" Megaman (Tendou) crashed with a loud thud.
"Tsuin Surashaa (Twin Slasher)!" Slash Beast swung his legs and sent two crescent moon-like energy slashes at the fallen Megaman. His attacks hit him and caused a small explosion, engulfing him with smoke. He plunged his way down and extended his right leg, landing on him with a hard stomp. As the smoke cleared, Slash Beast widened his eyes in shock. "HUH! ?"
Megaman (Tendou) blocked the stomp with his crossed arms in an X and repelled the latter.
Slash Beast landed on the ground, "Grrrr! You're tough... and different than the previous Megaman."
"Thank goodness, he's okay." Misaki sighed in relief.
Megaman (Tendou) stood up and dusted his armor. "Time to go wild." he crossed his arms in an X as his armor glowed white.
A strong chilly wind began to blow as the Seika students withstood it. Some girls shrieked from the cold wind.
FAINARAIZU (FINALIZE)!
FUROSUTO POORA (FROST POLAR)!
As the light faded, Megaman (Tendou) lowered his arms and revealed his transformation that resembled a polar bear. His armor turned white. His red lens and silver mask remained the same. His arms wielded large blue gauntlets with golden claws. His streamlines were changed from green to blue. His shoulder pads turned into polar bear's heads. His upper arms and thighs were black.
The Seika students widened their eyes in excitement at his new transformation and began to cheer for him.
"GET HIM, MEGAMAN! !"
"GANBATTE (YOU CAN DO IT)! !"
Yukimura brightened his smile with stars in his eyes.
"Just how many transformations does Megaman have?" Misaki questioned thoughtfully, then quickly wrapped her arms from the cold wind.
"Wh-What are you! ?" Slash Beast questioned in disbelief at his transformation.
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) formed his fighting stance and flitted at the mechanical lion, thrusting his right claw at his torso, sparks bursting out.
"GAAAAAAAHHHH! !" Slash Beast cried.
"HIYA! ! HIYA! !" Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) swung his claws several times and gave his enemy a fierce kick as Slash Beast fell to the ground with a loud thud. "Time to finish this!"
NOIZU FOOSU (NOISE FORCE)-!
"MEGAMAN, WAIT! !"
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) was interrupted by a horde of male students. He turned and saw them standing behind him. "What the? What are you guys doing! ?" he questioned loudly.
"Megaman, please let us watch you finish him up-close!" they pleaded happily with stars in their eyes.
"Are they serious?" Misaki dropped her mouth to the ground and couldn't believe her ears.
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) took a step forward away from them.
The boys followed by taking a step forward.
He took two steps forward again.
They followed him again.
He took two steps back.
They did it again.
"WILL YOU GET AWAY FROM ME AND LET ME ATTACK HIM! ?" Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) demanded harshly.
"Please let us watch up-close!"
"YOU MORONS WILL GET YOURSELF KILLED! !" Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) shouted at them.
"We don't care!"
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) grunted and had had enough of their stupidity.
They wanted to see him finish his enemy off in a front row seat?
"Aisu Kuroo (Ice Claw)!" He raised both his golden claws in the air and thrust them at the ground.
Ice burst out of the ground and spread its way to the horde of male students. They gasped and felt their legs frozen by solid ice. They tried to move, but failed as they started to complain.
"NO FAIR, MEGAMAN! !"
"MEGAMAN, COME ON! !"
"LET US SEE IT UP-CLOSE! !"
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) ignored them and continued where he left off. Suddenly, Slash Beast charged at him with a loud roar and his right arm had a glowing pink blade.
"DASSHU SUTORAIKU (DASH STRIKE)! !"
"Aisu Kuroo (Ice Claw)!" Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) thrust his right claw at him as if it was a punch and knocked him back away.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH! !" Slash Beast cried and fell to the ground, then an ice appeared on his torso, spreading on his body rapidly. "Wh-What the! ? NOOOOOOOoooooo... " He cried until his entire body was completely engulfed by a solid ice.
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) took a small leap from the morons and resumed his finishing attack. On cue, crimson red Noise appeared on his golden claws.
NOIZU FOOSU BIGGU BAN (NOISE FORCE BIG BANG)!
WAIRUDO KUROO BUREIKAA (WILD CLAW BREAKER)!
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) swung his right arm and sent out a large energy slash of a claw, then his left. The energy slashes headed their way to the frozen mechanical lion and struck him, sparkling an electricity. He faced away his enemy before an enormous explosion occurred.
*BOOM! !* *KA-BOOM! !*
"AAAAAAAHHHH! ! MEGAMAN! !" the girls cheered happily.
Misaki smiled at his victory.
"Megaman is awesome!" Yukimura exclaimed.
"NO FAIR, MEGAMAN! !"
"You boys stay there and think about your lesson!" Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) scolded them.
"WHAT DID WE DO! ?"
Frost Polar Megaman (Tendou) turned his sight at Misaki. She noticed him staring at her and blushed. He gave her a nod before leaping in the air.
"A-Arigato (Thank you), Megaman!" Misaki waved goodbye to him.
Beside her, the girls' team joined in and waved their arms.
"Megaman! Come back soon!"
"I'll ask you for an autograph next time!"
"Misaki, come with us for a moment!" Sakura dragged her friend away from the team until they made it out.
"Sakura, Shizuko, what's going on?" Misaki asked her friends in confusion.
"Misaki, admit it! Are you in love with Megaman! ?" Sakura asked perkily.
"Huh! ?" the black-haired gaped at her friend's sudden question.
"I saw the way you looked at Megaman!" the salmon pink-haired pointed. "He even carried you in his arms!"
"Sa-Sakura, what are you saying? There's nothing-"
"The probability seems high based on your reaction, Misaki." Shizuko interrupted.
"Girls! You've got it all wrong! There's noth-" Misaki gasped at the sight of the exit and saw Tendou walking slowly to the field, "Tendou!" she bolted to him and caught him from falling. "Tendou, you okay?" she asked worriedly.
"I'm... I'm okay." he lied, faking his injury.
"Hang on, Tendou! I'm taking you to the infirmary!"
Infirmary Room
Misaki gave an ice bag to him as Tendou placed it on the back of his head.
"Geez, Tendou. I don't know how you keep managing to survive like that. First, a giant mandrill monster, and now a lion?"
"You can say I have the gift of the goddess of luck." Tendou chuckled lightly. "You should use it in my stead." he handed the ice bag to the black-haired girl.
"What do you mean by that?" Misaki asked.
"You've been pushing your body nonstop since you started the race to get the prizes for the girls." the spiky brown-haired deduced, "At least, relax your body for a bit."
Misaki was amazed he figured her out. She had been enduring the soreness on her body and didn't want the girls to worry her. She took it from him and placed it on her right leg.
"Arigato, Tendou. Say, I've been thinking about improving the costume race."
"You mean those ridiculous costumes we just saw?" he questioned, helping the bag of ice on her leg as the girl nodded.
"Yeah. I believe it's natural that people wouldn't like the race if all the costumes were cheap. If we increased and threw in more cute and cool looking ones, then maybe people would enjoy it more. You think I can bring this up to the student council?"
Tendou smiled at the idea. "Sure, go for it. Besides, I'm pretty sure people will enjoy better costumes than this one. And no clown costumes!" he shot his head at her, "I'm still terrified of them!"
"Okay, I'll add that, too!" Misaki laughed.
"By the way, what about the deal we had earlier?" Tendou realized.
"Oh that, since that lion monster ruined the costume race, let's call it off." Misaki replied.
"Sounds good. Hey, at least... I had fun today." he noted with a smile, "I definitely should thank Kaa-san for this."
"Yeah... it was fun." Misaki smiled back.
From the hallway, a tall male student with spiky dark blue-black hair wearing a white hoodie was watching them with a disapproved look on his face.
Much later
The Moron Trio had been looking for their missing maid uniform ever since they accidentally shoved it in the bag for the costume race. And sadly, they finally found it - the maid uniform was dirty and damaged.
To be continued...