I don't own SnS. Sorry for short chapters. I decided to make Alice the matchmaker, so yay! Without further adoooooo, see you at the other end.

Erina

"Erinaaa~" Erina heard her name being called. She sighed, knowing who it was. Only Alice would be so loud in the school hallways. Multiple heads turned their way as Alice yelled in Erina's ear. "Yes, Alice? What is it that you want from me?" Erina said, icily.

"Mou, don't be so cold. We're cousins and best friends, right?"

"No."

Alice faked crying, wailing. More heads turned their way, as people whispered amongst each other. Of course, they were talking about how Alice should be quiet, but Erina thought otherwise. "I mean, uh, yes! Yes, we're best of friends. And great cousins. Now, uh, please stop being so loud. People are looking at us." Erina panicked as Alice brightened up.

"I knew you didn't mean that. Anyways," Erina mentally facepalmed. How could she go from one emotion to another so quickly? "I think I know how we can get Souma-kun too notice you!"

"I thought you were going to leave them alone?" Erina questioned, confused. Was that not what she says, just a couple days ago? She then noticed the whispers and the looks she was getting. She caught a snippet of one of the conversations going on around her.

"... wants Yukihira to notice her? The Erina-sama? The one that hates Yukihira's guts?! I don't believe that. Probably just Alice-sama's crazy talk again. Yeah probably..." She noticed what people were saying, as some people shook their heads in disbelief, laughed, listened carefully, eagerly took notes, etc.

"Alice!" She hissed through her teeth. "Shut up! People are hearing you!" Alice stopped mid-rant, mouthing an 'o'. It was obvious that Alice was happy with the new situation. Erina stomped off, relieved that people thought it was just Alice's crazy ideas, but also angry and fuming at the thought of people finding out her true feelings. She took three deep breaths, and stalked off.

Erina walked through the hallways, head held high the next morning. She hadn't seen Souma and Hisako together today, and was in a bright mood. That was all ruined, when she saw a new magazine in one of the magazine racks in front of her homeroom class. The headline read, "The Princess of Totsuki, Erina-sama, is in Love With Yukihira?!" It was an anonymous article, and was called, "Totsuki Gossip". In an instant, her phone was whipped out and was dialing Nakiri Senzaemon, the director.

"Ojii-sama, I would like the creators and anyone to do with 'Totsuki Gossip' expelled. This has nothing to do with the culinary arts." Erina said.

"Oh yes, that," The director chuckled, as Erina's face grew red and hot. "While it doesn't teach much of the culinary world, I want my students to be involved with the outside teenage world as well. In short, I cannot expel the students. Goodbye, Erina-chan." He hung up before Erina could have another word.

Nakiri Senzaemon, in the middle of a meeting, chuckled as he turned the phone off of speaker. "Teenagers these days." The other old men in the room laughed along with him.

Erina fumed, grabbing the nearest copy. Instead of heading towards class, which was right in front of her, she headed the other way, outside the building. Once she was outside in the blazing heat of the Summer sun, she found shelter underneath a large willow tree. She read the article and got angrier by the word.

"Our beloved Totsuki Princess might be a tsundere! Yes, the Erina-sama, is in Love with the ever so popular Yukihira Souma-kun! Early yesterday, Erina-sama and her cousin Alice-sama were caught during a conversation. 'I think I know how we can get Souma-kun too notice you!' is what Alice-sama said, and Erina-sama gave no implications that she did not like the idea. She only questioned it.

Yukihira-kun is also gaining some popularity, in the culinary world and among much of the female population in the school. Like others, he has now gained a fan club, disguised as a research society called the Yukihira RS. He has a girlfriend at the moment(at the disappointment of many), and very surprisingly, she is none other than Erina-sama's very own aide, Hisako Arato-san.

That's all for now for this topic. Stay tuned for more. Flip to page 3 for all the relationships in Totsuki, and page 13 for the advice column."

Erina stopped reading as she noticed her fingers gripping the magazine so tight, it started to crumble. She found the nearest trash can, and whipped the magazine in it. She walked away, emanating a dark aura, scaring off anyone in her wake. She could not stop thinking of what she would do when she found the author of this. "Hisako," She said into her phone, once she has dialed her aide's number. "There's a magazine concerning me and your boyfriend. I'd like you to find out the author of it as soon as possible. Mmhmm. Thank you. Bye!"

Erina shut her phone off, and proceeded to enter the class 10 minutes late. The teacher let her off without a word, knowing why she was late. He droned on about techniques and tricks to frying a fish, and almost bored Erina to death. She wasn't the only one, though. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Souma-kun struggling to stay awake, Houjo-san twiddling with her pencil and Ikumi staring at Souma. She saw Megumi listening intently on the lesson, and got annoyed. She didn't know why, but whenever she saw Megumi, it irritated her. As she didn't need another person in her life to annoy her. Erina was well aware of the feelings Megumi harboured for Souma, although Erina was new to the foreign emotion as well. She couldn't comprehend what it was like to want to live with the opposite sex for the rest of your life as well as she could comprehend food and culinary arts. Her thoughts wandered to the magazine and her blood boiled. She stood up angrily slamming her hands on the table, not aware of the eyes of the whole class on her, and stomped over to the now sleeping Souma.

She grabbed him by the collar and proceeded to drag him out the class. He woke up, shaking his head to wake himself up, and muttered a "huh?". It was when she got to the door, when she realised what she was doing. She hesitated for a moment, and realized going back to her seat would be even more embarrassing. She dragged him to her grandfather's office, as she knew he was away for a week for a meeting.

"Nakiri, I'm not up for grabs and takes, you know? I've got a girlfriend and stuff." Souma said this while grinning.

"What's so funny?!" Erina huffed. Souma couldn't hold back his laughter. He burst out. It wasn't as loud as some other times she had heard that irritating laugh, but it was loud enough make Erina cover his mouth with her hand.

Souma had calmed down by then. "Sorry, but your face when I said that was too cute and funny." He says through a couple chuckles.

Erina immediately turned red and hot. "B-baka! You already have a girlfriend! Y-you can't say that!"

"Huh? Aren't we friends, Erina?" Erina went silent. That word hit her low. The "f" word. "Friends" he had called them. Nothing more. "And also, and you bring me here?"

Right. The real issue at hand right now. Erina cleared her throat. "Are you aware of the new magazine? The 'Totsuki Gossip'?"

Souma nodded. "Yeah, I've read it. Page 5 was really interesting."

Erina got angry at that. Could this man not consider his priorities?! "I'm talking about the first page! The title page!"

"Oh yeah, that too!" Erina mentally facepalmed. "What about it?" Erina only wished to just see what was wrong in his head, right now. She wanted to fix that screw that was out of place.

"What do you mean, 'what about it'?" Erina quietly yelled. "We need to do something about it!"

"What can we do?" Souma asked intently. I figured Gramps wouldn't do anything and you can't either. The authors are also anonymous. So tell me, what can you do?" Erina stared at Souma, mouth agape. When had he gotten so analytical? Why didn't he think like this all the time?

"What?" Souma asked. "I'm not stupid. I get pretty decent grades at school. Cooking's not the only thing I'm good at."

This was news to Erina. You had to have passing grades for the normal courses to head on for another year, whether you're a cooking expert or not, and Erina always wondered how Sitka managed to stay in the school, so this explained it. "Um, okay. Since we've got that done, let's head back to class now."

She got up, but Souma interrupted. "I think it would be pretty embarrassing for you to walk into class right now. Don't you? I mean, I'm done, but I don't know about you."

Why could Souma always think like this?! "Right..." Erina said. "Then let's head early for our next class. It is a bit far from here."

You guys know that time skip thing? I'm that.

School had ended peacefully, but when Erina had gotten home, she saw all the media and reporters. She knew she couldn't get in with them there, at least not alone. She dialed Hisako. "Hisako? Yes, where are you?"

"I'm inside the mansion, but the media is crazy. I'd advise you not to try to come in. Head to Souma-kun's dorm. They're very welcoming, and few people know about it. I'll call you back once they leave. Goodbye." With that, Hisako abruptly hung up.

Erina decided to walk there, as the media might follow any escorts that would try to leave the house to get to Erina. She would've called Souma, but she realized she didn't have his contact. Just then, she got a call. She answered the number. "Hello, this is Nakiri Erina speaking."

"Hey Nakiri, Arato-chan just called. Tell me where you are I'll pick you up." Erina silently thanked Hisako. She knew how far the Polar Star Dorm was, and frankly, didn't want to walk all that.

She gave him the area she was in. "Thanks." She managed before hanging up. She saved his contact with the photo of him. She smiled. Erina waited for Souma to come, and sat on a nearby bench.

"Hey, ojou-chan, that's our bench." A gruff voice said. She looked towards the voice, and saw three men standing by. They seemed to be a bit older than her.

"Frankly, I don't think all the of you would fit on this bench." Erina spoke.

"Hey, hey. Don't speak to your seniors like that, ojou-chan." Said the one in the middle. He seemed to be the leader. She noticed the others eyeing a nearby alley. They started to advance on her. She noticed that there was no one around.

Then, she felt a hand in her shoulder. "Sorry, but she's with me. I'm taking Nakiri-chan back to my dorm. Would you mind if you please stepped aside?" Souma said while smiling. She quickly hid behind him.

"Huh, what? Who are you?" One of them went to grab him, but Souma quickly performed a quick maneuver, and the guy was on the ground, groaning.

Souma, still smiling, asked one more. "Please step aside." They looked at each other, and attached him. Souma, being smaller than them, was able to evade their blows, and landed many of his own on them. While they were on the ground for a moment, Souma took Erina to his motorcycle.

"No way, I'm not getting on that."

"Here's a helmet. C'mon, you've never been on a bike?" Asked Souma. "They're coming back." He warned.

Reluctantly, she got on, and put the helmet on. She squeaked as the bike started, and took off. The speed was incredibly refreshing. In a minute, they were at the Polar Star dorm. "Welcome," He said. "to the Polar Star dorm."

Sorry for inconsistent and short chapters. It's been hard not procrastinating, as many of you fellow writers may know. But I'm only a 7th grader, you know? I've decided to make Alice matchmaker, and I've decided on a couple more things to progress the story further. Tell if I should make another story while writing this, or continue on just this. Anyways, till next time!