Sorry this chapter took a longer time... school term has begun so I have less time to write…
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Two freshmen, Kachirou and Katsuo (is it this spelling?), roamed the school. They were discussing enthusiastically about tennis when they bumped into someone. "Gomenasai!"(correct spelling?) They apologized immediately, fearing to look up to see the angry face of some senior they just hit.
"It's ok." Immediately, both of them looked up to see Fuji. He was smiling broadly at them.
"Fuji-senpai! It's you!"
"Hai." He paused, and seemed to be thinking. "You are Kachirou and Katsuo, right? You are both in Echizen's class?" They nodded and he continued. "Do you mind doing me a favour?"
"Sure, senpai."
"Can you help me tell Echizen to come to my class?"
Kachirou and Katsuo glanced at each other, unsure about whether to help him or not. They might be helping him in some evil deed to torture someone and that someone might be Ryoma.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything."
Once again they looked at each other. "Uh, ok."
"Arigato." He thanked them and left.
There was silence for a few moments. Then, Kachirou turned to Katsuo, "How can we get Ryoma-kun to go to Fuji-senpai's class?"
"I don't know. But if we tell him to go to Fuji-senpai's class, he won't go. If we told him that Fuji-senpai asked for him, the more he won't want to go."
"What if we tell him to follow us?"
"Do you think he will?"
"It's worth a try…"
Meanwhile, Ryoma was at the vending machine getting a can of Ponta for himself. Considering that he just drank Inui juice from a Ponta can, this was quite brave of him. He popped the can open and before drinking it, he took a sniff. It won't hurt to be careful once in a while. Sure that it was authentic Ponta, he drank it.
As he was drinking, he did not look where he was walking so he walked straight into Kachirou and Katsuo. He stopped drinking and looked straight to see his two classmates. He ignored them and walked to turned to walk away.
"Ryoma-kun," Kachirou started, but Ryoma continued walking, ignoring them. "Uh can you follow us for a while. We want to show you something."
"What? Why?"
"Uh… once you follow us you will know."
"Yadda." He refused flatly and continued walking. Horio noticed from far and headed towards Kachirou and Katsuo.
"Hey what are you guys talking about?" He asked in his loud voice.
"Fuji-senpai asked us to get Ryoma-kun to go to his class, but if we tell him that he will surely not go."
"You need an expert to get him to go to Fuji-senpai's class." Horio said smugly, referring to himself.
"So you know how to get Ryoma-kun to go to Fuji-senpai's class?"
"Of course. I, Horio, with two years of tennis experience know everything!" Both Kachirou and Katsuo sweat dropped at the obvious brag but they would have to bear with him. He just might get them out of this predicament.
"So you guys ready? Here comes plan A!"
Ryoma was still drinking his Ponta from the can. He was heading back to class, although there was still a lot of time before the next lesson and he was free. Katsuo was hiding in a corner. As he saw Ryoma walk by, he signaled to Kachirou. Kachirou then lugged out a sign that said, "Corridor closed. Please use the corridor via the senior classrooms to get to your various classes."
Horio grinned at his "brilliant" idea. "After he sees this sign, he will have to go up two levels and past the senior classrooms on the second floor to the other staircase to get to the first floor where our classroom is. So he will have to go past Fuji-senpai's classroom and from there we can…"
He stopped bragging when Ryoma walked right past the sign without even giving it a second glance and went back to class.
Kachirou and Katsuo glared and Horio. "So much for you "brilliant" plan. Ryoma-kun didn't even look at it."
"Of course. The chance of him looking at that sign and reading all those words is only 5." The three of them swiveled around to see Inui behind them.
"Inui senpai!"
"If you put the picture of a Ponta can on it the chance of him looking at the sign will increase to 90 percent. But now he has gone back to class, the chance of this plan working will be less than 5 percent." Inui read out from his notebook.
"Then do you know how to ask Ryoma-kun to go to Fuji-senpai's class, Inui-senpai?"
"If you tell him to do it, there will be a 99 percent chance he will not go. But there will be a 100 percent chance that Osakada can drag him there. And there is a 80 percent chance that Osakada is in the canteen now with a huge group of girls."
"Arigato Inui-senpai!"
"Perfect chance for collecting data… hehe…" Inui said in an undertone.
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Somewhere in another part of the school, Momoshiro and Kikumaru were eating. "Momo, have you given anything to Ochibi nya?"
"Uh…. No…" He answered, seeming a little ashamed. "But Eiji-senpai, you didn't give him anything too…"
"Hmm… That's true nya! Why don't we both give him a nice big senpai hug nya!"
"Ok! Lets do it!"
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Kachirou was in an embarrassing situation. He was in a group of girls, asking for Osakada. All the girls stopped chatting and stared at him as if he was some alien. "Ano, where is Osakada?"
"If you are going to ask me out my answer is no." Osakada's voice pierced him from behind. "My heart already belongs to Ryoma-sama!"
"Actually, no. I'm here because I need you to help me get Ryoma-kun to go to Fuji-senpai's class."
"Why do you need me? And why should I help you?"
"Because we can't persuade him. And Inui-senpai said that you could drag him there. That would give you a reason to talk to him…"
"OK! I'll do it! RYOMA-SAMA! HERE I COME!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, attracting a lot of attention. She zoomed off towards Ryoma's classroom at a terrifying speed.
Kachirou sweat dropped and sighed with relief. At least he won't have to worry about asking Ryoma to go to Fuji-senpai's class. He turned to Katsuo, "You think Osakada will be able to get Ryoma-kun to go to Fuji-senpai's class?"
"I'm sure she will be able to… uh… persuade him but I think we better check." Katsuo said this with every intention to watch Osakada drag him all the way there. It would look weird and perhaps funny.
The three freshmen then hurried back to class in time to see Ryoma being dragged up the stairs towards Fuji's classroom. "Hey! Where are you dragging me to?" Ryoma protested.
"Ryoma-sama, don't worry, just follow me and you will know soon."
"Woah. She's doing a great job at dragging him. Osakada's stronger than she looks!"
Ryoma massaged his arm where the loud-mouthed girl had dragged him. Her name still eluded him. Well, who cares about her name? Where in the world had she dragged him to though? He looked up to see that he was outside Fuji's classroom.
"Why am I here?"
"Hey, Echizen!" Ryoma froze as he heard Fuji's voice. Reluctantly, he turned.
"Fuji-senpai?"
"How did Kachirou and Katsuo manage to get you to come to my class?"
"Kachirou and Katsuo? They didn't drag me here. She did." Ryoma pointed to Osakada.
Fuji's face remained smiling. "Oh yes. I wanted to give you this." He held out a cactus plant with pretty flowers.
"Uh… Arigato Fuji-senpai." He said as he took the cactus, a little apprehensive. "Why are you and Kawamura-senpai giving me gifts…" The rest of his sentence was cut off by an immensely loud shout.
"OCHIBI!" He turned around in time to see Kikumaru and Momoshiro charging at full speed toward him, a cloud of dust behind them.
There was little time to dodge as he held the cactus in his hands, so he used it to defend himself. With a loud crash, Ryoma found himself squashed by two large senpai-tachi who seemed to be in some sort of pain.
"Ow! Oww!" The two of them were howling in pain. As soon as the both of them got off him, Momoshiro shouted, "Why are you carrying that with you Echizen? That cactus thing!" He started plucking out the cactus needles out of his hand and shirt.
"Fuji-senpai gave this to me just now."
"Oi Fuji!" Kikumaru said. "You did this on purpose!"
Fuji, who was chuckling at one side replied, "I didn't plan this but it definitely is entertaining."
In a dark corner of the stairs, Inui spectacles glinted. "Ii data!"
Ryoma, who was unscathed, stood and stared at the cactus. It had lost a lot of its needles but other than that it was still intact. "I'm going back to class, Kikumaru-senpai, Momo-senpai."
Before the two of them could say anything or explain themselves, he was gone.
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Sakuno's long braids trailed behind her as she ran around the school compound searching for Ryoma. "Where is Ryoma-kun?"
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YES! I finally finished and wrote more than a thousand words! Please review! And thank you Gin no Tsubasa for telling me about how Inui says "Ii data!" and not "Iie! Data!"