A/N: Right…I shouldn't be updating this…but I don't want to have too many deadlines due to being in the third grade of Junior High…honestly…IT'S A PRESSURE! =w=

Disclaimer: If I own Inazuma Eleven GO, I'll make a character song for Kirino and Kariya…so yeah, you get the deal, right?

Warning: GENDER-BEND (I warned you! And I'll be using their normal names when they're still in 'disguise'…so I hope you won't be confused), random, sorry if there are any typos, enjoy~

Normal POV

The practice was over and Kariya was spying like yesterday near the female restrooms.

"Why are you guys all sweating?" asked Ran to her 'girlfriends'; which means friends that are girls…no yuri here!

"Silly Ran-san, WE WERE PRACTICING BACK THEN!" Tera yelled to which Himeka and Ran replied with a "psst!"

"Stupid…people could hear us!" Ran whispered.

"By the way, where's Taiyou?" Himeka quickly switched the topic to give Tera a save spot.

"Taiyou, huh? Hold on, I'll call him," Tera said as she took her cellphone out of her pocket.

Meanwhile, somewhere…

*Kono hana wo misetanara kimi wa…*

"Hey it's me, Taiyou," said the orange-haired guy.

…

"Oh, Tera…what is it?"

…

"Oh right, about that…you see; Sata forced me to a full-time practice today. There's no way I could hang with you guys this afternoon."

…

"Yeah, I'm really sorry…bye."

Back to the school…

"Taiyou is too busy," Tera said with a disappointed expression. "So I guess we'll have to hang out by ourselves now?" Himeka asked.

"No way, we can do that on usual weekends…and tomorrow is Saturday, right? I wanna finish my homework first; sensei is crazy!" Ran protested.

Sooner or later they started to walk home…and Kariya followed them too; of course.

"Hey Tera, who do you like in the soccer team?" a sudden question from their senior startled the two girls.

"Um? Who do I like, huh? Hmm…maybe Tsurugi!" Tera answered; filled with brightness in her eyes.

Ran only pouted, while Himeka was afraid if Ran will ask the same question to her as well.

"Seriously…him? The guy who tortured you during you first entered the soccer club?" Ran asked doubtfully.

"Ran-san, you don't know him that well. Tsurugi is a very nice person!" Tera defended her 'crush'.

"I gotta admit he's a pretty cool guy…but for a matter of attitude. I must admit I kinda dislike it," the pink-haired shrugged.

"Of course captain is much different than Tsurugi, Ran-san," Himeka suddenly joined in the conversation.

"Yeah, they're pretty much different…and why are you comparing him to Shindou anyway?" Ran wondered.

"Hold it Ran-san, I thought you like captain!" Tera exclaimed.

"…w-what? We're just friends! Best friends, that's all!" Ran explained…but she can't deny the blush on her cheeks.

"You know that you can fall for your best friend without even realizing it…nee, Ran-san?" and again with the love proverb from the soccer maniac.

"Sh-shut up! At least he's better than Tsurugi…he's such a nice guy!" Ran excused while still hoping the blush on her face will gone soon enough.

"Sure, sure…" Tera smiled with a sweatdrop.

Kariya found this scene, more or less; interesting. So he decided to record it.

"By the way; Himeka!" Tera called out. "Um?"

"Who do you like in the soccer club?"

And there it goes…Himeka's worst nightmare is coming true…

"Um…what?" Himeka asked; she probably didn't hear that…or maybe she did. Only pretending to be deaf to skip answering awkward questions; every teenage girl knows that trick.

"I said; who do you like in the soccer club?" Tera asked again, but once again…the connection was an error.

"I'm sorry…what?" to which Kirino sighed and then 'yelled' right to Himeka's left ear…poor thing.

"Who . do . you . like . in . the . soccer. CLUB?" and there Ran made herself clear.

On the other hand, Himeka was…yeah, you know what it is when someone suddenly turned into a boiled tomato…

"Err…um…I…err…" Himeka muttered.

"Huft, silly me…why am I asking you this anyway? Everyone knows that you like Kariya," Ran explained which almost made Kariya drop his video camera.

"W-what?"

"Ran-san! That's not true!" Himeka denied. "Oh come on Himeka…you always blush every time he passes you!" Ran ensured.

"That's because…because…"

"Stop it Ran-san…you'll only make it worse," Tera scolded. "And besides, what if he heard us?"

"Tera, whether you're Tenma or not…you're still such a drama queen! He won't hear us, trust me."

Well, Kirino Ran…that's what you think.

"Why that human…I don't care whether she's a girl or not, she needs a payback!"

…

"H-hey, where did they go?" Kariya asked himself. Does thinking really cost that much time that people could leave you like that?

Ah well, there goes nothing for Kariya. Is it really true that Himeka has a crush on him?

The next day...

"Ohayou, captain, Kirino-senpai!" Tenma greeted.

"Tenma! Where's Tsurugi?" asked Shindou while looking if the mentioned figure was there.

"Oh, Tsurugi is…sick…so…" Tenma muttered in disappointed tone. And as for Kirino; who knew about Tenma's feelings for Tsurugi, only hid her giggle behind her hand.

"Oh…I see…" Shindou frowned. Kirino stopped her giggling and joined in the chat.

"By the way, Shindou, have you done your biology project?" she asked.

"Sure, you?"

How silly…Shindou must've done any homework or project earlier than everyone else in school.

"Not yet, maybe next week. I'm still working on my English narrative text that is to be submitted tomorrow," Kirino scratched her head while flashing a nervous grin.

"Like you always do…" Shindou sweatdropped.

"Hey guys!" Kariya suddenly ran in.

"Kariya!" Tenma exclaimed. Kariya put his hand horizontally above his eyes…he's looking for someone.

"Have you guys seen Hikaru?" Kariya asked.

"N-no…why?" Shindou wondered.

"Nothing. I'll see you guys later," he said as the bell rang.

And there's the bell! The students quickly rushed out from the vortex of boredom, a.k.a the classroom.

Including Kariya, who's running all his way to the soccer club; hoping to see Hikaru (or Himeka) there since he hadn't seen him all day!

"Can't wait to see Hikaru, huh?" a voice mocked behind him. That was Kurama.

"Kurama-senpai! What? Is that a problem to you?" Kariya 'tch'-ed

"Well, no…I was just about to tell you that he's absent today and-"

"What? Sh- he's absent?" Why?" Kariya asked in a way-too-considering tone.

"Don't ask me! I'm his nobody!" Kurama glared in return.

"Then how did you know about his absence?" he asked again.

"Tenma told me. Why? Is that a problem to you?"

And Kariya bit his lip for eating his own words.

Why was she absent?

Why today of all days?

WHY WAS SHE ABSENT AT THE DAY WHEN HE WANTED TO ASK SOMETHING IMPORTANT?

WHY WERE ALL THESE EVENTS ARE SO...

"It's unexpected, isn't it?" Kurama asked with a gloomy aura.

"Eh?"

"Keep that in your mind, Kariya…this is only the beginning," the snake striker added and started to walk down to the field.

"And don't worry," he said again.

"Himeka will be here tomorrow…" Kurama then managed to took one step closer to the field…but Kariya's gasp stopped him.

"Wait…don't tell me…you knew…?"

Kurama only replied with a smirk…and quickly 'vanished' to leave tons of questions in the teal-haired's mind…

A/N: RIGHT…I know what you're thinking…SHORT!

I've been pretty busy lately so the chapters in my English fics might be shorter than usual…I'm still grateful for those who've been waiting for the updates, though!

Note: Taiyou's ringtone here is Meguri Yuku Toki wo Kimi to (from Gosick, and the singer is his seiyuu, Takuya Eguchi XD)

Right…thanks for those who've been waiting. I'm really sorry for this short chapter, I've been busy with my Indonesian fics as well (that's what you get when you're a bilingual author =w=)

Anyway, mind to review?

Warning: This might be pretty sadistic, but no update til you do…since, once again; ASSIGNMENTS DX (and Yukimura-san has been affecting me for the 'obsessed-with-reviews' stuff. Lol, no-one to blame here XD)