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Note that words in italic are their inner thoughts

Pocket Dance: Demon Slayers!

Chapter 4: "Meet Your Natural Enemy"

Since The Pocket Dan was formed, they had encountered countless of various problems and solved them with ease. That's because they had such reliable leader who had photographical memory, an agile secretary, and keen vice-president. Issues like finding a missing important school document, stalking a suspect of vandalism, stopping students' fights, and other extensive troubles the other campus support club never done. Out of those many troubles, there are two, which they least likely will take: Communication problems or Love matters

Today they'll encounter BOTH at the same time.

"Okay, I'll repeat. So you like a boy who have messy black hair, has a muscular boy, a broad back, funny, and have unique laugh which sounds like—" Silk fell silent for a moment, "Shi, shi, shi…"

The brown-haired girl in front of her replied, "Not. That. Stiff. Though. More. Like… Xi. Xi. Xi. Xi"

Silk stared at her with cold eyes in return. You're much more stiff than me. She played the tip of her small blue hat with her thumb before continued reading her note, "and then you asked us to match you with him?"

She nodded eagerly.

"Could you give us more information? His hobbies or his favorite movies, for example. You've only told us his physical look, which I know that this guy should be…" Tact used his ability to look deep into his mind and recalled the pictures of his memory. He exclaimed, "That guy!"

"… Who is 'that guy'?" asked Silk. Obviously, she can't see what Tact sees in his mind.

"I believe his name is Yoshitoki Takeshi," he answered.

"Yes. That's. Him."

"You should tell us the name instead of explaining his appearance one by one like that," Silk commented.

"So. Would. You. Help. Me?"

"Tact," Silk called him. The boy turned at her, making eye contact. Through this line of stare, they somehow can understand each other without talking. Every members of Pocket Dan can do this since they have been together since middle school.

'So, will you help her?'

'No, Silk! This annoying girl talks slower than robots! I'm so sending her to SKET Dan!'

Silk turned her eyes from him, 'Ok,' she nodded. The magician move her glance toward the client girl again, "Alright, Lazuli-san. We'll help ya out."

Tact gaped. SHE'S MISTAKEN! he yelled in his mind, glaring at his vice-president.

"Alright. Thank. You. Very. Much."

"Haaa. There's no other way then. Let's finish this quick!"

…

The group strolled the school corridor. Since Lazuli couldn't provide much, they decided to collect more information regarding the boy before they match him with her. In few minutes, they find the boy, standing by a window in front of the other door of a class. However, before they could get any, a silver-haired ninja suddenly appeared before the boy and engage a conversation with him. It's the silver-haired ninja, Katou Kiri! As they wanted to gain more data about Takeshi, they think thay maybe able to grab something essential by listening to him talking with one of the most influental persons in school. Just before they moved from the stair's intersection, Tact stopped his teammates.

"Wait, that guy is a student council. The topic of their conversation could be classified. If the three of us just come at them, he'll probably notice us and will stop talking," Tact changed his view to Silk and Smile. "So I guess we should split up. Smile, do your job. Silk, you go to the next class."

He agreed as he makes 'O' with his thumb and finger. The acrobat jumped from the window and somehow managed to hang onto the sills and landed his feet on tight steps which he used to move closer to the window behind Kiri's back. Unlike Smile who moved energetically, Silk just walks casually, like a normal student does to reduce her presence. Even Kiri is an excellent ninja, he doesn't realise that the magician has just passed him.

The positioning has succeeded! However...

Tact carefully sneered at Kiri from the intersection, "now I will read their lips from here, and…"

"—What are you doing here?"

Suddenly the ninja appeared behind him.

"I can feel your presence and killing intent. What are you up to?"

Tact smirked and sweated a bit, "Heh. None of your business."

Kiri glared at him, "Oh, you brats are from the Pocket Dan," he grinned, "A useless copy of useless little team. You all should back off and give all the task to student council."

The light-brown haired boy glared back, "Oi, watch your mouth there, little genin. The fact that we still exist means the student needs us more than the student council."

"What did you say, midget?"

"You wanna fight?"

"—Tact, you'll lose," said Silk who actually had walked back to him since Kiri vanished from their sight.

"Oh, Silk. Come on! You're ruining the atmosphere here!" Tact commented, "And I won't lose to this puny ninja!"

"Heh, your girl is smart. You should listen to her."

Silk blushed as she yelled, "I—I'm not his girl!"

"Hmph. Whatever. If you're on my way, you'll regret it," he walked past them, descending the stairs.

"Tch. Annoying bastard," Tact cursed his back.

Not too long after that, Smile was back with Takeshi and they conversed with him.

"Katou-san? Well, he just told me that my proposal has been accepted! Xixixi!"

"What's this 'proposal'? Is it somethin important?" Silk questioned, of course in her Hakata dialect.

"I'm sorry, what? I can't understand what you're saying…"

"She asked about the proposal. What did you propose to student council?" Tact explained.

"Oh, that. Xixixi. Well, apparently our school will be holding a ball next weekend!"

"A ball, huh," Tact wandered off from his current task for a while, concentrating on his mission to mess Bossun up, "Aha, I can use this!"

"Eh? Use what?" Takeshi asked.

"Nothing!" Tact grinned at him and patted his shoulder, "Good job on the proposal, dude! Ah, by the way you had a cute secret admirer, you know. Want me to match you up?"

"Oh, really? Man, I thought I'd never score a girl! Xixixi!"

Thus, at the end of the day, the Pocket Dan arranged a meeting between the girl in love with the target at the school yard. It was an easy one. Lazuli confessed to Takeshi who immediately approve.

Meanwhile The Pocket Dan, which are watching them from a bench were having a conversation, "So what's your next plan, Tact? You're gonna use this opportunity to avenge your anger at Milk, right?" Silk asked curiously.

"Yeah, I already had it in mind. But first of all," he stood up, giving Silk his open hand which she nonchalantly took it without knowing that Tact would pull her up, making her release a cute yelp.

He sneered as he caught her shoulder with his other hand, "We should practice dancing, Silk."

「つづく」

A/n: I'm sorry, I can't make longer chapter anymore. Writer's block. It affects my grammar and characterisation... What a bummer.

Nonetheless, I'll try to keep this fic updated. As you can see, chapter 3 was extended now.

Btw you know what? I submitted a request to add new characters in Sket Dance fandom (in this site) and they approve it! You can find Tact, Silk, and Smile in the character list now~ ^^ Wish there will come more fics about them!

Thanks for reading.