Zetsuboushita! My long delay in all my stories and failure to keep up to my commitment has left me in despair! Schoolwork has booked me 24/7, and I can't fit in time for my promises!

Kafuka: "Well, there is good news too!"

Ahem.... yes. I will now reveal where I got the Junami pairing from.

One: Because one is the most noticeable guy in the class, and the other is.... normal. "Don't say normal!"

And Two: Because of the Marionette ending. I don't care what anybody says, Nami looked pretty, and Kudou looked awesome (What with his cool pose and Kino, Haga, and Aoyama looking up to him). I started to wonder, 'what if these two hooked up?' And that's half of where the ideas came from.

atoms2ashes-san is a good author. He's making more headway in his story, "New Despair", than I am in my story! His story is one of my favorites, mainly because his is the only other continuing one! Thank you for the honorable mention in your story! I'm truly undeserving! (I'm serious.)

And Sei-sama's story, "The Ultimate Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Fanfiction" Was one of the works that inspired me to become an author for this series!

I bow my head to both of you! (At this exact moment, I really am bowing my head).

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Chapter 6: Pure Bliss Never Lasts.

Okay, for starters, you all thought that Majiru was going to challenge Nozomu to something, you are mistaken. It was said that there was "Something going on in the festival" in which it would be excusable to beat somebody. It was The World's Greatest One-sided Fist Fights, Caught on Tape! Obviously, someone was taping Majiru tripping Nozomu and taking him down. That video was edited to make it look like Majiru kicked Nozomu's nuts (don't ask how) and Nozomu doubled over in pain, to make it hilarious.

Back to the scene of Jun and Nami at the fireworks show alone...

"Nami-san.... Nami....

"Kudou-kun.... no, Jun....."

This was it! Although I can't see this story ending any time soon (since it's a harem story and the male lead is being extremely difficult), a confession is taking place! Jun's heart was pounding.... the girl he had longed for since the day he met her!

Nami was happy. She never thought she had a shot with Jun Kudou. A man who can move hearts as he can could have any girl he wanted (a majority of the girls who don't love Nozomu are admirers of Jun, by the way), but he chose a girl as normal as she. "Don't say normal!" Hey, these are your thoughts.

Jun didn't really go for any of the girls that it would be obvious to start a relationship with. Nami's desire to be different... it was normal. She was true to what her heart wanted, which was to be different. And in a way, she was. In every other school, you would find groups of girls yearning to be noticed for a unique trait, just like Nami. But in this school, her normality and desire to be normal was what made her stand out. In comparison to most people in the world, she was normal, but at that school, it was different. She was pure. It was that normality that charmed Jun, and he would do anything for her.

"Nami... I...." Jun could no longer hold anything back! His feelings for her and her pure heart.... he couldn't stand it anymore!

But then.... *throb*.

Jun's heart ached. Memories came flashing back to him, one by one.

A happy girl....

A blushing face....

An angry expression....

A smack across the face...

Loneliness....

All of these memories made Jun's heart ache! The pain... the pain he felt in his heart.... an unforgettable memory that at first made him second guess his feelings for another...

When he fell for Nami, this memory had made him second guess. The love for Nami and the memory made Jun think, 'Will it last? Will happiness prevail?' Jun told those stories in part due to this memory (and don't ask, I know you're wondering what it is. Wait till a later chapter), to bring bliss to people. To make tears of joy. To touch those hearts, and give the happiness that he lost. (By now, you can probably guess what the memory is, but the whole story still should remain in the dark for now).

Before Jun said anything more, he ran away. Jun only felt this way once, and it ended badly. He doesn't want his heart to go through such pain again. He wasn't taking any chances.

Nami stood there. She didn't know what to make of it. Jun spoke her first name with such sincerity, and yet....? The sincerity of his voice was proof enough that he wasn't just leading her on, and it was also proof that there was more behind this.

In related news...

The last of the fireworks were going off. A few red explosions... then green.... some blue.... and a combination of any colors.... it was a beautiful sight. And Nozomu saw it with his class and family.

"Sigh... it's times like these that I remember that the world is happier than I am."

But the beauty didn't in the least make Nozomu happy.

"Komori-san seems to be happy." He looked over and saw a cute smile on her face (cute to everyone except Nozomu, since he doesn't think those kinds of thoughts about younger women). 'Well, I guess in my entire pathetic life... I made one person happy. Maybe two, counting Majiru.' That depends on if it works out.

Nozomu only thought one happy thought that day. He made someone else happy. But that was it. Nothing more, nothing less. And that was the first happy thought he had... in sixteen years.

But this happiness didn't last. It was one thing. And Nozomu still retained his completely negative attitude.

Nozomu was a pessimist. He thought of everyone in a higher regard (although he does think that a lot of them are ignorant about things in the world). He thinks that true happiness would never come to him. And true happiness lasts forever.

The girls in his class who love him already found their true happiness, I'll tell you that right now. But that happiness is only half-lived until the person that this happiness comes from also feels the happiness that they try to offer him in return.

The mysterious silhouette behind the rock says "Tsk, tsk. Nozomu, you fool, you're denying them full happiness. The happiness I won't experience again.... my family." If you've seen the Itoshiki family tree, you may know who this guy is.

Now, on to the Majiru and Meru scenario...

It didn't stop with insulting my voice, dipshit. After I stopped speaking, there were many other things that inconsiderate jackasses could make fun of...

"Like what?" Majiru asked curiously.

They called me short, flat-chested, Ms. Mute, they insulted the way I used to.... cry.... when they insulted me, the bastards called me a crybaby. At this point in time, she was just cussing to keep up the facade that she had going on. And then they called me a freak for not making noise when I cried, and just texted *sob* whenever I would usually wail. I was sick of it!

"So you abuse others in your texts so they won't insult you? Or because they insult you?"

Both of your idiotic answers are correct. She was talking mean, but tears started to form in her eyes. You can't imagine... what I went through.... day after day, I was insulted.... and now I text things that I don't even mean 50% of the time! By now, tears started spilling from her eyes. The pain of being insulted... and the guilt that the insults I make leave! She grabbed onto Majiru's shirt. Using one painful action to cover another! It's been... She buried her face into Majiru's chest. ...horrible!

Majiru blushed slightly, but his face remained serious. 'This girl has been through too much.... I shouldn't have pushed her.'

"Meru... even now, I know you won't speak, but it's okay to cry. You can put your phone down. Just.... let all your emotions go, okay?" Majiru didn't know where these words came from. I know though. They came from his heart. He didn't like seeing Meru like this. He would be her confidant, until she would want to speak. Which probably wont be for a while.

He held her in his arms.

"Meru..." In his heart, he knew that Meru wasn't feeling the same way that he did. She probably wouldn't ever think or feel that way about him. He truly wanted her to love him back, but he knew she wouldn't. Even so, he was happy to be helping someone he loves.

This happiness will last forever.... but it is incomplete. His heart is not completely fulfilled.

The eternal bliss that everyone wishes for... is nearly impossible to achieve standing still. But it can still be received if you reach for it.

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I bet that you weren't expecting a chapter like this, huh? No, this is not the end of the fanfic, I just ended on a more serious tone.

Like the anime, I will be shifting from comic to serious to comic tone again (and when it's a serious tone, the title of the chapter will actually make sense!), so yeah!

I haven't really settled on who Sensei will end up with, but if I did, I wouldn't really be working on a harem fanfic, now would I? I would just write a story with the two characters! You see, this is what makes writing a harem fanfic fun, the unpredictability! (But that's also it's downfall, as it's hard for harem authors to find a place to end the story... and find out who the dude will end up with.)

I really can't decide. Kuusou Rumba, or Hito Toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru as my favorite opening? Marionette is my definite favorite ending, but.... Yeah....

And Sorry for the incredibly short chapter. I'm just finishing at 5:12 AM. so, I'm pretty tired. Maybe that's also the reason for the serious Tone.

The Daily Death Theater.

Man, I never thought that my worst enemies at school would throw me a birthday party! I thought those guys hated me, but I was wrong! A party at the Grand Canyon? Awesome! And it's my turn to hit the Pinata! Okay, the blind fold is on, They spun me, and now I'm dizzy. Oh, somebody's trying to push me in the direction of the Pinata. What's this sinking feeling I'm having? It's as if I'm falling.... did we plan a bungee ju-

SPLAT.