Chapter 5: Yet more mystery

Sana's P.O.V.

The whistle blew. "Go!"

Like rockets, everyone sprinted to the middle line to grab a ball.

"Remember, guys!" Sana shouted as she bent down to pick up a blue ball. "Be agile and defeat those boys!" She punctuated her pep talk with a sharp jab to the air with her left hand as her right hand shot the ball at a boy, hitting him in the arm and effectively placing him out of the game. "See? Like that!"

The game continued. Fast as lightning, balls shot into the air, some reaching their target, some not. However, half of the players, both male and female, were out. The game continued at a quick pace. Many students were hit in only a matter of seconds.

Now only Sana, a girl named Tracy, Akito, and Ran remained. Tracy hit Ran, but then Akito hit Tracy a few moments later, so both Tracy and Ran were out. Akito and Sana were left to face off. Each of them held a ball in their hands—Sana's was red, Akito's blue.

Slowly, Akito raised his ball and made to throw. Sana whipped hers through the air at him and leaped aside to not be hit by his oncoming ball. But there was none. It was still in his hand. He had only pretended to throw.

Sana was taken aback. What.…?

Her red ball bounced a couple of centimeters after hitting its target, rolled, and stopped. At that moment, Akito raised his hands in defeat and all the girls erupted into cheers. Sana was still stunned, standing like a rock in the middle of the gym. Amidst all the commotion and girls crowding Sana for congratulations, Akito pushed past them, pausing only to whisper in her ear, "Well, looks like you won." Then he was gone.

Sana's P.O.V.

Sana walked home with Mami and Aya, deep in thought about what had happened. Aya was informing Mami of all the things she had missed out on, highlighting the dodge ball game as the epic event. "You should have seen Sana! She totally killed Akito!"

"Great job, Sana-chan!" Mami congratulated her.

Sana smiled. "Thanks, Mami-chan." Then she was back to thinking. What exactly had happened during the dodge ball game? She mentally rewound that gym period's events. Mr. Extiso blowing his whistle…the dodge ball game starting…everyone falling out until it was only her and Akito…Akito getting ready to throw…Sana throwing her ball…..winning the game….and then the realization that Akito hadn't thrown at all, only pretended to. Stop. So, why hadn't he thrown, yet pretended to? Both of them had had a fair shot of winning. This was all confusing; Sana did not understand.

Oh well, whatever, it's nothing big, Sana thought. And I did win, nevertheless, so ha! She decided to put it in the back of her mind for later.

"Bye, guys!" she said, as they got to the front porch of Sana's house.

"Bye!" chorused Mami and Aya.

Akito's P.O.V.

The next morning, Akito walked to school sleepily; he was tired as usual. He did not like waking up in the morning. Then something broke through his lethargy.

"Akito!" yelled a familiar voice.

Great. Just great. A perfect addition to my morning, Akito thought. Sayaki caught up with Akito and tugged at his shirt sleeve.

"Aki, wait for me!" When Akito slowed down, mostly because he was practically dragging Sayaki by her iron-fist grip on his sleeve, she smiled and continued on, "By the way, that was a great game in gym yesterday! You could have won if wasn't for that idiotic Sana."

"Uh, thanks," Akito said. He really wasn't in the mood for talking to this girl (who seemed to be stalking him) and quickly thought up an excuse. "I forgot something at my house, you go on without me."

"No, I'll wait—" Sayaki started to say, but Akito was already turning to the left (they were at an intersection) and running off, shaking his sleeve out of Sayaki's grip in the process. The direction he was going wasn't the way back to his house, but it wasn't as if Sayaki needed to know where his house was to become his full-fledged stalker, or if he cared. He just wanted to get away from her.

Akito ran full pelt down the sidewalk, then quickly started to turn to the left again when there was another intersection. He wanted to have a full block between him and Sayaki before he started for school again. It wouldn't matter if there wasn't much time left until the first bell rang; he was a fast runner and could make up the pace.

However, he wasn't prepared for what happened next. He rounded the corner, and SMACK! He was now sitting on his butt, on the cold cement. Opening his eyes, he saw Sana. Of course, he groaned.

Akito got to his feet. "Oops, sorry," he said, holding up his hands in a manner of apology.

"YOU AGAIN!" Sana growled at him. She had remained standing on her feet when they'd crashed, but her books had gone flying everywhere out of her unzipped backpack. She began to pick them up, smacking his hand when he tried to help.

"Someone's cranky today," Akito smirked. "Fine, pick them up yourself." Sayaki must have gone on to school now, he judged, and began to turn away.

"Hold on a sec, why did you let me win yesterday?" Sana asked. She'd gotten all her books into her backpack now, and was standing with the pack halfway onto her shoulders, her feet spread apart in a defensive position.

Akito turned back to the girl. "Hmm," he said, pretending to think. "Maybe you actually got some talent and beat me? No…" A frown was pushing at Sana's mouth. "Maybe I was too slow? Nah, that's you." Sana was crossing her arms now, a scowl on her face. "Or, maybe…oh, I'm going to be late for school. Bye!"

He took off, running back the way he'd come, successfully avoiding her question. Yes! Just as he'd hoped, Sayaki wasn't there anymore. Akito slowed down to a jog, completing the last block to school. He slid into his homeroom seat five minutes before the bell, a grin on his face.

Back at the scene of their collision, Sana was glaring into the empty air. "Stupid baka," she growled, and began to trudge to school. She wasn't having a very good morning.

Hey guys! Sorry for the wait! I know it's been months until Chapter 5. It's just that Ponyiowa and I have been pretty busy (well it's mostly me :P),Well, there's Chapter 5! Enjoy it! :D

Yeah, three months! *sigh* What she actually means is that SHE was too busy to do it! She said she got bored, didn't want to write, yadda yadda yadda. :/ :/ I had plenty of time. Anyways, review if you're still reading this! :)

Happy New Year!!!