When It Rains, It Pours

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Chapter Three: Falling Sideways

Sousuke's stomach did flips as he sat in one of the hard, wooden seats in front of the Principal office. It was not his first time in such a predicament; however it was his first one alone. Normally Kaname would be sitting next to him giving him a good scolding (or beating from the halisen, depending on the situation) for his actions. However, the two empty chairs on the opposite sides of him was just another reminder of what he had done.

After Kaname's outburst in the middle of class, everyone went silent, Sousuke felt his hands shake violently and the notebook fall from his hands. Kaname, on the other hand, lost all composure. He could tell from her face that she didn't know whether to scream or to cry. In the end, she did neither, and instead sprinted out of the classroom.

Quickly after her dramatic exit, their classmates began to talk, more confused by the situation than anything else. The force of everyone talking at once seemed to make the small classroom shake. Then again, that could've just been Sousuke shaking.

Ms. Kagurzaka instantly ordered Kyoko to follow Kaname and make sure she was alright. Without a second though, the bispecal girl flew out of the classroom after her friend.

'Sagara!' The teacher fought valiantly to regain control of her class, but to no avail. If anything, the commotion became even louder. Sousuke had never seen her so angry before, even when he completely dismantled her car. She was absolutely fuming. "What is the meaning of this?"

'Uh...' was all he could manage.

'You should be aware that in my classroom there is zero tolerance for bullying or hazing of any kind!'

'Uh...'

'Don't try to smooth-talk your way out of this one, Sagara!'

'Uh...'

'Report the principal's office, now!'

Without hast, he exited the classroom but not before hearing Ms. Kagurzaka resorting to scratching the chalkboard in order to gain her students attention. As he made his way down the long hallways of Jindai High School, he almost felt like he was having an out of body experience. He was still in shock that he, after all these months, had finally done it...

He had finally broken Kaname Chidori.

And he felt awful about it.

Still, he could not help but wonder why on earth she would ever write such intimate details in such an unsuspecting notebook. Although he knew of many men in the military who kept notes and records of their battle in order to improve, he could not help but wonder why Kaname would. Could it be that she was trying to improve herself and used the journal to take note of her progress?

Sousuke thought back to the entry he had read the night before. Being a man of his word, he obeyed Kaname's order and only read the "assignment" for that night. To him, it seemed that the entry was based around Emperor Meijii's growing understanding and affection for his troops.

"'If there is one thing I have learned from all this'," Sousuke had remembered. "'is that there are no better heroes to me than those in the military'"

However, since the author of the entry was actually Kaname and not Emperor Meijii, the entry no longer made sense to him. Unless...could it be that Kaname was considering joining the armed forces?

Thinking back, Sousuke remembered seeing Kaname waking up unusually early and taking morning jogs recently. She claimed it was to keep her in shape during the girls basketball's off season, but could it really be basic army training? He also remembered her spending a lot of time with Mao during her last visit. Was it that his superior was giving Kaname tips and information on how to join Milthril? Hadn't she shown some interest in the Arbalest during their visit to the Tuatha De Danaan?

Lost in his own thoughts, Sousuke had barely noticed Kyoko standing in front of the girl's bathroom door. He stopped just in time, avoiding colliding with the girl.

'My apologies, Tokiwa,' he said quickly. 'I was just on my way to the principal's office; I didn't mean to almost run into you.'

'The principal's office is the other way, Sagara,' Kyoko nearly spat, her usual friendliness was lost. 'You should know that by now.'

'Affirmative...I suppose I was not paying attention to what I was doing.'

'That wouldn't be your first time doing that, would it?'

'I don't understand, Tokiwa. I-'

'That's right!" Kyoko had said, stomping her foot in anger. 'You don't understand! You always hurt Kana's feelings, and you never learn from your mistakes! And now look what you've done! You've hurt her now worse than ever before!'

'Tokiwa...I didn't...it wasn't my intention to...I'm sorry, but-'

'Don't say that unless you mean it!" Kyoko nearly screamed, her eyes filling with tears. 'Just...go away.'

Sousuke stood in front of Kyoko, and although he was a good two heads taller than she, he felt incredibly small. After a long silence, he mustered up enough courage to turn around and headed for the principal's office.

After leaving the confrontation with Kyoko, the young operative had spent the next half and hour sitting in the principal's office. The secretary had assured him that it would only be a few minute wait, but then again that had been a good ten minutes ago.

Sitting and waiting in the cold, lonely office the secretary offered him a peppermint candy which he kindly refused. Just as she was placing the basket back on her desk, the principal's office door flew open with a bang. Sousuke quickly aimed his pistol at the figure at the door, while the Secretary smiled unfazed, quite used to Sousuke's behavior by this point. The sedatives she had become custom to taking every morning made sure of that.

"Good Morning, Vice Principal," she said with a bow.

The Vice Principal would have returned the friendly greeting if it wasn't for Sousuke's gun being aimed directly in front of his face.

"Sagara," he growled, staring at the gun. "I see you've managed to land yourself in the principal's office...again."

"Affirmative, sir," Sousuke replied as he lowered his weapon

"That's odd, it seems your partner in crime is not accompanying you this time."

"Excuse me, sir?"

"Ms. Kaname Chidori," the old man said, as he began to use his tie to clean the lens of his old-framed glasses. "She is normally with you during each of your little episodes."

"Actually sir, she is the reason I am here. You see, it seems that I've done a great wrong to her."

"You've done a great wrong, you say," The vice principal's face curled into an almost sinister grin that looked very out of place on his normally grouchy face. He held the door opened for the young solider, "In any case, Sagara, Principal Tsuboi will see you now."

Sousuke thanked the man and made his way into the office, closing the door behind him and accidentally on the Vice Principal's fingers. He heard the middle aged man cursing heavily from the other side of the door.

"Ah, if it isn't my good friend, Sagara," Principal Tsuboi greeted as a warm smile graced her features. "Please come in and sit down."

The teenager nodded and sat in his usual seat in front of Principal Tsuboi's desk. The elderly woman slowly slipped off her glasses and gracefully proceeded to fold her hands on top of her desk. She offered Sousuke a glass of water, which he kindly refused.

"Not this time, ma'am, for it seems that this visit will be much different than my others."

"I can see that, Sagara. Where is Ms. Chidori this morning?"

"She is most likely in the nurse's office with Tokiwa, ma'am."

"She is with Tokiwa? Why, whatever for?"

"Ms. Kagurzaka ordered her to take care of Chidori after she had run from the classroom."

Sousuke explained what had happened in the class that morning to the principal, who nodded and let out a long sigh.

"Oh, Sagara," she said, leaning back in her chair. "What I am to do with you?"

"I wish I knew, Ma'am."

"That would make two of us. Did you mean to hurt Ms. Chidori's feelings when you read that to the class?"

"Of course not, ma'am," Sousuke exclaimed, showing more emotion than the Principal have ever seen from him. "It was never my intention to cause Chidori any harm, considering it is my duty to protect her. I would do anything to protect her, ma'am, even if it cost me my life."

"Your duty?" the Principal was taken by surprise. "Oh my...I never realized that you two were on such intimate terms. Well, actually, now that I think about it, it does seem very obvious that you two are..."

The elderly woman trailed off and pressed a slender finger against her chin in thought. Sousuke, on the other hand, was lost.

"Uh...ma'am?"

"Oh...I'm sorry," Principal Tsuboi snapped back to reality and looked at Sousuke with a warm smile. "Are you truly sorry, Sagara?"

"Yes, Ma'am," Sousuke said, sincerely.

"Would you like if I were to call her into my office so you could apologize to her?"

"Yes Ma'am, I would like that very much." Sousuke said as the principal took the phone in her hand. "Uh...however, could you request that she not bring her halisen with her?"

Principal Tsuboi nodded with a smile and paged the secretary and requested that she call Kaname Chidori to her office.

Wow! I checked my mail for the first time after a week and I see that I've got at least 10 alerts for this and not to mention a bunch of new reviews! I was going to hold off on this chapter, but since I have so many new followers, I can't do that to you guys. Thanks everyone!

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So, if I don't update for while don't blame me, blame Phoenix Wright.