a/n okay, here's a guide to the hair colors of the characters, because this is how I imagined them before I saw the anime:

Ichigo-blonde
Mint-black
Lettuce-light brown
Pudding-golden blonde
Zakuro-black

hope you enjoy :)

No Choice at All

Chapter Two-What. The .Heck

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Kozakura sat awake in the shade of a tree, the same tree she had been sitting under earlier before she got involved in the fight, to be exact.

The courtyard was abandoned. It appeared everyone had gone home. Hoping there were still some people here, and it wasn't past closing time, Kozakura looked around. She saw no one. Her eyes wandered over to the cafe, where a blonde a few years older than herself was coming out of the door. He seemed to be talking to someone.

A moment after he was fully out of the cafe, another came out. This one had long, black hair pulled back in a ponytail. For a moment, Kozakura thought the second figure was a girl, but than she realized that the person wore suspenders. That relieved all doubts of this person being a girl.

The blonde turned his head, and Kozakura recognized him. She scolded herself for not recognizing him earlier. It was Ryou, Kozakura's friend and neighbor.

They talked and walked around. Kozakura leaned against the tree with a sigh, knowing she should go home, but not wanting to.

She sighed as she picked up her bag, pulling out the snack she had packed for herself--a granola bar. She peeled off the wrapper and stuffed it in her bag, then took a giant bite out of the thing.

After finishing it, her taste buds were not satisfied. For some odd reason, she craved salad. This was particularly strange, considering Kozakura NEVER craved salad and didn't really like it.

Thoughts filled her head, and she began to doze back off to sleep, then she heard a voice.

"Hey! Moron! Wake up!" the voice said in an 'I'm-so-important' voice.

Kozakura's eyes shot open and she glared at the blonde teen standing in front of her.

"I am sorry for my employee's rudeness Miss Wakamiya..." the black haired man said, taking Kozakura's hand and kissing it.

Kozakura's cheeks flushed. She let out a little giggle. Ryou heard and glared at Kozakura, but his companion seemed to not notice Kozakura's girlish action.

"Well, I better be getting home.." Kozakura said, standing up. She leaned down and picked up her bag, then slung it over her shoulder. She was about to take a step, when a hand was placed on her shoulder

"Where do you think you're going?" the person asked, clearly annoyed.

Kozakura turned, causing the hand to fall off her shoulder. She stared into Ryou's eyes. "What do you want?" she asked huffily.

"Uh-uh-uh! Now is that any way to speak to your superior?" Ryou said, shaking his index finger at Kozakura.

Her jaw dropped. Then she burst out laughing. "Superior?! Superior?! Oh that's funny Ryou..." she said, wiping away a tear from laughing so hard.

Ryou rolled his eyes. "Come along..." he said, grabbing her shoulder once again and steering her towards the cafe...

Kozakura's heels dragged on the stone, making a horrible noise, and making it incredibly hard to get her to the cafe.

"Please cooperate Miss Wakamiya," said Ryou's companion kindly.

Kozakura's heart softened a bit. It wasn't this guy's fault Kozakura's friend was such an inconsiderate jerk...and it wasn't his fault she was so stubborn...

She lifted up her legs, so her heels wouldn't drag. Ryou sighed, picking her up into his arms. "You certainly are a light weight..." he said, walking faster now.

"Thank you..." Kozakura replied politely.

They soon reached the Cafe. Ryou dropped her off into a chair and sat down beside her.

"Would you like anything to drink Miss Wakamiya...?" Ryou's friend asked politely

"Nah. We won't be too long..." Ryou responded for her.

Kozakura fumed. "Actually, yes I would. Just a nip of Jasmine tea thank you..." she left a blank for his name

"Keiichiro. Please excuse my rudeness for not telling you earlier.

Kozakura smiled as Keiichiro walked off to get her some tea. She looked over at Ryou, still smiling. But the smile was quickly turned upside down when she saw his face. He had a frown upon his face. He stared at Kozakura, his eyes cold. He often did this, and Kozakura could never really figure out why. Shouldn't it be she who was mad? After all, he was the one who answered for her. You didn't see her glaring or gritting her teeth now though did you?

"Shouldn't it be I who is mad?" Kozakura said, speaking her thoughts

Ryou did not answer, merely turned his gaze form her to the opening kitchen door. Out came Keiichiro, carrying a saucer with a tea cup on it.

"Thank you," Kozakura said sweetly when the tea was handed to her.

"You are quite welcome Miss," Keiichiro said, taking a seat beside his friend.

"Have you told her anything yet Ryou?" he asked

Ryou shook her head. "Nope. Waiting for you to return..." he said

Liar. He was just mad at me...Kozakura thought evilly.

Keiichiro sighed. "I thank you for your politeness, but you really should have told her something. As she pointed out earlier, she really must be going home..."

Ryou nodded. "Well let's start explaining..." he said. He looked at Kozakura. "The earthquake from earlier. You remember it?" he asked

Kozakura nodded. "Of course. It was only an hour or two ago, correct?"

Ryou nodded. "Yes. Well. Keiichiro and I were doing an experiment, and the earthquake sort of messed it up..."

"Let's not get into that yet Ryou. Miss Wakamiya deserves to know the WHOLE story..."

"Okay. Today, Keiichro and I spotted a kirema anima. Do you know what that is?"

Kozakura shook her head, confused.

"They are animals infused with some sort of genetic coding," Ryou began explaining Dc9: Excuse me if I'm wrong about that. The book is not with me at the moment... "Aliens do it.."

Kozakura looked disbelieving. "Aliens?" she asked

Ryou ignored the inquiry. "Aliens are putting this genetic coding in the animals to attack us humans, so Keiichiro and I decided to fight back using endangered species. We worked hard, trying to get DNA of that of different endangered species..."

"Why-" Kozakura began, but surprisingly, Keiichiro cut her off.

"Why Endangered animals? We-as in Ryou and I-believe they are very determined to keep their kind around..."

"So, we thought that by turning each kirema anima we come across into an endangered species, we could help the animals stay around," Ryou continued

"Today, we found our first Kirema Anima..." Keiichiro said. "We were excited, of course. We really wanted to see if our experiment would work..."

Ryou took over again. Kozakura was getting dizzy from turning her head form side to side. "This is where the earthquake comes in. You see, when the earthquake came, we had been about to shoot the Kirema anima with the DNA of that of several endangered species...but because of the earthquake..."

"We missed our target..." Keiichiro stated

"What did you hit?" Kozakura asked

"Well, we believe we hit people. IT was a mistake mind you..." Keiichiro answered

"Who did you hit?"

"Well that's the thing. We aren't really sure. But we do know that it hit six girls...and one of them could be you..." Ryou said, staring right at me.

"What. The. Heck," was Kozakura's only reaction

a/n and that's that!!! please feel free to review :)