Chapter 02

Rebirth: When the Cherry Blossoms fall ( II )

Second year of high school is a golden year. The time when you are no longer the little juniors who know nothing of the high school life, yet you are still free from the burdens of being the eldest, the seniors who must be responsible and prepare for university. Second year is the year of freedom.

To Noda, none of this really mattered. He was heading to Sakurano high for one reason only – Nakamura Yuri.

"You know, some people might refer to that as stalking, Noda-nii." Yui interrupted his thoughts over breakfast.

"Huh? Wha..what are you talking about?" Noda quickly stuffed the picture of his crush into his blazer pocket. His efforts were in vain though, since Yui had already been entertaining herself by watching him gaze at that photo for some time now.

"How shallow minded…" a soft voice spoke from the shadows in the corner, where a little girl ate congee while balancing on a gym ball.

"Shiina!" Noda shot a vicious glare towards his youngest sister while attempting to retain composure after her voice caught him off guard.

Yui laughed at her purple haired brother, "Hahahaha! Noda-nii got scared~" and ran out the door before he could make a comeback. Through the window they watched her tackle Hinata Hideki, who had been waiting outside.

After completion of his morning big-brotherly tasks by taking Shiina to her primary school, Noda started up the slopes to Sakurano high, surrounded by falling sakura blossoms falling lazily through the air. Then he saw her. Nakamura Yuri, sharing some funny story with her friends while walking towards school. He had known her since the start of middle school, but had hardly talked to her at all since the timing was never right (from his point of view). As far as Yuri was concerned, he was probably just another face around school. If only he could get to know her more. If only he could do more than watch her sunshine-like aura from behind. If only he was in the same class as her this year. If only…

Noda stared at the class lists. Huh? He read and reread the class lists and kept staring at the names. The names stared back. He was in the same class as Nakamura Yuri!

Unaware that a circle had formed around him from scared people edging away from his 'evil' looking smile, Noda thanked his goddess of good fortune and walked as 'cool and calm' as he could towards class; all the time fighting back an urge to jump with joy down the corridors.

…

If Pett had an emoticon above his head, it would currently be "o_O". He and Kami were currently sitting in a cute French-style café in 'visible' form – Kami with wings hidden and Pett transformed into a white husky.

"Kami?" He looked up to see Kami drop the sixth cube of sugar into her tea.

"Hmm?"

"Pett's confused! What exactly is our mission?"

"Nothing in particular."

"Huh? Then why did we do all those random things? Like chasing rainclouds, growing cherry blossoms, changing class lists…?"

"Oh…that's just extra service. In human terms I think it's 'like icing on a cake'? The Elders didn't mention anything about NOT being allowed to change things anyway."

"But why did we do it? And what's our mission?" Pett had a feeling Kami wasn't going to answer either question. She hadn't told him anything since their arrival in this world two months ago, despite Pett's constant attempts at interrogation. To most, this may seem like an insult. To Pett, this was like a game; After all, if Kami didn't want to tell, she probably has good reason not to - although that won't stop Pett from prying.

However, Pett did find recent events strange. When they first arrived in this realm Kami was so excited she couldve had 100 cubes of sugar in her tea, but after the arrival of a second, third then fourth letter from the Elder Gods, something just wasn't quite right anymore. Kamikami not like Kamikami...

"Hmmm…" Kami sipped her tea nonchalantly. "I'm just bored."

"AWWWW!" If Pett did have a emoticon above his head, it was now 'XD' in giant letters. "If you're bored~ then let's PLAYYY!"

At a café not too far from Sakurano High school, a white husky bodyslammed his master and a brief scene of chaos and hilarity followed.

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A/N: In comes Noda! I havn't decided what pairings may / may not be made (other than Hinata x Yui) so ideas would be greatly appreciated! Next chapter plan: enter GirlDeMo!