Chapter Ten
"Field Trip Disaster 2"

Nina still tried hard to clean the room up and groaned when she found out how hard to do it without her computer.

Meanwhile, Yuta and Sayaka were touring around the place. They didn't really have a happy time 'cause their schoolmates would bawl all over them. Tsujiai was checking around the place and were just amazed about how 'cool' the place is. (Makes me remember Santa from 'Daa! Daa! Daa!' or as known as 'UFO Baby') Ayu and Kaji met and went around the place. Akiho also walked around the place but you can really feel her angry aura around her thinking of ways on how to make Ayu and Kaji separate.

Later

Since it is almost time for lunch, the class decided to make the food already.

"Okay class, what do you wanna make for lunch?" Mikami-sensei asked.

"Hmm...We already had curry last time..." Tsujiai said.

"Yeah," Kaji agreed.

"How about we go cultural today?" Ayu suggested.

"What do you mean, Ayu?" one of their classmates asked.

"You know sushi, sashimi, tempura and other Japanese food." Ayu replied.

"That's a great idea," Nina commented.

They then told Mr. Mikami about it and of course he agreed.

After that, they already got the stuff ready and started making/cooking the foods. Of course making food isn't complete without students making a mess, falling, breaking something, etc.

But they did manage to finish at around 11:45. The students were dead tired and they really need something to eat.

Erika, one of Ayu's friends sighed and sat down, "Whew! I didn't know that cooking something for everybody would be this hard," she said.

"Yeah," Yuta agreed.

Sayaka just giggled at them.

"Nothing's funny, Sayaka," Yuta glared at Sayaka.

"Oh Yuta, for me something is," Sayaka said.

"Oh? Mind if you share? I really need a good laugh now, you know," Yuta said.

"I think I'll just keep it to myself," Sayaka said as she giggled softly.

"What a weird girl," Erika commented.

"Can you tell?" Yuta asked. "Sometimes I do wonder why I love her." he added.

"Oh," Erika said.

"Oh yeah, I haven't seen the bitch for awhile, where did she go?" Yuta asked, referring Akiho.

"Bitch? Who's the bitch?" Satomi, one of their classmates asked as she sat down beside Erika.

"Oh come on, you guys, you know, Akiho Hiroto from 9th grade." Yuta replied as Sayaka sat down beside him.

"Oh!" Erika and Satomi chorused.

"You know what, I haven't seen her also. Maybe she's flirting with Kaji again," Satomi said.

"True but that can also be impossible," Sayaka said.

"Why is that?" Erika asked.

"Well, Ayu's been with Kaji the whole time," Sayaka explained.

"Oh I see," Yuta said.

"Speaking of which, have you guys seen Ayu anywhere? She's the one that suggested Japanese food and after that, she's gone," Satomi asked.

"Oh I've seen her. She's talking with Kaji awhile ago." Erika replied.

"Where did they go?" Satomi asked.

"I think they went to the beach to take a walk," Sayaka replied.

"Oh, I'll go check." Satomi said as she walked away.

Suddenly, Nina and Tsujiai went to them with a plate of food in their hands.

"Hi guys! Mind if we sit?" Nina asked.

"No, go ahead, take a seat." Sayaka replied.

Nina smiled as she and Tsujiai sat down.

"Umm...Nina?" Yuta asked.

"Yeah?" Nina asked.

"Can we seriously get food already?" Yuta asked. If you look at him closely, he looks like he is already going to drool.

Nina sweatdropped as Tsujiai looked at him oddly.

"Uh, yeah," Nina replied.

"Why didn't you say so?" Yuta asked as he jumped from his chair and instantly went to get some food.

"I think I'll go to get some too," Erika said as she stood up.

"Yeah, me too," Sayaka said as she, too, stood up to get food.

Nina and Tsujiai looked at each other and shrugged. But then, they just continued eating.

Meanwhile

"Hmm...I wonder where those two could have gone," Satomi asked herself.

After seconds of walking, she was shocked at what she saw! Because of this, she hid first and watches what will happen.

Jenny, one of Akiho's friends, was slapping Ayu!

Satomi gasped. What the--? Sure, Jenny may be older than Ayu but she doesn't have the right to do that to her! She also knew that Ayu was a very nice girl and would never hit somebody.

But what happened next also surprised Satomi. Before Jenny's hand touched Ayu's cheek, Ayu's hand was able to hold up Jenny's hand. Ayu's bangs were covering her eyes.

'Where could Kaji be? I thought that she is with Ayu,' she thought. 'I better find him and tell him about what's happening to Ayu,' she added in her mind.

She stood up and went to find Kaji.

Kaji

"I already told you Akiho, I'm not going out with you!" Kaji said.

"Oh come on Kaji, I know you want me," Akiho said as she placed her arms around Kaji's neck and pushed her body against Kaji's chest.

"Stop it Akiho! I'm not going out with you! Ayu is the only one for me, okay!" Kaji yelled as he forcedly took off Akiho's arms around his neck and pushed her away from him.

Actually, Satomi managed to get there when Akiho pulled herself against Kaji. Of course, she also hid someplace.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you two won't have a relationship for long," Akiho smirked.

"Oh yeah? What about the---" Kaji was cut off by Akiho.

"The engagement? Oh please. That was just arranged by your parents." Akiho said.

"You know nothing about it, Akiho!" Kaji yelled.

"Yeah, right. Sooner or later, Ayu will stop loving you and will tell her parents to cancel the engagement!" Akiho yelled back.

Because of this, Kaji slapped Akiho making her fall to the ground.

Akiho placed her hand to her cheek where Kaji slapped her and said, "Oh my, Kaji, you're hitting a girl?"

"This wouldn't had happen if you stopped talking about Ayu!" Kaji glared at her.

"You can't predict the future Kaji," Akiho said as she stood up.

"Neither could you! Just leave me and Ayu alone!" Kaji said.

"Hmph. Fine, but don't come running to me when Ayu breaks up with you," Akiho said as she walked away.

Kaji managed to catch his breath since he was breathing hard. Satomi already decided to come out of her hiding place and talk to Kaji.

"Umm...Kaji?" Satomi said as she went to him.

"Oh, Satomi, what's up?" Kaji asked.

"Well, you see, it's about Ayu," Satomi started looking down.

Kaji then made his full attention on her. "Yeah?"

"Well, you know Jenny, Akiho's friend?" Satomi asked.

"Yeah, what about her?" Kaji asked.

"Well, I was looking for Ayu awhile ago and saw that Jenny keeps on slapping Ayu," Satomi said but as soon as Kaji heard, 'Jenny keeps on slapping Ayu', he instantly went to the place where Ayu's supposed to be.

Satomi sighed. "Those two are just so in love with each other," she said. Her stomach then agreed making her laugh.

"Oh well, I guess I could go eat now,"

Kaji ran as fast as he could to go to Ayu. Once there, he saw Ayu sitting on the sand crying. Kaji sighed and sat beside Ayu.

"...Ayu?" Kaji asked soothingly as he wrapped his arms around Ayu's shoulder.

Once hearing Kaji's voice, she looked up and instantly saw Kaji's brown eyes. Kaji saw the red marks on his girlfriend's cheeks seeing that what Satomi said was true.

"You okay?" Kaji asked worriedly but all he got was Ayu wrapping her arms around Kaji's neck and crying on his shoulder.

Kaji didn't need any reply from her. Her action was already enough to say that she's not okay. He just hugged her tight, rubbed her back and rocked her back and forth.

"I'm sorry if I couldn't be here faster," Kaji whispered.

"It's okay," Ayu managed to say it through her crying.

Kaji sighed as he listened to the soft muffles of Ayu. He knew she was very hurt and tried to do something but she's not that kind of girl that will fight back.

"Ssh, don't worry, I'm here..." Kaji said as he kissed Ayu's temple.

"Oh Kaji," Ayu said as she still continued crying.

After a few minutes, Ayu's cries turned into small ones and hiccups. It's been awhile since she stopped.

"Feel better already?" Kaji asked. Ayu was still in his arms.

Kaji felt Ayu nod.

"Okay then, let me look at you," Kaji said.

"No, I look awful," Ayu said as she dug her face into Kaji's chest.

Because of what Ayu said, Kaji chuckled. This made Ayu frown and dig her face deeper.

"Hmph, you're mean," Ayu said. This made Kaji laugh even louder.

"I hate you," Ayu said. This then made Kaji stop.

"Hey, hey, no stuff like that," Kaji said. "But still, let me look at you." he added.

"No," Ayu muffled.

"No? Why not?" Kaji asked.

"I look awful," Ayu said.

"Oh Ayu," Kaji said as he slightly moved away, put a finger or two in Ayu's chin and pushed it up so he could look at her.

"You, my dear, could never look awful," Kaji said as he kissed Ayu tenderly. Ayu, at first was shocked but then gave in to the sweet taste of Kaji's lips.

'Oh what the heck, it's like it's the first time he kissed me,' Ayu thought as she opened her mouth a little. Kaji, on the other hand, took this as an opportunity and slid his tongue in her, making Ayu gasp through their kiss.

Time pass while Kaji was exploring Ayu's mouth again until they both felt their lungs burn, in need to breathe. Obviously, they both pulled away.

Once they pulled away, they were catching their breath while looking at each other's eyes.

After a while, Ayu giggled and remarked, "Wow, I guess somebody's hungry,"

"Hey, I'm not eating lunch yet, you know," Kaji pouted.

"Oh, so you took me as your appetizer?" Ayu raised a brow, smiling.

"Maybe," Kaji said making both of them laugh.

Akiho

"So, did you do your job?" Akiho asked Jenny.

"Yep, you know what, slapping Ayu makes me feel good," Jenny replied as she took a bite of her sushi.

"I see. Don't worry, you'll do that more often while I get Kaji from Ayu," Akiho smirked evilly.

"Oh, you are so bad!" Jenny remarked.

"I know!" Akiho said and giggled.

End of Chapter

Author's Notes
Okay, Maya didn't show up but at least be happy that I updated! More reviews please! Hehe. Anyway, I think Jenny slapping Ayu was a bit lame, don't you think? Oh well. Better get ready to make the other chapters of my other stories and the next chapter of this one.

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