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Here's the second chapter, I'm sorry for the late update, I hope you enjoy~
Warning:Quite colorful language, OOCness and hinted OgaFuru.
Disclaimer:For the characters' joy, I don't own them or this manga/anime. The original story belongs to Tamura Ryuuhei.
TWO is always better
Wind blew in front of Ishiyama High, moving dust and sand.
It was a nice day, with a warm breeze and a clear sky.
Oga stood tall and proud in front the school gate as the sun shined brightly above the building.
"Alright Beel, let's go look for this Kaoru, ok?" asked the human, addressing the small demon on his shoulder.
"Ai buh!" the child raised his fist in triumph.
Even after a night sleep, Oga felt that the less he knew about this Kaoru, the better he would feel; because he didn't want anything to do with them but didn't like the fact that Furuichi kept on talking about something, someone he didn't know, either.
«Such a vicious circle…» sighed the Mad-Dog, before taking the first step inside the school ground.
That morning he got up later than usual, since Furuichi didn't came to pick him up to go to school together.
After he had a relaxing breakfast, he went out, walking at a slow pace even if he was plenty late.
As he entered the building, he looked in both directions, and then decided to go left.
He yawned as he walked in the large hall, a small tear forming in the corner of his eye before he wiped it out.
The energy he had earlier all drained, now making him walk in a lazy pace.
As he walked, he saw a few meters ahead a group of delinquents crouched on the side of the hallway.
"Hey." he approached them in his usual bored behavior.
"W-what?" although Oga didn't hold any evil intention, his dead-fish-eyes and naturally scary aura put the others on alert.
"I'm looking for someone."
"!"
The fellow delinquents all shivered at the blood-lust they felt coming from Oga, though the was no such thing.
"W-who?"
In that moment, a link among all of them somehow took place, making it possible for them to communicate telepathically.
«If Oga took notice of someone…»
«I bet this one's damn strong!»
«But hey, what did this pitiful soul do to catch the Mad-Dog's attention!?»
«Who cares, I don't wanna get involved!»
«Look at those eyes…Oga's ready to kill!»
As much as they all wanted to run away with the tail between their legs, what little pride as men and delinquents they had left, forced them to stay there.
"The name's Kaoru. You know something?" Oga himself wasn't sure why he asked them, after all if this Kaoru could take on more opponents with weapons, it meant that Kaoru was quite strong, so asking small fry couldn't certainly help.
"So? You know someone by that name?" asked Oga, but not really expecting an useful answer.
They all replied at the same time, and their answers were all on the spectrum of no.
After hearing them out, Oga walked away, without sparing them another glance.
He sighed as he scratched his nape «Even if they knew someone, I doubt it's the same person.»
He wandered around school for a while longer, when he run into two figures he recognized right away.
Standing in front of a vending machine, were two of the Tohoshinki.
"Hey~"
Oga called out as he happily skipped towards Kanzaki and Himekawa, while wearing an evil, but almost innocent smile.
"Oga?" asked Himekawa as he noticed the kouhai's presence.
"Geh- What's with that creepy smile?" commented Kanzaki, seeing that silly expression on the first-year's face.
"I have something I need to ask you two." announced Oga, his tone now serious, a complete switch from the behavior he had just seconds ago.
Noticing the change, both nodded in reply, signaling that they were listening.
"Do you know any Kaoru?"
The third-years stared at him dumbfounded, not getting just where such a question came from.
"Ha?" was Kanzaki's way to signal that he was confused.
"Like I said, I'm asking you if you know someone who's called Kaoru." repeated Oga in an almost annoyed tone because he was made to repeat.
Both Kanzaki and Himekawa sweat-dropped at that, but then they decided to take it seriously since it didn't look like Oga was joking.
They pondered for a bit, deep in thought.
"A student here?" asked Himekawa, trying to get more information about this certain Kaoru.
"Yeah." nodded Oga.
"Even of you ask us about this Kaoru, it's hard with just the first name. What's the surname?" said Kanzaki after realizing that he usually knew people by their last name.
…
Silence fell upon them. The older duo stared silently at Oga as the brunette hung his head.
"So?" hurried Himekawa.
"…Dunno." replied Oga, wearing something that looked almost like a pout.
"What? Are you kidding me? You don't know the surname!?" shouted Kanzaki in disbelief.
"So what! It's not like I know this Kaoru, it's Furuichi who-"
"Then tell that idiot to get his ass here!" interrupted Kanzaki, losing more and more patience.
"He's in the hospital!"
As both Oga and Kanzaki panted after their quite hot discussion, Himekawa noticed something in the brunettes' words that bothered him.
"Wait, he's in the hospital? Why?" his voice was as flat as ever, but a hit of concern could be heard.
"Some punks yesterday cornered him. It's nothing serious, but I told him to go and check it up just in case." answered Oga as he sighed and starched the back of his head.
"Hm? So this Kaoru hurt Furuichi and know you want to hunt them down?" asked the yogurt-lover.
"No, this Kaoru helped Furuichi, so I wanted to see them since the idiot told me that I know them for sure."
"Try asking Toujou, I saw him earlier." advised Kanzaki, gesturing with his thumb.
"If it's a chick, you should ask Kunieda." said Himekawa as he titled his head to one side.
Both spoke at the same time, but what each of them said was clearly heard by the others.
…
"Huh!?"
"Hey hey, it's a dude, a dude!" shouted Kanzaki, turning towards the other third-year.
"No no no, Kaoru is definitely the name of a girl." reasoned back Himekawa.
"Listen here, doesn't Kaoru-kun sound just perfect?"
"Kaoru-chan is way better!"
"I bet it's a dude!"
"I'm telling you it's a chick!"
As they continued to bicker, they both turned towards the first-year, "Oga, which is it!?"
"No idea." the brunette sweat-dropped at the question, realizing that indeed it could be both.
Omake
"Dude!"
"Chick!"
"Dude!"
"Chick!"
The two third-years continued to bicker as both firmly stood for their position.
Oga stood there silently, as he reflected on the fact that he didn't even consider the fact that it could be either a girl or a boy.
He somehow tried to picture Kaoru in his head, but nothing but a black shadow appeared, so never went as far as to imagine which gender this Kaoru was.
«…Which…»
Oga's eyebrows furrowed a bit as he wondered between the two, which would be better, which he preferred.
«A girl…»
His frown deepened as he realized that if it was a girl, it meant that Kaoru was a female, something that surely Oga wasn't. Not that he wanted to become one, but that implied that this girl would very likely become Furuichi's special one. As much as Oga liked to hang around his friend, and knew how important he was for the silver-head, he wasn't fool enough to deny the fact that if a girl came into the picture, he would definitely lose to her.
«A boy…»
At first his expression softened, but then Oga bit down his lips as he realized that a boy would be just as bad, if not worse.
If Kaoru was a male, one just like Oga, it meant that if this person became more and more important to Furuichi, Oga would lose his position in the silver-head's eyes. The status as best-friend would be snatched away from him. And even worse, he wasn't losing because of his sex, but simply because Furuichi preferred someone else. Oga would be beaten at his own game.
«Which…»
Either was bad, so it was only a matter of choosing the least worse, something that seemed unbearably difficult and beyond Oga's abilities.
"Hey Oga, what's wrong?"
Hearing his name being called, Oga raised the head he didn't realize he was hanging, and saw a slightly worried Kanzaki.
The third-years called out to him since they noticed how in the past few minutes, Oga's expression darkened more and more.
"It's nothing." was the freshman's answer as he sighed.
"You sure?" asked Himekawa, not believing his words.
"Yeah. I was just wondering which it was."
"Well~" started Himekawa, his tone confident as he pushed his glasses up.
"If it's a dude, Furuichi might leave you and become this Kaoru's underling." his words were spoken slowly, as if he was threatening someone.
"Oh, but don't worry, it's a chick so everything's fine." although he was supposed to speak to Oga, his eyes were on Kanzaki, like all he said was directed to the third-year.
"Haa? What are you saying, fine mine ass. If it's a chick then, as much as I don't want to admit it, those two are going to end up together. But no need to worry, since it's a dude you won't risk them becoming a couple." Kanzaki scoffed at his fellow Tohoshinki.
After that, the third-year duo continued to argue, their discussion becoming more and more heated.
"Aren't they both bad…?" commented Oga as he sweat-dropped.
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