BP: I realized I like books more than ribbons, hence I changed my name. I read three books just yesterday, and my family was like, "You're reading again?" Come on! If it's a good book, it's worth reading a hundred times. I mean, when I say shopping, I meant going to the bookstore and buying books. Clothes and accessories are not my type, and I don't care how I look. I just grab whatever I have and just wear it.

Mini-Drama

Jude: (takes out paper) so, so far, these are the results:

Tyler- 2 votes

Pakura- 1 vote

Philip- 2 votes

William- 2 votes.

Ryoma: 1 vote

R: Argh! Even if I lose, my ITM will still appear in the story, albeit near the end of the story, which I don't know when it will end.

P: Mine will not necessarily appear in the story line though. Maybe in a bonus chapter, when the author feels like it. I pray she doesn't put my background and ITM in the story line.

W: If you lose the poll, Pakura, maybe your background will not be put in AT ALL!

P: Yes, that's what I pray for. But if I win…..

T: Then the author will tell your background and story earlier….much earlier. If you lose, the author will put it in a bonus chapter…if she ever writes one, that is. It depends on the readers whether they want to know your story earlier or they can wait. I mean, it has been 16 chapters, maybe they can't wait and will vote for you!

P: Shut up, Tyler

R: Hey! At least yours may not be in the story line! For me, the fans will know my ITM.

P: That's because you're the main character!

R: (Grumbles) Anyway, the poll won't close until there is a clear winner. So do continue voting! Let's continue with the story!

Pakura sat on the bed while the doctor examined her. "No broken bones, surprisingly." He said. "How far did you fall?" Pakura frowned at him, before saying, "About 4 meters." The doctor looked surprised. "Any normal person would have broken their bones falling from that height. What are you?" Pakura glared at the doctor. "I've gone through intensive training. So when can I get discharged?" The doctor consulted his clipboard, and said, "Probably tomorrow. We need to keep you here for observations." Pakura nodded, before the doctor left her ward. Pakura fell back on her bed just as the door opened. It was William and Christopher.

"Hello, Chris, Will." said Pakura.

"Hello, Princess." They said in unison. Chris and William sat on the edge of the bed. "So, what's the current situation now?" said Pakura.

William said casually, "Oh, the other champions are now thinking of ways to get revenge for making you fall off the railing. Chris went against this guy called Akutsu Jin or something, and won 6-0, Derek went against Kirihara Akaya from Rikkaidai, or whatever the school is called, and he won 6-1. I heard this guy injures people in their matches when he got into devil mode, but Derek managed to avoid all that and won with a clean victory, except for the one point. Bakaya's probably seething right now." Here, both Pakura and Chris laughed. "Ryoma went against this hyper guy called Kintaro Toyama, and he won 6-0. He must be venting his anger of you being caused to fall off the railing. Then, this Hyotei guy Gakuto went against Sanada, and lost 6-0. Tachibana Kippei went against this fat dude called Kei Tanishi, and Tachibana won 6-2. After that, they said training will resume tomorrow, and now the Seigaku regulars are probably at the 14th floor playing the Kinect."

Pakura listened to the news with interest, "Oh, come on, there is no need for revenge. I wasn't even injured. Too bad, though, I can't watch those matches personally."

"That's because you, like all of us, are stunt people. If you aren't one, you might have broken your bones, or worse, your neck. I've heard of people who fell off the railing and died because they broke their neck." said Chris. "Speaking of death, I heard in the news today that a 24 year old woman who ordered diet pills from the Internet. And guess what happened?"

"What?" said William.

"She died." Chris replied. "Talk about risking your life to look good."

William snorted. "Yeah. So many girls are trying to look thin. If you want to look thin, then go on a diet or exercise! Talk about taking the easy way! They are simply too lazy. But not our princess, of course." He said, casting a proud look at Pakura. Pakura smiled. Meanwhile, at the twelfth floor, Derek finally formulated a plan, and told everyone (note the group included Atobe.). However, the plan depended the transmitter Philip has invented is as good as he had claimed. Philip immediately went to his room and got the transmitter. He handed a small mike to Derek. Derek spoke into the mike. "Hello." His voice also came out of the transmitter perfectly and clearly. Derek grinned. Since he's the captain of the Drama Club as well, he can actually imitate voices. Ryoma saw his expressions and smiled. "I'll leave it up to you the, Derek." said Ryoma, clutching to Atobe's hand. Atobe gave him an affectionate squeeze in return. Derek nodded, and went to the elevator of the sixth floor. When he arrived, no one was there. There was a huge fireplace in the lounge, perfect for cold days. He wedged the transmitter up the chimney and out of sight. He then quickly wiped his hands on his shirt, and went to the twelfth floor to wash the soot off his hands. That evening, while Seigaku were having their dinner as usual in at the sixth floor, a voice came loud and clear from the lounge next to the dining room. "Hello, hello, hello." It said. The regulars froze, and stopped eating their dinner. Kaidoh turned pale. "There's someone in our floor! I heard a voice!"

"So did I." said Inui. Fuji placed a finger on his lips. "Sshhh!" he said. "Listen!" They all stopped their movements and sat there very tense, listening.

"Hello, hello, hello." came the voice again.

"There it is!" cried Kaidoh.

"Do you think it's one of the champions trying to prank us again?" said Fuji.

"No. I injured their vice-captain just now. It's unlikely they will try anything, because they have seen what I am capable of." said Tezuka.

"Yeah, I know, she was probably injured badly." said Fuji. "But I wish you didn't do it to her, Tezuka, because she's quite a cutie."

"Yeah." said Momoshiro. "Winning her heart would be better than making her fall off the railing." Tezuka frowned at him.

"Shut up!" cried the voice shrilly. "All of you just shut up!"

The regulars turned to the source of the voice. There was nothing. "Let's check our floor." said Tezuka. The others nodded, getting up from the table. They searched behind the sofa and behind the curtains and even searched their room, but they found no intruder. Then came the voice once again, soft and spooky this time. "Regulars….revenge….." They all jumped when they heard the words spoken. "It's a ghost." said Kaidoh, turning pale. "Heaven help us!" cried Momoshiro. "Regulars…revenge….." the voice came again. The regulars screamed and they fled the sixth floor, punching the elevator button, and tripping over themselves to get in the elevator. They spent the rest of the night at the rooftop, shivering at the cold and the creepy 'ghost' at their floor. Have karma come to get them already?

Meanwhile, the champions and Atobe are laughing their heads off. Ryoma buried his face in Atobe's chest to muffle his laughter. Atobe had his arms wrapped around Ryoma, and he was clutching (read hugging) to Ryoma like a support and wished he had another hand to wipe away the tears that were starting to flow down his cheeks. "That was sweet revenge, Derek!" said Atobe. "Yeah, too bad Princess isn't here to see this. William and Chris went to see her, and they haven't got back yet." Just then, the elevator stopped at their floor, and William and Christopher stepped out. "Ah, speak of the devil." said Ryoma. "How is our vice-captain?" William waved a hand casually. "Oh, the princess is fine. Not even a single broken bone." Atobe let out a low whistle. "She has high endurance." He commented. Then he frowned. "Why did you call her a princess?" Ryoma wrapped an arm around Atobe's neck, and said, "Allow me to explain then. You know we are the members of the Chess Pieces, right?" Atobe nodded. "Well, our headquarters is actually a castle."Atobe's mouth dropped open. "Yes, a castle, Keigo. It used to be owned by a rich boy called Josh Richter, the former leader of the Chess Pieces. However, I defeated him in the ITM, and I took whatever he had as punishment to what he almost did to our vice-captain when she was 5, but she told me she was saved by another boy. In this castle, we had a huge room full of treasures. Since she was good at leadership, one of the strongest champions, and she has poise, grace and beauty, I gave her the title, 'Princess'. Since then, many people started calling her 'princess' as if it's her real title!" Atobe nodded. "I see. So you are the one who gave her the title." Ryoma smiled, and nodded. "It suits her quite well." Ryoma grinned. "Thanks, Keigo. I'm going to visit Pakura now, want to come with me?" Atobe nodded. They bade the others goodnight and they went to the Training Center hospital, hand in hand. Speaking of which, William once mentioned he and Pakura punished members by locking them in this one scary room in their house, where they live together. Now he thought of it, the house where they live in is the castle, and the one scary room is probably the dungeon.

No wonder most of the champions are scared of the captain and the vice-captain.

"Princess isn't a bad title for her. In fact it's perfect!" said Atobe.

"Of course, some of the members are old enough to work, and they bring part of the salary to the castle, so that our riches won't deplete so easily. Oh, and just to let you know, the princess knows how to drive and she even owns her own car." Atobe gaped. The vice-captain can drive? He composed himself and said, "So I assume she drives you everywhere?" Ryoma smiled and nodded. "You are absolutely right. As a reward…." Not caring about who might pass them, he kissed Atobe on the lips. Atobe was startled for a second before he returned the kiss torridly, wrapping his hands around Ryoma's waist.

Unbeknownst to them, someone did pass them. Well, not exactly. But he is within earshot of Atobe and Ryoma's conversation. Fuji Syusuke heard everything, from the headquarters to the riches to Pakura being given the title 'Princess'. He hurried back to the roof to tell Inui what he had heard. 'Princess, eh?' he thought, smiling. 'I wonder how the princess is faring with her fall. According to William, the light ITM is going to be held near the end of the camp. Perhaps we could formulate a plan to stop Ryoma from letting the other know the truth…using the princess.' He smiled, and pressed the elevator button.

Omake (School life of a champion)

D: Hello, I'm Derek, the prankster for this chapter. Today, Chris and I are going to talk about the school life of the champions.

C: To give you as much information as possible, we have chosen to talk about Pakura and Ryoma, since both of them are known to have gone to the same school.

D: In New Day Academy, both Ryoma and Pakura are part of the IT Crowd, the beautiful, popular people. Pakura is one of the leading IT Girls in the school, as Ryoma is one of the leading IT boys. Really beautiful people like Pakura and Ryoma, don't ever go anywhere alone. They always have this sort of entourage that follows them around. Pakura's consist of a bunch of other girls, most of them who are in the sports club. They are all really pretty, with long hair and breasts and stuff, like her.

C: Ryoma's consist of a bunch of junior boys who are all on the tennis club with him. They are all really cute, and they are all passionate with tennis, like Ryoma. Some of them are even in the Chess Pieces, and most of them are in the Bishop ranking.

D: However, they prefer to hang out with each other because they knew each other so well, and also, they look to each other as equals. They are never bored when they are together, talking about various subjects, mostly tennis.

C: If you go to New Day Academy, if you ever pass by Ryoma or Pakura during break, lunchtime, or even once on the way to History lesson- they are always surrounded by friends. If you think you can ambush them when they get to the toilet, but no, they even went there with an escort of five or six people.

R&P: (From off set) It's annoying, you know! Do you think we like it?

D: Well, they are annoyed by this because they have no privacy.

R&P: (From off-set) Bingo….

C: At least they are never alone…..

R&P: HEY!

C: Ok, ok, sorry. So in academics, they are actually top of their classes. In fact, all of us are sort of geniuses. You can find all of us at Accelerated Programme classes, because all of us are honor students. Hey, for a fun fact: Ryoma is vice-president of the student Council, while Pakura was president, although Pakura said her reason was because of someone….but she'll never tell us….unless she wins the poll, maybe I'll find out sooner (grins evilly)

P: (from off-set) Hey!

D: He's just kidding, Pakura. Anyway, as a reminder to our readers, do continue to vote on whose story do you want to hear. Ryoma's will definitely appear, but near the end of the story. For Pakura's, it depends on whether you want to hear the story earlier or later. It's up to you!

C: Yes, do vote in your reviews.

D&C: See you in the next chapter!

BP: Please note, I only had an hour to write this and also, I am writing while trying to watch HunterxHunter, Please excuse me if there are any mistakes or I wrote badly, or if I'm rushing.