l2s2 2011-07-14 . chapter 12

yeah their final together I wonder what next and so funny about the cooking contest and love how riku and luna form the "girl friend" bond I wonder how long until the other two will figure out and who else will find love in this class

Yep, Daichi and Riku are together! But they have to hide it from Hiroshi and Kaz. I'll tell you that more characters will come and more bonds will be formed. But that's for later on in this fanfic.

Late Night Angel 2011-07-15 . chapter 12

Yay! They are together! This chapter was so cute! :D I loved it. Hah they are actually together now that might throw Yumi for a loop. I love that Kiyoshi and Luna were trying to get them together. This chapter was awesome and so cute! I can't wait to see how long it takes Kaz and Hiroshi to figure it out. Can't wait for the next chapter! Update soon and great job! :)Oh also I know I would be interested in reading the what if stories. What if's are how writing happens and exploring alternate routes is always fun and interesting.

Yeah, just imagine Yumi's reaction when she finds out about them. I like that you thought this chapter was awesome and cute. Also, I'm glad that you're all up for what if stories. I'll make a link at the top of the chapter once I get it up. It'll only be updated every once in a while; you know, after one of those nights where you keep thinking and can't sleep.

allie cat2011-07-16 . chapter 12

love it I knew Riku and Daichi are meet to be (go team Kiyoshi and Luna)also I love how Luna was so modest and Kaz burn the food and Hiroshi had to fix then they fight about cooking and wonder how long those two figure out Riku and Daichi are together those aren't the smartest in group also I can't wait until yumi find out up date soon

Yes, Kiyoshi and Luna do make a good team, lol. Who know's how long it'll take them two to figure things out; like you said, they aren't exactly the brightest members of the group. Yeah, it should be interesting to see how Yumi reacts to seeing them together. We'll see what happens when they return to school.

Disclaimer: I do not own School Rumble in any way, shape, or form. That is owned by Jin Kobayashi.

(Thank you l2s2 for helping with the intro sequence of this chapter.)

The Beach House, Morning

The group awoke from their night of sleeping. Luna was the first to wake up from her sleep. She found everyone else sleeping. Apparently, Riku had gone from sleeping next to her to sleeping next to Daichi. Their heads were literally only an inch apart. She changed her gaze and looked at Kaz. A wide grin went across her face. She grabbed her camera and took a picture. The flash woke up Daichi. He opened his eyes and noticed Luna with the camera.

"Luna, what're you…"

"Shh!" whispered Luna, putting a finger to her lips.

Daichi looked and actually laughed a little. Kaz was snuggling next to Hiroshi, Hiroshi was snuggling next to Kiyoshi, and Kiyoshi was drooling on his pillow. Daichi's laugh woke up Riku. As soon as she saw what was going on, she put her face into her pillow and laughed into it. This caused Kiyoshi to wake up. At first he didn't realize what was going on. But then…

"AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!"

This woke up Kaz and Hiroshi, who immediately woke up and started screaming. They each ran to a corner of the room, completely freaked out.

"What were you trying to do?" shouted Hiroshi at Kaz.

"Nothing! You guys were trying to pull something! Not me!" said Kaz.

Then the group realized what Kaz was wearing. He was wearing pink shorts and a shirt.

"We were trying to pull something?" said Kiyoshi. "Your clothes completely scream out how you think!"

"First off, that's a sexist stereotype!" pointed out Kaz. "and secondly, a red sock got in with my load of whites the day before!"

"That seems like a convenient story." said Hiroshi suspiciously.

"Actually that happened to me once; it took me a few months before I could afford new white clothes." said Daichi.

"You're totally right Daichi. We're sorry that we accused you Kaz." said Kiyoshi.

"Good." said Kaz.

The group then ate breakfast and headed back out for a few more hours at the beach. They were surprised to see that not many people were out yet.

"What time is it?" asked Hiroshi.

Daichi looked at his watch.

"6:30." he said.

Hiroshi slapped his head.

"Of course… dang it Luna! Why did you have to wake us up so early?" asked Hiroshi.

"Hey, I'm an early bird! And I'm not going to wait around for another eight hours for you guys to wake up." said Luna.

"Seven hours…" mumbled Kaz.

"Who wants to head into the water?" asked Kiyoshi.

"I do!" said Hiroshi.

"Umm… I'm still kind of tired. I'm going to grab my guitar then come back." said Kaz.

"You brought your guitar?" asked Luna.

"Yep. I always bring my guitar on trips with me; there's no way I'm going to leave it home with Harry."

Kaz then walked back to the beach house. Hiroshi and Kiyoshi headed into the water.

"What do you guys want to do?" asked Luna.

Daichi looked at Riku then looked back at Luna. Luna smiled.

"I get the hint. I'll see you guys later!" she said as she ran into the water Hiroshi and Kiyoshi.

Kaz came back soon and Daichi and Riku were just talking to each other, since they decided to go along with Kiyoshi's plan. It was only a matter of time until they found out.

"Isn't your tennis tournament next week?" asked Daichi.

"Yes. I'm a little bit nervous, though." said Riku.

"Don't worry about it. I haven't seen you play before, but I'm sure that you're good at tennis. If you can play piano as great as you do, there's no doubt that you'll be great at tennis as well." said Daichi.

"Thanks." said Riku.

"Hey look! This poser thinks he can play guitar!"

The two turned their attention to a group of guys bothering Kaz. Kaz glared at them threateningly.

"It's not posing if I know I can play." said Kaz.

"Then how about you play as a song, tool?" said one of the guys threateningly.

Kaz smiled. He was ready to blow their minds. He played a solo that was so amazing, people around him began crying from it's greatness. Even the guys that bothered him began to cry.

"You want to give it a go?" asked Kaz.

The guys ran away from him. Kaz smirked.

"I guess we know who the real poser is!" shouted Kaz to Daichi.

Daichi nodded. He went back to talking to Riku. Kaz went up to them curiously.

"When were you guys so 'buddy-buddy?'" asked Kaz.

"We've always been friends and talked to each other in the music room. I was just asking her about her tennis game." said Daichi.

"Ah, ok." said Kaz, completely believing them and going back to playing his guitar.

Soon, Kaz, Riku, and Daichi joined everyone in the water. After a few hours, more people began coming to the beach. It was starting to get crowded.

"I think we should head home now." said Hiroshi.

"Yeah, we had enough fun for today. We should really get home." said Kiyoshi.

The group picked up their beach towels and umbrella and headed back to the beach house. They couldn't wait to get home and get some rest. They opened their doors to the beach house to find a surprise.

"We've been robbed!" shouted Kaz.

Everything they left in the beach house was stolen. They searched around, looking for a clue to find this culprit.

"Guys, I found a note!" said Kaz.

"Then read it!" said Hiroshi.

"You must think you're so cool playing your guitar. You're not even that good, so we took all of your stuff. You can have it back if you beat us in a contest."

"Let's find those guys." said Kaz.

The others nodded. They headed out to the beach and it didn't take long for them to locate the group.

"Give us our stuff back!" said Kaz.

"No. You have to beat us in a challenge first." said the leader.

"We don't have time for this! We need to get home!"

"You should of thought of that before you decided to be a show off!" said one of the leaders goons.

"It doesn't matter what the competition is; each of us possesses a skill that could easily beat you guys in anything." said Daichi.

"A bit cocky, are we?" asked the leader.

"It's not being cocky; it's stating facts. You can't beat us."

"Put your money where your mouth is! We'll do three contests, three skills! You can choose one and we choose two. If you win, we'll give you your stuff back."

"Sounds like a plan! Prepare for us to destroy you!" said Hiroshi.

"You guys think you're so cool. But I have a great idea; diving contest."

The leader pointed to the top of an extremely large cliff.

"Whoever can do the most impressive trick off at that cliff wins the round. Are you in?"

The group nodded.

"I'll dive." said Hiroshi.

"Can you handle it?" asked Kaz.

"Don't worry. Hiroshi use to be an expert diver. He'll take these guys out." said Kiyoshi.

The group headed up to the top of the cliff. For some reason, Luna decided to stay at the bottom of the cliff. Hiroshi was the first one to go. He jumped out without the slightest hesitation. As he went down the long drop, he did eight front flips and landed into the water doing a swan dive.

"That's nothing." said one of the goons. "I could do that in my sleep."

He also jumped off without hesitation. He attempted to do many flips, but didn't realize when to stop. He found himself hitting the water doing a belly flop. Everyone winced as he sunk down into the water. Daichi sighed. He jumped off of the cliff, doing a basic dive and went into the water. After a few seconds, Daichi came back, swimming him back to the shore. When he got back, he noticed that Luna had a camera. Kaz looked at her suspiciously.

"Why do you have the camera?" asked Kaz.

Luna quickly hid it behind her back.

"No reason." said Luna.

Kaz decided to ignore this for now.

"You guys get one point; what's the next challenge?" asked the leader.

"I'll play your smartest man in chess." said Daichi.

"That would be me. You're about to get destroyed." said the leader.

They found a chess board and set it up. Daichi was blacks, and the leader was whites. White gets the first move.

"Pawn to f-3." said the leader.

Daichi was surprised by that move. Why your pawn to f-3? That leaves you king completely opened. If this guy really is going to play like this, this would be an easy win for Daichi.

"Pawn to e-5." said Daichi.

The leader smirked. He thinks he has this in the bag.

"Pawn to g-4." said the leader.

Daichi has seen this before.

"You're really not a good player." said Daichi.

Daichi placed his hand on his Queen.

"Queen to h-4. That's checkmate. I win."

The leader was completely stunned.

"How did you…?"

"That is known as the Fool's Mate. You made foolish moves which caused you to lose the game. It's the quickest possible way to lose a chess game and you set yourself up for it. Clearly you don't know the fundamentals of chess at all." said Daichi.

"Yeah! Now give us our stuff back!" said Kaz.

"A deal's a deal…" said the leader.

They showed them that they hid their stuff behind the cliff they were diving at. They handed them their stuff and the group headed back home.

"That was an interesting day at the beach." said Kiyoshi.

"So many fun and good things happened." said Riku, smiling at Daichi.

Hiroshi looked at her curiously.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Hiroshi.

"I had fun. What else could I have meant?" asked Riku.

"Maybe that… YOU AND DAICHI ARE GOING OUT!" said Hiroshi.

Everyone sat quietly. Hiroshi laughed.

"I'm just pulling your leg. Can you imagine you two together?" asked Hiroshi, still laughing.

Everyone (except Kaz.) laughed along with him.

"I don't get it…" said Kaz.

Kaz's House, After the Trip

Kaz walked into his house. Harry was sitting there, doing whatever.

"How was your trip at the beach?" asked Harry.

"It was fine. When did you become so interested in what I do over the weekends?" asked Kaz.

"I just wanted to know." said Harry.

Their mom came in.

"Kaz, welcome home. Would you mind doing the dishes?" she asked.

"Sure thing, mother." said Kaz.

He went over to the sink and started washing.

"What's gotten into you?" asked Harry.

"What do you mean?" asked Kaz.

"You use to think that the world was out to get you and you were always angry and un cool… now you just act like a spaz and un cool." said Harry.

"I'm not a spaz!" shouted Kaz.

"Hey, I'd rather have a spaz of a brother then an angry one. When did you change so much?"

Kaz sighed.

"I stopped hanging out with the wrong people. You know how it was in New York; I was always with the trouble makers. I came in trying to act all tough on the first day of school, but this kid name Daichi showed up and pointed out how I was out of dress code. I use to hate people like that, so I challenged him to a fight."

"Is that the guy that totally whooped your butt on the first day of school?"

"Yeah… but I respect him now and he's a cool guy, so ended up hanging with him… and I guess he started rubbing off on me."

"I see… well at least you aren't hanging out with jerks anymore. Good job. I'll see you later, bro." said Harry.

"Where are you going?" asked Kaz.

"Out." said Harry.

As soon as he stepped outside, he was swarmed by girls that immediately followed him and were praising everything he did. Kaz smiled as he wondered how Harry managed to do things like that.