Shadow: Gah… sorry for the late update… I've been working on my other story too much… . and plus… -looks at the temperature- IT'S FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haruko: Hah! Sucks to be you.

Shadow: Oh yeah? Well it sucks to have a conceited brother.

Haruko: …touché.

Hiro: Hey. What the fuck? How am I in love with myself?

Shadow: You think you're almighty and stuff.

Hiro: I do no- …well… I am better than you people…

Shadow: Exactly… -_-;


I stared into space as my group was walking back to the campsite. We were finally finished going on a morining hike. We would've come back an hour ago, but our idiotic teacher was looking at the map upside down.

"I'm so tired…" Shizuka mumbled before collapsing on the ground. I fell on my knees next to her, also exhausted. We leaned on each other for support.

"H-hey now. Stand up." One of Shizuka's friends said. Her name was Rin. Her twin, Ran, helped me up.

I fell back to the ground. "Too tired…"

"Ahaha… minna. Sorry for making you worry. And my group, I'm sorry I read the map backwards." The teacher apologized with a nervous sweatdrop.

"Whatever… I just want to rest…" I yawned as I walked to my tent. I was surprised to see Ikuto stepping out of it with all his stuff. "Ikuto? What are you doing?"

He glanced at me. "I asked if I could sleep in another tent. The teachers said I could with my friends." He put a hand on my head. "See you kid."

Before I could speak, he immediately walked away. Yoru slowly floated behind him but sometimes looked back worryingly at me. I looked at them with pained eyes before going back to my tent.

It was quiet once again inside. I fell to my knees and pounded my fists on the floor. "Damn it! Haruko you idiot!!! Baka baka baka!" I yelled at myself before hitting my head.

I let out a breath and lied on the floor. Guilt was slowly consuming me from the inside. "Damn it… why does Ikuto have to be like that…" I moaned.

Someone peeked inside the tent. "Hey. Haruko-san? Are you alright? I heard yelling." Shizuka said and sat down.

"Hm? Oh. I was yelling because I was so tired from the troublesome hike." I lied with a little laugh.

"Still?" she looked around. "Hey. I thought Ikuto-senpai was sleeping with you."

I half heartedly smiled. "Yeah.. we kinda had a fight… and he moved out…"

Shizuka gasped. "What? A fight? Do you need help in solving the problem?"

"Well no actua-"

"What do mean no! You shouldn't run away from a problem! You should try to solve it!"

"I know but you don't have to-"

"Don't worry! I'll help you solve this problem with Ikuto!" she gave me a thumbs up before going out the tent.

"No! Shizuka, wait!" But she was already gone. I sighed. This might be a more dreadful camp of hell than I thought.


(Afternoon)

"Neh. Haruko-chan! Do you wanna go fishing?" Arata asked. He already had his stuff with him.

"I don't kno-"

"You should go Haruko-san!" Shizuka insisted. I didn't notice her and Arata wink at each other.

I sighed. "Fine… I guess…"

"Woohoo! Let's go then!" Ichirou cheered as he dragged me and Arata to a river. I saw a familiar head lying on the grass holding a fishing pole.

I immediately froze once I saw Yoru floating above the head. The two boys seemed to have noticed my stop and forced me to the fishing spot. "No! Let me go!!" I struggled.

They looked at each other and sighed. Ichirou threw me over his shoulder. "You're not going anywhere."

They tossed me next to Ikuto, literally. I ended up landing in his lap. He looked at me, confused. I gave a nervous wave. "Hello…"

I glared at the laughing friends as they sat down next. "…can you get off me…?" Ikuto mumbled and looked away so I couldn't see the pink in his cheeks.

I blushed and quickly moved away. I squeaked when I felt water splash on all four of us. "AH! Come on you damn fish!!!" Hiro struggled to catch a slippery trout with his bare hands.

"Hiro no baka!! There's something called a fishing pole you know! Why don't you use it?" Arata yelled and tried to stop the water from getting to his face.

"This is more fun!!" he said as he finally caught the fish and held it triumphantly in the air. Before it slipped away and landed on Ikuto.

"Wh-what the hell?!" he yelled as he tried to get the wobbling thing off him. He grabbed it and threw it back at the river.

"My fish!" Hiro cried. Kazuki chuckled.

"Hiro!" Ikuto yelled again, which surprised me. I never expected the composed, teasing, perverted kitty to actually yell. It actually was funny.

"Ikuto nya! You smell like fish!" Yoru laughed. Ikuto sulked and turned away, embarrassed. I stopped laughing when I saw him do that.

"Ah…Ikuto…you should change clothes right away…" I mumbled as I took some of his hair. "And also wash out the smell too."

"Yeah. You really should." Hiro said, a few chuckles still escaped his lips.

"Someone help me then." Ikuto glared at them.

"Okay then." Ichirou said and pushed me toward Ikuto. "She'll help you while we catch more fish. See you!"

"Wa-wait! What?!" I yelled as I turned back, but they were already moving to a different spot. "H-hey!!"

I sighed and timidly faced Ikuto. He was already heading back. "I-ikuto! Wait!"

When I caught up with him, he looked at me. "What?"

I looked down. "Anno… you need help with cleaning up right? I'll help you." He stared. "I-I mean if that's alright."

He smiled and continued walking. "You have a kind heart Birdy-chan."

I smiled too. "I guess that's how I am."


"Neh. Neh! Birdy-chan! Play with me!" Yoru whined as I was waiting for Ikuto to finally finish changing. I tried dodging his flying.

"I can't- wait! When did you start calling me a bird?!" he began pulling on my hair. "OI! Yoru!"

I accidentally fell back and landed on Ikuto as he was just about to exit the tent. "A-ah! I-ikuto!!" I turned red. Ikuto glared at Yoru.

"Yoru!" he scolded. The little cat turned away.

"Hey, nya! You just told me to warn you. You never said anything like this, nya!" he crossed his arms.

"Wait. Warn you about what…?" I asked as I looked up. He looked at me with warm eyes. I turned even redder, realizing we were still on the ground. "I-ikuto…Let go of me please?"

He blinked. "Sorry…" he mumbled, let go of me and stood up. I stood up too and brushed myself off.

"It's alright. Blame Yoru." I giggled as the cat's jaw dropped.

"What?! This is what I get for being nice,nya?! So mean…nya…" he gave me puppy eyes. I covered my face.

"Ahh! Stop staring at me with that!!! You're a cat yet you give me puppy eyes?! What the fu-"

Ikuto covered my mouth. "You shouldn't cuss. You're still too young."

I moved away from his hand and glared. "I'm only thirteen!"

"Still?" he raised a brow.

"Y-yeah…so what? You going to make fun of me just because it's not my birthday yet?"

"No…" he stared into space. After a few minutes, he turned to me. "When's your birthday?"

"W-why do you want to know?" I looked at him skeptically. He frowned and turned around.

"Fine…I was thinking of doing something for your birthday…but since you won't even tell me…" he started entering his tent. I held out an arm.

"W-wait!" He turned around, showing the smirk he had all along. He grabbed my arm and pulled me in. "A-ah! Ikuto!!"

"…nani…?" he asked slowly, still having that damn smirk. I was trying to hold down my blush that was trying to find its way out.

"A-ah…what w-would you d-do for my birthday…?" I cursed at myself for stuttering.

Ikuto's smirk grew. He let go of my arm and turned away. "I don't really know now, seeing this is how you treat me when I try to do something nice…"

"Please tell me!" I begged. He turned his head to see my pleading face. He turned away again.

"I guess I could…" he grabbed my chin. "But I think I deserve an apology before I can even answer."

I backed away. "W-what?!"

"You heard me." he crossed his arms. "You have to say sorry if you want me to talk."

"W-wha- I can't- but-" he stared at me, smirking and waiting for his "apology". "I can't!"

"It's easy. Just say sor-ry." He said, sounding out for me. I shook my head.

"No!" I yelled and turned away. He sighed and made me face him.

"Come on. Sor-ry. Two syllables. Come on." He said. I glared. He's making me feel like a kindergartener.

"No! And will you stop sounding out that word for me?! I'm not a baby!"

"Birdy-chan…" he started. I looked at him.

"Nani?"

"What game uses black and white stone pieces?"

"Hm? Why?"

"Just answer the question."

"It's called Go. Why?"

"And what's the English word for hitobito?"

"Men(Not sure if it's true. I just checked a Romaji translator)? Why?"

"What happens when you put the together?"

"Go hitobito? What the hell? Why are you asking me this?" Ikuto shook his head.

"No. Replace hitobito with its English word. Again, what would it say?"

"Go-men…" my eyes widened.

"Say it again?" he smiled.

"Go-men… gomen!" I cheered as I was able to fully say it. I hugged Ikuto. "Arigatou! Ikuto!"

"No problem… and since we're speaking about sorries, sorry about what happened yesterday…" he looked to his side. "And…also…for kissing you… I couldn't help it…"

I shook my head. "No! That's alright! You finally made me be able to fully say sorry. And because of that…" I glomped him again. "I love you~!!" I said, sounding like a little kid.

Ikuto turned pink before smirking. He put his arms around me. "You love me you say? So you wouldn't mind if I kiss you right now?"

I blushed and tried to get out of his grasp. "Wait! Not like that! I mean I love you as a friend!!"

He looked at my struggling issue. He let go of me, making me land on my face. "It's a start…"

I glared as I rubbed my nose. "A start for what?"

He smiled. "For something…but anyway…" He pinned me on the floor. "Sine we are friends. You wouldn't mind me usually doing thing like this to you, will you?"

I turned red and wiggled out of his grasp. "Noo!! What kind of friend would do that?!"

He chuckled and put an arm around my shoulder. "I guess a perverted friend.."

I gasped. "So you do admit you're perverted!" Ikuto gave me a playful glare before tackling me again. We both laughed, not noticing a chara with glasses spying on us.

Kazuki sighed as he reported his mission to his "master". "So. Status report?" Hiro asked as the chara rested on a tree stump.

"I got to say…Ikuto's being too close to her." Kazuki sighed as he pushed up his glasses. "And just when he promises he's going to stay away, bam! He goes right back to her."

"Well, that's just because Easter's not around. This is actually the time he has freedom from us. Well, from the Embryo part of Easter anyway…" Hiro mumbled as he was drinking water.

"Eh? You're actually not going to stop him?" Kazuki glanced at Hiro.

"Heh. I'll let him have his fun for now. But when we come back, he's going to be in the fiery pits of hell in Easter." Hiro smirked evilly. Kazuki chuckled.

"You're so evil. I'm glad you're my owner." Kazuki cackled. He stopped a few seconds later, took out his glasses, and rubbed his eyes. "..Well…that's all the energy I have left for being evil. I'm going to take a nap. Goodnight."

Kazuki yawned as he went back in his egg. Hiro sighed. "It's still the after noon…Lazy ass chara…" he muttered. He got out the cell phone he secretly hid from the teachers. He dialed a number and raised the phone to his ear.

"Oh well. Better tell the boss now. The more longer he's pissed, the better the punishment." He mumbled.

"Hello?" a voice answered. Hiro smirked.


Shadow: Oohh… Iku-nyan's in trouble… .

Kukai: -fiery background- Damn it Shadow… why did you make Ikuto go with Haruko…? He's friends with her again!

Shadow: Well… as I said. I felt he hasn't got much love from her. You've been hogging her too much boy! Spread the love.

Kukai: -grabs Shadow- But what happens if Haruko gets kidnapped again?!

Shadow: Hey. I'm the author if this story. I could make the characters do anything I want. But poor Iku-nyan. He's going to be in serious trouble once they get back. T3T

Yoru: When did you start calling Ikuto Iku-nyan?

Shadow: I…don't…know… I think you called him that once. Idk. Ah. Right. To my readers, once again, I'm sorry I haven't been updating regularly. Or quicker. Whichever… Anyway, I'll try to maintain the usual update time, as for my other story. Hopefully. ._.; Don't kill me. I blame both homework and my habit of multi tasking.

Everyone: Anyway…we'll see you next time!