I apologize for the long wait for the update! This chapter was delayed due to my poor health. I fell under the weather while in to process of writing the chapter and was confined to my bed. That being said it's still no excuses for taking so long on this chapter. It's a romantic comedy chapter for those that like that. And for those that don't a battle chapter comes next time. But before it comes out I'll be working on my old chapters improving them with slight alterations(like my own horrible gramer TT^TT).Also awarning to all who read this I do not in any way condone the act of drinking alcohol on a dorm roof. Or underage drinking in general. DON'T DO IT! ITS DANGEROUS!
Note: Nek-Jin and any other race names belong to Makuhari-Fan01. Who has given me permission to use them. Thanks Again Maku!XD The terms are used from Makuhari-Fan01's story, Ala Alba in the World of Magic. A very good story that I highly recommend to any one who reads this. Also the series Urusei Yatsura is one of my favorite old school series. And the oldest harm manga I can think of. It was also known in America simply as "Lum", whom is the main girl from the series protagonist Ataru Moroboshi's harem. And no I don't know what they would do in a manga club, but if I was in one this is what I would be doing.
Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura & Negima belongs to Ken Akamatsu.
Warning: This story will contain Violence, Language, and Adult Content.
Chapter 11: Stench of Love! Who Will Capture Sora's Heart!
"How-chan!" A girl called. "The President wants those pages! She is getting angry!" Howaido stopped her inking on the title sheet for a oneshot.
"Huh! But, Paru should have-!" Howaido began. She turned her head sharply to Haruna sitting across from her twirling a pen between her fingers. "Paru! The deadline is today! Don't tell you slacked off again!"
"Don't worry, Howaido. You know me I'll have it all done before the end of the day." Haruna told her.
"How you manage to keep up with the club and work as an Assistant to Hakushi-sensei is beyond me..." Howaido sighted.
"Megu-chan! Tell the president that they'll be there by 16:00..." Haruna told the girl.
"Y-yes...but How-chan...!" She said. "Koji-kun, and Tamiko-chan, say that they need some help with the new Akugi chapter..."
"Oh no...again..." Howaido sighed. She placed the title sheet back on top of a stack of papers, and followed the girl from the room. She then snapped her head back around to her friend. "Get To Work On Those Pages!" She snapped.
Howaido rushed around all over the offices. As soon as she helped one group, another needed her assistance. But see didn't mind as it was always like this. Ever since the ending of the clubs last big serial story, they were in a bit of a wreak. Howaido then became a the glue holding the club together. This day seemed as if it would be especially busy, but luckily Howaido was able to convince her other friends from the LEC, Yue, Nodoka, and Konoka, to help her out.
"There...!" Howaido sighed as she added four more oneshots to the table. The table was covered all around with over 80 oneshots. "Thank you all once again for all the help today..." She said to her friends whom had also placed several stacks of oneshots on the table.
"Hey its no problem..." Konoka told her.
"Incredible!" Nodaka exclaimed. "So many different stories..."
"And you helped somehow with almost half of these..." Yue added.
"Yes, but most of it was just light work in each one..." Howaido told them. The time had quickly passed by. "I'm so glade that we're almost through here...but I had hoped to work more on my oneshot..."
"You've been working on that ever since that last series ended. How's it coming?" Haruna asked as she snuck up behind her.
"You don't need to worry about it Paru! Just please tell me that you finished those pages!" Howaido said.
"I'm getting there, don't worry so much!" Haruna told her. "It'll be my neck if it's not done, not yours!"
"But I had to work hard on that chapter too..." Howaido cried.
"Haruna, you really need to stop all this procrastination..." Yue told her.
"Hey seriously I'm almost done! I'm just on a break!" She objected.
"Umm...How-chan?" said they girl from before as she walked towards the 2A girls. "Someone has come to see you about a story..."
"Again!" Konoka exclaimed.
"Is that so...?" Howaido sighed. "Can no one else handle it right now...?"
"Well I suppose so, but he did ask for you specifically..." She told her.
"Well then I'll get to it..." She said. "So much for my oneshot..." Howaido's face seemed a little red as she walked with the girl. She was overworked it seemed even with all the help she was given.
"How-chan here is the story's writer..." The girl told her. Howaido looked to were the person was standing as he turned around. Her face turned redder as she was greeted by Sora's friendly smile. He stood there and looked directly at Howaido. He was dressed in a black short sleeve jacket vest, with a white shirt underneath, a pair of blue jeans, dark brown shoes, and around his neck was his silver crown necklace. Sora was with some of his friends, Tabaku, Shizuku, and Kokuu. Tabaku was in a green jacket, brown shorts, and red and black shoes. Shizuku wore a white muscle shirt and black jean pants with dark shoes. And Kokuu had an dark brown shirt, with jeans and a blue jacket, and a pair of white shoes.
"Yo!" He called. "Nice to see you Howaido-chan!"
"S-Sora-kun!" She exclaimed. "What are you doing here!"
"Huh! Sora-kun's here?" Konoka asked as she and the others joined them.
"Well to be honest...I'm kinda hard up for money." Sora told them. "And Lee-kun kept telling me that I should make a manga or write out the stories I have..."
"O-oh yes, you said something like that at the welcome party." Howaido said.
"This should be fine..." Sora thought. "As long as she just thinks it's a fantasy story, and I change up the names a bit. I don't see how this could get anyone in trouble..."
"Well I'd like to see any story you wrote and I can then find an artist that best suits the story..." She told him.
"That's OK but..." Sora said.
"Sora-kun wanted Harouko-san here to do the art." Shizuku said.
"HUH! M-me!" Howaido.
"Yeah, I want Howaido-chan to draw my stories..." Sora told her. Howaido stared at her feet as her face grew redder.
"B-but, Mine aren't really all that great...Maybe Haruna could..." She told them. Haruna looked at her friend curiously.
"Normally Howaido would just jump all over what ever she was asked to do. Did she really not want to work with Sora-kun, or was it ...?" She questioned mischievously.
"No way Howaido-chan's are the best!" Sora said.
"But-!" She started.
"Best give up! Sora-kun has been set on having you do it since he found out..." Kokuu said.
"Found out what...?" Yue asked.
"That Howaido-chan was actually the lead artiest for the clubs Mahou Kenshi series..." Sora said.
"What! HUH! How-!" She gasped.
"You used the alias Kouhaku Shiroi, right? I guess that you wanted to keep it a secrete, but I was able to find out with a little research online and on the school website..." Sora told her.
"You mean Sechi-kun did..." Tabaku added.
"Well yeah...!" Sora said with a slight blush as well. "I still wanted Howaido to do the art for my stories." He then got a better look at Howaido and noticed how red her face had gotten. "Say Howaido-chan are you feeling well? Your Not Sick Or Something Are You!" He placed his hand on her forehead and leaned very close with his eye's closed.
"AH! N-no! I'm-" She started before she became light footed and fell.
Howaido blacked out for a little while and awoke in her, and Haruna's working area.
"Hey she's coming to!" She heard Haruna say.
"Howaido-chan are you OK!" Sora concernedly asked.
"Huh...? Sora-kun...?" She asked.
"Whoa That Was Quite The Scare, Eh!" Tabaku asked.
"You really should have told us if you where overworked Howaido-chan...!" Konoka said.
"If your not well I could speak with you tomorrow..." Sora told her. Howaido leaned forward and waved her right hand.
"Oh, No! I-it's OK!" She said as she sat all the way up. "I feel better now that I've laid down for a bit!"
"But it was only for about 21 minutes..." Sora added.
"It's completely fine..." She told him. Haruna watched her friend.
"It's all there..." Haruna thought. She swiftly pulled her other friends to the side with her.
"Hey Paru! What's the matter...!" Konoka asked.
"It's all there my friends..." Haruna said in a sinister voice. "Everything..."
"Everything what...?" Yue asked.
"You should know..." Haruna added. "The look!...The sound!...The Smell!..."
"Smell...?" Nodoka repeated.
"Something smells...?" Konoka asked with a clueless look on her face.
"Of Course It Dose..." Haruna told them. "...The Stench Of Love!"
"Lo-!" Konoka almost blurted out, until Haruna covered her mouth.
"Yes...love..." Haruna added. "Surly one of you can see as well..."
"Howaido dose seem to act unusual around Sora-kun." Yue added.
"Of course she dose..." Haruna told them. "She seems to be completely enamored by him...Say you guys don't suppose he's her first love, do you!"
"A first love! How romantic!" Konoka added.
"First love..." Nodaka repeated.
"You know what this means right!" Haruna asked.
"That we need to help and support Howaido-chan like good friends would..." Yue said.
"NO!" Haruna said with a powerful and evil stare. "I need to observe and test my love sensing abilities!"
"T-that sounds cruel..." Nodaka said. "How can you want to do something so selfish..."
"Relax! I'll help her as well!" Haruna said. "But I'll also have to increases my powers of love sensing..."
"Of course spending more time with him could help Howaido-chan as well." Yue added.
"SORA-KUN! IT IS LATE HOW ABOUT WE ALL GO OUT FOR SOME FOOD TOGETHER!" Haruna asked.
"Huh? Oh OK sounds good..." Sora said.
"OH! We'll all be going out Together!" Tabaku said.
"Huh! Paru we still have a lot of work to do!" Howaido said. "And if we are to interview Sora-kun about his story it would be best-"
"Oh! Whatever! Megu-chan could take care of things up for us around here. Right Newbie!" Haruna said.
"Umm...well I think I can help cover a few things Haruna-sempai..." The girl said to her.
"Lets go then! We will have a meeting over dinner some place after we hang out a bit!" Haruna said.
"Huh! But-" Howaido.
"It really is fine! I can come by some other time, if I have to Paru." Sora told her.
"Hey, hey, hey! You don't turn girls down when they ask you out!" Tabaku told him. "Well you being a kami of some kind maybe, you can! But for us normal guys aren't so lucky and get enough offers to casually turn down."
"Whoa! Hey This Isn't A Date!" Howaido said with a red face. "And-...I still don't know!"
"I don't see why it could hurt." Kokuu said. "We got a few more hours left until your special tutelage thing you have, right?"
"Several..." Sora told him.
"What is that about anyway...?" Shizuku asked.
"It's just some special studies, since I've studied in other countries before OK." Sora said.
"Let's all go then come on!" Haruna said. "Get a move on to the door OK!"
"OK! Alright! Fine then!" Sora said as he moved to the door. "Well is there anything specific you guys want to do until we get some food?"
"Hay we could always do some more exploring around the school ya..." Shizuku told him.
"Oh the park would be nice..." Konoka added. "Or maybe the Mall..."
"Arcade sounds good too..." Kokuu added.
"Man hold up a bit we can't go all over..." Sora said as he opened the door. "What about you Howaido-chan? Where would you li-!" He said before suddenly something slammed into his face. Sora fell to his back, Aikuchi had just tackled him and landed with his face stuck between her legs. She and the Narutaki twins had just leaped to him and proceeded to cheer.
"Yeah! We Finally Found Sora-Kun!" The three girls screamed.
"Huh? Wait where did Sora-kun go!" Aikuchi asked.
"Ummm Aiku-chan!" Fumika said as she pointed to the suffocating Sora between her legs.
"Oh My!" Howaido said as she and Yue pulled Sora from under Aikuchi. "Sora-kun! Are You OK!"
"Perfectly fine..." He said with a dazed look and a nose bleed.
"Wow, ya know, Tabaku-kun maybe right about Sora-kun..." Kokuu said to Shizuku. "He dose seem to have a power to attract women, that shouldn't be underestimated..."
"I'll tell you what shouldn't be underestimated, Aikuchi-san's comedic timing mon..." Shizuku sighed.
"Hey, Hey! Sora-kun we need you to come play with us!" Aikuchi said beaming a bright smile to him.
"Yeah, yeah! We Need A Playmate!" Fuka added.
"Why no problem girls..." Tabaku began. "Just say the word and I'll be your playmate anyti-!"
"Hey, hey wait guys! I can't play with you right now OK." Sora told them. "Maybe tomorrow..."
"But, Sora-Kun! Your Gonna Be Starting Class Soon, And Then Some Kind Of Special After School Studies From What I Heard!" Aikuchi told him in a pouting voice.
"Yeah If You Don't Play With Us Soon Well Never Get The Chance Again!" Fumika added in the same tone.
"Soon We May Never Get To See Sora-Kun Again!" Fuka said as the three of them hugged Sora tightly as they cried.
"Now, now...Aren't you guys being a bit overdramatic..." Sora told them with a depressed look on his face. "Its just school, its not like I'm going to another country or something..."
"But still..." Aikuchi said as she let go and pulled back. "We won't be able to do as much fun stuff together anymore..." She said with a slightly sad face. "Oh, I get it...You just don't care about me do you...?" She tossed her head back, closed her eyes, and placed the back of her left hand to her forehead. "And to think I believed the promise you made me under the World Tree..."
"HUH!" Howaido and Nodaka reacted.
"NOT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!" Sora yelled.
"Wait wasn't that supposed to be with "Kagako"?" Kokuu added sarcastically.
"What dose it even matter any more..." Yue said.
"Come On Please Sora-Kun!" Aikuchi asked with big puffy eyes. "I Promise I'll Behave This Time...!" Sora sighed.
"Well, we are about to leave to somewhere..." He said. "I guess you guys could come along too..." He then leaned close to Aikuchi, and put a serious look on his face. "But You Had Better Behave Yourself...No Ninja Stuff Am I Clear..."
"Crystal!" She said with a cat-like smile. She gave Sora a huge hug along with the twins. Aikuchi seemed to glow as she hugged Sora tightly. Haruna pulled Yue, Nodaka, and Konoka close again.
"A budding one, yet here it is again..." Haruna told them.
"Huh! You mean...!" Nodaka asked.
"Yep! Aiku-chan's got it bad as well..." Haruna said.
"Oh This Is Turning Into A Love Triangle! Just Like In A Romance Novel!" Konoka added.
"Not exactly a good thing seeing as how most love triangles end pretty badly for one if not all of the people involved." Yue told them. "If it turns out like a book one of them could die..."
"I DON'T WANT HOW-CHAN TO DIE!" Nodaka thought. "Should we not let Aikuchi-chan interfere...?" Nodaka asked her friends.
"Are You Kidding! Let Them Compete For Sora Like He's A Scrap Of Meat...!" Haruna told her. "It'll Be Good For Howaido In The Long Run As Well..."
"Are you sure?" Konoka asked.
"It'll be perfect...with the scent of a rival in the air...Howaido will savagely fight for what is hers...That is when we provide her with support." Haruna said. "Of course if I'm to test my powers...I'll have to pit them against each other..." She continued on in her head.
"Sorry...I didn't mean for all the extra members to join us..." Sora said to Howaido.
"Oh! I-its fine by me Sora-kun..." Howaido told him.
"So then where to first?" He asked.
"The Fitness Center!" Fuka said.
"Yeah We Can All Play There!" Her sister added.
"I don't mind, how about the rest of you?" Sora asked everybody. Everybody nodded or voiced in agreement. All except for Howaido, who mumbled to herself. "Something wrong, Howaido-chan?"
"Ugh! No I-its nothing! Really..." She told him.
With that the group left the center for the manga club and headed to the nearby school fitness center. Kokuu talked a lot to Yue, Nodaka, and Konoka about stories and such. Yue found some of Kokuu's philosophical knowledge insightful. Haruna and Tabaku had obvious similarities when it came to scheming and mischievous maneuvers, so the two of them hit it off, though not in the way Tabaku could have hoped. Shizuku seemed to have similarities with the Narutaki twins as he was a bit of a prankster himself. Sora had tried to start discussing his "Story" to Howaido, but Aikuchi would keep interrupting with some other out there kind of comment.
"So who wants to play what sport?" Sora asked as he entered the gymnasium. Inside he could hear some kind of noise coming from somewhere farther inside.
"Seems as if someone's still here..." Nodaka said.
"Yeah and it sounds like that they're still playing something." Yue added.
"Let's take a look!" Fuka insisted as she raced off with her sister following close behind. The group entered a room with a large basketball court inside. Across from them shooting baskets into the opposite end of the room was Akashi Yuna, the basketball ace of 2A.
"Hey Yuna-san!" Aikuchi called out. Yuna turned and was surprised to see the large group of spectators watching her.
"Yo! What's Up Guys!" She called to them.
"Hey Yuna-san! What are you still doing here?" Haruna asked.
"Well, our team's practice was called off today so I was just shooting baskets and doing other drills so I don't lose my touch." Yuna told her.
"Still by this time shouldn't even your normal practice be over..." Sora asked.
"Yeah, it should have been over three hours ago, from my phone's time..." Konoka added as she checked the time on her cell phone.
"Huh! Damn I most have lost track of the time...!" Yuna cursed at herself. "Oh well at least I got some extra practice out of it. So what are you all doing here? Not just here to watch me practice, right? Though I wouldn't blame you if you where..."
"Not even, we came here to play something ourselves." Sora told her. "How about we divide up and play basketball?"
"Sounds like fun..." Kokuu said. "How about you guys?"
"Hey wait you gonna try and challenge me, Sora-kun!" Yuna asked.
"Sure Bring it Yuna-san!" Sora said eager for a competition.
"Alright Fine But I Get First Pick!" Yuna called.
The groups separated into two teams, one lead by Yuna and the other by Sora. Yuna's team, which consisted of herself, Shizuku, Tabaku, Haruna, and Fuka, stood ready with the ball. Yuna, Haruna, and Fuka seemed ready for action. However, Tabaku was busy swooning over how beautiful he found his female teammates to be, and Shizuku was sighing from embarrassment for his friend. Sora stood opposite of them along with Kokuu, Aikuchi, Howaido, and Fumika. Sora, Aikuchi, and Kokuu all seemed confident as well, but Fumika, and Howaido especially looked worried. Out on the sidelines Yue, Konoka, and Nodaka sat this game out.
"I hope your ready to lose!" Yuna called out. "This will be a first to 30 point game!"
"Like hell Yuna-san we won't go down without a fight!" Sora said.
Both he and Yuna approached the center of the court. Sora tossed the ball to Yuna, and she passed it back to him. Sora was able to toss the ball to Kokuu whom dribbled to their basket. He was then blocked by Shizuku and passed to Aikuchi. She shot from the half court and sunk it.
"Oh yeah!" She cheered.
As their game went on Aikuchi scored them 7 more goals giving them 24 points. It had not been all one sided however, as Yuna, Shizuku, and Tabaku were able to score 18 points on their own.
"Damn it! Aikuchi-san is really good!" Yuna thought. "I should try to get her on the team!"
"Great work Aikuchi-san! We're only two goals away from winning!" Sora told her.
"No problem here just leave it to me!" Aikuchi told him with a huge smile and a blush at her master's praise. Howaido looked at her nervously.
Yuna took the ball, only to be blocked by Kokuu and was forced to pass it to Fuka whom missed it. The ball rolled towards Howaido and she saw her chance. She took the ball and begin to clumsily dribble. Suddenly, Shizuku came to block her from passing to Sora. So she tried her best to shoot for a basket. Her throw however, had little power and just fell to the ground. Haruna grabbed the ball and tossed it to Tabaku who scored a basket. She turned red with embarrassment. Howaido's eyes were on the verge of watering.
"OH MAN!" Aikuchi cried! "Nice move!"
"Hey Leave Her Alone!" Sora told her. "Hey you OK!" He asked concerned.
"Yeah..." Howaido said sadly. "I'm not to good at sports..."
"Hey don't worry about it! At the end of the day this is just a game!" Sora said. "We're all just having fun." She smiled a little before Sora was suddenly smacked in the head by the ball.
"Oops! My Bad!" Aikuchi called innocently.
After the little mess up on Howaido's part, Yuna's team made a come back. She was able to get past Sora and made a basket! Now the two teams were tied with only two goals left. Yuna was determined to win and defend her title as a basketball ace, fought tooth and nail for the ball. She grabbed the ball and passed it to Shizuku whom made another basket.
"How do you like that the magnificent star Akashi Yuna, ace of the basketball team is one shot from victory!" Yuna exclaimed wail making a V with her right hand.
"Hey what are we then...!" Shizuku complained.
"You have such skills Yuna-san!" Tabaku exclaimed.
"Hey it's not over yet!" Kokuu told them.
The ball was knocked to Yuna's team, and was grabbed by Fuka. She passed it to Haruna who dribbled it to the other basket. She made a shot that was blocked by Sora and tossed to Fumika. She in turn had to pass in under Yuna's legs To Howaido. She tried to make a pass to Aikuchi, but was being blocked by Haruna.
"Oh No!" She thought.
"Psst! Howaido!" Haruna whispered. "Your a lot closer to the basket, you can make the shot!"
"Wha-! But I'm no good at this stuff..." Howaido said.
"Don't worry you will make it..." Haruna said with a slightly evil tone. "And besides...Sora-kun will be so impressed...Do It!"
Freaking out Howaido quickly agreed and tossed the ball to the basket. This time the ball went to the hoop. Everyone stopped and watched the ball as it rolled around the rim. The basket ball slowed down on it's seventh rotation around the rim. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, the ball was grabbed by Tabaku who jumped to it. Everyone went white from shock. As he threw the ball to the other side of the court and into the basket with a swish!
"THERE HOW WAS THAT YUNA-SAN, HARUNA-SAN!" Tabaku exclaimed.
"Whoa! That Was Great Takuba-san!" Yuna said.
"It's uh...Tabaku..." Tabaku told her.
"DAMN YOU!" Haruna said as she kicked him in the head. "YOU'VE RUINED MY PLAN!" Tabaku laid flat on the ground with blood leaking out of his mouth.
"Oh! Tabaku-kun are you OK!" Shizuku asked.
"Yes totally fine..." Tabaku told him as he coughed.
"I'm sorry Sora-kun...If I hadn't tried that shot we could have won." Howaido said.
"It's OK, we can't win them all." Sora told her. "And you almost had it, that was pretty impressive!"
"Huh? R-really...!" Howaido said.
Aikuchi watched in a blush, until she noticed the ball rolling next to her. She had no idea why but her instincts told her to lob the ball at them. And she has always followed her instincts. In the blink of an eye, she threw the ball with great force hitting Sora in the back of the head. Sora was knocked a new one and fell forwards on top of Howaido. They both fell to the ground with Sora's left leg between her legs and his head resting in her chest. Howaido turned a deep red as she looked at Sora knocked for a loop and using her like a pillow.
"Aww! Come on, I make the heroic score..." Tabaku cried. "And it's still the kami that gets some..." Sora was lifted from off Howaido, whom seemed as if she could faint at any moment.
"AHH! I'M REALLY SORRY!" Sora called. "I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THAT-"
"N-no! It's Fine! Totally Fine!" Howaido told him as she waved her arms in front of him. "Its Not Like I Was Mad About It..." Realizing what she had just said she turned redder and waved her arms faster."BUT NOT THAT I ENJOYED IT ETHER!" Sora looked to his feet with a red face as he rubbed the back of his head. Howaido mimicked this action as well as the both began to laugh under their breath.
"Hmmm...This seems to have turned around on me..." Aikuchi thought.
Sora and the others, along with Yuna, decided to head out before it would get to late. The followed Kokuu's suggestion and headed to the arcade. Sora and the other guys challenged each other to rounds at a fighting game, called Kihaku Assaiki VII: Reiniku(Soul Crusher VII: Body & Soul). At which Sora cleaned house at, in fact the only one that came close to stopping Sora was Tabaku. He found himself loving the fact that he nearly beat a kami in a battle. Yuna, Howaido, Konoka, Aikuchi, and the twins were taking turns at a dancing rhythm game, Howaido surprised them all by getting the high score on the game. Haruna and Yue were playing an arcade game that was an adaptation for a card game the two played. Nodaka watched her two friends fight each over with decks of magic spells and weapons. The group stayed there for about two hours before they left.
As the left to find a place to eat Sora was finally able to tell Howaido about his "Story". He began telling her a loose version of his journey, changing his name, and the other people he met in his adventure as well. Howaido, and Haruna whom lessened in, seemed more and more interested in his story. Then the two began to discuss if it should be a monthly Story Manga, or a Weekly Battle Manga. Haruna said they could be get the story really popular as a Battle Manga, but Howaido thought having a monthly Story Manga would be better. Sora couldn't make up his mind and said he'd think about it.
"This story sounds like an absolute fantasy story..." Howaido said. "And it has the classical story of a princess being rescued by her charming prince!"
"I-I don't know if I'd call him charming..." Sora said slightly red.
"Don't you agree Nodaka-chan...?" Howaido asked.
"It dose sound good, but I'm not to good with manga stand points..." Nodaka told them.
"Hey No Way! A Battle Manga Would Be Way Cooler!" Aikuchi added.
"Yeah completely!" Haruna told them. "No wait!...What we need to do is simple...Sora-kun we should make it a Battle slash Harem slash Ecchi Manga!"
"Umm huh!" Sora reacted.
"All we need is to add a few more love interests form the main hero, that he interacts with from chapter to chapter!" Haruna said.
"Like Urusei Yatsura* but with magical battles and sword fighting!" Tabaku added. "Ah...that was my favorite manga of all time..."
"I don't know about that..." Sora told her.
"Look you should just think about it." Yue told him. "Take what Howaido-san, and Paru say to heart, they know what they are talking about. Ether way it'll be your choice in the end..."
"Damn it there isn't any food courts open around here! Yuna cried.
"Huh! Is it already so late?" Sora asked.
"Yep all the restaurants around here are closing up." Kokuu told him. "We could go to a fast food place, but the nearest one would take about 40 minutes to get to on foot."
"What oh no!" Fumika yelled.
"Yeah I'm starving now!" Fuka added.
"The Fantaji House isn't to far from here..." Sora said aloud. "We could head there and get a hold of some food."
"Yeah Food Party At Sora-Kun's House!" Fuka shouted.
"Let's clam down, now. I can't make this into a party!" Sora told them. "We can only go there and grab a bite! After that we'll call it a night...OK."
"Aww..." Some of the girls wined.
Sora lead them to the Fantaji House. In his dorm Sora found not only Uindo and Kumogiri, but Tanehana, Lee, Awai, and Sukako. Kumogiri was in an all black uniform from his school. Tanehana was like wise in her school cloths. Uindo wore a white shirt and jeans with black boots. Lee was in a jacket that was a deep red color, along with white pants and black shoes. Sukako wore a short jean jacket, with a white undershirt. And finally Awai was dressed in a yellow shirt with a jean skirt. Tanehana squealed at seeing her younger brother. Awai, remembering her last encounter with him, shot a scowl Sora's way. Which in turn caused Sora to nervously laugh to himself.
"Ha, ha what are all of you doing here...?" Sora asked.
"We were just hanging out here Sora." Tanehana told him.
"Yeah man, we've all been hanging around here for a while now." Lee added.
"Not you guys..." Sora said. "I meant those two..."
"Oh? They're all old friends as well..." Tanehana added.
"What! Don't feel comfortable around me you little pervert?" Awai said coldly. "Well the feeling is mutual..."
"Hey cut the little guy a break Awai-san!" Sukako told her.
"You're just saying that because he looks like Kumogiri-san..." Awai said.
"Nee-san! We where coming to get some food!" Sora told her. "Do you think you could help prepare some dinner? If it's not to much trouble that is!"
"Why of course! I was planning on cooking something for everyone else anyway." She told him giving him a huge and rubbing his face in her chest.
"Nee-san This Is TOO Close! I Can't Even Breath!" Sora said. Tabaku fell back with a nose bleed as everyone else from Sora's group turned red.
"Oh My!" Tanehana said as she released him. "I might need a few more hands to make food for all these people. Awai-san would you please help me out?"
"Fine..." Awai said with a sigh.
"Hey Howaido-san and I can help!" Konoka told her.
"Oh! Thank you, Kono-chan." Tanehana told her.
"Sounds good, Konoka-san, and Howaido-san, are both great cooks." Yue said.
"So is Nee-san..." Sora told them.
"Yeah, but How-chan makes some of the best food I've ever had, next to Satsuki-san and Chao-san!" Haruna told him.
"Ah great!" Sora said to them. "Howaido-chan, I can't wait!"
"Oh! I well..." She said a little embarrassed. "I'll try my best...Sora-kun..."
As the four girls cooked and prepared the large dinner, Sora and the rest gathered around the table and covered on the day's events. After words Lee began demanding to hear some more of Sora's story. Sora however felt that they should wait for Howaido before he talks about it anymore. Lee himself seemed to like the idea of seeing the story Sora had been telling them in a manga form. Tabaku and Kokuu began to Sora about the Kendo Club's schedule for meetings as he would soon need to come to the meetings. At the same time Yuna was begging Aikuchi to join the Basket Ball Club. Which she politely turned down several times. Shizuku amused everyone with some humorous jokes he had known, some had Sukako slapping the table so heard it had broke. The laughter was broken by a knock at the door. Sora got to his feet and opened it, and was a little surprised to see Negi and Asuna.
"Huh! What are you to doing here?" Sora asked.
"Konoka-san called us and said to come over." Negi told him.
"Yeah You Stole Our Chef Sora-Kun!" Asuna exclaimed as she marched in. "I have a paper duty so I though the three of us should stay the night!"
"I can't say that you can!" Sora told her. "Kumogiri-san and Uindo-san won't let a couple of middle school girls stay the night."
"I'm fine with it..." Uindo said as he calmly sipped his tea.
"Do whatever you want." Kumogiri said mimicking the same actions. Sora fell to the ground arms first.
"Negi staying over with them is one thing, he's only ten after all. But them over here don't you think that it's a little awkward?" He said.
"This is a co-ed dorm..." Kumogiri said. "Girls and guys are allowed."
"But won't the landlord get on to us if we have girls sleeping in the same room." Sora asked.
"Tora-ossan won't care as long as it's not the same bed..." Uindo said.
"Since Sempai and I have no interest in those two, it'll be fine as long as you stay out of their futons..." Kumogiri said.
"What The Hell Is THAT Supposed To Mean!" Sora shouted.
"Relax the girls can stay with Awai-san and I if it's that hard to keep it in your pants Sora-kun!" Sukako said.
"I HAVE NO TROUBLE DOING THAT! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" Sora shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Hey! Hey The Food Is Ready!" Tanehana said.
"Oh Negi-kun, Asuna! You made it!" Konoka said.
Everybody gathered around a coffee table. It was a tight squeeze with all the extra people. Sora was right next to Howaido making her blush a little as he reached and added some of the food she made to his plate. He took a bite of some fried shrimp and his eyes popped. Sora quickly ate the other three on his plate.
"Whoa! Haruna-san wasn't kidding! This is amazing Howaido-chan!" he told her.
"R-really!" She responded.
"Hay let me try some too..." Negi said as he grabbed one with his chop sticks and placed it in his mouth. "Hey Sora-kun's right! This is delicious!" He and Sora as well as everyone else began to pick away at the food that Howaido prepared.
"This is so good..." Aikuchi thought to herself as she pack away Howaido's food.
"Man this really is some amazing food!" Sora said.
"Please stop!" Howaido said with an embarrassed smile.
"Well, well..." Haruna softly said as she moved closer to Aikuchi. "Sora-kun sure is impressed with Howaido. Maybe he likes girls that can cook well..."
Aikuchi placed her plate and sticks on the table and went to kitchen area. She found it clean as the other girls had cleared the pans that they had used. Aikuchi grabbed the ones she need and mead sure that they were clean. She the started to prepare her own food.
"Hey Aikuchi-san what are you doing?" Asuna asked.
"Nothing..." She said in a sing song voice.
"Hee, hee..." Haruna laughed evilly as she could see through the girls actions.
Within a few minutes Aikuchi had prepared the same foods that Howaido had. She made just enough to spread it around to every body. Aikuchi returned to the table with the foods.
"What's this...? I didn't know you cooked." Yuna said.
"Aiku-chan cooks!" The twins said at the same time.
"Leave me be! I-I just thought I'd try my best at remaking the food Howaido made since its all gone." She sad with a little bit of blush on her face.
"Well let's have a taste..." Shizuku said.
Every one each grabbed a piece of the fried shrimp. Each one of them took a bit, and rhythmically each one of them had their face's pop. Their eyes grew. Their necks tightened. And hair stood up. At least everyone but Yue and Sora.
"Well..." Aikuchi asked.
"I-it's not...bad..." Howaido said forcing herself to swallow.
"It certainly has a unique flavor..." Tanehana said.
"Unique...well I guess that's a word for it." Asuna said as Lee, the twins, Haruna, and Yuna all spit out their bites into a near by trash bin.
"Not that bad..." Yue told her as she raised her plate. "Can I have some more?"
"Ditto!" Sora said as he finished his shrimp. Everyone else's jaws dropped.
As the evening went on the entire group left Aikuchi's food to Sora and Yue. Eventually the food was cleared and Tanehana along with Yuna, Konoka, and Kokuu washed the dishes. Sora, Tabaku, and Shizuku laid flat on their backs stuffed from all the food. Asuna started to unpack Negi's pj's and a change of clothes for him. Aikuchi sat nearby in the fetal position as she realized that everyone hated her food, and that she wasn't near as good a cook as Howaido.
"I feel bad for Aikuchi-san..." Tanehana whispered under her breath. "I kinda hope she get's a husband like Sora, who can eat and drink anything..."
"Yeah..." The other three sighed in depression.
"Damn it..." Aikuchi cried in the fetal position. "Nobody liked my food..."
"Ah! T-that's not true Aikuchi-san...!" Howaido said trying to console her.
"Yeah Sora-kun and I liked it." Yue told her.
"That's because you two could eat anything..." Lee said.
"Waaaah!" Aikuchi cried. Howaido tried her best to make sure she was fine, but Aikuchi seemed to saddened. Sora lifted himself up and walked up to her.
"Hey don't worry about it Aikuchi-san! I enjoyed all the food..." He said as he patted her on the head. "If it makes you feel any better I'll eat your food anytime you make it for me..."
"Oh!..." Aikuchi said with a smile.
"...same for you Howaido-chan!" He added.
"Oh OK!" Howaido said happily and causing Aikuchi to sink back into the fetal position.
"Damn It's Getting Late!" Fuka said.
"We really should get back to the dorms!" Fumika added.
"Oh I guess so..." Nodaka commented.
"Oh well...It sure was a fun night..." Tabaku said as he got to his feet. "And as much as I'd like to stay with all these lovely ladies, we do have classes tomorrow."
"Oh! Alright then see ya!" Sora said.
"This is no good! Oh Well! I guess I've seen enough! Time to put this to an end,...and spice everything up while I'm at it..." Haruna thought as she grabbed Howaido and Aikuchi and pulled them close. "Well this is no way to end the night wouldn't you agree ladies..."
"Huh? What do you mean Paru?" Howaido said.
"What do you need...?" Aikuchi asked.
"Now, now...don't play dumb girls..." Haruna said with an evil smile. "I've been watching the two of you this whole time and I've been egging you on...I can sense it! I can see clearly what you both feel about Sora-kun...!" Both the girls turned red. "You maybe acting a little friendly about everyone else, but I know the two of you can feel it to. You are each the other's rival!" Howaido looked down and to a gulp. "Being as how I'm Howaido's friend I should support her, but I will now longer stand in Aikuchi's way. For what you both are working for is something all women should have..." The two girls looked down at the floor with red faces, both of them contemplating there own feelings. Yue noticed her friend toying with the two girls. She was like a cat whom played with the two mice she caught before eating them.
"What are you doing? I thought you would observe and casually help Howaido-san with this. Not pit the two against each other..." Yue demanded.
"Think about it the obvious choice for Sora-kun would be Howaido!" Haruna whispered to her. "If given the choice he'll go for her, rather then Aikuchi-san...Plus playing with people's minds is so much fun!"
"I don't think it will go that way Paru..." Yue told her. But her friend ignored her.
"Now is your chance to make him yours!" She whispered to Howaido. "Ask him what you want to ask him!" Howaido grew red. As did Aikuchi as she over heard. She could lose to Howaido! She had to make her move now. She darted towards Sora, followed closely by Howaido.
"Are you serious about staying the night here Asuna-san?" Sora asked again.
"Look whatever! Me and Konoka will stay the night with Awai-san, and Sukako-san, OK!" Asuna told him. "You just keep an eye on Negi-bozu, and make sure he baths!"
"Yes meme!" Sora said.
"Sora-Kun!" He heard Aikuchi shout. Sora turned to see both of them stampeding to him and full speed. The two girls stopped right in front of him, drawing everyone's attention. Sora him self fell backwards onto Negi and mashed him between himself and a bed.
"Sora-Kun!...You See The Thing Is...!" The two girls nervously said.
"Huh! What-!" He exclaimed.
"I Need To Ask You!" They each said again.
"Yes...yes...!" Haruna said. She and the other librarian girls were holding their breath waiting to hear a confession.
"The Thing Is...I Was Wondering..." they both said. Finally they were about to ask him to try and find the right words. But suddenly the two girls lost their nerves, and blurted out the first thing that came to mind.
"SORA-KUN I WOULD BE HONORED TO DARW YOUR STORY IF YOU WOULD LET ME, PLEASE!" Howaido exclaimed.
"I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD COME WITH ME AND ASIST ME WITH MY TRAINING UNDER SESSHA-SENSEI, PLEASE!" Aikuchi exclaimed at the same time. Haruna, Nodaka, and Konoka fell face first onto the floor.
"Told you." Yue thought.
"Ah...m-manga...training...sounds good..." Sora laughed nervously as he rubbed his back on Negi attempting to pick himself up. Negi him self felt a build up from some dust that fell from Sora.
"Oh NO!" He thought as a sneeze was about to escape. "AHHCOOO!"
A mighty gust blew through the room. Howaido Aikuchi and the other girls where left standing there in only their underwear. Howaido, Yuna, Konoka and Asuna all had on simple white bras and panties. Haruna and Yue both had black with Yue having a chemise instead of a bra. Aikuchi and Nodaka both wore pink underwear. Fuka and Fumika being not as developed as the other girls had on only white panties with little bows on them. Tanehana and Awai both very adult bras, panties, and garter belts that held up their pantyhose, Tanehana's where black while Awai's where pink. And Sukako had blue panties but no bra and the only thing shielding her breasts from everyone's view was her own right arm. Sora and all the other guys were reduced to nothing but their boxers. The only exception being Negi and Uindo, whom apparently wasn't wearing any this whole time. All the girls except for Tanehana, and Sukako let out a loud shrill cry. Sora, Kokuu, Lee, Kumogiri, and Shizuku all had violent nosebleeds at the sight of all the girls. Tabaku seemed to pass out from sheer delight, while Uindo covered himself. Negi being the only one cloth turned a deep red and spit instead of going the screaming cries.
"Nice move..." Lee said to Negi with a thumps up.
"NEGI!" Asuna screamed.
"You Caused This Didn't You!" Awai asked as she looked to Sora and Negi.
"WHAT NO! IT WAS SOME KIND OF FREAK ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING!" Sora pleaded.
"AND WHY THE HELL DON'T YOU HAVE UNDER WEAR!" Asuna screamed at Uindo.
"Real men go commando..." He told her.
"GET THE FUCK OUT YOU DAMN PERVERTS!" The two hot-headed girls yelled as they beat the living hell out of every guy and they tossed them out into the cold.
Outside the young men lay bleeding.
"Going to die now..." Kokuu said.
"Hey at least like this I could die happy mon..." Shizuku said as he gave a thumps up.
"Did you guys see all of that...?" Tabaku asked.
"Little man...I have it memorized..." Lee happily said.
"So...cold out here...I think its shrinking...!" Uindo said.
"We Don't What To Here That! Put On Some Damn Cloths!" Kumogiri said.
"Words can not express how bad I feel you guys..." Negi apologized.
"Negi-kun...your sneezes will be the death of me..." Sora said. "But oh well it could have been worse...Asahi-san could have been here too...I doubt we would still be breathing if that was the case..."
Not so far off on the roof of the near by dorm buildings. Shurako sat still and watched the boys bleed on the ground. She shuck her bottle of sake in front of her.
"And that is why I don't go for those hangout nights..." She said as she took a drink. "Ahh...now that's good..." She added with a sigh.
"Defiantly looks like I made a good call not to go tonight..." A voice said to her.
The voice shocked her, but her alarm faded once Shurako saw whom it was. A young man in a white hoodie and purple headphones around his neck. He had light brown hair and blue eyes. And smiled cockily at how he easily frightened Shurako.
"Reijin..." She thought with a pissed off look on her face.
"Of course seeing Tane-chan, Suka-chan, and Awai-chan, all exposed like that could have been worth it, I'm sure that Lee-kun will let me know how good it was..." He said.
"What a pervert!" She said. "So what the hell do you want, you fucking prick?"
"Well for starters Shurako how about a sip of your sake?" He begged.
"Fat chance..." She told him.
"Oh come on! What would your papa think if I told him his little angel was drinking alcohol on a roof no less!" Reijin threatened.
"Like he'd believe you! Try again you Hentai..." She said as she tried to down the rest in a single gulp.
"Well if you want to be stingy about it...Gelo(to freeze)..." He thought.
Suddenly the sake stopped flowing into her mouth. It was still a little heavy so she new it wasn't empty. Shurako looked inside with her right eye. She saw that the sake inside had frozen into ice.
"Estus(heat)..." He said. The sake pored all over Shurako, she was drenched in it. And now she really smelled like alcohol. She grabbed Reijin by the throat.
"You Little! That Dose It This Time I'm Going To Fri You!" She said with lightning appearing around her hand. But before she could do any thing else he disappeared into what looked like steam. Only to reappear sitting on her other side.
"How many time have you said that to me Shurako?" Reiji asked. She sighed and sat back on the ground next to him.
"I think this makes 1,523,368,930 over the course of these eight years..." She said as she sighed.
"Say what do you thin of that boy the one that kinda looks like Kumo-kun?" He asked.
"That kid Sora! Can't say...haven't really spoken with him..." She told him. "Just had a rather uncomfortable meeting with him in the baths..."
"Oh Really! Do Tell!" He said in a giddy voice.
"Ask him your self...I bet he's still scared from what Awai-san, and I did to him." She added.
"What! He Saw You And Awai-Chan!" He exclaimed.
"He also saw Tanehana-san, and Sukako-san too." Shurako added. "And technically he felt Awai-san's and Sukako-san's breasts..."
"The more I hear the more envious I become!" Reijin said. "What a lucky bastard..."
"Why the interest?" She asked.
"Sensei wants me and Lee-kun to test his abilities later tonight." He told her.
"What! He Wants You AND Lee To Do It!" Shurako exclaimed. "That's Going A Little Too Far Don't You Think!"
"Yeah...I are ready talked it through with Shade-beard." He said.
"Well that's good..." She said. "I could under stand him sending in Lee-kun or even Kumogiri-kun, but your-!"
"I told him I want to test him on my own..." He added.
"What! Why The Hell Would You Want To Do Something Like That!" She exclaimed. "I know you Reijin, your a lazy pervert, who never takes anything seriously! You procrastinate on all of your work weather it's school work or your duties as a Magister Magi! So why would you even care about fighting a kid you don't even know..."
"Shade-beard sealed up his power so that it couldn't be sensed." He told her. "But you know I have a talent for seeing beyond such things..." She lessened carefully to him. "Some thing about that kid...just makes me want to get up off of my ass and do something..." he added with a smile as he watched Sora and the other boys on the ground. Suddenly his eyes got a little wider. "Hey...why the hell is Uindo-kun naked?"
As Reijin contemplated this inside the dorm as the girls got dressed, Haruna realized something.
"SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE DEADLINE!" Haruna screamed.
"AHHH! I Knew You Would!" Howaido cried as she buttoned her shirt
Reijin, A Powerful Master Mage Is To Face Sora In Battle...!
Only A Few Hours Remain Until Sora's First Lesson In Mage At Mahora...!
What Dangers Await Him In His First Lesson As A Mage...!
Next Time: The Water Mage! Sora's Training Battle Start!
Harouko Howaido
Seat 33 (Mahora Girl's 2A)
Born: 7 of December, 1988
Blood Type: A
Likes: Manga, Drawing, Writing, Reading, Cooking
Dislikes: Crowded Places, Dogs
Clubs: Manga Club, Art Club, Library Exploration Club
Howaido started of as a Konoka for Asahi during my first idea of the story. So originally she was a ditz. Now she is more like Nodaka, I knew from the start that Howaido would be the first to have hinted a romance for Sora as well in the first version. She, Asahi, and Hinata where meant to be best friends and roommates but they ended up in different groups. Though she and Asahi are still friends due to them both being in the Mahora LFC. Being as how Namine was always drawing pictures, I made her an artist and started to branch out from there. Until she became a manga artist along with Haruna. She also tends to do extra work for the club, thus making her a bit of a gofer there. She also covers for Haruna's slackerish way of doing work. She and Nodaka have been friends since primary school, so they have a strong bond. She also thinks of Asahi and Asuna as close friends, because when ever she and Nodaka where picked on Asahi and Asuna would defend them. Howaido also seems to get along fine with Yue and Konoka. And though she causes her repeated troubles with her schemes, Haruna and Howaido remain close friends as well. She and Nodaka have I have tried to make her personality similar to Nodaka, only not near as shy. If things go the way I plan then she will start to play a prominent role by the Kyoto ark.
Thanks for reading and please review.
Here is a list of the OCs and whom they look like:
Koikawa Asahi = Kairi
Souigiun Kumogiri = Cloud
Tanehana Silverberg = Aerith
Souchou Kouen a.k.a. Lee = Axel
Raionshin Uindo = Leon
Harouko Howaido = Namine
Kiridashi Aikuchi = Yuffie
Tsunzaku Shouiko = Paine
Fukuhon Tsubaki = Xion
Yurushi Yoru = Yuna
Hizashi Hinata = Olette
Mashin Fuujin = Fuu
Azuchi Kikyou = Rikku
Kashaku Amiai = Selphie
Nijuusei Kokuu = Roxas
Ryouken Tabaku = Hayner
Enten Hamashi = Tidus
Kairyuu Shizuku = Wakka
Uekumi Sechi = Pence
Hidama Seizen = Auron
Inabikari Awai = Lighting
Tetsubun Sukako = Tifa
Tenchijin Shurako = Larxene
Yuki no Toratou =Kimahri Ronso