Chapter 4.

What only a Blog knows

The twins weren't the most average Joe type of Teens. Noone knew a thing about them, not even their parents' name. When they first appeared in Kannomori Academy High, they were seemingl just your typical teenagers, who just want to study at the best school possible. Of course they quickly made some friends as they were very friendly towards everyone, but they never invited anyone over for their birthday, which was August 17th, or for a party's sake, or even studying. Not that they didn't want to spend more time with their friends or anything, it just happened so, that their father always said a strict no to every request they made. Or at least so it seemed.

"Can't you just take five already?"

Even on that certain day, Setsuna and Chiaki were in a middle of an argument. One that would become their trademark activity during schooltime. Setsuna was always the more lively and slightly the more agressive of the duo, always foul Mouthed and always out for no good. Chiaki on the other hand was the calm headed and always clearly thinking one. Like ice and fire, they always seemed to extinguish eachother, instead of helping one another further. On that day however, april 8th, someone new stepped into their lives. A really, really huge person that is. He just took a left at one of the corners on the way to school and walked right in front of them:

"Who's the giant?"
"Does it really matter?"

Setsuna coulnd't hold herself back. The gigantic figure was covering most of the sidewalk in front of them, or at least so it seemed to the young girl.

"He sure is tall! You think he's some kind of Ogre?"
"Oh come on sis, what if he hears you?"

Setsuna just pulled her nose up.

"See if I care! I just wonder what he looks like from up front..."
"Why don't you go and... ?"
"I can hear you quite well you know! I'm not deaf!"

That was the moment, when Matsui and the twins crossed paths for the first time. It didn't take long for the girl to realise, how much she was affected by the enormous young man, and she was trying her best at getting closer to him, to her surprise, with success. These adventure of hers went straight into her Blog.

April 8th

Wow...

I don't know if Giants exist, but if the do, well I met one today.

Chiaki and I were... What else, arguing about nonsense as always, and all of a sudden this ginormous guy walks out right in front of us.

Turns out his name is Matsui, and he's actually a pretty friendly guy, though he didn't show much of that at the beginning. Somehow I had a hunch, that I know him, And what do you know? I was right!

My test was Cardfighting, what else... He said, that he has no idea what it is, yet he beat me to dust in no time. I dunno if it was on purpose, or he was just screwing up royally there... But he did forget about what he said...

Turns out, I did know him... He just moved home from the US, and he's my classmate too! I can't believe this!

April 9th

Too bad...

Blast, he didn't come to school today... :( I dunno if he has problems with me, or just caught a cold or something, but he wasn't there. I was so lookking forward to seeing him again... Too bad *sigh*

Then again, he left an old Royal Paladin deck on the playing table yesterday, and I got just the perfect idea, what to surprise him with. Wish me luck!

April 11th

I'm dreaming of boxes

I can't believe he still didn't come to school... But then again, if he did catch a cold... Nah _ he was just fine on tuesday!

In case you guys are wondering about the post title, I gotta tell ya, I'm dug into my old boxes, to look for my cards... I gotta find all of them if I'm to make that surprise happen. I soooo wanna see his face XD

April 13th

Aaaand Done! Kaching!

Oh god, oh god it's done! :DDD I did it! The very first deck I've created all on my own! I'd so like to see what Chiaki says about this, but I locked him out of my room. He'll know when he sees it!

I'll also want to see Matsui's face when I give it to him! He's too timid to open it up in front of me, so I'm sure he'll only do so at home.

Which just reminds me... Where does he live anyway? One way to find out! Wish me luck!

April 14th

Yessss! Success!

Well at least partial success! I finally did it! I gave him the deck!

More importantly, I actually got him to open up to me today! Can you believe that? Turns out, he has a lot of dark spots in his past, which of course I couldn't know of... How could I, I'm not his friend... Well at least I wasn't until today! :)

Soooo awesome I swear to god! He's such a nice guy actually. His smile is cute too!

What am I even saying? I'm watching too much romance in terms animes lately! Someone help me pull myself together!

Oh and a rather different side note... Chiaki came home soaking wet... He immediately turned out to have a fever, so the doctor was summoned, who told him to stay at home for the week. I just hope he gets well soon... He may be a dummass, but he still is my brother and believe it or not, I love him!

April 15th

O...M...G!

It... Oh my god... Where do I start?

Ok so this morning... Matsui just... He said "Good morning!" I know that's silly, because why wouldn't he? But the way he said that! I almost had a heart attack... His voice... Deep, powerful, manly voice... But he could fit as a singer too... Oh and best part: He was smiling!

Then at noon, during lunch time, he grabbed my hand and took me to the school's rooftop... I didn''t know what to make of the whole thing, but he asked me to come over to his place for dinner... Was he reading my mind or something?

And his home... OMG! His mom is soooo nice, and beautiful... I wish my mom was still with us, or if not, then at least a new mother like her! Her cooking is excellent, and she's so nice... I don't even know the right words to express myself!

And his sister! OMG that little girl! So adorable, so cute, so lively... So... Kari! That's right, her name's Kari... How cute of a name is that?

And Matsui's room... I was left speechless.. So many posters... So many tournament invitations... So many drawings... He sure has skill at this... His drawings are like photos basically. One I really liked was the one that depicted him and his brother as Blaster Blade and Blaster Dark... Sooo epic! *_*

And most awesome: He even drew a picture of me! I'm honored! And I got to keep it too! He said he's planning another drawing with me, him and Kari... I can't wait what turns out of that!

About a good week later, Chiaki, now fully recovered, entered Playcorner only to be greeted by a very unlikely sight: Matsui was there, and not only that, but he was sitting at his table. A table reserved for him only, the genius deck master. Some even made rumors that his IQ exceeded 160, which was of course Absurd, but Chiaki never did anything to deny that. But now, Matsui was sitting in his place.

"Oi Matsui! I think you've taken an occupied seat!"

Matsui looked up and let a smile go.

"And what? I don't see your name on it!"
"Yeah... I could've thought you'd say that!"

Chiaki smiled too, and sat down right next to him. They didn't have much time to talk before, but since Setsuna talked him into becoming friends with Matsui, he didn't object. What he did notice however was, that Matsui gave totally different advice than he usually would. And Kids were swarming around him with the utmost variety of questions and requests.

"The hell? Matsui you're stealing my fans!"
"No I'm not! Look there's kids by your side too!"
"Yeah but look at the scales!"

Matsui looked around and by the looks of it, there were triple as many kids by him. He just laughed at that and patted Chiaki's shoulder.

"Worry not my friend! I'm sure they'll come asking you too, in case they're unsure about something."

Chiaki just pulled his shoulders.

"If you say so!"

For a while they were back to working, but when the kids ran out for a bit, Chiaki now turned to Matsui to start a real conversation.

"I see you made yourself at home now!"
"Look, Setsuna told me, that I can sit here!"
"I know! You know she wants you back to cardfighting!"

Matsui nodded slowly.

"Yeah, but didn't she tell you about... ?"
"Hold your excuses, okay? I've heard what you told Setsuna!"
"I guess you know all my reasons then!"

Chiaki now stood to pat Matsui's shoulders aswell.

"Look man, if you're willing to take some advice from someone actually younger than you: You should know, that sometimes, running isn't the right solution. You should rather face your fears!"

With that note, he left Matsui, who now sank into his thoughts after that little bit of advice, which now reached into his deepest inner ego too.

"Face... My fears... ?"