It was eleven forty-nine Saturday morning, and Satou stood in front of Café Dolce waiting for his date to arrive. He had been there since eleven despite his cousin telling him to be there at least at thirty minutes early. His palms were sweating furiously and his stomach felt like it was in a knot. Satou took out his phone and went over the itinerary Hitomi had sent him.

"It's okay," he said to himself. "Everything is going to be okay."

He thought back to earlier in the morning and how he woke up at five thirty. How he barely got any sleep the night before because he was so nervous about today. How his mom kept hugging him tightly, and his dad resting a hand on his shoulder, giving him an approving smile. He then thought back to Wednesday when he asked Ageha out. It felt like a lifetime ago, yet somehow those three days passed by very quickly and here he was, standing outside a café, waiting for this girl.

"Don't freak out. Just stay calm." He said quietly. "Nothing is going to go wrong. Hi-chan planned out everything, so it should be fine."

"Talking to yourself, are you?" A female voice came from his left.

Satou turned and gasped. Standing there was Ageha Esperanza. She was wearing a frilly white dress with a spaghetti strap crisscrossing over her chest. A maroon cardigan that was tied beneath her breasts with a light pink ribbon in a bow. She wore black leather sandals with a rose cutout on the toes. A small pastel yellow purse was slung over her left shoulder.

"Um, no. Well, I was just…" Satou sputtered trying to form words with his mouth.

"I'm teasing you. Don't worry." Ageha brushed her hair behind her ear and smiled.

"So, you found this place alright?"

"Yeah. It wasn't too difficult to find."

The two teenagers stood there quietly for a few seconds. Satou moved around on the spot nervously.

"Y-you look amazing," he finally said.

"Thank you," Ageha responded. "You look pretty good yourself, too. Shall we go inside, then?" Ageha suggested gesturing to the door.

"Oh, uh, yeah. Let's do that." Satou turned to open the door to the café. "Let's actually go inside the café."

He held the door open for Ageha, and she thanked him as she entered the venue. Satou followed behind and they both stepped up to the host podium, waiting to be seated.

"Huh," Satou said looking at Ageha with a puzzled expression.

"What is it? Is there something on my face?" she reached up with her right hand to touch her face.

"Heh. No, it's not that," Satou chuckled. "I just noticed that we're eye level. Normally I can see just above your head."

"Oh, yeah. My sandals have a bit of a heel on them." Ageha turned and lifted her left foot to show off the sandal which did indeed have a two-inch heel. She waggled her foot a bit. "You like them?"

"Um, uh, yeah. They, uh, they look good on you," he stammered.

Ageha smiled warmly as a hostess wearing a white t-shirt with the café's logo emblazoned on the front and black pants stepped up to the podium. "Welcome to Café Dolce, how may I help you?"

Satou turned to the podium to address the hostess. "Um, yes, I have a reservation here under 'Tanaka'."

"Oh, you must be Hitomi's brother. Right this way. We have a table ready for you at the window."

The young woman leads Satou and Ageha through the café to a small two-person table pushed against the wall next to a window.

"Alright, here you go. A waitress will be with you soon."

Ageha and Satou thanked the hostess and sat down at the table.

"I didn't' know you had any siblings," Ageha said.

"Oh, uh, I… don't." Satou responded. "Hitomi's my cousin. I asked her what would be a good place to take you, and she recommended here. She also helped me out a little."

"That was nice of her. Are you close?"

"I guess you could say that," Satou said absently scratching his face. "She's four years older than me, but we practically grew up together. She was like a big sister to me."

"That sounds very nice," Ageha said warmly. "I don't have any siblings either. Most of my family is overseas, and my father doesn't have many relatives who are alive anymore. But we go and visit them every few years. Try to stay in touch."

"I kinda wish I knew more about my family. Other than Hitomi and a few aunts and uncles, my parents don't really talk about their own families that much."

Right at that moment, the waitress stepped up to the table. She was a woman in her early twenties. She had medium length red-brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, with a few locks of hair framing the left side of her face. Her eyes were forest green and her ears stuck out a bit. "Thank you for eating at Café Dolce. My name is Akane, I will be your waitress today." She set down a menu, a glass of ice water, and a damp towel in front of both Satou and Ageha. "Can I start you two off with something to drink?"

Ageha picked up the menu and looked over the beverage section at the back. "Uh, I will have the… mocha latte."

"One mocha latte," the waitress repeated as she wrote it down on her notepad. "And for you, sir?" she turned to Satou."

"I'll just have a coffee, black," he replied without even looking at the menu.

"And one black coffee. Okay, I'll be back shortly with your drinks," Akane said cheerfully before spinning around to go to the back room.

"Black coffee. How mature," Ageha said in a rather coy voice.

"Not really," Satou replied. "A few years ago, I started drinking coffee to be more like my father. You know, busy office worker, morning coffee. I didn't even really like the taste, so I put a lot of sugar in it," he chuckled. "It was more like coffee flavored sugar water."

"Oh no, that's terrible," Ageha laughed.

"Yes, it was. But my mom told me I shouldn't put so much sugar in my coffee. That big boys don't need sugar at all. So, over time, I weened myself off it and just drink it black now."

The two teenagers stared at each other for a few moments, fidgeting in their seats. "Shall we have a look at the menu?" Satou suggested picking up the menu

"That sounds like a good idea." Ageha agreed.

"So, what do you think looks good, Esperanza-san?" he said, looking over the items.

"Oh, you don't have to be so formal," Ageha looked up from the pamphlet. "You can call me by my name, Satou-kun."

Satou looked away from Ageha and blushed slightly. "I don't think I can do that."

Ageha reached across the table and squeezed his hand. "It's okay, no rush. Baby steps"

The dark-haired boy inhaled and resisted the urge to scream. He turned back to Ageha and forced a smile.

Outside the café, four girls sat at a table across the street and watched the scene unfold. They each wore sunglasses and hats of varying colors and designs.

"What are they talking about?" The blonde girl wearing a pink and white ballcap with the word 'LUCK' printed on it and heart-shaped shades inquired. "I wanna know what they're saying."

"Quiet down, will you?" The silver-haired girl squawked. She had a yellow fedora on and blue lens sunglasses. "You got the bug ready yet?"

The third girl had a menu from the restaurant standing on the table. On the table in front of her was a small wooden box with several blank spell tags inside. "Náixīn yīdiӑn, alright? Shikigami's take a bit of work" The girl adjusted her green sun hat and scribbled the characters for 'bug' and 'listen' onto one of the strips of paper. She then held up her hand extending her first and second fingers and a cloud of smoke billowed out from the table. The smoke cleared and the spell tag had transformed into a small black beetle that was just under an inch in length. "Okay, now go."

The beetle scuttled back and forth on the table for a few seconds before unfolding its wings and flying over to Café Dolce. It squeezed beneath the door and made its way to where Ageha and Satou sat. There was a lamp hanging above the table where they sat and the shikigami settled on the shade.

The four girls pulled their ear buds out of their pockets and stuffed them into their ears.

"Should we be doing this?" The fourth girl spoke up. A tan fishing hat shaded her dark face. "It seems wrong, somehow."

The fedora girl elbowed her. "Of course. We are her friends, right? We're just looking out for her."

"Okay then." The fishing hat girl fell silent again.

"Wait, hold on," the sun hat girl exclaimed. "Okay here we go. We have audio."

{"Oh, hey. It's 'Milky Pop'."} The four girls heard Satou exclaim from within the café.

"Milky Pop? Where?!" The fedora girl cried out frantically looking around the area.

Satou pointed to the television that was mounted on the wall across the café. Ageha turned to look and smirked at the tv. Sure enough, the news on the television was covering a story about the idol group known as 'Milky Pop'. A five-girl team that was quickly gaining notoriety throughout the nation.

"Feh."

"What? You don't like them?" Satou asked turning back to her.

Ageha shrugged, "They're not really my thing."

"Really? Not into the whole glamorous life style of an idol?"

"Well, don't get me wrong, I do think their outfits look super cute. But I don't think their lives are all that 'glamorous'." Ageha shook her head in obvious disdain. "I just think they're so fake."

"Wow, tell me how you really feel."

It was then that their waitress, Akane, returned to the table with a tray on her arm. "Alright, sorry for the wait. That's one black coffee," she set down a mug of steaming hot coffee in front of Satou.

"Thank you."

"And one mocha latte." She set down a cup and saucer topped with foam in front of Ageha.

"Gracias."

"Now, are you two ready to order, or do you need a few more minutes to decide?"

"W-we just need a little more time," Satou answered.

"Alrighty. I'll be back in a bit."

Satou picked up his mug and blew on the steaming beverage. He brought the mug to his lips and took a sip. "Mmm, that's good coffee."

"That's good to hear," Ageha said. She looked down at her latte and noticed a rose had been drawn into the foam. "Oh, that's cute." She showed it to Satou.

"Huh." He took another sip from his coffee. "So, did you hear about what happened at Shopper's Plaza last night?"

"No, what happened?" She asked innocently.

"Apparently there was an animatronic that went haywire and rampaged throughout the outlets," Satou explained as he took another sip of his coffee. "It was on the news this morning."

"Oh, really? Was anyone hurt?"

"Thankfully no, everyone there was able to evacuate the place. But there was some damage done to a few of the shops."

"Well, that's a relief. At least nobody was hurt."

'Was that the lie they made up?' Ageha thought as she sipped her latte.

"Was that what they fabricated for the media?" The sunhat girl asked the other three girls.

"It would seem, that is the case," the fishing hat girl responded softly.

"Wait, who comes up with these things?" Ballcap girl asked.

The fedora girl turned in her seat. "There's a PR guy, or something, who takes care of these sort of situations."

As they spoke, a girl with light blue hair tied up in a ponytail entered the café.

"So, are you two ready to order?" Akane asked Satou and Ageha in a cheerful voice.

"Uh, yes. I think we are," Satou looked down at his menu then turned back to the waitress. "I'll have the tuna melt, with swiss cheese, please."

"Okay. And what type of bread would you like that on?"

"Um, rye? I guess?'

Akane scribbled his order on her notepad. "And for you?" She turned to Ageha.

"I would like the chicken pomodori panini, por favor." The Spanish girl said smoothly.

The red-haired woman finished jotting down the order and left the two.

"Poru fah-foru? Gura-siiasu? What does that mean?" Satou asked with a quizzical look on his face.

"Haha! It means 'please' and 'thank you' in Spanish." Ageha chuckled.

"Oh. I feel like I should have known that." He sighed, disappointed in himself.

"That's alright. It's not like I'm quizzing you."

Ageha's eyes widened for a second. It happened so fast that it was barely noticeable. "I'm going to freshen up really quick." She grabbed her purse and stood up. "I'll be right back."

"Uh, okay. I'll be here." He watched as his date strode over to the bathroom on the far side of the café. "GAH! What are you doing here?" He turned back to the table to find Hitomi sitting across from him.

"Just checkin' up on ya, lil' bro," she said, twirling her hair. Hitomi was wearing a white zip-up hoodie over a black crop top, pink sweat pants, and light blue basketball shoes. She snapped gum in her mouth.

"Where were you? How long have you been here?" Satou asked looking around the café.

"Been here the whole time. We're three tables away from you guys."

"We?"

Hitomi pointed to a table roughly fifteen feet away. Satou turned his head and spotted Tobi sitting there. He wore a green jacket over a grey shirt and plain jeans. The bespectacled boy waved to his friend energetically. Sighing in exasperation, Satou returned his attention to his cousin.

"So? What's going on? Why are you two here?"

"Like I said, just checkin' up on ya." Hitomi answered as she pulled on her gum, stretching it out before letting it snap back to her mouth.

"No, I mean, I thought I was going on a date. Not being chaperoned by you guys."

"What?"

Tobi suddenly slid into a chair next to Hitomi that had not previously been there. "Hey, what's up guy?"

"You tell me."

"What the- Why is Saruyama there?" The fedora girl called out.

"Who's that girl next to him?" Sunhat girl added.

The four girls exchanged confused looks as they thought it over.

"Wait, is that the girl Satou was with a few days ago?" The pink ballcap girl asked.

"You're right," the fishing hat girl answered. "That is the girl I saw with Satou at the mall."

"So, who is he?" The blonde girl said.

The silver-haired girl looked at Hitomi carefully, furrowing her brow. "Hey, you guys don't think she could be-?"

Ageha entered the women's restroom and quietly closed the door behind her. She bent over to check under the stall doors. Reassured that the room was empty, the Spanish girl strode over to the sinks, heels clicking softly on the linoleum. Ageha stood in front of the mirror and opened her purse. She pulled out a tube of lipstick and touched up her makeup. The doorknob to the restroom began to turn, and the young woman quickly reached into her purse and clasped her hand around the kunai she brought along. The door swung open and a woman in her twenties burst inside. She shuffled over to the stalls falling to her knees and vomited into the toilet. Ageha had her phone in her hand, pretending to look at it while she watched the woman lose her lunch in the mirror. After a minute, the woman stood, shuffled over to the sink, cleaned herself up and left without saying a word.

No sooner had the door to the restroom clicked shut did the door to one of the stalls fling open. The girl with the light blue hair leapt from out of the stall, kunai in hand ready to stab Ageha. Ageha responded by pulling out her own kunai to deflect the attack. Blades clashed and both girls jumped back preparing their next move. The blue-hair girl lunged forward first, swiping at Ageha's right flank. Ageha spun out of the way and swung her kunai down at the girl's arm. The blue-haired girl quickly twisted her body to avoid the attack and used the momentum to kick with her right foot. The Spanish girl caught her leg and hurled the girl into one of the stall doors. The assailant stood and shook her head, trying to regain her senses. Ageha poised herself, ready for the next attack. At that moment, the door to the restroom opened again and a female employee entered. She carried a bucket and mop in her hands. The two girls had quickly stashed their weapons and were standing in front of the sinks fixing their makeup.

"Lovely weather we're having today," the blue-haired girl said to Ageha.

"I know, it's perfect," she responded naturally as ever. "Though I hear it's supposed to rain next week."

"Ugh! I don't like the rain. I hate getting wet."

The female employee looked at the two girls with a somewhat blank expression. "Um, are you ladies about finished in here?"

"Just about." Ageha answered.

"Okay." The woman pulled a small sign that read 'No Entry', and stuck to the outside of the door then left.

When the door swung shut again, Ageha and the blue-haired girl resumed the battle.

"Who sent you? What school are you from?" the girl spat.

"No one sent me. I'm here of my own accord," Ageha replied.

"Trying to get some extra credit I take it?"

"What? No! I'm here on a date."

"A likely story. As if I'm supposed to believe that loser out there is really on a date with someone like you."

"Hey! He's not a loser…I think."

"Then how do you also explain the four you have stationed across the street from this place?" The assailant continued her interrogation.

"The four stationed…MALDITA SEA!" Ageha cursed in Spanish.

Within the shinobi schooling community, the students are encouraged to engage in reconnaissance and infiltration missions into other school's territory. This is for the sake of increasing the students' experience with real world situations beyond the normal prescheduled lessons, as well as winning favor with the school board. Shinobi schools are awarded points for a squads' ability to evade any opposing ninjas and gain ground in predesignated key areas. In addition, fights between squads are also encouraged. Friendly scrimmages are used to test and hone students' skill, provided they are contained within a barrier and don't put civilians at risk. At the end of every semester, the schools are graded on their overall performance. Schools that score high are given better funds and support from the school board. Rivalries between schools have naturally cropped up over the generations, ranging from friendly competitions to outright feuds. While nobody has been killed, more than a few have been critically injured as a result of bitter rivals not willing to put aside the fact that at the end of the day, they're all fighting for the same side.

Hearing there were four people recognized by another shinobi, Ageha stuffed her kunai into her purse and stormed out of the restroom.

"Wait! Where are you going?" the blue-haired girl cried out.

"I'm going to enjoy my date!" she called over her shoulder.

"But we're not done here!"

"Well, I am!"

The female employee poked her head into the bathroom again. "Are you done in here, miss?"

Without a second thought, the blue-haired ninja pushed past the young woman.

"And remember, dude" Tobi continued to inform his friend with dating 'advice'. "If the girl is going to the bathroom a lot, that probably means it's going badly."

Satou held his head in his hands and sighed. "Why do I still listen to you?"

"Because you know I'm right, and you know next to nothing when it comes to this kind of stuff?"

"When did you become a love guru?"

"No, no. he's right," Hitomi interjected. "She could be trying to avoid you and is using the restroom as an excuse. Speaking of which." She casually pointed to her left with her right hand.

Satou turned to see Ageha walking towards them. "Guys, I think you should-what the…?" He turned back to find the seat in front of him was empty. Even the chair Tobi materialized was gone. "How did they…"

Ageha sat down across from Satou again. "Whew, sorry that took so long. Lady stuff, you know?"

"Um, yeah. Sure."

With a swift motion, Ageha reached into her purse and clicked a device inside it.

"Did you just hear something?" Satou asked looking around the café.

"Probably the wind," she said coolly taking a sip from her latte.

"AAAAGH!"

The four girls across the café all screamed as a loud shrill sound squealed in the ear buds.

"Damn, did any of you know she'd have a jamming device with her?!" The fedora girl croaked, rubbing her ear.

"No." The sunhat girl responded. "How did she know we were here? That's what I don't get."

The ballcap girl adjusted her sunglasses. "I dunno. Maybe she's a super spy?" The three girls all gave her exasperated looks then turned back to the café. "What? It's possible," she said sheepishly taking a sip of her melon soda. "Anyway, shouldn't we send another bug in there?"

"That's not gonna be possible," the fedora girl answered. "Ageha has a jammer activated. So, no matter how many listening bugs we send in, they won't be able to pick up the conversation."

The fishing hat girl noticed the blue-haired girl leave the café. She glared at the four girls across the street then stormed away. "Hey, that girl with the blue hair." The fishing hat girl pointed her out to the other three.

"What? What about her?" The sunhat girl asked.

"I believe she's the reason we were discovered."

The four of them watched the girl walk about fifty feet down the street before darting down an alley.

"I want you two to follow her," the fedora girl said to the ballcap girl and the fishing hat girl. "Keep an eye on her, and see if she was the reason we were compromised. Don't engage in combat if you can help it." She shot the ballcap girl a dirty look. "We will continue to monitor our targets." She indicated to the sunhat girl and herself.

"Roger." The two girls responded in unison and sprinted over to the alley the blue-haired girl disappeared into.

The two remaining girls watched their comrades vanish then returned their attention to the café. They watched as the waitress brought the two people by the window their food.

"Do you think it was a good idea to send them after that girl?" The sunhat girl asked. "It could just be a wild goose chase. Or it could be part of their plan to break apart our team. You know, divide and conquer?"

"Even so, I want to be absolutely certain whether or not we're being watched. We may not be here for 'extracurricular activities', but not everyone will see it that way."

Ageha and Satou both looked at the plates of food just served to them. Steam rose off their sandwiches, wafting a pleasant fragrance to their noses. Satou's mouth watered and he lightly licked his lips. Ageha inhaled through her nose, then exhaled through her mouth. She fought the urge to simply pick up the sandwich and devour it with reckless abandon.

"Wow, talk about a loaded meal," she said, breaking the silence. "I don't think I'll be able to get my mouth around this thing."

"T-tell me about it. My arteries are clogging up just looking at my tuna melt." The teenaged boy grabbed his glass of water and took a sip. "What did you get again?"

"A chicken pomodori panini." Ageha said.

Her sandwich was indeed loaded. Between two slices of sourdough bread were grilled chicken breast, basil, tomatoes, three kinds of cheeses (gouda, provolone, and munster), chopped onions, mayonnaise, pesto, fried garlic, and the whole thing was topped with an olive on a toothpick. Satou, on the other hand, had a seemingly simple tuna melt sandwich. However, the thing had been fried in bacon grease, a tradition of the restaurant, making it a heart attack on rye.

"Well, shall we dig in?" she murmured.

"Yeah, let's."

The two teenagers grasped the sandwiches in their hands and brought them to their mouths. Satou opened his mouth and easily took a bite, tearing off a chunk to chew on. Ageha, on the other hand, had to stretch her mouth a bit to get a bite off the edge. Mayonnaise and pesto squelched out the back end of the sandwich and dripped onto the plate.

"Mmm. Muy delicioso. This is really good," Ageha breathed. She took another bite and chewed happily.

"Yeah, yours does look good," Satou said between bites.

The Spanish girl looked over to her date. "You wanna bite?" She offered to him.

"Uh, what?"

"A bite for a bite. My family will often do that when we eat out. We'll share a little bit of our order with each other," Ageha smiled at Satou and shook her sandwich enticingly at him.

"Oh, really? That's a new one on me." Satou looked down at his sandwich then to the one in Ageha's hands. "Uh s-sure, why not?"

Both kids exchanged quickly exchanged food, and Ageha wasted no time sampling a bite from Satou's tuna melt. Satou looked at the panini in his hands hesitantly.

{Is-is it really alright for me to take a bite?} He thought. {Well, Esperanza-san just took a bite, so here goes.}

Satou wrapped his mouth around the panini and bit off a piece. He chewed slowly, enjoying its savory taste. They finished the taste test and handed their food back to each other.

"So, how was it?" Ageha asked wiping her mouth on a napkin.

"Um, it was, it was really good," he stammered. "I enjoyed it very much, thank you."

"(haha) You're welcome. Yours was good, too. A muy bien choice, indeed."

"Uh, yeah."

"You know..."

"Hm?"

"That was kinda like an…indirect kiss. Don't you think?"

Satou froze a bit at what Ageha just said. He began to blush and flustered over his words. "I, um, really do you? Was what we happened? Did it that?"

"Hahaha! Relax, I'm kidding," she laughed. "Who really buys into that kind of stuff anyway? It's silly."

"Haha, yeah silly…" he said sheepishly. Satou grabbed his water and took a large gulp from it. "What kind of an idiot would believe something like and indirect k-kiss?"

Their meal continued in relative silence after that. Satou eyes would dart around the room, and Ageha would sneak glances out the window, watching what the now two girls were doing across the street.

"Oh, this is painful to watch," Hitomi whispered.

"What happened? It looked like everything was going well. Now…this." Tobi whispered back, gesturing to his friend.

"Was it something he said? Was it something she said?"

"Does it really matter? We need to think of something fast, or else it will be awkward silence 'till the end."

"I think I have an idea." Hitomi began to wave her arm in an effort to get Satou's attention. "No, not you. I don't need anything right now." She shooed away the waiter who believed he was being flagged down.

Satou chewed his tuna melt silently and turned his attention away from Ageha. With not much to really say, the conversation naturally stagnated into what it was now. That's when something caught his eye. Satou saw his cousin waving her arms rather emphatically. Noticing Hitomi's strange behavior, he locked eyes with her.

'What?' he mouthed.

Hitomi stopped flailing her arms. She pointed to Ageha.

Satou shrugged and gave her a confused look.

"Oh, this boy," she whispered to herself.

Hitomi then brought her hands to her head and began running them through her hair. 'Hair,' she mouthed.

Satou tilted his head even more confused.

'Her hair, dumb dumb. HAIR!' she made exaggerated mouth movements.

"Her hair?" he said out loud.

Ageha snapped back to the date. "What? My hair?" she immediately grabbed clumps of her hair. "Is there something in my hair?" she began to get frantic.

"No, I was just…noticing how nice your hair looks. It must've taken a while to brush it."

"Oh, right. Yeah!" she breathed a sigh of relief. "Yeah it did. I was up pretty early getting ready for our date. My hair alone took nearly an hour to get the way I wanted it to."

"I was up early too. But for different reasons, I think."

"So, why did you suddenly bring up my hair?"

"Uh, well, I used to brush my cousin's hair a lot when we were younger. She made me do it." Satou winced at the memory of his childhood. "Over time, I got pretty good at. I, uh, I kinda like hair. I hope that doesn't sound too weird or anything?" He said quickly, waving his hands anxiously.

"No weirder than liking eyes, or hands, or anything, right?" Ageha took a sip from her latte. "I mean, everyone has their own likes and dislikes."

"Well, what do you like, then? If you don't mind my asking?"

"Hmmm," Ageha tilted her head as she thought. "Well, personally speaking, I like eyes. I think your eyes are nice."

Satou blushed at the compliment, and took a large bite from his sandwich. Ageha smiled warmly and bit off a piece of her panini.

Hey all. Sorry this chapter took a while to post. My procrastination kept getting in the way. Well, at least it didn't take three months this time. Haha. (cries internally) As you can see from this chapter, I've decided to expand upon the universe a bit here. In addition to the Shinobi Battle Royale, seen in 'Shinovi Versus', schools are expected to partake in friendly infiltration sub-missions in a capture the flag style scrimmage. I mean, why else would you be running into "enemy ninja" in the games? So, I will add on that I'm doing away with the whole concept of "good" and "evil" shinobi. It's ludicrous if you think about it. Considering the fact that all schools are affectively working toward the same goal.

For those wondering, Meimei says 'Be patient', in mandarin. And Ageha says 'God dammit', or something to that affect, in Spanish.

Don't worry about the disguise girl bit I've been doing this chapter. I do not intend to continue that kind of stuff in future chapters. It's a bit tiresome trying to remember which girl was wearing which color hat.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this fan fiction I've been doing. As always, please leave any comments you have about the story. What you liked. What you didn't. What could do with improving. I'm all ears, er, eyes.

Until next time.