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Chapter 149

"Let's go warm up," Tsukune suggested. "Our mothers are probably starting to wonder what we're up to."

"Yeah," Rin sighed. "It's like they don't want to believe we're growing up.

"It is because they love us so much," Emmy said.

"I think it's because they don't want to grow up yet," Hana said with a sniff, drawing a round of laughter from the others.

"I'm not sure I want to grow up ether," Tsukune said as the assorted student gathered in the dining room. Ruby appeared among them to once again collect their coats.

"What?" Moka gave Tsukune a questioning look. "Why?"

"I kind of miss my mangas," Tsukune shrugged. "I liked being about to read about a hero that could transform to fight villains and still have a normal life the rest of the time."

"Tsukune?" Kurumu gave him a worried frown.

"Like a Super Sentai or Kamen Rider," Tsukune went on. "Remember how we used to play heroes?" Tsukune said looking to Rin. He gave his friend a little smirk. "You always wanted to be Red."

"Yeah," Rin gave a chuckle. "Red was always the strongest, and the leader."

"I watched some of those shows," Kurumu admitted. She gave Tsukune a smile. "I guess you can be red now."

"I guess I can," Tsukune said with a chuckle. "But what about the rest?"

"Hmmmm," Kurumu thought for a moment.

"No," Rin protested. "I'll be red."

"You're first season red," Tuskune said. "I'll be red from another team."

"I'll be Tsukune's pink," Kurumu volunteered.

"Alright," Rin nodded. "So that gives me Nagi and Kota."

"I'll be blue," Kota spoke up. "He's usually the smart one."

"That would make Yukari my blue," Tsukune observed.

"What are you talking about?" Moka asked.

"It's from a television show," Hana explained. "Each year it's a different team of heroes that fight aliens or monsters or something. The heroes have traditional colored costumes, but the design changed each year too."

"I'll be black," Nagi said. "Hana, that leaves you with pink or yellow."

"Yellow and pink," Hana explained with a small grimace. "Were the colors the girls on the team wore."

"Ahhh," Moka said, still feeling lost.

"Can I be on Kota's team?" Emmy asked.

"Yes," Hana said. "You can be pink. I'll be yellow."

"Alright," Emmy nodded.

"That's my team," Rin said.

"Hmmm..." Tsukune said, looking at his friends. "I'm going to change it a little. Kurumu's pink, Mizore will be blue. Yukari, your color will be yellow. Inari, you'll be black. Moka, you're the queen in charge. Kokoa, you will be the princess." He looked back and forth between the two groups. "Rin, your team can be Super Sentai or Ninja Sentai. My team will be Magical Sentai."

"Do you know how stupid you sound right now?" Kokoa protested. She was feeling lost with the conversation. She did not really understand what was being talked about. She did approve of her sister being the queen and herself being the princess however.

"We're just talking about how we used to play together," Rin said to the younger girl.

"Yeah," Kota joined in. "We would get together to watch the latest episode, and then go out and play at being heroes and pretend to beat up bad guys."

"I bet the Doujin Club could make a good Manga out of this," Yukari said.

"You have a Doujin Club at your school?" Rin questioned with surprise on his face.

"Yeah," Yukari said cheerfully. "They put out a magazine each month for sale, called the Monthy Academy Jump. It mostly a bunch of one-shots and some four-koma stories, but they have two on going stories. 'Youkai Love Post Office' is a romance anthology based on the Love Letter Club. 'Youkai Police' is more of an action and detective story with romantic sub plots."

"Da-a-ang," Rin sighed. "I wish I had applied to your school."

"I'm applying to transfer there," Hana said with a grin, almost hopping on her toes. "Tsukune said he would put in a good word for me."

"Hey," Rin and Nagi both protested.

"You never said we could transfer in," Kota complained.

"The Board Chairman is going to allow a more open enrollment," Tsukune said. "After how well things went at the school festival, the rest of the board voted to increase funding so more regular students can be brought in."

"Too bad we'll all be graduating this year," Nagi observed.

"That reminds me," Tsukune said, turning to Hana. "Remember what we were talking about when you first asked about transferring to my school? Remember the friends I was telling you about?"

"Yeah," Hana said carefully. "You're not going to tell me it was all a hoax are you?"

"No," Tsukune shook his head. "I was wondering if I should introduce you to the two friends I was talking about."

"Would you?" Hana brightened. "Really?".

"You going to let her in on the secret now too?" Nagi asked.

"I already told her a little about the academy," Tsukune admitted to him.

"Wait," Hana blinked. "Nagi knows?"

"Hana," Tsukune said to her. "Emmy and Kiyo go to my school. Nagi and Kota have both been to my school. I don't think they've kept many secrets from each other."

"What are you talking about?" Rin demanded.

"Uhhhh," Hana paused.

"Rin, I've told you before how my school is for students with some unusual circumstances," Tsukune said. "Take a moment and think about what that could mean if it was in a manga or anime. The school is owned by a private organization with an plan. Mizore is an expert at navigating in the snow. Inari is an expert tracker." Tsukune smiled darkly as he talked, thinking about each of his friend's special abilities and quickly assigning them some roll that might belong to a character in an action manga "Kurumu has a way to bend in to a crowd, or to stand out and attract attention. Moka and Kokoa are expert fighters. Yukari is a flat out genius. Ruby knows all about torture."

"And then there's me," Tsukune went on. "I almost didn't get into high school at all. Now I am an expert fighter. I have received special police training, including leadership training."

"Think about it for a minute," Tsukune said to Rin, lowering his voice and leaning in a little. "What kind of school could I be attending. What reason could there be for special cases like us?"

"Ahhh... Uhhh.." Rin tried to process in what Tsukune had just told him.

"Keep in mind," Tsukune added. "We are the good guys."

"Alright," Rin said as disbelief started to show on his face. "Now you're just trying lead me on."

"No he's not," Yukari said. "He is trying to share the secret about the school in a way you can understand, without breaking the rules by coming right out and saying it."

"She's right," Kota put in. He was next to Emmy with an arm around her. "I'm happy that Emmy is my girlfriend, but if I had gone to Tsukune's school, I don't think I would have been able to make it."

"You're telling me there's something special about your girlfriend?" Rin looked at Kota.

"Emmy is very special," Kota said firmly as he looked to her and gave her a smile.

"Awww," Emmy smiled back.

"That's not what I meant," Rin groused.

"I know," Kota grinned at him. "But the answer is the same. Compared to a normal guy like me, Emmy is someone special, and I'm lucky to know her."

"Same goes for me," Nagi said. "And I am working hard in the kendo club at school to make sure I can be worthy of her."

Rin looked around the room suspiciously. He was surrounded by serious faces, with the exception of Hana, who looked excited, as if was about to get to see some wish granted. What Rin found disturbing was, serious or not, Nagi, Kota, and Tsukune were all smiling at him. It was that same smile he knew fro when they were younger. It was the smile that said 'Wehaveyounow.' It was the same smile his friends would show him when one of Rin's pranks not only fell apart, but was about to blow up all over his face. Pride and discretion collided.

"Prove it," Rin said

"Sure," Tsukune said, reaching for his left wrist. "Tetsu Odari. Wake. Guard."

Rin blinked. Tsukune had pulled out of nowhere a two meter long iron staff. He grinned confidently at Rin as he held the staff out to him. Rin took hold of the staff, and when Tsukune let go of it, felt the weight of it in his hands. It was solid, and heavy, and very real. Tsukune reached out to grip one end of the staff.

"Dance," Tsukune said.

Rin blinked again as the staff turned limp in his hand. The weight had not changed, but it had somehow become as flexible as a garden hose. Tsukune took it from Rin's hands, coiling it up for a moment. He slipped his left hand through the coiled loops.

"Sleep," Tsukune said.

Rin saw that the black iron had transformed into a bracelet. That answered the question of where it had come from, but not the questions that followed. Rin looked Tsukune in the eyes.

"So what are you?" Rin questioned his friend. "Some kind of super spy."

"No," Tsukune gave a small shake of his head. "I was an experiment."

"That's why Nagi and I were invited to visit his school," Kota said. "It was an experiment to see how well normal people could get along with the students there."

"Tsukune?" Hana said in a nervous voice.

"Hmmm," Tsukune turned to her. "I'm sorry, Hana. I know you have a lot of questions." He turned back to Rin. "Excuse me for a moment."

"Uhh... Sure," Rin said woodenly.

"Ruby," Tsukune called out to her. "Yukari. If I you would?" Tsukune made a little sideways motion with his head. He moved a little way away from Rin and into the kitchen, with Hana and the witches following him.

"Ruby, Yukari," Tsukune said to them with his voice lowered. "Hana has a special dream. She has always wanted to be a Magical Girl."

"Tsukuneeee," Hana protested weakly, her face turning red.

"Hana," Tsukune sadi to her with a gentle smile. "Yukari and Ruby are the Magical Girls I told you about."

"Really?" Hana questioned.

"Yes," Tsukune said. "And I already asked Yukari about the possibility for you to learn how to use magic."

"Really?" Hana said again, looking more and more like an excited puppy.

"Ruby, Yukari," Tsukune turned to the pair of witches. "If you could take a little time to talk with Hana and try to answer her questions, I would appreciate it."

Ruby and Yukari agreed to Tsukune's request. He felt a little sorry for putting them on the spot, judging from the excited way that Hana was looking at them. It was going to be like leaving a pair of AV idols to look after an otaku fan. Tsukune temporarily abandoned the witches to their fate and returned to the larger group.

Tsukune found his other friends talking together in the dining room where he had left them. Kokoa had kept close to Moka, which was natural enough. Kurumu had clustered with Kiyo and Emmy. While not moving far from their girlfriends, Nagi and Kota were facing Rin. Mizore stood near the back door, and kept looking out into the back yard with a smile on her face. Rin turned his attention to the returning Tsukune with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Tsukune," Rin said in a serious tone. "You said that you are the good guys. Who's the bad guys?"

"That's kind of a long story," Tsukune said. "But to keep it simple, there is the typical 'Evil Organization' out there. A year ago we stopped them from two different times of trying to take control of somebody's land. A few months ago they tried to kidnap somebody we know to make her work for them. They tried... They are evil," Tsukune's voice became firm as his face turned grim, he remembered what they had done to Kurumu. "Hiru, my motorcycle, was made by someone that has also had problems with them."

"Well..."Rin thought for a moment. "Crap! So... what do we do about this?"

"We?" Tsukune questioned. His eyebrows went up.

"We're friends," Rin said firmly. "Super Sentai or not, we're sticking together. Hell, even Super Sentai had friends. Hmmmmm... I guess the normal rules apply though."

"What's this?" Moka asked.

"Super heroes and the relationships they have," Rin said. He looked around the dining room. "We're all teens, so according to the standard rules, the parents are not allowed to know the truth. Any friends that know the truth are ether victims or assistants. So that means the rest of us just have to keep alert and contact you if there are any problems." He nodded mostly to himself. "In the mean time, we learn all we can to keep safe."

"What is it with you?" Kokoa demanded. "Do you even know how stupid you sound? You could get yourself killed just by looking like you know too much about what's going on."

"That doesn't mater," Rin said with resolve. "It doesn't mater if the bad guys are monsters or just crooked business men, if people get in the way of their plans they are made to suffer. Just look at history. If somebody wants to build a beach resort in a fishing village, the fishermen usually are forced to sell out. If they don't, their boats are damaged. If they try to fight back, they are hurt, or even killed."

"No," Rin shook his head. "If this evil organization is real, then my life is already in danger. I would rather know who might be trying to hurt me, instead of just waiting to be a victim."

"Right," Nagi said. "It's good that there are others out there to protect us, but we can't always wait for someone else to come along."

XxXxX

Fuji didn't know if she should be disappointed or not. She had stolen a peek into the other room to check up on the children, even going as far as getting a little extra food from the dining room table. The mothers were taking turns checking up on the teens while they were out of the living room. She had been seen by all of the teenagers, but there had been only the smallest hitch in their conversations. Hana had been in the kitchen, happily talking with Ruby and one of the younger girls. The rest had sounded like they were talking about a game, or maybe a kids show. On one hand, Fuji was happy to see her daughter interacting with girls, who looked like they were talking about cooking. They had a been standing in the kitchen and were holding jars of herbs. On the other hand, Tsukune and the others were having such a childish conversation about impossible things. Fuji wasn't sure if she should feel glad that her daughter was acting in a normal seeming way, or disappointed that all of the children, her daughter included, just didn't appear ready to give up childish things just yet.