17th bullet – letter from XD
-So this is XD styled letters... It's easy to recognise all right. The pink paper, the hearts and eerie, disgusting, decorative letters and stickers =.=- natsume thought as he looked over reiko’s shoulder. “Why does he even know that we are here?! URGH. Where on earth is our information slipping from? XD knew we were at the summer festival so there has been a leak. Not that it is a secret from the school but why should he know?!?!?!!” reiko quietly lets out a steam of words. “ahahaha…” was all natsume could reply. “So what does it say?” “READ FOR YOURSELF” reiko says a little louder as she punches the letter and envelope into natsume’s hands and stomps off angrily. Just when they thought they would rest for one morning, the innkeeper comes in with a PINK letter. Hahaha.
“Good morning Sayonji Reiko, we have had the pleasure of listening to your beautifully angry voice hahaha.” –hahaha?- thinks natsume. “Although you have escaped this time, we will bring you back and indefinitely make you fall in love HAHAHA. –hahaha =.=- thinks natsume. “Only love will be able to allow us to control you! Only love will be able to----------“ Natsume reads the whole crap and barely stops his fingers from tearing the whole letter before discarding it in the recycling bin. –no wonder reiko was so angry =.= the letter really is crappy. XD is nuts. But im still glad I got kidnapped. I hope Suzuki sensei is safe-
Natsume enters the club’s rest room, sets up his laptop and starts searching for scraps of information about XD. Well, for a “secret” organization however, XD openly set up a website that was VERY SHOUJO (girly) and no matter how one looked at it, was a dating website. From profiles of people to chatrooms, the website was fully equipped to serve those who were desperate for love. –probably XD himself. Keh.- thinks natsume :D suddenly, the door had slid open with a bang which jerked natsume from shock. Followed by reiko sitting right beside natsume and peering straight at the laptop screen.
“oh? Desperate for a girl natsume?”
“not even close. (sigh) this is the official XD website.”
“that’s nice. Really expected of that guy. He must really be desperate. Who is that Suzuki sensei person anyway?”
“Well, she used to teach me how to play the piano. She is hard to forget. Her piano is a Suzuki piano and her motorcycle is also Suzuki. Everything around her house was from brands that were Suzuki or looked close to it. I am amazed how she found all those stuff.”
“The piano? You can play?” reiko moves her visual range from the laptop to natsume’s fingers. She fiddles about with them before commenting, “well they are pretty long I guess.”
Natsume feels awkward with the sudden touchiness. Actually, when reiko sat beside him, he managed to tell himself it was to look at the laptop so there was no reason to be embarrassed. But this time, he couldn’t think of a reason. Not wanting to feel awkward any longer, he gently removes his fingers from reiko’s grasp and types some codes into his laptop. Sure enough, he uncovers some information.
“Hey look at this!”
“ehh… so XD used to be part of DX huh…”
“aren’t you surprised at all?”
“Nope. He knew about DX and other things so I guessed as much already. Anything else?”
“Some stuff about his motives and purpose. But why would he be so open about these stuff? Not to mention, I don’t believe that they couldn’t have caught us while we were escaping. It is almost as if we were meant to escape. And the fact that Suzuki sensei was there also troubles me. Why would a piano teacher be with a underground agent feller?”
“He seems stupid enough to just be dumb though. Some times things are simpler than they seem.”
“I don’t think so.”
“I’m done with thinking. I’ll do it while I sleep. Gd nite natsume”
“good afternoon nap to you reiko,” and natsume continues fiddling with his keyboard while reiko sleeps beside him.
[yes being me I just GOTTA ADD that natsume was a good boy and didn’t think of doing anything to reiko ^^]
Well, just before lunch time, something happens. Sakura crashes into the club room shouting, “REIKO!! SOMEONE GOT INJURED WHILE TRAINING. WHO WAS WELL VERSED WITH FIRST AID AGAIN?!”
I’m not sure if reiko was simply too tired, or maybe because natsume was beside her she was sleeping exceptionally well, but she did not respond. Natsume still shocked by sakura’s sudden appearance was pulled out from the room, and he only managed to save and force shut his laptop before emerging fully out of the room.
“Since reiko is too tired YOU SOLVE IT! COME!”
And sakura drags natsume running all the way to the scene. The club members were all crowding around the poor injured guy but natsume suddenly plucked up his leadership skills and started ordering people about. “EVERYONE OUTTA THE WAY. GIVE THE INJURED AIR TO BREATH!” As the club members slowly form a larger circle, natsume elbowed his way to the centre and felt the injuries up. “Okay its just a dislocated shoulder it doesn’t seem serious but I cannot be sure. How on earth did this happen? Sakura! Call an ambulance asap!”
The club that was murmuring before already, was murmuring even more. Some were asking where reiko was while others were commenting on natsume’s knowledge of injuries.
Suddenly though, kumo appears and announces, “I have prepared the car, an ambulance is not necessary sakura-san, natsume-san, shall I help support him there?”
“thanks kumo ^^ you are efficient as always.” And natsume, kumo as well as another guy (a friend of the injured one or the guy that caused the injury I suppose. If he was brave enough that is…) accompanied the injured boy to the hospital.
[I shall spare you from the procedures of the hospital not only because I’m lazy but also because I have never dislocated my shoulder and cannot tell you what happens to someone when his or her shoulder is dislocated in a hospital.]
Sakura helps to place order back to the training and then she goes to the club room to check on reiko.
“I wonder how you would feel when problems in the club that had always been handled by you has now been handled by this newbie. I’m amazed today reiko, you have always been a light sleeper, why is it that today you didn’t even wake up when I was shouting?” she says all this aloud even though she knew reiko probably couldn’t hear her.
“ehh? Sakura?” reiko starts to get up while rubbing her teary eyes. She realizes that she was holding on to natsume’s water bottle, she quickly disposes of it, out of her hands and into his bag, as if she was afraid sakura would know of it.
“reiko, sakamoto got injured just now, you were sleeping so I got natsume to handle it, don’t get angry at natsume okay?”
“WHAT?! WHY DIDN’T YOU WAKE ME UP?!” reiko’s temper was starting to flare. Sakura was prepared for this but being prepared doesn’t mean that she knew how to calm reiko down.
“well, you were sleeping so nicely I didn’t feel like it…” sakura lied.
“THEN WHERE IS HE NOW?” reiko quickly asks.
“natsume and kumo sent him to the hospital. Hey reiko you aren’t going to follow them are you?”
“Oh you bet I am!”
“REIKO!” sakura shouts hopelessly as reiko dashes into the girls room to change.
“Reiko don’t go. I know you are angry but lets just let kumo and natsume handle it. You can rely on them!” sakura continues to try to coax reiko into staying. “take control of the remaining members here instead of going and wait for them to come back okay?”
[let me explain. Reiko is the type that dislikes to rely on others and is angry that natsume did what she was supposed to do. Actually, if that was the only thing she probably wouldn’t be that eager to follow them. Her sleep helped her think through things (I know its amazing but yea.) and now she has a better idea about what XD is planning to do. Not that she can explain this to sakura so she decides to act angry and pursue natsume in senior’s car]
“sakura, senior drove here right?”
“REIKO!!!”
But reiko was already calling senior on her cellphone all equipped and ready to go.
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Is this like seriously boring or something? im getting bored writing LOL. oh wells, i guess ill get to write about action soon KEKEKE. lets see how this goes...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
16th bullet - confusion~~
16th bullet – confusion~~
As the club members climbed up the staircase, they started to joke that reiko even trains them when they were going to watch the sunrise since climbing stairs was part of stamina building. This caused reiko to feel immense pleasure on top of her happiness that senior Henri was around. True. Senior Henri was reiko’s first crush. No wonder natsume would feel so… irritated by him. Not to mention, he was worried about Suzuki sensei and felt guilty for running off without rescuing her. On top of that he was also thinking if reiko was really DX’s only daughter and why XD would kidnap him in order to kidnap reiko. Yea. Unlike reiko, natsume was seriously thinking about stuff for once. Reiko on the other hand was still sore that natsume didn’t help her up when she tripped over her yukata. Little did she know that natsume didn’t help her because the guard was too strong to detach himself from. About the only serious thing reiko was thinking about was probably… only serious to her that moment. How to hide her injuries and dirt from senior? =.= reiko…
Soon enough though, the whole club did reach the summit although most of them were panting, including reiko and natsume who had just gone through quite a trial. Saya made things worse for natsume as she pulled onto him for support on the trip up. Not that natsume didn’t mind but once again, he was too bothered and too much of a gentleman to refuse her. This time however, reiko was not interested in the happenings between natsume and saya. Sakura could see something had happened between natsume and reiko and that reiko didn’t what to tell the club. So she decided to get information out of natsume XD “So, natsume, where on earth did you and reiko go? You guys didn’t go shopping like kumo said you guys did right?”
Natsume being natsume was a little shocked at what sakura said and stuttered, “uhh… yea. We went uhh…”
Reiko suddenly pops outta no where and tells sakura, “I’ll explain it later sakura. Don’t ask natsume.”
“tsk! You never tell me the truth anyway!” sakura rebutted. Reiko couldn’t help but feel guilty since it was true. Senior interrupted though and said, “hey guys, the sun is rising. Lets watch shall we?” Saya happily takes this opportunity to grab natsume’s arm and pull him nearer to where they could see the sunset better. Reiko and senior temporarily disappear and much to natsume’s surprise, sakura told him, “don’t you worry. I’ll spy on them. IF they get toooooo close, ill interrupt ^^” “ehh?” natsume replies as sakura disappears soon after. Saya, happy to have natsume all to herself, starts describing the scene infront of them as if it was the most beautiful thing on earth. But in natsume’s mind, he has blocked out Saya’s voice and thinks, -the 7th day of camp… three more days to go. Should I ask reiko about her identity? I hope senior doesn’t stay long…-well, his thoughts ran about those lines, I wont bore you any further. Sena comes into the picture, being smart at the right time for the second time. “Yo, natsume. Did reiko torture yah so much that you lost the colour from your face?” Saya starts to pout due to his interruption but natsume is thankful for it. He was starting to get quite tired of saya’s constant ramblings. “Yea. She did all right. I feel exhausted!” “She’s being a devil’s advocate for taking a sick person out until so late in the night. Come to think of it, where on earth were you guys shopping at that hour? NIGHT MARKET?” “I’m sick of haggling prices,” replies natsume indirectly. Truth was, he felt a sense of accomplishment whenever he manages to haggle prices well XD. Natsume, reminded that he had been sick not too long ago, suddenly felt more fatigued than before and plonked himself on the floor, legs spread out and hands stretched behind as support. Sena and saya both follow him and sit on the floor though in different positions. Before Sena totally sits down though, natsume pulls him downwards suddenly with a slightly bewildered expression on his face. “OUCH! Natsume, what are yah tryin tah do man?” sena complained as he rubbed the ebbing pain on his bottom away. Natsume ignores him for a moment and stares straight ahead beyond sena, at a secluded corner of the mountain, where reiko and senior were sitting, with sakura hiding behind a bush. Natsume felt sad that reiko was smiling so happily even though he felt crappy. He turns to face his lap then he mutters an apology to sena and then comtinued, “heck the sunrise. Tell me when you guys are heading back. I’ll close my eyes for a while,” before lying on the floor with his arm as a pillow. Saya is half sad that she cannot converse with natsume and half happy that she can gaze at his sleeping face. She starts to realize the dust and dirt on him when sena started to talk to her and remove her focus from natsume. She soon forgets about the dust as they began a heated conversation about the latest manga they had both read. Which was of course, good for natsume.
On reiko’s side, Sakura was looking out for opportunities to separate senior from reiko. At the moment however, she could not think of, or spot any. Senior henri and reiko up till this moment, have been talking about DX as well as some side stories as comic relief. From the conversation, reiko learns about henri's candidate, T2A Kyousuke Tawa, as a fellow facilitator. However, both do not share much since their candidates are competitors after all. Soon enough, Senior did realize the dirt on reiko as well as the injuries on her arms and legs. Reiko also realizes that she cannot possibly keep much from senior but decided to tell him the minimal. “That’s how I got myself into this state.” “So its pretty much thanks to that boy huh. Somehow I feel like punching him now. It’s weird how he thought it was interesting to be kidnapped.” This of course made reiko giggle and sakura fuming as reiko rarely giggled at all. She finally could not stand it anymore and stood up from the bushes, “Reiko! Don’t mind if I join in your conversation!” The topic about DX ended and the three of them discussed about other side matters while sakura openly showed her discontent with senior with her crude remarks from time to time. The sunrise finally ended and reiko decided to resume her leadership authority and make sure everyone got back safely. While she was walking she noticed natsume on the floor and worriedly ran towards him. “Oi sena! What happened to this guy?!” Saya quickly interrupts her and rudely comments, “thanks to taicho pulling a sick person around in the middle of the night natsume is so tired he didn’t watch the sunrise but slept instead! Sorry taicho but I feel that you shouldn’t have done that.” Inwardly, reiko thinks “and just thanks to who was I pulled around in the middle of the night?!” Not that she could say so. She ignores Saya’s comment and slaps natsume on both cheeks. Both saya and sena look at reiko shocked at her rough actions and tries to move her away from natsume. Thanks to the slapping, natsume woke up. When he saw sena pushing reiko and saya pulling reiko, he grabs the both of them by their shoulders and sternly commanded, “LET GO.” They eventually do so reluctantly and let natsume support reiko until she was stable. Noticing the panda eyes on reiko’s face, he says, “rest today. Leave the club to do their training and go to bed.” “You too sleepy head.” Then they follow the club back to the inn. Senior was talking to the juniors and getting to know them. Sakura, sena and saya walked closely behind natsume and reiko while reiko and natsume stood a metre away from each other, both looking at the steps and not at each other.
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END
Ahhhh. That was longg….. and quite boring if you don’t mind me adding. But well, one must always have breaks and not action all the time. By the way, it has been a seven week break before a job… i bet you can guess there will be one coming up soon! HOHOHO. I feel horrible. Talking to myself =.= SOMEBODY READ THIS…
As the club members climbed up the staircase, they started to joke that reiko even trains them when they were going to watch the sunrise since climbing stairs was part of stamina building. This caused reiko to feel immense pleasure on top of her happiness that senior Henri was around. True. Senior Henri was reiko’s first crush. No wonder natsume would feel so… irritated by him. Not to mention, he was worried about Suzuki sensei and felt guilty for running off without rescuing her. On top of that he was also thinking if reiko was really DX’s only daughter and why XD would kidnap him in order to kidnap reiko. Yea. Unlike reiko, natsume was seriously thinking about stuff for once. Reiko on the other hand was still sore that natsume didn’t help her up when she tripped over her yukata. Little did she know that natsume didn’t help her because the guard was too strong to detach himself from. About the only serious thing reiko was thinking about was probably… only serious to her that moment. How to hide her injuries and dirt from senior? =.= reiko…
Soon enough though, the whole club did reach the summit although most of them were panting, including reiko and natsume who had just gone through quite a trial. Saya made things worse for natsume as she pulled onto him for support on the trip up. Not that natsume didn’t mind but once again, he was too bothered and too much of a gentleman to refuse her. This time however, reiko was not interested in the happenings between natsume and saya. Sakura could see something had happened between natsume and reiko and that reiko didn’t what to tell the club. So she decided to get information out of natsume XD “So, natsume, where on earth did you and reiko go? You guys didn’t go shopping like kumo said you guys did right?”
Natsume being natsume was a little shocked at what sakura said and stuttered, “uhh… yea. We went uhh…”
Reiko suddenly pops outta no where and tells sakura, “I’ll explain it later sakura. Don’t ask natsume.”
“tsk! You never tell me the truth anyway!” sakura rebutted. Reiko couldn’t help but feel guilty since it was true. Senior interrupted though and said, “hey guys, the sun is rising. Lets watch shall we?” Saya happily takes this opportunity to grab natsume’s arm and pull him nearer to where they could see the sunset better. Reiko and senior temporarily disappear and much to natsume’s surprise, sakura told him, “don’t you worry. I’ll spy on them. IF they get toooooo close, ill interrupt ^^” “ehh?” natsume replies as sakura disappears soon after. Saya, happy to have natsume all to herself, starts describing the scene infront of them as if it was the most beautiful thing on earth. But in natsume’s mind, he has blocked out Saya’s voice and thinks, -the 7th day of camp… three more days to go. Should I ask reiko about her identity? I hope senior doesn’t stay long…-well, his thoughts ran about those lines, I wont bore you any further. Sena comes into the picture, being smart at the right time for the second time. “Yo, natsume. Did reiko torture yah so much that you lost the colour from your face?” Saya starts to pout due to his interruption but natsume is thankful for it. He was starting to get quite tired of saya’s constant ramblings. “Yea. She did all right. I feel exhausted!” “She’s being a devil’s advocate for taking a sick person out until so late in the night. Come to think of it, where on earth were you guys shopping at that hour? NIGHT MARKET?” “I’m sick of haggling prices,” replies natsume indirectly. Truth was, he felt a sense of accomplishment whenever he manages to haggle prices well XD. Natsume, reminded that he had been sick not too long ago, suddenly felt more fatigued than before and plonked himself on the floor, legs spread out and hands stretched behind as support. Sena and saya both follow him and sit on the floor though in different positions. Before Sena totally sits down though, natsume pulls him downwards suddenly with a slightly bewildered expression on his face. “OUCH! Natsume, what are yah tryin tah do man?” sena complained as he rubbed the ebbing pain on his bottom away. Natsume ignores him for a moment and stares straight ahead beyond sena, at a secluded corner of the mountain, where reiko and senior were sitting, with sakura hiding behind a bush. Natsume felt sad that reiko was smiling so happily even though he felt crappy. He turns to face his lap then he mutters an apology to sena and then comtinued, “heck the sunrise. Tell me when you guys are heading back. I’ll close my eyes for a while,” before lying on the floor with his arm as a pillow. Saya is half sad that she cannot converse with natsume and half happy that she can gaze at his sleeping face. She starts to realize the dust and dirt on him when sena started to talk to her and remove her focus from natsume. She soon forgets about the dust as they began a heated conversation about the latest manga they had both read. Which was of course, good for natsume.
On reiko’s side, Sakura was looking out for opportunities to separate senior from reiko. At the moment however, she could not think of, or spot any. Senior henri and reiko up till this moment, have been talking about DX as well as some side stories as comic relief. From the conversation, reiko learns about henri's candidate, T2A Kyousuke Tawa, as a fellow facilitator. However, both do not share much since their candidates are competitors after all. Soon enough, Senior did realize the dirt on reiko as well as the injuries on her arms and legs. Reiko also realizes that she cannot possibly keep much from senior but decided to tell him the minimal. “That’s how I got myself into this state.” “So its pretty much thanks to that boy huh. Somehow I feel like punching him now. It’s weird how he thought it was interesting to be kidnapped.” This of course made reiko giggle and sakura fuming as reiko rarely giggled at all. She finally could not stand it anymore and stood up from the bushes, “Reiko! Don’t mind if I join in your conversation!” The topic about DX ended and the three of them discussed about other side matters while sakura openly showed her discontent with senior with her crude remarks from time to time. The sunrise finally ended and reiko decided to resume her leadership authority and make sure everyone got back safely. While she was walking she noticed natsume on the floor and worriedly ran towards him. “Oi sena! What happened to this guy?!” Saya quickly interrupts her and rudely comments, “thanks to taicho pulling a sick person around in the middle of the night natsume is so tired he didn’t watch the sunrise but slept instead! Sorry taicho but I feel that you shouldn’t have done that.” Inwardly, reiko thinks “and just thanks to who was I pulled around in the middle of the night?!” Not that she could say so. She ignores Saya’s comment and slaps natsume on both cheeks. Both saya and sena look at reiko shocked at her rough actions and tries to move her away from natsume. Thanks to the slapping, natsume woke up. When he saw sena pushing reiko and saya pulling reiko, he grabs the both of them by their shoulders and sternly commanded, “LET GO.” They eventually do so reluctantly and let natsume support reiko until she was stable. Noticing the panda eyes on reiko’s face, he says, “rest today. Leave the club to do their training and go to bed.” “You too sleepy head.” Then they follow the club back to the inn. Senior was talking to the juniors and getting to know them. Sakura, sena and saya walked closely behind natsume and reiko while reiko and natsume stood a metre away from each other, both looking at the steps and not at each other.
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END
Ahhhh. That was longg….. and quite boring if you don’t mind me adding. But well, one must always have breaks and not action all the time. By the way, it has been a seven week break before a job… i bet you can guess there will be one coming up soon! HOHOHO. I feel horrible. Talking to myself =.= SOMEBODY READ THIS…
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
15th bullet - confusion~
15th bullet – confusion~
It was a horrible ride with soaring pink objects and horrendously low turns and maneuvers since reiko was so good in managing a motorcycle. Natsume was facing the enemy and telling reiko information such as, “RIGHTRIGHTRIGHT!” or “LEFT LEFT NONO RIGHT!” or “INCOMING!!” and stuff like that. Well, lets not get into the details shall we? “OH HERE COMES A BIG ONE A BIG ONE!!!” “SHARKS” “AND HERE IT COMES!” just as reiko wizzes into a small alley with another really low and immediate turn. –BOOM- they see and hear the explosion occur just where they might have been and thanks to the smoke, the car drove off into the direction of the explosion instead of turning in to the small alley. Natsume and reiko let out their sighs of relief. Then reiko reached into her yukata’s sleeves but lets out a curse as she learns that her walkie talkie is gone. But much to their surprise, kumo appears in a car and which had clothes for them both. “I took the liberty of tracking the two of you using you’re necklaces my lady” said kumo to two very happy people. They hopped in and changed uhh… surprisingly, the car had a separation that could be pulled up so they had no problems. They reach the inn in about an hour or so, and using that time, filled kumo in with everything that happened. Although at first natsume was unsure if it was all right to tell everything to kumo, later, reiko ordered kumo to report it to DX. It was pretty late at night and the police didn’t come to the scene of the explosion fast enough so they were spared from investigations and explanations. The moment they opened the door of the inn though, they were bombarded with worried questions and stares. The lobby was filled with the shooting club members all still dressed in pajamas. From bits and pieces of information that each of the members where giving, reiko and natsume put the puzzle together and figured that they were missing when the group gathered. Since it was so early in the morning, reiko decided to calm the whole club down by giving out the order, “lets watch the sunrise together shall we?” Not only did the interrogation stop, the atmosphere in the lobby changed instantly from worry and relief to excitement. Natsume flashes reiko his not so sweaty smile and this time reiko forgets about stopping a blush and smiles back. This time, its natsume’s turn to keep in his blush X)) but he was dark from the start so I guess he didn’t have to try very hard XD At this very moment, when he was unconsciously trying to hide his blushing for no reason, he realized that reiko’s smile had glowed even further and had been diverted away from him and directed at someone else. The moment he turned and found out that the smile had been directed at a male, he felt a pang inside. The thoughts that floated around his head went near something like, “so her smile wasn’t only mine”. This started his days of confusion. The nights he spent thinking, “why should I think that her laugh and smile were mine?” all started from that moment.
“Reiko, I see you are handling the club well as usual” comments the stranger.
Suddenly, some of the members start crowding around him and asking, “Why is senior here so early in the morning?” or “What on earth is senior doing here?”
“senior?” thinks natsume. Many first year students started to ask the same question that natsume has. Then after a while more, natsume thinks, “what gives him the right to call her so casually?” then after awhile he realizes that most people do O.O
“Senior, are you here to see us? Or are you here to see reiko?” sakura hints with a wink.
“Sakura, of course he is here to see everyone! Senior wouldn’t come just to see me! O_O” reiko replies innocently.
Sadly, she is wrong. He wouldn’t come if she wasn’t here. And Natsume could feel it. So he got a little edgy and expressed it by saying, “well, well what have we got here? Reiko, you were going out with someone? I didn’t think you were in to the romance section.” Sakura tries to hide her laughter as she knew that Natsume did feel something for reiko. The other club members just made him feel worse though, they all spouted out comments about how close senior and reiko were even though they were two years apart. The funny thing was, reiko didn’t treat the comments as just nonsense. She actually looked embarrassed. This really pissed natsume off. But what could natsume do?
Senior replies him indirectly, “The new guy. Hi, the name’s Bond, James Bond. No I’m just kidding haha. I’m Henri. Pleasure to meet you ^^”
Natsume manages to handle his emotions and appears to coolly shake hands with Henri’s outstretched palm. As his hand moves and his mouth crawls into a smile, his mind is bursting with anger. Trying hard to control the strength of his handshake, natsume finally completes the formality. “Can I join you guys to watch the sunrise?” Senior directs the question to the club. “SURE!” came the resounding reply. “No…” came Natsume’s miserable whisper.
So the club set off to climb a few staircases in order to see the sunrise from high ground.
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END
It was a horrible ride with soaring pink objects and horrendously low turns and maneuvers since reiko was so good in managing a motorcycle. Natsume was facing the enemy and telling reiko information such as, “RIGHTRIGHTRIGHT!” or “LEFT LEFT NONO RIGHT!” or “INCOMING!!” and stuff like that. Well, lets not get into the details shall we? “OH HERE COMES A BIG ONE A BIG ONE!!!” “SHARKS” “AND HERE IT COMES!” just as reiko wizzes into a small alley with another really low and immediate turn. –BOOM- they see and hear the explosion occur just where they might have been and thanks to the smoke, the car drove off into the direction of the explosion instead of turning in to the small alley. Natsume and reiko let out their sighs of relief. Then reiko reached into her yukata’s sleeves but lets out a curse as she learns that her walkie talkie is gone. But much to their surprise, kumo appears in a car and which had clothes for them both. “I took the liberty of tracking the two of you using you’re necklaces my lady” said kumo to two very happy people. They hopped in and changed uhh… surprisingly, the car had a separation that could be pulled up so they had no problems. They reach the inn in about an hour or so, and using that time, filled kumo in with everything that happened. Although at first natsume was unsure if it was all right to tell everything to kumo, later, reiko ordered kumo to report it to DX. It was pretty late at night and the police didn’t come to the scene of the explosion fast enough so they were spared from investigations and explanations. The moment they opened the door of the inn though, they were bombarded with worried questions and stares. The lobby was filled with the shooting club members all still dressed in pajamas. From bits and pieces of information that each of the members where giving, reiko and natsume put the puzzle together and figured that they were missing when the group gathered. Since it was so early in the morning, reiko decided to calm the whole club down by giving out the order, “lets watch the sunrise together shall we?” Not only did the interrogation stop, the atmosphere in the lobby changed instantly from worry and relief to excitement. Natsume flashes reiko his not so sweaty smile and this time reiko forgets about stopping a blush and smiles back. This time, its natsume’s turn to keep in his blush X)) but he was dark from the start so I guess he didn’t have to try very hard XD At this very moment, when he was unconsciously trying to hide his blushing for no reason, he realized that reiko’s smile had glowed even further and had been diverted away from him and directed at someone else. The moment he turned and found out that the smile had been directed at a male, he felt a pang inside. The thoughts that floated around his head went near something like, “so her smile wasn’t only mine”. This started his days of confusion. The nights he spent thinking, “why should I think that her laugh and smile were mine?” all started from that moment.
“Reiko, I see you are handling the club well as usual” comments the stranger.
Suddenly, some of the members start crowding around him and asking, “Why is senior here so early in the morning?” or “What on earth is senior doing here?”
“senior?” thinks natsume. Many first year students started to ask the same question that natsume has. Then after a while more, natsume thinks, “what gives him the right to call her so casually?” then after awhile he realizes that most people do O.O
“Senior, are you here to see us? Or are you here to see reiko?” sakura hints with a wink.
“Sakura, of course he is here to see everyone! Senior wouldn’t come just to see me! O_O” reiko replies innocently.
Sadly, she is wrong. He wouldn’t come if she wasn’t here. And Natsume could feel it. So he got a little edgy and expressed it by saying, “well, well what have we got here? Reiko, you were going out with someone? I didn’t think you were in to the romance section.” Sakura tries to hide her laughter as she knew that Natsume did feel something for reiko. The other club members just made him feel worse though, they all spouted out comments about how close senior and reiko were even though they were two years apart. The funny thing was, reiko didn’t treat the comments as just nonsense. She actually looked embarrassed. This really pissed natsume off. But what could natsume do?
Senior replies him indirectly, “The new guy. Hi, the name’s Bond, James Bond. No I’m just kidding haha. I’m Henri. Pleasure to meet you ^^”
Natsume manages to handle his emotions and appears to coolly shake hands with Henri’s outstretched palm. As his hand moves and his mouth crawls into a smile, his mind is bursting with anger. Trying hard to control the strength of his handshake, natsume finally completes the formality. “Can I join you guys to watch the sunrise?” Senior directs the question to the club. “SURE!” came the resounding reply. “No…” came Natsume’s miserable whisper.
So the club set off to climb a few staircases in order to see the sunrise from high ground.
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