"What the hell are you guys doing here...!?"

Akira felt nervous and unnerved as he stood there eyeing the scene in front of him.

"We're having a study group, Akira. Come on, join us.", said Kami as he pointed to the side of the table where Ai, Koka and Megumi sat.

"I told you-"

"Okay, before you say anything else…let me pass the mic to Akio, shall we?"

"Akio…?"

"Hey, bro."

Akio came in carrying a tray of juice.

"What are you doing?"

"Isn't it obvious? Serving the guests."

He put down the juice on the side, and carried the juice two by two, handing them to the people around the table.

"…I never invited them here-"

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that, Akira. Akio accepted my invitation, right?"

Kami put his hands behind his head and winked at Akio.

"Yeah. He told me all about how they wanted to form a study group here so I allowed them."

"…Akio!"

"...Is there a problem?"

He turned to him with a confused expression.

"Oh come on, Akira. Don't be such a killjoy.", said Eiji.

"We were looking forward to talking to you, Akio's brother.", said a male upperclassman with blue hair, dark skin and glasses.

"You heard them. Better stop whining, Ishikawa.", said Sora, with an amused smile.

Koka and Ai looked nervous as they trembled and looked around their surroundings.

Megumi just stared at Akira and was showing a caring smile.

Eiko and Hana were caught up with studying.

The others all kept their eyes on Akira as well.

'Shit…'

Akira turned his back on them and aimed to go to his room.

'I have to make sure none of them ever make it to my room…'

"Akira! Come on and join us!", said Kami.

"I'm…busy… I'll join in later."

"…but we miss you, Akira. We need your presence the most here!"

"I'm going-"

"Hey everyone, did you know? The assasin that transforms in the dimmest of the night- Darkness Bladix Panther is Akira's-"

*BAAAAAM*

Akira, suddenly ran to the living room and jumped at Kami.

He quickly covered his mouth as he sweated nervously.

"Shut the hell up!"

His face was all red of embarrassment as he did so.

"Mmmpphh mmphh mmmpphh mmmphh…"

Kami kept talking with a devious grin although muffled due to Akira's hand covering it.

"Okay! I get it! I'll join you guys! Whatever!"

Akira finally let go of his mouth as he stood up.

"I'm planning to study as well. So you better shut the fuck up about it!"

Akira showed an irritated expression to Kami.

"What were you planning to say, Nagai-san?", asked Eiko.

"Oh, well... We're just talking about a new game Akira bought."

"Y-yeah…what he said."

Trying to avoid the topic, Akira and Kami came up with an excuse.

"So, what subject are you guys studying now?", asked Akira.

"Projectiles and stuff. We're currently studying angle calculations, estimated hit range, stuff like that.", said Kami.

The table was arranged as so:

Kami was at the side facing the entrance, next to him was Akira, Ken, Sora and on the other side were Takumi, Eiji and Tamiko.

On the left side of the table sat Megumi, Ai and Koka.

The opposite side sat two senpais who seem to be second years, and Ana.

The side facing against Kami and others sat Eiko, Hana, and some other third year senpais.

"Ability research, huh. I really thought we wouldn't need to do more math after Mind Whisperer's class.", said Akira.

"Speak for yourself. You're crazy good at math.", said Kami.

"That doesn't mean I like it."

Suddenly, a certain senpai butted in their conversation.

"What subjects do you like then?"

"Huh? Well… I-"

Akira's attention shifted to the senpai who asked him.

She was sat there, with her long brown hair, glasses and her mature aura.

"Y-you!"

It was the brown haired masochist senpai Akira has seen before.

She was sat next to Hana faced against Akira.

"Is something wrong?", the brown haired senpai asked with a smile while tilting her head.

She had both of her hands carrying her cheeks with her elbows placed on top of the table as she stared at Akira.

'Why the hell is she here?'

"Actually, we came here to ask you guys questions as well.", said the dark blond haired senpai next to the brown haired senpai.

"What? Why-"

"Yeah! You guys were the finalists of the first year's tournaments, right? We watched your battles from our seats and it just got us hooked!", said the dark skin blue haired senpai.

"Hahaha. Seems like you're in for a run, Akira-", before Ken could finish talking to Akira.

"How did you handle Inoue-san's attack Takahashi-san? How powerful is it? Were you able to use your ability just before?", the dark green haired senpai suddenly asked him.

Ken felt bewildered, but was about to answer when-

"Sasaki-san, does your boost ability double your strength or does it affect objects?"

"I-"

"Kawai-san, can you increase the brittleness of any object with your ability?"

"Umm-"

"Abe-san, how far does your projectile extend to?"

"W-w-well-"

"Kagayaku-san, is it true your lightning strikes you back if you move while charging it?"

"Ha! About that-"

"Shikaku Tamiko-san, does temperature increase or decrease the effects of your ability?"

"…"

As if they were teleporting, the four people who were sat beside the brown haired senpai suddenly shifted to the side of the finalists there and questioned them with glee.

They all seemed to be carrying notepads and pens and were eagerly questioning the characters on the table and writing down before they could answer.

"Ishikawa Akira-san-"

"Wait, wait, wait! What the hell? Why are you guys so excited? I know we became a bit famous due to the finals, but the second year's tournaments have started, you should focus on questioning Akio and his classmates or something-"

"We would like to, but this week, you are the ones who are the trending topic, and we don't want to lose the opportunity of posting a sweet scoop before it dies down.", answered the long blonde haired female.

"What?"

Suddenly, Kami tapped on Akira's shoulder.

Akira turned to him as he did so.

He had a wry smile as he scratched his cheek.

"Akira, don't you know who these students are?"

"What do you mean?"

The four stood proudly as they gazed at Akira.

"They're our senpais from the Journalism club. They Snoop around a lot about trending topics on the newspaper and spread a lot of rumors that they hear about students."

"Journalism? We had clubs in our school?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't we?"

"Aren't we getting further and further away from being a savior training school? And why have I never heard about this?"

"Clubs are formed so certain students with the same ability gro,up could share their ability knowledge and prowess to others. You can also make a lot of friends there, you know. I guess you probably never heard of it since it was never officially announced. It isn't a requirement after all."

"Uhh…", Akira groaned.

"Among everyone in this room, you're the one we're most interested about, Ishikawa Akira.", said the dark blonde haired girl.

"Why is that? Wouldn't you want to interview the winners instead of me? They've fought the battle till the very end."

"They did, but they weren't able to face Inoue-san."

Akira's eyebrow suddenly raised as he heard this.

Everyone in the room seemed to be intrigued as well as they turned their attention towards him.

"We're all very curious. Tell me, what happened during the final moments of your battle."

"What do you mean? Didn't you see it with your own eyes?"

As if he was hesitant to answer, Akira played dumb.

"You and Inoue-san were both inside that dome he formed using his ability. No one was able to see what happened from the inside."

"…but you saw what happened in the end, right? And besides, we lost the goddamn match, you just had to rub it in, huh?"

"Oh... Really?"

The dark blonde haired senpai's eye sparkled as if she heard something interesting.

'D-dammit…'

Akira was feeling nervous.

He has been told by Kana to not share information about his new ability to others.

This was so no one would question the school's choice of placing him in the support course.

And what's even more peculiar is the weird ability of his that was supposed to be focused only in defense and recovery.

Him suddenly gaining an offensive ability is something that he should keep quiet about, that was what has been told to him.

What happened during the match he had with Kazuki was even more confusing to look at, since it seemed as if he gained another ability that's completely focused on offense.

Since he hadn't had any talks with his aunt Kana about this, he wasn't sure if he could tell them that he did that attack.

Doing so, would also bring the attention of others to his side, and he doesn't see this as a positive aspect, especially with his stage fright.

'Is this really how the Journalism club works? They're even pushier than that girl I met…'

"I heard you were really competitive, but you don't seem to be that down hearted even after losing your match.", said the dark blonde haired senpai.

"Uhh…that's-"

Akira was in a predicament.

The reason he wasn't thinking much about his loss was because he had a lot of stuff in his mind lately.

He wasn't worrying about it and didn't care about it since he felt as if there were more important things he had to think of.

"I think that's solely because Akirachi wasn't really planning to participate in the first place."

Suddenly though, Eiji butted in.

The attention turned to him as they turn to face him.

"What? Why wouldn't he? The competition's prizes are hefty and there's not really any punishment for losing-"

"Akirachi wasn't really liked by that Inoue guy. You could even say that Inoue guy despised Akirachi. That's why, in the end, Inoue decided to use the full extent of his ability to injure Akira. He tried to fight it with his shields, and that's why Inoue was pushed away. Still, he was too strong for Akirachi to manage, so he was defeated, while Inoue was blown away."

Akira's eyes slightly widen as he heard this.

'Eiji…'

Akira knew what they really wanted to know and didn't want to answer it.

They were trying to work their way into making Akira spit out the details, but before they could, Eiji stepped in to make up a story for him.

The truth is, what they were all probably curious about….

…was that final explosion in the end.

[*BBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM*

A strong green explosion suddenly occured.

Kana, Akiko, Akio, Ana, the support class 1-2, and the rest of the audience members, had their eyes all widened by this scene.

"What the hell just...?"

"An explosion?"

"What happened!?"

The audience members were all shocked by what they saw.

An explosion, a large heavy impact ability just happened from inside the dome, blocking their sights with the smoke.

Not only did the scale of the explosion surprise them, but also, the thought that two ability users who both have simple physical oriented abilities, had for some reason, caused an explosion to happen.]

It was something completely unexpected.

And everyone was confused how such a thing could have happened.

In the end of their match, Akira was seen standing before Kazuki who had wide eyes as he sat on the wall of the arena, as if he was just shot away by an ability of Akira.

Akira's glowing punch blew him away and sent him flying from the arena, but wasn't enough to immediately make him lose consciousness.

…but none of them knew that besides Akira and Kazuki, since only the two of them were inside the dome.

"So you deflected his ability with your shields?", the dark blonde haired senpai asked as she turned back to Akira.

Akira was bewildered, but tried acting calm.

"Y-yeah. I deflected his attack. He uhh..used a special ability in the end, where he…inflated his energy…and shot it towards me."

Akira quickly thought of a lie to somehow convince the senpai.

"So that's how…"

The senpai nodded as if she believed in his story.

Seeing this, Akira quickly felt relieved.

From the other side, Eiji showed a cheery wink at Akira as if trying to tell him that he got his back.

'…Good thing this fucker's here.'

"Come on. I know you all have lots of questions you want to ask the finalists and big bro, but you couldn't have just simply forgotten the promise you told me, right?"

Akio asked the third year Journalism club senpais.

"Yeah, yeah. In exchange for letting us question you, we'll do all that we can to help you review for your exams."

They proclaimed to the first years.

"Really? Then that means we won't need to be so stressed out then.", said Ken as he stretched his arms.

"Hehe. This'll be a breeze.", said Sora with her fists in front of her as if she's pumped up.

"We appreciate the help.", said Takumi.

"I-I'll do my best!", said Ai.

The others pumped themselves up as the third years sat back and prepared their notes.

"We'll make sure this exam of yours will be a piece of cake.", the dark blonde haired senpai said as she showed her tongue.

Akira, seeing this showed an amused smile.

'Guess I'll just have to put up with them now…'

They then started reviewing with the senpai's teaching them.

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"Match start!", announced States.

Back in the arena, Akira and the others were matching the matches of the second years again.

'Akio's match already ended, so I'm not really that interested now. At least it's about to end.'

Akira thought this, as he sat there, watching the scene.

In the audience seats, from left to right, sat Izanagi, Keima, Akira, Kami, Takumi, Ken, Sora and other students.

Before their row, from the same order, sat Avaron, Megumi, Ai, Koka, Eiko, Hana, Mitsuko and other students.

It seems as if the arena is as bustling as it was normally.

"You should've come with us, Izanagi, Keima. Akira looked like a shriveled cactus when they started interviewing him.", said Kami with a big smile from his seat.

"Too much effort. I just wanna go home and sleep.", said Izanagi.

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"I would like to see this mongrel humiliated, but I've got stuff to do.", said Keima.

Kami invited most of the people in their class, except for Avaron and Kazuki.

He easily became close to most of the boys including, Daichi, Tomo and Ryuu, who were not present there, and even some of the girls like Eiko, Hana, Sora, and he also slightly acquainted with Megumi.

He was able to contact most of the boys, and got Eiko to contact most of the girls to go to Akira's house, but not all of them could come.

"Still, we at least got a backup plan if Sir Knight suddenly decided to lock the url even earlier. We wouldn't be able to study from anywhere else then.", said Ken.

"Hmph. I don't require any of those. Terminology and calculation is basic in my textbooks. I don't need to worry about the exams.", said Keima.

"All you need to worry is how you'll go about being all lovey dovey with your girlfriend, huh? .", said Akira.

"Sh-she's not my girlfriend!"

"We all know you're a hopeless romantic beneath that tsundere facade of yours, Keima.", even Kami started teasing Keima.

"I-I said she's not!"

"Yeah, I can't believe you have such a sweet side, Keima.", said Ken.

"I don't!"

The boys started teasing Keima and laughed it out.

Suddenly though, as they were all messing with each other.

A certain figure walked by in front of Izanagi and Keima.

It passed them and halted in front of Akira.

"Hey. What are you doing here-"

*nudge*

As if trying to force herself in, she pushed Akira and squeezed herself next to him.

"Hey Ishikawa, missed me?"

Chiyo sat next to him as if it was natural and gave him a big smile.

"You didn't have to force your way in here. There's another free seat on the girl's row-"

Akira turned around behind him, to see Maiki sat next to Avaron.

'Oh, she's here. I thought she was still protesting about the forest thing…'

He was focused on Maiki, but from the corner of his eye, he felt a threatening aura from the girls sat beside Avaron.

Seeing this, he felt cold sweat dripping and quickly turned back.

'What's up with them?'

"Aren't you happy that you get to sit beside such an amazing beauty again?", teased Chiyo.

"You…"

"What? Are you gonna deny it or are you still gonna be speechless?"

"… What do you want? If it's my mom, she's busy today. She said she'll watch Akio's matches during the final phases."

With a slightly embarrassed face, Akira asked her while scratching the back of his head.

"Oh she's not the one I'm after today, so you don't have to worry about that."

"Then what do you-"

"Let's have a date after school."

""EEEHHH?""

Suddenly, Ai and Koka's voice were heard from behind them.

Akira slightly turned his eyes to them, to see the two acting like they weren't doing anything.

Megumi seemed to have just kept her smile, although with an intimidating aura around her.

"What the hell do you mean?"

Akira turned back to Chiyo and asked her with a skeptical expression.

"I meant I want to have a date with you later. Don't tell me you don't want to…"

"Yeah, yeah. Stop with the bullshit. What are you up to?"

"Come on. I'm genuinely wanting your company, Ishikawa. I'm just a lonely lady seeking your affection."

Chiyo showed puppy eyes to Akira as she showed him a begging pose.

"What the hell are you-"

"The winner is-"

Akira, hearing States' voice from the arena quickly turned towards it.

Chiyo showed a surprised expression as he ignored her, but it quickly turned into a determined one as she kept her eyes on him.

"The last match just ended. Guess we're gonna go ahead, Akira."

As if unnerved, Ken and the other boys around Akira started exiting as sweat poured from their body.

It seemed as if they were trying to escape from someone.

"Hey, wait. I'm going as well."

Akira quickly followed after them as they stood up, ignoring Chiyo.

Megumi and the other girls stood up as well and followed.

Chiyo decided to follow suit.

"Where are you guys going?", asked Chiyo as she ran behind Megumi.

They went outside of the arena and were all planning to exit school.

"We're going to A-ki-ra's house, Chiyo-chan."

Megumi answered her with a smile, that seemed intimidating for some reason.

Chiyo felt a bit shaken by this, but ignored it and quickly ran after Akira.

There was a lot of other people crowding aroud and leaving that blocked her way towards him, but she kept trying to reach him.

Finally as they reached the exit and everyone turned towards the direction of the station, Chiyo finally got to Akira and tapped his shoulder.

"Are you gonna head back to your home, Akira?"

"Of course, why wouldn't I be?"

"Oh ok. I thought you had somewhere to go-"

As if suddenly remembering something, Akira's eyes widened.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot."

Akira suddenly stopped his steps.

The others decided to stop when he did so.

"What's the matter, Akira?"

"Is something wrong?"

Kami and Takumi asked him.

"I'm supposed to head somewhere. You guys wait here, Akio's probably on his way out. I'll see you guys later."

Akira quickly ran off.

"Wait!"

Chiyo hurried before them and stood there as she watched Akira run off.

"Bet Akira's got a date going on.", Kami said so as he placed his arms behind his head, and showed a devious smirk.

"Megu?", Koka, with a saddened look, turned away to look for Megumi who was stood next to them earlier.

"W-where'd Megu go?", Ai asked.

Chiyo didn't seem to mind them and finally decided to run off as well.

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"…"

"…"

Akira felt awkward as he stood in the train, holding the bar connected near the top to stand his ground.

There was a lot of people in there, especially since it's the rush hour.

Old geezers, young highschoolers, office workers, a pink haired girl, students from different schools were inside there.

Next to Akira, was Chiyo, who was stood next to him showing a natural look.

"…Hey, I really think you shouldn't be following me around."

"What do you mean? We live the same way so there shouldn't be any problem with me going in the same train as yours."

"…Well…

...if that's, what you're really up to…"

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Akira came out of the train station, as well as Chiyo.

He continued his way towards the stairs and walked down.

Chiyo followed beside him.

Akira turned towards the left, and Chiyo… followed him again.

"Yo. Isn't my home supposed to be the other way?", asked Akira.

He suddenly stopped and turned to Chiyo as he noticed she was still following him.

"Did I say I was going to your house? I've got a place I have to go to in this direction as well."

"…I have a feeling we might be going in the same direction…"

"Then why don't we just go there together?", asked Chiyo with a bright smile.

"…W-we can't.", Akira answered awkwardly.

"Why is that?"

"…I've got my…reasons. If you want, you could go first, I'll wait."

"Is there a reason why you don't want me hanging around you when you go there?"

"I-It's nothing. Just go already."

"I won't continue on unless we go together."

"Why are you so-"

"Hey, Akira!"

Suddenly, as the two conversed, a voice called out to Akira.

Rina was there, wearing what seems to be a pink offshoulder shirt, a violet A-shirt below and short white denim shorts.

Akira's eyes widened as he saw her.

Chiyo…was also surprised…but for some reason…she had a different expression...

It's as if she was…

…mortified.

"Oh? You've got a friend with you?"

Rina greeted them with a friendly smile as she ran towards them, but seemed a bit more enthusiastic than usual.

"Heyy! I'm Akira's friend, Maeda Rina. So nice to meet you!"

Chiyo widened her eyes as she heard this and then showed a forced smile.

"Ah. Hey. I'm Mayou Chiyo. Akira's friend. Nice to meet you too...

...Rina."

Akira looked at the scene in front of him, and felt a bit confused.

'First name basis immediately, huh?'

"Are you guys going somewhere? It seems like Ishikawa was planning on meeting you, isn't he?"

"Yeah. We're like, just gonna hang out in the mall. You can come too if you like."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about me. I won't want to mess with your date."

"Don't be like that. It's not like he's my boyfriend yet. I'm not gonna be all possessive and stuff like that, hehe."

Although they were having a normal conversation, Akira couldn't help but feel like there was something wrong.

"You don't have to worry about me. I was planning to head the other way as well, if it weren't for Ishikawa here. He suddenly stopped me to ask me some advice as to how to impress a cute girl like you."

"Hey-"

'Ow!'

Before Akira could say anything else, his face quickly scrunched up as Chiyo's shoe suddenly stepped on his.

Not wanting to suddenly scream out due to the pain, Akira kept quiet.

"No really, I insist. You two seem like you've got some stuff you like, plan to do.

"Ah, no. I came here to see you personally-"

"Actually, Ishikawa does have some stuff he has planned to do."

Chiyo seemed to not be giving Akira any chance to speak.

"Oh, you do?", Rina asked while turning to Akira.

"We were supposed to study our exams in his place, but he said he has some place he had to go. Turns out, he came here to have a date with you. Lucky you."

Akira wanted to butt in, but Chiyo suddenly stepped on his foot again, making him scrunch his face up

"Am I bothering him from his exams? Really? I'm so sorry, Akira."

As if trying to act sad, Rina showed Akira a merciful face.

She stared directly into Akira's eyes with an unusual feeling surrounding her.

"Well, you heard it. If Akira continues with your date. He might fail his exams, so it would be better if-"

Suddenly, Akira placed his hand on Chiyo's shoulder.

"No. You're not bothering anyone… Rina. So you don't have to…worry."

With a deadpan expression, Akira replied to Rina's worries.

Chiyo's eyes widened as she heard what Akira said.

"What? What are you talking about? We're supposed to be studying for our exams, what are you-"

"I knew it! Akira would never neglect his studies just like that, right? So you don't have to, worry."

Rina showed a satisfied smile, as Akira walked up to her and stood next to her.

For some reason, unlike Akira's usual glare, he was showing an emotionless expression, as if his mind was empty.

"Ishikawa, what are you-"

"I'm fine, Chiyo. Just go."

Her eyes widened as she heard this, but she quickly turned this into a forced smile.

"Well. If that's what you say, I won't interrupt your date anymore."

She walked off away a little.

"See you again."

She said as she waved at them and turned around.

She then turned back and continued towards the opposite direction.

Rina kept a friendly smile as she walked away.

…but once she's gone far off.

Her smile turned into a devious smirk.

From under her breath, she suddenly whispered:

"See you again…

…Chi-chan."

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"What do you think? It's cute, right? I bet this would really look good on me!"

Rina was holding what seems to be a skimpy dress in her hand.

In front of her, was Akira, who was showing what seems to be a flustered expression.

"Uh…yeah. I think that would look…good…on you..."

He was hesitant and bashful to answer, but he still did so.

They were inside what seems to be a female clothing shop inside the mall.

Clothes of different kinds were there.

Formal dresses, casual outfits, swimwear even underwear was sold inside the shop.

Rina seemed to be checking out the clothing inside and asking Akira for feedback.

"Hey. Can we talk for a bit? There's…something I really…need to tell you..."

"What about this? Don't you think this looks cute?"

As if trying to avoid Akira from asking his question, she kept ignoring his words.

"That's ...great..but about the-"

"I think this would like, really work well with the shorts I'm wearing now. It looks really cute!"

"Yeah, but-"

"This one looks great as well!"

Rina kept looking at shirts and asking for Akira's opinion, avoiding any of his attempts to question her.

"Hey-"

"Hey, Akira. Is there any problem with me forcing you to hang out with me?"

Showing a sad face, Rina turned to Akira and asked him.

"Well, the truth is-"

As she stared at him, Akira's eyes for some reason, lost it's glint.

"…There's no problem…Rina…"

"That's what I thought!"

Rina turned back to the clothes she was checking.

Akira's eyes quickly turned back to normal again.

'What…did I just…?'

For some reason, Akira felt as if he did something he wasn't planning to.

He shook his head and showed a determined expression.

'I need to tell her… I can't just be like this…'

Akira walked from Rina's side and stood behind her.

"Hey, about what you said last time. I just wanted to say sorry. I don't really think I could answer your feelings-"

"Ah! I dropped it!"

Suddenly though, as Akira spoke, Rina seemed to drop the clothing she was holding onto.

Due to this, she bent over.

Since Akira was behind her, her backside quickly touched Akira's crotch.

"W-wait! You-"

"Hmm..? Is something the matter?"

As her backside touched his crotch, she turned to look at him with her eyes.

Akira's eyes suddenly lost it's glint again.

'Shit-'

Akira quickly pulled his body away and squatted down beside her.

A part of his body seemed to have suddenly 'grown fully' due to what happened.

'Why the hell am I so goddamn horny today? …Pick yourself up, Akira!'

"Hey, Akira. Come on. I wanna check out if these clothes look good on me. Let's go to the fitting rooms."

"…What!? Y-you mean both of us?"

"Hmm? Of course I'm talking about just me, silly? We're you hoping to get inside with me?"

"… N-no. I don't-"

"Come on, let's head there."

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"What do you think?"

Akira was blushing as he saw her come out of the fitting room.

Rina was wearing a tight velvet dress as she came out.

Her cleavage, thighs and buttocks seemed to spilling out from it.

"I-It's great. I mean, you look…fine."

"I know, right? I think the color might not fit my hair though, so I think I won't be getting this."

Rina decided to go inside the fitting room again and close the curtain.

There was about three fitting rooms there, and only two were occupied.

One was where Rina was in, the one to the far left, the other occupied one was the one to the far right.

The fitting rooms were inside the backroom of the store, so it was sort of hidden from the eyes of the passerby people.

'This is really tiring me out. The last time I ever went out with a hot girl was with weaken girl. This pushy one is even harder to handle than any girl I've ever dealt with.'

*creak*

A girl inside the far right exited her room and walked out carrying a few pairs of clothing.

'Guess we're the only ones here now, huh?'

As Akira thought that, the fitting room in front of him, suddenly opened it's curtains.

He turned towards it to check if Rina was done.

"If you're done, let's-"

Akira's eyes suddenly widen as he saw her.

"W-w-what are you doing!?"

Rina opened the curtain to show her almost naked back to Akira.

She was down to only her underwear with her bra unhooked.

"Hey… this bra was a bit hard to close. I might have gone one size bigger than back then, so I'm not used to this. Would you please be a sweetie and hook it for me?"

With an embarassed expression, Rina requested Akira.

"What? I-I can't! I'll just…uhh… ask the store clerk if she could help you. Just wait-"

Akira was at a loss of words and didn't know what to do.

"Wait!"

Rina quickly held onto Akira's arm before he could leave.

Akira turned back to look at her, to see her standing there, holding her bra on her chest, trying to cover it.

He couldn't help but look at the two big figures she has.

"Akira, you perv. Look into my eyes."

"Uh! S-sorry, I didn't mean to-"

Akira quickly turned his eyes to look at Rina.

They suddenly turned dark again as if the glint on his eyes disappeared.

"Akira. Will you please help me hook my bra?"

"…Yes. Rina."

Rina showed a smile while he did so.

She turned her back towards him as he touched the two ends of her brassiere to hook it.

"That's right. Just listen to me, okay?"

"…."

Akira's eyes suddenly got his glint back as he was hooking her bra.

'W-what was I-'

"AH! S-s-sorry! I didn't mean-"

Akira quickly backed away as he realized what he was doing.

Rina turned to look at him as he saw him do so too.

"You're still conscious, huh?"

Those unusual words suddenly came out of her mouth.

'What is she…?'

"Akira? Are you gonna just stare at me like that?"

With a bashful expression, Rina spoke to Akira.

"Ah! I'm s-sorry! I'll go!"

As if she was not in the mood to continue further, she just let Akira leave the room and exit the store.

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With tired footsteps, Akira walked through the fields.

"Haaah.", he sighed.

'I still couldn't tell her…'

He had just left the mall with Rina and finally got to going back home.

'Now I have to see her again tomorrow…'

["Hey, I'm done buying."

Akira was sat on a bench near the store as Rina walked towards him.

She was carrying what she bought in her right shoulder like a handbag.

Akira quickly stood up as she saw her.

"Oh hey. So, about what I wanted to tell you-"

Suddenly, Rina approached Akira and put her finger on his lip.

"Save that for tomorrow, ok? I'll see you again anyways."

She started slowly backing off.

"Wait, but-"

Rina just ignored Akira's words as he blew a kiss at him, turned back and walked away.

"…Dammit…"]

His cheek flushed red as he remembered that scene.

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"Hasta la Vista, Akira!"

"Bye, Akira!"

"See you!"

"Goodbye, Akira babes!"

"Yeah yeah. Shut the fuck up, Eiji."

The guys, including a few senpais waved Akira goodbye as they left his house.

Most of the girls already went home earlier in the afternoon to not go home late, so he waved to mostly only the guys.

'Man, today was tiring...'

Akira turned back as he closed the door.

'Gotta head back to my room.'

He walked his way up the stairs while holding the rail.

*creak*

The quiet sound of the door opening stopped him, as he looked back at the entrance.

'…No one's there. Must've just been the window or something…'

He then continued his way towards his room.

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"Akiraaaaa~!"

'What is…?'

Akira was suddenly greeted by Rina in what seems to be a dark pink room.

A huge king's bed was there, with pink lights flashing on top.

He sat up from the bed and looked at her.

She was wearing what seems to be a transparent pink negligee.

"R-rina h-hey, w-what the hell are you doing!? W-why are you dressed like that? W-where are we?"

"Oh, you little silly. Don't tell me you forgot."

Rina climbed up to the bed and slowly crawled closer to Akira.

"W-wait! We barely know each other!"

"Does that really matter now?"

Akira kept crawling further and further back away from Rina, until he finally hit the wall.

"Akira, I love you."

"W-wait hey-"

Her lips slowly closed on his.

'Sh-shit…'

Suddenly though, as this happened.

*SMACK!*

"GAAH!"

Akira was suddenly woken up by a strong smack to his head.

"What the fuck just-"

He woke up to see himself back in his room.

'That was all just a dream?''

"Seems like little mister sleepy boy here finally woke up."

"Who the fuck…?"

Akira turned to see Chiyo behind him, wearing what seems to be a large black shirt and loose shorts.

The sight of her legs and her wearing his clothes made him blush a little.

"You! What are you doing here? And is that my clothes?", Akira asked.

"I had to wear something after I took a bath yesterday. Not like you even need to wear this old shirt of yours, there's even a rip on the sides."

"Those are my indoor clothes. And besides, there wasn't a rip there last time, they probably ripped because you were too fat-"

Chiyo suddenly showed Akira a threatening smile as if what he said really struck a nerve on her.

"What.did.you.say?"

"…Ah. I mean y-yeah. There was a rip on my shirt before."

Feeling a bit fearful, Akira showed a taken aback expression.

"Anyways, I went here last night to meet with Akiko-sama again, but when I entered her room, I noticed she wasn't there. "

"Oh yeah. She said she had some stuff she had to take care of and needed to go somewhere. I heard she'll come back nearing the finals so you don't have to worry."

'Still, it's kind of unusual for her to not inform us about where she was going.'

"Hmmm…"

Chiyo put her hands on her hips and showed Akira an incredulous expression.

"What?"

*ding dong*

Suddenly though, as Akira and Chiyo spoke, the door to his house suddenly rang.

"I'll get it. Try and wear something less revealing before you go out."

"Wait, I think that's-"

Akira quickly walked out his room's door and headed downstairs.

He immediately opened the front door once he was able to reach it.

"Hey, who is-"

It surprised Akira to see an unknown man before him.

He had pale skin, fixed brown hair, violet eyes, and was wearing a what seems to be his work outfit, a tuxedo.

Although he looks older, he looked so handsome, he looked like a model that normally shows up in magazines.

Seeing Akira show up, the man immediately showed him a glare.

"Who the hell are you-"

"Ah! Hey!"

Chiyo, seeing the man, excitedly walked down the stairs.

She seemed to be showing an eager expression as she hurried to the man.

Akira decided to back away a bit to let her through.

"What are you doing here?"

"Isn't it obvious? I was worried about you. I just had to see if you're alright."

'Who the hell is…?'

"Uh, hey. Ishikawa. Can you leave us alone for a bit? We just want to have a conversation."

She showed Akira a genuine smile although she was asking him to not disturb them.

"O..kay..."

Akira felt a bit curious about them, but decided to leave them alone.

He walked back to the stairs and did so.

…but before he could completely go up, he turned back to look at them.

There, the handsome man was showing a smile at Chiyo as they chatted and laughed with each other.

His hand suddenly pat her head as Akira watched.

'…Huh.'

Akira then decided to continue upstairs.

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"You still got some place to go, Akira?", Kami asked him.

It was nearly the last fight.

The next match tomorrow was the semi-final matches of the second years.

Of course, Akio was able to pass and easily won his battles, so it sort of bored Akira.

They were walking out of the arena as the others planned to study in his place again.

"I don't really know of I-"

As they continued walking closer and closer to the exit though, Akira noticed something from the distance.

"What is it?", Kami asked him.

'Is she being…?'

"It's nothing. You guys go on ahead."

Akira decided to walk towards the back of the school.

He noticed something there, it was nothing too unusual, but he was curious.

It wasn't really that obvious, but he saw the brown tips of her hair there.

"Was that Illusion girl?"

He saw her standing in front of a tree with what seems to be a random handsome guy pinning her on the wall.

The handsome guy had a black earing, had his blue hair brushed up as he showed her a smile.

He wasn't doing anything too creepy, but he did had one of his hands on the wall, pinning Chiyo to it.

"So…what do you think?"

He seemed to be really confident as he said so.

Chiyo showed the guy a smile as if she was planning to tell him something.

It happened behind the school building, so Akira was stood near the corner listening in.

'…Huh.'

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Just like before, Akira was walking towards the mall again.

Although he really didn't want to anymore, for some reason, a part of him kept pushing him to have a date with Rina again.

'…I don't understand why I keep coming back. I know she's hot and all…but…'

Suddenly though, as he continued walking.

*SMACK*

"AUGH!"

He was suddenly greeted by a familiar smack on the back.

"You again?"

"Miss me?"

Chiyo showed Akira a somehow relieved smile as he greeted him.

"You wish. What the hell are you doing here anyways?"

"Isn't it obvious? I was looking for my dear Ishikawa."

"Am I really that hot? That surprises me."

"You have some better retorts now, huh. You really learned a lot from me."

"I learned the most useless shit from you. Is that really something to be so proud of?"

"Really? I just gave you my most important thing and you're just gonna say it's useless?"

"Sh-shut up! You're gonna make people misunderstand what you're saying."

"Okay, okay. Anyways, where are you going now, Ishikawa?"

"Uhh…it's nothing. Just go back to your home already!"

"Oh really? Don't tell me you're about to date your princess Rina again?"

"Yeah, what about it? Got a problem with that, miss popular?"

"Miss popular? What are you-"

From the distance, Rina's figure could be seen speaking with a bunch of handsome guys.

She seemed to be having fun chatting at them.

They were still a bit far from the mall, and she's already there waiting for Akira.

"Tch-"

Chiyo clicked her tongue as she saw this.

Akira was too caught up with chatting with her that he didn't even notice Rina there.

"H-hey, Ishikawa. What about we go eat somewhere. That'll be fun!"

"I told you I can't. You did ask me if I had a date, right? I do. So you can't-"

Suddenly though, Chiyo quickly grabbed his hand.

"What are you-"

She suddenly ran and took him with her.

"Hey!"

From the distance, Rina seemed to have turned her attention to Akira and Chiyo's area.

She raised her eyebrows as she saw her running.

She suddenly bit her teeth and squeezed her fist in irritation.

Akira wasn't able to see this though, due to him being pulled away by Chiyo.

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They kept running to the train station as Chiyo tugged his hand.

"HEY! I told you I have a date, right! What the hell are you doing, woman!"

"Do you really have to go out with Rina?"

"What?"

"How about we have a date instead?"

"W-what did you just say-"

Chiyo quickly pulled Akira in the closing, crowded train, forcing them to be squished inside.

"Where the hell are you taking me?"

Chiyo quickly squeezed through the crowd and pushed Akira in.

This lead to the people staring at them, before they decided to just mind their own businesses.

The train door started closing as Chiyo turned to look at it.

It was really crowded so Akira got pushed behind Chiyo.

"Phew. Finally."

As if to do a sigh of relief, Chiyo wiped the sweat off her forehead.

She seemed glad that the train station's door closed.

Due to this, she forgot to balance herself.

"Kyaah!"

She suddenly tripped behind.

"Watch out!"

Akira was holding on to the metal bar on the train station, so he couldn't reach at her, he was able to quickly push his body out though, using himself as his shield.

*boing*

Suddenly though, Chiyo's butt accidentally got pushed on to Akira's crotch.

"Ah, s-sorry-"

"Pervert!"

Chiyo quickly turned back at him and slapped Akira.

"Y-you could've just caught me with your arms! You don't need to use your body!"

Unexpectedly though, the reaction Akira showed was way different than she thought.

For some reason, Akira seemed amazed.

"Yes! That's- that should be the reaction girls show when their ass accidentally gets smudged on to a guy's crotch!"

"W-what the hell are you saying?"

"Thank you very much, Illusion girl. Now I'm satisfied."

She was suddenly surprised as Akira's thing seemed to have grown from his pants.

*Smack*

Akira again took another strong punch from her afterwards.

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*crreeak*

The train door finally opened as Akira and Chiyo walked out.

Akira was rubbing the huge bump he got on his head due to Chiyo's punch.

Chiyo came out looking a bit exhausted as they walked out as well.

"So…what are we gonna do now?"

Akira felt a bit sorry about what he did so he decided to just let Chiyo do what she wants.

Besides, the train station seems too crowded anyways, he'll probably have a hard time going home now if he did during that hour.

"Thank you."

Surprisingly though, some unusual words came from Chiyo's mouth.

"Thank you? What are you-"

"Thanks for saving me back there. I know you weren't really trying to be a pervert, you just tripped and caught me, didn't you? I'm sorry and thanks for saving me."

"…"

Akira felt a bit awkward being thanked like this, but decided to let her do so.

"Well, you're welcome then, I guess."

He felt a bit embarrassed with what she said as well.

"So, what now?", he asked.

"Where do you wanna go?"

Akira's eyes widened as she said this.

"What do you mean?"

"I meant where do you wanna go?"

He felt really confused.

"What do you mean where do I want to go? Didn't you pull me all the way here because you wanted to go somewhere?"

"I did say I wanted to go on a date with you, but I never said I knew where to go. Besides, isn't it the man's job to choose a date location? Come on, don't let the pretty woman do all the work here."

"You…"

Akira wanted to bicker with her but it seemed as like he was getting tired of it.

They just ran off, got into the train, and got off in a random station in a crowded train.

He wanted to complain, but doing so won't change anything.

"Whatever. Let's just go eat somewhere then."

"Kay, thanks. You're paying, alright?"

"What-"

"I'm just joking, let's go."

Both of them walked down the stairs as they saw the area.

"Why'd you decided to get off in this station in the first place? Isn't this a little too-"

Akira asked her, and she seemed to want to answer, but before she could…

'Wait…this place. Why does it seem so familiar?'

They were in a busy city.

People were about to go home from their work, school and whatnot so it was quite crowded.

"Hey. Earth to Ishikawa. Are you alright?"

Snapping back to reality, Akira turned to Chiyo who was waving her hand in front of him.

"Ah yeah. What were we doing again?"

"We were supposed to go to that expensive Cafe at the nearest mall, right?"

"What? I didn't decide that-"

"Bla bla bla. We're going to the mall today unless you don't want to get your little PSP back."

Akira suddenly noticed a certain PSP Chiyo was waving in her hand.

"You- How'd you get that? Give that back to me!"

"I haven't told you I'm a magician, right? Well, at least now you know!"

"Hey, give that back!"

Akira started chasing Chiyo as she showed an amused smile at him.

He kept teasing him into taking the PSP but was too slow to get it back.

From the distance, on the other side of the street…

…stood what seems to be a brown haired handsome guy with his cellphone to his ear.

"They're here."

He said to the person on his cellphone.

He seemed to be focused on Akira and Chiyo as Chiyo messed with Akira.

In another place, stood Rina who seemed to also be on the phone.

She had an angry expression in he face though, an expression she doesn't usually show.

"So…Chi-chan took the bait, huh."

She then showed an evil grin as if she was plotting something.

"Hehehe. Guess I'm about to have some fun."

End of Chapter

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