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Ordinary Happenings

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Chapter 1: In which Yura joined Archery Club

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The sky was blue, the clouds were white, the trees were green, and the wind was nice.

What a nice day, thought Nura Rikuo as he looked out the window before turning back to the task at hand: cleaning the blackboard. How peaceful…

The door slammed open and the small glass at the top cracked a little.

There stood Maki Saori, who was half leaning against the door, and Torii Natsumi, who was holding to her arm. Both of them were panting heavily.

"M-Maki-chan, Torii-chan, what happened?" asked one of the girls.

"…chan," gasped Torii. "Yura-chan…"

"Yura-chan? Did something happen to her?" asked Ienaga Kana, getting up from her seat, looking quite worried.

Panting hard still, Maki wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, looked up, and said.

"Yura-chan confessed to the president of the Archery Club, Miyaji-sempai!"

All the girls in the room screamed and the happy smile on Rikuo's face froze.

Really, what a nice…and peaceful day it was.

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Miyaji Seiichi was a 3rd year student who was very good-looking, very smart, very good at sports, and had a very nice personality. As the president of the Archery Club, last year, he brought the school team to the national competition and won second place – though, he was the one who had the highest score, with only a single miss. Recently, his team just won the district competition and was now moving on to the next level.

"He also comes from a family famous for traditional music and tea ceremony. He practices tea ceremony himself and sometimes goes to teach at the Tea Ceremony Club," finished Maki, closing her 'data' book.

"He sounds so…perfect," said Kana hesitantly. She had heard about Miyaji-sempai and was aware that he was one of those very popular people but she never knew much the details.

"Too perfect," agreed Oikawa Tsurara, who was sitting next to Rikuo, listening to all this with great interest. Though he still doesn't hold a candle to young master, she added quietly to herself.

"It does seem so, doesn't it?" sighed Torii. "It's said that girls go confess to him almost every day and his shoe locker is always full of presents and love letters. He rejects them all, though."

"How come?" asked Kana.

"Seems like he has no interest in girls and love at the moment," answered Maki. "I wonder if our Yura-chan also got rejected like the others."

"Who got rejected?"

All turned to the direction of the voice.

Keikain Yura slid the door close behind her and walked toward them. "Sorry I'm late. What are we doing today?"

"Oh, Keikain-san!" Shima waved at her. "We heard everything! So, how—" the rest got cut off as he was pushed away by Maki and Torii.

"Yura-chan, how did it go?" asked Maki.

"What did sempai say?" asked Torii.

Yura stepped back. She blinked at the two. "…What are you talking about? And what sempai?"

"Come on! We know that you confessed to Miyaji-sempai today! You called him out, didn't you, to the back of the school? So? So?"

Yura took another step back. Why were they so eager to know? And…what's with that vicious glint in their eyes?

"Miyaji…?" she repeated. Then, "Oh…yes, I did call him out. But I didn't confess anything to him, though."

Every head – even Rikuo's, who had been so engrossed in the book he was reading up till then – turned to stare at her.

"Y-You didn't confesss?" asked Tsurara, eyes rounded and wide.

Maki didn't believe her. "That can't be! Everyone goes to that spot only when they are going to make a love confession! What did you talk about then?"

"People confess at that kind of place? Oh. Well, I didn't know. Anyway, I called him out to tell him that I'm joining Archery Club."

"WHAT?"

Yura backed another step. "I'm not saying that I'm quitting our club. I'm just joining…temporarily."

"Temporarily?" Kiyotsugu retrieved his fallen chair, relieved after hearing that she's not quitting. "What do you mean by that, Yura-kun?"

"There's a competition coming up and they are one person short. A girl who's a member there asks me to fill in."

"You know archery, Yura-chan?" asked Kana.

Yura came to sit next to her. "A little. I learned some basics when I was in Kyoto."

"But how come they let you join the team already? Aren't you supposed to be very skilled to be selected as a participant?" asked Shima from the other side. "Don't you have to be tested first or something?"

"I already did. This afternoon. I passed. Nura-kun, why are you reading your book upside-down?"

"Eh?" Rikuo jumped. He looked at the book in his hand and, true as she said, he was really holding it upside-down. "Eh? Uhm…Ah…you see, it's a new skill I have picked up?"

Yura blinked at him. Why was everyone acting so strange today? Was it because she was talking to Miyaji-sempai? Was he an important person or something?

"It's great that you passed!" said Tsurara cheerfully, coming to her master's rescue.

Yura looked at them a moment longer, then, apparently brushing it aside, turned to Kiyotsugu. "Anyway, I come to tell you that I won't be coming to the club for a while. At least until the competition is over. But if there's anything, if anything happens, let me know and I will come. Is this all right, Kiyotsugu-kun?"

"Of course! We will be lonely without you but our investigations will continue! I will make sure to send you updates and don't you worry – we will all definitely go and cheer for you, Yura-kun!" said Kiyotsugu and posed.

Long used to his ways, Yura calmly ignored his strange pose and got up. "Thank you. But please don't come during the practices or everyone won't be able to concentrate. Excuse me for leaving now but I have to go to Archery Club to see the vice-president. I will see you all in class tomorrow."

They said byes and after the door slid close, Maki and Torii sighed in disappointment.

"And I thought she was confessing to him! I have to tell Suzu-chan not to say things before confirming first the next time I see her. Still, too bad it's just her joining Archery Club, though. I would say she had a chance with sempai, too."

Torii nodded. "I think so. Yura-chan has become cuter recently and she's growing out her hair! I was so sure that she's been in love with someone…."

Tsurara looked at Rikuo meaningfully. Rikuo ignored her and continued to pretend that he was reading.

Kana, who was also looking in their direction and noticing his peculiar action for a while now, couldn't hold it back anymore and asked. "Rikuo-kun, why are you reading a math exercise book?"

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"Thank you. Thank you very much, Keikain-san. Really, thank you for doing this for me."

"Please don't thank me anymore. This is what I should do as an onmyouji. Still, make sure you stay close to me until the competition is over. It seems some strange youkai have come into town and they are preying on the weaker ayakashi and spirits. Even I can't help you if you are eaten, so please be careful of yourself."

"I will. Thank you again. If it's you, I'm sure everything's going to be fine, and then I can leave without regrets."

Yura smiled. "I should be the one to say thanks. You are also helping me out with quite a few things, Kinoshita-san. Thank you."

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