Let me first start by saying I dedicate this first part of this chapter to melli-elle-chan because she rocks my face off! I told you that two certain someones would be mentioned if only for a flittering moment they were seen!

next in the news, seriously this is going to start eventually! I've dragged this story around the dirt for eighteen chaptes so far, it will end...eventually. I've noticed that I never really do know when I'm going to end something, unless it's a one shot then I know it's going to be done RIGHT THEN, because it's a one shot.

disclaimers: omg i'm writing one? ah, weird fanboying on Niou, Marui, and sorta on Atobe's part is going to happen...you'll see.

"Yuuta what are we doing here again?" A very confused Mizuki asked as the aforementioned Fuji sibling.

Yuuta let out a sigh and turned back towards his sempai. "We are here because Aniki told me to come, so I decided since out date had be canceled that I'd bring you along to compensate."

"Oh. The program says 'A Womanless Pageant.' Do you know anything about that?" Mizuki asked fingering the folded paper in his hands.

"All Aniki told me is that I'd get a good laugh out of it. I'm going to take his word for it." Yuuta paused for a moment and frowned, "I just realized the danger I potentially just put myself into, maybe we should leave."

"No no no Yuuta, look at this line up," Mizuki handed the program to Yuuta and began reading off the names to him. "Seigaku: Kikumaru Eiji, Fuji Syuusuke, Echizen Ryoma, and…wait what? Tezuka Kunimitsu? Are they serious?" Mizuki's eyes lit up at the prospects of seeing the Tezuka Kunimitsu, and in a dress of all things. He began scanning over the rest of the entries from Hyotei and Rikkai. "Atobe Keigo, Akutagawa Jirou, Mukahi Gakuto, Shishido Ryou; wait didn't he cut his hair off?" Mizuki asked suddenly. Yuuta merely shrugged. "Oh well and Hiyoshi Wakashi. Interesting line up for them."

"Hiyoshi-san? I wouldn't have thought he would have entered."

"Hmm Rikkai has Marui Bunta, Kirihara Akaya, and Niou Masaharu. Not very strong entries on their part."

"Well you win some you loose some. I think we should sit down now Mizuki before all of the seats are taken."

"Aa."

"Oishi! I don't want to do this anymore!" Kikumaru whined as he grabbed onto the left arm of his doubles partner.

"Eiji, you have to. Think about Fuji and Echizen and how they would feel if you backed out now."

"Yea, Tezuka wouldn't be too happy about it either." Kikumaru hung his head in defeat and sighed.

"Who said anything about how Tezuka would feel? Can he feel? I don't know and I don't care."

"Well he must feel something if he's dating Atobe."

"I doubt lust is a feeling Eiji, because that's all there is in that relationship I can guarantee you that." Oishi pointed over Tezuka and Atobe's general direction.

Kikumaru shook his head slowly, "I don't know Oishi, there might be something there."

"Niou-kun, I'm going out to audience now." Yagyuu said glancing back at Niou who was furiously and frivolously brushing his hair.

This was why he kept it tied back constantly, not only did it look cool but it kept him from giving into his obsessive-compulsive disorder type of habit, because the bleach made his scalp itch he was always messing with his hair making him have the felling to brush it in some way.

"Niou-kun did you hear me?" Yagyuu asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah yeah I heard you. Go one I don't care, just remember if I see you laugh at me I will some how make you life into a living hell hole."

"I'd like to see you try Niou-kun." Yagyuu smirked at the seemingly endless possibilities of what Niou could do, but wouldn't because Niou understood that what ever he dished out Yagyuu would possibly return it near ten fold on him.

Niou stuck his tongue out in response.

Yagyuu frowned, "That isn't very lady like…Masa-chan."

Niou's eyes widened and narrowed in annoyance he dropped the hair brush to the floor as he hissed, "I've reconsidered, I wasn't going to do what I was going to do, but now because you've said that name I will. Just you wait Hiroshi, you'll regret that mistake soon enough."

"Oh ho, I look forward to it then Masa-chan."

"Just go!" Niou growled.

Yagyuu bowed low before turning and left the back stage area. 'What's the worst he could do in front…of…an entire…auditorium…DAMN! He wouldn't dare do that. Not in front of almost everyone from school. Masaharu…'

'Oh yea, I'm totally going to embarrass the living dog shit out of you Hiroshi, simultaneously embarrassing myself in the process, but that doesn't matter all that does is the fact that you'll regret calling me Masa-chan just like my mother does.' Niou maliciously rubbed his palms together before turning back to mirror he had been sitting in front of earlier. 'God damn it I've got another fly away!' He grabbed up the brush from the floor that had been previously abandoned and returned to his task of turning into a girl…of all the horrid things on the planet. There was only one thing he'd do before doing something like this, and that is impersonate Sanada now that was gross. 'Now all I have to do is straighten it and feather the ends…-retching sounds-'

"OW!" Niou turned his head in the direction of the yelp. Marui was blowing on his thumb, holding a straightening iron in the other.

"Clip your fat finger?" Niou asked.

Marui sent a glare in Niou's direction. "I'm not well versed in using these things that's all. I bet you'll burn yourself several times before the night ends."

Niou rolled his eyes and groaned, "I doubt it." Niou stole the flat iron and proceeded to do his own hair with ease. Marui got up from his chair and stared at Niou as he worked, not a single "ow" or "Damn it" came from Niou's lips during the process.

"What?" Niou asked looking over, once he had sufficiently added enough flippy-ness to ends of his hair.

"Nothing…If I wasn't afraid of you burning me I'd ask you to fix mine."

"Why would I want to smell burning fat?" Niou scrunched his nose as the prospect. "It's not that hard to use one of these." Niou held out the flat iron.

"It is when you have short hair like mine."

Niou sighed and pushed Marui back into his chair and turned him around. "Now don't move or I will burn you." He warned as he began to part Marui's hair.

"How do you know how to use one of those things anyways?"

"My older sister insisted on using me as a real life doll when I was younger." Niou frowned.

"So that would explain your being…"

"Aa, Not really. I'm not one of those sad sob stories about being sexually confused as a child. Girls are just awkward end of story." Niou replied. "Now shut up and stop moving your fat ass."

"I want to know something else."

"Wha-at?" Niou whined.

"Are you going to be one of those weird gay hairdressers?" Marui asked.

Marui's mind theatre! (first time for him let's see how he does)

People involved:

Niou Masaharu

Occupation: world famous hair dresser to the stars

Orientation: Homosexual

Yagyuu Hiroshi

Occupation: Receptionist and lover of Niou Masaharu

Orientation: Homosexual (though many question this state)

"Hello thank you for calling Scissors, this is Yagyuu how may I help you?" Yagyuu said into his head set his smile radiating. "Tuesday? Hold please I'll check for an opening." He pushed the old button on the phone column and grimaced.

"To hell if I'm getting you an appointment, your last movie sucked." He mumbled flipping through the date book. Thank god no openings. "Are you still there? I'm sorry but we don't have any openings for Tuesday. No, The rest of this month is out. It's awards season we won't have any openings for awhile. I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. Thank you." Yagyuu pressed the end button and sighed. 'Her movies suck anyways, how would she have enough money to afford one of Masaharu's haircuts?'

The phone rang again. Yagyuu's face was beginning to hurt from all this smiling, but if he didn't then his nice person vibes would transmit through his voice.

"Hello, thank you for calling Scissors, this is Yagyuu how may I help you?" Yagyuu said, it was the same line he always used when answering the phone. His eyes widened after a few moments from hearing the voice on the other end. "Yes Nakagauchi-san I can see if we have an opening, hold please." Yagyuu pushed the hold button and took the headset off slowly and calmly sat it down on the desk.

"MASAHARU!" He yelled running to the back of the shop.

"What is it?" Niou asked popping his head out from behind the curtain.

"Nakagauchi Masataka is on his way here, he needs something done fast. He's about twenty minutes away."

"NAKAGAUCHI MASATAKA!" Niou's eyes widened, that man was only his most favorite model/singer/actor ever 'I think I just came a little'. "Tell him I'll be ready!" Yagyuu turned away, "NO WAIT!" Yagyuu turned back with a confused look. "Is my hair ok? No fly aways right?"

"You have one on the right near the top of your head, the same cow lick you've had since middle school." He sighed and went back to returning to his desk.

"Shit." Niou hissed looking in the nearest mirror, there it was the dreaded cow lick, a hair dresser of Niou's caliber's worst nightmare to deal with, it was just as bad as split ends. He proceeded to fix the abomination post haste. A little hair spray and a quick use of the flat iron and done, cow lick be damned if that was going to ruin this moment.

Marui sat there as he imagined the rest of the encounter. Niou fawning over Nakagauchi like a shameless school girl and all.

Niou wrinkled his nose and sniffed before clipping the top of Marui's ear.

"OW!"

"Sorry." He muttered. "And no, I'm not going to be a weird gay hairdressers. So stop imagining it."

"But what if Nakagauchi Masataka came to have his hair done by you?"

"Don't you dare bring Nakagauchi-sama into your delusions fatty!" Marui noticing he was pushing the right buttons prodded further.

"And what if Baba Tooru came with him, and they had a huge make out session right there."

Niou's eyes widened at that amazing thought and image. That would be pretty hot. Upon hearing Marui snicker he took the flat iron and hit Marui square across the top of his head.

"OW! WHAT THE FUCK!?"

"Never mess with a man's fantasies especially when he is holding styling tools, you will loose every time." Niou sneered. "Besides, they aren't gay, they're straight, so it would never happen."

"True, what about Kanesaki Kentarou?"

"EW! Adorable as he is, he looks too much like Sanada at the same time for me to find him attractive." Niou squirmed in his dress, and shuddered.

"Seems like you girls are having a nice time, would you like to talk about your feelings as well?" Atobe said from the door way.

"Who are you calling a girl?" Marui and Niou yelled simultaneously.

Atobe, ignoring the question, looked at his finger nails and sighed. "Kanesaki-san is adorable despite his looking like Sanada. Watanabe Daisuke on the other hand…" Atobe trailed off.

"Yea, can't say you're lying there, he is amazing." Marui sighed.

"He's a dork." Niou said.

"An amazing dork, with an amazing voice." Atobe corrected.

"But a dork none the less." Niou replied. He did a once over of his work before saying, "There you go fatty, now cover you eyes." He grabbed the can of hair spray and began creating a massive cloud of aerosol. "Done."

Marui waited a moment allowing the air to clear before looking up into the mirror hesitantly. He wasn't sure what to expect from the trickster. He let out a minute gasp in surprise, it really was nice his hair was shallowly parted to the right, directly over his right eye. Niou had straightened his bangs and flipped out the ends, and several other things had been done as well.

"Ore-sama will admit that you do good work, Niou." Atobe stated as he did a quick once over of the finished job.

Niou's lips quirked into a crooked smile as he leaned in close to Marui's ear. "Now I expect good payment for this." He whispered.

"Like what?" Marui asked.

"You know what I want." Niou raised his eyebrows and shot a sly grin at Marui through the mirror.

"No. You are not getting our babysitters number, besides he isn't gay." Marui crossed his arms over his chest.

"Neither was Hiroshi until I got a hold on him," Niou glanced down the table to a case of bottled water. "Marui, did you know that right now water is your worst enemy with that hair? It is, and if you don't give me what I want I will destroy that masterpiece as much as it pains me to."

Marui horrified expression in the mirror was enough for Niou to know he had won this small battle.

"Fine, its in my phone list." Marui handed Niou his cell phone. "Are you happy now?"

"As a lark." Niou smirked when he found the number. He would definitely be give the dear Reiichiro-kun a call in the near future. The very near future, if Yagyuu gets pissed off enough at his little plan that will soon roll into motion.

"Back to the subject of amazingly hot models and actors, "Niou scribbled down the number and returned Marui his phone. "Saitou Takumi?"

"Is awesome." Oshitari yelled from the other side of the backstage area.

"And we have our opinion stated."

"Ore-sama must give him credit for the first Boys Love movie, if you didn't cry at some point during that, then you really don't have a heart at all." Atobe shrugged.

"It was pretty intense to see." Marui muttered. Niou nodded.

The beginning did confuse him, who would ride a train with bloody hands? Also since when was there EVER a subway train in Tokyo that didn't have a thousand people squished into one car? There was tons of room in the movie. After watching the entire thing though, Niou understood the bloody hands and why Saitou was just laying there. Such a sad movie. He even cried though he'd never admit it aloud.

"Ah Kato Kazuki?" Marui tried.

"Eh, sexy voice." Niou shrugged.

"I like his hair." Atobe said. After a few moments of nothing said Atobe sighed. "Dead air again."

"What air?"

"Dead air, it's a point when nothing is being said, so the air is pronounced dead." Atobe explained.

"Oh." Niou nodded his head. "Ok."

"How much longer until this stupid thing gets started?" Marui asked.

"Ladies and Gentleman, it's show time!" Jackal's voice rang through the speakers in the house.

"I guess now."

Is a way this was a totally usless chapter. All that really happened is that Niou fixed his hair then Marui's, Marui has delusional thoughts of Niou owning a hair salon with Yagyuu as his receptionist, then they start talking about Tenimyu actors...that's it...(just so you know, I freaking love Kanesaki Kentarou! he's a dork and andorable especially in his Rikkaimyu photo book picture, of course dressed as Sanada, when he's 'battling' the plastic beetles, so cute so very cute). Like I said nothing of real interest here.

BUT AND HOW EVER! I have no idea who is going to win this, so I'll do the talent portion (I'll be calling on certain people for help there, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) then I'll put a poll up on my profile and have the voting start there on who the winner will be.

Also did anyone else here think of Sengoku when Jackal said "Ladies and Gentleman, it's show time!"? Because I did, probably because I've watched Tenimyu far too much.

until next time,

animeo