CuteRibbons: I hope you all be nice, because this is my first time writing a story and posting it online. My best friends encouraged me to write fanficiton, because I am always doing well for English and I was usually seen writing stories in my notebook. All three of us have a fanfiction account. We tend to read one another's stories and laugh about it when we meet face-to-face.

"Psst, there's our target's location." One mysterious figure said to her partner while they are hiding in the bush.

"I know. On my signal, you distract the guards, and I'll try to break in."

"Got it." The girl nodded.

On the boy's signal, the girl crept out of her hiding place, snuck up behind the guards, and silted their throats. The guards fell to the ground, dead. The girl nodded to the boy and he stepped out of his hiding place. He went up to the door, which has some sort of numbers. They will have to put in a code to unlock it. The girl pushed the boy aside and thought really hard. What kind of person their future victim is. Generally, they will put something that is somehow related to them. So what do they know about their next victim? She twiddled the numbers for a while, frowning, before it finally clicked open. Ah ha! So the password was his birthday. The girl opened the door, and went in. "Stand back, the victim's mine." The boy whispered. The girl nodded, and faded into the shadows. They spotted their victim walking along the corridor. The boy took out his gun, and took aim.

Bang! Bang! The person a certain assassin is shooting fell to the ground, dead. The boy smiled. The assassin removed his mask to reveal black-green hair and golden cat-like eyes. "Hmph, he's mada mada dane!" Ryoma exclaimed. His partner in crime, a girl with dark brown eyes and flaming red hair, stepped into the dim light, illuminating her bloodied knife. She flexed her knife arm and walked towards Ryoma. "Good job, Ryoma." she said.

"Thanks, but without you killing his two guards and figuring out how to break in, I wouldn't have gotten him." said Ryoma.

"True." said the girl. "I think we better dispose of that body before it starts stinking."

"I agree." They carried the body out of the abandoned mansion, and dumped it into the ditch.

"Let's go." said the girl. Ryoma nodded. Just then, the girl's phone rang.

"Hello?" said the girl.

"Hello, Shizuka. Did you and Ryoma kill him already?"

"Yup. Mission accomplished!" said Shizuka.

"Amazing job, guys!" The voice sounded happy.

"Whatever! Can we go home now?" said Ryoma.

"Oh, I forgot. Of course you can." said the man on the other line. Shizuka closed her phone. "Finally! Let's go home, Ryoma." said Shizuka. She checked the clock on her phone. "Oh no, it's 3.40 a.m.! I think we better run home!" said Shizuka. Ryoma nodded. They both had school tomorrow, and Ryoma had morning practice. If he is late, that darn captain of his would make him run laps until he grows old. Shizuka, his best friend in school, also had piano and flute lessons in the morning.

Next morning…..

"Wake up, Ryoma-san! You will be late for school again!" Nanako shouted. Ryoma rolled his eyes and yawned. "Yeah, yeah, I'm awake." said the boy, getting up and refreshing himself. He changed into his regulars' uniform. He didn't really want to eat; he merely grabbed his toast and ran out of the house. It was only when he reached school did he realize he forgotten his bento. 'I am so going to go hungry when it's lunchtime' he thought. "I'm so dead!" Ryoma mumbled. The other players were already practicing in the courts. "Echizen! 50 laps!" said Tezuka, without even looking up. 'He should be the assassin. He doesn't even need to look before knowing who's late' thought Ryoma savagely. Just then, he heard someone call his name. "Hey, Ryoma!" It was Shizuka.

"What is it, Shizuka?" said Ryoma. Shizuka handed him a bento.

"Nanako-san called and said you forgot your lunch." said Shizuka. "I told her you could have mine."

"Wait…I can't take it, it's yours!"

"Sure you can. I eat next to nothing anyway. You need your energy to juggle between school, tennis and that." Ryoma knew what she meant by 'that'. Ryoma took the bento. "Thanks a lot, Shizuka." said Ryoma.

"Well, I've got to go for flute lessons now; I'll see you at the usual place at lunch?"

"Sure. I'll be there."

Shizuka smiled, squeezed his shoulder gently, and ran off again.

"Hey, Ochibi's got a girlfriend!" said Eiji Kikumaru, glomping his Ochibi.

"She's not my girlfriend!" Ryoma said blatantly. "She's-" he wanted to say "His partner" but that will lead to awkward questions, most likely by Momoshiro or Kikumaru. Also, if he had to explain their partnership in the assassin department, his secret would be out, and really, he had enough on his plate without his senpais, especially Oishi, worrying about his occupation.

"She's what, Ochibi?" said Kikumaru.

"Nothing." He replied, going out to run his laps. 'Phew! That was close!'

After practice, Ryoma went in the changing room to change into his uniform. Inui, who is always collecting information, said, "The corrupt businessman called Nobu Niigata is found dead in a ditch this morning. Also, his house has been found unlocked with his two guards dead." Apparently, he also kept up to the news. The group perked up at the news. Who was clever enough to break into his house and kill him? "Wow, I wonder who killed that man?" Fuji mused. That said man was known to be paranoid and usually used codes and even forced guards to be outside his home 24/7. Also, he never goes out of his home unless there is some important things to attend to and even then, he would make sure he have guards to escort him. Ryoma secretly smiled. Shizuka was a sly, clever and sneaky girl. Her main weapon is stealth.

Seeing Ryoma's smile, Inui asked, "Echizen, you wouldn't happen to know anything, do you?"

"No, what makes you say that?"

"Let's see the way you smile, there's a 99.67% probability that you know something about the murder." said Inui, pushing up his glasses. 'It's more like an assassination mission, but still…..' Ryoma thought.

"I think you are just imagining things, Inui-senpai. How could a 12-year-old know anything?" said Momo.

Ryoma, gratefully jumping into Momo's statement, said, "Yeah. I am only 12. How could I know about it?"

Inui frowned skeptically. "If you say so."

"Yes, I say so. If you'll excuse me, I'll go to my class now." With that, he left the changing room.

"He seemed weird today." said Inui.

"Why would you say that?" said Fuji, buttoning his gakuren.

"Well, he seemed to be avoiding all my questions today. Do you think he's hiding something?" Somewhere in the corner, a certain captain stiffened. Their precious freshman is hiding something? What could he be hiding if he didn't even tell anyone about it? Well, he'll ask Echizen later if he can.

Meanwhile, Ryoma was on his way to class. 'Phew, that was close. Another minute later and I think I might be caught. Lying is not one of the things I am good at.' He shook his head, and increased his walking pace.

CuteRibbons: Yeah, I know, it's quite lame right? Well, I did do well for English, but apparently I am not good at writing.