"Mmmm." Kikyou stared at the flowers she was taking care of at the school garden as she crouched down to examine them thoroughly.

"Ehhh?! The soil's dried out!" she panicked, stretching out her legs to go to the garden shed and get her watering can to damp the fertile land where her plants grew from. She filled up the can with the faucet nearby but had a hard time carrying it for it was very heavy for a thin girl like her to even lift up.

"Eh? Shino-chan?" Good thing their class president approached her when he saw her running around the garden. He offered to carry it for her, asking what was she doing here but the girl didn't answer and just asked him to come with her to her flower pots.

"So that's why you looked really worried when I saw you here. You're concerned about your flowers drying out?" the girl nodded timidly at his assumption.

"Ever since the midterms ended I haven't had much time watching over them."

"Eh, why so? Did something happen at home?"

"I-It's not that! I-It's just sensei has been asking me to help her more with her paranormal activities lately, so..."

"Oh, sensei again huh?"

Kado face palmed at the weirdness of their adviser. He then apologized to his classmate on behalf and promised her she won't have to participate any longer for he'll take care of it. They heard the chime ring, which signaled for them to head back to their classroom.

"Eh? Sensei's still asking her to do that?!" Yamaguchi reacted after learning the information for their class representative who reported it to him as soon as they regrouped in their classroom. "Hold on. Why are you telling this to me?! Shouldn't you tell the dean about that?"

"Ah, well I'm planning to. But it'll be much better if Shino-chan had a valid excuse in not coming. Like a club activity or a job." Narahashi suggested, crossing his arms to think.

"Well, I don't know. Besides we can't force her to do that if she doesn't want to. So we can't do anything about her decision." Tadashi implied.

"Who says we have to get permission from Ishinomori Kikyou-chan?" the president smirked mischievously at his classmate. Brought by suspicion, Yamaguchi sent a warning glare at Narahashi, telling him ahead if he's something stupid, he won't ride along with it.

"Besides, what's with the full name?" he queried, not liking to hear the name 'Kikyou' said by others.

"Don't worry, Yamaguchi. Leave this to me." Kado winked, probably bringing Yamaguchi to the end of the unsure line. Now he was sure this president of theirs was up to no good.

'W-Why are we here...?' That weekend, Yamaguchi received a phone call from Narahashi, telling him to dress up and meet him over at the convenience store down the block.

He didn't know why, but out of sleepiness he followed the commanded prompts to him, then later found himself standing in front of a house with the label: Ishinomori 石ノ森. Tadashi, being such a worry wart, felt nervous just by looking at those characters.

He was actually in front of the Ishinomori household and Kado seemed to be apathetic about. He casually rang the doorbell, not even minding if they were disturbing someone on a fine Saturday morning.

"Excuse us!"

"Uh? Hai?" A familiar raven haired boy came to the gate to see what the two fellow teenagers want. Upon recognizing his voice, and realizing, Yamaguchi gasped and called the name of this fellow unconsciously, "K-Kikumaru-san!" "Hai?" "Eh?!" he blushed, covering his mouth, red-faced on why he did that.

Kikumaru wondered who this guy was who knew his name, ignoring Kado who introduced themselves as his sister's friends. Then it him; there could only be one guy who would know his name that is also an acquaintance of Kikyou.

"Yamaguchi." He spoke the name of the guy his sister was crushing on. "You're Yamaguchi-kun, right? Yamaguchi Tadashi-kun?" the said boy's name was amazed Kikumaru was able to remember his name.

"H-Hai! I-It's nice to meet you personally, Kikumaru-san!" he bowed politely, obviously jumpy around Kikyou's twin.

Kikumaru smiled kindly at them. "Pleasure as well. I forgot to thank you about last time, too. Thank you very much for looking for my twin sister, Yamaguchi." It was Ishinomoro-Ani who bowed next. It was news to Narahashi so he was pretty much surprised that standing right in front of them was a boy version of Kikyou.

"Kikyou's over at the garden doing some fertilizing. Please make yourself at home while I call her." Kikumaru showed the two lads' their living room and disappeared off to their backyard to convene his sister and notify her that her classmates came to a visit.

"Eh? Narahashi-kun and Yamaguchi-kun are inside?" she wondered after being informed of her brother. "I wonder why they're here."

"Beats me. They're waiting for you in the living room. C'mon, wash up. I'll prepare snacks for you guys while you're at it." he proffered, going back inside their house and occupy the kitchen to bake some cookies for their unexpected guest.

Obeying her brother's orders, Kikyou did a quick rinse, exchanged clean comfortable house clothes from her dirtied ones, and tied up her hair in a nice pony tail, enough to lift her long hair from her bottom up to her waist.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." She then joined the two boys that waited patiently on the rug at their living room. "Narahashi-kun, Yamaguchi-kun, what made you visit me today?" Kikyou inquired, taking a seat in front of Kado and Tadashi, a small coffee table in between them.

Now Narahashi started business talk by slamming his hand on the wooden furniture. "Shino-chan! We can no longer keep this up!" he started, confusing his two black haired classmates on what he was talking about. Even Kikumaru, who was busy in the kitchen, spared a peek on what the three Karasuno students are on about.

"Sensei is abusing your kindness by continuously asking help from you on her abnormal missions in contacting the so called afterlife souls! But what she's asking is absurd and we can no longer tolerate that! Ishinomori-san, I know asking you to deny her request will do nothing for that woman is crazy I tell you! Crazy!"

"Eh? Narahashi-kun, what are you talking about...?" Kikyou backed away for the 1-4 presidents' half body was already laying on the table. She saw her brother approach them and slap the brunette boy's head with a newspaper. "Ki-Kikumaru-kun?!"

"Oi. Off the table." He commanded sternly as the boy slowly slid off the furniture muttering a 'Sorry'. The boy twin soon joined their conversation, sitting Indian style beside her sister and gave Kado a look. "Are we talking about the same Ichisada-sensei?" He inquired, familiarizing with the said teacher's name for Ichisada was his and his sister's homeroom teacher ever since grade school.

Now that he was hearing this, he can't believe Kikyou was still stuck with a lunatic of a teacher.

"Ichisada-sensei. Tall woman, frizzy hair, weird oval shady glasses but never hid her eyebags." Narahashi described her. "She's been forcing Ishinomori-san-I mean, Ishinomori Kikyou-san to help her with paranormal experiments." He reported.

Kikumaru heaved out a heavy sigh, looking at Kikyou. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? If I knew then I would've complained much sooner." He said.

"E-Eh? I-I didn't know that it was serious, Kikumaru-kun! Besides, helping sensei is really okay for me..."

"That's not the point here."

"In any case, we need something to keep Ishinomori-san busy so she doesn't have to assist Ichisada-sensei every after class!" Kado suggested.

"Eh? You mean like a club activity?" Kikumaru questioned. Narahashi shakes his head, "It doesn't have to be a club activity. It can be a part time job or a chore at home, or maybe an outing friends! It just has to be so she has a reason to not tag along with Ichisada-sensei." He justified, leaving them thinking. "A reason huh..."

"Umm, I have a suggestion but I don't know if you'll go with it." Yamaguchi raised his hand, having a thought in mind that can make Kikyou busy. Everyone's eyes landed on him, curiosity filled their blinking eyes.

K a j i H a n a S h o p

"Kaji? Flower shop?" Kikumaru read the sign that was displayed on the rooftop of the store Yamaguchi lured them to. The four of them entered the shop, with Yamaguchi calling for his friend, Kajiwara whose family owned the shop.

Currently, they were hiring a helper that could manage the place while Kajiwara Shiori was still in the hospital. But unfortunately, when Yamaguchi introduced Ishinomori to Kajiwara Shinobu in giving her the job, they were informed that they were looking for a full time helper.

"Ahh, well that goes our part-time job..." Narahashi was downcast.

"I'm really sorry." Shinobu apologized giving them a remorseful bow.

"But... can I still work here? Even if you don't have to pay me at all." Kikyou said out of the blue.

"What are you talking about Kikyou? You can't work without getting paid. That's unfair." Kikumaru protested to her decision. He's not going to allow her sister to work for nothing.

"It's okay! I don't mind working for free!" she persisted.

"Then what's the point of working at all?" Kado commented, his shoulder collapsing.

Ishinomori - the sister - took Kajiwara's hands in hers, shoving her committed eyes in front of her face to show her willingness to help. "But, I really can't accept, Ishi-Ishinomori-chan..."

"I'd be really happy if you approved, Kajiwara-san! Please!" who knew the timid quiet girl can be tenacious like this. Yamaguchi, Narahashi - even Kikumaru was amused and shocked. Shinobu was pressured. 'Tsukkin, help me...' she cried internally. "Well... I guess it can't be helped..." she had no choice but to agree. That decision of hers though made the sissy Ishinomori Kikyou blissful.

"Thank you so much!" the jubilant gal crushed her new employer in her arms.

"Eh! Shinobu! M-Mori-san!"

"Go Shino-chan! Alright! Now Ichisada-sensei won't be able to force her to take part in her out-of-this-world ceremonies!"

"Hope so..."

A/N: Crie. Now i have to stack another draft chapter =w=

god i feel so lazy these days... like im in a daze or smth

and COFFEE IS NOT HELPING! AT ALL!

hope u like this...... but i think it's just some filler chapter (well i think everything is) *cries*