Chapter 7: Thought this through
Drayden spit out his tea all over Alder. Alder didn't pay any heed as he was too shell shocked to even really care. Alder shook himself out of his stupor; his brain trying to process what had just been said. "What?" he questioned, really not believing what he had heard.
"I said sis and I want to join the student council." said Mei, a determined look on her face.
Alder opened and closed his mouth and put his head into his hands "Please tell me this is a horrible nightmare."
"It is not Alder, if it was we both would not be able to see and hear the same thing."
Alder looked up at Mei "No" he said simply.
Mei glared "No? Is that what you have to say? No? I don't care, we will join the student council no matter what."
Alder met his granddaughter's stare evenly "You haven't asked Touko, have you?"
Mei flinched "Um...well it's not like she'll say no...probably" she whispered the last part, okay maybe she hadn't thought everything through, but it wasn't her fault, it was Hyuu's.
Alder sighed tiredly knowing that once Mei decided something she would not back down, although he had loved her persistent nature, this time it came to bite him in his ass. "Let's ask Touko, if she listens to this carefully if she says yes then I permit you to take the test, otherwise you will drop this matter and will never bring it up again."
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Touko wiped the sweat off her brow as she and Samurott finished their part in the Battle Tactics and Practice. They looked up to the board to find that both of them had earned a perfect score. Touko smiled and hugged Samurott "Good job boy, you were amazing."
Samurott nudged his head closer to Touko asking for her to rub it. Touko laughed and scratched his head lightly, both enjoying the affection. She and Samurott headed off to the practice area and onto the field and settled under a tree, she leaned on Samurott's side just relaxing.
She looked to the field and found Bianca and Cheren still practicing, closing her eyes and looking away as Bianca tripped and fell. She shook her head, no matter what happened Bianca would always be clumsy, even time would not fix that about her.
Touko looked up as a shadow fell over her; N looked at her "Do you mind if I sit next to you?"
She turned to look at Samurott silently asking if it was fine, he nodded and put his head on his paws closing his eyes but keeping an ear out just in case. "Sure" Touko said as she patted the ground next to her.
N gracefully sat down next to her. As both of them sat in silence N struggled to find the words "I..."
Touko turned him, waiting him to continue. N sighed, this was going to be hard "I wanted to-"
"Will Touko from the senior class please report to the Headmaster's office. Will Touko please report to the office."
Touko frowned, grandfather wanted to see her? But why? She turned to N "Sorry I guess we'll talk later." She grabbed her backpack and waited for Samurott to get up, and then they were on their way.
As N watched her walk away he sighed. He highly doubted he would able to continue the conversation. If he hadn't been able to do it now, he sure would not be able to later. Why was it so hard to thank someone?
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As Touko neared the office she rolled her eyes as she heard the bickering. Of course she would be called to play mediator between Mei and her grandfather. She didn't even bother to knock, she sighed as her grandfather and little sister were face to face yelling. "I TOLD YOU, YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM DOING THIS!"
