Sandbox/Angel Knight

To get my thoughts out before they fade, I'm going to start this as a way to build up parts of the story. I'm also going to use Microsoft Word, but this will give readers a preview of certain scenes. ~« SkyGuy Wikia Writer - My Talk »~ 02:50, March 7, 2019 (UTC)
Important Note: Scenes are written in their intended order of appearance.
== Scene: the doctors tell the Aizawas that Nana is gone and of their plan to save Keiko. ==
"Sensei! My wife and daughter… How are they? Are they okay?" Kakeru asked frantically.
"Aizawa-san, stay calm and listen to me," Doctor Furukawa told them. "There's no easy way to say this. But… Nana Aizawa-san… died before they arrived." This news sent shock waves through the very core of the entire family. Ryo fell to her knees in shock while the boys just stood there dumbstruck. Kakeru took the news the worst, falling on the nearby bench and letting out a wail of despair. Mito alone seemed to keep her composure, albeit just barely, as her husband kept her upright. "Listen, I know this is hard, but there's a more pressing issue."
"What do you mean?" Mito asked, regaining herself enough to ask.
"Nana-san is gone, but Keiko-chan is still hanging in there." This news caused the kids to get a hold of themselves again, but Kakeru seemed oblivious.
"What's her condition?" Mito asked.
"I'll be frank, Keiko-chan's life is hanging by a thread. Her heart is in ribbons now. The bullets broke apart on impact and tore her heart apart; it's completely beyond surgical repair. There was some laceration to her lungs as well, but nothing life-threatening. We fixed those and she shouldn't have any respiratory issues. The real issue is her heart. I'm amazed really: things should've been the other way around. Keiko-chan has worse injuries than her mother, but she is still kicking while Nana-san was DOA with only a minor blunt force injury to her head. It's nothing but a gods-given miracle Keiko-chan even survived long enough to get here. We managed to hastily reconstruct some critical parts to keep her alive long enough to get her hooked up to a CPB. We're currently maintaining her life artificially, but we don't know how long it will last."
"You just said that Nana-onee-san's injuries were minor compared to Keiko-chan's. Simply a blow to the head. If that's true, then what was the cause of death?"
"It was a hemorrhagic stroke, caused by the rupture of her cerebral aneurysm. I assume that the force of getting hit in the head with the butt of that shotgun is what caused the rupture—" Doctor Furukawa just noticed the look of surprise on the family's faces. "She was diagnosed two months ago. And she had a surgery scheduled to fix it. She never told you about it?"
"No, we were completely in the dark," Mito told him as she helped Ryo back to her feet.
"It does explain her behavior recently," said Kiyoji. "She asked me to introduce her to a good last will lawyer. When I asked why she would need one, she just told me it never hurts to be prepared."
"I understand. The point is: Nana-san is gone, but as for Keiko-chan, there is a slim, a very slim, chance of hope."
"How so?" Mito asked.
"Nana-san is a registered organ donor." Mito understood exactly what he meant, as the memory of Suguru's death flashed through her mind. One look at her husband showed that he understood too. "We want to transplant Nana-san's heart into Keiko-chan while it's still viable. The lab results show that both mother and daughter are a perfectly compatible match: blood & tissue type, their HLA, it's all perfect; so much so that the odds of rejection are almost none. She'll still need to take anti-rejection medications for some time as a precaution, but we can wean her off them over time and the likelihood that Keiko-chan will be on them the rest of her life is minimal. However, we need consent from the next-of-kin before we can proceed. Kakeru-san?" Doctor Furukawa called for Kakeru's attention several times, but got no answer. "Kakeru Aizawa-san, we need an answer. Time is running out."
Kakeru didn't seem to have any idea what was going on. He just stared blankly at the floor. With Kakeru clearly too distraught to give an answer to consent to organ transplantation, Mito stepped up and spoke instead. "I consent!" Mito piped up.
"Mito?" Kiyoji said, astonished.
"I consent for you to harvest my sister-in-law's organs. Save my niece, onegaidesu."
Doctor Furukawa looked at his colleague, who only replied with an uncertain look. "We need to discuss this. We'll be back soon."
The two doctors went back into the viewing room of the surgery room.
"With Keiko-san's father unable to answer, his kids are Nana-san's next-of-kin, not Mito-san. Obviously the kids are too young to give consent, but can we really use his sister's consent as consent?" Doctor Furukawa's colleague asked.
Furukawa looked from Nana's lifeless body on one table to Keiko on the CPB on the other several times. Keiko's shredded heart had long-since stopped, the only thing keeping her alive was the machine. Finally, he made up his mind.
"Screw it," Furukawa said.
"What?"
"As you said, the kids are too young to give consent. That leaves Mito-san. Either way it doesn't matter. Saving Keiko-chan takes priority. Every second we delay the mother's heart begins to die. We must perform the procedure now while it's still viable!"
"But this could have legal complications. What if the ethics committee—"
"Frack them! If it causes problems, I'll take responsibility. You can blame it all on me. "
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==Scene: Ayaka Iwaki (née Mine) talks to Teppei Iwaki about Keiko's recovery==
"Things are different this time, Teppei-kun. Kakeru-kun lost his brother when they had just gotten back on amiable terms. Keiko-chan just lost her mother while they in the midst of a fight. She can't apologize for it now, and that guilt weighs heavily on her. She won't recover from this as easily as her father did; and the PTSD nightmares she's having aren't making it any easier."
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== Scene: Ayaka Iwaki talks with Chiho and Yuki following an unproductive counseling session with Keiko.==
"What do you want to talk to us for?" Yuki asked.
"I'll be direct, Nonomiya-san; are you aware of it?"
"Aware of what?" Yuki asked, confused.
"That the donor of the heart that saved Keiko-chan's life was her mother Nana-san?"
Yuki was completely shocked by this. She looked to Chiho, only to see that her face was relaxed. "You knew, Chi-chan?" Yuki asked.
"Gomen, Neferchi. I wasn't sure whether I should tell you or not," Chiho said, her voice filled with grief. Neferchi was Chiho's nickname for Yuki, using her Egyptian middle name.
"Chiho-chan found out by accident. Of course… she couldn't help eavesdropping," Ayaka told them.
"You didn't have to say that last part," Yuki said harshly.
"Sumimasen, that was improper of me. Still… I wanted to speak to the two of you about a serious matter, since you two are with Keiko-chan the most and know her best."
"What's this about?" Chiho asked curiously.
"Have either of you noticed anything different about Keiko-chan? Any unusual mannerisms or actions? Anything that resembles…… Nana-san?"
Both girls were stunned by this question. They looked at each other blankly before facing Ayaka again, and Yuki said, "Does… dragging the two of us into a sexual relationship count?"
Ayaka's eyes went wide at this confession. "A sexual relationship?"
"We think it's her way of coping. If so, better than her cutting her wrists or getting on drugs."
Ayaka sighed and said, "I guess there are worse ways to cope. But seriously, have you noticed anything out of the ordinary?"
"Aside from the… sex… we haven't really noticed anything odd. Nothing that, as you asked, looks like Nana-san. Why do you ask anyway?"
"I had a conversation similar to this with Nana-san many years ago;" Ayaka told them. She then placed a book titled "The Heart Speaks: Records of Recipients of Heart Transplants" on the table between them. "and I gave her this same book too."
"What is it?" Yuki inquired, picking up the book.
"A book filled with the testimony from various patients all over the world detailing their experiences after receiving a heart transplant. Those patients all describe something phenomenal. They describe it as the heart's memories. Imagine you had a transplant yourself; sometime after, you start seeing strange dreams you'd never had before, or you suddenly become athletic, such as being able to swim after being unable to do so for all of your life, or you start liking foods you hated before, or even experiencing déjà vu upon visiting a place or places you've never visited before in your life."
"What's all this about? It sounds absolutely ludicrous," said Chiho, laughing slightly. Yuki, on the other hand, looked intrigued and opened the book.
"I know it doesn't sound sane. Even today there's still no scientific proof, but the number of reported accounts just keeps climbing. A couple decades ago, I actually witnessed this phenomenon happen in front of me from one of my patients."
"Oh yeah? Who was it?" Chiho inquired, and Yuki looked up from the book long enough to find out as well.
"It was Keiko-chan's father, Kakeru Aizawa-kun."
"You're kidding!" the two girls exclaimed.
"I am not. A little over twenty years ago, Kakeru-kun and his older brother, Suguru-kun, were in an accident that left Suguru-kun brain-dead and Kakeru-kun's heart beyond surgical repair. What saved his life was a heart transplant, and the donor of the heart was Suguru-kun."
Both girls were gain stunned into silence, and Yuki was again the first to speak. "So you're saying that history has repeated itself?"
"It appears so, but this case is drastically different from that time. Anyway, several times over the following years, in particular during his freshman year at Enoshima High, Kakeru-kun displayed actions reminiscent of his late brother. There were a couple of times I saw him playing on the soccer pitch, where he moved and played exactly like Suguru-kun. Often afterwards he couldn't remember what had happened. Kakeru-kun himself described these instances to me multiple times. He even managed to overcome his trauma over using his left leg to shoot, which he struggled with after injuring a fellow teammate in elementary school. It intrigued me to no end."
"This all sounds a bit… unrealistic," Chiho said. "It's so hard to believe."
"I'm sure. But, rather than be intrigued like I was from Kakeru-kun's case, this time I'm more concerned, very concerned."
"Concerned?" Yuki said.
"Keiko-chan's case was a mother-to-daughter heart transplant. Parent-to-child transplants, while neither as rare or as common a sibling-to-sibling transplant, are fundamentally different from each other. Not to mention that the circumstances, in particular the emotional and situational ones, were vastly different from her father and uncle's. Additionally, Keiko-chan's suffering from an obvious and textbook case of PTSD from the robbery and the experience of being shot, and she took the news of her mother's death far worse than Kakeru took the news of the death of his brother."
"We know that. We were there when Onodera-sensei broke the news to her," Yuki reminded her.
"The point is: I want you two to watch Keiko-chan carefully. I'm concerned with what the heart may make her experience while she's still suffering from combined grief and PTSD; not to mention the guilt she feels from the fight she had with Nana-san right before the robbery. If you notice anything out of character beyond her grief, anything at all, I want you two to inform me so I can step in if need be. Can I trust you with that?"
"Hai," the two girls replied.
"And another thing, don't tell her who the donor of the heart was. It goes without saying that we will have to tell her eventually, but to tell her now would be a mistake. We have no idea how she'll react. It may make things even worse than they already are."
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== Scene: Yuki and Chiho talk about Keiko while she's asleep after a threesome with her.==
"You know why we're doing this: we're doing this to help her cope with the loss of her mother," Yuki reminded Chiho.
"Well, it's a terrible coping method if you ask me," Chiho replied. "I still haven't gotten over her ambush of me in the bath when this started."
"Don't you think I know that? Better this than letting her cut her wrists or getting on drugs."
"Well, maybe," Chiho relented. "Should we tell her the truth? About her heart I mean?"
"I don't know. You heard what Iwaki-sensei said, it might devastate her. We must tread carefully."
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==Scene: Keiko loses her virginity to Saito==
Not wanting to see anybody, Keiko ditched the third period before she wandered up to the roof of the school building. Grabbing hold of the chain-link fence, she let herself go as she felt the wind. After standing there for a few minutes, she suddenly became aware of a scritching sound. She turned to see where it was coming from, and it turned out to be coming from right by the door. Sitting next to the door and drawing on a large sketchbook was a scrawny black-haired hazel-eyed boy the same age as her. She had walked right by him without realizing he was there.
Keiko knew his surname was Shirayuki and that he was a member of the art club, but she new nothing else about him, not even his given name. She'd only heard about him from Yuki after he had turned her down last year.
"I didn't think anybody else would come up here," Shirayuki said, still drawing without stopping. "You skipping too? You really shouldn't."
"You're one to talk, Shirayuki-san," Keiko replied.
"Is that supposed to be irony?" Shirayuki replied wittily. It was from this that Keiko noticed that his accent sounded like it had a hint of something other than Japanese. It sounded like it had a bit of European, but Keiko couldn't fathom from where. "I know your name since everyone does, but I'm surprised you know mine, Aizawa-san."
"Ordinarily, I wouldn't. But you did turn down my best friend."
"You may want to be more specific and say who. I've turned down a lot of girls."
"I don't really care." Keiko realized that Shirayuki had hardly looked up at all and was still drawing. Not caring about rudeness, Keiko walked over to him and snatched the sketchbook from him to know what it was. It was a drawing of the roof area, with an image of her in it. "Is this me?"
"You weren't in it until you barged in." Keiko threw the book back to him roughly in reprisal for that remark. "Easy there. No need to get violent."
"Shut it. Just go away and leave me alone!" Keiko demanded.
"Need I remind you that I came up here first?" Shirayuki shot back as he stood up. "Besides, how can I leave you alone now when you've clearly got something to get off your chest?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I know about the incident, just like everybody else, and you're clearly very angry. If you wanna vent, I'll listen. It might make you feel better."
Keiko had her blood boiling with that kind of advice and snapped. She grabbed Saito by the front of his shirt and threw him against the wall. "I don't want to talk about it! If you wanna make me feel better, you can console me." Keiko closed her eyes and kissed Shirayuki on the lips. Shirayuki was clearly bewildered, but Keiko didn't care. She was already sexually deprived since Yuki and Chiho had made her agree to take an abstinence break with them, and was determined to go further with this boy to relieve herself. The two of them sank to the ground as Keiko intertwined their tongues in every possible way. Finally, Keiko broke the kiss so they could breathe, though Shirayuki still had a bewildered look. It was then that Keiko finally noticed that this boy was pretty good-looking. "You're cute you know."
"Th-that was my first kiss!" Shirayuki told her, finding his words at last.
"Oh really? Lucky me," Keiko said as she rubbed his crotch between his legs.
"St-stop! This isn't righ—" Keiko silenced Shirayuki with another kiss as she continued to rub his crotch. Keiko felt Shirayuki's manhood get hard from over his pants, and stuck her hand into them to feel it directly. She felt the heat from the thing in her hand and was eager to see it. Keiko broke the kiss and took her hand out before she started undoing Shirayuki's pants. "Aizawa-san, this isn't proper!" Shirayuki protested.
"Shut it! You wanted to make me feel better? Just shut up and let me feel good," Keiko snapped back. Keiko finally undid Shirayuki's pants and pulled them off his hips past his knees. Shirayuki's manhood stood on end, quite bigger from what Keiko had imagined or recalled from when she saw her brothers' in the baths. "It's the first time I've ever seen one aside from Hiroki's or Koichi's. It's so different from theirs, but then again, they're younger," Keiko thought in her head. Keiko took the organ in her hand and rubbed it up and down. "It feels really warm."
"Her hand is so warm. She's really good at this. Did she ever…? No, what she is doing isn't right." Shirayuki thought. Then Keiko quickly moved her head down towards Shirayuki's manhood, where she started kissing the tip to stimulate it.
"Ahh… Wait! How do you know about this?" Shirayuki asked.
"Other girls said how they did it. I also read in magazines. You should feel lucky." Keiko replied.
Keiko continued to tease Shirayuki's manhood by licking it up and down a few times before she engulfed it like putting a lollipop inside her mouth. Shirayuki was mesmerized at the sight of his own member disappearing completely as it did, but he was slightly concerned about what would happen if done wrong.
"Careful… teeth." Shirayuki said. In response, Keiko bobbed her head up and down. She expertly made sure that her teeth would not get in the way. Not knowing what to answer, Shirayuki let himself indulge with the warm and wet sensation wrapped around him.
"It's… so good. Did you ever…?" Shirayuki asked. But instead of stopping to reply, Keiko increased the speed at which she carried on with the bit of one-sided foreplay. Shirayuki was stimulated even more for a couple of minutes and had a climax building up fast inside his loins. "Aizawa-san… Gotta stop. If not, I…" Shirayuki warned.
In response, Keiko made sure that her gaze and Shirayuki's would meet for a split second before she picked up the pace instead of stopping her action. She was ready to go all the way and let curiosity get the best of her.
"She's really peverted!" Shirayuki thought.
Feeling that he was about to lose control, Shirayuki grabbed Keiko's head before he gave in. In the following split second, Keiko felt something hot gushing in her mouth.
"That's a lot. I don't know if I can take it." Keiko thought.
Keiko finally let Shirayuki go when his climax subsided seconds later. Feeling shaky on his legs, Shirayuki sat down on the floor to catch his breath. All of his thoughts were diverted on the immense pleasure he just experienced before he suddenly remembered about Keiko in all of this.
"Ahh... I'm so sorry, Aizawa-san! I'm so sorry! Need a tissue or something? I didn't want to... I tried to warn you." Shirayuki apologized promptly.
Keiko didn't reply as she was still trying to cope with that new sensation. Shirayuki was afraid that she would get mad for a potentially unpleasant outcome. However, Keiko finally mustered her strength to clear her throat with an audible gulp.
"I swallowed it. You taste good." Keiko said.
"So perverted." Shirayuki replied, astonished.
"We have time for one more thing. After all, there's no point to this if we don't go all the way." Keiko stood up, stood back, dropped her skirt, and took off her panties. Shirayuki's stutters of protest went unheard by Keiko. "And to answer your question: I haven't done it with a boy yet." Keiko told Shirayuki.
"You-you haven't?" Shirayuki stuttered in surprise.
"I assume you haven't done it with a girl yet, but honestly I don't care." Keiko turned her back to Shirayuki and sat down on his lap so that his manhood was right under her, touching against her womanhood and still standing up.
"Wait! Hold up! Aizawa-san!"
"Shut it!"
Keiko rubbed her womanhood on Shirayuki's manhood and felt herself get wet from it. After doing it for a couple minutes, Keiko had had enough waiting. She lifted her waist up higher and angled Shirayuki's manhood to enter her canal.
"Aizawa-san, we really shouldn't be doing this," Shirayuki said in protest.
"Shut it!" Keiko said again. Keiko lowered her waist so that Shirayuki's member slid into her. It went in rather easily, and Keiko didn't even feel any pain. As it went deeper and deeper, the sensation Keiko felt was unbelievably good. Finally, just as her bottom was against the boy's waist, Keiko felt the tip hit her cervix. "It's all the way in. So this is boy-girl sex. It feels so good already." Instinct taking over, Keiko moved her hips up and down to stimulate them. "It's so good! Tell me, Shirayuki-kun. Does it feel good for you too?" Keiko moaned.
"Hai – unbelievably so," Shirayuki admitted.
Keiko assumed Shirayuki's own instinct was taking over as well, because he reached one hand around her waist and down to her crotch to tease Keiko's pearl, and the other under and up her shirt to grope her breast. He felt Keiko up for only a minute before he put both his hands on Keiko's thighs to keep her stable while he started to move his waist repeatedly up and down himself, but also increasingly faster. After a few minutes, Keiko's inner muscles started squeezing around Shirayuki's member tighter and tighter. At the same time, he was approaching the point of no return.
"I-I'm…… getting closer. G-Gotta pull out!" Shirayuki stuttered.
"Don't think about it! I'm close too! Give it to me." Keiko replied.
"Wait up! You… you could get pregnant."
"It's a safe day. Just shoot it!" Keiko reiterated.
Both Keiko and Shirayuki increased the pace at which their hips pulled away and then made close contact again repeatedly. Within seconds, Keiko and Shirayuki hit the point of no return.
"This is unbelievable! This has to be the best feeling ever!" Keiko thought in her head.
"So… close! It's… It's there!" Shirayuki gave one final heads-up.
Finally, after what felt like an hour in ecstasy, Keiko and Shirayuki climaxed. However, Shirayuki pushed Keiko to the side at the very last second and shot his batter, leaving quite a mess in front of him. Keiko was disappointed that her first time ended without Shirayuki ending it inside her. Yet everything before was the best she had ever felt in her life, so she let it slide. Not getting back on her feet yet, Keiko searched Shirayuki's pants pockets and found his smartphone. She then reached over and pulled her own phone out of her skirt pocket. Using infrared, Keiko exchanged contact info with the boy with whom she just had sex with.
"So your given name is Saito, huh?" Keiko asked. She'd learned his given name after checking the new contact she had in her phone. "You have my number now. Call me if you ever want another round. Otherwise, I'll call you."
"Ha-hai," Saito replied awkwardly. "S-Sorry for... pushing you. I... couldn't risk it."
"I guess I should thank you for your concern."
Keiko got back on her feet at last. Much to Saito's amazement, she put her clothes back on as if nothing happened. Still panting and lying on the floor, Saito slowly pulled his pants back on.
"I'll make this clear beforehand: don't get the wrong idea about us. You and me, we're not an item."
"H-Hai."
"And next time, do it where I tell you."
Keiko left without another word at that. Once she was gone, Saito picked up his sketchbook and turned to a page Keiko hadn't seen. In this picture, Keiko was smiling. But, it was only a smile Saito had seen in his imagination. Unbeknownst to Keiko, Saito was in love with her. But for so long, he hadn't had the courage to confess to her. Saito knew that to do so now would be wrong, especially after everything she'd been through. Privately, he wondered if he would ever see her smile for real.
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==Scene: Keiko's mind nearly breaks after Hiroki is hit by a car, right after she says some hurtful things to him.==
As Hiroki was being loaded into the ambulance, Keiko was still going hysterical, forcing Yuki and Chiho to knock her out.
Upon arrival at the hospital, Yuki and Chiho have her admitted to a room and called Ayaka Iwaki.
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Keiko woke up and started going hysterical again, demanding to see Hiroki.
"Aneki!" exclaimed Hiroki's voice. Keiko stopped thrashing around and saw Hiroki standing in the door frame. "Aneki, I'm all right."
Keiko was allowed to get out of bed and go over to Hiroki. Seeing he was okay, Keiko fell to her knees, grabbed him around the torso, and sobbed into his chest. "Little bother, forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me!"
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"You said she became hysterical after the accident, which happened right after she said something awful to Hiroki?" Ayaka asked, and Yuki and Chiho nodded. "What exactly did she say?"
"I dare not repeat it," Yuki replied, and Chiho nodded.
Ayaka sighed and said, "Nevertheless, I think I can guess what happened. From what Keiko-chan told me before, she said some really awful things to Nana-san before she died. Maybe this accident, combined with her pent-up guilt, and the prospect of repeating that tragedy, triggered a mental breakdown."
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==Scene: Keiko "breaks up" with Saito following her recovery from her depression. ==
Keiko got out her phone and called Saito.
"Saito-kun, we need to talk," Keiko told Saito over the phone.
"What's on your mind?" Saito asked on the other end.
"Over the phone is no good. Meet me at the Conny's. You know which one?"
"The one three blocks from school? I'll be there."
Thirty minutes later, Keiko and Saito were sitting in one of the units facing opposite each other. Yuki and Chiho, who had come along for moral support, were sitting in the next unit behind Keiko.
"So… What's on your mind?" Saito asked again.
Keiko paused before finally finding her words. "I asked you here to… apologize."
"Apologize for what?" Saito asked curiously.
"For our relationship. I'm sorry I dragged you into a sexual relationship. It was only to make me feel better. it was wrong of me, and I'm sorry."
"It's alright. You were in a bad place, everybody goes through one at one point in their lives. You don't need to apologize for that.
"Yes, I do. You might not have minded, and you are a boy after all. But for me, it's not excusable. It's not that I didn't enjoy it, but just using you to please myself, without thinking of your feelings, is just…… I'm sorry. Can we pretend it never happened? And… can we… not… see each other again?"
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"I feel guilty," Keiko told Yuki and Chiho after Saito had left.
"It was the right thing to do," Yuki assured Keiko.
"I know. Which reminds me: I still haven't apologized to the two of you either."
"You don't need to apologize to us," Chiho told Keiko. "We'd do anything for you."
"Then… can you do something else for me?"
"Nani?" Yuki asked.
"What I just did to Saito was the right thing, I know. So…… can you tell me… why my heart aches? And why I'm… crying?" as Keiko said this she was aware that her heart was hurting and tears were running down her face. Her two best friends, without answering, hugged her in comfort.
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==Scene: Mai cries over Nana's grave, confused over her decision to marry Kakeru.==
"After you left us, I promised you to take care of your family, and I stand by that. But I never thought my old feelings for Kakeru would resurface. I still love Kakeru, and I wanna be with him. But at the same time, I can't help feeling guilty about betraying you. Think about the kids: they're growing up without a mother now, and they still need one. Please… I need to know it's okay. Please, tell me."
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==Scene: Keiko meets Saito again on the first day of high school, long after she recovers from her depression.==
After changing their shoes, Keiko, Yuki, and Chiho checked the map to find their classroom. It took awhile, owing to getting lost, but they finally found the first-year classrooms.
"Here we are, class 1-C," said Yuki when they found their homeroom at last.
"Finally!" Keiko exclaimed. "I hope we're not late."
"Don't be such a worrywart!" Chiho said cheerfully while slapping Keiko's back. "It's only the first day, lots of people end up late." Stepping into their classroom at last, they made a beeline for the chalkboard to look of their assigned seats. "Ours aside, I don't recognize any of these names," Chiho said as they made their way to their seats.
"I recognize Kurokawa-san from the Kama Middle dance club," Yuki told them, "but I see no one else."
Keiko was sitting next to the window three rows back from the front. Yuki was sitting right in front of her, and Chiho right behind. Before they could take their seats, a familiar voice rang out behind them.
"Konnichiwa, girls," said the voice. Chiho and Yuki turned to face the source. But Keiko, who had straightened her back almost to "attention," didn't turn around; she knew exactly who the voice belonged to: It was Saito.
"Saito-kun? You go here too?" Yuki asked.
"And I'm in this class too," Saito replied. "Hey, Keiko-chan? Yoo-hoo?"
"You're not gonna turn around and face him?" Yuki asked Keiko in a whisper.
"I-I-I-I-I… I can't!" Keiko, who's heart was beating painfully against her chest, replied.
"What do you mean 'you can't'? What're you getting embarrassed for now?" Yuki forcefully turned Keiko to face Saito.
"It's been a long time," Saito commented. "Your face is all red. Do you have a fever?"
"I… I-I-I-I… I-I-I-I……" Keiko stuttered, painfully aware of how red her face was turning. Unable to bear it, she ran right past Saito, out of the classroom, and into the nearest girl's bathroom. Placing her hands on either side of a sink, she let out a loud gasp and tried to catch her breath. "What the hell was that?!"
"Kei-chan?" Yuki asked, having followed her with Chiho. "You okay?"
"NO, I am NOT okay! My heart is pounding like a band of drums. I can barely breathe, and… you saw what happened." Keiko took a look at herself in the mirror. "Why is my body reacting like this? Is this your reaction to Saito-kun or mine?"
"Keicchi… first sign of madness is talking to your own reflection," said Chiho, clearly aware of who Keiko was trying to talk to.
"Like I don't know that, Chi-chi." As the memories of what happened with Saito flashed through her mind, Keiko suddenly became aware that it was not just her face that was hot, but her body as well. Her bra even felt strangely uncomfortable, even more so than usual, for some reason. As if on instinct, Keiko bolted into one of the stalls and closed the latch.
"Kei-chan?" Yuki asked concernedly.
"Just go back to class, you two," Keiko called back. "I'll be back when I calm down." Keiko heard Yuki and Chiho's footsteps leave, but Keiko knew they would be waiting for her outside rather than go back to class. Once she as sure she was alone, Keiko sat on the toilet and pulled up her shirt and bra over her breasts, discovering her nipples were erect and perky.
Keiko knew it was wrong to do this here, but her instincts had taken over as she began to masturbate. Keiko started with her breasts, alternating between rubbing her breasts and pinching her nipples. Within minutes she became aware that her crotch was itchy and felt moist. Keiko pulled down her panties to her ankles and worked her crotch with one hand.
Keiko bit down on part of her shirt to keep herself from moaning out loud and used her remaining hand to alternate between both her breasts while he worked her crotch. It wasn't enough so she gave upon her breasts and used both hands. But, as good as it felt, it still wasn't enough. She wanted to rub her breasts too. Keiko did it has hard as she could but it just wasn't doing it. She couldn't bring herself to climax.
"Need some help?" said Yuki's voice. Keiko looked up and saw Yuki and Chiho staring down at her.
Despite her embarrassment, Keiko let Yuki and Chiho into the stall where they both began to make Keiko feel good between massaging her breasts and nipples – Chiho was actually sucking on one of Keiko's nipples – and working her crotch together, leaving Keiko hands-free. To prevent Keiko from moaning out, Yuki had been kissing her, even making Keiko feel better by using her tongue. Finally, all the stimulation she couldn't give herself was adding up and Keiko finally climaxed.
"Feeling better?" Yuki asked as they got cleaned up and fixed their clothes.
"Gomennasai," Keiko replied, having fully calmed down, yet still very embarrassed. "I thought I wasn't that person anymore."
"Don't worry about it," Chiho said. "Any time you need to satisfy yourself, we're available."
"Chi-chi!?"
"Excusing that, I'm not sure that's what that was," Yuki said. "You got aroused after seeing Shirayuki-kun, right?"
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==Scene: Keiko meets Asuna Kirigaya for the first time==
After school, just after another embarrassing scene between Keiko and Saito
"Could you not make a scene!" said a female student with red hair as she closed the book she was reading with a snap. The name on her desk identified as Asuna Kirigaya. "If you're going to fall in love and flirt, do it outside of the classroom."
"I'm not in love nor flirting with anybody!" Keiko retorted.
"Could've fooled me. Privileged coaltail-rider," Asuna said coldly.
"What was that? What's your problem, Kirigaya-san?" Yuki demanded inquisitively.
"She is! Don't think nobody knows! The only reason she's attending this school after failing the entrance exam is because of her father's relationship with the principal, and Sakagami-sensei," Asuna declared "I got on my own in after passing the exam, and with the third-highest score among the entire freshmen body this year." Keiko had no right to retort. It was humiliating for her, but she did fail the entrance exam. The only reason she was allowed to study at Enoshima High was because, after she failed the exams, Principal Iwaki had used his power to override Keiko's failure and enroll her anyway. Keiko could not in good conscience deny that she got special treatment. "I can't stand anybody who relies on others to get their way."
"And what about you!?" Keiko retorted, finding her voice at last, refusing to endure this harassment. "I've heard of you too, Kirigaya-san. You come from a rich family and came here to get away from your parents. You applied to almost every school in the prefecture and just took the first one that accepted you, not caring where you went. I've been wanting to attend this school all my life! I'll admit I got special treatment, but I love this school and nothing was gonna stop me from going to my parents' alma mater."
"That's another thing, Aizawa-san. My parents tried to get me into a school aimed at preparing me for what they wanted me to do with my life. I came to figure to what I want to do. You on the other hand are just blindly following in your parents footsteps with no regard for your own ambitions, if any. You're just mommy and daddy's little girl, riding on their coattails."
"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Keiko shouted as she lunged at Asuna, only held back by Yuki and Chiho.
"Keicchi, calm down!" Chiho said reproachfully. "She's not worth it."
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==Scene: Keiko and her fellow first years are initiated into the EGST.==
"I'm starving!" Keiko exclaimed as they sat down for dinner. It was Friday night April 6 and the first week of school was over.
"Practice was that rough?" Hiroki asked as Mai laid out tonight's dinner of miso chicken katsu, ajitsuke tamago and rice.
"You don't know the half of it," Keiko replied. She finally had a break after a grueling week. She had learned the hard way that high school soccer was much rougher than middle school. While she had expected an increase in the level of training, everything had exceeded her expectations. "Itadakimasu!" Keiko said gratefully as she reached for a piece of chicken with her chopsticks, but before she could grab it her phone chimed to alert her to a text, and the particular chime told her it was from her senpais on the team.
"Keiko, no phones at the table," Kakeru reminded her as she checked the text.
The text was from Akitsuki and turned out to have been sent to multiple people, all of Keiko's fellow first years specifically. The text said "Come to the school soccer pitch at 9:00 sharp. Don't be late or blow it off, or you're automatically disqualified from the team."
Keiko felt her heart sink at that warning, but was slightly relieved she still had two hours before she needed to be there.
After eating dinner and counting down the minutes, Keiko left the condo and made her way to the school. Even though it was April, it was still cold at night so she bundled up as much as she could. Along the way she met up with Kaori and Suzuko.
"What could this be about?" Suzuko asked as they crawled through a gap in the school fence the senpais had told them about. They went in this way since the school gates were closed at this time of night.
"No idea," Keiko replied.
They made their way to the pitch where the entire team had assembled. Seven other first years, including their sole recruited manager for this year, were lined up in front of one of the goals while the older students were in front of them. The three of them joined them, though Keiko was displeased she ended up right next to Asuna.
"Didn't think you'd show up," Asuna said.
"Can it, Yutaka joshi [rich girl,]" Keiko replied.
"All right, quiet now," Akitsuki called. There were a few moments silence before Akitsuki ordered, "Strip'em down, girls!"
Before anyone could grasp what was happening, the second and third years were grabbing the first years and forcefully undressing them until they were naked. Even their underwear and shoes were taken away.
"Relax, you'll get your clothes back in a few minutes," Hayakawa told them.
"This is so embarrassing!" Kaori complained, covering her nipples with her arm and her crotch with her other hand, as were the rest of the first years.
"Just when I thought this night couldn't get any stranger," Keiko complained as well.
"Akitsuki-senpai, what's the big idea? Dragging us out in the middle of the night like this and stripping us nude?" Chloe demanded to know.
"First year ladies, you've endured and survived the week-long hellish grilling." Yanagihara told them as they were shivering in the chilly April-night air. "Twenty-six hopefuls joined on Monday, ten dropped out before today, and six more didn't bother to turn up tonight. So, for the remaining ten of you, it's time for your initiation."
"That means that the hell we went though was harder than you normally train as a means to weed out the weak?" Otome, the sole remaining goalkeeper prospect, said in disbelief.
"That's right," said Okazaki. "Your task now is to sprint from this end of the pitch to the other without stopping. Of course, you can't just stop at the goal line; you need to collide with the net of the other goal."
"And now you're making us run nude across the field for our initiation? Damn, you're evil!" Kaede exclaimed.
"¡De donde yo vengo, estar desnudo afuera así está mal visto!" Jade said, but nobody understood Spanish.
"You think that's evil?" Hayakawa said. "To top it off, you have a time limit of one minute."
"One minute to run from one end of the pitch to the other?!" Suzuko exclaimed. As the tallest among them, she seemed the most awkward about running the whole way naked.
"Did you all have to go through this when you joined the team?" asked Asuna, whom one of two who weren't bothering to hide her breasts or crotch. In fact, Keiko could swear she looked almost dignified by the way she was holding herself.
"Oh yes," said Tachibana confirmed. "This has been a tradition for at least eleven years."
"Wanna see pictures?" Hattori offered.
"Don't you dare!" Tachibana ordered.
"At least they're not asking us to do this in broad daylight in front of everyone," Keiko commented.
"That would definitely raise some eyebrows," Asuna concurred, the first time they ever agreed on anything.
"As you only have one minute, covering yourself will only hinder you," Akitsuki told them as she set the timer on her phone. "Anyone who doesn't make it in that time is disqualified from the team." The first years were shocked at this ultimatum, but Akitsuki recanted it at once. "Kidding. But those who fail will have less consideration for the bench. Oh, and by the way, the all-time fastest record, which I hold, is fifty-two seconds." The second and third years got out of the way, with Akitsuki, Tachibana and Hayakawa taking position closer to the other goal. Finally, she yelled, "Ready… GO!"
Keiko and her fellow first years set off sprinting down the pitch at once, the cold air practically searing at her bare skin. As she ran she was neck and neck with Asuna and Kaori, whom was running with all her might despite her embarrassment. Out of the corner of her eye, she could just make out the looks on the faces of the captain and her sub-captains. Their looks were serious, and Keiko finally understood: this initiation had a two-fold purpose, both as a final test to join and to see the top speed of their new recruits.
Finally, Keiko and her fellow first years collided with the net of the opposite goal. She, Asuna and Kaori got there first, and the remaining seven collided with their backs like a human pileup. Their bare bodies practically tangled with one another, it took them a few moments to regain their footing and stand up again and face the captains.
"Aizawa, Kirigaya and Matoba got there first with five seconds to spare;" Akitsuki told them as the rest of the team handed them back their clothes, "the rest got in with a second to spare." Once all the first years were fully clothed again, Akitsuki continued with, "Don't get use to being clothed again for very long."
Keiko and her fellow first years were confused by this but their confusion was soon lifted when they were escorted to a nearby bathhouse owned by Tachibana's family. Once they were all in the big tub together, Suzuka continued her speech.
"You all passed your initiation!" Suzuka told them, standing up in the tub, her bare body for all to see, dignified and proud, as if she now had no qualms showing her natural self to her new teammates. Keiko also thought she was very fit.
"That's the body of a third year for you," Keiko whispered to Kaori. "She's so fit and healthy, I'm jealous." Kaori went "mhmm" in agreement.
"The team code in very clear on this point: you're in!" Suzuka declared.
The team cheered as Hagimoto started playing a track off her phone and the team second and third years started singing the team song, taking turns to sing either a line or several lines together.
Congratulations, cuties,You've joined the team,And everybody here agrees!We've got the finest blend of young sportswomen,Welcome to the Enoshima Mermaids!
A sisterhood of girlfriends that you can trust,There's nothing we won't do for the team.We've got talent to bareScore goals with flair!Welcome to the Enoshima Mermaids!
Now you get to live and dream,Show off your skills for the team,We always aim to please;Care for one anotherEveryone's your sister.
Picking up talent, from all over Japan,Having fun times everyday.And if you like to dream,You're gonna love this team.Welcome to the Enoshima Mermaids!
Together we're the ultimate team.Soccer's in our genes.Together we share the golden dream.On or off the field,Mermaids never yield.
As full members of the gang,Know that good times are our creed.Show a big grin,And have fun before you think to win.Trust in your team through thick and thin.Just keep on smiling and you'll fit right in.Wel-wel-welcome to the,Wel-wel-welcome to the,Enoshima Mermaids!
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==Scene: Keiko and Saito give in to lust a couple weeks after the first day of high school.==
After school, Keiko was walking home and ran into Saito along the way.
"Etto… kombawa," Keiko said awkwardly.
"Kombawa," Saito replied. An awkward silence continued and Keiko decided not to stick around and just walk right by him, but Saito grabbed her wrist and stopped her. "Why are you avoiding me?"
"Gomen," Keiko said after struggling to get her words together. "I wasn't doing it… on purpose. I just… don't know how to talk to you anymore."
There was a hollow pause before Saito broke it. "Then… lets not talk with words."
Keiko knew immediately what he meant and let herself get dragged to a park restroom.
The instant they were in the structure, Keiko's instincts took hold and she initiated by pulling Saito into a deep kiss. Their lips locked and tongues twisting around in their mouths, Keiko was only vaguely aware that Saito was maneuvering them into the furthest stall.
The stall door locked, Saito had Keiko with her back against the wall and his lips still on hers, but she felt Saito put a hand in her panties. Even as Keiko broke the kiss to breathe, she didn't resist as Saito put his finger in her womanhood.
"You're so wet," Saito said. And Keiko, aware her love juices trickling down her legs, couldn't dispute that as Saito said it.
Keiko couldn't help gasping and moaning in pleasure as she felt Saito's fingers in her. Before Keiko could climax, Saito took his fingers out and pulled her panties down. As he did that, Keiko reached for Saito's pants and undid them.
Keiko's panties and Saito's pants dropped to the floor in sync. Keiko only had a split second to step out of them as Saito pushed her back against the wall again. Keiko spread her legs apart and looked down at Saito's manhood in anticipation.
"I don't remember it being so big." Keiko thought as Saito teased the entrance of her womanhood with his member.
Saito grabbed Keiko's back and pulled her toward him, causing Keiko to reflexively hug him around his shoulders. Keiko felt Saito pick her up by her butt and lower her down, gently inserting his member into her as he did so. As if on instinct, Keiko gently drew away herself from Saito, causing his member to go deeper into her. Within a few seconds, Keiko felt his member all the way inside her, his hand still on her butt and her feet barely touching the ground. Saito began bouncing Keiko up and down, keeping his hands on her butt to support her, causing stimulation in a way that was unfamiliar to Keiko.
"I don't remember it… feeling this good," Keiko thought. Saito brought up one hand to grope Keiko's breasts. Keiko liked the further stimulation, but at the same time it bothered her. As Saito began undoing Keiko's shirt, Keiko told him not to. "Don't open my shirt, onegai," Keiko pleaded.
"But what we're doing is far more embarrassing than having your boobs seen," Saito reasoned.
"That's not it," Keiko replied as she thought, "I don't want him to see my scars." Keiko wanted Saito to do her boobs without seeing her scars between them, and could only think of one way to do that. "Turn me around… you can do my boobs then."
Without letting his member slide out of Keiko, Saito lifted one of Keiko's legs and maneuvered it away from him, slowly turning Keiko sound so that he was doing her from behind. The feeling of twisting herself around Saito's member was almost too much for Keiko to bear and she almost climaxed on her own. Keiko imagined that the feeling was the same for Saito.
Once Keiko had both her feet on the floor again, Saito continued to thrust into her. Keiko steered them toward the toilet tank and grabbed it to hold herself up and keep herself standing. As he did that, Saito pulled up Keiko's shirt and exposed her breasts, but Keiko was relieved he couldn't see her scars from this angle. The ecstasy continued to accumulate as Saito groped her breasts and pinch and twist her hard nipples.
"Your boobs are supple, and you have a cute butt," Saito said.
"Don't say that," Keiko replied. Everything felt better than she remembered; still, even while Saito thrust his member into her womanhood, Keiko felt there was something else she wanted Saito to do to her. "Saito-kun… can you… rub my belly?" Keiko asked.
Saito was bewildered by her request, but complied. Keiko felt Saito's hand rub her belly up and down. Suddenly Keiko felt something she had never felt before.
"You just got tighter," Saito said.
"That feels… good," Keiko moaned. As Saito continued to rub her belly, she felt herself nearing her climax. "I think… I'm going to…"
"Me too," Saito replied.
While Saito gave it one final thrust, Keiko stopped herself from letting out a loud voice by biting into her arm as they both climaxed.
"Atsui…" Keiko moaned as she felt Saito's batter inside her.
When they got dressed and cleaned up, Keiko came to her senses.
"I can't believe we just did that!" Keiko exclaimed as she bent down and hugged her knees.
"Now you're getting embarrassed?" Saito replied.
"What is wrong with me? I thought I wasn't that person anymore."
"At least it's not like before," Saito remarked.
"Nani?" Keiko asked, turning up her face to look at Saito.
"We properly enjoyed it this time. Right?"
As she realized he was right, Keiko felt herself go red in the face, again. "G-G-G-Go-Go— Gomennasai!" Flushed with embarrassment, Keiko took off and ran as fast as she could.
"Hey! Hey, wait!" Saito called after her, but Keiko didn't look back.
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==Scene: Tachibana Baths following a practice game. Keiko and Asuna got into an argument that turned into a fight.==
"Alright, break it up, you two!" Sakurako exclaimed as she and Tsukasa pulled the girls apart.
"You heard everything, she started it!" Keiko complained.
"I'm finishing it!" Sakurako told them. "Now, I like watching two teenage girls wrestle in the nude as much as any other pervert," both Keiko and Asuna blushed at that remark. "But starting now, you two are going to learn to get along."
"Cuando el sol se oscurece," Jade said, which caused the other girls to chuckle, even though none of them understood Spanish.
"I can't get along with this girl," Asuna said firmly.
"The feeling's mutual," Keiko snapped back.
"Regardless, you're gonna learn," Sakurako told them. "Aizawa, Kirigaya… from now on, you two are to be strike-partners."
"What!?!? Me? With her?" Keiko and Asuna complained in unison. The rest of the team was frozen in shock at this decision.
"That's final. Make it work," Sakurako instructed. "From now on you two are going to be spending a lot of time together. Joined at the hip, you hear me? You'll sleep under the same roof, taking turns hosting each other every night. You'll eat meals together, go to and from school together, study together, everything. You will learn everything about each other down to the smallest detail, from your habits to your individual lives. I know you two are in the same class, so I'll be asking Sakagami-sensei to move your seats next to each other too. You will learn each other's quirks and get in sync."
"Sync with this gaki?" Asuna said, which earned her a face slap from Keiko when she momentarily slipped out of Sakurako's grasp. Asuna tried to retaliate, but Tsukasa still held her back.
"Oi, enough of that! I mean it!" Sakurako told them, "You two are to spend every waking moment together. So whatever issues you have with each other, either deal with them or fix them. And I'm going to ask your parents to play along as well, so I'll know if you're not following my instructions."
"Hmph, good luck convincing my parents," Asuna said smugly. "They don't approve of me playing soccer – they never have – so, there's no way they'll go along with it."
"Nice try. I know your parents are in Tokyo and you live pretty much on your own, save for a maid," Sakurako told her, calling Asuna's attempt to bluff her way out of this. "And even if they weren't, I can be very persuasive. And don't try to bluff your way out of this either, Aizawa," Sakurako warned Keiko. "I've gotten know your father well enough, he won't refuse."
Later, Sakurako was last one in the dressing room after most of the team had gone home. Suzuka was the last one left, having lagged behind to talk to her.
"What that wise?" Suzuka asked Sakurako.
"What do you mean?" Sakurako asked nonchalantly.
"Please don't play dumb, Coach Hashizume. I'm talking about Aizawa and Kirigaya."
"You have a problem with my decision?" Sakurako asked.
"Why'd you make those two a team? Aizawa and Kirigaya have been at each other's throats since they met on the first day, since before I even met them. What makes you think they'll get along long enough to score goals with each other before they both get sent off for fighting each other in matches?"
"I know their type," Sakurako told Suzuka simply. "Trust me, they'll make it happen."
"Forgive me if I'm not wholly optimistic."
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==Scene: Mai almost divorces Kakeru because nobody's happy, but Keiko and the kids stop her after realizing their selfishness.==
"Keiko-chan, kids, we need to talk," Mai said as she walked in the room.
"Uh-oh," Hiroki said sarcastically as they all went and sat at the kitchen table. Asuna remained seated at the sofa.
"This is a family matter, Kirigaya-san," Mai said to Asuna.
"Don't mind me," Asuna replied.
"As I told you, our coaches have us joined at the hip so we can get to know each other," Keiko reminded them. "Anything you wanna say, you can say in front of her."
"Fine, but she'll wish she hadn't." Mai paused for a moment to sigh and gather her words. "Alright. Your father and I are getting a divorce."
Whatever Keiko and the kids expected Mai to say, that was not it. Hiroki choked on the rice cracker he was eating in surprise, necessitating Koichi to pound him on the back. Asuna spat out the tea she was drinking in surprise as well
"Uh… I'll… be waiting… on the… veranda," Asuna said awkwardly, going out to the balcony to give the Aizawas privacy.
"What brought this along?" Keiko asked, utterly shocked at this announcement.
"Keiko-chan you said it yourself when I first told you about my pregnancy: nobody's happy," Mai reminded her. "And you were right. We're not happy, and you kids aren't happy. And we can't stand the fact that we're the ones responsible for it. We've been talking about this for weeks and we've come to an agreement: you kids are better off without me. I'm turning in the divorce papers today."
"B-b-b-but… but what about the baby?" Ryo asked, sounding desperate.
"We've arranged that your father will retain his parental rights," Mai explained. "You and your father will be allowed to be a part of the baby's life as much as you want, but I'll be raising it myself." There was a few moments pause before Mai continued. "I'm leaving today as well. I've already put down the rent for an apartment."
"This is really happening?" Koichi said.
"It is, Koichi-kun. I'm sorry I put you four through so much, but I was glad to be your mother, if only for a short while." Mai got up from the table and made for the door, grabbing a suitcase that Keiko and the kids only now realized was standing there. "Gomennasai. Sayonara." Those were Mai's final words as she left the condo.
At that moment, Asuna came back inside from the veranda. "I… uh—"
"Don't say anything, Kirigaya," Keiko, cutting Asuna off before she could say anything.
More than thirty minutes passed as the Aizawa siblings and Asuna sat around the living room in silence. The clock overhead was ticking loudly, but nobody seemed the have the nerve to break the silence. Finally, Asuna did.
"Oh, Kamigami!" Asuna yelled, startling everyone. "I normally don't stick my nose in family matters, but this is getting on my nerves! You obviously don't want this. Are you really gonna let her go like this? I know she didn't give birth to any of you, but she's the only mother you have now!"
The younger three didn't know what to say. At that moment, Keiko felt her heart pulse. It was as if Nana was telling her that what was happening wasn't right. Keiko stood up and gripped her hands, her resolve steeled.
"Baka, baka, baka!" Keiko exclaimed, cursing herself.
"What?" Ryo asked.
"I only just now realized how selfish we were being!"
Hiroki jumped up and said, "We've gotta stop her!"
The kids ran outside and across the hall and banged on the door of Chiho's home. It was Natsumi who opened the door, Chiho behind her.
"Keiko-chan? kids?" Natsumi said, confused with the sudden visit.
"What's with all the ruckus, Kei-chi?" Chiho asked.
"Natsumi-san, we need a ride to city hall, onegai."
"What for?" Natsumi asked.
"No time to explain!" Ryo exclaimed. "If we don't hurry, Mai-san's going to divorce, Papa!"
Natsumi didn't need any further explanation. Within moments, she and the Aizawa kids were in her car. Chiho and Asuna (despite the coaches' orders) were staying behind. Moments after they got on the road, Keiko, who was riding shotgun, got a text from Chiho telling her to tell her how it goes.
"I cannot believe she's going through with it!" Natsumi exclaimed.
"You knew?" Keiko inquired.
"Hai. Miyuki and I tried to talk her out of it," Natsumi explained. "We told her that a divorce wouldn't fix the problem, just create a new one."
It was a twenty-minute drive due to traffic, but at last they were outside city hall. Before Natsumi could even unbuckle herself, the kids ran into the building, forcing Natsumi to wait with the car.
"Where is she?" Hiroki asked, as they ran into the family registry section.
"I don't kno—there she is!" Keiko exclaimed. She spotted Mai at a nearby counter with an employee. Sprinting over, Keiko snatched the divorce papers out of Mai's hands before the employee could touch them.
"Keiko-chan?" Mai inquired as Hiroki, Ryo and Koichi caught up. "Give me those."
"No! You're not divorcing Tō-chan!" Keiko tore up the papers, much to Mai's shock.
"Keiko-chan?"
"I'm not sure the kids want their mom to leave," said the employee.
"I'm just their stepmother," Mai told the employee before turning back to the kids. "Keiko-chan, kids, I told you why I'm—"
"Gomennasai!" Keiko cried, tears running down her cheeks. "Gomen. We were being selfish. Me especially. I thought you were taking Kā-chan's place, even though I knew you'd never do that. I forgot how much I loved you before."
"We all did," said Koichi.
"Mai-san, please don't go!" Ryo pleaded.
Keiko dropped to her knees and hugged Mai around her waist. "We already lost one mother, we can't survive losing another. We need you." Keiko kissed Mai's belly. "And the little one deserves to be one of us. Onegai… Okā-san!" It was the first time Keiko had called Mai by a parental endearment. It was this more than anything else that shook Mai's resolve. The kids crowding around her to hug her and call her Kā-san too broke her resolve completely.
There was no more to discuss or plead, Mai called off the divorce. On the way home, Mai let Kakeru know that Keiko and the kids had pleaded for her to stay.
"Honestly, the Aizawa family really knows how to make a scene," Natsumi complained when they reached the seventh floor of Kaihen.
"Sumimasen," Keiko said.
The Aizawas went back into their condo while Natsumi went into hers. When they were all inside, they saw that Chiho, Yuki and Asuna were waiting for them.
"I'm… gonna go unpack," Mai said awkwardly. "And then I need to find someone to call about backing out of a lease and getting the deposit back."
The kids went off to do their own thing, while the joshikōsei sat down at the dining table to talk.
"I called Neferchi up because I thought she should know," Chiho explained.
"So, Mai-san wanted to divorce Kakeru-san?" Yuki inquired.
"We talked her out of it. Begged her really," Keiko told Yuki.
"The way I understood it, you were pretty ignorant of Mai-san ever since she married your dad," said Asuna. "Pleading for her to stay couldn't have been easy for you."
"And it's my understanding you pushed for Kei-chi and the kids to run after her," Chiho reminded her.
"That was because I couldn't stand the atmosphere after she left!"
"Yamero!" Keiko exclaimed and the girls stopped bickering. "It wasn't that hard," she admitted.
"Really?" Yuki asked.
Keiko stood up and picked up Nana's picture off the altar. "Since my mom died, holding onto her is what's kept me going, even through my darkest hours," Keiko told Asuna, Yuki and Chiho as she sat down again. "Even after coming back to reality, I still hadn't completely moved on from Kā-chan's death, so I wasn't really able to reconcile the idea of Tō-chan remarrying so soon, let alone Mai-chan. I still loved Mai-chan, but I didn't realize I was hurting her in the process. Or, maybe I did and I was just trying to convince myself otherwise. Either way, Mai-chan is my mother now, and Kā-chan's not coming back, no matter how much I want her to. I guess it's…" Keiko put the picture back and closed the doors of Nana's altar, as if to signify that it was time to move on, "time for me to let her go."
"Is that what your heart tells you?" Chiho asked as Keiko sat down again.
"Not really," Keiko admitted.
Yuki reopened Nana's altar and said, "Then keep holding onto her. Just… don't neglect what you've got in front of you."
"You always know what to say, Yuki," Keiko complimented, and Yuki kissed her on the cheek.
"So, what now?" Asuna asked.
"Right now… I need to make up with Mai," Keiko replied.
"How're you gonna do that?" Chiho inquired.
"The way I know best."
After sending Yuki and Chiho home, Keiko waited outside the master bedroom while Mai was on the phone with a lawyer, presumably to hep her back out of her lease without penalties. The instant she was off the phone, Keiko knocked and went in.
"Could you get your swimsuit on and come down to the beach with me?"
"Why?" Mai asked curiously.
Keiko and Mai both changed into bikinis and went down to Zaimokuza beach, Keiko bringing a soccer ball with her.
"When was the last time we played on this beach together?" Mai asked as step-mother and step-daughter stretched before playing.
"Not since before… Kā-chan died." There was an awkward silence for a moment, but Keiko recovered and bounced the ball on her knees a few times before she dropped the ball to her bare feet and said, "I'm not going easy, and you better not either."
"When have I ever?" Mai asked. Keiko went at Mai, only stopping her advance in font of her. More than once Mai tried to steal it, but Keiko kept her feet and the ball moving preventing Mai from getting close to it. Keiko teased Mai with several feints before she finally passed her with a roulette. "Why you little…" Mai said in desperation.
"You're getting rusty on your old age," Keiko quipped.
"You said it now, jō-chan," Mai, whom wasn't anywhere near forty yet, retorted. When Keiko finished her roulette they were back to back. But she miskicked the ball and Mai took the chance; she rolled over Keiko's back with her own and landed between Keiko and the ball before Keiko could reclaim it. "How's that for an old woman?"
Keiko wasted no time in trying to get the ball back, but the more experienced Mai, who taught Keiko half of what the she knows, kept the ball away from her. Keiko's attempts to steal the ball went back and forth until she finally breached an opening and kicked the ball away; but her leg got caught in Mai's and they fell. Mai fell onto her back while Keiko fell forwards, landing with her face in Mai's boobs.
"If this were a real game, that would've been a yellow card," Mai said.
"Like I don't know that," Keiko retorted. The step-mother-daughter pair sat themselves up and stared out into the bay. "I'm amazed you can still keep up with me."
"I might be retired, but I've never stopped playing, let alone slacked off," Mai told her. "You should know that."
"I was talking about your condition."
"My center of gravity hasn't changed yet. And I'm not gonna slack off just because I'm pregnant either."
"We might make you."
"You can try."
That last retort made them both laugh. When they finally stopped, Keiko asked, "That aside, are you feeling all right?"
"Nothing that isn't normal for pregnancy," Mai replied.
Keiko's eyes found their way to Mai's lower belly. "Um… can I listen?" Keiko asked. Mai laid back to give Keiko room, and Keiko put her ear to Mai's womb. At first she couldn't hear anything, but after a few moments of careful listening, Keiko heard it; a faint and quick-paced "dup-dup-dup-dup-dup." Keiko jumped upright and said, "I… I heard the heartbeat!"
"I'm pretty sure what you heard was the placenta," Mai said with a chuckle. "The human ear can't pick up a baby's heartbeat without an instrument." Keiko placed a hand over Mai's womb below her navel. Beneath her hand was a precious new life that was just as much her flesh and blood as it was Mai's. As she realized this, Keiko felt tears stream down her face as she again realized her selfishness. "Keiko-chan?"
"Gomen. Gomennasai… for the way I treated you since you married Tō-chan," Keiko sniffled. "I was so selfish… I…"
"Shh, shh, shh," Mai said gently as she pulled Keiko into a hug. "I'm sorry too. Right from the start I told myself that I was marrying Kakeru for your, Ryo's and the boys' sakes. But I've always felt like I was betraying Nana. Recently I'd been asking myself if I'd been the one who was being selfish; If I'd been just sating my desires without considering your feelings because I was still in love with your father."
"I may have felt that way about you before, but we both know now that's not true," Keiko assured as she backed off to face Mai properly. "We need you. I need you. You're the only mother we have left. Okā-san."
"It must've taken everything you had to call me that," Mai said. The scars on Keiko's chest caught her attention. Mai put a hand on them and detected a steady heartbeat as she said, "Forgive me, Nana."
"I'm sure she does," Keiko assured as she held Mai's hand over her chest. With a loud bark, Tsukune came out of nowhere and tackled Keiko to the ground. "Tsukune, what're you doing here?"
"No fair!" exclaimed Hiroki, who, along with Ryo, Koichi and Asuna, had come out to the beach wearing swimsuits. "Coming out here on your own without us!"
"Sumimasen, I couldn't stop them," Asuna said.
"And yet, you're wearing a bikini too," Keiko replied as she had her face licked by Tsukune. "Wait, isn't that one of mine?" As she and and Mai got to their feet, they saw a car stop on the road. The driver side window rolled down to reveal Kakeru. Keiko held up an okay sign, then changed it to a thumbs up. Kakeru got the message and nodded before going on ahead. "I think Tō-chan's satisfied."
"You should've brought us too," Hiroki said.
"Gomen, kids, but Okā-san and I need to talk alone," Keiko replied.
"If you're calling her that, does that mean you've made up?" Ryo asked.
Keiko and Mai looked at each other before nodding to the kids.
"Then give us a chance to!" Koichi exclaimed.
Mai let out a "Wah!" as the kids knocked her to the ground running to hug her.
"Will you kids not be so rough with her!?" Keiko said reproachfully, but Mai and the kids just laughed. Even Tsukune let out a series of playful barks. Keiko couldn't help it, she laughed too. When they finally stopped laughing, Keiko helped Mai to her feet as the kids got off he and said, "I never said it before, but… welcome to the family."
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==Scene: Keiko and Yuri fight over Saito in an empty classroom naked after school.==
"What're you girls doing!?" Saito asked flusteredly as Keiko and Yuri began stripping down into their birthday suits, discarding even their underwear and socks. Saito had seen his mother and sisters naked almost every day of his life, and had seen both these girls naked several times, but this was the first time two unrelated girls had gotten nude with the intention of seducing him.
"That scar is hideous," Yuri remarked of the white marks between Keiko's breasts.
"Scar or no scar, I've actually had sex with Saito-kun!" Keiko declared. "I gave my virginity to him. What've you done with him so far?"
"True, we didn't get down to sex, but I've spent an entire weekend in his room naked with him."
"Oh yeah?! So have I" Keiko spat back.
"I've got a better body and I'm not afraid to show it off. I've even modeled for several of his projects; nude."
"So have I!" Keiko repeated.
"I'm aware, but you had to recruit Nonomiya-san because you didn't have the courage to be naked in front of others on your own. I'm the one who can appeal to the nudist legacy of his family better than you!" Yuri declared.
"Girls, that's not what naturism is abou—" Saito tried to say, but was interrupted by the girls.
"Urusē! Just shut up and chose one of us!" Keiko and Yuri said in sync. Saito was stunned into silence and didn't know what to do here.
That moment, the classroom door slid open, and the one who opened it was Yukiho Sakagami-sensei. "What are you three doing?" Keiko and Yuri, coming to their senses, awkwardly covered their nipples with their forearm and their crotch with their other hand, both girls blushing red. "I understand a catfight erupting between two girls who are in love with the same boy, but getting naked in a classroom? Have you two been reading some kind of weird manga?"
Both Keiko and Yuri looked at each other for a second. Out of nowhere, they started snickering before they burst out laughing, to the bewilderment of Saito and Yukiho.
"She's right," Yuri said through her giggling. "Getting naked to fight over a boy? And in a classroom no less? What were we doing?"
Once Keiko and Yuri had gotten dressed again, Yukiho escorted them out of the school.
"You're lucky it was me that caught you," Yukiho told them once they were past the gate. "Any other teacher would've taken you three to the kōchō to have you expelled on the spot."
"We will never pull such a reckless stunt again," Keiko and Yuri said in sync, bowing at a 90° angle.
"I hope not. Now go home." Yukiho walked back into the school.
Once she was gone, the girls looked at each other and Keiko asked, "Do you live alone?"
"We won't disturb anybody," Yuri replied.
Both girls grabbed Saito's arms and dragged him along. "Where are we going?" Saito asked.
"My apartment," Yuri said. "We're not finished."
"We may've been interrupted, but the school was simply a bad idea," said Keiko.
"Ā, sā!" Saito exclaimed.
Before they knew it, they were in Yuri's 1ldk apartment, which was actually just six blocks from Enoshima High. After Yuri locked the door, the girls stripped nude again and then stripped Saito completely before he could protest.
"Girls, this really isn't—"
"Urusē!" the girls said as they pushed him down onto Yuri's futon.
"What's going on here?!" Saito demanded to know, but neither girl gave an answer. The young boy looked like a deer in front of headlights.
"It doesn't look like this indecisive idiot's going to give us a straight answer at the moment," Yuri said.
"What are you thinking?" Keiko asked.
"He will taste each of us once and then decide if he can. Ready to draw second?"
"I will end up going first. Do it."
"Jankenpon!" the girls said as they did a brief game of rock, paper, scissors; Keiko won with scissors, to Yuri's irritation.
"I'm a good sportsgirl, but my parents used kanji meaning "lucky" for my name for a reason; it's not just for show."
"You done showing off?"
"Not even close. But before that, help me loosen him up," Keiko said.
"What are you doing now?" Saito asked, sweating bullets.
"Sit back, relax and enjoy what we're about to do," Keiko replied. 
Taking the lead, Keiko went down on Saito before Yuri followed suit almost immediately. Before Saito could say anything, he let temptation guide him as his eyes gazed on the sight of the girls eagerly stimulating the object of their desires.
"What is it about me that makes these two compete over me?" Saito asked himself thought, oblivious to his own charms.
The girls carried on for a few more minutes, using many ways to arouse Saito. Seeing that Saito had loosened up completely, Yuri stepped aside while Keiko laid on her back, on the futon with her legs spread open.
"Come here," Keiko said seductively to Saito, who obeyed knowing the girls weren't going to let him go.
"Don't we need a rubber to—" Saito said.
"Not tonight," Keiko replied.
"I don't need one tonight either," Yuri added.
Saito moved over Keiko, whom wrapped her arms around Saito's neck and dragged his face closer to hers. While their lips were locked, Keiko reached down and guided Saito's manhood into her womanhood. Saito slowly pushed it in her all the way. This was the first time Keiko was having sex with Saito since they briefly gave into lust shortly after the beginning of the first trimester.
"I've been… missing this," Keiko said.
"Here I go," Saito replied.
Saito rocked his hips back and forth. He started slowly early on, but then started to steadily increase the pace. After a few minutes and a change of position – Saito turned Keiko onto her left side and pulled her right leg over his shoulder – Keiko reached her climax for the first time while Saito controlled himself. Sitting off to the side, Yuri was getting aroused as well.
"I didn't think I would be turned on by watching a couple doing it in front of me. This is so erotic," Yuri thought as she started to play with herself.
Then Keiko forced Saito onto his back and sat up on top of Saito's manhood, sliding it in until he touched her cervix. Pulling up her knees so that she was in a squatting position, she rocked her hips up and down while pressing down on Saito's stomach to stabilize herself. On the other hand, Yuri could no longer merely stay on the side.
"Who would look at these knockers with that scar there?" Yuri asked as she groped Keiko's breasts from behind her.
"Scars… can be… sexy," Keiko replied through her gasps of pleasure from various stimulations: Saito's manhood in her, Yuri groping her breasts and Yuri's breasts against her back. As she said that, Saito started getting into it as he reached up with his right hand and pinched Keiko's hard nipples, while also pumping his waist up and down to sync with Keiko's movements.
Not wanting to be left out of the pleasure, Yuri moved next to Keiko and Saito. Then Yuri guided Saito's left hand into her womanhood. "I want you to make me climax too," Yuri told Saito.
In a matter of seconds, Saito proceeded to pleasure both girls with both of his hands while he started thrusting his hips up and down with Keiko's womanhood. A few minutes later, their threesome came to an end when the three of them climaxed at the same time. Exhausted, the teenagers laid down on the futon to catch their breaths.
"So hot… inside me," Keiko, laying on top of Saito's chest, gasped.
"You can… take the shower now. My turn now…, so you don't have… to watch us," Yuri gasped back.
"Okadema" Keiko replied.
"You know you make a great face when you get off, Saito-kun?" Yuri asked.
"Oh, yeah?" Saito returned the question.
Keiko got up and made her way to the shower room, but not before she caught a glimpse of Yuri promptly going down on Saito. While in the shower room, Keiko saw flashes of Saito's face from when he made love to her only moments earlier.
"He looked happy with me, but will he feel the same thing or even better with her now?" Keiko asked in her thoughts as she rubbed her belly, still feeling the warmth of Saito's milk deep inside her.
When Keiko came back from the shower, she saw Yuri on all fours while a kneeling Saito was thrusting back and forth into Yuri from behind. Then just like her rival felt earlier, Keiko was having a hard time controlling herself when she watched a couple in the middle of lovemaking. A warm feeling rose inside Keiko's loins, so much that Keiko started playing with herself.
"Need a hand?" Yuri asked, noticing Keiko.
"Hai," Keiko replied.
"Get on all fours next to me."
Without needing to be asked twice, Keiko moved on all fours next to Yuri.
"What are you doing?" Saito asked.
"Letting you play with me in a different way, just like Yuri-san did earlier," Keiko replied, before Saito started fingering Keiko.
Once again, the three teenagers let pure pleasure take over as the lovemaking became more energetic. A few minutes later, they climaxed together again. Overwhelmed with pleasure, Yuri fell slack on her futon.
"That was… so good. You're… great in bed," Yuri panted, greatly satisfied for receiving Saito's milk inside her.
"I'm… done. You squeezed… everything. Don't ask me… to go at it again… tonight," Saito said as he fell forward, slightly steering himself so that he fell on top of Keiko, causing her to collapse onto her stomach under Saito's weight.
"Comfy?" Yuri asked, laying down on her stomach so that she was eye-level with Keiko.
"He's heavy," Keiko replied.
"I was asking Saito-kun."
"Keiko-chan's back is soft," Saito replied.
"Is that a compliment?" Keiko asked Yuri.
"We are girls. Soft skin's a given in most cases."
"True. So, which one of us is the better girl?" Keiko asked.
"It has to be me," Yuri replied
"No, it's me!" Keiko retorted. "He did just fall on me rather than on you."
"Now, now. I call it a draw," Saito calmly said.
Both girls sighed in disappointment.
"How can a man be so indecisive?" Keiko asked.
"You're asking the wrong girl," Yuri replied.
"All the same, could we put an end to this argument for one night, please?" Saito pleaded, fearful they would make him have sex with them again despite his exhaustion.
Both girls sighed again as Yuri got up. "Fine," she said. "I'll take a shower first. Then I'll make us dinner in a bit. You tell your folks that you're not coming home tonight?" Yuri asked.
"Already texted them," Keiko replied as she threw Saito off of her back so she could get up too.
"Saito-kun?"
"My mom has a night shift, Nee-chan's with her boyfriend tonight, and Michiru knows how to cook," Saito replied. "But of course I texted her."
"Okadema," Yuri replied.
After Keiko got cleaned up again, she put on pajamas that Yuri lent her. She was watching TV in the living room as Saito was taking a shower. Hearing the sound of dinner being cooked, Keiko went to have a look… only to find Yuri wearing nothing but an apron.
"Why're you wearing that?" Keiko inquired.
"Gotta protect myself from the oil," Yuri replied simply.
"A naked apron? Seriously? I can see that you're trying to arouse Saito-kun again. We had a deal: we each taste the cake only once," Keiko said, reminding Yuri of their agreement when they left the school.
"Urgh, shimeta!" Yuri replied as she turned off the stove.
After dinner – a meal of tonkatsu (とんかつ) & soba salad (蕎麦サラダ) – Yuri changed the futon for a clean one and the three of them laid down for bed. The girls laid down with Saito, each taking one of his arms as a pillow while wrapping one of their legs around one of Saito's legs each.
"Just because you had sex with him first, and he fell on top of you when we were done rather than me, don't think this means you've won," Yuri said as they pulled the covers over themselves.
"En garde," Keiko replied.
"Um, girls, isn't the final decision up to me?" Saito asked.
"Urusē!" the girls said.
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