世界大戦第三

World War III

Chapter 3.

December 10th, 20xx

Takeshi's words repeated itself in my head over and over again, either you want to live or you want to die. I don't want to die, but I don't want to kill others. Yesterday was the first day of training, and today they were planning on kicking out 25 people. I just hope I'm not one of the 25. Takeshi shaped up a bit as well. He stopped goofing up and actually shaped up. Miyuki was complaining how they better choose their people for the army soon, and how she was sick of doing push ups. Daichi couldn't have cared less. He read a lot of books, and ignored us most of the time. Daichi was a decent looking guy; he looked a lot like Miyuki, since they are twins. Daichi probably fell into the "hot" category if he went to our school. He was really quiet, which kind of made him a little more mysterious. Miyuki was so gorgeous I was kind of jealous. Her long brown hair shined in the light and her sea blue eyes sparkled in the sun. I could tell Takeshi was kind of intrigued by her. Once you stare into Miyuki's eyes, it's hard to snap back into reality.

"Hikari!" Takeshi yelled.

"Ugh, what…?" I responded. I checked the clock and it only said 11:67pm.

"Get up, I hear noises coming from outside." Takeshi whispered loudly.

"Hnnn… It's only 11! Go back to sleep." I replied angrily.

"No seriously, I need to hear this." Takeshi said as hopped on my bed and shook me.

"Fine…but you owe me." I warned. I hopped out of bed, threw on my sweat pants, a thick hoodie, and a pair of fuzzy slippers. Takeshi grabbed my hand and we quietly slipped out of our cabin. We walked slowly towards the headquarters and the talking got louder.

"These teens learn to kill others! When North Korea and their alliances do attack, we cannot expect them to be full of hate, and pull out a gun and start shooting them!" A lady's voice yelled.

"Why the hell would we have them here training than? Do you want our country to fall into dictatorship like North Korea? If they do attack, we need to be prepared. Tomorrow is the day where we will teach them that hate, so they won't regret shooting the day the enemy comes, we cannot afford to waste any time. As far as I know, they could attack any minute now." A man's voice boomed.

"You don't understand! These are teenagers were talking about! They do have a chance of dying, or getting seriously injured!" The lady said again.

"We are getting them to say a pledge. But only once we have the possible choices for our army." The man said in exasperation. Takeshi was leaning against the window to hear, he lost his balance and toppled on top of me, knocking over a rake.

"Who's there!?" The man boomed as he threw open the door. Takeshi looked at me and told me to make a run for it. I dragged him with me, and we hid ourselves by running into a small shed.

"Takeshi! Holy crap! That scared the hell out of me!" I yelled in a whispering way.

"It's okay, as long as we weren't caught; I think we'll be out of trouble." He said as he looked into my eyes. The moonlight from outside of the window shone inside of the shed. Takeshi's eyes sparkled in the moonlight and his dark brown hair shone. He was looking at me in a funny way and I realized that I started to blush.

"What the hell are you looking at perv?" I said while I blushed.

"Nothing, I just realized something." Takeshi replied as he looked away.

"Hn." I responded finding myself falling asleep.

(Takeshi Yamada POV)

Hikari fell asleep on my shoulder awhile ago. I put my arm around her to keep her warm from the cold. Her hair shone in the moonlight and she looked so graceful with her eyes closed. I don't think Hikari ever realized how beautiful she actually is. Her hazel eyes always full of mischief, and her dark brown, almost black hair always seemed to be perfect the way it fell on her shoulders. I rested my head on top of hers and thought about things. You know Hikari, if you really, truly opened your eyes more, you would realize my affection for you. It's been so long, and you've never seen me more than just a friend. I'm happy to be your friend, but I want to be more than that. Even as child I've always liked you and admired you. When I used to cry back in grade 2, you stood up for me and comforted me when I was sad. I really owe you, a lot. I really like you Hikari, why can't you see that? I carried Hikari back to the cabin so that we won't be caught in the morning. I put her on her bed, and pulled the covers up for her. Before I climbed into my own bed, I bent down, and kissed her on the cheek. I hope that we could get through this World War III crap together. Maybe then, you'll realize how much I like you. I climbed into my bed and slowly dozed off…

December 11th, 20xx.

I woke up and found myself in my own bed. I was surprised that I wasn't in the shed still. Then, I finally realized that Takeshi probably carried me back to the cabin. I got up, quickly showered and threw on my jeans, my t-shirt, and my sweater. I quickly shoved my feet into a pair of old sneakers and tied my hair into a pony tail. I walked outside and found Takeshi jogging.

"Hey! Are you trying to lose some weight?" I asked jokingly.

"No way, I need to keep in shape." He replied breathless. He walked over to me and squeezed me.

"Let go now." I said almost choking. "I don't want your sweaty germs all over me, I just showered!" I yelled.

"Well in that case, than I get to wipe my sweat all over you!" Takeshi replied laughing. He purposely rubbed his arm on my sweater and I slapped him.

"Ugh, you idiot! Now I have this wet stain on my sweater! That's gross! Hurry up and go shower, breakfast is in 10 min." I yelled at him. Takeshi ran inside the cabin to shower. I walked around until I heard a group of teenagers talking. They were crowding around a list posted on the headquarters office. I quickly glanced at the list and didn't find my name or Takeshi's name on it. Thank god. I didn't want to be kicked out before legit training actually started. I was glad that Takeshi and I were still together, and haven't been split up yet.

"Hey, so how did we do?" Takeshi asked while he magically appeared beside me.

"Whoa, were did you come from?" I asked while turning to face him. His dark brown hair was still wet, and he looked actually kind of…cute.

"Cabin. You have short term memory loss Nakamura." Takeshi teased.

"Yea, well I don't drip of sweat after a jog." I retorted.

"Well, you're a girl, if you did, that would be disgusting." Takeshi said while scrunching up his nose.

"Ha ha, very funny. Anyways, we both did good. We didn't get cut off surprisingly." I said.

"Well that's good and bad. If we make it to the final training, we might actually have to fight in the war." Takeshi said while looking down.

"I don't really see how it's bad, if we do make it, we will be fighting for our country! For justice! Won't that make us better citizens?" I asked.

"Well yea, but I don't want to die or see you die." Takeshi said while looking at me.

"Hey, the chances of dying aren't that high, well at least not right now. I thought about it yesterday, and I think that if I died for my country, nobody would really miss me." I said.

"Are you kidding me? I would miss you like crazy! You're my best friend Hikari and I lo…" Takeshi suddenly stopped talking.

"You what? Did you just say 'I loathe you'?" I demanded.

"No! Hikari… You need hearing aids." Takeshi said while he cheered up a little.

"No thank you, I can hear and see perfectly fine. I don't need anything like that in my life. I don't have a disability, unlike you." I joked.

"Agh, shut up. I don't have a disability, what the hell are you talking about?" Takeshi said while laughing.

"Oh, never mind." I replied while rolling my eyes.

(Takeshi Yamada POV)

I can't believe I almost blew it. I almost said 'I love you' to Hikari. Thank god she wasn't paying attention. I want her to know that I like her, but I want her to find out for herself. I don't think it's that unobvious. She's kind of blind when it comes to love. Hikari grew up with strict parents who didn't give her much affection. They gave all the love to her older brother, who I think is a jack ass. Hikari grew up hating herself and her parents, pretty much. She was pretty cheerful though. I first met Hikari when I was 3 years old. We went to the same preschool and she was pretty little girl who didn't talk much. We met when sensei told us to get into partners, and since we were the only two left, it didn't leave much of an option. I found out that Hikari's favourite colour was sea blue, she hated wearing dresses, and liked to play with little toy cars. She had the same interests as me, and we got along quickly. Soon we were playing together every single day and talking about lots of little kiddie things. When grade 2 hit, all my other friends sort of ditched me and the only person I had left was Hikari. I cried all the time, and was beaten up really easily. Hikari always stood up for me and never let go of my hand. It was then that I realized that I liked her. On Valentine's day, I would always send her a box of her favourite chocolate's and a big sparkly card. I signed them, from your secret admirer so she wouldn't find out. Hikari always gobbled up the chocolates and kind of left the card unopened. She never really took the time to read the little messages inside of them. I was kind of sad that she didn't realize that I like her. After years of trying to show her that I liked her, I gave up. Hikari was oblivious to my feelings and even if she felt a twinge of them, she pushed them away. Even now, she still remains totally unaware and to naïve.

"Attention all trainees. Please meet in the board room, and be in complete uniform. You all have 20 minutes." A voice came through the loud speaker. I quickly grabbed Hikari's hand and dragged her with me.

"I'm guessing this is an important message, and it won't be a very good one." I said.

"Oh well, just get it over with. I'm actually tired of living like this, and I think it's about time that the war began." Hikari responded.

"If it does start, I want you to know that no matter what happens, we'll remain as best friends, alright?" I asked.

"Alright." She responded with a smile.

Hey guys!:)

I know i really don't have the ability to write those heart warming, touching stories. ):

Oh well, anyways. Heres chapter 3!Believe me, i already have the middle and the ending worked out, i just need to get myself to think and try to connect these chatpers somehow to the middle...My story will seem so boring for like 2 more chapters ): It'll get more interesting after that :D

I hate writers block ): Please give me some tips on how to improve the plot so far, and just what you guys are looking for in a story. :)

I'll gladly take them into consideration :)

anyways, read and review :)

-Sherry Huang, Strawberripinkicakes December 8th, 2010.

OH, Christmas is coming up in the story as well! I'll make sure to make the next next chapter Christmasy and Romantic *shivers*

I hate the super cheesy romantic lovey dovey stories on here. -.-

Just saying :)