Chuunibyou - Chapter 1

[bakemonoremy]

Season: Spring, the following year

Location: Park

Shinobu: Hm~mm…

For one year, I’ve been propagating, training, propagating, and training again and again… And yet…

There was not a single applicant for the Ninja Association~!

(Even though I tried my hardest.)

(I thought if I grew as a ninja the number of applicants might increase, so I trained diligently every day.)

(There’s also been more chances for me to show off my ninjutsu in lives and hero shows.)

(But in the end, searching among the students is an unreasonable demand to me…)

(Well, it’s like this. Anyone who wants to participate in club activities already joined a club the moment they enrolled.)

(But…! Even for me, there’s a ray of hope!)

(Next month are the “Club Activity Presentations”!)

(It’s an opportunity for every club at the school to appeal their activities to the new students! I can’t let this chance pass me by…!)

(If I can demonstrate the impressiveness and coolness of ninjutsu and ninjas on that stage, the new students will surely want to join my club activities in masses!)

(And then I can even hope for the association to be promoted to a club.)

(As Isara-dono instructed me to, I built quite the track record for the association, now all I have to do is make extra sure that I’ll grab the attention of the new students!)

Nishishi ♪ Now that that’s settled, time to decide which ninjutsu I should demonstrate~…

Er, um? There’s a scroll lying in a place like this.

Eh, is that something people usually just drop somewhere!? Or rather, wouldn’t it be weird if this was a lost property!?

Maybe I was thinking so much about ninjutsu that I’ve started to dream…?

Ouch, owowow! I pinched my cheek, so this doesn’t appear to be a dream?

For something like this to happen… My heart is leaping for joy~ ♪ Finding a mysterious item like this, it’s almost as if I’m the protagonist in an anime or movie!

I might be able to look for its owner, so for now, let’s pick it up.

There’s something written on the surface in pen…? Hmm...

! Th, Th- ...This is…!?

Location: Hallway

- The same day, after school -

Midori: Fufufu, today is the day off from unit practice~♪

When I get home, I can laze around and read some magazines~, or I could watch that educational afternoon broadcast that has a lot of yuru charas appearing in it in real time ♪ Fufufu~ ♪

Shinobu: …….♪

Midori: (Hmm? Is that Sengoku-kun...? He seems to be approaching me while smiling?)

(Usually he would call out to me like “Midori-ku~n!”, though?)

(I was so perplexed, I missed the timing to call out to him myself… Errr, what should I do...)

(Wait, he keeps walking towards me and now he’s standing right in front of me!? That was dangerous, we almost collided head-on…)

Shinobu: …….♪

Midori: (Eh, he silently put something into the pocket of my blazer..?)

(Just what did he… What is this, a frog mascot…? Err, but why? I don’t get it. Is this harassment? I’m depressed…)

Sengoku-kun, what is this? Some new form of harassment? Is silently slipping mascots into someone’s pocket popular with the kids from class B or something?

Ah. But, looking closely, this frog is soft and cute so if you’re giving it to me I’m keeping it.

Shinobu: Eeeh!? Midori-kun, you can see me!?

Midori: Hm? Yeah, I could see you right from the start…

What’s wrong, did you hit your head or something? It’s already enough for me if Morisawa-senpai and Shinkai-senpai are the only ones acting like weirdos around here…

Shinobu: If Midori-kun can see me, that means my “Jutsu of Invisibility” was a failure~!

Ha! Does that mean that when I did the same thing to Isara-dono earlier, I was completely visible to Isara-dono...!?

Midori: Yeah, probably. From Isara-senpai’s point of view, you probably looked like a totally suspicious person.

Shinobu: Uwaahn! It’s a misunderstanding! What have I done! I don’t want to become a suspicious person but a ninja~

Ah. But Isara-dono didn’t call out to me that time. There’s a possibility that it worked on Isara-dono, but the jutsu stopped wore off by the time I reached Midori-kun and that’s why you could see me…

Midori: I think, just like me, he just missed his timing to call out to you because you were doing some incomprehensible things…

By the way, you’ve been going on and on about “invisibility” for a while now? And here I thought Sengoku-kun was the normal kid in Ryuseitai…

Shinobu: Aah, don’t look at me with pity in your eyes~! There’s an explanation for this, Midori-kun!

Midori: An explanation..?

Shinobu: The truth is…

Er, aah!

Midori: Hiee!? You surprised me…

Geez, what are you suddenly letting out a loud voice for…? What’s wrong? You’re really starting to look suspicious, with the way you’re restlessly looking around.

Shinobu: (whispering) Shh~! Quiet down, Midori-kun. I was about to blabber, so I accidentally let out a scream.

(whispering) This conversation is something we can’t let other people overhear, in other words, it’s confidential.

Midori: Ah, I have a bad feeling about this… If this is about a secret, I think it’s best for Sengoku-kun to keep that one locked up deep within his chest. I’ll be going home, bye.

Shinobu: Aah, don’t say something so cold. I want your advice, Midori-kun!

Midori: Gueh. Don’t pull on my blazer, I get it already so let me go… I’ll hear you out for just a little while…

Shinobu: Thank you very much! In that case, we’ll attract people’s attention here so let’s go somewhere else!

Midori: Eeeh!? I-It’s fine right here. We just have to keep our voices down.

Shinobu: A ninja must stay hidden at all times! You can never tell where an enemy spy might be lurking.

I can’t allow this conversation to be overheard by them! Now, come along!

Midori: There’s no such person…

Err, wah!? W-Wait a second! I get it already, so stop pulling me time and time again~?

Uu~, this is such a pain I want to die...