W(Double) Pinch!
Started January 2000 
by Azuki Ryou
 Part 6  Part 7  Part 8  Part 9  Part 10 

Part 6 (June 2000):Arisa is onstage, frozen in shock as the band starts playing.  Backstage, Julie reflects that his plan for humiliating her is going well, and that when she sings really badly and is booed, he'll jump onto stage and be cheered by everyone, completing his revenge.  Arisa can't do anything, and Akina jumps onto the stage just in time to catch her as she passes out from fear.  Of course, Arisa is in Arisa's place, and she tells Akina that her live is just starting.  Julie watches on in dissatisfaction as Arisa throws off her jacket, showing her sexy top, and starts to belt out Julie's song, as well or better then him.  Akina thinks that saving her was a wasted effort, when Arisa tosses him the mike and challenges him to sing.  He does so and is also a good singer.  Julie gets more and more angry as the audience cheers on Akina and Arisa until finally he orders a smoke screen, and makes his appearance. Arisa greets him as Underling #106, Shrimp Dasawa Kinji, who she know from her stay in Saitama.  Everyone used to use him as a bag carrier.  She says she thought he might have grown up a little since becoming an idol, but he's still pathetic.  Arisa  sits on him and tells him that's his punishment for plotting against her.  Julie orders the smoke to stop so people can see, and states that now he'll show Arisa that he's not the same weakling as before.  Too late, he notices that he's shorter than usual, and Arisa holds up his super-tall shoes, which usually make him seem tall, since he's actually really short. Arisa teases him in front of the whole school, and Julie falls to the ground in defeat.  When tears come to his eyes, a voice commands Arisa to stop teasing Julie, and says that even if he's short, Julie is still wonderful, more than anyone their idol.  The girls in the audience agree, and Julie thanks his saviour, turning to see who it is...Naomi!  She carries him offstage, and Arisa says she'll let him go for Naomi's sake. 
After the show, everyone is congratulating Arisa  and Akina on their duet, though Akina is embarrassed. Arisa says they should debut together, but Totomaru appears, causing the reapparance of Arisa. Some agents who are there start talking to them, but Arisa is so shy she trips on her high platforms and hits her head on a box, losing consciousness.
In the nurse's room, Arisa is sleeping quietly when Inogami slips in...and kisses her forehead!  Akina comes in in time to see, and demands to know what's going on.  Inogami tells him that Arisa likes him, and Akina asks him if he likes her, but Arisa wakes up and Akina leaves.  Walking away, Akina thinks of how much he dislikes Inogami, and wonders what's up with him, reviewing how weird his actions have been toward Akina ever since Akina transferred. 
Arisa is ecstatic to walk home with Inogami, and is just getting up the courage to confess to him when a really pretty girl asks very politely where the tea ceremony club is.  Arisa didn't even know it existed, but Inogami directs the girl, saying he's in the club as well.  The girl, Miyazawa Erika, is happy to meet someone from the club and clasps Inogami's hand, making Arisa jealous.  Arisa recognizes her uniform as the really high class Shiratori Academy(old-school fans of Azuki Ryou will recognize this name^_^) and is shocked when the girl says she's transferring to this school tomorrow.  Is this girl also out to get back at Arisa?
Part 7 (July 2000):'s The new girl, Miyagawa Erika, is a transfer student from the famous Shiratori Girls' Academy, and she has entered the Tea Ceremony Club, the same that Inogami is in.  All the guys are in love with her because she's so beautiful and ladylike, and the tea ceremony club gets a truckload of new male members because of her.  Iyo remembers how they were in public school in Kyouto together, and Erika, having legions of male fans, seemed to feel a rivalry with Arisa, who had lots of underlings.  Arisa isn't worried about that, but she does worry that being so close to her, Inogami will start to like her too. Iyo smells Totomaru and finds him and Akina hidng, and Arisa hands him his jacket from the day before, thanking him.  Akina is a bit embarrassed at being found, and Inogami asks Arisa why she's there at the tea house.  Before she can respond, Erika comes and leads him away, smirking back at Arisa, who realizes that Erika wants to revenge herself by stealing Inogami! 
  Erika thinks that she will indeed steal away Inogami with her 'pheromone power', and that having their loved one stolen is the worst thing to happen to a woman.  Akina watches the two of them while two girls comment on what a good couple they make.
  Talking, Inogami says that there's going to e an entrance exam for the club after school, to weed out the people who aren't serious, and Erika smiles and says she's looking forward to it.  Then Inogami looks at Arisa, who is unsuccessfully hiding in a vase, and asks if she wants to join as well, and Arisa cheers up at this chance to keep an eye on Erika and be near Inogami.
  After school during the test, Erika plays several dirty tricks on Arisa to make her look bad, and finished off by making her break some tea ceremony dishes, then crying and saying she did it on purpose.  Most of the guys join in to blame Arisa, but from the doorway Akina speaks out, saying Arisa wouldn't do something like that(he thinks it might be different if it was Arisa, though^_^)  He and Momo-chan are there for the test as well.  Erika wonders who he is, and why he isn't succumbing to her 'lovely pheromones'.
  However, Erika continues to sabotage Arisa, and gives her a dish of tea to drink that has tabasco sauce in it!  Arisa's never had ceremony tea before, so she doesn't know what it's supposed to taste like.  She's determined to drink it all though, and does so, though it's so hot she passes out at the end...And of course who gets up from it but Arisa, who is not amused.  She throws the empty bowl in Erika's face, and then calls her Ugly(capital U).  Erika, shaken, can't believe what she said, and Arisa repeats it again and again, adding a schoolkid insult(1:unchangingly ugly, 2: ugliness without a saviour, and 3:  unending ugliness).  While the storm is brewing, Momo-chan tries to get at Arisa, since he's been waiting for her to show up, but is hurled out of the way by Erika and her tea tools.  Erika declares, in Kansai-ben, that now it's a battle, and she and Arisa go at it.  Right before impact, they're stopped by Inogami's voice, who politely asks that if they fight, they do it outside, and Erika is horrified to have shown her true personality in front of all her admirers.  She remembers how Arisa made her lose control in public school and lost her fans then too, and vows to get revenge.
  Outside, Inogami asks Arisa if she still wants to join the club, and Arisa says no way.  Inogami agrees, saying it doesn't really suit her anyways, but invites her to come play anytime, and Arisa is silent for a moment.  He leaves, and Arisa  states that Inogami bother her.  A little unsettled, Akina comments how strange it is for her to care about other people, and Arisa points out how Inogami isn't bothered by her double personality, and she would probably remember if he was a underling.  Then she turns to Akina and asks teasingly if he's jealous, assuring him that he's her favourite underling.  She's clinging onto him again when Iyo appears with Totomaru, who jumps onto Arisa's head, bringing Arisa back.  Seeing how close she is to Akina, she whacks him with a vase(poor Akina!).
  When told what happened, Arisa gets upset, wondering if she did anything bad in front of Inogami, and saying she was just getting up her nerve to ask...
  Akina look at her, and Iyo asks if she was going to confess to Inogami.  Arisa, flustered, asks Akina to keep it a secret from Inogami, and suddenly in a bad mood, Akina says it's none of his business.  He slams his hand beside Arisa's head, and tells her not to forget that he's only here to get revenge on her, he came all the way alone from Shimane, and demands that she see him, and stop going on about Inogami.  When he looks at Arisa, she has frightened tears in her eyes, and he snaps out of his mood and walks away.
  Arisa wonders why he got so mad, but admits to herself that she had forgotten about his revenge, because he's so nice and always helps her.  She thinks that she took advantage of that, and now surely she, as well as Arisa, is disliked.  She isn't given more time to cry, however, because she's suddenly picked up like a leaf by some tough-looking characters in sunglasses, who toss her in a limo and drive away with Iyo watching helplessly.  Inside the car, Arisa looks up when she hears Erika, saying they're going to somewhere private to have a one-on-one talk...

 
 
Part 8(August 2000):  Arisa has been kidnapped by Erika, and is being driven somehwere.  Akina is being introspective, asking himself why he said that to Arisa when his 'goal' is to get revenge at Arisa.  He wonders if he's unable to win against Arisa as well as Arisa, and is getting very frustrated when his reflections are interrupted by Iyo, with Totomaru.  Totomaru does a charade to tell Akina about the kidnapping, though Iyo could have just told him^_^. They don't know where she could have been taken, and ask Inogami, who suggests the Shiratori Girls' Academy Tea House(yes, the same school from Bakufuu Cinderella Sensen!^_^ However, Shiratori is really strict about not letting males in, so they have to think of a plan...
   At Shiratori, Arisa asks Erika what she plans, and Erika laughs, saying since her true personality has been seen by Inogami, the second worst thing to do to Arisa is making her look stupid in front of him, so she's going to take pictures of her making dumb faces.  Arisa tries to escape, but there are lots of traps in the teahouse that prevent her.
   Inside the school gates, three 'young ladies' ^_- arrive and ask where the tea house is. 
                   They're wearing kimonos and long wigs, and Akina inquires to Inogami if this was really necessary.  Inogami tells him that thsi is no time to care about appearances, and adds that if it will help Arisa, this kind of thing is no problem for him.  Akina wonders if he likes Arisa.  While they're talking, some students come to them with a growling bulldog named Caroline, and the students wonder what's wrong, since she's supposed to only detect wayward males:)  They're passing a gate into the tea house yard when Caroline leaps for Totomaru, hanging on to Iyo, and drags dog and wig off Iyo's head.  The three guys, unmasked, race for the tea house.  Meanwhile, inside, Arisa is hiding from Erika, but Erika makes a mistake when she uses a spear to 'search' for her, as this awakens Arisa's survival instinct, and she leaps out, to Erika's surprise. 
                      Iyo is caught by Erika's henchwomen, who think he's Arisa, and is escaping when Akina and Inogami hear Arisa and burst inside, to find her bullying Erika, setting up a shall-we-say unflattering photo, and threatening to give a copy to everyone in the school.  Then Arisa notices Inogami and Akina and turns to chat with them, and Erika, enraged, begins to attack with a tea ceremony tool.  Inogami moves to protect Arisa, and Akina catches Erika's wrist, telling her severely to resign herself to failure, and warning that if she keeps harassing  Arisa, he won't go easy on her even though she's a woman.  Erika is stunned, first at how beautiful he is(perhaps even more than herself*_*)and then because he doesn't seem affected by her charms.  As he walks away, she thinks that she's never met a boy like him...Iyo appears with Totomaru and changes Arisa back before she can terrorize Akina too much. 
                      Outside and changed, Akina suggests to Arisa that she ask Inogami what she's been thinking about.  Arisa doesn't think that Inogami would be interested, but Akina tells her to have more confidence in herself, thinking that it's possible Inogami likes her and that he, Akina, has no right to meddle around.  He pushes Arisa towards Inogami and leans against a tree as she starts her request: Would Inogami like to...exchange diaries with her?! 
                   Inogami smilingly agrees and Akina looks on in exasperation(or is it relief?^_^)  and they are interrupted by Erika.  She looks very sorry and she apologizes for being a bad girl, adding that from now on she'll try her best to be cute and pretty in mind as well as body, all for Akina!  She attaches herself to Akina's arm as it's Arisa's turn to watch him uneasily...
Part 9(September 2000): Arisa is ecstatic about exchanging diaries with Inogami, but for some reason she still feels anxious about something.  The day of the picnic, Arisa is overcome by the sight of Inogami in casual clothes, and is about to ask him to take a picture with her when she's interrupted by the loud voice of Erika talking to Akina, hoping that they'll be sitting together on the bus.  Akina pulls his arm away from her and asks what's wrong with her, but Erika is just more fascinated, since no guy has ever been so cold to her.  Inogami comments that they make a good couple, and Arisa hesitatingly agrees, though she wonders to herself why Akina and Erika together bother her so much.
   Everyone gathers to pick their seats, and Arisa concentrates, trying to pull out a seat number close to Inogami using the Dragon Ken Lucky Finger Move ; ).  It ends up with them all in one row, from left: Inogami, Akina, Momo, Arisa, and Erika.  (Julie ends up in the back seat between Matsuda and Naomi, poor thing!)  Arisa recalls that Akina lives by himself, and offers him a bentou since he would have to buy something. Akina, a little surprised, asked if she made it, and she says no, it's from Iyo, who also made one for Totomaru(Toto's is a lot bigger).  However, as she hands them over, Erika's leg swings up and knocks both the lunches over accidentally(yeah, right), but even though the insides are all messed up now, Akina says he'll still eat it.  Arisa smiles happily, and thinks that it must be because Akina was one of the few people who were nice to her, so she doesn't want him taken away by Erika.  She thinks of how selfish that kind of jealousy is.
  During lunch, at another blanket, Erika is grilling Akina about what he wants to do, in the future, what his hobbies are, and what his favourite food is.  Akina answers that his dream is to beat Arisa, his hobby is training to beat Arisa, and his favourite foods are whatever Arisa hates.  Akina pauses in his meal to look over at Arisa's blanket in time to see her smile up at Inogami, which pisses him off.  Erika then asks what his type of girl is, and he quickly replies 'the opposite of Arisa !', but then stops, thinking that the opposite of Arisa is Arisa, so...Akina jumps up and starts beating his head against a tree, to the surprise of Erika, and tells himself 'NO WAY!'(Or something like that)
  Watching them, Arisa thinks that Akina and Erika seem to be getting along well(contrary to the evidence) and when Inogami invites to go mountain-biking with him, she's quite happy to.  A shadow, wearing a bike helmet, lurks in the shadows...
  Momo suggests that they go biking too, and Akina stops banging his head, deciding that he only thinks about Arisa because she's so helpless that he feels he has to rescue her all the time.  When he sees that Arisa nad Inogami are biking, he starts to refuse Mom, but then sees a mysterious bicyclist behind them who looks suspicious.  He tries to pass it off, but ends up following on Momo's bike. 
  Ahead, Arisa is basking in Inogami's company, though she's having a hard time biking straight.  Inogami says they can go slowly, and Arisa is happy again, until the biker behind comes up and announces that he's waited for this chance!  He knocks Arisa off the path onto the dangerous course, and their teacher shouts that he's the new transfer student from Tochigi, Kazamatsuri Shingo.  Arisa is totally dismayed, and Shingo recalls how Arisa made him, the only kid still having training wheels on his bike, into a laughinstock, as well as calling him her Underling #40000(four 0's for his four wheels).  He declares that they're going to play chicken, the first person to stop before the upcoming cliff losing.  Akina is catching up by this time, and distracts Shingo by tossing Toto in his face.  Arisa is panicking and loses it, replaced by Arisa.  She willingly accepts Shingo's challenge, and beats him by tossing a branch into his spokes, making him crash.  Beside her, Akina accuses her of putting Arisa in danger by making enemies all the time, but before Arisa can really respond, Inogami shouts out to be careful, that way is...
  Akina and Arisa go sailing over the edge of the cliff, and fall down the ravine below, with Inogami's cry of 'Arisa-chan!' following them.
  Miraculously(very miraculously), the cliff wasn't as high as it looked, and Akina and Arisa are unhurt, though Arisa has a scraped knee, which she says prevents her from walking.  Akina resigns himself to waiting for help, but when Arisa suggestively points out that they're all alone, he starts to feel a bit, shall we say, vulnerable? Heh heh^_-

 
Part 10(October 2000):Arisa and Akina are alone in a ravine, and Akina is trying to avoid getting near Arisa or even talking to her much.  She says he's cold to her but he's always nice to Arisa, and Akina, red-faced, says nothing.  Akina decides that he doesn't want to stay there any longer, and gives Arisa a piggyback ride, also lending her his T-shirt to wear(to keep her warm maybe? Who knows). Arisa recalls a similar event when they were young, except then it was Akina who skinned his knee and Arisa who carried him home.  Akina reminds her that he scraped his knee because she startled him with a dead lizard and caused him to fall.  Arisa leans her head on his shoulder and comments that he's gotten at least a little more dependable since then.  Akina tells her the only time she ever praises someone is when she's scheming, and Arisa accuses him of sulking and holds on tighter.  Akina, alarmed, tells her to let go, and Arisa just smiles and pulls his cheek.  It looks bad for Akina when suddenly, Totomaru appears, having made his way down the cliff, and jumps onto Arisa's head, saving Akina from Arisa but making him tumble into the river.   Arisa, realizing that it's her fault he's in the water(I guess she jumped off him or something?) apologizes, and then thanks Akina when she notices she's wearing his T-shirt.  Akina tells her not to thank him all the time, especially when Arisa  always saves herself anyways, so he's useless.  Arisa firmly denies it, and says she can't answer for Arisa, but _she_ remembers being saved by Akina any number of times.  She says he's very dependable.  He stares at her for a moment, and then heaves a big sigh, saying with exasperation that being teased and praised by people with the same face really messes him up(I'm not sure about this verb, in my dictionary it says 'rummages'!?) 
   He gets up with a smile on his face(yes, a smile!) and declares that if he has a chance to challenge Arisa again, he will, and whenever Arisa needs help, he'll do that too.  That settled, he persuades Arisa to piggyback again, and blushing, Arisa tells herself that her heart is pounding only because she's embarrassed to piggyback and because it's the first time she's seen Akina smile. 
   The next morning, Arisa gets ready to set out for school, bringing treats for Totomaru as a thank-you to Akina, hoping that that way Erika won't freak out(she was pretty upset that Arisa and Akina were alone at the picnic).  She spies a box and curiously opens it, only to freak out when lots of big insects come out(it was Iyo's, he has some weird pet tastes), and turn into Arisa.  So when Inogami-kun says hello, he notices that it's Arisa .  He asks concernedly about her leg, and starts to apologize for inviting her on the bike ride when Arisa  interrupts him and tells him that when she fell over the cliff, he called her 'Arisa-chan'.  She holds him by the collar and demands to know who he is, because few of her Underlings ever called her 'Arisa-chan', and she would never forget one of her Underlings anyways.  Inogami, with a very different expression than he usually wears, more confident and less nice-looking, comments that this is progress, before Arisa  never paid attention to him.  But he refuses to tell Arisa who he really is, and suggests that Arisa-chan remember herself if she wants to know.  Then Totomaru lands on her head, Arisa returns and starts shooting out blood from her nose from being so close to Inogami-kun.  Akina, coming up behind them, calls Toto back, and looks a bit upset as Inogami assures Arisa that Arisa didn't do anything weird, and they walk to school together.  He realizes that Inogami knew Arisa in the past.  Watching, an adult guy in sunglasses, a ponytail, and a lab coat remarks to himself that her change is caused by contact with a dog. 
  At school, Arisa is ecstatic to receive a photo that  Matsuda took that accidentally had Arisa and Inogami in it.  Matsuda remarks that it would be a shame for their first school picnic to go by without even one photo, and Arisa realizes that Inogami transferred to the school just a little while after she did the year before.  She'swondering about that when the teacher walks in and announces a new teacher, Makise Ryou.  It's the guy who was watching outside, and he states that his subject is science.
   In the hall, Akina runs into Arisa and pulls her outside, while Inogami observes.  Alone, Akina tells Arisa that she shouldn't trust Inogami too much, that even though on the outside he's her champion there's something he's hiding.  Before he can say any more, Arisa asks him why he's saying things like that, with a hurt look on her face.  Akina is about to spill the beans(seems he has an idea about who Inogami really is) when they're interrupted by Iyo and Totomaru holding a 'training session', complete with Bruce Lee eyebrows for Toto and punching pads(oven mitts^_^)for Iyo. 
   Watching from a window, Makise Ryou burns his 'Arisa card' and remarks that though apparently Arisa has lost her memory of childhood, it is fitting that she be the one to pay for Arisa having long ago ruined his research, asking for agreement with the many weirdly shaped, glowing-eyed creatures behind him...