Anime Crossover: The people the Saniwa knows are all over Japan

As dawn breaks, the first rays of sunlight pierce through the clouds and shine into the Japanese-style room.

Feiniao, who always loves to sleep in, peeked out from under the covers before her phone alarm went off.

"What? It's only 6:30."

It's a bit early, but...

The bird rolled around on the cloth twice, then threw off the blanket and ran off to wash up.

With his hair disheveled, Ran (Toushirou) walked to the door of the Saniwa's room, carrying a pillow, only to find that the cloth ball was empty.

"Asuka-chan got up so early today." Ran scratched his head and grabbed Shokudaikiri, who happened to be passing by.

"Hey, Shokudaikiri, Asuka-chan, why are you up so early today?"

Shokudaikiri, who had been pulled back, stopped in his tracks and said helplessly, "It seems she's become interested in a boy at school and is planning to find out more about him. She's probably too excited, so she got up too early."

"You've developed an interest in a boy?" Ran unconsciously repeated Shokudaikiri's words, looking somewhat bewildered.

However, the next second.

"Eh?! Asuka-chan likes a boy at school?!?!?!"

"what? What?"

"Asuka-chan?"

"You like a boy?"

The commotion attracted the attention of other short swords belonging to the Awataguchi family.

Even the parties involved came.

Dressed impeccably, Asuka stood with her hands on her hips, pouting, "No way! Ran-chan, don't try to interpret things yourselves, and Shokudaikiri, don't be so ambiguous!"

"What? What ambiguous relationship?" Tsurumaru, who had gotten up early, was also drawn by the large crowd gathered in front of the Saniwa's room. "What kind of surprise is it that Tsurumaru doesn't know about?"

The short swordsmen, averaging only 1.2 meters tall, surrounded Asuka, their seven or eight innocent eyes filled with questions staring at her.

Feeling like an elementary school teacher, Asuka used her Saniwa privileges to stroke the little dagger's head thoroughly before finally answering.

"Actually, I discovered a strange boy at school, a human with a monstrous presence. I'm planning to investigate him today~"

She definitely needs to learn how to minimize her presence. Once she learns this skill, it won't matter if she skips school!

That awful school!

The short-swordsmen nodded as if they understood.

Tsurumaru: "Is Asuka trying to learn the skill of minimizing her presence from him?"

Shokudaikiri: "Even if I skip school, I won't be caught?"

Short Sword: "That does sound a lot like what a bird would think."

Asuka: "..." Haha.

Did everyone secretly learn mind-reading without Asuka-sama's knowledge?

-

When Fei Niao arrived at the classroom, the class monitor was handing out the exam papers from the previous few days' opening exam.

Although my deskmate was still dazzling today, she wasn't as bright as before. She looked like a wilted golden retriever, with no energy left to wag her tail.

"Good morning, Mononobe-san~"

Only when it sees its owner does the listless golden retriever regain some energy.

Asuka, who was originally going to ask Kise what had happened, was suddenly drawn to the silver earring on his left ear.

"Good morning, Kise-kun. Did you get your ears pierced last night?"

"Yeah." Kise touched his left ear, his face slightly flushed. "What do you think, Mononobe-san?"

The silver earrings sparkled under the light.

"He's handsome~ He looks just like the male protagonist in a shoujo manga!"

Although my deskmate seems like a frivolous person, he is actually a simple junior high school student who blushes easily.

Indeed, you can't judge a book by its cover.

"I originally planned to start with the left ear, but it hurt too much, so I decided to get my right ear pierced next time."

The bird blinked, and a scene seemed to appear before its eyes.

My deskmate's eyes darted around, his right hand behind his head, and he stuck out his tongue, saying, "The one on the right... ah, I guess we'll play it next time!"

Usually, once they say that, there's no follow-up!

It seems that my deskmate's left ear piercing will never welcome a new companion again.

While they were chatting, the class monitor had already handed out all the test papers, and the last thing to be handed out was the grade slips.

The slip of paper contains an individual's subject scores, total score, and school ranking.

After reading the note, Kise wilted like a sunflower deprived of sunlight.

Feiniao noticed and then remembered that when she first entered the classroom, she wanted to ask her deskmate what had happened.

My memory isn't as good as I've gotten older _(:3」∠)_.

However, she probably knew what her deskmate was troubled about.

That is the greatest enemy of human children besides school—academic performance.

"How did Mononobe-san do on her exams this time?"

Kise lay slumped on the table, his voice weak and listless.

They look pitiful, but they're also quite cute.

"It's alright." Asuka stroked her chin and spread the report card out on the desk.

Kise spotted the "1 (2)" in the last column with his sharp eyes.

It is tied for first place with a certain individual school.

The other first place will definitely go to Akashi.

The chibi version of Kise, biting a small handkerchief, sheds wide tears.

Even though they're both kids who don't like going to school, Asuka-chan's grades are so much better than his!

Of course, it's because Asuka-sama is smart!

"Kise-kun has outstanding talent in sports, doesn't he?"

Asuka racked her brains trying to comfort her classmate, who was now acting like a pitiful little thing, saying, "If someone who is good at both academics and sports actually existed in reality, it would be impossible to treat them gently."

Kise used to be a "handsome guy who was troubled by being able to do anything," but now...

Kise: o(╥﹏╥)o A hero doesn't dwell on past glories.

"Where does Mononobe-san want to go to high school? With the same score as Akashi, your deviation score must be pretty high, so getting into any school should be easy for you~"

I no longer expect to be classmates with Asuka-chan again in a year; I just hope we can go to the same high school /crying emoji

"Whatever, I don't like going to school anyway." She's really had enough of this stupid book!

"On the contrary, if Kise is good at basketball, many universities would be eager to recruit him, right?"

"That's true." Kise, having been somewhat comforted by Asuka's rather unhelpful words, cheered up again. "Luckily, I have the advantage of being good at basketball. I'll definitely play basketball well!"

Waaaaah, the basketball legend saved him!

"Speaking of which..." Asuka quietly leaned closer to Kise and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Is there a blue-haired yokai in Kise-kun's department?"

"Mr. Yokai?" Kise thought seriously. "Blue hair? Could it be Kuroko? No wonder Kuroko's presence is so low, so he's Mr. Yokai."

Hey! Don't believe everything you hear! Are you a primary school student?

Asuka's eyes widened. "Kuroko?!"

"It's not Lan O-san after all?"

Kise Toribuki: Even a surprised Asuka-chan is so cute (w).