Kudo Shizune. A girl who is recognized all over Tokyo as a high school detective. Her intelligence has helped the police many times in solving cases and when she's not on a case, she lives a very normal high school life in Teitan High. Now, the said girl was being approached by a boy of her age wearing a worried face.
"Shizune…are you feeling sick?"
Mouri Ren asked his childhood friend who was staring outside the window on her seat. No response came from the brunette so he proceeds to give a slight shake on her shoulder.
"What?" Shizune annoyingly said.
"don't "what" me. You've been spacing out lately…Are you sick or did something happen?"
The girl silently looked at him for a while, "it's nothing, Ren. I'm fine."
"really?"
"geez Ren. You sure you're a boy? You're acting just like a mother." She said with a smug face which caused Ren's eye to twitch.
"fine. If you say so..if you have anything problems then tell me, 'kay?"
"yes, yes, mother—" she lazily shooed the boy away and resumed staring outside the window. 'today…is the last day, huh?'
"morning guys!" Ren entered then scanned the classroom for Shizune. They usually walk to school together from her house but when he rang the doorbell, no one came to answer and the gate was locked so he assumed that she had already left for school. When there was no sign of the girl, he became worried. 'did something happen?...'
"everyone, get to your seats!" Their homeroom teacher went to her desk in the class and set her register down. "I have some news for all of you. Kudo-san has transferred to Kyoto due to family reasons and will go to Rakuzan High over there."
The whole class gasped in shock as their school's pride and glory was no longer with them. Ren, who took much more shock than the others, realized that his childhood friend's strange state was because of this and wondered why she didn't bother to tell him.
Did she think that he would get in the way with his mother hen attitude? Did she think that it was too much of a bother to tell him? Prior today, the male never felt so alone. A tear threatened to fall from the soft hearted boy's eyes but he managed to hold them in.
Throwing herself on her bed, the young brunette stared at the ceiling and visions Ren's face in her mind. He has been the person she loved since childhood. She hated herself for not being able to tell him about the transfer. She also hated her parents who suddenly came home from America and told her that they were going to move to Kyoto. Apparently a guy who her dad got acquainted with offered him a place in one of his companies. The offer was too good to turn down so he accepted it.
Looking at her new uniform, she wonder how the new school was going to be. There were rumors of the school's basketball team never lost and that they managed to get their hands on a player from a group called the Generations of Miracles. Born only to love mysteries and soccer, she didn't take much notice to it.
"hope there's no annoying guys over there like the ones from my fan club…chasing off those kind of people will be a pain…" Muttering those words, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Morning came rather quick for Shizune. She slipped on her shoes, grabbed her brown school bag and quickly headed off to school. She made her way to the teachers' lounge once she arrived and went to class, escorted by the homeroom teacher.
"everyone..please head back to your seats." He calmly said and the students scurried to their seats. Some started whispering to each other when they saw an unfamiliar face entering the class with their teacher.
"I'm sure all of you have heard that a transfer student is coming to our class today." The man turned to the female, "well. Please introduce yourself."
She nodded and faced the class. "my name is Kudo Shizune. I came from Tokyo. Please give me your guidance." She ended with a sweet smile which swooned the boys in the class, except one.
"now, take your seat beside Akashi-kun. Akashi-kun, if you would please..."
A scarlet haired boy with a cold expression stood up and gestured lowly to the seat next to him which was by the window at the back seat. "over here."
'even in this school, I still end up next to the window huh…' she sighed inside her mind and walked towards him. "thanks" The brunette sat down and the boy called Akashi sat down too. After that, class started like usual.
"so you're a detective huh, Kudo-chan?"
"how do you handle looking at those dead guys?"
"do you have a boyfriend?"
Shizune was being bombarded with questions by the others when class ended. Thinking that it was the only polite response, she struggled to answer. Honestly, she was tired but she has a pride to protect so she entertained them.
"stop asking her questions. She's being bothered by them."
Akashi, who was minding his own business at his seat, suddenly told— or rather commanded them —to cease their actions. The students backed down at once, leaving the brunette feeling thankful and slightly confused. Why did they listen to him without any retorts?
"thanks, Akashi-kun…"
"don't mention it. It was your fault for not being able to chase them off."
The girl felt her eye twitch. "well, I'll just pretend I didn't hear that last part…"
School ended real fast and everyone was either heading back home or to their clubs. Shizune headed off to the soccer club to apply as a player but was immediately turned down because they don't accept female players. Bummed out, she sat down on a bench near the gym and scanned a list of clubs that she could apply for.
"if this place had a club as interesting as the soccer club, it'll be an easier choice…" she sighed.
"ah— watch out!"
The brunette's head came in contact with what felt like a basketball after a sudden shout. The impact was so strong and hard that she immediately passed out on the bench. A young boy panicked as he ran up to her.
"oh no…what should I do..I'm gonna get in a lot of tro-"
"what's the matter, freshman-kun?"
"M-Mibuchi-senpai!"
The boy turned to face a tall male with jet black hair who approached him. The tall male looked at the girl who was currently out of commission and let out a heavy sigh.
"how did this happen?"
"w-well…I- I was kinda showing off to my girlfriend and I accidently kicked the ball. It then hit her on the face..I'm sorry!"
He apologized a lot of times and the one called Mibuchi raised Shizune up, carrying her bridal style. "now, now. I know you're feeling sorry but it's no use apologizing to me. You can apologize to her when she wakes up" With that, he left to go to the nurse's office.
Her eyes shot open and she sat up like a spring on a bed. The brunette's cerulean orbs scanned the surrounding area and they fell upon a smiling male beside her.
"good to see you've finally awaken, dear~"
'he speaks like a girl…' She gave him a stare and questioned him with a suspicious tone in her voice, ignoring her throbbing head.
"where am I?"
"you're in the infirmary. A freshman hit your head with a—"
"basketball. I got a glimpse of it."
"I see..ah, I forgot. I'm Mibuchi Reo. A second-year. Nice to meet you~" He introduced himself and gave a very sweet smile that immediately sent cupid's arrow to the young detective's heart.
"a-ah..I'm Kudo Shizune. Nice to meet you too, senpai.." she smiled nervously and tried to calm her pounding heart. The detective was a person who didn't and never believed in love at first sight but this shemale (or what she claims him to be) changed her whole way of thinking. 'dammit, cupid …'
"ah, are you the new transfer student?"
"yes…how did you know?"
"I saw the paper you were looking at and Sei-chan did say a girl transferred into his class~"
"Is that so- Sei-chan?" She raised an eyebrow at the affectionate tone he used to say the name.
"Akashi Seijuro. He's the president of the student council and the captain of the basketball team~"
The redhead beside her in class came to her mind as she knitted her brows, puzzled by how someone like him could be the captain and the president for the student council. He's just a first year student.
Mibuchi chuckled in amusement looking at the brunette. "don't think too hard about it. Say, if you really want to find out more about Sei-chan, why don't you enter the basketball club as our manager? I'm sure it'll be very helpful for you to get some info since I don't think you'll find out much by just being in the same class as him. 'sides, we do need a manager~"
After giving the idea some thought, Shizune agreed. 'well, I can also use this as a chance to get closer to Mibuchi-senpai..killing two birds with one stone, huh?' In an instant, Ren's face appeared in her head. 'Ren…' She was certain that he was the person on the other side of her red thread of destiny but...somehow, that certainty started to waver.
"This is Kudo-san who will be acting as the manager for our club. Please give her your guidance." The coach, Shirogane Eiji, said to the boys lined up in front of him inside the gym while lowly gesturing to the female beside him.
She bowed, "I'm Kudo."
The boys made a small commotion because someone had chosen to become their team's manager. Girls normally stay away from the club because of a certain someone's intimidating aura. They were excited that they, at last, get a female touch in the man filled club of theirs. Even so, a few of them had some complaints.
"tsk. Just because I heard we were having a manager, I expected her to have more sex appeal…"
"I agree…Her looks are okay but the chest…"
"haa…it's really depressing…"
Shizune felt her vein pop as she heard some of the first year members continue complaining about how flat she was. She was about to smack their heads and murder them with the bench when Mibuchi did the job for her. Only, he used a paper fan.
"It's very rude to say those things to a girl! Apologize now!"
"but Mibuchi-senpai—"
"right now!"
Reluctantly, they apologized to the detective who also reluctantly forgave them. Mibuchi huffed in annoyance at the first years before turning to Shizune who timidly approached him.
"thanks, Mibuchi-senpai"
He sweetly smiled to her, "don't mention it. they were the ones who didn't know how to take care of a lady's feelings"
She couldn't help but giggle at his statement. "senpai is really an interesting person"
"oh but Sei-chan is much more of a interesting person~"
This reminded the brunette about her motive of entering the club. She wanted to find out more about Akashi and also if he would be a love rival to her.
"now then, I have to go. See you later~"
Shizune watched as Mibuchi left to join the others for practice. She sat down on the bench and rested her head between her palms, observing the team's practice.
'now then…first day and everything's sorted out. I wonder what kind of things will happen while I'm in this school…'
well- whaddya think?
I'm not really good with writing so-
anyway, could you please gimme any comments on this?
I wanna know how I did-
thanks!