Michiko Ayashi is a made-up character. She's short and has long black hair, black eyes, and a big attitude problem.

She's different from Sakuno. And Sakuno's not the lead. (I still love her though, sorry Sakuno-chan.^^)

"The Queen, the Prince, and the Devil"

Chapter ONE preview:

Ayashi Michiko, the Queen as she likes to call herself, sets foot on SeiGaku's soil in search of her King. On her first day, she found him, almost too quickly. Only to realize that her King is Seigaku's Prince, and that he is as devilish as she. Will the Queen manage this brat of a prince? Or will she surrender in defeat?

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Well she's hotter than hell
And she's cool as they come
And she's smart and she's wild
All rolled into one
Ya you say I'm the guy that you wish you could be
It's not easy to see
That she's an angel to you
But she's a devil to me

-Angel to You, Devil To Me by Click5

"Mission One: Make PONTA Bottles FALL!"

Her first day in highschool, Michiko Ayashi remembered it well.

She had just transferred to SeiGaKu because it was the most popular school in the district. A queen like her was meant to be in a well-known school, after all.

She was making her way towards the gates, thinking about her goals this year. Michiko is a person of complete and determined focus.

"Number One. Become really popular. With my beauty and greatness that wouldn't be hard to achieve."

Michiko was really drop-dead cute. She ranked number one at almost anything. She was "the Queen" back in middleschool. Even older male students confessed to her.

"Number two. Find a boyfriend that suits me."

This was probably the main reason she decided to switch schools. All the boys in her previous school were as boring and as predictable as hell. They all bowed down to her and worshipped her. They obeyed her every command. They even made a fan club for her. They all cried when they found out she switched schools.

So dumb, she thought.

She was so tired of all the undesirable lovesick puppies. She needed to find herself a king! Someone as clever and as perfect as she is.

She managed to arrive at the gates without much disturbance when someone suddenly brushed passed her shoulder and took her away from her thoughts.

Not just that, he also took her breath away.

He was running so fast and didn't even stop to look at her.

Time seemed to go slow-mo and Michiko couldn't do anything but to stop and stare at the person's back. She remembered a glimpse of the face that made her heart beat like crazy.

He was gone before she could even take a good look at him. But she was absolutely sure…

"I found him! My King!" she shouted at the top of her lungs and pointed at the back of the running boy.

Everyone turned their heads towards the shouting weirdo.

"He didn't even look at my beauty, Darn it!"

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It was her first day in highschool. Tomoka remembered it well too.

She was by the school gates, waiting for her bestfriend, Sakuno, with full energy.

'Better start the year with a smile.' She thought.

She was looking around when she saw Ryoma Echizen running through the gates. Tomoka started to open her mouth to greet him but he was so fast, he was gone from her sight before she could even start a sentence.

Tomoka was happy that Ryoma would get to join his other Senpais at tennis again. Ryoma was probably excited too. The Senpais all waited for him to get into highschool. Tomoka was glad that the tennis club she loved was back.

This will be such a great year!

"I found him! My King!" somebody suddenly shouted.

Tomoka turned and saw a short girl with long black hair. She was definitely pretty. The girl's big, black eyes were round and she was pointing at Echizen's direction. Her mouth was shaped as a big 'O'.

"King?" Tomoka immediately knew. Her eyes followed the path the girl was pointing at and when she saw whose back it was, she grinned. A lightbulb popped on the top of her head.

Yey! A new recruit for my cheering squad!

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'Who the hell is this ugly?'

Michiko thought, staring at Tomoka's face. Tomoka came up to her and introduced herself a while ago. She explained that she was the head cheerleader of the tennis team.

Michiko didn't care at all. She wished Tomoka would just go away. She felt like saying 'shoo!' to make her disappear from her sight.

Michiko needed some peace to think about her king. She needed to remember his face well so that she could gather information later.

Tomoka was saying something beside her but Michiko wasn't listening. All she could hear was blahblahblah.

'I wish this girl would shut the hell up! I can't think because of the noise her ugly voice is making!'

"blahblahblahblah"

"…..."

"So that guy you're pointing at earlier…" Tomoka said after a long introduction of herself. Michiko's fox ears appeared on top of her head and she was suddenly very interested at what the ugly girl was saying.

Tomoka gulped when she felt Michiko's aura turn devilish.

Suddenly, Michiko grabbed Tomoka's shoulder and shook her violently. Her eyes were shining and wide.

"Do you know him? Tell me everything you know about him! Right NOW!" she commanded as she shook the soul out of Tomoka's body.

Tomoka's eyes went swirly and she was feeling dizzy. She felt like she was gonna throw up.

'Who's this monster? What did I get myself into?'

Tomoka could only cry to herself. She had met the Queen.

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Tomoka was relieved when Sakuno arrived by the gates and saw her getting murdered by the devil. Sakuno managed to stop Michiko after some time and Tomoka was saved! …and still alive.

Tomoka cried and hugged her bestfriend. Eyes glaring at Michiko.

Michiko decided to feign camaraderie with these two commoners. She needed them for information after all.

"I'm sorry. I got a bit excited." She giggled and switched her features to 'Moe'-mode.

The two girls had to cover their eyes as Michiko was sparkling. She was so moe! She was darn cute and oozing with pheromones.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Tomoka's eyes were heart-shaped as she hugged Michiko. "So cute! I forgive you! Join my cheering squad, 'kay?"

Sakuno could only smile at her bestfriend.

Michiko smiled too, cutely, sending more sparkling stars in the air around her. But…

'This commoner is infecting me! Why does she have to hug?'…was her thoughts deep inside.

"I don't g-get what's really happening." Sakuno blushed and smiled.

Michiko stared at her. 'Hmm. This one's a bit cute. In a weird and "unlike-me" way, though.'

Tomoka let go of Michiko and faced Sakuno.

"This girl was pointing at Ryoma-kun earlier, and so I came up to her."

"Ryoma-kun?" Michiko went sparkly again.

"Ryoma-kun?" Sakuno blushed. She always does when she hears anything about him. Hello? Mighty crush since middleschool, everyone knows that.

Tomoka answered Michiko.

"Yes. Echizen Ryoma."

Michiko's eyes went round. 'Echizen Ryoma. A perfect name for my king!'

She then saw herself walking hand-in-hand with him, living in a castle, riding a unicorn, floating above the clouds—

"And this weirdo was shouting that she had found her King. Isn't that funny, Sakuno-chan?"

Michiko was forced back to reality.

"K-King?" Sakuno was surprised.

"It is not funny!" Michiko butted in. "I'm serious! I'm gonna make him my boyfriend, you'll see."

Tomoka just laughed.

"Goodluck on that, then! The only thing he cares about, other than Tennis, is Ponta." Tomoka poked her tongue at Michiko.

"Tennis? The king plays tennis?"

Sakuno and Tomoka glanced at each other.

"Yep! And by the way, he's not a king…" Tomoka smiled at the dumb-faced Michiko.

"He's a prince! SeiGaku's prince."

Michiko couldn't understand what the ugly one was saying. She just looked at her, one eyebrow perfectly raised.

"He can't be a prince. I'll be demoted to princess status. And that's unacceptable." She pouted.

"Wake up, Queen. Ryoma-kun is not your king." Tomoka teased.

Michiko was going to burst with anger but she calmed herself.

"And this Ponta? Who is she? Is she a girlfriend?" Michiko asked, already imagining how to terrorize the "girlfriend".

"You're not serious!" Tomoka gave a hearty laugh. "You don't know what Ponta is?"

"Are you mocking me?"

"Ponta is a juice drink…" Sakuno butted in before Michiko loses her temper, which they're kind of used to by now. "It's Ryoma-kun's favorite."

Michiko went sparkly again.

"Oh~."

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Michiko couldn't believe it! She just couldn't believe that when she went inside the classroom, there he was, her king, sitting on a seat at the back of the room, beside the open window.

'We're classmates! This must be destined, written by the stars!'

"Sorry, we're late, Sensei!" Tomoka spoke from behind her.

"It's alright. Just take your seats, we'll start the introductions." Their male teacher said with a smile.

Sakuno and Tomoka took empty seats at the back row. But Michiko went up directly to Horio, evil grin perfectly in place.

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"What did you say?" Horio asked, surprised.

"I said… I want to sit here. Move!" Michiko declared matter-of-factly.

Tomoka slapped her own forehead. Ofcourse! She wants to sit there where Ryoma-kun would be beside her.

Ryoma was looking outside the window, still oblivious to what was happening beside him. If a murder happened right there and then, he wouldn't have noticed. He was too occupied with thoughts about tennis.

Horio couldn't believe what this cute girl was saying. He thought he was lucky that this girl came to him. But when the cute girl spoke, he saw a glimpse of the devil inside.

Horio lowered his head, deciding not to be bullied by a littlie girl.

"I sit here. Why don't you just sit over there?" he pointed at an empty seat across the room.

"Because… I want to sit here." Michiko tapped at the desk. "What part of it don't you understand?"

"Horio, just be a good boy and let the lady take your seat." Their Sensei suddenly said. He just wanted to get on with the day. He had bad stomach cramps at that moment.

Horio sighed but gathered his things and sat at the vacant seat beside Tomoka and Sakuno. Defeated.

"Who is that girl?" He grumbled as he sat.

"She's Ayashi Michiko. She's a bit of a drama queen." Tomoka laughed.

Michiko sat at her seat, contented. She looked to her right and stared at Ryoma Echizen.Sparkling Ryoma Echizen.

'My King! So cool!'

"Ne… Ryoma-kun!" She said to him.

Ryoma didn't seem to hear.

"Ne! Ne! Ryommaaaaaaa-kuuuun!" she called even louder.

"Huh?..." Ryoma turned his head and looked at her with a bored expression.

"…I thought Horio was there." He added when he noticed Horio was suddenly missing.

She gave him a sweet smile.

"Well I'm here now! I'm Ayashi Michiko!"

Everyone in the class was looking at her, listening to what she was saying. Their Sensei just sighed. He just wished they could get on without further disturbances. But before he could stop Michiko from talking, Michiko declared loudly…

"I like you! Please go out with me!"

Michiko was looking at Ryoma like a child looking at her Christmas present. Everyone's jaw dropped.

Ryoma stared at her.

Everybody held their breaths and waited for Ryoma's answer. This new girl had guts. Even the Sensei was interested at the unfolding scene.

Then after a long pause.

"Not interested. Sorry." Ryoma spoke indifferently and looked outside the window again.

Tomoka laughed. And everyone else, including sensei, stifled their giggles.

Michiko turned to stone… and then, turned to dust. She had never been so humiliated before.

She went bright red and her temper soared.

"WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS?!"

Then, Sensei spoke, still giggling a little.

"All right, all right. Settle down class."

The class' attention went back to their Sensei. The girls (except Sakuno-chan and Tomoka-chan) were full of 'in-your-face' thoughts while the guys were thinking that the weird girl was kinda cute and that 'Thank God, she got rejected by the Prince'.

"Since, Ayashi-san is full of energy this morning, why don't you start with the introductions?" Sensei said.

Michiko got up. Dark aura emitting from her pores. Eyes hidden behind her bangs.

A Queen never cries. A Queen is forever unharmed and cannot be humiliated. A Queen gets what she wants, whenever she wants it. Anyone who crosses the Queen, should be punished.

She went to the front of the class and stood like a true queen. Head held high and eyes full of determination, without any trace of defeat. She spoke with that of grace and of eloquence.

"My name is Ayashi Michiko…"

The boys instantly fell in love with her, except ofcourse, Ryoma-kun(who was still looking outside the window) and Horio (but he was a bit impressed).

Then the devil took over.

"Echizen, Ryoma…" she smirked and the room suddenly felt dark and cold. The boys who fell in love with her a moment ago shivered with fright. Her words seemed to make the entire room tremble.

Ryoma looked at her, eyes filled with boredom.

"You dared cross the Queen. You're gonna have to pay for it." She declared this with a smile; the devil's smile. "I'll definitely… make you pay!"

Ryoma found that interesting. He smiled too, like he was somehow entertained.

Then he spoke, amused.

"I'm looking forward to it, Queen."

And with that, the war has been declared. Each smile reflecting exactly the other.

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Michiko couldn't sleep at all that night. She kept plotting her revenge. Her revenge should be perfectly despicable and purely evil. She had plans lined up, written on a sheet of paper.

Push "Him" down the steps. (She calls Ryoma only with a pronoun now as she believes that uttering his name would spoil her mouth.)

"No, I'd probably get into trouble. And that would be way too bloody, I'll get dirty."

Follow him around, take photos when his in his bath, and plaster them

all over the school's walls.

"Scrap that. Too much work. And the Queen isn't the stalker-type."

At the start of the day-

She had only started reading her third option when she suddenly crumpled the paper and threw it on the bin.

"I need a plan that would make him look like a complete fool infront of everyone!" she stomped her fist at the desk.

'Like what he did to me.' She added.

"Goodluck on that, then! The only thing he cares about, other than Tennis, is Ponta."

A face of 'the ugly one' suddenly popped inside her head. (She can't remember names well and so calls Tomoka with the nickname 'the Ugly One'. She's evil, I know.)

"It's Ryoma-kun's favorite." She remembered what 'the Silent One' said too. (She can't remember Sakuno's name either.)

Then, an evil plan suddenly lay before her and an automatic grin spread across her face.

"I can't wait…"

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Wise men say that the power of the mind can make ordinary people do extraordinary things. According to them, whatever the mind is thinking, may it be positive or negative, is attracted instantly to the body. The mind sends a message to the universe and the universe's energy is sent back to the thinker. In short, whatever is in your mind appears before your eyes.

And so Ayashi Michiko wasn't surprised to see Ryoma Echizen on the lockers first thing in the morning.

Michiko was cranky because she couldn't sleep well last night. She decided to take out her frustrations on the very person who caused all of it in the first place.

"Hey! You!" she started.

Ryoma looked at the short girl.

"You~." He uttered and stared at her. Obviusly thinking about something.

Michiko was further annoyed with his stare. Not only that, she was also annoyed how stunning Ryoma looks in her eyes. He's still sparkling.

Ryoma wasn't saying anything and was staring at her intensely which made her heart pound.

"Damn it. Why is my heart behaving this way! He is my enemy!"

She remembered her confession yesterday and blushed. She also cursed herself for doing such a stupid thing. It all would have worked out if this sparkling guy in front of her just accepted the prestige of being her boyfriend.

"What are you looking at?" she gawked at him.

Ryoma, without taking his eyes off her, said:

"Who are you again?" without a hint of pretension.

He really did forget who Michiko was and what happened yesterday because after the "incident", he met with his Senpais and spent the whole day fully absorbed with tennis; which, as usual, makes him forget about everything else.

Michiko's jaw dropped and a cold wind blew.

"I can't believe you, Moron!" she shouted at the sincerely bewildered Ryoma, then, walked away.

Ryoma stood there alone, trying to recall all that has happened yesterday before meeting up with his Senpais. What ever did he do to that weirdo?

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After her encounter with Ryoma, Michiko was even more determined to carry out her plan.

"I can't believe I actually was bothered by him but HE doesn't even remember who I am! Sheesh!"

Michiko always made an impression with anyone she meets. But this was the first time a person actually forgot who she was. Not only that, this was also the first time she confessed to someone. And got rejected. And humiliated. In front of "everyone".

"Stupid, arrogant, son of a bi***!" Michiko cursed.

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Ryoma was at the tennis courts that afternoon when the 'girl from the lockers' came up to her.

"I'm sorry for behaving rudely. Accept this as my apology."

She smiled and gave him a bottle of cold drink.

His Senpais were all present and, of course, were all observing the scene unfolding. It had been a long time since they got the chance to bug Ryoma out of his wits. They were all looking forward to another chance.

Ryoma took the drink and was a bit surprised to see the label.

His mind started to recall yesterday's memories.

"I like you! Please go out with me!"

"Echizen, Ryoma… You dared cross the Queen. You're gonna have to pay for it.

I'll definitely… make you pay!"

"I'm looking forward to it, Queen."

His mind finished loading.

He uttered a slow and silent…

"Ooh~"

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"So you're that girl."

Michiko heard Ryoma say and her shoulders went up.

"You remember me, now?" she beamed. "Well, I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I didn't behave like a lady."

Inui took out his notebook and started "gathering data".

Ryoma sighed. This girl is up to something.

"I heard that Ponta is your favorite drink and so I thought that this was a good peace offering." Michiko looked like an angel. All caring and wide eyed.

What Ryoma couldn't see was the true devil.

A while ago, after purchasing a bottle of Ponta from the vendo machine, she furiously shook the bottle and "accidentally-on-purpose" dropped it to the ground. Remembering what she learned in Chemistry class, this bottle should accumulate pressure and once opened, it will-

Ryoma rolled the drink in his hands…

"Just open the can already!"

Ryoma wondered why 'the girl' looked so eager but, without caring, opened the can.

"AHA!" Michiko shouted, laughing intensely.

Ryoma stared at her, bewildered.

"This girl must be crazy."

Michiko, then, noticed how nothing has happened. It didn't burst all over Ryoma when he opened it like she expected. She obviously failed.

"Www-Whaaaa-t?" she pointed a shaky finger at Ryoma who was drinking the drink.

"That was supposed to explode!" she shouted.

"Explode?" he asked. Although it was more like a statement.

"Yes! I shook it!"

With this, Ryoma had to laugh, which registered as a mere smirk on his face.

So that was the plan.

Michiko pouted, confused how her epic plan had failed.

"So, is this what your revenge is supposed to be like?" Ryoma narrowed his eyes.

Michiko just glared at him. Ryoma shrugged.

"Ponta is not soda. It's juice."

Michiko still looked bewildered. Ryoma continued matter-of-factly…

"And so it isn't carbonated and won't explode. No matter how hard you shake it."

Michiko's mind told her that he was right. But if he was right, it means, the Queen was, once again, humiliated.

"MORON!" she screamed at his face and walked away.

Ryoma followed her with his gaze. He was smiling, amused by the weird girl. Everone else, including the Senpais, were trying to figure out what just happened.

Then, Eiji came over and grabbed Ryoma by the shoulders.

"Ochibi. You didn't only grow taller…"

Ryoma raised one eyebrow. Eiji grinned.

"You also brought with you… a girlfriend." Eiji emphasized the word so that everyone else could hear him. The other Senpais grinned with Eiji.

"Tch" Ryoma grumbled, or rather, tch-ed.

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"Ponta is a juice drink…" Sakuno butted in before Michiko loses her temper. "It's Ryoma-kun's favorite."

Michiko remembered this scene as she walked away, pouting like a child. Why didn't she remember this… earlier? She sighed.

Then, held her head high, smiling.

"I'll get my revenge someday. Watch out Prince!"

October 11, 2011. 10:50 pm.

The chapter is officially finished. When I first published this it was only half the story. But when I read it again (I changed some grammatical errors and redundant statements. if you find some, please tell me and I'll correct it) I ended up adding more to the chapter. It didn't seem to fit if I published the last half as Chapter 2 and so if you have read the first published version, please read this one instead because I added a lot and this is the official chapter. The first one I published was half short and full of errors. Haha! I'm babbling again. Anyway, Thanks for finding the time to read this, tell me what you think. =)

PS. The chapter is so long. Sorry. =)