So, this is the next NozoEli.
It's October and it's nice that option B (An AU where NozoEli is a ghost buster and Eli is that kind of person who often gets into trouble because apparently, she attract Ghost) won the vote in tumblr. It kinda fits with the incoming Halloween. I was about to do the usual "ghost buster" thingy, but I think i should mixed it up instead.
Then, once again, i'll be working with Crimson to do this fan fiction. She will do editing like always.
Early morning, The Otonokizaka High School;
The day is bright outside and yet a murky cloud gloomed the entire hallway. Toujou Nozomi, a girl who was born with her supernatural ability walks through the school front doors with brave steps,
This….
She said in her mind,
This is where I belong!
She continued.
I—Toujou Nozomi! Will exorcise all evil spirits starting from this school!
She continues while striding towards the ladder,
Nothing will stop me!
She said again in her mind as she lashes her beautiful hair into the air.
"Ouch!" said a voice from behind.
Nozomi quickly turns her sight to the girl who happened to be walking behind her,
A beautiful blonde— touching her own eyes…
"Watch it! Your hair whipped my eyes…" she said.
Nozomi was dumfounded as she realizes how the blonde made her heart beat rapidly, but it doesn't last long when she catches herself and realizes that she needs to respond to the blonde.
"S-Sorry…." Nozomi said apologetically before she bows gently toward the foreign beauty, who left with her hand still touching her own eyes.
That was unexpected— but I believe… she was fated to have that kind of a morning….
She said in her own mind— her eyes are full of fire.
Now… where was I before….?
Morning, the first year Classroom in Otonokizaka;
This… this kind of spirit….
Nozomi said as her eyes focused on an empty chair, right in front of her.
…is a spirit of coldness occupying this seat! Anyone who sits here will certainly turn as cold as an ice block! No wonder no one picks this seat!
She squint her eyes,
Once this class is over, I will make this spirit ascend to the heavens!
She said in her own mind as she clenched her fist tightly.
Right at that moment, her teacher came into the classroom, along with a specific blonde that caught her heart before…
"Good Morning…" her teacher started,
"…please introduce yourself, transfer student…" the teacher continued with a gesture,
The blonde nodded before she started to write her name on the chalkboard,
Ayase Eri
It says.
"Ayase Eli…"
She says.
Nozomi raises her eyebrow,
She has a foreign name part, why would she write it in Kanji?
She asked herself.
"…I'm from Russia….but I used to live in Japan for a while before…" the blonde continued with her charming, cold voice.
Oohh…No wonder she speaks so fluently.
Nozomi thought,
But where are you going to sit?
She continues in her thoughts as she started to look for an empty seat, other than the one in front of her…
But from the left corner until the right corner— she couldn't find any.
Oh no!
Nozomi thought immediately,
She is sitting right in front of me!
She thought again as she grabs her table,
It will be troublesome if she sits for too long, the ghost's effects might freeze her!
Unless….
I can make the ghost get off her chair….
The blonde walks carefully to her sear,
I need to do it quick!
She thought as she began to whisper her chants.
Ooooo—ghost that makes things cold, be gone!
She casted a small spiritual power to shove the ghost away. And in return the ghost turns her dreadful face at Nozomi—who responded with a frown on her face,
Begone...begone….this is no longer your place!
…and the ghost turns her face away.
She ignored me!
Then Ayase Eli sits on the chair….
Well...at least she knows that—….
And the ghost placed both of her hands on the blonde's shoulder.
What?! Now she is holding onto her?!
Afternoon, The Otonokizaka 1st year classroom;
The class is over and everyone is about to leave the classroom. Nozomi remained still as she stares into the blonde who haven't yet moved from her place.
This is bad… if I shove this ghost, she could enter her vessel instead…then the real soul might leave and never be able to return….
Nozomi thought as she stares at the ghost who was still gripping onto Eli's shoulder,
Argh…I could've learned a few other spells before coming here… I knew it won't be easy!
She thought again.
Uhm...there must be a way to exorcise the ghost without other spells…like, hmm… well...the ghost attribute is ice… so maybe I can use fire attribute items on her…
Nozomi remain silent in deep thought for a moment…
I can't burn this girl….
I'll be arrested for attempting murder….
She continued.
Oh—ahh! I know! I should take her to the beach! It's hot there!
The purplenette widen her eyes as if it was her greatest idea…
But… we don't even know each other— and I really doubt a ghost like her will cause any trouble for this girl…
She continued again as she sighs softly.
Ah—I must not give up! It is my dream to open an actual ghost buster agency! I have to be able to exorcise this with all my might and wit!
Nozomi thought as she witnesses the blonde leaving—along with the ghost on her shoulders.
S-She is leaving! I have to hurry up and intro—….
"Ayase Eli, isn't it…?" said one of her classmates, which stopped her from doing what she was about to do.
"Yes, what's your problem?" Eli replied coldly,
Cold!
Nozomi screamed out in her own mind.
"N-No no…we're not trying to challenge you into anything, we're just wondering if you have decided to join any clubs…" her classmate said,
"It will be my choice later, but for now, I don't see any interest to join…" Eli replied coldly again.
I swear, this girl is either under the effect of that ghost or she is just naturally cold!
Nozomi shouted in her mind again,
"I-I see… thanks a lot, Ayase ….I hope you find the best one…" her classmate said with slight fear,
Eli smirked before she took another way to leave the classroom. Then suddenly, three girls came up to her,
"A-Ayase! You are so gorgeous! Let's be friends!" said a girl,
"We can try going for karaoke or get some blind dates scheduled!" said the other girl
"Or—we can go to the arcade and have some fun!" the other girl added.
Eli sighed softly, and then rolled her eyes,
"Tch…I'm not interested to be friends with people who likes people from their appearances…plus… Why would I want to karaoke? My singing voice is better than your heart. And on top of that…a Blind-date? Seriously? Are you that desperate? Do you think I take enjoyment from spending my money on pointless actions like that? And as for the arcade? No… I'd rather be efficient in more important things…" she replied coldly.
This girl is beyond help!
Nozomi felt a big thunder strike her heart as she witnessed such a sentence being said without a single waver in her voice.
The awkwardness continues until Eli scoffed at them and leaves without hesitation.
I have no more time than this! That girl needs to be saved!
She said before she began to tidy up her belongings and swiftly walk out from classroom to catch up with Eli.
Meanwhile in the Otonokizaka principal's office;
A middle aged woman with ash-brown hair and with a tufted hair that grew cutely over her head, was currently talking to three students wearing a 'student-council' arm-band…
"Principal Minami…." Said the student in the middle,
"….we're running out of budget again, I think we have to stop funding for unnecessary clubs… or the clubs who have spent too much of our budget, like… the photography club…." The other student said.
"They broke the lights again—and the reflector… this school isn't ready for such technology…" the other student followed.
Principal Minami— the woman with ash brown hair sighed softly,
"No, we will still fund them—but we will not fund for their equipment again…" she said.
"Understood…" the middle student replied.
"….um…this is just a little information from them, but they said that the lamp and the reflector always breaks after the rain, a witness said that they saw someone running into the clubroom before it happened, but then that someone never came out again…" the other student said,
"….they checked if there's any hint of escape, but they couldn't find any… rumor says, that the ghosts are the students who died here six years ago— she's jealous because she was never able to join the club because she didn't own an actual camera…"
"Don't be ridiculous!" the student in the middle cut in..
"Ghosts don't exist! They're just making excuses for their recklessness…" she continued.
"There's a chance of that, but I've tried to look at the past data, our upperclassman also said the same kind of thing in their years… it's hard to see this as nonsense…." The other student said.
The room becomes quiet as they all started to think about it.
Principal Minami sighed, then she smiled softly…
"Don't you just wish there was an agency that could take care of this situation?"
"There's a report data from last year… we used to have a club that was said to be built for such… but the club disbanded because of the incident on the 4th of April where the entire club went on a rampage for an unknown reason…"
"The report was left hidden and no one knows about the incident because it said that only members of the student council and the club members themselves know…"
Principal Minami nodded,
"I see….then we have no choice…." She said.
The three students slightly tilt their heads,
"We will slowly close down this school!"
Afternoon, The Otonokizaka's hallway;
Nozomi walked in hurried steps as she tried to catch up with the blonde, who walked quickly down the stairs,
"E-Excuse me!" she called out.
Eli stopped and turned her cold glance towards the purplenette,
Come to think of it, Nozomi hasn't gotten to see her face in such a moment, where there are only two of them looking at each other—ignoring the fact that Eli still has a ghost leaning on her shoulder….
"I….I'm…." Nozomi started to realize that something froze her legs as she stared deeper into the blonde's azure eyes,
"….Toujou Nozomi!" she continued with the warmest smile she can possibly make.
"I know you…" Eli said,
"You were the one who hit my eyes with your hair…" she continued.
Nozomi lifted her eyebrow and smirked, feeling embarrassed,
"H-how about we just about that little incident, ok?" the purple haired girl said,
"As much as I want to forget your face…" the blonde said as she walks away without remorse.
That's really cold!
Nozomi confirmed in her mind,
But—this is not going to be the end! I have to prove that I can help her!
She continued as she run down to follow her again,
"I want to tell you a truth!" Nozomi said.
Ayase Eli remained still on her place— showing hint that she is willing to listen,
"—you're in trouble! Bad fortune will fall upon you and you will never have a boyfriend!" Nozomi said loudly,
"Do I even care about that nonsense?" Eli replied coldly before she continues to walk away once more.
"I'm not joking!" the turquoise eyed girl said louder.
Once again, Eli stopped, and then gave her the coldest glance she could ever made today,
"….I'd rather die than live under other's feet…." She said before she once again leaves.
She really needs to be saved as soon as possible! This sounds worse than it looks!
Nozomi said in her mind.
I have no choice! This is a bad idea but—….!
She bent down and charged towards her,
I have to do it for her sake!
She knocked Eli down with her head.
Afternoon, The Shrine;
Nozomi has not yet decided about what she is going to do to the woman, who sat unconscious next to her along with the ghost, that haven't let go her shoulders.
This ghost….
She said in her mind…
Is pretty persistent on following her around, huh? I'm surprised that she is fine with being in the shrine… I mean, this shrine is surely a scary place for an evil spirit….
Wait….
She lifted her eyebrows,
Does that mean? The ghost is not evil?
She thought.
Or maybe she is not evil yet!
She frowned slightly,
But, ah, I need to communicate with this ghost…
She thought again as she watches the ghost patiently look at the beautiful blonde. Then she began to look around until her eyes locked to the shrine library just outside the room she is in.
She nodded to herself then swiftly moves towards the library.
As she reached there, she began to look for a book which could help her communicate with the ghost. For about a few minutes, she trotted the quiet library with her muffled footsteps, carefully reaching for each alphabetically arranged books.
S – spiritual communication with souls,
Says the title of the book that caught her attention. She carefully opened it and started to read,
First step,
What you need to understand from each soul is their feeling toward what they occupy. An example of case is when they have lived in the area for long, they tend to have their soul boundto it, so they wont move unless they could find a better place. In other words, convincing a soul to move to where they belong, is your main mission.
Second,
Remember to always pay attention to affinities, fire – water , wind – earth , light - dark. When you are about to start communicating with a soul, always wear a charm that is related to the same or opposite elements, (fire – fire or fire – water , wind – wind or wind – earth) , in the side note, please remember that fire does not always lose from water as they may have higher level of affinity, so if you happen to have lower level of affinity, its better to use the same element than the opposite.
Third,
Approaching one soul could be tricky, you have to understand that not all of them like to be approached as their missions are different from each other. Most souls that remain in this world are those who haven't been able to finish their mission, before they kicked the bucket, you can either convince them to let it go or help them fulfill it. Important note : if you cannot do either of them, then you have to prepare yourself to catch them and force them to go to nirvana. If you can't do that either, its better to keep distance before they bring you to the edge.
A quick explanation on the "edge" status is where you have a high urge to end your lifetime without finishing your mission. It's a dangerous status for those who are lacking of spiritual defense. A wandering soul who falls in love with a mortal tends to quickly make this status on their victim because they wanted to be together. A good side of it is that the soul highly has a chance to go to nirvana as the victim agrees to join them, but we probably want to keep the mortal living as they might suffer more than the soul that brings them to hanging.
As Nozomi was about to turn the page, she hears a noise coming from the other room, where she had left the blonde. Its further away from the library, but the sound is loud and clear since there's no other sound throughout the shrine.
She quickly moves to take a look, but then realized that the person she was with had already left her place.
Oh No!
She thought before she left the library to look around. It didn't take long to find the blonde, trying her hardest to walk while holding her belly-which probably still hurts from the head-butt that Nozomi landed on her. As for the ghost, well…she's still attached to her.
"Hey you!" Nozomi called loudly,
The blonde turned her face at her,
"Its you again! I will report you for this assault!" she said,
"You don't understand!" The purplenette replied.
"What do I not understand? You attacked me and brought me all the way here!"
Nozomi sighed weakly,
"Listen, there's a ghost attached to your shoulder!" she said.
"Hah! Do you think I believe in a spiritual nonsense like that?"
Just as she said that, the ghost seem to react to it… there's a big hint of worry in her and dark clouds started to envelope her. Nozomi couldn't be more speechless than she is right now. Then as she witnesses the blonde starting to have a reaction as well…
"H-hey! Are you ok?" she asked,
The blonde only glanced at her coldly before she began to run off,
"Hey!" Nozomi instinctively runs to catch up with her.
The blonde is unexpectedly fast- but luckily Nozomi isn't that slow either. After a few seconds of running around the shrine, the blonde ended up cornered in the east side of the shrine, with tall walls surrounding her from all sides, and Nozomi standing right in front of her-trying to catch her breath.
"Why are you following me?!" The blonde yelled,
"Listen…." Nozomi paused to take some breath,
"There's a ghost on your shoulder… I want to talk to her!"
"There's nothing on my shoulder!"
"There is! Please believe me!"
"I don't believe in that kind of nonsense!"
"Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean they don't exist! You are not the eyes of the world! Stop being arrogant!"
The blonde remained quiet unable to form a good enough response,
"Please, stay quiet for now.. ok? Just…. Let me have a little talk with her…"
After a moment of quietness, Nozomi started…
"What do you want from her….?"
The ghost remained quiet with her gloom expression and clouds surrounding her,
"She does not belong to you, you just found her this morning…." Nozomi continued,
And there, she noticed that she tightened her grip, and left was left confused about what's exactly happening…
"Let her go, you can't have her. This is no longer your time to be here! You are supposed to be in heaven with your family!"
The ghost lighten her expression,
"Please remember… they are probably wanting for you to come back to them…"
Then the ghost nodded to her, but she began to embrace the blonde tighter,
"I understand…" the ghost whispered,
"But let me have her too, its been lonely!" she continued,
"No you can't!" Nozomi said,
"Why? She is lonely too! She will want to leave everything just like me!"
"No you are not going to make her do what you did! She is not you! Besides! I'll be her friend so that she will never feel lonely again!"
Just as she said that, the ghost and Eli herself seemed to be surprised, then both of them frowned,
"A liar like you is what makes me sick of life!" both said the same thing,
"How could you say that I'm a liar? You don't even know me!" Nozomi said,
"It's going to be the same, you said you are my friend, but all you want to do is stab me on my back! You are a liar! A betrayer! I hate you!" both replied at the same time,
Nozomi frowned deeper,
"Get lost , you! You are going no where if you are stuck in that kind of mindset!"
Then the ghost and Eli looks at the well next to them, without doubt, they run towards it while Nozomi quickly strives to catch Eli before she attempted to jump in,
"You are going no where!"
"Unhand me you liar! Its better down there!"
"Snap out of it!"
"It is where I belong! No one will find me there and no one will hurt me there!" both of the ghost and Eli said it,
Nozomi couldn't be angrier than she is, she took a really deep breath and shouted,
"I said-…!"
A fiery aura started to come out from her,
"-Stop dragging her into your foolishness!" a blast of spiritual fire rounded the area, the ghost that attached on to Eli's shoulder started to scream mindlessly as she burned into transparent ashes and disappears.
As it happens, Eli lost her consciousness and fell back next to the well. Nozomi once again tried to catch up with her breath. Then a feeling of someone watching her came – which Nozomi quickly responded,
"who's that?"
She said,
An old grandma walks out of her hiding, she is in a shrine maiden dress,
"My-my, what did I just see here?" she smiled gently,
Nozomi lighten her expression and smiled back at her despite her slight confusion,
"Ah, morning...uhm.. granma.."
"My name is Kagemiya Kyouko, a lot of people call me Kyouko, but I'll love it better if you call me Kagemi…" she said.
"Kagemi-san, then?" Nozomi asked,
The old woman chuckled,
"Yes, that suits me.." she said.
"I trust I just witnessed you exorcising a ghost?" she continued.
"Yes… pretty much that was it…" Nozomi replied.
"A big mistake that you just did is where you provoked it to rage and crush her with your mighty fire. That's not how you do it child.., exorcising is not a way for humans to be almighty over them, but its to help them find peace.."
"ah…" Nozomi seems to be concerned,
"its fine, you are not entirely wrong, you just saved your friend…"
Kagemi said as she looks at Eli, who is still unconscious. She carefully approached her and wiped her face with a cloth that she held. Nozomi felt flustered for a while but then she realized something,
"Kagemi-san! Don't tell me… you are-…?"
"Ssshh… it's fine, child… she will need to learn her lesson… and you will guide her…" she said.
"Me…? But…"
"Experience is your best teacher, just keep what I have told you in mind… you'll be fine… also, read some more books, you will have a lot to work with…"
Nozomi nodded,
"I see…"
"Now, take your friend back home… you know what to do next…"
Night time, The Toujo's apartment bedroom;
When the blonde slowly opened her eyes- she was faced with the sight of a new homey scenery and a purple haired girl who fell asleep next to the bed she lied on.
She quickly jumped off the bed and yelled,
"Why on shattering earth did put me on your bed?"
Nozomi woke up from it and turn her sight at her,
"Relax! I didn't do anything to you, just taking off shoes, socks and the blue jacket, nothing else…" she replied,
"I remember you did a lot to me from this morning, from whipping my eyes until making me stressed enough to get myself jump off the well! What do you really want?"
"Nothing! I just want to save you!"
"Save me from what? You have been the one dragging me into trouble!"
"I'm not dragging you into trouble..! You are brought there!"
"You are just a pathetic liar! Shut up!"
"I did not lie! Plus, if you keep that attitude, you'll be lonely forever!"
"I don't care!"
Nozomi frowned slightly,
"Seriously? I thought you want a friend!"
"I don't care! I don't need friends! I can do everything myself!"
"You can't! You were almost killed by a ghost! If it wasn't me, you wouldn't even be alive!"
"..and why do you even try to live? Everyone dies! Life isn't worth keeping.."
Nozomi nodded,
"I see now… this is the lesson you have to learn…."
"What now?!"
"Life is not that bad, I tell you. You just have to break some actions and earn some fun. Its easy!"
"I rather think of my future than to waste my lifetime for that"
"Now! You are just contradicting with what you said! I thought you don' t care about life?"
"Just because I said I don't care doesn't mean I'm not going to work for it…!"
"You're being complex now!" Nozomi said,
"If you can't understand me, leave me alone!" Eli replied.
"As much as you are going to reject, I will not give up my point that you are going to be my friend!"
"I don't need you!" Eli stated surely before she stormed out of the room, which Nozomi quickly respond to as she jumps off the bed,
"You will need me to guide you! You are no longer blind!" Nozomi said.
"You are not making any sense! I'm done with you!" Eli replied louder as she picks up her jacket, snatched her bag then walk to the shoe rack to hurriedly wear her socks,
"It's not the same kind of blind…!" Nozomi still tried to convince,
Eli sighed heavily before she got on her shoes and stomp out of the room-only to stop on the door entrance,
She cant believe what she sees with her eyes anymore,
A population that she doesn't expect to exist…
The floating souls and the non-human creatures, which can't possibly be true according to her knowledge.
"W-wh-what is this?!" she said,
"I told you, you are no longer blind. Until you learn how to deal with it, you better stick around me!"
"Bah! This is your doing, right?!"
"Does that even matter? You can see it with your eyes now! You have to stick around me!"
"If you want me to pamper you and your beliefs, you don't have to do this to me!"
"Its not like that! I didn't do that to you and that's not even the purpose why your third eye has opened, someone wanted you to learn about this! Its important for you and not for anyone else!"
Eli huffed to what Nozomi said then she continued to walk out of the place,
"Hey!" Nozomi tried to call after her as she witnesses Eli to leave swiftly,
There's a female ghost floating on the path, which Eli intentionally dodge as she said,
"I don't care about you! It's your fault that you are stuck in this stupid world! You could've gotten better if you went to the light!"
Then the female ghost seems to be taking a notice to her, then began to follow her…
Aahh! Crap! She is taking a soul with her again!
Nozomi said in her mind, she is about to catch up with her but she stopped as she remember about what she shouted a while back,
'I don't need you' she said….
Her eyes watching into the distance,
'I don't care' she said….
Her memory returned her to the past, at the time when she shouted out the same thing to everyone around her…
For some reason….
She said with a pause as her memory kept taking her to the past,
….I feel like I have known that kind of person….
She continued with a faint smile on her lips.
Next morning, The Otonokizaka 1st year classroom;
Nozomi walked to her classroom, still with thought of having to look at a specific blonde that she had her attention on yesterday. She waited on her seat along with a deck of tarot cards to ease her curiosity,
What will she bring up to me today…?
She thought as she shuffled her card, then she picks the one on the top….
Reverse Chariot
Hmm….
She gave a moment to think about it…
Something will go too slowly….
She said in her mind before the school bell suddenly rang and the specific blonde still has yet arrive to sit in front of her. At the time when she was about to question where she might be, the classroom door suddenly slammed opened,
Ayase Eli- along with a horde of souls behind her, grabbing her on her shoulders walk in very slowly to the classroom…
"See…?" she said with her darkened eyes from the lack of sleep,
"…I can do it without you!" she continued.
Nozomi smirked at her,
Do you seriously want to do things yourself from now on?
She thought.
"You're three second late…" Nozomi said.
"Doesn't count, because I've used those 3 seconds to look at you!" Eli replied as she dragged her feet as the horde of souls kept hanging onto her, Nozomi swears that she has never seen anyone do something like this in a day.
"You should be glad, because you might be the only person thats in my mind right now… I could forget everyone if I want to, you know…"Eli said as she placed her heavy body onto the chair—which just immediately breaking it down within second…
Everyone in the classroom was astonished, though Nozomi noticed the anger on Eli's face and decided to remain quiet.
"I swear…." Eli whispered,
"These damned souls broke more than what I expected…." She continued.
"Just admit it…. You need me…." Nozomi said.
Eli sighed heavily before she falls to the ground and cracks the wooden floor under her.
Morning, the Otonokizaka Clinic;
The Blonde woke up slowly as her vision started to show a blurry image of a woman with ash brown hair,
"Ah, you're awake…." The woman said,
Eli remained quiet as she tried to confirm the person currently talking to her,
"….It's rare to see a transfer student getting in trouble in her early days, but I suppose it can't be helped since our school is indeed really something at the moment…." The woman continued again.
"…—spiritual happenings and all, then someone who could drag a horde of spiritual beings along with someone who can exorcise them within minutes… I hardly believe it even though my eyes are convinced…"
Eli remain quiet as she tries to get her vision back,
"….you look awful Ayase, did you get enough sleep last night?" The woman suddenly asked.
Eli shook her head slightly,
"….I can imagine… for someone who gets followed by that kind of horde…" the woman began to talk again.
Eli blink her eyes for a few times and realizes that a heavy burden has been lifted off her shoulder, then she look around the area just to find a few souls that doesn't seems to be interested to pick on anyone.
Then she looked the woman who has been talking with her— ash brunette with white formal shirt and dark skirt… seemed to be a lot older than her,
"…Principal Minami…." Eli whispered her name,
"Yes, yes, that's me…." the principal said with a somewhat friendly smile.
"How are you feeling now?" she asked the blonde,
Eli remained quiet for a moment again before she tried to figure out how she exactly feels.
There's a part of her saying that she feels glad that all the burden has been lifted,
On the other hand, she feels ashamed to admit her loss to a specific someone,
Then on the other side, she feels guilty that she didn't say thank you to that specific someone for helping her….
While there's still another part that says she feels great that she doesn't have to make eye contact with that specific someone immediately after she opened her eyes.
"I don't know…." Eli replied.
"There's just too many mixed feelings inside of me right now…" she continued.
The principal giggled,
"I understand, you don't have to force yourself to understand, but it would be nice if you know… that you should feel glad that Toujou Nozomi saved you…."
Eli bit her lips,
"It's embarrassing… nothing is good about that…" she said,
The Principal sighed weakly,
"It's a lot more embarrassing for someone to not admit that they are indeed in need of others… No one can live alone, you know…"
Eli remains quiet to it.
"…and if you think you can live alone, you will never be able to get what you are looking for…"
Eli seems to be drawn into the sentence that Prinicipal Minami spoke,
"How do you know I'm looking for something?" Eli asked,
Principal Minami smiled sweetly,
"It's written in your face… not literally of course… but anyone with enough ability to read one's expression will know…"
The blonde tried to think of what exactly she meant by it. Is it simply her telling that she has the ability or was it just a way of her to tell that she is being easily read.
"… the day when you entered this school all by yourself, taking care of everything and handed all the document to your parents once you settled it, no one ever has that much motivation to register to a school, you know. This school also has not much to offer, but how could someone as brilliant as you want to enter this school? There must be something else here… right?"
Eli turned her eyes away,
"Maybe…" she whispered.
Principal Minami sighed softly,
"Very well… if you refuse to talk further into it, I'm not going to force you… but… remember— that what you and Toujou experience are nothing normal people could grasp… you really should start talking to her— she let herself look like a freak as she exorcised the horde above your shoulder, you know…."
Eli sighed,
"…but I really don't need her…. she could've just let me take it all by myself…"
"…are you going to be happy if your good intentions were treated that way?" Principal Minami asked,
Eli remained quiet,
"….believe me, she means no harm to you… she just wanted to help you out…" she continued.
The blonde smirked wryly at her as a response,
"You will never know before you try…"
Then the blonde frowned slightly as she heard it,
"I don't want to try something I will surely fail at… I'd rather take it the hard way…" she said.
Principal Minami's expression changed into a concerned look,
"I don't understand what you meant by something you will surely fail at, you just need to work with Toujou..."
"I appreciate the attempt, Principal Minami, but no, I'm not working with anyone…" Eli said as she sat up from her bed, then she looked at the time,
11:45 AM
It says.
"This should be fifteen minutes before lunch break…" Eli said.
"….and it only takes approximately two minutes to walk from here to the classroom…" she continued,
Principal Minami watched the blonde walking to the mirror near the sink,
"….is there anything else I need to hear, Principal Minami? I'll stick around until then…" the blonde continued again.
Principal Minami chuckled,
"Sure…. There is… Ayase…" she said.
Eli didn't even make eye contact as she fixed her hair in front of the mirror,
"….being arrogant is a negative attitude…" Principal Minami continued, Eli seems to be surprised as she heard it,
"You don't remember who holds the real power in this school, huh?" Principal Minami crossed her arms,
Eli turned around,
"Are you going to expel me on my second day?" she said with a frown,
"Oh—No… there's no way of me to do that. I wouldn't want to humiliate my own name by expelling someone as bright as you… there's another way to teach you a lesson…" The woman replied with a smile,
Eli clenched her fist,
"….in about two months, the old generation of the student council will have to retire… and there should be a voting for the new president…" she continued,
"You don't mean…!" Eli frowned deeper as she said it,
"….Yes, you will be listed as the candidate no matter how you feel about it… so… you better start thinking of who is the person that will be your vice president—to help you with everything I will hand you.…"
"I refuse!" Eli said,
"—If you refuse, just imagine what people will say about you… a person that they thought to be smart is in fact useless and helpless… wouldn't that be bad for your reputation? No one will value you more than a piece of garbage in school…"
"I'll never be a student council! Put aside being known!"
"…oh you will—and you don't have to worry about the promotion… I'll make the recommendation myself…" Principal Minami said as she stood up from her seat and headed to the room's entrance— passing through Eli who clenched her fist tighter.
"You only have a few minutes left, Ayase, is there anything else you want to tell me?" Principal Minami continued as she looks into Eli with sharp eyes,
"L-Leave me alone….!" Eli said loudly to her.
Lunch-break, Otonokizaka rooftop;
The blonde, looking down to the school grounds through the tall fences, her eyes despaired while her hands gripped onto the fence ever-so-tightly.
She couldn't stop thinking of what the Principal had just said to her, obviously because she has never wanted to be the center of attention like how a student council will have to be…
But alas, if only she could think of a way to escape that— a way to outsmart the Principal… a way to stop her from being a student council president in the future…
"Lost in thought, Ayase-san?" said a familiar voice…
Eli turned around to see a specific purplenette holding a pair of canned juices.
"I don't know what you want, but, orange juice is commonly liked… so, that is what I got for you…." she continued as she approached the blonde carefully.
"I hope you like—…"
And just before she was able to hand the can to her, the blonde hits her hands away—throwing away the can down to the floor. Luckily it was tough enough and wasn't burst open.
"How many times do I have to tell you to leave me alone?!" The blonde yelled,
Nozomi couldn't say another word as she watched the can rolling back to her after it recoiled from the wall.
"I don't need any of you people to stick your nose into my life! I hate it!" Eli stated again.
For a moment, the two remain silent until the turquoise eyed girl chuckled to her,
"So… you are going to insist on moving on your own, huh?" she said…
"Yes, you hear me now?! I don't need you!" Eli stated loudly as a respond to Nozomi,
"Well, tell you what…. you're not going to win… I can be a lot more stubborn than you, Ayase-san…"
And by then, Eli stomped her feet before she swiftly headed to the door of the rooftop and say,
"Idiot!"
Then the blonde passed by the purplenette without looking at her,
"Toujou Nozomi…." the purplenette said which stopped the blonde from moving further,
"….you still remember my name, right?" she smiled sweetly.
If you have ever watch this Anime, Gakkou no Kaidan (Ghost at School), this story is also a little inspired from there. I'm planning to make this fan fiction slightly interactive by making some kind of question for reader to decide the solution which will affect the next chapter, though I suppose it will be hard to do that since I believe people have different timezone and it won't be fair for some people.
So maybe I'll let you people to make something like a suggestion to what ghost story that they want me to use reference from. (But I probably just will make it into a joke/humor anyway lol)
Thanks for the support till now peoples! I love you!