Chapter 1
"Get out of the way, now!" Someone yelled and I yanked my friend out of the way as a guy with dark red hair ran past. The wind picked up and we pulled our short grey pleated school skirts down from exposing underneath.
"Hey, watch it, moron!" I snapped as he turned the corner.
I looked at Meimei and admired her short brown hair and reddish brown eyes. She was shorter than me but tall and athletic with gentle curves in all the right places. I was tall and athletic and had better curves and a bigger chest with long black hair and vibrant Camelot blue (a shade lighter than royal blue) coloured eyes.
"That was uncalled for," Meimei mumbled as she dusted off her closed jacket.
"Are you alright?" I asked and she nodded before giving me the thumbs up.
"Yeah, I'm fine! I'd have been worse if you didn't pull me out of the guy's way."
I corrected my black knee high socks and got rid of any fluff that was on my grey jacket before adjusting my tie and flicking my fringe out of my face, not that it did much since it fell back over my right eye. Meimei fixed up the ribbons in her hair and pulled up her socks before we began to walk again.
"I think he was the new guy everyone's talking about." Meimei explained and I snorted.
"I'm going to kill him next time I see him." I stated and she smiled.
"Oh, don't be a grudge holder. He did warn us."
"But what good is the warning if it comes at the same time as the thing your being warned about?"
"Point taken. Forget what I said and kill the guy," she giggled and I smiled as we passed the same corner to see a group of guys in front of the classroom door. Meimei tried to see over the guys but couldn't see so I pushed everyone to the side to see the red haired guy picking a fight with an orange haired boy, called Ichigo, that I knew very well. And they were getting down to business.
"Dammit! Meimei, grab the new guy!" I ordered and threw my bag to the ground before I pried Ichigo off the new guy and hooked my arms through his, holding him back as he elbowed my chest which made me snarl. "Stop moving."
"You got him?" Meimei chirped as she pinned the new guy to the ground on his stomach, both his arms pinned behind his back with her sitting on his back.
"Yeah, I got him."
"Those girls are always a sight when they break up the fights." A guy murmured before the crowd of boys began to disperse. I got distracted and Ichigo used it to his advantage and broke free but I was quick and kicked his legs out from underneath him.
He fell to the floor with a thud and before he could get to his feet, I was straddling his waist, holding Ichigo's arms over his head so I glared down at him.
"I told you not to do anything stupid, Ichigo," I stated and he stopped moving.
"Are you going to behave?" Meimei asked the new guy and bent over to look at his face as he nodded. "I'm just as quick as her, just so you know."
Meimei got off of him and the new guy stood before dusting off his uniform and glared at Ichigo.
"Same question for you, Ichigo," I warned and he nodded so I got to my feet and stepped over him before he stood. I picked up my bag and watched students spill into the classroom before I sat in my desk which just so happened to be beside Ichigo. Meimei sat in front of me and the new guy stood at the front of the classroom with the teacher who addressed him as Renji Abarai.
"Did you hear? Ichigo and the new kid got into a fight." Someone whispered behind me.
"Who won?" Another person asked.
"Don't know. Those two hotties broke it up."
"Which hotties?"
"Seika Kimura and Meimei Yasahiro. God, I would've done anything to be in that fight."
"Maybe we should start one after class."
"Maybe you guys should shut up and pay attention to the teacher," I snapped and looked at the bewildered boys over my shoulder. "And if you're going to talk about who's hot, try talking about it when the girl you're actually talking about isn't in front of you."
I heard Ichigo chuckle beside me and threw a scrunched up piece of paper at his head before I poked Meimei with a ruler. She was startled and turned back to look at me before I began giggling at the pen sticking to her cheek.
"Stay awake." I pointed out and her hand went straight to her face, finding the stuck pen with a massive blush. "Told you."
"Like I'd ever ask you for help," she snorted and turned her back before I waited several moments and she was back with a surrendered look. "What page?"
"A hundred and forty-three, Meimei."
"Thank you," she said sheepishly and turned away.
I ate half of my sandwich and fell asleep in the quiet–
"Seika... Seika!" Meimei exclaimed and my eyes snapped open. "I lost you after class. You don't mind if some people join us, do you? Of course not."
"Uh, what? Wait a minute, Meimei," I mumbled as four girls walked over and sat down around me with Meimei taking her place by my side.
"So, Seika. Where'd you learn to fight?" A short girl asked. I think her name was Michiru.
"My four brothers taught me."
"Really? Four brothers? Who are they?"
"Ah... my brother Haruka graduated last year."
"You mean the tall blonde guy?" Tatsuke asked and I nodded. "That guy knew how to look after himself."
"Yeah, he's the main one that teaches me. Then you got my twin older brothers, Daijiro and Kyouhei and then the eldest, Takashi." I informed.
"So, I hear your birthday's tomorrow, Seika," a girl with long auburn hair stated and I looked at Meimei.
"Yeah."
"That's what Meimei said too."
"She's got this tradition that's been in her family for generations. On her seventeenth birthday, she gets a tattoo!" Meimei exclaimed and I hit her over the head.
"My family traditions are no one's business." I explained, giving Meimei a death glare the whole time.
"That's right!" The auburn haired girl stated and I looked at her amusingly.
"I'm sorry but I've forgotten most of your names. I remember Tatsuke and Michiru but I'm hopeless with the rest of you." I said apologetically and the auburn haired girl grinned.
"My name's Orihime!" The auburn haired girl said.
"Chizuru," the glasses girl drooled and Meimei inched closer to me.
"So are you coming to school on Valentine's? I mean, it is Valentine's." Orihime asked and Meimei pumped her fist in the air.
"Of course," Meimei explained and hugged me. "And this girl's coming whether she likes it or not."
"I'll probably be skulking in the shadows." I snapped and she just tapped her nose.
"Oh, well. You'll still be Seika!"
"Just to let you know, my hair might not be the same colour."
"I'll love you no matter what. Trust me."
"I was afraid you'd say that." I muttered and finished my sandwich.
"Ichigo will be able to get the chance to ask you out," Orihime sighed and I choked. Meimei slapped my back as I managed to keep down the sandwich.
"What did you just say?!" I shrieked and the hair on Tatsuke's arms rose.
"Orihime was just messing around. Right, Orihime?" Tatsuke said and elbowed Orihime.
"What? Oh, yeah. Of course I was messing around!" Orihime laughed hesitantly and I exchanged sympathetic looks with Tatsuke before the bell rang.
