The Day Sheena Ruined My GPA
By: BobtheinsaneGREENcrayon
Summary: Pre game. These are the tales of events that brought two lives together, sometimes without their own consent. From a hangover in the street to a failing English grade, Sheena and Zelos learn what and what not to do in the other's presence.
Humor.
K+ (+ Zelos)
Disclaimer: Me no own, you no sue.
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1, 2, 3...
The slow and steady mantra echoed through the young girls thoughts, a fruitless attempt to calm her racing heart beat. Her fists were buried in the skirt of her short kimono, occasionally tugging and smoothing out some invisible wrinkle. While she was not particularly known for her shyness, the girl couldn't help but feel out of place in the imperial city, as it was a stark contrast to the home she was used to. In reality, Sheena knew that she stood out like a sore thumb in the crowd; there was no blending in for someone garbed in purple, black and pink.
Oh, stop it, fujibayashi! This is so not your first day here!' A swift mental slap stung her consciousness. The black-haired teen winced at the cold truth the statement provided.
For the past month, it had been the same routine: get up, get dressed (attempt and fail to come up with some way to blend in), sulk in the shadows on the way to the academy, take great pains to remain unnoticed by fellow students, and finally, attend class.
The beginning of her day was over, school had ended a good hour ago, and now Sheena found herself facing the walk to the hotel. She assumed that she wouldn't have minded a good walk in the evening air if it hadn't been for the route she was forced to take.
With a settling breath, Sheena focused her brown eyes on the manicured path in resolution, fists tightening at her sides. Mizuho's representative proceeded to put one foot after the other, making her way through the noble section of Tethe'alla, nose held just a bit higher than what would be considered humble.
Although a seemingly normal schedule, the young Mizuho summoner-in-training found her self knee-deep in something that she desperately hoped to avoid.
Social activity.
Red, white, pink, warm colors swirling together without any sense of order. That was the first description that Sheena Fujibayashi silently gave to Tethe'alla's chosen of the mana lineage.
A haphazard blur, the young Mizuhoan found it difficult to match the boy at her feet to the image she had always held in mind.
Dashing? Okay, well, maybe. Sheena was, after all a specimen of the female sex, and hence, even she couldn't out right deny the handsomeness of his features.
Intelligent? In his current position, sprawled out at her feet and moaning obscenities, Sheena found it hard to picture him taking part in any sort of educational activity.
Honorable? Sheena's ninja-like sense of smell had her recoiling at the stench of alcohol coming off of the boy in waves. Would she be able to put her trust in someone like this? Unlikely.
As she bent down to the unconscious boy's level, Sheena went through the list of qualities that she had expected the chosen to demonstrate. So far, the only praise that she would grant him had to do with his looks, which were obviously a cut above average. Waist-length red hair, fringed with a devilish curl, the chosen one was definitely something to stare at.
Despite the wretched state he was in, Sheena was able to identify him, seeing that she had overheard some rather revealing descriptions from fellow female classmates. The chosen one was apparently very popular with women, because although Sheena had never been granted the... pleasure of meeting him, she had a fare description of his physical appearance in mind.
Snapping back to situation at hand. With careful calculation, Sheena found her predicament getting worse with each passing thought. She could just dump a bucket of cold water on him, slap him silly and hope that he woke up, but she highly doubted that someone as socially important as the chosen would appreciate such treatment. Then again, she could always pretend nothing had happened and leave him where he lay, only to wake up to a hangover and a treacherously hard bed of concrete. While the latter option was quite appealing to Sheena, she knew that she, too, held some social responsibility, and making yourself an enemy of one of the most important people in Tethe'alla was not something that could be described as a 'good move'.
And so, with lingering resentment, Sheena Fujibayshi hoisted Zelos Wilder onto her shoulder, fully intending to dump him off a soon as possible.
Little did she know, the notorious chosen of mana wasn't about to let her get off so easily.
Some things were just meant to happen.
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' I thought it was too good to be true,
I found somebody who understands me,
Someone who would help me to get through
And fill the emptiness I had inside me.
But you kept inside, and I just denied
Some things that we should have both said.
I knew it was too good to be true,
Cause I'm the only one who understands me.
What happened to us? We used to be so perfect.
Now we're lost and lonely.
What happened to us?
Now deep inside I wonder, did I lose my only one?
Remember they thought we were too young,
To really know what it takes to make it.
But we had survived on what we had done,
So we could show them all that they're mistaken.
But who could have known,
The lies that we grew,
Until we could see right through them.
Remember they knew we were too young.
We still don't know what it takes to make it.
What happened to us? We used to be so perfect,
Now we're lost and lonely.
What happened to us? Now deep inside I wonder,
Did I lose my only one?
Hoobastank- what happened to us