Chapter 1

*I don't own any CLAMP characters*

(Nokoru's POV)

"Akira, Suoh" said the young elementary student council president.

"Yes, Kaichou?" asked his two friends and other members of the student council.

"A new student will be arriving in an hour. I would like us to go and greet them."

"A new student Kaichou?" asked the youngest member.

"Yes, Akira, actually, they will be in your class."

Just then a large stack of papers landed on my desk, surprising me. "We will go and greet them when you get your paperwork done" Suoh said.

"But Suohhhhhhh," I whined, "Can't I do it when we get back?"

"No." I was about to whine some more when I saw the look in eyes told me I couldn't win so I picked up my stamp and started working. After about thirty minutes, I had finished.

I leaned back in my chair and let out a long breath. "Suoh, I finished my work. Now can we go see the new student?"

Suoh looked back at me and sighed, "Very well."

I flipped out my fan which read, 'Yay!' and stood up. "Well, let's go and greet them." I headed for the door with Akira and Suoh right behind me.

When we reached the place where we were supposed to meet the new student, there were only about two minutes left because we got a little distracted, or rather spent a lot of time hiding from our fan clubs.

We saw a young lady waiting for us when we arrived. She had long black hair, full pink lips, a small nose and big black eyes. She was an average height and very pretty. As we came closer, she turned around and a look of surprise came across her face as saw us. I saw Akira stop and stare in shock at the new girl. "Akira?" she asked, "Akira Ijyuin?"

I looked at Akira and saw that he was white. Before Suoh or I could react, he was already running in the direction we came from. "A…Akira?!" I yelled, "What's wrong?!" but he was already out of sight.

"Should I go after him?" Suoh asked.

"No, its ok" we turned and saw the young girl staring after him, "let him go."

"Are you sure?" I asked, "That was really very rude of him. I don't know what got into him."

"It's alright, really. I don't blame him, after what happened between us."

We looked at her, confused. After a few moments I asked, "You know him?"

"Yes. We……Well; we used to be best friends."

"What happened? Aren't you still friends?"

"Truthfully, I don't know. I was hoping that he had forgotten about that time, but I guess he hasn't." Suddenly she smiled and said, "Well I guess he had a reason if he hasn't told you about it already. If that's so, maybe it would be best if I didn't say anything, it might just make things complicated."

I didn't think she would tell us so I said, "Let's show you around some and get you settled in, shall we?" I bowed and offered her my arm. "By the way, I'm Nokoru Imonoyama and this is Suoh Takamura. What's your name?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. You can call me Angie."

"Angie. What a beautiful name. Well, Angie, the girl's dorms are this way. Shall we show you to your room?"

"I would like that, thank you."

We spent the rest of the afternoon showing Angie around, when we finished we went back to the council room. When we got there we found Akira at his desk, he didn't look at us when we came in.

Suoh and I went over to his desk. We stopped behind his chair and Suoh spun it around. "Akira" I asked, "What was that earlier?"

He was staring at the floor and wouldn't look at us. After a moment he said quietly, "I'm sorry Kaichou, but I just couldn't see her."

"Why? She told us that you went to school together and were friends. What happened between you two?"

He suddenly snapped his head up and had a cold, hard, angry look in his eye and said, "That was then." He said it so coldly and without feeling that Suoh and I just stared at him in shock. What had happened back then, Suoh and I thought. "I'm sorry but what happened is none of your business" Suoh and I exchanged shocked glances; this was not the Akira we knew, "now, if you will please excuse me, I must go make dinner for my mothers."

He didn't wait for an answer, just stood up, got his things and left. Suoh and I stared after him until we couldn't see him anymore. "Kaichou?" Suoh asked.

"Yes, Suoh?" I asked him.

"What just happened?"

"I think we just hit a sensitive spot for him." I looked at Suoh and said, "Let's just see what happens tomorrow, if he doesn't mention it, we won't bring it up. I wonder how Akira will deal with being in the same class as her." Suoh and I looked at each other and silently agreed that we would keep an eye on the two and make sure something didn't happen.

Suoh and I went back to our desks and finished our work. After that we went home and got ready for tomorrow.

One day later

After all my classes got out, Suoh and I met in the council room. After a few minutes, Akira came in. He looked at us and said, "Kaichou, Takamura-Senpai, I'm sorry about yesterday. I was just in a bad mood; I shouldn't have acted the way I did. I'm sorry, I'm-"

"Akira" I stopped him or it would have gone on all day, "its ok. We know you didn't mean it. I can't blame you for not wanting to talk about something that you don't want to, just like I can't force you to tell us what happened."

Akira looked at me and smiled, "Thank you Kaichou, Takamura-Senpai!" He went to his desk but didn't sit down. Instead, he looked at his computer and slowly backed away.

"Akira?" I asked, confused, "is something wrong?"

He didn't say anything, just tossed a pen towards his desk, as soon as it hit his computer exploded. When the smoke cleared Suoh and I yelled, "What was that?!" We looked at Akira but he was just walking to his desk and stared at the mess it made. "Akira" I asked him, "what was that?"

He looked at us and said, "I guess someone doesn't like me very much."

*Sweat drop* "A…Akira" I said.

"Do you know anyone who might be behind this?" Suoh asked.

Akira looked thoughtful and after a while he said, "I think it's the same person who put the knife in my desk, tried to drop a weight on my head while I was heading to my cooking lecture, started the fire in my room last night, and set up traps everywhere I go."

Suoh and I stared at him, our mouths hanging open. "Akira" I asked, worried, "It sounds like someone doesn't just hate you; it sounds like their trying to kill you. When did this start happening?"

"Um… About three days ago I got a note that said 'I will get you' in my room with my pillows all torn up and thrown over the floor. I thought it was a joke but, I guess they were serious."

Suoh and I exchanged worried glances; who would do this to Akira? I looked at Akira and saw that he didn't look worried, he looked angry. "Akira? You know who's doing this, don't you?"

He looked up at me, his eyes cold and hard. After a moment he said, "This is my problem, I don't want you to interfere. You would just get in the way and get hurt, both of you. I'm sorry but I can't let you get hurt" before Suoh could say anything Akira continued, "I know that you can take care of yourself Takamura-Senpai, but this is something I must take care of myself. I'm sorry."

With that he left while Suoh and I just stared after him, our mouths hanging open and thinking the same thing, What was going on?!

*Authors Note*

This was all I could think about for a while so I felt I had to share it. Please review it.