The New Students
By: Sailorjj07
1. Meeting your match
A/n: I've started another one!! Yay!! This is a CLAMP School Detectives fic! Hope you like!! This chapter will be long so bare with me please.
Disclaimer: I do not own!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Actions~
(Me!)
It was the middle of a new year and the CLAMP school was in an uproar. Three new students from America would be arriving this very day and they were told to be very intelligent, very rich, and very good-looking. The High School Division was in the heart of this uproar, since they didn't know how their Student Council Board would take it. Ever since Nokoru Imonoyama got into high school as a freshman, he had influence over everyone. When Suoh Takamura and Akira Ijuin got there as well the school board became theirs and they were once again in charge of the school. Just like in elementary. Nokoru, a 17 year old junior in the 11th grade, was president. Suoh, a 16 year old sophomore in the 10th grade, was secretary. And Akira, a 15 year old freshman in the 9th grade, was treasurer. All three boys had grown taller and better looking. And they were still the talk of the schools.
"Hi Akira!" A group of girls chorused as the freshman walked down the hall. The boys grumbled as he walked by and some smiled at him. Akira waved a hello to the people in the hallway and continued on his hurried walk to the High School Board office. He burst in the door and then shut it behind himself, "Chairman!"
Nokoru looked up from his huge stack of paperwork and smiled at Akira,"Akira! Did you bring any sweets with you?" Suoh, who was standing next to Nokoru making sure he did all his paperwork, sighed and rolled his eyes at his chairman's sweet tooth.
Akira smiled, but shook his head, "No Chairman. I didn't bring any sweets. But I did bring news. You've heard about the three new students that are coming to our division right?"
"Yes, I have. But the Chairlady hasn't put any information about them on our computer yet."
"That's what I came to tell you. The Chairlady wants us to go meet them."
Nokoru smiled, "She does? I guess we have to obey her wishes. Where will they be?"
"In the front of our High School Division building."
"I guess we should be on our way then."
Akira nodded and the three boys left their office and went to the front of the building.
~In Front of the High School Division Building~
All the girls on their way to school cried a blushing hello to the three and a huge group of girls gathered around to talk to them.
"What are you three doing out here?" One girl called over all the other voices, who nodded in agreement.
"Waiting for the new students." Akira answered, politely. A couple of girls swooned, when they heard his voice.
"Really? Do you know who they are?"
"We have no clue." Nokoru replied, with a charming smile. This time all the girls blushed and swooned; a couple even fainted.
"When are they getting here?"
"They should be here............soon. Here comes a helicopter. I think it's going to land!! Everyone move out of the way!!" Suoh cried, hopping up and standing in front of Nokoru. All the girls screamed and ran away inside of the school. The helicopter, as Suoh anticipated, landed right in front of the school. When the blades finally stopped spinning and the door was held open by the pilot of the plane, all the girls came out of the school.
Nokoru stood up with a welcoming smile on his face and began to walk to the helicopter door with Suoh and Akira. Akira smiled at the pilot, who gave a brilliant smile back and then turned back around to help a person out of the helicopter. A healthy manicured female hand came out and took the pilot's. A girl, with dark brown eyes and black hair to her back came out. She had almond shaped eyes and cream colored skin, which had a healthy pink tinge to it. She had a CLAMP school uniform of black and white on except it was above the knees instead of below. She smiled at Nokoru and then turned around to help another girl out of the helicopter. The next girl had red hair to her waist and beautiful hazel brown eyes with gold flecks. Her skin was also cream colored, and her eyes were almond shaped as well. She wore a CLAMP school uniform that was shorter than the other girl's and showed off her long legs. She smiled at everyone in the area, her brilliant eyes taking everything and everyone in. She had two suitcases in both hands and handed one to the other girl. The last person to come out of the helicopter was also, a girl. She had short silver hair that went to her neck and ice blue eyes. She had cream colored skin and almond shaped eyes, just like the other girls. She wore a CLAMP uniform with a short sleeve blouse instead of a long-sleeved one, and her skirt was short like the 2nd girls. Her suitcase was in her hand and she had a soft smile on her face.
Nokoru and the girls that had been inside stared in wonder. The red-head smiled at Nokoru and he smiled back charmingly. With an elegant bow, Nokoru took her hand, "I am Nokoru Imonoyama. I am pleased to meet you."
The girl smiled and spoke in perfect Japanese, "And I am Mai Alverton from America. I am also pleased to meet you. I take it you are the High School Chairman I have heard so much about?" Her voice was like a skillfully played flute, and Nokoru found himself interested in her.
"I am."
"Well then," Mai said, removing her hand, "we have matters to discuss."
"Such as.....?"
"You'll find out soon enough. Before that I'd like to introduce to you my two cousins. Or rather they'll introduce themselves." Mai turned to the other two girls, her eyes smiling with amusement.
The silver haired girl strode up to Nokoru, who took her hand when she held it out. Her Japanese was just as perfect, "I am Sagumi Emerson, Chairman." Sagumi's voice was very melodic. It was not as high pitched as Mai's, but it was definitely female. Akira's eyes flickered between Sagumi and her cousin, but then rested on Sagumi.
"Pleased to meet you."
"Likewise, I'm sure." Sagumi removed her hand and picked her suitcase back up. She stood next to her cousin and looked at the two boys behind Nokoru. Akira and Sagumi's glance crossed one another's and Sagumi found herself staring at him. Akira smiled at her and she smiled back.
"I'm Nyoko Irving, Chairman. I am pleased to meet you. Can I ask who those two behind you are?" Nyoko's voice was very breathy and every word she spoke seemed to flow like she was reading a well-written poem. Her Japanese was perfect as well and it sounded like she was Japanese. Her dark brown eyes flickered to the two behind him and rested on Suoh. 'I have never seen someone with amber eyes before...'
"Of course you can. These are my two companions and under-classmen, Akira Ijuin" Akira bowed and smiled, "and Suoh Takamura." Suoh bowed with a soft smirk. The group smiled at one another and Nokoru found himself staring at Mai.
"If you'll follow Akira, please, we'll give you your schedule and show you around the school." Nokoru said, nodding to Akira. Akira smiled back and began to walk inside the school, with the rest of the group following.
~In the High School Division Office~
"This is scrumptious! You must give Sagumi the recipe so she can make it for us at home! It's been such a long time since Sagumi made pineapple upside-down cake for us!" Mai cried, taking another forkful of her cake slice. Sagumi blushed but continued to eat.
"You cook?" Akira asked Sagumi, who was sitting next to him. Sagumi nodded shyly and took a sip of her tea.
"What have you been rated?"Akira said, turning to look at her.
"I haven't been rated yet.....I'm supposed to be in a cooking contest with you, so they can rate me." Sagumi replied, taking another sip.
"When?"
"Tomorrow."
Akira took a sip of his tea and replied, "Really? That'll be so much fun! Promise not to go easy on me, ok?"
"Ok." Sagumi smiled at him and Akira unknowingly blushed and looked back at his cake. Mai watched the two with interest and smiled at Nokoru, who was watching them as well.
Nyoko giggled and Suoh looked at her. She glared at him and then turned and looked at Mai, who was talking to the Chairman.
"So, Miss. Mai, tell me about yourself. I like to get to know everyone I meet."
"Of course. What would you like to know?"
"Whatever you want to tell me."
"Ok. Well...I'm the richest girl in America. My family has the highest net value in America. I am 16. My two cousins are also my protectors. I think we should challenge yours to a match one day. What do you think, Nyoko? Can you take on Suoh?"
"Maybe. I've never seen him fight before."
"I don't fight girls." Suoh said, with sternness.
"And why is that? Are we too weak or something?" Nyoko narrowed her eyes at him.
"No. I just don't believe a woman should fight."
"I'll fix you of that." Nyoko said, with a frown on her face.
"Now, Ny, calm down please. He hasn't tried to harm me, so there's no need to take offense."
"Whatever." And with a "humph" Nyoko turned to the window. Suoh stared at her with disapproving eyes. 'Women didn't need to fight that much. There is always a male around to fight for her, right?' But the look in Nyoko's eyes told him differently. She was a bodyguard, just like him. And somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew that.
"And what about you? Do you have anything special about you? Besides your smile and your beautiful eyes, of course." Nokoru said, with a charming smile. Something inside him told him to impress this girl, even though she seemed hardly impressed by his compliments.
"Chairman, you flatter me. But yes, there are special things about me. I came to this school because of this in the first place. The schools in America aren't challenging enough for us three. I tried several schools in Europe and so did my cousins, but we can't seem to find one. So my mother suggested that we go here. I hope to find this school and the people here a challenge." Mai finished her statement on a serious note; her eyes twinkling mysteriously. Nokoru was immediately intrigued and decided to keep an eye on this girl. Mai tossed her hair over her shoulder and smiled at Nokoru, who answered with one of his own.
'They're flirting!!' Suoh, who had never seen his Chairman in action, was surprised at this. The Chairman hardly ever showed interest in any girl more than usual. It's true; the Chairman had had a couple of girlfriends, one in particular, the prettiest girl in school. Though he hated to do so, Nokoru had the Chairlady dump her for him, so he didn't have to do it. But that was beside the point. Suoh had never seen his Chairman flirt with anyone and he realized that he really was a very skilled man indeed.
Sagumi stood up suddenly and strode to the window, "We don't have flowers like these where I lived in America."
"Why not?" Akira got up, to stand beside her and see what she was looking at. She was looking at the cherry blossom tree next to the window and the many birds sitting on its branches.
"They just didn't grow where I lived. I lived in New York and they were in Washington. Therefore I never saw them."
"Well, you'll see a lot of them now. The horticulture club makes sure we have a lot of them."
"The horticulture club...I might join," Sagumi turned to face Akira,"what do you think?"
"I think you can do whatever you want, when you want to."
"I think I'm going to beat you tomorrow." Sagumi said with a smile.
"Why is that?"
"You're soft. You think I'm going to be your friend and let you win. You're wrong."
Akira smiled, "Is that what you think? I assure you, if you win, it'll be because you're better than me."
"Ok. You're on then." Sagumi sat back in her seat and smiled at Suoh, who was watching her.
"What exactly were we supposed to discuss?" Nokoru asked Mai.
Mai stood up, with a mysterious smile on her face and her two cousins got up and stood behind her, "I am challenging you, Nokoru Imonoyama. Give me a reason to stay at this school. If not, your school will be considered inferior by the entire nation of America. That might not look very good for your school."
Sagumi pulled a glasses case out of her pocket and pulled out a sheet of paper out of the other one. With her own mysterious smile, she put the glasses on and said, "The terms are simple actually. We stay here for a 6 week period. Impress us and we stay for the rest of our school lives. Bore us and we leave, reviewing your school inferior and not fit to go to. It may not seem that serious, but some schools have been closed down because students have left it in search for better learning." Sagumi folded up the paper and put her glasses away.
Nyoko nodded with a smirk and crossed her arms, "Do you accept?"
Nokoru stood with grace and strode up to Mai, bowing and taking her hand; he let his lips rest on them for a brief moment before straightening himself up, "I accept your challenge, Mai."
Mai blushed, as her skin tingled and burned after Nokoru had kissed her hand. She pulled it away quickly and turned from him to the window, "Where exactly are we staying?"
~In the Dorm Room~
"At least they put our room together." Mai said, brushing her waist length hair out. She put it up in a bun and hopped on her bed. The girls were about to go to bed, they were in they're pajamas and everything. Nyoko was still brushing her hair, when someone knocked on the door. Looking at Sagumi, who was staring out the window, Mai got up to answer it.
"Yes?" Mai whispered, pulling the door open. And there in the hallway stood a huge group of girls, in pajamas, with angry looks on their faces. Nyoko looked up from brushing her hair and tied it up into a ponytail. She got up from her chair in front of a mirror and sat on her bed that was facing the door.
"How can I help you all?" Mai said, politely smiling.
"You can help us by leaving." One girl said and all the other choruses with "Yeah!"
"Why would you want me to do that?"
"We heard about you! You're the richest girl in America! It's not like the boys you have over there are good enough, you have to take one of ours too!"
"I assure you that's not my intention."
"Whatever. You and your little friends watch what you do with the Chairman."
Nyoko got up off the bed and stood next to Mai. She gave the girls all a glare and a scowl. She was about to say something, when someone coughed and Akira's face came around the corner, with the Chairman and Suoh not far behind.
"Did we interrupt something? I hope not. Are you all having a party?" Nokoru asked looking around puzzled. The group of girls all sighed and one said, "We were just saying hello."
"Yeah, and they were just leaving." Nyoko said, giving them all a look. The group glared back at her, smiled at Nokoru and then left.
"Oh my gosh. Mai, are you alright?!" Sagumi ran from her spot at the window, where she had been watching as well. She immediately pushed Mai into the hallway and gave her a look-over.
"I'm fine, Sagi, I promise."
"Are you sure? You don't look hurt, but if you are someone is going to pay." Sagumi's ice blue eyes went silver, as she thought about what would happen to anyone who hurt her cousin. Akira stared in wonder at the color change of her eyes and then watched as they went back to ice blue.
"I'm fine. Honestly." Mai assured her, smiling.
"Good. Oh, hi Akira. Ready to lose?" Sagumi turned and smiled at him. Akira tried not to look at her, but the girl was in pajamas and he was a guy after all. He realized the slight curves that were showing through the white tank top and blue shorts that Sagumi wore.
"Akira?" Sagumi said, wondering what he was looking at.
"Huh? Oh. I'm only going to lose if your better than me and that's all I have to say."
"Ok. Good luck." Sagumi held out her hand.
"You too." Akira, who decided to mimic his Chairman, bent over and kissed her hand. As soon as his lips left her hand Sagumi's cheeks warmed with a rosy blush and she smiled even more.
"Suoh...Do you want to have a match as well?" Nyoko, who was leaning on the door post, got up and walked up to Suoh.
"Excuse me?"
"Do you want to have a match? You think you're so much better than me because you're a guy, but I don't think you are. So let's see. If we have a match, you have to promise not to go easy on me. Ok?"
"I will not....."
"Suoh, I think you should. It might be interesting." Nokoru said, looking at Nyoko then Suoh.
"But Chairman!"
"Do you want to fight me or not, Suoh?"
"No, I don't."
"Fine, I want you to watch one of mine and Sagumi's training sessions and then I'm going to take on all the girls at this school in the martial arts area."
"Fine." Suoh glared at Nyoko and Nyoko returned the it. After glaring at each other for a little bit, Nyoko turned around and went back into the room.
"Don't worry about her, she's just a little mad cause you won't fight her."
"Thanks a lot, Suoh. Now she's going to take it out on me." Sagumi said giggling.
"Will you be ok?" Akira asked, looking at Sagumi's teasing smile.
"Of course I will. I love it when she's mad. It's so much fun to irk her."
"Oh."
Sagumi smiled and then went back in the room, calling a "good night" over her shoulder. Mai smiled at her cousin's retreating back and then turned back to the other three boys, "So what exactly brought you three over here?"
"We just came to tell you the schedule for tomorrow. Sagumi and Akira's cooking match is at 10:00 a.m. After that there is a huge blank spot in our day. We thought maybe you three would like to.....do something, maybe?"
"Well we already are doing something after the match, but you can come if you like." Mai said, her eyes twinkling with that mysterious smile.
"And what's that?" Nokoru asked curiously.
"Sagumi and Nyoko have to train. We were going to look for a training ground. We saw the park on our way here, so were going to practice there. Would you three like to join us?"
"Yes, we would enjoy that very much. Maybe Akira and Suoh could join in as well."
"Good! We'll see you after the match then?"
"Yep."
"Ok, then. Good night, you three." And Mai turned around and went back into the room.
End Chapter 1