The Twins

A beast that stared at the lifeless prey, he was the personification of that very situation. His clear gold eyes were tainted by the hue of red reflected from the pool of blood near the lifeless body. His expression was murderous. Fear, an emotion I seldom felt, ran through my spine as I saw his satisfied grin. The expression of a predator, I shivered at the resemblance.

"Kagura-niisama" I called softly with a voice that delivers my fright. He snapped back and maintained his composure. He stared at me with a gentle expression. He smiled innocently. That moment I knew that my usual and beloved eldest twin brother returned.

"My princess" He called me with his usual way of endearment. He stared at me longingly. "My only princess" He stared at me and smiled sadly. I saw the lifeless form on the floor; his was destroyed and his body was lying in a grotesque way. Tears welled up as I remember that very form to be someone who was supposed to be a friend.

"Don't cry, princess" A calm low voice spoke soothingly. A voice I knew well. A small body of six years old boy materializes in front of me and hugged me tightly. Drowning my sorrows into his small body, he stroked my head to calm my crying. "Forgive us if we made you sad, princess. We only want to protect you" He took my cheeks on his hands and brought my vision to his deep silver eyes and smiled. Dizziness hit me out of nowhere and I felt the strength of my body leaving me. My second elder twin brother painfully smiled. I remember the weak voice that came from my mouth as I muttered two names. My most beloved brother's names "Kagura, Kagami" I fell into the darkness. That was the last that I saw my brothers.

Hurry. Hurry. I am going to be so late. That annoying alarm clock broke down on me. Darn. I sped up the pedals of my bicycle when I saw the straight road ahead. As my speed goes up, scream of protest were thrown at me mostly by girls whose skirts fluttered revealing their underwear.

"WEAR SHORTS DAMMIT" I screamed back as I make my way to the gate. Three minutes. Oh boy. Get there in time. The adrenaline rush pumped up internal engine adding fuel to my speed. I hit the brakes as I saw the parking area and immediately dashed to the room. Unfortunately, I was two seconds late.

"It was very wise of you to be late on your morning duties, Sakura-san" A very annoyed voice spoke rather calmly that it is frightening. Jinno-sensei, or rather Jin-jin the math teacher, adjusted his thick glasses with his teaching stick. The annoying frog stared at me as if it was mocking me. I glared at it. "Return to your seat. I will deal with you later" Damn. I just need one second. I cleaned the room yesterday to make sure everything would be fine and all I would need was to be present but the darn alarm clock broke.

"Stupid" Hotaru muttered rather monotonously that it almost seemed like it was an established fact. I sighed. I smiled at her brightly. Her intelligent amethyst eyes stared at me with an unchanging expression. I peered at her hands and saw a gun-like invention.

"Sakura, hurry and return to your seat" Jin-jin scolded making me yelp and dash to my seat which was located at the farthest back next to a sleeping raven hair unsociable certain boy. I gently took my seat careful not to disturb the sleeping figure.

"HYUUGA. FEET OFF THE TABLE" Darn luck. Jinno has to see Natsume early in the morning. Crimson eyes revealed itself as his left hand took the manga away from his face. He stared at the board with a scowl. He sent murderous glares at me. I shook my head. He sighed and jumped down from the window. I occupied the space he emptied and gazed at his retreating figure below. Jinno made sure I was tortured during his class by making sure I was called in every extra hard math questions to answer and time passed by quickly. I was called by Jinno sensei to follow him to the teachers' lounge.

"Fukutan, assemble the student council immediately" I head Misaki sensei, the biology teacher, loud voice from the outside which was an unusual case for him since he seems to have lost his cool. Jinno-sensei entered the room confused. He demanded for the reason of such commotion.

"A forbidden item has been stolen, Jinno-sensei" I saw Jin-jin froze on spot. Misaki's expression was not very good. He was very pale. "The original copy of Taketori no Monogatari that the government sent to us for inspection is missing"

"Tell the headmasters immediately" Jin-jin ordered rather loudly. I cleared my throat catching the attention of my math teacher. He eyed me and sighed.

"It seems luck is your only talent. Go. I am very busy as of the moment" I felt the sides of my lips rise. I bowed and slowly left the room. That thief is my saviour. Wait. That's not it. A thief is a very bad kind of person. Oh well. It's not like it will be my problem.

"Oi Baka!" An annoyingly familiar voice called in such insulting manner. Crimson eyes meet my gaze. He was irritated. "You didn't get in trouble that's why they called me, right?"

"Huh?" He glared at me and shrugged his shoulders indifferently. He opened the door and entered the room. "What was that jerk talking about?" A strong force pulled my collar to a corner. My raven haired best friend stared at me with her nonchalant face.

"So what happened?"

"Huh?" I asked confused. Strange. Everyone seems to be speaking in some kind of code and forgot to tell me how decode it.

"Fukutan was on panic, Misaki was running around the campus, Fukutan was shaking twice than when he is on our classroom, DA students skipped at the same time, Hyuuga was called to the lounge, and more importantly the school server was rebuffed and my information stealing program was destroyed" Not good. Hotaru rarely speaks that long. It must mean she is really pissed off right now. "Now tell me what exactly happened inside the lounge" Her voice was very threatening.

"It seems a forbidden item was stolen" Hotaru smirked. I sense the impending danger of my being and I slowly tried to escape which renders to be very futile. My left foot has just started to rise when Hotaru's right hand grabbed the same spot of the collar she grabbed earlier.

"I haven't told you to leave, now explain further" She demanded with an expression that says this-could-be-worth-some-bucks. Disobeying Hotaru and putting her in a foul mood would the most foolish action I could ever take.

"Taketori no Monogatari, that was the stolen item. I heard it was sent here at the academy by the government to be investigated. I wonder why though"

"No need to think with that brain of yours" Hotaru pressed a button from what seems to be remote on her hand before her duck scooter appeared. She hastily rode in her scooter and left. Weird. I saw Anna walking at the hallways and called her attention. That wavy pink hair is just hard to miss. She stopped on her tracks and beamed a smile on me.

"Have some cookies on ya?" She nodded cheerfully. Nonoko, who I did not notice earlier, waved at me. Her straight blue resembles that of the night sky. I ran towards them.

"Try our new product. It is a luck increasing biscuit I made with Nonoko's help" Anna handed a few cookies in which I carefully inspection. I was about to eat the cookie when we saw Iinchou running with a rather panicked expression. Is it me or almost everyone is panicked this day? Nonoko grabbed a hold of Yuu-chan.

"What's wrong Iinchou?"

"The broadcast is about to start" He said between his pants. I stared at Anna then to Nonoko with a look that says my knowledge about the matter. A blank look. We decided to follow Iinchou. We entered Hotaru's lab. I was shocked to see the whole gang inside. Talk about bizarre.

"What's about to start?" I asked. Permy landed a fist on my head and raised her green brows.

"The clan reports is today" Ah. I stared at the monitor as I saw several powerful Alice users lined up. Fifty years ago, normal humans have learned about the existence of Alice which almost resulted to a great turmoil that may have ended up in war. Several Alice clans made a stop to that through successful negotiations and peace talks. Normal humans and alices are able to coexist together through these treaties. In order to protect the treaties, the Sovereign Government of Alices was made and the Alice politics was established. Among the clans there were prominent ones that dominate the Alice politics these are the Hyuuga, Imai, Nogi, Sumeragi, Koizumi, Yukihara, and the Azumi. All alice users belong to a clan which would be either an allied clan of the main clan or a branch clan that's why these rare occasions were the clan leaders are out in the public it became an automatic duty of every alice to watch them. Hotaru of the Imai clan is a candidate leader of the clan along with his brother Subaru and some other cousin while was appointed as the next generation Hyuuga clan leader since birth. Ruka, Natsume's best friend and Hotaru's fiancé, was the sole heir to the Nogi clan.

"The last leaders have been reported to have entered the hall. The newly appointed leaders of the Yukihara clan and Azumi clan have entered the hall at the same time. The two leaders are said to be brothers out of the marriage between the two clans twenty years ago. Now here they come" The footage shows the arrival of a white limousine and the swift guards the surrounded it to make sure no one from the crowd gets near the vehicle. A guard opened the vehicles door before a tall and lean young boy whose age can be roughly estimated to be the same as ours descended from the limousine. His auburn hair matched the Kafka military suit he was wearing though his eyes were covered by his sunglasses he was breathtakingly handsome. Behind him was a clone of the first one. "The first to go out of the car was the Yukihara clan leader Yukihara Kagura followed by his younger twin Yukihara Kagami, the Azumi clan leader. They are now heading towards the hall. These twins are known to be the crème de la crème of alices. With their excellent results in every test, they are said to be geniuses that graduated at the age of ten with a doctorate degree without using their alices. They have now entered the hall. We will be back in a few minutes to deliver to you live broadcast of the meeting" The monitor zapped out. Everyone was silent. Sumire decided to break that out.

"Kagura-sama and Kagami-sama were so hot. I wish I could date them"

"Dream on. Rather than dating them meeting them would be close to impossible" I stared at Mochu who was playing with a book by levitating it in the air.

"Not really, right Imai?" Koko stated making our ears perk up. Hotaru glared ice at Koko. Sumire demanded an answer making Hotaru extend his right hand. Sumire eyed her hand.

"Fifty rabbits for the information" I heard Iinchou snort. Hotaru emotionlessly ate her chicken wings. When did she order that? Sumire took fifty rabbits from her wallet and handed it to Hotaru. Hotaru eyed Koko to save the energy of explaining. She then spun her chair making her back face us.

"Those two prince would be enrolling at the Alice Academy is what Hotaru is thinking"

"EHHHH?" I covered my ears at the synchronized shout from the gang. Koko checked Sumire's thoughts "WHY? WHEN? HOW? is what Permy is thinking" Hotaru tapped her fingers on the desk. Koko peered over Hotaru and grinned "70 rabbits for the three questions is what Hotaru is thinking" Sumire glared at Hotaru but paid nonetheless. "Yukihara and Azumi traditions states that the clan leaders are to manage the Academy and the if possible associate with the academy's business to ensure the development of the young alices which was also the reason why Hotaru, Natsume, and Ruka are enrolled here. The transfer would be next week. They would enter the academy as normal students by normal means." I'm fairly excited about this. I hope we can be good friends.

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