The morning had been long. VERY long. And it wasn't helped along with your cousin cursing in Greek that she wanted to hang the cabin crew for dropping hot coffee on her Gucci jeans. Not to mention the fact it looked like she had a little 'accident.'
The problem was quickly fixed with a pit stop at the girls toilet's where she quickly changed clothes as did you for reasons known only to your old teacher. The ten hour flight had been difficult...or was it twelve hours? You couldn't remember, but while you splashed cool water on your face to wash away the impurities your gazed on your reflection in the mirror.
A unique mixture of long and short hair framed your head, the shortest strands kept at a pointed fashion that layered your face while the longer, much longer hair was divided into three; two side 'fringes' and the longest hair at the back was pulled into a very short braid before letting loose the rest. Silver clasps held your hair together, but they were never enough to keep the rebellious strands in order. Two long fringed tresses of fringe hung outward like window wipers while two thinner antae struck upward from the crown of your head.
That wasn't the reason you were being cast strange looks; it was the somewhat white hair that looked like water had frozen along the edges of your hair in a blue hue. That, coupled with crimson coloured eyes startled anyone who cared to look. Albino? Perhaps. You weren't entirely sure, but you encouraged the label where ever you went in order to calm people. You didn't need trouble in regards to your appearance.
A disgruntled moan echoed from someone stumbling up next to you.
Where you were as pale as a snowflake, this person looked like a walking flame. Long crimson hair flowed down her shoulders and settled into two parted ponytails reached as far down as her ankles. The curls twisting at the sides of her cheeks gave her a somewhat impish appearance while her steady emerald coloured eyes narrowed in irritation at the basin filled with cold water,"I can't believe that idiot steward dropped coffee on my lap!!"
"Calm down Fay he didn't do it on purpose." you soothed, trying to calm down your irritated sister who was busy fussing with her uniform. It had been decided that you, Fay and two other individuals were to go to a boarding school, hoping that the change would knock some sense into the four of you. The reason for the decision? Your sister had convinced one of her many obsessed admirers to torch the school you had all been attending. And when the police and fire brigade set about putting out the fire Fay stood laughing triumphantly in front of the school as if she had just won a game.
You would never forget the look on your grandmothers face. The anger and disappointment...
"Well it's so stupid!! We didn't have to go all the way to this god forsaken hole to a god damned school!!"
"You brought this on yourself Fay." And us. you added mentally.
"Yeah well that dean deserved his school torched!! Do you have any idea the crap he kept giving me?! That son of a horse jockey called me a hag!!" her furious voice nearly a hiss as she fixed her socks in quick haughty jerks before straightening up and fiddling with her hair,"I swear, grandma blows everything out of proportion."
"Burning a school to the ground is not 'blowing things out proportion' Fay." you chastise, well aware that the number of women in the bathroom had dwindled to a stunned old lady who was busy gaping at the two of you.
Fixing her curls Fay sucked out a sigh,"Oh blow the old fart to nirvana and back; Lets just get to this damn school and get this over with. Does this uniform look ok to you?" her question was accompanied by her stepping back, gesturing to the uniform your old teacher had offered you both.
It was something out of an anime cosplay convention. Sailor Fuku.
"Yes Fay, it looks perfectly fine. Lets get going before we miss our taxi."
/three hours later/
After the fight Fay had had with some old biddy trying to take the taxi you had both managed to get to the new school without any problems (or fights) and funnily enough you were quite surprised by the place.
Curious green eyes appraised her surroundings, Fay's unintelligible mumble of 'nice set up' summed up the place perfectly. It was huge. Sprawling territory of grass and concrete intermeshing perfectly as the building nestled itself comfortably into its surroundings. The woods enshrouding the area was just as impressive. A somewhat gothic Victorian setting with spires and statues on each outcropping at the older side of the building while the rest seemed to be fresh, new, but aged to make it fit with the old brick.
You had to admit, the place was very impressive, but now the problem of where the hell you were supposed to go cropped up and you would be damned if you let Fay lead the way. She had the natural instinct of finding trouble where ever she went; a natural little hell raiser she was prone to stirring up trouble for her own entertainment. Just by ibeing/i, Fay had the penchant of enchanting men and getting them to fight over her...like the goddess Aphrodite who used love as a weapon to bring the world crumbling down to its knee's.
Flashing a toothy smile the red haired teenager gestured around herself like a five year old abundant in sugary energy," I'm not in the mood to listen to some old fart telling us to be good little kiddies and attend all our classes so lets say we blow this pop stand and find us some ifun?/i"
What Fay considered 'fun' could be split into five categories; Torching something, Torching someiONE/i, bewitching boys, starting fights and your ultimate favourite (not) was the penchant for pissing people off.
Fay sauntered off with hips swaying in the common minx-on-the-hunt fashion. It wasn't her fault she looked disarmingly cute and attractive; it was the moron who fell for her cute and harmless guise that was in for a hell of a ride. To put it into lamance terms Fay was a natural disaster. Like a tornado that ripped through a city and left nothing unscathed when she was on the hunt and the worse part was no one ever saw it coming.
You had your own problems to deal with. With your overly buxom body the number of people who paid you notice increased drastically, more so where your hair was concerned. After all, how many people had hair that was potentially silver yet tinged off into an icy blue?
Cross Academy seemed to filled with nothing but perverted looky loo's who were either openly drooling or becoming a permanent fixture to the surrounding campus. Walking past them was even creepier; they would turn their heads mechanically in order to follow your rather irked and stiff form as you tried to hurry away from the eerie pack of weirdo's. However; where you were unnerved by the attention Fay was revelling in it.
But something kept niggling...you were forgetting isomething...
/i
"Hey, look, they have ash tree's, cool huh?" Fay's bubbly statement drew your attention; she was being weird again. An uneasy smile littered her face as she pointed at the magnificent tree's clustered on campus.
"Fay they're tree's. Get over it. We need to find the principle's office."
Her overdramatic sigh flitted past her parted lips before a roll of her eyes indicated that she wouldn't argue," Besides; we need to find Hunt and Demetri."
ibuThat./b/u/i caught her attention. Grinning broadly like a cat cornering a mouse, she flung her arm out in an over enthusiastic fashion," Well what're we waiting for? Lets go to the principles office!!" turning on her heel the excited red head took off at a quick pace, right before your cool calm voice stopped her in place," Do you even iknow/i where the principles office is?"
Her sudden jolt to a full halt answered your question. This was going to be a ilong/i and bdifficult/b day.
/Cross office/
"Hmm..Do you think they were delayed?"
An older man hunched over his desk piled high with numerous documents as he cast his brown coloured eyes to the clock fixed on the wall above the doorway. He looked quite young, and with his green ensemble he was even more decadent. But everyone knew that the odd man was the one and only Headmaster Cross.
The other occupant in the room was a young boy with short blonde hair messily strewn across his forehead as his blue coloured eyes shone with boredom. While the other individual happened to be his cousin who sported even messier strawberry blonde hair and orange eyes which were now casting a level look towards the headmaster,"Well..did you give them directions or even a campus map?"
The ensuing silence answered his question.
Kain sucked in a sigh before tapping his finger against his elbow,"Well who are the new students?"
"Two girls and two boys. All four are soon to be Day Class students."
Upon hearing the 'two girls' comment the blonde jumped up from his seat, arms stretched above his head while a wide grin split his face,"Well lets go look for them!!" before anyone could stop him he had darted out the door faster than any of the occupants could yell out a 'no!!'
Eyes closing in irritation Kain glanced wearily at his Headmaster who nodded his head in answer to the unasked question,"Go get him before he does anything more that will add to your punishment."
/3rd person, with Demetrius/
This place was rather big, unbelievably so. Which was why the pale haired teenager ambled through the hallowed hallways with a rather perplexed expression on his face. 'iDamn this is bad./i'
He had no idea that finding the principles office would be this difficult. If he had, he would have come the day before and got things sorted out. Unfortunately his older brother Hunter had decided that sleeping off the jet lag was more important. Worse; Hunter had disappeared on him the moment he set foot on campus. A rush of students had careened past them and separated them both before they had a chance to so much as utter one blasphemous syllable.
So now, the younger male was ambling aimlessly through the building, trying vainly to find the office. Each room seemed to be busy, or the doors closed. He frowned at the open door ahead of him; there were students bustling around the room, no teacher present it seemed and they were busy horsing around. Two students seemed to be behaving at least, he noted. One was a young girl with brown hair and the other a boy with hair like pure mercury.
Well, if he didn't ask now he'd never find the damn office.
Fixing a soft and engaging smile in place Demetrius stepped into the room and tapped the young girls shoulder without hesitation. Raising her head off the table she looked up at him and blinked blankly, obviously wondering whether she was dreaming or not because the young boy in front of her was rather pretty and even more attractive,"Shitsurei shimasu; Misete kudasai to the principles office?" (excuse me 'equivalent to -pardon me-' / please show me)
Her blinks increased rapidly; the boy next to her was glancing him up and down with a squinted glare...but it soon wavered before he put his head back down on the desk and went straight to sleep, leaving the girl to answer his question.
"G-gomen nasai!! I didn't mean to stare!! Um, chotto matte kudasai-"(Im sorry / please wait a moment) the girl turned to her companion, elbowing him rather roughly making him grunt in irritation before she whispered in a hushed tone to him.
These two were odd. But they were his only chance at getting to the office. Demetrius was a punctual creature, he didn't like giving a bad impression; especially if the person would come in useful at a later date.
"No way i'm not going to that damn office." came the males grumbled response as he buried his face in his arms and blocked out the haughty noise the girl released,"Don't be such a baka Zero!!"
"Uh-uh. Not going."
"ohhh!!" the red tinge on her face accented her eyes perfectly. When noticing the rather intense look she was receiving the girl smoothed out her expression to one of nervous amusement,"Uh, the principles office you say? So desu ne... i'll take you there directly. Follow me." (let me see.)
Demetrius flashed a delighted smile prompting a huge blush to careen onto the girls face,"Yoi." (good)
/Zero's pov/
Zero's cold mercury gaze slanted up and down the young mans frame; he was above average in the looks department; soft white hair pitched down in a rather unique hair style that cut off below his jaw in delicate points with antennae flicking outward near the crown of his head. The usual untameable cows licks or so he assumed. But it was the rather calm, peaceful aura he exuded from his acidic green eyes that disarmed anyone who looked at him.
The cutesy smile and genteel manner of speaking already had his popularity soar into the sky which was prompted even higher by his bishoenen(sp?) appearance.
The girls in the classroom were already whispering to one another and giggling behind their hands. The newcomer already had the beginnings of a fan club forming right under his nose, yet he remained blissfully unaware of it.
Zero's nose twitched before he reclined back in his chair now dismissing the new arrival as a sheep and not a wolf. Well, he didn't care as long as the guy didn't cause him or Yuuki any bother. It meant that he wouldn't have to blow his head off.
/back to you/
"Faaaaay. We've been walking for twenty minutes, can't we stop a bit?" your whine earned a prissish growl from the impish girl who whirled on her toes to fix you a glare. Sweat already beaded on her forehead which meant she was falling prey to the sunlight beaming mercilessly down on you both,"I...i guess we can."
Flumping to a sitting position you took in big greatful gulps of air; this place was crazy insane big. It was a wonder anybody found their classrooms never mind the more essential area's. It was like being an ant in an anthill. You had no idea where to go or even where you were, but by god you had to get to the 'queens chamber.'
"Byoki desu." Fay groaned, hands crossing over her stomach. (I'm sick)
"Yeah you are sick; sick in the head."
"As, soo desu ka, you want me to run off on you huh?!" (oh, i see)
"Don't be an ass Fay, we should have just waited at the front doors or something."
The twin groans you both huffed out scarred the air,"This is insane..." pushing back onto your feet you dusted off the dirt on your legs and the back of your skirt,"Lets look for someone and get directions."
Fay wasn't listening. She was staring at something. Eyes damn near popping out of her head.
"Fay are you listening to me?!"
She didn't respond. Instead, she raised her hand and pointed. The action was a strange one, for Fay was not the type to suddenly go silent and use hand gestures to communicate unless they were of the 'two fingered' kind.
Following the direction that her finger was pointing in, you choked back a gasp at the rather large...billboard. Written on that particular billboard was large loopy writing embolden and bright so that even a centipede could read it,'i - Main Building, Headmaster Kurosu's office. Come see me whenever you need any help./i'
Well...idamn./i
"...We're going to die aren't we?"
/- - -/
It ilooked/i like a normal office. Well, a normal office idoor./i
It didn't take very long to find the right place, what with the large billboard and the rather unique plaque's pointing you both in the right direction. Fay had been more freaked out by the billboard than you had and was now apprehensively eyeing the door as if it were a bomb waiting to go off in her face.
"I don't like this...what if he's a nut job?"
"What if he's not?"
She sent a scathing look in your direction,"You know what i mean."
Another few minutes were spent staring at the door...
"...You knock."
"no iyou/i knock."
"You."
"YOU."
"I'm telling YOU to do it."
"Shorties before tallies."
The twitch in her eyebrow was saved and filed away to your memory banks. It was rare for you to tick off Fay, but when you did, it was worth the cussing.
"I said YOU knock the damn door."
"You."
The fact was, you were both terrified of what lay beyond the simple door and neither were prepared to take the first step. Fortunately, you didn't have to. Your salvation came in the least expected form.
"Ah, Fay, Freya, you made it." Head twitching up you spotted the other individual sharing in your and Fay's punishment,"Hi Demetrius, where the hell were you?"
He gave one of his award winning smiles before chuckling in a good natured maner,"Lost. And you?"
"Ditto."
Fay skipped over to the teenager and locked her arms around him. He stood a good few inches taller than her, and his small gentle smile relaxed your tension...slightly. It wasn't a good thing that Fay and Demetrius were reunited once more. They were the key problem to your turbulent life.
It was the laugh that frothed forth from Demetrius that you should watch out for. His little grins were just as big a concern, because when either one of them showed up; it meant he had either DONE something, or he was iPLANNING/i to iDO/i something.
"You look well Demetrius; you choose that or?"
He glanced up at you, his acidic green eyes were nothing like Fays; Fays eyes held darker green layers the same way an emerald's colour would change depending on the light source. Demetrius's eye's were as pale as they were dreamy. You would be reminded of the sea at times, then a forest glade, or a grassy hill. But it was the iway/i in which he iused/i his eyes to manipulate people.
Those green decadent orbs lulled the target into a dreamy state if they were male, females just went gaga over his rather pretty looks. So while the target was either drooling over his good looks or his hypnotic eyes, he would then use his sweet smiles and rather magnificently good manners to entice his victim into doing whatever he wanted.
The little technique was valuable whenever he or Fay got into any trouble. Which happened often.
As a person Demetrius was an immaculate dresser, making even a garbage bag look damn good. Today he had opted for one of his relaxed uniforms. A slick black blazer smoothed over black pants while the crisp white shirt exposed at the split of the blazer contrasted peacably against the black. The red tie he had affixed to his neck collar seemed too short to be considered a tie, it was more along the lines of the ribbon adorning your and Fay's uniform. A little band aid peeked out from under his hair; he must have been smacked in the face with a tree branch again. He was rather prone to that.
His gaze shifted from you to the door,"Ah, this is the principles office?"
The rather silent girl who had been too busy staring at both you and Fay suddenly snapped to life. "Oh!! Yes!! This is Headmaster Cross's office!!"
The rather dull glare the ditzy brunette earned from Fay spoke exactly what was on your mind; 'No fucking duh Sherlock.'
The girl strut forward, grabbed the handle and flung it wide open before ushering you all inside to see a young looking man behind a desk and an even younger looking man standing rather bored in front of said desk.
The six foot or so male glanced over his shoulder and you practically screamed with relies upon seeing the small blue eyes darker than the sky at night,Hunter!!
Scuttling over to the male you lock your hand over his wrist and remain standing there for as long as possible as the strange man smiled brightly while everyone else took their places. The strange girl stood on your right while Hunt stood on your left.
And as was customary, Demetrius took the helm. Bowing as was the custom the rather amazing young man spoke fluently in japanese,"Gomen nasai, we had not meant to be late Mr Cross."
The principle flashed a heart warming smile, not at all vindictive or malicious by any means,"Irrashaimase." (welcome) "Did you find your trip here comfortable?" the principle had a rather long set of hair pulled into a loose ponytail; he reminded you of a character in Magical x Miracle, the caustic and rather strict undersecretary. Although it did appear as if your new headmaster did not have a strict bone in his body, but you knew not to take appearances for face value.
His innocent question had Fay pursing her lips and you feared she was about to loudly complain about the rather horrid trip in a screaming and wailing fashion. But she smoothed out her expression into a pleasant, rather air headed expression, one that signalled the complete switch to 'nicey nicey' mode,"Of course Headmaster. The flight was a little trying on the nerves but it's good to be on solid ground again."
His rather brown-or was it orange? eyes flickered over each and every one of you. Your hand was locked around Hunt's wrist like a child clutching her security blanket, which, coincidentally was what Hunt happened to be in your case. He was your security blanket, the shield, the faithful dog that chased off any persistent guys who would not leave you alone.
"O Genki desu ka?" (How are you?) he seemed concerned by your rather shy demeanour, and his direct question had not helped. In fact, you shifted closer to Hunt, half your face hidden behind his strong powerful arm before squeaking back a reply,"Hai, g-genku desu." (i am fine.) in your mind you were screaming for him to not speak to you again. Such was your rather embarrassed behaviour he gave you a leave of absence from his rather steady gaze before flitting back to Fay and Demetrius,"Now then; i've already set up Hunter's documents which he has signed."
The muscle spasm in the well built eighteen year olds face was brought about by the full utterance of his name. Turning his royal blue gaze on the headmaster he cleared his throat before speaking a low, unconcerned voice that vibrated inside your head pleasently,"Hunt."
The blank blinks the headmaster pitched had Demetrius clamouring to the rescue,"He means that he would prefer you call him Hunt. He dislikes people using his full name for personal reasons."
And by god he had damn good reason.
"As, soo desu ka. gomen Hunt. Now then, if you would introduce yourselves and sign these documents we can be underway." (oh, i see )
Fay, taking her cue from there, flashed an innocent smile while interlinking her hands together," Fay Harman, wonderful to meet you Headmaster Cross."
You shied away again when his eyes flitted over to you. Hunt wormed his arm around your back and pressed his hand to your mid back before inching you forward slightly so that you were completely revealed in all your terrified glory,"Don't be shy."
"F-Freya Harman." After the soft stutter you bolted straight back behind your protectors arm, this time locking your own around his boulder sized bicep.
"Now now, i wont bite. Come come; you needn't worry so Freya." he was trying vainly to coax you out from behind Hunt...it wasn't working. If anything, it was spooking you even more.
Frowning very slightly, Mr Cross contemplated on the rather strange behaviour; if you were afraid of him, then how would you handle the various day class students? And then there was the Night Class students...
Face brightening up Mr Cross lifted one of the many documents from his many piles of ever mounting paperwork and held it out to you,"If you could come out for even a moment to sign this i would be very grateful Freya."
Demetrius was already signing his and Fay was busy shooting the 'get on with it' look. Fidgeting rather uncomfortably you inched out from behind Hunt, who gave a supportive grunt and allowed you to approach the desk (all over three steps) before reaching out to take the paper and the pen the headmaster had extended. When grasping the pen your hand came into contact with his; the startling fact was his hand was very soft, warm and gentle.
Flying through the paperwork as fast as possible you felt slightly more at ease in your surroundings. You'd have to get used to this man, he was after all your headmaster and if you were going to be a shy devil around him then multiple problems would no dought arise.
"Okie dokie!! Now that that's out of the way i would like to introduce you all to Yuuki Cross, my daughter!!" flourishing towards the girl who had so far remained quiet throughout the meeting you now took in her slight frame, short hair and friendly peach coloured eyes. She seemed nice,"Wonderful to meet you!!" she chirped, smiling as broadly as the headmaster who now looked delighted,"Yuuki is a Prefect of the Day Class dorm and i hope you all get along swimmingly!!"
The headmaster's eyes drifted over each and every one of you; what he was looking at was obvious. He was eyeing the collar's around your necks with uneasy curiosity, probably thinking it was some sort of fashion statement,"Umm..." the words never formed on his lips, he just kept eyeing the garnet coloured collars with the silver triangular catch. The collars the three of you were wearing were nothing compared to Hunters whose looked like a mean ass Rottweiler's collar complete with unfriendly spikes.
Demetrius knew what was coming and so headed Mr Cross off at the pass,"Ah, these are...how shall i say? Rather important to us." his fingers touched the silver clasp lightly, gently, like a lover caressing his woman,"You must forgive us for we cannot take them off. It's a tradition among our families and we bid you to understand we have no intentions of disrespecting you or the rules; but we cannot remove the collars. Gomen nasai." he bowed, light head dipping just below the desk before making a rather subtle motion with his eyes for you and Fay to do the same.
It didn't take a genius to figure out he was only buttering up the Headmaster, but he and the prefect were absolutely taken by the amount of unfounding respect the four of you were showing.
Hunter had bowed on cue along with the rest of you; he may seem like the kind of guy who would beat the crap out of a bystander for no apparent reason, but he was actually quite a nice guy whenever you got past the rather miserable facial expression.
Standing upright your humble red eyes portrayed your apology. But it was more an apology for the hell your sister and Demetrius was going to do that would drown the poor man in paperwork up to the ceiling,"I apologise for any future problems that may arise Headmaster. And the collars...it's not easy to explain but it is a family tradition that we cannot break."
The prefect smiled softly at the headmaster before giving a cute giggle,"Well i'm sure it wont be too much of a problem would it Headmaster Cross?"
Mr Cross was in the middle of shaking his head in a negative. But upon seeing the smile on the prefects face his own had lit up like a christmas tree; and with a speed that stunned even you, the young looking headmaster practically iflew/i over the desk and the sudden feel of strong pressure squeezing the air out of your lungs earned a shrill squeak before your face was buried rather forcefully against a soft garment thus plunging your world into a muffled darkness.
"Ohhhh such cute students i have!! Of course its perfectly alright!! I would never ask any student of mine to disrespect their culture or heritage!! And Yuuki!! Your just so cute that i can hardly bare it!!"
The sound of rasping came from beside you as the hug grew tighter. Oh goddess!! Make it stop!! MAKE IT STOP!! the tight embrace disappeared as quickly as it had come.
Light flooded back into your eyes as you choked on the air being gulped down in hitching rasps. Naturally your hand grasped at your throat to ease the tension while your bewildered crimson eyes darted to your family;
Demetrius looked downright horrified at what he had seen and 'horrified' was not an expression Demetrius exhibited on a regular basis. Fay's eyebrows had pitched up so high on her forehead that the scarlet lines joined her hairline and Hunter was busy blinking in what you assumed to be shock though it did not visibly show on his face.
Your gaze drifted over to the Prefect, Yuuki was it? She seemed to be recovering a hell of a lot more quickly than you for she was giggling up at the headmaster who was shuffling some documents around before lifting up one page and squinting at it.
So...the headmaster had just...what was the term? iGlomped?/i Yes that was it; the scary, freaky, sick in the head principle had just tag teamed you and the prefect in what would otherwise be described as a Glomp Attack.
Fay's eyes filled with glistening tears as she bit her lip, finger curling under her lower lip as she sniffled rather adorably at the headmaster with the freaky personality,"Headmaster sama; how could you? You hug Freya but leave me out in the cold?" her voice was filled with the hurt of an innocent five year old.
The older male was disarmed immediately before his arms flew out wide and he swept your sister up into a tight and dramatic hug,"Oh Fay san i apologise!! I would never let any student of mine feel left out!! Forgive me!!"
Ohhhh...that looked ipainful./i No wait. It ibwas/i/b painful. Rib crackingly painful. What the hell was Fay playing at?
Releasing your fairy of a sister onto her feet, the Headmaster turned with a rather bright smile and held out the page to Yuuki,"Yuuki would you do me a big favour? I know it's a lot to ask and i had been meaning to send word to you about this but would it be alright if you showed your new classmates around? Just until they get used to the building. And don't worry, i will contact all your teachers to tell them you won't be attending; if Zero is willing he may also help." he flashed his smile on the four of you,"If you have any questions just look for Yuuki Cross or Zero Kiryuu, they are the prefects of the Day Class dorms and will be more than happy to assist you with any problems you have."
The peculiar headmaster addressed Hunt with an even and cute smile that caused his eyes to glisten,"Hunt, i will have one of your fellow upperclassmen show you around and you will be able to meet up with your cousins at lunch time. Now scoot little ones!! Education awaits!!" his hands making the sweeping 'shoo' motions irritated you slightly, but it was the leaving Hunt to this strange man that scared you more. But you hadn't a chance to object for Fay had sidled up close, arms locking around your waist and you found yourself being led out of the room without protest.
"Ikimasho." (lets go)
Eyeing the smiling girl you cleared your throat and grasped her attention immediately before shifting closer, hoping not to draw the attention of the prefect of whose name you could not for the life of you remember,"What was with the dramatics Fay? You hate older men."
Her toothy grin flashed before her hand dipped into the secret alcove of her skirt pocket before jerking out something that jingled. The object was encumbered with numerous metal objects that had sharp and blunt edges. The loop was being twirled on Fay's finger as she giggled demonically,"Swiped his keys. Never know when they may come in handy." she bragged in a low voice, quickly pocketing her booty just in time as Yuuki turned to her group of rather beautiful classmates with a bright smile in place,"Well i'd like to take you all on a tour of the school straight away but i think i should take you to first period so that you know what room to go to in the mornings and then i will take you all on a tour. Is that ok with you all?" her friendly brown eyes glistened with childish delight as everyone shrugged in a non-committal fashion.
No one really cared about the tour, or the classes. Fay and Demetrius would be too busy plotting and planning escape routes..not that the place wasn't riddled with them. The place was huge and it would be damn near impossible to find anybody, especially individuals with a knack for staying hidden when they were planning something.
Following the little prefect was easy enough; compared to you, Fay and Demetrius, the girl was tiny. Your longer legs allowed the three of you to keep up as easily as smashing an egg against concrete.
The numerous doors and hallways passed by in one blur, needless to say you were bound to lose your way again but hell you would have fun doing it. The prefect would pause and look over her shoulder with a sweet smile in place as she made sure the three of you remained together.
It didn't take her long to find the classroom, that or you were so spaced out that you weren't really paying attention.
"Uh, Yuuki san!! I need the bathroom!! Could you show me the bathroom like real quick!!" As strange as it was Fay was smiling as if in pain, her eyes shut tight while her smile remained crooked, Demetrius clamped his arm around her and you found yourself shoved into the classroom and mere minutes later found yourself sitting next to some strange boy with Smokey black hair and half brown eyes. He was presently staring at you...and it was annoying.
What you couldn't get over was the perpetual silence. the teacher had run off for some reason and you were the centre of attention. Which meant you were trying to distract yourself by gazing out of the window and daydreaming...How could Fay ditch you so fast? Not to mention Demetrius being with her...that was bad...really, really bad. Hopefully her potty dance had been genuine...you hoped.
The voices crescendo into a curious chatter as most eyes darted from the doorway to the crimson eyed beauty staring out of the classroom window in a daze. You caught snatches of conversation without even trying;
"Is that the new student? She's beautiful!!"
"I heard there were about four new students."
"Is that hair even natural? It's iblue./i"
"Of course it is!! its more a silvery platinum not blue."
"Who cares? She's a hottie!!"
"Yeah she is very attractive; where does she come from?"
"I think she's an albino; pale hair, pale skin and reddish coloured eyes. All trait's of an albino."
"Are you sure she's supposed to be here? She looks like she'd fit right in with the Night Class students."
The chatter was immediately halted which drew your attention. Everyone had stopped mid sentence, mouths either open or held in an appropriate 'o' shape as their heads and eyes remained transfixed on the individual standing silhouetted in the doorway. Scarlet hair streamed down the persons back and parted in two as the identical silver hair bobbles tied them tidily in place. The emerald chipped eyes were fixed on you while the rather triumphant smile was darkened by the aura of mischief she was no dought simmering inside her mind.
Oh god... the urge to slam your head into the desk was overwhelming.
Fay sauntered towards you; hips moving smoothly from side to side like a hypnotic pendulum as her intense green eyes held your crimson orbs of dulled annoyance. Her sailor fuku was fitting her little cutesy act; the red ribbon accenting her red hair as she stopped beside the desk, eyes slanting toward the young male sitting in the seat next to you, his jaw open with awe. Fay wasn't a firm supporter of the human race. To her they were toys, objects, possessions that were either useful in practical ways or something for her to break for her own entertainment. This boy, was neither. But he did have something she wanted, which meant-
Brow smoothing out, eyes widening into a rather disarming puppy hued pout. Fay held the tips of her fingers to the crest of her chin before batting her eyelashes at the stunned boy,"Excuse me, I know this is alot to ask but could you let me have that seat? Its just that i dont know anyone here and i would really appreciate it if you let me sit next to my sister. It would mean the world to me." her free hand shifted from her side and rested calmly on the young mans hand.
The second her hand touched his the skin of his face erupted pure red before he jumped up immediately from the seat and stepped aside, giving up his seat to the pretty young woman who had just played him like a piano,"o-o-of course!!" he blurted, eager to please the rather attractive girl.
Faking a faint blush Fay reached out to take his hand in both of hers before lightly kissing the tip of his fingers in a way that she never actually allowed her lips to touch him, only brought them close enough for him to assume she had,"Thank you so very much. You are such a kind young man." batting her eyelashes again Fay dropped herself elegantly into the vacant seat while the student swayed dreamily down the aisle, his thoughts filled with the ruby haired cutie rather than the fact he had just lost his seat to said cutie.
Yup. Fay had a way with the men. It was second to nature for her. They always fell at her feet like lovesick puppy dogs, begging for her attention in the only way they could, which varied depending on the person and how far they were willing to go; arson was one of the attention grabbing attempts...let us never speak of it.
Turning a triumphant smile on you Fay released low chuckles similar to a purr of a jungle cat,"I still got it." she cooed, blowing on her crimson nails that she had filed into cute oval shapes. She was hoping to grow them long enough for her to sharpen into claws. Not cats claws but...vampirish claws, like the vampires in Blood Trinity.
"Well there's not much effort needed to manipulate these people; they seem like lack wits to me." you mumble back, fingers lacing together as the nervousness settled into your squirming stomach. You didn't like the attention you were being paid; it bugged the hell out of you. It wasn't as if you were...never mind. You and your sister were goddesses compared to the other girls here, not that some of them weren't pretty or anything like that, it was just that...well you two were like exotic animals compared to the rest of them, which was the beginning of a new headache.
You could understand their fascination, their awe, their...jealousy as some cases ay be; but what you could not understand was the amount of chattering they did. It was as if they had nothing better to do and where the hell was the teacher?
"Wow they are so...dumb." Fay mumbled, watching as one of the male students fell flat on his ass when Fay smiled at him...right before the cup on the teachers desk imagically/i tipped over and splashed down the boys face.
Everyone stared blankly at the boy. Fay giggled into her hand, green eyes sparkling with dark knowledge. "Stop that." you hiss, eyes narrowing at Fay who was too busy giggling uncontrollably to respond.
One of the many faceless students edged over with two of her friends flanking either side of her. The dark coloured eyes raised to meet Fay's questioning green ones,"Would like to come over and talk with us? We'd like to be friends."
Again, some books on the desk of a student imagically/i shifted off the desk and slammed exceedingly hard on one of the students feet earning a shrill curse before he hopped around, clutching his foot.
These people were out of their tiny little minds. They didn't iactually/i believe you and your sister were normal did they? I mean come on!!
Fay flashed breath taking smile that caused the girls hearts to skip a beat,"Of course i would!! That would be wonderful!!" Shifting gracefully off her seat the ruby haired temptress glided through the aisles, her lackeys following close behind her with looks of pure awe on their faces.
Yes, these idiots had no idea.
Three particular students were writing rather furiously in their notebooks, looks of excitement splayed all over their faces. One of the onlookers bent down to listen to the three people who were now allowing the other students to listen. The girl who had bent down jerked up and screamed with excitement;
"YES!! of COURSE i want to join their fanclub!!"
The shrill scream drew everyones attention. Silence reigned...for ten seconds.
"Oh my god!! They are so pretty!! I'm gonna be in their fan club too!!"
ibFanclub?!/i/b
"I wanna join!!"
"Me too!!"
"Don't forget me!!"
The mad crush of students converging on the table of three, scared the living hell out of you; two boys and a girl were quickly writing down names of those who wanted to join the club set up in your, Fay and Demetrius's honour. The flailing of arms, legs and pitching of skirts was like watching sharks in a feeding frenzy.
This little obsession could grow into something very dangerous...and the fear growing steadily in your warm bosomy chest warned you that things were about to get a hell of a lot more difficult and for once, it wasn't Fay or Demetrius's fault.
Your lowered head only descended further towards the surface of the desk, Fay had escaped lightly, she was busy chatting away with some of the students without a care in the world. She was completely oblivious of the fanclub growing steadily and steadily bigger as each and every class member put their names down. Your natural instincts were screaming at you to get the hell out of there. Fay may be used to such behaviour of squealing fangirls and fanboys, but you were more than horrified by the feeding frenzy...
Shifting your leg out from under the desk you slowly raise yourself off the seat and walk calmly towards the door. The door was close..so close you could taste the freedom. But the question of where to go flitted into your mind like a taunting moth fluttering around a light bulb. You would just keep walking, go where ever your feet took you and if you got lost you could signal Fay or even Demetrius. They'd come looking, it was a natural thing to do when family concerned.
The wall on the right hand side was littered with elegant paintings, amateur ones you presumed, due to the way some of the paintings were portrayed. The whole class was in an uproar, too busy to notice the icy haired student floating by light as a feather and making not so much as a squeak on the floor. There was however, one student standing aside from the rest of the flock. From the height, you assumed it was a girl, then again the skirt clinched that anyway.
From behind the person was quite short, her hair even shorter, fashioned like a boys but long enough to look feminine if she wanted to curl the locks of black. She was wearing something akin to your uniform, the only difference being that her skirt wasn't as fluffed out as yours and Fay's. That probably had something to do with the lack of curves the girl was devoid of. But you weren't concentrating on that, you were solely focused on the door you intended to get to and run out of.
The girl was fiddling with her cuff, fixing something apparently, before letting her arms hang loosely at her sides. For some reason the action drew your attention. You didn't know why, but it did. There was nothing strange or out of place...except...a black pin, fixed to the cuff of her sweater. It was black, thin and fashioned in an intricate design, a flower. It wasn't tiny, but it wasn't huge either. Just big enough to catch someone's eye if they knew what to look for.
Squinting at the small pin, the design was a flower, a black flower, a black idahlia./i
Your head snapped back up, pace slowing down even more so that when you came close to her you could listen for anything indicating that your assumption was correct. You didn't need to wait long.
"Midnight?"
The smooth calm voice murmured carefully causing you to come to a complete stop and eye the be speckled girl with her back to you. She was gazing at one of the paintings, but her eyes were on you, her head not even a fraction of the way turned as she waited for a response.
Pausing had been a mistake if it wasn't what you thought that word meant. To anyone else the girl was merely staring at the painting a student had done in an art class no dought and hung up their work on the wall. Sidling up next to her you too acted as if you were staring at the painting in the same curious way she was before murmuring very quietly so as not to be overheard;
"Twilight."
The strange girl lowered her head and released a sigh of relief before tilting her head slightly in your direction allowing you to see her face,"Thank god, i thought you and your cousin's were from Circle Midnight. I was almost afraid to hope."
"No, we're from Twilight. Unity."
Bobbing her head she smiled back,"Unity." It was a common greeting among your ipeople/i and it seemed that this one was definitely one of them. Her eyes were a honey brown, big and soft like the skin of a horse. But you, with your ability to see someone instead of what they looked like, could pick out distinct hue's of purple orbiting the brown. The purple meant she was of close birthright to the direct line.
"What's your name?" you question, ruby eyes softening from their normal wall of 'keep the fuck away' when mobbed by a class of freaks. Stifling a lop sided smile the girl nodded her head in response to your question,"I'm Shinsei Seion. So your a Harman, i'm very blessed to have met one of the direct descendents of iher/i, i'm truely honoured." She looked like she was about to bow but paused, thinking better of it and shook her shoulders to ease some form of tension that had built there.
"Shinsei? Thats...Sacred. You're from the sacred line? Thats amazing, your from the 'sacred serenity', your name reflects that perfectly, i've heard a great many things about various members of your family." your gushing sentence was hushed but excited all at the same time.
Seion gave a small laugh, half hearted but a good attempt none the less,"Maybe, but its no where near as amazing as a Harman member. That in itself is practically royalty. And from the many stories i've heard the Harman line are the most po-"
"Hey isn't that Seoin? Why's she talking to Harman san?"
"She's just looking for attention; ignore her, she's ugly."
"I always thought she was a guy, i mean come on, she sure ilooks/i like one."
"She's probably a tranny."
"Hey someone go invite Freya over so we can talk to her. She doesn't need a dork like Shinsei bugging her."
The statements so blatantly aimed at your fellow sister made your blood boil in anger. How dare they judge Shinsei based on her looks?! And 'dork'?! who the hell were they calling a dork?! Seion was worth a million of ithem!!/i She was better than all of those idiotic day class students combined!!
"Um excuse me?"
The soft and sweet voice that drifted into your ears made you grit your teeth together. A dark shadow had shifted into Shinsei's eyes; sadness was easily detected as well as the clear presence of acceptance. This girl had accepted what these edacious people thought of her, she knew there was no point in trying to tell them otherwise, they would only laugh even more at her. How idare/i they?!
"Sumi masen Harman san?" (excuse me)
Turning around fully you panned your eyes down to see a young girl with mousy brown hair flowing down her shoulders and tied back with a red bobble. She was a strange looking one, a little scar penetrated her temple diagonally across and it looked as if she had done a good job hiding it with foundation but with someone like you, it was easy for you to spot the physical flaw,"Nani?" you responded coldly.
"I was wondering if you would like to come over and talk to me and my friends." she gestured to the desk where most of the students had swarmed to sign up to the new fan clubs. They were all smiling and grinning goofily.
Out of the corner of your eye you could see Shinsei's shoulders slump.
You flashed an ice cold smile on the girl, eyes hardening into bloody diamonds as you bared down on the girl who shrank back in fear,"I'm sorry but in case you hadn't noticed i'm having a private conversation with my friend Seion kun so if you wouldn't mind, please don't bother us."
The girl released a pitiful squeak before scuttling back to her group who were all gaping in shock. Right before the bubbling noise of chatter burst loose once more;
"My god!! She spoke to you!!"
"Thats so cool!!"
"She's so awesome!! And well mannered too!!"
You resisted the impulse to slap your face,"These people are morons."
Seion's face dimpled in amusement while giving a shake of her head,"Yes they are, but just wait 'til the end of the day. You'll see just how stupid these people are."
Giggles burbled forth from your throat...Shinsei was giggling as well, her hand on your arm as she tried to keep her giggles low,"Did you isee/i the look on her face?"
"She looked ready to wet herself!!"
Your new friend released a noise halfway between a snort and a giggle,"They really are gutless wonders, but thank you, no one's ever stood up for me before." her eyes showed humility and thanks.
Eyebrows crossing over in confusion it struck you as odd that no one had ever been nice enough to defend Seion,"Never?"
She rolled her eyes and shoulders simultaneously, her eyes on the chattering group of monkeys,"Well, not since i came to this school at least."
"So...how long have you been here?"
Nose crinkling in thought Shinsei tapped her fingers against her arm,"Lets see...about five months or so. I transferred here due to some family havoc."
You grimaced before smiling,"Same as us then. But you haven't been here very long though; whats this place like?"
She cast a weary glance in your direction, arms crossing over her stomach before puckering her small lips while debating on giving you her opinion or the 'oh its absolutely great!! You cant go wrong in this loony bin!!',"Honestly? The building and facilities are amazing. The equipment is top of the line, the food is first class, the dorm rooms are nice and the perks are pretty good."
" Downside?"
" The people are narrow minded idiots. The teachers are ok but a number of them are stuffy old ass's and go out of their way to make your life a living hell. The headmasters a nice guy but he's too much of a klutz and an air brained git. In short; welcome to the local loony bin." she sighed, giving a meak smile before glaring at the sudden shriek one of the day class girls let loose,"Ohmigod!! Ohmigod!! Its Aido san!! And Akatsuki San!! Ohmigod!!"
What happened next not only stunned you but horrified you. You barely heard the sarcastic,'and it starts.' from Seion before the ear splitting wails of excitement deafened you and every other animal in a hundred mile radius as every student lunged for the window.
"Ohmigod it IS Aido and Akatsuki san!!"
Your blank stare was directed to Seion who pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose,"The Night class students." was her enigmatic response.
Curiosity gnawed at your innards...right before you iactually blooked/i/b at the situation. Every single female student and few male students were glued to the window. You and Seion were no more than five steps away from the classroom door. There was no teacher, no prefect to whose name you had once again conveniently forgotten and Fay was busy scowling at the screaming mass of teenagers while her follower's semi-circled her but cast curious glances at the window every now and then, unsure if they should stay put or join their comrades in their daily night class worship.
A sharp hum dragged you back to reality as Demetrius seemingly popped up out of no where and eyed the excited mass of students with bored curiosity,"Naked modal convention?"
"Nope, Night class students breaking the rules." Seoin responded before adding,"Unity." as she quickly picked up on his origins. Flashing a friendly smile Demetrius held out his hand,"Unity." shaking comfortably you sucked in air and breathed it out again,"You think we could escape while the 'natives' are occupied?"
Seion's hooded gaze flitted from the students to the door, calculating, assessing whether the risk was worth it,"Yeah, the teacher wont be back anytime soon anyway and the prefects are missing in action it would seem." she summarised succinctly.
Passing a nod at your new friend you cross the room as quickly and quietly as possible and yank Fay from her group of momentarily stunned audience who were now gazing out the window with the same awe and admiration as the rest of the air headed class,"Lets get out of here." you hiss, Fay's green eyes still mingled with anger at the sudden distraction before nodding in agreement.
"lets blow this pop stand." Fay's statement summed it up perfectly; while everyone's attention was directed elsewhere, the four of you snuck stealthily out of the classroom and out onto the school grounds.
You froze, realising something,"Wait...what about Hunt?"