Disclaimer I don't own Love Live! and its characters ...
Warning Some characters are going to be a little bit OOC. I try to follow the personalities they have in the anime as much as I can but still, sometimes the context of the scene where they'll be in can change them a little, that's why I prefer to warn you, just in case of. I hope it won't be a big deal ...
Also I don't really know how japanese schools work for real, so I've changed a little bit Otonokizaka high school here ... Like, the students have several teachers (I always see one teacher in the animes, so sorry if I misinterpreted it ...), and it's the best for the story so some of our favorite girls can appear in it! I don't really know after that, it's really the main change I did.
And when there are words in italic in quotes, it means that the characters are speaking in another language than Japanese. (except for the flashbacks haha..)
I hope you'll enjoy this story!
"No way."
"Come on, you're the only one who can do this."
"I don't see why it has to be me, we all have the same job."
"You can improvise, you're more than good with words. Well, you're way the best amongst us."
"I-it's not like it's an incredible thing!"
"It is! Because if one of us tries, it's going to end on a disaster! We don't want such thing to happen on the first of school, do we?"
"..."
"So?"
"... Alright. You won."
"Perfect! You're the best!"
She at least could have left us her first draft ...
After adjusting the mic on a par with her mouth, the woman slides her fingers to each side of the desk and grips them tightly, nibbling her lower lip.
Why does the new Principal have to be absent anyway? Just the first day of school when she has to do her speech ...
All of the students are looking at her. She feels so weak and uneasy under those gazes, especially the ones which are almost shining at her sight. Those are the most disturbing, even if some students are looking at her, eager to hear her speech, but quite curious and surprised to see a teacher instead of the Principal.
She clears her throat first.
"H-hello everyone, and welcome to Otonokizaka high school. For the first years, I just wanted to make clear the fact that I'm not the Principal of the school. She's currently absent for some reasons, and I have been designated-" She glares to her left, where her colleagues are standing with a playful smile,"-to replace her. But it's going to allow me to introduce you the staff, that is to say everyone who's working here and who's going to help you this year. I'm Sonoda Umi, your Literature teacher and also the first class' of first years homeroom teacher ; and I'll also take care of everything that concerns the first years. Concerning the second and third years, as usual, you're going to find who is your homeroom teacher when you'll be outside, seeing that this speech isn't really supposed to present the homeroom teachers, just the staff in general ..."
Umi massages her temples, frustrated.
"Well, whatever. To assist you during this year-"
The blue haired teacher goes on and on with her speech, her voice being the only thing that could be heard in the auditorium. Until loud footsteps stop her in the middle of her sentence, catching everyone's attention. Two girls are at the door, out of breath. Umi raises an eyebrow : seeing the color of their bows, both are second years. What a perfect example for the first years, being late on the first day of school ...
But the ginger haired one winces, and Umi sees that both of her knees are covered in blood.
"We're lucky we have one of our nurses here with us." Umi looks at her left. "Kira-san, if you can take care of her, please ..."
"With pleasure, Sonoda-san."
A woman with short hair and intense green eyes smiles and leaves the stage, approaching the two second years. The orange haired one goes take a seat seconds after, while the nurse drags the wounded girl outside, probably to the infirmary.
After this little incident, the blue haired woman finished her speech under the students' applause, and also under her co-workers'. Even if it was more a teasing clapping than anything else coming from them. They forced her to make the speech, after all.
Now, the students are gathering outside, eager to know in which class they are. A lot of them are finally cheering, happy to be with one of their friends, or more, for this new year.
"Ah man, why am I not surprised to be in the same class as you again?"
A redhead places her hand on her hip, looking at the girl with blue eyes who stands beside her, a small but teasing grin dancing on her lips.
"Guess they didn't really make an effort this year again."
"It's been what ... Since our first year in this school that we're in the same class?"
The blue eyed girl giggles, adjusting her dark green bow, meaning that this year will be her last in Otonokizaka. "You can say whatever you want, but I know you're glad and relieved to be with me once again. Am I right, Maki-chan?"
"G-geez, don't call me like that!" Maki's cheeks turn a light shade of pink, as she twirls one lock of red hair around her finger, by reflex.
Her friend just laughs. It's always priceless to embarrass Maki whenever she has the opportunity, to tell the truth. Maki has always been a little bit cold, and isn't in the habit of opening up to other people. She's quite reserved in reality ; people generally tend to think that she's self-obsessed because of her behavior, or that she's a nerd. Cliché. Just because she has good grades everywhere and doesn't speak with the others. But when you know her, Maki is the sweetest girl ever ; a little bit shy and lost in a way when it comes to friendship though. She never really experienced it.
"We should go to class."
"Um ... Erena?"
"What is it?"
Maki awkwardly clears her throat, pointing and touching her own skin right above the collar of her white shirt. Erena immediately understands, and quickly presses her hand against this spot, covering a small purplish bruise. Maki sighs and rolls her eyes, crossing then her arms above her chest.
"No way ... It's still here?"
Maki slowly nods. "The girl of yesterday?"
Erena falls silent, blushing.
"Fine. I don't want to know anyway."
"But Maki! She was a beauty, right? Admit it!" Erena smiles and takes Maki's shoulder, almost shaking her.
"Do you know her name?"
"Err ..."
"You're useless." Maki facepalms. "Since when you like doing it with strangers?"
"Oh come on Maki, I drank a little bit yesterday."
"That's not a reason to offer your body to someone you don't know. And you weren't drunk either!"
The dark purple haired girl smiles.
Maki is the sweetest girl when it comes to friendship, and especially with her seeing that she's her first friend. Of course, Erena rarely sees this side of Maki, when the redhead becomes protective and worried about her. But each time it comes to Erena's well-being, Maki sometimes shows this character trait. And each time, it reminds Erena how nice it is to have such a great best friend right beside her.
To tell the truth, both of them never thought they would have got along so easily. With Maki rejecting everyone back in their first year and Erena being popular thanks to her beauty and cool behavior, none of them even imagined what it could have been if they've tried to be friends, just like that. But it happened. One day, Erena caught Maki playing a song with the piano of the school, and she found the notes beautiful. That was the first thing they had in common : they both loved music in general. Talking about it was the first step in their friendship.
But soon after, they found that they had more in common.
For example, they both like girls. And that's what made them go to a gay club yesterday.
"Maki, relax. It's nothing. They're just girls like us." Erena laughed when her best friend finally joined her, after shrugging a clingy girl off.
"I hate when they're glued to me like that. I could have enjoyed it better if she's danced normally with me." The redhead growled. "Why did you suddenly disappear, by the way?"
"I ordered two drinks. Here."
"Ah, thanks."
Maki took the glass and started drinking it, before choking on it. "B-b-but it's vodka!"
Erena hid an amused and proud smile behind her own glass, while Maki glared at her.
"You useless lesbian, you know that I don't like it!"
"That's the fun of it, your face is priceless." Erena giggled and then drank a swallow.
"You can drink it for me." Maki said as she gave her glass back to Erena. "Won't you come and dance a little? I thought you loved dancing."
"Let me finish the drinks. I'll come right af-"
"Hey you two." A high-pitched voice interrupted them, revealing a girl with short dark green hair. "You better pay attention to your drinks, because if someone put something in, you're screwed."
"It's not the first time we're going to a bar, you know," Maki replied, arching an eyebrow, her tone a little bit colder than expected.
The unknown girl only smiled at her. "You're cute and mysterious, I like you. Wanna dance?"
To her best friend's surprise, Maki didn't refuse and let the girl drag her in the crowd. She lightly giggled ; this girl was a pretty bold one. Her advice was just a pretext to talk to Maki and ask her for a dance.
"An empty seat right besides a stunning girl? I'm very lucky today."
Erena looked at a girl who just took Maki's place, sitting with her, placing her elbows on the counter. They looked at each other, and Erena saw a mysterious but appealing twinkle in the girl's eye. She beamed at her.
"Guess I'm also lucky to have a beautiful girl sitting with me."
"Are you going to drink two glasses?"
"If you want this one, then go ahead, I don't mind." Erena smiled and pushed the glass towards the girl.
"Alright, thank you." She took a sip, before wincing. "Urgh ... Vodka, right?"
"Don't like it?" The blue eyed girl laughed.
"Not really ... Hey. You better not drug me with it!"
"Never. I have my own way to get along with a girl. Like, really, really get along." Erena took another mouthful of her own drink, before smiling when she noticed that the other girl was now leaning towards her.
"Really? Can you show me?"
"I liked it anyway, it was fun." Erena says when they enter the classroom.
The two best friends immediately spot two empty seats right against the window, in the back of the room. They head to them, while Maki puts her bag on the first desk, leaving Erena behind her.
"So ... Our teacher is a new one, right?"
"Yes. I never saw her name before."
They sit down.
"Hi everyone~" A cheerful and feminine voice greets the third years, catching their attention.
Erena doesn't even take the time to look at her, too busy to look for something in her bag. Did she take her keys this morning before leaving her house? Maki, on the other hand, narrows her eyes, and tries to have a better look at the teacher.
She knows her. She already saw her.
"I'm Yuuki Anju, your English teacher and if I've understood well ... I'm also your homeroom teacher." The auburn haired teacher smiles at them. "Well, first, I want you all to know that it's my first time as a teacher. I hope we'll get along ; I really want this year to come off well. Ah yes, the secretary and her co-workers reminded me to tell you that your P.E. teacher is absent for the whole week. So, no P.E. classes for the week!"
Maki discreetly gasps when she finaly remembers where she had seen her new teacher. She turns and snaps her fingers in front of Erena's nose, to catch her attention.
"What is it?" Erena looks at her redhead best friend, whispering, not to be caught.
"Erena, the teacher! Look at her!" Maki whispers back, glancing over her shoulder.
The dark purple haired girl lightly frowns, curious and surprised by Maki's words, and finally draws her attention towards their English teacher.
"Oh God." Erena breathes, now frozen on her seat.
No way.
"Erena ... You're impossible, you know that?" Maki facepalms before sitting correctly again.
It can't be true.
Erena looks at Yuuki Anju once again, just to be sure. She starts growing pale.
It's a joke, right? Don't tell me- Don't tell me I had sex with my homeroom teacher yesterday!
"So, seeing that you're all third years, I'm going to talk in English all the time." Anju giggles at the terrified face her students are making right now. "Don't worry about it, I won't speak too fast and I'll articulate enough so you'll be used to my accent and you'll understand everything, alright?"
They all nod, and the new teacher smiles. "Perfect. See? You already understood the beginning, it's really great! Well, I'm just going to call you one by one at least to know who looks like what."
Erena bites her lips and takes a deep breath.
"I'm pretty good at remembering people's face, so we won't lose time seeing that I won't have to call you each time you'll be in class with me. If I have to forget, feel free to remind me if one of your friends is sick, or whatever reason that makes them absent."
And she starts. Erena feels her hands become sweaty and her heart beats faster and faster as Anju draws closer to the end of the roll.
"Toudou Erena?"
Maki restrains herself from laughing, already knowing how embarrassed her best friend is without even looking at her. Erena frowns and slaps her on the shoulder, muttering a faint "Shut up Maki", before raising her hand like everyone else did before her.
"Here."
Anju's pink eyes land on her.
"... Oh."
The woman hides her grin behind the sheet of paper she's holding, as Erena blushes and immediately diverts her gaze. Anju recognized her.
Toudou Erena, huh? Anju smiles, before calling the last names on the roll not to sound suspicious.
"What the hell did I do yesterday." Erena grumbles under her breath, after leaving the classroom faster than ever.
"I don't believe it," Maki gasps, teasingly smiling though. "You had sex with our teacher Ere-mmpf!"
"Shhh!" Erena loudly shushes the redhead, pinning her against the wall with a hand pressed all over her mouth.
Maki widens her eyes, surprised by this, before blushing when she notices that they have caught everyone else's attention in the corridor, their classmates curiously looking at them. She lightly pokes Erena's shoulder, glancing around them to make her understand that they're making a scene right now.
"Ah."
Erena coughs and releases her friend, before harshly whispering to her, "Nobody has to know, you idiot!"
"We're more suspicious than ever with what you did!" Maki frowns, removing some dust of her uniform because of the din they've just caused.
"It's your fault!"
"I'm not the one who fucked the teacher," Maki slyly smirks.
Erena throws her hands in the air, desperatly, as she continues to walk. "Argh, shut it! You're impossible!"
The following day, when the two third years arrived in front of the school, they felt like checking their schedule of classes that their homeroom teacher gave them yesterday.
"Perfect." Erena lets out a huge breath of relief. "We don't have English class on Tuesday, I'm lucky."
"But you're going to see Yuuki-sensei every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday."
"At least, I'll be fine today."
"What is our first class, by the way ..?" Maki glances at her schedule. "Art class. Hey, they gave us the same teacher. Again. Look."
"We have her since our first year. I bet we're like her children."
"Don't say that. She's going to tease us to death if she knows that you've said such thing."
Erena giggles as they walk away.
"Walls have ears, young girls ... This year's going to be pretty interesting~"
The Art teacher greets her third year students while entering the classroom, surprising those who never had her in class, like the ones who had the other Art teacher since their first year or like the transfert students. She's a little bit small in size -even if she has black heels today-, but she has a shapely and lovely figure, her hips and her chest glorified by her outfit. Her smile is genuine, kind, but there is a mysterious glint in her eyes, almost mischievous.
"Good morning everyone." She has this calm and motherly aura around her too, and this puts her students at ease immediately. "For those who don't know me, I'm Toujou Nozomi, your Art teacher."
And the purple haired woman goes on and on with the introductions, before changing the subject, talking now about her discipline, giving every information she can to her students. She tries to reassure them on the exams, what the teachers are expecting ; she talks about what's going to happen during her classes and does her best during this hour to make things clear in their mind, even if they don't start a lesson today. To tell the truth, Erena and Maki, back in their first year, thought that it was useless to do that, but then they understood that it was just their teacher's personality, being kind to everyone and not wanting to scare her students away.
She's a good teacher. One of the best this school has, in reality.
After all, concerning the staff here, Otonokizaka is full of surprises.
"You two again." Nozomi smiles as she approaches the two students left in the classroom, once all of their classmates are gone. "I guess you're stuck with me for your last year."
"Yeah." Maki says, gathering her things in her bag, not even looking up at her Art teacher.
"Ara, as cold as ever, Maki-chan~"
Nozomi hides her grin behind her soft hand, finally laughing when Maki whips her head towards her, a huge blush adorning her entire face. Erena blinks, as shocked as her best friend.
"Wh-wh-wha-"
"Sorry Toujou-sensei," Erena smiles. "But we have another class right now." Erena glances at Maki, hoping that the redhead will thank her later, even if she would have loved to stay here just to see Nozomi teasing and embarrassing her.
"That's my girls."
"Wha-"
Maki quickly drags her purple haired friend out of the classroom, the red on her face starting to disappear slowly.
"Sometimes, she really sounds pervy ..."
"Don't worry about it Maki-chan, I don't sleep with my students!" Nozomi screams from the classroom, and she giggles one more time when she hears her students walking away, as their footsteps gradually become faster, imagining them blushing one more time.
"Why the hell does it always have to be us? We are always with the creepiest teachers ever, or there's always something going on between a teacher and one of us!" Maki almost yells in the corridor, frustrated.
"Guess I'm not the only one." Erena teasingly smirks.
"What are you saying?"
"You never told me you have an affair with Toujou-sensei."
"THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Maki punches Erena's shoulder, violently blushing and jumping backwards, as if to get away from her.
But when she does that, she bumps into someone, who freezes at it. Maki turns around, still blushing and almost looking like a crazy girl because of what happened and what Erena said to her.
"YOU COULD APOLOGIZE!"
It's a young girl, a first year like her blue bow shows it, with dark hair and crimson eyes. But tears start welling up in them, and she takes steps back, not fully understanding what's happening to her right now. Why is this third year looking so crazy right now? Why is she yelling at her, while she's the one who has pushed her?
"I-I-I- ... S-s-sorry!" And the girl with crimson eyes breaks into a run, trying to get away from Maki as fast as possible.
"You should stop snapping at people who didn't do anything to you when you're that frustrated." Erena rolls her eyes but playfully smiles.
"But she bumped into me, this idiot!"
"No, you bumped into her."
"Wh-whatever! You're always saying bullshits, always!" Maki's face turns red again.
"You still haven't denied the love affair part, with Toujou-sensei." Erena laughs.
"Sh-shut it! You're wrong! WRONG!"
"Great. Now that I'm over with my speech and that I have one more hour with you all, I allow you to take a break before starting our first lesson." Nozomi smiles at the girls with red bows, her second years students.
One thing was new in her work this year. It's been three years that she's working as an Art teacher here, in Otonokizaka, and this year is the first where she is a homeroom teacher. The homeroom teacher of this class of second years, and they all seem pretty lively. Especially two of them, Kousaka Honoka and Hoshizora Rin, the perfect pair.
The day the teachers of Otonokizaka received everything concerning their own schedules, which classes they'll have during the year and even the names of their students, Nozomi immediately approached Umi, one of her friends here, to know what it was to be a homeroom teacher. Umi, who had always worked hard and also thanks to her serious demeanor and her fame amongst the students, quickly became the homeroom teacher. So, it was only natural for Nozomi to ask her how it was, what she had to do, ... And with Umi's answer, everything seemed so complicated. Well, it didn't sound complicated, because taking care of everything that concerns this class, these students, like documents, administratrive papers, or even organizing trips outside the school and all is an easy thing to do ; but what made everything complicated for the new homeroom teacher was when Umi told her that if she does a good job, the other second years' homeroom teachers would rely on her for everything concerning their own classes.
Dealing with twenty students and more seems hard, but if the others add their own students ...
Still alone in the classroom, because the break isn't over, the purple haired teacher sits in front of her desk and pulls a card out of her deck of tarot cards, the same that's following her since high school.
The Sun.
She smiles. It's a good card, and even if what Umi said seemed to be complicated, it doesn't scare her. A good year is in front of her and the students. Everything will be fine.
Nozomi looks up from the card when she hears the second years entering the classroom again, ready for their first Art lesson. Nozomi quickly takes a sheet of paper, before remembering something.
"Ah, before starting, Rin-san?" Nozomi calls the orange haired girl, quickly spotting her in the middle of the classroom. The young girl looks at her, curious but a little bit scared to be called so suddenly. "Don't worry, you did nothing wrong. They just asked me to remind you that you have to go see the secretary when you can. They won't annoy you after, alright?"
"Understood nya!"
Tuesday is finally over for the third years.
It's an exception today seeing that the P.E. teacher is absent for the whole week, but Maki and Erena are happy to leave the school earlier. But both of them reluctantly stop when they hear heels clacking on the ground, already knowing that a teacher is following them.
"Nishikino-san?"
They both turn and blink when they see their homeroom teacher, Yuuki Anju, standing in front of them with a smile. Erena feels her cheek growing hot and she instinctively averts her gaze.
"Yuuki-sensei?" Maki asks, curious. What does her English teacher want?
"I'm sorry to bother you, I know classes are over for you but the Principal wants to see you right now."
Maki freezes. "Wh-what?"
"You better go see her, even if it's going to take some of your time." Anju apologetically smiles. "I don't think it'll last hours, but ... It's better if you go right now, seeing that it's what she wants. Well, see you tomorrow."
And the auburn haired woman disappears, while Maki stands there, shocked. She feels her neck become sweaty. The Principal ...
"What did you do?" Erena asks, shaking her friend's shoulder to bring her to reality again.
"I-I don't know." Maki's eyes fall on her. "It can't be that bad, right?"
"Maki, being convoked by the Principal doesn't sound like a good thing ..."
"Thanks for reassuring me, you useless best friend."
Erena giggles. "But it's the truth. You better go. Do you want me to wait for you here?"
Maki slowly and shyly nods, before walking towards the school, gulping with difficulty. Why does it have to be the Principal, above all?!
Knock knock
"Come in."
Maki nervously opens the door, stepping in the Principal's office, not knowing what she did to be convoked by the person everyone fears in this school. Why does everyone is scared of her? Because since day one, when the Literature teacher made the speech, evoking the absence of the Principal for personal reasons, the students started gossiping about it, immediately saying that she must have been too busy to come here, that she's important elsewhere, for something else, and it made her even more important in Otonokizaka. Plus, she's the Principal. Everyone respects her, without even knowing her name.
So naturally, Maki herself is afraid of the Principal -a little though. Even if she's the most respected here, the Principal of Otonokizaka is like a stranger. Nobody knows which color are her eyes, which color is her hair, what is her size, her way of dressing up, ... Nobody knows her physical appearance. They also don't know her personality. Every student tries to imagine her, even if they have no clue about it, but the Principal will be and will stay a mystery to everyone.
Except to Maki.
"Ah, it's you Nishikino-san. You're finally here."
The first thing Maki saw was a woman wearing a knee-length and purple skirt, turning her back on her and hiding the Principal. She was certainly talking with her before.
"Toujou-sensei." Maki politely greets her teacher even if she saw her this morning, making the woman smiles when she finally turns.
"I think I'm going to leave, I have nothing more to say to our dear Principal." Nozomi glances at the Principal over her shoulder, flashing a grin. "I'll see you in class tomorrow, Maki-chan."
Nozomi giggles when some pink starts painting Maki's cheeks once again, and then closes the door behind her, even if Maki purposely lets her eyes follow her teacher's sight. As if to be reassured. As if she wanted her to stay here, with her, to support her in front of the Principal.
"Nishikino-san."
The girl feezes when she hears her name and quickly closes her eyes.
There she goes. She's going to meet the Principal. She's going to be the first to see her, for real.
Hi guys! First of all, thank you for reading, I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter of this story. :3
All of the girls will be in this story, don't worry about it. Even if Maki, Nozomi, Anju, Erena, Honoka, Rin, Umi and Tsubasa already appeared (even if it's just a little for now). Soooo ... Who Eli, Nico, Kotori and Hanayo are going to be in this story? Students? Teachers? Maybe parents?!
And this scary Principal? This P.E. teacher? A boy or a girl? Will they be the first male teacher in this all-girls school? I really wonder ... Haha~