"I told her to get me up if I didn't get up on time.." The girl appeared to be in high school by the black skirt she wore that reached mid-thigh, the blazer over top the polo vest and long sleeve shirt underneath. All toped off with a cute red bow tie which she continued to fiddle with as if it was strangling the life from her body. This young lady of 15 years of age went by Akimi Gozen and today she was running late to her first day of classes in Hakuou Academy.
The school had just opened it's gates to girls being an all boys school before. The reason you may ask that this cute little bright eyed carrot top girl was going there... One word... "Sen-chan..." She spoke the name in disdain as she now blamed her distant half cousin who she lived with for not even bothering to wake her up. The girl named Sen went to the all girl's school not far from the once all boy school she was going to now. The minute she found out Hakuou Academy was opening it's door to girls she jumped at the chance to get a distance away from her so-called "perfect" cousin.
Akimi and Sen never got along. The only time they ever did stop fighting amongst themselves was when.. "Chizuru-chan!?" The girls bright seafoam green eyes stared over at the girl who seemed to just "appear" out of no where. This chocolate eyed and brown haired girl with her hair in a side ponytail was the only time Sen and Akimi would stop their fighting. The girls had bet Chizuru through a summer camp all three of them went too and well Sen and Akimi kind of took Chizuru in as a temporary little sister of sorts. Even though Chizuru was the same age as them she was so innocent and adorable she just seemed so much younger.
Akimi adored Chizuru and was a bit over-protective of the girl and anyone who gave he a hard time well Akimi would be the first one to beat them senseless. This made going to this school all the more fun since Akimi would get to spend more time with Chizuru and get to rub it in Sen's face with delicious glee in her eyes.
Now running along with her best friend forever Akimi's anger seemed to fade away into nothing. She let a small giggle escape her lips as she turned her head quickly which made her long orange locks that were free of restraints fly through the air behind her this way and that. Her eyes now locked on Chizuru as the two of them ran to school together. "Over sleep did we Chichi-chan?" Anytime Akimi became a little bit playful with Chizuru she would call her by her nickname. This of course gave Chizuru the signal that Akimi was about poke fun at her expense.
Chizuru just looked over at her female friend and gave an innocent smile though a slight hint of pink did come forth onto Chizuru's cheeks out of embarrassment. "Yeah... Nee-san is not going to be happy if I am late..." Chizuru sighed as she could see her brother already giving her a lecture in her head about she needed to be more responsible for her person and get up on time. Chizuru facial expression spoke nothing, but dread that awaited her if she didn't make it to school in time.
Akimi let out a small laugh seeing the despair on Chizuru face. Even when she was feeling her worst she was still adorable in Akimi's eyes. Though not wanting Chizuru to stay in such a state Akimi grabbed hold of Chizuru's wrist in a firm, but gentle grip. Chizuru looked over now letting the images of Kaoru's fury being brought down on her head to fly away with the spring time breeze. "Akimi-chan..Wh..."
"Mimi-chan.. We went over this already Chi-chan." Akimi had cut the girl off to correct on the name she was suppose to call her. Back in the summer camp Akimi had dubbed that Chizuru had to call her by the nickname (Mostly to piss Sen off of course) since it made her feel even closer to Chizuru. Plus Akimi had already given Chizuru a variety off different nicknames so she thought it only fair to give a few for Chizuru to call her. She had to admit Mimi-chan and Kimmie-chan were her favorites so far.
"Anyway I can't have that poor little head of yours on the chopping block with Kaoru-kun now can I?" And with Chizuru-chan's question answered Akimi kicked it into high gear and went charging off ahead with Chizuru flapping in the wind behind her.
-Few Minutes Later-
"Score! We made it just in time!" While Akimi stood there all giggly and proud of herself Chizuru stood behind her in the hallway outside their classroom huffing and puffing. Chizuru had pretty much been dragged all the way here by Akimi quick speed, but at the velocity of speed she was going pretty much knocked the wind out of poor little Chizuru.
Hearing the girl huffing up a storm Akimi turned around and gave an embarrassed smile to her friend as she rubbed the back of her neck under that long orange hair of her's that reached to the back upper half of her thigh. "Sorry Chi-chan.. Didn't mean to go so fast I knocked the wind out of you.." Akimi was feeling a little guilty about how warn out she made Chizuru.
Chizuru being her adorable and delightful little self stood up straight and failed her arms in protest. "No! No Mimi-chan it's fine.. If you hadn't of run so fast with me we would have been late... Though I have to admit.. Your speed really surprises me.. I am a bit jealous I don't really have any special attributes myself.." Chizuru stared at the floor a little down. Akimi was pretty, was agile and speedy, she was strong, and was wonderful at baking delicious sweets. Sometimes Chizuru couldn't help, but be a bit jealous of her friend.
Akimi of course just waved her hand about in the air while the other gripped tightly to the handle of her school bag. Just hearing Chizuru compliment her was a little embarrassing, but she also felt bad for making Chizuru feel jealous. "Chi-chan don't say such things your good at stuff too. I mean your cooking skills are amazing and you know how to be neat and organized. I am probably going to depend on you for most of the school year just so I don't die from hunger or have all the teachers hate my guts for forgetting my homework." -Hearing such praised from Akimi Chizuru seemed to cheer right up. Chizuru appeared to be filled with determination to help her other fellow female student out.
Just then a man with dark red hair that went down the nape of his neck came out from behind the sliding door. At first glance he looked a bit disshevled. His hair seemed slightly messy and the collar of his white short sleeve button up shirt had the top button undone with the red tie he wore loosened from around his neck. The nice pressed pants he wore and his polished shoes were the only thing that looked neat enough to call him a teacher. Yes this older man was Harada Sanosake or as Chizuru and Akimi would call him now on Harada-sensei. He would be their Science and Math teacher along with being there homeroom teacher of class 1-D.
The two girls had ran into him when coming into school.. Well to be more precise Akimi almost ran over him when she charged inside. Luckily she was able to avoid him and skid to halt before apologizing profusely for almost crashing into him. Harada didn't seemed to mind though since she really hadn't done any damage though he did warn her of the Vice-Principal Demon who would have her head if he caught her running in the halls like that. She took mental note of not to run EVER the last thing she wanted is some crazy ass demon guy trying to erase her existence form the face of this Earth.
When Harada had learned who the two of them were he told them they would both be in his homeroom and showed them the way. Once there he told him he would introduce them both to the all male class to get the "excitement" over in one fell swoop. That is how the two came to be waiting in the hall at this very moment. Of course Akimi knew what "excitement" meant unlike Chizuru who was just to innocent to understand it all. "Come on in you two the boys are dying to meet ya both." -Harada looked at them with a soft kind smile as if not to worry. If Akimi could classify him Harada-sensei seemed like the big older brother type and Akimi was glad for that since Chizuru would need someone besides Akimi to keep the hungry teenage boys away.
"Well you first Chichi-chan.. Be brave!" And before Chizuru could blink she was being pushed through the door and into the classroom. Harada chuckled slightly at Akimi who just sacrificed her friend to the hungry wolves.- "You are one ruthless little girl aren't you Gozen-kun." -Akimi smiled innocently at her teacher and shrugged.
Chizuru now just stood their silent scanning the room as all the boys stared at her in bewilderment as if they hadn't seen a female in their life before. The boy's now all wide eyed and paying attention to every little thing Chizuru did made her appear like a dear in headlights. Akimi covered her mouth not to break out into laughter seeing cute little Chizuru shell shocked. "Pshhhh.. Chi-chan.. Tell them your name already.." Akimi called out from the hallway. A few of the boys in the front row heard her and tried to see from their seats out into the hall but only failed at their attempts as Akimi moved out of their line of possible sight.
When Chizuru heard her female friend and then when her eyes landed on someone in the classroom who had a familiar face to her she seemed to gain the strength to speak.- "Hello I am Yukimura Chizuru. It is a pleasure to meet all of you." -She bowed to her classmates who all began to break out into chatter. Most of the topic consisted of what a cutie Chizuru was and how innocent she looked. Chizuru lifted herself up standing tall and straight now with a hint of pink of her cheeks from all the embarrassing talk that was going on around her.
"Alright now that's enough we also have another lovely young girl that needs to introduce herself before we get started so calm yourselves down." Harada announced to the class of boys who quickly went silent as the words "lovely young girl" came out of his mouth. All the boys knew there would be only two new girls this year and a few of them had heard the others voice out in the hall, but couldn't get a good look at her. Harada motioned from the doorway for Akimi to come into the classroom.
The minute the girl took a step inside she saw all the boy's eyes bug out. She was pretty sure a few of their eyeballs might grow rolling out of their eye sockets if they stared any harder. She went over and stood next to Chizuru. Her bright sea foam green eyes sparkled slightly and the light of the room played off her hair to make almost look as if they were golden silky threads. Her soft pink glossy lips curled up into a smile and she could have sworn she saw a few boys cover their noses as if blood was about to spew forth. Her delicate little fingers brushed away a strands of orange hair and placed it behind her ear before she spoke "I am Gozen Akimi.. It is a pleasure to meet all of you.."
She bowed slightly letting her long locks split in half and now dangle to the left and right of her her neck laying back against her shoulders as she straightened up. Once straight she flicked the two parts of her hair back allowing them to lay cascading against her back once again.
Once introductions where done he told where the two girls could sit in the back of the classroom. It seemed like their teacher didn't want to split the two girls up in a classroom full of boys ready to pounce on them and he especially didn't want to put them in the center of all of them. Akimi gave Harada-sensei a silent Thank You in her mind before going to the back of the class with Chizuru.
Once at their destination Akimi took note of a boy with short brown hair and brilliant large turquoise eyes that Chizuru was smiling at happily. One seat was behind him right in the corner and the other seat was to the right of that one. Seeing as Chizuru knew the boy and being in that seat would put her no where near the hungry wolves scattered through out the room she opted to let Chizuru sit there while she took the other seat. Though before sitting Akimi through her hair up into a bit high and messy ponytail (keeping her hair out of her face and her from sitting on it) though that didn't take away from her sexual appeal since every now and then she would catch a boy looking at her. Akimi of course ignored them not wanting to cause a disturbance for Harada-sensei.
As Harada-sensei was going over rules of homeroom and what not Akimi couldn't help, but keep eying over at Chizuru and her friendly little front seat mate. When the boy decided to turn around and pay attention instead of bothering Chizuru with endless gibber jabber Akimi took that moment to extend her leg and poke Chizuru with her foot. Once she had the girl's chocolate brown eyes on her Akimi took her right hand slightly cupped it over her mouth blocking the sound from traveling from the front of the classroom to Harada-sensei. "Who is that?" She pointed to the boy's back who she had been talking to minutes ago. Chizuru looked at the boy their age before turning and copying Akimi's motions to not be heard by their teacher. "Toudou Heisuke..." Chizuru made sure only to let her voice to be loud enough for Akimi to hear since she didn't want this Heisuke fellow to hear them talking.
Now knowing the fellows name Akimi nodded and turned away ending there little talk. Even though she wanted to know the relationship between Chizuru and this Heisuke boy she wasn't going to push her luck with Harada-sensei.. Just yet anyway.
-Time Leap!-
It was now after their first two classes of the day both had been taught by Harada-sensei. Akimi didn't really have much trouble since she was a bit of a Science and Math nerd... Chizuru and Heisuke on the other hand.. Well when Akimi looked over at them by the end of class it looked like they were on the verge of pure exhaustion. So when end of class came and lunch time came around they gave a sigh of relief from their agonizing torture. Though torture for the two was far from over since Akimi was about to poke and prod the two with about a million questions.
"Toudou-kunnnn.." Akimi let the boys name slip from her lips in a sing song type manner. As Heisuke heard the his surname being called out he knew it wasn't Chizuru, but the way it sounded in such a nice pleasant way he knew it wasn't someone who was angry with him so he sat up from his face being planted into his desk to look around to see who it was.
He looked to his left and nothing.. Then he looked to his right and BAM his face was only a few inches away from the other girl in his class. Akimi was bent over smiling softly at Heisuke with her eyes closed her face only a few inches way from his. Heisuke face got a streak of pink before he quickly pulled back. Akimi opened her eyes blinking slightly as she saw the slightly embarrassed and shocked expression on the poor boy's face. "Ara?" Akimi let slip from her perfectly pink glossy lips. That is when she realized she was probably invading Heisuke personal space. She stood back up straight though the smile never left her lips. "Sorry Toudou-kun for scaring you like that."
Heisuke sighed softly and took in a deep breath composing himself before turning to her and giving her a great big Heisuke grin. "It's not a problem..but you can call me Heisuke.. No need to be so formal. You the same age as Chizuru right? So that means we are about the same age." Seeing that cheerful grin and warm personality Akimi is starting to see why Chizuru is such good friends with him. "Heisuke-kun.. Hmm..." Akimi seemed to be lost in thought for a moment which only drew confusion out onto Heisuke's face. Chizuru giggled watching the two. Her giggling made Heisuke look at her for an answer to what Akimi was doing.- "She trying to figure out a nickname for you.. She does that when she makes new friends... Though might take her awhile since she not good with boys."
Heisuke and Chizuru just watched as Akimi sighed in defeat. "I can't think of anything good... Though the minute I do you are getting a nickname Heisuke-kun!" She pointed at him as if she had not truly admited defeat. Chizuru just giggled once more and Heisuke followed suit chuckling. It seemed like Heisuke was growing to like this Akimi girl.
"Anywhooo... You can call me Akimi-chan, Heisuke-kun. I know boys aren't big to giving girl's nicknames unless they are dating or something. Right Chichi-chan.." -Akimi gave a michevous smirk as she looked towards Chizuru then eyed Heisuke. It took a minute for Chizuru to process what she was getting at and Heisuke was left in the dark until Chizuru blurted it out for everyone to hear.- "Mimi-chan no! We are not dating or anything!" When the words dating slipped out of her mouth in a bit of a high pitched squeal both Chizuru and Heisuke turned bright red. In turn Heisuke began to defend the fact they weren't a couple either though something in Akimi's gut told her Heisuke wished that it was a true statement. "Yeah we are just childhood friends.. nothing more.." -His eyes saddened a bit and his voice went to hushed tone on the last two words.
Oh dear lord this was to adorable and so sad. Akimi would of loved to tease these two to death, but decided to change the topic a bit. "So you said your childhood friends Heisuke... How long have you known Chizuru for..?" With the change of topic a little bit Heisuke brightened up a bit and Chizuru calmed herself. "Well we have known each other since we were babies really. We have lived next door to each other all our lives." -Heisuke answered Akimi's question before looking over to smile at Chizuru who in turn smiled back at him.
Akimi let out a loud gasp as this information was given to her that made Chizuru and Heisuke jump a little. "I am so jealous of you Heisuke-kun. You know Chi-chan so well!" -Heisuke was a little taken back by the way Akimi was acting when talking about Chizuru. Though if he knew how she and her cousin Sen fought he might just understand what her strange obsession with Chizuru. If she could prove she was a better friend to Chizuru and rub it in Sen's face Akimi would finally prove Sen isn't some perfect little know it all.
Akimi quickly moved and before Heisuke knew it he had two slender arms around his shoulder's hugging him tightly and once again her face was only a few inches way from his. He could see ever little detail of her face her button nose, her long eye lashes, her smooth looking peach toned skin, and her soft pink lips... Ah! What the hell was he thinking!? Yes Akimi was cute and all but but... He loved Chizuru-chan! Heisuke was screaming his head to get it together while his face got redder by the second. "Well Heisuke-kun, you and I shall become good friends and then you can tell me all about Chizuru-chan, m-kay?" Heisuke just nodded quickly in hopes that she would let him go. His face was getting so over-heated from blushing he thought he might faint right then and there.
With that nod Akimi let him go with a bright big smile on her face. "Alright with that settled lets all of us go have lunch. I am sure once I get some food in my stomach I will be able to think up the perfect little nickname for our adorable energetic Heisuke-kun." Akimi still had on her bright smile as she clasped her hands together. She was happy to made a new friend and especially one that knew Chizuru so well. Heisuke sighed a little just unsure how the rest of his school life would go with Akimi around. Though he had to admit he didn't mind it if she hugged him like that every now and then. A small smile flashed on his face for a second before he began mentally smacking himself to stop such thoughts since he had feelings for Chizuru. Gods above these girls were going to make life difficult weren't they..