Okay uh, new story I guess... tell me if it's alright please? I dont really know.
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CHAPTER 1- First
Shizuru sat elegantly on the polished wooden chair and watched as cars drove past the roadside café. She had skipped school with Chie and was sitting in a café just opposite the school, waiting for Chie's girlfriend. The end of school bell could be heard from the café; the large clock tower bell rung and a loud hollow sound that resonated across the surrounding district.
The two sat quietly and stared at the school gates, watching as students emptied the school in a homogeneous looking crowd.
"Hey Shizuru anybody you've decided to pick up in our new school?", Chie put her tea down.
"When did you start with tea?"
"Aoi told me it was better than coffee"
Shizuru smirked and continued dazing at the crowd of students, "Why do you ask? Ready to be jealous?"
"You overestimate yourself and besides, I have Aoi already"
"I'm not talking about you being jealous over me, I'm talking about you being jealous of the girl I have picked for she is too beautiful for all your praises"
Chie gave Shizuru a weird stare, "Is Literature class getting to your head? You're talking like somebody out of a book"
Shizuru put her cup down ignored the comment, literature was indeed getting to her head, she was pretty much narrating the events of the day in her mind; it was an after effect of the long holiday where all she did at home was read, "I currently do not have a target"
Chie coughed out the little bit of tea she was playing with, or savouring as she would call it, in her mouth, "No wonder, I can't even praise something that doesn't exist. But really, I've seen many flirt-worthy girls"
The crimson-eyed college student raised a brow, "It's only the first week of college"
Chie eyes lit and she leaned over the table to Shizuru, "Oh, are you so stuck with our past relationship to fall for another?"
Shizuru did the same and leaned across the metal rimmed round table, "that was already two years ago and I clearly remember you being the one who took longer to get over it"
Chie wanted to throw back a witty table turning comment but decided against it for she knew Shizuru could win with facts, "Hey, our relationship had lasted a year, ofcourse I would be down, unlike you, who had gotten another girlfriend less than half a year later"
Shizuru ignored her comment and turned back to the crowd exiting the school when she had spotted a certain blue-haired girl in the crowd, "Ara…"
"What? Eye candy?"
Shizuru leaned back in her chair and brought the cup to her lips and breathed in it's scent, "What a coincidence"
The gray haired friend sent Shizuru a questioning look only to see an intrigued sparkle in Shizuru's eyes, "Can you not ignore me just like that?"
"If it really is her.. ara ara"
"Who?", Chie whined.
Shizuru giggled, not from what she had seen, but from the nostalgia from the sight of the girl.
"You gay?", Chie raised a brow, commenting on the way Shizuru was giggling out of the blue.
"Why yes. I am", Shizuru replied matter of factly.
"Not literally, I meant your laugh, you're like some crazy gay fag from the asylum", Chie said before breaking into a smile when she saw Aoi walk up to them.
"Did it sound that bad?"
"Hey sexy, you make the uniform look nice", Chie ignored Shizuru's question as revenge and patted her lap, signalling for Aoi to sit.
Aoi raised an eyebrow at Chie's antiques before greeting Shizuru.
Shizuru replied with a small smile, "How's the first week of college?"
"Hey that's my line!", Chie pouted.
"It's been quite refreshing, also don't greet me like you two have done nothing wrong. Seriously? Playing truant in the first week?", Aoi decided on the wooden chair beside Shizuru instead of her girlfriend's lap.
Shizuru and Chie turned away immediately and pretended they didn't hear the brown haired girl.
Aoi sighed and decided the nagging could wait, "so? Any eye candy in the first week?"
Chie nodded her head and received a glare while Shizuru shook her head, causing Aoi to raise an eyebrow in shock, "It's been half a year since you've got one"
Shizuru sighed and dramatically brought her hands to her cheeks, "The GCE 'O's has taken away my ability to love".
Chie matched Shizuru's dramatic voice and narrowed her eyes, "lies, you flirted the most during the exam period"
"Oh darling, that is the cover for the lonely inability to love, oh woe is me", Shizuru replied, her Kyoto-ben accent thicker than usual.
Aoi raised a brow, she had been curious for a while now "say, Shizuru, who was your first love?"
"Me", Chie said and raised her hand enthusiastically.
Shizuru nodded and turned back to the crowd, her eyes seemingly following a girl with amusement.
Aoi wasn't very much shocked as Chie had told her that Shizuru was her longest relationship, "I thought she wasn't your first?"
"She had dated two more but those where just.. I don't know how to say it, without feelings? Just childish play", Chie said proudly, "It was me who had claimed her first love"
Shizuru let her silence mean consent and continued to stare as the girl that had captured her attention made her way to a dark blue bike that matched the colour of her hair.
"Who's that?", Chie and Aoi asked in synchronisation when Shizuru did not hide her growing amusement.
"My ex", Shizuru chimed in a sing song voice.
Natsuki's an ex of mine. The first girl I had dated, but looking back now, it was probably just puberty, I probably didn't like her that much. I don't really remember, but one thing I know for sure, I never really did feel that really deep passionate feeling of love or lust when I was with her. I did give her the first kiss of my life though. I was twelve! Dating meant kiss and talk to me.
I don't really know if I regret the first kiss though. After all I had only really fallen in love with my third girlfriend and the time I had kissed Natsuki had helped me out with my second kiss so I don't really know if it was worth or not, giving your first kiss to someone you hardly felt much for. I still remember the time we broke up, it was over MSN, of all things. We had gone to different schools after I was twelve and nothing was happening. Nothing; we were living our lives like we didn't have each other. So all it took was a simple, hey, let's break up.
A boy hooked me up two months later, I accepted just to test my sexuality, we never did kiss or even hug. So there went my first two relationships. Then came a girl named Chie, I did, at one point of time, love her more than all describable. But we broke up after a year, feelings died down, naturally, it was mutual.
Best friends now though, I enjoy her company more than Haruka's; the childhood friend I've had who made herself my rival since the time I had won her in that Xbox game she had used to play.
Time sure passes fast, it's the xbox360 now, I'm seventeen and it's the first week of Junior college.
I stared at the bar below the speed meter of my bike, "Mai!"
The shorter girl turned in my direction and put her hands on her hips in defence against what I was going to growl about, "It's just a reminder, after all this is the first bike you've ever had"
I stared at the bar in misbelief and frantically tried to rub the wording off, "What the fuck did you use? Permanent marker?"
The flame-haired girl stared at how desperately the girl was trying to get the words off and started to feel guilty, "Tate's new hobby airbrush"
Natsuki's eyes widened.
"Vinyl paint", Mai trailed off, knowing the girl was going to blow.
"What!", the blue-haired girl sat on her bike in defeat.
A red head beside them stopped filing her nails and smirked, "You mean the one that eats into the material so it won't come off easily?"
"Shut. The fuck up Nao"
The red head decided to piss the angered girl off even more by passing her a nail file, "Was that a pun? And try this, it made my nails pretty smooth"
I felt my eyebrow twitch and I let out a loud infuriated growl so the need to get up and punch the girl in the mouth would calm.
Mai gave the passer-bys an apologetic look, "Nao nao, you shouldn't piss Natsuki off like that"
Nao's eye brown twitched, "You like the pun don't you"
Deciding to ignore the two, I tried to focus my attention on the surrounding noise instead; which was all traffic hustle. I tightened my fists till I could feel my nails dig into flesh and then relaxed, it was a way to get the frustration off my chest.
*Chill, it's only the Friday of your first week, don't-*, then I heard a comment.
"Is that the new J1 batch? How uncouth, shouting in the public", a tall girl commented from the side.
"Yea, juniors these days, thinking they own the world", Another boy replied, his voice filled with contempt.
Shizuru watched her first girlfriend relax on her bike and looked her up and down she could identify her from her midnight blue hair, the way she had walked plus the small flash of emerald she had seen when she was walking out of the school, the distance had made it harder for her to see the how the girl had changed but she could still access that her ex was a little shorter than her.
The blue-haired girl sat down on her bike and tilted her head up toward the sky, looking like she was trying to release tension. *Ara ara, she sure has grown.. What a nice slender shape*
Chie and Aoi whose biggest similarity was the fact that they had come from the reporter's club back in secondary school were horribly curious.
Aoi put a hand on Shizuru's shoulder and pulled her close, "That red haired girl?"
Shizuru chuckled, "The blue-haired one"
"Cool! The biker chick? I saw her the other day. And one thing I know: nice ass ftw", Chie grinned.
Aoi shot Chie a glare which was accidently ignored as the gray haired girl continued staring in the direction of Shizuru's ex.
Shizuru sighed, knowing that one of the only reasons Chie would get ditched would be the fact that she checked and shared her thoughts about every hot girl in her sight.
Just as Shizuru turned away, the girl had got up from her bike.
From her spot at least ten meters away she could hear a loud husky growl.
"FUCK YOU!"
She turned to see the blue-haired girl lunge forward and punch an older looking student right in the face.
Her ex's victim flew into another tougher looking year 2 student that Shizuru had recognised as one of the delinquents in her new school; Masashi Takeda.
The crimson-eyed girl couldn't help but let out her soft bell like laughter, "That's the girl"
Natsuki lunged forward at the boy who had aimed his insult at her, effectively punching him so hard he flew back into another taller looking boy from the school.
Mai's eyes widened, "oh sh- Natsuki!"
Nao stepped away from Mai, not wanting to be grouped with them when she recognised the boy Natsuki's victim had hit into.
The emerald-eyed girl glared at the boy she had just hit, her anger finally appeased, "That'll teach you"
She was about to turn and walk back to her bike when the boy who had received her victim's fall growled and pushed her already crying victim off.
He stood up and tightened his right fist, "Oi"
Natsuki turned around when she heard the address and spat, "what"
The boy had jet black hair and a scar on his cheek growled, his voice low in warning, "Oi, your trash hit me you bitch"
Natsuki glared, her emerald eyes challenging the boy to do something about it.
The boy was taken aback about the fact the girl had challenged him and moved forward for a fight, he had to show the juniors in this school who the boss was, " Picking a fight?"
Natsuki felt adrenaline rush through her veins, the anger flowed back in. She had an extreme dislike for such delinquents. Even though she was also another who had got into fights just like these people but never would she attack somebody that had seemed weaker and only those who had angered her on purpose. She was annoyed by their guts and the fact that they usually only picked off the weak and fought over useless immature issues like staring and territory that didn't even belong to them. Especially when it was a boy; Natsuki had a soft spot for women.
He took a quick step forward; one of an experienced kendo practitioner, landing a hit on Natsuki's arms as she blocked his attack.
The force from the boy's punch sent pain all the way up to her shoulders, ignoring the pain she took the chance to hit the boy in the stomach while he pulled back. The punch connected and produced a solid loud smack.
Natsuki quickly jumped back after the attack, she could tell this boy had the strength and speed but not the technique. *probably somebody who does fencing or kendo*
The boy spat out the little bit of blood he had let loose when he had clenched his teeth a little too tight, his voice was threatening yet soft and he was panting harder than he should be with only a punch taken, "you've got the guts to hit me like that".
Mai's heart was beating fast, she was worried the fight would get out of hand. Not to mention they were beside the road.
Natsuki tried to relax her hand for as long as she could so the pain could ebb away; the earlier defence and attack was taking it's toll on her arms; the boy's stomach was harder than it looked.
Her opponent was about to strike again but was pulled back by a yellow haired boy who had shouted in an attempt to stop the fight, "Takeda!"
Takeda was shocked by the sudden force and hit against the boy, "Let me go you d-"
"Tate!", Mai shouted in confused relief.
Tate heard Mai's voice and pulled his Kendo captain back harder, his girlfriend's shout had seemingly given him enough strength to overpower his angry captain.
Natsuki on the other hand was unrestrained and decided to give the delinquent a kick in the crotch, causing the boy to crouch over in pain.
Tate stared at Natsuki in disbelief, the girl didn't know when to stop when she had to.
Nao decided to be a friend for once had helped pull the emerald-eyed girl back. "Pup, calm it man"
Natsuki made a small rough growl and relaxed so Nao would let her go.
Mai spontaneously pulled Natsuki's arm and lead her back to her bike. "See you back at the dorms after you're done with your supermarket part time job okay?", Mai said comfortingly so as to not agitate the girl and try convince the girl to not pursue the matter.
Natsuki felt a tinge of guilt about causing the situation, she was sure the boy she had fought with would surely cause more trouble in future. She started up her bike and sped off to her workplace- the only way to make the situation better.
Her bike reached a red light when she got out of sight and she closed her eyes, letting out a drawn out groan. She opened her eyes once more, her heart had finally reached it's usual pace and the effects of the adrenaline disappeared. She looked down at her speed meter and read the small pink words, 'Don't go above a hundred!'
The sides of her mouth tugged up in a subtle smile. *I guess I could forgive her for it*
Did it dissapoint? hopefully not :T thanks for reading till the end of the chapt though..