This is my first anime story, so please don't blame me if it's not that good. ~Willow Treaty

She set down the goblet, determined on continuing with her plan...

Every day of Lili's life went in an endless process. Every day went the same. Today, however, she was bored of the repeating days. She went on like normal, until lunch time. Looking around her, to make sure she wasn't being followed, she climbed up the ladder that went into the school's attic. When inside, she tripped backwards into a pile of boxes as she looked behind her and saw two pairs of eyes. She felt the color rising on her cheeks when her friends, Madi and Kumi, came out from behind the boxes in front of her, laughing like crazy.

Madi was tall, and was very pretty, her hair perfectly curled. She had long blond hair and always wore the shortest of skirts, trying endlessly to get a jock to date her. Kumi was only a few inches shorter than Madi, and slightly overweight. Kumi was considered unattractive, her short brown hair, undeniably curly. She only wore dresses, and extremely high heels. Then there was Lili. Her hair was a deep red, and naturally strait. She never wore dresses or skirts, and hated high heels. She wasn't what her friends called 'a normal girl'. She didn't care for makeup and had an excellent head for heights. The three were complete opposites, yet best friends.

"It wasn't that funny!" Lili said throwing a few foam balls at them. Madi started laughing even harder and fell to the floor. Kumi, on the other hand, had composed herself. Smiling, she reached out her hand and helped Lili to her feet, kicking Madi in the process. Hearing yelling, Lili walked over to the small window facing the field. Madi and Kumi joined her and they watched through the small open window as one of the football players started yelling at the school bullies for not throwing back their football. Lili shook her head and looked down, something shimmering catching her eye.

Madi and Kumi had already head down, for lunch was almost over. She looked out the window once more, making sure that nobody was looking in her direction. Once sure that nobody was watching, she climbed out the open window and carefully set her foot on the narrow ledge, meant for decoration purposes. She walked slowly across the arch to the other building, trying not to fall onto the concrete thirty feet below her.

When she got to the small shimmering item, she sat down carefully and picked it up. Looking at it, she realized it was a necklace. It had the four elements, fire – water – earth – air. Studying it, she found symbols on the back.

"これらの要素から、私はそれの邪魔になるすべてのもの、とグリフィンを呼びかけた ものを破壊します。" Japanese

She knew Japanese well, so she was able to make out the words. With these elements, I will destroy everything that gets in the way of it, and those calling for Griffin. What does that mean? Who's Griffin? Hearing her friends call out her name, she looked up from the necklace and to the concrete below. Sure enough, there they were. Madi and Kumi were walking around calling her name, asking anybody if the knew where she was.

When they past where she was sitting, she carefully stood up, ready to get back to the window. A strong breeze took her by surprise and she fell backwards, plunging back-first to the concrete below. Shiruo, the most popular guy in their school, was walking to class when hearing a noise, he looked up. Seeing her falling, he dropped his stuff and braced for impact. She had not been screaming, yelling, or even talking, so it took her by surprise when she didn't hit the ground and ended up in Shiruo's arms.

Shiruo was taller than Lili, though most people were, and incredibly handsome, his shaggy brown hair adding to the effect. He had dark brown eyes that had a friendly tone to it, though they also added a look of mischievous humor. He was well muscled, but not like the football players. He didn't care for being popular and was nice to everyone.

He shifted his arms and she felt her feet on solid ground once more. He smiled at her and it broadened as she smiled shyly back. Starting to move away, she felt him hand touch her arm lightly. "Meet me here after school," he said, "I want to show you something." She nodded, not making eye contact, and they walked opposite ways to class, already late. When he walked into the building, Madi and Kumi jumped out from behind a wall, scaring Lili for the second time that day.

"Oh my gosh! He caught you when you fell! How romantic!" Madi said, so fast that Lili almost couldn't figure out what she said. Kumi didn't help with that. She started talking before Lili could even think of a reply for Madi's statements.

"What were you doing? How did you know he was going to be there? Where'd you get that cute necklace?" Lili looked back to the necklace that she had grabbed before she fell. "I found it." Kumi wasn't convinced. Deciding to change the subject, she went back to Kumi's first questions. "I didn't know that Shiruo was going to be underneath me when I fell. It just, happened." Madi and Kumi giggled and looked at each other.

Walking to class, she knew that it was going to be a long day with these two. Hours went by before the bell rang for the last period of the day. It had only been five minutes and Lili was already distracted. Staring at the back of Shiruo's head, she tried to figure out what he wanted to show her, only looking away when she heard Madi and Kumi's giggles. Looking towards them now, she sighed as they made hearts with their hands.