My heart beat fiercely against my rib cage. I was hiding out with a friend in the woods near my school. The stupid red-checkered skirt was short, and I had to sit on my knees. "Sayuri!" hissed Yoko. Someone was coming through the woods. A teacher, most likely. This sucked.
We had ditched school, and were going to hang out in the woods, but no. Some janitor or somebody had to be out and about. The steps were getting closer, closer. "Remember our saying, Yoko?" I asked. "Teachers suck?" I made a face. "Wasn't it longer?" I asked, panicky. "Oh, yeah, it was, wasn't it? Erm..." she thought. The steps grew nearer. "We won't be contaminated by the school system?" she asked confidently. "That's the one." I said happily. She shook her head. "Never." she said. I nodded. In this school, we knew that being contaminated by the school system meant eternal brainwash, which meant heck.
Then a brown haired kid poked his head around the corner. "Thought we heard voices..." he said happily. I made a face. "What's with the aura of flower-petal-ly love-ness?" I asked. He sure was sparkly. Was he gay, per chance?
"Who was it, Masaru?" asked a voice. "Oh, is school over?" I asked joyfully. "Er, yeah. Did you even go to school?" asked Masaru. "I took the day off. I'm overly-intelligent, besides." I said sarcastically. "You? Intelligent?" asked the voice, but then I saw who it was. "Sparkles! It! He-she man-person!" I yelled, jumping up and pointing at my enemy. He smirked. He was wearing a cape. And so was the other kid... Masaru...
"You're with the guardians? Well aren't we posh." I said. His smirk turned into a grimace. Ugh, this guy sickened me. "Yes, we wanted to ask you..." said a girl coming out from behind a tree. "To join us. I'm Setsuko Toshiko." She was really pretty. She had bright orange hair that was in two low pigtails, and had piercing green eyes.
Crap. Why did she want us to join the Guardians? So many strange things have happened to Yoko and I in the past four days. First of all, on Sunday morning, I had woken up to find an egg in my bed. I immediately ran to Yoko's, thinking she could solve my problem, but when I got there, she was holding one in her hands, too. We had immediately run out into the street, shouting at the top of our lungs "Oh my God, Oh my God!" until some weir lady who had just come from church shouted at us for using the word 'God' in a non-prayer involved sentence. We had ditched school on wednesday(today) to discuss the egg things. And now we were being asked to join the Guardians?
"Um... Sayuri Tsukiyomi..." I said. "Tsukiyomi?" asked the it. "Yeah, thought you'd know, as you also seem to 'know' that my parents are scum, sparkles." I mocked. "Didn't both Tsukiyomi siblings and Airon Yanagi work for Easter?" he sneered. "So they really are scum!" he declared. I couldn't help it. I socked him in the jaw.
Yoko burst out laughing. "Oh. My. God. Sayuri, that was great!" she was clutching her sides for air. The kid tried to get up and reclaim what dignity he had left, but that didn't really work, as some fungus and little black beetles had gotten stuck in his hair. He glared at me, but he winced, since sneering and grimacing hurt his jaw. In. His. Face.
"If your parents worked for Easter, you know what's happening, right?" he asked. "What the heck is Easter, sparkles? If you're asking when the Easter bunny's coming, boy have I got ne-" but I was cut off by his idiotic voice. "Easter is an evil corporation. You have eggs, right?" he asked. Yoko and I looked at each other. "Yeah, at home in the fridge, buddy." I said sarcastically. "No, I mean the eggs in your bags." he said. Yoko and I jumped back, flailing our arms towards the it. "Stalker! Stalker!" we both yelled.
"Just take out the darn eggs!" he yelled at us. Yoko and I reached into our bags. Yoko pulled out a bright yellow egg with a megaphone on it, while I pulled out a deep blue one with the shape of a wolf on it. The kids looked at them. "So, you want to join?" asked... Masaru? I looked at Yoko. "No." I said. All the kids looked taken aback. "But we only have three people! We need two more!!" yelled the it. "Well, my parents are scum, so you wouldn't want to take scum into your pure little gang, now would you?" I mocked. "Well, other lady, what about you?" he asked. Yoko was blushing. "Yoko, no!" I whispered. But I could tell that they had her. She nodded. "From this moment on, Yoko..." I began. She looked at me, stunned. "We're no longer friends. How could you betray me like that? To heck with you." I said.
Then I ran. It was over. My friendship. I couldn't believe it. Yoko and I had been together since age seven. I couldn't believe she'd dump me, her best friend, for the it. I was running through the woods, not looking where I was going, when I fell into a river.
The water splashed everywhere. Anyone within a two foot radius would have gotten splashed. And so they did. I looked up to see a purple haired boy on a rock. His eyes were closed, but then they opened to reveal deep sea-green eyes. "You woke me up, kid." he said. I got out of the water, and trudged out onto the rock. "You'll catch cold if you keep those clothes on," he smirked. I knew what he was implying. "You are such a pervert! I don't even know you!" I shouted. "What's your name?" he asked. "Erm... Sayuri... Tsukiyomi..." I said quietly. Was it OK to give my name to a complete stranger?
"I'm Yukio..." he said standing up. I looked at him. He must at least be in his first year of high school, he was so tall, and handsome, and- wait, what? "Yo, earth to Sayuri!" said the boy. "Ah, oh, sorry!" I exclaimed, backing away, as his face was a few centimeters from my own. I could feel a blush coming on, but I held it back. "Can I call you Yuki?" I asked. He looked at me for a second. "Um... if you give me something in return..." he said. I was curious. "What?" I asked. He swooped down, and was to quick for me to dodge.
He kissed me. It was short, but I was angry now. No one did that to me. He pulled away, and I gave him a death glare. He smirked. "Tsukiyomi, did you say?" he asked. I nodded, still glaring, and holding back from punching him in his drop-dead gorgeous face.
"Then you would know all about Easter?" he asked. "Easter, again?" I asked. "I have about as much an idea of what that is as I do about... um... stuff. But that's the second time someone has mentioned it to me in a day. What, do I have to join, now?" I asked. He just nodded. I did? "Uh... I was being sarcastic..." I told him feebly. "Your parents lost the embryo, and didn't make a wish. I'll fill you in on what that is later." he added, as I was about to interrupt. "Since they were fired, Easter has run low on staff. They recruited me, and want to focus on kids stationed near the guardians. You know who they are, I take it?" I nodded. Oh, how I loathed them, so. "Well, your parents contract was never fulfilled, and you need to finish their job, Sayuri." I said. "And we're enemies of the guardians, too?" I asked. He nodded. I smirked. "I'll do it."