Authoress: After I saw what a peice of shit the old one was (considering I wrote it when I was what? 10? 11?) Anyway, this went under MAJOR (read it) MAJOR re-editing. I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED ANYTHING IN SUCH A FREAKIN' LONG TIME!!
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue.
BTW: I have a picture posted of the OC. It's at my deviant art account. Chichi-bean.
It was a (relatively) lovely day at Shitenhouji private school. If one were to look closely, they would see a panicking petit girl speeding through the hallways at inhumanly fast paces.
'I'm late! I'm late! Oh God I'm late!' the girl mentally screamed. Her appearance was rather ordinary, but yet unordinary as well. She had long black hair that reached her mid-back, emerald green eyes and several silver earrings on each ear, but not enough to make it seem incredibly frightening. She clutched onto a tennis bag as well as her school bag.
"I can't believe Hikaru left me behind! Not to mention on my first day!" she hissed, punching the lockers close to her.
Yes, there was pain but at that exact moment in time it didn't really matter to her.
A thickly accented voice broke her little zonked out world where she's the only one there and no one can hear her, "Need any help? Uniform, lost look, new face... If my judging skills are correct, you are the new student the school's been buzzing about."
The girl spun around to look at the owner of the voice. A tall, blond haired, blue eyed male stood behind her, leaning on a set of lockers.
"Erm…do I know you?" she questioned.
He chuckled, "If you're asking, then no. The name's Oshitari Kenya, 3rd year, class 2. And you are?" he stared at her with an intense gaze. Needless to say, the girl was kind of intimidated.
'This guy might not be good news. But as long as he can get me to my classroom I don't give a rat's ass.'
"Zaizen Kaori, 2nd year, assigned to class 7. And to answer your question before, yes, I am new."
His eyes widened almost unnoticeably in surprise. Kaori's eyes trailed to the tennis bag he clutched in his hand. It read 'Shitenhouji' on the strap.
"Do you know my brother? He's in the tennis club as well. Could you guide me to his class?" She asked
"Sure thing, missy. Come, follow me." He said and indicated for her to follow. Kaori twitched at the pet name, but it could just be his personality, and she couldn't help that.
~---~
When the duo got to the classroom that was labelled '27', Kenya knocked on the door. The one who answered it was a kind looking woman that looked to be in her late twenties or early thirties.
"Um, Sakurada-sensei I have the new student with me. Zaizen Kaori?"
"Ah yes, Miss Zaizen please come in. Oh, Kenya? I think you should hurry to class; Shiraishi-kun came around to fetch you, you know how often you're bothering Hikaru-san. And thank you for bringing Kaori-chan here!" And with that the door was closed
Kaori was ushered to the front. The class stopped to give her looks of curiosity. Hikaru made a pathetic noise and slouched down in his seat. He knew his sister was not a morning person, so he didn't want to deal with her. But now that he left her behind, she could very well cut off his ass and stick it on the wall as a trophy. He shivered at the thought.
"Class, this here is our new student! Please be nice and don't ask questions or talk unless the introduction is over!"
Kaori smiled sweetly and ignored her beloved twin, she'll murder him later…
"Hello everyone! My name's Zaizen Kaori! It's a pleasure to meet you all!" Kaori silenced a moment to let the class whisper. She knew this would happen; her brother's reputation was quite bothersome at times.
"SILENCE PLEASE!" Sakurada-sensei yelled. They immediately shut up and allowed Kaori to continue.
"Anyway, based on your reaction, I presume you know my older twin Hikaru? Correct?" She didn't wait for an answer, she just kept going.
"Never mind, about myself…let's see. I prefer you call me Kaori so you don't get mixed up with my brother. My favourite foods are candies, pocky, dumplings and takoyaki! I love to dance, draw, and play tennis! My hobbies are street dancing and playing with make-up. My favourite types of music are rap, hip hop and character songs from animes! I love Tenimyu, but I don't quite want to explain that (A/N: Ha ha, fourth wall breaking). I dislike obnoxious people, major flirts and… deadly juices (A/N: You know exactly what I mean.) If you want to know more about me just ask! Questions anyone?"
Some hands were raised. Kaori decided to pick a girl in the back.
"What school did you go to before? And why did you go there instead of here with your brother?"
"I went to Rikkaidai Fuzoku. I didn't go here because of personal matters that I don't want to discuss."
She then picked a boy with dirty blond hair and poison green eyes.
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
'Oh, this question…I hate this question! Make up a lie, dammit!' Kaori internally panicked.
"Yes... I do… He's in the tennis club..." she said trying to look as calm as possible. Zaizen turned his gaze from the window to his sister. He shot her a look which clearly said, "If you don't tell me who he is I'm personally going murder you."
Next person Kaori picked was a girl with auburn braids
"You said you played tennis. Are you going to join the girl's tennis team?"
"I might..." She pondered, "Although, I get rather aggressive with girls. At Rikkai I injured one pretty bad…and it ended up with the girl resigning. Her parents say I shouldn't play with girls. Maybe I should join the girl's club. I hope the schedule doesn't clash…" She pondered.
'You did not injure a girl, stupid! Stop trying to make a scary impression!' her conscience screamed.
"Alright Kaori-san please take a seat over there." Sakurada gestured to the empty seat by the window.
'Score, window seat! Churn the butter; churn the butter, Ooh ooh!' Kaori mentally danced. She strolled over to her seat, ignoring the looks Zaizen gave her from across the room and sat down. She took out her iPod and listened to it throughout class, at Rikkai, she already had that lesson.
~---~
It was lunch time and Kaori was heading toward the lunchroom.
"Hey Kaori-san, sit over here!" She looked towards the direction of the familiar voice.
She saw Kenya waving at her. She was a little hesitant about going over until she spotted what looks like the rest of the tennis team and her brother, with her lunch no less. She felt that if Hikaru could trust them (slightly at least) then maybe she could too.
"If one wants to be a friend, one must know the target!" was something Bunta had once told her in his little wonked out faze. Of course she still never fully understood what he really meant.
She walked over and snatched her lunch from Zaizen.
"You better not have touched my food." She muttered under her breath. Not like he'll hear it.
But he did, "I bet you like food as much as that Marui kid at Rikkaidai…" he mumbled sarcastically.
'That reminds me' Hikaru thought, 'in class she said something about having a boyfriend? I'll ask her after intros are over with, I guess...'
"I don't eat like him, just when it comes to sweets," his lovely twin stated.
"Fine, whatever you say. Anyway, Kaori this is the tennis team. Guys, this is my twin sister Kaori, she went to Rikkai before."
Zaizen pondered what Kaori said in class, 'in all her emails she not once mentioned associating with the Rikkaidai team...But she's a girlfriend of one of them!? Where have I been all this time?'
A boy with silvery-blond hair and a bandage around his arm stood up, "Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Buchou of the team. Pleased to meet your acquaintance."
'Is this the guy that was looking for Oshitari-kun?' Kaori thought, observing the captain.
Two guys stood up next, one arm around the other. A guy with glasses grinned at Kaori.
"Konjiki Koharu's the name! If may I ask, are there any cute guys at Rikkai?" He looked over Kaori, "Hm, nice physique, but only five foot three, blood type AB and likes cute male j-idols and watching men's DVD's. Interesting... Do you by chance know Yagyuu Hiroshi? A nice piece of eye-candy that one is."
"Cheating are you? Want to die? Hitouji Yuuji, sorry miss, please forgive Koharu, he's our resident data man and-" but Yuuji was interrupted.
"I'm interested in cute guys!" Koharu cut in, making a 'chuu' kissy face.
"Nah, it's ok, I'm used to people knowing info I was not aware of..." 'Renji…' Kaori mentally grumbled. 'It was getting a bit annoying too.'
A guy with weird clacking sandals was next. "You guys are twins? Zaizen never mentioned a twin sister. I just knew he had a nephew, an older brother and a sister-in-law."
Kaori turned to Hikaru, "You never said anything about me?! How rude of you!"
Zaizen looked put-off, "I never said anything about anyone in our family! Senpai just saw them when he and Kenya-senpai came to pick me up for morning practice!"
Kaori stared at her brother for about a minute, "What were they doing there anyway? Nii-san moved out."
"Ayame-san and Takeru-nii-san were picking up Yuuki. Dad and Mom were looking after him." (A/N: In case this confuses you, Takeru is what I'm going to call Zaizen's older brother, Ayame is his wife and Yuuki is his son.)
"Ah...I see..."
"HI KAORI-CHAN! I'm Kintarou Tooyama, nice to meet ya!" Yelled a young boy with wild red hair.
'Hmm, could he be a freshman? Is he a regular?'
As if reading her mind Chitose answered, "Yes, he is Kaori-chan, he is."
The group fell into a momentary silence, as if they were expecting something. By now the whole tennis team was looking at Kenya. With the exception of Kaori, who was searching frantically for her skittles. It seems she's misplaced them. Kenya however was observing Kaori with high amusement.
Chitose coughed, "Kenya, shouldn't you say hi or something?"
"I already met him/her." Kaori/Kenya commented, both totally unfazed by the stares of the team.
Another pregnant silence occurred.
Zaizen cleared his throat and asked the question that's been nagging him for the morning.
"Erm, Kaori? At the introduction in class you said you had a boyfriend? Who is he?" He asked, staring intently at his little sister.
Kaori tensed, 'What should I say? Should I tell him the truth? No, let's see where this goes...'
"Hm, indeed, Zaizen-chan. I've wanted to collect more data on you when Kenya told us the reason he was late for class. Is your man cute? Is he good at tennis?" Koharu asked, his eyes glinting mischievously.
The guys were tense, even though they were a laid-back team; they wouldn't like Kaori unknowingly passing info to her boyfriend. It wouldn't matter if he was on the Rikkai tennis team or not. It was common knowledge to know that every single student in Rikkai supports the boy's tennis team and would do anything for the third national title.
Kaori glanced around the canteen. Even those at other lunch tables were listening in. Hell, even Kin-chan was tense!
Kaori sighed. She was hoping this question never came up a second time, but thanks to her foolish mistake, she was already in too deep.
"...My b-boyfriend is..."