~ Author's Note ~

Hello, dear readers! This is my first Nurarihyon fanfic and I hope you guys like it! I love RikuKana but as I can see, there are very few fanfics for this couple, which is quite sad. Even ones that have been started have been abandoned by their authors.

Special thanks to DennouWriter, Nakumare, Windkikyo and The-Crest-Of-Anubis for supporting my amateurish story! AND THANKS TO ALL THOSE SILENT READERS OUT THERE AS WELL!

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Ch. 1 – A thrilling announcement

"When a body having uniformly accelerated motion travels in a straight line, the relationships between its initial velocities, final velocity, acceleration during its motion . . . . . ."

Kana turned to stare out of the window, clearly not enthusiastic to pay attention the long, boring lecture of her physics teacher about velocity and acceleration. Physics was the most boring subject she had ever encountered and most of her fellow classmates were bunking, sleeping, doodling or passing notes to each other. The only one who was paying attention was the school nerd Inugami Soryuu, a creepy smile on his face. No one ever figured out how could the silver-haired boy understand or enjoy such boring instructions.

Kana focused her attention on the two little sparrows on the window sill, who seemed to be chatting with each other about everyday routines in their cute, high-pitched chirps. She felt a small smile creep to her face at the lively behavior of the sparrows. Kana could never place a finger on the reason for her fondness for the little beings; maybe because her hair was the same shade of brown as their feathers? Or maybe because of their bubbly nature? If it was either of the two or a combination of both, the brunette couldn't decide.

Suddenly, the bell rang, signaling recess and the two sparrows fluttered away, alarmed at the shrill and annoying sound. Everyone dashed out as fast as they could while a few were waking up from their deep slumber. After placing her books inside her bag, Kana got up from her chair and was about to walk out of the class when she heard her physics teacher call for her.

"Yes, Akifusa-sensei?" Kana asked walking up to the white-haired man who was collecting his own books.

"Kana-chan, could you please inform everyone to submit a project on the chapter 'Motion' on Monday? It should be at least 10 pages long with complete diagrams and tables."

"Okay, sensei. I'll tell everyone" Kana replied and walked out without any more interruptions.

As she walked through the crowded corridor filled with all kinds of teenagers, she spotted her friends talking excitedly in the corner about something. Natsumi, Saori, Kiyotsugu and Jiro seemed to be discussing something with a lot of animation.

"Is something interesting going on?" Kana asked, walking up to the group.

"We've got some excellent news to tell you, Kana-chan!" Saori, one of the sexiest girls of the College, looked at the brunette, her eyes wide with exhilaration. Saori Maki had a to-die for body with well-defined curves and long, blonde hair. Most of the boys of the College followed her like lapdogs.

"You know Rikuo Nura, right?!" Natsumi shook Kana by her shoulders. Kana could just nod, feeling dizzy.

"Of course she does, idiot!" Saori exclaimed. Then with dreamy eyes, she sighed "Who doesn't know that hottie?"

"Anyways" Kiyotsugu cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention to him "the good news, Ienaga-san, is that Rikuo Nura will be coming to our College tomorrow!"

Kana, who was out of Natsumi's grasp, stared at Kiyotsugu, baffled by his declaration. Somehow, the thought of Rikuo Nura coming to Hokkaido College of Science and Medicine did not digest itself in her mind.

"And how do you know that?" Kana asked the dark blue-haired boy, narrowing her eyes.

With a triumphant smile and a flip of his hair – at which the girls rolled their eyes – Kiyotsugu put on hand on his chest and one on his hip and announced "Grandpa happens to be an acquaintance of Rihyon Nura, the owner of Nura and Sons, as you all may know."

The four nodded their heads. Kiyotsugu Kiyojuji was, after all, a rich kid and being a rich kid he had to have connections to other rich kids and their families.

"So, old Rihyon told grandpa that he'd be coming to our College to lecture on medicine and that – HE'D BE BRINGING RIKUO NURA WITH HIM!" Kiyotsugu exclaimed loudly, so much that the passing students gave the group weird looks and started muttering about Kiyotsugu's sanity.

"A-Anyways" Kana sweat-dropped, embarrassed by the weird looks they were getting "How can you be so sure? And if it is so, why hasn't the Principal announced it?"

"Stop being such a worry-wart, Kana-chan!" Natsumi drawled, hugging the brunette from behind. "I'm sure Rikuo-kun will be coming! After all, our College is one of the BEST in Hokkaido!"

"And I'm sure Kiyotsugu-san isn't lying" Jiro grinned "He's always right!"

"Of course I am!" Kiyotsugu flipped his hair once more.

"If you say so . . . ." Kana gave in and smiled.

And with that, the group walked off to the canteen for lunch, resuming their normal conversation. As usual Saori and Natsumi were all about boys while Kana joined in their conversation from time to time. Jiro was talking about soccer and Tsurara Oikawa, his favorite A-list model while Kiyotsugu just listened to him blankly, thinking about tomorrow's events. Even though everything was going pretty normal for Kana, an ominous feeling formed in her heart. A feeling something bad was going to happen.

But Kana being Kana, she just ignored it.

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"Pl-Please forgive me, Ryu-sama, I swear it won't happen again!" a voice as hoarse as nails on a chalkboard pleaded. A closer look into the room would reveal a man tied to a chair with iron chains, his face bruised and bleeding. Blood poured steadily from his nose and mouth and mixing with his sweat, dripped onto the concrete floor below. Even though the man was in a truly pitiable condition, his perpetrators weren't moved at all.

The entire room was shrouded in darkness except for a table lamp which didn't give off sufficient light. The only things that the man could make out was an antique oak table, two men in black suits on either side of him and an unknown man who sat behind the oak table, his face hidden due to the lack of sufficient light.

"Is that so?" a voice, smooth and silky as velvet, came from the unknown man. "You swear?"

The tied man nodded vigorously, a look of relief and hope returning to his face. "Yes, Ryu-sama, I swear! I promise I'll work doubly hard to make it up to you!"

"If that's so" the unknown man seemed to consider "Okay, then."

The expression of joy on the bleeding man's face was insuppressible "Y-You forgive me?"

The unknown man leaned forward, his face finally becoming visible in the glow of the lamp. There was a cruel smirk on his face and whether the bleeding man was aghast because of the smirk or the other man's identity, is unknown.

"You" his lips quivered, blue and swollen due to the beating he suffered "You are-''

"Too bad for you" the silky voice interrupted "I don't give second chances." Then glancing at one of the men in black suits, he whispered "Ao."

The only sound heard in that room was a gunshot, followed by complete silence.

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"Attention all students, attention all students" the Principal's voice buzzed on the intercom, startling Kana out of her daydream. Chemistry was another boring subject she hated dealing with. "Attention all students" the sentence was repeated for the third time, this time drawing most of the students' and teachers' attention "Tomorrow, as some of you may know, Mr. Rihyon Nura, the owner of Nura and Sons is gonna be visiting our College for a lecture on Medicine."

There was no reaction from the students and some even yawned.

The Principal continued "And he's gonna be accompanied by his grandson, Rikuo Nura."

Almost on cue, the whole campus erupted in a bout of screams and shouts while all the teachers futilely tried to calm them down. Kana closed her ears, the screaming too unbearable for her and peeked with one eye. Almost every student was out from their chairs and screaming with all their might while some even stood on chairs and tables.

After a few minutes when everyone had calmed down, the intercom buzzed again. "All students are requested to attend the lecture at 7:30 p.m."

So normal classes followed though everyone was busy talking about tomorrow. The girls were planning on the clothes, shoes, hairstyle and make-up they'd do while the boys weren't in as much as frenzy as them but were excited nonetheless. After all, it was Rikuo Nura who'd be visiting them.

Kana sighed under her breath, flipping the pages of her chemistry book randomly. Her thoughts began revolving around the much-awaited celebrity, the one she had a little crush on. A faint blush tainted her cheeks. She'd heard about Rikuo Nura a lot and read about him in magazines and each time his name had been brought up, she'd blushed and felt warm inside. In high school, Kana had often fantasized about marrying him. But when she'd grown up, she'd realized it was impossible. Why would a wealthy, famous boy like him marry her, a common girl? She was just Kana Ienaga, a normal teenager. He didn't even know of her existence.

She was nothing special.

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"Now do you believe me, Ienaga-san?" Kiyotsugu asked with a triumphant smirk, as the little group met up again after classes were over.

"Yes, yes, Kiyotsugu-kun" she replied with small giggle "I believe you."

"Don't ever doubt Kiyotsugu-san, Kana-chan" Jiro grinned like the loyal sidekick he was "He's always right!"

"I'm so excited about tomorrow!" Saori gushed like a kid on Christmas "Rikuo-kun we'll be coming to our campus!"

Rikuo . . . . . kun? Kana thought and sweat-dropped

"Isn't that so unbelievable?" Natsumi piped in "Rikuo Nura in our college? That's awesome!"

"The one thing I don't understand about you commoners is" a familiar and annoying voice stated, which made Kana and gang glance behind "the reason why you get so excited about meeting a rich boy."

Kana narrowed her eyes at the people she saw. Ryuuji Keikain and his gang of preps. The Keikain family was the business-rival of the Kiyojuji family and Ryuuji always lived up to that conclusion.

Kiyotsugu edged forward. "What do you want, Keikain-san?"

"Cut off with the formalities, freak" the black-haired boy berated "Maybe if you didn't have such a weird accent and homosexual attitude, you'd have a girlfriend." All the preps sneered and chortled.

"Why you-'' Jiro balled his fists but Kiyotsugu put a preventing hand on his shoulder.

Ryuuji walked towards their group and Kana noted he almost towered over Jiro "And what are you gonna do, you blonde runt? Punch me? You're so short your fist can't even reach my chin!"

At that, the preps burst into full-fledged laughter. Jiro lowered his head and Kana felt a pang of pity flow through her. Jiro had a below-average height and he was very ashamed of the fact. And this Ryuuji had just rubbed in the fact.

"Mind your own business, Ryuuji!" Saori yelled, rushing to the forefront. By now, many students had gathered at the parking area to watch the scene. "Why don't you and your group of snobs scoot away from here? Do we have to pay you, to do so?"

Kyokotsu, one of the females of Ryuuji's group, stepped menacingly towards Saori "Shut up, blondie."

Ryuuji narrowed his eyes in vehemence and spat; his pride finally struck "How much do we have to pay you for a night, Saori? I heard you only 'entertain' high-profile guests."

The whole campus erupted into shock gasps at Ryuuji's words. Kana stared at him, anger flaming in her brown eyes. Natsumi pulled Saori into a hug, whose face looked drained of all color. Even Kyokotsu and the other preps looked shocked. Ryuuji had just called Saori . . . . . a prostitute; in public.

"Why you-'' Jiro was about to punch the black-haired boy but someone else beat him to it.

Ryuuji fell to the ground with a loud thud, his head and back coming in full contact with the ground. Louder gasps erupted as more students gathered around, eager to watch a fist-fight between the sons of the Kiyojuji and Keikain families.

Kiyotsugu dusted his hands and stared at Ryuuji over his shoulders, his eyes filled with a terrifying glower "You can say whatever you want to me, Ryuuji, BUT DON'T YOU DARE INSULT MY FRIENDS."

Ryuuji wiped his mouth, standing up back on his feet "Why, you little-''

"What the hell is going on here?!" a loud voice boomed and the students cleared away as Principal Tearai appeared with Miss Yosuzume accompanying him. Tearai Oni, the Principal of HCSM, was a man as big and muscular as a sumo wrestler but bald and without the traditional hairstyle they carried. Miss Yosuzume, his eternal sidekick and HCSM's sexiest teacher, who always wore provocative clothing, was busy filing her blood red nails.

The eleven students heard the Principal's rave about "College Discipline and Image" and other nonsense, their heads hung. Ryuuji balled his fists trying to suppress his pride, but he couldn't take it anymore. He was about to punch the fat, old geezer when Mamiru, his placid cousin and best friend, grabbed his hand, shaking his head.

Finally, when the Principal finished his lecture, Kiyotsugu and the others apologized and made their escape while Ryuuji was made to stay behind – alone. "As for you, young man" Tearai towered over him "I must write a letter to your parents informing them about your undisciplined and cruel behavior towards peers."

Ryuuji's eyes widened in shock as he pleaded forgiveness to Principal Tearai. But the old-timer did not budge and walked back to his office, Miss Yosuzume following him, fixing her lipstick.

Ryuuji stared after them, anger and hatred reflecting in his black eyes.

"You'll pay for this blasphemy, Kiyotsugu. I SWEAR you'll pay."