The Cat and the Skylark

Chapter 2

I woke up on the roof of my house, as usual, and I gave a long stretch, before letting Yoru take over my personality. Cat ears sprouted on my head, a feline tail from my backside, and I leapt on to the roof of the next house over. "Transfer student, huh?" I chuckled as I leapt across the houses. "Please be a girl, please be a girl," I mused, my tail dancing cheerfully in the air. "Heck, I don't care if it's a girl, just let them be cute!" I laughed to myself as I at last landed on the ground before my school. Torakoa High. Lovely. I combed my hands through my hair, and straightened my back, giving Yoru the boot from my mind as we approached the school. I could hear the squealing in the back, all over me, and I must admit, it felt kinda good.

I was the most beautiful man in the school, and I knew it. All of the girls wanted me, and all of the men envied me, but they didn't care because they knew I was hot, too. Ha! No jokes. By the time I had made it to my locker, there was a hoard of girls around me. I opened my locker with a hint of timidness, put away my books, and tossed yesterday's sack lunch into the trash can. Of course, the sack lunch was quickly recovered, and its contents observed, before it was reluctantly returned to the trash. I silently mused what they thought of the packet of catnip inside it.

I glanced past the girls to just notice a pair of hawk-like eyes locked against mine, and I gulped, suprised, before easing my way out of the crowd. I was pushed back. "Now, now, let me through, ladies, I can hardly breath," I grunted, finally squeezing past the crowd. The bearer of those intruiging eyes was hurriedly walking away, a bird on his shoulder, when I caught sight of a dropped badge. "Oh... Hey, you!" I called, but the short-haired girl didn't stop. I picked up the badge, and started after her, thinking she must not've heard me. "Hey! Girl with a bird on her shoulder!" I shouted. She stopped dead, and slowly turned, those alluring, steely eyes gazing at me in a way that could've made me melt on the spot. I gulped, and held out the badge. "You dropped this," I murmured. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she grabbed the badge from me, continuing to stare at me in an almost unreal manner. Eventually, I couldn't take it anymore. "Uh... Is something wrong?" I asked, suddenly feeling as though I'd done something wrong. What, though? All I did was return the badge! Suddenly, it began to dawn on me. Just as I gazed at that short, raven-black hair, at those fierce eyes, and at that toned, lean body, I was about to apologize for calling him a her, when-

"I'm a man," he spat at me, and the bird on his shoulder chirped, 'Hibari, Hibari!'

"Oh, sorry, I saw the bird, and thought... well nevermind that!" I apologized, flustered as I extended a hand. "Tsukiyomi Ikuto, it's a pleasure to meet you." He glanced at my hand as if disgusted, then turned and began to walk away.

"Idiotic herbivore," he muttered. As the girls about me gasped, I slowly lowered my hand, hurt. Was that... the new transfer student? Him? I closed my eyes, frustrated, when I decided that no one walks away from Ikuto Tsukiyomi. I ran after him.

"Hey, wait up!" I called. He simply began to walk faster, and I rolled my eyes. "Slow down, kid, I just want to know your name!" I complained. He whirled about, giving me another glare.

"'Kid?'" he hissed. I was momentarily triumphant. I had successfully gotten his attention.

"Uh, yeah, sorry, but we're all kind of children," I laughed. "What's you're name, and what middle school did you come from?"

"Hibari, Hibari! Midori tanamiku, Namimori no! Dainaku shounaku, nami ga ii!" his bird answered for him as he walked off again. Abruptly, the bird took flight off of his shoulder, and landed on my outstretched hand. I smiled. Adorable. I began to pet the bird softly, and I could feel the other's rage rising at a rapid pace.

"Hibird," he called, his eyes angry. The bird didn't budge. As if he'd been dumped, the transfer student began to stalk away, hissing quietly.

"Kyaaa!" a couple of my girls squealed, "Look, Ikuto-sama has a bird on his fingers! So cute~!" The bird then flew back to its master, once more chirping his name, and landed on his head. I thought for a moment that I actually heard the man thank his pet for coming back.

"I'll see you later, Hibari!" I called, grinning. What an angel Namimori had brought us. Hehe!

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto and Hibari Kyoya, please report to the principal's office."

Aww, his first name was Kyoya! Oh, thank you, principal. My heart thudded in my chest with glee, and I bounded back up to Hibari, saying, "Looks like we've got to go to the principal's office, Hibari. I wonder if you got me in trouble~"

"Don't stand so close to me, herbivore," he snapped, glaring at me again. I was slightly hurt by his put-out-my-joy spirit, but I could still handle him.

"Hey, hey, calm down, Kyoya, we're all friends," I said, giving a few of the lingering fangirls a little, teasing glance. "Isn't that right, ladies?"

"Kyaaaaa! He talked to us!" they all screamed.

I didn't notice the other clench his fist as I turned back to him. "If you couldn't tell, I'm one of the more popular guys here-," I began, before he swung a fist back and hit me square on the nose, sending me back with the uncontained strength.

"I said not to stand so close!" he repeated, furious.

"Ikuto-sama!" a few girls gasped, before looking at Hibari. I could barely hear their voices due to the dizziness rocking in my head, but I was, sort of, okay.

"He must have some mental problems..."

"Maybe he's bipolar?"

"Ikuto-sama's hurt, we should take him to the nurse's office..."

"Ikuto-sama, are you okay?"

Knowing Hibari could get in trouble if I was seriously hurt, I rubbed his face where he'd punched me, blood dripping out of my nose. "Didn't expect THAT move," I chuckled, putting on the veneer. "I'm fine, everyone, I'm fine. I'll head off to the principal's office, then. Since he called us."

He stared at his fist, at the blood that speckled it, and he smirked, obviously quite proud of himself.

"You meanie! You hurt Ikuto-sama!" I heard while I tried to stop the bleeding.

"Back off," I heard next, "I don't want to hurt any girls." I looked up moments later, to discover that a hoarde of my fans had tackled Hibari down, and were beating him up with their tiny little punches. I tried to hold my laugh at the extremely comical sight, when I realized that this was serious. I could see his face, scrunched up with pain and anger, and I scrambled up to my feet, then ran into the nearest classroom.

"Sensei, please, come quickly," I requested, covering my nose so that he wouldn't see the blood on it. "The new kid is in a fight."

I took the liberty to not say that he was being attacked by girls for the sake of not giving the poor guy a bad reputation. The teacher ran out, me behind him, and he dispersed the girls, leaving a wounded and very startled Hibari in their wake. He slowly sat up, his eyes glazed with shock as he saw the blood that now covered him. It wasn't mine after all. It was his. "Are you all right?" the teacher asked, "Ikuto-kun ran over and told me what was happening, but I didn't think that you were this badly hurt!"

"I'm fine," Hibari answered in a voice that broke on him. I wanted nothing more than to take the poor guy into my arms and give him a nice, big hug, because I knew that even girls could be ferocious. He looked back at the bloodstains on his clothes, clearly humiliated, and I smiled, full of pity.

"Dude, you can't lay a finger on me," I said said, placing a hand on his shoulder. He whirled around, maybe about to try and attack me again, but I quickly stepped back so that he wouldn't try it. "I'm serious," I insisted, "I'll take a hit, but those girls are vicious, and they won't let it slide. You've made a terrible move, Kyoya."

"Do you really think a bunch of girls can attack me?" he protested, his eyes fierce. It was then that a drop of blood from his forehead dropped into his eyes, and he angrily wiped it away, before pausing as he met my eyes once more. And as our gazes met, I came to a realization. There was only one reason none of the men attacked me.

They were all freaking scared of my ladies!

-End Chapter

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