The Prince is my Princess
Chapter 2: Iroharu Girl's School
Then he heard him laugh and he took that opportunity to straighten himself "Nice to meet you too Finn, I'm Tsuji Ryuu"
And that's when Finn thought that his first day of school couldn't get better than this.
Tadashi's ring tone ended the awkward silence and all eyes turned on him.
"Hello? Oh hey bear woman-"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BEAR WOMAN?!" the voice on the other was so loud it swelled Tadashi's ear even if he pulled it as far as his arm could extend.
"Sorry, Sorry, so why'd you call? … what, really? … right now? … yeah sure we'll be there" and he hung up before turning to the boys "Hey guys, the girls wanted to meet with us at the park. Wanna come with?"
Responses of agreement were chorused after that.
"Sorry, I'm not-"
"Akira said Hikari's coming with them" Tadashi said before Kei had the chance to complete his sentence. And just as he said those words, Kei and his things suddenly vanished in a blink of an eye.
"Huh? Where did he go?" Finn wondered aloud "EHH?!" he exclaimed when he saw him already by the door with his bag slung over his shoulder.
"Well, what are you all still sitting around there for?" he called to them, impatience already written around his face.
Finn was absolutely surprised. For a minute there their blonde companion was a cold statue and the next thing you know, he's started acting like a child who's eager to go to the toy store –though he didn't show it, the aura around him gave it away.
'Whoever this Hikari is, she sure has this Takishima guy wrapped around her finger. Plus, that person who called Tadashi sounded scary'
"Who's Hikari?" Finn whispered to himself but it was Ryuu who answered.
"She's a friend of ours along with the other girls. Why don't you come with us so that you could meet them?"
It took Finn some time to calm his racing heart before answering, "A-Are you sure?" he said, keeping his voice in check. "I-I don't wanna be a bother-"
"Don't say that Finn!" Tadashi came from behind and pats his back in a brotherly way. "You're our friend now and that means you're one of us. So you gotta meet the girls too"
"O-Okay!"
~0~
The boys left the campus through the front entrance. They only needed to cross a long road and they're already in the park. Spring just started around this time and the cherry blossoms in the park were just beginning to bloom. The park itself was very breathtaking. There were trees, flowerbeds, picnic tables, cycling areas, trash bins in every corner (the schools sure do keep their sanitation checked), nice patches of grass for students to hang out on, and the giant fountain that centered the park could be seen everywhere.
Speaking of which, as they further walked into the park Finn noticed that more and more girls of the same uniform can be seen. He wondered 'I thought this was only exclusive for Shirohi Boy School students?'
He saw some look in their direction and giggle, he just waved and smiled at them meekly though, causing more giggles.
"You'll get used to those" Jun said next to him. "Especially since its spring. A lot of Iroharu students will be here than usual"
"You can say that again" Yahiro agreed.
"Iroharu? What's that?" Finn asked aloud and both Tadashi and Jun looked at him in horror.
"D-don't tell me you don't know about Iroharu" said Jun.
"Uhh… no?"
"Which planet did you come from?!" Tadashi cried in despair.
Ryuu only chuckled and took the liberty of answering "Iroharu is Shirohi's sister school. It's right across us from this park. Their system is the same with Shirohi. Both schools have the same owner but for some reason, he didn't want to make a co-ed"
"Oh…" Finn was lost in thought 'If I had known about Iroharu then I would've-'
"Well…" Tadashi butted in, lifting his arms to rest behind his head "I don't mind though, Iroharu sure has a lot of sexy chicks. I'd tap those anytime-"
"And just what are you going to tap exactly, Mr. Karino Tadashi?"
A short haired girl suddenly appeared before them. She had her arms crossed and she looks really pissed at their naïve, brunette peer.
"AHHH! A BEAR!" Tadashi screamed and he was immediately sent flying to who knows where.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING THAT?!"
Finn sweat dropped. 'So she must be girl that was on the phone earlier. She really is scary'
Soon, a group of girls followed later. Finn looked at them and his eyes widened. They were all beautiful. No words could even formulate in his mouth other than that. The girls were wearing a uniform similar to theirs but instead of pants, skirts and their suits were pale yellow as opposed to their navy blue. The group stopped before the boys as they greeted each other. Until the girls took notice of the boy's newest member.
"Hmmm, I haven't seen you before. Are you new around here?" asked a girl with pink hair, who approached Finn and eyed him very closely.
"Oh y-yes! I just transferred. My name is Finn Koupe, nice to meet you!" Finn bowed and the girls giggled.
"You're very cute, aren't you Finn? AH! But my Jun is way cuter!" the girl squealed and ran after the boy to lace her arm around him.
Later on, the group settled themselves on a round picnic table. Everyone already introduced themselves and the girls seemed to welcome him (even though they hogged him for the last few minutes) but he's still a bit slow at processing all of them. Ryuu saw his distress and leaned closer to him to further introduce his friends.
"I can help you out if you want to know them a bit"
"Oh! U-uh, sure! Thank you"
"Great, okay let's start first with her" Ryuu pointed at the pink haired girl who clung herself on a fidgeting Jun Yamamoto.
"She's uhmm… Ushikubo Sakura, right?"
"That's right" Ryuu smiled and it made him blush "She's the daughter of the Ushikubo family, one of the top three companies in Japan next to Saiga Corp. As you can see, she's Jun's girlfriend. They've been dating for almost a year now"
"Ohh… I see that she's very… attached to him"
Ryuu chuckled "Yeah. Oh and that one is Megumi Yamamoto. She's Jun's twin sister. She and Yahiro have been dating for a few months" he pointed at a girl sitting next to Yahiro. She was blushing madly while sketching something on her sketchbook. Finn however, saw the way Ryuu looked at Megumi. What was it? Was it… concern? Well whatever it was, it made him strangely feel… uneasy. Ryuu noticed Finn's stare and he immediately snapped out of it. "Oh I'm sorry about spacing out"
"You seem very fond of her"
"Yeah well, you see, the twins and I, we go way back since we were kids. We've always been together and I've always been watching out for them. They're like my own siblings and… I guess it's just my brotherly instincts but I just can't leave my sight out of them even if they are already old enough and have a relationship"
"Wow… you really sound like their brother"
"Haha really? Sorry if I sound weird"
"No it's not weird at all! It actually makes you… cool" Finn's smile was genuine and when Ryuu saw that his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Though he didn't understand why.
"Well, thanks" Ryuu scratched the back of his neck. "Anyway, that girl over there"
"The one beating up Tadashi?"
"Yep, that one's Todou Akira. She's the daughter of an airline company. She's a great cook and she always prepares the picnic and tea for us if we all have the time. She's also Hikari's best friend. She and Tadashi are dating for more than a year"
"Where's Hikari?" Finn was about to ask the exact same thing but Kei beat it to him.
"She said she's having a meeting with the council but she said she'll be here" they read on Megumi's sketchbook.
While Akira teased and taunted Kei to the point of pissing him off a lone figure was making its way towards them. Finn's eyes wandered at the girl with flowing black hair. She was tall, and really beautiful (you can't deny that after seeing –mostly Shirohi students drooling and gaping at her). The more Finn stared at this girl, the more he realized that she looked more and more like someone very close to him… then it hit him
'MOM?! No she only looks like her but how can someone look a lot like my mother?!' his jaw dropped and if it can, it would've hit the grass beneath his feet. However, his shock decapitated when he heard Akira's squeal.
"That's Hikari Hanazono. She's Iroharu's top student since she first came here as a freshman, she still holds the title even now and she's Iroharu's student council president"
"Wow…" Finn continued to gape at her.
Hikari skidded to a halt in front of them and bowed with a panting breath.
"I'm sorry I'm late everyone" she apologized and everyone told her that it was okay. Hikari finally noticed the newest addition to the group and faced him.
"Hello, I haven't seen you here before" Hikari smiled at Finn.
"Y-yes! I'm a new transfer student. My name is Finn Koupe"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Hikari Hanazono" they shook hands as Hikari continued to smile at him. Even the smile is similar to his mother's that he couldn't help but blush. However, he suddenly felt a chill run up his spine. He looked behind Hikari and saw the gates of hell opening from behind a certain Takishima. Because of fear, he immediately retracted his hand and bowed.
"I-I-it's a pleasure to meet you too!"
When Hikari turned to her friends and he felt Kei's menacing aura fading away, he breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Don't let it get over you" said Ryuu "Kei can be pretty… jealous."
"Obviously, he likes Hikari"
"Yeah but she's pretty dense and by dense, I mean, completely clueless about it. I actually feel sorry for him" Ryuu watched Kei greet Hikari and sighed when he saw the faint blush on his cheeks. "And here she is, being the number one student of Iroharu"
"Is that why she's wearing white instead of yellow?"
"Huh? Oh, no not like that. See; remember that our schools don't acknowledge our wealth and fame? Well, they make exceptions to people like Hikari"
"What do you mean 'people like Hikari'?"
"Hikari came from a poor family. She's only a carpenter's daughter. But when she entered the academy, she actually perfected the entrance exam. The director himself was the one who interviewed her and offered her a scholarship exclusive for students who are financially incapable unlike us. The scholarship will give you another exam though but that wasn't a problem for Hikari. She's really smart and even she aced that exam, which I heard were ten times harder than the exams we got"
"So Hikari's really that talented?" Finn's voice rose in amazement
"Yeah. Lucky ain't she? And because of that she wears a white uniform instead of the regular ones. It means that she's one of the school's scholar students"
"Wait, 'one of'? Does that mean there are more?"
"Well, yes-"
"Hikari!"
The group suddenly heard a male voice call for their friend and all their heads turned to see a Shirohi student wearing a white suit across from them. He was tall, has black unruly hair and black eyes. He looks serious though.
"Big brother!"
Hikari squealed and ran up to the said person. She skidded in front of him and they all saw him kiss her forehead.
'Big brother?' Finn wondered and suddenly, he felt a sudden chill run up his spine only to discover Takishima Kei. The gate of hell was practically opened behind him and its evil essence spilled out from the portal.
"W-w-what's wrong with h-h-him?" Finn asked Ryuu, slowly beginning to cower at his heavy aura.
Ryuu chuckled nervously "T-That guy's Atsushi Hanazono. He's Hikari's older brother. He's our senior and he's a scholar like Hikari. He's… pretty protective of his sister"
Kei's friends didn't know whether to be scared or feel sorry for him.
~0~
Meeting the girls were fun and though Finn was only able to meet Hikari for a short while –because when her brother came, she said that the director was summoning them for some important matter (to Kei's dismay)- and even though it felt weird interacting with a person who looked like his mother, it was fine. They were all nice people and he felt so lucky meeting them on his first day.
The classes have ended and he was about to turn downstairs to the parking lot, when he suddenly came face to face with Kei Takishima, Shirohi's number one student.
He greeted him but gulped at his serious aura.
"I need to talk to you" he said
Taking the hint, Finn fidgeted "I-I don't like Hikari! I mean I do like her but! W-what I mean is that I'm not interested or anything it's just-!"
A vein popped out of Kei's forehead and cut him off "I didn't want to talk to you about that so stop fidgeting"
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Of course you wouldn't be interested in her, she just happened to look like your mother, Queen Natsumi"
"Yeah you got that ri-" Finn's head snapped up to stare back at him with wide eyes in disbelief. "How did you-"
"I know who you are" Finn paled "Mr. Koupe, no… not mister, better yet. Princess Finn Koupe of Chipā hu'ā"
The princess disguised as a boy stood frozen in her place, how could her secret be blown in one day?! This is terrible! Now that someone found out about her secret, he's gonna-
"Now if you would be so kind, your highness, I would love to hear your reason of coming to this institution disguised as a boy"
"I have gathered your needed information, princess"
"Wonderful! Hurry and tell me!"
"It would seem that this sir Tsuji Ryuu lives in Tokyo Japan. He is the son of a well-known Sports Company and is currently entering a school called Shirohi All Boys School"
"Oh… an all-boys school huh?" her face fell for a good few minutes but suddenly it lit up. "Hey, my father did tell me to go abroad to further my studies, right?"
"Yes my lady"
She giggled "You may go now"
"Thank you ma'am"
With her servant out of her room she giggled more in delight, if everything goes into plan, she would be able to attend school abroad like her father told her and at the same time, be schoolmates with the man who stole her gaze. It's a win-win situation! The only thing left is to find an accomplice to aid her of this plan.
She would have to thank her cousin for pestering her in watching those Korean dramas, especially that particular one.
It's full proof!
What could possibly go wrong?
Please look into my other SA fanfics: Vows to you, Vows to you (M), Dugong Bughaw, The One for Me, and Seven Deadly Sins.
Suggestions and Criticisms are welcomed!
Ciao~!
