Strange Movements Chapter Two
Professor: I own nothing but Faith and April and just so you know. I changed Akito's age to make it fit with this story. Shut up and go with it!
Texan: If you want people to review you shouldn't tell them to shut up.
Professor: Are you in the disclaimer of all my stories now?
Texan: No, haven't touched Twins or 99.9%. I like to sit back and watch Fi beat you at Gin Rummy there.
Professor: Shut up Texan.
Texan: Nah, don't think I will.
Both: Enjoy!
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The house was plain with a small flower garden in front of it. Two stories and a few windows, it didn't look like anyone was home.
The Sohma Main House seemed like a tiny town with all of the buildings in it but luckily Hatsuharu lived close by.
Sighing, April got her things out of the back of her sister's car.
"You sure you don't need any help?" Faith asked her.
April waved her away, "I got it. Go! Do your homework, or whatever your nerdy self does when you go home."
Faith rolled her eyes, "Just for that, I'm not even gonna offer to help anymore."
April raised her eyebrows at her sister, not saying a word.
Faith stood still next to the car…before rushing forward and taking the two heaviest bags from her sister, "Yep, not gonna ask. Just gonna take it."
This time April rolled her eyes, "Predictable."
Faith chose not to respond and instead just walked up to the door, her sister following close behind.
Setting a bag down and ringing the door bell, April standing next to her, they waited.
Within a minute, the door opened and they were greeted with a teenager of about 15 who was about an inch taller than them. His sleeves were rolled up showing a tattoo on his left arm. He had brown eyes and white hair with black roots.
'Who dyes their hair white?' April wondered but had to admit, with this guy it worked. He was pretty handsome.
"Akito?" the boy asked, looking at April.
"Who?" she asked in confusion.
Faith interjected before he could respond, "Haru, this is my sister April. She's the one staying with you on the exchange program.'
Understanding shown on Haru's face, "Oh, hey. Yeah, come on in." He opened the door and helped with the bags.
April was confused as to why he called her Akito but dismissed it.
Inside, the place was rather clean. They were in a living room with a small table close to the ground, a simple TV and a bookcase on the far wall. On the right was a door that lead to the kitchen and a hallway was to the left.
Haru walked toward the hall and into the first door on the right. Following him, April asked, "Are you the only one here?"
Haru nodded, "Mom is at work so I was here waiting for you."
The room they entered was obviously a spare bedroom. A bed was to the left and a desk across from it. A dresser sat next to the window.
"Here you go."
"Woah! There's so much space!" Faith muttered at the size of the room.
Haru smirked slightly but hid it; that didn't keep April from seeing it however.
Rolling her eyes, April said, "And now that you've seen it, you can leave."
"And leave you all alone to unpack?" Faith mock pouted, "Ok."
Dropping her bags, she turned and left.
Haru watched with a raised eyebrow out the window as she actually got into the car and drove away.
April hid a laugh before saying, "And so she leaves you to deal with me."
Haru chuckled, "Doesn't seem that hard of a challenge."
She smirked, "You are so going to regret that."
"How so?"
Grabbing a tiny travel pillow that was with her stuff, she threw it at him, "Like so."
He caught it easily and looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "You don't want to do that."
"Then, if I'm not allowed to annoy people, what else is there to do?"
He thought a moment before smiling and saying, "I don't really know."
She laughed and started unpacking.
Tossing the pillow on the bed, Haru said, "Lunch will be ready soon."
She nodded, "Thanks."
Haru watched as she unpacked her shirts before walking out the door to go check on lunch. This girl was weird. Not many had thrown a pillow at him shortly after meeting him. Shaking his head, he dished a plate and brought it to her room only to find her asleep on the bed.
How had she fallen asleep so fast? Maybe it was her jet lag. Shaking his head, he put her food on the end table next to the bed and turned off the light as he walked out of the room.
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April woke up to the covers being yanked away from her.
"No! Daddy! Five more minutes!"
"Time for school." Haru's voice greeted her ears.
"Noo!"
"Yes."
"But I need my SLEEEP!" April whined, hugging her pillow.
"You need an education."
"Why are you being so mean to me?" she opened one eye and glared at him, fully dressed in his school uniform.
"I told you that you shouldn't hit me with pillows." He gave a small smile.
Grumbling, April stood up and walked off to the bathroom across the hall, ignoring the smiling Haru.
She showered and dressed within half an hour and walked out to see Haru waiting on the couch.
"Ready?" he asked her, looking up from his book.
She nodded, "As ready as I can be without enough sleep."
He raised an eyebrow, "You've been sleeping since 1:00 yesterday."
April's eyebrows came together in confusion, "Really?"
He nodded and walked to the door.
"Seems a lot shorter than that."
"You did have jet lag." He pointed out, opening the door.
"Did not." She said, walking out the door, waiting as he locked it.
He was about to respond when he was cut off by a cheerful voice from the sidewalk yelled, "Haru-chan! Hurry up! We'll be late!"
Both Haru and April turned around to see a short, blond, cheerful boy in a girl's uniform waving at them.
"Oh! Is this the exchange student from Amuricaa?" He asked excitedly, running up to them.
"It's America, buddy." April kindly corrected him, "And I'm April Moore."
"Momiji Sohma! Nice to meet you!" The small boy bowed and she bowed back. She remembered Faith saying that this was the small boy who was in Haru's grade.
He looked up at her face for a moment as if looking for something before saying, "You look like Akito."
"Who's Akito?" she asked, this being the second time that someone mentioned Akito to her.
"The Head of our Family," Haru said quickly and in a tone that made April think he was hiding something, "Just a few similarities in how you look is all."
He started walking down the sidewalk, Momiji and April following. As they left the Sohma Main House Momiji said, "You're much nicer than Akito though. I can tell you that right now. And you're pretty."
April laughed and they walked down the street. This little boy was cute and childish. Automatically she liked him.
"What class are you in?" He asked her.
"I'm a Senior in high school over in America so here that would be…." April thought for a minute, getting confused at how the schools worked here. Luckily Haru answered for her.
"She is in Yuki and Kyo's grade."
She looked at him in confusion before he said, "Faith told me."
She nodded, made sense. Faith knew how much she got confused with how school grades worked.
They continued walking to the school since it wasn't that far. Momiji asked any and all questions that came to his mind. April had patience and answered them. Haru was quiet, interjecting here and there.
Once April got her Japanese mixed up and said that Faith was her igloo instead of her sister but Momiji laughed and corrected her.
They soon got to the school. Haru pointed her towards the office where she could sign in and they said their goodbyes.
After signing in and getting her schedule, she made her way to her first class, hoping to find a familiar face but having no luck.
Suddenly, she heard a female voice behind her say, "Yes, strange waves. You're aura is much like Faith's but also very strange."
Spinning around, April came face to face with four girls, one of them her sister. The other was a short brunette, one was slightly taller with long black hair that was in a braid, and the tallest had long blond hair.
"Hana, you can't just tell people what their waves are like." Faith said, pushing forward to hug her sister.
"Glad to see you're still alive Imoto."
"You too Imoto." April said, hugging her back.
"We missing something here?" The blond one asked.
Faith laughed and turned towards them, "We were born on the same day, but since April was adopted we don't actually know who is older. And so we both call each other 'little sister'."
The blond girl shrugged, "Ok then."
The brunette came forward and bowed, "Hello! My name is Tohru Honda. This is Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima. It is a pleasure to meet you April-san. Moo-chan has told us a lot about you."
April raised an eyebrow at her sister, "Moo-chan?"
She shrugged, "Long story."
"You have no choice but to tell me soon."
Faith rolled her eyes and April bowed back to Tohru, "Nice to meet you too. You don't have to call me 'san' though."
"Ok then, nice to meet you April-chan!" Tohru said instead.
April smiled at her and how she missed the clue that she could just call her April. Turning to Hana she asked, "What did you mean waves?"
"I mean, you have strange waves. Your aura. I sense them."
April nodded, "Cool!"
Uo laughed at that and soon all of them were talking. They talked and hung out until the bell rang and they had to go to class. April was pleased to see that at least one of them was in each of her classes.
Sooner than she expected, the bell for lunch rang and she went out of math to meet her friends.
Professor: Done! Yay! The next chapter is lunch and she meets the Prince and Carrot Top! Mwahahaha!
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