I would like to thank all of the people who read the first chapter, it really means a lot. Remember to leave a review at the end. I made notes as to where the points of view switches between different characters.
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April 7th 2009 -Early Morning
Minako's POV
I awoke to the morning with a bright sun that engulfed my entire room, and to the thunderous knocking on my door, I was still in my pyjamas when the knocking started. I ran towards the wardrobe while telling the person at the door to hold on. Once I was finally changed into the Gekkoukan high school uniform, it was a black blouse, that is long enough for it to have a skirt at the bottom of the blouse, with a red ribbon that goes around the collar and into a bow, we were also required to wear long white socks. I opened the door and was greeted by an impatient Yukari-san and onii-chan. Onii-chan said "what took you so long to get dressed, were you still asleep when we were knocking". I nodded, ashamed at my lateness, and to be woke up by to pissed off people; one my onii-chan and the other is my dorm mate that I literally met 5 hours ago, this was not a good impression for Yukari-san, however she didn't seem bothered by my lateness, I don't think she is the kind of person that will judge everything about you. Then she spoke "Kirijo-senpai asked me to take the both of you to school, since you just got here, ok". I nodded because I didn't want to be left behind at the dorm, without knowing where I was supposed to go to get to Gekkoukan high and I didn't want to run into any more people like …... like HIM.
When the three of us had finally left the dorm, Yukari-san guided us back to the train station, then after waiting around 10 minutes for a train to come, one arrived. When we found a space free for three people me and Yukari-san started to talk. Yukari-san said "It's a pain that we have to get the train to Gekkoukan, at least it is only a short journey to school". Minako replied "Is it a big school, I get lost easy without having onii-chan there with me, and show me where my classes are". Yukari-san then said "You rely on him a lot don't you".
I then said "I didn't used to but 10 years ago, that all changed, he is now the only family we have now, I don't know what I would do without him". Onii-chan knew we were talking about him, but he didn't seem to care, he just sat there with his earphones in listening to music.
The train journey only took around 10 minutes so when we finally got off the train, Yukari-san resumed her role as a guide to Gekkoukan. Once we finally arrived at the school gates, Yukari-san said "Well, this it, we're here. This is Gekkoukan High school; hope you like it". Me and onii-chan just stood there astonished at the size of the place. Sure before we had to go to 3 different high schools over the past year, but being in new surroundings always amazes me, which makes me to explore the place first, this then getting me lost. Yukari-san then said "come on, you don't want to be late for class". As we slowly approached the front doors Onii-chan stopped. His eyes were glazed over again like they were on the train when we reached Iwatodia, I then saw something shine in his pocket, it was probably his mp3 player, so I didn't quiz him on that particular issue, but I was worried about him. Once he recovered from his dazed state, I asked him what was wrong, he just said that "Just trying to adjust to this city, nothing to worry about". He then caught up to me and Yukari-san, then we entered the school.
When we entered the school Yukari-san pointed to the left towards the corridor and said "Both of you will have to go to the faculty room down there and ask which homeroom teacher you will have. Any questions" We both shook our heads. Yukari-san bowed then said "Okay then, If I don't see you in my classroom I will see the both of you back the dorm, for now goodbye". When Yukari-san left onii-chan turned to me and said in a quiet voice "Well, she seems nice". I nodded in affirmation. He then said "You like her don't you". After that remark I felt warm, I then saw onii-chan smirking, onii-chan must have caught me blushing. To break the silence, I saw a group of students looking at a wall with lots of paper almost covering it entirely. I then said "Come on onii-chan they must be the homeroom's for every student". looking towards onii-chan and pointing at the group of people, while trying to hide my blush from the earlier comment.
After checking the pieces of paper, they were indeed the classrooms for every student. Me and onii-chan are in the same homeroom, as well with Yukari-san, Onii-chan then made another remark about me being glad that I am in the same homeroom with Yukari-san, I then forcefully punched him in the arm, while blushing. We then decided to follow Yukari-san advice and go to the faculty room to see our homeroom teacher. We went down the designated hallway and come across a French speaking student and a teacher wearing a samurai's helmet with the mask on his head. They were talking about becoming samurai's themselves, we decided not to disturb them.
Once we found the faculty room we knocked on the door and was greeted by a quiet voice saying to enter the room. We see two people in the room a woman with short, light brown hair wearing a light red coloured suit and a moody man with a darker shade of brown for his hair, with his teal coloured suit with a white shirt and a stripy purple and pink tie sitting in a chair across the room from the other teacher. I spoke first "Hi my name is Minako Arisato and this is my older brother Minato. We are leased to meet you." We both bow. I continued "We would like to know which class we are in for our lessons and hone room". The woman teacher chuckled lightly and said "My, aren't you two polite, I am Ms Toriumi, well let's what this says, about the pair of you. She looked at a clipboard she held in her hands. "Let's see here... According to this you in 1999, that was what 10 years ago, your parents were …... oh my". I turned silent and water started to appear in my eyes, I still never got over with the pain, because of the shock of losing both of our parents I developed a disability called narcolepsy, however onii-chan overtime seemed to cope with the loss. "I am sorry I never got time to rid this before, until now". There was then an awkward silence. Onii-chan saw the tears forming in my eyes so he decided to break the silence by saying "Because what happened Mina has suffered from narcolepsy, there won't be any trouble". Toriumi sensei replied cautiously "Of-cause not, all teachers will be notified of it, and we will watch for anyone that might cause trouble. Is there anyone that you know that will try to exploit this, because we need to know". I knew where this was going, the tears started to fall quicker and I started to shake nervously. Toriumi sensei must have noticed me shaking because of what she said "Ekoda can you leave us in private for a bit". He nodded and left without saying a word. Making sure no one could hear us, onii-chan explained the situation, about how someone had …... had attacked me 1 year ago, how onii-chan and I reported it but nothing happened, how he simply made the case go away because of his wealth.
I looked up and saw tears in Toriumi sensei's eyes. She looked at me and saw the truth in me. She held out her hand for onii-chan to stop then said "Can you write down his name, so we can check it with attending students and have this matter dealt with. I will also need to file a report to the school owners, the Kirijo group, is that ok" That name seemed familiar…... of cause someone in our dorm had that name, Mitsuru Kirijo, I didn't know she belonged to a rich family. I was able to muster out "Can they be trusted to not to spread this information". Toriumi sensei nodded, she also said "I won't say anything in class either ok, but I will have to report it to the head of the dorm where you stay will that be alright". I nodded then smiled slightly at those comments. Once that was out of the way we returned to the reason on why we were here for. Onii-chan said "So, which classes are we in Toriumi sensei". Toriumi sensei replied "The pair of you will be in my homeroom class, while you both will have Mr Ekoda for English and Classic English. For now, there is an assembly for the new and returning students, so follow me, I will show you the way". Before we left the room, I wiped away the tears that were forming in my eyes and tried my hardest to hold back the tears and smile.
Minato's POV
Once we arrived in the assembly hall Toriumi sensei told us to sit in the two empty chairs in the middle of the row. Once the assembly started and old man with white hair, white moustache and cycler rimmed glasses, started the assembly, I guess he is the principal for Gekkoukan high school. He started his speech, which quickly started to bore me to something close to death, I looked around and practically everyone was feeling the same. I looked over to Mina but saw she was asleep. I thought to myself that she needed it after what she went through in the faculty office, you could see she had been crying with the dried up tears still in her eyes. I then heard talking from behind me. "Hey is she asleep" I nodded confirming that Mina was just tired, there was no reason to tell everyone that she had narcolepsy. I asked him "Is every speech like this" He nodded then replied. "I'm surprised you are awake as well, his speeches seem to have the same effect on everyone by the way I saw the pair of you arrive here with Yukari-san, so I have a question. Do you know if she has a boyfriend or not?". I shrugged my shoulders not knowing. I then heard one of our sensei's' shouting "I hear talking; I think it is someone from Ms Toriumi class". Toriumi sensei then said coldly "Quiet! You will get me in trouble". After that outburst, we stopped talking and continued to try and not follow in Mina's footsteps and fall asleep. After what seemed like 3 hours had past, the assembly was over. I woke up Mina, she awoke by saying "Hi Onii-chan did I miss anything". I replied by saying "Only something about how to spend our student life, which took what felt like 3 hours to explain."
After the assembly was over we went to Homeroom with Toriumi sensei. I made sure that Mina was okay before we entered the classroom. It was just an introduction to the new students and a quick tour of the school. Once the tour was over we returned to our classroom to collect our belongings and we allowed to finish school early, Mina and I was about to return to the dorm when a young man walked up to us. He had a dark blue hat and a small black goatee, under his uniform blazer he had dark blue shirt on. He said "Hey, what's up. My name is Junpei Iori" cheerfully. Mina and I introduced ourselves. Junpei-san continued "You two must be new here, I haven't seen you guys before did you just move here". Mina replied "we just moved here last night in fact, I was so tired". Junpei-san, then said "So that's why you (pointing at Mina) were asleep". Mina smiled, putting on a brave face for me in front of this student. He seemed like a decent guy. Junpei-san then said "I transferred here in 8th grade so I know how it feels to be the new people here".
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Toriumi- sensei beckoning me to come and meet her outside of the classroom. I turned to Mina and said "I won't be long; I need to do something ok". I then turned to Junpei and trusted that he won't do anything to her, since we were still in a class with 7 other people I don't think he would try anything. I walked out the door and Toriumi sensei gave me a letter. She said "This is the results for finding that student The Kirijo group has been notified as well as the leader of the Kirijo's group's daughter Mitsuru Kirijo to watch her well-being". I replied "Why her?". She then said "Mitsuru is the Student Council President and she 'looks after' the dorm you live at". I then said "I think we met her, she greeted us when we first entered the dorm, she seemed reliable with the information". Toriumi sensei then concluded by saying "I just wanted to tell you to read that in private and to continue to support her as best as you can". I nodded bid farewell to Toriumi sensei and returned into the classroom.
Minako's POV
When Onii-chan had finally returned into the classroom, Yukari-san walked over to me and Junpei-san. She looked like she knows something that shakes her very core. She then said "Hey are you bothering them, I swear you will talk to anyone if they'll listen". Junpei-san then scoffed and said "I was just trying to be friendly" I then said "It's okay Yukari-san he was indeed trying to be friendly to me, while onii-chan was out of the room". It looked like Yukari-san acknowledged it and simply said "ok then I believe you for now. Anyway looks like we are in the same homeroom". I nodded and said "I'm happy we at least know someone from the dorm". Yukari-san then said "Speaking of the dorm, do you want to head back now, before it gets dark". I nodded saying goodbye to Junpei-san, then proceeded to walk with onii-chan and Yukari-san back to the dorm.
Once we arrived at the dorm, I saw Kirijo-senpai sitting on one of the sofa's holding something, I couldn't see what it says, but as soon as we walked in, she hid it quickly. She then said "How was your first day t school?" Onii-chan said that it was ok, then I said it was very tiring, so I asked to see if I can go to bed early, she nodded. I wished Yukari-san, onii-chan and Kirijo-senpai goodnight, then went straight to bed.
Minato's POV
Making sure Mina was not listening, I said quietly "So, you both know about her". They both nodded I added "Just make sure that 'he; doesn't go near her". Kirijo-senpai said "We both promise to protect her". Yukari-san nodded, I then said "Good. I am going to bed as well, goodnight". I then left to go to bed.
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Late at night.
"They are both asleep correct", A man said. "Yes" Yukari said, "They haven't transmogrified yet". The man then said "So they have it then". Mitsuru said "Probably, we will monitor them over the next few days to see if they any symptoms". The man then said "Good. Keep me notified".
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