Author's Note: Chapter two is now here!
This is the edited version
Chapter Two: First Day…
Yukari came running down the stairs two minutes after her mother called out. Yukari had picked out a white tee with a light pink skirt to wear for her first day of junior year. "Thanks Mom!" Running into the kitchen she quickly grabbed some toast and ran out the door.
Akina came downstairs dramatically slower than Yukari. She was far less excited about the prospect of going to school. Instead of white and pink she was wearing her traditional color with only minor changes from last night. For her school was torture. Going into the kitchen she grabbed the last two pieces of toast that Yukari left.
"Goodbye Akina. Good luck!"
Swallowing her first piece of toast she followed Ms. Saneira's words. She nodded her head to Mrs. Uchida. Going out the door she saw Yukari was waiting to the left four houses down for the school bus to pick her up.
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"The bus comes at seven, so it'll be here soon." Yukari didn't even bother to look at Akina as she spoke.
Akina turned her back to Yukari. She only had to wait ten minutes for the bus to come and deliver her to hell's gates.
As the bus came to a stop Yukari quickly got on. Akina got on shortly after her. Everyone that was already on the bus glared at her as she walked past them to the back of the yellow smelly school bus. Akina glared back at the teenagers that were looking at her. "Got a problem with something?"
Yukari was two rows up from the middle of the bus where Akina was as she spoke out. She was suddenly aware of a clicking noise as Akina spoke. 'She has a tongue ring!' Yukari was amazed that she had missed that piercing amongst all her others. Yukari didn't hear the others give an answer so she assumed that Akina intimidated them enough to leave her alone. Yukari sighed; and her friends wanted to meet her foster sister? 'Oh crap...'
Noticing that no one spoke up, Akina sat at the very back of the hideous yellow bus that would lead her to hell. Hopefully with any luck the ride to school wouldn't be that bad, especially if the people around her would leave her alone and quite staring at her. Hearing the ungodly preppy conversations start up again after the shock of her arrival had worn off Akina wanted to scream and rip out her hair. To save her voice and her hair she quickly pulled out her green iPod from her black and red messenger bag. Selecting a random song she blasted it.
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As soon as the bus came to a complete stop and opened its doors Yukari ran off. Looking around she quickly spotted her friends.
Millerna was the only one that didn't pay attention to the look of sheer horror and desperation on Yukari's face. "So how's your new 'sister'?"
Yukari simply groaned. "She Goth!" Seeing the looks on her friends' faces she explained Akina further. "She has piercings, pale skin, black clothes, black make up, and she even has black hair! It is absolutely horrible!"
Merle piped up, "Is she here today?"
"Unfortunately," Turning her head she saw Akina slowly getting off the bus. "That's her."
Akina got off of the bus as slowly as was humanly possible. It wasn't hard for her to spot Yukari and her preppy friends. What caught her attention was a girl with vibrant pink hair. 'Pink?' She groaned inwardly as she saw Yukari hesitate before she signaled for her to join them.
Yukari turned to her friends as Akina came over. "Akina these are some of my friends that I want you to meet. This is Dryden Fassa, Millerna Aston, Celena Albatou, Dilandau Albatou and Merle Ganesha." Yukari motioned to each person as she said their name.
Akina didn't turn off her music or even bother to turn down the volume. She had gotten used to having music blasting in her ears and listening to someone talking to her. Hell she had to with what she did all the time!
"Hey Merle, where are your cousins?"
"They both had doctor's appointments. They should be her by first break at the latest."
Akina tuned out the rest of their preppy conversation.
Suddenly the first bell sounded. Upon hearing the warning bell the group of juniors compared their schedules. Merle was the only one that wouldn't be joining her friends until lunch, unlike them she was still only a sophomore.
"Hell yea," Dilandau grinned broadly, "We all have the same classes! How bout you Akina?" His only response from the girl was a simple nod. Dilandau smirked inwardly. He knew she would loosen up some after Merle's cousins came, particularly one of the cousins.
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Coming into their homeroom the six juniors found that they were going to be sitting in alphabetical order. Akina walked up to her homeroom teacher. Pulling a piece of paper out of her black and red messenger bag she handed it to her teacher. The teacher nodded and handed it back to her.
"You'll be sitting in that spot."
Nodding Akina sat at the seat that had been assigned to her. Everyone else around her sat down as well. In front of her was an empty desk. Obviously someone couldn't make it to the first day of school.
The classroom door opened just as the teacher began to address the class on homeroom procedures. In stepped a tall teenage boy. What caught Akina's attention was the boy's eyes and hair. Dark maroon almost ruby red eyes and jet black messy hair that partially covered his right eye. He looked hauntingly familiar to her. He spoke with their homeroom teacher giving him a late slip and then turned to go to the seat that he had just been given. The boy walked towards the seat that was in front of Akina. Keeping his head down, he didn't look up until he was right in front of her. As the tall boy looked up she gasped.
His eyes widened as he saw who was going to be sitting behind him all year. 'It can't be…'
"Would you care to take a seat Mr. Fanel?"
Quickly Van plopped down in his seat. She was here, but why? When? Closing his eyes briefly he cleared his head. All that mattered was that she was back.
"Alright everyone I am Mr. Tsukiyama. My rules are very simple. Do not get overly loud. You can do whatever you want in here as long as you can hear the announcements and know what is going on. So for now since it's the first day you can get up and talk to your friends if you want."
Yukari, Dilandau, Celena, Dryden and Millerna got up and went over to Van's desk.
Van was still trying to regain his composure. He could almost feel Akina's eyes boring into his back. How was she here? He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice his friends come up to him right away until Millerna's voice reached his ears.
"You okay Van?"
His mind snapped to the right, coming back to reality. "Yeah, I-I'm fine."
"Van, I want you to meet someone. This is Akina Hoshino. She's living with me for a while. Akina this is my other friend, Van Fanel. He's one of Merle's older cousins."
Akina could hear the infatuation in Yukari's voice. "Nice to meet you." Akina smiled smugly. He recognized her.
"So you're staying with Yukari?" 'Her and Yukari living together in one house?' "Doesn't seem like you two would get along very well, a prep and a Goth in one house together? How have you not killed her yet?
Akina growled at him. "You know better Fanel. I'm not Goth."
Yukari quickly cut in before Akina could finish. "Not Gothic! Look at you! Everything about you is black!"
Akina's pierced right eyebrow twitched in annoyance. Dilandau smirked. Yukari was asking for trouble and he saw it coming and so did Van. A girl like Akina shouldn't be messed with, especially when it came to what she was labeled as. The red head was treading on terribly thin and weak ice. Akina's temper could be as bad as his or Van's even. Though it took longer to actually get Akina angry; over all she was a calm and patient person. Just as Akina was about to speak back to Yukari the bell rang.
"Okay everyone off to your first hour! Have fun!"
Glaring at Yukari Akina grabbed her bag and left quickly. Yukari and Millerna looked at one another and shrugged. Both walked out with Dryden talking about their next class. Van, Celena and Dilandau smiled at each other.
"Van?" Celena looked at Van for affirmation.
"It's her…"
Author's Note: So did I leave it in a suspenseful manner? Please read and review.
