AN: this is chp 3...i hope you enjoy my story...i know it's a bit confusing...just ask me if you really don't get it...
Disclaime: I do not own CCS's characters, but Himurai Hasame and some other characters are my own...
Chapter 3: School
"Ohayou Tomoyo-chan."
"Ohayou"
"Ohayou minna"
"Ohayou"
Among all the happy greetings, everyone felt a strange emptiness within their minds, especially Tomoyo. She kept on staring at the second to last seat by the window, as if expecting someone to be there greeting her with a childish smile.
"Time to settle down girls and boys." Tereda-sensei called as everybody quieted down and walked to their seats.
"Right, Ohayou minna-san, today we have a new friend who's going to join us. Let's welcome her." He paused and then called towards the closed doors. "Come in please"
Everyone turned as the door slid open and a girl with flowing brown tresses slipped in with gracefulness like a felines. No one was fast enough to catch her stealthy entrance and she had the class still watching the door in anticipation. Terada-sensei turned and wrote her name on the board as she observed her surroundings.
"Hajimemashite! Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu!" she greeted in such a silky and sweet voice it hushed the whispers amongst the class.
Shocked by her sudden voice all the faces turned around, mouth wide-open as if just woken up from a deep sleep. Had she been standing next to Terada-sensei all this time?
Her lips curved in a smile that hypnotized anyone within seeing range. She batted her lashes to make herself look cuter.
"My name is Himurai Hasame but many call me Ameko. I hope we can be great friends." Ameko bowed as her waist-length auburn hair fell and outlined her pale physique.
"Welcome to the class Himurai-san, where should we put you…? Let's see…what about the seat beside Daidouji-san by the window?" Tereda-sensei pointed.
"Hai!" Ameko answered cheerfully and walked to her seat.
As she sat down, Tomoyo gave her a polite smile. A smile that had made her so comfortable on her very first day of school as Kinomoto Sakura. A flicker of pain passed through her eyes but she kept the sweet smile planted on her face.
She had to smile. This was the only way she could protect herself. Countless times of betrayal, countless times of hurting, she had learnt that only smiles could protect her from hurting again. Emotions other then smiles would give her enemies a feeling of satisfaction. Only smiles won't. And smile she will.
The day went on, her third period being math; which was the subject she loathed the most even after she turned into Himurai Hasame.
Leaning her chin Ameko glanced out the window, her mind replaying the old memories that she had tried so hard to ignore. She let out a restrained sigh and her head jerked up when she heard the sound of her name.
"Himurai-san, will you please come and answer this question please?"
Ameko nodded.
"H-Hai!" she stuttered in surprise and stood up so fast she nearly knocked over her chair. The kids in her class began to laugh at her flustered antics. "Ah…gomennasai…sensei, will you please repeat the question?"
The teacher sighed and repeated the question. She pointed to the board. "Please Himurai-san; show me how to work this unknown angle out using trigonometry."
Ameko hesitated and slowly walked towards the black board as if thinking about her answer. She picked up a chalk and neatly wrote down all the answers perfectly.
As a magician, she had the power to foretell things, but she never thought that one day she would use that power to solve something as stupid as a math problem.
"Thank you Himurai-san, well done." The teacher smiled, and Ameko walked back to her seat and sat down.
The rest of the lesson passed on peacefully, except for that incident halfway through class where a boy tripped over his own foot, falling face first in front of the classroom.
Little did she know that this one incident would be equivalent to the calm before a storm…
TBC...
AN: a special thanks to AniMeViEtGrl for beta reading my story for me and made it a million times better, and thank you for reading my fanfic...
