Sorry about the long wait! Chapter 3 is out.
um.. Lol. it's still the beginning... but hope you guys still like it.
Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Natsume Yuujin-cho, all credits go to Midorikawa Yuki
Chapter 3: New Transfer Student
The school bell signalled the end of lunch. Natsume, Nishimura, and Kitamoto finished eating their lunch and were on their way to their class before the second lunch bell rang. As they were walking in the hallway, one of the classrooms were crowded, filled with people looking crowding around the classroom
"I wonder what's going on?" said Kitamoto
"Let's go check it out," said Nishimura curiosity as he quickly ran ahead.
As Nishimura approach the crowd, he asked one of the students.
"Hey! What's going on?"
"Apparently someone trashed the classroom"
As Nishimura took a look inside, while Natsume and Kitamoto were right behind Nishimura and looked over his shoulder.
The classroom was a wreck, there were chairs and desks flipped, broken and out of place as if it was mess caused by fighting, there were papers and books all over the place. The windows were wide open as the curtains were swished and fluttered around the paper around the room.
The students began to chatter around, until a teacher showed up to put an end to the show.
"Alright students! Go back to your classes! The second bell is about to ring. For the students that are supposed to be in this classroom is moved to the extra classroom downstairs. Hurry up! Get going!" shouted the teacher as the students began to withdraw to their own classroom.
Natsume and his friends also left the scene as they also began to walk toward their own classroom.
"I wonder what happened in there… it looks like there was a fight in there," said Nishimura
"Hmm… it could be a prank," said Kitamoto.
"Natsume, what do you think?" asked Nishimura
"huh? Umm…. I'm not sure" said Natsume as he was thinking, it might relate to the any youkai problems, but decided to ignore it, thinking that it might not relate at all.
As they finally arrived at their classroom, the second bell rang just rang on time, as they seated down for their lesson to begin.
When the teacher came in, another familiar person was walking beside the teacher. Natsume noticed that it was the same girl with a red recorder around her neck from the rooftop. Nishimura and Kitamoto also noticed the girl.
"Alright! Settle down class!. We have a new face here, even though she was supposed to be here in the morning, she had urgent matter to attend and had to leave for a while and she decided to come back for the lunch classes" shouted the teacher as the students began to settle in their own seats.
"Her name is Akamatsu Mika, she moved from Hokkaido…" said the teacher as she began to write her name on the board.
"Hello, my name is Akamatsu Mika, It's a pleassure to meet you all, I hope we get along," said the transfer girl, her sweet voice as very soft and pleasant, which sounded like a lullaby and made everyone stunned by her voice and beauty.
The ranting of the classmates arose:
'She's so cute'
'is she a model'
'she's so beautiful'
'wow, amazing'
"QUIET!" Shouted the Teacher
"Um. Akamatsu-san, you can sit at that empty seat behind Kitamoto."
"Kitamoto! Can you please stand up?"
"Yes" Kitamoto responded as he stood up.
The teacher helped Mika by pointing where Kitamoto was, as Mika gathered her things and walked over to her seat. As she was walking on her way to her seat, she noticed Natsume, she greeted Natsume with a friendly smile.
"Hi there"
"oh. Um. Hi"
As Mika was finally her seated down, the teacher began her lesson.
When class ended, it was finally home time, as the students were packing their things, lots of students approach the new transfer student, while asking questions and were trying to be friendly with her.
'Hey! Are you free this afternoon?'
'Do you want tour around the school together'?
'Let's walk home together'
'Do you have a boyfriend?'
'Do you always have the recorder around your neck?'
'Do you play the recorder? It's such as pretty color'
As Natsume was about leave the class for home, Nishimura caught Natsume behind his back.
"Natsume! Let's go say hi to the transfer student!"
"huh, but…."
"COME ON!" shouted Nishimura as he pulled Natsume toward where the transfer student was sitting.
"hi! Umm…um.." panicked Nishimura as he didn't know what to say.
"oh. Hey, aren't you the guys that went up to eat lunch on the rooftop?" asked Mika
"YES!" answered Nishimura quickly.
"Wow.. We are classmates now.. There is no need to be formal, hope we get along fine." said Mika in a polite way.
"Yea… sure," said Nishimura nervously.
Mika looked at her wrist watch and quickly stood up.
"oh, sorry you guys.. I have to go now! Let's talk again next time, see you" said Mika as she gathered her things.
"Aww…" whined most of the classmates beside her, as Mika walked out of the classroom gracefully.
"Wow… she's sooo gorgeous," said Nishimura dreamly.
"Hey… don't you already like Taki?" asked Kitamoto as he stood right behind Nishimura.
"WA! Don't scare me like that!" shouted Nishimura as he was surprised of Kitamoto's appearance.
"And besides… Natsume is already with her…" mumbled Nishimura jealously.
"Hey! We're just friends" said Natsume, denying their love relationship.
"Come'on let's just go home" said Natsume.
Akamatsu Mika's POV
'sigh' "Finally I got out of that crowd, good thing I brought my wrist watch with me for a good excuse" I mumbled as I was walking through the hallway.
As I was walking, I realized that everyone in the hallway was looking at me.
'Geez, I hate acting like this… these people are getting to friendly with me, and do not know the real me yet...' I thought.
I sighed.
'Oh well… if I get along with these people, I might need them to get many information on about rumours and places,' I thought as I continued walking.
'Good thing it's the weekends tomorrow, I don't have to go to school' I thought and sighed.
"Excuse Me…. anyone… please," said the voice.
I turned around, but there was nothing there, except if I were a normal person I wouldn't see it, but I saw it.
It was a little Youkai, it very small miniature person, sized of a child, with a kimono and a paper mask on it. It was going up to every people, but since no one can see it, the youkai was completely ignored.
'oh boy' I sighed, and went up to it.
I pretended that I dropped something and kneed down toward the small Youkai.
"Hey there. What do you need?" I whispered.
"Huh! You can see me! That's great; I'm lost something very precious somewhere in here. Can you help me look for it?" said the little Youkai.
I sighed. "Sure, come back here at dawn, and I will help you look for it" I said.
"Really… Are you coming back here? you're not lying to me... are you?" asked the little youkai
"I promised. You can even come home with me, and after we can come back to school together to look for it" I whispered, as I slowly stood up.
"Okay!" shouted the little Youkai happily, as it jump on my shoulder.
As the little Youkai was sitting on my shoulder, happily and singing, I exited through the doors of the school and was on my way home.
Natsume Takashi's POV
I walked out of the classroom, where I walked through the hallway with Nishimura and Kitamoto. I looked out on one of the windows of the hallway and noticed the transfer student: Mika, at the outside entrance of the school as she was exiting it.
Nishimura follow my gaze and spotted Mika.
"Oh! Its Mika! Wow, she walks sooo gracefully." Said Nishimura
I heard Kitamoto sighed as he was annoyed with Nishimura's love fantasy.
But I wasn't just looking at Mika, I was staring at the thing that was on her shoulder.
"Hey.. do you guys see something hanging on her shoulder?"
"Shoulder? I don't see anything.." said Nishimura as he was still fantasized about her beauty.
"nope" answered Kitamoto, "Is there something wrong? Natsume"
"No… its nothing, it might be just her hair…" I said, thinking that it was definitely a youkai on her.
'What was the youkai doing on her?' 'Is it haunting her?' 'I better ask sensei about this, and ask Akamatsu-san too…. Just in case' I thought
"Ah, we better get going now.. Come on guys" said Kitamoto as he continued walking,
"Hey! Wait for me" shouted Nishimura following him behind.
I followed them behind, stilling thinking about that little youkai on her.
Chapter 3 ends here!
WOw. Natsume always wants to help people that involves with Youkai problems... but he doesn't know that Mika is enemy that is looking for the book of friends and steal it from whoever has it.
Stay in tune for the next chapter~
Monicha~
