I'm an idiot, did you figure that out yet? Yes, me, the great Nakajima Miaka, finally admitts that she is the queen of idiocy. So much for keeping myself on the down low.
Because of today's recent events, I am now being followed around by a crowd of creepy otaku's, can't get a minute's peace and quiet, Kokoa's been attacking me left and right, I've got a ton and a half of homework which will take forever and a day to finish, I've been begged to join several clubs already and I've got the most annoying song ever stuck in my head.
The only upside is the call I'm going to be getting soon from Tama-chan and Suzume-chan. Speaking of which, my phone goes off beside me. Finally!
" Hello?"
" Tama-chan, give me the phone!"
" Ow! Geez, I'll put it on speakerphone you freak! And that hurt!"
" Um, guys? I'm on the phone," I reply, giggling to myself.
" Miaka-chan!"
" Did you guys survive a whole day without me?" I laugh at them.
" It was terrible! Miaka-chan, are you sure you can't come home? It's so dull and lame, and everyone misses you! Like, a lot!" Suzume-chan wails over the phone. " Miaka-chan? Are you still there? Hello?"
" Ugh, sorry. Reception is terrible here. Give me a minute and I'll step outside," I reply to the girls. " Fuyuko-chan, I'm stepping outside for a minute!"
" 'Kay!" she calls out over the TV. " Watch out for otaku's and perverts!" I jump out of the kitchen window and onto the balcony.
Oh, and another bad thing about today - it's a new moon. Which means, I won't be able to sleep, I'll be restless all night, fidgety, and grumpy.
" Alrighty. So, Tama-chan, how's Toru-kun?"
" Oh, I broke up with him."
" What? And this is the first I'm hearing about this?" I very nearly scream over the phone.
" It only happened today! And if you were here you would have known already!" Suzume-chan calls back over.
" Besides, we've heard more about Fairy Tale and security is getting really tight here. We could use your help down here," Tama-chan explains.
Fairy Tale ... one way to make me worry more than I am right now. It's been bad enough since they've started working, but it's getting bad for me. There's a heck of a lot of people that want me dead right now. It just so happens that they work for Fairy Tale.
" You guys will do fine!" I prompt them.
" And what if Kalua and Akua show up? " I hear Teiji shout to me through the phone.
"Kalua won't be a problem. That barrier dad put up is silver-encased and holds a rosary-crescent seal, which will keep vampires out. Teiji, you should know this you helped dad finish the seal! Also, last time I checked, Akua is underground with the Chinese mob."
" Kalua won't be a problem? Hell yes, she's a problem! Last time you two saw each other, both of you were pratically corpses fighting one another! You nearly died!" Suzume-chan screams into my ear.
" Well, now I'll know what to look out for now, anyways," I mutter into the phone.
" Anyway, find anyone who might be working for Fairy Tale?" I hear my dad ask me.
" Not anyone so far, although some people are just absolute jerks. Hey, Teiji, do you remember the names Miyamoto-san and Morioka-san?"
" Of course I do! Those boys were two of the strongest freshmen I've ever met!"
" Do you think-?"
" Hell no! Look, they may be total dumbasses and perverts, but they would not side with Fairy Tale. I doubt they even know what Fairy Tale is. Not too many students of Youkai would have heard about it."
" 'Kay. Do you know anyone by the name of San-chan?"
" She was a total sweetheart. Nice to everyone, including Morioka-san. Even though he was always getting into fights with other students. And no, Miaka, she would never join Fairy Tale."
" What monster is she?"
" Siren. Powerful one too."
" I want someone to check in with her. Make sure no one's scouting her and there's no monsters that have the pontential to hurt her or anyone she's close to," I whisper into the phone. I can hear someone coming near. Last thing that anyone would want to happen is that person walking towards me would work for Fairy Tale and find out who I am. It's bad enough that I told Fuyuko-chan that I'm a werewolf.
Worst thing is, there's a pretty good chance Gin-kun will remember Teiji.
" We're trying to find her address. But last time I heard, San-chan was out on the streets looking for work. We can try to find her, but all we can do right now is narrow down the geographical profile for San-chan," Teiji replies. " On, another note, how was your first day at Youkai?"
" Um, interesting, I guess," I mutter. I wasn't really supposed to be showing off, but werewolves are really competitive so it can't really be my fault. It's the DNA.
" You showed off, didn't you Miaka?" Teiji says in disaproving tone.
" It wasn't my fault! Haiji-kun just happened to love karate and was in the match I was in and that Kotsubo-sensei decided we were doing karate for out first unit-" I ramble.
" Miaka, you're rambling. Anything else? Why did you bring up Morioka-san?" Teiji asks again.
" Well, I kind of, er ... um, well, you see," I try to get out," My homeroom teacher is responsible for monster history and we're starting with S-class monsters, and well, she made me stand up and give a speech about the legend of werewolves. Um, and Gin-kun's a werewolf so, um, yeah ... and we raced against each other."
" Miaka," I hear my dad say, and can almost see him shaking his head in disaproval. The only reason I'm at this school is to look for people who are siding with Fairy Tale (well, that and to learn and to meet other monsters, which is how Teiji met Yuri-chan) and revealing what I am could jeapordize it.
" Sorry, it won't happen again," I say apologetically.
" It's fine to act your age and compete, but please be careful, Miaka," my dad says.
" 'Kay, and, there's something else I should mention," I tell, thinking about my encounter with Kokoa-chan earlier today.
" What?" They all say in unison.
" Shuzen Kokoa-chan goes to Youkai. She's in the freshman class," I say. The line goes silent. Did I lose reception? " Hello? Dad? Teiji? Suzume-chan?"
" You're coming home. Now," Dad orders.
" What? No way!" I cry out, surprised. I probably shouldn't have mentioned that, they're going to be on my case about it!
" Her mother is Gyokuro and her blood-sister is Kalua. Kalua you could handle, but Gyokuro you couldn't beat unless you were older and had intense training. And what's to stop Kokoa from letting them both into Youkai? You could get killed protecting your class mates!" Dad nearly screeches over the phone.
" Trust me, she won't. Kokoa-chan can be really cruel and judgemental and stubborn, but she's more concerned about releasing Ura-Moka-chan from her seal than fighting with Fairy Tale," I reply. " Besides, it's kind of nice there. I like it here, so please don't make me go home."
" Is there a boy?" Suzume-chan whispers into the phone.
" No!" I scream into it, my face turning red.
" There is a boy! Is it this 'Morioka-san'?" Tama-chan asks.
" Miaka, you are NOT seeing Morioka-san!" Teiji yells.
" Who's Morioka-san?" my dad asks Teiji.
" The school's biggest pervert. He's worse than I am, Dad," Teiji replies.
" Miaka! You are NOT seeing him!" Dad hollers into the phone.
" Good, because I'm not dating him!" I holler back.
" Is he cute?" Tama-chan asks.
" Is he single?" Suzume-chan asks.
" Oi, Miaka-san!" I look down from the balcony ... Oh! Perfect timing, Gin-kun!
" That was him! That was Morioka Ginei!" Teiji says.
" He sounds hot!" Suzume-chan giggles.
" Suzume-chan!" I say in a desperate attempt to shut her up. There's a good chance that Gin-kun can hear the conversation, so if he figures out that my friends think he's hot, he'll assume I think so too. Then, he'd be following me like a lost puppy.
" Can I talk to you for a sec?" he calls up to me.
" Look, I've got to go. I love you," I say to them, about to hang up before Suzume-chan's words stop me.
" Can you get me his number?"
" No!" I say, shutting my phone. Leave it to Suzume-chan to be asking to date a boy she's never met. " Hey, Gin-kun! How's it going?" I call down to him.
" Can I talk to you? As in, talking to you without stretching my neck to get a look at you," he says, presenting me with a flash of white teeth.
" Sure!" I say before vanishing inside. I grab me red, button-up coat and open the door.
" Are you going out, Miaka-chan?" Fuyuko-chan calls out from the other room. " If you are, do you mind going by the grocery store and picking up some things?"
" Sure!" I call back, grabbing my back with the wolf carving. " Is there a list?"
" Yep! On the fridge!" she says before tuning me out to listen to her anime shows. " Watch our for otaku's and perverts!"
" I've heard it all before, Fuyuko-chan," I mumble as I walk out the door. After tripping down the stairs (I really should get a pair of decent shoes) I finally manage to open the door. I almost flinch as the darkness creeps up on me. New moons just suck for werewolves.
" Hey," Gin-kun says to me, tucking his hands in his pocket. " I was starting to think you weren't coming, Miaka-san."
" Sorry but I, um, tripped," I reply,
" You can tell. Your hair is a mess!" he chuckles, smoothing my hair with the back of his hand. This tiny action has me jerk away from him with wide eyes. He blinks in surprise.
" Uh, s-sorry. It's just that I'm kind of on edge," I apologize.
" I don't blame you, I am too," he replies, his eyebrows scrunching up in concentration. " Miaka-san, do you hear that?"
I don't have to try. I instantly pick up the sounds of footfalls. Two lighter, one heavy. The heavier one has heavy, deep, and slow breathing while the others' breaths are quick. I pick up another sound. A girl's footsteps ... in the same direction as the group of three!
" Yes. But, what is it? The scent doesn't belong to any of our students," I reply. My eyes widen and my heartbeat thunders in my chest. It couldn't be ... Fairytale? It would be an operative I haven't met. " Stay here, Gin-kun."
" What?" he replies. " It could be dange-!" he starts to say before ...
He's cut off by the sound of the girl screaming.
We don't hesitate before sprinting to the sound of the girl's screaming. No doubt, Gin-kun can hear the sounds of the knife sliding in and out of her flesh as well as I can.
As the girl comes into view, the assailents are gone. Their scent lingers but right now, the girl's wounds are the only thing I'm worrying about. From the smell, she's lost a lot of blood and from the sound of her breath she's in a lot of pain.
As I kneel beside her I say to Gin-kun," Go get Mikogami-sama, Ruby-san, the doctor, and whoever patrols the grounds."
" It could be dangerous! I am not leaving you!" he says stubbornley.
" There's a student coming! Go ask her to get them!" I order before turning my attention back to the girl. She's got short-cropped, dark hair, and black-rimmed glasses. " Hey! Hey! I need you to stay awake alright?"
" Usagi-chan!" Gin-kun says to the student walking past.
" What the hell do you want, you pervert?" Usagi-chan says in disgust.
" There's a student. She's hurt. Please, go get help!" he pleads.
" Why should I?" Usagi-chan sneers," You've only broken my heart countless times, so why sho-" she starts to say before she's cut off by one of the girl's tortured screams.
" I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I say soothingly. " I need to stop the bleeding. I know it hurts, but please stay awake!"
" Oh God, you weren't kidding, Gin-kun," Usagi-chan says, stunned.
" Why the hell would I joke about this?" he says harshly. " You're useless. I'll get it done myself," he says before taking off to get help.
Well, whoever he's getting, I hope they get here soon.
THERE'S A DAMNED PROBLEM FOR YA! Miaka's the witness to a stabbing and she's wanted dead by the Shuzen family! I'm so dark ...
Oh, how I love chapter fours. They're always the turning point of something important. Like in Harry Potter, it's when Voldermort is back and Harry could die. For this, it reveals some of Miaka's deepest fears and who she has to protect, while knowing she could get killed. NOT SO MARY-SUE NOW!
Pfft, well, hope you enjoyed! Read and review!
Or the creepy killer in chapter four AND Voldermort will get you!
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