Yey! Another humorous chapter!! Hope you'll enjoy this! This is dedicated to kissmyanimex2008 for making The Pocky Game and Other Short Stories!! It was a great fanfic and I'll continue to support it! Well anyway, nuff said. Please read and review!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kaleido Star but some of the characters mentioned in my fanfic are mine.
Continuation…
"So, looks like Mrs. Robbins is a bit earlier than you guys usually say," Sara said.
"Well…I feel a lot guilty…" Kei blushed.
"For what?" Sara asked.
"Well…I lied to Mr. Oswald awhile ago…quite lied," Kei said.
"What? But why?" Sara asked
"Actually… mom (Mrs. Robbins) announced awhile ago that Mrs. Principal will be in the room in 10 minutes and I'm afraid that you'll be in detention again if you won't make it in time…I'm just worried. And besides…your conversation with Mr. Oswald was quite serious and might be quite longer," Kei explained.
"Oh…thanks for worrying but Mr. Oswald was just asking me some questions," Sara said.
"Oh…" Kei said
History Classroom, A-3
Sara and Kei arrived in their noisy classroom. Homeroom will be their next subject after History. The other people are making noises like shouting, talking, even some are gossiping on some things. Sara proceeds to her seat, which is beside Ami. Well, here are the A-1 people that are in that particular place: Maya, Ami, Sara, Miami, Kei, Sharlene and Greta (Leo is attending his Poetry Class).
"Okay, guys…please calm yourselves down. Mrs. Principal will be here in any moment by now," Maya said. Well, as the President in History for this particular group, she has the responsibility to calm her classmates. She stands in front of the class (by the blackboard).
"Guys…please…"
On the other hand, Ami (she is by the window on the 6th row with Sara as her seatmate. Sharlene is in front of her and Greta is in front of Sara) is talking with the three girls that are near her (some of the people from their column, which includes the back and the front, are transferring in other seats to talk to their friends).
"Why is she acting like that…?" Ami asked.
"Well…she's the President for this History class 1…" Greta said, "She was elected for president for this class of all smart guys in History,"
"Really??" Ami doubted.
"But…why didn't any of you guys tell us?" Sara asked.
"Actually…we don't want to boast," Sharlene said, "We'll just wait until the newcomers are getting suspicious on someone's actions,"
"President, huh?" Ami got up and jumped to her desk and walk towards the front. Maya is still reminding her classmates to keep quiet.
"So…you're the president here…" Ami said placing her hands on her hips.
"Don't cause more trouble here, Ami…go back to your seat and I'll…" Maya was cut off.
"…no I won't!" Ami said acting like a child. The class kept quiet and stared at the two who are in front.
"Ami…" Maya said but now is embarrassed for her classmates are gossiping and laughing at Maya. Maya can noticed that even though some are just whispering. She may be a candidate for valedictorian but some already hated her for such a boastful gal believing that she'll rule the school because her parents have high status in Kaleido Stage.
"This…is not funny, Ami," Maya warned.
"I know…it's humorous," Ami said and their classmates laughed (except for Sara).
"Ami…go back to your seat now! I'M THE PRESIDENT HERE AND I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW MY ORDERS!"
"Oh…" Ami said joking and half-seriously, "So you're the President, again… but I doubt," Ami walked around Maya, "You're not wearing any tuxedo and tie…" Their classmates laughed…except for Sara who is a bit annoyed already, "…and where's your stand…and microphone?? And where's the flag of America, huh? Got dropped out because Bush won?? Hahahahaha," Ami laughed together with their classmates (except Sara).
Maya is now embarrassed. She's now afraid that the thing might happen again (not the fighting nor the detention…it's another thing). "Stop it, Ami! GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT!!"
"I told you I WON'T! Are you even Bush's daughter, huh, to order me like that?! I don't think so! Huh, and I guess if you are the president, then I'll protest! I didn't even voted for you! I can walk the whole United States of America just to protest and bring you down!!" Ami said and laughed together with her classmates.
Maya hardly breathes and tears came from her eyes. She's angry now but if she'll fight back, the thing might happen and she'll be brought to the clinic again.
"Oh no…" Greta stopped laughing (with Sharlene) and is in a shocking expression (together with Sharlene).
"What do you mean?" Sara asked.
"If Maya will shout on her greatest force, she'll go wild…" Greta said.
"So?" Sara asked.
"…and the thing will happen to her…and we'll bring her to the clinic again," Sharlene said.
"What thing?" Sara asked.
"I'm sorry, Sara," Sharlene said (the Maya-Ami fight is still going on with their classmates cheering and laughing), "But we can't tell you. Only us (Sharlene and Greta), Leo, herself and her parents knew about this,"
Now, Sara is worried. She heard from their statement "clinic". Maybe Maya has heart stroke…no, no, no…she's too young for such disease. Maybe a sickness that involves her strength and force. Now they can all see that Maya is breathing hardly. Then, she shouted (cried, actually), "WHY?! DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT TO ME, HUH??"
"And now YOU'RE PAYING BACK? HUH, LOOK, MAYA, YOU HURT MY FRIEND (Sara) SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY! OF COURSE I HAVE THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW!"
"But…" Maya got speechless…realizing that her heartbeat is getting slower (and take note: this isn't heart stroke, okay?) and she's breathing hardly.
"WHAT NOW? ACTING AGAIN?! WHY DON'T YOU JOIN THE DRAMA CLUB THINGY AND BE AWARDED AS BEST ACTRESS, HUH?! DON'T SHOW ME THAT, MAYA, BECAUSE ACTING ISN'T MY BUSINESS!!"
"Why…YOU!" Maya pushed Ami and Ami fell on the floor. Ami stared at Maya with shock. Maya is still breathing hardly. Her heartbeats are getting slower and slower. Just then, Sara and Ami noticed a line of blood on Maya's mouth.
"Maya…you're mouth…" Ami said quietly (everyone was shocked, too, so it's quite clear that the class has calmed down).
Maya touched her mouth and as she sees the state of her left hand, Ami's telling her something: there's blood. Maya's eyes widened in shock. She still breathes hardly and she can feel her heart beating slow. Just then, they heard a voice that surprised all.
"Well…I'm sorry I'm late and…" Sarah stopped and looked at the two girls in front, "…why, Ms. Oswald and Ms. Higorashi again… another fight?" Sarah looked at Ami, "Why are you lying down there, Ms. Higorashi? Stand up and go back to your seat!" Ami stood up and ran towards her place.
"And Ms. Oswald…I'm afraid that you, too, have to go back to your seat or I will put you to another detention this afternoon," Sarah said, realizing that Maya is not breathing well. Maya wiped away her tears and go back to her seat quietly, seating beside Miami. Sarah goes to the teacher's table and stares at everybody.
"Now, I'm going to introduce to you your Acrobatics teachers," Sarah paused as everyone reacts: happiness.
"They both have skills and abilities in Acrobatics. They both have children and they (the children) are in this classroom,"
Everyone reacts again. They are murmuring, excited to know who's going to be their teachers and the two children.
"And one of them is the ex-Kaleido Star," Sarah added and everyone is shocked. Some of them are having the "too-excited" faces because their teacher, that is, one of their teachers, is once a Kaleido Star.
"I'm just going to call them outside and be prepared!" Sarah said. Everyone is so excited. But then, Ami whispered to Sara, "I think I know who are teachers be,"
"Why do you say that?" Sara replied.
"I mean…ex-Kaleido Star thingy…strange, right?" Ami said.
"Could it be…Mr. and Mrs. Killian?" Sara asked.
"No! Their children is not attending History in this time! Not even a single Killian is in our class,"
"What about…Ms. Donna Walker, a single mom?" Sara asked again.
"No…no Walker is in our class, too,"
"What about…Mr. and Mrs. Oswald?"
"Well…" Ami paused, remembering their scene with Maya, "…it could be possible," and then, turned to be the 'Ami' she had been, "…but no! Leo is not here! He is in Poetry class, remember?"
"…" Sara paused. And then, the two stared at the door, together with the rest, to see their new teachers. And then… Sarah entered with a woman with short blue hair and another with a short (her hair ends reached the shoulders) crimson hair. And then, Sarah began to speak, "I would like to introduce to you: Mrs. Manami Higorashi and Ms. Sora Naegino,"
"MOM?!" Both Ami and Sara stood up and shout that word out loud in seeing their mothers as their teachers.
"Why, Ms. Higorashi and Ms. Naegino: I see your misbehavior in the wrong place…that'll be a 15-minute detention for both of you this afternoon," Sarah said. Actually, being surprised and reacted right away (like what they did) is one of the violations in that particular academy.
"Take your seat young ladies," Sarah told Sara and Ami and the girls sit down.
"Why don't you kids greet your new teachers?" Sarah suggested and all of the students stood up and greeted, "Welcome to Kaleido Academy, new teachers!"
"Wow, what a greeting was that!" Manami reacted.
"Yeah right…I just saw mom smiling and saying that statement. And when I greet her that way, she just say 'hello' and nothing else," Ami whispered to Sara.
"Higorashi: 20-minute detention!" Sarah said. Looks like she heard Ami's sentence. The students sit down. Sarah begins to introduce the students one by one. And a minute passed, she introduced the class's officers.
"And may I call on the President of this class: Ms. Maya Oswald," Sarah said. Manami can see Sora's reaction when she heard the name 'Oswald'. This girl that resembles May Wong with the surname of Oswald can hurt Sora's feelings directly.
"Nice to meet you, Ms. Higorashi, Ms. Naegino," Maya lends out a hand. Maya remembers her parents' fight and heard the name of Sora. She lends her hand to Sora. And Sora was quite shocked. It looks like that she doesn't want to meet or to see or to talk to the daughter of her ex-boyfriend's wife.
"Nice to meet you, too!!" Manami said cheerfully, grabbing away Maya's hand and shakes it. Just then, Sara and Ami noticed Sora's sadness. Just then, to everyone's happiness, the bell rang. It's time for lunch!!
"Okay, guys, some of you will be attending Acrobatics this afternoon and these teachers will your teachers, okay?" Sarah said as everyone leaves. Just then, Sora exited right away, leaving her things with Manami. As soon as the room empties, Sara, Ami, Manami, and Sarah are still inside.
"Do you think she's alright?" Manami asked Sarah.
"I think so. It's just a little hurt and stuff but I think she'll be unto trauma again," Sarah said, "I'll better leave now, Manami. Take care with your daughter and her daughter, too," Sarah exited the room. Ami and Sara neared Manami. Just then, Manami, from sad, turned to her daughter and started to talk to her with an angry tone, "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO REACT?!" And many other more statements. Ami could just cry in front of her mother as Sara exits to find her mother.
Sara walks around the hallways in looking for her mother. Just then, she saw her by a corner crying (with everyone gone).
"Mom?"
"Huh…oh…Sara," Sora said wiping her tears away.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah…perfectly fine…" Sora forced herself to smile.
And as they walk along the hallway, they talk to each other.
"So, how are your days here in America, mom?"
"Fine…what about you and Ami?"
"Well…we're both fine, too…actually, we're living in a hotel,"
"Hotel? What about an apartment? That's a bit…cheaper than a hotel," Sora said.
"Well, it's not my decision, mom, it's Ami's. And besides, we're on a hotel that 'we're' known…like maybe uhm…10 years ago…in Hamilton Hotel,"
"Hamilton Hotel?"
"Uh-huh!" Sara said cheerfully. Just then, Leo spotted her and 'scared' her.
"Naegino!" Leo tickled Sara and Sara jumped from fright.
"What the…Leo!!" Sara and Leo started to have a joke fight. Sora, on the other hand, was shocked to see…her son playing with his daughter.
"Uhm…by the way, Leo…" Sara neared her mother, "I would like to introduce to you my mother. Leo, this is mother. Mother, this is Leo,"
"Nice to meet you, Ms. Naegino," Leo lends out his hand for a handshake. Sora was shocked. She is now facing her son.
"Uhm…mom??" Sara asked as she slowly says, "Hand…shake??"
"Oh! I'm sorry…I got wandered out," Sora smiled, "Nice to meet you, too, Leo,"
"Uhm, Sara, I better leave now…maybe you and Leo had something to talk about or something…" Sora turned back but Leo stopped her, "Uhm, Ms. Naegino…another minute, please?" Sora turned to face Leo and said, "Go on,"
"Uhm…I would like to introduce to you my father…if that'll be alright…"
"Yeah, that's amazing, Leo!" Sara said.
"Huh? Uhm… oh would you look at the time!" Sora said, staring at her watch trying to escape the introduction, "I better get going. I'm running late and my things are still with Manami. I'm sorry Leo, but I think I have to meet your father sooner or later but not now, okay?"
"Mom…" Sara said and Sora stopped walking, "Just give him a chance…I mean, that introduction won't take an hour. And…why are you so afraid to meet his father? Is he a monster or something? C'mon, mom, please?? He's a nice guy, promise." Sara said. Sora stared at her and she stared at Leo. Sora knew that Sara had met Leon already. She returned to her position awhile ago and said, "That'll be nice…"
"Okay…please stay here…I'll just look for him…"
"Leo! Oh, Leo, where have you been? I've been looking all over…for…you…" Leon, who appeared nowhere, was shocked to see his ex- girlfriend…I mean, Sora together with their…children.
"Oh dad! There you are!" Leo said. And not to mention Sara and Leo are quite shocked to see their parents' (Sara's mom and Leo's dad) expressions.
"Sora…" Leon said quietly…seeing Sora's angry expression.
"Uhm, dad, this is Sara," Leo said as he pointed on Sara (Sara waves 'hi'.), "And this is her mother, Ms. Sora Naegino," Leo said as he pointed on Sora.
"Uhm…nice to meet you…I'll better leave…it's running late," Sora exited the scene even before they can see her crying.
"What's gotten into her, Sara?"
"I don't know…maybe she's under trauma again…"
"Trauma?" Leon asked.
"Didn't you know that, Mr. Leon? I thought you were her boyfriend before,"
"I didn't know that, honestly," Leon said…worried of Sora's state.
"Well… she is traumatic by…15 years ago, even before I was born, Mr. Leon. Actually, when you and she broke up, she had a new boyfriend, according to her, and she got pregnant with him. But then, that new boyfriend of hers is a nice and the guy she loved more than you, Mr. Leon. And then, she realized that he is with another woman in bed and that woman got pregnant. And when mom's still pregnant, she's crying all day and night and she didn't sleep nor drink nor eat. She's just staying on a corner of her room and cry. She decided to go back to Japan afterwards,"
"But, she didn't have a boyfriend after we broke up!" Leon said furiously.
"What did you say, Mr. Leon?" Sara said, unable to hear what Leon just said (so is Leo).
"Huh? Oh…nothing…"
"That's too bad…" Leo said.
Now, Leon couldn't believe it. He traumatized Sora in having May by his side unknowingly.
To be continued…
That was close! Whew! And once again, guys, Maya's sickness isn't heart stroke, okay?! It's another heart disease (Yes, I'm going to confess in this chapter…) I don't know what's it called (I forgot but I asked my cousin about this)…it's a disease that some parts of the heart aren't completely formed during birth…which was Maya had inherited. So…I'll give you a spoiler (I know you're going to be thrilled and happy –to all SoraLeon fans- ): Maya isn't Leon's daughter. It's another guy's daughter together with May… you'll know the truth by the end of this fiction (still far, right? But I'll update so you won't be sad!).