So I think I'll reveal some of my head cannon in the titles of the next few chapters.
Mint; why?
Because I want to, let's see, Deep Blue, would you be so kind?
Deep blue; yes, YOU WORTHLESS HUMAN BEINGS, THIS OTHER HUMAN HAS NO RIGHT TO THE CANNON STORY AND CHARACTERS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS.
Thank you, let's continue.
Chapter nine;
Mint likes to cosplay
"Alright, line up everyone!" Mrs. Raniki shouts. Mint stands next to the other girls trying out for the part of Carol. Olivia stands to her right, Natalie and Rose to her left. Aokara and Safia sit in the front row. Aokara lifts his hand and waves to Mint, earning a slap to the back of the head from Safia.
'How is it only Wednesday? It feels like this week will never end!' Mint yells at herself, 'and what about that dream, was it nothing, or maybe… it was a prediction? Aoyama mentioned once that he had dreams of Ichigo crying and they came true, so maybe mine will too. Then again, he didn't know what was going on in his dream. It's probably nothing, but if it isn't….'
"Alright, you, you, you, and you, get off of the stage!" Mrs. Raniki yells, pointing to a set of twins, Natalie, and Rose. "You will be part of the ballet troupe. Olivia, you go first!"
"Right," Olivia steps forward. She dances as though her life depends on it, putting thought into every step, graceful, with force she moves across the stage. She ends facing the audience, then smirks and turns to Mrs. Raniki.
"Alright, I think I know who'll you'll be," Mrs. Raniki says, stepping forward.
"Thank you," Olivia says, she flounces back next to Mint.
"Alright, last person, Mint!"
"What about us?!" The other girls from the line shout.
"Nope, only Mint, you are only background characters that sit there and react." The girls turn on Mint, glaring and muttering under their breath.
"Mint, begin dancing now." Mint goes to step forward and is tripped by Olivia. She spins and lands on her toes. She spins into and out of control dance, as random as a leaf's motion in the wind. She gives up trying to control it and embraces it, moving swiftly, losing herself in the motions of the dance. She freezes and opens her eyes. A blush crosses her face as she looks at everyone who was staring at her.
"Ah, I was right about who Olivia will be!" Mrs. Raniki laughs. Mint looks down at the ground. "Olivia, you will play Carol's sister, you will push her to ignore her heart, shatter the necklace Leo gives to her, and no one will like you. Mint will be Carol."
"What?" Mint whispers as Olivia shouts.
"You were focusing too much, Mint here didn't focus at all, and you tripped her. Be grateful I didn't give you detention." Mrs. Raniki turns and walks away, "That's all, early release, go home." The students rush away in a sea of bodies; Aokara, Safia, Mint, and Olivia are the last to remain.
"You better watch yourself, breath mint, there's only room for a few stars here, and you are not one of them." Olivia turns and storms away. Mint glares at her until arms pull her into a hug.
"Yay, you got the part!" Aokara sings, hugging Mint.
"Great, now I have to deal with you more than I already do!" Safia says, storming off.
"Grumpy much?" Mint asks.
"Don't worry about him; I'm glad that you got the part of Carol." Aokara says, smiling.
"H-hey, there's a meeting today, no work in the café, and practice is cancelled because the other girls went out, got wasted, and crashed into a tree. So… we could do something after the meeting, if you want."
"That sounds fun! We could go to the park and get ice-cream!" Aokara says, picking up Mint's bag and carrying it to the lockers. "Hey, Mint?"
"Yes?"
"So… do I have to be your servant, because I transformed?"
"No, you did it to help people, not to destroy everything," Mint says, "Just so you know, if either of you stand by and people die because of it, I'll make you my servants."
"Alright," Aokara replies, he hands Mint back her bag and walks out the side door. Mint steps inside the room, no one is left but her, so she changes. A camera goes off to her right.
"What the heck!?" Mint shouts, pulling her shirt down and turning. Olivia is standing to her right, holding up a camera phone.
"What's with all the wrappings Mint? Cut yourself or something?"
"What? Wait…are you saying that I would…"
"Oi! Leave her alone! Her wounds are none of your business!" Rose yells, standing in front of Mint.
"How would the teacher like to know about you taking pictures of girls without their shirts on, you know that's illegal right?" Natalie asks, standing next to Rose.
"You don't have the guts, you're just little tiny specks. No one will listen to you, after all, my daddy runs this school."
"They'll listen to me." Tara's voice comes from the back of Olivia's head, "And you can't go to your dad, he has to listen to me too."
"Ugh, you are so annoying!"
"You're the one who is constantly shouting with her friends and making fun of her step-siblings. Please leave Olivia, or I'll tell." Olivia glares at Tara, and turns away.
"So… how would you tell her dad?" Rose asks.
"She's my step sister. I apologize, Mint. Aokara is probably waiting for you."
"Thank you- where'd she go?" Mint asks, staring where Tara was.
"I didn't see her leave, did you Natalie?" Rose asks.
"No…" Natalie responds. They shrug and drag Mint out of the room by her arms.
"Mint! Safia left without us, said he had something to do. Ready to go?" Aokara asks, the seemingly- permanent grin plastered on his face. Mint's face flushes, turning to the ground.
'Oh you so like him. Shut up inner voice. Wait why do you sound like Lettuce? Because she's missing and also she's your best friend. No she's not, my best friend is… hmm… you can think about your choice in friends later, ask Aokara about your dream. Why? Because I said so, and you should listen to me. You may sound like Lettuce, but you're nothing like her. Shut up and ask him. Now you sound like Pai. I'll sound like Zakuro if you'll ask him. Fine, I'll ask him.'
"H-hey, Aokara…"
"What is it Mint?"
"I-I had a dream and…"
"Mint!"
"Who the heck?" Mint questions, spinning on her heel, Kish is running up to her, Pudding following close behind.
"Mint, it's an emergency!" Kish yells, "Come on, this way!" He grabs Mints arm, trying to drag her.
"What's the emergency?" Aokara asks; Kish stops and stares at Aokara.
"Huh? Oh, sorry, you reminded me of someone for a second there. Well, the anti-mews are back and there's a huge thing going on not far from here. We have to get going!" Kish replies.
"Alright, let's go, wait, why's Pudding here?" Mint asks.
"Puddings not here, Taruto- Oh…" Kish looks down at pudding, "Well, looks like I grabbed the wrong short person. That means Taruto is helping Zakuro…"
"We should go help them too, Na No Da. Let's go!" Pudding yells, running in another direction. Mint and Kish follow behind her, leaving Aokara alone.
"Great, he recognized me." Aokara mutters, walking to the car. "I should have changed my hair color too; it was far too dangerous leaving it this way. Guess Safia was right. Wonder what would happen if I called him the blue knight." He pauses, and then laughs. "I should." He turns the corner and is rammed into; he falls back a few feet, groans for a few seconds, and then jumps up.
"Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going, are you alright?" Aokara asks, walking over to the boy that bumped into him. 'no…'
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was my fault." The other replies, standing up, he extends his hand and looks at Aokara. "I'm Aoyama, nice to- you…" He freezes, glaring at Aokara. He takes a step forward, grabbing Aokara's shirt.
Aokara begins rambling nervously, "Nice to meet you, I'm Aokara- grack!" Aoyama's other hand closes around Aokara's throat, slamming his head against the brick wall.
"You messed with the wrong person," Aoyama growls, hand tightening on Aokara's throat. "Now," he flicks out pocket knife, "You're going to pay for it."
"D-don't!" Aokara begins struggling as Aoyama drives the knife into his stomach, and begins to twist it. Aokara stops struggling, then, he flicks his foot, and kicks Aokara's shoulder. As blood squirts out of the wound, Aoyama drops both hands, trying to stop the bleeding. "Good to see you're alive. The pink one should be happy about that."
"What are you?" Aoyama asks, "Every time I talked to you you'd change between happy and creepy!"
"I'm Deep Blue; I'd thought that was clear." Aokara says, smiling as he drives his shoe blade through Aoyama's stomach.
