Chapter 10

(flashback part 3)

After Julia's funeral, Gerrard went to Takumi's apartment to confront him. He wanted to hit him. He realized one thing during Julia's funeral : If only Takumi didn't dump her, she would still be alive until now. Takumi killed her.

He knocked the door to Takumi's apartment and when his brother opened it, all hell broke loose. He hit him directly in the face. His brother was quite surprised by his attack.

"You bastard! What have you done to Julia?" he said while grabbing Takumi's collar and pushing him hard to the wall.

"I didn't do anything to her. Don't put the blame on me, Aniki.." Takumi said without losing his cool.

Gerrard hit him one more time. "You made her feel depressed! If you didn't dump her, she would still be alive until now! You killed her!" he said with a loud voice. His face shows the expression of anger, vengeance and hatred towards his half-brother.

"Say something, Bastard!" Gerrard shouted to his brother.

"I can't change your ideas about me, Aniki, especially when your hatred was obviously with it. Therefore, I am not going to defend myself. You're not the head of the court anyway. So why would I explain myself to you?" Takumi said with a composed expression. Upon hearing this, Gerrard let go of him and stepped away from him.

"You're just a hidden dog of our family, Takumi! You're a murderer, a stray dog! You need to be disciplined! What do you really want, huh? The post of being the Usui clan heir? Sure, I'll give it to you! But I'll make sure you'll suffer. You wouldn't enjoy any moment. This is my vengeance, Takumi!" he stated.

"You won't be able to do that, Aniki... I know your personality. You can't live without luxury." Takumi said with assurance in his voice.

"I can If I want. And I really want you to suffer, Takumi. I'll talk to mom and dad about this and I'll tell them that you will transfer to Japan when you turn 17, which is 2 years from now and you will take the post of being the heir. You won't be able to stop me, Takumi. You still have 2 years left so enjoy it before you taste the suffering I'll give you." This was Gerrard's last words to Takumi before he walked out of his apartment. A day after the confrontation, Gerrard came back to Japan and Takumi knew that his brother will be true to his words. His brother will really make him suffer.

A few months after the confrontation, the opening ceremony of another school year in Seika High started. Gerrard transferred to Seika High to 'practice' living a simple life. He was in second year of his high school and he was late for the opening ceremony.

He looked for an unoccupied seat and found one on the front row. He approached the girl seating beside the unoccupied seat and asked her, "Miss, is this seat-" he suddenly stopped. "Julia! Is that you?" he asked a certain raven-black-haired, amber-eyed girl.

"N-no. I'm not Julia. And will you please sit down, the ceremony is going on. Don't cause any disturbance!" the girl whispered to him, as not to disturb the ceremony. He sat beside her. It felt strange for him.

This girl definitely looks like Julia.. he thought to himself.

"Now, let's call on our first year representative for this ceremony. She got the highest score on the entrance exam and we're proud to have her. Let's give her a round of applause. May we call on Ayuzawa Misaki-san.." the ceremony speaker announced.

The girl sitting beside him stood up and went to the stage. She was stating her speech and he was impressed.

She resembles Julia a lot. It's as if Julia came back to life.. he thought to himself while he found himself mesmerized by Ayuzawa's voice.

A month had passed since the opening ceremony. Ayuzawa Misaki was very annoyed by the sloppiness of all the guys around her. She was a man-hater. And the environment she was in really sucks! It's the same old scene everyday : Guys running through the hallways, messy classrooms caused by guys, men's shower room which smells really rotten, And Guys, Guys, Guys everywhere slacking off! She couldn't do anything but to suffer silently. She's in no power to fix all of these mess. Seika High was once an all-boys school and just few year ago, it turned into a co-ed. Thus, most of the student population of Seika was boys. 80% boys and 20% girls. Plus, Seika had really low tuition fee, which was the very reason she decided to study here.

She wanted to breathe some fresh air because the atmosphere inside the whole campus was really suffocating her. She went to the rooftop and found a dark-haired guy sleeping on the rooftop. She was about to return to her classroom because she didn't want to mingle with any guy and she didn't want to disturb him when the guy opened his eyes and stood up. He noticed her.

"Ah, Ayuzawa-san.. You're here.." Gerrard said to Misaki.

"How did you know my name?" she asked. She couldn't remember that this guy was the guy who called her 'Julia' during the opening ceremony.

"Well, who wouldn't know you? You're really popular. You're the student who topped the first year entrance exam right?" he said with a plain expression.

"Ah, I didn't know I'm that popular.. I felt like the guys in this school didn't bother about school affairs at all. Maybe you're one of those bastards too." she said.

"Well, the guys here are really sloppy. I won't deny that. But I'm not one of them. I'm just a bored student here." he replied.

"Yeah, And they're all huge idiots!" she couldn't stop herself from saying.

"Hahaha! So you're suffering silently, Ayuzawa-san."

"Well, I'm not the only one. My friends are like me too. If only I can change this school into a much more disciplined school, no one would suffer silently.."

"You can, Ayuzawa-san.."

"What are you saying? Don't say the impossible."

"I just know you can. You have to ability to do it. You're an honor student and that's enough for you to run for the post of student council president next election."

"Huh? Are you stupid? You want me to be the president? Pfft.." She said then chuckled. "That's impossible. Most of the students are boys. It's obvious that they'd support a guy. And besides, I'm not interested in it." she continued.

"Don't you trust yourself, Ayuzawa-san? I can read your personality through your words. You're actually a hot-headed girl right?"

"How did you know? Are you a psychologist?" she asked.

"No. It's because I knew someone who had the same personality as you."

"Hmm, then, from now on, don't be surprised if I call you 'stupid' since you have read my personality." She said. The school bell suddenly rang and lunch time was over. It was time for the students to return to their classrooms.

"You're leaving already, Ayuzawa-san?"

"Yeah. I don't want to be late for class.."

"Okay.. and please reconsider my suggestion about the student council presidency.."

"I'll think about it.. What's your name anyway? We talked about lot of things but you haven't told me your name yet."

"Gerrard. You can call me 'senpai'. It's nice meeting you, Ayuzawa-san.."

"Same here, senpai. Thanks for that conversation. And sorry if I disturbed your slumber."

"It's alright. You can come here again if you want to talk about something. I'm always here."

"Okay, Jaa, Senpai!" she said. Misaki then left the rooftop while Gerrard stayed.

Julia, I think I already fulfilled my promise to you.. he said while looking at the vastness of the sky above him.

(End of Flashback part 3)

Author's note : (sigh) I uploaded two chapters at the same night. Well, now, I'm really sleepy. Here's the chapter that featured Misaki and Gerrard's past. That would be the end of flashbacks.

Haha. It's just as you think. Misaki is the lost twin sister of Julia. I wonder when she'll discover about it.

Please Review this chapter! and Please pray that I'll pass the University Exam! I'm really desperate to pass!

-Mikka Tenshi