Breakaway

ChipsAhoypup

A/N "Why should I worry? Why should I care? Yeah, I may not have a dime. But I got street-sidewalk fair." ~Why Should I Worry? by Billy Joel (Oliver and Company)

Disclaimer: I only own my characters. ^-^

Meru and Ari were getting along well once more. Juriasu was relieved that Ari wasn't bugging him, so he sat at his desk most of the day, just staring out the window. Joii was surrounded by girls again, although he never seemed to mind. Kerii was talking to a few of her classmates, while Ririi was talking to a few of his as well. Meru and Juriasu were the only ones without the spotlight, and they were glad.

Meru had decided to draw different animals, just so that Ari wouldn't get suspicious. She drew a cow standing over an open book. "Why is that cow reading?" Ari asked, pointing at the picture.

"Well, everyone thinks cows are dumb. But cows can be smart. And, besides, this is like the saying that everyone knows: 'Don't judge a book by it's cover.'" Meru grinned, thinking about Hanna. That was her favorite saying. Meru also drew a cat in a cage with black and white beads around it's neck. Then she drew a robin flapping through the air, straight towards the sun.

"I like the cat," Commented Ari. "Hey, it's necklace looks exactly like Juriasu's bracelet." Meru glanced up, eyes wide in surprise, and she noticed Juriasu's head snap up. She could sense the fear coming off of him in waves.

"Yeah, well... I didn't mean for it to." Meru bent her head and pretended that it had insulted her.

"Oh, sorry," Ari said straight away. "I didn't mean to make fun of it, I just thought it was that way purposly! It's really nice though, looks very original."

"Thanks." Meru smiled awkwardly at Ari. She actually was the total opposite of offended right now, because Ari had knew what the necklace really was supposed to be, right away. Meru looked over at Ari's picture. "Ahaha! Who's that? He looks familiaur." She pointed to the picture of a grumpy-looking boy with shaded-in hair. When Meru noticed the bracelet, she knew who it was though.

"Err, no one," Ari lied, blushing. She quickly put her fist on top of the drawing of the bracelet. "No one at all." But Meru had already seen the bracelet.

"Ah, it's just a random person, right?" Meru wondered, pretending she didn't know who it was.

"Right," Ari sighed exasperatedly. Meru glanced over at Kerii. She was fighting with someone.

"Eh? Wonder what's going on," Meru muttered. She got up and went over to Kerii's side. "What's the matter, Kerii?"

"She said that mice are scary, and I'm trying to tell her that they're cute," Kerii snapped, eyes narrowed as she glared at her "opponent."

"They're creepy! How can you say they're cute? They have beady eyes, and small claws, and not to mention fleas and diseases!" The girl cried out, looking terrified as if there were mice right there. Meru's eyes widened as she saw how angry Kerii was getting.

"Crap, crap, craaaap. Ahh, Kerii, just let it go," Meru pleaded to Kerii. But it was too late. A swarm of mice burst through the door, squeaking rapidly. They climbed up on top of Meru, looking defiant. The girl cried out in fear and huddled in the corner, rocking back and forth on the balls of her heels. Girls who were petting Joii's hair also screeched, horrified, and huddled in the same corner as Kerii's opponent.

Juriasu glared at Kerii with pure dislike as the whole thing went on. Joii, meanwhile, was laughing as if the whole thing was some big game. While Ririi was just standing there, wide-eyed. The boys surrounding Ririi turned to him and said, "Is that your cousin?" Ririi nodded his head warily. "She's awesome."

A/N I really wanted one of them to summon their animals. I figured that cats were just way too similaur to what happened to Kyo. So I decided to have exactly the opposite of cats come in: mice. ^-^