Oh jeez the tenth chapter already? that was quick. I would like to say thank you all for reading and reviewing you guys are awesome. I would also like to say I have slight dyslexia, do not own Gakuen Alice, only the characters, and Idea I have made up in this fan fiction. Enjoy the chapter.
Yuuka was deep in though and looked concerned as she walks through the hall way, looking for Kameko, Kaoru, and Ren. They had plans to go to the market place, Yuuka was sent to the principals office to find out if it was 'okay', and to see who Kameko's partner was. Yuuka already had a suspicion it was herself due to the fact they had shared the same room when Kameko first arrived at the school. Without realizing it, she bumped into Kameko's back.
"Are you okay, Yuuka?" Kameko asked when she turned to her. Yuuka looked up without really looking at them, she replied.
"Yes." Yuuka then looked down deep in though again. Kameko looked back to Ren and Kaoru who had the same expression as Kameko did.
"You sure? What happened?" Kameko pushed. Yuuka looked up at her with concern.
Yuuka was about to knock on the door to Mr. Aoi's Office when she heard him talking on the phone with someone, the door was slightly a-jar and she listened in.
"... Yes it seems Kameko Yamada is having an argument with Etsuko Katsuro..." Yuuka silent pushed the door more opened and peek inside. "...I believe we could... Yes... I'll get more information regarding that, and report back to you... Yes sir... I understand." Yuuka saw Mr. Aoi hang up the phone and sighed, and ran his hand through his hair. All at once Itsuki Aoi quickly looked up at the door and stared. Yuuka turned as fast as she could and ran down the halls. Every now and then she would look back to see if Itsuki was following her. After a little while she slowed down, Yuuka looked behind her, panting and catching her breath, she was in the clear.
"Nothing happened. I'm fine. I couldn't fined Mr. Aoi so we should look another time. We are going tomorrow right? We have all day. we could all ask after school... Lets get to class." Yuuka smiled sweetly and began walking in the direct of class. Kameko looked at Kaoru and Ren skeptically, but followed her to class.
Kameko, Ren, Kaoru, and Yuuka all arrived in Home room and took their seats. Mr. Aoi was not yet in class and every time Yuuka heard a noise of any kind she would watch the door. The bell rang and yet Mr. Aoi was no where to be seen.
"I wonder whats keeping him." Kameko asked her friends. Ren shrugged and Kaoru looked over at the clock.
"He might be on his way." Kaoru spoke up and took out his note book.
"Do you know anything about this? Or what he could possibly be doing? You were the one to see him last. I think." Ren asked Yuuka who looked almost scared. Like a rabbit hiding underground from a wolf who was hot on its heels. Yuuka shook her head.
"I-I have no idea." She tried to keep her cool but failed miserably. Ren looked over at Kaoru and Kameko. Just then Mr. Aoi entered the room, Yuuka jumped in her chair and watched him intently.
"Sorry about that class. I was held up in my office. Now today is Friday so I will call attendance and then hand out all your allowance. After that we will begin class." Mr. Aoi began calling names. "Miss Tomoko-San?" He called and looked up at her. Yuuka and Itsuki stared at each other and held it for a few moments. It looked to Kameko that they were talking through telepathy but Kameko wasn't too sure about what. Kameko looked between Yuuka and Mr. Aoi with confusion along with the rest of the class.
"Mr. Aoi?" A student called from somewhere behind Kameko.
"Yes, let us continue." Once again Aoi began to call out names, and when Kameko looked over at Yuuka she was staring at her book with wide scared eyes.
Kameko, and Kaoru arrived in art class and took their seats once they retrieved their art projects. Kameko began right away, while Kaoru was looking down at his drawing with contempt.
"While I'll admit this is the best drawing I have done as of late, it's still god awful." Kaoru face planted into his drawing and dropped his pencil on the table. Kameko looked over at him, Chuckled slightly, and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"You said you wanted to get better at drawing right? Learn how to?" Kameko asked. Kaoru nodded his head. "Well I could help you out. That is, of course only if you want. I don't want to jump to conclusions or anything." Kameko covered her eyes, and sighed in her hand.
"You think you could help me, then yeah lets go for it. Since this drawing is due today How about you help me with the next assignment. I can see you're already more than half way through. I'll let you finish with that." Kameko nodded and started drawing Kaoru again. Kaoru himself started to outline his drawing of Kameko and said. "I wonder what got Yuuka so worked up. She looked spooked. I wonder if something happened in Mr. Aoi's Office."
"You think Mr. Aoi did something? Or said something to scare her?" Kameko asked looking up at him with doubt.
"Hey man I have no idea. All I know is that before she went to see him she was cheery and happy, then when she came back... She was like that. Her eyes were filled with concern. I have no idea if it was something to do with him or something happened before she got there. My guess is as good as yours... Man your face is weird looking." Kaoru said looking back between his drawing and her actual face. Kameko blushed, covered her face with her long black hair, and said quickly.
"No one said you HAD to draw me! this was YOUR idea after all!" Kaoru began to laugh.
"Relax I'm only teasing you... Well if it wasn't that, then what do you think happened?"Kaoru went back to drawing. Kameko relaxed, propped her elbow on the table, and leaned her head on her hand.
"Not sure. But what ever it was, she was not too happy with... What ever happened. I don't want to keep asking and getting the same response, but I really want to know what's up, you know? Plus what happened in class. They looked like they were talking to each other. When I asked her after class she only said, 'I was late on homework and he was asking if I was finished yet' Yeah right." Kaoru nodded.
"Yeah I know what you mean. She's never late on homework. From I've seen she was almost always early on it." Kameko and Kaoru continued to draw in silence, thinking things over until half way through the class when Kameko finished her drawing.
"Yay, I'm done." Kameko held up her drawing and was inspecting it, to see if she needs to fix anything or draw something she missed. But it looked okay and, under Kaoru's name, handed it in the 'Done' box. She told the teacher and Mrs. Michi gave Kameko her next assignment. Kameko walked back to her table and sat next to Kaoru. Kaoru leaned over.
"Whats are next assignment?" Kaoru asked with a little excitement in his voice.
" We have to draw, then paint our favorite season. I have never drawn snow before." Kameko admitted. Kaoru looked down at his drawing of Kameko.
"I can't paint for shit. This sucks." Kaoru sighed and Kameko chuckled. The class continued on and by the end of it Kaoru finished his drawing and handed it in under Kameko's signature. He got his assignment and started planing on just how he would go about doing that. Kameko said she would help him out, said her good byes and walked off to class alone.
On her way there she got interrupted by Etsuko standing in her way. "What is it this time Etsuko?" Kameko sighed.
"You should stop talking to Ren." Kameko cocked an eye brow.
"That's not gonna happen, we're friends." Etsuko clenched her fists.
"That is going to happen, and no you aren't! You're clearly doing something to him to make him your friend. Using Tomoko to scare him into it or something. Poor Ren, must be so scared. Not that he couldn't handle himself. But against Tomoko, and now you? That's two against one, and its not fair. Let him go!"
"Are you hearing yourself right now? That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. No we are not forcing him to be our friend. I didn't even want to be friends with him in the first place. But you know, hang out with someone long enough, get to know them, and you end up being friends, whether you wanted it at first or not. Now are we done here? I have to get to class." Kameko started walking but Etsuko stopped her.
"No we are not done, not until you promise to leave him alone. Never talk to him, and not to go near him. I want to here you say it." Etsuko glared at her.
"Look bud, I don't get threatened. I'm not gonna stop being his friend so that you can keep having your weird little obsession with him, watching him from the side lines and keep thinking he's yours. He's not. He is a free human being that already turned you down. Don't you think that's enough? Let it go already, and leave me, and my friends, alone. Excuse me." Kameko pushed her way through and kept walking to class. Etsuko was left watching her leave, staring daggers at her back.
"We are far from over." She muttered to herself, Kameko rolled her eyes and shouted back to her.
"Very cliche!"
Kameko was about to be late for class so she started to run. She just made it into class as the bell rang. "Alright class settle down." The teacher got up from her seat and tapped the board. "Today we will be reading about WWII, after I take attendance." The teacher began calling out names and writing down who was here. The class continued on and when she left them to their work Yuuka looked over at her.
"So what was it this time?"
"Etsuko stopped me in the hallway to threaten me." Yuuka's eyes widened.
"Kameko. I want you to stay away from that girl." Kameko looked over at her with a raised eye brow.
"Why? Its just words, and besides it's not like I looked for her, she found me. Threatening me to 'stay away from Ren'. Or what ever. That girl is obsessed with you man." Kameko looked over at Ren.
"Yeah I'll say." Ren cringed.
"Just... Try your best not to run into her okay?" Yuuka said quietly. They did their work and when class was over, they went looking for Kaoru to fined Mr. Aoi. Once they all arrived at Itsuki's Office Ren knocked on the door.
"Mr. Aoi? Can we come in?"
'You may enter, Kazuo, Sato, Yamada... Tomoko.' They all at once heard Mr. Aoi's voice ringing in their heads. Ren Looked at the others for a split second then opened the door to Mr. Aoi's Office.
"Sorry, if we are disturbing you. We just have a few questions. If you don't mind." Ren peeked inside the open door.
"No, not at all. Come in. What kind of questions were you wondering." Itsuki was smiling warmly and invited them in. Ren walked inside, followed by Kaoru and Kameko. Yuuka stayed out side his Office for a minute or two before reluctantly joining them. She looked around the room with much concern and seemed on edge.
"Well." Ren started. "We wanted to go to the market place, and we know that Kameko can't go unless she is with her partner and has permission from an adult. So we were wondering who that was? and if we could go?" Ren lamely asked.
"Oh I am so sorry Miss Yamada, I guess we didn't tell you? Your partner is Miss Tomoko-San. That was why you were assigned to stay in her room when you first arrived here. And I have no problem with you guys going. When in this little journey happening?"
"We were thinking of going tomorrow, Saturday. It's the perfect time because we all just got our allowance." Ren cheerfully said with a smile on his face.
"Oh that sounds like a lot of fun. I just have to write a note to the administrate to get you guys a bus all ready. How about Tomorrow at eight O'clock?" Mr. Aoi took out a pen and bus form.
"Thank you Mr. Aoi. that would be awesome." Ren thanked and started to leave the Office along with Kameko, Kaoru, and Yuuka, who was first to get out into the hall way.
"Alright so tomorrow at eight. Don't forget. If we miss the bus they get real mad." Kaoru told Kameko. Kameko nodded and they, as a group walked off to their dorms.
"Hey wanna have supper together?" Yuuka suggested.
"Uh, how would we do that? We have to eat in our star groups and in the dinning room. We can't leave it." Ren looked back at her.
"Well it's simple. All we have to do is, wait for the food to be placed on the table, wait for Debaisu to leave the room, take our plates and meet me in my Dorm Room. Or." Yuuka looked at Kaoru. "You could sneak over to Kameko, and Ren and teleport to my Dorm Room door. Since I'm a special star I can leave the dinning room whenever." Kaoru cocked his eye brow and smiled.
"That's not a bad idea. Hey I have question. What does the Special Star dining room look like?"
"Yeah I wanna know! We ate in your dorm when I was still staying with you." Kameko added. Yuuka sucked air in through her teeth and rubbed the back of her head.
"Well its very large, very fancy, and mainly empty."
"Mainly empty?" Ren asked.
"Well, in all, there are about five special star students in high school, two students in elementary, three in middle school, and six in collage right now. We don't talk much and usually don't get along. I mean we have to when we go on missions an all. But No one eats together, sometimes we do if we have a mission coming up with another Special Star student. We will try to come up plans and, how to use each other's Alice if something happens. Stuff like that. And most nights we don't get to eat Dinner until After the mission is finished. And by then it's late, late. No point in eating in the dinning room, Debaisu would bring it up to our Dorms."
"...Well... That seems like... Fun..." Ren looked to the other three. "And you don't have a mission right now? Or tonight?" Ren asked Yuuka. Yuuka touched her lips with her finger and held her elbow.
"Hmm. No I don't remember receiving any notice about tonight. So it's perfect!" Yuuka smiled in excitement.
They all agreed and went off to their dorms.
Once it was time to set their plan in motion Kameko and Ren were sitting next to each other waiting for Kaoru to follow the plan. Debaisu set their plates down for them and continued for the other kids. Kameko and Ren looked at each other and then at their food. 'It looks so good.' Kameko thought. Moments later Kaoru popped up next them. Kaoru was crouching next to their chairs and touch their legs.
"You guys ready?" He whispered. Kameko held onto her plate and nodded. Ren followed her example and nodded once he held onto his plate and Kaoru teleported them to Yuuka's dorm Room door. Kameko knocked twice and waited for Yuuka to answer.
"hey guys!" Yuuka said when she opened the door. "Come on in." She opened it wider and motioned for them to enter. Kameko was first to enter with a large smile on her face. The rest followed her into the room and looked at the set up Yuuka made. The porch door was open and there was a table with four chairs around it. Their were lights all around the balcony fence and on the door frame.
"Wow, Yuuka did you set this all up?" Ren looked around. The night was perfect for eating outside. There were no clouds to be seen and since it was close to summer the weather was quite warm.
"Yeah I made it once I got back here. Looks nice right?" Kaoru nodded, Ren whistled in approval and Kameko simply said.
"Yeah." They all took their plates and made it onto the balcony when they all heard a quick knock on the door. Kameko, Kaoru, and Ren all looked at Yuuka.
"I'm no expecting anyone else. Just to be safe, I'll close the curtains. And don't say anything." Yuuka said in a stern voice and proceeded to close the curtains like she said. Kameko heard the door open and Yuuka say a quick greeting. Kameko and the rest peeked through the curtain and saw Yuuka talking to a young man, he looked to be about their age but Kameko has never seen him before. This boy has Golden, short, spiky hair along with two golden eyes and was wearing the same uniform as theirs.
"...Well I thought we were going on a mission today. That's what I was told." The boy leaned on the door frame and took a step in her room. "Can I come in?" Yuuka glanced to the balcony.
"I was just about to eat."
"Oh, well you can carry it with you and we can start the mission." The boy entered the room and looked around. "where is it?"
"Ichirou! I never said you can come in!" Yuuka huffed.
"You never said I couldn't." Ichirou walked closer to her. She backed up and was pined against the wall, standing over her he leaned closer and smirked as she shrunk lower. Her face flushed and she eventually had enough. She balled up her fist and punched him in the gut. He clutched his stomach and laughed. "Alright, alright. I'm sorry okay?" When her face didn't change from her scowl he held up his hands. "hey come on now. I said sorry. Lets get on to that mission huh?"
"I'm not going! I was never told about this mission and therefore I am not going. Besides I have other, more important things to do right now. Now... Get out." Yuuka pointed to the door and slammed her foot on the floor.
"Oh you mean have dinner with your friends out on your balcony?" Ichirou pointed to the balcony, that was behind him, with his thumb. Yuuka's eyes widen. "Yeah, we've been watching you guys. It's not like you to actually keep friends for longer than a day. And now all of a sudden you have three? What happened with that? It could't be all Kameko Yamada's fault. Could it?" Yuuka didn't say anything. Too in shake to even utter a word. "Hmm, what's so special about her anyway? Why don't we fined out." Ichirou turned to the balcony and to the closed curtains. "Hey! Come on out here!" for a little while nothing happened. Kameko and the rest let go of the curtains and backed away from the balcony door.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Don't make me come and get you." The curtains didn't move. Kameko couldn't see what was happening on the other side of the curtain but she could hear foot steps approaching them. Seconds later from the bottom up the curtains started to rip and tear, the colour faded and eventually turned to dust and blew away in the wind. Kameko looked at the man with golden hair. He had a malicious smile showing his pointy looking teeth. "Well hello there." Ichirou bowed like a true gentlemen would. "My name is Ichirou Kouta. And you..." Ichirou looked to Kameko. "Must be Kameko Yamada. Its nice to meet you, I have heard so much I feel as though I already know you. Which is unfair considering you know nothing of me." Ichirou took a step closer. "If you would like to, I would be thrilled to comply and give you more information regarding me." He held out his had to her.
"That's not needed. I am not curious about you at all." Kameko said holding her ground. Ichirou stood there, with his hand held out, in shock. Kameko looked into his eyes and saw his anger that he was trying to hid. Ichirou closed his eyes and smiled.
"Well that's to bad. I am quite the mystery, many don't get the chance you just received. But no matter, when you want to know more just fined me and I'll tell you all you want to know about me, which I am sure will happen in the near future. I think we could be friends, Yamada-san. Just give me a chance and you will see, I am quite harmless." Ren walked in front of Kameko.
"She said she wasn't interested." Ichirou's face hardened as he looked at Ren.
"I'm sorry, was I talking to you?" he asked in an uninterested voice.
"No, but Kameko clearly doesn't care about anything you have to say. So you should fined the door, walk through it, go back to where ever you came from and never bother use again."
"Or what?" Ichirou challenged and stood over Ren about a inch. Ichirou was taller than every one in this room except for Kaoru who was about the same if not a little taller than Ichirou.
"Or... Kaoru will make you!" Ren pointed to his friend with convinced and a triumphant smile.
"Hey! don't put me in the middle of this! Fight your own battles!" Kaoru yelled at Ren.
"But Kaoru~" Ren whined. "You're better at fighting than I am. You were in Karate and Kendo. Plus you can just make him leave using your Alice."
"Like hell I'm touching or going near that guy! Look at what he did to the curtain." Kaoru pointed to were the curtain used to be on the wall. "Granted, I have no idea what he did, but I don't want to fined out!" Ichirou began to laugh.
Loud.
"Who are you? You seem smart." Ichirou turned to Kaoru.
"What do you want with me Ichirou?" Yuuka asked from inside her room behind him. He turned his head to her.
"Who said I wanted you?"
"THE FACT THAT YOU CAME TO MY ROOM TELLING ME, WE HAVE SOME SORT OF... MISSION? I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME FOR SOMETHING!" Yuuka lost her cool and yelled at him.
"Oh I was just bugging you, Kinda wanted to see what you'd do. Nah, the reason I am here is to see her. Talk to her. See whats she's like." Ichirou pointed to Kameko.
"Uh... Why?" Kameko asked lamely.
"Hmm. Just curious. You are the first friend, this one..." Ichirou pointed to Yuuka. "Has ever had, and then all of a sudden there's two more. It all started with you. So I want to know, why that is. You know of her past yes? And her Alice?" Ichirou asked with a sly smirk. Kameko was silent. "Oh? Maybe not." He turned to Yuuka. "Very sneaky Tomoko."
"She knows some of it. And besides, that was in the past." Yuuka told him folding her arms.
"Ah, but the missions you do are in the present. What you do on missions are fare worse than what you did in the past. And, that's all still happening. Can't deny that." Yuuka looked horrified. Ichirou Smirked.
"What she does on the missions is not her fault." Kameko nearly yelled. Everyone turned to her. "She is basically forced to do that, your leader, or what ever, says do something and you have to do it right? So I couldn't possibly blame her for it." Yuuka looked her her feet and clutched her arm. Ichirou smiled.
"You so sure of that? It's not like he has a gun pointed to our heads or anything. We are aloud to say no to a mission... Well. I got all I wanted... For now. So farewell. For now." Ichirou left the room. Leaving behind a confused Kameko and a scared Yuuka.
Well that took longer than expected to finish. I sorta stopped for the holidays? I guess? Well I hope you all enjoyed. Thank you all for reading, and like always, have a good one. BYE BYE!