Sugoi! I am actually posting on time! I know, I know, you probably cannot believe it, but here is the next chapter! I am working on chapter 14 right now, so I should be able to get them posted on time now, as long as I keep ahead of myself. Anyway, you guys are actually pretty lucky. I'm going out of town this weekend so I figured I had to post before I left. Anyway, enjoy.
Chapter 11: Acquaintances
"Minamino Sakura!" the teacher yelled as she slammed her pointer on the young girl's desk. Sakura jumped, pulled out of her musings by the loud crack of wood and shrill cry. She turned her face to the woman, a scowl barely held behind a façade of calm. "What?" she asked through gritted teeth. Today had not been going well and now an old lady's screeching had given her a headache. "What is the answer to the question on the board?" the gaunt woman asked in a seething tone. "I don't care. If I did, do you think I would be ignoring your constant rambling?" Sakura replied in a similar manner, "Besides, you've given me a headache." "That is it, young lady! Either you start paying attention to the lesson or you can leave this class and not return!" Sakura flinched. This lady knew how to scream. She pitied the hag's mate. The teacher stood there, fuming, eyes wide in anger, feet shoulder-width apart for balance, and shoulders hunched, making her already frail frame even worse. "Can I really leave?" Sakura asked, a glimmer of hope hidden under layers of malice. What would the teacher do next? She screamed in rage and stomped her foot. "Out! Out, out, out! To the principal's office this instant and do not return to class today!" Sakura slowly and calmly gathered her books, slipping them carefully into her book bag. After silently closing the door behind her, Sakura walked off the school grounds, happily taking the rest of the day off. Inside the classroom, the haggard teacher turned to her brightest student. "Your sister is not what one would expect, Shuichi." The young man sighed, "Don't I know it."
Maybe I should have stayed at school. Sakura sighed in boredom. There was absolutely nothing to do, or at least she did not know what there was to do. What did humans do for fun anyway? Have sex? They seemed to do that a lot on the television shows. She knew fighting was a definite no-no. Ningenkai had laws about hurting others, unless it was in self-defense, and Sakura was never one to just defend herself. Her father had taught her about life in the Ningenkai as far as technology, laws, education, and status, but she had not learned much about everyday life; especially that of a teenager. At the moment, she was sitting on a park bench, watching mothers play with their children who were still too young for school.
"Oi! What's a Meiou student doing out of school?" a male voice called. Sakura turned around to see two teenage boys walking up to her. "So, ya mind answering the question?" the shorter one asked. He seemed to be the leader of the two. "I don't have to answer any question you ask me," she replied, glaring at the two. Who were they to question her? "Heh heh," the shorter one replied with his right hand behind his head, "No need to get angry." "Hello, my beautiful maiden," the other one finally began to talk, "Please excuse my friend's rudeness. I am the great Kuwabara Kazuma and-" She never let him finish his sentence before hitting the side of his head. "Come near me again and I will make you suffer." "Urameshi?" the one on the floor asked. "What, Kuwabara?" the other one asked. "She reminds me of the shrimp," he finished with tears in his eyes. This girl hit hard.
"You bore me, I'm leaving," Sakura stated and then stood up. Both watched her walk away, but before she could get far, the shorter one called out, "Wait!" Sakura stopped and looked behind her. "You looked bored to begin with. Wanna come with us to the arcade?" he asked. "Arcade?" she asked in a puzzled tone. "Yeah, ya know. With all the games and the pizza," he said. Sakura was still confused. Arcade? Pizza? But these two teens seemed pretty excited about it. "I guess I can try it," she replied. "Great! By the way, I'm Urameshi Yusuke. You already met Kuwabara down there," he added. Sakura looked to Kuwabara who was sitting on the ground, holding his head. "You're still down there? Kami, I didn't hit you that hard," she said. "Oh, no. It's not that," he said stupidly, "I was just looking at, uh…looking at the trail of ants right there. Yeah, that's it!" "You're not too bright, are you?" she asks flatly. She was not expecting an answer.
"So, what's your name?" the boy identified as Yusuke asked Sakura, "I never caught it." "I never gave it," she replied, "But it's Sakura." The trio began walking out of the park, Kuwabara still lightly rubbing his head. "So, what is a Meiou student doing out of classes? No offense, but, your school is known for its goody-good, straight-A students," Yusuke asked. "The teacher said to not return to class. She never said which one, so I just decided to leave school entirely," she answers with a smirk. She liked seeing how far she could push humans until they cracked. They were slightly entertaining then. "I like you already," Yusuke replied with a grin as he placed his arm over her shoulder in a friendly manor. She stopped and stared blankly at it until he removed it, feeling slightly uncomfortable. "So, arcade, right?"