CHAPTER 14

"UGH! It's like come on! It's a Friday! You can't give someone detention on a Friday!" I cried, walking down the school hallway.

Yeah, that's right, I got detention. It's not my fault though, okay!? My teacher are just inconsiderate of my life... I mean they're sitting there tormenting students while I'm saving the world from being destroyed by monsters!

I stared outside the window, there were barely any clouds in the sky, it was a perfect day. There was barely any noise aside from my L.A. teacher ranting about something and the birds chirping.

Then, throughout all that noise... I heard a truck backing into the school parking of curiosity I wanted to see what was causing the noise, so I looked around to try to spot the truck. Then I found it.

My eyes widened as I stared at the side of the trick it read, "Omnomnom's Fish and Crabs!"

"They're getting fish!? And crabs~ nya!?" I jumped out of my seat, landing on the floor. My ears and tail sprang out from my and my neko instincts were kicking in.

"Kaname Lanie! Haven't I told you to refrain from making unnecessary comments!?" She looked at the ears and tail, "are you... Cosplaying!?"

Everyone in the class turned to face me, including Len. My face burned red, "I- um- uh- am- a- sort-a- a- cat- um- yeah!"

Everyone laughed except Bela, Lauren, and Len, they just sat there, staring at me. Of course they understood how I felt at that moment, my neko instincts just took over, it must happen to them all the time, right? Wrong.

Bela gave me a cold stare that send shivers down my spine. Lauren sat there looking confused and then realized what was happening, she rolled her eyes and then glared at everyone in the class. Then there was Len, he stood there, staring at his feet, not even looking at me.

"Miss Kaname! Sit down or else I'll give you homework!" The teacher said, an evil grin playing across her face.

"But it's Friday..." I muttered under my breathe.

"What was that!? Okay, I'll just give you detention."

My eyes widened, I have never, in my life, gotten detention before... I was... Terrified. But that didn't seem to matter to my teacher, who was walking towards me with a slip in her hand. She handed me the slip.

"It's in room 314 and don't be late!"

I continued to rant down the hallway, "I mean- seriously! If some monster attacked us right now and I was the only one who could save, I think I'd just save myself and leave that stupid teacher to die!"

At that moment I ran into one of the school teachers. I back up, stumbling on my feet, "sorry..."

The teacher looked at me, "your... Kaname Lawn-ne, right?"

"It's Lanie..." I muttered, staring at his intense green eyes.

"Oh sorry, I meant to come and talk to you anyways..." He brushed jet black hair behind his ear.

Oh crap! Another teacher wants to talk to me! I sighed, "yeah, about what?"

"There's another student coming here today for shadowing, do you wanna shadow him?" He asked, staring at me.

I tried to recall this teacher's name, but I couldn't remember, "sure, why not?"

"Great, I'll meet up with you tomorrow, okay?"

"Uh, yeah," I said, staring awkwardly at him.

Then it hit me, his first name was Yukiteru, or Yuki for short. But I can't call a teacher by their first name...I still couldn't think of their last name...

Then the teacher who was standing in front of me ambled past me, he looked as if he was wallowed in thoughts. He stuck his hands into his pockets as he walked down the hallway and entered another room.

I stared at the clock on the wall, "crap! I'm late for the stupid detention that my stupid teacher gave me!"

I raced to room 314, flying up flights of stairs to reach the third story was not easy. As I pasted a corner I could've sworn I saw someone there. Red eyes glared at me for a quick second, then brown hair covered them.

I blinked and the figure disappeared. I then shook my head and ran down the hallway to the room. My hand began to tremble as I pulled the door open. Once I was inside, I saw one strange face among the rest.

Her eyes looked almost red at some points but they were green. She laughed as I walked past her, tying her thick brown hair into a high ponytail. She left a few strands of wavy hair out and then tucked those pieces behind her ears.

I sat down by the window, a few rows behind that girl. I felt her eyes staring at me, though she faced the opposite direction. The girl got up to her feet, two other girls were following her, and walked towards me.

A girl with short brown-blonde hair that was also in a ponytail stopped in front of me, "hey, what's ur name?"

I stared at her, my heart was racing, I had a bad feeling about these girls, "L-Lanie, and you?"

The blonde haired girl grinned, "Naomi."

"Kimiko."

"Tomiko," the girl with eyes that looked red answered.

"Well... It's nice to meet you." I took out my hand for them to shake.

All three of them laughed and then walked away like nothing ever happened. The sat down next to each other with Naomi in the center. Kimiko on her left. Tomiko was on her right, occasionally looking back at me.

My head fell into my hands and I got wallowed in thoughts of what just happened. Three girls, a girl clique, just came up to me. There was something about them that was... Off.

It was silent, not a word was allowed to be spoken, you couldn't even do homework. I wondered what the point of detention was if you couldn't do anything. Yet, in the middle of the silence there was noise. Those three girl were... Laughing.

"Tomiko, do you really think so!?" The girl on the left said, her eyes closed as she sweetly smiled. Her light brown hair pinned up in a neat ponytail.

"It's not something to laugh about, Kimiko! I'm serious!" Tomiko pouted.

"Just shut up!" Naomi pounded her hands on the table, causing the other two girls to be silent, "yeah, I know. We'll talk about this afterwards, okay!? This is a huge deal, we can't risk someone hearing us!"

I stared at the back of their heads, wondering what they were talking about. All of them seemed pretty irritated, though.

Tomiko began to whisper, I could only make out on thing of what she said, "we need to get rid of them."

I felt my heart beginning to pound. I hoped they weren't talking about getting rid of... me. But, why would they, I don't even know them.

Then a bell rung, ruining my thoughts of what just happened. The teacher in the room, Mrs.T for short, stood up out of her chair and looked at the time, "oh. Detention is over, enjoy the rest of your weekend."

I slowly walked past the girl clique and then past Mrs.T's desk whispering, "malevolent."

Mrs. T stared at me, "what did you say!?"

"Nothing," and with that I walked out of the room.

The three girls were walking about twenty feet behind me. I could feel their glare, they didn't even say a word. I knew they were following me, but whenever I looked back, they disappeared. With these girls following me I knew I couldn't go home or go to that park, then they would know where I usually meet up or where I lived.

I began to walk downtown, to the train station. I was moving at a slow pace, I had no clue where I was going. All I knew is that this was getting really creepy with people following me.

"Ugh, I wish Len or Tadashi was here..." I muttered as I turned a corner and decided on my destination.

I closed my eyes as I continued to slowly walk and then- THUMP! I stumbled backwards and fell on the hard cement. My eyes fluttered open hazily and I could barely make out a figure in front of me.

It seemed like a boy was standing in front of me, but my vision only got worse and worse until everything completely turned black and all I could hear were sounds. Everything sounded louder than before and it didn't help that I couldn't see anything at all.

"Hey! Are you okay!?" I felt something grab my wrist and pull me to my feet.

"Huh? Yeah," I squinted, trying to atleast see who was in front of me, but it was no use, everything was black.

"Are you sure, can you see everything okay?" His voice sounded worried.

I froze, how did he know something was wrong with my sight, "yeah, I'm fine."

I turned around and felt for the wall. My hand followed the side of it as I used it to guide my around the corner.

Then my vision returned to normal. The sounds of everything went down and no longer blasted in my ears. I could finally see color and make out shapes again. I sighed in relief.

I then quickly turned the corner to see the boy I bumped into, but there was no one there. He must of have already left.

I then began to walk to the train station. I knew something happened earlier, before I bumped into that boy, but I couldn't remember. Every now and then I felt chills go down my spine as if I was being watched. But I brushed them off and assumed no one was there.

I got onto the train station and sat down. The train was supposed to arrive in five minutes. I used this time to relax and close my eyes. Only that peace only lasted about 30 seconds.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" A woman said, I recognized her voice.

I looked up. It was the lady I saved from being robbed on this very same train. That scenario seemed like it only took place yesterday. The sad part was that she thought someone else saved her, someone strong, not me.

"No it's not, you can go ahead," I said as the lady sat down next to me.

"You know," she said, looking at her feet, "I never got to thank the boy who saved me that day, when I got robbed."

I sighed, wanting to tell her it was me, but I refrained from doing so, "I'm sure you'll get the chance to eventually."

"There's one thing that really confused me though," she looked at me and our eyes met, "when I was unconscious, I could hear a voice. I heard a girls voice fighting the two men, not a boys."

I stared at her, wondering if she found out it was me. The woman laughed, "strange isn't it?"

Then the train pulled up to the station. I walked into it, but my eyes followed the lady who was sitting next me previously. A kind smile played on her lips as the doors began to close. I could hear her voice right before the doors sealed, "I know it was a little girl who saved me that day, not a boy."