Kendra: Tah-dah! It's the next chapter of HotS! And all without my cousin bashing me on the head...
KS: I was happy, I was introduced in the last chapter. *grins*
Ari: And I'm in this chapter too! I'm so happy!
Bakura *looks at Kendra* you're just a suck.
Kendra: And why would I suck up to my cousin and her yami?
Bakura: Because you're in her story and want her too-
Kendra *covers Bakura's mouth* that's enough now.
:History of the Staff:
:Start of School:
Kendra stared at the uniform with eyes full of doubt; "Do I really have to wear that?" The principal nodded. "Could I wear a guy's uniform?"
The principal shrugged, "I don't see why not, but it will probably make you several enemies among your peers…"
"As long as I don't have to wear that…" Kendra muttered to herself as the principal pulled out the uniform commonly worn by the guys of the school. Kendra nodded to herself and took the uniform with a smile, "thank you," she said gratefully.
"We look forward to you joining us here," he said as Kendra left the room. Kendra rubbed her temples gently as she walked away, it didn't matter to her if she was the only girl wearing a guy's uniform but she wasn't going to wear that, that, monstrosity.
"Bleh," she muttered to herself, "pink…" School started next week and Kendra was getting nervous, if the students didn't like her it would make for a pretty lonely year if her only friend was her cousin, who was currently not speaking to her. Ariel's schizophrenia wasn't so bad… Ariel had always seemed to be like that, so why had it freaked her out so much when it had happened? Because it has seemed so real. Like Ariel really was talking to a disembodied spirit…
Kendra sighed as she entered the house; she'd apologise to Ariel, of course. Kendra always seemed to be apologising, she had this problem about picking fights with people, she'd be in a bad mood or have a migraine or something and then little things would seem like big things so she would make a big deal out of them and then hold her grudge until someone pointed out how stupid she was being and then she'd go apologise. No one had pointed out to her how stupid she was being this time, and she hadn't really held her grudge that long, but it was all her fault, it was hard to stay mad at someone who didn't do anything and you hadn't seen in about five years. "Ariel?" she called.
"Kendra," the reply came from the living room. Kendra followed the voice to see her cousin sprawled on the couch, watching a movie, popcorn bowl in her lap.
Kendra sat on her cousin's feet and sighed, "I'm sorry."
Ariel looked at Kendra for a moment before looking back at her movie. "For?" she asked after a pause.
"For yelling at you."
"And…?" prompted Ariel.
"For…calling Ari imaginary…?" Kendra almost asked.
Ariel looked at Kendra for a long moment, and Kendra was startled to see blazing green eyes looking out of her cousin's head instead of the normal greenish-hazel. "I suppose I can live with that apology." Kendra felt her eyes widen as she watched Ariel's eye colour change back to green-hazel.
"Uh…" Kendra said, "I'm not even gunna ask about that." Ariel merely shrugged and went back to watching her movie.
* ^ * ^ * ^ *
Kendra sat quietly in the back corner of the room nearest the window. The people of the school weren't the nicest people to hang out with if you didn't fit nicely into their pattern. She'd been shunned all morning except for a few snide comments and it wasn't even first period yet! Kendra bent her head to her book and refused to look at the people who were ignoring her. I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry. Shit, what's the use? The words on the page blurred before her eyes and she blinked rapidly, trying to see the words again. The bell rang and Kendra put her book away as the students slowly got to their seats. "Hello class," the teacher said from the front of the room. Kendra looked at the woman from behind her bangs, she looked pretty enough, but that didn't particularly matter, as Kendra well knew.
That was only the start of overall an uneventful morning, she had English (like the reading/writing English, I'm just going by what I do at HS here in Canada…so if it's inaccurate, I apologise) and Math that morning. Well it was uneventful, until lunch. Kendra was getting her lunch just minding her own business when she caught someone behind her say several very rude comments about her and her attire. Something inside Kendra just snapped, dammit, these people were judging her before they knew her just because she didn't want to wear some damn skirt. Kendra whirled to face the pair of boys who had made the comment, "You want to say that to my face?" she demanded.
"Fine," one boy said, and he repeated it, adding several other unsavoury comments about her family, particularly her mother.
Kendra's eyes narrowed, "Fuck you," she spat, and punched the boy in the nose. "No one insults my mother," she hissed, feeling a small glint of satisfaction as blood trickled down the boy's face. Kendra then turned on her heel and stalked out of the cafeteria, her hunger suddenly gone.
"Hey guy, you gunna let her get away with that?" someone asked him, but Kendra was gone and she didn't hear the response. Walking outside Kendra flopped down under a tree, pulled her legs to her chest, put her arms around her legs and then dropped her head to her knees.
"I never asked for any of this," she whispered. "I wish I still lived in Canada, I wish none of this had ever happened."
" 'So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. What is for them to decide is what to do with the time that is given.' " Said a voice from above her.
"I don't need Lord of the Rings quoted at me," Kendra mumbled into her knees.
"I saw your punch in there," the voice said, ignoring her comment.
"So?" Kendra asked sarcastically.
"I personally think he deserved it, I've been wishing someone would punch him for a long time," the mystery man snorted, "'bout time he got what's coming to him."
Kendra looked up from her knees, "My name's Kendra," she whispered. "I have no idea who it was that I punched but he was getting on my nerves."
"I heard," the boy said, sitting beside her. "My name's Ryou, it's nice to meet you Kendra." The boy had white hair that was rather messy and almond-shaped brown eyes with an air of innocence to them, but with some deeper knowledge inside them. A 2-D puzzle with that eye on it inside a ring with seven spikes around the outside, all in gold, sat on his chest.
"Nice trinket," Kendra commented, trying to make conversation.
"Not really," Ryou mumbled, but Kendra barely heard so assumed she wasn't meant to.
"I should have just worn the skirt," Kendra mumbled into her knees, head back down.
" 'Anything worth saying is worth taking a long time to say.' "
"More LotR," Kendra commented, "have you memorised the movies too? And I don't think that one quite fits with this situation."
"Just parts of them," Ryou said with a smile. "And we could change it to 'Anything worth doing is worth doing the hard way.' "
Kendra frowned at Ryou, "You're weird," she informed him. Then she flashed him a bright smile just as he began to frown, "But then again, so am I, so it's not necessarily a bad thing."
The bell rang and the two of them looked towards the school, "It was nice talking to you, Kendra," Ryou said with a smile, "I hope I see you again."
"Bye Ryou," Kendra said as the two parted ways back inside the school.
* ^ * ^ * ^ *
"So'd ya have fun without me?" Ariel asked as soon as Kendra walked in the door.
"No," Kendra told her cousin calmly, "It was a living hell. How was your day?"
Ariel looked at her cousin oddly, then burst out into laughter, "And you say that with a completely bored face!"
"Yeah, well," Kendra said, shrugging with her hands (dammit, I dunno how else to explain it! It's where you like spread your hands and then kinds shrug? Common, you know what I'm talking about! You just don't know it!)
"So what'd you do today?"
"I gave someone a bloody nose, had a civil conversation with a total of one person and managed to make everyone hate me without saying a word."
Ariel nodded, "All I can say is I've never accomplished that much in a single day." Kendra looked at her cousin for a moment before bursting into laughter.
Authoress's Notes:
Kendra: Okay, so that was a crappy three page chapter, basically this is just to introduce Kendra's anger management problem-
Bakura *whispers to Rath* she's talking in third person again...
Rath *edges slowly away* don't run, and don't turn your back on her, she might notice us.
Kendra *glares at her yami and Bakura*
Bakura & Rath: Whaaaat?
KS: I've got a question, you've introduced Ryou in the fic, now can you introduce him as a muse? huh huh huh?
Kendra: Uh... no. See, Ryou is a specialized muse, unlike the rest of you slackers.
Yugi: Hey, I'm specialized too!
Kendra *puts an arm around Yugi's shoulders* Sorry bud, all you slackers except Yugi here.
Yami: What do you mean 'specialized'?
Kendra *grins* Ryou's my lemon muse.
Bakura: WTF? Ryou?
Kendra: Shut up, he just ended up that way, that's what I get for keeping the Ryou I found under the bed as a muse.
Yami: What about Yugi, you said he was specialized too...
Kendra *hugs Yugi* Yugi's my fluff muse!
Bakura *raises an eyebrow* you need a muse just for fluff?
Rath: She couldn't write fluff if her life depended on it.
Kendra: Can so!
Rath: Proove it!
Kendra: Fine, next chapter of LN, fluff.
Yugi: Yeah! A job!
Bakura: No! Fluff! In my story!
Yami *laughs* which probably means it's between you and Ryou.
Bakura: Shut up Pharaoh.
Yami: Anyway, Read and Review.
Kendra: Hey look, it's all spelled out! You must feel special.
Seto: I have a question, if they've gotten far enough to read 'Read and Review' don't you think it's rather pointless to put the 'Read' part since they must have read the story to get this far? I mean, shouldn't you just put 'Review'?
Kendra: But Seeeeto, 'Review' sounds so bo-oring.
Seto *rolls his eyes*
Yugi *is still celebrating the fact that he's got a job*
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