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Where I Belong

Part 3

By: Mylo

Author notes:

I'll be leaving for Toronto tomorrow, so I decided to

put this up before I go. Anyway this means that I haven't

really went through it proporly before putting it up

So...if any of you see any weird symbols ot "ik"s please e-mail me.

Or if you think there's something wrong somewhere and doesn't make

sense please tell me I would really appreciate it, Thanks

Disclaimer stays the same as before

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Haruka laid on her bed with only the desk lamp on reading over

and over again the letter her father gave her. This was so weird,

why go through all that trouble for the medallion? It does look

nice, made of gold and two rubies for its eyes, very detailed

carvings, must be really expensive. It wasn't as big as she had

imagined, it was just slightly bigger than a 100 yen. 'This might

be some kind of treasure that is passed on to every generation.'

She put down the letter and examined the medallion more carefully

wondering how much this would worth. Though she knew that she

would never sell this item even if she had lost everything. Even

if she needed to fight street dogs for food, it was just too

important. To her it was priceless, the last gift her father

left her. She laid down on her bed and held onto the leather

strap and lifted the medallion above her head. 'Probably it has

some kind of supernatural powers.' Haruka rose her eyebrows,

then laughed out loud, this was ridiculous; she was getting a

bit too carried away. She must be going mad; her laugh was of a

mad man, 'I should stop before Kento sends for help.' She wipes

a tear from her eye, she must have been thinking too much or

even watching too much television, the media influence now a

days are just phenomenal. Companies making their consumer believe

whatever they say, it was just like a brainwashing machine that

erases your memory and inputs new ones to suit the supplier.

She held the 'dragon' in her palm, and watched, as its red ruby

eyes glisten in the dim light. It feels warm, warm in her hands,

it somehow calms her down and all her sorrows left.

There was suddenly a knock on the door. Haruka sat up and put the

letter in her drawer after neatly folding it.

"Come in." She called out. The door opened slightly and Kento's

head poked in through the gap.

"Everything alright?"

"Yeah." Haruka rubbed her eyes. "You wanted to talk to me?"

A smile spread across Kento's face. "Oh, it's nothing. It's

just that I've bought you some souvenirs from Hawaii and thought

that it would be a good time to give it to you now." With that

Kento stepped into the room holding something that to Haruka,

looked exactly like hay. Haruka frowned as Kento held up the

grass skirt.

"Hey! It's not that bad, you'll look good in it." Kento laughed

when Haruka just stared at him with a frown.

"You don't think that I would be wearing that would you?" Haruka

finally said.

"I told ya! It's not that bad it's quite comfy."

"And how would you..." Haruka started but was cut off when Kento

took off the towel he had on. Underneath he was wearing a similar

skirt that he was holding. From his shirt pocket he took out a pair

of sunglasses and put them on.

"Com'mon!" He threw the skirt he was holding to Haruka on the bed.

"Let's dance! Some of those girls taught me how to dance, it's great!"

He laughed louder as Haruka's frown had now turned into a wide eye

stare, her mouth opened with surprise. Kento had always been an

extraordinary man, and had not only once Haruka had questioned about

his sanity, but this? She couldn't hold back her laugh anymore and

burst out laughing as Kento began a Hawaiian dance, terribly, tripping

on his own foot.

"Kento, you better stop it before you hurt yourself, and besides I

need to sleep. I need to go get my school stuff tomorrow." Haruka said

trying to stop herself from laughing.

Kento stopped dancing and smiled at the blonde, "I'm glad you're going.

Alright then, you get some sleep now."

Haruka watched as Kento left her room. She looks again at the 'dragon'

in her hand; she hadn't realized that she was still holding it. Quickly

she tied the leather strap around her neck, it felt warm against her skin.

She turned off the lights and quietly dozed off to sleep.

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A beautiful young girl with wavy sea green hair and green eyes walked

down the corridor toward her form room. Her parents are arguing too

much these days. It was better to leave earlier to school. She

entered the classroom.

"Morning, Michiru. Over here!" Her friend shouted to her. Michiru

waved to her friends that were located at the back of the room. She

put down her bag and books on her desk and went to join them.

"Hey, hey, hey! Gals! You know I just heard that there will be this

really gook looking guy joining our class today?" A brunette with

hair tied into two braids and big glasses announced excitedly. A

girl with short red hair put her hands on the excited girl's shoulders.

"Calm down, it's only a new class mate." She said as she pushed her

forcefully onto her chair.

"Kazuko, I mean it he's good looking." The redhead sighed.

"Mira, you always say that." Michiru said when she arrived, the girls giggled.

"Michiru's right. How many times have we've been disappointed?" a girl

with long black hair added, they leaned on each other and laughed louder,

Michiru chuckled.

"What's with you people, getting so excited over this someone that

you don't even know."

Mira's excited expression became a frown.

"This time I saw him!" The girls stopped laughing.

"But we all know about your taste." They cracked up again.

Mira's eyes narrowed and glared at Kaori.

"Kaori, believe me, you'll probably scream when you see him."

Kaori laughed even harder, tears began to form in her eyes.

"Yeah! I'll scream cause of the horror." Mira rolled her eyes

and raised both of her arms admitting her defeat. She sat down

on her seat.

"Ah, I'm sure that Mira's taste isn't that bad." Michiru said smiling,

but Kaori continued to laugh.

"Michiru, I don't think you're helping her at all." She patted Michiru

on the back. Mira frowned even more, and covered her face with both of

her hands.

"What does that guy have that other guys don't have?" Kazuko questioned,

she never seemed to be overly excited when it comes to talking about

guys. "They're all the same." She always says.

"Wait until you see him, just you wait." Mira pouted and turned her

head in any direction as long as it not at any of the girls.

Michiru smiled and took her seat. Her friends were always like this,

always teasing each other. She enjoyed watching them like this, always

so active and full of joy.

The classroom was almost filled with students. It was almost time for

lessons and the teacher wasn't here yet. Michiru glanced around the room.

Some of the girls were sitting with their head together reading a

magazine, and some were just chatting and laughing. A small group of

boys were throwing a tennis ball at each other near the window.

A few table across for Michiru were three boys. They were talking quietly

and glancing at the girls around them. One of the boys, Ken saw her

looking him and smiled at her. Michiru quickly looked away, avoiding

his stare, she didn't like him at all. He was so annoying and so arrogant.

An intelligent student, handsome, but his personality was lousy. Besides

she just doesn't like the way he looked at her.

Ken frowned disappointedly when he realized that Michiru wasn't look at

him anymore. She was pretty, Michiru. No, beautiful, no! There were no

words to describe her beauty; she was as beautiful as an angel. Her slim

body, wavy long hair was just perfect. Every move she made were so graceful

that Ken's heart wanted to burst out of his chest. It was not only her

looks; she was also a genius. She was an excellent swimmer and a talented

artist; academically she was as good as him. What more can you expect

from a girl? She was perfect. She was just the right girl for him, but

why didn't she even look at him. He was perfect, she was perfect, they

would make a perfect couple.

Ken shook his head. 'What can I do to get her attention?' Ken tried everything,

but she never seemed to care for his existence, but yes she was nice. She

doesn't ignore anyone and are basically friends with everyone. It was just

that she treats him like everyone else, and he doesn't want it that way,

he wants more.

The students all stopped what they were doing and move towards their seats

when the teacher entered the room. Many of the students have heard of the

rumors about the mysterious handsome boy that was going to be joining their

class today. They all looked very eager to see whom he was, no, not all,

more likely to be the female population of the class.

Their form tutor, Yamaki cleared his throat. "Today there will be a new

student joining us, Haruka Tenou."

Haruka walks in through the door with an unreadable expression, she was

wearing long trousers and a white shirt. Skirts and blouses never seem

to appeal to her, nor these introductions. She hated these kinds of

introductions as much as she hated skirts. Standing up in front of the

whole class and talking about herself was another of her dislikes. She

doesn't like this kind of attention. She kept her head down slightly and

stared at the wooden floor before her.

Michiru's eyes widened as she saw the person that walked through the door.

It was that guy that she met at the supermarket. The one that accidentally

knocked her down, but politely helped her up. This was a small world

after all. She glanced at her friends. Kazuko ran her hands through her

hair and raised her eyebrows slightly at the new classmate. Kaori was

staring at him with starry eyes, while Mira pushed up her glasses and

was smiling so proudly and giving looks at Kaori. Mira was right; this

Haruka Tenou was handsome. His short blonde hair matches his blue eyes

perfectly. Some how his eyes gives him a mysterious atmosphere. His eyes

seemed so cold, so lost, as if nothing can reach him, but this adds to the

mystery that surrounds him. She was sure that he was more than what he

seemed to be. Michiru then realized that she was staring at the new boy

for too long and felt her cheeks reddening; she turned her head away.

Ken saw that, he saw how Michiru blushed when she saw that new boy, Tenou,

his name? Ken narrowed his eyes and turned sharply towards him. The feeling

of jealousy shot through him and he grinded his teeth.

"Haruka, do you have anything to say to the class? Introduce yourself"

Yamaki said with a smile.

Haruka rolled her eyes, "I'm Haruka Tenou, seventeen years old." Haruka

said quietly in a low voice. There was a silence as if expecting her to

tell them more about herself. Haruka doesn't like this at all; all these

eyes staring at her. She felt like an animal in a cage being stared at

by wide eye kids with amusement on their faces. 'I'm a human being, not

some animals kept in some bloody cages'. Surely enough there seemed to

be amusement in their faces.

Mr. Yamaki looked at her then cleared his throat again. "Ok, take a seat.

Sit there, next to the window in front of Ken. Ken put up your hand so

Haruka knows where to sit." Ken blinked, then involuntarily put up his

hand.

Haruka walked up to her seat. She can feel the eyes staring at her; she

doesn't like it, not one bit.

Haruka walked up to her seat. She can feel the eyes staring at her; she

doesn¡¦t like it, not one bit.

¡§Hello, I'm Elson" said the boy that was sitting next to her. Haruka just

nodded slightly at him and sat down.

¡§Ok, the first lesson today will be English literature, please take out your

text books.¡¨ Mr. Yamaki announced. Haruka sighed; this will be a long day.

While trying to concentrate on the Shakespearian text Haruka suddenly felt a

nudge on her side.

¡§Hey!¡¨ Elson whispered to her. Haruka continued to look at this text and

pretended not to hear him. The boy sitting next to him doesn¡¦t look Japanese

at all, he doesn¡¦t look like a westerner either. His Japanese was also well spoken.

"So you're the silent type?¡¨ Elson cocked his head slightly and smiled,

"Well, anyway.¡¨ He leaned closer to Haruka and whispered even more quietly.

"¡§A warning for you, you know that guy behind us, don¡¦t look!¡¨ Elson eyed

backwards.

¡§His name is Ken, he's one of the more popular guys here, and I have a

feeling that he doesn't like you that much, so be careful of him.¡¨

Haruka turned slowly to him and looked at him with a questioning look.

"Mr. Rowe!" Mr. Yamaki said to Elson, with one hand on his hip. ¡§You're not

paying attention to me are you?¡¨

Elson smiled and shook his head, "Of course not, I've just been explaining to

Haruka about this line here¡¨ he said and randomly pointed to a line in his textbook.

"Right?"

Haruka looked at Mr. Yamaki then back at the still smiling Elson then nodded.

Mr. Yamaki shook his head, "Well, next time explain after the lesson or ask me

instead, alright?"

Elson sighed as the teacher turned his back again to the board to scribble some

words on the board.

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¡§Where are you from?¡¨

¡§What are your hobbies?¡¨

Many questions floated around Haruka. There were at least half a dozen girls

and a few guys that were around her. They were all talking at the same time,

so it was impossible to hear any of the questions. She had enough of this; this

was really getting on her nerves. She really wanted to get out of this place,

but how? She was practically surrounded. She sighed, there was noting that she

could do to escape. Just when she was about to give up she felt someone tugging

at her arm and pulling her out of the crowd. It was amusing for her to see the

shock on some of her classmates as they watch the new ¡¥boy¡¦ being pulled away

and disappearing into the corridor.

Ken watched them, and smiled as Haruka left the room. This was a good thing; at

least he wasn¡¦t flirting with the girls. He might not be such a big threat after all.

After turning a few corners and flying up few flights of stairs Haruka forcefully

pulled away and glared at the person that took him on this campus tour..

¡§Hey, don¡¦t look at me like that. You wanted to get out of there didn¡¦t you?¡¨

Elson said, trying to pull an innocent face.

Haruka just glared at the boy, then looked away. ¡§Thanks.¡¨

Elson¡¦s eyes widen in surprise ¡§Oh man!! You do have a voice!!¡¨ he laughed.

Haruka glared at him even more and turned around to leave.

¡§Hey, hey!¡¨ Elson said wiping the tear from his eyes, ¡§Common, I was just joking.¡¨

¡§Whatever.¡¨ Haruka replied

¡§Fine, I know you want to be alone, I know a good place.¡¨ Elson said and gestured

her to follow.

Apparently the ¡¥good place¡¦ that Elson mentioned was the roof. It didn¡¦t

matter at least it was peaceful there, no more annoying girls around her asking

stupid questions; questions that involves her private life, she doesn¡¦t want

to discuss them with anyone. She sighed; she wondered if those girls will still

be like that if they realize that she wasn¡¦t a guy. ¡¥People these days take

too much notice on appearance than anything else.¡¦ She wondered what their

reaction would be when they do realize that she wasn¡¦t what they thought she

was; she smiled slightly at the thought.

Haruka closed her eyes and enjoyed the peace she had now.

¡§So, you¡¦ve been kicked out of your original school haven¡¦t you?¡¨ Elson

said casually.

Now it was Haruka¡¦s turn to look at him wide eyed.

¡§Hey don¡¦t look so shocked, I¡¦m part of the journalism club here, and I do

research on the newbies here.¡¨ Elson said shrugging, ¡§But then your information

was quite hard to get, I don¡¦t know if¡K¡¨

Haruka narrowed her eyes and grabbed Elson by the collar startling him. ¡§Listen,

I don¡¦t like people invading my privacy alright?¡¨

¡§Alright, alright.¡¨ He pushed her hands off him. ¡§No need to snap man.¡¨ Elson

said while fixing his collar.

Haruka sighed and looked up at the blue sky.

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Haruka went up to the roof of her new school. At least it was peaceful

there, no more annoying girls around her asking stupid questions;

questions that involves her private life, she doesn't want to discuss

them with anyone. She sighed; she wondered if those girls will still be

like that if they realize that she wasn't a guy. 'People these days take

too much notice on appearance than anything else.' She wondered what

their reaction would be when they do realize that she wasn't what they

thought she was; she smiled slightly at the thought.

Haruka closed her eyes and enjoyed the peace she had now.

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"I told you that it was true." Mira said with a proud smirk on her

face.

"Well that doesn't matter now, where is he?" Kaori looked around,

searching for that new boy.

"I'm going to look for him." Kaori said and rushed out the door,

with Mira and Michiru staring after her.

"You going to go too?" Mira asked Michiru. Michiru shook her head;

running after boys was not one of her hobbies.

"It's ok, you go after her and make sure she doesn't get into any

trouble." Mira did a salute and ran after Kaori, while Michiru just

chuckled to herself, her friends were cute.

Kazuko blinked "I can't believe that they're actually doing this, and

I can't believe you didn't say anything." she followed Michiru back to

her desk and watched her as she tidy away her textbooks.

"Don't worry, they'll be fine, Kaori will get over it soon, you know

how she is."

Kazuko shrugged, it was true, they were always like this, never really

think about what they're doing.

"Where are you going?" Kazuko asked when she saw Michiru heading

toward the door.

"Oh, just to walk around. You want to come?" Kazuko shrugged and

followed.

The aqua haired girl was confused she needed time to think about

some things. She walked down the corridor with Kazuko beside her,

'What is this feeling?' She thought to herself. When she first

glanced at Haruka she had this unexplainable feeling, no, it's not

love, it couldn't be. How can she love someone that she didn't know,

that was impossible! The feeling that she had was hard to explain.

It was like, when you first see someone and you knew at that instant

if you like him or her or not. Right now, she had the urge to find

out who he really was. She knew that there were so much to learn about

him, but she didn't know why she was so keen to know. He was a guy,

she had never chased after guys before, nor did she ever want to. She

had this feeling where you really want to be friends with someone,

the urge to be friends. Yes, this was the feeling; she always wanted

to be friends with people. However she always had this aura around

her that attracts people to her, so why was he so different?

Michiru squeezed her eyes shut. 'You don't have time for this when

you have other problems to solve. Arg! I don't want to think about

anything!'

"Michiru are you alright? There's something wrong with you, I know

it."

She jumped at Kazuko's words, she had been thinking too deeply.

"Please don't tell me it's about that guy."

She looked at her; she had forgotten that her friend was with her.

That girl hadn't been her friend for long, but it seemed like that

she knew her for as long as she could remember. She was so easy to

talk to and always so understanding. It was hard to keep secrets

from her when she knew almost everything there was about herself.

"No, no it's not." She lied, then realize that she had wandered

around the school and ended up at the top floor. When she needed time

to think she usually wander up to the roof of the school, cause that

was where it was always empty and quiet.

"Going up?" Kazuko put her hand on the handle.

Michiru nodded again, she really knew her too well. It was as if she

could read her mind.

She pushed open the heavy metal door. To their surprise there was

an unexpected guest on the roof, and even more surprising was that

it was Haruka. Was this fate? The other girls were running all

over the place looking for him, but she just wandered around and

found him.

Haruka turned around as she heard the metal door opened. She

frowned when she saw two girls standing there, a girl with short

red hair and another girl shorter in height with light brown hair.

She recognized that they were from her form class, but somehow she

looked familiar, but she couldn't seem to remember, anyhow, she

had disrupted her peace.

Michiru looked at Haruka, she didn't know what to say. She wanted

to know more about him, but where should she start? Before anything

could happen, two girls rushed up to the door. It was Mira and Kaori.

"I thought you weren't going to look for him." Mira said.

"I wasn't and I didn't." Michiru stated.

Haruka shook her head and headed for the door. She gave a pained

look at Michiru. "Thanks a lot." She said under her breath.

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The TV was loud, but Haruka didn't care, she was too tired to care

about anything else. She couldn't believe that being chased around

by girls all day could make her this tired. Of course, she was a

new student and many would want to talk to her, but actually being

chased was a bit too much. Trying to find somewhere to hide, just

for a little peace and quiet. Then that girl just had to find her

on the roof.

Haruka gulped down some coke. Who was that girl anyway? She looks

so familiar, yet, how could she forget such a beautiful face? She

closed her eyes to think; trying to remember where she had once

saw this girl. Her eyes shot opened when she suddenly remembered.

She was the girl from the supermarket, yes, she remembered her now.

'So what?' she thought. 'So what if I did saw her before, that

doesn't make any difference.'

"Haruka?" A voice disturbed her thoughts. Kento walked in holding

a stack of thick books. Haruka put her coke down, and went to help

him, these are old medical books, and they make good references.

They may be old, but still useful, to become a doctor, Haruka had

to work hard and reach that goal in the shortest time, to make her

father proud of her.

"You know what?" Kento massaged his shoulders. "I'm glad to see you

so determined now. "

She nodded and stretched out her arms and yawned. She was tired; she

couldn't keep her eyelids open anymore. 'I have P.E tomorrow, I better

pack my stuff and get to bed.' She turned off the TV and went up to

her room, leaving the living room in darkness.

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End of Part 3

That's it for now.

It might take some time before I think of what to write for my next bit.

I'm kinda getting stuck on the stories so...any ideas would be great!

Just e-mail me.

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This is my website, it has the fics that I've written. And also the original

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Questions, comments are welcomed

(Especially when you read something is weird and not make much sense

I'll try to fix it so that it does make sense)