Chapter 2: The Brother
"Utena! Ami! Over here!" Utena looked around for the person who had called her name and spotted the group of her new friends. Minako Aino, Makoto Kino, Serena Tsukino, and Rei Hino were Ami's best friends and Utena had felt immediately at ease when she was first introduced to them. She grabbed Ami's wrist and pulled her, the two of them laughing, over to the three girls who were sitting under a huge tree in the beautiful and crowded courtyard.
Utena set down her lunch tray next to Makoto and sat down, careful to watch her short skirt like the other girls were doing. Ami sat down next to her. "Hey guys. How were classes?"
"They were boring as usual," Minako and Serena answered together.
"Mina, Sere, you guys should pay attention in class," genius-girl Ami reprimanded the two long blond haired girls.
"I know, I know. But that's easy for you Ami. You love to study. I don't." Ami gave Mina look and Mina quickly stuffed her mouth with a bite of her turkey sandwich.
"So anyway," raven haired Rei started, but she stopped, staring at something behind Utena and Ami. All the girls followed Rei's stare and saw five guys talking to three girls who were pointing towards them. The guys looked towards them and walked closer to them. "Oh my gosh, it's Seiya," Serena whispered excitedly, "and he's coming over here!"
Utena recognized Miki walking next to the three guys with identical ponytails, one of which was Yaten Kou, the guy she had met earlier that day, and a slightly familiar guy with dark brown hair and blond streaks in his short shaggy hair. Utena looked hard at the brown haired guy who was staring straight at her and suddenly her eyes widened. She jumped up, yelled, "Julius!", and ran toward him. She flung her arms around the grinning young man's neck and hugged him.
"Hey Utena. Long time no see," her older brother hugged her tightly back. Many of the students who were eating their own lunches in the courtyard looked at the scene, wondering who that girl was and why she was hugging one of the most popular guy in school like he was her best friend.
"I missed you Jul," Utena said. She pulled back from her older brother to get a good look at him now that she was closer up. Her brother had definitely been lifting weights and had been keeping in shape. He had the same annoying, teasing sparkle in his eyes.
"I missed you too, but I thought you weren't getting here until next week. When Miki told me he had met an attractive, new girl named Utena with dark brown and blond streaked hair in the hallways, I knew it was you," third year Julius Tenjou replied.
"He said that?" Utena looked at Miki who flushed a light pink. She smiled at him and turned back to her brother. "I wanted to surprise you."
Yaten elbowed Julius in the side and Julius looked at the other guys. "Oh! Utena, these are some good friends of mine. This is Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya Kou. They're the popular band called the Three Lights." Julius gestured to the three young men with the ponytails. Utena figured out that Taiki was the one with the long dark brown hair and Seiya was the one with the long raven-black hair, and of course she knew who Yaten was. "Guys, this is my younger sister, Utena Tenjou. She's been living with my mom after my parents got the divorce."
"Hi." Utena nodded to the three who had greeted her in unison.
"Hey Utena, why didn't you tell me you were Julius's sister," Miki asked Utena.
"I didn't think you knew Julius." Utena smiled.
"Miki and I have been best friends for about four years now, Utena. I hate to admit to you, but I'm not the scrawny big brother I was back then," Julius laughed.
The five teens sat down next to the other girls.
"Hi Ami," Taiki greeted. He smiled to the genius girl who was friendly, academic competition for him.
"Hello Taiki."
"Hey Serena," Seiya said to the girl whom he had had a secret crush on ever since he had first met her.
"Hey," Serena replied and grinned, a faint color of pink tingeing her cheeks. Serena had started liking Seiya from around the same time as Seiya had started liking her, but neither of them knew of the other' feelings. The same went for Taiki and Ami. Their friends had decided to let the two couples figure it out for themselves.
"Hi Yaten!" exclaimed Mina jumping into the arms of her favorite Light.
"Ugh, Mina! Get off!" Yaten yelled his voice muffled from under Mina. "You're heavy!"
Rei and Makoto pulled Mina off Yaten and he gave the two girls grateful looks, even though inside, he enjoyed the fact that Mina paid so much attention to him.
"Utena, weren't you going to speak to the Student Council about your uniform?" Ami reminded the girl who was sitting between her brother and Miki.
"Oh that's right. I forgot. I should go now." Utena stood up and Miki and Julius stood.
"We're on the Student Council too," Julius spoke for both of them. "So if you have something to bring before the Student Council, we should be there."
"You're on the Student Council? Wow, you've really changed." Utena looked at her brother in silence for a few seconds and then nodded.
"Okay then, let's go."
"Wait for us." Seiya and his two brothers stood up to follow them, but Julius motioned for them to sit back down. "You guys have never missed a meeting ever since you joined the Student Council; I think you three deserve a break. I'll tell Touga that I let you stay."
"You sure?" Taiki asked, hesitant.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Have fun." He waved to them as he, Miki, and Utena headed off across the grass. They went into the main building of the academy and walked down the long hall. Utena was unsure where they were going so she followed a half step behind the two guys.
"So Utena. What's the problem?" Miki asked her.
"You see this uniform?" Utena gestured to her clothing. Miki nodded. "I want a uniform that has pants or shorts and a regular shirt."
"Why?" Miki asked with a questioning frown.
Utena gave him a secretive smile. "You'll have to wait and see." They arrived at an elegant oak wood door at the end of a side hallway and Julius opened the door and let Utena enter first. He followed Miki and let the door close after them.
To Be Continued.
"Utena! Ami! Over here!" Utena looked around for the person who had called her name and spotted the group of her new friends. Minako Aino, Makoto Kino, Serena Tsukino, and Rei Hino were Ami's best friends and Utena had felt immediately at ease when she was first introduced to them. She grabbed Ami's wrist and pulled her, the two of them laughing, over to the three girls who were sitting under a huge tree in the beautiful and crowded courtyard.
Utena set down her lunch tray next to Makoto and sat down, careful to watch her short skirt like the other girls were doing. Ami sat down next to her. "Hey guys. How were classes?"
"They were boring as usual," Minako and Serena answered together.
"Mina, Sere, you guys should pay attention in class," genius-girl Ami reprimanded the two long blond haired girls.
"I know, I know. But that's easy for you Ami. You love to study. I don't." Ami gave Mina look and Mina quickly stuffed her mouth with a bite of her turkey sandwich.
"So anyway," raven haired Rei started, but she stopped, staring at something behind Utena and Ami. All the girls followed Rei's stare and saw five guys talking to three girls who were pointing towards them. The guys looked towards them and walked closer to them. "Oh my gosh, it's Seiya," Serena whispered excitedly, "and he's coming over here!"
Utena recognized Miki walking next to the three guys with identical ponytails, one of which was Yaten Kou, the guy she had met earlier that day, and a slightly familiar guy with dark brown hair and blond streaks in his short shaggy hair. Utena looked hard at the brown haired guy who was staring straight at her and suddenly her eyes widened. She jumped up, yelled, "Julius!", and ran toward him. She flung her arms around the grinning young man's neck and hugged him.
"Hey Utena. Long time no see," her older brother hugged her tightly back. Many of the students who were eating their own lunches in the courtyard looked at the scene, wondering who that girl was and why she was hugging one of the most popular guy in school like he was her best friend.
"I missed you Jul," Utena said. She pulled back from her older brother to get a good look at him now that she was closer up. Her brother had definitely been lifting weights and had been keeping in shape. He had the same annoying, teasing sparkle in his eyes.
"I missed you too, but I thought you weren't getting here until next week. When Miki told me he had met an attractive, new girl named Utena with dark brown and blond streaked hair in the hallways, I knew it was you," third year Julius Tenjou replied.
"He said that?" Utena looked at Miki who flushed a light pink. She smiled at him and turned back to her brother. "I wanted to surprise you."
Yaten elbowed Julius in the side and Julius looked at the other guys. "Oh! Utena, these are some good friends of mine. This is Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya Kou. They're the popular band called the Three Lights." Julius gestured to the three young men with the ponytails. Utena figured out that Taiki was the one with the long dark brown hair and Seiya was the one with the long raven-black hair, and of course she knew who Yaten was. "Guys, this is my younger sister, Utena Tenjou. She's been living with my mom after my parents got the divorce."
"Hi." Utena nodded to the three who had greeted her in unison.
"Hey Utena, why didn't you tell me you were Julius's sister," Miki asked Utena.
"I didn't think you knew Julius." Utena smiled.
"Miki and I have been best friends for about four years now, Utena. I hate to admit to you, but I'm not the scrawny big brother I was back then," Julius laughed.
The five teens sat down next to the other girls.
"Hi Ami," Taiki greeted. He smiled to the genius girl who was friendly, academic competition for him.
"Hello Taiki."
"Hey Serena," Seiya said to the girl whom he had had a secret crush on ever since he had first met her.
"Hey," Serena replied and grinned, a faint color of pink tingeing her cheeks. Serena had started liking Seiya from around the same time as Seiya had started liking her, but neither of them knew of the other' feelings. The same went for Taiki and Ami. Their friends had decided to let the two couples figure it out for themselves.
"Hi Yaten!" exclaimed Mina jumping into the arms of her favorite Light.
"Ugh, Mina! Get off!" Yaten yelled his voice muffled from under Mina. "You're heavy!"
Rei and Makoto pulled Mina off Yaten and he gave the two girls grateful looks, even though inside, he enjoyed the fact that Mina paid so much attention to him.
"Utena, weren't you going to speak to the Student Council about your uniform?" Ami reminded the girl who was sitting between her brother and Miki.
"Oh that's right. I forgot. I should go now." Utena stood up and Miki and Julius stood.
"We're on the Student Council too," Julius spoke for both of them. "So if you have something to bring before the Student Council, we should be there."
"You're on the Student Council? Wow, you've really changed." Utena looked at her brother in silence for a few seconds and then nodded.
"Okay then, let's go."
"Wait for us." Seiya and his two brothers stood up to follow them, but Julius motioned for them to sit back down. "You guys have never missed a meeting ever since you joined the Student Council; I think you three deserve a break. I'll tell Touga that I let you stay."
"You sure?" Taiki asked, hesitant.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Have fun." He waved to them as he, Miki, and Utena headed off across the grass. They went into the main building of the academy and walked down the long hall. Utena was unsure where they were going so she followed a half step behind the two guys.
"So Utena. What's the problem?" Miki asked her.
"You see this uniform?" Utena gestured to her clothing. Miki nodded. "I want a uniform that has pants or shorts and a regular shirt."
"Why?" Miki asked with a questioning frown.
Utena gave him a secretive smile. "You'll have to wait and see." They arrived at an elegant oak wood door at the end of a side hallway and Julius opened the door and let Utena enter first. He followed Miki and let the door close after them.
To Be Continued.