Chapter 2
[DISCLAIMER: I only wish I owned Spiderman, SpiderGirl, and Sailor Moon.]
[Well...here it is. The second chapter!! Yay! I'll answer some reviews (I actually have reviews to answer...you don't know how happy this
makes me!!
Ja Rule: I'm glad you like the story so far! I'll try to update quicker, I promise!! And without further ado...here is chapter two!]
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Rachel woke up to the loud, harsh buzzing of her alarm clock. She grumbled as she stumbled out of bed and into the bathroom. She
turned on the shower, only to find that the hot water wasn't coming on. Mentally cursing, she jumped in and took a very cold, and very
unhappy shower. It only took her about five minutes to shower, five minutes more than she could stand. She threw on her uniform and
made her way to the kitchen to make her lunch. Rachel glanced at the clock and saw that she was running a bit late, so she threw her
lunch into her bookbag, slung it over her shoulder, and towel dried her short, choppy hair. As she started to walk out the door she had
the nagging feeling that she was forgetting something.
"What could I possibly be forgetting?" Rachel looked down and noticed that she wasn't wearing any shoes. "I am way too stressed
out." After she put her shoes on, Rachel walked out the door. Her destination: Juuban High School.
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As she arrived in her classroom, she noticed an abundance of people. *Oh great, just what I need...more people to deal with.* She
gave a mental sigh. The instructor gave the signal to sit down, which left Rachel feeling very awkward, since she had no seat...yet.
"Class, this is Rachel Parker. Miss Parker just transferred from America. You will all show her the same respect that you would show
me. Miss Parker, you may take a seat next to...let me see...Miss Mizuno. She'll get you caught up. Now, onto today's lesson..."
Rachel sat down next to the girl that had raised her hand. The girl smiled warmly.
"Hi, I'm Ami."
"I'm Rachel...but you already knew that." Ami chuckled slightly.
"If you'd like, I'll show you what we're learning..." *Hm...there's something about this Rachel...maybe the others need to check her out
too...she could be another enemy.*
"No, that's fine. I'm a fast learner."
"Well, if you change your mind, my friends and I meet at the Hikawa Shrine, I can give you the direc-" Rachel interrupted Ami.
"Look, I'd like to join your little Scooby Gang meeting, but I can't, okay?" Rachel sat back and pretended to listen to the instructor's
monotonous voice. *The less people I become attached to...the less likely it is that I'll get hurt. I can't afford to lose anyone else I care
about.*
As Rachel was thinking to herself, Ami studied her. *Definitely gonna have to check her background out.*
******
The day wore on, but it was finally over. Rachel was glad, because at least three girls, probably that Ami girl's friends, invited her to that
shrine to study or meet new people. *They don't get it. I don't WANT to meet new people. I don't WANT to get hurt. I just want to be
alone.* As she walked, she didn't notice the young man walking behind her. He accidentally bumped into her and made her drop her
bookbag. He wore the same uniform that the boys at Juuban High School wear, so Rachel assumed he went to her school.
"Oh, I am so sorry, let me help you with that." Rachel dusted herself off.
"Thanks."
"I am Vincent, Vincent Le Blaunt. I just transferred here from France. And who might you be?"
"Well, I might be anyone, but I happen to be Rachel Parker. Just moved here from America."
"I see. Why did you move?" Rachel hesitated.
"Family troubles. Why are you so nosy?"
"Not nosy, Rachel...is it? I'm just curious."
"Curiosity killed the cat," Rachel said simply. "Now, if you'll excuse me, there are some things that I need to take care of." She started
to walk away, but Vincent caught her by the arm.
"But, you didn't tell me your phone number, and I thought we might be able to talk more," Vincent almost begged, letting her arm go.
Rachel took the opportunity to walk away.
"I don't have one," she called over her shoulder.
******
A woman's voice could be heard cursing throughout the halls of a dark chamber.
"DAMN! Vyn, I hope you know what you're doing!" Zilena batted at the pool of water showing the image of "Vincent" and Rachel,
dismissing the image instantly. "We need to find a way to break the barrier that poor, little defenseless Rachel has built around
herself." Zilena scratched her chin. "Hmmmm..."
******
Rachel got home and threw her bookbag down. *One day down...a million to go,* she thought hopelessly. She called the manager to
help install a phone into her apartment. *That Vincent guy did help...he reminded me that I needed a phone.* She stopped on her way
home to get a phone. Now all she needed to do was get a company...with the help of the manager. He told Rachel that he would help
her to install anything she needed. After her new phone was up and running, Rachel did her homework and went to bed. Hopefully
tomorrow would be less stressful.
******
"How did it go today, Vyn?" Zilena smiled evilly.
"It was quite interesting. Humans are very...moody."
"Well, I have a new plan. Try to get as close to Rachel as you can. I figure if I can take everything away from her...she might just break.
You see how close she is now." Zilena waved at her glancing pool to reveal Rachel, in bed, crying. They both had a great laugh.
******
As Rachel woke up and got ready the next day, she felt as if she was being watched. She shrugged it off as paranoia. As soon as she
was ready, Rachel was off. And so began day two of her new life in Tokyo.
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In her first class, Rachel tried hard not to pay attention to the blue-haired girl that sat next to her. It wasn't so hard, the girl sat and took
notes for the whole class period, up until the lesson was over.
"So, Rachel, why did you move to Tokyo?"
Rachel shrugged, pretending like it wasn't a big deal. "Various reasons. Why?"
"Oh, no reason. Just curious, that's all." *Why is she so suspicious and withdrawn?* Little did the two know, Vincent Le Blaunt saw
them as he peered into the classroom.
"This is perfect! All I have to do is get Rachel and that other girl to become friends...she'll be doing all the work for me!" Vincent
whispered to himself, barely audible. As the bell rang, Vincent caught Ami on the way out of the classroom.
"Can I help you?" Ami raised an eyebrow.
"I just noticed you talking to that Rachel girl. Poor, poor girl." Vincent shook his head sympathetically.
"What do you mean?" *Maybe he can give me some information about her...*
"You didn't hear? Her parents were killed in a fire. She was the only the survivor."
"Oh? I didn't hear about that..." *Hmm...this could be a good conversation starter...*
"Yes, she lost pretty much everything." The two minute bell rang.
"Well, I've got to get to class. Thank you for telling me all of this." Ami hurried off to her next class, and Vincent just smiled evilly.
"Oh, no, thank YOU."
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As the day ended, Rachel threw the mound of homework that had gathered during the day into her bookbag. Ami came up to her
meekly. Rachel immediately put on her 'I don't care' face.
"I know the real reason you came here." Rachel froze.
"You what?"
"I know your parents died in that fire." Rachel winced at the very mention of it.
"I-I'm sorry. I'm sure it hurts..." Ami stepped forward.
"You have no idea," Rachel said, sitting down.
"If you don't mind my asking...how did it start? The fire, I mean." Rachel paused, trying to think of something.
"Well, the wiring in the kitchen shorted out, and there was an explosion." *I hope she buys this.*
"Oh, I see. Well, I'm going to meet my friends now...you can come, if you want to." Rachel hesitated. She knew she shouldn't risk
making friends, it would only hurt her in the end, but the pain of being alone was just too immense.
"I... guess so..."
[Well...I hope ya'll liked chapter two, I'm working on chapter three as we speak! I'll definitely have it out by the end of the week. Leave
your reviews, I'd like to know how everyone likes the story so far! Thanks!]
[DISCLAIMER: I only wish I owned Spiderman, SpiderGirl, and Sailor Moon.]
[Well...here it is. The second chapter!! Yay! I'll answer some reviews (I actually have reviews to answer...you don't know how happy this
makes me!!
Ja Rule: I'm glad you like the story so far! I'll try to update quicker, I promise!! And without further ado...here is chapter two!]
******
Rachel woke up to the loud, harsh buzzing of her alarm clock. She grumbled as she stumbled out of bed and into the bathroom. She
turned on the shower, only to find that the hot water wasn't coming on. Mentally cursing, she jumped in and took a very cold, and very
unhappy shower. It only took her about five minutes to shower, five minutes more than she could stand. She threw on her uniform and
made her way to the kitchen to make her lunch. Rachel glanced at the clock and saw that she was running a bit late, so she threw her
lunch into her bookbag, slung it over her shoulder, and towel dried her short, choppy hair. As she started to walk out the door she had
the nagging feeling that she was forgetting something.
"What could I possibly be forgetting?" Rachel looked down and noticed that she wasn't wearing any shoes. "I am way too stressed
out." After she put her shoes on, Rachel walked out the door. Her destination: Juuban High School.
******
As she arrived in her classroom, she noticed an abundance of people. *Oh great, just what I need...more people to deal with.* She
gave a mental sigh. The instructor gave the signal to sit down, which left Rachel feeling very awkward, since she had no seat...yet.
"Class, this is Rachel Parker. Miss Parker just transferred from America. You will all show her the same respect that you would show
me. Miss Parker, you may take a seat next to...let me see...Miss Mizuno. She'll get you caught up. Now, onto today's lesson..."
Rachel sat down next to the girl that had raised her hand. The girl smiled warmly.
"Hi, I'm Ami."
"I'm Rachel...but you already knew that." Ami chuckled slightly.
"If you'd like, I'll show you what we're learning..." *Hm...there's something about this Rachel...maybe the others need to check her out
too...she could be another enemy.*
"No, that's fine. I'm a fast learner."
"Well, if you change your mind, my friends and I meet at the Hikawa Shrine, I can give you the direc-" Rachel interrupted Ami.
"Look, I'd like to join your little Scooby Gang meeting, but I can't, okay?" Rachel sat back and pretended to listen to the instructor's
monotonous voice. *The less people I become attached to...the less likely it is that I'll get hurt. I can't afford to lose anyone else I care
about.*
As Rachel was thinking to herself, Ami studied her. *Definitely gonna have to check her background out.*
******
The day wore on, but it was finally over. Rachel was glad, because at least three girls, probably that Ami girl's friends, invited her to that
shrine to study or meet new people. *They don't get it. I don't WANT to meet new people. I don't WANT to get hurt. I just want to be
alone.* As she walked, she didn't notice the young man walking behind her. He accidentally bumped into her and made her drop her
bookbag. He wore the same uniform that the boys at Juuban High School wear, so Rachel assumed he went to her school.
"Oh, I am so sorry, let me help you with that." Rachel dusted herself off.
"Thanks."
"I am Vincent, Vincent Le Blaunt. I just transferred here from France. And who might you be?"
"Well, I might be anyone, but I happen to be Rachel Parker. Just moved here from America."
"I see. Why did you move?" Rachel hesitated.
"Family troubles. Why are you so nosy?"
"Not nosy, Rachel...is it? I'm just curious."
"Curiosity killed the cat," Rachel said simply. "Now, if you'll excuse me, there are some things that I need to take care of." She started
to walk away, but Vincent caught her by the arm.
"But, you didn't tell me your phone number, and I thought we might be able to talk more," Vincent almost begged, letting her arm go.
Rachel took the opportunity to walk away.
"I don't have one," she called over her shoulder.
******
A woman's voice could be heard cursing throughout the halls of a dark chamber.
"DAMN! Vyn, I hope you know what you're doing!" Zilena batted at the pool of water showing the image of "Vincent" and Rachel,
dismissing the image instantly. "We need to find a way to break the barrier that poor, little defenseless Rachel has built around
herself." Zilena scratched her chin. "Hmmmm..."
******
Rachel got home and threw her bookbag down. *One day down...a million to go,* she thought hopelessly. She called the manager to
help install a phone into her apartment. *That Vincent guy did help...he reminded me that I needed a phone.* She stopped on her way
home to get a phone. Now all she needed to do was get a company...with the help of the manager. He told Rachel that he would help
her to install anything she needed. After her new phone was up and running, Rachel did her homework and went to bed. Hopefully
tomorrow would be less stressful.
******
"How did it go today, Vyn?" Zilena smiled evilly.
"It was quite interesting. Humans are very...moody."
"Well, I have a new plan. Try to get as close to Rachel as you can. I figure if I can take everything away from her...she might just break.
You see how close she is now." Zilena waved at her glancing pool to reveal Rachel, in bed, crying. They both had a great laugh.
******
As Rachel woke up and got ready the next day, she felt as if she was being watched. She shrugged it off as paranoia. As soon as she
was ready, Rachel was off. And so began day two of her new life in Tokyo.
******
In her first class, Rachel tried hard not to pay attention to the blue-haired girl that sat next to her. It wasn't so hard, the girl sat and took
notes for the whole class period, up until the lesson was over.
"So, Rachel, why did you move to Tokyo?"
Rachel shrugged, pretending like it wasn't a big deal. "Various reasons. Why?"
"Oh, no reason. Just curious, that's all." *Why is she so suspicious and withdrawn?* Little did the two know, Vincent Le Blaunt saw
them as he peered into the classroom.
"This is perfect! All I have to do is get Rachel and that other girl to become friends...she'll be doing all the work for me!" Vincent
whispered to himself, barely audible. As the bell rang, Vincent caught Ami on the way out of the classroom.
"Can I help you?" Ami raised an eyebrow.
"I just noticed you talking to that Rachel girl. Poor, poor girl." Vincent shook his head sympathetically.
"What do you mean?" *Maybe he can give me some information about her...*
"You didn't hear? Her parents were killed in a fire. She was the only the survivor."
"Oh? I didn't hear about that..." *Hmm...this could be a good conversation starter...*
"Yes, she lost pretty much everything." The two minute bell rang.
"Well, I've got to get to class. Thank you for telling me all of this." Ami hurried off to her next class, and Vincent just smiled evilly.
"Oh, no, thank YOU."
******
As the day ended, Rachel threw the mound of homework that had gathered during the day into her bookbag. Ami came up to her
meekly. Rachel immediately put on her 'I don't care' face.
"I know the real reason you came here." Rachel froze.
"You what?"
"I know your parents died in that fire." Rachel winced at the very mention of it.
"I-I'm sorry. I'm sure it hurts..." Ami stepped forward.
"You have no idea," Rachel said, sitting down.
"If you don't mind my asking...how did it start? The fire, I mean." Rachel paused, trying to think of something.
"Well, the wiring in the kitchen shorted out, and there was an explosion." *I hope she buys this.*
"Oh, I see. Well, I'm going to meet my friends now...you can come, if you want to." Rachel hesitated. She knew she shouldn't risk
making friends, it would only hurt her in the end, but the pain of being alone was just too immense.
"I... guess so..."
[Well...I hope ya'll liked chapter two, I'm working on chapter three as we speak! I'll definitely have it out by the end of the week. Leave
your reviews, I'd like to know how everyone likes the story so far! Thanks!]