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Chapter 2: I'm a Teen-Age Dirt Bag!

KAINAN

She walked along the corridors of Kainan. Her long brown hair was braided carelessly behind her back. She arranged her glasses on her nose bridge. If you carefully look into her glasses, you'll notice she has bright green eyes.

"Darn glasses, always slipping!" the girl curse in her mind. She then stopped as she notice Nobunaga Kiyota walked pass her. "Nobunaga Kiyota..." the girl thought eyeing the handsome small forward. She then shook her head reminding herself, "What the hell are you thinking off Arika? He's Nobunaga Kiyota, he'll never notice you! Yes you a teen-age dirt bag version of this school!"

Then a girl tapped behind her back, she turned around and saw a girl taller than her, she has this gorgeous curly blond hair and ebony black eyes. It was Ria Masahara, the popular cheerleader captain of Kainan. Ria smiled at her mockingly.

"R-Ria..." the girl replied looking awkward. "Good morning Arika! Have you finished the essay I ordered you to finish for me?" Ria asked taunting. Arika stammered, "Go-Go-Gomen-nasai Ria-sama... I wasn't able to finish it last night!"

Ria frowned and exclaimed, "WHAT? I need that essay tomorrow! You dumb ass!" with that she batter Arika's head with her hand. Arika's head jerked side ward. Arika exclaimed, "I'll give it to you this afternoon, I needed to study for the chemistry test today Ria-sama"

"You better you dirt bag or else!" Ria replied threatening Akira with her nasty look. With that Ria walked away with her posh and popular friends. One of Arika exclaimed, "Goodbye dirt bag I mean dumb ass!"

Arika ignored them, fighting back the tears she walked into her classroom. She is Fujisawa Arika, sophomore and she's the laughing stock of Kainan. Actually she is no dumb ass, she is very brainy in fact. Good in academics but never in extra curricular activities. She was nerdy and her looks made her more even nerdy. Actually the glasses makes her nerdy looking.

She is the center of jokes and pranks of the popular Ria Masahara and her cheerleading friends and of course some boys in Kainan. Arika can only get away from being embarrassed by Ria if she do Ria's homework and let her copy her notes in lectures. Arika sighed as she sat on her chair. She took out Ria's unfinished essay and sighed even more.

Not only that she has to call Ria with that honorific "sama", like she was a slave of Ria's or something. If you look at it, she is not a slave, more of a dog that Ria can kick and push around. Then her mind slipped to Nobunaga Kiyota. She had known Nobunaga Kiyota way back in elementary and have already liked him.

He may be full of hot air but he is funny and very kind. She could remember clearly that Kiyota saved her from school bullied trying to get her pocket lunch. Kiyota beat the lights of those bullies and even dried her tears. However, Kiyota moved out that school to continue his schooling in another school. She never saw him not until she entered Kainan for High School.

Arika remembered Kiyota but not Kiyota... he never remembered Arika, whom he saved way back then. Arika learned that he was part of the basketball team and plays basketball really good. Still full of hot air but funny as ever. Arika knew that Kiyota never changed. She also didn't changed, all of her life she was a laughing stock but always praised because she was brainy.

She looked at the essay paper and knew she must finished it and give it to Ria or else she'll be in a very hilarious moment. Arika took out a pencil and started writing.

LUNCH BREAK (CAFETERIA)

"Congratulations Ms. Fujisawa, you perfected the test again!"

Arika was beaming, Junta-sensei praised her again for perfecting the quiz. If she keeps on going, she might be exempted in the finals. She scanned the cafeteria room looking for Ria. She spotted her among the other cheerleaders.

"Hey Ria, your dog is coming!" Meai whispered in Ria's ear. Ria smiled, she turned around and exclaimed, "There you are Arika! Finished my essay?"

Arika nod her head and gave her the paper. Ria read the essay and demanded frowning, "This is it?" Ria nod her head again. Ria teared the paper to pieces and exclaimed, "That was the worst essay paper I've ever read!"

"But... I spent hours thinking for that!" Arika reasoned out close to tears. It was true, she did spent hours working for that essay paper. Ria replied, "I don't care you dumb ass! I don't like what you did and you'll repeat that what you call an essay and give it to me first thing in the morning!"

"Ria-sama, I have another Chemistry exam tomorrow, I have to study for that" Arika replied. Ria stood up and yanked Arika's hair to her and hissed at Arika's ear, "I don't care! You get that essay done!" with that she pushed Arika away.

Arika bumped into a freshman holding a tray. Both of them stumbled into the floor, the contents of the tray falling into Arika. Ria and her cheerleading friends laughed. Arika was covered with curry and rice. Arika quickly stood up and ran towards the ladies room.

"What an idiot!" Ria replied. Meai nod her head and exclaimed, "Yeah but she's so dammed funny covered in curry and rice! Nice going Ria!" Ria beamed thinking to herself, "You're really good Ria, definitely a Masahara!"

LADIES ROOM

Arika washed the curry off her hair then on her glasses, tears were falling from her eyes. She was in a mess. It's always like this, and she wonders how much of this she can handle.

She looked herself on the mirror and muttered, "Daikirai... Masahara Ria..."

SCHOOL GROUNDS

Kiyota was fuming, he can't believe what Junta-sensei told him. He can't fail Chemistry! "Darn that teacher!" Kiyota thought, he was so angry he didn't noticed Arika in front of him. He bumped into her sending the girl into the ground.

Arika hit the floor with a loud thud. "Now what? Is she going to step on my head again?" Arika thought angrily. She turned to Kiyota and exclaimed harshly, "Go ahead! Step on my head again! It's always like that ain't it? Go on I don't care...." she stopped when she noticed that it was Kiyota Nobunaga.

"Oh my God! Kiyota!" Arika's mind screamed. Kiyota stared at her in surprise. "Nani? What the hell she's talking about?" He the kneeled down saying, "Are you okay? I'm sorry if I bumped into you. I didn't mean it"

Arika shook her head and replied, "That's okay... I'm sorry if I spoke to you harshly, I just have a very bad day" then at the back of her mind exclaimed, "You always have a bad day!"

"Yeah me too..." Kiyota exclaimed helping her stand up. He then noticed tears stain on Arika's face. "Hey... are you sure you okay?"

Arika nod her head and asked, "Uh-huh, why?" Kiyota then wiped away the tears stain on her cheek saying, "Tear stains... you've been crying"

Arika then stepped backward saying, "Oh that? That's nothing..." Kiyota stared at her with a disbelief look. Arika smiled and exclaimed, "I'm okay, thanks again!" with that she ran off.

"That girl... she looked very familiar..." Kiyota thought as he continued his walk towards the gym.

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TO BE CONTINUED

AU: Don't you just hate Ria? What do you think of Arika?

R&R please!