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Spirit demon: Thanks so much for reviewing. I seems like you've read all my fanfics as of so far. I'm glad you like it.
Len: This fanfic will be Aoshi and Misao, as this is the only pairings I like to write about. You will find out what happens to Misao's parents in this chapter. I'm not telling.
Sakura in the Springtime:
Chapter 2:
End of Spring break:
"Kisa-chan," Misao called looking inside of her sister's bedroom.
Kisa turned around from her desk and noticed that her sister was standing by the opened doorway.
"You shouldn't be sleeping too late tonight." Misao commented, looking at a clock that was sitting on top of a drawer, on the bedside.
"Wagata." Kisa responded sadly, knowing that tomorrow will be a school day.
Misao walked into her sister's bedroom and took a seat on the sofa. Kisa was looking over her list of homework to make sure that she wasn't missing anything.
"Did you finish all your homework yet?" Misao asked watching Kisa packing her school bag.
Kisa nodded. "I just did."
"Something wrong?" Misao questioned, noticing that her sister was bothered by something.
Kisa walked over to Misao and sat down next to her. "I don't want to go to school tomorrow." she mumbled, looking down.
Misao wasn't surprised about Kisa's feelings. She had felt the same way. If it wasn't for her friends, Misao would've left long ago.
"It's bad enough that people are starting rumors about our family, but it's worst if we will just keep running away," Misao explained, trying to reason with her sister. "I promise you, I will not turn over the Makimachi Estate that easily to some no good loser out there."
"Demo, you will get hurt..." Kisa commented sadly.
Misao looked at her with a straight face. 'It's true, I may get hurt.' Misao thought to herself. "Don't worry," Misao told her sister. "I still have hope, and so should you."
"Hai!!" Kisa exclaimed and leaned closer to her sister. "Arigatou," She whispered into Misao's ears.
"Hmn... what for?" Misao questioned, pulling Kisa away from her.
"For being my nee-sama, of course." Kisa replied with a smile.
Misao nodded. "Arigatou." She responded and gave a hug to Kisa.
Misao got up. "Kisa-chan, you should get ready for bed." She reminded her.
Kisa nodded as Misao walked out of her room.
'I want you to be happy for as long as possible.' Misao thought closing the door behind her.
Misao wasn't about to go to her room yet. She still had work to take care of. She went to her office.
'Geez...' Misao commented staring at a pile of paper work that was carelessly dumped onto her desk. 'Oh well, I guess I'll need to get rid of them sooner or later...' Misao thought, staring at some paper that was on top of the pile.
Misao stacked up the papers in a neater pile so she would have room to write. 'It's not easy to keep up with an estate my parents had started.' Misao thought again, wondering why she's putting up with school and work at the same time, 'I want it to continue it's business for my parents...' Misao reminded herself over and over.
"Misao-sama..." Shiro called, knocking on her door.
"Come in." Misao responded, looking up from her computer screen.
Shiro opened the door. "Okina wants to speak with you tomorrow morning, is that alright with you?" He asked politely.
Misao nodded. "What time?"
"In the morning, before you go to school...I would presume." Shiro replied.
Misao nodded again, agreeing to meet with Okina, her parent's most trusted partner, and the one who helps take care of most of the business work these days.
Shiro left the room and closed the door behind him.
'All the more reason to get these things finished...' Misao let out a sigh and went back to clearing her paper work.
About an hour later, Misao went back to her own room and decided to turn in for the night, seeing that it was already past midnight.
I'll finish the rest of them tomorrow,' Misao reminded herself, setting the alarm clock.
The next morning:
Misao woke up at about five and turned off her alarm clock before it got to ring. She took a shower and got dressed into her school uniform. 'Kisa wouldn't be awake until about seven,' Misao thought to herself, walking into her office.
At about seven, Ochika, one of Misao's maids knocked on her door.
"Come in." Misao called back.
"Ohayo, Misao-sama..." She greeted, "Okina's in the living room waiting for you." She notified Misao.
"Hai..." Misao responded. "Let him know that I will be there in five minutes."
Ochika nodded and was about to leave.
She suddenly remembered a message that was from Omasu and was to be passed to Misao. "What do you want for breakfast?" She asked stopping by the door.
"Ask Kisa-chan..." Misao replied, as her attention was concentrated into finding something.
Ochika nodded and left her office. She went downstairs to the living room and gave the message to Okina. "Misao will be here in about 5 minutes." Ochika said.
Okina nodded. "I'll wait for her." He smiled gently, taking a seat on the sofa.
Ochika walked back upstairs and headed to Kisa's room. 'She must be awake by now...' She thought to herself, looking over at the clock.
Misao was in her office organizing her completed paper work and packaged it up in a vanilla envelope. She stepped out of her office and met Okina in the living room. She closed the doors for some privacy
"Ohayo" Misao greeted politely and handing him the vanilla envelope.
"Arigatou" Okina replied, taking it from her hands.
"Please sit." Misao gestured. "Was this why you had asked for me?" Misao asked, staring at the envelope she had just handed to him.
"Iie," Okina responded.
"Why did you want to meet with me this morning?" Misao questioned, getting right to the business, not wanting to waste time.
"I just want you to know that you should be careful." Okina stated.
"What are you implying?" Misao asked, staring at him.
"Just be careful and keep an eye out." Okina suggested. "You never know when those kind of people will show up again."
Misao nodded.
"And they may show up at anytime unexpected." Okina added.
'He's right...' Misao thought, knowing that there's no argumentation there. 'The people who killed my parents may be anywhere.'
"Well...I should be going..." Okina spoke, realizing that Misao still has to go to school.
Misao got up and was about to open living room doors for him.
"Breakfast is ready." Omasu called, to Misao, who opened the doors before her. "Oh...Sorry got interrupting." she apologized to Okina, with a slight bow.
"Iie... I was just about to leave." Okina stated, walking towards the exit. "Misao, will I'll be seeing you this afternoon?" He asked before leaving the Makimachi mansion.
"Iie..." Misao responded. "I'll be busy." she continued. "Gomen...I might be there tomorrow..."
Okina nodded. It was understandable that school work was enough to keep one busy enough for a while.
"Nee-sama... Ohayo." Kisa greeted Misao, as she spotted her walking into the dinning room. She had already begun eating her breakfast.
"Ohayo" Misao greeted back, taking a seat on the long table where the food was placed.
"You must hurry if you are to get to school on time," Omasu commented to Misao, since she was to leave the house in 15 minutes or she'll be late. Her classes starts at a quarter to eight.
Misao gulped down her breakfast and went to her room to get her book bag. Kisa was already in the car waiting.
When Kuro got to the school, Misao pulled the door open to get out. "Good Luck, Kisa-chan." Misao spoke back before closing the door.
Misao walked to the front of the school and many people were staring at her, giving her unnessacary glances. Misao paid no attention to them and walked to her homeroom.
At Tomoeda Elementary:
It was lunchtime and Kisa got out of her classroom. She waited in the hallway outside of the cafateria for her best friend, Tomoe.
"Look, there's a Makimachi. They act like they're so good and innocent, but I bet you that they're not." A group of guys stared at her and grinned, as they walked passed her.
"Ignore those losers." Tomoe commented, seeing that Kisa's attention was most concentrated on them. "What do they know?" Tomoe spoke again, getting Kisa's attention.
"Tomoe..." Kisa turned around looking sadly to her. "If you continue to hang with me, people will start talking about you, too." She warned, knowing that it was unnecessary for her to be dragged into her family's mess.
"Then let them talk," Tomoe spoke back with confidence. "They know nothing about you and just starts judging you from the rumors they hear. I've been your friend for so many years and I know far more than they do. I know you are a good friend." Tomoe responded, with a smile, as she has no intentions of betraying her best friend.
"Arigatou," Kisa mumbled, taking Tomoe's hand and walking through the cafateria doors.
At Kasshin High:
Misao was sitting alone in the cafeteria, during her free period to do her math homework for her next and last class, as well as some other homework for the next day, when a guy came up to her.
"You don't belong here, you know." He smirked.
Misao turned around to see who it was but he had already walked away, not begin able to see his face.
'Baka!' She screamed in her head, turning back to finishing up the rest of her homework.
"People should careless, if you know what I mean," Sae commented with a sigh, taking a seat next to her. She had just gotten herself some lunch.
"Yeah" Misao spoke softly. 'When will it ever end?' Misao mentally asked herself.
"Want some?" Sae offered, pointing to her lunch.
"Iie...I had something earlier." Misao said concentrating on her homework again.
At the end of the period, Misao finished most of her homeworks and got up. The bell was about to ring and the students were leaving the cafeteria.
Many students were hanging out side of the classroom staring at her. Misao felt uncomfortable waiting for her friend, Yukiko, as she usually would walk down that hallway. Misao walked into her classroom and sat in her seat, which was located in the back of the class. 'At least today's not that bad...' Misao thought to herself, taking out her books. 'But the day is still not over yet.'
Three guys sat down in front of her. They passed her a note saying hateful words about her family.
Misao didn't bother to read it as she already knows what it was going to be about. She crumbled the paper and threw it in the trash can.
A few minutes later, Misao received another note. Same with the first one, Misao just threw it out.
At the end of class, Misao was the first to leave the classroom, as she had had it with those people. The sooner she gets out of the school, the less people were going to be in the hallway. As she hurried down a corner, she bumped into someone.
"Ahh..gomen nesai." Misao apologized, picking up her books that fell.
"Watch where you're going Makimachi!" the guy exclaimed. Eyes from every corner was staring at Misao, who was beginning to pick up her things.
The crowd gathered around. The guy walked closer to Misao, ready to start a fight.
Aoshi came out of his classroom and saw a crowd. 'What's going on?' he thought, hearing someone say that there's going to be a fight.
Aoshi walked into the crowd and saw a guy ready to attack a girl. He quickly jumped in front of her, and defended himself from the punch.
Misao was still sitting on the floor, looking down, as she didn't want to see all the people who had gathered around.
The crowd broke up as some still had to get to class. The guy walked away. "Next time, you won't be so lucky," he mumbled.
"Daijobu des ka?" Misao asked, who was still not looking up, but instead getting picking up her books.
"Aa...I'm ok." Aoshi responded bending down to help her.
Misao looked up at the person wearing black pants and a white button-down top, as his voice sounded quite familiar. "S-shinomori Aoshi!!" She exclaimed in shock.
Aoshi's eyes stared back at her. He too was surprised. "Kon'nicha wa," He greeted Misao, giving her a hand into picking up her things. "I didn't know you come to this school."
"Neither did I." Misao responded, remembering some of the events that occurred during the festival last week.
"Where are you hurrying of to?" Aoshi asked, thinking she still has a class.
"Home." Misao replied, as she wasn't in the mood.
"I'll walk you out." Aoshi offered.
"Don't get involved with me." Misao replied coldly, grabbing her books from his hands, and hurried down the stairs.
Aoshi got up and looked around. There were many people staring down that staircase Misao was taking.
'I see,' Aoshi thought, realizing that those people were staring at Misao all along, which had bothered her.
To be Continue...
Author's notes: Hello... I hope chapter is enough to hold for a while. I must get back to updating my other chapters. grins I like starting fanfics, yet I don't like continuing them. Weird..huh? I will start try to speed up my updates. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T MANAGE TO SUCCEED... begs with puppy eyes
I'm still deciding on my characters names and the characters I will be using in this fanfiction. It seems I will think of it as I go along. JA NA!!