-Authress is hiding in the bushes, suddenly there is a crack behind her,
the sound of someone(s) stepping on a dry twig. Ever so slowly turning
around, her eyes widen in fear as she recognizes who they were....dun duh
dun....angry reviewers! Out to kill this poor (*cough-cough- LAZY-cough-
cough) authress. Quickly, she runs out screaming apologies & then shows
y'all this chapter.
: ) hope u all like it and will stop threatening my life, I like to keep breathing until I'm all wrinkly, which would be far away in the distant future.
Oh yeah one more thing, on the suggestion of a reviewer here are some examples of death threats:
Idiotic Author,
Update or die a slow painful death.
Your ex-assassin always (not),
Sango=ss
Update! Or! Die! *said that in sinister voice*
Update or die (That was a compliment... kind of)
And then there were more, and they weren't even reviews! Shudder- Scary ppl are reading this. Scary obsessive ppl who are great motivators. I would've put them up but I think y'all want to read this chapter : )
Note: Hi people I am trying to update as soon as possible, and hehe someone's (Sango-ss to be specific) and someone named Galina (and if I haven't mentioned ur name here, thanku for not threatening my life! : p) have been very motivational and paranoia causing. Yes, so I have tried to update and hope u ppl like it.
Disclaimer: I, Sweet Myst do not own (but wish I did) any of the characters from YYH and Jackie Chan Adventures
Author's note: *......* is my commentary ~.......~ is Kurama's thoughts J.......J is Jade's thoughts other ppl's thoughts will be labeled as "person's name" and stuff they say in their head....
Through The Looking Glass
Chapter 6:
To any passersby, who did not go to this still unnamed high school (* can anyone tell me the name? Any one out there? Helloooooo? –echoing is heard* ) and who did not listen to the faster than wild fire & impressively efficient rumor mill, the two young people strolling to the principal's office would seem to be just two regular students going to an office. However, since a mere passerby we are not, we of course all know that these two particular students are not the least bit regular. The pair in question whose names are Jade Chan and Shuuichi Minamino / Kurama/ Youko (* wow he got a lot of names! *) were still on their quest to find the office that was located in a conviently long distance away from them. Let us now look into their heads and see what they have on their minds.
~ Everything should be in order for Jade's transfer here. Koenma or the ogre (* is the purple orge's name George? Can anyone tell me his name? Hehe, I really don't know my Yu-Yu-Hakusho that well....*) should have completed the necessary steps. However, I cannot deny this feeling of foreboding. I sincerely hope that nothing will happen.~
Here he looked toward Jade from the corner of his green eyes and noticed that she too was deep in thought. For a mere second, his eyes flashed amber as his other self looked upon the human girl too.
Youko who had decided to keep a closer eye on things today, was in a thoughtful mood too. He on the other hand was thinking on a way different alley. Mostly concerning Jade and when he mentally told his human half what he was thinking, Kurama was really glad Jade was not a telepath and that Hiei wasn't here to hear either.
Kurama's mental reaction to Youko's thoughts: -_-;;;
J- Wow, and I thought the girls in my school were overly frosty (as she noted, the umteempth girl quietly glaring at her as she walked down the hall with her red haired host.) Geez, not as if I even like the demon boy!
(Here she glanced at Kurama and saw him flash his usual smile at a passing group of girls who all promptly blushed pink & had hearts in their eyes.)
Rolling her golden eyes at the girl's & Kurama's antics, Jade was really wishing that this day would pass by quickly and she wouldn't have to deal with Kurama's vast fan club.
(As the two continued on, the hearts in the girl's eyes faded away into gazes of green jealousy because they had just noted the new girl next to everyone's crush. And it didn't do Jade much good that Kurama chose this moment to glance at her again with a much different look than he did to the other girls. What Jade had missed or hadn't bothered to notice, the other girls seethed over. Kurama did not just look at her like the other nameless girls in his school, to only Jade his emerald eyes softened with a growing emotion, that even the best youaki thief could not stop.
It's a pity that Jade did not care for demons, but even if she didn't the female population of Meiou High (*is this it? Sp? *) did care about Kurama's feelings for her, and they were (well most of them at least) already plotting. And the plans of devious jealous teenaged school girls are forces to be reckoned with. Too bad Jade does not know it, yet.
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Misako had finally found it. (* yay for her! Kurama & Jade have yet to find it...tut tut how slow*) After going up to the 4th floor only to find out it was on the 1st and all the way in the East Wing, she finally found it, the principal's office. To make matters worse, she didn't know that there was a school elevator and did all that cardio exercise for nothing.
Of course she had tried to get directions, but her requests for help were ignored, for there was something else on everyone's minds and due to eaves dropping she found out what all the whispers were about.
Here is a conversation between a group of students on the staircase going down to the first floor, Misako slowed her pace to listen in.
#1: (*random unimportant ppl so they don't have names *) "Have you guys heard?! (said in a excited voice) There's a new girl, named Jade Chan and she's already got Shuuichi hanging off her arm!"
#2: (a high whistle of surprise is made) "Really?! Lucky girl, but boy is she going to have a tough time here now."
#3: "Yeah, talk about first impressions. I bet she's perfect just like Minamino is."
#1: "But everyone is also saying that she's his total opposite. She's dressed all in black and her eyes are what make her real different. Their gold!"
#2: "So what. They're probably contacts."
#1: "No. Not according to Lilakku. "
#2: "Wow you got this info. From the quartet, I mean trio (referring to Ren, Sarusuberi, and Lailakku, girls from previous chapter)"
#1: "Well sorta, its been going around ever since Shuuichi entered the school premises with her and now its here." (referring to the rumors)
(In a low whisper, that was hard to hear. So, the two other students had to lean forward, while Misako stopped her descent down the stairs all together just to listen and began to edge forward to get a better listen.)
#1: "What everyone is saying is that Shuuichi-kun was putting his arm around her and she totally shrugged him off! She is such a snob! But you guys have to hear this!"
(the girl continues in, clearly believing that the spread of gossip was the most important thing at the moment, totally ignoring the ringing late bell overhead)
"The girl was wearing the DUSTER! The red duster that Shuuichi wears!" –Here she practically swoons, lost in her own daydreams of wearing the desired article of clothing.
To all the girls & guys in Meiou High, wearing it would mean that you were Shuuichi Minamino's girlfriend, which means every girl wanted to wear it.
At this point the listening audience, well all except Misako, stood there looking a lot like fish. -oOo :O
#3 – "Wow! I think every girl in this school would kill to have Shuuichi to do that to them and to wear his duster."
#1- agreeing with her friend- "Oh boy, is she gonna get it."
Upon hearing this, Misako gets a bit annoyed and worried. She had already felt what it was like to be an outsider in high school and this Jade girl was not going to get it easy as far as she had heard. Shaking her head, Misako continues walking, knowing it was wrong to listen in. Anywho, the conversation had drifted back into discussing Shuuichi Minamino. It seemed to Misako that everyone was in love with him in this school.
Misako- thinking- Poor girl. And why does everyone here like Minamino so much? – this was her last thought upon the subject as she found herself in front of the principal office's door.
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Still walking down the never ending hall, (* I wonder how long their gonna take?*) Kurama took another peek at Jade, which Jade noticed.
"Why are you always looking at me?"-she asks in an irritated voice, it was really annoying her. And his response got her ticked off as well. (*Jade needs to calm down*)
Kurama blushed a light shade of pink (*kawaii! Kurama blushing!*) and smiled apologetically. Mumbling an apology, he shrugged his shoulders and averted his green eyes to the white ceiling. Not answering her question, he said in a voice that didn't really show how glad he was that he had found something to divert her attentions.
"We're here." And there it was the office. (Note- this is a couple of minutes after Misako found it)
Turning to look into his green eyes, she raises an eyebrow, a motion that both knew meant that the subject would be discussed later on.
With a faint polite knock, Kurama opened the wooden door where a kindly old old looking man sat behind a desk with a brown haired girl in front of him. Looking up his face split into a wide smile as he recognizes who had entered.
"Minamino, come in, come in. I'm just about done with Miss Tomi (*made up last name, its supposed to mean rich*)."
Here, Misako immediately recognized the talk of the town, Jade Chan and Shuuichi Minamino.
Standing by the door, he smiled a warm smile at his aged principal, Mr. Keiji (*name means to lead cautiously, at least that's what this website thing says *). Mr. Keiji had been the principal of Meiou High for a loooong time and was a very kind soul. However, don't let his physical appearance fool you. Mr. Keiji was a very quick and intelligent man; he had already noticed that Shuuichi Minamino was more than he seemed, but sensing that Shuuichi would do no harm to the student body/ school he welcomed our red head with open arms.
Smiling again, Mr. Keiji motioned for the two new comers to have a seat next to Misako.
Misako's curious eyes followed both their movements. She noted that the girl came in rather reluctantly, as if she was uncomfortable to be in an office, whereas Shuuichi was totally at ease. Ever the goodey-goodey, he pulled out the chair for Jade to sit down. She softly thanked him while eyeing him with mistrust. Misako found the girl's behavior odd, considering that Shuuichi was the perfect teenage boy there ever was. Shaking her head, Misako turned her attention back to the principal whose deep brown eyes were on both girls as if searching for something and then they widen a little as if in surprise, when he focused on Jade for an extra few seconds. The principal looked back at Kurama/ Shuuichi, raising his gray brow as Kurama met his gaze with one of his own.
The staring contest between student & principal ended when the old man remembered to greet his other guest.
"Hello and who might you be Miss?"
"Jade Chan, sir."
"She's a transfer student from California and we were supposed to come here to finalize the paper work for her transfer. Last week, the main office's computers have been infected with a virus, as well as the entire school network. And the teachers in charge of the exchange program said to come to you when our transfer students arrived."-Kurama added.
"I see, I see. Well, I'll have a look on the computer now. Oh and while I do that, meet Misako Tomi, she's a new student here."
(Misako smiled pleasantly at the two and bowed her head in a polite greeting. Kurama dipped his head in response and Jade blinked at the head bowing, her own head tilted to a side in confusion.)
J-What's with the head bowing? Everyone is so polite here. -J
And she greeted the brunette with an old San Fran wave, accompanied with a small, but friendly "Hi."
(The other two sweatdrop at her way of greeting someone.)
"My apologies, Minamino, but I can't find her name any where on this list."- the principal replied.
Slightly worried, Kurama says "Nani?" in a surprised tone.
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"Ogre!"
In the background the sound of exploding computer software is heard and orange-red sparks fly into the air.
"Gomen, Koenma-sama! But I don't know how to handle computers!" –the water works turn on as the ogre looks at the computer with fear; the metal contraption was now printing out papers at high speed and spitting them out to any one in range.
The king of hell jr. sucked his pacifier and cradled his head in his hands. His office was in more of a mess than it was before.
------Back to Jade & Kurama----------
Biting her lower lip, Jade started to stand up and wanted to take a closer look at the computer, but before she could do anything, time froze. The whole room seemed to be bathed in a shade of yellow and a bird flying outside the window froze in mid-flight.
Blinking yet again, "Huh?" came from the American teen.
A slight popping noise was heard and Koenma floated in front of her face. Jumping back in surprise, Jade said "Warn me before you do that!"
Ignoring her, Koenma turned to talk to Kurama and deal with the computer problem.
"The ogre forgot and I'm totally hopeless with this kind of human technology."- the baby prince waved his small hands to his left, indicating the computer.
Smiling calmly, Kurama says "I'm sure we can think of some way out."
Curious, Jade waved her hand in front of Misako's eyes and then the principal's, but they stayed frozen. She also pulled funny faces, but to no avail like statues they stayed.
After her inspection, Jade came to a conclusion.
J- Now that is one cool spell. I wonder if I could learn it...-J
Looking back at Kurama and Koenma who was slightly worried over what to do, Jade saw a solution. In fact there really wasn't a problem at all.
"Don't worry guys. I found the answer." And with that said she calmly approached the computer, lightly pushing the principal out of the way and proceeded to type quickly & efficiently.
"What are you doing?"- Koenma
"Hacking." Came the matter of fact reply.
"You can hack?"- Koenma
She laughed at this and said in an amused voice, while still typing away at the computer, "I do live in an underground government facility. And I have been surrounded by the best of the spies & agents that the US can offer since I was around 5 or was it 6? Hmm, don't really remember, oh well. Of course I learned how to hack. Compared to Section 13's protection programs & fire wall's, a high school's computer system is a piece of cake."
The little floating prince & ex-thief watch while the rabbit works her magic.
"Hey, Kurama. What was your address again?"
He replied, answering that question and a few more; like what was his phone number, age, grade point average, (*would they even require this? Oh well lets just say that only the smarter kids get to host transfer students, because the added responsibility won't affect their grades.*) and extracurricular activities (*because the school was looking for well- rounded students as hosts? That sounds reasonable, well to me it does. : p *).
A beeping sound was heard as Jade clapped her hands and shouts "We're done!"
Looking onto the computer screen, Kurama saw a new entry at the bottom of the student transfer list:
Name: Jade Chan, sophomore exchange student from California, USA.
Age:15 GPA: 3.72 home phone #: (415) 768-5324 address: 5154 Gold Brick Road & Chopstick Lane, San Francisco 11435
Extracurricular activities/ hobbies: kung fu, martial arts (*a wide range of martial arts she's sooo cooool! : ) *), sports (anything that ends in –ball; hahaha! I just saved a whole lot of time from typing!) skiing, swimming, hiking, roller bladeing, soccer, gymnastics, etc. (anything along these lines), ancient history/ archaeology, mythology and the annual International Competition for the Young Martial Arts Enthusiasts.
Name: Shuuichi Minamino, Meiou High junior host. Gender: Male Age: 16 GPA: (perfect) 4 Phone #: (03) 543- 2867 address: 5-2-20 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108- 0073 Extracurricular activities: gardening, bonsai planting & city/national competitions, tea ceremony (*? Is this even considered an activity? Would he even do this? Oh well*) Tokyo Literary Association (*= book worm*), origami (*yeah, I'm just putting anything that comes to my mind*), volunteering at Tokyo Adventist Hospital, tutoring and cooking.
Duration of stay: three months.
(*the area code really is from San Fran! Not sure about the Tokyo area code though. But don't prank phone call these numbers, I made them up. And, Jade's address is uncle's address in Chinatown, its made up too; as well As Kurama's address, which part of Tokyo does he live in? *)
Impressed, he had not known she could do such a thing, he said "Well done."
Seeing the situation resolved, Koenma dissipated after congratulating Jade on her hacking skills. He hurried away, saying that he had to arrange some things. And with another pop the prince was gone and time resumed.
"Perhaps you should check again sir."- Kurama encouraged his now reactivated principal.
Both Misako and Mr. Keiji blinked a couple of times, as if they had just missed something important but having no idea as to what it was. But only the aged man noticed the change in the position of the clock's hands that stood in the hallway; he says nothing about the 5 minutes that he had lost.
He nods and he wasn't very surprised to find Jade's name on the exchange student list.
"Well I guess I am getting old, I wonder how I could have missed that."-he said. Kurama smiled a guilty smile.
"So all you two have to do is sign here and here (at this point, the principal pulled out a stack of papers for the duo to sign) and here too.
( Jade: -_-;;;; "soo many papers", Kurama: "I agree" -_-;;;; and they were off signing.)
Finally after many many papers, a couple of paper cuts for Kurama (Jade got some, but they healed the instant she got them- horse talisman power!, which thankfully went unnoticed by the other two in the room) and numerous of pens that ran out of ink and therefore had to be piled onto the floor, they were done with the dreaded paper work.
"Looks like your done. Good, now we must get school uniforms for these young ladies and is there something wrong Miss Chan?"
At the mention of the school uniform, Jade had accidentally made choking sounds and looked pale. She started to shudder at the thought of being seen in public in a pink outfit, she was soo glad no one she knew was here to see her.
Smiling uneasily, Jade said no, but then a thought occurred to her,
J-well it wouldn't hurt to ask.-J
"Ummm, sir, I have a question well it's kinda a request..." she left the sentence in the air, knowing that everyone was looking at her, and curious as to what she had to say.
"Yes?"
"About your uniforms are there any other colors that it can come in because ...(her mind searched for an excuse).... because...the color hurts my very sensitive eyes! (J- Haha, great excuse!-J)
-_-;;; :Kurama's, Koenma's, ogre's, and Misako's reaction to the clearly well thought out lie and there were also a couple of face faults & anime falls.
But oddly enough, the principal accepted went unfazed by this half-truth (pink really did make her eyes hurt and neon colors too!).
"Well, seeing that you are uncomfortable with our uniforms, what I am about to say will please you. There have been a number of accidents at the factory and storage facilities of Seiko (*means force, truth *) INC. –the manufacturer of our school's uniforms. Thereby leaving Meiou High without a single uniform."
"Really?"- Jade asked surprise, happiness & hope all mixed into one word.
Kurama smiled at Jade's luck.
"Yes"- he nodded his head affirmatively- "But we do have a few uniforms that are meant to be worn next year." He explained- "You see Meiou High's student council has convinced the faculty board and its head, being me, that the school's uniforms need to be changed. So, we have a number of girl & boy uniforms meant for next year's change and seeing the situation as of now, the only situation is to have you wear these uniforms."
"one more question, what color are they?"- Jade asked, (*duh!*)
Stroking his gray beard, he ponders "I believe red and yellow."
"Yay! Are you sure that I don't have to wear pink?"- said with sparkling teary & relieved eyes.
Smiling at her enthusiasm, "Yes, you won't have to wear pink." – while thinking: I wonder why she dislikes pink so much?
"So, off you three go, to the store room in E82. Oh before you leave, Minamino stay. I wish to have a word with you. You two can wait outside."
-Being excused, Misako bowed her head politely and jade waved a goodbye to both Kurama & the principal.
After the office door closed with a click, Kurama wondered what Mr. Keiji had to say.
"Minamino, how are you? How is your mother?"-his voice was soft & aged, sounding as if it were a grandfather were talking to a favorite grandson, not a principal & student.
Smiling sadly at Mr. Keiji's concern and obvious care, Kurama replied "Not so well, sir. The doctors can do nothing."
Sighing, the old man nodded his head, feeling in his heart that the boy sitting in front of him would soon become a orphan. Deciding to lighten the mood, he changed the subject.
"Miss Chan certainly has caught your eye, Minamino."- he commented while his eyes wandered to the ceiling.
Blushing at having been caught at looking at Jade again, Kurama stayed quiet, eyes out the window.
"She is like you."
Surprised, Kurama looked back at his principal, who was now gazing out the window.
"Her eyes, their gold are they not? They are like yours, yet at the same time, opposite. Ying & Yang one could say."
There was nothing the kitsune could think up of to reply to such a comment.
Smiling a reminiscent smile, Mr. Keiji bid Shuuichi to accompany the girls to the room and take them under his wing, for both were new. And for the same reason, he requested that Shuuichi also wear the new uniform.
Kurama bowed slightly and left to meet the girls waiting outside. When he opened the door, his eyes grew large in surprise again. There it was, the beginnings of a catfight. Why didn't he sense it before?
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Leaning against the wall, Jade looked around, seeing nothing of interest she decided to talk to the quiet girl, also waiting.
"Hi again."
"Umm, hi."- came a soft reply
"Soooo, how old are you?"
"15 ½, u?"
"15"
"Really?"
"Yeah, don't tell me, I look way younger."-said with a roll of the eyes, in a droll tone and a facial expression that made Misako laugh.
"Sorry, I hope I did not offend you."-she said with a sincere smile
"Nah, no worries. Everyone says that any way."-said with a nonchalant shrug
Liking Jade's easy going attitude, Misako gains courage to open up a bit more.
"So, how is living in the US like? What's San Fran like?"
"Ohh, its not much different than living in Tokyo. Its crowded but not as crowded as here. Its really fun and I love it there. I wouldn't want to live any where else."-she said happily, affirming her devotion to her 2nd home town, Hong Kong being the real one.
"I wish I could go there."
Shrugging, Jade says "It's no big, really. It's just another city."
"I know but I want to go there and other places too! I really want to travel the world and see & do things."- she sighed lost in happy dreams.
"Yeah, traveling is fun. Where have you been?"- Jade said, pictures of the past flashed thru her mind, of the times she went with Jackie around the world.
"Sadly no where but Japan and some surrounding islands."
"Well, that's a start." ^_^ Jade said encouragingly.
"How about you?"
"Hehe, I don't mean to brag, but since my uncle is an archaeologist and my godfather a government official, I've been around a lot."
J- Lets see went to China, Japan, the past, Africa, England, deep down in the ocean, the Artic, outer space, India and my favorite the neither world where demons live. Yup just the normal everyday places that Jade Chan gets to visit.-J
"Really? Like where?"
But before any more bonding and questions & answers could continue, the conversation was rudely interrupted by a high pitch annoying voice.
It was one of the trio, it was Sarusuberi. Odd, Jade thought, I had a feeling all three were joined at the hip.
"Well, well. Hello Miss Jade Chan."-vehemence laced into every syllable. "Where's Shuuichi-kun? I see your still wearing his duster indoors."
[close up of the duster still on Jade. It was a bit loose on her & the sleeves were long, but she felt comfortable in it and Kurama had no complaints about her wearing it.
-Falshback-
"Hey it stopped snowing."- Jade noted, looking outside the kitchen window, while drinking a steaming cup of tea; Kurama did not have any coffee.
"Yes, it stopped in the middle of the night."-for some reason, he blushed when he said this. He too gazed out the window at his garden now covered in snow. A strong gust of cold wind blew outside, swaying the branches of a sakura tree that had been planted there.
"It's cold outside too"-Kurama added in a soft voice- "It would be wise if you wore something thicker than what you have on right now. And also, call me Shuuichi when inside the school."
J- I don't have to worry, horse talisman power is so handy! I can't get sick. : p But since he forgot I'm not going to say a thing.-J
"Ok." She said amiably, in the back of her mind a part of her still couldn't believe that she was having a civilized conversation with a demon, a demon that seemed fairly decent. Mentally shaking her head, she reminded herself a demon is still a demon, no matter how beautiful the disguise he hides behind.
J- I didn't just think that.- denying the truth (*he is beau-ti-ful!*) – ok maybe, just maybe he is kinda cute, but he's still a demon. Yup, a demon.-J
"I think it would be best if you wore my duster again."
She shrugged and distracted herself by eating another slice of toast. Gold eyes not wanting to look into her neighbor's green ones.
-End Flashback-
"So, what's it to you?"- Jade asked back, her tone defensive and challenging, looking the girl in the eye. NO WAY was she going to be pushed around by Miss Hyper- Clingy –needs to get her own guy- girl.
Misako's head went back & forth, sweat drops of unease & a nervous smile adorned her face. Waving her arms, she tried to stop the inevitable. "Guys, lets all just calm down. We really shouldn't be fighting on our first day here! Guys?" She was pointedly ignored.
Practically snarling and with a haughty sneer Sarusuberi advanced to Jade in menacing steps, saying "Who do YOU think you are? Wearing this?!"- at this point she was nose to nose with Jade and poked the duster in question. Being slightly taller than her, she tried to loom over Miss Chan, trying in vain to intimidate her.
(Even though she wasn't exactly involved, Misako let out a squeak, not wanting to witness another school fight. She had had enough of those in her old school.)
Angry that Sarusuberi had dared to come this close to her & touch what she was wearing, Jade let out a soft "Grrr..!" and using her hand that was previously in her pants pocket, she lightly pushed the obnoxious girl off of her, causing her to stumble back, but not fall.
"Listen up, whoever you are (* she forgot the girl's name*) –in an angry tone- "A. I have a problem with your attitude. B-Never come that close to me again. And one more thing- What's wrong with me wearing this?!"- here she tugged at the collar of the garment.
"Hhmmph, you don't know, do you?"- said in a superior kind of way, as the owner of the voice stood a few feet away from Jade and glared at her.
"Know what?!"- This was getting really annoying.
J- Stupid girl. I really want to smack that look off her face right now.-J
She returned the glare with one of her own. (*Jade's glaring at the girl now*)
Misako started to tremble at what she knew would be happening next.
Koenma (who had been watching over what was going on) & a couple of office working ogres were eating popcorn and when the door opened, showing Botan in, Koenma made a shushing noise. Everyone intent on seeing what would happen next.
Even some Meiou High students that were in the hallway overheard the girls' conversation and stopped in their tracks to watch, nothing like this had ever happened in their high school before.
Before anything else could happen, the tense moment popped, when a soft cough was heard.
"Ladies, may I ask what is going on here?"- came Kurama's polite inquiry.
[Anime falls for the ogres, Koenma & a couple of Meiou High students. They had been looking forward to an all out catfight.]
(*Me too! Darn that Kurama!*)
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Koenma: (in his office) "Darn it! Kurama, bad timing!" he said to the screen.
Ogre: "None of us wins the bet."
Koenma: "Haha, that means I get the prize!"
Botan: "Bet?"- looking back & forth from the spirit screen to her boss & the ogres.
Koenma: "Uhhh, nothing Botan." He said as he stuffed his face with the last bag of butter popcorn.
-----now back at Meiou High-----
Frozen in place by Shuuichi's silky voice, Sarusuberi's face turned beet red, at having been caught starting a verbal argument with his companion.
The only when that was happy for Shuuichi's timing was Misako (whose eyes were round with joy) & Botan, who was at the moment chastising her boss & fellow betting ogres for wanting to see a cat fight & betting on the outcome too!
-----Spirit World------
"Really now! This isn't how you all should behave! Poor Miss Jade is stuck down there with such awful girls!
Koenma & the ogres huddled together in a corner, twiddling their thumbs & mumbling excuses.
-----back again---- : )
J- (with her fingers twitching) Arggghhhh, I wanted to ...to do something to that !@#*(% girl! Stupid Kurama and his horrible timing!-J
Jade glares at Kurama for the interruption, while Misako thanks him by running to him & hiding behind his back. Tipy toeing to see over his shoulder, she waited to see what would happen next.
Sarusuberi: (in a sickening sugary sweet voice, with much eye lash batting) "Shuuichi-kun, I didn't know you were standing there."-smiling, all previous anger gone.
(Jade is gagging in the background)
"I was just getting to know Jade here, seeing as she is going to be attending our school for a Short (putting emphasis on the word short) time." -While talking, she had slowly walked toward him and now stood in front of him, blocking his view of Jade, who was still looking quite disgusted over this girl's actions. (*I hate her! Die! DiE!*)
He tensed at Sarusuberi's closeness, not liking it one bit. And Youko put in his own opinion, using many well-chosen words that he wanted Kurama to say out loud. But Kurama decided against it, as it would not be fitting to say such things to a young girl, even one like Sarusuberi.
Sighing & running out of patience, he said in a slightly cold voice: "I do believe that we must go now."
(Here Sarusuberi pouted, trying to look cute & innocent, but failing horribly: Jade continued to gag, Misako frowned & Botan now changed her mind and really wanted to see Sarusuberi get into a fight with Jade, knowing Jade would kick her butt!)
"And Mitsuko-san, I ask that you do Not (emphasis on not) get to know Jade in such a way again." He said it in such a way that it was clearly an order, not a request.
Sarusuberi looked down to the floor, not wanting to see his beautiful green eyes that were now looking down at her in disdain. Kurama shouldered past her, Misako following him. He took Jade by the hand (who was surprised by this action because she was still focused on trying not to vomit) and quickly led the way to the storeroom. He did not once turn back, so he didn't notice Sarusuberi's reaction to their hand holding. But Jade did and to nettle the girl more, a brilliant thought came to her.
So before they were out of hearing & seeing range, she stopped in her tracks, making her hand holding partner stop too. When he looked at her to see what was wrong, he saw something in her eyes that set off warning bells in his head, but got Youko excited. What lied in the golden depths of Jade's eyes was, what most kitsunes naturally had: pure mischief.
In a soft, gentle manner, that Kurama had never heard Jade use before and it left him breathless, Jade said "Shuuichi-KUN (boldly pronouncing the –kun for all the world to hear, especially a girl standing a few feet away from them) I forgot to thank you for your kindness in letting me wear your this (*referring to duster*) and for making breakfast for me. So, thank you."- And this was the moment when time slowed down for Kurama & Youko.
Jade put her arms around his neck, making him bend down and running a hand leisurely through his soft red locks (an action that both sides of Shuuichi enjoyed immensely), lightly kissed him on the cheek. She backed away slowly and taking his hand in hers, tugged him down the hall to the room they were looking for.
Sarusuberi was in shock, her eyes round & her mouth open. Surprise was high in the air because other students had witnessed what everyone was assuming to be a public display of affection between boyfriend & girlfriend.
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Botan's mouth had fallen to the floor, and Koenma had fallen anime style from his chair & was laughing hysterically on the polished floor of his office.
Touya & Jin enter seeing their boss in tears & having difficulty breathing, while Botan gets out of her daze and smiles at what young Jade just did. Raising a blue eyebrow, Touya looks around trying to find out what had happened. Jin sees the Spirit Screen and jabs his teammate in the ribs, earning his attention and an annoyed look. Jin & Touya are still slightly confused as to what was so funny about Jade & Kurama walking down a hallway. So, Botan takes her time to explain what had just occurred –taking a few minutes and when she's done, the Spirit Screen gets a close up shot of Jade flashing a triumphant smile to Sarusuberi and she continued to hold Kurama's arm down the hallway.
Jin chuckles at what trouble Jade can cause and Touya remains silent.
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Jade turned her head to see the result of her role playing and was pleased with the expected outcome. She flashed a triumphant smile and Kurama seeing it, mentally moaned, while Youko was smiling at what just occurred.
Though Jade did not know it yet, she set things in motion that would affect her stay in Meiou High, this world & her whole life.
Before they could reach the office, Kurama stopped in his tracks, once again a familiar feeling taking over. Kurama grew worried, while Youko only shrugged.
~Not here, not now. What should we do?~
Youko- Turn to your left and go in there quickly.-Youko
So in a flash, Kurama ran behind the door. A few minutes later a puzzled Jade & Misako wonder where their guide had disappeared.
Jade: "Ummm, where'd he go?"- scratching her head in confusion. (she had let go of his arm once they were out of Sarusuberi's eye sight.)
"I have no idea" Misako replied. "Maybe we should try opening these doors." (they were in a hallway where there were no classrooms, so all the doors lacked a glass window to look through)
Shrugging and having no better plan, Jade followed her lead and started opening doors & sticking her head in them yelling: "Shuuichi, you in here?"
When she felt a familiar flare of youki, which disappeared the next second she felt it, she walked to the door the presence was behind. She noted some Japanese sign on the door, it seemed like she read it somewhere else before, but not recognizing it, she opened the door anyway. Stepping into the room and after closing the door, she saw the person, now demon that she was after. He stood next to a small window looking outside.
"Do you always change forms?"
He smiled at her voice, and said with his eyes still on the sky outside, "I'm surprised that you haven't figured it out yet."
"Figured it out yet?"-she repeated. "Well, you're the one who seems to know everything about ME. How should I know?"-she asked accusingly.
Turning suddenly, he faced her and smiled, showing her his sharp fangs again. It was his smile that told Jade that the owner knew something that she didn't. And as a natural curious rabbit, she wanted to find out, and Now.
"Why don't you tell me?" she asked, also looking out the window now.
"I've observed that whenever our lips gain contact with the others skin, I regain my demon form for a period of time."
"Ok."-blinking- "Anything else?"-she asked suspiciously, feeling as if he knew something else and added "Why does this happen? Nothing happens to me."
He chuckles, a sound that makes her feel so comfortable, but her rational self screamed out loud and clear to be on the alert.
"I have no idea why and though you may not have noticed, you too have changed."
Before Jade could yell at him to stop speaking in riddles, Youko says: "I did not realize that you wanted to be known as Shuuichi's girlfriend."
"What do you mean?!"- slightly alarmed & confused, also noticing the shift in topic
He smiled yet again, and explained.
"Well, for one thing you kissed us (wondering, J- us? does he have split personalities?-J) and your wearing our duster, which to these young ningens makes you our girlfriend."- He smiled down at her, amber eyes sparkling in laughter as he saw the emotions going thru Jade and her small mouth dropped down.
Her emotions: surprise, horror, confusion & a spark of growing anger
He walked over to her and using his index finger closed her hanging mouth. He leaned against the wall, putting a hand against it, making Jade feel closed in, as his face was barely centimeters away from hers. His clawed index didn't leave her face and instead started to softly trace its outline. It was at this point that Jade decided to give fox boy a piece of her mind, that came in the form of a slap across the face; a really, really loud slap, which surprised the former thief (though his human half smirked, and said that he deserved it) and also yielded another unexpected result.
Youko changed back to his human form in another flash of silvery white mist, rubbing his cheek Kurama smiles his eyes showing that he was sorry for his other half's flirtatious actions. It was a good thing that he changed back for it was at this moment that someone else entered the room.
"Min-Mina-Minamino-san?"
The duo look up at the stuttering boy. Kurama recognized him, it was Kanaye Kisho. (*-Made up name, but based on actual character. First name means zealous one & last name= one who knows his own mind*) Kisho was a black haired boy, with glasses and had a loud voice. He always begged Shuuichi to become the minister (* I think that equals to head*) of the bio. Department for budget reasons and Shuuichi's immense popularity would give the department access to more funding.
"You're here, with a girl?!!"- came the brilliant observation. And Kurama could see him connecting the dots and forming far-from-the-truth conclusions.
"What about....?"-she stopped in mid-sentence, just realizing exactly where "here" was. Jade suddenly remembered what the sign meant: boy's bathroom.
J-How could I have missed it?! I have to so pay more attention to my surroundings! Argggghhh! (she looks around at the various toilet facilities that she had missed earlier because she had been to focused on a certain demon) Stupid Kurama, why'd he have to go into a boy's bathroom of all the places?!-J
"We didn't do anything."-Jade & Kurama said in unison, rather quickly.
The boy only raised a skeptical brow, eyeing their position. Jade blushed red and Kurama did the same, both knowing what he must be thinking. (Kurama was left where his more forward half had been, centimeters away from Jade. His hands, one next to his face-due to the slap- and the other was still leaning against the wall blocking off a possible exit for Jade on one side.)
Kurama quickly took his arm away, coughed politely & whispered an apology. (Which, Kisho didn't hear, he only heard a soft whisper and only saw Jade whisper something fiercely back in response.)
"I'm leaving."-Jade muttered to both boys, still blushing a faint pink. And she walked out of the bathroom head held high, but before she left, she shot Kisho a glare (making him gulp). Her glare clearly translated into "Tell anyone and I will make you pay." With a slam of the door, she left, Kurama quickly following her and exiting.
Kanaye Kisho was left in the bathroom in a state of surprise, which most Meiou High students seem to be in today. But then the silence of the bathroom was shattered when evil laughter was heard, the laughter that tells any listener that an evil plan was just thought up of.
(*Oh no! What is he going to do! Watch out Shuuichi!*)
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Huffing at what just happened, Jade found Misako and without any further interruptions, the three found the storeroom.
There Jade was pleasantly surprised. Not only did she not have to wear pink, but the skirt was optional too! (*I just don't think it would fit into the story later on if she wears a skirt.*)
So after a few minutes of changing & size picking, the 3 got new uniforms. Kurama's was basically the same, except it was a darker shade of red (darker than his hair color) and the yellow lining was more of a gold color. The school name was also stitched into the collar.
For Misako, she received a knee length skirt with a matching sailor like top, her outfit was the same colors as Kurama's. For Jade, she chose a pair of crimson pants with the sailor top, happy that she didn't have to wear the skirt. Both of the scarves on Jade & Misako's uniform had the school's name sewn in with red thread. When all was done, the bell for 3rd period class had rung.
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Kurama, being their guide, had the two girls follow him to his classes. So, they all had his schedule. For Misako this wasn't so bad, because she had been forewarned about coming to this elite school, but for Jade it was another story. First of all, how in the world she supposed to be able to read Japanese? Second, how is she going to speak it? And third, she had zero idea about what they were learning. So with these problems & doubts in her mind, Jade was not looking forward to going to class.
But she isn't known as being a rabbit here, for nothing. In short, she was thanking her lucky stars by the time the lunch bell rang.
During this class before lunch, she found out a two things.
One: the teachers here are so nice & understanding that there is no way they can be normal. She wished that they could take the place of her San Francisco teachers.
Two: All the girls here officially hated her, and her own actions, as well as Kurama's might have helped motivate it.
Here's what happened:
(*Note- the teachers in Kurama's school know English & so do most of the students. And since I do not know the stuff they learn in Japanese high schools, I'm making this stuff up*)
The three made it into class seconds before the late bell rang. Kurama & Jade glided into the room, while Misako came in breathing hard behind them. They had walked at what normal ppl would have considered a very very fast pace, but it was rather slow for Jade & Kurama. (Shuuichi didn't want to be late, since he did already miss two of his morning classes) Seeing them enter, the teacher smiled at them, it was Miss Hana Dai (first name: flower, blossom; graceful, merciful, last name: great) she was a new teacher and very nice.
She sympathized with Jade for not knowing much Japanese and did not expect much on the first day, but this was chemistry and you did not need to know much of a nation's language to be able to do science. Plus, she was good in this subject, you had to be if you wanted to be a good chi wizard (think: for the potion making*) So, Jade coasted along fairly well, but there was a point in class where things got ugly, really ugly.
Ren was in this class.
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Ren was having a bad day. First, her major crush comes in with this new girl and already Sarusuberi had told her about the showdown in the hallway & how Jade had KISSED their Shuuichi-kun! Sure it was on the cheek, but still that was way closer than any girl had gotten to him before. It just wasn't fair that she got him, while Ren and her friends had been waiting here first. And then in comes the girl that has taken over the thoughts of most of the Meiou High girl students, still wearing the duster.
Ren thinking: That girl is wearing our new uniforms!
To add to her already foul mood, was what Jade (& not so much Misako, but the brunette was involved too) was wearing. The new school uniforms, that she & her friends had spent countless of nights & days & their free time on designing. And they weren't even the first ones to wear them! It just wasn't fair! They were the ones who after-all had lobbied the teachers & principal & student council for a change in the dress code policy.
Then when Shuuichi came in wearing the new uniform, Ren's anger lessened; because quite simply he looked sooo unbelievably hot in the clothes that she & her friends had made. For a brief moment the icy glare that had been in place the moment Jade had stepped into the room was replaced with pink hearts. Yet, it was only for a moment before anger regained its hold upon this girl, and along with it, an underhanded plan.
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All the students stopped and stared at the girl who they had heard so much about already. She knew they were staring, but didn't care and simply sat down in the empty seat next to Shuuichi Misako did the same.
[You all should know a few things about Ren before you go on; she is a very possessive person (The trio girls in general are) and not only that, but a bit delusional too. (I think all the trio girls are, cause they think Shuuichi belongs to them, when he hasn't even spoke to them in a one-on-one conversation yet.) The worst part of her personality was that she was vengeful & protective of her friends. Now that is a bad combination.]
What was also bad was that it was lab day and everyone was working with chemicals, dangerous burning & staining kind of chemicals.
"Today class we are going over chemical equilibrium (* hey I did this lab in class today! It was cool! Color changes are so fun to watch!*), this will also double as a review for next week's test." (Awwwsss, are heard from the class, the teacher smiles at their love for tests.)
They go over the procedure & safety protocols. Goggles and aprons had to be worn because of the dangerous nature of the chemicals that they would be mixing & experimenting with today. The two chemicals which were the reasons for the goggles & aprons: iron-thiocyanate and HCl (aq). Iron thiocyanate was blood red and easily stained the skin/ clothes brown, if it gained contact with the skin it would wash off in a couple of days, but if it got on clothes, say bye-bye to them. And as for hydrochloric acid, the name itself sounds dangerous.
Being a responsible teacher, Miss Dai did not allow her gifted class to handle such a dangerous chemical, like HCl. She kept in a counter behind her desk and when the experiment called for it, only she would physically pour it out into the test tube.
(* I think everyone here knows the dangers of hydrochloric acid, my chem. teacher wouldn't let us handle it ourselves*)
(*Dangers of hydrochloric acid: it is poisonous, a CORROSIVE liquid that causes SEVERE BURNS to all BODY TISSUE. Maybe FATAL if swallowed or inhaled. Inhalation may cause LUNG DAMAGE. If contacted with the eyes vapors are irritating and may cause damage, may cause severe burns and PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE ...and the list goes on, you get that this stuff is dangerous, right?*)
Miss Dai had paired everyone into groups of three and of course Shuuichi was paired with the new students, because it was expected of him, as the top student in the class & he was Jade's host, to guide them along the way. (The rest of the girls watched on as these three worked together, clearly envious of the two new girls.)
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Kurama looked over to Jade as he saw her struggle with tying the red-apron that was supplied by the school. It was also a bit too long for her too, but there was nothing else shorter.
An aggravated sigh is heard as Jade nearly gives up trying to tie the dratted thing, she looks over to her other partners, (specifically, she's looking for Misako to ask for her help) but seeing that Misako was busy getting supplies from the supply tables, Shuuichi was the only one that she knew and could ask for help. But when he started chuckling at the minute he saw her with goggles on, she didn't really want to ask him for help.
Knowing that she looked ridiculous wearing goggles that enhanced her already large eyes and a three-sizes-too-large bright red apron, Jade frowned at how he found the way she looked humorous and turned her back to him, facing another direction in a huff, with her arms crossed over her chest. Her chin held high and eyes closed, showing her annoyance. But what happened next put a blush on her cheeks and then a small scowl on her lips.
Seeing that he had offended her, Youko & Kurama sweat dropped. They instantly felt guilty for laughing and worked together to fix what they had gotten themselves into.
Youko- Look what you did, Shuuichi. She's angry.
Sigh- ~ I did not mean for this. What should we do?~
Youko- Something fast, that Misako girl is coming back and Jade will probably end up ignoring us and working only with her (*meaning Misako*) for the rest of this class.
And these two bishies worked together and within a few seconds (*wow they figure stuff out so fast!*) a solution was formed.
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Jade felt a pair of arms snake around her waist, and soon she found herself in a –as she grudgingly admitted- a very comfortable hug. And then a low voice whispered into her ear: "Gomen-nasai, Jade. It was impolite of me to laugh (*here Jade could already smell the scent of roses that came from him, it slowly calmed her down and unwinding her muscles*) you don't look humorous in a bad way. You are very kawaii. (* She could feel him smile against her face.*) Let me help you."
Before he gave her a chance to reply, (which he knew would be a sharp "No") his hands tied the apron for her and readjusted it somehow so it fit her perfectly. She was blushing from his close contact, his whisper & the fact that his face was right next to hers, but then she got pissed off because yet again, he was clearly flirting with her. And the constant flirting was getting annoying. Didn't he already know that chi-wizards did not date or have any relationship with demons, except for the occasional banishment spell?
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It was a picturesque scene, two students in some-what matching uniforms, one hugging the other and the receiver of such sweet affections was blushing a light shade of pink. Both looking to outsiders a cute pair.
Some of the students noted the position that Shuuichi had Jade in; such physical contact only reinforced their opinion that their star student had fallen head over heels for the transfer girl. And it only reinforced the burning jealousy of most of the girls in the class, especially one named Ren.
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Before he let go of her, a thing that he had increasingly found out was something that he, nor Youko wanted to do, he could not help but inhale her scent one more time (causing a spike in jade's chi-level= warning of increased anger & tension) and then he removed his arms.
When he did move his arms away from her, he had let loose something that wanted very much to inflict some physical harm into him, for his "frequent overly friendly" gestures. However, it was Misako who inadvertently saved Kurama from a public backlash that Jade was just about to unleash. She had come back with the supplies and was ready to go on with the lab. So, her wanting to get their class work done reminded Jade that they were in a school & uncle Jackie had always told her to not fight in school;
J-but he never said anything about after school-J (Pictures of what she should do to Kurama flashed in her head, and she smiled a cruel smile, which Kurama did not miss. It made him gulp and rethink about what he just did.
A few minutes passed by and the class is working & most were already on the last few steps of the lab, but it was then when disaster almost struck.
Ren and her partner were up to the part where Iron thiocyanate had to be transferred from one test tube to another and seeing that she was conviently seated near Jade- she decided to put her plan into action.
Ren casually walked next into the isle separating the rows of lab tables, looking as if she were only trying to rinse out her equipment in a neighboring sink. It all happened in the range of a few seconds that a slower person would have wound up with a stained uniform & skin, but good thing Jade wasn't slow.
When Ren was making her way next to their table, Kurama's lab group had already finished their lab and was relaxing. In fact, Jade was nearly dozing off, (*with Kurama watching her out of the corner of his eyes, and Misako was re-checking her own work*) but even a sleepy Jade was quicker than any conniving high school girl could ever be. So, when Ren pretended to trip while on her imaginary trip to the sink, Jade's reflexes saved her from having a brown-blotched face for the rest of the week, unfortunately for Ren her plan failed.
Through half closed eyes, Jade had seen someone approaching and when that someone "tripped" over an imaginary object, she sensed something in the person's hand that was about to be splashed her way. So, without even batting her eyes, Jade extended her arm as a block and used her other free hand to push the object back at the "clumsy" person. (*hard to see, but just know that jade used her kung-fu moves to save herself from potential disaster. All of this took less than a second to perform*)
Blinking, because she was still a bit sleepy from almost nodding off, she slowly recognized who the assailant was, Ren Gyou.
Ren was in a state of shock, her lips were partly shaped in that of a triumphant smirk, while another part of her realized that she had failed and instead got her own school outfit stained. Her part-smirk vanished from her lips as she slowly began to realize all eyes were on her and so was Shuuichi's. Whispering was heard and judgments were being made. Everyone knew that "accident" was no accident. Ren was a talented ballet dancer after all and very fluid in all her movements, in or out of dance class. There was never a time when she had been a clutz. When she looked down at her own uniform, it was ruined and she ran out of the room, tears forming at the corners of her eyes; for she had seen the look on both their faces: Jade's was one of boredom & acceptance laced with anger& annoyance, while Shuuichi's was one of disgust & coldness.
Instead of comforting her for tripping and hurting herself, he went to that Jade girl and put his arm on her shoulder, eyes only softening when he set them on her figure. He softly asked Her if she was ok, when she (meaning Ren) was the one who needed his comfort. Her dreams were shattering before her eyes and she simply could not look on any more and ran to the girl's bathroom. Leaving behind, a classroom with a tense atmosphere and another person who was innerly raging at what had just happened to her older sister.
Enraged, a part of him wanted to follow that miserable girl and tear her to pieces for what she had tried to do to Jade. But his more rational half shot down that idea, it wouldn't do well to have blood over his hands and especially since school was still going on. So, saving thoughts of revenge for later, Kurama turned back his attention to Jade, who was only slightly irked by the failed sabotage.
Sighing yet again- "Gomen-nasai, it is because of me that these girls fight with you. I don't want you to get hurt, especially because of me."
She looks up at him, smiles wryly and shakes her head, "Probably. But don't worry I've dealt with this kind of thing before, I can handle this."
What they did not know was that danger was lurking around the corner.
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Aiko Gyou (first name= beloved one) was as the same last name suggests, Ren's little sister. She had a thirst for justice to be served the way she saw it & shared Ren's quality of being over protective of those she truly cared for. She is one of the top students in Meiou High. Though she looks much like her elder sister, she acts very differently. For one thing she isn't in love with Shuuichi Minamino and feels that kind of thing would only be a distraction to her studies; she wanted to pursue a career in law. However, she really did care for her sister, even though she did waste her time drooling over a boy. And when she saw what had happened to her sister and the way she ran out crying, her heart pounded & her fingers twitched. She hated seeing those that she cared for hurt, and always did something about it.
Miss Dai had to step out of the classroom for a few minutes and left them unattended, but being a gifted honors class, she wasn't all that worried, they were supposed to be responsible and mature. However, you must remember that she is a new teacher and tends to lack the experience that older teachers have; like remembering that she had left the counter holding the highly concentrated hydrochloric acid, unlocked and in the easy reach of a student.
So, what can you imagine happened next? Aiko took this opportunity to reach into the counter and take out some HCl and seeing that everyone was distracted and she filled a beaker of it and set it next to the sink to be rinsed out.
(NOTE: for some reason, chosen students have to wash all the test tubes & materials that the class used that day and each class group took turns washing the tools every lab day and guess what, it was Kurama's table that had to do it.)
But this sink was not working all that well, and when first opened, it would come out full force and splatter the user. However, Jade did not know this and simply chose this sink to begin cleaning up. And the first thing she chose to wash was that beaker of HCl. You can all imagine her slowly turning on the faucet and it blasting her with water and also splattering the very dangerous & highly concentrated acid all over the surrounding area, a couple of other students, her, her uniform & face.
Screams of pain, were heard, which made Kurama drop the glassware he was holding. As time stood still Kurama saw his Jade bend over in and scream yet again, other students following suit. The glass shattered to the floor as he ran toward her, practically having a heart attack at hearing & seeing her in such agony.
"What's wrong?! Jade!"- he yelled at her and started to shake her when she didn't respond. He could sense her chi-level and everything seemed normal, but the way she was shaking & crying out in pain, was not. The other students who were screaming and wailing stayed immobile on the floor, as if the pain was too much to bear in itself and walking was impossible.
"It's acid. Someone put acid here to hurt me. (*Kurama's eyes filled with guilt*) Just get me to the nurse's office now."-she whispered very quietly, and Kurama understood it was all an act for the person who put the acid there would think that she was injured and not become suspicious of her. She was the one who got hit the most, and other students were already severely injured. She screamed again, all the other students had already guessed what had happened. After all, Miss Dai had gone over in detail what HCl would do to somebody. And they also noted that there were holes where the liquid had splattered onto the shades.
"To the nurse's office!"
"Oh my god! Get them to a hospital!"
"Anyone have a cell phone?!"
"Someone get Miss Dai!"
And the shouts continued as most of the students went into a panic, not knowing what to do. However, the more levelheaded students had already assisted those with some of the acid on their clothes, in taking them off. Others had helped rinse off the acid in nearby sinks, but still those wounds needed to be treated by professionals as quickly as possible.
Kurama quickly took the still acting Jade in his arms (she was pretending to cry and hid herself in a fetal position. So, no one could see that the horse talisman powers had already healed her.)
He ran down the hallways, past teachers and strolling students. He found the nurse's office and it was thankfully empty. They needed to put their heads together to think of a great excuse as to why Jade wasn't covered all over with burns and not dying in pain.
He hugged her even tighter, before she complained that she could standup on her own & she was fine, but couldn't breathe at the moment. He let her stand up and quickly blushed
"So what do you think we should do?"-she asks and the web of lies were beginning to spin.
*HI, its really late and I'm tired, and I know I haven't included all the stuff that was said in the preview , but I wasn't planning to put that much in this chapter, and in fact I didn't even think about the cat fight or acid spilling scene...which now kinda seems just stuck in there, maybe I'll redo this chapter....but anywho in the next chapter that's where the rest of the preview will be said, plz don't kill me!
-Bye! And review!
: ) hope u all like it and will stop threatening my life, I like to keep breathing until I'm all wrinkly, which would be far away in the distant future.
Oh yeah one more thing, on the suggestion of a reviewer here are some examples of death threats:
Idiotic Author,
Update or die a slow painful death.
Your ex-assassin always (not),
Sango=ss
Update! Or! Die! *said that in sinister voice*
Update or die (That was a compliment... kind of)
And then there were more, and they weren't even reviews! Shudder- Scary ppl are reading this. Scary obsessive ppl who are great motivators. I would've put them up but I think y'all want to read this chapter : )
Note: Hi people I am trying to update as soon as possible, and hehe someone's (Sango-ss to be specific) and someone named Galina (and if I haven't mentioned ur name here, thanku for not threatening my life! : p) have been very motivational and paranoia causing. Yes, so I have tried to update and hope u ppl like it.
Disclaimer: I, Sweet Myst do not own (but wish I did) any of the characters from YYH and Jackie Chan Adventures
Author's note: *......* is my commentary ~.......~ is Kurama's thoughts J.......J is Jade's thoughts other ppl's thoughts will be labeled as "person's name" and stuff they say in their head....
Through The Looking Glass
Chapter 6:
To any passersby, who did not go to this still unnamed high school (* can anyone tell me the name? Any one out there? Helloooooo? –echoing is heard* ) and who did not listen to the faster than wild fire & impressively efficient rumor mill, the two young people strolling to the principal's office would seem to be just two regular students going to an office. However, since a mere passerby we are not, we of course all know that these two particular students are not the least bit regular. The pair in question whose names are Jade Chan and Shuuichi Minamino / Kurama/ Youko (* wow he got a lot of names! *) were still on their quest to find the office that was located in a conviently long distance away from them. Let us now look into their heads and see what they have on their minds.
~ Everything should be in order for Jade's transfer here. Koenma or the ogre (* is the purple orge's name George? Can anyone tell me his name? Hehe, I really don't know my Yu-Yu-Hakusho that well....*) should have completed the necessary steps. However, I cannot deny this feeling of foreboding. I sincerely hope that nothing will happen.~
Here he looked toward Jade from the corner of his green eyes and noticed that she too was deep in thought. For a mere second, his eyes flashed amber as his other self looked upon the human girl too.
Youko who had decided to keep a closer eye on things today, was in a thoughtful mood too. He on the other hand was thinking on a way different alley. Mostly concerning Jade and when he mentally told his human half what he was thinking, Kurama was really glad Jade was not a telepath and that Hiei wasn't here to hear either.
Kurama's mental reaction to Youko's thoughts: -_-;;;
J- Wow, and I thought the girls in my school were overly frosty (as she noted, the umteempth girl quietly glaring at her as she walked down the hall with her red haired host.) Geez, not as if I even like the demon boy!
(Here she glanced at Kurama and saw him flash his usual smile at a passing group of girls who all promptly blushed pink & had hearts in their eyes.)
Rolling her golden eyes at the girl's & Kurama's antics, Jade was really wishing that this day would pass by quickly and she wouldn't have to deal with Kurama's vast fan club.
(As the two continued on, the hearts in the girl's eyes faded away into gazes of green jealousy because they had just noted the new girl next to everyone's crush. And it didn't do Jade much good that Kurama chose this moment to glance at her again with a much different look than he did to the other girls. What Jade had missed or hadn't bothered to notice, the other girls seethed over. Kurama did not just look at her like the other nameless girls in his school, to only Jade his emerald eyes softened with a growing emotion, that even the best youaki thief could not stop.
It's a pity that Jade did not care for demons, but even if she didn't the female population of Meiou High (*is this it? Sp? *) did care about Kurama's feelings for her, and they were (well most of them at least) already plotting. And the plans of devious jealous teenaged school girls are forces to be reckoned with. Too bad Jade does not know it, yet.
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Misako had finally found it. (* yay for her! Kurama & Jade have yet to find it...tut tut how slow*) After going up to the 4th floor only to find out it was on the 1st and all the way in the East Wing, she finally found it, the principal's office. To make matters worse, she didn't know that there was a school elevator and did all that cardio exercise for nothing.
Of course she had tried to get directions, but her requests for help were ignored, for there was something else on everyone's minds and due to eaves dropping she found out what all the whispers were about.
Here is a conversation between a group of students on the staircase going down to the first floor, Misako slowed her pace to listen in.
#1: (*random unimportant ppl so they don't have names *) "Have you guys heard?! (said in a excited voice) There's a new girl, named Jade Chan and she's already got Shuuichi hanging off her arm!"
#2: (a high whistle of surprise is made) "Really?! Lucky girl, but boy is she going to have a tough time here now."
#3: "Yeah, talk about first impressions. I bet she's perfect just like Minamino is."
#1: "But everyone is also saying that she's his total opposite. She's dressed all in black and her eyes are what make her real different. Their gold!"
#2: "So what. They're probably contacts."
#1: "No. Not according to Lilakku. "
#2: "Wow you got this info. From the quartet, I mean trio (referring to Ren, Sarusuberi, and Lailakku, girls from previous chapter)"
#1: "Well sorta, its been going around ever since Shuuichi entered the school premises with her and now its here." (referring to the rumors)
(In a low whisper, that was hard to hear. So, the two other students had to lean forward, while Misako stopped her descent down the stairs all together just to listen and began to edge forward to get a better listen.)
#1: "What everyone is saying is that Shuuichi-kun was putting his arm around her and she totally shrugged him off! She is such a snob! But you guys have to hear this!"
(the girl continues in, clearly believing that the spread of gossip was the most important thing at the moment, totally ignoring the ringing late bell overhead)
"The girl was wearing the DUSTER! The red duster that Shuuichi wears!" –Here she practically swoons, lost in her own daydreams of wearing the desired article of clothing.
To all the girls & guys in Meiou High, wearing it would mean that you were Shuuichi Minamino's girlfriend, which means every girl wanted to wear it.
At this point the listening audience, well all except Misako, stood there looking a lot like fish. -oOo :O
#3 – "Wow! I think every girl in this school would kill to have Shuuichi to do that to them and to wear his duster."
#1- agreeing with her friend- "Oh boy, is she gonna get it."
Upon hearing this, Misako gets a bit annoyed and worried. She had already felt what it was like to be an outsider in high school and this Jade girl was not going to get it easy as far as she had heard. Shaking her head, Misako continues walking, knowing it was wrong to listen in. Anywho, the conversation had drifted back into discussing Shuuichi Minamino. It seemed to Misako that everyone was in love with him in this school.
Misako- thinking- Poor girl. And why does everyone here like Minamino so much? – this was her last thought upon the subject as she found herself in front of the principal office's door.
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Still walking down the never ending hall, (* I wonder how long their gonna take?*) Kurama took another peek at Jade, which Jade noticed.
"Why are you always looking at me?"-she asks in an irritated voice, it was really annoying her. And his response got her ticked off as well. (*Jade needs to calm down*)
Kurama blushed a light shade of pink (*kawaii! Kurama blushing!*) and smiled apologetically. Mumbling an apology, he shrugged his shoulders and averted his green eyes to the white ceiling. Not answering her question, he said in a voice that didn't really show how glad he was that he had found something to divert her attentions.
"We're here." And there it was the office. (Note- this is a couple of minutes after Misako found it)
Turning to look into his green eyes, she raises an eyebrow, a motion that both knew meant that the subject would be discussed later on.
With a faint polite knock, Kurama opened the wooden door where a kindly old old looking man sat behind a desk with a brown haired girl in front of him. Looking up his face split into a wide smile as he recognizes who had entered.
"Minamino, come in, come in. I'm just about done with Miss Tomi (*made up last name, its supposed to mean rich*)."
Here, Misako immediately recognized the talk of the town, Jade Chan and Shuuichi Minamino.
Standing by the door, he smiled a warm smile at his aged principal, Mr. Keiji (*name means to lead cautiously, at least that's what this website thing says *). Mr. Keiji had been the principal of Meiou High for a loooong time and was a very kind soul. However, don't let his physical appearance fool you. Mr. Keiji was a very quick and intelligent man; he had already noticed that Shuuichi Minamino was more than he seemed, but sensing that Shuuichi would do no harm to the student body/ school he welcomed our red head with open arms.
Smiling again, Mr. Keiji motioned for the two new comers to have a seat next to Misako.
Misako's curious eyes followed both their movements. She noted that the girl came in rather reluctantly, as if she was uncomfortable to be in an office, whereas Shuuichi was totally at ease. Ever the goodey-goodey, he pulled out the chair for Jade to sit down. She softly thanked him while eyeing him with mistrust. Misako found the girl's behavior odd, considering that Shuuichi was the perfect teenage boy there ever was. Shaking her head, Misako turned her attention back to the principal whose deep brown eyes were on both girls as if searching for something and then they widen a little as if in surprise, when he focused on Jade for an extra few seconds. The principal looked back at Kurama/ Shuuichi, raising his gray brow as Kurama met his gaze with one of his own.
The staring contest between student & principal ended when the old man remembered to greet his other guest.
"Hello and who might you be Miss?"
"Jade Chan, sir."
"She's a transfer student from California and we were supposed to come here to finalize the paper work for her transfer. Last week, the main office's computers have been infected with a virus, as well as the entire school network. And the teachers in charge of the exchange program said to come to you when our transfer students arrived."-Kurama added.
"I see, I see. Well, I'll have a look on the computer now. Oh and while I do that, meet Misako Tomi, she's a new student here."
(Misako smiled pleasantly at the two and bowed her head in a polite greeting. Kurama dipped his head in response and Jade blinked at the head bowing, her own head tilted to a side in confusion.)
J-What's with the head bowing? Everyone is so polite here. -J
And she greeted the brunette with an old San Fran wave, accompanied with a small, but friendly "Hi."
(The other two sweatdrop at her way of greeting someone.)
"My apologies, Minamino, but I can't find her name any where on this list."- the principal replied.
Slightly worried, Kurama says "Nani?" in a surprised tone.
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"Ogre!"
In the background the sound of exploding computer software is heard and orange-red sparks fly into the air.
"Gomen, Koenma-sama! But I don't know how to handle computers!" –the water works turn on as the ogre looks at the computer with fear; the metal contraption was now printing out papers at high speed and spitting them out to any one in range.
The king of hell jr. sucked his pacifier and cradled his head in his hands. His office was in more of a mess than it was before.
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Biting her lower lip, Jade started to stand up and wanted to take a closer look at the computer, but before she could do anything, time froze. The whole room seemed to be bathed in a shade of yellow and a bird flying outside the window froze in mid-flight.
Blinking yet again, "Huh?" came from the American teen.
A slight popping noise was heard and Koenma floated in front of her face. Jumping back in surprise, Jade said "Warn me before you do that!"
Ignoring her, Koenma turned to talk to Kurama and deal with the computer problem.
"The ogre forgot and I'm totally hopeless with this kind of human technology."- the baby prince waved his small hands to his left, indicating the computer.
Smiling calmly, Kurama says "I'm sure we can think of some way out."
Curious, Jade waved her hand in front of Misako's eyes and then the principal's, but they stayed frozen. She also pulled funny faces, but to no avail like statues they stayed.
After her inspection, Jade came to a conclusion.
J- Now that is one cool spell. I wonder if I could learn it...-J
Looking back at Kurama and Koenma who was slightly worried over what to do, Jade saw a solution. In fact there really wasn't a problem at all.
"Don't worry guys. I found the answer." And with that said she calmly approached the computer, lightly pushing the principal out of the way and proceeded to type quickly & efficiently.
"What are you doing?"- Koenma
"Hacking." Came the matter of fact reply.
"You can hack?"- Koenma
She laughed at this and said in an amused voice, while still typing away at the computer, "I do live in an underground government facility. And I have been surrounded by the best of the spies & agents that the US can offer since I was around 5 or was it 6? Hmm, don't really remember, oh well. Of course I learned how to hack. Compared to Section 13's protection programs & fire wall's, a high school's computer system is a piece of cake."
The little floating prince & ex-thief watch while the rabbit works her magic.
"Hey, Kurama. What was your address again?"
He replied, answering that question and a few more; like what was his phone number, age, grade point average, (*would they even require this? Oh well lets just say that only the smarter kids get to host transfer students, because the added responsibility won't affect their grades.*) and extracurricular activities (*because the school was looking for well- rounded students as hosts? That sounds reasonable, well to me it does. : p *).
A beeping sound was heard as Jade clapped her hands and shouts "We're done!"
Looking onto the computer screen, Kurama saw a new entry at the bottom of the student transfer list:
Name: Jade Chan, sophomore exchange student from California, USA.
Age:15 GPA: 3.72 home phone #: (415) 768-5324 address: 5154 Gold Brick Road & Chopstick Lane, San Francisco 11435
Extracurricular activities/ hobbies: kung fu, martial arts (*a wide range of martial arts she's sooo cooool! : ) *), sports (anything that ends in –ball; hahaha! I just saved a whole lot of time from typing!) skiing, swimming, hiking, roller bladeing, soccer, gymnastics, etc. (anything along these lines), ancient history/ archaeology, mythology and the annual International Competition for the Young Martial Arts Enthusiasts.
Name: Shuuichi Minamino, Meiou High junior host. Gender: Male Age: 16 GPA: (perfect) 4 Phone #: (03) 543- 2867 address: 5-2-20 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108- 0073 Extracurricular activities: gardening, bonsai planting & city/national competitions, tea ceremony (*? Is this even considered an activity? Would he even do this? Oh well*) Tokyo Literary Association (*= book worm*), origami (*yeah, I'm just putting anything that comes to my mind*), volunteering at Tokyo Adventist Hospital, tutoring and cooking.
Duration of stay: three months.
(*the area code really is from San Fran! Not sure about the Tokyo area code though. But don't prank phone call these numbers, I made them up. And, Jade's address is uncle's address in Chinatown, its made up too; as well As Kurama's address, which part of Tokyo does he live in? *)
Impressed, he had not known she could do such a thing, he said "Well done."
Seeing the situation resolved, Koenma dissipated after congratulating Jade on her hacking skills. He hurried away, saying that he had to arrange some things. And with another pop the prince was gone and time resumed.
"Perhaps you should check again sir."- Kurama encouraged his now reactivated principal.
Both Misako and Mr. Keiji blinked a couple of times, as if they had just missed something important but having no idea as to what it was. But only the aged man noticed the change in the position of the clock's hands that stood in the hallway; he says nothing about the 5 minutes that he had lost.
He nods and he wasn't very surprised to find Jade's name on the exchange student list.
"Well I guess I am getting old, I wonder how I could have missed that."-he said. Kurama smiled a guilty smile.
"So all you two have to do is sign here and here (at this point, the principal pulled out a stack of papers for the duo to sign) and here too.
( Jade: -_-;;;; "soo many papers", Kurama: "I agree" -_-;;;; and they were off signing.)
Finally after many many papers, a couple of paper cuts for Kurama (Jade got some, but they healed the instant she got them- horse talisman power!, which thankfully went unnoticed by the other two in the room) and numerous of pens that ran out of ink and therefore had to be piled onto the floor, they were done with the dreaded paper work.
"Looks like your done. Good, now we must get school uniforms for these young ladies and is there something wrong Miss Chan?"
At the mention of the school uniform, Jade had accidentally made choking sounds and looked pale. She started to shudder at the thought of being seen in public in a pink outfit, she was soo glad no one she knew was here to see her.
Smiling uneasily, Jade said no, but then a thought occurred to her,
J-well it wouldn't hurt to ask.-J
"Ummm, sir, I have a question well it's kinda a request..." she left the sentence in the air, knowing that everyone was looking at her, and curious as to what she had to say.
"Yes?"
"About your uniforms are there any other colors that it can come in because ...(her mind searched for an excuse).... because...the color hurts my very sensitive eyes! (J- Haha, great excuse!-J)
-_-;;; :Kurama's, Koenma's, ogre's, and Misako's reaction to the clearly well thought out lie and there were also a couple of face faults & anime falls.
But oddly enough, the principal accepted went unfazed by this half-truth (pink really did make her eyes hurt and neon colors too!).
"Well, seeing that you are uncomfortable with our uniforms, what I am about to say will please you. There have been a number of accidents at the factory and storage facilities of Seiko (*means force, truth *) INC. –the manufacturer of our school's uniforms. Thereby leaving Meiou High without a single uniform."
"Really?"- Jade asked surprise, happiness & hope all mixed into one word.
Kurama smiled at Jade's luck.
"Yes"- he nodded his head affirmatively- "But we do have a few uniforms that are meant to be worn next year." He explained- "You see Meiou High's student council has convinced the faculty board and its head, being me, that the school's uniforms need to be changed. So, we have a number of girl & boy uniforms meant for next year's change and seeing the situation as of now, the only situation is to have you wear these uniforms."
"one more question, what color are they?"- Jade asked, (*duh!*)
Stroking his gray beard, he ponders "I believe red and yellow."
"Yay! Are you sure that I don't have to wear pink?"- said with sparkling teary & relieved eyes.
Smiling at her enthusiasm, "Yes, you won't have to wear pink." – while thinking: I wonder why she dislikes pink so much?
"So, off you three go, to the store room in E82. Oh before you leave, Minamino stay. I wish to have a word with you. You two can wait outside."
-Being excused, Misako bowed her head politely and jade waved a goodbye to both Kurama & the principal.
After the office door closed with a click, Kurama wondered what Mr. Keiji had to say.
"Minamino, how are you? How is your mother?"-his voice was soft & aged, sounding as if it were a grandfather were talking to a favorite grandson, not a principal & student.
Smiling sadly at Mr. Keiji's concern and obvious care, Kurama replied "Not so well, sir. The doctors can do nothing."
Sighing, the old man nodded his head, feeling in his heart that the boy sitting in front of him would soon become a orphan. Deciding to lighten the mood, he changed the subject.
"Miss Chan certainly has caught your eye, Minamino."- he commented while his eyes wandered to the ceiling.
Blushing at having been caught at looking at Jade again, Kurama stayed quiet, eyes out the window.
"She is like you."
Surprised, Kurama looked back at his principal, who was now gazing out the window.
"Her eyes, their gold are they not? They are like yours, yet at the same time, opposite. Ying & Yang one could say."
There was nothing the kitsune could think up of to reply to such a comment.
Smiling a reminiscent smile, Mr. Keiji bid Shuuichi to accompany the girls to the room and take them under his wing, for both were new. And for the same reason, he requested that Shuuichi also wear the new uniform.
Kurama bowed slightly and left to meet the girls waiting outside. When he opened the door, his eyes grew large in surprise again. There it was, the beginnings of a catfight. Why didn't he sense it before?
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Leaning against the wall, Jade looked around, seeing nothing of interest she decided to talk to the quiet girl, also waiting.
"Hi again."
"Umm, hi."- came a soft reply
"Soooo, how old are you?"
"15 ½, u?"
"15"
"Really?"
"Yeah, don't tell me, I look way younger."-said with a roll of the eyes, in a droll tone and a facial expression that made Misako laugh.
"Sorry, I hope I did not offend you."-she said with a sincere smile
"Nah, no worries. Everyone says that any way."-said with a nonchalant shrug
Liking Jade's easy going attitude, Misako gains courage to open up a bit more.
"So, how is living in the US like? What's San Fran like?"
"Ohh, its not much different than living in Tokyo. Its crowded but not as crowded as here. Its really fun and I love it there. I wouldn't want to live any where else."-she said happily, affirming her devotion to her 2nd home town, Hong Kong being the real one.
"I wish I could go there."
Shrugging, Jade says "It's no big, really. It's just another city."
"I know but I want to go there and other places too! I really want to travel the world and see & do things."- she sighed lost in happy dreams.
"Yeah, traveling is fun. Where have you been?"- Jade said, pictures of the past flashed thru her mind, of the times she went with Jackie around the world.
"Sadly no where but Japan and some surrounding islands."
"Well, that's a start." ^_^ Jade said encouragingly.
"How about you?"
"Hehe, I don't mean to brag, but since my uncle is an archaeologist and my godfather a government official, I've been around a lot."
J- Lets see went to China, Japan, the past, Africa, England, deep down in the ocean, the Artic, outer space, India and my favorite the neither world where demons live. Yup just the normal everyday places that Jade Chan gets to visit.-J
"Really? Like where?"
But before any more bonding and questions & answers could continue, the conversation was rudely interrupted by a high pitch annoying voice.
It was one of the trio, it was Sarusuberi. Odd, Jade thought, I had a feeling all three were joined at the hip.
"Well, well. Hello Miss Jade Chan."-vehemence laced into every syllable. "Where's Shuuichi-kun? I see your still wearing his duster indoors."
[close up of the duster still on Jade. It was a bit loose on her & the sleeves were long, but she felt comfortable in it and Kurama had no complaints about her wearing it.
-Falshback-
"Hey it stopped snowing."- Jade noted, looking outside the kitchen window, while drinking a steaming cup of tea; Kurama did not have any coffee.
"Yes, it stopped in the middle of the night."-for some reason, he blushed when he said this. He too gazed out the window at his garden now covered in snow. A strong gust of cold wind blew outside, swaying the branches of a sakura tree that had been planted there.
"It's cold outside too"-Kurama added in a soft voice- "It would be wise if you wore something thicker than what you have on right now. And also, call me Shuuichi when inside the school."
J- I don't have to worry, horse talisman power is so handy! I can't get sick. : p But since he forgot I'm not going to say a thing.-J
"Ok." She said amiably, in the back of her mind a part of her still couldn't believe that she was having a civilized conversation with a demon, a demon that seemed fairly decent. Mentally shaking her head, she reminded herself a demon is still a demon, no matter how beautiful the disguise he hides behind.
J- I didn't just think that.- denying the truth (*he is beau-ti-ful!*) – ok maybe, just maybe he is kinda cute, but he's still a demon. Yup, a demon.-J
"I think it would be best if you wore my duster again."
She shrugged and distracted herself by eating another slice of toast. Gold eyes not wanting to look into her neighbor's green ones.
-End Flashback-
"So, what's it to you?"- Jade asked back, her tone defensive and challenging, looking the girl in the eye. NO WAY was she going to be pushed around by Miss Hyper- Clingy –needs to get her own guy- girl.
Misako's head went back & forth, sweat drops of unease & a nervous smile adorned her face. Waving her arms, she tried to stop the inevitable. "Guys, lets all just calm down. We really shouldn't be fighting on our first day here! Guys?" She was pointedly ignored.
Practically snarling and with a haughty sneer Sarusuberi advanced to Jade in menacing steps, saying "Who do YOU think you are? Wearing this?!"- at this point she was nose to nose with Jade and poked the duster in question. Being slightly taller than her, she tried to loom over Miss Chan, trying in vain to intimidate her.
(Even though she wasn't exactly involved, Misako let out a squeak, not wanting to witness another school fight. She had had enough of those in her old school.)
Angry that Sarusuberi had dared to come this close to her & touch what she was wearing, Jade let out a soft "Grrr..!" and using her hand that was previously in her pants pocket, she lightly pushed the obnoxious girl off of her, causing her to stumble back, but not fall.
"Listen up, whoever you are (* she forgot the girl's name*) –in an angry tone- "A. I have a problem with your attitude. B-Never come that close to me again. And one more thing- What's wrong with me wearing this?!"- here she tugged at the collar of the garment.
"Hhmmph, you don't know, do you?"- said in a superior kind of way, as the owner of the voice stood a few feet away from Jade and glared at her.
"Know what?!"- This was getting really annoying.
J- Stupid girl. I really want to smack that look off her face right now.-J
She returned the glare with one of her own. (*Jade's glaring at the girl now*)
Misako started to tremble at what she knew would be happening next.
Koenma (who had been watching over what was going on) & a couple of office working ogres were eating popcorn and when the door opened, showing Botan in, Koenma made a shushing noise. Everyone intent on seeing what would happen next.
Even some Meiou High students that were in the hallway overheard the girls' conversation and stopped in their tracks to watch, nothing like this had ever happened in their high school before.
Before anything else could happen, the tense moment popped, when a soft cough was heard.
"Ladies, may I ask what is going on here?"- came Kurama's polite inquiry.
[Anime falls for the ogres, Koenma & a couple of Meiou High students. They had been looking forward to an all out catfight.]
(*Me too! Darn that Kurama!*)
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Koenma: (in his office) "Darn it! Kurama, bad timing!" he said to the screen.
Ogre: "None of us wins the bet."
Koenma: "Haha, that means I get the prize!"
Botan: "Bet?"- looking back & forth from the spirit screen to her boss & the ogres.
Koenma: "Uhhh, nothing Botan." He said as he stuffed his face with the last bag of butter popcorn.
-----now back at Meiou High-----
Frozen in place by Shuuichi's silky voice, Sarusuberi's face turned beet red, at having been caught starting a verbal argument with his companion.
The only when that was happy for Shuuichi's timing was Misako (whose eyes were round with joy) & Botan, who was at the moment chastising her boss & fellow betting ogres for wanting to see a cat fight & betting on the outcome too!
-----Spirit World------
"Really now! This isn't how you all should behave! Poor Miss Jade is stuck down there with such awful girls!
Koenma & the ogres huddled together in a corner, twiddling their thumbs & mumbling excuses.
-----back again---- : )
J- (with her fingers twitching) Arggghhhh, I wanted to ...to do something to that !@#*(% girl! Stupid Kurama and his horrible timing!-J
Jade glares at Kurama for the interruption, while Misako thanks him by running to him & hiding behind his back. Tipy toeing to see over his shoulder, she waited to see what would happen next.
Sarusuberi: (in a sickening sugary sweet voice, with much eye lash batting) "Shuuichi-kun, I didn't know you were standing there."-smiling, all previous anger gone.
(Jade is gagging in the background)
"I was just getting to know Jade here, seeing as she is going to be attending our school for a Short (putting emphasis on the word short) time." -While talking, she had slowly walked toward him and now stood in front of him, blocking his view of Jade, who was still looking quite disgusted over this girl's actions. (*I hate her! Die! DiE!*)
He tensed at Sarusuberi's closeness, not liking it one bit. And Youko put in his own opinion, using many well-chosen words that he wanted Kurama to say out loud. But Kurama decided against it, as it would not be fitting to say such things to a young girl, even one like Sarusuberi.
Sighing & running out of patience, he said in a slightly cold voice: "I do believe that we must go now."
(Here Sarusuberi pouted, trying to look cute & innocent, but failing horribly: Jade continued to gag, Misako frowned & Botan now changed her mind and really wanted to see Sarusuberi get into a fight with Jade, knowing Jade would kick her butt!)
"And Mitsuko-san, I ask that you do Not (emphasis on not) get to know Jade in such a way again." He said it in such a way that it was clearly an order, not a request.
Sarusuberi looked down to the floor, not wanting to see his beautiful green eyes that were now looking down at her in disdain. Kurama shouldered past her, Misako following him. He took Jade by the hand (who was surprised by this action because she was still focused on trying not to vomit) and quickly led the way to the storeroom. He did not once turn back, so he didn't notice Sarusuberi's reaction to their hand holding. But Jade did and to nettle the girl more, a brilliant thought came to her.
So before they were out of hearing & seeing range, she stopped in her tracks, making her hand holding partner stop too. When he looked at her to see what was wrong, he saw something in her eyes that set off warning bells in his head, but got Youko excited. What lied in the golden depths of Jade's eyes was, what most kitsunes naturally had: pure mischief.
In a soft, gentle manner, that Kurama had never heard Jade use before and it left him breathless, Jade said "Shuuichi-KUN (boldly pronouncing the –kun for all the world to hear, especially a girl standing a few feet away from them) I forgot to thank you for your kindness in letting me wear your this (*referring to duster*) and for making breakfast for me. So, thank you."- And this was the moment when time slowed down for Kurama & Youko.
Jade put her arms around his neck, making him bend down and running a hand leisurely through his soft red locks (an action that both sides of Shuuichi enjoyed immensely), lightly kissed him on the cheek. She backed away slowly and taking his hand in hers, tugged him down the hall to the room they were looking for.
Sarusuberi was in shock, her eyes round & her mouth open. Surprise was high in the air because other students had witnessed what everyone was assuming to be a public display of affection between boyfriend & girlfriend.
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Botan's mouth had fallen to the floor, and Koenma had fallen anime style from his chair & was laughing hysterically on the polished floor of his office.
Touya & Jin enter seeing their boss in tears & having difficulty breathing, while Botan gets out of her daze and smiles at what young Jade just did. Raising a blue eyebrow, Touya looks around trying to find out what had happened. Jin sees the Spirit Screen and jabs his teammate in the ribs, earning his attention and an annoyed look. Jin & Touya are still slightly confused as to what was so funny about Jade & Kurama walking down a hallway. So, Botan takes her time to explain what had just occurred –taking a few minutes and when she's done, the Spirit Screen gets a close up shot of Jade flashing a triumphant smile to Sarusuberi and she continued to hold Kurama's arm down the hallway.
Jin chuckles at what trouble Jade can cause and Touya remains silent.
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Jade turned her head to see the result of her role playing and was pleased with the expected outcome. She flashed a triumphant smile and Kurama seeing it, mentally moaned, while Youko was smiling at what just occurred.
Though Jade did not know it yet, she set things in motion that would affect her stay in Meiou High, this world & her whole life.
Before they could reach the office, Kurama stopped in his tracks, once again a familiar feeling taking over. Kurama grew worried, while Youko only shrugged.
~Not here, not now. What should we do?~
Youko- Turn to your left and go in there quickly.-Youko
So in a flash, Kurama ran behind the door. A few minutes later a puzzled Jade & Misako wonder where their guide had disappeared.
Jade: "Ummm, where'd he go?"- scratching her head in confusion. (she had let go of his arm once they were out of Sarusuberi's eye sight.)
"I have no idea" Misako replied. "Maybe we should try opening these doors." (they were in a hallway where there were no classrooms, so all the doors lacked a glass window to look through)
Shrugging and having no better plan, Jade followed her lead and started opening doors & sticking her head in them yelling: "Shuuichi, you in here?"
When she felt a familiar flare of youki, which disappeared the next second she felt it, she walked to the door the presence was behind. She noted some Japanese sign on the door, it seemed like she read it somewhere else before, but not recognizing it, she opened the door anyway. Stepping into the room and after closing the door, she saw the person, now demon that she was after. He stood next to a small window looking outside.
"Do you always change forms?"
He smiled at her voice, and said with his eyes still on the sky outside, "I'm surprised that you haven't figured it out yet."
"Figured it out yet?"-she repeated. "Well, you're the one who seems to know everything about ME. How should I know?"-she asked accusingly.
Turning suddenly, he faced her and smiled, showing her his sharp fangs again. It was his smile that told Jade that the owner knew something that she didn't. And as a natural curious rabbit, she wanted to find out, and Now.
"Why don't you tell me?" she asked, also looking out the window now.
"I've observed that whenever our lips gain contact with the others skin, I regain my demon form for a period of time."
"Ok."-blinking- "Anything else?"-she asked suspiciously, feeling as if he knew something else and added "Why does this happen? Nothing happens to me."
He chuckles, a sound that makes her feel so comfortable, but her rational self screamed out loud and clear to be on the alert.
"I have no idea why and though you may not have noticed, you too have changed."
Before Jade could yell at him to stop speaking in riddles, Youko says: "I did not realize that you wanted to be known as Shuuichi's girlfriend."
"What do you mean?!"- slightly alarmed & confused, also noticing the shift in topic
He smiled yet again, and explained.
"Well, for one thing you kissed us (wondering, J- us? does he have split personalities?-J) and your wearing our duster, which to these young ningens makes you our girlfriend."- He smiled down at her, amber eyes sparkling in laughter as he saw the emotions going thru Jade and her small mouth dropped down.
Her emotions: surprise, horror, confusion & a spark of growing anger
He walked over to her and using his index finger closed her hanging mouth. He leaned against the wall, putting a hand against it, making Jade feel closed in, as his face was barely centimeters away from hers. His clawed index didn't leave her face and instead started to softly trace its outline. It was at this point that Jade decided to give fox boy a piece of her mind, that came in the form of a slap across the face; a really, really loud slap, which surprised the former thief (though his human half smirked, and said that he deserved it) and also yielded another unexpected result.
Youko changed back to his human form in another flash of silvery white mist, rubbing his cheek Kurama smiles his eyes showing that he was sorry for his other half's flirtatious actions. It was a good thing that he changed back for it was at this moment that someone else entered the room.
"Min-Mina-Minamino-san?"
The duo look up at the stuttering boy. Kurama recognized him, it was Kanaye Kisho. (*-Made up name, but based on actual character. First name means zealous one & last name= one who knows his own mind*) Kisho was a black haired boy, with glasses and had a loud voice. He always begged Shuuichi to become the minister (* I think that equals to head*) of the bio. Department for budget reasons and Shuuichi's immense popularity would give the department access to more funding.
"You're here, with a girl?!!"- came the brilliant observation. And Kurama could see him connecting the dots and forming far-from-the-truth conclusions.
"What about....?"-she stopped in mid-sentence, just realizing exactly where "here" was. Jade suddenly remembered what the sign meant: boy's bathroom.
J-How could I have missed it?! I have to so pay more attention to my surroundings! Argggghhh! (she looks around at the various toilet facilities that she had missed earlier because she had been to focused on a certain demon) Stupid Kurama, why'd he have to go into a boy's bathroom of all the places?!-J
"We didn't do anything."-Jade & Kurama said in unison, rather quickly.
The boy only raised a skeptical brow, eyeing their position. Jade blushed red and Kurama did the same, both knowing what he must be thinking. (Kurama was left where his more forward half had been, centimeters away from Jade. His hands, one next to his face-due to the slap- and the other was still leaning against the wall blocking off a possible exit for Jade on one side.)
Kurama quickly took his arm away, coughed politely & whispered an apology. (Which, Kisho didn't hear, he only heard a soft whisper and only saw Jade whisper something fiercely back in response.)
"I'm leaving."-Jade muttered to both boys, still blushing a faint pink. And she walked out of the bathroom head held high, but before she left, she shot Kisho a glare (making him gulp). Her glare clearly translated into "Tell anyone and I will make you pay." With a slam of the door, she left, Kurama quickly following her and exiting.
Kanaye Kisho was left in the bathroom in a state of surprise, which most Meiou High students seem to be in today. But then the silence of the bathroom was shattered when evil laughter was heard, the laughter that tells any listener that an evil plan was just thought up of.
(*Oh no! What is he going to do! Watch out Shuuichi!*)
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Huffing at what just happened, Jade found Misako and without any further interruptions, the three found the storeroom.
There Jade was pleasantly surprised. Not only did she not have to wear pink, but the skirt was optional too! (*I just don't think it would fit into the story later on if she wears a skirt.*)
So after a few minutes of changing & size picking, the 3 got new uniforms. Kurama's was basically the same, except it was a darker shade of red (darker than his hair color) and the yellow lining was more of a gold color. The school name was also stitched into the collar.
For Misako, she received a knee length skirt with a matching sailor like top, her outfit was the same colors as Kurama's. For Jade, she chose a pair of crimson pants with the sailor top, happy that she didn't have to wear the skirt. Both of the scarves on Jade & Misako's uniform had the school's name sewn in with red thread. When all was done, the bell for 3rd period class had rung.
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Kurama, being their guide, had the two girls follow him to his classes. So, they all had his schedule. For Misako this wasn't so bad, because she had been forewarned about coming to this elite school, but for Jade it was another story. First of all, how in the world she supposed to be able to read Japanese? Second, how is she going to speak it? And third, she had zero idea about what they were learning. So with these problems & doubts in her mind, Jade was not looking forward to going to class.
But she isn't known as being a rabbit here, for nothing. In short, she was thanking her lucky stars by the time the lunch bell rang.
During this class before lunch, she found out a two things.
One: the teachers here are so nice & understanding that there is no way they can be normal. She wished that they could take the place of her San Francisco teachers.
Two: All the girls here officially hated her, and her own actions, as well as Kurama's might have helped motivate it.
Here's what happened:
(*Note- the teachers in Kurama's school know English & so do most of the students. And since I do not know the stuff they learn in Japanese high schools, I'm making this stuff up*)
The three made it into class seconds before the late bell rang. Kurama & Jade glided into the room, while Misako came in breathing hard behind them. They had walked at what normal ppl would have considered a very very fast pace, but it was rather slow for Jade & Kurama. (Shuuichi didn't want to be late, since he did already miss two of his morning classes) Seeing them enter, the teacher smiled at them, it was Miss Hana Dai (first name: flower, blossom; graceful, merciful, last name: great) she was a new teacher and very nice.
She sympathized with Jade for not knowing much Japanese and did not expect much on the first day, but this was chemistry and you did not need to know much of a nation's language to be able to do science. Plus, she was good in this subject, you had to be if you wanted to be a good chi wizard (think: for the potion making*) So, Jade coasted along fairly well, but there was a point in class where things got ugly, really ugly.
Ren was in this class.
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Ren was having a bad day. First, her major crush comes in with this new girl and already Sarusuberi had told her about the showdown in the hallway & how Jade had KISSED their Shuuichi-kun! Sure it was on the cheek, but still that was way closer than any girl had gotten to him before. It just wasn't fair that she got him, while Ren and her friends had been waiting here first. And then in comes the girl that has taken over the thoughts of most of the Meiou High girl students, still wearing the duster.
Ren thinking: That girl is wearing our new uniforms!
To add to her already foul mood, was what Jade (& not so much Misako, but the brunette was involved too) was wearing. The new school uniforms, that she & her friends had spent countless of nights & days & their free time on designing. And they weren't even the first ones to wear them! It just wasn't fair! They were the ones who after-all had lobbied the teachers & principal & student council for a change in the dress code policy.
Then when Shuuichi came in wearing the new uniform, Ren's anger lessened; because quite simply he looked sooo unbelievably hot in the clothes that she & her friends had made. For a brief moment the icy glare that had been in place the moment Jade had stepped into the room was replaced with pink hearts. Yet, it was only for a moment before anger regained its hold upon this girl, and along with it, an underhanded plan.
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All the students stopped and stared at the girl who they had heard so much about already. She knew they were staring, but didn't care and simply sat down in the empty seat next to Shuuichi Misako did the same.
[You all should know a few things about Ren before you go on; she is a very possessive person (The trio girls in general are) and not only that, but a bit delusional too. (I think all the trio girls are, cause they think Shuuichi belongs to them, when he hasn't even spoke to them in a one-on-one conversation yet.) The worst part of her personality was that she was vengeful & protective of her friends. Now that is a bad combination.]
What was also bad was that it was lab day and everyone was working with chemicals, dangerous burning & staining kind of chemicals.
"Today class we are going over chemical equilibrium (* hey I did this lab in class today! It was cool! Color changes are so fun to watch!*), this will also double as a review for next week's test." (Awwwsss, are heard from the class, the teacher smiles at their love for tests.)
They go over the procedure & safety protocols. Goggles and aprons had to be worn because of the dangerous nature of the chemicals that they would be mixing & experimenting with today. The two chemicals which were the reasons for the goggles & aprons: iron-thiocyanate and HCl (aq). Iron thiocyanate was blood red and easily stained the skin/ clothes brown, if it gained contact with the skin it would wash off in a couple of days, but if it got on clothes, say bye-bye to them. And as for hydrochloric acid, the name itself sounds dangerous.
Being a responsible teacher, Miss Dai did not allow her gifted class to handle such a dangerous chemical, like HCl. She kept in a counter behind her desk and when the experiment called for it, only she would physically pour it out into the test tube.
(* I think everyone here knows the dangers of hydrochloric acid, my chem. teacher wouldn't let us handle it ourselves*)
(*Dangers of hydrochloric acid: it is poisonous, a CORROSIVE liquid that causes SEVERE BURNS to all BODY TISSUE. Maybe FATAL if swallowed or inhaled. Inhalation may cause LUNG DAMAGE. If contacted with the eyes vapors are irritating and may cause damage, may cause severe burns and PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE ...and the list goes on, you get that this stuff is dangerous, right?*)
Miss Dai had paired everyone into groups of three and of course Shuuichi was paired with the new students, because it was expected of him, as the top student in the class & he was Jade's host, to guide them along the way. (The rest of the girls watched on as these three worked together, clearly envious of the two new girls.)
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Kurama looked over to Jade as he saw her struggle with tying the red-apron that was supplied by the school. It was also a bit too long for her too, but there was nothing else shorter.
An aggravated sigh is heard as Jade nearly gives up trying to tie the dratted thing, she looks over to her other partners, (specifically, she's looking for Misako to ask for her help) but seeing that Misako was busy getting supplies from the supply tables, Shuuichi was the only one that she knew and could ask for help. But when he started chuckling at the minute he saw her with goggles on, she didn't really want to ask him for help.
Knowing that she looked ridiculous wearing goggles that enhanced her already large eyes and a three-sizes-too-large bright red apron, Jade frowned at how he found the way she looked humorous and turned her back to him, facing another direction in a huff, with her arms crossed over her chest. Her chin held high and eyes closed, showing her annoyance. But what happened next put a blush on her cheeks and then a small scowl on her lips.
Seeing that he had offended her, Youko & Kurama sweat dropped. They instantly felt guilty for laughing and worked together to fix what they had gotten themselves into.
Youko- Look what you did, Shuuichi. She's angry.
Sigh- ~ I did not mean for this. What should we do?~
Youko- Something fast, that Misako girl is coming back and Jade will probably end up ignoring us and working only with her (*meaning Misako*) for the rest of this class.
And these two bishies worked together and within a few seconds (*wow they figure stuff out so fast!*) a solution was formed.
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Jade felt a pair of arms snake around her waist, and soon she found herself in a –as she grudgingly admitted- a very comfortable hug. And then a low voice whispered into her ear: "Gomen-nasai, Jade. It was impolite of me to laugh (*here Jade could already smell the scent of roses that came from him, it slowly calmed her down and unwinding her muscles*) you don't look humorous in a bad way. You are very kawaii. (* She could feel him smile against her face.*) Let me help you."
Before he gave her a chance to reply, (which he knew would be a sharp "No") his hands tied the apron for her and readjusted it somehow so it fit her perfectly. She was blushing from his close contact, his whisper & the fact that his face was right next to hers, but then she got pissed off because yet again, he was clearly flirting with her. And the constant flirting was getting annoying. Didn't he already know that chi-wizards did not date or have any relationship with demons, except for the occasional banishment spell?
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It was a picturesque scene, two students in some-what matching uniforms, one hugging the other and the receiver of such sweet affections was blushing a light shade of pink. Both looking to outsiders a cute pair.
Some of the students noted the position that Shuuichi had Jade in; such physical contact only reinforced their opinion that their star student had fallen head over heels for the transfer girl. And it only reinforced the burning jealousy of most of the girls in the class, especially one named Ren.
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Before he let go of her, a thing that he had increasingly found out was something that he, nor Youko wanted to do, he could not help but inhale her scent one more time (causing a spike in jade's chi-level= warning of increased anger & tension) and then he removed his arms.
When he did move his arms away from her, he had let loose something that wanted very much to inflict some physical harm into him, for his "frequent overly friendly" gestures. However, it was Misako who inadvertently saved Kurama from a public backlash that Jade was just about to unleash. She had come back with the supplies and was ready to go on with the lab. So, her wanting to get their class work done reminded Jade that they were in a school & uncle Jackie had always told her to not fight in school;
J-but he never said anything about after school-J (Pictures of what she should do to Kurama flashed in her head, and she smiled a cruel smile, which Kurama did not miss. It made him gulp and rethink about what he just did.
A few minutes passed by and the class is working & most were already on the last few steps of the lab, but it was then when disaster almost struck.
Ren and her partner were up to the part where Iron thiocyanate had to be transferred from one test tube to another and seeing that she was conviently seated near Jade- she decided to put her plan into action.
Ren casually walked next into the isle separating the rows of lab tables, looking as if she were only trying to rinse out her equipment in a neighboring sink. It all happened in the range of a few seconds that a slower person would have wound up with a stained uniform & skin, but good thing Jade wasn't slow.
When Ren was making her way next to their table, Kurama's lab group had already finished their lab and was relaxing. In fact, Jade was nearly dozing off, (*with Kurama watching her out of the corner of his eyes, and Misako was re-checking her own work*) but even a sleepy Jade was quicker than any conniving high school girl could ever be. So, when Ren pretended to trip while on her imaginary trip to the sink, Jade's reflexes saved her from having a brown-blotched face for the rest of the week, unfortunately for Ren her plan failed.
Through half closed eyes, Jade had seen someone approaching and when that someone "tripped" over an imaginary object, she sensed something in the person's hand that was about to be splashed her way. So, without even batting her eyes, Jade extended her arm as a block and used her other free hand to push the object back at the "clumsy" person. (*hard to see, but just know that jade used her kung-fu moves to save herself from potential disaster. All of this took less than a second to perform*)
Blinking, because she was still a bit sleepy from almost nodding off, she slowly recognized who the assailant was, Ren Gyou.
Ren was in a state of shock, her lips were partly shaped in that of a triumphant smirk, while another part of her realized that she had failed and instead got her own school outfit stained. Her part-smirk vanished from her lips as she slowly began to realize all eyes were on her and so was Shuuichi's. Whispering was heard and judgments were being made. Everyone knew that "accident" was no accident. Ren was a talented ballet dancer after all and very fluid in all her movements, in or out of dance class. There was never a time when she had been a clutz. When she looked down at her own uniform, it was ruined and she ran out of the room, tears forming at the corners of her eyes; for she had seen the look on both their faces: Jade's was one of boredom & acceptance laced with anger& annoyance, while Shuuichi's was one of disgust & coldness.
Instead of comforting her for tripping and hurting herself, he went to that Jade girl and put his arm on her shoulder, eyes only softening when he set them on her figure. He softly asked Her if she was ok, when she (meaning Ren) was the one who needed his comfort. Her dreams were shattering before her eyes and she simply could not look on any more and ran to the girl's bathroom. Leaving behind, a classroom with a tense atmosphere and another person who was innerly raging at what had just happened to her older sister.
Enraged, a part of him wanted to follow that miserable girl and tear her to pieces for what she had tried to do to Jade. But his more rational half shot down that idea, it wouldn't do well to have blood over his hands and especially since school was still going on. So, saving thoughts of revenge for later, Kurama turned back his attention to Jade, who was only slightly irked by the failed sabotage.
Sighing yet again- "Gomen-nasai, it is because of me that these girls fight with you. I don't want you to get hurt, especially because of me."
She looks up at him, smiles wryly and shakes her head, "Probably. But don't worry I've dealt with this kind of thing before, I can handle this."
What they did not know was that danger was lurking around the corner.
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Aiko Gyou (first name= beloved one) was as the same last name suggests, Ren's little sister. She had a thirst for justice to be served the way she saw it & shared Ren's quality of being over protective of those she truly cared for. She is one of the top students in Meiou High. Though she looks much like her elder sister, she acts very differently. For one thing she isn't in love with Shuuichi Minamino and feels that kind of thing would only be a distraction to her studies; she wanted to pursue a career in law. However, she really did care for her sister, even though she did waste her time drooling over a boy. And when she saw what had happened to her sister and the way she ran out crying, her heart pounded & her fingers twitched. She hated seeing those that she cared for hurt, and always did something about it.
Miss Dai had to step out of the classroom for a few minutes and left them unattended, but being a gifted honors class, she wasn't all that worried, they were supposed to be responsible and mature. However, you must remember that she is a new teacher and tends to lack the experience that older teachers have; like remembering that she had left the counter holding the highly concentrated hydrochloric acid, unlocked and in the easy reach of a student.
So, what can you imagine happened next? Aiko took this opportunity to reach into the counter and take out some HCl and seeing that everyone was distracted and she filled a beaker of it and set it next to the sink to be rinsed out.
(NOTE: for some reason, chosen students have to wash all the test tubes & materials that the class used that day and each class group took turns washing the tools every lab day and guess what, it was Kurama's table that had to do it.)
But this sink was not working all that well, and when first opened, it would come out full force and splatter the user. However, Jade did not know this and simply chose this sink to begin cleaning up. And the first thing she chose to wash was that beaker of HCl. You can all imagine her slowly turning on the faucet and it blasting her with water and also splattering the very dangerous & highly concentrated acid all over the surrounding area, a couple of other students, her, her uniform & face.
Screams of pain, were heard, which made Kurama drop the glassware he was holding. As time stood still Kurama saw his Jade bend over in and scream yet again, other students following suit. The glass shattered to the floor as he ran toward her, practically having a heart attack at hearing & seeing her in such agony.
"What's wrong?! Jade!"- he yelled at her and started to shake her when she didn't respond. He could sense her chi-level and everything seemed normal, but the way she was shaking & crying out in pain, was not. The other students who were screaming and wailing stayed immobile on the floor, as if the pain was too much to bear in itself and walking was impossible.
"It's acid. Someone put acid here to hurt me. (*Kurama's eyes filled with guilt*) Just get me to the nurse's office now."-she whispered very quietly, and Kurama understood it was all an act for the person who put the acid there would think that she was injured and not become suspicious of her. She was the one who got hit the most, and other students were already severely injured. She screamed again, all the other students had already guessed what had happened. After all, Miss Dai had gone over in detail what HCl would do to somebody. And they also noted that there were holes where the liquid had splattered onto the shades.
"To the nurse's office!"
"Oh my god! Get them to a hospital!"
"Anyone have a cell phone?!"
"Someone get Miss Dai!"
And the shouts continued as most of the students went into a panic, not knowing what to do. However, the more levelheaded students had already assisted those with some of the acid on their clothes, in taking them off. Others had helped rinse off the acid in nearby sinks, but still those wounds needed to be treated by professionals as quickly as possible.
Kurama quickly took the still acting Jade in his arms (she was pretending to cry and hid herself in a fetal position. So, no one could see that the horse talisman powers had already healed her.)
He ran down the hallways, past teachers and strolling students. He found the nurse's office and it was thankfully empty. They needed to put their heads together to think of a great excuse as to why Jade wasn't covered all over with burns and not dying in pain.
He hugged her even tighter, before she complained that she could standup on her own & she was fine, but couldn't breathe at the moment. He let her stand up and quickly blushed
"So what do you think we should do?"-she asks and the web of lies were beginning to spin.
*HI, its really late and I'm tired, and I know I haven't included all the stuff that was said in the preview , but I wasn't planning to put that much in this chapter, and in fact I didn't even think about the cat fight or acid spilling scene...which now kinda seems just stuck in there, maybe I'll redo this chapter....but anywho in the next chapter that's where the rest of the preview will be said, plz don't kill me!
-Bye! And review!