CHAPTER 9
"Hey, watch where you are go...ing..." the blonde hair student stopped abruptly once she realized the person who accidentally hit her was Arisa. Nobody wants to mess with Arisa... However, Arisa don't seem to hear her. She turned to the left and ran as fast as possible, avoiding several passing students and banging a few on the way. They all looked at her with a puzzled face. Why is she in such a rush? Arisa maintained a 'cool' image in the university and rarely shows her emotions except, of course when she is with her buddy—Tohru.
"Why is Uotani in such a rush?"
"No idea... rushing to the ladies perhaps?"
"But... did you see her face? She looks scary... as if she's ready to hit anyone that comes across her at this moment."
"Yeah... nobody wants to pick a fight with her. She's a yankee..."
Arisa don't have time to hear all these conversations... no, she's not even interested to know what others think of her. Her mind is full of terrible and horrible things. She is imagining the worst out of the worse situation and how she can save her friend. Perhaps it's easier to put it this way... Arisa don't have any supernatural powers or denpa like hana-chan (-_-) but women's sixth sense is strong... Most of the time they are accurate...
"Uotani! Come in here! I need to talk to you!"
"Sota-sensei, I am in a rush now... its emergency. I don't have time to discuss now."
"Uotani, you already had a bad reputation before coming to this University. We only accept you here because your father and the principal are friends. The principal is merely doing your dad a FAVOUR. Do you understand?"
"Fully understood. I have to run."
"Seems like you don't understand a word I just said. You must respect the elders and your lecturers. Is this how you speak to your lecturer? I think you must be given detention since you have no clue at all on the university rules. Everyone must bind to the rules if they want to excel in their studies here Discipline is..."
"Are you finished? Or should I say you don't understand English (er...Japanese?)? I said I need to go now because I have an emergency. Let me pass. You can have a long lecture with me later on." Yup, Arisa is losing patience... really losing it...
"Emergency? What sort of emergency? I can't believe that students nowadays actually have such things call emergency. During my time, the duty and responsibility of a student is only to..."
"WOULD YOU CUT IT OUT!? I have had enough! This is the matter of life and death!!! If anything happened to Tohru, I am going to put you responsible for that!" Arisa exploded at the hall way and ran towards Tohru's dormitory as fast as her legs can carry her. Her heart pounding with fear... or was it because she ran too fast? She had no idea why her heart is thumping so hard and...
"Haha, I won't let my heart explode without seeing Tohru... no matter what happened to her, I'll save her out of it... just hope its something that I can help...out..."
Arisa had finally reached Tohru's room. The door is closed, not locked. But Arisa is finding it hard to even turn the knob. She gripped the knob hard. Praying and hoping that she will find Tohru asleep in her bed or sitting down finishing up her assignments as she always would...
*CRACK* door opened
No sign of Tohru inside... the bed is tidy as if the owner did not touch it since yesterday... Arisa stood beside Tohru's study desk. Books, dictionaries, papers scattered all over the desk.
"Cih, that idiot Chisato."
Arisa flipped through the books, dictionaries and between the papers to look for any notes or message that Tohru might leave for her. Nope. Nothing. Arisa searched again, more wildly this time. Still there's nothing except for Tohru's thesis and other projects which are half done. Out of anger and worries, Arisa pushed Tohru's books from the table to the floor.
"Baka Tohru!" hot tears start streaming... Arisa sat helplessly on Tohru's bed... She's dead worried about that naïve friend of hers. What happened? From this condition, Arisa can guess that Tohru have not come back to her dormitory since last night. But where is she? If she had decided to stay overnight somewhere, surely she will inform her about it... after all, Arisa is her best friend and they hardly keep anything from each other...
"No..." though unable to believe, Arisa decided to give it a try. No matter what it cost, the most important thing is to find Tohru now and make sure she's safe. Although she kept telling herself hat nothing will happen to Tohru but part of her body is numb of that idea... as if she knew she's deceiving herself... her sixth sense is telling her that this matter may not be as 'simple' as she might have thought... but Arisa is not ready to receive any surprise... she walked in fast pace towards the dormitory phone situated at the end of the hallway and starts dialing...
"Hey, watch where you are go...ing..." the blonde hair student stopped abruptly once she realized the person who accidentally hit her was Arisa. Nobody wants to mess with Arisa... However, Arisa don't seem to hear her. She turned to the left and ran as fast as possible, avoiding several passing students and banging a few on the way. They all looked at her with a puzzled face. Why is she in such a rush? Arisa maintained a 'cool' image in the university and rarely shows her emotions except, of course when she is with her buddy—Tohru.
"Why is Uotani in such a rush?"
"No idea... rushing to the ladies perhaps?"
"But... did you see her face? She looks scary... as if she's ready to hit anyone that comes across her at this moment."
"Yeah... nobody wants to pick a fight with her. She's a yankee..."
Arisa don't have time to hear all these conversations... no, she's not even interested to know what others think of her. Her mind is full of terrible and horrible things. She is imagining the worst out of the worse situation and how she can save her friend. Perhaps it's easier to put it this way... Arisa don't have any supernatural powers or denpa like hana-chan (-_-) but women's sixth sense is strong... Most of the time they are accurate...
"Uotani! Come in here! I need to talk to you!"
"Sota-sensei, I am in a rush now... its emergency. I don't have time to discuss now."
"Uotani, you already had a bad reputation before coming to this University. We only accept you here because your father and the principal are friends. The principal is merely doing your dad a FAVOUR. Do you understand?"
"Fully understood. I have to run."
"Seems like you don't understand a word I just said. You must respect the elders and your lecturers. Is this how you speak to your lecturer? I think you must be given detention since you have no clue at all on the university rules. Everyone must bind to the rules if they want to excel in their studies here Discipline is..."
"Are you finished? Or should I say you don't understand English (er...Japanese?)? I said I need to go now because I have an emergency. Let me pass. You can have a long lecture with me later on." Yup, Arisa is losing patience... really losing it...
"Emergency? What sort of emergency? I can't believe that students nowadays actually have such things call emergency. During my time, the duty and responsibility of a student is only to..."
"WOULD YOU CUT IT OUT!? I have had enough! This is the matter of life and death!!! If anything happened to Tohru, I am going to put you responsible for that!" Arisa exploded at the hall way and ran towards Tohru's dormitory as fast as her legs can carry her. Her heart pounding with fear... or was it because she ran too fast? She had no idea why her heart is thumping so hard and...
"Haha, I won't let my heart explode without seeing Tohru... no matter what happened to her, I'll save her out of it... just hope its something that I can help...out..."
Arisa had finally reached Tohru's room. The door is closed, not locked. But Arisa is finding it hard to even turn the knob. She gripped the knob hard. Praying and hoping that she will find Tohru asleep in her bed or sitting down finishing up her assignments as she always would...
*CRACK* door opened
No sign of Tohru inside... the bed is tidy as if the owner did not touch it since yesterday... Arisa stood beside Tohru's study desk. Books, dictionaries, papers scattered all over the desk.
"Cih, that idiot Chisato."
Arisa flipped through the books, dictionaries and between the papers to look for any notes or message that Tohru might leave for her. Nope. Nothing. Arisa searched again, more wildly this time. Still there's nothing except for Tohru's thesis and other projects which are half done. Out of anger and worries, Arisa pushed Tohru's books from the table to the floor.
"Baka Tohru!" hot tears start streaming... Arisa sat helplessly on Tohru's bed... She's dead worried about that naïve friend of hers. What happened? From this condition, Arisa can guess that Tohru have not come back to her dormitory since last night. But where is she? If she had decided to stay overnight somewhere, surely she will inform her about it... after all, Arisa is her best friend and they hardly keep anything from each other...
"No..." though unable to believe, Arisa decided to give it a try. No matter what it cost, the most important thing is to find Tohru now and make sure she's safe. Although she kept telling herself hat nothing will happen to Tohru but part of her body is numb of that idea... as if she knew she's deceiving herself... her sixth sense is telling her that this matter may not be as 'simple' as she might have thought... but Arisa is not ready to receive any surprise... she walked in fast pace towards the dormitory phone situated at the end of the hallway and starts dialing...