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Title: Mizu no Hana
Author: Ec-chan
Disclaimer: see last chappy…
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AN:EEE;;; Sorry guys ;; I tend to forget to upload things if I don't get reviews or just forget about writing fanfiction altogether these days. I'm working on an original story so that takes up most of my time… anyway I have a bunch of chapters written so I'll begin to upload them again ;;;
Oh and thanks so much for all of your comments ;;
Alexandra, thanks especially ;p. I love criticism more then anything else ;; because it tells me things I'm doing poorly and need to work on or it's just simply a way for me to know what people think while reading my work. So thank you for taking the time to give me that.
And for everyone in the US who have not finished the series there will definitely be SPOILERS so please don't read if you don't want them...
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"Mizuki!" Julia practically pounced on Ashiya when she exited the car. "What happened! Are you okay! Why are you back! They found you out! Your parents won't let me inside! Do they know! Did the school tell them!"
So many questions poured out of Julia that it made Mizuki's head pound. She must have been waiting for her outside, Mizuki realized with a start. Her parents must be more upset then she had thought!
"Someone at school found out and it got out," Ashiya told her quickly. "I'll tell you more about it later…but I left on my own accord and my brother told my parents what happened so I'd better get inside and see if they'll accept my explanation or not…"
"What happened with Sano!" Julia asked.
"Uh…we're dating now," Mizuki said, her face bright pink. "We started right before everything happened…it was strange, because he knew I was a girl all along!"
"Why do you think I backed down and left?" Julia asked, rolling her eyes. "I figured out he knew and that's why my plan didn't work from the start!"
"You knew that he knew!" Mizuki asked, startled. "And you didn't tell me!"
"That was for him to tell you not me," Julia replied. "Anyway, I'll leave you to your parents. Good luck. I hope they understand. You better call me later though!"
And with that she was gone…
Shizuki had been waiting for her rather impatiently at the door and Mizuki hurried to join him. Well…it was now or never. She followed him into the house.
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"Wait…let me get this straight," the principal said. "You want to transfer to a school in Berekley?"
"Yes sir," Sano said. "Well…I actually wanted to see if it was possible at all. One of my relatives spent their last year in the states and the colleges seemed to really like that…especially since I plan to go to college in the U.S., it will show that I can speak English enough to pass me through my last year of high school."
"We DO do exchanges to the U.S. for a year through this school," the principal said, leaning back in his seat. "However, we usually have the student take a year off of their junior year and come back to finish up their last two years. But then all of the students who have gone so far do not know English until they learn it there…"
"I already am fluent in English," Sano said. "I went there during the last break and was able to communicate fine."
The principal nodded, "I don't see why not then…if you get all of the paperwork filled out and turned in in a decent amount of time then I'm sure that the school can arrange something."
"Thank you sir," Sano said.
"Out of curiosity's sake, why do you want to go to college in the U.S.?" The principal asked as he was digging through files for the appropriate paperwork. "Simply because the academics are known to be more rigorous there?"
"Yes," Sano allowed. "I believe that I can get a better job by going there for school and then returning to Japan afterwards."
"I see," the principal said. "What about high jumping?"
"I love it, but I don't think that it's something I should base my life on," Sano said quietly.
"You've done well in this school Izumi. Your grades are high enough for you to get a scholarship and you should have a scholarship for high jumping." The principal said with a smile. "I think you'll do just fine in life no matter what you decide to do with school…but I'll be sure to find you a school that has a good high jumping program."
"Thank you sir," Sano said again.
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AN: Just to make a point… I'm not the type of person who likes uncomplicated plots. I'm a bit leery about this chapter and the next because it makes you think this story is going to be cut and dry, but I hope that you see that it won't be soon.
Thanks for reading! Any comments will be greatly appreciated! Sorry for the wait . ;;
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