WITCH!

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"Baka! That's not the heart, that's the stomach!"

"What would you know? Huh?" Mimi snapped, finally gathering the courage to talk back to the conceited blonde.

Kido-sensei motioned the hostile pair to settle down and slouched down the aisles, glancing down at the dead frogs. "Now acquaint yourself with you frog," he lectured bleakly. "But we know how this story is going to end- so try not to get emotionally attached."

"Cute, very cute." Yamato muttered dryly.

Mimi sighed, poking at the lifeless frog with a dissecting utensil. "Poor, poor Tad-kun."

Her lab partner creased his forehead in confusion. "Who the heck is Tad-kun?"

Exasperated, Mimi nodded towards the reptile. "The frog, of course. Who did you think I was talking about?"

The blonde rolled his eyes in disgust and mumbled sarcastically, "Ohhh, how could I be so stupid! Tad-kun is the frog! We gave the frog a damn name! What, are you the mommy and I'm the daddy of Tad-kun now?"

"Get over yourself, Ishida. Why do you have to be such a prick? I mean, what did I do to you?" Mimi placed down her dissecting instrument and gave the boy a long look, waiting for his answer.

"Because," he lowered his voice and tilted close to her ear, making her shiver. "You're a monster." He drew back, seething quietly.

Momo clucked his tongue, perched on Mimi's head this time. "Ooo, touchy touchy. What's up with this guy, anyway?"

"Dunno. Beats me." Mimi replied quietly to the gadget and exhaled in annoyance. "Okay- fine! You obviously have a problem with me so let's just not…talk." She said to Yamato and began to work on the frog alone.

"Whatever…"

A beaky face suddenly appeared between them. "Aw, look," Kido-sensei pointed at the dissecting tray with mock dismay. "You've bored your frog to death. Slice and dice!" He ordered merrily and moved on.

Yamato stared at the teacher's reclining back and shook his head in disbelief. "Weird guy."

Mimi made a face. "I hate doing this." She frowned. "If only I could bring Tad-kun back to life! And he will roam around…in his uh, ponds once more."

"What?" The boy stared at her as if she was mental. "Don't be crazy."

Ignoring Yamato, the girl studied her frog closely, circling her finger around its body. "I think his heart is somewhere around"- she pointed- "here."

A tiny spark leaped from Mimi's index finger to the frog. The animal's dead skin flushed to a healthy green, and the back legs began to twitch.

"Holy-" Yamato started but received a warning look from Kido-sensei.

"Language, Ishida."

"B-but! Our frog is alive!" Mimi protested urgently, excitement creeping into her eyes as she watched Tad roll over onto his belly.

A few girls started to scream giddily, causing Kido sensei to growl angrily to himself as he muttered, "Never buy frog corpses from the zoo."

Mimi glanced at Yamato, who was scrutinizing her the same way he did the day before, during the teacher-student molesting incident.

It was a look of hatred.

"Stop bringing your paranormal tricks into the school, Tachikawa. You think it's funny? It's not." The blonde shot her one last glare before striding out of the chaotic biology room.

The cat gave Mimi a look. "Maybe he's in love with you."

"Ewww. Momo-chan!"

"Just kidding, kiddo! Just kidding…"

***

She found him seated with Taichi in the cafeteria, both taking large mouthfuls of rice from their bento boxes. 'Oh no, I'm no way sitting near him.' She curled her lip in dislike and hurriedly tried to find another spot.

But she was too late. "Mimi-chan! Over here!" An eager Taichi stood up from his seat, waving an arm about. But the other boy looked extremely unhappy to see the new student.

The girl faked a smile as she walked over to them, distantly sitting herself from Yamato. "Oh! Hey Yagami-kun, Ishida." She greeted civilly while she set her lunch set down.

"Hiya! Whatcha got for lunch?" Eyeing Mimi's lunch, the wild brunette licked his lips hungrily.

She sweat dropped and scratched her head sheepishly. "Oh, some tempura my aunt made me," she lied. In reality, she had asked Momo-chan to concoct it for her with a spell.

"Wow!" Taichi marveled. "Your aunt's so cool! Everything my mom cooks tastes like dog food," he muttered gloomily before leaning back in his seat.

Mimi laughed for the first time that day, not aware of Yamato staring at her with a strange look on his face.

'She laughed…' He thought, a puzzled expression washed over his sharp features.

"Yo, Yama-kun! I gotta go, dude. Toji-sensei caught me eating in class and I owe him lunch detention." He sighed and waved a hand in apology. "Bye bye, you two!"

"Ja," the two answered simultaneously, and then glared at each other.

"Spill it, Ishida. What's your problem with me?"

Scowling, the blonde retorted, "Nothing."

Sighing, Mimi's eyes rolled to the ceiling. "You really expect me to believe that, ne? I'm not stupid. Just tell me what I did wrong…" her face softened, as if she was about to cry.

Yamato considered whether he should expose his secret. 'Should I tell her? She seems really sorry…' He shook his head and sighed. "All right. I'll tell you."

Mimi tossed him a fleeting look in distrust. "Eh…Hontou ni?"

"Yea, yea."

The girl smiled shyly and waited, not knowing the little slice of information she was about to receive would change her entire life.

The boy opened his mouth and said unconfidently: "My mom… was murdered by a witch."

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Author's note: I took some story ideas from Sabrina the Teenage Witch! So credits to the series! xP Hope everyone is enjoying the fic so far! Lastly, a big thank you to the frequent reviewers. You guys really inspire me to write more and more!