A/N: I noticed I forgot to put homeroom teachers in their schedules. Oh well I think it's easier for the stories sake to forget about homeroom. Then I can focus on the main part of the story. I hope it's not bad for a first fic anyway.
Disclaimer: Blah, blah I don't own Xenosaga.
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Kos-mosMomo- Yay! My first reviewer. I'm glad you like the story I'll try to update frequently since its summer vacation and all.
Devilman666- Ziggy is a history teacher, as shown in chapter two in the girls' schedules, but he will be referred to as Jan Sauer until Momo meets him. chaos is a student and will be introduced soon.
Of Cherry Blossoms and Peaches
Summary: AU When Momo and Sakura move to Second Miltia, they meet a certain, cocky redhead and begin to have feelings for him. What will they do when they find out they are both in love with Jr.? Momo/Rubedo/Sakura
Chapter 3:
On the so-called tour, Rubedo showed them the middle and high school cafeterias along with the gym. Currently they were in the main lobby deciding which classes to find first.
"Maybe we should look for the classes Momo and I share first." Sakura suggested.
"Not a bad idea Sakura. This school could use more girls as smart as you." He complemented.
She giggled slightly and punched him playfully in the shoulder.
These displays of 'flirting' (and cheesy pick-up lines) were starting to bother Momo. They only knew each other for about fifteen minutes yet they acted like they were friends. Or rather more like lovers. She wasn't jealous at least she didn't think she was…
It wasn't unusual for Sakura to have…almost multiple personalities. Only Momo seems to notice this though. Sakura seems to have a different, caring side when she's alone with Momo. When others are present her tomboyish, confident nature shows often leaving Momo to herself.
This wasn't because of her being a selfish brat. The reason is actually quite far from that. It was because of her father's untimely death. Although she didn't show it, Sakura was affected the most by his death, even more then Momo or Juli in fact. She was very close to him. Some considered her a daddy's girl which wasn't far from the truth. Momo remembered how she took the news when she found out that he was killed in a car accident.
Flashback
Momo and Sakura were taking their home-schooling lessons from Juli when a sudden phone call came from the UMN. The monitor read: "Urgent! Emergency!" Juli quickly patched in the call and a man with a tense expression on his face that appeared to be a doctor said, "You are the family of Joachim Mizrahi, correct?"
She answered fearful and anxious to find out what was amiss, "Yes I am Juli Mizrahi with my two daughters Sakura and Momo Mizrahi. Is something wrong?"
The man sighed a bit but hastily regained composure, "Joachim Mizrahi has been in a car accident. He is in the hospital now in critical condition. It is likely he may not-"
"I understand. I will be there right away." She replied quickly not wanted her daughters to overhear.
When they arrived at the hospital the nurse showed them to the O.R (Operating Room) where Joachim Mizrahi was currently residing. Sakura and Momo gasped when they saw their father lying helplessly on his death bed. Juli turned her eyes away from the sight. He was covered with bandages and tubes of all sorts. Doctors and droids were scurrying about. Sakura tried to run to him but Juli grabbed her arm.
"They're nothing you can do now, Sakura. Don't make it harder on yourself…"
She pulled out of her mother's grasp, "Let me go! I'm not giving up on him!" She ran over to her father.
"Daddy, daddy, wake up! You have to wake up!" She started shaking him. Momo walked over to her sister and tried to comfort her.
Suddenly his green eyes opened slowly and he looked up to the girls. "Sakura, is that you…and Momo?"
Her eyes lit up in happiness and relief as she hugged him, "Oh daddy, I knew you were okay."
His eyes then filled with pain and sorrow, "I'm sorry Sakura…I won't-" Then his eyes glazed over and his body went limp. His breathing stopped and the heart rate monitor started beeping.
A doctor came and led the family out of the room. "I'm sorry you must leave now. Please remain in the waiting room."
"No I must save daddy!" Sakura screamed before the door was shut. Tears started flowing from her eyes.
Juli went over to Sakura and Momo and hugged them. "The doctors are doing all they can. There is nothing more we can do." She continued to cry more.
Momo looked over to her sobbing sister but stayed silent. She kept her gaze on the floor her eyes brimming with tears. What could she say? Her father was dying and little hope was left.
An hour later, Joachim Mizrahi had died. When they arrived home Sakura locked herself in her room and wouldn't come out for 2 days. At the funeral she kept her head down and said nothing. It scared Momo because she looked like the grim reaper in her black clothing and she didn't even mourn.
End Flashback
That happened 2 years ago. Sakura has acted strangely ever since this incident. Despite the fact that she had healed somewhat over time, some of her odd behavior still lingered. She was able to fool most people, including her mother, but not Momo. She used to be quiet and reserved as Momo is now then suddenly she became outgoing and cheerful. Maybe she was trying to hide some sort of weakness. Momo tried to bring up the subject subtly but Sakura would change it every time. Eventually Momo let her be.
"Hey Momo, aren't you coming?" Sakura asked waving a hand in her face.
"What?" Then she noticed they were waiting for her.
"You suddenly zoned out. You okay?" Rubedo asked.
"Yeah I'm fine. Let's go." She said and went to catch up with the other two.
Since Sakura and Momo had science, PE, and Japanese together, so he showed them where they were located. Then where the history, art, orchestra, English, and math classrooms were. They returned to the main lobby at the end.
"Well you girls should go to your first period now. Maybe we can meet up at lunch. You can meet my friends and my two brothers."
"Thank you Rubedo for the tour." Sakura said with a sweet smile.
"It was nothing…hey look we both have math and English together," he said showing Sakura her schedule, "I can take you to lunch from there."
"That's fine, Rubedo. But what about Momo?" she said looking to her sister.
"Oh, I'll be okay. I mentally recorded the locations of our classes to my database. It's unlikely I'll get lost." she said.
"Alright see you around Momo." Sakura called dragging Rubedo with her to math.
"Let's see it seems I have art first. That should be fun." She closed her schedule file and headed to the art room.
Wilhelm was currently observing his students work. You must be wondering why someone like him would be teaching art. Maybe he was under the pretense of being one. Either way he did it quite well.
"Um...hello?" Momo asked standing at the door.
"Ah you must be our new student. You may take a seat next to Mary." He showed her to a seat next to a blonde girl with blue eyes who was currently teasing an annoyed looking blacked-haired boy.
"Hey, you must be the new girl. What's your name?" she asked.
"My name is Momo. I came from Fifth Jerusalem." She responded.
"Oh well I am Mary Godwin, the younger of the Godwin sisters. It is a pleasure to meet you. The quiet black-haired boy in front of you is Nigredo Yuriev."
He looks a lot like Rubedo. Maybe they're related. Rubedo said he had two brothers, Momo thought.
'You can meet my friends and my two brothers.'
"Excuse me, but are you related to Rubedo?" she asked.
"You know Rubedo?" he questioned.
"Yes, he gave my sister and me a tour around the school this morning. He is very nice actually." Momo replied.
"I am his brother." He simply said and continued with his artwork.
"Hey Nigredo, are you jealous that Rubedo got to a pretty girl first?" Mary kidded.
"Hush up Mary," he said irritated, "You should concentrate on your artwork if you want to pass first quarter." He pointed at her sloppy self-portrait of herself
Momo overhear this and blushed slightly. "We're just friends. I've only known him for a day." She said good-naturedly.
Besides he likes Sakura anyway…
Next she had science with Ms. Shion Uzuki who seemedkind until a kid -who must have seriously been asking for his death bed- made a sarcastic remark. "Hey Ms. Uzuki, you wouldmake a good couple with Uzuki-sensei. You know that Japanese teacher." She turned bright red with anger and humiliation as the class burst out in laughter and screeched, "I am not associated with that man in that kind of way! He ismy no-good brother!" She furiously filled out a detention slip and sent him out.
After that she had history with Mr. Jan Sauer which was a pleasant surprise since she had met him at the subcommittee when her mother took her two daughters to work with her. When she first came in the classroom she shouted, "Ziggy! I didn't know you were here!" and hugged him. Then she noticed the stares of her classmates. 'Ziggy' said slightly embarrassed, "Momo you are to call me Mr. Sauer in class please." She blushed, apologized and sat at an empty desk far in the back. However some of the sniggering remained.
Finally it was time for lunch. She decided to meet up with Sakura and Rubedo, when Mary, Nigredo, a similar-looking albino boy, and a mauve-haired girl caught up with her.
"Hey Momo, would you like to join us for lunch?" Mary asked.
"Well, I was planning to sit with my sister and Rubedo." Momo said.
"Oh Rubedo usually sits with us anyway. He'll probably bring your sister too. Then you can meet the rest of the gang."
"Gang?" Momo asked.
"Yeah all of our friends sit in a group at the table near the lunch line. We'll show you where it is." Mary said.
When they had purchased their lunch and sat down, Momo observed the other occupants at the table. This included Rubedo, Sakura, Mary, Nigredo, and some others she didn't know.
"Here I'll introduce the two of you. My two brothers are Nigredo, the black-haired one and Albedo, the albino, Yeshua, or better known as chaos, on his right, Mary, the blonde, and Shelley, the violet -haired girl. Everyone meet Sakura and Momo."
"Hey," they all greeted.
"Now that we all know each other, let's dig in."
Momo picked nervously at the food with her utensil. "What is this stuff?"
Shelley sighed, "Chef's Surprise. Even after two thousand years they still haven't managed to provide decent food for public schools."
She saw Rubedo practically wolfing down his food. Sakura said with mock disgust, "Eww...you're gross, Rubedo. Don't you even chew? I wonder how you stay so skinny." After he finished he retorted, "It's because of my great metabolism. Whaddaya think? Besides you haven't even touched your food." She just laughed at him and he gave her a goofy grin.
"Ugh…the only thing more nauseating than Rubedo's manners is his behavior around pretty girls." Albedo groaned.
"You got that right." Nigredo agreed.
"That may be so but…doesn't he seem happier? I mean since he'd been dumped by his previous girlfriend." chaos asked.
"I guess, but what if things don't work out again?" Mary wondered.
"Sakura wouldn't do anything like that. Whenever she wants something, she's determined to make it happen." Momo said.
"I hope what you say is true, Momo. They would make a good couple, wouldn't they?" Mary asked.
Momo didn't say anything. She thought she even felt envy somewhat. Not towards Sakura but to Rubedo…surprisingly. She felt he was taking Sakura away from her. She hadn't said a thing to Momo all day. She spent all her time with Rubedo-not even the others. They were inseparable. Although she didn't want to admit it, Sakura seemed better-off with him than with her. The only way she would know for sure is if she confronted her after school. Momo didn't want to lose her best friend to a boy.
A/N: I hope this story isn't as bad as I think. I'm not getting many reviews. ; P I have some sort of idea for the plot but I'm not sure how to put it together. R&R for ideas.
