A/N: Sorry I took so long, I've been out visiting my grandparents in London. It was really fabulous, but I'm glad to be back home and back to my computer where I belong. So here's the 6th chapter!
Chapter 6: Presidential campaigns and unexpected visitors
The rest of the day, surprisingly, went pretty normally until afternoon when the headmistress of the school called a meeting in the auditorium to elect class president nominees. Now Kia, who was a bit claustrophobic normally, was about to have a panic attack when the whole class (about 200 people) crammed into the tiny auditorium.
"Is there anyway that I can get out of here?" Kia asked Kyo, looking around for any possible exit. Kyo shook his head morosely.
"No, and if there was, I wouldn't try it. The headmistress is a very strict, evil woman. Who knows what she would do if she caught you sneaking out" he answered. Kia groaned and slouched back in her seat. After about five minutes the headmistress arrived and silence immediately fell among the students.
"Hello, and welcome to another rigorous year of school here at Kaibara High. I hope that you find your classes enjoyable, and if you don't, then it's all the better. So for our first order of business I shall cover the ground rules" the Headmistress said, while glaring around the room to see if anybody dare talk or sleep while she was giving her speech.
So after about a hour of the headmistress spewing out rules ranging from "no talking during classes" to " no running, sprinting, galloping, crawling, wallowing, or power walking in the hallways" ; she finally got to what she called everyone here for in the first place, presidential nominees.
"Okay so now that we have the rules set down, do we have any nominees for class president?" the headmistress asked. At once Yuki's little fan club stood up and said in unison
"We nominate Yuki Sohma." Yuki groaned and sunk down in his seat.
"Okay, so we have Yuki Sohma, is there anyone else" the Headmistress said, writing Yuki's name on her little clipboard.
Kia, who was bored out of her skin, was falling asleep as somebody named Koga Adzuki nominated himself. Her eyes were just about to close when a familiar voice from the back of the room spoke out.
"Well, if I may, I think I would make an excellent president"
Kia, Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo all turned around to see Ayame standing up, dressed in an extravagant suit, his hair falling to his back.
"You can't run for president!" Yuki said.
"And why can't I?" Ayame asked, sounding hurt.
"Well first of all you're like 27 years old, and second of all you don't even go to this school" Kia answered, looking very annoyed.
"Yes, if you do not go to this school or are not in the sophomore class, then you can not run for president" the headmistress said.
"Oh, well in that case, I nominate Kia Sohma" Ayame said loudly. Kia turned a very bright shade of red and started murmuring under her breath.
"If you do not go to Kaibara High, then you also cannot nominate anybody" the headmistress said sharply. Kia let out a very relieved sigh just as Yuki's fan group stood up again.
"Then we nominate Kia Sohma" they said, as they gave Kia their famous death glare. Kia glared back at them, but was interrupter by the headmistress saying very loudly
"Well then, we have our three nominees, and I wish them all the best of luck. You all are dismissed now, go back to your classes" she said, as she walked out of the auditorium.
Ayame ran out after the headmistress, followed by a very irritated Kia. As soon as they were outside Kia was fully prepared to give Ayame a thorough soaking, but he was nowhere in sight. She was just about to go look for him when Kyo came up to her.
"Well, I know that you don't want to be president, but I swear, you can't let that stinking cat beat you. I officially elect myself as your campaign officer and I won't let you lose!" Kyo said in one breath. Kia, who wasn't even listening, was trying to spot Ayame in the crowd of people.
"Have you seen Ayame?" she asked Kyo.
"Who cares, you can give him a thrashing later, we better hurry, we'll be late for class" Kyo said.
"Yeah, where is the classroom anyways?" Kia asked.
"Follow me, I just found this really cool shortcut this morning, I think it should lead us to the classroom in no time" Kyo said, leading Kia down the maze of hallways.
"In no time" actually turned out to be an hour, and, though Kyo wouldn't admit it, they were hopelessly lost.
"God, how big can one school be?" Kyo growled.
"Hey, this hallway looks familiar; we've been here before, haven't we? Just admit we're lost, Kyo" Kia said.
"No, we're not" Kyo said very stubbornly. Finally the two managed to end up in the courtyard in the front of the school.
"Ah, now we know where we are" Kyo said "but that doesn't mean that I didn't know where we were before" he added quickly.
But at this point Kia wasn't paying attention to Kyo, but at the figure that was standing on the other end of the courtyard.
"Oh god" she whispered, burying her face in Kyo's shoulder.
"What's the matter, Kia?" Kyo asked.
"Look over there" Kia said, pointing at the figure that was walking to them. Kyo looked at it and immediately scowled.
"Why the hell has he come here?" Kyo asked.
"I can't face him Kyo, it's too soon" Kia whispered, her head still hidden in his shoulder.
"Is it just me, or do you have another person growing out of your shoulder?" the figure asked as he stopped right in front of Kyo.
"Shut up, Haru" Kyo said, glaring at him.
"Ah, still as loving as last time, aren't we Kyo" Haru said.
"Are you trying to start a fight" Kyo growled.
"Well actually, yes I am" Haru said calmly.
Kia shook her head, trying to hold Kyo back.
"Oh, it seems as though your little girlfriend doesn't want you to fight" Haru said, teasingly.
"She is not my girlfriend" said Kyo, disgusted.
"Yeah, so she's just some random girl who has her head attached to your shoulder" Haru said.
"No, she's just some random girl who was trying to hide" said Kia lifting up her head, peering at Haru with her scarlet eyes. God, he hadn't changed since she last saw him two years ago.
When it dawned on Haru who the girl was, he stumbled back, his eyes wide.
"Kia?" he whispered, not really believing what he saw.
"So it seems" Kia muttered, looking at the ground.
"When? How? Akito said…god, where did you go?" Haru stuttered.
"Um, China" Kyo said, studying an oddly shaped rock.
"China? Why? Why did you leave?" Haru asked.
"I had to, Haru, I had no choice" Kia said, still not looking at the sky, the trees, everything that wasn't him.
"You had to? Was it because of me" Haru asked, even more confused than before.
"No, it wasn't because of you" Kia said in barely a whisper.
"Then why Kia, why did you leave?" Haru asked, his voice rising a bit as he got more desperate to get some type of information out of her.
"Leave her alone, can't you see that she doesn't want to talk about this" Kyo growled, stepping in between Kia and Haru.
"But…" Haru started
"No buts, Kia is not very comfortable with this, and if you still like her even a little bit then you will shut your mouth" Kyo said firmly. It was times like this when Kia was thankful that Kyo was her brother.
Haru shut his mouth, but still looked at Kia with questioning eyes. He noticed that she had gotten taller, she was almost as tall as he was now, and that she still looked amazing, the way she had six years ago.
"Kyo, Kia, where were you!" Kami said, crossing the courtyard, breaking the very tense silence that had been going on for a few moments.
"I had to leave my class just to come and find you. You are very lucky that the Headmistress did not find you skipping or…oh" Kami said as she looked upon Haru.
"A little reunion, I see" Kami said smiling slightly.
"Something like that" Kia muttered under her breath
"Why did you come here Haru?" Kami asked.
"Well, I came to see Kyo, we had a little, um, argument to sort out."
"Basically you came to fight Kyo" Kami said.
"Yeah, but I came here, and well…"
"You found Kia" Kami finished for him. Haru nodded.
"Well this is a surprise, I should think that you are a bit flustered Kia, I mean this does conflict with Akito's plans" Kami said.
"Just like it did six years ago" Kia said.
"Ah, so that's why Akito became so violent" Kami said.
"What did Akito do to you?" Haru said looking at Kia
Kia sighed and lifted up her shirt a bit to reveal a long scar that crossed her stomach. Haru gasped and glared.
"Is that when he said that you were in the hospital getting treated for a cold? I knew something was wrong about that story. I even asked you afterwards but you told me that you did get treated for a cold." Haru said, looking at Kia.
"I…I didn't want you to get angry and go do something rash and end up in the hospital too" Kia said finally looking up at him.
"I wouldn't have minded, I never thought you would keep something like that from me" Haru said, sounding hurt.
"I had to Haru, it's…it's complicated" Kia said.
"Akito's plans usually are" Kami commented
"What does she mean by Akito's plans" Kyo said looking at his sister.
"What? You didn't even tell your own brother?" Kami said, surprised.
"How could I Kami? You know how much he hates Yuki. He'll go storm off to Akito and do something crazy!" Kia said.
"I think he'll understand" Kami said softly.
"Um, hello, there's no need to talk like I'm not here" Kyo said.
"Well, if you won't tell him then I will, he is your brother, he has a right to know" Kami said. Kia sighed, there was no use arguing with Kami.
"It is prophesized that if Kia bears a child by the age eighteen then that child will have the power to break the curse" Kami said. Kyo and Haru both gasped and started at Kia, who was slowly turning a very violent shade of red.
"Akito wants Kia to marry the member of the zodiac that she is best matched with. And that person would be Yuki." Kami finished. Kyo suddenly looked as if he was going to be sick and Haru looked as if he was about to turn black.
"You can't marry him" both Kyo and Haru yelled at once. Kia looked at them miserably.
"That is what I have been trying to tell Akito this whole time, but what Akito says goes" Kia answered.
"I'd rather you married Haru" Kyo yelled
"Yeah, I'd rather you married me too" Haru yelled just as loud.
"Who's marrying who?" Yuki asked as he came into the courtyard, followed by Tohru. Kia, Haru, Kyo, and Kami all turned to face Yuki as he walked to them. Kia turned even redder than she already was and glared at Kyo and Haru.
"Nobody is marrying anybody" Kia said as she smiled brightly.
"Not if I have anything to say about it" Kyo growled at Yuki.
"Me neither" Haru said, as he stepped in front of Kia protectively.
"Ah, nice to see you Haru" Yuki said icily. Yuki had always gotten along with Haru, but now Yuki was feeling a bit frustrated and angry at Haru, though he didn't know why. And was it his imagination or was Haru standing a bit too close to Kia?
Kami looked on this scene with interest and smiled, this was going to be interesting.
A/N: so how did you like it? I tried to make up for the long wait by making this a longer chapter. So bye until next time!