See! I did it! Another chapter! REJOICE!
Disclaimers: I don't own DNAngel or anything else that might pop up. Why? Because I don't have the brains.
Ratings/Warnings: Uh... PG13? Maybe. Most likely. And, uh... could get a bit violent at times... Strangeness in the bucketfulls...
Pairings: What pairings? ... Oh, well, you decide.
Other: Come on! Give me a break! School's been hell, so yeah...
Crossover with: nothing... yet.
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Extras: Character Profiles #1 (From Prologue and Chap one)
1. Name: Daisuke Niwa Age: 14 Distinctive features: red hair and eyes Magic? and Healing
Brief Bio: A boy who found he had the magic potential on his fourteenth birthday and now has to go to Psycho Academy because of it. Unnaturally cheerful and optimistic, he has no real idea what his magic really is and where it is placed in the day's society…
2. Name: Emiko Niwa Age: 35 (?) Distinctive features: short hair Magic: unknown
Bio: Daisuke's mother who also seems optimistic to the extreme. Only wanting her son to have the best in life so that he doesn't suffer any ridicule, she's very suspicious to the way PA is run. There is no clear answer to whether she has magic or not.
3. Name: With/Wiz Age? Distinctive features: looks like a bunny Magic?
Bio: With has been with the Niwa family for generations, and loves strawberries and bouncing on Daisuke's head for no real reason. It has been years since the demon-bunny has shown signs of magic, so the current Niwa family are unsure to what he is capable of. Note: A very friendly bunny, at that…
4. Name: Kosuke Niwa Age: 37 Distinctive features: spiky hair? Magic: unknown
Bio: Daisuke's father and is extremely calm and is constantly saving his son from being strangled by Emiko. Not much known about him for the time being.
5. Name: Principal Age: 34 Distinctive features: wears suits all the time Magic?
Bio: He hasn't been given a clear name and seemingly pickpockets people during his spare time. That and harassing students when he's bored. No definite conclusion to how he became the principal and if he even has any magic potential.
6. Name: Little Boy Age: 11 Distinctive features: skinny (?) Magic: none
Bio: A boy who got possessed by a spirit for no clear reason. He knows about PA but other than that, nothing clear of his life, or his parents.
7. Name: Hikaru Furijima Age: 12 Distinctive features: yellow hair Magic: unknown
Bio: Goes to PA, is cousin of Ryu, and overly optimistic as she's starting as a new student. Other than that, nothing much.
8. Name: Ryu Kinamora Age: 14 Distinctive features: brunette Magic: unknown
Bio: A crazy guy who likes to drag 'newbies' into the middle of chaos. Gets lost easily and has no respect for anyone.
9. Name: Ekaiyu Age: 14 Distinctive features: black hair Magic: unknown
Bio: Not much known about her, except that she hangs around with Feena, Alma and Mizuki. Seemingly very serious.
10. Name: Feena Age: 13 Distinctive features: light-blue hair Magic: unknown
Bio: Seemingly very cheerful and very tall. Moved up a year because of her intelligence.
11. Name: Algiros Age: 14 Distinctive features: pudgy Magic: unknown
Bio: A friend of Ryu's and is… a bit strange. He also seems to be capable of analyzing Daisuke's abilities – could that mean anything?
12. Name: Mizuki Age: 14 Distinctive features? Magic: unknown
Bio: Friend of Feena, Alma and Ekaiyu.
13. Name: Alma Age: 14 Distinctive features? Magic: unknown
Bio: Yet another friend.
14. Name: Dark Mousy Age: 17 Distinctive features: violet hair + eyes Magic: attack?
Bio: All that can be said for now is that he has some really strong magical powers. Looses his cool easily and usually has to be pulled back from fights.
15. Name: Krad Hikari Age: 17 Distinctive features: blonde Magic: unidentified
Bio: He's the one who keeps Dark out of trouble as much as possible. The spell he used is currently unknown, and the only person who noticed it was Daisuke…
16. Name: Taro Age: 17 Distinctive features: wimp (?) Magic: unknown as of yet
Bio: Well, he tries to pick fights on Dark, and always loses, and always begs for mercy… what more can be said?
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With or without magic potential, people used to fear them, thinking them as evil people who would destroy the world. They were right – to some extent, anyway, with the world having many people shoved in the 'evil/bad' category, but that didn't seem to make any difference.
Some people learnt, some people didn't. But who honestly cared about such pointless things that might cost them their life?
Of course, as life went on, so did the intangible force of life, which always seemed to lead to chaos in one way or another…
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History Lesson #5
Assignment from last year
Topic: Life and Death. Death and Life.
What was life, and what was death? Because, really, when we're alive, aren't we also dying? People didn't seem to understand that, but still try to live life to the fullest, which involved life-threatening situations and other really stupid stunts and goals, that lead to life-threatening situations. And then there was the boring afterlife that pretty much left them with the same constant thought: 'I never got to do!'
But there were also the angels and the demons, weren't they? They were some form of living forms, since they sometimes came to earth for… who knows why. But it just didn't seem important to wonder the proper concept of life.
Where there was life, there was death. Where there was death, there was life. It was as simple as that.
Sometimes people had to ask what was the meaning of life and death, but no one knew so they didn't reply to that. So they dropped it, but not for long. The next day they would be asking the same question.
And so, what was the meaning? What was I supposed to say? I'm not that smart.
It's just a force there, right there, and it's in all of us.
Then again, this is an assignment, but who really cares what I say and do? No one notices me anyway. … oh well, Life and Death are always around us. We cannot escape, nor can we hide from it. It thrives in us each day, and when life gets overwhelmed by death, well… the person's dead.
That's the main idea, anyway.
(-Ekaiyu, Sector 2 student)
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History Lesson #6
Assignment from last year (Extract 1)
Topic: Origins of Magic
Million years ago, the world was formed. No one truly knows who created it, nor do they know why it became such an interesting topic. There were many theories presented, but none ever came clear for all to believe that it was true. It was a fact that would stand on its own until proven otherwise.
Magic. No one knew where it truly came from and they didn't seem to really think too much of it, until the misuse of the power came into play. People feared this hidden force, and decided that the only way to deal with them was to drown them or burn them on a stake. That or shove them off a cliff, it would seem. But where did this force of power truly come from?
No one really knows, but there are theories, just like how the world was created. This ranges from failed experiments, to aliens, to the world just going crazy. But there was one that involved the child from a world that still has not been discovered and may never be.
A world where peace and plenty was just a fool's dream, and would never be fulfilled. A place where it was kill-or-be-killed: somewhere where you had to constantly fight to keep living.
A world that would be called our own…
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Origins. Who knew of them? They were there, forever questioning our being and our responsibilities. We just don't know anymore…
We just don't know…
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Chapter Two: Classroom Catastrophes
The first impression Daisuke got as he entered the classroom was that it was dark, dank, and dilapidated. Something that would soon come to be known as the 'Three D's' and it was quite disturbing for the redhead, now that he thought about it. Following Ryu's advice, the redhead instantly made his way to the back of a classroom before taking a seat. All the students that were there also sat in the back, hoping that they wouldn't be recognized. There were only very few students who were seated at the front.
"Why do we have to get him again? I thought you'd finished him off good the last time-" whispered a hoarse voice near the front of the classroom.
"Maybe I'll just have to go to phase two then," replied another, lower, voice.
"Eh? What phase would that be?"
"Drop an anvil on his head."
"… I think you're running short of ideas again…"
The talking stopped as the door slid open slowly – almost forbiddingly – and the teacher bounced in, grinning like an insane and scary-looking clown, make-up, clothes and all. "Welcome back, everyone!"
"…" The students stared at him dully. He seemed to ignore this and continued in an obvious force of happiness.
"I hope you all had good holidays, since from now on all you'll be doing is work! No fun at all in the business of school and work, don't you agree?"
"No, sir," Algiros chirped, and the teacher beamed. "But since we have practical tests on our abilities, it makes it plenty fun. Don't you agree?" He grinned at the murmur of agreement he received. "See, sir? It's that simple."
The teacher suddenly didn't seem that cheerful, "For the tenth freakin' time-"
"Um…" Daisuke looked over at Ryu.
"Nah, this is a normal reaction for him. Once he starts swearing, you can either choose to listen to him for entertainment or cover your ears. Some of the words he uses are very… colourful. Not to mention he throws balloons and grenades at everyone. Nothing to worry about."
"Oh." Cleary something was wrong with the people, since there was plenty to worry about, the redhead chose not to point it out. For the time being, anyway.
The teacher – who was soon known to be Mr. Loony-Man-who-We-just-HAVE-to-Kill – was cut short from his tirade as someone – or something – cast a spell that immediately calmed him down somewhat. No one knew who was responsible for it, and they weren't speaking either. This seemed to disappoint most of the students except those who were in the front rows, since they would be the ones to suffer the most, even if the person at the very back had started it.
There was more talking, and, little by little, the students began to talk among themselves without paying any attention to what the teacher was doing. He ignored them and continued – since that was his job. He didn't have to teach that year – until two students thought it would be best if they decided to fight right in the middle of class.
The results were a bit… nerve-wracking.
"Hey! You can't say that about my mother!"
"Who says I can't!"
"You haven't even met her!"
"Well, I still know!"
Pretty balls of dangerous light skyrocketed and created cracks in the wall, as well as shattering a few windows. While some of the students ducked for cover, others formed a tight circle, so that Mr. Loony-etc-etc couldn't get them, despite how hard he tried.
"STOP FIGHTING IN MY CLASS!" he bellowed, but no one took heed of his words. One of the students tapped him on the shoulder. "What!"
"Night, sir," came the innocent reply, before he was blasted out of the classroom unconscious.
"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Daisuke shifted nervously next to Ryu, who was paying no attention to him whatsoever. After a while he decided the safest way to go was to leave the classroom altogether until they finally calmed down. Squeezing past a couple of hyper students, he was relieved to have reached the door without being blasted out of it. Just as this thought went through his head, a desk flew over his head, missing him just narrowly. He yelped and scrambled out, hoping that he would actually be safer outside.
"Hey, look, we do have some sane people here," said a voice close by him. The redhead turned his head slightly, and saw a small group of people gathered around the hallways, obviously seeking cover as well. The speaker waved him over.
"So, you're a new student, aren't you?" asked the person as he joined them, "The name's Cless, nice to meet you." He had blonde hair and looked fairly scrawny but seemed nice enough.
"I'm Daisuke."
"That's a nice name," a girl with short brown hair piped up, smiling kindly over at the redhead, "By the way, I'm Cecilia, and there's Miranda, Chester, Bastion, Shugo and Nina." She pointed at the rest of the group in question, and Daisuke ended up getting confused in the end.
"Are classes always this…" he started, trying to find the right word to describe what was happening in the classroom.
"Chaotic?" suggested Bastion, "Almost all the time. Ryu and his pals seem to think that the only goal in life is to try the teacher's patience. I mean, there are times when its okay, but they do it so much that it gets a bit repetitive."
"… But isn't it dangerous?" asked Daisuke.
"Only if you don't know what to do," Miranda said. "You just have to keep to yourself or your group and no one will drag you into these fights."
"But you're with Ryu and his friends, aren't you?" Cless pointed out, "I saw him dragging you around this morning. Not that I have anything against him, but you should watch your back in case."
"Um, okay…" the redhead decided that this group was as bad as Ryu's group in almost every way and excused himself, saying he had to go to the bathroom.
Once he was down one of the many corridors, Daisuke sighed and leaned against the wall. The clashing of power seemed to playing with his head and he muttered a few words under his breath, trying to work out why this school had to be so… dangerous.
"Are you okay?" asked a voice that was approaching him. The redhead looked up and shrugged.
"I could be better. My head just hurts," he replied, rubbing his temple. The girl inclined her head.
"Really? I can't feel a thing. Maybe you're just sensitive?" she said finally, "Well, once you get in tune with this school, it should tone done and everything will be alright." She frowned, "And I think the principal is skulking around again, going through people's bags, so watch out, okay?"
"Okay…" his head clearing a little, Daisuke looked up to face the actual speaker, "Wait, who-"
"Mina—hurry up!" called a voice down the corridor, "We found him!"
"Great!" the girl called back, "Well, see you around." She nodded her head in his direction before running off to join her friends. The redhead blinked in confusion before pushing some stray strands of hair off his face. He then heard the girl shriek, "Hiwatari-sama!", and he sweat dropped. He couldn't help it.
"Weird," he muttered.
"Kyu!"
"Wha! With! Where were you!" demanded Daisuke as his pet popped practically out of thin air and bowled into him happily. "I was starting to worry."
"Kyu!" replied With, "Kyu…"
The redhead began to stroke the rabbit-like creature, but jumped as he heard an explosion close by. Apparently some students were a bit too enthusiastic in the magic business.
"How am I going to live through this…" he groaned, but stopped when Ryu nearly ran into him as he turned the corner.
"Hey, I found you! Finally!" he tugged at Daisuke's arm, "Come on! We can't be late for class!"
"Uh…"
"Geez, I can't believe you left like that!" continued the brunette, not noticing the redhead's somewhat apprehensive face. "And you missed out what happened in the classroom!"
"What… did happen, in the end?" asked Daisuke gingerly.
"Well, I think both of them had to go to the infirmary in the end, and maybe two or three of the students as well," Ryu started, "But that's 'cause Loony got in the way as soon as they reached the peak of their power! Can you believe it!"
"Okay…"
"Loony just told us to collect the rest of the students who had the sense to leave the classroom," at this, he laughed, "so yeah. By the way, have you seen Feena or any of those guys yet?"
"? No, why?"
"Kyu!"
"Whoa," Ryu jumped back when he noticed With on Daisuke's head, "You have your own demon?"
"Kyu!" the rabbit-like creature huffed indignantly.
"Uh, With isn't like that."
"Sure it isn't. Hey, bunny, can you-"
"What ARE you two doing?"
Both boys stopped whatever they were doing – Ryu trying to harass With while Daisuke tried to keep his pet/friend safe – and turned to the speaker, who was tapping her foot against the charred floor to the entrance of the classroom.
"Oh, Feena," muttered Ryu meekly. "Hi."
"Are you harassing people again!" demanded the girl, who towered over him – and that was literally. "You know that if you do that, you'll have to deal with the consequences."
"You're scaring me now-" whined the brunette, cringing away from the much taller girl, "Why do you get to be so tall?"
"What was that?"
"Feena, shouldn't we get back into the classroom?" asked someone behind her.
"Oh, right." She turned away, "… Where's Ekaiyu?"
"Somewhere-" a massive vibration and explosive sound cut them short, "—over there. Oh, there you are."
"Yeah, so?"
"Nothing… let's just get into class already." Feena turned to Daisuke and Ryu, "That means you guys as well." The redhead nodded while Ryu remained in a pitiful cringing-away-'don't-let-her-see-me' position. Once they were out of sight, the brunette stood up properly and smiled in a disarming way.
"See? She's weird."
"And about your reaction…" Daisuke had to keep his laughing in check as they entered the classroom.
"Hey, if you stand up to her, she pounds you!"
"I think you're just scared of her."
"Am not!"
Daisuke was about to prod and annoy the other boy more, but stopped when he saw the condition of the classroom. That is, what was left of it: most of the students were sitting on the edges of concrete that had not been blown apart and some of the girls were screaming at the students below to stop looking up; not that it mattered, seeing as most of the students below had been knocked out by the falling floor above.
"Take a seat, take a seat," muttered Mr. Loony-etc-etc as he tried to ignore the fact that he was in no condition to teach a class. Most of the students seemed more… domestic now and were just swinging their legs in boredom and murmuring under their breaths as the teacher handed out timetables and all the other necessary stuff that the school had to pass on before the real school day started.
"Okay, you can go to your classes now," he finally said, relieved of the load of reckless students. Then again, he did have a class soon, so the relaxation wouldn't be until night… oh, the pain, the pain of it all…
Daisuke followed Ryu carefully on what was left of the classroom floor as they filed out in an orderly manner – unless they wanted to fall off and get hurt. Okay, safety first this time.
"So what do you have first?" asked the brunette, as the students split up and dispersed, laughing, yelling, the usual stuff. The redhead passed the paper over and waited.
"Okay, you have Maths now. Follow me," he shoved the piece of paper back and was soon joined by three more people as they went to the same class. "I guess you could say that this school is trying to keep up with normal schools as well, except we have lessons that involve controlling out magic and all. Understand?"
"Yeah."
"That's good, since we. Are. Lost." … "Where the hell are we this time?"
"…"
"Stupid Ryu," said the girl behind him, who was sneering slightly – probably at his stupidity. "How could you do this again? You always choose the same corridor and STILL you manage to get lost." She then turned to Daisuke and smiled calmly, "Hello, I'm Viki. Nice to meet you."
"I'm Daisuke Niwa. Nice to meet you."
"Anyway," she whipped around to hit Ryu around the head, "back to the case we have at hand. YOU ARE SO STUPID!"
"I think we should leave them alone for now," said Algiros, shaking his head, "This way, if you will." The classroom that they had to go to was only one corridor away from where they had been and the other two students with them entered first.
"So… are those two together or something?" the redhead asked curiously, while With sat on top of his head.
"You mean as a couple? Nope," the other boy shrugged, "They get along and all, but they really can't stand each other's company, despite it all. Viki acts the same around everyone, so it's cool."
"Right…" Obviously the word 'cool' had many, many definitions, and they were definitely different. Algiros ignored this and entered the classroom, Daisuke close behind.
Most of the students there were talking to themselves and the teacher was just looking bored, looking up once to see who had entered. "You two are-" she caught sight of Algiros, "Oh. You."
"Hi, miss."
"Whatever. Take a seat. And you?" she asked in a slightly politer tone to Daisuke.
"Niwa, ma'am."
"Okay, you're one of the new ones," she marked something off on a piece of paper sitting amidst the books that piled on her desk. "You may take a seat then." He did as he was told, as the distinctive sound of Ryu getting beaten up badly ceased to exist and Viki entered, nodding her apology to the teacher as she did so. Then Ryu crawled in, suffering a bleeding nose and purple eyes and that was when the teacher finally decided to do something about it.
"Why are you in such a state!" she demanded.
"Lost. Viki got angry-" the brunette tried to look pitiful but it was clear the teacher had no sympathy for him whatsoever.
"Well, you deserved it then! Now take a seat and we'll get the class started already."
Ms… whoever she was (she'll get a name later, if I can think of one) sat down again and began to start the lesson while Ryu dragged himself off and did as he was told. Besides the odd flying paper aero plane and muttered spells so people could muck around without getting into trouble, the lesson was actually rather peaceful.
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"Stop pulling her hair."
"But she started it, sir!"
"I don't care."
"You don't care about anything."
"I heard that."
"But you didn't do anything."
"Do you want me to do something?"
"No, but-"
"Then don't complain."
"But sir-"
"Be quiet or I'll send you to the principal."
"…"
Daisuke looked up from his seat position as the girl who'd been complaining and talking back fell silent, letting go of the girl-in-front's hair as she did so. Clearly some people feared the principal, but as the rumors went, students should never go to that office unless they were an adult or accompanied with other students.
This school wasn't that different from normal schools, as Ryu had said before, and they were currently studying the theory of magic and why witch burnings had come around, etc, etc.
"Sir," perked up a boy at the front, holding up his hand, "Why was it that only girls were considered as such, but even when guys showed clear signs of real magic, no one cared about it?"
"That was because they would believe that the witches had cast a spell on them, so then certain males did so to get people they hated into trouble."
"But couldn't they just get away?"
"No. Whether we like it or not, we are still just human."
"How about freezing the fire?"
"Stupid, then they might have gone to using the rakes and burning down buildings."
The last statement had come from one of the other students and there was sullen muttering from the person who had asked the question.
"Don't you tell me what happened, Miss Smarty."
"How about you, Mr. Idiot-who-can't-even-cast-a-simple-spell-without-hurting-someone-in-the-process?"
"Why you-"
"You do know that if you try and start a fight, you'll have to deal with me," intervened another voice and the two bickering students fell silent again.
"Thank you. Now, back to the paragraph we are studying-" started the teacher with the air of patience that would only annoy the students further.
Daisuke sighed. With sighed. It wasn't because they didn't like the class, but when one chaotic thing came after the other, it just got a little bit… tedious. And today was his first day as well.
Oh well, lunch was coming up. Maybe then he would get some peace and quiet.
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People running around and screaming at each other; people casting spells and hurting other people; at least there were some more NORMAL people around, who decided it was better to sit around and talk rather than hurt something just because they were bored.
The redhead wandered around, having had a different class than Ryu and, seriously, he wasn't in that kind of mood to see the obviously hyperactive guy drag him around into the middle of trouble.
How he was going to live through this for the rest of the year, and all the other years after that, he had no idea. Best not to think about it anyway.
"—and if I hear you say that again-"
Okay, more people arguing – great fun.
Daisuke stopped as he almost ran into a tree. Of course, since he DIDN'T run into said tree, he just had to trip over the people that had been sitting under it. With an undignified yelp, he fell.
"Ow-"
"Why is it always us!"
The redhead scrambled up and apologized. "I am so sorry! I didn't mean to, I mean I-"
"Owwww…" was the only muttered response as Ekaiyu rubbed her head. "Why did you have to get in the way, Alma?" The said girl with brown-blonde hair pouted before hitting the other girl over the head lightly.
"It's not my fault you keep meditating in the middle of nowhere."
"Ahaha… that's not funny, you know."
"…"
Feena smiled slightly at the redhead, "We'll be fine. Shouldn't you be hanging out with Ryu? Or did you lose him?" she pulled a face. "He loves to get into trouble, so if you see angry teachers, you'll know you're on his trail."
"Okay. Thanks then." He left he bickering group and decided that the only place left that he could have some peace and quiet was – hopefully – the school roof or, if he was EXTREMELY desperate, the bathrooms. Then again…
Boom.
Okay, the bathrooms were out of the question.
The redhead muttered something under his breath before going back towards the school building again.
And, of course, another explosion erupted.
Daisuke sweat dropped.
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Upon entrance to the school's roof, Daisuke was certain that he would get some form of peace and quiet and was instantly glad of it: at least there was someplace that was devoid of the magical booming and so forth, since all that seemed to take the energy out of the redhead. Looking around, he noticed that the roof area was only occupied by one other person.
"Excuse me," he started, "but is it okay if I sit here?" The person turned away from the book on his lap to survey the redhead before answer with a shrug.
"If you want."
Daisuke thanked him silently before sitting down. Out of curiosity more than anything else, the redhead inclined his head and stared at the only other person on that roof. For one thing, he had cerulean blue hair and eye – and he had that underlying creepiness in it as well as the redhead had soon seen – wore glasses and clearly had no interest of talking to him. Not that Daisuke cared too much, as long as the whole building didn't collapse.
Finally free from getting into the middle of chaos – that would soon become a part of his normal routine and it also seemed to follow him - the redhead pulled his lunch out and went to eating, feeding With in between intervals. And during that whole time the world below them was in more disarray than usual, as it seemed to be the only way to get through life for the students.
Then he noticed that the boy sitting next to him was watching him – yes, with the eerie, eerie look. He inclined his head politely. "Is something the matter?"
"… What origin is your magic?"
"Eh?" confused, Daisuke blinked.
"Magic. Your origins," repeated the blue-haired boy. He then raised a polite eyebrow, "Oh, you don't know. Don't worry then." He then turned back to his book without saying anymore.
"Don't know what?" obvious the redhead was curious and it was going to be a long time until he dropped the subject. The other boy just shrugged.
"There are many types of magic that can be used, and there's always an origin to that magic, whether it be clans or blessings," he then looked up at Daisuke for a brief moment, "I was just curious as to your magic origins."
"Uh…" he couldn't think of anything to say about the current topic and they both fell silent again until the school bell rang to continue the lessons.
The blue-haired boy got up and stuffed a paper bag that had been sitting next to him into his normal bag, "I guess I'll see you around then," he was by the door when he stopped and turned one last time to talk to the redhead, "By the way, I haven't introduced myself: Satoshi Hiwatari."
"Daisuke Niwa. It was nice to meet you."
"Hn."
Once he was out of sight, Daisuke sighed as he collected his belongings. Some people could be so… he frowned, well, weird wasn't the right word to really describe it, but it was something close to it. Really, some were just plain bad, while someone like Satoshi just seemed to have one of those invisible barriers shoved up all around him to avoid people. There didn't seem to be any other way to explain it, really.
Something came back to Daisuke. That girl, Mina, running off and then shrieking, "Hiwatari-sama!", all in that small time frame. He inclined his head slightly. (She really seems to like him…)
And then there were the people who created trouble for the sake of it. It wasn't right to put them into categories, but it was the only way the redhead could work it out. And today was only his first day as well.
And it was only then that he was going to be late for class if he didn't hurry.
"Oh no!"
Stuffing everything else in his bag, Daisuke rushed off. With merely 'kyu'-ed sympathetically for the redhead and clung onto his head during the whole process, obviously unable to give any other comfort.
Now that he thought of it… what was With's specialties?
Hm…
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The only thing that was worth mentioning after Daisuke's rush to the classroom was Ryu bowling him over and asking where he'd been, before the teacher ordered him to 'unhand that poor child this minute before I blow your head off!'. Since it was only the first day of school, such things were necessary and Ryu obviously had a problem with handling people who were only slightly smaller than him.
Algiros then told the redhead that being taller was an advantage when hanging around the brunette. That, or be a girl – Viki was a clear example of how well they could be treated.
And so the school day ended with Daisuke still alive. It was a miracle, really. He was told that the school would be patched up by the next day, only to be torn down again, and then rebuilt again and then torn down again… how much money did these people have! Or was it all just magic? No one was too certain on the fact.
The redhead was making his way to the front of the school – deep in thought and not looking where he was going – and accidentally ran into someone. Quickly stammering an apology, he rushed off, failing to notice who they had been.
"So that was the one?"
"Maybe. I don't know."
"Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot-"
"Can't anyone shut her up!"
"Not unless you want one of us to die. She's tough. Too tough, so unless you want to try…"
"…"
"Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot-"
"It was your fault for trying to pick a fight with him in the first place. Be glad that Hikari was there otherwise you probably wouldn't even be alive now."
"… Shut up."
"Idiot, idiot, idiot… okay, I'm tired of that word now-"
"Good."
"—so you're stupid, Stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid-"
"Yeesh."
"Anyway, why do we want to hurt this kid again?"
"Actually… I don't know."
"… Gah! You really are an idiot!"
"Don't start with me as well!"
"I thought you were supposed to get revenge on Mousy!"
"I will! … Maybe. But I'm just-"
"—STUPID, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid."
"I see, Taro. We all understand."
"… Ugh…"
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The trip home was relatively safe – with only one encounter with a semi-spirit that wanted to go home – and Daisuke sighed as he pushed the gate to his house open. With was now sleeping on his head, so it was all good.
"I'm home-" he muttered, not in the mood to really say much.
"Welcome home!" squealed Emiko excitedly as she hugged him excitedly. "So how was your first day of school?"
Deciding that he would keep the demon-in-the-morning out of his retelling, the redhead told his mother everything else.
Of course, in the end all she said was that 'Everything would be alright tomorrow'.
Daisuke doubted that particular saying quite a bit now, and there were other things that he wanted to think about.
"What origin is your magic?"
(… Seeing spirits and talking to them… and exorcism…)
"Kyu?" With blinked and tapped the redhead with his paw. Daisuke smiled and petted the animal kindly.
"It's nothing, With. Don't worry about it."
"Kyu!"
(But then again,) the redhead trudged up to his room and looked out the window, where the sun was setting really slowly, (What are my origins? And why do I possess the powers I have?
This is so confusing…)
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See! I can do strange things! Whoopdedoo and all. Uh... yeah.
Quick answers, crossovers later, characters from other places. You get the picture.
And now, replies...
-Staryday: Well, what do you know. I did update for this. Wowie... oh and I have to agree that Principals are creepy beyond comparison, so yeah.
-Kute Anime Kitty: Thanks for the nice review!
-Hakudoshi-chan: Uh... I think that was the main idea... to confuse people. Anyway, which parts ARE confusing you, and I'll try and explain, 'kay?
-Luna: Well... yeah, Sato's here now... yup. And as for pairings... well, yeah, that will come sooner or later. And something about Risa is a bit... repelling... I think, anyway.
-The Meeper: Glad you liked the story! Hope you like this chapter!
-Salioka: Well... in my opinion, it takes time to become friends with someone, and this way we can have more... action? Yeah, the two will meet though... but since they are in different years, I'll see what happens. The idea might work, though... eheheheh...
-marthawolfer: Yep, I'll definately continue, no matter what! And glad you liked my ideas! I guess if I do the same thing everytime it'll get boring, but I'm sure I can think of something interesting...
-AngelOfPastPresentAndFuture: Here's the update! Hope you enjoy:)
And everyone who reviewed get's a plushie of whatever they want! CHOCOLATE! Um... yeah. Thanks everyone!
And as for pairings, you people actually decide. So yeah, in case you were wondering how the pairings will work out, it's really up to you. REVIEWERS RULE!
Oh, and I'm back at school... I wonder if that'll change anything...?
Anyway, 'til next time everyone!