Chapter 5: Confrontation

'stupid, stupid, stupid, STUPID BITCH!'

Miko seethed as she yanked stuff out of her locker. Slamming the door shut, she slung her bag over her shoulder and walked towards the door.

'hey wait!'

ignoring the voice, she pushed open the door and stepped outside into the sunlight, tossing her hair out of her eyes, she walked down the steps. Suddenly someone grabbed onto her wrist. She whipped around.

It was Tala.

'what do you want now?' she growled, but there was a slight exasperation in her voice.

'I just wanted to ask you if you were okay?'

'my ass.' She muttered. Without waiting for him to reply, she continued. 'when have you ever thought about anything other than yourself, player?'

why do you always have to put us down, Mi?' he asked back.

'it's MIKO, redhead. And in case you haven't noticed, you and your friends deserve the way my friends and I treat you.' She said, trying to pull her hand out of his grasp, but he held on.

'oh really? Care to explain why?' Tala replied, backing up against the wall and pulling Miko against him. 'or is that against your rules?'

'i…' Miko found that she couldn't force the words out of her throat, she took an angry breath. 'I-'

'what, huh? What?' Tala grinned. 'cat got your tongue?'

'you are really asking for it right now.' She hissed. 'let…me…go. I have somewhere I need to go.'

'skipping school now are we? In fact, I'm in the mood to skive off lessons myself.' He grinned his lopsided grin.

'yeah? Good for you.' Miko said, not looking a him and trying to pull his arms off her waist.

'must you always fight us?'

'us? US? WHAT AM I? A TOY?' she yelled.

'hey, whoa, chill. I didn't mean anything like that.' He said hastily.'

'oh yeah?'

Tala was starting to panic slightly, he was losing his cool, unintentionally. Somehow, this girl had the power to capture his attention and keep it, unlike other girls in the school, they only had the ability to get his attention by flirting, crowding around him, and trying to, or seducing him. But the attention only lasts for about one night. But Miko Kiwatashi, she was a whole different story. She was feisty, she didn't care about him or his friends, she didn't adore them, not one bit, she didn't give a damn what other people say about her or her friends. She fought back to anybody she wanted to and had the power to beat up him and his friends. And it intrigued him. He was for once curious and eager to know about what goes on inside her head, how she thought, what emotions she stirred up.

'LET ME GO!.' Miko yelled, heaving one big pull and yanked out of his grasp.

'hey wait wait wait!' he called, hurrying after her as she walked towards the parking lot. 'you didn't answer my question yet. Why my friends and I deserve the way you treat us?'

'are you stupid?' Miko whipped around, making him stop in his tracks. 'you guys take us for granted, girls are nothing more to you than sex toys, we have no place in your lives other than to amuse you when you feel like it and cheer you up when you feel pissed off. And you take your anger out on us. My friends and I are not morons, like the rest of the female population in this school. You piss us off.'

'oh so we deserve it because we're players?'

'seriously, do you not get anything? I need to go.'

'do you have to be like this all the time? At least give me a chance.' Tala said.

Up ahead, Miko stopped walking.

'what?'

'give me a chance. Maybe I wont be as bad as you think I am.'

Miko snorted in disbelief. 'dream on, player, dream on.' With that, she walked away.

'this is going to be hard….' Tala shook his head and walked back towards the school.

'SHE LEFT?' the bluenette yelled.

'yeah, she left a message on my cell. She said she was going out, but said she'll pick us up after school.

'SHE LEFT?'

'YES, DESEARA.' Her friends yelled.

'get it through your head, De, she's gone, left you, and she aint coming back.' Tyson said and faked an evil laugh.

She looked at him. 'you're weird.' She said finally.

'did you just figure it out now?' Max said, taking a bite of his sandwich.

'no. I knew a long time ago, but it wouldn't hurt to remind him once in a while.' Deseara answered.

'move outta my way!' a voice growled. They looked towards the front of the cafeteria and saw the players making their way through the crowd…towards their table.

'somebody hold me down so I wont have to inflate Kai's head.' Deseara said through clenched teeth.

'but you said you would.' Misha reminded her, 'for Miko.'

'right.'

'so.' Bryan said, as the boys stopped in front of their table. 'I heard somebody lost their temper to Ms. Kohna.'

'what's it to you?' Misha replied, not bothering to look up from her book.

'if you've got nothing else to say, please get out of my face and go screw somebody or something, whatever that it is you do in your spare time, go do it.' Deseara said, glaring at the blue-haired boy standing beside Bryan.

'tsk tsk tsk, bad attitude, Deseara, not good for you image.' Kai smirked.

'go to hell, Hiwatari.' She shot back.

'that sounds familiar..hmm…..where have I heard that before?' the boy mused, 'ah yes, that's what Miko said to me right before-'

'right before what?' Mystel, Misha, Max and Enrique and Deseara growled.

'my, my, what a reaction.' Ozuma laughed, 'who knew you had friends already? And with these guys, too.'

'why? You got a problem with them? Because I certainly know that they are smarter, better than you, and they don't have their head shoved up their asses.' Misha retorted.

Deseara walked over to Kai and grabbed the front of his shirt. The boys lunged forward but Kai held out his hand and they stopped.

'I know what you did to Miko.' She said in a voice so only he could hear. 'and don't worry, you and your pathetic little friends will pay for it, all in good time. I'm just here to let you know, that if you do that to any of my friends again, I swear I will pulverize that over-inflated head of yours to pulp. Do I make myself clear?'

'what makes you think we, the top of the school, listen to what you say? I will let you know, that we take orders from no one.' He replied.

Deseara's expression darkened. Suddenly Kai was on the floor, holding his cheek. His friends picked him up.

'dude, you really have to fix that attitude of yours,' Ray said.

'the cause of my attitude is you, you want me to fix it? Come find me anytime and I promise you I will.' She answered.

Mystel and his friends were scared shitless, even Misha hadn't seen Deseara so mad before.

'um….good job…Deseara.' Oliver swallowed.

'hey, you okay?' Misha asked as her friend sat back down.

'yeah.' She muttered.

'sorry.' She said, looking at the boys who were quiet. 'I never meant to explode like that, its just that he pisses me off so bad.'

'who? Kai?' Enrique asked, she nodded.

'don't worry, he never means anything he says, just pretend, when hes talking to you, that he's a big, fat cow, and that you cant understand anything he says.' The blonde said, causing the girl to laugh.

'thanks, that helps.'