Chapter 3: Eriol Academy: The First Day
Lalala, not my stuff… copyrighted by Clamp…
Akiru yawned sleepily. He got out of bed and got dressed. He was not a morning person. ("Ogggggg…") Maybe some of the
kids at school could tell him a little more about Angelic Layer. He went over and picked up Ichiro. His green-grey cape
flapped in the air. Hajima had done a good job!
Ichiro's dark blue eyes, like midnight, gazed past Akiru into nowhere. His dark skin contrasted sharply with the gold of his
hair. The strange black hood with three blue buttons on it rested at a jaunty angle on his mop of untidy yellow hair. The arms
went through a blue arm shield over maroon armor. The blue chest plating went well with the maroon underarmor. Inscribed
on the plate was a big white I for Ichiro. On his hands were green-tipped gloves; on the backs of the gloves were twisted
swords. On his legs were plain black pants of heavy armor, as opposed to the light blue and maroon. Also made with black
were his boots, catching the light and with the family sign on it. A flowing olivey color cape floated down his back to rest on
the palm of Akiru's hands. Altogether, Akiru thought Ichiro looked good.
He picked up Ichiro and put him in his bag. It was time to meet his new classmates.
Later, at Eriol Academy
Akiru walked into the big, brightly lit room, packed with people. He was so nervous, his legs were actually shaking. What
would his class think of him? The teacher called order just as Akiru walked in. Akiru could see that she was fed up with the
class of 36 kids. Between the lips of her honeyed smile she welcomed him.
"Now class," She said with the sickly sweet smile still pasted on her face, "This is Takahashi Akiru. He has just moved here,
and we will all give him a warm welcome, won't we?" She said. The class gave no response. Akiru walked to a vacant desk
and sat down. The girl in front of him had shoulder-length brownish-yellow hair. She was one of the few people in the class
who didn't seem to have an angel. She turned around and grinned.
"Hi. I'm Kisaki Tamayo, cohort of the coooooolest Angelic layer customer in the world, MISAKIIIICHIIII!" The girl,
Tamayo, said quietly.
"How do you do, Tamayo-san?" Akiru said, uncertainly.
"Geez, you're worse than Kotaro-chan! Tamayo-chan. Chan. CHAN!"
Akiru looked at her strangely. A voice broke through his thoughts, with his name being called loudly. "Takahashi Akiru!
Wait, he's here. And last, Kisaki Tamayo!"
"HERE!" Tamayo yelled. Akiru covered his ears.
Later, at recess, Akiru went over and found Tamayo, because she was the only person he had talked to. She was hanging
around with a guy with black hair-he assumed this was Kotaro-CHAN- and a tiny girl with brown hair. This was probably
Misakichi. What kind of a name was that? Misakichi… Tamayo's voice (and headlock) broke through his thoughts like a
battering ram.
"Hey, what's the big deal?" Akiru said, struggling. Finally, he did a backflip to get out from the vicious headlock. "What was
that for?"
"Oh, she does that allll the time." The boy said. "I'm Kobayashi Kotaro." He held out his hand. Akiru shook it. Then,
Tamayo said something that made him jump.
"This is Misakichi Suzuhara! The angelic layer CHAMP!" The girl flinched as Tamayo hugged her. Tamayo sighed. "Well, if
we must be formal, Suzuhara Misaki is her name. BUT MISAKICHI IS COOOLER!" Misaki blushed and waved. Akiru
couldn't get over how short she was! But he decided not to mention it. She looked very self-conscious.
"Hello, Misaki-san. Or chan…" He added quickly as Tamayo rolled up her sleeves. "Do you play Angelic layer? He said,
determined to get to the bottom of this.
"A bit…" Misaki said. If it was just a bit, Akiru decided it must be someone else. "Hey, do you know anyone I could
practice with?" Akiru asked. Tamayo huddled with Misaki, whispering, not letting Akiru hear.
"Don't play him. That would be cruel. First let him practice with Icchan's practice menu, then he can just play in an
exhibition game or something." Tamayo said. Misaki agreed.
"Well, at piffle princess, you can practice and then play a game! I'll show you after school." Tamayo said.
"Ok!" Akiru said, brightening up at the prospect of going to play Angelic Layer with Tamayo after school. He was 15, he
needn't tell Hajima-san. He walked back into class, watching Tamayo all the way.