(Author's Note: Yes, Kimi's important butt-saving role is in this chapter. She has connections…
Asuka: Not much of a wait.
Shut it. I'm writing this. I can take away your ingenious plan. Ha! I win! Ha ha! Oh. To all of y'all who are reading this, sorry for posting late this week. I had a big test I had to study for...)
Chapter Four
Asuka's Plan, Impossible Odds?
Meimi saw Kimi as soon as Kimi exited the car. Meimi figured it was the butler that had brought her. "Hey! Kimi!"
Kimi's eyes, dancing with the excitement of going to school (she can't remember ever going to school, but she has the knowledge of an educated youngster) instantly look over at Meimi.
"Hey, you! You never mentioned how big this place is!"
"I thought you would have come and seen the school already."
"No! I haven't been out of the hospital that long! I've been too busy getting comfortable in my new home to have the time!" The girls chatted and laughed until they entered the classroom.
"Oh, my god! There's so many people!"
"Not really…"
"Need I remind you of how many people I can remember meeting?"
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Asuka was talking to some of the guys about a new show when Meimi and Kimi walked in.
"Hey, who's the new girl?" He asked, raising his eyebrow. "The new years shouldn't be coming for another couple of months."
"Who cares? She pretty!" All of the other boys agree with the one who had spoken up. Indeed, she didn't hurt the eyes. Her dark purple hair fell to her shoulders, and she had silver eyes that danced with excitement. She had a good figure, and an attitude which had everyone being nice, if only to her.
"She looks a bit like Meimi."
"Yeah, she does!"
"I wonder what her name is?"
Idiots. "There's only one way to find out." With confidence Asuka walked up to the girls who were shooting question after question at the new girl, as Meimi tried to calm them down. The girl seemed unbothered by it.
"Well, I don't know. You see-"
"Excuse me." Everyone in the classroom was staring at him, all except for the new girl. Someone poked her on the arm and pointed to him.
"Ow! Don't do that! I fell on it recently, and it hurts!" She did turn around, cradling her arm carefully. "Yes'm?"
"I was wondering, what's your name?"
"Kimi."
"Good, now that Asuka knows that, you can tell us why you can't tell us so much about yourself."
"Memory loss. Something happened to me and now I can't remember anything until about a month ago. I have basic knowledge, like math, but no memories."
"Really?"
"Yep. It's really weird when I'm trying to answer some stuff about myself, since I don't even know when my birthday is…"
"Tough…"
"Yeah, but Miss Satari said my birthday is now the day she found me, April 4th. It makes sense since I was sorta 'reborn' that day." That statement made Asuka curious.
"Satari? Your Miss Satari's daughter?"
"Adopted, but yes."
"Then I have some questions for you."
"OK, shoot."
"Where-"
"Wait a minute! Your that short junior guy who said you were going to protect the Moonlight jewel and capture Saint Tail! Pretty crumby job. Miss Satari's boyfriend left her this morning. Apparently he had only wanted the jewel, and had been leading her on… Scum of earth…!" So that's why Saint Tail stole the jewel, to expose Miss Satari's boyfriend!
"Ahem. As I was saying… Where were you Thursday?"
"When I saw y'all enter the house in some huff about Saint Tail I figured she was coming. I started to look around to find her, but I got lost…"
"HOW could you get lost in your own home?"
"Are you deft? I was just telling everyone that I just moved in! Are all men stupid and inconsiderate?"
"Where did you get the idea that men were like that?"
"You and Miss Satari's boyfriend!"
"How dare you compare me to him!"
"Are you really that different?"
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The fight would have continued if the teacher had not walked in at that moment. Meimi sat down and looked at the board, not really paying attention. Kimi is really good on the spot. I forgot to discuss with her what she would say if someone asked her where she was Thursday night. She's almost as good as me at working Asuka up. The teacher's here, and he still looks flustered. Though, comparing Asuka to Miss Satari's boyfriend was horrid… But then again, she has yet to see a lot of Asuka's good qualities. Her eyes have only seen him as a cocky wannabe with no control over his temper… Guess I can't be too surprised…
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As soon as Asuka was out of school he went to the police station. "How are things going?" "Your plan's been put in motion. Miss Satari is a great citizen, and despite our failed attempt last night has agreed to help."
"Perfect. No way is Saint Tail going to escape from this!"
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Two weekslater Meimi walked up to the school, going to the place Seira, Kimi, and herself had agreed to meet. Standing next to the fountain was Kimi, looking nervous.
"Hi, Kimi. Where's Seira?"
"She was needed at the church."
"Hey! What's up with the long face?"
"There's a problem…"
"It's sunny… No need for Saint Tail… What could be wrong?"
"It has to do with Saint Tail…" Meimi paled at the words and started to whisper, as Kimi had been doing the entire time.
"Did someone find out how we, ah, met?"
"No, and nobody ever should."
"Then what's the problem?" Meimi was talking normally again. Kimi looked around at the stream of people walking by and pulled Meimi into the shadows of the trees.
"They're going to find Saint Tail, and in turn, her identity!"
"What?" Kimi placed her hand over Meimi's mouth and sigh. "Heaven forbid you could be quiet and not attract attention."
"Uh, yeah. Sorry about that…"
"Beside the point."
"So, what's the plan?"
"The police called Miss Satari a couple of days ago. I just found out about it this morning. They are going to track you by sound-"
"What?"
"Quiet and listen. People do occasionally hear you on their roofs. Asuka asked Miss Satari to call up our neighbors and ask if they heard footsteps on the night you took the Moonlight jewel, which, by the way, you still need to return."
"Working on it. Back to Asuka's plan…"
"Oh, yes. Well, if any of the neighbors heard a noise they're suppose to call their neighbors and so on. The line will eventually lead to your house, and they'll have you."
"But surely not everyone could have heard me…"
"Late Thursday night, most people are laying in their beds, waiting for sleep to take them. Their might be some false leads, but they'll probably find you…"
"Oh, my god! Please tell me you're joking!"
"I wish I could say I was. Since Miss Satari hasn't gotten the jewel back she doesn't realize that your intentions were to expose her boyfriend, so she wants to help find you, if only to get the jewel back…"
"So if I had return the Moonlight already-"
"She might have still done it, it just would have been less likely."
"What are we going to do!"
"I think we should ask Seira, she always has a way to make things better."
"I don't think praying will help at this moment."
"Seira's smart and sensible. She'll probably be able to come up with a plan."
"You're bright, too. Any ideas?"
"I have less experience, so mine might be bad. We need to start getting to class anyways…"
"Right."
The two girls began to walk in silence towards the school's doors. Each going over different plans in their head. How? How can we defeat Asuka's plan? The only way is if someone didn't hear me… That leaves too much of this to luck…
"Hey! Kimi! Over here!" Both girls looked up to see Makoto waving.
"Hi, Makoto!" He walked over and smiled at Kimi.
"Meet you out here after school?"
"Of course." Makoto… Black hair, blue eyes, tall, as sweet as can be, and is lucky enough to be dating Kimi. They're perfect for each other… I wish I could have someone like that… The five-minutes-until-class-so-start-moving bell rang.
"See you, Kimi!"
"Bye!" It's hard to believe less than a couple of weeks ago Kimi had a grudge against all males. Makoto is the perfect guy to prove that men have hearts. Thank goodness she met him, even though he's in a different class. I guess we have Asuka to thank…
Since he's such an airhead Kimi was rude to him, then I told Kimi that she's only seen the bad side of men, Kimi apologized and instead saying 'you should be' Asuka was nice and understanding. Makoto had been with Asuka and Makoto offered to walk Kimi home… He must have listened to her story, and being the sweet guy he is, made her feel better… Now they're together and Kimi has gotten over the 'all men need to go to hell' thing… It's like a fairy tale… Too bad she has to worry about me…
"Kimi! Meimi! Slow down!" They slowed down to see Akina, a classmate, rushing towards them.
"Kimi, are you going out with Makoto or something?"
"He's my boyfriend, why do you want to know?"
"You should be careful. Some girls in his class asked him out, but he said no. He was really nice, as always, and when they asked why he said that he wants his first girlfriend to be 'sweet as a flower, with secrets in the shadows'. Those girls who got rejected are really mean, and are more than likely jealous. Be cautious…"
"I'll keep that in mind. Who are they-" Kimi fell to the ground, sideways. She had use her arm to protect her face, and her arm had landed in a weird position and pain shot through her body.Her small injuryhad healed alot, but it still hurt.She gritted her teeth so she didn't scream.
"Those are them…" Akina said quietly.
(Author's Note: Trouble. Despite how I hate to do this to my poor Kimi, it's necessary. I need you to see what's going on in Kimi's head, so next chapter you will get to see things from Kimi's point of view, at least part of the time…
Meimi: This is terrible! How can those girls be so mean?
They're bad guys. I have to bring in some bad people. Plus I need to do this for Kimi.
Meimi: FOR Kimi! Your hurting her.
I'm quite aware f this, but it will help her.
Meimi: HOW!
Can't say, it will ruin the next chapter. Sorry, you're just going to have to trust me.)
