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Chapter 8: Ex-Friend, New Enemy
"Hey Gaara, let's take the seat back there next to the window!"
Gaara nods and lets me drag him up to where the seat is. Right when I reach the row where I wanted to sit, I see someone rush in front of me and shove me out of the way. Even though the shove was pretty strong, I managed to keep my balance.
"Hey…!"
I look at the person who pushed me, and I see Mari and a guy that I've never seen before take the spot that I wanted. She completely ignores the fact that I'm there.
"Kiu, are you alright?"
I turn my head and find Gaara looking at me with a worried face.
"Yeah, I'm fine…"
I look back at Mari and glare at her. She's still not paying attention to me. I start seeing sand slowly making its way towards Mari and the boy she's with. No way… Gaara wouldn't…! Wait, where is that sand coming from anyway? I look around and find out that the windows are open. Well that explains it… My attention goes back to Gaara, who looks pretty angry. If I don't stop him, his dad will learn about this and… Without thinking any further, I take his hand and drag him to some other seats which happen to be in front of those I wanted.
"Here, Gaara! This is a much better place!"
I make him sit down in the seat closest to the window, and I sit next to him. He looks at me with a surprised face.
"Kiu… Are you sure?"
"Yeah, trust me. I mean, look at that view!"
Okay, the view is nothing special, but I just need to get his attention away from Mari and her friend.
"Is everyone seated?"
The teacher starts scanning the room with his eyes, looking for anyone who might not have found a seat yet. I look around and find that there is a girl who's looking around nervously. She has short light green hair, and yellowish eyes. She's also wearing huge round glasses that almost reach all the way down to her mouth. I notice that the only seat available is next to me. She's probably scared to come here…
"You're Yukari, right?"
The sensei is probably addressing that girl. She lets out a small gasp, and looks at the sensei while fumbling around with her feet.
"Um… Yes… That's my name…"
She stutters a lot. She's probably really shy.
"Well, Yukari, why don't you go sit there next to Kiu?"
More than a question, it sounded more like an order… Yukari looks at the floor and slowly nods. She makes her way to the row that we're sitting in. She looks at me, and I give her a cheerful smile. I feel like I need to make her know that I'm actually a friendly person. She gives me a shy smile, and sits next to me.
"Now that everyone is finally seated, I will talk to you about the classes you'll be taking during your time here. You will have school six days a week, unless there is a special circumstance…"
The sensei goes on about what the special circumstances might be. Ow! Something hit the back of my head… I rub my head and look at the floor behind me. A pen? Did the person behind me drop it? I pick it up and turn around to give it to whoever dropped it. It's Mari… I put it on her desk, and she looks at me with a lot of disdain. I turn back to the front.
A few minutes later, something hits the back of my head again. I turn around again, and it's the same pen. Is she doing this on purpose? Good thing Gaara is fully concentrated on what sensei is saying, because he would've probably been really angry if he found out that Mari is hitting me with her pen. Well, I just won't pick it up then. She won't be getting it until the end of class.
A few seconds later, I feel something hitting my head again. I turn around and find an eraser on the floor. Is she going to do that with every single thing she has? If I ignore her, maybe she'll stop…
"Kiu, is everything alright?"
Gaara whispers to me. He doesn't know that Mari's bothering… Let's keep that way.
"Nothing! Let's pay attention to what the teacher is saying."
Throughout the whole time that the teacher was talking, Mari was throwing all sorts of things at me. Yukari started to notice that something was wrong, but I told her to not say anything.
"Now that I've told you everything you need to know about how things at the Academy work, we're going to go training for the next four hours. It'll only be basic physical training to build up your bodies and endurance."
Good… I was starting to lose my patience with Mari. We all start getting up to follow sensei.
"Kiu, can I talk to you for a bit?"
Was that Mari? I turn around and I see her giving me a fake smile. She's up to no good… She always gave those smiles to the people she really didn't like. What did I do to make her hate me so much?
"Why?"
Gaara stands in front of me in a protective way. Mari's smile fades away to a fearful grimace. I have to get him away from them... I can't have him lose control.
"Hey, Gaara, let's go before sensei leaves us behind! Come on, you too, Yukari."
I take Gaara's hand and Yukari's hand and drag them away from Mari and her friend. She'll probably try to get back at me for this… I shouldn't start worrying about that now, though.
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