Chapter 3: Detention

First day was going well for Kagura... for about less than five minutes.

All she did was merely introduce myself, "Hi. I'm Kagura Amagi. I'm kinda new here... so, it's a pleasure to meet you and I hope we get along." She put on her sweetest and most realistic fake smile (she can almost never smile a real smile again ever since...).

She had noticed that none of them really cared much, which was okay for her, she wouldn't really try to make friends with them and it was pretty much a recommended part of her plan to lay low and keep a low profile. The news media about her and her reputation and status wasn't helping.

After doing so, Kagura was about to walk towards an empty seat at the far back. She was walking while in a train of thought, with an almost nervous expression on her face, when she tripped and fell flat on her face.

Using her two arms to balance herself, she propped up at the direction of her offender. It was a blonde haired woman with thick make-up, and she was giggling with her friend seated beside her. Followed by everybody else in class, aside from the teacher who crossed his arms and glared at the blonde disappointedly.

She stood up and brushed dust off of her. And, rather than letting it go and walking to her seat. She took out her taser lipstick which she used to "take out" her first bully...

Well, let's just say that history repeat itself.

But this time, the shock wasn't very high; she had settled it down lower to the lowest power available. All it did was make her shake and fall off her seat, and she was immediately back up.

"Mr. Yami! Kagura just shocked me!" she wailed.

What kind of "genius" students does this school accept? Kagura rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Miss Amagi, Miss Tora, stay after class." He gave them both a glare which didn't bother Kagura at any degree but left the blonde "Miss Tora" a little shaken, possibly another side-effect.

Kagura looked around. She was at the back but nowhere near Tora. Students gave her looks, a combination of awe, fear, resentment, and other just avoided her gaze.

Kagura and Tora stayed after class. While Kagura sat silently on her desk writing whatever she can in her notebook- whether doodles or self-made math problems and solving them with ease. Tora was talking on the phone with one of friends, about some sort of project. But Kagura can tell, that the project, wasn't a science project, but something else. Something else she doesn't bother knowing.

Mr. Yami came back with two pieces of paper. He gave one to Tora, who immediately bowed and left to who knows where and Kagura doesn't care. And Mr. Yami gave the other to Kagura, of course.

It was a slip detailing her detention session (that's what Kagura calls it), she would spend cleaning up lab equipment with Hiro Hamada. Apparently, Headmistress Callaghan would be checking in on them and can say when they're allowed to go home. It was fine for her, she wasn't really doing anything important at home. With no one, anyway.

Boy genius... either fate hates me or Abigail makes coincidences... Two young child genius prodigies... and that sounded like a mouthful... a deep cough broke her train of thought.

"Oh! Right..." Kagura mentally slapped her forehead. Mr. Yami was gentleman enough to open the door for her, and he seems to be in a rather bad mood.

Hiro Hamada was standing right in front of her. He looked rather nervous, clutching the same piece of paper. Mr. Yami silently walked away, leaving the two in a kind of awkward situation.

Hiro gulped, Kagura did not hesitate to raise a brow.

"So..." Kagura began, Hiro nearly flinched, was he afraid of her? Maybe he saw her use her taser lipstick. "Shall you escort me to the science lab?" she joked.

For some reason, she couldn't help but feel comfortable around him. Was it the fact that they both lost an older sibling? Or the fact that they were both young geniuses? Maybe it was because they need to get along, at least, maybe for detention.

Hiro smiled, Maybe I can get along with her... her taser lipstick WAS for self-defense...ish.

In a mock gentlemanly manner, he lifted his forearm, making an L. She placed her hand and gently placed her fingers on his arm.

"Shall we go milady?" Hiro asked in a mock-deep voice. So far so good.

Kagura giggled. It was a real giggle. She did her best to hide her shock on the fact that she could be feeling pleasant again after a long time.

On the way, Hiro brought up the topic about botfighting, which was illegal in her case.

"Betting on botfighting is illegal." Hiro defended. Kagura smirked, "Let me guess. You. Botfight?" she pointed a teasing finger at him. Their arms were still intertwined.

The halls were mostly empty, some were in different labs, others went home, but everyone just ignored them. Like they felt that they were the only two people in the world.

When they reached the science lab, there were already cleaning equipment such as a scrubber, rags, and a mop leaning on the door.

When Kagura peeked through the window, she saw that practically a quarter of the room was charred black from flames. Chemistry accident, of course. Totally normal. She told herself.

"So..." as Hiro scrubbed the charred floor, Kagura wiped the tables with the rags, "How did you end up in detention? And on your first day?"

"Well... it wasn't because of the guy I tasered first, that was self-defense by the way. It was for that stupid dumb blonde, ugh!" the brown haired Amagi pushed the mop to the floor, causing a clank sound.

Hiro had nothing to say. She was someone he did not want to mess with. But, he can't help but feel that she needs him. That he needs to get close to her, that she's hurting...

"What about you?" she asked him. He did not notice her gaze was directed at him while he was staring at her.

"Me and my friend Fred were having a chat last night about the new solution we were supposed to make. But unlike my friend Honey Lemon, I'm not much of a chemist and I... accidentally..." his voice trailed off. Kagura knows the rest. "You put the wrong ingredient and then boom!" She used a loud voice and closed then opened her hands to emphasized the dramatic effect.

The two shared a smile.

They didn't know two hours had passed as they cleaned the science lab. They have done a pretty good job as most of the charred black is gone (they had made a solution thanks to the other chemicals they used in the lab in order to get them to work faster).

As if on cue, Abigail Callaghan entered the room and smiled. She was guessing in her head how they did it. But then again, they were in a chemistry lab.

"Alright, you two can go now. Good job though. It would've taken days for the janitor to clean this."

Hiro left first, but looked back over his shoulder. He and Kagura shared a smile. He winked at her, causing her to slightly, very slightly, blush. She winked back.

"Here you go." Kagura handed the headmistress the graduated cylinder containing the "fast way to make charred black disappear" (as Hiro called it) solution, and then skipped off.

Detention on the first day, must be a new record... Looks like my parents aren't gonna be happy about that... Kagura had a strange look on her face, an unreadable expression, And with Hamada... what's with that weird look on Headmistress Callaghan's face?

When Kagura arrived home, she didn't bother saying that she was there. She knew her parents weren't. She was alone. They didn't have servants- whether maids or butlers. Amagi's lack of trust, a lesson by multiple rivals and enemies of the family.

She took a picture frame of her sister into her hands and sadly smiled, "Hey Kagome. I'm back home from school," Despite, tears didn't fill her eyes. Her tears dried off a long time ago. "I met a boy, Hiro. He lost someone too. To be honest..." she let her vulnerable but real and actual side reveal, "I wouldn't mind being friends with him..."

Her parents left a note saying that they're going on a business trip for a few weeks, leaving Kagura alone but she's a big girl and can take care of herself.

She didn't mind. She doesn't love them as much as she used to. That was a long time ago. When she had Kagome. Plus, she has more privacy and secrecy to her plan.

Back in her office, Abigail reviewed the files of two interesting students that shared detention today.

The secretly-a-superhero-vigilante genius, Hiro Hamada, and the billionaire-heiress genius, Kagura Amagi...

No one knew how much Abigail Callaghan loved to play matchmaker.

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