Your Typical New Kid
by
Stars of Gold
Chapter 2: Ruka and Hotaru in the Bushes...
"Sugoi, Emi-chan! You're good at Math!" Mikan said as they walked out of the classroom. "Malaysian math is slightly more advanced than Japanese math." Emi stated simply. "Ne, Emi-chan, could you tutor me? I'm no good in Math…" Mikan said dejectedly. Emi gave a nod. "Alright. Whenever you want. I'm supposed to stick with you and Hyuuga-san anyway." Emi spotted Natsume. "Hey, Hyuuga-san! You're supposed to stay with your girlfriend and I!" She called out. Natsume blushed slightly and scowled at her. "I don't have a girlfriend!" He called back. "No? I thought you had a rather cute relationship…ah well. Come on, Hyuuga-san, Sakura-san." Emi walked off. Mikan and Natsume followed, both rather grumpy about being stuck with each other.
"Emi-chan, you could call me Mikan, you know," Mikan said after declaring that she was giving Natsume the Silent Treatment. (She won't be very good at that, will she?) Emi nodded. "Whatever you say, Mikan-chan." Emi glanced at Natsume. "Guys, stay here, alright? I gotta go to the toilet."
"Tch. Typical little girl…"
"Okay, Mikan-chan. We'll be here."
Mikan nodded and ran off.
"…"
"…"
"So, Hyuuga-san, how long have you liked her?"
"…Who?"
"Mikan-chan, of course."
"Never."
"Liar. You like her and you know it."
"Oh really? Where's your proof?"
"Imai-chan takes many photos. She likes to sell them as well."
"But you don't have Alice Academy currency."
"She says the first picture is free. I got the one where you were blushing like mad when Mikan-chan hugged Nogi-san."
"…Fine, so what if I do?"
"You should tell her."
"Why? She likes Ruka."
"Nogi-san? You think she likes Nogi-san? She likes Nogi-san, my sorry ass."
"Anyway, he likes her."
"He doesn't. Not anymore. He likes Imai-chan."
"WHAT? Ruka and Imai?"
"Yeah. I think so, according to the way Nogi-san keeps blushing around her. That, and Koko-kun told me that he caught them hiding in the bushes yesterday. He said he was too freaked out to check it out."
"...That is wrong. So wrong."
"I personally think it's rather cute, really. She keeps blackmailing him, but he's so obviously in love with her. Anyway, back to you and Mikan-chan."
"What about us?"
"Tell her, or I'll take the pleasure of telling her myself."
"…"
Emi smirked as no answer came from Natsume. "Hey guys, I'm back." Mikan said, running over to them. "Ne, Natsume, you okay? Your face is really red." Natsume looked away, saying, "I'm fine. What do you care, anyway?" Mikan blushed a slight pink. "I don't. What makes you think I do?" Natsume raised an eyebrow. "You were supposed to be giving me the Silent Treatment." Mikan hid her mistake with a bright smile. "I figured that if I was loud and annoying, you would be further irritated." As the two continued bickering, Emi trailed behind them, chuckling knowingly.
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"Hey, Hotaru, why are we following them?" Ruka asked as they hid in the bushes. "Because I'll make a lot of money, and if you don't help me, I'll sell these photos of you dancing with Piyo to your fangirls." Ruka turned pale. "Point taken. Let's go."
Emi noticed someone spying on them. "Someone's here." She muttered as she concentrated on the spot, using her Alice to feel water vapour in the air. "Actually, two someones." She said calmly. "I believe it is Nogi-san and Imai-chan. I wonder what they're doing, hidden in a bush…" She smirked.
Ruka blushed crimson while Hotaru turned a light shade of pink. "Don't worry, Imai-chan, Nogi-san. I won't tell them what you were doing in the bush." Their blushes grew, but they didn't say anything. "I'll be seeing you. Ja ne." And with that, she walked away.
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"Hm. The girl can sense presences, but she uses her Alice to find out who they are." A boy muttered as he watched her. "She looks familiar. That cool disposition, the smirk that never turns into a smile…She reminds me of Jessica…but that's not right…Her name's Emi, and that's that." He said, as if trying to convince himself. "Jessica never smiled after her mother's leg was damaged. It fits, and she told me that her name was Emi in Japanese…" He shrugged. "I have to report back to Persona…"
Yeah. Well. They're in the bushes...spying on Mikan and Natsume. Well, Hotaru's spying, Ruka's just there so that she'll have an excuse to be in the bushes...oh dear...that's not a very good excuse...
Stars of Gold