The bell sounded, signaling class has ended. My class walked out as I gave them their homework, which is the calligraphy of how the elixir was thrown in Mt. Fuji.
I had three sheets left...
"...Laito, Ayato, you're dismissed," I said, trying to hide my smirk.
"Aww, but Miya-chan~," Laito whined, approaching me with Ayato not far behind him.
"It is rude for a student to eavesdrop on a teacher disciplining another student," I explained to him.
"Well, just for the attempt, could you discipline me~?"
I hit him upside his head with the last two sheets rolled nito a scroll, "Boy, if you don't get out of my classroom!" I raised my voice a bit and he ran out, laughing at me.
Letting out a few giggles, I turned back to Ayato.
"I'll be fine; on the other hand, I do want to thank you for defending me," I said, holding out his sheet of homework.
"Yours Truly just said that to make people know who you belong to," he said, grabbing the paper from my hand, and walked out—sparing a glance at me with light pink cheeks.
Refraining from giggling anymore, I cleared my throat, slid the door shut and looked back at Mister Mukami, who had his eyes closed.
"Y'all good siblings?"
"Yes, we are..well, when I'm around, but that doesn't matter right now. What matters is what you said to me earlier," I said, approaching his desk.
"I was just being honest. Where's the harm in that?"
"There's no harm for being honest, but it's the way you said it. You used your language honestly, but your literature immaturely. I wouldn't exactly say "thank you" to something like that since I'm your teacher and a civilized person. Next time, Mister Mukami-"
"Yuma, just Yuma."
"Next time, Yuma, say a compliment that's school appropriate and polite," I said, handing him his homework sheet.
He grabbed my left hand and pulled me forward a bit, making me drop the paper and lean down a bit.
"So...school appropriate, eh? Well, since it's just me and you, not only do ya have a nice $$, teach, but a great pair of bosoms, too."
Gasping, he smirked and slid his right hand—that held my hand—around my waist, pulling me closer.
He leaned to my left ear, "And I'll get to compliment ya more..'cause we'll be seeing more of each other, tigress~."
Pushing me back gently, he grabbed his homework assignment, got up, and left the classroom.
I stood there, bewildered, and not knowing what to do
"...Did my student just 'flirt' with me..?..at least, that's what I think people call it..."
Shaking my head away from the thought, I prepared to teach my next class by setting their assignment—which was about Ralph Waldo Emerson's excerpt of Nature.
"May I help you with that, Miss Sakamaki?"
Jumping in surprise at the voice behind me, I quickly turned around to see a boy a little close to me for comfort.
"O-oh..*sigh* you scared me there...?"
"Mukami. Ruki Mukami, Miss Sakamaki, it's an honor to meet you," he introduced himself, then gently grabbed my right hand and kissed the back of it.
I smiled, "It's nice to meet you, Mister Mukami-...*sigh* oh, goodness. Another Mukami..."
He removed his lips from my hand, "Is there a problem?"
"Well..are you related to Yuma Mukami?" I asked with a wry smile.
"Yes, I am his elder brother. *Sigh* I assume he said something inappropriate. My apologies on his behalf," he apologized.
I waved my right hand dismissively with a small smile, "No, no. It's alright."
Looking back to see my class flooding in, I nodded at Mister Ruki to take his seat and finished placing the assignments on the desks that didn't have one.
Walking back in front of the class, I waited for my class to settle down and grabbed my class roster to call names.
'..Iyori...Jing...Kazaki...Mukami...hm? Another Mukami?'
"Mukami, Ruki?"
"Here."
"Mukami, Azusa?"
"..I am..here now..." said a voice near the front entrance door.
Looking towards the door, I saw a seemingly exhausted Mukami, Azusa.
My eyes slowly widened..and not because of the bandages around his neck and wrists either...
'It's him...That means..I've talked to two of them without even knowing it. Their last name is Mukami..okay, now I just have to figure out who's the last one's name.'
"Um..just get here on time as best as you can, Mister Azusa. Take a seat," I said and looked back at my class roster, then called more names.
'Act normal, act as if you do not know anything about them and that you've never heard of them,' I thought as Azusa took his seat
Once I was done, I set my clipboard back down the stance and looked up with a closed eyed smile.
"Hello, class. You're wondering where is Mister Tanaka; well, he retired so I'm here in his stead. My name is Miyami Sakamaki, but you will call me Miss Sakamaki." I opened my eyes, "Any questions?"
A male raised their hand and I nodded.
"Does that mean you'll be here for a while?"
I smiled, "Yes."
All the males..except two in particular, silently cheered...I could see it in heir eyes and posture.
A female raised her hand and I nodded again.
"M-Miss Sakamaki..um...are you really related to the Sakamaki Brothers?"
"Oh, dear. My brothers must be popular here~. I wonder what they did to have a popular title such as "Sakamaki Brothers"~," I mused, leaning on the stance.
"S-so they are.." she said happily.
I smiled, "Hahaha, yes." My smile turned upside down, "Yes. If you think for one minute that by becoming a teacher's pet so you can get close to my younger brothers for your selfish reasons, then you are highly mistaken. Also, I will not take too kindly to that."
My class' eyes widened and slightly became visibly uncomfortable.
To return to the normal atmosphere, I smiled again.
"Putting that matter aside, let's go ahead and analyze Ralph Waldo Emerson's excerpt of Nature, then talk of exotic aspects that you can identify."
~Small Time Skip~
The bell rung and my students scurried out; luckily, I handed them their homework ten minutes before, which consists of writing what they see in nature and life around them.
Stretching, I organized my slightly messy desk, then pulled out my lunch royal blue purse from under the the desk, next to the stance on the right.
"..Miss...Sakamaki..?"
Looking up from my bento filled with brown rice, with cut-up buffalo chicken on top, barbeque sauce, and lettuce. The sides are a blueberry, buttered bagel with two sausage patties between, a slight pout appeared on my lips due to being distracted, but it turned into a thin line once I saw Azusa.
"Oh, Mister Azusa. What is it that I can assist you with?"
He slowly smiled at me, "Miss Sakamaki...do you like..writings about pain?"
I blinked twice, "Of course not; seeing someone else suffer is—...on second thought, knowing another's pain is really empathetic, and it's very meaningful if you've been through the same, which makes you sympathetic. Why do you ask?"
He looked at his bandages, then back at me, "You..looked...more fascinated..than scared...when you saw..my bandages..so I thought..you liked...writings..about pain since..you're a..World...Language and..Literature..teacher..."
"Ah..right. I was a bit..intrigued, but I am also concerned about them. You needn't tell me why unless you want to, Mister Azusa. Now, what is it about these writings of pain?"
Azusa placed a book on top of my desk, a black book that had red drops designing the cover..and in red cursive said "Their Cries by Noa".
"I see..so you read Noa's books. Interesting, it's coincidental how that is going to be the next excerpt we'll read next week; Chapter 1: Misunderstanding."
"Mm..well, I...can't wait..Miss..Sakamaki," he said with a nice gaze and smile.
"Me, too," I said with a closed eyed smile in return.
"Azusa."
Looking towards the front door, I saw Mister Ruki standing near it, holding a book in his left hand...it was a white and black checker board design with a red King piece on the back..and a red Pawn piece on the front from what I could see.
Azusa turned around, "Yes, brother," and walked towards the door.
"Oh? You're reading Noa's "A Pawn Can Be A King", Mister Ruki? That one was interesting, how you are the manipulated and you use great rhetoric..to only become the manipulator..and succeed in becoming a King..."
My mind drifted off to Reiji...he was so fluent in manipulating Miss Beatrix by...
"By feigning helplessness by pretending to be uncertain how to begin or proceed with his speech. This makes him appear, not so much as a skilled master of rhetoric, but an honest man." Ah, Quintilian's words are very true..."False face must hide what the false heart doth know," said Macbeth, and that applies to it very well..." I ranted on, opening my eyes that I didn't even know were closed.
Jumping and gasping at my run-on sentence, I looked up to see that only a wide-eyed Ruki in the my classroom.
"You...are very intellectual, Miss Sakamaki," he said as his eyes returned to normal size, then he smirked a bit.
"Forgive me for taking away your time by my rambling, Mister Ruki," I said with a closed eyed smile.
"Hm..not at all; actually..."
Feeling a sudden presence close to me, I opened my eyes to see Ruki standing next to me, he grasped my chin with his right hand and kissed my lips.
My eyes widened; before I could do anything, he pulled away from me slightly.
"I like a woman with literary intellect. We'll be seeing more of each other often," he whispered in my right ear and let go, then walked out of the classroom without another word.
*Silence*
A sigh of relief left my lips...
"Why...why did I feel..such attraction to him? Is it because...he's the same as me on a literal basis? W-wait, no, no, Miyami! It is forbidden to have a romantic relationship with your students...even if they are after you."
Deciding to get my mind off of it, I pulled out my laptop from my purse and logged in after opening the lid to work on more of my given online assignments from my university's teachers while eating my first bagel with sausage between it bento, and thinking about my next book.
'Something light-hearted, hm...perhaps a..love story? Let's see from what I can remember on the romantic anime Fuko recommended...Say I love You-ugh, no, Yamato kept getting on my nerves with his indecisive self. Ouran High School Host Club? Hm, a little too bubbly, I need some tragedy. Kiss Him, Not Me? Ouu, no, what would my readers think of me, a horror novelist, writing...yaoi, I believe that is what it is called. Brothers Conflict?...'
My eyes widened as I just stared at my screen, coming to a slow realization.
"...No way. It can't be..oh, no. Oh, God. Please..let me be wrong about this. Hopefully, I am..."
"Miss Sakamaki~."
I looked up from my computer once again to see Laito and Subaru standing in the door way.
"Nfu~, we came here to get you, so we can eat together~, isn't that sweet of your younger brothers~, Miss Sakamaki~?" Laito mused.
I slowly smiled, "Actually..it is. Hold on and let me get what I need," I said, then put my half eaten sausage bagel into my bento, sealed it shut and stood up.
Closing my laptop, I grabbed that, and my bento, then headed towards my..half brothers.
"It is nice, but...I can't even eat lunch alone? You make me sound incapable of taking care of myself," I said my opinion.
Subaru glanced down at me as we walked down the hallway, "Tch, Sister, let us take care of you for once. You're becoming a pain when you deny our help. Can't keep the "older sister" role up all the time."
"He's right, Miya-chan~," Laito agreed, then slid his left around my waist, "Succumb to your brothers for help~."
"..Now, you make me sound like a succubus wanting to feed off her brothers, but..for now, I shall comply."
"Good," Subaru said, ending the conversation.
As we walked up some stairs, I saw Shu leaning against the banister with his eyes closed.
"You ready, Sis?"
Before I say anything, a curly blond ran pass and up to..Yuma, who seemed a little annoyed.
"Excuse me," I called to the blond.
He perked up and turned around, revealing crystal blue irises and a curious gaze.
My eyes slightly widened and I flinched, but went back to normal size as I held a concerned look.
"Running in the hall is dangerous, I nor the school would want you to get hurt. Be more careful, please?"
He glanced back at Yuma, then at me with a smile, "As you wish, Miss...?"
"Miss Sakamaki," I looked to Subaru, then Shu, "That goes for you both, too. Do not refer to me as your sister when we're at school."
He opened his right eye, "..Will Miss Fine do?"
I sighed, "So this is what Reiji's been dealing with, huh.." I said with a deadpanned expression.
"Pretty much," Laito answered.
"Tch, we don't have time for this, c'mon," Subaru spoke, pulling me by my left arm and down the hallway.
"Subaru!" I exclaimed.
"Tch, I don't like the way that blond guy was staring at you..like a predator with no sense. Gets on my damn nerves," he spoke.
"You can't grab a teacher and curse, then have the audacity to walk o—"
He glared at me for a brief second, returning his gaze forward again.
All of a sudden, my cheeks felt warm and I remained quiet, looking down a bit...
'That was...kinda..um, what is the word? Hot? Wait, n-no! I meant..different! Then again..Subaru always seemed angry..except towards me most of the time...What are you thinking, Miyami?'
~Tiny Time Skip~
We made it to roof, revealing Reiji, Ayato and Kanato. Subaru had taken my computer and bento, and carried it for me.
"Eating up here—matter of fact, just being up here is against school rules."
"We know that..but I do not recall you following that one when you attended here, Sister," Reiji spoke.
I glanced away with a small sly smile, "Hey, that doesn't matter right now..."
"You are right about that. I trust one of them—...Where is Laito?"
"Right here~," I heard him muse behind me.
On reflex, I turned to my right slightly, shove my right elbow in his stomach, grabbed him by his right hand with my left, then turned around more to grab him by his left shoulder, and swung him over and forward.
Laito came into with the ground harshly on his back, resulting in his eyes widening and coughing up blood.
Stepping back a bit, I realized what I did, I cupped my cheeks and fell to my knees in surprise as Ayato laughed and Kanato giggled in the background.
"Oh, my God! Laito! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! You just snuck up on me so suddenly, I panicked, and—.."
His eyes slowly closed, "I..I think I'm dying..."
I became mortified. Crawling towards him, I grabbed him by his collar and shook him back and forth.
"No! You can't die! You're too young!..Well, physically..but still! You can't die on your older sister! I won't allow it!"
He still wouldn't respond, so I slapped his left cheek with my right hand.
"Wake up!"
His eyes shot open, "Ow~. Miya-chan~, I was just kidding around~. I was hoping you'd do mouth to mouth~," he pouted and mused.
I blinked twice, "...Oh..okay, but don't joke like that with me ever again. I'm scared of what I'm capable of now that I know what I truly am.."
"No need to be, you're still who you are, no matter what you are," he responded.
My eyes widened and I shadowed my face from the blush that could probably be seen on my cheeks.
"Damn it..no, no, Miyami. This isn't that. Why..why did you have to hear that synopsis from Fuko? What was wrong with you?" I groaned.
"Sis?" Ayato questioned.
Looking back up with a closed eyed smile, I chuckled, "Never mind me. I'm being totally random is all."
After we got settled sitting on the ground, I opened my laptop again and went to open a new document in Word 2013.
'Happiness...what is my happiness?'
I gasped, "That's it! It's not mine, it's theirs and..Mother's as well. Now, the name..."Beautiful Temple's Night Rain", that's perfect, but I have to use different hiragana characters so my name wouldn't seem easy to spot.."
"Writing a new book, I assume," Reiji spoke.
"Yes."
"You're naming it after yourself with different hiragana characters?" Shu asked me.
I nodded, "..After all, I'm your refuge," I said, then ate my first sausage bagel.
For a few seconds, it didn't click..until they realized Miyami means "Beautiful temple" and Amaya means "Night rain" in Japanese.
"Why night rain? I think beautiful temple by itself is good enough~," Laito spoke.
"My books have been focusing on you all. It's your happiness..but my sadness," I said in a soft tone.
I was not joking. I really only did cry on rainy nights where no one could hear me.
"..Tch, baka onee-chan, if it doesn't make you happy, don't write it," Subaru spoke.
I looked up at him, "But I want to."
He took my laptop away from me, "Until you think of something else better to type, I'm not giving this back."
I pouted, "Subaru, you've become so mean and cruel. You hurt your sister's feelings," I said dramatically, closing my eyes.
"Whatever," he scoffed.
"Ne, Teddy? It's almost as if Big Sis is the Lil' Sis, right?"
Twitching at what Kanato said to Teddy, I tried to keep up a nice smile.
"...*Sigh* Anyway..I have something to tell you...I met our half brothers," I said quietly.
"Wait! When did this happen?!" Ayato shouted.
"In first and second periods, the guy you got indirectly offended by was one of them: Yuma Mukami. In my second class, Azusa and Ruki Mukami—"
Remembering the kiss, I covered my face with my hands to hide the rising blush on my cheeks.
"...How embarrassing."
"What? What the hell happened, Miyami?"
"N-nothing major is all," I said and let my hands down to my lap.
'The feel of his lips that ghosted on mine for that brief second was anxiously alluring. When they connected, I felt as if nothing else was important..as if we were in our own little world..'
"..Stop fantasizing."
"What?" Shu questioned.
"What?" I asked with a tilt of my head, munching on my second sausage bagel.
I learned from Kei this was a way to throw people off from what your original question or statement.
His eyes narrowed, "..Nothing."
"Aside from that, the blond one we saw earlier: Subaru, Shu, Laito, he was the one who attacked me back at the beach house. I made it look like I don't recall him, but also recall the shock."
"That bastard, huh," Subaru spoke, getting ready to stand up, but I put my right hand on his left shoulder.
"Calm down, Subaru. We shouldn't engage in anything serious, especially here at school where I could get fired. For now, let's stay on the defensive."
"...Alright. And what of those blood brothers of yours?"
"...Offensive. I figured out one of the two killed my mother..it wasn't Kino."
"How would you know that? Kimiko showed us exactly who it was. By the way, I haven't seen that Kino guy around so far," Ayato asked and said.
"..I may not know much, but I am a Tsukinami. I've been studying up on the blood line and supernatural power for the past week, especially Carla. His using of magic is very powerful..he could've altered Aunt Kimiko's Fortune-telling, using Kino as a scapegoat."
"Where did you find this information, Big Sis?" Kanato questioned me.
I smirked, "Carla shouldn't have underestimated me—who is equally powerful, I'm a gypsy, as well as the adopted child of Tougo; of course I'd be able to use my magic just as perfect as he does. Anyway, I am the one Carla and Shin want, Mother refused—resulting in her death, for I may be...no, I am the only opposite gender First Blood left now that Miss Komori no longer possesses Miss Cordelia in her heart."
"And what shall we do on the offensive as we wait?" Reiji questioned.
My eyes darkened as they narrowed and my hair slightly raised in a rush of raging adrenaline.
"...I want revenge for murdering her, for deceiving me, and using Kino as a scapegoat..despite him coming for me, too. I will kill them. There is no peaceful resolve to this. I am tired of the complication and lies."
"This is your time to do something about it, Sis," Ayato told me. "I've been done with this $#;t."
"Hey...ever thought about..he was trying to establish some type of peace treaty..." Shu suggested.
I glanced to Shu, "..Probably." I stared at my bento box, 'Haha..how sick, trying to use the previous First Blood King's daughter as a peace treaty..yet you adopted her as your own daughter...'
A light gasp left my lips and I looked to Shu, "You may be right! I see it now. Giesbach must've been a horrible father, more horrible than Tougo..so he probably would've promised Carla that I'd grow up to be a elegant and lady of etiquette. When I'm of age..."
"This Carla would partake of the fruit," Shu finished.
"I guess...I am the Eve of this new experiment for a new race..but I refuse Carla to be my Adam."
"Ah...so this whole thing was to create a new race, huh...Then whom?" Laito asked me with a mutual amount of concern.
"Whoever I see fit for myself."
The bell rung, signaling lunch was over.
"We will discuss about my Mother at home," I said, standing up with my bento in hand, and walked towards the door.
"Why, Mother Lucille, Big Sis?" Kanato asked.
"..Kino was the one to attack the Luminitsa Clan..and he wanted something from either her or Aunt Rosella."
(I had to go back and change up a few words and sentences because I didn't want to confuse you guys since I read more about how everything came to be. Besides that..I hope you guys liked that I made Miyami a teacher instead of a student because she's nineteen. By the way, when Miyami was a student at Ryotei, she dyed her hair black and it was styled like Uta's from Tokyo Ghoul except she didn't shave some of it off..so if she comes into contact with any teachers she had, they won't recognize her. Wow, so many of the others are coming after Miyami..I should do one at a time...)