Me: Sorry for not updating for a while it got a bit hectic at home and I couldn't find the time to actually sit down and write it. Anyway here is a chapter were I am trying some different senery compared to the first three chapters, hope you enjoy it :) *Thumbs up*
Natsume: Are you trying to pair up my daughter again! *Angry ~S-T-A-R-E~*
Me: But their so cute together...
Natume: Absolutly not! *Angry Face*
Mikan: It's alright Natsume she'll be fine but when are we going to be there to help our daughter?
Me: Soon enough, soon enough
Mikan: Ok, Aria doesn't own GA!
Chapter 4 – Friends
Mizuyuri's POV
This warmth, this tender and caring warmth cradling me. This warmth is coming from the person who is carrying me in their arms with such care, that if I were to fall I would break. Who is it though? My mind is fuzzy and my vision blurred, I can't tell. Then finally I give in to the overwhelming feeling to drift into a deep sleep. I slowly slip into the peaceful yet thoughtless dream-like state.
Aruku's POV
There was no point staying in class, we didn't have anything to do really because the teachers were all out searching for that girl. She must just be seeking attention and is obviously getting it, I thought angrily. I had decided to go for a walk around however when I saw Yukikawa Yamagawa running somewhere, I got curious so I followed her. When I finally caught up with her these guys dressed in black were lying on the ground and Hyuuga had just fainted next to Yamagawa. Before I could think through what I was doing I ran up and volunteered to carry Hyuuga to the infirmary. She was actually quiet light making the job easier for me because the faster I get her there the faster everything will stop being overly panicked. I hate this, I thought, but do I hate her? She has such an innocent expression on her face…No I hate her! I do! But how did I come to that decision?
The way that Hyuuga clung to me with a hopeful grin on her lips hoping that I somehow cared. I don't care or at least that is what I told myself over and over again as I walk to the infirmary. As we entered the nurse insisted on carrying her the rest of the way however as soon as she left my arms I felt a pang of sadness and regret that couldn't hold her even for a minute longer. As if she could sense what I had felt, Hyuuga began to shake violently as if she was outside in a winter blizzard. She had her arm stretched out reaching for something but I was the only thing in the direction she was searching.
Mizuyuri's POV
Abruptly the calming warmth disappeared in an instant which then became the icy, bitter cold of winter. The change was so sudden that it made every part of me tremble violently. In order to escape the bitter cold I reached out desperately for the former warmth to calm my shaken body.
Aruku's POV
The nurse had put Hyuuga down on one of the beds and I stayed standing at the side of the bed for a little while because I somehow knew that I shouldn't leave just yet.
Wait a minute I am supposed to hate her! Then why do I feel like this? I hate the way she doesn't trust anyone or rather isn't willing to give anyone a chance to even become friends. She pushes away anyone who might reject her or hurt her. She is so selfish and yet in her silence she sometimes displays little things about herself like the way she looked at the sakura tree outside our classroom. Her eyes were filled with a longing to climb the tree and be amongst the flowers unlike the cold and distant expression she shows to everyone to scare them off. Why is it that I long to hear the sound of her voice even just once or to see her smile filled with joy? What is it about her? I don't know how long I pondered such thoughts standing there beside her.
When I look up Hyuuga was asleep, crying with a pained expression painted on her face. Then suddenly she woke up and looked around confused but then stopped when she saw me stand in the room. After a few seconds she realize that she had cried in her sleep and quickly whipped the tears away. Then there was silence.
Narrators POV
The one to break the silence was Aruku as he said turning his back to her, "Stop feeling so sorry and miserable it makes you look even uglier."
It took a minute to sink in but afterward Mizuyuri started to shake out of pure anger, however she still said nothing.
He continued on to say, "Your just selfish and attention seeking. No wonder you have no friends, you probably scared them all off."
Still shaking with her anger level rising she thought to herself. I don't care what he thinks! I don't! I don't! Stay calm, stay calm Mizuyuri.
"In fact, maybe it's because your parents raised your so poorly," Aruku finished.
That was the last straw. He had no right to say anything bad about her parent! Mizuyuri suddenly yelled with a hoarse voice, "You know nothing! You don't understand at all! How can you talk like that when you don't know ANYTHING!"
She could tell he was shocked at her sudden outburst, he didn't expect her say even a word. There was a silence for a long time.
Mizuyuri started with a whispered, "My parents have worked really hard to protect me over the years. Even when they were hurt they still put me before anything else. Especially when we were being chased down by the Demon Workers Cooperation," Mizuyuri looked distantly out the window, "it started 6 years ago."
~ 6 years ago ~
A 6-year-old Mizuyuri was playing in the park that was really just a grass field with her two new best friends from school. Mikan Hyuuga, Mizuyuri's mother and Natsume Hyuuga, Mizuyuri's father, were both sitting on a park bench on the other side of the park. Mizuyuri loved coming to the park every weekend with her parents however this time she got the feeling that there was something different, something wrong in the park and would occasionally look around to see if there was anything out of the ordinary. There didn't appear to be so she continued playing.
"Hey, ZuZu-chan look I can throw the ball really far, watch!" Mizuyuri turned to watch her best friend Risa throw a basketball across the park.
The Risa's twin sister Riki and Mizuyuri's other best friend, pick up the ball yelled, "I'll throw it back, Okay SaSa-chan!"
"Over here, KiKi-chan!" Risa replied with the same loudness of tone waving her hands above her head.
After throwing the ball around for a while the three of them decided to have a break and talk for a bit.
"Hey, ZuZu-chan do you think we'll be best friends forever?" Risa asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Of cause we will SaSa-chan, the three of us together forever, like sisters," Riki replied with a cheeky grin on her face grabbed both Mizuyuri's and Risa's hands.
"Your right KiKi-chan like sisters," Mizuyuri agreed.
Then the three 6-year-olds burst out laughing. However suddenly Mizuyuri saw a dangerous scene arise so fast that she only remembered it in pieces.
The darkly dressed figures surrounding them. Her Mum and Dad running toward her. Riki and Risa's ear piercing screams. Feeling angry, very angry. Water coming out of nowhere and hitting the men taking them away. Mum and Dad still fighting. Tree roots wrapping around the dark figures. Feeling an energy surge from the men. Mum and Dad finally coming to check on use after defeating the other dark figures.
Riki and Risa's shock and scared faces. Risa saying, "Liar, stay away liar!".
It is cold. Very cold.
~ Back to the present ~
Narrator's POV
"I will never trust in anyone again," Mizuyuri stated after she told Aruku about the incident 4 years ago.
Aruku had patiently listened the whole time then looked Mizuyuri straight in the eyes and said, "My parents were killed by the leader of Demon Workers Organization, ever since I have had to live with my Aunt. And the only way I dealt with their deaths was that I never gave up trying to make friends or to try to play practical jokes and always gave everyone a chance. Yes, I was rejected most of the time because everyone thought that I had killed them when I didn't. Eventually I found friends and everything turned out okay but it never would have had I not had my friends support. So you can't say I know nothing, you idiot."
Mizuyuri's POV
I could feel the fire behind his words. How much has he gone through to be able to not fear the pain, rejection or loneliness? He was right the longer I push people away the more I hurt myself and others, but where did he get so much courage from? I thought. Then I suddenly remembered a picture I loved to look at when I was little it said, 'Courage is not the opposite of Fear; It is the ability to accept Fear and overcome it.'
I now realized what I had to do; I don't have to be afraid anymore. However I was so overwhelmed with relief that I sobbed and I couldn't stop the tears from falling.
Aruku's POV
I wasn't sure what had caused it but Hyuuga started crying. I couldn't stand to see her like that anymore so without thinking it through I ended up comforting her with a hug. She sobbed even more once she was in my arms, and it had been at least ten minutes later that she finally calmed down.
Mizuyuri's POV
When I finally stopped sobbing I felt so embarrassed. I had let a boy, I am not even friends with, see me cry. I definitely knew my cheeks had turned bright red unfortunately displaying my embarrassment to him. But he just laughed and said, "Any redder and you'd be a tomato."
Then I noticed he was also red but was probably trying to hide it behind insults and laughter. So I snapped back while getting of the bed to stand up, "Look who's talking stupid."
"Hey you were the one who fainted, feather-brain," He lashed back.
"You're the oh-so-gracious one who wanted to carry me and just what were you planning to do drop in the middle of nowhere?" I replied in defense.
"You were the one who started bawling like a sissy," He fought back.
"You were the one who hugged…m-me," I stated.
The silence was the awkward yet comforting type the lingered in the air.
"The name's Aruku Matsukuro, but you can call me Aruku," He said with a I-am-not-a-nice-guy-I-am-a-cool-guy attitude.
"Mizuyuri Hyuuga but you can call me Mizuyuri let's be friends ," I replied with a grin on my face for the first time in weeks it was a good feeling to be happy around others.
"Okay as long as you don't go being like the rest of the girls and bug me twenty-four-seven or else you'll get burned," He replied acting cool.
Suddenly they heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Aruku ran over to the window and quickly forced it open and said, "Well see ya." Then jumped out of the window which was on the third floor. I knew he would be okay but it was a stupid and dangerous stunt to pull, because people always jump out of the window instead of using the door, I though sarcastically while rolling me eyes and giggling a little.
Narrator's POV
The next day seemed to brighter than the day before for Mizuyuri, heading into a day full of positive thinking and making more friends.
This attitude only lasted until she got to the door of her class room. Finally she summed up the strength to open the door to find Yukikawa Yamagawa standing there waiting for her and said with her usual beaming smile, "Good Morning Hyuuga-chan!"
Mizuyuri smiled and with all the inner strength she could muster she replied in a timid voice, "G-Good M-Morning Y-Yamagawa-c-chan."
The whole classroom went silent as Mizuyuri spoke as if to listen carefully to the first of her words to them. Everyone, except for Aruku seemed shocked.
"Hurray! You finally spoke, Hyuua-chan! Wait is it okay if I call you Mizuyuri-chan, no Yuri-chan?" Yamagawa asked at what seemed to be a million miles per minute.
"Sure," Mizuyuri replied smiling.
"Then you can call me Yuki-chan," Yukikawa stated with a grin.
Me: Awwwwh! Cute! Please review :) and chapter 5 will hopefully be up by at least the end of July but I would like to post it earlier if possible :)
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