Chapter Two

-Miki's POV, just waking up inside her room -Thursday Morning ...

I slowly started to split my eyes in two, seeing that I was in my darkened room lying back on top of the bed. I blinked and peered around ...I thought I fell asleep over at the computer desk and the Tsukiyomi kid was resting in my bed. Speaking of which ...where did he go?

I sat up in my bed and continued to glance around, only to find that my bedroom door was slightly opened. I blinked before speaking a word, "That jerk. He would sneak out during the night, when I'm asleep. His injuries hasn't healed up yet and what's so wrong with saying a little thank you?" I sighed, ruffling up my already messed up hair. "Stupid mystery kid ..." I mumbled to myself and forced my body out of bed.

After letting out a very dreary and tired yawn, I walked over to my bedroom door, "Might as well get today over with ..." I sighed and trudged downstairs.

-Suu's POV, in the Kitchen setting dishes ontop of the center room table-

"All done ~desu!" I smiled, as I looked over my finished setting. I just finished cooking/whipping up a quick breakfast for my lovely family.

Today, was sure to be great! Me, and my entire class are going on a field trip to the circus and the aquarium! Awesome, right? I know; I barely slept a wink last night ...with Mi-chan's weird little thing last night and my eagerness. Yes, sadly that's a bad mix up that can make anyone tired. Sigh, speaking of which ...she needs to hurry up and come down and start getting ready for school. She's such a slacker at times, I swear ...

"Oh, good morning Suu, darling." greeted a warm and light woman's voice. I turned around wearing a bubbly smile on my face,"Good morning to you too, Mamma ~desu!"

My Mamma was taller than me and Mi-chan and Ran-neechan, but shorter compared to Pappa and very slim and skinny. She has big, bright violet eyes with long and filling eyelashes that seemed to move in sweet loving motions with each and one of her eyelid movements, but they were nearly covered by her light lavender bangs. Mamma wore her hair partially down today with the top in a back ponytail and the bottom laying/tumbling down against her back at mid-point, "Looks like you outdid yourself today ..." she trailed off studying the food and organized plates. I giggled. "Oh, that ... I was just a little bored, is all. No biggie ~desu."

"You've been quite a big help around the house, sweetie ...with me and your father keeping late hours at work and all. I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate it and thank you."

"Like I said, Mamma: No biggie! I live here too, so the least I could do is keep the place livable with a nice, hot meal ready to serve ~desu!" I giggled and shot my Mamma a peace sign with my fingers. She smiled and took a few sips from her coffee.

After a few seconds, Pappa zoomed down the stairs, stopped at the table, grabbed a piece of toast, stole a quick sip of orange juice and shot out the front door without a single word to anyone. Mamma and I chuckled at this.

"Be careful and have a nice day ~desu!" I called after him. Mamma giggled some more. I turned to her and forced a smile. "I guess, you should be on your way too, Mamma."

She nodded her head in agreement and made her way over to me, "Have fun on your field trip today, Suu dear." she smiled before kissing me on my forehead. I managed a smile and watched as she jogged over to the front door, as well. "Don't forget to wake your sister!" she exclaimed back to me. I nodded my head.

A sudden wave of creaking came from behind me. I blinked and turned around to find my older blue headed sister in her school uniform ...uh ...looking very unprofessionally might I add. I sighed and walked over to her, and started to straighten her collar and blue necktie.

"Geez, Mi-chan ...It's sort of hard to tell that you're the middle child ~desu."

"Aw, shut up. I had a crazy night."

"Bad dream?"

"What?"

"Did you have a bad dream last night?" I looked up to her, with a curious look in my eye.

"O -oh! Yeah ...yeah, it was just a bad d -dream," she forced a smile. I narrowed my eyes onto her. She was so lying. Let's just get something right and out in the open. Mi-chan is a great and perfect liar and all, but when it comes to lying to me, no one can lie to my face without showing a hint of it.

"What was it about?"

"Um ..." she chuckled awkwardly, while rubbing the back of her hair, "It wasn't anything major, I was just being chased by this big furry beast and I thought I was gonna be a goner."

"That's weird ..." I raised my eyebrow at her little description. That is a strange little bad dream, "Well, you might as well go be off on your way to school, Mi-chan."

"Aw man! It's that time already, hunh?" she exclaimed, snatching some toast off the table and stealing a quick drink of chocolate milk from a clear glass cup, threw on her black females' blazer, straightened her hair -well, managed, tucked her feet into her school shoes and bolted out of the door. I sighed and ran over to the front door, "Um ...your school bag, Mi-chan!" I yell.

She halted her feet and jogged back over to me and grabbed her bag and shot me an awkward smile.

"You're just like Pappa," I say giggling.

"Aw hush up, will ya?" she called back to me as she dashed over to her school's direction. I smiled as I watched her.

When she out of sight, I breathed out an exhausted breath and trailed my way back into the house, "I guess, that just leaves me." I smiled to myself.

-Miki's POV, At Seiyo High-

"Yo, Miki!" a boy's voice called over to me. I blinked and pulled my eyes from the ground to meet indigo colored orbs and I smiled, " 'Sup Rizumu."

"Hehe, almost ran late again, I see." Temari scolded me from beside her younger twin brother. Today, she let her long light violet hair hang down against her back and her long almost thick bangs were clipped nice and neatly against the left side of her face. Her brother; Rizumu stood next to her, with his hair in the usual down style, but topped it off with his favorite all white beanie.

I frowned, "It's not like it's my fault."

"Oh, really? And I suppose it's because you overslept from all night studying for today's test examinations?"

I flinched ...I totally had forgotten about that. I turned to Temari and gave her a look that easily read: 'I can't believe I forgot! I'm so dead!'

"You didn't study at all, did you?" she narrowed her eyes onto me and placed her hand on her right hip. I slowly shook my head 'no' as a response. Rizumu bursted out laughing at my misery. "Oh, hush up Rizumu! It's not like you of all people studied either. We're in the same boat!" I shot at him.

He calmed himself down from his round of laughter and quickly regained his composure, "Actually ...I did. I stayed up all night getting tutored from Oneechan, over here." he smirked, while pointing to his older sister. I felt as if a huge boulder fell ontop of my head, crushing me down to the ground. Rizumu of all people actually studied? He will end up getting a more better grade than me ...I sulked my head down low.

"Don't worry, Miki! I'm sure you'll do fine ..." he lyed threw his teeth. I glared over to him, "Go die somewhere, why don't ya?"

"Dang ...harsh. What got your panties all tied up in twist?" asked Daichi's voice as he casually walked over to the three of us. I sighed, "The test examinations ..."

"You didn't study either, hunh?"

"You didn't study, Souma-kun?"

"Uh, duh ...why do you think I just asked Miki that question? Sometimes, you could be a little dense, Temari."

"Oh, I wouldn't want to hear anything like that from the likes of you 'the person who barely manages to stay on the soccer team from a few Cs and Ds'." Temari giggled. Rizumu and I soon followed. Daichi's cheeks flared a light red, then he turned his head from ours.

"I don't remember anybody asking anything about that, Temari," he muttered. I chuckled some more.

"Hehe, oh I'm sorry Souma-kun."

"So, dude ...you didn't study at all," Rizumu forced back a chuckle.

"No. You see, it's this little routine that I always do to prepare myself for any kinds of tests."

"Like what?" Temari, Rizumu and I all asked in unison. Daichi smirked at us, "I cram in everything that I can at the last minute, right before taking the test." he smiled proudly. We all, except Daichi of course, fell to the ground anime-style.

-Still Miki's POV, just inside the school in homeroom, taking the test exams-

My body stiffened and my left eye twitched at the sight of the cruel horror that stared up and sneered evilly at me. I gulped and stole a few nervous and yet embarrassed glances around me then I looked back to my desk and started to cry a little.

I hate test exams ...

-After school let out-

I sighed loudly as I slowly walked down the afternoon's sidewalk. Temari; from beside me giggled lightly. I scowled over to her, "You know ...it wouldn't hurt you to just be a little more sincere."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry ...hehe, but seeing you like this is a little amusing, to say the least."

"You're such a nice, caring and loving companion ..." I said, with every bit of sarcasm leaking from my voice. Temari smiled and giggled some more. I lowered my head in sorrow and muttered, "I so suck ..."

"Now come on Miki, sweetie. You didn't do all that bad ..."

"Yeah, I did. Me, you and everyone else already know I did. Even Daichi and your brother; Rizumu did better! I'm such a loser. I'm going to end up spending the rest of my life as a ronin ..."

"I wouldn't go that far."

"You wouldn't, but I would-" I was automatically cut off by suddenly bumping into something and falling hard onto the ground. My head hit -well crash landed into something very blunt and hard then, black ...

"Wait. I think she's coming to ..." a light female's voice stated. I think ...that's Temari's voice.

"Miki ...Hun ...wake up, sweetie. Miki?" the voice rammered on, soothingly. I felt myself smile for second and then my eyes managed to pull apart from each other. Soon, I blinked my vision and surroundings into view.

"Uh ...hunh?" I choked out, "Te-Temari?"

"Miki!" she exclaimed as she suddenly glomped me for a hug. My cheeks fainted a slight pink as I was totally taken aback by this.

"W-what's going on?"

"You fell and hit the back of your head against a street pole really hard and went unconcious," she explained, loosening her grip around my shoulders. I blinked. That explains the back-on-back throbs to my head. And the slight ringing in my ears.

I blinked and turned towards the other living life force kneeling on the other side of me. I studied them ...black, but sheen blue scruffy hair and piercing golden/yellow eyes meeting my sky blue orbs. I furrowed my brows and clenched the hem of my school uniform skirt, "It's you!"

He blinked, "...Just my luck, hunh?"

"Don't act like you're all high and mighty, you stupid low-down cosplaying jerk!"

"Cospla ...-"

"You ...guys ...know each other?" Temari stated awkwardly. I glared at the stupid guy in front of me, but answered her question, "You can say that, I guess."

He looked over to Temari and flashed a smirk. I felt her flinch and slightly blush from behind me.

"Is she a friend of yours?"

"Maybe," I said, my gaze never leaving him.

"Hey!" Temari exclaimed, offended. The guy chuckled to himself.

"She's pretty cute."

"Grr ..." I growled. "To you she's not. To you; Temari's just a random girl who you just so happened to run into on the street."

"Um ...yeah. I'm still here," Temari waved over to me. I ignored her and glared coldly to the stupid blue headed jerk in front of me, who just continued to smirk my way. I felt an omnious aura surround me. "I don't see it that way ...I would rather use the term, 'fate'," he smiled. I flinched and hit over the head with my school bag. "Get a life, you perv!"

He winced and shot me a glare. I ignored it and gave him a glare of my own, "Yeah, that hurt you stupid, flat chested brat!"

"Flat che-? That's it! You've done crossed the line, Guy." I growled into his face.

"I thought I told you that, that was NOT my name!" he growled into my face.

"You don't deserve to be called by your name. And I can call you whatever the hell I'd like, you perverted playboy! Like there's any law in the world that says that you have to call someone by their given name."

"Probably there is and you just don't know about it."

"Yeah, whatever. Like something like that would actually exsist! Do you know how dumb that sounds?"

"How is that in any way dumb?"

"Everything about you is dumb! What you hear, say and do; or how you speak, walk, and talk-"

"Oh, like what I hear right now, which so happens to be your voice. Is that dumb? I think I'll mark that under the list."

"What! ? You stupid flirt!" I yelled into his face. He smirk and got up, "I'd rather not do this. It's way to boring, not me and a huge waste of my time ..."

"And where the heck do you think you're going? I'm not finished yelling at you yet, you fat headed chump!" I snapped. He turned and looked to me from over his shoulder, "Do you really, actually care?" I stayed silent and stared up at him, speechless ...I couldn't think of anything to say or to respond back to him. He stood silent and stared down at me. I gulped.

"Heh, I hope your blueberry head doesn't swell up and burst; you're way to much fun of a tease." He chuckled. I felt myself blush a little.

He turned around, with his hands stuffed inside his black jeaned pockets and slowly started away, leaving me speechless, weak, opened, and ...a little confused. Then it dawned on me ...

"Hey, you come back here, you pervert! Don't you ever call me a blueberry! I have a name y'know and it's Hinamori friggin Miki! You hear that? Hinamori Miki; not Blueberry!" I yelled after him, still sitting on the warm cement ground, "IF YOU EVER CALL ME THAT AGAIN, AND I PROMISE I'LL BEAT YOU INTO NOTHING, BUT A BLOODY PULP! I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING, BECAUSE I'M SOOO SERIOUS RIGHT NOW! I'M GONNA FRIGGIN KILL YOU THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT! I REALLY MEAN WHAT I SAY RIGHT NOW, YOU STUPID LOSER! ! !"

I stared after into his direction, huffing from my little flusteration just now, finding that he was gone. I don't even think he heard a single word that I just shouted.

Soon, there was some small giggling from behind me. I turned around and found Temari covering her mouth as she laughed full-on. I narrowed her eyes up at her. She ended up laughing some more.

"None of that was funny you know?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry ...that was just, haha, so amusing!" she choked out. I puffed up my cheeks and whipped my head away from her in embarrassment, "And you call youself my friend ..."

"You still love me, Miki, sweetie."

"Just because you call me by your little nick names ...doesn't make me want to forgive you."

"Aw, come on ...sometimes you just get way too much into your little feelings."

"And you wonder why ..."

"But, that little scramble with you and that boy was so adorable. Are guys dating?"

I flinched at the word, "DATING! ? Me with that punk? NO WAY, TEMARI!" I exclaimed. She laughed some more. I let out an exhausted exhale and forced myself from off the ground. I dusted the back of my skirt off, and me and Temari continued our little walk home.

-At home, Normal POV-

"Mi-chan! Your homeroom teacher just called. How the heck did you get an F on your test exam ~desu?" Suu exclaimed from out of the living room. Miki winced and pulled her manga closer to her face trying to zone her younger sister out or to just try and act as if she was invisible.

...

...

There was a sudden knock at the door. Miki winced some more.

"Mi-chan! Open this door right now ~desu!"

"I don't wanna."

"Mi-chan! Let's talk about this F ...like right now!" Miki sweatdropped, "Mi-chan isn't here, can I take a message?" she faked a lame excuse of a foreign accent.

"HINAMORI MIIIKI! ! !"

"Whaat?" The blue head forced out a nervous chuckle.