Chapter 3 – A New Friend

Author's Note: First off, I have to apologize for taking so long to get this chapter done. I have been sick this past week as well as dealing with MAJOR writer's block for this chapter. (CURSE YOU, WRITER'S BLOCK!) I should also tell you that although this chapter may seem like a filler chapter, it actually contains information and events that will become important to the plot later. With that out of the way, I want to thank everyone who has reviewed, followed and favorited this story. It always surprises me how many people have taken an interest in this story and I greatly appreciate every one of you. Love you all!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Diabolik Lovers.

Sarah walked down the halls of the school towards the library. Shu had decided to skip school entirely this evening, so she had spent the first two class periods in the music room alone. However, the room hadn't felt the same without Shu there. Sarah had decided to kill the rest of the night in the school library catching up on her reading. When she reached the library, she wasn't surprised to see other students present. They did have another ten minutes before class started again.

Sarah sat down at a table beside a young girl who was doing homework and pulled a book from her bag. As she began reading her book, she heard the girl next to her sigh in frustration. She glanced at the girl's confused expression then at the Algebra homework on the table. "Need some help?" Sarah asked her.

The girl jumped slightly, as if she didn't know she was there before smiling gratefully. "I would really appreciate it. Thank you."

Sarah put her book away and pulled out a piece of scrap paper and a pencil. She looked over the problems on the homework sheet briefly before speaking again. "Looks like their trying to teach you how to solve this kind of problem using the most difficult and confusing method they could find. How about I show you easier way of solving this?" The girl nodded. "Okay, so first you take this variable…" Sarah showed her two examples using this method. "Alright, now you try with one of the homework problems."

"Okay. I'll give it a shot," the girl said. As the girl worked on the problem, Sarah took the chance to get a good look at her. She appeared to be about 17 years old with pale skin. The girl had wavy, pale blonde hair to her shoulders and light pink eyes. From the problems on the homework, Sarah assumed the girl was a 2nd year student. "Alright, I got it!" The girl said, bringing her out of her thoughts. "You were right, that was much easier! Oh man, I had better get to class soon or I'll be late. Again, thank you so much!"

"Don't worry about it. My name's Sarah, by the way."

"It's very nice to meet you, Sarah. I'm Yui. Hey, why don't we meet up for lunch period so we can talk more?" Sarah nodded her reply and Yui headed to her next class.

Sarah smiled to herself as she put her paper and pencil away and went back to her book. She had just found a new friend and was suddenly looking forward to the rest of her day. About two hours later, Sarah and Yui were at the exact same table in the library talking and eating their "lunches". "So Sarah how come I've never seen you in class, before?" Yui asked.

"I'm a 4th year student, so my classes are on the upper floors. I usually skip most of my classes though," she answered with a slight blush.

"Um, if you skip most of your classes, then how do get good grades? Then again, as smart as you are, you could probably pass all of your classes anyway."

"Truthfully, I don't know why I'm even here." Sarah told Yui about being homeschooled all her life, and as a result, was far ahead of the other students. But before their death's a few months ago, they had enrolled her in this school. All the staff said she should be in college, but they had insisted. Sarah opted out of telling Yui about the abuse, though.

"That would explain why the teacher's let you get away with skipping class. As for why your parents insisted you come here, well, you were homeschooled alone all your life. Maybe they thought you needed to learn to interact with people your own age?" Yui suggested.

"I suppose you're probably right," Sarah said. "Yui, how come you keep glancing toward the doors like that?"

"And here I thought I was being subtle about it," Yui replied with a blush. "You see, I'm attending school and living with the Sakamaki family while my father is overseas on business. However, one of them, Ayato, is really… possessive, for lack of a better word. I'm actually surprised he hasn't come to drag me away yet."

"Well, let's knock on wood that he doesn't show up since you've said that," Sarah said as she lightly knocked on the wooden table.

(Time Skip)

School was almost done for the night when Sarah looked at the clock. 'Only five more minutes until the final bell. If I head out now, I can reach the front door by the time the bell rings,' Sarah thought to herself. She put her book back in her bag before leaving the library. As she walked out the library doors, Sarah failed to notice a young man about her age with brown hair and eyes staring at her as if he had seen a ghost.

Meanwhile…

Yuma Mukami was down the hall from the school library waiting for one of his "brothers". When he heard the doors of the library open, he turned expecting to see the "brother" he was waiting for. Instead, he was shocked by what he saw. A young woman, an older mirror image of his dead sister. 'But, it can't be her! My sister died decades ago!' Yuma thought as he watched her disappear down the hall. Yet, he could come up with only one possible answer as to why an older version of his dead sister was here now. 'The question is… who reincarnated her?'

Back to Sarah…

She reached the door right as the final bell rang. Sarah was only outside for a few seconds before she heard Yui call to her. The two sat by a tree in the school yard and talked while they waited for Yui's ride. "Hey, Sarah? I was wondering, where do you go when you cut class?" Yui asked.

"Depends. Can you keep a secret?" Yui nodded. "When I skip class, I spend my time in the music room. With Shu Sakamaki."

"Shu lets you hang out in his music room with him?!" Yui asked in shock.

"Yes, but it's supposed to be a secret. He can't know you know," Sarah told her.

"Okay, I'll keep quiet about it, but I want details later," Yui said.

After that conversation ended, the girls talked about random things until a young man that Yui identified as Ayato exited the building. Yui told her that she would stay with Ayato until their ride got there and that Sarah could go home. Although hesitant at first, Sarah reluctantly agreed and headed home.

As she walked home, Sarah's thoughts turned to the next day. Tomorrow was February 14th, Valentine's Day. She didn't know why, but Sarah had a suspicion that after tomorrow, things were going to change.