I'm starting to develop more characters and the danger is finally going to start.

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The 2nd day of school for Sakuno went on much better than the day before, because a girl with brown straight hair down to her shoulders and eyes of gold started to talk to her. She seemed like a kind girl, but she kept an eraser in her hand that she seemed to squeeze every once in a while.

"Sakuno-san, if you don't mind me calling you that, I'm really glad to meet you. My name is Yanami Miku. I hope we can become good friends."

"A-ah!" Sakuno could only get out in surprise and joy.

"Wow, you are sure cute! I humbly apologize for being so rude to you yesterday and ignoring you. I wasn't sure if I could approach you normally." She said while giving the eraser a few squeezes.

"Eh?" She was confused how would today prove to make her seem any more 'approachable'?

"You didn't get it? I guess you were out having the tour when it was passed out. I think I have another in my bag." Miku said as she dug through her things.

There was silence for a while and when Miku finally pulled it out and handed it to Sakuno she could see that Sakuno was smiling a calm smile to her.

"Thank you." Sakuno said smoothly and with a kind loving tone.

"N-No problem! Haha! Oh! I'll tell you so you don't have to look. My phobia is crossing the street." She said while giving the eraser a squeeze.

Sakuno was tempted to ask why, but before she could the teacher entered and called the class to order. He was a man in his late 40s with more grey hair then there was brown, and eyes that lost all their color behind his glasses.

"For these next few weeks we are going to go over how your fears and phobias started. Each person will come up and share their name, phobia name, and when they believe it started."

Sakuno looked clearly upset her face contorted to look of hatred and disgust.

"How could they ask this much from us? Sharing something we try to hide away and forget, and in front of the whole class? This is insane." She thought.

"As they say, once you understand your fear you are more likely to overcome it. So who will start?" The teacher said with a small smirk as he placed his hands on his desk and leaned forward to look at the whole class.

Everyone looked at their desks, and didn't say a word; some were even shaking from what seemed like fear.

"Well if no one wishes to share I guess I will just…"

"I will go sensei!" Miku said raising her hand and standing up.

"Ah, very well you may proceed" The teacher said as he walked to the back of the room.

"Please make sure to say it nice and clearly." He said with a greasy voice.

She gave a nod and took a deep breathe before turning to the class with a bright confidence.

"Hello class, my name is Yanami Miku, nice to meet you. I have Agyrophobia which is fear of crossing the street. The reason for this was from time when I was young." Her voice rang strongly with a hint of pride and only the most professionalism.

"When I was about 4 years old, and was about to walk across the street with my mom a woman and baby where in front of us waiting also. When the light turned to give us the time to walk across, a car lost control and hit the Mother and newborn killing them instantly. At the time I only took one step off the sidewalk, and I could never since then." She said sadly.

"Hmm, what a sad story indeed. Do you ever think it should have been you?" He asked.

Miku hesitated a bit, and squeezed the eraser a few times in her hand. Sakuno was feeling this tight swelling her throat.

Something inside her wanted to scream out to stop him, but that would put her in the spot light.

"I…I…" Miku started.

"Well?" He pressed.

"I…I don't…" she started to breathe heavily.

"You don't what?" He asked with a somewhat amused tone.

She was looking down trying to regain her composure and took a deep breathe when she made her resolve.

"I'm not a righteous person, I'm not happy they died but I'm glad it wasn't me or my mom." She proclaimed to him clenching her fists and staring at him with a serious expression.

Sakuno was deeply impressed by this display of courage and wished she could be as honest like her.

"Well then if you so sure you can sit down." He said letting her go.

She promptly went to her seat and sat down to let out a deep sigh.

"Next will be Kaemon Ikeda." The teacher said.

"Wait! Can I do it another day!?" The boy asked. He was cute with dark green hair and deep green eyes to match.

"Hmm, it says here you have Bathmophobia a fear of stairs or steep slopes. Well that's not that bad, you can share it can't you? The reason?" The teacher asked.

"No, No I'm not ready…n-not yet…I'm not…" He was cut off by the teachers hum.

"It says here that a little sister of yours died a while back from accidentally falling from a flight of stairs?" The teacher asked with a grin.

"Could that be your reason?"

"Ah….ah…y-yes….I…I mean n-no." He stammered a bit.

Sakuno felt that sense of something terribly wrong again, and knew a teacher should never harass a student like this.

"He said he wasn't ready, so why do you pressure him? What are you trying to do? Make him cry? " She thought looking back at the teacher.

"No? How so?" The teacher said walking over to him.

"It's hard to explain…"

"Really? Well, I got a few notes and I heard that you were actually an only child before your sister arrived. That true?"

"W-well yes, but?"

"I also heard that later on your parents got divorced." The teacher said simply.

"So?"

"Do you think you might have blamed it on her?" The teacher said closing in on the boy who was sweating terribly.

"No…No! Shut up! You don't know anything! You know nothing! You bastard!" Ikeda ran out of the room in a panic.

The teacher seemed to have taken a few notes, and looked at the students who seem to look upset also. Everyone was whispering to each other with a look of worry and concern.

"I think he pushed his sister down the stairs and killed her." one person said

"Seems like it…he was actually rather cute though." another commented.

"You guys shouldn't be so quick to judge people!" Miku said fiercely.

Sakuno too wanted to go and hit those people, but her timid nature stopped her from moving an inch.

"Well, I guess that's enough for today, class dismissed." The teacher said placing his notes on his desk.

The atmosphere seemed to have lightened, and everyone walked out in a hushed rush.

Miku walked beside Sakuno and gave a smile to her, and Sakuno gave her a weak smile back.

"Man that guy is such a jerk, but I guess I can kind of see where he comes from. Still it sucks yah know?" She said.

"Yes." Sakuno said firmly clearly upset with the classes proceedings.

"Well, I got to go see another friend of mine, see you in the next class then." Miku said and ran off.

It seems classes are pretty loose considering it ends whenever the teacher wants it too, but it gave Sakuno some extra time. In that time she wanted to see that boy in her class, and at least try to comfort him. She was about to cry when she saw how upset and scared he looked.

She wandered around the campus and finally found him under a tree holding his knees to his chest his eyes wide and dilated.

"I-Ikeda-san?" Sakuno said barely above a whisper to him a she approached quietly.

He flung his arm out. "Go away! Stop trying to gossip about me!" He yelled.

"N-No, I….I just want to c-comfort you. I'm sorry." She said softly while kneeling down beside him.

He looked so hurt and small now that her mothering feelings came out and she couldn't help but get closer.

He seemed surprised and his mouth hung open for a moment until he closed his eyes and turned away.

"You can't help, you can't do anything." He said softly.

"I-I know." Sakuno whispered back.

He turned his head back quickly to look at her for a moment to see her face with a sad gloom over it.

"I…I know that very well, but p-please let me try." She said to him softly.

"Someday…" He said smoothly.

"If it's you don't mind…then someday I will tell you what happened." He said while getting up.

Sakuno looked at him for a moment.

"Oh…n-no, you don't need to do to tell me anything." She said in a hurry.

"Someday, okay? Till then…" He said while walking off somewhere in campus.

She watched in wonder as he left, and could only think how mysterious this place and its people are. Still despite that the students seem to be rather friendly, and the campus is very nice with a lot of trees and small flower gardens around the whole area. Sakuno was sitting under the shade of the large tree while spacing out that she didn't notice a person walk up to her.

"Ahem."

Sakuno was still day dreaming.

"Ahem!"

Sakuno finally snapped back to reality looked to see a tall red head girl with blue eyes staring at her. She wore long sleeved clothing and had a hood on her head while holding an umbrella over herself.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Well?" The girl asked impatiently.

Sakuno wasn't sure of what she meant and only stared at her in confusion.

"Ugh! That's my tree, and I don't permit anyone other than myself to sit under it!" She said with a huff.

"E-eh?" Was all Sakuno could think to get out.

"Don't "eh?" me! Wait, don't tell me."

Sakuno tilted her head in confusion, and wondered what this strange girl was going on about.

"I guess I'll have to explain sense you clearly are clueless." She said arrogantly earning a glare from Sakuno.

"You see, this tree happens to be the biggest and the one that provides the most shade, and I being unable to be in sunlight needs it." She said as if it were the simplest fact of life.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry." Sakuno mumbled and got up.

"Well, don't let it happen again. Oh by the by you may call me Usagi-sama." She said raising her chin up high and proud.

"Ah….Y-yes." Sakuno said with a forced smile and left quickly to wander off to a place closer to her class.

As she walked her mind started to wander, and then she brought out the paper she was given earlier by Miku.

"Usagi…." she said to herself as she read the list until she found her name.

"Fear of sunlight?" She thought aloud, and really wondered if it was true because Usagi didn't seem to fear it but only dislike it. She acted like a…

"…diva." Sakuno mumbled to herself.

"Oh you talking about Usagi-sama?" When Sakuno heard the voice she gasped and jumped a bit.

It turned out to be Rai, and he gave a small chuckle.

"Sorry about that, but I saw you were alone so I thought I would say hello." He said while giving a small bow.

"I-it's okay, I'm sorry you w-went out of your way to see me." She said while bowing back.

"Hey no problem, just looking out for you is all." He said with a smile.

"Why?" She asked suddenly.

"Eh? Well isn't that what I'm supposed to do? Look out for the young cute ones. Haha." He laughed it off as he started to walk towards her class.

"Really?" She asked.

"Sure thing, and besides you can't be alone all the time." He said with a small smile.

"Why is that really? I mean I saw a lot of students walking alone and there didn't seem to be anything wrong. Why must I be with someone all the time? Maybe he knows I get lost easily…maybe." She thought to herself.

"Saa, I better get going it was nice seeing you again Sakuno-san." He said waving good bye when they reached her class.

"W-wait!" She yelled, out stretching her arm for him.

He stopped and gave her a curious look, and waited for her to continue.

Sakuno took a deep breathe before she spoke. "Why can't I be alone?" She asked.

"I told you I'm afraid of accidents happening, that includes my friends." He said simply before running off.

"What would happen to me?" Sakuno mumbled to herself once again today.

It seems that Miku didn't return to class and was absent for the rest of the day, and Sakuno began to become extremely worried. Still she thought that she should have faith in her strong willed friend, and believe she was picked up by her mother or something or had a doctor's appointment she forgot about. She seemed like the girl who would sometimes space on things like that accidentally.

I will continue this story, and I hope more people will comment.