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'Wake up, Shihouin!' a voice yelled at Hikari. Hikari immediately shot up.
'What?' she cried. Hayashi's face was barely an inch from hers. Hikari nearly gave a second shout.
'You've skipped breakfast and we are going to be late for the welcoming ceremony if you don't hurry.' Hayashi waved her hands madly.
'Welcoming ceremony?' Hikari stared confusedly at her. Hayashi smacked herself on her forehead. 'The welcoming ceremony for Kuchiki taichou.' It took a while for Hikari to register before memories of yesterday came back to her. Hikari immediately jumped off the bed and ran off.
Hayashi stared at Hikari's hasty exit and just shook her head, sighing at her friend's constant love for sleeping.
'Line up everyone!' Then teachers shouted as they got all the students to line up in two rows facing each other.
'What happened to your neck?' Hayashi whispered to Hikari. Hikari's eyes widened as a soft 'Oh' escaped her. Her hand automatically went to her throat. She felt a thin line of the wound that Sensei gave to her last night.
Sensei. Speaking of which, didn't he say something about a test of control? If so when and where? How was she to pass? What was the criteria?
'Shihouin, stop spacing out and move!' an order came from one of the teachers. Hikari snapped out of her trance and moved to the empty space beside Hayashi.
'Nothing.' Hikari replied. Hayashi just gave her a puzzled look.
'Open the gates!' one of the teachers shouted. There was no need to tell the students to keep quiet. Everyone automatically fell silent and waited in anticipation as the huge gates of the Academy swung open slowly. Hikari watched as the head of the academy hurried to welcome their honored guest.
Kuchiki taichou. Greatest head of the Kuchiki clan. The true first out of the four noble houses. The four that the Shihouin house got kicked out of. Hikari gritted her teeth. As the gates opened wider, Kuchiki taichou could be seen with his red haired fukutaichou. There was a completely different aura flooding the Academy. Everyone stared in awe and amazement at the taichou who so greatly decided to grace this place.
Hikari could not pull her eyes away from the taichou. There was something oddly familiar about him. Something she couldn't put her finger on. Kuchiki taichou moved past the students without so much as batting an eyelid to anyone. The head of the academy was trying ever so desperately to make conversation with the taichou but was failing miserably. Instead it was the fukutaichou who was answering all the questions.
As Kuchiki taichou passed Hikari, she scrutinized every single detail. The kenseiken, the long flowing scarf, his taichou uniform and the white sheath of his sword. Suddenly, those icy black eyes met hers. Hikari tried to meet them, to show him that the Shihouin still had some pride left.
Her eyes immediately dropped.
Hikari gritted her teeth as he passed.
Control? Was this the test?
Hikari watched as Kuchiki taichou mad his was to the end of the line. Everyone else was hypnotized by his presence including Hayashi.
The gong sounded.
'The exam has begun. Please report to your respective venues. Thank you.'
Chattering resounded as people made their way to their venue.
Hikari left without a single word.
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