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Chapter 3: Detention

"He-he…Aoshi-senpai! You're too much!" I laugh passing off his last words as a joke. My laughter soon dies off when his face doesn't change.

"Eh…? Aoshi…senpai?" I feel my breath hitch in my throat as he approaches me. Oh god! He's coming closer and closer!

"Misao…I wasn't joking." What?! Okay Makimachi! You need to do a double-take here! My face instantly got warm. I'm blushing aren't I?

"I love you Misao." I can feel the tears brimming in my eyes. This can't be happening! Oh my god he's kneeling! I'm trembling all over as he reaches out to place a kiss on my palm. "Marry me Misao. Marry me and become Misao Shinomori…"

"Aoshi-I-Oh my god!-OF COURSE!" He picks me up and twirls me around and I instinctively wrap my legs around his waist. Ohhhh! Slamming me against the wall, he began to nibble on my neck.

"Misao…" Aoshi begins to place light kisses on my face then pulls back to look at my eyes. I self-consciously lick my lips and he slowly leans in. He's finally going to kiss me! I close my eyes and purse my lips and….and…!

"MAKIMACHI!" This can't be happening…and it didn't happen. I shoot daggers at my history teacher for disturbing my daydream. It was getting to the best part for gods sake! Freaking bitch…this was far more important than learning about Alexander the Great and his conquest of Gaul for the 5th time since I've been in school. I mean seriously! I'd rather be finishing up that daydream right now. Okay…close your eyes…and…

"MAKIMACHI MISAO! WAKE UP!" I slowly pick up my head to show narrowed eyes at her. "Since you're not listening to me in class I assume that you did the reading last night." Urk! "So tell me, what was the strategy that Alexander used in battle that his father originally invented?" Oh wait! I knew this…um what was it? Plant…Placebo…Flax… "Time's up." WHAT?! "It was the wall of soldiers known as the Phalanx. I'll see you after school Makimachi."

"I didn't do shit!" Then the bell rang. Did I mention before how all odds are against me? Damn school…damn history class….damn teacher…damn Phalanx...

"Hey Misao-san!"

Damn freaky smiling idiot.

XXX

I begin doing my locker combination as Soujiro leans against the one next to me.

"Since when have we been so formal with each other Seta-senpai?" I reply stressing the formality.

"Ha-ha. Well, how about as of right now?" I narrow my eyes at him but it doesn't get an effect. I sighed.Whatever… "So what are you doing after school today?"

"I have a detention. So no, I'm not going out with you."

"Detention hm…" Uh duh, isn't that what I said? Sighing I turn to walk away when he grabs my hand. "I guess this will have to do." In a moment he backed me against the lockers and leaned in close to me. I could feel his hot breath mixing with mine. I looked at him in confusion as he stayed that way for a few seconds. Suddenly, he was pulled off of me by a hall monitor and a yellow slip was shown in his face.

"No PDA Seta. I'll see you after school at 3." I watched as he cheerfully waved off the hall monitor like nothing happened. I was about to make a retort but stopped when I saw a look of kindness in his eyes.

"I guess I'll see you at 3 Misao-san. It's not good to spend your first detention alone, especially if you're new and all." For the first time I saw through the advances that he always passed at me and looked at his person. He was very kind…but he's still a pervert.

I noticed that I hadn't moved from my spot although he was long gone and began walking to my next class. Before I took 2 steps I felt like someone was watching me. Okay, other than the fact that I'm the new girl in the school and that I'm wearing the school uniform more compromising then most girls would, I was taught how to sense ki. It felt rather uneasy yet strongly concealed. If you know how to read it, it can become a connection between two people. Spinning to my left and being able to ignore the mass of people crowding the halls, my eyes fall on a certain figure leaning on the stair railings on the other end of the hall.

"Shinomori…" I breathed out his name as if he could hear me. Then the moment he knew I was aware of his presence our eyes had locked from 20 feet away, he had left. There was no freaking way he could've heard me. And why was his ki so uneasy? Had he seen me and Soujiro? Fuck! I didn't need him thinking we were further involved then we were.

XXX

"My History teacher gave me a detention today for daydreaming." Kaoru looked at me disapprovingly.

"Misao…I thought you were going to try and stay out of trouble."

"Hey, I didn't do shit! That teacher has it out for me I swear!" Well, it was partially true. I grabbed some vitamin water from the fridge and waited for Megumi and Kaoru to get their lunches.

"So…what were you dreaming about that caused you to get so distracted in the first place?" Immediately my cheeks redden. "Oh, does it happen to be at 6:00?" I turn to look behind me and see Aoshi walking from the cashiers next to Soujiro and Kenshin. At seeing me Soujiro's smile gets wider and I can't help but smile back a little. Then things just got worse. Before I knew it, Ms. Tokyo Slut #2 was marching her way up to me with a water bottle.

"You bitch! Can't you keep your hands off of other people's men?" I roll my eyes annoyed and continue walking past her.

"Excuse me Yumi-senpai but let me give you a few details. One, I did not lay a hand on anyone so I'm not guilty of anything and two, stop pretending like you own the guy, it's obvious that he's not interested and you don't even go out." That must have hit her hard because she was red in the face and pointing. My eyes got wide when I saw her lift up her water bottle and pour it over me.

"AHHHHH!" I dropped my lunch to give her a piece of my mind but Kaoru got to me before her.

She grabbed Yumi by the shoulder and laid one right across her face while I jumped Tomoe before she could do it to Kaoru. Did you know that Kaoru's family owned one of the most famous dojos in Tokyo? Yup, that's my girl. It's time to show a little Kamiya Kasshin-Ryū! So there we were: Yumi, Tomoe, Kaoru, and I trying to beat the crap out of each other. Megumi was yelling at us to cut it out while Soujiro, Kenshin, and Aoshi immediately came and tried to break us up. Oh, not to mention the countless other students who were cheering and watching from their seats! Then a whistle was blown and we all stopped what we were doing as an administrator came to deliver the consequences.

"It was her! She started all of this!" I was about to snap back at Tomoe but Kaoru beat me to it. Suddenly Tomoe jumped Kaoru and I ran to her side to help her which started the whole fight once more. Without a second thought I pulled the screaming girl off of her and threw her on the cafeteria floor. Oh, don't think I was done with her. Anyone who hurts my friend is going to get the Misao Makimachi treatment. I raised my fist to punch the shit out of her but I was suddenly pulled back against a broad chest and my arms were restrained to my side. I narrowed my eyes at Aoshi as I thrashed around trying to break free of his hold smacking him a few times. Well, of course I didn't get far. Now, Yumi was clinging to Soujiro crying bloody murder while Tomoe was glaring at Kenshin to do something but he was busy. He was currently apologizing to Kaoru and helping her up. Even now she couldn't keep the blush off her face as he held her hand.

So five minutes later the 7 of us were sitting in the main office and were asked to give a recount of the "incident." Soon enough, Yumi and Tomoe had walked out of the principal's office smirking and gave Kaoru and I a dirty look.

"Ms. Kamiya and Ms. Makimachi?" Hearing our names we walked into the principal's office and closed the door.

XXX

"Misao calm down!" I slammed the principal's door as I walked out. I can't believe this. Yumi and Tomoe were the only one who walked out clean because they were the ones with the bruises. Ha…they probably threatened to sue the school or something. Of course us being us, we walked out with nothing but messy hair. I was still drying though.

"Excuse me Kamiya-dono?" We both stopped to see Kenshin, Soujiro and Aoshi sitting at the waiting chairs. "I hope you don't mind me asking but what happened?"

"Um, well it looks like we all have an after school detention and from the looks of it, the only people who didn't were Yumi…and your girlfriend." Kenshin nodded and apologized again for her behavior.

Before we left the office I stopped by their seats at the door.

"Um…g-gomen Shinomori-senpai…" He didn't say anything back but nodded.

"3:00 Misao-san." I looked at Soujiro who was waving his yellow slip back and forth. Sigh…I hate this school.

XXX

"Oro? Misao-san? When did you and Makimachi-dono become so formal?" Kenshin asked Soujiro.

"Ha-ha. Since this morning!" Aoshi twitched thinking back on the scene the two had made in the hallway. In the lunch room he had self-consciously been watching her from his seat and he had seen Yumi approach her. The minute the girl had lifted up her water bottle he had leapt out of his seat.

"Eh Aoshi?! Where are you going---YUMI?! MISAO-SAN! "

"EHHH?! THAT BITCH JUST PUNCHED YUMI!"

"KENSHIN! FAST, YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"

"Oro…? TOMOE?!"

He had been too late anyways. By the time the 3 of them got there Makimachi was drenched head to toe. Aoshi had to admit those two girls had been foolish starting a fight with her and that Kamiya girl. He knew Makimachi wouldn't have stopped until Tomoe needed to be hospitalized so his instincts told him to end it. Yet, he couldn't help but notice how perfect she had felt in his arms. Instead of being overpowered by some designer fragrance, she had smelled of fresh lilies. Even mad and thrashing around in his arms, he had thought she looked…cute.

"Alright you three…remember. 3:00 sharp in the cafeteria. No skipping!" The principal gave each of them a yellow conduct detention slip. He had wondered what kind of warped story Tomoe and Yumi had cried their eyes out telling the principal. At this point he hadn't cared but he needed to practice for Kenpo. It seemed ever since Makimachi had come into the school his world had been turned upside-down.

XXX

Damn her. Of course, with my luck, I had been the last one to arrive to detention on-time! All the seats were taken…except one next to Shinomori. Gulping, I slowly approached the seat and sat down staring at my lap. It's like he's unapproachable or something! My heart's racing and I can smell his cologne. I turn to glare at Kaoru who's sitting next to Kenshin and she just waves back. Well, we have an hour. I guess I should do my geometry homework.

Okay…A2 B2C2 is the formula. Something about the Pythagorean theory…that's the formula I guess. Write the proofs of the theorem…

-Let ABC be a right-angled triangle with right angle CAB.

-On each of the sides BC, AB, and CA, squares are drawn, CBDE, BAGF, and ACIH, in that order.

Then it's something like BD and CE are perpendicular.

-BD and CE are perpendicular

No wait. That's wrong. It's parallel.

-BD and CE are perpendicular parallel. I think…AGH! I DON'T GET THIS!!!

"It perpendicularly intersects through BD and CE…" Huh? I look up at Shinomori but his eyes are looking at my homework.

"Come again?"

"Here. Let me borrow your pencil." I give it to him with trembling hands and he begins to draw a few triangles on my paper. Before I knew it, I was absently nodding every now and then although I became too entranced with his face. It was so perfectly sculpted…from his slim cheeks to his defined jaw line. The way his bangs dangled in front of his eyes as he talked. Those ice blue orbs of his. I want them to freeze me over.

"Makimachi?"

"Hm…?"

"Are you paying attention?" SHIT! He raises his eyebrow at me. Great, now he's probably annoyed. I was obviously ogling his face…wait. That wasn't there before.

"Your cheek…it's bruised?!" I watched as he raised his hand and fingered the black spot on his face.

"It takes a bit of effort…to restrain girls in the midst of a fight." My eyes widen in recognition.

"GOMEN-NASAI! Daijoubu?!" Oh my god! I can't believe I'm responsible for ruining such perfection!

"It's alright Makimachi…bruises heal in time thank you."

"What? I know that…" I immediately slap my hand over my mouth. I spoke out my thoughts didn't I?!

"It's a little late for that."

"This is a Silent detention Icicle and Weasel. That means there's no talking, school rule." WEASEL?! We both turn to glare our heads at the detention monitor Hajime Saitou.

"Isn't there a rule against smoking on school grounds?" I snap back.

"Cute Weasel, how would you like another detention for talking back?" That immediately shut me up. I placed my head on my arms and muffled into my sleeve.

"Damn girls…damn Pythagorean theorem…damn nicotine freak…" The sides of Aoshi's mouth had twitched from overhearing me and we didn't talk the rest of the detention. When it was finally over, I quickly gathered my things to run out the door. I'm FREE!!!

XXX

"Eh? Soujiro-san?" I walked to the front of the gate to see him waiting for me there.

"Come on, I'll walk you home. We didn't get to talk much back there." I began to study him and he sweat dropped. Hm…he looks innocent enough.

"Okay but you're walking next to me so you can't do anything funny."

"Eh? Ha-ha. I don't know what you're talking about Misao-san!" He still had that freakish smile on his face. We began to walk away and surprisingly we had a normal conversation. It's not that he wasn't normal or anything but its weird talking to someone who gets stalked 24/7. We mused over topics like the fight, Hajime Saitou, bad cafeteria ladies and even our families. Before I knew it, I had explained to him the whole situation about Jiya. I was silent expecting him to laugh or downgrade me for needing to do all this just to make some money.

"…You're very lucky Misao-san." I looked up at him and saw a light smile replacing that grin of his.

"Wh-why do you say that?" For a moment I thought I saw sadness flicker through his eyes.

"I said it because it's true. To be able to care about someone so much…it's amazing." I felt my eyes beginning to brim with sudden tears. I turned away. I, Makimachi Misao was not going to cry.

"Arigato…but you must have someone you care about too. Don't you…?" He placed his hands in his pockets and shrugged.

"To tell you the truth, I don't ever remember being able to care about someone like that." My eyes widened as his slightly narrowed. For some reason I felt what he was telling me was hurting him.

"I've never once had a family…no one I would call family. Not even close and even they're gone." I felt myself trembling as our pace started getting slower.

"But don't worry Misao-san, I'm home now. I may smile a lot and you may think I'm a jerk but don't take it the wrong way."

"H-how come you're telling me this…?" I had fallen behind him and I watched as he shrugged his shoulders again.

"I guess it gets lonely sometimes. At school, here, at home…" I was not going to cry… "…alone."

Then it happened. It was silent and Soujiro had stopped when he didn't hear my footsteps.

"Misao-san?"

I couldn't stop. The tears that I had tried so hard to keep in were flowing freely. It stained my makeup and smeared it down my face. I began to hiccup loudly and Soujiro ran to my side baffled. He had never been in this situation before and didn't know what to do.

"Misao-san?! Are you okay? Come on, don't cry! Please, I'm sorry for making you cry!" I grabbed his shirt and pressed my face against him sobbing.

"S-Soujiro-hiccup-no-BAKA!" For a while I just stood there crying while he stood there waiting. A few minutes later I had calmed down. There were streams of kohl running down my cheeks and my eyes were slightly red and puffy. Once I had gotten my breathing down to normal I began shifting embarrassed at myself.

"G-gomen Soujiro-san. I can't believe I did that. Now your shirt's all stained and I look like a mess and-!" I gasped lightly when he placed his hand on my shoulder. His head was titled and he had an awkward smile on his face.

"Arigato Misao-san…for crying for me." He reached out his hand and this time I took it without hesitation. "Come on, won't the girls be wondering why you aren't home yet?" How much time had passed? 30? 40 minutes? We half-jogged, half-ran to my apartment suite and Soujiro had insisted on bring me up. He raised his hand to knock but the door was suddenly thrown open and he watched scared as Megumi and Kaoru bombarded me with questions.

"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU MISSY?!"

"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HOME AN HOUR AGO!"

"WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT WALKING WITHOUT YOUR FRIENDS? SO MANY THINGS COULD HAVE HAPPENED!"

"YOU COULD'VE BEEN ROBBED!"

"KIDNAPPED!"

"RAPPED!"

"EVEN KILLED!!!" I watched amused as they suddenly noticed Soujiro standing there having witnessed the whole scene.

"Ah! Soujiro-senpai! What brings you here?" Megumi bowed and so did Kaoru.

"I was walking Misao-san home and I apologize because it was my fault that she's late. I had insisted on bringing her home but she could've come here in half the time it took us." He replied bowing. Kaoru and Megumi shot me a sly look.

"Don't look at me like that with your freaking hentai minds!" I hissed raising my fists.

"Um…Misao-san, I should get going."

"Oh…"

"We'll leave you two to say goodbye to each other then! See you at school Seta-senpai!" Both of them rushed inside and Megumi winked at me before closing the door. I knew I would have to explain it to them or else I'll never hear the end of it. Who knows what's running through their hentai driven minds.

"Well, I'm glad I got to talk to you today Misao-san. And maybe we could talk more some time? And I mean not on school related basis." I smiled and nodded. "Well, goodbye!" As he took a step an idea had come to my mind.

"Soujiro-san!" He stopped and looked behind him, his grin had returned to his face. "You know the school's fall festival? It's this Friday…you want to go with me?" I saw him contemplate it in his head.

"Sure, I'd love to!" He then looked up unsure and scratched at the back of his head. "As long as Yumi and Aoshi don't kill me when they find out!"

I waved him off and as soon as he reached the end of the hallway did I realize what he said.

"EH! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!" Soujiro suddenly irked and sprinted.

"Sorry Misao-san but I have to go! Bye!" I ran to the staircase and looked down to see him leaving the building.

"You-! SOUJIRO NO BAKA!!!"'

TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's Notes:

-There goes the 3rd chapter for OOML and I'm having a major writers block for ending Spending My Whole Life Waiting. I'm grateful for all the reviews I'm getting for my stories. It's really encouraging me and it inspires me to write more! Well, read and review and check out my other 2 ongoing series if you haven't yet. Thanks! Sayonara!