A/N: Hey! Chapter Three's finally up. That was faster than I expected. Maybe because of the reviews Chapter Two got! Hee hee. Thank you very much! Anyways, time to reply reviews! Here goes:
arirido: Hehe. Sorry 'bout that! Fai will be coming very soon… I hope.
MonMon Potter: Haha. Thanks! My Mokona clones can suck all your Sei clones into their mouths, so… HAH!
pinkbinder-chan: Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it!
Chikaru-chan: Hehe. Hopefully, Fai will be coming real soon…!!
Piecrust17: Thanks! Let's just say he did not exactly leave Tomoyo… [cough! cough! Sorry about Watanuki being OOC! He's all moody 'cause he just broke up with Tomoyo. Poor guy…
Echiss the Wind: Ahahaha! Thanks for the smiley face! Here's the next chapter!
cookiesandcream: Thank you!
Little-fox012: Hehe. I can't wait too! And thank you!
RebbeLi: Haha! I can still send them on you, if you want! Just make sure you prepare lots and lots of chocolate-covered marshmallows if you value your life… Haii! You're right! Lots of characters will appear! And thank you! Youll DEFINITLY see more of Ryou! I like him too!
silentwatcherXXX: Yup! Mokona was one of 'em! It's kinda hard to keep her IC as it will be kinda weird to see a human girl bouncing onto people's heads! Hehe. Thanks! And here's the next chapter!
Gosurori Otaku: Haha. Thank you! Yup, Watanuki was mentioned in Chapter One. He was Tomoyo's boyfriend. Well, technichally, ex-boyfriend.
korovee: Hehe. I wanted a scaredy-cat character in here. It would be quite weird if everyone in the story are all brave and sacrifical. Syaoran was the best candidate! Actually, Kuro-pon was going to ask why Watanuki broke up with Tomoyo. There will hopefully be scenes where he gets blown off by Watanuki and such!
CHAPTER THREE
THOSE STUPID PREFECTS!
Kurogane ran all the way to the hall. It was five minutes after three and he was late.
"Halt, freshman!" Someone stepped in front of Kurogane, holding out a hand.
The black-haired teenager ignored the person, running past him.
"Don't you dare ignore a prefect!" the person shouted.
"I'm late, dammit!" Kurogane skidded, turning into the right corner.
"Wait! Stop! As a prefect, I order you to stop!" He heard running footsteps behind him.
The prefect was chasing him.
Damn it.
Kurogane increased his speed as a drop of sweat ran rolled down his forehead. He was a fast runner, and he knew it. Who knew being on the high school football team had it's advantages?
Unfortunately, the prefect was rather fast too, and he caught up with Kurogane in a matter of seconds.
"Stop!" the prefect yelled. Kurogane felt a tug on his un-tucked shirt and he fell to the ground with a crash.
"Idiot!" he muttered to the ground. He looked up to see the prefect kneeling down in front of him.
Kurogane caught a glimpse of the boy's name tag. It read 'Touya'. It sounded vaguely familiar…
"You broke four rules today, freshman," Touya said, looking at Kurogane straight in the eye. "Number one: you were late, and still are late; number two: you were running in the school hallways-"
"You ran too!" Kurogane cut in.
Touya glared at him. "I'm a prefect, freshman. I was only running because of you," he said. "Anyway, back to the list of rules you broke… Number three: you insulted a prefect-"
"I did not!" Kurogane roared. He struggled to get up, but strangely, he couldn't.
Touya rolled his eyes. "And lastly, you practically violated our uniform rule," he said sternly. "Your shirt's un-tucked; your cuffs are unbuttoned; your tie is loose, and your badge, well…"
"You stapled it to your uniform!" someone said from above Kurogane. "What a disgrace!"
More prefects, Kurogane thought angrily. So that's why he couldn't get up. Someone was holding him down!
Touya glanced up. "Primera!" he demanded. "Bring the freshman to the hall. Assembly's starting!"
"Yes, Touya-sempai!" a girl's voice said. "Let's go, Watanuki-kun!"
Kurogane widened his eyes as four strong hands pulled him up to his feet. Watanuki? A prefect?
Touya was smiling now. "Tell Yukito that I'll be there in a short while, alright?" he said, turning to the prefect on Kurogane's left.
"Yes, Touya-sempai!" the girl said in a sing-song voice.
Touya nodded, walking off and disappearing into a corner.
"Let me go!" snarled Kurogane. The two prefects holding on to him seemed to be unfazed by the scary looks he was giving them.
Primera beamed innocently up at him. "Come on…" she glanced at Kurogane's name tag. "…Kurogane-kun!"
Primera and Watanuki practically dragged Kurogane all the way to the hall, totally ignoring Kurogane's shouts of protest.
"Let me go!" he had yelled. "I can go there by myself!"
"No, no, no, you naughty freshman!" Primera had replied. "You might run away again!"
"Where the hell would I want to run to?"
"You freshmen are very smart!" Primera had retorted. "Now shut up and keep walking! Right! Left! Right!"
And that settled that.
Kurogane had wanted to say more, but he knew fighting with green-haired dramatic bimbos would be absolutely pointless.
Watanuki had been silent throughout the walk, and his eyes didn't once meet Kurogane's.
"Here we are!" Primera sang, pushing the humungous hall doors open.
The prefects finally let Kurogane go, and the eighteen-year-old was finally free again.
He let out a huge sigh of relief. The assembly hadn't started yet.
Kurogane almost choked when he saw the hall.
It was maroon. Very maroon.
The young man rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating. "It is maroon…" he muttered in disappointment.
Maroon banners hung over the students, casting maroon shadows over them. A huge, spacey floor separated the stage with the seats, looking big enough for a whole ochestra group to squeeze in.
It looked like a huge opera theatre (minus the boxes).
A tall, stern-looking man was walking around the maroon stage, giving out orders to the prefects.
Kurogane looked for a seat, finally settling himself between a pair of twins.
"Hey, aren't you that guy from the airport?" the twin on Kurogane's right asked suddenly.
Kurogane grunted.
"I remember you!" the boy said. "You remember him too, right, Kamui?"
The twin on Kurogane's left made a 'hmmph!' sound, looking away.
"I'm Subaru," the right twin said. "And that moody one on the other side of you is Kamui."
Kurogane and Kamui both grunted.
Subaru's mouth twisted into a smile. "I guess Kamui has made a friend!" he said.
Kurogane and Kamui grunted again.
Subaru fanned himself with his hand. "Boy is it hot in here!" he exclaimed. The boy looked down at his uniform. "Do we have to wear blazers all the time?"
No response.
"I mean, doesn't this school have uniforms for hot days?"
No response.
"Why do I even try?" Subaru sighed, fixing his maroon tie.
Kurogane stifled a snort as his eyes began traveling all over the hall, from the nervous-looking freshmen, to the serious-looking seniors.
He suddenly felt out of place. Everyone looked so… neat. Their badges were sewn on properly and their cuffs were buttoned.
Kurogane stared glumly at his own stapled-on badge. He didn't know how to sew, even though Tomoyo had frequently tried to teach him.
He never did understand the whole in-out-in-out thing. And what the hell was with people who liked sewing by hand? What were sewing machines used for then?
Kurogane snapped out of his thoughts when suddenly, a loud voice echoed through the hall. "Students of Tsubasa College, please rise to sing the school song."
School song?! Kurogane shouted in his head. Hey! I thought I was already out of high school!
Everyone rose, including a very reluctant Kurogane. His eyes snapped to the stage.
The same man he had seen earlier on the stage was still there, holding a microphone.
The man turned towards someone on his right. "You may start now, Yukito-kun."
The first few chords of a song rang through the hall. It sounded like a piano.
"What joy! What fun to be learning at Tsubasa;
The college we treasure like a plate full of pasta!
We like to play, but we study hard here;
We remember our lessons and overcome our fears!
"We have the greatest teachers in the world;
They're so great, we could twirl!
Yuuko-sensei is our beautiful headmistress;
If we don't praise her, she would kill us!
"We'll fulfill our duties as perfect students;
We don't talk back and become one whole nuisance!
Oh! Tsubasa College, we love you!
We'll make sure everyone will love you too!"
Kurogane resisted the temptation to run out of the hall, screaming. What kind of school song was that?!
Kamui's once expressionless face looked a bit shocked, which currently matched Kurogane's as well. Only Subaru was grinning awkwardly.
"Well, that was… interesting," he muttered, turning to Kurogane and Kamui. "Don't you think so?"
No response.
"Maybe not, then," Subaru said, sighing.
"You all may sit," the man on the stage said into the microphone.
Kurogane slumped into his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. Kamui did the same, crossing one leg over the other.
"My name is Seishirou, but please call me Seishirou-sensei. I teach here, and if you dare call me by my first name, I will kick your butts back to where they came from!" the man on the stage said.
The students fell into a deep hush.
Seishirou smiled. "I would like to say welcome back to Tsubasa College for another year of torture and fun! Welcome, to all new students who will be joining us this year! I hope you all will have a memorable and exciting experience here in Tsubasa College!"
The audience clapped politely. Kurogane groaned and sunk lower into his seat.
"And now, without further ado, I present to you our headmistress, the lovely Yuuko-sensei!!!" Seishirou ran out of the stage as loud music began playing.
Kurogane recognized the music as the theme from Star Wars. What the hell…
Six women wearing silver jumpsuits pranced dramatically onto the stage and began twirling, making somersaults and doing all kinds of stuff Kurogane did not want to mention.
The boys in front of Kurogane were practically drooling into their laps, obviously fixated at the dancers' tight attire.
Two more women appeared, wheeling something huge and round into the middle of the stage. It looked strangely like a mini moon.
The students around Kurogane began to murmur in amazement. "What in the world is that?" someone said from behind him.
"It looks like a giant ball of cheese!"
"No, you idiot! It's a giant white fish ball!"
"A fish ball?! My cheese guess was better!"
"No, it wasn't!"
"Yes, it was!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
Kurogane rolled his eyes, trying to drown out the bickering happening behind him. A giant white fish ball indeed…
The Star Wars music began to play louder. The dancers stopped dancing and ran towards the so-called giant fish ball.
Silver Balloons and colourful streamers began to fall down as the women opened the giant ball.
"We now present you…" the dancers chorused, "…Yuuko!"
A tall, beautiful woman dressed in white from head to toe stepped out of the giant 'fish ball'.
The whole hall burst into applause. "You go, Yuuko-sensei!" someone called out.
Yuuko smiled as two dancers placed a podium in front of her, handing her a microphone. "Welcome back, everyone!" she said into the microphone. Her voice sent chills up and down Kurogane's spine. "I believe you all each had a wonderful holiday?"
The audience cheered.
"That's nice to know! Now, let's start, shall we?" Yuuko flashed a brilliant smile. "I'd like to say welcome, to all you newcomers. You are very, very fortunate to be accepted into this marvelous college where success is definitely possible."
The older students laughed.
"You may have noticed that my theme for today is 'Space'. I hoped you enjoyed the dancers' performance!" The headmistress smiled as the students cheered. "As you all truly know, I'm the headmistress-or principal-of this college and I hope you all can work with me to turn this college into one of the best colleges Tsubasa has ever had!
"Our motto is 'Believe what you want to believe, and achieve what you want to achieve' and I believe all of you can achieve success, as you all are scholar students who I handpicked myself!"
Scholar students?! Kurogane thought. I can't possibly be a scholar student! I get C's for my Biology, for God's sake!
He looked at Subaru. The boy was just as surprised as he was.
"Everyone here has a talent, and I hope you can show and perfect your talent here so you will be ready to face the outside world with determination and strength!" Yuuko paused. "You may have met someone here you have met before. 'Coincidence', as people call it. Remember, there is no coincidence in the world. Only fate. And fate is the one that brought all of you together here. Remember that."
Yuuko laughed into the microphone. "I believe I am boring you as much as I am boring myself! I'll end this speech here, and to all the new students, please be back here for your… orientation. Thank you."
Yuuko bowed as the students clapped. She flashed one more smile as she left the stage with a swish of her long skirt.
Seishirou sauntered back onto the stage. "Thank you, Yuuko-sensei, for your… delightful performance and beautiful speech," he said. "As all of you students know, classes will start tomorrow…"
There was a loud groan from the audience.
Seishirou ignored them. "…and clubs can start to run again. And to all freshmen, please come back to the hall by eight o'clock after dinner. Our headmistress requests an orientation for all of you. Thank you. You may leave the hall now."
Students got up to leave, some still sitting to chat with friends. Kurogane shot up from his seat, itching to get out of the packed hall.
"Wasn't Seishirou-sensei funny? Especially that butt-kicking comment. I thought it was hilarious!" Kamui was talking animatedly to a very sour-looking Kamui.
Kurogane pushed his way out of the hall, gasping for air.
"Mr. Black!" a familiar voice called out.
Kurogane groaned and pretended he didn't hear, making his way steadily back to his dorm.
"Hey, Mr. Black!" He felt a tug on his sleeve.
"What do you want?" the young man snapped, turning towards the pigtailed girl.
The girl giggled. "I'm Mokona!" she said.
"So?!"
Mokona cocked her head to the side innocently. "I made a fan club t-shirt, see?"
She held out a white t-shirt for Kurogane to see. There was a picture of a cartoon-looking man on the front, with the words 'Kurogane Fan Club' printed around it.
The cartoon-looking man was him.
"Why the hell did you put my face on the t-shirt for?" Kurogane roared. A few seniors walking by turned to look at him.
Mokona giggled again. "I established a Kurogane Fan Club for you, Mr. Black!"
"You did what?! And how the hell did you know my name?!"
Mokona smiled mischievously. "Who knows?" she sang, bouncing off.
"Get back here, you idiot!!" Kurogane shouted angrily.
The darn girl had slithered away from him. Again.
Kurogane stormed back to his room, flinging the door open with a loud crash.
"Hey, hey, mister! Slow down!" someone said.
A boy with messy, blond hair was lying sprawled on the other bed, with bags surrounding it. He sat up and grinned at the fuming Kurogane.
Hello," he said. "My name is Fai D. Flowright, and you must be my roommate."
A/N: Yay! Another chapter typed out at last! Hope you didn't get bored with it. Fai-fai is finally here! I can't wait to write about him in the next chapter! Hehe. This story is going at a really slow pace. I hope you don't mind! Anyways, please review! And maybe I will update faster!
P.S. Thanks for all your reviews. Keep 'em coming 'cause I've got a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies for you! And if you don't well, don't be surprised if you see a bunch of Fai's coming up to your room! Hehe!