A/N: waah! i'm glad i've updated... T-T kanin na for the last chapter if its short.. i hope this chappie would make it up for it...
thanks to those who reviewed my story, i do hope you guys review again.. ^-^
thanks for not killing me btw... XD
Chapter 13: transfer student
'Man I'm hungry….' Natsuki grumbled, clutching her stomach.
She was about to enter the academic building so that she can get on her way to the cafeteria when a grip from her blouse stopped her. She turned around to see who dared stop her from her tracks on her way to her mayo-sandwich only to see a panting and sweating Rino.
"N-Natsuki-sempai… w-wait…" Rino said in between each pants.
Natsuki raised a brow and crossed her arms, waiting for Rino to stop from panting. "What do you want Rino?" she asked with a slight confusion.
Rino, still panting, raised Puuchan to face Natsuki. "Oi wolfie! The pretty kaichou wants to see you at this moment." The puppet said.
"Why do they want to see me now?"
"Lunch ofcourse!" Rino said. She was now feeling okay and had wiped away her sweat. She grabbed Natsuki's right arm with her free hand and pulled Natsuki happily.
"O-oi! Rino let go!" Natsuki protested while being drag by Rino. Even if she's much stronger than the puppeteer, she hasn't got the heart to hurt the little girl. Sighing in defeat, she just let Rino drag her off to where Kanade wants her.
After being drag towards the grassy plains, Natsuki saw Kanade and Nanaho waiting for them. The two were sitting by a blanket and food was placed in front of them. Kanade was smiling at them and waved her hand towards Natsuki.
"So when you said lunch… you meant eating lunch with them…" Natsuki said with a deep sigh. She shook her head and felt sad. 'My mayo sandwich… Nanaho's there and she won't allow me to eat it. Damn those people from thinking mayonnaise are gross.' She mentally whined. She has her head down as both her and Rino made their way towards Kanade and sat with them.
Kanade saw the gloomy look on Natsuki's face and decided to reach out to place her hand on the sad pup's cheek. "Why is Natsuki sad?" she asked in concern.
Looking up to those blue eyes, Natsuki pouted and crossed her arms. "hmf! You guys called me when I was about to go to the cafeteria to eat my lunch."
"Lunch? This is our lunch for today Natsuki-san." Nanaho answered, grabbing her bento and gently eating her food.
"Don't you want to have lunch with us sempai?" Rino asked while her puppet was minding its own business in eating its share of the food.
"argh! Fine I'll eat… just don't look at me with those sad eyes Kaichou." Natsuki answered. She saw by the corner of her emerald eyes that Kanade was slowly getting sad. She grabs the last remaining bento looked at its contents.
Seeing the bento that she got, Natsuki's mouth watered at the sight of her favorite condiment of the food. It was spaghetti with a dash of mayonnaise with the sauce. Beaming a happy smile to Kanade, she started mixing the sauce, mayonnaise and noodles together and ate her food. (1)
While eating their lunch, Natsuki's brow rose up upon seeing Rino's puppet eat human food. "Ne Rino, where does that devil puppet put the food it chomps on?" she asked curiously. She was still curious on the fact that Puuchan was eating.
"If I were you Natsuki-san, don't bother asking that question since, as you said, Puuchan is a 'devil puppet'." Nanaho said with a grin.
Rino raised her hand that held Puuchan. The puppet, which has few grains of rice at the base of its mouth, began to smirk and cross its cotton filled arms. (A/N: yeah that puppet can smirk… rather weird in my part…) "ohh does the boyish fuukukaichou want to fight with me?" Puuchan said with a taunting tone.
Nanaho raised her now-trembling-in-anger yoyo and was about to hit Puuchan with it when she heard a gentle laugh from the kaichou. She turned her gaze at Kanade who was happily offering Rino some food. She let out a sigh and continued to eat her food, ignoring the triumphant grin of the puppet.
"The kaichou… has her ways with calming people…" Natsuki said in a low tone that only Nanaho could hear.
"You have no idea on how she can be angry." Nanaho said, placing her hand on her forehead, trying to shake away the futsal incident where Kanade was insulted by their opponents. (2)
"Maybe I wouldn't want to know. Assuming you had a very, how can I put it, scary-quiet-smile from Kanade kaichou?" Natsuki asked, thinking about Shizuru's sarcastic-evil-emitting-aura smile. She shudders at her imagination of how Shizuru acted when she's pissed.
"Bingo!"
Natsuki just let out a chuckle and continued eating her food. But somehow, she wondered on why is the brunette been invading her mind recently. 'Maybe I already miss her…' she sighed.
After eating their food, both Nanaho and Kanade bid their leave to attend some private matters, leaving Rino in the care of Natsuki.
Natsuki sighed but showed a weak smile towards the cheery puppeteer. She reached out and patted Rino at the head, earning her a cute pout. "I can see that kaichou really takes care of you Rino."
Rino smiled widely upon hearing what Natsuki said. She nodded and faced Puuchan to her. "Kanade-kaichou makes me feel safe. Just like mama." She said softly.
"I see, you love them don't you? Kanade and your mama I mean."
"Yes… ne Natsuki-sempai, can I ask you something?"
Natsuki looked at Rino and scrunched up the puppeteer's hair. "As long as you're the one asking and not that devil puppet who likes to ask me what's my stats." She jested. She glared at Puuchan which somehow kept silent. 'That's weird, that puppet didn't even reacted. Is it dead? Wait… It can't die since it's a puppet.' Being absorb in her thoughts, Natsuki stopped ruining Rino's hair and poked Puuchan hard to the eye.
"WEEH?!" RIno yelp as she saw how Natsuki thrust her finger at Puuchan's eye.
"WHAT THE?! WHO POKE MY EYE DAMMIT?! I WAS SLEEPING HERE!" the puppet yelled out, flailing its cotton-filled body around.
Natsuki just stared in amusement at the angered puppet and chuckled a bit. "I never knew that devil puppet sleeps. Hahaha!"
Puuchan grinned and flail its body towards Natsuki, hitting his head at Natsuki's face. "hehe! That serves you right for poking me in the eye wolfie!" Puuchan taunted. The puppet still has his evil smirk while Natsuki was still enduring her pained face.
Rubbing her sore nose, Natsuki gave Puuchan her deadliest death glare. But the puppet didn't back down and started a glaring contest with the blunette.
"a-ano, can I ask my question now sempai?" Rino asked with a slight quiver in her voice. She clamped down Puuchan's mouth to stop the puppet from talking.
"Oh, yeah sure." Natsuki said flatly. She lay down to the blanket and crossed her arms behind her head, using them as pillows.
"sempai, do you like it here?"
"huh? oh, yes I like it here. Why would you ask that?"
Rino released puuchan's mouth and bent her knees to her chest. She showed Natsuki a cheerful smile and looked at the blue sky. "Ano, ever since we got back from Fuuka, you've been sad. So I was wondering if you didn't like it here in Miyagami."
Natsuki chuckled at hearing Rino's concern. Removing her right hand from behind her head and raising it up, as if trying to reach the sky, she tried to grasp an invincible object in the air.
"sempai?"
"Miyagami is like homes to me now… even if there are things" she stopped and closed her eyes. 'Or someone' she opened her eyes again and tried to grasp the air."That I missed the most in Fuuka, Miyagami is where I am right now. And right now, I say I like it here." She answered seriously.
"wolfie's getting sentimental hehe! You miss the kaichou of your old school, am I right wolfie? I must admit, that girl is hot!" said Puuchan with a smirk.
"Rino must close that damn puppet's mouth before I grab him and throw it in the sea by the bridge." Natsuki threatened, veins starting to pop from her temples.
"s-sorry sempai! Puuchan stop taunting Natsuki-sempai!" she scolded her puppet. But puuchan smirked and pulled Rino to stand up. "hehe I didn't said anything bad Rino, it was rather like the truth. Well wolfie, I hope you have fun with your new job. C'mon Rino, classes are about to start." Puuchan said, dragging RIno away from Natsuki and making their way back to their class.
Natsuki sat up and looked around and saw the students walking back towards the campus. She yawned and rubbed her eyes before standing up and folding the blanket. "Wait… did that damn puppet know whom I was going to guard? Argh! I'll kill that puppet!" she said in annoyance.
Her annoyance was cut short when bell rang loudly around the whole campus, signaling the end of Lunch break to the held the blanket tightly and ran towards her next class in haste to avoid being late and being punished by Nanaho.
As she ran towards the academic building, she saw a certain light brown colored hair girl, walking up to the stairs. 'Shizuru? nah! Can't be…' she thought. The second bell rang and Natsuki ran past the girl in haste. The second bell indicated that the fifteen minutes grace period was over and it meant absence in the attendance sheet for the student who couldn't make it to class.
Opening the door of her advance literature class forcefully, the entire student and even the teacher in the classroom looked at the sweating and panting Natsuki. "i-I'm sorry I'm late…" Natsuki said in apology.
Her teacher was one of those newly graduated English teachers. She was still young and has a beautiful look and was known to be a flirt when it comes to beautiful ladies and handsome guys. "Don't worry Kuga-san, you may take you seat now and rest assure that you are not considered tardy." Her teacher said in assurance, making Natsuki sigh in relief. She made her way towards her seat by the last row, window side part of the room and slumped down to rest.
"Now, besides Kuga-san's late arrival, we have someone who is late aswell. May you please come in now?" the literature teacher said, looking at the slowly opening door.
Natsuki didn't bother to look on who was also late since she was still sweating and slightly panting from her run. She closed her eyes and waited for her to fall asleep.
Sounds of adornment and giggles filled the classroom as soon as Natsuki heard the door completely opened. 'tch! Maybe the late arrival is someone beautiful for them to be ogling like that.' Natsuki said to herself. She still didn't bother to look at the new arrival.
"I see that you're new here in Miyagami, could you give us a few introductions before I tell you where you would sit?" the teacher said in a flirting manner.
'Oh I think this new girl must be really beautiful to make the teacher in flirting mode. Ehehe… but doesn't matter, no beauty can be compared with-'
Even before Natsuki could finish her though, a lavander scent that filled the room made her push back from her seat and stood up straight in surprise. Focusing her sleepy eyes to the student in front of the class, she whipped her hand and pointed the girl in surprise. The girl has a long tanned hair, a smile that could put any toothpaste model to shame, a sexy body that (in Natsuki's opinion) could top any model in the modeling industry, and a pair of crimson eyes that could either burn your sould or melt the ice in your heart.
"SHI-SHIZURU!" she yelled out, both eyes wide open in surprise.
Everybody looked at the surprised Natsuki and began to whisper about their conclusion on Natsuki's sudden behavior. Her teacher glared at Natsuki and ordered the blunette to sit down and let Shizuru introduce herself.
Shizuru, who wasn't looked surprised, gave Natsuki a sweet smile. She then faced the whole class and bowed her head for a moment before giving them her Fujino-charm smile. "ara, ara, as the beautiful girl over there said, I'm Shizuru, Fujino Shizuru from Fuuka academy. It's nice to meet you all, to meet you again Nat-su-ki." She said sweetly, making the whole class almost faint with hearts in their eyes.
Hearing Shizuru's voice, angelic voice in Natsuki's perception, made the blunette blush and hid it by looking down to her desk. But the blush didn't escape the fast reflex of Shizuru who was staring at her, as if waiting for that blush to appear. 'Oh no… please let Shizuru NOT be my charge… sure it would be nice to guard her but… ack! Why do I feel like someone's going to eat me?' She looked at the brunette in front and saw that those crimson eyes were staring straight at her.
"Now, as the seitokai prescribe, Fujino-san's seat would be beside Kuga-san." The teacher said, looking at a paper that Shizuru gave to her. This earned her a few groans and disappointed whine from the students. "Oh stop whining! It's the order of Jinguuji-sama so I can't do anything about it. Even if I can, I would rather have Fujino-san sit beside Me." the teacher flirted.
Shizuru chuckled at the teacher's flirting attempt. "I'm honored by your offer sensei, but it would be the best if I would be seated by the back to avoid any distraction." She said with a wink, making the teacher blush. By the corner of her crimson eyes, she saw a fuming Natsuki who seemed like clawing the wooden desk with her nails in annoyance. 'ara… kawaii!!' she mentally squealed.
"Very well then, maybe I would just stay at the back as I teach all of you and to guide Fujino-san to our lecture." The teacher flirted again.
"aww no fair sensei! You're having Fujino-san to yourself!" the students whined in defeat.
"Hey, all is fair in love and war! Right Fujino-san?" the teacher proclaimed, giving Shizuru a wink.
Shizuru just chuckled and lightly touch the literature teacher's shoulder. "Indeed you're right sensei. All is fair in LOVE." She agreed. She looked at the emerald eyed beauty at the back which seemed like silently growling in anger.
Natsuki was definitely growling silently in annoyance as she watches her teacher flirt with Shizuru. Her nails had made scratch marks at her desk. She tried to catch her teacher's gaze and give the flirting teacher her I'll-see-you-outside-and-deal-with-you death glare. But the literature teacher was far too busy adoring Shizuru, and it made her even angrier.
Plagued by anger, jealousy and protectiveness, Natsuki's mind had shut down and went to inner feelings mode. She stood up and went infront, and pulled SHizuru away from her teacher. "oi! If you're just gonna flirt with MY Shizuru, then I shall take her away now." She said coldly, glaring at her teacher with evil intent before making their way outside the room.
As if hell was brought upon the literature teacher and the whole class when they saw Natsuki's angered emerald eyes. Eyes that told them to back off on whatever she was holding dear.
"ne sensei… I think you just lost both in love and war…" a student spoke randomly.
"I think I saw my life flash right before my eyes." The teacher said, still staring at the closed door. 'Note to self, never take Kuga-san's girl'
A/N: (1): spaghetti mixed with mayonnaise taste good, i tried it.. demo, it's kinda heavy in the stomach...
(2): its episode 11 in Gokujou Setokai series.
XD everybody's guess was right at who's the exchange student was... ehehe though i think it was rather obvious, ne? ^-^