Forward: I don't own The Psychic Academy, though I wish to open one in the future. The wonderful Katsu Aki does. When her Characters do appear, they will be mentioned in the forward.
Psychic Academy: On the Other Side
Based on the popular manga series by Katsu Aki
By Darkensea
Chapter 4:
Xaioto sat back against his bed. He had just finished unpacking his belongings and organizing his things in the room. From the way that his roommate had left every thing his roommate was very organized and clean. There was a large stack of audio Cd's next to a large stereo system which means his roommate loved music. His roommate had taken the top bunk judging from the neat arrangement of Cd's and books on it.
Looking around the room and seeing that he was finished making himself at home he, decided to look at around the dorm building to make sure he knew where everything was. The dorm build was divided into two wings. The boys wing and the girls wing. As far as he knew the only way to get from one wing to the other was to cross over through the lobby where there was always a security guard watching. Maybe there was another way on a higher floor. The build rose four stories tall with four rooms and one set of showers one each floor. He assumed the girl's wing was the same as well. The dorm manager's room was located on the first floor to the right of the security desk, where he could be easily reached if there was a problem.
Xaioto's wandering around the dorms brought him to the top floor of the dorm building. The top floor seemed to be set up like a observation deck looking out on to the rest of the campus. He stood looking through the large window, as the rest of the students started to stream out of the main building and head off in different directions. Some were coming toward the dorms while others looked as if they were heading in to the city. He quickly checked his watch, students got out of class at four fifty. That was good to know. It would be all work like he originally thought.
Anther thought entered his mind that made him turn around and strait back toward his dorm room. His roommate was on his way and he wanted to be there to meet him. When he reach the room he enter to find the room pitch dark. The thick midnight blue curtains that hung in all the window had been pulled shut and all the lights hand been turned off. He began to search the wall for the switch.
"Leave it alone." A voice called from out of the darkness. Xaioto closed the door behind him peered in to the darkness trying to locate the source of the voice. "My Aura eminence is Moon Kelic Jin Ryu. You can call me Moon." The voice sounded as though he was standing right behind him. Xaioto spun to face the door, and realized there was no way anyone could get behind him. Moon started laughing from the corner of the room. "My Aura domain is Sound. You must be Xaioto, The new student. Soni told us that you arrived today." Moon jumped down from the top bunk, and the light went on.
Moon was a short pale boy with spiky dark black hair and deep jade green eyes. He had changed into a sleeveless shirt to show off his muscular build. He flicked a strand of hair out his face and gave a smile. "So what's your aura domain?"
"My Domain?"
"Didn't they explain all this to you already?"
"Not really." Xaioto explained. Moon looked around the room then crossed over to a desk Xaioto had pushed into to the corner and pick up the letter that the Doc had given him.
"Hmm, unopen." Moon replied. He threw the letter at Xaioto, who surprised by how little air resistance that the letter met. He caught it and tore it open. Reading it over quickly. Aura Domain: Mist. He remember Doc's jokes and laughed. "My Aura domain is Mist."
"Mist, That cool. Haven't seen a mist aura before."
"Me either. To tell you the truth, I have never used or seen aura power before."
"Well then, we will have to work on that." Moon replied. He snapped his fingers and the lights went off again. "Like I said, My aura domain is sound. I prefer the darkness so that I can learn to use my sound to see."
"I can deal with that." Xaioto said removing his sunglasses.
"I was about to ask you why you keep your sunglass on in a darkened room."
"Medical reasons, my eyes are very sensitive to light so I have to always wear these."
"We'll if you can't take them off, then your not home. Welcome to your new home." Moon said. Strangely Xaioto felt at home too.
The sound of rain against the window awoken Xaioto. Sitting up and looking around the small room he forced himself to remember where he was. He was in his dorm room at the Psychic Academy. Today was going to be his first day of classes and he wasn't sure was too expect. He closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the rain. He was feeling nervous and was trying to clam him self down.
"Nervous?" Moon asked hanging down from the bunk above him.
"A little." He replied. Moon flipped down from his bunk and landed sitting on the edge of Xaioto's bunk. "It's cool, just relax, and when you meet the hot girls in our classes you realize the only reason to be nervous is when your trying to flirt with them. Unless your as skilled as I am." He started laughing. "So, lets get moving." Xaioto nodded and rose. The two boy dressed in there school uniforms and headed off.
The boys arrived in class just before the late bell and Xaioto took the empty seat between Soni and the window. Moon sat behind him. "Good Morning Tami." He said as he sat down.
"It's Soni, Mylki"
"If your going to call me by my name then I should have the right to call you by yours. So either we are going to call each other by names or auras." Xaioto replied.
"By Aura eminences, your no one special to me."She shot back.
"That was a little harsh Soni." Moon interrupted her. "Be nice to my roommate."
"I am being nice, just truthful." She replied. "But I now sort of feel sorry for him, seeing that he's stuck with you for the year."
"Your welcome to take his place anytime." Moon replied slyly.
"Or she is welcome to take yours?" Xaioto added causing Soni to laugh.
"That cold man, turning me over for a girl. I'll remember that."
"Sorry Moon, but your cool an all, but your never be that pretty." Xaioto smirked causing Soni to blush.
The teacher entered the room , dropping the room in to silence. He looked around the quiet room. "Good morning class" He began. "Today ve vill start vit' some of t'e basics of C'emistry. Last class ve covered the basics of t'is course and v'at vill be expected of you by the end of the year. Folloving t'at guideline. Ve start today vit' v'at is C'emistry."
Xaioto looked over at Soni in hopes that she understood what the teacher had said. He was caught by the image of the studious Tami. Sitting at her desk calmly taking notes. He had to remind him self that this was not the same Tami, and things where different now. He forced him self to focus back on the teacher's lecture.
"Everyt'ing around us is composed of elements. Millions of sub microscopic particles v'ich have come to be knovn as Atoms. Take t'e simple compound v'ich ve call table salt, Sodium C'loride."
Xaioto was finding it very difficult to concentrate. His focus had now slipped to outside the window. The rain had stop but left the sky dark and cloudy, and the ground still damp and covered in puddles. He took a quick glance up towards the roof. He wonder if the entrance was still open and maybe his could head up there at lunch time and get some quiet time.
This time a tap on his shoulder revived him from his thoughts. Moon slipped him a note over his shoulder. He opened it and read what Moon had written. "If you can't understand him, you can copy the notes from Soni at lunch time." Xaioto laughed to himself, and quickly scribbled on the note. "Sure but I might disappear for the first half of the lunch period. Don't try to find me." He passed back the note and force him self to focus on the lecture for the rest of the period.
Lunch time rolled and Xaioto slipped away from the rest of the class and made his way back towards the roof. There was no one else around and he had the roof to himself.
He took a seat leaning against the gate surrounding the roof of the building. To bad this school was in the center of a city. As far as he know there was no park around the school. No place to escape connect with nature and remember his Tami. He closed his eyes and let the wind wash over him.
"Hey dude. I know you said not to follow you but you didn't even stop in the café to pick up some grub. Moon said appearing in the entrance to the roof. He was holding two bags of lunch and had Soni following closely behind him.
"You're an awfully quiet person." She commented. "First you hardly say anything to any one in school, then you run off to be by your self at lunch. If you keep that up we would be the only friends you have in this school."
"Dealing with you two is enough." Xaioto replied. "I couldn't handle any one else."
"Is that so, are we to much for you?" Moon asked mockingly.
"No, you weren't listening to me. I can handle you, but that is my limit." Xaioto joked. "Now, how long are you going to hold my food hostage?"
Moon handed him the lunch he had brought up for him and took a seat next to him. Soni sat on the other side of him. The unpacked their lunches and began to eat chatting about the school and the homes they left to go there. Moon had learned about his aura powers while he was in third grade, and went to a specialize aura middle school where he meet Soni. They have been friends since then. Xaioto told them about Melana and Tami and how they had always been there from him even through out every thing. It was then that Moon let him know something to help him get over missing them. In the high school they are allowed to go home over the vacations. So he will get to see his friends again.
They were so busy enjoy the good company they didn't notice when a group of three student approached them.
"Well what do we have here?" One of them said loudly, alerting the three friends to their arrival. They looked up at the newcomers and Xaioto knew this was going to be a friendly encounter. Mryia had made her appearance for the day, but this time she wasn't alone.