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The Meikyuu Butterfly

Chapter Five: Part One – Let the Battles Begin

Normal POV

Everyone continued to stare at Dark and Amu with their jaws on the floor. The girls started sobbing for Dark and glaring at Amu. She ran her slender fingers through her silky bangs as she eavesdropped on hushed whispers.

"She definitely possessed him with a curse and made him kiss her."

"Nah, she probably already knew him because she's a slut." Amu's eyes twitched, and she restrained her urge to start a fistfight with that girl.

"Whatever. Let's just put crap in her locker and screw up her stuff until she stays away from him." Other anonymous girls agreed and nodded their heads enthusiastically with sinister smiles. To this, Amu had her own mischievous grin on, since she was scheming about how to provoke them.

'Bring it on.'

While the girls were thinking about how to unleash their vicious powers, Ikuto was gazing out the window with a sour expression.

'Just keep up the act. She'll come to you. Just keep it up…'

Ikuto muttered. "Godamit, we would have been together already if it wasn't for that purple haired bastard."

All of other guys in the classroom were scowling and cracking their knuckles. Dark just laid back in his seat with his arms behind his head and a smug smile.

Suddenly, Tadase got up from his desk and stood in front of Dark, glowering at him. "You should stop bothering our Ichigo-chan. It's obvious that she doesn't like you." He paused and pointed at Ikuto. "He's already enough of a bother!"

Dark rose from his chair and towered over Tadase with a smirk. He bent down and pat his head arrogantly. "How cute of you to have a crush on her, Shorty." Tadase blushed furiously in front of everyone and ran away with small tears forming in his eyes. Dark sat back down with content spilled all over his face.

Amu quietly talked to herself. "Seriously, shouldn't Nikaidou keep that asshole under control?" She glimpsed ahead to look for Nikaidou's reaction, but the wind blew around some spontaneous tumbleweeds where he was standing. She sighed with a sweat drop. "Mochiron." (A/N: "Of course" in Japanese.)

Kukai stood up as he pounded his fists on the desk. "Did you really have to do that to Tadase? We don't like people like you here, so you can be nice or leave." After his valiant lines, he hurried out of the classroom and called Tadase's name, so he could comfort him.

Nikaidou stepped in. "Now, now. Everyone calm down. There's no need to start a commotion on Dark's first day here."

"Shouldn't you be saying that to him? He started it," retorted Utau with her signature frown and crossed arms.

He ignored her bold statements. "I want everyone to be chilled by the end of this homeroom, so stay quiet." Nikaidou sat at his disheveled desk and tried organizing his piles of random possessions.

Utau peered at the opened classroom door. A hint of amusement was reflected off of her gleaming eyes.

'That kid wasn't bad. He had guts.'

Everyone in the classroom remained soundless. Rima leaned towards Amu and whispered. "Wow, Amu. How many guys are you going to reel in?"

Nadeshiko followed in on the conversation and commented. "Amu-chan, you're amazing. You got guys to fight over you when they barely even know you."

Amu answered with a simple, "Whatever." At the moment, she actually realized what her actions were earlier in homeroom and was shaken up by them.

'Was I seriously going to confess...? What the fuck is wrong with me? I can't believe I was going to do that!'

Later At Lunch

At The Meikyuu Butterfly, Ikuto was sitting at a table and staring into space as Lulu was smiling and giggling at him. Her face closed in on his. "Hey, Moron. Why aren't you playing your part? The more enthusiasm you put in, the faster Amu will come kissing and hugging you."

Ikuto faintly smiled. "In homeroom Amu was about to give up and confess." He briefly paused to grunt. "Then, some cheeky, Italian transfer student interrupted her. That bastard kissed her, and there was a huge ruckus after that. Nikaidou made us be quiet for the rest of the homeroom." He slightly clenched one of his fists in annoyance on the table. "We were so damn close."

Lulu tilted her head and feigned a flirty smile. "Are you fucking kidding me? Are you telling me that I was about to be free, and some d-bag screwed the whole thing up? TELL ME HIS NAME, AND I WILL DESTROY HIM LIKE THE TERMINATOR! OH MY GOD!" she exclaimed in furious whispers. It took her a few minutes to catch her breath and regain her composure in front of Amu.

"Dark Mousy. Look for a purple haired playboy surrounded by girls," Ikuto replied coolly. He muttered to himself for a second. "Che, I could get way more girls than him."

Meanwhile, while Ikuto was insulting his new, conceited enemy, Amu kept her amber eyes on him and Lulu. "Damn… What was I thinking this morning? But then again… if I stay quiet, Lulu will take him. I definitely don't want them together… Do I? Maybe I should say something after all…" Her head was in the clouds as she contemplated what to do. Then, Nadeshiko abruptly poked her, and she flinched as she let out a small yelp.

"Ne, ne have you worked on that letter yet? The one that has an apology from you to that customer… I think his name was Seiichiro."

Amu's eyes widened. "Oh! I forgot. I'm so sorry! I'll go on a break and write it now."

"By the way, I came by because I want you to offer a free date to that guy. You snapped on him pretty badly. I know you're free Saturday, so do it then," instructed Nadeshiko.

Amu looked as if she was about to crack, but then her face suddenly lit up.

'Yes! I can stop thinking about that asshole and just work on this apology! I'm not going to think about what happened until after all of this.'

"Your expression tells me that you'll be fine, so I'm just going to leave you alone, Amu-chan." She gracefully walked back to her obsessed customers.

Meanwhile…

Dark was striding down the halls, picking up more and more fan girls by blowing kisses and winking at them.

"Heh, so many naïve girls to mess with here, but they're all so average. I need a girl that's on top… Like that pink haired beauty in homeroom. Hm, what did I do to her in homeroom again? Oh, yeah. I kissed her hand… I guess that makes her my target then. Let's see who she is."

He swiftly spotted a brunette in a preppy, light pink, v-neck sweater, a gray skirt, white tights, and black loafers.

'Maybe she knows her. She doesn't look that bad.'

Dark quickly approached this brunette and made her fall head over heels for him by allowing her get a good look at his handsome face.

"Ciao. Would you happen to know a girl with pink hair?" inquired Dark.

The question immediately wiped the smile off of her face. "What do you want with that bitch, Hinamori Amu?" She crossed her arms. "Her nickname is Ichigo-chan when she's in her stupid host club, The Meikyuu Butterfly. She whores around with all of the guys and steals them away. All of the girls, including me, hate her. Besides that, everyone knows that I, Yamabuki Saaya, supercede her in every way. She's probably jealous of me."

"Interesting… Well, I have to leave now." Dark's seductive wink left her body going numb. Saaya clasped her hands together and ecstatically flopped around.

He toured the school and strolled through the hallways until he came across an onyx sign on a classroom door. The lavender letters spelled out, "The Meikyuu Butterfly." Dark noticed the ridiculously long line of customers.

'Why should I have to wait after all of these guys to see her?'

Then, he experienced an epiphany.

Dark put on a frantic face and tapped the guy in front of him. "Hey! I heard Ichigo-chan is in a fight with Yamabuki Saaya! I think someone said they were meeting outside the school!"

The fan boy immediately shouted Dark's notice to everyone, and a hoard of guys raced down the halls to leave the school. "We have to protect Ichigo-chan!"

Dark smirked. "Pfft, idiots. I didn't think they'd fall for it that easily."

As he moved towards the entrance of The Meikyuu Butterfly, Lulu spotted him.

"Shit, it's him! I'm pretty sure he's the only guy with purple hair in this school… Damn! What am I going to do? I have to get him away from Ikuto and Amu, or I'm going to die from being with that blue haired bastard."

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Sorry about this chapter! There's not a lot of action in this one, but the next one will definitely be more interesting. Along with my apology at the beginning of the chapter, I'm giving you awesome, supportive readers a preview:

The Meikyuu Butterfly

Chapter Six: Part Two – Just Like a Shoujo Manga

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"See you." He stuffed his hands in his pockets and started walking away.

Her heart felt like it was going to burst. Suddenly, she raced after him and clutched his hand. "Wait!"

Before any words could come out of his mouth, she pecked him on the cheek and turned ten shades of red. "I had a good time." With that, she rushed into her house and left him grinning in the dark.