. . . So, this is the next chapter. I'm sorry I haven't updated for a while. I just- lost my inspiration a little bit. :( I'm sorry again because this story is full of flashbacks and doesn't seem to be progressing forward. Sorry if I'm always saying sorry. :/

Anyways, enjoy! Or not... :\

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN GRAND CHASE OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS.

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Chapter 5: Suspicion

Jin's POV

I waited for the call of my homeroom teacher, Lime. I stood just outside my class which had the sign '2-B' hanging from what seem like a thin, gold metal.

I stared at the unfamiliar wooden door and bit my thumbnail over and over again. I'm really nervous. Reason is because I'm going to have to introduce myself again in front of all those rich students. I paced back and forth in a mere 5 meters distance.

You see, I have a reason why I'm so nervous… Something just had to happen that day. I sighed, mentally tired.

FLASHBACK

"… I like to read books," A young boy my age said, he paused for a while, pondering on what to say. "…and I dislike people who don't appreciate knowledge." And that's the end of the introduction of my best friend, Kyle.

Our classmates clapped. Some had a smiling face, while some were just plain bored. He walked back to his seat with his chest puffed out. He was positioned just beside me in the 2nd row. I gave him a faltering, stiff smile. A little happy that my best friend did just fine.

"Oh, come on Jin!" He sat down to his seat and slapped my back. "It's gonna be fine! Stop shaking already!" He semi-whispered into my ear, trying to encourage me.

I gave a constrained nod, hoping he wouldn't notice that his words have no effect on me. But since he's a nerd, I guess my plan failed.

"Come on!" He whacked my back real hard. Not noticing my pain, he pressed on, "You're like the toughest guy in school! Don't tell me you can't even-"

"That was in our last school! Now is different…" I remarked. Cutting him off from his 'compulsion'.

"Come on, it won't be that bad. I mean- you're like-" I didn't bother to listen to him anymore and just lay down my head on the desk and rested on my arms. "and- hey! Are you even listening?" I looked up to his annoyed face. He sighed. I groaned. Another student was still introducing herself so we could still talk like this in a 'quiet' way or whatever you call it. "Okay, now that you're back in action, let's continue!" He raised his arm like he just won some contest. 'Great, what friend I have.' I rolled my eyes at the thought.

"Next up is… Jin Kaien!" The teacher called out to us. Apparently, it's my time. I sighed again. How many times have I sighed again? I can't remember.

"Go get 'hem." Immediately changing emotions, Kyle gave me a thumbs-up. I'm happy that I got away from his babbles, but not really when it's my turn to introduce myself. Maybe I should have just gone with my plan to pretend to be sick? Oh well, what's life without problems? Pssh, that would be boring.

I slowly got up from my seat and strode to the front, where the horror of my life will finally commence.

'It's gonna be fine, gonna be fine, gonna be fine…' Those words rang inside my head. Hoping that it'll turn out just fine, I stood confidently and fixed up my voice.

"My name is Jin Kaien." I started. "I live in the small town inside Kanavan City…" I trailed off. Not really proud that I'm living in the poor district or how I got here.

"Excuse me." A student raised her hand. She had blonde hair reaching to her back and this pool of green eyes that I felt like I've seen it before…

"Yes?" Our teacher called out in return. She looked at her list, flipping the pages until she saw the picture of the girl. "You're Miss Ella Onizuka, correct?" She then looked at 'Ella' and asked, "What is it?"

"You said you live in the small town inside Kanavan City, correct?" I gave her a slow nod, unable to realize where she's getting at. "If that's so… how come you're here?" I blinked. Wasn't it obvious that I'm here to study? Heh, this kid has no sense at all. "No offense but," she started, "the people who live in the districts of Kanavan usually don't have money." What? Is she insulting me?! "They're only there because the government is kind enough to give them a place to stay." A vein started to show in my forehead from being pissed. "And hearing that you came from there, how did you manage to get here in this rich school?" She finished with a proud yet suspicious tone. I stared at her dumbfounded. 'Is she being suspicious of me being in this school without money? True, we really don't have much money but that doesn't mean that I can't enroll here, right? Right…?' I gulped. 'Now that she mentions it… how did I even get here?' I froze. She's right. We couldn't enroll in this prestigious school even if we tried to save up money for a year. 'Then, how did I get here?' But that doesn't mean that she can say those things.

She rose from her seat and slammed her hands down. "Or did you do something to the principal maybe?" She questioned me with yet another suspicious tone. My body tensed up. The whole class was stunned. They looked at Ella with wide eyes, and the next thing is that they were whispering. I gathered up my courage and replied back, "Where are you getting at?" I questioned her with the same tone as her. She didn't answer my question as I didn't answer hers. We stared at each other with her observing my movement and with me glaring at her. We continued to glare at each other with the both of us gritting our teeth. 'What the h*l* is this girl's problem?! I haven't done a single thing to her and I just got here! I better get to the bottom of this.' Thinking straight, I clenched my hands into fists.

"Ms. Ella, that's enough!" Our teacher suddenly said in a commanding voice to THAT girl, interrupting our internal fight. She turned her glare over to the teacher, "You dare point those eyes on me." She said in a warning tone and glared back, more intense than Ella's. "Sit down now before I make you clean the whole school for a month." She told her, her voice getting low but terrifying as she said the last word. Ella stiffened. One thing's for sure, this woman is scary when she's mad. 'Take precautions.' I nodded at my thought in my head. The whole angry thing was gone and replaced with a one-sided fight between the teacher and that girl. Ella gritted her teeth and hesitated at first, but nevertheless sat down.

Our teacher sighed in irritation. She turned her head to me. My eye twitched at her look because her glare was still there. "I'm sorry." The terrifying look was gone and replaced by an apologizing glance. She continued, "She's not usually like this. I hope that you'll be willing to let this go." She bowed to me in an apologizing trance and returned to her table in front of the class. "Okay class, that's enough for the introduction." She looked at me and nodded, signaling me to go back to my seat. I didn't reply. I simply went back and sat down. 'Like h*l* I'll forget that.' I gritted my teeth and held my desk tightly, making it creak a little from the force.

END OF FLASHBACK

I sighed. I never want to repeat that experience again. I think that was one of the reason why we had to move here in Serdin. Don't get me wrong, Kanavan is nice. It's just that- oh well, no use brooding over the past now that I'm here.

Now that I remember, she looked awfully familiar. There's a bit of a striking resemblance to her with someone I know. The only problem is that I don't remember. 'Great thinking, Jin.' I rolled my eyes at my own sarcasm. Thinking back, I placed my hand under my chin and went to my focused mode. 'Hmmm… Something about her hair? No. There's something different… Her eyes, maybe? Well, I think that has some bit of a connection. Maybe- no, no. Ahhhh!' I ruffled my hair in annoyance. Sheesh, this girl is giving me a headache.

After that thought, I heard Lime clap her hands for attention. "Okay class, we have a new student. Please welcome him with warm hands." I heard some talking and gossips. Never mind, it's finally my time. I gulped and subconsciously clenched my hands.

I reached my hand to the silver doorknob and placed my palm under it. I sighed again. Gathering courage, I turned the handle and slightly pushed the door to reveal the class looking at me. Some were slightly amused while some were plain bored. All of them look like they were snobby, rich kids except for a few. I let my eyes wander to look at them and I noticed that Mica was also there and she was looking at me. Our eyes met and I ended up breaking the eye-contact because I felt like blushing. 'Oh, great'. I dismissed the image and looked around again. I saw Kyle seated in his seat but, he wasn't at all looking at me. In fact, it looked like he wasn't at all interested. His eyes were focused on a familiar girl who happened to be seated in front of him and the one who guided me to the office, Amy. She was looking at me with her hands under her chin in a girly manner. Her smile looked dazzling, in fact – too dazzling. Anyway, I let my eyes wander again and that's when I noticed some few guys looking at me, or maybe glaring if that's what you call it. They look weird, especially with that smirk. Oh, both of them are the one who ignored me when I asked them a simple question. What a wonderful memory. Notice my sarcasm? Anyways, my eyes really narrowed into slits when I saw a very familiar, annoying girl, Ella. 'Come on, I thought that I finally got away from her! *sigh* Great way to start my year.' I rolled my eyes to the back of my head, and at the same time, a vein popped out on my forehead.

All of that happened in few seconds as I was walking towards the front. The teacher, Lime, was writing my name on the blackboard. I reached and waited for Lime to finish writing. The noise of the chalk clattering with the blackboard was all the sound heard throughout the room.

"This is Jin Kaien. As I said, he's our new student." She started to name me in front of them. When she was done, she looked at me. I accepted it as a silent symbol of telling me to go and introduce myself.

"I'm Jin Kaien." I started off as a formal way of telling my way in front of everyone even if I have to repeat what the teacher said. "I…" I paused for a moment, thinking of what to say, "…like martial arts." Without looking at anyone, I looked down. Who knows why? "I dislike anyone who uses their knowledge for weak purposes." I looked up again, and the first thing I saw was the three guys at the back of the room. The other two who ignored me weren't looking at all, but this purple-haired guy is looking at me with his eyes narrowed into slits. Weird. A bead of sweat slipped down my forehead. 'Why do I feel uneasy?' I gulped, especially when I saw his hidden, devious smirk. By the way, just to tell you, I won't tell my address anymore since I don't want to repeat that experience again.

"Okay." I broke away my eyes when I heard the teacher clap her hands. "That's enough for the introduction." I nodded my head in agreement. "Now, let's see where you'll sit." She looked around the room to find a vacant seat for me and her eyes lit up when she saw that the seat just beside Kyle was available. Her hands touched my back and she pushed me on and on until I finally understood what she meant. "Ugh…" I annoyingly mumbled. I went to the designed seat and placed my bag on top of the desk.

I half-opened my eye to see Kyle seated to my left beside the window. He was still looking at Amy seated in front of him at the 1st row. "Nice to meet you." I abruptly interrupted his gaze to Amy. He turned to look at me while saying. "Nice to meet you to-" His mouth fell and for a moment, none of us said anything. Then…

"Jin!" I was startled by his immediate call to me. "Why didn't you tell me you were here, dude?" He excitedly asked me while crying tears of joy. Anime-like I mean. The only weird thing is why does everyone not mind this stupid idiot pestering me? *sigh* I'll never understand stupid, rich schools.

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I'm sorry, as I told you, I kind of lost a little motivation to write this since we have exams when we come back. I'm really sorry, but this is just a little filler to remind you that I'm still alive. =.=

Anyways, I don't really have that much free time to write this story, so I'll just fix the errors that I didn't notice in the other chapters. Anyways, sorry again. :(

Oh, it's also fine if you don't review since I don't expect you to like this boring story.

-LoveBuildsHate =.=