Alrighty, well i still don't own MaiHime, i know sad day:( But enjoy and let me know what you think!
Natsuki removed her aviators as she analyzed her surroundings in the crowded halls of Fuuka Academy. Hmmm, so this is a what high school is like, not too impressed. Groups of girls lined the tiled hallways in small circles chatting about random things like clothes and boys. Really, is that all they can think about? Maybe moving back to Japan to go to an all girl school wasn't that great of an idea, I can practically feel my brain cells dying. Soon enough the conversations of the groups stilled as they all looked at her curiously What are they looking at? Oh shit, I don't have mayo on my face from breakfast do I? Yeah that'd be a good way to start out at a new school. Natsuki wiped her face with the sleeve of her jacket as inconspicuously as possible. No mayo, what the hell! She quickly inspected herself as then it hit her. The uniform baka! You're the only one not wearing one, ah it all comes together…
Her thoughts were then interrupted by a sudden commotion somewhere farther down the hall. Natsuki turned around to inspect what was going on when a girl about her height with short grayish black hair came crashing down the hall. What's going on with her? She looks kinda familiar though. Well it's none of my business so I'll just go find the headmistress's office. She turned around about to begin her search when she felt a hand on her shoulder. What the- No one touches me! She whipped around ready to beat the crap of the person who dared to lay a hand on her. She pulled back her attack when she saw it was the same girl who had just been racing down the hall.
"Natsuki! Don't tell me you don't remember me?" The girl asked with a smile and a wink.
Recognition hit Natsuki like a freight train. "How could I ever forget the great Chie Harada?" She replied smoothly while looking over her childhood friend.
"Ha wow Natsuki, I never pictured you turning into a smooth talker. I might have some competition here now that you've arrived." Chie answered while taking in the sight that was Natsuki. "I can't say that Mai and Nao are quite up to my caliber of smoothness."
"From what I remember no one is up to your level, Chie. But where are those two?" Natsuki scanned the crowded halls for her two redheaded friends.
"Oh, they're around. We all came this morning but I had to go to the student cou-"
"THERE'S THE DELIQUENT, SHE MUST BE PUNCTUATED!" Yelled an imposing blond as she bulldozed her way through the hall. She must be punctuated? What the hell does that even mean? Natsuki shot a questioning look towards Chie.
"Uh, I'll explain later but we should go. Like right now." Chie grabbed Natsuki's arm and tried to usher her away from the incoming blond bulldozer.
"HARADA DON'T YOU FLARE TRY TO RUN!" The blond yelled once again. What is with this girl? She's like a damn foghorn but uses weird words. I think it would be best if I just let them sort this out, I mean it's been forever Chie but I don't really wanna deal with this loudmouth. Natsuki went to leave when the foghorn sounded again. "YOU TOO MISS I DON'T WANT TO WEAR A UNICORN! DON'T MOVE!" Unicorn? Ok there is something really wrong with this chick. The blond finally reached the two and stood in front of them looking at Natsuki expectantly. "YOU COME WITH ME! THE HEADMISTRESS WILL DEAL-" Her rant was interrupted by Natsuki suddenly pacing around this blond inspecting her very carefully.
By this time, Mai and Nao had run down the hall towards the commotion that could only mean Natsuki. They were flanked by a certain Kaichou and her shy friend.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" The blond yelled looking very confused at Natsuki's actions. Natsuki simply ignored her and continued with her peculiar inspection. "HARADA WHAT IS SHE DOING?"
Chie just shrugged. "I honestly don't know Suzushiro. Maybe it's an American thing, Natsuki what are you doing?"
Natsuki looked at her friend with a mischievous smirk. "Well I'm looking for a mute button or turn off switch cause this girl is seriously as loud as a speaker and every speaker has a way to control the volume… I just wanted to turn her down a bit cause she's starting to give me a headache. I mean how can someone be so damn loud? And she said I needed to wear a unicorn which is just plain freakin weird." She said as she slowly made her way back to Chie.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLIN-"
Natsuki put her hands over her ears effectively shutting Haruka up. "Hey, I'm new alright? I just barely got here so I don't have a uniform or unicorn as you call it. Please just go, I feel like my head is gonna explode if you keep talking."
"WHY-" Haruka started again, but Natsuki just covered her ears once more.
"YOU…GAH!" Haruka yelled in exasperation as she finally trudged away from Chie and Natsuki. As soon as she was out of sight the two burst into laughter.
"Hahahah, a mute button? And covering your ears? I see you've matured a lot in your time away Natsuki!" Chie managed through her chuckles.
"Yeah well you coulda warned be that a freakin loudspeaker was gonna pounce on me. Geez," Natsuki retorted.
The other girls in the hall that had been watching the whole scene broke out into giggles. The loudest of which came from the two read-heads who had been observing their childhood friend. "Wow Natsuki-chan, you really haven't changed much have you? Still as irritable as ever I see." Mai chimed as swooped in and tried to hug Natsuki. Natsuki successfully avoided the contact but smiled a little at her friend.
"Mai, cut the chan crap alright. I didn't like it then and I sure as hell don't like it now. But hey, I'm just glad you remember me, it's been a while." Natsuki answered. She was then punched soundly on her right arm by the other red-head. "Geez spider, good to see you too," Natsuki growled as she punched Nao back in the same place.
"Stupid mutt! What the hell? Been gone for five years and all you can say is good to see you? I should kick your ass!"
Natsuki stared at her old friend. "I'd like to see you try spider," she said confidently. The two sized each other up.
"Wow guys, Natsuki's been back for like five minutes and you've already fallen into old habits." Mai said in her motherly tone as stepped between the two girls. "We all know that you've missed each other so let's just hold off on the fighting a little alright?"
Just then the bell rang and students started to scramble to get to class. "Uh sorry Natsuki, we should get to class, don't wanna be late on the first day and stuff." Mai said as she grabbed Nao and Chie firmly by the wrists.
"Mai, come on she just got here." Chie whined as she was being dragged to class.
"I don't care about being late but I don't really wanna give the mutt a tour either so…" Nao said as she tried to wiggle free from Mai's grasp.
"Nope, we're going to class. Natsuki the Headmistress's office is just down the hall and to the right. You can't miss it. We'll see you when you're done."
"Alright, I'll see ya then." Natsuki headed off down the hall. She smiled to herself, Well good news they remember me, bad news that blond chick is freakin annoying! Hopefully, I won't have to deal with her too much this year. She chuckled. Ok, that's unrealistic, if the student council does most of the punishments then I'll be seeing her a lot. Well, best go get things all taken care of. It's been a while since I've seen Mashiro-san anyways.
Ara, ara, that was certainly interesting. Shizuru mused to herself as she sat in her Advanced English class. It was just the first day so she didn't really need to pay attention. She handled Haruka quite well for one without previous experience, a mute button? Fufufu, already getting trouble on the first day. She truly is a 'wild one'. And she is even more beautiful closer up! Too bad I didn't get a chance to talk to her.
"BUBUZUKE! Pray attention. I can't believe they let someone as absent-minded as you be the kaichou." Haruka pulled from her pleasant thoughts.
"You mean pay, Haruka-chan." Yukino said quietly.
"That's what I said!"
"Ara, sorry Haruka-san I was thinking about the dance preparations. Would you care to enlighten me on what I missed?" She said, coming up for a suitable excuse for not hearing a word the teacher said.
Before Haruka could blurt it out Yukino took the floor. "Shizuru-san, our sensei asked us to get into groups of four to be a study group for the rest of the term but we decided to be a group of three because our schedules are so similar being part of the student council."
"Ara, is that all? Well, that would be very convenient. Did the sensei consent to this arrangement?"
"Of course he did, it came from me!" Haruka boasted loudly. "The only thing is that if someone transfers in they need to be in our group-"
"Excuse me," the sensei tried to get everyone's attention. "Now that you've all formed your groups I just wanted to inform you that you will be doing quite a bit of work within them. After all the best was to learn a language it to speak it. Will you all please direct your attention to the syllabus that I've handed out-"
He was interrupted by the door opening widely and the same girl that had been occupying Shizuru's thoughts strode into the classroom. Instead of the skinny jeans and leather jacket she was wearing earlier the girl now wore the standard Fuuka uniform with a slight twist. And she fills it quite nicely, Shizuru added as she took in the girl's appearance. The short brown skirt flitted as she crossed the room confidently. She wore a white hoodie beneath the signature orange vest, her aviators hanging from the collar. She handed the sensei a piece of paper as she turned around to scowl at the rest of the class. How can her scowl be sexy and cute at the same time?
The sensei looked down at the paper and then very confused. "Kuga-san are you sure you should be in this class? You're only a first year and this is very advanced."
The girl tore her glare away from the class and directed it towards the teacher. "Yes, I'm sure. I don't really want to be here either but the headmistress made me. I'm sure I can handle anything this class throws at me." Her voice was husky but still very feminine. Ara, I wonder what it would be like if that voice said my name, no stop bad thoughts!
"Alright Kuga-san introduce yourself to the class, and then sit take the open seat." The sensei recovered from his confusion.
She looked back at the class and flicked her hair. Ara is she doing that on purpose? "I'm Kuga, Natsuki Kuga." Then she flashed a dangerous glare, daring anyone so say anything. What a beautiful name, Nat-su-ki. I hope to be saying it quite a lot. The sensei looked at her skeptically at pointed to a seat on the front row.
"Take a seat Kuga-san, your group members will contact you after class. They know the arrangement."
"NO! THAT DELIQUENT CAN'T BE IN OUR GROUP!" Haruka stood and pointed at Natsuki accusingly.
"No freakin way, I can't have that bad of luck! We can't be in the same group sensei I'll go crazy with all her yelling and-" Natsuki countered.
"That is enough!" The sensei ended the argument. "Suzushiro-san, that was the terms of our agreement and Kuga-san that is the only group available. This is final! You can discuss it after class, now however we must go over the syllabus."
Ara, Shizuru chuckled to herself as she watched the scene. What good luck I have!
Natsuki glared at the sensei as she trudged over and plopped down in her seat. She grit her teeth to prevent her from saying what she really thought of the old geezer. Good hell, first you act all high and mighty cause I'm a first year and then you go and pull this. What the hell old man, I can speak better English than you! Damn, the universe must hate me to put me in her group. Her out of all people! She remembered what Headmistress Mashiro said to her that put her in this situation.
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"Natsuki-san, your test scores are quite impressive even though haven't been to a proper school since you were twelve. I assume it's from the private tutors your uncle hired, but it seems you are far more advanced than the other students you age so I suggest you take advanced courses."
"Actually Mashiro-san I was hoping I could stay with the students my age. I think it would help me get more acclimated to life here in Japan." Natsuki asked hopefully looking the Headmistress.
Mashiro just smiled. "Ok Natsuki-san we'll compromise. But only cause I was such good friends with your mother and this is the first time I've seen you in five years."
Nastuki laughed awkwardly before she replied. "Really? Thanks Mashiro-san! You don't know how great that is-"
Her appreciation was cut off by Mashiro, "But you still have to take some advanced courses Natsuki-san, we can't have your time her be too easy." She said affectionately. "You'll still take Advanced Chemistry, Calculus, and English but English doesn't really count because you already speak it fluently."
"Thanks Mashiro-san that will be great." Natsuki said happily.
"Good, then I believe we are all squared away Natsuki-san. Here's your uniform and schedule. You'll need to hurry because you first class is Advanced English and you don't want miss too much of it on the first day." The Headmistress then handed Natsuki her needed items and looked at her with a concerned face. "And if you ever need to talk Natsuki-san you can always come to me, I know living with your uncle all these years couldn't have been easy. After your parents accident he cut you off from everyone and-"
"I'm fine." Natsuki answered stubbornly. "Everything is fine, I'm here now and that's what matters. But you know the contents of the will and what it implies so I'm sure you suspect the same things I do. I just don't want to talk about it today ok? Maybe some another time,"
"Alright, Natsuki-san I won't press you. Just be careful, and you should hurry to class. Let me know about any problems."
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Just thinking about her uncle made her angry. The bastard only hired tutors because he didn't want me to have any contact with the outside world. Too bad he couldn't stop the money from my parents Will! She thought about the things she was able to do with that money, her Ducati, kick-boxing classes, massive amounts of mayo- Yup, without those I never would have survived those five years. But now's not really the time, I'm still pissed that I'm in the same group as the foghorn. Gah, and this started out to be such a good day. What bad luck I have!
Yup, that's about it! Till next time:)
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