Chapter 2: Rules
For the rest of the time, we flew back in silence. We land on the beach and see a man in a suit. He has blond hair and enhancing blue eyes. He looked professional.
"What might you two be doing?" he asked. He had a gruff voice.
"We were just flying around," Utau says.
"You must be part of the Elements Angel and Evil schools," he sighs. "You two are new so you will only get a slight warning. Students are not permitted to fly except for Training."
"Why not?" I burst out.
"A predicament occurred and we came upon this rule. I also expect you to watch your tongue Mashiro-san." The man walked away. I glared at his back before turning back to Utau.
"No wings?" I ask. "I can't survive with no wings!"
"Don't worry Rima. We still have Training to spread our wings out and fly," Utau reassures. I sigh.
"I hope so Utau, I hope so." We were forced to go and climb all the way back to our rooms. I big Utau farewell before going into my room. As soon as I stepped insideI was tackled to the ground by a brunette petite figure.
"Rima-chan!" Yaya exclaimed. Yaya has shoulder length brown hair that is always in pigtails and light chocolate eyes. She's very bubbly and almost always cheerful. She's a year younger than me.
"Yaya," I giggled. We both stood up and she gave me a hug, which I could still stay on my own two feet for.
"Where have you been? All your stuff is here, but not you. My parents went to go sign me in while I unpacked," Yaya asked.
"I'll explain it later. Right now, let's unpack," I say. She nods. Within an hour everything is put away and set up. All our books are placed on the bookshelf, our clothes stored, bedsheets spread with pillows, cosmetics and other body products in the bathroom and vanity. We put a picture of the two of us on the wall. I sit on my bed, which is the one closest to the window. There's a knock on the door and both of our parents walk in.
"Wow, you girls clean up good," Yaya's dad comments.
"Well we'll be in the auditorium for your initiation ceremony," Mom says. Yaya and I share a look of confusion.
"Initiation?" Yaya asks. "What initiation?"
"You have an initiation ceremony in an hour in the auditorium," Yaya's mom says. "Didn't they tell you?" We both shake our heads.
"Just be down there. I hear this is a big thing here," Mom says. The four leave and Yaya and I are left alone.
"Everything is so different here Rima-chan," Yaya says, laying down on her pink covers.
"Yeah, talking about different, do you know about the no wings rule?" I ask. She nods.
"Didn't you read the rulebook?" Yaya asks. Oops. I think mine is still somewhere at home. "It's the first rule: no wings or flying allowed at all. Anyone caught gets a penalty. Five penalties and your outa here."
"But why!" I shout, pacing the room. "We have wings. We're born with the ability to reproduce wings from our back and fly. Why keep them hidden?" Yaya shrugs. She's about to say something when an announcement goes over a loudspeaker.
"All students please report to the auditorium for initiation and re-initiation at this time."
"Let's get going," she says. We both walk down to where everyone else was going. Neither of us knew the school around yet. It's a castle, for crying out loud! Along the way, I saw a clump of brown hair and green eyes. I smile and head toward the person. Yaya sees what I'm doing and follows my lead. I poke the person in the back and he turns.
"Rima, Yaya!" Kukai exclaims, engulfing us both in a hug. Souma Kukai, now 9th grader. His brown hair sticks up messily and his green eyes are always full of mischief. He's like the big brother that helps keep us bonded. "Hey, have you guys seen-"
"Me?" We turn and see Sanjou Kairi emerge from the crowd. "I was looking for you three." Kairi's the same age as me. He's an utter genius. I'm surprised he hasn't skipped a few grades yet. He has forrest green hair and crystal blue eyes.
"Kairi-kun!" Yay exclaims and practically jumps at Kairi with kisses. The two are dating. Very cute couple, I may add.
"The old gangs all here!" Kukai says cheerfully, giving us a group hug. I giggle. I'm back with my other family. I take note of the boys uniform. Black pants, black shoes, white dress shirt, black vest. Simple.
Together the four of us walked the rest of the way to the auditorium, Kukai to my right, Yaya to my left, and Kairi on the other side of Yaya. I'm home. We walk inside double doors, which turn to be like three movie theaters into one big one. Not an empty seat in the audience. The stage is enough to fill the entire student body. I sit in the second row, near the middle. I see Kairi more toward the end. Yaya's in the first row also toward the end. Kukai is in the row above me, somewhere near the end also.
Theres a podium in the middle and bright lights shine on us. I try not to look at them.
The auditorium hushes as a man walks onto the stage and to the podium. Its the same man that told Utau and I that we couldn't fly this morning.
"Good morning to all. For all who do not know me, I am Miyake Arata. I am the principle at Angel and Evil Academy," he said loudly through a microphone. The crowd gave a short applause. "As many of you know, we have more students this year. That is because we now bear residents from Elements Angel School and Elements Evil School. I present to you, the principles Amakawa Tsukasa and Aruto Tsukiyomi." Another applause came as the two brothers came on stage.
I haven't seen Tsukasa since last year. He's the best principle ever. He was like one of my trustworthy friends back at EAMS. I miss him a lot. He has platinum blond hair and ruby red eyes. I have to say "hi" to him later.
Tsukiyomi-san looks, blank as usual. He has blue hair and purple eyes. I can never tell what that man is thinking of. He took the microphone.
"Hello all," Tsukiyomi-san said. "My brother and I would like to thank Miyake-san for housing our students. We are in complete gratitude." The audience gave a hesitant applause as he stepped down. Not even a crack of emotion. Tsukasa, on the other hand, walked up with a flashing smile.
"Hello everyone," Tsukasa said warmly. "We would also like to announce that the new school in coming in motion very nicely. For any information on this or information on this new housing, please see me after the initiation." A loud applause was given.
After more words from Miyake-san, each student was called and asked to sign their names in a book, saying they have read and abided to the rules and accepting the consequences if necessary. They started with the seventh grade, the lowest grade in the school, to twelfth grade, the highest grade. As the names started winding down to me, I gulped.
"Mashiro Rima." I stiffly walked up to the podium and signed my name with a quilt pen. As I was stepping off the podium, I tripped over Miyake-san's foot, and fell flat on my face. A lot of laughter was omitted from the audience and students alike as I got up and walked back to my seat. I kept a blank stare and showed no emotion.
That's my specialty, no emotion. I'm a great actress, and lier. Within a week, I highly can tell I'll be known as the Ice Queen. I'll have my own fan club with worshipers which I will have to run from. I'm not trying to sound conceited, it's just the truth.
After all the students were called, which seemed like forever! We were dismissed to do whatever we want for the rest of the day, as long as they stayed within the rules. I immediately went up to Tsukasa. He was just finishing up talking with a man and woman. He turned to me with a smile.
"Hello Mashiro-san. That was quite a fall you made," he comments. I can see the teasing smile.
"Tsukasa, you were my principle. You should know I'm better on my wings than my feet," I say. He chuckles and nods.
"I suppose so. You do know about the no flying rule, am I correct?"
"Sadly," I sigh. "Why is there a no flying rule?" Tsukasa cautiously looks around before bending down and whispering in my ear.
"A few years ago, a student flew out to the ocean and never came back. This school was sued for millions. Miyake-san created the rule so nothing like that would ever happen again." I nod and he stood upright. He spoke to his full voice. "Now I hope you enjoy your stay here Mashiro-san." Tsukasa walked away without another word.
I sigh and try to find Yaya, Kukai, and/or Kairi. I needed to talk to them about what happened to Nagi. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see a girl with pink hair and amber eyes. A boy with blue hair and purple eyes stood behind her.
"Hi Amu," I say with a smile and look behind her. "Hi Ikuto." Amu and Ikuto are both evils. Amu and I have also been writing to each other. She is probably one of the most trustworthy people in the world. No matter what anyone says, pink is her natural hair color.
Ikuto's the cool sly cat. I always see him teasing Amu in any sort of way, which I think is cute since they are dating. Amu's in the same grade as me, and the one year age difference doesn't bother them.
"Hi Rima," Amu says. "Did you notice Nagi's name wasn't called? I wrote to him a few days ago, but he never wrote back. Is he sick or something?" Nagi, Utau, Amu, and Ikuto are closer to each other than to Kukai, Kairi, Yaya, and I. Being in the same school, they know each other better. Even if Utau and Kukai are dating.
"Actually I need to tell you guys something," I say. I noticed that a lot of people were still around. Who knows how many eavesdroppers there will be? "Somewhere private." They nod and we walk out of the auditorium. We climb the stairs until we hit the roof. No one was here and the wind was blowing so hard, I can feel my ears ringing a little.
"So what's up Squirt?" Ikuto asks, giving me a nickname.
"Nagi's in trouble." That's all I have to say, before they're both on board listening to me to the best of their eardrums. I explained to them the letter like I did earlier with Utau.
"Well we have to go get him back!" Ikuto exclaims.
"It's not that easy," Amu says. "Isamu's mountain will be very hard to climb, much less find. Are you sure Ikuto's there?" I nod.
"I'm positive. Who else could've taken Nagi?" Amu looks hesitant, but doesn't say anything.
"Did you tell the others yet?" Ikuto asked.
"Only Utau. I'm planning on gathering Yaya, Kairi, and Kukai also for this mission," I say.
"Rima you know what they sat about the more people who go on missions right?" Ikuto asked. I do know.
The more people who go on missions, the more who don't come back.
It's the first thing I was taught in EAMS. You should never bring too many people, or face the consequences. Which is exactly why I'm not teling anyone else about this little adventure. They'd send this whole search team and I probably wouldn't be part of it. Nagi sent me the message for one reason. He wanted me and our friends to rescue him.
"We are all needed on this. I'm not leaving anyone behind," I say strongly. They both hesitate, but nod. We escape from the roof and split off into different directions. I went to my room to see my parents, Yaya, and Yaya's parents.
"Rima-chan, where were you?" Mom asked.
"Bathroom," I lied.
"Well sit down. We have a lot to talk about," Yaya's dad said. I sat on Yaya's bed, next to her. "Promise us you two will be careful."
"Aren't we always?" Yaya asked.
"No. after what happened last year the four of us weren't sure if we wanted you to two come here," Dad admitted.
"But after a lot of discussing, we decided to let both of you," Yaya's dad said.
"Just please don't do anything stupid of life threatening," Yaya's mom begged.
"If we find out that something's happened we will take you girls out in seconds," Dad said. "Am I clear?" We both nod.
"Good," Mom said. "We'll be leaving now." I gave Mom and Dad big hugs and kisses before they left. Boarding school was no heartbreaking separation. It was just a "Bye see you in a few months!". It's pretty casual now. The four adults left afterwards. I look over at Yaya. Delivering the news will be harder now.
"Yaya? I need to tell you something," I say hesitantly. I wish I got to her before we made the promise. I hate disobeying my parents and I know Yaya hates disobeying her's too. "We might be breaking the promise sooner than planned."
Yaya sighs, "What did you do now Rima-chan?"
"Isamu has Nagi," I say. "We have to go get him."
"We?" she asks. "Rima-chan, I'm sorry about what happened to Nagi-kun, but I don't think I can go with you."
"Why not?" I ask, outraged.
"After last year I don't what to relive any more drama. It's too much for me to handle." She walks to the vanity and starts to fix her pigtails.
"But it's different this time," I try to persuade. "Nagi's in danger."
"I understand that, but-"
"Then why won't you help?" I snap. She gnaws on her lower lip.
"Because it's none of my business," she says and then walks out the room. I sit like an idiot on her bed. I can't go without my best friend. Yaya's like my first lieutenant. If I ever need anyone second in charge, Yaya would be it. She has to go with me. I groan and flop to the ground.
"This is not going to be easy."
So this morning, I woke up and thought UGH IT'S MONDAY. We all don't like Monday at one point or another. So i would like to update to bring some sunshine on your bad moods. And if you like mondays this just makes it better!
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