AN: Yay, another chapter in a day! Enjoy!

Michiru woke up to the sound of her annoying alarm clock she got for her birthday, the sun peaked its way through the curtain windows as it shined in her eyes. The digital clock said it was currently 6:30 a.m.

"I hate school," Michiru whispered as she looked her violin case sitting on top of her desk. "I wish I didn't have so much homework." She signed and got out of her bed and went into the washroom, she saw her mom come of her room. "Morning mom."

"Morning, dear," she said with a smile. "Did you prepare you lunch last night? I know sometimes you wake up early in case you forget."

Michiru's mom knew her too well. "Yeah, I had a lot of homework. You were on the phone and I didn't want to disturb you."

"Alright, get ready," she said as walked down the stairs to the small kitchen to make a pot of coffee.

Michiru combed her hair that hit her shoulders softly. She hadn't told anyone else about Riko, she only knew and Saku.

"I wonder if Saku texted everyone in our class."

After the aqua haired girl went back to her room and put her uniform on again. She didn't get the chance to write any replies to the advice column. She read some of the letters, the ones that went unread remind in her school bag.

"I can read them while walking to school," she said to nobody. "That way I can tell Mitsuki I got through some of them between my homework."

Michiru picked up the letters she had read and got a cut on her finger on one of the envelopes. "Ouch. Mom, do you have bandages?"

"In the left drawer," her mom shouted up as she made Michiru's breakfast for her since she wouldn't have time due to the fact she forgot to pack her lunch. The sun was shining brightly through the kitchen.

Michiru's watched as some flood fell on the ground, she tied the bandage around it and cleaned up the blood that had fallen with a tissue and threw it into the garbage that was near the door. Michiru ran down the stairs into the kitchen.

"All ready for the day?" Michiru's mom asked her curiously as her daughter smiled and nodded. "How did the newspaper thing go over yesterday?"

"I decided to write for the advice section. You know how I hate putting my name out there when it has nothing to do with music."

Michiru's mom smiled and sipped her black coffee. "You always have loved that violin."

Michiru loved to write, but her violin was more important to her. Her mother didn't have the best job, she worked at a supermarket from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Michiru had found her violin lying next to the garbage and it still looked new. She fixed it up her self and wrote her own songs.

"I'm thinking I could join the music club too, but I'm busy with the advice column," Michiru explained. "Maybe it was meant she to be a hobby."

Her mother smiled. "Here, your breakfast. Eat up."

Michiru ate her toast that was spread with peanut butter with milk. She washed her plate after and packed some cheese, chocolate sticks, carrots and five dollars to buy some soup at the school and packed some water in her bag.

"Alright mom, I'm off! See you later!" Michiru yelled going out the door. Michiru's wrist watch said it was already 7:25 am. Her school started at eight and she would end up being late for her first class. She ran down the street until she reached a taxi stop and waved for a taxi.

"Finally," she said as one stopped and she climbed in. "580 Beven Drive, please. I'll give you five dollars."

"Alright," said the fat taxi driver as he adjusted his little cap and glasses and drove Michiru to school. The taxi smelt funny, luckily, she got there pretty quick.

"Thank you," she said stepping out handing the five dollars away and the taxi driver said nothing and headed off. "He could've said you're welcome. Well, now I lost my lunch money for the other half of my lunch."

Michiru headed to the front doors to see Saku standing there, she noticed Michiru and waved to her.

"You're late Michiru," Saku pointed out the obvious. "What happened?"

"Nothing, just seemed a bit slower this morning," Michiru said. "I got some paper cuts this morning, some blood poured out on the floor."

"You're alright, right?" Saku asked as if it was a big deal, Michiru giggled.

"It's nothing, don't blow it out of proportion," Michiru said giggling still.

"How was the club yesterday?" Saku asked as Michiru went to her locker and opened it.

"Awesome. I'm writing for the advice part of it, my mom thinks that is my strong point," Michiru explained. "After my club finished, Haruka and I got coffee and he walked me home."

Michiru had almost said "she", luckily, she corrected herself before finishing the sentence.

"He walked you home? You're so lucky. Did he talk about where he came from? What's his house like?" Saku said, being somewhat nosey.

"I didn't go to his house," Michiru said. "We only got some coffee and went to my house, he dropped me off real quick. He told me had forgotten his house key, he had to wait for his mom to get home."

Saku raised any eyebrow. "Is that truly all it is?"

"Yes," Michiru insisted.

The bell rang, thank goodness.

"Off to class we go!" Saku said cheerfully and she walked with Michiru to their History classroom and they sat down at their seats like usual.

Suddenly, the class became quiet. Riko walked in and her eyes looked lifeless, almost as if her soul had been removed and she was an empty shell. Michiru was a little scared but saw Riko sit down at her desk.

"Riko, where have you been?" A girl with green hair and a purple bow asked. "Everyone in the class got a call last night about you! Were you kidnaped?"

"No," Riko said sounding emotionless. "Nothing happened."

"Your mom said to my mom that you hadn't been home and it was near midnight," Saku said running up to her.

Riko looked up and her eyes burned a hole into Saku's body. "Saku, you're worrying about me? How sweet, it's nice when other people worry about each other. That doesn't happen a lot anymore in our world, does it?"

"She's always been a bit weird, but this is way too far past the line," Juku said as he whispered to Akai.

Juku was one of the smartest students in the class.

"Juku, do you know anything?" Michiru asked curiously. "Were you with Riko last night?"

"No, he wasn't with me Michiru," Riko said grabbing people's attention. "Thanks."

Haruka walked in the class and sat besides Michiru and covered her nose quickly.

"Haruka, do you need a tissue by any chance?" Michiru asked. "There aren't any in the classroom but I have a handkerchief in my locker I could get."

"No, my nose is fine. I smell something tempting," she whispered the last part and Michiru couldn't really hear her. Haruka looked over at Michiru's finger and looked up at the aqua haired female.

"What happened to your finger?" Haruka asked curiously.

"I cut it a bit," she said being honest. "Some blood fell on my bathroom floor this morning, if I had left it on the ground my mom would've been mad. She hates messes, I left a mess in the kitchen once and she freaked out."

Mr. Carlton came in and tapped a rule against a desk.

"Morning Mr. Carlton," everyone said as Haruka pulled out a tin water bottle and drank water looked like red juice.

"Do you like cherry juice?" Michiru whispered curiously. "Did you miss breakfast?"

Haruka shook her head. "A bit, I needed something to quench my thirst. My mom had no water bottles left for me to take."

"I see," Michiru said taking a pencil out getting ready for class.

Haruka felt better near the end of class after listening to the teacher ramble on. She had noticed during class everyone was bored, one girl had fallen asleep. Michiru had just been drawing a picture of what looked like a field and a castle.

"I like your picture," Haruka said. "Can I escort you to your next class, Michiru?"

Michiru nodded as she watched Haruka get up with her. The two walked side-by-side in the hallways. Saku had stay behind to talk to Mr. Carlton about something.

A girl bumped into Michiru in the hallways, it was Maiko from Michiru's Math class. She always seem to have an aura of hate around her.

"I'm sorry," she said with a sarcastic voice. Michiru's pencils had spilt all over the floor and she sighed. She flicked Michiru in the middle of her forehead. "Did that hurt? I saw your mom yesterday, she happily put groceries into my mom's bag. How do you live with no money?"

"Leave her alone," Haruka jumped in front of Michiru. "What's your problem?" Michiru looked up and saw Haruka just now. "Michiru has never done one thing to you."

"Who do we have here?" Maiko said. "You're awfully handsome, want to get a milkshake later?"

Maiko acted all sweet and proper for a moment. "Why are you sticking up for this girl? She has to be poor."

"I said leave her alone," Haruka said pushing Maiko.

Michiru stood up and held Haruka, she startled the blonde.

Tears fell from Michiru's eyes hitting the ground as people watched her stand there, her pencils still on the floor. Haruka looked at Michiru.

"Haruka, she's right. I'm not rich, I am a little poor. But don't fight her, she's not worth it," Michiru said clasping both of her hands together near her chest. "Yes, I don't have the nicest things in the world but I get by which is enough. My mom tries hard and I support her every single day. So, Maiko, please be quiet and Haruka, let's go."

Michiru picked up her pencils and put them back in the case and was about ready to go to her next class when the principal then came in the hall.

"What was going on?" He asked curiously.

The students not in the fight walked away slowly to their next classes leaving only the four of them in the hallway.

"You three, to my office now," he said in a stern voice and the three followed them to his office and sat down.

"Kaiou Michiru," he said looking at Michiru. "What happened in the hall?"

"I was walking with Haruka and Maiko came up to me and suddenly started picking on me for no reason and started insulting me," Michiru explained. "After that..."

"After that I stood up for her," Haruka chirped in as the two girls looked at Haruka. "Maiko was not going to her respectful class, sir. You see, I wanted to protect her, kind of like her bodyguard."

"You're Tennoh Haruka, right?" The principal asked curiously as Haruka nodded. "You're new here."

"Yes I am sir, sorry if I made a bad impression," Haruka said. "It wasn't my intention to do so."

"Sir, these two are liers. They were the ones who picked on me," Maiko said innocently.

"That's not true," Haruka and Michiru said at the same time. Maiko sprung fake tears and they rolled down her cheeks.

"Kaiou Michiru and Tennoh Haruka," the principal said. "You both have detention after school today." Michiru looked shocked.

"But no sir, I have my newspaper club to get to!" Michiru insisted. "I need to go, the others might be worried for all that I know of."

The principal shook his head. "Today, Kaiou, you'll be missing out. You can explain your absence with this."

He signed two sheets for Haruka and Michiru, they were both yellow and a little circle around the word "detention."

"I'm sorry this happened to you, Roko," the principal said to Maiko who shook her head.

"Make sure they stay away from me," she said as she walked out of the office as Michiru and Haruka did too.

Michiru slid down and sat on the floor outside of the office and her black tights were getting dirty from the dust that gathered on the door and Haruka helped her up.

"Who is she?" Haruka asked looking down at Michiru. "A mean old friend from your past?"

"No, when I was younger I was always picked on her. I'm not too sure why she has such a hate for me," Michiru said. "Can you still walk me to class?"

Haruka nodded. "I don't mind being late for Geography."

Haruka walked Michiru down to her other class and headed back up the stairs to the Geography hall and hummed to herself.

"Why are you late Haruka?" Mrs. Eruoko asked curiously. "Did you get in trouble?"

"Just a little," she admitted. "I'm sorry, it won't happen ever again."

Mrs. Eruoko muttered something and started writing on the board and Haruka's stomach rumbled as she brought the bottle out again.

Michiru sat with Haruka and Saku again like yesterday.

"You two got in trouble?" Saku asked. "But how...?"

"By Maiko, do you know her?" Haruka asked curiously. "She's like an ugly insect."

Michiru slapped Haruka's shoulder rubbing it and Haruka slapped her back playfully.

"Do you mean Kuroko Maiko?" Saku asked as she picked up her milk and drank it. "She's rich, she probably has loads of money. I heard she's one of the richest people in the school. Michiru, do you want me to tell the newspaper club for you?"

"No, it's fine," Michiru said to her friend. "I can tell the group tomorrow, I'm fine Saku."

"Alright, I need to go get ready for my next class," Saku said as she got up and left the two alone and went out one of the large cafeterias doors.

"Haruka, why do you never eat anything? Don't you get hungry?" Michiru asked curiously. "I'm surprised you haven't turned into a stick yet, I mean, no food."

"I just forgot," Haruka said with a smile. "Could I have one of your bagels from the cafeteria store?" Michiru nodded and handed it to her. "I'm sorry for getting you mixed up in this mess."

"It's alright, it's my fault too," Michiru said. "I should've just kept walking. Could we possibly walk home after school together again? Yesterday was actually really fun." Haruka nodded and Michiru got up. "I need to go, got boring Math next."

Before Michiru left, Haruka kissed Michiru's hand.

"See you in detention," she said as Michiru blushed and only nodded. She walked to her locker and got ready, she bumped into Riko from this morning and she looked much better.

"Riko, do you feel better?" She asked. "When you came in this morning, you seem totally dazed out."

Riko looked at her. "You're the tenth person to ask me that. I came in at second period, not first. I think everyone but me is going crazy. Anyway, sorry for bumping into you Michiru. I have to prepare for my English test."

"Alright, see you!" Michiru said nicely and watched Riko run up to her boyfriend.

How odd. It seems like life was suddenly put back into her after it had been taken out. Michiru shivered and the bell rang, she ran to class.

After the last two periods, Michiru sighed which meant detention. She put stuff in her bag and walked to room 201 and sat in one of the desks. Saku stopped by the door.

"Talk to you later on the phone, Michiru," she said. "I wish we could walk home together."

"I'm sorry," she apologized. "I guess I'll be telling my mom why I'm home later than usual."

Haruka walked in the room and sat beside her. "Wanna play a game for the next hour?"

"Sure," Michiru said smiling. "What game?"

"Truth or dare," she said looking at Michiru. "Is that game okay?"

"Yes," she said.

"So, let's start," Haruka said happily.

Time passed by quickly. Haruka learned about how Michiru's father died when she was ten in a plain crash and Michiru learned that Haruka once lived in China for a year when her mother had work to do there.

The two once again grabbed themselves a coffee and Haruka walked Michiru home and stopped outside her door.

"So, Haruka," Michiru said. "Thanks for walking me home. Do you want to come in?"

Haruka shook her head at the moment. "I need to get home, my mom's expecting me to help her move some stuff to the basement."

"Seriously?" Michiru asked blushing. "I'll miss you though."

Haruka smirked and kissed Michiru on the cheek. "Thank you," she whispered in her ear. "See you tomorrow, Michiru."

Haruka walked down the street and Michiru stood there speechless and walked inside her house seeing her mom wasn't home. She sat down on the couch and turned on the t.v. and went to get some water.

Her cellphone went off and she picked it up.

"Hello, Michiru speaking," Michiru said.

"Michiru, where were you?" Mitsuki's voice rang. "The paper will be out on Friday and we need those responses."

"I'm sorry, I got in trouble," Michiru said with a sigh. "Do you have an e-mail? I'll mail them to you."

"Yeah, it's MitsukiC ."

"Thanks, I'll send it your way when I can."

"Thanks, just be there tomorrow okay."

"I'll be there, I promise," Michiru told Mitsuki as she hung up.

There was a text message on Michiru's phone from Saku.

Hey Michiru, I heard now Riko is back to normal. But you know Hotaru from your paper club? She's missing now too! An e-mail has been sent to all the students in our grade about this. They may shut down the school, check your e-mail soon.

Saku :D

Michiru sweat dropped at the smile and turned on her laptop and opened her e-mail.

In the past 2 days, some students have been either acting odd are have admitted to loosing their memory of the first couple hours of class. Teachers believe that it's just a bug going around.

Parents, make sure you go see your family doctor if possible to see if your child is health. Have your child turn this into their home room teacher.

_Parent signature

_ Student signature.

Mr. Kuzu, the principal.

"I wonder what's going on," Michiru muttered. "What's this all mean."

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