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Title: Heartache
Author by: anniewannie aka Annie

Chapter 2: A New School

"Akane-chan! Time for your first day in high school!" Akane heard her little step-sister, Maia Sakura, yell from downstairs. Akane's eyes fluttered open tiredly to meet the wide and high-reaching white ceiling of her bedroom. Akane sat up slowly in her bed and stretched her long, pale legs underneath the blankets, and her ivory arms in front of her before she let out a yawn. 'Oh man,' she thought, pulling away the blankets from her body. Suddenly, Akane's bedroom door opened and there, standing in the doorway, was a short girl. She had long, blonde hair that went to her small waist, a blonde chin-length fringe that brisked past her right eye every so often and she wore a pink-and-white headband on her head. Her eyes were dark azure like the sea and her skin was as white as snow. The little girl was wearinf a cute white dress that had pink flowers embroidered on it, white knee-length socks and black strap low heels.

"Good morning, Akane!" She cried happily. "Hey Sakura," Akane said, giving her little step-sister a small smile. The little girl, Sakura, was ten years old and she was starting Grade 5 in Hishima Grade School while Akane was starting Hishima Star High School this year as a new student. "It's time to go to your new school Hishima Star High School, Akane-chan!" Sakura squealed as she skipped towards Akane and flopped down on her bed, staring at Akane with shiny eyes.

"I'm really nervous 'bout going there by myself." Akane gulped. But Sakura huffed with a smile at the corner of her lips. "C'mon Akane-chan! I thought you told me that you weren't going to be nervous about going to Hishima Star High School!" "Yeah, but now ... I'm freaking out." Akane stood up. Sakura sighed. 'I tried my best to encourage her.' Sakura thought, watching Akane stomp off into her bathroom. Akane closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief as soon as the door was shut. 'I don't want that to happen again.' She thought as she stood up and walked to her bathroom mirror to star at her face. Akane was sixteen years old and she now had longer hair that went past her slim waist. It was still its normal color except that it was a bit curly and thuck. Her eyes were still a yellow color but a darker yellow so it was hard to tell if it was brown or black. Her face was heart-shaped and pretty to herself, her skin looked a lot paler then when it used to be when Akane was younger, and her lips were ghostly pale.

Akane looked down at her sink and turned on the tap to wash her face clean. She sighed after her face felt refreshed before she reached for her hairbrush that sat next to her bathroom sink, and brushed it through her hair, brushing away the knots. 'There.' Akane thought, seeing her hair good as new. She started stripping off her clothes before she started to switch on the tap of her bathroom shower and step in. Several minutes passed and Akane switched off the tap, stepped out of the shower and grabbed a clean, white fluffy towel. She rushed out of her bathroom, into her bedroom and she ran straight to her closet where her school uniform was hanging on the hanger. She immediately got dressed before she grabbed her bag from her computer chair and rushed downstairs to meet Kylie, Ryo and Sakura. Akane guessed that Tadashe already had breakfast and left for school early in the morning.

"Good morning, sweetie." Ryo greeted Akane with a smile as Akane grabbed a red, juicy apple from the dining table. "Off to your first day at school, aye?" Akane nodded. "Absolutely Dad," she smiled back at him. "I'm nervous though, but I'm sure I'll be fine as I always am." Akane shrugged and came to give her Dad a kiss on the cheek. "Wish me luck. Bye Sakura!" Akane waved. Sakura beamed and gave Akane thumbs-up. "Good luck!" She called and Akane sprinted out of the house. Akane never said goodbye to Kylie because she's always a pain to her. For example, she tried to make Akane say good morning to her when Akane was twelve and Sakura was several months old. That was when Akane knew that having Kylie as her step-mother, was going to be bad luck for her.

Akane saw a brown bike that belonged to her, and it was leaning next to the garage door. She took it out so she could ride, ride away from home, towards Hishima Star High School. Several minutes later, Akane stopped the bike on the footpath in front of the school and gasped as I stared at how big it was. 'Wow ...' She thought, gulping. 'This must be a popular school.' Akane left her bike in the small bikes' parking spot and grabbed her bag, slunging it over her shoulder. Akane breathed, trying to calm the nerves and the sick feeling she was feeling in the pit of her stomach. "Stay calm, Akane." Akane told herself. "Nothing to be afraid of." Akane closed her eyes slowly and breathed in through her nose, but before she could open her eyes again and walk to the school, she heard a voice in front of her. "What're you doing?" It sounded like a girl's voice. Akane's dark yellow eyes flashed open immediately and she saw a girl who had straight, waist-length pink hair that flowed past her shoulders and down her back with a yellow headband on her head, she had pale skin, wide, cherry blossomed eyes and she had a cute, happy and worried expression on her face.

Akane was stunned by it. "Um ... yeah, I ... I guess." Akane stammered. The girl smiled. "I'm Shaya Rumi and I'm a sophomore this year. Last year I was a new student here." Akane smiled. "I'm new here." She explained. "Oh." The pink headed girl, Rumi, said shortly and smiled. "Well, welcome to Hishima Star High School!" She beamed. Suddenly, there was a small ringing noise that rang out the entire field of students and out of the school and Akane guessed that it was the class period bell. "Let's go. It's time for classes. Oh yeah, what's your name?" Rumi asked as we both started walking up to the school. "I'm Akane. Hitoru Akane." Rumi grinned. "I'm sure you'll enjoy it this year. Some of the teachers can be quite harsh on students 'round here, but ... there's a good, clumsy as teacher that goes here." Akane perked up at that. "A clumsy teacher? Who is it?" "Well, it's Himishima Reiji and he's quite a lot to talk about around school." Rumi and Akane entered the school and Akane found it very bustling and crowded. "God, is it always like this?" Akane had to shout above the noises the teenagers were making. "Oh yeah! It's always!" Rumi cried. 'Where am I supposed to find my locker in a crowd like this?' Akane thought, groaning a little at it.

Before Akane could squeeze into the crowd with Rumi, the noise stopped as soon as the doors opened wide. 'What the ...?' Akane thought and turned her head sideways. Her eyes widened at the sight she saw. There, standing in the doors of the school, was a boy who had thick, short and red hair that brushed briskily past his adorable chocolate-brown orbs and his skin was an ivory skin tone. The guy looked like he was seventeen or eighteen, and he wore a plain, orange T-shirt, a grey jacket, blue pants and red sneakers. He looked ... handsome to Akane. The redheaded guy shuffled inside the school and, to Akane's shock, the whole school made two parellel lines like a wave making way for a king. 'I don't understand ...' Akane looked around and noticed that she was the only one that didn't move anywhere, and she was also right in front of the guy!

The redheaded guy cleared his throat and Akane shot back at him again. Then Akane heard him say something that put her in a real bad, but abashed, mood. "Move." Akane blinked, suddenly feeling like she was going to collapse to the white polished floor. But Akane still stood there. "No." She said, crossing her arms over her chest. Akane felt embarrassed for not doing what the guy said, but his words made her furious even though she didn't show it ... at least not yet. "Why not?" The redheaded guy crossed his arms over his chest like what Akane did. "Well," Akane put her arms to her sides and she bit her bottom lip. Then she beamed for a second before answering. "I'm not moving 'cause of your tone that you used with me. And also, I'm a new student here so you should keep that tone of yours away from me while I'm trying to adjust to the school." Akane said and poked the guy in his chest while she said the words. The students gasped at what Akane said while the redheaded guy looked shocked at first before he smiled which made Akane's heart beat quickly, and he leaned down to Akane. Akane saw his fingers touch her chin as he lifted it and Akane's cheeks flushed immediately.

"How would you like a kiss, then?" The redheaded guy whispered in her ear. Akane bit her lip, thinking. "Would you move out of my way then?" Akane gulped. "Uh ..." Akane was speechless. The guy was about to kiss Akane but then someone interrupted. "Kaito! What are you doing?" The redheaded guy, Kaito's his name, leaned away from Akane quickly. "Hey Anna!" Kaito smiled which took Akane's breath away. A girl who had thick, red hair, pale skin - paler than Kaito's - and brown eyes like Kaito, came up to him and grinned. "Thanks for waiting for me - you weren't that patient." The redheaded girl noticed Akane and she smiled at her. "Hi! Thanks for making my brother wait. He can be a little caught up in girls like you." Anna winked. "I'm Sasake Anna and this is my little brother Sasake Kaito. Nice to meet you." Anna waved with her free hand before she grabbed Kaito and dragged him away from Akane.

Everyone in the school either giggled or mumbled to each other as Anna and Kaito walked past them. "You really had him there." Akane heard Rumi's voice next to her. Akane blushed. "Thanks. I never thought there would be ... popular kids going here." Akane looked at Rumi and saw her nod. "There's always popular kids or crowds in all the schools." Akane shrugged. "Guess so." She mumbled.

"C'mon. We'd better get to class. You got your schedule?" Rumi asked. Akane shook her head. "We'll get it now before class starts." Rumi told Akane. "Okay." Akane smiled, the incident of her and Kaito disappeared from her mind. "The office is just down the hall so we'll find it easily." Rumi and Akane started walking again. "Oh yeah, and I want you to meet my friends too." Rumi added. "Sure. I'd like to meet 'em." By now, Akane was grinning.

'I guess the first day at Hishima Star High School isn't so bad after all.' Akane thought as she listened to Rumi talk about her friends.

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