Karuko Takahashi's Story

As the teacher droned on, Karuko doodled on his textbook. He was vaguely paying attention, since he was determined to get good grades in class. But it was all sooooo boring. Hopefully the rumour was true. Apparently there were some import students coming in today. Karuko loved meeting new people, so he was excited upon hearing the news.
Fortunately for him, it wasn't long before there was a knock on the door. Abruptly, Karuko sat up straight in his chair and dropped the pen he was holding, as the door opened and two girls walked in. He gasped and then wolf whistled jokingly. "This is going to be interesting!" he mumbled under his breath.
Then one of the siblings walked forward and said in a cold voice, "Hello, my name is Bill. Yes, I'm a girl, and yes, I'll hit you if you try anything funny. But its very nice to meet you, and I hope we get along." Karuko almost laughed out loud, as the blue-haired girl didn't seem to be that tough. In fact, in his opinion, she seemed very sweet and he hoped they'd get along. As for the other one, Karuko had already fallen in love with her.
Fortunately, the two empty spaces were behind him so he'd be able to chat to the new girls. Already things had started to get interesting!

Bill looked at the boy which introduced himself. She blinked several times, then smiled faintly at him. "French, I see. France is cool, I was there on a school trip once, but I don't like big cities much, I prefer nature." She replied kindly, then she looked at another boy, who was trying to discuss with the teacher about silently listening to music. She giggled, rebels were rather cute, but she still wasn't the fan of the idea that her sister and herself would be the only two girls in class. Actually, that kind of freaked her out, since back in her old school, there were lots of girls in their class.

Her gaze moved towards a boy which was sitting infront of them. She tilted her head slightly, trying to see what was drawn or written in his notebook. She blinked, but due to her, not-very-good vision, and embarassment to wear glasses, she couldn't really sort it out.

"I-is this the whole class..? Like.. Are there any other girls?" She asked, stuttering, since the question could've sounded awkward, or rude. She tried smiling, but the thought about being one of the only two girls in class was still creeping her out. The boys didn't seem SO bad, but, she always told herself: ' You never know a person untill you be-friend them, or make them your nemesis.'

She quickly shook her head and looked up at the cieling, her bangs covering her eyes completly, as she awaited an answer.

Bill waved at the boy, then leaned back in her chair. She sighed and moved a strand of her blue hair behind her ear, looking out the window, becoming quite distracted. She narrowed her eyes and quickly looked back, as another teacher came in, and the english teacher left the classroom for several minutes. When she was back, she seemed to smile faintly. "Well class, its your lucky day, the lesson is ending a bit earlier today, since most of the teachers have buisness to attend. You're free to go, make sure to show the new students around, and don't leave them all alone, or they may get lost!" She said sarcastically, giggling as she walked out of the room.

Billie frowned and face-desked. "How old is she? She seems likea child to me." She pondered out loud, and stretched, sitting up again. She took her bag and stood up, looking at the blonde boy which was listening to music. She came up to his desk. "Oh! Pinkie Pie! Thats so cute, you're good at drawing... Oh ... Sorry. I just used to watch My Little Pony. Rainbow Dash Rocks." Bill laughed.

KuruLesperance wrote:Right now, Elliot, Aoiro, Bill, and Michael are in the hall trying to find their way to the gym. They're adjacent to the cafeteria, at the moment, and all lights are off, so they have glowsticks and phones for substitute lights.
So, you can either be in the gym, or just pop out of nowhere, or something. c:

Aoiro followed the others still a little uneasy. He liked them for the most part but really wished he could find his friend Karuko. He hadn't seen him since much earlier that day and due to the current events wasn't sure whether or not he would see him again.

Aoiro frowned and helped by taking out his own cellphone and turning on the light on thier path. It was blue like his hair and had a cuwte charm dangling off it. In actuality it looked pretty girly which never bothered him much but it might seem odd to the others. hopefully they weren't paying attention to that matter.

Staring at the phone he thought of a way he could find his friend. He could easily text him. But would that be weird.Karuko might think he was too paranoid. It was after all only just a little black out. Aoiro clicked off the contact name and shinned the light on the floor again.

((Thanx Echo))

Feeling bored, Karuko gazed around the darkened gym, searching for the new girls. Strangely, he could not see them, even using the flashlight on his iPhone. Surely Aoiro would be there? Nope. Therefore he edged his way over to the door and silently went through the door and into the corridor. "Where on Earth are they?" he mumbled to himself. "They should've arrived in the gym ages ago. Probably the blackout." He made his way across the corridors, down stairs, up stairs, all using his bright phone light that he pointed at the ground.
Eventually Karuko came across a pair of feet, and looking up he saw Aoiro. In a surge of relief, he went and hugged his friend. Then, thing better of it, he backed way. "Sorry man, I was just so pleased to see you 'cuz I was really bored and..well, you know." he stammered nervously. After that he looked behind Aoiro and spotted Bill, Elliot and Michael. "Guys!" he exclaimed. "So where on Earth have you been?!"

(anytime ^^)

Aoiro could see much better now with the glow of the lights of phones and glow sticks, So he didn't need to follow voices anymore.

"So.. Where exactly is the gym? Second floor? Ground floor?" the girl asked

Aoiro thought for a moment "it should be quite near us I don't remember going near any stairs when I got lost" He replied trying to be helpful and added in a soft smile. Then two arms came around him. Aoiros eyes got big almost in a minute of panic before he realized just as the boy let go who it was.

"Sorry man, I was just so pleased to see you 'cuz I was really bored and..well, you know." Karuko said as he backed away from Aoiro

Aoiro's smile got bigger as he finally found his friend. He patted his shoulder "Thats alright I'm really happy to see you're safe" which was true relief had spread throughout Aoiros whole body. The dark wasn't scary anymore and plus they were all together. He turned facing the others.

Aoiro stared at Elliot as he rambled on wondering if it was just in the taller boy's nature to be so talkitive or if he was just particuarly hyper this day.
He didn't know what scooby doo was but wasn't sure he like the idea of being called "scrappy doo" it sounded odd to him. He tried to push the thought away as he watched Elliot attach numerous amounts of glow sticks together.

Then focused on Karuko and the girl

"First, I doubt this place is haunted, its not like there was a prison or a hospital here before the school. Second, why am I Velma? I mean, I know I'm tiny and can be a smartass realist sometimes but... Oh whatever." she said

It striked him as odd wasn't someone called Bill the person Elliot said was velma. Then it hit him and before he could stop himself Aoiro asked

"Wait a sec your name is Bill!?" he felt stupid the minute the words came out and wished he had said them quieter. gosh he was such a fool. What if the girl ...Bill.... thought he was poking fun at her. Worse that this had to happen in front of Karuko. Aoiro was so ashamed staring at his feet cheeks flushed with embarrasment at his careless comment.

"Thats alright I'm really happy to see you're safe" said Aoiro as he patted his friend on the shoulder, which made Karuko grin. Then Elliot said something about Scooby Doo, and Karuko laughed at the thought of being Fred, who was really the team leader of Mystery Inc. Then he felt something being fastened around his neck, before realising it was a luminous green glow stick, which he began to fiddle with absent-mindedly. Once Elliot put on his glowing earrings and switched on the belt lights, the group really were glowing brightly. But Karuko almost laughed out loud when Aoiro spoke, "Wait a sec your name is Bill!?"
Suddenly there was a help as a girl came flying into Elliot, knocking him over, dropping the lantern and causing all of them to become soaking wet. "Crap, dude, my glasses flew off. At least I'm still glowing." said Elliot quietly. He began searching and soon found them.
"God! Are you guys OK?!" Karuko asked anxiously, since he was always worried when someone got hurt. He held out his hand to help them up, while examining the girl to see if he recognised her. "Maybe you could help us in getting to the gym?" he asked hopefully, gazing down on the girl. "I just came down from there, but I seemed to have taken the long route and I have no idea which way to go now."

((Sorry, I know it's not up to much compared to your guys epic posts))

Bill looked at Aoiro when he called out her name. She smiled, many people usually got that reaction after hearing it. "Actually, its Billie. But I'm not very girly, so I go with Bill. Plus, its shorter and easier to write AND say." She nodded at him. She seemed pretty calm, but as soon as a girl came flying in, she quickly hid behind Michael, but soon realised that it wasn't a monster, or a 'Giant-Sushi-Lobster-Thing-Attack'.

Bill sighed and peeked out, then talked away from Michael. "Err... Right. Sorry." She muttered and looked at Kinery. Suddenly, she came to the realisation that it was Naomi's friend, or atleast, LOOKED like her. She blinked and came up to the girl, offering her a hand to help her get up. "You're Naomi's friend, right? I'm Bill." She said quickly, smiling at her. Then she looked at Elliot, and offered him her other hand.

((thanx again Echo. oh and sorry guys I skimmed through what you did in this post cuz ima lazy :P))

Rolling his eyes at the two girls getting into a conversation, Karuko wandered over to the wall and randomly started to stroke the wallpaper in his boredom. Then he heard Aoiro say, "wha...wai...you're not mad?" and really did snigger at his friends question. He edged away as Elliot started to spin round, just in time as he bashed against the wall were Karuko had just been standing.
Eventually the group decided to resume making their way towards the gym. The girls lead the way, and soon Bill ran off ahead. At that moment Karuko jogged up to Kinery and grinned. "Hey..." he said cheerfully. "You asked us to tell you our names so...Hi! I'm Karuko." Holding out his hand for her to shake, his grin widened.
As he didn't meet girls that often, Karuko was always sort of sheepish around them. Well, he wasn't exactly nervous but he acted strangely. His face always had a big grin on it and he felt obliged to be as polite as possible. Maybe it was just how he was brought up. However some girls weren't like that, some girls were just different with Karuko.

Bill just laughed, Naomi's still 'frightened' expression over the fangirls kind of made her giggle. "Its nice to see you alive, sis'." She gave her a quick nod, before she made her way back to the gym. Or atleast, she THOUGHT the gym was there. Without a moment of thinking, the girl just kept on walking.

"Tuxedo Mask, huh.." Billie thought. "So like, you just met Tuxedo Mask, or a guy like Tuxedo Mask, and all you're worrying about is... Fangirls almost clutching out your hair?" She said sarcastically, as she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings. "Oh between, that friend of yours is waiting for you in the gym, she must be worried since her 'Naomi Senses' were acting up." Bill giggled, stumbling slightly as she did. Her head felt kind of dizzy, but just for a brief moment.

The girl just kept on walking, untill she bumped into a door. It was rather large, but through the window could be seen some pretty lights. She opened it, and peeked inside, quickly sneaking through. The room was full of colorful lanterns, and there were various amounts of chairs, gathered up in seperate circles. She tilted her head, this was nothing like in her old school. The girl shrugged and took her sister's hand, and came up to Elliot and the others. "I'm alive! I think. Well if not, send me some flowers on my grave if they find my walking body." She said.

(ok now i'm lost XD)

A laugh made him look up the other girl was speaking to him

"You're pretty fun, huh? I think it's totally great when boys screw up~"

He blinked his actions saying "excuse me?" as he stared up at her but her attention was gone again as she in many words thanked Elliot for the glowsticks with some mention of popcorn
Aoiro just blinked this by far was the weirdest day ever. And he had had quite some weird days before. But this one jsut topped it. He rubbed his eyes wondering if it was a dream and looke dup to see the girl was looking at him again.

Aoiro froze he didn't like the look in her eyes he couldn't even speak a peep before she grabbed his arm and commenced to drag him through the hall in whatever direction Elliot had gone."Karuko!" >.< his thoughts screamed

My mistake he thought She's worse than Elliot

"Billll~" the girl whined playfully "grab the others and let's go!!" she said still pulling on his arm He felt like a plushie or some badly taken care of pet.

"By the way, you should all tell me your names so our acquaintanceness isn't so awkward!"


Aoiros expression shifted from freaked out scared to a look of irritation "Like I wou-"

"Hey..." Karuko said appearing out of nowhere stopping Aoiro in his tracks. "You asked us to tell you our names so...Hi! I'm Karuko." he was holding his hand out to the girl with a huge smile that Aoiro loved to see.

it changed his mind and calmed his expression blushing and staring at the ground sheepishly

"Aoiro Hoseki..." he said his voice almost a whisper. "class 2C"

Kinery rolled her eyes with a chuckle. She then waved to the new guy she hadn't seen before. "Karuko. Nice to meet youuu!!" She grabbed his hand cheerily, shaking it with a smile plastered to her face. Her eyes then lit up. "Well fine then, Ao. I'll just take him instead if you're going to be a spoil sport." The fem chuckled, deserting Ao and latching onto Karuko's arm. "Let us frolic!" Koe then raced towards the gym with the boy in tow, giggling quietly as they went. "Ha, sorry for that. You're just another likely candidate to play with." She stuck her tongue out a bit at Karu. "You and I, we're going places kid.... Mainly the gym." That same sweet chuckle returned, and she slowed down a bit. They were almost to the doors anyway.

"I'm in class 2A, too bad I can't be in your class! That'd be a lot more entertaining. But nah, I'm all by my lonesome little self. Left to my devices allll day. My life is so hard." She sniffled, then smirked playfully at the boy, obviously joking around. "Yeesh, all that pink Elliot boy wears is so blinding. Pink is okay, but too much of a good thing is never a good thing."

The day was strange and now it had gotten worse probably the absolute worst.

"Karuko. Nice to meet youuu!!" The girl practically screamed touching Karuko's hand Aoiros eyes flashed to them then back up at her face her smile was so fake he wanted to scream especially with what she did next

"Well fine then, Ao. I'll just take him instead if you're going to be a spoil sport."


Aoiro hadn't the time to correct her on the name or even object to the statement the worst "Eh wai I-" had come as she dashed down the hall with Karuko in tow. Aoiro lifted a hand trying to stop them but they were out of sight and he was alone again. and that girl had taken Karuko his friend Karuko. Aoiro just stood there all alone his hand outstretched but catching nothing but air wishing today had never happened.

"Aoiro Hoseki..." whispered Aoiro rather sheepishly. "class 2C." Karuko sighed at his friend, who acted so shy at times, which rather bugged him. However he was rather taken aback when Kinery suddenly grabbed his hand to shake it and said, "Karuko. Nice to meet youuu!!" He rubbed the back of his neck and continued grinning, before his new friend began dragging him to the gym after saying, "Well fine then, Ao. I'll just take him instead if you're going to be a spoil sport."
Although Karuko didn't want to leave Aoiro, he also didn't want to end his new found friendship with Kinery so he ran along beside her, chuckling as she rambled on about frolicking and her lonesome little self. She seems fun, Karuko thought to himself as he gazed over at Kinerys' cheerful face.
When they entered the gym, Karuko gazed around at all the beautiful lanterns and bright colours that filled the place with the essence of enchantment. Soon he was distracted when he noticed Elliot, Naomi and Bill sitting over in a circle of chairs. Holding Kinerys' hand, he wandered over to them and sat down next to Bill, smiling cheerfully at the fun that was yet to begin.
Looking at the people around him, Karuko thought to himself what a lucky day this was. It went from a boring old english lesson to...well....this awesome event! He giggled at his own thoughts then looked behind him absent-mindedly to check if Michael and Aoiro had been keeping up with them.

Kinery smiled brightly, taking a liking to the 'new' gym. Her eyes scanned the entire room, looking for Elliot and the others. Elliot wasn't hard to find at all, but then her eyes landed on Naomi. "Nay-oh-my!!!!!!" She was just about to run and tackle her before she was dragged along over there anyway by Karuko. "So what game are we playing huh? Anyone know, any ideas?" That same smile plastered onto her face, and she crossed her legs comfortably on the chair, her hand still in Karuko. "Karuko's really nice, Naomi have you met himm?"

The fem chattered on excitedly to her friend, glad to finally meet her in person. "Hey, Karuko. Know what we could do? Depending on the game, but still." A mischievous giggle made its way from her vocals, and she leaned over, whispering something to him. She then went back to her previous sitting position, poking Naomi in the knee.

Aoiro hadn't moved he remained in the same place but slowly dropped his arm in hopeless defeat.

(flashback mode)
he remembered when he first came to the school people had made fun of him for being so short teased him for his blue hair. It didn't help that he was so shy. But Karuko had stood up for him made the bullies leave him alone. That had given Aoiro an instant attachment to him. But he was scared that Karuko was only just being nice the next day Aoiro avoided school and did that for a week. his parents wouldn't care he was often sick they would only think that and let him stay home. Aoiro had been considering never going back and maybe running away but as he climbed out his window he ran into Karuko arms full of books and a huge smile on his face.

Karuko had collected all Aoiros work for him even asked the teacher where his house was. Still Aoiro thought... He's just being nice, they were closer in school same class. As this was years ago. Best of friends. Still Aoiro always feared he'd lose him. Until the moment when Aoiro lost it .... Karuko stopped him from running away stopped him from doing something terrible not to be nice but because he really cared. Finally Aoiro had accepted Karuko really cared. Since then Aoiro and Karuko were as close as ever. Even though this year they were assigned different classes.

Aoiro stayed cheerful and hung out with Karuko every chance he got. But now..
(end flash bakc mode)

Aoiro starred into the empty hall... "No" he thought "Karuko Is my best friend he'd never leave me I'm just overreacting" he ran a hand through his blue hair and smiled. Then set off down the hall as if he suddenly knew where to go finding his way to the gym easily and returning to greet the others. The girl was motioning Karuko to another girl one Aoiro had never seen. Whom the other girl was calling Naomi.

"Truth or dare sounds fun.. But I don't know about spin the bottle." Billie said. "If we do play truth or dare, I could go first! Or..." The girl went silent for a moment, and took out a piece of paper, folding it into something that 'looked' like an origami bird. "We could play risk. Basically its a version of Truth or Dare with just dare, so people be 'saved' by saying truth." She giggled, placing the bird on her shoulder.

Her eyes locked on Aoiro as he entered the room. "Hey, Aoi! Come join us!" She waved at him, in a surprising welcoming way. Then she looked back at Elliot. "I'm out of ideas, so I don't really know. Its up to you guys." Bill nodded and stretched, as she forgot that the paper bird was still on her shoulder.

However, when she realised that the bird was about to fall off, it was somehow too late, as the girl fell back with her chair. "Oww.. This sucks." She said, kicking her legs like a child. Then she rolled over her head, and stood up, picking up the chair and the origami.

"I suppose they were right when they told us not to doodle on our chairs." Bill laughed, checking if her phone was still 'alive', and if she perhaps could've lost something during the fall. She shrugged, everything seemed to be there, so she sat back in her chair. "Right'o, so what're we gonna play!?" She asked, looking at Kinery, then at Karuko, and then back to Elliot.

Laughing aloud at Elliots' constant rambling about the games they could be playing, Karuko turned round to see if Michael and Aoiro had arrived yet. Just to Karukos' luck, walking through the door was Aoiro. Waving over at his blue-haired friend, Karuko grinned before being distracted by someone mentioning his name. "So what game are we playing huh? Anyone know, any ideas?" Kinery was saying, while crossing her legs. "Karuko's really nice, Naomi have you met himm?" He blushed at Kinerys' comment as she began chatting to her friend.
"Hey, Karuko. Know what we could do? Depending on the game, but still." Once again Karuko was distracted by his new friend who giggled mischievously before leaning over and whispering something into his ear. Karuko nodded slowly, unsure if he should go along with the idea. But then he grinned and looked more eager, in order to please Kinery, though really he was still uncertain inside.
Sighing in slight boredom, Karuko looked around the room, waiting for this special event to start, and his eyes met Billies' face as she fell off of her chair. "Woah! Are you OK?" he asked anxiously, as Bill got back up.
"Right'o, so what're we gonna play!?" she asked, looking around at everyone.
"We'll just have to wait and see, it seems." remarked Karuko with a hint of mystery, smiling peacefully. "Though I really do hope it's truth or dare, that would be exciting! Risk sounds good too." He chuckled to himself at the many silly dares that came into his head, though none of them would be suitable. Then he returned his gaze to Bill. "So, Bill, I'm unsure if we've been properly introduced. I am Karuko, if you didn't already know. Now...questions, questions. Uh....where are you from?"

Bill laughed as Karuko had seemed to show worry about her falling. Then she nodded at him. "My name is Bill Kyoukou. Originally, my sister and I are from japan, but, we have been away in america for the past years. I was afraid I'd forget japanese, and actually, I'm much better at english than at any other language! Anyhow, its my turn to ask a question now.."

The girl paused to think for a moment. She began tapping her cheek, then looked up brightly. "Alright so! What was your first impression when you saw Naomi and I?" She giggled at the question, as indeed, she had wanted to know.