Cossette d'Auvergne's Story

It was so beautiful, the city. She lived in a house on top of the hill... Beauty... She thought, as she was looking out of the upstairs window of the house. At the lovely village that lay at her feet. It wasn't actually that small, she was just so far away from the city and way up high on a hill that it seemed that way. Peace...Quiet... She thought.
Of course things were never peaceful in Cossette's dreams... Something haunted her. She was never sure what it was... She turned from her window and there he was, standing in her closet. The room was dark, as it always is... He looks as if he was just a shadow. He pointed to her and started to whisper something, she didn't understand him... All of the sudden she hears some sort of alarm... She is falling...

AHHH!!!!...Cossette screams and nearly jumps out of her skin. Toki jumped up aswell and her fur was straight up... Cossette slams the off button on her alarm clock, gathers her wits and picks up her cat to calm Toki down. Toki immediately calmed and started purring and rubbing up against Cossette. I know... you saw him to, didn't you? Cossette spoke to her cat, Toki just looked up at Cossette and rubbed her cold nose on Cossette's face. *sigh*
Cossette gets up out of her bed. Folds her blankets over nicely and walks into her bathroom that was built right next to her bedroom, she looks into the mirror and stairs for awhile... What does she see? A girl who looks like she hasn't seen sunlight in ages, her skin was pale. There were purple bags under her eyes from the nightmare, she didn't understand. She has had the same dream for weeks. I'm losing my mind... Cossette wiped her face and stepped into the shower.
Toki usually comes into the washroom after awhile to tell her to get out, so she did. Cossette stepped out of the shower and greeted her cat once again... Hello beautiful... she rubs the cats head and kisses her nose softly. I didn't even check what time it was... That is unlike me. UGH! Come on Cossette... You're losing it. She says under her breath to herself.
She dries her hair and finds her way back into her room to pick out some clothing, she glances over at the clock... Hmmph...I'm a little late this morning... The clock read 7:36am. Cossette puts a purple ribbon in her hair and puts on a long black skirt that flares outwards, the layers on her skirt are bunched up making it look as if was torn. Nah, to warm for a long skirt... She quickly changes into a pair of black capris pants and a black corset that tied up with purple ribbon. She looked outstandingly beautiful, certainly stunning... She wore a black sweater over top of the corset, she didn't want to look revealing. She layered on some black and purple make up and walked downstairs to the kitchen... 7:52am. She grabs her black school bag with a skull on it and an apple and walked out of the front door.

It is about five to eight and she is still pretty far from Yamui High, although she enjoys the new city, she hates the fact that this school is a twenty-minute walk... Could be worse I guess...
At about ten after eight she finally approaches the school yard. The bell is going to ring shortly, or has it?. Cossette walked into the school and saw a group of teenagers all talking with eachother, Cossette ignored them and walked to her locker. She opened it, grabber her books and slammed it shut. Just as she was about to walk into her first class, something stops her... She thought she saw him... Johnathan... Cossette whispers under her breath, and then she smiles. She is in his class... She finds a seat right beside him. It was the only seat available. Figures. She tries not to look at him but she can't help but notice that his hands are trembling and he is staring blankly at his desk. She wants to ask if he is alright, but she is afraid to talk to him... Maybe I am the problem... Cossette feels guilty for not asking him what was wrong. She reached into her pencil case and pulled out a card without anyone noticing. Oh, I probably shouldn't have done that... He is going to think I am crazy if I tell him that I can read cards. Quickly, Cossette thinks of something, she casually gets up from her desk with a few pieces of paper and knocks the doll into the garbage that is right infront the desk and helps herself to the stapler that is on the teachers desk. Mission complete... Cossette thought to herself. She sat back down and glanced over at him, he was still staring at his desk. But the card told me... Maybe he didn't see me. Oh well, I hope he feels better soon. Cossette, still feeling terrible about herself for not being able to figure out his issue, pulls out a marker and began scribbling on her journal waiting for class to start. Aujourd'hui va être un long journée... She whispers in french...

Jon didn't see the female teen knock over the doll but he did notice the doll was gone he felt the eyes leave him he let out a gasp as if he wasn't breathing and looks around the class. Everyone was talking to each other and no one was making eye contact with him...odd. Jon notices the teacher hasn't noticed the doll missing I have to act quickly or that damned thing will return. Without much more hesitation Jon pulls out very old homework from not only this year but all three years and walks over to the trash can dumping all of his past work then when he saw that the trash was now full he took out the trash the teacher didn't pay him any mind. Jon walked out of the class room and finding a large trash can he dumped the garbage making sure to throw it as hard as he can. When Jon heard the blissful sound of the doll breaking he knew he didn't have to worry anymore. Jon walked into his class room again and sat down at his desk he noticed Cossette sitting and writing in a journal and almost hidden a tarot card laying at her desk. Jon was now curious "You can read cards?" he asked the darkly dress teen besides him.

Cossette sat silently at her desk, she didn't notice that the card she pulled for Johnathan fell between her note pad and it was sitcking out of the side while she was doodling. She saw Johnathan get up and walk over the trash... Dump a bunch of papers in it and walk away with it. I wonder what he is doing... Cossette's eyes followed Johnathan as he rushed out of the room. Her stomach sank, did I do something wrong? she dropped her head a continued to scribble on her notepad. The day wasn't off to a very good start with her. She felt like throwing up, her eyes swelled and her throat burned.
She didn't notice Johnathan walking back into the room and sitting beside her, she was too busy trying to stop herself from crying her eyes out and causing a scene.
"Do you read cards?" ... She heard Johnathan's voice and she knew he was talking to her, his voice made her jump and her hands starting shaking. She was extremely nervous, that is when she seen the card sticking out of her note book... Uh oh... Don't cry... don't cry... Cossette looks up at the nice looking boy beside her, she knew that it was visible that she was afraid...
"Y-yes, yes I-I do..." Cossette felt like an idiot, she was stuttering... "I-I am sorry, I saw you and you look liked you needed help... I didn't mean to hurt you or do anything... I-I ju-just wanted to help." Cossette looks at the boy one last time and a tear ran down her cheek. She quickly wiped it and began scribbling faster than she was before... Cossette's hands didn't stop shaking. Oh mon dieu... qu'est ce que j'ai fait..? She thought to herself.

Jon looked at her confused "Cén fáth a bhfuil tú ag caoineadh?" Jon said in his first language then he said it in English "Why are you crying?" Jon was never good with people and this truly applied to crying people. Jon then said "I did need help that fore damned thing was staring at me. Did you knock it over? If so thank you." Jon scratched his head he didn't exactly know what to do then he explained why he left "All I did was throw that...thing away" he said the word with a mixed emotion of fear and hate. "What is your name? I am Johnathan David Sinclair. Call me Jon" he looked at the card some more he really couldn't make heads or tails of it when he was younger he and his parents had their fates read by the cards the entire experience fascinated him but he didn't understand anything that went behind it all. Jon said this in a quite voice in order to not cause a scene and he wondered why this young lady seemed afraid of him.

Cossette took a deep breath and looked up at the boy once again, she seen kindness in his eyes. "My name is Cossette d'Auvergne, you can call me Cossette." Cossette shook away the nervous feeling and handed Johnathan the card. "I am a witch, I can see things that no one else can see. It isn't a super power and I am not crazy... It runs in my family. I'm very spiritual, I felt your fear as soon as I entered the room. I'm sorry for crying, I get really nervous around people..." Cossette said in a very low voice so that no one would hear her. "Please don't tell anyone, Jon." Cossette said without breaking eye contact with the nice looking boy with the soft eyes. "Class is about to start, w-would you like to hangout at lunch...?" Cossettes voice was so low that she doesn't think that Jon heard her.
Cossette was extremely nervous, she has never talked that much to someone, ever! She promised herself that she would socialize more. She thought to herself... Maybe this is the one friend that I need... Cossette knew she was jumping into friendship really fast but she doesn't know how to make friends. She smiled at Jon, for once... She wasn't afraid of someone. She immidiately felt safe around him, she's not sure why... She seen something in the corner of her eye and jerked her head in that direction... There it was. Before she could see what it was, the teacher slammed his book on his desk... Everyone got extremely quiet and all eyes were forward listening to the teacher begin class. Cossette glances at Jon, he is looking at her confused... Cossette is embarrassed. She smiles shyly at Jon.
Cossette quickly scribbled down on a piece of paper and slid it into Jon's lap while the teacher was writing something down on the board.

Jon,
We'll talk more lunch break, how does that sound? I'd like to get to know you better.

Yours truly, Cossette

Jon listened to this young teen Cossette about her confession about being able to sense more than a normal person Jon almost felt jealous of her and her gift. He heard the teacher slam her book on the desk he felt the paper slide on his lap he made a little jump but nothing noticeable. Looking at the note he gave a little smile then looking to Cossette he gave her a thumbs up confirming their lunch break meeting. He took out his own pen and wrote down something and placed it on her desk. The paper was folded and on the visible part he wrote down his name. On the rewritten paper was Jons print the note saying:

Miss d'Auvergne,
It will be cool to talk during lunch. I will meet up with you outside of the mess hall unless we run into each other on the way there.Do you like hamburgers?
Until then, Jon
P.S.: You don't have to respond right now (for fear we get caught)

Jon pulled out his notebook that held his work and notes for all of his subjects as well as any doodles, thoughts unrealted to school, and occasionally grocery list for when he has to pick up anything on his way home.

Ren Matsuo

"Course! Why not yeah? Eh... unless you don't want to be our friends, it's completely understandable! Though that's probably not going to change out thoughts on ya, sorry if that's the case!"

Ren confused tilted his head. He always wanted to be friend with them, because they seem to be very interesting people, now a bit unsure what to think after 'completely understandable'. Why that? "No, I am really glad to be your friends! It's just the other way around! Are you sure to want me to be your friend?" He said, making sure that he made clear that he didn't was one to decline any friendship. He loved friendship, he read many things about it, although himself doesn't have some real experience with it.

"Well.. Since I'm going to be your teacher in martial arts from now on I guess we're going to have to get along... isn't that right?"

He laughed. Hearing it from Izumi that brings it all to the point, he must remember a character he used to really like in his childhood. It was a really serious captain with a pure and loyal heart. Then an urge came up, that he simply did.

He stood in front of Izumi, with a stright gesture, chest lifted and his eyes set on Izumi with excited look on his face, then salute him and grinned. "Yes Sir, Right Sir, looking forward to cooperate with you" Then he laughed and get back to his usual casual gesture and explained himself: "I really wanted to make that move."

"Aaaand I'm guessing that classroom would be this one?"

Ren didn't know. He hasn't paid much attention to it, but something felt wrong. But he ignored that feeling, as he walked inside and nodded to the teacher politly.

He wondered. Wasn't his teacher a guy? He thought so. But he didn't really wanted to leave yet. Making friends made him really excited. He do never felt this excited in any other things then writing or drawing. It was quite a good feeling, in fact, he loved that tingling and warm feeling he felt. A feeling to belong somewhere. It was his first feeling it towards other people then his dad.

Other then him, he noticed the others inside the class and greeted everyone he knew. "Mornin' Cossette- san, Jonathan- san, Jayson- san..." Then he was interrupted by Ms. Susanna Lee with her speech, and looked in front.

"Good morning, students. I am very happy to see you all here today. I am Ms. Susanna Lee, you may call me Ms.Lee or Ms.Susanna. Which ever your prefer. It doesn't bother me any. Class has not begun yet so I ask for all of the juniors to go to their classroom, I don't want you guys being late, alright? The class bell is going to ring in less than a minute."

"I knew I was something was fishy! I am in another class right?", he asked loudly, laughed and winked goodbye expecially to Izumi and Rei. "See ya then Rei and Sensei!" Then he ran out the classroom, as the bell rings, smiling on his whole face. He still greeted Amai and Joshua in the Hall, the he ran through the hallway, searching for his classroom.



After awhile, he found the class he suppose to attend and entered the class with a quite loud way. "Sorry for being late! Got confused with the Classes!", he laughed, noticing he was stupid and bowed as an apology in front of the Mister Roland King. "I was sure though, that I have a guy as a teacher, not a woman." He added and quickly took a seat near the window.

Cossette was so excited about her little lunch date with Johnathan that she didn't even notice that the bell rang. She was in her own thoughts again, the only thing that really got her attention was her fellow classmate Yumi Nakamura storming into the classroom and crashing into poor Takashi Kimura.
Cossette d'Auvergne wasn't laughing, actually... she was more frustrated because she hates loud noises. She heard Johnathan laugh beside her and she wanted to hit him but she just kept to herself. Yumi should be more careful... She just caused an entire scene for herself... Cossette thought to herself. Cossette became really afraid of Ms. Susanna Lee. Although Cossette thought that everyone needed to smarten up, she had no idea that Ms. Susanna Lee was so... Strict. She seemed more like Ms. Sunshine Lee instead of Ms. Susanna Lee but little did Cossette know that Ms. Susanna Lee would shove that ruler up where the sun don't shine.

Cossette giggled to herself, Cossette often found herself hilarious. Mainly because the only person there to talk to most days was herself. Ms. Susanna Lee just seemed to switch back in Ms. Sunshine Lee within two minutes and then next thing she knew, it was quarter past nine o'clock and she would soon be attenting math class with Mr.Roland King, Cossette was afraid of him too.
Cossette found herself drawing a realistic picture of dead black roses lit by a single candle. She can feel Johnathan's eyes peaking over at her art work.

"You're... Really good." Johnathan whispers..."Like, REALLY good." He was still looking over her shoulder.

"Thank you, Jon." Cossette looked at the man right beside her and smiled sweetly. He smiled back at her and they continued to whisper about spirits and ghosts and then they would speak of cards and witchcraft. Cossette thought that her day would actually not be as bad as she thought. She met a new friend whom she actually really liked and she was just having a great day all around.
It is 9:32am and math starts at 10:00am to 11:45am all the way until lunch, which ended at 1:00pm. Cossette was content. She smiled at Jon once again and continued to draw on her page.

Jon couldn't help himself when he saw Yumi crash into Takashi but the look Cossette gave him turned him serious he heard the lesson plan and sighed crap I suck at art I wish I was doing math in Kings class instead doing math. He pulled out a couple of pencils and started his lame attempt at should be called art so he sighed and started to draw the eye from Lord of The Rings shading it in perfectly. Jon smiled at this he knew he could draw the Eye perfectly as well as make a straight line free handed. Putting the paper to the side he observed Cossette's work and found himself at awe "You're...really good. I mean like REALLY good." He found that he had an odd griping feeling in his chest when he saw Cossette smile at him. He almost wanted to be excused for the nurse. Jon wondered what math class was going to be like he knew today was Hangover Monday but lucky for seniors and a few Juniors his class is later in the day and by that time Mr. King recovers from his hangover and is in a better mood. Then it is lunch where he would hangout with Cossette till lunch ended.

RIIINNNGGG RIIIIIINNNGGGG....

The quarter after ten bell rang and Cossette and Johnathan are jogging side by side to get to Mr.King's classroom for Math. Cossette got too distracted talking to Jon that she completely forgot about time... That's a first... she thought running through the hallways like a mad woman.

Just as her and Johnathan are about to enter Mr. Roland Kings classroom, Ms. Susanna Lee's voice echo's into the hallways through the intercom.

Ms. Susanna Lee: "Excuse me for the interuption, staff and students... There has been a sudden change. All seniors report to Mr. Roland King's classroom and all juniors report to my classroom for the next period, wait, this period... The bell rang, hehe. This is only temporary. Thank you." Susanna giggled and rushed back to her classroom for the juniors to come in. She has never taught juniors before but she is willing to give it a shot, the only reason she asked for the juniors to report to her classroom is because she realized that they didn't have another teacher to go to. Mr. King wasn't suppose to dismiss them, he probably got confused as it is hangover monday.. That was okay. Susanna didn't have anything better to do, might aswell help students.

Cossette and Johnathan paused for Ms. Lee's announcement, she noticed that a few other seniors have paused too. Jon and Cossette entered the classroom and sat beside eachother... I think I have made a new best friend... Cossette whispered to herself. Her and Jon sat in the middle of the room.
Usually she wouldn't do this but she barely heard Mr.King in the background because she was so lost in her thoughts, she snapped out of it when Mr.King nearly burst into a cursing fit when he remembered that the juniors were suppose to be here to as it was a senior/junior split math class. I knew there was something missing...
For the last hour Cossette seen this dark shadow in the windows, even in Ms. Lee's classroom. Cossette learned to ignore things like that because she already knew that she can see the dead, they always bothered her. This one stood out, she didn't know what it was. Suddenly she had the urge to check out this abandonned warehouse down the road from her house. Maybe that was the source, she'll bring a few candles and tell it to go away. That sounds like a brilliant idea... Cossette smiled to herself and wrote on another piece of paper...

"Jon,

I have some business to take care of after school, there is a spirit lingering around and I want to get rid of it. It wants me to go the abandonned warehouse down the road from my place. I do not want to go alone and you're honestly the only person I trust right now to go with me... Will you join me after school? You're also the only one that isn't creeped out by me.

Love, Cossette"

Very satisfied with her note, she folded it up and put it on Jon's lap. Just as she was pulling away, Mr. King suddenly looked her direction... Fear raced up her spine and her eyes widened. Mr.King knew that she was passing notes, she was expecting him to go onto a lecture of disrespect like Ms. Susanna Lee would do... But he didn't. He looked at her, smiled slightly and then carried on with the rest of math. He is actually... Really cool for a teacher. Cossette smiled back at the teacher with an apologetic look. He is very observent for a teacher.

As math class droned on and on, she couldn't stop seeing the black shadow that lingered around the classroom, whispering at her and she couldn't focus. She was losing it. She could feel Jon's eyes look at her with a worried look because her feet were tapping and she was sweating. That black spirit was tormenting her, it wanted something. She didn't know what, she is pagan and wiccan. Seeing spirits is normal. She had enough... Cossette stood up and yelled at the top of her lungs...

"I KNOW YOU ARE IN HERE! I CAN SEE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Cossette stormed out into the hallway into tears. Everyone stared at her, Mr. King blocked his ears because Cossette was yelling too loud for his ears to ajust to her screeching madness. After she stormed out of the classroom, she heard people whispering. She knew they thought she was nuts, everyone except for Jon. Who's eyes were filled with confusion.
She hoped he chased after her. She wished he did, he would make her feel better.
Cossette ran outside and found a nice shady spot by the school and sat there and cried... Her make up ran down her face. She tried to wipe it off but she couldn't. She just let it... She lowered her head and sobbed. Why am I such a screw up...?




(Sorry for the long post. I hope you read it all, I found it interesting, I hope you do too.)

Mr. King swore at his mistake "God Dammit it all!" he ended up kicking his chair making it fly into a wall then his class entered he saw punk Jon with brat Cossette what an odd day this is turning out to be. and addressing Jon in their normal manner he said "Punk" Jon shot back with "Jerk". Calming himself he waited till everyone was in his class and he started teaching. When he was half way through his lesson he looked over and saw note passing while he was teaching. He was going to say something when he saw brat Cossette make eye contact and giving her a certain look he could tell he made his point and continue to teach. He was almost done with his lesson when brat Cossette started to scream at the top of her lungs. Covering his hears to this incredibly loud noise and closing his eyes he didn't see his student run out of the class room when he looked back up he saw that both Cossette and Jon were missing from his room. In all honesty he didn't care for them leaving as long as the disruption was gone. Looking to his class he said "Will there be anymore distractions that make me want to tear my ears out?!" Without waiting for a response he started his lesson again.



Jon walked with Cossette to class when he heard Ms. Lee's announcement laughing to himself if there was one thing that made Jon laugh was when Mr.King screws up. Since Junior year he and Mr. King have been having a rivalry both of them were smart and they constantly challenged each other both inside and outside of class and every time they would end up on a draw. When Jon entered the room Roland addressed him "Punk" Jon glaring at Mr. King he shot back "Jerk". Ignoring the dirty look he got from Cossette for talking to his teacher that way he sat down next to her and during class he felt Cossette put another note on his lap. He ignored the look Mr. King was giving him. After reading it Jon decided to let Cossette know his answer when lunch started. The class progressed the whole time Jon saw Cossette getting agitated Jon had a funny feeling on what it could be then Cossette started to yell "I KNOW YOU ARE IN HERE! I CAN SEE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" and then she ran out of the room. Jon used the moment of confusion and chased after her. He found her sitting in a shady spot in a calm and cool manner he walked up to Cossette and bending down he spoke in his natural tongue Gaelic " Cén fáth a bhfuil tú ag gol grá?" he wiped away her tears with a smile.

Art class had gone by and Ms. Lee dismissed them. Takashi handed his fail drawing to Ms. Lee, quickly bowed, and left for math. He was going at such a slow pace, he fully expected to be late again. He didn't care at that moment.

One quick glance at Yumi sent him sprinting straight to Mr. King's room.

Takashi slowed down in front of the classroom and sighed in regret and frustration. Why am I so scared of them? There's so many people that ask me that and I don't even know...

Before he entered, Takashi decided to look around the outside of the room. He saw Cossette and Jon walking, deeply discussing something that Takashi wasn't sure he wanted to know.

Once he decided it was safe to go in without anyone ramming into him, Takashi went inside the classroom. Ms. Lee's voice rang throughout the school just as he stepped through the door:

"Excuse me for the interruption, staff and students... There has been a sudden change. All seniors report to Mr. Roland King's classroom and all juniors report to my classroom for the next period, wait, this period. The bell rang, he he. This is only temporary. Thank you."

Once the announcement ended, Takashi said a quick "Hello," to the swearing Mr. King (while trying to hold back a giggle, unsure of why he had wanted to do so) and sat down in the corner of the room. After he was done with his swearing fit, Mr. King proceeded to teach the class math that Takashi already knew off by heart. He sat and let his thoughts swirl around, mostly thoughts such as This is easy, why are we learning this?

"I KNOW YOU ARE IN HERE! I CAN SEE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"

That snapped Takashi out of his thoughts. The voice had belonged to Cossette, who was running out of the room in tears, Jon following behind her. To him it seemed like someone was making faces in the doorway at her thinking she couldn't see them or something. Knowing Cossette, though, Takashi was pretty sure that wasn't the case.

"Will there be anymore distractions that make me want to tear my ears out?!"

Takashi heard people whispering to each other. The looks on their faces clearly read "She's insane."

Huh... Maybe I'll ask Sinclair-san about it when he comes back...

Jon sat with Cossette for a while and when he looked at his watch he saw the time patting Cossette gently on the shoulder he said "We should head back to class I am going to hang back a little you should head to the bathroom and fix your make up. It's a little runny I will meet with you soon." With a small nod of her head Cossette headed off to the bathroom to fix her make up. Jon leaned back against the tree and when he couldn't see her anymore he pulled out his case where he kept his smokes and lit his cigarette breathing it in and then letting it out. In his mind he was wondering what he was going to tell people about Cossette running out of class. He couldn't tell the truth because then people will think Cossette is crazy for sure. He believed her but in his heart he knew everyone else would think other wise. After much thought Jon put the idea away I will think of something if I am asked i am better on thinking on my toes than planning ahead anyway's. He continued to sit and smoke until his smoke was done. Then as he put it out he stood up and started his walk to the building to meet up with Cossette to head back to class.

After spending nearly twenty minutes cuddled up against the hidden part of the school with Jon, Jon tells her that she should wipe off her make-up in the bathroom, he said that it would make her feel better. Cossette nodded her head and stood up, she was really dizzy. She walked towards the school building.

"I hope no one finds out that I was the way I was with Jon."Cossette whispered to herself. She was disgusted with herself but she did truly feel better feeling Jon's warm embrace around her. She was frustrated with everything, with school. She was so sick of everything, but Jon. Jon made her happy and she could be around him for as long as she lived. But everything else seemed to bother her, she didn't quite understand that but as long as no one got into her way, she was fine.

She approached the back doors and stopped about ten feet away. She looked up at the tall building, sighed and entered. There wasn't anyone in the halls that she could see. Thank god.
She entered the girls washroom and quickly washed off her face with soap, she looked in the little mirror that was provided by the school in the women's washroom.
She stood there and stared at her natural face... She asked herself, "Am I content with who I am...?"
She stared a little while longer... I am happy with who I am, I shouldn't wish that I was different, I should embrace me as myself. From now on, I shouldn't care what every one else thinks. I will be my own person, I will stand up for who I am.
Cossette smiled and pulled out a little black pouch out of her sweater pocket and applied eyeliner and purple eyeshadow to her face.

She walked out of the bathroom and turned left to go back to class but her head was turned right looking down the empty hallway, she tripped over her shoelace.
She turned to see Rei right there but she was too close to falling to not hit her, she tried to soften her fall but ended up punching Rei in the face. Rei screamed in pain and Cossette regained her balance, she was speechless, she didn't know if she should apologize or run away. Before she knew it, Rei grabbed Cossette's hair and smashed it into a bench, Cossette screamed louder than Rei.
Cossette struggled to get free, with a bloody nose she grabbed Rei's shirt and yanked her to the ground and was just beating on Rei, both of them screaming like mad women, the fight carried on and Rei was ontop on Cossette and it was just a nightmare.
Cossette heard footsteps in the distance, and a voice that belonged to Izumi, Rei's cousin...
"REI! REI! GET OFF OF HER!" Izumi was rushing to the scene of a blood massacre of two young girls.
Cossette heard another voice that belonged to Jon... "COSSETTE!" He shouted her name.

The two girls were so loud that she knew that Mr. Roland King heard and so did the entire class, even the junior class heard and they were at the end of the hallway. Cossette wouldn't be surprised if Amai-san and Joshua-san could hear them.

Rei Tabara ~ Izumi Mayaru

Izumi heard the bell ring, signifying lunch, before grabbing his cousin, and running away, doing a quick and slightly embarrassed apology for what just happened. He had to have a serious talk with her about what just happened, 'S-she's never one to get in a fight with someone so early... That's more likely me actually...' He got a bit anxious that his younger cousin was beginning to take after him, and that made him think that he was becoming an influence, but a bad influence.

Rei didn't know what happened, still being in a daze from the fight before Izumi tapped her head, a bit gently, but hard enough that she'd snap out of it. Now usually, Izumi would keep his cool and just say something like, 'Don't do that again,' but this was getting a little too serious, "Oi! What the hell did you think you were doing! That girl just tripped by accident! Nothing more and then you decided to make a riot out of it! Are you going out of your mind, Rei!"

The girl was still in a daze though, her eyes just staring into space as she rubbed her cheek that got punched and asked silently, "What... what just happened..." Apparently, she didn't remember a single thing at all. She remembers hurting someone, but that someone, was the bully that made fun of her height just before class ended. She didn't realize she was hurting Cossette, a girl she hardly even knew.

"Auvergne-san just tripped and accidentally hit you in the process of falling, but you took the wrong idea, and hit he back, then the two of you got into this huge cat fight... Both of you are pretty badly injured..." Izumi said, calming himself down and speaking in a more gentle tone towards his cousin.

'Then... Rei began to realize and remember what had gone on, 'Who I just beat up... wasn't that bully...? I just hit an innocent person!? You're kidding!' Most times, she's shrug this off, do a polite apology, but a whole bunch of students saw her. To apologize would probably be too late. She usually didn't care about her reputation throughout the school, but her reputation was being a smiling idiot, and not someone who punched innocent people when they simply bumped into her.

"Y-You're kidding..." Rei said slowly, a bit of a horrified look on her face, "B-But I was hitting that guy who made fun of me just before our first class ended... i-isn't that right?"

Izumi looked at her with pity for his cousin, and shook his head, "No. You weren't... I guess you were still angry at that moment, and all that was on your mind was teaching that guy a lesson, so when Auvergne-san bumped into you, you immediately thought it was him, and didn't even pay attention that the two look completely different until now..."

Rei felt a rush of guilt past her before she put her hand over her forehead, slightly covering her eyes, and let out a very, very long sigh, not knowing what to do, 'If I apologized, I'd look like a total idiot! And everyone saw what happened... I guess i won't be known as the idiot any more... B-but Auvergne-san... she got hurt really badly too, didn't she...?'

"Come on." He put a hand on her shoulder, "Lets go back. Remember, you have some new friends today, don't you? It's about time you got to know them a little better. You encouraged me to even teach one of them to fight, you're going to accompany us after school for the lessons too, aren't you? So come on, let's get going-"

"Are you serious...?" Rei asked a frown on her face, "I had new friends. After getting into that fight... I doubt they'd even recognize me as a person at this school... You go ahead. You didn't get into the fight. Make friends with them in my place, alright? A-ah... and be sure to grab Goldsworthy-san, Kimura-san, with Walker-san and Nakamura-san also... I'm sure you'd all get along, right?"

"H-Hey, you're the one who first suggested it, so take responsibility and-"

He was cut off when his cousin already began to walk, heading towards the music room where she would usually eat alone if she was ever depressed and needed some time to think to herself, 'Well... so much for a good start of the year huh...' She sighed.

Izumi was a bit hesitant on leaving his cousin alone, since she never left him alone, but shook his head, and decided he'd talk to her about it after school as he headed towards the roof, calling to the few people he was requested to invite, "Nakamura-san, Matsuo-san, Goldsworthy-san, um... Walker-san, and... ah, and Kimura-san, I'm waiting for you all on the roof."

Jon looked at Cossette she was pretty beat up her self worse off than Rei he saw Izumi take Rei away who seemed a bit dazed herself. He decided he would talk to him later and find out what happened. Picking up Cossette Jon carried Cossette over close to the bathrooms he went into the bathroom and took out a paper towels and wetted them and went back to Cossette wiping away the blood on her face. He was worried, but he was focused on Cossette and her wounds to be worrying about his own emotions he would get answers later for now he was doing this. After wiping away the blood Jon was able to find where Cossette was hurt at most of it was bad swelling and a few minor scratches then there were a few cuts that didn't stop bleeding pulling out a few band-aids he took from the nurses he placed them on the cuts. What worried Jon the most was Cossette's crooked nose it wasn't broken but it was out of place. With a quick movement Jon moved her nose back into place with it making a small pop. Cossette whimpered a bit from it Jon gently shushed her. After taking care of her Jon took a paper towel and made it soaking wet then squeezing it he let the water splashed on her face waking her up. Jon kissed Cossette on the forehead "Feel better there Rockey?" he picked up Cossette and placed her in his arms.



Mr. King walked out at the screaming to find two students fighting brat's Cossette and Rei and then he saw punk's Izumi and Jon holding them back. Then as soon as he saw it he saw Izumi take Rei away and Jon takes Cossette away. He didn't even have time to react to any of it. He was furious and then he heard the bell ring and the hallway flooded and emptied at the quickest movement. In rage Mr. King walked back into his classroom kicking his chair into the wall leaving a sizable hole. He had to talk to another teacher but someone who wouldn't stab him in the back his mind went immediately to Susanna his co-worker. Walking in a storm to her class he bursted in almost yelling "I think I quit!"

Roland sighed he was still fumed about his students but the way Susanna talked to him made him relax a little "Damn students there was a fight between two brats and they got away in a matter of seconds. I will talk to them later but is ridiculous how these kids behave I mean in my teen years no one was this crazy I mean one word out of line and WHACK the ruler hits you in the face for opening your mouth." Roland sat down on top of one of the student desks and in came the punk himself with brat Cossette. Jon looked to Mr. King and told him she went out cold. From where he sat he saw that Cossette was beat up bad but nothing dangerous. But just to entertain Jon Roland looked at Cossette as if he were serious about it then looking at her he saw the bruising on her ribs and shrugged telling Jon what he thought "The worst she could have is a couple of bruised ribs maybe a concussion,but I doubt that. She will suck it up and heal maybe in a few weeks no more fights! Now I want you to find out what happened and have Rei and Cossette fill out a three page letter to each other apologizing. Then a ten page letter to me apologizing for interrupting my class and screaming on top of their lungs then running off! Front and back!" Roland knew Jon would tell Cossette and pass it on to Rei he sighed he was letting them off easy, but he had a soft spot for these kids the odd ones of the school. Jon left the class room with Cossette and set her down gently on the stairs and waited for her to wake up. Roland looked at his Co-worker "Don't judge it's pointless to get those students kicked from the school for a fight."