Tsundere

Ch. 1

So not Tokyo!

As first impressions go, Ootani Akira's was probably the worst. She slouched, didn't pay attention to Amakata-sensei, and chewed bubble gum. Amakata stumbled over the girls name, and asked her to introduce herself to the class. Akira glared at the teacher as she popped a pink bubble. She looked towards the awaiting class.

"Stay away from me." She had said. Makoto felt extremely uncomfortable as the girl searched for a seat, and her gray eyes landed on him. Makoto sat in the back row next to a window behind Haruka. He could feel goosebumps begin to form as she strutted towards him ignoring Amakata completely. She was vaguely familiar but he didn't think that she knew him.

Akira was pretty girl, slender, with a good face. She had stylishly short hair, and had loosened her green necktie enough to look devil may care. She had make up on, but it was expertly applied, like something you saw on TV not in high school. She stopped just next to Haruka and stared at Makoto, the whole class was silent.

"I want to sit here. Move." Makoto felt his eyes widen as Akira waited expectantly. Makoto who was a rather submissive person and didn't like confrontation thought about what it would mean to refuse the girl. Haruka had turned to watch, silently, and Makoto looked to his blue eyed friend. Suddenly a hand came down on his desk causing half the class to jump.

"I'm talking to you." She said now glaring at him, her steely glare rather frightening. Makoto looked to where the only other seat was, next to the door and in the front.

"S...sorry." He said miserably and stood from his now former chair and went to the other seat. Haruka and the class staring in disbelief. Akira was silent but took the seat, and after Makoto had sat down Amakata cleared her throat and turned to the chalk board.

'Poor Makoto.' She thought beginning to write down announcements.

Akira looked out the window, she wanted to be anywhere but here, but part of her mothers stipulations was that she had to graduate from Iwatobi high school. So, as much as she hated being away from Tokyo and her friends she would do this one thing for her mother. She looked over towards the boy she had displaced, almost feeling a bit bad for him, but she wanted to be in the back, unnoticed for the most part and by the window. If he had really wanted the seat he should have fought for it.

Lessons went on and Akira found herself the object of many stares and whispers, but that was nothing new. When lunch rolled around she stood up and went to buy something from the cafeteria and eat it alone somewhere. Outside the classroom a handful of students crowded around to get a look at her, as was the norm at most schools. She pushed through them with a glare and made her was to the cafeteria. In line a short girl with very thick glasses and plain neatly cut black hair fidgeted next to her. As they moved the girl stepped on Akira's foot.

"I'm so sorry! So sorry!" The girl said bowing so low that her hair grazed her food. Akira sighed at the display.

'Don't be so pathetic.' She thought as she took hold of the girls hair and took it out of her food. After she paid for her meal to went to the roof to eat. The roof was almost empty except for a few students who we're all seated with their friends and chatting animatedly with each other. Akira sighed thinking of her own group and sat in the corner with her back to the fence. It wasn't that she didn't like this town, in fact she liked to visit her grandparents here every now and then, the owned an onsen, but what she really had wanted to focus on was career with her friends.

"Oh! Oh! The new girl!" She had hardly eaten a bite when she heard an excited voice headed her way. Akira looked up to see an underclassmen skipping his way over, his blond hair flopping this was and that and a friendly smile on his face. He was cute, she'd give him that but she wanted to be left alone.

"Nagisa!" Another sterner looking underclassmen worriedly chased after 'Nagisa' and had to continuously push his glasses up. Said boys stopped in front of a seat Akira.

"Hiya! Welcome to Iwatobi! You're Ootani Akira right?" Nagisa said plopping down in front of her. The other boy gave her a brief polite bow but didn't sit down like his friend. Akira stood and received a very innocent look from Nagisa, it made her think of a rabbit.

"You weren't present when I said this so I'll say it now. Stay away from me, I don't want to be friends, I don't want to chat, got it?" She said before walking towards the door leaving her food on the roof.

"Hey wait you left..." But she had slammed the door cutting Nagisa off. Going down the stairs Akira could feel her annoyance reach a breaking point. She bumped into someone as she rounded the stairs.

"Watch it!" She shouted as she continued her was down. 'What is wrong with this school!' she thought heading towards the bathrooms.

Haruka had caught Makoto who had stumbled after being bumped into by Ootani. The two had been on their way up to meet with Rei and Nagisa. Makoto stared after the girl with a forlorn expression. Haruka patted his back feeling sorry for his long time friend, no one was ever really mean to Makoto in fact most everybody liked him.

"Don't worry about it." He said hoping to cheer him up. Makoto took a breath and smiled.

"You're right, maybe she's having a bad day." He said continuing up the stairs as Haruka shook his head.

"Maybe she's just mean." He mumbled as he followed the boy.

Akira stood as the class rep announced the end of the day and the students bowed to the teacher. She grabbed her bag and her homework, she wasn't too worried about her grades here, and made her way to the door. She was nearly bowled over as a red headed girl rushed into the room.

"Haruka-senpai! Makoto-senpai! I have a new training schedule!" She announced before realizing that she had bumped someone. She smiled at the girl.

"Sorry about that." She said sincerely, but the smile Gou was expecting never came. The girl frowned and glared at her.

"Move." She said in a dangerous sounding voice. It gave Gou the chills and for the sake of self-preservation Gou jumped out of the way. Akira walked out of the classroom leaving behind a very chilly atmosphere. Makoto and Haruka came to stand next to a frozen Gou.

"That's the transfer Ootani Akira." Makoto said giving her shoulder a friendly pat. Gou looked confused for a second before her face lit with recognition that neither boy understood.

"Practice." Haruka said already untying his tie. Makoto and Gou smiled at each other and followed quickly.

Akira had thought she would be walking home but outside the school gate was her grandfathers black Mercedes, along with the driver Takahashi. He opened the door for her and she slipped in.

"Good afternoon miss." He said. She nodded and buckled her seat belt.

"Good afternoon." And so that was Akira's first day. Needless to say, by tomorrow a rather nasty opinion of her would be circulating the school.

That night Gou searched through her CD's and style magazines before she found what she had been looking for. There on he cover of J-pop monthly stood five young fashionably dressed girls, each had a unique style and near their feet were their names and the instrument they played. Gou's eyes went wide, because in the middle of the band's photo was Ootani Akira in harem black pants and her hands slid in the pockets. She gave off a very cool vibe. To Akira's right was an older looking girl with feathered black hair and a very regal looking style and her hands on her hips, Gou looked to her name, Hanakata Omari, bass. The girl next to Omari looked about Gou's age and had a playful looking style with brown curly hair and straight edge fringe, her name was Ginzou Momoe, Keyboard and back up vocals. To the right of Akira was a very sweet looking girl with long light brown hair, Kannoe Toshi and next to her was a severe looking girl with pitch black hair cut in a classic bob, Ushio Chiasa, guitar. Gou looked back to Akira in the middle and down to her name, next to it was lead vocals and guitar.

Gou felt herself smile and giggle, no wonder she had felt like she'd seen Akira before. All together the five girls made up WakiZashi an up and coming girl band. Instantly Gou grabbed her cell phone and sent a mass text.

'We have a celeb at Iwatobi!' the fact that Akira had been utterly rude suddenly seemed overshadowed. She found the first video she could of the group. A haunting tune played as Akira's voice in a rather sad tone. The camera panned on the group that had yet to be lit up, and as Akira finished the first part of the song a strong guitar riff broke the soft tone of the song and the girls began to play their instruments with vigor, Akira singing and looking off from the camera, the over all effect was intense and all the girls were extremely good. Gou spent the rest of her night looking up videos about WakiZashi knowing she would regret it tomorrow.

In one of the open air bathes Akira sneezed three times in a row. Her grandma stuck her head our from the dressing room.

"Ara! Who's thinking about you?" She said with a good natured laugh. Akira splashed water her way halfheartedly.