Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness Falls ❯ Chapter 3: The Hell Begins ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3~~The Hell Begins

It was a Monday, a bright and cheery Monday. The birds were out singing their melodious song in the early morning sun. Not a cloud graced the sky and the earth felt calm. However, not all was calm in the Rosenberg home.

"Hitomi, get up you're going to be late for your first day of school," the burgundy haired woman yelled up the stairs.

"Fine, fine I'm up. You happy now, Willow-sama? I'm up," the grumpy 15-year-old yelled back down to her older cousin.

"Yes, I'm happy now, now hurry up and get ready. School starts at 8 and it's a quarter after 7 now. So, hurry your butt up."

Grumbling out in her native tongue, the magenta streaked sandy blonde haired girl crawled out of her warm bed, grabbed her clothes, and then made her way to the shower.

'I was having such a wonderful dream, too,' Hitomi thought to herself. 'Van, oh, how I miss you so. The memory of you haunts my dreams. Taunting me with what I lost. Memories of your arms around me holding me tight in a warm protective embrace; I don't think I'll ever get over you. Your soft angel wings, your expressive sienna eyes, your powerful yet gentle body, I will forever be entranced by you, forever enchanted by your memory.'

After climbing out of the shower, Hitomi dressed in her new black leather pants and her new midnight blue spaghetti strapped tank top. She also donned a long sleeved black button up men's-style shirt, which had all but the top three buttons buttoned up. After brushing her teeth and hair, Hitomi then threw on some makeup, a little bit of charcoal gray outlining her eye to accentuate her jade eyes and a burgundy shaded lipstick to bring attention to the soft pout of her lips. Running back to her room, she grabbed her backpack and then jetted out to grab a quick bite to eat.

"Bagel and cream cheese?" Willow asked the girl as she ran into the room.

"Yeah, thanks," she said as she grabbed the dish and then wolfed the bagel down in a record two minutes flat.

"Done?" Willow asked. Receiving a nod from the younger girl, she grabbed her keys and purse. "Let's go then." With this said, the two walked out of the kitchen out towards the front door.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At School *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~

After getting her schedule from the office, Hitomi went off to her first period class, Geo/Trig. Math was never one of her better subjects but she felt she would try her hardest to do well in it. Walking into the room Hitomi received many stares from both the boys and girls. She handed the teacher a note.

"Class we have a new student," Mr. Bartley announced. Mr. Bartley was a middle-aged man of about 40 years old. He had light blonde hair dusted with gray and a few curls. It was cut in a slightly long shaggy manner. He also had apple green eyes. "Please introduce yourself to the class," he told her.

"Ossu, Watashi wa Kanzaki Hitomi Desu. Doozo yoroshiku," She said softly. She then proceeded to give the class a small bow.

"Miss Kanzaki, in English please," The blonde teacher asked.

"Opps Gomen, I'm sorry. I'm not used to being here in America. My names Hitomi Kanzaki," she answered, blushing lightly.

"Take a seat in the back please, Miss Kanzaki," The teacher instructed after she introduced herself.

The rest of the class went by uneventful. The bell rang signaling the end of first period. Hitomi grabbed her things and proceeded to her second period class, Biology. This class was instructed by an elderly woman named Ms Jones, who seemed to have more energy than half of her students combined. Hitomi determined she just might like that class. After second period was over, there was a short nutrition break. Hitomi used this time to locate her locker. Once she found it, she dumped her books and folders in and then proceeded towards her third period class, English.

Class began like the other two previously had with Hitomi introducing herself, this time in English. She was instructed to sit on the left hand side of the room near the windows next to a girl named Serena.

Serena was a girl around her own age of 15. She had platinum blonde hair that reached just below her shoulder. Half of her hair was pulled into a tight bun that was held together by a matching pair of intricate looking chopsticks. The chopsticks were black and had blue and silver tassels hanging from the top. Serena was wearing a pair of tight blue hip hugger jeans that had pink and blue butterflies at the slightly flared out bottoms. She was also wearing a pale pink three quarter length t-shirt that had several darker pink and blue butterflies on it. On her feet was a pair of white and blue sketchers.

'Oh, great! The old man puts me by the hip and trendy valley girl. Great, just peachy.' Hitomi thought to herself as she took her seat and the class began.

About ten minutes before the class would end, the teacher decided to give the class the remaining time for either getting their homework done or chitchat.

"Hi, I'm Serena Schezar," the girl said cheerfully as she turned to her side and began to talk to Hitomi.

"Hitomi Kanzaki," Hitomi said quietly. Hitomi shifted nervously. 'Please, tell me, she's not who I think she is,' she thought.

After a few minutes of talking, mostly done by Serena, Serena asked Hitomi to sit with her and a friend at lunch.

"Alright I'll sit with you at lunch," Hitomi responded cautiously. 'She doesn't seem all that bad; Valley on the outside but intelligent on the inside. She's got spunk; I think I might have a new friend,' Hitomi thought to herself.

"Ok, I'll meet you by the trees next to the cafeteria, ok?"

"Sure. sounds good," Hitomi smiled at Serena. 'Yeah, I think I might like her,' she thought to herself once again.

Fourth and fifth period went similarly to the first three minus meeting a new friend. After the fifth period bell rung, Hitomi made her way to her locker and then down to the cafeteria where she saw Serena and another girl. The other girl dressed more to Hitomi's likes. She was dressed in a pair of black Dickies and a baseball styled tee. The shirt itself was red with black sleeves. The design on the front was that of a black dragon. She also wore a pair of black boots. The girl had dark brown hair that hung in waves down to her middle back. She stood at about average height of around 5 foot 6 inches, just slightly taller than Hitomi herself and a few inches taller than her companion who stood at around 5 foot 3 inches.

"She's a slayer. I can see it in her eyes. This one has the potential to be a good slayer. She has some kind of hidden powers. Her eyes show wisdom only found in the knowledge of the future. She must have some kind of power to see events before they happen; a kind of clairvoyance." Serena said to her companion while they waited for the new girl to show up.

"I don't trust her, she can't be a slayer. Never has there been more than two slayers. Buffy and Faith were the only ones until they both were killed and then we came along and filled in the positions. This foreigner can't be a slayer. I won't believe it till I test her," The brunette exclaimed as a scowl emerged on her face.

"Fine. Just don't be too hard on her. It's her first day," Serena said, eyeing the girl suspiciously.

The girl smirked and said, "No, not too hard."

"Hitomi, we're over here," Serena said as she saw the new girl come out into clearing.

Hitomi walked over to the duo and gave Serena a slight smile.

"Hitomi, I'd like to introduce to you my best friend, Alexandria West, who I call Alex or sometimes Lex. Alex this is Hitomi Kanzaki. Hitomi's from…," Serena said but interrupted herself as she turned from Alex to Hitomi. "Where are you from again?" she asked the new girl.

"Just outside of Tokyo, Japan," Hitomi responded.

"Ok, well, now that we are all friends, let's go get some grub. I'm hungry," Serena said as she began to walk towards the entrance of the cafeteria.

"Who said I'm friends with this goth wannabe," Alex sneered.

"Look who's talking, Bitch," Hitomi sneered back.

"I am not a bitch, you gothic slut," Alex yelled back as she took a swing at Hitomi. The punch missed as Hitomi sidestepped the girl's fist.

"That's it, I've had enough of you!" Alex yelled out once again as she did a roundhouse kick to Hitomi's stomach. The kick connected but Hitomi instantly responded with a punch to Alex's jaw, startling her for a brief moment.

"Hey, you two stop it this instant!" Serena screamed out as she watched her best friend and her new friend duke it out like temperamental five-year-olds.

The fight continued without either side winning. Punches and kicks were exchanged on both ends.

"What the hell has gotten into you, Alex? Damnit, Alex stop it this instant," Serena cried out as she got in the way of a punch intended for Hitomi's jaw. The hit connected into Serena's eye instead of Hitomi.

This instantly stopped the fight as both Hitomi and Alex looked at the platinum blonde girl.

"Rena, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you," Alex said apologetically.

"So, Hitomi is dresses oddly, that doesn't mean anything. She's nice. I like her. And I don't care it you like her or not, but she is my friend now. I don't want you two fighting. There is no need for it. Hell, I'm sure the two of you have more in common than you know. There is no need for the two of you to beat on each other. Now, come on. Let's go eat lunch before the periods over," Serena said as she turned around and began to walk to the entrance once again.

Hitomi looked towards Serena and then to Alex. She turned around and walked the other way, in the opposite direction of the cafeteria door and the direction of the two girls.