Chapter one:

Introduction

Kaori Fujikage stood astonished by the site releasing in front of her. Surrounding her, either walking past her or stand around, were girl dressed in three types of uniforms. Some wore long dresses of black; the material underneath the black cloth was ivory. There collars and cuffs were also ivory. The ties around their necks were sea green with a small strip of fern green across them.

A different type if uniform consisted of white upper thigh dresses and matching jackets with a lining and two buttons of old gold. The top of the dress appeared to be like a sleeves less top so it was decorated with a Maya blue shirt and a large checkered Ecru yellow and old gold bow. In the center of the bow was a dark blue medallion.

The last uniforms were different shades of pink. The bottoms were plaid medium pink and dark pink upper thigh skirts with the material under it to be white. The top were the same colors of the skirt; the sleeves though, were ivory and at the color of the top was a dark pink bow.

Kaori looked down at her outfit. She wore a simple old lace white dress shirt and black dress pants. She tapped the top of her head to feel a chiffon type fabric. Her hat was fixed around her skull. Sighing, she picked up her black suitcase and made her way down a pathway surround with other females.

"You called Sister?" Mikazuki Hanabusa stood sternly in front of a woman dressed in a long, plain black dress. Her graying hair tightened in a bun and her dull Slate grey eyes fixed on the Spican.

"Ah, President Hanabusa," the women spoke in a strict tone. "You arrived on time, and not even a piece of fabric on your uniform out of place."

"Thank you, Sister," Mikazuki replied to Sister Kotomi Itami. "I do my best to always stay acceptable."

"I have called you President Hanabusa to alert you that we have a new student coming to the St. Spica's Girls Institute. Her name is Kaori Fujikage, daughter of the famous owners of Fujikage Hotels."

Mikazuki peered closely at the woman with curiosity. It was hard to believe that such an elite child was coming to her school. But then again, it wasn't so hard. Many girls from wealthy families had come to any of the three schools on Astraea Hill. But it wasn't so common for someone who lived in the western part of the world to come all the way to the east to go to school. Was it Kaori's parents who sent her here? Or was it Kaori who decided to come? Would her whole family being staying or would it just be Kaori?

"Fujikage-chan will be attending Spica on her parent's request and finishing school here. She will be here alone for the majority of the time, but her parents will come to the east for her vacations from school," The sister continued, answering all Mikazuki's questions.

Mikazuki nodded. "Excuse my asking sister, but what exactly does Fujikage-chan have to do with me? You don't normally alert me about new Spica students."

"Well you see," The sister replied, "Fujikage-chan is different. She's never been to an actual school. She's always been home schooled so she does not know much about interacting with others."

"I see," Mikazuki mumbled. "What year is she?"

"Fourth. So she is fifteen."

"Interesting," The russet brown hair colored girl stated. "So in conclusion, you would like me to help Kaori Fujikage settle?"

Sister Kotomi nodded.

"Well I don't see how that could be a problem," Mikazuki smiled. "I wouldn't mind showing Astraea to the future owner of Fujikage Hotels."

"I'm glad to hear that President Hanabusa." With that, the sister turned around and made her way down the halls of the Strawberry dormitories.

Kaori stood alone in one of the dorms in the Strawberry Dormitories. She gasped at in amazement by the room as she leaned against the door she had come into to. In front of her were two beds; one neat, the other covered in clothes and the sheets missed placed. At the foot of the beds were two oak desks. Like the beds, the one to the right was neat, and the one two the desk was messy. Next to the desk were two dark large wardrobes. Both appeared to be intact from the outside, but the young raw umber brown hair coloured female figured that inside the wardrobes would be complete chaos. On the wall opposite of the small girl were two windows, semi covered by white curtains. In between the windows was a full length mirror framed by the same bistre brown the wardrobe had been. With what space was between the objects of the room were shelves. Like everything else, the right shelf was untouched, yet the left side was covered in objects. Kaori made her way down the lilac carpet to the end of the room. She noticed a small door on the left side. Shrugging, she guessed that the door lead to the bathroom. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door to what may have been a disgusting looking bathroom. To Kaori's surprise, the bathroom was rather cleaner; cleaner then the actually bed room. A few cosmetics and strangely shaped bottles stood on the counter. Kaori skimmed through them, wondering who else lived in this room. She decided it was pointless to guess the type of person that was also here. Instead, she placed her suitcase on the tiles of the floor and stripped down from her clothes. Leaving her garments in a heap, Kaori ignored that ivory bathtub and went straight for the shower. She opened the glass shower door, stepped in, and then shut the door behind her. It wasn't long after when the water began pouring out from the head of the shower and onto Kaori's body.

Leiko Watanabe be twisted her key into the lock of her room, opening the door. She stepped in her messy room. A gloomy expression came to her face as she let out a sigh. Throwing her bag across the floor, she flopped onto the messy bed on the left side of the room. Leiko lazily turned to the other bed and sighed. It was rather lonely and boring living alone. There was never anyone to talk to at night and when you needed help with your school work, there was nobody to study with. Yes, being alone in the dorm was truly horrid. One good thing did come out of it though; Leiko could do whatever she pleased without being disturbed. Unbuttoning her Spica jacket, Leiko used her other arm to go into her pillow case. When she finally got the jacket unbutton she turned over onto her back and pulled the short coat off her and threw it meaninglessly onto the floor beneath her bed. She then used both of her names to pull out the books in her pillowcase. The covers of the books had various pictures of woman on the front in odd positions and irregular clothing. She flipped through the pages of the magazine jaded. Leiko was getting tired of the same old thing in the school. She was getting tired of the school in general. Yawning, Leiko flipped another page of the magazine.

"Good grades," she thought. "That's all I get here. No friendships, no love interest, just good grades."

She flipped another page and twirled some of her Vermilion red hair between her thumb and index finger.

Suddenly, there was a click from the washroom door. Leiko stood immediately. Confused and a little fearful, she stood still watching the door knob turn slowly.

Leiko's heart raced as the door began to open. She felt like running out of her room but she knew she had to stand tall and be brave.

To her surprise, a thin, small girl with large Persian green eyes and shiny black hair that reached up to her shoulders at most stood many feet away from Leiko carrying a black suitcase. What was even more of a surprise was that this girl had only cotton white towel around that barely reached her knees.

The small girl hesitated as she took a step back. "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Leiko smirked. "I should be asking you those questions." She glanced at the girl, hoping to see that she'd smile and answer first. Not to her liking, the girl continued to frown, clutching the handle of her suitcase.

Sighing, Leiko answered her questions. "My name is Leiko Watanabe. I live here in this dorm. Now who are you and why are you here?"

The girl remained quiet, glaring at Leiko, still unsure if she was telling the truth.

"Come on," Leiko smiled brightly. "I'm not going to hurt you. I really do live in this dorm." She pointed to her uniform. "I go to the St. Spica Institute."

Moments passed but the girl finally broke down and spoke. "My name is Kaori… Kaori Fujikage. I will be attending Spica and living in this room… I guess we share this dorm then."

Leiko marched up to Kaori and examined her closely. She walked around her, surveying every part of her body that she could see.

"She's cute," Leiko thought as she stood behind her newly found roommate. She licked her lips as she lowered her eyelids. She then grabbed Kaori's shoulders and pushed her to the ground.

Kaori squeaked as she fell on to her stomach. She had brought her arms to her chest and still clutched on to her suitcase. She felt uncomfortable with her chest against the case and Leiko's gynaeoid body over her. Her head faced the carpet but she peered over two see Leiko's hands pressing on the ground close to her. Fear grew onto Kaori while she felt Leiko's chest brush against her back. She could hear her roommate's breath in her ear and her red hair sweep around on her neck.

Leiko moved one of her hands off the ground and brought it to Kaori's stomach. She then gently lifted her hand, bringing Kaori along. When there was a small space between the ground and Leiko's peer, Leiko moved her hands to Kaori's breast, caressing it softly. With her fingers, she rubbed the center as she brought her other hand to Kaori's legs gradually.

As Leiko's arm leisurely ran down Kaori's body, the dark haired girl's breaths shortened, her heart raced faster. Kaori continued to clutch on her suitcase, hoping Leiko was only teasing her and soon move off of her body. "Leiko," she whispered quietly.

Leiko heard her name from Kaori but ignored her for she had reached her destination. Leiko's long fingers brushed the inside of Kaori's thighs. She crept up farther, reaching the crotch area.

A knock came from the entrance door. Both Kaori and Leiko's eyes widened. But Leiko's lowered quickly, as she pulled up the towel. Kaori's fear continued to grow, she felt she had to scream but couldn't move her body "The door…" she whispered to Leiko.

Leiko shrugged and rubbed the center of Kaori's breast roughly.

That's where Kaori had her limit. "Leiko!" She grunted loudly.

The door opened vociferously. "Leiko Watanabe!"

Both Leiko and Kaori turned to the door in shock. A girl in a Spica uniform stood at the doorway. Her bangs were blond and her eyes were Robin Egg blue. Around her head was a Fire engine red cloth that was knotted at the back of her head while the rest of the material hung loosely. The girl's expression was angry and intimidating.

"President Hanabusa," Leiko smirked. She removed her hands off of Kaori and stood up slowly. She stretched and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Mikazuki walked quickly towards Kaori. When she reached her, she bent down and her expression changed. "Fujikage-chan," She said with concern. "Are you all right?" She extended her hand towards the small shaking girl.

Hesitating, Kaori took Mikazuki's hand. It was warm and her long fingers felt good against Kaori's skin. When she was up, Mikazuki still held her hand but paid little attention to her. All her thoughts were on Leiko.

"Watanabe-san! How dare you!? Do you even know who this young woman is?"

Leiko shrugged. "Kaori Fujikage, heiress of Fujikage Hotels?"

Mikazuki's free hand ballad up as she nodded. She hated it when Leiko was right. "Then if you know who she is, why would you do what you did with her? What could be the reason for this inappropriate behavior?"

"We were just fooling around," Leiko mumbled. "It was nothing serious. Ask her if you want."

Mikazuki turned to Kaori. "Was it all out of fun Fujikage-chan?"

Kaori shifted around uncomfortably. She didn't want to get Leiko in trouble, yet she didn't want to lie. Sighing, she nodded. She knew she would have to live with Leiko for a long time and she didn't want to start off their first day together horribly; not that it didn't already start like that.

Mikazuki turned back to Leiko. She didn't believe Fujikage-chan but she didn't want to get in trouble with any of the sisters. "If I ever hear that you are doing anything to Fujikage-chan, I will have you expelled. Do you understand Watanabe-san?"

Lazily, Leiko nodded.

"Let me know if Watanabe-san is bothering you, okay?" Mikazuki asked, directing her attention to Kaori.

Kaori nodded slowly.

Mikazuki glared at Leiko once more before leaving the room and closing the door behind her.

"Man, what a cow," Leiko muttered under her breath while she made her way to the door. She locked it and walked to the clean bed. She sat down on it and stared at Kaori. "You may want to put some clothes on."

Kaori looked down at herself, noticing she was only in a towel. "Oh…" She mumbled.

"I'll put your stuff away in the drawers while you change."

"What will I wear?"

Leiko walked to the wardrobe. She opened the doors and pulled out white material. She walked to Kaori and said, "One of the sisters had come here a few days before and placed this in the drawer. I didn't know why though. Eventually, I came to the conclusion I was getting a roommate."

Kaori nodded and took the material. "You don't have to put my stuff away Watanabe-san."

"Just call me Leiko," The red head smiled and took hand of Kaori's suitcase. "And I don't mind. It's the least I could do."

"All right then," Kaori mumbled. She turned around and walked into the bathroom, locking the door behind her.

"Utako-san!" Bachiko Nakamura yelled as she ran across fields of green grass and multi colored flowers. Surrounding the area were trees of different shapes and sizes. "Utako-san, wait up!"

Utako Ekiguchi turned around to see a girl with chocolate brown hair running her way. Part of her hair was tied up while the rest was left down. She was dressed in a Lulim uniform carrying a medium pink and dark book bag. Her lime green eyes sparkled as she reached the thin Miator student.

"Bachiko-chan," Utako smiled. "I didn't see you at all. I apologize."

Bachiko smiled greatly as she looked at the exquisite sky blue eyed and glistening black haired fourth year. "It's no problem Utako. I would have caught you in the cathedral but you left so fast I didn't get a chance to. Where are you off to Utako? You don't normally go anywhere this way after Choir practice."

Utako smiled at the other fourth year. "I'm going to Fuka-sama."

"Fuka-sama?" Bachiko repeated. She was in a bit of shock. Kaiyo Fuka was Spica Institute's athletic protégé. Utako went to Miator, and the two schools had been battling for years against one another. So why would she want to see Kaiyo. The two didn't even go to the same school.

"Yes," Utako said softly. "I've been meaning to watch Fuka-sama play tennis. President Arakaki said it's very entertaining."

Bachiko's mouth formed an "O". It was now clear why Utako was going to see Fuka-sama. She just wanted to watch her play, nothing more, nothing less. "Well why don't I come along with you?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I don't have any student council meetings today and I don't think President Oshiro will need me so I can come."

Utako nodded. "Well let's go then." She began walking aside with her Lulim Fourth year friend.

Leiko sat knelled over a open drawer filled with Kaori's undergarments. In her hands were the last two pieces of underwear. Leiko stared over the underwear annoyed. Normally, she would have enjoyed to experience touch a cute's girl's undergarments, but for once, she didn't feel anything. It was like when she had touched Kaori, she actually felt she was just fooling, not that there was any attraction. This angered Leiko. She wanted to feel more for Kaori then just physical attraction.

"Leiko-san?"

Quickly, Leiko shoved in Kaori's white laced bra and matching underwear. She turned to Kaori, her face slightly red. To her surprise, Kaori didn't look the least bit odd in her uniform.She actually seemed comfortable. She even had black Maryjane's and knee high white socks to embellish them. "Very nice Kaori-chan," Leiko smiled. "But what's with the thing on your head?" Leiko's long index finger pointed at the fabric on Kaori head. Her hat was decorated with black and white checkers on one side and a small black bear on the other side.

Kaori pulled off the hat from her head and blushed. "What wrong with it?"

"Nothing," Leiko smiled. "It is just.. You can't wear that here."

"Why not?"

"It's against the rules."

"But what about President Hanabusa?"

"She has permission."

"From who?"

"Her parents."

"Oh."

"Why don't we try something different?"

"Like what?"

"Go sit at your desk."

Perplexed, Kaori nodded and walked to her desk. She pulled out her chair and took a seat.

"What are you going to do Leiko-san?" From the corner of her eye, Kaori could see Leiko rummaging through her drawer.

"Just getting a couple materials," Leiko assured her roommate. She pulled out a royal blue ribbon and a brush. She made her way to Kaori, a smile on her face. "May I brush your hair Kaori-san?"

Kaori nodded, still unsure if that was all Leiko would do.

Leiko took a part of Kaori's hair from the side and began brushing it slowly.

"Kaori-san has very beautiful hair."

"Thank you Leiko-san."

"Kaori...?"

"Yes Leiko-san?"

"Why did you come to Japan?"

"My parents thought it would be a good idea for me to learn about my culture."

"But.. Can't you learn about Japan in America?"

"Of course you can... But that wanted me to experience it for myself."

Leiko nodded as she took another part of Kaori's hair.

"What was your home like Kaori-san?"

"It was great," Kaori smiled. "All of my homes."

"How many did you have?"

"A lot. We moved around often so I never had time to settle in one house... But the time I did have there. I enjoyed it."

"Did you have a lot of friends?"

"I didn't have time to since I was always moving. Plus I was home schooled my whole life so I never had a chance to make friends at school."

"Oh..." Leiko mumbled quietly. She took some of Kaori's hair from the side and picked up the ribbon. "Your going to love it here."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Kaori-san is so beautiful.. She make so many friends."

"Thank you Leiko-san."

"No problem," Leiko grinned. Her stomach turned, making her feel sick. Her comment about Kaori being beautiful and making friends, it angered her, because it was the truth. "I'm done with your hair, go see it in the mirror."

Kaori stood from the seat and walked to the mirror. She stared at her reflection with a large smile on her face. Her uniform suited her nicely, and with the ribbon in her hair, she thought she look perfect for Spica.

"Thank you Leiko-san," she said still looking at herself. "It looks beautiful."

After a moment, Kaori felt long arms wrap around her waist. Suddenly, there was hot air brushing against her cheek.

"Don't you mean... "'I look beautiful'?"

"I do look beautiful."

The two students stood in silence, staring at the mirror. Staring at Leiko's lithe body pressing against Kaori's small shape.

"Fuka-sama is amazing, isn't she Utako-san?" Bachiko asked Utako. The two stood not so far from two girls playing tennis on a field. One girl was dressed in all different shades of blue in a t-shirt and skirt while the other was were cougar blue shorts and
a eggplant purple t-shirt.

Utako nodded. "Yes... She is."

"I think she's going to win!" Bachiko cheered.

Utako nodded in agreement.

The tennis ball flew from one side to another. The female in the skirt reached out for it but the ball divided into the ground.

"Damn..." She mumbled quietly.

"Nice try Yumiko," Kaiyo Fuka smiled as she raise her tennis racket over her shoulder. Her indigo eyes brightened her face and took more attention then her Prussian blue hair. "But it seems I win again."

"Wait till next time," Yumiko grinned. "I'll get you next time. You just wait and see." With that, she waved and walked off the court.

Kaiyo chuckled before walking towards her water bottle and towel. She took a long cool drink as she wiped the sweat from her face with the cotton material.

"She won Utako!" Bachiko grinned. "Isn't this great!?"

"Yes, it is," Utako smiled. She bent down and straightened her dress. "That was a very entertaining game. Did you enjoy watching it Bachiko-san?"

"Of course!" Bachiko exclaimed. She turned from Utako and looked at Kaiyo, her eyes followed the athlete's every move. "Hey, Utako-san?"

"Yes Bachiko-san?"

"Why don't we go walk with Fuka-sama?"

"I don't think Fuka-sama would really want to walk with us Bachiko. She's a very important women and doesn't seem to have much time for us."

"How do we know that for sure Utako?" Bachiko grinned. She grabbed the Miator student's hand and pulled her along as she ran towards the Fifth year. "Fuka-sama! Fuka-sama!"

Kaiyo had been walking down a pathway, heading back to the Strawberry dorms. She hadn't gotten far, since she could still see the tennis court if she looked behind her. She hung her towel over her shoulder and took another drink of water.

"Fuka-sama!"

Kaiyo turned around as she heard her title. To her surprise, a Lulim student was running her way dragging a Miator student behind her. It appeared the the Miator student had trouble keeping up with the bubbly Lulim student. Kaiyo stood still as she watched the faces of the two students become clear. She first noticed the Lulim student. As excepted this cheerful girl had a huge smile on her face. She peered behind her to see the Miator student clutching her knees and breathing deeply.

"Are you all right?" Kaiyo asked the Miator student.

"Of course she is," The Lulim girl answered. "She's just out of breath from all that running."

"I see..." Kaiyo mumbled quietly. She kept her eyes on the Miator student as the Lulim girl talked.

"My name is Bachiko Nakamura," The Lulim girl smiled. She stuck her face right in front a Kaiyo's. "And this is my friend...," she moved aside, gesturing towards the Miator student. "Utako Ekiguchi."

Utako slowly arose, holding her book bag close to her. She had her head bowed which annoyed Kaiyo since she couldn't get a glimpse at the Miator girl.

"Hello Fuka-sama," Utako said in a small voice. She looked up at the Spica star with a smile.

The first thing Fuka noticed about Utako was her pale skin. It appeared soft yet cold in a way. Kaiyo longed to reach out and touch Utako but restrained herself from doing so.

"Utako-chan," Kaiyo smiled. She felt her cheeks begin to burn and looked away.

"Utako-san and I were wondering if we could walk back to the Strawberry dorms with you Fuka-san," Bachiko grinned.

"Really?" Kaiyo asked, turing her attention back to Utako.

The small fourth year nodded. "If it's all right with you."

Kaiyo nodded. "Yeah. We can all walk together." She took a step closer to Utako but Bachiko quickly came between the two. She smiled as she turned to Utako. "I told you she'd walk with us!"

"Yes, you did," Utako nodded. She looked up at Kaiyo. "Shall we go Fuka-sama?"

Kaiyo stared at Utako, pondering over her eyes yet nodded slowly. As the three walked, Kaiyo couldn't help wonder about Utako and why she looked so lonely and ill even with a friend like Bachiko.