There had been odd things going on lately in the mind of a high school girl named Aki. She had many thoughts about a former student named Misao who mysteriously disappeared with no known other information. It had plagued her mind, even when she would be sitting in her school desk as she couldn't pay attention that well, however, the teacher seemed distracted by a girl with long dark pink hair with with a blue butterfly barrette in a traditional sailor-like uniform like the other girls as she talked with the teacher, Sohta.

Another girl was slumped across her desk. Her long straight black hair pooled on the desk, her lap and around her. Her face was covered by a curtain of her hair. She had finished all the work they had been set but had been so tired she was now asleep.

The pink-haired girl waited for Sohta to finish speaking with her before they would go to the front of the class and she would be introduced to everyone in her new homeroom class. She looked a little unsure and nervous and looked to the students who would become her 'future friends and classmates'. The black haired girl was still sleeping. She wouldn't wake up just yet.

"Atiko!" Sohta called the red-haired girl of the class by her full name, often nicknamed as Aki by the other students. "I want you to help Minka get around the school, make her feel welcome, show her around."

The black haired girl pushed the pencil off the desk as she woke up with a jolt.

"Uh..." the black haired girl groaned. She blushed slightly as she saw students looking at her. She coughed slightly. Her eyes had bags under them and her face looked pale.

"Have you fallen asleep again, miss?" Sohta glanced at the black-haired girl.

The new girl went to take her seat next to the girl known as Atiko and her best friend, Ayaka, who has a crush on the teacher and often tries to woo him.

"I-I'm sorry, Mr. Sohta..." the girl, who was called Naoko, said softly. She rubbed her eyes slightly.

"Try not to let it happen again, alright? Now that Minka's been acquainted, we can get on with the lesson." Sohta replied, then started to work on the board, talking with his class at what seemed to be a boring topic.

Aki seemed to be drifting as she had other things plaguing in her mind besides having to show the new girl around. Naoko took some notes, occasionally doing some doodles in the corner of her page. These doodles were of the girl Misao. She had been friends with the girl and was devastated to hear she went missing. However still like most girls she had a crush on Mr. Sohta, but she didn't care about the looks. Her violet eyes were sad, but she kept on a calm look.

Aki was very lost in her mind as she wasn't having her eyes on the chalk board like the other students which made Mr. Sohta approach her and challenge her about having the 'guts to ignore his lecture'. It didn't take too long until Sohta left the classroom to let the students go about their own business, mainly to jot down notes for the upcoming test. Since Minka didn't know anyone, she didn't bother talk to them or even make herself noticeable by them since she was a stranger.

The girl Aki who was supposed to show Minka around was talking with her best friend, Ayaka.

"Mr. Sohta has a new suit. Like, woah! Super suave!" Ayaka grins, looking like the girl with the crush she was.

"Ayaka, you have been talking about him all morning," Aki argued a bit with her best friend, but not trying to be mean. "Don't you ever get tired of babbling?"

"But he's such a lady's man... so, so nice, cool... the best!" Ayaka grins.

Aki couldn't help but roll her eyes, especially when Ayaka gushed like that about their teacher. Ayaka mentioned about how she had to use some hand cream and that as Mr. Sohta was a 'clean freak', if she kept her hands clean he may like her more. Aki shrugged off her best friend's eccentric natures and didn't really care, though she had not-so secret feelings for the boy Tohma in class.

Naoko sat with her arms on the desk and her face buried by them. She was mumbling something about 'Misao'.

Minka looked around the classroom and came up to Naoko. "E-Excuse me...? Are you okay?"

Naoko jumped slightly and looked at the new girl. "Oh... y-yeah, I-I'm okay..." she says quietly. She rubbed her eyes clear of the tears formed in her sleep.

"Oh, I'm sorry to disturb you..." Minka blinked.

Naoko shook her head softly. "No, you didn't disturb me... In fact, thank you for waking me up." she says softly.

"Y-You're welcome..." Minka attempted to smile at the stranger girl, then looked to the other students.

"Don't care she says, HA! You have no taste or eyes for men, Aki." Ayaka says, scoffing slightly.

Naoko barely smiled back, but that was due to worry. She looked over at Aki and Ayaka, glaring at Ayaka.

Aki looked back over to Minka after Ayaka left and decided to tell her who the other students were, remembering her responsibility. "Watch out for Yoshino." she whispered to the pink-haired girl.

"W-W-Why?" Minka asked nervously.

"Yoshino is a bully... I hate her..." Naoko says quietly. She opened a granola bar, needing the energy right then.

Minka decided to stay with Aki and Naoko, avoiding that girl.

Yoshino was talking with the boys around her. "There's been some spoooooky paranormal business going on at this school... I'm getting a little freaked."

"Eek!" Minka dashed behind a desk, feeling scared now.

"Paranormal my ass!" a blonde haired boy says. He didn't believe. And this was Tohma.

Naoko went closer prepared to scare Yoshino when the time was right.

Yoshino assured them it was all real. "The other day, a kid in another class got dragged away in the bathroom!"

"There was also the glass in the third floor hallway being broken from the inside." a green-haired boy named Kudoh added.

"Gotta be ghosts, I feel sorry for that kid." Yoshino scoffed, looking over shoulder, looking into Minka's eyes which scared the girl even more about having the horrible pain of being the constantly picked on new kid, she then looked back to the others before Naoka could be discovered.

Aki couldn't help but sort of eavesdrop to her classmates, but stayed at her desk with Minka to point out who the students were. Kudoh was calm and easy-going, a very mature youth, Saotome who was Tohma's girlfriend, and Yoshino was the leader of the bullies.

"What if it's Misao's curse?" Tohma asks, about the bad things happening.

"If it is Misao's curse, you'll be a victim Yoshino..." Naoko says, her voice dark and creepy. She glared as if right into the head bullie's soul.

Yoshino blinked, then turned to Naoko, folding her arms crossly at the mysterious girl in class. "Oh, grow up! It's been three months since your 'best friend forever' been's gone! It's over! Move on!"

Aki was impressed about Naoko going up to Yoshino like that, but she was worried about Misao herself.

"Misao?" Minka wondered who this Misao was or is. Was she an outsider like her and just moved away? Is that what Yoshino meant about the girl being 'gone'?

Tohma sent an annoyed look to Yoshino.

Naoko looked hurt a moment but quickly hid it. "I won't move on, not ever... Misao was like a sister to me and I know what you did to her Yoshino... so, I know you'll be a victim if it is her curse." she tells the girl.

Yoshino scoffed uncaringly towards Naoko. "Whatever did I do?"

"Yoshino..." Kudoh spoke up, a little nervous at first. "You DID bully Misao a lot."

Naoko got right up close to Yoshino and whispered in her ear. "You got someone to rape her... I'll never forgive you for that." she whispers, so only the girl in question could hear.

"Is that true?" Minka whispered.

Aki nodded a little nervously. "Yoshino is pure evil..."

Yoshino was stunned a little, then grew aggressive as always. "Well, everyone knows Tohma always screwed with Misao!"

Tohma frowned. That was wrong.

"No, she never did, " Naoko says darkly, enunciating each syllable of Yoshino's first name. She then moved away and turned to go back over to her desk.

Yoshino leaned back against the desk she stood in front of and filed her nails casually.

"I'm sorry you had to do that, Naoko..." Aki said softly.

"So, who IS Misao?" Minka asked, breaking in and wanting to know.

"Misao was a girl in our class... me and her were close like sisters, but after the... 'incident' Misao disappeared... I pray that she's only gone missing... if she's d-dead, I don't know what I'd do." Naoko explains softly.

Aki patted Naoko on the shoulder gently.

"Oh, my..." Minka's face paled a little.

Naoko sighed softly, gently. She looked back to the group to see Tohma talking to his girlfriend. She had a weird feeling, but it wasn't bad. Saotome was scared and clinging to Tohma. Yoshina scoffed about the 'lovebirds'.

"If you want... I'll be your friend..." Minka smiled nervously, deeply fearing rejection from both girls.

"Only if you want to." Aki told her delicately, seeing how frightened the girl seemed even though they were all high school students.

"I'd like that..." Naoko says softly. She blinked as suddenly it got dark. A feeling of familiarity ran through her and she started to tear up. But she was also mad at Yoshino, her friend was dead... ultimately because of her.

Tohma looked scared. "It's suddenly gone dark! It's Misao's curse!" He says, holding his girlfriend.

There was also a harsh rumble which Yoshino tried to shrug off and dismiss of an earthquake that happened to occur while the teacher was away. Aki let out a struggled scream.

"Akito?" Minka turned to the girl.

Aki was silent for a moment and was calling to Misao as she got out of her desk. "I can hear her speaking to me!"

Yoshino didn't look so tough now as she was shivering and worried about what was probably going on. Naoko looked around for the owner of the voice, looking almost frantic. She came close to the group.

"What are you on about, I don't hear a voice!" Tohma yells.

"I can hear her!" Aki cried out, then started to look very ill. She then seemed to had fallen in the middle of the floor in the dark.

"Oh, no! Should we call the nurse?" Minka grew frantic, unsure of what to do in this situation.

Naoko looked around. "We will, Misao..." she says softly.

Tohma looked freaked out. Minka put her palm on Aki's forehead and the girl was still knocked out. Yoshino's eyes widened at Aki's near comatose state, then merely narrowed her eyes and didn't pay much attention after that.

"Minka... is Aki okay?" Naoko asks from near the bully group. She knew Misao wanted Aki to help find her too.

Tohma looked scared, everything felt weird.

"I think she's unconscious," Minka breathed, very worried for the girl. "Does anyone have water or a fan?"

The other students didn't seem to and some didn't care.

"Does this school have a nurse?" Minka looked toward Naoko.

"Yes, the school does..." Naoko says softly. But no sooner had she said that the school shook again and the students were all transported into different places.