Chapter 1 Yorokobi and Lisa
"Ring,Ring"
Yorokobi quickly opened her eyes and jumped out of her bed. She had woken up earlier than any other day in her life. After all, today was a special day. Rushing to the bathroom she brushed her red short hair and put on the school uniform that she had chosen for the first day. Most students would have chosen calm colors for their uniforms, but she picked the bright pink skirt and the pink tie.
"Yorokobi we're going to be late!" Her friend Lisa was waiting for her at the front door. As usual Lisa would always be ready before her. "What's taking you so long." Lisa's tail moved nervously from one side to the other.
"I'm done, let's go" Yorokobi grabbed Lisa's arm and pulled her as she ran up the street.
When both of them got to the building they stopped due to how tired they were. "We're finally here!" Lisa was probably the most excited to be there. Well, who wouldn't be excited of going to the best Spirit training academy in the whole world. Lisa couldn't help but feel overjoyed after all she wasn't gifted like her friend Yorokobi. Lisa had to work very hard to pass the entrance exam..and she was able to get in with the lowest score possible. On the other hand Yorokobi was thinking about how many people from her middle school had passed the exam.
Yorokobi raised her head after catching her breath. She was so busy trying to get there early that she didn't notice how many other people were surrounding her. She stood still looking at all the people around her, she was shocked. "There's so many elfs here and Kemonomimi people here!" she kept saying in her thoughts. After all the only Kemonomimi she had talked to was Lisa. Elf people didn't like humans there for she had never had a conversation with one. Her hands started to get sweaty, this happens whenever Yorokobi is nervous.
"Shall we go inside" Lisa asked, but before Yorokobi could even turn to look at her. Lisa was already pulling her arm to go inside the huge building.
The crowd of people inside the building was getting bigger and bigger. "Wow there's so many people here right Yorokobi" Lisa made sure to hold Yorokobi's arm tightly just in case she would lose her.
"Welcome everyone to the number one spirt training school in the world." A woman slowly yet gracefully walked out of the shadows on the second floor where everyone was able to clearly see her."I'm sure you are all excited to meet your teachers, so I won't take too long." She had a soft and warm voice, she was smiling since the moment she showed her face. She wore a simple white dressing shirt, and a black tight skirt.
Throughout the crowd you could hear other students whispering "Who is she?"
"I think she's the schools head teacher"
"No way she's too young"
Indeed she was young and beautiful. Some even thought she was too young to be the head teacher of the school. The truth is that behind that young mask she wore, she was the 5th most powerful spirit tamer in the world.
"Alright then students, I will be placing you in your classes now." The young lady called students by their name and one by one they would step forward. "The students that I just mentioned will be in class 304, so please go stand under the sign that has your class number written on it." It was strange that she didn't even bother to give them a speech to welcome them or how she didn't tell the students her name. Even though she seemed warm hearted she couldn't hide her cold heart.
Lisa started to play with her hands anxiously. "When will they be calling our names?" she asked Yorokobi who was also starting to get anxious,as the crowd started to get smaller. Lisa's tail was moving from side to side again, but she was so nervous that she couldn't feel her tail hitting against Yorokobi's skirt. "Lisa your dog tail is going to lift my skirt up." She was saying as she pulled her skirt down just in case. Surprised Lisa gave one step back, but right before she could back up a bit more her name was called.
" Inu Lisa." She was so nervous when she heard her name that she misplaced her foot and fell backwards. Her face was instantly turned red and tears started to form in her eyes. She moved her hands to cover her face which was now full of embracement. "Why do I have to be so clumsy." she thought. She was paralized sitting there on the floor. She could feel the tears that had formed on her eyes about to roll off her cheeks. But just be for a tear could roll off her cheek, she was surprised with a genial voice that asked her "Would you like some help?" Peeking through her fingers she saw a young male student that was reaching his hand out to help her. She slowly lifted one hand from her red face. Her hand was shaking as she raised it in reach of the young man's hand.
The student could tell that Lisa was frightened, therefore he quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her up. He pulled her up with such strength that caused her to fly into his chest. "I've done it again." she thought. Lisa was even more emarced her face was getting hot of embracement.
"Do you think they're dating?" said some of the girls that were nearby which caused Yorokobi who was frozen looking at the scene to move. "Alright buddy, get your hands off her!" She pulled Lisa off him. "Are you alright Lisa?" Yorokobi examined Lisa with worry. Which made Lisa say in a slightly painful way "I'm ok, tha..nk you."
"Alright then hurry up and go to your assigned spot."
Due to the scene Lisa had even forgotten about her assigned class number. But at that moment she wasn't focused on that. "I wasn't even able to thank him." she mumbled. But Yorokobi was able to hear what she had said. She slightly pulled one of Lisa's floppy ears and with a caring and warm voice she said, "we can go look for him later, now hurry your class number is 201!" Lisa was glad and grateful to have Yorokobi as a friend.
"Thankyou Yorokobi!" she said as she quickly walked to her assigned spot. She couldn't help but think about the student who had helped her. She kept replaying in her head the moment when she bumped into his chest. "His voice is so warm hearting." she thought as she blushed a little.
Could it be that she had found her first crush of the school year?
"Alright, that's all for class 201!" The schools head teacher started to say the names of the students who would be in the last class.
"Jyn Haru" the student who helped Lisa earlier stepped forward. Lisa quickly caught sight of him. In her head she relayed his name so that she wouldn't forget him in the future. Lisa even examined him more carefully. He was tall but not too tall, he had dark black hair and light golden skin. Lisa observed him from head to toe, but when she looked in more carefully she noticed… "He's an elf!" She never would have thought that an elf would be kind. After all, they had a bad reputation.
"Li Yorokobi" Yorokobi quickly stepped forward. She didn't seem nervous though deep inside her she felt as if she was melting. "I just need this to be over with." she thought. Her hands were so sweaty that she slightly rubbed it against her skirt to dry them off a bit.
Everyone was putting so much attention to the last students who were being called. And there was a very logical reason why they were getting so much attention. In this academy the last students who were called were the ones who had the highest score in the entrance exam. Which meant that they were the strongest amongst the other students. This year there was a rumor that some of the new students had such a powerful talent unlike any other school year.
Could this rumor be true?