Elite of Elites

Kinrue and her group go to the basketball gym to watch the practice of Lorcan and his group mates. Everywhere in the Lunaris High has been talking to her because of the teen magazine so, to escape from that they went to basketball gym. There's only a few people who's watching the practice compare before. A deep sigh escape from the three before they sip on a fruit drink.

"Lorcan's girlfriend is a beauty," Camie mumbles while looking at the two down the lower bench.

"Do you need to emphasize it?" Kinrue said. "Well, he looks happy with her so, it's fine. As long as I can see him smile like before, everything is fine."

"Kinrue, you change." Ashley said, looks straight at her.

"Change? I didn't."

"You are. In this kind of situation, you'll kill the woman from your stare because of jealousy, but now, your words..." She shrugs her head, finding a right word to say.

"Maybe because you have a boyfriend," Camie added.

Kinrue almost splash the drink after hearing those words, Camie blurted out. It's too sudden. She looks at her with annoyance but heaves a sigh of disbelief. She remembers the only rule Raven gives before. Until the day comes, she needs to endure and lie to her friends. No need to clarify anything about their relationship, just keep silent and let them run their own imagination. It's the rule. She shrugs her head and looks back to where Lorcan stands together with his member.

It wasn't take much time when they heard a woman giggled on the other side of the bench. They are looking at their phone as if they saw their crush. On the other side, some woman is rushing outside the gym.

"What's going on?" Camie asked.

"Let's go outside and see it ourselves,"

Both of them nodded their head and go outside the gym to find out what's going on, but most of the woman are heading towards the next gym where the volleyball team plays. They heard a lot of murmurs, giggles and non-sense talks from those women. Kinrue has never been interested in volleyball team club ever since so, she's confused on what's going on. A group of woman walk in front, but Camie stops one of them.

"What's going on inside?" She asked.

"You didn't know the news? There's a practice match between the Lunaris men's volleyball team and Solaris men's volleyball team today. Those two groups have been rival ever since so, it'll be an exciting match." Camie let go of her hand as they watch them went inside.

"If it's the Solaris men's volleyball team then, it's an interesting match. Let's go watch your boyfriend play Kinrue." Ashley cling to her arms with a wide smile.

"Boyfriend? Who?" she asked. It made her two friend looks at her in awe.

"Do you have two boyfriend Rue? Of course it's Raven Auclair, none other than him." Camie said.

An awkward smile escapes her mouth. She wants to puke just thinking about him being her boyfriend.

"He's here. It's Solaris men volleyball team captain, Renkai Picozzi." a woman shout while giggling out of nowhere, pointing behind Kinrue's group.

Out of curiosity, the three turn their look behind and saw a group of men wearing a Solaris Volleyball Team jersey, the one in the middle holding a ball in his right hand while the rest looks around. No words came out from their mouth as they gaze towards the tall man with black color hair, almond-shaped eyes and fair skin. He's a definition of a prince in real life. The loud cheer echo in the hallway, but Kinrue's eyes stuck on the man in front. She felt her heart beat faster from before. The man in front was totally her type. A gentle-looking person with a pleasant smile. Before she knew it, her imagination runs through her head, not minding the people around but a wonderful scenery between them.

It took only a second before a ball hit the back of her head. She came back to reality, holds the back of her head.

"Argh! It hurts. Who the hell throws the f*cking ball into my head?" She blurted out in anger but saw a wide grin of someone whom she wish never exist.

"The ball slipped on my hand, sorry." He said.

"Y-you..."

"Miss, are you okay?" She startled when someone touch her shoulder.

"A-ah... O-of course,"

"You don't need to worry about someone Kai, a single ball won't make her die."

Kinrue glare towards Raven who's in front but he walks towards the man behind, bumping on her in purpose.

"It's been a while since we saw each other," Raven said.

"Yeah, it's been a while. It seems like you didn't change a bit, still handsome as before." The man gives a short laugh, but those words rings on Kinrue's ear.

"Handsome? This man?" She turns her look to them and point her index finger towards Raven. "You're more handsome than him. You have a gentle look and a beautiful smile. A total opposite of this shithead."

A silence lingers in the hallway after saying those words. She can feel the hands of Ashley try to stop her from saying much more than before. Even without looking, she can also feel the intense gaze of Raven.

"You're funny, miss. It's my first time to hear such strong words," The man laugh covering his mouth.

"Well, I'm not a liar and only stated the truth."

"Elf, you have a strange taste." Raven gives him a fake smile, patting her head.

"Elf? You have a strange name."

A loud laugh came out one after another after the man say those words. But Kinrue tries to restrain her reaction in front of him. She looks towards Raven, but he seems satisfied with the results. She rolled her eyes and slap his hand away.

In the end, she became a laughingstock again because of the same person.

"I'm Renkai Picozzi, Raven's close friend." He offers his hand for a handshake.

Kinrue glare towards Raven before she looks back to the man in front. "I'm not Elf. My name is Kinrue Cienfuegos."

"Are you acquainted with Shenrue Himura?" She flinched at what he said, pulling her hands away while giving a force smile. "It's rare to hear the word Rue in their first name, most of it uses by Himura family."

Kinrue gulp and looks away. "Y-you've mistaken it, I-I d-didn't know who is Shenrue Himura..."

"Brother Kai! You really came in just one call from Raven," Lewis McLaw came that change the atmosphere, behind him is Arisa Haruna. He greeted Renkai with a friend handshake and a genuine smile.

"It's been a long while Lewis, you're here too, Arisa." He looks towards Arisa and smile to each other.

"Where's Shenyue? I thought she'll come here too," Arisa asked, looking around the area.

"Shen..." Renkai looks behind him. "Oh, there she is. Shen, come here."

All their attention went towards the tall slim woman walking like a model. She has a reddish brown twin tailed hair, fair skin, hazel brown colored round eyes and thin red lips. If Arisa Haruna is already a definition of a goddess, the woman in front of them is more than a goddess. Her aura is on another level. Even without saying a word, you can already imagine how sweet her voice is. A long silence lingered in the hallway until one of them shouted, the other follows. They all rush towards the woman like she's some kind of big star. Kinrue and her group got pushed backwards because of the commotion. Before they knew it, the three of them were already behind the others.

"I want to get her autograph. It's hard to see her in person so, wait for me here." Ashley said before she sneak between those students in front.

Camie scratches her head. "Who knows? Someone like her will come to Lunaris High, though we already have elites here like Raven Auclair, Arisa Haruna, Lewis McLaw and Larisa Chien."

"What do you mean?" Kinrue asked, pure of innocence.

"You didn't know? Shenyue Leroux is from elites of elite family. She came from a different world." Camie said. "We're like a slave of an untouchable princess, something like that, I guess. I heard they're the rival family of Himura."

"R-rival?" She mumbles.

"Why? Do you know someone in an elite family?" Camie chuckle, looks at her straight. "Oh, Raven Auclair is one of them. You've become one of the elite, too."

"Elite? There's no way I'll be one of them again," she flinch because of the words came out from her mouth.

"Again? Are you an elite too?" Camie asked in surprise that made her gulp. "Now, I think about it... What Renkai said before makes sense, only the Himura family uses the Rue in their name. Don't tell me you change your identity and run away from home?"

Kinrue's heart beat fast because of what she said. "W-what a ridiculous thinking Camie. Do I look like an elite? I-it's a coincidence..."

"You must not be one of them. You know how much I hate elites. They are a bunch of arrogance who acts like ruling the country through their money," Camie utter with despise in her tone.

"A-ah... I-I really need to go to the comfort room. Is it fine if you wait for Ashley here alone?"

"Yeah,"

She looks away from Camie and walks towards the comfort room. She didn't know what to react anymore. Her sweat is cold and hands are shuddering in nervousness and fear because of the situation. It's been a long while since she heard that name. It makes her vomit. Her stomach feels upset. Those dark memories keep coming back. The faces of those people whom she didn't wish to meet came back like a film.

After turning around, she run towards the woman's comfort room holding her mouth. She slam the door open, which startled the rest who were fixing their makeup. But she didn't get bothered by it, rather head straight to the cubicle and vomit there.

Amidst of those thoughts running inside her mind, a certain memory came out.

"You're Shenrue Himura. You must follow the rules of this family for the rest of your life. There's no way you can escape from your faith." Those words came out from her memory, it brings shiver down her spine. A baritone voice with full of authority from the head of the Himura family echo inside her mind.