Chapter 1: Chihiro’s first day

Chihiro slung her backpack under her shoulder and her mom opened the door of their black audi car. “Have fun sweetie, it is your first day, try not to be so mad!” Her mom advised, before opening the car door for her as she walked out. Chihiro was new to this school, since her mom changed jobs..again. Being only a 12 year old, she has moved 16 times that she doesn’t bother making friends anymore, she would just lose them again. Girls giggled and talked with their friends at the entrance, they reeked of cherry blossom perfume. One of the girls, a short girl with blonde hair and bright green eyes skipped over to Chihiro and patted her on the shoulder. “What?” Chihiro asked agressively. “Eek, I just wanted to- uhh,” The girl said, dashing away, Chihiro had that effect, her mom and older sister wanted her to be “more social” but what was the point when you moved practically every 8 months? Then the bell rang, let’s get this day over with, Chihiro thought as she marched into the school. She went to her assigned locker, 108 and slammed open the metal door, it made a sqeaking sound, as if it was old and Chihiro cringed. Chihiro then hung her backpack on the hanger and placed her binders and pencilcase on the shelf on top. The girl in the locker next to her was way too much, her locker smelled of more sakura perfume and had a tall mirror and boy band posters all over the door. She had stacks of manga inside and a ton of makeup and skincare products. Chihiro was tired of everyone’s sweet, bubbly behavior, she was just mad to be in a new school again. She then walked to her class, which was close to her locker and then felt a crumpled piece of paper get thrown at the back of her head. “Hey!” She said, she then glanced at the back of the class and saw a ton of boys laughing at her. They stuck out their tongues and she glared icily at them, they immediately gulped and turned away. Chihiro then sat at her desk and the teacher walked in. “Hello everyone,” The teacher said, she seemed to be cosplaying as an anime character, Chihiro already liked this teacher, no teacher at her other schools would be bold enough to cosplay. “Are you cosplaying as Shimi Yamamoto from that anime?” The boy who threw the paper on Chihiro asked. “Yes, I am, I am a huge fan of that series. But anyway, welcome to Shikimori high, I am your teacher, Ms. Kimura,” Ms. Kimura said brightly. She didn’t say with fake or forced enthusiasm like when the other teachers were speaking, her enthusiasm seemed to be real and genuine. Chihiro smiled, she might like this school after all. She then told and explained about the school layout, clubs, sports and other things. Chihiro rested her chin on her fingers as she tapped my foot, she liked the teacher but did we need to go on about this forever? “Chihiro?” The teacher asked Chihiro. She “You are raising your hand,” she observed, pointing to my hand. Ahh, that was an accident, why did I do that? “Oh, well, I was wondering, could we invent clubs?” I asked, it was a strange question but it was all I could think of. A girl across the class looked at Chihiro as though she thought it was a smart question. “Yes, you can, but the club needs to have 4 members and a supervising teacher,” Ms Kimura said. Her wig was pristine and neat, it was silvery hair exactly like Shimi’s . It was tied with a satin bow into a sleek ponytail. After she drawled on a bit more about certain details of the school, the bell finally rang and Chihiro had an idea. At first Chihiro was thinking of hiding under the school stairs, eating her lunch and listening to rock music but since Chihiro found out they could make clubs, Chihiro needed to make a rock music club. Chihiro had been thinking of the idea for weeks before attending this school and she needed to finally execute it. Chihiro flipped through my notepad of ideas, she had a logo for it, a name and even a few songs written. All she needed was members, but… she didn’t know if she wanted to make friends yet, I was worried about moving away and leaving them. I sighed, maybe I should give up on the “Hey, what is that?” The boy who threw the paper at me asked. His name was Haru, he was a huge troublemaker. Like severe level. He even threw one of his paper balls at Ms Kimura. He glanced at Chihiro’s logo, it had the name demoncatz, the z having a devil tail and the d having horns on it. The logo was in bold red letters. “Uhh..I was thinking of starting a rock band…” Chihiro said shyly, all her cool reserve vanishing. “Really? That is awesome! I love rock music!” The boy said, smiling at Chihiro. “Thanks!” Chihiro said, “I was planning to name it demoncatz but I need 3 more members and a teacher to make it a official club!” Chihiro explained. “I can join, my name is Haru Hisakawa,” Haru said. “Greeting, Chihiro Ayama,” Chihiro said formally, she felt a new respect for this boy who was joining her unofficial club. “Ooh, cool. Like from that creepy movie spirited away?” Haru asked. “What, you think spirited away is creepy?” Chihiro asked. “Yes, my little sister watched it and it was creepy, there were talking frogs and ghosts and~” Haru said, shuddering. Chihiro just giggled a bit. The two of them then heard screaming from the supply closet. “That is my friend Stella! She needs help!” Haru said, looking nervous. Haru and Chihiro then dashed to the supply closet and saw four girls, one of them was crying while the other three seemed to be mocking her. “Give that back! Please it is not yours,” Stella said, she was trying to get her notebook from one of the girls. It was pretty, with a dog on the front of it and spirals binding the pages together. “Hey! She said give it back!” Haru ordered. “Oh, I am so scared!” One of them said, and it seemed to be the girl who greeted Chihiro that morning. Chihiro then walked up to them, “Leave. Her. Alone.” Chihiro said coldly, she then knocked the notebook out of the bullies’ hands and into Stella’s. She glared icily at them and they went away. “Woah, that was the coolest thing I have seen in my life, thanks so much!” Stella said, she had brown hair in pigtails and wore a yellow cardigan over a white shirt, she wore dark green loafer shoes and a black skirt and tights. “Why were those girls bullying you?” Chihiro asked. “Well, I used to be friends with Angelique, one of those girls, but she changed over the summer, she bought a bunch of stupid designer clothes, started becoming obsessed with pop music and made about 50 friends. But I was still me and she didn’t like that, she tried to get me to be like her but I wasn’t so she ditched me and made it her mission to ruin my life. The worst thing she did was last year, she wrote mean notes to all the teachers saying how they were stupid, old, boring, and signed them with my name. She even imitated my handwriting,” Stella said, looking disappointed in her friend, sighing heavily. “She told me this before,” Haru whispered to Chihiro. “Woah! I am sorry, I have a proposal for you, can you join our rock band, demoncatz? It only has two members right now,” Chihiro offered, Haru nodded. “That is nice, but I don’t know if I am ready for something as extroverted as a rock band, if we were in a band, we would have to perform,” Stella said, “I understand, have a nice day!” Haru said. “WHAT!!! How could you let her off that easily? She needs to join our band,” Chihiro said. “We will find another new member, but we can’t be like Angelique and pressure Stella to join our club,” Haru said, and Chihiro agreed.

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Author note: Hey, I am back with another new story, this time it is an original about a rock band named demoncatz! I really hope you like it, also, I made the logo myself. Chihiro seemed like an interesting character, the “moved 15 times in 12 years fact” was the most interesting about her. I liked her personality and new friendship with Haru, I am excited to write more!