Nocens High

The Losers

"Hey Bill."

No reply.

"Bill!"

No reply. He just sat there, eyes staring dreamily at nothing.

"BILL WAKE UP!"

He collapsed from his chair, looking up from the floor, twisting his head around, here and there as if he had forgotten where he even was.

"Finally dude! You've been zoning out a lot lately."

He stopped his turning head and stared at the rows and rows of dust covered books.

"Ken, I think I'm in love."

"Huh?" Ken's face twisted into one of confusion at the very though of his friend suddenly coming to this realisation when he knew his friend has not been around a lot of girls. In fact, he probably has never even talked to one before.

Bill sat back down on his seat. He breathed in and sighed, resting his head on his hand.

"It all happened two days ago..."

***

Bill was backed against a wall, surrounded, he had absolutely no way of escaping. He had been walking around, delivering pizza orders in their small neighbourhood. Next thing he knew, he was being encircled by many thugs, wanting to snatch away the stacks of pizza. Bill gulped. He was no fighter. He had a scrawny build and could, in no way shape or form get out of this one alive. He had thought that this was the end, until she came in.

She came in like a ninja. With one swift kick to the head, all the thugs were knocked unconscious. Her green eyes stared menacingly at the twitching clump on the dirt matted ground. Her blonde hair danced in the breeze. The scent of lilacs washing his senses . She turned her head towards Bill. "Be careful next time okay?" she said, smiling. Bill nodded, stupidly, watching her walk away. Maybe it was her 'awesome' entrance that enraptured him or her beauty and sense of justice. Whatever it was, she was breath taking.

***

"It's great and all that you've found a little crush but what kind of girl would want to date us? Especially if she's as dazzling as you say she was," said Ken, arms stretched out in question.

Bill slumped down on the dusty table, body hitting many uncomfortable items such as text books, pens, pacers and rubbers, but that didn't bother him. He was too induced in the drug called love, or in Bill's case infatuation. Although what Ken said was a little cruel, it was also true. No one ever associated with them. You could say they were the lowest type of people in the social hierarchy, if Nocens High was a normal school. The ones who were constantly bullied or picked on. No girl would give them the time of day. Especially at Nocens High, where almost all the girls seem to be transfixed on Jason Walker and where anyone would take a chance to beat up fellow students.

Ken and Bill is part of the 10%. The 10% of the school that weren't delinquents. They were average students who were unfortunate enough to land themselves in a school such as Nocens High. They couldn't fight and so were never requested into a gang. They weren't referred to as 'loners' like all gangless students, but something even more humiliating and down grading. The 10% were titled the "losers.' The library was the only safe haven in Nocens high. All the delinquents would cringe even at the mention of this place and so would never hang around in here. The library soon became the resting area for the vulnerable 10%. No delinquent had ever set foot in here, until...

"Everyone! Poison Ivy is in the facility!"

...Now.

Ken and Bill both jumped out of their seats. A look of fear crossed both their features. "What! What's a delinquent like Ivy Kawaguchi doing in here?" exclaimed Ken, flailing his hands around in panic, "is this it? Are we finally going to die?"

"Let's just hope she doesn't come to this side of the library," said Bill, a little quaver in his voice.

"Say Ivy, what's a good book you've read?" asked Aurelia.

"She's here!" cried out Ken and she was. Walking down the shelves of books was the Poisonous Ningyō in all her glory. The usual hair in a bun, umbrella across her shoulder, and kimono, swaying as she walked. The only unusual about the usually alone Ivy was that she was not alone. A girl was wondering the library beside her. Ken and Bill blinked. She seemed pretty normal to them. No weapon, no menacing look about her, just average.

Suddenly, Bill's eyes flashed in recognition. "That's her!" he whispered back at Ken, "The girl I was just telling you about!"

"Dude! That's Aurelia Bennet! She's in my English class," informed Ken, "she's not a fighter. She's just a loser like us that happens to be in a gang!"

"No. It's definitely her. Although the air around her is different, it is definitely her. I'm going to go talk to her," he said making his way to the two girls.

"Ben! Are you suicidal! She's right next to Poison Ivy! One of the most fearful delinquents in Nocens High!" he cried; however his words were left unheard because Bill was already there. Ken quickly ran to him.

Aurelia swept her finger across the books, slowly walking down the aisle. She felt the little bumps of each book in content. Ivy accompanied her. "Is that a new necklace Aurelia?" asked Ivy. Aurelia looked down at the little silver butterfly. "Yep!" she said, "my fiancé gave it to me."

"When you said fiancé, do you mean Jason?" asked Ivy. Aurelia jumped back a little. "How did you know?" she asked.

"I told you. The yakuza in Japan are really interested in the mafias and since I took an interest in the Light Reapers, of course I would hear about the Shadow Demons who will be joining them," explained Ivy. Suddenly, Ivy twisted her body around in a 90 degree angle, and slid her umbrella off her shoulders. She grasped it like a machine gun ready to fire.

"HIIIIIII!" someone squealed. It was Bill.

"Who are you and what do you want?" demanded Ivy.

"I'm sorry about my friend!" cried out Ken, catching up to Bill who was being stared down at by an umbrella, "He just though you guys seemed a bit lost that's all." Ivy kept her umbrella up, still keeping her eyes on the two newcomers. "Ivy you can put the umbrella down," said Aurelia.

"Yes Aurelia," replied Ivy. She fanned it out causing the two guys to shriek, her eyes still on them. They flinched when she swung the umbrella thinking it would hit them, but it gently landed back onto Ivy's shoulder.

Aurelia smiled at them, "Thank you for your concern, but we really are fine."

***

"So? Why didn't you confess to her?" asked Ken.

Bill shook his head. "I don't think it was her," he said, "The smile was different."

Something had clicked in Bill's mind that day. He knew that Aurelia Bennet was the girl he was looking for, but during that short encounter she had not recognised him. He knew her, but she didn't even vaguely or remotely recognise him. He realised he was just a tiny speck of dust in her life, nothing important. He was just going to be another person she has saved in her life and it's going to blend into the other many people she will encounter. Just a fragment, a piece of her memory that would be lost in her subconsciousness forever. And what would she be to him? Just another forgotten memory cause that's what humans are, forgotten memories.