Magic Academy

Chapter 10

Naomi's POV

"That was amazing Seraphi!" Mahiru called out the new nickname she has for me and tackled me in a beae hug.

"Yeah Fina. Didn't you say you forgot though?" Misa chan asked, parting my head.

"I guess the harp kind of guided me instead, I felt so at ease playing it!" I tilted my head slightly upwards to face her, a smile dawning my features.

"Let's go to the Foodie class and find Ako." Mahiru said, leading us to the room that was only a minute walk away.

"Wah! Ako chan, these creampuffs look amazing!" I looked in awe at her creation.

"Can we try some Koko?" Misa chan asked, eyeing the treat.

"Go ahead, I made one for each of you!" She placed each of our creampuffs she made for us onto plates and served them.

When I took a bite into mine, I was welcomed with a nutty heaven.

"Mmm. Ako chan, how did you know I love nuts! You even put more cashews, my favourite!" I exclaimed and I moaned at the amazing taste.

"I guess I just went along with my thoughts." She said, smiling but it seemed strained.

Ako's POV

Seeing Sera enjoy the creampuff made me more suspicious. She just seemed so alike to Naomi. For some absurd reason, I apparently know what Naomi liked and disliked. It seemed as if I'd known her for a very long time, but it can't be.

She had been bullying us and was mean to us the entire time, right?

As I thought back, all I could remember was her being alone all the time, Kaya always by her side for some reason.

As the thought, Kaya awoke from her nap and sniffed the air. She stopped and looked towards Sera. Letting out a happy yelp, she dashed to where Sera was a tackled her onto the ground.

She purred loudly and rubbed her head against Sera's cheeks.

"Hey, that tickles!" Sera let out, squirming and laughing on the ground.

I picked Kaya up and apologised to Sera.

"It's fine Ako, she's really cute too, what's her name?" She asked, petting the cute cat.

"She's Kaya, my pet." I set Kaya down and cleaned up my kitchen station.

"Hey Kaya." Sera bent down and scratched behind Kaya's ear.

'Kaya, is that who I think she is?' I used my powers to mindlink to Kaya, so that I could talk to her without the others noticing.

'Naomi Haruka. So you finally decide to talk to me?' Kaya told me and sassed at me. I may have had stopped talking to her after the Naomi incident.

'You were the one who kept going to Naomi instead. I thought you were my friend, not hers.'

'Ah, but what you don't know is that she is your friend. I'm just a familiar and that has it's advantages, like not being affected by high ranking powers. She changed everyone's memory, Naomi was good. She treated us well.'

"Hey, Koko, you okay there?" Misaki looked to me and asked, worry etched onto her face.

"Yep, peachy!" I let out, but in my head, thoughts and sudden images were clouding my brain.

Suddenly everything came back to me, Naomi telling me how my eyes didn't look scary, how she wanted to be my friend, her being there for me.

"Ako chan, come on. Let's go." Sera, or now whom I know to be Naomi, called out to me.

"Hey Sera, you don't think I look weird?" I asked cautiously.

"What are you talking about Ako? Your eyes are beautiful and I'm lucky to have you as my friend." She smiled gently to me, walking over to pat my head.

"Come on silly, everyone's ahead already." She held my hand and pulled to away with her.

'I'm so sorry I forgot you Naomi, but now, I'm going to be there for you.' I thought to myself, determination filling me and i walked by her side.

Naomi's POV

"Oh my god, did you hear? KS is coming!" Hiru squealed.

"KS?" I asked, tilting my head to the side in confusion.

"Wait, you don't know KS?!" This time Ako chan voiced out, practically screaming. "They're like the cutest, the hottest, the most amazing group of guys ever. And they can sing!"

"Koko, have you forgotten? You have a boyfriend named Ruka?" Misa chan nudged Ako jokingly.

"Oh, I'm not the biggest fan they have, just wait." We all looked confused at Ako who just smirked.

"3
2
1..." She started counting down.

"Ako hime! Did you hear? My beloved babies are coming!" Ruka came running towards us, grabbing Ako's shoulders and shaking her violently.

Ako and Ruka just continued to fangirl and boy over the group.

"Here, maybe this will help you understand why they're so popular."

"KS has 4 members. Ahri, Evelynn, Akari and Kaisa. They're leader is Akari." Misa chan explains to me.

"You're a fan too?" I asked, cocking my eyebrow.

"Meh, Kaisa's my brother." Misa chan shrugged.

"Wait, what?!" We heard Hiru, Ako and Ruka scream together in unison.

"What?" Misa chan looked at them, confused.

"Your brother is Kaisa, the one and only Kaisa from KS and tou never thought of mentioning that?!" Ruka started to vigorously shake Misa chan.

"Back off before I cast a nightmare onto you using my illusions. Don't think I forgot that potato incident that scarred you for life." Misa chan glared at him.

Potato...?

"You wouldn't!" Ruka glared.

"Try me." They were having a small staring contest before he looked away, crying to Ako complaining about her bad taste in friends and how scary Misa chan was.

"Anyways, the thought of mentioning him never occurred." Misa chan shrugged.

We all then continued to make our way to the cafeteria, realising we had been standing like idiots in the hallways for the past 10 minutes.

We went in and met up with the rest of their friends. I met the student council and made friends with them. I also found out that the pink-haired male I bumped into on my first day in school is Misa chan's boyfriend.

Soon we finished eating, chatting along happily as we walked out of the cafeteria and to the assembly hall where KS would be performing.

We all found seats and I left one open for Kazune, which he soon joined.

When everyone was settled in and kept quiet, fog started appearing from all directions, clouding everyone's vision. Then, bright neon lights flashed through the fog from the stage and the performance began.