A little help (open)

[Xiang Lien]

After a few weeks enrolling in the Academy, Xiang Lien found herself camping at the Amegawa. For a Chinese girl like her, she didn’t really understand the meanings behind those words. She had heard from her class teacher, “Amegawa” means rain and river and this utopia was a private place, reserve only for the Alice users. A tinge feeling of elated tugs her pure heart. For the first time in her life, she didn’t pity herself but proud of herself having this special gift. But she’s not going to boast around about her unique ability due to she was surrounded by numerous Alice wilder as well. Plus, it’s not her personality to boast, she rather keeps it to herself and amazingly she found Alice Academy as a home. Day after day, she can walk peacefully without someone chattering about her. No mocking, no teasing. It was like heaven.

In the morning, she woke up early than usually. Taking all the stuff she thinks she needs for the camping, she was off to the camp site. And here she was, trying desperately to make a camp. Her position was kneeling to the ground; one of her hand was holding a rope while the other one was a stick. A huge sigh could be heard escaping from the lips of this Ice manipulator. She was too engulf with her work, not noticing the scenery around her. It was simply breathtaking. Grabbing a piece of paper, she read it once again. This paper was the instruction how to make a perfect tent. Her amethyst orbs kept shifting to the paper and then to materials. She never thought making a simple tent was that difficult. After a while battling with herself, she slumps down to the hard earth with both of her hands at the back spreading wide. That’s it, she surrenders.

[xxRyuu²-kun]

<sub>Ryuusuke Endou. A 1A student. Soul Alchemist. A dumb and abnormal student just got up from bed completely ignoring the fact that the day was supposed to be spend in a camping in Amegawa. A place reserved for Alice users.

Being his usual morning self, he stood up not thinking of anything then got his towel from the hanger and went to the bathroom to take some bath. As the first drop of water reaches his scalp, he stood shocked, stunned and cannot move any part of his body. He was stunned for the fact that he had completely forgotten everything about the camping and didn't prepare his stuff last night when he was supposed to do it. He was so nervous and didn't know what to do, that he left the warm water opened and flowing through his naked body.

Analizing everything, he take a bath as quickly as he could, have his body dried and wear his usual clothes, a plane shirt, jeans and the ragged shoes that seems to be owned by him when he was only three and was just forced his feet to wear it.

As soon as he finished grooming his self, he rushed to his cabinet and grab everything that he needed. Clothes, shoes, slippers, flip flops, socks, everything that he can bring along with his camping bag. He put them all inside and grabbed it to put it on his bag and go on his way.

The sun is quite good, very good he might say. The sun is up to serve that whole alice academy students the nicest day ever. As he arrived in the camping sight, he used his alice and summon ghost to build his tent and for him to just relax and look around.

While he was lurking around, he saw a girl, quite petite, who seems to be having difficulties in his life, or maybe just with his tent, he completely knew that this is one of the major problems of girls in the camping, 'how to fix and make a fine tent.'

he walks towards the girl and sit on her side.

"Hi," he said while smiling as usual,

"Do you need help?" he asked.</sub>

[Xiang Lien]

Her eye lids slowly droops and her mind started to wonder around while her hand still place down on the hard soil. It’s been a while since her last camp trip and due to it her camp building skill fades away eaten by time. The young girl was worried and scolds herself for her own stupidity. Oh, where is she going to sleep tonight if her attempts of making her own camp failed miserably. She clutches the ground as her hand was now dirtied by the soil. Asking for help is perhaps the answer? She shook her head disapproving her own thoughts, she was too afraid to ask for a hand and furthermore the others seem to have their own job to accomplish.

"Hi, Do you need help?"

A voice interrupts her thought. Did somebody talk to her? Opening wide her amethyst eyes, she looked for the person’s voice. Her head turns to her side and founded the culprit. Like if she were seeing a ghost, she jumped up and ended up, standing up with her right hand place on her chest. It was surprising to her. How could you not? She place down her hand, when the feeling of surprise vanish. Looking down to the ground, her foot was playing with the stone on the ground, feeling a bit of scare. Playing her fingers, she sighs in defeat, she needs help. She doesn’t care what this guy thought about her, as long as she’s not sleeping on the ground tonight.

"Yes, please."

[xxRyuu²-kun]

He smiled as usual. He definately know that the girl needs his help because of the girl's face. As he saw the girl feel a bit of fear for her, he even smile widely. He was so happy to shock someone again, but instead of continously shocking or scaring someone, he just gave the girl what he wanted. - Help.

He concentrate, concentrate then concentrate. He's planning to summon as many ghost as he can to help them build the girl's tent. Although he feels so exhausted by summoning five ghost to build his own tent, he just can't fight the urge to help others, specially the girl.

He took a deep breath and begin to close his eyes, slowly, visible ghosts and spirits appear in the vicinity. He knew the fact that he might scare the girl. But instead of concentrating on that, he focused more on summoning the needed ghost.

As he finished summoning 5 ghosts, he opened his eyes and directly look into the girl if ever he felt something different about his alice. He stood up and just give the girl a comforting smile.

"This is my alice, I use ghosts to work for me. Spirit Alchemy." he said.

[Xiang Lien]

Her pink hue lips form a smile when the guy smiled at her. Maybe, he was a nice guy due to he was offering her a help and actually helped her. Her mind rewinds the past when everyone in her school hated her. Like usual school, her old school organized a camping trip just like this. Many said they are going to help her but the thing is, it was mockery. To them she was a toy and they played her string of fate and that’s why she earns the skill to build her own camp without leaning at others. But it was a long time ago. Now, she was back where she knows nothing about it.

From her wide amethyst orbs, the guy smiles got wider. It kind of freaks her a little. Did he sense her fear towards him? Or he was just amused looking at her behaviour? She never knows what’s playing on the person’s head. Fear started to burns her body as she thinks the guy is just playing with her. She knew it was good to be true, someone was actually helping her. But it seems the guy was concentrating on something as he closes his eyes. Then appeared out of nowhere was 5 ghost. She was sure now he was hundred percent playing with her.

She was about to scream for help but the guy open his eyes, giving her a comfort smile and explain about his alice and he uses it to help him. Her mouth form an O and the fear started to vanish replace with the feeling of guilty. This guy was trying to help her and here she was accusing him with something he didn’t do.

“Oh, I see.”

[xxRyuu²-kun]

"Your face seems new around here," he looked every single direction he can look to to tell the girl that she's definitely a new face in the academy. Considering Ryuu as a very unstable guy in the academy who keeps on walking and walking all around the academy if he's out of class and with a little help from his photographic memory, he can surely memorize every face and every appearance that he can see.

As a new student, Ryuusuke Endou once knew the feeling of being alone, out-casted, lonely and having the urge of talking to himself anytime while walking around. And he knew that, those things were hard.

Being his usual sensitive self when dealing with girls, Ryuusuke smiled again as if he was like a hoodlum who's taking the opportunity of grabbing the girl, though of course it's not like that.

He sat on the grass, as his five summoned ghosts were now dealing with the girl's tent. He opened his palm, put it inside his pocket, grab a chocolate bar and reach it to the girl.

"Here," he said as he gesture his hand towards the girl to give her the chocolate bar.

[Xiang Lien]

Xiang just nodded her head when he said she was a new face in the so called academy. It’s been 3 weeks since she arrived and she considered herself lucky to survive those long days. Thinking about the past few weeks made a smile form on her lips. She thought the academy held the same similarity with her old school, where everyone hates her and dislikes her. All because of one reason, she didn’t have a father and mother. But here, it was different though. Never had she encountered a person that was being mean to her and she felt grateful to that. Finally, she found somewhere to fit in.

She looked at the busy ghosts who are currently making her camp and then to their master. The guy must consume a lot of power to control the non-living creature just to help her. She felt a slight guilty and touch with his kindness. She must repay for his good deed somehow. She closes her amethyst eyes for a moment, thinking about what she should repay him with. Helping with his homework, perhaps? Or maybe not. Opening back her eyes, she saw a hand filled with a chocolate bar extended to her. Is he giving it to me? She thought, looking at the guy. Reaching out for the chocolate bar, she hesitantly takes it from his hand.


“Thank you…”

[xxRyuu²-kun]

"Your welcome," he muttered.

he just observe the girl while still waiting for the ghost to finish their deed.

This past few days, he has been good to people, specially with girls. He is not like that originally since he's a type of person who is snobbish originally. But when he arrived here, he started to change his personality, from someone who doesn't know the world to a man who is known by the world.

He smiled as he remember a memory from his past, the day when he actually made a friend in the academy, and talk to someone else except for his summoned ghost.

"You'll be gaining the courage someday, and that courage will make you shine," he said to the girl smiling, as usual.

[`Shaira`]

At the same time, Shaira is looking around the forest and is happy for being in a clean environment just like this. She is writing to her diary when suddenly she noticed a girl and a boy talking just a distance. She look at them and thought it will be good if she could have friends that's why she shyly say hello to them. "Hello... uhhhmmm... I'm just new here and I need someone to talk to... I'm really in a sad mood because no one would talk to me. Uhhmmm.. Can I know you're name?", she asked them.

[xxRyuu²-kun]

As he was blabbering ridiculous things to the girl that she just helped. Another girl from the horizon popped up. A new comer again, he presumed, because he doesn't recognize the face of the girl. As he faces the new girl, and as the girl was blabbering things to him, he just smiled and listened.

'A sad? girl' he asked himself as he was struck by the word sad,

Then the girl asked his name.

"My name is Ryuusuke Endou, call me Ryuu or Yuu if you like, which ever you presume will do." he replied happily and then smiled after wards.

The smile that caught many eyes from the academy, the sweetest smile a guy could ever give.