She was trembling all over. In panic she ran away from the dark and wanted to go back into the light, but she couldn't find it. Desperate, she kept walking, looking back to make sure the darkness wasn't engulfing her. But her steps slowed and suddenly everything was black before her eyes. With a loud scream, she winced violently and opened her eyes. She felt her heart pound and she breathed in and out very quickly. She noticed that her whole body was covered in sweat and was scorching hot. She let her gaze wander over her surroundings and realized that she was in her room. She took a sigh of relief and her pulse returned to normal. The same nightmare again, thought Anna. She hated those nights when she dreamed of her past. She wanted to forget everything, but she couldn't. She looked tiredly at the clock to make sure she hadn't overslept.Fortunately, it was still very early. Since she could no longer sleep, she got up and gave herself an ice cold shower. She did this every morning to wake up. With wet hair and a bathrobe, she went into the kitchen and made her breakfast. She sat on a chair and comfortably ate her toast. From the kitchen she could see her entire apartment well because it wasn't particularly big. Right next to the kitchen was the "living room", which could not be called this. There was only a small TV and a table with pillows around it. If you turned straight ahead from the kitchen and then turned left, you came to her room, which consisted of a bed, a cupboard and a desk. That was her apartment, but she didn't think it was too cramped. Her old apartment, in which she had lived last month, was much smaller than this one. She had to spread the bed next to the television.She was glad she moved here to Tokyo. She sighed. It's so quiet here. But she had got used to that too. Silence ... loneliness ... She suddenly shook her head.No, no, no! That's a good thing Anna, she told herself.[i]There is no one who annoys you.She took a deep breath and got up. Now she had to get ready for her first day at school in Tokyo. New faces again, but that didn't bother her since she didn't have any friends in her old school either. She quickly slipped into her new school uniform, straightened her hair, picked up her school bag and stepped out of her apartment door, which she immediately locked. Then she went down the stairs and out into the street, which was full of people. She made her way to school with steady steps. When she stood directly in front of the white building and many students passed her, she took a deep breath and continued her steps.First of all, she has to report to the director. It was a friendly old man with a long white beard, about fifty. Full of enthusiasm and joy, he shook her hand and handed it to the class teacher Ms. Naomi, who was a young and beautiful woman. Anna heard the noise right in front of the class door. Together with Mrs. Naomi she entered the classroom and she immediately noticed how innumerable eyes were staring at her. But she was by no means nervous, as she had seen this situation very often. But she immediately felt a special aura that was in the classroom. She quietly stood in front of the blackboard next to the teacher's desk while Ms. Naomi introduced Anna to the other classmates.
"This is your new classmate, Anna Kyoyama. She just moved to Tokyo. So I hope you will take good care of her."
Ms. Naomi turned back to Anna and pointed to an empty seat in the classroom.
"You can sit down there next to Yo."Without hesitation, Anna moved towards the open space while they followed many looks, especially those of the classmates. When she sat down on the chair, the brown-haired boy spoke to her.
"How are you? My name is Yo Asakura. I hope we will get along well."
But to his great surprise, Anna didn't answer him. On the contrary, she just ignored him. Anger rose in him.She's really conceited.He wanted to address her again, but it didn't come to that. He heard Mrs. Naomi's voice.
"Yo, I think it's good that you are so helpful and want to take care of our new classmate. But I hope that you pay as much attention to my class as you did to Anna."
Immediately there was a great laugh and Yo wanted to crawl into a hole because he was the coolest and most popular student in the class. His anger rose immeasurably.Well wait, I'll show you.Because of you, I embarrassed myself in front of the whole class!Anna noticed his angry look, but she didn't care.
During the lunch break, several students came up to Anna who wanted to befriend her. But Anna ignored them all. The girls didn't have a chance with her either, and on the very first day she was classified as arrogant. Exercise was on the schedule for the last two hours. Her current topic was jumping buck and Anna surprised many with her athleticism. She was one of the best of the girls. At the end of the gym class, the girls changed their clothes in the locker room. Anna was still changing and was the only one in the cabin while the other girls were finished and went home. Meanwhile, Yo had already moved and as he walked down the hall, he tried to forge a plan to get back at the conceited Anna. He thought of putting a spider in her school bag or adding lots of wasabi *(Japanese horseradish, the root of which is a very hot spice in Japanese cuisine; comparable to hot mustard)in her lunch.He had to smile at the thought. Meanwhile Anna took off her sweaty sports gear. Just as she was about to put on her skirt, she spotted a huge spider on it and immediately a scream echoed across the changing room and the entire hallway. Yo, who has just passed the girls' dressing room, turned around with a jerk and ran towards the cabin. The scream sounded horrific and without thinking he opened the door of the cabin and what he saw there almost made him suffocate. Before his eyes stood half-naked Anna, who had screamed about a spider. Yo stood rooted to the door and his face turned red. His reaction wasn't quick enough and he couldn't turn around because his legs didn't obey him. But to his horror, Anna noticed him and her scream grew louder. Like a madwoman she picked up her school bag and threw it at Yo. If he hadn't been fast enough, there wouldn't have been much left of his head because Anna could aim very well.As if stung by a tarantula, he turned straight away and ran down the hall. Anna, who was still in shock, couldn't believe that he had just seen her half-naked. She clenched her fists and she was very, very angry.
That was the beginning of a war ...