By Joy Lyn
In room 210, Mitsuru was trying to finish his math homework. Shun had come over and was fidgeting and talking nervously, and it was hard to concentrate. Of course, these days it was ALWAYS hard to concentrate in Greenwood. That was why Shinobu had called a meeting in their room; they needed a way to fix this soon. Nagisa was just the icing on the cake. Why couldn't she have come when they had time to deal with her? Mitsuru reminded himself that getting irritated would NOT get his homework done, and was just about to resume working on it, when someone knocked on the door to his room.
"Come in," he called.
Hasukawa came in, followed by another (much prettier) redhead. From the way he moved, Mitsuru could tell the stranger knew martial arts. *Why is he carrying a rose?*
"This is Minamino Shuuichi," he announced, "and this is Shinobu's roommate Mitsuru, and my roommate Shun."
Mitsuru raised an eyebrow. "Relative of yours, Hasukawa?" *Not many people have that color hair.*
"Iie," answered the newcomer, "actually I'm a relative of Shinobu's. He called me earlier today and asked if I could come over after school."
"That must have been after he talked to Nagisa!" exclaimed Hasukawa. "But why is she scared of you? I didn't think she was sane enough to be scared of anyone!"
Shuuichi smiled faintly. "Several years ago, when my mother and I were visiting our relatives, Nagisa fell into a rosebush. She kept insisting I made the rosebush attack her. Ever since, she's been terrified of me, especially when we're around roses." He looked just a little TOO innocent.
*Poor Shinobu!* thought Shun *His family has such trouble getting along!*
*Is EVERYONE Shinobu's related to strange?*
*Note to self - ask roommate how dangerous his cousin is*
"Hello, everyone." Shinobu called from the doorway. "I see that you've met Shuuichi. I asked him to come here because he knows a lot about the occult, and I thought he'd be able to help us with the problems we've been having here lately."
End Part 2