I took a long time to write this chapter but I'm still not satisfied with it.
Anyway, good reading!
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"I can help you to overcome your trauma of you want."
"Eh, really? Himekawa-kun, please help me."
"Okay then, let's do it right now."
"Eh? Right now? You mean, like, right now?"
"Yup, do you want to?"
"Wait! Wait a minute! Can you please let me think about it for a moment?"
"I know it was a bit abrupt so take your time."
With that, I just waited for her to make her decision.
"Himekawa-kun, I'll do it. Please, tell me what to do."
"Okay. I'd suggest you to change into your sleepwear first."
"... Eh? I-is that really necessary?" She asked as her face turned red.
"Well, not really necessary but that will be better for you."
"Uh... Okay then. So, can you please go out so I can change?"
"Okay."
With that, I went of her room for a bit. I contacted one of my Pokemon with my telepathy and after a moment, she teleported to my location. It was Lina, my shiny Gardevoir.
After waiting for a while, I heard Karuizawa's voice from inside the room.
"Himekawa-kun, you can enter now!"
Opening the door, I saw her wearing a blue nightgown reaching her knees. Her hair were let loose instead of her usual ponytail. With her shy reaction, she gave a different vibe than usual.
"Okay then, Karuizawa, lay down on your bed. Also, take this, your Gyarados' PokeBall."
"O-okay."
Following my instruction, she took the PokeBall containing her Gyarados from my hand. Just like for me and my wives, the maids' Pokemon rarely sleep in their PokeBall. Some of them sleep outside the mansion due to their size or by choice. I asked Lina to fetch this Gyarados from the sea behind the mansion before teleporting here.
Karuizawa laid down on her bed, holding the PokeBall, while I sat near her waist and Lina was standing near the bed.
"From now on, everything would depend on you. Just remember I'll be there to help you, okay?"
"Um, Himekawa-kun, what are we going to do?"
"Well, you'll know soon enough. Are you ready?"
"Um, I'm not really sure, but, you can start."
"Okay, then, close your eyes. And remember, Karuizawa, you're not alone."
As she did so, I took her hand holding on the PokeBall in mines which caused her to blush slightly while Lina put her hand on Karuizawa's forehead.
From our hands, a pink aura spread all over her body until it covered her completely, and she fell asleep.
'Good luck, Karuizawa.'
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"Kei, wake up, it's already the morning!"
"...Um... Please... Five more minutes."
"You're going to be late, you know! Today's your first day in your new school."
"Mngh, okay, fine, I'll wake up. Good morning mom!"
"Good morning, Kei! Come downstairs after changing into your uniform, the breakfast is almost ready."
"Okay mom!"
Waking up, I stood up from my bed, took the grey sailor uniform with red bow hanging on the wall and stood in front of the mirror. With a yawn, I removed my pajama top. It was then that I saw it, the scar from last year. I couldn't help but feel nauseous everytime I see it. It took me a few minutes to calm down and put on my uniform.
From today on, I'm a high school student. It's a new beginning for me. I have to make sure that I wouldn't get bullied anymore, no matter what.
I tied my hairs in a high ponytail with a light blue scrunchies and after putting on a light makeup, I went down the stairs.
"Good morning Kei!"
"Morning dad!"
When I reached the living room, my father was eating good breakfast while looking at the news on the TV.
"Ready for your first day at school?" He asked.
"Yes, I am."
"Kei, if something like in middle school happens again, please, tell us." Advised my father.
"Your father's right, Kei. We almost lost you that time. We don't want it to happen again." Added my mother while putting my breakfast on the table.
"Okay, mom, dad. I promise I'll tell you if something like that happen again."
"That's good. Anyway, eat you breakfast before it gets cold."
With that, we started to eat our breakfast. I'm very thankful to my parents for supporting me. We even moved away from where we lived before just so I could live in a different environment.
After having breakfast, I also fed my Pokemon and passed some time with them before going school.
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Shibuya, Miyamasuzaka girls' academy[1].
When I reached the main gate, I saw a lot of girls from the middle school and high school division. The middle school uniform was the same gray sailor uniform as our but had a light blue tie instead of the red bow.
'My new school life start now. I have to do it!' Cheering myself, I started to walk through the gate. Looking around me, I remarked that most of the high school girls already are friends. It's pretty understandable since most of them came from the middle school division. Still, I need to approach some so that the things from middle school wouldn't happen again. Then again, I don't know which are from which year so it's better to start socializing in class.
At that moment, I saw a girl looking around awkwardly, she was even more awkward than I was before. She had a reddish pink hair styled in low twintails and was wearing glasses.
It's highly probably that she's a new first year so I decided to talk with her.
"Hey you, are you new here?"
"Ah! Uhh... Ye... ...new ..." She was taking a bit too low that I couldn't hear anything.
"Can you talk louder." I know that should've scared her a little since my way of speaking was a bit forceful but this is the image I decided to adopt in public.
"Uh... Well… I-I'm new here."
"Is that so? It's the same for me. I had to move around here with my parents due to their job. By the way, my name my is Karuizawa's Kei. What about you?"
"Uhm, my name is Sakura Airi."
With that, the two of us continued to chat as we went towards the gymnasium where the entrance ceremony would be held.
The entrance ceremony took around an hour and we went to the classroom afterwards. It seemed that Sakura and I were in the same class, the class 1-D, so we went there together.
Entering the classroom, I saw no familiar face, which means I'm safe. I don't know what should I do if someone know about me getting bullied in middle school.
The seating plan was written on the blackboard. My seat was the second row on the second column from the windows and Sakura was seated in the fourth seat behind me, which was the back row.
Reaching my seat, I introduced myself to the girls seated near me. It didn't take a long for us to get along with each other, it seems my socializing training wasn't a waste of time.
There's still a long way for me to reach the upper echelon in this school and getting a shortcut by becoming the girlfriend of the most popular guy is not possible in this girls' school.
A few minutes later, the main teacher entered, started the homeroom and asked us to introduce ourselves. Apparently, there were only three new students in our class, me included.
Since it was the first day of school, there was no class so I decided to spend time with some girls in the class afterwards. I asked Sakura to join us but she refused, saying that she already had some plan.
Even though I accepted it this time, I made sure she would come with us next time, albeit a bit forcefully. With such attitude, she could become the main target of a bullying and I don't want to see the first friend I made in this school having to endure such a thing.
By the way, ever since I woke up this morning, I felt some weird sensation on my left hand, like someone is holding it. It felt weird and warm at the same time, like someone's cheering me.
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It's been more than two months since I entered this school. Somehow, I managed to become the class leader, even though I wasn't the class rep.
During these months, I learned few things. Firstly, there were three ex-idols in this school, one in the class 1-C and the other two in the second year. I tried to befriend the one in first year but she was a bit too cold that I didn't manage to.
Secondly, there was a rich girl in the class 1-B, though she doesn't give an ojou-sama vibe. She was very childish and very easy to get along with, also, she was a bit weird but that was also one of her charm. Apparently, her father owns an amusement park not far from the school and other businesses while her mother was from the Himekawa clan and was the CEO of "Princess", a big company of that clan. Somehow, everytime I hear the name of that clan, I felt like I forgot something.
Lastly, I found a certain girl that has very likely been bullied before. I don't think her case was as bad as mine but I know that she have developed of depression. But unlike me who became a leader figure, she seemed like an underling trying to please her friends. I won't say whose way is better since I'm sure some girls don't like me but I've been prepared for it.
"Karuizawa-san, try this!"
Right now, I was shopping with some girls from my class. Even though I got the leader position, I still need to strengthen it and immediately accepted when some girls with whom I didn't interact very much invited me for an outing on the weekend, which is today.
"Wow, it fits you very well!"
"Yeah, it's really good but I actually like the previous one more."
"That's right, not only the style but also the colors, the previous one are better on her."
"Well, I also think so. Let's try other outfits."
After trying other outfits, we decided to go to a nearby cafe.
Somehow, the smile of these girls makes me feels a bit uneasy, I know they were among those who didn't like me very much but today, they're acting somehow suspiciously.
Walking out of the shopping center, we landed up on the Shibuya scramble crossing. As we were waiting to cross through, we met up with some girls I didn't want to meet for a lifetime, the group that bullied me in middle school.
"Oh, Karuizawa! I didn't expect to meet you, how are you?"
"You… w-why are you here?" I started to shiver seeing her.
"Wow, look at you now, you've changed a lot compared to when we were in Yokohama[2]."
"Hoh, did she really change that much?"
"Yup, she was a meek girl that was bullied in school. You should've seen her, she was really pitiful, hahaha!"
"Heh, it's pretty hard to imagine this "Leader" was someone like that."
"Leader huh. How comes this girl is your leader?"
"That's just because this sly bitch befriended the most popular girls in our class and the rest couldn't help but go along with it. There's no way I would accept someone who came in our school just few months ago as a leader and a few girls from the class also think so."
I already knew some girls were dissatisfied with me but I didn't expect them to be like this.
"Heh, she's shivering like a leaf. Haha, I knew this bitch wasn't worth being a leader."
"Hey, let me show you something!"
"N-no!"
One of the girls that bullied me approached me and I instinctively protected my head with my hands but that made it easier for her to lift my shirt.
"Whoa, look at this!"
"A scar! An ugly scar!"
"Wow, that's really disgusting!"
"NO!"
I immediately slapped the girl's hand and hid the scar on my waist and distanced myself from them.
"Hey, why don't we have some fun with her?" Proposed a girl with a water bucket in her hand.
"Oh! I'm in!"
"Me too!"
One after another, they took a bucket full of water in their hand and approached me.
"N-no... Please..."
'Is that it? Will everything I worked hard to achieve end just like this? I... I...'
(Okay, then, close your eyes. And remember, Karuizawa, you're not alone.)
"I WON'T ACCEPT IT!!"
I took out a PokeBall and sent out my Gyarados.
"GYAAAA!!"
The girls took a step backwards in fear due to Gyarados' roar.
"W-wha! H-hey, do you really think you can do what you want just because you have a Pokemon like that? Come, Flaafy!"
"Magnemite!"
"Voltorb!"
"Electabuzz!"
"Electrike!"
"Helioptile!"
"Yamper!"
All of them took out electric Pokemon to counter my Gyarados.
"""Thundershock!"""
"Gyarados, Iron tail!"
Gyarados' tail took a metallic color and thrusted it in the ground. Due to that, their attack didn't deal much damage. The more vulnerable to electric move the Pokemon is, the less damage they would get with this method. From what I remember, electric attacks would deal 1/32 damage on Gyarados with this.
(A/n: 1/4 by inserting a body part in the ground, 1/2 per super effectiveness, 1/2 by using a steel or water type move.
1/4 x 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/32)
I took a bit of distance before ordering.
"Gyarados, earthquake!"
"Gyaaa!"
With its tail still in the ground, Gyarados released a ground type wave that swept over their Pokemon. The Magnemite that was hovering near the ground immediately got knocked out while the other were badly damaged.
"Wait, h-how? This isn't supposed to be like this!"
"Gyarados, finish it, earthquake!"
With a final move, all of their Pokemon got knocked out.
As I approached them, they were shivering while looking at me.
"P-please, can you let us go? Please?"
"Tch, I won't fall as lowly as you so I won't do anything. But if you try to do anything else, I won't let you go so easily, do you understand?"
They nodded and immediately ran away. Somehow, I managed to conquer my past. I feel liberated.
(Okay, then, close your eyes. And remember, Karuizawa, you're not alone.)
I don't remember who said that to me but I'm thankful to whoever it is.
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It's been a week since that incident. The girls from before weren't satisfied and told the class about my past and my scar but they got hated by the whole class when I told what they tried to do.
And somehow, I became even more popular after that. Even the other girls who were dissatisfied with me began to accept me.
Right now, I was in an outing with my friends, the girls I genuinely consider as friends.
"Hey, Karuizawa, are you really sure you want to expose it like that?"
"Well, even though I don't really like it, this scar is a part of myself, and a past I managed to overcome. I don't want to live behind a facade anymore."
I was wearing a short shirt that exposed my midriff along with the scar on my waist and a skirt reaching my mid-thighs.
"Seriously, you're a really strong girl. I would've liked if I had even a portion of your courage."
"Well, don't worry about it, Sakura. We're friends so I'll help you. Also, it would've been harder for me if it wasn't for a certain person who helped me."
"Eh? Who is it? Is it a guy?"
"It's a secret!"
"Eh? Don't be stingy!"
Well, I'm not sure who is it but I know they're there.
At that moment, I saw someone in the corner of my eye and my heart skipped a beat. I immediately ran up to him and ignored my friend who were calling me.
He had a black hair, pink eyes and a handsome face. He was the person who supported me all the way. My memories are a bit messy right now but I know he's the one.
"Wait! You! Himekawa-kun!"
When I called him, he stopped in his track and looked at me with a smile. When I reached him, he put his hand on my head and said.
"Good job, Karuizawa. It's been hard for you right? I'm happy you did it. Now it's time to go back."
"Ah, wait, Himekawa-kun!"
He suddenly disappeared and I couldn't find him anywhere.
"Himekawa-kun? Himekawa-kun…
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"Himekawa-kun!"
I stretched my hand as if to hold something but there was nothing.
Looking around me, I was in a room, my room, the one in Himekawa's mansion, and I was on my bed.
"Wait, the mansion? That's right! Wait, does that mean everything was a dream?"
I stood up and went towards the mirror. I removed my nightgown and saw the wound on my waist. However, unlike before, I didn't feel nauseous anymore when I saw it.
So that was it, Himekawa-kun told me he would help me and I fell asleep. I'm sure that dream was his way to help me.
That's really mean. Forcing me to revive my trauma like that... But well, I'm not complaining seeing how effective it was. Everything was just a dream but I managed to overcome my trauma with it.
From now on, I don't need to live behind a fake persona anymore.
"Anyway, let's start this new day!"
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[1] Miyamasuzaka girls' academy is one of the two school from the game Project Sekai COLORFUL STAGE ft. Hatsune Miku
[2] Yokohama is a city in the south of Tokyo.
Don't forget the power stones.