Disclaimer: I don't own most of the characters, but at the moment I do own this particular story line because it is before the Manga.
Ch. 1 Introductions
"Class, we have a new student. Her family just moved back to Japan from America."
"Ooh!"
"Hello, everyone. My name is Anaiya Midori." The black hair with purple tips she held back in a high ponytail spilled over her shoulder.
"Welcome, Anaiya." Responded the class in unison.
Anaiya raised her head, but kept her hands clasped tightly in front of her skirt. After four years of wearing whatever she wanted in America, wearing a short skirt uniform was extremely uncomfortable. She felt as though her skirt was barely covering her, but that was mainly due to her exceptionally long legs. Luckily her blouse was a bit loose so she didn't feel as if her chest were going to pop out.
"Hm. Let's see where to put you." The teacher began mumbling to herself. "Ah. Sado, please raise your hand." A very large, very tan arm raised into the air slowly. "Anaiya, you may sit in front of Sado." Anaiya nodded and made her way over to the desk in front of the boy named Sado. Everything about him was large. His chest was so broad that it blocked out everything behind him. His brown hair fell in curls over his brown eyes. His full lips stayed closed throughout class. His skin was so dark there was no way he'd spent his whole life in Japan.
Paying attention during class was difficult because Anaiya had no idea what was going on. She still spoke Japanese. She still read Japanese. She could still count in Japanese. But Anaiya had no idea what this teacher was talking about. What were they supposed to be learning about? Anaiya wanted to cry, she was so lost and confused. She dropped her forehead into her hand and sighed inaudibly.
The bell rang and everything went into chaos. "Lunch time! Lunch time! I love lunch time!" A boy with chin length, light brown hair danced over to Sado.
"Sado, Anaiya, would you come up here for a moment?"
"Un." They both rose and Anaiya was delighted to find that Sado was taller than her, by quite a bit. The top of her head was only at his shoulder.
"Anaiya, I realize that coming straight back into a Japanese school after four years in America can be hard. So I would like to ask Sado to tutor you."
"Oh! Um, it's really alright. I wouldn't want to impose on-"
"It's fine." Sado interrupted.
"Oh. Um. Okay." Anaiya nodded and smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, Sado. You are both excused."
Sado walked back to the loud singing boy. When Anaiya turned around there was a very large breasted, very light haired girl in her face. "You're Anaiya and my name's Orihime. This is Tatsuki and you should have lunch with us."
"Oh." Tatsuki was a lean girl with short black hair and a smiling face. "Um. A-alright. If it's not any trouble."
"It's no trouble." Tatsuki smiled again.
"No trouble at all!" Orihime grabbed Anaiya's hand and ran down three flights of stairs and outside, only stopping once they were under a tree. "Yay!"
Anaiya collapsed and breathed heavily. "You have a lot of energy, don't you?"
"Yep!" Orihime sat and soon Tatsuki ran up with some other girls.
"Geez, Orihime." Tatsuki sat next to Anaiya and opened up a box to get her lunch. "Don't you have a lunch?"
"Oh, uh. Guess I forgot." Anaiya smiled and rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment.
"Do you want some of mine?" Orihime held out a sandwich oozing red and green with a tiny hint of something that used to be white.
"Um…what is it?"
"It's a wasabi and red bean paste sandwich with mayonnaise and pickles."
"Um. I'm okay." Relaxing against the base of a tree, Anaiya didn't notice her chest stretching against the material of her blouse.
There was a gasp. "Look! Look at the glorifying beauty and hugeness! They rival Orihime's!"
"Huh?" Anaiya opened her eyes to see a slight girl with oddly colored hair and glasses running toward her with open arms. "AH!"
"Shut up Chizuru." Tatsuki tripped the girl and they started a yelling match. For a moment Anaiya simply watched the exchange, completely confused.
"So, Anaiya," Orihime scooted to sit closer to the new girl. "Do you think any one in our class is cute?"
"Um. Well…" Anaiya blushed.
"OOOH! She likes someone!" Tatsuki and Chizuru stopped quarreling and a few other girls scooted in closer as well. "So, who do you like?"
"Well, it's really way too soon for me to like anyone…but I kinda think that Sado is cute."
"Good choice!" Orihime smiled. "You like 'em big and strong. I like Ichigo! He's friends with Sado."
"He's not the guy who came over singing about lunch time is he?"
"No, that's Keigo. Be careful about him, he's crazy." Tatsuki smiled at Orihime. "Ichigo is a troublemaker with orange hair. You won't be able to miss him."
"Does he bleach it?"
"Nope. Been that way since I met him when we were kids. It gets him in trouble a lot."
"Oh. So what about…"
"Sado? Sado's…interesting. From what I've heard, he used to get beat up a lot when he first came here, wouldn't life his fists for anything. But now it's like he and Ichigo have a pact. They fight for each other."
"That's kinda…sweet."
"I-I guess so." Tatsuki gaped at Anaiya who stared at the sun through the trees.
The day wore on and Anaiya got more and more nervous about Sado tutoring her. When? Where? Would he initiate questioning or would she have to? Was he actually going to tutor her, or was he going to ditch her?
"What time would be best for you?"
"Huh? What?" Anaiya looked around and realized that everyone was leaving. Turning sideways in her seat, Anaiya found that Sado had been talking to her.
"When should we study?"
"Oh." She blushed in embarrassment. He probably thought she was a complete airhead. "Uh. I don't know, um, whenever is best for you."
"I'm free now."
"Oh, okay, um…"
"Should we go to your house then?"
"Uh, yeah." Anaiya stood to leave, not believing she was acting like such an idiot.
"CHAD!" The boy who Anaiya learned was called Keigo ran to Sado. "What are you doing talking to this incredibly well endowed woman and not introducing me?"
"Oh, sorry. Anaiya, this is—"
"My name is Keigo and we are absolutely meant to be together!"
Anaiya had to smile and blush from the attention. "Sorry, Keigo. Sado and I were just on our way to my house to go study, so we really have to go now."
"What?" Keigo got all teary eyed, causing Anaiya to step back and fall into her chair again. "You're going and you didn't invite me?"
"You don't study." Sado pointed out calmly.
"I see what this is!" He seemed really angry until he clasped his hands to the side of his head and got a kissy face. "You liiiiiiiike her!" Sado and Anaiya both blushed and turned away slightly.
"Keigo, come on!" A voice from outside the classroom caught Keigo's attention.
"Coming Misuiro!" Keigo started out then looked back. "This isn't over!" When he was gone Sado and Anaiya sighed.
"Tatsuki was right. He is crazy." Sado grunted in agreement. "Um, I'm confused. I thought your name was Sado?"
"It is. They just call me Chad. Cuz Ichigo thought that's what my name was when we first met."
"Oh. Okay then." Anaiya stood again and walked out with Sado close behind.
The walk home was peacefully quiet, even though Anaiya had to stop a couple times to remember which way home was. Sado wasn't much of a talker which was fine because Anaiya was entirely too nervous to talk. "Oh! Here we are." Anaiya stopped in front of a two story, white house with a large garden and a sign that read: 'Midori's Herbal Medicine'.
"Your family makes medicine?"
"Herbal remedies. It's mainly my mom, but I know how to make most of them." Anaiya smiled and opened the white picket gate. "Please come in." When they got into the house, Anaiya flung her shoes off and ran through the kitchen, completely forgetting about Sado for a moment. "Mamma? Daddy? I'm home!"
"We're in the living room." Called a male voice.
Remembering herself, Anaiya turned to the front door. "Sado, come in, you can meet my family."
"Un." Sado slipped his large shoes off and followed Anaiya into the living room where three people sat on a couch watching t.v.
"Mamma, daddy, this is Sado. He is going to tutor me so I can catch up with the rest of Japan."
The woman had long straight black hair and warm brown eyes. She smiled with thin lips. "Welcome to our home, Sado."
The man had short, light brown hair and green eyes like Anaiya's. His full lips broke into a welcoming smile. "Thank you for taking the time to help our daughter. I hope it isn't an inconvenience."
"Not at all."
"Wow! You're huge!" A little boy with short black hair and large brown eyes stood at the base of the couch staring agape at Sado's huge form.
"Aki!" The woman grabbed the child and scolded him for being so rude.
"Um, we'll be in the kitchen." Anaiya grabbed Sado's arm and blushed at the thought of doing that regularly.
"Alright. Have fun." Anaiya's father waved and continued to watch t.v.
"Sorry about that." Anaiya put her things down at the table. "Do you mind if I go change?"
"No."
"Okay." Anaiya ran up the stairs as quickly as she could, she still wasn't quite used to the steepness of the stairs.
"So, Sado, will you be staying for dinner?" Anaiya's mother glided through the kitchen. She was about the same height as Anaiya.
"Um."
"I'll take that as a yes." She went around the kitchen collecting different foods and piling them on a plate. "Here. Have a snack before dinner." Taking an Oreo off the plate the woman sighed. "These are Anaiya's favorite. I can't imagine why." She smiled and left as Anaiya stumbled back down the stairs.
"It's going to take me forever to get used to those stairs again." She had changed into long black yoga pants and a purple tank top under a large gray sweatshirt. Her hair was still in a high ponytail, and now she wore nothing on her feet. "Oh, Oreos." She took out her books without grabbing one. She knew it was stupid, but she was afraid to eat in front of him.
"They're your favorite." Anaiya smiled and nodded. Sado took one and munched. "They're good."
Anaiya grabbed one and savored the flavor. She didn't know how much longer she'd have them around the house. "I don't know where you want to start."
"What's your worst subject?"
"Math. In any language math is horrid. But it seems like forever since I worked with Japanese numbers in math like this."
"Mm. Let's start at the beginning." Sado turned to the first page in their math book with problems. "Do this one."
"Un." Anaiya spent five minutes trying to figure it out before she came up with the wrong answer.
"Okay." Sado spent ten minutes explaining the correct way to do the problem before Anaiya finally understood.
"Oh!" She proceeded to do thirty of the same type of questions before they moved on. "Ugh."
Soon, smells of dinner wafted through the air and they were only on the fifth section of math. The class, of course, was on the twelfth. "Okay. Clear off the table. It's dinner time." Anaiya's dad brought in dinner plates as Anaiya and Sado cleared their things into the foyer with their shoes. As they sat at the dining room table again, plates were being laid out. There was rice, salad, pork on a stick, tofu, and veggies.
"Yuuuummmm!" Yelled Aki as he sat next to Sado.
Dinner was filled with talking and laughing from Anaiya's family and almost silence from Anaiya and Sado. "So, Anaiya," Anaiya's father stuck a toothpick in his mouth. "What are you learning in History?"
"Oh, um, I'm not sure." Anaiya looked to Sado for an answer.
"If you want we can go get my old history notes after dinner." Sado kept his face down as he spoke.
"Oh. Thank you."
"Yes, thank you, Sado. You are being so helpful to our Anaiya. You know, it's not easy for her to come back to Japan after four years in America. I'm glad she's made a friend. And such and attractive one too."
"Mom!" Anaiya blushed several shades of crimson. She didn't notice that Sado did as well, but her mother did. "I think we should get going before it gets too dark." Anaiya stood and all but ran for the foyer. "Sado?"
"Thank you for the wonderful meal." Sado bowed and went to the foyer.
"And so polite! This one's a keeper, Kaido."
"Mom!"
"Take the dogs Anaiya." Her father called before she was out the door.
"Take the dogs Anaiya," she mimicked, "have you ever walked three dogs at the same time? I think not because I'm always the one who has to walk the stupid dogs." Anaiya mumbled to herself as she opened the gate in the side of their yard. Sado stood outside the gate and listened to the commotion being caused inside. "Hey babies! Who wants to go for a walk?" Sado could hear the sounds of paws slapping against cement. "Yes, I know, it's all very exciting, isn't it? Where are your necklaces? Where'd they go?" Small yips and a low bark answered her questions. "Alright. Let's go." The gate unlatched and Anaiya emerged with three dogs. Two very small dogs and one very large dog. The small dogs looked about the size of Sado's shoe which was probably as big as they'd get. One was black with brown sections the other was all white and a bit smaller than the black and brown one. The large dog was as tall as Sado's waist and all muscle. It was a pretty beige color with light blue eyes.
As soon as they were all out of the gate the dogs wound themselves around Anaiya's legs in excitement. Then they smelled Sado and went to dash to him. "Ah! Hiro stop! Kiki!" The two little dogs just pulled and yipped, but the large dog was too much for Anaiya to strain against. "Lily, stop! AAAH!" Anaiya actually screamed as she fell off her feet from Lily's strength. She started falling back and thought she'd hit her head soon, but two very strong arms wrapped around her waist. "Unh!" The breath Anaiya had been sucking in left in haste when her chest collided with Sado's.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks." They broke apart when she was standing upright again.
"I can take the big one."
Anaiya nodded and handed him a purple leash attached to the large dog. "Her name is Lilly, She's a pit bull. This is Kiki," She picked up the black and brown dog to unwind herself, "and the other one is Hiro." They began walking and once they were out the gate Anaiya sighed. "I'm sorry about my mom. She-"
"They seem nice."
"Huh?"
"I forgot what it was like to have a family dinner." Sado liked to the sky.
"Is that why you came back to Japan? Because your grandfather died?" Sado tensed and looked at her warily. "Sorry, it's just that I was curious about you, so Tatsuki and Orihime kinda told me about you." He seemed to relax and they continued walking in silence. "Sado, I know we only just met, but you're welcome any time." Sado nodded and they continued.
Sado's house was a small one story. "How do you live here by yourself?" Sado shrugged and pushed the door open.
"You can come in." As he went to go get the papers Anaiya looked around what she could see from the foyer. The place was clean. And he was definitely alone. Anaiya felt the tears weling in her eyes. How alone he must feel, late at night when no one else is in the house to breathe life. A tear slipped down her cheek. "A-are you okay?" Sado stood in the hallway with Lily's leash in one hand and a stack of papers in the other.
Anaiya stared at him sadly for a few moments before shaking her head and rubbing her eye. "Yeah, I'm fine."
Sado handed her the stack of papers. "Why were you crying?"
"Oh, um." Anaiya bit her lip and turned away. "I'm just sad." She smiled.
"Why?"
"Because, you must feel so alone in this house by yourself, it's just so sad."
Sado stared at her briefly. "You cry for me?"
"Hm." Anaiya took Lilly's leash. "I can get back home from here."
"Anaiya—"
"I'll be fine." Anaiya smiled, but it seemed sad. Sado knew what it was like to just need to be alone, so he let her go. "Thank you, Sado. See you at school tomorrow." She inserted ear buds he hadn't noticed before and started walking away.
Sado didn't move from his spot on the porch until he could no longer see her. He sighed heavily. She had cried for him. When was the last time someone had cried for him? She was tall and looked strong, but she was extremely fragile. And though he'd only known her one day, Sado felt the need to protect her. What was going on with him?