New year... New me! What a load of crap. A night can't change who you are, the way you think... but the things that a new year can change is the new events it brings with it. This year is going to be a bomb for me. I'm changing schools, the last one I was in I got kicked out for my vibrant hair color. It's not my bloody fault that my hair is naturally bright red! I've been in most schools in my old town, I got kicked quiet often for all sorts of reason- hair, attitude, grades- but in this school I have decided to stay with it and be at my best behavior (although I'm not prepared to die my hair at all). Not only am I moving schools but also I'm moving to an entirely different town, Karakura Town.
It was rather exciting, getting a new uniform and books. This school will be hard to adapt to, I know no one who lives in this town, I'm a total stranger here, that's all the more reason to try harder here. I'll be able to make friends somehow. So tomorrow is my first day of school, all my thoughts and anticipation kept me up at night. I should really get rested for tomorrow but I can't..! It's too hot in the room but when I open a window it's too bloody cold in here! This is so annoying. I might as well not get any sleep for tomorrow, it all comes down to the same thing.
Once I got comfortable and drowsy, the dark sky outside became a dark purple and then a vibrant pink-orange color. Minutes later a loud beeping sound filled the room. "Grrr... I had an hour's worth of sleep on my first day of school. Great, just what I needed," I grouched to myself as I rolled out of bed. I'm not a morning person at all. For the last couple of weeks I've been waking up at twelve noon and going to bed at 4 in the morning, I should of thought this through before yesterday. The toothpaste stung my tongue when I brushed my teeth so early in the morning, my eyes watered when the hairbrush pulled my hair. I need to make a good impression of myself on the first day so I should put make up on...! It's such an effort to do but it needs to be done.
The day's weather was predicted to be mild and sunny, which was good form me! No need to bring a coat or put on tights. After a painful hour and a half, I was finally fully awake, fully dressed and fully packed for school. My determination to stay in a school for at least a year was never this high! I wasn't sure why but I felt like I'll be able to breeze through the year, maybe because I'll find some people who will understand me..? Or perhaps I just had a good vibe of this town. Never the less it will hopefully be a great start.
The streets outside were full of people, students rushing to different schools and adults going of to work, and I joined them in the crowd. To avoid getting lost I found a couple of students wearing the same uniform as me, I began following them casually. In a couple minutes time I realized that they weren't heading to the school at all, they were heading for town instead...! Well great now I was really lost! I had no idea where to go from town! Should I ask them people who went into the shops? No, they'll think I am some sort of stalker if I do. I need to find some other student to ask about that matter. But sadly that wouldn't work either.
There were no other students walking around the town except me and the ones who went into the super-market. At this rate I'll be late, it's my first day as well. There goes a good first impression, right out the back door. I'm completely lost...! I should have never followed them weird people, they looked a bit dodgy. Now I should just go back the way I came here... but which way was that. My head twisted around as my shoulders sunk down. I can't remember the way I came. Maybe I should ask someone... but that'd be weird. If I wait a while maybe the students will come out of the shop... or some other student will pass here.
Sighing, I slumped down on a bench and looked at all the people passing by. I'm already late for school, I'll probably end up sitting here all day. Still staring at the crowd, I noticed a person wearing the same uniform as me. In a hurry, I stood up and pushed passed the people to get to the female student. This time instead of following her I decided to actually ask for directions. My hand gripped her sleeve and I caught her attention. As soon as she stopped and turned to look at me I smiled and let g of her sleeve. "Hey, would you mind telling me were our school is? You see, I'm new to this town and I'm very lost."
After a moment, the girl smiled at me. "Sure! You can walk with me if you like, I'm going there now," she said brightly. "There were a couple new students last semester but some of them didn't last long. Maybe you'll stay until the end of the year. So what's your name anyway?" We began walking with the current of the crowd.
'Didn't last long...?' what's that supposed to mean? "My name is Akira Fujimori, and what's yours then?" I asked still pondering about her statement. I guess they were as bad as me then if they got kicked out.
"My name is Orihime Inoue, nice to meet you Akira," Orihime offered me her hand and I shook it.
"Yeah you too Orihime," we let go of each others hands and continued walking down he busy high-street. "So uhm, what happened to the students you mentioned earlier then?"
"Oh they just got kicked out. One of them beat some other student up and they both got transferred to two separate schools. Did you dye your hair? It's really pretty," the smile on her face never faded. Her round brown eye sparkled as she looked at me.
"No, I was just born like this actually but thanks. You have very nice eyes by the way..." she had a very nice figure too but it would be a bit weird if a girl complimented her on that, she might think I'm a lesbian or something. Overall she was very pretty.
"You think so? No one has ever complimented me on those. Oh look, that's the school!"
"The scho-..? You mean we're here already? That wasn't long," It took us less than a minute to get here, and I thought the school was kilometers away from the town. The school building looked very clean and... well normal.
Well anyway, there is my new school. New friends, new lessons and hopefully new adventures- that is if I last long enough and behave properly- await me in there. A new life of mine begins here, today.