This is my very first fanfiction story. It is a Kaori/Saya friendship fic. Somewhat yuri I guess. It all depends on how you read into it. Hope you enjoy. I do not own Blood+.
Sentences in italics are Saya's thoughts.
Saya's First Day of School
Saya walks into the school's gymnasium, books in her hand and a school bag slung across her left shoulder. There was a mandatory assembly being held there that would take place in a few minutes. She looked around at the big sea of kids that filled the gym. Everyone at the school was there except for Kai who somehow decided to skip school on Saya's first day at Koza Commercial High School.
He promised that he'd sit next to me. I'm nervous enough as it is. What if I don't get along with the other kids here?
As she continued to watch people, she noticed that she was very different from the other girls at this school. She wasn't into typical things girls her age were into. Hair, makeup, boys were things she hardly paid much attention to. She looked around at the audience as she passed them. All the girls were busy putting on makeup that their parents probably wouldn't have let them step foot out of the house wearing. Some gossiped about someone's latest breakup or ogled some cute boy who was sitting nearby. Saya sighed loudly.
Hopefully I can fit in somewhere.
She stops dead in her tracks nervously and stares at a particular group of kids that looked familiar to her. There was a young guy with a ponytail. His small beard appearing on his lower chin made him seem older than what he really was. He was probably only slightly older than her. He was sitting next to another guy with a very large fro hairstyle and sitting next to him was a young girl with long brown hair who had somewhat of an air about her. She was drinking out of a paper cup with a straw.
Aren't those Kai's friends? Maybe I could sit with them…
"Man I should have skipped school today with Kai. This is boring as hell," Kato said to Kakimoto as he brushed his fro with a hair pick.
"We already got in trouble for skipping class last time. I don't feel like raking leaves again," Kakimoto said while slapping the back of Kato's head.
"Hey what the hell you do that for?" Kato shouted to him.
"Would you guys shut up?" Mao said to both of them. Then she noticed that she was being stared at by Saya and promptly eyes her back, rolling her eyes at her as she did so. Mao gestured her hand over to Kato and Kakimoto to get their attention of how Saya was looking at all of them.
"Hey isn't that the girl who is always hanging out with Kai lately?" Mao asked them in a soft whisper.
"Yeah I think it is. It was like she appeared out of nowhere. Kai barely talks about her with us" Kato replies back to Mao while scratching his head.
"Probably to keep her to himself. She's pretty hot. I'd definitely do her. I'd give her a proper welcome to this school," Kakimoto said as he laughed. Kato nodded in agreement at Kakimoto's statement and began to laugh too.
"Hey that was a good one, man" Kato replied back as he smiled at Kakimoto and giving him a high five, all the while really irritating Mao further.
"Yeah …well I don't like her" Mao replies back to them as she took a sip of her drink. She rapidly flings it across the bleachers, throwing it at Saya.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, YOU FREAK" Mao shouts from where she was sitting. This catches everyone in the auditorium's attention. The cup landed right on the side of Saya's head causing her to drop her books. The ice and orange soda that Mao had been drinking leaked onto Saya's hair and on her shoulder. Everyone in the audience started to roar with laugher and pointed at her. Saya was completely mortified and wanted to crawl into the smallest hole possible. She nervously scrambled to pick up her books.
This is such a nightmare.
"Whoa. Hey Mao. Won't you just chill? That wasn't very nice at all," a small young girl said as she stepped out from the bleachers and went straight up to Saya. She had long brown hair that was held up in a ponytail.
"Hey are you okay?" she asked Saya while helping to pick up her books. Saya nodded yes. "I'm sorry. Mao can be real jerk," she said to Saya with a half smile on her face while handing Saya her books back.
"Thank you so much for sticking up for me" Saya said as tears began to brim in her eyes. Kaori gently wipe some of the soda out of Saya's hair.
"Hey don't let them get to you. THEY'RE JUST A BUNCH OF PUNKS WITH NO LIVES OR SELF ESTEEM THAT HAVE TO PICK ON OTHERS" she said her last sentence loud enough so that Mao could hear her. This caused an already irritated Mao to step down from the bleachers and head straight to Kaori Kinjou.
"I have self esteem, Kaori. This little bitch shouldn't have been staring at me so hard" Mao said getting up into Kaori's face. Mao was taller than Kaori so it appeared as if she was towering over the smaller girl.
"Seriously Mao you should be happy that someone actually wants to look at you" Kaori says with a grin on her face trying her best to appear innocent.
"Why you little bit…" Mao geared up to hit Kaori but as the curse word that was about to leave her mouth, Mao was interrupted by one of the school's teachers.
"Is there a problem here?" Mr. Hiroshima said while walking up to the three girls.
"No…no problem at all, Mr. Hiroshima. We were just about to take our seats" Kaori said with a smirk. She was real satisfied with herself for having such a quick wit. Kaori gestured with her hand for Saya to come walk with her. As they walked up to the top of bleachers that was way away from Mao and her crew, Kaori began to console Saya.
"Don't let Mao upset you. She is like that with everyone. Her dad owns Jahana Industries. So she is the daughter of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in this city," Kaori said while taking her seat at the top corner of the bleacher. Saya looked down sadly. On her first day she managed to piss off the richest girl at the school.
"Don't worry about it though. Good thing for you is a lot of people here don't like her anyway because she thinks she is better than everybody. I think the only reason why she hangs out with those guys is because she wants to seem cooler than what she actually is," Kaori said casually to Saya.
"My name is Kaori Kinjou by the way," Kaori said while offering her hand to Saya for her to shake.
"I… I'm Saya Otonashi" Saya said timidly while placing her hand into Kaori's and shaking it.
"It's nice to meet you" Kaori said with a cheerful grin. "What brings you here? I haven't seen you around before" she continued to say.
"I just transferred here. I'm living with the Miyagusuku family…" Saya replied back to her with a smile.
"Miyagusuku as in Kai Miyagusuku?" Kaori said in a stunned matter, her eyes getting big.
"Yeah, you know him?" Saya replied in a nonchalant way.
"Well let's see…He is only the hottest guy at this school. No wonder you got on Mao's bad side. She is practically in love with the boy," Kaori replied back to Saya.
"Oh I didn't know that…" Saya said.
"Honestly you must have been living in a cave. So you get to live with Kai. Wow. How is that?" Kaori asked.
"I don't know… I think he is kinda annoying. He always leaves the toilet seat up even after I yell at him about it. And he never picks up after himself. He drives my dad nuts sometimes" Saya replied back to Kaori.
"Your dad?" Kaori asked slightly confused.
"Yes, George." Saya stated.
"Oh right. So George adopted you?" Kaori asked.
"Yeah I guess you can say that" Saya said while nodding her head.
"He owns the Omoro, right? A few of us always go there after school to sing Karaoke. I don't really sing. I just watch. But whatever, it's fun. Perhaps I'll be seeing more of you then" Kaori said all in one breath. Saya was having a hard time keeping up with the girl.
"Yeah…" Saya trailed her word.
"A bunch of us always eats lunch outside in the courtyard. You can join if you'd like" Kaori said smiling at Saya.
"Sure I think I'd like that" Saya replied, smiling back at her brightly, happy that she finally met a friend that seemed so cool.
Suddenly their attention was drawn to the school's principal as he walked on stage to begin his speech to everyone present. He took the microphone and started to speak. The talk began to come across the speakers broadcasting throughout the gymnasium.
"He is very long winded because he likes to hear himself talk. Maybe if we're lucky, we can miss the whole first period of class" Kaori said while raising her hand into a fist and giving a wink at the girl sitting next to her. Saya made a small giggle.
"I'm so not joking. You'll see. He even somehow manages to incorporate his political beliefs into this garbage. I swear the man doesn't know when to shut up," Kaori continued to rattle on, totally unaware of her own over-talking habit.
After the assembly was over, students began to pour down the bleachers getting to each of their own classes. Saya dug into her book bag and got out her schedule. She started to look at it unsure as to where to go.
"Hey could you perhaps help me with this?" She asked Kaori who was pulling her book bag over her shoulders.
"Yeah sure. Of course" Kaori said while looking over the schedule.
"Looks like you got Mrs. Tanaka's class for 4th period. That is so going to be a boring class for you." Kaori grinned.
"Why do you say that?" Saya innocently asked.
"Because I have it 3rd period, the class before. Good luck on that one. Hey you're first period class is right next to the one that I'm going to. I'll walk you there" Kaori replied back to Saya still looking over her schedule.
"Ah your last class will be super awesome" Kaori continued.
"How come?" Saya asked unknowingly.
"Because I'm in it!" Kaori said as she pointed to herself. They started to walk out of the school's gymnasium together.
"Hey thanks for being so nice to me. I really appreciate it." Saya stated simply.
"No problem. It's tough being the new kid. Try being small for your age like me. Now that's killer. I used to get picked on all the time for it," Kaori said. They walked down the hall together engaging in more small talk about the classes Saya would be taking.
"Your class is right across there," Kaori pointed at the direction to the left of the hallway.
"Thanks a bunch" Saya replied back to her with a modest smile.
"It's cool. Look for me at lunch, 'kay?" Kaori said while waving bye to Saya.
"I definitely will. Thanks again, Kaori" Saya called out to her as Kaori began to walk to her class. Saya headed into her own class ready to start the day.
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Next chapter: Can Saya survive lunch? Not if Mao can help it. Find out in the next chapter.