"Oh god, oh god, oh god."
"Would you please calm down, Sayuki?" Sora laughed, placing her hands on Sayuki's shoulders and beaming down at her. Sayuki looked up at her mother. "I know this is hard, and this is probably going to be one of the hardest days in your life. I understand that."
"No, you don't!" Sayuki muttered.
"Sayuki," Matt sighed, leaning on the doorframe. He moved aside and swung open the front door revealing the path up to the street. The new street Sayuki still hadn't come to terms with.
"You know, now that I think about it I don't even know where I'm going! I have no clue; I don't know where I'm going!" Sayuki replied.
Her parents just laughed.
"Sayuki, please just go. I have to get ready for work," Sora giggled.
"But mom!" Sayuki moaned. Matt nodded at Sora and bent down in front of Sayuki.
"Remember what I said- if anyone gives you any trouble just tell them who you are, or rather who I am," he grinned. Sayuki looked disappointed.
"Dad. Seriously?" she said.
"What, so now you WON'T be cool for having a rock star as your dad?" he asked.
"Retired. Long retired," Sayuki replied.
"Hey, it was only 4 years ago, missy," Matt chuckled, placing a hand on her head. "No go on. Remember we've got guests coming over tonight so come home early. And honestly Sayuki
you can't miss a building that's literally right in front of you."
Sayuki sucked in a deep breath and then turned around. She began to venture out. All she had to do was cross one road. Then it was a just 2 streets straight up.
DING DING!
Two boys on bikes suddenly whipped by just missing her and sped up the street towards North Ridgemond Academy.
"Sorry!" one of them yelled. Sayuki moaned. She heard someone chuckling and turned around to see her father laughing in the doorway. He caught her looking and quickly choked up his laughter.
"Sorry! Have a good day!" he called and then shut the door. Sayuki rolled her eyes and continued on her way. She crossed the street and carried on up when she spotted another boy coming the other way. He turned right onto the street she was on and continued walking straight. Sayuki didn't feel comfortable walking too close to people she didn't know. She waited till he was about half a metre in front of her and then began walking.
Most the people around were school kids, probably all heading towards NRA. It was a high school, well not just a high school it was an Academy. It was a mixed school without a uniform policy. The boy walking half a metre in front of her was wearing a black long sleeve shirt and black jeans and shoes with a white skinny tie. He had dressed pretty smart compared to a couple of boys in their skater gear on the parallel street. A gaggle of girls swanned past Sayuki. Sayuki looked down onto what she was wearing. She had on red halter top with her mother's high school white pleated tennis skirt and white pumps.
"Where does she think she's going? Shopping or a tennis match?" she heard one of the girls say. Sayuki rolled her eyes. So maybe she shouldn't have mixed the two. At least she was wearing something. Did those girls own a pair of pants?
"Hey Sakura!" yelled a voice. Suddenly a hand came down on Sayuki. Gasping, she turned around and saw a complete stranger her age panting in front of her. She was pale with long black hair and a baby blue bow in her hair. She was wearing a cute black dress. She finally caught her breath and looked up, then shrieked.
"Aargh! You're not Sakura!" she yelped. Sayuki laughed nervously.
"No..." she replied.
"I'm so sorry!" the girl laughed, "You sure look a lot like her though, especially in that tennis skirt! Sorry, bye."
The girl sped off towards the school. Finally Sayuki made it to the school's gates. She stood outside it and looked inside. It looked just like any other high school would 5 minutes before the bell went. But it was so unfamiliar. The building, the grounds, the people. Sayuki felt sure she stuck out like a sore thumb. She ventured inside and decided to go straight into the building. She went up to the bright red doors.
"Hey, no one inside until the bell rings, you know that," said a teacher. He was a tall man with glasses.
"N-no, I didn't. I'm new," Sayuki replied. He gasped and whipped off his glasses.
"You must be that new girl everyone's talking about!" he said.
"Everyone's talking about me?" Sayuki gulped.
"Come on in, I'll take you to your tutor," he said and opened the door for her, "I'm Mr. McKenzie. So where have you moved from?"
He walked her through various corridors and halls.
"Kusatsu City," Sayuki replied.
"Oh, so how do like Tokyo so far?" Mr. McKenzie asked. Sayuki raised her eyebrows.
"Erm, it's growing on me," she replied. He laughed out loud and opened the door. They both stepped inside. "Well here we are. Our tutor room. I'm your tutor, so you know!"
"Oh, you are?!" Sayuki gasped. "Great."
She looked around the room. There were rows of desks all facing a big white board. Not a white board but one of those techy ones where you write stuff from your laptop and it appears on there. Academies...
"You know you're not the only new student we're getting today. We've also got a new boy from... hey Li, where are from again?" he laughed. Sayuki span round to see this new boy he was talking to. A boy stood up from his chair near the window at the back of the class. Sayuki gasped. It was the guy half a metre in front of her!
"Matsue," he replied. His eyes locked onto Sayuki's and he gave her a cold look. Sayuki felt her spine tingle as his dark brown eyes bore into hers.
"Ah yes, a country boy," Mr. McKenzie laughed. "Li this is Sayuki, the other new student I told you about."
"Right," Li replied, still fixing his glare upon her. Sayuki quickly span back around. She heard him sat back down but could still feel his eyes burning a hole in her back. Just then the school bell rang.
"Well why don't you sit down somewhere, how about right in front of me?" Mr. McKenzie suggested, pointing to the seat in front of his desk and next to the window. Sayuki sat down in it and began to unpack her things. The door swung open and a bustle of kids began to enter.
"Take your seats everyone, I have something to announce," the teacher said. But already they had started to notice the two unfamiliar kids sitting by the windows. "Why don't you guys come up here?"
Sayuki and Li reluctantly got out their seats and went up to the front where they stuff by their teacher's desk. Two boys came through the door last and went towards the back of the room to sit down. One had spiky blonde hair and one had long spiky brown hair. They both wore t-shirts and blue shorts. The blonde one went up to the seat Li had been sitting in.
"Hey, that new kid's stuff is in my seat!" he said. Just then Sayuki recognised him. Those two boys had been the increasingly careless, thoughtless boys on their bicycles.
"Alright, I'll move it," said Li through gritted teeth as he proceeded to go and move his things. Li had neat dark brown hair and big dark brown eyes. He dumped his stuff on an empty seat- the one right behind Sayuki's.
"So whose Miss. Match and the Freak?" asked the Brunette Bicycle Boy.
"Good one," snorted Blonde Bicycle Boy. shot them very fierce shots.
"Now class, we have two new students joining us today. Welcome to Sayuki...surname?" he asked.
"Ishida," Sayuki replied, groaning slightly.
"And Li.... Li?"
Li rolled his eyes and let out a gruff groan. "Showron."
"Did he put his shower on?" snorted Brunette Bicycle Boy.
"Taro!" barked, "Now, does anyone have any questions for them?"
"Where are you from?"
"I'm from Matsue," Li replied.
"And I'm from Kusatsu City," Sakura replied.
"You know how you're from Matsue, does that mean you were raised on a farm?"
"Urgh," Li stifled a moan, "No...not exactly. Kind of a...modern village."
The class burst out laughing.
Sayuki could understand. She was a city girl too. Village folk were a laughing matter to city folk. Li saw hr curling her lip and shot her a death stare.
"Why have you come to Tokyo?" asked a girl. It was the girl that had mistaken Sayuki. She blushed when she saw Sayuki looking directly at her.
"Came to live with my Uncle," Li replied.
"My mom opened a new flower stall here so we had to move," Sayuki added.
"We have a wide range of clubs here, what kind of sport or activities do you guys enjoy?" Mr. McKenzie asked.
"I'm good at nearly everything so whatever," Li shrugged. The class 'pssshted'.
"That's good to hear!" Mr. McKenzie laughed, "Sayuki?"
"Well... Tennis," she replied.
"Yeah we can-" began Blonde Bicycle Boy but Mr. McKenzie quickly raised his hand to silence him.
"Why don't you guys return to your seats now?" he said, patting them on their shoulders. They sat back down when Sayuki realised Li was now sitting right behind her. She could once again feel his eyes boring into the back of her... and this time she could hear growling.