It caught half the population of Oothori Academy by surprise that Touga was standing, by himself during his lunch break, just talking idly amongst a group of school girls. Though this scene doesn't seem strange at all, it baffled people to not know where one particular girl was - his jealous little sister. The half of Oothori Academy that wasn't surprised, were already searching for her to make sure she was ok. Something was definitely wrong with this picture.

Mitsuru found her first, waiting by the gates of Oothori Academy. Out of breath and almost ready to collapse from running around looking for her, Mitsuru leaned against the pillar and gazed at Nanami. "Nanami-sama, what are you doing?"

"I'm waiting, now go away." Nanami's gaze never shifted for a moment.

Mitsuru was ready to comply, but he decided to ask first, "For who, Nanami-sama?"

"I'm waiting for someone. Does that make you happy?" The taller, blonde girl turned to finally eye him with discontent.

"I suppose. I'll go now." Tsuwabuki gathered the rest of his depleting energy to run off in once more. He didn't make it far before he fell, face first, onto the ground. A few classmates dragged him off and all was back to ... abnormal.

Touga lifted his gaze to stare out the school gates the same time Nanami stood straight. A smile spread across both their faces, and the girls around Touga became just background noise. "Nanami?"

Nanami spun around "Yes, onee-sama?"

"Who are you waiting for?"

A gentle, playful smile spread across her face. "Just an old friend."

There was the sound of a cab door shutting, a polite "arigato gozaimasu" and a young girl bowed her head to wave the cab driver off. Nanami clasped her hands tight to control her excitement. A girl stood before her and Touga. Not a common sight to the students of Oothori, but well known by Nanami and Touga.

The girl stood almost Touga's height. Her cyan hair fell in wavy locks around her eyes and down her back. When she took gaze upon Nanami and Touga, the silver disks in her eyes sparkled as if she hadn't seen them in years. She wore the colors of her own school on her uniform - baby blue and white. Her darker hue brought out her eyes which showed so much emotion right then.

Nanami could barely speak, but stepped forward and attempted, anyway. "Sera... finally!" she almost whispered before falling into the girl's arms.

Sera, as she was titled by Nanami, dropped her bags to catch Nanami and embrace her tightly. "Nana-chan!" She whispered in the same tone. "I've missed you so much!"

Not wanting to break up the lovely sight, Touga didn't want there to be a scene, so he coughed gently to get their attention. "Welcome back, Sera." He gently bent to pick up her bags and escort both ladies to the dormitory.

Nanami wrapped her arms around one of Sera's and held on tight. The girls gossipped about random little things that they could, and it felt like they'd been there forever. Nanami finally broke off and held the girl's arms out. "Sera! You're so thin! You'll be able to fit into one of my uniforms! Come on! You'll look just like another Oothori student, just like you used to!"

Sera laughed gently. "Oh, I don't know. Do I really want to come back?"

Nanami frowned and clutched the girl's arms tighter. "You do!"

"Very well, then. I'll become part of the student population while I visit." The tan girl gave Nanami a smile she was sure would do what she planned it to do.

Nanami squealed as high as she could, bringing the attention Touga was hoping to avoid. Thankfully, they reached the dormitory and the doors closed behind them as everyone's heads turned.

Utena, who had been stretching when Touga and the two girls passed by, stopped to glance at Sera. "Who was that?"

Himemiya looked as blank as usual as she teased Chuchu with a cookie. "That was Wantanabe Natori. She used to be a student at our school, but she left to go to a school of performing arts and modelling."

Utena looked impressed. "Wow. So she's back, now?"

Anthy gave in and let Chuchu have the cookie. "No, she's back to visit her best friend."

Utena raised a brow.

"Nanami and Sera met through a debate program at school. They used to travel around with the debate team and soon grew very close. When Sera left, Nanami became even more attatched to Touga and a bit bitter."

"You mean, Nanami was once nice?" The duelist nearly fell from her stretching position.

"Nice-er. Sera influenced her a lot. She was a nice person, herself." Anthy looked sadder as she spoke more about her.

"You called her Sera. So did Nanami and Touga, but that's not her name." Utena turned to gaze at Anthy.

"Sera had an accident when she was young. Her family had a bad car accident and the glass from the back window shattered. It cut her back up pretty badly, but scars look like six angel wings raised from her skin. So they called her 'Seraphim', Sera for short."

"Wow! You know a lot about her." Tenjou noticed Anthy's sad stare. "What's wrong?"

"She was once a duelist of the Academy. She wasn't as good as Touga or Saionji, but she won a few times. She would tell me a lot about the past and her outside world." Anthy looked at Utena. "She was a lot like you."

Utena smiled softly, feeling a bit happier that Anthy cared for some people. "Well, maybe she'll stop and talk to you when she sees you."

"Oh, I don't know." Himemiya's green eyes hit the ground.

"Heyyyy you two were friends! She'll remember you!" Tenjou stood up to run in place.

Anthy looked up at her. "Maybe." The girl smiled slightly to herself.

End of Ch 1

A/N: Hmm nothing to report yet! Stick around for Ch. 2