Kimiko yawned as she sat up, staring around the her small, bedless room. She turned off the alarm clock before it could go off. Standing up she opened the curtains to her dorm room, looking out at the gloomy landscape that surronded the school.
"Why did dad send me here?" Kimiko sighed, closing the curtains as she cleaned up her bedmat and comforter.
Kimiko thought back to the day that her father told her that she was leaving the temple, and going back to school. The day had started same as always. Get up at the crack of dawn, train a litt,e do chores, finish the training, go after a shen gong wu, kick Spicer's butt, do some more training, eat and go to bed. But that day, there had been no wu, nor had Spicer shown up like he normally did, in his place, was Kimiko's father.
A knock on the door interupted her train of thought. The door opened, revealing one of her dorm mates.
"Are you heading in early again?" She asked.
"Yeah." Kimiko nodded. "I still haven't gotten out of the habit."
"Alright. I'll see you at lunch." The girl smiled.
"Um...Sakumo?" Kimiko called, before the girl left.
"Yes?" Sakmo asked.
"Your tail." Kimiko sighed, taking her uniform out of her dresser. Sakumo gasped and backed out of the room quickly,, blushing.
Kimiko sighed. She had gotten used to this cycle too. Wake up at dawn, greet Sakumo, tell the girl about her out of place tail, get dressed, breakfast, school, homework, do a little run, dinner, run again, then go to bed and start the process over again. The reason why she had a new cycle, was because her dad made her leave the temple, and go to a high school, much to everyone's dismay. Her father refused to tell her facts about the school, he only dropped her off at the bus stop and left her to go. Imagine her surprise that the school was for monsters, and monsters only. After finally getting her father to tell the truth, Kimiko discovered that she truly was a dragon. A rare combination of a fire fairy, and a lizard man monster DNA made her a dragon.
The reason why she was so rare, was because Fire fairies and lizard men normally hated each other. Dragons were considered one of the most wisest, and most respected monsters throughout the entire monster world. However, The monster blood inside of her has yet to awaken, leaving a human, in a school full of monsters. Any human found at Yokai Academy was to be killed. Kimiko severly wished that her parents had told her, before her mother disappeared.
Kimiko snapped out of it, as her timer went off. She took the pan off of her stove. The academy had given each dorm room a small kitchen, for late night snacks, breakfast, and dinner. Kimiko quickly ate her omelet, and gulping down her ice water, crunching the ice, and swallowing it. She grabbed her bag, checking herself in the mirror before heading out. Her green jacket was smooth against her torso. The top buttons were undone, showing her white blouse. A brown plaid skirt, folded into crisp pleats, was around her waist, ended at midthigh. Kimiko sighed at the ridiculous skirt length. Sure she fought in skirts, but she always wore bloomers so no one would see her undewear. She wasn't allowed to wear bloomers here, unless it was gym, she was allowed to wear tights, which made her uncomfortable. After a week of tights hugging her legs she ditched them and went with socks that went to her knees.
Kimiko slipped her shoes on, exiting her room, and locking the door around her, placing the key around her neck, next to a ruby that her mother had given her. Kimik oheaded out of the dorm room, saying various features to other girls, helping them in keeping their human form. After every word she heard a thank you, before they went on their way. Kimiko reached the school in no time at all. The late bloomer headed into the bulding, going straight for the school store, were there was a section full of pay phones. She put in two quaters, quickly calling Raimundo. as usual, the boy was quick to answer when he heard the phone ring.
"Kimi!" He shouted in relief.
"Hey." She greeted, into the phone. "Sorry for not calling in the past week. Midterms are way early here. I had to study and couldn't call you guys." Kimiko apologized.
"No problem little lady." Clay told her. Kimiko leaned against the phone's little cubicle.
"Its been rough here the past few days. Someone broke into the school." She told them.
"Did you get a glimpse of him?" Omi asked.
"No." He borke in during the night. No one was awake, not even the teachers." Kimiko told them.
"Was anything stolen?" Dojo asked, joining into the conversation.
"A few of the midterm tests were taken, but I don't know. Seems like a lot of trouble for a few tests." Kimiko sighed.
"You think it was something else?" Raimundo questioned.
"Yeah. I kept on waking up the night of the break in. I felt like someone was staring at me and watching me sleep, but no one was there, and there are no trees around my dorm." Kimiko sighed, rubbing her head. "I have no clue as to what the hell it was all about."
"Wanna say 'hi' to me?" Jack piped up.
"Jack?" Kimiko asked in shock.
"We had finished kicking his butt when you called." Raimundo explained.
"Okay. Then hi Jack." Kimiko yawned.
"You tired?" Clay asked.
"Yeah. I keep feel like someone's watching me. I swear I'm gong to loose it if this feeling doesn't go-"
"Please insert another 25 cents for 5 more minutes." A voice rang.
"Screw it. I have to go. School's starting soon anyways. Call you guys tonight." Kimiko growled, hanging up the phone. She grabbed her bag and stormed away from the pay phones.