Another day. Another math class. Another nap. It wasn't that Shigeo didn't want to learn or pay attention… it was just really, really hard. What once was readable language turned to gibberish that no normal person could hope to overcome. It was enough to cause his eyes to grow heavy and his head to droop. And… then his brain shut off and he was dreaming dreams that didn't confuse him like the numbers and formulas and sentences put on the board. Yes, his dreams never betrayed him.

Knock knock.

Shigeo stirred just a bit but didn't pick his head up as he knew that the math hadn't gotten any easier and his dream was just getting really good. There was a girl, well he thought it might be a girl. There was a light shining behind them so bright it barely allowed him to view her but somehow he knew that he liked this girl. There was something very special about her. And her voice was… was oh, that was Ms. Yamanaka. Not the girl surrounded by light but the voice at the door. Ms. Yamanaka was a very nice lady who had a knack for telling when someone was in trouble or lost. She was very empathetic probably because she was a esper as well. She hadn't shown talent in any other way but she definitely had the energy of an esper.

"I am sorry to interrupt but it seems our transfer students got lost on the way. They were all at Bean Sauce Middle School causing quite the confusion. Their parents were very embarrassed but I told them it was no problem. New cities and different languages are quite confusing at first," this statement was followed by a cheerful laugh. Ah. Ms. Yamanaka finding lost kids again.

"So you're the missing Garnet I called for. Tch, well get inside, get inside. Thank you Ms. Yamanaka," the door was shut and the quiet suddenly burst with low chatter.

"Whoa. She's so… different."

"I've never seen someone like her like in real life."

"Her hair is huge… they call them afros right?"

"Those glasses are so shiny."

"Skin. Where did she get it?"

"Hey hey! Quiet down!" Jeeha-sensei shouted, "So troublesome. Everyone meet your new classmate. She transferred from all the way in… uh...? Never mind. Introduce yourself to the class and then I will assign someone to guide you around the school."

A new voice filled the silent class. It was a voice filled with warmth and something that Shigeo knew but couldn't quite put a finger on. And also a horrible, horrible accent that marred nearly every word spoken. It was enough for Shigeo to pick up his head and immediately freeze as he stared at the new female student.

"Hi. My name is Garnet Fyre. My Japanese speak is very bad but that is okay. I will get better. I come from far away and hope to make many, many new friends," the girl was so… so…

"Pretty," Shigeo whispered, eyes wide as he stared openly at the girl. He had never seen anyone like her in person. He'd seen one character in his favorite manga but it did not capture the… wow, she was very pretty. Her skin was a deep, dark brown. It was the smoothest and darkest tan Shigeo had ever seen. Her lips were full and looked so squishy and shiny. Her nostrils were wide and her nose flat. And her hair. Her hair reached for the heavens without a single bit of psychic energy or gel to hold it in place. And it was pink and blue. Like cotton candy! That was all he could make out because she wore large, reflective glasses that covered the top half of her face.

"Did you hear that?!" A loud voice suddenly rose. A boy Shigeo did not readily recognize stood up and had a finger nearly jabbed into Shigeo's eye, "Mob-kun thinks the new girl is pretty! He liiiikkkkkeeeessss her!"

Progress towards Mob's explosion: 3%

"W-what?" Although his expression didn't change much, a bright red blush fell upon his cheeks and only caused the laughter around him to get that much louder. He wasn't quite sure why they were laughing or even some of the comments they were making.

"Mob is getting all hot for the new girl!"

"Bet he wants to toooouuuuuch her all over!"

"Eww like she'd ever let that happen!"

"This is Mob we're talking about. He couldn't get a girl if he was the last guy on Earth!"

"She'd have to notice him first!"

Laughter. A lot of laughter.

"HEY!" Garnet shouted loudly, bringing her foot up and down in such a vicious way that a crack appeared under her heel. The windows burst open and a mysterious wind that shook the trees filled the room. Shigeo blinked as a connection suddenly made itself in his head. She was an esper. But, that was weird because Shigeo couldn't feel even a bit of power coming from her. Actually, hm. Shigeo frowned as he concentrated on her. That was odd. Everyone gave off some kind of presence, even people without esper power. They were dimmer, yes but they were there but this girl. This Garnet… it was like she wasn't there. He couldn't sense her presence. It was like she wasn't a real person. But she was and she was very not happy. The look of anger projected even behind such large, glinting glasses was all consuming and probably dangerous.

"Stop that! I… I can not speak how I want but I will not see people hurting people. So you leave him be!" Garnet slammed her fist on the desk closest to her and that too cracked under her rage, breaking in half above the unfortunate student's lap. That brought the angry girl to a dead stop. It was like she hadn't even been aware that she had done such a thing but now that she had, Garnet looked at her fellow classmates who were once laughing. Now they were slightly scared and it must have hurt the girl because her entire stance changed. Though her skin was dark it was easy to tell her embarrassment through her bowed head and trembling body.

"I apologize," she murmured. Jeeha-sensei sighed and began to mutter about destructive children and idiot bullies before he waved her on. As she made her way down the aisle, Shigeo became aware that one of the few empty seats just so happened to be right next to him. And she was going for that seat. And she was sitting down in that seat. Right next to him.

"Looks like you got your chance Mob," the boy who started the whole mess whispered, jabbing a elbow into his side. Of course it didn't hurt but the comment was confusing what chance? He followed the boy's eyes and saw that the new girl was already looking at him. Her lips were curved up but as he met her eyes behind the thick glasses he was taken by surprise as the smile filled with bright happiness nearly blinded him.

His heart gave a thump. Uh oh. Something was wrong with him.

Progress towards Mob's explosion: 10%

"Kageyama, Fyre. Stay behind," Jeeha-sensei commanded just before the bell rang. For some reason a couple of his classmates whistled as they walked out and made comments Shigeo couldn't quite make out but it didn't seem to bother Garnet who walked to the teacher's desk and stood silently.

"Yes Jeeha-sensei?" Shigeo joined his new peer.

"I believe that you are the best fit to guide Fyre around. That's it." And just like that they were out the door and heading towards lunch.

"So you're an esper, huh?" Garnet suddenly spoke. But not in whatever language was causing such ugly mispronunciations and not in Japanese. It was something entirely different that he could understand and feel.

"Uh…" Shigeo found his words tied along his tongue as he gazed upon the girl before him. She walked steadily and carefree with her hands behind her head and a neutral expression on her face.

"This is mind speech. But I can't read your mind. I can only throw out my thoughts and hope you throw back," Garnet finally turned her head and a soft smile in his direction. Shigeo started to respond or at least he thought he was going to but Garnet was on the move. She whirled around, flinging her bag to the side and throwing her arms wide open. It was then that Shigeo heard the light sound of feet running behind him. He turned in just enough time to watch Garnet get tackled to the ground by a grey something. The dust cleared and it revealed that it was a small girl in Garnet's arms.

This girl was brown but not like Garnet. Her skin was a much lighter shade of brown with darker brown freckles splattered across her nose. Her eyes, which were big and brown, literally sparkled. Her lips were moving extremely fast and was shaped a bit like Garnet's. Shigeo noted that she was also chubby with round cheeks that he was sure people probably pinched a lot. The oddest thing about her though was her knee length hair which was a very noticeable and natural looking gray. Very odd these foreign people and their hair.

Shigeo idly wondered what the girl was talking about. It sounded like absolute gibberish to his untrained ears. Very fast absolute gibberish. It must be something good because when she paused for a breath, Garnet started to lavish the girl with face kisses. The girl immediately protested and attempted to get away but Garnet had her in a tight hold and wouldn't relent her attack of affection.

"Amethyst! I said to stay close while we looked for Garnet. Oh and your skirt is showing your upper thighs and your shirt is exposing your chest! Amethyst fix yourself!" Another girl came running up to them. This one was slim and brown too but not as dark as Garnet and not as light as the one she called Amethyst. Her eyes were big and blue and filled with irritation and concern. Her hair was an odd shade of peach and slicked back and up (also in an odd way). Shigeo idly thought that they must come from somewhere with a lot of sun to gain skin like this.

The chubby girl stopped squirming long enough to glare at the new girl. When she spoke it must have been something bad because the new girl's anger spiked and she responded in the same gibberish. Garnet meanwhile had taken to frowning. This did not stop Amethyst as she untangled herself and stood on her feet. Shigeo was quite amazed that such a small girl could be this loud and be near his age group. She was really small. She continued on in an angry tone, waving her arms around and pointing at her skirt which had only risen up a little bit. Then she proceeded to lift the skirt all the way up or she tried to. Garnet's arms were around her before she could finish the action.

"You both are being very rude. You must speak in Japanese and be nice enough to introduce yourselves," Garnet admonished.

"Fine G! Hey P how about you take a bite outta my ass!" The girl shouted, leaning back against Garnet as she obviously could not break the taller girl's hold. While she had an accent as well (one different than the new girl and Garnet's) her words came out efficiently and nicely.

"Why you-!"

"Hey there you are!" Ritsu. It was Ritsu rounding the corner now. A once worried expression turned into relief. Next to him was an equally frantic Onigawara. The former delinquent practically jumped the new girl and began to look her over. He couldn't afford there to be a scratch on her or he'd land back into being actively called a pervert.

"Oh yeah. We left our escorts," the new girl smiled sheepishly. She then blinked and seemed to notice Shigeo for the very first time. "Ooh. Oh my! I am so sorry. I was so busy running after Amethyst I didn't notice you. Hello. I am Pearl Cheena and this is my sister Amethyst Quartz."

"Yo," Amethyst half waved, chewing on a bag of potato chips Shigeo was sure hadn't existed before. She turned a small smile to him and gave him a light hip check, "Sorry about all the confusion. I was trying to sneak up on Garnet. You gotta do a better job of distracting her homeboy."

"Oh you must be the other two transfer students the student council mentioned. Hello I am Ritsu Kageyama. I'm Shigeo's younger brother," Ritsu smiled charmingly.

"Enough with the introductions already! We're gonna miss lunch if we keep on yammering and you two are going to be late for your next class," Onigawara warned, giving a disapproving look to Amethyst and Ritsu.

"Oh no. Not tardiness," Amethyst gasped dramatically. She grabbed at Ritsu and swooned in his arms. When she looked up at him her eyes were wide and filled with fake tears, "Whatever will I do if I am late?"

"You will miss lunch to have sensei yell at you," Garnet intoned as though she had been asked the question seriously. Amethyst froze and her expression got serious. She grabbed Ritsu's hand and started to run much faster than anyone would have guessed she could. Shigeo wondered if Ritsu would tell her that she was dragging them in the wrong direction.

"C'mon we should get on with the tour. We'll eat and walk," Onigawara grabbed his own transfer student by the bag and began to drag her away. Pearl only put up a small struggle, looking at her friend for help. Which Garnet did not attempt to do. Instead she turned to her guide and Shigeo was sure that she winked at him behind those glasses. His heart did that weird thing again.

Progress to Mob's explosion: 11%

The rest of the day was uneventful. Garnet did not speak much even with the mind speech. She didn't raise her hand but if the teacher called on her she had an answer ready. Even if it wasn't the right one. Shigeo marveled at the confidence that didn't leave her even when the teacher harshly corrected her. Garnet would respond that she would get better with hard work and studying then she would sit down and the class would continue. It was amazing.

"Kageyama-kun! We thought you weren't going to make it… who is this?" Musashi tilted his head curiously. Shigeo blushed hard as he kept his eyes straight. He couldn't look at Garnet. He had to not look at her. Not when she was wearing his spare uniform that was a bit too small in length and a bit too tight around her… parts. It made his body oddly hot looking at her and he made another mental note to talk to his master about it.

"Hello. I am Garnet Fyre and I would like to join your club please," Garnet stepped forward. Musashi looked at the girl before him curiously. He was undeterred by how different she looked compared to anyone else he has ever seen with his own two eyes, instead he focused on her actual body. She wasn't weak in any sense of the word. He could tell by her stance and the confidence that came off her in small, gentle waves. In the badly fitting uniform he could see the lean muscles of her arms and the forming muscles on her bottom half. It seemed that she ran a lot. And that she would probably grow up to be very tall. If he imagined her without the cloud on her head, he'd say she was about six centimeters taller than Kageyama.

"Are girls allowed in Body Improvement Club?" Hiroshi wondered aloud, interrupting his thoughts. Oh. He hadn't considered that girls wouldn't be allowed. Bodies came in all genders, shapes and sizes. Why would anyone make a rule to exclude anyone?

"I don't think they aren't allowed… they just never wanted to join," Ryohei offered up his information, scratching at a side burn and diverting his eyes to the sky. Musashi nodded in relief. He wasn't sure that he could handle any discrimination in his club and was glad that he wouldn't have to go through the process of changing rules. He looked back to Garnet to see that the girl was already stretching in preparation for their workout and seemed unbothered by their discussion.

"Okay I will give you the form afterwards Fyre-kun. Are we all ready to improve our bodies!?"

"Yeah!" The boys responded loudly and they dashed off. Shigeo found that he had definitely improved. He kept up with the group for a complete three minutes before he began to lag but he didn't feel faint yet and the burning in his muscles was a minimum. This didn't distract from the sweat that was pouring down his body and Shigeo could admit that breathing wasn't all that fun at the moment. But he kept on. In fact, he even tried to push himself to go faster.

"You used to rely solely on your powers?" Garnet's voice filled his head. It wasn't a question, the answer was very obvious. Shigeo panted out syllables but they made very little sense and the saliva he used for gibberish was the last he had so he gave a desperate nod and grasped onto the little presence on the edge of his mind in an effort to give her the answer he wanted her to know.

"I… I am making myself better so I can… can be the person I want to be. Someone... someone strong physically and noticeable and well-liked," wow he was panting mentally too. His vision was starting to blur. He shook his head hard and his vision cleared up a bit. Progress.

"That is admirable. Has it been working?" Garnet asked and the little presence was sorta calming at the edge of his mind. Shigeo looked over at her and noticed that the other hadn't even broken a sweat. He didn't sense any power coming from her but he hadn't sensed it when she yelled at the class. Which reminded him that he had to speak to his master about that because that was odd. As he looked at her, with only a little bit of jealousy, he could tell that she didn't need her powers to keep up if not outrun everyone in the club. Maybe she wasn't powerful enough to use her abilities for such activities but, again, for some reason he doubted that. She just didn't rely on them like he and Teru did.

"Yes," Shigeo smiled proudly, "I have gotten much better. I can keep up longer and nii-san says my punches hurt. When Teru-kun and I first fought I couldn't hit him hard enough to stop him from choking me but now Teru-kun almost takes me seriously."

Shigeo wasn't shy about his past with Teruki. Mostly because they were different people now, friends in fact. Teru often invited him and Ritsu over to his house for various reasons but mostly to just hang around and do nothing spectacular. Sometimes they studied, sometimes they watched movies and sometimes Teru would encourage a bit of physical rough play that usually ended up with Shigeo panting and sweaty but at the very least he never passed out. He even managed to leave a bruise on the other's arm once.

"Teru?" Garnet repeated.

"He's an esper too. When I first met him, he used his powers all the time and came to think himself much more important and special than he actually is but since our fight... well, he's pretty fun and friendly. We're best of friends now."

"Hey Kageyama-kun! You made it!" Big arms suddenly grabbed him and he was surrounded by muscled bodies that were insistent on pushing him around and giving him hard pats on the shoulder and little shakes of congratulations. The psychic looked around and realized that he had made it. They were at the finish line already! And he didn't-

"Annnnnd there he goes," Onigawara shook his head as the skinny teenager collapsed in the middle of the group. He was quite impressed though. It was obvious that Mob didn't exercise… at all and that he had the stamina of a ninety year old man but he was still pushing himself and obviously he had gotten better. He made it to the finish line only looking half pathetic and only fainted after he realized. He looked to the girl he'd been running with. They had been silent but they were communicating-he could tell.

"For the rest of our session work on whatever body part you'd like. I'll take Kageyama-." Musashi started but was interrupted as the new girl appeared at his elbow.

"I am tired too. I can take him instead," Fyre interrupted and obviously lied. She hadn't broken a sweat. Her breathing wasn't even elevated. Then again, she was just keeping pace with Kageyama who was not running as fast as any of them. Musashi did worry about her carrying him. She might be a bit taller and even have a better muscular frame but he was still a grown boy and she was still a girl. He wouldn't say anything though, he was sure that she'd take it as an insult.

"You know the way?" the club president raised a brow. The girl gave him a smile and he was sure that she even winked at him from behind her glasses. He supposed that was answer enough for him. Garnet slung a limp arm over her shoulder and slowly began dragging their weakest member to have a sit down.

END

Whoooo weeee that was the first chapter of my first fic with characters from shows I do not own? Why yes it was. I saw the first season of Mob Psycho 100 recently and it's great. Anime is great. I am in love. I hope for a season two much like I hope for more Hunter x Hunter. Yeah I said it. Anyway see yall next week-guaranteed unlike HUNTER X HUNTER!