Aries: Heh, this is a story me and my best friend did a long time ago hope
you like it!
Me and her don't own Beyblade!
Sent Away By Juri Katou and Kamiko MacGregor
The short teen girl from America stepped out of the black car which brought her to the living quarters of The West European Boarding Highschool. She admired the large stay, which looked like a mansion. Others were on their way to the building as well, most returning from summer vacation.
"Grab your things, child. You don't have all day!" Said the kind escourt who had picked up the girl from her grandmother's house. "You know, Ruki, when things are tough, just remember somebody is watching over you alright?" She said as she handed an old carpet bag to the girl.
"Thank you, Mrs. Stacey." Ruki smiled.
"Now go on. Don't be afraid. Just show the people at the front desk your boarding information and they should give you a key. Find the room and settle down. I'll call this evening to check up on you, alright?"
Ruki nodded, "Thanks. I'll see you later."
"Good luck." Mrs. Stacey said as Ruki began to leave toward the school.
Ruki walked up to the building and through the front doors. Inside the desk area it looked more like a mansion than the outside. There was a large chandelier which sparkled from the lights inside the fragile glass. She stared a moment in great awe.
"What's the matter? Never seen a chandelier before?"
"What?" Ruki looked at the inquierer. She appeared to be hispanic with dark brown hair and light brown eyes; she stood somewhat taller than Ruki.
"You must be new here." The girl brushed her nose with her thumb.
"Uh.. yeah."
The girl shook her head, "You have so much to learn. Call me Kamiko. I was sent here two years before this year from Canada."
"Wow... two years? Why?"
"My only defense is that the devil made me do it, but it didn't help too much. How about I help you out and show you the ropes around here." Kamiko offered.
"No thanks, I can get around on my own." Ruki declined as politely as she could manage.
Kamiko laughed, "That's pretty funny. I'll introduce you to some of my friends. I'm sure they won't mind hanging around another girl." She winked.
Ruki raised an eyebrow.
"Anyway, lets go get you checked in and get your things up to your room. Let me see this." Kamiko grabbed the paper from Ruki's hand. "Room 625. Great, we'll be roomies for the next 4 years."
Ruki gave a weak smile, "Yeah... great ..."
"Lets go." Kamiko led the way to the desk and pushed through the line to the front. "Here." She handed the paper to the man at the desk, "If you could, we'd like some chocolate and candy bars."
"The cafeteria won't be open until supper time." The man said, handing Kamiko a cardkey.
"Tell me you're kidding!"
"Sorry. You can call room service though and ask for a snack."
Kamiko growled, "Thanks anyway, Gustav."
"Any time, Kamiko. Next please."
Kamiko pulled Ruki from the line, "This is just great."
"What?"
"No candy bars 'til dinner! Grr. Maybe Enrique still has the ones he left melting in his dresser from last year."
Ruki made a sickened expression which Kamiko hadn't noticed.
"Ah, come on. We gotta get your stuff put away so we can find the others." Kamiko led Ruki toward an elevator.
"The others?" Ruki ran to catch up.
Kamiko pressed the number six on the floors, Ruki making it into the elevator just before it closed. "You need to stay on your toes Ruki. This place is fast paced. Wouldn't wanna get left behind, would ya?" Kamiko smirked.
"Listen, I just wanna get to my room and rest. I flew in just today and I'm exhausted..." Ruki sighed.
"Where'd you come from?" Kamiko asked.
"America?"
"Where in America?"
"....Kentucky..?"
"Where's that?"
"..."
"North or south?"
"North..."
"North America, eh? Canada or the United States?"
"The United States." Ruki chuckled.
"I see. Well, I stay in Britain during summer vacation with my second cousin. He's the heir to the throne, you know." Kamiko explained.
"Wow... really?" Ruki blinked in wonder.
The elevator chimed and the door pulled open. The floor was filled with people looking for their rooms.
"Follow me, follow me. Don't get lost, don't get lost!" Kamiko said as she walked down the hall way to the right, walking as if she knew exactly where she was going and as if she'd done it a hundred times before. "Here it is." Kamiko dashed the cardkey through the lock and the door clicked and shifted open, "Home sweet home."
Ruki stepped in, "Wow... not too shabby."
"Tch, what'd you expect from..." Kamiko let the door slam shut behind her, "..the finest boarding school in all of Europe?"
"I didn't really know what to expect..." Ruki admitted and walked over to a chair, setting her bag on it.
"Well, this here bed has been mine since I came here. Hope you don't mind." Kamiko patted the bed on the far left of the room, closer to the doorway of another room.
"Not at all..." Ruki left her bag there and walked through the doorway. "What's this?"
"It's a living room! Don't you know anything? The dining room is over there." Kamiko pointed.
"This is far nicer than any hotel I've ever stayed in ... it's almost like a hotel sweet..." Ruki wandered off toward the dining room area.
"While you do that, I'm gonna ring the others down. You wanna meet them before school starts in case you have any classes with them." Kamiko said as she went back to the bedside where the only phone sat.
Ruki hadn't heard as she examined the long, waxed, dark brown table with elegantly carved chairs that matched. "This is incredible..." She muttered to herself as she circled it.
Kamiko poked her head into the living room, "You might wanna put on a uniform to make sure it fits! They never get the sizing right. They're hanging in your closet." Kamiko disappeared again, Ruki hadn't paid attention.
Ruki leaned over and looked under the table, then crawled underneath it, studying the design of the wooden supports.
When there was a knock at the door, Kamiko opened it.
"About time you showed up! We've been waiting since Friday." Said one.
"Oh man, you guys've been here since Friday??" Kamiko winced at the thought.
"Thursday actually. Robert isn't coming until this evening though." Another answered.
"Well, where's Oliver?" Kamiko asked.
"He said he wanted to straighten the room up." Replied the first one again.
"Eheh, I hope he doesn't find those candy bars I was hiding."
"Enrique! I told you to bring them over!" Kamiko frowned at the second, blonde one.
He shrugged, innocently, "I didn't want Oliver to see them."
"Who needs Enrique's stupid melted chocolate anyway?" The first one walked past Kamiko and inside. "Oh my gosh, is that your bag, Kamiko?"
Kamiko shut the door behind Enrique and looked at Johnny [the other one], "What? No, that's the new girl's bag."
"What is she? A peasant who got lucky?" Johnny looked at the flimsy, old carpet bag.
"You better be nice to her, Johnny, or I'll wring your neck." Kamiko threatened.
"Come on you two, don't fight on the first day back!" Enrique interrupted. "So, where is this new girl anyway?"
"In the other room, come 'ere." Kamiko led them through the living room and into the dining room. "Uh.. well I thought she was here. Ruki?"
"Yeah?"
Kamiko looked at the table, "Ok, where the heck are you?"
"I'm under the table."
Everybody blinked, silent.
"Ok and what exactly are you doing there?" Kamiko looked annoyed.
"I'm--ow!" There was a loud thump.
Kamiko smacked her forehead with her hand.
"Hahah! I bet she's embarressed that she's poor." Johnny laughed.
"Shut up, Johnathan!" Kamiko growled, "Come out Ruki, I want you to meet my friends."
"I'm coming ... "
Johnny snickered, "She probably got lost under there."
Ruki crawled out on the other side, rubbing her head.
"Ruki, meet Enrique and Johnny. Enrique here is from Italy and Johnny is from Scotland. Guys, this is Ruki. She's from the US." Kamiko pointed as she introduced.
"I knew it! Stupid Americans!" Johnny said, mockingly.
"Johnathan MacGregor! Shut the hell up now or I'll sock you in the nose!" Kamiko snarled.
"Sheesh, I'm just having a little fun." Johnny crossed his arms.
"You're being freakin' mean! Say sorry, Johnny!" Kamiko demanded.
"Say sorry?! For what?!" Johnny defended.
"For being a jerk!" Kamiko argued.
"Uh, I'll just be over here..." Ruki said, attempting to sneak off into the bedroom.
Kamiko grabbed Ruki's shirt, stopping her, "No you're not! You're not going anywhere until Johnny says sorry!"
"I'm not saying sorry 'cause I'm not sorry!" Johnny refused.
"You two are always fighting. You act like an old married couple. Why don't you just chill out?" Enrique suggested.
"Yeah Kamiko! Chill out!" Johnny repeated.
Kamiko growled and gnashed her teeth, "Johnny you better say sorry or else..."
Johnny smirked, challenging her, "Or else what?"
"Or else..." Kamiko sneered, "you won't get your CD back."
"My CD?? What CD?"
Kamiko revealed a Linkin Park CD from who knows where, "The one I took from you at the end of last year."
"WHAT?! You sleeze bag!! Give it back!" Johnny demanded, "That's a special edition CD you know!"
"That's why I took it, smarty-pants." Kamiko glared.
"Come on, Johnny. Just say sorry and get your CD back." Enrique adviced.
"Actually since it's taken you so long, you'll have to do one other thing to get your CD back." Kamiko taunted.
"WHAT?!"
"Tonight at dinner, you have to get up in front of the entire cafeteria, stand up on a table and sing 'I'm a Little Teapot' with mashed carrots on your head." Kamiko smirked.
"NO WAY!!" Johnny yelled.
"No? Too bad, your CD is worth quite a bit of money. Didn't you say ... fifteen hundred bucks? Not only that but, it's not for sale anymore. It's limited edition remember?" Kamiko reminded him.
"Aw Kamiko, that's mean." Ruki suddenly said.
"I'm with her on this one!" Johnny snorted.
"Mean is all part of the game, sister." Kamiko answered, "So, guess I should go get on eBay now and ... see what I can get out of this thing."
"TOUCH THAT LAPTOP AND YOU'RE DEAD!!!" Johnny barked.
"Just do it, Johnny. Everybody knows you're a goof anyway." Enrique tried to calm him down.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Johnny turned to Enrique for an answer.
"Poor wittle Johnathan is afwaid." Kamiko mocked in baby talk.
"Afraid?! Yeah right! Fine then! Ruki I apologize even though I didn't do anything to need to apologize."
Ruki blinked.
"Try that again, Johnny-boy. Say it like ya mean it." Kamiko added.
Johnny growled and collected himself, "I apologize for supposedly being mean..."
"Ah ah ah." Kamiko shook her head.
"GRR!! What do you want?! You want an entire speech?!!" Johnny yelled, frustrated.
"Johnny!! Just say sorry!!" Kamiko shouted back.
"FINE I'M SORRY, OK?!!"
"Johnathan." Kamiko said in a monotone, sing-songy voice, obviously not satisfied.
"It's Ok! Apology accepted, can we stop yelling now?" Ruki quickly said.
Johnny smirked and snorted, his arms crossed, "There ya see? It's good enough for penny girl."
"You know what? Penny girl has a name, maybe you should learn to use it, smart stuff!" Kamiko growled, defensively.
"Why don't we just go watch TV or something?" Enrique chuckled, somewhat nervous about this fight.
"Why, so you can cuddle with your little girlfriend?" Johnny asked, mockingly.
Enrique raised an eyebrow, "You .... know?"
"How cute!" Ruki exclaimed.
"Of course I know!" Johnny appeared irritated, then looked at Kamiko, "So, Kamiko, I think I'll be taking that CD back. Unless you want the entire cafeteria to know this evening."
Kamiko frowned, "You're freakin' evil." She handed him the CD.
"You know it. Mr. Evil, right here." Johnny smirked and put the CD in his cargo pocket. "So then, now we're even Kamiko."
"Geh, fine. Just promise you won't be so mean to Ruki." Kamiko requested.
"Why shouldn't I?" Johnny crossed his arms again.
"First off, she's the new girl, and second she hasn't done anything to you! Besides, she'll be hanging with us for the next 4 years of highschool, might as well start treating her as a friend now."
"Whatever. I'm ready for TV." Johnny left the room and headed toward the bedroom.
Kamiko sighed, annoyed with Johnny.
"It's Ok, Kamiko. Thanks for standing up for me but, really, it's Ok." Ruki looked up at her.
"He does this every year. You'll get used to him though." Kamiko assured her and followed Enrique to the bedroom.
Ruki sighed and followed as well.
Johnny dropped himself on the bed closest to the wall, "I like this bed. It feels like nobody's slept in it for years."
"Well, it was empty last year." Kamiko answered as she walked in the room. "And I think they changed the mattress at the end of the year before."
"So, this is peasant girl's bed, I assume." Johnny reached for the remote on the nightstand inbetween the two beds.
"It's Ruki's bed, Johnny. Ru---ki---. Can you say that, Johnny? Ru--- ki---."
"Shut up, I can say it if I want." Johnny flipped the TV on while Ruki wandered to the chair with her bag on it. "There's probably nothing on..."
Ruki put the bag on the floor and sat down at the small table made for two.
There was a knock at the door. Kamiko got up and opened the door, "Oliver! Glad you could make it."
"Hey Kamiko, how was your summer?" He asked, friendly-like.
"It was great." Kamiko smiled.
"Well that's good, mind if I come in?"
"Please." Kamiko stood out of the way to let him in. "Oh, by the way. Oliver, this is Ruki. She's rooming with me. Ruki this is Oliver, he's from France."
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Oliver walked over to Ruki, who stood up to shake his hand.
"Thanks, you too." Ruki answered.
"So you're new here, huh? You must be pretty nervous." Oliver sat at the edge of the bed while Ruki sat back on her seat.
"I am, actually." Ruki admitted.
"Don't worry about it too much. You'll be fine. If you need help, you can just ask me or one of the others. We'll be glad to help you in anyway we can."
"Thank you so much. I feel better already." Ruki smiled.
"Hey Oliver, I should be the one to warn you that she's cheap." Johnny said.
Oliver looked over his shoulder at his friend, "What do you mean?"
"She's a poor girl who got lucky, that's all. You shouldn't bother with the likes of her." Johnny finished.
"Johnathan!!!" Kamiko sprang to her feet. "You should learn to keep your big fat mouth shut!!"
"What? I'm just telling the truth!"
"Why don't you just be the biggest jerk in the world?" Kamiko crossed her arms, angrily.
"Maybe I will be." Johnny flipped the channel.
"It's Ok, Kamiko..." Ruki sighed.
"What? No it's not!" Kamiko replied.
Ruki stood up, "No, really, it's fine. I understand how it is." She walked into the other room and sat at the dining room table, twiddling her thumbs.
"Look what you did, Johnathan! You made her cry!!" Kamiko yelled.
"Then she can cry me a river and drown in it." Johnny replied, carelessly.
Kamiko picked up the digital clock from the nightstand and hurled it at him.
"OWWW!!" Johnny rubbed his head.
"I hope that hurt! You better straighten up, Johnny!" Kamiko angrily left the room to get Ruki.
Johnny continued to rub the sore spot he just received, "Good grief, Enrique. Your girlfriend is a pain..."
"Well, that was a rather cold thing to say, Johnny..." Oliver said in a slightly low voice.
"Not you too..."
"He's right, Johnny. You should learn the meaning of the word 'sensitive' and put it to use." Enrique agreed.
"Tch, you guys make me sad." Johnny said sarcastically.
Kamiko shouted from the other room, "JOHNNY GET YOUR BUTT IN HERE!!"
"You act like my mom!!" Johnny yelled back.
"I SAID GET IN HERE!!!"
"Ugh, good grief." Johnny dropped the remote and got up, going to where Kamiko sat at the table with Ruki. "What now?"
"You get over here and say your sorry, and you better the heck mean it!" Kamiko growled.
"What?"
"Stop treating Ruki like a nobody and start treating her like a person! We're all supposed to be friends here!" Kamiko felt the need to remind him of this.
"You know what? I don't even know why you let her be our friend! She comes out of the blue and you're suddenly her best friend?! What's up with that?" Johnny sounded upset.
"Even if she wasn't our friend, I'd expect you to act like a gentleman around her."
"Yeah well, I only act like a gentleman around real ladies, not pauper's girls." Johnny replied arrogantly and went back into the other room.
Kamiko sighed, "What a jerk..."
Later at supper, all boarding residents were to report in school uniform, so the boys had left earlier to change.
'Remember, Ruki, don't let anybody get you down. We're equal here because we're here for an education, not to see who you can out do or who has more money.' Ruki thought to herself as she waited for Kamiko to change.
"We ready to go?"
Ruki lifted her head to see Kamiko drop her clothes onto her bed, "Yeah."
"Ok, lets go then. We probably won't meet the others until we get to our table." Kamiko said as she adjusted the cuffs on her sleeves.
"How exactly does this work...?" Ruki asked.
"Well, every year you get to choose where you wanna sit, then you're assigned to sit there every breakfast and supper. They'll probably already have a table by the time we get there cause we're called down by floors, and the other four are on level 5." Kamiko explained and opened the door. "Lets go."
Ruki followed Kamiko to the elevator. The others in the hall were bustling about, getting instructions and what not. Kamiko and Ruki joined several others on their way down to the cafeteria on the ground floor.
"Remember to stay close, it's crazy the first night here." Kamiko warned when they reached the ground floor. She led Ruki to the cafeteria and began to search for her friends.
"What're you looking for?" Ruki asked.
"The others. We're supposed to go to our table first." Kamiko replied, standing on her tip toes to see over people's heads. "There they are! Come on!" Kamiko grabbed Ruki's hand and pushed through all the people, "Heya guys! Glad we found ya." Kamiko sat down.
"We're glad too. They should be nearly ready to start serving dinner." Oliver replied.
Kamiko looked up at Ruki who was still standing, "What's wrong? Aren't you gonna sit down?"
"No... I don't think so.." Ruki sighed as she looked at her feet.
Kamiko stood up and turned Ruki away so their backs faced the boys, "What's the matter?"
"I'm... not feeling well."
"If it's because Johnny's here, just ignore him." Kamiko replied.
"I can't sit at a table with him. I'd be too self-concious." Ruki frowned.
"Well, where do you plan to sit then and with whom?"
"....I don't know... I just want to go back to my grandma's house.." Ruki said, her eyes welling with tears.
"Don't cry, please don't cry! It'll be Ok. Johnny just doesn't like the idea of change, that's all. You'll see, he'll get used to you and then things'll be cool between you. Just hang in there Ok?" Kamiko said, trying to comfort her.
"I don't think I can.." Ruki sniffled, wiping a tear from her cheek.
"Well I know you can. How about we ask if we can take our supper up to our room, and we can eat up there, just you and I. Ok?" Kamiko offered.
Ruki smiled, "Really?" She wiped another tear from her eye.
"Yeah." Kamiko nodded. "Come on, lets go." She turned to the boys, "We're gonna go ask if we can eat upstairs. Ruki isn't feeling well."
"Oh tell her to stop crying about everything!" Johnny said, sourly.
"And you, Mr. MacGregor, need to stop commenting on everything!" Kamiko looked at the other two, "We'll see you tomorrow morning, Ok?"
"Alright, we'll see you later then." Oliver said, kindly.
"Sleep well and sweet dreams!" Enrique called after Kamiko as they left, Kamiko waving as a reply.
After they sorted things out with Gustav at the counter, they grabbed their dinner and went back upstairs.
"Thanks..." Ruki said as they rode up the elevator.
"Any time, pal. Listen, don't worry about a thing, Ok? By next week, we'll all have adjusted to going back to school and everything and you'll see you'll like it here." Kamiko said.
The elevator stopped and the door opened. Kamiko led Ruki back toward the room, "Do you really think Johnny will get used to me?" She asked, somewhat sadly.
"Of course he will. There's no doubt in my mind he'll come around." Kamiko nodded, confidentally.
Me and her don't own Beyblade!
Sent Away By Juri Katou and Kamiko MacGregor
The short teen girl from America stepped out of the black car which brought her to the living quarters of The West European Boarding Highschool. She admired the large stay, which looked like a mansion. Others were on their way to the building as well, most returning from summer vacation.
"Grab your things, child. You don't have all day!" Said the kind escourt who had picked up the girl from her grandmother's house. "You know, Ruki, when things are tough, just remember somebody is watching over you alright?" She said as she handed an old carpet bag to the girl.
"Thank you, Mrs. Stacey." Ruki smiled.
"Now go on. Don't be afraid. Just show the people at the front desk your boarding information and they should give you a key. Find the room and settle down. I'll call this evening to check up on you, alright?"
Ruki nodded, "Thanks. I'll see you later."
"Good luck." Mrs. Stacey said as Ruki began to leave toward the school.
Ruki walked up to the building and through the front doors. Inside the desk area it looked more like a mansion than the outside. There was a large chandelier which sparkled from the lights inside the fragile glass. She stared a moment in great awe.
"What's the matter? Never seen a chandelier before?"
"What?" Ruki looked at the inquierer. She appeared to be hispanic with dark brown hair and light brown eyes; she stood somewhat taller than Ruki.
"You must be new here." The girl brushed her nose with her thumb.
"Uh.. yeah."
The girl shook her head, "You have so much to learn. Call me Kamiko. I was sent here two years before this year from Canada."
"Wow... two years? Why?"
"My only defense is that the devil made me do it, but it didn't help too much. How about I help you out and show you the ropes around here." Kamiko offered.
"No thanks, I can get around on my own." Ruki declined as politely as she could manage.
Kamiko laughed, "That's pretty funny. I'll introduce you to some of my friends. I'm sure they won't mind hanging around another girl." She winked.
Ruki raised an eyebrow.
"Anyway, lets go get you checked in and get your things up to your room. Let me see this." Kamiko grabbed the paper from Ruki's hand. "Room 625. Great, we'll be roomies for the next 4 years."
Ruki gave a weak smile, "Yeah... great ..."
"Lets go." Kamiko led the way to the desk and pushed through the line to the front. "Here." She handed the paper to the man at the desk, "If you could, we'd like some chocolate and candy bars."
"The cafeteria won't be open until supper time." The man said, handing Kamiko a cardkey.
"Tell me you're kidding!"
"Sorry. You can call room service though and ask for a snack."
Kamiko growled, "Thanks anyway, Gustav."
"Any time, Kamiko. Next please."
Kamiko pulled Ruki from the line, "This is just great."
"What?"
"No candy bars 'til dinner! Grr. Maybe Enrique still has the ones he left melting in his dresser from last year."
Ruki made a sickened expression which Kamiko hadn't noticed.
"Ah, come on. We gotta get your stuff put away so we can find the others." Kamiko led Ruki toward an elevator.
"The others?" Ruki ran to catch up.
Kamiko pressed the number six on the floors, Ruki making it into the elevator just before it closed. "You need to stay on your toes Ruki. This place is fast paced. Wouldn't wanna get left behind, would ya?" Kamiko smirked.
"Listen, I just wanna get to my room and rest. I flew in just today and I'm exhausted..." Ruki sighed.
"Where'd you come from?" Kamiko asked.
"America?"
"Where in America?"
"....Kentucky..?"
"Where's that?"
"..."
"North or south?"
"North..."
"North America, eh? Canada or the United States?"
"The United States." Ruki chuckled.
"I see. Well, I stay in Britain during summer vacation with my second cousin. He's the heir to the throne, you know." Kamiko explained.
"Wow... really?" Ruki blinked in wonder.
The elevator chimed and the door pulled open. The floor was filled with people looking for their rooms.
"Follow me, follow me. Don't get lost, don't get lost!" Kamiko said as she walked down the hall way to the right, walking as if she knew exactly where she was going and as if she'd done it a hundred times before. "Here it is." Kamiko dashed the cardkey through the lock and the door clicked and shifted open, "Home sweet home."
Ruki stepped in, "Wow... not too shabby."
"Tch, what'd you expect from..." Kamiko let the door slam shut behind her, "..the finest boarding school in all of Europe?"
"I didn't really know what to expect..." Ruki admitted and walked over to a chair, setting her bag on it.
"Well, this here bed has been mine since I came here. Hope you don't mind." Kamiko patted the bed on the far left of the room, closer to the doorway of another room.
"Not at all..." Ruki left her bag there and walked through the doorway. "What's this?"
"It's a living room! Don't you know anything? The dining room is over there." Kamiko pointed.
"This is far nicer than any hotel I've ever stayed in ... it's almost like a hotel sweet..." Ruki wandered off toward the dining room area.
"While you do that, I'm gonna ring the others down. You wanna meet them before school starts in case you have any classes with them." Kamiko said as she went back to the bedside where the only phone sat.
Ruki hadn't heard as she examined the long, waxed, dark brown table with elegantly carved chairs that matched. "This is incredible..." She muttered to herself as she circled it.
Kamiko poked her head into the living room, "You might wanna put on a uniform to make sure it fits! They never get the sizing right. They're hanging in your closet." Kamiko disappeared again, Ruki hadn't paid attention.
Ruki leaned over and looked under the table, then crawled underneath it, studying the design of the wooden supports.
When there was a knock at the door, Kamiko opened it.
"About time you showed up! We've been waiting since Friday." Said one.
"Oh man, you guys've been here since Friday??" Kamiko winced at the thought.
"Thursday actually. Robert isn't coming until this evening though." Another answered.
"Well, where's Oliver?" Kamiko asked.
"He said he wanted to straighten the room up." Replied the first one again.
"Eheh, I hope he doesn't find those candy bars I was hiding."
"Enrique! I told you to bring them over!" Kamiko frowned at the second, blonde one.
He shrugged, innocently, "I didn't want Oliver to see them."
"Who needs Enrique's stupid melted chocolate anyway?" The first one walked past Kamiko and inside. "Oh my gosh, is that your bag, Kamiko?"
Kamiko shut the door behind Enrique and looked at Johnny [the other one], "What? No, that's the new girl's bag."
"What is she? A peasant who got lucky?" Johnny looked at the flimsy, old carpet bag.
"You better be nice to her, Johnny, or I'll wring your neck." Kamiko threatened.
"Come on you two, don't fight on the first day back!" Enrique interrupted. "So, where is this new girl anyway?"
"In the other room, come 'ere." Kamiko led them through the living room and into the dining room. "Uh.. well I thought she was here. Ruki?"
"Yeah?"
Kamiko looked at the table, "Ok, where the heck are you?"
"I'm under the table."
Everybody blinked, silent.
"Ok and what exactly are you doing there?" Kamiko looked annoyed.
"I'm--ow!" There was a loud thump.
Kamiko smacked her forehead with her hand.
"Hahah! I bet she's embarressed that she's poor." Johnny laughed.
"Shut up, Johnathan!" Kamiko growled, "Come out Ruki, I want you to meet my friends."
"I'm coming ... "
Johnny snickered, "She probably got lost under there."
Ruki crawled out on the other side, rubbing her head.
"Ruki, meet Enrique and Johnny. Enrique here is from Italy and Johnny is from Scotland. Guys, this is Ruki. She's from the US." Kamiko pointed as she introduced.
"I knew it! Stupid Americans!" Johnny said, mockingly.
"Johnathan MacGregor! Shut the hell up now or I'll sock you in the nose!" Kamiko snarled.
"Sheesh, I'm just having a little fun." Johnny crossed his arms.
"You're being freakin' mean! Say sorry, Johnny!" Kamiko demanded.
"Say sorry?! For what?!" Johnny defended.
"For being a jerk!" Kamiko argued.
"Uh, I'll just be over here..." Ruki said, attempting to sneak off into the bedroom.
Kamiko grabbed Ruki's shirt, stopping her, "No you're not! You're not going anywhere until Johnny says sorry!"
"I'm not saying sorry 'cause I'm not sorry!" Johnny refused.
"You two are always fighting. You act like an old married couple. Why don't you just chill out?" Enrique suggested.
"Yeah Kamiko! Chill out!" Johnny repeated.
Kamiko growled and gnashed her teeth, "Johnny you better say sorry or else..."
Johnny smirked, challenging her, "Or else what?"
"Or else..." Kamiko sneered, "you won't get your CD back."
"My CD?? What CD?"
Kamiko revealed a Linkin Park CD from who knows where, "The one I took from you at the end of last year."
"WHAT?! You sleeze bag!! Give it back!" Johnny demanded, "That's a special edition CD you know!"
"That's why I took it, smarty-pants." Kamiko glared.
"Come on, Johnny. Just say sorry and get your CD back." Enrique adviced.
"Actually since it's taken you so long, you'll have to do one other thing to get your CD back." Kamiko taunted.
"WHAT?!"
"Tonight at dinner, you have to get up in front of the entire cafeteria, stand up on a table and sing 'I'm a Little Teapot' with mashed carrots on your head." Kamiko smirked.
"NO WAY!!" Johnny yelled.
"No? Too bad, your CD is worth quite a bit of money. Didn't you say ... fifteen hundred bucks? Not only that but, it's not for sale anymore. It's limited edition remember?" Kamiko reminded him.
"Aw Kamiko, that's mean." Ruki suddenly said.
"I'm with her on this one!" Johnny snorted.
"Mean is all part of the game, sister." Kamiko answered, "So, guess I should go get on eBay now and ... see what I can get out of this thing."
"TOUCH THAT LAPTOP AND YOU'RE DEAD!!!" Johnny barked.
"Just do it, Johnny. Everybody knows you're a goof anyway." Enrique tried to calm him down.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Johnny turned to Enrique for an answer.
"Poor wittle Johnathan is afwaid." Kamiko mocked in baby talk.
"Afraid?! Yeah right! Fine then! Ruki I apologize even though I didn't do anything to need to apologize."
Ruki blinked.
"Try that again, Johnny-boy. Say it like ya mean it." Kamiko added.
Johnny growled and collected himself, "I apologize for supposedly being mean..."
"Ah ah ah." Kamiko shook her head.
"GRR!! What do you want?! You want an entire speech?!!" Johnny yelled, frustrated.
"Johnny!! Just say sorry!!" Kamiko shouted back.
"FINE I'M SORRY, OK?!!"
"Johnathan." Kamiko said in a monotone, sing-songy voice, obviously not satisfied.
"It's Ok! Apology accepted, can we stop yelling now?" Ruki quickly said.
Johnny smirked and snorted, his arms crossed, "There ya see? It's good enough for penny girl."
"You know what? Penny girl has a name, maybe you should learn to use it, smart stuff!" Kamiko growled, defensively.
"Why don't we just go watch TV or something?" Enrique chuckled, somewhat nervous about this fight.
"Why, so you can cuddle with your little girlfriend?" Johnny asked, mockingly.
Enrique raised an eyebrow, "You .... know?"
"How cute!" Ruki exclaimed.
"Of course I know!" Johnny appeared irritated, then looked at Kamiko, "So, Kamiko, I think I'll be taking that CD back. Unless you want the entire cafeteria to know this evening."
Kamiko frowned, "You're freakin' evil." She handed him the CD.
"You know it. Mr. Evil, right here." Johnny smirked and put the CD in his cargo pocket. "So then, now we're even Kamiko."
"Geh, fine. Just promise you won't be so mean to Ruki." Kamiko requested.
"Why shouldn't I?" Johnny crossed his arms again.
"First off, she's the new girl, and second she hasn't done anything to you! Besides, she'll be hanging with us for the next 4 years of highschool, might as well start treating her as a friend now."
"Whatever. I'm ready for TV." Johnny left the room and headed toward the bedroom.
Kamiko sighed, annoyed with Johnny.
"It's Ok, Kamiko. Thanks for standing up for me but, really, it's Ok." Ruki looked up at her.
"He does this every year. You'll get used to him though." Kamiko assured her and followed Enrique to the bedroom.
Ruki sighed and followed as well.
Johnny dropped himself on the bed closest to the wall, "I like this bed. It feels like nobody's slept in it for years."
"Well, it was empty last year." Kamiko answered as she walked in the room. "And I think they changed the mattress at the end of the year before."
"So, this is peasant girl's bed, I assume." Johnny reached for the remote on the nightstand inbetween the two beds.
"It's Ruki's bed, Johnny. Ru---ki---. Can you say that, Johnny? Ru--- ki---."
"Shut up, I can say it if I want." Johnny flipped the TV on while Ruki wandered to the chair with her bag on it. "There's probably nothing on..."
Ruki put the bag on the floor and sat down at the small table made for two.
There was a knock at the door. Kamiko got up and opened the door, "Oliver! Glad you could make it."
"Hey Kamiko, how was your summer?" He asked, friendly-like.
"It was great." Kamiko smiled.
"Well that's good, mind if I come in?"
"Please." Kamiko stood out of the way to let him in. "Oh, by the way. Oliver, this is Ruki. She's rooming with me. Ruki this is Oliver, he's from France."
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Oliver walked over to Ruki, who stood up to shake his hand.
"Thanks, you too." Ruki answered.
"So you're new here, huh? You must be pretty nervous." Oliver sat at the edge of the bed while Ruki sat back on her seat.
"I am, actually." Ruki admitted.
"Don't worry about it too much. You'll be fine. If you need help, you can just ask me or one of the others. We'll be glad to help you in anyway we can."
"Thank you so much. I feel better already." Ruki smiled.
"Hey Oliver, I should be the one to warn you that she's cheap." Johnny said.
Oliver looked over his shoulder at his friend, "What do you mean?"
"She's a poor girl who got lucky, that's all. You shouldn't bother with the likes of her." Johnny finished.
"Johnathan!!!" Kamiko sprang to her feet. "You should learn to keep your big fat mouth shut!!"
"What? I'm just telling the truth!"
"Why don't you just be the biggest jerk in the world?" Kamiko crossed her arms, angrily.
"Maybe I will be." Johnny flipped the channel.
"It's Ok, Kamiko..." Ruki sighed.
"What? No it's not!" Kamiko replied.
Ruki stood up, "No, really, it's fine. I understand how it is." She walked into the other room and sat at the dining room table, twiddling her thumbs.
"Look what you did, Johnathan! You made her cry!!" Kamiko yelled.
"Then she can cry me a river and drown in it." Johnny replied, carelessly.
Kamiko picked up the digital clock from the nightstand and hurled it at him.
"OWWW!!" Johnny rubbed his head.
"I hope that hurt! You better straighten up, Johnny!" Kamiko angrily left the room to get Ruki.
Johnny continued to rub the sore spot he just received, "Good grief, Enrique. Your girlfriend is a pain..."
"Well, that was a rather cold thing to say, Johnny..." Oliver said in a slightly low voice.
"Not you too..."
"He's right, Johnny. You should learn the meaning of the word 'sensitive' and put it to use." Enrique agreed.
"Tch, you guys make me sad." Johnny said sarcastically.
Kamiko shouted from the other room, "JOHNNY GET YOUR BUTT IN HERE!!"
"You act like my mom!!" Johnny yelled back.
"I SAID GET IN HERE!!!"
"Ugh, good grief." Johnny dropped the remote and got up, going to where Kamiko sat at the table with Ruki. "What now?"
"You get over here and say your sorry, and you better the heck mean it!" Kamiko growled.
"What?"
"Stop treating Ruki like a nobody and start treating her like a person! We're all supposed to be friends here!" Kamiko felt the need to remind him of this.
"You know what? I don't even know why you let her be our friend! She comes out of the blue and you're suddenly her best friend?! What's up with that?" Johnny sounded upset.
"Even if she wasn't our friend, I'd expect you to act like a gentleman around her."
"Yeah well, I only act like a gentleman around real ladies, not pauper's girls." Johnny replied arrogantly and went back into the other room.
Kamiko sighed, "What a jerk..."
Later at supper, all boarding residents were to report in school uniform, so the boys had left earlier to change.
'Remember, Ruki, don't let anybody get you down. We're equal here because we're here for an education, not to see who you can out do or who has more money.' Ruki thought to herself as she waited for Kamiko to change.
"We ready to go?"
Ruki lifted her head to see Kamiko drop her clothes onto her bed, "Yeah."
"Ok, lets go then. We probably won't meet the others until we get to our table." Kamiko said as she adjusted the cuffs on her sleeves.
"How exactly does this work...?" Ruki asked.
"Well, every year you get to choose where you wanna sit, then you're assigned to sit there every breakfast and supper. They'll probably already have a table by the time we get there cause we're called down by floors, and the other four are on level 5." Kamiko explained and opened the door. "Lets go."
Ruki followed Kamiko to the elevator. The others in the hall were bustling about, getting instructions and what not. Kamiko and Ruki joined several others on their way down to the cafeteria on the ground floor.
"Remember to stay close, it's crazy the first night here." Kamiko warned when they reached the ground floor. She led Ruki to the cafeteria and began to search for her friends.
"What're you looking for?" Ruki asked.
"The others. We're supposed to go to our table first." Kamiko replied, standing on her tip toes to see over people's heads. "There they are! Come on!" Kamiko grabbed Ruki's hand and pushed through all the people, "Heya guys! Glad we found ya." Kamiko sat down.
"We're glad too. They should be nearly ready to start serving dinner." Oliver replied.
Kamiko looked up at Ruki who was still standing, "What's wrong? Aren't you gonna sit down?"
"No... I don't think so.." Ruki sighed as she looked at her feet.
Kamiko stood up and turned Ruki away so their backs faced the boys, "What's the matter?"
"I'm... not feeling well."
"If it's because Johnny's here, just ignore him." Kamiko replied.
"I can't sit at a table with him. I'd be too self-concious." Ruki frowned.
"Well, where do you plan to sit then and with whom?"
"....I don't know... I just want to go back to my grandma's house.." Ruki said, her eyes welling with tears.
"Don't cry, please don't cry! It'll be Ok. Johnny just doesn't like the idea of change, that's all. You'll see, he'll get used to you and then things'll be cool between you. Just hang in there Ok?" Kamiko said, trying to comfort her.
"I don't think I can.." Ruki sniffled, wiping a tear from her cheek.
"Well I know you can. How about we ask if we can take our supper up to our room, and we can eat up there, just you and I. Ok?" Kamiko offered.
Ruki smiled, "Really?" She wiped another tear from her eye.
"Yeah." Kamiko nodded. "Come on, lets go." She turned to the boys, "We're gonna go ask if we can eat upstairs. Ruki isn't feeling well."
"Oh tell her to stop crying about everything!" Johnny said, sourly.
"And you, Mr. MacGregor, need to stop commenting on everything!" Kamiko looked at the other two, "We'll see you tomorrow morning, Ok?"
"Alright, we'll see you later then." Oliver said, kindly.
"Sleep well and sweet dreams!" Enrique called after Kamiko as they left, Kamiko waving as a reply.
After they sorted things out with Gustav at the counter, they grabbed their dinner and went back upstairs.
"Thanks..." Ruki said as they rode up the elevator.
"Any time, pal. Listen, don't worry about a thing, Ok? By next week, we'll all have adjusted to going back to school and everything and you'll see you'll like it here." Kamiko said.
The elevator stopped and the door opened. Kamiko led Ruki back toward the room, "Do you really think Johnny will get used to me?" She asked, somewhat sadly.
"Of course he will. There's no doubt in my mind he'll come around." Kamiko nodded, confidentally.