There was a chorus of disappointed groans as the two girls were eventually persuaded to stop trying to kill each other. 'How can a cat-fight between two girls who barely know how to pull each others hair be so intriguing to these idiots?' the girl thought as she pushed her way through the hoard of mindless drones.
They were all faceless idiots to her. Conformists; all of them. Bending to fit the whim of the society they were placed in, lacking the much-needed willpower they were supposedly born with. Each matching the next, minus of course, the precious few that managed to break free of the bonds they were placed in. 'Stupid humans…' She seethed, as she carefully wove around the people in her way.
"Kay!" Someone called out to her. She looked to her right; it was her friend Duckie. No, Duckie was not her actual name, but a clever nickname. "Hey Duckie," She replied, "How was break?" Her short friend bounced over to her in her normally upbeat manner, "It was okay, my family wouldn't stop screaming at me, as usual." She pouted and laughed at the same time, confusing Kay. "So, you know Youko, right?" "I know OF him, yes – who doesn't?" "Have you ever talked to him?" Kay smirked and crossed her arms, "And risk being raped? Hn." "…. Good point… What kind of name is 'Youko', anyway? It's like one of those weird Japanese names that you and Lissa are always bringing up." Her small friend said. "…Uh, yeah. Was there a point to this conversation?" She asked. "He asked Lissa out! I could go on for hours about how this could end up…" Knowing this was going to be a very long, pointless discussion, Kay thought fast, "Hey, is that Ben?" Bringing up Duckie's ex was a surefire way to end a topic quickly. She watched as Duckie's attention was immediately redirected to… Everywhere but the person in front of her, and with a hastily thought up excuse, she was gone.
'Why is everyone obsessed with that megasized fox-wannabe?' Kay thought as she continued walking towards her normal morning "spot". There were a lot of students she didn't recognize, but that was probably because of the recent hurricanes and the sudden idea that maybe the schools that were directly hit weren't entirely safe. Gee, what could've possibly made them think that? Thinking back to the pictures of the schools a few counties away that had chunks of concrete missing and metal beams sticking out at odd places made her smirk.
Her thoughts were cut short when two very large arms wrapped around her shoulders in a sick, twisted hug. Immediately realizing who it was, Kay turned her head and bit down as hard as she could on one of the arms. Larry emitted a cry of pain at the sudden violent outburst and immediately let go. "What was that for?!" He exclaimed, clutching his now bleeding arm. "I've told you many times, Larry," She said with disgust, "you may not touch me." "It was just a hug." He said, trying to justify his actions, "Funny," She said while glaring at him, "last time you tried to hug me it was more of a death grip, and you had a knife."
Muttering various things under his breath, Larry walked away with what little pride he had left. Kay made a face of disgust, then spit on the ground, expelling the blood that had gotten into her mouth. 'Ugh, the last thing I want is his DNA on me…' She thought bitterly. On a brighter note, she grinned slightly as she pocketed her new silver necklace. 'Stupid Larry…' She thought as she passed a group of boys overlooking everyone. 'Yeah, that's not suspicious at all…' She thought sarcastically as one of the boys glared at her.
'Finally,' Kay sighed inwardly as she reached the "spot" where she met everyone in the morning only to find it occupied by someone she'd rather not see again. She glared slightly, "Move," She stated in an 'I'm not a morning person" way. Alan looked up and moved immediately, not wanting to suffer her fiery wrath so early in the day. She sat down and put on her headphones, waiting for the others, as usual. She must've drifted off, because the next thing she knew someone was petting her head. Kay blinked and looked up to see Guzzi. "Meh." She greeted her, receiving a "Meh." in return. "What time is it?" She asked Guzzi, wanting to know why none of the others had gotten there yet. "Hell if I know," was the reply.
She sighed heavily, then spotted Scotty; the warmest guy on the planet. Kay swiftly walked up behind him and wrapped her icy hands around his neck, enjoying the warmth and surprised yelp that came from him. She smirked and released him. "Miss me?" Scotty shivered, but nodded nonetheless. "How can you always be that cold? It's not human!" She laughed lightly and herded him over to Guzzi. "Ah, seems as though I'm collecting friends again. You'd think they would just learn to come here by themselves…" She was looking around for Melissa when she noticed a pair of intense green eyes watching her. 'What the-' She thought as she glared back. The tall boy seemed to get the hint, and quickly averted his gaze. Kay looked him over and held back a giggle, 'that guy looks like a chick! …. Oh that was an intelligent thought…' But it was true; his long red hair only accented the feminine features of his face.
She suddenly felt very exposed, and quickly made sure her hair was covering most of her face again. She was about to go find Melissa, but the bell rang. "Damn," she breathed and looked at her schedule, "I hate math." Though, realizing she was only going to be sleeping in first period, she shrugged off the gloomy feeling.
Kay walked into the math room and noticed there wasn't a teacher there – but everyone was very quiet and orderly. 'Strange,' She thought as she took a seat in the back and laid her head down. Her eyes shot open: She felt shocked. Shocked and scared at the same time, as if she had just witnessed someone do something that would get her killed. 'Okay, who did what?' She furrowed her brow and tried to sleep but was vaguely aware of someone staring at her. Kay picked her head up and looked around the room, looking again for a teacher and again seeing none. 'Don't teachers normally teach during class?' She pondered as the late bell rang.
"Hmm, seems as though we're missing a few people." A scratchy voice said. Kay looked around the room again. Nothing. She raised an eyebrow and looked again. Someone was walking towards the front of the room; their pink hair was barely visible over the heads of the students sitting down. 'Damn this is one short person.' She thought, though she still couldn't quite see their face. The door burst open just then to reveal a tall guy with overly gelled black hair and rebellious brown eyes. "Nothing like math class to cure insomnia." He said proudly. Kay laughed lightly at this comment.
He looked around and spotted the assumed teacher, "Oh great, it's the old hag. Hey wait – since when did you start teaching math?" "Shut it, dimwit. Go sit down." The scratchy voice replied, causing the class to laugh. "Just tell me where, oh wise one." He said with a voice dripping with sarcasm. "In the back where I won't have to look at you. Try next to Ms. Short, dark, and sleepy." It took Kay a second to realize that comment was referring to her. "Hey wait a minute – Who are you calling some tiny little molecule that can only be seen under a microscope?!" 'Ouch. I'm not short!' Dark was another matter; Wearing baggy black pants, a grey tank with a black jacket keeping her warm -which was hardly working, not to mention the skull choker and tribal henna on her collarbone, she may look a bit darker than everyone else in the class, but…Well there really was no "but". The pink hair moved to where she could see the rest of the person. She was a very grizzled looking old lady. 'Oops.' Kay thought as the teacher glared at her. "My apologies, half pint. At least you're taller than I am."
Kay sweat-dropped at the insult/compliment. Actually, it was mostly insult. She held back a growl as she put her head down on the desk again. The boy walked up to her desk and sat down next to her. "Hey, I'm Yusuke. Nice to see I won't be the only one Genkai'll be picking on this year." "Hn." Kay replied, trying to ignore him. "Hm, where does that sound familiar?" He said with a slight chuckle before following suit and falling asleep.
Something hit Kay's head very hard, jolting her out of her math-filled nightmare. "Son of a—" She said, grabbing her head and looking up to see Yusuke in the same predicament with a very angry Genkai glaring at them. "Fall asleep again and you're gonna feel a lot more than that." She said sternly. "Can you DO that?" Kay asked angrily. "Well I just did, answer your question?" the old woman replied. "Genkai give it a rest, teenagers need to sleep. Go teach or whatever." Yusuke said before laying his head back down, only to receive another, more painful looking "whack". He yelped and sat up. Genkai glared at the two of them before going back to the front of the room.
Kay sighed and leaned back in her chair. Math was boring; there was no getting around that. She took out a sketchbook and started drawing. She noticed Yusuke looking over at her sketchbook and looked up with a questioning look on her face. He grinned, "Whacha drawing?" She smirked slightly, "The destruction of the human race." Seeing his eyes widen, Kay sighed again and showed him the picture of a frozen tundra with a pack of wolves hunting caribou near an ice castle, "Sarcasm. Learn to recognize it." She flipped her sketchbook closed and put it in her back, noticing the bell was about to ring.
"I didn't catch your name," Yusuke asked, rather than said. 'I didn't give it,' she thought. 'Oh, why not? We're going to be next to each other all semester, anyway.' "Kay." She said flatly and walked out the second the bell rang. That guy had some strange energy coming off of him, and she didn't need to be influenced anymore than necessary.
