Kurogane grumbled as he hurried inside the school building. It just had to be drizzling on his first day at a new school, in the middle of winter for Christ's sake. It was a fairly big school and he had no idea where the office was. He spotted a boy up ahead. The boy was walking slowly with his head hung low. Kurogane called out to him
"Hey!"
The boy turned around at his call and Kurogane took in the boy's appearance. Slightly shaggy longish-short hair and blue eyes that looked to big for his face. Kurogane got closer
"I'm new here. Would you show me where the office is?"
Kurogane asked. The boy looked around nervously before nodding and starting to walk. Kurogane blinked at the silence but wasn't too bothered by it. He preferred quiet to loudness anyway. They walked for a bit in the empty halls, which kinda creeped Kurogane out, where was everybody? he decided to ask the silent boy at his side
"Where is everybody?"
The boy stopped walking. He stared at Kurogane for a minute then looked around the hallway once more. The boy finally spoke, though it was barley above a whisper "Everybody else is at breakfast." then he became even more nervouse and looked around frantically. After a few seconds he relaxed again and began leading Kurogane towards the office once more. Kurogane was totally mystified by the boy's strange behavior
"What's your name?"
The boy didn't answer Kurogane tried a few more times to get the boy to talk before he just gave up, he didn't even know why he cared so much. It was just unusual, did this school have some kind of rule about talking? It may be a private boarding school but Kurogane didn't think that was what it was. The boy stopped at a door, pointed at it, then hurried off in the opposite direction as fast as he could without running. Kurogane stared after him for a second before he rolled his eyes and entered the room. As he stepped inside a woman at the desk looked up. She smiled
"May I help you?"
Kurogane nodded
"Yeah. I'm the new transfer student, Kurogane Suwa."
The woman nodded and searched through her desk
"Okay Mr. Suwa. Here's your class schedule, your room key card, your lunch id, and your copy of the rule book. Do you have all you're supplies?"
Kurogane nodded and the woman smiled
"Good. If you will step into the side room the principle likes to talk to each student at least once."
Kurogane nodded once more and grabbed his stuff. The woman let him into the side room after informing the principle of his arrival. There was a cool
"Come in."
and Kurogane entered the room. The principle gestured to a seat
"Please sit."
Kurogane sat, the priciple was a rather pretty woman named Yuko Ichihara. Mrs. Ichihara smiled
"Welcome to our school Kurogane, may I call you that?"
Kurogane nodded a little stiffly. He wanted to insist on honorifics at the end but this wasn't Japan. This was America. Mrs. Ichihara continued
"Did my secretary give you everything?"
Kurogane nodded. She smiled
"Good. Now if you have any trouble settling in than you can always talk to our school counselor. We have a nurse as well if you ever get sick or hurt. We have many clubs and sports as well. You'll have plenty to do here. If you cause trouble there will be consequences equal to the offence, after all balance is important to the world. Where there is darkness there is light and were there are wrong-doings there will be punishment. Do you understand?"
Her voice was completely serious. Kurogane spoke this time
"Yes ma'am."
Mrs. Ichihara laughed a little
"There is no need for any ma fam's or Mrs.'s. We aren't that strict of a school. I ask my students to call me Yuko."
Kurogane nodded, he wasn't sure if he liked that idea but he would respect it. Yuko smiled a little and opened a drawer on her desk
"I understand that you were transferred here because of an incident at your last school that would have caused you and others harm if it had continued?"
Kurogane winced at the reminder, one of his ex-girlfriends had started stalking him.
"Yeah."
He answered gruffly. Yuko nodded
"I assure you that if anybody tries that here they will be expelled and banned from the premisise. We take the safety and well-being of our students seriously. Though, we are not all knowing. Some students do slip through the cracks so if you or anybody you know here has problems they can't handle please let us know."
Kurogane nodded, a little surprised at how sincere she sounded. Yuko smiled
"That is all, I'll call somebody to show you around to your classes."
She turned to the intercom then and did just that. Kurogane nodded and went to wait for whoever was supposed to show him around. A few minutes later a boy showed up. He was short and had brown hair, next to him was a girl with lighter brown hair. The boy and girl smiled at him
"So you're new?"
Asked the boy. Kurogane nodded
"Yeah."
The girl spoke then
"What's your name? Mine's Sakura and this is Syaoran."
Kurogane sighed
"My name's Kurogane."
The boy smiled
"What classes do you have?"
Kurogane showed them his schedule. Sakura seemed pleased
"I have the same classes with you four times in a row!"
Syaoran nodded "And I have five classes with you. All except the last two. We know where those classrooms are so we can show you."
Kurogane nodded and they dragged him away to his first class, saying that breakfast was basically over and they could get there early. Kurogane sighed internally, they were trying to be his friend, probably already considered him one, he wasn't used to people trying to be his friend. People at his last school had avoided him because he wasn't the friendliest guy, that's not to say he didn't have a few friends and he had his share of girlfriends, girls who liked that he was "mysterious" and thought that he was the perfect "Fixer upper" the only girlfriend he'd actually liked had moved away shortly after they started dating.
He sat through 4 boring lessons then it was time for lunch. Sakura and Syaoran showed him to the cafeteria and he got his lunch. They led him to a table where he sat. As he started eating he happened to glance up and saw the guy from this morning. The blond was smiling and talking animatedly to a boy next to him. The other boy had long black hair and sharp eyes. Kurogane turned to Sakura
"Who's the blond over there in the corner."
Sakura's smile dropped a little
"Ah.."
She looked at Syaoran who grimaced a little
"That's Fai. Why do you ask?"
Kurogane shrugged
"He showed me to the office this morning. It was weird he only said a few words this morning and now he's smiling like an idiot."
Sakura gasped a little, even Syaoran looked surprised
"Fai talked to you?"
Kurogane nodded
"Why is that such a big deal?"
Sakura glanced around a little before she talked, her voiced had dropped a little and she was talking softer now
"Fai only ever talks to Ashura. He and Ashura are together. Fai never talks, not even in class. The teachers have given up trying and I heard that even the counselor couldn't get two words out of him. He never smiles unless Ashura is around either."
Kurogane blinked in shock but Syaoran nodded solemnly
"Yuko even tried to talk to him, she got him to talk but he only answered yes or no questions."
Kurogane shot a look at the blond who was laughing at something Ashura said than back at Sakura and Syaoran
"Are you serious?"
Sakura nodded
"I wouldn't try to get near him. Ashura is extremely possessive and protective of Fai, Fai goes along with whatever Ashura wants to so I wouldn't even try."
Kurogane furrowed his brow, he didn't think he like the sound of this Ashura guy but he wasn't going to butt in. It wasn't his business so he saw no need. He shot one last look at the table and saw Fai's eyes on him. Ashura was looking at him as well, Fai looked worried but Ashura just smiled at Kurogane and went back to his conversation with Fai. Kurogane tensed up at the smile, for some reason it sent shivers down his spine. He shook the feeling off and went back to his lunch. It wasn't his business.
I have fixed this fic up and added 2 new chapters UuU I hope people will still read this lol