Hallo, all! New story, "Another Tohru". I couldn't think of any good titles, so...this is the one I thought of. Enjoy!

-chan: Referring to someone younger than you, but in Tohru's case, a best friend.

-san: Referring to someone whom you are giving respect to.

sensei: Teacher.

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"First day at the new school," I told myself silently. I, Furiko Rumi, was standing in front of my new school, Kaibara High School. I watched through my brown eyes, and glasses, the other high school students walk into the school. Sighing, I started in with them.

I stared at my feet, hidden by brown shoes. This school had one of those "school uniform" things, unlike my old school. I wore a dark blue long-sleeved shirt and a dark blue miniskirt.

Once inside the school, I looked at the slip of paper in my hand. It had my locker number, my locker combination, and my class number on it. I headed to my locker, #502, and twisted in the combination.

A few people passed by my locker, not issuing any greetings, of course, but I looked at the passersby anyway.

I was putting in my newly-bought school books when another person walked by my locker. I turned around and looked. He had an all-blue outfit on, like the rest of the boys, but somehow, I could tell he was different. The boy'ssilver hair startled me, but I didn't really mind; I thought it looked cool. He glanced at me through his deep-gray eyes and grinned. The thought that went through my mind was, Wow, he is cute! I wonder if there are any others...

Following him were about twelve girls, shouting, "Prince Yuki! Prince Yuki!"

You think he's a prince? I asked myself. Maybe. He doesn't look like one, but he is really cute!

I glanced at the paper, and saw that my class number was 1-D. I grabbed a book and headed to my class.

Once there, I sat down in a random seat and looked around. Since the bell hadn't rung yet, hardly anyone was in the room. But there were three girls, not counting myself.

A girl with little-longer-than-shoulder-length brown hair, wearing the same outfit as me, a girl with long blonde hair (she had the same shirt, but a longer skirt), and a girl with long black hair in a braid over her shoulder.

I sighed and thought if I should introduce myself or not. Well, I thought, it might be good to make friends now rather than later. Thinking the word "friends" made my heart ache. I missed my friends Meaganu-kun, and Seiya-kun, and everyone else. I didn't, but I wanted to cry.

The sigh got the attention of the brown-haired girl. She said something to the other two and then walked over to me.

"Hi!" she said. "I'm Tohru Honda."

"Furiko Rumi," I replied. "I'm new here."

Tohru-san's blonde friend walked to us. "Yeah, obviously." She stopped herself, but then said, "I'm Arisa Uotani. You can call me 'Uo-chan."

The other girl followed Uo-chan. "Saki Hanajima, 'Hana-chan', if you wish."

I grinned. Already I had friends!

"So," Tohru-san said, "where are you from, Furiko-san?"

"Kyoto."

Uo-chan nodded. "I've been there once. You ever heard of its past? Before the Meiji Era?"

"Yeah," I said. Kyoto, before the Meiji Era, had been filled with blood.

The bell rang and other students started walking in.

"See ya!" Tohru-san said.

"Bye." And with that, Tohru-san, Uo-chan, and Hana-chan walked back to their seats.

I looked at the door, watching students come in. Gasping, I couldn't it when believe the purple-haired boy walked in and sat behind me.

"Hey," he said.

"Hi," I replied, turning around to face him. "I'm new, as you might be able to tell."

He grinned. "I'm Yuki Sohma."

"Furiko Rumi."

I turned back to the door when a loud growling could be heard. An orange-haired boy walked in and sat behind Yuki-san.

"I still can't believe I have to sit behind that damn Yuki," he said to himself.

I looked at Yuki questioningly. "Uh...who's that?"

"My cousin, Kyo," Yuki-san said, smiling again. He leaned toward me and whispered in my ear, "You'll be able to see that he's a complete idiot soon." He pulled away and sat back in his seat.

I grinned. "I would never say anything like that about my cousin!"

"That's because your cousin doesn't want to win against you in something, does she?"

"No."

The teacher walked in at that moment, cutting off mine and Yuki-san's conversation. She saw me, set her books onto his desk and walked over to my desk.

"I see that we have a new student," she said. "What's your name?"

Of course, I thought. All teachers put new kids on the spot! But shouldn't she have known I was coming? "Furiko Rumi," I said for the third time that day.

"All right, then," said the teacher. She walked to her desk again and sat down. "I am the sensei. Now, we shall begin class."

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At the end of the day, I was tired out, almost ready to sleep. I rested my head on my desk, eyes closed.

"Hey, are you all right?" a voice asked.

I opened my eyes and saw Kyo-san. "Yeah, just tired."

He grinned. "Well, I didn't fall asleep on my first day."

Grimacing, I didn't say anything. Yuki-san, waiting for Kyo-san, obviously, walked over to us.

"Would you leave her alone?" he asked. "The only reason you didn't fall asleep is because you were too busy jumping out of two story windows and making Honda-san feel bad."

Kyo-san growled at him. "Fine!" Then he left the room.

"That's pretty much Kyo for you," Yuki-san said. He smiled at me before leaving.

I waited a little while before Tohru-san came to see me, still sitting at my desk.

"Hi," she said. "I thought you might need this; you know, if you forget the assignment or something." Tohru-san pulled out a slip of paper with a phone number on it. "It's my phone number."

"Thanks, Tohru-san! Thanks for being a friend to me today!" I grabbed the slip of paper and hugged her. "I haven't had any friends since Seiya-kun and Meaganu-kun in Kyoto!"

"You're welcome, Furiko-san." She looked through the door. "I think I've got to go now." She pulled away.

"See ya!"

"Bye, Furiko-san!"

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Well, that was the first chapter. I know the "sensei" thing was stupid, but...please bare with me! R&R, please! Chapter 2 is coming soon!