Another city, another school, new people, new house, new, new, new. It happened way too often, so this time, I made Mom promise that she wasn't going to move me again. It's weird. I would just keep it all to myself, but you know, I just couldn't take it anymore. I wanted to stay in one place and have the things I was supposed to have. Best friends. I didn't have one best friend. Except maybe for Koori, my Guardian Character which is otherwise known as my would-be-self.

This time, I would be starting school at Seiyo Academy. Mom showed me what it looked like on the brochure, but when she actually drove me there, my mouth dropped. It was so big! There was a gate around the property and everything!

"Wow..." I awed.

My Mom laughed. "You like it?"

"Yeah!" I exclaimed.

"This is a great place to start anew, Ream!" piped up Koori.

My smile faltered a bit. Talking with other people wasn't exactly the easiest. All the other schools before, I tried, sort of, but I didn't get far. Most people just thought I was weird, told me to go away, and told me to shut up. They didn't want me around.

"Why did I have to come along?" asked Hayato, my older brother, grumpily.

"I'm dropping you off at your school after Ream, Hayato," Mom replied, sounding a bit annoyed.

Mom and Hayato never really got along. Hayato was a Daddy's Boy and Mom was the evil disciplinary queen. I was more of a Mommy's Girl 'cause Dad frightened me. Hayato always seemed to be able to handle their fights, but I never could. And Dad was scary. Really scary.

I decided it was time to get out of the car.

"Have a good day at school, Ream!" said Mom.

Hayato just simply slipped a note into my hand as casually as possible before letting me close the door.

"Hayato, say something to your sister."

"Bye."

"Bye," I replied, waving a little with a small smile.

I watched Mom start to drive away, and Hayato sneaked a wink at me before they drove off. I smiled bigger.

I looked down to the note in my hand and opened it up.

Have a good day at school! Don't let anyone push you around. You're better than that!

Love you Remy :)

Hayato

I slipped it into my coat pocket and walked towards the front doors of the school. I had a lot more confidence in myself now. I could do this!

"Feeling better?" asked Koori.

"Yeah," I replied with a smile.

"Amazing what that brother of yours can do," she said, looking back at the spot Mom's car was. It was filled with another car, another kid, and another parent.

"He's the most tough person I know."

"You look up to him because of that?"

"Yep!"

I went into the office and told them my name. I had to repeat myself a couple times since the secretary couldn't hear me. Apparently I was talking too quietly. It wasn't anything new. Just another thing I wanted to fix.

"Hang on, I'll call down a Guardian to take you to your classroom since he's in the same class as you."

"Guardian?" I asked.

"They're like a student council."

"Oh, okay," I replied.

"A student council in elementary school? Sounds dumb to me," huffed Koori.

I ignored her.

"Kukai Souma to the office please. Kukai Souma," she announced to the school.

"That's an interesting name..." Koori responded. "Wonder what he's like..."

I wasn't extremely interested. Guys were harder to talk to than girls. I couldn't find common ground with them. Guys liked sports. I didn't. Guys... I didn't even know much about what they liked. Weird right? I have a brother so I should know, but thing is, my brother isn't like other guys.

"Here I am! What do you need me for?"

I turned and saw him. Taller than me, spiky orange hair, beautiful green eyes, and he was wearing a funny looking uniform. It was different than the school one I was wearing. And it was blue, my favourite colour.

"Can you escort Ream to your classroom? She's in the same class as you," answered the secretary.

"Yeah, sure," he replied with a smile. "Come on, Ream. I'll show you around too while we're at it!"

"Um... okay..." I replied shyly.

"Oh come on, Ream! He's cute, so you have to stop being shy and be, like, confident!" said Koori.

"But..." I replied.

"No buts! This is a new start for you, and you have to try harder than ever before to be less shy! That's what you want right?"

"Yeah..." I answered quietly, like I always did when I was around others.

"Then be confident! Ask questions and don't be so quiet that he can't hear you. Be open."

"Okay..."

We went up the stairs, turned right, and went down the hallway, passing by at least five or six doors before stopping. All the girls were staring at Kukai and whispering to each other, or saying hi. He was friendly enough to reply back, but I guess you'd have to be if you were a Guardian.

He opened the door. "First of all, and most important, this is our classroom."

I stepped inside and looked around. The windows were huge, and the desks and chairs were made out of wood. Like, real wood. And were those chalk boards instead of white boards? The school was big enough to have money. Real good money. So why did they have chalk boards?

"Wow... Old style school much?" commented Koori. "The other schools you've been to were better on the inside."

"This is... different than what I'm used to," I said to Kukai.

He chuckled and leaned against the door frame, arms crossed. "Well, our principle likes to keep the place original."

"I haven't met him yet."

"You will soon enough. He doesn't have an office in, well, the office. He has his own private one," he replied.

"A private office outside of the school office? That's something I haven't heard of before." I stepped towards the window and looked outside of it. The sky was cloudless, but the property looked amazing! Maybe I should have paid more attention when I was walking in instead of being... elsewhere in my mind when I walked in.

"He's a unique guy," he replied.

"I guess so." I turned around and faced Kukai. "You're wearing my favourite colour by the way."

He looked down at himself, moving his arms away so he could have a better view. "Blue?" he guessed. "That's you're favourite colour?"

"Mhm," I answered.

"Why's that?" he asked, looking at me again.

I blinked a couple times, surprised that he even asked. "Um... Well... It's because it means freedom. Blue represents freedom for me."

Koori hit her forehead and sighed. "You stuttered."

"Well, I wasn't expecting him to even care!" I hissed as quietly as I could to her.

The bell rang.

"Guess we can't explore the rest of the school now. Maybe at lunch?" he suggested.

"Okay," I agreed. "Where do I sit?"

"You can sit right at that window there," he replied. "No one sits there."

"Okay."

I sat down in the chair and pulled out the book I was reading.

"You aren't going to talk to him? Seriously?" said Koori.

"I don't know what to say..."

"Play twenty questions or something! Anything to get to know the guy at this point!"

"Isn't that silly to ask though? We barely know each other so... wouldn't that be weird to want to play twenty questions?"

"Well..."

"See?" I said.

"Shut up, Ream. At least it's something."

I ignored her and started reading my book.