"Alright everyone, Today we have two new students joining our class." The homeroom teacher stood at the front of the pretty modern yet common Japanese themed classroom. Every student was sitting at a table on their own, all facing to the front so they could easily see the blackboard. The door to the right of the classroom was closed and the teacher walked over to open it. He was a pretty tall man with short brown hair and amazingly, a beard which seemed to mimic it perfectly. Turn him upside down and his head would look the same because he had such a beard. His name was Lewis Longford and the reason his name wasn't Japanese was because he was actually British which would explain the accent he has. The door was pulled open and he walked right out. A few seconds passed and he walked back in with two girls. The students in the class looked at them, the girls simply smiling and the guys focusing to get a good look at them. One was Miko Sayanashi and the second girl, was Churin...

Only 20 minutes earlier...

"Hey, I'm Kurosaki Ichigo." Miko looked at Ichigo and backed away slightly. His appearance was scruffy and threatening which made her feel intimidated even though he had Inoue hanging on his shoulders. "Kurosaki-kun!" At this point, Ichigo was literally being strangled which nearly made him fall backwards if he didn't push Orihime off of him. "Ack... Inoue, are you trying to kill me!" She looked a bit upset but wasn't too worried. It happened every day so both of them were used to this routine of jumping, falling, shouting then laughing. Miko just watched them play around and didn't want to interrupt at all. She was out of place and seeing people act so casually was a bit embarrassing for her. Then, Orihime skipped over to her and grabbed Miko's hand. "C'mon! We should go get to class or Longford will be unhappy." Miko didn't know who he was and that name made no sense to her at the time. Ichigo picked up on this and filled her in. "Longford is our new Homeroom teacher. Anyway Inoue, how do you even know this new girl is in our homeroom?" Orihime didn't stop to talk. Instead she almost sprinted with Miko flailing behind while shouting words over the sounds of her footsteps. "Longford told us we had new students!"

"Oh yeah I forgot."

"Seeya in class Kurosaki-kun!" and with that, Miko and Orihime were into the building and Ichigo was out of sight. "Man, that girl is just too impatient. Tch... I need to find Sado..."

Inside the school building, Orihime was bolting down corridors in a flurry of both excitement and the feeling that she should be the one to show Miko everything before anyone else. Miko could barely hold onto Orihime's hand while she was running and had to repeatedly grab her shoulderstrap bag as it fell off nearly every corner they took and that was very often. "H...how big is this building?"

"It's pretty big but you'll get used to it!"

"Can we at least slow down!"

"No I want to show you our homeroom!"

"But were ten minutes early!" Then, the two girls ran up a fleet of stairs and down the final corridor at the top of the building. One wall had three doors separated into classrooms where the opposing wall was three large windows that overlooked the entire school courtyard. Miko looked out as the two ran past but barely had any time to focus on anything as Orihime suddenly stopped the running and Miko ran right into her. The two girls yelled slightly as they tumbled onto the floor. "Ah! Sorry Inoue!"

"Haha it's alright. I fall over enough" Miko stood up first and helped Orihime to her feet. The girls looked out of the large window at all of the students below. Most were simply chatting to each other whereas some played basketball in the courts nearby. "There are so many people here."

"It's a really really big school and were getting more and more people turning up each month"

"Really? Why?"

"Er... Iunno" Orihime shrugged and turned around to the door behind her. "This is our homeroom" But before she opened the door, she realised something. "Oh No! I've dropped my bag!"

"Eh? You had one?"

"I don't remember. Did I bring one in today?" Orihime went into deep thought with one hand on her chin and the other across her chest. "I should go check." She then turned back the way they came and started running back down the corridor.

"What should I do Inoue?"

"Just wait inside and I'll be right back, ok!"

"Oh ok" And with that Orihime was gone and the corridors were completely silent except the sound of Miko's pounding heart. It was still racing after running around but the main reason was that she was excited and nervous. This is a new school and she was about to go into homeroom she would use for the rest of her school life. She reached forwards and tugged on the door handle. It opened quite easily and Miko pushed the door open before walking into the room.

"Wow!" The room looked just like any other classroom in Japan: The tables aligned perfectly, the blackboard cleaned spotless and the teachers desk completely tidy. Miko walked further in and closed the door behind her but what she noticed next made her jump out of her skin. Someone was sitting in the middle of the room and staring at her. She had beautiful hair that trailed down to her hips and neatly arranged to hang only at the back of her head. It was bright white though which was obviously not natural. But then again Miko had natural blue hair. Maybe it is! The girl had lovely blue eyes too and a cute face of someone younger than Miko. Miko was first to speak. "Er...Hello..."

"Hi"

"Are you... in this class?"

"Yep yep" She spoke really weirdly compared to most people this age. She had a high pitched voice but not like a squeaky toy, but more like a ten year old. Also the words she used seemed to emphasis this idea. "My names Churin. But I'll let you call me ChuChu!"

"Choo Choo? Like a train?"

"No it's not spelt with an O, its spelt C-H-U-C-H-U"

"Er...ok I suppose."

"So you Miko Sayanashi?"

"Eh? How do you know my name?"

"i have my ways. Tehe" Chu giggled a bit. She was very strange which made Miko feel a bit uncomfortable but her attitude was so positive. Why should she hate the girl? "I wanted to know because Im a new girl too today."

"REALLY!" Miko shouted a little. Somebody else was a new girl just like her? She wasn't alone!

"Yep yep. I transferred today"

"So have I!"

"Hooray I got a new friend that's just like me!" But then the door to the room opened. Standing there was a tall man that went by the name of Longford Sensei . He wore a brown suit with a black tie and white shirt which made him look rather smart. However his upside down hair and bear just made him look like a former drinks addict or drug dealer. He spoke in a pretty strange accent that was somewhat old British and his voice was deep making some words completely incomprehensible. However, he tried his best to make himself sound clear to the two girls. "Ah! Are you the new girls that have joined this class today?"

"yep yep, My names Churin Torochi!"

"A...a...and... im Miko Sayanashi" the two girls bowed in front of Longford which made him smile. He had new students to teach. "Excellent. Well Class is about to start and Im going to have to ask you two to leave the room for now. When everyone has come in, I'll open the door and you two can follow. Until then, can you both follow me to the other room."

Miko and Churin both stepped out of the classroom and follows Longford into a room just beside their class. It was smaller but it had a red sofa, a sink and a television. "This is the Mathematics departments' room. Pretty plain but I suppose the teachers like to give it a homey feel. If you two can wait her for now I'll be back in about ten minutes."

Longford left the room and closed the door behind him. The two girls, stood rather anxiously in the middle of the room without touching anything in case they broke it. Chu looked at Miko and smiled. She was about 2 inches smaller than Miko and was only 5'4. Miko was only slightly taller because of her hair style but Chu certainly looked cuter. This made Miko curious. "Er... Chu... how old are you?"

"Wah!"

"Sorry! I shouldn't have asked so casually!"

"No it's not that!" Chu wasn't even looking at Miko at this point. She was facing the other way and staring at the television. "WOW! A TV!" She ran over quite exciting and began pressing buttons. It was held up against the wall by a wall stand and Chu couldn't reach the power button which was strangely at the top of the box. "This is so cool but It's too high!"

"It's just a Television."

"We don't have one at home."

"You don't have... "

"Nope nope. Were pretty poor to be honest."

"Oh... I couldn't tell."

"Fifteen"

"Huh?..."

"That's the answer to your question earlier. I'm fifteen and don't own a television." Just then, the door to the room opened with Longford standing in the doorway just like he did when he walked into the classroom. He was smiling and waved for the girls to come over. "Hurry up, I just realised that I started Class a tad late"

The two girls followed Longford for one last time into the classroom. A very powerful feeling shot through Miko's nerves as she walked in front of a class full of Students. They were all staring right at her which was a bit frightening. But she just smiled. "My name is Miko Sayanashi"

"My Names Churin Torochi"

They both bowed in front of the class the way any new student would do and while they did this, Chu turned her head to Miko. Miko looked back at her and listened. "This is going to be so fun!"

"I certainly hope so..."