Abyo, Ching, Pucca and Garu all found their lockers, deposited their stuff and quickly made way to their homerooms. Sadly, Garu was stuck with Pucca. Ching and Abyo were put in separate homerooms from each of them. Garu walked into the room and took a seat in the back hoping not to cause attention. "Hey Garu!" Pucca said smiling and taking a seat next to him.

"Funny how we ended up in the same Homeroom isn't it?" Pucca giggled innocently.

"Isn't it though?" Garu shot back sarcastically.

The door swung open and in entered a girl with short blue hair in a ponytail and a short pink dress.

"I'm here everybody, you can all be happy now!" she smiled snidely.

"Ring-Ring." Pucca gritted her teeth. Great she was now stuck in a homeroom with her arch enemy! Well maybe not enemy, but they sure didn't see eye to eye. Ring-Ring opened her eyes and spotted Garu, then she saw Pucca and frowned. Ring-Ring strutted over to the other side of Garu and humbly took a seat. Oh great! Garu rolled his eyes and put his hands behind his head. This wasn't going to be a very good class for him.

"Hi Garu." Ring-Ring politely blinked her eyes at him rapidly.

"What do you want Ring-Ring?" Garu closed his eyes and said remaining calm.

"You, what else would I want?" she chuckled and laid her head on his shoulder. Seeing this, Pucca became furious and flicked Ring-Ring in the forehead.

"Get off of him, you creep!" she hissed.

"Ow!" Ring-Ring shrieked. "And just who do you think you're calling a creep? You're the one that practically stalks Garu! Everywhere he goes, you chase him and then tackle him to the ground while smothering him in kisses. Can't you see he doesn't love you? You need to lay off! So stop calling people a creep when you in fact yourself, are one!" Ring-Ring snobbily retorted. Pucca took a sharp breath. Garu noticed this and opened his eyes slightly to see the hurt look on Puccas face. Not knowing what to say, because in reality it was true, Pucca just turned her head facing the window and began to daydream.

"So Garu, did you have a good summer?" Ring-Ring smiled innocently as she laid her head back on his shoulder.

"Yes, I did. Now would you mind removing your head?" he boldly replied. And without a fuss, Ring-Ring removed her head and smiled at him "That's great, so did I! My family took us on the yacht for a cruise…" Ring-Ring went on and on about her summer while Garu kept his attention focused on Pucca, trying to figure out what had her so upset. Ring-Ring had made many accusations like that, which were, in fact, definitely true, but Pucca never let herself get so worked up, she usually had something snappy to say in reply! But instead, Pucca just folded her arms up and laid her head down on the desk, holding back a stream of tears that wanted to fly through her eyes. I won't let myself get too worked up about it. I mean, Pucca could be considered a creep, if not, a stalker. The things that girl has put me through. Garu smirked and chuckled to himself while thinking of all the hell Pucca had done to him. But overall, she had saved his life a couple times, and she was a very honest, caring girl. But Garu wouldn't go any further than to think of her as a little girl with a crazy obsession for him. He just hadn't realized how she had grown. Finally without further ado, the bell rang and class had begun, the day progressed at an even pace. Neither Pucca, Abyo, Ching nor Garu had any other classes with each other, until the bell finally rang for lunch. The four of them in a swift pace made it towards the door, of course Pucca went after Ching, Abyo went after Ching and Garu went after Abyo, basically re uniting the four. Abyo and Garu went on talking about ninjutsu while Ching and Pucca started talking about teachers. The four of them were walking to lunch when Pucca ran into a very firm, muscular person.

"You know, you should probably watch where you are going!" grunted the deep, crackly voice.

"Or maybe you should!" Pucca scoffed and look up to see, none other than Tobe.

"Why hello there Garu," Tobe said with a Scoff, "Ching, Abyo, and" Tobe smiled as he looked down at Pucca, "Pucca." "Is it ever nice to see you here?" he crossed his arms. Tobe sure looked different out of his ninja suit. He had nice black hair that went into a pony tail above his neck, a x shaped scar ran across his face, he had firm, blazing brown eyes and a nice white polo shirt and black pants. Tobe was a year older than Garu and the gang, so he'd came to high school before the lot. A year ago, Tobe had gotten a slight crush on Pucca, after her beating him in a battle in the rain. His eyes were attracted to the way her long wet hair had cling to her thighs when he had noticed the girl she really was, strong, sensitive, sweet, caring, honest and trustworthy. But he'd never tell her that, nor did she guess. He had acting a lot sweeter around her, but not enough to make any of them notice. That is, except Garu.

"So guys, how about Lunch?" he started to walk next to them. Granted he was Garu's rival still, but they had pretty much called a truce during school hours, as to not hurt any innocent citizens.

"Sure Tobe, we'd be delighted to have you join us!" smiled Ching cheerily as she skipped and Won bobbled about her head. Tobe chuckled, that girl was sure full of energy. Garu and Tobe's eyes met and you could feel the tension that just build up in the room, until Pucca ran over and clung herself to Garu's arm making Tobe feel slightly jealous inside.

"Garu, sit by me during lunch?" she giggled and kissed his cheek, making Tobe want to punch something. The only good thing about all this is, Garu doesn't return her feelings, making me still have a chance. Tobe didn't know why he had fallen for the good girl, but he had, and hard. And he was willing to do a lot to be with her.

"Sure Pucca," Pucca blushed and Tobe turned his head in shock, "Only because I know you'd pull up a seat next to me anyways." Garu finished while rolling his eyes. Pucca felt a slight wave of disappointment and Tobe felt a wave of relief.

"The five of us should go to the arcade this afternoon in Sooga Mall." Abyo said while jumping up in the air and removing his shirt. "HI-YAH!" he screamed and a couple of girls fought over his shirts remnants that went flying. Abyo blew kisses at them as Ching punched him in the arm. "Ow! What?" he cried while rubbing his arm.

"Forget it Abyo, you're so dense sometimes." She chuckled allowing herself to smile.

"The arcade sounds fun!" chimed Pucca with her always cheerful little voice. Which was all it took to make Tobe agree with it, and if Pucca agreed, Ching did too.

"I'd rather stay home and meditate." Garu grunted trying to shake Pucca off his arm, but she had him tightly.

"Yeah right Garu, we know you just don't want to be anywhere Pucca is!" Abyo laughed and Ching sent him a glare, punching him in the arm again. Pucca frowned, because she knew it was true.

"Ow! Stop it Ching, you're abusing me." He whined as the five of them started laughing. They then entered the cafeteria, sat down to eat and starting chatting about whatever popped in their heads. It was mostly Abyo, Tobe and Garu talking about ninjutsu, and Pucca and Ching talking about clothes, noodles and boys.

"Did you guys here about the Sooga Kimono Firefly festival coming up next Saturday?" Pucca chimed in, causing the other four to turn their heads towards them.

"The Sooga whoositawhatnot festival?" Abyo said licking his ice cream.

"Everyone wears a kimono, there's going to be noodles, a firefly show, fireworks! It'll be so fantastic! I overheard some girls talking about asking boys to go with them to it." Pucca giggled and blushed at Garu. Garu just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

"Whatever day you said that was? Next Saturday? Yeah, that day my schedule is full, so don't bother asking me Pucca." He groaned and started to eat his sub.

"That's a shame. Have I ever told you how sexy I look in a Kimono?" she said with a playful tone in her voice, causing Garu to choke and blush while the other three busted out laughing.

"Relax Garu." She said while handing him a bottle of water and pounding his back to help him stop choking, "I'm not going to pressure you into taking me…" she said with a hint of disappointment as she got up to use the restroom.