~~~~The girls woke up early the next morning excited about the prospect of the on coming obviously didn't have a school uniform, so she had to borrow a spare set Orihime had.
Everything fit fine except the skirt was a bit shorter than Rianna would have liked. Then again, she was taller than Orihime and it was only temporary. Grabbing their bags, they left early to
enroll Rianna.
~~~~Walking up to the school Rianna raised an eyebrow. "This is quite a bit bigger than what I'm used to 'Hime" She said with a slight nervous tone. Orihime grabbed her hand and gave
her a tug. "You'll be fine. Where is the I-can-do-anything attitude I know and love?" Rianna gave a smile and squeezed Orihime's hand replying, "It's still right here. This is just a big leap
from home. I'm fairly sure half the town could fit in that school." They both laughed and headed up the front steps.
~~~~After Rianna got her schedule set to match Orihime's, the two walked to their class 3-1. Getting to the office early had made sure that they weren't late to class. Groups of people
weregathered around the room talking, laughing, and playing games. Uryruu was already seated, as usual, with a book in front of him. "Oh look! There's Uryruu." Orihime said waving her
hand above her head. "Uryruu!" The Quincy tore his gaze of his book and looked in their direction. Walking towards his desk, Orihime gestured to Rianna. "Uryruu this is my cousin Rianna.
Rianna this is my friend Uryruu." She quickly introduced them. Adjusting his glasses, Uryruu gave her a nod and small smile. "It's very nice to meet you Rianna." Rianna smiled back at him
replying, "You can just call me Rie. It's nice to meet you too. Orihime has told me that you're quite the archer." At this Uryruu's eyebrows shot up. "Oh she has? I wasn't aware that my
talents were hers to disclose." He said curtly giving Orihime a hard look. Rianna noticed the tension and jumped in. "She only told me because I've been shooting a bow since I could walk.
I just think she wanted to make sure I'd have something shared to break the ice with." Uryruu turned towards Rianna. With one eyebrow still raised he gave her an assessing gaze. "You
think you're good with a bow?" He asked with slight amusement in his voice. Rianna gave a grin and replied, "Four time Ozark Region Archery Champ." He gave a scoff. "Competitions
aren't a true test of skill. It's rigged to give contestants the optimal conditions. Shooting at a moving target is different then firing at a stationary target." He said with a hint of disdain.
Rianna's eyes narrowed faintly and she gave a little smirk. "Darling" she began with an edge, "I lived on a farm in the middle of the Ozarks in North America. Wolves, mountain lions, bears,
wild hogs, and coyotes aren't exactly elusive there. But I have no need to prove myself to you. I know what I can do. Maybe one day you'll see for yourself."
~~~~A male voice came from behind them. "At least I'm not the only one that Uryruu is an arrogant ass to." Rianna turned to see a tall, slim boy with spiky orange hair. Orihime smiled
brightly. "Ichigo! I was hoping you wouldn't be late today. I wanted you to get to meet my cousin. This is Rianna." Rianna stuck out her hand. "Rie is fine. Pleasure to meet you." Ichigo
looked at her outstretched hand for a moment before reaching and accepting her shake. Rianna looked down at their hands. "You train with a sword." She stated matter-o-factly. Ichigo's
eyes widened.
~~"How…did…you?" He started to stutter. She flipped his palm over. "You have calluses from where the hilt sets and when you stand your hand automatically begins to sway to the
side where it would hang. I studied Japanese weapons for a class before." She said with a wink. He began to say something until Rukia stepped around him. "Rianna, it is nice to see you
again. I hope you got a good night's rest." She said with a small bow. Rianna returned the nod before responding. "It was better than I had hoped for. I was expec…" A voice interrupted,
"A New Girl! Let Me Give You Your Welcome Hug!" A boy was running at a dead sprint towards Rie with hands in front aimed suspiciously close to her chest. Before he could reach her, he
was picked up off the floor by another guy. "Keigo that is no way to greet a lady." A low voice said. Keigo dropped his head in shame. "I know! But I can't help it. She's so pretty." The tall,
muscular guy let go of Keigo's shirt and he dropped unceremoniously to the floor in a heap of dramatic tears.
Rianna looked down from Keigo to the other boy. He wasn't the norm around school either: Over six feet tall, largely muscled, with deep golden tanned skin and wavy shaggy hair only
a shade or two darker. 'He sticks out about as much as I do.' She thought to herself. Keigo was still on the floor from his scene when someone noticed that instead of laying on the ground
weeping, he was now try to peek under Rie's skirt. A foot came down onto his back pinning him. Another small, thin boy gave her a friendly smile. "I apologize for his actions." He said
giving his friend a glare. Looking back up, he regained his smile and offered his hand. "I'm Mizurio. It's a pleasure to meet you." Rianna gave a laugh. "You also." She replied. She then
turned to the taller boy. "I'm sorry. I don't think we've been introduced. I'm Rianna, Orihime's cousin." She said offering her hand once more. "Chad." He replied with a nod. He took her
hand and Rianna could see that even though her hands weren't exactly lithe, his engulfed hers. They weren't as rough as she expected though. He let go just as the teacher walked into
the room.
~~~~"Ok Class. Let's get into our seat please." He called. Everyone started settling into seats. Orihime waved Rianna over to a seat next to her. As roll was being taken the instructor
stopped when he saw Rianna. "You're the new student then?" He asked. "Yes, Sir." She answered politely. "Name?" He continued. Rianna gave a sigh. 'Here it comes.' "Rianna Wayah" she
said with familiar flow of practice. The teacher looked up. "Last name again, please." Rie gave another inward sigh. "Wayah- W-a-y-a-h" Immediately there was a series of giggles and
not-so-subtle snorts from classmates. "Class. That's Enough. Alright Miss Wayah, that's all." Rianna sat back down and rested her head on her desk. 'This could be a long day.'
~~~~However, when the teacher said that was all, the class was far from over. The topic for the day was literature around the world, Classics from all over. For a while they spoke of the
books in Japan that were common reading in schools. However, as the countries got farther away the teacher began to ask her more and more questions, almost pointedly so. "So, Miss
Wayah, at your school in America did they have you read authors from other countries or simply from your own?" Rianna gave him a quizzical look. "Of course we read from other countries
authors. We're given a mixture between American and foreign authors." She answered hesitantly. "Well, do you feel that you could confidently name some of the authors that you are
saying you read from?" He asked again with an accusing tone. Rie was taken aback from this. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Orihime looking nervously from her to the teacher.
What really sent her over was she could see Uryruu give a couple of silent shakes from laughter.
~~~~Setting her jaw she looked at the instructor. "Why yes, I can. Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare,Dante Alighieri, Gustave Flaubert, Alexandre Dumas, Knut Hamsun," With each name she
produced the smugness disappeared from the teachers face in equal degrees. "Victor Hugo,Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Ludovico Ariosto, Primo Le." "Enough!" The teacher called. Even
now Rianna felt satisfaction as she saw red creep up on not only the teacher, but Uryruu as well. To drive her point home she asked, "Are you sure? Because I can name the books that I
read by them too." The teacher was clearly agitated. "No, that's enough." He said his words laced with a crisp bite. She didn't stop there though. "Really? That's a shame because maybe I
could even give you a quickly bio. Name a few lovers, personal writing quirks, what STD's they had…" She could see that all her classmates were looking at her incredulously. Except for
Orihime, that was. She had her head bowed and was silently giggling to herself. "Enough! Please excuse yourself from my class immediately!" He growled. The red that had only been
creeping up earlier was now full spread to his face. Rianna grabbed her bag and books and walked out the back of the room to keep as far away from him as she could. Walking by the
back row she thought she could hear the low rumble of a chuckle, but at this point it didn't matter.
~~~She was pissed.