The New Kid

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters being that they all belong to Yoshihiro Togashi.

Chapter 2: First Day

The following week, Jorge woke up in his bedroom early that morning. He climbed out of bed and left the room minutes later. As he was walking down the corridor towards Koenma's bedroom, he felt completely awful for his young boss especially since that night he announced that poor Koenma would no longer be homeschooled in the palace and be enrolled in the Spirit World Kindergarten.

Koenma did not take the news well at all and at first he blamed Jorge for it. Jorge didn't blame him in fact, despite it being all King Yama's doing, Jorge felt like it was his fault too. Despite his pleas with the king, the old tyrant had refused to even listen to him.

Shaking his head and deciding to banish those thoughts from his mind, Jorge approached the two purple double doors to Koenma's bedroom. He knocked on one of the wooden doors and waited for Koenma to respond. Nothing. Jorge sighed. He guessed right away that Koenma was still sleeping.

He knocked on the door again and still, there was no response. Gripping the handle to one door, Jorge slowly pushed it open and stepped inside. He looked over to the large canopy bed and there was Koenma still laying there sleeping.

He approached the prince's beside and knelt down to gently shake him awake, "Koenma sir, get up. It's time to get ready for your first day."

Stirring from his slumber from hearing those words, Koenma groaned and rolled over on his side. Jorge tried again, "Sir, get up. It's time."

Koenma then pulled his blanket over his head and replied, "Go away."

Jorge once again sighed not wanting to deal with his stubborn attitude today, "Come on Koenma, you're going to be late…"

"LEAVE ME ALONE! GO AWAY OGRE!"

Jorge once again groaned in agitation. He did not want to put up with this this morning. He sat there and thought about a solution until he came up with a bright idea. After counting to three in his head, Jorge then grabbed the blanket and uncovered his tiny rebellious boss.

Feeling the cold air on him and wishing his pajamas would have kept him warmer, Koenma then shivered and he looked up at the blue ogre and shot him a death glare, "OGRE! Give that back!"

Holding the blanket out of his reach, Jorge then replied, "No sir, it's time to get out of bed and get ready for your first day at your new school."

Still glaring at him, Koenma sucked on his pacifier and then replied with a hint of anger in his voice, "No. I'm not going."

"Yes you are."

"NO!"

Jorge the loudly exhaled, "You've given me no other choice."

He then dropped the blanket on the floor and before Koenma could kneel down to pick it up, Jorge then scooped up the small god in his arms. Koenma then struggled to break free from his servant's hold on him, "Let me go! Let go of me! PUT ME DOWN YOU OATH!"

Jorge just rolled his eyes in response and slowly walked over to the bathroom with Koenma still kicking and screaming.

Later that morning after having taken a bath, getting dressed and eating his breakfast, Koenma with Jorge escorting him, were now approaching an old building with what looked like to have old English architecture. Looking down at his seemingly depressed boss, Jorge sighed feeling very awful about this whole thing.

He really wanted to scoop Koenma up in his arms and make a run back for the palace but, he didn't want either of them to face King Yama's wrath if they had so much as attempted to. After walking up the stairs, they now stood at the entrance. Jorge looked down at Koenma again, "Sir are you ready?"

Koenma just shrugged his small shoulders, "I don't know Ogre. I guess, I'll be ready as I'm going to be."

Not wanting to make the situation worse, Jorge just gave him a small weak smile and shifted his attention to the door in front of them. He then pushed it open and stepped inside with Koenma following him.

Looking around the inside of the building, Koenma could see many other small gods and goddesses running around and rushing to their destinations so they wouldn't be late for their classes. He continued to follow Jorge until they arrived at a room with a brown wooden door with a sign posted on it that read:

Miss Periwinkle's Class

Jorge then reached into the pocket of his brown trench coat and withdrew a folded up piece of parchment, "Here sir, this is your class schedule. I meant to give it to you before we left the palace but, I just kind of forgot about it until now."

Koenma took his schedule and held it in his small chubby hands. He just stared at it and sighed. Jorge then knelt down to his level and tried to offer up some words of encouragement, "Everything is going to be alright. Who knows? You may make a friend or two while you're here."

He then gave Koenma a small hug and broke his embrace a short moment later. Jorge then stood back up, "I'll see you later."

Koenma nodded, "Right back at ya Ogre."

He slipped his class schedule into his pocket and held his books close to his small chest. Koenma took a deep breath and turned around to face the door. He then stood on his tiptoes, grasped the old brass handle, and pushed the door open.

The small prince slowly walked inside the room and shut the door behind him. The red ogre woman with long black hair, beetle black eyes wearing a brown loincloth with a matching bra top looked up from her desk and looked in the direction of the doorway. She spotted a small god that she had never seen before and smiled, "Are you the new student?"

Hearing her voice, Koenma shifted his attention to her and just nodded, "Yes. Are you Miss Periwinkle?"

She nodded, "Yes I am."

Koenma almost did not hear her over the loud sounds of the rowdy students in the room.

Snap!

"Ouch! Dammit Koashura! That's not funny!"

A small goddess with strawberry blonde hair glared angrily at a small god with red hair and pointed ears who started laughing after snapping a rubber band at her. "Oh come on Kotennyo, I'm just playing around."

Kotennyo then balled up her fist, "Keep it up and I'll kick your ass during recess."

"Or maybe you can just corner him after class and drag the geek into the bathroom and shove his head in the toilet", another small childlike goddess with black hair done up in a bun chimed in.

Kotennyo then burst out laughing, "I could Aphrodite but, I don't want to get busted and get detention again."

Aphrodite rolled her ice blue eyes, "Whatever." She then said under her breath, "Kotennyo likes Koashura. Kotennyo likes Koashura."

Hearing that, Kotennyo kicked her from underneath the desk. Aphrodite just grunted in pain, which made Koashura laugh. She glared at him and barked, "What are you laughing at geek?"

The ogre woman then cleared her throat and spoke over them, "Good morning class."

All of the childlike gods and goddesses settled down and replied, "Good morning Miss Periwinkle."

Upon looking at their teacher, they spotted someone they didn't recognize. Aphrodite then whispered to her friends, "Who's the nerd?"

Another small goddess with sandy blonde hair then whispered back, "I don't know but, there is something odd about him."

Miss Periwinkle then spoke again, "Class, we have a new student joining us. He has never been to a real school before because he was homeschooled in the palace. Class, please meet Prince Koenma, the son of the great King Yama."

All of the students in the classroom didn't say anything and just stared at him with blank expressions on their faces. Miss Periwinkle then looked down at Koenma and said, "Introduce yourself, your highness."

Koenma then hugged his books to his small chest and sucked on his pacifier in nervousness. Some of the students started snickering at him and began to whisper amongst themselves.

"Why the hell is he sucking on a pacifier?" one small god with shoulder length white hair whispered to one with blonde hair who was dressed in a Greek style toga sitting next to him.

"I don't know Osiris. Even though I can sense enormous power from him, he's a total geek."

Seeing Koenma's nervousness, Miss Periwinkle then tried to reassure him, "It's okay. You don't need to be shy."

Koenma then took a deep breath and spoke in a nervous and shaky voice, "Hi. I'm Koenma and I'm please to meet you all."

Aphrodite then mumbled to her friends, "Can someone say GEEK!"

All her female friends started laughing. Hearing that Miss Periwinkle then glared at them and said, "Aphrodite, Athena, Kotennyo, Juno, Ceres, and Hera! That wasn't polite. Do I need to assign you all to detention?"

Kotennyo then spoke trying to defend herself, "But Miss Periwinkle, I didn't do anything. I didn't even talk or laugh."

"Are you sassing me Kotennyo? Do you want to stay after class?"

"No ma'am."

Miss Periwinkle then shook her head and looked at Koenma again, "Go have a seat your highness. There's an empty one between Koashura and Kotennyo."

Hugging his books tighter, he slowly walked over to the unoccupied desk and sat down. Miss Periwinkle then grabbed her book off her desk and then spoke, "Okay class, let's continue our discussion on yesterday's poem."

An hour and a half later, the poetry class ended and all the students began to clear out of the room. Koenma reached into his pocket and withdrew the folded up piece of parchment that Jorge gave to him and began to read his schedule.

He then said to himself, "I have music with Mrs. Takashiro next in room MUS100."

Suddenly he bumped into someone and it turned out to be a girl. The girl then said, "Hey watch where you're going klutz!"

Koenma tore his eyes away from his schedule and blushed pink looking at the girl. She was beautiful with strawberry blonde hair, pale skin, large brown eyes that were framed by her long eyelashes dressed in a red and blue kimono with a yellow obi sash around her waist and a golden headband that sat on her head.

She then raised her eyebrow at him, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Still blushing, Koenma then began to giggle like a total dork, "Hi I'm Koenma, Prince of the Spirit World and I'm very cool."

The girl then wrinkled her nose in disgust at him, "Creep!"

She then balled up her small fist and before Koenma could react, her fist collided with his right cheek. The small prince yelped in pain and put his hand on his cheek. The girl then walked out of the room and her gang of female friends walking behind her then started laughing with the one with black hair saying, "What a loser."

Minutes later after what seemed like an agonizing eternity, Koenma finally found the music room, pushed the wooden door open, and stepped inside. Hearing the door, close a green ogre woman with brown hair pulled back into a ponytail dressed in a tiger striped halter dress looked over at him.

Koenma looked at her nervously and asked, "Am I late?"

The ogre woman shook her head, "No you're right on time. You're Lord Koenma I presume?"

He nodded, "Yes. Are you Mrs. Takashiro?"

The ogre woman nodded, "Yes. Are you ready your highness?"

Koenma eyed her with curiosity, "Ready for what?"

"To sing for me, I have gotten word from your ogre servant that you have an extraordinary voice. I really need an idea of where to place you in the class."

The small prince then chuckled at himself, "Oh yes, of course."

He then looked around the room, "Where do I put my books?"

Mrs. Takashiro gave him a warm smile, "Just go put them in those wooden cubby holes over there."

Koenma looked over to where she was pointing to and quickly spotted them. He walked over, slipped his books into one of the unoccupied holes, and quickly walked back over to Mrs. Takashiro's wooden piano. The green ogre woman then asked him, "Have you had voice training in the palace?"

Koenma nodded, "Yes. My servant has been giving me voice lessons since I was very young."

"Wonderful."

Mrs. Takashiro then handed him the sheet music and began to play the first note on her piano as Koenma took in a deep breath. After playing the song's riff for a couple of minutes, she then instructed, "Now your highness."

Koenma then began to sing the song as his beautiful and enchanting Mezzo Soprano voice rang out. All of the students whether they were choir members or participated in the band can sense something about his voice.

Koashura stopped tuning his acoustic guitar for a minute and eyed Koenma with genuine curiosity. Just like everyone else, he could sense the prince's magical voice properties but, unlike the others, it didn't make him feel uncomfortable at all.

Soon the song had ended with Mrs. Takashiro playing the song's final notes. She then looked up at Koenma and smiled with excitement bubbling inside her, "Wow that was wonderful. Never in all of my years teaching here, had I have ever come across a student with a rare talent like yours. Lord Koenma I would like to make you our lead vocalist for the choir and perhaps you can also sing your own solos or collaborate with one of our talented student accompanists."

Koenma didn't know what to say and seeing his nervous behavior, Mrs. Takashiro then gave him a sweet and reassuring smile, "You don't have to make a decision just yet. When you decide on what you want to do, just let me know okay?"

The small prince just nodded and replied, "Okay."

"Alright then, now go stand with the rest of the chorus."

Later that afternoon, Koenma finally found the cafeteria right on time for lunch. He felt his stomach rumble from smelling the food in the air and quickly rushed over so the ogre serving the meals can give him something to eat. Finally getting his lunch, Koenma looked around at the various tables in the room hoping to find somewhere to sit.

Seeing an empty seat next to the pretty girl he encountered in his poetry class that morning, Koenma blushed a light shade of pink and walked over to her table. Aphrodite looked up and said to the other girls at the table, "Don't look now. The freak geek is coming over."

Kotennyo and the other girls looked up as Koenma walked up to them. He bit down on his pacifier not knowing what to say to them at first. Aphrodite then asked him, "Can we help you with something?"

Finally plucking up the courage, Koenma then replied, "May I sit here?"

All of the other girls except for Aphrodite and Kotennyo started laughing. Before Kotennyo could say anything, Aphrodite then responded, "No, this seat is saved."

"I don't see anyone else coming over."

Aphrodite rolled her ice blue eyes, "I said this seat is saved. Are you deaf?"

Now getting the hint, Koenma then sighed, "Fine, I'll go elsewhere. I can see that I'm not wanted."

As he turned around, he then said under his breath, "Witch."

Hearing that, Aphrodite then responded, "Loser."

As Koenma then walked away, Aphrodite and the girls except for Kotennyo started laughing. Looking around the room again, Koenma tried to find somewhere to sit but, he was met with the same result each time he tried to join a group at their table. Finally after what seemed like five minutes, he found an empty lone table in the corner of the room.

The young prince walked over to it and sat down. Staring at his food, he then let out another sigh and thought to himself, "Why doesn't anyone want to sit with me?"

Koenma just sat there and began to play with his food. Then suddenly a voice from behind him spoke, "Hi."

Koenma turned around and was greeted by the small red haired god with the pointed ears that was in most of his classes. He then responded, "Hi."

The little redheaded god then spoke to him, "I'm Koashura, can I sit with you?"

Koenma nodded and said politely in response, "Sure."

Koashura took the seat in front of him and sat down, "Thanks. It's really difficult in finding a place to sit here. Everyone is so cliquey and judgmental. Kudos on being brave and trying to sit with the popular girls, they are all bitches anyway. Well, except for Kotennyo. I think the only reasons they're friends with her is because she comes from a rich family and they needed someone to be their muscle girl."

He then paused, "Oops, I'm talking too much. It's a really bad habit of mine."

Playing with his food, Koenma replied, "It's okay." He sighed and asked, "Koashura, do you get the feeling that you don't really fit in with everyone else?"

Koashura blinked his red eyes and nodded, "Only all the time. Everyone thinks I'm a total geek and I barely have any friends. It's been that way for me since my first day here."

"I guess I'm the new geek now."

Feeling sympathy for the young prince, Koashura knew what he was talking about. He could see that Koenma's first day wasn't all that pleasant and he just wanted to do something to help him.

Deciding to change the subject, he then mentioned, "I really liked your small performance in music class today. You really have an amazing voice."

"Um, thank you. I liked your guitar performance. How come you don't sing?"

Koashura then began to laugh at himself, "I can't sing. I have a horrible voice. All my music talents are the instrumental type."

They both sat there and ate their lunch in silence for a minute or two and Koashura then decided to continue their discussion, "How did you learn to sing like that?"

Koenma sucked on his pacifier for a minute and replied, "I have had voice lessons but, from what my ogre servant told me, I inherited my talent from my mother."

"Wow, awesome. Do you get to sing with her?"

At the mention of his dead mother, Koenma looked down at his remaining food and said in a meek voice, "No. She died shortly after I was born."

Koashura then felt awful, "I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault. It happened a long time ago."

Really wanting to change the subject from their current depressing topic, Koashura then thought of another thing they could discuss, "Hey Koenma."

"Yeah?"

"I have been wondering since music class, can I be your instrument accompanist for when you sing solos? I don't have anyone to sing for me since everyone refuses to work with me. Would you be interested?"

Koenma thought about it for a minute and shrugged his small shoulders, "Sure why not?"

"Great."

They started eating in silence again. Koenma then decided to speak up this time, "Koashura?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you for sitting with me."

Koashura smiled, "No problem."

~To Be Continued