The building was bigger than I had expected. It was located more on the west side of Termina, near the post office. There was one entrance that was actually in town. The rest of the exits, and most of the building itself, were outside in the surrounding field. There was one exit that, if you followed it directly, it would take you right to the lake outside of town.
I got out of the car to get a better look. From the outside, I guessed it would only have one floor. I heard Viscen's door shut. He came up beside me and said, "As you may have gathered, this is the school you'll be attending."
"Yeah I assumed," I replied.
"Do you want me to guide you around inside?" Viscen offered.
"Nah, thanks though. No offense, but if I walked in escorted by a guard, a guard captain no less, it might make unwanted first impressions." I explained.
He nodded. "That makes sense. Should I have somebody wait here to take you home after school?"
"I can walk."
He shrugged. "Alright. Call your parents if you need anything."
I nodded and he got in the car and drove off. Protection for the son of the head of the city council? This new job must be a really big deal.
I don't know why I was worried about a guard drawing unwanted attention. I forgot that people around here weren't used to my purple hair. People sitting in the common area and passer bys were all staring at me. Not exactly the first impression that I wanted to make. Thankfully, amidst the sea of eyes, I saw a pair that looked familiar. Once they saw me, I smiled.
"Kafei!"
"Hey there, Anju." I greeted. She ran up and hugged me. She broke the hug and brushed some hair back. She was wearing a white shirt with jeans. She had the same vest she wore at the dance. It complimented her hair nicely.
"You're finally here!" She said smiling.
That got me a bit worried. "Yeah, why? Am I late? I was that first hour starts at 7:40 so I thought that 7:30 would be a good time to…"
"No, no Kafei," She began. "Kafei you're fine! I've just been waiting all weekend to see you!"
"Right, right. I knew that." A red haired girl walked up beside Anju. There was something about this girl that reminded me of Malon. It was probably her fiery red hair. Malon's eyes were a clear blue, where as this girl's were blue-green. She was wearing a blue shirt with capris. She had very white smile.
Anju began the introduction. "Oh, right! Kafei this is my best friend, Cremia. And Cremia this is an old friend of mine, Kafei."
"Hey there." I greeted.
"Hi." She responded with a shy smile.
"Hey let's go see the guys." Anju suggested. "Come on Kafei.
I followed the girls out of the commons and into the hallway of lockers. There were people scattered throughout. We walked up to two guys in particular. One had curly brown hair, tan skin, and brown eyes. He was wearing a blue and green shirts and vest combo. The other had red hair underneath a red baseball cap that was on backwards. He was a bit on the short side. The white shirt he had on said "Clockstoppers". They were both wearing jeans.
Anju spoke up. "Hey Kurt. Hey Jim."
"Hey Anju." Curly hair said.
"Hey Cremia." Baseball cap said.
"Guys, this is Kafei." Both of their faces shot at me. They shouted, "Kafei!"
That was unexpected. I really didn't expect anything more than a "who?" from them.
"Dude, it's me! Kurt!" Curly hair said.
"And me, the guy who stands next to Kurt!" Baseball Cap said.
"Hey Jim." I smiled.
"Kafei, Kafei," Jim said putting his arm around my shoulder. "Anju told us you were coming back. She also told us your hair was a bit different than what we might expect. But, dude, this is something you have to see in person to really get what she's talking about!"
"Look at this!" Kurt said shaking my head.
"Yeah, yeah…" I laughed. "So what's up with you guys?"
They looked at each other then looked back at me. "Nothing," Was their response.
" Oh right, right.7 years of nothing?" I asked
"Pretty much." Kurt said. "Oh hey, what are your classes?"
"Oh crud," a realization had hit me. "I haven't been to the office yet. Where is it?"
"Oh, this way. "Anju said, gesturing for us to follow her. As the 5 of us were walking down the hall, a tall, skinny kid with a shaved head walked by. Without even turning or acknowledging us at all, he lifted his hand and smacked Jim's hat off.
Jim went back to pick up his hat. "Hey guys, maybe Sakon should show Kafei to the office, you know, because he has been there more than anybody else we know."
Sakon turned and laughed at Jim. "Short stuff, don't even think you can get back at me. I'll step on you."
Jim walked up and put his hand on Sakon's shoulder and the other hand in his pocket. It seemed like he was holding onto something. "You're right." Jim said with a smile.
Sakon threw Jim's hand off of his shoulder and turned around to leave. Jim took his hand out of his pocket and patted Sakon on the back saying, "See you later big guy." Jim joined us again and we resumed walking to the office. I turned and looked at Sakon's back. There was a sticky note on it that said "World Class Douchebag".
Sorry for the long wait. Things are going on that require my immediate attention. I'm sure I'll be back to a steadier pace soon though.
I made Sakon the jerk because I couldn't think of a way to humanize Skull Kid. Except for like… Skyler… Kide… or something like that. Yeah, so let's just go with Sakon. And I replaced the swordsman school with and actual school
I did this chapter on a different word processing program, and I thought I had longer paragraphs than what it turned out to be, so I apologize for that.