A/N: Yeay I'm done with chapter two! The main character of this chapter is Seto/Saeko, hurray! I know she (he) is a little OOC, but in this AU her (his) parents are alive and they are a loving family, but I tried my hardest to keep her as much in character as possible.

The story is still developing, so the end of the chapter might be a little sudden, but that'll change soon, I promise.

There she stood in front of the principal's office quite unsure how this whole thing would turn out.

Saeko had not the slightest idea what awaited her. Today after math class Mrs. Paradius had asked her to stop by her office without dropping a clue what she wanted to discuss.

'My grades are above average and I always pay attention in class, so what does she want?' she thought to herself.

Finally Mrs. Paradius entered the hall taking a sip from her coffee and studying some documents. The principal Daria Paradius was a middle aged woman who had to be in her early forties, but she looked like she only was in her late twenties. Either she had amazing genetics or had undergone several operations. Whatever it was, she was really pretty and Saeko honestly admired her. Who wouldn't want to look this good at her age?

For her position she was always a little overdressed with her short skirts, her sparkling collarette and the bright red lipstick she always wore, but no one seemed to care about that.

"Ah, there you are. Early as always." She smiled at Saeko, unlocked the door and entered the office.

She sat down on her desk chair and asked her to take a seat as well.

"Don't worry, it won't take long. So…I know you have a lot of work to do with the student council and everything, but thing is, if you don't join a club for at least one quarter of the year, you will be retained."

Saeko choked on her own spit. "What?! How- I mean why?" Mrs. Paradius sighed.

"I think it's pretty pointless as well, but that's a school policy I have no bearing on. Here's a list with all the clubs that exist, maybe you'll find something." Saeko took the sheet and skimmed it.

This had to be a bad joke. She raised an eyebrow and asked "How come, I've never heard of this policy before?"

"Well, my dear, most of our students go to clubs voluntary, so usually no one brings it up. But since you didn't visit one in your first years, you'll have to do it now."

Saeko sighed. It didn't seem like she had a choice. She took the sheet and got up from her seat. "Thank you, I'll take a look at it at home…"

Mrs. Paradius smiled. "Good, have a nice day." "Goodbye, Mrs. Paradius."

As she walked to the train station she plugged her earphones in and sighed.

As if the stress she had wasn't enough already, now she seriously had to join a stupid club where she would waste the time, she could use to study, but now she would have to defer that until later. "Unbelievable…"

Later that afternoon as she arrived at home she was immediately knocked over by her younger sister Momoko who had jumped into her arms. "Sis! You're home!" the little girl smiled. "Mommy, Saeko's home!"

Their mother came out of the living room and laughed as she saw the scene in the hall "I've heard that, dear. Saeko how was your day?" she asked while she helped her daughter up to her feed.

"Exhausting… Mrs. Paradius said, I have to join a club to make it to the next year." Saeko sighed.

For a moment she thought there was a glint in the eyes of her mother. "Oh, a club? That's lovely. When I was at your age, I joined the cheerleader club. I really had a great time. I'm sure, you'll have fun as well."

Saeko rolled her eyes. She loved her mom, but sometimes she was way too naive. "Yeah mom, but to be a cheerleader, you have to be popular. And you had friends back then, and I don't."

Her mother hugged her "Oh dear, but then this will be a good opportunity to make friends, don't you think? Besides, you're an interesting and loveable girl. The people who don't want to be your friends don't deserve you anyway." The girl tried to escape her mother's hug.

"Yeah, whatever..." Saeko tried to change the subject as quickly as possible. She knew her mother just tried to comfort her, but she didn't know how the girls in her school were. Most of the girls Saeko knew were two-faced and bitchy, to say the least.

"Anyway, I still haven't decided what club I want to take part in…" "Come on then, we'll have some tea and we can look together, what do you say?" "Fine…"

After boiling some water, her mother returned to the living room with two cups and handed one to Saeko who took a sip from it and placed in on the coffee table. "Let's see…the football team, no thank you, I don't want to get crushed to death; the soccer team…not ever..."

"Okay, so no sport club…hey, they have a book club; you love to read, don't you?" her mother smiled.

"Meh…but I'm sure they only discuss boring love stories from the last centuries or something… and you know, I despise those more than anything."

"You're right, I'm sorry, I forgot. What about the art club?" "I can't draw."

"The school newspaper?" "Boring. You know what, I give up. I will never, ever find a club that fits my personality." She put the sheet of paper aside and drank her tea.

Momoko climbed on her lap and grabbed the list and studied it closely. "Hey, what about this one, big sis!" she pointed onto the sheet. "That one? …Yeah, that could work …maybe. I'll think over it."

In that moment the front door was opened. "I'm home!"

Momoko jumped up from her sister's lap who almost dropped her cup and ran to the hall. "Daddy!"

Her mother got up to greet her husband and Saeko decided to join her. "Hey dad." "Hello, my dear." He pulled her into a hug then kissed his wife. "Dinner's almost ready, I could use some help with the soup." "I'll be right there, darling. Just let me take off my coat."

They had dinner and her dad told them about his day at work, how he totally beat his colleague at a pen-long-throw-contest, whereat her mother laughed that he should focus on his job instead of fooling around.

After Momoko had gone to bed, Saeko decided to fill out the form for the club.

While her parents watched some TV downstairs, she went to her room where she got changed and went to bed. S

he tried to read the book her grandmother had gotten her for her last birthday. It was called 'The Rotten Flowers In My Lungs' and it was utterly creepy, but Saeko loved it. But without even noticing she fell asleep after a while.

The next morning, Saeko handed the completed form to Mrs. Paradius regarding her choice which club she would join. The older woman took a look at the sheet. "So it's the chess club then, huh? Good choice. I'll sign you up, you can go to their meeting tomorrow after class."

"I'll be there." Maybe her mother had been right; a club could really be a great opportunity to make new friends.

Who could she meet in the chess club and become friends with? The answer will be revealed within the next chapter.

I thought Daria would be a fitting name for Dartz' genderbend since it does not only mean 'ocean' but also 'the mighty', and I thought it would go well with his personality.

I don't know, but even with her(his) parents alive, I felt that Seto/Saeko wouldn't be the most social kid, so I tried to write her a little awkward and restrained, but not insecure or anything.

Anyway, I hope you liked it ~