Chapter 1:
It was the day of the enrollment exams for placement into class A,B,C,D or E. It should have been a good day, but it didn't quite go as planned.
Rin POV
*Yawn* What time is it? 6am….damn I gotta get ready for the entrance exams today. Well let's see... food first, then shower and dress for school. Rin made herself breakfast; a bowl of cereal, two pieces of toast and a glass of apple juice. She then got ready for school, since she was a last minute entry to the school's exams, she had not received her uniform yet.
When Rin arrived at school she felt out of place as all of the people attending the exam were in the school's uniform. Damn it uncle, I told you we should have been here a week ago to set up.
Her uncle had set her up with a functional apartment which was a short train ride away from the school. It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. Her uncle had also setup an account for her. The account contained the savings and inheritances from her parents. It was all to go to Rin, including the company Amori Arms. In her parents' will, the company, Amori Arms, was to be held in trust by Lovro for Rin until she turned 21. Her uncle would stop by once a month randomly to check up on her. Unfortunately, this happened yesterday so she wasn't able to get to bed until around one in the morning.
When Rin got to her destination, she stepped out of the train station and walked into the school, immediately heading for the office in hopes of getting herself a uniform. Upon entering the office, Rin found the secretary to be very helpful as she told Rin where her uniform was waiting for her. The school would have sent it to her via mail but they didn't have her address yet.. Rin quickly updated her information with the school, then went to pick up and change into her new uniform.
Ok this is better, at least I don't stick out like a sore thumb. The dress code is simple enough I should be able to hide my blades still. Though I probably should leave them in my school bag, getting caught with multiple weapons on me in class could be a problem. Good thing I trained in unarmed combat too.
Rin was sent to the exam testing room. When she arrived, Rin found a sign on the door:
'EXAM In Progress. Knock First'
After a few minutes the door opened and the teacher stepped out.
Teacher's POV
*Knock Knock*
that must be the new student I was told about.
The teacher walked to the door and told the class to behave before she walked out to meet with the new student.
"Hello, may I help you?" the teacher said as he closed the door.
"Hello, my name is Amori Rin. I was told this was the exam room I was to go to." Rin said.
"Why are you late? Homeroom started twenty minutes ago."
Stupid girl you should know this, I hate it when students are late.
"I'm sorry Sensei. I just received my uniform this morning and got lost trying to find the room. This is the first time I have actually been in a real school, I was home schooled 'till now." Rin said with a slight blush of embarrassment.
"Oh, that's ok. I will ask one of the students to show you around for the day."
Maybe I was a little hasty, she seems to be nice enough.
"I will introduce you to the class."
The teacher opened the door and let Rin into the room. As Rin entered she discovered that there were only a few students in that room.
"Class we have a new student to the school. Her name is Amori Rin, please give her a warm welcome. Shiota would you please show Amori around today, this is her first time in a school." the teacher introduced Rin to the class.
"Yes, Sensei" said Shiota." Rin walked over and took a seat next to Shiota.
Rin POV
"Hello Shiota, thank you for helping me today. Please call me Rin."
"Good Morning…Rin-chan. It's good to meet you." said Shiota
There was gonna be a whole day of testing for them. First period was one of the subjects that her uncle was not very good at teaching, Science.
Wow this exam is no joke, Uncle didn't go over some of this stuff very well.
The second period was Math.
This is my favorite subject! This will be easy, just like calculating the best angle of attack.
After the second period, the students in the exam room were given a lunch break.
I'm glad that part is over, I'm hungry.
"Shiota where are we allowed to eat?"
"We eat in our homeroom classroom, we are allowed to move the desks to be with others." Shiota explained.
"Shiota I thought this room was for last minute enrollment exams? Why are you here you seem to know the school."
"Well you see, I was sick during the regular days of the regular exams, the school put me in here to do the exams as a makeup day." Shiota said.
"Shiota.."
"Rin-chan, I prefer to be called, Nagisa." Nagisa interrupted.
"Ok, so Nagisa-kun it is. I made too much food for one person for lunch, would you like some?"
The two other boys in the room laughed and said Nagisa-chan is a girl, just look at her. long hair, girl figure all that's missing is the dress. Nagisa bowed his head, red from embarrassment.
"R...Rin-c...chan, it's n…not true, I…I'm a boy" Nagisa whispered on the verge of tears.
Something "clicked" inside of Rin, causing her to feel sorry for Nagisa. Rin got up and walked towards the two boys that were bullying her…..friend. The look in Rin's eyes was that of murderous predator, bloodlust was gushing in waves out of her. Rin was angry. No… she was livid.
"HOW DARE YOU SAY THOSE AWFUL THINGS ABOUT HIM!"
Rin was able to take two steps before the two boys panicked and bolted out of the room. Rin had tried to direct her bloodlust away from Nagisa. I hope I didn't scare off Nagisa. Rin turned around to look at Nagisa. She saw a teary eyed look of surprise on Nagisa's face.
"Sorry you had to see that, I just don't like bullies." Rin frowned, and was about to leave when Nagisa said,
"Thank you, you are the first person to stand up for me. How did you figure out I am a boy?"
Rin smiled,
"It is quite simple really Nagisa-kun. One, you're wearing pants, which is the standard uniform for a male student they only give out if you put down that you are a male on the student information forms. That's saying if you didn't lie on the form. And two, even though it is small, you have an adam's apple…girls don't have that."
Nagisa smiled, blushed and said, "I am glad I met you today, Rin-chan. I don't know about you but I'm starving, let's eat." Rin pulled out a large bento box stuffed with food.
During Rin's break, one of the administration staff informed her that the Principal Asano Gakuhō wanted to see her.
Great my first day and I already managed to get called into the principal's office. Uncle is gonna have a field day.
Rin went to Principal Asano Gakuhō office wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. She had already her share of a lot of not so nice things come from students that were sent there.
Asano POV
*Knock, Knock, Knock*
Ahh, that must be the new transfer student I sent for, Amori Rin. I think I will have some fun with this one.
"Come in!"
"Hello, I am Amori Rin. I was told you wanted to see me Principal Asano?" Rin says as she walks into the office.
Amori…I've heard that name before…it was years ago….she couldn't be related to them.
"Yes I did send for you. just realize, I'm not the principal, I am the Chairman of the school. I have a few questions for you regarding the information that you provided the school." Chairman Asano explained.
"I'm sorry, I was misinformed of the proper title to address you by, Asano-dai-Sensei." She apologised.
Interesting this girl seems to think I am a headmaster, I do like the sound of dai-sensei but that isn't my position right now.
"Thank you for that but Sensei is good enough, I'm not a headmaster yet. But that is not why I had you come here. In your file it shows that you live mostly alone but you do have a guardian. The only information we have is his given name, Lovro. Can you elaborate on that at all? There is also the issue of your tuition fees that are overdue." Asano Gakuho informed Rin.
"Unfortunately I only know him as Uncle Lovro and he travels a lot for business so he's only in town usually once a month. As for the payment of my outstanding tuition fees, you should have them by the end of the week. I apologize for the delay. My bank made an error and bounced the check. Here is a note from my bank explaining it was their fault." Rin explained while stepping forward to hand the signed note.
"I see, I will let you finish your enrollment exams today, but you will not be able to start classes until your tuition payment has been received."
"Thank you Asano-Sensei, I will make every effort to get the fee paid ASAP. I do not want to fall too far behind my fellow students." Rin then left the office to enjoy the rest of her lunch break.
Rin POV
After lunch, Rin returned to the exam room to continue her exams. When she returned, Rin found that the room was empty because no one had returned yet.
Good job Rin, you scared off Nagisa and the two bullies. I'm gonna have to be more careful or I will be alone here too.
Rin was so deep in thought that she didn't notice Nagisa had walked in and sat down next to her.
"Hello Rin-chan, a penny for your thoughts?" said Nagisa
Wait when did he come in? When did my senses become dulled that I didn't even realise when he was near? Did I unconsciously lower my guard around him?
"Good afternoon Nagisa-kun. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking…that I scared you off like those two bullies."
"Oh no, I'm used to it." said Nagisa.
"It must be nice to have friends…."
"I will be your friend Rin-chan, if...if you want , no one has ever stood up for me like that before. Most people don't even notice I am here." said Nagisa as his face heated up with a pink blush.
"Really?"
"Yes."
Rin smiled.
My first friend.
Rin reached over and hugged Nagisa.
"Thank you Nagisa-kun" Nagisa blushed even harder.
*Bell Rings*
The teacher entered the room followed by the two other boys.
"Sit down you two and stop complaining. She is a new student to the school and you want me to believe that she is a savage dragon trying to kill you?" the teacher said.
"Yes we do!" said the boys.
"ENOUGH! You have only a few more exams and then you get to go home. So please sit down, be quiet and write the exam."
"Yes, Sensei" the boys said.
The next exam was languages: English and Japanese. This was another subject Rin enjoyed.
The final exam was poetry and culture. Rin was not expecting this exam. After the final exam was finished, Rin and Nagisa exchanged phone numbers and headed home. It has been a long, exhausting day.
