Ok, I'm aiming to write a longer chapter. None of these characters are based off of anyone. They are completely random. I own nothing.

Freshmen? Again?

I sat up groggily as Tohru shook me alive. I instinctively snarled. Never was a morning person. She jumped back and stammered "I-I-I- I am-m-m-m sooooo s-s-s-sorry! I wasn't sure what to do. It's six and you may want to get ready for school is all. Where do you go?"

"School?" Lexi said quizzically. "I thought it was-oh wait we would have school now. It's still school year here."

"Aw man!" Crystal whined. "I want to sleep in and play video games and-"

"Crystal, stop it. Technically we're freshmen here, so we've done the work before. We'll be fine." I said to shut her up. Then I turned back to Tohru. "Um, we're in 9th grade but we don't go to school here yet. Maybe Shigure could sign us up for school as our guardian?"

"Well, I'm sure he would, and if not, my grandfather might." She replied beaming. I was up and listening to her and that makes her happy? She's way to over-excitable...but I should've known that after reading the manga. "Shigure!" She called to awaken the perverted dog.

"I don't want to go to school....." Crystal stated defiantly. In some ways she was like Hiro to me. Always independent. And I felt like her mother when-ever I was with her. "I already passed!"

"It'll give you more chances to annoy the baka neko......" I said coaxingly. It took her all of five minutes to think before she finally agreed.

We all entered the school. Shigure in a business suit. You could tell Kyo was annoyed since he was being sign up to. Lucky that Yuki didn't know yet. I secretly wondered why Shigure hadn't told Akito about us yet. When we entered the office Kyo tried to make a run for it. But Shigure held him by the shirt before he could go. "Now Kyo, you have to obey Akito's orders. Don't want to be locked in that room again do you?"

Kyo paled and I reflexively gasped. That room, the thought of it, disturbed me. Where I come from it's called abuse. And it was against the law. The story always made me think, why didn't the police know about the Sohma's abusive history?

I shook myself away from my thoughts and patiently waited for the receptionist to retrieve the uniforms. She came out flustered and nervous. "Well...." she started. "It turns out that we don't have much other than the really short skirts, so you'll have to deal with them. I am so sorry, terribly sorry, we'll order the winter uniforms as soon as possible."

"I understand......" Crystal said reluctantly. "Are you sure?" She said. She never liked "girly" things. A skirt was bad enough for her. A mini just made it even worse.

"No dear, sorry." The receptionist said, seemingly embarrassed. "If it helps any, you won't have to start classes now......that'll give you today to get used to the skirt." She reassured us.

Crystal stormed through the house, fuming so much i saw steam come out of her ears. "LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT!!!!" She yelled. "NOT ONLY DO I HAVE TO BE A FRESHMAN AGAIN, BUT I HAVE TO WEAR THIS THIG?!?!?!?" She twirled around so we could get a visual on what she meant. "It's simply monstrous!"

"I know..." I suppressed a giggle. "But, we must keep up appearances."

"I think it's fun." Lexi twirled and winked at Shigure. He laughed so hard i thought he would have a seizure. And he was pretty close to it.

"Look dear..." I started using my southern charm. "Think about it, " I whispered in her ear to keep Shigure from hearing," We run and meet Haru tomorrow......"

She grinned evilly. "I see, I see......." She cracked her knuckles deviously. "This will be a fun one to break." I had to pull her away as she began laughing maniacally. Only to hear Lexi ask Shigure the age old question. "Why are you a perv?" She asked. I never got to hear the answer.