"So, what's your name?" Tadashi tried to keep his mind off the entirely new world waiting for him just through the doors and decided instead to focus on the girl who walked up the steps beside him. It wasn't that difficult of a task for him to do. She truly was radiant, and he found himself staring at her on more than one occasion as they walked toward the front door, "I'm Tadashi, by the way. Tadashi Hamada."

The girl looked over and smiled brightly, but he could tell she was as nervous as he was to enter the doors, "Thanks for the ride Tadashi. I'm…" But she trailed off as he opened the door for her and she caught her first glimpse of the school that would practically be their home for the next undetermined number of years. Tadashi followed her in and practically stopped dead in his tracks.

People were everywhere: they all wandered about from table to table, looking through different clubs and programs. The attendants at each of the tables were bright and helpful, practically overjoyed to help anyone in need. As if to prove their eagerness, at that moment a tiny bubbling girl stopped directly in front of Tadashi and the girl, clutching an overfull clipboard to her chest,

"Hi! Welcome to San Fransokyo's Institute of Technology! I'm Francesca, is there anything I can help you with? As today is your first day here, we aren't holding any freshmen classes. We just want you to be able to walk around and get a good look at the campus and where your classes will be held from here on out. If you could tell me what lab you both were assigned on your registration slip I can get you to someone who can help you find your way around!"

The entire speech was so rapid that it took Tadashi a second to gather his thoughts. As he finally returned enough to his senses to reply, he heard the girl next to him answer simultaneously,

"Lab 47 B."

The attendant looked practically faint with joy and she again smiled widely as Tadashi and the girl looked at each other with surprise. His heart gave another pleasant squeeze before he was interrupted by a muffled voice behind them.

"Lab 47 B! That's like my favorite chill spot!"

The two new students turned to find themselves staring into the face of a dragon. For a moment the two of them just stared as the attendant, now behind them spoke up, "Perfect! I'll just leave you two in Fred's capable hands, then! Good luck and welcome again!"

As the girl bounced away to find another victim, the dragon stuck one large padded claw into his mouth and pulled open his suit, revealing a long faced boy, with long dirty blond hair and a goofy smile.

"The name's Fred, the school mascot! Couldn't help but hear you two are in Lab 47 B! Let me be your guide and I will bring you through this time of darkness and confusion, into the light of justice." And with that, Fred threw an arm around both Tadashi and the girl's shoulders and steered them through the bustling crowd, so he practically had to shout to be heard, "I didn't catch a name from either of you!"

"I'm Tadashi Hamada!" Tadashi hollered back through the din of the crowd and Fred nodded appreciatively,

"Tadashi, it's nice to meet you."

"Fred!"

The three of them spun around as another exuberant attendant approached, two students in tow, "These two are heading to Lab 47 B, I was wondering if you'd be kind enough to show them, when you've finished with these two lovely individuals of course." She gave Tadashi and the girl a blinding smile before nodding at the two students she led over and disappearing into the crowd.

"Excellent! Join my team and we will be to your destination in no time!" The two newcomers looked equally as nervous. The new boy had hair much like the noodles he held in his hands, tumbling toward his shoulders and pulled away from his dark face in a pony tail. The new girl chewed vigorously on a wad of gum, trying her best to seem at ease. Turning their backs on the crowd, the five of them head away, leaving the rumble of the crowd in the large room behind them.

For a few moments they walked in mutual awkward silence, the only one remaining unaffected being Fred who bounced along slightly ahead, humming without a care in the world. Tadashi couldn't stand it anymore,

"You never did tell me your name." He told the girl next to him, her long, blonde hair trailing slightly behind her as they walked briskly down the hallway. As she opened her mouth to answer, however, a cry of distress again interrupted,

"Crap!" They all turned to see the the dark skinned boy wiping at a trail of wasabi down the front of his shirt, and dripping from the noodles still hanging from his mouth.

"Come on Wasabi, we'll get you cleaned up in the lab." The dark haired girl's mouth pulled up in a half smile as she gently mocked the boy.

"Speaking of," Fred called from ahead, as he did a jumping 180 and bowed to the four student followers, "We are here." He swept his arm to the right, gesturing to the open door of a room labeled 47 B, "It's empty now, until you guys request all the equipment for your projects. Basically all your time will be spent here…" Fred's voice trailed away as all five of them walked into different corners of the room, each one inspecting separate things. Tadashi could almost see his future ahead of him. With the resources at hand at this school, he would be able to help so many people. So many ideas were popping into and floating around his head that he couldn't choose one to focus on. Instead he thought of his brother, just wait until he caught sight of this place.

"It's really something isn't it?" The girl's excited voice didn't startle him as it broke him from his thoughts. Smiling, Tadashi turned to face her,

"Yeah it is."

She was practically bouncing with excitement, "Just imagine all the things we'll be able to do here! All the resources at our fingertips!"

Her elation was hard to resist and Tadashi felt his heart begin to speed, whether from the ideas the girl was putting into his mind or from the perfume he could smell wafting from her. Either way it didn't matter. Tadashi's life was beginning right then, he could feel it. A life with new people and new opportunities. He could be anything he wanted, he could do anything he wanted. For that moment he was on top of the world.

"Oh, and by the way, it's Inara, My name is Inara."

Inara.

Tadashi's smile couldn't have been wider, "It's nice to meet you, Inara."

A/N -

So it's not nearly so fluff as I'd like, but I'm getting there. I really wanted a chapter with Honey Lemon's actual name. I've always loved the idea of Tadashi knowing Honey's real name.

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