Kira walked into the class, and interrupted the science teacher's lecture. She looked up startled, but not mad. Her hear was long and curly, and with her red hair, wide eyes, and freckles she was obviously not a native.

Kira bowed as was polite.

"Sorry for the interruption." Said the phoenix. "I was told to give you this." The teacher walked over to the girl and lightly took the pink slip from her hand. She inspected it before turning to the class with a large smile.

"Class," started the teacher with and almost non-existent accent. "It seems we have a new student. This is Kira Sohma, who has transferred from-"The teacher stopped and rechecked the paper. "-Home-schooling!" she finished lamely.

Kira had watched for some reaction to her name and she wasn't disappointed. In the back someone looked up. He was barely familiar, and the thing that had tipped her off had been his far way look. A look that said, I'm paying attention but this is boring because I've already learned it before. Oddly enough it was one of two Sohma's she didn't want to see quite yet.

The teacher told her to take a seat in the back, and so she sat on the opposite side of the classroom. She was disappointed because she had always loved the window seats, yet glad she was in this corner because it was close to the door and away from him. She knew word would reach Kyo, which she really didn't want to happen quite yet, but since the teacher had told her name to the class, his ears had heard it said.

She sat miserably at her desk, but managed to take notes. She knew the teacher wouldn't expect her to take the test tomorrow, but she didn't want to be plastered as "New" for more than she had to.

The teacher droned on for another twenty minutes before the bell rang. She looked at her schedule and saw that her next class was physical education.

She was the first out the door, but she could feel a pair of eyes following her as she quickly made her way to the locker rooms.

Oh why, oh why did her first class have to be with Yuki?