Disclaimer: As always, I don't own Suzaku or Lelouch........Grrrr!

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"Come now Lelouch! Get up, you've got school this morning!" Leon sighed, shaking Lelouch awake.

"But daaaad!" Lelouch whined. "I don't want to get up!"

"Too bad, now you either get out of this bed on your own or else I pick you up and toss you into your shower!" he barked in his commanding tone causing Lelouch to flip out of his bed and land on the floor.

"Now I see why everyone is scared into following your orders." he sighed, sitting up and rubbing his sore head.

"Be happy it was me and not your grandpa Ashtor. His bark truly is worse then his bite." Leon growled. "For me, my bite is far worse then my bark."

"Then don't bite me, and I've never heard Grandpa Ashtor bark."

"He ran his hospital with ruthless efficiency. He had a nasty bark. Now then, hurry up and take your shower and get downstairs for breakfast, or else you'll miss your bus." he said, then he walked out of the room.

Lelouch sighed as he stood up and headed into his bathroom out in the hall.

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"Suzaku! Suzaku it's time for breakfast!" Cecile called as she knocked on his bedroom door.

"Coming mother!" he yawned as he stretched and ran a hand through his hair.

"Time for you to got to school already?" Sunny yawned.

"I guess so Sunny." he sighed. "Oh well, I guess it's better to get this first day over with."

"That's a good way to look at it." Sunny agreed.

Suzaku just yawned again as he grabbed clean clothes out of his closet, and headed to his bathroom to take a shower.

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After breakfast, Lelouch said goodbye to everyone before he headed outside and down the street where he met up with everyone waiting for the bus.

"I feel awkward." Tanya whispered, as her and Lelouch stood in their small group with Sharissa and DeShawn.

The four of them huddled close together while the other students starred, obviously knowing that they were new.

"Yeah, no kidding, it's like they know that we're the new kids." DeShawn whispered.

"I don't think I felt this awkward at Coronado high." Lelouch admitted.

"That's cause you started a school where half the kids are new because military brats come and go constantly. This time we're just….. Here. In the middle of the school year." Sharissa explained.

"I guess that's true." Lelouch muttered as the bus pulled up.

They let all of the other kids get on and noticed that they all headed to the back of the bus, so the four of them sat in the two front seats of the right side of the bus, trying their best to stay together.

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Suzaku and Luis on the other hand were the only two among a larger group, just a couple stops away, so they felt even more awkward then the others had.

"I don't like being the new kid." Luis mumbled, fidgeting with the strap on his back pack.

"I don't either." Suzaku admitted, feeling incredibly uncomfortable as the other kids whispered around them.

But as the bus pulled up the two of them let out a sigh of relief as they saw their friends in the front two windows.

After everyone else had boarded the bus, Suzaku and Luis climbed aboard, joining them.

"Did they stare at you guys while you were waiting for the bus?" Luis asked.

"Pretty much." Lelouch admitted.

"I can already tell that today's going to be a long, long day." Suzaku sighed.

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Soon, the bus arrived at school and when they got off the only thing running through their heads was:

"Does anyone know where our first class is?" Sharissa asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Well don't ya think we should figure it out?" she sighed, pulling out her schedule.

"I guess that would be a good idea." Suzaku agreed.

"We all have the same classes right?" Lelouch asked.

"Luckily, yes." Tanya admitted. "There aren't many honors classes, so we all just got put together."

"So, our first class is….. P.E. So…… who knows how to find the gym?" DeShawn asked.

"I guess we better start wandering around to find it, shouldn't we?" Lelouch sighed.

"And don't we need to figure out where our lockers are?" Tanya asked.

Everyone just groaned before walking around trying to find everything.

Gym class was just like it had been at Coronado high. The only difference was, it was snowing outside, so P.E. was definitely in the gym itself, no questions asked.

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"So what class now?" Tanya asked as the bell rang and they left the gym.

"History with Uncle Braydon." Suzaku sighed with relief.

"Finally, something familiar in this new place." DeShawn said.

So they headed back into the main building where they found Braydon's classroom down at the end of a side hallway.

"Well, I'm glad to see that the six of you are here." Braydon said with a smile.

"We're not the only ones in your class, right Professor Spencer?" Tanya asked.

"Of course not. They transferred several students from over crowded classes into here. Mind you It'll still be a pretty small class. You guys make up about half of the class."

"At least we won't be the one's feeling singled out this time." Lelouch admitted.

"This is true." Braydon agreed. "I know the other teachers appear somewhat uncertain of me at the moment."

"I guess they're not as widely accepting here as they were at Coronado high, are they?" Suzaku asked.

"This is true." Braydon said as they took their seats. "But then again, Coronado high was full of military children. If we were closer to Oceana and Norfolk, that would be another story entirely."

Just then they noticed two students cautiously peek into the room.

"Is…. Is this Mr. Spencer's class?" the girl asked nervously.

"Yes it is. Come on in, no need to worry, we don't bite." said Braydon with a reassuring smile.

So the two girls came in and found a seat in the back.

Before long five more students came inside and soon the class started.

"Well now, I'm finding it somewhat amusing that the new children in school seem more comfortable in here then the students that have been here for some time." said Braydon with a smile.

The seven new kids fidgeted in the back of the room.

"Since there are only thirteen of you total, you seven in the back might as well move up." Braydon said.

Everyone just scooted their desks back a little.

"Oh come now!" Braydon sighed. "I'm not going to hurt anyone. Come on, move up."

The other students quietly and nervously picked up their stuff and moved closer.

"There now, that wasn't so hard, was it?"

They shook their heads.

"They look like their scared of you Uncle Braydon." Suzaku chuckled, making Lelouch snicker. "Ouch!"

"Hey!" cried Lelouch as Braydon smacked them both on the heads with his attendance list. "Student abuse!"

"Oh shut up! You're both my nephews so it doesn't count!"

"Did Uncle Lloyd make you grouchy?" Lelouch snickered.

"Do you want me to tell your father that you're miss behaving in class?" Braydon asked.

"No. I don't feel like being barked at again. My head still hurts from this morning." Lelouch muttered, making his friends laugh.

"Anyway, would one of you guys care to explain where your class was in your lessons?" Braydon asked.

"We were on World War one." a girl muttered.

"The great war?" Braydon muttered. "I thought this was world history."

The girl shook her head. "American history. World history is in middle school."

"So I'm a Brit teaching American history? No wonder the other teachers were looking at me strangely." he muttered, making even the new students let out a nervous chuckle. "Anyway, no problem, we can handle this. But first, we might as well get to know you guys. If your wondering, these eight in front of you are from my class out in Coronado California, so we all know each other quite well. But we have no idea who any of you are. Care to introduce yourselves?"

"I'm Isabella." said one girl. "But everyone calls me Izzy."

"Ashley."

"Tucker."

"Luke.'

"Mellissa."

"Tommy,"

"Desiree."

"Wonderful. So now we have Izzy, Ashley, Tucker, Luke, Mellissa, Tommy, Desiree, Lelouch, Suzaku, Sharissa, Tanya, DeShawn, and Luis. A nice small class. So then, where in World War one were you?"

"We just started today." said Ashley.

"Well that's even better. It makes it much easier to start the lesson. But I would like to know why you all seemed terrified….."

"Our teacher told us that you were the strictest teacher ever!" Tucker blurted out.

Everyone starred. But then Braydon burst out laughing.

"I can assure you that I am in no way strict." he said. "Yes I can make my tests somewhat difficult, but that's because I care enough to challenge my students. But that's about the strictest I can be. You can just ask any of these guys."

"Yeah, he actually pushed one of our tests back by three days because he didn't feel like grading any." said Tanya with a smile.

"He likes to let us watch a lot of movies." said DeShawn.

"And he turns everything into a story." said Lelouch.

"And he jokes around more then any other teacher I've ever had." said Suzaku throwing a paper airplane at Braydon. "Of course, considering he's our uncle in a totally insane family, that's no surprise."

"Yes and if you want to throw another plane at me, I'll be sure to throw a spit wad at you." Braydon warned him.

"What are you, ten?" Lelouch sighed with a smile.

"No, I'm twenty nine, and I don't like to give homework, because I don't like to grade homework."

Everyone managed to laugh.

"So…. Are you from Great Britain?" Luke asked in curiosity.

"I was born in Cambridge, raised in London, graduated from Oxford." said Braydon with a smile.

"What did you go to school for?" Mellissa asked.

Braydon paused for a minute. "I…. honestly don't remember. I was a wood worker, then I joined the British Army for a while then I ended up here."

"You don't even remember what you went to school for Uncle Braydon?" Lelouch asked incredulously.

"In all honestly….. No. I'll probably have to go back and look at my diploma to remember."

"And yet Grandpa and Uncle Leon could give you every minor and major for their Associates up to their PhD which ends up as eight different subjects." Suzaku sighed, shaking his head.

"They don't count. Those two aren't normal." said Braydon stubbornly. "Anyway, I suppose we might as well start some form of a lesson, so you best get out your history books."

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And that's what everyone did.

Of course there were a few bumps along the way considering Braydon was having to teach an improvised lesson.

After that interesting lesson, everything else seemed to fit into place fairly well. The rest of their classes seemed to go by fairly easy with their new friends from their history class joining them and getting them comfortable in their new surroundings.

But all in all, Lelouch and Suzaku felt like their were beginning to fit in easier as the all headed home on the bus.

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Ginger: okay, I'm finally getting back on track with this story. Anyway, hope that the few of you reading this still enjoy it. But as always, let me know! I love reviews and the more I get the more I'll be happy to continue!