Tenchi walked down the school hallways. All day it had been raining. Some hail had even
fallen. He had been late for his first class and was locked out. All day were tests in all the classes.
On top of it all, the girls were supposed to be visiting him today. He let a heavy sigh escape his lips.
He closed his brown eyes briefly and then opened them to stare at the ground as he walked.
"Oh no!" cried a voice just a few feet away from him. Tenchi looked up in surprise. There
was a girl with long white hair tied up in a braid and hanging off her left shoulder. She was staring
down at the pile of books she had apparently dropped, looking near tears. Tenchi half jogged half
walked over to her.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah." She replied with a heavy sigh. "This is just my first day, I'm lost, and then I drop
my books all over the place." The girl said, bending down to pick them up. Tenchi really didn't have
time to help her but he did anyway.
"First day huh? You must be one of those foreign exchange students." Tenchi said.
"Yeah. I'm from England."
"Really?" Tenchi asked, looking up from the books. She nodded her head briefly.
"Thanks for helping me." She said. Tenchi looked up at the clock. He muttered something
under his breath.
"Come on, the bell is about to ring. We better run." Tenchi said. He held some of her books
(along with his own) with his right hand and grabbed her hand with his left. Then they raced off
together.
"Where are you going?"
"Apparently where ever you are." The girl replied. He smiled.
"No I mean what class is next?" Tenchi asked, still running at top speed.
"Um… Math, I think." The girl replied.
"Okay. We're almost there." Tenchi said. Then he looked at his watch that Sasami had
given him for his last birthday. He stopped dead in his tracks and groaned.
"What's wrong?" asked the girl. Then the bell rang and all the doors slammed shut and
were locked.
"That's what's wrong." Tenchi replied. He let go of her hand. "Where's your locker anyway?" he asked.
"I don't know. The front office handed me this." The girl said, handing him a key and a
piece of paper. He stared at it for a moment and then led her down the hall. He found it and opened
it.
"Put your books in here." Tenchi said. When she had done that they went back to the
classroom and sat outside the door. Finally the teacher saw them and opened the door.
"Mr. Masaki, Ms. Grand, this is the second time you've both been late for class, or so I
hear." Said the tall teacher. He had black hair that was almost purple and his eyes were purple.
Tenchi had to look away from his piercing gaze. He looked over to the girl and saw tears were falling
down her cheeks. For the first time he looked at her eyes. They were blue green, like the sea. The
teacher sent them off to the principal's office.
"You really shouldn't let him get to you." Tenchi said, feeling bad for her.
"No teacher ever yelled at me, let alone sent me to the principal before." The girl replied
whipping away her tears with the back of her hand.
"You look like you're not that anxious to leave school today. Anything wrong?" she asked.
"No, it is just some… friends are coming to visit me today."
"Is there something wrong with that?" she asked.
"You don't know my friends." Tenchi mumbled. She looked at him weird.
"I heard the teacher call you Mr. Masaki. Is that your last name?"
"Yeah. My name is Tenchi Masaki. What's your name?"
"Victoria Grand." She replied. Then she giggled. "It sounds really formal I know. Mostly
everyone just calls me Tory." She said. Tenchi smiled. Soon they were at the principal's office. She
made them sit outside.
"So where are you going to be staying?"
"I'm not sure. The school said they'd arrange for something." Tory replied. Then the
principal cleared his throat.
"I've decided that you two are to be suspended for the rest of the day. It would have been
longer but I understand that you, Tenchi, were just trying to help Victoria." She said. Her long brown
hair fell all the way to her feet and her eyes were bright blue. She smiled slightly at Tenchi.
"Thank you ma'am." Tenchi replied. He grabbed Tory's hand hastily and began to walk off.
"Hold on." Tory said yanking her hand from Tenchi's. "Where am I supposed to stay?" she asked.
"Oh I almost forgot about that. You're going to be staying at the place Tenchi is. In fact
you'll be in the room next to him. We already sent your stuff there." The principal replied. Tenchi's
jaw dropped and Tory stood in front of the principal about to argue the point. Tenchi noticed and
grabbed her hand again, racing out of the room.
"I don't know about England, but around here we never ever argue with the elders."
Tenchi said. Tory pouted and ripped her hand from his. "Come on Tory, we'd better go." Tenchi said. She reluctantly followed him out the front door of the place. She yelped and jumped back in when she saw the torrents of rain and felt the freezing cold.
"Um… I need to go get my stuff." Tory said. He sighed and ran after her.
"You can leave the stuff here." Tenchi said as soon as he stopped her. She frowned and
walked the rest of the way to her locker. When she got there she opened it and yanked out a purple
sweater and a plastic coat with a hood. She pulled out another one and tossed it to Tenchi.
"Pull it over your head like this." She said. She put on her sweater and the coat. Tenchi
followed her example. Tory giggled at him and pulled it off. Then she put it back on. "You had your
head through the sleeve." She said. He smiled. Then they reluctantly left the building and ran
through the pouring rain.
fallen. He had been late for his first class and was locked out. All day were tests in all the classes.
On top of it all, the girls were supposed to be visiting him today. He let a heavy sigh escape his lips.
He closed his brown eyes briefly and then opened them to stare at the ground as he walked.
"Oh no!" cried a voice just a few feet away from him. Tenchi looked up in surprise. There
was a girl with long white hair tied up in a braid and hanging off her left shoulder. She was staring
down at the pile of books she had apparently dropped, looking near tears. Tenchi half jogged half
walked over to her.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah." She replied with a heavy sigh. "This is just my first day, I'm lost, and then I drop
my books all over the place." The girl said, bending down to pick them up. Tenchi really didn't have
time to help her but he did anyway.
"First day huh? You must be one of those foreign exchange students." Tenchi said.
"Yeah. I'm from England."
"Really?" Tenchi asked, looking up from the books. She nodded her head briefly.
"Thanks for helping me." She said. Tenchi looked up at the clock. He muttered something
under his breath.
"Come on, the bell is about to ring. We better run." Tenchi said. He held some of her books
(along with his own) with his right hand and grabbed her hand with his left. Then they raced off
together.
"Where are you going?"
"Apparently where ever you are." The girl replied. He smiled.
"No I mean what class is next?" Tenchi asked, still running at top speed.
"Um… Math, I think." The girl replied.
"Okay. We're almost there." Tenchi said. Then he looked at his watch that Sasami had
given him for his last birthday. He stopped dead in his tracks and groaned.
"What's wrong?" asked the girl. Then the bell rang and all the doors slammed shut and
were locked.
"That's what's wrong." Tenchi replied. He let go of her hand. "Where's your locker anyway?" he asked.
"I don't know. The front office handed me this." The girl said, handing him a key and a
piece of paper. He stared at it for a moment and then led her down the hall. He found it and opened
it.
"Put your books in here." Tenchi said. When she had done that they went back to the
classroom and sat outside the door. Finally the teacher saw them and opened the door.
"Mr. Masaki, Ms. Grand, this is the second time you've both been late for class, or so I
hear." Said the tall teacher. He had black hair that was almost purple and his eyes were purple.
Tenchi had to look away from his piercing gaze. He looked over to the girl and saw tears were falling
down her cheeks. For the first time he looked at her eyes. They were blue green, like the sea. The
teacher sent them off to the principal's office.
"You really shouldn't let him get to you." Tenchi said, feeling bad for her.
"No teacher ever yelled at me, let alone sent me to the principal before." The girl replied
whipping away her tears with the back of her hand.
"You look like you're not that anxious to leave school today. Anything wrong?" she asked.
"No, it is just some… friends are coming to visit me today."
"Is there something wrong with that?" she asked.
"You don't know my friends." Tenchi mumbled. She looked at him weird.
"I heard the teacher call you Mr. Masaki. Is that your last name?"
"Yeah. My name is Tenchi Masaki. What's your name?"
"Victoria Grand." She replied. Then she giggled. "It sounds really formal I know. Mostly
everyone just calls me Tory." She said. Tenchi smiled. Soon they were at the principal's office. She
made them sit outside.
"So where are you going to be staying?"
"I'm not sure. The school said they'd arrange for something." Tory replied. Then the
principal cleared his throat.
"I've decided that you two are to be suspended for the rest of the day. It would have been
longer but I understand that you, Tenchi, were just trying to help Victoria." She said. Her long brown
hair fell all the way to her feet and her eyes were bright blue. She smiled slightly at Tenchi.
"Thank you ma'am." Tenchi replied. He grabbed Tory's hand hastily and began to walk off.
"Hold on." Tory said yanking her hand from Tenchi's. "Where am I supposed to stay?" she asked.
"Oh I almost forgot about that. You're going to be staying at the place Tenchi is. In fact
you'll be in the room next to him. We already sent your stuff there." The principal replied. Tenchi's
jaw dropped and Tory stood in front of the principal about to argue the point. Tenchi noticed and
grabbed her hand again, racing out of the room.
"I don't know about England, but around here we never ever argue with the elders."
Tenchi said. Tory pouted and ripped her hand from his. "Come on Tory, we'd better go." Tenchi said. She reluctantly followed him out the front door of the place. She yelped and jumped back in when she saw the torrents of rain and felt the freezing cold.
"Um… I need to go get my stuff." Tory said. He sighed and ran after her.
"You can leave the stuff here." Tenchi said as soon as he stopped her. She frowned and
walked the rest of the way to her locker. When she got there she opened it and yanked out a purple
sweater and a plastic coat with a hood. She pulled out another one and tossed it to Tenchi.
"Pull it over your head like this." She said. She put on her sweater and the coat. Tenchi
followed her example. Tory giggled at him and pulled it off. Then she put it back on. "You had your
head through the sleeve." She said. He smiled. Then they reluctantly left the building and ran
through the pouring rain.
