"Gojyo! Goku!" Sanzo kicked each of them. " Wake up! " Gojyo groaned. He opened his eyes to see that Sanzo and Hakkai had already dressed in their uniforms. Sanzo held a newspaper in his hands and Hakkai was at the table in the hotel room. He looked as if he was already setting up breakfast. That's weird, Gojyo thought. We usually go out to eat.

" Breakfast is set!" Hakkai said cheerfully. Goku waked up immediately. Gojyo groaned again. " Sanzo! It's early. Why do we have to wake up so early? We studied until late last night."

Sanzo put his newspaper down and started eating his pancakes. (Where did Hakkai learn to make pancakes? I don't think most people in China eat pancakes for breakfast. Come to think of it, I don't think people in Japan do too.) " You're lucky you actually got to get some sleep. We have o go early, because I said so. Get up and get dressed. I'll finish all the food if you don't." Sanzo said, then picked up his knife and fork. At this, Goku immediately stood up, changed, and seated himself on the table. He took a generous amount of pancakes and started devouring it. Gojyo reached for his school shirt. He better get up before Goku takes another helping. | | |

Goku went into his classroom. All of them had departed at the entrance. Hakkai and Gojyo to their second year class and Sanzo to is third year. Goku walked alone in the corridors. It was slowly emptying. Goku walked until he reached his class: Year 1 Class 10. He entered the room. The teacher was a short man wearing glasses and had a stern face. He looked up when Goku came in.

" Ah, Son Goku. We've been waiting for you. Take a seat that you find empty and sit down. I need to settle your papers first. Just try and make new friends for a while." Then he went and sat at the teacher's table.

Goku looked around the class awkwardly. Then he saw an empty seat beside a raven-haired boy. Isn't that boy on the bike yesterday? He wondered. I'll go ask him. He went to the seat. He turned away for a while to look at his classmates. Then when he turned back, the boy was already asleep. Goku couldn't believe how fast a guy could sleep. He looked at the teacher, who had already finished with the papers and was getting up. Goku decided the best thing to do was to wake this guy up. He carefully nudged the guy. When he didn't wake up, he gave the guy a soft punch on the shoulder. Still the guy didn't even stir. Then Goku tugged on the guy's shirt. His arm supporting his head fell of the table, and his head knocked on the table. Then the guy woke up. He looked at Goku with a look Goku thought only Sanzo could give him, and then he stood up. Goku moved back a bit, amazed at how tall the guy was. Then the guy drew back his arm, and then suddenly Goku got the feeling that this guy could hurt him bad. He quickly got up and moved backwards. The guy only managed to hit the wooden chair, which must have hurt his knuckles badly. But he didn't look as if he would stop.

" Kaede Rukawa! Get back to your seat!" The teacher bellowed.

Kaede Rukawa, huh? Goku thought, staring as the guy sat back down. I'll have to look out for him.

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Hakkai and Gojyo walked into the class. Amazingly, they had ended up in the same class: Year 2 Class 1. The teacher looked respectable enough. Hakkai smiled at the teacher. But the teacher seemed to be looking at Gojyo. Hakkai knew why. Gojyo's hair wasn't exactly school material. He had to convince Gojyo to cut it. He can't possibly still want to hide his scars here anyway. He would look better without his cockroach hair. The teacher assigned them seats. Hakkai sat near the window. An attractive girl with curly dark hair sat behind him, and Gojyo sat next to her. Hakkai could tell he was itching to ask her what was her name. Gojyo will never change, even in a different world. And a guy with a weird hairstyle and a pierced ear sat at the front of him. Hakkai suddenly recognized him. He was one of the guys that had laughed at them. Hakkai was sure he was a troublemaker, but Hakkai knew he was an interesting guy, and must have a soft spot somewhere.

Then his head suddenly snapped back at the sound of soft laughter. Hakkai followed his gaze. His glaring gaze. Gojyo had taken the guts to (since when was Gojyo shy of women??) talk to the girl next to him. And they were somewhat sharing a joke together. Hakkai turned to look back at the guy (who he distinctively remember was Miyagi) who was now red in the face. Hakkai guessed that the girl must be his girlfriend. Hakkai thought he would walk up to Gojyo and punch him in the face, but instead, he burst into tears.

" Aya-Chan! How could you do this to me!! And right in my face! You have been going out with. with (points to the startled Gojyo) HIM!! Haven't you? Is that why he joined Shohoku? To be with you? Well, that is the stupidest reason I've heard!!" Then, without warning, he charged at Gojyo and started punching and kicking him. The teacher was stunned and was hopeless. It was the girl that came to the rescue.

BAM!! Hakkai wasn't sure what had happened. The next thing he knew the girl had a paper fan in her hand (very similar to Sanzo's), Gojyo was trying to get away from the troubled couple, Miyagi with tears, The girl hitting Miyagi with the fan, saying something like "He's a new kid and I don't even know him!! You always jump to conclusions!" Then Miyagi's eyes turned puppy-dog like and a smile came over his face. Then he said, " Aya- Chan! I've never been happier!" And the girl saying something like, "I shouldn't have said that." Then Hakkai looked around the classroom, and was even more surprised when he saw everything had gone back to normal. The teacher had continued writing on the board.

I wonder how Goku and Sanzo classes are doing. It can't be more crazy and chaotic than this!! | | |

Sanzo looked into the classroom. He couldn't believe he would be in the same class as these kids. If Goku was 18, these kids would be worst. Sanzo adjusted the strap of his backpack and knocked on the door. Might as well get over it.

A cheerful elderly woman with a huge diamond necklace opened the door. She greeted him inside and them asked him to pick a seat. His violet eyes scanned quickly for an empty seat farthest away from the front. And then he found it. Not exactly the last row, but second last. That will just have to do. He quickly made his way to the seat. He could hear people whispering, "Did you see that? He has purple eyes!" " He looks very serious" "He doesn't seem like the type of person that would go to school." Sanzo even heard a girl saying " Kawaii!!" Sanzo quickly sat down and then dropped his backpack on the floor. He wished he could take out his gun and shoot the wall for some quiet. But before he had even reached into his pocket, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

He turned around, irritated, to find a very familiar guy grinning at him. It was the guy that had insulted their clothes. Now having a close up view of his face, Sanzo noticed the guy looked very mischievous and had a faint scar on the left side of his chin. He somehow reminded Sanzo of someone, but Sanzo couldn't put a finger to it.

" How was the party?" the guy asked Sanzo. Sanzo then remembered telling them about going to a party. Sanzo just shrugged as an answer. Then he turned back to the front. I have no time to waste my time on kids. But again he was tapped at the shoulder. He turned again, in a fouler mood than last time, and was just going to tell the guy off when he saw the guy holding out his hand. He wants to know me, Sanzo realized. He hadn't, in all his life, introduced himself in a civilized way like this before. Oh what the hell? And Sanzo, reluctantly, shook the guys hand. The guy gave a smile and then he said,

" My name's Mitsui. Hisashi Mitsui. " Sanzo remembered the name 'Mitsui', but he just forgot where.

" Genjo Sanzo." Sanzo replied. Then Mitsui peered closer. " You're the one," he said. Sanzo stared at him. Did Kanzeon Bosatsu tell this guy about him being 'the one' or something?

" My brother Mikaru told me about you. Said you and three others played basketball very well. " Then he smirked. "You should try out. Of course, Anzai Sensei would probably accept you. Of course, Shohoku is more powerful this year than ever. But it's full of um, DIFFERENT people. You'll see."

Sanzo turned back around. No one could be more different than them at the moment.