Sorry for taking so long to write this chapter up. I never had time to write at home, so I decided that I would do this chapter at school, and I was able to write lots in all my boring classes! This is a long chapter though, so it's worth it. ^_^

Anyway, this chapter is just about each of the character's experience in the classroom, and I'll continue using different POV for each character, except that I grouped Sora and Mimi together, as well as Tai and Matt together, and I included a Normal POV. There's some Sora bashing though, so don't read if you really like Sora, and please don't flame me!

Chapter 2: Introductions

*~*~*Sora and Mimi's POV*~*~*

Sora ran frantically down the hall, looking for her classroom, as the national anthem begun. She knew that she would be late if she did not find her classroom soon.

"Oh, where is room 237!?" Sora cried, "I'm going to be extremely late if I don't find that stupid classroom soon. I can't afford to ruin my reputation."

Sora continued running down the hall in hopes of finding her classroom. "I should have picked up a school map at the office," she thought, "I hope my teacher isn't mad when I show up for class late."

The national anthem ended, and the announcements came on. "Welcome Odaiba High students to the first day of this brand new, beautiful school," boomed the loudspeaker, "teachers please excuse your late students for this first day as there are still many cars arriving outside."

Sora sighed with relief, "Now I don't have to worry about being late," she thought.

"And here are your morning announcements.."

Finally Sora reached her classroom, room 237, she looked inside to see if she knew anyone in her class, and if the teacher would yell at her for being late. She saw that the teacher was busy making preparations for her class, and Sora slipped in unnoticed. Then she saw Mimi, who was sitting in the front row of the class. Mimi looked up and smiled at Sora, and then pointed in alarm at Sora's hair. Sora looked quizzically back at Mimi, wondering what Mimi was pointing about, and went to sit down beside Mimi.

"Hey Mimi, what's up?" Sora asked, "were you saving this seat for me?"

"Yeah, I figured that you would show up late this morning considering the fact that I asked you to meet me outside, and you never did," Mimi replied angrily.

"Well, I'm sorry Meems, but I woke late and was almost even late for school!" Sora exclaimed earnestly. "You weren't almost late, you were late," Mimi said simply.

"Well, that's true, but you don't need to be so detailed about it," Sora replied.

"Whatever," Mimi stated, deliberately turning away from Sora to look at the other students in the class.

"Oh come on Mimi, don't tell me you're still mad because I didn't show up this morning," Sora scoffed, wondering anxiously how she could make it up to Mimi as she did not like having her friends mad at her. Mimi was one of her only friends, and Sora valued their friendship greatly, and would do what it took to not mess it up.

"Well, of course I'm mad! You said that you would meet me at the front of the school, and you never even showed up! It was like you were deserting me on the first day of school already, since we promised that we would get there early to make friends with some new people right away!" Mimi replied, turning around to glare at Sora.

"I'm so sorry Mimi, I promise that I'll try to keep our meeting next time, and you can be assured that I'm not deserting you," Sora promised. "It's not like I have any other friends to turn to anyway," she thought, "Mimi is one of my only friends, and I have to be careful otherwise I could lose this friendship too."

"Okay, fine," Mimi relented, smiling happily. "I really wasn't that mad, I just wanted to see your reaction."

"What!? Mimi! How could you do that to me?" Sora exclaimed.

"Hey, it's fine now though, isn't it? I'm not mad so don't worry about it," Mimi said.

"Sure, I'm glad that you're not mad anymore then I guess," Sora replied.

"That's the spirit!" Mimi cried, grinning, "and look on the bright side, at least you're not too late today."

"Well, I spent a long time in the hall looking for the classroom since I got lost, and I didn't think that I would need a school map," Sora said.

"Well, next time you'll know better. By the way, what's wrong with your hair today?" Mimi asked, "It looks like you forgot to comb it or something."

"No, it's not that. I guess that since my hair is so short, it just wouldn't stay in the way that I wanted it to, and since I woke up late today, I didn't have time to gel my hair or spray it so I guess this is the result," Sora said sadly.

"Didn't you notice it before you went out the door?" Mimi asked, "Because it looks really bad. I would have definitely noticed it if it happened to me." "No, I didn't even look in the mirror before I left the house," Sora replied.

"How could you not?? That's the most important thing that a girl should do when she gets up in the morning!" Mimi exclaimed.

Sora rolled her eyes, "Not everyone is like you, Mimi. You have to remember that I'm different than you; I'm into sports and everything too you know.

"Hey, I play sports too," Mimi said in defense, "I play badminton, and I'm good at it!"

"Yeah, but badminton isn't really a strenuous sport, you got to play things like soccer to know how difficult it is to keep yourself neat and tidy all time," Sora replied.

"Okay whatever," Mimi said shortly, and then she turned her back on Sora and started looking around the classroom to see if she knew any more people and if the teacher was going to start class yet. She spotted the teacher getting her notes ready for class, and decided that she wouldn't talk to Sora anymore because she didn't want to get in trouble.

Meanwhile, Sora was also glancing around the classroom after realizing that Mimi had turned around and was looking around the classroom too. She didn't want to look stupid just sitting there all by herself, so she decided to copy Mimi and see if she knew anyone in the class or at least pretend to. Soon Sora looked behind her, and spotted the two hottest guys that she had ever seen! She quickly turned around and tapped Mimi on the shoulder. "Mimi!" Sora exclaimed

"Yeah?" Mimi asked, deciding that it would be too mean to just ignore Sora.

"Oh my gosh, check out the two guys that sit behind us, they're so hot! We should introduce ourselves," Sora said excitedly.

"Nah, that's okay, class is going to start soon and I don't want to get in trouble. Besides, I don't really like being the first person to make introductions - I'm shy. I'm sure that they'll introduce themselves eventually so there's no point in risking our status in this class with the teacher just for a couple of guys," Mimi answered.

"Okay, whatever," Sora said dismissively.

*~*~*~Tai and Matt's POV*~*~*

"Hey look at those two cute girls in front of us, let's introduce ourselves," Tai whispered excitedly to Matt.

"Are you sure?" Matt whispered back, "the teacher might come in any minute."

"Come on Matt, don't be such a spoilsport, I'm sure that the teacher would let us off even if we are talking. We could just use the excuse of we're introducing ourselves to others, I'm sure she'd like that," Tai replied.

"Tai, we're not in elementary school anymore, most high school teachers aren't like that. You think you'd know since you already spent an entire year in the high school," Matt said.

"How do you know that the teacher won't? We do have 20 minutes of homeroom today. All she has to do is let each person go up to the front of the class for 30 seconds and say a little bit about themselves," Tai responded.

"Wow, that sounds exactly like what a grade 9 teacher would do," Matt said sarcastically.

"Of course it does!" Tai replied, "I am a master of understanding other people. I'm what you call a 'people person'."

"Sure, whatever," Matt replied, secretly thinking about how stupid Tai's ideas were sometimes, and how they always got in trouble because of them.

"I am!" Tai protested, glaring at Matt, "How could you say I'm not! I always have a way with people that cause them to open up to me, and -"

"I never said you weren't," Matt interrupted, grinning wickedly at Tai.

"Ahh.whatever," Tai said nonchalantly, realizing that he had been tricked by Matt, "do you want to introduce ourselves or not to the girls?"

"Well, all right, but if we get in trouble, it's completely your fault," Matt replied.

*~*~*Normal POV*~*~*

The teacher walked into the classroom, "Okay class, it's time to get started. First of all, my name is Ms. Takahashi, and I will be your homeroom teacher for this year."

The class stared silently at Ms. Takahashi, waiting expectantly for her to continue instead of talking like most classes usually did. Ms. Takahashi had something called moral authority, and seemed to very strict and uptight. Therefore, the class thought that she would be a mean teacher. However, the next words she spoke were far from mean, making the class and especially Tai realize that maybe she wasn't that strict of a teacher.

"Okay, let's take attendance now. When I call your name, please say "here" and write down on the piece of paper I will be passing around where you are sitting," she said, and looked down at her attendance sheet.

After she took attendance, and wrote down the place where everyone was sitting, she handed out each person's schedule, and asked if they had any problems with it. Some people came to her with problems about their schedules, but she was able to solve it by sending them to the office. Once she made sure that everyone was satisfied with their schedule, and that there were not any problems, she walked back to the front of the class, and told them that they would do introductions for the first day of class as an icebreaker.

"Let's start with introductions, I want you all to come up to the front of the class, and introduce yourselves to the class. Make it short and to the point, 30 seconds maximum, as this is homeroom class, and we only have 30 minutes for this period. On most days, we only have 10 minutes, but since today is the first day of school, we have 20 minutes more," she said.

*~*~*~Tai and Matt's POV*~*~*

"See Matt? I told you the teacher would make us do introductions," Tai whispered excitedly to Matt as soon as Ms. Takahashi stopped speaking, "Now we'll be able to find out the names of those two cute girls without even having to introduce ourselves personally first."

"What's wrong Tai? Are you scared that you're going to be rejected right away?" Matt asked mockingly to Tai.

Tai glared at Matt, "No Matt, I just think that I can get to know them even better if I know some background stuff about them first."

"Yeah, right," Matt taunted, "I'm sure you're scared of rejection."

"Whatever Matt!" Tai replied, "Why would I be scared of rejection? I have confidence that I can get any girl I wanted, as long as I try!"

"Wow, you really are cocky," Matt said, raising an eyebrow at Tai.

"I am not!" Tai protested, "You're just jealous because I have such superior ability in being able to charm all the girls I want."

Matt sweatdropped, "I'm not even going to respond to that. Anyway, we should shut up and listen to the teacher now. She might say something important you know."

"Fine, fine, I'll be quiet for now. But it's only so that I can hear the girls introduce themselves, not because our discussion is over. I still need to prove my point to you," Tai replied

"Whatever," Matt said, and then turned his attention back to Ms. Takahashi, who was still talking about homeroom related activities.

*~*~*Normal POV*~*~*

"Do I make myself clear?" Ms. Takahashi asked.

"Yes Ms. Takahashi," the class chorused.

"Good, now let's start with this row," she said, pointing to the area where Mimi was sitting, "Umm...Mimi? Come up and introduce yourself to the class," she said.

Mimi obediently got out of her seat and walked to the front of the class. All eyes were upon her as she stood up, and you could hear the whisper of guys in the background saying how "hot" she looked. Mimi smiled, stood shyly at the front of the class, waiting for the teacher to tell her when to start talking, and then started talking in her soft, musical voice once she received the signal to start.

"Hi, my name is Mimi Tachikawa," she said softly, "My favorite subject is music, and I love singing, I hope I will have a chance to perform for all of you someday. I enjoy fashion as well as writing music, and I hope to be a model or a singer in the future."

At the sound of the word "model", all the guys and girls turned to each other, and started discussing her chances of being a model. Little snippets of conversation such as "she's so hot, she's definitely going to make it," or "I wonder if she can give me some fashion tips?" were heard all throughout the classroom.

Mimi still stood at the front of the class, not knowing what to do, as people all around her were asking her questions, but Ms. Takahashi was signaling her to return to her seat.

Mimi was quite a shy girl, and although she was used to praise, and being the center of attention, she did not like it very much, and was actually a very nice and humble girl. Mimi knew that all the guys in the class thought that she looked "hot" and the girls were jealous of her beauty, but she chose to ignore their comments, and finally decided to not respond to their questions by smiling sweetly and angelically at them, and told them in the sweetest voice that she would answer their questions later if they wanted her to.

Finally, Ms. Takahashi was able to silence the class, and spoke to Mimi. "That was very nice," she said smiling, "and I can see that the entire class was very interested by what you had said. Anyways, who's next? How about Sora?" she said pointing at Sora.

"Okay," Sora agreed, and got out of her seat to walk to the front of the class. Her orangey-red hair was sticking out in a few places, and she looked extremely tired. Her appearance was a big contrast from the beautiful, peaceful appearance that Mimi had.

"Hi, my name is Sora Takenouchi," she said nervously, "My favorite subject is Phys. Ed, and I really enjoy playing sports. I'm sort of a tomboy in a way. You may be noticing my messy hair, but that's just because I woke up a little late today, since it's always hard to get up for the first day of school," she said laughing at the little joke she made, and looked expectantly at the class to laugh along with her.

The class was silent, and they just stared at Sora in disbelief. Sora giggled nervously, trying to keep the atmosphere, but saw some people shaking their heads as if to say "Why is such a loser talking to us?" One guy even went so far as to shout, "Your joke wasn't funny, and you should really have done something about your ugly, messed up hair!"

The class laughed at the guy's comment, but Sora just ignored the guy, and walked with her head held high, back to her seat. Sora was someone who had a lot of pride, and although she did not like to be ridiculed in front of the class, she would just ignore that rude comment in order to ensure peace and harmony in the class.

"Very good Sora," Miss Takahashi said, "and Derek, I would like to see you after class," she said, pointing at the guy who had made the rude comment about Sora.

"Yes, Ms. Takahashi," he said dejectedly, and put his head down on his desk in shame.

*~*~*Sora and Mimi's POV*~*~*

"That was mean," Mimi whispered to Sora as soon as she returned, "I hope that guy receives a detention or something like that!

"Yeah, I know," Sora replied, "But I'm just going to ignore him. He's not worth my time."

"That's good. By the way, you really should do something about your hair. It's getting worse, and it's sticking up in all these weird places. Here, take a look in my mirror," Mimi said hurriedly, passing her compact to Sora.

"I know my hair is really messy today Mimi, I just don't have hairspray or anything like that with me so that I can fix it," Sora replied.

"Come with me to my locker after class," Mimi answered, "I can assure you that I can fix it, so you won't have to worry about for the rest of the day."

"Thanks, Mimi, you're a good friend," Sora said smiling, "Now let's listen to the other people talking."

"Alright," Mimi agreed.

*~*~*Normal POV*~*~*

"Okay, class, we wasted some time having to reprimand Derek, but let's continue with the introductions. Just remember to keep them short, as we don't have much time left," Ms. Takahashi said, glaring at Derek.

"Ok, Tai, you go up to the front," she said, pointing at Tai, "and then Matt will go."

"Okay," Matt said.

"Yes, ma'am!" Tai said with a grin, and hurried up to the front of the class.

"Okay everybody, the name's Tai Kamiya. Remember that. My favorite subject is Phys. Ed, and I just love to play soccer! I plan to be a professional soccer player one day," Tai said with a wide grin, looking around and smiling at everyone in the class.

Tai was a person who had a great sense of humor and was an all-around jokester. Although he did take school seriously, he saw no point in being serious all the time, and felt that life needed some spicing up. He knew how to make the best of out of most situations, and had an atmosphere around that made him seem very likeable and open, so that others would be able to talk to him easily. Although he seemed hyper a lot of the time, it was all part of his charm.

"That's very good Tai," Ms. Takahashi said smiling, as Tai sat down, "Your turn Matt."

"Okay," Matt replied sullenly, and walked slowly out of his seat to the front of the class.

"Hey! I know that guy! He's Matt or something, from some kind of band with wolves!" Derek shouted, as Matt was walking.

"Oh my gosh! It's him! I can't believe that he's in our class!" a couple of girls shrieked.

Matt rolled his eyes, and thought, "Wow, these people are annoying." However, he kept a cold, expressionless face on as he introduced himself.

"Hi, my name is Matt Ishida. I like music class, and I'm in a band called 'The Teenage Wolves'. Some of you may have heard of our music already," he said shortly, and then returned quickly to his seat. Matt did not like to be in the spotlight very much, even though his band was constantly the main attraction of many local events.

At the sound of Matt's deep voice, many girls in the class sighed out loud, saying how dreamy he looked, and how hot he was. Matt just ignored all the loud sighs and seductive glances, not paying attention to any of the girls in the class who attempted to say something to him. Instead, he sat down in his seat, crossed his arms, and looked expectantly at the teacher to stop the foolish whispers he heard and make some comment.

"Why thank you Matt," Ms. Takahashi said, "I hope that your band will be very successful, but don't forget about the importance of your school work."

"I won't," Matt promised, rolling his eyes at Ms. Takahashi once she turned around.

The class continued talking even after Matt sat down. The girls were especially excited to have such a good-looking guy in their class, and comments such as "He's so hot!" or "I wonder if he'll notice me?" were heard among the more outgoing girls of the class. The guys were also pretty excited to have such a cool guy in their class, but worried that he would be too much competition for the girls. Their comments were ones such as "That guy's in a band, he must be really cool!" or "Man, he's going to get all the girls!" were heard among a couple of guys.

Matt heard all these comments, but chose to ignore them, feeling that the comments were stupid and not worth his time to hear. Matt did not like to be fawned over by people, and often kept to himself. The only people he opened himself fully up to were his little brother T.K., and his best friend Tai. Not even his father or mother knew him as well as those two did.

Finally the teacher was able to quite the class down, and continued calling students up to the front. However, Matt and Tai were not paying attention anymore, and started whispering to each other, deciding that they did not care to listen to listen to the other's introductions anymore; they would introduce themselves personally later if they felt that it was worth it to.

Mimi and Sora were still listening to the people introduce themselves, but ended up talking for most of the introductions. Sora did most of the talking, while Mimi tried to pay attention, but ended up having to listen to Sora's constant chatter, and ended up talking too. Ms. Takahashi noticed that four of her students were already not listening to the introductions, but decided not to say anything because it was the first day and class would be over in 10 minutes anyway.

*~*~*~Tai and Matt's POV*~*~*

"Wow, that girl that sits in front of me, Mimi, is really hot!" Tai exclaimed, "and she seems like such a nice person!"

"Yeah, I have to admit, she is really pretty, and on top of that, she sings!" Matt replied, "I can tell that she must sing well because of her musical voice when she talks."

"You and your music," Tai scoffed.

"You and your pathetic attempt to charm all the girls," Matt shot back.

"Hey!" Tai exclaimed, "I'm not pathetic, and I AM able to charm the girls."

"Whatever," Matt laughed.

Tai glared at Matt again, and then laughed too. "Oh well, you know what I'm going to do now to prove that I can charm the girls?"

"What? Start flexing your sad excuse for muscles? Or are you going to start using what little brain cells you have?" Matt mocked.

"No." Tai scowled, "I'm going to ask for the really pretty girl, Mimi's schedule, and see if I have any classes with her. Then I'm going to offer to help her with her anything that she might need help in at school."

"You? Help someone else in school??? Yeah.like that's ever going to happen. They would probably fail if you tried to help them," Matt guffawed.

"Oh come on Matt, why do you have so little faith in me? Don't you think that I'm smart enough to help others succeed?" Tai asked angrily.

"One word to answer that question," Matt retorted, "NO!"

Tai shook his head angrily at Matt, "Some friend you are," he muttered.

"Hey man, I was just joking, no need to take it so seriously," Matt said worriedly as he saw how angry Tai was at his little jokes.

"Whatever," Tai said shortly, not even looking at Matt. Instead, he decided to focus his attention on the students who were introducing themselves, checking out the "hot" girls.
Matt rolled his eyes at Tai's back, thinking how childish Tai was being. However, he did not want Tai to stay mad at him on the first day of school already, so he decided to change the topic to something that he knew that would cause Tai to forget about being angry at him.

"Hey Tai," Matt began, waiting for Tai to respond to him before he continued.

"What?" Tai demanded irritably.

"Weren't you going to ask her which classes she had?" Matt asked uncertainly.

"Huh?" Tai replied confusedly at first, not knowing whom Matt was talking about. Then he remembered that he was going to ask Mimi which classes she had, and offer to help her if they had any classes together. "Oh right, Mimi," he said smartly.

"Yeah, aren't you going to ask her now?" Matt repeated.

"Why do you care?" Tai said crossly, "I thought that I wouldn't be able to help her anyway with the little brain cells that I have, according to you anyway."

"Oh come on Tai, just forget about that already," Matt cried exasperatedly, "I was only joking." Matt paused, and then decided to change the subject, "Besides, if you don't ask her now, you'll never get the chance again. Someone else might have the same idea, and decide to ask her before you do."

Tai looked worried at the prospect of someone else taking his big chance away, and then smiled at Matt. "I'm sorry for acting so immature, I should know not to take your stupid joking seriously," he said, "and you're right, I should make my move now. I'm going to ask to see her schedule; maybe we have some classes together."

"Are you sure you want to disrupt the class and Miss Takahashi?" Matt asked with a twinkle in his eye. He could not resist teasing Tai, and hoped that Tai knew that he was only joking.

This time Tai did not get mad at Matt, but instead shot back with "Hey, I won't be loud, I just want to talk to Mimi, don't you?"

"True, you do have a point - for once," Matt replied, grinning wickedly at Tai.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Tai demanded, "Are you saying that I usually have no point to my speeches when I talk!?"

"In a manner of speaking, yes," Matt replied calmly, while trying not to laugh at the expression on Tai's face.

Tai mock glared at Matt and said, "Whatever Matt, I'm going to talk to her, and if you don't say anything, it's your loss."

"Okay," Matt said coolly.

*~*~*Sora and Mimi's POV*~*~*

"Oh my gosh Mimi, the blond guy and the brown-haired guy that sit behind us are so hot!" Sora squealed in a whisper to Mimi.

Mimi smiled, "They're not the only ones that are cute, there's a lot of others in this class that are cute too. For example, the guy that's presenting now," she said, pointing to a red-haired, short boy who was introducing himself.

{"Hi, my name is Izzy Izumi. I love playing with computers, and if you ever have a computer problem, come to me and I'll help you.for a small fee of course!"}

"Well, he's okay, just not has hot as the others!" Sora gushed.

Mimi shook her head, "No way, I'm sure that there's a lot of sweet, cute people in this class. We just have to get to know them. Besides, the blond guy seems to cold, and the brunette too hyper."

"Oh Mimi, don't be so picky. You have to give them a chance too," Sora said.

"I didn't say I wouldn't, I just want to meet new people," Mimi replied, "Besides, how do you know that they're even interested in getting to know me better?"

"Well, you're so pretty that I'm sure that all the guys in the school will want to get to know you better, and I'm sure they'll like you even more when they find out what a sweet, kind, and gentle person you are," Sora said confidently.

"Thanks Sora!" Mimi said happily, "I'm sure I'm not THAT good, but thanks for the vote of confidence anyway,"

"It's true Mimi, and you can always count on me," Sora replied with a grin.

"I'm glad," Mimi answered.

"And who knows" Sora continued, "The perfect guy for you and me could be in this class at the very moment. We just haven't met him yet."

Mimi nodded, and then turned her attention to the people that were still speaking up front, forcing herself to be interested in what they were saying. However, she found that she couldn't pay attention as she felt that this was a waste of time, and soon drifted off into dreamland, desperately hoping for a distraction.

Sora, on the other hand, looked distractedly around the classroom, trying to picture who would be the perfect guy for her in the class. She glanced at Mimi, hoping that Mimi would help her choose which guy was the best, but Mimi was not paying attention, and left Sora to distractedly find someone who she felt was the best looking or the "perfect guy" for her. However, Sora was not paying attention to the people speaking up front at all, and missed her chance to hear from some new and interesting people. Instead, she kept an ear out for any interesting gossip in the class, and tried to keep herself distracted so that she would not be too bored.

*~*~*Normal POV*~*~*

"Pssst, Mimi!" Tai whispered, as he looked around the classroom, making sure that he would not get in trouble with the teacher for talking.

However, Mimi was too busy listening to the people who were introducing themselves up at the front, so she didn't hear Tai. Mimi had decided to break out of her reverie, and was now paying attention to the people talking, in hopes that they might relieve her boredom.

"Mimi!" Tai hissed again, but still got no reply.

"I guess she doesn't want to talk to you, huh?" Matt asked grinning.

"Shut up Matt!" Tai growled, "I'll get her attention somehow."

"I'm sure you will," Matt replied, trying to restrain the laughter that was coming out of his mouth at the sight of Tai trying desperately to get Mimi's attention.

Tai continued to try and get Mimi's attention, but Mimi was too engrossed in listening to the rest of his classmates to hear him. Tai soon got frustrated and was about to give up when Sora noticed Tai's hissing and attempts to talk to Mimi, and decided to poke Mimi in the back to get her attention.

"Hey! What was that for!?" Mimi said angrily to Sora, "that hurt!"

"Sorry Mimi, but that guy behind you, Tai, is trying to get your attention," Sora replied.

"Oh!" Mimi exclaimed blushing, and then she turned around to talk to Tai, "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you before," she said to him.

"That's alright," Tai replied good-naturedly, smiling fondly at Mimi, "By the way, my name's Tai, in case you didn't hear my introduction up there."

"Yeah, I remember you, you were the one who seemed so open and friendly," Mimi said smiling at Tai, "and my name's Mimi."

"I'm Matt," Matt eagerly put in, wanting to be a part of the conversation.

"And I'm Sora," Sora said turning around, wanting to be part of the conversation too so that she might become as popular as Mimi.

"Hi Matt," Mimi said smiling. However, the boys just ignored Sora's comment and paid complete attention to everything that Mimi was saying.

"Hey," Matt replied with a grin, and then gestured to Tai saying, "Tai's been trying to get your attention for the longest time. He thinks you're so hot!"

"Hey! I never said that!" Tai protested, "I just said that I wanted to talk to her."

"Well, you're talking to me now," Mimi declared, "What's up? Did you want to ask me something?"

"Umm..yeah," Tai said shyly, "I wanted to ask you for your schedule and see if we have any classes together other than homeroom. Maybe I could help you in the subjects that I'm best at. We could be study partners or something."

"Aww..that's so sweet of you to ask," Mimi replied with a sweet, sincere smile. She rummaged in her bag for her schedule, which she had securely placed in a binder, "Let's see here.my schedule for this semester is English, Music, Math, and Tech."

"Cool! I have English, Music, Math, and Tech too! We have all four classes together plus homeroom!" Tai exclaimed happily.

"That's great!" Mimi cried, grinning joyfully, "Now there will be someone I know for sure in all my classes that I know is friendly!"

"That's me," Tai declared, grinning at Mimi, and unable to contain his happiness. Mimi smiled back, happy at the fact that she had a made a new friend already.

"Hey, wait a minute, "Matt said all of a sudden, "I have all those classes too! Looks like we're all in the same classes," he said, grinning at Tai and Mimi.

Tai gave Matt a look that said, "Why'd you have to spoil my moment?" and glanced annoyingly at Matt.

Matt grinned wickedly back at Tai, and gave him a look that said "I can't help if we all have the same classes."

"That's wonderful!" Mimi exclaimed, " I'm expecting that you guys will help me if I need it?"

"You bet we will!" Tai exclaimed, while Matt just said "Sure."

"I have English, Gym, Math and Geography," Sora interjected. Everyone was surprised to hear from her as they had forgotten that she was even there. Matt and Tai glared at her for interrupting their conversation with Mimi, but she didn't seem to notice at all.

"Then I guess you only have English and math with us," Mimi said sadly, wishing that Sora was also in all of her classes.

"Yeah, that sucks," Sora said, "By the way, I'm Sora, and you two are hot!"

Mimi rolled her eyes, and turned around, not wanting to hear Sora's way of flirting, and feeling that she should give Sora a chance with the guys too. She started to listen to the people who were just finishing their introductions up front. She caught the eye of the red-haired guy from before and smiled shyly at him. He grinned back at her, and looked shyly away.

Meanwhile, Sora was still trying to flirt, and was flirting rather loudly with Matt and Tai. Matt and Tai tried to be polite, but let Sora do most of the talking, rather than reply to her feeble attempts to make conversation. They thought that Sora was okay looking, but after seeing Mimi, they felt that no one in the world could compare to the beauty that Mimi gave off, and didn't want to talk to anyone not close to Mimi's beauty.

Soon the rest of the class noticed Sora's loud giggling and flirting, and decided that she was making a fool of herself with two guys that obviously were not interested in her. Sora's voice was loud enough to be heard by the teacher, but the teacher decided to ignore Sora until the introductions with the class was finished. However, the students were in no mood to listen to introductions anymore, as they were all interested to hear what Sora was saying.

Finally, the teacher finished calling students up the class and told them to quiet down in hopes that Sora would hear her too. However, Sora was flirting so loudly that she didn't hear what the teacher said, and ignored the request. Matt and Tai were very embarrassed by this whole scene, and looked at Mimi, who also looked quite embarrassed to be sitting beside the loud, flirty Sora.

Soon, the whole class quieted down, including Matt and Tai, who were doing their best to ignore Sora for fear of getting in trouble. Sora, however, did not notice their silence, and continued happily chatting on and on to them.

"Miss Takenouchi, is there a reason why you are talking when I clearly told the class to quiet down?" Ms. Takahashi demanded, glaring at Sora.

However, Sora still did not hear Ms. Takahashi and continued talking, not noticing that Matt and Tai were not responding to anything that she was saying anymore. Instead, they were looking nervously at Ms. Takahashi who had come up behind Sora.

"Miss Takenouchi!" Ms. Takahashi barked, "If you don't reply now, I'm going to have no choice but to give you a detention!"

Mimi looked worriedly at Sora, who didn't seem to hear what Ms. Takahashi was saying, and decided to get Sora's attention by poking her in the back.

"Huh?" Sora said blankly, when she felt Mimi's poke. She looked at Mimi, and Mimi gestured towards Ms. Takahashi who was glaring at Sora.

"Uh oh," Sora thought, finally noticing Ms. Takahashi's glare.

"Miss Takenouchi, I repeat, is there a reason why you are not listening to anything that I am saying?" Ms. Takahashi said, looking quite angry at the prospect of being ignored.

"I'm sorry Ms. Takahashi, I didn't hear you," Sora said nervously.

"That's because you were talking," Ms. Takahashi snapped, "and rather loudly too!"

"I-I'm sorry," Sora stuttered, trying to think of a good excuse that would get her out of trouble, while trying to look angelic for Ms. Takahashi.

Ms. Takahashi did not buy it, and said, "I want to hear a good reason for why you were talking otherwise its detention after school for you."

"Umm... I-I was talking because..I wanted to find out other people's schedules, so that they would be able to help me find my next class. I wanted to make sure that I didn't go to the wrong class on the first day of school, and end up late for it too," Sora invented.

"Why couldn't you wait until after class to do this?" Ms. Takahashi asked.

"Well, if I did, then I still might not know where my next class is," Sora said simply.

"Well, I -" Ms. Takahashi started, but was interrupted by the sound of the bell.

"Gotta go," Sora muttered, rushing out of her seat and then heading quickly out the door. She didn't even stop to glance at Ms. Takahashi's angry face, as she was so intent on making sure that she did not get in trouble this time. However, she knew that tomorrow Ms. Takahashi would be very angry with her, so she had to make sure that she was an angel tomorrow.

Mimi, Tai, and Matt shrugged at each other, and also got up to leave for their next class. They knew that they would be seeing Sora in their next class, and Mimi decided that she would pester Sora with questions, while Matt and Tai wanted to stay as far away as possible from Sora.

The rest of the class rushed out the door, whispering to each other about Sora's behaviour in class. Even Derek, who was told to stay after class by Ms. Takahashi in the beginning, was allowed to go without any reprimand because Ms. Takahashi was so angry at Sora's behaviour.

*~*~*Sora's POV*~*~*

"Why did I do that?" Sora thought, "I shouldn't have been so rude to Ms. Takahashi and flirt so loudly with the guys. But I can't help myself. Tai and Matt are both so cute, and I'm jealous of all the attention that Mimi gets all the time. I think that I'm going to have to resort to drastic measures to make sure that I get some attention from those guys, and even though Mimi's my friend, I'm going to make her life miserable!" With this remark, Sora laughed out loud, and then continued walking towards her next classroom, not noticing the strange stares that people were give her as the walked.

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I changed the title of the story from "Love is in the school air" to "Jealousy" as I think that it will suit the story better. Sorry for some of the Sora bashing in this story for anyone that likes Sora. Wow, this was a long chapter - it took me so long to write! Hehe~ Anyway, don't forget to REVIEW!