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First Impressions.
"Serena! Hurry up and get down here now! You're making Kalista and Catalina wait for you!" screamed Serena's mother.
Turning to the blondes, she nodded her head apologetically. Kalista and Catalina giggled.
"Mrs Tsukino, it's ok really. We don't mind waiting. And you can call me Kal if you want to," said Kalista.
"Yeah," agreed Catalina. "And if you want to, you can call me Cat, everyone back home does," she said beaming one of her seemingly trademark sunshine smiles.
Indeed, the day had dawned to be one of the best days yet, and seemed like a summer's day instead of a dreary winter one, like the residents of Tokyo had becomes accustomed to.
Serena tumbled into the kitchen, dragging a brush through her hair. She stopped in front of the mirror to put it into odangos. Then, she entered the kitchen and stuffed a whole piece of toast laden with jam into her mouth, and said a muffled 'Good Morning' to everyone.
"Hey Serena," said Kalista warmly. She was wearing a black sleeveless t- shirt, a short lilac skirt with pale purple swirls on it, and knee high black boots.
"Good morning Serena," smiled Catalina, finishing off her piece of toast. Like Kalista, she was wearing boots, a skirt with a swirly pattern and a sleeveless t-shirt. The only differences were the colours. Her top and boots were white, and her skirt was a light sky blue.
Then, the doorbell rang. Serena's mother said that it was Amy, with her exchange student.
Serena answered the door and invited the two girls in. Luna ran up to Amy and purred, jumping into Amy's lap when she sat down.
Serena marvelled at Charisma de Novalista's hair, which was put up into a ponytail, but still it reached to further than the small of her back. Charisma was wearing a knee length denim skirt, trainers and a pink t- shirt, which had the words 'Superstar' written on it. Charisma was greeted with hugs from Kalista and Catalina, and they were talking about their first nights in Tokyo.
Amy and Serena discussed their exchange students, and Amy asked Serena if she sensed anything from them.
Looking at the students, Serena shrugged and said, "They like to have fun. And they aren't shy either,"
"You don't feel that they're hiding something?" asked Amy in a quiet voice.
"Well, not really. The only one who seems to be hiding anything is Kalista, and that's only because of her eyes really. They all seem normal enough. I like them. And Charisma seems nice too," answered Serena.
Amy looked at her watch and said, "Serena, we'd better leave. After all, we don't want to make our new friends late for their very first day of school now do we?"
Saying goodbye to Mrs Tsukino, Amy, Charisma, Kalista and Catalina dragged Serena out of her house, wailing.
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As they walked, Amy and Serena talked to the others about Crossroads Junior High, and Serena warned them about Ms. Haruna, one of her teachers.
"She's really mean to me, and she always picks on me- it's like she wants me to flunk high school," she moaned. Amy and the others laughed.
"If you believe that, you'll believe anything, Serena's usually late for every lesson, but lately, she's gotten better."
"Hey! Don't you pick on me too, and anyway, my grades have finally started to improve," protested Serena.
"So," said Charisma, "How are we gonna be split up? Do we go to the same classes as who we're staying with?"
"Well, my teacher said that you'd go to the same class as us for registration, and then you'd be put into a class as someone with the same ability level as you," said Amy.
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When they reached the school, Serena waved to Molly, and called her over. Molly walked up with Melvin, Lita, and two girls and a guy that Serena didn't know.
"Hi Serena, this is Jasmine, you spoke to her last night," said Molly, gesturing to the taller of the two girls.
Jasmine had fairly short brown hair, although her hair was longer than Amy's. Her hair was done up in pigtails, held in place with two heart shaped clips. She had a heart shaped face, and had amazing green eyes, which reminded Serena of a forest. She was wearing a strappy red top with a denim jacket, and was wearing a black pair of jeans, which clung to her legs. She was taller than Charisma, but shorter than Kalista and Catalina.
"Hi Serena," she said, smiling.
"Hi Jasmine, are you feeling better?" she asked.
"Much, thank you."
Melvin gestured to the guy, who was holding Jasmines' hand. "And this is Lee Masako, he's staying with me."
Lee smiled at the group and said "Hi."
He was just taller than Kalista and Catalina, and he was wearing a pair of worn out jeans, a white t-shirt and over that, he was wearing a short- sleeved blue shirt that was unbuttoned. He had green eyes, lighter than Jasmines', his hair was blonde, his fringe was long, and when the wind blew it, it would float in front of his eyes adorably.
Lita then introduced the last person. "This is Hope Capriati, and she's staying with me."
Hope was the shortest person there, and she was smaller than both Serena and Amy. She grinned fiercely at the group. She had hair the same colour as Michelle, and it was done up in a bun perched on top of her head, except for two long curly bangs which reached just below her shoulders. She was wearing sunglasses with silver frames and aqua green lenses, and she tilted them down so she could look at everyone in the group, revealing her eyes also to be aqua green. She was wearing a black cropped t-shirt; with the words, 'This bitch bites back' written on it in gold writing. She was wearing black jeans, and black boots.
"Hey," was all she said as a greeting.
"Hi Hope," said Kalista. "So, you haven't beaten anyone up yet. That's good," she continued, smiling.
"Not yet, Kal. Must be losing my touch," Hope replied.
The two laughed, and the other exchange students joined in.
"So, who is everyone?" asked Jasmine, "I know Molly and I spoke to Serena, but other than the rest of my friends, I don't know who any of you guys are."
"Well I'm Lita," said the tall girl. "And can I just say, that I'm amazed that there are people taller than me in this school, at long last," she smiled as she addressed Kalista and Catalina.
"Oh, by the way, we're Kalista and Catalina," said Catalina.
"You can call us Kal and Cat if you wanna, we prefer it," added Kalista.
"And I'm Charisma," beamed the purple haired girl.
Then, Serena introduced the students to Molly, Melvin and Mina, who had just arrived. Then they split up, and went to their registration classes.
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Ms Patricia Haruna watched her class as they filed in for registration. She noted that Serena was again, on time, *thankfully, seeing that if she was late, then two of the exchange students would be late as well*.
"Good morning class, as you have probably noticed, there are some new faces in school today. They will be joining us for two weeks, and they will be expected to work just as well here as they would in their original school. First, I will take this morning's register, and then I'll tell our new students what class they are in. I expect everyone to help them out if they have a problem or if they feel that something is amiss."
Then she spoke to the exchange students. There were about seven in her class, and a similar amount in the other registration classes. "Please, feel free to take any spare seats, and if you need anything, just ask myself or one of the students."
She began marking off the register and, out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that Serena was talking to Molly and laughing.
"Serena!" she shouted, and the girl jumped, not knowing that her teacher had actually heard every word that she had said.
The rest of registration went by quietly. Then, Ms Haruna stood up, and coughed to get the attention of the class.
"Right, the following pupils are in Class One: Jasmine Lafayette, Kalista Mauresmo and Jamie Myers. The following are in Class Two: Lydia Jones, Lee Masako, Harry Parker and Catalina Williams. No one in here is in Class Three, Class Four, Class Five or Class Six. You may have the rest of registration to sort out your timetables."
"Hey, Cat! You and Lee are in mine and Molly's class!" shouted Serena.
"This is gonna be great, I mean, think of all the stuff we could do," said Catalina. Kalista and Jasmine exchanged glances.
"Hey Jazz," said Kalista to Jasmine, "Whose class are we in?"
"Uhhh, I dunno. Hey Molly, who is in our class?" she asked.
"I am!" shouted Melvin. Kalista and Jasmine sweat-dropped.
"Great," said Jasmine.
"Lucky us," remarked Kalista.
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In Amy and Mina's registration class, Charisma found out that she was in Class One, along with Amy. Mina was in Class Two, and she was disappointed that none of the students from her registration were in her class.
"It's not fair, I mean, I'd love to look after them, I mean have you seen how cute some of the guys are?" she moaned.
"Don't worry Mina," said Charisma. "I'm sure that some of the others will be in your class too."
"I guess so." Mina muttered.
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Lita and Hope were writing and passing notes in registration when they were told what class the exchange students were in.
"Miss Kino and Miss Capriati," said their registration teacher, Mrs Kurusawa. "I expect you can tell me what class you are in?" she continued, directing the question at Hope.
"Uh, I don't really know," said Hope, sheepishly.
"I thought not. Miss Kino, do you know?"
"No Mrs Kurusawa, sorry," said Lita in a small voice.
"Well Hope you are in Class Two, the same as Lita here, so I pray that no teacher complains to me that you two have been passing notes, or else, there will be trouble, understand?" she said, raising her eyebrow.
"Yes Mrs Kurusawa," Lita and Hope chorused.
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After school had finished, Catalina and Hope had detention, along with Serena and Lita. Melvin rushed home, but Lee stayed behind, in order to stay with Jasmine, and also to keep Kalista company. Charisma, Amy and Mina had also stayed behind to wait for their friends.
"What did they do anyway?" said Charisma, who was wondering why they had detention.
"Well," said Mina. "Serena got detention for not doing her homework, again, and Lita had detention because she didn't do any work in class, she was passing notes to Catalina."
"Typical Cat," laughed Kalista. "So what did Hope do?" she asked.
"Well," started Lee. "There're a number of reasons. One was that she was passing notes too, and another was that she didn't do any work."
"And?" asked Jasmine.
"She kinda threatened to punch the teacher," finished Lee.
The group burst out laughing, when he said this, mainly because, the thought of someone as small as Hope hitting an adult was such a funny mental picture.
Then, a voice shouted, "Hi guys!"
The group turned around, and saw Raye. The Americans looked at each other and said, "Who is she?" but Mina and Amy waved at her.
"Hi Raye," said Mina. Then she addressed the others. "Guys, this is Raye, she's one of our friends. She goes to a private school and she lives at the Cherry Hill Temple."
Then Amy spoke, "Raye, these are the American exchange students. This is Charisma, this is Jasmine, this is Kalista and this is Lee. There are two others, Hope and Catalina, but they've got detention, along with Lita and Serena."
"How typical of the Meatball Head," said Raye. Then she continued, "I think I saw Darien walking earlier on, he was behind me, and he was with these two guys I've never seen before."
Suddenly, from the school, Serena's voice could be heard shouting, "It's over!"
Raye snorted and said, "Here comes the Meatball Head, quiet as always," Charisma and Kalista laughed, but waved at the approaching shape of Serena, who was joined by the shapes of Hope, Catalina and Lita running after her.
After Raye had been introduced to Catalina and Hope, Serena asked if anyone wanted to go to the arcade. Everyone thought that it was a great idea, so off they went, with Serena leading the way.
First Impressions.
"Serena! Hurry up and get down here now! You're making Kalista and Catalina wait for you!" screamed Serena's mother.
Turning to the blondes, she nodded her head apologetically. Kalista and Catalina giggled.
"Mrs Tsukino, it's ok really. We don't mind waiting. And you can call me Kal if you want to," said Kalista.
"Yeah," agreed Catalina. "And if you want to, you can call me Cat, everyone back home does," she said beaming one of her seemingly trademark sunshine smiles.
Indeed, the day had dawned to be one of the best days yet, and seemed like a summer's day instead of a dreary winter one, like the residents of Tokyo had becomes accustomed to.
Serena tumbled into the kitchen, dragging a brush through her hair. She stopped in front of the mirror to put it into odangos. Then, she entered the kitchen and stuffed a whole piece of toast laden with jam into her mouth, and said a muffled 'Good Morning' to everyone.
"Hey Serena," said Kalista warmly. She was wearing a black sleeveless t- shirt, a short lilac skirt with pale purple swirls on it, and knee high black boots.
"Good morning Serena," smiled Catalina, finishing off her piece of toast. Like Kalista, she was wearing boots, a skirt with a swirly pattern and a sleeveless t-shirt. The only differences were the colours. Her top and boots were white, and her skirt was a light sky blue.
Then, the doorbell rang. Serena's mother said that it was Amy, with her exchange student.
Serena answered the door and invited the two girls in. Luna ran up to Amy and purred, jumping into Amy's lap when she sat down.
Serena marvelled at Charisma de Novalista's hair, which was put up into a ponytail, but still it reached to further than the small of her back. Charisma was wearing a knee length denim skirt, trainers and a pink t- shirt, which had the words 'Superstar' written on it. Charisma was greeted with hugs from Kalista and Catalina, and they were talking about their first nights in Tokyo.
Amy and Serena discussed their exchange students, and Amy asked Serena if she sensed anything from them.
Looking at the students, Serena shrugged and said, "They like to have fun. And they aren't shy either,"
"You don't feel that they're hiding something?" asked Amy in a quiet voice.
"Well, not really. The only one who seems to be hiding anything is Kalista, and that's only because of her eyes really. They all seem normal enough. I like them. And Charisma seems nice too," answered Serena.
Amy looked at her watch and said, "Serena, we'd better leave. After all, we don't want to make our new friends late for their very first day of school now do we?"
Saying goodbye to Mrs Tsukino, Amy, Charisma, Kalista and Catalina dragged Serena out of her house, wailing.
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As they walked, Amy and Serena talked to the others about Crossroads Junior High, and Serena warned them about Ms. Haruna, one of her teachers.
"She's really mean to me, and she always picks on me- it's like she wants me to flunk high school," she moaned. Amy and the others laughed.
"If you believe that, you'll believe anything, Serena's usually late for every lesson, but lately, she's gotten better."
"Hey! Don't you pick on me too, and anyway, my grades have finally started to improve," protested Serena.
"So," said Charisma, "How are we gonna be split up? Do we go to the same classes as who we're staying with?"
"Well, my teacher said that you'd go to the same class as us for registration, and then you'd be put into a class as someone with the same ability level as you," said Amy.
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When they reached the school, Serena waved to Molly, and called her over. Molly walked up with Melvin, Lita, and two girls and a guy that Serena didn't know.
"Hi Serena, this is Jasmine, you spoke to her last night," said Molly, gesturing to the taller of the two girls.
Jasmine had fairly short brown hair, although her hair was longer than Amy's. Her hair was done up in pigtails, held in place with two heart shaped clips. She had a heart shaped face, and had amazing green eyes, which reminded Serena of a forest. She was wearing a strappy red top with a denim jacket, and was wearing a black pair of jeans, which clung to her legs. She was taller than Charisma, but shorter than Kalista and Catalina.
"Hi Serena," she said, smiling.
"Hi Jasmine, are you feeling better?" she asked.
"Much, thank you."
Melvin gestured to the guy, who was holding Jasmines' hand. "And this is Lee Masako, he's staying with me."
Lee smiled at the group and said "Hi."
He was just taller than Kalista and Catalina, and he was wearing a pair of worn out jeans, a white t-shirt and over that, he was wearing a short- sleeved blue shirt that was unbuttoned. He had green eyes, lighter than Jasmines', his hair was blonde, his fringe was long, and when the wind blew it, it would float in front of his eyes adorably.
Lita then introduced the last person. "This is Hope Capriati, and she's staying with me."
Hope was the shortest person there, and she was smaller than both Serena and Amy. She grinned fiercely at the group. She had hair the same colour as Michelle, and it was done up in a bun perched on top of her head, except for two long curly bangs which reached just below her shoulders. She was wearing sunglasses with silver frames and aqua green lenses, and she tilted them down so she could look at everyone in the group, revealing her eyes also to be aqua green. She was wearing a black cropped t-shirt; with the words, 'This bitch bites back' written on it in gold writing. She was wearing black jeans, and black boots.
"Hey," was all she said as a greeting.
"Hi Hope," said Kalista. "So, you haven't beaten anyone up yet. That's good," she continued, smiling.
"Not yet, Kal. Must be losing my touch," Hope replied.
The two laughed, and the other exchange students joined in.
"So, who is everyone?" asked Jasmine, "I know Molly and I spoke to Serena, but other than the rest of my friends, I don't know who any of you guys are."
"Well I'm Lita," said the tall girl. "And can I just say, that I'm amazed that there are people taller than me in this school, at long last," she smiled as she addressed Kalista and Catalina.
"Oh, by the way, we're Kalista and Catalina," said Catalina.
"You can call us Kal and Cat if you wanna, we prefer it," added Kalista.
"And I'm Charisma," beamed the purple haired girl.
Then, Serena introduced the students to Molly, Melvin and Mina, who had just arrived. Then they split up, and went to their registration classes.
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Ms Patricia Haruna watched her class as they filed in for registration. She noted that Serena was again, on time, *thankfully, seeing that if she was late, then two of the exchange students would be late as well*.
"Good morning class, as you have probably noticed, there are some new faces in school today. They will be joining us for two weeks, and they will be expected to work just as well here as they would in their original school. First, I will take this morning's register, and then I'll tell our new students what class they are in. I expect everyone to help them out if they have a problem or if they feel that something is amiss."
Then she spoke to the exchange students. There were about seven in her class, and a similar amount in the other registration classes. "Please, feel free to take any spare seats, and if you need anything, just ask myself or one of the students."
She began marking off the register and, out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that Serena was talking to Molly and laughing.
"Serena!" she shouted, and the girl jumped, not knowing that her teacher had actually heard every word that she had said.
The rest of registration went by quietly. Then, Ms Haruna stood up, and coughed to get the attention of the class.
"Right, the following pupils are in Class One: Jasmine Lafayette, Kalista Mauresmo and Jamie Myers. The following are in Class Two: Lydia Jones, Lee Masako, Harry Parker and Catalina Williams. No one in here is in Class Three, Class Four, Class Five or Class Six. You may have the rest of registration to sort out your timetables."
"Hey, Cat! You and Lee are in mine and Molly's class!" shouted Serena.
"This is gonna be great, I mean, think of all the stuff we could do," said Catalina. Kalista and Jasmine exchanged glances.
"Hey Jazz," said Kalista to Jasmine, "Whose class are we in?"
"Uhhh, I dunno. Hey Molly, who is in our class?" she asked.
"I am!" shouted Melvin. Kalista and Jasmine sweat-dropped.
"Great," said Jasmine.
"Lucky us," remarked Kalista.
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In Amy and Mina's registration class, Charisma found out that she was in Class One, along with Amy. Mina was in Class Two, and she was disappointed that none of the students from her registration were in her class.
"It's not fair, I mean, I'd love to look after them, I mean have you seen how cute some of the guys are?" she moaned.
"Don't worry Mina," said Charisma. "I'm sure that some of the others will be in your class too."
"I guess so." Mina muttered.
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Lita and Hope were writing and passing notes in registration when they were told what class the exchange students were in.
"Miss Kino and Miss Capriati," said their registration teacher, Mrs Kurusawa. "I expect you can tell me what class you are in?" she continued, directing the question at Hope.
"Uh, I don't really know," said Hope, sheepishly.
"I thought not. Miss Kino, do you know?"
"No Mrs Kurusawa, sorry," said Lita in a small voice.
"Well Hope you are in Class Two, the same as Lita here, so I pray that no teacher complains to me that you two have been passing notes, or else, there will be trouble, understand?" she said, raising her eyebrow.
"Yes Mrs Kurusawa," Lita and Hope chorused.
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After school had finished, Catalina and Hope had detention, along with Serena and Lita. Melvin rushed home, but Lee stayed behind, in order to stay with Jasmine, and also to keep Kalista company. Charisma, Amy and Mina had also stayed behind to wait for their friends.
"What did they do anyway?" said Charisma, who was wondering why they had detention.
"Well," said Mina. "Serena got detention for not doing her homework, again, and Lita had detention because she didn't do any work in class, she was passing notes to Catalina."
"Typical Cat," laughed Kalista. "So what did Hope do?" she asked.
"Well," started Lee. "There're a number of reasons. One was that she was passing notes too, and another was that she didn't do any work."
"And?" asked Jasmine.
"She kinda threatened to punch the teacher," finished Lee.
The group burst out laughing, when he said this, mainly because, the thought of someone as small as Hope hitting an adult was such a funny mental picture.
Then, a voice shouted, "Hi guys!"
The group turned around, and saw Raye. The Americans looked at each other and said, "Who is she?" but Mina and Amy waved at her.
"Hi Raye," said Mina. Then she addressed the others. "Guys, this is Raye, she's one of our friends. She goes to a private school and she lives at the Cherry Hill Temple."
Then Amy spoke, "Raye, these are the American exchange students. This is Charisma, this is Jasmine, this is Kalista and this is Lee. There are two others, Hope and Catalina, but they've got detention, along with Lita and Serena."
"How typical of the Meatball Head," said Raye. Then she continued, "I think I saw Darien walking earlier on, he was behind me, and he was with these two guys I've never seen before."
Suddenly, from the school, Serena's voice could be heard shouting, "It's over!"
Raye snorted and said, "Here comes the Meatball Head, quiet as always," Charisma and Kalista laughed, but waved at the approaching shape of Serena, who was joined by the shapes of Hope, Catalina and Lita running after her.
After Raye had been introduced to Catalina and Hope, Serena asked if anyone wanted to go to the arcade. Everyone thought that it was a great idea, so off they went, with Serena leading the way.