For all those reading this story I like to take a little time to say Thank
you soooo much! I can't being to tell you how much I appreciate all of your
support, reviews, and your good ideas that help inspire me and keep me
going with my little story. Just clear up any misunderstanding you may have
about reading this chapter the first 2 parts will are what was happening
with some of the other characters at the same time as the fight from last
chapter took place. Well with all that out the way, on with the story.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything so don't bug me!
Chapter 4: The principal's office and other things
Setsuna got up from her seat at the table in the teacher's lounge.
She had eaten lunch there so she could have the peace and quite needed to prepare for Miss.
Hendricks senior history class next period.
As she started to gather her papers together knowing that the bell was going to ring soon, one of the other teachers who had entered the room about ten minutes ago got up and came over to her.
"So how are you liking your visit to our school Miss Meiou?"
"It has been very enlightening to say the least Mr. Lipschultz."
"Well I'm glad to hear that. Well, as you know this school can be a dangerous place..."
"Save it Harvey!" Interrupted Danny.
"What did Steven tell you about trying to sell insurance to the teachers around here? Don't you have a class to teach this period?"
"Yeah that's right. I'll be on my way then." Said Mr. Lipschultz.
Then he turned and exited the room as the bell signaling the start of class rang.
"Don't worry about Harvey he's harmless for the most part. The trick is just known when to ignore him."
"Thank you for the advice Mr. Hanson." Said Setsuna.
"You can call me Danny."
Just then a student came and knocked on the teacher's lounge door.
Danny walked over to the door then opened it.
The student then said he had message from Mr. Harper for Miss Meiou.
"What is the message?" Setsuna asked.
"Mr. Harper said for you to report to his office as soon as possible.
Something about some of the exchange students being involved in a fight." Said the student messenger.
"Thank you." Responded Setsuna.
With that she finished gathering up her stuff and headed towards the principal's office.
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Darien was just starting to get his books out and preparing for class, since he managed to get to class before the bell rang.
As he sat and watched some of the students start to trickle into the room.
Just as he started to drift in to thoughts of his beloved Serena he heard someone say is name.
He looked to see the teacher calling his name. "Yes Miss Hendricks?" he responded.
"How have you been adjusting to Winslow?"
"Just fine Miss Hendricks?" he answered.
As the teacher was asking how things were going and such other small talk he started to feel an awkward, uneasiness in the pit of his stomach.
His mind jumped from the conversation to his fiancée.
He could feel something wasn't right with her but it didn't seem to be a scout problem but it still seemed to be some sort of problem.
"Are you ok?" He looked up to see the teacher looking at him in a concerned manor.
"I'm fine, I just think that the cafeteria food is not agreeing with me." He lied to cover up what was most likely happening.
Suddenly the increasingly uneasy feeling in his stomach turned into bolt of fear that jolted completely through him.
Even though he could tell that what ever was happening was not a scout problem considering the feeling was somewhat different, he still had to fight very hard to keep from transforming right there and blowing their cover.
Then just as suddenly as it hit, it decreased significantly. Faintly he could hear the bell that signaled the start of class ringing.
He could still feel a very shaken feeling.
He suddenly heard the teacher say, "I think you should go to the nurse. It's not a good sign to see a person go so pale so fast."
He looked down at his hands and saw that he was indeed as pale as a hospital sheet.
"Now I'm not going to argue about it. Grab your stuff and go." Miss Hendricks said as she placed a hall pass on his desk.
With hearing that he quickly grabbed his stuff and exited the room, but once out in the hall he quickly headed in the direction where he knew she was.
****************
As Setsuna rushed at a calm pace to the principal's office, she could tell she was not the only one headed in that direction.
As she gets a few feet from the main office door she can see him walking very fast down the opposite hall toward the same door.
He manages to get to the door first but just as he puts his hand on the doorknob she tells him "Don't" He stops in his tracks and looks over to where he hears the guardian of time's voice.
"Why not?" he asked "Because you know that going in there will not only put our mission in danger, but will raise to many questions."
"What happened?" He Demanded?
"I don't know yet. All I have heard is that there was a fight. Once I get all the information I'll inform you. But for now you have to act as if you're all normal teenagers." She said in a calm tone of voice.
"I will tell her you were here put you can't go in. Now where are you supposed to be right now?" She asked.
"The nurse's office. I went so pale trying to fight off my transformation that the teacher feared I was going to pass out cold right there in the class room." He said.
"What did you tell your teacher when asked of you what happened?"
"I told her that the cafeteria food didn't agree with me."
"Well go then. Cause we can't have anyone get suspicious of us while where here." She said.
"Ok." he said. And with that he walked off towards the nurse's office. After he was clear out of sight she entered the office.
**************
She knocked on Mr. Harper door. Through the window on the door she could see Lita, Harunka, and Serena sitting in the office.
She then saw Mr. Harper motion for her to enter.
She entered the room and took the only empty chair in the room, which was between Lita and Serena.
"Hello Mr. Harper." Said Setsuna. "Hello Miss Meiou. The reason I called you here today was because a few minutes ago Mr. Goober and I broke up a fight between Miss Kino, Miss Tenou and 2 other students from this school." Said Mr. Harper.
"Do you know what happened?" asked Setsuna.
"I was just waiting for you to get here to find that out." Answered Mr. Harper.
"Now will some one tell me what happened out there?" asked Harper.
"We were just defending our friend." Said Lita.
"So, the other girls started it?" Asked Setsuna.
Lita nodded.
Then Haruka stated "And we finished it."
Setsuna looked at Harunka very disapprovingly and shook her head.
"Half the school is aware of that. But what I want to know is why! Why did the fight start?" asked Mr. Harper in an angry tone that was close to yelling but not quite.
"The shorter girl and her oversized bodyguard wannabe tried to mug Serena in the restroom! That Is why the fight started we were protecting her!" Shouted Haruka Back at Mr. Harper.
The vein on the top of his bald head was starting to stick out again.
You could see the anger building in his eyes.
That was until what Haruka had said had sunk in.
His expression quickly turned to concern as he looked from Haruka to Serena.
"Is that true?" he asked sincerely.
"Is it?" asked Setsuna.
"Yes it is." Said Serena has she hung her head
"What happened?" Asked Principal Harper.
Serena didn't answer she just looked down at her hands. "Serena?" Serena turned to look at Lita. "Do you want me and Haruka to tell him what happened?" she asked her friend. "Yeah." Serena said silently. "Ok." said Lita.
"Well, we went into the restroom. And when we came out the other girl and her flunky had backed Serena into a corner and the shorter one had pulled a knife on her. So Haruka kicked the knife out of the girl's hand and the fight continued from that point." Said Lita as she recounted her version of the events leading up to the fight.
"That girl followed us from Serena's locker waiting for the chance to corner her." Explained Haruka.
"Why, do you think she followed her?" asked Harper.
"I can tell you that. That girl was eyeing Serena ever since we got to her locker. My guess is that she was eyeing Serena's engagement ring as she was searching through her locker. Explained Haruka.
Mr. Harper looked a little bit shocked. "Excuse me did you say engagement ring?" Asked Harper a bit shocked.
"Yeah. I did." Responded Haruka.
Harper sat there for a moment.
He looked like he was in deep thought. "So who's the lucky guy?" Mr. Harper asked with a look that was a mix of concern but at the same time amusement.
At this question Serena's eye's lit up.
But before saying anything she looked over at Setsuna first.
After a nod from Setsuna telling her it was ok to answer the question without jeopardizing anything, She turned to Mr. Harper and proudly said "Darien Chiba!"
"He is also one of the transfer students." Said Setsuna.
Mr. Harper's concerned look took on a slightly surprised tone as all the amusement drained out of it.
After about a minute of speechlessness he was finally able to ask, "Isn't he one of the seniors?"
"Yes he is." Answered Setsuna calmly.
Just then Darcy opened the door and stepped into the doorway and said, "Mr. Harper Mr. Lipschultz is here to see you. He says it's urgent."
"Now Is not a good time!" shouted Mr. Harper.
"Face it. It's never a good time." Said Mr. Lipschultz as he barged into the office.
From the waist up he looked completely normal in his everyday suit and tie.
But beyond the waist he was only wearing red and white striped boxer shorts.
"Harvey, what the hell is going on?" Shouted Mr. Harper.
"Well, I was in the bathroom and I hung my pants over the door to keep them from getting grungy. And some students came in and stole them."
"They stole your pants?" asked Harper almost unbelievably.
"Yeah, and the little punks were laughing about it the whole time." Spat Lipschultz.
"Where are they now? And I mean your pants?" asked Harper in a stern tone, that made him sound like he was talking to a young child.
"Out there." Answered Lipschultz oblivious to Harper's tone.
"Out where?" asked Mr. Harper. Then they all saw Mr. Lipschultz point towards the window.
Puzzled Mr. Harper got up and looked out his office window to see Mr. Lipschultz's Pants had been run up the flagpole and were currently flapping in the breeze right under the American flag.
"You got to be kidding me!" said an astonished Mr. Harper.
With that he quickly rushed out of the room, followed closely by Mr. Lipschultz.
After they had both left with the door closing behind them both Lita and Serena leapt form there chair to see what was the big deal."
As soon as they both got to the window they erupted into laughter.
"Well what is it?" asked a curious Haruka.
Both Lita and Serena were laughing to hard to speak.
Seeing that the girls were not going to say anytime soon she got up out of her chair and took a look for her self.
A smug smile spread across her face as she saw what her fellow scouts were laughing at.
"That's a good one!" said Haruka.
"Somebody ran his pants up the flagpole." Harunka told Sentsuna as she returned to her seat.
Shortly afterwards the other girls had settled down enough to do the same.
Setsuna took advantage of the time they had to say a few things that couldn't be said in front of Winslow high personal.
First She told Serena about her encounter with Darien right outside the main office door.
Secondly she started to explain why she let Serena tell Mr. Harper about her engagement.
"All we you have to do is explain that it is expectable in our culture. Nobody should question it."
"What if they question the age difference?" asked Lita.
"Well even thought it might be an issue here just tell them its not back home and they should believe you." Said Setsuna.
About ten minutes later Mr. Harper returned to the room.
"Sorry about the interruption." He said as he returned to his chair behind his desk.
He looked at the girls who all seemed to have slight smirks on their faces. "Ok, I understand how the fight got started by one things still bothers me. How come these girls barely have a scratch on them while the other 2 looked they got hit by a car?" asked Harper.
"That easy to answer. These girls have been studying self-defense for many years. In fact that's how they all meet each other. They were all in the same class." Answered Setsuna.
"I was curious about that." Said Mr. Harper.
Haruka and Lita looked at Setsuna in a confused manor for a few seconds before they caught on to what she was most likely doing.
"So, is this all? Can the girls go back to class now?" Asked Setsuna.
"Well, taking into account the new information you have provided I'll have to discuss this with vice principal Goober before the final decision can be made on what course of disciplinary action should be taken. But for now all 4 girls are suspended for the rest of the day. But she can go back to class." Said Harper as he pointed to Serena.
"I also want to see all parties involved tomorrow morning in conference room A. myself, Mr. Goober, and Miss. Cook will be present."
"Yes sir" said Setsuna.
With that Setsuna and the three girls departed Harper's office.
As soon as they were all outside in the hall Setsuna started to explain.
"If you want to why I told him you all met in a self defense class it is because people are going to find it suspicious that a fairly large group of kids that go to different schools know each other. This gives them a reason."
"What I want to know is why did we get suspended?" asked Lita.
"We were protecting our friend!" she continued "And Princess" added Harka in Japanese.
"It didn't matter what it was for at the moment it's just for the fact you were fighting. But don't worry too much there only three periods left to the day. So your only going to miss about 2 hours tops." Said Setsuna.
"So what do we do now?" asked Lita.
"You go back to the apartment and wait. I'll gather any notes and homework you will miss." Said Setsuna.
With that said and no other alternative Haruka and Lita leave to go back to the apartment.
Setsuna takes out a piece of paper and starts to write something down.
Once she finished she hands it to Serena and says, "Put this in your pocket. This is your pass back to class. Hand this to your teacher once you get to class. If they have any questions you tell them to talk to me. Also if you get stopped in the hall by any of the teacher's just show them this pass and that your headed to class from Mr. Harper's office."
Serena Nodded and put the pass into her pocket. Then heads off to class.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything so don't bug me!
Chapter 4: The principal's office and other things
Setsuna got up from her seat at the table in the teacher's lounge.
She had eaten lunch there so she could have the peace and quite needed to prepare for Miss.
Hendricks senior history class next period.
As she started to gather her papers together knowing that the bell was going to ring soon, one of the other teachers who had entered the room about ten minutes ago got up and came over to her.
"So how are you liking your visit to our school Miss Meiou?"
"It has been very enlightening to say the least Mr. Lipschultz."
"Well I'm glad to hear that. Well, as you know this school can be a dangerous place..."
"Save it Harvey!" Interrupted Danny.
"What did Steven tell you about trying to sell insurance to the teachers around here? Don't you have a class to teach this period?"
"Yeah that's right. I'll be on my way then." Said Mr. Lipschultz.
Then he turned and exited the room as the bell signaling the start of class rang.
"Don't worry about Harvey he's harmless for the most part. The trick is just known when to ignore him."
"Thank you for the advice Mr. Hanson." Said Setsuna.
"You can call me Danny."
Just then a student came and knocked on the teacher's lounge door.
Danny walked over to the door then opened it.
The student then said he had message from Mr. Harper for Miss Meiou.
"What is the message?" Setsuna asked.
"Mr. Harper said for you to report to his office as soon as possible.
Something about some of the exchange students being involved in a fight." Said the student messenger.
"Thank you." Responded Setsuna.
With that she finished gathering up her stuff and headed towards the principal's office.
****************
Darien was just starting to get his books out and preparing for class, since he managed to get to class before the bell rang.
As he sat and watched some of the students start to trickle into the room.
Just as he started to drift in to thoughts of his beloved Serena he heard someone say is name.
He looked to see the teacher calling his name. "Yes Miss Hendricks?" he responded.
"How have you been adjusting to Winslow?"
"Just fine Miss Hendricks?" he answered.
As the teacher was asking how things were going and such other small talk he started to feel an awkward, uneasiness in the pit of his stomach.
His mind jumped from the conversation to his fiancée.
He could feel something wasn't right with her but it didn't seem to be a scout problem but it still seemed to be some sort of problem.
"Are you ok?" He looked up to see the teacher looking at him in a concerned manor.
"I'm fine, I just think that the cafeteria food is not agreeing with me." He lied to cover up what was most likely happening.
Suddenly the increasingly uneasy feeling in his stomach turned into bolt of fear that jolted completely through him.
Even though he could tell that what ever was happening was not a scout problem considering the feeling was somewhat different, he still had to fight very hard to keep from transforming right there and blowing their cover.
Then just as suddenly as it hit, it decreased significantly. Faintly he could hear the bell that signaled the start of class ringing.
He could still feel a very shaken feeling.
He suddenly heard the teacher say, "I think you should go to the nurse. It's not a good sign to see a person go so pale so fast."
He looked down at his hands and saw that he was indeed as pale as a hospital sheet.
"Now I'm not going to argue about it. Grab your stuff and go." Miss Hendricks said as she placed a hall pass on his desk.
With hearing that he quickly grabbed his stuff and exited the room, but once out in the hall he quickly headed in the direction where he knew she was.
****************
As Setsuna rushed at a calm pace to the principal's office, she could tell she was not the only one headed in that direction.
As she gets a few feet from the main office door she can see him walking very fast down the opposite hall toward the same door.
He manages to get to the door first but just as he puts his hand on the doorknob she tells him "Don't" He stops in his tracks and looks over to where he hears the guardian of time's voice.
"Why not?" he asked "Because you know that going in there will not only put our mission in danger, but will raise to many questions."
"What happened?" He Demanded?
"I don't know yet. All I have heard is that there was a fight. Once I get all the information I'll inform you. But for now you have to act as if you're all normal teenagers." She said in a calm tone of voice.
"I will tell her you were here put you can't go in. Now where are you supposed to be right now?" She asked.
"The nurse's office. I went so pale trying to fight off my transformation that the teacher feared I was going to pass out cold right there in the class room." He said.
"What did you tell your teacher when asked of you what happened?"
"I told her that the cafeteria food didn't agree with me."
"Well go then. Cause we can't have anyone get suspicious of us while where here." She said.
"Ok." he said. And with that he walked off towards the nurse's office. After he was clear out of sight she entered the office.
**************
She knocked on Mr. Harper door. Through the window on the door she could see Lita, Harunka, and Serena sitting in the office.
She then saw Mr. Harper motion for her to enter.
She entered the room and took the only empty chair in the room, which was between Lita and Serena.
"Hello Mr. Harper." Said Setsuna. "Hello Miss Meiou. The reason I called you here today was because a few minutes ago Mr. Goober and I broke up a fight between Miss Kino, Miss Tenou and 2 other students from this school." Said Mr. Harper.
"Do you know what happened?" asked Setsuna.
"I was just waiting for you to get here to find that out." Answered Mr. Harper.
"Now will some one tell me what happened out there?" asked Harper.
"We were just defending our friend." Said Lita.
"So, the other girls started it?" Asked Setsuna.
Lita nodded.
Then Haruka stated "And we finished it."
Setsuna looked at Harunka very disapprovingly and shook her head.
"Half the school is aware of that. But what I want to know is why! Why did the fight start?" asked Mr. Harper in an angry tone that was close to yelling but not quite.
"The shorter girl and her oversized bodyguard wannabe tried to mug Serena in the restroom! That Is why the fight started we were protecting her!" Shouted Haruka Back at Mr. Harper.
The vein on the top of his bald head was starting to stick out again.
You could see the anger building in his eyes.
That was until what Haruka had said had sunk in.
His expression quickly turned to concern as he looked from Haruka to Serena.
"Is that true?" he asked sincerely.
"Is it?" asked Setsuna.
"Yes it is." Said Serena has she hung her head
"What happened?" Asked Principal Harper.
Serena didn't answer she just looked down at her hands. "Serena?" Serena turned to look at Lita. "Do you want me and Haruka to tell him what happened?" she asked her friend. "Yeah." Serena said silently. "Ok." said Lita.
"Well, we went into the restroom. And when we came out the other girl and her flunky had backed Serena into a corner and the shorter one had pulled a knife on her. So Haruka kicked the knife out of the girl's hand and the fight continued from that point." Said Lita as she recounted her version of the events leading up to the fight.
"That girl followed us from Serena's locker waiting for the chance to corner her." Explained Haruka.
"Why, do you think she followed her?" asked Harper.
"I can tell you that. That girl was eyeing Serena ever since we got to her locker. My guess is that she was eyeing Serena's engagement ring as she was searching through her locker. Explained Haruka.
Mr. Harper looked a little bit shocked. "Excuse me did you say engagement ring?" Asked Harper a bit shocked.
"Yeah. I did." Responded Haruka.
Harper sat there for a moment.
He looked like he was in deep thought. "So who's the lucky guy?" Mr. Harper asked with a look that was a mix of concern but at the same time amusement.
At this question Serena's eye's lit up.
But before saying anything she looked over at Setsuna first.
After a nod from Setsuna telling her it was ok to answer the question without jeopardizing anything, She turned to Mr. Harper and proudly said "Darien Chiba!"
"He is also one of the transfer students." Said Setsuna.
Mr. Harper's concerned look took on a slightly surprised tone as all the amusement drained out of it.
After about a minute of speechlessness he was finally able to ask, "Isn't he one of the seniors?"
"Yes he is." Answered Setsuna calmly.
Just then Darcy opened the door and stepped into the doorway and said, "Mr. Harper Mr. Lipschultz is here to see you. He says it's urgent."
"Now Is not a good time!" shouted Mr. Harper.
"Face it. It's never a good time." Said Mr. Lipschultz as he barged into the office.
From the waist up he looked completely normal in his everyday suit and tie.
But beyond the waist he was only wearing red and white striped boxer shorts.
"Harvey, what the hell is going on?" Shouted Mr. Harper.
"Well, I was in the bathroom and I hung my pants over the door to keep them from getting grungy. And some students came in and stole them."
"They stole your pants?" asked Harper almost unbelievably.
"Yeah, and the little punks were laughing about it the whole time." Spat Lipschultz.
"Where are they now? And I mean your pants?" asked Harper in a stern tone, that made him sound like he was talking to a young child.
"Out there." Answered Lipschultz oblivious to Harper's tone.
"Out where?" asked Mr. Harper. Then they all saw Mr. Lipschultz point towards the window.
Puzzled Mr. Harper got up and looked out his office window to see Mr. Lipschultz's Pants had been run up the flagpole and were currently flapping in the breeze right under the American flag.
"You got to be kidding me!" said an astonished Mr. Harper.
With that he quickly rushed out of the room, followed closely by Mr. Lipschultz.
After they had both left with the door closing behind them both Lita and Serena leapt form there chair to see what was the big deal."
As soon as they both got to the window they erupted into laughter.
"Well what is it?" asked a curious Haruka.
Both Lita and Serena were laughing to hard to speak.
Seeing that the girls were not going to say anytime soon she got up out of her chair and took a look for her self.
A smug smile spread across her face as she saw what her fellow scouts were laughing at.
"That's a good one!" said Haruka.
"Somebody ran his pants up the flagpole." Harunka told Sentsuna as she returned to her seat.
Shortly afterwards the other girls had settled down enough to do the same.
Setsuna took advantage of the time they had to say a few things that couldn't be said in front of Winslow high personal.
First She told Serena about her encounter with Darien right outside the main office door.
Secondly she started to explain why she let Serena tell Mr. Harper about her engagement.
"All we you have to do is explain that it is expectable in our culture. Nobody should question it."
"What if they question the age difference?" asked Lita.
"Well even thought it might be an issue here just tell them its not back home and they should believe you." Said Setsuna.
About ten minutes later Mr. Harper returned to the room.
"Sorry about the interruption." He said as he returned to his chair behind his desk.
He looked at the girls who all seemed to have slight smirks on their faces. "Ok, I understand how the fight got started by one things still bothers me. How come these girls barely have a scratch on them while the other 2 looked they got hit by a car?" asked Harper.
"That easy to answer. These girls have been studying self-defense for many years. In fact that's how they all meet each other. They were all in the same class." Answered Setsuna.
"I was curious about that." Said Mr. Harper.
Haruka and Lita looked at Setsuna in a confused manor for a few seconds before they caught on to what she was most likely doing.
"So, is this all? Can the girls go back to class now?" Asked Setsuna.
"Well, taking into account the new information you have provided I'll have to discuss this with vice principal Goober before the final decision can be made on what course of disciplinary action should be taken. But for now all 4 girls are suspended for the rest of the day. But she can go back to class." Said Harper as he pointed to Serena.
"I also want to see all parties involved tomorrow morning in conference room A. myself, Mr. Goober, and Miss. Cook will be present."
"Yes sir" said Setsuna.
With that Setsuna and the three girls departed Harper's office.
As soon as they were all outside in the hall Setsuna started to explain.
"If you want to why I told him you all met in a self defense class it is because people are going to find it suspicious that a fairly large group of kids that go to different schools know each other. This gives them a reason."
"What I want to know is why did we get suspended?" asked Lita.
"We were protecting our friend!" she continued "And Princess" added Harka in Japanese.
"It didn't matter what it was for at the moment it's just for the fact you were fighting. But don't worry too much there only three periods left to the day. So your only going to miss about 2 hours tops." Said Setsuna.
"So what do we do now?" asked Lita.
"You go back to the apartment and wait. I'll gather any notes and homework you will miss." Said Setsuna.
With that said and no other alternative Haruka and Lita leave to go back to the apartment.
Setsuna takes out a piece of paper and starts to write something down.
Once she finished she hands it to Serena and says, "Put this in your pocket. This is your pass back to class. Hand this to your teacher once you get to class. If they have any questions you tell them to talk to me. Also if you get stopped in the hall by any of the teacher's just show them this pass and that your headed to class from Mr. Harper's office."
Serena Nodded and put the pass into her pocket. Then heads off to class.
