Chapter 5: School. Need I Say More?
"Hey Ami!" A shout rang out in the noisy classroom.
The blue haired girl looked up from her Medical Studies book to see three of her best friends coming in through the doorway. The blond girl, black haired girl, and tall brown haired girl walked across the room to Ami's desk and sat down in the seats around her.
"Hi guys," Ami Mizuno greeted. "What's up?"
"Nothing much. Same boring school, same boring life," the blond haired girl answered with a sigh.
"'Boring'? Are you all right Mina? Usually you're bouncing off the walls, excited about one thing or another." Ami raised her eyebrows as she surveyed Minako Aino's glum expression.
"Nothing exciting has happened in my life, so far. Why can't some guy just pop into my life?" Mina sighed and put her head on the table.
"She's been like that all morning." Rei Hino explained to Ami.
Ami looked at the black haired girl. "Why?"
"No idea," Rei replied.
The sporty, brown haired girl leaned closer to the other two girls and said quietly, "She says there're no guys in her life and after Jamie moved away, she hasn't had any fun because she's always busy with Scout business so she's blaming her destiny because of it." Jamie Fujiwara was Minako's long time boyfriend. They had broken up when Jamie had moved away to America with his family. Mina and Jamie still talked on the phone and wrote letters, but now Jamie had another girlfriend and he had urged Mina to get on with her life as well.
Mina's head shot up. She glared at Makoto who was giving her an innocent look. "What did you tell them, Makoto?" she asked suspiciously.
Makoto backed away in her seat and said quickly, "Nothing, nothing. I didn't say anything."
Mina didn't get a chance to protest her friend's answer. The bell rang for the beginning of class and all the students went to their seats. Ms. Haruna started taking roll.
"Aino, Minako."
"Here."
"Arakaki, Kyle."
"Here."
"Fujiwara, Trent."
"Here."
"Hashimoto, Mari."
"Here."
The door slid open and the movement caught everyone's attention. The middle- aged principal walked into the classroom and spoke to Ms. Haruna in a low voice. Ms. Haruna nodded and the principal motioned for some people to come into the class. Everyone gasped when three boys and a girl entered the class. Excited whispers broke out through the class while the Four Lights looked around the room.
"Students, we have some new students. This is Serena, Taiki, Seiya, and Yaten Kou." More whispers and gasps were heard. "Serena, why don't you sit next to.Ami Mizuno. She's right there in the fourth row. Taiki, sit on the other side of Ami. Next to Rei Hino. Yaten, sit next to Minako Aino there in the back. She's sitting behind Ami. And Seiya, take a seat next to Makoto Kino, behind Serena," as Ms. Haruna called out the students' names they raised their hands. Minako waved her hand wildly in the air when her name was called, with a huge grin on her face. Ami was blushing at the thought of sitting next to her favorite Light. She was also pleased that Ms. Haruna had chosen her for Serena to sit next to.
The Four Lights went to their assigned seats and the other students, the ones that Ms. Haruna had not called on for one of the Four Lights to sit next to, grumbled under their breathes about life not being fair.
"Hi, I'm Ami Mizuno."
"Hey, I'm Serena. Nice to meet you." Serena said politely. Have you gone to this school for long?"
"Yeah, since I was a first year student. But before that I went to Infinity Academy and then a year at Crossroads Junior High School," Ami said.
"Hey, that's the elite school isn't it? Infinity Academy, I mean. Taiki is always talking about that school and how he wished he could have gone to that school." Serena smiled. "You must be a genius."
Ami looked down at her book in embarrassment at the other girl's awed comment. "That's only because I study hard and I have so many goals."
"That's pretty cool. I wish I were as smart as you. I think I recognize your name." Serena thought for a few seconds. "Oh that's right, Taiki was talking about the number one ranked chess player in Japan. You're that chess player, huh? And the one who was offered a full scholarship at a really great medical college in Switzerland, but refused it? How come you didn't take the scholarship?"
"I had a lot of things going on here in Japan," Ami replied, thinking about that time. She had refused because they were still searching for Her. The Moon Princess, the one who was to become Neo-Queen Serenity of Future Crystal Tokyo, if they could find her that is.
"Oh that's too bad. Taiki said you have a lot of potential." Serena grinned, knowing that Taiki had a crush on the genius girl, although he had never met her. Taiki had talked about the genius girl a lot after he found articles about her in the newspapers about her intelligence winning her another yet award or chess tournament. He was really excited when he found out Ami Mizuno went to Crossroads School, the school he had coincidentally enrolled them in. Although he hadn't shown his excitement, Serena knew her "brother" long enough to know how he acted.
"He said that?" Ami blushed a bright red. Serena's eyes widened. 'She has a crush on Taiki! I just know it!' she thought with a grin.
"Yeah," Serena replied.
"All right class. Now that you've had a chance to get to know our new students, let's finish up roll call."
"Hey Ami!" A shout rang out in the noisy classroom.
The blue haired girl looked up from her Medical Studies book to see three of her best friends coming in through the doorway. The blond girl, black haired girl, and tall brown haired girl walked across the room to Ami's desk and sat down in the seats around her.
"Hi guys," Ami Mizuno greeted. "What's up?"
"Nothing much. Same boring school, same boring life," the blond haired girl answered with a sigh.
"'Boring'? Are you all right Mina? Usually you're bouncing off the walls, excited about one thing or another." Ami raised her eyebrows as she surveyed Minako Aino's glum expression.
"Nothing exciting has happened in my life, so far. Why can't some guy just pop into my life?" Mina sighed and put her head on the table.
"She's been like that all morning." Rei Hino explained to Ami.
Ami looked at the black haired girl. "Why?"
"No idea," Rei replied.
The sporty, brown haired girl leaned closer to the other two girls and said quietly, "She says there're no guys in her life and after Jamie moved away, she hasn't had any fun because she's always busy with Scout business so she's blaming her destiny because of it." Jamie Fujiwara was Minako's long time boyfriend. They had broken up when Jamie had moved away to America with his family. Mina and Jamie still talked on the phone and wrote letters, but now Jamie had another girlfriend and he had urged Mina to get on with her life as well.
Mina's head shot up. She glared at Makoto who was giving her an innocent look. "What did you tell them, Makoto?" she asked suspiciously.
Makoto backed away in her seat and said quickly, "Nothing, nothing. I didn't say anything."
Mina didn't get a chance to protest her friend's answer. The bell rang for the beginning of class and all the students went to their seats. Ms. Haruna started taking roll.
"Aino, Minako."
"Here."
"Arakaki, Kyle."
"Here."
"Fujiwara, Trent."
"Here."
"Hashimoto, Mari."
"Here."
The door slid open and the movement caught everyone's attention. The middle- aged principal walked into the classroom and spoke to Ms. Haruna in a low voice. Ms. Haruna nodded and the principal motioned for some people to come into the class. Everyone gasped when three boys and a girl entered the class. Excited whispers broke out through the class while the Four Lights looked around the room.
"Students, we have some new students. This is Serena, Taiki, Seiya, and Yaten Kou." More whispers and gasps were heard. "Serena, why don't you sit next to.Ami Mizuno. She's right there in the fourth row. Taiki, sit on the other side of Ami. Next to Rei Hino. Yaten, sit next to Minako Aino there in the back. She's sitting behind Ami. And Seiya, take a seat next to Makoto Kino, behind Serena," as Ms. Haruna called out the students' names they raised their hands. Minako waved her hand wildly in the air when her name was called, with a huge grin on her face. Ami was blushing at the thought of sitting next to her favorite Light. She was also pleased that Ms. Haruna had chosen her for Serena to sit next to.
The Four Lights went to their assigned seats and the other students, the ones that Ms. Haruna had not called on for one of the Four Lights to sit next to, grumbled under their breathes about life not being fair.
"Hi, I'm Ami Mizuno."
"Hey, I'm Serena. Nice to meet you." Serena said politely. Have you gone to this school for long?"
"Yeah, since I was a first year student. But before that I went to Infinity Academy and then a year at Crossroads Junior High School," Ami said.
"Hey, that's the elite school isn't it? Infinity Academy, I mean. Taiki is always talking about that school and how he wished he could have gone to that school." Serena smiled. "You must be a genius."
Ami looked down at her book in embarrassment at the other girl's awed comment. "That's only because I study hard and I have so many goals."
"That's pretty cool. I wish I were as smart as you. I think I recognize your name." Serena thought for a few seconds. "Oh that's right, Taiki was talking about the number one ranked chess player in Japan. You're that chess player, huh? And the one who was offered a full scholarship at a really great medical college in Switzerland, but refused it? How come you didn't take the scholarship?"
"I had a lot of things going on here in Japan," Ami replied, thinking about that time. She had refused because they were still searching for Her. The Moon Princess, the one who was to become Neo-Queen Serenity of Future Crystal Tokyo, if they could find her that is.
"Oh that's too bad. Taiki said you have a lot of potential." Serena grinned, knowing that Taiki had a crush on the genius girl, although he had never met her. Taiki had talked about the genius girl a lot after he found articles about her in the newspapers about her intelligence winning her another yet award or chess tournament. He was really excited when he found out Ami Mizuno went to Crossroads School, the school he had coincidentally enrolled them in. Although he hadn't shown his excitement, Serena knew her "brother" long enough to know how he acted.
"He said that?" Ami blushed a bright red. Serena's eyes widened. 'She has a crush on Taiki! I just know it!' she thought with a grin.
"Yeah," Serena replied.
"All right class. Now that you've had a chance to get to know our new students, let's finish up roll call."