Waking the Fallen

Chapter One: the meeting

"Well, class, since everyone seems to be here, I'll start my lecture on Socrates, who as you all know was...." As Professor Ishamoto was giving his opening speech, he walked over to the door to close it. thump A black messenger bag was quickly shoved through the heavy door before the professor could shut it completely. A girl, gasping for breath, slumped in the doorway. "May I help you, miss?" She gave him a look, and tried to catch her breath. "Yeah...um....am I in the right class?"

The professor looked puzzled for a moment, then suddenly broke into a grin. "Ah, yes. You must be the new student from Tsugeki High. Class, this is miss......uh...." "Ryu. Ryu Tetsumei. And please......drop the miss."

The professor looked flustered for a moment, but soon regained his composure. "Yes, well, right. Ryu, please take an empty seat wherever and we can begin." The professor than took it upon himself to drone on about the importance of the difference between Socrates and Einstein, and the effect on our lives, and why we should care at all......

Kurama woke up from his deep slumber only to realize there was a girl next to him. Her hair was black with blue tips, short length, and through it he could see a long, dangling earring and the ear piece part of headphones. Her uniform sleeves were rolled up, showing an Atreyu tattoo and a spiked bracelet on the arm facing him. She finally picked up the fact that he was staring at her, and gave him a smile. "Ryu." "Kurama."

She smiled again and went back to her headphones.

...........................................................................................(dots) . weeee! another one! Author's note: Wow. what an incredibly short chapter. grins sheepishly but what do I look like? the well of inspiration and good ideas? not likely........... sigh I couldn't go anywhere with that end line, so I just left it as it was. I'll try to make the next chapter longer, but don't hold your breath. sigh and also, since this turned out to be the announcements and stuff type of thing, to save time, space, and brain cells, I'll tell you that NOTHING belongs to me not the characters, (with the exception of Ryu) or song lyrics and/or titles I may mention or use in the future. I'll let you know when I do own YYH, because I will. oh, I will. crazy laughter of another psycho deluded fan well, see you in the next chapter!