The days until school passed more or less uneventfully, the girls showing Rik around Townsville and fighting the occasional monsters. There was no word from the boys but it also wasn't exactly expected. No talked about Rik's outburst or his past and soon the whole thing was forgotten. The days rolled by and the first day of school came up.

Blossom woke up first and started breakfast. Rik was just one room away and the smell of bacon cooking was enough to wake him up... sort of. He shambled into the kitchen half awake and poured himself some Lucky Captain Rabbit King Cereal. Halfway through eating it he looked at the cover of the box. It showed the Rabbit with a bowl of the cereal running from a bunch of kids. Then Rik took another bite of the cereal and thought for a moment.

"You know, if Lucky Captain Rabbit King Cereal is for the youth and the kids always stop him from eating it... how does he know whether or not he likes it."

Blossom stopped cooking for a moment was silent. Then she turned to Rik and said.

"I have no idea..." She turned back to cooking and muttered. "I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight now." Rik just chuckled.

Bubbles came down next, smiling as usual and still in her pajamas. She sat down across from Rik and grabbed the cereal.

"Do you have any other facial expressions?" Rik asked. Bubbles just smiled wider and shook her head, but from the door there was a dark chuckle. Buttercup was standing in the door. Her hair was wild and her pajamas looked like she'd slept outside during a hurricane.

"Yeah she does, but you don't want to see it." She said with a strange grin. Rik chuckled a little and continued eating his cereal. Buttercup pulled a couple of eggs out of the refrigerator and a pan from a cabinet and stood next to Blossom making scrambling her eggs. Rik absently checked the clock and looked back to his breakfast.

"So what time does school start?" Rik asked through a mouthful of cereal.

"Eight-thirty." Bubbles replied. Rik nodded and then froze. He looked up at the clock again.

"Say just how far away is this place."

"Oh about thirty miles. Why?" Bubbles answered. By the time she had asked her question and looked up Rik was already cramming books into his backpack with one had and tugging on his shoes with the other.

"Cause it's eight twenty-seven!" He yelled from the living room. This four word sentence caused a small whirlwind in the Utonium household. In less time than it takes to tell, all three girls were dressed (this includes tooth brushing, makeup, hair done and whatever else you girl do before school), out the door (Blossom dragging Rik by the collar of his shirt as he didn't know the way to school) and three quarters of the way too school. All that left them with one minute to get too their first class before it started.

As the school neared Blossom threw Rik too Bubbles who had the same first class and rocketed through the door and group split up at the first intersection. Bubbles and Rik headed straight while Buttercup and Blossom went to either side. Bubbles and Rik stood in front of their class with thirty seconds left to go. He stood there and wobbled a little but managed to keep his balance.

"You okay?" Bubbles asked sweetly. Rik blinked a few times and wobbled a little more before answering.

"Yeah... but I think left my stomach back at the house, and I... might leave my breakfast in the nearest bathroom."

Bubbles giggled and straightened his now very messy hair, although it did little good. At the exact tick the clock signaled eight thirty Rik walked through the door with Bubbles and sat down in one of the two empty seats in the room.

Rik didn't pay attention to the roll call until he heard the name

"Boomer... there's no last name here."

"I'm here." The voice came from directly behind Bubbles. Boomer sat there and Bubbles turned and got a good look at him. He had short blonde hair and startlingly blue eyes. His shirt was dark blue and he was wearing badly wrinkled jeans. Boomer smiled at Bubbles and ignored the other twelve girls staring at him.

"I didn't know your eyes could actually turn into hearts..." Rik said a little annoyed. That didn't last long since when his own name was called Rik got the same look from six of those same girls and three others.

The class itself was rather boring but the view was spectacular. There were no window in the room but there were five boys in the class and fifteen of the remaining girls (including Bubbles) were... Let's just say that Rik didn't pay to much attention to the Algebra problems on the board.

An hour and a half Rik left the class room and began to head to his next class. As he walked out the hall Rik turned back to the class to see Boomer and Bubbles walk out deep in conversation.

"Lucky son of a..." Rik said under his breath with a grin on his face.

He asked directions from the nearest annoyance (oops I mean teacher) and headed off for the gym. He stepped into the gym and looked around. First he noticed Buttercup standing with a group of guys laughing. Then He noticed a boy with jet black hair standing next to her, and smiling smugly. Rik began walking towards the group when from beside him a whistle was blown almost directly in his ear. He jumped about a foot into the air and looked to the side to where a large man was standing. He was wearing sweat shirt and sweat pants which was appropriate since the armpits of the shirt were much darker.

"Alright maggots. Can you guess what we're doing today?" He had a voice like gravel falling out of a dump truck. No one answered his question which was perfectly fine with him. He answered his own questions more often than not.

"Dodge ball."


Sorry it took so long guys. Lots of stuff got in the way and I had a small bout with writers block for a little while. I'll try to write faster next chapter.

J-Dawg: Thanks for the apology. I'll be happy to slap you in the face anytime (evil grin).

Akum: Thanks for the short and sweet review. Although next time I prefer a little less short and always sweeter.

RayeBBG: Sorry I didn't. like I said I try harder.

Pizche: So's your.... review.... and your name.

Dmoney: Thanks for the defense but I'll talk to my reviewers myself (wink). Next time review the story not my reviews (grin).

DYNOMITE: Here's your update sorry it took so long (again).

Hairy Gregory: Ah my best reviewer. Yes Rik is very strong and much faster than you think. I didn't give him the ability to fly because I wanted him to be somewhat different from the others. You'll find out what his hiding (or what from) soon enough. And finally his being fifteen has nothing to do with it it's that he doesn't want information on himself given out.