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Boei Academy
Chapter Two
Unwelcome

By Angel-Goddess

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Usagi waited fretfully, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. Finally, the door opened to reveal a dark haired, middle-aged woman with stern brown eyes. She looked Usagi over from head to toe, making her feel very self-conscious. Usagi shifted under the pinning stare, a little ill at ease.

"Yes? What is it?" Despite her stern look, the woman had a soft calming voice that very slightly lessened a few of the girl's nerves.

Usagi swallowed and picked up her courage. "O-Ohayo. Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu." Usagi bowed politely before continuing, "I'm a new student, and I've got my enrolment papers here." Usagi handed her papers over to the woman, hoping vainly that she didn't notice that her hand was shaking with nervousness.

The woman quickly scanned the papers before her stern face broke into a kind smile, "Oh, so you're the one that Kocho-sama was waiting for. Come right in Tsukino-san," She held the door open and stepped to the side to let Usagi in. "Watashi wa Doramoru Aki, I'm the secretary." The lady introduced herself, nodding her head in a gesture of a very faint bow.

As Usagi was about to step into the office, she noticed that there were two boys seemingly around her age, sitting down in the comfortable looking red velvet chairs, as if waiting for someone to attend to them. One of them had platinum blonde hair and his eyes were a beautiful shade of blue with a hint of aqua in them. He smiled politely at Usagi as she stepped into the room. But his companion, well, let's just say he was a different story.

The other boy had wild, unruly brown hair that seemed to stay in place the whole time while flopping imperceptibly into his eyes, which were a captivating, yet oddly blank, prussian blue. Usagi nearly face faulted when he just glared at her and emitted a noise that sounded like a grunt. Very impolite. She thought dryly.

The secretary walked over to her desk with Usagi trailing behind her. She sorted through piles of papers while muttering under her breath. At last she pulled out a selected few and double-checked them, nodding in satisfaction. "Ah, here we go. This is your timetable and some necessary school information." She handed Usagi five sheets of paper and upon accepting it, Usagi quickly skimmed the front sheet before tucking the papers safely into her bag to read later.

Doramoru sat down in her chair, and she opened a drawer, pulling out a small red box that was a little larger than Usagi's palm. She handed it to Usagi, "I assume you already know the rules of this school?" She asked, her brown eyes questioning when the blonde gingerly reached for it. The stern glimmer that Usagi had seen beforehand seemed to have faded away as she plucked the small box from the secretary and held it in her own hands.

"Hai, Doramoru-san." Usagi said politely, nodding, her azure gaze flickering onto the container that she held in her hands. What was in it?

"Very well, here's the school planner-" She briefly placed a black, compact, leather-bound book in front of Usagi, tapping the cover as she made clear what it was to be used for. "You write whatever you think is important; meaning assignments, exams, etc. You also record your test results in that book. It has a map of the school at the back, should you ever lose your way."

The secretary rose from her seat gracefully. "Since you're new to the school, you won't be attending the usual classes until tomorrow. It's an absolute pleasure to meet you, Tsukino-san. I look forward to seeing your wonderful grades." Came the courteous dismissal.

Wonderful grades? Oh, kami-sama save me, I just hope I can keep up with these people. Usagi thought, as she stepped out of the office, closing the door behind her.

"Hello," A greeting snapped her out of her reverie.

Usagi spun around in surprise only to meet the mesmerizing blue-green orbs of the blonde boy that she had seen in the office. "Oh, um, hi," She replied, wondering what he wanted from her.

He smiled at her kindly, "I'm your sponsor."

"Sponsor?" Usagi asked, slightly confused. She suddenly recalled that Relena had said something about a sponsor. What on earth was a sponsor? She guessed it was the sponsor that provided funding nor promoted you like on the radio and on TV. But that couldn't be it.

His smile broke into a grin as he watched her befuddled expression. "Yes, I keep you from getting too lost in the school." He explained to her. Understanding seemed to dawn onto the younger girl's facial features.

"Oh … Ohhhhh! Okay! Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu!" Usagi immediately held out her hand for him to shake but he, instead, took it and gently brushed his lips against it. Usagi turned cherry red. Wow!! Just like in movies, where two people meet for the first time and they then fall madly in l-… ack! What am I thinking? I have Mamoru … ah! Mamo-chan! Baka Usagi! She hit herself mentally.

The blonde had a light blush on his cheeks too as he straightened. "Watashi wa Winner Quatre desu." He introduced with a bow.

Usagi eyes widened and nearly popped out of their sockets at the familiar name. "Quatre Winner? As in the Quatre R. Winner?" She asked in awe. Although she wasn't interested in politics and such, she knew he played a special role in the society. Plus, he was supposedly a bachelor worth millions, maybe even billions!

Quatre nodded, slightly embarrassed. He knew that people would act like that because of his status. It was expected. But what he wasn't expecting was Usagi to just grin and wave it off.

"That's great." She commented with a large grin, "So … are you going to take me on a tour or what?" She asked him to break the silence.

Quatre chuckled at her cheerful personality, his blush slowly fading. "Of course." He agreed.

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"Let's take a break," Quarte suggested. Even after two hours of non-stop touring they still hadn't covered the whole school grounds. During sometime as he took her around the academy, Usagi had voiced out her complaints that there wasn't any point in the tour because there was no way on earth she was ever going to remember where anywhere was. Apparently, all she needed was her trusty school map on the back of her planner.

"Okay, a break sounds like a good idea," Usagi heartily agreed, as her stomach started to talk to her. She sweatdropped at the wild growling and flushed red before giggling to cover up her embarrassment, "Eh … I guess I'm hungry too …"

Quatre grinned, "Alright, I'll go get us some food from the cafeteria," He told her. "You wait here, I'll be back soon."

Usagi nodded and sat on the nearest bench. Yay! Free food!

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Curious as ever, she immediately tore off the cover of the small red box. A bronze-framed silver badge that proudly displayed an engraved picture of a howling wolf was rested against a cotton backing, glistening up at her. She let out a small excited gasp. How totally cool, her very own badge that showed her ranking! Although it wasn't a very high ranking, it was still a badge nonetheless. She had never received one, being a rather poor progressing student.

The badge bearing the wolf was the starting badge that represented a lower, medium-classed student/fighter or a trainee. She gently fastened the badge just above the breast pocket of her uniform and grinned as she watched it flash as it caught a ray of light.

The blonde flipped through her new planner with interest when several shadows loomed over her, blocking the sunlight. She looked up instantly, puzzled at the interruption. Five boys of her age stared down at her in an intimidating way. One of the boys stepped forward. He had wild, tousled red hair and dark blue eyes. He seemed to be the leader of the gang.

His eyes shifted to look at her badge before he blinked at her, asking, "You know the tradition of this school, right?" His voice was husky. A small, pure silver badge on his uniform had a picture of a leaping leopard with its claws flexed out dangerously. He's a middle-classed fighter. Usagi realised dimly, as she scrutinized the drawing etched on the chunk of well-formed metal displayed upon his garb.

"Ummm …yes …" Usagi answered carefully, blinking a couple of times. Why was he asking her this?

The boy nodded curtly, obviously pleased with her short answer. "Guess I don't have to explain them to you. Come on, we're going to the training grounds." He told her tersely, motioning for her to follow him with a casual wave of his hand.

Usagi's eyebrows knitted slightly in confusion before her eyes widened. He's challenging me to fight him! "N-n-nani!?" She cried, horrified at the thought.

He looked at her, a small daunting smile forming on his face, "Come on, if you really know what the school's tradition is, you'd know better than to back out of a challenge." He got her there. Her reputation would be tainted at this school if she backed out of any challenges.

Usagi looked down, biting her bottom lip in indecision. She didn't really have much of a choice. "Alright, I accept your challenge." She agreed softly and stood up to follow him and his group, leaving her things on the bench. She doubted that anyone would take them anyway.

As she lagged behind the boys, she could hear snatches of their conversation.

"… didn't think Kay would … against a girl…"

"… soon learn … can't handle being in this school."

"… Kay would really … some sense into her."

Usagi clenched her hands and glared at the back of the red-head, So his name's Kay …

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Kay stopped directly in front of a building. He turned to Usagi, "Which do you prefer? Unarmed combat, armed combat, or swordplay?" He asked her, his eyes boring into her.

Usagi refused to meet his eyes. She wished she could just transform and use her magic against Kay, but that didn't seem fair. Her traitor mouth replied for her, "Swordplay." Usagi mentally hit herself over and over. She'd only used a sword once, and that was when she fought against Chaos! Looking up at the smirking Kay, it was obvious to Usagi that swordplay was one of his strengths. Her stomach started to do flip-flops. She was scared and hungry.

Kay looked her over, his smirk widening at the uncertainty displayed in her emotive sapphire-blue orbs that she averted from his hawk-like gaze. "Are you sure you can even lift one?" He asked her. There was a mocking tone in his voice that could be picked up by anyone who had ears.

Usagi turned red with anger and embarrassment. Her anger took hold of her and she snapped, "Of course I can carry a sword!" Usagi was mildly surprised, she sounded just like the short-tempered Hikawa priestess.

Kay raised an eyebrow, before his trademark smirk appeared on his face once again. "If you're sure." He told her as he pushed the doors open and stepped onto the first court he set his eyes on that was empty. He selected a sword from a rack and smirked at her direction again. Oh, how Usagi wished she could just wipe that stupid smirk off his face.

She tried to make her face emotionless as possible as she selected a sword that was light and fitted her perfectly to cover up her nervousness. She could only hope that she wasn't worm feed by the time he was done with her.

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Both faced each other off a sword-length apart and bowed to each other before crossing their swords. This duel would either leave the students of Boei with a lasting impression of amazement or turn Usagi into a laughing stock, depending how she played her cards.

Usagi heart was thumping so hard against her chest, that she was nearly positive everyone could hear it beat. Her hands felt clammy and stiff. Usagi licked her dry lips and she adjusted her hands on the hilt of the sword. She couldn't believe she was doing this. Kami-sama, help me. She prayed to the heavens up above. I just want to live through this so I could try some nice delicacies that I haven't been able to try yet...

Kay looked at her, arrogant smirk in place before whispering, "Guard."

Kay darted forward as quick as a snake. His sword met Usagi's with an audible ringing sound as metals clashed against each other with considerable force. Usagi looked extremely surprised but recovered quickly from her shock by forcing her sword forward and making her opponent back off a little. She took a small step back and they both slowly circled each other, waiting for the best time to strike and catch the other off guard.

Kay rushed in and swung his sword to meet Usagi's and used his well-trained muscles from two years of training at Boei to push down and lock the two swords hilt to hilt. Usagi winced and quickly backed away, almost stumbling from her body's instant reaction.

Kay and Usagi exchanged blows and blocks, with Usagi having difficulty. The small audience that had collected slowly grew as Kay and Usagi fought, cheering. The two opponents, however, were solely focused on each other, ignoring everything else that was around them. Usagi was grudgingly experiencing first hand at how quick and nimble Kay was.

I knew I shouldn't have come to this school! Thought Usagi as she sidestepped a fierce slash from Kay and dodged another one. I can barely hold him off! She thought in alarm.

Usagi was slowly tiring and sweating and Kay knew that this swordplay had come to end. He distracted Usagi with a series of quick thrusts, his blade nearly a silver blur in the air. She parried them off with difficulty, barely being able to block his abrupt movements.

Kay swung his sword up and under, his blade catching the hilt of Usagi's sword and slamming full force into it, knocking it out of her hand and sending it flying. Usagi stumbled and fell to the ground from the power of the blow with a wince. The sword flew into the air almost in slow motion before landing on the far end of the court and sliding with a clear humming sound that broke the tense silence that had fluttered through the hushed audiences who had quietened at the 'climax' of the duel.

Usagi had the look of amazement, shock and respect all at the same time as she stared up at overconfident dark blue eyes.

Kay smirked at her, "Not bad for a beginner," He told her, before holding his hand out to her.

Usagi took it with hesitance and stood up shakily. It had happened so fast that she barely realized what had happened. Usagi looked over at Kay as he walked over to his friends. His group was congratulating him and laughing over Usagi's mistakes.

Usagi felt somewhat let down. What would her senshi think? Obviously they wouldn't be too pleased to learn that a mere boy with no magical talents had defeated their supposedly all-powerful leader. Usagi's eyes darkened noticeably. Someday, I'll beat him … someday … I'll become one of the best at this school…She vowed stubbornly.

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AN Awww … sniffles poor Usa! But, you have to understand; this was Usa's first challenge against a middle-classed fighter. Let's face it, she can't win.

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