To you poor, poor readers who have been watiting for an update: I'm so sorry, guys, I have been neglecting my story. It's just I decided I would write more on my other fanfic because it was more popular and because I enjoyed it more… Thanks firewu and shadowxrouge and Kacheek Girl for reviewing.

Just a tiny spoiler/summary: In this chapter Kimiko will tell the others about this and then hurry to find Wuya and Chase. New guy introduced.

A little swearing. Sorry about that.

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Kimiko walked as fast as she could. Mr. Young stepped in with her and everyone was looking at her as though she was definitely expelled.

"Hey guys!" She called out cheerfully. A lot of people looked at her in a way that said, plainly, What is this?

"Settle down, everyone. Miss Tohomiko is not expelled from this school. However, she will attend a lecture at the principal's office later on. Now, work on you math homework please. Lunch is in half an hour." Mr. Young smiled at all of the students.

"Kim, what's up with the guy? Did you really get expelled? Haha, do you have to attend a lecture, too?" Raimundo whispered, laughing.

"No, Rai. He just made that up to cover for me. Anyways, I'll tell you about it at lunch," Kimiko whispered as Mr. Young turned his head away.

"No, I want you to tell me now," Raimundo said persistently.

"Later."

"Now."

"Kimiko, Raimundo. Arguing during my class? You have lunch detention." Mr. Young pretended to put on a face of cold indifference, but then turned so only they could see him and winked. Kimiko wasn't sure what it meant. She gave Raimundo a look that told him, You idiot, look what you made us do.

"Hey, it wasn't my fault," Raimundo said.

Suddenly, Jack's hand shot up. "Hey Mr. Y-o-o-o-ung! I caught the dweebs talking again during class!" He had heard them…

"Jack, I don't need you to shout this out loud. I can tell for myself when there is trouble," Calvin said plainly.

"Fine. Be that way," Jack pouted.

"Jack, you are an idiot. Get out of here." Azva looked at her brother with disgust.

"Make me."

"I will." Azva threw her pencil at his head, but in an expert way just so anybody looking on wouldn't suspect anything and thinking that Jack actually dropped his own pencil. She smiled smugly as Jack made an 'eep' of pain, trying to hide it from Mr. Young, who was standing very closeby.

Omi was very focused on his work. He was working ahead in his book, and actually doing the reading/writing section. The problem was, he was very, very frustrated by the confusing idioms, slang, and phrases. How could one dilly-dally if those were not words?

And it never rained cats and dogs in his life. "English is a most complicated language," he said, frustrated.

"Pardner, these 'lil grammar things annoy me to death too," Clay said, also tired of his workbook. He wished he were back on the rodeo, but instead he was in New York City. Too many people, too much grammar. He wasn't used to people in the other parts of the Unite States.

Kimiko was bored after she finished. She hated work and math and studying and especially homework. She also hated working ahead, so instead of doing so spent some time doing her hair in many ponytails and braids, trying to figure out which would look the best.

Raimundo started throwing paper airplanes around the room, picking the exact time when Mr. Young was not looking, with messages inside of them like "HELP! Kid bored to death" or "Eat my socks" because it was funny and because he didn't feel like finishing his work anyways. Who needed math? He aimed one at Jack Spicer's head and watched it soar perfectly.

"OW!" Jack cried as soon as he realized that there was a paper airplane with glue on it stuck to his head. He tried but couldn't pull it off. Raimundo snickered and Kimiko looked slightly amused at the sight. Omi was still working, not noticing the distraction at all. And Clay was pointing and smiling at Jack.

There was a knock on the classroom door, and a blonde woman came in to ask Mr. Young to get something important. Calvin nodded in acknowledgement and walked out the door, leaving the class free for a few minutes.

"Dude, look at that kid," said a boy with dark black hair and an earring, pointing at Jack, who was still struggling. "He looks like a real asshole."

"Shut up, Keith," Azva said quietly but in an annoyed tone. "I swear to God you are more annoying than even Jack. At least he doesn't have a stupid earring that he brags about and thinks is so cool. And look at all that gel you put into your hair. What do you think, it's cool or something? Why the heck is it so high? You are only thirteen and you're already turning into a punk."

"Got a problem with that?" Keith sneered derisively. "You're pale and skinny and you have no sense of cool."

"Dude, you're the only guy who has an earring in this room." Azva said, her voice rising.

"Yeah, Keith. Azva is totally right." Kimiko said, coming into their argument. "So why don't you just shut up? I can't stomach people who're like you."

Keith looked slightly deflated for some reason. "Yeah, well look at Little Miss Attend a Lecture," he said. Kimiko stared. He sounded like he wasn't angry anymore but trying to act cool again. Why, though?

"I'm not attending the lecture. Lectures are stupid." Kimiko knew it was true.

At that moment, Mr. Young stepped in. "I trust we were working quietly and hard while I was gone?"

"Oh, yes, Mr. Young! We have indeed been working very hard!" Omi said, smiling proudly. He was still stuck on the slang page, though.

"All right, you are dismissed for lunch."

The students cheered, and walked out the door to the cafeteria.

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"Kim! Kim!" Raimundo yelled. He gestured for her to sit with him.

"Yeah, Rai?" Kimiko asked.

"That Keith guy definitely likes you." Raimundo grinned.

"Yeah, well he's a big jerk. And how do you know?" Kimiko inquired.

"Well, it was obvious from how he acted around you during the argument. You could tell that he really hated Azva, but when you came he got all 'cool'. And also, after the lesson today, I really needed to go to the bathroom. I went in and heard some boys in one toilet stall and I was like 'WTF? Sharing toilets? That is nasty' and I listened to them talking. I could definitely tell Keith and some of his friends were in there and I heard a guy saying, 'So, Keith, how're you getting that hot Japanese girl to like you?' and then Keith was like, 'Man, she is so cute! And fiery too. Plus, she does have a lot of style'. I kinda felt sick after listening to them talk about you like that so I just came and found a place to sat down." Raimundo smiled. "Now I think it's kind of funny. These guys really like you, especially Keith."

"Well, I hate them. They think they're so cool, but they act like jerks." Kimiko shuddered. "Ugh, I would never even sit with that creep."

"You're sitting with me."

"You're not a creep. And actually, you are kind of cute." Kimiko smiled, wondering how Raimundo would react.

The comment made Raimundo blush red. "Uh…yeah…I guess… So anyways, tell me about Wuya and what you heard from Calvin."

So Kimiko told him.

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Yes, this is going to be a RaixKim thing. Next chapter, Chase will come in for a while and offer Keith an opportunity to join him.