School work.
A pain in the butt.
For most people.
Shou was fine with that, but what troubled her about school was...
How not to get lost.
Third Mikado City Junior High School and Senior School were actually built together. It was a small campus, to be honest, but the corridors were confusing as hell, though not as confusing as those in Border headquarters.
Shou was lost.
Again.
Yuzuru had to see a teacher (he was failing math), so she had lost her tour guide. Lunch break was almost over. Shou glanced at the nearest sign-she was in the Senior School section, not the Junior one where she had classes.
'Crap,' she said while cursing mentally, as the bell rang to signal the end of lunch.
Footsteps were coming her way. A girl with long brown hair with bangs covering her left eye walked around the corner. 'Aha! I knew I heard someone. What are you doing here? Lunch break's over.' She then glanced at her male school uniform. 'Are you from the junior section...?'
'Yup. I think I got lost.'
The girl sweatdropped. 'How did you even get lost in such a small place like this...? Come on, I'll take you back.'
'There's no need, I'll just get out of the school first and enter from the main entrance again.'
'Of course not,' the girl huffed, 'I wouldn't mind being a nice senpai to my kouhai. What's your name?'
'Kurogane.'
'Kurogane-kun, nice to meet you. Call me Chano. I'm a second year in the junior high section, and you?'
'Class two of the second year in the junior section...' Chano? Isn't that the name of a unit in B rank?
'Chano-senpai, are you from Border?'
'Huh?' She looked startled. 'How did you know? Don't tell me you're like those stalker people on the net who memorise all the Border agent's names...'
'Of course not. Is your full name Chano Makoto?'
'Ehh? How did you know?'
Pretty sure she thought that Shou was a stalker by now.
'Are you leader of B rank Chano squad, who are training to be the next PR unit?'
'How in the name of... How do you know all that?'
'A pleasure to meet you, Chano-senpai. My name is Kurogane Shou, and individual A rank agent from Border. Call me Shou, please.'
'Kurogane Shou... No wonder why the name sounded familiar!'
Now the identity matter was settled. Phew.
'Does Fujisawa-san come to this school as well?'
'Yeah, but he's in class right now. Aren't I supposed to get you back to your class? Crap, I nearly forgot!'
Another voice cut in. 'Makoto? Seems like I was right, you are here. Who's this?'
'Ah, Fujisawa!' Chano explained the current situation, while Fujisawa nodded in understanding.
'Chano-senpai, are you two dating?'
Amused by the red faces of the two, Shou continued, 'seems like it.'
'It's not like that...' muttered Chano, playing with the hem of her skirt. Fujisawa was busy burying his face in his hands. 'Lets just bring you back, we all don't want to be that late.'
'Then I'll be going back first!' Shouted Fujisawa, as he rushed back.
Chano dragged Shou to her classroom, politely addressing the teacher while explaining that Shou had got lost and she had found her, so she brought her back.
Once Chano had left, the teacher told Shou to sit back down in her seat. Yuzuru, who sat in the seat next to her, poked her on the shoulder while whispering, 'you really got lost without me, huh?'
'Whatever.' She answered, taking out her books. Gotta push those two together now.
