Time Chains

Chapter 2

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me." William Shakespeare

Disclaimer: I don't make any money from this story. Nor do I own SRMTHFG. Venus, however, is mine

"You are late, Chiro!" roared the teacher. "This is totally unacceptable to my class and this school! What would your guardians think?" At the thought of the monkeys, Chiro began to get the feeling the teacher was starting to act just like Gibson; except she was starting to act more churl.

"Tardiness is not accepted in this class, Chiro. You'll have to wait in the hall for the rest of the period." Little fits of laughter and snickering could be heard from twenty other heads in the room. Everyone enjoyed it when Chiro got in trouble. "QUIET!!" the teacher hissed. The uniformed class shut down like a computer. Without another word, the teacher slid the door shut, leaving Chiro stranded in the sunlight hallway.

The rest of the class period took about the last half-hour, plenty of time for Chiro to work on his neglected homework. The bell rang after what seemed like a century and kids came shuffling out and towards their lockers.

Next was Science. Chiro was just so eager to see the results of the physics tests as much as the other kids. His mind was pretty clear considering how drowsy he had been the first period while the teacher passed out the grades. I don't really care, Chiro thought. Even though the insomnia was almost gone, a small piece of his brain was still asleep and insisted the rest of him shut down. And with seven more hours of school and a possible formless attack, Chiro wasn't looking toward a nap for some time. It's true, he thought, schools are prisons. A sheet of paper slipped onto his desk as Chiro looked it over.

Not good. The front page had been marked all over with red X's and checks, much like the rest of the test, but at the top circled boldly was the score: 65. A CChiro mentally kicked himself. A C meant a furious Gibson and a furious Gibson meant being grounded.

The rest of the morning, thankfully, had gone neutral. Lunch seemed to speed right up to Chiro and slap him in the face. His paper sack was on the rack in the back with everyone else's. Reaching up to get it, Chiro noticed the girl he had seen earlier reaching up for her meal. He couldn't believe his eyes. It was something about her that tickled the back of Chiro's mind, like the sense he had met her somewhere.

But he had never seen her before at his school. Chiro watched the girl as she retreated to the normally empty desk sitting right beside his. Nothing's wrong, Chiro told himself. She's probably a new student that got introduced when I was out in the hall. Don't be so stupid. He mimicked the girl and took his rightful seat beside her. It seemed as though all the excitement in the room had vanished and only Chiro, his lunch, and this odd girl existed.

"Hi…" Chiro squeaked. He kicked himself again.

"Huh?" the girl looked up from her sandwich and stared at him with those same almost inhuman green eyes. Yep, that was definitely the same girl.

"If you don't mind me asking, who are you?" Chiro said in the most polite tone he could muster. She gave a soft giggle and said,

"I'm Venus. And you are?" A simple question. Fair enough.

"I'm Chiro," Chiro answered. Venus gave a snort as she swallowed the rest of her meal.

"Shuggazoom's interesting," she said. "This school makes us wear dinky uniforms and we have to eat in our classrooms." Now it was Chiro's turn to laugh.

"Of coarse. We don't have a cafeteria, if that's enough to answer your question." Venus gave an embarrassing smile.

"Yeah, I bet that sounding stupid, huh? I bet you've grown up in Shuggazoom all your life, right?" Chiro gave a nod. It wasn't often he got to have a real conversation with any classmate, especially a girl for that matter. But it seemed as if she needed conversation, too. And Chiro surprised himself by making a great chat.

"Oh, I remember you," Venus said. "You're the boy who came in late and took that chewing by the teacher. She was a bit too harsh on you. The kids, too. I guess I was the only one who didn't laugh. There was no humor in it." Chiro thought he must've been glowing a red that would compete with even Sprx's fur. Venus cocked her head at his body language. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you. It's just something I suddenly remembered. Still, sorry…" her voice trailed off.

Before Chiro could say that it was alright, the bell rang. And he hadn't even touched his food. But at this point it didn't matter to him whether his stomach was full or not; he had made a friend. A real friend.

The rest of the day seemed to slid from bad to good in only a few hours.

Author's Notes: Poor Chiro. I should stop torturing him so. So what's up with the first two chapters with you? Please tell me your ture opinion