Disclaimer: Apparently…my chocolates never made it past the post office. They said they looked suspicious. Curses. Luckily, I have a fall back plan….carrier pigeons! Its fool proof!
Chapter 7: In Which There Is Education
The next morning, KT woke up at the smell of breakfast. She tried to wake Megan up but it was hopeless. So KT decided to just go down without her. She met the rest of her new adoptive family, as she liked to call it.
"Where's Megan?" Yuki asked.
"Sleeping. She'll wake up…eventually." KT talked for awhile before Megan finally emerged. She looked like the walking dead. Her eyes were barely opened and she was moving at a sluggish pace.
"Good morning Megan-san." Tohru greeted. Megan didn't answer and simply sad down next to KT and rested her head on the table.
"Megan? Are you sick?" Tohru asked worriedly. KT daintily sipped her tea before answering.
"She's fine. Don't bother talking to her right now. Wait for her to eat, then she'll wake up." KT said poking the side of Megan's head.
"Jeez you would think she was waking up for school." Kyo said.
"Do you guys still go to school?" KT asked.
"What do you mean still? Don't you?" Kyo asked.
"We graduated high school this year. Our school year is 9 months in school, 3 months off." KT explained.
"Our school is still in session." Yuki explained. Megan finally woke up, thanks to the food set in front of her, and was able to respond.
"That sucks." She replied.
"Yes but on the flipside, they end up smarter because of the length of their school." KT pointed out. Megan simply blinked while she tried to find the logic. Did they really end up smarter? Most likely since they are coming out with new technology faster than you can blink. Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru quickly ate their breakfast and got up to walk to school.
"Can we come with? You know just to walk you there?" KT asked.
"Of course. You are more than welcome to." Yuki said smiling. Megan inwardly groaned for she was still cranky from just waking up. But she went all the same. On the way, they met up with Haru and Momiji.
"Where do you guys go to school?" Megan asked.
"The same school as Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru." Haru explained nonchalantly.
"Momiji and Haru are the same age." Kyo said.
"Really!" KT asked in disbelief.
"But you seem so much older Haru. And Momiji, no offense, but you seem like you would be in elementary school." Megan explained.
"Nope! We go to the same school." Momiji cheered. KT then noticed something very odd.
"Uhh….Momiji? Aren't you wearing the wrong uniform?" KT asked. Momiji was wearing the girls uniform! Complete with the skirt.
"Nope! This one looks better on me!" he cheered.
"Don't worry 'bout it. He has been doing it for awhile." Kyo said looking like he could smear Momiji into the pavement.
Once they finally got to school, KT and Megan witnessed a fight between Yuki and Kyo, a fight between Haru and Kyo, and Kyo's merciless beating of Momiji, who hid behind Tohru much of the time.
"Hey it's Orangy!" Uo greeted as they walked up.
"Don't call me Orangy!" Kyo yelled clenching his fists.
"Alright…Kyo-Kyo then?" Uo mocked.
"NO! That's even worse!" Kyo yelled.
"K well bye you guys." Mean said turning to KT. Only KT wasn't there. She was up by the school doors looking at something. It looked like a poster.
"KT?" Megan yelled up to her.
"Hey Trisha come look at this!" KT yelled back. Megan and the others quickly walked up to her.
"What is it?" Megan asked.
"It's the foreign exchange program. This is our school's first time trying something like it." Yuki explained. "Are you interested?"
"I just might be…" KT thought aloud, rubbing her chin.
"If you have any questions, just find me. I'm student body president and I helped set it up. Or you can go to the office. They can answer questions and give you the forms. We'll see you later then." Yuki said as he waved. Just then the bell rang and the school yard cleared and then became silent.
"What do you think Trisha?" KT asked still looking at the poster.
"It would be cool I think. I never thought that I would set foot in a high school again but it looks cool. Maybe I could pick up some Japanese." Megan said shrugging. Just then, Megan saw the price.
"But look at the price." She said pointing to it.
"That's really good compared to some of the other foreign exchange programs ive seen. This is a really good deal." KT said putting her hands in her pockets. They were both silent as they stared at the poster.
"We would have to call our parents and have them wire us a little more money. And actually convince them to let us stay. I wonder how long this lasts?" Megan said, absentmindedly playing with a loose string on the hem of her shirt.
"Well lets go to the office and ask." KT said turning and entering the school with Megan trailing behind.
They got the necessary information and forms from the office and were now super excited to call their parents. They basically ran all the way back to Shigure's house, practically kicked down the door, terrifying Shigure in the process, and ran for the phone. Kt got it first. KT had no problem convincing her parents. Rich was more than happy that she was asking to stay longer. His choice words were "Yes you can stay there! Then you're not hogging the computer, eating all the food, or bringing that weird friend Megan or whatever her name is over." Feel the love KT, feel the love. Megan had a little more trouble. It was mostly her dad. Her dad was extremely protective and he wasn't thrilled by the concept of her being there for a month and living with a strange family. She had barely convinced him to let her come on this trip at all. Even when she explained that
they had the curse too, he was still hesitant about her staying in a house with 3 guys. He mad her describe all of them in detail. When describing Shigure, she left out his pervertedness as that would get her a 1st class ticket home. Apparently, Megan's dad didn't think she could take care of herself. But Megan was an uber proud yellow belt. Finally, Megan's dad caved and allowed her to stay. Mission accomplished. Shigure then entered the room.
"I apologise but I couldn't help but overhear (whatever you liar!) that you are going to participate in the school's exchange program." He stated.
"That's right." Megan said.
"That's great! Do you need any help getting it settled?"
"Nope. We got it covered." KT said giving a thumbs up.
"First, we have to get the uniforms squared away." Megan said. Shigure brightened at the thought of them wearing skirts again. KT saw this.
'He's picturing us naked I know it!' KT thought.
"K we'll be back." Megan said walking out the door.
Megan and KT stood in front of the store and realized something very important. The skirts were extremely short. Sure there were longer skirts but they were still skirts, and being American, Megan and KT were in love with jeans and pants. And there was no way that they were gonna go trooping around in sailor skirts everyday. They walked in and located their schools uniforms. KT took a skirt off the hanger and held it up in front of her. It was extremely short and pleated.
"No way." She said.
"I agree with you there." Megan said smugly fingering another skirt. KT groaned. Why couldn't they just wear pants? A little light bulb appeared over KT's head and lit up.
"Hey Trisha? What say you and I pull a Momiji?" she asked slyly. Megan was confused for a second before she finally remembered.
"Ooooooh! Nice!" she said with a devilish grin. KT and Megan agreed that that was a brilliant idea and headed over to the guy's uniforms.
After getting this uniforms, they walked to a nearby store to get their notebooks and such. They were still surprised that they had to go to school as soon as tomorrow. When they got to school tomorrow, they would find out who they would be following of
the Sohma family. When the girls were done shopping, the returned home to find Ayame there. They spent the next several hours trying to escape Ayame's clutches. By the time Yuki and the gang came home, Ayame had backed them into a corner before noticing his younger brother and immediately went over to hug him. Of course, Yuki didn't let it get that far. They chatted for a few minutes.
"So did you guys join the exchange program?" Haru asked lounging on the floor.
"We did. We're going to school tomorrow." Megan said.
"That's great! We'll giv you a tour, and find your lockers and everything!" Momiji chirped latching himself to KT's ankles. The rest of the night, they spent time helping the Sohma's with their homework. Mostly Tohru. Tohru felt very blessed to be on the receiving end of the graduated seniors' wisdom. (Wisdom? HA!)
Whoa! They are infiltrating the school? The apocalypse is coming! Hehehehehehehehehehehe. I'm still trying to get all the evil glitter out of my hair. Its like, burrowed into my scalp.