Disclaimer: The usual. I'll make one for the next chapter.

We stopped on the way so that I could change out of my casual clothes into the boys' uniform. Becaause of that, it took us a good seven minutes to reach our destination. Since we had about ten minutes when we left Yuzuru-sama's office, that left us three minutes. Ami and I had to wait outside until we introduced ourselves to our homeroom teacher. Unfortunately, two twins with one in a boys' uniform and the other in a girls' apparently didn't happen often. We drew a lot of looks and stares, and the bolder students even asked us questions. Standing directly outside the classroom didn't help at all either since all the students are suppose to go inside. We tried to blend in as much as possible and, when that failed, hid in a small room under the staircase closest to us. The bell rang, a harsh sound in the now-quiet halls, and I opened the gray door.

"Come on, Ami."

"Coming!"

She hurried to close the door behind her.

We met our homeroom teacher as he was marching down the stairs. I recognized him from pictures when I researched Ouran and our schedules.

"Yukon-sensei. Nice to meet you. I'm one of the new students in your class, Natse Hakonu. How do you do?"

"I'm Hako's twin sister, Natse Amiya."

"Nice to meet you both. Stay outside until I send you some kind of sign, alright?"

"Hai, sensei," I said politely before moving out of his way, so he could get to the door.

We could hear conversations die down as our sensei entered. A row of good mornings were issued, and he began taking attendance, listing off names. Afterwards, he waved at us to come in, as there was just a hole in the wall where we entered unaccompanied by a door.

"This is Natse Hakonu and Amiya. They will be joining us for senior year. Please introduce yourselves."

I stepped forward facing Ami a little more.

"Nice to meet you. I am Natse Hakonu. This is my twin sister."

"Morning!" she blurted excitedly. "I'm Amiya. Call me Ami please! Treat me well!"

I smiled (although cringing on the inside from her loud voice) and continued.

"Our last school was Kinohu Private Academy. Treat me well please. Just a note, I am the twin that will be always wearing the boys' uniform, so you can tell us apart."

"Thank you for that Natse-san, Ami-san."

I guessed that was what he was going to call us.

"Please, Ami-san, sit next to Haninozuka-san in the second-to-last row and second-to-last seat from the window. Natse-san will sit behind you, next to Morinozuka-san."

"Hai," we said simultaneously.

I sat down behind Ami. The boy next to her smiled brightly while clutching a pink stuffed bunny in his left hand close to his small body and pencil in his right. Haninozuka was a smallish blond person sporting milky chocolate eyes. Why he was in the back of the classroom, I have no idea. With his height, it must be hard to see from here.

The man next to me was tall which I guess is why he's in the back row. Morinozuka had black hair and eyes. He had merely nodded to me. I offered a small smile before bowing my head a bit and turning away. I searched for my pencil and notebook.

"Now that everybody is here, I am Yukon Aru. Call me Yukon-sensei. I am your homeroom teacher, and I teach the first class you are taking. Now wait for the announcements."

Yukon pointed to the speaker above the entryway. A cheerful, girlish voice came from there only seconds later.

"Good morning, everyone! I hope you enjoy your first day back at Ouran! To start the year will be our singing star, Sakoto Chiwi, with the national anthem. Please stand!"

The whole class stood when she began to sing.

"kimigayo wa (may your reign)
chiyo ni yachiyo ni (continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations)
sazare-ishi no (until the pebbles)
iwao to narite (grow into boulders)
koke no musu made (lush with moss)"

I admitted that she sang quite beautifully. Ami could sing better, though I'm probably only thinking that because I'm biased.

The happy voice returned.

"Our principle, Suoh-sama, would have liked to make a personal welcome to everybody. Unfortunately, he had to leave five minutes ago. However, he says to all of you, 'Welcome back for another year, returning students. As for the new ones, I hope you enjoy the school. Work hard this year!'

"Wino-san would be happy to take a look at your schedules for changes in your classes. Talk to him by the end of the week.

"The American football club is having their tryouts tomorrow. Join for a fun foreign sport!

"Cheerleading club tryouts start today after school in the empty field by the soccer field.

"The basketball team's spots are all filled. If you wanted to try out, maybe next year!

"Dancing and singing club will start being active in two days. For a fabulous time, visit them then!"

"Kendo club starts immediately today during after your eighth class. Come in to see the action and join! The president will be happy to let you join!"

I missed some of the announcements as Haninozuka whispered to Morinozuka.

"Man, they don't give you a break, do they Takashi? I hope Kyo-chan doesn't mind if we're late."

"Ah." was all Morinozuka said.

"Lastly, our host club is starting after school ends also! Come to the third music room to enjoy tea and pastries with your favorite hosts! Please note, it ends later than usual today at five so, new students, give them a visit!"

Host club?

Ami looked at me and gave me a confused look. I shrugged.

"That's it for today! Have a fantastic day everyone!"

Yukon cleared his throat.

"As always, you have fifteen minutes of free time before your next class."

He left carrying an empty water bottle.

Ami grabbed out an English book called Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen Bernier-Fraud. I closed my eyes and went over my schedule and Ami's.

There are eight classes in one day. Four in the morning, four in the afternoon, lunch in between. After all classes was a study time in your homeroom class. Each class was fifty-five minutes. Lunch was fifty. Studying was fifty too. After school was when most clubs started. They lasted from anywhere between thirty minutes to three and a half hours. The first four classes were Classic Literature and College Composition: AP 12, AP Calculus BC, and Government/Economics. Those three classes everyone in 3-A had to take together. After that, everyone went separate ways. Because we were seniors, we had more required classes than the other grades which mostly disperse after the first class. My fourth class is AP Physics. Ami was taking AP Biology. Most seniors had one of three classes: AP Physics, AP Biology, and AP Chemistry. After lunch, I had AP French, Eastern Religions, Public Speaking, and Photography III. Ami had Western Religions, Drawing III, Painting II, and 3-D Art. In case you didn't notice, Ami like the fine arts, such as theatre, singing, instruments, all that stuff. In fact, she has-

Poke.

I opened my eyes. Haninozuka was on my right. I guessed that he was the one who poked me.

"What do you need, Haninozuka?"

Not adding the -san at the end displayed my small irritation at being poked.

"I wanted to introduce myself! I'm Haninozuka Mitsukuni. You can call me Honey. This is Morinozuka Takashi. You can call him Mori."

"I am Natse Hakonu as I said earlier. Not to be rude, but I have better things to do than spend time with people who cannot even introduce themselves when they have the ability to, Morinozuka. Haninozuka," I snapped.

I immediately felt guilty as Morinozuka's eyes widened a small fraction. I get poked a lot at home from Amiya. I also wasn't very comfortable using personal nicknames either. I haven't even known them for that long anyway!

"Don't mind her!"

Ami was eavesdropping on my conversation like she always does.

"She's prob a little harsh right now 'cause ya poked her. Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Natse Amiya. Call me Ami."

She stood up and bowed. Then she sat back down.

"Sorry, Hako-chan, for poking you."

He gave me a sincere, sad smile. Wait a minute, what? Hako-chan? Despite the sudden personal nickname, I leaned on my left hand, facing Haninozuka.

"I overreacted. Sorry I was so rude, Morinozuka."

"Hako-chan! Didn't I tell you that you could call us Honey and Mori?"

"Yes, well-"

Ami cut in. "She thinks that it's too impolite and early to be calling you by personal nicknames."

No 'probably' added. She knows me too well.

"Well, just make sure that you know that it's fine with us if you call us by them!"

"Class! Get out the first book called Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. It is an English book, but I expect you to fully understand it. After all, you should have finished your English lessons last year.

"Tale of Two Cities is by Charles Dickens. You will refer to him as Dickens. Today, we start with a bit of background on him. Make sure you take notes on this! I have been known to give out many pop quizzes."

Light groaning spread out across the room as the prospect of having unscheduled tests practically every other day was given.

"Now, now. Back to writing. Dickens was born at Portsmouth, England, in 1812. He did not have a very easy childhood as he was the second-to-oldest in a very poor family that had eight children. Because they were poor..."

With my first three classes over, I headed to my locker for my next classes' books. Ami headed to the other hall of senior lockers. They had separated us. I didn't have to worry about her though. I can see her already conversing with the girl who sat in front of her.

Morinozuka and Haninozuka followed close behind me. As soon as they had gotten out of the classroom, Haninozuka jumped onto Morinozuka's back. That's right. Jumped. This person who was about one hundred centimeters tall jumped onto a two hundred centimeters tall person's back. That was crazy!

My locker was three away from Morinozuka (on my right) and twelve from Haninozuka (on my left). I noticed that Haninozuka had an AP Physics book too. Morinozuka had a Biology book. I headed to my classroom, trailing behind Haninozuka. We passed 2-A's class, and he had waved cheerfully to another seemingly over-eccentric guy.

I sat in the third row from the front out of five, closest to the teacher's desk. Haninozuka sat in the front, closest to the door.

"Good morning. Now, first of all, let's define 'physics.' Physics itself is a word that stems from the Ancient Greek word physis which means nature. Can anyone tell me why this fits so well with what we're going to be studying? How another you, the one staring at my lesson plans for tomorrow?"

He pointed at me.

"Um...Sorry." I was caught off guard, but I quickly answered, "Physics is a natural science that studies matter, and its motion through space-time. It has a lot of other parts to it as well about related concepts, like energy and force. Physics is the analysis of nature and how the universe works."

"Very good. You know your stuff! Physics is often called the fundamental science because..."

Again, what do you think? Reviews, flames, private messages, etc. are welcome. I just like to know my stories are at least being read.

~Rin