Kiretta sat at her desk, in school yet again, and surrounded by stupid. She was currently trying to drown out Risa babble of Dark, about why she should like him, and how she was such a horrible person for speaking ill of some one she doesn't know. And yet she can fall in love with a man she saw on TV. Kiretta thought shoving her face in her hands and sighing.

Just as Kiretta had managed to tune out the Harada girl, Takeshi barged into the class room holding a newspaper. "Did you hear what happened to Dark?" He asked walking over to the small group that, much to Kiretta's annoyance, had formed around her desk.

Upon hearing this Risa stopped harassing Kiretta and looked up at Takeshi. "what happened to Dark?"

"This," Takeshi flipped to the front page and held it up. On it was a black and gray picture a strange… blast of some form directed at Dark. "He was blasted clear out of the sky," Then Takeshi adopted a look of pride. "I was there. Sitting in a tree, with my Camera of course, waiting for something to happen. Waiting to get a picture of Dark. Or better yet a picture of the mystery thief-"

Kiretta stopped listening. She simply didn't give a shit. So Dark was upstaged… again. So what. Was really got to her was, who would have the power to create a blast like that? Who else besides her had any form of magical ability? She was brought out of her thoughts by Risa who began rambling at her.

"Who would do that to Mr. Dark? When I find out-" Kiretta looked away so she could tune Risa out easier, but when she did she just got an earful of Takeshi. "Then there was a bright green light-" Kiretta groaned and buried her face in her arms. Takeshi is her friend… or close enough, but this is annoying. She looked up at Jing, who sat next to her, arms crossed over his chest, eyes closed, and leaning back slightly in his chair. "This is stupid in stereo," She muttered.

Apparently he heard her, he slightly opened one eye, and glanced at her. Weather he was in deep thought or just plain dead to the world she didn't know, but what ever he was doing ended when Takeshi shoved a photo in his face. "I didn't get a picture of Dark or the mystery thief, but I did get this," Jing had to lean back a bit so he could actually see the picture that was preciously about and inch or two in front of his face.

Kiretta saw his eyes widen and something of shock could be seen in his eyes.

Jing looked at the picture a moment longer. It showed a black bird sporting a red neckerchief flying through the trees. Kir! He actually allowed himself to the captured on film! This could potentially blow their cover. It wasn't much their cover as thieves that he was worried about but the fact the he wasn't of this world. If anyone found that out who knows what could happen. If the wrong person found out about it, they might was to know about the portal, and Jing didn't exactly want any outsiders messing with his world. Not that he was one to speak of course, but there would be a difference. He was here by accident with no intention doing any harm beyond stealing.

"Let me see," Risa said reaching for the picture.

Shit. Risa's seen Kir once before. Jing was about to snatch the picture from Takeshi, not much thinking about the consequences, when the teacher came in the room.

"Takeshi, sit down," He said.

Before Risa had a chance to grab the picture, Takeshi turned around and sat at his desk. Jing relaxed and turned his attention to the teacher.

"Okay class, remember, tomorrow is the day we do in our six day trip,"

"Like you've given us a chance to forget," He heard Kiretta mumble.

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At the end of the day Jing was stuck with cleaning duty along with Satoshi and Kiretta. Jing had just spent fifteen minutes trying to get a strange blue substance, and know he was on his way out. Just as he was about to open the door, the door burst open almost smacking him in the face.

"Jing!" imagine Jing's surprise, when he saw a VERY pissed off Satoshi staring back at him.

"Oh, hi commander," He said, with all his usual friendliness.

"I thought we had a deal!" Satoshi raged, "You where to at least assist in the capture of Dark!" he continued after Jing didn't say anything.

"I did exactly what I said I would," Jing said, as if it was the most obvious thing ever, but the look on Satoshi's face said other wise. The poor boy was confused beyond words. "I said I'd be there," Jing explained walking past a fuming Satoshi and into the hall.

Kiretta stood on a chair inorder to clean the top of the board in the Language Arts room. "Damn my shortness," She muttered, still struggling to reach the top despite the help of the chair.

She looked around for something that she could use to extend her reach. Seeing a stack of red books she decided that was the best she was gunna get. Then, as she finished cleaning see saw that she missed a spot… on the other side of the board. Now she has to take the damn chair and drag it all the way to other side of the huge ass board. I HATE cleaning this damn room, She mentally grumbled as she dragged the chair almost to the other side of the board.

"Damn my shortness!" She said, upon realizing that, yet again, she couldn't reach the damn spot.

Putting one foot on the top of the chair, she managed to balance it on the two back legs. It helped just enough for her to wipe away the spot before hearing the door slam behind her caused her the falter. The loss of balance caused the chair to slip and she fell right into the arms of the last person she wanted to see at the moment.

"What do you want, commander?" she asked, shoving him away.

"Is that how you thank me?"

"If you hadn't scared the shit outta me in the first place this wouldn't have happened," she stated, straitening her shirt.

"I frightened you?"

"Well, no shit! You can't just barge into a room and slam the door!" She turned around he arms folded across her chest.

Satoshi looked up at the board. "You missed a spot,"

Kiretta let out a cry of frustration. "NO I DIDN'T"

"Yes you did, it's right-"

"NO! There IS no spot! Not after all the hell I want through there is NO SPOT!"

Satoshi sighed. "There must be something wrong with your eyes," Before he knew what happened, the left half of his face stung like hell and Kiretta had slammed the door. He had just been BITCH SLAPPED!

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Kiretta was outside fuming. That boy, the commander, had no right to speak of her eyes. When he was the one wearing glasses. Although she used that as an excuse, it was actually because she was rather sensitive about her eyes. Not that she was ashamed. No. She found them rather unique, they set her apart from the crowd, but with one eye purple and the other yellow, any comment about her eyes seemed to strike a cord with her. Even though she knew he didn't mean it that way, it didn't stop her from being angry with him. And plus, if he was so obsessed with the damn spot why didn't he got is bony ass up there and clean the damn board himself.

A sudden increase in the wind brought her out of her fuming at she looked off into the distance. Wind didn't just pick up like that. Well, it did… but not like that. There was a definite trace of magic in this sudden change in weather. As if to answer whatever question she might have been asking herself at the moment a small fox like creature came gliding around the corner of the school, and landed lightly on hind legs, on which it stood.

"Oh, hey…" she said halfheartedly, as she recognized the creature as the headmasters Familiar, a small black fox with white eyes that walked on it's hind legs. She also noticed that it was carrying a small box in it's front paws. "What's that?" she asked.

The fox held out the box for her to take and let out a small squeak. She took the box and gave the familiar a light pat on the head, earning another cute little squeak before it's feet left the ground, and it was on it's way back to it's master.

"cute little thing," Kiretta mused fidgeting with the lace that kept the box closed.

After several seconds of pulling at the tightly tied lace it finally opened and inside the box was a simple onyx. To anyone else this would have seemed utterly useless, but to Kiretta this meant one thing.

"I passed the test," She whispered fingering the stone. "I actually passed," She said a bit louder, she was convinced that she'd done quite badly. "I'm a summoner!" All of her anger towards Satoshi was forgotten. She had passed her test and was a summoner, and starting the week after next, for she still wanted to go to that resort, she would take more advanced summoning classes and, if luck prevailed, never have a single calls the Derek again. She had to be the happiest person the a two mile radius, at least for the moment, and now the only thing left to think about was: What to pack for the resort?

Satoshi was taking the bucket and rag, that Kiretta had left in the L.A. room, down to the storage closet. He was utterly confused that the moment and he knew that half his face was red. As to why exactly it was red he didn't know, well, aside from the smack. But that brought the question, "why the hell was he smacked in the first place?" surly the spot comment hadn't bugged her that much. If it had she would have smacked him right there, rather then allowing the argument to continue. It wasn't until he said something about her-… of course, her eyes. Two different colors, she must have taken it a completely different way then he meant her too. Oh well, she already didn't like him, it's not like it could get worse… Well, yes it could.

His thoughts ended there, as he opened the storage closet. After putting everything away, he was just about to close the door when something linked with his arm and before he knew what was happening he was being spun in circles country style. What ever had him suddenly and he was sent stumbling back into the storage closet. The next think he knew he was on the floor, the very bucket he had put away had fallen on his head, several brooms and mops had fallen on him, and he was very confused.

Snapping out of he daze he walked back out into the hall just in time to see Kiretta wave happily at him and exit the school. Confusion didn't even begin the over it. Less then five minutes ago she had smacked him and stormed from the room… now she was dancing and waving at him? What the hell?