23 March, Class Time, Classroom 2-2

New term starts today.

So it would be perfectly logical to chuck another bunch of transfer students into our class.

This time, they're from an international school in Kyushu.

So today, we met them for the first time.

Kyouraku-sensei bounced into class today, and announced very loudly:

"Class, come greet your new classmates!"

Outsaide the door, we could hear a voice going : "He's so cheery, it scares me."

"Shut up! They can hear you!"

Kyouraku-sensei sighed.

"Class, we have four new students from the Katsura International School in Kyushu."

Then he went and opened the door, and four people walked in.

The first was a guy with an eyepatch (like Kenpachi-sensei's) and red hair to rival Renji's.

Followed by a short guy (though still taller than me) with white hair and a weird scar.

Then two girls stepped in. The first had dark green hair and violet eyes. The other, taller, one had long black hair in a ponytail, and was carrying a pair of tonfa.

Kyouraku-sensei introduced them to us, in the order that they came in.

"This is Lavi-kun, Allen-kun, Lenalee-chan, and Kanda-kun."

Kun?! The ponytailed person was a GUY?! Oh dear.

Then things got worse.

The ponytailed guy was assigned to sit next to me. The redhead sat next to Ulquiorra, who was sitting on the other side of me. (We were sitting four in a row.) Gosh, the ponytailed guy (Kanda, I think his name was) is creepy. I mean, who carries a pair of TONFA around, for goodness' sake?

First impressions can be misleading. Or so we found out.

Kanda, it seems, is just a random emo guy, sort of like Ulquiorra, really. Except he's got a violent streak in him. And as Syazel pointed out, it won't hurt to have someone sadistically violent on our We-Hate-The-Kurosaki-Gang team. After all, he already managed to intimidate Kurosaki at recess.

We were all eating recess today as a class, as is the custom, so it seems, in Class 2-2. Kurosaki was staring at Kanda, who was eating soba, and made the mistake of commenting on his hair.

"Hey, you do know that having long hair and bangs makes you look like a girl, don't ya? Especially since you have a ponytail, too. I mean, only GIRLS have ponytails."

Matsumoto giggled, and Renji and Ikkaku nodded their solemn approval.

I swear, the temperature in the canteen felt as if it had dropped at least 10 degrees.

Kanda raised his tonfa.

"Shut up. Or I will personally make sure that you lose the ability to talk. All it takes is a jab from the tonfa," he hissed.

Lavi sighed.

"Never describe Yuu-chan's hair as feminine. It's a big mistake."

Kanda whirled around.

"And YOU! Don't you dare call me by that name anymore. Understood?"

Lavi looked as if he was on the verge of arguing, but staring at the tonfa, he apparently decided not to.

Allen shook his head.

"Kanda hates being called by his first name. He almost strangled a kid from the elementary side once, you know, because that kid started calling him by his first name."

"Wow," I said.

"Amazing," Ulquiorra agreed.

Ishida nodded his head.

"How about it? Wanna join our gang? You'll get to humiliate Kurosaki as many times as you want."

Kanda stared at Syazel's outstretched hand.

He sighed.

"Che, whatever. As long as I get the chance to beat that idiot up."

Then he walked off to return his tray.

Lavi looked at us.

"Count me in! I just LOVE pranking people."

Then he scampered off, presumably to annoy Kanda some more.

Allen looked sadly at the huge 10-layer bento box he had brought.

"Man, I'm hungry."

Lenalee sighed.

"Allen-kun, you're always hungry."

Then she dragged him off (probably to class) to prevent him from stealing other people's lunch.

And thus our merry band of revenge-seekers welcomed another 2 new members.