Hello there! I haven't uploaded any new chapters at all until now! I apologize for the wait and all that... Although you all should know that I post when I feel like it and well... who knows how long it will take for the next one. So I'm sorry about that... Anyways, on to the story!

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With the chorus of bells students began to flood the halls to escape their previous confinement with vigor. Well, everyone except Mai.

What was I supposed to be doing again?

Wandering around the halls Mai thought to herself.

I swear I had something to do after class... after class...

Blue eyes and black... well black everything else.

Wincing at that memory fragment Mai continued her train of thought. Oh god. Now that I think about it... is that guy color blind? Oh no. I shouldn't talk rudely about the handicapped. Wait. What if he's just... fashionably handicapped? That sounds much better. Yeah. He just ignorant of his own faults. Definitely.

Humming a soft tune to herself she began her trek to the old building next door. Along this journey she began to admire the plain wooden walls of her school. Wow. What a magnificent piece of wood. With all the layers of paint on these walls no one would even notice the lack of maintenence the school building has. Nodding softly to herself Mai sweatdropped. Have I just gone crazy? I suppose this would be considered going crazy. Thinking about the well being of the walls-.

"Hey you! What are you still doing here?! Leave now or the souls in the old building will come and kill you!"

"And so, my train of thought came to a screeching halt. Just like this girls voice."

"Excuse me?! Who do you think you are? I'm the top student of this school! My name is- Wait a minute... you're that girl. The one without a partner correct? Everyone here knows about you."

Taking a good hard look at the ebony haired girl before me I sighed. "Normally I'd take that as a compliment however... since it's you I'll just have to make an exception..." Noticing how she female before her squinted her eyes a bit and opened her mouth, to yell at the semi bored brunette before her, Mai just cut her off. "Well, excuse me, but I have other things to take care of other than a little girl like yourself." Walking away, Mai once again went down to the old building.

Walking in the run down place she noticed a large camera placed in a terrible area. Looking past the probably very expensive camera she decided to follow the set of wires connected to the camera. Stepping around piece of machinery she heard a group of people down the hall. However they sounded a bit... panicked?

What did they say? It sounded as if... they told me to watch out?

"Huh?" Glancing up Mai noticed the problem. "Oh." A large piece of wood that looked like extremely old shelves of some kind started to fall towards Mai.

Looking towards the group once again Mai saw a young man with golden blonde hair running towards her to attempt to shove her out of the way. Mai sighed, "What a stupid kid." As if everything was in slow motion, Mai reached out with her right arm and shoved the male a bit roughly on the chest and stepped outside of the range of the collision of the shelves, thus saving herself and the young man.

Stumbling a bit the blonde caught himself. With wide eyes the young man looked up at the girl who was nearly crushed by the shelves. "Are you okay?" Tumbled out of his mouth.

Raising an eyebrow Mai just stared at him. "Hm. Are you from here? You... have a funny dialect."

Hearing a laugh come from further down the hall an older man with a ponytail walked up. "Haha! See! Even this girl thinks it's funny!" Laughing even harder the man doubled over from laughter.

"Shut up old man!" BANG. CRASH! A red bag appeared suddenly. Following the strap to the hand of a red haired lady Mai simply blinked.

Soft mocking giggles was heard behind the red head. Stepping to the side, a young girl wearing a kimono came into sight.

"What the hell is wrong with you, old hag?!" Yelled the man with a bump forming on his head.

"What was that?!" The lady screeched.

Smiling behind his hand the man continued, "Oh ho, have you gotten that old to the point where you're already losing your hearing?" Snickering into his hand he smirked smugly.

"Why you-" Deciding to calm the bickering duo down the blonde cut her off. "Everyone! Please calm down! We shouldn't be fighting!"

Staring at the group of people in front of her, Mai took notice of their appearances.

The blonde is a... preist? I suppose so. With the cross and his choice of clothing... The woman looks like a business lady. With her makeup and her somewhat sophisticated look. The girl in the kimono... is probably dying of heat. Like geez. Who wears kimonos nowadays? And finally the ponytail guy. He looks like an old guy trying to stay with the times. Snorting a bit loudly, Mai gained the attention of the people around her.

Taking the initiative, the red haired lady turned to Mai, "Hmph. Anyways, what's a girl like you doing here?"

Opening her mouth to answer, Mai was suddenly cut off.

"The principle asked her to accompany us."

Frickin' karma.