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Anrya's P.O.V.
BLAAAAARRREEEE
Ah, the trusty old air horn, ringing bright and early into a wonderful morning…just to ruin it. Woohoo. I got out of bed groggily and headed towards the bathroom.
"Just get into your normal clothes for now girls!" I heard Ace shouting from the hallway.
"I don't get how that guy could be so cheery so early in the morning," I muttered to myself. Washing up and getting into some casual clothing, I went into the hallway and waited for everyone else to come out. One by one, my friends came out of their rooms and joined me in the hallway. When we all gathered, we headed down to meet Rai, Darke, and Ryo.
"Isn't today a school day?" Esa asked with a yawn.
"Yeah it is," I answered.
"Then why are we training?"
"I don't know—"
"Well the answer to that is that we need to keep our body fit," Ace said coming into the living room, "we'll be doing a thirty minute running session, and the other thirty minutes will be used for other training methods! Now let's go run."
"Woah wait," I said, "what about school?"
"You'll have enough time to train, dress, and go to school. Now, everyone out!"
And that's how our morning started off.
Gotta get to school early for the first day of class. Currently the eight of us were riding down the mountain to get to the town of Ichimu and school. Since we were going downhill, biking wasn't too bad. From Gray's calculation, a normal bike ride would take about 20-30 minutes to get to town. Speeding up would probably get us there from 15-20 minutes.
"It's 7:03 AM," I said, observing my cell phone, "We should get there on time or maybe a bit earlier since classes start at 7:45AM."
"Good, I need time to get to my locker and find my way around school," Esa said.
"You'll probably have a bit of time to do your stuff before class starts, but not that much," I commented. "If we want to get there faster, we'll have to speed up."
"Ugh, why couldn't Gris or Gray drive us?" Crystal mumbled.
I sighed, thinking the same thing. In the morning, Gris and Gray were in the lab as we were getting ready for school. We were waiting for them, but they insisted we go on first and they'll catch up later.
"But you are going to school right?" I said.
"What are you, my mom?" Gray retorted.
"No, but just go to school ok?"
Gray snorted. "Fine, but you guys are going on ahead; we'll get out a bit later. Gris and I are working on something important."
"But who's gonna drive us there?" Rai questioned.
"I'm not your bus driver," Gray said with a stare, "take a bike and get to school, Gris and I will take the motorcycles so we can catch up later."
"Well let's just hurry up and get there," Selina commented for the first time, "I don't want to be late for the first day of school."Agreeing with Selina, we all speed up on our bikes and hurried toward school.
When the eight of us finally got into town, we hurriedly headed for school. Then, at the intersection that led to different schools, we all said our farewells and planned to meet at the exact spot after school. Rai and Darke rode towards their high school, Crystal, Esa, Jasmine, Selina, and I rode towards our middle school, and Ryo went off alone to his elementary school. As well all (excluding Ryo) rode towards our respective schools, I noticed that Ichimu middle school and high school were right next to each other. It seemed that only Ichimu elementary school was separated from the other two schools. Soon we got near the front entrances of our school. Before we were completely dispatched though, I made sure to let everyone know that during lunch, we should meet at the picnic area in the front of the two schools where the maple trees and sakura trees were. Everyone agreed and went into their school.
"Locker 260…locker 260…" I went down the hall looking for my locker. When I found it, I dialed my combination and put my books in an orderly fashion. After I had put my books and other materials in period/class order, I closed my locker and headed for the others' lockers. Hm, I still have 15 minutes till class officially starts. I think I can go see everyone's lockers and still look around the school in time. I walked down the hall once more to find Selina at her locker, locker 215. "So this is where your locker is," I said.
"Yeah, you and I have lockers on the second floor, but the others have it on the third floor," Selina said.
"You wanna go to them and see where their lockers are?"
"Sure, but we can't be late to class."
So the two of us went to the third floor of the school to find Esa, Jasmine, and Crystal's lockers. As we found out, the three of them had pretty close lockers. Esa's was locker 356, Jasmine's was 352, and Crystal's was 361. They were finished loading their lockers and were currently comparing schedules.
"Hey, so what's your schedule guys?" I asked as Selina and I approached. We all had our schedule in hand. Holding out our schedules to each other, we found out that Zero really did put us in as many classes together as possible. The schedule Selina and I had were nearly identical.
My Schedule
Period 1- Science
Period 2- Science Lab
Period 3- Physical Education
Period 4- Math
Period 5- Lunch
Period 6- Japanese
Period 7- Social Studies
Period 8- English III
Period 9-Band
Selina's Schedule
Period 1- Science
Period 2- Science Lab
Period 3- Physical Education
Period 4- Japanese
Period 5- Lunch
Period 6- Math
Period 7- Social Studies
Period 8- English III
Period 9- Orchestra
"We have all the same classes together except for fourth, sixth, and ninth period," Selina noted.
"Yep." I turned to the others. "What about you guys?"
"Well let's see…" Jasmine said.
Period 1- Math
Period 2- Social Studies
Period 3- Physical Education
Period 4- Art
Period 5- Lunch
Period 6- Science
Period 7- Science Lab
Period 8- English III
Period 9-Japanese
In the end we found out that the three of them shared the exact same schedule, and that they had Physical Education, Lunch, and English with us.
"Nice, we all get to meet up at least three times a day," Crystal said.
"But why are we all in the same English class?" Esa questioned, "Shouldn't we be in different ones?"
"Well I'm guessing that's because we already know English," I commented. "We get to be put into a higher English class, and got to be in the same class."
"So what does the III in English stand for? I mean I know it means like level three, but what grade would that be?" Jasmine asked.
I thought for a moment. "Tenth grade English…at least by Japanese standards."
A bell rang to indicate that school had officially started and that we only had five more minutes till first period started. "Darn it, I was going to look around the school first to have a good map of the school in my head. Oh well, I guess I'll just use the regular map. Thankfully I have a good sense of direction and good map reading skills." I glanced at the others. "Making a good mental map and the fastest routes to each class is a good skill, so you guys should try doing that today."
"Uh yeah…" Crystal said.
"Geez this map is so complicated!" Esa said in annoyance.
"Not really," I answered. I took a look at my phone. "You guys only have three minutes left till your first period class starts. Don't be late!" I waved at them and headed towards my first period class with Selina.
-First Period-
"Good morning class, today we seem to have two transfer students to this class. Please introduce yourselves you two." The teacher, Yui sensei, stood in front of the class with her hands on our shoulders.
Why do I have to introduce myself in front of the whole class? Can't I just do that on my own?
"Hi my name is Anrya."
"My name is Selina," said Selina.
"Anrya, Selina, it's nice to have you in our class. Please take your seats now; Anrya next to Akane, and Selina, sit in the desk between Hibiki and Hikari.
On the teacher's orders, we each found our seats and sat down. The girl Akane, who sat next to the left of me, seemed to be a quiet girl. She stared out the window and only gave a nod when I said 'hi' to her in courtesy. Akane was also quite pretty. Not the beautiful, pretty, but a pretty in a natural sense. She had long, pin-straight, deep-red hair, with long bang that covered most of her eyes. Her hair stopped just below her waist, and she was slim in figure. On the top corner of her notebook paper, Akane seemed to be doodling. Sitting on the opposite side of the room was Selina. Selina seemed to be seated between two lively people: Hibiki and Hikari. Hibiki was an average sized boy who had sandy-blonde hair. His eyes were a light brown color, and he had a sort of sharp feature. Hikari, the girl who sat on the other side of Selina, had light brown hair that was cut at shoulder length. She had a cute, heart-shaped face, and light brown eyes. As I looked toward them, I saw that they were enthusiastically talking to Selina, who was trying to listen to them both at the same time. Smiling, I turned away and took out the materials needed for my science class.
Selina's P.O.V.
"Hey Selina-chan, I'm Hibiki—"
"—and I'm Hikari!" the two said to Selina.
"Hi Hibiki-kun, Hikari-chan," I politely answered with a smile.
"Selina-chan, did you know that Hibiki and I are related?" Hikari said right off the bat.
"Really? Are you guys cousins? Or maybe you guys are twins?" I said, though they looked nothing alike.
"Nah, we half-sibling twins," Hibiki said with a serious look. "Our mother had an affair with two men and had us at the same time so that's why we look kind of different." Hikari nodded seriously in agreement.
"O-oh…" Their enthusiastic talking had me already caught off guard, but now I really wasn't sure how to react to their bold front about their birth. "Uh…"
Hibiki and Hikari broke out into a grin. "We're just kidding," Hikari said with a laugh.
"We're just fraternal twins Selina-chan. There aren't such things as half-sibling twins. No need to feel awkward~" Hibiki said, smiling.
I gave an awkward laugh, but felt somewhat relieved.
"If you need any help to get to your classes, find your way around school, or anything else, just talk to us and we'll help you out," Hikari said.
"Thanks" I replied, and started to take out the materials needed for the class.
"So what class do you have next?" Hibiki asked.
I opened my mouth to answer, but was cut off by the teacher's "settle down, class is starting" speech. So instead I just showed them my schedule, and they compared it to theirs.
Esa's P.O.V.
On the first floor of the school, Jasmine, Crystal and I attended our first period class: Math.
"Class, we have some transfer students that are now attending this school. Please greet Esa, Jasmine, and Crystal to the class." The class greeted us to the teacher's request, and we were seated according to the teacher's instructions. I was seated in the middle row of the classroom and Jasmine and Crystal were seated on the right-hand side of the classroom. Crystal sat to the right of Jasmine, against the wall, and Jasmine sat to the left of Crystal. Sitting to the left of Jasmine was a fairly tall guy with ice-blue hair and ice-blue eyes. According to what I heard from the people around me, the guy's name was Hiroto. He was part of the Ichimu Student Council, the president of the Disciplinary Committee, and was in various sports and clubs. Hiroto was said to be a fair guy, who was serious most of the time, but was still a decent guy. The guys around me told me that Hiroto was scary, but the girls seem to think he was just distant. The fact that he was assigned to be our assistant/guide around the school didn't seem to faze him. I, on the other hand, was placed next to two guys. One who looked like a trouble maker, and one who looked more like the quiet type. The guy who looked like he'd be a troublemaker was Kaede, and the quieter one was Noboru. Kaede was a cheerful guy with reddish-orange hair. His eyes were the same color as his hair, and he had headphones and earphones around his neck. Naboru, on the other hand, had pitched black hair. With dark eyes to match his hair, Naboru was like a dark shadow in the room. The black hoodie didn't help to make him more noticeable. The girls around me seemed to think that Naboru didn't like to talk and was a loner, but to my observation, it wasn't that Naboru was non-social; he was just shy.
"I guess we're the ones helping you out," Kaede said, cheerfully. "If you're not sure about something ask us or drag us around and we'll help you." Kaede put an arm around Naboru's shoulder and said, "Right pal?"
"Um…"
"We're best of friends so we'll both help you, 'kay Esa-chan?" Kaede said.
I wasn't sure what to do about the situation, and I also wasn't sure which of the two were more reliable: the one that looked like a troublemaker or the shy, quiet one. Maybe I'll just tag along with Jasmine and Crystal's guide… But just to be polite I said, "Sure" to the two guys. Somewhere behind me a person snorted.
"I don't think those two weirdoes are reliable, so good luck newbie," an arrogant girl's voice said. "By the way girl, the way those two became friends went along the lines of: Kaede stalking and following Naboru home everyday. Though Naboru didn't seem to want to talk to Kaede, he had no choice, and they somehow connected and became friends." The girl flipped her hair and crossed her arms.
"Oh please bitch," Kaede said downright boldly, "just because you think you're hot stuff doesn't mean you get to whine about our awesomeness."
"Ha, there's nothing really awesome about you guys. I'm Yuri, class president of this grade, and you're what?" The girl Yuri turned to Naboru and stared him down.
Naboru diverted his eyes from Yuri and started to pull his hood up.
"Don't worry Naboru, Yuri's just jealous of our swag so just ignore her~" Kaede broke out into a grin.
Just then the teacher called the class to attention to start their work. "Naboru-kun, please put your hood down in this class."
"Hai sensei," Naboru mumbled.
Feeling bad for the two, I decided that I'd let them help me around for a bit. I also hoped to never come in contact with Yuri. She was, as Kaede said, a bitch.
Rai's P.O.V.
Class was pretty boring so far. We were learning some "informational" stuff, and the teacher's voice was so monotone that it put half of us to sleep. Looking over at Darke, I wondered how he was able to stay awake and take notes in this class. So bored…
Jasmine's P.O.V.
"And this is your next class on your schedule as I recall," said Hiroto.
Crystal, Esa, and I were guided by Hiroto to our gym class. Hiroto wasn't too bad of a guy though he was a bit serious sometimes.
"Remember to keep all electronics, jewelry, and personal items in your gym locker. The school is not responsible for any damage or disappearance of your materials," Hiroto recited.
"Thanks," I said.
"Yeah, yeah, we know~" said one of the two guys who were supposedly Esa's guide. His name was Kaede.
Hiroto turned his icy-blue eyes to Kaede. "I know you know Kaede, but since you aren't doing your part in guiding the transfer students, I am. If you don't wish to listen to me then don't follow along."
Kaede turned his head to the side and muttered, "Che."
"By the way, take off your hood and put away your headphones in gym guys," Hiroto said coolly. Turning away from us, Hiroto headed for his own class.
"Hey guys!" I heard from the other side of the gym. Anrya and Selina were waving at us and behind Anrya, stood a red haired girl with bangs covering her eyes. We ran up to Anrya and greeted her. Kaede introduced himself along with Naboru, and the girl Akane was introduced by Anrya. Parting from the guys, we walked towards the girls' locker room and talked about our day so far, who our teachers were, how the classes were like, who our guides were, and etc. After we got into the girls' locker room and changed, we left to go out to the field as the physical education teacher instructed.
Outside, we were confronted by a gigantic field containing a track field, soccer field, a baseball field, a football field, and lots and lots of grass.
"Wow," Anrya commented, "that's one large field."
"It is," Esa agreed.
"Esaaaaa-chaaaaan~~~!" someone shouted from far off. That someone was a waving Rai. Behind him stood Darke.
"What the—" Esa turned to us. "Why is Rai on the same grassy field as us? I thought he went to Ichimu high school."
"The middle school and high school share the same field," the girl Akane said quietly, in a matter o' fact way. "The middle school and the high school used to be one school from grades 7-12. Since the school population was so big, they made a large field for the school that covered a lot of ground. But later the school system changed and they split the school into two buildings. Since the constructions fees to knock down a whole school and build two new ones were too expensive, the school just attached the high school next to the middle school and the two schools just shared the same field." Pointing back at the school, Akane once more quietly said, "See? The two schools are connected by a large hall extending from one school to another."
That was true. The middle school and the high school were really close together and a hall in the first and second floor connected the two buildings like a bridge or a tunnel.
"Yo!" Kaede came running up to us with Naboru shuffling close at his heels. "What are you guys talking about?"
Kaede seem to be rather friendly with us as if we were old pals when really we just met. I guess he's not that bad I thought. He seemed to have a good personality that made everyone comfortable.
"We were just talking about how the middle school and high school were connected," Esa said.
"Huh, you didn't know?" Kaede asked, surprised.
"Yeah, I didn't know," Esa said, "But Akane explained it to us."
"Well, some of the middle school classes can be in the high school hall, and some of the high school classes are in the middle school hall. If you look around you might see some high schoolers around," Kaede said with a shrug.
"Esaaaaa-chaaaaaaan~~~!" Rai continued to shout while waving.
Kaede turned to the direction Rai was in and squinted. "Huh? Who's that—hey, that's the guy I met in the high school hallway!"
"What," Esa said blankly.
"Yeah, his name was…Rai! He got lost in the technology hallway (which was where my class was) and I helped him find his class." Kaede turned to us. "Is he your friend?"
"I guess you can say that," Anrya said.
From a distance the physical education teacher blew the whistle and motioned us to gather around him.
Crystal's P.O.V.
When lunch finally came, I felt relieved to be out of class. Meeting up with Anrya and Selina, we headed outside to eat. During the lunch period all students were free to eat anywhere within the premises of the school, so the picnic area near the front of the two schools was a great place to eat at.
"Esa-chan~~~!" shouted Rai from the picnic spot. Darke was also there, and the area was thankfully secluded.
"What baka-Rai," Esa said.
"Hiiiii."
"Yeah, hi."
Soon we reached the picnic area and sat down with our lunches. Immediately we shared our day at school with each other, and exchanged comments and laughs. The only one who didn't join in was Darke. Currently, Anrya was sharing her morning with us when out of the corner of my eye I saw a blonde haired girl. Squinting, I saw that the girl looked like Ada. I frowned. That can't be right. But I soon found out that I was right because when we made eye contact, she immediately came towards me. She must've seen Darke close by me too since she frowned. "Bitch alert," I said interrupting Anrya's story.
"What?" Anrya said.
"Don't look, but behind you a bit to the right, the girl Ada is coming towards us."
"You mean that girl you told us about that night you came back from the town?" Jasmine asked.
"Yeah."
"How do we make her go away?" Esa questioned. "I don't really want any drama or trouble with someone like her."
"Shhh! Here she comes," I whispered.
"Hello Darke," said Ada, greeting Darke first with a voice so disgustingly sweet that it made me gag.
Darke didn't answer, but just nodded.
Ada then glanced over at Rai and smiled at him.
"Oh hello, and who might you be?" Anrya said putting on a polite smile.
Ada turned and looked at Anrya. "My name is Ada Giovenello. Who are you?"
"Anrya," Anrya said.
Ada nodded in reply then looked directly at me and smirked. "Oh hi…what was your name…oh right! Crystal. Nice to see you again. I see you're having a nice lunch under the cherry blossom trees with Darke…and friends. What a great place!"
The false cheerfulness of her voice annoyed me so much that it set my teeth on edge. Then without a word, Ada brush past me and went towards Darke with a swing of her hips. I let out a breath of air.
"Hello Darke," Ada said for the second time. She spun halfway to lean against a tree with Darke. Her short skirt spun out, revealing a bit of her underwear. I was pretty sure that pulling up your skirt to make it shorter was a dress code violation at the high school. "Darke, would you like to eat out with me at lunch times?"
Unable to stand her any longer, I cut her off and said, "Ada, do you mind leaving?"
Ada stopped mid-sentence and glanced at my direction. She raised an eyebrow at me and smiled. She probably thought that I was going all jealous over Darke, but whatever. I just wanted her to leave.
"If I'm not mistaken, I'm older than you Crystal right?" Ada flashed a false smile at me. "Then I'm guessing that it's also true that you should add the suffix –sempai or –san after my name, no?"
I rolled my eyes unable to hold in the annoyance Ada was unreasonably causing me. Look at all the fucks I give. Who's that formal these days anyways? Ada and I stared each other down. Just when it was getting really uncomfortable, an angel saved us.
"Why is it so noisy here?" Gray irritatedly said. In her hand she held a bottle of coke, and in her other hand she held her lunch. Scanning us critically with her eyes, she stopped at Ada and said, "Looks like we have one more person adding to the already large crowd of brats who will make my lunch unpleasant."
Ok, let me take back the 'angel' part of my statement.
Ada indignantly rose from the tree she was leaning on. "Excuse me?" she sputtered.
"You're excused," Gray answered. "Now be quiet or go away." Gray placed her food down on the picnic table and let out a breath. I don't know if it was just me, but Gray seemed more annoyed today than usual…Maybe it was because she was tired?
"Why should I? And did you just call me a brat?" Ada bitched.
"Yes Miss Barbie Bitch, need a clarification on that?"
Ada sputtered angrily. "How rude and indecent!"
"Thank you," Gray said mockingly, taking a bow. "Applause for the great Gray here please."
I smiled at Gray's wise crack.
"Huh, Gray? Is that even a girl name? How drab," Ada smirked arrogantly.
Gray turned her eyes to Ada. "If I'm not wrong, it was you with your high-pitched falsetto who told little miss sunshine here," Gray indicated me with her head, "that one should respectfully add the suffix –sempai or –san after the name of an elder, did you not?" Ada turned red in the face. "Then maybe you should do as you teach and call me Gray-sempai or Gray-san huh?"
Ada turned away from Gray with a flip of her hair. "Whatever, I'm leaving your group of losers here." Then looking at Darke she said, "If you want to come and have lunch with me, call me 'kay?"
"Don't bother waiting," Gray leisurely said.
Ada fumed. "Well no wonder no guy likes you Gray," Ada snorted.
"Actually, I'm pretty sure some guys do dig me," Gray shot back. "But I guess the reason you don't have a boyfriend is cause Barbie dolls come a dime a dozen." Giving Ada a last look of false sympathy, she said, "Poor you~" And that was the last we saw of Ada during lunch.
"This is probably gonna cause some big girl-hate-drama, but that was awesome Gray!" Anrya said with a grin.
"Hmph," Gray snorted. "I needed to let out some steam anyways. A blonde bitch was the perfect punching bag."
"Huh, why? Did something happen during the day?" Esa questioned.
Gray looked at Esa and replied, "A fellow classmate disagreed with my method of working with technology and was being an ass about it all last period." Then plopping herself down on a table she said, "Now really, try being quiet while I eat."
We were silent for a while when Gris came and said, "Gray-nee do you have my motorbike keys?"
"Yeah," Gray said, "Here." She tossed the keys to her twin brother Gris and then continued to eat.
Behind our picnic area, the sound of shoes tapping the ground could be heard coming closer. "Hmhmhm~ School life seems to be lively around here," said a voice we knew to be Zero's. He, Ren, and Ace came out from behind a maple tree.
"Hmph, maybe that's only for you," Gray retorted. "All throughout the day, I hear girls from our senior grade, and the grade below, fawning over you, Ren, and Ace in such an annoying manner."
"Jealous?"
"Frankly, no. The way the girls cooed over you was somewhat disgusting." Gray then imitated some girls she heard. "Omg, did you see Zero-san? His hair is so beautiful and his silver eyes are so enthralling. Don't you just want to pet his hair? Omg, yes! He's so gorgeous and a good flirt. Oh, and did you hear about Ren? Yeah, he looks so intelligent. I heard he was such a gentleman. Yeah, there are few guys with good looks and chivalry as him. Oh yeah, and aren't those two friends with that hottie Ace too? I heard they were all transfer students. Ace's muscle look so hot on him and his smile is so dazzling. Oooh, I just want him to hold me in his arms~!" Gray stopped her act and continued to eat.
Around me, Anrya, Esa, Jasmine, Selina, and I all sort of gagged.
Zero just smiled and shifted his hair a bit, showing his one red glittering eye.
Anrya stopped eating for a moment and stared at Zero. "How did the people in your class react to your one red eye Zero?" Anrya asked. "Did you perhaps use an illusion to conceal it?"
"Hmhmhm~ You're quite observant, and no, I did not use an illusion," Zero said. "Using an illusion would be a waste of energy so I simply covered my red eye with a bit of my hair."
"Couldn't you just wear colored contacts?" I questioned.
"I could, but they're irritable."
With nothing more to ask, we all ate peacefully for the rest of the lunch period.
Anrya's P.O.V.
During eighth period, all seven of us were in English III, a class in the high school hallway. Again, we all had to introduce ourselves due to being transfer students, except this time, Ada was up there with us as a transfer student too. Glaring at us, Ada introduced herself flirtatiously and sat in her seat. The rest of us introduced ourselves and the class proceeded.
"Whew, what a long day," I commented as we rode to the intersection where our meeting place was. The others seem to agree with me.
"I wonder how it was like for Ryo at school," Jamine commented.
I just shrugged and continued to petal.
"Hey, you know who Ada reminds me of from school?" Esa asked out of the blue.
Crystal groaned at the sound of Ada's name.
"Who?" I questioned.
"Our bitchy class president of our grade, Yuri," Esa replied.
"Looks like our school life is going to be pretty lively…" I said.
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