The Peach Creek Boys were all sleeping in bed. They had taken the time to get used to Japan's Time Zone and soon the sun began to shine through their windows, each of them awakening for the day to begin.

The boys all yawned at the same time, rising out of bed and stretching to start the day. Ed sprang himself out, his inexhaustible energy working true to form as he flopped on his face before pulling himself up to his feet.

Double-D got up and did his usual schedule, getting neatly groomed, ironing the bed, straightening out the sheets, and making sure everything looked presentable before putting on his signature sock hat and smiling at himself in the mirror.

Eddy scratched his butt lazily as he went to wash his hands and his face before combing his hair, winking at himself in the mirror after he finished.

Rolf got up, made his bed, and then went to do his morning rituals from the Old Country. His friends had their ways of getting ready for the day and he had his.

Kevin punched his clock as soon as it began ringing, shutting it off as he got up and decided to do some quick warm-ups to get energized.

Johnny sprang up to his feet and began making his bed while holding Plank close to him, humming a merry little song all the while.

Finally, Jimmy got up and after making his bed, went through a careful beauty process to make sure he looked perfectly presentable, smiling at his fixed teeth and glad he got rid of his old retainer.

After showering and getting dressed, the boys all sat down for breakfast. Double-D, Rolf, and Jimmy took to cooking in the kitchen while the rest of the boys waited at the dining room table.

"Calm down, Lumpy!" Eddy snapped as he tried to reel Ed in before the oaf could eat the table from his hunger.

"But Eddy, the belly demands food!"

"Settle down, fellows. Breakfast is served." Double-D said as he and Rolf set the food on the table.

Ed did not even hesitate to hog as much food as possible, much to the rest of the boy's annoyance as they took whatever they could before he ate it all.

"So Sockhead, which school are we going to first?" Eddy asked.

"Our first visit will be to Hanzo National Academy," Double-D said as he got out a map of the Asakusa prefecture. "It should be right around here."

"Prepare your pickles and beets, Ed-Boys! We shall make way to studious endeavors!" Rolf declared.

Meanwhile, at Hanzo Academy, Asuka was sitting with her teammates in the Shinobi Elite Room, which was a hidden chamber the five of them resided in so they could receive missions from their teacher.

The first of the other four girls in the room was Ikaruga, the class representative. She had long black hair with lined bangs over her forehead and gentle blue eyes. She was currently tending to a prestigious-looking Nodachi sword.

The second girl, Katsuragi, had long blonde hair with a blue ribbon tied on both sides and greenish-blue eyes. Her school uniform was unbuttoned, giving a nice view of her cleavage as she had an impish perverted grin on her face.

The third girl, Yagyuu, had snowy white hair done up in twintails held by shuriken-shaped hairclips. She had reddish-burgundy eyes with one of them covered by an eyepatch and a stoic expression on her face as she chewed lazily on some fried squid.

The fourth and final of Asuka's friends was Hibari, a cute girl with short pink hair with three mini bowties on both sides and in front with a mini twin-tail style. Her eyes were blue but what was unique about them was the pink curved crosses over them.

"What did you think Kiriya-Sensei wanted us here for?" Asuka asked.

"Beats me. Things have been pretty boring around here lately." Katsuragi said, crossing her arms behind the back of her head.

Suddenly, an explosion of purple smoke alerted the girls as their teacher appeared from it. He was a middle-aged man with short messy silver hair and red eyes and was wearing a neat black suit.

"Kiriya-Sensei!" The girls all said together as they bowed their heads.

"Girls, I have some news I need to tell you." The man said. "We have guests coming in from America that are arriving here very soon. Officially, they are acting as school critics but the real reason they are here is top secret. You five will learn why in due time but until then, make sure they feel welcomed."

"That means try not to embarrass us, Katsuragi." Ikaruga sighed, giving a side-eyed glance to the perverted blonde girl.

"What? I can be perfectly respectable, Ikaruga!"

"Kiriya-Sensei...can you tell us anything about what these 'critics' are like?" Asuka asked.

"They come from the town of Peach Creek in Minnesota. And something else you should know is that they are all boys."

"B-B-Boys?" Hibari gasped, blushing slightly.

"Ooooh~! Are they cute boys?" Katsuragi grinned deviously before being pulled on the ear by Ikaruga.

"Don't even THINK about it."

"A friend, who shall remain anonymous, has provided info on all seven of them. Do be sure to make them feel welcome." Kiriya advised as he handed the girls some files on all of the visiting boys from America.

"Hey, I recognize them!" Asuka gasped. "They were at Grandpa's restaurant just the other day!"

"Can you tell us anything about them, Asuka?" Yagyuu asked.

"Well, they were all pretty embarrassed when they saw me..." Asuka blushed. "One of them commented on my bust and another said I had the look of a warrior. There was this one cute boy wearing a hat who seemed to stare more at my face than at my chest."

"Ugh, so one of them is a pervert, one of them has a keen eye for detail, and one of them is an actual gentleman?" Yagyuu noted. "If any of them try anything with Hibari..."

"Yagyuu-Chan, don't be so overprotective." Hibari chided. "I like this boy, he seems really nice!"

Hibari gestured to the file on Johnny, whose picture showed him happily hugging Plank.

"Shishishishishi~!" Katsuragi snickered as she looked over Eddy and Kevin's pictures. "I like these guys. They seem like my type."

"Only problem is they won't have any boobs for you to fondle." Ikaruga dryly commented as Katsuragi grinned and moved up behind her before squeezing her ample chest, much to the Class Rep's frustration.

"Oh, trust me~! There are plenty of parts to fondle~!"

"Katsu-Nee!" Asuka scolded, her face red. "PLEASE don't embarrass us in front of these boys!"

After taking a bus, the Peach Creek Boys arrived at their destination, looking up in amazement at the prestigious school in front of them.

"Check out the insignia!" Eddy whistled. The insignia in question depicted a shuriken with frog legs and a logo that looks like an arrow's feather.

"Well, let's head inside, gentlemen," Double-D said as the seven boys walked past the gate and took in the sights of the giant high school.

"You could shoot a whole zombie movie here, guys!" Ed beamed.

"Didn't they already do an anime on that, Ed?" Eddy snarked playfully.

"Gotta say, this is bigger than our old school back at Peach Creek," Kevin noted as he looked around. "I wouldn't mind studying here."

Rolf took some of the soil on the ground and rubbed it between his fingers, humming in interest as he looked up at the main building.

"This school has lasted many generations, my friends. The soil tells me so."

"Yup, I'm sure digging this, Plank!" Johnny said to his wooden companion as he looked around. "What do you think, Jimmy?"

"It's...pretty big..." The meek boy gulped.

Double-D smiled at how excited his friends were as he was about to return his attention to the school map he had picked up at the gate to see where they needed to go before bumping into something soft and falling back, landing on his butt.

"Oh my, are you alright?"

"Y-Yes, I'm just fine..." Double-D groaned as he saw a hand being offered to him and his eyes traced up to see a beautiful girl with long black hair standing over him. "U-Um, M-Miss...?"

"Ikaruga. I'm the Class Representative of the Third Year students here at Hanzo Academy." The girl introduced herself. "Are you the school critics?"

"Y-Yes..." Double-D said as he took the girl's hand and got back up to his feet. "M-My name is Eddward but please just call me Double-D."

"Whoooo! Look at Double-D, scoring a hot chick already!" Eddy hollered in approval as the rest of the boys came over. "If all the girls are as hot as her, then I say we enlist in this school right now!"

Ikaruga sweatdropped. "Is he your friend?"

"Sadly, yes..." Double-D sighed. "Would you be so kind as to give us a tour of this school?"

Ikaruga became silent for a moment before looking back and forth to see if anyone was watching before gesturing for Double-D and his friends to come closer.

"Follow me and be as discreet as possible."

Confused, the boys followed her down a secret pathway in the school. After a bit of walking, they soon came across a secret entrance that Ikaruga gestured for them to go down with her.

"Should we really follow her?" Kevin asked suspiciously.

"What's that, buddy?" Johnny asked Plank as he turned to the board curiously. "You trust her? Well, if you say so."

Johnny went into the secret entrance, letting out an excited cheer as he apparently went down a slide. Seeing no other option, the boys all took turns getting into the entrance and slid down a chute of some kind before landing on a tarp mat floor.

"SANDWICH!" Ed said after all the boys fell on each other in a big comical pile.

"Wow, you snagged all of 'em! Nice job, Ikaruga!"

The boys all looked up to see Ikaruga standing there with four other girls, one of them being very familiar.

"Hey, it's you!" Eddy exclaimed as he pointed at Asuka. "You were that chick at the restaurant!"

Asuka blushed and fidgeted nervously as Double-D slapped his friend upside the head in a reprimanding manner before approaching the girls.

"I don't know why you brought us to this secret room but I'm Double-D, these are my friends Ed, Eddy, Kevin, Rolf, Johnny, and Jimmy."

"And Plank!" Johnny added, holding up his pal in the air.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you all. These are Asuka, Katsuragi, Yagyuu, and Hibari." Ikaruga said, introducing the other girls. "We're the five elite students of Hanzo National Academy."

"Elite students, huh? So...are you like the school council?" Kevin asked.

"You could say that." Asuka awkwardly said, rubbing the back of her head. "It's kind of a lot more complicated, actually."

"Gotta say, if I had been told earlier when I woke up this morning that a bunch of cute boys would be coming over to visit us, I'd have thought I was being tricked!" Katsuragi grinned. "I'm Katsuragi, but you can call me anything you want~."

"How about BIMBO, ya like that?!" Eddy sneered since Katsuragi was getting way too close to him specifically.

"We apologize in advance for Katsuragi..." Yagyuu sighed in annoyance. "She has no filter on her whatsoever."

"So...care for the school tour?" Asuka giggled awkwardly.

As the girls led the boys through the school while talking with each other. Katsuragi kept trying to get near Eddy and Kevin, much to their annoyance but they also couldn't help but let her feed their egos as well. Ikaruga was having a polite conversation with Double-D, who told her of his many inventive exploits. Yagyuu seemed to gravitate toward Jimmy, seeing a lot of Hibari in him.

Ed and Hibari had immediately hit it off and were excitedly chatting about all sorts of things. Ed even regaled Hibari about the time he became a monster and kidnapped everyone in Peach Creek except for Double-D, Eddy, and his little sister Sarah.

Johnny was blushing up a storm as he talked with Asuka, holding Plank close to his chest as he shook like a leaf before privately talking to his wooden pal.

"Plank, she's too beautiful! I can't even talk straight with you at my side!"

Rolf was standing beside Johnny and couldn't help but chuckle to himself at his friend's nervousness. Even the Son of a Shepard acknowledged that Asuka was quite beautiful, as were the other girls.

"I must say, this is a very nice school you have here," Double-D said to Ikaruga.

"Yes, it was founded by Asuka's Grandfather, Hanzo-Sensei. He's also the acting principal here as well."

"Hanzo? You mean that old coot from the sushi shack the other day?" Eddy asked with a raised brow.

"Grandpa can be a bit...eccentric, yeah," Asuka said with a sweatdrop. "But he's a good guy at heart. Besides, Mom and Grandma keep him in line most of the time."

"Speaking of sushi, you boys must be hungry after a long day of chatting with a bunch of beauties like us~." Katsuragi grinned, tickling Eddy's neck as he cringed slightly. "What say we treat you to some good eats?"

"Wait, wha-?"

Katsuragi then dragged Eddy along as he screamed for help. The rest of the group sighed before following them.

"Let's hope Katsu-Nee doesn't drive Eddy-Kun insane with her sexual harassment..." Asuka sighed.

After managing to catch up to Katsuragi and get Eddy away from her, the group were all eating together at the Asakusa Ramen Shack.

Katsuragi was helping herself to a massive bowl of ramen while Asuka helped herself to Futomaki Rolls. Eddy grumbled as he picked at his ramen before he felt Katsuragi grab the hand holding the chopsticks and maneuver it to neatly hold up some of the noodles.

"Figured you'd use some help, sweetie, ~." The blonde grinned teasingly.

"Yeah, yeah, thanks..." Eddy grumbled as he slurped up the noodles.

"Guess Katsuragi has a new target for her affection..." Yagyuu sighed as he bit into some fried squid.

"Try this, Johnny-Kun! It's delicious!" Hibari said as she gave Johnny a piece of fatty tuna sushi while Jimmy looked a little awkward at how casual Yagyuu was at eating actual squid.

"This is fine cuisine indeed," Rolf said. "You have picked a fine place, Lecherous Katsuragi-Girl."

"Thanks, it's a nice little hangout spot for me and the girls after school stuff." Katsuragi grinned.

"The atmosphere and food are both acceptable," Ikaruga said humbly. "Though you should come to see me if you wish to know fine cuisine."

"Hey, I know how to make some killer Futomaki Rolls of my own!" Asuka added.

"And there are so many sweets shops around town that I'd love to take you too!" Hibari beamed.

The boys couldn't help but smile. So far, the girls of Hanzo were quite hospitable and welcoming of them and it was clear to see some bonds were already starting to form between them.

The school tour soon finished and the Peach Creek Boys were ready to go to the next school on their list.

"Oh, you're going to Gessen Academy?" Asuka asked. "We have friends there! Tell them we said Hi!"

Double-D smiled. "Will do, Asuka! Take care now!"

As the boys left, Eddy stole one last glance at Katsuragi, who gave him a playful wink as he shrugged his shoulders and returned with a wink of his own before walking off with the rest of his friends.

Unbeknownst to the boys and girls, the mysterious figure was watching while perched on a rooftop before his purple-ringed eye glowed and a giant eagle with the same purple eyes appeared, which he perched himself on before flying off.

The Peach Creek Boys and the Hanzo Girls have made a good first impression on each other. The Gessen Girls are up in the next chapter, so stay tuned!