Ikoma, Kenzo's Story

Kenzo was fast asleep dreaming of his old home, well his first home that he could remember. Hes father is always moving them and he hated it. He became so quiet after this move. He slide out of his bed and stood up and looked around his room. It was covered with boxes still, he never really got rid of the boxes he is tried of getting rid of them just to find new ones. He reached into one of the boxes and pulled out his school uniform. He but it on and walked slowly downstairs where everything was unpacked and looking like a house already. He looked into the kitchen and then into the living/dining room.

"Huh? I wonder where they all are?" he asked himself as he looked in the fridge and found some food with his name on the plastic wrap on it. "Awesome breakfast." he looked at the lower shelf "AND lunch!" he shouted. He then grabbed it out of the fridge and placed it on the counter. He ate his food in silence and watched the television. He then looked at his watch and made his way to the door and put his shoes on. "I'm taking off!" he shouted even though no one was home he just wanted to say it.

He walked out of the house and made his way to the school. He lived about half a mile away from the school so it was not much of a walk. He slung his bag over his shoulder and walked the way to the school. He got to the gate and stared as some of the students talked to what he assumed where their friends. He let out a sigh and took his first steps into his new life he only hoped he could make something of himself while he was here.

Jin across the road towards the school, his watch ticking ominously as he loomed toward being late. Now, Jin wasn't the most observant person around and would quite often spend thirty minutes looking for things right in plain sight. So it was no surprise that he failed to notice the sudden rise in the curb.

He gasped as his foot caught on the cement and launched him through the gates. He grabbed at the air wildly as he tried to regain his footing. Now as fate would have it, this threw him straight into the path of a boy he'd never met before. "Look out!" He yelled, slamming into him and throwing them both to the ground. The binder he had been carrying now rested open on the ground in a nest of papers.

"Oh my god are you alright?" Jin asked worriedly as he quickly got up. He stretched his tiny arm toward his target and offered to help him up. "I'm really, REALLY sorry!

"No promises."

She kind of chuckled worried. 'Right, my first day and already something like THIS is happening to me...' Yuki stood there watching the strange girl unlock her locker then turn around.

"You should probably learn how to open this if you want to survive."

'Wh-What?? I seriously hope that was a joke..' The strange girl handed her schedule back to her and shoved her pink glasses up her nose then looked at the clock and gave Yuki an annoyed look.

"My name is Izumi. And you owe me a pass from your home room teacher."

'Err, dammit.' Yuki thought to herself then sweat dropped.

"I'll be late, walking across the entire school to my class." She snapped at me then walked away.

'Son of a bitch, why couldn't I just figure out how to open it on my own?!' She kicked a locker then held her foot in pain. 'Okay, NOT smart.' She put some things into the small locker then shut it and looked outside only to see two boys on the ground together and gasped. She ran outside to see what happened.

"Oh my god are you alright?" Asked the boy on top as he got up quickly and had a worried look on his face then held out his hand. "I'm really, REALLY sorry!" He said.

haniko started to fall asleep at her desk only being there a little while at work. she begain to nod off sloww only waking up when her head banged off the desk." fugde pops!!!! that hert " she screamed as shr stood up. " time to make the rounds ... I gess" She headed out of her office and closed her door behinde her. As she headed tword the enterance she looked for thoe's that had not gotten to there class yet " get to class please" she said to anyone she found not where they should have been. Haniko's last stop was the lockers every day, no matter what there was always some students there hanging around.

"please get to your classes " she said to the group at a locker, she tried to be stern with them." please right now you all are going to be late"

Kenzo was minding his own business when he suddenly was hit from behind and thrown to the ground. 'Great." he thought 'Already getting bullied' but then the kid that had hit him said "Oh my god are you alright, I'm so sorry" The kid then offered his hand and he took it and stood up. He brushed himself off and then knelt down to help pick up the papers. He didn't really want to talk but seeing as a lot of people where joining him he really did not have much of a choice. "You son't have to be sorry. I was standing in a bad place." He noticed a girl and then a older woman walk up to them. He gritted his teeth and bowed to them all. "I am Ikoma, Kenzo class 2-C I just transferred here." He stood up straight trying not to show his nervousness.

Izumi turned on her heel, about to continue to her class, regardless of being late. If she was scolded she could always hunt down the girl and make her take the blame.
The blonde briefly thought she could be a bit nicer to the freshman, but honestly, she wasn't used to being nice to people outside her group. People in her own year generally didn't like her, so her snappy personality was natural. She sighed then turned back around, thinking she could at least keep the girl keep out of trouble from being tardy. The teachers all knew her, she was the nerdy A+ student who overachieved at everything and could be considered an avid thinker if her constant questions in class said anything. Plus she liked to baffle the teachers.
Izumi saw the locker girl by two boys, who were busy picking themselves off the ground. She recognized Jin, who was probably the smartest boy in their grade if not the school, but the other boy was unfamiliar. Seconds later the councilor walked up. It could have been a worse teacher. Haniko-sensei never really got anyone in trouble, she wasn't to strict.

"Please get to your classes. Please right now you all are going to be late."
"I am Ikoma, Kenzo class 2-C I just transferred here."

She could tell the new boy was nervous, and laughed silently. Haniko was the last person you had to be nervous around.
Izumi decided to step in then, popping up again, which might have scarred the others. She had spoken to the councilor on more than one occasion and was sure the woman would remember her name, being one of the top students and all.
She was sure Jin could have gotten them all out of trouble too, but hey, Izumi needed a pass as well!
She racked her brain for the correct addressing of her peers and teachers, having fallen into a habit of not using them as she talked to Larissa, the American Maid, a lot during the summer.

"Excuse me Haniko-sensei," She said, bowing slightly and smiling. "Remember me? I'm Kurosun, Izumi? I don't mean to bother you while your doing your rounds, but could you write us all passes? This girl is a freshman and was having locker trouble, and I stopped to help. Jin-san and er, Kenzo-san, had a bit of a run in. Kenzo-san seems to be in my class, though I don't know about Jin-san, but all second year classes are rather far away, so it would be really appreciated."

She ducked her head like she was ashamed she was asking then glanced up at Jin and the Kenzo boy.
Jin didn't look like he'd changed much honestly. But that was okay, change didn't matter.
Kenzo Ikuma was a bit taller than her, with messy brown hair and a disinterested look that betrayed a bit of nervous-ness. Him and Jin actually looked something alike. Hm, what a coincidence.

Izumi glanced back up at Haniko eyes soft behind her glasses, though if the woman refused, her gaze would quickly switch.
Oh just please hurry up and agree so I don't feel guilty about dissing the freshy anymore,

“KIMIKO!” A five foot four blonde with forest green orbs dressed in her school uniform furiously rushed down the stairs towards the dining room. She swiftly dodged a flying pancake and stopped right in front of her younger sister before snatching her beanie right off the girl’s head. “How many times have I told you to stop wearing my stuff?”

The girl merely shrugged and walked out the door. Kiseki rolled her eyes and sat down, ready for breakfast. She’s lucky she’s related to me! Or else she wouldn’t look as cut and I wouldn’t have a problem deforming her face sometimes… I wonder if anyone made some onigiris…She looked around the table to see nothing but crumbs and some sauce and oil from whatever her siblings had earlier. She groaned in disappointment and stood up. She turned to see her youngest brother, Kyo, right before her holding a strip of bacon. “I saved this,” he said with a cheesy smile. Kiseki let out an “Awww” and touched her heart. “For me,” his smile was soon replaced with a devilish grin as he devoured the bacon.

Sigh, it was too good to be true. She scrunched her nose in disgust and took an apple from the fruit basket. “Tch, I didn’t want to eat anything from your greasy little claws anyway.” She said with her head held high as she made her way out the door, putting her beanie on in the process without a word.

Kiseki lived in a rich neighborhood which wasn’t walking distance from the school so she had to be driven there by Pippo, her chauffeur. As soon as she got there, she saw a group of students together. She instantly recognized the two second years, Jin Mantra and Izumi Kurosun. Kiseki didn’t know much about them except for the fact that they excelled in academics and whatnot. Rarely has she ever talked to them but she liked Izumi just ‘cause she proved those blonde jokes wrong.

She had the urge to run to them right when she saw the other two students with them. She had no idea who they were so she concluded that they were either freshmen or new students- not that freshmen aren’t new students. Kiseki smiled, loving meeting and greeting with either of those! She just liked making them feel welcome and gain some more friends. As she was about to skip to them, she noticed another unfamiliar face with auburn hair and dark chocolate brown eyes. Aww! She’s all by herself! I am sooo gonna be her friend! Merrily skipping towards the girl, she jumped right beside her with a huge ear-to-ear grin. “Hi there! I’m Kiseki Okinawa! People usually call me Kiseki but you can call me whatever you like! Well, as long as it’s not anything mean… Anywho! What’s your name? Are you a freshmen or just a new student in a higher grade? Ohh! I can just tell we’re going to be great friends!”

"Please get to your classes."

Yuki turned around and seen a teacher.

"Please right now you all are going to be late."

Yuki ignored the teacher and looked back to the boys. She had a worried look on her face then the guy on the bottom accepted his hand and stood up. The boy who was on the bottom brushes himself off then began picking up his papers then he faced both the other boy.

"You don't have to be sorry. I was standing in a bad place."

He then noticed Yuki and the teacher and faced both of them.

"I am Ikoma, Kenzo class 2-C I just transferred here."

Yuki could tell he was obviously nervous but he was trying his best to hide it. Yuki looked at him with a worried look. "Are... Are you okay?" She looked at him with a worried look in her eyes.

Jin smiled warmly at Kenzo lightly clapped him on the shoulder. He knew how tough it was going to a new school. "Hey, there's no need to apologize. It was completely my fault." He laughed and raised his hand to his head, "I'm just naturally clumsy." He bowed to the three girls and began to pick up his papers.

“Hi there! I’m Kiseki Okinawa!" Suddenly, the blood rushed to his cheeks as the Keseki skipped across the yard. He looked up to see her greting a freshman. He smiled, she was always so friendly and happy. If only he had the courage to ask her out. Jin shook his head, clearing out his foolish thoughts of love and picked up the rest of his papers.

The short boy ran back to the others and bowed towards Yuki and Kenzo. "I never did properly introduce myself. I'm Mantra, Jin. I can tell your both new here and could probably use some help around so How about I give you guys a tour of the school at lunch?" He turned to Haniko and, once again, bowed. "Sorry about being tardy Haniko-Sensei. I'd say I won't do it again but I'd probably be lying. I'd really appreciate it if you gave us a late pass because this really is all my fault."

He made a mental note to high-five Izumi afterwards for giving him the idea of passes. Though now that he thought about it she'd probably refuse and beat him on the next test like usual. Jin liked to think that they had a very healthy rivalry going for test scores. She would win some, he would win some. It was a never ending clash of intelligence's except however in two classes. English and Biology. English was incredibly easy for Jin, being able to speak it fluently from living in Canada for three years and bio, well let's just say this is where dark humor gets it's kicks. Especially when dissecting a fetal pig like they did last year.

Kenzo blushed a little as the one girl had asked if he was okay. "Yea I am fine thanks for asking." He said he turned to the other girl the blonde with the glasses. He then pointed at his chin. "We are in the same class?" The girl was cute but she must have just acting or being nice to him. He wasn't really ever sure of people when he got to a new place. He wanted to people to be nice but he needed to think of what he had to do. He bowed to the teacher or whatever she was. He wasn't going to move unless she walked away or told him to do something else.

Haniko looked at the girl and the boy in front of her " Ikoma-kun welcome to are school , and Izumi-chan of corse i'll get all of you a pass " she took out a pen and pad and she neatly wrote out all the passes for all the students. " hear you all go ... this should work well if any problems with your teachers Just let me know and I shall take care of it, no questions asked " She stated with a happy smile. " now is there anything else that I could do you you?"

Jin shook his head happily. "Nope, thank you Haniko-Sensei!" He turned to the two freshmen. "I'll meet you guys back here at lunch for our grand tour!"

He began running towards the entrance of the school when he suddenly lost his balance and smashed into the ground. He pulled himself up and smiled sheepishly towards the others before running to the office to see which class he was in.

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"2B..2B, ah! Here it is!" Jin said approached his class. 'I wonder who's going to be in my class? Maybe that new kid? Or Izumi?' Deep in thought, he failed to notice the blonde youth standing in front of the door and lightly bumped into him. "Oh, sorry." he said politely as he looked up. His mouth almost dropped to the floor. In front of him stood an extremely handsome man with hair that looked as soft as silk. Jin recognized him as one of the popular kids but he realized there was something different about the blonde then the other dickhead jocks who picked on him. He seemed to carry this air of loneliness with him despite all of his friends. He certainly looked the part. He seemed to be more nervous than Kenzo had been.

Jin smiled warmly, his old habit triggering and he offered him a handshake instead of bowing. "You know there isn't any reason to be nervous, us classmates gotta have each other's backs! I"m Mantra, Jin. What's your name?"

"Yeah I am fine thanks for asking."

Yuki smiled at him. "That's good. And I'm Yuki Hayashi by the way. I'm a freshman." Then she turned to see the other boy bowing at me.

"I never did properly introduce myself. I'm Mantra, Jin. I can tell your both new here and could probably use some help around so how about I give you guys a tour of the school at lunch?"

Yuki smiled at Jin. "That'd be good thanks. I'm in class 1A." She looked at her watch then gasped. "Crap!! We are really late! Gotta run, bye!" Yuki ran off to class really quickly, forgetting about getting a pass from the counselor.

"We are in the same class?"
That's what I said, Izumi thought, slightly annoyed by the obvious rhetorical question. But she made a mental note to be nice to Kenzo for the most part. This year, she really needed to stop being so snappish, and it could start by helping a new student out.

"Ikoma-kun welcome to are school , and Izumi-chan of course i'll get all of you a pass. Here you all go ... this should work well if any problems with your teachers just let me know and I shall take care of it, no questions asked. Now is there anything else that I could do you you?"


Izumi bowed again as Jin grabbed his pass, running off after offering a tour to the new student and the girl. Hm, yes, you better run little Jin, and get all the studying in you can so I don't completely smoke you on the next test! Izumi was under no illusion that she was smarter than him. They had a good rivalry, and often compared scores and notes. Maybe Izumi would ask to sit with him at lunch this year. She could use a friend that was actually into what she was, aside her Student Council friends.
She glanced up and saw Kenzo hadn't moved, either to nervous or under an illusion of false formality. She grabbed the pass with his name on it and tugged at his elbow, beginning to back down the hall.
"Thank you Haniko-sensei! We appreciate your help!" She then cocked her head at Kenzo, trying to decide if her decision to like/be nice to him was a good choice or not.
"C'mon then, 2C is this way."
Izumi began to walk down the hall, slow enough so Kenzo could decide to catch up if he wanted to. She smoothed the ruffles on her uniform, not liking the dress which she considered 'much to short, and way to tight in the chest!'
"So where are you from?" She asked. The classroom wasn't that far away, but the silence was just awkward. She listened to his answer, responding with an 'O' that didn't show what she thought of it at all.
As they rounded the corner, Izumi saw a familiar purple head tripping over themselves.
"Really, what is it with people falling today... Oh! Yomi-chan is that you?"
Izumi rushed over and helped the younger twin up, knowing it wasn't the older sister because of her shorter hair. Izumi liked Yomi well enough. She was quiet and was good enough in school, though in Izumi's opinion, she acted like she had to much to prove. her childish behavier was a bit annoying, but knowing this was actually her personality and she wasn't just acting like a kid to be 'cute' Izumi didn't harbor any particular hate for her.
"Are you alright?"
She glanced gave Yomi a once over to make sure she was okay, then looked back to make sure Kenzo was still there, then to the door of 2C, where a few students closest to the door had noticed them. Then the blonde sighed.
She'd just wanted a quiet day to consider her gaming plan for DarkRealms. Now though, she was already being nice to people! What on earth was this year going to bring?

Kenzo was quietly standing there and then the girl almost dragged him away and then they were walking down the halls. In his opinion it was kinda awkward, then she asked where he was from. He responded to her with "Oh I am from Chiba, well that was the last place anyways." she had responded with and "O" but he had this feeling or he was over thinking, but she did not seem interested. They rounded a corner when they came across two girls who looked a lot alike. He assumed that the two girls where twins. He looked at them and then noticed the door room 2-C. 'Cool where are here.' He moved to the side to see the two girls "Everyone does appear to be falling now don't they." he said and smiled at the twins. "Hi, I am Ikoma, Kenzo its nice to meet you." he then bowed to the two. He knew people thought it was odd that he did bow every time when introducing himself. He was taught to always do that, it never got old to him. He took a step forward towards them. "I hope you are both okay."

Yomi tensed when she heard a female voice ask if she was alright. Yep, someone definitely saw.. She internally mourned her own pride before looking up at the other girl, seeing as she was a good deal taller, "I think so.. I was just walking too fast and I tripped.." She was blushing as she explained the ordeal, most people didn't have that much difficulty with simple tasks like walking. She realized she was about to accidentally ramble on, so Yomi took note to just thank her. Wait, what's her name again..? I think I've heard her name a few times.. Her blue eyes just stared up at Izumi for a little while, trying to match her face to a name. It was a little under a minute, but Yomi instantly smiled sweetly as the name finally came to her, "T-thanks, Izumi-chan." She dusted herself off after the girl's attention went elsewhere. She tilted her head towards the door, dropping her head quickly. How many people saw!? She was mentally freaking out again. Would she get picked on? Yori would get mad at her if she got picked on this early without her. "So..." She trailed off for a minute, as if debating if she was allowed to keep talking to Izumi, "You're in 2C as well?" Then she noticed the boy, tilting her head. "Sorry, I'm Ishida, Yomi.. Likewise." She bowed quickly back doing her best to not be rude, her hair falling in her face. Then she tilted her head, "The girl who ran off was my sister, Ishida, Yori..." Yomi sweatdropped. Yomi figured that Yori didn't hear him, though it kind of depressed her, it might've kept her sister around longer, "Yori isn't like me, I'm the klutz.. but I'm fine, thank you."

I think so... I was just walking too fast and I tripped....T-thanks Izumi-chan. You're in 2C as well?"

Izumi glanced back down at the girl, noting how short she was. Or maybe Izumi was just tall. Either way.
"Well, good, I'm glad you're alright,"

The small girl introduced her sister, who was already gone, and Izumi remembered the two were inseparable last year, and that Yomi the younger of the two was often picked on. Izumi mentally frowned, feeling protective. She herself was picked on some for her intelligence and general nerdy-ness, but that didn't mean she couldn't defend the girl if anyone said anything.
Kenzo and Yomi finished introducing themselves to each other and Izumi offered them both a small smile. "I see three empty seats by the window over there," She jerked her head towards the classroom. All three of them were late, and now the teacher had stopped her lesson and was looking at the door.
"Would you guys like to sit together? Oh yeah, Kenzo-san, you might want this." Izumi held his pass out to him. She lowered her voice slightly and leaned down towards Yomi so the teacher wouldn't hear. "And since you don't have one, Yomi-chan, I'll cover for you," She gave a kind smile.

Often, it took Izumi awhile to open up to someone. Until then she was, well, a bit of a snappy 'I'm better than you' type of girl. But she liked Yomi, and Kenzo didn't seen half bad, so, Izumi figured, to hell with it, I'll just pretend their my friends. That way, she was less likely to be rude, though sometimes, even to friends, she was slightly bi-polar.

"You get the seats..?" She said to Yomi, then calmly entered the room, moving up to the teacher with a confident look as she held out her pass.
"Kurosun, Izumi Sensei. Ikoma, Kenzo is about to come in, as is Ishida, Yomi... We were all involved in a bit of an incident in the hall that resulted in us being late. In her rush Haniko-sensei forgot to add Yomi-chan's name..."

She made up a quick calculated story that kept formal and straight to the point. The teacher, already knowing her reputation, excused them all with a smile, gesturing for them to sit down and join the lesson.
Izumi smirked to herself, rolling her eyes. The stupidity of adults, going off a reputation to decide how a current event goes... Ah, well, I won't complain.

She sat in the aisle seat of the three desks she'd seen, pulling out a notebook. She already knew what they were going over, and they had luckily missed the rules and expectations speech.

Kenzo thought that this girl was cute and there was something about her that he really liked but couldn't put a finger on it. "We should get inside now huh?" He asked her nervously. He put his hand on the back of his head and scratched a little bit. He wanted to get to know this girl. "If you want I can lead the way." He offered to Yomi. 'Maybe this school wont be so bad.' he thought as he looked at this girl and smiled for the first time in a long time. It felt really good to him to smile like this. Somehow just meeting this girl made him feel better about this move. He might even be happy about this move now. He was just hoping the others were just as nice. Kenzo was waiting for this girl to answer him so he kind of rocked back and forth on his feet.

Three? Yomi instantly put one and one together like a normal person, something Yori wouldn't have been able to. Yomi nodded, smiling to Izumi, "T-thanks Izumi-chan.. I think I'm going to have a long list of IOU's for you." She rubbed the back of her neck before moving her hand around her hair fixing it back into a neat order upon her head, "That's really kind of you." She replied, then looked to the teacher inside, feeling a shiver run up her spine. She'd never gotten in trouble before, so she was kind of glad someone had her back. Yomi nodded quickly, when she was asked to get the seats while Izumi took care of their tardiness, "S-sure thing.." I'm glad I've met such nice people already..

Yomi turned her attention back to Kenzo when she heard him address her after Izumi walked off to get them off the hook. Her blue eyes shifted to his, nodding her head, "I-I agree." she replied back nervously, a little off guard and not used to one-on-one conversation that wasn't her sister. stepping towards the door, "Before we risk getting detention on day one." She'd heard stories of detention from Yori, seeing as she always took the fall. She was always getting in trouble protecting Yomi, so she'd never experienced it for herself. She'd stopped when he offered to go in first. "That would be great.." she replied with a nervous laugh, "I've never been in a class without Yori before." She moved so he could go into the classroom first. prepared to follow. At least she had two friends. Maybe. I wonder if Yori is doing alright..

Kenzo smiled at her and started towards the classroom. "Oh don't worry about being here without your sister you can have me if you want." He made an odd face. "That did not come out right." He blinked a few times and said "Well i'm here now if you feel scared." He then lead her into the classroom "Hey I am sorry about that some weird things happened." He stated and then turned and smiled at Yomi trying to make her feel better. The teacher gave him a look and nodded. He walked over to a desk that was free on the side near Izumi with a free seat next to him that he was hoping that Yomi would take.

Yuki looked at the clock while she was standing in the hallway and realized it was already 4th period... And 4th period was going to be over in 5 minutes. 'Wh-What?! I can't believe I'm that late!! Well, it was kind of worth it.. I mean, there were some pretty cute guys outside.' Yuki smiled thinking about that one person.

A couple minutes later of day dreaming, the bell went off and she jumped a bit when students began piling out of their classes. 'Oh right, Jin-kun was suppose to show me and Kenzo-kun around the school now... I guess I should just wait until he shows up.'

Following the others into the class, Jin had simply smiled and thrown the pass onto the teachers desk. The teachers were all used to him being late and didn't even bother to ask questions anymore. He took the seat beside Kasei and behind Yori and realized he didn't even know what class it was. 'Oh well, He first class is never that important anyways.' He reached into his binder and pulled out his favourite book, Ender's Game. Soon he was buried nose deep in the world of alien invasions and battle academy.

A loud crash startled Jim from his trance. He turned to see Kasei picking himself up from the desk and stifled a grin at the shy boys expression. 'He's really cute, especially with that scarf. I hope he's alright.'. Kasei's face changed from pain and embarrassment to smiles and jauntiness. Jim smiled and returned to his book.

About half way through third period Jin came to a shocking revelation. 'I'm in the same class as Kiseki!' He quickly scanned the class and sure enough, sitting right in front of Kou, was Keseki. Her beautiful blonde hair bobbed as she wrote. The small boy shoved his face back into his novel to hide his scarlet face. He didn't know what to think, his emotions were a mixture of happy was and fear. 'Oh god, what if I do something stupid! Then she'll never want to go out with me!

The bell for lunch rang just as Jin closed his book. "Ahhh, there's nothing like a good book." He yawned as he stood from his chair. He had almost reached the door when he noticed that the purple haired girl from earlier seemed to be staring at him. His legs carried him past Kou, who he politely waved at as he went by. "Can I help you?" He asked the girl. 'Crap, I gotta make this quick. I'm meeting Kenzo and the other girl soon.'

Yomi nodded, not even catching onto the accidental innuendo. Her mind was constantly stuck on one setting; innocent. She just laughed when he made a weird face. What's he talking about? I guess I shouldn't worry about it too much.. She took the seat next to Kenzo after giving the teacher an apologetic look. She'd sat quietly the rest of class, glancing to Izumi and Kenzo a few times. It felt nice having people that had her back other than Yori. It was nice not having to depend on just one person. They managed to make her feel less frightened and certainly less alone. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad without Yori. As fourth class ended, Yomi stood, stretching happily. It was so nice to be able to stand.. though she'd really not been sitting very long at all. Lunch time.. should I look for Yori..? Where would she be anyway.. Should I just eat in class..? Outside..? She debated inside her mind silently. Not sure what to do with herself.

Jin scratched his head and chuckled. "Sorry but I wouldn't know. I had my nose shoved in a book the whole time. Don't worry though, judging from the handouts on my desk they only talked about the class rules and expectations. We didn't miss much." He turned on his heel and sprinted towards the door. Halfway there he turned and began to walk backwards. "I'm Jin by the way. Mantra, Jin." With those parting words, he rushed into the halls towards the meeting spot.

He spotted Yuki playing games, no doubt waiting for him. A little twinge of guilt flickered inside him as he made his way towards her. "Sorry I'm late! I got caught up reading." His bright blue eyes scanned the grounds for Kenzo but he wasn't anywhere to be found. 'I don't see him anywhere. He's probably just lost.' Jin's habit once again kicked in and he offered her his hand. "You might have heard this morning but I'm Mantra, Jin. I never did catch your name though.

A humongous grin broke out on Jin's face. Could it be that this girl was a video game fan or maybe, dare he say it, a nerd!? As far as first impressions go, Yuki Hayashi has made a splendid performance and will be advancing to the next round! "Though as far as cuteness levels go I'd say Kirby takes the cake. Literally!" He giggled at his own joke. "Seriously though! He's a giant, pink, walking marshmallow that has a weirder digestive system than Yoshi. How is he not the cutest little guy you've ever seen in your entire life!"

His grin dropped a little when there was still no sign of Kenzo. "Hmmm, maybe he's still in his class." Jin grabbed Yuki's hand and lightly puled her down the hall. "Now, before I get too sidetracked and ramble on through lunch I suggest we go to 2A to try and find Kenzo. I know how scary it is in a new place and want him to feel at home and you can't feel at home if you don't even know where the bathrooms are!"