Start of a New School Year, 01/02

[Inoue Takashi]

Takashi was one of the earliest to arrive in school. The sun was barely out, and the security guard was just opening the gates for the teachers' arrival. He waved towards the guard as he sauntered into the school compound, bag slung over his shoulder and hands in the pockets of his coat.

After leaving his bag in the classroom, he went outside to the front of the main building, a folder under his arm as usual. The new principal had not arrived yet, but some of the staffs had. Takashi greeted each of them. One teacher had responded. "Takashi, you're really early!"

"It's my duty to fulfill my position," Takashi replied.

The teacher smiled. "That's right. You're doing a good job. Continue that and you'll get a very decent college application." He went in.

Takashi sighed a little, rubbing one hand against his coat. A minute later, students started to fill in to the school slowly. He stood where he was, ready to catch anyone with disheveled apparel or other.

[Akira Yasushi]

Yasushi yawned as she sat in the backseat of the new Mustang as she rode to school. It is way too early to be in school...But I'm a prefect, so I must do my duty and come to school she thought as she rubbed her eyes and brushed a strand of blonde hair out of her face. When the car reached the building, she thanked the man driving and stepped out, shutting the door behind her.

A gust of wind blew her ponytail around as it pulled at the papers in her hands, eventually knocking all of them out of her arms and onto the sidewalk. One of the security guards looked at her, almost laughing, and offered to help. Yasushi thanked the man and in a few minutes, they had gathered all the papers. The blonde girl thanked the man once again as she headed into the school building. By the time she got into the main hallway, students started filing in, chattering loudly to eachother.

Yasushi continued wandering the hallways, listening in to the conversations around her out of curiosity. As she looked around, she noticed Takashi and walked over to him. "The morning rush is interesting, isn't it?" she asked as she poked the boy's shoulder.

[Inoue Takashi]

"Uh huh," Takashi replied without turning. He knew who it was, and he did not have to turn around to confirm that. He was too busy observing the crowd. "And it would be good if you don't poke me like that.

"So what have you been up to for the last month?" He was just asking for no reason. It was not really his concern, but he figured it would make him seem normal to ask such question.

[Akira Yasushi]

"Oh! Sorry, Takashi," Yasushi said, quickly pulling her finger off of his shoulder and smiling. She looked at Takashi oddly at his question. She thought about an answer, for she had done many things within the last month. "Well, I guess, to put it bluntly, I have been in school and doing the usual activities," she answered, her sharp eyes scanning the crowd for trouble makers.

"Hey! You! Stop right there!" the blonde teenager called as she ran up to a girl who had just tossed a candy bar wrapper on the ground. Yasushi picked it up and shoved it into the girl's hand, ordering her to throw it away. The girl nodded and threw the trash away in a nearby trash can. Yasushi walked back over to Takashi and stook next to him. "You see anything else going on?" she asked, nodding towards the crowd.

[Inoue Takashi]

"Not surprised," Takashi replied, "even though everyone would expect you to go on a cruise like me, or something else." He knew Yasushi was humble enough not to do that. In his own case though, he merely followed what his father asked. There were not all big deal to him though.

"Other than you doing that, no," Takashi said, brushing a hand through his hair. He caught a couple of girls' glances, making them run off with their faces red. He ignored them. "At least you know your duties around here.

[Phineas Leone]

Walking with a slow strut, the newly-arrived Italian turned a corner on to the hall where the two prefects stood posted. Of course, he himself had no idea they were prefects. As far as he knew, they were regular kids trying to be hall monitors.

His name was Phineas, and just by the look of his appearance, you could see that he was trouble waiting to happen. Half of his shirt tail was completely untucked, and smoke was just being exhaled from the cigarette he had thrown away not but ten seconds ago.

Phineas chuckled as he watched the teenaged girl tell another off over a candy wrapper. Somethings were just pointless to him, and this was definately one of them.

As he trudged down the hall, he shot them a quick glance, noticing they looked very well put together. Maybe he should mind his own business? That would probably be best.

He held a light, black jacket over his shoulder as he rummaged through his pocket for his schedule.

[Riosamu Arano]

Arano just arrived at school as the crowd started going in, and brushed imaginary dust off of herself before entering the school. She looked around for her friends, and spotted them almost immediately. She smiled widely, and ran up to them, waving and calling out their names.

"Takashi, Yasushi!" the black haired teen yelled, panting when she reached the two of them, "How are you?" she asked cheerfully.

She didn't even notice the person walking by that was wearing a light black jacket. She looked around for a bit before noticing someone missing.

"Where Natsuichi?"

[Akira Yasushi]

"Hey, Arano! How are you?" Yasushi smiled as she greeted her friend and waved. The blonde haired girl looked around after Arano asked her question. She saw no trace of Natsuichi and wondered where the boy was. "I don't see him, Arano. He should be here soon, though. Unless he is sick, or something," Yasushi answered, taking a quick glance at the boy in the black jacket.

[Inoue Takashi]

"If you want to know, he's either hiding out to escape from his duties, or is currently on duty by the other gate," Takashi replied without looking at her. He was just staring ahead, arms folded now. He had noticed the person in black, and merely narrowed his eyes a little. Phineas Leone. He was definitely not on Takashi's list for good students. Neither were many, anyway. When he was sure that the boy was not going to cause any trouble around him, he let his eyes off him.

"See Mr. Kamiri around yet, Akira?" he asked finally.

[Akira Yasushi]

Yasushi thought for a second, trying to remember if she had spotted the principal at all that day. Finally, she shook her head, pretty sure she hadn't seen the man. "Sorry, Takashi. I haven't seen him all morning. I thought you would see him because you came in earlier than me," she explained.

The blonde teenager looked at her watch, wondering what the time was. "Well, guys. We have ten more minutes until we have to be in class. We might as well make one last round of the hallways, right Takashi?" she asked, peering down the hallway. "Do you want to come with us, Arano? Or were you going to go ahead and head to class?" she asked the girl as she looked back at Takashi and Arano.

[Inoue Takashi]

"You go ahead, I'll be here," said Takashi, still staring ahead. The reason he was staying was to make sure that he got a look at the principal up close. No detail was better than the result of personal observation.

[Yoshinari Natsuichi]

Meanwhile, Natsuichi had gotten in through the back gate, escaping from meeting face-to-face with Inoue and the others. He WAS early that day, just that nobody other than the ones he met knew. After dropping his bag in his classroom, he went towards his assigned station at the back of the school. He was supposed to catch any student who tried to smoke before class. There weren't any though, and by ten minutes before the first bell, he was getting bored.

[Thomas Minuet]

Thomas wandered around the place, seeing as how he had awhile before, actually, having to get to class. He wasn't sure where he was going, exactly, but he just kept walking. Passing students along, he smiled. The start of another year, he was excited. Thomas nodded to himself, continuing onwards. The blonde kept his current pace as he started to head into another hallway.

Within a minute or two, though, a small group of people caught his eye. He watched them for a minute, before fully recognizing them. Though, he didn't want to interrupt their conversation. Besides, he didn't really know the two with Arano so well. Thomas readjusted his bag, and realized he had stopped walking. Starting off, again, he just smiled at them and waved, heading off to explore some more.

[Riosamu Arano]

"I'll follow you," Arano said to Yasushi. She was a little curious to meet the new principal as well, but she wanted to find Natsuichi. She was surprised that she hadn't seen him yet, and was a little curious to know where he was.

As she was about to follow Yasushi, she caught sight of someone she knew in the corner of her eye. She looked in his direction before he started walking off, and called out to him.

"Thomas! Hey, wait up!" she said, running up to catch up with him, "How are you?" she asked as she matched his strides.

[Thomas Minuet]

Thomas looked back at the person who called, surprised, really. He looked at Arano, and smiled. Once she caught up to him, he turned his full attention on her.

"Hey, Arano. I'm good. How about you?" he, finally, stopped walking.

He looked back at the others she was with before. Hopefully, he wasn't delaying her from something. He looked back at her, awaiting a reply. He continue smiling, happily, as he stood there. Well, at least, now the remaining time wouldn't seem so long even if it was just a couple of minutes worth of conversation.