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Kiyoko drew back her hand, a bit embarassed for being outgoing so quickly. So she was right; he was new here as well. She thought she'd seen him in a new house near them....looks like she wasn't going crazy after all. Yay.

"Yeah, it's my third day here. At least we're starting the year at the same time as everyone else." she said happily; she couldn't make it if they were, like, 4 months behind or something. Kiyoko wasn't that great on catch-up work. She was better with visual examples as opposed to just reading out of a textbook. "I moved here over the summer, so I'm still getting used to the town, where everything is, not losing myself in the city..."

She turned as she heard Ray come back out. He had an eyebrow raised as there was a cat in his presence. "Not much; Renji here is just introducing himself." she answered casually.

Shirou looked up at the ceiling after hearing her speak. "Hmm....Lucy still owes me for many things she has done to hurt others; bullying and such, but nothing to a major degree, so mabye not. But sadly, there aren't any dorms here yet. Hm...." he got up and paced in his thoughts. "Perhaps they could spend some time in my office, work and whatnot. They'd have to be in the same room with each other for a certain amount each day. That might work........"

"Ah, I've only been in the country since..." replied Renji, looking at his watch. "41 hours ago. Maybe you could show me around sometime, I'd be very grateful." Whether is was catch-up studies or school in general, Renji never had a problem with his education. His father had aggressively pushed harsh lessons that were, at the time, extremely difficult. Renji had suspected that the reason he was sent to this school was not his education, rather, it was possible that his father wanted him to improve himself socially in real-world situations. To accomplish this feat, Renji's father sent him abroad to live alone till he graduated from high school. Renji took a step back, as he realized that there was an unusual tension in the air. He hadn't noticed the others behind Kiyoko. "Umm... am I interrupting something here?" Renji questioned, although it was partially rhetorical.

"Heh, I haven't explored anywhere near the whole entire city. One of the locals could probably give you a better tour, without getting you lost." she replied honestly, then noticed Ray and jumped. He had crept up behind her from 6 feet away and was keeping one eye on her, but why? "Eh, you ok? Warn me when you're gonna do that!" she replied jokingly. She then remembered Celia had no idea of how honest they had been with each other. Great, the last thing I need is another shouting match. she thought. Besides, Kiyoko didn't really pose much of a threat to him, so mabye it could work.

"True, true. I'll think about how I can get that to work. I appreciate the support, though." he returned the smile, then looked at the clock. "Hm, I wonder if the students are being watched. You wanna to double team and patrol the halls before we gather the two here?" he asked her. THen he thought about how odd that must have sounded. "I-i mean, with the other teachers 'asleep' and all, who knows what is going on out there." he added quickly.

Al smiled at the newcomer. "Sorry about that. My name's Alastair, but you can call me Al." He stared at Renji, noticing how he had been so shy at first and now he was practically confronting Ray. It was amusing and a little bit refreshing. "Er... Welcome."

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Adrienne blushed and looked down as Shirou smiled at her. Luckily, he was looking at the clock. Hearing his next sentence, she nodded. "I forgot that they're unsupervised! We should go." She pushed off of the wall and reached for the door. "Where should we start?"

Celia gave Renji a small smile. "Pleasure to meet you." she said polietly. "I will if you'd like and you too Kiyoko. We'll make it a group thing when the storm is over." she said, liking to think about something like that instead of her situation with Conall. That was a mess and she really couldn't fix it until she could talk to him. But she realized she probably won't be able to talk to him for a long while because he's off getting in trouble somewhere, which kind of ticked her off. But again, she wasn't thinking about that at the moment.

Ray chuckled, "I'm fine. Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you..." he said, wrapping his arms around her from behind for a moment. "I won't do it again, I promise..." he said with an innocent smile. He looked over at Renji. "No reason..." he said simply with a shrug as he let his grip go from around Kiyoko. He leaned against the wall for a moment. "We should probably stay around here because if we're stuck here tonight, people will be fighting for somewhere comfortable to sleep. Expecially since the school doesn't keep like extra cots lying around for no reason." he said, changing the subject.

"Uh..W-well... there was a secluded room that was attached to the rooftop door that I found yesterday." Renji sighed as he said it, he felt kinda weird knowing such a place existed. "I kinda... rested there, and no one seemed to notice that it existed. Maybe we can stay there, although it is kinda far from the cafeteria. But at least we can stay away from all the crowds." Renji brushed at his hair nervously. He realized he had given away the location of his only place where he could be alone, but under the circumstances, it was a nice gesture.

((Not necessarly. You could have the teacher just "happen to leave the door open and you just happened to sneak out, thinking you were done your time" wink xd ))

Celia then realized why Ray had acted the way he did. She raised an eyebrow, but didn't bring up the subject. She'd talk to Kiyoko later. (Edited) She looked over at Renji. "Does it have seating?" she asked. "If not we could have atleast one person in here at all times. We'll all probably end up staying here most of the time anyways, but just in case." she shrugged. "We can lock the doors from the inside and only we're allowed in. It'll still be a little cramped and someone will probably end up sleeping on the carpet, but it's better than sleeping on the cold floor or tables or desks or something."

Ray nodded in agreement. He stayed close to Kiyoko. "A couple of people can all get lunch for everyone and we can eat up there or here. The cafeteria is going to be way to crowded anyways. People are going to be fighting for places to sit and then classrooms are going to be next. The nicest classrooms are going to be filled up first. So we better get back in there and choose who's going to get lunch." he suggested. "I'll get some, but I'm going to need help."

[[ACK! Are you changing your posts Anidzuki? Or am I really that bad a reading XP]]

[[Fixed ^^]]