Stupid school...

[Tenten]

Math book, Science binder, Gym clothes... Tenten counted off in her head as she weaved her way in and out through the crowds of people. Her eyes scanned the row of top lockers, looking for a specific one that she was able to call her own. Finally spying it a few steps after a large group of girls stood an chat, she came to a stop. She put her bag down by her feet. Opening the locker with her combination, the Junior student sighed.

18, 21, 4

She quickly recalled the items that she had named before and pulled them out and set them down on the ground with her bag. She stood up fully and looked into the semi-messy metal box. (If you thought about it, that's really all a locker is...) Looks like I have everything for the next few periods.

She flipped open her school bag to make sure the papers where in there. Everything seemed to be present, so she closed it, shut her locker, and secured the lock on it again. She picked up her bag and books before looking to her wrist watch. It was a little while before she had to go to class. She shrugged and started to walk around, looking for a friend to chat too in her free time.

[Onniwa Sayuri]

I hate seniors.

Sayuri had decided that some seniors were pure evil a few minutes ago. One short and rather large senior boy had decided it'd be funny to knock her books out of her hands.

" Freshman! " he and his friends taunted. Sayuri growled and bent over to pick up her books. But instead of just lettng him go, she had tripped him, causing him to fall into a science teacher carrying a bag of disected frog parts.

'Nough said.

Sighing, she took out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket.

Locker 28, Combonation 19, 25, 3

She looked to her left, and saw she was standing right by it. How convenient!

Twirling her locker open, she noticed a girl standing next o her. She was taller thean Sayuri, and looked muh more mature.

" Please don't be a senior, please don't be a senior!" Sayuri silently prayed.

[Tenten]

Lost in her thoughts, Tenten didn't even realize that she had stopped to lean on a locker. Her gaze was strait forward as she began to day dream. Her hands that held her book to place at her side and the other hand that held onto her bag, lay sort of limp. The sound of close footsteps didn't bring her out of it, until they stopped besides her.

Looking up and snapping out of her thoughts, Tenten looked to her right. A girl stood there, her locker open. Hmm, She thought. Never seen her before. The girl was shorter than she was, and looked at least a few years younger. Tenten, absent mindly pushed her bangs out of her face, admired the other girl's hair style. Nothing that would good on the brown haired girl herself, but it looked cool.

Deciding to be kind to the girl that was now looking at her as well, Tenten smiled. "Hello," she said. "I don't think I've met you around school. I'm Tenten." She held out her hand in a friendly gesture.

((hehehe I do love Sayuri's hair ^_^))

[Onniwa Sayuri]

Sayuri relaxed. This girl, Tenten,seemed to be friendly.

" I'm Onniwa Sayuri. I'm new here," she said as she gave Tenten's hand a little shake. Sayuri grinned as Tenten looked over her wardrobe. She probably looked a little weird, since most people only had one color in their hair, not three. But hey, sometimes weird was good.

All of a sudden,the same senior that she had tripped came walking down the hall, covered in frog limbs. The science teacher he had crashed into was by him, apologizing over and over. They stopped for a second by Sayuri and Tenten, an the boy looked at her.

" Hi," Sayuri grinned evily, and the senior glared back.

" Tell me, are all the seniors around here total jerks?" Sayuri asked as he walked away.

[Tenten]

That explains it, Tenten thought, returning the quick hand shake. She smiled still. "Nice to meet you Sayuri-san." She gave a quick glance to her own attire. Just the usual school clothes and her hair was up in the normal buns. Nothing special.

Quickly turning when Sayuri seemed to look at something, she spied one of the Science teachers, the one she knew to teach Seniors and a boy she had seen around in the halls. One of the big, tough, "I'll-kick-your-arse" kind of guys. Tenten snickered as she watched the boy apologize over and over to the teacher, then look to both of them.

She was surprised when the younger girl addressed the boy, who returned it with just a glare. Another laugh escaped unwillingly. Got what he deserves, She thought. Turning back to Sayuri, Tenten rolled her eyes.

"Not all. Sadly, most. But not all of them."

[Onniwa Sayuri]

" Hm... that's too bad," Sayuri said, brushing a black lock of hair from her face. Putting the rest of her books into her locker, she realized that almost all the girls she had so far seen were wearing similiar skirts and shirts.

" Uh... is there some sort of uniform in this school, or is it another fashion trend?" Sayuri asked, sounding much calmer than she felt. If she got in trouble for not wearing a uniform, her parents would be ticked, and Sayuri would be gounded for a two months, one if she was lucky.

She could NOT stand having to stay in that house.

[Tenten]

Tenten sighed, and nodded in agreement. You'd think that the older the boy, the more mature. But the most mature boys she knew were Neji...and well Sasuke; even if he was younger. It just seemed confusing. Making a face and coming out of her thoughts again, Tenten looked confused towards Sayuri.

It was then that she took in the kinds of clothes she was wearing. Tenten looked down to hers, then to the girl again. "Um, yeah, kinda." She smiled, but it was off, as it afraid to ask the question. "They haven't given you a uniform yet?"

That was odd. Strange even. Though, Tenten wondered if Tsunade-sama was too...er..."intoxicated" again to remember to give the new student her "proper" school clothes.

[Onniwa Sayuri]

" No, I never got a uniform..." Sayuri answered, confused. " Am Isupposed to go get it, or something?"

Well, at least she wouldn't be blamed. It was the principal's fault. She had heard a rumor that the principal - Tsunade, or something like that- was drunk most of the time. Maybe that was why...

Oh well. If Sayuri had to get it herself, she'd wait till the end of the day. She enjoyed being so different from everyone else, even if it was just for one day.Sayuri took a look at Tenten's uniform. Skirt and collared shirt. Eh, it could be worse.

" Hey, Tenten?" Sayuri asked. " I heard that the principal is usually drunk. Is that true?"

[Tenten]

"Weird..." Tenten answered with a shrug. "I don't really know. When I was a Freshman, they gave 2 uniforms out with schedules and stuff. Then you had to buy any extra uniforms if you wanted more. It's just easier to wash them though, I think." She nodded.

Tenten thought for a moment, what it would be like to get to go to school without uniforms. Ah, the world of jeans. Happy thought. That and just regular sport jerseys. Maybe a hat or two. Life would be so much easier. She wouldn't have to change when she got home. And she could actually run around without the fear of her skirt going up or something like that. The sorrows of a tomboy in a skirt...

Hearing her name, Tenten looked back to Sayuri. "Hm?"

Oh jeez. She already heard the rumor. Erm...well...possible truth.

A sweat-drop formed promptly on the back of her head as she let out a nervous laugh. "Where, er, did you get that idea?" She waited a few moments in the silence before shrugging. "Eh, maybe. We don't really know. She's always in her office."

[Onniwa Sayuri]

" Well, I got my schedule, but no uniforms," Sayuri shrugged. Speaking of her shedule, she never really looked over it. She could do that later on.

Sayuri decided to drop the subject of the drunk principal. " So, I take it girls can't wear pants instead of skirts?" she asked. Tenten seemed too tomboyish to be comfortable in skirts.

Sayuri imagined herself in a skirt. Yech. Not a pretty picture. The only time she had worn a skirt was when she went to her aunt's wedding, and that was only because her parents had threatened to take away her stereo.

[Tenten]

"Hm, well, guess you'll have to pick it up at the end of the day." She said with a careless shrug. Quickly glancing at her watch again, Tenten saw that she had 10 more minuets until the bell rang it was time to go back to class.

Joy.

She was defiantly looking forward to gym today though. The one time of day she could run around and get dirty. Defiantly fun. Tenten let out a wishful sigh. "Oh god I wish. I would take pants in a heart beat Sayuri-chan. We don't have that option though." She scowled a little bit at the end. Guess it was just the way of the schools around Tokyo.

Shaking the sad thoughts away, Tenten leaned against the lockers. "What grade are you in Sayuri?" She asked curiously.

[Onniwa Sayuri]

" Heh. I'd take the pants too," Sayuri said with a smirk. Sayuri looked at her own watch. Ten minutes to go. Wonderful.

Out of curiosity, she took out her schedule , which she had hastily shoved into her back pocket, and looked at her classes. History class was first. Total snorefest.

Sayuri grinned. In her old school, half the kids had been asleep before the history class was half over. She and her fiends had managed to stay awake, and had pranked the sleepyheads without getting caught. Stink bombs from Hiroki, marker tatoos from Sango, and strange haircuts from Sayuri.

If history was the same here, Sayuri might actually have fun.

Sayuri snapped out of it and looked at Tenten. " I'm only a freshman."

[Tenten]

Tenten nodded. At least she wasn't the only other sane girl in the school. Frankly, she didn't see how skirts could be considered comfortable. They were a content annoyance and the only good use she had seen them go towards was flirting. Not that it was her doing the flirting, oh no. Almost every other girl in the school? Yep.

Her mind switching to the subject of school after she asked Sayuri, Tenten groaned inwardly. She. Hated. Math. It just was stupid and pointless on her part. Well, alright, maybe not useless. It was good to be able to calculate which angle her Kunai might fall at or where each weapon will fly if she released it at a certain time...eh. Ok. So it was very helpful in her line of passion.

Looking back to Sayuri, she nodded again. Another reason why she wouldn't really had seen the girl around. "Ah, I see. That's too bad." She smiled. "It would had been cool if we had classes together."

[Onniwa Sayuri]

" Yeah.. I wish..." Sayuri sighed. This sucked. Tenten was the closest thing she had to a friend here, and they would hardly get to see each other.

" Why be homeschooled when you could go to a REAL high school?" Sayuri's mom had asked. " Trust me Sayuri, you'll LOVE high school!"

Yeah. High school was a blast. Not.

Sayuri checked her watch again. Five minutes to history. Yay.

[Tenten]

Tenten sighed. She, being very friend oriented, silently agreed. As she stood there, she thought of ways to keep in contact with her new friend through out the day. There was hall time. She could always come and talk to her; she did know where her locker is.

There was time before homeroom. Obviously, as today had shown, they weren't in the same homeroom class. Sad. And they could always hang out after school. Heavens know that she had enough free time.

Tenten looked to Sayuri curiously. "Do you have a lunch table yet Sayuri?"

The mulit-hair colored girl could always sit at her table, as long as she didn't mind sitting with older kids. She could meet Neji and Lee...Eh...maybe I should tell her about Lee first... Yeah. That'd be a big surprise for her once she sat down.