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-Day 2-
Zelda hated gym class. She wasn't good at athletics at all, not like Hizuru. She heard Hizuru talk about being on the track team and the swim team all the time. That was until her asthma picked up and she started having attacks more often. So first she had to quit the swim team which she had really loved. It would be dangerous for her if she had an asthma attack in the pool. Track was something she wasn't as crazy about but she was good at it. Why wouldn't she be? She had really long legs after all. But soon after quitting the swim team she quit track as well. She just didn't see the point anymore. Kendo was the one sport she never gave up on though. Zelda wished she had a sliver of Hizuru's athletic ability or at least her asthma. It was a horrible thing to think but that way she could skip gym and Hizuru could still be on the swim team, so it wouldn't be that bad.
Despite Zelda's hatred of Phys. Ed. there was one part she liked. That part was seeing Kakashi Hatake, one of the gym teachers. Although he wasn't her teacher she still got to see him and he made her heart flutter. He had silver spiked hair and sleepy dark eyes. He was smart, fast, even strong. Was there anything he couldn't do?
Zelda wished she had him for a teacher, then maybe gym wouldn't be so bad. Luckily she had Isai in her gym class which was almost just as good as being able to talk to Kakashi sensei on a regular basis. She had changed into her gym clothes and after being forced to leave her precious hat behind the small brunette dragged herself up the stairs and into the gymnasium. She hated it. It was a shiny noisy room where there was nothing but shoes squeaking and balls bouncing all the time.
"Hey Zelda," Isai greeted her with a smile. Within an instant Zelda's thoughts about how much she hated the class stopped. Isai could make her smile any day, even when she was really upset. She really liked that about him. He had green hair and eyes and was almost always smiling.
"Hi Isai. What do you think we'll be doing today?"
"I'm not sure. The teacher said about us starting something new," Isai said looking around for the teacher. Another thing Zelda hated about gym class: the teacher, Matsuke sensei. She was beautiful and most of the boys in class drooled over her. Her hair was bouncy and golden yellow, along with blue eyes and bright pink lips she was practically a knockout. She looked good even in half of a track suit. Not only was it annoying hearing her fellow classmates trip over themselves trying to get a compliment out to her but she just happened to have the same object of affection as Zelda. That's right. Both the blonde mid-twenties gym teacher and the brunette freshmen had their sights on Kakashi sensei and Matsuke knew it.
Zelda knew it was pointless. How could she compete with a teacher anyway? But it didn't stop her from trying to talk to Kakashi sensei any chance she got. Now though she didn't have the opportunity as Matsuke just walked out of her off with her bouncy golden locks held high in a pretty ponytail and a clipboard in hand. Time for attendance.
Zelda and Isai waved to each other then got in their spots on the gym floor so Matsuke to could see who was present and who was not. It was going to be a long class.

Elsewhere in the building Ari was somehow convinced to come out of her hiding spot in the classroom to join Chaiss in a little corner of the hallway which had a table and chairs. If it had been just Chai there would be no problem with Ari coming out to chat, but to Ari's dismay the two girls were not alone. Next to Chai sat Taidra Iwato, a boy with sun burnt skin, dark green eyes, and a loud voice and personality. And that wasn't all, Chai had just popped up out of her seat to bring over yet another person a young boy Ari had never seen before. He had black peach fuzz hair with a bright purple mowhawk and the strangest eye color, bright orange. Ari had seen a few other people with not so common eye colors at school as well. In fact she spotted one talking to Zelda the other day, what was his name again? Oh right, Kurt Wagner was his name. Knowing that Ari shouldn't have been surprised but she was surprised when the boy pulled a dry erase board out of his messenger bag and wrote something on it. Perhaps Chai was supposed to get it from him for class?
After a few more exchanges Chai convinced the boy to come over and join Ari and Tai. He sat down and didn't utter a word.
"Hey," Tai said casually to him and nodded. The boy returned the nod but still didn't open his mouth at all. He was even quieter than Ari was.
"Honey, this is Honv Nuwan," Chai said seating herself next to Ari again.
"Hi. I'm Ari Harisen. It's nice to meet you." She put on her friendliest smile yet still the boy did not speak. Ari was more than a little unsettled by it even though he attempted to smile a little.
"So Ari, you got a boyfriend? A cute little chicka like you ought to," Tai said grinning ear to ear.
Ari quickly became flustered. "M-me? No way. I've never had a boyfriend."
"Never?!" both Chai and Tai asked in shock.
"No." Ari winced. "Is that bad?"
"No, not at all honey. I'm just a little shocked. You're so pretty I figured you did." Chai smiled. "Don't worry though, I'm single too." Tai opened his mouth with a cocky expression but Chai quickly cut him off. "That knuckle head will try to convince you that he has a girlfriend but he's just as single as the rest of us." Ari giggled a little.
"Man way to cut me down, Chai." The brown haired boy sounded disappointed but didn't seem too upset about it. Ari sensed that Chai and Tai were close friends.
"Honv you still single too, right?" Chai asked and the boy nodded right away. "Ah it's a shame. He's a really nice guy, but no one wants to give him a chance." She then looked slyly at Tai. "Unlike that idiot who's no good for anyone."
"Says you. I think otherwise. I say I can be good for a looot of women," Tai answered cheekily then winked at Ari. Thankfully Chai smacked him in response.
"Like she'd be interested in a boy like you." Chai let out a short sigh.
"If you stop embarrassing me she might," Tai said with a bit of a pout.
"Anyway," Chai said loudly giving Tai a sharp look. "Aren't you interested in anyone at all, honey?"
"Um, well." Ari pulled her sleeve over her fingers nervously and internally debated on whether she should say or not. She felt like she could trust Chai, but Tai and Honv on the other hand she knew nothing about. What if they told someone?
"C'mon, hon. It's okay." Chai smiled reassuringly and Tai seemed genuinely interested.
"Um, maybe Eito Tashima?' Ari said hesitantly. The three listeners all jumped in surprise.
"Woah, no way!" Chai gasped.
"He's pretty high up on the chain!" Tai commented with a laugh. Honv looked baffled as well.
"Uh, yeah. But I've barely talked to him so it's not anything serious at all!" Ari panicked and said.
"It's okay, honey." Chai smiled confidently at Ari then Ari smiled too. It seemed that when Ari could let herself open up she could actually make friends and she wondered exactly what had held her back before.

"Hey, Hizuru." Two voices perfectly in unison called out to Hizuru.
"Go away," she replied bluntly.
"Honestly is that any way to talk to your fellow club members?" one twin said.
"How rude," the other said nodding in agreement.
"I know you two. You just want to harass me about something." Hizuru didn't even look up at them. She had her nose in a book she needed to read for class.
"Oh no," they said. "We just want to ask you a question."
"What is it?"
"Why don't you dress like a girl?" they asked with sly grins on their faces that matched perfectly.
Hizuru's eyebrow twitched in anger and she was forced to look at the shady twins, Hikaru and Kaoru Hiitachin. They had auburn hair and wore matching clothes most days. Sometimes they would play a game with the guests called the "Which one is Hikaru game" where the girls would guess which twin was Hikaru.
"Because most days I can't. If I dress like a girl then coming to the host club would be kind of pointless. Everyone would know I'm not really a guy."
"So do you ever dress like a girl?" one twin asked.
"Well of course."
"I bet you won't do it tomorrow," the other said slyly.
Hizuru's eyes narrowed. So they were messing with her. "Why should I? I can dress 'like a girl' whenever I want to."
"We know, we just don't think you will."
"We don't think you have the guts."
"Or maybe..." they draped themselves over each other. "You're scared to."
That was the last straw. If they wanted to get Hizuru's goat they got it, horns and all. "Why the hell would I be scared of that?" she asked in an agitated tone.
"Because you never seem to. So obviously it must scare you."
"So we dare you to come to school tomorrow and to dress more feminine."
"Then," they said together mischievously. "You have to still come to the host club and not get noticed, otherwise we win."
"It's on!" Hizuru growled.

Sayomi leaned against the cold metal tables in the science room in an aggravated state. Science was the worst subject for her and the boring teacher, Sen sensei, didn't help. 'Who the hell names their kid Sen anyway?' she thought. What made things worse was that one of her two objects of affection was constantly crushing on the student teacher, Rangiku Matsumoto. It was pretty obvious that he had fallen hard for her and it seemed like nothing she could do would make him look at her like that.
The fact that she was friends with Hisagi Shuuhei softened the blow a little but not enough that Sayomi was content with the situation. She had been crushing on him since high school started, but never had enough courage to tell him despite the fact that Sayomi seemed so confident. Sayomi appeared to be such a free spirit but on the inside existed some turmoil, things that she told no one. She was unhappy most days which is why she did so much to try and change that. Put on a happy face, do crazy things with her friends, get a little buzzed sometimes, she figured those things would make her happy in the long run, only they didn't. Everything was only a temporary high that dissipated mostly when she got home and had nothing to do but be alone in her room.
She liked Akki, she liked Hizuru too even though they bumped heads every once in a while. She even liked Zelda and Ari to an extent, though it bothered her to see how shy they both were. She didn't like how content they seemed with it and couldn't understand how their cowardice didn't eat them up inside, like it did for her.
What she didn't like about Akki was the fact that she preached about family all the time. Sayomi's parents gave her up when she was little, they didn't want her. So she had no family. In her mind family wasn't something you could make (unless you pop out some babies yourself) it was something that was supposed to be there from the start. For her it wasn't and it never sat well for her. So although she cared for her so called "sisters" they weren't family to Sayomi and they never would be. That was why Akki's talks and her "big sister" behavior wore Sayomi down. It was all just lies anyway.
"Alright. Partner up," Sen sensei said from the front of the room. Today they were performing a lab experiment and Sayomi had no friends in sight, except for Hisagi who quickly went over to Kira Izuru and some other guy Sayomi didn't recognize. She got up with her papers and went to stand at an empty lab table. Surely there were other people in the class that needed partners so someone else was bound to come over.
After a minute or two of students talking amongst themselves and getting prepared Sayomi looked up to see two young girls standing at her table. One had short black hair that covered the left side of her face and the other had long wavy blue hair.
"Can we join you?" the black haired one asked.
"Sure," Sayomi replied with a nod.
"Good. We might not have had much choice otherwise. It seems like everyone else is paired up," the blue haired girl said glancing around the room. She was dressed darkly with green and yellow accents and what looked like a black cape around her shoulders. The other girl was dressed in black punk clothes with red accents. Although they were both mostly in black the two girls couldn't look more different if they tried.
"I'm Miyu Hoshiko," the dark haired girl said after a while.
"My name is Setsuko Kagome, it's nice to meet you." The comment hung in the air as a question meaning Setsuko was asking for their new partner's name.
"Sayomi Kitakuro," she replied with a slight smile and nod. "It's nice to meet you guys too."

"Hey!" Akki jumped in surprise when Izumi popped up next to her. The young woman had previously been digging in her bag looking for her keys. They were leaving the college and luckily Izumi had caught Akki before she got outside.
"Geez, Izumi-chan don't scare me like that!" Akki said with her hand over her heart.
The red haired woman giggled mysteriously. "I'm sorry Akki-chan. Are we still on for Friday?"
"Of course. Pizza and movies sounds great. I could use it after how nerve racking this week started out." She smiled. "I'm sure the girls would be happy to see you too."
"All those crazy girls." Izumi shook her head a little. "How are they doing?"
"Fine for the most part."
"For the most part?" Izumi looked a bit concerned.
"It's just..." Akki frowned. "Sayomi said something troubling yesterday and she's barely at home anymore. I wonder if I'm not doing enough to make her happy."
"Well what did she say?"
"Zelda complained about Hizuru teasing her at school, so I started scolding Hizuru and saying that as a family we shouldn't do that to each other. Sayomi laughed and said 'the whole we're a family talk is getting old.' I don't think she believes it." Akki looked down in disappointment. "Maybe I should let her move out if she really wants to."
"I wouldn't say that." Akki looked at Izumi with a glimmer of hope. "You know what it's like growing up in an orphanage. I think she is just handling it differently. She might be a little bitter about being abandoned where as you are not. So maybe family just isn't something she believes in."
"Maybe," Akki sighed. "Is there anything you think I can do?"
"Just don't push her. It might make things worse." Izumi smiled reassuringly but Akki still didn't look sure. It wasn't easy for her to take. She had adopted Sayomi two years ago and still she didn't believe they were family to her. "Oh, look who it is." Akki glanced up to see Hakkai sitting in his jeep with Gojyo. It seemed like they were waiting on someone. "Let's go talk to them," Izumi said grabbing Akki's hand and walking over.
"No, let's not!" Akki desperately tried to break free of Izumi's grasp. After a while Izumi stopped.
"Why not?"
"I'm nervous. I don't want to," Akki whined.
"Oh please, Akki-chan. You talked to him in class."
"I know, but I had to. He sat next to me." Akki blushed and glanced at the jeep. "Do we have to?" Just then Hakkai noticed their presence and turned to see Akki and Izumi. He smiled happily and waved.
"We've been caught. We might as well now," Izumi hummed. Akki groaned but followed Izumi over to the jeep. Izumi giggled. "Hey guys," Izumi said as soon as they got close to the jeep. Akki greeted the guys as well, albeit a little shyly.
"Hey you two. What's up?" Gojyo smirked with a cigarette in this mouth. Akki didn't realize he smoked, not that it was a big deal.
"We were just about to head home." Izumi pushed one of her braids out off her shoulder and smiled casually. Izumi was beautiful with red hair similar to Gojyo's only Izumi had streaks of raspberry red as well. She had several piercings on each ear as well.
"I would offer you a ride but as soon as Sanzo and Goku get here all my seats will be taken up." Hakkai chuckled a little, but seemed sincere.
"Goku?" Akki blinked.
"He's another of our friends. In fact he share's an apartment with Sanzo."
"Ah, that's okay. We're used to the walk home," Akki replied with a smile.
Izumi draped an arm over Akki and said, "We're tough girls. We can make it." Her dark lips twisted into a smile. Gojyo smirked at that.
"I like tough girls."
"Gojyo, how many times do I have to turn you down?" Izumi said, her tone teasing. Gojyo had been hitting on Izumi since yesterday. From what Hakkai told Akki it was very common for Gojyo, yet he never looked twice at Akki. The copper haired girl was caught somewhere in between relief and insult. She guessed it didn't matter too much though. She had no romantic interest in Gojyo.
"Man I just can't get a break, huh?" The red haired man chuckled.
"Akki, why the long face?" Hakkai asked looking concerned. Akki had strayed back to thinking about Sayomi again while Izumi had turned down Gojyo, probably a bad idea.
"She's probably thinking about her girls again," Izumi said with a sigh. Oh no. Akki knew where she was going with this. She was going to tell them about Akki's "children."
"Girls?" Both Gojyo and Hakkai looked curious.
"Izumi-chan--no!" Akki started saying but Izumi spoke too quickly.
"Akki has kids. Didn't she tell you?" Izumi giggled as Akki's face dropped.
"Say what?" Gojyo asked in slight surprise looking at Akki.
"Well, they are yet they're not. I-I adopted them, you see. But they're all teenagers, so it's not like I really even have to take care of them. The youngest is sixteen, so they're practically all adults," Akki rushed to explain.
"Damn, I never would have thought that." Gojyo looked slightly impressed. Izumi glanced at Akki with a sort of 'see? It's okay' look. Akki gave her a look right back that said they would be talking about this later.
"I think that's really sweet," Hakkai said with a smile. The young woman couldn't help but blush.
"I finally found him," came a new voice and the girls turned to see Sanzo with a young boy about eighteen. He had rich brown hair and golden eyes. He must be Goku, Akki thought.
"I guess we'll be going then," Hakkai said as Sanzo and Goku got into the jeep.
"We'll see you ladies tomorrow." Gojyo winked.
"Bye." Hakkai waved then started up the jeep and pulled away.
After they were out of sight Izumi said, "See? Now was that so bad?"
"You're totally paying for pizza on Friday," Akki laughed.