"Nagisa! Nagisa! Wake up you are going to be late for school!"

Nagisa rolled over groggily; it was the end of the summer and today was the first day of high school. Something she wasn't looking forward to. Her mother, Kimisoda, walked into her room and snatched the covers off of her body. The draft from the a/c spread over her. She squeezed together to keep herself from freezing.

"Nagisa I am going to count to three and if you don't wake up, I will pour ice water on your head."

Nagisa ignored her mother and pulled the covers back over her body. "Fine, if that's the way you want it." Her mother walked to the kitchen and took a huge cup, poured cold water into it from the faucet and added a bunch of ice cubes. "Ok, Nagi-chan, I have the water in my hand, if you don't wake up at the count of three I will pour this on your head." Nagisa just rolled over onto her side facing away from her mom.

"One….." She stepped closer to the bed. "Two….." she stood right over the bed angling the cup to pour directly on her head. "Two and a half…" Nagisa didn't budge, "three!" Kimisoda poured the whole cup onto Nagisa's head and watched the ice cubes bounce off and hit the floor.

"Cold, cold, cold, cold!" Nagisa shot up from her bed and ran into the bathroom to start the shower so she could try to warm up. She threw off her clothes, hoped in and placed her head under the shower head. "Ahhhh, what a way to start the morning, now I know how my new school year will be." Usually Nagisa would be excited about going to school, but this time it would be different. It was a whole new school, public school, according to her friends in her old private school; it's the worst thing that can ever happen to you. Not to mention that she has to make friends all over again. "Mouu, I really hope they were wrong."

She stood in the shower for a little while and then turned off the water. The red head grabbed her towel, dried off and finished the rest of her would be morning routine.

"Nagi-chan, hurry up and get dressed you have to catch the bus to school, it only stops once."

"Ok mom."

"Ugh, I rushed to get dressed for no reason, it's been 10min and this bus isn't even here yet." A few moments passed when a huge yellow school bus came to the corner where Nagisa was standing and stopped in front of her. "Finally."

She secured her book bag on her shoulder and stepped onto the bus, as she walked down the very narrow path through the chairs; she couldn't help but notice all the stares she was getting. Some of them looked as if they wanted to befriend her; others looked like they wanted to kill her. The red head quietly sat down on an empty seat in the back of the bus.

About 20 minutes later the bus pulled up to this large silver building with a giant clock sitting on the top of the sign that read Mitesaro High School. She grabbed her bags took a deep breath and stepped off the bus. "Wow look at all these people." Nagisa looked around noticing all the different groups everyone was in. She saw people with sports uniforms of all types gathered by the front entrance with cheerleaders near by, people dressed in all black wearing hats even though it was beyond hot outside slouching against the wall, a bunch of boys messing around and picking on a child way smaller than them, a quiet bunch reading under a tree, some kids that looked like they were concentrating on math problems and a small co-ed group joking around and grinding the school rails with their skate boards.

Out of everyone she saw she took a particular notice to a tall girl with silver hair, wearing black skinny jeans a tight red shirt that said AWESOME in big words, converses and she was holding a black and red skateboard in her hands. The red head stared at the group for a long time. The group noticed her staring and glared back at her.

A boy with short green hair wearing a tie-dye shirt and ripped jeans walked over to one of the girls who had long blue hair wearing a black and gray stripped shirt, red skinny jeans and converses.

"Was sup with the newbie?"

"Who that read head girl?"

"Yea she's been staring at us."

"Maybe she's never seen people who skateboard before."

"Go over there and see what her problem is."

"Why do I have to go?"

"Cause you're the squid and you still have to do what we say."

"What if she's crazy?"

"Then hit that bitch in the head with your skateboard." The whole group laughed and pushed her towards the girl.

"Alright, alright I'm going you assholes."

The girl put her skateboard down, put one foot on top, gave herself a push and rode towards the girl.

Nagisa was in such a daze that she didn't see the blue figure coming towards her.

"Yo, newbie."

Nagisa snapped out of her trance, looked towards the sound and saw a blue haired girl standing in front of her. "Huh?"

"Oh man please don't tell me you're not from here."

"Ano, I am from here I just didn't notice you standing there."

"Yea because you were too busy staring at my friends, they sent me over here to see what your issue was."

"Excuse me?"

"What's your problem, why are you staring, what you never seen skaters before?"

"Actually no, at my old school we never did anything like this."

"Yea whatever, listen newbie."

Nagisa interrupted, "its Nagisa."

"Listen, Nahima."

"Nagisa, Na-gi-sa!"

"Ok then Na-gi-sa, I'm just here to warn you, they aren't to kind to newbies around here so you might want to glue your eyeballs somewhere else. I know them, they can be assholes. So if you don't want your school year to be miserable, don't make eye contact unless you're another skater."

"Actually…um…you didn't tell me your name."

"Tamao."

"Actually Tamao-chan, I was staring because what you guys were doing looked cool."

"Well we are pretty awesome." She laughed at herself.

"I was hoping to learn more about it."

"Maybe if you talk to them and let them know that's why you were staring at them, we won't hate you." Tamao laughed at herself again. "One thing about us though, if you hang with us and become one of us we always got your back."

"Um...ano…I don't think that would be a good idea."

"C'mon don't be a punk." Tamao grabbed Nagisa's hand and pulled her over.

The boy with the green hair noticed Tamao and Nagisa walking towards them.

"Why is she bringing the new girl over here?"

The girl with silver hair watched them walking over, "Hmm, she looks like she belongs at a soup kitchen with that school girls uniform and sweater on." They laughed together but quickly stopped when Tamao and Nagisa got closer.

"Dudes this is Nagisa, she wants to become a skater."

"She definitely doesn't look like a skater." Scoffed the green headed boy

"C'mon man be cool." Tamao retorted.

"Ok, ok ohayio Nagisa-chan, I'm Raidy and this is Shizuma."

"So what makes you want to be a skater," said Shizuma.

Nagisa couldn't say anything because she was stunned by Shizuma's beauty. Her eyes were so magnetic and illuminating. She couldn't believe that this girl was actually talking to her and wanting to know about her. Even though this is a simple question to others, it was like a proposal to Nagisa.

"Hello?" Shizuma waved her hand in front of her face, "did you hear me?"

The red head then jumped out of her trance. "Uh…ano…."

Rrrrriiiiinnnnnnggggg…. That was the sound of the school bell; letting all the students know that it was time for class. The group picked up their skateboards and started to walk towards the entrance.

Tamao looked at Nagisa, "did your old school have a bell."

Nagisa put her hands on her hips, "yes, doesn't every school?"

"Well your school didn't even have skaters so who knows." The two began to walk together towards the school. "Hey do you have your schedule?"

"Yes it's in my pocket."

"Mind if I take a look at it, we might be in some of the same classes."

"Sure."

"Oh wow, we have the same exact schedule, all the way down to lunch. Maybe you can get to know the crew."

Nagisa just shook her head. 'Maybe I could even get to know Shizuma better.' She thought to herself.

"Ladies and gentlemen we have a new student with us today." All the students stopped their chattering and paper throwing to look at what they consider 'fresh meat.' "This is Aoi Nagisa; she transferred here from St. Miators. This is her first time in a public school so let's make sure she's treated well." The teacher motioned for her to sit down, "you can have a seat next to Tamao over there."

She walked over to the assigned seat and took out her books awaiting further instruction. Tamao slipped a note under her folded hands. Nagisa placed her hands under the desk and opened the note.

I didn't know this was your first public school. No wonder you never saw skaters before. You're in for a big surprise.

Tamao

Nagisa took out her favorite blue pen and decided to reply. She passed the note back over to Tamao who already had her hand down by her side.

Everything here is so new to me, we were forbidden to do a lot of things. And what do you mean by a big surprise.

Nagisa

After Tamao read the note she leaned over and whispered, "Lunch time."

"Ok class, if you take the three and divide it by 9 then subtract the whole number by its square root, what answer will you get? (pause) Anyone…lets all not raise our hands at once. Tamao you look like your just itching to say the answer."

"Uh…ano…if you take that number."

"Be specific Tamao, we want to make sure everyone is on the same track."

"The number 3 and divide it by…." Just then the bell rang signaling that the class was over. Everyone quickly grabbed their books and dashed out the door.

"Man, saved by the bell back then." Tamao joked.

"So what's our next class?"

"The easiest subject of all, lunch!"

They walked over to their lockers to put their books away. Nagisa reached into hers and pulled out a brown paper bag.

"Dude, please don't tell me your mom makes your lunches for you."

Nagisa's face turned a bright red, "my mom always does, is that bad?"

"That's actually kind of cool; I wish my mom would make my lunch instead of forcing me to eat this crap. C'mon my friends are gonna be waiting by our signature table."

"Signature table?"

"It's where we always sit. In fact it's where every skater who went to this school sits, it's like a tradition. There is it right there." Tamao pointed to a table that was the farthest away from the rest of the tables near some concrete stairs. Her friend Raidy was sitting on top of the table with one foot on the bench and the other on the ground. Shizuma was near him talking sitting fully on the table.

"Was sup guys."

"Sup Tamao and newbie." Raidy greeted

"It's Nagisa, Na-gi-sa."

"So how was your first day in this jungle Na-gi-sa?" Raidy mimicked.

Nagisa was beginning to hate the fact that they didn't know her name and made fun of her when ever she corrected them. So she decided not to answer his question.

Tamao noticed the silence and spoke up, "did you guys know that this is her first time in public school?"

There was another moment of silence and then Shizuma decided to speak. "If this is your first time here then that must be the reason why you're so interested in us. I mean, no one has ever really just come up to us saying they wanted to be a skater. Have you ever even rode a skateboard or rollerblades, or even been to a skate park?"

"Well…um…no"

"So what you think we're 'posed to just up and teach you?" Raidy interrupted

"Raidy stop being such a jerk to the newbie, if you want to be this stupid go sit with the jocks."

"Gomen, Shi-Chan."

'She must be the leader of the group to get him to stop just like that. Oh man, she's cute and has authority. She's so cool!' Nagisa thought to herself.

"So newbie," Shizuma continued, "you never done anything a normal skater does but you want to hang with us, you may not know but we have a reputation to maintain and we cant just let anyone in our group. But I will do something for you; I will make a decision of whether or not you can chill with us, if you can meet us at the skate park after school and prove you can at least handle a decent fall. I'll consider it, but only cause you're so cute." Shizuma then leaned over and kissed Nagisa's cheek. She practically fainted.

Nagisa sat in class in a daze, she was still high off of that kiss Shizuma put on her cheek. Her hand rested against the spot, it tingled from the touch and her stomach filled with butterflies.

"Nagisa!" Tamao nudged her. "Class is over come on."

The red head snapped out of her trance and got up from the seat. The two walked down the hallway after they put their things their lockers.

"So are you ready for the skate park later?"

"Later? I thought we were going straight after school?"

"Well they were, but we're not. We have to get back to your house to change your clothes. You can't go to a skate park in a skirt."

"Well why not?"

"Lets just say if you fall, your gonna bring a lot of attention to your self if your skirt lifts up. Besides the better you look the more Shizuma will be into you."

Nagisa's face flushed.

"Yes I noticed how you acted when she kissed you on the cheek."

"You think she really likes me?"

"Definitely, I know my big sister."

Nagisa choked on her spit. "Your sister!"

"Yea, what you thought I just automatically hung out with older kids because I was cool."

"I didn't know you couldn't, at my old school everyone just kind of hung out with everyone."

"Well in public school world, everyone belongs to a group. Even the outsiders have their own outside group."

Nagisa looked a bit confused.

"Ok I will break it down for you. All the people who play sports hang out together. The guy sport players are called jocks and girls don't really have a name but most people call them lesbians; unless they're cheerleaders. Then we have the emos and gothics, who often don't like to be called that. Emos and Goths to me are the same but they claim that there is a huge difference. But whatever, next you have the bullies. Are you following so far Nagisa?"

"Uh...ano…hai" Nagisa didn't know there were so many types of groups in one school. Tamao continued to explain all the groups of public school as they walked back to her house.

"Last but not least we have the skaters, that's us. Well not you yet. There's more than just the three of us, but most of them don't come to school on the first day. So you will probably see the rest of the group at the skate park."

"What if they don't like me?" Nagisa never had to ask that question before. Private school had there groups too but everyone was still nice to each other.

"Well there are some rules about the freshman hanging out with the older kids; I have an excuse because of my sister. But you should be ok since you did so well in your old school you're considered a sophomore here. And you may have even more luck since my sister likes you. She's like their leader since she's the oldest of everyone."

"I hope everything goes well." Nagisa paused for a moment, "We have to turn this way and then my house is on the corner."

They walked for a little longer and were in front of Nagisa's house. She reached in her bag to take out her keys and opened the door.

"Mom I'm home."

Her mother came from one of the rooms to greet her daughter. "Nagi-chan how was your first day of school?"

"It was ok." Just then Tamao walked and stood next to Nagisa. "Oh mom, this is my friend Tamao."

"Hello Tamao, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too Ms. Aoi."

"So what are you girls up to?"

"We're gonna go down to the skate park, but we came here first so Nagisa could change her clothes."

"Oh well be careful girls."

"Hai." They said in unison. They walked up the stairs to Nagisa's room. It was a bright pink room with pictures all around of her at her old school. She had a twin sized white metal bed with yellow sheets and cute lace pillows.

"Wow, talk about girlie." Tamao stated, "Why is your room so pink?"

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Well not really, but if you wanna be one of us you gotta add another color and a few posters. But we can work on that later. But anyway let's try to find a new outfit for you. Do you have any old jeans or something?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Guessing on how you dress now, you definitely don't have any skater clothes. So with your old clothes we could make some."

Shizuma and Raidy were already at the skate park watching the other members of the group skate around. One of the members with short blue hair skated over.

"Sup Shi-Chan. How was the first day?"

"Boring as usual Miyuki."

Raidy jumped into the conversation, "it wasn't that boring Shi-Chan, you seem to have a thing for the newbie."

Miyuki's eyes grew wide, "you made a move on a freshman!"

"She's not a freshman, and I don't have to explain myself to you."

"Well Shi-Chan's little sister is bringing the newbie here to see if she fits in."

"So you do like the freshman."

"I told you she's not a freshman and she's never seen people like us, so she was curious."

"You're just curious about how you could get into her pants."

Shizuma's face turned red, but remained calm, "well at least I'm not the one who hasn't been a relationship since the 5th grade."

Miyuki playfully punched Shizuma in the arm. "Shut up."

Raidy jumped on top of the table with his skateboard and landed write in between them. "Are you guys gonna sit here and bitch or are we gonna get some air." Shizuma and Miyuki jumped up from their seats laughing, grabbed their skateboards and followed Raidy to the ramps.

Tamao and Nagisa arrived at the skate park a few minutes later. Nagisa looked around with wide eyes at all the kids that were there skating around, blasting rock music and jumping off of things with their skateboards. Luckily Tamao had a pair of rollerblades in her bag so she let Nagisa borrow her skate board.

"I see my sister over there by the pipes with the rest of the gang; let's go introduce you."

"Uh…hai."

Tamao started to walk towards the group and motioned for Nagisa to follow her. Once she got close enough she called over to them.

"Oy! Shi-Chan!"

Shizuma turned her head towards the sound and noticed it was Tamao calling her. She started to walk towards them with the group close behind her. As they got closer Shizuma noticed Nagisa's new outfit. She was wearing a black t-shirt that was knotted in the back, jeans that were ripped at the knee and converses that were way to clean.

"Sup guys, this is Nagisa she wants to learn how to skate."

"Oh so you're Nagisa." Miyuki said with a raised eyebrow, "I'm Miyuki."

"Nice to meet you Miyuki."

"Same here, oh and this is Kajame, Jorika, Laundi and Chekio. You already met Raidy and Shizuma."

"Hello everyone!"

"Ok first thing first." Raidy interrupted, "stop being so polite, we're not someone's parents. When you come to talk to us you say was sup or sup or dude."

Miyuki stepped in front of him, "that's not important right now; we need to see if you could really hang with us." Miyuki pointed to one of the ramps, "if you could go down that ramp without breaking anything, your in, but if you do, were gonna have a group vote."

Nagisa swallowed hard and walked towards the ramp. She put the skateboard down on the edge of the ramp, placed her foot on it and looked over to the group that was cheering her on.

"You can do it Nagisa-Chan!" Shouted Tamao.

Nagisa stood at the top of the ramp and thought to herself, 'ok you can do it, its not that big.' She pressed her foot down on the skateboard and started to go down the ramp. The weight of her body made the skateboard go so fast towards the top that she got a little too much air and the skateboard came right off her feet. She screamed as she realized she wasn't gone land on the ramp but onto the floor. The whole group closed their eyes, but opened them once they heard a thud on the floor followed by, "ouch."

Nagisa landed right on top of Shizuma facing her. They were lying face to face and the red head stared into her eyes, it was intoxicating, she couldn't stop from looking into them. The silver haired girl was also drawn to her eyes; her lips were so cute and pink. She wanted to taste her lips. Shizuma picked up her head and angled it towards Nagisa's lips.