This fic is generally leading up to ColonelloxLal though there might be some others along the way

Colonello hated moving.

It was bad enough that his mom was dead. But his dad was "too busy" so he was constantly being shipped around to different relatives.

Currently he was stuck to his dads cousin's house in suburbia.

Colonello didn't like suburban life. He was a city kid and all this friendliness…. it made him twitch.

Plus the nearby school had a uniform code, and the thought of dressing up like everyone sickened him.

If his dad didn't promise to move him to a more active place after this, Colonello would have lost it right there.

'Only one year, kora' he thought. 'Only one #!$ing year and I get to go back to the city,kora'

That thought calmed him down a bit and he smiled at the thoughts of living it rough again.

He glanced at the clock. "Oh shit", he thought to himself as school would start in a few minutes.

Snatching a piece of toast from the table and yelling a hasty goodbye at his 'uncle', he ran down the street while tying his smuggled bandanna around his head.

Hey, nobody could tell Colonello what he could or couldn't wear.

Running around the corner, he ran smack dab into another person.

Scowling, he looked over and snarled, "Watch where you're going dumbass."

To his surprise it was a girl. A scary girl he judged from the way she was glaring at him as if she was about to tear him limb from limb.

Her red-violet eyes flashed as she stared him down with fury that reminded him of one of the gangster girls he often ran into in his home town. Though their hair was both blue-black and messy, this unknown girl in front of him possessed a more classy air. Her outfit was generally similar to the girl uniform at his school but she had a clip in the shape of a rain drop over her tie knot and a safety-pinned sash blue around her right arm that read 'RAIN' with the same water drop insigna

"For your information," she began icily, "You were the one who ran into me, not the other way around."

He stared at her for a second before realizing she was talking to him.

"Yeah sorry about that, kora…," he sheepishly grinned. When he looked at his watch, his grin fell. "Shit! Schools about to start kora!" he ran away toward the nearby school building leaving her glaring at him.

"Idiot," she muttered, trying to shake the lopsided grin and sparking blue eyes that made her feel warm from her head. "School doesn't start for 10 minutes"

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"I'M SORRY I'M LATE DON'T HURT ME IT'S MY FIRST DAY KORA!" Colonello shrie- no, manlily roared as he ran into his first period classroom.

To his utter surprise, it was empty.

He gawked at the unoccupied room before jumping at a voice.

"I'm guessing that you're new here," an unknown voice calmly said.

Colonello whirled around to find a boy around his age sitting on the windowsill, half in and half out.

He looked wise with a long ebony braid and dark brown eyes that seemed to look into his soul. He was wearing nearly the same outfit as him, except he had a black opened vest, a whirling twister-like shape on his tie knot and like the other girl, the same design with a STORM on a red sash/band pinned to his right sleeve. Nimbly jumping down from the perch, he walked over to Colonello.

"Uh… yeah kora," Colonello managed to say. That was two people already with the unusual outfits. Maybe this wasn't such an anal school after all.

The other boy tilted his head. "…kora?" he inquired

"Yeah, kora!" he proudly said. "It's this verbal tic I have, isn't it cool kora?"

He chucked quietly, a smile gracing his lips. "Why yes, it certaintly is unusual," he replied.

The door suddenly flew open and Colonello let out an involuntary squawk.

"Fon, there you are! I've been looking everywhere for you! The opening ceremony is abou-"

The newly arrived male stopped, staring at Colonello.

"C-Colonello?" he asked

Colonello looked startled then took a closer look at the new student. Black fedora, piercing eyes, curly sideburns….

"Reborn!" Colonello exclaimed. "It's been a while, kora!"

Reborn toothily grinned back. "It certaintly has, hasn't it?"

Fon coughed before the two could continue their *coughemotionalcough* reunion.

"Oh right!" Reborn exclaimed. "We can talk on the way to the assembly."

And with that the two filed out with Colonello following.

Reborn had changed, he mused to himself. He got taller, and more evil looking. Reborn also had a yellow sash with a sun on it with SUN, and a clip of said sun on his tie. What was with the clips and sashes? Maybe he wasn't the only one breaking dress code, he smirked.

"So what's going on kora? " Colonello asked the two

"Well we're obviously going to the cafeteria to try on dinosaur suits," Reborn sarcastically replied.

Fon smiled at Colonello and explained that they were going to have an opening speech by the student council members.

"They're called the Arcobaleno," Fon spoke, and Colonello just had to laugh.

"The Rainbow, kora?" he teased. "Couldn't they have chosen a less sissier name, kora?"

Reborn snorted and muttered several things under his breath while Fon sympathetically smiled at him.

"They're called that because they are the seven strongest students in the school," Fon began as Colonello's smirk started to fade. "One from each flame color"

As Colonello was about to ask just how strong each one was, (as he was used to beating people that had big heads) they arrived at two doors.

"Well, we gotta go," Reborn casually said. "Let's catch up later Colo."

"Kay, kora. Bye Rebo, bye Fon, kora!" he replied

Reborn and Fon both nodded at him and went to a side entrance.

Colonello smirked and braced himself for the attention he would obviously get from everyone.

"It's showtime," he proclaimed before opening up the doors to the auditorium