Sunday July 24 - At the bus station 8:20 am

[kanbi_shinzo]

Rika had waited at the bus stop for all other students to arrive. Her and the rest of student council had to arrive earlier and get things set up with the teachers. She was giving permission by Ichiro to give out the sub group readings for group 3 and was giving all the papers to hand out. Rika waited impatiently in front of group 3's designated

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[draykeblaydes]

Takura was extremely late to get to the bus...he had to walk the entire distance from his house to the bus...he felt bad when he finally arrived and most everyone was already waiting outside the bus. He carried with him a small plastic bag filled with 4 out of his 6 owned outfits. He also carried two of his many drum major maces. A woodlook shaft with black and gold cords...and a black shaft with green and yellow cords. Both were over used and dented quite a bit. When he retrieved his booklet from the young woman passing them out...he made his way tward the back of the group of kids...trying hard not to make eye contact with anyone else on his way. He looked up when the young woman began to speak. As she explained about the groups and such...he laid down his maces and opened to page two of his own booklet. He found his name under group C...he didnt recognize anyone in his group...he wasnt very happy about being such a new person around all these new people. After a few momments...when the young speaker stopped talking and joined the

[ogawa_kenshin]

Kenshin looked over and noticed the kid with the dented stick. He picked up his guitar and walked over to him. "Hi," he said, bowing, "what's up? My name's Kenshin."

[draykeblaydes]

He looked up as the stanger approached him...he quickly looked away...for fear of drawing his attention...When the stranger introduced himself as Kenshin...Takura looked up into his eyes, staring in dead fear. "um...hello..."he said as Kenshin rose from his bow. He nodded his head in a very small and unsure returning bow. "um...Pleased to...meet you...kenshin...um...im Takura..." He said...rubbing his fingers together in his left hand...that was one of his nervouse twitches...in his rite hand his black shafted mace was saying in a very sloppy tuck position...He looked at Kenshin guitar...a rush of excitement went through his head...another musical person...different type of musical person, but a musical person indeed.Takura loved music...all and any...it was his life...after a few momments of staring wide eyed at the guitar...Takura shook his head quickly from left to right...to remove his long red streaked black hair from his face...and looked once morei not Kenshin's eyes...he decided to wait for Kenshin's next move before he would

[ogawa_kenshin]

Kenshin laughed quietly. "Hi, Takura. This is my... friend, Chii." He had to think of how to introduce her, as they had never actually said that they were anything other than friends. "What's the staff for?"

[draykeblaydes]

He smiled as Kenshin laughed...he felt a little more comfortable now that he new that some of the people at his new school were friendly...

"Um...this???"he said...setting down his wood-look shafted mace. He then stood at attention position and pulled the mace under his arm out of a tuck position and did a quick little round-house flourish ending with a double revolution toss and striking the baton into a perfect stop position, (which is when the mace was held directly in front of him perpendicular to the ground...dome facing toward the ground), after his faultless catch.

"...this is a mace...and...um...the sky is blue..." He imediately looked away from Kenshin...realizing that he'd done it agian...anytime he tried to make conversation he usually screwed it all up BIG TIME...this was no exception...he let his nerves get the best of him. Which tended to happen alot when it came to socializing.

[ogawa_kenshin]

"Why yes, yes it is," said Kenshin, laughing. "I like the juggling... mace, right? It's cool." This kid was kind of wierd, but hey, who in life isn't a bit nuts?

[draykeblaydes]

"Thank you...watch your step..." Takura said nervousely. Once more exibiting poor socail skills. He looked up into the sky...as if Kenshin wasnt there anymore. "And yes...its a mace..." He looked once more at Kenshin...then at the ground...starting to rub his fingers in his left hand together once more...and then began to crack his long boney finger's knuckles. He did this often when he was nervouse about other people.

[ogawa_kenshin]

"Uhhh... Cool!" said Kenshin. "You're kinda wierd, but that's alright, because I don't know anyone who doesn't have some kind of issue!"

[draykeblaydes]

Takura looked down at the ground...he felt ashamed. He knew he was wierd and he had "issues"...but he felt confused...he wasnt sure what else to say but...

"Im sorry...blue doesnt go with red very well...and there seems to be alot of red around here...so blue shall take its leave and relieve you of its wierdness..."

Takura picked up his maces and his bag of clothes...and made his way to the other side of the cluster of students. His feelings hurt...and his anger toward himself extremely high. He messed it up again...why couldnt he just hold a normal everyday conversation without screwing things up...he felt really upset about this...but tried not to let it show. His first chance at making a friend...and he blew it...

[amanda_evers]

As Takura passed behind her, Amanda happened to decide to put her bags down, swinging them in a way he'd either have to move out of the way or get hit.

"I'm sorry!" she said, looking at him with a shocked expression, eyes wide and a slightly sheepish, naive smile.

[draykeblaydes]

Takura didnt see Amanda and collided rite into her...his bag of clothes fell and as he hit the ground his maces went rolling away from him.

"Please...excuse me..." he said as he sat up...feeling a little dazed. looking around...not for who he'd hit...but for where his maces went off to. When he finally looked at his colission partner...he stopped, and stared at her...in dead fright...he didnt realize what had really happened until he took a momment to anallyze the situation...he was afraid of what she'd say or do...

[amanda_evers]

Amanda blinked at him before giving him a naive, almost childish looking smile. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you." she said, holding out a hand to help him up. "I'm Amanda Evers. Do you wanna be friends with me?"

[draykeblaydes]

Takura looked up at her as she spoke, his eyes extemely wide and full of confusion...he'd expected her to be very upset with him. But he took her hand and stood up...brushing himself off.

"Hello...Amanda...im Takura..." He looked away from her for a second...and then said a little louder than a normal voice volume."Yes i would love to be your...f...friend."

He suddenly realized that something was missing...he clenched hs right hand and realized, there was no mace...he felt a little insecure about not having one behind him...he still hadent located them or where theyd rolled off to. but he looked back at amanda anyway, waiting for her to respond to his poor attempt to converse.

[amanda_evers]

Amanda gave him a bright smile before looking around. "You dropped all your stuff..." she said, going the general direction she'd seen a mace roll off toward. Picking it up, she looked at him. "Is this yours?"

[draykeblaydes]

He stared at her...and after a second...he moved toward. "Yes...thats mine...im sorry..." He looked around for where his other one had gone...he found it a few feet behind Amanda, so he made his way around her and picked it up off the ground...leaving her with the heavy mace.

"Once more i appologize...only time...will tell..." He wasnt quite sure why he'd said that...but he made his back around her and started picking up his clothes...which were all over the ground...his plastic bag had ripped. After gathering his things...he moved back to Amanda. "The sun is shining today..."

[amanda_evers]

Amanda gave him a big, naive smile. "Why are you apologizing? I hit you...I should apologize...I ripped you bag and everything. I'm really sorry." she said, bowing in a very polite way, the type used in formal situations. Unfortunately, having had to deal with the Yakuza almost as soon as she got to Japan, she hadn't really learned any other way to bow and generally avoided it all together.