<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino;">As she waited in the classroom, watching as the other students slowly filtered in, Midori thought back to her interaction with Hyuga Misaki. There had been a moment where she had thought, maybe, the other girl had enjoyed talking with her too. She had sort of almost smiled, but it hadn't really looked right. And, in the end, it just seemed like she'd upset the other girl. Probably she should have just stayed quiet, like she had told herself she was going to do anyway, but hadn't, because she'd sort of hoped that maybe the other girl had really stayed behind because she had wanted to be friends.<br/><br/>Sometimes, Midori wondered how foolish she could be. That had been dumb.<br/><br/>Even so, after snapping at her and sort of insulting her, Hyuga Misaki had actually given her a sort-of farewell, but that.. Midori figured she didn't really mean it as anything other than a reply to her own.<br/><br/>This place was not friendly at all, and now, more than ever, Midori was certain that she should stop trying to make friends. Either the other kids were hostile, or they were unfriendly, or they were both. She thought she was probably done with that. So, now, Midori decided that Sunako was going to be her only friend, and that was okay. That really was okay. She would do well in this Academy, and she would focus on that, and she would show Miss Jinmi and Uncle Kanetaro that she would do well, and that was it. Father was wrong, and so was Miss Jinmi and Uncle Kanetaro: she did not need to interact with people her own age. They did not like her, and she did not like to be interacting with people who did not like her, and so she wouldn't.<br/><br/>The more children showed up, the more and more Midori focused her attention on Sunako, and then when the kitten became tired and hopped down into her lap, Midori petted her to sleep, rather than put her in her pocket.<br/><br/>Of course, the shy girl noticed when that boy, the big one, entered the classroom. But he ignored her, and so she kept to herself too, and did not make eyecontact with him. She also saw when the kid with the spiky hair and the girl he seemed to be friends with entered, and she noticed others, too. One kid covered up a lot, and she remembered that they were pretty good, too, during the tests. There were some others, including Mori Chizue, who she had been paired with for the question test outside. She picked a seat right at the front, and seemed very excited for having made it into the Academy.<br/><br/>Though she was trying to be left alone, Midori did notice when, suddenly, that large boy... he'd been called Itou Sadao when they'd been doing the questions test, quickly took himself to the front of the classroom. At first, Midori couldn't see around the boy, but she heard him confront someone there, calling them 'Sakki'. There hadn't been anyone by that name in the test, though, that she remembered. Then again, there were some kids she did not recognize, so they must have made it in some other way, or not needed to be tested. But.. oh.<br/><br/>It looked like Hyuga Ibiki had been mistaken for Hyuga Misaki, though the boy had her name wrong, because the girl came around and confronted him right back. So.. well, next to each other, now, Midori was pretty sure that they were siblings. They looked so very similar. So how come Ibiki hadn't come to the test, but Misaki had?<br/><br/>Truthfully, though, it was sort of funny how Itou Sadao reacted to there being two of the Hyuga in the class, and not just one. Maybe he would leave everyone alone, now? Or.. find someone else to focus on?<br/><br/>Midori hoped it wasn't going to be her.<br/><br/>After just a moment, the small girl averted her eyes away from Hyuga Misaki, knowing that the other girl did not like her, though she wondered if Hyuga Ibiki would be friendly with her or not. Well, it didn't matter, she wasn't supposed to make friends any more, she'd decided that. And probably he wouldn't like her either: he had been friendly with her when they had met, but perhaps he was just polite. That was probably it, actually.<br/><br/>Shortly after they had entered, Teacher came in, walked purposefully to the front of the classroom, and raised his voice to yell at them like he liked to do, "Hey, brats! Find your seats now, we're getting started, got it? I expect no one to speak unless I ask a question, and you will raise your hands and wait to be called if you feel you have anything to contribute. I will not have my classroom becoming disorderly or loud. You will be well behaved, or I will kick you out. Tomorrow, you will bring writing materials, because I will not provide any for you. You are responsible for taking any notes you feel you need. Otherwise, you will memorize what you are taught." That was okay, Midori was pretty good at remembering what she was told. "Today, I will go over the basics, I am assuming that you are all on the level of the lowest of your classmates. That means, many of you will get information you already know. You will <em>still</em> pay attention, even if you are bored, got it?"<br/><br/>Midori nodded, while, again, some of the students spoke up verbally. Didn't they hear him when he said not to speak unless he told them they could? His expression showed he was pretty annoyed.<br/><br/>"Brats! What did I say about speaking?" he grumbled something under his breath, then continued, "Now, we're gonna go over the basics of history and geography first, about all the other countries, just to give you a good basis of information. Then, we will go over the theory of chakra control, again, to give you basics. Then lunch break for an hour. When you come back, it will all be exercises outside, so be ready for that. Starting tomorrow, we will begin to go into detail about everything I touch on today. Got it?" This time, less kids spoke up, and more of them nodded like Midori did, or remained silent.<br/><br/>Teacher seemed even more annoyed that some still didn't get it and spoke up.<br/><br/>"So, to begin, we will start with the Land of Earth..."<br/><br/>____ ___ __ _<br/><br/>Eventually, lunch came, and Midori found it was interesting that they were given a full hour. Then again, maybe it was to give more of the students time to actually go home to eat and get back in time. That made sense, didn't it? In any case, most of the kids left, as before, and Midor pulled out her lunch box. Sunako woke up as soon as the lid was lifted, and started sniffing at the air like a puppy might.<br/><br/>"Hey, hold on Sunako... don't be rude" the mumbled, pulling the kitten down from where she had tried to climb back onto the desk. Quickly, the young girl grabbed a piece of fish off of one of the nigiri balls Miss Jinmi had made her, setting it in her lap for the kitten to work on eating. Immediately, the sandy little furball began to purr while licking at the fish. It'd take her a little bit to work up to actually biting it. <br/><br/>Only then did Midori look into the lunchbox, finding that she had something that looked like maybe it was supposed to be a cat or a tiger inside. It was another rice ball, but the rice was somehow red-ish today, which was weird...</span>