[Tears In The Rain] Staria x PrincessKasumi
 

Plot: None, because were awesome like that. We're going to wing it!

Characters:

Name: Xenasse Goldswort ~ Nick: Xena
Age: 19 going on 20
Picture: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...enasse-1-1.jpg


Name: Raina 'Rain' Steel
Age: 22
Picture: http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...moon/Rainc.png

Xenasse raised her arms above her head and arched her back while yawning. She flexed her fingers before lowering her arms. She turned around waved off her friends car as it left. She turned back around to see the school. It was much bigger then she thought it would be. Anxious to get inside and meet some new people, she picked up her backpack, her tail twitching in excitement. She started to doubt that she'd fit in, and shook her head the moment it enter her mind. Her strawberry blonde hair went flying around her face and in her eyes. She raised her right hand to move it behind her ear. "Well, I wish myself the best of luck!" She said to herself silently before taking her first step.

Rain sighed as she looked up at the new school, rather annoyed with it. She wasn’t that good at making friends, and she’d never attended an all girl school….The water nymph was a closet lesbian you see and it’d be awful tempting to come out when there was no male friend to use as a cover story. The idea scared her…you see as the daughter of a particular powerful set of elementals she was expected to carry on the bloodline…Tossing her ivory and sapphire hair she sighed once more, finally starting towards the school with her head down and her hands in her pockets. Time for another lonely year…

Still at least the gardens were pretty she thought absently, not paying attention to where she was going. This was a mistake as it lead to her bumping into a neko girl and falling back. She blinked in surprise and whispered, “Oh…sorry” looking to see if the neko was alright. As an unusually tall woman at six feet even her lanky form could sometimes cause a little more effect then she’d like.

Whistling to herself, she had no warning of someone about to walk into her. She felt it before she saw it. The school turning sideways then it was gone. The neko fell on her knees. Her tall curled around her waist and braced herself with her palms. Looking back she noticed someone else was on the floor. Xenasse crawled to the girl, and tilted her head. "You okay? Sorry I was too busy humming to myself." Standing up she held out her hand to the girl on the floor.

The quiet girl half blushed, her face not otherwise show any emotion surprisingly. “I’m fine…” she whispered, taking the other girls hand and slowly standing though her grip was frail…as if she was afraid that she’d pull her over. She bit her lip a moment, pulling her shirt back into place and buttoning a single button.

She shook her head a little “It’s alright, it was my fault…” she returned, putting her hands in her pockets. She then looked down at her boots, not saying another word to the neko and standing awkwardly. It seemed despite how she dressed she was a very shy little thing…

"Wow your tall! I think your tallest girl I've ever seen. I'm just a measly 5'2". You make me feel like a gnome." She laughed, a smile spreading upon her lips. She looked up at her and left her hand out, noticing the girl was looking her boots, she look as well. "Oh, those are so cool! She bent forward alittle and turned to look up at the tall girl. "I'm Xenasse by the, you can just call me Xena though."

Moving back away from the girl the looked at her head to toe. "You sure you okay? I mean, since your so tall.. it must have hrut to fall." Her ears lowered alittle in concern and her tail fell loosely from her waist and swayed behind her knees, like a little tick tock clock.

She blushed as the other spoke of her height, simply nodding. She’d often been told that she was ’too tall to be a girl’ so found it hard to take it as the compliment the neko seemed to mean it as. She only looked up as the other laughed, tilting her head to the side in thought. “you…..you don’t look anything like a gnome” she responded, a small compliment but a compliment.

“Just call me Rain….and yes, I’m okay. I’ve gotten hurt worse…”She said softly, pulling up her sleeves to show her fore arms. “See? Not even a scratch.” She said with a small smile, starting to be able to meet Xena’s eyes, despite her uncertainty.

"Awww, thanks" She said towards the compliment and watched as the girl pulled up her sleeves to show her arms. And saw no marks or scratches, but they soft tone as she said that she was okay and shes been hurt worse made. Xenasse's curiousity rise, but she wasn't going to nosey her way into her personal life. If she wanted someone to know she would tell someone. Her grin getting wider, now that the girl was starting to look at her and not her own shoes. She must be shy.. poor girl. Well, let me her first friend! she said to herself.

"Rain hmm? Thats a cool name, is it short for anything?" She asked, since the name 'Rain' sounded sort of mysterious to her.

Rain blushed, nodding again and running a hand through her hair. “Raina….it was my great grandmother’s name I hate it…” She explained somewhat reluctantly. As she saw the smile widen she calmed a bit, even matching it with one of her own. She crossed her arms behind her back, trying to keep eye contact despite her shyness.

"Oh that's a wond...oh, okay. It's a shame though that you hate it." Xenasse said softly, then grabbed the girl's hand from behind her back and pulled alittle. "Well, we better go before were late for class, wouldn't want to get in trouble on the first day, would we?" She watched as other kids were filing inside the school, some still stayed outside chatting though. A few late faculty members were walking quickly, dodging the crowds.

She half smiled to herself, knowing what the other wanted to say. She had heard it before, and honestly it wasn’t that bad of a name….there was just something about it. Perhaps it was because it meant queen in some language or another and rain had a thing about pretentious people so being named something like that….terrible.

“Yeah …true… I hate being late… People look at you all funny.” She replied, blushing as the other took her hand but saying nothing. She simply held the other girls hand in her feather light touch and began walking towards the school. She had a long stride due to her long legs but she always tried to shorten it when walking with someone. It resulted in her having an odd walk really.

As they walked down the beaten path to the school, Xenasse looked back at Rain, and asked. "Hey Raina, what do you have for your first class?" Turning back around so she won't trip over anything. Reaching the steps she looked inside the school before ascending them with Raina. "This school looks alot bigger then I rememberd it, do you think they did some work on it over the summer?" Dropping her hand backing up to be infront her, she turned around to face Raina.

Rain made a face at being called Raina but said nothing, too shy to remind anyone she went by Rain. She simply followed the other girl, hearing her speak and reaching into her pocket to pull out her schedule. “hmmm lets see…Ugh…Power theory….” she said with a sigh, running a hand through her hair. She hated that class. All they did was sat and theorize how creatures powers worked….who cared? All that mattered was they worked in time to save one’s life…

Not pulling out a schedule because she took her summer time to memorize it, just incase she lost it and wouldn't know where to go next. "Me too, and whats with the sigh? You don't like that class?" Her ears twitched and moved forward. "..and sorry about calling you Raina earlier, I meant to say Rain." She attempted to smile, she turned around to look at the map on the wall to see where their class was going to be, it was to be up stairs in the first hallway. Fixing her hair and clothes, she moved her backpack's straps to a different part of her shoulders because it was starting to hurt alittle.

As she asked of the sigh Rain shrugged, though she was happy to find she’d have her new friend with her in the class. It would make things easier for the shy creature.. Finally she spoke, her head down a little. “It’s fine, I don’t care that much…” she said lazily. She then glanced over at the back pack, noting how the other kept adjusting it. “I can carry that if you want…” Rain offered softly.

Xenasse started to look for the stairs when Rain offered to help her with it. "Oh, heh this ? I'm fine... but if you really want.. you can" She said indicating the backpack with a thumb. She waited for Rain to catch up once she found the stairs to their first class, Power Theory. It was bound to be boring almost as much as history but with Rain there it should be less boring and more entertaining and fun. The warning rang throughout the hallways alerting the last few kids wandering the halls, and those in the restroom and even those still outside chithchating and arriving to school late.

The water nymph took it lightly and slipped it over her own shoulders. There was time her natural height and strength had its uses…She walked after the other without much thought, simply thinking that at least Power Theory would be easier this time around. Rain paused behind her as she heard a warning bell and gripped the nekos hand, nearly pulling her to a place in the back with two seats free. She sat in one, hoping the girl would sit in the other as she sat the backpack next to it. The shy creature half assumed the neko was just being nice and would want to go sit by somebody else…

Xenasse turned to look at Rain when she noticed she paused, but soon as she laid eyes on her, Xenasse's hand was gripped and she pulled into the first class they were by. Luckily it was the classroom they were suspose to be in, but why would Rain want to sit in the back? You wouldn't really learn anything back here. You had to sit int he middle, or the T-zone of the classroom. They didn't have to sit in the very front.
Moving the backpack to the back of the tree, she took a sit and made a silly face at the water nymph before the teacher started class.

Rain looked up, feeling a blush cross her face at the odd look. What had she done? Oh well she didn’t know, but she always sat at the back of the class, where nobody would look at her…she hated to be looked at and with her odd coloring it always seemed to happen….so instead Rain did what she always did…she hid.

Xenasse was confused, usually when made silly faces it would make people laugh and feel better. I guess not... she must sit in the back because of low self-esteem and she must be really really shy. Maybe I can do something to change that. She thought as she raised her hand as the teacher called her name. She looked over to Raina and asked. "Hey are you okay?"

Yeah, I’m fine…” Rain said softly, smiling softly at the other. She ran a hand through her hair. Only to lean her head forward and hide in it. She said nothing more, simply raising her hand to confirm her presence then dropping her head. She turned back to the woman, smiling once more. “Why wouldn’t I be.” She said simply and shrugged.

She watched as Raina hid in her hair, but she looked back up at her smiling after she raised her hand to say that she was here. "I don't know, you just seem.... off... like your in deep in thought. What were you thinking about earlier? your face seemed in agony, or you were sad or something." She blurted out the last part, and lowered her eyes before looking back up at Raina. After awhile she took out a piece of paper and a pencil and started writing down some notes, about how Demon's powers work. Wow, that's interesting I never knew that about demons! she thought.

I’m always thinking about something” Rain answered with a small smile. She took a few notes but mainly simply doodled in the margins. She hated this class, and didn’t find it particularly interesting…or see the point. You could get the same info from the book and it wasn’t near as boring as listening to someone talk. She loved art though so drawing made it bearable.

Looking over to Raina just to see how she was doing, she turned back to her paper. But had to double check Raina again and her eyes drifted to her paper. "Oh cool! You can draw, that is so cool!" She rambled on, unable to contain herself. "I can draw.. but not like you! I can only do like.. stick figures. But they look awesome wanna see? Here I'll show you!" She picked up her pencil and started drawing a stick figure with eyes and a mouth. She strayed away from the traditional stick figures, that didn't have any features. She sometimes even gave the doodles clothes.

Hehe, very cute.” She said with a smile, glancing up as the other rambled on. She grinned, though blushed deeply as she realized the compliments. She was always like that, always seeing only what was wrong with her figures. Rain then looked over, realizing that some people were looking towards them. She sank in her chair a little a moment.