Welcome to Gaia! ::

Luke smiled at that. "You can hang around with us! We can show you the school! And I'm sure that once you see Mish, you'll hug her to death." He laughed, earning him a nudge from Asch. "Ow. Well, it's true. Everyone does it when they look at her..."

"Just shut up and eat already." Asch simply said.

Asch smiled at that. Once they were nearly done, a small sound chimed on the speakers.

"Ahem. Attention to all students and faculty members in the dorm mess hall. The Opening Ceremony will begin in 15 minutes. Please finish your meals and reunite with the others at the gym as soon as possible. Also, to anyone concerned, we will begin the ceremony with the academy's hymn. That is all."

Luke looked up at that. "Mish is going to sing! Come one Asch, let's go!"

Asch held her hand. "We will! After the opening ceremony!" he smiled, Luke smiling too.

Reaching the gym, they almost bumped into a little girl with orange hair and mismatched colored eyes.

"Mish?!" Luke quickly exclaimed. "Shouldn't you be at the gym already?!"

Mish smiled, placing a finger to her lips. "Shh. Mishy is hiding."

"But everyone is looking for you." Asch commented.

"Puu! Bad Aschy! You not come say good morning to Mishy today. So Mishy not happy with you." She pouted. "Ah, but Mishy goes now. Mishy sing today!" she giggled, running off to the gym, the rest following her.

Asch chuckled. "She's not really mad. She'll come by after she sings." he found three empty seats, Luke rushing to get them. "Here we go."

They sat and waiting a short while before the rather scary looking principal walked up to the podium.

"Greetings to the new students and a warm welcome back to the old ones." he started.

Luke rolled his eyes as the principal kept talking.

"And now, please raise as the academy's hymn is being played."

Mish came up, the principal handing her a microphone. There was a loud cheer in the crowd, Mish waving at them happily before taking a deep breath. There was absolute silence as she sang, and once she was done, they cheered again, even more louder than earlier.

"Bye byes! Have fun!" Mish waved before running to the principal and handing the microphone back. "Here, Largo. You have fun too." she smiled, now running to Jade who sat nearby.

Luke smiled. "I told you! Ah, but she's giddy right now, which is why she's hiding behind her dad." he pointed to Mish who was hiding behind Jade. "She'll come by later. Then you can hug her to death."

Asch leaned over to see. "Wait a minute..."

Luke quickly leaned on Asch's lap, taking the paper. "Hey! These are our same classes! How cool!"

"She's in the Jr High next door, right?" Asch asked.

"Ugh, Anise is there." Luke pouted.

Mish blinked at Luke before poking him. "Anise?"

Asch smiled at the little girl. "When did you come by?"

"Just now!" she giggled, looking at Kina. "Hi! I'm Mish!"