Shall I introduce myself? I'm pleased to meet you!

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Characters: [Bad username or site: heartlinks title=Minako @ livejournal.com] and [Bad username or site: no-sausage-fest title=Junpei @ livejournal.com]
Location: 0800 MAG 101 class, Backdated to Tuesday 21Sept
Rating: Aside from potential PG13 because Junpei is a pottymouth, prolly just G.
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed; maybe open to Minato later?
Summary: ALIEN CLONES FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN. Erhem. I mean... Junpei meets Minako. Hilarity ensues.


Junpei never figured he would ever be spirited away to some alternate universe and enrolled in military school--it was genuinely never a thought that crossed his mind. However, had he ever stopped to consider such a thing, he would have made sure to ask the Powers That Be that if such a thing were to ever happen to please make the school day start at noon. 0800 magic class? Really? Junpei was liable to nod off and accidentally set something on fire at this rate. Especially considering he'd had way too much on his mind last night to really sleep.

Luckily, there was something invigorating about the first day of school--even if you were jumping into classes in the middle of the term--and so Junpei's lack of sleep the night before wasn't stopping him today. He didn't have any clothes besides his Gekkoukan uniform just yet, so it looked like he'd be wearing his blues until he managed to get some money to go shopping. Adjusting his collar and then slipping his baseball cap onto his head, he grabbed the books he was told he would need for his morning classes, and then dashed out of his dorm room.

Thankfully, wandering around aimlessly for most of the previous day had done him well--he actually found his classroom without much trouble, and managed to not only not be late, but to actually show up early.

Well that was never gonna happen again. Maybe he would just partake of the little free time before class he unexpectedly had and just linger in the hallway. He really didn't want to spend any more time in class than he necessarily had to.

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"Ooh, is there sushi?" He vaguely recalled being told he gets some kind of stipend from his sponsor here, and since he didn't have to pay to live in the dorms, that was all pocket money. Sweet! But that sucked there was no ramen.

Well, Ryu had suggested getting ingredients from town, too, but Junpei was pretty sure he couldn't cook.

"You know how to cook?" he asked, remembering mentions of Minato's close encounters with Fuuka's food from time to time. Fuuka was a sweet person, a good friend, and invaluable in battle, but apparently she was pretty deadly in the kitchen. He smiled a little. "Well, if you know the town, maybe you could show me around sometime," he said, amused by the general backwardness of the request. Usually he was the one offering to take the girl around. But the ends still justified the means, if she accepted.

Junpei felt genuinely bad that apparently none of Minako's old friends actually knew her. Akihiko, Mitsuru, Ryoji, and Minato all came from his universe, and not a one of them seemed to come from hers. He hadn't heard one way or the other regarding Ken, but either way, it was too sad. He was pretty sure that if he were in her position, he wouldn't be handling it so well, and so while it was a little strange to talk to such a new acquaintance so casually and familiarly, he was determined to become the good friend to Minako that his double had been in her world.

"So whaddya say?" he asked, smiling broadly. "Wanna go scope out the town after school today?"

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"Yes, there is," Minako answered, suddenly craving the aforementioned food. Sushi sounded good for dinner, sushi and maybe whatever else she could get her hands on. She quickly jerked back into attention when her cooking skills were suddenly called into question. Pouting, Minako said, "Geez, I can cook! Not as good as senpai, of course, but good enough!" Definitely good enough, if the things she baked were welcomed by her friends and most of her SEES friends.

Making a mental note to gift Junpei with some food and preferably soon, she dropped the pout and smiled to show that she wasn't offended at all. Though... Right now she was curious if Minato could cook, if Fuuka had pulled Minato into her cooking club, if Shinjiro-senpai had taught him as well.

It didn't take more than a second for her to make her mind up. "Sure, I was just thinking of heading out today. I'll show you around town and we can have dinner together!" After all, food did always taste better when eating with a friend.

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He laughed and waved his hands. "I was just askin'!" he assured her. He hadn't been questioning her cooking ability so much as asking if she did cook. Dammit, he was apparently having foot for breakfast again.

Then he gave her a big grin, and nodded.

"That sounds awesome," he said; "I'll look forward to it. I don't think I've been given whatever allowance I get as a student here yet, but I had about ¥3000 on me when I got here, and they swapped it out for me to ah..." What was it again? "Grill? Whatever the currency here is. I dunno how much it's worth."

He glanced up at the clock, then watched as a few students walked past them and headed into the classroom.

"Well, guess we'd better get going," he said, catching the door and holding it a moment. "What's your last class today? We can meet up in the first floor lobby or somethin'."

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Money? Money was no problem, especially not when she was the one in charge of the finances for Tartarus exploration. Sure, she had splurged a lot the day before ascending to the top, but what Theodore had given her for that one request was more than enough and she hadn't exchanged everything here -- not when there was still a chance of returning home.

"It's called gil," Minako said, "and that amount should be fine!" Even if it wasn't, she would offer to pay for the both of them, no matter what Junpei would say.

Waving a little as a passing classmate, she looked back at him and nodded before she tried to recall her timetable. Aerobics, which would probably make her all sweaty afterwards. "My last class ends at 4 but I'm going to need to shower after that. What about yours, Junpei?"

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"Gil, right," he said, snapping his fingers, and then blew out a sigh. "Man, this place is gonna take some real getting used to." The school part was familiar enough, but the rest of the culture shock was going to be a bit harder to swallow.

"Oh, no prob," he said then; "I've got English til five, so you can go shower and do whatever you need, and we can meet up then." Waiting for her to walk through the doorway, he followed then, moving to take an open seat. "I'll look forward to it!"

Now if he could just make it through this class without setting anything on fire, he'd be in good shape.

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"If you can face the Dark Hour and Shadows, you can do this, Junpei!" Minako encouraged as she stepped inside the classroom. As he moved to take a seat, she followed, her seat being in the same direction.

She nodded to his words. "Sounds great to me! I'm looking forward to it too!" Just like how they would hang out back home, except it was -- starting all over again. Minako stepped past him and took her usual seat, in front of and slightly to the side of Junpei's seat, and then waited for class to start.