Magical Fracas, Episode 5: New friends and enemies?

[PyrosNine]

On her first day of school, after several awkward introductions to her new class, several people who were put on her 'avoid' list for failing to make their gawking at her boobs less noticeable, and hearing the English teacher FAIL at properly describing the nuances of Lord Byron's Don Juan, Ashley immediately made an effort to ingratiate herself with the local populace. But instead of just awkwardly sitting down next to people as they try and eat their lunch, she knew the first place to go: The clubs.

Not THE Clubs, mind you. She'd already been there, done that. The sports clubs seemed to be an interesting choice, and she was sure they'd somehow boost her courage, speed, or academics skills in some way useful for upcoming life challenges.

The swim team seemed eager for new girls, but Ashley wasn't sure she had the right figure. It was a miracle enough she could move fast as it was with her...umm, "gifts." horizontal body oriented movement through water only made things worse. She was a strong swimmer regardless, but not competitively. The pool was nice though, and heated! This left many options for slacking off later.*

The track and field team looked promising, but there was a bit of animosity from the women's team captain. By her tone of voice, the team was apparently made of perfect olympians who were bound by team spirit and a united dream, and it was only a momentary setback that they were so lowly ranked. She had apparently been informed of the transfer student's merits, and was a bit too proud to let some transfer student lead them to the champs or whatnot. Well fine then, she'd come around, and to make a point, Ashley ran around the track three times in her school outfit, barefoot, for a cry of:

"Wooow!"
"Sugoi!!"

This only led to an angry red face, a challenge, and a few death threats. Ashley could only barely stifle a laugh as she walked away**

The gymnastics team leader was close friends with the Track and Field, but said she would think about it, and try and be flexible. Ashley would never return, as she hated terrible puns.

Last on her list***, was the Kendo club. She knew she could kick some ass one way or another, even more so with recent developments, but there was still the appeal of holding a wooden sword in your hands and hitting people with it, repeatedly.

She knew it was getting late, but it seemed like there were still folks in the room, and the crudely self-drawn map she held claimed this was the spot for the Kendo dojo. She knocked twice on the door.

* Naked.
**The school paper for the next day would have a submitted cartoon featuring a buxom villainess draining the school spirits with a deadly laugh, only to be fought off by a team of super cross country heroes.
*** Actually, it was only the last on her list because it was the last stop for the day. If this failed, she'd have tried Photography, Journalism, and/or started a Hot Pink Biker Gang.