hah! a high school au! the most original thing in the book. but don't worry. im going to throw in so many twists and turns, its not going to be a normal high school au

~okuu

Reimu Hakurei sat on the steps of her family's shrine. She came back to the town she was born in, Gensokyo. Reimu may have been born here, but she never lived here. When she was two her mom got sick, and her Aunt Konngara took her to a shrine far, far away from Gensokyo.

Now Reimu was back with her mother, Ume Hakurei.

"Reimu dear, you look so down. What's the matter?" A soothing voice said from behind Reimu. Ume sat next to her teenaged daughter.

Reimu looked at her and sighed. "I don't know anybody here mommy! What if I can't make friends like I could back when I lived at Aunt Konngara's shrine." She was distressed.

Ume just smiled softly "Well, school's going to start up soon Mu. I'm sure everybody in Gensokyo will love you!" Reimu forced a weak smile at her mom. Making friends was going to be so hard.

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Marisa Kirisame ran down the sidewalk. She was being chased by Rinnosuke Morichika, one of her dad's workers. Marisa snickered to herself as she watched Rinnosuke reach for his asthma inhaler. "Marisa please stop! That doesn't belong to you!" He called to the thief.

Marisa had stolen a bag full of old bones from her old man's shop. "Yeah and what are you gonna do about it, huh? Kick me in the shin? Ze?" her voice was taunting him.

But Marisa knew Rinnosuke couldn't do anything. He was a big nerd that worked for her dad. Marisa ran farther until the Hakurei shrine came into view. Aunt Ume could help her out. She ran up the steps, looking back to see if she could see Rinnosuke. But the boy was out of sight. Marisa smirked and walked into the shrine. "Aunt Ume! Marisa here!"

Footsteps came from the other room. But instead of Ume meeting Marisa, a smaller brown haired girl met her.

"Who are you?" The girl asked.

Marisa raised an eyebrow "I'm Marisa Kirisame, and you are?"

"Reimu Hakurei, Ume's daughter." Reimu glared at Marisa.

"I didn't know Aunt Ume had a daughter! I guess its nice to meet you Ze!" Marisa smiled and held a hand out for Reimu to shake it. Reimu did. As they shook hands Ume came down the steps with a basket of laundry in her hands.

"Ah! Marisa-chan! I see you have met my daughter, You two get to know each other while I do laundry!" With that Ume smiled and walked into the other room.

Reimu smiled awkwardly. "Why don't you come with me into the den. We can play on the Xbox!" Her tone was optimistic and happy, Marisa just smirked and walked into the den with the younger Hakurei.

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Rinnosuke found her. Marisa's eyes widened as she heard him greet Ume in the other room. "Reimu hide me." She whispered to her new friend.

Reimu paused the game and gave Marisa a confused look. "There's nowhere to hide. What's wrong?"

The blonde thief opened her mouth to speak but Rinnosuke walked in. "You." his voice dripped with hatred. But when he looked up and saw Reimu his expression changed. "Oh! You must be Ume's daughter! I'm Rinnosuke Morichika." The tall boy bowed to Reimu.

Giving time for Marisa to sneak out of the room. The blonde girl quickly ran out the front door and down the shrine steps. When Rinnosuke looked up he noticed the girl he was chasing was gone.

He sighed "Marisa must've slipped out. That sneaky girl." Rinnosuke was annoyed with his boss's daughter, but he couldn't do anything at the moment.

"I didn't know Marisa was running from somebody. If I didn't I wouldn't of let her in." The small girl sighed.

Her she held her hands and looked down at her feet. Rinnosuke could almost taste the awkward. Ume's daughter was pretty. She looked so much like her mother.

Ume poked her head in "Rinnosuke dear. I think you're due back at work."

Rinnosuke almost screamed, making Reimu giggle. "Thank you Ume-sama, Good-bye Reimu-chan. Until we meet again." And with that Rinnosuke left the shrine.

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"Mommy, why did Marisa call you Aunt?" Reimu asked her mother over dinner.

"Because I've been good friends with her father, and I used to babysit her." Ume informed her daughter.

Reimu looked down at her curry. "What about that Rinnosuke guy too? What do you know about him?" Reimu's voice was full of curiosity. Her first day back at Gensokyo and she met some pretty strange people already.

Ume giggled "Rinnosuke works for Marisa's father. He's the one that always has to chase her down." That comment made Reimu smile. She had two new friends now, well, mostly just one new friend. Did Rinnosuke count? Reimu just stared into her curry, hopefully the strange people of Gensokyo will like Reimu.

Coming up next: Chapter 2 Welcome to Gensokyo High!