A/N - Hey guys, first chapter of my fist ever fan fic. Im putting the disclaimer in the first and last chapters only, I own nothing but the original characters that are listed on my profile, everyone else belongs to either Marvel, Kakifly or Four leaf studios. Also a shout out to chrono180 for the codename for Hanako, I was super stuck on finding one, but luckily his worked for me too, dispite his version of "Meta-Hanako" having different powers.
Also..be warned guys, this takes a few chapters to get off its feet, but try to avoid skipping too much content, it is important, if a little long-winded. Rated M for language and violence after about chapter six, mostly story before then..

I can't believe its our first day at a Japanese high school, heck I still can't believe Mum & Dad decided to move here. Scotland was their home since long before me and Katie were even born. Deep in thought as I was, I didn't notice Kaitlyn trying to get my attention;

"Oi, Onii-chan" with language skills like hers, it isn't surprising that she picked up the Japanese language so easily, anyone would think she was a local, certainly no-one would accuse her of only having been here since December.

"Sorry sis, guess I was in my own little world, what were you saying?"

"I said; we just walked past your class, if you wanted to go check it out & meet up later for lunch or something."

"Oh, right... Sure see you at the cafeteria for lunch. Later" I waved farewell to my sister as I entered my new classroom, I sit at the desk in the back corner, by the window so I could see my entire surroundings, as well as keep track of the students who enter.

As I scan the room I notice a girl sitting in the corner opposite mine, I say girl, but to describe her as a 'girl' is a genuine understatement, she is by far the most... Beautiful woman I've ever seen.

Then just as I was moping over my dismal chances with her, she turned, saw me looking at her, blushed and turned away to hide in her book. To be perfectly honest I can understand why, even though it isn't necessary in the slightest; the entire right side of her face is burnt. She must have been bullied pretty bad for that in middle school.

I think to myself. Anyone tries that on her here they're in for a rude awakening. I'm a little surprised at how protective I am of this girl, for all I know she's a total delinquent, although I highly doubt that... Maybe I should go introduce myself, seeing as we're the only ones here. I stand and walk towards her.

"Sumimasen" I say to her softly. God I hope I said that right I think as I await her reply.

"H-hai?" her reply is so quiet that I barely hear it.

"U-um, I just... I wanted to introduce myself, I'm new here and the only student I know here is my sister in first year" I say this last part with a small grin, and am pleased to see her return it with one of her own, forced though it may seem. "I'm Kyle, Kyle McArthur." Why are my palms sweaty, surely I can't be that nervous.

"I-I'm Hanako... Ikezawa, but if you were hoping to make many friends here, you should probably keep your distance from me, I'm sort of... unpopular." She says this with a look akin to shame on her face, her words lowering in volume with every syllable, making it even harder to hear her, good thing my hearing's so good. Guess my theory was right.

"I prefer to make my own judgement about people." I say this with a resolute look at her. She looks up at me in shock, I note that she is trying her hardest to hide her burns. Smiling at her, mostly so she'll know I'm only joking I say;

"Y'know, the more you try hiding those the more attention you draw to them." She gasps, then looks at me like a deer in headlights.

"S-sorry... I guess I'm just a little overly conscious about it."

"No need to apologise, I can imagine it's a hard habit to break. And the way people can be, I get why you'd cover them. Wish I could cover mine so easily." I smile widly at this to take the bitter skew out of my words. My comment is a reference to the thin scar that runs down my face from the middle of my right eyebrow to my chin. I see a small smile in the corner of her mouth.

"Yeah it can get annoying... um, class is going to start soon, m-maybe you should be getting back to your desk..."

"I've got a better idea, be right back.."

I dash over to the desk in the corner with all my stuff on it and carry my equipment and bag over to the empty desk next to Hanakos and put it down, taking note of the looks I'm getting from the few students that have filed into class while Hanako and I were talking.

I guess she really is a social pariah. Oh well, she's still cute as heck. She seems to get my humour too... that or she's just laughing out of politeness, either way, still cool. I look over to her with a smile and am pleased to see the small shy one still mirrored on her face.

"This way I have someone to chat to when class gets too dull." I say jokingly with a wink and I'm pleased when she giggles at my comment, we spend the next five minutes before class chatting about random subjects such as what the classes entail, what time certain subjects happened, I find out her favourite subjects and am greatly pleased to hear that they're the same as my own favourites; Math and Science.

As the classes progress I find myself realising that as well as being super cute and a little shy (a good thing in my book) Hanako was incredibly smart, in fact the only person that could keep up with she and I in terms of classwork (I myself am fairly proficient when it comes to schoolwork) was a guy called Hisao Koizumi, who was... oddly even faster at finishing his work than the two of us.

"Hey Ikezawa, what's with that Koizumi guy?" She cringes slightly at my use of her last name and I realise a little too late that her burns may have cost her more than just her self-esteem.

"Umm, I don't know much about him, aside from the fact that he's class rep, was last year too. Also, if you don't mind, c-could you please... use my first name?"

"Of course Hanako, I'm sorry... I didn't think about, well... y'know. So anyway this Koizumi guy's popular as well as clever huh?"

"I guess, a-and its fine... I mean th-there's no way you could guess something like... that."

I spend the rest of the day in silence, contemplating what else I can figure out about the girl sitting beside me, to avoid any more conversational blunders like the one in out earlier conversation.

"Hey... Kaieru-kun."
I'm so deep in thought that I don't realise Hanako's trying to talk to me.

"Hmm, oh sorry Hanako-chan, still getting used to hearing my name pronounced like that I guess." I say with a smile. "What were you saying?"

"Umm, just that class is over, we should get going... Unless you're in a club already or something like that."

"Nope, no clubs... You wanted to walk home together?" Her face turns a light crimson at this question. "Umm... Only if you want to."

"No problem, I just need to go get my sister first so I can walk her home too"

"Isn't your sister in first year?"

"That's right, why do you ask?"

"Well... I-its just that the first years finish school a lesson before we do, so your sister will probably have left already, might even be home by now." She tells me this with a slightly apologetic look on her face, as if it's her fault somehow. Wow this girl's a little damaged, I guess I should see if I can help her with that.

"Oh. Well than I guess we can just head off when you're ready." I say with a smile.