This first chapter is an introduction-type thing. Make of it what you like.
I do not own Naruto or any Naruto characters. All rights go to Masashi Kishimoto.
My name is Lenka Miyashiro, aka Lennie. I am seventeen years old and I am moving to Japan. And not as a family relocation thing. It's at the whim of my grandaunt.
You see, my dad moved to the United States from Japan with his family when he was seven. He met my mom in college, and the rest is history etc etc. So cliché right? And there's more. My dad's aunt's health wasn't doing so well in Japan so he moved her right into our lives. Her sister was my dad's mother. In Japan, my grandaunt had no one left: her husband had died and all but one friend had passed away. Grandaunt didn't like the United States at all. She didn't know anyone and she didn't know how to speak English. I know this because I was about two years old when she arrived and she's been speaking nothing but Japanese to me since I was little. I think it was her way of coping; she didn't want dad to be the only one to talk to. My mother was a little miffed about being left out, but she got over it once I started getting the topmost grades in my Japanese class and even received an award at my junior graduation.
Although my grandaunt is only of my very best friends, I couldn't hate her more than I do right now. She deemed it necessary for me to go study at a private school for the last year of high school and college in JAPAN. So I'm staying with her last friend and her last friend's grandson. All so I can go to school. In Japan. This is going to be just great. :P
I woke up still feeling jet lagged, but I knew that today was the day. I had been here for a week, waiting for the first day of the next trimester. I was going to Matsuyama Prepatory High School and I was just starting to accept that fact. Since Japan hates me, school starts in April, which was four months ago. Today was September 1st which would be a NORMAL starting date in America. Alas, no. Lucky for me, these classes were almost exactly the same as the ones I would be taking in America. And I didn't have to waste half a year like some overseas students trying to get caught up on the language. Basically, I had missed one trimester and I didn't know whether that would set me back or not.
Grandauntie's friend drove me to school the day I was ready. When we were introduced, she had coughed so violently that I didn't quite catch it. I just call her "Grandmother", the polite title. Her grandson had escaped or something, because I hadn't seen him at all since I arrived and Grandauntie's friend hadn't said anything. She's elderly and weak so I was nervous about her driving. But we got to school on time and she smiled and waved as she drove away. I adjusted my uniform, smoothing it out in places it had wrinkled in the car. Did I mention it was the most cliched uniform ever? It had the whole Japanese comic book style to it, like I needed more stereotype reinforcement. I had a navy blue pleated skirt, white button-up collar shirt, a navy blue blazer, white knee high socks, and my good luck shoes. Shoes were the only thing that was free choice as long as it stayed within a long list of rules. Mine were converse. Self designed converse, that is. They had flames on them, like on those cool sports cars. I took a deep breath, and looked around. The school wasn't half-bad. As far as I could see, it was made of entirely concrete and glass. Like a fancy technology school, only not.
Well, I thought, here goes nothing. I walked up the sleek white steps and navigated my way through the shiny halls to the main office. A woman in her late twenties/early thirties was at the desk. Seeing no one else in the office, I walked up to her.
"Excuse me?" The woman looked up. "Hi, I'm the new student."
"Ah, you are-" she paused and shuffled through some papers. "Lenka Miyashiro?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Welcome to Matsuyama Prepatory High School. I am the vice-principal, Shizune." I froze. Did I hear that right? SHIZUNE of all names?? Like from Naruto? My favorite manga??
"Nice to meet you…" I mumbled. She shuffled through some more papers, before handing me a few papers.
"There are your class schedules, information papers, an additional map, and some conformation papers your parent or guardian will need to sign," she said, standing up. She walked over to a table on the left side of the room, pressing a button on a speaker.
"Would the Student Body Class President please report to the front office, thank you." She sat behind the desk again and gestured for me to take a seat. I did so, opening my book bag and pulling out the pamphlet Grandauntie had used to make it seem cool. I looked on the back where it listed staff information. I was completely in shock. It said:
PRINCIPAL: Tsunade-sama
I seriously would have fainted if not for a girl who tapped my shoulder and caused me to look up. I went into shock yet again.
"Hello. My name is Haruno Sakura." A girl with pink hair and emerald eyes smiled at me. I faintly smiled back.
"I-I'm Miyashiro Lennie," I said, forcing the words out, still staring at her.
"I'm the Student Body President, as well as the Senior Class President. Since we have a while until school starts, I will show you around." I wordlessly handed her my schedule. She scanned it.
"Okay let's go," she walked out briskly as I followed. She walked me to all my classes in order and I marked them down on my map. Then she walked me to my locker, warning me that I would need it so make good use of it.
"If you have any questions, this is my schedule so you can probably catch me between classes or even in class."
I nodded dumbly as the first bell rang.
"That's the warning bell. It means you have five minutes to get to class," she said, smiling. "See you later!"
"See you," I waved, slightly dizzy. It was unreal. I was in a school with Tsunade, Shizune, and Sakura. Would there be more Naruto characters??
My first class was PE. For some reason, I had a bad feeling in my stomach as I walked into the locker room, wondering what it could be. I changed into my PE clothes: navy blue mesh shorts and a white T-shirt with "Matsuyama Prepatory High School" emblazoned on the front. Only when I went to they gym to line up with all the rest of the students, did I realize why.
"WELCOME BACK YOUTHFUL CHILDREN! DID YOU ENJOY YOUR THREE DAY WEEKEND?! I HOPE YOU KEPT UP WITH EXERCISING AND STRIVING YOUR HARDEST!!"
Oh. My. God. I stared, unbelieving. It was real. It was so real. To my luck, the man in the scary green jumpsuit looked directly at me.
"You! I do not know you! Come here!" I walked numbly to the front. Gai sensei was talking to me. The real live Gai sensei.
"What is your name young lady?"
"Miyashiro Lennie."
Let's just say the rest of the class left me wishing Gai sensei was never invented. I was raining sweat out of my body, or that's what it felt like at least. More disappointing was that no one in my class resembled any sort of Naruto character. Maybe I was imagining it. I changed quickly with the other girls, and checked myself in the bathroom mirror as I was leaving. Hm. It wasn't that bad, I still looked like a non-disheveled person.
I wandered back into the main building and up to the second floor for Science class. I was wise this time and checked my schedule for the name: Asuma Sarutobi.
As soon as I walked in, an exact human form of Asuma Sarutobi stood in front of me.
"You must be Miyashiro Lenka," he said loudly. I jumped back slightly.
"Yes, and you must be Orochimaru sensei," I forced out. He smirked.
"What sass, I am going to make you introduce yourself to the class." Darn. I was TRYING to be nice. So when the students had mostly filled up the seats, Asuma had me stand in the front of the room.
"Hello. I am Miyashiro Lenka. I moved here from the United States and am staying here for the next five years. I am glad to meet you." I promptly started walking to a seat in the BACK of the classroom because not only was Asuma mean, but potentially a humiliation machine.
"Now class," he announced. "Since you have finished a trimester, I will now announce your seats for the new trimester."
Great. He's probably going to put me up front :P And guess what? I was right. Front row, in the center. He then proceeded to call out other names. I mainly tuned him out and stared out the window.
"…Haruno Sakura…Hyuuga Hinata…Ino Yamanaka…Sunagakure Gaara…Akimichi Chouji…Uchiha Sasuke…Sunagakure Kankuro…" The names drifted in and out of my scattered brain until I finally registered them. I whipped around violently.
I spotted Sakura and she smiled slightly, then turned to the front, copying down something. I scanned the room and spotted several people that could have no other explanations for their identity. A girl with a long shining blonde waterfall coming out of a ponytail and blue crystal eyes. A petite girl with long dark hair and the palest lavender eyes I'd ever seen. A prince, fair skin skin and deep eyes that stared boredly forward. A tattoo caught my eye: love, it said. A munching of chips in the back made me smile. And a boy with too much eyeliner on and crazy designs across the plane of his face was almost asleep in the second to last row. I turned to the front, realizing I should have been taking notes the last few minutes of class. I took out a notebook and raced through the notes that would take everyone else the rest of the period. I sat and stared at the board. Who else was here? What other teachers would I have that I would know?
(time skip)
After quickly greeting Grandmother, I rushed to my room and collapsed on the bed. It had been a long long day. I was still shocked slightly. I mean, who wouldn't be. I got to school with the cast of the Naruto manga. Every girl's (or if you're really weird, guy's) dream. I was also exhausted from feeling so shocked. Apparantly the teachers were going easy on me because I was new. I reached into my desk and pulled out a tattered olive notebook. I flipped open to a blank page.
Dear Diary,
Today I started my first day of school in Japan. It's full of Naruto characters! Most of the stuff even matches up!
The Sunagakure siblings moved here from the Northernmost island, on the edge of the DESERT. Sakura is the smartest girl in the grade, Shikamaru SLEPT all through fourth period math and said "TROUBLESOME" a total of FIVE times during lunch, Hinata Hyuuga STUTTERS kinda when she's nervous, Chouji loves Ruffles, Neji is Hinata's cousin and also has PALE LAVENDER eyes, Rock Lee is this unstoppable force of nature that wears ORANGE bracelets and GREEN training shoes, and Naruto Uzumaki says "debattyo" more than any other word ^.^ It fits PERFECTLY.
Also, Uchiha Itachi is a college student (I learned this from Naruto—seriously, he will tell you ANYTHING). He got drunk one night and crashed the car while his mom, dad, and Sasuke were in the car. Sasuke and Itachi survived, but Sasuke hates him.
And get this—Sasuke Uchiha's grandmother is the woman I have been staying with!! I'm staying with THE Sasuke Uchiha!!!!!
Can't Wait 'Til Another Day of School,
Lennie
The entire story will not be in the POV (point of view) of this character. She will most likely become a side character. I'm trying to give you a sense of the school, but don't worry I have a sort of sketchy chain of events already set out in my head. Thanks for reading!