Disclaimer: I do not own the anime Kamigami no Asobi and the characters within. All I own is the OC and the plot.

Chapter 1:

" Bye Jacki! See you next time we come to visit Japan!" cried Skylar, waving as her car moved out of the shrine's entrance.

" See you next year Sky. Don't forget me!" I said, waving back. I stayed there until the car disappeared and I was enveloped in the familiar silence of home again.

I'm Jacki and I was adopted by Yui's parents when I was 8. They live in the Shinto Shrine in Japan so I had to learn Japanese or else I would be staring at people like an idiot. I'm originally from New York in America, but I have never traveled there ever since I came to Japan. I miss my old state, with all the bright lights and crazy street performers.

Living at a shrine was totally new and I had no idea what to do. My first week was a complete disaster and I rather not recall it. Luckily, Yui was there to guide me. But for some reason, she has gotten distant and gloomy these past months. She rarely smiled and didn't join in activities much.

I would hear her crying at night and feel helpless at the thought that I couldn't comfort her. Whoever did this to her will have their face introduced to my fist.

These thoughts came to me as I climbed the stairs, finally reaching the top. Before going to the house, I paid my respect to the Kamis, even if I didn't really believe in them.

As I neared the house, I could hear voices inside, mostly males and Yui's voice. Wait…... what?! That can't be good.

I ran the rest of the way, threw the door open and a hastily " I'm home," and saw eight boys seated around the living room. The all looked towards me and stared. My first thought: WTF! My second thought: It's rude to stare people.

Then I spotted Yui between two blonde guys and she looked genuinely happy. I gaped at her before running and gave her a big hug.

"Yui! You're back to normal! I'm so glad. You were worrying me before I left for the trip," I commented, pulling away from the hug.

" Jacki-chan! How was your trip? Did you have fun?" Yui asked.

" It was great to have someone from America. We had a great time skiing," I told her.

Suddenly, a voice to my right asked, " Fairy-san, who's this?"

I whipped towards the voice and put myself between Yui and a guy, taking a defensive stance. He was blonde with green emerald eyes and a way too curious expression on his face.

" Curiosity killed the cat, dude. Now who are you?" I hissed.

" The death of the cat must have been due to my misfortune," a gloomy voice said somewhere in the room. That response caught me off guard.

" What? It's an expression. Who said that?" I asked.

" Jacki-chan….can you...uh.. relax. These are my friends," Yui informed me.

" Oh...well then. Nice to meet you all," I went back to normal and offered a wide smiled.

" Yui-chan, you should have told me that. I could have accidently judo flipped your 'friends' here. Now that would leave a bad impression, wouldn't it," I pouted. Silence.

We both burst out laughing and after a while Yui said, " I'm surprised you didn't yet. You were always overprotective when it came to boys. I should be the one doing that."

" Ah, well. I can play the role of a big sister once in a while, even if I am one year younger than you."

" Anyways," I continued. " Let's start the introductions, shall we? I'm Jacki from New York and an adopted child here. How about you guys?"

Awkward silence and chirping crickets.

" Uh..how about I do the intro," Yui suggested.

" So this is Apollon, Balder, Loki, Thor, Hades, Tsukito, Takeru, and Dionysus," she said as she gestured to each one of them. " And this is my sister Jacki," she said.

" Hi," they all replied.

" What's up?" I said.

" The ceiling apparently, from my observation," purple hair, I mean, Tsukito answered.

I stared at him in disbelief before I face palmed myself. Yui chuckled nervously

" I have a question. Why are they named after gods?" I asked. The god-named guys looked at each other uncomfortably.

" Er, Jacki, they are gods….." Yui tried to explain.

I looked at her blankly before demanding, " Details Yui, details."

She told me they were gods that had been summoned into this garden/academy and she had to help them graduate. But then Balder ( a.k.a the guy with unstable mental problems) turned into the god of destruction and tried to destroy the floating island. They defeated him but had to send Yui back because of the damages and the world was breaking apart, leaving her alone and not knowing if they were okay or not.

" So that's why you looked so depressed, Yui," I said. Now I know I should have shaken my head and denied the explanation but for some reason, I actually believed them.

Everyone looked at me weirdly.

" What? I believe you. Yui wouldn't lie to me." I told them. " But I feel like I should punch you in the face for treating Yui like that."

" No need, Jacki! I'm fine now," Yui sweat dropped.

I shrugged. "Okay, if you say so."

I turned to Hades and asked, " Can you summoned dead people and shadow travel?" I was thinking about the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

" Yes….how would you know?" Hades answered.

" Books," I pointed to the enormous bookcase in the living room. All of them are mine and most were in English. Which reminds me.

" Yui, you promised to take me to the bookstore today," I pointed out. Suddenly, Balder and Apollon begged her to let them come. I'm beginning to think they have a crush on her.

" You can come to if you want," I told the gods. " Let me get my bag and skateboard and go! I have a book reserved and the earlier the better."

I ran upstairs and grabbed what I needed, coming back down in a flash.

They were all waiting for me outside. Apollon was holding the door for me.

" Come on Ja-ja. You and Yui can show us round," he cried excitedly.

I rolled my eyes at the nickname and decided to ignore it. " Again, curiosity killed the cat, Apollon," I muttered. But there was something I've been looking forward to doing. I sat on the railing and asked Loki to pushed me a bit since he was the closest one.

" Alright! Here we goooo!" he announces gleefully, pushing me just the right amount of momentum.

It felt so nice and the ride was long since there were so many of those dang stairs. I quickly raced past Yui and the other gods, the latter with surprised faces.

Towards the end, I started slowing down so I hopped down and went down the last few ones.

" What's taking so long slowpokes!" I shouted.

Then I saw a flash of red, two blonde, and dark green, heading down the same way I did.

" Yikes!" I exclaimed before moving out of the way.

It turned out to be Loki, Balder, Apollon, and Hades that were coming down. They all landed without falling except for Balder, who tripped (again) and fell face first.

I raised an eyebrow at them and Apollo chirped, " I begged Uncle Hades and Loki tricked Balder."

" Ok… " I replied uncertainly. We had to wait for the others to come down. I got bored so I got on my skateboard and did some tricks. I didn't even notice the guys observing me until I stopped. I held out my skateboard and asked, " Who wants to try?"