By now I should be used to flying in Easter's private jet, but lately it's just annoying. I've been flying back and forth from the US to Japan Since middle school- since I was enlisted- and now, at 13, I'm moving permanently. It wouldn't suck so badly if mom hadn't been dying to get rid of me, well, mostly after dad's accident. He was shot down in an armed robbery trying to protect a child, after that my mom said I reminded her too much of him and that she had to move on. Apparently her definition of 'move on' is to ship me off to Japan to live with my uncle- honestly, has she ever even read a dictionary.

My uncle is the director of Easter, a company hell-bent on finding some shinny egg called "the embryo" (I'd call it breakfast), he's only interested in me because of my martial arts expertise and assassin-like skills. I'm already part of their North American Division; he just wants me as a field agent. But when it comes to my mom's side of the family he's the only one I've ever met; my grandparents and two of my aunts are dead, my rich uncle disowned all of us a before I was born, and my other uncle skipped parole and hopped the border. Other than that I probably have some cousins I've never met.

"Mr. Saratobi, we've reached our destination. A limo with your belongings is prepared to take you to the Hoshina residence", the flight attendant informed me.

And just as she said a fully decked-out limo was ready for my one-way trip to hell. Oh and I forgot to mention I'm a girl (by now you're probably thinking, "Oh god, not another cross-dressing main character", and I'd say, "shut up and finish the chapter"), I had no choice.

The limo pulled up to my uncle's house-scratch that- estate, I gathered my suitcases and went to the door. As I went to knock on the door it opened and my uncle came into view,

"You're late", he stated as he invited me in.

"I'm sorry, because I had full control of when the plane landed", I shot back. One thing about uncle, he was never a fan of long goodbye's… or hello's.

"One, it was a private jet, two your room is downstairs and I expect you to be unpacked and ready for bed no later than 9", I look at the clock, another thing is he's not one for wasting time.

I head to my room to unpack, a blob of grey mass it weighting for me. When it comes to uncle, I always set the bar low. I unpack all my clothes and hop in for a quick shower, only to find that the hot water was nonexistent, and then I put my nightclothes on all before 8:45. I head back upstairs only to find a note on the refrigerator: Dear Cole, I stepped out for work so make yourself something to eat. Also you have an important meeting with Easter tomorrow so wake up early. I guess this is better communication than talking to him. So I follow the notes instructions, made some ramin for dinner and went to bed, because apparently I had a big day tomorrow.

The next day I woke up early and road with uncle to Easter, quite an uneventful ride if you ask me, he barley even looked at me. I've read up on Easter's inner workings; apparently I'm the puppet and he pulls the strings.

We enter his office and I notice a blue-haired highschooler weighting to come in, does anyone have natural hair in Japan? Uncle takes a seat while I stand beside his desk; he motions for blue hair to come in. Once he dose I realize he's a whole foot taller than me and is wearing some kind of uniform,

"Ikuto, I'd like you to meet Cole Saratobi, he will replace Utau as your new partner", once uncle said this he-I mean- Ikuto began to look me up and down as if he was sizing me up. He agreed and both of us were dismissed, his Shugo Chara introduced himself as Yoru and mine introduced himself as Sasuke. I figured me and Ikuto are going to be together for a while so I try to start up a conversation-

"If you're weak stay out of my way"

"What he said-nya"

And just like that I'm left standing in the middle of the sidewalk. By now I should feel embarrassed or hurt, but I don't feel anything-one characteristic of a good ninja.

Disclamer: I do not own Shugo Chara or any Naruto refernces I may use