(A/N: Heya all! Good news! I have found out that there is spell check on word! That is such a relief! Now you can hopefully be spared my terrible spelling and grammar mistakes! Anyways, this is the AU, high school fic I mentioned, and I'm going to have to put it to the side for a while, to write the sequel to ISTYW , but I already had the first chapter written, so I figured that I'd type it up for you guys. I'm hoping the fact I now don't have to use the family computer anymore will speed my updates, but I still have school and such, so be warned. At the moment though it's the holidays, so I have plenty of free time[this is because I'm sad and have no life Anyways, I hope you enjoy it, and I will refer to this story as 'FHIE' because 'IYIHFHIE' is waaaay too long! Enjoy!)
Introducing Yourself Is Hard, Flowers Have It Easy
Chapter 1
Oh crap! What am I supposed to say? Somehow I don't think 'Hi! I'm De-Ji! I just moved here. When I was six I accidently pushed my best friend off of a bridge. Ever since I've been a social reject.' Would go down well! Good Lord girl! Pull yourself together! Think of something!
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Hi. I'm De-Ji Kaichou. I just moved to Konoha with my God-father Ibiki Morino. Yep, I'm with him 'cuz my parents are dead. Why? I don't feel like telling you just yet. We moved here 'cuz Ibiki is a police man (well, a detective really, but whatever) and he got offered a promotion, yada yada. Today I start my first day at my new school 'Konoha Leaf High'. What a suckish name, don't you agree? Well, aaanyway, I'm 16 and that's about all there is to me. Yeah, I know, it's sad. So, you want a description of moi? What are you? A stalker? Whatever, not like I care. I could so kick your butt if you tried to rape me (shrugs). So yeah, I'm not too tall but not too short (okay, so I'm a little on the short side, there's nothing wrong with that!). I have blue hair. Not black-blue, but blue. I'm not gunna tell 'ya the length 'cuz that's something that only Ibiki and I (check out my grammar!) know, 'cuz I always keep it in a bun. Why? It's convenient. Plus I like keeping the length a secret. Wow. I just realised how sad that sounds. Mooooving on, I'm thin, but not anorexic, I just eat healthy...well...with a few treats here and there (cough) Ben and Jerry's (cough). Moving on from my figure and the best ice cream in the world, I have green eyes (yeah, blue hair and green eyes) but they're not the sparkling emerald ones you get in things like 'mills and boons', naa. They're murky green. But Hell, I like them that way! Enough about my physical appearance. I can't really tell you what people think of me as I just moved to a new place, but where I used to live...well, I was a social outcast. Why? Let's just say that it involved an ex-best friend and a bridge. Hey! It was an accident! I swear! Yeah, everyone was afraid of me...they thought I'd murder them or something...freaks...so enough about all this stuff. My hand's starting to hurt from gripping the pen too hard! Ja ne!
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De-Ji Kaichou stood in front of 'Konoha Leaf High' as the sign above the door proclaimed. Well, actually, some of the letters has either fallen off or had been stolen (De-Ji couldn't be quite sure). the sign actually told her that the building was named 'Ko oha Le f Hig '. The thought of skipping school and in defence telling her God-father that she had in fact only found 'kooha lef hig' briefly crossed her mind but she ignored it, knowing there was no ice cream in the freezer, so therefore no point. She sighed. Frankly, she was worried. Worried about what had happened at her old school happening here. As much as she would never admit it, she was scared of spending lunch breaks alone, the look of anger that passed over the faces of people who were told they had to work with her. She was scared of being isolated again. She was used to being alone after her family died, but she was scared about what would happen, should Ibiki die. She'd be completely alone. She didn't like thinking about it, but lying awake in the middle of the night made your mind wander.
She pushed her morbid thoughts to the back of her mind, those kinds of thoughts didn't get anyone anywhere. She wandered into the entrance hall. So...what exactly was she supposed to do now? It occurred to her that she should probably ask the woman at reception...but there was a pink pig with the woman...'ya had to question someone's hygiene when they carried a pig around with them...
De-Ji stood still as she tried to remember what the room number was that Ibiki had supposedly drilled into her head earlier that morning.
A smirk appeared on her face. '52e...I am so great! I just remembered some weird-ass number! Wait a sec...52e? how many rooms does this damn school have?!' she looked to the nearest classroom. '...1a...I'm screwed...' a massive urge to flop down on the floor, sit down cross-legged and then to pout suddenly came over her. 'Hell no! I do not pout!' De-Ji settled for just scowling at the nearest object. Which just so happened to be some guy's back.
Uchiha Itachi could tell he was being scowled at. Why he had no idea. He turned around to see a very moody looking girl...scowling at him.
"What?" It was a simple question, said just loud enough to snap De-Ji out of her daydream about hunting down and killing the people who made the damn school have so many damn rooms.
"Huh?" The 'bluenette' said as she snapped back to reality.
"You were scowling at me." The guy was looking at her, his face impassive. She didn't like him. End of.
"Oh, sorry." She didn't mean what she said as she turned away, down some random corridor (probably not the smartest idea in the world), however, she did mean what she added when she thought she was out of earshot. "Ass-hole." She heard a guy behind her burst out into laughter behind her. It must have been one of the guys who the guy who she had been scowling at was standing with...if that makes sense.
"Wow! Uchiha just got told, yeah!" She could almost hear the smirks and the glare which was given to the people who were smirking. How? Well...erm...she just could, ok?!
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We all know that walking down random corridors when you have no idea where you're going gets boring after a while, and so, yes, De-Ji became bored (shock horror!)She sighed in annoyance, wondering if she should have chanced smelling like pig courtesy of 'pig-lady' to have gotton a schedule and hopefully a map of this seemingly endless maze of corridors. Realising there was nothing she could do about it now seeing as she was officially lost (she vaguely wondered if a search party would come looking for her, and then get lost themselves, then there would be a search party for a search party then they'd get lost and there'd be a se—okay, you get the picture...) She started to fish around in the bag which was resting on her right shoulder. 'Hm...pencil case...books...gum...hair bobble...wait—did I just find gum? Yum! Anyway...random piece of paper...lucky bunny...aha! Here it is! My MP3 Player! Which I am proud is not an IPod!'
She smirked as she pulled it out, having a bit of a kerfuffle when the headphones got knotted together. After undoing the numerous knots, she pushed the headphones into her ears. She had always wanted elf ears when she was younger but now 16, was glad that her wish had never been granted. Although she had to admit, elf ears were cool!
The lyrics to 'Love Love Shine' started to blast from the small, black...well, headphones in her (distinctly not pointed) ears. A grin broke onto her face at the happy, hyper music. 'PARA PARA!' this single thought sent her into what can only be described as a 'giggle fit' (Definition: A type of seizure common in young girls although any female can be prone to it, depending on the state of mind. Causes: Sugar rushes, Catching sight of the person you like catching sight of you out of the corner of his eye, being in the company o others prone to 'G. Fits')
After the song finished, it switched to 'pain' by 'three days grace'. An almost maniacal smirk replaced my grin and giggles. The song always had this effect on her. Images of kunais and shurikens (weapons used by the ninjas of old) flashed before her eyes. And an incredible blood lust came over her. Her thumb reached the 'next' button and pressed it down with unnecessary force. The thoughts of ripping killing utensils through innocent people's bodies scared her.
'Damn it...I really need to delete that song...but I can't be bothered...' I'm sure you know how tiring walking around is...well, after the first few hours or so...(ahem) anyway, just before lunch, our blue-haired flower (that just sounds weird) happened to stumble upon (no, not literally) the school library, and being bored as she was, she went in and got a book to read. Now I know this may shock you as so many great stories are now available to read on the internet these days, and I know that printing books is killing the rainforests and the pandas (think of the pandas people!) but you have to understand, the boredom! The Boredom! 'Tis torture! Torture I tell thee!
So yes, she got a book from the library. Unfortunately it wasn't manga as no school would be cool enough to have manga. It was, in fact 'Ten Thousand Sorrows' by Elizabeth Kim.
Now, what I'm about to tell you, must never be shared with anyone. It is that because of certain...complications...De-Ji had no library card...so she kind of...stole it...well, borrowed it. She promised the piece of flaking wall-paper that she would return it as it was giving her a cold stare which had 'I don't trust you' written all over it. Honest.
For lunch she contemplated what she could do with the 'granny smith' apple in her bag. Nothing really came to mind so she ended up just eating it normally. The only major event in lunch (apart from the insightful observations on how to make the most of an apple) was that a guy with blonde hair (at least she thought it was a guy) came up to her and started talking to her.
"Hey! You're that girl who called Itachi an ass-hole, yeah! You've got guts, yeah!" She looked at him and blinked.
"...that's nice..." He sweat dropped.
"...riiight...yeah"
"...no..."
"Huh?...yeah..."
"You said 'yeah' and I said 'no'...no"
"Huh?...yeah..." He was obviously confused. In fact, that confuzzled expression looked kinda cute...
"Eek!"
"Huh?" If possible he was even more confused now that he was before thanks to De-Ji's little outburst and the fact a tinge of pink was marring her pale cheeks.
'Bad De-Ji! Bad! You don't think that about people! It's rude! Besides, you're not even sure of his gender! Wait, 'it's' gender! Yosh! I shall call it, 'it'!'
The girl stood up abruptly (I don't think I mentioned she was sitting down...)
"Goodbye, it"
"Huh, yeah?" The pink turned to magenta as she realised her mistake 'crap, crap, crap, crap, crap'. She started to walk away quickly. Very quickly.
De-Ji's first day at her new school didn't go as it should've. She didn't meet anyone in her class, at least, she hoped she hadn't. She sighed as she lay in her (single sized) bed, hoping that tomorrow would be significantly more...useful.
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(A/N: How was it? Good? Bad? Just plain ugly? Please tell me in a review [hint hint! I seriously love to have your input on these things! It also reassures me that I'm not wasting my time [yes, I do get majorself doubt spasms...so what? Okay, I've got some things to say! Firstly, If you're a new reader, arigato for choosing to read my fan fiction! If you've read my other fics, welcome back! To new readers; the main character is an OC of mine [hopefully she's not a mary-sue O.O although this isn't her first fic [nods proudly this is an AU version of her life from I Shall Twist Your Words. Well, kinda...it's AU so it's completely different really, but some aspects stay the same. Eg, her attitude [I hope O.O sorry, I'm rambling. To old timers [my devoted O.o readers!; you may notice some jokes which you can only get if you've read ISTYW. [Most of these I actually added subconsciously O.o Eg. The thing about gum in her bag. In ISTYW there was a chapter whose main punch line was about gum...and she hates Itachi straight away; he was a murderer O.o...
Some things I should clear up:
The first bit in italics. This is not actually used in this chapter. It will most likely be used in chapter 2
First big chunk of writing is written from De-Ji's POV and basically sets the scene.
Giggle fits: no, that is not an actual condition and definition...I just made it up...for humour...
The stuff about blood lust and such. This just ties in to the fact that in the 'original' she's a ninja. I may add more to this later...a good sub-plot me thinks
Para Para: A type of Japanese dance music [if you want a proper definition, look on Wikipedia. My internets off atm :P
Why De-Ji gets nervous in front of Deidara [yep, that blondo is him XD De-Ji does not normally act embarrassed. De-Ji does not normally think guys are cute either [nope, she's not bisexual or lesbian, she's just preoccupied with studies and such. She gets embarrassed the thought crossed her mind and it isn't helped by the whole 'it' thing
If you have any questions, suggestions etc, don't hesitate to tell/ask me! If I have offended anyone by anything I have written, I am sincerely sorry, and did not mean to cause...well, offence. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me just so ya know, it's currently 4:59 AM...I can't sleep :P...just turned 5
I'm also considering getting a beta reader. If anyone's up for it, PM me, or just tell me in a review. Be warned. I am a major procrastinator who is lazy as hell and likes to sleep till midday [that is a true fact so you will most likely have to give me a severe kick up the backside every now and then lol. I think I've got all of the mistakes in this chapter, but I probably havn't. Another reason I'm wanting a beta is that this is [suposedly set in an American High School [even though they wear a uniform what? I'm lazy and I am English so I have no clue about how the American timetable works.I need someone to explain it to me. Otherwise I can't write the next chapter[which I have started ;) Seriosly though. I don't understand it so I need help! Anyways, please help and I hope you enjoyed. Sorry for the freaky long A/N!)
