I woke up to the song "Thnk fr th mmrs" by Fallout boy. With a bit of struggle I shut my alarm clock off and rolled out of bed. Quickly I raced to the shower to do my ritual new start for the new school year. It began after my hot shower. I had put on a banana scented lotion and styled my medium length hair. I had to be careful about what I wore. Especially since I was in Texas now and not Illinois.
My parents sent me to go live with my Uncle and his family. Not, because I was trouble or anything, but for educational purposes. "Rachel, are you done using the restroom?! You know I have school too!" my older cousin Josh hollered.
Their Eldest child and my oldest couz Jessica was in college now. Leaving just my couz Josh and my younger couz Hannah who was his sister. I unlocked the bathroom door and raced out. I pumbled down the stairs to where my Aunt Karen was cooking breakfast. She had made a stack of pancakes, bacon, eggs, and homemade orange juice. "Good Moring Rachel," she greeted with a smile.
" Morning," I said back. She handed my a plate of food. I sat down and bit into the pancakes. They melted in my mouth. A moan escaped from my mouth. My Uncle chuckled and so did my aunt.
"Good?" My uncle asked. I nodded slightly and continue to dig in. Josh came down and started to eat. Hannah was still asleep. She wouldn't have to get up for another hour or so. After finishing breakfast, I started to do the dishes. "Oh, Rachel you don't have too," my aunt smiled.
"It's okay, I did some eating so I should do some cleaning," I recited an old saying I made up.
"Yeah, well we got ten minutes so hurry up." Josh warned heading to his room.
"Hai!" I yelled back. I finished up the last dish and grabbed my bag. Josh honked the horn of his car. He was getting impatient with me. But I couldn't really care. All I could think of was who this was a new start for me. A chance to show people that I was really smart.
"Hey Josh, what's Austen High like?" I asked, my head sticking out the window of his convertible.
"It's very strict. I would tell you more but the teachers for the freshman have been completly replaced even the home etc teacher was replaced." he informed consentrating on the road.
All the teachers replaced?! Wow! I wonder why? "Hey Rachel, we're here." he annoced.
My mouth dropped at the site of it. It looked more like a college or an acedemy than a public school. I mean it was just gorgeous!!! "Are you sure this is it?" I squeaked.
Josh just laughed. He parked his car and got out. Immediately he was tackled by a group of guys. " Hey Joshy how was your summer? " a blonde guy asked still on top of him.
"Get off of me, or I'll show why I really got this black belt," Josh warned.
"What black belt? I don't see one on you." teased a black haired guy.
"Hey looky here! Joshy has a girlfriend!" the auburn haired guy pointed out.
"She's kinda young for you ain't she?" the red head commented.
I laughed. I guess they didn't know that I was his couz. "I'm not his girlfriend I'm his cousin," I replied.
Josh was able to get out of their tackles right then. His friends all seemed dazed. "Joshy, you have a cousin?" the blonde asked.
"Doesn't everyone?" Josh said brushing himself off.
"Yeah, but she's-she's" continued the blonde guy.
" Oh boy," sighed the black haired guy.
"Sam don't you dare," Josh warned short from a growl.
"She's so cute!" Sam cried hugging me.
"J-Josh! Get this weirdo off of me!" I yelled and kicked Sam in the one place that hurts the most.
He fell to the ground with a thud. I gave them a nervous smile. They all sighed and shook their head. "Don't worry he had it coming," sighed the red head.
"Anyway, this is my baby couz Rachel. Rachel these are the guys. The Red head is Ethan. The brown (auburn) head is Tim. The Black haired guy is Jeff. And the blonde is Sam as you know." Josh pointed out.
"Well nice to meet you guys. I 'm going to head to my locker before I'm late." I smiled signaling to the building.
"Okay," Josh smiled back.
"Hey, if you see a girl named Kelly Woods tell her that her big bro says that mom wants her to clean the anime out of her room !" Jeff called out.
I gave him the thumbs up signal and entered the building. I looked for my locker. Number 209...mmmm oh there it was! I rushed over to it. It was so big and wide! Unlike the lockers at my middle school. Then again this was high school not middle school.
There was a girl next to me locker. She looked like Josh's friend Jeff-but girl-um the girl version of Jeff. Her eyes caught my gaze. "Oh I'm sorry you just look like someone I know." I laughed nervously.
God. she must think I'm a weirdo now. Nice going Rachel. Way to make friends. But she just smiled sweetly at me. "You're new here aren't you?" she asked.
"Y-yeah, I just moved here from Illinois. I'm Rachel Simmon." I introduced myself.
"Are you by chance related to Josh Simmon?" she asked.
"Yeah, he's my older cousin." I replied.
Her eyes got big. "That's cool. I'm Kelly Woods. My older bro is friends with your cousin." she laughed.
"I know, I met him before I went inside. Oh! He has a message, 'he says that your mom wants you to clean the anime out of your room.'" I repeated.
Kelly's face went white. "Is he serious?! No! My mom can't do this to me! My anime is my life!" she started to freak out.
I laughed. She gave me an annoyed look. "No. No. You got it wrong, it's just that I'm a hudge anime fan too." I pleaded holding my hands up.
"Really!? I can tell that you and my are going to get along real well," she grinned.
The bell rang. It was time for my first class to begin. " Well see you!" I waved good bye and rushed to my next class.
It was biology. Not my favorite class. But I had to admit, dissecting things was somewhat fun! I found a seat and sat down. "Hey mind if I sit here?" a familiar voice asked.
I looked up to see Kelly. My mouth shut immediately to keep myself from squealing. She looked at me and smiled. "Alright class, this is b-biology, this year we are obviously going to being d-dissecting d-dead animals." our teacher annoced coming into the classroom.
This time my mouth literally dropped open. The teacher looked exactly like Iruka from Naruto. And from Kelly's expression, I could tell that she was probably thinking the same thing. "Hey Rachel, do you watch Naruto?" she nearly squeaked.
"Yeah, let me guess..you think that our teacher looks exactly like Iruka?" I shivered.
She nodded. Then we both shivered at the same time. "My name is Mr. Umino or Iruka sensei," the teacher annoced.
That did it. Both Kelly and I stopped moving and breathing completely. And we stayed that way until the bell for the next class rang. We ran out as if it was the hundred meter dash. We stopped at the water fountain to catch our breath.
"What class do you have next?" Kelly gasped.
"Math..." I huffed.
"Me..too," she huffed back.
We walked together to math. Laughter escaped from us as we talked about how we overreacted. But that stopped as soon as we entered the classroom. The teacher there looked exactly like...Kakashi from Naruto. His face was covered the same way as in the anime. He had a normal eye and his other looked like the sharigain. I could swear that this was a dream.
"Um Kelly?" I whispered.
"I know he looks like Kakashi, maybe if we pretend not to notice him we'll survive," she whispeed back.
"He's not a wild animal," I reminded her.
She nodded and led us to two open desks. The teacher looked up from his book (it looked exactly like Kakashi's book!), "And you're names are?"
Kelly nudged me to go first. "R-rachel Simmon," I stuttered.
"Kelly Woods," she said softly.
"Are you girls okay? You look as if you seen a ghost." he asked.
We nodded and sunked done into our desks. "Okay this Math class 2, for people who are smart, but not as smart as people in math class 1! My name is Mr. Hatake, or Kakashi-sensei." the teacher annoced.
That earned an eep from me. The whole class turned to me. My face turned hot with embarrassment. I swear I was going to die right then. But Kakashi cleared his throat getting the class's attention.
Never had I been so desperate for the bell to ring as I did right then. But no the bell decided to take it's sweet time. Finally after along lecture about boring math, it rung. Just as I was about to run out Kakashi stopped me. "Ms. Simmon can I have a minute with you?" he asked.
I gulped and nodded. "I looked at your records and math has never been your best subject so I want to know if you'd be willing to go to some after school tutoring," he offered.
"I-I don't know my c-cousin t-take me to school and d-drops me off-"
"If it's transportation that you're worried about that can be provided." he continued.
"Ms. Simmon, are you sure you feel okay? Your face is red." He asked once more.
"Yes, um did anyone ever tell you that you look exactly like this ninja sensei from a show called Naruto?" I dared to ask.
"Um, n-no w-why do I? I mean i-it impossible t-that I'm a ninja. Though I know ninjutsu-no I don't um isn't your next class starting you better go, good bye Ms. Simmon," Kakashi ushered me out.
Well it was obvious that he wasn't the same Kakashi Hatake from Naruto. That Kakashi wouldn't freak out as much as he did. Oh, well gym was my next class. I wondered vaguely if another person exactly like a Naruto character would appear. Gym…sounds like a class that Guy would teach, but that's impossible.
"Look at all the youth! You teenagers today have the upmost youth ever!" yelled the so called gym teacher as soon as everyone came out dressed in their uniforms.
I should've known…. The guy was wearing the same awful green jumpsuit Guy wore and had the same haircut and eyebrows. My eye twitched just a bit. This was very scary see him up close in that awful thing. "Yo! Rachel!" a group of voice called my name.
I turned to see Josh, his friends, and Kelly huddled around the bleachers. Casually I strolled over to them. "What are you guys doing here? Isn't this freshman gym time?" I questioned.
"The school cut back on the gym teachers. Everyone will have gym at the same time. Some of the other teachers will be helping out too," explained Tim.
"Oh…" I said staring back at the Guy replica.
Just then Kakashi came into the gym. He was reading the same book as he did before, and had the same bored expression as the Kakashi in Naruto did. It wasn't long that he caught me stare. He winked, making me blush for some odd reason. "Aw my arch rival! HATAKE Kakashi, come for another duel!!" the Guy replica yelled with pride.
"Sorry, did you say something?" Kakashi yawned.
The whole school bursted out laughing. But as for Kelly and I, it just sent shivers down our spines. "Anyway, I'm here to help teach gym Guy. Now I have my list of students here, when I call your name move to the left side of the gym." ordered Kakashi.
I heard Josh's name, Kelly's, and Sam's. I pleaded slightly for mine not to be called. " And Rachel Simmon," Kakashi finished.
With I groan I walked to the other side. Kelly was semi excited-only cause I was in the same class as her. "Okay now do a hundred push ups!" exclaimed Guy.
His class gasped and started to protest. Kakashi simply rolled his eyes. "Guy they're not ninjas," he said, as if it was a reminder.
But then he caught the surprised look on my face. He laughed slightly. I rolled me eyes. Then an idea dawned on me. I mouth the words I-Know-Who-You-Guys-Really-Are. His face showed no amount of panic. But he seemed to be trying to mouth back something to me. So, I mouth back Your-mask-is-still-on-I-can't-understand-you-idiot. He laughed once more. "Okay I know Dodge ball!" he suggested.
"Okay, Hatake! My class verses yours!" Guy challenged.
Kakashi just shrugged. The balls were placed in the canter of the gym. Guy blew the whistle. And everyone charged-except me. I wasn't one for dodge ball, rather I stunk at it. But everyone else was having fun. " Okay little sis, let's see what you're made off!" Jeff challenged.
"I got this!" she yelled throwing a ball that nearly hit him.
I at least tried. I handed balls to people who could actually throw. Everything seemed to go fine until someone whipped a ball at my face. The ball hit my face harder than any other time I played dodge ball. I walked out and stood beside the others, rubbing my face. "You okay, that ball hit you pretty hard," a really familiar voice asked.
Kakashi stood next to me, handing me an ice pack. Gratefully I took it. It felt good against the stinginess of my cheek. "Thanks. I stink at dodge ball. I guess they play more rough here than back in Illinois." I laughed.
He gave me a smile. I think that was how the Kakashi from Naruto smiled. "Hey Josh, Kelly, Sam avenge me!" I commanded, and started to laugh, this was somewhat fun.
"Anyway, so you know who I really am Ms. Simmon huh?" Kakashi whispered, somewhat seductively.
"Yup, You're a Kakashi sensei clone. You know people your age who watch Naruto and cosplay to work are weird….just kidding so what are you doing here from the Naruto world?" I played along; not really knowing what was up.
"Naruto world…why not the Kakashi world?" he mumbled.
"Huh? The Kakashi world what's that?" I grinned.
"Just a thought…a soon forgotten thought." he sighed.
I laughed. The Kakashi world it sounded cheesy for some odd reason. "Do I humor you Ms. Simmon?" he whispered in my ear even more seductively.
"Yes!" I bursted out laughing.
"Thanks that gives me more confidence," he replied sarcastically.
"And how old are you Mister Hatake?" I sighed.
"Twenty-one,"
"Liar, you're twenty-six or something, besides your birthday is coming up," I corrected.
"How did you know my birthday is coming up?" he asked curiously.
"Because yours is on the 15th of September and mine's the 20th of September," I answered.
"Only five days a part," he chuckled.
I nodded. Just then the bell rang. I waved good bye and started to head for the locker room.