"Roze! It's time for school." Purple flecked cerulean eyes opened. Boxes littered the tiny room. Roze glanced in the mirror on her vanity, red hair stuck out at odd angles. A light knock followed by a click as her door opened revealed an older red headed female, her mother Kushina. A fair and bubbly woman she smiled at her brightly speaking louder than Roze would have liked. "Rise and shine sweetheart! First day. Brand new school." Roze mentally groaned at her mother as she disappeared probably to wake her twin brother down the hall.
"Naruto! Wake up!" Came Kushina's powerful voice. She held back with Roze but Naruto on the other hand… he was a heavy sleeper, getting the full brunt.
Downstairs a blonde-haired man sat hunched over a piece of paper writing furiously. Her father, Minato, was a writer. Roze enjoyed proof reading her father's work. She peaked over his shoulder as she approached, scanning the paper with hungry eyes. "Hey. Hey now! No peaking until first draft is done, you promised."
Roze smiled lightly kissing the top of his head, "Don't forget to take your medicine love." Roze sighed nodding. Balancing on her tip toes she reached for the box of cereal on the top shelf, her finger tips brushing its edges. She recoiled as it teetered, sighing with relief when it didn't fall.
"Here you go." A loud voice came from behind her as she was lifted. She happily swiped the cereal, turning to face her brother when she was placed down. Naruto's face was split in a toothy grin as he ruffled her hair.
Kushina came into the room kissing her on the cheek and handing her a coffee. "Now Naruto. This is a new school, be sure to help your sister get settled. You two are seventeen now, so I'm trusting that you two look out for each other. I have a big surgery coming up next week and have to spend more time than usual at the hospital." Roze puffed out her cheeks at her mother's words. "Mom she's not helpless. She won't always have me around either." Roze sat down beside her father to sip her coffee. Her shoulders relaxed as she drank. Minato placed a notebook and new set of pens in front of her.
"Come on sis, gotta get there early."
Naruto parked in the small parking lot behind the school. The lot was mostly empty. They needed the extra time though, there were sure to be snags and it was never guaranteed how others would handle a new student with "disabilities".
"Hey, 8 AM pills." Roze nodded swallowing three pills with a big gulp of water. Moving across the country hadn't been too devastating. The worst part being her medication time table and the appointments getting new doctors up to speed. Roze glanced at the luxurious building in front of them unconvinced it was a school. With their grades and their parents' money it was pretty easy getting accepted into a specialized private school. "Yeah hopefully rich kids are a bit more cultured on accepting people who are super different, if anything I'll pin my hopes on the teachers." Naruto offered her a smile before hopping out the car.
"Ah yes, Uzumaki. So the impaired one is your sister then?" A posh looking desk lady peered over her moon shaped glasses at them. Roze glared. "No. She's perfectly normal, hell her grades are ten times better than mine. It's just… she can't speak and need special medication held at the nurses station. She's mute." Naruto huffed explaining for the third time. He was getting impatient, eyeing the watch he hept on her wrist. Finally a tall blonde haired woman happened to pass by and stop, "Are you two finding everything okay? Uzumaki twins yes?" The woman's brown eyes were kind, Roze nodded vigorously cutting her eyes at the secretary. "Linda, I told you yesterday they would be arriving. Why did you think we took a refresher course on student needs?" Her voice boomed loudly, holding power and authority. Roze smiled. "Don't mind her, she's only here when my regular secretary Shizune is absent. Welcome to our Academy, I'm the head of the Arts school here Ms. Senju. Most of the students call me Tsunade." Naruto sighed thankfully reaching out to shake her hand. He explained why they were there early and what they needed. "I see. I'll show you two around, we'll be sure to stop by the nurse's station first. There are three departments at this school. My department being Art, Jiraiya heading the sports department, and Orochimaru heading the Science&Math department."
"The new principle seemed nice, it's kind of weird there are three principles, but I guess that's rich people for ya." Roze signed to her brother followed by a smile. "Yeah the principle thing is weird but there's a whole department for sports!" Naruto enthusiastically signed, yelling the last part. He often fell to signing with her unless he got to excited or was around people who could speak.
They stood by their home room glancing in, it was just before the first bell. Roze bit her lip watching all the students interacting. "It'll be alright sis." Naruto said aloud clapping her on the shoulder. She nodded. "If you're going inside just do it already, some of us are trying to not be late." A silver haired girl pushed past them leaving the door wide open. "Ah, there you are." The teacher stood. He was a fairly tall man with a stock of silver hair. Roze scrunched her eyebrows looking between the teacher and girl that pushed past them. "I'm Mr. Kakashi. I've heard a lot from your previous teachers. About both of you." Kakashi glanced at Naruto who gave a sheepish grin.
"Everyone. These are our new students." He turned addressing the class. "Mind introducing yourselves?" He gestured, leaving the floor open. Roze scanned the classroom. Everyone looked pretty ordinary, nothing crazy or spectacular. "Uh, hi. I'm Naruto Uzumaki and this is my sister Roze Uzumaki. I'm mostly here for the sports side of things." He coughed giving another smile. Roze turned to the dry erase board. Eyeing a purple marker she swiped it up and wrote in large letters. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Roze." She set down the marker and turned around with a triumphant smile. "Why did she write on the board?" The silver haired girl pointed her finger accusingly, her eyes full of spite and irritation. "Well, she's mute." Naruto nodded. Kakashi pointed out their seats and began to give some announcements.
Roze took her seat in the front corner and watched her brother make his way to the back corner. He smiled and immediately started talking and befriending those around him. Naruto was always good at making friends. Slowly Roze turned forward and pulled out her new notebook and pens.
"Freak." Roze's ears perked up, eyes landing on the silver haired girl snickering with a blonde girl and pink haired girl. "Ami you'll get in trouble." The pink haired girl whispered. Roze smiled shaking her head. Turning her attention to the window she caught sight of the raven-haired boy she was seated beside. They made eye contact, his dark eyes boring into her skull for the brief moment before the bell rang for the next class.