It was a nice, breezy fall day. In the sky were many airplanes zooming about; on one was a young girl with brown eyes and black hair with the tips dyed purple. She sat there looking out the window, gazing at the clouds. After a moment, she turned to her belongings beside her. She looked through them, trying to find something to quench her boredom; she had been on the plane for quite a few hours by then and had exhausted most of her activities.
Around five minutes later, her hand landed on a letter. With a sigh, she took the letter and got ready to read it for what could be the twentieth time. She opened it up and started to read the first few lines.
"Dear Miss Yuki Kaai,
We are happy to tell you that your exchange student application has been accepted,..."
Once she got to the final line, she put the letter away and grabbed a workbook.
"Ok, lets go over this again..." she mumbled to herself as she opened the book. As the pages turned, her eyes met the desired phrases.
"How are you? I am fine," she practiced to herself "What is your name? I am Yuki Kaai. It is very nice to meet you," she turned the pages once more and fell upon a phrase Luka had written incase any perverts approached her. She let out a smile and then, out loud, said the phrase.
"Go f*ck yourself pervert!"
Yuki started to collect the belongings she had brought on the plane and started to follow the other people unboarding. It had been a long trip and she was glad it was over; very, very glad it was over.
As soon as the young girl walked into the airport, she looked around. There were many things very different and yet very similar to the airport she had come from. The one major difference was that, aside from maybe a sign or two, everything was in a different set of characters. After looking at a few signs, the girl walked towards the gate exit and saw a very tall man holding a sign with her name on it. She walked up to him and held out a tiny I.D.
"I'm Yuki Kaai," she told him in a monotone voice.
"Ah, so you're Yuki!" he said cheerfully "It's so nice to meet you, I've heard so much about you!" Yuki stared up at the extremely tall man. "He looks like he could be taller than Ruko," she thought.
In short; she was fascinated with the man's height.
"Alright, shall we go?" the man asked Yuki.
"Ok," she answered.
The two then went to the luggage return and Yuki looked for her bags. She saw one and quickly retrieved it. When she saw a second bag, she got it after struggling a bit.
"You got all that?" the man asked seeing Yuki struggling.
"Y-Yeah..." she replied, trying to keep hold of her bags. The man quickly swept the tiny girl onto his shoulders and took her bags.
"W-Wah!" Yuki let out in surprise,
"Ok, just tell me when any of your bags come through," he said to Yuki.
"A-Alright," she replied, still in a bit of shock.
"How many bags do you have left?"
"Two,"
"Alright,"
The two then looked carefully for the bags.
"There they are," she said as she pointed at two bags.
"The purple and the brown ones?" the man asked, looking up at the girl on his shoulders.
"Yeah," she answered with a nod. The man then took the bags and started to walk towards the exit. He let Yuki off his shoulders and they started to walk. After a moment or two, the man turned to Yuki and said
"I don't think I introduced myself, I'm Al Biginns, but just call me Al,"
"It's fine...Al," Yuki replied, hesitating to say his name. Al gave Yuki a smile and the two then walked to the car.
Once they were in the car, on their way, Yuki started to pack a school bag, for she was being driven to school first thing.
"Got your bag packed?" Al asked Yuki as he drove.
"Yeah" she replied, stuffing one last thing into her bag. She then looked up at the ceiling. She wondered what it would be like in her new school and how her classmates would be.
After about twenty minutes passed, they reached the school. Yuki stepped out of the car with her school bag.
"Have a great first day!" Al called out to Yuki from the car. Yuki waved and then went inside.
When she was inside, she went to the front desk and asked
"Excuse me, where is the office?"
"Room one twenty-two," the women at the desk said in a monotone voice, not even looking up from her magazine.
"Thank you," Yuki said before she started to walk to the office. She counted the numbers along the way. She looked and counted until she found a big, double doored room with the number "one hundred twenty-two" over the doors. She opened a door, struggling slighty, it was heavy, and walked into the office.
"Can I help you?" a woman asked.
"I just transferred here, I'm Yuki Kaai," Yuki answered.
"Oh! You must be the new exchange student from Japan!" the woman said excitedly.
"Yes," Yuki answered with less than half the excitement of the woman. "Can you tell me what class I'm in?"
"Oh, yes, let me go get your file, hun," the woman told Yuki. The woman then ran into another room and came back a minute later with a piece of paper.
"Ok, you're in class six-o-two, room two thirty-three. you skipped quite a few grades up," she said, looking at Yuki "Impressive!"
"Thank you," Yuki said in reply. The woman then gave Yuki the paper and Yuki went on her way to class. She climbed the stairs and then, once again, counted the rooms. After three minutes, she found the room she was looking for and knocked on the door. A man opened the door and let her in.
"You must be the new exchange student," the man said, looking at Yuki.
"Yes," Yuki said in reply.
"Alright then," he said in a dull tone. He then lead Yuki to the front of the room.
"Introduce yourself," he told the girl, taking a seat at his desk.
Yuki took a second to think of what to say, took a deep breath, and then started to speak.
"My name is Yuki Kaai, I am nine years old. I've come from Japan to study here," she said aloud. In response, the class broke into a series of murmurs. The teacher then glanced around the room until his eyes fell to one student.
"Oliver," he called. A boy with blonde hair and bandages around one eye looked up at the teacher.
"Yes sir?" the boy asked.
"Be miss Kaai's tour guide for the day," the man told Oliver.
"Yes sir,"Oliver answered.
"And luckily enough, there is an empty desk next to mister Oliver for you miss Kaai," the teacher told Yuki as he pointed at the desk. Yuki walked over to the desk, sat down and put her bag on her desk.
"In five minutes, I will allow mister Oliver to tour you around the school," the teacher told Yuki in his dull toned voice.
Just like clockwork, five minutes later, Oliver and Yuki were given hall-passes and were starting to walk.
"I didn't introduce myself before, so, hi, I'm Oliver," the boy said to Yuki, a bit of shyness to his voice.
"Nice to meet you Oliver," Yuki said in reply. She tried not to stare, but her eyes strayed to the bandages around Oliver's eye within seconds. Oliver noticed where her eyes were looking and lightly touched the bandages.
"I was in an accident last year, most of my other wounds have healed, but they're not sure if my eye will heal. They'll probably have to remove it..." he explained.
"I, I'm so sorry..." Yuki said to him, shocked and sorry she had pried into his business.
"So, let's start the tour," Oliver said with a nervous laugh, trying to break the tension. Yuki gave a nod and they went on their way. They climbed down the stairs and went to the first floor. Oliver showed Yuki the office, the bathrooms, and a few classrooms. They then stopped at a small room.
"What's this room?" Yuki asked curiously.
"It's the nurses' office," Oliver told her. He then knocked on the door.
"Come in," a voice called from inside. Oliver opened the door to reveal a small room filled with medical equipment and a woman with long blonde hair sitting in the middle of it all.
"Hi Oliver," she said to the boy warmly. She then noticed Yuki
"Who's your friend over there?" she asked.
"I'm Yuki Kaai," Yuki told her.
"Oh, the new exchange student, right?" she asked Yuki.
"Yes," Yuki answered, she was getting bored of this question.
"I had heard the teachers talking about two exchange students from Japan," the nurse went on to say.
"Two?" Yuki asked, a bit of surprise in her voice.
"Yeah, I think their name was something like Rizu Nakine?"
Yuki's eyes showed a lot of surprise.
"Could the name be 'Ritsu Namine'?" Yuki asked.
"Ah yes, that was it!" the nurse answered happily "Do you know him?"
"Yes, he's a close friend," Yuki answered, excitement sparking in her voice. She was happy that he was going to be here; she hoped they'd be in the same class.
"We should probably be going," Oliver said to Yuki and the nurse.
"Oh, right," Yuki replied, remembering where she was.
"Ok then," the nurse said "Anyway, my name is Hinotori and if you ever need something, just come to me, ok Yuki?" she said with a smile.
"Ok," Yuki replied. Yuki and Oliver then exited the office and were heading to the third floor.
The two climbed up to the third floor and Yuki was shown a few more classrooms and another bathroom. They then started walking down the stairs to the last few classes, which were on the second floor.
"Well, I guess this is the end of the tour," the blonde said.
"I guess," Yuki nodded.
"I guess we can talk more when we get home,"
"Huh?" Yuki tilted her head in a confused fashion.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you; I'm part of you host family,"
"Really?"
"Mhm,"
"Oh, c-cool," Yuki said, surprised he was part of her host family.
"We should probably get back to class," Oliver said, a bit of worry in his voice.
"Yeah," Yuki agreed. The two then walked over to their classroom, opened the door, and went back inside.
School was getting out and everyone was starting to leave. Oliver and Yuki walked out of the building. Oliver started to scan the cars for their ride home.
"I found my Mom's car," Oliver told Yuki.
"Ok," Yuki answered. The two then walked over to a silver car with a woman with beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes sitting in the driver's seat. As soon as Yuki and Oliver came close enough, she smiled at the happily.
"Hi Oliver!" she said to Oliver happily. She then looked over at Yuki.
"And you must be Yuki," she said as she smiled at Yuki. The young girl nodded.
"Nice to meet you dear," the woman said with a smile "My name's Ann. Now, why don't you two get into the car so we can drive home?"
"Ok," the two children said before opening the doors and getting into the car. After the doors were closed and seat belts were on, the car started to move and they were on their way home.
Along the way, Ann asked Yuki how her first day was, how she liked the school, and many other things. About halfway through the drive, Yuki got a call on her cellphone, which was bought specifically for this trip. It was a number she didn't recognize. She opened it and asked
"Hello?"
"Yuki?" a familiar voice asked in return. That voice was so familiar to her. She wondered if it was who she thought it was...Could it be?
"M-Miku?" Yuki asked "Is that you?"
"Yup!" the caller said in reply "How was your first day?"
"It was good," Yuki answered. In the background of Miku's side, Yuki heard Rin yelling "Hi!"
"Rin says hi," Miku told Yuki "Oh, hey, what's your host family's address?"
"Two hundred and three, Midrode street, why?" Yuki asked.
"No reason! Anyway, talk to you soon!" Miku said, hanging up after.
Yuki thought that call was...Strange. Why would Miku ask where her hosts lived? She dismissed the thoughts and chatted with Ann a bit more.
Around ten minutes later, they got home. As they were walking to the door, Yuki looked around. There was a porch with stairs and patio furniture on it, something Yuki wasn't accustomed to. Right before she climbed the stairs, Ann gave a nod. This confused Yuki, why did she nod? A few seconds later, she found out why; Yuki suddenly felt two hands plop down on her shoulders and she let out a tiny scream. She spun around a few seconds later and saw a girl with teal pigtails and a blonde girl with a white bow behind her.
"M-Miku, R-Rin?" Yuki asked, still surprised.
"Yup!" the teal haired girl said in reply.
"Great job Miku!" the blonde girl laughed. She then walked up to Oliver and looked him over.
"Hey Yuki, this your boyfriend?" the blonde, Rin, asked.
"N-No!" Yuki answered quickly. Rin let out another laugh and recieved a nice bonk on the head from Miku.
"Owie!" she said as she rubbed her head.
"It's not nice to tease like that," Miku told Rin. The teal girl then turned to Yuki.
"So anyway, we decided to try and be exchange students too," Miku explained "Even Gumi's here, it seems she's having some trouble though. Her last text said 'How do I Spanish?'"
"Really?" Yuki asked.
"Yup. We should probably go now though," Miku said in reply "Bye!"
"Bye!" Rin called out as well. The two then started to run towards a car. There was a man and a woman in the car. Ann was talking to them when Miku and Rin started running over.
"Well, I supposed it's time for us to leave," the woman said, her black hair shining in the sun.
"Bye Prima, Tonio; say hi to Sonika for me," Ann said with a smile.
"I certainly will," Prima said, also smiling. The two girls then hopped into the car and they started to drive away. Yuki, Ann, and Oliver waved until the car couldn't be seen anymore. The three then went into the house. Ann started making dinner and Yuki and Oliver started doing their homework.
About two hours later, Al opened the door.
"You'll never guess who I ran into," he said happily. He came inside and then a girl with extremely long, blonde hair and blue eyes came in.
"Heya!" she said with a wave.
"Hi SeeU, come for dinner again?" Ann greeted the girl happily.
"Yeah, parents are working late again, SeeU said, stretching a bit.
"Well, you're always welcome here," Al said to her.
"I know," SeeU said with a giggle. She then walked up to Oliver.
"Hi Ollie," she said, rustling and messing up his hair.
"H-Hi SeeU," he said, slightly bothered by her messing up his hair.
SeeU gave a giggle and then noticed Yuki.
"Oh, you must be the exchange student being hosted!" SeeU said excitedly. Yuki gave a simple nod and then SeeU hugged her.
"You're so cute!" SeeU said, hugging Yuki tightly.
"Th-Thanks?" Yuki said, highly alarmed by the sudden embrace.
Then, as if she was Yuki's savior, Ann called out "Dinner's ready!"
"Yay, I came here at just the right time!" SeeU said gleefully as she quickly walked over to the table and took a seat. Al, Yuki, and Oliver took seats at the table and Ann brought out the food and set it on the table. She then took a seat and said
"Enjoy!"
Everyone started to eat. Yuki ate about half of her meal and then stopped.
"Something wrong?" SeeU asked, her mouth full.
"I'm just full," Yuki answered, twirling a noodle with her fork.
"Can I have it then?" SeeU asked.
"Uh, sure," Yuki said in reply. SeeU then scrapped Yuki's food onto her plate and then, like a pig and its meal of slop, SeeU began to engulf the extra food down. Yuki wondered how she ate like that without becoming overweight or dirty. Yuki found SeeU's eating a bit..."Fascinating" in the least.
"The only thing we have to worry about with hosting a girl is that Oliver will sneak into her room in the middle of the night," Ann joked.
"Yes, he is quite the little dog," Al said, extending the joke.
"Oh, of course," SeeU chimed in with a giggle.
"E-Eh?" Oliver let out in confusion.
"He's...He's so innocent," Yuki thought to herself.
A little while later, dinner was finished and Oliver was helping Ann with the dishes.
"Ah, that was really good," SeeU said, stretching.
"I'll drive you home," Al said to SeeU, getting their coats.
"Thanks!" SeeU said happily "Bye guys!" she waved before she and Al left.
Yuki was then shown her room and she started to get ready for bed. Once Yuki had changed, Ann peaked her head through the door.
"Have a good night," she told Yuki quietly before closing the door.
Yuki then climbed into bed and fell asleep.
-Chapter One, END-