Chapter 1: Intro

History was an easy subject for me, I'm not a super genius like my friend Akira Takai but history was a subject I could get A's. It was April now and everyone was excited, waiting for the end of the year to come and summer to begin, and then get so bored in summer we wish for school all over again.
Anyway, my name is Raid Azumi, I'm sixteen years old and I'm currently in grade ten. The end of the year wasn't what I was excited for, a few weeks ago I signed up for a Japanese exchange program. You had to sign your self and a friend I signed myself and Akira, I haven't told her about it yet though. She does love anime and culture so how can she resist! We would stay with a family and attend the college they go to, for a year. I was going to study mythology. Also I've heard about these Kira killings, it's something I have to see. Unlike Akira I'm against it. Not all criminals deserve to die.
After the 20 minute walk to my apartment and five flights of stairs I made it home, and found a letter on the counter. I tore it open as fast as I could.

Dear Miss Raid Azumi
we are happy to inform you that you and your friend Akira Takai have been accepted for our exchange program. Your departure for Japan will be in two weeks.

Sincerely,
Japanese exchange program.

"YES!!" we'd made it! I would probably get a call from Akira soon. I wondered what her reaction would be. Fear suddenly struck me that she might say no. No she wouldn't, would she? To settle my nerves I began playing 'Mortal Kombat' on my Xbox. It was my favorite video game. It was strange that Raidon was my favorite character. The phone rang; I looked at the caller ID, Takai. I answered and before I could spit out a 'hello' all I heard was "Japan!"
"Come on it'll be fun" I whispered. "But Japan? Honestly I have no clue what the hell that place is even about?" She thundered. Oh boy. "Hello you're like the queen on anime here, I'm sure you must know at least something about that place." I retorted. She even tried to look like her favorite anime's. "But what the hell are we going to be doing there? I mean we can hardly understand each other let alone this…" Now I was getting annoyed, this was a huge opportunity! "Look dumbass, we're just going to go through with this whether you like it or not. Plus we're going to be going to school just like everyday people." I couldn't help laughing; I was defiantly going to win this. "Fine Raid but I swear if anything happens to you or me I will kill, if you aren't dead already in which case I will kill you twice!" Good luck with that. I was much stronger than she was. "Yes you know how long you and I have wanted this! Now we get to live it!" We talked a bit longer about details before finally hanging up. I went to the bathroom and stopped to look in the mirror. As usual the same person looked back. This is gonna be great! Still I was a weird hybrid of tomboy and geek. My long, light brown hair was in a ponytail. My skin was always pale, and my eyes changed from blue to green. My t-shirt had a picture of Optimus prime on it. I also had a one white and one blue streak in my hair. I heard my mom come in then."Hey moms guess what!"