A/N: First DN fic! I wrote this on livejournal because I wasn't so sure if I was gonna continue it. I didn't want to start a story here in FF then suddenly decided not to finish it. But after a lot of thinking, I decided to do it!

Disclaimer: If you're smart then you'd know I do not own Death Note.

[Transfer]

[Chapter 1: New]

"Arisa-chan! Wakie wakie! First day of school and you don't wanna be late!" The raven-haired girl groaned loudly and put a pillow over her face. Her family had just moved in a new neighbourhood in Winnipeg. She'd just been there for two and a half weeks and she already missed Japan. She missed her friends and her old school. But being in a new place seemed like an exciting adventure for her. There were so many fascinating people out there. She started daydreaming when she heard a loud bang to her door which caused her to bolt right up.

"Ari-chan, okaa-san* wants you to get your ass downstairs right now, so wake up dammit!" Arisa's 12 year-old sister, Amaya, growled outside her door and kept on banging.

"I'm coming!" She heard her sister harrumphed and mumbled and went downstairs. Arisa yawned and looked at her digital clock that says 7:15. Her class starts at 8:30.

Arisa Wakahisa is a 16 year-old girl with a wavy black hair that was just past her shoulder. She has dark brown eyes and she looked young for her age. She could sometimes be mistaken for a 13 year old because of her height and her child like features. She tip-toed to the bathroom across the hall to take a shower and dress up.

"Ohayou*, okaa-san, otou-san*!" She greeted them with a bright smile and sat down on one of the chairs. Her father, Yukio Wakahisa, chuckled.

"English, please." He teased with a slight japanese accent. He was more familiar to english than any of them since he had work in abroad. But he taught some english words to his children. Amaya snickered. Arisa frowned but then smiled. "Good morning, father, mother."

"We need to learn more english words since we're in Canada. But I don't want to forget our culture." Her mother, Etsu Wakahisa, happily commented. The Wakahisa family were always cheerful.

"Of course we won't. And the reason why we're here so I can spend more time with my family and of course," Yukio sipped from his mug of coffee, "learn about different cultures and such."

"Well, we're going now, otou-san, okaa-san." Arisa finished off her breakfast, picked up her winter coat and put on her winter boots. Yes, it's winter. She grabbed her backpack and her little sister followed her.

They went out and their parents waved goodbye to them. "Have fun on your first day and be safe!" The two girls waved back. They both go to different schools since Arisa was in grade 10 and Amaya was in grade 6.

"Well, Ama-kun, like what mother said, have fun on your first day and be safe!" Arisa said happily. Amaya grinned and the two went off to different directions. They both knew how to get to there new schools since they had been there once when their parents enrolled them, and the principals had give them a quick tour.

She saw a couple of students walking to the opposite sidewalk. She didn't notice the slippery part of the sidewalk and guess what, she slipped. Ha-ha.

Two girls ran over to her. "Hey, are you okay?" One of the girls asked. The one who has short blonde hair. She was wearing a blue winter jacket, white gloves and jeans with sketchers shoes. She knelt down beside her along with a brunette girl. The brown-haired girl laughed an evil but amused laugh. "That was a graceful fall!"

Arisa frowned. The two helped her up and she just noticed that the brunette girl was wearing a black baggy capris pants, black runner shoes, black wrist gloves, a light black jacket and a black toque that says, 'STFU'. Who would wear something like that in the middle of winter?! She shivered just by looking at her. The girl frowned. She has a straight brown hair past her shoulders like Arisa's and bangs that almost covered her eyes. Then she smirked. "Name's Maddie. Are you the new kid in school?"

"Oh, uhm, yes." She bowed. "My name is Arisa Wakahisa. It's nice to meet you, Maddie-chan."

"Pish-posh, quit with the formal shit. Just Maddie. I hate formalities." She scratched her head. Then you could almost see the lightbulb that went on on top of her head. "You're from Japan?"

The blonde girl rolled her eyes. "Duh, Maddie!" She sighed and shook her head. She turned to Arisa and smiled politely. "I'm Ariel Friesen, nice to meet you." She stretched out her arm. Arisa looked at it for a moment then realized she wanted to shake hands. She smiled and took it.

"Uh, sorry to interrupt your little chit-chat, but we have to go." Maddie turned around, then added bluntly, "Arisa, walk with us."

Arisa gulped. Ariel saw her expression and chuckled. "Don't worry, she won't bite! Come!" The raven-haired forced a smile then followed the two.

Arisa have a very important question she wanted to ask. But for whatever reason, she was terrified of the brunette. She reminded her of someone...psychotic. But you never should judge a book by its cover. Arisa watched as Maddie walked with her hands in her pants pocket and was slightly slouching.

"Uh, Maddie-chan-" She stopped when she saw Maddie's blank face, "I'm so sorry. I meant Maddie, can I ask you something? If you don't mind, of course."

Maddie stared at her for a couple of seconds. Arisa wondered why she didn't get bumped into the tree while she was walking and staring at the same time. Then she looked straight ahead. "Go on."

"Aren't you cold? I mean, it's -18 degrees..."

Maddie was silent for a moment. Arisa couldn't see her eyes because of her bangs and her toque. Ariel smiled and sighed. Maddie then smirked and answered with a hint of amusement of her voice. "I'm cold-blooded."

Courtney and Veronica waited impatiently in front of the school. This was where the girls always meet in the mornings and Ariel and Maddie were nowhere to be seen.

"It's freaking cold! Let's go inside!" Veronica complained. She has a fiery red hair with green streaks and green eyes. She was wearing a bright coloured jacket and skinny jeans with fashionable boots. Courtney shivered. "Yeah, let's go."

"Where do you think your going?" They heard a familiar creepy voice behind them. The two girls flinched. "What took you two so long?!"

Maddie tilted her head to the left. "Well, we watched an innocent girl fell on the sidewalk. It was quite interesting." Ariel sweat dropped.

"Well, I bet you laughed at her." Courtney looked past her shoulder. "Who's that?"

"The innocent girl that fell." Maddie then grabbed Ariel's arm and pointed at her. "She'll explain who she is." The blonde muttered an 'ow' and flinched away.

"This is Arisa Wakahisa. She's the new girl." Ariel said. Veronica stepped in. "Ah, my name is Veronica Martin. It's a pleasure to meet you, Arisa."

Courtney rolled her eyes. "Hey, I'm Courtney Lucas." She has a black hair with blue streaks and was probably the tallest of them all. Like Maddie, she was also wearing black winter clothing, but it was more fitting for the weather. "Nice to meet ya."

Arisa smiled and bowed. "It was nice to meet you, too." 'Well at least they're wearing clothes that were made for climates like this', Arisa thought. Then she noticed that Maddie was the only one who hadn't revealed her last name.

"Veronica, you looked like a gift wrapping paper." Maddie mused.

"Shut up!" The other three girls laughed as they entered the school building.

The four girls accompanied the new girl to her new locker and showed her around. At least the three girls did. Maddie was trailing behind them with a bored expression.

"And here's our class. We all have the same class together, right?" Veronica asked. Arisa looked at her schedule and nodded. They entered the room and Arisa immediately went up to the teacher to give her a slip. She noticed that the girls had already took their places. The teacher pointed to the seat beside Maddie, which was at the front, close to the teacher's desk. She was sitting with her leg up and was calmly staring straight ahead. When she looked up, she smirked at Arisa. She smiled back and took her place.

The P.A. went on. "Please rise for our National Anthem."

After the anthem, the teacher introduced Arisa to the class and she blushed. The teacher told her that Courtney would be her 'buddy' for a while until she gets use to the school routine and whatnot. The teacher had briefly considered Maddie to be her buddy, but decided against it.

The morning had went pretty good, and now it was lunch. Arisa had made a few friends. But she stuck close to the the four girls.

"So, Arisa, do you like your new school?" Ariel asked.

Arisa nodded. "Yes, I like the classes."

"It must be kinda hard to be in a new school and new country huh?"

Arisa thought about this for a moment. "Hm, not really." Ariel smiled.

They sat on one of the tables with their trays. "So, how did you learn how to speak english?" Veronica asked.

She told them about how her dad taught her and Amaya english.

"Hey Maddie, have you finished reading Death Note Another Note?" Courtney asked. Arisa's ears perked up.

"For the third time, yes, I've already finished it." Maddie answered nonchalantly.

Courtney sweat dropped. "Oh yeah, I forgot." She took a bite of her lasagna. Cafeteria food tasted like crap. She made a face.

Veronica scoffed. "Why waste your time reading and watching stupid animes and mangas?" Courtney swallowed her food. "It's not stupid! You should see L! Oh, our wonderful panda detective!" She slipped into one of her daydreams again.

"I like animes and mangas, too." Arisa said cheerfully. "I've watched Death Note a million times! It's awesome."

Courtney smirked. "See? She said it was awesome!" She stuck her tongue out.

Ariel sighed. "Great, more anime freaks."

Courtney rolled her eyes. "So can I borrow the book?" She asked Maddie.

"Sure." A kid was walking down the aisle when suddenly, he tripped and face planted on his lunch tray. The cafeteria went silent. There was food on his face. Other kids helped him up. Arisa saw Maddie with an evil smile on her face and there was dark aura around her.

Now Arisa knew who Maddie reminded her of.

"YOU! You were the one who stuck your leg out and made me fall!" The kid, whose named is Jack, pointed at Maddie.

Maddie hooked a finger in her mouth. "You know it is not nice to point." She said in a very L-like voice. Courtney, Ariel and Veronica snickered while Arisa gaped.

"You want a piece of me, punk?"

She smirked and flicked him the middle finger. "Talk to the FU finger."

Courtney snorted. "Yeah, and get lost you Jack-ass jerk face!" She and Veronica high fived while the students laughed.

He rolled his eyes. "Oh, yeah, I'm the freak. Look at you're hair, emo!" The students made an 'Oooo' sound. Oooo....

She gasped and waved a finger at him. "Oh no, you di-int!"

Ariel cackled. "Uh-oh, you better run!" Arisa giggled.

"Why should I? I don't care if you're a girl," he cracked his knuckles, "I hurt everybody."

"Will you get out of my face? I can't eat properly with you standing in front of me. You don't want me to throw up, now do you?" Maddie asked with her mouth full.

Jack growled. "Oh it's on!" He brought his fist up, but doubled over in pain when Maddie kicked him 'down there'. He gasped and threw curses at her. The students were laughing their butts off, while Maddie was peacefully eating her sandwich. Arisa gasped and was suddenly worried about the boy. "Are you okay?"

"Jack! What in the world are you doing?!" The lunch lady shouted and all the laughter died.

"She - kicked - me!" He gasped as he blurted out each words. Wow, she must have kicked him pretty hard...

The lady glared at Maddie. "Madeline! I'll report you to the principal and you, too, Jack!"

Maddie huffed. "I hate being called Madeline." She muttered.

"Hmph, you know what Maddie, next time don't get in trouble so we don't have to wait for you in detention!" Veronica snapped.

"You didn't have to wait for me." Maddie muttered as she put on her light jacket over her black long-sleeved shirt. She grabbed her bag and slammed her locker shut. It was the end of the day and there were only few students left inside.

"So, Courtney, according to your research, that detention was, uh, the ninth?" Ariel asked.

"Actually, it was the tenth." Arisa slightly gaped. She's quite the troublemaker, she thought.

The girls walked out of the building. Veronica and Courtney went off to a different directions and waved good-bye.

"That was fun! I really liked all the teachers and the gym was bigger than in my old school." Arisa breathed.

"Aaahh, I see you're a sports kind of girl." Ariel said. But Arisa shook her head. "Not really. I think it was just cool, you know." Ariel chuckled.

"Well, here's where we turn. See you tomorrow, Arisa!" Ariel waved and went to the left with Maddie following her. She stopped and turned around.

"Don't slip again!"

"Tadaima*!"

"Oh, hello, Ari-chan! How was school?" Her mother asked.

"It was fun!"

"Yes, my school was so fun, too! All the teachers and my classmates were so nice to me!" Her sister exclaimed. Her school had ended earlier than Arisa's.

"Uh-huh, and I've made a couple of friends, too." Then she told them about what had happened during lunch. They laughed.

"Well, I'm glad you two had a great time."

A/N: *Ohayou means 'good morning'. *Okaa-san means 'mother'. *Otou-san means 'father'. *Tadaima means 'I'm home!'

The meaning of the name Amaya is Night Rain. Etsu means Delight. Yukio means happy man. I researcherd those names on Google and I wanted the names to fit in their cheerful personalities, but I guess Amaya's name meaning doesn't really make sense. Wakahisa means 'forever young'. Waka means 'young' and hisa means 'longevity, ancient'. I made that their surname because Arisa looked young for her age and so was her sister.

Arisa's name means exalted. Meaning exaggerated. That name just popped into my mind when I first thought of this story. See how she 'exaggerated' when she found out that Maddie got ten detentions and when she kicked Jack 'down there'? And she's not gonna be the MAIN character. All five girls are. Arisa Watahisa, Courtney Lucas, Ariel Friesen, Veronica Martin and Maddie.

Courtney and Ariel are real life people. They're my friends!