Warning: some shonen-ai (and a lot of Japanese gets spoken)

Disclaimer: Me no own Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED, or Card captor Sakura ;.;

Summary: Stella Yuki's mother enrolls her in an American high school, Tsubasa High. There, she meets many people—but the ones that puzzle her the most are the mysterious 'G5'. And what if the only reason you could get into this school is by either you have special powers or military connections?

Note: The quote at the beginning of each chapter is from the song that the chapter is named after.

"Hotshot you give me no problems

Much later you'll be saying 'never mind'.

You know life is cruel; life is never kind."

- American Juniors, "Kids in America"

Tsubasa High Chapter One

Kids in America

Stella stared up at her new school. THIS is my school? It's GIANORMUS! There's nothing this big back home! Of course…At home there is no school like this… Looking down at the paper in her hand, which had the schedule that her mother had picked up for her the day before, she saw that her first class was off the small courtyard, which was not too far away.. After looking at the school for another minute, she started to jog to her class.

"Sumimasen, is this Ms. Medowfeild's class?" Stella asked.

"Depends, are you Stella Yuki?" The woman in the classroom laughed. Stella nodded. "Then yes, that's me. Welcome to Tsubasa High, Stella!"

"Thanks… My sister is supposed to be here right now too, but she wouldn't wake up this morning so she'll be here at the time school normally starts." Stella said, talking about her sister, Nari.

"Okay." Ms. Meadowfield said. "Shinn is going to be here soon, he is going to show you around until you can get used to the school."

Just then, a teen with dark red eyes, similar to Stella's own crimson eyes, and dark navy hair walked in.

"Good morning Ms. Meadowfield!" The boy smiled.

"Good morning, Shinn. You two can introduce yourselves."

"Konnichi wa. Watashi wa Yuki Stella desu. Onamae wa nan desu ka?" Stella said to Shinn. A confused look came over his face. "That's Japanese for—"

"Mo ichido? And a little slower?" Shinn asked. Stella repeated herself, and then Shinn nodded. "Watashi wa Asuka Shinn desu."

"Shinn, why don't you show her around the campus now? Stella, you can move into your dorm room after school is over." Ms. Meadowfield told the two students. Stella and Shinn left to begin the grand tour of the school.

"Can I see your schedule?" Shinn asked.

"Sure." Stella said, and took her schedule out of her pocket.

((A/N: the classes are in half-hour periods, in order for students to be able to take a few connection classes, core classes, and the course they are enrolled in. 14 periods at Tsubasa High 7 periods in a normal school))

Name: Stella Yuki ID number: 13688

Courses enrolled in: Magic and Military

HourSubject Teacher Semester

STAR STAR J. Meadowfield - all

01 History L. Carpenter - all

02 Physics E. Photon - all

03 Math S. Rose - all

04 ELA T. Hardy - all

05 Art J. Meadowfield - 1

05 PE L. Noin - 2

LUNCH

06 Intro to Computers S. Mason - 1

06 Computer Apps S. Mason - 2

07 Powers control S. Li, S. Li - all

08 Transformation Cerobes - all

09 Archery and Gunning A. Watfeild - all

10 MS Training M. La Flaga - all

11 Swordsmanship M. Rae - all

12 Japanese S. Skye - all

13 Chorus Y. Okino - all

14 ClubM. Skye, S. Skye, R. Skye - all

CLUB- Anime/Manga drawing

"Hm… We have all the same classes except for Powers Control and Transformation. Lacus is in those classes though, she can tell you what to do and not to do in those classes…. Just remember, in your Transformation class, DON'T call the teacher a stuffed animal..." Shinn told Stella, as the two walked to the main courtyard.

"Okay and why?" Stella asked

"Hello Shinn!" A pink haired girl called from the other side of the quad. The small group that she was talking to turned to see who she was talking to.

"Hello Lacus, Ranko, Ranma, Miss Badrigule, Mrs. Li, Mr. Li!" Shinn responded. As he started run towards the group, he instructed Stella "Follow me!"

"Hey Shinn. Who's she?" The other boy, most likely Ranma, asked.

"Watashi wa Yuki Stella desu." She paused, seeing three confused looks that clearly said 'she knows how to speak that fast in Japanese? o.o'. "I'm Japanese."

"Oh yeah! Sayoran, Natarle, remember? Jocelyn told us that the new students were Japanese." The brown-haired teacher said.

"I remember now… Is your sister here?" The other woman asked.

"He wouldn't wake up this morning.. I left with out her, he'll be here the time school would normally start."

"Stella, do you have a Japanese name?" Mr. Li questioned.

"Yes, well, actually, it's actually Chinese, why?" Stella asked.

"If I remember correctly, you can't write Stella in hiragana, katakana, or kanji. How did you get a Chinese name?"

"My dad's Chinese. My mom and him agreed that I would have a Chinese name, and my sister a Japanese name. It's Li Mei."

"Sakura, Sayoran, didn't you use to have friends who's children were named Li Mei and Nari?" Miss Badrigule asked.

"Yes… Sayoran, remember the Yuki's? They moved to China for a few years after they got married. They must have moved back after we moved here…" Mrs. Li remembered.

"Weren't they in your brother and Yukito's class?" Mr. Li asked, and his wife nodded. "Are your parents by any chance Momoko and Tai Yang Yuki?"

"Yes…" Stella nodded. "You knew them?"

"Yeah. They were good friends of my older brother when he was in high school." Mrs. Li nodded.

"Shinn, don't you think that you should show Stella around before school starts?" Miss Badrigule said.

"There's only 45 minutes until school starts." Lacus added.

"Hai.." Shinn nodded. "Follow me, Stella! I'll see you later, Lacus, Ranma, Ranko, Mrs. Li and Mr. Li! And I'll see you in class, Miss Badrigule!"

"Ja ne!" The group called, as Shinn and Stella ran off.

"Well, first of all, this is where the core and connections classes are." Shinn pointed at the building they had just come from. "The round building is the magic arts building."

"THIS is the magic arts building!" Stella exclaimed. Shinn nodded. The duo walked through the small garden-like path between the building, and soon two more buildings came into view.

"The building that's farther from us is the student dorms, and the one right here is the gym. The sports fields are on the other side of the gym… I think you might be able to see them when we get around the corner."

A moment later, they came in view of three fields. The soccer field and the baseball diamond were right in front of them, and the football field was behind those two, but in front of a tall fence.

"Yup." Shinn nodded.

"O.O wow…" Stella blinked.

The two then walked towards the baseball diamond and the other side of the magic arts building. Coming up in front of them was another building.

O.o this place is even huger on the inside… And it has a TON more buildings than you would imagine…. Stella thought.

"Hey, earth to Stella!" Shinn said, waving his hand in front of Stella's face. Stella blinked, and quickly swatted his hand away.

"Don't worry, I'm still paying attention." Stella sighed.

"Oh really? Then what building is that?" Shinn laughed.

"Uh…. O.o crap you got me." Stella sweatdropped.

"Hah. That's where Tactics, MS and OS designing, Leadership and Swordsmanship is."

"Kk! "

"And on the other side of the fence is basically the rest of the military stuff."

"MS Training, hanger, storage, gun range, and archery, right?" Stella asked.

"Yeah. And the MS training field too," Shinn answered, "Well, that's about it."

-END CHAPTER ONE-

A/N: Whee! Chapter one is finally done! - And right after I ordered a full-sized poster of Shinn off of eBay o.o; -dance- Yay I can't wait for it to come! (and for the rest of the marking period at school to be through so I can get it… -sigh-) Well….. Ja ne, time for me to start the next chappie! n.nb