Chapter 1: Welcome to Ouran Academy!

Daniel Hideyoshi, a fifteen-year-old boy who's Japanese-American. The boy was born in America but was raised in Japan by his parents. The boy was feminine in appearance with his long, black hair with his girlish features. He was sure he would have more masculine facial features in the future. It was his life and he accepted that and everything was normal as he suspected his life would turn out to be. Though life had different ideas when his family had to move.

At first, he didn't understand why but one letter gave him all the explanation he needed. He was still in shock at how this had happened. All he could do was reread the acceptance letter over and over as he sat in the backseat of his car as his father drove him and his mother to their new home closer to Ouran Academy. His parents were ecstatic about it. About him going to an elite school for kids who could have anything they wanted by throwing around money like it was confetti.

Daniel was still in shock about the whole thing. He didn't expect to ever get accepted into this school in his lifetime. He only applied to the school because his friends made him do it. Now because of that, he was going to this school for high-class, rich students. He wouldn't be able to see his friends again and he was sure was expected to make new ones, but he was fine with the friends he had, they were great, weird but great. They grew up together and now they were going to live far apart now. Sure he could call them but it wouldn't be the same. That wasn't the only part that made Daniel upset.

He could only hit his head on the sheet of paper as a picture of his face was printed on the upper left corner, underneath the words; 'To, Ms. Danielle Hideyoshi' was written. He was accepted into the school as a female student. Just his luck, right? They even sent him a uniform, the big yellow dress the girls of the school wore along with the shoes and the socks. The socks were okay, he liked them, he would never admit it but he liked them. He liked wearing knee-high socks for girls, they were comfy to him.

His parents, mostly his mom teased him about it, now even more so when she saw his uniform. They did nothing to correct the mistake, saying; 'They already sent a uniform for you all paid for, we can't just send it back, they might not send another uniform for you without us having to pay for it. It'll be alright, it doesn't matter if your a boy or a girl, right?'. Okay, they were right but still. Though now he couldn't do anything about it.

"Cheer up, Daniel! It'll be fun! Just imagine all of the things you could do! It's going to be like entering a totally new world! Just imagine the colleges that could open up for you when you graduate! Not everyone can say they went to Ouran Academy and graduated right?" His mother told him, turning around in her seat in the passenger side to look at her son. She couldn't move much because of the seatbelt but she sure tried.

Daniel wanted to frown, he really did but just seeing his mom being so bouncy and excited for him like a child made him break into a smile and a small giggle. "You'll have a great time, you'll see! Just make sure you don't do anything stupid on your first day." She told him, waving her finger at him making him roll his eyes with a smile.

"I don't know about that, but I'll try to stay out of trouble. I'm more worried about being a second-class citizen in a first-class school." Daniel sighed, already expecting the kids there to be stuck up snobs, bragging about the stuff they own and laughing at the lack of stuff he had.

His mother gave him a soft smile. "Darling, don't focus on those stereotypes, I'm sure they'll be different than what you think. Just know they were raised differently than you and the same goes for you. So, of course, there's going to be some problems but you can get past all of that. You're a Hideyoshi, and Hideyoshi's don't let their problems stop them from their goals." She beamed at him.

"Plus, you would probably go on field trips outside of the country when going there, won't that be fun?" His father added into the conversation.

"I guess but won't I need a passport?" Daniel questioned before seeing his mom start grinning making his eyes widen. "You got me a passport!?" He exclaimed to his parents.

"Nope, not yet at least but you will." His father told him making Daniel's excitement deflate. "What? We're not made of money. We have to get settled into our new home before we do anything else." His father told him as Daniel pouted.

"You got me excited for nothing," Daniel muttered causing a chuckle from his father.

"Once I get settled in at the bakery and start earning a paycheck, then we can think about buying that passport, bud." His father told him before perking up slightly. "Speaking of the bakery, there it is, to the left!" He told Daniel making him sit up in his seat to look over at the small pastry shop, the building's exterior being similar to a layer cake. He could already see a line of customers waiting to get in the building.

"I still can't believe Aunt Yua owns that place and didn't expand it," Daniel said as his father smiled as he kept his eyes on the road as the shop slowly disappeared from view.

"It's about the quality, not the quantity, Daniel. Your Aunt Yua makes incredible pastries and so has your grandparents, and their parents before that, all from that one building, and now your father is going to be apart of that and you too one day." His mother told him as she sat in her seat the correct way as she watched the street ahead of them.

"You say that like I can cook, mom. I managed to burn ramen. Ramen, something that should be easy to make. I couldn't even make a brownie without the fire department getting called." Daniel told them making them both chuckle at the memory.

"Yeah, maybe you're not the best at cooking, but practice makes perfect. I think I still taste that burnt brownie." His father teased making Daniel hit the back of his seat making the man laugh.

"Okay, okay. We had our fun, and look! We made it! Isn't it beautiful?" His mother told the two of them as they parked in front of their new home.

Daniel just looked out of the car window as he stared at the two-story building. It wasn't anything special but it wasn't a dump either. It was an upgrade from his old home though, he wondered if they had a basement. His old home was part of an apartment complex, he lived there with his friends, they all lived in the same apartment building.

"We're going to have to thank your Aunt for helping us get this place when we can, alright?" His father said, making Daniel nod as the trio got out of their vehicle. "Go on and check out the place while your mother and I take out our belongings. You can pick out your room, the big one is ours though!" His father called out to Daniel as Daniel went to have his first look at his new home.

He couldn't help but admit it was a nice place. It was furnished so they didn't have to worry about buying the furniture but it was going to take a bit before he could remember where everything was, it wasn't like the two-bedroom apartment he was used to. He walked up the steps as he looked through every room on the second floor, he found the trapdoor to the attic on the ceiling. "We have an attic too?" He told himself as he kept walking until he opened the door to a bedroom.

The bed was across the room, the head of it under a window as the sunlight lit up the room. He looked around seeing a door that led to the closet. The dresser was to the right of the closet, it was a basic room but he felt like he could live in this one. Laying on the bed made him confident in his decision, it was comfy and he could just see where his stuff would go in this room.

"So you chose this room, huh?" His mother asked as she held a box with his name on it as well as the box for his uniform and letter in the doorway. Daniel immediately sat up and nodded as his mother went over and sat on the bed next to him, placing the box on the nightstand behind at the head of the bed. "It's nice, you've made a good choice." She commented as she looked around the room.

"Yeah..." He said, trailing off as he eyed the box where his uniform laid in on top of his belongings.

His mother noticed and took the box and opened it up, carefully lifting up the yellow dress. "Come on, it won't be that bad, go on, try it on." She told him, standing up and holding out the dress for Daniel to take it.

Daniel let out a sigh as he stood up, taking the dress, and headed to the bathroom. He was glad he chose a room next to the bathroom, it would be easy to remember where his room was.

When he came back he was wearing the uniform, it felt alien to him wearing the clothing. He could basically feel how expensive this dress was and it made him feel weird as if he wasn't supposed to wear something so expensive. "You look so cute! My baby boy!" His mother exclaimed immediately going and hugging him tightly, cooing at how cute he was. "Oh, you'll fit in perfectly!" She told him as she ended the hug, her hands ending up grabbing his hands, holding them as she gave him a bright smile.

Daniel gave back a slight smile before a cough was heard behind them making them look over, seeing his father standing there with an amused smile on his face. Daniel immediately covered his face with his hands as his father chuckled walking over and ruffling his hair. "You look great, son." He told him, not helping his embarrassment.


~2 days later~


Daniel was nervous about his first day at this new school. It was one thing to be nervous about going to a normal school, it was a completely different thing going to an elite school. He really didn't want to go, didn't want to wear the female uniform. Oh but life just didn't give a shit, nope. His heart was racing as he finished getting dressed and ready for school.

He could hardly eat breakfast as the time kept getting closer and closer to the start of school. It wasn't until he and his father were driving to the school when he spoke up. "Can I go home now?" He asked making his father chuckle.

"You'll be fine, have a good first day of school, Danielle." His father chuckled as Daniel sighed as he got out of the car, holding his bag as he looked up at the pink building. It was bigger than he thought, he wanted to turn around and go back into the car but when he did his father was already driving off home, leaving him stranded at this ever-growing building.

"I guess there's no turning back now." He told himself as he faced the building again and headed inside.

His mom was right when she told him it would be like entering a totally different world, everything about the place scream; 'I'M WORTH MORE THAN YOUR WHOLE FAMILY COMBINED!' He was worried if he scratched something it would put him in years of debt. The people here looked the same way but he couldn't help but notice they were staring back at him. This made him feel a bit self-conscious about himself as he stood in the hall, posing as a female, while obviously being a commoner by his reactions to the place around him.

Finally getting enough courage to start walking again he started heading towards the office to get his schedule. He ended up having to ask someone for help with getting there. The girl he asked seemed so happy as she agreed to take him. "Thank you, again for bringing me here." He told her as he bowed to her, she let out a small giggle when he stood back up.

"It's no problem! It's not every day a commoner comes to this school, especially one as pretty as you." She giggled when Daniel blinked.

"W-Wha, I'm not pret- hey!" Daniel called after her when she left, her only waving goodbye, leaving Daniel at the office. "Whatever." He sighed and turned around, facing the door, and knocked.

Once he was allowed into the office he spotted a man behind the desk. The man looked up and nodded in greeting. "Good morning, Ms. Hideyoshi. Hope you didn't have too much trouble finding the place. My name is Kazama Zennosuke, the vice-principal of Ouran Academy. Welcome."


The first chapter is done! I can't believe it, the remake's first chapter! I find this chapter to be WAY better than in the original's first chapter. I hope you feel the same way too.

I already feel my inspiration and motivation to write coming back from this! I want to know how you think of this, did you like the original first chapter? Or did you like this one better? You got to see more of Daniel's family (mentioned, but still) and about his friends (who may or may not get a name change). I even let in his heritage a bit in there so now you know Daniel is Japanese-American, thus why his name is Daniel.

Another thing to note, for an updating schedule... Welllllll... I'll try to make it an update every other week, but no promises. You'll just have to hope my motivation doesn't die on me as it does sometimes. As for commenting on reviews, that will happen at the bottom of every chapter, no matter what. Just so you can read the chapter first! That's what you came for, right? Well, I rambled on too much, see you in the next chapter!


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