I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any characters/places in this story except those that I have made up.

Della's POV:

Moving around was always so hard. I was only fourteen but I had lived in virtually every one of the consecutive United States, Hawaii, and now freaking Japan! As I got ready for my first day of school I wondered what a California girl would do in Japan of all places. I mean come on! I actually had to wear a skirt to school and I was not a girl who wore skirts. Besides that I was starting in the middle of the school year, which sucked.

"Hurry up Della! You'll be late for your first day!" My mom's voice drifted up from downstairs; obviously she was up and about. Why anyone would be up this early voluntarily was beyond me. I hurriedly grabbed my school bag and dashed down the stairs.

"Bye Mom! I love you!" I yelled as I swiped my lunch from the counter and grabbed my shoes. After a few awkward hops, that nearly landed me on my face, I was able to pull them on and make my way to the main street outside our house that would take me to my new hell…Sarayashiki Junior High. It galled me that I was being demoted back to "junior high" when I would have been entering high school if I had been allowed to stay in the states. Grrrr…my life just plain sucked.

Last summer, when I found out my stepdad was being transferred here; I took some Japanese classes at the local college. As I walked along and generally tried to remain invisible, I caught bits of conversation and thanked God I was such a book nerd. My friend Lucy would be so jealous when I told her I was actually in Japan with Japanese people speaking Japanese. Thoughts of my friends back home made me smile and stand straighter as I walked to school. It wasn't until I heard a bell ringing that reality intruded on my mind once more.

I looked up in terror at the clock on the front of the main building, "Shit!" I cried, taking two running steps forward. It was just then that a boy with black hair wearing a green suit sauntered out from behind the wall; with no time to stop I plowed right into him. We fell to the ground in a tangle of arms, legs, and my book bag.

"What the hell?! Watch where you're going you stupid bitch!" My hackles immediately rose as I hauled myself to my feet.

"You watch where you're going asshole! This was so totally your fault!" My Japanese may suck but at least it got my message across. The boy had a stunned look on his face as if he couldn't believe I was yelling at him.

"Do you have any idea who I am?" He was glaring at me so I glared right back.

"No, and I don't care. You made me late!" I could tell he was going to fire some stupid retort back at me but he was stopped by a voice behind us.

"What seems to be the problem here?" We both turned to look at the officious and rather rotund man standing behind us. Apparently we had been so embroiled in our shouting match that he had been able to catch us unawares. "Urameshi, trying to ditch class again I see. Go to detention, I'll be there shortly."

"Yeah, whatever old man." The boy turned and sauntered off back towards the school with his hands behind his head. I glared holes in his back until the man pulled my attention away from him.

"You must be Della St. Clair, our new American student." I smiled at him even though I didn't like the way he said "American student" it sounded like "trained bear" or some other such attraction.

"Yes sir, I'm Della. Sorry I'm late sir…" he waved the apology on my lips away.

"Don't apologize Miss St. Clair, I know how Yusuke can be. He's a very hot headed young man with a bit of a reputation around here. I'm Mr. Takanaka by the way, the principal of Sarayashiki Junior High." My mouth formed a little round "O" of surprise even as my stomach dropped. So much for good impressions… "If you'll come with me Miss St. Clair, I'll get you settled into your classroom before I go deal with Mr. Urameshi."

Great, walked to class by the principal, engage in a shouting match in front of said principal. Could my day actually get any worse?

So what do you think? Please read and review, I promise I'll get to Kurama and the rest of the gang soon.