Okay so I like Free! a lot so I thought maybe I'd make a fanfiction for it. This is a MakoxOC, HaruxOC one that I had stuck in my head for a bit so I wanted to see how it would turn out. Please remember to review and no flames please.

P.S: This is just an introductory chapter to the rest of the story. I apologize if this comes out bad.

Disclaimer: I do not own Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. I only own the OCs.

Chapter 1: Moving back

*15 years ago*

Past the busy districts of Tokyo and into the quieter areas of the city, a couple stood in front of a building. A young woman with dark brown hair and eyes turned to look at her husband, a slighty older man with black hair and smoky grey eyes. He smiled reassuringly at her as they read the sign in front of the building.

'Yamamoto Childrens' Home'

"Do you think we'll find one to call our own?" The woman, twenty year old Sakurakoji Yumiko, said to her husband thirty-two year old Sakurakoji Hiroto. Hiroto only hugged her. "Don't worry Yumiko. We wanted a family and the orphanage was willing to help us find a child to adopt. We'll find the one."

You may be wondering the relationship between these two individuals. Takahara Yumiko once knew Sakurakoji Hiroto as an art teacher in high school. She herself being one of the young teacher's own students. Yumiko found herself falling for the young sensei and by her final year of high school admitted it to the man who was able to return the affection. Yumiko happily married the man right after high school and found a steady job as editor of a magazine publishing firm allowing her to work from their modest sized apartment while Hiroto had found a job as a landscape designer. However when the two decided that it was time for them to start a family of their own they were faced with a roadblock: Yumiko was infertile and unable to produce children.

The young woman was despondent for a while after that not wanting to believe that she could not have children with the one she loved. However Hiroto brought up another solution: Adoption.

Although hesitant at first, Yumiko soon warmed up to the idea. Though she could not produce children of her own, she felt that adopting a child would give her and her husband a chance to expand their family and give the child a second chance.

And that is what had brought them to the Yamamoto Childrens' Home. Hiroto pressed the buzzer and almost at once the door opened and the couple was greeted by a woman with slightly graying hair in her late thirties dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans smiling tiredly at them.

"Welcome to the Chidrens' Home." she said kindly. "Do have an appointment for one of the kids?" she asked studying the couple. Hiroto smiled. "Yes actually. We'd like to adopt." Yumiko put in her two cents. "We were hoping that maybe we could adopt a newborn or maybe a toddler."

The woman, who introduced herself as Yamamoto Jun, brought them in and lead them to an office having them take a seat in front of her desk. "Well Mr. and Mrs. Sakurakoji most of our children living here under our care range from infancy to their teens. If you want I can introduce you to some of our older residents and then show you the infants."

The couple agreed and Jun showed them around the building introducing them to several different children who were playing outside or inside either doing homework or listening to music and watching tv. Soon Jun brought them to the infant room. It was kind of like a baby room you would see in the hospitals where nurses took care of the newly born. Each crib contained a sole occupant except for one.

Curious, Yumiko peeked into the crib and two pairs of eyes stared back at her. Light brown eyes stared back just as curious, while vibrant orange seemed to glare at her. The brown eyes belonged to a tiny baby girl who had the oddest hair color Yumiko had ever seen: Blue, like the color of the ocean. The orange eyes on the other hand belonged to a larger girl in the crib but apart from her eyes, her hair was odd as well: It was colored normal but in two different colors. Her bangs being a sunny blonde color but then as it went into the back of her head, it bled into chestnut and all of the short locks seemed to poke out in every direction. Jun walked by her side and laughed when she saw who the young woman was staring at.

"I see you've met Mizuno and Izaya." she said laughing.

"I thought they were girls?" Yumiko asked the caretaker confused at the manly names.

Jun just laughed. "They are. It kind of fits them though their names. Mizuno is the girl with the blue hair. When we found her here we starting calling her that because her hair reminded us of water. The name seemed to fit her. Izaya is the one glaring at us. When we brought her in we put her in the same crib as Mizuno while we were getting her own ready. Next thing you know they're clinging to each other like their lives depend on it and Izaya starts watching over her like a hawk. Her name suits her. 'One who watches over'. I'll be honest though, if your thinking about adopting one you'll have to adopt the other." she said smiling in exasperated fondness at the two infants.

Yumiko looked at her curiously. "Why do you say that?" Hiroto came over as well and the two-tone haired child seemed to glare at him as well while the blue haired one just babbled and smiled. Hiroto looked at Jun. "How old are the two of them?" He asked.

"Izaya is a year old and Mizuno is just a newborn." she said to the man and then she turned to Yumiko. "As for your question Yumiko-san, look at their hands." The couple looked at the babies' hands and found Mizuno's right and Izaya's left clasped tightly together as if they were afraid to let go. Jun went on to explain. "People have always either tried to adopt one or the other but they always come back with them saying that they can't take care of them in the end. At first we didn't know why. Everyone who adopted Mizuno said that no matter what they did she wouldn't stop wailing and those who adopted Izaya said that her grumpy mood was too frustrating for them to handle. When the two are together though Mizuno doesn't cry at all and Izaya doesn't even get angry. As it turned out, the two of them somehow became inseparable almost like they're sisters. Most people who come just say that they want to adopt one child so it's been impossible for these two to go with families." Jun finished looking at the two infants who still refused to let go of each other's hands.

Hiroto looked at the two infant girls thoughtfully. Originally he and Yumiko were only looking to adopt one child but seeing the two 'sisters' he was starting to reconsider. "Do you think it would be all right if we spent some time with them together?" He asked. Jun looked shocked but Yumiko saw the look in her husband's eyes and understood: He didn't want to separate the two and instead wanted to adopt both of them. Yumiko herself wanted to see if they were truly inseparable as Jun said.

For that entire week the couple would go to the Childrens' Home and spend time with Izaya and Mizuno. They saw first hand how close the two girls really were. Once Hiroto had taken Izaya out of the room with him to ask Jun something and Mizuno would not stop crying no matter what Yumiko did. However when Hiroto and Izaya came back in she immediately stopped and reached for Izaya who would stop pouting angrily and do the same babbling and smiling. They also found some quirks that the two had. Mizuno would stare into space as if she was in thought, start trying to smack if she were held for too long and seemed to prefer being in Yumiko's arms. Izaya on the other hand would fidget if she were wearing anything pink, would laugh every time thunder and lightning struck, and for some reason would only fall asleep if someone were playing indie-rock.

Even though it had been a week the couple had fallen in love with the idea of adopting Mizuno and Izaya. As soon as the papers had been signed and legal issues were settled, the new parents welcomed the children into their family and quickly settled into their roles in taking care of the two girls.

*Four years later*

Fours years after the adoption of Mizuno and Izaya, the Sakurakoji family had moved into a different town thanks to Hiroto's job new job as a landscape designer. The family was now living in a small town by the ocean called Iwatobi and in an actual house instead of an apartment. The siblings had been enrolled into the local elementary school: Mizuno starting preschool and Izaya starting in kindergarten. And so it was during this time that the two siblings had a taste of childhood love.

*In Kindergarten*

Izaya was sitting by herself at a table coloring. It had been a few months since she started kindergarten in Iwatobi and so far she still hadn't made any friends. This started to worry her parents. She didn't see what the problem was to be honest. The girls only ever wanted to play with dolls instead of playing fun games like hide and seek or Cops and robbers. The boys always ran away when she wanted to play with them saying she had something called 'cooties'. Whatever those were. She was soon brought out of her little world by the sound of whimpering. The chibi (A/N: Can't resist! The kids all look like tiny chibis in my mind!) looked at another table where a boy was sitting at. There was a group of boys around him and they were dumping the finger paint on his head even though he began to cry telling them to stop. "You have a girly name so cry like one!" the leader laughed dumping more.

He kind of reminded the little girl of when her sister would cry when she was picked on and so she marched up to the group. It seemed that the boy who sat next to the crying one had gone outside for the teacher.

As soon as she had approached the boys she tapped the one dumping paint on the shoulder. "Huh? What do-" He was cut off by the trash can being dumped on his head. The other boys including the crying one went quiet. The leader got the can off his head but was still covered in scrap paper, food bits, and plastic wrapping from snack time. "Hey wassa big idea!?" He yelled when he saw that Izaya had dumped the trash on him.

"Leave 'im awone. You're just bein' a big bully." She said walking to the boy who had been crying. Now that she was close she could see that he had light brown hair and big green eyes that were looking at her in awe. She just looked at his hair. It was covered in practically all the finger paint in the classroom and made an ugly color on top of his head. Izaya bent the boy's head forward and began to try to wipe it off his head not seeing him blush at the contact.

The other boy came running back in with the teacher who looked shocked at the mess. "What in the world happened here?!" The leader of the bullies began to cry and blame it on Izaya. "She dumped garbage on me!" Izaya on the other hand was having none of that and pulled the leader to the teacher and the boy covered in paint showing her the leader's painted hands. "He dumped paint on his head 'cause of his name." She said her eyebrows furrowing.

The teacher rubbed her nose feeling a headache come on. "Nanase-kun thank you for getting me. Could you please take Tachibana-kun to the nurse so he can get the paint out?" The boy with black hair and blue eyes nodded with a blank face and grabbed the painted boy's hand taking him to the nurse. The teacher then crouched to Izaya's size. "Sakurakoji-chan, that was a brave thing you did defending Tachibana-kun. But you can't just dump garbage on people's heads. You have to find a teacher and tell them what's going on." Then she turned toward the boys frustrated. "As for you all, I'm taking you to the principal and having a nice long chat with your parents." And with that she dragged the mean boys to the office while they began to scream and cry.

After that ordeal, school went by without a hitch though Izaya couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her throughout class. When school ended she went toward the preschool area and was met with a tackle by a little blue haired girl with pigtails. "NEE-CHAN!" she yelled gleefully hugging the older girl. "C'mon Mizuno. Let's go to Kaa-san n' Otou-san." As the children made their way to their parents they were stopped by a "W-wait!" They turned to find the two boys from Izaya's class. The green eyed one looked at her with a red face and the blue eyed one just stared blankly at both of them. Izaya felt her sister move behind her and turned to find her blushing moving her line of sight to the blue eyed one.

Standing behind the boys was a couple both with dark hair and an old woman. All three seemed to be smiling at what was going on. The woman smiled at Izaya's mother. "I'm sorry but my Makoto saw your kids and he said he wanted to thank Sakurakoji-chan for today." She put her hands on the green eyed boy's shoulders. The old woman spoke as well. "My grandson Haruka followed. He wanted to do the same I believe." The grandma referred to the blue eyed one holding her hand.

The girls' mother regarded the children with a curious look especially the boys with girly names. "Did something happen?" Both fathers began to laugh quietly as Makoto stuttered a thank you to Izaya who merely patted him on the head saying 'you're welcome' making him go bright red. The other boy Haruka just stared at Mizuno who was still blushing. Haruka walked a little closer to the younger girl and pat her head. "Pretty." He said still touching the girl's blue hair.

Mrs. Tachibana nodded. "Yes actually. Their teacher Ogawa-sensei told me that a group of boys dumped most of the finger paint they had on Makoto's head and Haruka went to go get her. Then she told us that your daughter actually stopped them but apparently by dumping the trash can on one of their heads but it stopped them. They were making fun of my son's name."

Yumiko looked at her eldest in shock."Izaya! You don't do that to people!" She began to scold her. Izaya though said right back "They didn't stop when he told them to. They're a bunch of meanies." Her cheeks were puffed out in annoyance and her eyebrows were furrowed. Yumiko sighed again. Mrs. Tachibana laughed. "So is Izaya-chan the only one with a masculine name?"

Yumiko smiled and shook her head. "No this is my youngest Mizuno." She pointed to the still blushing girl.

"Those names seem to suit them from the looks of it." Mr. Tachibana said looking at how the children were reacting. Makoto and Haruka were now conversing with each other excitedly with Izaya and Mizuno. Well Makoto was at least. Haruka just spoke here and there when needed while the other three chattered.

Hiroto nodded. "That was what the caretakers at the childrens' home said when we adopted them. I have to agree on that."

The other two parents and the grandmother didn't look too surprised. The girls looked much too different to actually be blood-related sisters but with the way that Izaya and Mizuno were holding hands, a person would have kept that comment to themselves.

For the next two years the Sakurakoji family stayed in Iwatobi with the sisters becoming close friends with Tachibana Makoto and Nanase Haruka. The girls had learned 'Haruese' as Izaya called it when they tried to talk to Haru. The boys had gone exploring with the girls countless times though some of their adventures ended up with Makoto getting too scared and Haru and Izaya holding his hand. They would wind up playing games together and when they weren't with another friend of theirs, Haruka and Makoto would go to the pool and swim with the girls.

However as most good things must, their days of spending time together came to an end. Hiroto was moved to a different city and so they had to move as well. Mizuno began to cry and Izaya just glared quietly in anger as their parents finished putting the rest of their stuff in the car while the moving truck had already left. Before they could get in the car though they saw Makoto and Haruka running up to them. When the two came to a halt Makoto thrust a daisy in Izaya's face whereas Haruka gave Mizuno a little key chain with a glass dolphin on it. Makoto spoke though still panting from running.

"M-my kaa-san said that boys should only give flowers t-to girls that t-they really really like. A-and I really really like you a lot Izaya-chan! I wanted to tell you before you said bye." Makoto flushed bright red as Izaya took the flower and examined it in her hand. Then she began to cry. "W-wait why are you crying!?" He yelled out thinking that she didn't like him. Makoto was surprised though when Izaya grabbed him in a hug and blubbered into the unusually tall boy's shirt.

Mizuno looked at her key chain as the glass dolphin sparkle in the sun. She was about to say thank you when she jumped feeling slight pressure on her head. Haruka had kissed her forehead and he had a barely noticeable blush on his face he didn't say anything but instead gave her a hug. Mizuno began to tear up at the goodbye hug and rubbed her eyes.

"I wuv you too Hawu-chan." She said her words sounding a little messy because she was young and because she was crying. She hesitated but then plucked up the courage to peck Haru's lips before running into the backseat of the car not seeing Haru's blush intensify.

Izaya had finished crying and for the most part, soaked Makoto's shirt in tears. "S-sowwy Mako-chan." She sniffed. Makoto only smiled gently yet sadly. "Maybe we'll see you and Mizu-chan again?" Izaya nodded and then summoned enough courage to do something Makoto nearly fell over in shock at. She planted a kiss right on his lips nearly making them both tumble. Izaya looked at him with as much determination as a seven year old could muster up.

"I really really like you too." and with that she blushed red and ran to the backseat as well.

Yumiko and Hiroto smiled sadly at the girls. "Ready to leave now?" Yumiko asked them gently seeing what had transpired. Mizuno mumbled an inaudible 'yes' holding her key chain like a precious treasure and Izaya only nodded not even glaring anymore. Instead her attention was focused on the nearly mangled daisy that Makoto had held so tightly when he gave it to her. Both girls waved at the boys seeing Makoto cry and Haru sniffle slightly until they couldn't even catch a glimpse of them anymore. And so ended their time in Iwatobi.

As time passed the memories of Tachibana Makoto and Nanase Haruka were pushed to the back of their minds as they went on with their lives starting in a new school and finding new activities that drew them in. For Mizuno art. For Izaya music. The girls still swam every now and then though reveling in the cool liquid and remembering resurfacing memories of green and blue eyed boys they had called friends.

*nine years later*

The Sakurakoji family was once again following a moving truck but for them this would be the last time for a long while. Hiroto asked to be move back to Iwatobi. His boss agreed seeing as most of his design inspiration had come from the seaside town. Yumiko looked at her children in the backseat and marveled again at how much the two had grown. Her eyes first landed on her now sixteen year old Izaya. Her blonde and brown hair was much longer now reaching her waist with relatively straight locks save for a few short pieces on here and there that seemed to poke out one way or another. Her face shape had become diamond and her eyes became slightly sharper than they had been as a child. She still fidgeted in anything pink, still laughed each time thunder and lighting rang and flashed, and still fell asleep listening to indie-rock. Her wardrobe had changed as well. She always wore what ever made her most comfortable so her clothes always consisted of hoodies, jeans, shorts, capris, graphic t-shirts and outfits that she liked to wear. Right now she was wearing a flannel red and black button up with the sleeves rolled up to her elbow, a grey sweater vest on top, grey skinny jeans, black converse, and to top it off a black bow tie around the neck of the shirt and a grey slouchy cap. Izaya was sleeping at the moment with her headphones on and their Russian Blue cat on her lap purring. She and Mizuno had found it as a kitten in the city and Izaya was hell bent on calling him 'Jasper'. "Because he looks like a Jasper" A twelve year old her had said also nicknaming him 'Jazz' for short.

Mizuno, now fifteen had changed significantly as well. Her face though a teen's was still slightly round but none the less adorable. Her blue hair was now at her mid-back and often styled with a water braid. Her brown eyes were slightly rounder giving a slightly childish appearance to her. She still spaced out when she was in deep thought, and although she didn't smack peoples' arms anymore if they hugged her for too long, she would bite her nails when nervous and pull at her hair when she was frustrated. Her style of clothing often consisted of ankle long skirts, comfortable tops, jeans, capris, along comfortable shirts and a few hoodies like her sister. Mizuno was at the moment drawing to her heart's content in her latest sketchbook. Whereas Izaya loved to play music and sing, Mizuno loved to draw people places and things that would catch her eye. She had countless sketchbooks filled to the brim with different styles. Mizuno looked up and smiled at her mother. "Kaa-san is something wrong?" She asked. Their voices had also changed significantly as well. Mizuno's being a soft soprano voice while Izaya's had become a mellow alto.

Yumiko smiled back and shook her head. "Nothing's wrong Mizuno. I just wanted to make sure Jasper wasn't do anything to the car." Mizuno turned to her sleeping sister and cat. "Jasper hasn't really moved from his spot on nee-chan's lap and nee-chan fell asleep a while ago. I don't think they're going to wake up soon. How much longer until we're in Iwatobi?" she asked.

"It won't be too long now Mizuno just another ten minutes. You might want to wake your sister up now." Hiroto said as they began to see more of the beach. Mizuno closed her sketch book and shook her sister's shoulder jolting the other girl and the cat awake. "Nee-chan wake up we're almost there."

Izaya yawned greatly and Jasper stretched on her lap. Izaya rubbed her eyes tiredly looking at her sister and then their parents. It wasn't long until they pulled up to a house (A/N: I really don't feel like describing the outside). The family got out and grabbed what they had in the trunk, bringing it into the house while the movers went about bringing the rest of the furniture inside. Mizuno and Izaya walked up the stairs into their rooms. Both the rooms were small at best but big enough to hold their things without looking cluttered. Izaya's walls were painted a dark green and Mizuno's were a light purple.

The two girls alternated between helping their parents put things away in the cabinets and closets and organizing their rooms to their liking. Both had desks put at their windows with their laptops and other supplies put away in the drawers. Izaya filled her walls with posters of bands, movies, and anime. An accoustic guitar and a keyboard were stored in her closet along with her clothes hung up and a alarm/ipod docking station was set up on her nightstand where she kept her drawer of unmentionables. Mizuno's walls were filled with sketches and anime posters. She had an alarm/ipod docking station on her nightstand as well along with a few figurine statues on a shelf and on her desk. After a few hours, the family was finally done moving their items into their house and arranging things to their liking. Dinner was quiet and filled with a few words here and there and Jasper's purring on Izaya's lap. "So are you two excited to be back?"

Hiroto asked. Izaya and Mizuno smiled at their parents. They were happy they were staying in the seaside town from now on. They had missed the quiet and seeing the ocean. Most of all though they missed the memories.

Yumiko spoke up. "You know what? I wonder if the Tachibana and Nanase families still live in the neighborhood. Do you two remember their sons? What were their names again? I know they had feminine names..."

"Makoto and Haruka." Mizuno spoke up. The parents looked at them. Izaya piped up. "Those were their names." she explained.

Hiroto looked at his wife. "I don't know about the Tachibana family but I remember that Haruka's parents were never home because of their jobs. His grandmother always took care of him but maybe they decided to take him with them? The Tachibanas might have moved out as well."

The sisters' moods dampened considerably after hearing this. Their father was right. They could have moved out and even if they didn't what were the odds of the two remembering them?

*Meanwhile somewhere else*

A group of boys and one girl were at one of their houses hanging out. The house was of one Tachibana Makoto. Originally it had just been him and his best friend Nanase Haruka, that is, until his mother let in a Nagisa Hazuki who invited himself over along with Ryuugazaki Rei, and the Matsuoka siblings Rin and Gou ( Gou: It's Kou! Author:Quiet I'm writing!). The five were currently inside Makoto's room playing video games and what not. Until Nagisa dug up something that prompted questioning.

"Hey Mako-chan what's in here?" Nagisa asked the gentle giant holding up a cardboard box.

"GAH! W-wait Nagisa don't open-" Too late. Nagisa opened the box and found a photo album inside along with many photos lying inside the box.

The door to the room opened and Makoto's mother entered. "Is everything alright? I thought I heard Makoto yelling. Sweetie please remember to keep your voice down Ren and Ran are sleeping." she said reminding them about Makoto's hyper, younger twin siblings.

"Sorry Kaa-san." Makoto said quietly blushing.

"Hey Auntie what's in the album?" Nagisa said picking up the album to show her. "Mako-chan had this under his bed."

Mrs. Tachibana took the album from Nagisa's hands and opened it. Then she began to smile and looked at Makoto. "So this is where you put it. This is a photo album from when Makoto was very young. If I remember correctly it's filled up to the end of his primary school days." She said sitting down with the rest of the group in a circle.

The first few pages showed Makoto as a baby. Much to Makoto's mortification Nagisa and Gou began to coo at the baby pictures. There were also a lot of pictures of him and Haruka together. Then Nagisa noticed other pictures. Makoto and Haruka were together as usual but there were two other people in the photos as well. Two girls to be exact. They both had surprising hair colors. One having blue hair the other having a combination of blonde and brown. The blue haired girl had brown eyes and the other girl's eyes were orange.

"Who are the girls?" Nagisa pointed at a picture of Haruka and Makoto in their Kindergarten days and next to them the girl with orange eyes in the same class uniform and the blue haired one in a uniform for preschoolers.

smiled. "Those two were very good friends of Makoto and Haruka in primary school. In fact Makoto if I'm not mistaken, you really liked one of them." She laughed thinking back to his childhood.

"K-kaa-san!" Makoto whined embarrassed. "Mako-chan had a crush!? Tell us tell us!" Nagisa commanded Makoto clinging on to his shirt.

"N-Nagisa-kun! You shouldn't ask Makoto-senpai that! That's too private!" Rei exclaimed blushing. Then he muttered. "It would not be beautiful to ask a question that causes such embarrassment."

"A-ano, it's ok Rei I really don't mind." Makoto said trying to calm the glasses wearing boy down. "Well that was when Haru and I were in Kindergarten. There was a group of boys that liked to tease us because of our names and then one day they decided to come to our table during recess while the teacher was watching the other students play outside. One of them kept trying to make me cry. Then he actually grabbed a bunch of fingerpaint jars and he started dumping the colors on my head." There was a look of shock on each person's face save for Haru because he had seen it first hand.

"He dumped paint on you!?" The girl cried out. "Makoto-senpai that's awful!"

"That isn't beautiful at all!" Rei said.

"Yeah! Did Haru-chan ever beat him up?" Nagisa yelled out hoping that Haru had gotten into something along the lines of a fist fight.

"Wait a minute! How come I never heard about this!?" Rin commented annoyed that he had never this tidbit about Makoto.

"I most certainly remember that day." Mrs. Tachibana said thinking back and smiled when remembering how Makoto had stuttered thanking the girl and she just pat him on the head.

"It's ok Gou-chan. (It's Kou!) No Nagisa, Haru didn't beat them up, and this was a while back before we had met you Rin." Makoto answered their questions. "Haru-chan actually went to get the teacher first. They were still dumping paint on me and then they stopped."

"Wait why did they stop?" Nagisa asked. "Did Haru-chan come back?"

"They stopped because someone grabbed the trashcan and dumped it on the guy's head." Haru piped up. Everyone looked at him and back at Makoto who seemed to be smiling at the memory.

"They dumped the trashcan on him? Okay gotta give the guy props that's actually pretty cool." Rin said thinking a guy had done it.

"Actually it was a girl who did Rin." Makoto said.

"Wait wait wait! Is the girl who did it your first crush Mako-chan!?" Nagisa cried out clinging onto Makoto's shirt again. Makoto just blushed and smiled shyly rubbing the back of his neck.

Mrs. Tachibana laughed again. "It's more like Izaya-chan was his first love Nagisa."

"Wait Izaya? But I thought it was a girl?" Gou asked looking back at Makoto with a confused look. "I didn't know you swung that way too Mako-chan! Now Rei-chan, Rin-chan, Ai-chan, and I aren't the only ones!" Nagisa cheered.

"Izaya is one of the girls in the picture Nagisa." Makoto explained and pointed to the orange eyed girl.

"Who's the other one then?" Rin asked looking at the blue haired girl in the picture of the four at the aquarium. She was clinging onto Haru's sleeve and smiling shyly at the camera.

"Her name is Mizuno." Haru answered thinking back to the little girl that would turn red around him.

"You actually remember things other than swimming. I'm impressed." Rin muttered sarcastically. Haru just gave him a blank look.

"They both have masculine names..." Rei muttered looking at the girls in the photos.

"Yes they did. I think Haruka had a crush on Mizuno. Am I right Haruka?" Mrs. Tachibana asked her son's best friend who just turned away but Makoto could see a hint of a blush on his friend's cheeks.

"So what happened to them then?" Gou asked.

"They moved away after grade 2" Makoto explained.

"Their father had to get moved back into the city. He was a landscape designer and he ended up being in high demand." Mrs Tachibana clarified. "You were both rather upset the day that they left."

Both boys turned away. Haruka with a blank face and Makoto with a blush on his.

"Wait they're sisters?" Gou asked looking at the girls again. They looked nothing alike.

"Their parents adopted them both from the same orphanage. Apparently the two couldn't be separated even if they would get adopted by different families. They were sweethearts though. Izaya was very funny and Mizuno-chan would get so shy around others. Before they left I think Makoto and Haruka each gave them a present and it must have worked well for them because when they came back the two were as red as cherries!" and with that left saying she still had some things that she needed to do.

After a while of more questioning about Izaya and Mizuno the other left and Makoto and Haruka were left alone again. Haruka was sleeping over as usual and lay in the futon next to Makoto's bed.

"Are you still awake Haru?" Makoto asked.

"Yeah"

"Do you think that Izaya-chan and Mizu-chan still remember us?"

Haruka stayed silent but years of being around him made it easy for Makoto to understand his friend. I don't know but it would be nice if they did

"Yeah it would be." Makoto replied thinking of orange eyes and his first kiss.

Four people lay awake in their beds that night. Two girls thinking about their childhood friends and two boys thinking about their first loves. However they would meet again one way or another.

A/N: and that concludes chapter 1. Okay so I'm sorry if I messed up the characters' personalities. Haru and Nagisa were actually the easiest to be honest. Again I'm sorry if the personalities came out weird. I'll try to fix it in the second chapter. For now please review and remember that flames are not welcome. Seriously cut me some slack please!

Ja'ne-Kitsune to Tenshi-chan