It was a snowy and freezing night. Two small girls were standing next to a bench near the Azumano orphanage.

"Here Riku," Risa said in a trembling voice in the snow, giving Riku a small silver rectangular necklace that contained the information of their names and birthdates.

"I got these for you and me using my savings while doing chores at the orphanage. It's like one of those best friends forever charms except that it's a best sisters thing for us I guess." She finished.

"Risa…it's so pretty." Riku told her as she gave Risa a quick tight hug. They walked back to their orphanage to get out of the cold and to get some sleep. They had snuck out in the middle of the night just to talk. Riku and Risa's parents had perished in a huge fire when they were almost 3 years old. Since then they had been spending their life at an orphanage with about 100 other orphans. They had made many friends while they were there. Risa was pretty, popular and outgoing and Riku was the same besides the fact that she was a bit of a tomboy. Riku had short auburn hair that reached a little past her chin while Risa had dark brown chocolate colored hair exceeding about an inch or two past her shoulders. Riku could beat up any guy; she had been taking karate lessons at the orphanage. It was a pretty big orphanage. The kids there went to school there and they had many activities, lessons, education and clubs and nursed children of all ages. Every week people would come to look at the kids to adopt them. Many people had wanted to adopt just one of the harada twins but they wouldn't let their twin go without them so they always ended up not being adopted.

As Riku and Risa quietly climbed into their bunk bed in the girls' dormitory, Riku felt a gentle tug at the bottom of her pajama pants.

"Reira!" Riku half whispered half shouted at the teary 4 year old girl rubbing her sleepy eyes, tightly embracing her teddy bear.

"I'm sorry Riku, I had a nightmare and I just can't sleep anymore. Can I sleep with you tonight?" the little girl asked with those big puppy eyes and…"go sleep with Risa. I need my space." Was all she got for an answer from Riku. Reira pouted as she spit out a "fine." And walked over to Risa. As they were about to fall asleep, Reira broke the silence.

"By the way where did you guys go? If Mari finds out---"

"Shush Reira! I swear if you tell Mari I'm gonna strangle you" Riku hissed at her. "It's none of your business anyway."

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"Aaaahhh what a wonderful day." Risa cooed as she took a nice stretch from the lower bunk she shared with Riku. Then she noticed something else on her bed with her. She looked down and almost hit her head on the bottom of Riku's bunk because she jumped so high. The she sighed. She forgot Reira slept with her last night. As she rose to wake Riku up, she noticed that Riku wasn't there.

"Shayla!" Risa yelled as she ran down the hallway still in her nightdress. Shayla turned around with a questioning look on her face. Risa stopped in front of her panting.

"Do you(pant) know where Riku (pant)is? I need to(pant) talk to her."

"Oh Riku? I just saw her. She said she was going for a walk in the Azumano pond park."

'oh right..that's her favorite place to go..…im a little slow today…' Risa thought as she tapped her head. She turned towards the exit and walked outside. She turned towards the exit and walked outside. Then she heard the voice of Kyle, Riku's best friend,

"Where to Risa?" he asked her.

"I'm looking for Riku. Shayla told me she was at the park."

"Riku? I've been looking for her too. I'll help you look for her."

"Thanks Kyle."

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"I guess I'd better be going back now…They might get worried..I've been out here for a while." Riku stepped away from the railing that blocked out people from the lake and started back towards the orphanage. It was one of the most biggest buildings in town and almost everyone knew where or what it was so it was hard to get lost. 'Tokyo sure is a busy place. Its so loud at night it's hard to fall asleep…' Riku thought as she walked towards street she had to cross to get back. 'Oh look, I see Risa and Kyle! Were they looking for me? Wow look at all these cars passing by…the traffic light will never turn red…' at that time, the cars momentarily stopped coming in Riku's way. She couldn't see any cars anymore. 'Oh well. There's no cars so I might as well j-walk than to wait for the 'walk' signal. Oh my gosh Risa's still in her nightdress! Did she miss me that much? I'm almost there----'

"RIIIKUUUUU!"

-SCRREEEEEECCHHH!

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(sirens ringing in the distance) There was a huge crowd that had formed to look at Riku. She was lying on the ground. her forehead was bleeding and everyone from the orphanage was going crazy. Risa, Kyle and Reira were kneeling beside her and Risa was crying saying over and over that if she had come out more quickly this wouldn't have happened. Kyle was telling her it wasn't her fault and to stop blaming herself. Finally the ambulance arrived and all Risa could do is stand and watch as Riku was taken to the nearest hospital. Risa was only allowed to visit her in about 2 or 3 hours. They didn't allow her to ride in the ambulance with her sister. It only made Risa cry even more. Risaconvinced herselfthat Riku would be okay as she tightly held on to the charm she had also given to Riku.

"uuhgggghh.. where am I?" Riku slowly opened her eyes as she took in her surroundings. She had never been here before..or has she? She couldn't remember. What had happened just about an hour ago was all a blur to her. She couldn't remember her past or even who she was. She shuddered as a terrible feeling swept over her. It was scary not knowing who you were, what you had done in your past or even where you were. She slowly and carefully steppedoff from the bed she was lying on as she pulled off the needles and the shots taped onto her skin. She walked out of the door and out of the hospital. She didn't know where to go and it was cold. Her feet were constantly sinking into the white cold fluffy stuff beneath her bare feet. She suddenly felt a sharp pain across her forehead. She winced as she felt the bandage on her head. Then everything started to disappear. The world was going black. She collapsed into a pair of strong arms before she realized she was passing out.