I've been wanting to write this for like, EVER! I'm putting IT WAS ONLY A KISS on Hiatus for a little while, since a) I'm out of ideas for it! And b) I've been planning on writing THIS story WAY before the Near story. Read and Review please!!
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"Misaki! Please don't die on me!" he screamed, holding his dying wife's body in his arms. "Misaki, please!"
Angry tears began to fall down his face. He has been in love with Misaki Niroku for almost his whole life, and was the father of two of her children.
His wife smiled weakly up at him as her blood stained his hands. "Kitomo… I love you…"
Her last words. Her last breath.
He clenched his teeth together as he held her once more. Her life was taken from him because of a gun. He looked at the gun that took her life, the gun the murderer shot her with.
He picked up the gun, his hand shaking as he held it. He looked wearily at his two daughters, only one year old.
He pressed his lips together, and brought the gun to his neck. He closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger.
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It was now seven years later, and the two girls were separated seven years earlier. One girl ended up halfway across the world from where the other was, in Japan living under the care of her adoptive mother, Kimisaki.
One girl ended up in England at a place called Wammy's House. A place for gifted children, which she was, with an IQ higher than average.
Rin, the sister in Japan, was an outgoing, fun loving eight year old. She had waist-length blonde hair and dark green eyes. She attended Sakura Shokishi Private School. Rin has no idea she has a sister, much less that she ever had parents.
Haruhi, the sister in Wammy's house, was a quiet, caring, smiley eight year old. She had shoulder length black hair with bangs and the lightest blue eyes anybody has ever seen on a human. Her alias at Wammy's was Charlotte. 'Charlotte' also had no idea she had a sister.
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/Rin/
"Mommy, can I have a doll for my birthday?" Rin asked her adoptive mother, Kimisaki, or 'Kimi' as Rin called her.
"Of course, hun. Just pick whichever one you want." Kimi said smiling down at her adoptive daughter.
They were in the Victorian part of a little town in Japan, in a small Doll Shop.
Rin looked around the small shop, inspecting each doll.
Rin smiled. "These dolls are so pretty! I'm jealous," she sighed.
"Rin! You are pretty!" Kimi said.
Rin smiled up at Kimi. "Thanks."
"You're probably lying," Rin thought. Truth be told, despite all her friends and how happy she was, her self esteem was pretty low.
Rin looked at the Lolita dolls, with pretty pink dresses with lace designs and pigtails curled into ringlets. "I-i know which one I want."
"Which is it, hun?" Kimi asked her adoptive daughter.
"That one." Rin pointed to an Asian-looking doll wearing a pink Lolita dress with white lace designs, and light brown hair curled into pigtail ringlets.
"Wow, you know how to choose them! She's adorable." Kimi said. "What are you going to name her?"
The little girl thought for a second, then recalled the name of a character in her favorite anime. "Haruhi."
/Haruhi 'Charlotte'/
(I'm referring
to Haruhi (the sister at Wammy's) by her alias, 'charlotte',
just in case anybody gets confused!!
"Mello, give it back!" Charlotte tried to get back her Oliver Twist book from one of her roommates, 'Mello'.
Unfortunately for Charlotte, Mello was 4'10, and she was a mere 3'7, very short for her age.
"Try and get it yourself, shorty." Mello teased, holding the book way above her head.
"Mello! GIVE IT BACK!" She yelled.
"What?" Mello joked. "I can't hear you from way down there!"
Charlotte clenched her fists together. "Should I do it?" she thought.
Mello turned around, and then back to her. She looked up at the book. On the cover, he had written 'Mello was hurr!" In RED. Red!
"MELLO!" Charlotte screamed, kicking him in the place where the sun don't shine.
"Oh SHIT!" Mello wailed in pain, dropping the book and bending over, clutching his 'area'.
"Ha!" Charlotte picked up her book and dove under her bed. She knew for a fact the thing Mello hated more than another roommate, 'Near', were spiders.
And there were A LOT under her bed.
"Charlotte!" She heard Mello say.
Charlotte began to panic, then saw a Daddy Long-Legs spider crawling in front of her face. She smirked, carefully picking it up. She crawled out from under her bed, and saw Mello coming towards her, looking angry for an eight year old.
"Listen you little brat, you don't go around kicking guys," Mello started, getting cut off by a girl who went by the alias 'Linda'.
"You're a guy?" She teased.
Mello scowled at her. "Yes I am." He turned back to Charlotte. "That freakin' HURTS! Don't you think- what's that in your hand?" Mello said darkly.
"Nothing…" Charlotte smirked. "Except a SPIDER!" She held the spider by one of it's legs in front of Mello's face.
"Spider!" Mello screamed. "Get it away get it away!"
"What's all the," Another boy who went by the name 'Matt' walked into the room. Matt was Mello's best buddy.
Mello hid behind Matt, trembling. "T-tell her t-t-t-to g-get that thing away f-from m-me." Mello stuttered behind his friend.
"Charlotte, seriously, give it a rest. You know Mello is scared to death of those things," Matt spoke to the girl.
"Oh, FINE. Just tell him to stay away from my book." Charlotte said.
"Will you three please grow up already?" A voice said. They all looked toward the door at the genius of Wammy's, 'L'. L was their elder by three years, making him twelve.
"Sorry L," Matt and Mello said, ducking out of the room. Everybody at Wammy's respected L.
"Shut up, jerk!"
Except Charlotte.
"You think you're so great just 'cause you're the smartest!" Charlotte said. "Will you quit acting so grown up all the time? It's ANNOYING! Seriously, do you KNOW the meaning of RESPECT? Or FUN?!"
"You shouldn't speak like that to me." L bent down to look Charlotte in the face. "That's not nice."
"You're stupid!" Charlotte scrunched up her nose.
"You look cute when you do that. If you're that cute people will end up hating you," L smirked.
"Don't call me 'cute'! Jerk!" Charlotte stuck her tongue out at the messy-haired boy. Then she turned and grabbed her book, leaving the genius wondering, "Why does she hate me?"
/Rin/
"Oh my gosh, Rin!" Yani, Rin's best friend exclaimed. "I can't believe you told him!"
Yani was ecstatic. She was smiling while she paced back in forth in front of her swing set. "And he HUGGED you! With his ACTUAL biceps!!"
Rin blushed again. Earlier that day at school, she had told a boy named Light Yagami that she thought he was cute. Yani thought that he liked her too, because whenever any other girl said that she liked him, he didn't care.
"Yani, relax!" Rin blushed, sighing. "He doesn't HAVE biceps! We're only ten. And maybe he was just being nice!"
"So?" Yani rolled her eyes. "He was being nice to those other girls when he said 'thank you for telling me that'. Did he blush and hug them? NO! He blushed and hugged YOU!"
Rin blushed. "Well…"
"He likes you! He likes you! Light Yagami liiiiiikes you!" Yani sing-songed.
Yani sing-songed.
Rin blushed again.
"Hey Rin!" A voice said.
Both girls turned towards the voice.
"Hmph," Yani smirked, elbowing Rin as she blushed.
/Haruhi 'Charlotte'/
"I HATE YOU L!" Charlotte screamed at her elder. "Go be a homosexicle!"
"You mean homosexual?" L responded.
"HA! I KNEW IT!" Charlotte stuck her tongue out at him.
L rolled his dark eyes. "You annoy me greatly."
"You can't say that you homosexicle!" Charlotte scrunched her nose up at the boy.
"Why not, cutie?" L teased.
"Don't call me that you jerk! And you can't say that because… because… YOU HAVE THE HOTS FOR MELLO!" Charlotte smirked at L.
L's face went blank. "W-what?"
"HEY MELLO!" Charlotte yelled the blonde boy.
"Wha?" The blonde said with a mouth full of chocolate.
"L has the hots for you!!" The girl said.
Mello's eyes widened. Matt's face turned bright red.
"PAWS OFF! MELLO'S M" The maroon-haired boy started. "I mean, you can have 'im." The boy crossed his arms, turning back to his video game.
Charlotte's face turned bright red as Mello ran out of the room.
"Anything you have to say?" L said the Charlotte.
"Um… well… uh… bye!" The embarrassed girl ran out of the room, after Mello.
/Rin/
"So, um, Rin? Can I t-talk to you?" Light Yagami moved the hair from his eyes with a head-jerk.
"S-sure!" Rin said, trying not to sound over-excited.
"I have to go now," Yani smirked.
"Where!? THIS IS YOUR HOUSE!" Rin exclaimed. Yani was usually there for Rin at ANY TIME, but she's leaving her when LIGHT COMES OVER!?
"Um..." Yani suddenly gripped her stomach. "Aaah diarrhea!"
"She enjoys sharing," Light said as Yani ran off.
"Y-yeah," Rin blushed.
"So..." Light said, blushing and putting his hands in his pockets.
"So…" Rin blushed, putting her hands behind her back.
"Um, well… about what you told me today…" Light said nervously.
"I-I'm sorry if I freaked you out," Rin blushed. "I just… I just… um… I-i"
Light put his fingers to her lips. "You're cute too." He half smiled.
Rin blushed again.
"I have to go," Light said. "I promised my mom I'd be home before three,"
"Oh-oh-k-kay." Rin blushed.
"But before I go," Light smiled, blushing. He leaned in closer to Rin.
/Haruhi 'Charlotte'/
(this is when she turns 10 okay?? No longer 8)
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE!" A few voices screamed at the sleeping girl.
Charlotte awoke with a jump. "Good morning?!"
Around her bed were Matt, Mello, 'Jesenia', 'Whisper', and Near. They all had smiles on their faces and cards in their hands.
Charlotte stretched, getting out of her bed.
"So you're the big one-ten, right?" Mello asked.
"Yeah," She blushed. Lately, Mello has been a lot… nicer.
After everyone had given their cards to Charlotte and left the room, Charlotte opened up her sketch pad. The most she could draw was a chibi, and she could only draw chibi furries. But at least she could draw something.
She began to sketch (chibi) a drawing of all the important people in her life. Her friends (Mello, Near, Whisper, Matt), her blood sister (Jesenia), and him. For some reason, he kept popping up in her thoughts. And lately, he's been ignoring her, and it was driving her crazy.
"Hey," a voice said from the doorway.
Charlotte looked in the direction of the voice.
"Hey," She blushed.
/Rin/
Light kissed Rin quickly on the cheek. "I guess this is goodbye."
"Goodbye?" Rin asked, with a 'what-are-you-talking-about face'.
"I'm moving," Light bit his lip. "To Tokyo."
"TOKYO?!" Rin exclaimed. "B-but that's halfway across the country!"
"I know," Light sighed. "But I don't have a choice, do I?"
"You could say no!" Rin's eyes started tearing. "I mean, you can live with me!"
"I wish I could, but she's my mother! She said that we're moving and that's that." Light sighed again.
"I don't believe it. I don't believe it." Rin's voice trailed off. "I love.. I love…"
She couldn't get those three words out.
"I have to go," Light said. "Bye, Rin."
The boy walked away with an empty feeling in his heart, and leaving the girl broken-hearted.
Her first love was gone.
/Haruhi 'Charlotte'/
L smiled slightly at her, walking over to her bed. He sat on her bed in an odd position. "Happy Birthday,"
"Thanks," Charlotte blushed.
"You're welcome," The fourteen-year-old boy said hesitantly.
For the past two years, he's been slightly ignoring the now ten-year-old girl. And honestly, he had no idea why.
"Every time I'm around her… I get that funny feeling in my stomach," The boy thought.
"I have something to tell you," L said.
"What is it?" Charlotte turned to face toward him.
"I'm leaving Wammy's." L sighed.
Charlotte's jaw dropped. And much to L's surprise, she started to cry.
"Why are you crying?" L asked her.
"Because you're leaving!" She exclaimed.
"And why does that make you sad?" L whispered.
"Because I love you, you idiot!" Charlotte shouted.
L's face went blank. "You… you love me?"
"Yes!" Charlotte gasped.
L smiled affectionately, slowly lifting Charlotte's face toward his. He carefully wiped her tears away.
"I'm due to leave in a five minutes," L said, stroking the girl's face with the back of his hand. "Promise me something."
"O-okay," Charlotte whispered.
L leaned closer to Charlotte and whispered into her ear. "Never forget about me."
"I won't." Charlotte breathed.
L got up, and started to walk away.
"Wait! L!" Charlotte pleaded.
L turned to look at the girl. "Yes?"
Charlotte got up and hugged his waist. "My true name is Haruhi, just in case we ever meet again."
L bent down to look Charlotte in her face. "I'll remember that."
"Wait, L." Charlotte said.
"Yes?" He looked down at her.
Charlotte pulled L down to her face, and let her lips touch his briefly. "Something to remember me by."