Hi guys! Didn't expect me back so soon, huh? To be honest... me neither hehe. Anyways.. I had some time to start on this new story and I have a couple of things I wanted to say about it.

1. Here's a better description of the plot:

New arrival, Zoe Capulet dazzles the members of high society by making herself known in the exclusive social circle of a world where Digimons and Humans once used to live in peace. But it soon becomes clear that Zoe has a dark past. She was once known as Izumi Orimoto, a young nine-year-old whose life was torn apart when her father was falsely accused of murdering the three Celestial Digimons. Now, living under a fake identity, she is determined to seek vengeance on the people who destroyed her father's life - the Kanbaras - by making their lives come crashing down around them. But falling in love with one of her enemies, was never part of the plan.

I like it better than the one in the description zone :)

2. Disclaimer: This story is based/inspired by the TV show: Revenge. HOWEVER, it will have MANY MANY MANY differences. If you've seen the show, then you might notice many similarities at the beginning. But I can guarantee, that as the story progresses, the similarities will decrease a LOT.

3. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them on your reviews. I'll try to answer as much as I can... if I can't I'll tell you that you will have to wait and see as the story progresses.

Also! I'm happy to announce that I have a couple of you who have submitted requests for me to use an OC of yours. As the story goes on, I will make sure to give you your credits if I do decide to use them. For now, these are the three that I have reviewed and approved.

1. Geji Yoru by The Keeper of Worlds

2. Amy Kanbara by Aquamarine6996

3. Akiko Hirosuke by Daffa-X

You will see these characters as the story goes on, so I won't tell them who they are and what their role is the story. You'll have to read and find out.

Alright! Are you guys ready? Here it is, the first chapter of my new story... CHAPTER 1!

PS: I apologize for the length. I intend to make this story a bit longer in the chapters, but they might not be as long as this one. Anyways.. ENJOY! AND REVIEWWWWWWWW.

Veiled Truth

Chapter 1: Prologue

NORMAL POV:

Long ago, the universe used to be composed of several dimensions. There were two particular worlds that stood out from the rest: the Human World, known as Earth, and the Digital World, which was inhabited by Digimons. These two realms didn't know about the existence of the other, but one day, everything changed. The wall that separated the two dimensions was brought down by a rare alignment of the four moons: the Earth's moon, and the Yellow, Blue and Red moons from the Digital World. Nobody knows why, but this caused a sudden detonation in which the data from the Digital World fused with Earth, forming a new world with both sides that was later called Terra-Byte. This new world ended up being a combination of the two sides, so there was a mix of lands from both of them.

In Terra-Byte, Digimons and Humans learned to coexist under the same society after the initial shock of finding a new species, but they each decided to keep their own rulers. Today, humans were under the authority of the most powerful and wealthiest family of humans, The Kanbaras. Digimons, on the other hand, remained under the authority of the three Celestial Digimons: Ophanimon, Seraphimon and Cherubimon.

The two group of leaders made arrangements in which no party would be allowed to attack the other and could interact in peace. If circumstances came to occur, you would be judged or sentenced depending on what species you belonged to. For generations, their agreement was kept, and everyone seemed to be living peacefully. That is, until that one day came.

NORMAL POV: 14 years ago

Nine-year-old, Izumi Orimoto, was building a sand-castle in Akajima, her favorite beach of the Okinawa Island. The island was beautiful. It was surrounded by clear blue waters with bright pigmented coral reefs everywhere. The white sand cascaded across the land, while the salty, warm waters crashed against the rocks. Native birds were seen flying in the air along with a few other flying Digimons. The warm summer breeze brushed the island's colorful hibiscuses making them dance in the wind.

Okinawa was also the part of the world where the wealthiest people, like the Kanbaras, lived. Izumi had been lucky enough to be the daughter of Akito Orimoto, a highly successful businessman that had managed to become a billionaire by investing in several firms.

Under the burning sun, Izumi made her way over to the cerulean ocean and filled it with water. When she was satisfied, she retrieved her bucket, brushed a strand of her golden hair behind her ear, and began to make her way back to where her sandcastle was. For a nine-year-old, she did a pretty good job. She had managed to finish two out of the four towers and the wall that connected them, decorated them with different seashells she found in the sand, made holes in it to create the doors and windows, and even dug up a circle around the fortress so that it could later be filled with water and become a river.

On her way back to the sand castle, however, she tripped and fell on the sand, spilling the contents of her plastic bucket. She turned her head to see what had caught her foot and saw a smirking boy of her same age. The boy had sapphire eyes, and long raven hair that was tied up back in a ponytail and covered by a navy blue bandana, with his leg extended.

"Kouji!" cried Izumi as she scolded the boy, who had burst out into laughter. "Why did you do that for?"

Kouji tried to control his laughter and wiped away a tear. "You just seemed so out of it today that I had to."

"It's not funny!"

"Agree to disagree."

Izumi rolled her green orbs at him and picked herself up, as well as her bucket.

"Aww don't be like that, Izumi" pouted the boy. "Come on, I'll help you fill the bucket again ok?"

Izumi hesitated and then smiled. "Fine... butthead."

The two kids went over to the ocean to fill the bucket with more water. Kouji and Izumi had known each other for as long as they could remember. While Izumi might have been rich, Kouji was not. His father owned a bar in town and they lived simple a simple life. Regardless of their economic differences, they had become the best of friends and they were always making sure they had each other's backs.

"So, Kouji", said Izumi. "How is going with your new brother?"

"He's actually pretty cool", responded Kouji. "Kind of weird, though."

"Weirder than you?"

Kouji rolled her eyes. "Shut up... But we're getting along pretty well. When my mom got back together with my father, I was pretty upset about having a twin that I didn't know about and thought I wouldn't like him. But... I don't know... I guess he's grown on me."

"Aww that's great! Do you guys have much in common?"

"Not exactly. He's more into supernatural stuff, when I clearly don't believe in that. But I guess those differences don't matter much because we have done a lot of things together. Actually, I invited him over today. He should be here by now..."

Their conversation was interrupted when a certain Digimon jumped out of the water and splashed the two children. The white, furry seal creature with no nose and long ears, had purple markings, an orange-red mane, large claws, a short tail, and a W-shaped smile with two pointed teeth protruding out.

"Hey guys!" giggled the little rookie.

"Gomamon!" laughed Izumi. "You scared me."

"Oh, sorry.. hehe. I didn't mean to do that. What are you guys up to?"

"I'm helping Izumi finish her sandcastle," said Kouji as he pointed to the granular fortress in the shore.

"That's so cool!" said Gomamon. "Can I help?"

"Sure", smiled Izumi. "Why don't you help me fill the circle around the castle with water? I want it to make it look like a river."

"No problem, Izumi!"

"Can I help, too?"

The three of them turned around in the direction of the voice and saw a young boy, who looked exactly like Kouji, except he had short hair and was wearing green shorts.

"Hey Kouichi!" said Kouji. "It's about time you got here."

"Sorry," the short haired twin smiled sheepishly. "I got lost."

"That's ok... Kouichi, this is Izumi. She's been my best friend since before I can remember."

"Hello!" said the blonde girl. "Nice to finally meet you! I've heard many good things about you."

"Likewise!"

"And this is Gomamon."

"Hey!" said the seal-like digimon.

"It's nice to meet you both! Would you mind if I help you guys?"

"Not at all", said Izumi. "Let's get to work."

The three children and Gomamon got back to working into finishing the castle. Izumi had temporarily left her post to search for more seashells to decorate her remaining towers, while the twins sculpted them and Gomamon filled the river.

Half an hour later, the children and the digimon took a step back to examine their work. It looked pretty good and they decided to make it even bigger, so it was now about as tall as they were.

"Wow."

They turned around and saw Akito Orimoto, Izumi's father, standing behind them. He had the light brown hair, but his eyes were as green as his daughters'.

"Hi, Daddy!" smiled Izumi.

"Hey, Mr. Orimoto", said Kouji. "This is my twin brother, Kouichi."

"Oh, hello son", said Akito. "Welcome to Okinawa. It's great to know that Kouji's parents are back together and that now he can have a brother as well."

"Thank you, sir. I'm excited to have one too."

Akito amiled and then turned his attention back to the sandcastle that was behind the children.

"You guys did this all by yourselves?" asked Akito.

"Well, Izumi did half of it" said Gomamon. "But the rest of us helped her finish it."

"Nicely done", grinned Akito. "You kids should pose for a photo with your work. Come on, get together and I'll take the picture."

The kids smiled and sat on the sides of the castle. Kouji and Kouichi were on the left side and Izumi and Gomamon posed on the right side.

"Ok!", said Akito. "Say, 'Digi-cheese'!"

"Digi-cheese!"

* Clink *

The flash went off on Akito's instant Polaroid camera and the picture was taken. A second later, it printed a copy of the picture.

"This looks great!" said Akito. "Kouji, why don't you have it? I can print another copy later."

"Oh, thanks Mr. Orimoto!" responded Kouji as he took the picture into his hands. "I'll make sure to save this."

"You better, haha. Well, Izumi the sun's about to set so it's time we start heading back home."

"Ok, daddy!"

Akito then turned to the twins. "You boys need a ride?"

"No, it's ok", responded Kouji. "We brought our bikes here so we'll be home in ten minutes."

"Alright, then. You boys be safe ok? Bye you all!"

"Bye guys!" waved Izumi. "Bye Gomamon! See you guys tomorrow."

"Bye!" waved the other three, as Izumi and her father disappeared into the distance.

Five minutes later, Izumi and Akito arrived to their home. They lived in a beautiful oceanfront house near the beach. It had two stories, three bedrooms, four bathrooms, 2,000 square feet of balcony and porch space, and 5,000 square feet of interior space. It also contained a beautiful living room with a modern fireplace, a modernized kitchen and a study room that served as a library and as Akito's home office. The walls of the first floor were a light shade of blue, and the entire house was decorated with beautiful seashell decorations, most of which Izumi had made herself with her mother when she was alive. However, she passed away in a car accident two years ago. Even though the Orimotos were devastated, the bond between Izumi and her father strengthened and they became closer than ever.

The two of them opened the door and brushed away some of the sand in the door mat. As soon as they entered, they were saluted by a small orange creature. It had orange, tufty body hair all over it's round body and a white face. Like Gomamon, he had a W-shaped smile, but he has a large black horn sticking out of his head and red eyes.

"Hi, Tsunomon!" cried Izumi as she wrapped her arms around the Digimon.

"Hey, Izumi!" responded the in-training Digimon. "How was the beach?"

"It was so great! Kouji, his twin brother, Gomamon and me made a sand-castle!"

"Wow! Cool! I learned a new trick. Want to see?"

"Sure!"

The little Digimon prepared himself and took a deep breath.

"Bubble blow!"

As soon as he said that, several bubbles came from his mouth and Zoe had a fun time popping them.

Izumi giggled. "That's so cool!"

"Yeah, congratulations Tsunomon!" laughed Akito. "Now, Izumi get dried up and come back down. I will start making dinner."

"Ok, love you daddy!" said the young girl as she kissed her father's cheek.

Akito smiled. "Love you too, kiddo."

Zoe rushed up the stairs, followed by Tsunomon. She made her way to her room, which was the second door on the right and placed her beach bag in her puffy, violet chair. Izumi's room was beautiful. It had lavender walls and a white stripe on both, the top and the bottom. The walls were all decorated with beautiful oil paintings of oceanic scenarios, where the wind moved the waves and made them look as if they were dancing. On the left, there was a white modern desk, that had a few drawings on the surface, and matching bookshelves filled with Izumi's favorite tales. To the right, there was her bed. She had a full-sized bed, with a violet comforter that had white and lavender butterfly designs on it. The bed was covered by fluffy pillows that varied between the three colors as well. It also had a canopy bed frame, from which hung two violet, chiffon drapes. Her dad had them especially installed to make Izumi feel like a princess. Finally, she had a full-sized bay window that went from the floor to the ceiling, across the entrance. The view overlooked the ocean and had a clear view of the mansion that belonged to her neighbors, the Kanbaras.

After showering the ocean from her, Izumi gazed out the window and stared at the large mansion across from her house. She had never once entered the mansion, but it looked bigger than any other house in the area. The property was a white, classic mediterranean estate of 16,100 square feet within a lot size of 2 acres, with two stories.. The entrance was beautifully decorated with a breathtaking garden and a shallow but long in-ground pool that went from the gates up to almost the actual main entrance of the house. Izumi was in awe with such a beautiful scenery. Not that she envied it or anything, but anyone who saw the house was simply mesmerized by such greatness. Well, why wouldn't it be? It did, after all, belong to the most powerful and wealthiest people of all.

"I wish I could see the inside of that house", said Izumi as she combed her hair.

Tsunomon looked puzzled. "Why?"

Izumi shrugged. "I don't know. I just think it would be cool. They must have so many stuff in there."

Tsunomon laughed. "Yeah, I guess. But I'm not sure I would go there."

"Why not?"

"Well... I just thunk the Kanbaras are... strange. Don't you think?"

Izumi paused and thought for a moment. Tsunomon brought a good point. Now that she thought about it, she had only seen the Kanbaras a few times in her life, but she never got a good feeling from them. Diana Kanbara, the mother, was beautiful. She was always very elegant and was never seen without wearing heels. Her husband, Grayson Kanbara was also quite attractive, and he was always sharped dressed. But something about them didn't quite add up. Every time she saw them, there was a cold look in their eyes that brought chills to her spine. Everyone always groveled at their feet, but Izumi didn't understand this. She knew they were powerful as well as adored and feared by many, but people tried to hard when it came to them. In her mind, there were just regular people. There's no need for adoration, right?

"I guess you're right, Tsunomon" sighed Izumi. "I don't get a good vibe from them."

"Me either. And I can't say much more of their children, either."

Izumi chuckled. "Aw, you've barely seen them!"

"Well, you haven't seen them much either!"

Another good point. Izumi was only aware that the Kanbaras had children because she saw them get into a car one time when she was on her way to school. There were two boys, one of which seemed to have the same age as her and one who seemed a year older, and a girl, who looked around three years younger. She found it strange that they didn't go to her same school. Okinawa Elementary School was the best private educational facility in all the island, so she didn't understand why the kids didn't go there. Also, she found it odd that she never saw them outside the house, playing with other children.

There was another thing that bothered her about the Kanbaras in general. She knew they were friends with her father, but she was never invited over to their house. She found it very strange, but her father had explained to her that he didn't want her to be around them that much. He never said why, though, and that bothered her.

"Izumi, Tsunomon! Dinner's ready!"

Izumi's father's voice interrupted their conversation and snapped them back into reality.

"Coming, daddy!"

Izumi finished brushing her hair and quickly out on a pair of white shorts, a lavender tank top and her matching sneakers. Before heading out, she took another glance at the window and spotted one of the boys in his room's balcony. He was the one that was around her age.

"Are you coming, Zoe?" asked Tsunomon as he stood in the door.

Izumi blinked a couple of times, turned around to face her friend Digimon and nodded. As Tsunomon exited the room, Izumi turned her head back to the boy's balcony, only to find him gone.

At dinner, Izumi sat next to her father at the table. He had made his famous spaghetti carbonara with little pieces of bacon.

"Questo è deliziozo, papà!" said Izumi. "You really just keep getting better and better in the kitchen."

Akito laughed. "Gratzie, mia ragazza. But I can barely hold a candle to what your mother used to cook like."

There was a silence in the table and hint of sadness spread across Akito's face. Izumi missed her mother as well, but she couldn't bear to see her father in so much pain. She stood up and wrapped her small arms around her neck and kissed his cheek.

"I bet mom would've told you that you've improved and that you should cook more often so she could catch up on her soap operas", she teased.

Akito laughed and hugged his daughter. "Yeah, that's true. Those God damn shows she watched drove me crazy."

"I know, right?" giggled Izumi as she returned to her seat. "I mean what's interesting about an over-dramatic show, where they have terrible actors and the most ridiculous and unreal life situations in the world, as well as ALWAYS having an attractive man named Alejandro or something along those lines, who every girl in the series fights to be with?"

Akito's laugh got louder. "Yeah, she always nagged me about not being as romantic as that "Alejandro"... I'm telling you... she would've left me for him."

"Aww, that's not true. Mom loved you as much as you loved her."

Akito smiled and brushed Izumi's cheek with his thumb. "She loved you too, Izumi. Very much."

Izumi returned his smile and nodded. "I know."

The two resumed having dinner and enjoyed the company of each other. Tsunamon was devouring his food and he was already on his second plate, while Akito and Izumi were having their first one.

"Easy there, Tsunamon", teased Akito. "You might choke."

"Sorry... hehe."

Akito shook his head in amusement and turned to Zoe. "So, I guess Kouji and his brother Kouichi have bonded a lot, haven't they?"

Izumi nodded. "Yes. Kouji told me they've actually haven't had a hard time in adapting to each other. He thought it might have been weird at first, but thankfully it hasn't."

"That's great."

Izumi paused and thought for a moment before saying what she was about to say next.

"Daddy?"

"Yes, kiddo?"

"When are you going to visit the Kanbaras?"

Akito was taken aback by his daughter's question . "Why do you ask?"

"Well... I was wondering if I could go with you."

Akito sighed. "Izumi, I already told you... I don't think it's such a good idea for you to be too involved with them."

"Why not, though? You're good friends with them. Why can't I?"

"Well.. I think they're nice people. But I don't agree with some of the views they have of the world."

"Like what?"

"Just... about Digimons."

Izumi raised an eyebrow. "What about the Digimons?"

Akito rolled his eyes in amusement. "You're really full of questions tonight, aren't you?"

"I'm just curious", shrugged Izumi. "Besides, I feel back for their kids. They never seem to interact with other children."

"On the contrary. Those three kids are very nice, and they have plenty of friends in their school."

"Oh, really? Where do they go to school?"

"Okinawa Private Academy. Only the best of the best are admitted there."

"I thought my school was the best."

"It is also one of the best schools in the area. The thing with OPA is that they are more exclusive. They only allow people from rich families to go there. I think it's silly, and I think you should have a wider range of people you interact with, not only the rich kids."

"Oh, I see. Well, at least they're not lonely then."

Akito smiled and nodded. "They are most certainly not."

After dinner, Akito was washing the dishes and Izumi cuddled up in the couch next to Tsunomon. She grabbed a blanket from the covert and placed them on top of them.

"What should we watch?" asked Izumi to Tsunomon.

"Let's watch the last episode of Cardcaptor Sakura!" said Tsunomon, excitedly. "I was waiting for you all day so we could watch it together."

"Oh, great idea! I left it recording before I went to the beach, so let's do that."

Izumi grabbed the remote and pressed the 'On' button in the remote. However, she was shocked with the two images that appeared before her when the screen went on. The picture on the left portrayed three digimons. The first one resembled a pink rabbit, with long ears that had a Holy Ring in each one. His arms were long and he had a collar similar to the ones you would see on a jester. His name was Cherubimon. Next to him was a Digimon, wearing a green armor, with a golden cross on the helmet and the bottom, as well as a faded lavender dress underneath it. In her hand, there was a golden javelin and, both, her weapon and her, had golden wings in the back. That was known as Ophanimon. The final Digimon looked similar to Ophanimon, but his armor was blue and silver, and had a yellow fabric with red japanese symbols in the front of his lower part. His name was Seraphimon. Izumi recognized them as the three Celestials. They were the ones who governed the Digimon in Terra-Byte.

Next to the Celestials, was an image of Ophanimon's castle, which Izumi had gone to visit with her father the week before, and a thick black cloud of smoke coming out of it. What struck her most about the image was the title: "Breaking News: Murder of the Three Celestials is still under investigation."

"Oh my God!" cried Zoe. "Daddy!"

"What is it?" asked Akito as he poked his head into the living room.

"You have to come see this!"

As soon as Akito saw the image on TV, his face went pale.

"Turn it up, Izumi."

Izumi raised the volume on the remote and braced herself for what was coming.

"... the tragic events that occurred this afternoon in the Area of Light, are still under investigation", said a woman reported that was wearing a red coat. "Earlier today, the authorities reported an incident in Celestial Digimon Ophanimon's castle, where Ophanimon herself, and the other two Celestials, Seraphimon and Cherubimon, were located at the time. They say there was an explosion coming from within the castle that cost the life of the three Celestials, along with everyone else that was inside the fortress at the time."

"Oh my God", sobbed Izumi as she buried herself into her father's arms.

"The only updates we've gotten about the the report of the damage was that this was no accident. As the authorities explored explored the insides of the castle, they found that the explosion came from a powerful bomb that had was purposely placed inside the fortress. There are no suspects as to who could have done this terrible act or why, but the police won't stop until they find who is the mastermind behind all of this. I am Erica Swan, reporting from Okinawa Newscast."

Akito shut the TV off and the three of them remained in silence. Tsunomon had tears running down its cheeks, as well as Izumi. Akito had one arm around each one and was trying to calm them down.

"It'll be ok", said Akito.

They stayed in that position for a long time. The night got darker and none of them dare to speak at all. Finally, the tears had dried and Tsunomon and Izumi had begun to feel calmer, even though the shock of losing the three Celestials remained.

"Who would do this?" asked Tsunomon, his voice cracked.. "And why? I mean, what harm did they ever do to anyone? Everyone loved the three Celestials!"

"I don't know, Tsunomon..." mumbled Akito. "But apparently not everyone liked them..."

Izumi's eyes widened. "Daddy... if the Celestials are dead... then... what will happen to the Digimons? Who's going to rule them?"

Akito thought for a moment and tried to come with an answer.

"I'm actually unsure, Izumi." Akito then turned to Tsunomon. "Do you have a particular power that can replace the Celestials?"

Tsunomon paused and got lost in his thoughts. "Well... there is a legend that my friend told me about a group called "The Ten Legendary Warriors". These warriors were a group of ten Mega-level Ancient Digimon that existed only in the distant past and represented the ten elemental attributes: Fire, Wind, Ice, Thunder, Light, Darkness, Water, Steel, Earth and Wood. The group fought to save the ancient Digital World from a dark force, whose name I forget, and in their past crusade against it, only AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon survived to the end and sealed the dark force away. Even though only two survived, each of them managed to pass on their abilities and left their powers to the Celestials in the form of the Spirits. I'm sure there's more to the story, but I can't remember it very well."

"And how do these spirits work?" asked Izumi.

Tsunomon shrugged. "I'm not entirely sure. It's supposed to be something like the Spirits each choose a DigiDestined to give their abilities to."

"A Digi... what?"

"DigiDestined. Like a hero to save our world. But nobody knows who they are or when they can be summoned. I guess now would be a great time, since they are the only other Digimons capable of running our kind."

"I see..." mumbled Akito. "And these.. Spirits... where are they now?"

"Nobody knows. Besides, now that they're... gone... I don't know if we'll ever find them."

Izumi and Akito exchanged worried glances. Tsunomon dropped his gaze and sighed. Digimon and people's voiced could be heard from the outside. By now, everyone must have known about the tragedy and nobody knew what to say or do.

"I'm going to get some water", said Izumi.

She stood up from the couch and started heading towards the kitchen. Suddenly, a beam of light coming from the window flashed in her eyes. As she turned to their door, Izumi found herself face to face with a special force agent, gun drawn. She lets out a scream as she sees that the agents start rushing into the house.

"DADDY!"

"Izumi?!" cried Akito as he rushed towards his daughter.

"Akito Orimoto?" asked the intruder as he pointed his gun at the man in front of him. "Federal Agents! Put your hands where we can see them!"

Akito does as he's told and is seized by three other agents.

"What's going on?!" cried Akito.

"You're under arrest for the murder of the three Celestial Digimon."

"What?!" cried Akito. "You're making a mistake! I didn't do it! I swear!"

"Daddy!" cried Izumi as she held onto Tsunomon, tears running down her cheeks.

Akito was shoved to the floor, and one of the agents pressed his foot against his back. He struggled against their grip and craned his head up only to see that a another agent was going towards Izumi. The agent grabbed her and carried her in his shoulder, making her drop Tsunomon in the process.

"Izumi!" cried Tsunomon.

"DADDY!"

"IZUMI!" screamed Akito. "Get your hands off my daughter! Ler her go! IZUMI!"

Izumi could hear her father's cries for her as she was whisked out the door in the arms of the agent. As she struggled to be released, she caught glimpse of two people she standing next to the other agents that she recognized immediately: Diana and Grayson Kanbara.

That was the last time Izumi saw her father. That night, she cried herself to sleep. Only the wind coming from her window calmed her down. Unbeknownst to her, that night, Izumi and nine other children were surrounded by a ray of light as they slept soundly in their beds.

IZUMI'S POV: 5 years ago

Today was my 18th birthday, a day very special in a girl's life. It's supposed to be the day you stop being a girl, and become a woman. Usually, the birthday girl is surrounded by her dearest friends, family members and any loved ones that have been a part of this important transition. For me, that wasn't the case.

I had spent the last nine years going between institutional care facilities, foster homes and finally where I am now; a Youth Detention Center in Milan, Italy. Or as others call it, "juvie". This place was for troubled girls who seemed to have... let's call them... issues.

Let's face it. I'm definitely one of them. But, who could blame me? My father was a murderer and a liar, and I was severely traumatized by his actions when I was younger. The closest thing I had to a loved one was my friend Rika. We started off on the wrong foot, but we worked things out. But of course, life was always too cruel to me. They sent her off to another facility after she bit a girl's arm. Ha. God knows, the bitch deserved it. Unfortunately, the authorities here didn't seem to see it that way, so they sent Rika away and kept the little bitch here. Typical.

I stood up from my bed and went to the bathroom to wash my face. I took a glimpse at the girl in the mirror and hardly recognized her. I had chopped my long, golden locks and cut it up to my shoulders. Of course, I also dyed it black... because that's the color of life. Black. It's just dark and empty and we're only put in this world to suffer.

I start heading back to my room, but crossed one of the guards in charge.

"Happy birthday, Izumi", he said.

"There's nothing happy about it..." I mumbled, my face expressionless.

The guard chuckled. "Don't be like that. Besides, I was just on my way to get you."

I raised my eyebrow and glared at him. "If this is about that bitch Natalie, I can tell you she -"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. No. Relax, will you? Today's your lucky day. You're getting out of here."

My eyes widened. "What?"

"You heard me. You've been emancipated. And also, a Mr. Geji Yoru is waiting for you outside."

"Who?"

The guard rolled his eyes. "You'll see."

I made my way out the door and was instantly blinded by powerful sun. As I adjusted to the light, I caught a glimpse of a boy who seemed to be around 3 years older than me. He was about 5"9' and had a decent build with basic muscle. He had dark blonde hair with blue eyes that had tinges of green around the pupil. He was wearing a black shirt with a red dragon design on the front and the kanji for "Will" on the back also in red, blue jeans with a belt and black tennis shoes with gold & silver striping around them. Around his neck hanged a cross-shaped necklace with a picture-pendant.

"Izumi Orimoto," smirked the boy.

"Who the fuck are you?" I demanded.

"I'm Geji Yoru... I knew your father." He snorted. "You're not exactly the little angel he always spoke of."

My eyes narrowed and I glared at him. "I haven't seen my father in nine years. So you can tell him that he shouldn't even bother sending a messenger over."

I noticed that Geji's eyes widened a bit and he paused.

"Izumi... I'm sorry you're finding out this way but... your father passed away."

My eyes widened for a split second, but I decided to hide my surprise from this stranger.

"Oh", was all I managed to say. "Then what are you doing here? How the fuck did you find me?"

Geji shrugged. "It wasn't easy, but I knew I had to. I promised your father I would give you this."

He took out a wooden box and extended his arms to give it to me. I, however, hesitated on taking it.

"Why should I?" I asked. "My father was a murderer and a liar. I've resented him for all these years and it's because of him that my life turned to crap!" I felt two lines of tears escaping my eyes and my voice beginning to crack. "So why would I ever accept something from such a monster?"

"Because you're dad is nothing like you think he is", responded Geji with a straight face. "Izumi, forget everything you think you know about your father. He did nothing wrong. He was trying to protect you."

I rolled my eyes. "From what?"

"Open the box and find out."

I stared at him suspiciously and noticed that he wasn't showing any type of nerves.

"How did you know my father?"

Geji sighed. "He was friends with my father, but he was the only one who saw my potential."

"In what?"

"Technology. You see, I am a computer prodigy. I've invented several tech programs that are now used everywhere in this world. Your father was the first one to see what I could do, so he decided to invest half of his money in me and my ideas. I promised him I would go far, and... well... Today, I'm worth $49.8 billion dollar, thanks to your father's faith in me. And now that you're 18, you're officially 49% owner of my company."

My eyes widened. "49%?"

Geji nodded. "His original investment has grown, as you can see. Just don't spend it all in one place, sweetheart." He winked at me.

I rolled my eyes at him and proceeded to open my father's box. Inside, there were videos, documents, a laptop, journals and a letter that had my name in the back. I tore it open and recognized it to be my father's handwriting.

"My Dear Izumi,

If you're reading this letter, then two things have happened: I have finally managed to give you back the life they took away from you and have been unjustly denied, and, sadly, I won't be able to share it with you. Izumi, I am not the man they say I am, and I didn't do the things they are accusing me of. I hope you find that everything I've put in this box useful in answering the questions you've had for so many years. But I want you to do one thing for me: forgive. Let go of the past and don't look back. I want you to find a way to be happy and live the life you deserve.

I love you Izumi.

Your father."

A mix of emotions consumed my body at that very moment: sadness, nostalgia, relief... but most of all... anger. I was filled with hate for whoever did this to my father. They'd veiled the truth from me for far too long. So now, I would make it my life's mission into finding out who was responsible for this, and I would not stop until their lives came crumbling around them. Because when everything has been taken away from you and deceit cuts this deep, someone has to pay.

NORMAL POV: Today

The Orimoto Mansion had been vacant for 14 years. Nobody dared to move in into a criminal's, like Akito Orimoto, home. And nobody wanted to tear it down, since the lot would never sell as well. However, a blonde twenty-three-year old girl was spotted entering the property, keys in hand. She walked over to the front porch and inhaled the saltness in the wind from the Okinawan beaches.

The blonde girl smirked and whispered to herself: "I'm back, daddy."

Wow! Ok so that was long ^_^ Hope you liked the beginning of my new story! Who killed the three Celestials? Why? Why did they blame Akito? What sort of plans does Zoe have now? And what was that ray of light? FOLLOW/FAVE to stay tuned! And PLEASEEEE... reviewwww ;D You have no idea how happy it makes me to read them. Besides, you guys always end up giving me great ideas and motivating me to keep writing. So don't be shy! If I can write around 6,000 words for one chapter... I think you can type a few letters in there :)

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