The story begins on a dark rainy night; suddenly a man wearing black cloak and a mask appeared in to the night.
While he was covering behind a tree the man got a call, "they are coming through there now, and don't mess it up this time!" said the voice at the other end.
Just as the call ended the man took out a large belt with nails and put it across the road and went back to his place and watched, and just a few minutes later a car came to the view.
If it didn't rain so hard they probably would have noticed the trap lying ahead of them and just as expected despite the sound of the rain, "BOOM!" went the sound of the tires blowing up.
Then the car spun out of balance, and screams were heard as it went crashing into the lake.
The man watched the car hit the water surface and then he took the belt and said to the phone "it's done" and without a glance back he disappeared into the night.
Moments before Mr. and Mrs. Yukihara were the happiest couple in the whole world.
They were just heading back home after being discharged after two weeks of the delivery of their lovely two daughters; Mikan and Aiko, but that was before the crash.
Yuka got back her conscience after few seconds after the crash hearing their babies wail, and then she woke up her husband, who was also unconscious after hitting his head, but luckily he opened his eyes and the car was sinking more and more into the water and the storm didn't help them also.
"Yuka, we have to get out of here fast! You swim to the bank first and I'll get the girls, come on fast!" yelled Izumi, Yuka protested, but after seeing the stern look on Izumi she nodded then she got out of the car and swam crying up to the bank, just then the car sunk down completely and the water current kept increasing.
Yuka got onto the bank and saw Izumi then she grabbed the branch of a tree fallen due to the storm and held out her hand to Izumi, but because of the rain she couldn't find Izumi, "IZUMI!" she yelled into the rain and she was about to get back into the water when Izumi grabbed her, "wait! It's alright now.
They are here" said Izumi then when he turned, there was only one basket; he was so sure that he brought both of them, he stood frozen on the spot, he had no words to say, "Honey, I can't find Mikan, she's around here somewhere right? Damn this rain! I can't find her!" yelled Yuka "I... I... I don't know she was right here…" said Izumi still in shock.
The rain was slowing down fast, just as it began. "Maybe… maybe if we go back… the river… we have to find her…" mumbled Yuka, and trying to go back into the water, just then Izumi, who was coming back to his senses grabbed Yuka, "NO! Wait YUKA! It's too late. The current is too fast, I messed up I'm sorry. I'm Sorry. We can't do anything now; it's too late now" he said holding Aiko tightly and keeping her far away from the river, but Yuka didn't seem to understand him, "No, no, NO! That can't be. Let me go Izumi! We have to find her. No, MIKAN!" shouted Yuka.
While Yuka was shouting, the storm was passing and the basket carrying Mikan, floated far away, following the current and the river, as if it was alive, took the basket gently rocking it, making the little girl inside fall into a deep sleep.
Because of the storm, two rivers were joined by a small Stream, and the basket following this stream went into another river. Probably it wasn't that unlucky for her, because the basket went and hit a river bank near an orphanage, and due to the sudden stop, Mikan started to cry.
Now in the orphanage, Ji Chan; the caretaker of the orphanage always had the trouble sleeping at night, and the smallest sound was enough to wake him up, and hearing the baby's cry, he woke up, and at first he thought it was just a child in the nursery, but as he listened carefully he heard the cry from outside, and he took out a torch and set out, yelling, "Hello! Is anyone out there?!" he continued to follow the sound and then found the basket stuck in the river bank and took it inside.
He took Mikan out and replaced her wet blankets with dry ones. He knew she wasn't abandoned like the other orphans, so he checked for a clue all over her clothes and the basket, but he found nothing, then he suddenly saw a glint on the blanket and when he checked, he saw a gold bracelet that said, "Mikan A&Y", "so your name is Mikan, little one? What happened to you?" Said Ji Chan cuddling the baby, he took some milk from the refrigerator and heated up and fed her the milk, which she gulped down at once, and she fell asleep in his arms.
The next morning Ji Chan Checked all the news papers for missing notices, and also left notices at the local stations, incase if someone came finding for her.
1 day, 2 days, 3 days, weeks passed by, but no one came looking for her, so he finally decided to keep Mikan with the rest of children. By now she had already opened her eyes, which were big and honey brown, and she had the cutest smile which she showed every time she saw Ji Chan. Ji Chan looked into her brown eyes and said, "welcome Mikan to your new home", trailing his finger on her eyebrows.
