Chapter 1: From the Past
The sun was setting, beginning its journey back behind the horizon and towards the other side of the world, where it was expected to rise. Families began to pack up their picnic baskets and head home with their children to prepare evening supper, but as everyone began to leave the beautiful park, two small children remained in the playground, both occupied their own swing, and both had their gaze casted downwards to the sand below their feet.
"We'll meet again Yumi, this isn't goodbye forever" one of the children said, his dirty blonde hair being tousled by the wind, as his crystal blue eyes now rested on the small black haired girl who sat in the swing next to his own, he sighed when the little five year old girl beside him did not respond to his attempt at reassuring her that this would not be their last meeting. He couldn't blame her for looking so beaten up, he was leaving, and she was going to be staying. The two had become friends because both of their families served in a military branch, which meant they had to be ready to move whenever they were told. The blonde took his gaze away from his small little female friend and casted it downwards with a grave look, he was a year older than she was, but they had clicked the moment they were introduced to each other by their parents, and were happy to learn they were also neighbors, but that was two years ago, now it was time for him to leave, and it tore them apart.
"You promise we'll see each other again Killer?" the small girl asked, finally lifting her gaze from the sand below her feet to the dirty blonde haired six year old beside her, her bright purple eyes held fear and sadness, the blonde couldn't help the need to reassure her that they would meet again, even when he wasn't so sure they would, but he didn't want to leave her sad, he wanted to see her smile one more time before he never saw her again, because he was taught that it was better to remember someone for their smile, not their tears.
"Of course Yumi, we can even keep in contact, my parents say I can write you letters and they'll mail it to your parents so you can read them, and then you can write back to me." The dirty blonde haired boy said optimistically, as he hopped off his swing and walked over to the small black haired girl, and stuck out his right hand, with his pinky outstretched
"I pinky promise you that we'll see each other again, and that I'll always keep in contact so if any of the big kids pick on you again, I'll be there to kick their butts." He said confidently with a big smile, so convince the small girl before him that he was serious, the little girl's purple eyes traveled from meeting his gaze to the pinky that was outstretched before her, she let what he was promising sink into her mind, before a big smile also appeared on her face as she linked her little pinky with him
"Okay pinky promise" she said with a big smile, the dirty blonde haired boy then gave her a playful look
"Race you back home, last one home is a rotten egg" he said before he took off running, the little girl's purple eyes widen as she got up from her swim and took off after her dirty blonde haired friend
"Hey killer you had a head's start, that's cheating!" she yelled running after the blonde, a smile on her face that matched his as the two children ran home laughing all the way there.
12 years later.
"Hey earth to Killer, you still with me!?" a girl with dark brown hair questioned as she looked into Killer's crystal blue eyes, that were hazed over, meaning he was lost in a memory thousands of miles away from where he was. The seventeen year old female's voice was enough to snap the blonde back to reality and away from memory lane, Killer shook his head to clear his mind further *weird wonder why I was remembering that now* he asked himself as his crystal blue eyes met with the chocolate brown eyes of his girlfriend
"Ha-ha sorry perty I'm here, I was just remembering something from a long time ago" he said leaning forward and pressing his lips to hers, the dark brown haired girl smiled against his lips.
"It's okay I thought I lost you there for a minute" she teased getting up from her perch on his lap to go order a drink, the two were currently at a local diner, waiting for their friends to arrive for their usual hang out, but the other three were late, and they both didn't have any homework to keep them preoccupied since they finished it all while in school. Killer's crystal blue eyes watched as his girlfriend walked over to the counter to order her drink, the two had been dating for several months now, it had took them forever to confess their feelings to each other, they had both started off as friends, then had worked their way into the denial phase, it was their friends who had gotten fed up with their constant flirting that finally put them together and forced them to confess their feelings to one another. He couldn't help the smile that made it's way to his lips as he remembered just how his friends were able to force them, the three had locked them both in a room and wouldn't let them out until they told each other how they felt, they were both pretty stubborn so they were locked in the room for hours almost two days, until they finally spat it out.
"You promise we'll see each other again killer?" a small voice whispered into his mind, it caused the dirty blonde haired eighteen year old to jump in his seat and look around the diner, paranoid *what the fuck was that?* he asked himself as he looked around at the few people who occupied some of the diner tables, none looked like the person who owned the small voice of his past childhood friend, *why am I remembering her so much now?* he asked himself as he sighed and sat back into the cushion of the dinner table, he became lost in his thoughts once more, he didn't realize his girlfriend had come back to join him until she waved her small hand in front of his crystal blue eyes
"You're spacing out on me again!" she said laughing as she sat next to him, Killer shook his head with a smile
"I'm sorry I just keep remembering an old friend of mine that I haven't seen since I was six years old" he said placing his arms around her shoulder and pressing his lips to the side of her head to give her forehead a light kiss,
"You two make me sick just watching" a boy with black hair, bright green eyes shielded by glasses said as he walked in, a laptop in his hand and a green backpack slumped over his shoulder, he looked at the couple before him and took a seat in front of the two, the dark haired girl rolled her eyes at the boy
"Shut up big brother, you know you're happy because I'm happy" she said with a bright smile as she took a sip of her ice cold coke, the black haired boy looked at his little sister, and imitated her earlier move, he rolled his eyes
"In some parallel universe where I actually approve of you and this airhead dating I might actually be happy for you both, but since we live in this universe and I don't approve, I beg to differ on the topic of me actually being happy that you're happy with him, I honestly think you could do way better" he said as he opened his laptop to start a class assignment, the dark haired girl just ignored her older brother, while Killer looked at the boy with an amused smirk
"You know Wizar it almost sounds like you're jealous your sister found someone and you haven't, maybe you're tired of being lonely, and I'm pretty sure a laptop doesn't do much for need of companionship." The blonde said leaning his head onto his girlfriend's shoulder; the black haired boy looked up from the screen of his laptop with narrowed green eyes
"I'm not lonely, and I sure as hell am far from being jealous of you two!" he hissed in anger as he pulled out headphones from his backpack and put them into his ear, decided to block the two out and listen to an album he downloaded, the dirty blonde's smirk only grew as he nuzzled his girlfriend's neck, the dark haired girl blushed from the public display of affection form her handsome boyfriend.
"You two going to start making babies in the diner now?" a boy with long purple hair tied back in a low ponytail taunted as he walked over to the three, taking a seat next to Wizar and looking at his two friends amused by their public display of affection, especially the blush on his dark brown haired friend's face. He raised a brow when the blonde haired teen pulled back from his girlfriend's neck to send him an annoyed glare
"Dead Soul you know we have more discretion than that" Killer said taking a sip from his girlfriend's drink, the purple haired teen looked at the two as if he was thinking about what the blonde said, but just as quickly as the contemplative expression appeared in his eyes it vanished.
"I didn't think you both had any discretion what so ever, I figured you two would have probably reached home plate even before officially getting together." The purple haired teen said in a bored tone as he pulled out a paperback book from his pocket, the dark haired girl's blush from her boyfriend's public display of affection grew a thousand fold when she finally caught on to the meaning of what Dead soul had just said
"We haven't gone that far!" she said covering her face from embarrassment, the purple haired teen looked up from his book, completely amused
"Maybe because Killer's a slow hitter." He said before getting up to head to the front counter to order something to eat, the dirty blonde haired teen narrowed his crystal blue eyes to glare at the purple haired boy
"Fuck you Dead Soul." The blonde growled in anger, the purple haired boy only smirked as he left the table; it was the dark haired girl who chose to change the subject
"So has anyone seen Shadow?" she asked concerned for the missing person of their group, the blonde turned his gaze from glaring daggers into the back of the purple haired teen to look at his girlfriend
"I haven't seen Shadow since 5th period, but he's probably just running late, he'll be here soon." The blonde said taking another sip from his girlfriend's drink, Wizar who decided then to look up from his assignment to acknowledge his sister's question,
"If you're so worried about him, why don't you just call him and ask him where he's at." The black haired boy said before using his mouse to click play on his music player and go back to the assignment he was typing, the dark haired girl stared at her brother for a moment before she realized he had a point, she then pulled out her cell phone to call her missing friend, but before she could press call, a black haired boy with bluish-green eyes walked into the diner with an annoyed expression, she quickly shut her phone and put it back into her pocket because the person she was looking for just arrived, she got up from her place next to killer to whack her black haired friend in the back of the head
"Where the hell have you been, you had me worried!" she said pretending to be angry with him, the black haired boy narrowed his bluish-green eyes into a glare as he rubbed the back of his head
"What the hell was that for Wizlover!?" he asked his tone drenched in irritation, the dark haired girl looked at him with a raised brow
"For being late and having me worry." She said going back to her place next to her boyfriend, the black haired boy continued to glare at her as he took a seat next to Wizar
"My mother wouldn't let me leave until all my homework was done, so blame her for making me late, and since when do you worry about me, what did I miss that made you think you could cover it by using me?" he asked curious as to why his female friend was behaving oddly, before either of the pair could respond, Dead soul returned to the table with his food
"Apparently, Killer doesn't know how to fuck his girlfriend or he's really slow at sealing the deal" the purple haired boy said bluntly as he took a seat next to shadow and began eating his food, the blonde's crystal blue eyes narrowed into slits again as he glared daggers at the purple haired boy
"Our sex life is not up for discussion" Killer hissed in annoyance, as he looked away from his so called friends and out the window, Wizlover who just then realize what Dead Soul said blushed deeply, and Shadow watched amused at how red his friend's face was
"Why did their sex life or how did their sex life become a topic for teasing?" Shadow asked wondering why they were discussing his friends' intimate lives in public, but then again he could careless, it didn't really concern him, Wizlover shrugged and turned to Killer to see if he would explain why Dead soul was targeting their sex life, but Killer was intently staring at something outside of the window, well more like someone. Wizlover followed her boyfriend's trail of vision to see a girl with long black hair and one single purple streak in her hair; she tilted her head to the side confused as to why Killer was staring at this girl like he recognized her.
"Hey Killer you still with us?" She asked waving her hand in front of her boyfriend's face, the dirty blonde haired teen snapped out of the daze he had found himself in and looked at his girlfriend and at the staring faces of his friends
"Sorry, she looked familiar" he said looking down at the table like something had just come to mind and he couldn't understand what it was, Shadow who was confused as to who Killer was talking about looked outside to see a girl with slightly long black hair with one single purple streak, dressed in a black and purple plaid Tripp dress, with black knee high boots, *She's cute* he silently thought to himself, as he watched her walk towards the entrance to the diner that he and his friends were currently hanging out in,
"They look new, never seen them around here before" Wizar said watching as the girl walked into the diner, followed by a male with black hair and stormy gray-blue eyes, dressed in black slacks and a dark gray v-neck shirt.
"You think those two are together?" Dead Soul asked, looking at Shadow with a teasing glint in his eyes, Shadow gave a small glare to his purple haired friend for reading his thoughts, he sometimes found himself hating the fact his purple haired friend had the ability to read his and everyone else's thoughts, but sometimes it came in good use.
"No… they're siblings." All four turned their heads to look at Killer, The blonde continued to watch the two, memories of when he was 6 years old coming back to his mind, he remembered playing with the two when they were children, and he didn't expect to see them again 12 years later, in the same exact diner that he and his friends were currently in, part of him wanted to go up to them, ask them how they've been, and what they were doing there, but the other part of him told him to just leave them alone, he didn't keep to his promise of always keeping in contact, he had actually forgotten all about keeping in contact when he moved to this town because he automatically made new friends who replaced the two, the friends who were with him now were the ones he used to replace them, and now the two friends he had in his past were standing only several feet away.
"And you know their siblings how?" Wizar asked the question they were all wondering, Killer turned his gaze away from the two to look at his group of friends
"I use to know them, back when I was 6 before I moved here, they were my childhood friends but I haven't talked to them in the last 12 years so I doubt they remember me, but the girl her name is Ayumi and if I remember correctly right now she's 17, the boy that's Takeru, but I use to call him Ken, he's the older brother and I believe he's the same age as me, 18." Killer explained as he watched the two, *They've grown up a lot, especially Ayumi, I wonder how they've been, or how much they've changed since we were kids.* Killer silently asked himself, *Why don't you get some balls and go up to them and ask for yourself* Dead Soul's voice was loud and clear in Killer's mind, the blonde glared at the purple haired teen
"Get out of my head." He said a little annoyed because he was confused on what he should do. It was Wizlover who decided to act first, the dark haired girl stood up and walked over to the siblings who had just walked into the diner and were waiting to take their order, as they waited they were looking at the menu deciding on what to order. Wizlover took a deep breathe and tapped on the shoulder of the black haired girl with the single purple highlight
"Excuse me?" she said, the boy was the first to turn to her, and he looked at her oddly as if he wasn't use to strangers just approaching him, but his suspicious nature vanished in an instance, and he smiled at her,
"Yes?" he asked, it was then that the black haired girl turned to her, chocolate eyes meeting purple
"I was wondering if you two happen to be new in town?" Wizlover asked smiling warmly at the two siblings, the black haired girl gave her a warm smile in return and a nod
"yeah we just moved in, we actually decided to go for a drive around town to get use to our new home, we thought about stopping here to get a bite to eat, we heard it was highly recommended." The girl said optimistically, Wizlover looked at the brother from the corner of her eyes only to see he was looking at the menu not really caring that his sister was talking to a complete stranger, that's when Wizlover decided to introduce herself
"Oh my where are my manners, my name's Wizlover" she said outstretching her hand, the black haired girl shook her hand in return without hesitation
"I'm Ayumi and this is my big brother Takeru" she said brightly as she introduced herself and her older brother, the older teen, looked at his sister then to Wizlover with a nod
"It's nice to meet you Wizlover" he said turning around and ordering whatever it was he decided on, Ayumi noticed her brother's actions.
"Ha-ha I'm sorry if he seems a little stand off-ish, he's normally not like this, I think it's because we're both tired and he's on pins and needles about having to start over again, it really is nice to meet you." Ayumi said kindly and apologetically for her brother, Wizlover smiled
"It's no big, but hey if you have any questions or need any thing feel free to ask me, I'll be sitting over there with my boyfriend and friends. You can come join us if you like" Wizlover offered, Ayumi smiled
"Thank you, but we're ordering to go, I'm pretty sure our parents are wondering where we are, could I maybe take a rain check on your offer?" Ayumi asked as she looked at her brother from the corner of her purple eyes, Wizlover smiled a huge grin
"Of course here lets trade phone numbers, I'd be happy to show you around town, I'll be your own personal tour guide." She joked, Ayumi laughed and she noticed that Takeru was smiling at her humor.
"Sure I'd love that, it's great to meet such a cool person on my first day in town" Ayumi said taking out a pen and writing her number down on a sheet of paper and handing it to Wizlover
"Call me whenever you're free." Ayumi said as she watched her brother collect their orders and walk out the door towards his black Honda s2000, which was parked next to her black Mazda rx7. Wizlover nodded
"I'll definitely do that." She said as she watched Ayumi walk out the door and towards her car, Wizlover smiled as she walked back over to her boyfriend and hers friends.
End to chapter 01.
