She considers herself an orphan, though she knows her parents are probably alive somewhere. Somewhere. She doesn't care. The day they left her was the day they died in her heart. The only two people she wants to see again are her little brothers. OC-based story. May be romance later.
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A/N: Hello, readers! I just got into the HxH fandom recently (and completely absorbed every good fanfic, including the ones on WattPad, AO3, and Quotev), and now I need more. But I couldn't find any! So now I'm making my own.
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chapter zero: prologue
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"Kohaku-chan?"
Said girl stands up. "Yes, Mother?"
"We can only keep two."
Kohaku furrows her eyebrows. What does that mean?
The young six year old tries to contemplate it as best as she can. "What does that mean, Mother?" Kohaku finally inquires.
"Choose, Kohaku. It's either you or your two brothers. Choose who will stay." Kohaku's mother replies.
Kohaku is quiet. She is quiet because she doesn't understand. "What do you mean by that, Mother? I don't get it—"
Slap.
Her mother shrieks, tears in her eyes. "Stop making this harder than it needs to be, Kohaku! Choose who lives! You, or your brothers!"
Kohaku's emerald eyes are wide. "Mother?"
"Choose, Kohaku! Just do it!" Mother screams at Kohaku.
And Kohaku doesn't understand. But seeing her mother like this makes her feel bad.
However, Kohaku is smart enough to know that Mother wants her to make a decision.
She looks at the still, sleeping forms of her brothers in Father's arms. Father has been quiet for this entire time.
Sanke and Showa Koizumi. Kohaku's twin, four year old little brothers.
She knew from the moment she first saw them that she loved them.
Kohaku looks up at her parents.
"I choose them."
A single tear falls down her cheek, and she doesn't know why.
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She goes by Miku now. The last syllable from her surname and first name. Koizumi. Kohaku. Miku.
It's a way to commemorate her parents, and yet distance herself from that memory.
What happened that night?
They left her. Granted, it may not have been completely willfully, but they left her.
And while Miku knows it spared her brothers, she can't forgive them.
When she fell asleep that night, they brought her to Meteor City. And they simply... left her.
She woke up amidst a dump, and immediately knew they wouldn't be coming back for her.
What does she have left?
The answer is: nothing.
She has naught but the clothes on her back.
But she knows she wants to see her brothers again. Even if they don't remember her.
Her. Kohaku.
At remembering her name, she laughs. Her parents had an odd sense of humor, naming their children after the three main breeds of nishikigoi. Also more commonly known as koi or carp.
Kohaku, Sanke, and Showa.
Today, it becomes just Sanke and Showa.
She lets Kohaku Koizumi fade away into a distant memory that morning, as she watches the sun rise.
Now, she is Miku. Just Miku. And she will survive. Survive for what, she does not know.
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Yes, it's a very short prologue! I'm not a very big fan of long prologues (unless they're interesting). Short and sweet is the way to go! Anyways, please let me know if I should continue this. If I do, I will update once a week. Probably on Sundays.
R&R, please? I like constructive criticism. Flames are just +1 on my review count.
If this is unclear to you, it will probably become clearer in the next chapter.
And if you have any fic recommendations, PLEASE TELL MEEE.
