Plot: Serena Richards discovers a huge secret that her parents have kept from her till she recently turned 17. Serena must now travel to Tokyo Japan to start a brand new life. This story follows the events during her time in Japan.

I am going to try and make this as unpredictable as possible. I am not making any promises though.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN OHSHC.

This is my first posting of a story so take it easy on me when reading it!

Take All Of Me

The sound of her feet digging in to the gravel could barely silence the noise going on in her head. Her breath became horse and strained, sweat dripped off her forehead on to her shirt. Music pounded in her ears.

Serena Richards decided to catch her breath underneath a giant tree. Serena threw herself on to the ground. She began to take in the world around her. Every little small detail became more apparent to her. The grass, the sky, and the smell of wild flowers in the little park she spent her days running in. Living in Wilmington, North Carolina was her past, present, and her future. She had a great life here in the south. Now, it was all changing.

Running was Serena's way of solving her problems. It cleared her head and put her in a better, more rational mood. After this problem, no amount of running could solve it or better yet ran her far away from it. The reality of everything hit Serena and she began to cry light sobs at first. The sobs became heavier and more deeper striking her to the very core.

Earlier that day:

" Honey, could come to the kitchen. Your father and I have something to discuss with you. It is really important we tell you, now that you are old enough" her mother yelled to her from upstairs.

"Be down in a sec" she replied. Serena put down her cell phone, shooting a text to a few friends and soon to be boyfriend.

She bounded the stairs two at a time, rounding a corner to find her parents sitting at the table. The looked up their daughter's smiling blue gray eyes, she was unaware of the bomb they were about to drop.

"Serena, we aren't your real parents" Mrs. Richards cried.

"W-What, no… you are. I know you are. This has got to be some joke! I mean I just turned 17. You have to be…how! Serena stammered. This has got to be a sick joke they are playing.

"No, Siri hunny, you aren't out child. You were put on our doorstep when you were a newborn. The family that dropped you off kept in contact with us throughout the years" Mr. Richards filled in for his wife.

"Unbelievable…" Serena felt like all the wind had been kicked out of her. She steadied herself of a chair, lowering herself into a chair. Everything felt unfamiliar and wrong.

"So, then who are my real parents then. Since you lied to me tell me the truth. What am I? "she regretted the cold steeliness to her voice.

"Your mother is half American. Her name is Paula Hokkaido and your father's name is Isamu Hokkaido. He is Japanese. Your looks come from mother than your father. You were left at our doorstep because they were a poor young family. They had no money or means to provide for you. Both your mother and father were disowned from their families. Your father was from the high society and your mother a commoner" he pleaded.

Serena felt hot tears stinging her eyes. She fought to keep them from spilling over but it was no use. They began to stream down her cheeks in hot rivers, her father continued.

"Your parents kept checking up on you from Tokyo. When you were about ten years old, your parents had come into a large quantity of money. They began to pay our bills, mortgage, and other expenses on one condition. That once you turned 17 you were… " Her father stopped. Sobbing into his arms unable to finish the sentence.

"Go on" Serena whispered, afraid of what was to come next.

"That you are going to live with them the remainder of your life and attend your junior year of high school there. " Her mother sighed.

Serena let out a scream so heavy with anguish, anger, and sadness, that it took all the love and trust and wholeness out of her. She felt all urge to fight and cry leave her.

"Never fight an ocean" her father always said. Even if he wasn't her real father those words still spoke true. Life being the ocean, meant never to fight something that keeps changing and moving. Accept it and hope for the best.

"Well, what do I do now, when do I leave"? she struggled to say.

Her father looked at her, sadness filled his eyes. He smiled realizing he and his wife raised a strong and smart daughter; he was going to miss her.

" You leave in three days. Since school has just let out there is time to pack and say your goodbyes".

It was quiet for what seemed like eons, until Serena spoke up:

"Why did you take the money if you knew what the outcome would have been? Why take it if "? The words hurt her to ask, knowing it would hurt to hear part of the truth.

" We had too…" her mother began but Serena interrupted.

" You had too? WHAT THE HELL! TRADE YOUR ONLY DAUGHTER FOR A GOOD SOME OF CASH? IS THAT WHY I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SIBBILINGS, YOU TRADED THEM TOO?" She yelled, she could feel the venom surging threw her veins.

"We were poor. Your mother was having medical issues and your parents handed us the cash, we couldn't say no," A life for a life" if you want to think of it that way. We hoped and prayed that they would have forgotten the bargain; but they didn't. We understand why you are upset" her mother continued.

"They would never understand" Serena thought.

She grabbed her car keys and ran out of the house. She drove until her little park loomed on the horizon. She shot out of her car and ran.

Present time:

Serena laid under the tree for what seemed like hours. She stood her self up, but feeling weak from all the emptiness in her body. She went to her car and drove home to pack and gather up some of the important pieces from her old life, she was unsure about facing the new one she was about to come into.