Riku was standing with her boyfriend Daisuke Niwa next to the fountain. They were leaning on the railing gazing at the beautiful landscape in front of them and enjoying each others company. Riku was extremely happy, and not just because she was with the guy that she loved. Later that day her only cousin on her moms side was coming to stay with them. When they were younger they had been really close. They had talked on the phone for hours, always telling stories about their day. Unfortunately about two years ago something had happened and they had lost touch. But finally Eden was coming from America where she had lived since she was two and hopefully would be staying a long time.

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Eden looked around for her "favorite" cousins. That was how her mom used to describe them. Riku and Risa were the only cousins that she had so there wasn't much competition. Eden sighed and dropped all of her 12 suitcases on the ground. She was told by the stupid "woman in black" that her family would be waiting for her when she arrived in Japan.

The "woman in black" had been her moms lawyer. She was the typical "shark" type, always in a black suit with her long black hair in a tight bun and a permanent look of evil burned into her menacing black eyes. She didn't care about her mom or her but she was the best, and the powerful Jasuta family had to have the best. At least according to her dad.

'I wonder how long I'll be waiting this time' Eden mused. The Harada family had a habit of leaving Eden at the airport for long periods of time. She didn't blame Riku or Risa, it wasn't their faults that nobody remembered her flight time. Under normal circumstances she would have been very angry about being left, but this time she didn't mind one bit. She didn't want to be here any way.

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Risa was sitting in her room with her tarot cards. She finished and was very unhappy with them. According to them, today would be an unlucky day for her. She hoped that they were wrong. She looked at her clock and screamed.

"It's already four o'clock! We're going to be late getting Eden!" she scrambled to her closet and picked out the brand new skirt and shirt she had bought just for seeing her cousin. 'I have to find Riku! She should be with Niwa-kun.' and with that thought she ran out to the waiting car and told the driver to go to Daisuke's house.

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Riku looked down at her watch. 'Four o'clock.' she read. 'Good, I have thirty more minutes before I have to go and meet Eden at her five o'clock flight. She glanced at Daisuke. She loved how he looked when he was relaxed. At school he was always smiling or upset, it made him look kinda immature. When it was just the two of them, when he was relaxed, his face calmed and smoothed. Looking at him now it was amazing how mature he looked. She thought he always looked cute but when he was relaxed he was a different type of cute. She didn't know which way she liked best.'I wonder what a kid of ours would look like.' she got lost in thoughts of this.

"Hey isn't that Risa?" Daisuke asked, effectively snapping her out of her attempts to put together a good image. 'Huh? Risa?' she looked around and sure enough there was Risa running towards her.

"Hey Risa. What's up?"

"I have been looking everywhere for you! Daisuke's Mom told me that you guys were here."she paused to catch her breath, " We're late! Eden's plane arrived at four! Its four thirty!" Risa grabbed her hand and dragged her away to the car.

"Gomenasai Daisuke!" she shouted over her shoulder.

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Eden was sitting in a chair in the lobby of the airport. She had seriously considered calling a cab and going to the Harada house just to see if they were even alive. She hated to be idle. If she didn't have anything to do than she would start thinking about things that she most definitely did not want to think about. The door in front of her opened and she looked up. Coming towards her was a very ruffled looking Riku and a very proper looking Risa. Even though she hadn't seen them in many years they had barely changed they both had the same hair and eye color as before, they were a little bit taller, but besides that they were almost the same.

'I wonder if they'll recognize me' Unlike the twins, Eden had changed. Gone was the chubby face and body, gone was the short white-blonde hair. In their place was a tall thin teenager with legs that went on and on. Her hair was waist length, while it was still white-blonde she had dyed pure black streaks into it. When she was little she had worn dresses and fancy shoes. Not anymore. Now she wore jeans with tears in them, tight t-shirts that had different designs on them. She wore black eyeliner completely around her blue-green eyes. She no longer smiled at all times, but frowned and glared if she wanted to. She wasn't right then though. At that moment Riku had stopped in her tracks and was staring at her with an expression of shock clear on her face. A small smile played across her lips as Riku said something to Risa. Eden stood up as they came over to her. Even though they were the same age, Eden was a couple of inches taller than either of them.

"Hi." she said. She knew that she had an American accent. "Hi." they both said in unison. Risa smiled widely, "I love the new look!" Eden smiled at her. Even though she wasn't there under the best circumstances, seeing her cousins had made her forget about not wanting to be there.

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Riku couldn't believe her eyes. She had pictures of her cousin from a while ago. In all of them she wore a fake smile. Riku desperately tried to find something that was the same.

'Is that really Eden?' she wondered. Then the girl noticed her and smiled. That was all it took

"Risa. She's really changed."

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Risa had always loved Eden best. When they were younger, Eden had been big on sports like Riku. But now it seemed that she had some things in common with her. She had long hair and wore make-up. Hopefully they could bond more.

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Eden stood in front of the Harada house. Scratch that, mansion. Even though Eden's family had had money, they had lived in a medium size house. She had seen her cousins home before but over the years she had completely forgotten that it was so huge.

"Eden? Are you coming?" Risa asked

"Yeah I'll be right there."

Eden started to walk inside. She followed Riku and Risa to the room in which she would be staying. It was a pretty big room, with a large bed, and a great view. It had a comfortable feeling to it, but it wasn't her room.

"Thanks!" Eden said turning to them with a smile.

"Your welcome! I'm glad that you like it!"

Eden smiled again.

"Tomorrow is school and we already have your uniform." Riku stated while handing over the outfit. "Uuuuhhh... thanks. I guess." 'Uniform! Nobody said anything about a uniform!'

Riku and Risa smiled and left the room.

'Well,' she thought 'day one wasn't too bad. Maybe I'll actually survive this. But why a uniform!'

She turned back toward her new room. Turned off the lights and went to sleep.

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