The Malevolent Bane of Her Existence

Summary: Hotaru had been called a lot of things, whether may they be lies or truths; they were said and heard or written and taken in. Hotaru had been called strong – But she had one beautiful, everlasting weakness. And that was what possessed Ruka Nogi to break her.

She stared at her reflection; stared at the coal black steps that prominently stood out of the sea green Turo water. She took off her slippers and dipped her feet into the water, careful not to let any get onto her dress. The steps turned gray, and she wondered, had she dove in, would the steps turn a violet, and the water, lavender? She knew that the Turo waters were not yet Tainted – a form of possession. No one dared to Taint the Turo waters. She looked at her reflection once again. Short black hair, vibrant mauve orbs – the hair and eye color that represented an Imai – more specifically, the rulers of the Pioti kingdom. Water...Wtae...She couldn't swim, but could occasionally float. Don't ask – she had a very love-hate relationship with water. Probably more on the hate side, seeing as that was the enemy's power source...On the most part.

She contemplated whether or not to go in, but then later on decided that she would. Standing up, she slipped off her dress and dived into the water. Her parents and guests would be suspicious if she got the dress wet.
Today must have been one of her lucky days – she was floating. And then she looked down. The water was now lavender colored. She looked at the set of stairs – they were a stunning purple.
She had Tainted the lake – the first one to do so.

She submerged. Just as she did, her sharp ears caught the faint sound of running footsteps. She kept her head down, lest it be an enemy.

...

He ran to the lake. When he had gotten sight of Turo Lake, he felt an odd presence, but shook it off. All he wanted to do right now was get away from the village girls. Being a Watiral royal was even harder than having to be a normal one, sometimes, he mused. And if you were a male, it might be even worse.

Why was he saying this, you ask? Oh, it's simple, really. He was getting chased by Watiran village girls...again.

He's had too many almost-rape experiences to count. It was worse than anything any Watiran girl had ever faced. He shivered involuntarily.

Ssss...

Ruka blinked and advanced towards the lake, slowly, now.

"Is someone there?" He asked. "Show yourself to me!"

Hotaru shut her eyes tightly under the water. Go away, she thought. Gega tik kusot Tiroi!

Ruka almost yelled out loud when a blast of violet light struck the ground in front of him violently. He would have been toast had he not stepped back.

This would have to be the doing of a Pioti, he thought, blue eyes narrowed to slits.

"Icu talge," he said. Show yourself.

The Turo Lake bubbled and Ruka stepped back, tripping over something. When he stood up again and looked back to see just exactly what had tripped him, he saw it was a...dress?

Female. At this realization, Ruka didn't know whether to groan and try to crack his head open, or blush.

She probably wouldn't fawn over him if she was a Pioti, so he blushed.

Then again, he thought, the dress is blue. Why would it be blue if she was a Pioti?

See, it was somewhat a strict rule that Watiral people, beings, whatever, wore blue while people of the Pioti kingdom wore purple.

"Are you Watiran or Piotiane?"

This time, some Turo water rose up and onto the stone floor, rapidly seeping through the cracks. Lavender, Ruka realized.

He backed away when the water reached him.

"What are you doing?" He asked, slightly panicked.

Ahh...someone, or something, breathed.

"I'll kill you!" He shouted. "If you dare do anything to me, I-I'll kill you with no mercy, no matter what you are!" He couldn't believe he was so bold as to do something as incredibly stupid as that.

"You wouldn't dare kill me," a light, bell-like voice said softly, resounding through his ears. Ruka was immediately entranced but tried to shake himself out of it.

"Who are you?"

Hotaru stopped for a moment, and then replied, "Someone you'll be seeing more of."

So how was that? I think it was confusing, weird, and...maybe bad? I dunno, but I think this might be my best story, no matter how sucky you might think the...prologue is. XD

This is a Romance story too, BTW. ;) Obviously LOL.

Title probably doesn't make sense ==

Please review! I'm not dead! XD

-r-r.p