Raging Melody

Chapter 1: Meeting New People

"Wow… I haven't been in New York in twelve years! Man, where does the time go by?" I said walking down the street to the anime convention. I walked to the entrance and saw a whole bunch of cosplayers. "Sugoi!" I said happily wanting to take pictures with them, but I quickly shook my head. "No time Kerill you baka! You have to meet Harry at the arcade!" I stated to myself. I quickly ran to the registering so I could get my badge to walk around the area.

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After I got my badge I headed towards the arcade, ignoring the cosplayers that I wanted to glomp. "Gotta ignore them-Gotta ignore them!" I said to myself passing by a group of cosplayers dressed up as the 'Deathnote' cast. "Ngh! I want to glomp Matt and Mello so bad!" I thought nearly crying as I still headed towards the arcade.

When I was finally at the arcade, I looked around for Harry my online boyfriend. I knew what he looked like, but I didn't know he was going to cosplay or not. "GoblinBoy528! Where the Hell are you!?" I shouted earning weird looks from some people.

"I'm over here! Otaku_Hime76!" Someone shouted.

I gasped and turned around to see Harry Osborn, my online boyfriend, by the DDR machine with a few people with him. "Harry!" I said excitedly running towards him. He laughed as I glomped him.

"Wow, looks like I have a fangirl." Harry said.

"Yup!" I said happily before I heard someone clear her throat.

"Harry are you going to introduce us?" A girl with red hair asked.

"Sorry." Harry said rubbing the back of his head. "Kerill this is my friend Mary Jane Watson." Harry said pointing at the girl with red hair.

Mary Jane smiled and said, "It's nice to meet another red head, oh, and you can call me 'MJ'."

"Gonichiwa MJ-chan." I said bowing in respect, earning strange looks from Harry's friends.

"This is Randy Robertson." Harry said pointing at a dark boy with short dreads.

"It's nice to meet you Carol!" Randy said holding out his hand.

"It's nice to meet you Randy-kun." I said bowing, "And my name is Kerill, not Carol."

Randy awkwardly took his hand back.

"And last but not least, this is my best friend Peter Parker. Pete and I are two peas in a pod." Harry said pointing at a brown haired boy.

"Peter-san, Harry told me a lot about you. I'm honored to finally meet you." I said smiling reaching my hand out.

"How come he gets a handshake?" Randy asked.

"The honor is mine Kerill-san." Peter said ignoring my handshake and bowed. Peter then looked at me with a goofy smile and we both laughed.

"Harry was right, you are funny!" I said giggling.

Harry chuckled a bit, "So, what do you think Kerill?"

I looked at Harry and smiled, "I think you have awesome friends!"

"So how did you guys meet?" Randy asked.

"The internet." Harry and I said at the same time, earning weird looks.

"Wow… Really? We thought Harry was joking when he said, 'I met her online', but wow… Really?" Randy said.

"Is that such a bad thing? Well… I guess it does sound silly…" I said a bit embarrass. Mary Jane stomped on Randy's foot, Randy yelped in pain.

"Don't be rude!" MJ stated.

I laughed before I noticed that Harry was wearing a suit that I made him. "Harry! You're wearing the suit I made you!" I said happily.

"Of course! I love the suits you make me!" Harry said blushing a bit.

"You make suits Kerill!?" Mary Jane asked surprised.

"Uh-Huh! I also made this outfit I'm wearing!" I said spinning to show them my outfit. "I make clothes and cosplays to earn money. Harry is my number one customer!"

"Wow! That's great! Would you mind making some stuff for me?" Peter asked.

I nodded and said, "Of course, you can get my e-mail address from Harry-kun and tell me what you want."

"What are you going to order from her Petey?" Harry asked.

"Probably some Spiderman suits so he could take pictures to sell at the Bugle!" Randy said making himself and MJ laugh.

"I don't get it, who's Spiderman? Is he from an anime?" I asked softly.

Harry's friends looked at me like I was dumb. I looked at Harry confused and he laughed softly.

"Ha-ha… No Kerill, Spiderman is a real life superhero in New York." Harry explained.

"What!? No way! Lame! I wish I knew him when I still lived here!" I stated crossing my arms.

"I didn't know you use to live here Kerill, where did you live?" Peter asked.

"I lived in Brooklyn with my family. We had problems… So I started to live with my grandfather in Japan. But sometimes I wonder what had happened to my brother Cletus the last twelve years..?" I said softly feeling guilt.

Peter looked terrified. "U-Uh Kerill… What is your last name?" Peter asked softly.

"Huh? Oh, it's Yukimura when I'm in Japan, but it's really Kasady. Kerill Kasady."

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A few hours passed and it was now 6:30 pm. The convention was going to close in thirty minutes. "Maybe we should go home now?" Kerill suggested.

"Yeah, I guess you're right, we still have another two days." Harry said.

"Yeah, I had enough learning experience today." Mary Jane stated.

"Learning experience?" Randy asked.

"Yeah! I found out how nerdy you, Peter, and Harry are!" She stated.

I laughed and Harry looked at me.

"Kerill, do you need a ride at the motel you're staying at?" Harry asked.

"No thank you, it's just cross the street, two blocks down. I'll be okay." I said softly.

"But I can't just let you walk alone!" Harry stated.

"Don't worry Harry, I'll walk with her." Mary Jane said wrapping a arm around my shoulder. "I'm heading that way also."

"Well… Okay then…" Harry said softly.

"Bye Harry, bye Randy, bye Peter. Take care of yourselves." I said softly.

"Bye Kerill." Harry said softly.

"By girl." Randy said.

I looked at Peter and he was silent, he looked like he was kind of sick. I just shrugged as MJ and I walked down the street together.

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Mary Jane and I walked down the block looking at the little shops along the was.

"Sooo~ Kerill, how long have you and Harry been going out?" Mary Jane asked.

"Hmm, about two and a half years, but we agreed to break up when the convention is over." I said simply.

"What!? Why!?" MJ asked.

I shrugged. "He's a busy guy. He has to work for his father's company, so he has little time on the internet to talk to me. I'm a busy girl. I have to take care of my grandfather. I have to work. And I have very little time to talk to Harry… We agreed to stay as friends though." I explained.

"That's stupid. Are you sure you want to do that?" Mary Jane asked.

"We both don't, but we simply don't have time for each other, so we agreed to end our internet dating and find someone in our own country to date." I said sadly.

"Kerill, how about you stay in New York? Then you and Harry will be closer and-" MJ said before I cut her off.

"No! I made up my mind already Mary Jane so drop it!" I stated, making Mary Jane frown. "I-I'm sorry Mary Jane… But just… just drop it…"

"Okay Kerill… I will…" Mary Jane said sadly.

I sighed, "I want some chocolate…" I then grabbed my little bear purse to see if I had any candy in it, but I tripped and fell in front of someone. "Ow… Sumimasen…" I said getting up and noticed all of my contents of my purse fell onto the floor.

The person I tripped in front of bent down and started to gather my stuff. "N-No it's okay! I'll do it, it was my fault!" I stated.

The man looked up at me and my eyes widened. He had green eyes and red hair. He looked like my old Papa but different. "P-Papa?" I whispered softly.

The man's eyes widened and said softly, "You look just like Mama…"

The man and I just stared at each other before Mary Jane tugged me away. "Yo Kerill! Are you okay!?" She asked.

"Yes MJ… I'm Okay." I said putting my purse strap on my shoulder and walked away from that man.

"Was that… no… it couldn't be! It can't be! There is no way that man was- no! He wasn't my brother. It's just someone that looks like him, that's all. That's all…" I thought as MJ and I continued walking away.