Quick Background Information:
Aya Moritaka - Heroine who on her sixteenth birthday began having vivid dreams about unusal events that her grandmother says are pieces from her past life. Was taught how to
fight with a Chinese sword by grandmother and mother from a very young age.
Hikaru Moritaka - Youngest of the Moritaka family. Has a crush on her sister's best friend, Setsuna. Student in the arts of the Wind Dance, decided to pursue after deceased
aunt left her two elbow blades passed down to the third child of the Moritaka family throughout the generations.
Kyo Moritaka -Aya and Hikaru's older brother. Hottest boy in school. Best friends with Juanes and plays drums in his band. Skillful in the art of Ling Sheng Su Style Rod, taught
to him by his grandfather.
Rin Satsou - Best friend to Aya and Juanes' twin sister. Is also half Spanish and half Japanese. Has a secret crush but no one knows who her crush is.
Setsuna Yuki - Aya's best friend who harbors a deep love within him for her, among other things. Knows secrets from the past, no one knows why.
Juanes Satsou - Rin's twin brother, who claims to be older by two minutes. Plays in a band with Kyo. Very handy with a bow and arrow. He has a soft spot for Hikaru; Was
named by his Spanish mother.
Hiro Kaneshi - Sexy young new history teacher with an unknown past and an unknown interest in Aya.
Kasumi - A young woman from Kyo's past who was possibly a shinobi ninja.
She raised her sword towards the sky. The sun's rays caught in the blade of Himura, the sword he had given to her. The one he had forged with his own two hands;
Slaughtered by his creation. She began to stumble past his body. She was covered in his blood. Her vision began to blur, the burning sensation of the tears warmed her
face. In her grief and despair she caught a glimpse of someone... a shadow. But who was it...? She reached for the unknown figure, leaning on Himura for support until
she could no more and collapsed to the ground. The sound of metal hitting the earth echoed through the desolate area, as Himura fell along with it's master. Sand and
dirt flew into the air, sticking to her wounds. She wiped her tears, only smearing the blood that tainted her face. As she attempted to pick herself up again, she fell to
her knees once more. She heard breathing that was at a steady pace unlike hers. She turned her head with a snap only to see feet that didn't belong to her. She looked
up towards the sky, the stranger's face was blocked by the intensity of the sun. She raised her arm to shield against the sunlight that blocked her vision... and there the
person was. She gasped. The tears swelled up in her eyes once more. Rage and the sense of defeat whirled inside her. She let out an exasperated cry. She gritted her
teeth as she desperately struggled to lift herself up. The stranger lifted his sword over his head and with a mighty swing, let it down...
:The Pillows- Hybrid Rainbow began to play:
Aya awoke in a cold sweat. What was that dream about?' That was the fourth time she's had that dream since her sixteenth birthday. She wondered if her grandmother was right
about her dreams. The Pillows continued to play as she fell out of bed.
"Yea?" Aya muttered, still half asleep as she answered her cell phone.
"WHERE ARE YOU!" A familiar male voice shouted on the other end of the line.
"Give me the phone..Setsuna calm down." A female seemed to have taken hold of the phone on the other end.
"Rin! Tell Setsuna next time he yells like that I'm going to break his jaw. Why are you guys calling me so early, anyway?" Aya picked at the crusts on the corner of her eyes.
"Fat Chance!" yelled Setsuna
"So early? Tell me something, Aya. Why are Kyo and Hikaru in school and you are no where to be found? I mean, you guys live together."
"Why would Hikaru and Kyo be in school today? It's Saturday."
"Wrong, it's Thursday. Get your ass out of bed and in school before the headmaster calls your parents again and you can't make it to The Pillow's concert tomorrow night!"
"Thursday! Oh man."
Aya rushed in and out of the shower and out the house before her parents could predict they would be receiving a call from the headmaster again. She realized she had no time to
wait for the bus so she decided to run to school. Before she knew it, she was infront of her homeroom sweating and smelling like the onions she had on her cheeseburger the night
before. From where she was standing, she could see Setsuna sleeping and Rin drawing on his face with her favorite Pochacco pen. She gave a heavy sigh and opened the door.
"Ah, Miss Moritaka, late again I see." Mr. Tanaka gave a heavy sigh.
Aya could hear Setsuna chuckling in the back. She felt the sudden urge to smash his face against the floor a few times.
She quickly scanned her brain for any reasonable excuses she hadn't used for being late, but to no avail. So she decided to go with the ever so popular...
"I'm sorry Mr. Tanaka, you see uh. There was lots of traffic today."
"And how do you think I got here? Flying! You'll just have to get up earlier."
"Yes Sir."
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to inform the headmaster of this. It's your fifth tardy this month and you are only allowed six."
"Oh Mr. Tanaka please don't. I won't be late anymore I promise! I'll do anything!"
"That's enough. Please take your seat, Miss Moritaka."
"Yes Sir."
Aya, head hung low, sauntered to her desk which was situated next to Rin and infront of Setsuna.
"I knew you'd do something to screw up tomorrow night." Setsuna grumbled.
"Shut up, Setsuna. Oh man this really bites. Now I won't be able to go because Tanaka's on a mission to ruin my life. I think he's succeeding." Aya whimpered.
"It's your own damn fault." sneered Setsuna.
"Don't panic. Everything happens for a reason." Rin assured.
"Oh man, today sucks. I should of wrote a note on my pillow saying 'Aya stay asleep in bed exclaimation point. Exclaimation point." Aya lowered her head, her forehead hitting the
desk. "Exclaimation point. Exclai...' "
"Alright we get it!" Setsuna shouted, standing up from his seat angrily.
"Is there a problem, Mr. Yuki?" Mr. Tanaka asked apatheticaly.
Setsuna looked around at the number of eyes that had fallen on him due to his abrupt shouting. He took a big gulp and sat back down in his seat.
"No Sir. I apologize."
Suddenly the classroom door opened and in strolled a rugged looking stranger. He had dark messy hair, and it seemed he hadn't shaved in a couple of days. Dark sunglasses hung
from the middle of his shirt. His jacket hung from his index finger and it was swung over his back. He looked like the classic bad boy.
"Who the hell is that?"
"If they can't save me from my current situation, I don't care." Aya muttered.
"Do you always have to curse, Setsuna?" Rin scolded.
"What? Hell isn't a curse! Anyway! Who are you, my mother?"
"Ah. Class I would like you all to meet, Mr. Kaneshi. He will be your new History teacher. This, unfortunately, is my last day as your instructor, and you Miss Moritaka decided to
show me how much you cared by being late."
Aya's head snapped back in repsonse to Mr. Tanaka's remark, and there he was. The object of all the girl's "Ooo's and Ahh's". She couldn't see what was so great about him. He
was slightly attractive, but nothing to drool over. She wondered why he was staring at her, when she realized that Mr. Tanaka had made her the center of attention. She blinked in
confusion and replied,
"I'm sorry, Sir. I forgot."
"Perhaps if you stayed awake in class you would have known."
"He's got a point there, Aya."
"Shut up." Aya slapped Setsuna in the face with her History book.
Rin glanced at the clock, "Saved by the bell."
"Oh yea, that's original." Setsuna rubbed his bruised face.
"Must you always...?" Rin glared at him.
Suddenly the class bell rang and everyone stood up from their seats, each of them going to say their last personal goodbyes to their teacher. Aya was the last one to go. She
promised Rin and Setsuna she'd catch up with them after she apologized again to Mr.Tanaka. She frowned and tapped her teacher on the shoulder.
"Mr. Tanaka, I..."
"I know you're sorry, Aya. I was just poking fun at you, for the last time."
"So you're not going to tell the headmaster about my tardies?" Aya asked with a smile.
Mr. Tanaka sighed. He looked at Mr. Kaneshi and grinned.
"Well Miss Moritaka, I have a solution to both our problems. I promised Mr. Kaneshi that I would show him around the school but I won't be able to keep my promise because
I have a teacher's meeting. If you would, please, dedicate your whole day to showing him around, I will not inform the headmaster of your tardies."
"What about my other classes, sir?"
"Don't worry about it. I will send out a memo. Today you will be excused from all work, Miss Moritaka. I believe this is what they call a win win situation. You do me a favor and I
don't tell the headmaster about your tardies."
"But why?"
"Just call it a good bye gift, my dear."
Aya smiled and hugged her teacher for the last time. She took another glance at the young man who was to become her new instructor. She gave a heavy sigh and put out her hand.
"Hi, I'm Aya Moritaka. I will be your tour guide, heh. Not that there's much to show around this place."
The young man named Kaneshi shook her hand with a pleasant grin.
"You can call me Hiro."
:A few hours later:
"It's fourth period already, where could Aya be?" Rin fumbled with her Pochacco keychain.
"She probably ditched us and went back home." Setsuna yawned.
"She wouldn't do that..."
"And this is where the lunch room is. A piece of advice, you should bring your own lunch and not eat the one they serve here. It's really gross. Come to think of it, I forgot my lunch
at home. I guess I'm having vomit for lunch." Aya gave a heavy sigh.
"I was planning on leaving for lunch. Would you want to come?" Kaneshi stopped infront of the court yard entrance, located across from the lunch room doors. Aya glanced out
into the court yard. The cherry blossoms contrasted brightly against the seemingly dark grey sky.
"If you don't mind paying for me."
"Of course if I invite you, it's because I'm going to pay."
"Hey Hikaru, can you give this to Aya? Mom just dropped it off at the office. She forgot it this morning." Kyo handed his sister a brown paper bag. Hikaru peered into the bag.
"Of course, she had to leave her lunch. As a matter of fact I bet mom had to make it for her too!" Hikaru yelled in disappointment.
"Kyo!"
Hikaru and Kyo both turned around to find Juanes running towards them with a crumbled paper in his hand. He handed the paper to Kyo, gasping for air.
"Hola Hikaru", Juanes panted as he fought to catch his breath.
"Hey Juanes." Hikaru smiled, sympathetically.
"What is this?" Kyo asked, opening the paper.
"It's just a piece of paper I put my gum in, haha."
Kyo balled up the paper and gum and chugged it at Juanes, missing him and hitting the girl behind him. The balled up gum and paper stuck to the back of the girl's head. The trio
quietly walked away from her before she had noticed.
"Himeno sent me to come get you. Told me you got a package in the front office." Juanes glanced behind his shoulder to see the girl and her friends struggling to remove the ball. He
began to chuckle.
"A package? I'm gonna go check it out. Hikaru, remember to give that to Aya."
"Will do big brother."
"See ya later Kyo." Juanes and Kyo smashed fists.
"Later."
"Hikaru, I'll help you find Aya. I need to talk to Setsuna anyway." Juanes smiled.
"Setsuna?"
"Yea. Him, Rin, and your sister are always together. I want to see if he was interested in singing for our band."
"Oh."
"Hey isn't that Aya over there with that guy?" Juanes pointed.
"Yea... wonder who he is."
"Doesn't have a unform on... Hey that's that new History teacher. Mr. Kaneshi."
"Aya! Aya! Hold on!" Hikaru yelled as she ran towards her sister with a bag in her hand.
Aya smirked, "Hope that means I get to pick the place too."
Mr. Kaneshi began to walk outside. Aya bit her bottom lip; She followed him outside. Kaneshi turned to her as it began to rain.
"You don't care what people might think when they see you and me together?"
"Nope."
"Are you sure?"
"Yea." Aya smiled and looked up at the sky. She walked out into the rain with her arms open, allowing the raindrops to fall on her. "Life is made up of chances you never get back."
Mr. Kaneshi swung his jacket over his head and walked towards Aya, covering her and himself with his jacket.
"Come on."
Was all Kaneshi said.
Hikaru ran to the courtyard entrance only to be stopped by the rain that seemed to pour harder with every step her sister took with the unknown man named Kaneshi. She stood at
the foot of the entrance, as if something was calling her towards the car her sister was getting into. The raindrops danced on Hikaru's shoes.
"I guess we just missed her." Juanes grabbed the paper bag from Hikaru and pulled out a sandwhich. Hikaru smiled at Juanes, as she backed away from the courtyard entrance.
"Hey, who's this Kaneshi guy?" Hikaru asked.
"Tanaka decided to resign and Kaneshi is the guy replacing him as History teacher."
"Kind of young don't you think?"
"They say he used to be a teacher back in Osaka but then transfered here due to some family issues he had to take care of."
"Really...?"
"Hikaru!" Rin shouted across the hall, running towards her. Setsuna apathetically sauntering after her.
"Setsuna! Just the guy I wanted to see." Juanes said with the huge grin he always carried.
"Why'd you want to see me?" Setsuna inquired calmly.
"Kyo and me need a singer for our band and Aya told us you were the guy to talk to."
"WHAT? Aya said that? What the hell does she think, I'm a Backstreet Boy?"
"He's talking about singing in a rock band, you idiot." Rin corrected, "Speaking of Aya, have you guys seen her?"
"Yea, she left with the new teacher guy, Kaneshi." Juanes responded, taking another bite out of Aya's sandwhich.
The class bells began to ring and everyone rushed to their classes, the four of them standing in the middle of the rush. Setsuna's eyes widened at the news of Aya and Kaneshi,
Hikaru taking note of his reaction decided to change the subject.
"Well we have to go to class. We'll catch you guys later." Hikaru began walking, dragging Juanes along with her. Setsuna glanced at Rin.
"What is she doing with that guy?" He asked, sounding bothered by the news.
"Maybe they saw wrong. Or maybe she was just showing him around. Anyway I have to get to my class. I'll see you after." Rin walked away to her class, leaving Setsuna alone
with his thoughts.
"So...He's back..."