Lost and Found
Disclaimer: I don't own Higurashi, yada yada yada, if I did id probably die from a heart attack….OF AWESOMENESS!!
The sun rose, just like any other day, Rena awoke from her futon lazily. She got dressed into her school clothes and walked to the kitchen. The kitchen was empty, "as usual" Rena thought. Her Dad had enough trouble supporting Rena by himself; she let her Dad get his much earned rest in the morning. After serving herself breakfast she walked out of the house t her usual waiting spot.
As she waited, humming a song she deemed as cute, HE approached. Rena's heart raced at the mere sight of HIM. HE was Keiichi Maebara, the new resident to the rural village of Hinamizawa. "Good Morning Rena" he said with his usual demeanor. "G-good morning Keiichi-kun" she said nervously. "Hey Rena, you feeling alright?" Keiichi pondered. He quickly approached Rena feeling her forehead and then is own, Rena turned scarlet at the gesture. "You don't seem to have a fever" Keiichi said. "Um-um that's good". Rena stuttered.
As they walked along the path they eventually ran into Mion. "Good Morning Rena-chan, Kei-chan" Mion said with her tomboyish attitude. "Good Morning Mi-chan" said Rena happily. "Hey Mion, how ya been?" said Keiichi. Mion approached Keiichi. "I've been GREAT Kei-chan, look at how much I've grown" said Mion as she flaunted her large chest. "Wanna have a feel?" said Mion getting closer to Keiichi. Keiichi just scoffed as he said "Mion if anything your chest it TOO big" "Ehhh?" said Mion fairly shocked "Now Rena's chest…hers is juuust the right size" Rena caught wind of this comment and flushed bright red. "M-mine" she said as she looking down at her chest. "Are they really? Kana? Kana?"
All three of them had a group laugh as they continued their way to school. As they approached the school Keiichi seemed to tense up as if mentally preparing himself for something. Rena, of course, knew the cause of Keiichi's nervousness. Immediately as he opened the door an eraser mark came flying towards his face. Keiichi, however was prepared, and avoided the eraser and ducked into class. As he landed he heard a slight CLICK noise and immediately thought "Oh crap". He looked above and saw numerous bedpans falling from the ceiling. Keiichi was able to barely avoid being completely entombed by the bedpans and landed mere inches from were they had crashed.
OHOHOHO!! laughed a voice coming from seemingly nowhere. "Good Job Keiichi-san, I'm glad to see your not getting lazy" mocked the resident trapmaster of Hinamizawa, Satako Houjo. Keiichi then felt a slight PAT PAT on his forehead. "Nippa!" said the adorable shrine maiden Rika Furude. "Does it feel a better now Keiichi?" said Rika as she continued to pat Keiichi's head. "A bit, thank you Rika-chan" said a still confounded Keiichi. "HAU! EMBARESSED KEIICHI-KUN IS SOOOO CUTE!! OMICHIKAERI!! Nearly the whole class had to restrain Rena until she would give up on her attempted kidnapping.
Soon after the scene dyed down, class started and Rena, Mion, Keiichi were all working on their assignments. Mion asked Keiichi for some help with the work and Keiichi com-"I LOVE YOU!"-plained about how Mion should al-"I LOVE YOU!!"-ready know this stuff see-"I LOVE YOU KEIICHI-KUN!!"-ing as how Mion was a grade higher. No matter how many times Rena repeated the word "I LOVE YOU" in her head she couldn't bring herself to say them out loud. Rena loved everything about Keiichi. Rena clenched her fists tightly.
"WHY!?, WHY CAN'T I JUST TELL HIM HOW I FEEL!?" she angrily thought to herself. "RENA!" screamed Keiichi. This brought Rena back to reality. "Huh" Rena said startled. "Are you alright?" Keiichi said worried, while he pointed to Rena's hands. She looked and noticed she was fairly close to having dug her nails into her hands. "Oh! Don't worry about it, I'm fine" Rena said trying to wave off the subject. "You sure?" Keiichi said, still with a look of worry on his face. "Yes, yes don't worry I was just…umm thinking about this really cute treasure I found at the dump, I kinda got overexcited because I want to get it as soon as I can" Rena said while trying to fake a laugh. Keiichi eased up, but still looked as though he didn't completely buy the story.
"Another thing I love about him, he's so kind to everyone" Rena thought to herself yet again. "Before Keiichi moved here I was sad and lonely, even though I had Mi-chan and the others with me, after what happened at my old school and Dad's divorce I always felt a sort of emptiness inside me" Rena continued to think. "When Keiichi moved to Hinamizawa, that emptiness was filled with the kindness and warmth he showed me, that's why I'll always love him…till the day I die." The bell sounding dismissal rang.
"Remember everyone" proclaimed Mion. "Tomorrow night is the night of Watanagashi that means our Club will be participating in the Battle of Five Evils. Keiichi's eyes seemed to gain a fiery passion. All right! I've been preparing for this night for quite some time, don't expect me to be easy prey just because I'm the new guy in town" Keiichi said with an increasing desire to demolish his soon to be opponents. "Oh Kei-chan I wouldn't have it any other way" Mion said mockingly. "Speaking of the Club" Mion said deviously. "What say we get in a quick practice session to get ready for Watanagashi?" Keiichi and the others roared in agreement.
As Rena, Keiichi and Mion walked along the way home, they couldn't help but laugh and Keiichi's predicament, who was now forced to wear one of but many of the Club's embarrassing maid outfits. "Grrr!" Growled Keiichi. "Mion! That was a really dirty move you pulled back there!" Mion laughed as she said. "Don't forget Rule Number Two: You must do everything in your power to win at all times." Keiichi grumbled as he said. "Well still it was a pretty dirty trick." Mion just laughed as she made the turn to her house. Soon enough Rena and Keiichi parted ways, leaving Rena once again to her thoughts. "I can't live with this" thought Rena. "I have to tell him, I don't care about the outcome, as long as I can truthfully tell him, I can live with the result no matter what. With a newfound resolve she decided to herself. "I'll tell him how I feel on the night of Watanagashi.
Keiichi: Alive Rena: Alive Mion: Alive Shion: Alive Rika: Alive Satako: Alive