A/N: My third story and the first one that will contain any sort of romance. After pondering between two very different scenarios I decided upon this one. Once this is complete I may start on the other one. Please note that this is very short because it is only the prologue, not an actual chapter. The chapters will be at least twice as long as this.

On a clear moonless night Kaorin could be seen pursuing one of her favorite hobbies: stargazing. Standing in her small yard she was staring at a starry sky through a pair of binoculars. Here in a lazy suburb the light pollution wasn't too bad, although Kaorin would have preferred to be in a park where there was almost no light pollution at all. Removing the binoculars from her eyes Kaorin looked to the sky in hopes of finding something new to marvel at. As if the gods were responding to her desires a familiar shimmering light caught the girl's eye. "A shooting star!" she exclaimed with wonder in her voice.

Reflexively closing her eyes she made the same wish she had made each time ever since entering high school. After repeating the wish three times in her head she opened her eyes and to her delight the shimmering light remained. A big smile crossed the girls face as she continued to watch the sight. She had never been able to complete the mantra before and it excited her to no end. Her smile quickly faded, however, as she suddenly realized something terrifying. Letting out a shriek Kaorin quickly dove away and covered her head as the falling rock crashed into the ground where she had been standing.

After being littered with tiny debris thrown up by the impact Kaorin shakily climbed to her feet and examined the tiny pit left by the meteorite. Another large grin crossed her face as she realized a meteorite had actually just landed in her yard. "The astronomy club will love this," Kaorin marveled as she reached into the pit and pulled out the still hot rock.

"What's going on out here!" Kaorin's mother demanded as she exited the house. "I heard screaming and a crash!"

"A meteor almost hit me!" Kaorin excitedly informed her mother as she tossed the hot meteorite from one hand to the other to keep from burning herself.

"Are you all right?" her mother asked as she ran up to her daughter and checked her over.

"I'm fine," Kaorin assured her mother. "Look," she urged as she handed her mother the warm meteorite.

Her mother was clearly unimpressed. "It's just a chunk of metal," she said dismissively as she handed it back to her daughter.

Unaffected by her mother's lack of enthusiasm Kaorin took back the rock with a silly smile still plastered on her face. "Iron meteorites are some of the rarest!" she informed her mother as she continued to stare in awe at the object in her hands.

Letting out a sigh at her daughter's antics she ordered her back inside. "You have school tomorrow and I'll bet you haven't even started on your homework," Kaorin's mother scolded.

"I already did my homework," Kaorin assured her mother as she trudged back inside with her treasure in hand. Once she reached her room she gently placed the prized object on her dresser. "You owe me a wish!" she teasingly informed the inanimate object. Finally getting a good look at it she was able to see that it was baseball sized and surprisingly round, as most meteorites were oddly shaped. "The astronomy club is going to love you!" she exclaimed after doting over the object a little longer.

Finally pulling herself away from her newfound treasure Kaorin went about her normal nightly routine. After bathing, getting into her pajamas, and brushing her teeth the girl turned out her lights and crawled into bed. "Maybe my wish really will come true," Kaorin fantasized. "I really do wish Sakaki-san would like me," she mumbled to herself as she rolled over and fell into slumber. Unseen by anyone, the meteorite on her dresser glowed a soft pink as Kaorin made her wish before fading back into an ordinary looking rock.

-Next Time-

Being rudely ripped from her slumber by a most unpleasant sound Kaorin angrily shut off her alarm. Something was amiss, but Kaorin was too sleepy to care as she followed her morning routine. Something was off as she brushed her hair, something wasn't right as she changed into her school uniform, and there was just something not right all morning. "Maybe I'm coming down with something," Kaorin mumbled as she sat down to eat breakfast. Although she got a strange look or two from her mother she still couldn't find out just what was wrong as she walked out the door with her bag. As she walked toward the street she noticed the pit left by the meteorite. "I almost forgot!" Kaorin scolded herself as she made her way back into her house and to her room. As she reached for the treasured object she noticed her reflection in the mirror. She blinked a couple of times not quite believing her eyes before she let out a scream.

A/N: "Next Time" refers to the first scene of the next chapter and what follows is the first paragraph of Chapter One. This is meant as a teaser to the next chapter much like the ones that usually follow the credits in many television programs. In the future I may go with a summary instead of the first paragraph or even do away with the experimental feature, but for now this just fits so well. Also different in this story I've added in the Japanese suffixes to better illustrate the relationships between the characters. As with the teaser I may do away with this if it is unfavorable to my readers. All feedback on these matters is appreciated. This story will progress forward slowly as I am still working on Encroaching Darkness primarily, but I should have the first chapter up soon. Finally, a small question I have that maybe a greater fan than I can answer. What is Kaorin's mother's name and what is Kaorin's family name? I remember somewhere reading that Kaorin's family name being Aida, but I don't know for certain. Futhermore I still don't know of Kagura and Sakaki's given names, although I'm fairly sure that they were never mentioned anywhere.