Author note: This story is dedicated to Kitty:D I hope you like it, Kitty^^ I of course also hope that everyone else likes it:) I hope it cheers you up, Kitty... I heard you wanna have a Jiro x Kluke fanfic;) (I won't tell who told me that, so don't askXD Little hint: Look in a mirror!;)) By the way (and before I forget itXD) I changed the climate of Talta VillageXD They do have winter:) (With winter I mean 'snow'XD) And Jiro and Kluke are 9 in this fanfic and Shu is 8:D And that's only the short prologue;)

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As if I've never seen you before

A strong community

"I'm coming, mum! ! !" Jiro shouted downstairs. He sighed deeply after another glance into the mirror; what happened with his hair? Wasn't it usually straight? Well, so why not today, the only day it was really important for him to look 'good' or at least proper? ! Or presentable to say it with his mother's words...

His mother. Was waiting for him. Impatiently. Now. So was his dad.

Jiro tried to calm down, although it was difficult to be cool when his parents where waiting for him, getting more and more annoyed with every minute which passed. If he wouldn't know that his mother would never go without him, he would tell them to go ahead and wait at the festival place for him.

'The festival.' It flashed through Jiro's head and anticipation boiled up inside him, as well as excitement.

"Jiro! HURRY! ! !" His mother's voice again, coming from the living room which fatefully was exactly below his room. "We have to go, Jiro!" His father shouted too, sounding nearly as nervous and impatient as his mother. "I'm coming!" Jiro shouted back while he was still seeking for the three most important things for today: The three friendship bracelets, two for each of his best friends and one for himself. The problem was: He couldn't find them anywhere...

"Darn it!" He cursed under his breath after his parents shouted again.

Then he detected them; sighing loudly out of incredible relief filling his heart, he shouted, "I'm coming!"

His parents smiled at him when they saw him coming downstairs.

"Now we are finally complete, let's go!" His father said grinning. "We don't want to miss the New Year's festival, want we?"

The New Year's festival was an old tradition in Talta Village; all villagers went to the village square and displayed the firework together and they always started at exactly 12 o'clock. Jiro liked that tradition; the villagers were like a big family and the festivals they celebrated together seemed to bring them even closer.

And of course he couldn't celebrate without his best friends.

Kluke and Shu.

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So, that's the prologue;) Guess what will happen next^^ It's pretty difficultXD Anyway, I hope you like it! Critique is welcome of course^^ Kitty, I hope it cheered you up and... I hope you feel better now... Although it's hard, stay strong, Kitty! ! ! And by the way, don't feel guilty because I wrote this... You do enough when you just stay my friend:'D