Hi everyone this is my first fanfic and I really hope you all like this. I'm also almost done with the second chapter so I hope I can get it up soon.
I Don't own Harvest Moon, but I do own Aikou Kizuna and Narumi Kokone. Oki Please Enjoy~.
Stolen Heart
Chapter 1 – A Funeral in Mineral Town
Nobody's POV
A sunshine blonde hair girl sat on the bridge in Forget-me-not-valley as she stared at the sky with her sky blue eyes. Her long hair danced gently with the wind as she glanced at the midnight moon. Another girl stepped next to her, "Hey it's time to get going." She said to the blonde. She nodded and stood, she turned facing the road that led to Mineral Town. "Let's go then, what took you so long?" the blonde said glancing back at the other girl. The other girl's long midnight black hair blew along with the wind; her hazel-brown eyes glowed, almost cat-like, in the moonlight. "I was talking with Jill … about Claire …" she said sadly.
The blonde nodded briefly and started walking towards Mineral Town. "It's a shame what happened to her, I thought she was really nice for letting you work on her farm while she was alive. She died so young; it's hard to believe it. Everyone is so sad now. Who did she give the farm to anyway?" "Yeah she was I'm really grateful to her. On her will it said she left it to me and you, Narumi." The black hair girl said with a sad hopeful smile. "Well at least we have somewhere to stay and work, that's the good thing. Aikou do you know why our friends always seem to die?" Narumi asked Aikou as she stopped walking and looked back at her childhood friend who still stood on the bridge.
"I don't really know, or even want to know. I guess it could be a curse of ours. I don't want to get close to anyone else for a while." Aikou stated a bit humorous. "When am I ever really close to anyone? Well come on, it's already past midnight." Narumi said as she motioned to the path. Aikou nodded and started walking towards the path. Narumi stood still and watched her pass; she started to turn when she noticed a figure walking at the opposite side of the valley near the Inner Inn. A bit startled to see someone out so late at night she glanced at Aikou who had stopped walking at the beginning of the road to Mineral Town. "What's wrong?" Aikou called from the path. Narumi stayed silent and turned her attention back to the moving figure.
Narumi's POV
What is that? It has to be a person because it's too big and tall to be an animal. "Aikou, you go ahead to the farm. I got to go back for something." I said as I walked back to the Inn to approach the person. I turned my head to see if she listened to me, and she did she was already at the top of the hill. I turned back and slowly walked over to the Inn where I saw the person. 'Was it an illusion?' I thought as I noticed no one here. I turned back to go to the hill when someone's hand covered my mouth and pulled me against them. I struggled to break free but the person was stronger than I was. 'What's going on? Who is this person?' I thought as I felt air breathe into my ear. "If you stop struggling I'll let you go, of course you can't say anything if I do." A male's voice whispered in my ear.
I stopped and he released me and I turned to see a silver hair guy with pale green eyes. He was looking straight at me with a smirk. "Well I'll be going now beautiful maiden. Next time you shouldn't go chasing people down on your own at night. Anything can happen you know." He said as he turned and started to leave. "Who are you?!" I shouted as I started to follow him. He glanced at me for moment with that smirk still plastered on his face. "You can call me Phantom Skye." He briefly said to me. 'I've heard that name before from Jill. He's a thief!' I thought. "May I know the name of such a beautiful-" he started before I cut him off. "Quit with the beautiful maiden bit. It's annoying like you." I snapped as I glared at him. "The name's Narumi Kokone. I know who you are, you're a thief!" I shouted at him as I stepped back ready to make a run for Mineral Town.
He looked startled by my rudeness and how his sweet talk had no affect on me, the truth is I hate guys who try and be all charming when they're just going to hurt you. I turned to face the path and got ready to run when he grabbed my arm and held on tightly. "Where do you think you're going?" he asked with fully regained confidence. "Obviously away from you." I struggled to take back my arm but he wouldn't let go of me.
Skye's POV
What's with this girl? My charm doesn't seem to work on her, and what's with her attitude problem. I'm surprised I even got her name seeing how tough she seems to think she is. But something is drawing me to her; I don't know what it is what I can't take my eyes off her. I mean really, it's obvious that she's beautiful, and stubborn and as it seems, cold. But there's something unknown about her, that's drawing me in. "Let me go!" she shouted at me. She's loud too, and as it seems right now, she gets angry easily. "Then will you meet me again some other time if I let you go?" I asked. I already know it will be a flat out 'no' by the way she's acting now, but there's hope isn't there? "No." she briefly said as she struggled to get out of my grasp. "Then I won't let go." I replied. I'll beat her at her stubborn game then.
"If you want to keep your arm you'll let me go!" she shouted, her face turned red with anger. She looked so cute like this I couldn't help but laugh. She seemed to blush a bit. Then caught me off guard and flipped to the ground forcing me to let go. She turned and ran to the hill then disappeared into the distant town. "Ow." I said as I sat up and rubbed my back. "Narumi Kokone." I said to myself with a smirk. "I'll make my biggest theft yet … I'll steal your heart."
Narumi's POV
What was with that guy?! And he laughed at me getting angry too! I don't want to face Aikou so upset, she might cry. I know she's staying up waiting for me, but I don't want her hurting worse. I can't tell her about Skye yet; she'd get all worried too. Whatever I tell her would change her mood, I can't let that happen. What am I suppose to do and say? I finally reached the entrance of the farm as I ran through my mind thinking of an excuse. No hope finding one though, I slowly walked to the window and looked in to see her pacing back and forth.
Aikou's POV
Where is she? It's already going on an hour since she ran off. I'm getting worried now. What if something happened to her? I should go out and look for her, but what if she gets upset that I interrupted something? I thought back to what Jill warned me about, the thief … Phantom Skye. What if he captured her, even so Narumi isn't so easy to catch no matter how strong the opponent. She'd surely have gotten away at some point, and what would he want with her anyway? A lot of guys get blown away by her personality. So she doesn't have a guy problem but still she is very pretty so he could take interest in that. I turned to the door when I heard it open. "Narumi!" I exclaimed to the entering blonde, she looked exhausted. If she was I didn't want to mention that I noticed since her expression showed that she didn't want to talk.
"Well now that you're here do you want anything?" I asked happily. "No thanks. I'm going to take a shower then go to bed. Did you take a shower yet?" she asked. "Yes." I replied as I watched her head to the bathroom. "Then you should go to bed since we have to get up early for the funeral." She said and disappeared into the bathroom. "Ok." I said going to my bedroom. The commotion that went on tonight made me forget about the funeral. I felt sad to have forgotten but quickly changed and got over it. I slipped under my covers and fell into a light sleep.
Narumi's POV
Finally out of the shower I went to Aikou's room to check if she really went to sleep. She's like a little sister; she doesn't always listen to what she's told to do. 'Well at least she took down her pigtails' I thought as I left and headed to my room. Aikou was very childish but kind. She wears high pigtails tied with plaid red and black ribbons almost every day, unlike me. I wear my hair down. It's almost Summer now, which means Aikou's birthday and our friend's death anniversary. Her name was Mitsuki Kittoni, she was 15 when she died, and she was our best friend. She died the day after Aikou's birthday, on Summer 9, and Aikou's birthday being Summer 8. Tomorrow is Spring 24, the day of the funeral for Claire, the owner of this farm who took Aikou in when she came to Mineral town with no money, later she took me in because I came to find Aikou. She gave us a home and job to support ourselves, she needed us and we needed her. And now she's gone, so many people are so sad now. Aikou isn't even interested in love anymore, well so it seems.
She likes the person Claire liked, but she doesn't want to make any move because she wants to honor Claire's old affection towards him. His name's Cliff, he moved to Mineral Town around the same time as Claire, Aikou came about a month or so after Claire, I came just about a month ago in Winter. I have no family here, that I know of at least but neither does Aikou. Although Carter seems to have taken a fatherly liking to her, and it seems many of the guys in town like her as well, but not fatherly or brotherly. Aikou is pretty with a good personality so there's no figure that she's popular with the guys here. I went to my room, slipped under the cover. My head is filled with thoughts of the funeral, Aikou and most importantly … Skye.
Nobody's POV
The early spring air was warm and calming to the tear streaked face of Claire's friends. Aikou stood near Carter since she was suppose to say a few words for her late friend. Narumi stiffly stood behind Aikou, not crying like everyone else. She never cried for the dead, she never seemed to cry at all really. As Carter spoke the crowd near the cemetery was silent except for the crying and shushing. "Aikou Kizuna will now say a few words in her honor." Carter finished as he motioned for Aikou to come in front of the crowd.
Aikou's POV
Everyone is staring at me, I'm kind of nervous but for Claire I have to speak. "Hello everyone." I started nervously. I want to hide but I can't escape, but mainly I can't stop thinking about Cliff and his affection towards Claire. They might have gotten married if she lived longer; he thinks' of me as a little sister and it kills me to know that's all he thinks. The truth is I'm in love with Cliff, I know so much about him it isn't even funny, I feel like a stalker. But he even told me once that he can really talk to me, which made me feel so happy. "Claire was one of my best friends, and my first friend when I came here with nothing, she took me in giving me a warm home, a job and more importantly comfort. She didn't have to do this, but did it because she was kind and caring. She even took in my best friend when she could barely afford it, her farm prospered as well as her friendship with me and Narumi. I am greatly hurt by losing her to one of her favorite places, but all I can hope for is that she's in a better place. On her will she left her farm, animals, and everything she owned to me and Narumi, I feel that she is still watching over us like a guardian angel even after she died. For her kindness I will forever be in her dept. I wish I could just say 'thank you' to her, just once more." I finished my speech and bowed without knowing I was crying again, I stepped away and let Carter to the front again.
Narumi's POV
I silently comforted Aikou with a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Carter started speaking again, next was me to say some words. I hadn't really prepared a speech for this, so I'll be saying words off the top of my head, this isn't going to be easy. After his blizzard of words he finally called me to come and get this over with, I had nothing against saying a few words but I really don't want to be here surrounded by crying people. It basically kills me to see everyone like this, and then thinking of what will they say when they notice I'm the only one not crying my eyes out. I nodded as Carter stepped back again and I walked to the front, and now they all saw my tearless face. "Um … hi?" I said awkwardly as their faces seemed a bit startled with hints of anger towards me, the only non-crying person in the town. I suddenly felt a rush of annoyance towards this and was ready to snap. "Ok let me just say I'm sorry that I'm the only one not crying, but it doesn't mean that I'm not upset by this. There is so much that I wanted to tell her, I hardly even knew her and yet I feel like I've known her my whole life. This is killing me just as much as it's killing everyone else, but do you think that she would want us to be all depressed? No I don't think she would, I think she would want us to move on and live happily. So that's what I'm going to do. Thank you." I said and stepped away letting Carter, in shock, finish up the funeral.
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