A/N: Okay just to warn you this first chapter doesn't mention the Reikai Tantei or anything to do with them at first. It happens later on so just bear with me okay. . Thankies so please read and review.

One Winged Angel

Chapter 1: Every Tear Has A Meaning

"Hey Holden! I'll race you!" shouted Naomi. Holden looked up and saw Naomi's golden colored wings, soft hazel hair, and bright chestnut brown eyes. "You know I'll just beat you anyways!" replied Holden as he stood up. Naomi landed softly next to him and smiled, "I'm much faster than you and you know it!"

"Hn," was all he said. He opened his crimson red wings and smirked at Naomi, "Where to?" She smiled and pointed to the big oak tree about two miles away. "Ready, set—ah you cheater!" screamed Naomi as Holden took off before she said 'go'.

Instantly opening her golden wings she took off after him with set determination in her eyes. Soon they were neck to neck and the tree was only thirty feet away. "See you later slowpoke!" shouted Naomi as she surged ahead of Holden going faster and faster.

Before she could land next to the tree, however, Holden tackled her to the ground and they rolled around in the grass laughing happily. After wrestling on the ground for a few minutes Naomi gave up and lay on the ground while Holden rested next to her. "You know," started Holden and Naomi turned to look at him, "Yeah?"

"I'm thinking of leaving to fight in the war." Naomi's eyes widened, "What!"

"Well I'm fifteen and that's when you can leave for the war and I…want to help protect this place," he explained as they both stared at the fluffy white clouds rolling past.

Naomi closed her eyes and thought over what Holden said. "Plus," said Holden making Naomi open her eyes, "I want to protect you." He intertwined his fingers with hers and she looked into Holden's dark blue eyes and blushed. Squeezing her hand reassuringly he smiled at her. "When…are you leaving?" she asked softly.

"I'm leaving in four days," replied Holden. Naomi stood up and let Holden's hand go, "I'm…" she turned red and turned away from Holden's searching gaze, "I'm…going to…miss you." Holden stood up and hugged Naomi from behind, "I'll miss you too. Don't worry I'll come home safely."

"I just have one question," said Naomi closing her eyes and leaning into Holden's embrace.

"Yes, what is it?" he buried his face in her hair, it smelt liked honey.

"Why do you want to protect Kiran? This island is…very beautiful and peaceful yes, but why?" she asked.

"Because Kiran is my homeland. It's where I grew up and where I lived my entire life. All the people here are so nice and kind and I don't want them to get hurt by those evil bat demons!" replied Holden passionately. Holden then wrapped his red wings around Naomi and held her close. She sighed and closed her eyes, "Then…I cannot stop you from going."

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them at bay, "I won't hold you back. Or plead for you to stay…. because I know you will go no matter what, so promise me this. No matter where we are and no matter how far we are from each other we'll always be together in our hearts! Promise me…that you won't forget about me and when you come back we will still love each other."

"I promise. But you must promise me the same thing and that you won't go off with some other guy while I'm gone," said Holden as he tightened his hold on her, "I don't want to lose you either."

"I promise." She turned around and buried her face in Holden's chest. Holden stroked her hair softly and murmured soothingly in her ears. After awhile Naomi reluctantly pulled away from Holden's embrace. "I'm fine," she said smiling sadly.

"Maybe I shouldn't go," said Holden as he held Naomi's hand.

"No. I'm just being overemotional…you should go if that is what you want. Don't let me hold you back," she whispered the last part.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" he asked and Naomi silently nodded. Holden smiled and they walked back to the main part of the city enjoying the last few hours they had together. Suddenly a green winged angel landed next to Holden and Naomi. She took a deep breath and said in a steady voice, "Your mother just gave birth, Naomi."

Naomi's eyes widened, "Huh?"

"Your mother gave birth to a baby boy," said the hospital attendant who Naomi now recognized her as her mother's daily nurse. Holden smiled happily and turned to Naomi, "I'll be going then. You can tell me about it later."

"Thanks Holden," said Naomi as she hugged him and flew off with the nurse. On the way the nurse excitedly told Naomi that her baby brother was going to be a blue winged angel. "Yes, he'll receive his sapphire necklace two days from now!"

"I was hoping he would be a golden angel like me," said Naomi, but smiled nonetheless. She fingered the topaz jewel that was attached to a gold link chain. As she tugged it lightly her wings involuntarily shivered for even though they were called angels they weren't really angels. "If you don't mind can you…tell me the Legend again," said Naomi to the attendant.

"I'll be delighted," replied the woman smiling softly, "It happened a long time ago when Turon, a human, founded a special jewel that sparkled with the morning light. Even though Turon was a human he had wandered into Makai to find out more about this other world. As he was exploring he founded the jewel that gives us wings. His were special for when he wore it, his wings were pure white. And as time went on demons too found these jewels, but they were all different for the sapphire gave blue wings, the ruby gave red wings, the topaz gave golden wings, the emerald gave green wings, and the diamond gave white wings. No one could find the diamonds, however, and so Turon was the only one with white wings."

"It's amazing," murmured Naomi as she fingered the topaz once again. The attendant smiled fondly at her and nodded, "Yes, it is amazing. I'm glad that Turon also built Kiran to protect us from the demons down below. But he didn't save us from the worst enemy of all…the bat demons."

"The…bat demons," whispered Naomi and thought back to what Holden said about leaving. He's leaving so soon, thought Naomi sadly.

Finally they arrived at the hospital and Naomi eagerly rushed inside followed by the nurse. "Slow down," huffed the attendant. "She's not going to go anywhere."

"But I'm so excited," said Naomi, but slowed down anyways so the attendant could catch up. The attendant smiled and led Naomi to a room marked 321. "Here we are your mother's room."

"Thank you," she said while giving a warm smile to the attendant. Slowly she opened the door and went inside.

"Naomi, is that you?" asked a soft voice that was laced with tiredness. Naomi walked further inside and saw her mother, Kyoko, lying on a bed with a bundle wrapped in baby blue blankets in her arms. "So what did you name him?" asked Naomi as she sat down on a chair near her mother's bed and started to softly stroke her brother's soft fuzzy dark brown hair.

"We haven't decided yet, but did you hear he's a blue winged," said her mother.

"Yes, the nurse told me. I'm so excited!" she said as she watched the baby sleep deeply. Suddenly the door opened, "Oh, Naomi, I'm so glad you're here. I hope the nurse didn't have too much trouble finding you." Naomi turned to smile softly at her father, Kiyo. His chocolate brown hair was tied into a ponytail and his soft hazel eyes were sparkling with happiness. "So what names are you deciding on?" asked Naomi.

"We're deciding on Tanai or Ren," said Kyoko as she brushed her golden hazel hair aside. Her dark brown eyes were filled with tiredness, but also joy. Naomi thought on the names, "I like Tanai, but Ren is a good name too."

"Yes, I think Tanai's a good name, but your father here likes Ren so we're not sure," said Kyoko.

"I think we should name him Tanai," said Kiyo smiling.

"Why?" asked Kyoko surprised that her husband changed his mind so fast.

"Because one of the guys in flying school who use to flirt with you was named Ren. I had forgotten all about him and he was my rival too," said Kiyo as he glared playfully at a spot in the corner. Naomi laughed, "You're so funny sometimes." Kyoko also laughed and nodded, "Okay then we shall name him Tanai."

"Hello Tanai," said Naomi as she went back to stroking Tanai's hair. Suddenly a nurse popped her head into the room, "Visiting hours are almost over so if you would please get ready to leave it'll save you some time." The nurse disappeared and Naomi stood up. "Well I'll come by tomorrow and say hello," said Naomi.

"Okay," said Kyoko, "You can help us pack up to leave tomorrow for they're releasing me to get ready for the ceremony." Naomi hugged her mother and father and waved good-bye as she walked out of the hospital room. She memorized the room number and walked slowly towards the main entrance.

As she walked towards the entrance she accidentally bumped into someone, "Ouch!" yelped Naomi.

"I'm sorry," said the man and Naomi looked up to see a green haired and red-eyed angel. She stared at him for a few seconds before apologizing also, "It's my fault I should've watch where I was going." Naomi left as soon as the man reassured her it was all right. As soon as she got out of the hospital she unfolded her wings and flew off to Holden's house to talk to him.

After ten minutes she reached a tan colored home with a cherry blossom tree in the front. She walked slowly up to the door and noticed that the ground was carpeted with the soft, pink petals of the cherry blossom tree. Naomi smiled tenderly at the innocent looking cat perched on the windowsill.

It jumped off the sill with practiced ease and grace and walked over to Naomi. "Hey, Sakura," greeted Naomi cheerfully as she bent down to pet the cat's soft, silky fur. Sakura purred in response and rubbed against Naomi's leg. "For a snow leopard you sure are tame," said Naomi thoughtfully.

Suddenly Naomi heard a chuckle from the front porch and she turned to look up, startled. "Oh, Holden. You scared me…for a minute," she said.

"So how'd it go?" asked Holden who was referring to Naomi's mother and her new sibling.

"My brother's name is Tanai."

"Nice name," said Holden smiling. "Who named him?"

"My mother, father, and me," said Naomi as she scratched Sakura's ears fondly.

"So what's he going to be? A green winged?"

"Nah, he's a blue winged. His ceremony is two days from now. Do you think you can…attend?" she asked softly afraid of the answer. Holden's face fell at this and he frowned, "No, I'm really sorry Naomi."

"It's okay. I understand, you're going to be really busy," said Naomi smiling. Naomi stood up and turned to Holden, "Will…I see you anytime soon?"

"…" Holden didn't answer and instead wrapped his arms around Naomi. Tears spilled down Naomi's cheeks this time and she clung tightly to Holden, "I guess…I'll see you when you come back…from the war," whispered Naomi. Holden let her go and smiled sadly as she flew off.

Two Years Later

"Hey Naomi come down here!" shouted Kyoko as she sifted through the morning mail.

"Yeah, what is it?" asked Naomi as she flew down the steps carrying Tanai.

"Can you check the official mailbox later on," said Kyoko as she took the squirming Tanai out of Naomi's arms. Naomi sighed and nodded, "Yeah sure. You didn't change the password did you?"

"Nope."

"…Why do we even need an official mailbox," groaned Naomi as she headed for the door.

"Because you know important mail can't just be delivered to our regular mailbox. It might get stolen and what if someone was sending us a million dollar check," said Kyoko smiling.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," said Naomi as she unfolded her wings and flew out the door heading towards the main central building in the center of the island. She landed silently next to a tall white building and headed inside. The doors automatically opened for her and she immediately passed the front desk and headed towards a room that was labeled "mailboxes".

Naomi opened the door and peered inside the room. There was nothing inside, but Naomi confidently closed the door and locked it and stood in the middle of the room. "Laslami," she muttered. Suddenly out of nowhere a mailbox appeared right beside her and she opened it up and looked inside.

There were three letters and one looked especially heavy and fat. She grabbed all three, closed the mailbox, and muttered, "Laslami noe." This time the mailbox disappeared and she unlocked the door and exited the room. She rushed out of the building, despite the yells from the front desk, and flew off. "Mom! I'm home!" shouted Naomi.

"SHHH!" hissed a low voice and she turned to look at the stairway. There was Kyoko making a motion for Naomi to be quiet.

Once downstairs Kyoko led Naomi into the kitchen and started explaining, "Well I just finished getting Tanai to go to sleep. You almost woke him up."

"Oh, sorry I didn't know. Anyways I brought the mail and maybe you were right about the million dollars this envelope weighs a ton," said Naomi as she handed the letters to her mom.

"Ah, thank you sweetie," said Kyoko smiling cheerfully because she got her daughter to do the chore. Naomi rolled her eyes and was about to head out when Kyoko stopped her. "Hey, wait, I think this fat envelope is for you," said Kyoko handing the envelope to her daughter.

"Oh…. I guess I'll open it later," said Naomi slightly confused and baffled.

"You should open it once you get to your room. It must be important if someone sent it to our official mailbox," advised Kyoko as she opened the two other letters.

"Okay thanks mom," said Naomi rushing up the stairs. She opened the door to her room and closed it and locked it behind her before sitting down on her bed. Naomi sighed and opened the letter. "Whoa," she uttered as she noticed the thick pieces of expensive parchment, "Who would write their letter on such expensive paper," she wondered.

She checked the back and saw that it was Holden's mother, Kaira, who sent her the letter. Scanning it she read it in her thoughts…

Dear Naomi,

How have you been doing? I hope you've been getting along fine and your mother too. She's such a dear and I bet she's having fun with Tanai. You may have noticed that this package is very heavy and, if you haven't already, please wait until you finish reading this letter before looking in the envelope.

So I heard that you're going to audition for a job at the mail office so you can deliver letters. That's a good job, but it doesn't really pay well, but still if you love flying and you're really fast it'll seem like fun. I used to work that job in my younger days and it taught me a lot about how to survive in Makai if any of us had to deliver a letter outside the safety of our island, Kiran.

Anyways enough of my rambling I just wanted to say that…well this is very difficult to put it into words…but…

Naomi frowned at this point Kaira's hand had been shaking so much it was barely legible and their was smears and smudges that looked suspiciously like tears. She read on wondering what had spooked Holden's usually calm and collected mother this bad…

…I just want to say that…Holden is not coming back and that he…passed away after—

Naomi stopped her eyes widening, "W-what!" Her hands were shaking so bad that she could hardly read the rest of the letter and after a few minutes it flutter lifelessly from her hand. Suddenly flashes of memories with her times with Holden came to her mind and tears trailed silently down her cheeks. "Holden………."

It was a soft whisper, but soon it grew louder and louder until she could hear Tanai crying and her mother rushing up the stairs. Naomi whimpered and curled into a ball sobbing. "Why…why me!" screamed Naomi…. "Why…." She whispered softly.

Tanai's crying softened and Naomi could hear the lock click before the door opened a crack, "Naomi? Oh my, what's wrong dear?" asked Kyoko who kneeled beside Naomi's body. She started to stroke Naomi's hair softly as she slowly soothed her daughter down. "Now tell me what's wrong?"

"…Ho—" Naomi's voice cracked and the tears started afresh.

"Naomi?"

"Just leave me alone," croaked Naomi. Her throat was sore from all the screaming and sobbing, "Please," whimpered Naomi, "Leave me alone." Kyoko's eyes soften and she stood up watching as Naomi closed her eyes.

On her way out she bent down to pick up the letter without Naomi's notice. Shutting the door quietly she headed towards the kitchen to read the letter.

"Why Holden? We made a promise to one another…" said Naomi as she shut her eyes and let the darkness enveloped her.

Two Weeks Later

Naomi walked down the street sighing, ever since that day two weeks ago she just couldn't bring herself to go and audition for the job.

She flew towards a tree and sat down underneath it and closed her eyes. Yesterday she checked what was in the envelope…

"Please Naomi," started Kyoko, "You have to eat something."

"I don't want anything," muttered Naomi as she stared out her window watching the sunset. Kyoko sighed and closed the door to her daughter's room.

After awhile Naomi sighed and got out of bed, "Might as well read or something." She headed towards her bookcase, but suddenly stepped on something hard. "Itai!" she shouted falling down and landing on her bottom. She checked the floor and found the crumpled up letter on the floor.

Picking it up she opened it and gasped. Reaching into the envelope she pulled out a ruby necklace that was hanging from a delicate silver chain. "Holden," she whispered. Lightly bringing the ruby up to her lips she kissed it gently and hung it on her neck.

A tingle went up her spine and she got up and unfolded her wings. Heading towards a mirror to see what it looks like she saw that her left wing was golden and her right wings was red. Tears fell to the floor and she wiped them away hastily, "I'll be brave," she whispered. "I'll keep on living for your sake!"

Naomi sighed and yawned tiredly, "I guess since I made that promise yesterday…I'll audition for the job again." She stood up and flew off toward a blue building with cloud patterns on it. Naomi opened the door silently and looked inside. "Hello can I help you with something?" spoke a voice from behind her.

"AH!" yelled Naomi turning around to peer into emerald green eyes.

"Ma'am?" asked the woman cocking an eyebrow.

"Uh…I came here to see if the mailing job was still open," said Naomi sheepishly.

"Oh yes, we still have that position open. Everyone who audition were terrible flyers especially that last one," muttered the secretary. Naomi reluctantly smiled, "So…um…what do I have to do?"

"Follow me," said the secretary as she went further inside the building. Naomi hesitantly followed behind and unconsciously gripped the ruby hanging around her neck.

A/N: Wowa that was a long chapter. Well before we go off to the next chapter I have to warn you that the next chapter also doesn't mention the Reikai Tantei. Sorry if it's getting boring, but I promise that maybe a few chapters later it's gonna have them. So, please review!