This story was originally wrote by BananasForMonkeys and has let me take over from where she left off.

Just Like Itsuki By BananasForMonkeys and continued by Pikapi72

I used to love fire. I'd watch it for hours. The warmth, the light, the color, and the energy. It was so amazing. My mother and father would call me crazy. Even my twin brother, Itsuki, would tease me about it sometimes. However, his favorite thing to tease me about was how much I talked. That was another bad habit of mine. I could never stop talking to people when I met someone new. I was very outgoing, unlike Itsuki, who always preferred it indoors. He was the more responsible one, and I usually looked to him for guidance if mom or dad weren't around.

But all of that changed when I was ten. I went to school that day, but Itsuki couldn't join me because he was sick. Mom and dad were taking him to the doctor, but I had already recovered from it the previous week since I was the first one who caught it. I wasn't that worried, but still felt bad for my brother, since I had given him the illness.

When I came home, nobody greeted me. I figured they were still at the doctor's. I had a bad feeling, though. I just ignored it. That was a very foolish thing to do.

I did my homework, then turned on the television. I just happened to switch onto the news channel and saw that there was a very big fire currently in my town. I stayed on the channel, for I was very interested. There had never been a fire in my town before. Then, as I listened further, I was shocked to hear that it was the clinic my parents had taken Itsuki to. It was showing all of the people who had been evacuated and were at no harm, but I didn't see a single member of my family. Then, they said that three people were still trapped. My heart almost stopped at that moment.

When I had come to my senses, I leaped of the couch and ran as fast as my legs could carry me to the clinic. I didn't even bother putting my shoes or coat on in the winter snow, it didn't matter at all right now.

As I came closer, I could hear sirens and smell smoke. The glow of fire slowly came into my sight. When I finally came to the clinic, I pushed through the crowd of people and tried to run into the blazing building, but someone stopped me before I could.

''What are you thinking, kid? You can't go in there!'' a man yelled. He looked like a paramedic.

''But my family's still in there!'' I screamed at him.

The man looked at me with more understanding, then asked, ''Is your family the little boy and his parents we're trying to get out? Are you sure you can't see them over there?'' he pointed to the croud of people who and been saved and were all being inspected. I scanned the group once again, but they weren't there. I shook my head.

Then they pulled out two bodies. Two bloody, ash-covered bodies. My mother and father, I could tell it was them. ''Mom, dad!'' I screamed, running towards them. This time, the man didn't stop me. I sat beside them, and the two firemen looked at me with pity. ''Aren't you going to get them a doctor!'' I asked, sobbing as I held my parent's hands. The firemen shook their heads in sadness. ''No!'' I wailed, hugging the two lifeless bodies that used to be able to hug me back. They were hot and almost burned me, but no amount of pain could keep my mind off of them right now.

Somebody screamed, ''Look! The little boy! He made it out alive!'' and my head turned to the building. There was another fireman carrying my twin brother, and I could see Itsuki's eyes open wide in fear and shock. I didn't want to leave my parents, but I had to go see Itsuki to make sure he was okay. I ran over to the fireman carrying my brother and followed them until he lay Itsuki down on the edge of the ambulance.

''I don't think he's hurt, he's just sick and scared.'' the fireman told a paramedic, the same one who had stopped me from entering the building. The paramedic nodded and inspected Itsuki from head to toe.

''He seems to be alright, but he needs to rest, he has a fever. I'll give him some medicen.'' the paramedic said, much to my relief.

Itsuki turned to me and asked, ''Are mom and dad okay? Where are they?'' I started to sob hard again as I remembered the sight of my dead parents, then pointed in the direction where their bodies still lay as everyone looked at them in horror. Itsuki's face became the most horrified of all, as he sat up and began to cry with me. We hugged each other and cried until we both fell asleep on the ambulance from exhaustion.

That was the day that had changed my whole world. My brother and I later had to move in with my uncle, however he went off to travel. That left us to take care of ourselves as we used the great amount of money he sent us each week to buy what we wished. He sent someone to take care of the bills and buy nesassary food, as well. However, living in such a great house and left to buy anything I wanted didn't make things better. I started to hate fire, and couldn't stand the sight of it. I also stopped talking to people and refused to go outside. I felt that I could trust no one but Itsuki.

Eventually, I had to talk a bit to the tutor my uncle had started to send for me everyday so I could still stay eduacted. That tutor did many things that she wasn't supposed to, though. Bad things that I'll never talk about. That's probably what broke my twin and I, that's what closed me off from the world completly. She got caught and sent to jail, but that doesn't even matter to me. She took away any happiness I could have had in my life.

Itsuki was horrified, but it only took a month before he took charge and was strong for both of us. He still went to school and started to smile again. I was so upset, because I couldn't be that strong. I knew I could never get over it.

Then, when we were both twelve, Itsuki and I began to experience very strange things. I was terrified, but my twin became interested and tried to figure out what was wrong. One day, he came home smiling, saying that he knew. He said that we were both espers, and that we had been offered to join an organization of other espers. I didn't go, of course, since I couldn't go outside to see other people. He went, though, and trained with his powers. Then he would show me how to use mine as much as I needed.

Itsuki also started smiling more, saying that it was what he had been taught in order to seal his feelings from others. He wouldn't seal his feelings from me as much, though. I had simply once spotted him doing it when he was talking to one of his colleges. Itsuki was still quite sad a lot, but at least he was better than me. I couldn't even smile anymore. It was almost like I had forgotten how.

When we were fourteen, I still wouldn't go outside and was nervous and depressed all the time. Itsuki said he had to start going to high school on the other side of town to watch over Haruhi Suzumiya, and by now I already knew who she was. ''God'', pretty much. Itsuki had to spend less time at home, and I missed him a lot. But I knew I couldn't dare get in the way of his work. I would just sit alone at home and study, for I no longer needed a tutor. Just books.

My name is Toshiro Koizumi. My brother is Itsuki Koizumi, and I wish so hard to be like him. And maybe someday, I can be. But for now, that's just a foolish dream of mine.

So this was the prologue she wrote at first.