CHAPTER 1
Kyouya Ootori was walking down a street, which would later be know as the street that Haruhi and Hikaru was walking down, for their date. He liked walking down that street since it was always peaceful and that every time he walked past a shop, the shop keeper would greet him and he would wave back and keep walking. The only thing he hated was the poor quality of products and that there are always girls looking at him, but other than that it was peaceful (the girls are always afraid of asking him out, so they never speak to him).
That day he didn't really have a point in walking that day. He just wanted to walk off the stress that he had been going through. So far, his father thought of him as a failure and they kept arguing day and night. That morning, especially, his father told him that he will never exceed his brothers.
He didn't notice it quickly, but he walking so far that he went all the way to the neighborhood. All the houses were small, but all the houses and gardens were taken care of, and looked neat.
He kept on walking and noticed that all the girls that were outside walking were looking at him like he was candy. He kept walking and tried to avoid eye contact with the girls.
He saw that there was a girl, different from the others, on the other side of the street. She was working on her front garden, and her clothes looked like it was Haruhi's, her hair was black, but the hair style was different. Her hair was cut in short layers like Yuna (from Final Fantasy X-2) and it had a long pony tail under all her cut hair. She didn't look at anyone, but the flowers that she was tending.
She stopped working and started to stretch her back, until she coughed. She coughed so much that she coughed out blood. She stared at her hand for a while and fell on her knees and coughed more. She looked very pitiful.
He had to help her. He rushed over where she was kneeling and picked her up.
"Miss, is this your house?" He asked her. He said it in a gentle voice so that he wouldn't scare her. She nodded in answer. "Is it ok if I take you to a hospital?" He asked. She shook her head in answer.
"There is a number on the fridge for my doctor. Please…call him only and no one else. cough-cough." she said gently. He carried her inside. He set her on the living room couch and rushed over to the kitchen, that was next to the living room, to look for a rag and to call the doctor that the lady was talking about. He found it, and called the doctor while he was looking for a rag (it was a cordless phone).
"Yes, are you a doctor?" asked Kyouya in a hurry.
"Yes, I am. I am Doctor Miazaki, what is the matter young man?"
"Well, this girl keeps on coughing out blood and I saw her coughing and she told me to call you."
"Yes yes I'll come." Doctor Miazaki hung up the phone in a hurry. So Kyouya looked franticly for a rag. He finally found one in one of the drawers and he made it damp and used it to wipe her hands and face, then gave it to her to cover her mouth.
It took the doctor about 7 minutes to get to the house. Once the doctor arrived there, he asked Kyouya to help him take her to room. He helped carry her to a room, she was very light. He was lead by the doctor, who surprisingly know the way around the house. She must be one of the doctor's daily concerns, he thought.
"Ok set her on the bed, then could you please bring me another rag and dampen it?" asked the doctor. He nodded and went to the kitchen and dampened it, just like the doctor told him to do. He ran as fast as he could to the room they were in and saw that she looked and sounded better than before. She stopped coughing and the doctor was cleaning up her face and hands.
"I am very glad that you came to help this poor girl. If you didn't, today could have been the day she would die. And that would only please her brother and the devil more. Thank you very much."
"Uh, you're welcome. Is it ok if I ask you something?" asked Kyouya.
"Go ahead. If it is about what she has then I will tell you since you are an Ootori."
"How did you-"
"I can tell cause you look just like your father when he was young…only that you look more…I don't know…happier." Kyouya didn't like the mention that he looked just like his father. "Well, my name is Dr. Miazaki, and as you can see, she has something that no other human on earth has. She, has what I call, the "Blood Eater"." said Doctor Miazaki.
"What do you mean that no other human has and yet there is a name for it?" asked Kyouya.
"Well, when she came to me, which was around the beginning of this month, I found no other disease, cancer, syndrome or anything like it. I reported it to the Health Society and told them of what I had found, and also told them that it is not contagious. They told me not to spread the word that there is case like this, so that Japan or the World, for that matter, would not be in a panic. As you know it is not contagious so you will be ok, it's just that when she will have children…her children will get the same case as she does. Now, does that answer your question?"
"Well, what did you do to help her then?" asked Kyouya.
"Well, I am an expert in making medicine for any symptom, so I made a medication for the body to produce more blood when this happens. I told her, if she coughed and blood was on her hands, to take the medicine right away. She started taking the medication last week, but she keeps on forgetting to take it. Sigh It has been hard for her. Is there anymore questions?"
"Yes, just one more. What do you mean if she died then it will only do the devil and her brother good?" asked Kyouya.
"The brother thinks that all that she has done, was bad. Even though she has been cooking, cleaning, tending the gardens and other things, for him. Because of her condition, he thinks that she should have just died." Right after the Dr. Miazaki said this, the front door swung wide open and they heard a man yelling.
"Dr. Miazaki, who is that?" asked Kyouya in a low voice
"The brother." answered Dr. Miazaki in a quick whisper.
"I TOLD YOU THAT THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS, I WANTED HER DEAD!" said the man.
"Well, this young man was the one that saved her so you can't blame me for anything. I had nothing to do with it. So long." Dr. Miazaki waved goodbye and left.
"Fine I'm going back to work." the brother left the room and went back to his work place.
Kyouya was left alone with her. Intently watching her asleep, he forgot about what time it was and that it was lunch time, but he was so worried about her that he just kept on wondering and hoping that she would wake up soon. Then she started to move.
"Uh…my head feels droopy." said the girl.
"Are you ok? Do you feel better?" asked Kyouya in a gentle voice.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for helping me. I keep forgetting to take my medication. I'm guessing Dr. Miazaki has told you about my condition?" asked the girl.
"Yes, he explained everything to me."
"Are you scared of me. Are you scared of what I have?"
"No, not really. Why do you ask?"
"No, reason." after she said that, there was a loud grumbling sound coming from Kyouya's direction. "Oh, do you want me to make lunch for you?"
"That would be great." with that he bowed, to hide his embarrassed face, and followed her into the kitchen.
"Do you like fried rice or fried noodles?" asked the girl.
"Fried Rice would be good enough. Do you need help?"
"No, it's ok, I feel fine. Just sit down over there, where the table is." Kyouya sat down in the seat and noticed that the table is made of a poor quality of wood, and the seat is really old. "I forgot to introduce myself to you. My name is Miori Takahari." she introduced herself.
"My name is Kyouya Ootori. Where are your parents?"
"My parents died in a car crash. My step brother took me in because, he said that everyone would hate him and say that he is mean."
"Well, he is kind of mean."
"No, not really, since he took me in, I think, that he is nice inside." After that, there was silence in the kitchen. "The rice is finished." She grabbed a plate, looked at Kyouya, then she scooped some fried rice onto the plate.
"Is this amount good?" asked Miori.
"It's good enough." replied Kyouya, even though it was a perfect amount. Miori went to the fridge and brought out a whole water melon, about the size of a basketball, and set it on the table.
"Would you like some slices of watermelon, for desert?"
"Sure, but aren't you going to eat the fried rice?" asked Kyouya.
"No, I can't eat that. I have to eat veggies and fruit. Dr. Miazaki said it will help reduce the coughing." She started cutting the water melon in to slices, then she grabbed a plate in the cabinet and put the slices there. "Here take as many slices as you want." she went back to the cabinet and grabbed two more plates. One for her and Kyouya. Kyouya took a bite out of the first one and thought that this melon was the first melon he had in a long time (2 years to be exact).
"Does it taste good? I hope there isn't that many seeds in yours." said Miori.
"No, don't worry it's good. You should start eating." and with that Miori nodded and started eating.
"So, what school do you go to?" asked Kyouya.
"I don't go to school. We don't have a lot of money so I just teach myself, by going to the library and read." answered Miori.
"Don't you have friends?" Kyouya didn't really wanted to ask this question, for he was afraid of what the answer would be.
"No, I don't want to scare other people. It feels lonely, but I'm use to it." This hit Kyouya hard in the chest. He started seeing the pain of loneliness in her eyes. "I'm so sorry if I made you sad."
"No, it's ok." He was trying to form a plan to get her out of this place. The thought of a plan that would help him reach his goal in life. Then he thought that she looked pitiful in this place, and it kind of reminded him of Haruhi's place, only that there was more love in the family.
"Miori, may I ask you a question?" asked Kyouya.
"Yes, anything" answered Miori.
"How about you staying at my house instead of living here? My family will arrange the custody with your brother and you will be going to the school that I attend to. All you need to do is pass the test to enter the school and pack your things. You won't be able to attend the same classes as me, since your about 1 year younger than me. Right?" Miori nodded.
"I'm 15 years old, so you're 16 right?" asked Miori. Kyouya nodded to confirm his age.
"But at least you will be with people that I know that are good to others." said Kyouya.
"Um, I'm going to have to ask my brother about it then. Is that ok?" replied Miori.
"If you want we could go to my house to look around and you could meet my family,"
"Um, ok? Is this ok then?" She was pulling at her clothes which were a hoodie with short sleeves, short cargo pants, and flip-flops.
"They're ok. I'll call my house to tell them." He went to the phone and told his father everything. The father said yes and said that he'll send a driver over there.
"Ok, my driver is coming to pick us up. We should wait outside."
"First let me finish washing the dishes then we'll go." Already she was on her last dish and said that she was done. Once she was done she went outside with Kyouya. In no time at all the car arrived.
They rode the car in silence and waited for there destination.
"Master Ootori, we have arrived." said the driver.
"Master Ootori? That is a bit formal don't you think?" asked Miori.
"Yes, but he is my master." answered the driver.
"Kyouya, I didn't know you were rich?" asked Miori.
"I didn't know that it was important. Well, is it?" asked Kyouya.
"No, but still you didn't have to do all of this for me. It's just too much." said Miori.
"Oh, but I want to, you need help. What are friends for?" said Kyouya.
"We are friends? Wow this is a first. Thank you for everything. This is the first time anyone has considered me as their friend." thanked Miori.
They arrived at the Ootori Mansion. Miori was surprised that he lived in a mansion and that there were so many servants waiting outside the mansion and that, when the door was opened, she could see that inside was very spacious.
"Miori, aren't you going to come out?" asked Kyouya.
"I'm sorry. It's just that your house is so big and…and …and you have so many servants and, and other things." said Miori stuttering the whole way, by nervousness.
"Well, my family wants to meet you so let's go." with that he helped her out of the car and walked up the steps of the house and entered.
"WELCOME MASTER." said all the servants that were lined out along the rug.
"Master Ootori, your father wants you and your friend to meet him in his office. So would you please follow me." said the maid. They followed her through several hallways and finally arrived at a door with a gold plate on the door that said "Office".
"Young Master Ootori and his friend is here, Sir." said the maid.
"You may enter." said a deep voice. They both entered and the maid left the room and closed the door behind her.
The office, itself , was big, and had so many filing cabinets that were neatly filed away. Everything in the office was big, the window, the window drapes, the desk (which was beautifully made), the cushion on the chairs, and many other things.
Kyouya and Miori bowed and then they looked up at the faces that they were bowing to.
In front of them, there were three people standing there, behind the desk with an ominous look.