A/N: Thank you for simply looking at this… Story. I hope it entertains many and I want it known that I wrote this from a dream I had that was amazing. Please enjoy.
Long ago there was Heaven, Earth, and Hell. Earth was in turmoil as dark angels who could control demons reeked havoc across the lands. Three angels from Heaven decided to fight back and descended from Heaven swearing they would not return until Earth was completely purged of evil. These three angels were called Artemis, Bacchius, and Carithian by their friends - all were men. Up in Heaven many angels watched over them but soon they were forgotten by all but three.
Harumi, Hiromi, and Hitomi - three beautiful young angels refused to forget about the ones they loved and lived by for so long. The girls yearned for their lovers down on Earth and missed their embraces. The three heartbroken women would look down through a window to Earth from Sunrise to Sunset and many times they would stay all night as well falling asleep around the window.
One day the three women could take it no longer and pleaded with god to let them go as rewards to those who fought bitterly against dark angels. At first he refused saying that Earth was no place for such pure young angels but then when he remembered that he had made man woman to keep them company and that Angels were not compatible with humans (they couldn't have kids). With a heavy heart he allowed three of his most precious daughters - for angels were like his children - to descend to Earth and the ones they loved.
No one knows what happened to the angels after that, some say they never found each other. Others say that they were corrupted and never fulfilled their mission. And yet others say that they are reborn over and over with only the mission of fighting evil…..
"I know I know!" a girl around the age of fifteen cried out. She had short black hair that stopped below her ears and had bangs running across her forehead; pale, flawless skin; and large pupil less blue eyes, "The lesson of our ancestors! We are prime examples that they did not fail since we inherited the 'Angel Eyes'! I've heard this story a million times."
"Hitomi!" An elderly woman who had been telling the story gasped out clearly shocked.
"She didn't mean it! Honest! Right Hitomi?" another girl who looked just like Hitomi only with waist length black hair and slanted bangs that covered her forehead cried out trying to defuse the situation.
"Oh yes she did Harumi! And I'm starting to agree with her! I mean we grew up on this story - so why is it so important to tell us now? It's our sixteenth birthday - and we're going to be late for school at this rate!" another girl interrupted before Hitomi could speak. The new girl was almost a complete copy of the other two girls except her black hair was pulled up into two bushy pigtails, she had bangs running across her forehead but she let two grow really long to frame her face on either side.
They were obviously triplets even with their different hair styles.
"Girls!" the elderly woman cried out, "Tonight you will write the story seven times word for word before you go to bed! Now get going you need to get to school!"
All three girls groaned and Hitomi muttered "Senile old bat!" under her breath before she grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulders. Her bag was a dark green book bag with a carrying slot for her skateboard. Hitomi was obviously the tomboy and wasn't afraid to flaunt it.
Harumi sighed and grabbed her pink binder and lavender purse before rushing out of the door. She was the grisliest of the three sisters and the oldest.
Hiromi growled curse words under her breath as she slung her black messenger bag over her shoulder - the bag had a million little buttons on it. Her favorites read, 'My conscious tells me too!' and 'Have a great morning! Cause life only gets worse!'. No she wasn't gothic she just liked cryptic little sayings.
The three girls headed out for school dressed in their customary colors of red, gold, white, black, and grey.
"Why are they always drilling that stupid old story into our head? It's not like they believe it right?" Hitomi scoffed as she glided along on her skateboard.
"Beats me, but now we have to write it like a million times and on our birthday!" I groaned.
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Let me interrupt my name is Hiromi Hitachi - like the city. I'm sixteen as of today and yes I'm a triplet. I'm the one with the puffy pigtails and combat boots - yep that's me. Now no I'm not gothic I just strive to be different in my family - Harumi is perfect, Hitomi has sports, and I'm the rebellious one. All our lives we've had that stupid story of being descended from angels drilled into our heads - f u n- NOT! Harumi thinks it's total truth while Hitomi hates the story but I just put up with it to stay out of trouble. Anyway lets just say that our family - which is like the whole flippin thing, Aunts, Cousins, Uncles, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, etc. believe in the legend and today we have to go through some ceremony of 'The Fallen Angels'. I swear it's almost like a cult! Ok back to the story.
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"I know we don't even get a b-day with our friends!" Harumi whined shocking both me and Hitomi she was the perfect child - the one that always did as she was told. She did not complain. Ever.
"What?" She asked throwing her hands up in frustration, "I have a life too you know!"
"Uh-huh, sure," Hitomi muttered as she continued to push off with her foot to keep her board going.
Suddenly - and without warning - a bright pink purse was swung at my head.
"Hey!" I cried as I ducked barely in time to dodge the purse but it hit its target smack in the face… Sorry Hitomi.
Hitomi had been hit smack dab in the middle of her face and had stumbled backward causing her skateboard to shoot out from under her resulting in her laying flat on the ground stunned. I couldn't help it, I laughed like a mad man upon seeing her expression.
"Why I'm gonna!" Hitomi cried and both Harumi and I shot off like rockets laughing all the way.
We came up to the school really early today but exhausted and promptly collapsed underneath "our" tree. We always meet up at this tree after school to go home together, so over the past three years it became our tree. ( Our school holds 7th to 12th graders and we are 10th graders)
Smiling I relaxed against my sisters as we lay breathless under the tree. Of course our rare sister moment didn't last long and I did my best not to sigh as our peace was shattered.
"Harumi!" a very male voice called out happily causing Harumi's face to light up as she jumped to her feet.
"Hey Hitomi!" another male voice called out causing Hitomi to break into a blushing smile.
Yep you guessed it they both have -
"Akihiko!" Harumi cried as she jumped to her feet and raced over to him, wrapping herself up in his arms.
Akihiko is her boyfriend - obviously. He had blue eyes that resembled ours but you could actually see their pupils, he had short blond hair and I mean blond - like sunlight, and he was Quarterback of our football team - shocker. They have been dating for about a year now - he's a Junior almost Senior. In my opinion he is a pompous controlling jerk but hey Harumi "loves" him so whatever - it's not like he hits her or anything he just talks her out or into things he doesn't like her doing or wants her to do.
Hitomi was a bit more reserved but she too went over to her boyfriend, Kioshi. Kioshi is one of Akihiko's best friends. He has short sandy brown hair and the same blue eyes of Akihiko which is weird if you ask me since they aren't related. He has a more reserved attitude around most people but Hitomi swears he's a hopeless romantic. I'm not really sure though because despite knowing them since they were eleven and we were ten I know about as much as I do of any random person you could point out. Like his name, number, age, and friends but that's about it. Weird right?
I held my breath for a fraction of a moment and had a hard time not groaning in annoyance when a third voice called my name. Masashi. Masashi is the third member of their little trio; he has bright red/orange hair, the same freakin blue eyes, and a cocky smile. I hate him, he loves me. When we first met we were friends sort of but ever since his sixteenth birthday I've hated him with a firey passion big enough to set our concrete school on fire.
"Hey Hiromi, good to see you again," Masashi said in a sickly sweet voice - he just doesn't get the fact that I don't like him like that! Opening my eyes I looked up to cast a very snarky reply to him but gasped with what I saw.
Looking into his eyes I could see a burning passion that - truth be told - scared me a bit. In his eyes I could see love, possessiveness, relief, and was that hope? Well what ever it was he was freaking me out.
"Ma-Masashi," I stuttered out nervously and quickly looked around for some sort of escape route.
As soon as I began to slid upward to my feet(I was still sitting) he leaned forward and blocked my exit options with his arms. Leaning in he rested his forehead against mine and I was pissed beyond belief what the hell did he think he was doing? This was my personal space and he was all up in my bubble!
"Hiromi," He breathed out - his breath tickling my skin and causing goose bumps - not in a good way.. At least that's what I kept telling myself. I nearly whimpered because of the longing laced in his voice - what was going on? Masashi was annoying sure but he had never done this. And to be honest not only was I ticked but I was slightly afraid.
He began to lean in and I sucked in a terrified/pissed off gasp which caused him to freeze for a minute. God I loved that minute!
"Hiromi!" a very female voice called out- my rescue had come just in time. "Hey Masashi what the heck is your problem?" the voice yelled as a girl my age marched up to the tree with an almost copy of herself trailing behind. The first girl - the one yelling - is Emily Smith. She has firey red hair that she always has pulled up in pigtails - and no pigtails are NOT immature. Hers always had little colorful tassels cascading with her rather curly locks, she has large emerald green eyes, and she's pale.
Her shadow would be her twin, Emma, who looks just like her only she lets her slightly wavy ( and almost wild) firey red air stay down. Emma is the quite one and would never dream of interrupting Masashi. Technically they are both fifteen but that will change in like two days and oh they are supposedly descendants of angels as well - only not a direct line - whatever that means.
Emily had reached us by now and Masashi gritted his teeth and glared at Emily with such hatred it actually caused Emma - who was behind Emily - to shutter a bit. For some reason Masashi had never liked Emily though he seemed fine with Emma but recently it had gotten worse - like he wanted to kill her or something.
Un-phased as usual Emily pushed him aside without a second thought only to have him grab her wrist - hard. He spun her away from him and held both of her wrists in one hand held behind her back.
"Em-Emily!" Emma cried out in shock and looked desperately at me to do something. Emily gasped in pain and I could have sworn he smiled in some kind of sick pleasure. Emily glared daggers at him over her shoulder and tried to yank her wrist away only to have him tighten his hold and most likely leaving a bruise.
"Let her go!" I cried out causing everyone to turn back to me - apparently they had all (except Emma) forgotten I was even here. "Masashi! What's your problem?" I cried out again and grabbed his hand pulling futilely trying to get him to release Emily who had by this point almost started to cry - whether out of anger or pain I'm not sure..
He cast one last glare at Emily before letting her go and turning back to me, "Be careful, Hime, you don't know… Happy Birthday," Masashi breathed into my ear as he leaned over me. He placed a chaste kiss on my cheek before I came back to reality.
Of course I froze like a deer in headlights. What had happened to my Masashi? The care free, sweet, caring boy who I had been best friends with at age of fifteen. The Masashi before me seemed older, more mature, and very very scary. Instantly a "flight" instinct kicked in and I looped my arm around Emily's arm and grabbed Emma before darting off away from Masashi and my silent sisters.
After I was safely around the building with my two friends I let two silent tears roll down my cheek before sniffling. And glaring at the offending droplets the best I could considering they were on my face.
"A-are you ok Hiromi? Wh-what just happened back there?" Emma asked in a whisper as she stood unsure of how to act.
"I… I don't know…" I whispered as I wiped my tears on the back of my sleeve.
"I'll tell you what happened! That jack ass was begging to get the shit beat out of him! I swear he's a dead man! And what was with your sisters? Doing nothing to help you! What they were too caught up in snogging (1) their boyfriends? I can't stand people like them! And what about Masashi's friends? I mean seriously! He is so a dead ma-" Emily had launched off into one of her rants which was bad so I interrupted.
"What no Happy Birthday Em? I'm shocked!" I said interrupting her rant causing her to blink twice before throwing her arms around me and squeezing the life out of me.
"Happy Birthday Romi! How does it fell to be 16? Oh we got you something!" Emily cried out as she choked the life out of me via hug. "Did you bring it Emma?"
"Uh…Well I guess I f-forgot… I'm sorry…" Emma replied looking like she might cry.
"Easy Ems!" Emily cried using the nickname that worked for both of them and usually confused people to no end, "It's no biggy - B-day Girl can wait til after school!"
"Um actually I have the Passage of Angels thing remember?" I interjected and Emily smacked herself on the forehead.
"I forgot about that - which is really bad since we have one in like two days as well - oh well how bout you bring our gifts tomorrow and we exchange? Exactly in the middle! It makes it so much cooler!" Emily cried while Emma smiled hopefully.
"Sure but right now if we don't get to class none of us will live long enough to enjoy our birthdays!" I cried realizing we were almost late for class.
We promptly tore off around the building and rushed through the completely empty hall ways. I turned left down my hall while Emma went right and Emily ran straight ahead. We all waved as we departed for our classes.
Somehow I made it into class with like three seconds to spare… meaning Emily didn't make it. I could almost hear her swearing and I chuckled to myself before heading to my seat. Once I was settled in my seat my teacher decided to show up. I promptly tuned him out at "We'll be learning about World War 2 today," and settled down for a long, boring lecture.
I absently reached for my bag to get a pencil only to have a small silver box fall out. I stared at it for a moment before blinking twice and picking it up. Absently I opened the lid and two things caught my eye. One being the small silver wring and two was the note underneath it.
Pulling out the note I opened it and began to feel cold.
Meet me tonight at the old place. We need to talk.
~Carithian
How did this get in her bag? Who was Carithian… why did that name seem familiar and where the hell was 'The old place'? Silently I picked up the wring to examine it closer and it took my breath away.
It was a slim, simple band made of silver with a stunning set of angel wings made of diamonds that glittered in the sunlight gently. She felt like she knew this wring… but from where?
I rolled it between my fingers absently and gasped in shock.
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Authors Explanations.
Ok so this is an original plot that I thought of with original characters so I understand if you don't like it. I wrote it in my spare time based off a dream I had - yeah I have amazing dreams though I have to give credit to Blue Blood since it's so much like it and a Manga I read years back because it has stuff that are slightly like it but it's an original plot and NOT vampires.. Anyways I don't ever expect to get a review and I'm ok with that considering I posted like half the story before anyone had the chance to read it. Um go to my profile for the basic info on Harumi, Hitomi, and Hiromi and please feel free to message me with questions, I'll get back to you ASAP. Thank you again for merely reading the first chapter.
Oh and here is the "Inside chapter stuff"
1. I know that that word is British and that Emily and Emma are Irish while Carithian has no origin that I know of but Artemis is actually a female Greek Goddess but I put it as a guy cause it sounded good and Bacchus is Latin/Greek as well. Oh and the rest of the names are mostly Japanese except Miseo and Eros which are also Greek but don't come till later. I wanted to toss as many different cultures into one story by name and such to make it unique.
Name Meaning: (Yes they actually mean something lol)
~Akihiko: (Japanese) = Meaning Bright Prince. He is the "Leader" of the GOOD side. He is paired with Harumi.
~Artemis: (Greek) = Exact Meaning is unknown. It is from the Greek myth where it is actually a girl but for my story it was changed to a guy - not that it will be used much.
~Bacchus: (Latin) = God of Wine. He was suppose to be very strong in Greek Mythology so he got to be called Bacchus - not that it will be used much.
~Carithian: (Nothing) = Though it is close to Corinthian which is Greek. It does not mean the same thing and I made it up - not that it will be used much.
~Emily: (Latin/Irish) = It means industrious or hard working. She is Hiromi's best friend and a dark Angel. Her and her sisters name starts with Em to save her life. She actually fell from Heaven years before Artemis, Bacchus, Carithian or Tamotsu did but no one remembers…well for now.
~Emma/Angela: (Irish/Greek) It means whole oh and Angela refers to Angel like. She is a GOOD angel and is mainly a servant who watches Hiromi secretly. Her and her sister were named for a curse. "The Angel Em shall be a twin and must be killed on the spot for she is a new soul and a dark soul." Her true name would be something along the lines of Angela.
~Eros: (Greek) = Meaning Lover. Her mother loved her and gave up her life for her daughter even though Eros was suppose to be evil.
~Harumi: (Japanese) = I used the Spring Beauty meaning. She is the prettiest of the three sisters and also the most "pure". Will be used a lot even though she is not the main girl.
~Hitomi: (Japanese) = It means Pupil which is usually referring to the eyes. She was given this name because she is the most insightful sister of the bunch (for this story).
~ Hiromi: (Japanese) = Wild and Beautiful. Her name was picked to go with her sisters and to let her have freedom that the other two don't quite have.
~Kioshi: (Japanese) = Meaning Pure. Reefers to his pureness as an angel and he has remained sweet and 'angelic' through his rebirths. Paired with Hitomi.
~Lucille: (French) = Means Little Light. She is the original female fallen angel. Though she remained pure and true she is in love with Yoichi and is very fragile in every life she has.
~Masashi: (Japanese) = Meaning Elegant and Splendid. In my opinion he is a jerk but some of you might like him so it's really up to you.
~Miseo: (Greek) = Greek word for Hate. She was named in spite when her mother had to die protecting her. Her mother had never wanted to carry her and died giving her name spitefully in her last breath.
~Orochi: (Japanese) = Meaning Big Snake. In mythology, this is the name of an eight-forked serpent who demanded virgin sacrifices. Obviously he is a dark Angel. Paired against Hitomi.
~Tamotsu: (Japanese) = Meaning defender, protector. he is a dark Angel but oddly different that fell from Heaven before the others (Bacchus, Artemis, Carithian) fell.
~Yoichi: (Japanese) = Japanese name meaning bewitching/seductive first son. Meaning says it all. He is the Leader of the dark Angels. Paired against Harumi.
TRUE NAMES: When an Angel is born on Earth from one of the Angelic clans (Explained in later chapters) they already have names. A mother once she gives birth will have an over powering urge to name them their true name - which basically means a mother blurts out their true names as they are born. Only one woman has been able to stop herself from blurting out an angels true name at birth and lied to save one of her precious daughters. Their true names may or may not be the names they had in heaven.
I know the note was really long but I have to explain otherwise you will be lost later on in the story.
