LIFE (PV rip)
By: Itoma
Chapter 1 -Invitations to Diner
Takashi Morinozuka, being a man of VERY few words, little is known about him aside from the few facts, that he is always with his small friend Mitsukuni Haninozuka (or Honey-senpai as most call him), his family lineage has been tied to that of the Haninozuka family, he was part of the host club, and that when he does talk he usually says "ahh" or "yeah".
Today though his normally calm demeanor was slightly off, he was nervous. Today his father had sent him to live in and take care of an old dojo that his family had recently purchased, but of course that wasn't the reason he was nervous. The real reason was because his friend Mitsukuni had been sent away to America to train they're new recruits, and of course Takashi was planning to kick his own ass should Mitsukuni come back with a cavity, or worse a ruined bunny plushy. He wasn't used to the idea of Mitsukuni being out of eye sight, much less arms reach. Of course since they had both graduated from Ouran, every since he has had to deal with his families matters more and more often, but this latest matter was starting to seem like a more permanent thing.
Casually observing his surroundings he made a mental note that his new dojo was near a shrine and a 2 or 3 acre forest. The trees had a lush green color to their leaves., whilst sunlight filtered through them. The soil he walked on was soft and worn, yet covered in small plants here and there, showing that the trail to the dojo hadn't been traveled in some time. And of in the distance he could hear a soft voice singing.
"Doro darake yo najime nai tokai de
Onaji you ni warae nai utsumuite aruita no
Isogi ashi de surechigau hito-tachi
"Yume wa kanai mashita ka?"
Atashi mada mogaite iru"
While listening to the song, he noticed that it was coming from the dojo. Peaking his intrest, Takashi started to walk faster to the dojo.
"Kodomo no goro ni modoru yori mo
Ima wo umaku ikite mitai yo
Kowagari wa umare tsuki"
Nearing the end of the path, Takashi moved behind a large tree. Looking around it he noticed young woman sitting on the steps in front of the dojo, light from the opening in the canopy of the trees shown down on her giving her an ethereal look. Her eyes where closed, but her face showed a look of happiness as she continued to sing, and her long black hair was resting on her right shoulder as she calmly stroked it. Deciding to stop observing he moved behind the tree, closed his eyes and continued to listen.
Hi no atari basho ni dete
Ryoute wo hirogete mita nara
Ano sora koete yukeru ka na?
Nante omottanda
Tobitatsu tame no tsubasa
Sore wa mada mie nai
KANTAN ni ika nai kara ikite yukeru
Nureta koinu hiroi ageta dakede
Chotto warae chau hodo
Namida ga koborete kita
Aisaretai aisaretai bakari
ATASHI itte ita yo ne
Motomeru dake ja dame ne
Kodomo no koro wa MAMA no koto
Hidoku kizutsuketa
Hi mo atta yo ne kawari tai
Ima zenbu
Hi no ataru basho ni dete
Kono te wo tsuyoku nigitte mitai
Ano basho ano toki wo kowashite
I can change my life
Demo kokoro no naka subete wo
Totemo tsutae kire nai
KANTAN ni ika nai kara
Ikite yukeru
Hi no ataru basho ni dete
Chizu wo hirogete miru kedo
I know... You know...
Mayoi michi mo shikata nai
I can change my life
Sugite kita hibi zenbu de
Ima no atashi nanda yo
KANTAN ni ika nai kara
Ikite yukeru
As the song came to an end, Takashi slowly opened his eyes, gazing up in to the trees. Taking a long deep relaxing breath, Takashi moved from behind the tree, coming into view of the girl, except her eyes where still closed. Walking up to her he came to a stop a few feet from her, looking down at her small form he once again observed her. She wore a light green sun dress, brown leather shoes, and a small pink jewel that hung around her neck.
"Its rude to stare you know, its also rude to eavesdrop", The girl spoke, opening her eyes to reveal two chocolate orbs.
"yes, I'm aware", Takashi said, "I apologize for my rudeness, but might I ask as to why you are here at this dojo."
"who wants to know?", she asked, looking up at Takashi.
"Takashi Morinozuka", he said, his voice sounding emotionless as he bowed as a sign of respect.
"So you're the guy who bought my dads olds dojo" She said, a small tear forming in her eyes. Standing up she walked over to Takashi and took his hand before she began leading him to the door.
"My names Kagome Higurashi, my mother told me you would becoming today and she wanted me to show you around the dojo", Kagome said, still holding Takashi's much larger hand in her small one.
"ah", Takashi said, as she led him into the building. His mind drawing a blank at the feel of her soft delicate hand in his callused one.
"So Takashi-san, what do you plan to do with the dojo" Kagome asked, as she led him into large sparring room.
"I'm to open this dojo again, and begin teaching the Morinozuka family style here." Takashi said, shifting his thoughts from her hand to the room. Noticing that it was unusually clean for a dojo that hadn't been used in years, or at least that's what he had been told.
"you're wondering why the dojo is so clean aren't you?" Kagome asked, smiling when he nodded.
"I've been coming here every day and keeping it clean, ever since my father died, I just never wanted this place to die", Kagome said, her voice lased with sadness before she covered her emotions with a mask of happiness.
"I'm sorry…" Takashi said, gently letting go of her hand.
"…well any ways lets get going I need to show you the rest of the place, before I can go home and make my brother Souta some diner." Kagome said, as she left the room and began to walk down a long hallway, with Takashi following behind her.
"isn't you're mother home?" Takashi asked, as he came into step next to her.
"no, she's with my grandpa living at another shrine that my family owns in Kyoto, ever since she and grandpa left I've been taking care of the shrine and Souta" She said, as she came to a stop at another door. Opening the door they walked into a small kitchen.
"I've kept the fridge stocked, until you can buy your own food", Kagome said, looking over her shoulder to see Takashi standing a wall with his head hanging low, and a gloomy air about him.
"you…can't cook can you?" Kagome asked, seeing him sink down to his knees in sadness.
"no" Takashi said, his gloomy air darkening.
"well you don't have to worry…you can just come over to the my house and eat with me and Souta" Kagome said, as she placed her hand on his shoulder comfortingly.
"thank you", Takashi said, as his gloomy air lifted. Standing up and following after Kagome when she gestured to another room down the hallway.
As they came to a stop in front of the room, Kagome took in a deep breath before opening the door.
"this is the master bedroom that my mother had made for you when the building was purchased" Kagome said, entering the room with Takashi following close behind.
"ah" Takashi said, walking over to the closet and opening it, finding his clothes were already inside.
"You're clothes arrived yesterday the maid that brought them didn't know the way to the dojo through the woods so I took care of it my self" Kagome said, as she sat down on the king size bed.
"thank you" Takashi said, as he moved to from the closet to stand next to the bed. "Where is the bathroom?"
Kagome then stared up at him as if he had grown a second head on his shoulders. Then the look on her face went to that of wonder. Before she remembered what a bathroom was.
"OH! Sorry I guess I spaced out for a second there", Kagome said, as her face became a bright red.
"Right this way", She said, as she led him out of the room and down the hallway once again, not stopping until she came to a stop in between two doors.
"the rest room is in the door to you're left and the built-in hot spring is to the right", Kagome said as she leaned against the wall between the two doors.
"thank you again, when should I arrive at you're home for diner?" Takashi said, as he moved to the door to the right.
"umm…in about an hour, it should be done by then, I going to go home now and get started on it." Kagome said, as she pushed her self off of the wall and walked down the hallway waving good bye to Takashi as she did so. "I'll be seeing you later"
"bye" Takashi said, as he entered the hot spring, shedding his clothes and entering the water.
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Kagome sighed as she walked down the path to the shrine, her thoughts clouded by her new neighbor.
"I don't what it is but he just seems to radiate warmth, although he's very quiet most of the time. But he seemed worried about something, I wonder what it was", Kagome thought, as she moved around some of the shrubbery that had grown on the path.
As she came to the end of the path and entered the shrine, she found Souta in front of the god tree sweeping the shrine grounds, his tattered jeans covered in dirt and his green t-shirt had the sleeves rolled up past his elbows. His short brown hair covered in dust while patches of dirt covered parts of his face.
"Souta have you been cleaning the entire shrine?", Kagome asked as she walked up to him and kneeled down to his height, rubbing some of the dirt off of his face.
"yes", was his short reply as he gently smacked her hand away from his face.
"And why did you do that? I only wanted you to clean the inner shrine, you know the one with the golden bells?", Kagome asked, as she came to stand at her full height, looking questioningly down at him.
"can't a guy just do something nice for his big sister and do her chores" Souta said, as he looked down at the ground and kicked a small pebble that was located conveniently before his feet.
"ugh, if you go get cleaned up now I'll give you something extra in you're allowance" Kagome said, with a sigh as Souta enveloped her waist in a hug before running off to go get cleaned, before she followed after him into the house, to prepare diner.