Blaaaah, it's Yoo Ara a second time around.

I'm playing around with all my pre-written works that I've never posted/completed.

I looked over Luminosity again and felt kinda meh about it.

Sooo I picked out this one to post! I feel the most interested in this one anyway.

I previously wrote 5 chapters, but this is going to be about 30 or so! c:

Enjoy! I don't own SC.

::Kiss of Venus::

"Venus, the planet named after the Roman goddess of beauty. Ah, I wish there was a planet named after me. After all, it's as though I am the human version of Venus herself," Saaya chuckled to herself among her friends as a certain pinkette made her way into the classroom. Saaya didn't miss the unique pink hair from the corner of her eye. "And if it isn't little poor Amu."

"Chatting on about your delusions again, Saaya?" Amu replied sharply before taking her seat and setting her bag on the table roughly. "We'll see if Venus University wants a fake and foul Venus in their school."

The class's jaws dropped. Amu always knew what to say to make her enemy burn, which always happened to be Saaya. The redhead, furious at the insult, began targeting something she shouldn't have. "Ah, well, at least my parents are rich and happy, unlike yours! If anything is foul around here, it's you—you're the one who freeloads off the school through a scholarship anyways. I can't possibly understand why the principal chose you for such a prestigious school like Seiyo High. Just because you're valedictorian, doesn't mean you've got a chance getting into Venus, you scum."

"Saaya!" her friend Emi squeaked urgently with a pained expression. "That was too much!"

"Yeah, Saaya," the class agreed. "You didn't have to go that far, you know? Don't let your jealousy of Amu grow to that point."

"Tch!" the redhead stood up angrily. "Everyone is always on her side! Just because she's on a scholarship! Just because she's smart and acts all cool! She's a loner and a loser and I'll never be below her!" she screamed in tears before running out of the classroom, her usual gang following after her to comfort her after apologizing to Amu on her behalf.

"She's just cranky because her scores weren't as high as yours for the midterm," Emi said meekly. "And she's always been jealous of how cool and spicy you are, Amu. I'm sorry she's like that."

"No," Amu said nonchalantly while cracking her knuckles and fingers. "I know that's just her personality. It's not like I'm holding anything against her. I only play along with her little games so that she doesn't go insane for not being able to let out her feelings at me."

The Saaya gang immediately teared up. They had never liked one of Saaya's enemies before Amu came along. Someone this cool, nice, and smart—perfect—simply couldn't be hated. "Thank you so much, Amu!"

"It's not a problem," the pinkette replied before inserting her ear buds into place and drowning out the rest of the free period in the soft world of music. It was only a matter of days before the college entrance exam as well as the final exams. It didn't matter if she had to deal with Saaya a little longer.

Because if she was patient enough, time would fly by and soon, she would be free.

She would be happily studying at Venus University—the most prestigious university Japan had to offer.

After a long day of testing, Amu opened the door to her beaten-down apartment with a bronze, rustic key. Pushing the heavy door open with some strength, she walked inside and set her things down on the floor.

"I'm home, mama, papa, Ami," she said to a family portrait standing on top of a nearby drawer, kneeling in front of it. "I'm slowly getting by. Seiyo High is almost a part of my past now. I just took the test for Venus University and sent my request in. All I have to do now is wait. I really hope I get in... It's my dream school. It's funny how the results are going to come out on the same day as your death anniversaries. Forgive me for being late this year, okay?"

After that small praying session, Amu picked up her bag and put her things on the small square table in the other corner. Pulling out a small bento she purchased at a nearby convenience store, she began nibbling on it while filling out a résumé for a part-time job. After all, she couldn't live off of her parents' bank account forever. Now that her years of continuous studying were over, she could finally focus on a job instead of homework and projects for school.

"Let's see," she said to herself. "Fill out a life biography here. This sure is a lot of writing for one job at Seiyo's planetarium." Amu sighed. All her life, she had loved the subject of astronomy and astrology. It always piqued her, about the stories behind the stars, the endless possibilities of the universe...

"Alright." The 18-year-old girl picked up her pencil to get ready to write. "A life biography. I'm living alone after my entire family died in a car accident. We were a regular family, but after they died, I had to focus on my studies and had to become as frugal as possible. I'm living in a one-room, one-bathroom apartment with the cheapest rent I could find, with minimal furniture and such." Amu rethought that. "Nah, they don't need to know about my furniture," the girl clicked her tongue as she erased that part. "Okay. So, I entered Seiyo High in freshman year thanks to a full-ride scholarship after having been ranked number one from my previous middle school, and throughout the years I've always held a spot in the top three and even received the honor of being valedictorian for graduation. I'm not involved in any clubs or school activities, but I'd like to make up for that by working at the school's planetarium after my graduation. I've always been interested in astronomy and studied up a lot concerning this subject, so-" Amu stopped just as her pencil lead broke.

"Tch! Where's the sharpener now..." she groaned as she went around to search for the sharpener. After sharpening her pencil to perfection, she finished up her application requirements and ended the day by folding her clean laundry, taking out the trash, and pushing the table away in order to lay out her futon.

Taking a nice shower and putting on some pink pajamas, the pinkette kneeled down for a second time in front of her family.

"Please let me able to get into Venus University and be able to work at Seiyo's planetarium. Good night, my family."

With that, she swiftly snuggled deep into her bed and allowed sleep to claim her weary mind.

The magnificently glowing sun shone bright in the clear morning sky.

The day had finally come—the day when Venus University sent out their acceptance letters.

The entire school was absolutely excited by the news, and everyone was ecstatic to see whether or not they were accepted or not. Seiyo High had notified the students the Friday night before that Venus had sent their letters to the school to distribute to them the next day. The pent-up excitement was past the exploding stage as every senior student ran into school with their hopes held high.

For Amu, getting into that university was the only option. She was so sure that she would get in and be accepted though, what with all her studies and achievements. Plus, the only scholarships she had been receiving lately was only good for Venus University—one of the reasons why they were so easy to get. Venus had an acceptance rate of only 10%.

She didn't even want to imagine what would happen if she didn't get into Venus. There wasn't any money left for her to even attend a local, run-of-the-mill college, and she wasn't willing to stoop to the level of borrowing from loan sharks. The pinkette had already seen the outcome of that from a few of her former friends.

Entering the classroom, which was different considering it was a Saturday, everyone's eyes were glistening either from fear or confidence. Amu had a bit of both, little did the others know. As she took her seat, she noticed Saaya looking particularly happy today, her eyes always landing on the popular girl. "Oh, it's Amu. Good morning," the redhead smiled unusually.

"Hm," Amu acknowledged her greeting before deciding to return her attention to the front of the classroom. Of course, at this Saaya took great offense, but she let the matter slide anyways. She had better things to be looking forward to. Indeed, she did...

The teacher finally entered the room after a suspenseful two minutes when the tardy bell rang across the enormous campus. He walked in clumsily, nearly dropping a satchel filled to the brim to white, crisp envelopes. "Good morning, all!"

"Good morning, Nikaidou-sensei," the class replied chirpily, all except Amu and Saaya, with Amu staying quiet and Saaya yelling it obnoxiously loud.

"Today, we finally have the letters! I know you all will want to share the news with only yourself or with a few of your friends, so once I call your name, you may leave immediately and go home. The gates will be locking up two hours from now, so leave as soon as possible before the two hour limit, alright?"

The class nodded in unison. "Yes, sensei!"

"Okay, so I'll be calling the names now. Aoi Miku!" A petite girl stood from her desk, giggling with a friends for a few seconds before getting her letter and charging out the door to open it. "Asami Yumi. Azuka Rei. Eika Rika. Fujinaka Kyomi," the continued to call names as each person ran out the door with their envelope. "Hinamori Amu."

Amu held in a gulp and instead took slow, steady steps forward. She snatched the envelope and coolly exited the classroom, walking down the hallway and not noticing Saaya's gang following her from ten feet away. Soon enough, after an hour or so, Saaya managed to leave the classroom as one of the last ones and joined her troop. They had met on the rooftop stairs, where the pinkette had gone and stayed since she got her letter.

"Did she open it yet?" Saaya whispered ecstatically. "I want to see her reaction to her letter."

"Well..." Rika muttered.

"What?"

"She opened it..." Kyomi mumbled softly.

"Okay," Saaya sighed. "So you're telling me I missed it. Why won't she turn around? Don't tell me she's just been standing there for the past hour!"

"After she opened it," Mio, a friend of the troop, explained quickly in a bit frightened manner, "she kind of just froze in place. And since it took you kind of an hour, I guess that means she's been standing by the rails for about an hour without any movement. She didn't even move her arms to wipe her tears, if she had any."

"I'm sure she should. If someone was accepted, no way they'd just be chilling on the roof. Well, for a loser like Amu, maybe."

The five continued to stare through the little door's window as Amu simply stared out into the sky.

She had opened her letter slowly, carefully, savoring each moment in every tear she made in the paper. Her fingers had trembled as she took out the piece of paper and quietly unfolded it. There, in big bold letters, read a sentence she thought she would almost never see.

It made her want to cry.

Dear Hinamori Amu,

Thank you for taking the time to apply to Venus University. Our admission committee has carefully reviewed your application to Venus University. After much consideration, we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you a place in the class of 2014. We regret to recognize that this may come to be a disappointment to you, but we encourage you to continue to create your educational plans with as much enthusiasm and initiative that led you to consider us.

We appreciate the interest you have shown in Venus University, and we wish you the best in your pursuit of your educational goals.

Sincerely,

Amakawa Tsukasa

Head of the Admission Committee

But how could she cry when all of her tears seem to have ran dry?

She had planned her entire life on getting into Venus University. It would have made her life perfect, and for once, maybe even bearable. Going there was her lifelong dream. Sure, she didn't have a family legacy for Venus like Saaya did, nor did she have the amount of money needed to attend Venus, but as long as she went there, everything would have turned out fine.

But she had gotten rejected.

Straight up rejected.

Now, she honestly had nothing. All of the scholarships for Venus University that she had worked so hard to achieve would now turn into unused dust. Her future, her life... Getting into Venus University would have also definitely have secured her a job at Seiyo's planetarium as well. But now, she doubted that she would even be able to get that.

How could she go home now? Rent was due in only a few days, and she was broke despite her conservative behavior and frugality.

"I'm so tired," she whispered. "Mama, papa, Ami...I'm so tired of this. I want to see you guys. It's lonely, being the only one alive."

Meanwhile, Saaya and the others could almost hear her mumbling to herself, though they could only hear letter parts of it. "What is she saying?" Saaya pouted. "Why isn't she in tears already? I mean, there's no way she got the acceptance letter to Venus."

"I don't know," Mio replied with a shrug, as did the others. "Wait, look Saaya! She's starting to put her feet on the rails. Wait a minute, is she going on the rails? I wonder why she's suddenly stretching."

But Kyomi blinked once and brought up a more serious claim. "No way she's going to jump just because she didn't get an acceptance letter, right...?"

"No way," Saaya laughed casually and calmly. "That's impossible."

Amu put her feet on the rails before pushing herself up so that she was now seated on the rail of the rooftop, her feet dangerously dangling from the ten-story high building.

"I'm so tired..."

Saaya and the gang's eyes widened as all ten of their hands reached for the doorknob and tried to push open the door.

"Stop, Hinamori Amu!" the five screamed.

But they were too late. The scream had startled Amu, and before she knew it, she had slid off the rail and was now falling...

"This isn't so bad... After all, I tried my best, didn't I?" she thought for the last time as she descended at a deadly rate and the darkness consumed her mind.

Eyes fluttered.

Lips licked.

Fingers moved.

Eyes opened.

And the world seemed different.

"Wh-what?" the pinkette slurred the word that came out of her mouth, not recognizing it at first since she had spoken Japanese before, and suddenly a new language was coming from her mouth. "What's happening?" The sound was different, the language... But somehow she understood it and spoke it clearly.

Sitting up straight now, Amu realized that she was half-submerged in a water reservoir of some sort. There were tall, blue walls on every side of her as she sat in a source of water laced with beautiful blossoms that she didn't know the name of.

Was this heaven? Or was this hell?

"Welcome," a voice emerged from the deep darkness, echoing in the small confinement Amu was in. "We welcome you, ancient goddess."

Not sure if the voice was talking to her or not, Amu quickly stood up and turned around to find this so-called goddess, but again all she could see was a wall. When the voice returned repeating the exact same thing, the girl realized that it was talking about her!

"Me? A goddess?"

Blinking a few times and even slightly pinching the fat of her arm, she couldn't tell if this was some sort of a nightmare when she recognized that her school uniform had been replaced by a long, flowing white dress lined with pearls that clung to her body for dear life. If she was the supposed goddess, at least she looked the part.

"Please, come forth, my goddess. Walk forth and into the realm where you belong for us to worship."

Alright, that sounded a bit weird and peculiar, but if she stayed, who knows what might happen. She jumped off the highest building of her former high school from depression and remembered the pain of hitting solid ground...or so she thought, but honestly, she couldn't remember what in the world happened when she fell from the roof. All the pinkette could remember was seeing the green grass splatter with red and black. Now that, she definitely knew, proved that she had to be dead right now.

The girl had nothing to lose.

Taking her steps forward with bare, moist feet, she walked along the small carpet on the floor, soaking it with her wet white dress dragging behind her. Her feet carried her on and on closer to the darkness.

"One more final step," the voice commanded.

Amu took the step and was suddenly switched from a room of darkness and water to a balcony where thousands of people she had never seen before stood below her, bowing at the sight of her stepping forward from the shadows. Her heart began beating abnormally fast when she found a thick wall behind her instead of the open way that she had just taken a mere second ago. A priestess of some sort stood in front of her, smiling and speaking with the same voice the pinkette heard guiding her before.

"Welcome to the dimension of Venus, my goddess," the priestess bowed at Amu's feet, and the people below the balcony did the same. "I am the head priestess Dia, the one who devoted her life into the fulfillment of the millenium's prophecy."

The pinkette was only speechless for one moment. "No, wait, I think you've got the wrong per-" But she was immediately cut off by the orange-haired priestess, who stood up turned to face the crowd, undoing a wide, platinum scroll with strange markings.

"The new age is near," Dia preached loudly to the mass. "The human goddess has blessed this kingdom with her appearance! With this, the prophecy shall be fulfilled and all for the dimension of Venus shall be prosperous and filled with success! May we celebrate in this joyous first day of the new millenium!"

The louder the cheering became, the worse the sudden migraine Amu was experiencing grew. "Wait, please, Dia or whatever... I think you've got the wrong p-person..."

Upon hearing the pink haired woman speak, the robed woman turned around and immediately bowed again. "We will provide transportation from this temple to the kingdom immediately. For now, dearest goddess, please stand here and bless us with a word or two."

As the entire world seemed to be staring at the odd pinkette, her head was already spinning along with her racing heart. "I'm just a human," Amu managed to mumble before going speechless completely. And the immense number of people rejoiced at that simple sentence.

Just where exactly in the afterlife had she gone?

"Goddess, please tell us what you wish to be recognized by?"

Maybe, just maybe...

"My name is Hinamori Amu."

Maybe this was hell.