Hey! This is my second story! Poor Chihaya will finally have a story! ChihayaXAkari! Hope you enjoy..

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Soft wind blew against her face. It stung, and froze the tears there. It was the middle of the winter season. And as usual her mother was being harsh and threw her out. she was 17 years old. The girl slid down the side of the house and sobbed.

Her mother hated her. Despised her in fact. It wasn't the girls falt. Her dad was away at the moment...He usually was.
He said he loved the girl... But if he loved her so much...Then why was he never home? Never sent them mail? It had come to the point were he only visited the girl on her birthday.

The girl stood up. She struggled threw the snow, hoping that she could get away before that "mother" of hers came to get her. Only one more year untill she was legally an adult. But..Would her mother let her leave? She hated her but she needed her at the same time...

The girl fought back more tears as she trudged threw the snow. She felt like she was about to freeze...The house was always warm and inviting...To who? None the less the house was warm. It was about 9' O clock so she had a knee length night gown on , a lilac sweatshirt and black stockings that matched her dress.

She was usually prepared for these things to happen so she practically always dressed like that. She heard a door slam open loudly in the back. Her mother stood there angerly. "Get back in the freakin house!" The girl shook her head quickly. "AKARI!"
Her mother ran out of the house after her.

Akari's eyes widened she never said no to her mother. She thought fast and pushed her way threw the snow quickly. More tears streaming down her face."Why, Why, Why!" She screamed loudly hoping to catch someones attention. But, just her luck no one was outside.

Her legs were getting numb as she mad eher way threw the snow. Witch way should she go now? Then, her eyes brightened...The beach...She quickly got down on her knees and slid down the hill. Knowing her perfectly primped mother would never do that.

She got up. And ran. She spotted her target and smiled. A boat never looked so wonderful but at that moment, it did. She huffed and looked back to see her mom halfway down the hill. Akari grabbed her boat and pulled it out quickly. She pushed it into the ocean easily.

She grabbed a near-by branch and striked the other boat a few times making it broken. Akari breathed heavily trying to paddle farther from the seaside. Within a few minutes her mother was in the sand, and Akari was quickly on her way to somewhere...Somewhere better than here...

The sky was dark and the sea was light. This ocean wasn't dangerous at all. No sharks, just calm waters. She sighed in relief. At how quiet it was she wasn't used to that unless her dad was home. She smiled at that thought. With all her heart
She wished for her father to miss her.

He was really the only one she cared about. Even though he was never home he was always kind to her when he was...Maybe he really did love her? " Wow... I've never been this happy before... I'm finally free from that woman..." A feeling of relief washed over her.

Akari had only seen little rocks nearby.. Nothing that resembled a new island...Or better yet a city. She'd always wanted to go to one of those. But her mom would never take her along with her. So she'd always dream about all the stores...Or restraunts she'd never go to.

Akari had never actually went shopping before. Except for the little side stand that Van usually had. But he only sold clothes for her mother. Her dad would always bring her clothes for her whenever he came to visit her. She frowned at that thought.
How was she suppoused to get clothes now?

The only job she really ever did were simple little tasks. Like helping her dad on the farm or working part-time at the inner inn. Thats really all she probably could do without experiance...But...This was all she had. She sighed and slipped her stockings off.

She took her sweatshirt off. her night-gown looked like it could pass for a normal dress...But for how long? She put her sweatshirt back on. She dipped her hand into the water. Trying to move herself along. The water was suprisingly warm for what season it was.

Maybe she was gettin near a warmer place! She smiled and paddled about 3 more times. Akari didn't know how long she'd been drifting. But she was getting sort of tired. She laid down in the boat and shut her eyes. It wasn't long before sleep silently took her over.

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Okay so thats the firt chapie! A bit boring... Sorry about that!! Maybe slightly depressing...SORRY BOUT THAT TOO!! BUT! Just think...Its essential for the story to sound well written!! And hopefully you have guessed by now that she lived in For-Get-Me not valley. Her mom is Lumina just if your wondering... Don't worry Chi will be in the next chapter!

BUT WAIT! Maybe he will...OR MAYBE HE WON'T!! DEPENDS ON IF I GET REVIEWS!! Chihaya depends on it...SO REVIEW!! (please)