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Rating T for Language, Violence

My writing style in Fanfiction.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Something one of the characters is writing or reading

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/ Dream /

Scene Change

Tori no Naku Koro ni; koshou kakera

When the birds cry; shattered fragments

Arrival Arc

Prologue

Not everything can be explained

Not everything has a reason

Some things just don't make sense

They don't have a logical explanation

The only way to understand them is to look at it from a supernatural point of view.

Do You Believe in Curses, Ghosts, and Possession?

Oh, you still think you can explain what is happening in a logical sense

Well go ahead I won't stop you

But you will soon realize that

There is no logical reason, and Curses and Ghosts exist

But if you still want to attempt to explain and say they don't exist

Good luck to you

But your theory will soon change

Japan June 1983

"Hurry Onee-chan!" the little seven year old girl called out as she ran down the country path. The girl had short honey brown hair like her older sister. Her name is Umi Kinomoto

"I'm coming, wait up," her older sister yelled back. She was a young girl the age of sixteen. She had emerald colored eyes and short honey brown hair. Her name is Sakura Kinomoto.

"You two are way too slow," an older young man around the age of twenty two teased them. He had short black hair and brown eyes. His name is Touya Kinomoto.

"Stop fighting you three, Touya don't tease your sisters," A man with light brown hair and glasses that went over his brown eyes. He is the father of the three and his name is Fujitaka Kinomoto.

"Listen to your father and help unpack," a woman with long black hair and emerald eyes told the three. She is the mother of them, her name is Nadeshiko Kinomoto. "Your cousin will be here soon to help as well. What did you girls think of the town?"

"It is really tiny," Umi cried out. "But still fun, I like it."

"It is okay I guess," Sakura replied. "I'm going to miss my friends and the malls and stuff, but I will manage." Sakura picked up a box from the moving van and turned around to carry it in the house. Sakura let out a gasp and dropped the box. Another sixteen year old girl was standing right in front of her.

"Hello," the girl greeted, "I'm Yukari Fushima, your next door neighbor." The girl had short light brown hair and blue eyes. "I'm sorry I startled you, I didn't mean too."

"It is okay," Sakura replied. "I'm Sakura Kinomoto eldest daughter of the Kinomoto household."

"Hold on, let me go get the cookies I baked for you," Yukari told Sakura with an innocent smile on her face.

Sakura froze as she watched Yukari run off. Puzzlement was plastered on her face. But we just took down the for sale sign down now. How did she now we were coming? No one could have known the house was even sold.

Yukari returned in a minute carrying a tray of fresh home baked chocolate chip cookies. "Here Sakura try one," Yukari told her pushing the tray toward her.

"Ok, they look good," Sakura said as she grabbed a cookie and took a bite. "They are hot! Did these just come out of the oven?"

"Oh yes they just came out when I saw your van pull up," Yukari answered.

"Wow it is almost like you knew when we were going to arrive," Sakura said amazed.

Yukari let out a giggle, "Silly, I did know when you were going to arrive."

Sakura stopped eating another cookie, "What do you mean?" she asked.

"Your cousin told me," Yukari answered with a smile.

"You know Tomoyo?" Sakura questioned.

Yukari walked to the end of the driveway. "This town isn't very big, so everyone at least knows who everyone else is. But don't worry Tomoyo only told me and a few others."

Sakura frowned and crossed her arms. "How many is a few?"

Yukari put her finger to her chin, "I don't know about three or four," she replied with a giggle.

Umi came bolting out of the house and ran up to Sakura. "I see Tomoyo!" she cried out while pointing down the street. Sure enough the figure of a sixteen year old girl with long black hair and purple eyes came into view. "Cousin Tomoyo!" Umi cried out.

Tomoyo walked up and greeted Umi with a smile, "Hello Umi, it has been awhile since we last saw each other."

"Four years," Umi grumbled. "Why didn't you ever visit?"

"Sorry, but there was some trouble a little while back, so I couldn't visit," Tomoyo told her.

"What kind of trouble?" Sakura asked.

"Nothing you should worry about," both Tomoyo and Yukari answered at the same time.

"Ok, that just creeped me out," Sakura told him.

"I should be getting back home," Yukari announced. "It was nice meeting you Sakura."

"Umi!" Nadeshiko called out, "Time for lunch!"

"Yeah!" Umi yelled, running towards the house.

"Hey Tomoyo; do you know what happened to the previous owner of this house?" Sakura asked. "It seems kind of weird that this house would be put on the market just four weeks after it was bought."

Tomoyo smiled at her cousin. "Sorry Sakura I don't know anything. Come on lets get some lunch," Tomoyo told her.

Sakura and Tomoyo began walking towards the house. All of a sudden Sakura stopped when she felt a chilling sensation.

"Something wrong Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura shook her head. "No, it was just I felt a terrible feeling. As if something horrible is going to happen. But I don't believe in stuff like that."

"Maybe you should," a young man's voice answered. Out of the shadows stepped a young man the age of sixteen with blue hair and blue eyes with glasses on.

"Eriol what are you doing here?" Tomoyo asked.

"I've come to warn this young lady," Eriol answered in a serious tone.

"Warn me, about what?" Sakura asked.

"Yes Eriol what are you talking about?" Tomoyo questioned putting a finger to her chin.

"Something horrific is going to happen," Eriol told them before he started to walk away, "Just like it happened before."

"What is he talking about?" Sakura asked.

Tomoyo shrugged, "I have no clue," she told her cousin. "Come on the lunch is waiting. It is probably just a prank to try and scare you."

Sakura let out a chuckle. "Yeah you're probably right." But it still seems a little weird.

This is the tale of the events the Kinomoto family are dragged into . . . and the outcome.

(End)

Author's note.

This story follows the same flow as Higurashi and Umineko. I love how 07 Expansion made them, so I just had to write a story like it. This story will contain small spoilers for Higurashi. But if you've seen partly through Kai you should be fine. Well partly through the third ep (GAMES) of Kai. Though this small spoiler for Higurashi won't be till like chapter 10+; and in the end I might just cut its mention out. (It is not really required.)

And fear not, the whole plot of this story will be different then Higurashi and Umineko. (So you won't know what is going on unless you pay attention. Just like in H and U) And this story will have a slight crossover with H. I just love the characters so I just have to use them in a few chapters.

Well when I get around to writing the next chapter, it will be all in Sakura's POV along with this whole Arc. And it will be longer then the prologue. But before I write it I want to plan everything out. So it might be a while before I update this.

See Ya