Hi everyone! I've started this new story, and its kinda strange, I know (: I hope everyone likes it! The updates will probably be very slow, but I have fun writing this story, and I hope you'll have fun reading it!
Love, pacificatlantic
Ookami's POV: (means wolf)
Death. I watched it approach long before it struck with its cold, unforgiving hand. It had been following my pack for nights on end, always standing and waiting at the shadows, never wavering, never forgetting or rethinking.
Closer and closer it came, until its dark shadow was cast across our pack, and even the pups grew quiet with apprehension. Our warriors made themselves stronger, and started taking shifts during the night, ready to spring into action at any time. Our lookouts grew more wary; never taking their eyes off of even the slightest breeze. Our medics stocked up on herbs, to help with quick recovery.
Even with this preparation, nothing could stay the reaching hand of death.
It started with fire. The trees around us suddenly lit up in a raging blaze. It licked up our paws as we ran through the woods on the outskirts of a town. Our wolf pack, and all the small critters of the forest fled, for once moving as a single unit; no longer concerned about predator or prey. Now, we were all the prey.
We lost five brave wolves to the fire, and had no time to mourn them. In order to get away from the blazes of hell that nipped our heels, we swam through a river. The waters were swift and strong. All the elderly were lost, as well as most of the pups. I only managed to get across by holding on to my mother with the grip of death.
Finally, coughing and heaving, My wolf family made it to the other side of the river. Now only five of us remained. We slept huddled together for warmth, as the river water was only just thawing out from the winter.
Two of us died from cold sickness. And still, the silent companion known as death followed us, not yet satisfied.
I watched my mother and my father carefully as they discussed what to do next. As I was still just a pup, I didn't know what to do. And then: death claimed them as well.
It came for my parents in the sound of two loud bangs. Their warm blood splattered on my cold body, as two men shot at them. I watched the men in horror as they laughed and smiled at each other. My mouth opened, and I wailed as loud as I could, my parents empty bodies crumpling to the floor.
My entire pack, the family I had only just met had been completely wiped out within three days. I was the only one left. The only wolf in a deceased pack. They had considered me special. Special because I could sense things coming before the others could. I had enjoyed the attention, but now, I just wish I had gotten to know each of them better.
I was jolted out of my trip down memory lane, as a net was thrown around me, and I was lifted off the ground. All to late I realized that there were really three of these men. I heard a grunt, and a great pain bloomed in my head before I fell into a deep blackness as the waves of sleep pulled me under their churning depths.
I open my eyes slowly, and a terrifying sight greets me. I'm in a wooden crate, with wide slats, and the crate is in a dark room that is filled with similar crates. Whimpers and moans of pain fill the air, and the smell of death surrounds my scrunched nose.
All of a sudden I heard a loud whimper come from right next to me. My tiny head swiveled, and saw that I was not alone in this tiny crate. A small human lay next to me, cradling a funny looking arm. What was that white thing sticking out of it?
Amaterasu's Story 3rd person because she's a baby: (AMATERASU means 'shining over heaven')
Mrs. Hitachiin walked through the woods, with huge tears rolling down her perfect face. Loud sobs ripped their way out of her tiny and fragile body. In her arms was a tiny child, no more than 5 months old. The baby was sleeping soundly in her mother's arms, completely trusting the woman who was about to betray her.
Mrs. Hitachiin had made a deal with someone, a short while ago. She never thought she would have to pay her side so quickly. When her twin sons were born, Hikaru and Kaoru, they were immediately the two things she loved most. However, they were born to early, and the doctors told her that they would not live for more than a week, one tiny week.
Mrs. Hitachiin begged and pleaded with the doctors to do something, save her precious boys somehow. The doctors were torn apart by the woman's begging, and with some reluctance, called for the scientists that had recently proclaimed that they had found a way to cure any ailments of mankind.
One scientist came to see Mrs. Hitachiin. He examined the babies, and told her that they could be saved, but it would come with a price. Mrs. Hitachiin threw herself on the scientist and told him that she would pay any price he asked for, so long as her two children were safe.
The scientist adopted a cunning smile and asked her if she was sure, and meant any price at all. Mrs. Hitachiin was so ecstatic that her children were to be saved, saved, that she agreed. As they shook on it, the nameless scientist informed Mrs. Hitachiin that her third child was to be turned over to the scientist's building when it grew to be 3 years old.
Mrs. Hitachiin's eyes widened and giant tears welled up as the scientist gave a small potion to both boys, and they instantly looked better. The scientist left, and Mrs. Hitachiin threw herself over her now healthy boys, that had gotten better at the price of their soon to be sister's life. Because, what Mrs. Hitachiin knew, was that she had had triplets, the only female of their trio had been left in the womb, smart enough to know that she was not ready to come into the world.
The next day, the third triplet was born. And 3 years passed before Mrs. Hitachiin could get enough of her child. Now, she was trudging through the woods to the scientist's lab, about to sacrifice her only daughter so that she could become a lab rat to save the child's two brothers.
Mrs. Hitachiin was suddenly mobbed, and she felt her child ripped from her hands, and before she could fight for her child, or even say a fleeting goodbye, she was out cold, sprawled on the forest floor, with her daughter being brutally carried the rest of the way to hell.
Ichiro, the scientist, was very happy when the child arrived so soon. He was admittedly a bit angry when the child had a broken arm, but he would fix that tomorrow, as it was already dark outside. He told his workers to place the girl into the crate with the wolf they had caught earlier. Only one of the men looked sad, and reluctant. He pulled that man aside and made his own authority very obvious. Ichiro would not be betrayed by this man.
Ookami's POV:
As I sat in this cold, damp crate, the human girl stirred. Her beautiful amber eyes opened slowly, blinking. She did not cry, and nor did I. But when her eyes landed on me, they opened wide and she shrunk back instinctively. I realized that I must have scared her, as all my hair was standing up in fright.
I did a small shiver and allowed my hair to lay back down, and gave the girl my best attempt at looking peaceful. She slowly came away from the corner towards me, still cradling that odd looking arm of her's.
AMATERASU's POV: (she'll seem older than she is, but I have no idea how a 3 year old thinks...)
Mother! Mother? Where are you? Why did you leave me? Ouch! Me arm! Those were the first thoughts that swam through my hazy, pain filled mind as I slowly woke up. Did my mother not want me? I sighed and put the thought away for later. My arm felt like it was on fire, and I had no idea where I was.
As I opened my eyes, I saw that I was in a dark crate, it smelled awful, it was wet, whimpers came from all around the room, and there was a wolf cub in the crate with me. What? A wolf cub? I shrank against my side of the crate, arm protesting violently, but this wolf cub looked much more angry than my arm was.
It seemed to notice my fright, and it shuddered, hair falling back into place and gave me a very comforting look. I crawled toward it a bit, and held out my good arm. The wolf nudged itself forward as well, and soon I was stroking the soft hair. It felt like feathers. I smiled brightly, despite everything that had happened to me. This wolf could make me happy easily, and soon we fell asleep together, cuddling each other for what little warmth we could salvage.
10 years later...(Amaterasu's PROV:)
I was woken roughly by one of Ichiro's goons. I snarled at him, and he backed off, but not before muttering "freak" under his breath. I rolled my eyes, we all knew that anyway. When I had first been brought here, Ookami and I were kept in that crate together for 5 years, bonding and growing closer. But when I turned 8, they decided it was time to run their main experiment on us both.
We were forced to merge and become one being through a very painful operation. I shudder at the thought of it. Now I could turn into a wolf at will, and had the advanced senses of Ookami as well, but my friend, my only friend, was gone. Lost inside of me, literally.
I got dressed in what rags I could find on the floor before going out for my daily lessons. My reddish, auburn hair was long and messy, for I was rarely allowed to wash myself. One day, I would break out of here. I would breathe the free air again, and see the sun rise and fall. I would taste the winds and the seas. I would break out and fly, I would roll in the grass, I would smell the roses I see in pictures, I would climb mountains. I would live.
Akio came jogging up through the dimly lit hallway to me. I smiled lightly at him, as he had only ever been kind to me, and I now think of him as a friend. "Hey girly! I found a good school for you to go to once you get out of here!" He exclaimed.
I laughed gently at his excitement. He knew well of my plans to leave this hell, and was currently looking for as many ways as possible to help me. "Hey Akio! Where is the school?"
"Its just round the corner from here! And it's huge! You could defiantly get in on a scholarship for singing, and it's so big you could easily hide there and end up living there! All we have to do is wait for the right time to let you escape from here." He told me.
I wasn't one for hoping too much, but this sounded like an actually good plan. I smiled big for the first time in months and nodded. "Thanks Akio, you're the best friend I could hope for in a place like this. Let me know when the best time to escape would be?"
"Of course! I love seeing that smile of yours!" Akio told me as he ran off down a different corridor, I smiled at his back, but quickly adopted a blank expression as I entered my lesson room, I would be interrogated painfully if I came in smiling, Ichiro would think I was plotting something. I had already found that one out. It wasn't fun.
Unfortunately, the opportunity the Akio and I were waiting for would take a long time to arrive. I would be 16 before the perfect day arrived.
Amaterasu's POV: A few days after her 16th birthday
Today was the day, the day when I would finally be free of this wretched place! Akio came to me a week ago and told me that Ichiro would be leaving the compound for a week, and that everyone was still taking Sunday off, like normal. I had done well in convincing Ichiro that I could be trusted.
I through on the street clothes that Akio had found for me, boots, jeans, and a hoodie that was soft and fit me well. I grabbed my bag of stuff, all that was in it were the few trinkets Akio had bought me, and my mother's necklace. Every now and then I would remember little flashes of my life there, but all I could remember was a caring and loving woman, and two other people that were my age, but I did not know who they were.
I grabbed the knife in my bag (given to me by Akio) and I sliced off my hair, so that it was as short as a boy's and had some bangs hanging in the front. I was ready. My amber eyes, once devoid of life, now shone with determination and happiness.
I slipped out of the room, down the hallway, and finally the exit was in sight. Really, this was too easy. There was only one guard on the door, and I quickly transformed into my wolf form, and growled loudly as I approached the door. The guard smiled at me, and I saw that it was Akio. I barked out a laugh and he opened those huge white doors for me.
I had of course been taught about the outside world, and had been showed pictures, but nothing had prepared my for this sight. There was a large street, filled with bustling people, and no one even saw me. I transformed back into a human, and gave one last smile at Akio.
"The school manager is expecting you. Go my little Amaterasu. Go and be free of this evil place." Akio said to me and I looked at him and nodded. Then I slipped off into the real world, my wolf senses telling me that I would never see him again.
As I walked down the crowded street, people bumped into me, and all I could do was stumble along, my eyes fixed on the huge pink building in front of me, my soon to be school with any luck.
The main doors were open, and I walked in nervously. A woman with a kind face walked up to me and asked if I was looking for the chairman. I nodded slowly, and she pulled me along to his office. The woman went in before me and came out a few minutes later, telling me that Mr. Suoh would see me now.
I walked in slowly and stood in front of his desk nervously. Mr. Suoh swiveled his chair around to face me, and his face went into utter shock. "Hikaru? Kaoru? No...it's not either of you. But you look so much like them! Pray tell, what is your name young sir?"
Mr. Suoh had mistaken me for three things so far and none were true. He thought I was a boy? Well I would be happy the further I got from my identity so no one took me back to the compound. However, I felt as though I shouldn't lie to him. "Amaterasu," I told him. My voice was low enough to be a boy's but not strange for a girl either.
Mr. Suoh's face now changed into embarrassment as he knew that no male would be called Amaterasu. "Goodness, I'm so sorry miss! Well, I have heard your voice recording and am proud to give you our fully paid scholarship to Ouran High School! Would you like a girl's, or boy's uniform?"
I smiled when I heard that I had gotten into the school. When I saw both of the uniforms though, I immediately chose the boy's uniform, not even sure that that puffy yellow abomination was actually a dress. Mr. Suoh smiled at me slyly as he handed over my schedule and map, and told me that my classes started in 10 minutes.
I smiled at him and nodded as I fled the room, found a bathroom and changed into my uniform, stuffing my old clothes into my bag. I had done it! I was free! I ran out of the bathroom, skipping and laughing happily as I now felt like I had no worries at all. I knew I did, but I was content to ignore them for now.
I found my first class a little late, everyone else was already there, and lessons were just starting to begin. I knocked on the door and a small woman exited. "Hi! I'm Ms. Akemi! Goodness, I have two boy's in this class that look just like you! Sorry, you're Ms. Amaterasu, right?"
I smiled at this lively woman and nodded. "Just a quick question before I take you in and introduce you to everyone, what is your family name?"
At Ms. Akemi's question I froze. I had never been given a last name, only a first name. "It-it's Kenyon." I smiled a bit, as the name that had popped into my mind was Irish for 'little wolf'.
Ms. Akemi smiled at me and ushered me into the room. "Everyone! This is Kenyon Amaterasu! I trust you all to be nice and welcoming to her, as she is new."
As I stood in front of the class, my eyes widened impossibly large as I stared at two mirror images of myself, both of them also had wide eyes as they watched me. I broke the eye contact, freaking out on the inside but I kept me cool and sat as far away from them as possible.
All throughout the day I felt their eyes boring into my back, but I kept myself facing forward and tried to pay attention to my lessons. When the bell, rang, signaling the end of the day. I waited until all the class had left before rushing out of the room.
My escape was stopped however, when the other two me's stepped in front of me and blocked my path. Both of them had equally shocked expressions as I'm sure mine was as well. I smiled at them nervously and squeaked out a timid "Excuse me?".
They then both grew identical smirks. "And just who might you be, face-stealer?" They both asked at the same time.
I smiled back fully now, an perfect replica of their smiles on my face, these two were fun. "I might ask you the same thing! I know my name, you know my name as well, but what of you two? I say you're the face-stealers!"
"Do you hear that, Hikaru?" Asked the first.
"I do believe I did, Kaoru! She thinks that we stole her face!" Exclaimed Hikaru.
I laughed at that, and they turned to me, presumably startled. "How bout we just share the face? I do think it would be quite painful and difficult to take the ones we have now off, even if they aren't unique."
They both smiled again, real smiles this time, and Hikaru started, "I think we could...live with that." Kaoru finished.
"You madam, are quite some fun! Would you care to join us at the Host Club today? Unless you are expected at home of course." Hikaru asked me. I had read up as much as I could on this school when I had known I would come here, so I knew in general what the Host Club did, and even though it sounded ridiculous, these guys were fun so I agreed.
They offered their arms to me, and I stood inbetween them as we waltzed down several hallways before stopping in front of a door labeled 'Music Room #3'.
As we walked in, I was blinded by flower petals. Wait, no. I would have been blinded by flower petals, had the twins not blocked them for me as we entered the room. I smiled at them, but they were already gone, off to host.
I looked around and saw tables set up everywhere, each with several girls and one or two guys. Hmph, so much for me accompanying them. I thought, but it really wasn't their fault I suppose, there did seem to be a certain amount of responsibility that hosting required.
Soon a guy with silky blonde hair and strangely violet eyes ran up to me and began shaking me most vigorously. What the hell?
"Hikaru! What ever are you doing? You can't just stand about doing nothing! And where is Kaoru? Oh look! See? He's doing his job! Ah, but Hikaru is with him...thats odd. Who are you?" This was all said in such a rush the only real thing I got was the 'Who are you?' and that was just because he was winding down from his excitement, seeing as the twins were both working.
Another guy with glasses and black hair stood up and waved his hands, causing all the girls to whine, but never-the-less, they also stood up and left. I just remained standing in front of the first guy, my mouth hanging open and his was as well.
Soon glasses-boy, a girl, the silent one, and his bunny-like companion had joined us as well. I looked at all the stangers nervously, not used to being stared at like this. But, within a few seconds, I felt the twin's arms wrap around me, and I relaxed.
"Oh, calm down Milord." Stated Hikaru.
"She's with us! Our little face-sharer." Finished Kaoru.
I smiled back at the others, and said to them: "That's me! But who are you?"
"My name is Tamaki! I am the 'king' of the host club! Making every girl happy is our dream!" Exclaimed Tamaki, though I prefered 'Milord'.
"I'm Hunny! This is Takashi! But you can call him Mori!" This came from the bunny, who was very cute, and Mori who had this look about him. It was strangley calming, despite his being so tall and silent.
"You know us!" Hikaru and Kaoru told me proudly. I mocked a salute at them and turned to the second to last member, glasses-boy.
"Ms. Amaterasu Kenyon, 2nd year, in Hikaru and Kaoru's class, along with Haruhi, no family background given, got in on a full music scholarship though. No more information was given, so all together mysterious. I'm Kyoya by the way." This all came in one package.
"Well, I guess I don't have to introduce myself anymore...thanks?" I mumbled, though everyone heard me. The twins seemed to glare at Kyoya, for revealing more than I was comfortable telling these strangers, though it wasn't much at all.
The only other girl in the group laughed, a nice sound that I was un-used to. "I'm Haruhi, nice to meet you." I smiled at her.
"Did you have the same idea with the uniforms? I couldn't stand to be wearing those yellow dresses." I asked Haruhi. She laughed again, and Milord looked upset.
"What are you talking about Ms. Amaterasu? Haruhi is most definatley one of the most manly men I've ever met!" Milord cried, grabbing the poor girls arm and trying to get her to flex it, without avail.
"Tamaki, I believe she knows I'm a girl by now, though if you don't mind Ms. Amaterasu, could you keep that to yourself? Everyone outside of this club thinks I'm a boy." Haruhi told me.
Everyone was watching me closely to see what I would say. These people seemed fun, so I nodded and beamed at all. They smiled back, even Mori.
The next thing I knew though, was black, I was not ready for the outside world it seemed. All the activity of the day, and my emotions going haywire, was too much for my body. It crumpled to the floor, but I think someone caught me, I'm not sure though...
Okay! First chapter done! And its also 4000+ words! YAY! :D Pleeeeeaaaase answer these questions I have below, I'm begging you, this is so I know what to write next pleaaase! I wont ask for any other reviews! (I'll still want them though haha)
What POV should the story be in? I've made it 1st mostly, but some people prefer 3rd...
Who should Amaterasu end up with? (Please, not her brothers...)
Should she be able to 'mind-comunicate' with Ookami? Or not?
Will she be happy or unhappy to begin with, and how much will she reveal?
Did you like it?
Can Amaya (night rain) be her nickname? Amaterasu is looong.
When does she reveal everything?
Should she live with her brothers imediatly, or reside in the school for a few days?
Last one! Do her brothers get mad at mother?
Ok! Please, I'm begging you to answer at least some of these. If you do I will sent you a personal 'you're the best!' note in the next chapter (: Eternally yours, me.
