Kidnapped?
-Flashback-
*Michiru's School, Tokyo – 14th September 2009 –15:00*
"Konichiwa, Hikaru-chan!" – stated the shorter girl.
"Konichiwa, Michiru-chan!" – answered the other girl.
The 13 years-old-girls hugged each other and the shorter girl with the aquamarine hair joined the other girl that was reading on the school's playground. The taller girl had short blond hair, beautiful green eyes and was dressed on some jeans, which were all full of grass by now and a t-shirt. The girl who had aquamarine hair, and who's name was Michiru, was dressed on a soft blue dress.
"Hikaru-chan..." - whispered Michiru.
"Hai, nani Michiru-Chan?"
"Do you wanna be my best friend?" – whispered and blushed the shorter girl.
"Sure…"
"Honto?"
"Hai!"
The tomboy giggled, and then both hugged. When they parted they looked at each others' eyes. They were so close, and Michiru bent forward and took those innocent lips of the tomboy in a sweet and innocent kiss. It was their first kiss. And it was full of pure innocence and love, but that sweet and tender moment soon was replaced by a terrifying one. Both mothers of the girls saw them and immediately walked to them and separated each other.
"HIKARU! What did you do? That's so disgraceful…!" Hikaru's mother slapped her daughter across her face and dragged her away from Michiru.
"MICHIRU! Are you alright sweet heart? Did that horrible girl hurt you?" Michiru's mother asked concerned.
But Michiru was no longer listening to her mother's words, she was just always recalling the moment when her friend was hit by her own mother and when she pushed her away, the look on the girl's eyes was so frightening and was full of fear and anger.
Mrs. Kaioh, was looking at her daughter worriedly, but then Michiru looked up at her mother and it was like if she had been asleep for the past minutes and just woke up, she just ran away, from everyone, from everything…
-End of the Flashback—
*Sakura's Garden, Tokyo – 14th September 2009 – 16:00 to 20:00*
Michiru sat on a bench in a nearby park called Sakura's Garden, crying silently. She was lucky that actually the gate of the school was open when she ran off. She was just tired of everything, tired of the perfect world she lived in. Her parents were the richest people of all Japan, she couldn't have friends, or if she could, something would happen to make her lose them. She couldn't be like the other children, free…Freedom. What's freedom? She was not free; she couldn't be alone nor even a second. She was always with her butler or with her two personal bodyguards. She was happy that she had run off of that hell. Why did that woman hit her best friend? She didn't do anything. She didn't hurt her, so why?
In that instant a car parked on the road in front of the bench, she looked up to see those big men that she was told to be her securities. She stood suddenly and run off, the man slightly running behind her. She looked everywhere. The girl with the aquamarine hair thought – "I must find a place to hide… Kami-sama, help!" – The girl looked up in time to see a fountain and then a big tree. "I will just have to run faster and climb that tree. And they will not see me because of the water that pours out of the fountain." She smiled victorious and then she did what she told herself too. The men looked everywhere, they seemed lost and without knowing what to do. The angelical girl looked down at them from the tree, giggling and covering her mouth with her hand.
"Hey, what'cha doing up here, little princess?" Asked someone, she got surprised and at same time lost her balance, she shut her eyes, waiting for the pain to come, but that never came, she opened her eyes slowly and she saw nor more nor less than a boy. The boy was holding her hand with a bit of difficulty, his other hand was on the arm of the tree getting support, if he let go of her hand, she would fall and break some bones and would be catched by those securities of hers.
"Please…don't let me go…" She cried out loud but not enough for the bodyguards to listen.
"AH…Damn it…I will not…" He said, a bit desperate now. His hand was slipping from hers slowly, he was trying to pull her up but her hand kept slipping, the girl looked down terrified.
"…hey…look at me…don't look down…" He said softly.
"I...I…I can't…" She kept looking down; he then regained all his strength and pulled her up, the girl was almost at the top of the tree, but she slipped, the boy reacted fast and held her close against his chest.
It was then that Michiru notice that he was not a he. They sat at one of the arms of the large tree, catching their breaths, both hugging each other, Michiru closed her eyes, resting against the supposed 'boy'. She felt warm, safe and protected and felt like she belonged there, on this "boy's" arms.
"Are you alright, princess?" He asked, looking at the girl on his arms that was grabbing 'his' shirt with so much strength. 'He' was not much older than her, 'he' was just two years older, 'he' had blond hair just like the sand and emerald eyes, and was dressed on a white and clean shirt and some jeans. 'He' was on grade 9 and it was 'his' first day of the 3rd term but in 'his' opinion it was being very boring so 'he' decided to run away from school and climb that tree and hide there until they find 'him'.
The blond girl looked up at the smaller girl that didn't want to let go of her shirt like if it was about her life itself.
"It looks like we share the same hobbies…ne, koibito? Now can you let go of my shirt before you rip it?" – She said softly, smiling in a teasing way, the girl with the blue eyes that resemble the ocean blushed and got away from the blond tomboy, felling regret already, missing her warm.
"Arigato gozaimasu…"
"You welcome…little princess…so what were doing up here, trying to see if you can fly?" Asked, teasing the aquamarine girl.
"And what were you doing up here, making monkey tricks?" She answered furious.
"Oy, koi…why are you so mad about?"
"Don't call me koi! ...nor even koibito! I'm not your love or your sweetheart!..."
She was mad, really mad but mad about what? The girl stared at the blond in pure sadness and then started sobbing and crying. The tomboy was even more confused then before. Why was she crying? Did she hurt her? The only thing she could do was comfort her, and it was just that that she was doing.
"Shh…don't cry…ko-…princess…It will be alright….shhh…" They stayed there embracing each other while the smaller girl cried on the other girl's arms.
After some time the girl got calm and glared at her blond "knight in shining armor". She was even taller than her so she had to look down at her.
"My Tenshi…"
"Hã?" The blond asked confuse. Why was she calling her "My Angel"?
"HEY! SHE IS UP THERE!"
"I got to go! See ya, koibito!" And the 15 years-old-girl jumped easily from the tree.
"No…WAIT…I DIDN'T GET-..." She screamed, but the blond had disappeared from her sight already, and she whispered the last part in a sad way. "..—your name….."
SEVERAL HOURS LATER…
She stayed up there thinking, she had lost track of time and it was night already so she decided that it was better to get down and find some place to stay the night. Maybe if she knocked at one of those doors, she was sure that they would let her stay, but she was sure too that they would do many questions and sent her back home.
While she was walking a police car passed by, so she had hidden being a trash can and something jumped to her lap and curled to a ball, she had to control herself not to scream because the car was still passing by. She looked down at her lap and she saw the most beautiful animal she had ever seen, a sweet black cat.
She whispered. "Hi, little…are you lonely too?" The cat started to purr, while she caressed it softly. "Well…now we have each other, don't we?" She smiled.
*Tenoh's Residence, Tokyo – 14th September 2009 – 20:00 a.m.*
Haruka reached home and got in. What a funny afternoon she had! First she run off of the school, second she met that gorgeous girl…She giggled at this part, then she run off again from the teachers that were trying to find her. She laughed, what a good day!
"Haruka, came here for a second!" Her father called.
"Oh, boy…I'm in a lot of trouble now…" She whispered while walking at her father's office.
"Haruka…" He started calmly, but then he rose his voice yelling. "I'M TIRED OF THIS FUCKING THING OF GET CALLED EVERYDAY FROM YOUR SCHOOL TELLING ME YOU DID SOME SHIT AGAIN!"
"It is not everyday…" she said almost whispering.
"NANI? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAID?"
"Nothing…"
"Good! Now go to your room! I've some serious and more important stuff to do…"
"What? You going to steal someone again, is that it? Or who will you kill this time?"
"DAMN BRAT!" He yelled running to her. She gave a couple of steps backward, looking at him terrified. His father reached her and-SPLASHHHHHHH!—slapped and punch her across the face. Haruka, was the blond girl's name was trying to get free from him, it was almost everyday the same story. He would beat her until she couldn't move. He would always find something for beating her, or because she didn't cleaned the house, or because the dinner was more salty that it should be or about something else.
"Daddy, please…" She begged crying a bit, he let go of her and demanded. "GO MAKE THE DINNER, YOUR FUCKING DICK!"
"Yes, dad…" She said.
She was used to this beating already. She touched her face and hissed with pain, she will have a black eye and some wounds and she will have to come up with some good excuse for it at school.
AT DINNER TIME…
They were eating silently. Haruka was eyeing his father once in while to see if his expression changed.
And then...
"The daughter of the famous business man Yanagi Kaioh disappeared today at 15:00 from her school... The authorities are still searching for the missing child of the Kaiohs without any success yet. The child was last seen on Sakura's Park by his bodyguards, but they lost track of the prodigy child there. The Kaiohs made an appeal for those who may have seen or if someone sees the missing girl." - Said the journalist from the TV.
Haruka looked up in time to see the aquamarine girl's face smiling at her in picture they were showing on the TV. Then Yanagi Kaioh spoke through the TV…
"If someone has seen or came to see our little Michiru, please bring her to us… Please she is the world to us…" The journalist continued to spick now. "The Kaiohs are shocked with this enormous tragedy that is ripping their world apart. They appeal that if you see or if you have seen their daughter please to inform the authorities... We will be back with some more news…" Then a commercial started and the smiling face of the journalist was replaced by the "Meo Fibra" commercial.
Without noticing Haruka said. "So Michiru was her name…suits her…"
"What are you talking about?"
"Nothing…" She whispered quickly.
"Do you know this girl, have you seen her?" Her father smiled with evil all over his eyes looking at her.
"Noo…" – She whispered again.
"Haru…you know what happens when you lie to your papa, don't you?" She looked at him with fear. "So have you seen her?"
"No…"
-SPLASSSHHH…
"I ASKED IF YOU HAVE SEEN HER!"
She cried out. "Y…yes…I did…"
"WHERE?"
"at…at the park…"
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know…"
He sighed feeling angry.
"I want you to search for her and when you find her bring her here…are you listening to me?"
She looked at him surprised. Will he…?
"DID YOU?"
"yes…"
"Good…now go!"
END OF CHAPTER ONE