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Standing in front of my old school, I wonder what I'm doing here. After the incident 7 years ago, I didn't think I would be coming back anytime soon, or at all for that matter. And here I am! Whatever force brought me back here be ready, because I'm back and nothing is gonna stop me.

Hi everybody! My name is Namida. I'm 14 and soon to be going to Daisuke's school. I don't know why I came back here. It was just an impulse. I felt like I needed to come back. I tried to leave my past behind, but it seems it doesn't want to let go. I guess I'll have to face it once and for all.

I walk into the school and look around. Nothing much has changed. It's still the same from all those years ago.

'It's nice.' I think to myself.'But I still regret coming back. I'm starting to think it was a big mistake.'

slowly, I make my way to my first class. As I walk, the hallway seems to stretch on farther and farther into eternity. I hear a voice whisper to me. "So beautiful..." My breath quickens and I fasten my pace. When a hand is placed on my shoulder, I scream and almost side kick the person in the head, but she raises her arm to block it. From what I remember of my childhood, it was the elder Harada twin. Riku, I believe her name was.

"Huh?" I say surprised. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine." She says smiling. "Are you lost?"

"Uh...Yeah!" I say struggling with what to say. "I'm kinda knew."

"I noticed." She says bluntly. "May I see you schedule? It'd be easier for me to help then."

"Sure."

I hand over my schedule to her. She quietly look over my schedule. When she is finished, she instructs me to follow her saying that we have the same class right now. As I follow her, I can't help but notice that she's acting slightly strange. She also seems a bit distant. Quickly I scan the area and find that no one is near us so she couldn't have been influenced. I rest my hand on her shoulder as a sign to stop. She turns to look at me confused.

"Is everything alright?" I ask concerned.

"Fine. Why do you ask?"

"You seem distant."

"Nothing is wrong. You shouldn't worry."

"Look here." I say and she looks directly in my eyes. "I may be new here, but I have very good senses. I can tell that you're lying to me for one and that something is bothering you deeply inside. Since I don't know you very well, you don't have to talk to me or anything but at least tell someone what's on your mind before it eats you alive."

That being said, I walk off to my first class myself full well knowing where it is. Long after I leave her in the deserted hallway, I can still feel her presence there indicating that she didn't yet move. I sigh hoping I didn't already alienate myself from the rest of the student's because of what I said to her. It's always so hard to make friends, especially when you have secrets that they can never find out about.

Reaching my first class, I stand in front of the door and take a deep breath. Hopefully I could get through the day without any major incidents. Quickly, I slide the door open, gaining the attention of everyone in the classroom.

The teacher instantly ushers me into the classroom. Slowly, I make my way to the front of the room and stand next to the teacher. Today didn't start out the way I had wanted it to. One, all my classmates were staring at me like I was some sort of alien. It made me want to hurt some of them. Two, the teacher was scaring me. She was acting all peppy and perky like a schoolgirl. It was really creepy. She rests her hands on my shoulders and tells the class to welcome the new student, me.

"Why don't you tell your classmates something about yourself?"

"Hi. My name is Tenshi, Namida. Nice to meet you." I say bowing politely. "I moved here from America and I'm hoping to make lots of new friends."

"Thank you. Now take a one of the available seats near Daisuke. Daisuke would you please stand up."

Daisuke stands up obediently. Before the teacher tries to do anything else, I walk over to one of the available desks near Daisuke. As I walk by his desk, I give him a familiar smile. Recognition flares in his eyes for a brief moment then dims as if thinking it couldn't be true. I frown as I sit at my desk. All in due time. I turn to look back at another familiar face. Blue eyes and glasses smiles at me knowingly. I smile back. "At least someone recognized me." I whisper so softly to myself that no one but I can hear it.

The day itself was very uneventful. The seconds just seemed to tick by slowly until lunch finally came. Since it was my first day, I sat by myself outside on a bench. I noticed that a few boys were checking me out but were a bit afraid to come near me scared of how I would react. Nothing unusual or out of the ordinary. Taking out my lunch I stare up at the great blue sky. It's so vast and limitless.

"May I sit with you?" I hear someone ask.

I look up to see it was the girl that I had met this morning. "Go right ahead." I say giving her room to sit.

"Thanks." She says sitting down next to me."Sorry about this morning. I didn't introduce myself. My name is Harada, Riku."

"And of course you already know my name. Tenshi, Namida."

"About this morning..."

"Sorry." I say. "I didn't mean to be like that. Sometimes when I feel something isn't right I just try to help the person. But it doesn't always go the way I intend it to."

"No, you're right. Something has been eating me up inside. I really need to let someone know about it but I don't know who to talk to. It can be challenging trying to find the right person to tell."

"Why don't you talk to your family?"

"I can try but I don't think my twin sister Risa would understand and our parents are out a lot so I don't really feel comfortable talking to them about this."

"Don't you have any friends you could talk to?"

"There's Daisuke, but he'd probably think it's weird or something." She stares at the ground before she looks back up at me. "I was hoping I could talk to you about it."

"Why? You don't know me at all."

"You seem like a person that wouldn't judge someone on something like this. I don't know why, but I can just feel that you're the right person to talk to. Call it a hunch."

"Okay. So what is it that's eating you alive?"

"Lately, some weird things have been happening. I'll be doing one thing and the next thing I know I'll be in a different part of the house doing something else. I'll feel these sensations, like I'm being stabbed or my skin is on fire. At other times, I feel like someone is watching everything I do. It's really creepy and I don't know what to do. I can't even tell anyone about it."

"You could be experiencing ghostly activity. Sometimes if a person died in a house or was murdered they can get attached or are bound to a house and are forced to stay and as you say 'haunt the house'. Sometimes they can try and communicate with the living. In your case, that's what you could be experiencing. You can feel what they felt as they died or what happened to them that caused their death. The only way that they can get a hold of a person is by making them experience the pain they felt."

"How do you get rid of them?"

"They have to be put to rest. But since they probably won't be leaving anytime soon I'll give you something that can help. This will keep them at bay but if it gets worse just call me." I give her my cell number and the necklace that I was wearing. It was a small metal vial that was hanging on a metal chain.

"What's in it?" She asks when she takes the lid off and smells it.

"Sage." I say. "Spirits hate the smell."

"Thanks." she says a look of relief on her face.

"It won't get rid of them but now they'll think twice about getting near you."

The bell rings signaling that lunch was over. I sighed. I was having such a nice time outside that I didn't feel like going back inside. I preferred spending time outside in the sun rather than sitting in class all day learning information that wouldn't be of much help to me. Riku mistakes my sigh taking it as regretful sigh because I didn't get to eat my lunch.

"I'm so sorry that I took up all of you time." Riku says bowing apologetically.

"It's okay. I don't mind. I wasn't very hungry anyway. I was just glad I got to be outside." I smile brightly at her trying to get her to lighten up. She smiles back and runs to get to her next class.

I take my time getting to my next class telling the teacher that I got lost trying to find it. The rest of the day is as uneventful as the morning classes. It just seemed to go by so slowly I almost fell asleep. The last bell rings and I run outside glad to be back in the warm sunlight.

A little ways out of school, I feel a small, fluffy animal jump onto my shoulder. It nudges against my neck. I pick it up and hold it out in front of my face. It's a tiny, familiar face that I really, really missed.

"Wiz!" I say excitedly.

"Kyuu!" He says happily.

"Are you happy to see me?"

"Kyuu! Kyuu!" He says trying to give me a hug.

I laugh at Wiz's attempts to give a hug. It is just so cute. I lightly give him hug and set him on my shoulder. I can tell that Wiz feels content because I feel him lay down. I continue walking trying my best to not wake him up.

I close my eyes and let my memories embrace me.

Flashback

(5years old)

"Hey Namida!"

"Hey Daisuke! Where are you going?" I ask.

"I'm going to play soccer with Takeshi and the others." He says with a huge grin on his face.

"Oh." I say disappointed.

Daisuke's grin disappears seeing my unhappy face. His smile disappears. After thinking for a moment he says, "Hey! Why don't you come play with us?"

"Are you sure they won't mind?" I ask my eyes lighting up.

"It'll be fine. Let's go!"

He grabs my hand and drags me along. Eventually I get my feet underneath me and we run all the way there. All the while we laugh an innocent, childlike laugh.

(6years old)

"Hey Daisuke!" I say running up to him. "Are you busy today?"

"Yeah." He says sighing. "My mom wants me home right away. I'll see you later. Bye!" He says running home. When he was talking to me he didn't even turn around to see the tears streaking down my face. Though he probably wouldn't have noticed because of how hard it was raining.

(7 years old)

I wasn't crying anymore, but the rain didn't stop. I didn't even care that I was drenched from the pounding rain. I didn't care that I would probably get sick. I didn't even care that my arm way bleeding.

The events that took place earlier this day sealed my fate. I got into a fight with one of the older members of my family. They shunned me and I was disowned. Strangely though, I wasn't upset about any of that. What really upset me was that I wouldn't be able to see my siblings ever again. Especially my older brother. I was the closest to him.

In the distance, I hear the sound of running footsteps in the puddles that the rain had created. The sound got closer and louder until it stopped. Someone was standing not too far from me. Looking up, I see Daisuke. He's looking at me wide eyed and frightened.

"Namida..." He whispers.

With all the strength I have left in me, I run. I run farther and farther away from Daisuke making sure that he can't and won't follow me. More importantly, I am running away from my past. I continue to run until my legs give way and I can go no farther. Even though I said I have no tears left to cry, it seems that more tears still want to escape. Through my tears, I can see the ocean.

Sitting there in the rain for quite a while, I finally realize what I must do. If I am to move on as well as everyone that I love and am close to, I must get away and never return. Returning will only bring back memories of the past that I want to keep buried. Determination set in my mind, I head off to the closest airport and get a ticket to America.

All I carry with my are the clothes on my back. I look out the window of the plane as I leave Japan forever and say hello to California, where my new life resides.

Present

"Wiz." I say, gaining his attention. "It's been a long time since I last saw you. A lot of things have changed. Right now I have many things I need to do and I'm not sure if I can do it by myself. Will you help me?"

Wiz looks deep into my eyes. The way he stares at me I really feel like he can understand what I'm feeling.

"Kyuu!" He says, smiling his little bunny smile.

"Is that a yes?" I ask teasing him.

"Kyuu! Kyuu!" He says jumping lightly on my shoulder.

"Okay then." I say. "Today we will start on a journey to find the others. There are two other girls like me. I met them in America when I lived in exile. We didn't stay together long but our bond was strong from the start. In the short time we knew each other, we three became thick as thieves. With your help I know we can find them."

It finally seemed as if things were looking up. It seems like life is starting to return to normal...or is it?