It was a very hot sticky summer day and Mia had just come back from a meeting and seemed very tired and she entered the house.
"Mia, Cye won't cook and I'm starving!" Mia sighed, that would be Kento. "I'm coming!" She ran into the kitchen and saw Kento rummaging through the refrigerator. "Out! Go read like Rowen is or something." She said and pushed him out of the kitchen. A couple of minutes later everyone was eating at the dining table. Rowen was reading a book (like usual) and everyone else was eating quietly with the exception of Kento who was wolfing down food. Mia cleared her throat "Tomorrow we have some of my friend's friends visiting and will be staying with us for a couple of months." "Who is it." Asked Ryo offhandedly. "4 girls from Tokyo." She replied. "How old are they?" asked Sage excitedly. "Is that all you ever care about?" asked Cye. Sage glared at him. "What is that supposed to mean!" "Nothing." He said with a smile. Sage was about to say something but Mia cut him off. "3 of them are 17 and one of them is about 13." "Yeah!" said Sage. Everyone glared at him.
The next day, the whole house was hectic trying to make everything perfect for their guests. Cye and Mia were in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Rowen, Kento, and Ryo were cleaning the house and Sage, was in the bathroom getting himself ready. "Sage Date! Will you please get your butt out here and help us!" said Ryo very irritably. Just then the doorbell rang and everyone rushed to the door to greet their guests. "I wonder what they're like." Said Cye quietly. Before they opened the door, they heard arguing. "Haruka will you please stop grumbling and help me with these bags." Said a voice. "If it weren't for Rei's stupid prediction I would never had come. I never wanted to come here in the first place." Spoke the one who must have been Haruka. "Haruka, if you don't stop complaining I'll tape your mouth." Came the reply. "They seem very pleasant." Whispered Kento sarcastically to Cye. He nodded. Mia opened the door and greeted them "Welcome everyone, please come in." The arguing stopped and a young girl with short shoulder length hair entered wearing a black top and a black skirt. She seemed very exhausted and was carrying a small bag. Next came in two other people, one with long wavy blue-green hair that hung slightly below her shoulders and was wearing a short skirt with a blue top. She was burdened with a large suitcase. The other was a bit taller and had EXTREMELY short blond hair and was wearing a short-sleeved blouse and khaki pants. She looked extremely grumpy and was carrying two large suitcases. Then lastly came in a lady with long black-green hair that hung below her knees. She was wearing a long summer dress and was serious faced. She was carefully holding a black suitcase. "Umm Mia, I think you got something wrong, there's 3 girls and 1 guy." Said Kento glancing at the blond. The girl with blue hair started laughing uncontrollably. "What's so funny?" asked Kento. "I…" started the blond, "…mister short-sighted am a girl!" she said irritably. Kento turned red (from obvious embarrassment) and started apologizing. "I'm really sorry but you just, well, you look so much like a…" "Don't worry about it." She said grouchily. "You're definitely not the first one who's done it." Said the girl with the long green hair. "Why don't we all sit down and we can introduce ourselves." Said Mia and they all headed for the living room. The 5 guys helped the girls carry their suitcases. "The blonde's cute." Whispered Sage to Rowen. "She's looks tough though, don't mess with her." Said Rowen.
They all assembled into the living room and sat down. "Now let's introduce ourselves, I'm Mia Koji." The others introduced themselves in the following manner. "Hi I'm Ryo Sanada. These are my friends: Kento Rei Faun, Sai Mouri, Rowen Hashiba, and Sage Date. Now that we're done, how about you 4?" The girl with the short black hair spoke up. "I'm Hotaru Tomoe and I'm 13." "I'm Michiru Kaiou." Said the girl with the wavy blue hair. "I'm Setsuna Meiou." Said the girl with the long green hair. "And I'm Haruka Te'nou." Said the grumpy blonde. "Why don't you 5 show them to their rooms, I'm sure they had a tiring journey here." Said Mia. Sage accompanied Haruka, Rowen with Setsuna, Sai and Michiru, and lastly Kento and Ryo with Hotaru. They went up the stairs and split into different corridors.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you are beautiful." Asked Sage, flirtatiously. They were walking down the hall and Sage was carrying Haruka's suitcase. Haruka gave him a wry smile that meant she was getting pretty annoyed. Sage didn't take the hint. "The room at the end of this hallway is yours, if you need anything you know where to find me." He said with a smile and slowly put his arm around here. Haruka (who was already in a very foul mood) grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back which caused him to drop the suitcase. She put her head to his ear and hissed angrily, "Touch me again and I'll flip you through the window." She picked up her fallen suitcase, went into her room and slammed the door. Sage rubbed his arm to get back his circulation. She sure has a firm grip, he thought. Rowen was right about not messing with her, but there's always tomorrow.
Michiru and Cye were walking up a long flight of stairs with Cye in the lead. Michiru stopped at a window next to the stairs to take a look at the scenery that surrounded the mansion. "Wow, the view here is breathtaking." She gasped as she saw the ocean view. "Do you like the oceans?" asked Cye. "Are you kidding? I love it, not to mention I love swimming." She said. "Maybe I could show you around later. Oh, here's your room." Said Cye as they neared the top of the stairs. He opened the door to a large room where the theme color was turquoise with walls, bedspread, and curtains of that color. The cabinets and closets were white. There were two large windows that faced the ocean. "How do you like it?" asked Cye as he helped her unpack. "It's lovely." she said as she bent down to pick up a couple of dresses and put them into the closet. Cye couldn't help but notice the beautiful figure she cut, with her tall slender body and her soft blue-green wavy hair. "Umm Cye, would it be alright if you left for a while, I need to change." Cye snapped out of his thoughts and blushed. "Oh, of course. I'm sorry, when you're done come join us downstairs for lunch." He said and left the room quickly, shutting the door behind him.
Elsewhere, Setsuna and Rowen were walking down a hallway. Both of them were silent. Then they heard a thump and a door slam. Setsuna sighed, "That would be Haruka." Rowen recognized something about her voice, and then it came to him. "Weren't you the one that had threatened to tape Haruka's mouth?" he asked with a smile. She turned her serious features toward him and smiled, "I was desperate. I didn't think it would have been very polite if she had kept complaining." "Why didn't she want to come?" asked Rowen curiously. Setsuna's smile quickly disappeared and was replaced by look of sadness and she turned away. She quickened her pace and soon was ahead of Rowen. Rowen quickly caught up to her "Did I say something wrong?" he asked with concern. "No, you just reminded me of something that I don't want to talk about." Realizing that Setsuna must have a painful reason for not wanting to say anything, he changed the subject, "You're room is right here to the left and mine is right across from it. I'll leave you alone for a little while to let you unpack. Lunch will be ready in a while." And with that he left her.
Ryo and Kento were helping the weak Hotaru carry her bags to her room. Kento turned around and walked backwards so as to be able to talk to Hotaru who was behind her. "So, what grade are you in?" "Oh, I'm in the 7th grade but am going into 8th." Replied Hotaru. "What do you like to do?" asked Ryo without turning around. "I…" she didn't finish her sentence for Kento who wasn't watching where he was going tripped over the suitcase he was carrying and fell hard on the floor. Unfortunately, while doing so, he had cut a big gash in his right knee with the suitcase. Ryo went quickly over to him, "Are you all right Kento? Wait here while I go get a first-aid kit." "There won't be any need for that." Said a soft voice behind him. Ryo turned around to see Hotaru standing behind him. She knelt beside Kento and put her hands over his cut knee and held it there for a couple of seconds. When she had lifted them his knee had been healed. "Woah, what just happened? How did you do that Hotaru?" asked Kento. "Hotaru?" Kento and Ryo both turned around and found Hotaru lying on the floor unconscious. "Is she all right?" said Kento hysterically. Ryo felt her wrist and was relieved to find a pulse. " Don't worry, she's alive, I guess she's just unconscious." Ryo carefully picked Hotaru up and carried her to her room. "I wonder what happened?" said Kento. Ryo placed her carefully on the bed. "I'll stay with her." Said Kento. "All right, I'll bring your lunch up to you." Said Ryo. "Make sure that Rowen doesn't eat everything." "Don't worry." Said Ryo with an unsure smile.
Downstairs in the dining room Mia sat waiting for the others. I wonder why these four girls came here for, she thought to herself. Just then she heard footsteps that announced the arrival of the others. First came Sage, rubbing his bright wrist, then came Cye and Rowen, and finally Ryo. "Hey Sage, what happened with your arm?" asked Rowen. "Put it this way, you were right about Haruka. She is very tough and not someone to be messed with." "So, what happened." Rowen asked again. "I flirted, she got annoyed and twisted my arm behind my back, threatened me, then slammed the door in my face. Any more questions?" "For some reason I don't blame her." Said Cye. "What happened with you and Michiru then, Cye?" retorted Sage. "Nothing, but I found out that she loves the ocean." Said Cye. "Surprise, Surprise." Muttered Sage. "How about you Rowen?" asked Cye. "I think that there is something that we don't know about them. When I asked Setsuna why they were here, she looked as if something was bothering her." He replied. "Hey, where's Kento, he'd never miss lunch." Asked Kento's best friend Cye. Ryo told them what happened, including the part about Hotaru healing Kento. "That is one of the strangest thing I've heard…" started Rowen but was cut off by the sound of talking and footsteps. In the distance they heard what was for sure Setsuna's voice inquiring, "Haruka, what was with all that door slamming and thumping upstairs." "How did you know that it was me?" asked Haruka. They heard Michiru sigh, "You're the only one who's that loud so it must have been you." "Well it wasn't my fault. That perverted Sage started flirting verbally and physically, so…" Ryo who was sitting next Sage made a choking motion towards him. "So you just decided to punch him or something like that right? Haruka, will you please go and apologize to Sage, Mia and her friends were kind enough to let us stay in her house so will you please treat our hosts with respect. Of course I don't blame you, but you didn't have to do anything physically." Said Setsuna and Michiru. Haruka groaned, and a minute later all three of them appeared through the dining room door. "Umm, Sage I'm sorry if I hurt your arm…" mumbled Haruka. "Oh it's all right." "…but" she continued " if you touch me again, I will seriously hurt you, got that." Said Haruka angrily. Everyone sat down and began eating. Setsuna looked around her and saw that Hotaru wasn't there. "Does anyone know where Hotaru is?" she asked. "Well, Kento hurt himself so Hotaru healed him. For some reason or another, she fell unconscious. I tried calling the doctor but he wasn't…" started Ryo but stopped when Setsuna slammed her fist on the table and stood up quickly. She looked extremely angry. "Ryo where is she right now?" she demanded. Everyone looked at her. Michiru put her hand on her shoulder and said "Setsuna calm down, I know that you are concerned but I think that she will be alright." "Michiru, you know that she is very weak and by healing she uses a lot of energy. That Hotaru, I told her hundreds of time not to do this but she would never listen. She is very stubborn. I must get to her now, Ryo will you please show me her room? Now?" she asked urgently. Ryo stood up and he and Setsuna left the dining room. "Was she always so jumpy and emotional?" asked Rowen. "Actually no, she's always been a very calm person even in very bad situations. She's also always been the most sensible and serious one of all. What's more surprisingly is that she never used to show her emotions. But ever since those "incidents" happened, she's always been very jumpy and short-tempered. She'll probably be back to her old self when everything goes back to normal. "said Haruka. "What incidents happened?" asked Cye, very concerned. "Well, we're, the 3 of us are the legal guardians of Hotaru. Setsuna has always acted as the mother of Hotaru. Then recently, Hotaru had gotten really sick. Because of her weak body, she's never really recovered. To top it off, two of our closest friends have disappeared. Setsuna has taken all these events the hardest of us all." Said Michiru. Just then Ryo, Kento, Hotaru, and Setsuna entered. Hotaru seemed a little pale but seemed fine. Setsuna on the other hand was leaning on Ryo and Kento. She looked extremely pale and tired. Michiru and Haruka stood up and went to help Setsuna. "What happened?" asked Haruka. "The strangest thing happened, Setsuna put her hands on Hotaru, said a couple of words and all of a sudden purple energy streamed out of her hands and went into Hotaru and she woke up suddenly." Said Kento. "SHE WHAT?!" asked Haruka in shock. "I was desperate." Said Setsuna weakly. "What did she do?" asked Sage questionably. "It's best if you didn't know." Said Setsuna, and everyone started to eat their lunch. After lunch Michiru offered to help with the dishes, so she and Cye went into the kitchen together. Setsuna and Hotaru told the rest that they would be going upstairs to rest, Haruka helped them up. The rest of them went to wherever they usually went and went along with their business.