The Promise of the Snow Whites

Chapter 1

It was lightly snowing among the mountains regions of Japan. The crystalized water fragments known as snowflakes drifted down from the heavens, dancing down to the ground where they them came to rest among an ever growing bed of snow. It was here that a young boy and girl would come to play. The boy was quite tall, with fairly pale complexion light brown spiky hair and pale blue eyes. The girl was unique in appearance with short lilac her, skin that was white as the snow itself and rare pupiless blue eyes with a purple hue. They spent many hours amongst the snow playing and talking amongst each other, it was beautiful both in its simplicity and normalcy; such happiness was created through simple and normal exchanges between these two young children.

"Hey do you wanna see something Mizi?" the boy asked

"Sure" she replied in quiet and shy voice.

"I have a scar on my chest." he showed her, opening up his coat and showing an ugly jagged scar on the right side of his chest, it was a couple inches long.

"I can't remember how I got it but whenever my mum looks at it she looks sad. Do you think it's ugly Mizi?" The young girl looked at the scar on his chest with a curious gaze, she lifted her hand towards the scar and lightly traced it with her fingers. Her hand was cold but the boy didn't flinch or react to the cold, he always enjoyed it, instead he felt himself heat up and started getting nervous under the girl's gentle touch.

"No I don't think it's ugly at all. It's your mark. It's what marks you as you. It makes you unique like a snowflake. And I like you because you're you." The girl's cheeks tinted a light pink as she removed her hand and looked down and away. The boy couldn't help but feel immense heat build up in his cheeks, unsure whether if it was the sting of the cold or the kind words the girl had spoken to him.

"Well I like you too Mizi. Because you're you." The girl looked further down at her feet, biting her lip and fiddling with her fingers as she debated with her inner thoughts. After a moment the girl lifted her head and looked at the boy.

"I have something to show you too. Kuzaki"

Kuzaki woke suddenly from his sleep, he was panting heavily, his chest heaving up and down as he tried to calm himself. He blinked regaining as he regulated his breathing, he sat up in his bed his knees perched up with his elbow resting on his leg as he held his head. He looked over to his clock.

2:33 AM

He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair scratching the back of his and closed his eyes.

'It's been years since I thought about her'

Kazuki thought back to the purple haired girl, that he saw in his dreams. She seemed so real then. Too real. But she couldn't be. He sighed heavily as he flopped back onto his bed, looking up at the ceiling. He pushed the thoughts of aurora eyed girl out of his mind once again as closed his eyes and drifted back to sleep.

*BUZZ*

Kazuki groaned as he reached over and slammed his hand down on his alarm clock. He slowly opened his eyes. He laid there for a few minutes thinking, like he always does when he first wakes up. His morning ritual was interrupted when he heard the melodic tone of his mobile. He reached over and read the message.

Haruki

"Hey Bud! Time 2 get up. We're hanging out 2day. C u in 15."

'Typical Haruki'

Kazuki groaned as he reluctantly got up from his bed. He shuffled over to his bathroom to take a quick shower and brush his teeth. Once he finished his shower he looked in the mirror as he tried to smooth out his messy hair, but was failing miserably. Sighing in defeat he put the brush down and stared down at the scar on his chest. He ran the tip of his finger along it and stopped suddenly, slowly shaking his head.

'It wasn't real'

He walked back to his bedroom to get changed into some clothes. Today he wore a grey t-shirt, a blue hoodie, black jeans and grey tennis shoes. He headed into the kitchen and noticed and note on the fridge held on with on with a My Neighbor Totoro magnet.

'Morning Sweetie. I made you breakfast, it's in the microwave just warm it up. I'll be working late tonight so go ahead and order some food for yourself, there's some money on the coffee table. Love Mum'

He looked in the microwave, mum had made me scrambled eggs with a side of bacon. He set the microwave for 30 seconds and looked at the time.

9:10 am

Five more minutes before he had to meet up with Haruki. Kuzaki sighed and shook his head when he heard the ping of the microwave. He took out his breakfast as he ate it quickly. Once finished he put his dish the sink and walked into the living room picking up the money on the table and walked out of his house locking the door behind him. Walking down he notices a figure sitting on his will outside of his house. The boy was wearing black tennis shoes, dark blue jeans a red t-shirt and a black leather biker jacket. His hair was red and spiked back with the spikes leaning to the right, the tips at the end were tinged orange, like his head was on fire. His eyes were warm golden colour and his skin was an even a tan. As he saw Kazuki walking down he hopped off the wall giving him a friendly wave.

"Hey Kuzaki!" he shouted in greeting.

"Hey Hot head" Kuzaki replied, the flame haired boy quickly retorted by punching him in the arm.

"Hey! That hurt!" Kuzaki barked at him, rubbing his shoulder where the boy had just hit him.

"Good. It was supposed to. Don't call me 'hot head'." Haruki said flatly.

"Heh ok...Flame head." Haruki growled and promptly hit Kuzaki on the head, rubbing his head he looked at Haruki curiously.

"Ow, ok, I was asking for that but anyway, why did you call me out today?" he asked. Haruki just looked at him and give a light laugh putting his arm around his shoulder, smiling brightly.

"Because buddy. It's the first saturday of the month. You know what that means?" he stated. Kuzaki looked up thoughtfully trying to think of the answer he was supposedly meant to know but nothing came to mind. Knowing his friend wasn't going to answer he shook his head and lightly shook the boy with his arm.

"New manga! We're going to go the library to check it out." he announced with a an odd amount of enthusiasm. Kazuki smirked at his friend; he was a huge manga fan like himself. But the two had different tastes: Kazuki liked mangas such as tragedies, mysterious and the occasional romance that showed the characters progression and struggle through both real and unreal events. Haruki however...well he liked mangas where the main characters were mostly female and well...let's just say revealed a lot of them thats some might think was unnecessary.

They walked down the streets heading to the city's center where the library was located. This place was so different compared to the mountain village he grew up in. The roads were always parked with cars, they were always surrounded by noise, not an inch of this city was silent for a moment. This was drastically different to the small village he grew up in, there it was always silent, hushed beauty of its serenity. It was always snowing in the village , that was why he loved it, he always loved the snow. There was something about it, he couldn't explain why but it just filled him with wonder, they may not have been two snowflakes alike but they always joined their fallen friends, connecting together to make something so much more. Alone they would melt instantly but with more they hold together, lasting longer. Perhaps that's why he loved it. That's why it pained him to leave it, but he had to get away from it. The one thing he loved. He hasn't seen it since.

"I miss it." Kazuki whisperd.

"Huh?" Haruki turned to his friend curiously with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, snow. I miss snow." Kazuki answered, who had not intended for his friend to hear him.

"Oh, ok. You know I've never seen snow so I can't say I miss it if I've never seen it." Haruki said looking up at the sky, as if he expected a spec to fall in front.

"You've never seen snow?" Kazuki asked a bit surprised.

"Well I've always lived in warm places, I've always preferred the heat. So I guess I probably wouldn't like snow." He said looking at the ground.

They soon arrived at the library and walked over to the to the latest releases and browsed the various books on the shelf. Kazuki was searching for the next volume of a manga he has been reading recently. It wasn't his go to choice when he picked up the first volume he was just bored and picked up the first thing on the shelf but ever since he read it he's been hooked. It was called 'King of Hearts'. The first volume started off with the main guy Oe Kenkichi attending his High School reunion, it was there he met his true love and the entire series is about him remembering his teenage years where you meet the four girls who fell in love with him, leaving the audience guessing who he chose in the end. The readers have their favorites. Haruki's favorite was Arata Kana, she was the confident and flirty 'Queen of Clubs', but Haruki picked her as his favorite because she was well endowed, she named was 'Queen of Clubs' for a reason. Kazuki's favorite was Suda Isamu the 'Queen of Diamonds' he believed she was given that title because of her brilliant blue eyes. Suda was the shy, quiet girl of the group, she was always tucked away in the corner reading a book, Oe would always bring her out of her shell. Out of all the girls he spends the most alone time with her and Kazuki believes they share a genuine connection they have a lot in common, they both like the same things and share opinions. However Oe has always had a crush on Takai Sumiko the 'Queen of Hearts' named because she stole all the boys hearts in school, she was easily the most beautiful girl in school, it was only natural to fancy her but physical attractiveness can only last so long. Kazuki was confident that Oe would fall in love with Suda it would only take time. He was anxiously awaiting the next volume that was focused on Suda, the last volume looked at Mae Noriko 'Queen of Spades', why? Because she was super smart, her knowledge came in spades. In her volume it showed how she helped Oe when it came to studying for exams there were some emotional and touching moments and thanks to her he scored a high grade. It was impossible to tell who he would get with in the end, some people thought he would throw everyone off by instead going for Takais feisty, short tempered sister Ishikawa the 'Jack of Hearts'. It was just too early to tell.

Kazuki continued to browse the shelves looking for the latest volume. Disappointment filled him as no new volumes were found on the shelves. So he turned to his friend who picked up a new book from the shelf as he soon as he saw the cover his jaw drooped and his eyes sparkled with the utmost desire.

"Oh my god! I am in love!" he cried out in with a concerning amount of passion. Kazuki glanced over to the cover it was a brand new manga and on the cover was a beautiful girl, with blue hair, and pale yellow eyes.

"What is it with you and blue haired chicks?" Kazuki asked his apparently blue haired obsessed friend.

"What? I've always liked blue hair that is my ideal hair colour." Haruki stated, still maintaining that worrying amount of passion.

"Right, obviously forgetting that blue hair is not a natural hair colour. So besides blue hair what else would your dream girl have to have?" Kazuki asked. Haruki paused for a moment looking up at the ceiling, as if he was trying to picture his ideal girl.

"Well I wouldn't mind if she had big boobs, don't get me wrong any size would do me just fine but I prefer something I can really get a hold of. " Harukii said with a wink to his friend.

"You are such a perv." he said rolling eyes and shaking his head.

"As for eye colour...I haven't given it that much thought, I always liked Arata's eyes." Haruki continued.

'So purple eyes, another rare feature.' Kazuki thought, inwardly sighing to himself.

"Oh and she has to be confident and flirty, I like a girl that I can't handle, it's more fun that way." Haruki finished with a definite nod.

"Ok, so you want a girl with blue hair, purple eyes, big boobs who is confident and flirty. Well that narrows it down." Kazuki said flatly.

"Hey she could be out there somewhere. Just maybe not in this world." Kazuki raised an eyebrow at his friends last statement.

"Ah, so anyway what about you? What do you look for in your ideal girl?" Haruki asked hastily giving a nervous laugh. Kazuki looked up at the ceiling, like Haruki trying to piece together his ideal girl.

"Well I she would have to have really pretty eyes. The kind of eyes I can get lost in and gaze into forever. You know what they say if you fall in love with their eyes, you fall in love with forever, because they are one thing that never grow old." Haruki looked at this friend with a raised eyebrow and a mocking smirk.

"Oh yeah you're bound to impress the chicks spouting that whimpy ass crap." Haruki said with a chuckle. Kazuki staggered forward, taking advantage of his surprised state Haruki caught him in a fierce headlock, and rubbed his knuckles on the top of his head. Kazuki cried out in pain and tried to free himself from Haruki's merciless noogie. Haruki eventually let him go when the librarian came over and scolded them for making too much noise. Head burning still Kazuki and Haruki headed out to try and find something to eat. They went to their favorite cafe and settled down to eat. They killed a good few hours there just sitting there talking, getting refills on their drinks. When it was time to go Kazuki gave Haruki his share of the bill to pay at the counter, telling him that he'll wait outside, not that Haruki paid much attention as he was too busy flirting with waitress to realize. Waiting round the corner of the cafe Kazuki leaned against the wall.

"Hey Kazuki!" A rather gruff and unpleasant voice called out to him.

'Oh great' Kazuki inwardly groaned and glanced to his side. Where a group of boys were walking towards him, the leader of the group was a very large, not just in height but around the waist with a shaved head and pierced ears. Kazuki knew him well Yogi Mushanokoji; the school bully at his school, he liked nothing better to do than pick on those around him, now Kazuki didn't do anything to him but guys like Yogi don't a reason to beat you into the ground.

"What you doing out here Kazuki? Shouldn't you be at home reading your little books? Where's your friend Haruki? He not around? You on your own? That's not good a weak little twerp like you wouldn't last on your own." he said with a mean laugh.

"Look Yogi I don't want any trouble please." Kazuki pleaded. Yogi then quickly grabbed him by the neck of his shirt and pulled him close.

"You might not be looking for I trouble, but me and friends here are looking for some fun." he smiled wickedly, it was almost like a snarl as his teeth showed through. Kazuki closed his eyes waiting for the impact of a punch.

"Hey, what you doing Yogi?" Haruki's asked with a menacing tone. Kazuki slowly opened his eyes saw Haruki standing on the corner glaring at Yogi.

"Why don't you put my friend down and I'll let this slide. This once." Haruki said coldly, it sent chills up Kazuki's spine, he never heard his friend speak so coldly before . Yogi gave a low growl and reluctantly released his grip on Kazuki's shirt. Haruki and Yogi kept their glare on each other when Yogi broke and walked passed him. A little shocked about the event that took place Kazuki just stood there wide eyed as his friend walked up to him.

"You ok man?" Haruki asked giving his friend a comforting pat on his shoulder.

"Yeah. Thanks Haruki" Kazuki answered with small smile.

"Anytime." Haruki smiled back at his friend and they began walking back to Kazuki place. As they walked Kazuki glanced curiously to his friend. Yogi was tough and picked on anyone and everyone at school but for some reason he always left Haruki and friends of Haruki alone, not wanting to upset him. Now Haruki was not very muscular, sure he was toned and had some strength but he didn't look like he could take him on.

"So Haruki how comes Yogi seems scared of you?" Kazuki asked.

"Heh, he's not scared he just knows better than to mess with me." Haruki replied calmly.

"Why, did you fight him before?" he asked curiously.

"No he doesn't need to fight me to know he doesn't stand a chance against me." Haruki replied with a smirk. Kazuki was a bit surprised he never knew that his friend had that sort of image behind him, he was always so friendly and nice. He never thought that he was capable of fighting off someone like Yogi.

"Well I'll see ya tomorrow ok champ. I'll come get ya around one alright." Haruki turned to his friend. Kazuki had to stop for a moment and look around he didn't even realize that they had arrived at his place.

"Uh sure." Kazuki said regaining himself. Haruki nodded his head and walked down the street waving back to him. Kazuki walked up to his door and walked in. He was still full from the meal he had at the cafe so he didn't think to order anything. So he washed plates and cutlery from earlier and gave the house a quick tidy up. He prepared some dinner for his mother knowing that she would be hungry when she got home leaving a note on the side before he headed of to bed. Hoping that he was exhausted enough to have long sleep, with no memories of the past coming into his dreams.