Disclaimer: I don't own S-Cry-ed! Otherwise, I wouldn't have so many characters die, that's so sad…

Author's note: Hello! This is the first S-Cry-ed fanfic I wrote. I have just finished the whole series yesterday. I was so obsessed with watching it… lolz (blushes). This is not a Kazuma Ryuho pairing, I'm sorry. I'm more in favor of Ryuho Mimori pairing. So, if you don't like it, just leave. Please don't flame me, we should be nice. I have never flame anyone before, and I will never do it. If I don't like a story, I'll just keep it to myself. I don't like to hurt other's feelings. So please don't hurt my feelings. All right, all right, I'll shut up for now. I hope you enjoy the story. Remember, please Review! Thank you very much!

Also, the story takes place after the last episode, so there will be spoilers! Warning: Spoilers!!! So if you don't want to be spoil, read after you finish the whole series. Therefore, everyone is older in this story.

Ah, I almost forgot! The flashback is supposed to be from the anime, which of course I do not own. But the dialogue is not exactly the same, because I didn't watch the anime and record word for word what was said. Maybe I changed or added something. So, this is the spoiler I'm talking about.

The Lonely Hearts

Chapter 1

Memories

The sky was full of bright stars. dark blue sky at night was so pretty when one looks up from earth. The shinning stars seemed so close, yet so far. One seemed to be able to reach out for it and almost touch it, but in reality, the stars were far far away.

On the green grassland, there was a village full of wooden houses. In one of the houses, two girls were lying on the bed. They seemed to be asleep, but they were not. They were both thinking about someone special. Someone who they missed very dearly.

The girl with long black hair was staring out the window. She was very pretty, with her big black eyes. She was wearing a white night gown. She was holding onto a purplish crystal necklace that looked like a triangle with some kind of pattern on it. Her name was Mimori Kiryu. She used to be the daughter of a rich family in the mainland. But she had decided to live as an inner in the Lost Ground, so she could stay with the man she loved deeply—Ryuho.

'It's been six years…' Mimori thought. 'Why didn't you come back to me? Do you know how lonely I am?' Although she had been teaching the little children in the school, helping the injured people, and staying with Kanami, Tachibana and his girl friend, she was lonely. She may seem strong and happy in the day. Well, she was happy that she could help the inners rebuilt their homeland. She believed that she was happy, because she believed that Ryuho would come back to her. She wanted to be strong for him. She believed that she could wait forever for him, and he would come back at most after two or three years. But she was wrong. She was really lonely. She couldn't bear the loneliness any longer. Tears began to fill up her eyes. She had never cry for him after the last time he visited her, because she wanted to be strong. But she couldn't hold back her tears anymore, especially after thinking about the past.

(flashback)

She was very young, at a party with a pink dress. She looked very cute. She was told to go upstairs and talk to the boy with grayish-green hair. She went upstairs and saw the boy with his father.

"Good evening, uncle. My name is Mimori Kiryu." She bowed. "Maybe I can accompany you, since we are about the same age." Mimori said politely to the boy.

The boy's father smiled warmly at her. The boy said, "I'm Ryuho."

Then, they went out together. The sky was so beautiful, full of bright shinny stars. Mimori reached out her hands and said, "the stars are so close we can almost reach it."

They talked for a while, but when she got to the topic of alter users, Ryuho lost control. He broke off a piece of crystal from the wall. The crystal was purple in color and had a shape of a triangle. Mimori wasn't afraid of him. She asked if she could keep the crystal. Ryuho agreed. She smiled at him.

(end of flashback)

Mimori held on tightly to her necklace. The necklace was all that she had from Ryuho. She had never taken it off of her neck. Drops of tears dripped down her cheek onto the pillow. Her heart ached more as more memories began to flow back to her.

(flashback)

She came back from the mainland so she could see Ryuho again. But it was Straight Cougar who picked her up at the airport. After the insane ride with Cougar, she finally arrived at the headquarter. Then, she saw him. She saw Ryuho, up at the second floor.

"Ryuho!" She smiled and almost waved at him. That's when she saw Ryuho's indifferent expression. He didn't welcome her at all. He was just staring down coldly at her. With a blue hair girl next to him. Her smile was frozen on her face. She was disappointed to see how he acted. Pain was growing in her heart. Tears almost fell down her cheek if she didn't hold back. She didn't want to cry the first day she saw him. She didn't want to be weak.

Then, Ryuho treated her very cold the whole time she was in HOLY. He didn't want her around, that she could tell. Whenever she wanted to talk to him, he was always cold and had some excuse of something he had to do. When Ryuho walked away from her, she almost collapsed. She couldn't bear the pain, but she managed to stay with him.

It was when Kazuma seized her as a hostage that Ryuho cried out her name "Mimori" instead of keep on calling her "Miss Kiryu". She felt warm inside her heart. 'So he didn't forget me.' She thought consolingly.

Then, Ryuho wanted to have dinner with her. She was so happy! But all he wanted to tell her was to go back to the mainland. He didn't want her to go with the medical group to help the injured inners. She refused. He also grabbed her hand very tightly that it hurt her. When she tried to brought up the past about Ryuho's mother, he brought out his alter Zetsuei. He told her that "The feelings I had for you as a child were no longer here." That sentence pushed her into hell that night. She could hear her heart being smashed into pieces.

Once, he came to her room at night. He said that she liked Kazuma. He came to inform her that his hunt tomorrow might be interfere by Kazuma. When she tried to ask him about what they did with the captured Alter users, he scolded her that she should go back to the mainland, again. She spent the night lying on her bed. She didn't cry, even tough her heart was breaking into pieces.

When she was captured and thrown into jail for knowing about the secrets of HOLY, Ryuho didn't come rescue her. She was all alone in the dark cell, hoping that he would come for her. But she was disappointed. He didn't come. He didn't even know. It was Cougar who saved her. She was thankful, but she just didn't have feelings for Cougar.

Ryuho didn't know how worried she was after his big fight with Kazuma. He disappeared for eight months. She stayed with Tachibana. But she was so worried about Ryuho for eight months!

(end of flashback)

The flashbacks were more like her feelings at the time. More tears rolled down her cheeks. She was happy that she found him. But the way he treated her was terrible. Sometimes, she rather she didn't come back. But then she would regret not coming back. She wanted to see Ryuho more than anything else. Mimori stopped crying. She had a faint smile when she remembered the time she found Ryuho after eight months.

(flashback)

When Mimori and Tachibana were attacked, it was Zetsuei that saved them. Ryuho appeared! After the fight, she ran as fast as she could to get to him. She was calling out his name. "Ryuho! Ryuho!" Just when she almost reached him, she kicked a rock and fall. Ryuho caught her in his arms. She buried her face in his chest and cried. Her right hand formed a fist and hit lightly on his chest. "Do you know how worried I am?" Mimori asked. Ryuho raised his hand and patted her head, to comfort her. "I'm sorry." He said softly.

After some fights against HOLY, since they found out the evil things HOLY were doing, Ryuho treated her much nicer. He called her 'Mimori' from then on. He no longer acted indifferent and cold towards her. She was grateful and happy during that time. It was the happiest time she had.

One day she brought Ryuho a backpack. They sat on the rock alone. "I have a question to ask you. Am I important to you?" She asked, eager to know the answer. Then, her eyes widened. Ryuho had held onto her hand. "Yes! You are very important to me. Why do you think I keep on telling you to go back to the mainland? It was because I didn't want you to get hurt!" Ryuho said. A smile appeared on her face. She was so happy! Ryuho actually cared for her.

(end of flashback)

Mimori's smile disappeared again. Everything changed after the fight with the evil Mujo. Ryuho showed sign of indifferent to her again. Her tears began to rolled down her cheeks again, as more memory came back to her. She had tried not to think about the past for a long time.

(flashback)

After they had defeated Mujo, Ryuho disappeared again for a long time. Kazuma disappeared too. Kanami missed Kazuma so much.

One day, Tachibana said that he forgot some files on the car. "Can you please help me get it?" He asked.

"Oh… okay." Mimori said. She went back to the car and got the file. When she was walking back to the house, she saw a dark shadow on her right. She turned and dropped the file to the floor. Papers flew out of the file. It was Ryuho. He came back to see her!

"Ryuho!" Just when she was about to run to him and leap into his arms, he stopped her.

"Mimori… Miss Kiryu." He said. He called her 'Miss Kiryu' again. She froze. Her heart ached again. She was seized with fear. 'Why is he calling me so politely again? What's going on?' She thought. "I had a favor to ask you."

Ryuho told her about the situations the Lost Ground was in. Since he and Kazuma were fighting against the mainland, Mimori might not be able to go back to the mainland. "You might not be able to go back and see your parents. Go back, Mimori." He said.

"No! I'm not going without you!" Mimori said firmly. "I'm going to stay here."

"I see." Ryuho said. "Then, I will also live the way I chose to. Take care, Mimori. Goodbye." He turned around and walked away.

Fear seized Mimori entirely. She refused to let him leave like that. She ran up to him and hugged him from his back.

"Is there a chance that we'll meet again? I truly love you. I love you!" She yelled.

"…" Ryuho's lips tightened. He didn't say anything for a while. Then, he answered coldly. "Scheris Adjani sacrificed her life to save me."

Mimori let go of Ryuho. She was shocked. Scheris, the blue hair girl, saved Ryuho with her own alter, Eternal Devote. Her heart ached even more. 'Such an innocent girl… She used her life to save Ryuho…' Tears rolled down her cheeks. 'Ryuho will never forget about her…' Then, Ryuho called out his alter, Zetsuei the third form, and disappeared in front of her.

"I choose to live my life as an inner. I'll help the people, until it is possible where the stars seem so close again. I'll make it happen." She promised herself. She would wait for Ryuho to come back. She truly believed that he would come back.

She taught the children in school, helped nurse the injured and sick people, and stayed with Kanami in Tachibana's house. The last time she saw Ryuho was when he was fighting Kazuma to find out who was stronger. She didn't go stop them. She just held onto her necklace tightly. She believed he would come back to her someday.

(end of flashback)

Tears rolled down her cheeks. She couldn't stop crying. But she didn't want to wake Kanami, who was sleeping beside her. Actually, she was awake too, but Mimori didn't know.

'How long do I still have to wait?' Mimori kept on asking herself. 'I don't know how long I can keep this up…' She turned away from the window so that she won't see the stars. She closed her eyes, but continue to let her tears drop, like the pearls dropping because the line that hold them together broke.

'Six years… The Lost Ground is independent already… You've won, Ryuho, and Kazuma. Everything here is back to normal. The villagers had the ability to sustain themselves… But why don't you come back?' She thought bitterly. 'Is it because of Scheris?' More tears wetted the pillow…

Kanami could feel Mimori's sorrow. Her alter allowed her to sense what others are thinking. But she tried not to use it so much. She didn't say anything to Mimori. She knew that Mimori needed to be alone for now.

Kanami Yuta, the little girl that Kazuma took care of six years ago. She had brown hair, with pretty green eyes. She always tied her hair in a pigtail with a red ribbon. But she let her hair down when she was sleeping. She also couldn't sleep. She had been thinking about Kazuma, her Kazu-kun.

She was no longer a little girl. Six years had passed. She was now eighteen years old. She was waiting for her Kazu-kun to return to her someday. She was used to it before, since Kazuma was always away. But she missed him so much. She tried to be strong. She is strong, because Kazuma wanted her to be strong. He wanted her to be able to survive on her own. She did. But sometimes, her heart ache when she thought of Kazuma. 'Why didn't you come back and see me? Not even once in six years…' She thought bitterly. She remembered how they met. A faint smile appeared on her face.

(flashback)

She was standing under a roof. It was raining. Kazuma ran under the roof too. She looked shy. She wanted to give him the bread she had. But Kazuma said, "you have to make up your mind. Are you going to give the bread away, or are you going to keep it?"

After pondering for a while, Kanami broke the bread into half and gave Kazuma the half that she didn't bite. Ever since then, Kazuma had been living with her, taking care of her like a little sister.

The villagers always made fun of her that the "lazy husband of yours." She would blushed when she heard the villagers called Kazuma her husband. She always had to make excuses for him because he always disappeared when he was supposed to help out at the farm.

Then, she finally found out that Kazuma was an Alter user. He had been fighting for them so that HOLD and HOLY wouldn't harm them. He was protecting her! She was so happy to be with him.

But he disappeared after the big fight with Ryuho. She was captured by an Alter and forced to work at a camp. She didn't have his news for eight months. She was so worried about him. She wanted to see him again. One night, she cried in a woman's arm because she missed Kazuma so much. Then, Ryuho appeared at the camp. But he forgot everything, including Kazuma. However, he seemed much nicer. He helped her out and cared for her, just like Kazuma would. But still, Ryuho was only like a big brother to her. The one she really loved was Kazuma.

Finally, Kazuma appeared when Biff attacked the village. He stood up high, looking down at her. She was crying. She leaped into his arm and cried for a long time. He came back, at last!

(end of flashback)

Kanami was smiling at the happy memories. But her eyes began to fill up with tears. The last time she saw Kazuma was when he was fighting Ryuho. The second to the last time, Kazuma came to say goodbye to her.

(flashback)

She was sleeping on a pile of straws. In her dream, the person was watching her. It was Kazuma. Kazuma was watching her. It wasn't a dream, he came back! Kanami opened her eyes and saw Kazuma. She smiled and jumped up, rushing toward him.

But Kazuma was saying goodbye to her from his heart. She began to cry. She wanted Kazuma to stay, but she couldn't tell him, because deep down in his heart, he wanted to fight against the mainland. But Kazuma promised her that he would rush back to protect her when she's in danger. She yelled in her heart that she loves him. And he knew. Tears continued to flow down her cheeks as she watched Kazuma disappeared from her sight.

(end of flashback)

Kanami also had the desire to cry. She also was strong for the past six years. No matter how sad she was, she didn't cry. She wanted to be strong, she wanted to be able to survive on her own, just like Kazuma wished. But she too was very lonely. She liked staying with Mimori and Tachibana, but there was something missing in her heart. 'Kazu-kun is missing…' She felt so empty inside her heart.

'I'll cry tonight, just for tonight…' Kanami thought. Tears began to roll down her cheeks onto the pillow. 'Why didn't you come back, Kazu-kun? Don't you love me anymore?' Although she could use her Alter to see Kazuma's feelings, she refused to do so. She knew that Kazuma would come back, someday. She'd rather he tell her what happened in these six years. She'd rather he tell her why didn't he come back.

'I'll wait for you, Kazu-kun. But don't refuse to come back…' Kanami thought. 'I'll be here. I'll be strong.'

(to be continue…)

Author's note: I hope that all the memories didn't bore you. I wrote it because I wanted to reflect on their feelings. I hope you like the story so far. The plot will pick up from here in the next chapter. I hope you also like Kazuma Kanami pairing. Some people might not like it. But I think they are cute together.

Please, review my story. I want to know if anyone like it. I hope I don't have to delete this story, because I really want to write a S-Cry-ed fiction. I loved the characters in the anime. I hope you'll bear with me with the story. Lastly, thanks for being so patient and read my fiction.