The Moon and The Star
Written By: x-Kuroi Neko-x
"Sometimes they come together
Sometimes each one alone
Moon sad under a starless sky
Star crying in a moonless night"
This is a story for my friend tripleMgirl, she's been a great support during my time in this site as a writer.
Thank you, Marie!
"Beep! Beep! Beep!" the digital alarm went.
"I'm awake! I'm awake!" the black haired girl shot up from her bed and her reflexes slapped the alarm clock in the process.
"Kuro, get up your going to be late for checking into you new school!" her mother yelled.(Sorry Marie, if Kuro is a bit diferent than what she has to be...)
"Five more minutes!" Kuro insisted pulling the blue sheets over her head as she tried to go back to sleep.
Kuro's mother pulled her blankets off of her causing Kuro to wake up again. "I'll go! I'll go!" Kuro slowly walked in the bathroom and did the usual morning routine; brush teeth, wash face, brush hair and change clothes.
When Kuro came out she was wearing a blue and black horizontal tank top, and a black skirt (I suck at details XD... Better ask tripleMgirl for this part-) Along with a black hoddie. She also wore black and blue worn out converse. Kuro wasn't the type to dress really girly nor bright, she didn't like to wear make up or fancy jewelry; maybe a bit of eyeliner... But she just wanted to keep as simple as possible so she wouldn't stand out.
Before she went out of her room, Kuro ran back to her now empty looking dresser. A small, fine silver chain with a grey pearl was the only thing left on the dresser and Kuro took it and just gazed at it, as if in thought. So many memories began running through Kuro's head as she stared at the necklace.
Flashback.
A four year old Kuro was playing in a small sandbox with a boy around her age. From what Kuro recalled in her memories he had a messy dark grey hair, but she couldn't remember his eyes.
"Hey Kuro since your leaving tomorrow, I thought I'd give you something," as Kuro looked up at the boy he held out a small pearl in his palm.
"Wow! It's so pretty!" Kuro exclaimed receiving the present from the boy. When Kuro commented the gift the little boy's face started turning a light shade of pink.
"My mom gave it to me when I was really little," the boy made a funny face at his comment, "and I wnated to give it to you…Grey is one of your favorite colors." The boy started turning many shades of red.
"You're so nice! I love it! Thank you!" She suddenly hugged the boy and her cheeks started turning pink too.
"Uhhh…you're welcome. Just don't forget about me 'kay?" The boy said as she let go of him.
"Don't say it like that!" Kuro exclaimed.
"Huh?"
"We're gonna meet each other again! Promise?"
"Promise!" The boy said a he smiled warmly to her.
End Flashback.
Kuro snapped out of her thoughts as she heard her mother calling. Kuro quickly stuffed her pearl in her pocket as she ran down the stairs. She put on her black fingerless arm-warmers as she ran out the door and went inside her parents' bright red dodge caravan.
After an hour of driving and boredom for Kuro, they reached their destination: Twilight High Boarding School, the school Kuro was soon to attend as a sophomore. Kuro and her family had just moved back to Twilight Town a week ago. She used to live here until she was about four years old when she moved to Destiny Islands. Now Kuro is fifteen she has moved back to her hometown.
"Kuro let's go to the office and check in, your father will put all your belongings in your dorm room, okay?"
"Okay," Kuro agreed. As her father drove off she and her mother walked into the office to meet the principal.
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"So Kuro, here's your schedule and the keys to your dorm room. I hope you make new friends and enjoy in here at Twilight High," the principal smiled.
Kuro nodded her head and took the items, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Kuro walked out of the school building with her mother and looked at her, "I hope you don't cause any trouble here okay," Her mother said, "I'll miss you, we'll try to visit as much as we can," her mom began walking towards the car as her dad drove in.
"I'll miss you too, bye mom." Kuro said as her mom walked away. She kept waving goodbye to her parents until the car was nowhere in sight.
Kuro sighed, 'How am I going to survive?' she asked herself.
She began walking around the school, and Kuro thought she would go and find her dorm room later. As she was giving herself a tour and peeking into the classes every now and then, Kuro started thinking.
'Now that I'm in Twilight Town again, I wonder if I'll find him…' she thought. 'Yeah right! He probably forgot! I mean, I can't believe I actually forgot his name! But it was pretty far back…'
As she was lost in her own thoughts walking around, Kuro came across a corner in the hall way. When she was about to turn…BANG! She bumped into to someone knocking her back to reality.
"Owww…that hurt…" a voice said. Kuro looked up to see a grey haired boy who looked about her age with messy hair. He was wearing the school uniform, which consisted of a simple grey shirt, and black pants. But, what she noticed the most was his falu red eyes. They reminded her of the deep red, ripe cherries that seemed to go on forever in thier growing season.
The boy then stood up, "Hey are you alright? Sorry about that. Here let me help you up," he gave his hand to help her up, but Kuro wasn't the type to let these kind of things go, even with an apology.
"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING NEXT TIME!" Kuro yelled, but not loud enough to interrupt the classes beside them. "Jeez… some people…" (Like I said, sorry is this ain't how she has to be)
"Well SORRY for apologizing then! I was in a hurry!" he yelled back in the same manner.
"Still, that doesn't give you any excuses to knock me down!"
"Like I said, I was in a hurry!"
"And like I said, WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING!" Kuro snapped back.
The boy rubbed his temples, "Look, I don't have time for this!" he pushed Kuro aside and ran past her. She watched as he ran away with an angry expression.
"Hmph! How rude!" Kuro huffed with her arms crossed.
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Kuro was at the school and still continued walking around. As soon as the clock hit 3:00, the bell rang and mad rush of students passed by not noticing the black haired girl. When they were all gone Kuro felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see a smiling white haired girl with carmine colored eyes.
"Hi! I've never seen you here before. Are you the new? By the way, I'm Joannu, but call me Jin!" (talk about forward...Lol)
"Yeah, I'm Kuro," Kuro felt like she could trust Joannu, she really seemed like a nice person, "Umm…Joannu can you help me out? I'm kinda lost…" she admitted.
"Yeah, no problem! I can show you exactly where everything is."
"Thanks a lot."
"Well, first of all did you check in with the office?" Joannu asked.
"Yeah, I got my schedule and everything."
"Oh, can I see!" Kuro took a folded piece of paper handed over. Joannu quickly scanned through the schedule and smiled, "Looks like I'm in your English, Science, History, and Gym class. For your Math you have Leiko and Ventus. And you have Kisho in all your classes! He's kind of a flirt and goofy, but he's really nice and quiet once you get to know him."
"Who are Kisho, Leiko, and Ventus?" Naminé asked.
"Oh, I'll introduce you to them and the rest tomorrow!" Joannu replied, "How about I show you your dorm room, that's in a different building."
"Oh okay." Kuro replied.
"Your dorm room number is 203, that's easy to find."
Joannu pointed things out before getting to the dormitory, like the cafeteria and the gymnasium. When they walked inside the building Kuro noticed both boys and girls inside.
"Hey Jin, I thought boarding schools have separate dormitories for the girls and guys."
"Yeah, but the boys' building burnt down because of a bad wire or something three months ago during class so no one got hurt. The girls' dorm had a bunch of extra rooms so they decided they stay here until they raise money, so that's probably gonna take forever. But don't worry all the boys' and girls' rooms are seperate," Joannu laughed.
As they continued to walk around, they quickly found Kuro's room. "Here it is, if you need some help my room number is 216 down the hall," Joannu pointed out.
"Thanks a lot Jin! See you tomorrow at school," Kuro said as she entered in the room.
Inside she found all her bags and boxes on the floor. Kuro didn't own too many things so it took her about an hour to put away most of her stuff in the closet and dresser. Afterward she looked out the window; the view was beautiful, especially the sunset. It reminded her of her childhood here in Twilight Town.
Kuro took out her sketchbook and pencil inside her backpack, which was beside the bed which she claimed as her own. She did an amazing quick sketch of the city, including the people she saw walking around it. Suddenly when Kuro was about to finish up, the door opened.
"What the?" a boy said dropping his bag and skateboard.
"Hey! What are you doing in my room!" Kuro yelled. She quickly recognized that the boy was the one from earlier in the morning.
"YOUR ROOM! This is my room!" the boy snapped back pointing at himself.
"Well I'm supposed to be here. See!" Kuro quickly showed him her papers. As the boy read the papers he ran his left hand through his messy hair in frustration.
"I was supposed to get my new roommate today…b-but you're a girl!" he stated as he continued scratching his head.
"This cannot be happening to me!" Kuro said in frustration.
"This has to be a mistake! Let's go to the principal and, I'm sure he can work this out." he suggested pacing around the room.
"Alright, let's go then." Naminé said getting ready to walk out the room.
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"B-but sir! You can't be serious!" The boy exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, but your room is the only one available and it's against the rules to have three to a room," the principal stated firmly.
"But umm…principal Kiyoshi! Can't you bend the rules a little?" Kuro asked.
"I would've, but there is not enough room for three students," the principal replied.
"Fine…" Kuro and the boy said in defeat, and then they walked out the door.
As they reached the room they both sighed in disappointment.
"Of all the people, why am I stuck with you!" Kuro whined.
The boy just sighed again; he was too tired to even argue back anymore.
"I'm using the bathroom to change." Kuro grabbed a few clothes in her closet and stepped in to the bathroom.
"Don't come out until I'm done changing to 'kay?" the boy said, loud enough for her to hear through the door.
"Like I would!" Kuro said in disgust.
She wore dark blue pajamas vertacly striped with a dark purple. When Kuro opened the door slightly to go outside, her face became many shades of red. Kuro saw the guy shirtless. He had a good built, Kuro had to admit he was hot. Kuro closed the door quickly, but quietly so he wouldn't hear.
"Oh my gosh!" she looked at herself in the mirror and her face was beet red. She tried to take away the memory by washing her face in cold water. "Bad Hisakata, bad!"she thought. Kuro was brought back into reality when the boy called her out.
"You can come out now, I'm done." When Kuro opened the door this time he was already going in his bed. He eyed her suspiciously when he saw her flushed face, by he decided to shrug it off.
Kuro closed the light and went in her bed, when she remembered something, "Oh yeah, I never got your name."
"It's Ki…" he was already going into deep sleep.
"I guess I have to figure out his name tomorrow," Kuro thought as she went into a deep slumber.