Well then here is chapter 1! The official start of the fic. The prologue was just a story enhancer really. It will help give more impact to this chapter, thus I wrote it this way. I really hope that you will all come to enjoy this chapter and the rest of the story. I love to know that people enjoy my work.

So I hope you have fun reading!

Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. Sad, I know.

Sands of Time Have Moved

"The Flight to Japan has landed, thank you for flying with Japan Airlines. Please walk out of exit 15 and have a nice day."

"Ah… it's nice to be back in Japan. It's been a while since I've been here. I wonder how everyone is doing."

Light brown eyes peered around the airport looking for any familiar faces. Reborn had sent for him, and told him that someone was going to wait for him.

"Hm… now who was it that was going to come to get me?" He wondered taking out a folded letter from his pocket, unfolding it to read its contents.

"Haru, huh? I haven't seen her in a really long time. I wonder what she looks like now." Dino scanned around the area not able to find anyone in particular.

'Woah, who is THAT?' Dino's eyes stopped at a woman who was digging through her bag looking for something.

He lowered his sunglasses that he was wearing to get a better look at her.

The woman had long dark brown hair that slightly curled at the ends. Her bangs fell over her forehead delicately.

She was of average height of a Japanese woman, and her body was rather nicely matured as well. She wasn't that type of skinny that made people cringe, she was the perfectly healthy type of skinny.

She was thin, but she wasn't like anorexic ally skinny, don't get him wrong, she was shapely.

She had enough on her body to make her hourglass figure.

She was wearing a v-neck light blue sweater with a dark blue denim skirt that stopped at her mid-thighs.

Could he add that her thighs were nice?

Those nice slender legs of hers had a nice creamy complexion to them.

She was wearing ankle high black heels.

Damn, her outfit just made her look that much better.

Her big, clear, chocolate brown eyes shinned with a sense of warmth in them.

"Just where is that note? I can't find it." The woman huffed.

Her voice rang like beautiful bells ringing in a silent church.

Woah, wait a minute! He had to look for Haru, why was he oogling at this woman?

Well, she was pretty hott- okay hott was an understatement but you know what he meant.

Dino's eyes went back to scanning around the area when he saw a young girl with dark brown hair, tied up in a ponytail, looking around the area frantically.

"A-Ano… I can't find him, where is he? I'm in trouble." The little girl started to panic.

Dino chuckled, and he shook his head. "That girl never changes." He smiled.

"Haru, there you are, I was looking for you."

"Hm? Hello, you look like a prince!"

"Well you told me that 2 years ago, and I thank you, but shall we get going?"

"Sunako! I found you! Don't make me have to look everywhere for you. I told you, if you get lost you just stay in place. Ah thank you for keeping my sister here." A man ran up to the little girl he was just talking to.

"Nii-chan! I found you!" The girl smiles and she jumps into his arms.

"… Um… you're welcome." Dino stared in astonishment as the girl was whisked away by her older brother.

'If that isn't Haru, then where is she?'

"Dino-san? Is that you? I almost hadn't recognized you since you're wearing sunglasses and that hat." The very attractive woman from before tapped his shoulder and spoke to him.

"Ah… who may you be? I'm looking for a friend of mine named Haru. Let's see… I haven't seen her in a while. She should be maybe 16 now?" Dino tried to recall the specifics.

"You don't know who I am, Dino-san?"

"I'm not really sure. You look somewhat like my little friend Haru, but that wouldn't be true, she should still be a little girl." Dino said sighing a bit a bit conflicted by this.

"Dino-san, the last time you saw me was when I was 16, it's been 2 years since then. Just because you haven't seen me in two years, that does not mean that I stop growing-desu. I'm 18 now-desu." Haru chuckled at Dino's look of surprise on his face.

"Y-you're HARU? Wow! Time was very friendly with you Haru. You've grown so much. I almost did not recognize you. You've grown so much." Dino complimented her still mentally baffled by the woman standing right in front of him. He looked at her from head to toe once more still not accepting what he was seeing with his eyes.

"Are you sure that's you? I just can't believe my eyes. You look like a woman now."

"Why thank you very much Dino-san. Time was pleasant to you as well. Still as dashing and handsome as ever. Though Haru is 18, she would hope that she's looking more like a woman by now." Haru smiled her classic bright smile.

Her smile just seemed to radiate a certain glimmering shine to it.

It was stunning to say the least!

Just who, he asked did such a young girl grow into such a beautiful lady in just two years span?

Well as they say you take your eyes off of a woman, the next time you see her, she'll be completely transformed.

Haru Miura here seemed to be the perfect example of this saying.

"Dino-san? Are… you ready to go now? Reborn-san is waiting for you." She said.

"Oh yeah, that's right. Well then Haru, lead the way." Dino said following closely behind her as she was leading him the way out of the airport and to the meeting place so he could talk to Reborn.

"So why exactly did Reborn ask you to escort me and not any of the guys?" Dino asked her.

"Hm… I actually don't know that myself-desu. You may have to ask him yourself." Haru admitted honestly as she whistled for the taxi.

"Please take us to this address written on this note." Haru handed him a folded not.

"Will do lil miss."

The two got into the taxi cab and waited to reach their destination.

Haru was staring out of the window watching the sky as the sun was starting to set.

"It's a beautiful sunset." Dino commented.

"Yes, it is isn't it? I just love how the colors all seem to mix together, the reds, the blues, the yellows and the pinks." Haru sighed happily at the ever changing scene in front of her.

"You're right, it's like a painter's tablet as he mixes all of the colors to create his masterpiece." Dino described the beautiful scene that was occurring in front of them.

"So, are you to an 'item' or something?" The driver asked, looking back at them from the rear view mirror.

"Oh no, not at all sir. Just acquaintances." Dino denied.

"That's right, Haru still needs to find her own prince." Haru smiled determinedly, very sure of her ability to find herself a prince.

"Well it won't take you that long lil miss. You've got the looks, and you seem to have a nice head on your shoulders." The Driver laughed.

"Why thank you for the kind words, Taxi driver-san. I do hope to find my prince soon. It's been my dream ever since I was a child." Haru giggled.

So no matter how much time had passed, Haru's sense of romanticism has never changed at all. She was still the cute, bubbly, loving girl she was when he first met her 4 years ago at the age of 14.

"So what are you doing now?" He asked.

"Well if you mean in my daily life, Haru is attending her final year of high school. I decided to transfer to the Namimori high school so I could be around all of my friends." Haru explained.

"Well that's good, so how is everyone doing?" He asked her.

"Everyone is doing just fine-desu. It's great to see everyone doing so well." Haru smiled casting her look over at Dino's face.

"Well then here we are, we're at the place." The Taxi driver said.

"Thank you very much." Haru said digging through her bag to get her purse.

"You don't have to worry about that Haru, I can take care of it." Dino said placing the money in the bin for the man. "You can keep the change." He added.

"A-are you sure Dino-san?" Haru questioned not wanting to bother him since this was not his native country or anything. Also, SHE was to be escorting HIM, so shouldn't she be taking care of these things?

"It's no problem at all Haru. Just let me take care of it. You don't have to worry your pretty little head none." Dino smiled at her warmheartedly, ruffling her hair a bit.

"Please don't do that-desu. Haru works hard to keep her hair orderly." She pouted.

"Thank you kindly." The Taxi driver thanked him and waited for them to walk into the building before he drove off.

"Isn't this Yamamoto's family restaurant?" Dino asked.

"Why yes it is, I'm surprise that you still remember what it looks like. You could remember the restaurant, but not my face after all." Haru giggled.

"That's because you to be such a beautiful woman. I haven't expected you to grow up this much." Dino boldly stated.

"Ha-hahi! Haru can't believe you said something so embarrassing without any sign of hestitation-desu!" Haru's face flushed a bit and she twiddled her fingers together nervously.

"There we go, I thought that something was missing. It isn't Haru if she doesn't say 'hahi' at least once." Dino chuckled ruffling her hair once more.

"D-Dino-san! Please stop doing that-desu. Haru's hair will get ruined." Haru pouted.

"Even so you'd still be beautiful." Dino grinned as the two of them walked in and Reborn was waiting for them in one of the booths.

"Good to see that you escorted Dino just fine Haru." Reborn praised her on a job well done just now noticing the slight discoloration of her cheeks.

"Thank you Reborn-san. I'm just going to go and talk to Yamamoto-kun then." Haru slowly excused herself from the booth and she quickly sped off to find a safe haven within a friend.

Dino couldn't help but watch her as she sped away.

It still amazed him on how much she had really grown in two years. Unbelievable.

"She's grown a lot hasn't she?" Reborn's voice broke Dino's attention away from the young female.

"A-ah yeah she has. She's grown a lot since the last time I've seen her. It gave me such a shock." Dino answered with a nervous laugh.

"Hmph, I thought you'd say that. You see now that Haru isn't such a small girl anymore is she? It almost makes it seem like age is only but a number and nothing else." Reborn said.

"Yeah I suppo- what are you trying to say Reborn?" Dino questioned him suspiciously.

"Nothing, if you don't understand what I mean by now you've still got a long ways to go. So you managed to come to Japan without any of your men following. Good job, now that we are alone, time to talk about what I called you here for…

Dino listened to what Reborn had to say carefully pushing out all unnecessary thoughts from his mind, but for some reason Haru's image would occasionally pop into his mind.

Was this a sign? Or was this just him trying to get over his shock?

It seemed that only Reborn knew the truth.

DONE! I'm hoping that this was pretty okay for you all. I wanted to do a time skip. I'm sure by now some of us know that I really love time skips. It gives it a more edge to it I think.

Why?

Haru was a young girl, and Dino had no interest in her, but after not seeing her for a while, she shocks him with her new appearance. She's grown to be beautiful. It's like a nice transition in a way. I thought it was a nice effect. Gives it more emphasis to the words he said in the prologue.

He's going to eat them words… HA HA HA!

If you're reading this DiveToWorld, I really hope that you're starting to like this even more~

Well until next time!

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-Neospice12