Tomoyo
Past
The little seven year old woke up when she heard a noise. It was of children screeching, and shouting. Tomoyo jumped off her bed and sprinted to the window and looked outside. The girl's eyes widened and she yelled, "Mom! Dad! It's snowing!" She ran downstairs and greeted her parents with the warmest of her smiles.
Tomoyo always loved the snow. Her mother told her that the snow was the same color as her hair, and that made Tomoyo happier, since being compared to snow was the best compliment she could receive. "Yes, honey it's snowing." Her mother said, smiling. Tomoyo ran up to her mother and placed her hands on her mother's bulged stomach. "So, when is he coming?" Tomoyo asked and her mother smiled. "Soon." Her mother replied. Tomoyo was suddenly pulled off the ground, and the girl laughed and hugged the man that carried her. "Dad! You scared me!" The man kissed his daughter, and kissed his wife and said, "Go get ready, you don't wanna be late for the choir." Tomoyo nodded and ran to the bathroom.
Tomoyo lived in a small village in the outskirts of Tokyo. Her parents were part of the church choir, so that gave Tomoyo a lot of knowledge about music and musical instruments. Tomoyo, even if she was only seven, could play the piano and violin perfectly. Her father would tell her she had a girl for music, and Tomoyo didn't want to have it any other way. She walked to the church, along with her father and the girl bounced on the way there.
"Christmas is coming soon!" Tomoyo said, and her father nodded. "So that means, I'll get to play solo right? You promised!" Tomoyo told her father and he chuckled. "Of course sweety, you'll play it. And I know you'll do really well." Tomoyo smiled. She inherited her father's silver hair and her mother's greyish blue eyes. Tomoyo was a very pretty little girl, and her smiles made anyone want to smile back. Tomoyo ran up to her best friend's house which was on the way to the church and said, "Maken! You'll be late!" The older boy, who was five years older than Tomoyo came outside and the saw girl smiling at him and he said, "Yeah, I'll be there. And, you know I'm leaving tomorrow to True Cross Academy right?" Tomoyo made a face and said, "Yeah the Academy for all those big shots." Maken chuckled and carried the girl and said, "You'll go there too one day, right?" Tomoyo thought for a bit and said, "Yeah."
When Tomoyo was playing the piano, Maken and her father smiled and ushered her to go on. After playing the piano for roughly twenty minutes, the girl ran up to the two men and said, "I was good wasn't I?" Her father nodded and Maken said, "You were outstanding!" The girl smiled wider and walked out with her father and Maken. Her father turned to the girl and said, "You play with Maken, I'll go home and help Mom with her cooking okay?" Tomoyo nodded and pounced on the bigger boy and he laughed as he carried her to the place they always went to hang out. Maken thought of Tomoyo like his younger sibling, since she was always around. "I'm going to have a baby brother soon!" Tomoyo exclaimed and Maken nodded. "What're you going to name him?" Tomoyo didn't even have to think about that. She always thought of names before she slept and few nights ago, she came up with the perfect name. "Tomoya. Because it almost is like my name, and I'm sure my baby brother will be like me too." Maken smiled.
"Your leaving tomorrow, aren't you?" Tomoyo asked him and he nodded. "Yeah. The Paladin himself asked me to join." Tomoyo didn't understand what a Paladin meant. "What's a Paladin?" Maken chuckled. "He'll come here tomorrow, you'll see." Tomoyo smiled and said, "I'll miss you Maken." Maken smiled wider and said, "Me too, Toto." Toto was a nickname he had made especially for the little girl. Maken laughed and so did Tomoyo, but suddenly the laughter died. Maken quickly turned toward the village and gasped.
"Oh no." He said, and stood up. "Tomoyo stay here." He warned and ran toward the village ignoring the girl's pleas. "Maken wait!" Tomoyo yelled, not sure why the older boy ran off. Tomoyo unable to contain her curiosity ran toward the village and gasped. The whole village was consumed in blue flames.
"Maken!" She screeched and ran towards the boy, and she didn't find him. Tomoyo was suddenly very scared. This fire wasn't normal. Her father told her about the blue flames and how they were related to Satan. But what did Satan want from her village? She ran to her house and saw that the house was burning. Tomoyo gasped and yelled, "Mom! Dad! Are you in there?" No answer came. Tomoyo had tears falling out of her eyes and she struggled to get inside. She pushed over a burning log, and went inside. "Mom! Dad-"Tomoyo saw something at the center of the house and she gasped. No voice came out of her mouth, and she stood there petrified.
Maken
Past
He dialed the Orders number as quickly as possible, and waited. Blue flames meant something related to Satan, and Maken couldn't understand what reason Satan had to destroy their village. He remembered the Blue Night, but now only after seven years it struck again? Maken groaned, and noticed that his parents were dead. He couldn't do anything about that now, all he could do was protect the ones who survived. Maken wanted to cry, but he knew he had to stay strong now. He saw that the exorcists had arrived faster than he expected and the Arias began their chanting. Maken noticed that the Paladin, Shiro Fujimoto had come too. "Sir Paladin, I-""Calm down, Maken. Any survivors?" He asked and Maken nodded. "Myself and-"Maken's eyes widened. "Tomoyo!" He said, and ran toward the girl's house, knowing she must've gone there.
He noticed that her house was burning more vigorously than most others and that was a cause for suspicion. "Tomoyo!" Maken yelled and tried to get in, but couldn't. He felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned to see the Paladin. "Sir-""Are you sure this Tomoyo girl is in there?" Maken nodded. Shiro walked inside, seemingly not afraid of the blue flames. Maken waited.
Shiro
Past
The man walked inside to the living room of the burning house, and saw that the girl's gaze was fixated at something at the center of the house. He followed her gaze and his eyes widened. There were two corpses, and Shiro could identify one as a pregnant woman. He grabbed the girl and pressed her to his chest and tried to walk out. He couldn't bear to see the sight, and the girl was too shocked to move.
"Tomoyo?" He said, and she didn't respond. Shiro grunted and hugged the girl, feeling terrible for what happened to her. He then heard chuckling. Shiro turned to see the blue flames take a form, and Tomoyo turned to look as well. "This girl survived my flames. Funny, I never thought that she could. My flames aren't as powerful as my father's but whatever. She survived, and now I'm not sure what to do with her." Shiro glared and said, "You're Azazel, the Demon King of Spirits." The demon chuckled and said, "Maybe I'll keep the girl. Yeah, I'll do that. I'll keep her." Shiro threw a bottle of holy water at the demon and he disappeared. The flames were getting too hot, and Shiro walked out. "I'll never let that happen." Shiro told to himself, and stared at Tomoyo's face.
Tomoyo
Past
It had been a month since then, and Tomoyo hadn't spoken a word. That demon said that she was his. And her parents were dead. The sight of her parent's burnt corpses replayed in her head. She couldn't talk, nor could she smile anymore. She played the piano, something she found solace in. But she couldn't eat, nor sleep and her health was effected. Someone entered the church she was in and Tomoyo knew right then who it was. Shiro Fujimoto the Paladin. He took her to True Cross Academy with Maken, and helped Tomoyo with whatever she needed. But even after that, she couldn't smile.
"Hi there, Tomoyo." He said, and the girl whispered, "Hello." Shiro frowned a little. He placed his hands on her shoulder, and knelt to her level and said, "Tomoyo, I know you're hurting." She listened to him. "But, you have to let it out." Tomoyo didn't want to. "You're parents are dead Tomoyo. They are dead." The girl's lip quivered. "You're mother-""I was going to have a baby brother." She said, and Shiro listened. "I was-I was…going to…I was g-going to c-call him…T-Tomoya since he's-he's going to be l-like me." Tomoyo let it all out and cried. She cried for her parents. She cried for her unborn brother. She mostly cried for herself.
Shiro knew that after that, Tomoyo could go back to living again.
A/N: Too intense? Yeah, now that the past is done with, we can get on with the story. There's still more left, and a lot of drama too. Read and review! :)
