A/N: This is the final part of chapter 8! Aww, that's sad in a way. I enjoyed writing these three parts.
Warning: this chapter... is a fluff-bomb!Not romantic fluff, (ew, people, they're sisters) but sister-fluff. As in "Una-takes-care-of-Hana" fluff. Main focus on Hana, we see most of the chapter from her eyes, but a bit of Una in the middle and the end. Why? Because Hana is too cute to ignore, that's why!
... Why do I have this feeling, that xxxPureRosexxx is going to love this? (Laughs.)
What I own:OC's, plot and imagination.
What I don't own: The original YGO-story. Kaleidoscope Heart belongs to Sara Bareilles.
Evenings: Una and Hana
Hana:
Hana stood in front of a canvas, humming a little song she'd heard Una practice. She hadn't heard the exact words of the song, but she was sure it contained one of her favorite words: color.
Hana was an artist; it was a fact well known among those who knew she existed. She always had a sketchbook with her and a few top quality pencils. Sometimes even colored pencils found their way into her bag. No one, not even Hana herself, could remember when she first picked up a pencil and drew something on her own. Suddenly, she had just created a bunch of pictures. And the interest had stayed with her. Now there was hardly a day when she didn't draw or paint, and she claimed she almost felt physical pain if she didn't draw at least once a day.
But right now, her mind was completely blank. She was painting, but nothing more than some colorful strokes. And it irritated her, since she wanted to draw a landscape. "Pencil, paintbrush, hear my plea. A landscape on my canvas will I see," she mumbled, and then she chuckled a bit. "I gotta stop with that childish spell; it doesn't work anyway. But it's so fun to say!" She said out loud, before she laughed carelessly and put a broad paintbrush against the white surface.
She was in the middle of painting the contour of a mountain, happily ignorant of the time, when she suddenly heard her father yell. "Hanabi! If you don't get in here right now, your dinner will be cold!"
Hana looked up at the sound, then at the clock on the wall. "Ah, ah, ah!" she said when she discovered it was way past dinnertime. "Coming! Just a sec!" She quickly put her utensils in a sink filled with water, took off her smock, pulled out the paintbrushes from her hair, thus making the bun she'd made fall, and ran towards the dining room. "Sorry, I'm late. I…" she said, but stopped when she noticed no one would listen to her.
Una sat in front of their father, Hoshi, and she looked more than mad. She was beyond pissed. Her eyes flashed, her teeth were clenched, and her hands held the fork and knife so tightly that her knuckles were white.
"A coincidence? Seriously, papa, I knew you'd lie about this, but I'm impressed you'd think I would believe that!" Una sneered, her eyes closing a bit. Hana looked at them, feeling like a soap bubble had just popped around her, and exposed her to a world of hostility. Stunned, she stood still in the door way, and just observed the fight between the two.
"How dare you accuse me of lying, young lady? I am your father; I would never lie to you!" Hoshi Yamagawa said in a cold voice. Una snorted.
"Ha! There you go, lying again! Don't you think I know what you planned with Gozaburo Kaiba all those years ago? Honestly, that's a new low for you. And that is truly pathetic, because you're already among the lowest beings for doing something like that!" She almost yelled, her eyes flashing with anger.
Hoshi looked at her with an ice-cold gaze in his eyes. "Stupid child. Do you actually think I would do anything like that to you? All I'm saying is that it would be of great advantage if…" he said, but was cut off by Una, who screamed:
"I AM A HUMAN BEING! NOT A PAWN YOU CAN USE IN SOME SICK GAME OF POWER!"
Hana looked at Una, slightly scared of her older sister, and she noticed her sister's pendant was glowing blood red. "Oh, no!" She thought, running to her side.
Gently she grabbed Una's arm and said, "Onee-sama, please calm down!" But it was as if Una didn't hear her because she continued to glare Hoshi. "Una-nee-sama, please, you got your treatment earlier today! The doctor told you to relax, so it could work properly!" Hana pleaded.
Hoshi smiled a little at Hana's interference. "You should listen to Hanabi, Una. She's such a good child. Maybe a little wild, but she's always doing the right thing in the end. Say, doesn't Seto Kaiba have a younger brother who's about Hana's age? Why don't you talk with him, and arrange for the two to meet? I'm sure they would get along very well. What do you say, Hanabi darling. Don't you want to make new a friend?"
At that moment, Una's face paled to the extreme. It was as if you could see each of her veins. In addition to that, her pendant had turned completely black. Hana took a step away from Una. She knew what was to happen.
"You… you…"she stuttered, before her face went completely red, and she tipped over her chair as she stood quickly.
"YOU BASTARD! KEEP MY LITTLE HANA-CHAN OUT OF YOUR PLANS! I SWEAR TO ALL OF THE GODS IN THE WORLD, IF YOU DARE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN I SHALL PERSONALLY…" Una roared until she suddenly fell silent, looked at Hoshi with an icy glare and left the room, slamming the door.
Hoshi looked after her, before he turned his eyes towards Hana. "Eat, while your food is still a bit warm," he said in a neutral voice. The one Hana knew he used when he tried to smooth things over.
Hana sat down by the table and looked at her plate with disgust. It was some kind of beef, probably of the best quality, but Hana felt sick just from looking at it. She took a few bites of it, along with the vegetables on the side, before she too left the room with the excuse "I'm not hungry."
Una:
Una stood in her room, gasping for air. She'd run all the way from the dining room on the ground floor, to her bedroom on the fifth. She had desperately needed to get away from that man. Because that man could make her more furious than anything or anyone else. It was quite simple: try to threaten Hana in some way, and she would explode in over-protectiveness. Hana was her biggest happiness, and no one, not even their father, was allowed to even think of something she thought was wrong.
And still, Una was one of the few Hana could become scared of, if she let her other side show. If they weren't sisters, and Hana didn't love her twice as much as she could ever do, she would probably hide from her. Una sighed. And so on the evening, when they absolutely, were served beef for dinner. She was pretty sure Hana hadn't eaten hardly anything.
"I better go check on her. And make a peace offering. After all, I did ignore her attempts at calming me down," she thought, feeling the guilt surround her in a thick layer.
Silently she went to her private mini-kitchen on the third floor and found the necessary ingredients for a quickly made, but healthy, meal to give Hana after the disastrous dinner.
Hana:
Like Una, Hana had gone to her room, on the third floor, to get away from their father. She couldn't stand being in the same room with him, especially after he and Una had had a fight. She shook her head. When did the man stop trying? Was he completely oblivious to Una's anger? Did he only see it as a phase she would outgrow in time, just like he thought about her attitude towards meat? She gritted her teeth. She was overwhelmed by an urge to punch something. Really hard.
She was looking around for something sturdy when she heard a knock at her door. "Who's there?" She demanded, not looking up.
She heard the door creak open, followed by Una's light voice. "It's me, Hana-chan. May I enter your private space?" Una asked. Hana sighed.
"I can't stop you, can I? You're still weak after your treatment today, and I don't want to hurt you… where did that metal table go? I'm going to destroy it," she said, rummaging through the piles of unopened boxes.
She heard the light footsteps as Una approached her. She could almost hear the smile in the older girls voice when she said, "And why do you want to destroy that innocent table?"
Hana finally looked up. She noticed her sister was back to her normal, calm self and said: "Because I'm angry! Both at you and the man I'm supposed to call father!"
Una's face became serious, and she put aside the tray she'd been holding. "I thought so," Una said, and put her hand on Hana's head.
"I just came to say sorry and bring a peace offering. I know I ignored you, and I could have hurt you later, and for that I am sorry. Though I'm not sure I could do it differently, if I had the chance to repeat dinner, I would at least try," Una said, and turned around to leave. For some reason, Hana felt extremely mad at this.
"Don't you dare go away!" She said, but Una continued to walk towards the door. "Look at me, you irresponsible blonde!" She yelled, and threw a book after Una. Hana knew it was going to hit her in the back of her head. She was brilliant at throwing things, and she almost never missed. However, the book didn't hit, but not because she missed.
In a split second Una had turned around and caught the book in her right hand. Her pendant glowed silvery once, before it tuned clear again. Una chuckled a bit.
"Fine with me," she said, before she ran towards the little one, and kicked after her, her pendant flashing golden. Quickly Hana jumped over Una's foot, and made a lunge with her right fist, intending to hit Una in the stomach. Una dodged this and hit Hana in the back. Not hard enough to make her feel much pain, but hard enough to make her fall. The two of them fought like this for a while, until Una called off the fight. "Enough. I think you're done now," she said, a slight smile on her face.
Hana looked at her confusedly, and Una laughed. "Well, didn't you get rid of your anger?" She asked, her eyes shining.
Suddenly, Hana understood what Una had done. Intentionally, Una had made her mad enough to want to throw something at her. Then she would fight back when Una charged towards her. All just to help her get rid of the anger!
"You snake!" Hana said, trying to be serious, but failed, as a smile crept onto her face. She couldn't believe Una had tricked her, again!
Una laughed. "Anytime, Pumpkin," she said, and patted her on the head. Hana looked at her feet, but tilted her head slightly upwards, silently telling Una to continue the gesture. To Hana's great joy, Una did, and she even added a light kiss.
"Now, why don't you put on your pajamas and start eating that meal I've cooked you? I promise no animals were harmed during the production," Una said as she removed her hand. Hana looked up, relieved and smiling.
"Yes Ma'am! I'll do it right away!" Hana said and saluted, making Una laugh again.
"You're a silly little one, but that only makes you more lovable. Now get to it. I'll be back soon. I'm just going to fetch a few things," Una said before she left.
Hana looked at the door for a few moments, smiling, before she turned around and walked into her gigantic closet. On a shelf she found soft, dark blue pajamas with matching slippers, which she put on immediately. Then she went into her room once more, and took a look at the tray Una had brought.
On it she found a china bowl covered with a wooden lid, a spoon, a few slices of buttered toast, and a glass of water. Curiously she removed the lid and a heavenly – to Hana – smell filled her nostrils. She clapped her hands with joy.
The bowl was filled with a creamy mushroom soup, spiced with a little bit of chili and oregano. Hana inhaled the wonderful smell and sighed. "I love her!" Hana almost sang in her thoughts before she sat at her desk and began eating the soup. Much to her pleasant surprise, Una had added a bit of spiced butter on the bread. She felt like shouting with joy. How had she been that lucky, to get a big sister like Una? She hummed contently to herself.
"I knew you'd like it," Hana suddenly heard, and turned to look at Una, who stood in front of the opened door, smiling the smile she saved for her.
"Of course I like it, it's my favourite dish!" She sang, before she took a spoonful more. Una laughed, and walked over to stand behind Hana. Lightly she caressed her hair.
"My little herbivore," Una said in a low, caring voice.
Hana tilted her head back, smiled and said in a light, teasing voice: "My big carnivore".
Then the two laughed. Hana noticed Una too had changed into her pajamas, a Bordeaux red nightdress, and she had brought two steaming mugs. She placed one of the mugs next to Hana, and revealed they were filled with hot chocolate with whipped cream.
"I thought we deserved a little treat after today. It has been a looong day," Una said, as she sat down on the side of Hana's bed.
Hana quickly finished her meal, grabbed the mug, and went over to her bed to place herself next to Una. She sipped lightly at the hot drink. Then she sighed.
"What were you and Hoshi fighting about?" She asked. The question had nagged her all evening.
Una sighed. "Don't you already know?" She asked, and put her arm around Hana's shoulders. The little one shook her head, and Una sighed again.
"Seto Kaiba attends the school I'm going to," she said. Hana smirked lightly.
"He had to repeat?" She asked. Una nodded.
"You should have seen his face when he discovered me. It was priceless!" Una chuckled.
Hana laughed with her for a moment, then she grimaced and said: "Does this mean Hoshi's still trying to…? But that's just wrong. No, it's sick! He's sick. A complete cuckoo!"
Una just nodded again. "That's what I told him. I don't want to, but no. He's too stubborn to listen," she said, a bit of resentment creeping into her voice.
Hana didn't say anything because she agreed with Una.
If there was something the Yamagawa sisters had in common, it was their feelings towards their father, with the only difference the intensity of those feelings.
Una respected Hoshi to some point, though it was very low. She respected how he ran Yama-Tech Inc. and had created an unique niche for himself, but she hated how he acted around his family when not in public.
In public he was the happy, easygoing "daddy" type, but at home, he was completely different. Behind the walls, he was strict and always busy. He was almost never home, and lived mostly at work. Una had once told him he only married their mother to look good on the surface, but in reality, he was married to his work. It had earned her a month of grounding.
Una didn't like Hoshi. She respected him, but she certainly didn't like him.
With Hana, it was a whole different case. She had no feelings towards him. She didn't even respect him as her father. She always called him papa-Hoshi, and while he thought it was out of respect, he was oblivious to the hate and mock when she uttered the words. In fact, she preferred not to speak when he was around. When he didn't make her mad, she actually ignored his whole existence. Only with Una, she dared to speak up her true feelings.
"He's not my father; he's not worthy to be called that! And why mama decided to marry a thing like him, I'm never going to understand!" Hana had once told Una in a wave of anger.
No, the Yamagawa sisters certainly didn't like their father.
They just sat silently for a few moments. The only sounds there were, were the sounds of them taking sips of the hot drinks, and their even breathing.
During this, Una had begun patting Hana's head with her free hand. Hana sighed happily and snuggled closer to Una, enjoying the warmth which emitted from her. In response, Una hugged her.
"Did you finish your hot chocolate?" She asked in a low, soothing voice. Hana nodded.
"Then I'll get rid of the mugs. If you brush your teeth and get ready to go to bed in a few minutes, I'll be back very soon," Una said.
Hana looked at her, slightly offended. "It's only 9:00 pm, and you want me to go sleep already? I'm not… I'm not…" Hana yawned loudly, and rubbed her eyes.
Una smirked. "You're not what?" She teased, and ruffled Hana's hair. "Come on, cupcake. Bedtime," she said, but when Hana looked stubbornly at her, she added: "I'll sing to you".
Hana's head shot up and she nodded eagerly. "Of course, Una-nee-chan!" She said, and ran off towards her bathroom. Behind her, she heard Una's light chuckle.
Una:
She silently placed the cups in the sink, before she went to her own bathroom and got ready to go to bed. Then she walked back to Hana's bedroom, and found the younger one crawling under her covers, sighing contently. She smiled.
"Good, now could you scoot over a bit?" Una said. Hana jumped a little, smiled widely and moved a bit, though she actually didn't need to. The bed was far too big for the two of them. She pushed the covers aside and lay down. Hana immediately snuggled closer to her again. Una laughed. It tickled her.
"No, please relax, okay? Or else I'm never going to get you to fall asleep," Una said, before she yawned herself. "Or I'm going to fall asleep, whatever comes first".
Hana giggled a bit, but then she fell silent, waiting for Una to start singing.
Una smiled at her. Then she closed her eyes, and sang as beautifully as an angel.
All the colors of the rainbow.
Hidden 'neath my skin.
Hearts have colors don't we all know.
Red runs through our veins.
Feel the fire burning
Up, inspire me with
Blood of blue and green.
I have hope.
Inside is not a heart,
But a kaleidoscope.
Una looked at Hana, who smiled at her. The look on the girls face was that of pure bliss and happiness.
"Thank you," Hana whispered, before she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Una smiled back, sleep closing its arms around her, and pulled her into its safety.
"Good night, pumpkin," Una whispered, as she, too, fell asleep.
A/N:I said my thanks in last chapter, so no need to do that now.
Important: With this chapter, I introduce a new concept in the story: Performing Una. I'm going to have chapters, where Una is singing, dancing or both. In the dance parts, I'm going to explain a bit about how she dances, and tell you what music she's dancing to. In the singing parts, you'll get the lyrics, and a bit of story in between. Basically I'm mixing this with the concepts of a songfic :D Hope you like it.
Also, I have a question for all of you. You see, I've been thinking about making another three part chapter later in the story, but called "Mornings". What do you say? I thought it would be fun, but I want your opinions.
See you next chapter!
-Nordic Twin
