Author's Note: Sorry I haven't updated in a long time! Well, I am now! Not much to say, so please enjoy! Oh, and thanks to the readers who added my story on alerts/favorites while I was…away, and also thanks to the people who may have reviewed I appreciate it! But please, feel free to review

Disclaimers!

Bold is expressing thoughts.

Italics are expressing thoughts. I'll leave it to you readers to see whose thoughts are whose.

Chapter 14- Storm of the Heart

Flashback

We stayed there for a few minutes. But, to me, it felt like forever.

End of flashback

On a particularly windy morning, a girl was found scribbling in her notebook at 5 am. That girl was me. I didn't know why, but I couldn't sleep, ever since that incident happened at that stupid Halloween festival. Or rather, those incidents. I couldn't figure out why my heart was beating so fast. I shivered. Why did my heart beat so fast anyways? I shrugged all thoughts off and decided to take a walk, bringing my notebook with me. When I stepped out of my house, I felt any pressure on my body released, like a new baby bird flying with its new wings. I sighed and took in a big breath. I loved it when I was alone. I could do whatever I want, and no one would see me. I walked around for a few minutes. I found myself at the sakura tree near my previous school. Yes, the same, exact sakura tree where Ryuu-kun and I always hung out. I smiled sadly at the good times we had together. Where I first met him, my confession to him, my first hug with him, my first kiss, it all happened here. But, all the good times changed when that horrible day happened. I shook my head, relieving my tired body of all the bad thoughts, and sat down under the sakura tree. I started scribbling in my notebook again. That notebook was crucial to me. It was my first notebook filled with my own lyrics. My first lyrics of love, agony, pain, sadness, it was all here. I started scribbling notes and words, creating yet another lyric. I smiled. After I finished, I sighed in relief and closed the notebook. I walked back to my apartment. However, I found quite an interesting scene. My okami dad was freaking out, and my Nee-chan was frowning, her hands at her hips. I smiled and closed the door. "Tadaimasu." I said meekly with a shy smile, hoping that I can get away from trouble. Boy was I wrong. "HARUKA!" My dad roared. "Where were you?! Don't make me worry like that!" I smiled sheepishly and put my free arm behind my head. "Hee, sorry." My dad and Nee-chan sighed. "Well, don't do that again, okay?" My dad groaned and got back in bed, muttering as he went. Nee-chan approached me and hugged me. "W-what's wrong?" I asked Nee-chan nervously. "D-don't do that again, okay? I was really worried." She said softly. I smiled. "Okay, Nee-chan. Okay." I hugged her back. "Now, let's get ready, shall we?" Nee-chan said. "Hai!" I chirped back.

"Hello? Imooto-chan! Hello?" At school, I was as dazed as ever. I don't know why, but I wasn't into it. Just looking at the school reminded me of those incidents with that Kyouya. How could I have ANY incidents with that Ootori?! As thoughts flew across my head, Kaoru waved his hands in front of my face. But, I remained dazed. Kaoru looked over to Hikaru and shrugged. Then, Hikaru blew a bullhorn in my right year. I, of course, screamed and jumped off my chair in shock. The two devious twins grinned ear to ear. I glared at the two. "What the hell?" I cried. "What did you do that for?" Hikaru and Kaoru shrugged. "We felt like it." Then, they laughed again. I groaned and sat back on my chair. Luckily, before the twins could torture me any further, sensei came in. "Sit down." He said. The students all sat down.

And, just like that, school was over. I was tired as hell, because what normal girl wouldn't be when they couldn't sleep all night? I yawned as I walked in the bare halls. I was in the middle of stretching, however, when I bumped into someone. "Ouch!" I cried. "Gomen…" I started to say while rubbing my head. "Watch where you're going, ugly!" A voice cried. I lifted my head up. It couldn't be. "You! How dare you call me ugly?" I huffed, and got up. I dusted my dress. Then, I looked down when didn't say anything. The green brat had a lot of books strewn across the floor, and he was rubbing his head for relief. I sighed and crouched down. "Hey, are you okay?" Hidose continued rubbing his head. "Itai…" He muttered. I sighed again and started picking up his books. "Oy, what are you doing?" He asked. I looked him in the eye and said bluntly, "Of course, I am picking up your books. What does it look like I'm doing?" His hands reached over to mine in an attempt to stop me. But, when his hands touched mine, he suddenly pulled away. I looked over to him. He had his face covered with his left hand. I sighed again. "Are you doing to help, or are you going to be sitting there like an idiot?" I asked sneakily. "These are your books, after all." I retorted as I continued picking up his books. "S-shut up, old hag!" He hissed out. Then, he started picking up books, too. After all the books were picked up, I handed my stack over to him, but, not before I noticed the title of the books. "Wow. I never knew you to be the studying type, nerd." I said as I handed my stack of books to him. "Shut up." He said again. His face was beet red. I smirked. "Ha. That figures, since you are probably so dumb, you need to study hard." I shrugged. "These aren't for me. These are for Lemone, ugly." He retorted. "I have the best grades in my class." He said proudly. I shrugged again. "Whatever." Then, I leaned my face in close to his face, just to mess with him. He pushed his face back. "W-what the hell are you doing?" He said. His face was turning redder by the second. I smiled, or rather, smirked. "Why are you blushing, braggart?" Then, I pulled my head back and chuckled. "Well, whatever, ja!" I waved goodbye as I skipped away, leaving a very red green brat standing there with a stack of books that were obviously for him…I think. I was getting to sadistic for my own goods. Stupid twins. However, I didn't know that I had dropped my precious notebook behind.

I skipped merrily all the way to the rose garden, my paradise. I sighed in liberation and pulled out my handy camera. I started snapping pictures of the wonderful nature. If only I was in the mountains I thought. It would be the perfect place to capture the beautiful scenery. Maybe my pictures will be good enough to convince manufacturers to stop destroying nature. I chuckled to no one in particular. I was also getting too cocky for my own good. I shrugged and continued snapping pictures. Finally, after 3 more pictures, I sighed in content and sat down. Just as I sat down, I heard a snap. I flinched. What was that? I thought. I whipped my head around the area. Was there some perverts here or something? Then, I looked down at my own camera. I laughed out loud. Silly me! It must have been my own camera! A sigh of relief escaped my lips as I continued looking up at the sky, which was how I realized that it was late. "Oh no!" I cried. I quickly ran inside the school building and into the Third Music Room. However, what I didn't comprehend is, someone was stalking me, and it was that someone that I never wanted to see again.

I quickly opened the door to the Third Music Room. "Nee-chan?" I called. "Where are you?" Instead, I found, once again, 8 very bored hosts, which one was glaring at me, and two were ogling me. I also found a lot of clutter, like flowers, toys, food, or mail. They must be cleaning out their fan mail. I sighed. I was about to close the door when someone's hand gripped the closing door. I looked up, and was met face-to-face with that Kyouya. "Oy, Fujioka, where are you doing?" I shrugged. "Nee-chan's not here, so I'm going to the library, duh. Besides, you seem busy." That Kyouya paused for a minute. Then, he said, "Oh, by the way, there's something for you. I think it's to Suzuki Haruno." I gasped. I have fan mail already! I giggled like a little scholar. "All right, give it here." I walked in the host room. On the table were lots of mails, flowers, toys, or chocolates for "Suzuki Haruno." I smiled. "AW!" I gushed and held up the toys and flowers. I heard snickering and glared at the green brat. I frowned. "What are you laughing at, dork? Shouldn't you be STUDYING?" I asked with confidence. He stopped laughing. Then, he snorted and looked away. Meanwhile, that flirty brat had come over and offered me a rose. "I will forever be your number fan, princess." I gagged, for the umpteenth time. "Look you." I said. "You…are…NEVER…going…to…be…with…me." I stated as I spelled out each word slowly. The flirty brat sighed and said, "Well, just so you know, my love for you will forever fly for you like the beautiful rose that will never stop blooming." It hit me. Hard. Why did it sound so familiar? "Where did you get that from, Lemone?" I asked. "You mean it worked Yay!" He cheered. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Where did you get that from?" I asked again. Lemone shrugged and said, "Hidose told me to say that to you. He said it'll work for sure, and you'll fall for me." I glared at the green brat, who was smirking and holding up a precious book. MY precious book. I shrieked, which caused the other remaining members to cover their ears. I stomped over to the green brat. "Look, you, where did you get this?" "I found it. Finders keepers, loser's weepers." He shrugged, and smirked again. "This is revenge for making me look bad." He hissed. I glared at him and said in a low, threatening tone, "Give…it…back." He looked away and shrugged. "Oh, I don't know, I don't feel like it." Then, he ran to the other side of the room and started reading the lyrics. "When the sun shines, promise me you'll look only at me. When the…"I ran over and covered his mouth to stop him from reading, but somebody snatched the book from him. Or rather, two very annoying guys. Hikaru tsked. "Oh my, imooto-chan, this is so good, why would you stop our dear Hidose-kun from reading it?" Before he could open the book, someone else snatched the book from him. It was Nee-chan! She glared at Hikaru and Kaoru, who both winced like puppies, and came over to me." Haruka?" She handed me the book. I looked at her with gratitude. "Thank you, thank you, thankyouthankyouthankyou!" I squeezed Nee-chan, and she grunted. Then, I released Nee-chan, with all of my happily flowing gifts and flowers. I huffed at the idiotic boys, and we both headed home.

Finally, I was at peace, sanctuary, HOME. I was finally at home, away from that annoying school full of brats and irritating people. I sighed as I plopped on my futon. Today sure was close! My precious lyrics were seconds away from being made into public! I smiled in relief. Good thing it wasn't going to be public anytime soon. I'm NEVER bringing it again. What was I thinking anyways? I shook my head as I thought. Then, I looked at the gifts for "Suzuki Haruno." I reached over to open the gifts. I found jewelry (wow, typical of rich people), accessories, and the oh, so classic teddy bears, flowers, and chocolates. I decided to take a sniff at the flowers. Maybe I'll just throw them away. Just then, one bouquet caught my attention. It was my favorite type of flower, the crimson red rose. The bouquet caught me attention for sure. I wonder who sent me this. How could they send this? Maybe it was just a coincidence….I took the bouquet in my hands, and discovered a card tied on one of the roses, with a bloody ribbon. I gasped. Trembling, I untied the card off the rose and read the card.

"I'll be coming for you soon, Ruka-chan. Wait for me.

-Yours truly, Ryuu-kun"

My breath went short when I finished reading the card. The card slipped from my hands as I hyperventilated. Then, as if sudden strength mustered in me, I screamed as loud as I can.

He was coming back.

Thanks for reading! Since I updated so slow, expect the next chapter soon! Oh, and I will be finishing this series befor September, I try to promise...However, with my studying for the permit (not that I need to study, just a little review wouldn't kill anyone...) and my mother pressuring me, I might not be able to finish the series anytime soon. But, I will finish before school starts! PLEASE REVIEW! IT IS NEEDED! PLEASE!!