Summary: After his first day at work as the new school doctor, Tooya runs
into a girl who claims to be his sister. Tooya believes he's found the key
to his past he's been searching for, but will the Mikages let him slip out
of their hands? *snorts derisively* Not likely.
Rating: PG - PG-13, depends on how much profanity I want to put in the dialogue o.O
Timeline: Takes place after the events of volume two of the manga series. Breaks off of canon shortly before the beginning of volume three, which hasn't come out yet (in the English version).
Author's Note: This is my first attempt at an Ayashi no Ceres fic. I've only read up to volume two of the manga series and haven't had the chance (or the luxury) to see the anime version of AnC. I don't expect all of you to leave honey sweet reviews asking me to continue so don't think of me as some fragile, newbie author who'll break down into tears of despair if she sees a single negative comment in a review (I've had enough experience with fic writing and am, by no means, a newbie, by the way). I fell in love with AnC while reading the first volume in the manga series and have been planning on writing a fic for about a month now. Please excuse/ignore any OOCness that might occur in the following scene; I've only a basic idea of what Tooya's personality/speech pattern is like and probably will make a few errors in that particular department. It shouldn't be all that hard for you die-hard AnC fans to figure out what the basic plot/idea is to this fic. Please leave a review telling me whether or not I should continue this fic or stop while I'm still ahead. Oh, and please feel free to correct any minor character details I may have screwed up.
Chapter 1: This is my... Sister?
The back exit of Kawagoe High School opened and out stepped the school's new doctor, "Motosuwa Mikami." What the school, and nearly all of its students, didn't know was that there was no such person named Motosuwa Mikami; that "Dr. Motosuwa Mikami" was actually an alias that had been created for much more than just medical assistance at a local high school. No, the existence of "Motosuwa Mikami" was much more significant than that, but Tooya wasn't about to tell that to anyone anytime soon. It had merely been a 'coincidence' that Aya and Yuuhi had been in the clinic that morning.
Tooya let out a sigh and ran a hand through his burgundy-colored bangs. The white medical coat he had worn that morning had been replaced with his usual leather jacket. The day had gone by rather uneventfully after Aya and Yuuhi left. With the exception of checking up on Yuuki, the girl who had injured her head that morning, he hadn't tended any other patients for the rest of the day. Oh yes, there had been a handful of students who had come into the infirmary with "excruciating headaches" and "painful stomachaches" who had apparently thought that the new 'doctor' would send them home, therefore letting them amuse themselves with the thought of staying home for the rest of the day while their fellow students slaved over the pop quiz or whatever it was that had led them to fake sick in the first place.
His mouth curved into a slight smirk as he recalled the crestfallen looks on the students' faces when he announced that they were in perfect health and should "suck it up" as well as the barrage of protests that they had come up with while he politely but firmly pushed them out of the infirmary and in the direction of their next class.
His smirk widened a bit as he continued this train of thought. Sure, he had extensive medical knowledge implanted into his brain via computer chip for that very purpose, but even he could have figured out that those students had been faking sick. He may have lost his memories, but that didn't make him an idiot. With that thought in mind, he made his way across the parking lot toward his car.
A sharp gasp of surprise and an even more shocked-sounding "Tooya?!" was what made him stop dead in his tracks and turn around. A tall, burgundy- haired girl of about seventeen stood four feet away from him. Her face was frozen in a mask of shock and surprise and her silver-flecked eyes were wide and filled with disbelief as well as another emotion he couldn't quite put his finger on.
She wore what he assumed was the school uniform but instead of a pleated skirt and long-sleeved sailor top, she wore a collared black shirt and a matching pair of slacks -- the uniform he'd seen on almost all of the boys in the school. A black messenger bag hung from her left shoulder and the textbook he assumed she had been holding earlier lay forgotten on the gound.
After what seemed like hours, he finally opened his mouth and asked, "Do I know you?"
The girl continued to stare at him but regained some of her composure and replied, "Yeah..." then, "Nii-chan? Tooya? Is that really you?"
Tooya blinked in confusion. Nii-chan? Why was this girl referring to him as her older brother? He'd never seen her before in his entire life -- or at least what he remembered as his entire life -- he hadn't the vaguest idea about what she was talking about.
His confusion increased tenfold when the girl ran over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck in a crushing hug.
"Kami... it's good to see you again, nii-chan. I thought I'd never see you again. You have no idea how worried I've been over the past eight months..." she whispered softly. "I thought you were... dead."
Dead? Now he was confused beyond belief. He somehow managed to wipe the absurd look of confusion off of his face and find his voice, which had mysteriously disappeared for the last minute or so. After unlocking her arms from around his neck, he looked her squarely in the eye and repeated his question. "Do I know you?"
The girl let out an amused laugh. She must have thought that he was playing some sort of game with her.
"What are you talking about, nii-chan? It's me, Tai. Your sister. Don't you remember me?"
She must have seen the genuine confusion in his eyes for she stopped smiling. An almost pained look came into her eyes as she asked, "You really don't remember me, do you?"
His nod confirmed the answer to her question and every single trace of happiness in her face disappeared. Her forehead wrinkled in both disappointment and confusion as she searched his face with pained, inquiring eyes.
"I don't understand. It's been eight months since you disappeared and you don't even remember me. What could have..." she trailed off suddenly and realization dawned on her face. "You somehow got amnesia, didn't you? That's why you don't remember..."
Tai's eyes were downcast as she said this. The revelation seemed to have shocked her beyond words, even more so than when she had seen him and called out his name.
Feeling somewhat guilty, Tooya placed his hands on her shoulders and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Tai raised her eyes and placed one of her hands over his.
"No," she said sadly. "I'm the one that's sorry. I assumed way too much. Kami... I'm so sorry, nii-chan."
There it was again. She'd referred to him as "nii-chan."
"You and I... Were we... are we... brother and sister?"
The sad look in her eyes lifted somewhat and she replied, "Yeah. We're brother and sister."
His eyes widened slightly.
"So... you're part of my family... You can tell me about who I am... Where I'm from... All of it."
Tai merely stared at him for a second then smiled slightly.
"Yeah. I guess I could."
With that in mind, Tooya scooped up her textbook from the ground and took a hold of her hand. He began walking briskly toward his car with his hand still clasped around hers.
"Ehh... nii-chan? Where're we going?" Tai asked, a confused look on her face.
"Someplace where we can talk. In private." he unlocked the doors and motioned for her to get in.
The look of confusion finally disappeared after they pulled into a nearby cafe about nine blocks away from the school. When Tooya asked the waiter for a private table near the back, the young man had given her an appreciative once-over and almost immediately began saying that he "understood" and would get them "the most private spot in the house."
It was only after Tai had deadpanned that her "companion" was her "brother" and made a few choice comments about how she and Tooya "weren't like that" that the waiter had spluttered his "deepest apologies" and seated them immediately at a comfortable table in the back of the cafe, and had offered them free drinks in exchange for them not ratting him out to his boss. She and Tooya, who was still a bit annoyed about the waiter's misguided assumptions, graciously accepted the waiter's offer and placed the orders for their drinks.
Tooya made a mental note of her features and habits as they waited for their drinks to arrive. He noticed that she studied everyone around them with a discreet wariness that reminded him of an old-fashioned spy or secret agent. He noted that she had her left ear pierced three times and the other only twice. The small platinum and silver hoops were partially hidden by a few strands of silky, burgundy hair and sparkled brilliantly in the early afternoon sun. Her hair had been swept up into a loose bun at the base of her neck and was secured by two ebony chopsticks.
She noticed his discreet but piercing gaze on her but said nothing and merely continued to twirl a straw between her long ivory-toned fingers.
"Finished cross-examining me yet?" she asked, a hint of wry sarcasm in her voice.
Tooya rested his gaze on her face and replied, "Wouldn't you like to know,"
A wry smile made its way across her face, though her silver-flecked eyes remained passive and unreadable. She tucked an errant strand of burgundy hair behind her ear and leaned back in her seat, her eyes scanning Tooya's face for something he couldn't quite fathom.
"Megami." she said casually.
He quirked an eyebrow. "Pardon?"
"Your -- our last name. It's Megami."
"Megami." he repeated. "How... ironic."
Now it was Tai's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Ironic? How so?"
A brief, fleeting look passed Tooya's eyes and left before Tai could notice it was there to begin with. An almost bittersweet smile made its way across his handsome face before he answered with an enigmatic, "Oh, nothing."
End Chapter 1
So... what do you guys think? Should I continue? Reviews would be greatly appreciated.
Rating: PG - PG-13, depends on how much profanity I want to put in the dialogue o.O
Timeline: Takes place after the events of volume two of the manga series. Breaks off of canon shortly before the beginning of volume three, which hasn't come out yet (in the English version).
Author's Note: This is my first attempt at an Ayashi no Ceres fic. I've only read up to volume two of the manga series and haven't had the chance (or the luxury) to see the anime version of AnC. I don't expect all of you to leave honey sweet reviews asking me to continue so don't think of me as some fragile, newbie author who'll break down into tears of despair if she sees a single negative comment in a review (I've had enough experience with fic writing and am, by no means, a newbie, by the way). I fell in love with AnC while reading the first volume in the manga series and have been planning on writing a fic for about a month now. Please excuse/ignore any OOCness that might occur in the following scene; I've only a basic idea of what Tooya's personality/speech pattern is like and probably will make a few errors in that particular department. It shouldn't be all that hard for you die-hard AnC fans to figure out what the basic plot/idea is to this fic. Please leave a review telling me whether or not I should continue this fic or stop while I'm still ahead. Oh, and please feel free to correct any minor character details I may have screwed up.
Chapter 1: This is my... Sister?
The back exit of Kawagoe High School opened and out stepped the school's new doctor, "Motosuwa Mikami." What the school, and nearly all of its students, didn't know was that there was no such person named Motosuwa Mikami; that "Dr. Motosuwa Mikami" was actually an alias that had been created for much more than just medical assistance at a local high school. No, the existence of "Motosuwa Mikami" was much more significant than that, but Tooya wasn't about to tell that to anyone anytime soon. It had merely been a 'coincidence' that Aya and Yuuhi had been in the clinic that morning.
Tooya let out a sigh and ran a hand through his burgundy-colored bangs. The white medical coat he had worn that morning had been replaced with his usual leather jacket. The day had gone by rather uneventfully after Aya and Yuuhi left. With the exception of checking up on Yuuki, the girl who had injured her head that morning, he hadn't tended any other patients for the rest of the day. Oh yes, there had been a handful of students who had come into the infirmary with "excruciating headaches" and "painful stomachaches" who had apparently thought that the new 'doctor' would send them home, therefore letting them amuse themselves with the thought of staying home for the rest of the day while their fellow students slaved over the pop quiz or whatever it was that had led them to fake sick in the first place.
His mouth curved into a slight smirk as he recalled the crestfallen looks on the students' faces when he announced that they were in perfect health and should "suck it up" as well as the barrage of protests that they had come up with while he politely but firmly pushed them out of the infirmary and in the direction of their next class.
His smirk widened a bit as he continued this train of thought. Sure, he had extensive medical knowledge implanted into his brain via computer chip for that very purpose, but even he could have figured out that those students had been faking sick. He may have lost his memories, but that didn't make him an idiot. With that thought in mind, he made his way across the parking lot toward his car.
A sharp gasp of surprise and an even more shocked-sounding "Tooya?!" was what made him stop dead in his tracks and turn around. A tall, burgundy- haired girl of about seventeen stood four feet away from him. Her face was frozen in a mask of shock and surprise and her silver-flecked eyes were wide and filled with disbelief as well as another emotion he couldn't quite put his finger on.
She wore what he assumed was the school uniform but instead of a pleated skirt and long-sleeved sailor top, she wore a collared black shirt and a matching pair of slacks -- the uniform he'd seen on almost all of the boys in the school. A black messenger bag hung from her left shoulder and the textbook he assumed she had been holding earlier lay forgotten on the gound.
After what seemed like hours, he finally opened his mouth and asked, "Do I know you?"
The girl continued to stare at him but regained some of her composure and replied, "Yeah..." then, "Nii-chan? Tooya? Is that really you?"
Tooya blinked in confusion. Nii-chan? Why was this girl referring to him as her older brother? He'd never seen her before in his entire life -- or at least what he remembered as his entire life -- he hadn't the vaguest idea about what she was talking about.
His confusion increased tenfold when the girl ran over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck in a crushing hug.
"Kami... it's good to see you again, nii-chan. I thought I'd never see you again. You have no idea how worried I've been over the past eight months..." she whispered softly. "I thought you were... dead."
Dead? Now he was confused beyond belief. He somehow managed to wipe the absurd look of confusion off of his face and find his voice, which had mysteriously disappeared for the last minute or so. After unlocking her arms from around his neck, he looked her squarely in the eye and repeated his question. "Do I know you?"
The girl let out an amused laugh. She must have thought that he was playing some sort of game with her.
"What are you talking about, nii-chan? It's me, Tai. Your sister. Don't you remember me?"
She must have seen the genuine confusion in his eyes for she stopped smiling. An almost pained look came into her eyes as she asked, "You really don't remember me, do you?"
His nod confirmed the answer to her question and every single trace of happiness in her face disappeared. Her forehead wrinkled in both disappointment and confusion as she searched his face with pained, inquiring eyes.
"I don't understand. It's been eight months since you disappeared and you don't even remember me. What could have..." she trailed off suddenly and realization dawned on her face. "You somehow got amnesia, didn't you? That's why you don't remember..."
Tai's eyes were downcast as she said this. The revelation seemed to have shocked her beyond words, even more so than when she had seen him and called out his name.
Feeling somewhat guilty, Tooya placed his hands on her shoulders and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Tai raised her eyes and placed one of her hands over his.
"No," she said sadly. "I'm the one that's sorry. I assumed way too much. Kami... I'm so sorry, nii-chan."
There it was again. She'd referred to him as "nii-chan."
"You and I... Were we... are we... brother and sister?"
The sad look in her eyes lifted somewhat and she replied, "Yeah. We're brother and sister."
His eyes widened slightly.
"So... you're part of my family... You can tell me about who I am... Where I'm from... All of it."
Tai merely stared at him for a second then smiled slightly.
"Yeah. I guess I could."
With that in mind, Tooya scooped up her textbook from the ground and took a hold of her hand. He began walking briskly toward his car with his hand still clasped around hers.
"Ehh... nii-chan? Where're we going?" Tai asked, a confused look on her face.
"Someplace where we can talk. In private." he unlocked the doors and motioned for her to get in.
The look of confusion finally disappeared after they pulled into a nearby cafe about nine blocks away from the school. When Tooya asked the waiter for a private table near the back, the young man had given her an appreciative once-over and almost immediately began saying that he "understood" and would get them "the most private spot in the house."
It was only after Tai had deadpanned that her "companion" was her "brother" and made a few choice comments about how she and Tooya "weren't like that" that the waiter had spluttered his "deepest apologies" and seated them immediately at a comfortable table in the back of the cafe, and had offered them free drinks in exchange for them not ratting him out to his boss. She and Tooya, who was still a bit annoyed about the waiter's misguided assumptions, graciously accepted the waiter's offer and placed the orders for their drinks.
Tooya made a mental note of her features and habits as they waited for their drinks to arrive. He noticed that she studied everyone around them with a discreet wariness that reminded him of an old-fashioned spy or secret agent. He noted that she had her left ear pierced three times and the other only twice. The small platinum and silver hoops were partially hidden by a few strands of silky, burgundy hair and sparkled brilliantly in the early afternoon sun. Her hair had been swept up into a loose bun at the base of her neck and was secured by two ebony chopsticks.
She noticed his discreet but piercing gaze on her but said nothing and merely continued to twirl a straw between her long ivory-toned fingers.
"Finished cross-examining me yet?" she asked, a hint of wry sarcasm in her voice.
Tooya rested his gaze on her face and replied, "Wouldn't you like to know,"
A wry smile made its way across her face, though her silver-flecked eyes remained passive and unreadable. She tucked an errant strand of burgundy hair behind her ear and leaned back in her seat, her eyes scanning Tooya's face for something he couldn't quite fathom.
"Megami." she said casually.
He quirked an eyebrow. "Pardon?"
"Your -- our last name. It's Megami."
"Megami." he repeated. "How... ironic."
Now it was Tai's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Ironic? How so?"
A brief, fleeting look passed Tooya's eyes and left before Tai could notice it was there to begin with. An almost bittersweet smile made its way across his handsome face before he answered with an enigmatic, "Oh, nothing."
End Chapter 1
So... what do you guys think? Should I continue? Reviews would be greatly appreciated.