New fic! We're taking a break from the Runaway Angel and going onto a new one. Since Runaway Angel is now finished, we have time for a new one. Once this is finished, we'll move onto the sequel, ok?

Disclaimer: Don't own CCS, never will, but please don't take the idea from this story.

Summary: "My family has been in hiding for more than eight years, since I was two. But then we were in terrible danger... from them. After years of running, my parents left. Though I'm safe now, something has been disturbing me. Now I'm afraid..."

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~RUNNING FROM MORE THAN FATE ~ PROLOGUE~

Fujitaka brushed a few strands of auburn hair back from his daughter's forehead. She was sleeping peacefully and her small hand clutched at the blanket beside her, her arms wound around the stuffed bear lying beside her in a vice-like grip, as though she never wanted to let go. Her longish auburn hair splayed out behind her, her eyes shut tightly. She seemed relaxed, but only to a point, as if she knew something was going to happen.

He pulled up the covers over her gently and let them lie to just over her shoulders. As he touched her cheek gently whispering a few words of farewell, she shivered. Removing his hand, Fujitaka noticed that it was covered with damp sweat. His eyes then travelled to his daughter, who was still shivering and beads of perspiration were now breaking out on her forehead. She was getting hot. She might have a fever! he realised in alarm.

He heard a soft creaking sound. His gaze turned to the door where his wife stood. "How is she?" she asked, coming to stand by his side.

Fujitaka was sitting on his daughter's bed, observing her. His eyes were filled with sadness as he watched. He didn't want to leave her. He wanted to watch her grow up, live her life. But that had been made impossible for them. If he and his wife wanted to keep their daughter and son safe, they had to leave immediately. But they couldn't leave without saying goodbye, no matter what the cost. They had someone coming for the children in the morning. They were going to look after them from now on, especially their daughter. She needed care, special care. For the past few days, she had been waking up in the middle of the night with disturbing dreams. She had said that she had felt herself falling and then she had woken up with a sense of longing and loss, all mingled in with confusion. It confused both him and his wife. "No change," he said quietly, so as to not wake her up.

Nadeshiko looked down at her daughter silently. They had to leave. There was no other choice. Their hunters were on the prowl again and would hunt them down soon. Settling here, they had thought that they would be safe. They now knew that was not true. Everywhere they went, wherever the program tried to hide them, they were always found and had to move. It broke her heart to see her daughter and son have to go through so many changes, and at a point in their lives where it might have made a difference forever. They had settled in Tomoeda, hoping that this was the last shift that they would have to make. And now they had been found again. There had to be a weak point in the program somewhere, someone had to be giving out information of their whereabouts.

They had even undergone appearance changes, so they would look different. Dying of hair, coloured contacts, haircuts. But they had refused to change either their daughter or their son. They had stayed the same and that was what might alert the predators of their location.

It hurt. It honestly hurt to see what their children had to go through.

There was a soft knock at the door. A combination of three knocks that were each different. It was the communication system that was used to tell who was at the door. There was someone from the WPP (witness protection program) at the door and they had come to get Fujitaka and Nadeshiko out of Tomoeda.

Nadeshiko nodded her head towards the door, whispering to Fujitaka, "Everything will be ok. They'll be fine."

He nodded wordlessly.

Nadeshiko went to get the door. She opened it and standing before her was Tadashi Minami. "We have to go now," he said quietly, urgently.

Nadeshiko nodded understandingly and went to get her husband.

"Fujitaka, we have to go now," she said urgently as she arrived at the door to her daughter's bedroom.

"Yes," he whispered, barely audible. He stood up from where he was watching his daughter and left her bedroom. "Are you sure that they'll be here in the morning?"

"Positive."

"Good then."

"I know that you'll miss them, but what we're about to do is for the best. They'll get over our absence within a few days, guaranteed."

"I hope so."

"They will."

"I hope you're not wrong about this Nadeshiko…"

"I don't want to leave just as much as you do, but if we are to protect the children, this is what we have to do. Come."

"Ok."

And the door shut behind them with a click.

Upstairs, in a small bedroom, a young girl lay sleeping, unaware of what she was to find in the morning.

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That's the prologue. Any questions, please R+R!!

Karisa Temura and Hikari Kamiya