Everlasting Illusions

Yay!! Finished Chapter 1 and the Prologue. Questions are very welcome, because I know ff.NET doesn't actually allow FAQs to be posted. *sigh* Any questions, put it in the reviews, and I'll get back to you ASAP.

One again, Tamers doesn't belong to me... If only Konaka Chiaki would give the copyrights to me... *wails* Chapter 1: Looks of Detest

Ruki knew that she'll meet Ryo somehow, sooner or later. She wanted a school transfer, because her old school was very far away from her new home (she moved to the opposite street to Takato's house). But of course, there were people whom she would love and hate to meet. She wanted to see Juri and Shaochung, but hated the thought of seeing Ryo.

Of course, Ryo could irritate her anywhere in the world - He had her phone number. She walked into West Shinjuku Junior High, looking around for Juri.

"Hi Ruki!" Ruki felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned. It was Takato.

"Oh, hi Takato," she greeted, "Where's Juri?"
"Juri's with Shaochung. Remember I told you she misplaced her notebook? She's gone to apologise."
"Is Shaochung really so irritating?" A sceptical look came on her face.
"Yes. Jenrya claims that she's ruining his life," Takato smiled. He thought Ruki was nicer in those days.
"For crying out loud he claims that everything is ruining his life - including me."
"Maybe Ryo will ruin yours too."
"He?! The last thing I need is to have Ryo next to me, okay?"
"He thinks you don't hate him."
"True. I don't hate anyone. Ryo is just the person that I can't stand most on the face of this earth."

Oh well. Takato walked Ruki to class. She saw neither Juri nor Ryo. Miss Sakamoto then introduced her to the whole class.

"Class, this is Miss Makino. I hope you'll all welcome her as a new addition to our class." Ruki blushed, slightly. She couldn't stand these kind of situations. She was told to sit next to Kenta. Ruki didn't exactly like that, though.

During the break, she met Ryo.

"Hi Ruki!" Ruki rolled her eyes.
"Get out of my sight, will you?" Ryo sat in front of her.
"Why?"
"Because you are such a pain in the neck, get it?" Ryo raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, really?"
"I think you should know that better than me - Oh wait, given your pompous brain cells, I do not think so."
"What if I don't get lost?"
"Suit yourself. Then I'll leave." Ruki stressed so much on her last sentence that it turned somehow to a scream.

Meanwhile, Jenrya and Juri were looking at them from afar. Juri had been laughing all this while and Jenrya was looking disgusted at her.

"Is it really so fun to laugh at?" he asked.

"No," she answered, "By the way, do you know why two people who are full of themselves cannot be together?" Jenrya seemed to gave a slight nod.

"You told me before - Because those two can never stand each other."

"Yup. But it seems although Ruki can't stand Ryo, it doesn't happen the other way around. Weird." Juri choked on her spaghetti. Jenrya said that she deserved it for laughing at people.


When Ruki went home that day, she was both irritated and disgusted at Ryo. Then, she saw her grandma.

"Hi, you're back," she said. Ruki smiled at her. She's the only person who I really love in this family, she thought, unless she would ever have a father.

During dinner (Miss Makino was out for a photo-shoot), Ruki asked her grandma if she knew who her father was.

"Why the sudden question?" Her grandma asked her back.
"Nothing, just out of curiousity," she said. Silence. Ruki continued again, "But don't I have a right to know?"
"Of course you do, dear. But... I don't think your mother even knows who he is."
"Were you mad at her?"
"Of course. But she insisted on keeping you - and you have to thank her for that."
Ruki felt uneasy at that. "So, you don't know who he is?"
"I..." Mrs Makino hesistated.
"What?"
"Nothing. I don't know who he is, and you are already doing well without him. Won't it be best if things were just left alone?"

Ruki stopped asking at that. She thought she really had a need to know - or at least, just to satisfy her curiosity. If even her beloved grandmother won't tell her, would her mother? She never spoke to her about her father before, and Ruki guessed it won't be nice to ask her now too.

After all, her grandma was right. She had been living all her life without a father, and she had been doing slightly well without one too. But then... Wait, Miss Makino came back.

"What took you so long?" Asked Ruki's grandmother.

"I had a photo-shoot, Mother. Didn't I tell you that?"

"You know that I don't like you staying out so late!" Ruki looked at the clock. It was eight o' clock. Miss Makino shrugged. She went to her room and locked the door. Ruki didn't see why she should love such a mother. Maybe her father would have treated her better, maybe...

But she put away all those questions. She had to finish her dinner and do her homework.