Unfinished Melody

Please take note that this was a prequel to a fanfic I was considering writing. I may still write it depending on the response to this.

When Akio finally realized that Anthy wasn't coming back, he put aside his plans for a Revolution for the moment, and started looking for a new Rose Bride. He found none suitable, so he tried thinking about making one. Then he found it from a most surprising source- Ohtori Kanae, his own wife.

He spent weeks charming Kanae, and kept it up for months. She became pregnant, and still he kept up the mask. A girl was born, and Kanae named her Hikari. She looked like a small, pale, straight haired female version of Akio. She grew to a calm, curious child who smiled often.

Four years, and Akio decided to take Hikari and Kanae to visit some far place. Kanae unfortunentally, was too sick to go, so he just took Hikari there. When he got back, he found out he was a widow- Kanae had died falling down the stairs. His general thoughts about it was "Lucky mischance."

At the funeral, both were silent and wore solemn faces. As the casket was lowered, Hikari began to ask questions. "What happened to Mommy?" She asked in a very pretty voice.

"She died, and she went to Heaven." Akio explained.

"If you died, where would you go?"

Akio raised his eyebrows at that question, and thought about it for a moment. "I would go directly to Hell." He said bluntly.

"Oh." Was the simple reply.

A few days passed, and she began singing a four line song. It disturbed her pre-school teachers. It went like this:

"My Mommy went to Heaven

My Daddy shall go to Hell

Keep me here to stay, because

I still have stories to tell."

After a while, she stopped singing it, but she still sang some of the songs on the radio; All equally creepy. Over the years, she grew more graceful, and her voice and body more beautiful. (As well as awkwardly tall) She was twelve, and many thought her older. Akio had to physically discourage an older boy who would not believe she was twelve.

All was peaceful for Hikari, but it would not last. One spring after singing at a talent show, she collapsed and fell into a coma. A week passed, and she mysteriously awoke a changed girl. No one knew her anymore... Smiling, but bitter. She had become the sad, pained catalyst of miracles...

The Rose Bride.