Author's note: Here's another story I've been working on I hope you guys like it. I'll try my best to write these chapters as quickly as possible but I'm trying to finish my other two stories too. Please Review:P Oh and Tsukushi may seem a bit more 'girly' here but remember she's only 6 so she's still a child.

Music of the heart

Chapter One: When we first met

Tsukasa angrily kicked the can on the pavement.

Despite his young age the passerby's on the street avoided the kid that looked like he could tear apart the whole city if he felt like it.

He couldn't believe his mother finally had taken him to Kyoto for a family holiday only to spend the entire time in a business meeting with some old geezers. He didn't even have his sister to play with since she was sent to a boarding school in America.

"I'm so bored!" He screamed angrily attracting several stares from passerby's

Tsukushi ran, as fast as her legs could carry her, she didn't want to be late again, she wasn't even supposed to be outside by herself. 'I hope that Tama doesn't find out."

She just felt like taking a walk like she did almost every day but today she stopped longer than usual as she gazed longingly at the objects inside the shop windows and before she knew it was already ten.

Quickly weaving between the people on the street which was quite easy for her being only 6. She felt joy overcome her as she saw the familiar building ahead of her. Smiling she willed her little legs to go faster.

Tsukasa turned a street corner trying to figure out where he was, he had been staring at the map his mother had given to him on the plane, but it might as well have been in another language.

"Ahh hang on there's the coffee house across the road now where…"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Huh!…" Tsukasa looked around him and saw a small girl lying on the ground.

"Ouch" Tskushi slowly picked herself up off the ground, bowing apologetically she continued across the street turning and smiling at the person she had bumped into.

"Sorry! I'll make it up to you someday!" she said before hurriedly running up the stairs to the orphanage.

"Whaa!" Tsukasa stood dumbfounded.

"Make it up to me…someday?" His eyes gazed at the building that the girl had disappeared into, "Kyoto orphanage…hmm"

His memory flashed back to the smiling image of the girl and he felt himself blush. Shaking his head he thought aloud, "Let's see how long it takes for that woman (his mother) to find me."

He walked inside the orphanage. He had never seen such an old building he was surprised that the roof wasn't caving in. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and the titles on the floor were cracked and there were even some tiles missing. Tsukasa scrunched up his nose in disdain.

"Late again Makino…"

A voice in the distance caught his attention and he followed the murmuring voices down a dark hallway.

"Gomen, gomen" Tsukushi bowed down low to the teacher.

Opening the door slightly he look inside, Tsukasa saw the girl who had run into him standing at the front of the room.

"You know what your punishment is, now go to your desk so we can return to the lesson."

Makino sighed, class clean up for another week. This was the second time in the row. As she walked back to her desk she saw someone staring at her through the door.

Tsukasa ran down one of the hallway as the piercing scream echoed through the building.

"Honestly you'll give me a heart attack girl! What is it?"

'I thought I saw…"

"Stop your nonsense and get to your seat, you should add garden duty to your other punishment."

With her head bent low Tsukushi took her seat as the other students snickered

"Stupid girl why did she have to scream." Tsukasa tried to wipe the mud off his face. After trying all the doors he found himself outside, but he was running so fast he had slipped down the stairs and landed face first in mud.

Tsukushi replaced the garden tools and wearily walked to the end of the little garden. She made her way to her favorite spot behind the huge cherry tree in the corner where no one else ever went but it didn't matter now since all the other children were inside playing.

When she arrived though she noticed a sleeping figure leaning against the tree.

He looks familiar… she thought to herself. The memory of this morning flashed back to her. But he's covered in mud now and his nice clothes are all ripped. I wonder what happened to him?

Suddenly an idea occurred to her and she smiled as she quickly ran back inside the orphanage.

Tsukushi sneaked passed one of the teachers in the infirmary and grabbed a few pieces of white cloth and bandages. Carefully balancing the bowl of water and cloth she returned to the garden all the while avoiding the teachers.

Tsukushi carefully and quietly placed herself beside the young boy. Taking some of the white cloth from the infirmary she dipped it in the luke-warm water and slowly began wiping the dirty face of the still sleeping boy.

Tsukusa felt something soft touching his face, "Onne-chan?" he whispered before lazily opened his eyes.

To his utter surprise there was a girl sitting in front of him, not just any girl but the same lunatic that had screamed.

"What do you think you're doing?" he yelled.

She simply smiled before saying, "I told you I would make it up to you someday."

She continued wiping his face and was about to begin cleaning his neck and arms when she paused to look at his face. She felt herself leaning forward.

"Well it was your fault I'm like this anyway! You had to go and scream before didn't you and tell everyone I was there…hey..Hey what are you doing?" Tsukasa pushed the girl away from him, she was practically on top of him.

"Kawaii!" Tsukushi whispered dreamily as she stared at the boys' face. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of aquamarine blue-green. She had never seen an Asian person with such eyes before.

Tsukasa felt himself blush as he heard her speak. 'She thinks I'm cute? Hehheehee' He thought to himself as a goofy smile replaced his angry frown.

After a slight pause Tsukushi returned to the present, "Huh…hang on that was you!" (AN: Delayed reaction lol)

Throwing the cloth in his face Tsukushi stood up angrily and pointed an accusing finger at him, "Do you know I got in trouble because of you! Because of you!…. I had to clean up the classrooms and then do garden duty. Do you know how long that took and I cut my hands from pulling out the weeds!"

Tsukasa stared angrily at the girl before him, "Well it's your fault for screaming in the first place. Why did you have to scream just because you saw someone standing behind a door? Huh!"

Tsukushi stood shivering, she felt her chest tightening, and memories from her past flashed before her eyes.

She could hear her parents fighting as she gripped onto the teddy bear, she huddled in the corner of the cupboard her mother had hurriedly pushed her into...

Tsukasa eyed the girl, "Hey you ok?"

She grabbed onto Tsukasa's shirt before collapsing to the ground bringing Tsukasa with her.

"Hey! Someone help!" Tsukasa kicked the back door open.

At the sound of his voice an old lady ran towards the boy standing in the middle of the back room.

The children upon hearing the noise and commotion were now all surrounding Tsukasa and began poking the girl in his arms.

"Not again" one of the kids said

"She's faking it!"

Pushing them aside Tsukasa moved towards the old lady,

"Where's the hospital?"

"There's no need, take her to the infirmary"

The old lady moved to take the girl but Tsukasa held her tightly to his chest, "So where is it? Let's go already!"

Tsukasa sat next to the bed of Makino Tsukushi, or at least that was what he was told her name was.

He held her newly bandaged hands in his, he felt a pang of guilt for having caused her pain and yet he wondered why he should feel anything for this small girl. Even though she had been angry with him he could not help but marvel at the small girl kindness towards him as well.

She didn't even know that he was the heir to the greatest Business Empire in the world, and yet…she was kind to him.

It was strange that she could show him such tenderness when those who were supposed to be closest to him couldn't.

He felt a new emotion taking over him, in fact ever since she bumped into him he'd been feeling strange. The moment her smile faded and she disappeared into the orphanage door, he felt…incomplete…was that the word?

'So being with her makes me complete?' Tsukasa questioned himself.

Tsukushi opened her eyes to see the boy she was arguing with holding her hand tenderly and a confused look on his face, she felt herself blush as she thought how cute he was.

'Sure he was different with his curly hair and aqua eyes but I feel…no I don't know what it is I feel…he's just so…what are you talking about you don't even like boys remember!'

As she felt her face becoming hotter she coughed and sat up in her bed.

"We never did settle our little argument," She said playfully.

'Why am I so attached to this girl?' Tsukasa looked at the girl in front of him.

Tsukasa paused for a second before replying, "I forgive you so don't worry about it," before laughing and patting the pouting girls' head.

'Whatever the reason, I'll promise nothing will ever happen to you.' He silently vowed and smiled at her as she shooed his hand away.

"I'm Tsukushi by the way, what's your name?"

"Dominic Theodore," Tsukasa bit his lip after he had spoken, he was taught to never give his real name and yet he felt guilty lying to his new friend.

"Theodore? I can call you by your first name right, Theodore?" She smiled back at him.

'What…what was I thinking about again?' Tsukasa had completely lost his train of thought when he looked into her smiling face.

'She's so cute. DID I just say that!'

"Dominic-chan, I've completed the details you can stay at the orphanage till a family would like to adopt you." Tama entered the room where the two children were talking to each other.

"Thank-you Tama-san." Tsukasa smiled uncomfortably.

For some reason this old lady un-nerved him.

As she was leaving she said, "Oh and all the rooms are filled so you'll have to share this one with Tsukushi. That shouldn't be a problem right? You two are such good friends I thought it would be best, but if you don't want to I could…"

"NO!" he continued after a slight pause, "I want to stay here."

'I have to look after her so I might as well stay here.' He tried to rationalize his sudden outburst.

He fidgeted under the gaze of the old women but she soon left with a strange smile on her face.

"I'll help show you around the orphanage later if you like?" Tsukushi said diverting Tsukasa's attention from his inner thoughts.

"Thanks…Tsukushi, I can call you by your first name too right?"

"Yes," Tsukushi's answered, her eyes fell onto their still intertwined hands, blushing she turned away slightly and whispered, "…. Hand…"

"Hand?" Tsukasa looked down and realized that he was till holding her hand, jumping back slightly he dropped he hand, "So..sorry."

'It's really hot in here.' Tsukasa thought to himself as he gazed anywhere but at the girl in the bed.

"There's a spare bed in the cupboard over there."

After a few minutes of arguing with Tsukushi about how to put the bed together, Tsukasa finally was able to put the pullout bed together and place it next to Tsukushi's bed.

Stepping out of her bed Tsukushi opened the cupboard and pulled out some sheets and pillows for Tsukasa.

All the while Tsukasa leaned against the wall, he wiped his sweaty forehead, 'I don't know how these poor people live like this? Doing all that menial labor.'

Tsukushi waved her hands in front of Tsukasa's eyes, "Help me put the sheets on your mattress."

"You shouldn't be moving around, you just fainted you know!" Tsukasa said as he stood up.

"I'm fine really, it's not the first time and how will you sleep without sheets or blankets?" Tsukushi smiled at him, she was quite touched that he was concerned about her.

"Are you hungry? I think lunch will start soon," Tsukushi said as she made herself comfortable in her bed.

Lying down in his own bed Tsukasa turned to look at Tsukushi.

'You really are a sweet kid aren't you. I wish I were more like you,' Tsukasa thought to himself.

"You can stay here and rest and I'll go get you some food."

"But…" Tsukushi said as she sat up in her bed but she pushed down again by Tsukasa.

"I'll be right back," Tsukasa said as he disappeared out the door.

Tsukushi smiled as she closed her eyes, "What a nice boy…Theodore."

Authors note: I hope you guys enjoy this story but I have to admit this is more for my own amusement than anyone else's.