Hey, people! I was able to make them less OOC in that chapter. Yay! Either way, I'd like to thank everyone for their lovely reviews. And also, for those CCS fans, m.e.m.o.r.i.e.z's new name is m.o.n.k.i.e.z, just to let you know. So, here is Hitomi's profile!
Dark Eyes
Hello. My name is Hitomi Ra. I was born in Japan when my father, Kazuo Ra, married my mother, Yuko Hamasaki. Growing up, I was always taught that if you always try to see the positive in things, nothing can stop you or get you down. Try not to be around people that are negative as they serve as a bad influence. However, that all changed when I went to a family gathering once when I was 12 years old. There, I met my cousin Amon, or Mo-chan, for the first time. I noticed him because he had a tendency to stand there all by himself. He seemed pretty mysterious, but overall, he was very dark and I tried to avoid him. Truthfully, I was a little afraid of Mo-chan... But then it happened. Some of us went hiking up a trail owned by one of my uncles. I was so happy and curious that I accidentally wandered off on my own. When I'd realized that there was no one else around me I ran around in a panic, totally forgetting my "positive" ways. Then, I tripped on a large stone and there was a bloody gash near where my ankle was. I cried, more scared than I ever have been in my entire life, until I heard my name being called. "Hitomi-san! Hitomi-san!" I shouted back and was surprised to see that Amon-chan, my cousin whom I'd shunned before, emerged out of the green, opaque bushes and thick underbrush. He came to me and went straight to work. The black haired, then 14 year old boy knelt near me and tore a piece off of his own shirt sleeve, then he wrapped it around my bleeding ankle. Wordlessly, he then helped me to my feet and put my arm around his neck for support. Shyly, I uttered a "Thank you...". "You're welcome" he replied, silently. We walked back to where our family was... They were very worried about me and thanked Mo-chan for his help. I did that especially. I tried to apologize for the way I had acted before, but he only gave me a look that said "It's okay. I know". I've followed him around like a little sister... I was his shadow ever since. He's my role model now, whether he knows it or not...
Aw, how sweet. BTW, for those who didn't notice, the name Yuko Hamasaki was made from my combining two of my fave Japanese female singers' names... Yuko Sasaki and Ayumi Hamasaki! So, here's some more words to add to your vocab...
PSEUDOKINESIS- The ability for one to fake like they have a craft. This is not really a type of craft, but a slang.
ROBOKINESIS- Also called CYBERKINESIS, the ability to control the movements and processes of mechanical items, such as computers, androids, house hold appliances, ect.. Witches with this power- Michael Jason Lee.
HELIOKINESIS- A type of ASTROKINESIS. The ability to control sunlight and how hard it beats upon the earth. Closely related to PHOTOKINESIS and PRYOKINESIS. It is sometimes argued that HELIOKINESIS is the same as STELLAKINESIS. Witches with this power- Syaoran Li.
SELENIKINESIS- A type of ASTROKINESIS. The ability to control moonlight and how much of it is emitted from a satellite. Closely related to PHOTOKINESIS. Witches with this power- Tomoyo Daidouji, Eriol Hiiragizawa.
STELLAKINESIS- A type of ASTROINESIS. The ability to control the amount of light emitted from a star. Closely related to PHOTOKINESIS. Witches with this power- Sakura Kinomoto.
ANTHROKINESIS- The ability to talk with animals. Closely related to MIND READING/PSYCHOKINESIS. Witches with this power- Inuyasha Hanyou, Sesshoumaru Youkai.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN WITCH HUNTER ROBIN, INU YASHA, .HACK/SIGN, CARDCAPTOR SAKURA, OR THEIR CHARACTERS! I DO, OWN ANY NEW CHARACTER'S YOU'LL SEE THAT DON'T BELONG TO ANY OF THOSE ANIME, BUT I'M TOO LAZY TO LIST THEM. OH AND ONE MORE THING. I DON'T OWN "CRUCIFY MY LOVE"! IT IS BY THAT WONDERFUL JAPANESE OLDIES ROCK BAND, X-JAPAN! LISTEN TO THIER MUSIC PEOPLE! LOL
After another few boring subjects, it was finally time to go home. Hitomi (who just happened to be in the same class as Robin for every subject) accompanied by Sakura, Tomoyo, Meiling, Eriol, and Syaoran, immediately grabbed Robin's hand.
"Let's go! I have someone for you guys to meet!" she exclaimed. "C'mon! Sakura-chan, let's go! Syaoran-kun, a little less talking and a little more walking!"
"Boy, you're in a hurry, Hitomi-chan!" Tomoyo said, recording every moment of it all. She loved her camera, you see, and decided that she'd video tape the first day of school.
"Yeah, because I don't want for him to leave without us!"
"Hold on!" Meiling said, a mischievous smile gracing her face. "He?"
Hitomi froze. Eriol grinned.
"He's just a friend, okay? We met in CCE..."
"Oh, you mean the guy that rescued you from Mai the android?" Syaoran inquired.
"Yeah, that guy!" Hitomi said.
"So... Did you glomp him?" Meiling asked. Sakura, Tomoyo, and Robin giggled.
"Hey! I didn't glomp him! I just jumped up and hugged him!"
"Hitomi-chan... That's glomping..." Eriol told her. Syaoran shook his head.
"... Oh..." Hitomi blushed. Just then, Amon, Haruto, Touko, Miho(one of Yurika's friends), and Yurika came. Everyone exchanged hellos and Meiling decided to pop the question.
"Hey, Amon-san, guess what?"
Amon turned to the black haired Chinese witch with an expectant look. "Hai?"
Hitomi's brown eyes widened.
"Hitomi has a boyfriend!"
"MEILING-CHAN!"
"What? He's your cousin! The closest thing you have to an older brother! He should know!"
Amon gave Hitomi a look that asked for, no, demanded an explanation.
"I met this boy in CCE when my robot went crazy and he saved me.. but he isn't my boyfriend! Honest! Although, I did invite him to walk home with us..."
"Oh, so we get to meet him then?" Yurika said, thoroughly interested.
"Yeah..." Hitomi admitted, her pale face turning bright red.
Just then, Hitomi spotted Michael, who was apparently searching in vain for her. "Hey!" she called out to him. He turned around immediately and a smile crossed his face as he began a quick stride toward them.
"That's him, eh?" Yurika whispered to Hitomi and giggled slightly. "He's cute.. in a dorky kind of way."
Hitomi decided she'd ignore that and ran up to greet him with another bone-crushing bear hug.
"Hitomi-chan..." Amon said, sounding much like a dog owner telling his pet not to jump onto other people. Hitomi let go on Michael, who was gasping for air.
"Sorry..." Michael let in a big breath.
"It's okay." Michael said, air flowing back to him. He smiled. "I don't mind too much."
"Oh! I almost forgot! Guys, this is Michael Lee. Michael-kun, this is my friend Robin-chan, my cousin Amon-kun, his girlfriend Touko-chan, Amon's best friend Haruto-kun, Haruto-kun's girlfriend Yurika-chan, Tomoyo-chan, her boyfriend Eriol-kun, Sakura-chan, her boyfriend Syaoran-kun, and his cousin Meiling-chan."
Once everyone was acquainted, they began walking. Pretty soon, as Robin neared her apartment building, it was just her, Amon, and Hitomi. Apparently, they lived in the same residence.
"We have so much homework.. and on the first day!" Hitmoi groaned, but a smile soon graced her face. "But maybe if you come over, Robin-chan, it won't be so bad! What do you say?"
Robin was hesitant. What would Aunt Brigida say? "I.."
"What's your apartment number?" Hitomi asked.
"Uhh.. Number 115..."
"Well, we're number 110! We're closer to the elevator, so you can just call your folks from our place if you want." Hitomi persuaded. After saying "please?" many, MANY, times, Hitomi finally got Robin to give the okay to her idea. Throughout this, Amon said nothing. They arrived at number 110. As Hitomi chatted with Robin about all these other students and how cute these guys named Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala (who were friends since grade 6) were, Amon unlocked the door and went inside. The girls soon followed.
"You can put your stuff there, and the phone's over here." said Hitomi.
"Arigato."
Robin walked over to the telephone, which she soon found was a speaker phone.
"Would you prefer a regular phone?" said a deep but oh so familiar voice.
She turned to see Amon, who was standing behind her as he placed his bookbag down on a couch in the living area.
"Oh, no.. this is fine." she blushed nervously, turned it on and dialed her number. Hitomi walked in beside her cousin.
"Hello? Sena residence."
"Hello? Auntie Brigida?"
"Robin-chan!" the woman's voice projected through the speaker. "Where are you calling from?"
"I'm in apartment 110. You see, I was just going to ask if I could stay here and do my homework..."
"You've made friends already?" she asked, sounding delighted. "I knew you'd fit in perfectly! So, what are their names?"
"Hitomi-chan, and her cousin Amon-san." Before Robin could say another word, Brigida's tone of voice changed at the mention of Amon's name. A small "Uh oh." escaped Hitomi's mouth as she smiled up at the tall dark boy beside her, who was as poker-faced as ever.
"Amon?" Brigida repeated, a little disapprovingly. "Sounds like a boy's name..."
"Well..." Robin began. Hitomi giggled quietly.
"I'm sorry, Robin-chan... It's just I expected that the friends you'd be making on the first day of school would use the toilet sitting on it, not standing in front of it."
"Auntie!" Robin blushed. Hitomi's laughs intensified and Amon's eyes widened for a split second.
"Well, young lady? How old is he?"
"Au--"
"Does he have a girlfriend?"
"We--"
"Is he cute?"
"Auntie!"
"Who's laughing in the back? Are you on speaker phone?" A gasp was heard. "Did this Armond-san boy hear everything I just said?"
"Armond-san?" Hitomi repeated for Amon to hear, and burst into laughs. "I'm sorry!"
"Auntie.. It's Amon-san, and yes, he's standing right behind me..."
Another gasp was heard. "I'm so sorry! Amon-san, uh, I'm sorry. You see, I'm her Aunt Brigida, and I just want to make sure... Because, no offense, but all that teenage boys think of is sex..."
Robin sighed, her blush turning into an even deeper red. Hitomi stopped her giggling.
"Don't worry, ...uhh..
"Colegui-san."
"Yeah. She's safe as long as I'm around! Besides, Amon-kun's too uptight to think about sex as much as most other guys..." she laughes again. "He's so uptight, you couldn't pull a needle out of his butt with a tractor!"
Amon rolled his eyes and proceeded to enter the living area.
"Oh, alright... But come home as soon as you're done, okay, Robin-chan?"
"Alright, Auntie. Good bye."
"Bye bye."
Robin switched the phone off and turned to both her friends.
"Sorry about that, guys..." she said. "She's just worried about me."
"It's okay. And I'm sure Mo-chan doesn't mind either, right?"
Amon winced a bit at being called "Mo-chan", but seemed to ignore his cousin and opened his bookbag. Robin looked worried. What if Auntie Brigida had offended him?
"Don't worry. That's usually a 'no'." Hitomi explained. "C'mon. Let's go into the living room."
Robin followed her friend and sat on a beige colored, leather, two-seater sofa opposite to the one-seater on which Amon sat, still sifting through his bag. Hitomi perched herself on the three-seater sofa that bridged the two. A smooth brown coffee table with a glass sheet over the top filled the space in the middle of the yellow room. Amon began pulling grade 11 textbooks out of his bag.
"Hey, Robin, are you hungry?" Hitomi asked.
"Oh.. Yes, a little. Thank you for asking."
"Oh, you're welcome! I'll be right back!" she said, and hurried off into the kitchenette at the side of the room.
'Oh, no Hitomi!' Robin thought. 'Please don't leave me alone with him!' But it was too late. So it was just Amon and Robin. Soon, the black haired boy could feel her eyes on him and looked up. Robin, now a bit flushed and flustered, looked away as quickly as she could, but most likely, he'd already caught her gaze. Wordlessly, he stood and walked into the washroom, closing the door behind him. The tension in the air lifted and Robin let out a small sigh of relief. What was it that made her feel so strange when she was around him? Her tongue always got dry, her voice grew quiet, and she was afraid of saying anything to him for fear that he'd think it sounded stupid. Her eyes wandered over to Amon's abandoned bookbag. She then found a notebook and somehow, she doubted it was just for taking notes in class. Robin looked over at where Hitomi was. She was too busy fumbling with the microwave to notice Robin, her curiosity getting the better of her, sneak over and pluck the small notebook from its previous place. She opened it and read the first passage.
"The Story of These Lives
Each life is a web getting tangled with another,
And yet we, like spiders, continue weaving.
If we soon find the thread has run low,
Others around us are grieving.
And while some of us are rejoicing,
Others are deceiving.
We try to hang onto religious parts of our webs,
We keep on believing.
And we keep on climbing the latter to the top,
Some of us are succeeding.
Yet, somehow, at the end of each day,
I find myself weeping."
A poem? She continued reading, forgetting completely that this book was not hers.
"Untitled
Etched in our souls are the words of our fathers.
Sealed in our hearts are those of our mothers.
Yet, it matters not who you are...
Communist, Terrorist, Feminist
Democrat, or Social Acrobat,
Our humanity is a cursed existence."
"The Wind
The wind flows through me, mild and meek.
It fills me as I find sleep.
And as it washes through me, cleanses my soul,
I feel myself beginning to become whole.
Where is this place in which my troubles are so far away?
It matters not, for I know I am here to stay."
She read on, throughly surprised at the beauty of each word and how well they were composed. Sad and depressing where most of them, yes, but Robin liked them nonetheless. She then came across one that particularly caught her attention.
"Crucify My Love
Crucify my love.
If my love is blind,
Crucify my love
If it sets me free.
Never know, never trust.
'That love should see a color.'
Crucify my love
If it should be that way.
Swing the heartache.
Feel it inside out.
When the wind cries,
I'll say good bye.
Tried to learn, tried to find...
To reach out for eternity.
Where's the answer?
Is this forever?
Like a river flowing to the sea,
You'll be miles away, and I will know,
I know I can deal with the pain.
No reason to cry.
Crucify my love.
If my love is blind,
Crucify my love
If it sets me free.
Never know, never trust.
'That love should see a color.'
Crucify my love
If it should be that way.
'Til the loneliness shadows the sky,
I'll be sailing down and I will know,
I know I can clear clouds away.
Oh, is it a crime to love?
Swing the heartache.
Feel it inside out.
When the wind cries,
I'll say good bye.
Tried to learn, tried to find...
To reach out for eternity.
Where's the answer?
Is this forever?
If my love is blind,
Crucify my love
If it sets me free.
Never know, never trust.
'That love should see a color.'
Crucify my love
If it should be that way..."
Robin was moved. Somehow, she could relate to the poem and yet, she knew that she knew nothing about the deeper, true meaning of the poem. What could it be? What could he be trying to say? Just then, she noticed the washroom door unlocking. Click click. She quickly returned the book back to its previous place and sat back down. Amon walked back into the living room, as silent as ever, and sat down. Robin wanted to say something to him... To break the ice, but something stopped her. Her tongue felt dry, her voice escaped her, her palms began to sweat, her heart pumped faster and faster. She breathed a small sigh of relief when Hitomi returned with a tray full of various snacks like cookies, a bit of sushi here and there, and a large bowl of popcorn.
"We also have some coke if you want something to drink." she said. Amon looked at the tray and a surprised look overcame his usually serious face. He then looked angry.
"Hitomi-chan..." he said, trying to sound calm.
"What?" she asked, and looked down at the cookies. "Oh that.." Hitmoi laughed nervously and sweatdropped. "Sorry 'bout that... Robin, we'd better eat the cookies first. You see, Amon has a bit of a sweet tooth, but the only thing is sugar makes him crazy." she then giggled as Amon closed his eyes and crossed his arms impatiently, waiting for the tempting little things in front of him to disappear. Robin smiled.
"He's trying not to think about it." Hitomi explained.
"I see." Robin said, laughing a little at Hitomi's cousin.
"So, how should we start?" Hitomi asked, stuffing a chocolate chip cookie into her mouth.
"Umm.. do you want to start with our CCE homework first?" Robin asked, nibbling on an Oreo cookie (her fave).
"Okay. We'll have to go outside then."
"Alright." Robin sat up and Hitomi put all the cookies into a bag.
"We'll be back Amon. Feel free to take anything you want seeing as the sugar's comming with us."
Amon didn't bother replying but Hitomu seemed to take his silence as a yes and headed toward the door. She took the spare key saying "Won't be out long! C'mon, Robin-chan" and opened the entrance. Before following, Robin mustered up the courage to politely bow at Amon and say a quiet "Bye..." before leaving. Aftler closing the door and riding the elevator, the two girls were back outside. Hitomi had picked up some boomerangs and discs from the class room that they were to use for moving targets.
"Try this, Robin-chan!"
Hitomi threw a purple boomerang into the air and instinctively, Robin followed it with her eyes, each iris slowly turning red. She focused in on the target.
"Inferno Soul Bird!"
Another bird appeared just as the boomerang disappeared. Its ashes fell to the ground. This was the same for the next five shots.
"Whoa! You're good at this!" Hitomi exclaimed. "Let's go me now, okay?"
Robin nodded with a smile. There was suddenly a new sound: applauds. The two girls looked in the direction of the noise and saw a brown haired boy wearing thier school's grade 11 uniform. He smiled a handsome, heart-melting smile at them. Robin blushed. Who was this? The green eyed boy approached them.
"Very well done." he said. "Robin Sena, I presume, correct?"
Robin was at a loss of words, so she merely nodded.
"And you must be related to Amon Ra, correct?"
"Y-yeah..." Hitomi squeaked. Robin was astonished. Never had she seen Hitomi this nervous. "I'm Hitomi." The boy nodded.
"I see. You both have the same mouth, you know?"
Hitomi nodded.
Just then, Amon came outside. Apparently, he'd finished his other homework and was going to join them in target practice. His eyes suddenly narrowed into an angry glare when he spotted the brown-haired boy. The boy's face turned menacing. A smirk appeared upon it.
"Well, well, well..." he said, his voice dripping with arrogance. "The hermit comes out of his cave."
"Get lost, trd." Amon snapped back. The other boys grin faded.
"Such vulgar language for any future 'Adam of Witches', eh? I'll see you soon." His face softened and a sexy smile crossed his face. "Take care, Robin-chan and Hitomi-chan." As he left, he stopped and turned to them. "By the way, the name's Hideaki."
Robin only watched as the boy called Hideaki walked off. She glanced over at Hitomi, who was wearing a confused look. Amon, still glaring at him, muttered, "That bstard..." under his breathe. Amon and Hideaki... they seemed to despise each other... Robin couldn't help but wonder why.
Ooohh... Some rivalry... Finally done... Sorry for the delay. Everyone who reviews will get a cookie!
BTW, if there are any swear words with a letter taken out (like when Amon was usuign his colourful language just a little while ago.. lol) then that's just me censoring it. I'd use a star, but won't allow it... Aw, well.