Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation or it's characters. Haruko is my OC tho'!

Hi. I'm hoping this one will be more...'approved' so to speak, than my other one. Sorry for anyone that liked it! Because...I deleted it. Sadly enough. Chi no Magetsu...I am very sorry. But hopefully you'll read this and like it just as well!

Chapter 1: Enter: Haruko Maruyama

"Mommy! Daddy! Look what I found!" Shouted a little girl. She was wearing an orange sun dress and had two pink clips in her hair, both on the right side. "What is it Haruko-chan?" She ran up to them and showed them a flower. It was the most beautiful thing the little girl had ever seen. It was light blue, but something about it seemed almost magical. "It's beautfiul. Would you like to put it in a vase?" "Yes!" And she ran inside, her mother following behind. The little girl picked out a very pretty vase. "Is this one okay mommy?" Her mother nodded yes to her. She handed it to her and waited as her mother filled it with some water from the tap. The little girl put the flower gently in the vase and her mother sat it in the window sill. "Let's go back outside okay?" "Uh-huh mommy." The girl had beautiful blue-ish purple-isheyes and light brown hair that came a couple inches or so above her shoulder. When they went back outside the girl called,"Daddy!" Happily running to where her father had been just a few minutes ago. "Daddy?" She asked when he wasn't there. She had a look of worry on her face as she turned around to face her mother. But her mother wasn't there. "Mommy?" She fell to the ground and broke out in tears. "Mommy! Daddy!" She shouted. There was only silence. Then she heard a voice. "Haruko! Wake up Haruko!" She opened her eyes and saw bright green eyes (think like Hisoka from Descendants of Darkness sort of thing) looking directly into hers. "You were having a nightmare again?" He asked. She just nodded, unable to speak. "It's okay. Come 'ere." He said gently. She crawled over to him and he hugged her tightly. "I'll always be here for you." He said to her. He tucked her into bed. When he got up to leave she grabbed his shirt. "Oniichan." She whispered. "Please don't go." "I'll be back in a minute." He left the room and came back with his pink rabbit. "You can have him Haru." He liked to shorten her name sometimes. "But he's yours." "It's alright. I think that you need him, more than I do." He handed the plush rabbit to her and crawled into bed with her and held onto her tightly. This had been the usual routine. About once a month or so, this would happen. The words he had said to her, I'll always be here for you, she had believed it. "Do you promise?" He looked kind of puzzled. "Do you promise to always be here for me Kioshi-chan?" "I promise." And he kissed her forehead while she drifted into a deep sleep. The next morning the two of them were in a car accident on the way to school. At the time she was in 3rdyear and Kioshi was in 10th. The school that they went to had a kindergarden all the way up to a high school. When she woke up she found out that her Oniichan had died in the accident. She cried and cried. She felt like it was all her fault. Why didn't I die too! She was upset. She was confused. She almost committed suicide that day (Which is VERY unusual for a 3rd grader!), but realized that her Oniichan would be upset if she did. Perhaps...He wanted me to live.

That was quite some time ago. Now Haruko is 21 and lives in Tokyo, Japan. She also still clings to the rabbit Kioshi had given her the night before he died. She thought that she was going to name him Akeno, but after her Oniichan's death she decided to name him Kioshi. She has made a couple of good friends, Sumi Fukazawa and Nami Yoshida. She lives in a small two bedroom apartment and works as a courier.

Present Times

"Guess what Haruko!" Said Sumi running up to her friend. "What is it?" She asked carrying a box out to her van. "Well...I heard about this really awesome Nittle Grasper concert coming up and..." Sumi gave a dramatic pause. Haruko looked a little annoyed. "Get on with it..." She moaned. "Okay, okay. I got three tickets!" She said flashing them in her face. "No kidding?" "Nope. You wanna come?" "Sure!" Sumi hopped in the passenger seat as the two drove off to their destination.

"Woah! N-G!" "Ha ha. Yup. You can come in if you want." "Of course I want to!" When they arrived they went in the elevator to Touma Seguchi's office. "Hello. You ordered this package correct?" "Ah. Yes. Thank you very much Ms. Maruyama." He said looking at her name tag. "Please sign here." Haruko handed him a clipboard. Then a man in a pink rabbit suit came bursting in. "It came!" He yelled excitedly. He ran over and tore open the box. She jumped out of the way just in time. He pulled out...clothes? Very...small clothes? Then he took out a pink rabbit and started to put them on it. "Yay!" He shouted. She thought about her rabbit and about Kioshi. "Oh, hi! I'm Ryuichi Sakuma and this is Kumagoro!" "H-hi! I have a rabbit too!" "You do?" "Uh-huh!" And she pulled out her rabbit. Hers was fairly similar to Kumagoro. But it had a patch on his stomach from the accident and a few other differences. "Can Kumagoro play with..." "His name is Kioshi and yeah, he can play with him." "Hear that Kumagoro?" She handed him her rabbit. "Well, we should be going." "You go ahead Haruko. I'm gonna stick around." "You sure?" "Of course. I can walk home from here. It's not all that far." Well...It is kind of far but... "Okay. See ya later!"

Back at Work

"You can have the rest of the day off Maruyama." "W-what for?" "I dunno. Who cares? Just be glad you don't have to work for the rest of the day." "Thank you!" She packed up her stuff and went back to N-G. When she got there she saw Sumi talking to Ken and Maa. She likes them both. She rolled her eyes and went to find Ryuichi. It wasn't too hard because he was being quite loud. "Hi again!" "You're back! Do you want to play?" "Sure!" She got down on her knees and they played with there rabbits for a little while. Then Sumi came over. "Let's get going 'kay?" "Oh. Alright. Sorry Sakuma-san." "It's okay." He made a pout. After they left Shuichi jumped on his back. "WAH!" And he face planted into the floor. "Oh, sorry Ryuichi. Who was that?" "I think her name is Haruko." "She seems nice." "She is!" "Did you get her number?" Then it hit him. "NO!" Shuichi rolled on the floor laughing. "I'm sure she'll be back." He murmured. "What was that?" "Nothing. I didn't say anything."

That Evening

She was sitting around at home not doing much. Another one of her good friends, Ichiro Yoshida, was over that evening cooking dinner. "So what are you making tonight Ichiro-kun?" He thought about it for a second. "I was thinkingKake Udon (Udon Noodles)and Chirashi-Zushi and some rice..." "Yum! Sounds great!" "By the way, do you mind if I stay over? My 'ex' girlfriend kicked me out of my own apartment!" "Really? That's too bad. Of course you can stay here!" "Thanks. I'll be out by tomorrow. I made some arrangments with another friend." "Okay." "Dinner should be ready in about 40 minutes give or take." "Uh-huh." Then the phone rang. "I'll get it!" She said running out of the kitchen. "Hello?" "Hi. This is Shuichi Shindou. I'm a friend of Ryuichi's." "Oh. Okay. Why are you calling?" "I was wondering if you would like to come uh..." I can't believe I'm about to say this! "Play with Ryuichi again tomorrow?" "Umm...What time?" "Whenever you're free." "Sure. Sounds like fun to me. Bye!" "See ya!" And she hung up the phone running into the kitchen to tell Ichiro. "That sounds nice. So..." He gave a loooong pause. She looked at him kind of confused. "So?" "What do you think of this Sakuma guy?" "I dunno. He's nice." "Do you like him?" She blushed. "No! I just met him after all!" "True..." "Why do you care anyway Ichiro-chan?" "I...Wait! You just called me chan!" "Yup!" She smiled like a little girl after she's done something bad and was proud of it. "Wouldn't you rather be called chan? You're definately cute enough to be called that!" He blushed a deep red. She's never called me...c-c-cute... "Don't worry Ichiro! I think of you like...a sister!" "A...sister!" "Uh-huh." He fell over. "Is something wrong?" "N-no..." "Okay! Let's eat!" "But it's not done yet-" "Oh, right! Ha ha!" Sweatdrop, both.

And that is the end of Chapter 1: Enter: Haruko Maruyama. It may have not been very good but I seem to get stuck on what to write in my fics and then I start over from scratch. Comments and such are MUCHLY APPRECIATED! NO FLAMES PLEASE! If you have any questions about things let me know also! Here are some words I used (to the best of my ability):

-chan: Usually used towards girls the same age or younger.
-kun: The equivalent of -chan but it is usually reserved for boys.
-san: The equivalent of Mr. or Mrs. the most common suffix in Japan.
Udon Noodles (kake udon): A kind of Japanese noodles dish. I can't really explain this one. I haven't tried it but I hear it's good! You can have Udon cold or hot. Quite a few differentrecipes of Udon.
Chisashi-Zushi: It's just a kind of sushi.

Sayonara,
Chibi Kumagoro