Chapter 1

Mimiru Kirafuta lay in bed awake, staring at the ceiling of her bedroom. She couldn't sleep the past few nights, and didn't know why. She looked over to her alarm clock, which read 6:27 a.m. She yawned and got up to get ready for school. She grabbed her clothes and a fresh towel, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

About 20 minutes later, she came out fully ready. She wore black jeans, a camo-looking shirt, black combat boots, and her long dark brown hair was braided in two. She looked in the mirror and checked herself. She also wore army green eye shadow, and glittery lip-gloss that shimmered in the light. She packed up her books and papers in her book bag, made her bed, and headed down stairs. She packed her lunch and set it and her book bag by the front door.

She plopped down on the couch and put her headphones to her MP3 Player Platinum around her neck and clicked it on. While listening to Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down, she got a book titled Double Helix out and started to read. She was known for her love for books. She couldn't help it really. She just loved a really good book every now and then. Then she heard her parents come down stairs.

They were still in their nightclothes, but they still looked rich. They were both in white silk robes, and pricy slippers. Mr. Kirafuta started the coffee, while Mrs. Kirafuta kissed Mimiru on the forehead. Mimiru gave her mother a smile and continued to read. Mrs. Kirafuta then grabbed a book, Storm of the Century by Stephen King, and sat on the other side of the couch. Mr. Kirafuta, who had given his wife a cup of coffee, walked back upstairs with his own cup. When he was upstairs, Mrs. Kirafuta spoke, not looking away from her book.

"You'd better get up there and wake Kyo up before your father finds him still sleeping," said her mother. Mimiru sighed as she put her book with her book bag and headed upstairs. She went down the hall and knocked on her brother's bedroom door. She gave him a second, but there was no answer. She sighed again as she opened the door. There was Kyo, lying on the bed sleeping like a rock. Mimiru walked over and tapped him on the shoulder.

"You better get up before da—" Mimiru was instantly thrown on the wall, pinned at the neck by Kyo's arm. Mimiru, acting on instinct, did the only thing she could do…

Down stairs, Mr. Kirafuta was dressed and reading the paper, and Mrs. Kirafuta was doing the dishes. Kyo's scream then broke the peaceful atmosphere.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The next moment Mimiru was seen running down stairs, gabbing her stuff and keys, and heading out the door. A few seconds later Kyo jumped over the railing of the top of the stairs, threw his book bag over his shoulder, and ran out the door.

Mimiru sat in the car, (a dark blue mustang convertible,) giggling when Kyo hopped in the passenger seat.

"I am so going to get you back," he threatened as he buckled his seat belt. Mimiru pulled out of the drive way and drove down the street.

"It's not my fault!" she yelled back, "Maybe if you stop acting like someone is going to invade our home and kill everyone, then I wouldn't hurt you like that!" Kyo shut up and his face went serious. This was a huge surprise. Usually Kyo always had to get the last word in, but the look on his face really scared her. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just drive," he said, his voice sounding cold.

"Bull shit! What's wrong?" Mimiru's voice rose

"I SAID NOTHING'S WRONG!"

"AND I SAID BULL SHIT!"

Before she could say anything else, they were at school. Mimiru got out of the car and grabbed her book bag. It wasn't until after she looked up that she noticed Kyo in the driver's seat. Kyo didn't even look at her.

"I'll be here to pick you up after school, I'm not going to volunteer today," was all he said before he bolted away from the school. Mimiru thought to herself as she walked into the school building. Kyo was already 21, so he didn't really have to stay.

'Why is he acting strange all of a sudden? Why does it feel like he's hiding something from me? Why does that pain in the butt have to be my brother?' Mimiru thought to herself.

The truth was that both Mimiru and Kyo needed each other more than anything. It was like a yin-yang thing between them. Of course neither of them was all good or bad, but without each other they would be a useless addition to life. Mimiru was the brains, and Kyo was the muscles.

When Mimiru was little and being picked on, Kyo would always become "Super Kyo" and defeat the evil boys. Then he would put her on his shoulders and take her to Mrs. Millbury's house, where he would buy her and himself snow cones. The only boy Mimiru has ever truly trusted was Kyo.

When they both got a little older it was noticed the Kyo was as dumb as the average male being, so the only subject he was really good in was science. However, such was not the case with Mimiru. Aside from advanced math, Mimiru was very intelligent. He never really admitted it, but he learned a lot from Mimiru, and not just schoolwork. He got a few tips on how women act and feel. ESPECIALLY when they are PMSing.

A few months ago, Kyo was dating this "blonde ding-bat," (or that's what she was called by Mimiru,) who was just as nice as she could be, and whenever she and Kyo were in the same room with Mimiru, She would be all over Kyo. This really seemed to piss Mimiru off.

One day when "Miss Ding-bat" was at her own house, Mimiru went to talk to Kyo about her feelings. Mimiru described her as she saw it, which was a no good, smutty, skanky, two-timing, son of a bitch. Needless to say that this did not seem to penetrate Kyo's thick skull. He yelled at Mimiru and that was the last time they had spoken for a period of three weeks.

Well, one day Kyo had found her making out with one of his rivals from school in the boys' locker room. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Mimiru with a really pissed off look on her face. She ran out of the school, and by the time got outside, Mimiru was already gone with the mustang.

He came home to find no one in sight. Knowing Mimiru, He went upstairs and went into their weight room. He found Mimiru standing in the middle of the room, with a remote in her hand. Her hands and arms were bandaged from her elbows to her knuckles. Kyo sighed, as he knew what it meant. Mimiru tossed Kyo his bandages and while he quickly put them on, Mimiru put on some Simple Plan and tossed the remote on the bench. Kyo shut the door as the music started, and let's just say Kyo hasn't really dated ever since.

Her best friend and boy friends' voices broke Mimiru's thoughts.

"Hey Mimiru!" yelled Jade Madison. Jade was Mimiru's best friend, and was wearing a pink shirt, which matched her hair, with faded blue jeans and Pink sneakers. Her hair was in a bun with a short curly strand that hung down in her face. Chris Takanaka, who was the hottest guy at Brimstone High and Mimiru's boyfriend, accompanied her. He gave her a kiss and put his arm around her shoulder and led her in the school building. This was how her wonderful day began.

4:00…the school bell rang and Mimiru waved bye to Chris and Jade as Kyo drove up. His cold stare had disappeared, but a cut was on his right cheek. He smiled at Mimiru, but she didn't smile back. She hopped in the passenger seat and they sped towards home.

Hours later they arrived at their home, of course it was after they stopped at Bruster's Ice Cream. Kyo knew that a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough milkshake was one of the few things that could make Mimiru forgive him. They parked behind their parents' green Odyssey.

Kyo stayed down stairs, (had to use the facilities,) and Mimiru went upstairs. She went into her bedroom and threw her book bag on the floor and plopped onto her bed. She sighed and then took a deep breath. Suddenly a disgusting odor hit her nose. She got up and sniffed the air again. It smelt like…

Mimiru's eyes grew wide. She ran out of her room and headed straight for her parents room. She stopped in the middle of the hall. Blood. It was everywhere. Everything was soaked in blood. She stumbled a bit, but made it to her parents' room. She found a blood bath. There were deep cuts in the walls, in the bed, and…they were dead. Mimiru stared at her parents' mangled corpses. There were pieces of them everywhere. There were also letters…words…it was a message. It was written in blood.

Surrender the Moon

Mimiru backed into the wall. What was going on? What happened? Why mom and dad? Then it hit her. She ran out the room and down the hall. She stopped at the foot of the stairs. More blood. Her heart began to pound in her chest. She ran down stairs hoping for anything but the worst. All she found was blood and…more pieces of a body. The car was still in the driveway, but Kyo was nowhere. Mimiru backed herself into a corner. Tears started to roll down her face. Everything. Everyone. All gone. Mimiru did the only thing she could think of doing. She screamed…just screamed.