Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Sailor Moon, Ouran High School Host Club, Ultra Maniac, or Fruits Basket. The lyrics belong to Jo Dee Messina, or her writer, or whatever.
Another day has almost come and gone,
Can't imagine what else could go wrong.
Sometimes I'd like to hide away somewhere and lock the door.
A single battle lost but not the war.
'Cause tomorrow's another day
and I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain.
Six young females all sat on the seawall, looking out at the ocean, hands entwined. They seemed to be of grade school age, and yet they looked so somber. If not for the early hour, many in passing would be surprised to see such young girls without any of the youthful vivacity that would be expected of girls their age. However, for these girls, this was no time for playing around. This was an incredibly sad day for all of them.
"Mina, do you really have to go all the way to England?," the girl on the far left asked, raven hair flowing in the wind, and big, midnight blue eyes shining with unshed tears as she directed her question at the petite blonde girl sitting to her right. Said girl shifted uncomfortably, taking her hands into her lap and looking down at them sadly, her cornflower blonde hair moving to cover her face.
"I'm sorry Kagome, and to all of you, but Father says that this move will be important for his company. He says he can't turn down this great opportunity," she stated mournfully. She lifted her beautiful, tear-filled, sky-blue eyes up and looked to her left and right, at her five best friends in the world.
"It isn't fair! Your Papa is being so cruel, Mii!," the girl to Mina's right declared indignantly, standing up and pumping a fist in the air as she spoke. She had honey-blonde hair, styled into two buns with little ringlets coming out, one on each side of her head. Her cerulean blue eyes shone with anger, and face was scrunched up, like she was attempting not to cry
"Sere, please calm down, you don't want to fall in!," the girl next to her said. Her stunning ocean-blue eyes were filled with concern, not just for Serena, but also for Mina and the rest of her friends. Her dark brown hair swirled around her in the wind of the ocean, as if trying to comfort her ailing heart.
"Can you really blame her Tohru?," the fifth girl said, turning her chocolate brown eyes on her, tears running down her cheeks. Her short, light brown hair was pulled into two pigtails. She drew her hands into her lap, clasping them together as she continued.
"Mina is going away to England, I'm going to Hideo Middle School for Witches, Serena is going to Juuban Middle School, Kagome is going to Kira Middle School, Haruhi is going to Nippon Middle School, and you're going to Kaibara Middle School. We're all going to be so far away from each other! I don't want to lose you all!," she sobbed. The others stepped off the seawall, and helped the sobbing girl, Nina, down. They all held each other in a group hug before the sixth girl spoke.
"I won't accept this! Distance won't change our friendship. We've been together for so long!," she spoke, large brown eyes looking at her friends, as her long dark tresses floated in the sea breeze.
The six of them had been together since they were three, filling nine years with memories of happiness, sadness, strength, and love. They were family, and what a strange family they were. Each with such different personalities, seeming to outsiders like they should be indifferent to one another. But the girls knew their personalities supported each other, making up for each other's weaknesses. Though they were only twelve, these girls had suffered many losses.
Tohru Honda was the first to suffer a loss. When she was four, only a year after she met her friends, tragedy struck. Her father suddenly fell ill, and died shortly thereafter. The girls, all being so young, didn't quite understand the concept of death. All Tohru could understand was that Papa wasn't coming home anymore, and Mama cried all the time. Her five friend's families all tried to help out after that, brining food over for Tohru and her mother, and taking Tohru to and from preschool. 'Kyoko-mama', as the girls all referred to her endearingly, fell into a brief depression before stepping up and taking control of her life back.
Haruhi Fujioka's mother had brought out Haruhi's carefree side, but it was her best friends that kept that part of Haruhi alive after her mother succumbed to illness when Haruhi was five. Haruhi refused to cry in front of her father, knowing that he was swallowed up in his own despair, and that she needed to keep going for him. She showed great strength, and though she might not ever say it aloud, she had learned to care for the people around her so deeply because her friends had come to mean so much to her. From then on, she took on many of the household chores herself, such as grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning. The other girls came over a lot, to help when Haruhi's independent ways would allow.
Kagome Higurashi and Serena Tsukino's fathers' had been close friends in college, and because of this, Serena and Kagome had known each other since birth. Their fathers had kept in touch and had frequent lunches and golf matches with each other, often setting up 'play dates' with their daughters and wives so they could indulge in those luxuries. When the girls were barely six, just a year after Haruhi's mother passed, they received the terrible news. On their way home from one of their many golf matches, a drunk driver struck the side of their car, killing them instantly. The drunk driver walked away with nothing but a few bumps and bruises, but received many years of prison for vehicular manslaughter, reckless driving, and driving while inebriated. This did little to appease the pregnant-at-the-time, Kun-loon Higurashi and Ikuko Tsukino. However, Kagome and Serena did much to help around the house when their brothers, Sammy and Souta, were born. All of the girls did what they could for each of their friends, and their friends' families.
The most recent losses, Nina Sakura's and Minako Aino's, were proving to be much tougher to remedy. Mina's mother died of cancer when they were nine. She suffered for a long time, undergoing many treatments before finally deciding to leave her fate to the gods. The gods, however, did not take mercy on her and she was swiftly taken from the living world. Mina had been devastated; she had never spent any time with her father because her parents were divorced, so her mother had been the only parent she had ever known. After her mother's death, she had been arranged to move in with her father. Never having been a parent, he had no idea how to act with Mina, and because he was the CEO of a major manufacturing company, he did not have much time to learn how to act like one. The girls more than made up for Mina's lack of a family, but now it seemed as if Mina would not have them around her any longer either.
Nina had lost her both of her parents when they were ten, a few short months after Mina's mother died. Their house had been broken into one night, when Nina was at a sleepover with the girls trying to keep Mina's spirits up. The burglar brought with him a gun, and after being shot in the leg and severely impaired by Nina's father, a police officer, shot Mr. and Mrs. Sakura, killing them both, and orphaning Nina. The burglar was caught that same night, because a neighbor had heard the gunshots and had called the police. The police immediately arrested the man, who had been the culprit behind many burglaries in the area. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison for each killing (120 years), and 5 years for each burglary they could prove he committed (we'll say roughly 45 years). Nina, always having been one of the more innocent and emotional of the group of girls, crumbled under the grief of losing both her parents in such a brutal slaying. Her five friends had been the ones to pull her back onto her feet, and push her forward, but she had many nightmares still.
She moved in with her wealthy, and slightly eccentric grandfather shortly after, and learned of her lineage. She came from a long line of witches, and would need training to gain her full powers. The girls had all been thrilled, rather than skeptical as most were when hearing things like that. They were wiser than most their age, but they had also witnessed Nina's powers in full. Not to mention, they knew Nina would never lie to them. They all felt something adventurous was in store for all of them, but they couldn't bear to face it alone, without each other.
"Let's make a pact," Haruhi said. She reached into the pocket of her cargo pants and pulled out a folded photo. It was of some boys in blue blazers and black slacks, and some girls, a younger version of Haruhi's mother included, wearing disgusting, poofy yellow dresses that made even Tohru and Nina, the 'girly-girls' of the group, cringe.
"WHAT is that THING that your mother and those girls are wearing Haru?," Kagome asked, mortified, momentarily forgetting the crisis they were facing. Haruhi just laughed and tweaked Kagome's nose.
"It's the girl's uniform for Ouran Academy. This is about the pact I want to make. In three years, let's all apply to high school here. My mother went to high school here, so I've decided that it's where I'm going to go too. None of our parents can complain about the education we'd be receiving here, and Mina would be old enough that her Dad might be okay with her coming back here to stay with one of us!," Haruhi said excitedly. The girls all clamored to get a peek at the school in the background of the photo. Their eyes widened when they saw the size of it.
"Haru, I'd be putting way too much stress on Mom if I asked her to pay for me to go to school there. It looks like it costs a fortune! How could either of us afford to go there Haru?," Tohru asked curiously.
Kagome's grandfather ran a famous shrine, and Kagome was in line to become the priestess of the shrine, making her family rather well-off.
Mina's father owned a large manufacturing company, and was one of the wealthiest men in Japan- and soon to be England.
Serena's parents had owned their own very successful publishing company, which her mother now ran solo, making the Tsukino's a very wealthy family.
Nina's grandfather owned many different companies and invested in many things, and he was also very influential in the magical world, as he was a very powerful wizard.
However, Tohru's mother was a part-timer, as she never attended high school, and Haruhi's father worked at a tranny bar, which brought in enough income for them to live comfortably, but not enough for her to go to a school that looked this extravagant.
"That's the best part! Ouran Academy offers scholarships. Tohru, if you and I study hard enough in middle school, and pass the scholarship exam, they'll pay for us!," Haruhi replied enthusiastically. Tohru's face brightened as she looked around at the other girls. They all looked excited about the prospect of reuniting in a few short years.
"What do you say girls?," Haruhi questioned, slowly putting her hand. Tohru was the first to react, reaching out and grabbing Haruhi's hand. Nina followed next, putting her hand on top of Tohru and Haruhi's clasped hands. Kagome and Serena piled their hands on shortly after. The five girls all looked up expectantly at Mina, who had a hesitant look on her face. Seeing them look to her, a fire started to burn in her eyes.
"I don't know if this will work girls. But…I won't give up. I'll work hard, so that my Father will allow me to come back. We'll be together again. I just know it," Mina stated confidently, stacking her hand atop the pile.
The six girls looked around at each other, cherishing this moment, for it would be years until they would make any more wonderful memories like this one. They all hugged, went to see Mina off at the airport, and then they each went their own ways to their new homes, their new schools, and towards the many adventures they'd have to face without each other; knowing in their hearts, that they'd see each other soon.
Author's Note: Ah, was it horrible? I just had this idea pop into my head, and I had to put it down! If I don't get a lot of reviews, then I might not update this one.
If I do thinning:
So, I'm actually going to be following a bit of each series. Incorporating small things, large things, etc. Their big adventures in their own separate series will happen to ALL of them in middle school. The next chapter will be skipping three years ahead in time, to when they all meet up again at Ouran Academy.
Can anyone guess why I named Kagome and Haruhi's middle schools' what I named them? All of the other girls high schools are either the actual name of their old middle schools, or the name of their high school.
Order they were sitting in on seawall: (far left) Kagome, Mina, Serena, Tohru, Nina, Haruhi (far right)
Sorry if I haven't responded to some of my PM'S lately, I keep putting them off because I'm lazy and I've gotten quite a few. I promise to respond ASAP.
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