The Orphan Flower
Here
I am
Keeping my head up high
And believe it
Remaining to be true
I am Hikari
"I don't want to face today" Izumi muttered to herself as she began walking to the school building. "Especially with what happened last week with Takuya"
"IZUMI!" grinned Kouichi which surprised her
Rika shook her head "I tried to warn you before he-"
"I was just announcing a morning greeting to a dear friend of mine!" interrupted Kouichi again
She couldn't do anything but laugh along with the others. "Oh well, at least I have friends like them" she reminded herself
As they entered the classroom and sat down in their seats, Izumi noticed that Hikari dropped her journal on the floor and went over to pick it up. She looked around for her and saw her talking with a group. She walked up to them calmly and announced "Hey Kari, you dropped this"
Everyone began to look at her. She nodded and took the journal "Thanks…..and um Orimoto?"
This surprised her "Orimoto?" she asked herself
"I would like to ask if you would please call me Hikari now"
"Um….okay" walking away confused "What's with her?"
Hikari sadly looked at Izumi "I'm sorry I had to do this to you" she apologized in her head "I really am……one day, I'll tell you why…" turning back to her new friends.
Flashback
Hikari was about five years old at the time, looking out the window "I wonder where mommy and daddy are?" she asked herself looking at the clock "If only I knew how to read time…"
Just at the moment, an officer came inside the house surprising her. The officer kneeled down to her. "Hikari, I'm here to send you to another family who will take care of you"
"What?"
"Your parents are in the hospital, along with your brother, so for right now, I need to take you to a different family"
She nodded and walked out of the house not knowing what else would lie ahead for her.
"Then that happened" she remembered
Once she was seven, she was told that her parents didn't remember her which was something she didn't understand.
At the hospital, she was walking past a room and saw a boy in there. She smiled "It's Tai!" she thought in her head and ran to his bedside. He smiled back "Hi, what's your name?"
"Huh? Don't you know me? I'm Hikari, you're sister" she answered
He paused "My sister? I'm sorry, you must be thinking of the wrong person. I don't have any sisters"
A nurse was passing by and saw Hikari near Tai and quickly ran over to her. "Hikari, you're in the wrong room, let's see…why don't you wait in the lobby?" as she pushed her gently away
"Wait, that's my brother"
"You must be tired" she answered changing the subject and closed the door behind her
"Now, go downstairs in the lobby and wait down there"
She looked at the nurse "……..okay…."
End of Flashback
"But I don't get it, what was the accident that happened? Why didn't they remember me that time?… There's so many things I don't understand that happened years ago" she thought and looked at Tai "I wonder…if Tai really knew I was his sister…"
………………………………
Another morning
"Did you hear? There's going to be a new kid" Junpei sighed
Tomoki looked at him "What? is that supposed to be a bad thing?"
"What he means, is that it's obvious more people are uniting against us with every new student in school" Rika explained
Izumi looked at them "It can't be that bad" nodding at Juri who smiled with sympathy and looked away. Or at someone else.
She looked at the direction Juri was looking at, it was a boy with Takuya and the other guys. She whispered over to her "Juri, do you like Takato?"
She blushed slightly "……um… I don't really know him that well…"
"Don't worry I won't tell anyone" she laughed as she sighed in relief.
Their teacher suddenly walked in ordering her students to sit in their seats. "You can come in now" she pointed at the doorway.
He nodded and walked in the classroom standing in front of everyone. "This is Kouji, he's a new student here starting today" announced the teacher and motioned him to sit down next to an empty desk. Izumi looked at him "He looks familiar…." and looked at Kouichi's desk 'Huh? Kouichi's absent?" she thought
At the very same moment Kouichi came running in "Sorry, I'm late" he apologized and sat down in his seat. He looked over to see who was sitting next to him since no one usually sat there. He stood up quickly and yelled at Kouji "WHO ARE YOU?!?"
"uh, Kouji, you would've known that if you came on time" he answered and looked at Kouichi and suddenly became surprised too.
"WHAT THE HECK? WHY DO YOU LOOK JUST LIKE ME?!" they both yelled at each other
Izumi along with the rest of the class stared at them "They really do look alike…." everyone thought