Darc Moon

"Beep Beep Beep!" sounded an alarm clock at six in the morning. The small clock was on a miniature nightstand, which stood next to a bed with a mountain of blankets on top.

"Unnngggg…… morning already….?" said a muffled voice from under the covers. A girl about sixteen years old sat up rubbing her heavy eyes awake, with her blankets surrounding her from her waist down. She then hit the clock turning it off, and she escaped from her bed. She made it over to her dresser, on wobbly legs, and stood in front of a small round mirror hanging on the wall. Her hand picked up her brush and began to tame the monster atop her head called hair. Every morning she brushed her hair she wondered why she had natural blue tips on the end of her bangs and the hairs ending right past her knees. But she ignored that thought and tied it back in its usual low, loose pigtails.

She grabbed her towel for her morning shower, opened her door still in a morning daze, and walked out. "Huh?" she felt her foot bump into something odd on the floor in front of her door. Se looked down to see a body, a boy, lying unconscious on her floor covered in blood. She only blinked a few times and stared down at this until her mind final registered it. Then a scream echoed through her home. She dropped her towel to the floor in a small pool of blood and knelt down next to the boy.

"How did a boy get in my house!? And why is he covered in blood!? Oh jeez… um…. um… dammit." She looked up and down the hallway hoping someone else would be there, but realized she was alone. She sighed and looked back down at him. "Well…better get him out of the hallway at least." The girl tried to pick him up to carry him to the extra room, but he was to heavy for her and she dropped him. "Crap! Sorry!" she said quickly. "Okay… let's try that again…" she grabbed his ankles and dragged him across the floor to the spare room across from hers. She had to almost flip him up onto the bed, being careful not to drop him on the floor again. She quickly ran to the bathroom, grabbed the first aid kit, and dressed his wounds. Then she ran downstairs, grabbed a bucket of water and a mop, and cleaned up the blood trail he left in the hallway and bedroom.

A few minutes after having his wounds dressed, Tsunoru awoke from his unconsciousness. He sat up and held his head, which was in serious pain and throbbing. "W-Where am I?" he said to himself. He opened his eyes to the new world and looked around in terror. "T-there's a light on the ceiling that isn't fire….. a round object on the wall with numbers that's ticking….and a large square box in the corner is flashing different colors. What kind of black magic is this!?" he yelled as he back against the wall next to his bed in fear of his surroundings.

The girl ran into the room and yelled "What's the matter!? Why the hell are you sitting up!? Get back in bed!" she walked over and pushed him down so he was lying down.

Tsunoru shot up and glared at her. "Wench, where am I!? I do recognize this place!" he yelled at her, but immediately hunched over in pain from his wounds.

"Wench…." The girl raised her fist and her face became contorted with anger. She hit her fist down the back of his head and yelled "My name is Misaki!!!! Mi-sa-ki Fain! Not wench!! And lay down or your wounds will open up again!"

Tsunoru held the back of his head and yelled up at Misaki once more. "Do you not know of what horrible crime has been committed!? And what kind of moron hits a wounded person!!"

"The only crime that has been committed is you appearing in my house without any permission or warning!" she yelled and went to hit him again, but stopped herself. Misaki sighed and walked over to the door. "Great… now I have to call in sick for school and miss another day! Jeez…" she said to herself as she walked downstairs to the phone.

Tsunoru huffed. "What an odd girl…. She needs to learn proper behavior around a Prince. Hm?"

"Arigato Sensei…. I know… I'll come by your place and get the homework after my shift is over. Goodbye Sensei." Misaki hung up the phone and sighed heavily. "This is terrible… I already tried Mr. Zaku and he won't let me skip work today… guess I have to take him… what's his name anyway?" she thought to herself as she walked back upstairs. Misaki walked into Tsunoru's room, found him poking the computer screen, and shook her head in embarrassment when he jumped back when it turned on. She grabbed his ear and threw him onto his bed so he was sitting down and facing her. "Now listen! I could get out of school because my Sensei understands why I cannot come sometimes. But I couldn't get out of work. So you're coming with me and I expect you to be on your best behavior." She said to him fiercely while waving her index finger at him.

Tsunoru stared at her in fear as she left the room. Then he followed her to a room down the hall. The bed was made and looked as it had never been touched. Everything looked like it was in place. This room was standing still in time. "What is with this room? It looks as though no one has ever used it." He asked her but she didn't answer. Misaki was looking through a closet in a corner of the room. "Hmph." He looked away from her and saw a picture on a nightstand. He picked it up to look at it, but Misaki snatched it away from him and put it in the drawer. Then she shoved some clothes into his arms.

"Change into these…. Um…"

"Tsunoru."

"Right, Tsunoru. Now change into these then meet me downstairs." She said then left the room, closing the door behind her. She leaned on the door for a few minutes, and then headed off to her bedroom. She changed into a v-neck dark green t-shirt with a long sleeved white shirt underneath. She also put on a pair of tan cargo pants and some black sneakers. Misaki noticed the picture on her desk and smiled lightly, even though it was the same one she took from Tsunoru that filled her soul with sadness. She walked out of her room, went down the stairs, and stopped in the kitchen. She tied a chef style white apron around her and began to cook breakfast for her and the jerk upstairs.

Tsunoru came downstairs a few moments after Misaki and was fussing with the clothes he was wearing. He had on a dark blue collared shirt, a pair of grey pants, the jewel that was on his head was now attached to his shirt, and the pair of sandals he was wearing when he arrived in this new world. "Kitchen Wench, I don't know if these clothes suit me." He said to Misaki looking down at the clothes on him and still playing with the collar on his shirt.

"It's not Kitchen Wench!! And you don't even have the shirt buttoned up all the way." She walked over and went to fix his shirt, but Tsunoru slapped her hand away from him. "Fine!! But at least do this…" she reached up and folded his collar up. "Much better… now eat your breakfast." She said and put a place of eggs, toast, and sausage on the table for him.

He sat down and rolled up the sleeves on his shirt. Then he started poking at his food with a fork until a thought crossed his mind. "Hey shouldn't your parents be doing the cooking for you?" he asked looking over at Misaki.

Misaki stayed silent. She just stood there cleaning the dishes in the sink and put them on the drying rack one by one. She untied the apron from around her and placed it on the counter. "Hurry up and eat. If you hurry I can get some extra hours in at work." She said then walked into the other room.

Tsunoru watched her leave then snapped back to reality. "Hey you never answer my question!" he waited for a response, but heard nothing. "Jeez… what a weird girl." He said. He finished his breakfast, placed the dishes in the sink and walked out into the other room after Misaki. "So what third rate job do you do Kitchen Wench?"

Misaki jumped in front of Tsunoru, grabbed his shirt, and shook him back and forth violently and rapidly screaming. "It is not Kitchen wench!!! My name is Misaki!! MISAKI!"

He couldn't believe a woman was acting this way toward him, a Prince! But all he could do was wave his arms up and down and yell "Alright!! Alright, Misaki!"

Misaki heard him say her name, so she stopped shaking him and dropped him to the floor smiling. "Good. Now move it or I'll be late for work." She said. Then she opened a closet next to the front door and pulled out two jackets for them since it was fall. She tossed one at him and put hers on. "Hurry up dork.. And put that on. Its cold because it's the middle of October." she said.

Tsunoru stared up at her for a minute then he got up and threw the coat back at her. "I don't need it. Let's just get this over with." He said and walked out the front door.

"Whatever." Misaki put the coat back in the closet. Then she walked outside backwards as she closed and locked the door behind them. She turned around to walk forward, but ran into Tsunoru. "Why are you standing there!? Move…forward…!" she said as she started to push him down the street.

"What the hell are those things!?" he yelled pointing at the machines whizzing passed them.

"They're called cars. If you stand in the middle of the street and get hit by one you will die. Now come on!" she said as she got in front of him. Grabbed his wrist, and pulled him to the café she worked at. The café was only a block from Misaki's house, but so many people stared at her and Tsunoru as they walked there. When they arrived inside Misaki sat Tsunoru down at a table in the corner, by the kitchen. "Now sit here and don't move!" she yelled at him then went into the back.

As Misaki was in the back changing into her uniform, Tsunoru was looking around the room at the humans. "Humans... what strange creatures. Huh?" he looked over to a corner across the room from him. He was shocked to see a man serving a few girls drinks and food. "What is wrong with this world!? Women should be serving men, not the other way around!!" he screamed inside his head. Tsunoru snapped back to reality when Misaki placed a foam cup of soda in front of him. He looked up at her and was staring at the uniform she had changed into. A pink Chinese style shirt and loose white pants.

"I have to work till who knows when. So stay right here and don't talk to anyone!" she said sternly, then walked away to do her job.

Tsunoru looked at her angrily and stuck his tongue out at her when she had her back turned. He then looked down at the fixing drink sitting on the table before him. He picked up the foam cup and sniffed the strange drink. He took a small sip, swallowed it, and then shook his head staring down at the drink wide eyed. "What is this strange drink?" he asked himself.

Unknown to Tsunoru, everyone in the café was staring at him in fear from the scene he was making over a soda. Misaki stood there and repeatedly hit her forehead with her order pad. "What did I do to deserve this..." she said to herself in a whinny voice.

Misaki was forced to work until sunset because almost all of her co-workers called in saying they couldn't come or they didn't show up. She grabbed Tsunoru from his table, pulling him away from the small pile of empty foam cups he had stacked on the table, and dragged him home. "I cannot believe I had to work from seven in the morning to five at night! Mr. Zaku is a slave driver. At least I got to miss school. Sensei said she won't be home after five so its pointless to get the work now." She said then sighed and stretched her arms up to the sky. "Much better... I'm sorry you had to sit there the whole time Tsunoru."

"It's alright. That drink you kept giving me called 'soda' is quite amazing! I really liked it!" he said. Then his mind drifted off to state of daydreaming about his precious soda. He snapped back when he heard something metal fall over behind them.

"It was only a raccoon in a garbage can. Nothing to worry about." Misaki said as she walked up to their home and unlocked the door. "Well you coming or not? I will leave you out here to fend for yourself." She said looking back at the now dazed again boy.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm comin." He said then walked inside still hesitant of what he knew could be lurking outside. "What a dangerous neighborhood for a girl to be living in. And with Him on the loose..." he thought to himself.

"Hey! Watch Out!"

"Hu- AHH!!!" CRASH!!

Tsunoru had walked, tipped, and flipped over the couch. "Owww..."

"You are such an idiot..." Misaki said as she just stared at him in disbelief of what he had just done. "Just fix the couch and go to bed." She said to him with tint of anger in her voice.

Tsunoru flinched at the sound of her voice and jumped lightly. He waited till he was sure she was in her bedroom, then he fixed the couch. He walked up the stairs to his room and sat on his bed staring out the window. "Maybe... it won't be so bad here... but... He is going to appear sooner or later." He said to himself. Then he laid down in the clothes he wore all day, covered himself with the blankets, and fell into a deep sleep.

Authors Notes:

Hello everyone!! Well I hope you liked the first chapter which was kinda long. All the chapters are mostly like that. Well the video trailer is up in my profile, but the cover page isn't working. For reference its the last picture in the video.

Well I would like to thank CoKoSo for once again being the only person to read this. Thank you!!

Chapter 2: First Day Of High School