Chapter 1 – The First Meeting

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Sarah sighed as she walked down the hall of the school. Her first period subject had been so easy and boring that she had almost fallen asleep. 'If that was a precursor of what's to come, then I'll be better off skipping the rest of my subjects,' she thought to herself. Earlier, Sarah heard her classmates talking about how no one used the music room. She didn't know why the room went unused, but she decided she would hideout in the music room until school ended.

Upon entering the room, Sarah closed the door and took a seat at the piano. She played a few notes to see if it still worked and, once satisfied that the instrument was still properly tuned, began to play. The tune itself had no name or written form. The young woman merely played from her heart, the music filled with life, love, and joy. She became so lost in the music that she didn't notice when someone watching her from the door.

…Meanwhile…

Shu Sakamaki was walking to his music room. It was technically the school's music room, but since he started staying there rather than attending class, no one else used it so it may as well have been his. Suddenly, his vampire hearing caught wind of a familiar tune. He was still too far away to identify why it was familiar, but at the moment he didn't care. He just wanted to find out what idiot was stupid enough to set foot in his music room.

As Shu got closer, he could hear the tune being played more clearly. As he recognized the song, his eyes widened and he froze for a moment. He then picked up his pace as he continued to the music room. Only two people in the world knew that song: himself and his childhood crush, who had died in a fire years earlier. He had to know who was playing their song. When he looked through the glass of the door, he froze.

Seated at the piano, was a young woman about 18 years old. She was almost identical to his first love. Her dark brown hair that used to cascade down her back in waves now hung loose about her shoulders. Her dark blue eyes reflected the incandescent light of the room as they shined with vivacity and life. Her face was no longer round and childish, but the mature face of woman.

Shu could barely believe what he was seeing. There was no possible way that this young woman could be his Sarah! He had held her lifeless corpse in his arms, saw her body burn in the fire. Yet the woman at the piano could have been her twin. There was only one solution that made sense: Reincarnation. If he was right, if this woman was Sarah's reincarnation, then did she also have Sarah's memories? The fact that she knew their song was evidence that she did, but there was only on way to know for sure. Shu entered the music room, closing the door silently behind him and waited for her to finish.

When Sarah looked to the door after she finished her song, she gasped and stood. She was surprised to see an incredibly handsome young man. He appeared to be about the same age as herself with golden blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes. The young man had earbuds in his ears and an MP3 player around his neck. Sarah couldn't help the blush that lightly colored her checks. She hadn't expected an audience and hadn't heard anyone come in.

"Why aren't you in class?" he asked her.

"The classes are too easy and, quite frankly, boring. I heard people saying that no one uses the music room, so I figured it would be a good place to kill time," Sarah explained. "Why aren't you in class?"

"Too troublesome. I usually stay here, which is why no one uses it," he tells her as he lays down on the bench next to the door.

"Oh. Then, I guess I should find somewhere else to kill time." She says and moves toward the door.

The young man reached out and grabbed Sarah's wrist, stopping her in her tracks. "You can stay." He releases her wrist as he beckons her to an adjacent bench.

Sarah smiled and sat down on the bench behind him. "Thank you. I'm Sarah. And you are?"

He looked up at her, almost as if he were trying to see into her soul. Then he cracked a small smile as he told her his name, "Shu."

"Well, it's very nice to meet you, Shu." Sarah smiled softly at him. "It strange. It feels like we've met before, but I know this is the first time I've ever met you."

He chuckled. "Maybe we met in another life. That song you were playing, what was it?"

"Oh, that? I'm not really sure what it's called, if it even has a name. But it's been stuck in my head for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure why, though," Sarah told him as she recalled the first time she played the song. Her parents had been so shocked and proud that she could play something so complex at age 5.

"It was beautiful. Play it again."

Sarah briefly cocks an eyebrow at his request. Then she smiled. "Sure," she said as she went back to the piano. That night, as lively piano music filled the room, an old love began to bloom anew.

Author's Note: Sarah and Shu have met! What will happen next? First of all I want to thank all of those who have reviewed. Especially violet167, whose review inspired me to get this chapter finished and posted sooner rather than later. Again, I do not know when the next chapter will be posted, but I will try to get it posted as soon as I can. In the meantime, please review and let me know what you think so far. Constructive criticism is welcome. Happy Halloween!