A/N: If you haven't noticed, these stories are generally from Hikari's point of view. So I'll mix it up. And for Lady Alice21, I'm working on your request. Do not fret.

Get that idiot girl to fall in love with him? No, that couldn't be so hard, could it? Shinji growled in annoyance. Why? Why did she have to be the one?

Well, it didn't matter to the Lady, so obviously, there was no changing it. He had to get her to love him if he wanted his curse to end. And he had three days to do it.

Looking up, he spotted the light of dawn (Lols, no pun intended) pushing out the darkness of night. Grumbling, he decided that there was no time to waste. He would have to find the girl.

~o0o~

Finding the girl (Shinji refused to call her by her name) proved to be simple. All he had to do was follow the trail of crushed leaves and branches, for who else inhabited the end of the trail, Shinji was granted with spotting the girl.

Her pearl pink nightgown swayed in the early morning breeze around her brooding form. She was hunched over in defeat, snuggled into the base of a grand tree.

Wordlessly, Shinji stepped forward. Although he assumed he had been quiet, the girl's head snapped up and crystalline eyes bored into onyx. Something, a strange tingling sensation, filled Shinji, but he was tethered to her azure gaze. Silently, she was the first to pull away, casting her direction of attention to her dainty slippers.

"What's your name?" the girl asked, so quietly Shinji had barely heard.

"Would you like something to eat?" Shinji asked, diverting the questions away form himself.

"Sure." The girl sighed and pushed off of the forest floor.

Shinji didn't think twice before turning around and heading to his favorite spot to collect fruit. Once could say he was new to the romance department (or ALL could say that), but didn't people ask each other to lunch for dates? An early breakfast would do as a fine substitute, he mused.

~o0o~

The girl munched on a banana as Shinji watched her with cold and calculating eyes, studying her every move. She turned to him, blushing slightly, and hunched over in defeat.

"How come you won't tell me about yourself?" she asked in a light voice.

"Tell me about yourself first." Shinji countered.

She sighed and looked up at him. "Well, my name is Hikari. I have an older brother and father. My mother died just a year ago, and we've short of money ever since. So my father sold me away to marry someone I never met.

"I like to read books and watch the sun rise. My two favorite colors are blue and pink. One day I hope to become a performer. And I hope that someday I'll be able to get off of this island, though I am not ashamed to be banished. I gave my tribute for the Lady to a sailor on my ship who forgot his." She blurts out at a lighting-like speed. "Now, how about you?"

Shinji sighs in annoyance. Well, he did demand that she explain herself first. So comply he must.

"My name, is something that you might figure out in due time. As for me, I have an older brother as well. And, I came here by my pride. And that's all you need to know." He growled.

She set down the banana peel in disappointment. "Fine." She whispered. "Be stubborn." She stood up suddenly and raced off, leaving Shinji sitting awkwardly.

Great start, Shinji grumbled to himself.

A/N: Short chapter is short. But I'm breaking it up into a few different parts and my sisters are demanding that I get off of the computer. After I conclude this story, and Hikari Hikuru, and the request, how about I do a 100 themes for Ikarishipping?