Forgotten Ivy

Summary: Chrome met him when she was four years old. Seven years later, she has to move. Chrome leaves with the promise to never forget him. One day, when they reunite, he doesn't recognize her.

Rating: Ehh.

Feeling very lazy... *sigh* And also... two years have passed since the last chapter... not literally. In the story.

Chapter 4
School

Nagi grasped both sides of her sweater and began to button up. She looked at herself in the mirror, in her cute little uniform. Nagi was finally going to school. And she would finally be able to see Onii-chan everyday. Nagi smiled at the thought of Onii-chan.

Nagi was enrolled into a local Namimori elementary school which happened to be the same one that Kyouya-kun attended. She wanted to make a good impression on the people around her, especially Onii-chan. Nagi remembers two years ago when he gave her the nickname, Ivy. They haven't seen each other since. During those two years, Nagi missed Hibari terribly. Nagi was excited to see him again.

Spring Break! :D ...is almost over. =_=

When Nagi entered school grounds, a young girl jumped right in front of her face. The girl had sunny yellow hair and blue eyes* "Ohio!" she yelled cheerfully. "My name is Kazumi Suzuki**! What's yours?"

"N-Nagi***..." Nagi replied shyly. She was surprised at the girl's energy and a little bit scared, too.

"Hi Nagi!" Kazumi yelled. "Let's be friends, okay?" And then she happily took Nagi's hand and skipped away, forcing Nagi to follow her. It was hard to keep up with Kazumi's skippy pace, especially since Nagi did not like to run fast not did she like to skip. While Kazumi was skipping and Nagi was being dragged, Nagi spotted somebody very familiar... Talking to her Onii-chan****.

"Hey... Suzuki-san..." Nagi said quietly. "Who is that girl over there?" she pointed over at the girl who was talking to Kyouya-kun. She, just like Kazumi, had blonde hair. In fact, she looked like the older version of Kazumi.

"Oh!" Kazumi replied when she spotted who Nagi was pointed at. "That's my sister, Natsuko! She's in the fourth grade! By the way, call me Zumi-chan-we are friends right?" Nagi nodded even though she herself didn't really know the answer to that question. And if she said no, she didn't want to hurt Kazumi's feelings.

In fact, Nagi never really thought of making friends. Onii-chan was her friend... and her only friend. She guessed that since Onii-chan probably had more friends, she should too.

"Hey, Zumi-chan, do you see the boy that your Onee-chan is talking to? That's my Onii-chan, Hibari," Nagi boasted happily. But honestly, Nagi didn't know what Hibari's first name was. All she ever called him was Onii-chan and she never really thought about his real name. She remembered when she was going to his house for the first time, the sign on their house said Hibari. But that's all she knew. Nagi had the urge to yell out, "Onii-chan!"

And so she did. "Onii-chan!" she yelled out, with her hands cupped over her open mouth.

Onii-chan looked over and saw Nagi. When he did, Nagi smiled and began waving. Then he turned away and ignored her.

For the first time, Nagi experienced a strange feeling. There was a lump in her throat. She tried to swallow it away, but the more she tried, the bigger the lump grew. Her eyes became watery and before a tear could start trickling down her cheeks, she ran away in embarrassment and shame.

Ignored...

Besides the fact that Hibari ignored Nagi in the beginning of the day, her school day went well. Nagi got to play with Zumi-chan and some other kids... but she forgot their names*****. "Nagi-chan! Nagi-chan!" a voice cried out behind Nagi.

"Mm?" Nagi looked behind her and saw Zumi-chan running towards her. Nagi stopped walking and waited.

When Kazumi reached Nagi, she stopped and placed her hands on her knees. "Do you want to walk home together?" Kazumi asked, taking quick breaths after each word. "Well... I have to wait for Onee-chan first..."

Natsuko-san... the one that was talking to Onii-chan this morning... Is she... Onii-chan's girlfriend? A surge of jealousy wavered through Nagi and she shook her hand, refusing to believe that Natsuko-san was Onii-chan's girlfriend and that she was jealous. "No, no, no!" she whispered.

"A-ano... Nagi-chan, are you okay?"

Nagi looked up, surprised, because she had forgotten Zumi-chan was there. "Hmm? Yeah, I'm okay... what were you saying?"

Before Zumi-chan could reply, both of the young girls heard quick footsteps. Nagi and Kazumi both turned around and saw Natsuko-san running towards them. "Zumi, why didn't you wait for me?"

"Sorry, Onee-chan. I was walking with my friend, Nagi-chan," Kazumi replied apologetically.

"Nagi-san?" Natsuko looked over at Nagi. "Oh... you were the one who was waving at Kyouya-san this morning, right?"

Kyouya... so that's Onii-chan's name, Nagi thought and then she nodded.

"Well I suggest you stay away from him... he's dangerous," Natsuko advised.

Nagi raised an eyebrow. What was Natsuko-san talking about? Onii-chan was a great person... well, despite the fact that he ignored her that morning. But besides that, Onii-chan is a very caring person! Nagi just met Natsuko, but she knew that she definitely did not like Natsuko. Nagi didn't really know how to react, though. So she scowled at Natsuko and stormed off.

Oh by the way, I'm pretty sure that Japanese school years start in March... Or is that just me?

* Well... I don't think a Japanese girl would be born with blonde hair and blue eyes but anime artists don't really care, do they?
** In Japan, she would be Suzuki Kazumi... just to clarify! ^^;
*** Um... I don't know what Nagi's last name is... and Chrome Dokuro is an anagram of Mukuro Rokudo. (Well actually, Kuromu Dokuro is...)
**** It's not that Nagi is possessive... it's just that she's curious. O_O
***** Nah, I'm just to lazy to make up names :P

Goodbye~