It was late and my sister and I were on our way home. My sister had pleaded with me to wait for her until she was done with whatever it was that she was doing. So here we are, walking home in the dark and to be honest, I wasn't so fond of the natural darkness. Though, I feel completely fine when my room is dark, I guess I just feel safe in my house, then again, who doesn't?

We walked in silence, well more like I walked in silence considering that my sister was listening to music. I looked around cautiously, every now and again turning around to make sure no one was following us. I glanced at my sister, but she was too busy looking ahead of her. I sighed and looked up at the stars.

I jumped when a sudden blast of sirens was heard. My sister looked at me as if I would know what had happened, but I shrugged. The sirens grew louder as it came closer, before we knew it, a fire truck rushed past us, the sirens becoming unbearable for a few split moments. I froze as I watched it turn onto a street, our street. I fought back the panic that had begun to rise inside me.

I ran around the corner, leaving my sister behind as I rushed to our house. To my horror, our house was engulfed in flames. My eyes widened as I heard agonizing screams, my parents' screams, coming from inside the burning building.

My body moved on its own as I ran into the house without even so much as a thought of the danger. I called out my for my parents even though deep in my mind, I knew they had been burned to death. I walked a few more meters before I heard a loud rumble. I looked up and saw that the roof was about to cave in. With the shock of my parents' death, I was planning on just letting the roof kill me, but just as that thought came into my mind, an image invaded it. 'Ichiha…,' I thought to myself, 'I need to look after her…"

I heard a loud cracking noise as the roof caved in. I somehow managed to dodge the fatal blow, but not completely. A piece of burning wood pinned both of my legs to the ground, causing severe pain to shoot up my legs. It wasn't long until more debris fell on top of me.

"Help!" I screamed out as loudly as I could muster.

More debris fell, this time however, something metal struck the back of my head; if anyone was here, a loud crack would have been heard. I instantly fell unconscious upon impact.

I opened my eyes slowly, flinching at the brightness of the lights. 'What happened? Where am I?' I asked myself. I peered around the room, panic slowly rising up, causing my heart to beat more quickly.

"Calm down, you're in a hospital," someone said, the voice sounding calm. I turned my attention to a guy on the other side of the room. The stranger seemed rather annoyed by the expression he was showing. He has jet black hair and his skin was pale, which made the white robe he was wearing look really odd against his skin.

"A hospital... Why am I...," I mumbled as I tried to remember what had exactly happened, but to my dismay, nothing came to my mind. I heard the door creaked open as two more unfamiliar people came in. They stopped beside my bed.

"Ah, good. You're finally conscious," one of the strangers said with a gentle smile on his face. The other guy also had a smile of his own. "You're lucky to be alive," he said softly.

"Why? What happened?" I asked with a confused look, my voice matching my expression.

The two adults exchanged a look, as if they were talking to each other telepathically. "Don't worry about it for now. Just focus on getting better," said the second guy. He wore glasses and his hair was up in a pony tail. The other guy wore a white coat, who I presumed was the doctor.

"I am Kaien Cross. From today onwards I will be your guardian," he explained with a smile.

"But... Why? Why do I need a guardian when my parents are at home?" I asked. Both of their expressions turned sad.

"You really don't remember?" The doctor asked, bending down to my level. I became more confused.

The boy on the other side of the room cleared his throat before interrupting, "I would appreciate it if I can have some peace and quiet now."

"Fine, but I will be back later," the doctor said as he walked out of the door with a clipboard in his hand. "Once when you've recovered, then we will have a good talk," Kaien said with the smile plastered on his face. I blinked as a reply.

I laid back down only to hear the door opening yet again. This time a girl with short brown hair walked in. She went straight to the black haired boy's side.

"Naru! You're awake!" I heard the girl say with a cheerful tone.

"I'm aware of that, Mai," Naru said, annoyed that he doesn't get the quiet he wanted. Mai just smiled. More visitors of his came through the door. "Naru! I'm glad to see you awake!" One of them shouted.

I let out a heavy sigh before trying to fall asleep.