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The razor blade fell from her hands, she felt so weak, her eye's began to close, a bittersweet smile graced her lips as she slipped away from the world she wished she had never met.

It was always a girl and their lives always ended the same. These girls carried the weight of a curse on their shoulders, the curse of the devil, the curse of the Zodiac. Their death's were never something to mourn, no one shed a tear, simply because only one knew of their existence.

Ranaka Sohma

Lieko Sohma

Mai Sohma

Amy Sohma

&

Kira Sohma.

These are the names of the girls. There were more, but no one knows their names, or if they were given the privilege of a name in the first place. They were locked away and forgotten.

As Kira Sohma closed her eyes for the last time, laughter could be heard echoeing through out the house. He had seen her take her own life, he had watched her from the doorway, he had even supplied the blade.

That was 18 years ago. Nothing as changed since then.

A new baby girl is born into the world. She is cursed. It is already decided that she shall share the same fate as the other girls before her. They give her a name, simply because it is what must be done, this name will not be spoken again, because to say it is a disgrace, a sin within itself.

Mina Sohma.

Except this girl is different. She will be strong, she will not be broken, she will be taunted and teased, kicked and hit until she will pass out in pain, but she will survive, because she will know she is better then him, she will know that if she does not stop this, if she does not change they way she is treated, then it will continue. The same routine, the same life, until the curse is broken, she will know that many girls after she has died will have to go through the same thing, and she cant let that happen, she simply cant.

15 YEARS LATER

She whimpers, his wicked grin brightens, he knows he has hurt her, and he takes joy in this knowledge. She continues to stare at the cold floor, hoping he will go away.

The pain is almost unbearable, tears stream down her face, but she will not scream, she cant, no matter what he does, she wont allow herself to.

"JUST SCREAM!" he yelled, she looked up at him, narrowing her eyes, she glares at him, the colour in his cheeks drains, she has one this round, she always does.

He leaves the room, tossing a razor over his shoulder, he does this everyday, hoping that she will give in and just die already, like all of them did before her. She has always been stubborn and has caused him much anger during her pitiful life, yet she continues to challenge him, but what makes him mad, is that she always wins. This worthless girl has found a way to use her curse against him, her glares tear into him until he has to look away, she is the devil, and she will die, but until it is time, he takes enjoyment in her suffering and pain.

Unsteadily she pushes herself to her feet and walks to the door, her legs are weak, and her heart is racing, if she doesnt escape now, she know she wont be able to fight the selfish temptation to die. She wonders why he has never noticed where she keeps the razor blades he gives her everyday, he really is a fool.

She pushes the door open, and closes her eyes, blinded by the light that has been created. She opens them again and walks out into the hall, she doesnt hear voices, the coast is clear. She runs down the hall, following the wind that must of seeped in through a door, leading to the outside world she has never known.

The top she wears reaches inches above her knees, the long sleeves cover her hands, and her black socks fall around her ankels. The reaches a door, opening it slightly her eyes widen in surprise. The outside world is painted white, a beautiful, soft white. She steps outside, not knowing what this wonderful white is called, she continues to run into the distance, she doesn't dare look back, not even once.

Haru had been walking with Kyo, he had gotten lost again and ran into Kyo, just like when they were kids. The snow was getting thick, but Kyo seemed to know the way.

Kyo was the first to spot it, the strange coloured snow in the distance, it appeared to be a dark blue, almost like cotton. He started to run towards it, Haru shortly followed. They both stopped next to it, it wasn't snow, it was a girl.

"What should we do?" Haru asked "we cant leave her here, look how bruised she is, why is she laying passed out in the snow?", Kyo didn't answer, he just scooped up the girl and started carrying her bridal style in what Haru guessed, was the direction of Shigure's house. Haru could see the girl was still breathing, he had never seen to many scratches, marks or bruises on anyone.

They arrived outside Shigrues house, Tohru was already home as was Yuki and Shrigure, but he had never left. Haru opend the door for Kyo as he walked inside and put the girl on the couch, Haru went to get a blanket, she looked as if she was freezing.

Tohru walked into the living room and screamed, she started to panick

"is she alright, where did you find her, what should we do? should we call an ambulance, Hatori? what should we do?" Tohru said quickly, Kyo just looked down at the girl, she was crying, in her sleep, but now that he thought about it, she was crying the entire time he carried her, it was the first time Kyo had ever seen some one cry silently. Haru covered her in a blanket, the girl slowly opened her eyes, then sat up suddenly, she brought her knees up to her chest, she looked scared, but never said a word, or even stop crying.

"Are you ok?" Haru asked, she looked at the couch she was sitting on, then quickly stood up and tried to run outside, but Kyo grabbed her wrist and pulled her back onto the couch.

"Who are you?" Kyo asked, she kept her gaze on the floor, ignoring them, pretending they didn't exist. Tohru reached out the comfort the girl, Tohru touched her hand, she flinched, Tohru felt how cold her skin was.

Kyo stared at her, he noticed how bruises and scratches covered everywhere he could see, except her face. She was beautiful, he could see that clearly as the others could to, but what he wanted to know was why she had so many bruises and what she was doing in the snow wearing barley anything.

Hours passed and the girl did not speak, or move at all. Kyo was worried, it looked like she was frozen, but he could see by the look in her eyes that she wasn't, her eyes were such a strange colour, violet, they looked as if to be set on fire, a dangerous purple blaze.

Kyo left the room for a second, when he came back she was gone, no body saw her leave, they had seemed to have forgotten about her. Kyo walked outside, he couldn't see any foot prints in the snow, he decided to climb onto the roof, to see if he could spot her from there. He climbed up the railings, he froze, he saw he standing there, her long black hair flowed behind her in the cold wind, she just stood still, as if she was a statue, made of ice. Kyo did the only thing he could, he walked up to her and picked her up, she didn't say anything, but she was still crying. Kyo laid her on the couch and covered her with as many rugs as he could find.

Kyo, Haru and Yuki watched her as she slept. It was weird, just from looking at her Yuki wanted to hit her, Kyo had no such temptation and Haru's black side was talking far to much inside his own head.

She opend her eyes again, but did not sit up or move, she just stared at the ceiling, it was wierd how she never stopped crying, they had gotten used to it over the past few hours. She stood up and walked towards the front door

"What is your name?" Yuki asked gently, she continued to walk away, ignoring his question.

"Its not nice to turn your back when some one is talking to you" Yuki said "im talking to you, you should listen" the girl stopped walking and turned around, she glared at Yuki, who immediately got goosebumps, even Haru and Kyo did. She turned back around and started to walk out the door, but she was stopped by the sound of a car. Kyo had never seen some one run so fast. She had ran straight by them without a second thought, she seemed to be running from something, but he didn't know what, considering it was only Hatori.

Kyo watched Hatori walk into the House and look around, but he wasn't alone, Akito was walking behind him.

"Where is she?" Akito demanded.

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