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Shattered Angels

I can't sleep again. It's the middle of the night, it's raining, and here I am sitting straight up in my bed. I can't stand this… I've even began to take sleeping pills before I lay down every night, but I still wake up. I don't know why I've been so anxious lately- it's like I can't find peace no matter how much I try.

"Ugh… this… sucks…" I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and crawled out of bed. I didn't even want to bother to lie down because it never works anyway.

I headed toward my bedroom door- hoping maybe to go grab a snack or something- but then I stopped in my tracks. I stood at my window and glanced outside.

She was there…

My house is across the street from the town's cemetery. Most people would be freaked out by it, but I actually really don't mind. Plus- I've been noticing how often a certain young girl visits that place.

Leiko Sohma…

I know her- well, I at least know who she is. She attends Kaibara High, the same high school I go to. I believe she is in a couple of my classes- but… she's never really spoken to me. Come to think of it- one or two other Sohma's go to Kaibara too. They aren't hard people to miss since so many people obsess over them while I just watch casually off to the side. They are a weird family.

Leiko must go to that cemetery a lot. No matter what weather it is- I see her sneaking in. I wonder who she knows who passed on… I actually feel pretty bad for her.

Ha- listen to me… I don't even know her. What right do I have to pity a total stranger? I should just leave myself out of other people's lives… I know how much I hate nosy people… Now- back to getting that snack…



Leiko stood still and stared up at the tall cemetery gates. They were always locked at night- which was never a problem for her to deal with, but when it was raining- like it was tonight- Leiko hardly had any energy. She took in a deep breath and grabbed onto the bars of the gate- she pulled herself up and finally climbed over. She landed on her hands and knees on the other side- gasping for air as her orange locks fell in front of her face. Only a moment later she regained some energy and forced herself to run.

"… Father…"

Leiko collapsed to her knees after she stopped in front of a headstone. Salty tears slid down her cheeks immediately mixing with the cold rain. She swallowed hard- letting her body relax as she tried catching her breath.

"Dad…" Leiko's eyes focused on the headstone and she reached out a hand to touch the area where her fathers name was carved. "I… I can't do this anymore…"

'Kin Sohma

A wonderful son, brother, husband, and father.'

"Why?... Why did you leave me? Why did you leave me alone to live this life?"

Lightning flickered through the black night sky. Leiko's lips trembled as her eyes wandered to the gravestones beside her fathers'.

"Grandma…" She choked. "And… g- grandpa…" Leiko wiped her face and blinked away her tears. "H-help me…"

More lightning flashed through the sky- illuminating the entire graveyard. Leiko gazed at the names of her grandparents.

'Kyo and Tohru Sohma'

Leiko turned away from her family's gravestones- she couldn't bear to look upon them anymore. She pulled her legs to her chest and buried her head as she began to sob. Leiko never met her grandfather- he actually died years before she was born, but as for her grandmother… Leiko endured the love of her grandma up until her sixth birthday. No one loved Leiko more than her grandma and dad- Kin… Kyo and Tohru's youngest child.

Kin- unfortunately died once Leiko turned eight from an illness. Leiko's mother- a cruel and heartless woman claimed it was because of the Sohma curse… Leiko made her father die- Leiko made him sick.

Leiko was the child of the cat after all…

"I love you all… please-" Leiko mumbled glancing at the gravestones one last time as she weakly struggled to her feet. "Watch over me."

She turned and dragged herself back towards the exit.

"I'll never give up. I will find the way to break the curse… a way so the curse will never resurface." She whispered. "…even if it kills me."

Leiko climbed the fence and wiped her eyes before finally heading back to the closest thing she could call home.