Killing me softly

By: Chibi Ra Chan aka Anna

Summary: AU Her friends said his songs could melt even the coldest of hearts, She had to see this for her self.

A/n: Hi Hi! this is the first of a bunch on one shot- song fics that I will be releasing soon. This was inspired by Hao's image Song, pledge of the ying yang. I was was so stunned at how beautiful his voice was, that I almost feel asleep while I was listening! So please enjoy the fic!

Anna

Started: January 16, 2005

Finished: January 19, 2005

Edited: May 29, 2005

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"I'm telling you Anna, he's wonderful!" Came the star struck voice of Pirika. Anna merely looked at her as if saying 'What are you on?'

"Don't Give me that look Anna" Pirika said to retaliate.

Anna let out a sound something along the lines of "Hmfp"

"Anna, Pirika's right you should go see him sing." Tamao added. She to began to get a starry look in her eyes as well. Anna almost wanted to puke.

They where talking about Hao Asakura, A student and detention king at their school. He had been going down to a local club the last few nights to sing, and almost every girl in the school went. Anna of course refused to go. She didn't have very good feelings about Hao, well that would be an understatement.

She hated him since third grade when he stole her poem from her and read it to the entire class. That was her most embarrassing moment and even though third grade was 6 years ago she still held a grudge.

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For the rest of the day all she heard was Hao this, and Hao that... She was about to hit someone if she heard Hao's Name one more time. It was last period when she finally Saw Mr. talent himself.

"Kyouyama!" He yelled from across the hall way. Anna tried to ignore him but he followed her.

"Police...Stalker!" she yelled. Hao just laughed at her. She really didn't like being laughed at especially by him. The bell rang and everyone but them disappeared into their classes.

"What do you want?" She glared at him, he just smiled as if to mock her.

"I understand that your the only one who hasn't seen me sing, Am I correct?" Hao said his charming grin made Anna nervous.

"Yes you'd be right to say that... Why do you care?" he asked him, not really wanting to know. She just glared at him in hopes that he would back down but that would never happen.

"Don't tell me your still upset about that poem of yours I read? How long ago was that, 5...6 years ago?"

Anna almost lost her temper there. "Yes I'm still mad about that! That was a personal poem!" She was ready to slap him if he said anything else to bug her, but he surprised her.

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"When the rain fell, she'd listen as it cried. She'd listen to the crystal tears that fell from the sky. She wished that she could see the world, before life passed her by." He quoted almost in a whisper.

Anna was shocked. That was the poem she wrote 6 years ago! "Why did you memorize that?" she asked quietly.

"I always remember beautiful things..." he whispered in her ear. Anna blushed a crimson color. Why had he said that... was this the same Hao she knew?

" I...I..." she stumbled over her words. Hao smirked at her. He'd never seen Anna blush before. It was kinda cute.

Hao began to twirl a strand of her honey blond hair in his fingers. "I expect to see you later..." He gave her a piece of paper and walked away.

Anna stood stunned. 'Wha-What the hell just happened?' She thought. She glanced at the paper in her hands. It was a ticket...

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Anna was silent as she walked home with her friends that day. Her mind still thought of why Hao had memorized her poem.

Of course Pirika and Tamao noticed she was acting strangely after last period. She seemed more on edge and slightly paranoid. "Hey Tamao does Anna seem a little off to you?" The blue haired girl whispered. Tamao shook her head to say yes.

Tamao poked Anna on the shoulder to get her attention "um Anna-" "What!" she yelled back breaking out of her chain of thoughts.

"Meep!" Tamao ran behind Pirika. Anna sighed to her self. Great now she was freaking out at her own friends.

"Anna in the world is wrong with you?' Pirika asked, luckily she wasn't scared of Anna, well at least she wasn't as scared of her as Tamao was, but uh you get the point.

Anna opened her mouth to say something but Pirika cut in "And don't tell me 'Nothing' because we can tell your paranoid about something"

Anna glared at her but gave in slightly. "I've decided to go see The block head sing okay?" She began to walk ahead of the two before they could asked questions.

Yet when it comes to Pirika and Tamao they absolutely needed to know everything about everyone at all times. I suppose you could call them the school gossip queens.

Both girls looked at each other and started jumping up and down. Screaming...

Anna looked at them like they where crazy. "What is wrong with you two?"

"No time to speak!" Tamao said pulling Anna to Pirika's house "Yeah we have to get you ready for your date!" Pirika added pushing her through the front door.

"Hey It's not a date!" she trailed off as the the two dragged her into the scary world of hair and make up...

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"It is not a date." Anna said stubbornly as Tamao and Pirika flocked around her. "Yes it is Anna" Pirika Said holding up a pink dress up for Anna toconfirm or deny. She shook head at the dress.

"No it's not. This is Hao we're talking about why in the world would I go on a date with him?"

Tamao looked at Anna's hair and decidedto put it up. "Anna you've kinda had a crush on him since third grade..." Tamao said lightly. Anna started to cough Trying to catch her breathe.

"Yea right! Ewwww are you to crazy this is Hao, the biggest, idiot, detention getting, skirt chasing moron of all time! Why would I have a crush on him!"

Anna almost puked at the thought of her liking Hao... Yet...this afternoon he ws slightly charming...Wait a minute! Was she about to think of the good side of Hao. Up until 2 hours ago she didn't even know he hada good side!

Pirika laughed at Anna's outburst. "What ever you say Anna" she went back to choosing her outfit.

Anna crossed arms over her chest and began to mumble. "I do not like Hao...grrr.."

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It had token Pirika and Tamao almost 2 hours to find an outfit for her. But they finally settled on a black skirt and a dark red top with roses. Tamao had insisted she wear some stupid french hat.

Anna didn't know what the big deal was, she was only going to listen to some guy sing, not go to the fricken Grammies.

She calmly gave her ticket to the ticket person, and walked into the club. It wasn't a wild dance hippie club like she thought it would be it was more of a cafe.

There was chairs and small sofas everywhere. At the back of the room was a stage. Anna figured that Hao would besinging there.So after searching she found a small Velvet sofa to sit in. Of course she threatened the girl who was already sitting there death if she didn't move...but this is Anna where talking about.

Anna looked around at the audience. It was mostly girls, with theirs dates, who seemed to be board out of their minds.

Finally Hao came on to stage. There was immediate clapping, Anna rolled her eyes "Whatever..."

The teenaged boy took the Mic and began to speak into it.

"Thank you ladies, and guys who have been forced to come her by their girlfriend's..."

Anna shook her head in pitty. Judging by what had happened just now this would be an interesting night, to say the least.

"But seriously I'd like to say something. I have a very important person in the audience tonight..."

Anna shrugged 'Wonder who that could be...' She thought to herself looking around. "If you could please turn your attention to the blond girl on the velvet sofa."

"I feel sorry for that poor girl..." Anna muttered to herself. yet she then realized something.

'Wait... I'm blond...and I'm on a velvet sofa... Hao I'm going to kill you!' She thought.

People looked at her and many mumbled.

"Must be his girlfriend" "Yeah must be..."

Anna blushed the brightest crimson color imaginable. Okay this completely blew her poem incident out of the water. she wanted him dead now. She wanted to see blood shed...

"Her name is Anna, and this song is half written by her, and the other half was written by myself. So enjoy "

Anna was breatheless, this couldn't be happening. He wouldn't do this to her. ... She started to become furious. But her Anger soon faded when Hao began to sing.

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"If the choice was in my hands.

To give up everything everything I had once dreamed of.

The goals of a thousand years

The tears of a million defeats

All of this for one person.

Would I do it?"

Anna couldn't breathe. She couldn't make her lungs work. Those where her poems... How did he get them? 'Probably had Horo Horo or Ren steal them for him... reminder to self kill Horo and Ren at school on monday...'

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"Her smile rarer than any jewel

To wake up to her

Would it be enough

Could her laughter take away

The agony of betrayal

Would it be worth it?"

Those weren't her lyrics, They where his. Anna couldn't believe what was happening she was enjoying herself. Not only that but she was smiling. Hardly anything made her smile, and she'd never thought Hao would be one of those few things.

But his words pulled at her heart. She couldn't figure it out, but for some reason she felt drawn to his song, his voice.

'Oh my god... I'm being swayed by Hao this isn't happening...'

By the time the time he was over Anna was near tears. Of course she wouldn't show that she was near tears but oh did she feel it.

As Hao took his final bow he glanced at Anna. She was clapping as well, but thats not what made him smile. If he didn't know better he would swear that he saw a tear in Kyouyama Anna's eye.

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Hao took his last bows and walked back stage. "Well that went a little better than expected." he muttered to himself.

He walked down the hallway to the back entrance of the cafe. But he stopped in his tracks as he saw Anna leaning against the wall. And she looked upset.

He walked up to her with caution. She glared at him. "How could you do that?" She asked with fire in her brown eyes "How could you do that to me?"

"What did I do?" he asked as she came closer to him looking even more upset than before

"You ...and those words...Hao...How could you?"

"Look Anna if it's about the poem I used I wasn't-" He was cut of by her.

"I'm not talking about the poem you idiot! I'm talking about...About what you said. Why did you add those words to the song...? What did they mean?"

"Anna what are you talking about? " He asked slightly yelling.

Hao looked her in her eyes but they weren't mad or angry, they where pleading, full of sadness.

"Anna-" "Why did you sing THAT song tonight Hao. What made you do it?"

Anna's face was unreadable. Hao couldn't tell anything. He didn't really want to tell her the truth,'Yea sure I sang that song because I've had a crush on you since third grade and this is just another atempt to make you mine forever and ever more.' Some how he didn't think that would be a very good idea...

But his hormone crazedmind thought other wise as her leaned in and gentally captured her lips with his own.

Anna froze as Hao kissed her on the lips tenderly. 'Okay this was not the answer I had wanted but...'

He was pleasantly surprised that after a few moments, she responded to his kiss, hesitant after first but she later deepened it.

Both pulled away to catch their breath. Hao looked over at her she face was flushed, He smirked. "You didn't answer my question..." she said stubbornly, yet their was a hit of playfulness in her voice.

"Woman you are going to be the end of me..." He smirked as he pulled her to himself.

Anna was about 2 inched from his lips when she answered "So? Like I wasn't going to be the one to ended you before..."

This time It was Anna who kissed him. She put her arms around his neck and his hand around her waist. Anna hugged him. This wasn't how she had imagined her first kiss being... but it would do.

Later

"You can't tell anyone at school about this..." Anna said as she walked to her house with Hao not far behind her.

"Why not?" He said pouting some. Anna hated when he did that.

"Because people will think I'm going soft..." "Liar you just don't want to be jumped by my fan club..."

Anna sighed, damn he was good at that. "So?"

"Liar" he said grabbing her wrist before she reached her front door, He pulled her close "Thief" Anna said as she gave into to his upcoming kiss... 'your going to be the one to kill...' she thought to herself. But she didn't say anything. Just this once she would allow herself to open up. Just this once...

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Owari

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A/N: This took me forever to write. if you people review and tell me I should, I'll turn this into a chapter story...

Anna

PS. please please please review!