I groaned as I heard the constant beeping of my alarm clock. I tried to roll over and ignore it, but sighed when I realized I couldn't. I threw the covers off me and clambered to my feet and walked across my room to my alarm clock and shut it off. I had my reasons. One, if it's shrill enough and annoying enough I'll want it to stop. Two, if it's all the way across the room then I'll have to get up to cut it off.

Now that I was up I ran a hand through my hair before walking into my bathroom. I took a quick shower before walking back into my room with a towel wrapped around my waist and walked into my closet. I dropped the towel and pulled on a pair of black panties and bra before glaring at the awful school uniform I was forced to wear. I pulled on the navy blue mini skirt with ruffles at the bottom. Then pulled on the blue and white top, slipped on the little jacket and straightened the small tie-like bow before walking back into my room. I glanced at the clock and groaned. It was already 7:40. I had twenty minutes to get to school. I sighed to myself before grabbing my guitar case and slinging it over my shoulder as I slipped on my shoes and headed out the door. I ran a hand through my hair again as I walked down the street towards my high school. Halfway there I saw Tohru running down the street and go right past me.

"Late again Ru?"

I asked and she stopped and turned around. Her blue eyes widened as she saw me and ran over and hugged me without thinking.

"Tohru…"

I said and she instantly backed up.

"Sorry."

She said with a smile as she backed up. It's not that I don't like hugs, quite the opposite. It's just I wasn't so good at showing emotions so it made me feel awkward to be hugged by people. Especially people like Tohru who liked to be hugged back.

"It's fine. Come on, if we're late again Arisa will never let us hear the end of it."

I said and she smiled before we headed for the school.

We managed to get through the gates by the time the bell rang, signaling for students to get to class.

"Well I should go, bye Rey."

Tohru said with a smile before she ran off. I watched as my brown haired, overly friendly, extremely apologetic friend ran off to her first class. I'd moved back home three months ago and have been going to Kaibara High after the first week. Tohru introduced me to her friends Arisa and Saki and now the three of us are friends. Though I personally prefer Tohru's company, I'm not sure why. It might have something to do with the fact that me and her were like sisters when we were younger and I was there when she lost her mother and she was there for me when I lost my father. My mother had already passed away from illness and my father died a few years after having been shot on duty. He was a cop, but that didn't stop the robber of the local convenience store from shooting him. I'd moved away and lost all contact with everyone I used to know except for Tohru. It was because of her that I even decided to come back.

I sighed as I looked up at the school. It was bland and just like every other school I'd ever been to. Except the colors, they were always different. The bell telling students to get to class rang and I sighed as I made my way to the side of the school. I was an honor student who honestly didn't give a damn about school. The only reason I was here was Tohru. I looked to make sure no one could see me before jumping from the ground to the tree next to the building. I jumped from branch to branch easily, going higher and higher until I was on the top branch that was parallel to the ground as well as my destination. The roof. It was only a couple feet away and I could make it easily. I backed up on the branch, took a running start and jumped. I landed lightly on my feet on the roof. I straightened up and made sure my guitar was okay before walking over to my spot on the roof. There was a little lookout on top of the roof, it was the second highest place at school, but I didn't feel like climbing the water tower today. I sat down and took my guitar case off my back and laid it gently on the ground beside me. I leaned against the cast iron railing surrounding the top of the lookout and looked up at the sky. Clouds were lazily rolling along the light blue sky. It was surprisingly peaceful and I almost wanted to smile, until I remembered where I was. I didn't like school. The reason? I was at school when I heard of what happened to my father. I still remember that day clearly in my mind. I had just been sitting in class listening to the teacher talk about division of fractions when the door slid open and the principal and the student body president were standing in the doorway. The principal had said, "I'm sorry to interrupt your class, but we need to-"

FLASHBACK

The door suddenly slid open and everyone got quiet and looked to see the principal and student body president Yuki Sohma standing in the doorway.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your class, but we need to see Miss Tennali for a minute."

The principal said and everyone turned to look at me. I looked up shocked and blinked in confusion before getting up and going out into the hall with them. They shut the door and turned to me.

"What's going on?"

I asked confused.

"I'm sorry Miss Tennali, but there's been an accident and your father's been hurt."

The principal said and I looked up at him with wide eyes.

"What? Is he okay? What happened?"

I asked, barely able to breathe.

"He's in the hospital right now in surgery. There was a robber at the local convenience store and when he got there he was shot."

The principal said and I felt like my whole world was crumble out from beneath me.

"Miss Tennali, you should probably get to the hospital."

Yuki said and I nodded numbly before going back into the room, grabbing my book bag and heading straight for the hospital. When I got there I asked the nurse behind the counter where my father was and she said I had to wait in the hall while they were still in surgery. It was four painstakingly long hours before the light turned off and a doctor came out. I looked up at him hopefully, but he shook his head as he took off his mask.

"I'm sorry. We did all we could, but we couldn't save him."

He said and that's when everything went black.

END FLASHBACK

That had been two years ago, I had been a Sophomore. I'm now a Senior. The lawyer had gone over everything in the will and I was shocked that my father left me his guitar from when he was younger and traveled the world. He'd taught me how to play, but I'd never really had any reason to play, but now I cherish it more than anything in the world. No one had been able to catch the man who shot my father, but I did. After the funeral I took Kendo lessons and learned Karate and Martial Arts. Then I used my special ability to hunt him down and make him pay. What's bad was he didn't even remember the name of the cop he shot and killed. I didn't kill him, I just made it so he wouldn't be able to hurt anyone ever again and the police found him tied and gagged, hanging from a street light in the city. He died last year.

I sighed to myself as the breeze picked up and blew my hair about my face. I wiped my eyes as I realized I had been crying and turned to look at the guitar case by my side. I opened it and took out the silver finish acoustic and threw the shoulder strap over my head and started playing a few notes just to pass the time. Then I decided I might as well play a song since I got it out and I'm by myself. I closed my eyes as my fingers slid up and down the fret board with the ease of having years of practice. The only person other than my father to have ever heard me play and know it was me was Tohru. It wasn't that I was trying to hide the fact that I could play, it's just that to me, having people listen to me while I played was really an intimate experience. I had to like them, a lot.

I took a deep breath as I finished playing the intro of the song and the song itself actually started. I kept my eyes closed as I started to sing.