Descendant of the Beast pt2

"Actually," Jasmine started. "To be honest… I never actually had friends before."

"What? You never had friends?" Zyro asked.

"Only one, though he left two years ago. Hadn't seen him since. And sometimes I feel like an outsider, so I think that I have to keep proving that I belong."

"That's just sad." Ren said.

"Hey," Kite said. "How is it that you were all tough like this evening and you're just some kind of depressed or a happy-go-lucky kid now?"

"I have three sides." She answered.

"Three sides?" the others asked.

Jasmine nodded. "Yes. One is arrogant or as I like to call it, neutral. One is the so called depressed or happy-go-lucky kind of person. And the last one is my dark side. Normally I stay neutral, but at night, when no one could see me, I become this person that you're seeing now." She explained.

"What about your dark side?" asked Madoka.

"That only happens when I'm angry. So as long as people don't get on my nerves, I'll be ok." she said reassuringly.

"I see. So you're a lot like my Kyoya-pal." Said Benkei.

"Yes. I guess you could say that each of us was born this way." Said Jasmine.

"So I see, but I think we better head back inside. It's like 3 a.m. in the morning." Said Tsubasa.

Then they all head inside. Everyone had fallen asleep except for Jasmine. She tossed and turned, but she still couldn't sleep. She was holding a plastic golden rose and her mind was on a specific person she knew.

-Flashback-

5 year old jasmine was playing with a 6 year old boy in the Sun Garden Orphanage. Kyoya left her there while he was battling at Battle Bladers. The boy she was playing with had red hair with a bit of white behind his ears. He wore a black shirt and pants with lightning bolt designs on it and a red belt with a claw-shaped belt buckle that carry his bey gear.

"Can't catch me!" Jasmine said to the boy.

"I can to!" the boy retorted.

"Jasmine!" a woman called. Her name is Leena Shilard; she is the one that takes care of the kids in the orphanage.

"Coming Ms. Shilard!" Jasmine said. "Let's go Sakyo." She said to the boy known as Sakyo.

"Alright." He said.

They went over to Ms. Shilard and saw Kyoya and his twin brother Alexander with him.

"Kyoya-san! Xander-kun! Hi!" She said to them.

"Hey Jasmine. Who's your friend there?" They asked.

Jasmine turned to Sakyo. "Who, him? This is Sakyo Kuroyami." Then she turned to face him. "Sakyo, these are my brothers. Kyoya-san and Xander-kun."

"Nice to meet you." He said. They just nodded back.

"Jasmine, we have something to tell you. It's about mom and dad." Said Kyoya.

"What about them?" She asked.

"They… died in a car accident yesterday." Xander said.

"Mom and dad? T-they… they, are gone?" Jasmine said crying a bit.

"Yea, sorry." Xander said.

Then Jasmine started to cry. She ran into her room and started to cry uncontrollably. Then someone knocked the door.

"Hey Jazz, could I come in?" It was Sakyo. When she didn't answer, he let himself in.

"Are you OK?" He asked.

"Not really." She answered, still crying a bit.

"I know how you feel. I lost my parents too. It happened when I was three so I don't remember it that well."

"Dang."
"Yea, anyways, here." He said while giving her a small plastic rose.

"Thanks." She said, finally calming down.

"And don't worry," said Sakyo. "I'll always be there for you." Jasmine nodded and hugged her friend.

-End of Flashback-

She put the rose beside her bed and finally manages to fall asleep.