Chapter 2: It's all a dream…

"Lana!" Koki whined to his older sister as he clung to her arm. "I know I saw one! I know I did!"

Lana locked the front door to the small apartment and turned to look at her brother. Koki looked at her with a determined look; his bright green eyes staring intently at her. Lana sighed.

"Koki, I didn't see anything outside. You probably heard a cat or something."

Koki shook his head and stubbornly said, "I know it wasn't a cat! You just didn't look hard enough. It must be hiding!"

"Koki, if you're so sure you saw one and it's out there, go find it yourself!" snapped Lana. Koki flinched and let go of Lana's arm. Lana calmed down and apologetically looked at Koki who turned his head to avoid her gaze.

"I'm sorry Koki. I didn't mean to yell," said Lana as she hugged him.

"I know," he said, rubbing his eyes. He stared past Lana and looked at the door. Lana looked at her brother. "I just know I heard a ghost outside," he finally whispered. Lana laughed and hugged him tighter which made Koki squirm as an attempt to get out of her grip. Lana let go of him and rubbed his blond hair.

"Okay, let's go on to bed. Ghost or no ghost, we both need our sleep tonight." Koki nodded and ran down the hall to the bedroom at the end of it. Lana sighed at the sight of his energy.

She walked down the hall, checking to make sure the lights were off in the other rooms and stopped in front of a picture frame. In the frame was a picture of Lana, Koki, and their parents; just 3 days before the accident that took their lives. That was 5 years ago, and Lana had been taking care of Koki ever since.

Koki called to Lana who snapped out of her daze, and she walked to the bedroom where he was waiting. She kissed Koki on his head and walked to turn the lights off.

She reached the light when a huge bang echoed through the house, making it shake and shudder. Lana gripped the door frame as the trembles finally came to an end. She turned around to see Koki white in the face and shaking. Lana walked to the window and looked outside. She saw nothing but the street and houses next door.

"Lana," Koki whispered. Lana turned to Koki who was gripping her leg. "What was that?" Lana stood thinking over what had happened, as Koki went to the window and looked outside like she had just done. He started trembling once again. "Lana, what is that?" he asked pointing out the window.

Lana turned to see there was something there. In the corner of the street was a huge, thing with spikes pointing everywhere. It lay on the ground like a dead animal. Lana put her hand to her head. Why did it look so familiar? she thought.

"Lana, is that….is that an akuma?" Lana stared in disbelief at the thing, and shook her head. "No, Koki it can't be at all. Akuma aren't real. I've been telling you, they are just stories dad used to tell us. That must be some plane or something that crashed. It's okay." Lana felt as if she was telling that to make herself feel better other than Koki. Koki calmed down and moved from the window. Slowly, Lana followed, closed the curtains, and they both went back to bed.

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The entire town was in flames. People ran everywhere as the chaos continued. The huge creatures hung overhead shooting everything in sight: people, animals, houses.

A boy shot up and cut one in half, while a girl sliced two with her sword. The two were a perfect team. Their leader shot everything he could as he tried his best to keep an eye on them. The two were only around 10, and he didn't want to loose either of them.

Suddenly, a figure appeared underneath the creatures. The three turned to get ready to fight. The figure smiled as he found the target he sent the creatures to lure out.

The figure shot towards the girl. The two others ran to stop him. The girl heard the boy scream out her name. Then laughter as the world went black.

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Lana shot up, shaken up by the strange dream she had. She looked to see Koki had already gotten up, which meant she overslept. Shit, I'm late! She got up and got dressed as she heard Koki trying to get his breakfast. Before going outside, she turned to the window and opened it. She looked outside to see nothing.

Lana shook her head. Clearly what I saw was just a dream, she thought. The town is fine, and there was no thing outside on the street. Lana walked down the hall to see Koki eating cereal at the kitchen table, swinging his feet as he hummed.

"Hey Koki," Lana said as she went to get a bowl. Koki nodded a greeting as he gulped down the mouthful of cereal and shoved more in his mouth. Lana smiled and sat down at the table.

She stared at Koki. His bright blond hair stuck up every way possible and his green eyes were as bright as ever. Lana looked at her own black hair, wondering how the two of them were brother and sister. Neither of them looked alike, as she had black hair and grey eyes while he had blond hair and green eyes just like their parents.

A loud ring sounded from the clock in their bedroom, signaling that they were going to be late. Lana gulped down the last of the cereal and ran to get her shoes. Koki watched her as he gulped the last of his and put the dishes in the sink. Lana turned the alarm off and ran to the front door where Koki stood waiting with his backpack on.

"Next time, would you please wake me up?" Lana said to Koki as they went out of the door.

"But, I thought you might need to sleep more since you have to work today," Koki said as he bounced down the sidewalk, and stopped at the edge of the street. Lana laughed and ran to catch up to him.

They both stopped when they got at the end of thier street. Across it was thier bus stop, or what used to be it. There was police tape around the remains of it, which wasn't much. Koki stared, amazed as Lana stood there shocked. A police man was talking to a guy with white hair near the bus stop.

Lana stared at the person talking to the police man. He had white hair, but from where she was standing, he looked around her age. He wore a glove on his left hand, and a white shirt and jeans. He also had a strange red tattoo of some sort on his eye.

"Come on Koki, let's-" Lana stopped talking to see Koki was halfway across the street running up to the bus stop. Ugh! Koki! Lana ran to catch up with him.

"Cool! It looks like the bus stop exploded!" Koki said cheerfully, leaning on the tape for a closer look. The white haired boy and the police man looked up to see him.

"Young man, you should get away from here," the police man said coldly, "It's very dangerous. There is another stop down the road."

Koki ignored him and said, "What did this? I saw a giant thing on the street. Was that what made this happen? Cause I saw it right around he -mmf…"

Lana put her hand over his mouth. "I-I'm sorry that he bothered you! I promise it won't happen again." Lana forced Koki to lower his head.

The police man grunted. "You should keep a better eye on him, miss." Lana nodded, and looked up to see the guy with the white hair was staring at them with a smile on his face.

Lana glared at him, and pulled Koki away from the stop. "Bye!" Koki said as he waved. The guy waved back as the police man turned his back.

"Koki what do you think you were doing?" Lana said once they were at the next bus stop.

"I wanted to know what happened…"Koki said looking at his feet. Lana rolled her eyes as the bus pulled up.

Lana and Koki got off in front of the elementary school Koki went to. She yelled goodbye as he ran to his classroom. This is going to be a long day, thought Lana as she watched Koki close the door to the classroom.

Hmmm....it seems...too short.....

Oh well. Now at least I have one real chapter up!

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