At ten years old
"Yuka, are you up yet?" A girl in bed slowly opened her eyes.
"Why the hell is she here? And at this time?" she asked to a teddy bear.
"Yuka." She sat up and walked to her window.
"Hey, Yuu. What's up?" Another girl was outside. The sun was slowly rising, and the girl was crying.
"Uhh, we need to talk."
Yuka's POV
OK, I'm Yuka Izumi. It's 6:51 am, and my friend Yuu Kobayashi woke me up. It's not even a school day! So why would she wake me up at this time? Oh, and I swear a lot. Especially when I'm angry. And this is making me pissed off!
"So talk. What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Yuu's face was wet with tears. Something's wrong. And where was Kioshi?
"I-I don't know how to explain things lightly, so I'll just come out, and say it. Something happened."
"Wh-what happened?" I know someone's dead now, just by her tone of voice.
"Kioshi." Hearing my best guyfriend's name in her sad tone made me think.
"He's dead. He's dead. He's dead."
"Did you hear me, Yuka?" I didn't know what she said, but I know it had to have something to do with Kioshi.
"You said Kioshi's dead."
"I'm so sorry." More and more silence. I heard my door oopen loudly. Mom.
"Yuu, Yuka, why the hell are you two up? Yuu, why are you here?!" she screams. I don't want to face her. She's always mean. I think I got my optimistic side from Dad. I wish he didn't divorce Mom.
"Ms. Izumi, you know Kioshi Sato, right?" Yuu asked Mom.
"Yes, the quiet boy." Duh. Kioshi means quiet. Idiot Mom.
"He died."
"Well, that's swell. Leave." Now I face her.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Kioshi was one of my two friends here in Osaka! And you say it's nice to know he's finally dead!" I yell angrily.
"Yuka..." Yuu says, trying to calm me. No way in hell will I calm down.
"And you get all pissed off because Dad divorced you! I can see why too!" SLAP!! I hold my right cheek. Mom always slapped me across the face when I said something about her divorce.
"Ms. Izumi! You can't hit a child!" Yuu yells. My face is burning.
"You will not bring up that damn divorce in my house!" Mom yells angrily.
"I wish Dad was here!" I scream back before leaving with my teddy bear.
"Ms. Izumi, you can't just get mad at Yuka like that. She's your daughter," I hear Yuu say. I run into the bathroom and lock the door.
"What happened to Kioshi?" I look at my teddy bear, Red. I hear banging on the door.
"Yuka, get your ass out here!" I've had enough of this! I run out the door, but I could feel Mom grab my shirt collar from behind and yank me towards her. I can see Yuu left the window.
"What the hell is with you all of a sudden?!" she screams in my ear.
"You slap me, you yell, my friend died, what else do you want?!" SLAP!!
"Shut your mouth! And if you runaway to Daddy, you'll get in trouble, and so will Kage!" I know that. Dad lost my custody, so I'm only allowed to see him on Father's Day. Then I'm with Mom for the rest of the 364 days of the freaking year. I smack her hand away and run to the living room, where the phone is. I need to call Dad.
"Where the hell are you goin'?!"
"The living room!" I grab the phone and dial his number. As long I hear his voice, I'll feel better. No answer. I don't hear anything! I look at the cord. It's cut. Damn.
"Your bastard father isn't gonna save you this time around!" Mom yells. I hate her! I run outside and sit on the lawn. I'll just wait here, crying and thinking.
What's wrong with me? I've had bad luck throughout my whole life. When I was five, I burned myself. When I was seven, I got in a bike accident. When I was eight, Dad divorced Mom, leaving her angry at me all the time. Now at ten, Kioshi, the outcast in school and one of my two friends, died. I don't even know how he died! I should've listened to Yuu.
"Yuka, can you please come in?" Mom asks in a sweet voice. Ughh. She knows she'll get turned in for child abuse if she screams at me. I look at my neighbor's house. Mrs. Ishizeki is there, talking to someone on her phone.
"No thanks!" I yell, a bit annoyed. Mrs. Ishizeki glances at me and talks again. What's up with her? That's when I felt hands grab my hair and start to drag me away.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" I yell, obviously getting hurt. Someone save me.
"Aiki, put that child down!" Both of us, Mom and me, look over at Mrs. Ishizeki. Her hands are at her hips and she's glaring at Mom.
"Kasumi, stay outta this! Yuka isn't your child, is she?" I stare at her, and then my gaze goes back to Mrs. Ishizeki.
"I treat her as my own! Now unhand her!" What's up with her?
"Kasumi, is something the matter?" I look across the street and see Danny. He's the only American in my neighborhood.
"Dan, make Aiki let Yuka go!" she demands. Danny shrugs and runs over to us. He tries to pry Mom's hands off my black hair, but she refuses.
"This is my Goddamn child, and I'll treat her any way I want to!" she snaps at Danny.
"Oh yeah?" Then, I think everyone in the neighborhood heard sirens. Mom looks down the street, as did I. Police cars, ambulances, fire trucks. I stare at Mrs. Ishizeki. Did she call the police?
Mom runs into the house, letting me go. I rub my head. It hurts. Three police cars stop right in front of the Ishizekis house, and five officers step out, guns in hand. Dan was helping me stand when they came walking towards Mrs. Ishizeki.
"Ma'am, you called us, saying there was a child being abused?" one asks, a little tired.
"Yes, and she's in that house!" she says irritabley, pointing at my house. They all nod and run to us.
"FREEZE!!" they yell, aiming at Dan. I step in front of him.
"No, he's a neighbor!" I yell. "Mom's in there." They run to the door and break it down. "It was open."
"FREEZE!!" we all heard them yell. Dan holds me tightly. Mr. Ishizeki runs over to me and hands me a phone.
"Call your father. He'll wanna know." I nod, still wondering why she helped. I dial Dad's number and his answering machine picks up.
"I'm not here, or I'm sleeping. So, leave a message. OK, Yuka?"
"Dad, it's Yuka. CALL ME BACK AT THIS NUMBER!!" I hang up then. Then like magic, it rings. I hand to to Mr. Ishizeki and he answers.
"Yes? ... She's right here." He hand the phone to me.
"Dad?"
"Yuka?! What's wrong?!"
"You kinda need to come back to the house. You'll know then."
"What happened?"
"I can't explain..." I choke up. "I can't explain things now. JUST GET OVER HERE!!"
"OK, I'll be right there!" Click.
"I love you too." And I hung up.
JJ: Huh. Child abuse.
DT: Shuddup JJ!
JJ: Well! Be lucky you're staying here and using my comps.
DT: :P Whatev.
JJ: 'Whatev'.
DT: ... OK, this was the first chapter, kind of like a prolouge.
JJ: So no Fox?
DT: Yep.
JJ: No Hiei?! :D
DT: He'll be in the next chapter, and dammit, I gave out a spoiler.
JJ: Damn. I hate Hiei.
DT: HE'S THE HOTTEST GUY IN YYH!!
JJ: Oh Zeus, I made friends with a Mary-Sue! DX
DT: Whatev! Later.
