Rima: I hope you guys have been liking this series as much as my other ones!!
Shiki: And if you haven't read her other stories you better or else!!
Karin and the Karasuma's had literally shopped until they dropped, they got black bedding for Karin's bed, dark skinny jeans, black, red, purple, green, and gray tops for her, hair accessories that were mostly filigree or roses, and a variety of dark shorts.
"Thank you so much Nii-San, but you didn't have to buy all this just for me!!" Karin said while they were in the car heading back home.
"But I wanted to buy all of it for you!" Kirio said calmly while stifling a yawn.
"Oh….okay then." Karin said yawning. She rested her head on Kirika's shoulder and was asleep in seconds.
"She must have been exhausted…." Kirika said while brushing hair out of Karin's face. They arrived home quickly and Kirika picked up Karin and followed Kirio and Himeka inside.
"She can sleep with me again tonight….she can move to her room tomorrow when it's all set up…." Himeka suggested.
"Alright…." Kirika said, she walked into Himeka's room and placed Karin on the bed and pulled the covers over her before turning off the lights and leaving the room, she rejoined Kirio and Himeka in the kitchen.
"She okay….?" Kirio asked.
"Yeah, she didn't wake up!" Kirika said happily. "I'm really worried for her…."
"I'm sure Karin will be alright! There's just something about her that reassures me!" Himeka smiled.
"Well I'm going to go and set up her room now…. You two head to bed soon alright?" Kirio said before walking down into the hallway with Karin's bags in his hands, there was the sound of a door opening and shutting.
"You really think she'll be okay Himeka?" Kirika asked.
"Yeah I do! I'm heading to bed now….and you should to Kirika!" Himeka hugged Kirika before heading off to bed, she changed and crawled into bed next to Karin and fell fast asleep. Kirika turned off the lights in the house and went to join Kirio in Karins soon to be room, when he walked in he saw the bed had the sheets on, the wall was a blood red color and the floor was a soft black carpet.
"Kirio, are you almost done?" Kirika asked. Kirio came out from the walk in closet and smiled half heartedly.
"Yeah, I just finished putting her clothes away, and her bathroom is clean and ready for use, the bed is made and I vacuumed!" Kirio said happily.
"All that already?!" Kirika said shocked.
"It wasn't hard!" Kirio said.
"Alright Nii-San…. Let's head to bed now…." Kirika started walking towards the door when Himeka ran in with tears rolling down her face.
"KARIN WON'T WAKE UP!!!!" Himeka said desperately. The two looked at her in shock.
"What do you mean Himeka?!" Kirio asked walking towards the distressed girl.
"She started thrashing around, and then her ring glowed and she stopped moving, but she won't wake up!!!!" Himeka said as she started to sob. Kirio looked at his sisters before running out of the room and racing to Himeka's room, where Karin was fast asleep.
"Himeka it's going to be okay, Nii-San will take care of this….!" Kirika said while trying to calm Himeka down as they slowly walked back to the small girls' room.
"Karin wake up please!!" Kirio said while sitting on the bed next to the girl and leaning over her, he started taking the girls pulse before looking at her ring. It was cracked and the gem was red not the gentle pink it was. "Kujyou….!"
Inside Karin's head everything was a mess, he nightmare is what started it.
Karin and the Karasuma's were walking on the beach shore, when everything turned sour. A storm rolled in and separated Karin from her still new family, and as it grew darker, shadows of doubt had started to grow in Karin's heart. She started thinking 'They aren't even looking for me now' and 'They probably planned this somehow, they never really truly loved me' and so on. She soon got lost in the surrounding forest, with only the lightning as light, the rain started coming down faster and harder. Karin soon came across a boy that looked familiar.
"Karin why are you with them…. I thought you loved me!" The boy said.
"Who are you!? I don't know who you are!" Karin demanded to know in a small weak voice.
"You don't remember me…. It's Kazune! How could you forget me!!?" The boy named Kazune asked.
"But….YOUR THE BOY WHO STOLE MY RING!!!!" Karin realized.
"And I still have to real one….and I'll give it back once you leave the Karasuma's!!!!" Kazune said.
"NO they are my new family, and they love me and I love them, I can't just leave them!!!!" Karin said.
"They don't really love you, and they are keeping secrets from you!" Kazune said while he started to fade.
"Kazune wait…. I don't understand!!!! What are they keeping from me!?" Karin demanded to know.
"It's not my place to tell you…." Kazune said vanishing. Karin was left alone in the forest, she fell to her knees, her eyes blank and soulless.
"They don't really love me…. They are just using me aren't they; just like everyone else did….and they are keeping secrets from me…." Karin continued to ramble on and on repeating the same things over and over again.
"Nii-San she still isn't awake?" Kirika asked while walking into Himeka's room with Himeka.
"No Kirika…." Kirio looked back at Karin worriedly; he took one of her small hands in his. "Karin please wake up!!!!"
"Kazune-Kun? Why are you still awake?" Himeka asked.
"Oh, I just had some things to finish." Kazune said while looking calmly at Himeka. He started to think, 'Maybe Karin will remember everything now….'
"Oh okay then, I'm going to bed now, don't forget we have a test in school tomorrow!" Himeka said cheerfully before going to her room and going to bed. Kazune sighed and turned off his light and went to bed as well.
Karin looked up at the dark and yet bleak sky, she suddenly heard her name being called.
"Karin, wake up please!!!!" The voice called. Karin looked around and realized it was Kirio's voice.
"Nii-San! He does love me….doesn't he….?" Karin asked herself.
"Nii-San she's waking up!!" Kirika said as he watched the blonde girl open her eyes. "Karin-Chan….?"
"Nee-San….Nii-San….Himeka-Chan?!" Karin asked while sitting up calmly, something in her eyes showed she was being very hesitant towards them.
"Karin, thank god….we were so worried about you!!" Kirio hugged Karin tightly in relief.
"I'm fine….can I go back to sleep? I'm exhausted!" Karin said after yawning.
"Alright Karin….sweet dreams…." Kirio let the girl lay back down before kissing her forehead goodnight. Himeka crawled into the bed and curled up next to Karin before falling asleep as well.
"Nii-San do you think she'll be okay?" Kirika asked while leaving Himeka's room with Kirio.
"Yeah….but let's get some rest, we have work to do tomorrow!" Kirio said before going to his room and going to bed. Kirika sighed and went to her room and lay in her bed unable to sleep. She went to sleep well after midnight; her thoughts kept traveling back to Karin.
"Will she really be alright…." Kirika asked herself before shutting her eyes and falling asleep.
The next day Karin woke up extra early and saw Himeka still fast asleep. Karin smiled and got out of bed, she changed into her school uniform before walking downstairs and making breakfast for everyone, it was same as yesterdays, pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Once she finished she put the plates on the table and wrote a note saying she had already left and that this was their breakfast. She left the house silently and walked to school, once on the grounds she bumped into Kazune.
"Ouch…." Karin whined as she looked up. "Kazune….!"
"Karin….you look tired, any strange dreams last night!?" He asked.
"Yeah actually, can I talk to you in the library alone please?!" Karin asked. Kazune nodded and the two walked to the library.
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Back at the Karasuma's Himeka had woken up first, and ran to Kirio's room as soon as she saw Karin missing.
"NII-SAN KARIN ISNT HERE!!" Himeka screamed, Kirika was shaken from her sleep and heard Himeka; she got out of bed quickly and ran to Kirio's room.
"What!?" Kirio said sitting up in bed.
"She wasn't in my room when I woke up!!" Himeka said. The boy jumped out of his bed and started running around the house, he finally saw the note on the table, and he picked it up and read it aloud, seeing as his sisters had followed him.
"I left early for school, I made you all breakfast, enjoy! Love Karin." Kirio read from the note.
"Well, if she went to school, we can talk to her when we get there…." Kirika said before going up to change into her boy uniform, Kirio sighed and went to change as well. Within minutes everyone was ready to go, Himeka smiled and bye to them as they left the house and started sprinting to the school.
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"Kazune, why were you in my dream last night?!" Karin demanded form the blonde boy.
"Because I had to tell you important things, but your mind misinterpreted what I was trying to tell you, so I left." Kazune explained.
"What did you want to tell me?" Karin asked warily. Kazune took a ring out of his pocket and held it up.
"This is your real ring, the one I gave your brother is a fake…. I'm sorry but it had to be done." Kazune said handing the ring back to her. Karin took it from him quickly; she threw the fake ring to the floor putting her real one on.
"Why did you do that?!" Karin asked harshly with murder in her eyes.
"It's to protect you; I swear that everything I do is to protect you!" Kazune said while taking a step away from Karin's murderous glare.
"All right, I still don't trust you…." Karin said while continuing to glare.
"Then how about we go and hang out after school, we can go to the new bakery together!" Kazune said eagerly (I know its OOC, just get over it!!!! Imagine Karin is glaring at you with murder in her eyes!)
"Actually I wouldn't mind doing that!" Karin said softening the glare and smiling gently.
"KARIN!!!!" Two voices screamed as the library door opened, Kirika and Kirio stood there panting and their eyes scanning the room for Karin. They spotted her and Kazune and both of their eyes narrowed and they walked over to Karin, Kirika put her hands on Karin's shoulders and Kirio confronted Kazune.
"What did you do Kujyou!?" Kirio demanded to know.
"Karin he didn't hurt you did he?" Kirika asked calmly.
"Nii-San I'm fine!! Kirio Nii-San back off, let's just get to class!!" Karin urged them out of the door quickly. Kazune waved by meekly before also going to class, he sat down in his desk calmly. Karin walked in minutes afterwards; she walked to her seat and smiled at Kazune softly.
"What's with the smile?" Kazune asked.
"I'm going to have fun for once after school!" Karin smile got bigger.
"Didn't they take you shopping though?" Kazune asked.
"Yeah, but I would rather go hang out at a bakery than shop!!" Karin said. The teacher walked in then and called for attention, Karin pulled out her doodle notebook and Kazune took out paper for notes. Class went by without a disturbance, and lunch came quickly, Karin got up and went straight to lunch.
"Karin, wait let's hang out at the library!" Kazune said.
"Let me go tell Kirio Nii-San and Kirika Nii-San!!" Karin smiled and walked out. Kazune followed her to make sure the Karasuma's wouldn't do anything to prevent her from coming with him to the library.
"Karin we were just about to come and get you!" Kirika smiled gently.
"Actually I'm going to hang out at the library with a friend, and I'm going to the new bakery with that same friend after school!! I'll see you later!!" Karin said quickly before walking out of their sight and to the library.
"Something's strange about her…." Kirio whispered.
"Nii-San leave her alone! She only made a friend, that's a good thing! We'll see her after she gets home!" Kirika said before going to get her lunch.
Shiki: Hey y'all!! Aren't ya glad that I got this updated?? Rima is startin to feel better, but she gets headaches so im taking her spot for a little bit!! I KNOW Kazune was OOC, just PLEASE get over it!! It all ends up nicely!!!! See ya next time and please review!!!!