"Yeah its me…" She said anxiously judging whether cutting her hair was a good decision or not. She watched as the twins' expressions changed drastically when they both came back to reality of what the current situation was. Hikaru looked her with glazed eyes.

"What happened to your hair?" To answer Fire simply shrugged, beginning to look in the opposite direction.

"Hey don't ignore my question!" To have someone not give him his or her full attention was something Hikaru was not used to. Fire glared at him.

"I got some chewing gum stuck in my hair." She said calmly as if completely unaffected by Hikaru's irritated atmosphere.

Koaru however seemed to have a different strain of thought running through his mind. He glanced up at Fire's face and the wounds that marked her left cheek; a couple of uneven slices ran deep.

"Fire… what happened to your cheek?" For a fragment of a second he saw a flicker of an emotion that came and went so fast that he couldn't make out what it was.

"My cat." He looked deeply into her eyes attempting to search for a trace of a lie but he soon gave up, as her blue tinted grey eyes were just as stubborn as his.

Hikaru was observing Fire's hair, collecting locks of the now short stands with his fingers and playing calmly with her hair, also hoping that by continuing this it would cause her to notice or at least acknowledge his presence. She simply picked up her notebook got out a biro and began writing; Koaru couldn't help but watch in amusement, as she was able to so easily turn her concentration to something else.

"Are you coming to the club at lunch?" Koaru asked her. She lifted her head to look at him and a smirk eased over her lips.

"Of course" She paused slightly. "But I have to do something just before hand so I might be a little late-." Koaru quickly interrupted her.

"Well this morning is a free period so I'm sure you can do whatever you need to do now." His smiled, showing her the schedule for the day. Fire smiled mischievously back.

Okay then. I'll be back for second period." She was just making her way out the classroom door when she heard the twins yell for her.

"Remember to meet at-" Koaru started.

"The fountain in the centre" Hikaru finished for them both.

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Fire ran out the main entrance and to come and greet her motorbike. Her eyes shined as she unlocked her helmet form the chains securing it to the bike and placed it over her head.

'Maybe if I can hurry then I can do it in time' she thought as she approached the drive towards her house; it was pretty isolated. The trees and woods made it seem like a peaceful serenity for anyone to cherish their life in. But that was all in the illusion, hiding what it was really like behind closed doors. She knew that Chris would most likely be home, but there was no avoiding that problem.

She ran to the side of the house leaving her bike stood behind a bush, hopefully to stay hidden. Making her way up the ivy that clung to the walls, as if hiding in the shadows by being on the back of the house. With much difficulty she hauled herself into the window of her room and managed to land without breaking a bone, of which she was pleased with herself for. Once inside she ran to her marble bathroom and searched the white wooden cabinets underneath the sink until she found what she was looking for.

"Time for a proper change." She whispered, applying the black die.

She decided that although her blonde hair was supposedly one of her best assets she was going to give herself a new start. So after the time was set she washed her hair; careful to keep the noise down and towel dried it afterwards leaving it damp but to her that was good enough. Luckily remembering to die her eyebrows also. She turned to look at herself in the mirror but was not sure about what she saw.

The girl in the mirror just looked so… mature. But her appearance was deceiving she seemed to be more of a guy, and by the way the girls were swooning themselves over her when she still had blonde hair she wasn't sure how they would react to this new, dark, mysterious stranger.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when her eyes saw the clock that lay by the bathroom shelf. Cursing when she realized she had cut her time to get back a little short so she sneaked warily back out the window and steadily crawled back down the treacherous ivy.

Jumping back onto the steady and reassuring ground she snuck round to the bushes, careful to not make a sound; still very aware of Chris who she knew was inside the house. When she found her bike she eased it out of the green shrubs and down the drive still attempting to stay hidden. When all appeared safe she put back her helmet on and started up the engine. The gravel crunched and groaned underneath her wheels as she took off to get back to the school.

She parked her bike and chained her helmet to it, after this she retrieved her school side bag from unclamping it from the hold of another pair of chains. After finally making sure that her beloved bike was safe she rushed towards the center of the school campus. She walked down the stone path only to be gawked at by passing teenage girls, their giggling voices travelling to her ears. Fire was observing all the girls turning to mush at her look when she noticed the twins by the fountains. As she approached them they clearly had not recognized her, but that wasn't a surprise. She tapped one of them on the shoulder.

"Hey sorry we're kinda bus-" Hikaru looked at her, his jaw hanging wide open. "-Y". She turned to look at Koaru who shared the same expression as his brother.

"Your hair-" Hikaru couldn't choose his words. "You look-"

"Wow." Koaru answered for both of them in one simple word. Sensing Fire's awkwardness he quickly concluded the situation.

"So um… you died your hair."

"Yeah." She replied, her eyes staring into space as though her mind was on something else.

"Well come on! We've got 2nd period to catch!" Hikaru and Koaru eagerly dragged Fire to the next lesson. Ignoring her spiteful comments and threatening glares.

Well um I hadn't updated in a long time so I thought I would get back into it. I am going to be updating regularly so please review to help me know my story is getting viewed =)

Alice xXx