This chapter has been edited. Any mistakes that were once in it are now fixed. Sentences have been added and removed for the story's sake.
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Yes thanks to all my wonderful reveiwers! People are really liking this! It brings tears of joy to my eyes! Also you guys aren't even wondering a little bit who HIM is! I'm am surprised! And now for the disclaimer with...The Best characters in the world!! Envy and Wrath!! (Fullmetal Alchemist if you don't know, the Anime!)
Me: Envy! -crushes envy in giant hug-
Envy: Get off of me! Humans Tch ...
Me: You know you love hugs!! Besides I ain't human I'm a ninja!!-Continues hugging-
Wrath: Envy-sama! Katelyn! -joins group hug-
Envy: Both of you get off me! -Jumps out of hug-
Me: Fine me and wrath will hug each other -Continues hugging Wrath-
Envy: Whatever. Katelyn doesn't own shit now go away...
Me: Don't tell them to go away! Read on faithful veiwers!
Everything was a blur.
What happened?
Who is that girl, that happy girl without a care in the world?
She stared at the girl across from her.
'That was me before...'
Hands, hot as iron, Eyes the color of...
Her eyes shot open as she pushed her bruised self up. She was in a room filled with toys. And when she meant filled with toys she meant everywhere possible. Every possible corner had a transformer or a stuff animal. Puzzles covered every inch of the floor, some completed others almost done. The walls were a plain white and the room was dim as she adjusted her eyes.
But what she noticed right away was the pale boy sitting in the chair next to the bed she was laying in. His knee was brought up to his chest as he twirled a peice of his pure white hair. When he noticed that Kiko had sat up, he said, "You should rest. You passed out in front of my door only hours ago." Near explained. Kiko was confused, had she really passed out like that...
All she remembered was running away, far away. Trying to escape life itself. Then that god awful dream. Near's calm monotone voice lifted her out of her thoughts, "I would have taken you to the nurse, but I don't think you would want the adults to find out about those..." he gestured toward her arm.
Every possible inch of her skin was scarred. Scarred with marks that she inflicted and HE inflicted. She didn't hurt herself because she wanted to die. No, she wanted to feel the exact opposite. She wanted to feel alive, to make sure that this twisted up life wasn't a fucked up nightmare. She had inflicted pain upon herself to escape the dream...
She quickly realized that he had taken off her sweatshirt. She grabbed off the edge of the bed and pulled in over herself. He had bandaged her wounds for her.
Why? Why would he, why would anyone do anything for her? "Why?" she asked, her voice cracking. Her voice hadn't been used in quite a long time. Her throat was dry, her mouth cracked, her teeth were practically glued together. Kiko's etched throat gave a sense of releif that it was finally able to spill out a sound.
Near looked at the dark haired girl for a long time. 'Why did I...' he didn't know why he done it. Maybe it was the sense of being kind to another, maybe it was because he felt sorry for her, but he knew deep in his heart that the true reason was because he was memorized by her shockingly red eyes the first moment he looked into them. They were full of sadness, hate, emotions swirled like tornados gone wild.
Her eyes held millions of questions all desperately wanting to be answered. Near wanted to answer them. Her pale emotionless face looked at him expectantly. He couldn't tell her that though. She would possibly freak out and run away. He decided with a simpler choice, "Because you were hurt and I felt as though I had to help. I wasn't just going to leave outside my door, passed out from pain."
Kiko headed toward the door, staggering with each step she took. Her thoughts raced through her head. Could she believe this boy? What if he was planning something? Her old self would leap into the boy's arms saying thank you over and over for helping her. But her new self, her broken self, distrusted the boy. She was overly cautious of everyone and anything. Even though she truly felt frightened of human society she hid it, showing this new emotionless face to every eye that stared at her.
But her old self raged on arguing that she at least owed him a sense of gratitude. He could have let the nurse find her then what would happen. So as she stepped out the door she turned her head to look at him and said in the softest voice, "Thank you." and she left.
Near smiled to himself, "Your welcome."
Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to a full month. It all passed by quickly in her eyes. She remained emotionless, stoic, presenting a plain self to anyone who was watching, hoping they grow tried of her act. Never speaking, glancing at no one. She completely withdrew herself from everyone else. She was the lone wolf in the house.
Kids continued to pick on her, but not as bad as before. Usually a shove or pushing her books down. Kids resented the fact that she wouldn't speak to them or even look at them. They believed she thought she was too good for the rest of them and thus, their anger gained control over them.
As hurtful as the shoves were, she could be bother at all. Pain was her anti drug; it made her feel somewhat alive. Knowing your alive is better than walking day in and day out believing you were in some kind of illusive dream, wanting to wake from it.
She didn't even bother going down to dinner anymore, seeing as the albino and her were forced to share a table. Instead she went the whole day without eating and at night when everyone was snuggled in their beds in faraway lands of dreams, she would sneak down into the kitchen and sneak a snack or two. She was getting incredibly skinny so she forced as much food down into her stomach as possible. She held it in determined not to puke. Her ribs started to fade away as she gained more and more weight.
Her throat was getting drier by the day and it became insufferable to the point where she sang along to music just to give her voice a break. She missed L terribly. With him they would have long debates over topics that ranged from politics to some thing as goofy as cake. Neither of them liked to lose so their debates would go on for hours at a time. She would always smile slightly at the distant memory.
Her life went on like this for a full month until one atypical day. The scores had been posted again and she ranked top along with Near for the fifth week in a row. Kids glared at her as she walked past them, but her eyes were always on the floor to avoid such looks.
As Kiko was walking along a deserted hallway, looking for a good window where she could sit and draw outside scenery, a group of rough-looking boys cornered her. She ignored them as they made jokes and hooted at her. She just clenched her sketching pad and evaded her stare to the floor like always. But, seeing as they weren't getting a good enough reaction out of her, tried something else, something worse.
"So you think you're better than us? How's this for ya'?"
The leader of the group stepped up and roughly forced Kiko's chin upward. She grimaced in pain as he stared at her with eyes of amusement. He shoved his lips to hers and her eyes grew wide, wide with hate...
"You know you love this..." he sneered as he brought his lips to hers.
He drew another line of blood along her arm with the knife he held in his vicous hands.
She struggled to get away.
Away...Anywhere...Far away...
A voice exploded from her mouth, "Nooooooooooo!" she shoved the boy off her and he was surprised.
She kicked upwards, a move L showed her, and sent him flying. He landed with a thud as blood dripped from his mouth. She heard voices in the distance but she didn't care. The other boys backed away, afraid of the girl's mighty fury. She shoved her foot into the boys face again, "Don't touch me ever again!"
Matt strolled the halls as he fumbled with the buttons of his Gameboy. He was on the last level stabbing a knife at the boss in order to defeat him when he heard a noise in the distance: a girl's voice...screaming?
He rushed to the scene and what he saw was the least expected. Kiko's had brutally kicked a boy who was lying on the floor, struggling to get away. When she said those words, Matt's mid went blank except with one lone thought, 'Huh?'
He had never seen Kiko, the monotone red-eyed girl, in such a state. The only time that came even a little close was a month ago with those girls. Now she was talking loudly with venom in her voice like snake ready to kill its prey.
"What's going on here!?" Everyone turned there heads except Kiko who backed away from the disoriented boy who was in fear of getting up. Rodger came booming down the halls with a frightful look on his face. "What the bloody hell is going on down here!" he turned to Kiko whose face was a mixture of pain and despair.
She looked as though something was haunting her. She then ran, like those weeks ago. Everyone was shocked. The group of thugs attempted to say she attacked them but Matt countered it and explained with his best ability to Rodger what had gone on...
Tears threatened to spill down her face as she rushed to her room. Her memories came back as the flashbacks roared through her aching head. Why couldn't she just forget!!
She climbed out of her window once she slammed the door to her room shut.
She had to get away, it didn't matter where she just wanted to run from those horrible memories and leave them far behind. She jumped from the two-story window and raced across the field to the fence. She wasn't running away from the orphanage, she would eventually come back. She needed a breather though, she felt stuffed inside her cold room.
She ran across the yard, her feet causing the grass to streak with every step. The nighttime air ran chill down her back, tickling her with it's serene touch, leaving her shivering before she realized it. The crickets seemed to hop out of her storming path as she raced for the metal fence that was soon within her grasp.
When she had finally reached the tall metal fence a voice behind her startled her out of her wits, "What are you doing?..."
Kiko totally beat the shit out of that kid! lol Who is the mysterious voice! You'll find out next time! Please reveiw you will get a array of invisible deserts plus hugs from me, Wrath and Envy!!
Envy: I ain't hugging anyone!
Me: Yes you are! Reveiw! You all have a nice day now!