Hey wazzup! I know, I've been away for a while. You see, my uncle came to visit during the holidays and I hadn't seen him in 5 years! So I wanted to spend sometime with him. Now that he left ( and I actually cried ) things are ready to start over!

CHAPTER 6: Big Changes

Kaede was seemingly talking to a boy. What surprised me the most was the fact that she was actually glaring! Since when was she aggressive?

The boy was holding a music box in his hand. It played a nice music, but it was a bit depressing. I decided that I should stay hidden for the moment and observe how things would develop from there.

"You like it?" asked the boy innocently.

"What?" replied my pink-haired sister.

"Well, why else would you be staring?"

"I... I just thought it was a pretty song... that's all..."

Wait a minute, is she blushing? Kaede is actually blushing? Does she have a crush on this guy? All this questions raced through my head. First she glares then she blushes? What was going on?

The boy's next sentence snapped me back to reality.

"Are those growing out of your head? They look like horns"

Oh shit. Seriously dude, of all possible questions you had to pick that one? My muscles tensed ready to spring into action. If Kaede really did slaughter those kids then I had to be ready to save that kid's ass.

"You think they're disgusting, don't you?" Her voice was full of hatred. Was this really the same girl I knew?

"What?" repeated the black-haired kid utterly confused

Then something weird happened. Something cold came from Kaede's direction and was marching towards the boy's legs. Well I didn't really see anything, but I felt it. It's kinda hard to explain, I just knew something was off. How you ask? I just knew! Anyways, this alarmed me and I was about to make my presence known when the other lad intervened.

"No way, that's totally awesome!" He shouted gripping her shoulders.

She was, to say the least, stunned. That negative feeling I had disappeared. Whatever Kaede was planning to do, she stopped it. That's not the only thing I noticed. If she was blushing before, you should have seen her now! She was as red as a tomato!

Aha! I knew it! My sister's got a crush! Slowly a smirk formed on my face. Was I gonna let her live this down? Of course not!

But then Kaede resumed her glaring and freed herself from the boy's hold.

"Do you have any idea how much trouble this horns have caused me!" She said coldly.

"What?" He was even more confused now.

The girl started walking away from him when he spoke up again.

"Hey do you wanna be friends?"

At that I remembered how the puppy died in the first place. I placed my trust in someone I barely knew and that was the tragic result. However, this guy was different I could feel it and I am sure Kaede could too.

"You must be joking! I hate all of you!" With that she started walking away.

I'm not sure if it was even possible to confuse the kid even further, but that line seemed to do the trick.

Poor Kaede. Losing her first best friend must have traumatized deeply. She had a good reason not to trust anyone. Probably she wouldn't trust even me. These thoughts distracted me from what the kid was saying. I think he shouted out loud his name, but I didn't catch that. Nor did I care, since my sister was getting away and I had to follow her.

When I caught up with her, she seemed to be deeply in thought about what just happened. So it was up to me to break the silence.

"Seems like a really nice guy to me" these words made her snap her head towards me.

"A-Alex?" Her usual surprised and confused expression adorned her face.

"Hi there sis"

We both remained silent for a while, before she recovered from the sudden shock.

"How long have you been listening?" She asked

"I think I got all of it"

"Then you know I can't trust him, it would be making the same mistake again. The first time it cost me dearly already"

I lowered my head at that. Now she was taking the blame.

"First of all" I started "Understand that the fault for what happen is mine and mine alone. The last thing I want is to see you devastated like that. Second, this guy is different. I trusted the girl out of necessity, thinking it would be better to have some more allies. This kid however... there is something different about him. Unlike most people I met before I feel like I can trust him even though we just met. I'm sure you feel the same."

She didn't reply to that, instead she decided to look away and appeared to be in deep thought again.

"Of course" I continued "The decision is yours and yours alone... though if he is ever going to ask you out, I would advise you to say yes" That made the pink-haired girl change expression all of a sudden.

"H-Hey, i-it's not like I have a crush on him!" she shouted, her cheeks starting to get red.

"I didn't say you like him. Wait you do?" I asked with fake surprise. A bit of humor was the perfect thing to cheer her up and it was working.

Her cheeks were now red-hot. "N-no! W-what I meant is... I mean... I wanted to... H-he doesn't..."

I started grinning at myself. Seeing her trying to come up with an excuse was just priceless. At some point, she decided to give me a dirty look and to ignore me. Nobody moved for a couple of seconds before we both started laughing.

"Feeling better?" I finally asked

"Yeah thanks brother" Her face finally donned that beautiful smile of hers.

"No problem! However, you do realize I have some questions for you right?

"Yeah, I know"

With that we both became serious again.

"First off, was it you who killed those three?" It was pretty obvious that she did kill them, but I still wanted confirmation.

"Yes. About that, I really couldn't control myself. I..."

"Don't bother coming up with excuses. I've never liked those guys and I still fail to feel any pity for them." I said cutting her off.

"Next question, how did you kill them?"

She then proceeded with explaining about how she was now able to control some kind of invisible arms that were able to rip a human body open with minimal fatigue. Well, that explained what I felt before. On the other hand, something was still bothering me. People are not supposed to notice these "arms" and yet, in a way, I sensed them, kinda.

"It sounds stupid right?" Kaede's sudden question brought me back to reality.

"Actually, it's pretty easy to believe" was my answer "I've never seen such a gruesome spectacle. It's hard to find any other logical explanation"

I thought about telling her of my apparently incredibly peculiar ability of sensing those so called "invisible arms" of hers, but decided against it. I was not going to make any of that public until I myself understood what was going on with me. Did that come with my ability?

I noticed only then that my latest remark had lowered Kaede's moral to a whole new level. It was time to change the subject.

"I doubt you'll be going back to the orphanage" I stated "So it would be pointless for me to go back"

"What?" she was now screaming "No! You must go back! There they have food and shelter! You can't suffer because of me!"

Her sudden outburst surprised me. I had been worrying about her for so long that the fact that she could be preoccupied for me didn't even cross my mind. Well, I was her brother so I guess it was only natural.

"Don't worry about me. My uncle used to throw me out of the house on many occasions, so I'm used to living on the streets, can't say the same thing about you though. So how are you going to survive?"

Once again she looked away. Sadly I did have a hunch about what she meant. Not having anywhere to go and not being strong enough to live on the streets, the only thing she could rely on was her new power and that power was good for one thing: killing. It was still very hard to believe that my little defenseless sister will probably have to go on a killing spree in order to have a place to spend the night. Things had slipped out of hand in less than a day.

"You must know" I began "That I don't approve of what you wanna do. Nevertheless, if it means granting you a way to survive... then I don't mind"

Her eyes widened,fully showing the brilliance of their red color.

"What?" I asked "You do remember that you're my little sister right? You are worth much more than a thousand lives to me"

At that she smiled happily and then we both hugged each other tightly. Then, I heard some voices in the distance.

"We'd better part ways, the police will be here any time soon" I said pulling myself away from her.

"Yeah you're right" she replied reluctantly.

We turned around and started taking off in opposite directions, when I remembered something.

"Oh and Kaede!" I said catching her attention "If you get a chance to see that boy again, take it, it would do you some good!" After that I turned around and started running again, not paying attention to her surprised visage.

As I run I started thinking about what possible arrangements I could take in order to grant me my survival on the streets. I soon noticed something that caught my attention and stopped me in my tracks. It was the small gravestone Kaede built for the small puppy. A sense of guilt took over me as I walked nearer to it.

"I'm sorry" I said out loud "It's my fault. Had I been more careful, none of this would have happened to you" A single tear traveled across my face.

"I'll make it up to you, I swear I'll protect you're friend Kaede, even if it costs me my life"

With that said I made a quick prayer and left. The police was getting closer.

I found myself wondering about what ensued because of my failure once again. The little shy girl I met at the orphanage was now on her way to become a serial killer. Some people would call her a monster at this point, but not me. It was mankind's inability to accept anything different that mad her like this. It was the people who alienated Kaede who were the real monsters.

I was still kind of sick at the idea that my sister would start killing thousands of innocents, but if it meant keeping her alive then it was fine by me.

With time, many things were going to change. Some for the better and most for the worst. But my sister well-being would always be my top priority. That wasn't going to change any time soon.

There, hope you enjoyed the new chapter! And I really wanna thank all those who reviewed during the wait!