Yoh yawned as he walked downstairs, his hair all messy from sleeping. In the living room his brother was watching T.V, a frown on his face.
"Ohayo," Yoh mumbled, rubbing sleep from his eyes. "Whatcha watching?"
"News. They found two men dead in some alley way," Hao said. Yoh blinked, fully awake now.
"What?"
Hao turned the volume up on the T.V.
"…identities of the bodies but we do know that they are male. One of the men seems to have been slashed from behind from his right shoulder all the way down to his left leg while the other was slashed in the from his left shoulder to his right leg. There was a knife found at the scene of the crime but it's not big enough to make the cuts. It looks almost like claw marks but that's impossible the police say, since there's no animal that would be able to do this much damage and make that big of a cut. The police are not saying whether or not if there are suspects but we do know that whoever killed them, had to have done it between 10 pm and midnight last night…"
"Scary," Yoh muttered.
"Strange though." Hao mused. "What could have made those cuts?"
Yoh frowned. It was strange. Stuff like this rarely happens where they live.
When they got to school everyone was talking about it. Some coming up with theories and others always looking over their shoulder when they were outside, as though someone was going to sneak up on them and attack right then and there.
Yoh and Hao talked about it with their friends.
"I agree with Hao, this is strange," Ren said, frowning.
"They'll catch who did, I mean, the town isn't that big so it won't take long. Right?." Said Chocolove.
"I'd like to see the bodies so I know how those marks were made," Hao muttered making HoroHoro go pale.
"Dude, that's creepy. Even for you," he said making Hao give him a disgusted look.
"Please, it's not because I find it fascinating Idiot," he said.
Yoh frowned. He could see a calculating look in his eyes that he only got when he was suspicious of something or had a theory. "You think it was something else, don't you Hao? Besides a person or animal?"
He shrugged and walked to his desk. "Not really," he said nonchalantly. But at a glance he sent Yoh, through some Twin-Telepathic way, he knew that he was right.
Of course, it was an understatement to say that no one could pay attention to the lesson. The teacher got annoyed and left the class room using the excuse that he had to make photo copies to get away from the distracted teens
Yoh looked at Anna's empty desk, wondering were she was. Maybe she was staying home until she got better. He wouldn't be surprised but it did make him worry.
"Thinking about Anna?" Hao asked him, startling Yoh from his thoughts.
"huh? Oh, um…" Yoh blushed. "I-I'm just worried, that's all."
Hao smirked at his younger Twin and glanced at the door when it opened and looked back at his brother.
"Hmm, speak of the Devil and he shall appear. Or she in this case," he said, standing and walking over to talk to Ren.
"Huh?" Yoh watched him go, confused, before looking up and seeing what he was talking about.
"Anna!" He said, shocked. She was still pale but not as much. There was a small cut on her left cheek and a huge bruise that covered almost her whole upper right arm.
"Shut it, I have a headache," she said before sitting down.
"What happened? Why are you hurt?" he asked. She looked away and muttered, "Mind your own business…"
Yoh frowned. "How can I when your hurt?" he asked.
"Easy," she snapped.
"It's not easy," he argued. "When someone I care about is hurt I want to help them, no matter what."
He saw her stiffen but she didn't say anything. He glanced around to make sure no one was watching and reached forward, taking her hand that was resting on her desk in his. If possible, she stiffened even more, becoming still as rock. But she didn't pull away and for that, he was grateful.
"If you don't want to tell me, that's ok," he said gently, looking down. "But when you do want to, I'll listen. Ok?" he glanced up at her in time to see her nod once. She gripped his hand back tightly, as though holding on for dear life.
They stayed like that, just holding hands, until HoroHoro came over. She quickly let go of his hand and looked out the window.
"Hey Yoh, a bunch of us are going to the pizza place down the block for lunch, wanna come?" he asked.
"Um," Yoh glanced at Anna then looked back at HoroHoro. "Nah, I don't feel like pizza. I'll just hang out here," he said, shrugging.
"Yeah, you just don't wanna walk there," HoroHoro laughed before going to ask someone else to come.
Yoh turned back at Anna and saw that she had a faint blush on her cheeks.
'huh, she's cute when she blushes' he thought. He could have sworn her blush got brighter.
When it was lunch he waved at his friends and Hao as they left.
"Why aren't you going with them?" He turned to Anna who was looking at her desk, frowning.
He shrugged. "Don't feel like. Plus, I want to keep you company," he admitted.
"I don't need you pity," she said coldly but Yoh just smiled.
'It's not pity. It's a friend wanting to keep another friend company," he said as though it was the simplest thing in the world. She frowned but didn't say anything.
They stayed inside since it looked like it was about to rain. They were the only ones inside besides three girl that sat as far away from them as possible. It was quiet expect for their talking, but the silence wasn't awkward, it was the complete opposite. Both were very comfortable with the silence and the others presence.
"How do you see the world?" she asked, unexpectedly.
Yoh thought about it for a minute before leaning back in his chair. "Hmm, I think there's too much hatred in the world. I think people should just learn to get along, and not focus as much on the past and just go with the flow. I also believe the humans and shamans, people who can see Spirits, can live in harmony together." he glanced at her. "But you don't think that, do you?"
"No. I hate them, I wish they would all die," she said coldly, her eyes had a hatful yet sad look in them. Yoh looked at her before for awhile before saying, "I don't believe that."
Like he knew she would, she glared at him. "Why?"
"Because," he shrugged. "that would make you a bad person. And people who can see Spirits can't be bad people. My grandfather told me that all the time when I was little."
Anna looked at him in disbelief, not sure what to say.
The door opened to reveal two men coming in. One was tall with light brown hair and the other short with black hair. Yoh watched, confused as they walked over to them while Anna glared.
"What do you want?" she snapped.
"Kyoyama-San, We'd like to speak to you alone for a minute." The tall guy said, pulling out a badge. An officer.
Yoh looked from him to Anna, wary. She gave them a blank look.
"Very well," she said coldly.
They walked outside of the classroom and shut the door behind them.
The three girls in the room started talking.
"Cops? What are they doing here?"
"Why do they want to talk her? Is she a suspect?"
"Of course, why else would they come."
"Well, maybe she knew one of them."
"Yeah right."
Yoh frowned and looked out the window. Why did the want to talk to Anna? And why would they think she was a suspect?
He could hear their muffled voices through the door, especially Anna's angry one since he was used to hearing it. Then the voices got louder he make out the words. The girls in the room stopped talking a starred out the door.
"…only trying to help!" he heard someone say.
"…eave Me alone!"
One officer said something else that Yoh didn't hear clearly but he did, however, hear the loud Slap! that soon followed.
The door opened to reveal an angry looking Anna, a shocked looking officer, and a livid looking one. The short black haired on was on the ground, holding his left cheek that was already swelling. He was glaring at Anna.
'A-A left hand slap' Yoh thought. 'And it looks painful.' he made a mental note not to get Anna this angry in the future.
"Ky-Kyoyama-San that's assault to an officer, we could charge you!" The tall cop said, shocked.
"But you won't since you know it was provoked. You won't because if you did, you know I could do just as much damage for he used his authority to threaten me," Anna said calmly though her eyes flashed dangerously.
The officer sighed. "You never change. Fine, have it your way," he turned and helped his partner up. "We'll back off for now."
His partner glared at Anna. "try that again and we will lock you up," he said. Anna's eye narrowed in mocking way.
"Try it and see what happens," she said.
'Is that a threat?"
"Maybe." Yoh noticed that a dark shadow appeared behind her. It looked like-
"Enough," the tall officer said. He looked pale all the sudden, including his partner. "Shinn, let's go. We have no more reason to bother Kyoyama-San." with a nod towards her, they left.
Immediately the girls jumped up and ran out of the room, looking scared.
"What was that about?" Yoh asked as she walked back over.
"Nothing, the men they found dead this morning were my neighbours apparently and just wanted to know if I saw anything," she said.
"Did you?" he asked, though he really wanted to know why she slapped that one cop.
She glanced at him. "No. I've never even set eyes on them before and that one cop was annoying me so I hit him."
"You shouldn't do that, you could have gotten arrested," Yoh frowned. She shrugged.
"No. they wouldn't dare. Their afraid to even touch let alone try put handcuffs on me," she said quietly. Then she smiled sadly. "Funny, their trained to handle dangerous criminals and their afraid of a teenage girl."
"Anna…" Yoh was at a lost of words.
"You know it's true. It's the same for everyone else." She looked out the window, lost in her thoughts. Yes, for as long as she could remember people were afraid of her. Even her own parents were afraid, still afraid…and they had every right to be.
Yay, finally got some Reviews, thanks guys. Not sure when I'll be able to update next so be patient going to be busy the next few weeks so bear with me.
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