Hey its Kuragari back again! By the way, I only named that girl Kuragari because it means "darkness" and it just fit that girl (but it was MY name first!)

Chapter 7

"…"

"What, Kuragari?" I said wearily. Knowing her for a long time, I could tell whether she was there or not.

"…Who is that guy?" she came into open light.

"I don't know," I said flatly.

"I'm not that stupid…"

"You're not stupid at all," I said and I went to wash my hands in the sink. We were able to find a abandoned hole-in-the-wall with usable sinks and plumbing and decided to use it for ourselves.

"Who is he…? He's not someone you don't know…"

"It doesn't matter, he's not coming back," I said. I looked at my hands. No matter what the blood seemed to stay.

"…" She slipped back into the shadows. She knew me well enough to know that if I didn't want to say anything, I won't.

Hiro

"O WHERE O WHERE HAS MAH LITTUHL DOG GONE? O WHERE O WHERE CAN HE BE?"

I covered my ears while I walked past Hinata. Does she ever get tired of singing?

"Oh, Hiro! Where have you been all day?" his mother popped her head into the doorway.

"Looking around town," he said bluntly. "Do you know where Rin is?"

"Actually, she was just with Hinata. I think she said she was heading back home."

"Oh, okay," he said and he was out the door again. But he didn't reach Kagura's house when he saw her. She was standing in front of a grave with her right hand on top of it. Hiro didn't remember that grave being there. Did something happen to her parents? He walked over to her, not saying anything because he didn't want to disturb her. But she heard him and turned around.

"Whose grave is that?" Hiro asked, leaning against the fence of Haru's house. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen Haru yet.

"Kisa didn't tell you?" Rin said heavily.

"Did something happen?" Hiro prompted.

Rin didn't say anything. Then she held up a necklace in front of Hiro's face. It was a thick, black leather string with a white cross. Hiro's eyes went wide and he took a step back, shocked.

"No…that's Haru's grave?"