-Krystal Class-

-Chapter 3-

-Section C- *I don't write chapters on 'Word', it comes as i post it here, so that's why it's in sections*

I sat...

I placed my head between my knees and took deep breaths. I could feel my pulse raging through my arms as it circulated through my body. My

hands were dead cold... cold and clam-like.

"Is Miku getting up?" I somewhat rushed it. I shouldn't had let Miku gone without me... I should had known better...

'She was hinting at me that the gangsters were reckless... but i was too concerned about what she was thinking... only to find she was innocent...

more innocent even now that i could ever be...'

"She's fine" Her father laid a damped towel over her forehead.

"I know... It's just..."

' why didn't i see that she wanted to try to handle them on her own..'

I blasted onto my feet.

"I'm going to cool down" I left the room abruptly. I shut the door tight and stomped outside.

"Am i too weak?" I grumbled to myself.

'Am i not strong enough to protect someone that i care dearly about?' I doubted to myself.

'This is just like how Nero and I separated... I wasn't strong enough to go against my father.' I punched the right pillar. I was filled with anger...

frustration... and disappointment... within myself.

'I need some time...' I wandered down the road. I knew exactly where i needed to go.

'The lily pond...'

I could barely walk straight, not alone think straight. I crashed onto my back and shut my eyes.

'Who's the one that'll protect me? Who can i protect? Why am i feeling so much agony... Who are you?... Who am I?'

'Who are you?'

I fluttered my eyes opened. As i did, i drowned in blue.

"Who are you?" Her light orange hair over shadowed my face. The white bow... those white cream clips... that pale white skin.. and those deep sky

eyes...

"RIN" my heart raced as i reached a sitting position.

"It's Princess to peasants" She groaned.

"Oh..." I paid no attention to saying 'princess' I don't even belong to this town.

She wore such a beautiful white and skim orange summer's dress. Her sunhat was made of straw and she had a gorgeous silver turtle jeweled

necklace.

"What are you doing outside the castle today?..." I mumbled as loud as i could.

"You wouldn't believe me if i told you... my brother doesn't believe me..." She sighed as she laid in the grass.

"Try me... I've been through things no one would believe" I fell backwards again breathing in the cool and refreshing air.

I looked above my head to check for guards... not one...

"Don't worry, i didn't bring any guards with me... I snuck out of the castle today.." She continued to look into the water. We were at the edge of the

water. She drizzled her fingers lightly creating smooth rings in the water.

"Do you really want to know?" She sat back up and looked at me directly.

"Sure, shoot it" I closed my eyes.

"Okay..."

"You know that thief everyone has been talking about lately... how sly and horrible she is."

"Yeah"

"What if i were to tell you that all of that was a misconception. She purposely made herself look like the bad guy even though i can see she's good."

"Well..." I tried to think clearly. "I think"

A sharp knife zoomed right near us. I quickly turned to look.

It was one of the henchmen that attacked before.

"I came to even the score for making us look like cowards..." He grimly mocked. "And... Look here, i see the princess is with her. I hit the jackpot"

He threw another knife.

As an automatic reaction, i flung out my katana and deflected the knife.

I confronted him quickly and attacked.

"You.. Dirty..." He could barely say before he cried of pain. Then as fast as he could, he ran far out of sight.

I faced Rin.

She glared at my Katana...

'Something's wrong... why is she staring at my katana?' I tensed up.

Then instantly i remembered.

'I used this sword last night as i played thief. Those grooves... that shade... she must know and to top it off, my fight style is the same so it should

ring a bell...' I bit my tongue.

"Um... I..." I couldn't find the right words to say. 'I'm the thief, i'm the one who lied, i really fight for good?! none of those choices seemed right.'

"You should go back to the castle."

"Thief..." She popped out.

My heart sunk.

"That swords just like the thief's... and you fight so much like her... Do you know her?" She asked me.

'Huh? She doesn't think i'm the thief.' I sighed. I'm safe yet on the same token, how can that not be so obvious to see?

"I guess so" I concluded to avoid any other ideas.

"Well then! Please tell her, the thief, to not continue trying to get others to hate her. Tell her to meet me in the castle at noon! She's a thief so i

expect she can get in easily without being seen!" Rin blurted out as she jumped up and ran off.

'Well... how productive was that?...' I was left somewhat incoherent as i slowly rose to my feet. I returned back to Miku's place.

'I've been gone long enough... Nothing else can go wrong right?' I opened the front door.

Miku flung herself onto me. We both fell onto the path.

"Ouch...What happened" I rubbed my head.

"Neru, Neru!" She pounced up and down excited.

"We're requested to go to the castle, pronto!" She cheered. "Apparently they want us"

'My day just got a whole lot worse...'