After a long and tedious argument, we decided to hire a taxi cab.

I mentally facepalmed when we finally reached that conclusion. Why didn't we think that before we argued for 15 minutes? Urg, I live with a bunch of idiots.

I slung my bag into a newly-arrived Hatori's western car, as it had been decided that the guys would ride in the taxi. Which meant Kyo, Hiro, Yuki and Haru were going to be stuck in a small space for a half-hour. Oh, and Shigure and Momiji were riding with us.

Great.

"Azula, are you sure of this?" I asked, looking over at my sister. Kisa glanced up from where Tohru was pulling her hair up into pigtails.
"Nah, not really. Someone will most likely come out scratched." Azula shoved her bag into the trunk.
"I feel bad for the driver." I shook my head.

"Are we departing soon?" Tohru looked up with a smile.
"Probably. Hatori's "Talking" with Shigure. I think." I made quotes around 'talking', mostly because Shigure was probably doing most of the talking.

"Akia-chan? Why don't you call Uncle Shigure Uncle?" Kisa asked.
"Maybe cause I don't want to. It's more syllables to pronounce." I looked away from her gold eyes, feeling a pang of guilt about lying.

I mainly didn't call him that because I actually had Uncles, and even though Shigure fit in that category, I just didn't feel comfortable calling him that. Maybe soon. But not now.

Tohru glanced at me, a curious gaze on her face.

"Whadda mean, I'm riding with you?! I am NOT doing it!" Oops, we forgot to fill in Hiro.

I smirked at Azula's zoned out look that was directed at Yuki. Who was now smoothing over the situation.

I brushed past my sister, walking over to the guys.
"Yuuukiii!" I called.
He glanced at me with a sigh. "Yes Akia?"

"I need to talk to you when we get there." I whispered in his ear.
"About what?" he questioned.

I simply smiled. "Sompin." I grabbed Momiji's arm and dragged him to our/Hatori's car.

"Let's go!" Azula cheered as Hatori and Shigure walked out, the latter looking oddly solemn.

I suspected Hatori had told him about our little "agreement" with Akito, but I planning to confront him until much later.

Pretty soon, we were driving, mostly quiet. Hatori and Shigure were upfront. Kisa was in the very middle, with Tohru and Azula on either side, the latter in front of me. Momiji and I had the back to ourselves.

Miji turned to me. "Akia?" He asked, quiet.
"Mm?" I looked at him.
"Lollipop?" He offered one to me, a blue one.
"Thanks." I took it and shoved it in my mouth. Blue Raspberry, how did he know it was my favorite?

Magic Bunnies.

I smiled at him, brushing my purple hair out of my blue eyes, suddenly bored.

"Have you ever been to the beach before, Azula-chan and Akia-chan?" Kisa asked.
"Yeah, once." Azula said.
"Twice." I corrected.
"With who?" Momiji asked.
"Our parents." Azula said.
"Why do you never talk about them?" Tohru looked at both of us.

"Should we tell them?"
"If you're comfortable with it."

"Our parents died in a car accident 3 years ago." Azula said softly.
"I am so sorry." Tohru said, sympathetic.
"We don't like to talk about it." I stared at the lollipop, twisting it between my fingers.

Momiji grabbed my hand, lacing my fingers with his. I smiled at him, he's so adorable!

He smiled back, his brown eyes sympathetic and slightly understanding.

"You'd be cute together."
"Shut up, Azula."

"When did you get your curses?" Momiji asked, tentative.

I then realized Shigure was watching me in the mirror, Hatori glancing at us from time to time as well.

"When we were young." Azula stared out the window, withdrawing from the conversation. I kicked off my flip-flops, drawing my knees to my chest.

"Details?" I offered.
"Yes please." Tohru said.

"When we were about six, I was zapped by lightning," I took a deep breath, silently pleading that they wouldn't hate me. Or Azula. "I barely survived, and woke up in the hospital with this wierd power. The first thing I touched was my mother's hand.

"Of course, the first thing I had to find was her and Da crashing into a brick house, swerving to avoid a drunk driver. They died on impact, and I was traumatized for 4 months. I didn't speak, and mostly sat and stared off into space. Azula's happened later."

"I received mine when I got a concussion from judo, about ten. I woke up in the hospital and could 'hear' my parents freaked out thoughts. It was difficult, to say the least." she rubbed her eye.

"Painful." Shigure spoke up for the first time.
"Yes." I sighed. Momiji rubbed his thumb against mine. I smiled to myself, sticking the candy back into my mouth.

"How did you...um...meet us?" Kisa asked.

We exchanged glances. "Sorry, we're not ready for that story." Azula apologized.

"It is okay, if you would rather not relieve the memories." Tohru said gently.
"Thanks." I breathed, my thoughts flashing back to that day...

"Azula!" I burst into our house, panting. "What, Kia?" my twin sister glanced up at me. I burst into tears. "Aunt Hailey and Uncle Sora are going to adopt us!"
"Aunt America?" Azula asked darkly. "Yes! They'll most likely take us away!" Aunt Hailey was always trying to change us and our lifestyle. Guardians-now that's just scary.
"We gotta run." She decided, standing up.
"Run where? I doubt anyone will take us in." I chewed my thumbnail, thinking.

"Anywhere but here. Pack up a backpack-we're leaving. Now."

I ran up to my room and hastily threw stuff into my bag, zipping it closed and thumping down the stairs in our 2 story home.

"Ready?" My older sibling asked. I nodded, and we both ran out of the house.

We ran along the side of the road, the late afternoon sun glaring into my eyes, making it hard to see. We soon slowed down to a walk, out of breath.

"Hey cuties! Come with us?" A car stopped next to us.
"No. Get lost." Azula grabbed my hand and sped up her walk.

The men jumped out of the car, walking to us threateningly.

"Get lost." Azula growled. I bit my lip. 3 years of judo for her wasn't going to help us much. Especially since I couldn't fight much. Scratch that, I couldn't fight at ALL.

One leapt for me; Azula jumped in front of me and punched him in the nose. He went down, blood gushing.

"Run, Akia!" She ordered, dodging a blow and kicking in return. I shook my head, rooted to the spot.

"AKIAKONA GET OUT OF HERE!" she screamed, scared and angry.

I dropped my bag and started running. Two of the 5 standing broke off and chased me. One grabbed my arm and hit me

I turned, closed my eyes and punched. Twice.

Two thuds hit the ground.

I opened my eyes, staring at the two limp bodies on the grass. I shuddered, looking up at my sister.

She stood around four bodies on the ground, bleeding. Almost in slow motion, I saw her collapse.

"AZULA!" I ran forward, catching my sister. "Hang in there, I'm gonna get you somewhere safe." I looked around desperately.

Nothing. No houses in sight.

Sighing, I started dragging her up the road.

When it seemed like forever and ever had passed, I came to a small house in the woods. A man, probably in his twenties, was sitting outside, face to the sun. A teenage guy with silver hair was studying a book next to him. I took my chances, dragging my sister into view.

"C-can you help us?" I asked weakly.

I tore my mind away from the memory, realizing we were almost there.

Yay, days of swimming and having to explain our past.

A ying-yang week was going to haunt me for the rest of my life, no doubt.

But maybe something good would come from it.

Yay! This took me two hours to type...I need to speed up my typing or quit hitting the backspace button so many times. The backspace words are literally rubbing off.

*Sigh* Review, please guys. I know you look at this, I've seen you. (That sounded stalker-ish...as Ritsu would say, "I'M SORRY!")

If there are any mistakes or typos, tell me so I can fix them. Or if you have something that you would like to see in here. Please?

I don't bite...much. ;)