Chapter 10

"," Shigure sobbed calling me from the kitchen. "Yuki and Kyo aren't coming to the family house for new years." He told me as I trotted into the dining room.

"Don't go going to her every time you don't get something you want, I'm not going back and you can't change my mind!" Kyo said stubbornly, yuki wasn't paying attention he was watching the weather.

"Hey yuki, why aren't you going?" I asked while pouring him tea.

"HEY WHERE IS MY TEA," shigure asked looking at me like a sad little puppy that was denied a bone.

"Get your own tea, and nami I haven't been to the house all year it would ruin it if I went this year." Yuki smiled at me.

"But, won't your family miss you?"

"Not really."

"But new years is a special time where the whole family gets together to have fun and enjoy themselves; they eat new year's snacks and watch the last sunset together and wait for the first sun rise. It would be such a shame if you missed it,"

"She is right." Shigure interrupted "But since we are in the zodiac it is so much bigger; there is the dance and the feast."

"Shut up it's not like I can attend it," Kyo said looking in the other direction. "It is because I'm the cat before you ask why." Because he's the cat he gets left out of everything, it sounds so familiar."

"I feel like that way too much," I muttered. "But that's no reason for you not to go, think how sad your families will be."

"Are you going to spend some time with your family nami?" Shigure asked out of curiosity.

"I don't have family to spend the time with; so I thought it might be ok if I could spend New Year's here." So she has no family... yuki and Kyo thought to the selves... she really must miss them, she is all alone and we are complaining about having family.

"I'll go," Kyo and yuki chorused.

"Don't copy me stupid cat, anyway ill go to the family house," Yuki declared.

"That's great, I'm really happy for you. Oh I better start dinner," I exclaimed trotting out into the kitchen wearing my cute little oven gloves. Wow I'm so glad they will get to see their families, it'll be great for them. Me? I'm not bothered about being left alone, sometimes its better that way.

"Ok stay safe now," Yuki waved, Kyo was already halfway down the street and shigure was grabbing a snack. "Shigure you can eat when you are there."

"Bye nami-chan." Shigure waved carrying away his snacks. Yuki smiled giving me the key and kissed my hand before running off to catch up with the others. I felt myself going a deep shade of purple, yuki is extremely polite and knows how to treat women well. Ha-ha well I better go inside. I'd already decorated my bedroom to look just like the way I used to have it; id lit some inscence by the window and red candles were lit. I'd hung my special new year's sashes over my bed, with the kanji hope, love, peace and happiness written on each one. My special snack platter was made... ok it had nothing to do with new years but it was a small tray of different cakes that I love; you know those little fondant fancies and tiny little fairy cakes all stuff like that.

Suddenly all the candles were snubbed; I was in pitch black. I quickly stood up and flicked on the light and standing there was this huge man. His blond hair covered his eyes he was the same height as shigure maybe taller, he wore a thick black coat that went down to his knees, he also wore black skinny jeans and large boots that covered the bottom of them.

"Are you Nami uti tori phoenix?" PHOENIX??? Ah well he must already know so what's the point of denying it?

"Yes, what's it to you?" I said standing strong, I was on my feet; I was wearing my special new year's dress, it was pink with a floral design it had special embroidery with every animal from the zodiac on it even the phoenix and the cat. The man smirked and pulled out a long rifle pointing it at my head.

"Now I am going to have to ask you not to scream..." He was going to shoot me?! Well I'm not going to let that happen, I stamped on his foot with great force and ran out the door while he was distracted. "Come back here!" he yelled. I heard the destroying of doors, as he ripped them down. We ran into the dining room, he on one of side of the table me on the other. He didn't even make an attempt to run he just flung the table to one side and pointed his gun right at my head. I ran through the back door and through the trees, he was still following. We were about the same speed; I sprinted through the trees, the knarled braches tearing at my dress ripping it to shreds. Blood seeped down my legs from where the branches cut at them, and he was still following... Who is this guy? "Stop running, I have orders from haku!" Haku? My cousin? I can't believe it he said I had until I'm 18, I can't believe he is now setting assassins on me! We finally made it out onto the main street; most of the streets were empty though. This is going to be difficult.

"Shigure why is this taking so long, dammit?" Kyo moaned.

"This coming from the boy who didn't want to take a cab." Yuki muttered.

"You wanna say that to my face rat boy," He snapped.

"I would but I already did,"

"Hey you two stop arguing!" Shigure broke up the fight. "Hey wasn't that nami?" And indeed it was I ran past them; without even acknowledging them. This assassin person followed pushing over Kyo to get past.

"Hey!" Kyo yelled.

"Who cares about you being pushed over? Nami is in trouble. Shigure go on without us." Yuki said before running off; Kyo followed.

"Great Akito sure will be happy," Shigure said sarcastically before walking to the main sohma estate.

Drat I had been led to a dead end, in the depths of the dark alleyway I heard the slow sound of footsteps creeping slower and slower towards me. His smile twisted, the scar on his face was illuminated more than ever. He pulled out the long, silver gun and pointed it to me. I was trembling, sweat poured down my face as his thumb slowly went towards the trigger. This is it I'm going to die, after all this I'm going to die. I never honestly thought I was going to die like this... what about yuki, Kyo and shigure? The house is destroyed and they are gone for 3 days, how quick will they find out? What will the reactions be? Will Kyo be happy or not bothered? I don't know but I would love to see their faces just one more time.

"This is it miss nami, Say your prayers..." He laughed then BAM! He toppled over, the gun slid out of his hands by me. I looked up and there before me was yuki and Kyo...

"Are you alright nami?" Yuki said helping me up.

"Seriously we can't trust you to be alone can us?" Kyo laughed, "Hey don't pull that face, I'm not mad honestly." He said walking over crushing the gun with his foot.

"I'm not mad either nami," Yuki smiled.

"But what about your families?" I said. Had I dragged them away from the big banquet?

"Well we are your family now," Yuki said holding my hand. My face turned a deep shade of red.

"He is right now come on," Kyo smiled at me, my heart is so happy, I know I should be guilt that they are missing the banquet... but being with them, being able to hold their hands like this... it's a miracle, well for somebody like me it is anyway. Me and yuki walked forward and I slipped my hand into kyo's, he didn't pull away he just looked at e for a while then smirked.

"Well we better get home the house is a mess," I said with a smile.

"You're a mess, what happened to your legs." Yuki enquired.

"It doesn't matter, let's go home." Home, I never thought I'd be able to say that. My apartment wasn't a home it was just a place where I lived nothing special, so this... this means so much. So so much...

"Akito?" Shigure asked entering the dimly lit room.

"What," A voice came from the person on the floor known as Akito, he wore kimono and was staring out the window.

"Yuki and Kyo, well they aren't coming. There was a distraction and they rushed off, I doubt they will be coming back though." Shigure tried to laugh heartily but didn't manage to pull it off; He walked over and bent down to touch akitos head. "But I'm here; I will always be here for you... Akito."

"Hey so the house is clean, shall we watch the sunrise?" I asked the boys, when I came back to the house the damage wasn't as bad as I thought it would; we had it cleaned up in a snap. Yuki smiled and Kyo nodded hanging up the brush.

"It's beautiful isn't?" I smiled, I was sitting on the roof; Kyo on my left, yuki on my right. "So what are you going to wish for?"

"Ha-ha it's a secret," Yuki snickered looking at Kyo.

"HEY WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?"

"His wish was for you to fall off the roof and have a fatal accident," I said without tone still staring at the rising sun.

"How did you know?" Yuki asked, I tapped my nose and winked. Yuki laughed a bit and looked back at the sun.

"GRRRRRR!" Kyo growled; but didn't snap back for the first time. He just sighed and sat back down by me. What do I wish for...? I wish for this moment to last as possible. Tonight's attack woke me up, I'm not going to live forever so the best thing I can do is have the time of my life... with my family. And as the sun slowly set yuki smiled at me and so did Kyo, yes my family...

So what did you think? I enjoyed writing that chapter see you soon for chapter 11 xoxoxox