"WOOOHOOO!"

HoroHoro went racing down the hill on his snowboard, blowing snow everywhere as he went off the ramp.

"You can't beat me Sis!" He yelled, looking behind him. Pirika was also on a snowboard, her hair in a long ponytail, earmuffs and goggles on.

"Yeah Right!" while the Usui siblings were racing, Hao and Ren were trying to teach Yoh how to ski…keyword; Trying!

"It's not that hard Yoh," Hao said in frustration.

"But Nii-Chan, They won't stay straight," Yoh whined. every time he tried going down the hill his legs would shake so much that the ski's would narrow, overlapping and making him fall flat on his face. It was amusing at first but now it was just plain annoying.

"Stop making your legs shake idiot, it's not rocket science," Said Ren, a vein popping in his forehead. 'If they weren't twins I'd swear one was adopted…' he thought.

"Agreed," Hao muttered. "Where's Anna? She'd be able to make him stop complaining and actually try." since she made Yoh do that little Jog he refrained from complaining about anything, and if he slipped, more laps, push ups, sit ups, you name it.

"She's at the cabin. I asked her to come but she said she was tir-AAHH!" they watched up the young Asakura went rolling down the hill. They thought it'd be fun to go to a skiing resort for a few days so they packed up everything and left.

"Your sure you want to leave Asakura Name in his care?"

"Nope."

"Regretting it?"

"Kinda."

"Think he'll live long enough to get married?"

"Hell no."

xXxXxXx

She was burning. She felt dizzy, confused. All this snow…why did it hurt so much to look at it? Why did she feel so awful seeing it…

Red covering white…the once pure colour was gone. A little girl just sat there, tears running silently down her face. Red covered her once clean clothes, her once golden eyes black with emotions a child should not know let alone have…

"That's right…the night they died…" she whispered. "The night I…"

Darkness covered her vision in less then a second, taking her consciousness with it.


'Ow…Nii-Chan and Ren are so mean…' Yoh winced, his head pounding. After running into a tree Ren yelled at Yoh for being useless and Hao told him just to go back to the cabin.

"Cheer up, you'll get to spend time with your Fiancée and I won't have to tell call an ambulance because you crashed into a tree." was what he said. Yoh argued but agreed after he crashed…for the…hundredth time…

'Well, at least I can hang out with Anna for a bit…' he thought, a light blush on his cheeks.

He opened the door and knew something was wrong. The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

"Anna?" He called as he took off his coat. No answer. Not that that was surprising, when does she answer?

He went upstairs, going straight to her room.

"Anna?" he knocked on the door. There was no answer at first then he could here something. It was muffled, like the person was restraining themselves. Worried, he opened the door and froze.

Anna was laying on her side on the bed, holding her head between her hands, tears flowing non-stop down her cheeks. Her body shook as she tried un successively to stop her sobs.

"Anna!" Yoh hurried to her side and held her in his arms. He realised when she didn't react the she was asleep or some form of it. "Anna, wake up, come on."

"My fault…" she whispered. "…so much blood…my fault…"

"Anna, it's me, it's Yoh," he whispered. "Come on, open your eyes. It's just a dream."

"…I hate them…I'm not a…" Her hand gripped his shirt tightly, tears still flowing. "Why did they…"

"Anna…" Yoh put his hand over her and loosened her grip so he could hold her hand. She held on tightly, like her life depended on it. "Anna, your safe. Come on, open your eyes."

It took awhile, everything silent expect Anna's quiet sobs and Yoh's whispering, but soon she calmed down, falling into a deep slumber though her grip never loosened.

'It's just like with Hao…' Yoh thought sadly as he held the girl in his arms. He could remember it clearly, they were 10, and Hao was…

They were at the Summer Festival. Yoh noticed that his brother was missing, and didn't know where he was. He looked everywhere but couldn't find him. He had a bad feeling in his gut, a that told him that his brother wasn't ok.

He ran into the forest that was near the Festival. He wasn't sure, even now, how he found him. Maybe it was because he knew his brother better then anyone, or some Twin-Telepathy thing. Either way Yoh had found him so it didn't matter.

Hao was standing in front of a tree, hitting it with his fist as hard as he could.

"Nii-Chan!" Yoh ran over to him to get him to stop. But Hao just pushed him away.

"Get lost! I'm sick of this!" He yelled. "All their stupid, annoying selfish thoughts! I hate them!" he hand was now bleeding from the impact.

"Nii-Chan stop it!" Yoh did the only thing he could think of. He push Hao over with all his strength, making him fall hard on the ground.

Hao didn't react. He just sat there, his body shaking.

"I hate them…all of them…they can just die," he said. "Their all hateful and selfish…they don't understand…"

"Nii-Chan…" Yoh sat down beside him, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. Silent tears ran down his brothers face. His Reishi was bad. Now he can hear thoughts without wanting too. They only discovered this about a month ago and already…

Yoh took his brothers hand that was bleeding and held it gently.

"Not everyone's like that Nii-Chan…" he said. "Kaa-San and Ojii-San aren't…and I'm sure dad Otou-San isn't either."

He saw Hao give a tiny nod as he wiped his tears away with his arm and smiled.

"Come on. We can go home and catch the rest of Bob Love's show," he said, standing. Hao chuckled.

"You and that stupid singer…I'll never understand it, Reishi or not," he said, standing.

Yoh shook his head, clearing his thoughts.

'I wonder what triggered her reaction' he thought. But it didn't matter. As long as she was feeling better, he didn't need to know.


"You should have came Tamao, instead hanging out in town all day."

"Um, I-I'm not good at-at skiing or-"

"So? I'll teach ya! Or Pirika can," HoroHoro said. "You can't be worse then Yoh. I doubt anyone can."

It was 8 O'clock now and everyone was back. Pirika and HoroHoro raced until HoroHoro, who was too busy showing off, crashed into Ren, who then tried to murder him and got in an argument with Pirika, giving Hao a headache and thus, starting another Asakura vs. Tao vs. Usui battle. They only stopped when Tamao, who spent the day shopping for groceries in town, came and told them it was time to eat.

"Y-You don't have to-" Tamao stammered but stopped when Yoh came downstairs.

"Yum, what smells so good?" He asked, sitting down beside Hao.

"Tamao's cooking," Hao said, taking a bite of curry that she made. "Where's Anna-Chan?"

"Oh, um, she's sleeping," Yoh said.

"Still?" Pirika said in disbelief. "I'm gonna go wake her-"

"No!" Yoh said a bit too loud. Everyone turned to stare at him. "Um, she-" he looked at his brother for help. He thought about what happened. Hao gave a slight nod.

"Basically you'll be killed if you try wake her up and HoroHoro will be an only child," Hao said calmly.

Pirika paled and sat back down. 'He's right…' she thought.

"Hey, go right ahead, I like the idea of being an only child," HoroHoro said to his sister.

"Onii-Chan!"

Ren rolled his eyes and turned to Yoh. "Pass the Soy Sauce Yoh."

Later that night Yoh was sitting outside, a blanket wrapped around him to keep the cold at bay while he looked up at the stars. It was a new moon so everything was darker then usual. But it didn't bother him, as long as he could see his stars he was happy.

He was out there for ten minutes when he heard small, light foot steps walking over to him and pause behind where he stood.

"Your going to forget that you saw that," she said coldly.

"Saw what?" Yoh asked, though he knew what she was talking about. He'd be an idiot if he didn't.

Her eyes narrowed in annoyance but she didn't say anything.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." he said, still looking at the stars.

"You told your brother," she leaned against the pole that was beside him.

Yoh chuckled. "That's a given. He can read my mind, too, you know,"

She didn't say anything. Yoh glanced up at her, smiling sadly. "You know, you can talk to me. I wouldn't tell anyone, you can trust me."

She didn't reply right away. She looked away from him, into the distance, a thoughtful expression on her face.

"No…I can't," she said quietly. She wanted to. Deep down she wanted to trust this boy sitting beside her, but she couldn't…wouldn't…

Yoh didn't say anything, and she tried to block out his thoughts. Some she could hear some she couldn't. he was wondering why she wouldn't trust him. Why she acted the way she did. How her parents died…she would have to punish Matamune for telling him that they weren't around.

Yoh glanced at Anna again, noticing that she was shivering slightly from the cold.

"Here," he shifted the blanket so she could wrapped half of it around her. She looked at him, eyes brow raised.

"No." she said harshly making him roll his eyes.

"I won't bite. And I know your cold so stop being stubborn," he told her.

She looked at him sceptically before sighing and sitting down, letting him wrap half the blanket around her shoulders. Both blushed from being close to each other and when his shoulder brushed her she flinched slightly.

"You know, I like the stars better," Yoh said unexpectedly, looking back at the sky.

Despite her self, Anna asked, "Why?"

"Because no matter what their always there. Unlike the moon, they never disappear." he said.

Anna looked at him like he was crazy. "Their just stars idiot," she muttered.

"I know but…like them," he said. 'And you' he thought, forgetting for a second about her Reishi. He looked away, blushing as did she.

"I-I'm going to bed," she said, standing. Yoh nodded, muttering "Good night."

She hurried to her room and shut the door and leaned against it. Her heart was beating fast, the blush lingering.

'why does he have to think those things?' she thought. 'And…why do they effect me so much…'


You have no idea how hard it was to write this chapter. Not sure when I can update next so be patient and thanks for all the Reviews, they help inspire me. And I hate to admit this as a writer but I kinda need YxA ideas so...take pity on me and help!

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