Hikaru's POV

"Hikaru, are you even listening to me?" Kazukiyo asked as he stacked his text books up neatly. For the past half hour he had been rambling on about how he had been re-elected class representative and other things. I immediately tuned him out. There were other things on my mind.

"Of course," I mumbled looking over at him absently.

"Liar," He sighed under his breath. I rolled my eyes. "I asked you if you had any leads on the hunter," He raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, no. Nothing," I lied. I hadn't been able to get what happened last week off my mind. I had found out my only human friend Kaoru was my target and that he was my target because I killed his brother sending him on a vengeful rampage.

"You've seemed so off since you went out last week. Did something happen between you and Kaoru? I noticed you've been brushing him off and avoiding him this week," Kazukiyo crossed his arms and stared at me. He sounded like a parent.

"Kaoru was a distraction to the mission. It's better for everyone that I avoid him," I reasoned, but it was for my sake not Kazukiyo's. It was hard to stay away from the only link I really had to my human life. Other than Tamaki Suoh, but I'm still not entirely sure where he fit into everything. I didn't care to find out either.

Kazukiyo didn't have any follow up questions for me, so we left the apartment and walked to school in silence.

Kaoru wasn't in the class room when school started. It was like a breath of relief for me. Kaoru always went out of his way to talk to me even though I had been cutting them short all week. It was an uncomfortable rhythm, but I didn't want to grow closer to Kaoru. I didn't want to know more about me, nor did I want to feel more human. I wasn't human, Kaoru had a habit of making me forget that.

In typical me fashion, I zoned out when the teacher started talking. I wasn't interested in learning about art history. I was more interested in physics or math, suprisingly. Well, interested might be an over statement. I was better at physics or math. It came naturally. It must have been something I was good at in my human life.

"Mr. Hitachiin," The teacher stopped teaching abruptly. I looked up. Hitachiin was my last name, but the teacher shouldn't know that. It was my human name. "You know how I feel about tardies," The teacher crossed her arms.

Tardies? I wasn't tardy. I raised an eyebrow, but the teacher wasn't looking at me. The teacher was staring at the door where a sheepish Kaoru stood rubbing the back of his head with his good hand mumbling an apology. The teacher shook her head and waved him in.

His last name was Hitachiin? That would make us related. If I killed Kaoru's brother was there a chance I had killed my own brother? I had to know what the truth was. This has gotten too far. If I had killed my own brother, I would never forgive myself. I couldn't kill another one now. I was finally starting to figure out why Kaoru meant so much to me. There was no going back now. I couldn't just be the reboot that I was before I got here. I was some hybrid mix now of the reboot 187 and the human Hikaru Hitachiin.

"Hey Kaoru," I greeted as school ended. Kaoru looked a little surprised when I addressed him, but that was understandable.

"You're in a good mood today," Kaoru commented with a pleasant smile. He was so nice.

"I was thinking we could hang out again..?" I asked him doing my best to sound casual. This was something I had never done before. I was a little nervous that it seemed suspicious. Whether I wanted to admit it or not, Kaoru was dangerous to me. He could find out that I'm a reboot and do away with me because I wasn't sure I had the will to kill him first.

"Uh yeah, sure. My mom just left on a business trip, so my place?" He asked seeming a little confused, but he didn't ask me why. He seemed happy none the less. We had been fast friends last week after all.

"Great!" I responded giving Kazukiyo a wave as I walked out with Kaoru. He was smiling at me.

"Should we have asked your brother along?" Kaoru asked letting me get into his limo first. I slid across the seat, so Kaoru could get in. It was amazing. The HARC van was no where near as luxurious. I think my face must've betrayed my amazement. Kaoru started laughing at me. After a second, I laughed with him too. We really laughed when I saw how big his mansion was.

"How do you not get lost in here?" I asked as he lead me to his room. Something about the whole place seemed oddly familiar to me, but that didn't surprise me. At this point I wasn't sure anything else could.

"I've lived here my whole life. Spent my whole childhood exploring these halls. Those were better days," He spoke softly on the last part. His room looked beyond familiar to me. I took a couple steps around it. On the bedside table, there was picture frame. I picked it up and nearly dropped it. It was Kaoru and right next to him was an exact mirror image of Kaoru. Kaoru noticed me holding it and smiled sadly. "That's my brother Hikaru."

The picture fell from my hands. That was me. "Did you have another brother too?" I barely choked out. Kaoru shook his head.

I didn't kill his brother. I was his brother. HARC had sent me to kill my twin knowing if I failed I would be eliminated. Why did Kaoru think I killed Hikaru? Who was the one that told him and how did he even find out about the existence of reboots?

Three chapters in two days? Oh my. See you all at the next update!