MAJOR FLASHBACK!!

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"Okay everyone, it's time to start the track part of this class. We will be running and jogging for the next two weeks."

"Aw, man," Diana mumbled. "I hate running."

"We've got an advantage now remember?" Tana whispered.

"We're not using it, though," Diana argued.

"What are you guys talking about?" Shiro asked.

"Stay out of it," Tana retorted.

"Okay, now I want you to start jogging around the track. You can stop as often as you want, but you must get in at least 30 laps by the end of class." The class groaned. "By the way, be careful under the cherry tree. Its branch has been threatening to fall off for a while but those darn officials don't want to waste money removing it and are too lazy to do otherwise. GO!"

Everyone started running around the track. Shiro ran with Diana. He thought she was cute, and he knew there was something special about her. The way her beautiful brown braid flung itself out behind her as she ran was heart touching. Shinna ran ahead of the two, who were exchanging little glances during the run. Shinna hated how they looked at each other. Maybe she was jealous, but then again, all the kissing they did it was just GROSS!

Shiro and Diana trotted around the track with only little glances being their communication.

"Diana?" Shiro finally said.

"Hmm?"

"Can we go on another date?"

"Only if I get to pick the place and I get to drive."

"Deal," Shiro said with a laugh. Diana joined him in his laugh.

It was their 10th lap.

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A little bird had been flying a long time. She was tired and decided to take a break. She saw many humans running around a circle.

'Humans are silly,' the bird thought. 'Why don't they use their wings? Oh, I forgot, they don't have any.'

The bird sat down on a low hanging branch. It moved. She flew off as a human, followed closely by another began to pass under the moving branch.

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Shiro and Diana were about to pass under the cherry tree, both were laughing, Shinna, who was only a little bit ahead, heard a crack. Turning around, she saw a bird fly away, and the branch was falling, right on top of Diana.

"WATCH OUT!" She screamed, but it was too late. The branch crashed right on top of her back. A cry rang out from Diana as well as the other students. Shiro had missed the branch by only a few inches. He had fallen slightly behind. He began tugging at the branch but it wouldn't budge.

"DIANA! NO! DIANA! ARE YOU OKAY?"

"No," was the muffled reply. "I just had a cherry branch fall on my back, I'm just fine."

"This is no time for a joke! Your back may be broke!"

Diana's feet wiggled a little from where they jutted out from under the tiny branches.

"Nope, just fine."

"What's going on?" A male voice rang out from a little distance away. Diana could hear him panting as he arrived. "What's happened?"

"The tree branch you didn't bother to remove just fell on Diana Kai!"

"What?! That's not possible. The man peered closer but could not see her. "I cannot see her."

"Come to the other side, stupid," a voice said, coming from the huge collection of branches.

"Who are you calling stupid?" The principal commented as he walked around. When he reached the other side he saw a head in the mass of wood and leaves.

"The invisible girl also known as Diana Kai," Diana retorted, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"OH!" He cried out. "This is not good! EVERYONE! Get over here and help!" Everyone began trying to push the branches, however, they were all pushing the branches toward her head. Diana cried out.

"Stop it!" Shiro shouted. He had been trying to rip of the smaller, more numerous branches. "You're pushing the wrong way!" All of the students and faculty reversed direction and began pulling instead. Shiro, along with Tana waited until they saw her fingers and grabbed her arms, pulling one way while the class pulled the other way.

As Diana immerged, Shiro got a glimpse of a black thing on Diana's back. But before he could see it clearly, Tana had wrapped her arms around her back and helped her up. He tried to get under Diana's arm to help support her, but Tana shoved him away. With a glare unlike one he had ever seen, Tana, with Diana walked uncontested into the girl's locker room. He watched them walk away.

Shiro had seen a look of fear and anger on Tana's face and was baffled at why she would give that look to him.

Neither Diana nor Tana would talk about the black marks on Diana's back.

It was the first clue that she was the thing his father had been looking for, but he couldn't have realized it then, could not have known those black marks were actually her beautiful black bat wings.

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'Where am I?' Shiro thought, opening his eyes and looking around. He saw a sink, a door leading to a bathroom and a mirror in front of him. To his left he saw a single chair and to his right he saw a drip machine and heart monitor.

"I remember," he said quietly. "I saved my father's enemy, my love from certain death and torture. But why? Why? Why did she have to be my father's enemy?"

"I see you've waken up," a man in a white outfit said, walking in. Shiro just stared at the man. "I'm Dr. Marcus. I'm a friend of Jerome's. You're at the Neros military base."

"Have you seen Diana?" Marcus stared at Shiro in confusion. That's when Shiro remembered, her name wasn't Diana, it was Trio Hawk. "I mean Trio. Have you seen her? Is she okay?"

Dr. Marcus smiled, "Do you remember waking up."

"Why?"

"You proposed to her."

Shiro smiled. "No, I'm afraid I don't remember, but it's okay. I'm glad I proposed. It'll help keep her happy."

A small phone rang next to the bed. Dr. Marcus picked it up.

"Hello? Yes this is Dr. Marcus. Yes, he's here, he's fine and awake." Dr. Marcus listened for a second without any emotion showing on his face. But a few seconds later, a look of worry and terror was evident on his face. "You sure? Okay, okay. Bye."

"What's wrong?" Shiro asked with a frown.

"Do you really want to know?"

"Um, sure."

"Trio and Shinna ran away." Shiro gasped. He couldn't believe it. "Duo's got a cut on his arm and Wufei has a stab wound. They're both on their way here.

"What happened?"

"Duo and Wufei tried to contain the two, but Shinna hurt Wufei and accidentally scratched Duo. Both should be fine, but the girls are gone."