The New Girl (Part 2)
By: Keannae Konno
Was it true? What Keannae said, about Yusuke and Jin. That-- that they
were... half brothers. Half brothers... Jenn and Kurama couldn't believe
it.
And that Keannae, Keannae was Yusuke's half sister. After a while, they
fell
asleep. But Jenn stayed awake, not knowing that Kurama was awake, too.
Both wondered about Yusuke and Jin.
"She can't stay with us! She could kill us with those fire powers of hers!"
a man yelled.. "Why don't you just give her that necklace you gave Jin?!" screamed a woman. "He can't control his powe--" "He can control those powers of his very well! So just give it to Keannae!"
"I was the one who bought that necklace for my son! Not your daughter!" Mom, dad, please stop fighting. Please! "Aarghh!" the woman was screaming. Fire was spinning around her body! She was about to attack her own husband! "Mum! Dad! Don't!" yelled a little boy. Mom! Dad! NOOO! It was morning, and Kurama and Jenn woke up to find Keannae already awake. She was looking out the window with a tear rolling down her cheek. Jenn and Kurama went over to Keannae and asked her what was wrong. "It's about last night," she said, "I had some nightmares. It was about my parents arguing. It was like, I was right there listening to them, but they
never noticed me." "Really?" Kurama asked. "What was it about? That is, if you don't mind telling." "They were arguing about-- me and my brother.." "Oh, Keannae," said Jenn, "it's going to be all right. It may not even be real." "But it was," Keannae said, "I know it was! Jin knows why they were fighting, too! He saw the whole thing.. They didn't want me anymore. Jin gave me this necklace. It felt like he was the only one who cared for me..." "Oh my," it was Shiori, "Keannae! are you okay?" "Yeah, it's just.um." Keannae didn't know what to say. "She just had a bad dream, that's all. Thanks for helping, though, mother." "Oh, all right," said Shiori, "Get better, Keannae." Shiori began to walk away. "Thanks, Kurama," Keannae said. The three said good bye to Shiori and went out to get something to eat before they went to their schools. They went to a cafe and got some coffee.
While Kurama was drinking, he noticed Hiei watching them. "Hiei, why don't you come and join us?" The two girls looked at Hiei and waved. So Hiei decided to join them and they talked about each other, but Hiei stayed
quiet and only said his favorite word to them whenever they asked him a question: "Hn." Jenn and Keannae both heard their school bells ring and Jenn panicked. "Oh man!" yelled Jenn checking her watch, "We're gonna be late! I'm gonna ruin my attendance record!" "Good thing I only came yesterday," said Keannae with a grin, "they won't mind if I'm late, I'm new." So Jenn grabbed Keannae's arm and ran as fast as she can to their school. "I'm not gonna be late," Jenn yelled, "so run faster!" "Okay! Just let go of my arm! I can run by myself!" But Jenn was still tugging on Keannae's arm and began running faster. "Oh.. man--OW!! That hurt!" Kurama and Hiei watched them running off to their school. "Jenn must be really serious about her attendance." Kurama said. Hiei just stared at him and asked him a question. "Why aren't you going to your school? I'm sure I heard you school bell ring, too." "I have first period off. I can do whatever I want till ten 'o clock." When Hiei was done drinking the coffee Kurama had bought him, he looked into his empty cup and drifted away in his thoughts. Kurama noticed this and interrupted him. "Hiei, what's wrong?" "Hn? Oh... nothing..." Kurama knew something was wrong with him. Since when did Hiei begin to say "oh"? "I know something's wrong Hiei. You can tell me. What is it?" There was a long pause between the two. And then Hiei began to talk. "It's just.. I saw Keannae crying this morning... What was wrong with her?" "I'm not sure if I should tell you this, but, the reason why she was crying
was because, her parents divorced because of her and Jin, her brother. Her father was scared that she could kill them because she couldn't control her
powers, but her mother still cared for her. She didn't want her to go." Kurama was then reminded of something. "Does her past sound familiar to you, Hiei?" Hiei realized her past, was just like his. Past memories began to come back
to him... "Throw him off the cliffside, for he is fire!" "He could kill us all! We are ice, Hina, and he is fire!" "I love him! Don't do it! He is my son!" "You should be happy you have two children, Hina! One of them will live! But not him!" "Come back to see me again soon my son.." "Nooo!" A black tear was rolling down Hiei's face, and his past memories began to go on.. "That little girl on top of that cliff is your sister.." "I will greet her then.." "You do, you will die!" "But.." "You should thank us for catching you before you hit the ground! The people up there, the Koorimes, wanted you to die!" Hiei's tear began to form into a black jewel.. "You will die for kidnapping and torturing the girl over there, Tarukane! What has she done to you?!" "No! Please! Spare me! I'll give you anything you want, even the girl! Even
all my money!" "Die, Tarukane!" "Don't do it! I can't stand to watch torture anymore! Please!" "Are you crazy?! Isn't this the man who tortured you and made you cry so he can sell all your tears just to make money?!" "Well... yes.. But you don't understand! I've seen so much killing and torture while I've been staying here! I can't stand watching it anymore! Please..." "All right, I won't kill him. Just stop crying." "Thank you. Hm? You look so familiar... Have we met before?" "I don't know what you mean..." "Why didn't you tell her?" "How long have you been standing there? Let me guess, long enough right?" "You didn't answer my question, why didn't you tell her?" "This is the way I want it. She's happy this way anyway. I don't want her to be sad." A black jewel, made from Hiei's tear, finally hit the ground. "Hiei, what's wrong?" Kurama noticed Hiei crying. "Nothing..." "Hiei--" "Isn't it ten 'o clock already?" "Okay..." Kurama got up and left Hiei, still wondering what was wrong with him. But Hiei was right! It was ten 'o clock! Kurama began running to his school, not wanting to be late. "It seems Jenn isn't the only one who's serious about her attendance," Hiei smirked. Hiei just stared into his empty cup, thinking. Keannae's past is just like mine... "You're late, Ms. Tekada. You too, Ms. Konno." "Nooo!" cried Jenn. "What?! But I'm new!" said Keannae. "You won't be new everyday." yelled Mr. Iwamoto, one of the teachers. "Now both of you go see the principle." "Yes, sir," the two girls said and began walking to the principle's room. "Mr. Takanaka, are you there?" Jenn was knocking on principle's door. "Who is it?" "Um, it's Jenn Tekada--" "And Keannae Konno." "Come in." The two girls went inside his office. "What's wrong?" Mr. Takanaka asked. "Mr. Iwamoto said we're late," said Keannae. "By two minutes," mumbled Jenn. "I'll check with the student council," said Mr. Takanaka and went to the other room. "Hey." "Hm?" the two girls looked at where the voice came from. It was Yusuke. "Hey," Keannae said back. "What're you doing here?" asked Jenn. "Oh, just the usual." It was Keiko. She was part of the student council. "Yusuke didn't attend classes yesterday." "What trouble did you guys get into?" asked Yusuke. "Hm," Jenn sounded angry, "Iwamoto counted Keannae and I late." "By two minutes," said Keannae. Yusuke then remembered that Jenn was never late for class. She always got to school on time, not a minute later. Until today. "You know, Jenn, there's a first time for everything," Yusuke said with a grin on his face. "But why did Mr. Iwamoto count you late, Keannae? You're new." asked Keiko. "It's not like he cares," answered Keannae. "Well," began Keiko, "neither of you are late. Keannae can't be late cause she's new. And Jenn can't be late because, well, it was just two minutes after the bell when you guys came!" "Oh, thank you Keiko!" Jenn was hugging her very tightly. "You're-- you're welcome, but-- eh! Too tight! Too tight!" Keannae and Yusuke were doing their best to pull Jenn off of Keiko. "I owe you one," said Jenn smiling at Keiko. "Thanks, Keiko," said Keannae. Keannae, Jenn, and Yusuke began walking off to class. "Hold it right there!" Keiko yelled. The three stopped. "You think you could get away that
easily, Yusuke?!" "Phew," the two girls looked at Yusuke and pushed him in the office. "Bye, Yusuke! See you in class! Maybe.." The two girls giggled on their way out. "Umm.. Something wrong, Keiko? He, he." Yusuke asked nervously. "Rrrgh, Yusuke!" yelled Keiko. The bell rang and school was finally over. Jenn was asking Keannae if they could take a walk in the forest. "Sure," said Keannae. "Let's go get Kurama and Hiei, too, I guess," said Jenn. They went to Kurama's school to ask him if he wanted to walk with them. The girls asked one of the teachers from Meiou High School if he knew where Shuiichi Minamino was. "He's already left," said the teacher. "Oh, okay, thanks anyway." The girls began to walk away and look for him. "Where could he be?" Jenn wondered. "Let's go see if he's at home," said Keannae "He's not here," said Shiori. "Thanks anyway, Shiori." said Jenn. "Let's go to the forest now." said Keannae. "Okay.." The girls went to the forest and began to walk around. "Um, Jenn? I think we're lost," said Keannae. "Nonsense, all we have to do is go the direction my finger is pointing." "Which way is it pointing? Left or right?" "WE'RE LOST!!!" yelled Jenn. "Good one," said Keannae. "It's all your fault!" Jenn noticed figures in the shadows. "Wait, who are those guys over there? Kurama... Hiei... No, wait, they're three people..." "And then you know what he said?!" said Rinku, a little boy wearing yellow and pink clothes. He was supposed to be telling a joke. "Did you hear something?" asked Touya, a well known ice master. "No," said Chuu, a... a very tall guy with an Australian accent. "That's not what the guy said, mate. He said--" "No. Don't you hear those voices? Listen." "It's all your fault!" said a voice that sounded like a girl's. "Think they need help?" asked Chuu. "I don't know," said Rinku, "let's check it out though." So the three boys began to walk to the place they heard the voices. What they saw were two girls yelling at each other. "Hey," said Rinku to the two girls. "Oh, um, hi!" said one of the girls. "Why are some sheilas like you doing walking around in this dirty forest?" asked Chuu. "My name's Jenn Tekada." "And I'm Keannae Konno. Who are you?" Keannae, that name! Can this really be her? thought Touya. "My name's Rinku." "Chuu's the name." "I'm Touya." "We're looking for two guys named Kurama and Hiei," said Jenn. "Have you heard of them, or better yet, seen them?" "Yes, but we didn't see them," said Chuu. "You know," Keannae interrupted, "you look very familiar," she pointed at Touya, "have we met before?" "Well, uh, I, um.." Touya didn't know what to say, but then... "SIS!!!" said a voice from the sky. "Huh?" Keannae looked up and saw a person flying in the sky and her eyes widened. Can it be? thought Keannae. The figure crashed into her! "Keannae!" yelled Jenn. But then she noticed that the figure was hugging her, and she was hugging him. "Keannae?" "Oh, sis! It's really you!" "And it's you Jin! Thanks for the necklace! Thank you so much! And... Oh! Jin! It's really you! I missed you so much!" Jin? Jenn wondered.
a man yelled.. "Why don't you just give her that necklace you gave Jin?!" screamed a woman. "He can't control his powe--" "He can control those powers of his very well! So just give it to Keannae!"
"I was the one who bought that necklace for my son! Not your daughter!" Mom, dad, please stop fighting. Please! "Aarghh!" the woman was screaming. Fire was spinning around her body! She was about to attack her own husband! "Mum! Dad! Don't!" yelled a little boy. Mom! Dad! NOOO! It was morning, and Kurama and Jenn woke up to find Keannae already awake. She was looking out the window with a tear rolling down her cheek. Jenn and Kurama went over to Keannae and asked her what was wrong. "It's about last night," she said, "I had some nightmares. It was about my parents arguing. It was like, I was right there listening to them, but they
never noticed me." "Really?" Kurama asked. "What was it about? That is, if you don't mind telling." "They were arguing about-- me and my brother.." "Oh, Keannae," said Jenn, "it's going to be all right. It may not even be real." "But it was," Keannae said, "I know it was! Jin knows why they were fighting, too! He saw the whole thing.. They didn't want me anymore. Jin gave me this necklace. It felt like he was the only one who cared for me..." "Oh my," it was Shiori, "Keannae! are you okay?" "Yeah, it's just.um." Keannae didn't know what to say. "She just had a bad dream, that's all. Thanks for helping, though, mother." "Oh, all right," said Shiori, "Get better, Keannae." Shiori began to walk away. "Thanks, Kurama," Keannae said. The three said good bye to Shiori and went out to get something to eat before they went to their schools. They went to a cafe and got some coffee.
While Kurama was drinking, he noticed Hiei watching them. "Hiei, why don't you come and join us?" The two girls looked at Hiei and waved. So Hiei decided to join them and they talked about each other, but Hiei stayed
quiet and only said his favorite word to them whenever they asked him a question: "Hn." Jenn and Keannae both heard their school bells ring and Jenn panicked. "Oh man!" yelled Jenn checking her watch, "We're gonna be late! I'm gonna ruin my attendance record!" "Good thing I only came yesterday," said Keannae with a grin, "they won't mind if I'm late, I'm new." So Jenn grabbed Keannae's arm and ran as fast as she can to their school. "I'm not gonna be late," Jenn yelled, "so run faster!" "Okay! Just let go of my arm! I can run by myself!" But Jenn was still tugging on Keannae's arm and began running faster. "Oh.. man--OW!! That hurt!" Kurama and Hiei watched them running off to their school. "Jenn must be really serious about her attendance." Kurama said. Hiei just stared at him and asked him a question. "Why aren't you going to your school? I'm sure I heard you school bell ring, too." "I have first period off. I can do whatever I want till ten 'o clock." When Hiei was done drinking the coffee Kurama had bought him, he looked into his empty cup and drifted away in his thoughts. Kurama noticed this and interrupted him. "Hiei, what's wrong?" "Hn? Oh... nothing..." Kurama knew something was wrong with him. Since when did Hiei begin to say "oh"? "I know something's wrong Hiei. You can tell me. What is it?" There was a long pause between the two. And then Hiei began to talk. "It's just.. I saw Keannae crying this morning... What was wrong with her?" "I'm not sure if I should tell you this, but, the reason why she was crying
was because, her parents divorced because of her and Jin, her brother. Her father was scared that she could kill them because she couldn't control her
powers, but her mother still cared for her. She didn't want her to go." Kurama was then reminded of something. "Does her past sound familiar to you, Hiei?" Hiei realized her past, was just like his. Past memories began to come back
to him... "Throw him off the cliffside, for he is fire!" "He could kill us all! We are ice, Hina, and he is fire!" "I love him! Don't do it! He is my son!" "You should be happy you have two children, Hina! One of them will live! But not him!" "Come back to see me again soon my son.." "Nooo!" A black tear was rolling down Hiei's face, and his past memories began to go on.. "That little girl on top of that cliff is your sister.." "I will greet her then.." "You do, you will die!" "But.." "You should thank us for catching you before you hit the ground! The people up there, the Koorimes, wanted you to die!" Hiei's tear began to form into a black jewel.. "You will die for kidnapping and torturing the girl over there, Tarukane! What has she done to you?!" "No! Please! Spare me! I'll give you anything you want, even the girl! Even
all my money!" "Die, Tarukane!" "Don't do it! I can't stand to watch torture anymore! Please!" "Are you crazy?! Isn't this the man who tortured you and made you cry so he can sell all your tears just to make money?!" "Well... yes.. But you don't understand! I've seen so much killing and torture while I've been staying here! I can't stand watching it anymore! Please..." "All right, I won't kill him. Just stop crying." "Thank you. Hm? You look so familiar... Have we met before?" "I don't know what you mean..." "Why didn't you tell her?" "How long have you been standing there? Let me guess, long enough right?" "You didn't answer my question, why didn't you tell her?" "This is the way I want it. She's happy this way anyway. I don't want her to be sad." A black jewel, made from Hiei's tear, finally hit the ground. "Hiei, what's wrong?" Kurama noticed Hiei crying. "Nothing..." "Hiei--" "Isn't it ten 'o clock already?" "Okay..." Kurama got up and left Hiei, still wondering what was wrong with him. But Hiei was right! It was ten 'o clock! Kurama began running to his school, not wanting to be late. "It seems Jenn isn't the only one who's serious about her attendance," Hiei smirked. Hiei just stared into his empty cup, thinking. Keannae's past is just like mine... "You're late, Ms. Tekada. You too, Ms. Konno." "Nooo!" cried Jenn. "What?! But I'm new!" said Keannae. "You won't be new everyday." yelled Mr. Iwamoto, one of the teachers. "Now both of you go see the principle." "Yes, sir," the two girls said and began walking to the principle's room. "Mr. Takanaka, are you there?" Jenn was knocking on principle's door. "Who is it?" "Um, it's Jenn Tekada--" "And Keannae Konno." "Come in." The two girls went inside his office. "What's wrong?" Mr. Takanaka asked. "Mr. Iwamoto said we're late," said Keannae. "By two minutes," mumbled Jenn. "I'll check with the student council," said Mr. Takanaka and went to the other room. "Hey." "Hm?" the two girls looked at where the voice came from. It was Yusuke. "Hey," Keannae said back. "What're you doing here?" asked Jenn. "Oh, just the usual." It was Keiko. She was part of the student council. "Yusuke didn't attend classes yesterday." "What trouble did you guys get into?" asked Yusuke. "Hm," Jenn sounded angry, "Iwamoto counted Keannae and I late." "By two minutes," said Keannae. Yusuke then remembered that Jenn was never late for class. She always got to school on time, not a minute later. Until today. "You know, Jenn, there's a first time for everything," Yusuke said with a grin on his face. "But why did Mr. Iwamoto count you late, Keannae? You're new." asked Keiko. "It's not like he cares," answered Keannae. "Well," began Keiko, "neither of you are late. Keannae can't be late cause she's new. And Jenn can't be late because, well, it was just two minutes after the bell when you guys came!" "Oh, thank you Keiko!" Jenn was hugging her very tightly. "You're-- you're welcome, but-- eh! Too tight! Too tight!" Keannae and Yusuke were doing their best to pull Jenn off of Keiko. "I owe you one," said Jenn smiling at Keiko. "Thanks, Keiko," said Keannae. Keannae, Jenn, and Yusuke began walking off to class. "Hold it right there!" Keiko yelled. The three stopped. "You think you could get away that
easily, Yusuke?!" "Phew," the two girls looked at Yusuke and pushed him in the office. "Bye, Yusuke! See you in class! Maybe.." The two girls giggled on their way out. "Umm.. Something wrong, Keiko? He, he." Yusuke asked nervously. "Rrrgh, Yusuke!" yelled Keiko. The bell rang and school was finally over. Jenn was asking Keannae if they could take a walk in the forest. "Sure," said Keannae. "Let's go get Kurama and Hiei, too, I guess," said Jenn. They went to Kurama's school to ask him if he wanted to walk with them. The girls asked one of the teachers from Meiou High School if he knew where Shuiichi Minamino was. "He's already left," said the teacher. "Oh, okay, thanks anyway." The girls began to walk away and look for him. "Where could he be?" Jenn wondered. "Let's go see if he's at home," said Keannae "He's not here," said Shiori. "Thanks anyway, Shiori." said Jenn. "Let's go to the forest now." said Keannae. "Okay.." The girls went to the forest and began to walk around. "Um, Jenn? I think we're lost," said Keannae. "Nonsense, all we have to do is go the direction my finger is pointing." "Which way is it pointing? Left or right?" "WE'RE LOST!!!" yelled Jenn. "Good one," said Keannae. "It's all your fault!" Jenn noticed figures in the shadows. "Wait, who are those guys over there? Kurama... Hiei... No, wait, they're three people..." "And then you know what he said?!" said Rinku, a little boy wearing yellow and pink clothes. He was supposed to be telling a joke. "Did you hear something?" asked Touya, a well known ice master. "No," said Chuu, a... a very tall guy with an Australian accent. "That's not what the guy said, mate. He said--" "No. Don't you hear those voices? Listen." "It's all your fault!" said a voice that sounded like a girl's. "Think they need help?" asked Chuu. "I don't know," said Rinku, "let's check it out though." So the three boys began to walk to the place they heard the voices. What they saw were two girls yelling at each other. "Hey," said Rinku to the two girls. "Oh, um, hi!" said one of the girls. "Why are some sheilas like you doing walking around in this dirty forest?" asked Chuu. "My name's Jenn Tekada." "And I'm Keannae Konno. Who are you?" Keannae, that name! Can this really be her? thought Touya. "My name's Rinku." "Chuu's the name." "I'm Touya." "We're looking for two guys named Kurama and Hiei," said Jenn. "Have you heard of them, or better yet, seen them?" "Yes, but we didn't see them," said Chuu. "You know," Keannae interrupted, "you look very familiar," she pointed at Touya, "have we met before?" "Well, uh, I, um.." Touya didn't know what to say, but then... "SIS!!!" said a voice from the sky. "Huh?" Keannae looked up and saw a person flying in the sky and her eyes widened. Can it be? thought Keannae. The figure crashed into her! "Keannae!" yelled Jenn. But then she noticed that the figure was hugging her, and she was hugging him. "Keannae?" "Oh, sis! It's really you!" "And it's you Jin! Thanks for the necklace! Thank you so much! And... Oh! Jin! It's really you! I missed you so much!" Jin? Jenn wondered.