Someone mentioned something about not knowing a lot about drugs (I think…?). Let me just start off saying that they are one of the most terrible tings you can possibly to do your body and that they are responsible for more deaths than car crashes. I researched a bit on marijuana and the effects on the human body and this is what I came up with: (1.) Marijuana is a harmful substance because it has 421 chemicals; 61 of which only appear in pot. (2.) Marijuana is stronger than it was 10 years ago, and this new, potent. (3.) Marijuana is far worse for the lungs than tobacco. (4.) Marijuana causes damage to the reproductive system. (5.) The psychoactive chemicals in marijuana are fat soluble and stay in the human body for a month, increasing the danger of exposure. (6.) Marijuana causes brain damage and a behavioral disorder known as amotivational syndrome. It disrupts the signals between brain cells. (7.) Any use of marijuana is abuse, and marijuana has no medical value whatsoever. It is used as a numbing agent in some patients but is known to cause cancer and is only issued to patients with severe cases.

There's a heck of a lot more out there and I only listed seven of the many effects of pot on the body. With every drug comes a new wave of problems, there's not one drug out there that doesn't come with some side effects (good or bad). I know this sounds corny but I'm gonna preach it like everyone else: If you have a drug problem, seek help before it's too late.

On a lighter note: here's the next chapter! I'm not going into detail on drugs at the moment but if I do then I'll be sure to fill you in on everything (meaning don't worry about it)…

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Comfortably Numb

Chapter 4

Passing period – Lunch

'Where is she?' Kenshin wondered. He looked everywhere he could think of and Kat still hadn't turned up. He was walking down a passage hardly ever used by anyone but the band students when he spotted something under the stairwell. He walked over and saw Kat, curled up in a ball, head resting on her knees sitting by herself under the stairwell.

Kenshin came over and sat down next to her.

"Fuck off," Kat hissed not knowing who was sitting next to her, but not caring either. 

"I didn't mean to yell at you," Kenshin attempted to comfort her.

Kat ignored him. Kenshin just sat there, knowing that anything he said could set her off. Eventually the silence became unbearable and Kenshin decided to break it, "You need to talk to Dark, whatever you said to him really upset him."

Kat continued to ignore Kenshin and he eventually decided to leave, "I'll see you in fifth period."

Kat groaned and leaned against the wall with her eyes closed.

"Katsura?" a voice asked.

She jumped, not having heard or felt anyone near her, "What?!"

"How do you do? Nice to meet you. My name is Krad," the boy in front of Kat said. He was blond with longer hair than Dark. He had gold fierce eyes and it made Kat uneasy to be as close to him as she was.

"You're Krad? The one who messaged me?" Kat asked.

"Messaged you? I've never even met you," Krad said, his voice growing cold.

"What? Then who are you?" Kat wondered allowed.

Krad smirked and Kat wondered if he and Dark were related in any way.

"If you see Dark, tell him that Krad is back in town," the blonde said, giving a slight laugh, before disappearing.

Kat sucked up her emotions and decided to bottle them. 'I guess I'll go find Dark…' Kat searched the entire school before going to the last place she expected to find him.

The book check clicked as she walked through and entered the library. Sure enough, there Dark sat in the most unlikely of places, hiding between the isles with his nose in a book. Pages were splayed about him and they had notes written all over them.

"How'd you manage that?" Kat teased.

Dark looked up at her and managed a glare before continuing to work, "Manage what?"

"To get your backpack in here without the librarian seeing. You know the new rule don't you? No backpacks allowed," Kat told him as she sat down.

"Is this how you make up with people after fights?" Dark cut through her charade.

Kat sighed, her emotional walls about to break, but at the last second she managed to hold it in and ignore his comment, "What are you taking notes on?"

"It's for biology," he clipped.

Kat snagged one of the papers and saw Dark move for it which meant he was lying. She began to read the notes. 'Narcotics- an addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor. Natural and synthetic narcotics are used in medicine to control pain. A soothing, or numbing agent. Narcotic can also refer to a person who uses narcotics. Nark- (slang) a law enforcement officer who deals with narcotics violations; also spelled as narc. An informer, especially a police informer or to be an informer.'

'What is this?' Before Kat could read anymore, Dark snatched it back.

"I'm doing some extra research for biology," he explained coolly.

For a moment, Kat almost believed him. She leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "Tell me the truth."

Dark's spine tingled and her breath tickled his ear. He wanted to draw away but her voice was full of pleading. 'No one can hear us. There's no one else around and perhaps it would be better for her?'

He opened his mouth to speak when the bell for fifth period rang. His eyes flared dark purple, "We'll be late for health."

Fifth period – Health

Kat mulled over what Dark had been about to tell her. 'I know it was important! DAMN! I almost had him!'

Brianna stared at her friend and wondered what she was thinking about. Kat seemed to space out a lot more than usual during Mr. Irace's lectures that week. She dismissed it and went back to taking notes waiting for the bell to end the class period.

'At least it's Friday…'

Class dismissed – Kat's house

Everyone seemed to be avoiding one another. The house was unusually tense and it was a bit unnerving. Kat decided to talk to Dark. She walked into the guest room Dark was now living in, "Krad said to tell you he's back in town."

Dark looked up from his pile of books, "What did you say?"

"Krad's back," Kat repeated.

"You spoke to him?"

"Actually, he spoke to me. That guy really freaks me out…" Kat thought allowed.

"Don't speak to him again," Dark snapped.

"Why?" Kat asked, not liking being ordered around.

Dark looked up at Kat and locked gazes with her. Kat took the hint that she wasn't supposed to mess with the blond under any circumstances but not being able to talk to him only provoked her interest in the psycho.  Kat left the room and found Kenshin sitting on a couch by the fish tank reading a book.

"I'm sorry about earlier," Kat said to him as he looked up from reading. "I was just mad."

Kenshin just smiled, "It's part of the past, you can't change it ne?"

Dark walked into the room, "I need to visit my brother Daisuke this weekend."

"Kenshin, didn't you say you had a brother? Maybe you should go visit him?" Kat offered.

"No, we haven't seen each other in years. I doubt he'd even remember me," Kenshin said as he went back to reading his book. 'I don't have a brother. I hate lying to Kat but it's the only way I can protect her. I also hate the fact that she thinks I was born addicted to crack… I suppose the truth is bound to come out sooner or later. Just not now…'

"Hum, it's getting late. I'll see you guys in the morning. Good night," Kat said to the two boys.

"Night," they replied.

Next Day – in the car

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Kat asked as they approached a fancy neighborhood.

"I think I know the way to my own house," Dark snapped.

"Your own house?" Kat asked confused. "Then why are you living with me?"

"This is out foster parent's house. Daisuke lives with them, he's accepted them as his new family, but I can never accept them as a replacement. They're never home, always away on business trips, so besides the maids and my brother, we should be all alone," Dark said with a hollow voice.

 Kat nodded and went back to writing her fan fiction.

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The last attack left Kyo badly bruised, he had various wounds, and his clothes were pretty much shredded to pieces. 

Yuya trailed along behind Kyo as they wandered blindly through the forest. Her eyes kept darting to his back where the cross shaped scar shone brightly in the moonlight.

'Could it be? Was Kyo really the one who killed my brother? If he is can I bring myself to get my revenge for killing him right in front of me?'

"What's bothering you? It's getting really annoying feeling your eyes stare at my back," Kyo growled as he paused to rest on a rock.

Yuya began to flush with anger, "Did you kill my brother?"

Kyo smirked and took a swig of sake, "You might want to ask Kyoshiro, he knows the best out of both of us."

With that, Kyo stood up again and began walking through the forest, moonlight reflecting off of the scar that Yuya remembered so clearly. It hurt her almost as much as it did to see her brother killed to look at the scar for as long as she had to that night…

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'Oi! What a bunch of crap!' Kat gave up on writing for the moment and she looked up to see that they were approaching the largest house on the block.

"You live here?!" Kat asked.

Dark growled and stepped out of the car, "Come on, let's get this over with."  

Kat left her notepad in the car and followed Dark up the steps to the gigantic mansion. He pulled on a thick cord that ran from the floor to the ceiling and Kat could hear bells ringing in the house. A maid answered the door and beckoned them inside.

"Long time no see Master Dark," the maid said as she led the way to Daisuke's room.

"Hum," Dark replied.

Kat observed the house and was stunned beyond belief that Dark would ever want to leave such a beautiful place. They were led into a beautiful room and Kat could just barely make out a red headed boy sitting among the huge canvases in the room. She was aware that they passed by a bed but she couldn't really see it through the sea of paintings.

"Daisuke, I've come to visit you," Dark announced his arrival.

The boy peaked out from one of the canvases and Kat caught that his eye color, just like Dark's, matched his hair. 'You can really tell they're brothers!'

"What are you painting this time Daisuke?" Dark asked as he came up behind his younger brother.

"A snowy landscape that came to me in a dream," he replied.

"What is this?" Kat asked as she pointed to two figures fighting in the far corner of the canvas. Both creatures were magnificently painted. One was white, the other black both with enormous wings that far larger than their bodies.

Daisuke turned to Kat and smiled, "I don't know but it seems to fit doesn't it?"

Kat smiled, "Yes indeed it does. What will you call the painting?"

"I was thinking of calling it 'Ice and Snow,'" Daisuke replied as his eyes scanned the painting. 

"Why not call it 'Ice and Dark.' It seems to fit better," a voice echoed through the room.

"Krad! This is wonderful! I haven't had both of my brothers visit me at the same time in a long time!" Daisuke cried.

"Krad?!" Kat asked and decided to hide behind another canvas.

"Hello Krad," Dark greeted with a sneer.

"Good afternoon twin brother, Dark," the blonde answered. "I brought along Satoshi, out cousin if you don't mind."

'Did Krad just say twin?' Kat saw a blue haired boy step out from behind Krad's back. He was odd and looked much older then his body suggested he was.

Satoshi slid his glasses farther up his nose and greeted Daisuke, "Hello cousin. Long time no see."

Daisuke ushered Satoshi over to his painting to get another opinion.

Dark approached Krad, "How are you doing these days?"

"Fine, and you?" Krad asked with painful politeness.

Dark smirked, "Better than ever. So how is our play going? Did you notice that Daisuke painted out characters into his new canvas?"

"I'm guessing that we're fighting," Krad said as he stepped closer to Dark. "Let's keep our differences to a minimum today ne? We wouldn't want to upset Daisuke."

Dark nodded agreeably and followed Krad to the kitchens to get something to eat.

Kat came out from hiding behind a painting and it was only then when she realized that it was a painting of Dark. Only, the person in the painting had black hair and brown eyes.

"That's Krad and Dark's father," Daisuke explained when he caught her staring. 

"Krad and Dark's? What about you?" Kat asked.

"I'm only their half brother," Daisuke explained.

"I see," Kat replied. Out of the corner of her eye she caught another painting. Her feet carried her over to it and she was disappointed to see that it was covered with a tarp. Daisuke had gone back to painting and Kat didn't want to bother him.

"Would you like to see it?" Satoshi asked.

Kat looked down at the blue haired blue eyed boy, "Yes."

Satoshi reached up and pulled hard on the enormous tarp that covered the ten foot canvas.

Kat gasped as her eyes examined the beautiful artwork. It was a painting of Dark and Krad only they were drawn side by side, sitting happily on a luxurious couch in an ancient castle. They had wings too, Dark's as black as night and Krad's as bright as snow. On the floor, sitting on pillows, was Satoshi by Krad's feet and Daisuke by Dark's.

"What is this?" Kat asked.

"A portrait of out family history. Of the Niwa and the Hikari," Satoshi replied.

"Huh?" Kat asked still confused.

"That's what Daisuke calls it anyways," Satoshi said as he threw the tarp back over the painting. "I'm going down to the kitchen."

Kat nodded and tried to follow when Daisuke stopped her, "Dark is not as bad as you think he is."

"What?" Kat asked.

"It's Krad you should worry about. He has the attention span of a cat and the patience of a charging bull. You might just call him crazy. It was once thought that Krad even wanted his twin," Daisuke said.

This sent shivers down Kat's spine. 'This family is off their rocker!' Kat quietly left the room and headed for the kitchen where shouting could be heard.

Apparently, one of the maids had dropped a glass of wine as she was passing Krad and it had spiked all over him. Kat's eyes widened as she saw Krad pick up a steak knife sitting on the counter next to him and threaten the maid. For some reason, a shocking visual came to her of Krad holding a knife to her own throat. She shivered involuntarily and ran her hands around her neck.

The maid wasn't really helping the situation and kept yelling that she hadn't meant to and that Krad shouldn't get so worked up about it. All the while Krad just kept getting more and more angry until he finally snapped.

Kat screamed as the knife was thrust at the maid and she shut her eyes tightly to block herself from seeing anything she didn't need to. When there was no sickening thud Kat opened her eyes to see that Dark had caught the knife's blade just as it was about to hit the maid.

"I'll go get a bandage for that wound," the maid hurriedly excused herself.

Kat noticed that the knife had done more damage than she had thought. Dark uncurled his hand from the knife to show a deep bleeding wound.

"Foolish twin," Krad scoffed before stalking off.

Kat ran up to Dark and snatched his hand form him. He hissed in pain and Kat dragged him over to the sink to rinse the wound. He squirmed some more when the water touched the cut and Kat scolded him for it, all the while thanking him inside for saving the maid.

"Why did you do it?" Kat asked as she sat at the kitchen table bandaging Dark's hand.

Dark kept hissing and squirming until he snatched the bandage from her, "I didn't want her to be killed." 'I didn't want you to see a murder. You're too pure for that.'

"It was a very kind thing to do but I'm truly scared of your brother," Kat confessed.

"I'll never let him hurt you," Dark assured and he caught Kat smiling at him. He was surprised that she could feel safe just with the few words he had spoken.

"Daisuke, I'm going home!" Dark called from where he was at the table.

"Sayonara!" came the reply.

'He calls my home his?' Kat wrapped suddenly hugged Dark and he was so stunned he almost fell out of his chair. "I'm so glad you're not hurt…"

'I'm glad you're ok too.' "Let's go home ne?"

"Yes."

(A/N: Somebody tell me how many chapters I've posted tonight. Like what five?! Oi! I even posted a new story titled 'A Girl's Best Friend.' Read it! It's a comedy! I'm also sorry that this chapter was shorter than normal. PLEASE REVIEW!!!)