The New Girl and the Mistake

Author Notes: Alas, my dear fans, we have come to the end of yet another ficcie. But there is one last story to this fiction before it is handed off into being co-authored. Well, I am not going to get all sappy that is not what you are here to read. Please, read and review. I hope that everyone has enjoyed the story thus far.

Kana sat in her desk chair in her art class. The class wasn't the same anymore; Yume had moved to a different school, and Deora's schedule had changed. This left her alone in the class. Besides the time she had missed while she was in Demon World, she had missed two more days because of the severe damage to her eyes. Her face was now graced by glasses that, in her mind caused more pain than not having them on. She didn't care to see anymore; the world had been of no interest to her since then. She knew Deora knew something was wrong. Whether someone told her or she came to the conclusion on her own, just didn't matter. A flash of red crossed her mind and tears slowly formed in her eyes. Kurama hadn't spoken to her since that day in the hospital. That destroyed her world, making this life hopeless. She loved the redhead, and she knew he loved her, yet he was not there. The absence of his constant presence and worry for her safety was tearing her apart. 'Kurama, where are you?' she asked herself, holding back her tears.

Deora sat in her class, waiting for the bell to ring. She knew Kana was falling apart, and that she needed to discuss something with the absent redhead. 'I can't believe he ran away and stayed gone. Kana is dying inside because of this,' Deora thought, exiting the class since the bell rang as she thought Deora and Kana had one class together now but they didn't sit anywhere near each other. Yusuke had that class as well Deora gained an exasperated look on her face; that boy drove her nuts half the time. 'Speak of the devil,' Deora thought as Yusuke entered the room.

"Hey, what's with the glum chum over there?" Yusuke asked, pointing towards Kana.

"It's a long story, that I don't have the time to explain," Deora said, taking her seat, prepared for class.

Meanwhile, Kurama sat in his class at his school staring at a blank piece of paper as the scene from that day played over and over again in his head.

Flashback

"I wonder what's taking so long?" Deora asked, looking at the large doors Kana had been led into.

The doctor finally appeared before them, immediately going towards the two.

"I bet you're waiting for the news about Tanya," the doctor said, receiving a 'duh' look from Deora for his efforts.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious. What else would we be waiting for?" Deora said, placing one hand on her hip.

"Well, the damage to her eyes is permanent. She'll have to wear glasses, but she can still live a normal life," the doctor explained, looking back and forth between the two.

Kurama rose from his seat and ran out of the room.

End of Flashback

The school day had dragged by, and at the end of it Kurama was greeted by a firm punch to his cheek.

"Did that knock your senses back into you?" Deora asked angrily.

Kurama stared at the angry Deora confusion written clearly on his face.

"How could you be doing this to her?" she asked, her tone hard and cold. "She has been counting on you to be there for her."

"I don't know how to be there for her," Kurama said, sadly.

"Don't make me punch you again," Deora said, sternly. "Do you honestly think that anyone KNOWS how to be there for someone?"

Kurama and Deora stood in silence for a long moment before Deora spoke again. "See no one truly knows what to say or do to make a person feel better in every situation. But as long as you're there, listening to them, they will know that you really are there with them." Deora explained, then, not as harshly as before, "she's dying inside without you."

Kurama's emerald eyes widened at that. 'Is my absence hurting her that much?' Kurama thought, not quite processing everything that was going on.

"Go give her a call. She will be happy." Deora said, leaving satisfied.

Kurama paced back and forth in his room. He had attempted to call Kana twice, but chickened out at the last moment. 'This is absurd,' Kurama berated himself. 'I shouldn't be afraid of her. It is just a simple phone call.' He marched over to the phone and took it off the receiver, dialing the number from memory. After the first ring he asked himself what he was doing, and before he could hang up Kana's voice answered the phone.

"Hey, Kana. How are you?" Kurama asked, trying to sound casual.

"Kurama?" came the shocked voice over the phone.

"Yeah, how have you been?" Kurama answered hiding the surprise.

"I have been fine. How about you?" Kana asked, with a smile on her face.

"I have been fine. Do you want to go to the park tomorrow?" he asked before realizing that it wasn't what he wanted to ask her.

"Sure. We've got a lot to talk about, but I have to go cook. So same time, same place?" Kana asked, gushing with excitement.

"All right. See you then," Kurama said, as listening to her say farewells before hanging up the phone.

The next day Kana was overflowing with joy. She would get to see Kurama that day after school. She went into her second period class. Deora was already there, so Kana decided to talk to her.

"Deora, the best thing in the world happened last night." Kana gushed, smiling happily from ear to ear.

"What happened last night?" Deora asked, already knowing what was up.

"Well, Shuichi asked me to go to the park today," Kana said happily, when the bell for class to start rang.

"Good for you, Kana," Deora said, smiling at her friend.

Yusuke entered the classroom and strolled over to Deora.

"Hey, Deora, how ya doin'?" Yusuke asked, with a goofy smile plastered on his face.

"I was fine before you got here," Deora said, disgust clear in her voice.

"That hurts," Yusuke said, putting his hand over his heart.

"Oh, that hurts, does it? How about this?" Deora said, standing up and planting a solid punch into Yusuke's nose.

"Ow! What the hell was that for?!" Yusuke asked, holding his hands over his injured nose.

"That was for being and annoying asshole," Deora said, sitting back into her seat.

Kana was rolling on the floor, laughing at the scene that was unfolding before her just as the teacher walked into the room.

"If the three of you are done, I would like to start class, if you don't mind," she said, moving to her desk.

Yusuke and Kana ran over to their desks as the teacher situated some of her papers around on her desk.

"Class, we have a new student," the teacher said, gesturing for the new student to come in. "Her name is Kemanai."

Kemanai entered the room, looking to the teacher to tell her where to sit.

"You're going to sit in the desk in front of Tanya," she said, pointing out the indicated desk.

Kana smiled. Hopefully this meant that she would have someone in front of her to talk to again.

"Oh, Tanya, it is your turn to show the new student the ropes," the teacher informed her.

"Hi. I'm Kemanai, but most of my friends call me Nai," she greeted, the dumbfounded Kana.

"Hi, I'm Tanya, more widely known as Kana." Kana greeted back, giving Nai a smile.

"That is an odd nickname for a Tanya. Why did they give you that name?" Nai asked, extremely curious about the name.

"My friends said I looked more like a Kana than a Tanya," Kana lied. She couldn't tell Nai the real reason.

"True. Kana fits you better than Tanya. Good, choice of a nickname," Nai smiled at her new found friend.

The teacher glared at the two, signaling to them that they needed to shut their mouths. The class finished smoothly, and the bell rang, ending it. Nai stood and packed up her stuff.

"So, what are some of your hobbies?" Nai asked, starting the conversation.

"Drawing, archery, talking. That's about it," she replied, picking up her bag.

"Archery! I LOVE archery! I wish I could learn," Nai declared in amazement.

"I just started taking it seriously recently," Kana said, starting to walk towards the door.

"Wow! Are you part of the archery club?" Nai asked excitedly.

"There isn't an archery club here, but there is on at the high school," Kana said, heading to her next class.

"Cool! Are you going to join?"

"Maybe, it all depends," Kana said, entering her class.

Nai walked into the class behind Kana with a smile on her face.

"Um...is this your class?" Kana asked as she heard the warning bell ring.

"Yep. Checked my schedule on the way here," Nai said, choosing the seat next to her new found friend.

"Ok," Kana said, sitting down in her desk.

"Is something wrong?" Nai asked, seeing the longing look in her eyes.

"No, I just have a special rendezvous with someone after school." Kana said, smiling at the new girl.

"Cool," Nai said, smiling back at her.

The two ne companions went through the school day talking happily about several subjects, the main one being Kana's rendezvous with Kurama later that day.

Meanwhile, Kurama fidgeted throughout the entire day. He felt stupid for doing so; it was just Kana he was going to talk to in thirty minutes. 'This is ridiculous; she isn't going to bite me,' Kurama thought, as thirty minutes turned into thirty seconds. The bell signaling the end of his last class rang. Kurama grabbed his stuff and walked out of the class.

Kana's school had already ended she was waiting patiently for Kurama to arrive. 'I get to finally talk to him!' Kana thought, bouncing up and down with excitement. As the time passed Kana's excitement started to dwindle, and tears started to form in her eyes.

"He's not coming. I...I can't believe he is not coming," Kana said as she got off the bench and started running home.

Kurama finally made it to the park. He knew he was late, and he was going to apologize, but when he got there Kana wasn't there. Out of the two of them she was the one who should have been there. 'Where is she? Where could she be?' Kurama wondered looking for any sign that Kana had been there.