Tomgirl!
Chap.1
Yahiko panted as he ran; he was out of breath and needed a break, but he knew his pursuer would not give him the luxury. Suddenly, arms wound their way around his waist, and grappled him.
"Tag! You're it!" A cheerful voice rang out. Yahiko laughed and stepped away from the brunette girl behind him. She smiled happily at the crimson haired boy. "Yahiko, it's your turn to be 'it' okay?"
"I know, Kitomi." Yahiko replied. Kitomi laughed and stepped forward, when suddenly, Yahiko's crimson eyes widened and he fell to his knees.
"Yahiko? Yahiko!" Kitomi cried out.
"No…not now, Yumiko! Not now!" Yahiko cried.
Blood spattered across the trees in that forest, and ran into the river, and a pink haired youkai licked her claws.
"Should of listened, girly."
Later….police at Yahiko's village were questioning him.
"So…as far as we know, a youkai did this." The sheriff gestured to the shredded body of Kitomi. Yahiko held his knees close to his chest, and his hands gripped around his legs on his arms, as if trying to hold himself together by sheer physical effort.
"Why did Yumiko have to come out? Why!" He cried.
"Yahiko, you were with Kitomi where this happened. Who attacked her?"
"Yumiko came out and…..I can't believe that my own hands killed her!"
"Who's Yumiko? And why did she tell you to kill Kitomi?"
"She didn't! I killed her! I didn't mean to! Please, forgive me!"
The insane cries of the boy tugged at the sheriff's heart, and he put a hand on Yahiko's shoulder.
"Your mind isn't well. You need to…go to a temple or something. Just leave this town, and perhaps your mind will heal with time."
Yahiko nodded. He needed to get rid of Yumiko. Once and for all, even if it meant suicide.
With a sob, Yahiko downed his glass of beer. 'That was three years ago.'