Chapter 2: Past to the present

It is 5.30 am and Kira woke up. It was still quite dark and shadows dwelt everywhere. Kira looked out of the window. The sun was just rising above the horizon. Kira walked out of her room and went to check on the others. Veronica was cuddled up like a little child under her blanket, Hilary had her face turned away from the door, Tyson was snoring like a pig (A/N: of course) and Kira was tempted to wake him

up but moved to the next room. Max had thrown his blanket away and was sleeping, his arms and legs in the position of an "X". Rei was lying plain straight on his back. Kira was just about to open Kai's door, when she remembered that it creaked. This was tricky. 'So this is the reason why he doesn't want to stop that creaking. He wants to know when people come in,' Kira thought. 'Well, he's seriously underestimating me if he thinks this is going to stop me.'

With patience she started opening the door. Nothing yet. The door was almost open. At the last moment her concentration fell and the door made a little creak. Luckily for Kira, nobody else heard the sound. She sneaked into the room. 'That's odd. He's usually awake by now,' she thought as she closed up to the sleeping boy. Then she heard something. 'Is he talking in his sleep?' She heard some fuzzy and unclear words.

"No. Not again. I don't want you. Not anymore. Just go."

After that Kai fell into a deep, silent slumber. 'Okay, that was weird,' Kira thought. 'What did he mean by those words? I'll have to figure it out.' She walked out of the room and took a firm grip on the door and closed it silently. 'I have to remember to stop that creaking or it will get me someday.' With these thoughts she went downstairs and turned on the power to the Gamecube on the living room floor. She wasn't very hungry and besides, she would rather wait for Rei to wake up and make something. Cooking was one of the rare things she wasn't good at, just like her brother.


It was about 6.30 am when Kai came to the living room.

"Sleep well lil' bro?" She asked. (A/N: He is her little brother even though they are twins.)

"You remember, what I told you about that," Kai warned.

"You said only when other people are around," Kira argued.

"Still, you know what I think about that," Kai continued.

"Still, you didn't say that I can't call you that when we're alone," Kira said, playing stubborn.

"Just drop it!" Kai snapped. 'Damn she gets on my nerves sometimes.'

"So now I'm just supposed to shut up, right?" Kira responded.

"Smart girl," Kai mocked.

"Why you...!" Kira cursed. "You wanna get a kick-ass-session on your butt?"

"Seriously, like you could beat me," Kai stated sarcastically.

"I challenge you to a fight!" She exclaimed and threw Kai a controller.

He caught it with ease. "You're going to lose," he said and smirked.

Kira made him a face and got ready for the game. Her heart was pounding out of her chest. Her eyes focused on the TV as she concentrated. This wouldn't be easy. Kai was probably the only one, who could beat her, although Max too gave a worthy opponent.

The game started. Kira's hands were starting to sweat and her grip on the controller wasn't very good. 'I have to end this quick or I'll lose,' she thought. The last round was up. Both she and Kai had the same score. This round would decide the winner. 'Come on. Don't fail me now. I've practised too hard to lose. Damn this guy is slow. If I were in there myself, I would give Kai his just desserts.' Kira was starting to lose her concentration. That was when she made a mistake. Letting her defense down to attack left her unprepared for Kai's attack. The round was over and the game announced Kai as the winner and after that, it said "Game Over" showing her fighter knocked out. She was just about to get the machine when Kai stopped her.

"It's not the machine's fault you lost," he declared.

"You're right. It's your fault!" She shouted and jumped at him, pushing him back first on the couch and landing on top of him.

"You should have seen this coming," she said.

"What are you doing?" Rei asked, looking like he was about to burst out laughing.

"She attacked me," Kai answered shortly, trying to get up, but Kira had him tightly in her grip.

Rei's eyes went to the TV. He saw the Game Over sign.

"You obviously beat her," he stated.

"So what?" Kai said, losing his patience.

"Nothing. Have fun." After those words Rei left for the kitchen.

"So, what are you going to do now?" Kai asked in an ironic tone.

"Well, I wouldn't want to beat the crap out of my favorite brother. Rei came down just a few moments ago. The others should be following pretty soon. Making you laugh hysterically in front of them might be embarrassing enough," she stated.

"You wouldn't dare," Kai said, trying to escape.

"We'll find out, won't we?" Kira said as her eyes flashed evilly.

Just then Veronica came down the steps.

"Hey Kitty!" Kira exclaimed.

"What?" Veronica responded as her eyes widened from the scene in front of her.

"Do me a favor," Kira continued. "Go get the others and ask them to come downstairs."

"Sure," she replied and went back up the stairs.

"Any last words?" Kira asked as she smirked.

"Yeah, get off me now and there won't be any consequences," Kai said blankly.

"Well, now that I think of it, NO!" Kira answered.

They heard talking from the stairs.

"I think they're coming," Kira said. "Enjoy."

It wasn't hard for her to find an itchy spot. Kai was keeping it together pretty well, considering the circumstances. His face wasn't the usual blank anymore. You could see him biting his teeth as a crossover between a smile and a smirk appeared on his face. He couldn't keep it together much longer though and burst out laughing as Rei entered the room, followed by Veronica, Max, Hilary and Tyson. Their immediate reaction was to burst out laughing too. Kira stopped and jumped quickly of Kai and rushed out of the living room. Kai's face was back to normal now and it clearly read: mention-this-again-and-I'll-tear-you-to-pieces. With that he left.


Neither of the two siblings was seen after that, at least not until breakfast. Kira was first to walk into the kitchen. Everyone looked curiously at her, as if waiting for her to say something.

"What are you staring at!" She exclaimed.

"I was thinking if you have an explanation for something you did this morning," Hilary stated.

"Well, actually I do but I'm not in the mood for telling," Kira replied.

"Fine," Hilary said.

Kira walked to the table and sat down on one of the two free chairs.

Kai came in just after Kira had sat down. He noticed right away that the only free chair was next to her. 'Now I have to sit next to her? How is this world fair?'
(A/N: Don't you just love the way siblings react to each other sometimes. This certainly reminds me of me and my pesky little brother.)

They were all pretty quiet during breakfast.

Kira finished her food quickly and left even quicker.


It was 10 am. She started walking. The boarding school is in the middle of a city, but is quite isolated with 4 meter walls/fences. Outsiders weren't welcome and frankly the students weren't really allowed to leave the area after 9 pm, except for Fridays and Saturdays, when the limit was set to 10.30 pm. Kira had broken these rules a million times and without getting caught even once! It annoyed some of the other students, but she didn't care. The best part of breaking the rules without getting caught was that it irritated the hell out of her archenemy – a bimbo also known as Stacy Springfield. They were both always on each other's cases and refused to quit. Kira got the upper hand almost without any exceptions. Now her thoughts were dwelling on something else other than Stacy.

There was a film going through her head with Kai in it.

'What did he mean by those words? He couldn't be going crazy. It's something else. I almost feel like I know it. What could it be?' Kira wasn't looking in front of her and she suddenly bumped into someone. She raised her head to look at the person and gasped for air. She backed away a step.

"It can't be you!" She exclaimed.

"What do you mean it can't be me?"

"You're supposed to be dead," Kira stated, looking confused, which is rare because she usually knew everything.

"You could be right."

"Anya? Is it really you?" Kira asked.

"What does it look like?" Anya said.

"You look different," Kira explained.

"Of course I look different in some ways. It's been a year since we last saw each other but certainly there are some things that are the same. I mean, how many people actually have this red hair and a pair of clear green eyes to go with it," Anya responded.

"What has happened to your hair?" Kira asked.

"It got burned in the fire and it hasn't grown much since."
(A/N: I'm not going to start explaining her appearance now. I'll write a profile later.)

They started talking about what had happened during the past year.

"You mean Max and Hilary aren't together anymore!" Anya exclaimed.

"Yeah, it didn't work out with them after all. They were just too different from each other," Kira explained. "Of course their break up involves some assistance from a certain bimbo called Stacy."

"Tell you taught her a lesson?" Anya responded.

"Sort of," Kira replied. "It didn't really work out with them, really."

"Well, it's a shame," Anya said.

"By the way, you wouldn't happen to be the girl that's coming to our school?" Kira asked.

"You're still as clever as ever," Anya stated and smirked.

"I knew it!" Kira yelled as she wrapped her hands around her friend.

"I think we're late," Anya muttered to her friend.

"You're right," Kira replied. With that they started running back like 6-year-olds. Giggling all the way and holding each other's hands.


In front of a certain TV...

"Give the remote back!" Hilary screeched.

"No! I wanna play," Tyson shouted.

"I was here first!" Hilary argued and tried to grab the remote.

She and Tyson fell hard on the floor and Max caught the remote. Hilary got up quickly and tried to get the remote but failed again as Max threw it to Tyson. The throwing went on a little while, before the remote slid across the floor.
(A/N: Guess who caught it?)

Hilary and Tyson were already after it when...

"Hold it right there you two!" Veronica exclaimed.

Both Hilary and Tyson stopped.

"One move and it is out the window with this," she continued, shaking the remote in her hand dangerously.

"How many things have you two broken before?" Veronica asked.

"Umm..."

"That's right Tyson, you don't know," Veronica continued her lecture.

"Hilary was watching the TV first, so let her watch and you can play after she is finished," Veronica finished and handed Hilary the remote.

Tyson tried to grab the remote which resulted in a furious fight between the two. Soon each of them was holding an end of the remote.

"Hey guys! Look who's back!" Kira exclaimed. "What the hell are you doing?"

Everyone's eyes turned at her and the person beside her. You could see from their faces that they didn't believe what they saw. Even Kai had lost his usual blank face.