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Chapter 3:

"Deaths that were better forgotten"

Once again Yoh missed school, and yet again he was thinking of Anna. He would think about what she went through. Then he thought about himself, if she can live through losing everything, maybe he could. But then again Amidamaru's death was almost like losing everything.

Then he would sit confused on why he kept thinking about Anna. After he got past thinking for her sorrow, he would think about her face and………..

Yoh shook his head, "Maybe if I give her back her clothes, I'll stop thinking about her!"

Yoh got up and walked to the inn, just like he did a couple of days ago.

"Hello" rang Mrs. Hino's voice, "This time Anna-chan is home!"

Yoh nodded and walked upstairs to Anna's room. He stopped when he heard heavy breathing and then coughing.

Yoh felt like opening the door and running in to see what was wrong, but he decided to knock.

"Oh," Anna said through heavy breathing, "Mrs. Hino…is…that…you? I need-"

But Yoh cut her off, "No, it's Yoh."

"Oh, Yoh," Her breathing got a little better, "Come in."

He quickly opened the door, "What's wrong?" He saw her hand over her heart clutching her shirt.

"Nothing," she breathed and walked to the sink, "I just……need a drink…….." He saw her cover her mouth with her hand and then take a drink of water.

"Are you sure you are alright?"

"Of course," her breathing was back to normal, "Just needed some water……."

"But your breathing-"

He was cut off, "I'm fine! You know how you get after you cough for a while, you lack air. Besides this gloomy weather makes me sick," She turned to him, "Oh, your wearing your head-phones! Good boy!" She patted his head.

Yoh growled, "Don't do that!"

Anna smirked, "So what brings you here?"

"You forgot your clothes," Yoh handed them to her.

"Is that all?"

Yoh was silent for second, "I…….I want to know, did you have anyone to talk to when your parents died?"

"No," Anna sat down, "And that's my problem. I almost killed myself; no one was there to save me. So why not? But I met Mrs. Hino, and she gave me a home. She caught me once; she saw me cutting and yelled at me. She practically broke down and begged me to never do it again. In return for her kindness, I promised not to."

"Do you want to talk to me?" Yoh sat next to her.

"I don't know. We are perfect strangers aren't we?"

"Well, you did give me mouth to mouth," Yoh smiled at her.

"Only if you promise that when you are ready, you'll tell me about your friend."

"Um, maybe," Yoh looked away.

"No 'maybe'," Anna said, "This is yes, or no."

Yoh moaned, "……yes……"

"Ok," Anna said, "But didn't I already tell you most of it?"

"Everything but how they died."

Anna sighed, "The hardest part……… I was about 8 years old, and it was my birthday. My brother was about 10, and my parents were still young………We were at a restaurant and I had just opened my presents, and one gift was of a white bandana. We started to walk home and…………"

Anna stopped and her face was blank and she turned pale. Yoh saw this and said, "I'm sorry Anna I shouldn't have asked you."

"From then on is fuzzy," Anna continued anyway, "I remember a man with a knife and then a white room."

"You mean the hospital?"

"Yes……….the hospital," Anna said slowly, "I'm sorry it was 8 years ago and I can't remember much…….but……I remember my parents being stabbed, both 9 times in different places. The man stabbed me in the left arm and legs. The man was going to stab me again, but my brother pushed me and I hit my head.

"I don't remember why the man attacked us. Maybe my family did something to make the man mad, or maybe he was just plain crazy and out for blood. He may have even wanted our money, but we refused. I don't know, nor do I want to remember. But I think that's how it happened."

They were silent for a while, until Yoh spoke, "Yesterday you said that it was you who was supposed to die, what does that mean?"

"Well, even when I was little I thought about dying," Anna gave a sad smile, "And I always wanted to die before any of my family, pretty selfish, huh?"

Yoh shook his head, "No, I think it's pretty noble."

"Heh," Anna smirked, "You don't know the reason, that's why."

"Well, what's the reason?"

"I wanted to die before them so that I wouldn't go through the pain of losing them. But instead they all went before me, at the same time. I guess that happens when you're the littlest."

Yoh sighed, "Yea."

"Do you have a sibling?"

"Yea, a twin brother," Yoh said.

"An identical twin?" Anna was curious.

"I guess you can say that," Yoh said thoughtfully, "The only thing that is different is his hair. It's longer than yours."

"Why don't you try talking to him?"

"I don't really see him much. He's always running off."

"But he's your brother," Anna said sadly, "You shouldn't just let him run off. Sheesh! He's your brother the least you could do is talk!"

"Well, usually when I'm in a mood like this, we don't talk."

"That's usually the best time to talk."

"He knows that I'm a real demon when I'm like this."

"You sure are."

"What! Are you on my side or not!"

Anna smiled at the boy scowling at her, "Would you rather talk to him or me?"

"………you……" Yoh turned away slightly blushing.

"Why? He's your brother!"

"Because you understand me more," Yoh still looked away, "My brother's nothing like me. We may be identical, but we aren't identical inside."

"Nobody's identical inside."

"We're almost," Yoh mumbled, "You lost your family, I lost the one I considered family."

Anna put her head on Yoh's shoulder for a while, "But you've got so much to live for. You may not want to now, but you can make plenty of friends." Anna lifted her head to face him, "If you don't act so stubbornly!"

All he did was turn to her and stuck out his tongue, it seemed like he'd say "bite me".

Anna smirked, "See?" And put her head back on his shoulder, "Sorry, I'm tired."

"No………it's alright," Yoh smiled, 'It's perfectly alright.'

After a while Anna looked at the time and got up. She grabbed a sweater, "I'm sorry, but I've gotta get going."

"Where?" Yoh stood up.

Anna grabbed some flowers, "The cemetery. I go there everyday."

"Do you always go at the same time?"

"No, it varies," Anna started to walk to the door, "Hurry, I want to get there before it rains. Remember? This weather makes me sick."

Yoh never noticed that it had been very cloudy lately, 'I guess I was too deep in my thoughts lately that I haven't noticed. And maybe on Friday she was at the cemetery when I came here.'

Yoh and Anna both walked out the door.

"Oh, where are you two going?" Mrs. Hino asked, "On a date?"

Yoh blushed, while Anna answered smiling, "No, I'm on my way to the cemetery."

"And I'm going home."

Mrs. Hino gave a disappointing look as Anna walked on, "Bye, Mrs. Hino, bye Yoh."

Yoh waved and Mrs. Hino said, "Bye Anna-chan." Then she spoke to Yoh, "You better come back soon, you hear? You make my Anna-chan happy! I haven't seen her smile so much! Now you come back, and don't you dare break Anna-chan's heart!"

"I…….I won't!" Yoh was scared by Mrs. Hino's serious tone, 'I make her smile?' "Bye, Mrs. Hino!"

"Bye!"

Yoh walked home with a smile on his face. He actually felt good for once. He felt bad for being a jerk at first, but he now felt glad that he could at least make her smile.

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That's it for now. Yea, I know a lame way to end the chapter, but I couldn't think of how to end the chapter, besides I didn't want this chapter to be too long. Please review and tell me how it was. Until next time

Ja ne!