Ch. 1

I still remember that dream from last night. I was standing in the rain looking at my hand stained with blood. Seeing it, I started to shake with fear. I closed my eyes and took deep breaths as I slowly looked below me to find a stream of blood coming from behind me. Slowly and anxiously I turned around to find where the blood was coming from. When I saw the source I swallow my tears and started to breathe heavily. I looked at my hand again then back at the source. I started to shake as I realize what I had done. I killed them; each and every one of them. I killed my family.

That day I woke up feeling uneasy. I was sitting on my bed staring aimlessly at the wall across from me. I sighed and lay back down to find myself staring at my four points shuriken. It was as long as the length of a normal computer screen with a circle in the middle and a handle for me to hold it. The four points were sharp at the tip and the sides. I closed my eyes and tried to forget about what I dreamt about. Yet the dream wouldn't fade from my mind as hard as I tried to shake it away. Did I really kill my family? I don't remember.

"Hoshi, wake up. We're going to be late!" I heard my friend Pia shouting. She had medium length black hair and green eyes. She always has two braids on the side of her head. Pia Watari and I have been friends for over a year since we become partners. We live together in an apartment given to us by our boss, Red. We don't have to pay rent or bills as long as we do our jobs and keep out mouth shut about the Lost Soul Organization. A secret organization we worked for. Pia and I are both sixteen, with her being a month older than I. She's a very odd person but kind. We have much in common like our interests and thoughts but we're also different.

I heard her shouting for me to get up but I didn't want to. I wanted to rest and just drift in my endless nightmare. I pulled my blanket and covered my face. While doing that I heard her open my bedroom door and entered. "Hey, wake up. Red is going to get mad at us if we're late," she said shaking me.

"Err…you go on ahead," I told her.

"Hoshi, get up!" she shouted. I didn't answered so she grabbed my blanket and threw it on the floor. "Stop being a child and get up!"

I sat up staring at her. "Ok Ok. I'm up."

"I'll see you down stair," she said and left my room. I sighed and picked up my blanket from the floor. I didn't want to mess with her. Not today anyways since I'm not in the mood to play around. She can get scary when she's angry. Thinking about her getting scary when she's angry reminds me of Red so I hurriedly put on a pair of blue jeans and a green t-shirt and went to the kitchen. Red is worse than Pia when he's angry. Once I entered the kitchen I grabbed a toast Pia made and went to joined her in the living room.

"Ok. I'm ready," I said. "Let's go."

It was a sunny day with fluffily white clouds and a little breeze to cool us off. Pia and I entered a tall electronic company that appeared to be 24 floors high. This electronic company is own by Red. Unknown to most of the workers, there is a hidden floor underneath the building. Only members of the secret organization of Lost Soul and a few selected groups know about it. If others found out about it then they either have to be killed so the information won't get out or they would have to agree upon some harsh rules. Same kind of harsh to me but I doesn't really matter. The Lost Soul Organization is an organization of assassins who worked for Red. At least 99 percent of the organization are assassins including Pia and Red himself. As of right now I believe I'm the only ninja in the organization. I'm uncertain why Red named the Organization Lost Soul but I like the sound of it because in my heart I feel like a lost soul. Once I asked him why he named it Lost Soul but he just smiled and told me I'll find out one day.

Once we entered the building we went straight to a counter and spoke with one of the Lost Soul members. He was in charged of the surveillance camera around the building. Primarily his job was to shut of the surveillance camera that is in the elevator we took to go to the floor beneath, the organization headquarters. We waited by the elevator until all the people got off and quickly entered it before any one else can. Once inside Pia pushed a hidden button that would set the elevator off toward the floor beneath. We got off the elevator and approached a locked door. There we verified our identification with our eyes. Once the door verified us it open and we entered into a dim hallway. Along the walls of the hallway were doors leading to rooms but we kept going to the end the hall way were Red's office was located.

I slowly turned the doorknob to Red's office and opened it. Pia and I entered to find him talking on the phone by his desk. He saw us and motioned us to sit down on the chairs in front of his desk. We sat and waited patiently for him to end his conversation.

Red is only 23 years old. He had silver hair and bangs that covered his clear blue eyes. In my opinion he have beautiful eyes that can send a girl's heart melting if they looked into it as well as his with his smile. Yet his eyes always looked sad as if he was missing something and can't grasp it. Red can get any girls he wants with his goods looks. There are no girls I know who had ever refused him. He comes from a wealthy family and was put in charge of the electronic company when he was nineteen. Little did his family know, he was an assassin and took the role of boss in the secret organization of Lost Soul after his master died. Red is an intelligent guy with a foul temper once he gets mad. He likes to criticize, scold and teased people especially Pia and I since we're the youngest members. When engaged in a fight he can become very dangerous. He's like a serial killer who just kills and kills if he slips into his "killing mood." Good thing that rarely happened or we'll all be dead. His attacks and speed are so fast that you wouldn't even notice it until you were half dead. Everyone in the organization knows to not mess with him. No one ever dared to take his place as boss. As much as I hate to admit it I like Red even though he would always criticize me. It was thanks to him that I found out about this organization and am able to live. He taught me to be strong and believe in myself. I'm sure Pia feels the same way too. We have a lot to appreciate him for. In fact, I believe we're his favorite assassin and ninja.

"I wish he would hurry up," I whispered to Pia.

"I know," she replied. We waited a little longer until he finally hung up the phone. He turned his chair around to face us.

"I heard you two failed your mission last week," he said placing his right hand on his desk.
"It wasn't our fault," countered Pia.
"Then who fault is it?" demanded Red.
"Yours," replied Pia.
"Moi? What the heck did I have to do with it?" he demanded.
"The lousy equipments you gave us, that's what. If only you had given us a bomb that actually worked Hoshi and I wouldn't have to think of another plan to destroy the ship," said Pia glaring at Red.
Red glared back, "Well who fault is that. You're supposed to check if it worked before you left with the bomb."
Pia and I stared at him. Red can be such an idiot
sometimes. "What the heck are you talking about? If we were to test
the bomb how were we supposed to use the same bomb? " I asked.
"Yea, and were the heck were we supposed to check the bomb?"
asked Pia.
"I know. We could have test it on this building," I answered.
Red glared at us. "Idiots."
"Idiots?" demanded Pia and I. Suddenly it hits me. How can I be
such an idiot? Red gave us that bomb on purpose. He knew it didn't
work. He wanted us to fail the mission. No, that wasn't it. He never
wants any one to fail a mission. Then what was it? I turned my head
to look at Pia. I think she figured it out too because in seconds
she shouted," Oi! You gave us that bomb on purpose!"
Red grinned, "Took you idiots a while to figure it out."
"So you did?" I said. It was more of a statement than a
question.
Red stood up from his chair and walked to our side. He leaned
on his desk facing us. "Yes, I did. I wanted to see you if two could
succeed without my equipments. You two should learn how to come up
with plans of yours own when mine doesn't work as well. Every
mission are different and required different needs."
"We know that," said Pia. "Besides we could finish our mission
without your equipments. Remember we have our own weapons."
Red sighed, "I know that but you can't succeed in everything
with just your weapons. The only thing you two can succeed in is
killing. And even with your skills you can still be defeated." We
listened to him lectured us for sometimes then he final stopped.
"Ok enough of this. Go to class," he said.
"Class? It's Saturday," said Pia.
"Just go. Sugar is waiting in the room."
"But it's Saturday. We don't have class on Saturday," I said.
"I decided that you two will be tutor on Saturday from now on,"
said Red.
We stared at him. "You got to be kidding?" asked Pia.
"No I'm not so go!" he ordered. We didn't move. "Now!"
"Ok. Ok!" we both shouted. We stood up and left to our room
where Sugar tutored us. I can't believe this. He's doing this to
torture us. Class on Saturday? This is so not fair!