February 14, 2004 10pm

You know, Yoh can be really thoughtful when he wants to be. I mean sometimes, he actually gets off his lazy ass and does something nice and productive without being told to. Take today for example; he was actually thoughtful. He remembered that today was Valentine's Day. Now if you ask me, I say that this holiday is just a stupid day made up by some store to sell more cards and candy and stuff like that. I really don't believe in it. But of course, everybody else does. I mean although Ren and Jun are still in China, they sent through mail like hundreds of boxes of candy, which Yoh and Horohoro consumed in less than twenty minutes. I swear those two are going to die choking on food someday.

Tamao was busying in the kitchen making huge chocolates for everybody, especially a huge one for Yoh. Pilica got loads of candy from people at school along with Yoh and Hao. I mean seriously, these people get way too much candy. Hao came home carrying more candy than there are people at the school. The shrimp told me every girl in the school gave him candy except for me. Well its not like I want to give him candy. That would be just weird and disgusting.

Okay, so back to the sweet thing Yoh did. After dinner, he asked me outside for a walk and I agreed even though it was freezing and starting to snow. We walked around the inn and then into the streets, none of us talking. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence; it was actually quite nice. When we reached the park we kept walking. Then we started talking about school and moved on to spring break and what we planned to do during spring break. I was going to talk about going back to the Asukuras' household to pay them our respects when Yoh shushed me.

Yeah, can you believe him? I mean he actually shushed me. When has he ever done that? Who is this guy who was taking over Yoh? Anyways, I was more stunned than angry and so I shushed. Yoh then blushed a really deep scarlet and just handed me something from his pockets. It was wrapped in a nice shiny blue paper. I slowly opened, holding my breath for no apparent reason.

You will not guess what he got me. A music box. It was a wonderfully lovely music box and played a nice classical melody that I never heard before. The melody somehow brought peace into me. It was really pretty. The music box was wooden and carved with skillfully patient hands. There were beautiful flowers and ivy engraved into the sides of the box. On the inside, it was still the beautifully carved wood like the outside only it was beautifully painted and contained a beautiful lily inside. It spun around as the music plays and I think it's made of a beautiful white stone that I had never seen before. It is really beautiful.

I gaped at the music box and I did something really weird. I know I am doing loads of weird things these day but really, it was weird. I hugged Yoh. I know, weird right? He returned the hug and we stood there, amidst the falling snow in the park hugging one another. Sounds like something out of a cheesy romance right? Well that was how it felt anyways.

Now, I'm doing my homework and just listening to the beautiful music of the music box. It really is beautiful.

Anna

February 15, 2004 11pm

So you might want some explanation of what happened between the hospital and Valentine's Day. Well I guess I should write about that only it does hurt to talk about it. I guess I should stop at midway because its late and I have to go to bed cause there's school tomorrow. And if anybody steals this notebook, I am dead. Of course, I don't think they can access it because I did cast a nice spell I found in one of the books and asked Jun to do a spell for me too.

So I guess you want to know who it was I saw. It was someone from my past. My way way past. I never knew I would see Derik again. Never ever again. I swore to myself that I would forget about him and the rest of them when I left. I guess they found me. Or at least Derik did.

Before I came to the Asukuras' I lived in an orphanage. It's hard to remember most of it because I made myself forget it. Its hard remembering stuff like this. My parents had engaged me to the Asukuras' son, Yoh. Well before I ever met my parents, I lived in the orphanage. There were sixty children in all. I never knew my birth parents. I guess I never will. I grew up in the orphanage. I was said to have been found floating down a stream and the kind nuns who owned the orphanage found me and took me in. Life was harsh there. Not enough food to go around, not enough room to move, and not enough clothes to pass around. Still, I enjoyed it there. I made friends and even though I was only two, I had my best friend in the whole world made there, Derik.

He was also found around the woods of the orphanage and had been taken in by the nuns as I had. We bounded immediately. Those were the times that I actually smiled, and I would laugh and show emotion every single day like a normal person. It all changed that year when I was two. That winter, it was freezing cold and many of the children caught a flu. I was also sick and Derik cared for me although he could have gotten sick. Most of the nuns were sick too and many of the weak children died. I was delirious with fever when it happened.

The army had thought that the orphanage was useless and had to be cut down to make way for a road that had to be built. So, they slaughtered us all. It never was even a close call. They were a huge army with swords and knives and lots of things while we were an orphanage of kids who were dying from the flu and old nuns. They started the slaughter around noon. I never would have made it out without Derik. I was too weak then to move and Derik slung me over his shoulder and took the secret tunnel by the orphanage walls that we used many times to escape into the woods and have fun and pretend adventures. We barely escaped for on our way out, a soldier found us. He was merciless and didn't care that we were two-year-old children. He swung his sword at me and I would have died then if not for Derik.

I never really knew about shamans. I mean give me a break; I was only two. But Derik was a shaman. More of a shaman than I had ever known and that included Hao and Yoh. He was strong and when he was mad, his powers came out. The only thing that he cared about back then was me and the only thing I cared about was him. Of course time changed things. Anyways, the soldier was swallowed by the earth, completely swallowed and buried. I still can hear his screams. I thought that it was only my fever but no, it was far more than that, I saw the real thing. Derik was amazed at what he did too. He looked at his hands and then at the earth at where just a few minutes ago, was occupied by a soldier.

Before we could ponder what had happened, more soldiers came and Derik picked me up again and he ran towards the woods. Soon, we were hidden in the woods. I saw the burning of the buildings and soon, I blacked out.

Oh shoot, Tamao wants me to come down. Gotta go. I'll finish this story later.

Anna

February 15, 2004 11:30 pm

Okay, so Tamao wanted me to help her kill Hao for eating her leftover chocolates. It was easy. Killing Hao, I mean. Anyways, I really have to go to bed. School tomorrow plus a math test. Byez. I learned that from Pilica.

Anna

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omg, srry it took so long for this chapter. i usually do it in the weekend but still, at least i got this up. Thnks alot for the reviews. Srry i had to stop there. I am evil. Well at least my friends think i am. Anyways, IT SNOWED! I luv snow and it just snowed in NYC. Of course, come tomorrow, its all gonna be slush and stuff. Happy President's Day and i gotta go to my friend's house to watch the princess diaries for the five millionth time. I mean really, i would never ever like the kind of movie like the Princess Diaries. Its just so not me but i luv the books. i gotta go to the bronxe to my friend's house. byez. REVIEW!