A/N: Here we go people. I started working yesterday… but I will continue to update as often as I can. It's a little sad at the end … it's been pretty grim around here, anyway hope you enjoy it.

Blackmagic111090- here you go, thanks for reviewing.

Kiome- waves> glad you stuck around for it. Thanks!

Kosmic Kitty- you're not nagging at all. I hope you haven't knocked the shelf over.

FallenANgelSasuki- I'm not sure about Krad and Dark in here, I can't seem to find their place exactly. They might be in it.

RavenMoon- thanks! Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Yipster54- I was wondering where you were! I don't think anyone else knows! sad face> yeah actually… my best friend is like drop dead gorgeous, and we're always together everywhere so all the guys look at her. The dude I was talking about… yeah he's an idiot. whispers> I think I like this guy who's good at soccer and who's nice and pretty quiet.

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"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."- Albert Camus

(since it is a holiday, I decided to put in two… okay so I really just liked both of them)

"Assassins!" –Arturo Toscanini to his orchestra

(the players were all down in the pit and couldn't get out so they freaked and started to panic while he snickered to himself. This was way back in the 1700's)

Being the III part of II

Aeris had come to the conclusion that, though she loved her uncle, he was just going to have to die.

"Hahaha!" Jin just couldn't stop laughing; it was terribly funny from his perspective.

Riku and Risa had come over earlier and once Risa had really gotten a good look at Aeris' hair, had simply decided it would not do. Ignoring Riku and Aeris' loud protests that her hair was perfectly fine the way it was, Risa set about getting large food cans to curl Aeris' long hair with.

The end result was not pleasant to look at. It had only worked halfway being that she had so much hair so it just looked curved at the ends and Aeris was still trying to get one of the larger cans out of her hair when Jin arrived.

Riku and Risa had both long been dismissed leaving her alone in her misery, until he had arrived to make it worse.

"Hold on while I find a camera!"

Aeris felt her eye twitch. Hefting the huge can of tomato paste she took aim at his back and released.

"OW!"

"I don't know…" Daisuke trailed off, while every sane voice in his head was shouting from all directions, NO! DO NOT GET INVOLVED, I REPEAT, DO NOT GET INVOLVED!

"I just want to know what's going on, he is my best friend's boyfriend." Riku said smoothly.

And well… she wanted to know! Satoshi had spent more time taking notes and observing things in the classroom lately. And it was a little unnerving, he wasn't taking notes, notes, like about the lessons they were having, so what could they be on?

"So what if he's taking notes, it's what Satoshi does." Takeshi snapped, irritated that Daisuke was almost spilling to his girlfriend, and even more irritated that they weren't talking about something more important. Like them taking over his cleaning duty this afternoon for example…

"You act like he's having an affair with his notes for cripes sake. Just let him write about whatever he writes about in that thing."

Riku frowned at Takeshi. So they both knew what was going on and just wouldn't tell her, fine, she'd figure it out on her own.

Satoshi had come to his conclusion about the twins.

They were both complete lunatics.

The openly nice one (Hiro) laughed like a hyena whenever Aeris said something amusing and the other (Arima) just looked at her blankly, but once she'd turned around had looked at her with this unreadable expression on his face.

And they were both fonder of her than they'd admit.

Just great.

Aeris heard it before it struck, a weird whistling sound.

"Wha-"

"AERIS!"

Satoshi saw it all happen in slow motion.

They had been in gym class, doing archery. A whole line of boys stood and fired all at the same time then went to go collect their arrows from the target.

The girls had been playing soccer a dozen feet away.

Aeris had been just about to kick the ball when the boys fired, and though most of them went straight, a few went haywire from either the wind or just poor aim.

It went straight for her, and he was too far away to do anything but yell.

"AERIS!"

She turned to look at him, and he saw her eyes widen a fraction before the arrow whizzed past, grazing her cheek.

Aeris smacked her hand over the gash, slowing the blood to a trickle between her fingers.

"Aeris are you okay?" Riku rushed over and tried to move her hand to see the wound but Aeris wouldn't let her.

Daisuke, Takeshi, Masahiro, Satoshi, Arima, and Hiro made their way over to her and Satoshi gently took her wrist and moved her hand so he could see her cheek.

"You'll need stitches." He covered her cheek with his hand and glared at the people around them. "Whose arrow hit her?"

Hiro raised his hand looking guilty. "I'm so sorry Aeris, the wind caught it,"

"It's all right…" Aeris wasn't really paying attention to Hiro; she was looking at Satoshi watching Hiro through narrowed eyes.

She frowned, what was with him? It was an accident. Aeris didn't blame Hiro and neither should Satoshi.

"Come on, let's take you to the emergency room."

Satoshi winced as he watched Aeris sit shock still as the doctor brought her skin together and stitched it quickly.

He was using pink wire and Satoshi could tell Aeris would not be thrilled.

"All done. You shouldn't have a scar." The doctor smiled at her and she forced one back.

"Thank you."

He nodded and pulled off his gloves. "I would recommend not sleeping on it. It would be uncomfortable."

Aeris nodded and the doctor left, leaving the two alone.

"Does it hurt?"

She gently touched the stitches. "No."

"It was an accident Satoshi."

"I didn't say anything."

Aeris slid off the table. "You don't have to. You were giving him your patented death glare."

Satoshi gently took her hand in his and led her out. "There's just something off about those two."

"Honestly Satoshi, there's something off about all of us. Us more than most I'd say." She had a feeling it wasn't just an "off thing" about the twins.

"Maybe."

It was pouring and she was the only one in the small graveyard.

Aeris gently placed the lilies between the two head stones. Thirteen tied with a blue ribbon. Tradition, Satoshi had said.

She traced her parents' names with a trembling hand and fought down a choked laugh.

A month ago she would've been beaten for coming within 10 yards of their graves while Albedo was free to leave roses on her mothers.

The injustice of it was like acid in her mouth.

And when the tears started she couldn't stop them.