(slowly walks in with a huge smile on my face) THANK YOU SO MUCH! Thanx to all of those that reviewed my last chapter! I got 15 reviews! That's more reviews that I've gotten for any other chapter. I didn't think that I would get a lot of reviews for a suicide fic but I guess that I proved myself wrong. Well here's what you've all been waiting for chapter 2! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I may not own Shaman King, but I do own this story so don't even think about copying it!
The medicine cabinet door slowly opened spilling all of the contents that it contained inside. Items such as bandages, cotton balls, cotton swabs, scissors, and beauty products all spilled out onto the ground.
Anna sighed as she stared at the even bigger mess that she had made in the bathroom. She then slowly bent over and reached for the now drenched box of bandages. With no hesitation, she quickly ripped open the box and took out as many bandages as she could. Tearing each out of it's wrapping and placing them on her several cuts and bruises.
She felt a searing pain with each bandage that she placed over her cuts, but the ice queen wasn't weak. She could easily take this kind of pain.
When she finished, she wondered how she could possibly go to school looking the way that she did. She looked like a broken doll that someone had carelessly tried to put back together with tape or something. She was a wreck. But then again she always was.
Anna then thought of a solution for her problem. She went into her room and walked over to her dresser. She pulled open her sock drawer and looked down at the number of socks that she owned. She quickly pulled out the longest pair of white stockings that she had and wore them over her injured legs.
The bandages and cuts were not noticeable under the long stockings that she wore. Her arms had been severely cut as well, but they were not noticeable because Anna's uniform included a long sleeved jacket. (If you've seen the anime you surely know what the uniform looks like). The only problem left was the two bandages that she had on her face. One was on her left cheek and the other on her forehead. But there was nothing more that she could do.
Anna walked over to her desk, grabbed all of her school books, and carelessly jammed them all into her backpack. She threw her backpack over her left shoulder and started down the stairs.
As she walked down the stairs she looked at her watch. It was 9:14 am. School started at 8:15. She was already 59 minutes late. She sighed at the thought of Yoh and the others probably waiting for her outside with no clue that they were already an hour late for school.
As she made her way out the front door and into the morning sun, she noticed that everything was dead quiet. The sound of laughter that she had heard earlier that morning had dissipated long ago.
She looked over into the backyard where Yoh was supposed to be waiting for her, but saw no one. There was only an old oak tree there. It's many leaves blowing calmly in the wind.
They must have already left. She thought to herself. She sighed and looked down at her small feet. They left without me. She thought again.
She stared up at the sky with thoughts of sorrow on her mind. She was all alone now. It's as if no one cared about her. They had left her all alone.
She then turned and looked over at the path that she took everyday to get to her high school. She slowly made her descent down the sidewalk and towards her school.
RIIIING!
The bell that signaled the end of first period had just rang at Yoh's high school.
Yoh slowly made his way out of his French class already tired from all of the studying that he had to endure. He stretched his arms and walked over to his locker to fetch the books that he needed for his Algebra class. (A/N: Yoh's kinda following the schedule that I have for school. I was too lazy to make up a schedule. So I just used my schedule.)
As he opened his locker, Manta came rushing over to him to greet him before second period started. (A/N: They have a five minute passing period.)
"Hey Yoh!" He smiled.
Yoh looked over from behind his locker and noticed his tiny friend standing before him.
"Oh hey Manta! What's up?" he greeted.
"Nothing much. Just had to watch a gross video in biology class today." Manta answered.
"Oh really? What was it about?" Yoh asked.
"Uh...it was a detailed video of a frog disection." Manta squirmed.
Yoh sighed and held his stomach.
"Man I have that class right after lunch!" Yoh whined.
"Well then you might not want to eat lunch today Yoh." Manta warned. "It was pretty nasty."
"Oh great. I didn't have any breakfast and now I won't have any lunch. Can this day possibly get any worse?" he asked.
Manta smiled and looked around. He noticed that someone was missing. He then realized who that someone was.
"Um Yoh? Where's Anna?" he asked. "She's usually with you when you go to your locker." he remarked.
Yoh thought for a moment.
"That's what I'm wondering." Yoh answered."You know she asked us to wait for her this morning so that we could all walk to school together, but she never came out of the house. I went in the house and called for her, but she never answered. I thought that maybe she had already left or something, but I'm starting to doubt that thought. I didn't see her when we came into school today." he replied.
"Do you think she ever came to school?" Manta asked.
Yoh didn't answer. He just stared at the contents that were in his locker.
"Hey maybe she's probably just ignoring us today? It's nothing new really. I mean when doesn't she ignore us?" Manta joked.
Yoh sighed and slowly clutched his locker door.
"I don't know Manta. I'm starting to worry about her. It's not like Anna to just ignore me all day. If I don't see her during 4th period, then that means that she's not here." (A/N: Yoh's 4th period is lunch. Just like mine!) In that case I'll go and look for her." he answered.
"I'm sure that she'll show up sooner or later Yoh. Don't worry." Manta smiled.
Yoh sighed and slowly closed his locker.
"I hope you're right." He replied.
Manta chuckled innocently and tightly clutched his Geography books.
"Well I have to be heading to Geography class now. Um say hi to Horo Horo for me okay?" Manta asked. (Yoh and Horo Horo both have Algebra class for 2nd period)
Yoh sighed, but forcefully formed a grin on his face.
"Sure. See ya Manta!" Yoh grinned.
"Bye Yoh!" Manta waved good-bye to his friend and then headed down the hall towards his Geography class.
Anna was slowly making her way through town towards school. She looked down at her watch once again. It said 9:45. She was 1 hour and 30 minutes late for school.
Anna continued to stare down at her watch as she made her way through the crowds of people that crowded the sidewalks of the town early in the morning.
"I would have been in Chemistry class right now." Anna whispered as she stared at her watch.
All of a sudden, Anna crashed into a man who was walking in the other direction on the sidewalk. Anna, along with her back pack, both fell to the ground. A number of books and papers fell out of her back pack and fluttered all over the place.
Anna made no contact with the man that she had bumped into. She fell to the ground along with her things and just stared down at the man's shoes.
She looked down onto the pavement, and didn't look up at the man.
"Oh...I'm very sorry sir. Excuse me." she replied.
The man said nothing.
When Anna noticed that the man had not responded to her apology, she looked up. When she looked up she saw a tall, middle aged man, wearing a business suit, glaring down at her.
Anna's eyes widened as she saw the expression of anger on the man's face. When Anna had bumped into the man, several of her utensils had fallen out of her back pack and struck the man causing them to make marks all over his business suit.
The man remained silent until he looked down at his business suit and noticed all of the marks.
"What the hell is the matter with you?" The man shouted. He kicked Anna in her rib with his right foot. Anna moaned in pain, but stayed down on the ground.
"Look at what you did to my suit you stupid girl!" The man shouted. He fixed the folds and his suit and then started to walk off.
"Watch where you're going next time!" he growled. The man then proceeded to walk down the sidewalk in a fury.
Anna stayed down the pavement. She tried to move, but the kick that she had received in her rib, made it almost impossible for her to move.
Several people walked passed her, but did nothing. It was like they didn't even notice the injured girl that was moaning in pain on the sidewalk. Anna knew that she would have to help herself up. She reached over for her backpack (which still had a book in it) and helped herself up. Every move that she made only intensified the pain in her rib. But once again she reminded herself that she was not weak. She slowly reached for all of her papers and placed them all in her backpack.
She stood herself straight up, took in a deep breath and continued to walk to school as if nothing ever happened. She showed no emotions on the outside, but on the inside she was screaming, and crying.
Meanwhile, Yoh was sitting in his Algebra class just staring off into space and not paying attention to the teacher. (A/N: that's what I do sometimes in my Algebra class) The only thing that he could think about was Anna. He hoped dearly that she had made it to school and that he would be able to see her during lunch.
"Anna." He whispered to himself.
"Where are you?"
Authors Note:
Finally. I am really tired. I've been trying to update 4 stories this weekend and I got 1 finished! That only leaves 3 to go! (sighs) Well I hope that everyone liked this chapter. It was pretty sad (well in my opinion). What do you guys think? Was it good/ bad/ sad/ crappy? Just hit the magical purple button and give me your opinion. Thanx a lot. Love you all! Bye!
