An: Well, here is my next chapter. Actually this is really half a chapter, but I decided to cut it in half. My step dad is home for the weekend (for some reason) and has to return tomorrow. So yeah, it will be awkward.

I was looking at my stats and noticed that like 14 people read my story. Well, more read it but in the end the last chapter always get around 14 - 20 hits. So i am guessing that these people are regulars? If you are a regular reader you deserve a cookie. I would give you one, butI am selfish. Hey, my step dad is in the hospital. I deserve cookies. So yeah. I don't know what the meaning was of this, so onward with the latest chapter.

Isn't it amazing?
How children feel?
One moment they feel
as if the world is going to end.
The next they can laugh
at something their friend said.
They feel so powerfully,
yet don't comprehend what
exactly they are feeling.

I wish I was a child again.
More then anything,
that is my wish

-Linleigh Bell

-Dream-

A 5 year old Kohana sat frozen on the cement floor of her new room. Red tear gems surrounded her. From afar it looked like a normal child playing with small marbles. The door opened and a 10 year old boy walked in.

"So.. You're the new girl?" Kohana sat in silence, a part of her wanted this boy to go away, but another part wanted him to stay because she was afraid to be alone.

"Can you really cry tear gems?" Kohana turned around and looked at him sadly. The scene of her parents dying replayed in her mind, bringing on a new wave of tears.

"Whoa! What are you doing?" Kohana glared at him.

"What does it look like I am doing?" He sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"Crying? Wow, these are pretty." He said and walked closer to her to examine the tear gems. She grabbed his arm before he could grab one.

"Are they really dead? Maybe it was really some sort of dream or something right?" She asked and he pried his arm out of her grip.

"They are dead." He said and she looked at him desperately.

"They are dead. Now I am all alone." She said and the boy noticed that she was going to start crying again.

"Hey! Don't cry. You're not alone." He said and Kohana looked at him in confusion.

"Yes I am. I don't have anyone." The boy shook his head.

"From now on you have me." He said and held his hand out.

"I am Ryoichi Hart. I am 10 years old and my favorite animal is a cat." Kohana looked at his hand and after a few seconds grabbed it.

"I'm Kohana Saito. I'm 5 years old and I have a cat named Snookle!" She said and Ryoichi laughed.

"Snookle is a stupid name." Kohana let go of his hand and glared at him.

"Ryoichi is a stupid name." She said and crossed her arms. Ryoichi stopped laughing.

"At least I don't have cooties." Kohana rolled her eyes.

"There is no such thing as cooties."

-End of dream-

Kohana was rudely awoken by being shaken violently. She groaned and opened her eyes only to see the smiling Boton.

"Get ready! We are finally going to the mall with you!" Kohana groaned and got up as Boton left the room. 'Evil. They are all evil.' She thought and started to get dressed in a pale blue kimono. 'Why did I even agree to this?'

-Flashback-

"Oh Kohana! We all have to go to the mall one of these days." Boton gushed as she braided Kohana's hair. Kohana looked at Yukina and rolled her eyes.

"Sure.. Why not?" Boton smiled at Keiko and Shizuru.

"How about tomorrow?" Kohana sighed inwardly. She never really planned on actually going to the mall with then ever. They -excluding Shizuru- got way to excited for Kohana's tastes.

"I can't. I have an appointment to get my eyes removed." Kohana said sarcastically and Keiko, Shizuru and Yukina laughed. Boton pulled Kohana's hair in annoyance.

"Ow!" Kohana cried and Boton patted her head.

"Sorry, there are a lot of knots in your hair." Kohana groaned and Boton went back to braiding her hair. 'Knots my ass. Under no circumstances am I ever going shopping with her now.' She thought as Boton sighed.

"To bad. After we went shopping we were going to go get ice cream then go see a movie." Kohana perked up. Boton just mentioned her 2 favorite things.

"What movie?" Kohana asked casually.

"Oh that new horror movie." Kohana sighed.

"Really? That sounded really good." Boton nodded her head.

"It is suppose to be really gory." Kohana nodded her head. She knew that already, she had been obsessing over that particular movie for a couple of days now.

"Well, I guess I don't have to get my eyes removed. So I will come." Boton and Keiko squealed.

"Yay! We are going to have so much fun!" They said and hugged her as Shizuru laughed and Kohana glared at her.

'I have a feeling this was a bad idea.'

-End of flashback-

Kohana sighed. Oh yes, she had a feeling this was going to end badly. She walked down to the living room.

"Are you ready to go Kohana?" Kurama asked asked her as she walked into the room.

"Yes… why?" He laughed.

"Well, we have been waiting for a hour now." Kohana raised her eye brow.

"We?" She asked as Suki walked into the room and attempted to hug Kohana.

"Yes. We are coming with you." Suki said as Kohana pushed her away.

"Who is we?" Kohana asked and Suki rolled her eyes.

"Really Kohana, are you that stupid? Who do you think 'we' is?" Everyone stopped what they were doing and gawked at Suki. Yukina walked over to the pissed off Kohana.

"Yusuke, Kuzuma, Hiei, Suki and Kurama are coming as well Kohana." Kohana glared at Kurama, who was comforting his girlfriend.

"Thank you Yukina. That was all I wanted to know." Yukina smiled nervously and grabbed Kohana's hand.

"Ok, lets go." Everyone agreed and started to walk to the front door.

"Kohana, do you also feel like something big is going to happen today?" Kohana nodded her head.

"Yeah, I fell like this day will end really badly." Kohana said and Yukina shook her head.

"No, I have a feeling it will end well." Kohana laughed and grabbed her friends hand.

"Let's hope it does. The day started horribly."