A/N: okay, there wasn't much clarification. Anna did not enter the King of Iron Fist Tournaments. She has not been an assassin or a bodyguard. I was talking to a friend of mine and he said that it should be clarified because he didn't understand it.
"Why is your sister trying to kill you?" Steve asked, curious to know what's been going on between them.
"Our father died and she blames me for his death."
"Well, was it your fault?"
"No, of course not. How could it be my fault? I'm the one who is afraid, not her. I actually wish that I could be like her. Fearless, unafraid. I wasn't worried once, that this stuff would happen. But now, now I just don't know. All this is so overwhelming." Anna sighed. She heard someone clear their throat. She turned around to see Daren standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame. "Uh, hey, Steve, I have to go. Thank you for calling. I appreciate it."
"Hey, no problem. Just thought I'd, ya know, see how you're doing and see what's going on. Okay, well I'll see you later, Anna."
"Bye," she placed the telephone back down on the receiver and turned back to her roommate. "Hey."
Daren walked further into the room. "Hey. I was just thinking, seeing as how you've been attacked lately, maybe you should start carrying a weapon."
"What kind and where would I get it?"
Daren pulled something out of his jeans and handed it to Anna. "It's a pocket knife."
"Wait," Anna said, "You're giving this to me?" She flipped it open a few times in practice.
"Yeah."
"Thanks," she smiled. Once she was done messing with it, she put it in her pocket.
"And hey," Daren turned around just as he was headed back out of the room. "If you decide to go vegetarian, I will too."
She smiled at him again. "I'd like that. And Daren," he turned back around to see her up on her feet and pulling him into a spontaneous hug.
This time it was him that smiled. "You're welcome."
She didn't normally hug him. They didn't have a love relationship and Anna didn't wish it. She didn't have a boyfriend and she felt that she didn't need one. Her only concern now was to survive if her sister ever attacked her again. Anna was determined, no matter how scared she was, to survive both physically and emotionally.
Anna was sure that Nina would try again to hurt her. But Nina could have killed her right then, why didn't she? Did she want her sister to be found or did she want her to suffer? Or was it just because she knew that Anna was too terrified to fight back? She needed to be on her guard, in case Nina did attack. But now Anna had a pocket knife. She was armed, ready for an attack.
Anna went out for a walk. It wasn't yet dark out and it was only around the block. She fingered the blade in her pocket. Soon she heard footsteps behind her, following her. She pulled the knife from her pocket and turned around as quickly as possible only to see a man meaning no harm to her.
"Kora! Mimasu sore!" (Hey! Watch it!) The man being accused backed away, his hands up in protection.
"Gomen, en gozen o tansen." (Sorry, I'm on edge.) Anna smiled nervously as she turned back around. She sighed as she quickened her pace. "Daren is going to kill me," she mumbled on to herself.
