Finally! Another chapter rewritten! I'm on a roll! lol. Oh, forgot the disclaimer: Don't own except for characters unknown and the plot and yada yada yada.

Chapter2:

A Tear of Pain

It was bright in the early morning, but none of the sun's golden rays reached Akane. She sat in a dark corner, staring at the sun's clutches lighting up the stone ground. If she dared touch it, she might just end her life. Sometimes, a voice inside her head would encourage her to touch it, to die. She would always block out its voice, but she didn't know why. The voice, every morning, every day, it would tempt her to stand in front of the window and burn to death. Still, she didn't know why she continued to live. Maybe it was because of the speck of hope was in her heart. She wished and hoped and prayed that one day, she could really live her life to the fullest extent. Maybe that was what kept her going her entire life.

Akane never moved from her spot the entire night. She sat there, drowning in pain. Footsteps echoed through the wall. The door unlocked and a man with purple hair and goggles stood in the way, a menacing smiled placed on that butt-ugly face of his.

"Hello, Akane." his voice send shivers down the raccoon's back in the corner. "Akane," she didn't answer, she didn't even acknowledge his existence. "Akane," still not answering; this got him mad. "AKANE!" He walked over to Akane and wrapped his hand around her bloody, fragile neck. This caught her attention. She grabbed his wrist and pierced his flesh. He laughed at her pain. "Now listen, I have a simple job for you." His menacing grin grew wider.

With the Bladebreakers:

"The mall? The mall? THE MALL?" Tyson was waving his arm wildly in the air, the team took a step away from him.

"Do you know him?" a girl asked as she passed by Hilary.

"Nope." she answered with a disgusted glance in Tyson's direction.

"KAI GAVE US A DAY OFF AND YOU DRAG US TO THE MALL!"

"Look Tyson, I'm giving my cousin a surprise birthday party this Saturday so I need materials!" Hilary glared. "Besides, this won't take more than 4-5 hours."

"4-5 HOURS!" Daichi gasped. "That'll take FOREVER!"

"Oh shut up!" Hilary spat.

Kai rolled his eyes at their immaturity.

"Oh my gosh, it's Kai Hiwatari!" a girl whispered, pointing at Kai.

"That's Kai? I thought THAT was Kai!" her friend pointed to Tyson, rubbing his stomach in hunger.

"Eww! That's Tyson."

"Hey!"

Everyone turned around towards the source of the voice.

"Lee! Kevin! Mariah! Gary!" Ray ran up to them and embraced his friends tightly. He didn't know his friends would be arriving at Japan but either way he was excited and happy. He couldn't wait to spend days with his old team. Just the thought of it made him smile.

"MAX!" Max turned around to be face to face with the All Starz. "Rick! Emily! Michael! Eddy! What are you guys doing here?" Max smiled as he ran up to them.

Emily cleared her throat. "'Guys?'" she raised a brow. "Girls too." Max smiled nervously. 'Not a good thing to get her mad.' Max told himself; it was scary when Emily was mad...that lap top was made for more than just anaylizing opponents...

"Nice to see you guys again!" Eddy beamed.

"You too!" Tyson grinned goofily.

"Tyson," Tyson turned to the owner of the voice. "Ozuma! Miriam! Joseph! Dunga!"

"Are all of the teams coming because of the mall?" Hilary whispered. "Don't know, but they seem happy, um…with the exception of Kai though." Kenny whispered back.

"Hey!"

"Mathilda! Aaron! Miguel! Claude!" Daichi grinned. "Wassup!"

"Tyson!" he turned around yet again and met Raul and Julia. "Raul! Julia!" He ran up to them but stopped midway. "…wait a minute…why is everyone here?"

"I invited them."

Daichi gasped, "Mr. Dickenson?"

"Yes, I thought it's been too long since you guys," the girls interrupted him when they cleared their throat angrily. "AND girls, so I thought everyone should stay at a mansion I rented."

"Seriously?" Tyson gasped.

"No way!" Mariah laughed.

"AWSOME!" Daichi punched the air.

In the shadows, a girl was watching Mr. Dickenson closely; waiting for the perfect time to strike.

"Go outside, my driver's gonna take us there."

"ALRIGHT!" Mathilda shouted.

'Perfect.' Akane jumped out of the darkness with inhuman speed, claws outstretched.

"Hey, Mr. Dickenson, I--" Mathilda stepped in front of Mr. Dickenson, in front of Akane's attack. Instead of piercing Mr. Dickenson's heart, she pierced Mathilda's. "AH!" she fell to the ground in pain. "Miguel…Claude…Aaron…" she whispered; tears filled her eyes as anger filled theirs. Her heart slowly stopped beating; her eyelids felt heavy. She closed them and let darkness consume her. A single tear dropped as her heart beat its last beat.

"Mathilda…" Miguel whispered.

Akane bent down and kicked at Mr. Dickenson's feet, not giving Mathilda a sorrowful look. Mr. Dickenson stumble to the floor as a result of the attack.

"Oof!" he grunted.

She stood over him, ready to kill.

"NO!" Joseph attempted a punch but Akane was stronger than she looked. She clutched his clentched fist and twsited his arm. He cried out in pain, falling to the ground as he clutched his broken arm.

"Joseph!" Miriam ran towards her fallen brother but Akane stabbed his heart with two fingers. "JOSEPH!" She caught her brother as he fell. "Joseph," tears filled her eyes as gazed at her deceased brother. Hugging her brother, she stared up at the ceiling and screamed his name at the top of her lungs.

Kevin charged towards her. "Stop it!" he screamed. Akane rushed towards him and stabbed him in the stomach and then with a swift movement, she sliced his head off of his neck.

'This is getting out of hand,' Akane thought as she cracked her fingers. 'Too many unnecessary deaths.'

"Hey you!" Raul held a chair, aiming it towards Akane. "Back off!" Akane broke the chair with a strong punch and delivered a kick to his stomach, sending the boy flying backwards into the wall. He fell to the ground, revealing a dent.

"RAUL!" Julia fell on her knees in panic and sorrow. "Raul…" Tears began to flow down her cheeks. "My brother..." she whispered.

"Murderer!" Emily dashed towards her with a tennis racket (Where did she get it? I don't know...) Emily swung the weapon as hard as she could but Akane was much too fast. Evading the attack by leaping into the air, she did a spin and kicked her head. They heard a crack and she fell to the ground.

"Emily!" Max exclaimed, rushing to the girl's side with the rest of her teammates close behind.

Akane turned back to Mr. Dickenson, "Now it's time for your inevitable death." she muttered.

Mr. Dickenson stared wide eyed in horror at Akane. He got up and dashed towards the exit but Akane charged after him. She positioned her hand to pierce his heart. Akane lunged towards him, her claws outstretched, only inches away from making contact...so close...just a few more seconds, but her plan fell to pieces when she was dragged backwards with her scarf. Instantly forgetting about Mr. Dickenson, Akane turned around to glare at the person who dared to interfere with her mission.

Kai took off his scarf; calling Rei to his side, the neko pinned Akane's arms behind her back as Kai tied his scarf around them like cuffs. The two boys stood up, wiping sweat from their eyebrows as their bodies relaxed.

Kenny walked to Kai's side, "…You know that that's not gonna stop her, right?" Kenny said.

Kai nodded, "She can get out physically…but look," he looked down at her. Akane managed to get her self in a sitting position but she stared into the depths of despair once again. "She can't do it mentally."

After the Police Came:

"What is your name? Answer me!" a police yelled in frustration at the girl before him. Akane sat with her legs pulled closely to her chest and her arms wrapped around them tightly. She stared into space, never coming back to Earth, lost in the cycle of pain as she once again confined herself in her heart, away from the world, away from the light.

"Let me try Martin." An old man gently pushed the police officer, Martin, in a seat as he rubbed his forehead in frustration. "Young lady, what is your name?" he asked calmly, a small smile on lips.

Her eyes closed halfway; her mouth opened. "Yes?" the old man and Martin grinned hopefully. Just by closing her mouth, Akane crushed their prayers as easily as a kid crushes an ant underneath his finger. The old man sighed. "I don't know if we should send her to a mental institute or keep her here. She might kill everyone there if she was irritated!" the old man groaned.

"This is a no-win situation…" Martin moaned.

"I guess we'll just have to try again tomorrow." They left her confinement and lazily locked up behind them, turning off the lights as they left.

Akane was then left with the darkness, the darkness that haunted her dreams, plagued her every waking moment, the darkness that ruined her life, the darkness that IS her life, and the darkness that will always be her prison, whether she's in chains or not, whether she has boundaries or not. But she will never be free, physically or mentally, not as long the shadows have their menacing clutches on her.

Akane buried her head in her knees.

A single tear fell.