Sorry I haven't updated in awhile! Just for fair warning, this chapter is very tragic. I nearly cried, and I wrote it! Please no flames! R&R!

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Sun pierced through my window. I assumed that Mikio either 1 had left and hadn't closed the curtains, or 2 hadn't closed the curtains last night and was still here. I hoped it was 1. I rolled over to point my face upwards and maybe greet the sun in my special way (I was grumpy). I was greeted by two eyes hovering over my bed. Immediately my arms started flailing around as I tried to ward off the possible attacker. My wrists were gripped and held in two hands that I soon recognized.

"Mikio what were you doing! Cant you ever give a girl some fair warning before you go through their window and than like scaring them half to death!"

"I just wanted to tell you something." His smile looked like a five year old who just earned extra snack on the first day of school.

"What!"

"I remembered when I saved your life at about 2 last night. I just had to tell you."

I glanced at the clock, it read 6:34, "You've been watching me sleep for 4 hours!"

"Four and a half."

"Well wow what was this special time when you 'saved my life'?"

"Remember when we first met?"

"Heck no I can barely remember what I was cooking when the alarm goes off."

"Mind if I refresh you?"

"Fine." Mikio grabbed hold of my hands. My vision blurred black and faded into a scene of the woods. This must've been his point of view. It looked like one of those old home videos. Occasionally a small part of the scene blacked out momentarily. There was absolutely no audio. This must've been an old memory, fuzzy and unclear.

There was a girl standing in the woods, a blank silhouette against the dark background. She was stiff and obviously shocked. A snakelike monster stood coiled over her, ready to strike. A boy with long hair and shining eyes was floating over it yelling something out and pointing. I soon realized that this girl was me. Though she resembled me in every way, she was almost younger. She was almost worriless. Fresh from being asked out by her crush, thinking that her life would be over if her parents said no.

Her problems were only beginning.

Quickly we moved closer, arms stretched out and scooped the girl up. Her dazed face looked at us dead in the eye, as she struggled to wriggle free of our friendly grasp. She glanced from the monster to us. Suddenly words flowed out of her mouth as a light surrounded her and lifted her up into the air. The light flashed out and we were blinded for a second. The girl I now could quickly identify as myself landed on the plush grass. That was me now. In three minutes, I saw myself transform into a new person my old self would never imagine.

I soon realized what I had seen. Mikio had saved my life that fateful day I met him. How could I just squirm away and go on with my life, never thinking about it? The memory faded out and I found myself across from Mikio.

I didn't even think. I jumped to him and flung my arms around him.

"Oh my god thank you! You saved my life and I never thanked you!"

Mikio started to laugh, "Well it took a little while, but I see I've finally gotten my thank you out of you."

I smiled, then froze. I could hear faint steps coming down the hall, towards my bedroom. "Shit! Get under the bed Mikio, and hurry!" I whispered.

"What?"

"Just do it!" I shoved him and he slowly got under the bed, although I helped him to go faster by pushing him. I threw the covers over the side of the bed so he was hidden. As soon as I was on the bed the door opened to reveal Dad.

"Hey Yuki, what're you doing up?" he asked me suspiciously, looking around the room.

"Nothing Dad, I just woke up a little while ago… the sun was shining in my face."

"Why were your blinds up?"

"I forgot to close them last night… I was a little sore from the bruised ribs."

"Really… how are those ribs by the way?"

I thought about his question for a moment and was surprised to realize that they were barley hurting me at all! It might be because of my animal DNA just made me heal faster, I didn't know, and I really didn't care. "Actually they feel a lot better!"

"Are they well enough to go to one of my friend's house? Your mother and I were going to go and I thought you might want to go too."

"Sure dad, I'll go."

Dad peaked out the window. He seemed to be acting a little… odd. He was constantly looking around him, as if he thought someone might be spying on him. "So how is life going for you Yuki? I saw you had some friends come over yesterday. I've never seen them before. Where did you meet them?"

"Um…" I was confused. Dad had never showed much interest in my life besides from the boys thing, why the sudden interest? And why was he so interested in my friends? "I met them… they're Newnan's friends, she introduced me to them…" I didn't know what to say other then that. They didn't go to my school, and I had met them all in such odd ways that I couldn't tell him the truth, so this was the best I could do.

"How is it you've been getting hurt so often? What have you been doing that is getting you into so much trouble?"

"Nothing Dad, just having a bad year. I guess I picked up some bad luck from somewhere."

"Really?"

Dad was acting odd, and not himself. One minute he was asking me about going to one of his friends houses and the next he was asking me all these questions that, conveniently enough, were connected to me being a mew. Coincidence? Maybe, but maybe not.

"It seems your life has been a little… odd since that day when you came home from school late and nearly scared your mother and yo-.. me… to death."

I was confused. Had Dad just almost said "your dad" instead of "me"? It had to be an accident. He didn't mean what he was going to say, it was just a mistake… right?

"Yuki, what is going on? What are you hiding?" I saw a small gleam in his eyes, one I had never seen before. He seemed like a whole different person by just one little look. It seemed evil.

"I'm not hiding anything Dad, really!"

"Don't lie to me!" he yelled back at me, taking a step towards me, pure rage shinning in his eyes.

I recoiled, taking a step away from him, "Stay away from me! Leave me alone!"

The door burst open, relieving my mum. Her eyes widened, looking from me to my father, "Dear lord…" she whispered, more to herself then to either of us. "Masaya, get down stairs now." He voice was full of command and anger. She wasn't happy with Dad, but I could see something else was going on.

Angrily, Dad took a step away from me and stomped passed Mum, both of them leaving my room, and me, in complete silence.

I had never seen my dad act so savage before. Usually he was the mature, work threw problems calm and adult like, unless it came to boys, but he had just totally lost it right there, and for no reason I could think of. I slumped down onto the ground and wrapped my arms around myself.

I heard rustling of sheets and then saw Mikio's head poke out from under the bed. He slowly crawled over to me and took my hand, "Yuki… are you okay?" I slowly nodded my head then shook it and felt a tear roll down my cheek.

"What happened?" he asked.

I shut my eyes and looked down. I couldn't seem to get my voice to work. My throat was dry and my eyes were wet. I slowly felt the pain in my ribs returning and I clutched them, feeling the pain starting to swallow me up. "What is it Yuki? What's wrong?"

I couldn't tell where the voice had come from or who's it was. All I could feel and think about was how much pain I was in. It felt as though the pain wasn't all coming from my bruised ribs, but also my whole life. All the pain I've ever felt seemed to be welling up inside me at that precise moment, making me wish I was dead instead of going threw it.

"Yuki!" Mikio started shaking me, but I pushed him away and got to my feet. As quickly as I could I ran to the window and pulled myself through it and jumped out of it, running from the house and everyone in it.

My body was burning with pain, but I kept on moving. I couldn't handle being around anyone. Ever since I had become a mew my life had taken a turn for the worst and no matter how hard I tried to fix everything, I never could. Within minutes I was in the woods, crying into my arms on the dirty ground.

"Hey, Yuki, what's up? What's with all the waterworks?"

I didn't even have to look up to know that it was Nariyuki. I stayed silent, trying my best to ignore him, which was close to impossible. "What? No hello? Not even a 'go away'?" He sounded just as cocky as always.

"I don't care anymore. I don't want to be a mew." I said quietly, more to myself then to him.

"Oh really? So you don't want to be a mew? Amazing! Well, it certainly took you long enough. I was beginning to wonder if you would ever see it my way." He slowly walked over to me and knelt down in front of me, "So why the sudden change of heart?"

I looked up at him, "Not because of you if that's what you're asking." I said coldly, burying my head back into my arms.

"Aw Yuki don't be like that. Stop playing hard to get, we both know you want me."

"Want isn't exactly the word I word I would use… more like hate, loathe, abhor, despise… those are words that I would describe you with."

"Yuki, Yuki, Yuki, you have such a sense of humor," he placed his finger under my chin and raised my head so I was looking at him face to face, eye to eye, "Just give up your powers, nice and easy, and we can still be together without you having to get hurt."

I jerked away from him and got to my feet, "I don't want to have anything to do with you."

"Why, why not?" For once I saw a hint of something new in his eyes. Before I could contemplate what it meant, Nariyuki slightly shook his head, and he was back to normal.

"I just want to be left alone right now. Please."

"What's wrong Yuki?" He sat down next to me, and placed his hand on my back. He almost seemed… sincere. It was weird.

"My dad's acting weird. He's just become almost this monster."

"I'm sure he can't be that bad."

"That's the thing. I don't know him anymore. He never ever EVER got this bad."

"Maybe something happened." At that moment, Nariyuki's face twisted up. "I have to go." And with that he departed.

I laid there for ten more minutes. I only became aware of anyone present until I heard the rustling of someone lying down next to me.

"Hey Yuki."

"mmm"

"How are you doing?"

"mmm"

"Well can you look over here?"

"mmm" and I shook my head.

"Don't you like spending time with me?"

"mmm" and I nodded slowly

"You know that "mmm" can only have so many meanings."

"mmm"

"C'mon please Yuki? I promise you won't be disappointed."

"mmm"

"Thanks a lot Yuki. Ill try and talk to you later." And he stalked off. I looked back to watch Mikio angrily kick a tree root and never turn around for another glance at me, the lump.

I punched a plush spot of grass. Now Mikio hated me. Great. Just wonderful. It's not supposed to be like this. It was my dad, not him. Deep down, I felt like he had caused it. How did that make sense?

Slowly I got to my feet and walking towards Newnan's house, not wanting to go home, but not wanting to stay out in the woods by myself.

I arrived at her house half an hour later, and as soon as she saw me with my tear stained face and messed up hair she pulled my inside and sat me on the couch. I told her what had happened and she looked as shocked as I felt.

"Why did you do that anyways?" she asked

"I don't know. It just seemed like he caused everything."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, everything bad in my life started when I found out I was a mew, and it was Mikio and Ryou who told me I was one. Ever since then everything has been going horribly wrong."

"But Mikio told you about being a mew when Nariyuki was trying to kill you. If this is anyone's fault its Nariyuki's, or, if you want to get into details, then it is Ryou and Kechiiro's fault, because they were the ones who made our parents into mews. The only reason they made our parents mews was because the aliens were attacking earth, and the only reason they were attacking earth was because their planet was horrible and ours is great, making them want it because it is so much better then theirs. In reality, Yuki, it isn't anyone's fault that you're a mew, if you're going to blame anyone, blame Deep Blue, because he was the one who made the aliens attack earth. If it's anyone's fault, it's his."

I sat stunned at the speech Newnan had made. All in all, she was totally and completely… correct.

It donned on me then and there. It wasn't anyone's fault other then Deep Blue's that everything was going so wrong for me. It wasn't Mikio's fault that I was a mew, and in reality he had saved me by telling me I was a mew. He told me to save my life, and Ryou turned my mother and the others into mew so they could save the world, and that was only because Deep Blue was making the aliens attack earth.

The only thing that didn't fit in with all of this was my father's behavior today. He hadn't acted like himself, and it made me feel completely helpless.

I didn't like feeling helpless.

"I've got to go Newnan. I'll talk to you later." I got up from the couch and ran out of the house, leaving a confused Newnan behind me.

I arrived at my house in less then 15 minutes of running, then entered the house. Mum and Dad were sitting in the living room, obviously waiting for me to come back home. Mum jumped to her feet and raised over to me, while Dad walked over to me slowly, giving me a sinister look. I glared at him, which seemed to startle him.

"Thank God you're home! I was so worried you wouldn't come back." Mum fussed over me.

"I thought about it, but decided against it." I said halfheartedly.

"Yuki! How could you ever consider something like that!" Mum yelled, obviously shocked.

I pulled away from her and walked up the stairs, grabbed my coat, then headed for the door.

"Yuki, I thought you said you were going to go to my friend's house with me and your mother." Dad said to me.

"That was before you tried to kill me. I'm going for a walk. With my luck I'll fall into the lake. Better death then being murdered by my father." I heard my mother's intake of breath, and felt Dad's killer glared at the back of my head, but it was all gone seconds later when I shut the door behind me.

I raced down the sidewalk, not paying attention to where I was going, until I finally found myself in the park. I heard voices, but I couldn't pick up what they were saying. Before I could even think of what was happening I heard a gunshot. My breath caught in my throat. I ran in the derection of that the voices and the gunshot had come from, and I saw a body on the ground, not moving, and obviously breathing, but just barely.

I ran over to the body, and when I saw who it was I had to hold back a scream. Laying on the ground, with blood running out of her, was Newnan. I dropped to the ground beside her and too her into my arms.

"Nan, Nan please don't die." I cried into her.

"Yuki… I'm cold…" she replied quietly to me.

"I know, Nan, but you gotta hang in there." I quickly pulled out my cell and dialed 9-1-1. Then, when I hung up, and held her tightly, thinking as hard as I could, and my vision blurred, showing me a scene of what happened moments ago.

Newnan was sitting in the park, and it looked as though she was waiting for someone. Akinori walked up behind her.

"What is it that you wanted Newnan." He said coldly to her.

She turned around and looked at him, "I just wanted to tell you how Yuki felt about you. She really liked you at the beginning, you know, she had a crush on you for the longest time. She was ecstatic when you asked her out, but after one date with you she really started to act weird around you. She was really scared and not herself. That's around the time when she started to like Mikio. He was always so nice to her, never rushing things the way you did. It was obvious that she liked Mikio, but she had to choose, and when she did, and she told you, she expected you to understand. Instead you attacked her, giving her a bruised rib. Did you know that she hates you now? I bet if she ever saw you again she wouldn't even look at you."

Akinori looked inraged, "Shut up…" he said quietly.

Newnan didn't, "She even told me that if she never saw your face again it would be too soon."

"Shut up!"

"And personally, I don't think you're good enough for her."

"SHUT UP!" Akinori pulled out a gun and shot it. Newnan tumbled to the ground, and Akinori ran.

The scene blurred and my vision came back. Newnan was still laying down, and I had her head in my lap, stroking her hair.

"Don't worry Newnan, Akinori wont get away with this." I felt tears welling up in my eyes.

"Don't tell…" Newnan took in a sharp breath.

"Don't tell who?" I said quickly, desperately.

"Don't tell Yoshiaki… he'll go for… revenge… but tell him…"

"Tell him what Newnan?"

"Tell him… I love him…" her breath caught in her throat, and she breathed her last breath.

"Newnan? Newnan! Newnan please don't die! Please Newnan! Please! Don't leave me! I need you! You can't die like this! It isn't fare!" I could hear the ambulance coming in the distance, and I wished that they had arrived sooner. I cried into her, rocking her back and forth, until a doctor pulled me away from her.

"Please, don't make me leave her! I need to stay with her!" I said, and I'm sure they that I was going into hysteria, but I didn't care. I probably was.

"We better take her as well. I think she's going into hysteria."

Point proven.

Somebody helped me into the ambulance and we zoomed off. A woman was asking for Newnan's family's phone number, and what mine was as well. I didn't say a word though. I was too shocked. People were rushing around Newnan, trying to get her heart to start pumping, but it was hopeless. She was dead.

Newnan was dead, and it was all my fault.