Chapter 2

Two months later

Mimiru sat on the edge of a tall business building. The wind was blowing steady. Nothing was going right. Everything had fallen to pieces. Everything was a fake…a lie. Nobody really cared. She could see the truth now. She was alone.

Mimiru remembered the week after her parents and brother were murdered. She had called Jade.

"Hello?" said a voice

"Hey, Jade. It's me, Mimiru. Listen, do you think I could come over?" asked Mimiru. Jade sighed.

"Look, Mimiru. You're my best friend, but you've heard the rumors, and my parents would probably never allow it—" Mimiru cut her off.

"You think I did it, don't you. You think I would actually go to my family and start playing medieval overkill? Come on, Jade, you know me better!" Mimiru yelled.

"I don't know what I know anymore. So to be safe, why don't we just keep our distances? I think Chris would agree with me as well. No offence, but you were always kind of weird ever since I met you…but just between you and me…did you kill Kyo and your par—"

"NO!"

"Well than who did? You did say that you and Kyo had had a fight," said Jade.

"Shut up! Why do you—" Mimiru was cut off by mumbling from Jade to a strange voice. Mimiru could only assume the worst.

"…You're having my call logged, aren't you?"

"Don't take it personal, but like I said…you've always scared. I just wanted to be your friend so you wouldn't do anything stupid, but I guess my presence didn't help at all. Yes, your call is being logged, and yes, I am going to get you for killing Kyo."

"So you don't care about my parents? All you care about is that Kyo never liked you, and you became friends with me to get closer to him? But he didn't buy it, did he? And you thought it was because of me. Now that he's gone, you want to get back at me, don't you? Face it. He never liked you."

"You're just a sad little girl who's making up shit to hide the truth."

"Don't you ever come near my again, Jade Madison, because I have a theory too. How about you killing my parents so you could offer to have Kyo and I live with you and your parents, but Kyo saw your blood stained hands, so you killed him as well to keep his mouth shut. How do you think the police would like that story? Don't call me again or I swear you'll regret it." Then the phone clicked off.

Later that month, Mimiru was walking to Chris' house when it started to rain. Mimiru quickened her pace and was at the edge of his driveway. She spotted him on the porch without his shirt on. She yelled for him, but he didn't hear her. She walked closer to get a better view of him, but what she saw tore her warm heart right out of her. I was Chris all right, but Jade was with him. They were making out. Chris had only kissed her on the cheek, but here he was there making out with Jade. That was the last time she had spoken to anyone or had gone to school.

Now she was sitting on the edge of this building, thinking about how much her life had changed. She had finally figured out that everything she knew, everything she had thought she knew, was a lie. There was no place for her now.

Mimiru stood up from the edge and stared down at the street. So many people who didn't have a clue what suffering truly meant. They were people who were always complaining about their lives that had no right to. They disgusted her, especially when they pitied her. It had gotten to the point where she couldn't cry anymore. Her foot edged forward until she was barley standing on it. Then she heard something behind her. She figured it was someone trying to stop her.

"You can't stop me from jumping. I've made up my mind. I'm going to finally rid myself of this pain." Mimiru said coldly.

"Ok, Ms. Edgar Allan Poe, but will you at least you give your big brother a hug?" said an all too familiar voice. Mimiru's eyes went wide. She turned around to see Kyo. He was just standing there smiling. Mimiru couldn't take it anymore. Suddenly she felt really dizzy. Then she slipped and started to fall when someone caught her around her waist with one arm. It was a guy with short neon green hair and was wearing baggy shorts and a green tank top. That was the last thing she saw before she blacked out.

The guy pulled her up, as well as himself, up over the ledge and set her down. She was out like a light. Then Kyo spoke.

"Thanks for catching her, Illius. I could have gotten to her though," said Kyo.

"Well you wouldn't be talking so calmly if her body was sprawled all over the street down there." Said another voice. This time it was a girl with long dark blue hair and was wearing a dark grey tank top with dark blue jean knee knockers, and white tennis shoes. She also wore three earrings in one ear, and two in the other. She was accompanied be another guy. This one had short red hair with one ear pierced. He was wearing khaki shorts with an orange shirt that had the word smart and then a picture of a donkey on the back of it. He also wore white tennis shoes. They both looked at Mimiru, but it was the red head that spoke.

"So this is what we've been training all our lives to protect?" he said.

"What's wrong with that, Seth?" asked the blue haired girl.

"Well, it seems kind of hard to believe that the land of Farune's fate lies in the hands of this…girl. I mean come on, Zhai," Seth laughed. Zhai of course didn't think this was funny.

"Oh, so just because she's a girl means that she's all helpless, defenseless, and unworthy of the task that has been given to her?" Zhai gave Seth a look that, if looks could kill, would have killed him. Seth just smiled at her.

"Well, when you put it that way…yeah." Seth laughed until Zhai kicked him in the back of the head. Kyo and Illius just shook there heads as Zhai twisted Seth's arm behind his back and began to knee him in the stomach many times. After Zhai had finished beating the snot out of Seth, she turned to Kyo and Illius.

"Well are we going to go now or what?" Zhai asked as she turned and walked to the door to the attic of the building. Kyo smirked and followed her. Illius shook his head as he picked up Mimiru bridal-style and began to follow them as well.

"Hey, why do you get to carry her?" said Seth, as he wiped some blood off of the side of his mouth. Illius turned around and walked back to Seth.

"You don't want me to carry her? Fine," Illius put her in Seth's arms, "you can carry her." Seth looked at Mimiru as her eyes slightly opened. Seth suddenly got a lecherous smirk on his face.

"Hey," he said, as he got closer to her face. His orange eyes stared into her brown ones, "You're kind of cute." Mimiru's eyes widened. She gave a small squeak, jumped out of his arms, and (without thinking) kneed him between the legs. She took a step back and bumped into something hard. She turned her head to see the guy who had saved her. Illius smirked at her. Mimiru, again not thinking, tried to punch him. Illius caught her fist and spun her around, forcing her to hug herself. Illius called Seth over to them as Mimiru began struggling in Illius' arms. Illius held her head up as Seth got up off his knees and went over to him and Mimiru.

"Sorry babe," Seth said as he put his lips to hers Mimiru began to feel dizzy again, and soon realized what was happening. She began to squirm again, but it was pointless. She gave Seth a pitiful look before she blacked out again.

Illius loosened his grip on her and gave her to Seth. Seth picked her up and they headed towards where Zhai and Kyo were standing, who had been watching the whole thing. Zhai smirked as she opened the door and spoke to Seth.

"Well, I learned two things about Mimiru Kirafuta," Zhai said as they all walked down the stairs.

"Oh, yeah? What's that?" asked Kyo with an interested smirk on his face. Seth also looked interested. Zhai walked ahead of Seth.

"We know she's not completely defenseless or helpless." She didn't look at Seth, but he knew she directed it towards him. Then he had to be a smart ass.

"So what was the other thing?" He asked. This time it was Illius who answered.

"Well, we also know that she hates you," Illius said sarcastically, and patted Seth on his shoulder. Seth stopped and looked at Mimiru, who was still sleeping and snuggled up closer to him. He closed his eyes for a few seconds then opened them and continued walking.