This time he didn't bother to set up his telescope, only sat on the roof and looked up to the sky.

Yuki was curious about what happened to his twin sister. Why did she fainted? Was her friend honest about the panic attacks? Why would she be having panic attacks?

The boy just never thought Madoka could get like this. She was always the strongest of the twins, always looking out for him, and cheering him up whenever he was sad. Yuki however was born with asthma, had a fear of nearly everything when he was little, and cried every time someone made fun of him.

"So much for being the older twin I guess..."-He thought at the same time he hugged his legs.

Madoka was always fighting his battles when they were kids. Someone made fun of him for his weird hair? She would throw sand at them while he was crying and hiding behind her. Some dumb kid would point out his big glasses and call him a big-eyed bug or a freak? Madoka would throw her dolls at their faces and yell 'My brother's glasses are cool and awesome!'. There was also that time when some older kid tried to steal their Halloween candy and pushed him... Madoka ended up biting his leg.

What was he doing? The obvious, just crying and hiding behind his sister.

When they saw each other again after being separated, Yuki could swear he was looking at another person. Madoka looked so... shy, he couldn't believed it was his sister. Now, he doesn't entirely know what was her life during all those years apart but he was convinced that she had changed. He was nervous because he thought that his sister became a delicate girl that was probably nervous of sharing her room with her brother. Maybe it was his turn to protect her.

His worries didn't lasted too long.

The moment they left Kyoto, Madoka not only cut her hair but started to be more open about everything. It was like she was pretending to be prim and perfect or something, because when she moved with her brother it was like she hadn't chanced at all.

She even keeps looking out for him and protecting him from bullies.

The closest thing to defending her that he ever did was when they were like four years old, and just started preschool. Madoka had just watched Star Wars and she went to school wearing a white dress and her hair like princess Leia's, someone made fun of her and instead of starting a fight; she just stayed quiet. The teasing continued all day; Yuki was confused why she didn't responded to any of the insults, but when he saw his sister was about to cry, he threw his lunch at the kid who was humiliating her. Everyone saw him and he got grounded, but right when he was being scolded; Madoka threw paint to some other kid so she could get grounded too.

Madoka probably already forgot about that, but he wasn't going to do it. Is not like he was secretly keeping a score of who was saving who constantly, but it was the first time he stood up to someone. Even though it wasn't for himself... and he didn't do it again.

What he did to Kyoya counted as defending himself?

Now that he is thinking about that, What did he exactly did to Kyoya?

Whatever it was, it was really weird. Yuki gets it happened because he was angry, and his powers are tied to his emotions, or so Dynamis says. What he didn't get is; Why was he willing to hurt Kyoya over what he did? He is not like that. Then again, he was really angry, it felt like everything he cares about was just... taken away.

Yuki does know how that feels, it literally happened to him, but that time he was just... sad.

This time he felt like he had to get angry, like he had to do something.

Like if instead of ripping apart his bracelet, Kyoya was hurting her.

Like he was hurting his twin sister instead...

Yuki totally forgot, he had the pieces of the bracelet on his pocket. How was he going to fix it? He knows nothing about making jewelry! And even if he knew, some of the pieces were a little bit burned because of Kyoya's lighting.

At least the rose was fine.

His mother loved roses...

"Meow!"-

Yuki looked up and noticed Motti standing in front of him. Did she just climbed the whole place? He decided to not question it.

"Hi!"-she finally said before sitting beside him.

Motti had a small box on her hands.

"Hey, What is that?"-he asked, sort of intrigued.

"I was hungry, so I decided to buy some cookies on the way here."-the girl answered with her usual cat-like smile-"So? How was training?"-she opened the box.

The green-eyed girl looked completely normal and relaxed, but inside her mind it was like if she was screaming.

"Okay! You just started a non-weird conversation with a potential friend! Don't blow it!"-

Yuki didn't seem to notice how his new friend was internally screaming.

"Well, I got my butt kicked constantly, but somehow managed to nearly try to kill my teammate."-he answered with a tired smile-"Guess it was better than what I expected."-

Motti didn't really had anything to say, so she decided to give him a cookie instead. Which he gladly accepted.

"Dynamis, our sort of self-designated leader, thought it would be a good idea to make me fight with someone who might as well possibly be half beast."-he explained while taking a bite of the cookie-"Then of course, he was beating the hell out of me and then h- mmh this is so good! Best cookie I ever had!. Anyway, he did something that made me... snap. I decided to attack him too, somehow controlling my powers a little bit. I was ready to fight him, and Dynamis ended the match before we tried to kill each other."-

"Well... what did he do to make you so angry?"-she hesitantly asked.

"He... did this."-

Yuki opened his left hand, so Motti could have a good look of the bits he was holding. Before she said anything else, he decided to explain.

"It was a bracelet, my mother made it, it belongs to my sister but she thought it was better for me to have it."-the boy explained-"When Kyoya hit me, it ripped... it was the only thing I have left from my mother and I ruined it. Kyoya didn't even pulled it, I don't understand how it ripped"-

The blue-eyed boy noticed how she was starring at what once was a pretty bracelet.

"May I?"-Motti pointed at a pink bit.

"Um... j-just be careful."-

The girl took the little piece of jewelry on her hand and looked at it with extreme care.

"This is a piece of jade"-she suddenly said-"Let me see the rest, Meow! The white ones are plastic, but I am sure all the pink ones are dyed jade."-

Yuki didn't understood why was this relevant.

And Motti noticed that.

"Jade is a living stone, it also protects you. If you fall, the jade will break before you hurt yourself."-she explained with a big smile on her.

Yuki gave her a funny look.

"Yeah... I don't really believe in those things."-he giggled-"Sorry, but that's all silly superstition and I am more of a science guy."-

"But is true, Jade is constantly changing color because it feels the energy around it. Since its dyed to look pink I doubt it can change now, but I'm pretty sure this one still alive."-Motti explained while delicately touching the pink rose in Yuki's hand.

"It's a rock... a stone and it can't possibly be alive. It may change colors but that's probably due to the temperature or something like that."-Yuki said with a lot of skepticism in his voice-"Besides, when Kyoya kicked me it didn't broke, the string ripped. So I don't think this was trying to protect me."-

Motti's smile disappeared.

"Jade is not always supposed to protect you physically. It also brings you balance and inner peace, maybe it believed that you still need it to calm down all those issues you probably have."-she said while looking away.

Yuki didn't liked that comment.

"So, it doesn't only have feelings. The stone apparently also has a brain!"-he said with annoyance in his voice.

"Meow! It probably does have a brain! One made of positive energy! Because of you it probably has a really small brain!"-

"That doesn't make any sense!"-

Motti made an annoyance expression with her hand.

"Meow! Meow! Meow!"-she made those sounds with a little bit of anger.

"What are you even-"-

"Meow! Meow!"-

"Wha-"-

"Meow! Meow! Meow!"-

"Okay, if you meow one more time!"-

"Meow!"-

That caused both to groan due to exasperation. After that, they looked at each other, deeply into their eyes.

It didn't took too long before they started laughing.

"Okay, okay sorry."-Yuki apologized while giggling-"I take logic really serious, but I shouldn't talk like that of anyone's beliefs. Besides, you are not wrong; I do have a lot of issues!"-

"No, I am sorry. I don't know why am I fighting you, I shouldn't be mean to you."-Motti was also laughing softly.

"Mean? You were not being mean, is normal for people to have arguments."-he said.

"Well, good to know. Besides it probably wasn't really jade, I'm not an expert in gemstones. In fact have only seen it a few times."-she admitted-"And... are you going to fix the bracelet?"-

Yuki looked at the bits again, he looked a little bit embarrassed.

"I... don't really know how. Some of these are damaged and I don't know a thing about jewelry."-he answered.

After saying that, he noticed how the girl beside him started to think. After a few seconds, she took of the ribbon from her hair and started ripping thin pieces from it. Yuki wanted to ask what she was doing, but Motti looked like she was concentrating in what she was doing.

She started to tie the pieces from the ribbon together as if it was a braid.

"Give the bits"-Motti gently requested.

Yuki was hesitant at first, but he saw that she didn't seemed to plan to do anything bad. He decided that he could trust her.

"H-here"-Yuki mumbled as he gently put the little pieces of jewelry on the girl's hand.

"This may take a while"-was the only thing she said.

Yuki nodded.

Maybe he could start a conversation with her.

"So..."-he was thinking of what he could talk about-"How did you learn about stones?"-

Motti didn't seemed to be bothered by the question, neither to think too much about the answer.

"Just heard a few stuff at the bazaar I lived near by."-she answered.

"A bazaar? Like in India?"-he asked.

"Egypt"-she corrected him.

"Oh! So you are from Egypt?"-

"Not sure."-

"What? How can you not be sure?"-Yuki asked, really confused.

Motti just shrugged at it.

"I grew up in Egypt but I am not sure if I really am from there."-she answered.

How can she not know?... Oh...

"And what about your brother?"-

"I don't think he knows either, besides he wouldn't tell me. Specially if I asked."-

"Don't you have any other family member or a guardian?"-

"Don't know."-

"Is your brother really your brother?"-

"Don't know"-

"Do you have a last name?"-

"Don't know."-

"Is your name really Motti?"-

"You know what? I'm not sure of that either."-

"Is there anything you do know?"-

"I'm pretty sure that I am sixteen and my birthday is probably in April. Or at least that's what the palm reader said."-

Yuki couldn't believe it. How could she be so calm about that? She knows absolutely nothing about herself!

"How can you be okay with that?"-he suddenly asked-"I mean... not knowing?"-

"I just... don't know. Besides is not like I was the only kid like that, there were also other kids in town that didn't had anyone. We only cared about... well... surviving. The only ones I had in my life were my grumpy brother and... Nymeria."-

"Who's Nymeria?"-

Motti didn't took her attention away from the bracelet, but she still put a look that was... soft.

"She... was sort of like my mother."-the green-eyed girl answered with a little smile.

"But you said that-"-

"Nymeria was a cat."-

Oh...

"Well, that does explain a lot of things."-Yuki said inside his head.

It was like he said it out loud, because she looked at him as if she was expecting that answer.

"I met her when I was very little. I followed my brother; Johannes around all the time, but one day he started disappearing. I think he was stealing within a group of other older kids."-Motti didn't seemed to give it any importance to that-"I would usually steal food with my brother, but I decided to do it on my own since he wasn't there."-

"Steal?"-

Motti looked at him with a sarcastic smile.

"Meow, Do you think that people would give the street kids anything for free? Or that vendors would hire toddlers?"-She asked with a funny voice-"I am not proud of a lot of things, but I will never apologize from stealing food as a kid."-

Yuki didn't said anything, but he was mentally scolding himself for saying that. Who was him to judge?

The girl went back to what she was doing.

"So, I decided to steal by myself... it didn't go well. After I... failed, I ran away and hided in an alley."-she said with her smile fading-"And she was there, sitting in front of me. Back then I didn't liked cats, my brother had them around all the time, but to be honest... I was afraid of them."-

Just the thought of her being afraid of cats as a kid seems just... impossible.

"I started crying and told her to go away."-her smile was returning-"But when I looked up, she put the piece of bread she was carrying on the floor. I looked at her, and it was like she told me 'Take it'. After that day, we were never apart."-

"That's... amazing."-

"She was amazing; the more time I spent with her, the more I could understand her."-her voice had a feeling of nostalgia-"Some days, I would not care about eating. It was just both of us running around and to keep up with her, she would teach me some tricks. In fact; she taught me a lot, if it wasn't for her... I don't think I would be here."-

"And... what happened to her?"-

Motti's smile didn't faded, but her look became just... sad.

"Cats have seven lives but... Nym had already lived most of them before meeting me. I think I was like thirteen... after that, I decided to join to whatever illegal thing my brother would do. Sure, I became a real criminal for a while but, I would never forget what Nymeria taught me."-she said with a tired voice-"But to be honest, she wanted me to live a normal life... maybe I should start doing that."-

"That's why you didn't tried to stay with the mission of catching the legendary warriors?"-

"Mostly, I was growing tired of Johannes calling me for help every time he is desperate, I thought that maybe I should try to get a job that didn't had anything to do with stealing and starting making friends."-she said-"Kinda weird I choose the last guy I tried to kidnap to be my first real human friend."-

"W-well... I am honored I was your first choice."-Yuki laughed.

Motti giggled at that answer.

"Well, I think this 'friend' thing is going better than I expected."-she admitted with a little giggle-"Look at me, I shared my backstory with someone who was actually listening. I'm progressing."-

"I guess you are...guess I should talk to someone too."-he admitted, not smiling anymore-"Dynamis said I will not be able to control my powers until I start embracing my emotions. I think talking about my problems is a good start I just... never talked to someone when I was sad, and maybe I have to do it now... i-if y-you are okay with that."-

"I will listen to any secret you have to tell me."-

Yuki took a deep sigh.

"The thing is... my father always hated me..."-

Motti turned to him with a worried expression.

"Tha-"-

"That's not a secret."-he interrupted her.

She decided to not say anything.

Yuki decided to continue.

"I've always been the weak one out of my sister and me... and my father didn't like that."-he said with a heavy tone.

It was hard for him to talk about this, and it was very clear.

"My sister; Madoka and I are twins. I am the older one for twelve minutes... a-and because of that I was supposed to be the strong one, but no."-unconsciously, he closed his eyes-"I had asthma when I was little, have a very weak sight and I was afraid to do almost everything. My father hated that, he always told me that I needed to stop being so weak and start acting like a man."-

He took a deep breath after saying that.

"Madoka was born perfectly healthy, in fact, she is the one who was looking out for me. Kids would always try to torment me, but Madoka was there to protect all the time. One day my dad found out that Madoka was a little bit hurt because she confronted some dumb kid for... something, I don't really remember what it was. That day he..."-

He breathed again.

"H-he... slapped me and told me that I am supposed to be the one protecting my little sister. My mother would always interviene and tell him that there was nothing wrong for my sister looking out for her brother. They would always started arguing because of that, and I thought it was my fault."-his hands started shaking-"Mom would always come to me and tell me that there was nothing wrong with me, but I didn't thought that. I just wanted to stop being so... dumb, no matter how many times she told me that I am perfect the way I am... I always sounded like a lie to me."-

Great... he was going to start crying.

"One day I... fell sick. I don't really remember what happened that night, but I do remember my sister taking care of me and saying 'is fine...Mommy and Daddy are in their way'. If I try to think about it, I'm guessing that my asthma made my condition a lot worse than what it was supposed to be. My parents probably went to get something that would make me feel better, dad would of course get angry and tell my mom that is her fault I am so weak! Mom would yell back at him! And they would obviously start an argument while they were out in the car during a storm!... they crashed."-

Yuki tried to calm down... there is no need to be yelling right now.

"I started to get better after a couple of days, but the thing is that Madoka and I were alone at home. We didn't heard from mom and dad for two whole days... we even started thinking they abandoned us."-he took a deep breath again-"Dad comes home and he is... angry. He slams the door, grabs me by the hair and starts yelling at me. I don't remember what he said but I remember that I was freaking out...the asthma started to kick in, he throws me to the floor and I used my inhalator. He was even more pissed when he saw me doing that, he starts yelling even more, and... he wanted to hit me b-but... Madoka got in the middle of it. He punched her in the stomach instead, he didn't wanted to do that, he immediately started to ask if she was okay but she got up fast and start crying. Even if she was hurt, Madoka stood in front of me to protect me, she told him to stop, that even if he was mad... i-it was not my fault..."-

He could feel the tears in his eyes.

"Dad didn't said a thing... he only took Madoka by her hand and walked into the door. We tried desperately to reach for each other but it was hopeless, dad took her... he didn't even looked at me... just took her away."- his voice was breaking-"I didn't knew what to do, I just stayed there in case they come back. The next day, my grandfather comes and tells me that he was called about what happened to mom... his daughter. He noticed that I was alone and asks me what happened, I tell him and he tries to contact my dad. Some things happened in the next few weeks like... mom's funeral, and dad coming from some of Madoka's stuff... he didn't told me anything but instead handed something to my grandfather... he had disowned me... my grandfather was furious about this and started fighting with my dad."-

Just breath again.

"It was useless in the end, so grampa ended taking care of me instead... We moved and told me that we were going to start again, I would constantly ask about Madoka but he would tell me the sad truth in the nicest way he could... I thought I would never see her again but, ten years later my dad died in an accident and Madoka had to now live with us... I thought everything was going to be better after that but one night I decided to take a look at a comet that was passing by and... you know what happened next."-

Motti didn't said anything.

"I-I j-just... my life was starting to get better and suddenly I get this?... I know I have been saying this over and over, a-and I don't want to sound ungrateful or selfish b-but... Is just not fair..."-

Before saying anything else, Yuki found himself in a warm embrace. He didn't moved, he felt paralyzed but couldn't help himself and started crying.

"I-I know that I-I have to do this a-and we m-may run out of t-time soon b-but..."-he was chocking with his own tears.

"Is not your fault."-he heard her said.

"I-I..."-

Motti hugged him even tighter.

"Listen to me, it's in no way your fault what happened then or what happened now... It just happens."-she told him and he cried even louder-"It's okay... let it all out."-