Chapter Nine: Thomasina's Story

I was far away from Yoh and the gang; I needed to be alone for a while to think of what is happening right now.

Zeke told them that they were brothers and now Mikihisa was telling the story and I just thought I didn't needed to be around there.

Of course my loneliness doesn't seem to last long. For you know who appears (again) by me.

"Hello Thomasina looks like you changed." Zeke said sitting beside her.

I looked up at him, I knew what he meant. I had changed my clothes so now I was wearing black jeans and a blue t-shirt, my hair was pulled back into a ponytail. At least this time when I sit crossed-leg I don't have to worry about certain things happening.

"And you haven't." I told him looking back to the sky.

"And what is that suppose to mean?" Zeke asked her.

"Your still the same flame throwering murderer you always been expect this time your in a teenage body." I told him still not looking at him.

"I think my dear Thomasina you better watch what you say, it could get you killed." Zeke told her.

I smiled."I was told that many times and I am still living. My mom always told me it and she was a bitch thinking I was no good for anything. Well she was wrong I am a good writer and drawer. I had three best of the best friends and she hated them." I told him looking at him now."So I don't care for your threats for I have heard them before."

Zeke looked at her. He could feel her sadness and hatred for her mother and it made him feel sorry for her. He could also feel the loneliness she felt of not having her friends around. Strange this friendship is, he could never understand it.

I sighed and looked away from him, staring back at the distance."My mom could never understand me, she always thought I was a freak and messed up because I didn't act like normal 17 year olds did. I wanted to be different from everyone else and I am. I like stuff that other girls my age didn't, I acted different in many ways, my talking is for one, I can change my voice whenever I am sad or too happy or I can try and make it sound like some people that I like. I drew pictures that I seen on TV or in a game. And I loved computers and all the stuff that came with it." I smiled to myself as I thought of my favourite game Thief, how I loved that game.

Zeke listened to her. All the time she spoke he could hear and feel the anger she had towards her mother but in that brief moment when she talked about her drawings and how she loved computers he could feel the happiness and joy she had for them.

"My mom always hated when I mentioned my friends, she said that one of them named Daniel was a bad influence on me, but it is the other way around 'I' was the bad influence on 'Him'. I welcomed him to my life and now he can't get out. Mom always blamed them for me acting the way I do and for not having any friends but I knew who was not good and who were. I fool around with people not wanting to be mean or anything it's just a game I like playing with them so I can know who they really are before I get close to them, I did the same thing to Daniel, seeing if he could be my friend again and it worked, I trust him above anyone else well I trust two other people but that's it." I rubbed my hands together and just rested my chin on them.

It felt good telling him this, for once I felt happy I could share this with someone even if it was Zeke Asakura the flamethrower as I like to call him. I felt good inside and free for the first time in a long time.

Zeke smiled at her, he read her thoughts there for the first time and he too didn't seem to mind her telling him this. He felt sadden for the way her mother treats her but it is nice to tell someone how you feel as he could tell.

I looked out to the distance and sighed. It was quiet now and I didn't mind it. Suddenly I felt a arm go around my shoulders and just hold me, since I was sitting I just sat there not moving. He pulled me against him and I rested against his side and since I couldn't do anything I just gave in, resting the back of my head against his shoulder I stretched my legs out from their crossed-leg position.

Zeke rested his cheek against her head and held her. She needed it and maybe he did too.

I smiled to myself, a little smile and closed my eyes. 'Thank you.' I thought.

Zeke smiled, he read her mind."Your welcome." he whispered to her.

Opacho came over and Zeke looked up at the little shaman.

"Master Zeke, Iron Maiden Jean has found a great source of power." the little shaman told her master.

Zeke stared at Opacho and looked down at Thomasina who had fallen asleep against him. He slipped his arm away from her and laid her down on to the ground.

He looked at her for a moment then up at Opacho."Tell me what the Iron Maiden has found." he asked her.

Thomasina laid on the ground, dreaming of her new friends and new life. She curled into a ball and smiled.