Hey I'm sorry it took so long to upload but there were a few things going on with my computer. That and I had to get a whole new one. So yeah here's the next chapter of my story "Hopeless."
I'm gonna redo the first chapter in this. I know that it could have been better.
Nozomi: It took you long enough.
Umeko: Nozomi be nice she's the author of this story. She can make weird things happen.
Nozomi: -sweat drops- umm ok.
Me: -evil laugh-
Ahem. Excuse me I was really bored.
-Crowd throws rotten vegetables at kitsunegirl05-
I said I was sorry gosh.
–Exciting music comes on and KG does a weird pose-
On with the chapter!
Recap:
"Only If you sing me a song."
"OK"
"Thanks Umeko."
Chapter 2: Memories Suck
The two girls looked up at the moon for a couple of minuets more. Both of them loved the peaceful feeling night brought. Especially in the summer time. You could stay up all night and just stare at the stars until you eyelids got to heavy to stay open and you fell asleep on the soft grass. The warm air that surrounded them felt like a heavy blanket covering them up and keeping them warm. Nozomi could see shadows on the ground around them caused by flickering streetlights. Dogs barked, and cats meowed in the darkness.
A soft wind blew tickling her face with feather kisses. Nozomi sighed contently.
'This is great.' She thought to herself.'
She sat up slowly. Her limbs felt heavy and she didn't want to move but she knew she would fall asleep if they stayed on the ground any longer.
"Hey Umeko, are you awake?" She looked over to her friend and smiled. Umeko was fast asleep lying on her side. She had one arm tucked under her head to use as a pillow. Nozomi smiled at the picture her best friend made.
"The perfect picture of innocence. Except for when you get her mad."
She watched her friend's chest go up and down as she breathed. Umeko smiled in her sleep making it seem like she heard Nozomi. She often smiled in her sleep. Nozomi often asked her what she was smiling about when she dreamed but Umeko would just give her a sad smile and whisper her answer to Nozomi in her small sweet voice.
"Only of better days."
Nozomi understood of what days she spoke. She spoke of days when she could scrape her knees and her mother was there to kiss it and make it feel better. Or the days when her father would sit her on his lap and whisper stories filled with fairy's, sprites, elves and grumpy gnomes that liked to throw dirt on to little children who disturbed them. Better days when her father and mother would tuck into bed at night and kiss her on her forehead and sing soft songs of made up worlds until she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.
"Just better days."
Nozomi watched as the fire files danced around Umeko's face giving her an unnatural glow.
"Beautiful."
That was the word she always used to describe her friend. On the inside and out Umeko was simply beautiful.
She looked down at the watch on her wrist. 2:00 am stared back at her.
'Damn, when did it get so late? Maybe its time to go back inside.'
She reached over to tap Umeko on the shoulder. Before she was halfway there, Umeko's hand shot out and caught her by the wrist.
Nozomi was sure her heart skipped a beat.
She stared at the wrist that was being covered with Umeko's delicate hand. Then she turned and looked into Umeko's glaring eyes with her own wide with surprised.
"Umeko?"
Umeko must have recognized the voice because the fierce grip she had on Nozomi's wrist slackened. She blinked a couple of times to focus her eyes and pulled her hand away like she had been burned.
"Oh I'm sorry. You know it's a force of habit. Whenever I feel threatened I just stop whatever is trying to attack me."
Nozomi shook her head.
"That's all right it's not your fault." She turned to look at a firefly that landed on her arm. "I was only waking you to tell you that I think we should head inside soon. It's gotten pretty late."
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Umeko looked up at the sky. The stars twinkled playfully speaking to each other in an unknown tongue. Often they would race across the sky to meet each other and catch up on the latest news. Umeko often made up stories about what stars would say to each other when she was younger. Nozomi often found it funny to think that the stars had there own language but Umeko believed that human once knew what the beautiful objects were saying and often talked back to them. But that was in a past life before all the new technology that humans invented came into being.
'I wish I could understand you.' Umeko thought to herself as she stared into the sky.
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Nozomi stood up and dusted her bottom to get off any leaves and twigs that stuck to her. Bright crimson eyes looked of into the distant trees surrounding the back yard. The wind that tried so to lure her to sleep blew into the small cluster of trees making them dance their ceremonial dance.
Some times the wind would whisper things in her ear. Telling her of things that are in the distance. She would usually bush it off as her imagination, until the wind started to be right.
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"Footsteps. In the house. Footsteps are coming from in the house."
Nozomi turned to look at the door that connected the house to the back yard. Soon then door slid open and Kyo's face appeared.
"Nozomi, Umeko you better come in soon or else you might catch a cold."
"Coming Master Kyo." Nozomi called.
He stuck his head back inside and closed the door with a light snap.
She shivered.
'There is definitely something going on. Since when does wind talk? And since when is it right? I need to stop thinking, its giving me a head ache.''
Nozomi shook her head. It was too much to think about. Instead she thought about getting in side before she fainted from exhaustion. Instead of tapping Umeko this time she called her name. She didn't want a repeat of last time.
"Umeko its time to go inside…Umeko?"
Nozomi turned to look at her friend when she failed to hear an answer. Umeko was staring at the sky with a faraway look in her eyes. It was like she was in a trance. Staring at the sky as if it was hypnotizing her.
"Umeko." She said a little louder.
Umeko blinked and turned to looked at her friend. She seemed dazed and her eyes were unfocused.
"I…I heard them." She whispered softly. "It was…so soft…there voices…but I heard…" She trailed off looking up at the sky again.
Nozomi stared at her friend. A confused expression marred her features.
"Heard who?" She said still weirded out at her friend's actions. "What are you talking about Umeko? Hello…still with me"
Umeko sighed and looked at her friend. Instead of the dazed expression she wore earlier she looked as if she lost her favorite toy.
"No one. Never mind. I guess…it was just my imagination." Umeko said quietly.
Nozomi stared at her friend for a second trying to figure out what was troubling her. In the end she decided to just let it go. She sighed and repeated what she said a couple of seconds earlier
"Okay. Umm Master Kyo said it wad time to go inside. He doesn't want us…to catch a…cold...or something…and your not listening at all…are you…" Nozomi trailed off. Umeko was usually so attentive, but her eyes, yet again, wondered back to the sky.
Nozomi rolled her eyes and made an annoyed sigh.
"Oh bloody hell."
Now it was just getting plain ridiculous.
She turned and slowly walked toward Umeko in slow paced steps. Once behind the girl she leaned over and took a deep breath.
"UMEKO! CONCENTRATE!" Nozomi yelled into the distracted girl's ear.
"Itaii!" Umeko jumped up and looked quickly around.
"Yes Uncle…Kyo."
She blinked at got out of the defense position she was in.
"Huh?"
She turned around and found Nozomi biting the inside of her cheek to stop herself from laughing. Umeko huffed.
"What did you do that for?" she asked clearly not amused.
"I'm sorry Umeko…but…you were...just so out of it…I couldn't think of anything else to do." Nozomi in between giggles.
"I'm glad you find it so amusing." Umeko rolled her eyes and smiled despite her anger.
Nozomi continued her laughing for a few more seconds before taking a deep breath.
"Wow that's was the longest I laughed all week." She said happily.
"Anyway I guess its time to head in."
Umeko nodded in agreement. She followed Nozomi back to the sliding door Kyo stuck his head out of earlier.
Before shutting it behind her she stole a glance at the sky.
"Umeko come on!" Nozomi said impatiently.
"Coming."
She smiled at the stars, and closed then locked the door.
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Nozomi smiled from her position on Umeko's bed. Earlier she really never looked around but now that she did she noticed something different.
"Did you paint your walls?"
Umeko looked up from the Naruto book she was reading.
"Yeah…I did." She glanced around her room before turning back to her book.
Umeko's room used to be a horrible pink color that Nozomi would always tease her about. Now it was a beautiful dark shade of lilac. The same color of Umeko's, mom's eyes.
'Wow she must miss her parents so much. As bad as my family is I don't know what would happen if I had to live without them. No matter how much they hate me…'
She glanced at Umeko's desk where two pictures were held in beautiful gold frames. One was of her two parents holding hands as her mother laughed and her father grinned at the camera. In the second picture a 5 year-old Umeko grinned from her perch on her father's shoulders. Her father was smiling and was staring straight at the camera. Her mother had taken this picture so she wasn't in it. In the corner of the second picture, Umeko's mother, in fast beautiful strokes, had written a short poem.
'The memory of my father is wrapped up in
White paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work.
Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits
Out of his hat, He drew love from his small body.'
Her mother had dark lavender almost purple eyes and long midnight blue hair down to her waist. Her father had light lilac almost white eyes and black hair.
You could see where she inherited the physical traits.
'Wow they look so happy together.' Nozomi mused to herself. She sighed and looked at the book she held in her hand. It was the same book she was holding this morning when Mai called her hopeless.
"It hurts right."
Umeko looked up at Mai. She was lying on her stomach reading her book when Nozomi's voice cut through the silence.
She frowned at the unexpected question.
"What? Does what hurt?"
"To know they're not coming back."
'Oh.' Umeko looked down at the Naruto book she was reading and closed it. Nozomi was having one of those moments. Umeko still wondered what always set her off. She guessed it was memories. Memories of earlier times…
"Yeah…it does." Umeko answered.
"Oh."
"Does it still hurt?" Umeko asked back.
"Yeah…it does."
Nozomi had her head bowed and her bangs covered her eyes.
Hopeless.
That word…It haunted her in her sleep.
A soft hand settled itself on her arm.
"You know, it's alright to hurt."
Nozomi lifted her head and looked into Umeko's eyes. Memories flashed before her eyes.
"Your hopeless, you cant even was dishes correctly!"
Stepmother.
"You can't even play a simple piece on the computer! You hopeless little girl! Why should I even pay for your lessons? You're hopeless. Get out of my sight."
Father.
Nozomi squeezed the book in her hand. She couldn't tear her eyes away from Umeko's face.
"You'll never get a boyfriend. Your hopeless."
Mai.
Silent tears rolled down Nozomi's cheek. She didn't blink. Only stared. She stared for what felt like an eternity, before a small sob escaped her lips.
Umeko broke the staring contest by wrapping her delicate arms around Nozomi.
Nozomi broke down into quiet sobs as Umeko whispered in her ear.
"It's alright Nozomi…shh everything will be alright."
Nozomi's sobs quieted down to the occasional hiccup and sniff. Umeko looked down at her best friend and sighed when she realized she had fallen asleep. She laid the troubled girl down on her bed and pulled the covers up to Nozomi's chin.
'Sometimes I wonder if she has it worse off then me. I'd rather have no parents-then parents who didn't like me at all.'
She wiped off the tears from Nozomi's face with a tissue
Umeko's parent's had died in a robbery attempt on there house. Umeko's mother hid Umeko in a closet before the robber could find her. The robber had shot her father and raped her mother. He shot her mom after he rapped her. She still had nightmares about her mother screaming in paid.
Umeko sighed at the memory.
She had been sent to an orphanage and adopted by Kyo. She called him uncle because she considered anyone who she loved family. That and calling him father just seemed…wrong.
She pulled an extra bedroll from the closet and slipped into it.
She was never one to curse but…Damn
Memories Suck…
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Come on people review gosh darned!!
Nozomi- Hey how come I cried!!!
Me- Cause I wanted you to!
Nozomi- Well I didn't want to!!
Me-Well isn't that to bad!!
Umeko- Sigh
-Yelling and sounds of breaking noises, screaming and malicious laughter continue in the background-
Umeko-Sorry about this our faithful readers but please continue to read and review. It would make K.G so happy
Me- Oh yeah next chapter actually might have Naruto Gang in it yay!! These chapters were so you knew a little background on the characters. Oh yeah I'm gonna redo the first chapter so…yeah –Goes back to torturing Nozomi-