Chapter 6:

"Your brother?" Takumi said; taking the blanket and moving it up, so it covered her whole body. She nods.

"Yea," She said snuggling in her bed. She yawned and closed her eyes. "Did you sleep?"

"Yea a little, I wanted to come in, but they won't let me and told me to rest," he said looking at the ceiling, and then out the window, which was next to the door. The he looked at her. She laid there. She wasn't sleeping. More like resting her eyes. She felt Takumi eyes piercing at her. She opened her eyes and glared at him a little.

"What?"

"N-no it's nothing," he stuttered turning away quickly and looking at the ceiling with her legged crossed. I thought she was sleeping. She sighed and rolled over looking at the ceiling. She crossed her arms then put it behind her head and shut her eyes. Then she sighed.

"I really didn't want to come home," she said then rolled over facing the opposite side of Takumi. Takumi looked at her covered back surprisingly. He had remembered her saying something like that, but he never knew why.

"Why?" he asked

"Because when I'm here, I can't be comfortable," She said and paused looking at the wall like she was talking to herself. "I'm not allowed to be myself," she said and yawned she pulled her covers up and closed her eyes and went to sleep. Takumi couldn't fully understand that.

"Father," Akito said one knee on the floor the other foot on the ground. His hands were crossed and his head was down like he was praying. His eyes glared at the floor. I hate this.

"I heard you brought her back," he said in a stern cold voice. His voice was deep and firm. He glared at the boy who was looking at the floor. Akito could feel his eyes penetrate his skin. It was uncomfortable. Aki wanted to leave. But he couldn't he wasn't allowed to. He clenched his fist and waited until it was over, waited until he could leave.

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Takumi left the room. He looked at the door. He sighed and started to his room, which was across the house he was in now. He looked around. I never knew Akira was this rich? He took a left and walked down the outside hall. In front of Akira's room was a little pond with lots of plants around it and a swing. He walked to the steps that led to the ground, and went to arch way that seemed to led to a different place. When he approched it, it was like he was steeping on to another person's property. It was a pasture. There where some trees in random places in the front of the pasture. In the middle was an old stone domed house with windows on the side. There was a path from where he was too the house.

Akira's home was very old fashion. It had many house, a main house and other dwellings that were meant for different use (like a bathing house or greenhouse). They're where a lot of plants and gardens, and paths through the gardens that led to the houses. It's like a maze here, I turn a corner and there's something new. It was easy to get lost unless; you remember everything so you could walk around with your eyes closed, or even if you lived there, you could get lost. (Not as likely, but possible.)

Takumi walked along the path toward the house. He gasped in amazement. When he got closer to the house he could see the house more clearly. It had two floors. From what he could see, the walls had two windows from each floor. Their where vines that went up the side of the wall. The door was a medium sized wooden door with long handles that went horizontally. He looked up. The top floor only had one window and it seemed like an attic. It looked abandoned but it also looked like someone was taking care of this place. He slowly walked to the back of the house. His eyes widen and he didn't take a breath.

"Amazing," he gasped looking at the beautiful garden. There were so many different flowers there was no way you could count. There were short fences that separated the unique flowers. The flowers blended with each other. It looked like a painting of a quilt with endless colors. It was a beautiful creation. Nearby were paths that allowed you to walk around the flowers.

There was one path that led straight to the middle and there was a small fountain. Takumi slowly walked to the middle (the path led to the fountain, then circled it). The fountain was a cascading fountain, where the water fell from one disk to the next, then to the bottom of the fountain. It was three layers and on the second one there were slots that had beautiful flowers planted around the disk. Takumi walked around the fountain looking at the slots holding different flowers. He sat on the edge and looked at the sky. He looked around this beautiful place and almost forgot where he was. He remembered what Akira told him.

"Why would anyone not want to be here?" he said to himself softly looking at the sky. It was so peaceful and soothing. The sound of the water splashing and the wind blowing gently made him want to fall asleep.

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"Akira?" her eyes opened. She stretched on and yawned. She didn't want to get up. She sat up and looked at the door with annoyance.

"Who is it," she said tired and yawned again. She stretched. Then she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She slouched down and hugged it. It felt like she was ripping a muscle in her stomach. She groaned.

"Akira, it's me." she recognized this voice; it was Aki.

"Come in," she said still holding her stomach, loosening her grip. He opened the door and walked in and closed the door. He glanced at her and sat down.

"Does it hurt?" he said smirking at her, trying not to smile too much. She frowned at him. He looked like he was trying to hold in a laugh.

"Yea, a little," she said looking at her stomach and rubbing it. It stung when she did it, it made her face scrunch a little and her eyes flinch.

"It's going to hurt a while, if you move it too much, it'll get worse. I got some medicine to sooth the pain if it hurts," he said putting a small gray rectangle box on the floor next to her. She could hear the pills rattle. "When we got you home there was a really disgusting bruise there," he said and laughed a little. "The bruise was very colorful." There was a small silence. She looked at her stomach and was in deep thought. Aki could tell, and he just stared at her face. He knew what she was thinking about. He let out a sigh and smiled. "Also don't strain your leg and pressure it. The bone felt really weak and there was an infection. It's not a big deal, but it will be if you pressure it too much and don't take care of it."

"Hey…you know…I've been wondering," she stared and paused a little. She wasn't looking at him. She looked down at her legs. Her face was telling him she was worried. "Who attacked me?" she was still looking at the floor in thought. He stared at her. Then he sighed and turned around so his shoulder was facing her shoulder.

"Who knows?" he said jokingly. Akira looked at him really quickly, her eyebrows where narrowing together and she bite her teeth together tightly.

"I'm not kidding, I was going to get killed and what was worse was Takumi was with me. If anything happen to him I-," she said angrily and paused. The expression of mad and worry mixed in. she calmed down and looked down and her own legs. "If anything would have happen to him, I would never forgive myself." He looked at her with concern. He had never seen her like this. It surprised him. Her anger made him tensed. He calmed down and smiled at her.

"Then I'm not sure if you would want to be home rite now," he said and gave a smile that looked like her shouldn't be smiling. He turned to face the wall. Akira looked at him surprisingly and awkwardly.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, you might be attacked here too."

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"Who are you?" Takumi quickly got up and looked near the house. She was wearing a beautiful white kimono with sakura flowers and lines the shade of red beautifully drawn on it. He blushed a little. She was very beautiful, her lips where smooth and glossy pink which stand out from her rosy checks. Her eyebrows were thin and her eyes color was a stunning color of purple. She looked so delicate and fragile. He caught himself looking. But he couldn't take his eyes off her, especially her eyes. Not only were they beautiful but also, those eyes, I've seen them before.