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Chapter 3: Shocking Information
While I was staying at Dai-chan's house, it seemed like I got to see Dark and Krad more and more. Though Emiko-san didn't seem to like Krad in the house, but for some reason she never said anything about him leaving.
"You know, you guys don't have to watch over me all the goddamn time." I tell them getting annoyed.
"Yes we do." Dark tells me staring at Krad. They just had a fight and they were just giving each other death glares. I sigh again and they both stare at me in annoyance. What did I do to them?
"If we leave you alone you'll find some way to hurt yourself." Krad tells me in annoyance.
"Well then, just let me hurt myself!" I tell them getting up and leaving the room before they could follow.
As I was about to leave the house I felt someone's presence. I turn wondering who it was when I saw someone I had never seen before. He was much younger than Dark and Krad, and when they followed me to the front door they gasped when they saw him.
"What are you doing here?" Dark asks in shock.
The boy looks at them and smirks. "Well, it's also my job to help, even if she doesn't..." He was saying until Nana-chan walks over and grabs him by the ear.
"Oh little boys these days. They don't even know what they're talking about anymore!" She says trying to be normal. But I could tell right away that she wasn't telling me something. In the two months that I've been staying at Dai-chan's house, I've learned a lot about the three of them.
Nana-chan gets nervous when she has to lie, Krad is hot-headed, and Dark is...weird. Those are just a few things. But you know, who is this kid? He's a piss off...
"Who are you?" I ask smiling.
He stares at me in shock for a moment.
"You don't...remember me?" He asks in complete shock.
"Uh, no... Should I remember you from somewhere?" I ask in confusion.
He stares at Dark for a moment and then turns away. "My name is Ryu." He tells me looking down.
"I've always wanted to name one of my children that! That's so weird, how old are you Ryu-chan!" I ask excitedly.
"Chan...?" Dark asks in shock.
"What?" I ask in annoyance. "Got a problem with it...Dark-san?" I ask imitating Risa-chan. Ryu-chan looks at me for a moment and then looks at Dark in distaste.
"Still doing that are you?" He asks in annoyance. Dark gives him a warning look and he shrugs. "Krad, I think I'm going to be staying with you considering that there are a lot of people staying here already."
Krad looks at him for a moment and nods. I felt like for some reason he felt sorry for him. It was weird... I shiver and everyone stares at me for a moment and then look around searching for something. "What?" I ask in confusion.
"Emiko-san." Dark calls in question.
There was no answer. How did he even know someone walked into the house? I didn't hear the door open... I ignore it and sit down in a chair and sigh. Ryu-chan comes and sits next to me. "I'm twelve." He tells me nodding.
"You have a good vocabulary for a twelve year old." I tell him smiling.
"I learned from the best." He tells me proudly.
"Your parents must really love you!" I tell him chuckling.
That upset him somewhat. He didn't say anything after I said that. But Dark noticed I had said something and he just looked at Ryu-chan sorrily. I didn't understand what I did, and it was freaking me out. Krad sighs as does Nana-chan and they exchange glances, then Krad tells Ryu-chan that they were going to go now.
Ryu-chan gets up without a word and leaves with Krad. I look at Nana-chan wondering if I did anything. She shakes her head at me. "What happened to his parents?" I ask her in wonder.
Nana-chan looks at Dark. What? They obviously know something, and if they aren't going to tell me why they're so insistent on not telling me why they're protecting me, then they have to tell me what the deal with that kid is. It's only fair right? He looks at me for a moment and then nods.
"Well you see Kari-chan, Ryu-chan's mom..uh, she disappeared when he was really young. And his dad went to find her here in this dimension, and he left him there without a word. I was taking care of him until I was sent here, then his um..I guess you could call him his grandmother sort of..was taking care of him. I'm actually not that sure how he ended up here." She tells me knowing. I felt so bad for him. Losing his mom, but how did she just disappear like that leaving her husband and child alone?
"Do any of you know where she is?" I ask in hope.
"No, no one knows where she is. It's like she doesn't exist anymore." Dark tells me hurt. He looks down and then leaves the room, turning back into Dai-chan.
"Can he get his own body?" I ask once he was far enough away that he couldn't hear.
"Yes, he can. In our dimension we all have our own bodies. The bodies we use here are only so we can live here. But some stuff happened and now we know someone who can put us in human bodies so we can live here." Nana-chan tells me calmly.
"Who is it?" I ask in interest.
Her gaze drops. I then got it. It was Ryu-chan's mom who knew how to. That's how she's living here, undetected or whatever... It's weird how no one knows where she is though, and how she just disappeared. Maybe there was something more to her leaving. Like, I know if I was leaving a child and husband behind without a word it would probably be because I want to protect them.
I sit in the chair quietly until Dai-chan came out of his room with Wiz on his shoulder. They go straight into the kitchen to get strawberries, yet they didn't know I ate them all... I get up slowly trying to go back to mine and Nana-chan's room without getting called on, but of course, it didn't happen.
"Kari-chan..." I hear Dai-chan call warningly. He seems to be in a bad mood. He's not usually this mad when I take all the strawberries. Did Dark tell him something bad about me? What did I do? I don't get it!
I wanted to yell at Dark. He's been making me feel like a total idiot lately and it's really...hurting me. He makes me feel like I've done something horrible to him, but I barely know him so how could that be possible?
"What?" I ask him in annoyance.
"Where are my strawberries?" He asks me glaring at me.
"For one, they aren't yours considering that I go out to buy them. And don't get pissy with me." I tell him warningly.
"Well, how am I supposed to eat strawberries now?" Dai-chan asks me tapping his foot.
"Oh Dark...let Dai-chan out before I hit you." I warn him giving him a death glare. Nana-chan gasps in shock. I'm guessing she didn't know it was still Dark. Or she did and was just shocked that I could tell the difference.
"Nah, don't feel like it." He tells me smirking.
"Okay, I'm leaving then." I tell him walking towards the door and putting on my shoes. Nana-chan was following behind me when I look at her in warning. "Alone." She looks at me worriedly and then lets me leave.
I walk to the market and buy some more strawberries. I hear someone come up behind me. "I hate strawberries." I hear Ryu-chan from behind me. I turn and look at him in shock.
"Oh, why?" I ask in confusion.
"My dad told me my mom was in love with them. She always ate them when she was pregnant with me apparently, and I guess she just ate them too much." He tells me in thought.
"You can never have too many strawberries." I tell him sitting down on a bench. "I'm actually curious about your family." He looks at me in shock as he gives me a pleading look. He sighs and then just smiles at me.
"I don't know if that's a good idea. My dad might get mad at me..." He says in thought.
"We won't tell him." I tell him putting my finger up to my lips, telling him I'd keep it quiet. He closes his eyes and looks at the ground.
"I can't." He tells me getting up and leaving. I gasp in shock and start going after him. I grasp onto his arm and then feel as though it had happened before.
"Ryu-chan, did you know me before I met you?" I ask him in question.
"No." He tells me simply and then gets out of my grip and disappears.
"Kari-chan!" I hear someone call me. I turn and see Riku-chan running towards me smiling. She runs into me giving me a huge hug. I gasp in shock and then hug her back. "How's everything going at home?" I look at her and then smile. I tell her everything was going good and then we spent the next few hours together.
After spending quality time with my cousin I decide to start heading back to the house. On the way back I see Nana-chan in the park. She looks really upset...did I upset her? I walk towards her and then sit down beside her. "Nana-chan, is something wrong?" I ask her in worry.
She turns toward me, and then suddenly her eyes change colour. They turned black. I gasp in shock and begin backing away from her. That's not Nana-chan...there is no way that is Nana-chan! I see a dagger form in her hand and she stares at me crazily. I notice the sky going dark, it was like it was night. The sun was out a second ago. I close my eyes and then I feel something cold on my neck.
I gasp in shock and open my eyes. She was holding the dagger at my throat. I back away from her slowly trying to get away from the dagger, but there was no way. I feel tears coming to my eyes. "Who are you?" I ask quietly.
"It's me Kari-chan...Nana-chan!" She says happily. I stare at the person who looked like Nana-chan.
"Nana-chan would never do this." I tell the person warningly. They only smirked.
"Did they tell you why they're protecting you yet?" The person asks in humor. I stare at her in shock. I shake my head and she starts laughing hysterically. "Do they think you can't handle knowing about it?"
I didn't understand what she was going on about. Handle knowing about what? How to kick her ass? She chuckles at me as I feel warm liquid traveling down my arm. When did she cut my shoulder? I stare into her pitch black eyes and continue to stare into them. We were both staring each other down though I am shorter than her.
I then hear wings. Which wasn't weird of course because birds do live here in Japan. I stay silent just staring at her until I feel someone beside me. I already knew who it was, I didn't need to look for confirmation. Dark was already preparing to do anything he needed to do to protect me, but I still don't understand why me. I mean, how old his he? Maybe 400 years old or something, and I'm only seventeen? So really, what's the point?
As the girl tries to attack me again he sends her flying into a tree. He stood there for a moment and then turned towards me. "Why aren't you ever careful?" He asks me in annoyance.
"Because, I am naturally clumsy!" I tell him obviously. He looks at me blankly and then just grabs me and starts flying back to Daisuke-kun's house. As we were flying we passed by Riku-chan's house, and Risa-chan was standing on the porch. She didn't see me, and she was waving like a crazy person at Dark. For some reason, I felt like this had happened before.
I gasp in shock as I felt Dark starting to fall. "DARK!" I yell at him. He was unconscious. I reach out to him to see if I could grab him. I gasp in shock and take hold of his hand. His eyes open slightly and he stares at me in shock. He looks down and grabs me and brings me close to him.
"Kari-chan, hold on." He tells me warningly. I hold him tightly and close my eyes. Moment later I felt us impact the ground. Or what I thought was the ground. I look down and see a trampoline, Wiz had transformed. I then notice that I was laying on an again, unconscious Dark. Why isn't he turning back into Dai-chan? I shake him and he was suddenly Dai-chan again. I gasp in shock and Wiz goes back to normal.
Why was he unconscious? "Dai-chan?" I ask worriedly. I begin shaking him trying to wake him up. I hear someone running up behind me. I turn around and see Nana-chan. I get up and go in front of Dai-chan. I didn't know if it was the real Nana-chan or not, and it was scaring me. Dai-chan could be killed! "Who are you?" I ask cautiously. I then realized what a stupid question that was, because it wasn't like she's tell me either way..
"Come on Kari-chan.." I hear Nana-chan say in annoyance.
"What?" I ask in confusion.
"You know who I am! I'm your best friend, how could you forget that!" She says to me in sadness. I could tell she was upset that I asked her that.
"Sorry. Someone just attacked us, and she was like...a clone of you." I tell her worriedly.
Nana-chan stares at me in disbelief. I ask her if she knows who it. She stays still. I then see her nod. "She's my twin." She tells me looking around cautiously. I look at her in shock. Her twin? I'm guessing she's one of those people who want me dead. But why?
"She said something to me." I tell her. "She told me that you guys weren't telling me why you were protecting me because I can't handle it. What does she mean?" Nana-chan's eyes widen.
"Bitch!" She yells in anger. "She did that on purpose!" I could tell she was really angry. It sort of frightened me, I really don't want to see Nana-chan pissed off. I see Dai-chan jump up in shock and stare at Nana-chan. "Well, I guess I'll just tell you then! I wanted to tell you from the beginning but my stupid brothers wouldn't let me!"
Dai-chan shoots up and covers her mouth. Did I hear her right? Did she say brothers? As in...Dark and Krad are her brothers? What does that mean? I really don't understand now... "Tell me why you're all protecting me." I say in annoyance. Dai-chan looks at me with angry eyes. I just stare back at him with pleading eyes. "Please." I don't want to be in dark anymore, I want to know why. And even if I have to go back to Nana-chan's twin to find out, I'll do it!
"No." Dai-chan tells me sternly.
"Fine. I'm leaving. I'm going home, and don't even try to walk near me!" I tell them warningly while running away. I hear running footsteps start behind me. I had to make quick moves, I take a sharp turn around a corner and hide behind a garbage can so they wouldn't see me. They continued running passed me. I was thankful. Once I know that they're gone I get out from behind the garbage can and run to look for her. The only one I knew would tell me.
"Hey you." I hear her say from behind me evilly. I turn and look at her cautiously. She steps towards me and I back away from her quickly. "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you...yet. Why did you summon me?" I stare at her in confusion. I didn't summon her! I can't do stuff like that. "Kari-chan." Why is she talking to me like we're good friends? "How are my lovely siblings doing?"
"I don't know. Good? I didn't come here to talk to you about them. I came to you to get answers." I tell her quietly. She looks at me in shock. "But I don't even know you. But you apparently know me. Apparently a lot of people do, and I just don't know how any of them know me!"
"So you came for answers." She tells me smiling. "I'm Yuki-chan by the way." I stare at her and nod. "Well, I guess I'll start from the beginning then. You know Dark? Yeah, that prick of a brother I have, he's here searching for something. And he's finally found it."
"What is that?" I ask in confusion.
"It's you."