Why are there so many trees? Nothing but trees and trees were all I could see for miles. I was getting more and more impatient by the minute. The truth was that our dad was going away on a business trip or something. I can still remember the night it all went down.

"Now, I'm going to have to leave on an important trip. Since I don't want to leave my two precious daughters behind, I'm going to leave you in someones care." I looked over at Yui and knew her shocked expression matched mine.

"Huh? Why?" She asked. "Well the church is a little low on funding and I thought that if I spread the Word to a bigger audience we might get some more money to keep it alive." He replied. I could tell that Yui understood this, but she still looked crestfallen. It was obvious that the old man didn't even notice. "I'm so glad you understand!" He said, giving a big smile.

"Of course!" Yui said, trying desperately to cover up her unhappy expression. She was always doing this, covering up her true feelings. Especially if it meant getting in the way of someones happiness. She then stood up, and left the room without another word.

"Meru, what do you think?" My father wasn't an idiot, so he knew I wasn't going to be happy about it."What about Yui?! Didn't you consider her feelings? I mean how come you didn't notice that?" I said unhappily.

You don't think I didn't notice that?" I looked at him in shock. "I know she's unhappy about it, but I have to act as if nothing is wrong. I know it's going to be hard, since I've kept you with me all this time. However, I don't want to make it any more harder than it already is." He seemed as if he was in pain just talking about it. "I know you'll enjoy it! You're always talking about wanting to see more of the world!"

He was right about that, I have always wanted to see more of the world. I knew there was so much more than what was in our little town. But, that brought up a new question, where exactly are we going anyway? I mean, we didn't have any relatives, or at least anyone around here.

"Where will be staying?" I asked suspiciously "Well, the people you'll be staying with live pretty far away. Yet, I'm sure you're going to be very happy there." He said kind of quickly, almost as if he had expected this to happen. I didn't know what to say after that and a awkward silence hung in the room. Suddenly, I realized that it was my night to clean up the dishes. I ran out of the room.

I jumped into my bed, which was right across from Yui's. She looked at me in surprise at my sudden appearance. She also knew that it was my night to clean too. I was only in the bed for a few seconds, when I heard a voice yell: "Troublemaker! You come back here right now! Don't think you can walk away from your chores like that!" He said calling me by my beloved nickname. So ended another regular night at the Komori household.

...

Just thinking about the night put me back in a rather satisfied mood. I mean no parents! It was finally my chance to do something crazy and stupid that once I looked back on it, I would be like: Why did I even do that? Don't get me wrong, I loved the old man to death. But, he was so protective of us, I barely did anything really fun and exciting.

My mood started to dampen a little at my sudden discomfort. I had been sitting there for hours. These people really did live far out, I hadn't seen a town for hours. Who would want to live this far from civilization?

Not that it really mattered though, just as long as they weren't psycho killers or something. Yeah... I watched waaay too many horror movies last night.

"Meru?" Yui's quiet voice pulled me out of my thoughts. "Eh?" I replied. "Do you think we'll get there soon? I just hope it's before dark." She said innocently. I knew Yui was afraid of the dark. I felt that it was time for my annoying sister act to come in.

"Under the cover of moonlight, a werewolf howls in the distance..." I said creepily. Yui glared at me, "You can be so mean!" "Hey, I was just trying to lighten up the mood!" I said in defense.

She was about to say something back, when the car stopped. I looked over Yui's head to see a humongous mansion.

"A mansion?! Who would've thought? The old man did us right!" I yelled happily. I ran out of the car to the gate. Yui stayed behind to thank the driver. Good luck with that, the guy didn't talk the whole time! "Come on! Or else I'll go in with out you!" I screamed in her direction. "Coming!"

I opened the gate, and we stepped into a beautifully made garden. It was obvious that someone really cared about this garden. I saw Yui reach out towards a rose, but suddenly rain drops started to hit our faces. "Ah! It's raining!" Yui ran, desperate to get out of the rain. "Wasn't it sunny just a second ago?" It didn't really matter, I always enjoy the feel of rain on my skin on a warm day. With my head back, memories of playing in the rain took over my mind. Yet out of nowhere, the sound of thunder hit. We both jumped, I wasn't really scared, but I wasn't about to get electrocuted!

We both ran to the door, and Yui banged the door hanger. No response. She tried again. Still no response.

"The freak?! If they're not home, I swear I'm gonna-" The door swung open. "-break in."