Author Note- Gomen Nasai everyone. Suki is updating once again hehe… All I know is that this story is going to ends up with a happy ending. Gomen this chapter only going to be 6 pages in total I think lolz…Suki is getting tired now…So enjoy reading this chapter!

Chapter 4: Mask

At The Park

Anna was sitting at a park alone at one afternoon. It was after school already. She decided to go to the park.

"Happiness." Thought Anna

That gives Anna a laugh. She was watching the little kids having fun with their parents. Anna started to feel sad but didn't show it. All these times she didn't know what happiness and love meant to her.

"What does it mean to me?" thought Anna

Anna knows her past very well. The owner of the orphanage had told her past and she couldn't believe it.

"Hopeless." Thought Anna

Anna knows her parents were still alive. But she doesn't want to find them any how. In her eyes her parents were dead. (I'll explain her past later on the story.)

"Why." Whisper Anna

The only answer she got was the wind blowing gently at her skin. She didn't need pity from anyone. That's why own self was so cold. It was only a mask that she wears every single day.

Anna sighs heavily. She took out her mp3 from her book bag and started listening to it. (Haha isn't that cool lolz…But then remember their time is like ours now so yeah.) Slowly Anna begins to sing a song.

Anna:

Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day, is as if I play apart

To her unknown she didn't notices she was being watched by Yoh. Yoh had followed her singing and found her alone at the park. He was behind the tree hearing her sing. (sneaky isn't it rofl)

Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I can not fool
My heart

Yoh was listening and it was peaceful to him. Anna voice sounded like a melody when it wasn't so cold.

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
I am now

In a world where I have to
Hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world

What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?

Must I pretend that i'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
There's a heart that must
Be free to fly

That burns with a need
To know the reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?

I won't pretend that i'm
Someone else
For all time
When will my reflections show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflections show
Who I am inside?

Yoh notices the song ended that's why Anna stopped. Yoh knows what the song meant. He knows Anna cold personality was only a mask she was wearing.

"Anna." Thought Yoh

Yoh didn't know why he was so attracted to her all the time. He wanted to guide through her darkness. He wanted her to get out of her little world. But she doesn't allow him to help at all.

"Let me help you." Whisper Yoh

Anna felt like she was being watched by someone after she done singing. She turns around but found no one. But she knows that person was there. She closed her eyes feeling the warm breeze around her.

"Yoh you don't have to hide. I know you're here." Said Anna

Yoh was shocked. He didn't know Anna will find out so easily. He stepped out behind the tree. He quickly went to Anna and sat down next to her.

"You heard me sing?" said Anna

"Yes. I'm sorry for spying on you. Gomen didn't mean to." Said Yoh

Anna shook her head understanding. Somehow in her heart she trusted Yoh. Yoh was looking up at Anna.

"Anna are you alright?" said Yoh with concern
"Hai." Said Anna

Anna didn't snap at him like she always did in school. Yoh was surprised by this. Usually when he talks to her she would snap at him or just walk away. But she didn't right now. She just sat there.

"Anna your lying. The song you sang has every reason to it." Said Yoh

"I don't want to talk about it." Said Anna

"Why must you be this way? Why can't you show the real you? Why can't you let anyone see behind your mask that you're wearing." Said Yoh

Anna felt mad for some reasons. She knows Yoh was right but then she didn't want to show her true emotions/feelings.

"What good will it do?" said Anna

"Everything." Said Yoh

"If I show my true self. Then everyone will know how soft I am. They wanted to find my weakness side to break me." Said Anna

"No one will hurt you. At least let me help you." Said Yoh

"What makes you think I will let you?" said Anna

"I have faith." Said Yoh (Yoh has faith. Haha so funny lolz)

Anna stays quiet for a minute. She didn't answer him on that statement or was it just a comment.

"Anna let us be friends. I want to help you." Said Yoh

"Iie. Leave me be." Said Anna

Anna got up and grabs her stuff then left. Yoh was alone but he didn't mind. He didn't do anything to stop her from leaving.

"I wanted to help you Anna." Said Yoh

Yoh was changing a lot and it was a surprising for everyone. He was changing for Anna and because of her.

"Anna." Whisper Yoh

He sighs heavily. Few minutes later he got up and left. He went to find his brother and his friends that were at his house.

"PIRIKA." Shouted Ren

Pirika stopped walking when she heard Ren calling her. She turns around to find him running towards her.

"Konnichiwa Ren." Said Pirika smiling

"Konnichiwa. Ano...I want to ask you something." Said Ren

"What is it?" said Pirika

"Do you have a boyfriend?" said Ren

"Ano…no." said Pirika

Pirika was blushing when Ren was asking her that. She was curious of why he was asking her though.

"Why you ask?" said Pirika

"Curious." Said Ren quickly

"Oh. Aren't you suppose to be with my brother and the others?" said Pirika

"Eh…I didn't want to stay with them. Where you're going?" said Ren
"To the library." Said Pirika

"Do you mind if I go with you?" said Ren
"Iie." Said Pirika shaking her head

"That's great. Let's go." Said Ren

Pirika smiles then nodded head. Both of them started walking towards the library which was few blocks away.

"Where were you Yoh?" said Horo Horo

"At the park." Said Yoh

Horo and Hao was surprised by the answer. Yoh never goes to the park unless there's someone there.

"You hardly go to the park." Said Hao

"I know that." Said Yoh

"Wait I know. You go there because Anna was there. Am I right?" said Horo Horo grinning

"Yeah yeah what ever." Said Yoh

Yoh went to the kitchen to get something to drink. Horo looks at Hao with a grin on his face.

"I think your brother is changing because of Anna." Said Horo Horo

"No duh." Said Hao rolling his eyes

"Uh huh." Said Horo Horo
"Where's Ren." Said Yoh as he coming into the living room

"He went to find my sister for some odd reasons. Both of them are up to something." Said Horo Horo

"Isn't it obvious?" said Hao

"Ya think?" said Horo Horo

Yoh started to laugh. He just finds out that Ren loves Horo sister Pirika. He started to smirk silently to himself.

"Wish you luck Ren." Thought Yoh

His thoughts leads back to Anna which gives him a little problem. Anna was only wearing a mask to fool the world. But it didn't really fool him did it?

"I want to help you Anna. Please get out from the mask. Let it go." Thought Yoh

"Hey Yoh how's your classes going?" said Horo Horo

"Fine." Said Yoh

Yoh wasn't failing this time and that was surprising of course. (Wow see how much changes Yoh is doing for Anna? Lolz)

" I can't believe your passing this time." Said Hao smirking

"Ah shut it." Said Yoh

"I can't let it go." Said Anna

Anna eyes started to get soften a little. She was at her apartment that she rented. She wasn't rich like Yoh and others.

"Why do you want to help me?" said Anna

Suddenly a tear fell from Anna eyes. Anna didn't know why she was crying. But the way Yoh asked to help her she refuses it.

"Why me?" thought Anna

The tears that she been holding for years are now rolling down her cheeks. She was alone at her apartment crying. That way no one knows she had been crying.

"Kami please help me." Thought Anna

Anna wanted the pain to stop. Thinking of her past only makes her colder and lonely. She was a loner. But she didn't care.

"Yoh." Whispers Anna

Anna stopped crying. Her tears had gone for now. What else could she do? It was true that her cold personality was just a mask. She didn't want people to know how soft she could be if she shows her true self.

"Is not worth it." Said Anna

Anna sighs then went to the bathroom to wash her face. She washed it with warm water running through her hands.

"I will allow to you to help me when I can fully trust you." Thought Anna

She turns off the water. Then she went to her room to take a nap. She was tired from everything. Can she really rest? The reasons why she works so hard in school is because to erased the pain away.

But it didn't really work for her. It even makes it harder for her because of one guy which is Yoh. (Anna started to trust Yoh a little but not that much. During the middle Anna and Yoh will fall in love. So don't worry reader's lolz.)

"Did you even start on your homework's Yoh?" said Hao

Yoh glares at Hao while Horo started laughing. Ren just came back few hours later. It was starting to get darker.

"I take that as a no." said Hao

"So?" said Yoh

"You know mother told me took look after you." Said Hao rolling his eyes

"Haha very funny." Said Yoh

"So where did you go with my sister Ren?" said Horo Horo

"The library." Said Ren smiling

Ren didn't ask Pirika out yet. But he will when the time is right. He was happy being with her.

Ends of Chapter 4