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Chapter 2 of this retarded fic. Whew! This chapter's about how Yuu came to be a guardian for Miku before Rei-san ^_^ Isn't that sweet of him? _

New home, new life. It's time to move on….But I still hate you brother JD;AJN;AD;! T_T

I dreamt I was at the steps of the Himuro Mansion. It was the night I first arrived in that place, looking for my brother, wondering how stupid he must have been to not realize that there's practically a billboard in neon lights saying: 'WelcometoHell!' placed at the top of its roof.

"I wonder how long it has been since my brother and I saw things other people couldn't see. " I began starting my monologue which will be included as one of the greatest quotes this series ever had. "My brother, he's always sweet and kind. He's the only one I could tell about my visi- WAITAMINUTE! Didn't he just left me for Kirie? ANd why the hell I'm in the Himuro Mansion again...Oh great! Now I'm having nightmares about the whole thing. Well at least this is better than those nightmares showing brother and Kirie making out. Hmmm….. What's that?" I saw a distant white light, growing bigger and brighter as the Mansion gradually disappeared, being engulfed by the light. Before I knew it, I was staring at the white fluorescent light in the ceiling. I realized I was in the hospital.

"Miku?"

I slowly looked around and found myself face-to-face with a short haired young man wearing dark blue jacket, a pale turtleneck beneath. He had a kind face and a kind smile, his eyes were dark and the way he looked at me almost reminds me of brother. He flashed me a shy smile. "Miku, I'm glad you're awake. My name is Yuu Asou, by the way."

And that's when memories came rushing back. I remembered walking along the dimly lit streets, hoping I won't be raped, asking questions to kindly old women in grocery stores, asking about the address Mafuyu bothered to write. And when I was already at the brink of exhaustion and hysteria, I remembered walking in a two storey house and being nearly killed by an approaching car. Everything became black afterwards.

HAH! I'm not so bad at directions after your face, brother!

"Miku?"

I glanced up at Yuu. This is the first time I met some of brother's friends. "Uh, yeah?"

"Do you know where your brother is?"

At that hell hole with Kirie. Stupid bastard would rather stay than go with me. Instead I said, "He's..he's at the Mansion," I mumbled because I don't think I can say that he's dead.

Yuu looked at me sympathetically. I think he already knows what become of brother. "I'm so sorry, Miku," he said gently. "But don't worry, Mafuyu left you in my care. I'm going to take care of you from now on, okay?"

I stared at him blankly. I didn't even know about this guy but he's willing to help me out...Hmm, did Mafuyu blackmailed him or something.

"Mafuyu had been one of my close friends," Yuu smiled, reading my thoughts. "Before he went to the Mansion, he asked me to look after you. From now on, you'll be in my care."

Well, I gotta give it to brother, at least he had the foresight to take care of things for me when I'm gone. Which made me think, Did brother thought he wouldn't be able to come home anymore? Come to think of it, his sixth sense is more powerful than mine.

"Thanks but I can take care of myself," I muttered. I spent days all by myself in the Mansion anyway, it wouldn't make much difference on taking care of myself from now on.

"You'll be staying with me," Yuu said firmly. "I'll see to your education, and I think my girlfriend can give you a job in the future. She'll be staying with us a month from now," His face broke into a smile again. "I'm planning to propose to her next week. It will be on our 3rd anniversary.

I stared at him for a moment. Why would a stranger tell me his love life on that spot is completely over me?

"Let's get you home," he said, "By tomorrow, I'm going to help you pack up your things to move in my place."

"But-"

Yuu glanced at me, stopping me from saying anything at all. A nurse came to talk to him and they distanced themselves from me as they probably discuss about my condition.

So, I thought to myself. This will be the new life for me. Well I just wished Yuu-nichan wouldn't take it into his head to explore some haunted mansion sometime in the future. I don't think I can take another adventure anymore.

(LOL, I really think Yuu is very kind to take Miku in. He's a good friend. And an even better boyfriend. I can see why Rei was so depressed over losing him - I would too if I had a boy like that XD. I also love how he always becomes the babysitter for our deranged protagonists. Mafuyu placed Miku in his care and years after, Kei asked him to temporarily take care of Mio after all the incidents of FF2. Knowing what these two have been through, interacting with them must have been like hell XD)

-BACK AT HOME

"RURI! Thank goodness you didn't die of starvation or something! Oh, I miss you so much. Do you miss me too, you cute little thing. From now on, it will only be two of us because bad Mafuyu left us with ghosts. Yes, you sweet sweet - KSNDKANDALDA! Ruri, what the hell happened to our couch?" O_O