ok everyone, i'm back with the next chapter!

woot! two chapters in a day, aren't you happy?

alright, this chapter:

Old Injuries, New Problems

-Tenma's Room(Tenma's POV)-

"Are you alight? You've been very quiet." Ichijo asked me as he opened the door. I didn't know how to respond 'should I tell him about the injuries, no, he knows, he was there. but maybe he doesn't know the extent of them...' Taking a deep breath, I replied. "I'll be alright, it wasn't much...so don't worry."

He sighed, causing me to face him, my expression; shocked. "what's with you?" My question hadn't come out as planned.

He cringed slightly, I had said that coldly instead of curious, like i really was. "nothing, but I was just wondering if you were alright after..." He trailed off.

I glared at the window, he didn't get it. "Why are you worrying about me now? and not when it happened?" I asked, my voice cracking.

He lowered his head slightly, bangs covering his eyes. "I'm sorry..." 'what am I supposed to say?' ichijo thought. When he turned around, I was standing in a black-backless shirt, that came around the back of my neck like a choker, and it left my shoulders exposed.

-Ichijo's POV-

When I looked back at tenma, I saw her in her usual favorite black shirt, but there was one difference; she now had a few long, deep slash marks covering her collar bone, and when she turned to look out the window once more, I saw that the marks ran all the way down to her lower-left back. And I cringed at the sight.

"Did grandfather do that!?" I asked, in pure awe at the sight before me.

"Yes, after you left the room, I got the cuts on my collar bone..." she replied, sighing afterwards.

She sat on her bed, I decided to sit down next to her and cheer her up, if it was at all possible. "you know it's bad if you sigh a lot?"

That caught her attention. Turning to face me, she asked, "...are you on anything? what are you talking about?"

I'm surprised what kind of question was that? "I'm talking about that when you sigh, a happiness escapes you, or so I think. And to answer your first question, NO, I am not on anything"

Her eyes widened, and the next thing I knew; she was on the floor, laughing!

"Call the commitee, she can LAUGH!" I shouted, causing her to burst into more laughter.

But, as usual, the laughter died, and it died quick. But when she sat up again, I could see a faint trace of a smile on her lips. And it made my own smile grow.

But that smile began to fade as she stood and went to the window, her scowl returning somewhat. But there was something else, her expression seemed so...sad. Like she was forcing herself to keep from breaking apart. I was confused, but I hid it as best I could, I didn't want her to feel guilty for making me stop smiling, even if that seemed almost impossible at the moment.

"...how do you do it?" I heard tenma ask quietly, her gaze still fixed on the moon outside. Her crimson-violet eyes swirling with all sort of emotions. But no matter how hard I tried in that small period of time, I couldn't figure out what she was talking about, so I just decided to ask, "What are you talking about?"

"How can you always seem so happy? How do you do it. It can't be possible, especially with that grandfather of yours...How can you be so happy?" tenma said, her gaze, was now solely directed at me, and it felt like she was searching my very soul for the answer. Standing there, with nothing to look at but those eyes, I don't know how to describe it, but at the time, I could've sworn I could feel everything she was feeling, her sadness, happiness, grief, hatred. I could feel it all, and it was crushing me. How could she deal with all these emotions, all the time!? that answer was certainly beyond me.

A knock at the door awakened me from my thoughts. Turning to look at tenma, I saw the space she once occupied to be empty. "Who is it?" she was at the door, man, she was fast.

"TENMA-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" came a loud voice from the doorway, which just now happened to knock over said-person. "hi kilo, what's up?" tenma said cheerfully as the new girl in the room pulled tenma into a back-breaking hug.

Then, it hit me. Kilo Matar, tenma's best friend. I smiled an even larger smile at the fact that now, at least tenma wasn't as alone. 'but I wish I could help her, do something for her that no one else can. But as long as she's alright, I'll be fine.

-Tenma's POV-

I couldn't believe it, kilo was here, at the academy, with me! I don't think ecstatic could accurately describe how I felt. But as I came back down to reality, I felt this sadness echo through the room, and I knew all to well where it was coming from. 'ichijo, is something bothering you?' i thought to him. Yes, I read and talk to people in their minds, it can be fun, but now, I was completely serious.

'it's nothing' ichijo thought back to me. I didn't believe him, and from his expression, I could tell that he knew it too.

"what's wrong tenma!? You're supposed to be HAPPY!!!!" Kilo said, pulling me from my thoughts, a huge smile plastered on her face. I looked around kilo's person, I noticed something was missing. "...Where's Mr. Pretty?" I asked, suspicious. mr. pretty was her stuffed toy, well, toy that had a spirit in it, one that was obsessed with kaname to be exact. "he's in kaname's room...why?" She asked, smirking.

Then, the doors burst open again, revealing Hanabusa Aido, holding a stuffed toy, and he looked majorly ticked off.

"Keep this trash out of kaname-sama's room!!!" He shouted, throwing the toy at kilo. Who was glaring daggers at said idiot.

"Mr. Pretty. is. not. TRASH!!" kilo shouted, causing me to cover my ears. God, how could it be possible, she's able to be even louder than before?! What has the world come to?!

"If you lay one more hand on my friend, or her belongings again aido, I will personally send you to kaname, in a cookie jar!" I shouted, my eyes loosing their usually violet tint, and gaining a more maroon coloring.

"And what're you going to do if I don't, HALFBREED!?!?" Aido shouted at me. That was the last straw, I was gonna hurt someone. I wasn't that easiy ticked off, but messing with my friends, definitly required a butt-kicking. And aido was WAY overdo...

Ok that's all for this chapter!

chapter 5 coming out very soon.

Chapter 5: The Halfbreed And The Aristocrat.

Ja Ne!!