Chapter 6 – this cant be ordinary life, it's far too complicated.
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A/N i tried to make it a lil longer, as i wanna get this bit out of the way and start on the good bit :'(
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I'm so bored I never thought I would say this but living like a normal kid, is the most tedious thing imaginable, I have to pretend to be slow and stupid in sports and lesson, and by putting up a dense attitude no one expects to much, I train in secret, pushing myself harder every day.
Just because I don't have a sparring partner doesn't mean I'm going to allow myself to get sloppy, I have also taken the time to tap all of the phones and bug all the houses within the village, a job that didn't require much effort as there are only like 50 houses here anyway. I have made a few friends at school, with my cheerful disposition it's hard not to, the closest being a boy named Kokoro Yome or Koko to his friends, I met him on my first day of school, and we clicked, he sort of reminds me of Natsume, not in looks of causes after all his sandy hair and gold/brown eyes are a shock contrast to Natsume, plus he is always smiling and hasn't got a problem with showing his emotions… in fact he isn't ANYTHING like Natsume, why am I trying to compare him to that jerk anyway, he didn't even say good bye to me, I looked EVERYWHERE for him, instead of packing and learning about who I was going to be, but it was like he was hiding on purpose I HATE HIM!
But back to Koko, he likes to cause trouble, a lot of trouble and he always knows every ones secrets, I mean that kid is more in the know than I am, and I have the phones tapped and the houses bugged. What I like most though is that he also has no trust for Reo, on my first day he told me to be wary of him… instant friendship. Sometimes I worry he knows too much about me as well, and that prospect scares me, we have been in hiding for six months and sometimes he looks at me with sad eyes like he KNOWS. I admit that I have contemplated telling him my story; it would be good to have an ally, someone I could trust, but I can't seem to find the courage to admit it to him.
It's not an easy subject to breach; it's not like I can just approach him and go "hey Koko, we've been friends for a few months now so I wanted to tell you I'm a member of the mafia, head of the Yukihara family in fact. And right now I'm in hiding because there's a spy that's trying to wipe us out…" get real as if, although thinking about it he would probably laugh and think it was all just some weird joke.
Schools not nearly as much fun as I thought it would be, I got teases about my pigtails, and not many of the girls speak to me, they think I'm too rough, the work is boring and I can't stand there version of physical education, they should let me teach the class, now THAT would be educating.
But the teacher didn't seem to agree, in fact he went red in the face really red, I was waiting for the steam to come out of his ears and his head to explode, I hadn't even done anything wrong, just play fighting with Koko, we got bored of his easy warm up. And so I started teaching Koko some basic moves, pretending that I knew them from watching lots of fighting Anime.
So I'm stuck here in detention, ever heard of detention, I hadn't until today, apparently it means the teachers get to make you stay at school, when all the other kids go HOME.
So I sit here waiting for that pathetic excuse of a man to release me so I can finally go home.
I wish something bad happened, just so I wouldn't be fed-up anymore. Boy was that a stupid thing to wish for.
By the time I was finally free, the sun had set leaving just a cloudy sky, and a wind that's starting to bite at my finger, spring in this village isn't as forgiving as the one back in Shiki, back at the main base the walls were all insulated and it was never cold, here though the thin walls of that crumbling old cottage didn't keep much heat in, there were night where the wind howled and shock the house, in such a way that it would collapse, while letting so much cold into it that I thought I would freeze to death in my sleep.
My mother doesn't seem to care; it's like this silent mutual agreement between us, if I stay out of her way she stays out of mine. I find that I spend most of my time with Jii-chan, he's kind and I'm always welcome in the shine, sometimes Koko and I play tag in the grounds, and he smiles when I outrun the boy, which is always.
He is what I feel a grandfather should be like, I never knew mine, both died before I was born, and neither parent speaks of them… I have a feeling that my Mother didn't like her farther very much, and my father is still fighting the grief of losing his.
How I miss my dad, after all it's been over a year since I last saw him and I'm no closer to discovering where he is.
The winds picking up and is tugging at my scarf and hat, I pull my coat closer and pressed on, wanting to get home before the storm hits. Maybe I can stay at Jii-chans tonight, it's warmer there…
I decide my mother won't like it as I walk past the old shine. Finally I reach my door, and am about to open it when it slams open, revealing a worn Reo who looks down at me with murderous distain.
Great what have I done now? I looked at him, and fully took in his rag tag appearance, his messy hair, lose tie and un-tucked shirt nearly distracted me from the barely visible bruises on his hand. So I smirk at him.
"Rough day at work." I allowed my voice to be slightly snarky.
"IN. NOW" was his reply hand clenching slightly in frustration. There was no love lost between Reo and I, of cause, he tried to be reasonably friendly in the beginning, shortly after realizing I don't want another Dad, or a Dad like friend. In fact he was lucky I even took my time noticing he was there.
I slid into the house completely ignoring him as he tried to make his presence felt. It was hardly intimidating.
I headed straight for my room, I can't be bothered to listen to the lecture he is sure to give me, I was a couple of stairs up when he grabbed the collar of my t-shirt and yanked me down again, I fell to the floor pretending to be weak and hurt – like I said I don't trust the guy, so I'm hardly going to let him see how strong I am – He smirked, his enjoyment at my hurt obvious.
Damn that BASTER I swear I'm going to ring his neck, I might not have killed before but I will make him my first! I tried hard to hide my malicious thoughts as I picked myself up off of the floor.
"Pay attention to me brat, I'm only going to say this ONCE. You will be in before dark, every day, no matter the reason. Or you will be punished." I withheld a snort at the thought of him punishing me. I started to picture how he would crumple once his neck snapped. Wait is he still talking.
"I SAID DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" understand what, should I tell him I wasn't evening listening…
I saw his hand long before it made contact with my face, the twitching of his fingers, the hesitation, the tightening of the muscle, all as if it was in slow motion. I could have easily dodged it, but after calculating the power behind the hit, I knew I could take it no problem, once it collided I went down again, in mock agony, I let the tears build up in my eyes.
"Don't forget that, little girl, AND don't ever disobey me." He walked away. God I could kill him, show him real pain. I hold my tongue, sitting where I am to contemplate my next move. I got out of the main office to search for my dad, and so far I haven't done ANYTHING to find him. Damn this to hell. I stormed up to my room.
Checking the monitor I set up, which gives me video feed of all the surrounding houses, has become a day ritual, but I was about to flick them off again after a moment seeing as there is never anything unusual, except this time there was… it was Koko, he was standing looking directly at the camera, surely he didn't know it was there, the cameras as small as a fly… to my disbelief he held up a note pad. It read
'Hello Mikan.' He flipped the page
'I know you have been watching everyone, but I don't know why.' Again the page changed.
'But it's not just you, I found another camera, don't worry I put clothes over it so that it can't see me, and I'm not sure if they're listen, hence the note pad.' Waiting for him to change the page and write is maddening.
'I hope you will tell me what's going on eventually, but for now I will kept a look out and report back to you." I didn't know what else he could have to write, but he turned the page and in true Koko style finished with
'That's all boss, communication terminated' he disappeared from my sight and I stood there is complete astonishment, why did he have to use boss?
Who the hell is this new enemy…? I have enough on my plates with the Koizumi's, the family, hell even Reo is a pain in my backside.
Reo… it can't be him, he a pathetic, weak moron! But he is in a prime spot to be my number one suspected.