"Tama…Keiko?" I looked at the young woman sitting in the armchair opposite me, her long silky black hair falling gracefully past her shoulders, her crystal blue eyes boring into mine. She was a really beautiful woman.

"Yes, but you can call me Tama-chan!" She replied gleefully.

"umm…Tama-chan… " Why is this woman being so nice to me? We've only just met… I clutched nervously at my skirt

"Yes?"

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

"Well… I suppose it's because I can tell your suffering and need a helping hand, even if you won't tell me what upset you so much… I work in a place filled with troubled young children just like you…" I looked back up at her face, she smiled warmly at me, causing me to blush slightly, "There are many children who, like you, are going through troubling times. I may not know who you are or what is troubling you but, I can tell you need a helping hand. Is that a good enough answer for you?" She took my hands into hers and pulled me close, "So… would you like to take up the offer?"

"Y-yes please!" I hugged her tightly as I nodded against her chest.

"Good, I'm sure you'll fit right in!"

2 weeks later: School

It would seem that Sakura is a lot less popular then I thought. When she first arrived everyone was all over her and laughing with her, now there laughing at her. They make fun of her for being so stupid and sometimes even hurt her. Not that I care, they can do what they want. I have to admit though, it is pretty funny to see her in pain, not that she shows it often. But when she does I never miss the opportunity, I have even become quite a bully towards her lately. I will wait for her outside the school and then strike, it never works though, and she always has that stupid smile on her face.

"Okay class, I have the results of your recent test, most of you did very well… others I am quite disappointed in," She looked in Sakura's direction before handing them out.

"Kagome, 95%… Shizuko, 98%... Sakura…" She stopped at her desk and shoved the paper in her face, "Very disappointing, 8% try a little harder next time,"

"I-I did try sensei, I'm just not good at math," Sakura became very flustered and embarrassed, much to the amusement of the class and me.

"Well you obviously didn't try hard enough, miss Sakura Mikan, you are the only person in the class to get below 50%," Sakura hung her head in shame as the teacher resumed handing out the scores.

After everyone had received their scores the teacher left to do something I can't really remember, but I don't care anyway, and everyone was left to their own devices. Obviously all attention was on Sakura Mikan and her terrible scores…

"Hey, Mikan! Are you stupid or what?"

"8% Hahahaha!"

"You really are stupid!"

Everyone kept throwing insults at her, and making fun of her, but she didn't seem to mind, "Haha! Everyone's being mean, I'm not stupid! I'm just not good at math," She giggled.

"Well explain the English assignment then!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" She asked, confused.

"What was all that crap you wrote about some raven haired guy who was dying?"

"H-how did you know about that?"

The girl who had brought up the topic snickered, "I got a peek at your assignment. So tell me, who the hell is he?"

Sakura blushed, "Umm… I don't really know… he was just in my dream…"

The whole class broke out in laughter and continued to tease her until the bell rang signalling the end of school.

At the Orphanage after school:

"Onee-chan, Onee-chan!" I turn to face the owner of the voice only to be tackled to the ground.

He shoved a piece of paper in my face, "Look Onee-chan! I drew a picture for you!" He beamed proudly.

"Oh, really? How sweet," I didn't really care for children; they are all the same, hyper ad happy all the time unless they don't get what they want.

"Do you like it?" The young boy currently sat on my stomach is called Shouta. He has short, scruffy blond hair and a chubby face. He wore blue shorts and a white shirt, both covered in dirt.

"Yeh, whatever can you just get off of me? You're covered in dirt," The boy immediately jumped off of me and almost stumbled backwards.

"S-sorry Onee-chan! I was just so excited to see you!" Did I mention he's been stuck to me ever since my first day here?

"Its fine Shouta-kun, just be careful next time ok?"

"Hey Onee-chan, wanna play?" I may not like children, but I have a soft spot for Shouta. He's like me, all alone, no friends, he also has a power… Not like mine, Shouta has the ability to run at superhuman speed; he can also turn invisible (he uses that to sneak up on me).

When the other children at the Orphanage found out about his powers they made him an outcast, completely ignored him and treated him as though he didn't exist.

"Children, this is Shizuko-Chan, she will be staying with us from now on," Tama-Chan had her arm draped around my shoulder as she introduced me to the children.

All at once they pounced on me and started telling me their names whilst dragging me around the building, showing me the bathroom, garden, game room and of course, the tree house they had built.

We sat hunched up in the tree house, the children telling me all about how they got to be here. I glimpsed out of what I guessed was a window to see a small figure crouched down beside a tree opposite us.

"Hey, who's that kid down there? Why isn't he playing with us?" I pointed to the small child and was slightly surprised to see that their smiles had been replaced by frowns.

"That's Shouta, you should stay away from him, he's a freak," One of the boys said.

"Why do you say that?" The boy hesitated, as though trying to pick his words carefully.

"B-because, he runs at inhuman speed and can turn invisible, he's not normal, just pretend he's not there," I scowled at the child.

"He's not normal? Why don't you go look at yourself? Anyone who's normal wouldn't go treating someone as though they don't exist," With that I fled the tree house and made my way over to the young boy, I sat down next to him and patted his head.

Startled at the sudden touch the boy looked at me in surprise and sped behind the tree, "Hey! There's no need to be scared, I'm not gonna hurt you,"

"Who…who are you?" He slowly appeared from behind the tree, I could see his emerald green eyes stare at me in suspicion.

"I'm no one scary, I'm like you, I heard what you can do," He frowned.

"If you know, then why aren't you ignoring me like the others? Wait… what do you mean you're like me?"

"Just like I said, although not exactly the same, we are very alike, you are alone and so am I, you have powers… and so do I," His eyes widened in surprise.

"Really? Show me!"

"Ok, Can you find me a small flower?" He nodded and ran off using his speed; he was back in a matter of seconds with his arms full of daisies.

"I only asked for one, but I suppose this will be better," He handed me the flowers and watched with fascination as I placed my hands over the flowers and they began to grow, they entwined and grew bigger and bigger, forming a shape as they went. When I was finished, the flowers had took the form of a young woman.

"Wow! How did you do that!?" His mouth was wide open as he took in the plant like woman before him.

"That's my power, I told you, were alike, Shouta-kun," I patted his head again, feeling his soft blond hair.

"Can I call you Onee-chan?" I nodded and he wrapped his arms round my neck, laughing.

"Monster!" The boy from the tree house…

"They're both monsters!" Shouta hid behind me and gripped the back of my shirt, I could feel him trembling.

"What right do you have? What right do you have to call us monsters? All of you! Every single person in this world are monsters, treating us differently just because we have something they don't! You guys are the monsters!" He stumbled back in shock and glared at me before running away.

"Onee-chan?"

"It's ok now, just ignore them," I looked down at the trembling boy, his eyes filled with unshed tears.

"They're gonna be mean to you too now, Onee-chan I'm sorry,"

"Shouta-kun… its ok, I'm used to it, but what about you? It's ok to cry if you need to once in a while you know,"

"Onee-chan!" He grabbed my shirt and cried loudly into my chest, I wrapped my arms around him and stroked is hair.

Since that day, I have considered Shouta as my own brother…

"Onee-chan! Onee-chan!"

"Huh? What?"

Shouta pouted, "jeez you never listen, I was trying to tell you that theirs a new girl here!"

"Huh? What's her name?"

"Mikan, Mikan Sakura,"

Crap…

Authors note:

I'm glad i got this one done quicker than usual xD i only meant to have one chapter for shizuko but i kept getting new ideas for her past so yeah... i promise the next chapter is going to be back to the main story :) please leave a review and tell me what ya think xD

BTW: when i finish this one i'm thinking of doing a gakuen alice /ghost hunt crossover, what do you think?