Remember, this chapter is Anna's memories of when she was younger.

Also, I am dedicating this chapter to HPCS2 'cause your review about printing it made me embaressed because I really didn't think this story was that good . Thanks!

A little girl with short, blond hair in a pink dress was laughing, holding her mothers hand as they walked back from the park. She looked to be three years old but she was smart for her age. She could talk properly and understood most stuff that made her patents arrogant about having a smart child. That was, until what happened.

"Mama," She said, tugging on her mothers hand.

"Yes Anna?" her mother smiled.

"Why is that man covered in blood?" she pointed to a boy who was at least 17, give or take a few years, standing under a tree. His clothes were ripped, blood stains along his left side. A boy who, she later realised, was a spirit.

Her mother looked but didn't see anything. "There's no one there Anna." Anastasia said to her daughter, frowning. 'Maybe she's just tired or been out in the sun too long.' she thought.

"I'm not tired Mama," Anna said. She felt wide awake.

"I never said you were honey. Let's go home," Anastasia picked up her daughter, feeling cold.

Anna sat on the couch, watching T.V. her grandma was coming for a visit so she was wearing her best blue and white dress that had a ribbon on it and a bow in her hair.

"Anna, come say hi to your grandmother," her father called. He was rarely home because of work and when he was he was in a bad mood.

Anna hopped off the couch and hurried to the door.

Her grandmother looked her over like you would a racing horse. It scared her.

'Hmm, she still has some baby fat. I must my son that she should eat less junk food. And why must she have blond hair? Both her parents have brown.' her grandmother smiled. "It's nice to see you Anna, your such a cute little girl." she went to hug her granddaughter but stopped when Anna flinched away. "What's wrong dear?"

"Your…your mean. why do you say mean things?" Anna said, hiding behind her mothers leg.

The three adults looked at her, confused.

"Anna dear, she never said mean things," her mother said gently.

"Yes. She said them in her head. Her mouth didn't move but I heard them."

Her mother and grandmother froze while her father starred at her coldly.

"You shouldn't tell lies Anna, it's wrong." he said.

"But I'm not!" Anna said.

"Anna, go to your room," Her mother said in a harsh whisper.

"No! There's nothing there!" her mother shouted.

"There is!" Anna cried, tears running down her face. Why would no one believe her. "And don't call me a freak!"

"You are! Stop being a horrible child Anna!" Her mother yelled.

She woke up in the middle of the night. Her head hurt. She could hear her parents arguing and hear their thoughts at the same time. It hurt.

She got up and opened her door. She walked quietly down the hall to the kitchen. The door was opened a crack and she peeked through.

"What will we do? It's like she can hear our thoughts." her mother said, sitting down, her face in her hands.

"I don't understand how this happened," her father looked at her. "It's not from my side, that's for sure."

Her mothers head snapped up. "Don't you dare imply that she got it from mine. Nothing like this has ever happened before."

Her father sighed.

'This is bad. What if it gets worse?' he thought.

'What will we do? If it's this bad at three, what will happen when's she's older?' her mother thought fearfully. They looked at each other, both coming to the same conclusion.

Anna gasped and ran to her room, hoping to get away from the bad thoughts.

"Wake up child." a voice said. It sounded old. 'Maybe I am wrong and she is dead.'

"I'm…I'm not…dead…" The little girl whispered. It caught the person, whoever it was, attention.

'interesting…' she thought. "Then wake up. I will take you back to my place."

"No."

"Anna, you have powerful spirit energy. If you learned to control it-"

"No."

Kino sighed. She was a stubborn one. "What if I said it could help you control your Reishi power?" she asked.

Anna's eyes widened. She had been living with Kino Asakura for a few months now and she never mentioned or thought about that.

"I…guess," Anna mumbled.

"Sorry, I couldn't hear you." Kino said. Anna glared thought she couldn't see it.

"Yes. I'll train to be an Itako."

She was seven years old, walking down the street. She'd been training for almost four years now and her Reishi wasn't any better. It was worse. The more she learned, the more her Furyoku build up, the worse it got. She could not only hear people's thoughts without her wanting to, but she could feel the hate they felt, the sadness, all the negativity.

' I hate Humans…' she thought. It was their fault. Her parents were human and they abandoned her. And it was these humans that were making her feel awful. All their selfish desires, all their stupid problems.

"I hate them." she whispered. That's when it appeared and her life went from awful to wishing everyone would just die and leave her alone.

The Oni.

The present

Anna opened her eyes half way, a cold black fire burning in them, Hate clearly shown.

I hate them…

It's their fault…

They should all just die…

…

…

…

…Yoh…

Yoh was walking down the hall to his room when he felt an ice cold shiver of dread go through him. He automatically looked behind him, but saw nothing.

"Anna…"

'Hang in there. I'll save you, both of you.'

R&R