"In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . ."-Bill Clinton

"You showed me nothing but hate,

you ran me into the ground

but what comes around goes around, and you don't hurt me

(that's right, and I don't need you, don't wanna see you, bitch you get no love)Bitch you get no love."

-No Love-Eminem Ft Lil Wayne

Chapter 8

Anna was on her balcony, leaning against the railing. She'd been up for awhile now but didn't want to go get something to eat. She sighed, remembering what happened last night…

She was walking behind Yoh, towards the dining hall. She didn't feel like eating but the Asakura was annoyingly insistent, she agreed to get him to shut up.

When they got there, however, she automatically stopped in the entrance. The room was full of people, most of them Knights, and more then half sent her dirty looks.

'Letting her eat with us? Sure, other Itako's have before but she's worse then the others'

'I don't like this, even if she doesn't have her Rosary she could do spells'

'I'm going to talk to Yohmei. I don't care if she's a Princess she should stay in her room or a Cell'

'What are they thinking? She's gonna end up attacking us'

Anna glared at them and they looked away. More thoughts entered her head. She clenched her hands into fits to control herself. This is why she hated being in crowded areas. She couldn't control the thoughts entering her mind so she always knew how they felt.

She turned around to leave but Yoh caught her wrist, stopping her.

She froze.

"Let go, I'm not hungry. I'm going back to my room." she said quietly.

"Faust said you should eat to keep your strength up," Yoh said.

She glared at him and wrenched her wrist free from his grasp. "I'll be fine when I get away from these people," She snapped.

Anna sighed again. After that she left without eating but it didn't bother her. It made her sick to hear thoughts like those. It made her want to runaway.

She placed her hand on her chest, where her Rosary should be. She hated not having it. It made her feel defenceless, vulnerable.

"Here,"

She turned around, catching the object in her hands. A blue bracelet.

She lifted an eyebrow at him.

"In case something happens and you don't have that Rosary, those beads will still help you with spells. You can't summon spirits but it's better then nothing."

She looked at him suspiciously. "Why are you giving this to me?"

"Because, no ones allowed to kill you but me."

"In other words you want me to be safe."

"If you want to look it that then…yes, I want you to stay safe."

Anna looked down at the bracelet on her wrist. She bushed her fingers over it.

"You always were an enigmatic person," she whispered.

"Yohmei-San, maybe you should tell him the truth."

"Quiet Matamune."

The Nekomata frowned. "I meant about Yohken."

Yohmei nodded slightly. "True. But we'll let Mikihisa tell Yoh about his ancestor."

Matamune gave him a sharp look. "And…who should tell him about his brother?"

"No one." Yohmei said coldly.

Yoh sneezed, almost dropping the tray in his hands.

'I think I'm coming down with a cold or something' he thought before knocking on the door.

"Anna, I can I come in? I brought you some food," he called. When there was no reply he balanced the tray in his right hand opening the door. She was on the balcony so he decided to place the try of food on the some table in her room before walking over.

"Your foods on the table," he said. "You should eat before we take a tour of the place since you didn't eat last ni…" his voice trailed off at the glare she sent him.

"Don't order me around, or I will throw you off this balcony." that didn't sound so bad…if they weren't so high up. It may have only been the second floor but it was a very high second floor.

"U-Um, sorry, didn't mean too…" 'scary…very scary…note to self, ask, don't tell with the princess' he thought.

"Well, uh…" Yoh tried to pick his words carefully. "Do you want to…uh, eat then take a tour of the grounds?"

"No," Anna said simply, looking away.

'Cold' "Come on, it's better then staying here bored to death right?"

Anna didn't say anything. She seemed to be thinking about it so Yoh didn't dare to interrupt.

Finally she said quietly, "I guess for awhile…"

Yoh grinned. "Great."

Anna gave him a weird look before looking away.

"REALLY REN? THAT'S GREAT!"

Ren held the phone away from his ear, trying to save what hearing he had left.

Sighing, he said, "Calm down Nee-San, it's not what you think-"

"Oh, who cares," Tao Jun said on the other line. "I'll tell Mother and Father, and Bailong and I will be down to see you and-"

"No," Ren said firmly.

"Fine, I won't tell but I am coming to visit."

"Why would you-"

"Oh I can't wait to see her. Tell Pirika hi for me and Yohmei-Sama that we're coming down in a few weeks."

"But Nee-San-"

"Bye Lian."

Ren starred at the phone. He was a dead man walking now when she finds out…

It was quiet as they walked around the lake. At first it was awkward for Yoh, since he wasn't used to there being silence for so long but after a half hour of it he got used to it. He already knew that Ann didn't like to talk a lot and he had a feeling it had something to do with her reading minds. Why ask questions when you can hear their thoughts?

Hear their thoughts…

Yoh suddenly remembered last night, when they went to the dining hall and Anna left right away.

"I'll be fine when I get away from these people." He remembered the look on her face, and how much she wanted to leave. Could it be that reading minds bothers her somehow?

Anna glanced sideways at him, feeling a little impressed despite herself.

'He's smarter then he pretends to be' she realised. He only found out she could she his mind a few days ago and already he's determined this much.

"Ne, An-Um, Hime-Sama?" was it his imagination or did she look annoyed when he called her that? "Why did you become an Itako?"

Anna stopped in her tracks as though she were about to hit a wall. Yoh stumbled a bit since he was about to bump into her. He looked at her but couldn't see her expression for her hair was in the way, casting a shadow over her face. He noticed her hands clenched together.

"Anna?"

She didn't say anything. After what seemed like forever she started walking back towards the Asakura Mansion. Yoh hurried to catch up.

"When can I have my Rosary back?" She said. Her voice was cold and distant.

"uh…" Yoh shook his head, trying to clear it. Her mood swings were gonna give him whiplash. Seeing her glare he said, "I-It's up to Jii-Chan."

Anna glared at him before looking up at the sky.

"Strange how I can't have a necklace to summon spirits, and yet you can have a Medium to control them."

"Huh?" Yoh gave her confused look, stopping to watch her walk away.

He was four years old, running through the forest looking for a place to hide. He saw a hole underneath a tree big enough for him to squeeze into. Getting on his hands and knees he crawled into the space and hid.

But it was in vain. He was found two minutes later.

He looked up only to be starring in a mirror.

"Nice try but your it Yoh!" his reflection told him.

Got my report card back...As my friend would say, 'I passed and that's all that matters'. Seriously, she always says that when it comes to her grades, drives her parents crazy. Anyway I tried no to take too long updating hope you liked it. It would have been up soon but the site was giving me trouble. I'll try to get the next chapter up by Friday or Saturday so R&R and it might come qiucker!

Midorinohime: Thanks for your review, and seems you didn't have to be patient for long, I'm getting there with updating this quicker. As for the dream it will be reveal in time…and I'm trying in math!

E: Yeah, basically their doing everything the can so Anna doesn't reveal what she know about them. And I hate to say it but it'll be a while before there's major mushy Yoh X Anna stuff but there will be small moments to make up for it.