“I’m leaving!” Sekai shout to her mother who’s in the kitchen of the restaurant.
    “Where are you going?” She shouts back.
    “To the concert I’ve been waiting forever for it to come!”
    “What concert?”
    “Just a concert, ma ma.”
    “Who’s taking you?”
    Another reply she is super protective. She already knows who Sekai’s going with she just doesn’t want her to leave yet.
    “With Kristine!” Sekai shout back.
    “Don’t forget your pass!” She shouts.
    “I’ll be leaving then!” Sekai replies
Sekai takes her pony tail out and wrap the hair tie around her wrist.
Sekai Lin is a 12 year old girl, 7th grader, and an extremely hard worker. Her parents own the dinner Golden Dragon. Her uncle owns a hotel and her aunt owns a spa. Her relatives just work in one of those three places.
Sekai was running to her house which was about a mile or two from the restaurant to her house. She was pretty used to running a few miles. Once she got home she quickly changed, grabbed her notebook, pen, and her pass. Once the concert was over she would have to come back home, change and go right back to work as a waitress tonight.
The door bell rang.
“Sekai,” It shouted behind the door, “Are you ready?”
“Coming!” She shouts back.
Sekai opened the door while adjusting her shoes.
“Wow. You do know that you don’t have to wear such pretty clothing to a concert right?” Sekai’s best friend asked.
“It’s not even that pretty.” Sekai said.
“Let’s go, my mom’s waiting in the car.”
When the three arrive at the concert, there was a huge line. Luckily, VIP’s like Sekai go through a different line. If you own a building that gives satisfactory then you will receive a pass. Sekai always goes through this line the guard trusts her and always lets her through without looking at her pass.
“I can’t wait! I think I’m going to burst of happiness!” Kristine said jumping.
“I just can’t wait to get my notebook signed.” Sekai said looking at her notebook.
Sekai’s notebook has all the information on her favorite bands/singers. The last page is the page they will sign on. At the end of every concert the band/singer will walk on an aisle. The crowd started screaming for the band Blossom to come out and perform. Sekai would too, but she’s more of a different person.
Finally, the announcer said something that didn’t quite reach Sekai’s ear. The crowd slowly got quiet. When the band came out, they went nuts. They started performing Sekai’s favorite song ‘Love Will Blossom Once Again.’ The band members Suna is more of a bad boy kind of guy, some say he is really mean. Next is Chun, He is in between bad boy and nice guy. Then there is Ken who is the sporty good guy. Lastly there is Subaru who’s the nicest of them all. Sekai loves their music not how cute they are just the music. They are all 15 years old and took lessons of karate at a very young age together. That’s how they knew each other.
When it was almost the end Sekai walked over to the velvet red rope that separates the aisle that the band will walk on and her. As the song came to an end the crowd wanted encores, but we all know there wasn’t time.
“Sorry as much as we want to sing for you, we don’t have time.” Ken said.
“We really are sorry.” Subaru apologized.
“We’ll come back to New York City don’t worry. It’s one of our favorite cities.” Suna said.
“We’ll definitely come back.” Chun said.
Sekai had her book ready along with her favorite pen. She has never had someone not sign her notebook before. She hopes it doesn’t start today. Right then she felt someone looking at her. She looks in that direction. It was Chun starring at her!  He quickly turned back to the audience.  Sekai took a deep breath and hopped not to get nervous enough to drop everything. They all waved good bye and started to walk down the aisle. Sekai stuck her notebook out as soon as Chun was coming by.  Sekai didn’t make eye contact. She looked down.
“C-could you p-please sign my n-notebook?”  Sekai stammered.
She felt a hand on her head.
She slightly looked up and back down again.
“Girls look better when they are smiling, not hiding.” Chun said.
Sekai slowly looked up and the sides of her mouth slowly curved.
He took the pen out of her hand and began signing his name.
“By the color of your hair, I’m guessing you’re Asian. Don’t get offended, because I’m Asian, too.” Chun said politely.
Obviously....
Sekai saw the girls by her making dirty looks at the corner of her eye
“Ah, signing a little girl’s book. You know Chun; we have to be looking for girls our age not little eight year olds.” Suna said.
“Before Suna starts fighting with you, do you want me to hold that for you?” Subaru asked coming this way along with Ken.
Sekai nodded. Chun handed her notebook to Subaru.
“What does that mean?” Suna asked getting mad.
Sekai knew a story like this before. A girl was hit by Suna for being rude to him. Well in his case he got offended. He first grabbed the collar of her shirt.
Sekai saw the hand quickly come at her. She quickly stopped it with her palm, but was pushed back a little. 
“Ah, pretty tough for a kid like you.” Suna said.
 “I just don’t want to get anyone hurt.” Sekai responded very quietly.
“How about a little one on one?” Suna asked. Sekai looks at him in the eye.
“What about the guards?” Sekai ask.
“I’ll just say I challenged you.”
“I can’t pass this rope.”
“It’s on me so quit your excuses and fight me!” He shouted.
“Suna would do anything for a fight.” Chun said eyeing him too.
“What if you both get hurt really badly? It could ruin your reputation.” Subaru said.
“Well that is true.” Ken said.
Sekai crawls under the rope.
“Let’s begin.” Suna says in his stance.
“What if I don’t know how to fight?” She asked innocently. She really didn’t want to fight a super star.
“From the movement you did I’m sure you know.” Suna said
“Don’t you have somewhere to be?” She asked changing the subject.
“She’s right we have to get to our hotel.” Ken agreed.
“Are you sure you don’t want my dirty peasant shoes on your clean royal clothes?” I ask. He wasn’t going to change his mind.
Suna comes with a right punch. Sekai swayed he head to the right to dodge, grabbed his arm, and flipped him over.
“Is that the fight you wanted?” She asked.
Suna gets up saying, “You’re just lucky I was caught off guard since you were a girl.” He said. He reached inside his jacket and pulls out a rose.
“Until our next battle he says and he leaves.
“Remember girls look better when they smile.” Chun says handing her a rose.
“That was great! I can’t wait to see you again. I hope…” Ken says and he pulls out another rose and leaves like the rest.
“Here let me walk you to the exit so fans don’t hurt you.” Subaru says walking me to the exit.
“Don’t forget this.” Subaru hands Sekai her notebook and pen.
“Um. Thank you.” Sekai say calmly.
“I knew you were a good girl. It’s a good thing you’re not hurt.” Subaru says handing me a rose and he kisses her hand. As soon as he leaves she feels her face get hot.
She takes a deep breath. She also holds the roses and stares at them getting into separate black cars. Chun looks back at her and winks.
Sekai quickly gets her phone and calls Kristine.
“Hello? Sekai?” She answers.
“Kristine, go to the exit I’ll be right there.”
“How’d you get there?”
“Someone escorted me…?”
“We’ll be there.”
Soon enough Kristine and her mom are coming to the exit where Sekai can see them.
“What! Who gave you those roses?” Kristine asked.
“Blossom did…?” Sekai said scared. She knew her best friend would get super mad at her, but she had to tell the truth.
On the ride home Kristine kept asking questions of what happened. Of course Sekai answered them all.
Once Sekai got home she quickly changed and tied her hair with her hair tie that was on her wrist. It was given to her from her grandma. Sadly, her grandma passed a long time ago.  Her favorite quote was, “In life there is no coincidence only a purpose.” Sekai still believes in that quote. Her grandma was a fortune teller. She would close her eyes and think a little and the future came to her eyes. One day Sekai’s grandma saw something. She saw that Sekai was all grown up and she was dancing with someone. Sekai was very happy. It was during her senior year prom dance. After a little dancing the windows broke and people filed in. Many of her classmates screamed out of the area. Sekai and the guys she was dancing with were there. She began fighting her usual ways, when all of a sudden a knife was stabbed through her. Sekai fell back.
“Go, run, hide, and get out of here.” Sekai said full of pain.
“I won’t leave without you.” He shouted.
She spit some blood out.
“I can’t make it out in time to get to the hospital. You need to get out of here now.” Sekai said.
“I can’t leave just yet.” He demanded
“These guys are too strong… You’ll get hurt…” She said.
He picked her up and carried her out of the room.
“You need to leave. Now.” Sekai said trying to even out her breathing.
“I won’t lose you.”
“I can’t stay forever.” Sekai couldn’t keep her eyes open.
“I can’t stop the blood.” He shouted.
She was already gone.
That was what her grandmother had seen. She died of a heart attack after that vision. During her time at the hospital, the last gift given to her was the hair tie. Sekai treasured this for a long time.
Sekai quickly ran down the streets, and in a few minutes she arrived at the restaurant.
“I’m here!” Sekai shouted walking in through the kitchen.
“You were almost a minute late.” Her mother complains. (Note: Sekai talks in Chinese around her parents, siblings, and relatives.)
“I’m sorry.” Sekai apologizes.
After every concert the restaurant gets packed with people.
This time Sekai sees a lot of crazed fans surrounding a black car. Trying to think it’s not the band Blossom; she quickly grabbed dozens of order sheets, and starred out the window behind the front desk.
“It really is them.” She says seeing their faces appear. Sekai thought that if her bangs could hide her face well enough they wouldn’t suspect that she was the girl from the concert.
Quickly the fans came rushing in. In 30 seconds the room was packed. No empty seats were there. As soon as the band comes in a girl gives up her seat for them. Sekai walks around taking orders. Some of them don’t know that you have to order something otherwise you have to leave. She quickly informs those who don’t know.
Most wanted something to drink, nothing to eat. It was normal for those to do that because all they wanted to see was the band in this case. Sekai never had to take an order from someone famous.
She walks to the kitchen, grabs a large tray, and fills dozens of cups with water. Sekai walks out of the kitchen and takes the drinks to the customers.
“Excuse me.” Says a guy’s voice.
Sekai wished she wouldn’t be so nervous around them. She knew it was her job, but she didn’t want to see them after the concert at all. After all, in articles it says that they were very strong. They all met at karate lessons.
“I’ll be right there.” Sekai says not even turning around.
She walks up to her mother, “Can you have that table?” She asks kindly.
“Why they don’t look that scary. One of them looks really nice actually.” Her mother said.
“Please.” Sekai pleaded repeatedly, but her mother said no every single time.
“Fine.” Sekai said disappointed.
She walks over to the table while ducking her head so her bangs would completely cover her face.
“Hi, I will be your waitress. What would you like to drink?” Sekai asked.
“We would all like Pepsi.” They decided before hand.
“Ok, I’ll be right back.”
Sekai grabs a tray and fills it with four cups of Pepsi. She grabs some menus and sets them on the tray along with the drinks. It was Ken and Subaru on the inside of the booth, and Suna and Chun on the outside.
She comes out and hands them their drinks and some menus.
“I’ll be right back in a few minutes for you to decide.” Sekai says turning around.
“No, it’s fine.” Suna says grabbing her arm.
Sekai turns back around with her pen and order sheet. She quickly scribbles down four Pepsi’s and wait for them to decide.
“Ok we’ll have the…” Chun began.
Sekai scribbles some more down on the order sheet that filled the entire page.
“It will be out very soon.”  Sekai said.
She went inside the kitchen and shouted the entire order in Chinese. Her mother helped her father and her uncle cook the food faster. Soon enough, the food was done. Sekai grabbed another tray and filled it with their orders. She came back out and found all the girls at the cash register ready to leave. She quickly set the tray of food on the counter and collected the money to excuse the girls and let them go home. The place was empty except the band was still here. Sekai brought the tray of food to them.
“Here you go.” She said. “Is there anything else that I can do for you?”
“You can answer my question.” Suna said.
“Ok?” She responded.
“Were you at the concert tonight?” He asked.
“No.” I lied.
“Well it can’t be possible since she was working here today.” Subaru said.
“Yeah, but she looks so young to be working here.” Ken said.
“Well it could be a family business.” Chun said.
“It is a family business.” Sekai said.
“Well, can you lift your face up?” Suna said impatient.
Sekai turns around, and right when she does someone pulls her hair and her hair tie falls to the ground.
“Please, enjoy your meal.” She said as happy as she could. She walked into a wall and her apron fell off along with everything in it. She didn’t bother getting she ran out the door.
Her head hurt really badly. Her hair was yanked, but that’s what she says. She begins to run. Run home.
Though back at the restaurant,
“Suna, what did you do?” Chun asked.
“I thought I grabbed her shoulder, but I missed and I…” Suna said.
“Where’s my daughter?” A women said coming out of the kitchen.
“She ran outside.” Chun said.
“Oh, she probably went home by now.” The women said.
“How far is your house?” Ken said.
“About two miles from here to there.” Answered the women
“And she runs those two miles?” Suna asked.
“About 10 miles every day.” The women said.
“Wow. How old is she?” Subaru asked.
“She’s 12.”
“A 12 year old running about 10 miles every day?” Chun said.
“She runs really fast. From here to our house she gets there in about 5 minutes.”
“Oh wow.” They said unison.
“Hey look at this.” Chun said picking up a notebook.
“This looks like the notebook the girl had at the concert.” Subaru said.
“Open it. You’ll find yourself very surprised.” The woman said.
“Wouldn’t it be rude to do that though?”  Subaru asked.
“With my permission it’ll be fine.”
They open the first page and it has the band’s picture. They turn the page.
It has the lyrics of the first song they sang.
“Look at the date,” Chun pointed, “It was the first time this song went to the public.”
They turn the page. It was still the same song with the right lyrics.
It was written neatly and had the right lyrics on every page. Not to mention the date it first came out. On the second to last page it said:
I’m very happy that I was able to get the right lyrics by listening to it by myself. I worked so hard to figure it out the first day it came out.  I hope they sign this notebook!
Then it had a cute little face. It was all written in English.
They turned to the last page. It said Autograph written at the top of the page.
Sadly it only had Chun’s autograph.
“So that was the girl.”Suna said.
“Do you have a pen we could borrow?” Ken asked.
To woman handed him a pen.
“Thank you.”
Ken signed his name and paused.
“Do you know how to write in English?” He asked.
“No, but my daughter knows Japanese. You can write in Japanese.” The woman said.
“How did you know we spoke Japanese? Aren’t you Chinese?” Chun asked.
“Lucky guess.” She said and left.
“When you’re done hand me the pen.” Suna said.
“Are you going to say sorry?” Subaru asked smiling.
“Hell no! It’s not my fault that she ran off and left her notebook here.” Suna shouted.
They all signed their names and left a little comment.
Later at Sekai’s house, Sekai was sobbing. Her hair hurt the most. She wiped her tears away with the back of her hand. She looked at her white board. It had the schedule for her work days and where she was working.
“Tomorrow, Hotel.” She whispered.
All she does is sit in this little room and sing songs. Her uncle doesn’t buy CD’s because he doesn’t know what people like these days. It helps Sekai with her choir practices. Sekai quickly takes a shower and goes to her room. She sits down on her little chair and does her homework.
Soon, she hears knocking on her door.
“Who is it?” I asked. “Ma ma?”
“Yes, yes. The boys at the restaurant told me to give this too you.” Her mother said.
“My notebook!” She says smiling.
“Look at the last page.” Her mother says leaving.
Sekai flips to the last page and reads the comments they left.

Chun: Don’t forget to smile! I’m very sorry about Suna actions.

Ken: I wish to see you again! Hopefully in a better way.

Subaru: I’m very sorry for looking through your journal!  I tried to stop them!

Suna: Yo! Next time we meet I want a rematch, the prize. Your hair tie.

Then it had their signatures.
Sekai set the book aside and tried to finish up her homework.  Soon she drifts asleep.
 

2: That Day At School

Beep-Beep-Beep!
Beep-Beep-Beep-!
Sekai lifts her head and finds a paper sticking to her face. She quickly pulls it off and hobbles to her alarm clock.
“3:55 a.m.” She read it out loud.
Sekai collapsed on the bed near her alarm clock which was beside her bed. She closed her eyes and dreamed a little. Her eyes popped right open; she got up, and stretched. She quickly ran to the bathroom and did what any normal person who do when in the bathroom in the morning. She came out and dressed herself in her school uniform. She grabbed her bag, ran to the kitchen, grabbed three custard breads, shoved one in her mouth, and headed out the door.
She ran about a mile and stopped at a curve. She swallowed custard bread and began eating the second one. By the time she swallowed the second one, a guy in a motorcycle came to a stop in front of her.
“Hey Mike!” She greeted.
“Yo!” He greeted.
“I brought you one.” She said handing him her last custard bread.
“Thanks!”
He swallowed it in one bite and handed Sekai a helmet. She strapped it on and the rush of the ride began.
Sekai’s hair was flowing, but not in a good way. The wind felt like it was pulling her hair out. After about another mile, (well when walking, but they’re in a motorcycle now.) Sekai jumped off and threw the helmet.
“Bye!” She shouted even though it was early in the morning, there were houses, and people still sleeping.
Soon Sekai just walks a little bit and a van comes by with one of those handle things on the back of the van. Sekai always wanted to know if he noticed her when she hitched a ride. She realized the van a long time ago when she first saw it. Sometimes the van isn’t there so she has to run an extra mile. Then after about another mile, she runs on foot and reaches her destination at school.
Finally, Sekai rushes through the doors.
“Sorry I’m late!” She yells to the empty room.
Today the teacher was late. The door isn’t usually unlocked, but their teacher unlocks it so they can come in.
Sekai drops her bag on a chair and walks to the piano. She plays her favorite song that she is performing, Yoru no Uta.
“I’m here!”
It was Stacy, the most popular girl in Sekai’s grade. Stacy didn’t know Sekai very well. She thought of her as another classmate.
“Oh, she’s not here yet. Hm.” Stacy dropped her bag on a different chair and went out the door.
As everyone came expecting their teacher, they saw Sekai instead, and just went out the door to play around in the building.
“Sekai!” Stacy shouted running in.
“What? What happened? First Aid or Hospital?” Sekai panicked.
“Neither. You have to save those kids out in town!” Stacy shouted.
“What?!” Sekai looks at the time. It was 6:34. “Where’s our teacher? Er… Never mind tell her that I’ll be late.”
She nods.
Sekai quickly gathers her belt of weapons and runs out the door.
Sekai is the hero to the little kids. She’s the town’s hero actually. If any kid gets hurt, she’s on the go. Some call her a ninja for what she can do. It’s all related to her past. She’d do anything to save such little kids.
There she sees it. A little boy with a tall man. The kid struggling to get out of his grasp. Though Sekai could tell there were more people.
“Let the kids go! This is our fight.” She shouts.
Right then, kids run to her from all different directions. Then five guys appear.
“Go! Run! Hide!” She whispered to them.
All the kids scattered to the direction of their school.
“Well?” She asked.
Usually the big guys always had something to say.
“We want to fight you.” They said unison.
“I’m not afraid. I’ve dealt with more before.” She said and it was true. She never was afraid and fought with more people before.
“Why don’t you give it all you got, girlie.” Said the tallest one.
They all hid their faces well with masks. They all wore the same thing.
Sekai was sure they weren’t classmates, just who are they?
“I don’t think I’ve dealt with anything like this.” She whispered to herself.
One of them started running towards her and did a right kick. Sekai ducked down and caught it and flipped him over. Sekai runs over to a pole hoping to make good use of it. Instead she sees the four other guys run after her. As soon as they were close enough Sekai jumped high enough hoping they would collide like they would in cartoons, but instead they looked up to see Sekai’s underwear. Sekai didn’t blush she knew this would happen. The three guys jumped up after her embarrassed. Now’s the time to act! Sekai quickly pulled out a wooden rod that extends into a larger rod with a push of a button. Of course she pushed the button and knocked them away. She rolls for a safe landing.
Something wasn’t right with one of the men. It was the one on the very right. It didn’t seem… human.
Sekai focused on that one. The best thing was it was coming for her. She punched it. Her hand stung and hurt. It wasn’t normal. It pushed her aside. Sekai rolled away. She got up and saw that it had come at her with a right punch. She caught both of its hands and she swung him into the wall. It wasn’t human, and heavier than human she flipped over. Another a few more guys charge at her. Sekai quickly moved she ran around in circles until they decided to trap her. The guys were right behind the robot. Sekai reached into her belt and threw her favorite knives at the robot, but pretended to aim at the guy in the middle. My four small knives hit the robot.
“Please, I’ve never seen someone use one of those.” Sekai said.
She jumped over the middle one and retrieved her knives. She runs toward them with full power. She kicks one down and punches the other one. Now there’s just one.
“I’ll go easy on a girl.”
“Just because I’m a girl doesn’t mean you can’t kill me. Go ahead. I’m not afraid of death. Give me your best shot.”
He comes after Sekai with full power. She dodges his punch and grabs his foot. Then she twirled him around in mid air and stamped him down on his back.
She pulls out a knife and rests it beside his neck.
‘Wait,” He pulls off his mask. You could hear Velcro coming apart, “Don’t kill me.”
“Chun?! Then I-“ Sekai paused.
She hurt the rest of them too. She didn’t want to face them face to face. She takes a run for it. She runs straight for school in the opposite direction so they would get the wrong idea. Sekai jumped on top of houses to get away. No matter what they caught up. Sekai went from jogging to full speed. This is the reason why they called her a ninja. She ran faster and faster. Sekai finally made it to school.
“I’m here!” She shouted.
“Finally. I thought I had to start without you.” Her teacher said.
“Hey, at least I wasn’t 2 hours late!” Sekai said.
“Alright, let’s begin with some warm ups.” She started.
About 30 minutes when the bell rang, Sekai quickly rushed to her next class. During that class she was called out and was ordered to go to the office immediately. She quickly scribbles on her journal and puts it in her bag. She quickly packs her bag and rushes down.
Sekai rushes down the stairs and enters through the office.
“Oh no.” She whispers.
Of course it was the band Blossom signing a piece of paper for the front desk lady. She hates Sekai. Well every person in the secretary hates Sekai, even though she saved their children before.
“Eh?” Subaru turns around, “Sekai? There you are.”
“How do you know my name?” She asked.
“You told it to us last night remember.”He said.
“No, because I don’t want to remember.” She answered.
He frowned, “Did we do something?”
“Yeah.” She said looking away.
“So look who it is.” Suna said.
“Will you shut up? I never did anything to you. What do you want from me? Money? I don’t have any!” Sekai shouted.
“No nothing like that.” Subaru said.
A library cart was rushing towards her.
“Just leave me alone!” She yelled and hopped on the library cart that was full of books.
She was just in time with all that was happening.
“Hey, this isn’t a ride.”
“Oh sorry.” Sekai apologized
“Its fine I’m just in a hurry and your weight is slowing me down.”
Sekai hopped off at a corner and ran to her classroom, but she heard talking. Sekai planned to go back to class and learn, but with what’s going on now, nothing was a good idea.
She thought of an escape plan. She would go to the girl’s locker room in the gym and climb out the window and the top of the wall. It was an emergency window. She would then run inside the office and get her homework. Then she would rush to work. She quickly rushed to the gym. It was a good thing no one was there.
Sekai managed to jump up to the window, and open it. She saw Subaru. He was looking to see if Sekai escaped. She quickly jumped down and pulled out of her belt a needle. This was a sleep needle. It wouldn’t cause blood. It worked like this; you would aim at your target (in this case Subaru) and throw at somewhere when they wouldn’t be able to instantly die. The needles are very dangerous. For instance the head and the heart are most critical. If you hit is anywhere near it could kill them. Once you it them with the needle, it depends where. If you hit them near their head, but not close enough to kill them then they would instantly fall asleep. If you hit their thigh it would take longer to reach their brain, but fast enough for them to about instantly fall asleep.  The longer they sleep the more they can be healed. In this case Subaru doesn’t need to be healed, but Sekai used it to keep him from getting to her.
Sekai jumped up the window again and licked her finger. She stuck it out to the wind. Just a little to the left and Sekai threw the needle.  It successfully hit Subaru’s ankle.
Subaru started to wobble.
“Ugh,” Sekai said. She knew she had to get over to him before he just collapsed and hurt himself.
Sekai finally got out. She rushed over to Subaru who managed to stand still.
He finally collapsed in her arms.
“Sekai, what did you do?” He asked.
“Just rest, and please don’t-” Sekai stopped.
He fell asleep.
Sekai gently set him on the ground. “Just rest.” She whispered.
She gets up and goes inside the building. She keeps an eye out to see if they are nearby and she listens carefully for any voices.
“Hey, you look that way and I’ll look this way.”
It was Ken. He was talking to someone. Sekai quickly went in the office.
“I’ll be leaving early, can I get my homework.” Sekai asked.
“Ugh, fine.” The lady sighed and showed her where the stacks of homework were.
Sekai quickly grabs some of her homework that was needed that she didn’t have yet. She quickly ran to the entrance and forgot that she had to get her other assignment. It was only during class that the teacher said that the assignment was only in class, and that you have to get it in her class.
Sekai ran up the stairs and stopped.
“Oh my god! You’re Suna! From the band blossom! Can you sign my arm?”
It sounded like Stacy.
Sekai silently ran back down the stairs, and went up a different case of stairs. Once again she stopped.
“Hey! You’re Chun! Can you sign my shirt?” It was a guy’s voice.
“I’m in a hurry now.” He answered.
“Come on, please? It’s a once in a life time to have someone sign something of mine.” He whined.
“Ok, do you have a pen?”
She runs down the stairs and runs up a different kind of stairs again.
She didn’t hear anything.
“Sekai.” Someone whispered in her ear. She froze the hair at the back of her neck stuck up, and her eyes widened.
He had his hands almost around her waist. Sekai wasn’t interested in love. She didn’t even know the meaning anymore that is…
“Will you stop running?” He asked
“A really fan would, but I’m not.” She replied.
“Are you sure? From your journal, you seemed to like us a lot.” He answered.
She ripped his hands away and ran up a few steps and stopped to answer him, “I’m doing this for someone.”
She ran up the stairs again and dashed her way to her class and picked up her homework. She dashed down the stairs and to the entrance. It was too quiet. No one was looking after her. NO ONE was near. It was strange. Sekai slowly and cautiously walked out the front door. The atmosphere was different. It was gave a scary feeling to Sekai. She walked out in the open and was ambushed.
    Someone kicked the back of her knees which made her fall, but the caught her arms from her back. She was treated like an object. She was about to scream in pain, but she didn’t want to show fear. She quickly analyzed the problem and without thinking she broke from his grip and rolled. Another person blindfolded her. It didn’t matter what was going on, as long as she got away from them. She was determined to stay away. So what’s going to happen next? Is she going to escape? Or are the boys going to do something to her?
    Someone rolled her over so she was on her back. She only saw the color of her blindfold. They then tied her hands together. She was still holding her bag. They also tied her feet together.
    “You do know this is illegal.” She said. “Kidnapping that is.”
“Maybe…” He said.
He. It was he all along. She didn’t know who, but it definitely was he who did this to her. He who made her mad. He who treated her like an object.
“What do you want from me?” She asked.
Nothing.
“Answer me.” She demanded.
No answer.
“You want nothing from me and you do this to me? A fan would be happy, but in my life- Never mind.” She said her voice cracking and her tears flow out.
“What the fuck?! Why are you crying?”
Suna.
“Don’t yell.”
It was Chun defending.
Stree
Sekai broke free from the ropes at both her hands and feet.
“How’d you-”
“Why can’t you leave me alone?”
She ripped the blindfolds off and took off running with her bag in her hand. It was Chun and Suna who were following her. This should be easy. Sekai started slowing down and starred at the ground. They were following.
Terrific.
She had the best idea that ever came to her head. She could just lure them into a huge crowd where people just love them. The High School. Easy.
She took a sharp turn. She thought along the way. Today she was working at the spa. Sekai’s older brother was in high school. They were having a festival tonight. So tons of people will be in the hall ways working. Perfect! Then when they get caught in the crowd, Sekai would make a run for it and get home to change into her spa uniform and head to work. Her aunt was the only one who liked her in the family. She defended Sekai no matter what. She was going to be alright. Sekai slowed down so they would follow more easily. They would probably think something was up. They were right.
Sekai rushed into the back of the school.
“AW!! Sekai! You’re turning into a beautiful girl!” All the girls yelled.
They knew her well since she visits the high school often.
“Sekai! You’re still so cute!! Promise me you won’t get taller than me when you’re in seventh grade.”
“I’ll try.” She answers.
“You’re nothing compared to your brother. Your brother maybe handsome, but you’re so much more cuter!”
“OH MY GOD!!!! IT’S CHUN AND SUNA FROM THE BAND BLOSSOM!!!!!”
Sekai plugs her ears.
All the girls start screaming.
Sekai makes a run for it, but she bumps into someone without looking.
“Sekai?”
She looks up, “Ge Ge?” (It’s Chinese for older brother.)
“What are you doing here?” He asked.
“I’m in a hurry; I’ll see you tonight though!” Sekai took off running. “Good luck at your play!”
“Be careful!” He shouts back.
Sekai dashed home. Along the way she kept hearing something.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
She turns around.
No one.
She walked forward cautiously.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
There is goes again.
She quickly ran home and when she laid down on her bed, something hurt her back.
She touched her back and pulled out a…
“A tracker?”
She had the perfect idea. Sekai dropped her school bag and headed out the door.
Her house was “crappy” it wasn’t good at all. There were spots of red and dents in walls. It was really small.
She forcefully threw the tracker on the concrete and stomped on it until it broke. Next thing you knew she was on her way to work.
 

3: The Play Begins

Sekai headed off to the Spa. Who knew, she was going to be this mad.
“What do they want from me?” She asked herself. How did they put that tracker on her back? It was when they ambushed her that they had her flipped over and lightly tapped her on the back.
She ran a couple of miles to the spa.
“Sekai? You’re not supposed to be here until school is out. Something bothering you?” Her aunt asked.
“Something, more like someone. What do they want from me?” She asked herself.
“I wish you were my daughter.” Her aunt said.
“I wish so too.”
Sekai’s aunt was super nice to her. She treated her like her own daughter.
“Hey! If there’s no business can I go to the festival they’re having at the high school?” Sekai asked excitedly.
“Of course.” Her aunt smiled.
Sekai went in the girls changing room and began to change into uniform. Her uniform was nothing but a white robe and her hair up in a Chinese bun with chopsticks in it.
“Come one people, my hands are ready and I’m bored. So hurry up and come in!” Sekai yelled.
“That’s sort of the spirit.”
Later on at the festival, the band Blossom was helping out with some preparations and were performing there too. They all had different things planned.
Suna was helping with the play, Chun was doing the sweet factory where they serve people with sweets, Subaru was supposed helping direct people to places they were going, and Ken was helping out with the games. They were planned in the evening to perform all together for a special surprise. They didn’t know that the high school had a secret weapon if things got out of control. Like if they needed another person to do the play, an extra for serving, an extra for games, and /or an extra for anything. They had it all planned out. Their secret weapon was waiting. Waiting for something to do.
“So, I go left, you take that position, and you’ll take that position. Ok?” Ken explained. They were outside at the basketball court.
“Well, you sure look tired. Why don’t you take a break?” Chun said walking by.
“I can’t. I have to get everything prepared.” Ken answered.
“What if little kids come by? Make it easy for them.” Chun said.
“Fine.”
“Why don’t you come with me to a far away palace to where we will be married and live happy?”
“Suna?” Ken said trying not to laugh.
“Yeah? What do you want?” Suna said getting mad. He was practicing while walking around the school.
“Oh yeah you’re doing the play. How are things going?” Chun asked.
“Well, it’s terrible. For once I want that little brat to come and kick my ass than do this!!” He shouted.
“Well anything else?” Ken asked beginning to laugh.
“The girls in the gym are fight over who gets to be the princess.”  He said ashamed.
“Oh, so you play the prince.” Says Ken.
“NO DUH! I WAS JUST READING A STUPID LINE ABOUT STUPID LOVE FROM THE SCRIPT THAT THE PRINCE WOULD SAY!!!” shouted Suna.
“Don’t be so angry. People will think you’re weird.” Ken said looking around.
“You idiot, that’s my personality.” Suna said forming a fist.
“Now, don’t hit people. It’s not nice.”
“Well I’m not a nice person.”
“He is so hot.”
It was a girl’s voice.
“Sekai?” Suna turned around.  It sounded so much like Sekai…
“No, I’m not Sekai. I’m Selena.”
“Selena?” Suna said in a questioning voice.
“That’s my name!” She smiled and walked off.
“She’s into you.” Ken said.
“Will you shut up?” Suna muttered. “I can’t wait for this festival to be over.”
Ken raised his hands in surrender.
“Fine whatever you say.” Ken said.
Suna walked off.
“Hey! Have you seen Suna?”  A girl said running by.
“Yeah, he went that way.” Chun said pointing to his left.
“Thanks.”
The girl ran after Suna who wasn’t far away.
“Suna!” She shouted.
Suna turned around.
“What?” He asked.
“I’m going to be the princess, so don’t hold back your love!” She explained.
He turned around and walked off.
Meanwhile at the Spa, Sekai was dying of boredom.
“Someone come in…” she complained.
“It takes time, Sekai. Relax. Go bathe in the hot tub.” He aunt said.
“Alright.” She was desperate for something to do. She wished she had brought her homework with her.
She sinks her body in the hot water and exhales.
“This feels nice.” She said smiling. “If only SHE could be with me now, and can enjoy this too.”
“We all wish she was back, but then again it’s nice to have you.” He aunt comforted.
“No, you just hate me like the rest. Just admit it.” Sekai said.
“I don’t care about your grandmother. She hated me. She hated how I was married to your uncle. I only care about you so far. Your uncle has been treating me like an object. I can’t do anything about it.” Her aunt said.
“It’s only us two that has suffered too much. Well, three, but SHE isn’t here now.” Sekai began to look down.
“Oh sweet heart, don’t say that.” Her aunt joined her in the tub.
“Do you think that this is such a good? You know to be in the tub when it’s only for costumers?”
“I’m just worried about our uniforms right now and how we can explain ourselves about this.”
Sekai began to laugh.
The phone rang. It was unusual for the phone to ring at this time.
“I’ll get it.” Sekai said getting up.
“Hello?” She answered.
“Sekai?”
“Ge Ge?”
“Yeah, we need some help, immediately.”
You could hear in the background girls screaming Sekai’s name and calling for help.
“I’m on my way.” Sekai said.
She quickly hung up and walked into the changing rooms.
“Sekai wait!” Her aunt said, “Give this to your uncle on your way back from the festival.”
“Got it.” Sekai said.
She held onto the envelope.
Sekai quickly changed and dried herself with a towel. She headed straight for the high school.
“Sekai!!!” shouted the girls.
“We need your help quickly, the youngest girl who was playing the part of Oruchi just quit on us!!” Shouted one girl.
“We also need your help with the service. Our east side is lacking us! We need you to guide those there!! Subaru quit on us!!!” Shouted another.
“Don’t forget the games! We need your help there to help the little kids. You know as a special!!” Shouted a guy.
“We need you for our sweet factory. We need a few more servers they quit on us!!!”
“Now Sekai! Work with us!!!!” they all shouted.
“Hey guys, I appreciate you coming to me for help, but I’m only one person, you have to let me work at my own pace.”
“WE can’t let that happen we need your help this minute!!!”
“Alright, alright, I’m working, give the things I need. Now.” Sekai said with a serious face.
She was handed with four uniforms and was instructed with things.
“Got it. Ok! Let’s do our best!” Sekai said.
Sekai changed into her guiding clothes and guided those in the east of the school, while she was, she was reading over the script. When there was no one around her, she went in the bathroom, changed into some gym clothes, and headed to the outdoors. She bumped into someone forcing her to fall down.
“Opps, I’m sorry. I’m in a rush.” Sekai said looking away from the persons face.
“If you are then why don’t you hurry and get up… Sekai.” He paused.
Sekai got up and looked at him.
“Ken? W-what the hell are you doing here?!” She punched him.
“Ow, I’m helping.” He answered.
“Don’t tell me the rest are here too.” She whined.
“Bingo. Well not all of them. Subaru wasn’t here. We told him to meet us here, but I guess he couldn’t make it???”
“And you’re on the games committee aren’t you?”  Sekai didn’t hear a single word about Subaru this entire time.
“Ding ding ding! We have a winner!”
Sekai felt like stabbing herself, though she never had the strength to.
“Ugh.” She said.
“So, are you our helper?”
Sekai slowly nodded regretting to ever come. She followed Ken to the basketball court.
“I didn’t know you were into sports.” He said.
“Not only am I into it, I’m good at it.” She answered.
“Let’s see if you can keep up.” He replied.
“Your pace is too slow, I can move faster than you.” She gloated.
Right then Sekai heard whispering. People whispering about her.
“Who is that girl? What’s she doing with Ken? Is she coaxing him to do something? Is she-”
“Quiet Yuri, just because you like him doesn’t mean she can’t like him too. She probably does. Plus, you’re being too loud.”
“Sorry, President Mari.”
“Now, let’s start plan A.”
Sekai sat there in a chair, just waiting for someone to call on her for help.
“Sekai!!”
“Hey! How are you doing you little twerp?” Sekai asked kneeling down and messing with his hair.
“I’m doing great. My mom wanted me to give you something for saving me. Those big kids were trying to take money away from me. Oh shot! I left it at home.” He cried.
“It’s ok; I don’t need anything, as long as you’re safe. I’ll be happy.” She replied.
“Can you win me, a teddy bear?” He asked.
You had to pass through the guards (the basketball team.) and shot a hoop five times for a teddy bear.
“Sure. This will be on me.” Sekai said pulling out a quarter and stamped it on the table.
“Listen up boys! I’m up. Now give it your best! I don’t want to win because you were going easy on me!” Sekai yelled.
“What will it be?” Ken asked.
“It’s a teddy bear. Now let’s move.” Sekai said.
They all headed for the court. Sekai dribbled the ball and moved swiftly around the boys. She moved quickly and watched how they would move, so the next time she could do something different and still succeed. The way to lose is if they steal the ball from you. Ken blocked every way to the basket.
“You think that will stop me?” She asked and quickly shot one hoop.
“Maybe I should give it all I got.” Ken said.
“Don’t be fooled by looks.” Sekai answered.
Sekai shot four more hoops which means she was able to give the little kid his new teddy bear.
“I have to say you’re good.” Ken said out of breath.
“You’re already sweating and out of breath. Look at me! I’m not sweating even a little bit, and I’m breathing just fine.” Sekai said then her watch beeped.
“I have to go.” Sekai said and dashed away to the sweet factory.
When she entered the sweet factory she was already changed into uniform and was trying to tie her apron on.
“I’m here!” She shouted in the kitchen.
“Sekai!” They shouted in relief. But one in particular said in a questioning tone.
“Sekai?”
“Chun?” Uh oh…
And right then Sekai just got done tying a knot. Chun grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the others.
“What are you doing here?” He asked.
“What are you doing here?” She repeated.
“Not funny.” He replied.
“I’m here for emergency backup. Now don’t tell me you’re here to help too?” She asked.
“I am here to help.”
“As if, it’s more like you’re here to have more popularity.”
“So, do know how to do this?” He asked changing the subject.
“I’ve been doing this for years. It’s just like the restaurant just different foods.”
“How long have you been doing this?”
“Since I was four.”
“Four? Is that even possible?”
“My brother video tapped everything every year, and I always get caught on footage every year. You want me to make you watch them?”
“Never mind.”
“Just leave me alone. Why are you following me?”
“I’m not following you. You’re following me!”
“As if I want to follow you.”
“I can sue you you know.”
“I don’t care. It’s not like I want to live anyway.”
He paused in shock.
“Don’t say that.” He said in a deep voice.
“And what if I meant it?”  She asked in a serious voice.
He just walked away.
Everything was pink brown and white, the walls, the tables, the couches, the door, the chairs, the kitchen, and the uniforms.
The uniforms were dresses for girls. Sekai hated dresses. She used to wear them, but she quit. The boys wore tuxes just without a jacket.
“Hi! I’ll be your waitress, now what can I get for you?” Sekai asked trying to be as happy as she could be.
“Can I have the…”
Later on Sekai covered most of the right side of the room which was about the size of a school room. She was competing against Chun to see who had more tables on their side. Everyone took a break, but them two. It was just them moving around and helping saying kind, warming words to those welcome to the sweet factory.
~Beep-beep~
“Oh I have to go.” Sekai said bussing a table.
“I’ll give those tips to you afterwards.” Chun said.
This made Sekai stop. “I thought you hated me?”
His eyes widened though Sekai had her back to him.
“I’ll be alright. All I did was want everyone to have fun and relax. I hope they did.” Sekai said though she didn’t smile. Sekai ran out the door and headed to the play. She was supposed to meet the character/ actors so she wouldn’t freak out on stage. She was supposed to change into the princess’s sister. It was written by the most popular girl writer in school. Somewhere near…
“I can’t believe the school’s saver was HER!!!! And we’re stalking her! President you have to do something about this! I mean she could kick both our asses!!”
“Quiet Yuri! You’ll get our cover blown!!”
“But-”
“Not a word. Now we need to sabotage this play. We can’t in the sweet factory or at the court because there weren’t many witnesses. We need more people to see her so they can make her look bad. She will lose her title (Saver Sekai) and will cry begging for forgiveness.”
“I can’t imagine that, President. Maybe you should start small.”
“Don’t you get it, Yuri. She’s the bad guy. She’s here to destroy things. She’s here to take over this festival.”
“What’s so important about this festival?”
“It’s to raise money for this school so we can still have this school. This school is too important.”
“As if you care.”
“Yuri. I don’t care about this school. I care about this festival because I don’t want some outsider to take our beloved Blossom away from us! They said in the magazine that they were going to stay in NYC for a couple of days and if nothing bad happens they might even stay here. SO in order for them to stay here, we need to break Sekai’s reputation, so she will stay away from them.”
“I’m still lost.”
“Forget what I said earlier. Sekai is the bad person. Blossom will stay if no bad thing happens. Sekai is the bad thing. She will make them leave. If they don’t leave I can have Suna and you can have Ken. BUT in order for them not to leave we have to make Sekai stay away from them. To do that WE have to sabotage the play and kidnap Sekai.”
“Oh, but isn’t that a bad idea? Because she is like a master at fighting and running away.”
“You’re right. It’s a good thing we are the secret weapon. We are stronger. Faster. Smarter. We already know Sekai’s secret don’t we?”
“I forgot.”
“Who cares about you.” She said shaking her head.
Backstage Sekai just got done changing into the costume. She steps out and…
“AWWW!!!!! Sekai!!!” Girls were screaming and hugging Sekai.
“Hey, I need my shoes.” She struggles to get out of their grip.
Sekai was wearing a pink Cinderella like dress. She had the white gloves and pink shoes on. Plus! A mask to hide her face.
“Are you sure I’m not supposed to wear the other clothes first?” Sekai asked.
“Oh yeah right. Here you go!” Kristen gives Sekai her other clothes. She’s Sekai’s older brother’s girlfriend.
Sekai rushes to change again. She comes out in her dirty cleaning clothes.
“Surprisingly it’s really comfortable and roomy.” Sekai said.
“Good!” says Kristen.
“Now, we will begin the play ‘Just all I need.’” The announcer said.
“I’m not done meeting the other characters though!” Sekai panicked.
“Just relax and don’t scream names!” Kristen said happily.
“How is that possible?”
“Oh look you’re up. I guess you’ll just have to meet both princes like the princess does.”
Kristen gave her a push and Sekai started to run off to the stage on her own. She grabbed the broom and headed off to sweep the floors. Sekai slowly sweep the floors, the curtain slowly opens, and the lights come on her. Sekai was supposed to sweep for about 15 seconds her back facing them.
“Oh my god! I’m getting married!!!” Was shouted from behind the stage.
“Relax.” Sekai whispered to herself She turns around and shouts, “When will I be married?! Even though I’m still little I can still be married at a young age right?”  She shouts so the audience can hear.
“Oruchi!! I thought I told you to pick clothes for your younger cousin.”
“Coming!” She shouts back.
This is where the play begins. With Sekai’s love for whom? She plays the beautiful Oruchi who hasn’t found love for 8 years. Still young, she tries to do all she can to meet her beloved man. Who?
 

4: Kidnapped; Sisters

The play began. Sekai started to run off stage. The curtains close and Sekai ran back on stage to her spot. The background was a bed room.

            “I haven’t even rehearsed this thing!” She whispered to herself.

            “Relax. We will cover things if you mess up. Did you memorize your lines?” Alice asked. She was Sekai’s older brother’s ex-girlfriend.

            “Yeah!” Sekai exclaimed. Alice still loved Sekai.

            “Sh, it’s starting!”

            “Though we are in America, this is a Japanese play, so please enjoy!” The announcer said.

            The girls were face to face just about ready to perform.

            “I thought I said blue!!” Alice shouted. She played Oruchi’s older cousin.

            “It is blue.” Sekai whimpered.

            “Why didn’t you bring a blue dress, Oruchi?!” Her ‘mother’ yelled.

            Her fake mother slapped Sekai with real force on accident. You could hear the smacking sound echo through the theater. Trying to keep her act, her mother tried keeping a serious face while Sekai fell to the floor in real pain. Not fake.

            “If she said blue, you give her blue! Am I clear?”

            “Y-yes mother.” Sekai whimpered.

            “As the girls were fighting and Oruchi suffer. They were losing time and they had to find the right dress, but is Oruchi willing to do all this? Does she want to keep suffering?” asked the announcer. He was the narrator.

The crowed was whispering about the hit Sekai took.

“I heard screaming and yelling. Does that mean the dress is done? Have you picked one out?” asked Oruchi’s aunt. (Remember Oruchi is the character Sekai is playing.)

“No, this little nitwit brought a green dress.” Her mother said.

“But it’s blue! You must be color blind if you can’t see that it is blue!” Sekai shouted back her body sitting and her back facing the crowd.

“Enough. Let’s just find a white dress for our bride to wear.” Her aunt said.

“Fine!” Oruchi’s mother and cousin stomped their way out.

“You better get ready too.” Her aunt said.

Sekai nodded.

Her aunt left.

“This pain, I’ve experienced it all my life. Someone must help me run away. It should be someone brave and kindhearted to marry me and run away with me. That’s who I want to marry. I want to run away, forever. I hope this will come true.” Oruchi wishes.

“Will it?” The narrator asks. The curtain closes.

The group of girls rushes over.

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to hit you.”  ‘Mother’ said.

“It’s alright. It’s just acting, right?” Sekai says looking at them with a smile.

“Oh my god I left a hand print! It’s a good thing you’re not in this scene.” She picks Sekai up and carries her to the makeup room.

“Set her right on that chair, I heard what happened.”

“Thanks Kristen.”

“Kristen? What are you doing at the makeup room?” Sekai asked.

“I’m in charge of this too.” She answers.

“Oh, so what am I suppose to do with this hand print?” Sekai asked.

“Well, we’ll try to fix it up so it’s gone, or we can use it for the play.”

“Let’s use it for the play. I know it’ll be fun that way. Oruchi yelling at her mom, fighting back, so what do you think?”

“I think… we can use it. We just have to signal the mother first to inform her.”

“I need to change.”

Sekai hurries on to the changing rooms and comes out in a clean, sparkly, knee-length, dress.

“Where is Oruchi? Oruchi!!!-” Mother stops a quick second. She realizes something’s going to change.

“I’m here! I’m here.” Oruchi yells coming to the stage.

“There you are… I was expecting something other than green.”

“Oh so you’re color blind and have anger issues?!  Look at the hand print you left on my face.” Oruchi yelled.

“Sh! I don’t want the prince to know! He’s coming over here very soon now quiet you little brat before I give you another one!”

“Another what?” The prince asked.

Sekai looks over.

“S-… She was going to-” Sekai began.

“I was going to give her another dress!” Her mother interrupted covering Sekai’s mouth.

“Not from what I heard earlier, and the proof is her face.” The prince (Suna) came over to Oruchi and gently took off mother’s hand.

“You poor thing, aren’t you a princess?” The prince asks.

“No! She’s not a princess don’t trust her. She has no idea what she’s saying!” mother shouted.

“Why can’t I? I am more powerful than you. Oh yeah that’s right. I’m here to see my bride.” The prince looks over to Oruchi. “You must be it.”

“Me?” Oruchi said trying not to sound angry.

“The picture they sent me looks like you.” He said.

“I’m actually the one you said you’re marrying. Besides she’s too young to be married to someone the same age as me.” Her cousin said.

“Not really, we’re only 3 years apart.” He said.

Sekai jumped a little. Did he know how old she was or is it just a random number?

“Now then, I guess I’ll call the marriage off then.” The prince said.

“What why?” mother yelled.

“Because I was tricked and I never agreed to marry someone hideous.”  The prince walked off.

After many, many scenes, they came to the part where Oruchi was introduced to dance with masked man at a masked ball. Sekai wore the pink Cinderella like dress.

“I sure if I sit down I’ll be ok. Hopefully no one will ask me to dance with them.” Oruchi sighed and sat down, “I don’t even know how to dance.”

After a few seconds of staring, a kid about the same age as Sekai came over to her.

“May I have this dance?” He asked bowing.

“You’re so kind, but I can’t dance. I’m truly sorry.” Sekai answers.

“Let me teach you.”  Oruchi (Sekai) took his hand and was taken to the center.

“Just follow me.” He advises.

            “Follow you?” Oruchi asks.

            The gentleman nodded.

            “Who are you?” Sekai asks whispering.

            “I’m Tadashi, your classmate.”

            Sekai’s eyes widen. Sekai liked Tadashi, he was intelligent and athletic. She didn’t know what kind of like it was for him though. He spun Sekai.

            “Did you volunteer this year?” Sekai asked. He was usually forced.

            “Yeah, I did because I get to see you.” He replied.

            Sekai looked away.

            “Oh dear princess you dance marvelously! How is it that you can’t dance?”

            “Oh well, maybe I’m a fast learner at things like this.”

            “Maybe?”

            When the song ended they both bow to each other.

            “Why don’t I show you a place?” He asks.

            “Where?”

            “Somewhere special to me.”

            I was led off the stage.

            “I didn’t imagine.” Sekai started.

            “That I’d.” He continued her sentence.

            “Kiss you.” They both finished.

            “Isn’t it that the princess makes the first move?” Sekai asks.

            “Yeah.”

            “Then I’ll just lean it as if I did.”

            They were both relieved.

            “Oh no. It’s time to get out there.” Sekai said.

            “I’m ready if you’re ready.”

            “My brother’s going to freak.”

            He smiled.

            “Hey Sekai.” A voice whispered.

            “Hm?” Sekai answers.

            “Go easy on us ok. We can’t have you escape remember?”

            “Oh right. I’ll try to look like I’m struggling, but I don’t know if I can.”

            “Please go easy on us.”

            “I’ll try.”

            “We’ll all try our best for this play.” Tadashi says

            “Right.” Sekai agrees.

            They both rush over to the other end of the stage and pretend to walk across.

            “Ok, close your eyes.” The prince says.

            Sekai obeys.

            “Now just follow my voice.”

            “Stop.” He says, “Now open your eyes.”

            “I’m scared. I wonder if you led me to jail.”

            The crowd laughs a little.

            “No I wouldn’t do that.” He chuckles as supposed to.

            “So I just open my eyes?”

            “Yeah.”

            Sekai slowly opened her eyes and she ‘smiled’ in amazement.

            “Is this the royal garden?” Oruchi asks.

            “Yes, I told you it was very special to me.”

            “You know I’ve never seen one before.”

            “I can tell by how happy you are.”

            “My mother says that it is dangerous outside so I’m never aloud out.”

            “Your mother?”

            “Yes, she never lets me out of the castle, she makes me clean and do the dirty work.”

            “Why don’t we take off our masks so we know each other?”

            “Hm… I’m scared that if you know the real me that you won’t like me.”

            “I like you already. That’s a confession.”

            “A confession? Already?”

            “Is this your first?”

            “Yes, like I said mother won’t let me out of the castle.”

            We sit down on the bench.

            “Why don’t we take off our masks?” He suggests.

            “Oh, I’m nervous.”

            “Let me take yours off for you, and you can take mine off at the same time.”

            “Okay.”

            They gently grab the mask and lift it off at the same time.

            “Prince Yuki?”

            “Princess Oruchi?”

            “The destined couple meets for the first time.” The announcer (Narrator) said.

            “I love you.” They say unison.

            The crowd softly says, “Aw.”

            “Ready?” Sekai whispers.

            “When you are.” Tadashi says.

            Sekai leaned in closer to Tadashi’s face and whispers, “I’m beginning to hate this scene.”

            “I think they chose us on purpose.” He whispers in return.

            They part from each other.

            He picks Oruchi up and twirls her around, and when he puts her down,

            “Oruchi! How dare you meet this boy!” Mother yelled.

            “But I-“

            “No! I don’t want to hear a word from you. Guards!”Mother yelled.

            “Wait! I can explain!”

            The guards came in and took Oruchi away. Oruchi struggled, but soon gave up.

            The curtain closes.

            “Whoever did this to me is going to regret it!” Sekai says quiet loudly.

            “Sh! You don’t want the audience to hear.”

            “They probably can’t.” Sekai says.

            “Besides it was your brother who wrote the script.”

            “Ge Ge?!” Sekai whispers this time in shock.

            (Ok, as author I skip this part, there’s just too much unneeded information here… Now let’s get to the exciting part!!!)

            “After a few minutes in jail, the prince frees Oruchi. He has fallen deeply in love and can’t wait long enough for her to get out. Soon, after a few days in the Prince’s castle, he declares to marry Princess Oruchi.” The narrator said.

            “Oh so the princess I met a few days ago, is getting married to my cousin? This is surprising.” The prince said sitting in one of the chairs.

            (Skip skip skip)

            The song begins, the princess comes out of the double doors, and everyone waits.

            (Skip…and Stop!!)

            “I do.” Oruchi says.

            “You may now kiss the bride.”

            “Oh no.” Oruchi whispers.

            “Slowly.” Tadashi whispers.

            They both lean and quickly part and Oruchi wrapped her arms around him.

            “My beautiful bride is now mine!” Tadashi says happy.

            He lifts Oruchi up and flower petals poured down.

            Everyone claps.

            “I feel ridiculous.” Sekai smiles for the crowd.

            “Just deal with it.” Suna said next to her.

            “How long am I going to do this?” Tadashi said still smiling for the crowd.

            “When’s the curtain going to close?” Sekai asked.

            “How the hell should I know?” Suna said.

            “For a star you surely do say a lot of bad words.” Tadashi says.

            “You get used to it.” Sekai says.

            “What do you mean?” Tadashi asks.

            “Nothing.” Sekai says.

            “My arms are getting tired.” Tadashi says.

            “Am I getting heavy?” Sekai asked slightly worried.

            “N-No. No, not like that.”

            The lights flickered on and off and something swooped down and took Sekai away.

            Sekai started screaming.

            “Please give it up for Sekai Lin, the bravest 12 year old known yet!” The announcer said.

            “Now is not the time for that!” Sekai yelled.

            “Why don’t you shut up you little bitch?”

            The person stamped a piece of tape on Sekai’s mouth. She kept her hands together and tight so they wouldn’t touch the tape.

            The window broke and light came to Sekai’s eyes the kidnapper tied her hands together.

            She kicked and struggled to get away, but all she did was get in even more trouble.

            Sekai was thrown up in the air and landed hard in a sack. This person felt like had super powers! While Sekai was thrown in the air everyone saw her. Sekai, the girl who’s getting kidnapped and has a white dress on, not to mention white shoes too, was getting taken away.

            “Mmhhh!!! Heeppp!!! Lee meeee ouuuu!!!”

            “Yeah, yeah. Who cares about you I have my own reasons why I’m doing this.”

            It was a girl. A teenager.

            “whaaaa fooo meee?”

            “What’s in it for you?”

            “ooooo!!! Whaaa ouuuu waaa fooo meee?”

            “Nothing. I need you to stay away from certain people.”

            “Peeoooo????”

            “People! Gosh get your words right… oh wait I taped your mouth shut never mind.”

            Sekai started screaming.

            “Will you calm down?”

            “Whiiii????”

            “Because it’s not like I was going to kill you!”

            Sekai was thrown into something and two some things were slammed shut.

            A car.

            It drove off.

            There is more than one person in this car besides Sekai just who? This is scary.

            Sekai starts wondering how she’s going to explain everything. Especially to her parents. They are probably going to be ‘worried sick.’

            “I guess you shut up after that.”

            “kiiiiilllll eeee!!!” Sekai shouted.

            “What was that?”

            “She said kill me.” Said another person.

            “Oh, we can’t do that now.”

            “Buuu uuuu kiiinappp eeeee!!!!!”

            “Well, we will explain more latter on. I just hope master isn’t going to be too harsh on her.”

            “Besides I bet Sekai can just kick her ass anyway.”

            “You do realize that master will be very upset with you?”

            “I’m her older brother I’m going to beat the shit out of her as soon as her plan fails which we know it will.”

            Sekai thinks things over, but ends up thinking of other things.

            “You know we’re not going to kill you right?”

            “Hm?”

            “Hey! I was talking to you!”

            “ooo, soowiii.”

            “Like I said, you know we’re not going to kill you right?”

            “nooo.”

            “but you want to be killed?”

            “kinda…”

            “Oh now you’re making some sense.”

            “Whaa thaa meeeannn?”

            “What?”

            “What does that mean, right?” The guy asks.

            “uh huh.”

            “oh.”

            EEEEEECCCKKKK

            Sekai fell off the seat she was laying on and fell to the floor.

            “Owww…”

            “Are you ok?”

            “Noo.”

            “Ugh let’s get her out of there.”

            “Hoooo uuuu nooo myyyy name?”

            “We’re just high school students, you saved our little brother, and won him a teddy bear today.”

            “Derrick?”

            “Yeah.”

            “uuu Emma nnnddd Channss?”

            “Yup.”

            “Maser is… Staciii????”

            “oh no.” Emma said.

            “Too much info.”

            “Pretend you don’t know who we are.” Chance said.

            The sack moved.

            They take Sekai inside and open the bag.

            Sekai breathes hard.

            “Were you holding your breath?”

            “Nooo. Eiii nooo aiii.”

            “No air? Oh well…”

            “Sit her up right!” Chance yelled.

            “Oh right.”

            “Then put a blindfold on and take the tape off of her mouth.” Chance instructed.

            “Alright I’m going. You know I am human! I’m not Super man!!”

            “Whatever.”

            “Don’t whatever me!”

            “I just did, what are you going to do about it?”

            “Grrr!!”

            “You’re starting to look like a bear the more you do that.”

            “taaa taaap offff!!!!” Sekai shouted.

            “Oh right.”

            “OW!!” Sekai yelled.

            “Opps. My bad.”

            “That hurt.” Sekai said putting her hand over her mouth. She couldn’t see a thing though she could hear things very clearly.

            “Give her a chair you idiot.”

            Emma gave Sekai a chair to sit on. Her handcuffs came off, but her hands and feet were tied to the arms and legs of the chair.

            Someone was coming.

            “So Sekai, what business do you have with Blossom?”

            “Nothing, they keep bothering me.” Sekai answers.

            “Liar!”

            She slaps Sekai across the face.

            “We will be in our rooms.” Emma says.

            “What do you want from me?”

            “It’s not what I want; it’s what I want you to do.”

            “That is?”

            “Don’t get in the way, you idiot!”

            Once again Sekai was slapped.

            “Of what?” Sekai asks.

            “My love for Suna! They said that if nothing bad happens to them, then they will stay here in NYC.”

            “They were probably lying.”

            “No they WEREN’T!!”

            And you know… Sekai gets slapped.

            “What if they were so you would feel better?!” Sekai shouted.

            There was a long pause.

            “Think of others first then yourself. Don’t be selfish. Don’t you think all the other girls out there are worried that someone is going to take one of them first? Yeah! I know because every concert someone wants something from the singer. Try to think of others first. DO you think one of the four is looking from someone to date someone right now?”

            “Shut up! You don’t know love anymore! After your sister died! You don’t know love anymore!”

            Sekai was slapped hard enough that the chair fell over to the right.

            Tears rolled down Sekai’s eyes.

            “I knew that would crack you. You’re nothing, but a worthless person. Your sister must’ve hated you.”

            Sekai unleashed her powerful mode. She was angry and upset. She ripped through the ropes on hands and legs, quickly got up, pulled the collar of Stacy’s shirt, her head down, and tears dripping to the wooden floor boards.

            “Heh, so are you going to do as I say?” Stacy asked anxious to hear the answer.

            “Or else?” Sekai asked her voice cracking.

            “Or else I will tell everyone in the city and make fun of you like they did for two years.”

            “What if the band blossom doesn’t like you, because of what you’re doing now?”

            Stacy grips Sekai’s neck.

            “Uh!”

            “They have to like me! They will be begging on their knees for my love.”

            “And what if we don’t?” asks a familiar voice.

            “Suna?!” Stacy says in shock throwing Sekai’s aside to the ground.

             Sekai started coughing so hard her stomach started to hurt.

            The stepping of Stacy’s feet started to get away from her.

            “Suna? How’d you find out?” Stacy asks.

            “We planted a tracker on Sekai’s back just in case things like this happen.” Suna answers

            “So, about what I said.”

            “YOU should apologize. Be ashamed. You idiot. Like I would date a fan.”

            “Did you hear everything?”

            “Only the part that Sekai asks is she didn’t do as you said.”

            “Oh, I’m sorry.”

            “You shouldn’t be apologizing to me.”

            Footsteps came closer to Sekai though she wasn’t able to pay attention because she was too busy crying and coughing.

            “Suna, we need to take her to our apartment. She’s in a bad condition.” Chun says.

            “Let me see.” Suna walks over.

            “It’s a good thing I left Ken to find Subaru.”

            “Why?”

            “Because he would be freaking out right now. Look, she ripped the ropes that tied her to the chair, her neck has spots of purple, and she looks dead. We need to take her to a hospital, but from here it’s going to take a while.”

            “I think we can handle this. Sekai’s strong enough to keep living now.”

            “I think it’s better if we take her to our apartment.”

            “Ok, ok.”

            “Let’s hurry.”

            Suna tries to scoop Sekai up, but she squirms away.

            “Sekai! Listen to me it’s me Suna.”

            Sekai slowly gets up on her feet.

            “You’re in no condition to move too much, now let’s go.” Chun said.

            He tugged her arm, but she forcefully pulled it back.

            “No,” Sekai said her voice cracking. “Just what the hell do you want with me?! Just leave me alone! Why can’t you just see that I’m just a fan of music?! Don’t you see? A normal girl hanging around you just causes problems for her! I could’ve died! Do you want me to die?! Is that it? You know what? Here’s a big show for you!” Sekai punches the window to break it.

            “Why me? What do you want from me? Will you leave me alone?” and Sekai just jumped. She closed her eyes, and saw her sister once again.

            “I’m coming; I’m coming to see you soon. I’ll meet you there soon.”

5: Dreams Can Be Tricks

 

Sekai waited. She waited for death to come. She didn’t mind how bad it hurt as long as she was with her sister. She landed into something.

“Whoa, you’re surprisingly light.” Ken said.

She didn’t bother to look up tears just drip onto Ken’s shirt.

“Hey?! Why are you crying?”

Suna appears along with Chun,

“A suicidal attempt, you’re not afraid are you?” Suna asked.

“Why would I be?” Sekai croaks jumping out of Ken’s hands.

“Just leave me alone, will you?” Sekai asks wiping her tears

“What if we say no?” Ken asks.

“Then I’ll keep attempting to die.”

“What if we keep stopping you, but won’t leave you alone?” Chun asks

“What do you want from me?!” Sekai shouts as more tears slide down her cheeks.

She starts to cough again.

“Don’t overdo things, look at yourself. We need to take you to our house.” Chun said.

“Not to mention, she needs to wake Subaru up.” Ken adds.

“What’d you do to him?” Suna asks in a deep voice.

“None-” Sekai starts coughing again.

“Hurry and make some room in the car. Hurry!” Chun instructed.

Ken moves Subaru to the very back of the car and lets Sekai sit in the shotgun. (The seat next to the driver.) Chun was driving and wouldn’t’ stop to look over at Sekai.

“What?!” She asks and starts coughing again.

“Don’t talk. What happened?”

“You tell me not to talk, but you ask me a question?!” Sekai shouts, but coughs again.

“Tell me when we get there.”

Sekai obediently nods, but starts coughing really hard. It makes Chun worry a little so he speeds up a little. Soon they make it in no time. Sekai opens the door and slowly comes out, but before she does her coughing makes her stop. She puts her head down and coughs like crazy!

“Sekai are you ok?” Chun asks.

She slightly shakes her head, but they can still tell.

“Hurry and come here.” Chun said. His hands stuck out hoping Sekai could trust him.

She let her body get carried by him. She held onto his uniform. They really did looks like bride and groom. Sekai was wearing a white dress from the play, and Chun was still in his sweet factory uniform still. Sekai started holding her breath so she wouldn’t cough on him. It was hard to resist.

“Lighten up on the grip.” Chun said. Sekai relaxed her hands a little.

Sekai looked up.

“You’re staying here?” Sekai asked letting her breath out, but resisting coughing still.

“Yeah. It’s a nice place.” Chun said.

Sekai started to grip onto his uniform again.

“Hey, gripping again.” He said.

This time Sekai didn’t stop.

“I need to get out of here.” Sekai said.

She hopped off Chun and started taking off and stopped.

“Can you give this to the person behind the desk? Say it was a request from someone. Oh and pretend you don’t even know me.” Sekai said turning around and handing over an envelope.

“What a love letter?”

“Hell no.” Sekai said, but started coughing again.

“Suna,” Chun said, “If Sekai tries to run away you guide her up to our room. I’ll leave my window open.”

“Whatever.”

“You don’t want to go in right?” Chun asked.

Sekai shook her head slowly.

“You have to tell us about that. Promise?”

“I don’t think I believe in promises anymore. I don’t think I can trust you with my past.”

“It’s not like that.”

“Then what is it?”

“We care for you ok?” he shouted

Sekai was silent.

“You shouldn’t care for someone who doesn’t care about anything anymore.” She answers. More tears shed. She didn’t look at him in the eye. She didn’t look at anyone.

“Just take her.” Chun said.

Suna hesitantly put his hand on Sekai’s shoulder.

Ken held onto Subaru and walked inside along with Ken.

“You don’t trust us still?” Suna asks.

“What if I say I do trust you?” Sekai asks coughing in between words.

“Then I wouldn’t hit you.”

“And if I don’t trust you?”

“I would shout at you about what we did for you and that you still didn’t trust us.”

“Well, what do you think my answer is?”

“You don’t trust us. Now hurry and come here.”

He carried Sekai and took her to the back of the hotel.

“No don’t go in there.” Sekai said.

“Why not?”

“He’ll come out and possibly throw away the envelope.” Sekai said.

“How’d you know?”

“Just a guess.” She lied.

He waited for some movement. Sekai was right, that guy came out and just threw it away in the trash bin.

“How’d you know that?” He asks.

“Just a guess.” She repeated.

He opened the door and took her up the stairs, fast yet quietly. Sekai started coughing, but stopped again.

“You’re so loud.” Sekai whispered.

“What do you mean?” He asks.

“Your feet. If you were supposed to be a spy, it has to be quieter than that.” Sekai complained.

“Shut up.” He whispered.

When they reached their apartment the door was open.

“What took you so long?” Chun asks.

“The guy from the front desk was outside, he didn’t see us though.”

“First fix Subaru. We know you did it.” Ken said.

“Can I have some, *cough cough* water?” Sekai asks.

Chun brings a cup of water and hands it over to Sekai.

Sekai didn’t say a thing. She just took it and gulped down the water. She stopped coughing.

“Fix Subaru, now.” Ken says pointing at the sofa.

Sekai obediently walks over and looks at him.

“Do you guys know how to fix him?” Sekai asks.

“You mean you don’t know?” Suna shouted.

“I do, I’m just wondering if you know.”

“NO we don’t, because we don’t know WHAT YOU DID TO HIM!!!” Suna shouted again.

Sekai look at Subaru and back at them. Her hands are at his knees and her other at his shoulders wondering what to do.

“Well give me some privacy!!!!” Sekai shouted dropping her hands.

“What are you going to do?” Chun asks.

Sekai just ignores him.

“I really don’t want to do this.” Sekai says.

She just had to take the needle out, but she wanted to trick them into thinking the only way was to do something else. Sekai couldn’t think of anything. The only thing that popped up was to pretend to kiss him and take the needle out. She thought it was going to work until she realized that the needle was at his ankle and that she would have to stretch her hand all the way there. They would soon realize that her hand was there.

“Can I punch something first, I don’t like the feeling of doing this.” Sekai asks.

“Just do it.” Suna said.

Sekai slowly leaned in to his face her hair blocking their view of if she was really going to kiss him. Her left hand stretched over to his ankle and found the needle. She leaned in close to his face really fast and took the needle out of his ankle.

“He should wake up soon, so if that’s everything I’ll just be leaving.” Sekai said hesitant of what they were going to say. She quickly got up and walked to the door. Sekai was clutching onto the needle in her left hand.

“Not so fast. You still have to explain to us about everything.” Chun says.

“What if I don’t want to?!” Sekai shouts.

“Why won’t you tell us?” Chun asks.

“Because it’s none of your business! It’s my problem not yours!” Sekai shouts.

Chun was the only calm one in this fight.

“It is kind of our business.” He says.

“How?” Sekai asks.

“We saved you from dying and you won’t tell us a simple thing about why you wouldn’t go in through the front door?”

“Then I would have to explain why and why about other stuff and it would lead to telling you about my entire past.”

“Well you’re just good at keeping secrets. You do know that secrets don’t make friends.”

“That’s because I didn’t and I don’t want any.”

“You’re just plain stubborn. Maybe we should’ve let you fall.”

Usually they would’ve been shocked, but to Sekai it was nothing.

“I wanted that. Maybe you should’ve.”

“Stubborn.”

“Idiot.”

“Oh, I’m the idiot?!”

“You sure are!”

“Why don’t you go to hell?”

“Me? I’m not the one saying bad words here.”

“You say them too you know. No one wants such a stubborn person here.”

“Just shut up! What do you want from me?! I keep asking you, but you never answer!! Just tell me?! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! I don’t have any money?! If you want me to die, then don’t get in my way. If you want me to leave, I gladly would! JUST WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?! If you want me to leave that badly then fine I will!!”

Sekai starts to head out the door.

“STOP!”

“What now? Can’t you leave a girl alone?”

“Are you sure you’re a girl?” Suna asks.

Sekai’s grip tightens.

“Last thing I want to hear is to be made fun of by my gender.”

Sekai starts to walk off again. She swung open the door and stomped her way out. As she stomped down the hallway she started to rip her white dress. She started at knee length, but it soon moved to mid-thigh length and curved down back to knee length. She thought it looked really cool. She was wondering if she could keep them. Sekai was sadly wearing white strapped flats. As she ripped the dress off, a terrible thing happened. The needle touched her thigh. Right at the turn she held onto the corner of the walls. She had to fight it. She had to overcome it. She reached down to her thigh and tried to take it out, but it didn’t work. She tried and tried. She was too weak. She had to let the needle’s sting go through her.  She soon fell asleep.

“Hm? What happened?” Subaru asks waking up.

“Something.” Ken answers.

“What’s something? How did I end up here? What are you guys wearing?” Subaru asks.

“Ken, go explain everything to Subaru.” Chun said.

Ken and Subaru walk to their rooms and talk.

“What do we do?” Suna asks.

“Why are you asking me?” Chun asks

“You’re the one that got us in this mess.”

“Yeah, it’s all because she’s so stubborn.”

“You can’t always force a girl to do things you want her to do.”

“Since when did you know that? You always force people to do things you want them to do.”

“You’re the one that told me that back at the office when Sekai left.”

“Even if we go after her, she would probably be home by now.”

“So? We could always try!”

“Why are you defending her?”

“I’m not defending her she’s just making me so curious about her past.”

“So? It’s not like you’ll get something out of her. She’s hard to get. She wouldn’t listen to us.”

“We could-”

“What? Give up already. We lost to her. She’s a bitch and you know it. She wouldn’t even care if we called her that. You even said that too when we were at the restaurant.”

“What’s wrong with you? You’re the one always saying to never give up when we were down. Now I’m just saying the exact same things you told me. Do you ever listen to your own advice?”

“Why should we even try? I mean, we’ve done this many times already.”

“We should because she could be hurt.”

“Why do you care about her? You saw what she did. She kissed Subaru. She likes him… possibly.”

“Did you not hear me? I said she could be hurt! Now let’s go find her.”

“Go do it on your own. I bet you won’t even find her.”

“Fine I will.” Suna walks off and right when he sticks his head out the door he saw her.

“Hey Chun! You’re wrong!! I found her!!” Suna shouts back.

“WHAT?! WHERE?!” Chun shouts.

“Look who cares now.” He said.

“Ok, I was just mad ok? I couldn’t control my words. She was just so frustrating. When you said you found her my mind clicked and thought why did I do that? Ok? Just shut up and don’t tell her I said those things.” Chun said.

He carried her back to the apartment and gently laid her on the couch.

“What now?” Suna asks.

“Hey guys, what are you…doing?” Subaru asks walking into the area.

“We found Sekai just around the corner.” Suna said.

“Well, if you found her why isn’t she talking?” Ken asks over hearing the conversation.

“Well she’s asleep.” Chun said.

“Really? So this is like the problem we had with Subaru.” Ken said.

“Well the only way was to kiss. Someone has to kiss her.” Subaru said.

“I’M NOT GONNA KISS HER!!” They all shouted.

“Well if none of us are going to kiss her, than who will?” Subaru said.

“Well, maybe instead of kissing Subaru she sucked the poison out and it suddenly knocked her out.” Suna thought in a cool way.

“Or, have you ever noticed that her hand was all the way to her ankle when she ‘kissed’ Subaru.” Ken said.

“Go on.” Chun said.

“Well, maybe she hit him with something and fake kissed Subaru like she did at the play.” Ken explained.

“Now that you say that it kind of reminds me of this thing we learned a long time ago back at the temple.” Chun said.

“What was it?” Suna asks.

“It was the sleep sting. She must’ve hit it somewhere on her on accident when leaving.” Chun realizes.

“Well, when you think of it, she tore her dress.” Subaru said

“Right.”

“Since when did you get so smart, Ken?” Suna asked.

Ken smiled, “I’m always this smart.”

“You got straight F’s before.” Subaru mentioned.

“That was in 1st grade okay! And I thought you guys would forget about that already.”

Chun positions his thumb and index finger in a little arch shape and begins to scroll up both of Sekai’s arms.

“What are you doing?” Suna asks.

“Trying to find the needle. It has to be on her somewhere.” Chun answers. His fingers were touching Sekai’s skin. He was so close to her that he thought that Sekai would suddenly wake up and start hitting him.

 “Her skin is so soft.” Chun said.

“What the hell?” Suna said.

“I mean it. It’s so soft.” He said.

He was always rechecking to see if he missed a spot on Sekai’s arm.

“Well it’s not on her arm.” Chun said.

“Then it’s on her leg.” Subaru said.

“Hurry and find it. I want to know her past now.” Suna said impatient.

“I’m getting there.” Chun said.

Chun started up Sekai’s ankles.

“That dress is making me nervous.” Chun said

“Get over it.” Suna said.

“It’s not Sekai. She wouldn’t wear such a dress. She probably didn’t mean to rip it like that. It’s not her personality.” Subaru said.

Ken just sat there like he was invisible.

When Chun reached her knees he stopped.

“Can I stop now? This makes me feel like I’m raping her. I don’t like this.” Chun says in disgust.

“We have to find the needle.” Says Suna

“But I don’t want to go any further.” Chun complained.

“Get over it, it’s not like it touched THAT area.” Suna replies.

“I’ll go just a little bit.” Chun says.

He goes up slow and careful. He hits something.

Sekai’s face goes from pain and eases back to normal.

“I found it.” Chun says relieved.

“Take it out then.” Suna shouts.

“You’re going to wake her.” Subaru said.

“How can I wake her up if she fell asleep with a sleep sting?!” Suna shouts.

“I’m just saying. If she didn’t have the sleep sting, then she would’ve woken up and knocked you dead.” Subaru replied.

Chun took the needle out and waited beside her.

“She should wake up soon.” Ken said.

Not a moment too soon, Sekai sat up her palm on her forehead.

“What happened? Am I still dreaming?” She asks herself. She takes a look around and sees the band.

“Oh so it’s this same dream.” She answers her own question…

Sekai picks up a pillow and starts whacking them with it.

“What the hell? What are you doing?”  Suna asks.

“I had this dream 4 times. You all were supposed to attack me.” Sekai answers.

“This isn’t a-”

“Sh! This could be bad, besides we can get her to tell her past to us this way.” Chun interrupts Suna.

“This is the part where I’m going to fly.” Sekai says walking over to the window aimlessly.

“Hey! Now, let’s change the dream up a bit.” Suna said.

“Why don’t you sit down?” Chun asks. Sekai doesn’t move though.

“Why are you being nice? Even in my dreams and reality you were mean and violent.” Sekai asks rudely.

“You know what I’ll just tell her.” Suna says, “This isn’t a dream.”

“This is a dream. I’ve seen this 4 times, I’m sure this is a dream.” Sekai objects.

“Well wake up because it’s not!” Suna shouts.

“Why don’t you sit down?” Chun asks politely. Sekai obeys him.

“She’s more obedient when she’s like this.” Ken whispers to Subaru.

“I can hear you, you know.” Sekai says and stares at Ken.

“Sorry. My bad.”

“You know Japanese right?” Chun asks.

“Yeah…” Sekai says hesitantly.

“Can you talk like that from now on towards us? I think it will be easier for us to talk.” Chun says.

“Fine.” Sekai says talking in Japanese.

“Arigato(Thank you.). Now since we thought about changing this dream Why don’t you tell us about your past?” Chun suggests.

“Why?”

“It’s just a dream.” Chun lies.

“I guess so, since this is a dream... Fine. I’ll tell you. Listen up! This is going to be a long story.” Sekai agrees.

6: The Truth Shall Be Revealed

 

“Start, we’re all ears.” Chun says.

“Ok, um let’s see… Once I turned two I was sent to the foster home, right on my birthday. When I wasn’t picked for 2 years, they thought that we looked like Chinese kids so they sent us to China in that foster home.” Sekai said.

“So wait a minute, who is us?” Subaru asks.

“My sister and I. We’re twins. She’s 3 minutes older than me. Anyway my parents I have now, adopted my sister not me. I refused to leave her. It was the same when we were in Japan. Everyone wanted her, but me. I refused to let her leave my side and she also refused to leave mine. So when my parents and I argued, I won. It’s sad when you lose an argument to a 2 year old.”

“How’d you win? Plus, how do you remember this?” Ken asks.

“Simple. You keep saying no for a few hours. I remember this because my sister always remembers all the things we both do.”

“I see, continue.” Ken answers.

“Ok so when we came to my parent’s house it was awkward. The entire year I was there my sister and I did everything together. We were never separated. I made a grandmother at that time. She was a reliable person. She was the only one I felt comfortable around, besides my brother. My grandmother was a fortune teller. She was very accurate. My sister was her assistant.  One day grandmother had a dream. It was about me. I was kicking ass! But anyway that dream made her freeze up and soon she got a heart attack. We took her the hospital and she told me the story. Every detail, everything that happened in that dream, she told me. She handed me my hair tie with the three stars on it. She said it would change my fate. Right when I was handed the hair tie, she died right in front of me.” A few tears fell.

“Look, if you don’t feel comfortable telling us it-”

“Right when my grandmother died, I was constantly blamed for her death.” Sekai interrupted Chun, “I was punished for what I did to her.”

“So wait what do you mean by punish?” Subaru asks.

“Well, I was locked up in our basement, what I call a cell, and was repeatedly whipped, hit or any of the above. They would make me starve down there. They would keep me out of school and just lock me there. I was they’re so called bad luck.” Sekai said as a few tears fell. She looked to the floor, her hair covering her expression on her face.

“So wait how old were you?” Ken asks.

“I was five; I couldn’t do anything to defend myself back then. My sister at that time would suffer to get me out of the cell. A few months later my sister released me out of the cell when my parents were at work. I took a shower for the first few times and saw cuts and busies. She treated them without hesitation. She kept looking at the clock though. She fed me, took care of me, did all she could while my parents were gone. I was like a pet. I needed someone to feed me, take care, give warmth, teach, and saw words that made me feel better about living.” Sekai wipes her tears with her fingers.

“What was your sister’s name?” Suna asks.

“Well, that’s a secret. I wouldn’t dare tell anyone even if this is a dream. She was my idol.”  She sighs.

“Was?” Chun asks.

“Well, she took me out on my birthday. She had cake and the candles lit. She says to make a wish together. We blow the candles out together. I wished for no more punishments and my sister to be with me forever. I didn’t know what she wished for though. She gave me the best presents ever.” Sekai wipes more tears away.

“That was?” Suna asks

“Well, that’s a secret too. It’s so special, I still use it today.” Sekai starts to cry little.

“If you don’t feel comfortable you don’t have to tell us.” Chun says.

“I’m not done explaining your question yet.” Sekai insists, “She gave me presents. After that, my mother came saying she was looking for something. When she saw me she grabbed a knife and stabbed me. She made the biggest mistake of her life. My sister stepped in behind me and was stabbed in the back. On my very birthday, I screamed for her to get up after she collapsed right next to me. I cried right beside her. I got the first aid and tried to do treatment. My mother was calling an ambulance. While I was doing treatment, my sister told me a few words and left us all. You see, I SHOULD’VE BEEN KILLED! When you stepped into my life, I didn’t want the same thing to happen to you. After all, you are famous… I killed my grandmother and my sister, I lost my birth parents, I can’t fly back to my birth place, I get punished and have something bad coming after me. I’m going to die tomorrow night I just know it. Just why? Why did I have to be alive? I SHOULD BE THE ONE DEAD!!!” Sekai shouts. She falls to her side and hides her face by digging her face in the pillow in front of her.

She senses a hand coming toward her.

“DON’T TOUCH ME!!” she shouts.

“It’s just us.” Suna says patting her back. She sat up and swats his hand away.

“You shouldn’t be afraid.” Chun says.

“I think I understand why Sekai always has her distance.” Subaru says.

“Like how?” Sekai asks.

“Well, you see you have been punished so much that you didn’t like it when people got so close to you. You were ok at a far distance, but if they were too close you would hit them away. That’s why, if you make contact first, you weren’t afraid. If they made contact first then you would at least flip them over and possibly hurt them more than us.” Subaru smiles

Sekai felt this warm thing glow inside her. She couldn’t do anything to stop it. She felt warm, not cold anymore. Just a little drop of something nice made her feel happy. Sekai got up, jumped to wrap her arms around Subaru, and balled on his shoulder. Subaru was shocked that she was on him that he lost some of his balance, but regained it in the end.

“You u-understand.” Sekai whispered.

At that time, Sekai knew it wasn’t a dream anymore. The clock has shown it. Every little thing she told them. They were real. Sekai didn’t care anymore. It was already out in the open.

“Hey, cut it out. It’s ok. You’ll be alright. Don’t worry.” Subaru tries to calm Sekai down he puts Sekai on her feet, “It’ll be alright. Daijobu.”

“We know there is still more to the story right?” Ken asks.

“Yeah.” Sekai wiped her eyes and sat back down on the couch. “When my sister died, I was about to die actually. I was thrown in the cell and was whipped so much everywhere went numb. I was saved by my brother. He stepped in and told my parents that if I died, then he would kill himself. My parents stopped. They finally took care of me; they didn’t blame me for anything bad anymore. They stopped and took a closer look. They rejected me instantly when they first saw me, but they took me in. My brother was treating my wounds and gave me my sister’s clothes. He didn’t cry, but he knew he wanted to. He then took care of me. He was my sister’s replacement. He wasn’t like her, but he definitely cared enough to do it. That time I just turned six. I was taking music lesson, martial arts, karate, and stuff that a normal six year old was probably never able to do. I would have to wake up really early to do all of those classes. I would wake up at four in the morning. I would run miles the same as I do now. I’m more advance than most students, so in two years I had advance music, martial arts, karate and other stuff. It was very intense for me to do all that in two years, but I managed to make it. I’m more advance than my classmates and I kick ass around the school, but what they didn’t know, is that my twin sister and I have a very special connection that allows me to talk to her even though she’s dead. I must be by her grave though.”

“So what you’re saying is that twins have this connection that they can talk even though one of them is dead?” Chun asks.

“Yes. Twins like me and my sister are very special.” Sekai said. “Ok, now what Chun wanted to know earlier, the reason I didn’t want to go through the front door was because my uncle owns this hotel.”

“So what you’re saying is that he also punishes you?” Suna asks.

“Yes, everyone in my family does except my aunt and brother. My aunt treats me like I’m her own. She cares; she gives more servings of food, gives advice, and does what a normal mother would do. Now at the house, my classmate Stacy-”

“Your classmate did that to you?!” Ken shouted.

“Yeah, she’s a huge fan. She started talking bad about my sister. I just snapped and I ripped the ropes off and about killed, but I’m just too nice to do that.” Sekai sighed.

“Didn’t you say you always woke up at four in the morning? Why don’t you rest here?” Chun suggests. The others leave and it was just Chun and Sekai.

Sekai lies down and closes her eyes.

“I would be the happiest girl if someone would save me from this nightmare, my life.” Sekai said before she drifted asleep.

“I would save you, but you won’t let me.” Chun chuckles.

When Sekai wakes up again it was two in the morning. She didn’t even need an alarm and she already had woken up at an appropriate time sneak home and go to school afterwards.

Sekai sat up and tried to get off the couch, but something was restricting her from getting out.

“It’s early in the morning, where are you going?” Chun mumbles sitting in a chair right next to Sekai. His hand was clutching onto her hand keeping her from moving away.

“I have to go, Chun. I stayed here too long.” Sekai said.

“Well I’ll go with you. I’ll walk you home.”

“It’s ok, I can go myself.”

“But I insist.”

“Fine. You’re such an idiot. First I want to drop by for a visit.”

“With who?”

“A very good friend. You’ll get to meet her.”

“At two in the morning?”

“Yeah, she’s always waiting for me to come and visit. I’ll head down first.”

Sekai rushes down the stairs fast and quietly. She makes sure she doesn’t make any loud noises otherwise she will be heard. When there were a few steps left Sekai made a run for the door, but she tripped on one of her uncle’s traps. She fell to the floor and looked at him.

“You dumb girl.” He said and smacked her across the face.

You could hear someone gasp.

Her uncle turns around.

“I’m terribly sorry.” He says dragging Sekai aside gripping her wrist.

Chun walks by him and snatches Sekai away. He helps her stand up and they both walk out the door.

“You didn’t have to do that.” Sekai shrugged not a single smile on her face.

“Eh, it was nothing. Now where did you want to go?” Chun asks knowing she meant thanks.

“It’s just down there.” Sekai says happily, but not smiling.

She runs down there. Chun just tags along at a distance.

“A temple?” He asks.

“Yeah, you’re going to be the fourth person to visit my sister. I always visit. Ni-tan visits every once in a while and my aunt comes now and then. I visit most of the time.” Sekai says looking down at the grave.

She gets on her knees and starts to clean the grave with a rag that she left a few days ago.

“Heh, I miss you too.” Sekai smiles a little, but Chun couldn’t see, “Oh, I’ll go get it.”

Sekai gets up and walks inside the temple.

Chun just stares down at the grave.

Sekai comes back out.

“Here, my sister told me to give it to you.” Sekai says handing him a letter.

He opens it up and sees that’s it’s written in swirly pretty handwriting.

“You’re sister wrote this?” He asks.

“Yeah, she said if she ever met the band then she would somehow secretly hand this letter to you and hope you take time and read it.” Sekai says staring up to the sky.

He takes it out and begins to read, it says.

Chun-sempai, I see you have met my sister Sekai. Please take care of her while I’m gone. I want her to see the beautiful world as a place to be happy and not sad. You see Sekai told you I was my grandmothers assistant right? So I saw the future long ago and saw that she would’ve died if I didn’t jump in. So before my death I took time and did this. See! I knew this was all going to happen. I’m a smart child! Ok enough about me. I want you to take care of Sekai. Show her good and bad. If you smile at her just once, she will someday smile back at you. She doesn’t know what love is anymore. If someone just understands what she’s going through and can change her heart, she would finally understand love. Just small simple things will make her understand. One drop of love will make her happy. I know this. Please help. When I died, I knew you guys were going to go after her. I saw it in two separate dreams. Yes I crushed her by killing myself, but this way I can see her be happy. I want you to take care of her. Please? She needs someone who will show her what love is. She still can’t accept that fact that I died. Now, onto my plan, a few days ago when she went to your concert she had trouble deciding whether to go or not. Of course she would go. She signed the notebook for me. Which means a lot, but when she told our parents. They got mad. They hate it when Sekai goes off, so they punish her. I don’t know why they hate it when Sekai goes off… But anyway, my parents said that the punishment will be extra harsh on her, but now it will be even harsher since she didn’t come home last night. You must save her and take her away from my family. Save her please? I’m begging you! Remember what she said, “I would be the happiest girl in the world if someone saved me from this nightmare, my life.” Please, I can’t do anything, but this. I have more notes for you when you visit me next time. Let me tell you it’s an honor just meeting you… somewhat meeting you. I wish I could just meet you in person, but Sekai would be dead and I wouldn’t be able to accept that fact. So please, save her tomorrow right when she’s out of school. I’m counting on you.

                                                                             Yours Truly,

                                                                             Sekai’s sister!!

                                                          (Sekai keeps my name a secret!!)

“I definitely will.” Chun says.

“Will what?” Sekai asks.

“Nothing.” He answers.

“I have to go back and get ready for school.”

“I’ll walk you home.” He says.

“Um, it’s ok. I can go myself.”

“But I insist.”

“But I decline your offer.”

“You’re persistent aren’t you?”

“Yes, now I have to go.”

“I’ll just follow you.”

“Fine!”

Chun and Sekai walk in complete silence it was awkward having one of the band members walk a fan home. Soon they reached their destination.

Sekai just walked to the stop sign.

“I’m alright. My house is just around the corner.” Sekai said.

“Ok, I’ll head back.” Chun says turning around.

“The short cut is taking that road you know?” Sekai points.

“Oh well.” He left.

Sekai rushes home. She avoids the front door and climbs up her window. She made this trick to get in with just a few simple things, but that was a long time ago. Now she’s older and can’t really get through. If she touches the wrong spot she slips immediately. She puts one foot on the trash can and the other on the stacked bricks, she had her hands on the wall as if she was spider-man. She’s not by the way. She tries really hard to get in. Her right foot that was on the trash comes up to a brick sticking out of the wall. She tries to grab the handle that she installed a long time ago, but it breaks right before her eyes.

She tries not to scream. She tries not to freak out. She tries to get away from falling somehow. Just how?

Just then something catches Sekai.

“Chun-sempai?” Sekai whispers.

“Nani? I was just around the corner and I saw you about to fall.” He explains.

“So you were lost.” Sekai criticized.

“No, besides you shouldn’t say things like that when someone just saved you from getting hurt.”

“I would be fine. I can save myself.”

“Oh yeah, what were you going to do?”

“Just fall, that means I can get back up and try again.”

“What part of danger do you not get?”

“Danger?”

“That’s it maybe we should take you to a hospital and get your brain checked.” Chun said as Sekai got back up.

“We don’t need to do that.” Sekai said.

“You have a problem in there. You don’t understand danger and-”

“And what?”  Sekai asks when he suddenly paused on his own.

“Nothing. Just get up there.” He sighed.

Soon enough Sekai just about fell until Chun caught her again.

Her feet were still on the bricks.

She glared at him and shot up to the window.

“If you wanted a, thanks, you’re not getting one.” Sekai said shutting the window harshly.

Down there he just smiled. Sekai didn’t see though. She quickly changed…blah blah blah… (You should know what she does since I explained it in the second chapter…?)

Sekai rushed into school.

She was late already so she had to run four miles to get there.

At full speed she got there. Safe and sound.

7: Spa Day

Sekai’s summer school ends on that very day. She comes out of the building when everyone leaves and finds them all crowded in front of the school.
“Sekai!”
“What the hell?” She whispers to herself not even hearing her name.
“Sekai~!”
The crowd separates in half so Sekai can see.
It was THEM.
Sekai dropped her bag that was around her shoulder.
She picked it back up including all the stuff that fell out.
She was going to go home in that? She couldn’t believe her eyes. No. No way was she getting in that. She quickly grabbed all the items in her bag and took off running.
THAT thing was catching up.
She took a sharp turn.
“Shit!” She said.
    Dead end. Absolutely no way out.
    “Sekai, why won’t you get in the limo?” Ken asks coming out of the thing…
    “HA!” Sekai says digging in her bag. It was a long rope.
    “Sekai, don’t do what I think you’re going to do.” Ken says walking over to Sekai.
    She tied a knot and swung it up in the air. It hung around a hook sticking out of someone’s house.
She jumped and started to climb the rope. She reached the top in less than a minute. She picked up her rope and stuffed it in her bag.
She waved her hand and started to run off on top of buildings.
She soon reached her aunts spa.
“Sorry I’m late.” Sekai apologizes to her aunt.
“Oh it’s fine.” She answers.
“I’ll go ahead and change.” Sekai walks in the changing rooms and soon comes out.
“Let me do your hair.” Her aunt insists.
“Ok.” Sekai couldn’t say no to her aunt. She never could.
It turns out Sekai’s hair is now in a bun with chopsticks in it.
“Oh look at the time, its 6:30. It’s going to be a long night if no one is here.” Her aunt said standing at the cash register.
“Hurry up. I’m bored.” Sekai say staring at the clock.
Sekai sees a car.
“Oh look, someone’s here.” Her aunt says happy.
Then four familiar people step out.
“Y-you know what, I’m not bored a-anymore, Time. I think you should s-send them away.” Sekai stammers.
“Oh, Sekai, you should do them. They seem about your age.” Her aunt suggests.
“No thanks, you should.” Sekai answers.
“I can give you a million reasons why I don’t want to do that.” Her aunt complains.
“Don’t be like my mom…”  Sekai complains.
“Go.” Her aunt insists.
Sekai can’t say no in an insisting way, she always ends up giving in.
“Welcome to our spa! How many people?” Sekai asks faking a smile.
“Sekai?!” They say.
“See, I told you I didn’t want to see them!” Sekai shouts to her aunt.
She just laughs.
“I no understand your chinese language.” Chun says in English.
“It’s nothing. So four?” Sekai asks now in Japanese.
“Yeah.” Suna says.
“Go right in the men’s changing rooms and change into provided robes.” Sekai says in a monotone voice.
They came out fairly fast.
“Would you like a foot massage? Or just a bath? Or…?” Sekai hands them all a list of things they provide. Not like a menu.
“Um sure. Four foot massages, four bathes, four back massages, and four hot stone-”
“Is that everything?” Sekai interrupts scribbling onto a piece of paper.
“Yeah?” Ken says.
“Ok, I’ll take one at a time for a foot massage.” Sekai says.
“Who’s first?” Subaru asks.
“I’ll go.” Ken said.
“Alright, follow me.” Sekai leads him to a room.
“You can go ahead and get in the bath.” Sekai says turning around.
The bath was large enough for ten people. So there was a lot of space for four people.
Ken sat in the chair.
“Dip your feet in the water behind you; I’ll go get my aunt to do something.” Sekai says turning around.
Soon enough Sekai’s aunt came in to clean his feet. After some screaming from Ken, it was time for the massage.
“Ready?” Sekai got her hands ready.
“Um, could you lighter on me?” He asks nervous.
“I can’t do that, because my job is to give you a massage. It makes your feet hurt for today and feel better tomorrow. I’m not joking.” Sekai answers.
“Why can’t your aunt do it?”
“I have magical hands. It makes you feel better by releasing all the stress. Plus, it’s for revenge!”
Sekai gives him the most hurtful massage on his foot.
He starts screaming.
“OWW!!!!!!”
“Calm down, I’m not even close to being done, and I’m not even going that hard. Are you scared of foot massages?” Sekai asks smiling an evil smile, though Ken can’t see it.
“No,” He says.
“Good. Now I’ll go full hard, ready, set.”
“No!”
“Goo!!!”
It was harder and funnier for Sekai. She didn’t laugh. She smiled evilly.
When she stopped she started on the other foot.
When Ken started to leave from the foot massage he said, “It was the best massage ever. You have to try it Suna.”  He faked a smile.
Suna went in for a try.
Sekai aunt cleaned and Sekai came out.
“Are you ready?” She asks kindly.
“What’d you do to Ken?” He asks.
“Give him a massage. Why?” She asks.
“Nothing. Start.”
Sekai gave it light and easy.
Suna starts to wince 
“No screaming? This is the reason for this massage; it’s for you to release all the stress by screaming. Today it will hurt; tomorrow it’ll feel like walking on clouds!” Sekai explained once again.
“Can you get your aunt to do this?” He asks.
    “No, because I have special hands. Plus, this is for revenge!”
He starts screaming.
Next was Chun.
“I want a ‘Thanks Chun! You helped me from dying!’” He says.
“I can’t give that to you because I’m Spa Sekai… But either way, you won’t get one in a million years. Besides, if you want one really badly, you need to work for it. You’ll need to work for a ‘thanks’ and a ‘sorry.’” Sekai says.
Sekai dug her knuckle in his foot.
“SHIT!     What are you doing?”
“Giving a massage. Didn’t Ken or Suna tell you?”
“Yeah, tomorrow…” Blah blah blah.
“Yeah, so don’t be a cry baby, besides if you want my aunt, she’ll do it harder than me.”
Chun starts to scream as Sekai did it as max strength.
“Subaru.” Sekai calls in.
“Sekai I want to feel how painful it is. I want to scream too!”
He never did.
In the end, Subaru never screamed once, he only winced. They talked about how the rest screamed and stuff about them.
Next was the back massage.
Sekai aunt did that. While her aunt was doing that, Sekai took some of them to the hot stone station.
“Are you sure you know what you’re doing and where to put it?!” Ken panics.
“Of course. I’ve done it millions of times.” Sekai answers.
“Good.”
“Ok, so I put this here…”
“FUCK, THAT’S HOT!!!!”
Sekai continues to add more.
“There we, go.” She says satisfied.
“This doesn’t feel very relaxing.” He says.
“Give it a minute to cool down.” Sekai says.
“You say that like its easy. I want to see you scream about how hot it is.”
“Fine, I’m telling you none of this is painful. It feels good.”
Just about everyone said it was hot. When they all were at the bath they declared Sekai to do all they did and have her aunt do it twice as hard on her.
“Fine.” Sekai skips to the foot massage.
She sits down and has her aunt scrub her feet then massage it.
“Harder….. Harder…… Harder than that. Ah…” Sekai sighs.
Her aunt was sweating.
“She has no feeling of pain…” Ken says.
“I don’t think she knows what pain is.” Suna says.
“Yes, she does. It’s the emotional pain. Not the feeling pain.” Chun says.
Sekai came out.
“That felt good. Thanks for challenging me.” Sekai says heading to the stones.
She closes the blinds and removes the top of her robe. It was stilled tied; she just slipped her arms out.
She lay down. Her aunt came and opened the blinds for the guys to see.
“First stone.” Her aunt says.
She gently placed it on Sekai’s shoulders.
She didn’t grip onto something, she didn’t scream, she didn’t squeeze her eyes shut, she laid there relaxed.
There was a sudden feeling. Something sharp, like fire.
Her aunt immediately removes the stones and closes the blinds.
“What happened?” Subaru asks.
“She forfeits because it was too hot.” Suna laughs.
She comes out.
“What happened?” Subaru asks.
“Oh nothing. Now I won the bet, now you pay double the price.” Sekai answers.
“No, because your aunt had to take them off.” Suna said.
“Are you sure nothing happened?” Chun asks.
“I’m fine.”
“Then we win.” Ken laughs.
“No you don’t.” Sekai says.
“Yeah we do.” Suna disagrees.
“Why did your aunt take them off then?” Ken asks.
“I got burned ok?! Is that what you want to hear?! I got burned!” Sekai shouts
“Why didn’t you scream? How’d that happen?” Chun asks.
“My aunt didn’t let one of them cool down long enough so she accidentally placed it on my back. I didn’t feel anything, so I didn’t scream. She noticed it make a ring around my back.” Sekai explained.
“DAMN IT!!!!” Suna says.
“I thought we won…” Ken says.
“It’s time to pay.” Sekai says. She couldn’t move her left arm very well without wincing because of the burn.
“So, the total was $68.72, so then doubled it would be $137.44.” Sekai says.
They pay and quickly change.
“Bye!” Subaru says.
“Aren’t you going to wait for the rest?” Sekai asks not even looking up.
“I guess I can if Sekai wants me to.” He smiles.
“I didn’t want you to!” She shouts.
He sits and smiles.
Sekai goes back behind the counter and digs in her bag.
“Where’d it go?” She panics.
“Where did what go?” Suna asks coming out of the changing rooms.
“My hair tie I told you about last night.” Sekai answers.
“You knew? When?”
“When I looked at the clock, that’s when.” Sekai said still looking for it.
“I found it!”
“Where?!” Sekai pops up from under the counter.
“I found my watch! I left in the changing rooms but I didn’t see it.” Chun said.
Sekai went under the counter again searching for it. She always puts it right there.
“I found it!”
“Don’t lie to me. Say what you found first.” Sekai yelled.
“I found a hair tie!”
“Where?!” Sekai jumps up to see her hair tie right in front of her.
“Here you go.” Subaru said.
“Oh, I didn’t mean for you to find it.” Sekai says taking it from his hands. She wraps it around her wrist.
“Wow, not even thanks. I guess we do have to work for it. Even coincidences like this, you don’t even say it.” Chun says
“I told you, didn’t I?” Sekai asks.
“Yeah…” Chun says somewhat ashamed for bringing it up.
“Now, I have to clean the mess you made so I’ll have to go.” Sekai says entering the storage room.
“Matte.” (It mean wait) Suna stops her.
“Nani?” (it means what) Sekai asks.
“What are you doing tomorrow?” He asks.
“Why???” She asks curious of the question.
“Because…” He didn’t have an answer.
“Because???” She gets a little more curious.
“We wanted to know since summer school was out, we could all hang out.” Suna said looking away.
“To bad, I have to go to school and do the cleaning with some classmates. We all volunteered.” She answers
“What time?” Ken asks.
“Like it’s any of your business.” Sekai scoffs.
“We’ll find out anyway even if you don’t tell us. So what time?” Chun asks.
“Stubborn idiots, it’s at 9.” Sekai lied.
“Ok, bye-bye.” Subaru waves his hand. They leave.
“I think they think I’m lying.” Sekai whispers to herself.
“Who?” Her aunt comes in.
“Nobody.”
Sekai mops the floors well tries at least.
“Aunt, can you do this for me? I’ll wipe the counters and everything if you can do this for me.”
“Ok, I’m coming.”
Sekai hands the mop over and starts to walk to the counter where her aunt left the rag.
She just about slipped until someone caught her.
“Suna-sempai?!” Sekai shouted.
“You almost had a concussion.” He said, “We were walking around trying to find our limo so I saw you about to fall and caught you.”
“Oh, just to let you know, I would’ve been fine.” Sekai said getting up.
“You would’ve been hurt.” He said.
“I was just about to hold onto that thing right there.” Sekai explained pointing at the piece of rope hanging from the ceiling just in case something like that would have happened.
“We installed it since we had a bunch of water on the floor it was easy to slip.” Sekai explained.
“Oh.” He said dumbfounded.
“Yeah, if you’re going to try and save me like Chun, you’ll have to try harder.” Sekai said wiping away dust of other stuff on the counter.
“I see.”
“Plus, if I was in real danger and I didn’t have a single weapon on me, I need h-help.” Sekai admits.
“I’ll wait.”
“Now, since you were closer than arms length. Now time to get you out.”
Sekai starts throwing punches at him and a few kicks.
He dodges most, but one or two. He makes sure he doesn’t fall, otherwise it would be defeat.
Sekai kicked him to the door. He gets the hit. She kicks in one more time and his back hits the door and he was out of the Spa.
“And STAY OUT!!” Sekai shouts.
“Why’d you kick him? Can’t you see he likes you?” Her aunt says shaking her head.
“What do you mean?” Sekai asks.
“He likes you. Why would he save your butt if he didn’t like you?” She asks.
“Well, they always want to get something out of me. So I think they just want money from me. They’re rude jerks, auntie.”
“As if, one of them was really nice. No wait. All of them are!!”
“Don’t you already have a husband? Why are you thinking about them that way?”
“Your uncle is a rude, sad, gloomy, disgusting, and a smoker! I can’t believe I married him.”
 “Why don’t you divorce with him?”
“Because he will punish me.”
“We woman have to stand up! Especially me! I hate my parents. They treat me like a toy. An Object. I hate them!”
“Now, now, here is not a place to talk about that.”
“I know.”
Once Sekai leaves from her shift there she walks home. It was early so Sekai thought just a walk would be nice. She had to get to school at six again so she could clean. Not nine. Sekai walked and walked. She had the feeling of someone watching her. She turns around to see more people. She just continues on walking. Once she at the point where there aren’t many people, just her, she started to turn around every once in a while.
“Is someone there?” She asks.
Of course nothing.
She walks on further very slowly. Sekai was looking around suspiciously. She saw a shadow walk toward her. She threw a punch at the person behind her. He caught it.
“Ge Ge? What are you doing here?” Sekai asks.
“What do you mean? I should be asking you that question.” Her bother asks
“Well, I was-”
“Look, mom and dad are really mad, so maybe you should pack all your stuff and go somewhere.”
“I don’t have to today. Mom and dad are at a conference meeting and won’t be back until tomorrow after cleaning duties.” Sekai explained.
“That means… you won’t be home until later that night.” He thinks.
“Right. What are you doing tomorrow?” They walk side by side going home.
“I don’t know. Some teammates say they want me to join the basketball team, but I don’t really want to because I already joined many others. I’ll be gone in the morning too.”
“So? At least it will keep you busy.”
“Yeah, busy that I can’t watch over you so mom and dad don’t hurt you again.”
“I hate how I can’t fight them back, but I can to others.”
“I know, I hate that too.”
“I mean, they took care of me. They gave me food, water, shelter, clothes, and a place for knowledge.”
“I just want it to stop. I don’t know how, but I think the best idea, is to run away.”
“I can’t survive very well on my own and you know that.”
He chuckles and messes her hair.
“Hey!”
The next morning…
Beep~ Beep~Beep-beep-beep…
“Ugh!” Sekai slams her hand on the alarm clock.
She sits up and finds her curtains opened so the light comes in. She turns her head.
“Good Morning~!”
“Goo- Wha!!!!” Sekai screams.
She puts the covers over her head.
“You should at least paint the walls. It has blood stains on it.”
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!” Sekai screams.
“We want to follow Sekai-chan!”
“All day.”
Sekai lifts her head out.
Suna, Chun, Subaru, and Ken were in her house.
It was going to be a nightmare having them there.
“Get OUT!!!” Sekai screams.
“We’re leaving.” Chun assures.
They all walk out the room.
Sekai looks around for cameras.
“If you’re looking for camera’s there’s none.” Chun says peaking in the room.
“Get OUT!” Sekai shouted stamping her foot on the door and locking it.
She changes in her uniform and opens the door. Sekai pushes her way out of the four guys and goes in the bathroom. While in the bathroom doing daily things, Suna kept complaining to her about what she should do with her room.
“Well I can’t do anything about it. I only work for tips. All my savings are hidden for certain purposes.” Sekai says stepping out of the bathroom and walking into the kitchen.
“Aren’t you going to ask how we got in?” Ken asks.
“No, because you guys are pretty much burglars for entering my house.” Sekai said.
“No, someone let us in.”
She stamps the palm of her hand on her head hard.
“Not my Oni-chan…”
“He was your Oni-chan?” Ken asks.
She tosses two custard breads at all four of them. She shoves one in her mouth and holds onto on while her bag is on the same hand.
“Are you going to ask us a question?” Chun asks.
“If you want me to.” Sekai doesn’t seem to mind.
“Um, never mind.”
Once Sekai waits as the stop she thinks a little.
“He’s never late.” Sekai says.
“Who?” Suna asks.
“It’s none of our business.” Subaru says.
“Ah shit, that means I have to run four miles today!” Sekai says done thinking things over.
Chun grabs his phone out “If you need a ride-”
“Chun.” Suna interrupts.
“What?”
“She’s gone.” Ken says.
Sekai took off running a few seconds ago. Sekai sprinted for the first two miles and then walked for the other two.
She arrived at 6:30. She went in and saw her classmates.
“Let’s work real hard to clean this place so we can leave faster.” Melanie smiles.
“Makes sure it’s clean though.” Lilly stares at Melanie.
“I’ll do my best if you do.” Carrie expresses.
“If you have to be somewhere at a certain time, I can stay and clean this whole place up for you.” Sekai volunteers.
“We’ll make sure you don’t have to clean much, Sekai.” Melanie smiles.
“Ok, cleaning plan! Melanie will clean the fifth grade wing, I will clean the sixth grade wing, Carrie will clean the seventh grade wing, and Sekai will clean the eighth grade wing. We will all meet together in the cafeteria for more instructions in ONE hour!” Lilly explains.
“All hands in!” Carrie says seriously.
They all stick in their right hand.
“SPLIT UP!!!” They all yelled.
They grabbed a bucked and a cart up the stairs and cleaned their wing they were assigned.
 

8: Let's Clean Up....Together?

Sekai had trouble taking her cart up the stairs. It was heavy, it kept falling down the stairs, and she didn’t have that much strength to carry something so heavy up an incline.

“Ugh!”  She groaned. Her uniform was already getting wet by the bucket. Then she sees the door. She sighs in relief and opens it. She drags the cart in and starts scrubbing the carpet with iron wool and soap of some sort. She scrubs every stain and every tiny spot. The carpet returned to its natural color. Brown. She fills the bucket and pours it everywhere. It was wet and might be leaking to the seventh grade, but it didn’t really matter. Everyone does it.

She walks in the science room and starts mopping the floor with the mop and the bucket as the water. She took her shoes off and walked in her mid-thigh length socks.  That’s how short their skirts were. She starts to wipe down the desks. One tiny step and…

“Ow,” Sekai rubs her bottom that just hit the tiles.

She slowly gets up and tries again.  After wiping down desks and chairs in every class room, she goes down to the cafeteria. She slowly and carefully drags the cart down the stairs her shoes in her other hand. Her mouth holds her bag. Every step, Sekai was very cautious about falling and letting the cart hit one of her classmates.

“You can do it Sekai!” They cheered.

When she was finally done she let out a huge breath of relief.

“Congratulations!” Melanie smiles.

“Thanks.” Sekai smiles back.

“Alright! Since we’re all here, let’s move all the tables out of the way and stack the chairs in the halls.” Lilly instructed

Sekai moved most of them because she was the strongest and the fastest.

“Thanks for coming Sekai; your help is getting us closer to finishing.” Carrie thanks.

“It’s nothing; I wanted to do something today besides just sitting around.” Sekai says pushing tables aside.

“Great work everyone!” Lilly says, “Now grab a rag and let’s start wiping these tiles clean and spotless!!”

“Yes, madam!”

Sekai grabs a wet rag and pushes it against the floor and runs up and down the entire area in one straight line.

“Now let’s put the tables back in place.” Lilly says exhausted.

“Yes, madam.”

Everyone moves a little slower now. After putting the tables and chairs back in place they all took a break.

“Back to business girls!” Lilly shouts at us.

“Yes, madam!”

“We go in the gym and wash it down like we did here. Ready?!”

“Yes, madam!”

The gym was two times bigger than the cafeteria. The girls were exhausted. Sekai kept going. Not even breaking a sweat, she finishes washing the gym down.

“What time is it?” Carrie asks.

“It’s 9 right now.” Lilly says starring at the clock.

They all sigh.

“What do we do now?” Melanie asks.

“We have to paint the walls.” Lilly says.

“Paint the walls?!” Carrie shouts.

“It’s going to be a long day.” Sekai says standing up.

Everyone follows.

“We were assigned wings right? So then, grab a bucket of paint and a few paint brushes. Let’s get started girls.” Lilly says.

“All hands in!” Carrie shouts.

“SPLIT UP!!!”

They all grab some pain from a different cart and rush to their wings.

Only one hour for everything. They were supposed to be done by noon, but who knows?

Sekai sprints up the stairs and carefully starts painting.

It’s a different color for every grade level. Sekai got blue. She paints on the lockers too. When there was detail of the walls she used a smaller brush and carefully paints. Soon, everything was done. She had paint of her legs and socks because the paint kept dripping and she forgot to get some newspapers.

Heading back down at 10, everyone was waiting.

“Now that everyone is here, we have to paint all hallways and meet back in thirty minutes.” Lilly shouts to keep everyone moving.

“30?!”

“You heard me, now move!!”

Everyone grabbed a different color of paint and rushes to their wing. There’s a hallway when you first open the door then it leads you to the wing.

Sekai paints fast and careful. When she is finally done, Sekai rushes down the stairs and sees her friends worried.

“Where’s Melanie?” Sekai asks.

“She’s not back, usually she’s the first done.” Lilly says.

“I heard screaming a little while ago, but I thought it was me.” Carrie says.

“I’ll go check. I’ll be back.”  Sekai assures and runs to the fifth grade wing.

She about slipped on some newspapers, but caught herself by holding onto the wall. She then saw Melanie.

“I don’t know a Sekai. If I did I would’ve said that a long time ago.” Melanie lies.

“We can do this all day.” Chun says.

“I don’t have all day, now move.” She pushes them aside. She doesn’t like the band.

“I said move!” She shouts and accidentally got paint on Suna’s shirt.

“You have no idea what you just did.” Suna comes with a punch.

Sekai jumped in and tried to gently push Melanie away. She took the hit which caused her hit the floor with her back really hard.

“Sekai?!” Melanie screams.

“Melanie, are you alright?” Sekai asks sitting up.

“Suna! Don’t hit people!” Subaru yells.

“You do realize you can just wash it off.” Sekai says standing up with some help of Melanie.

“We were looking for you, Sekai.” Chun smiles.

“Get the hell away from me.” She says and walks away.

“Hey wait!” Ken grabs her arm.

“I guess you don’t mind getting paint on yourself.” Sekai turns around.

“Sekai, don’t do it.” Melanie says.

“It’s nice to hurt such a popular boy though!” She whines

She flips him over to the floor.

“See I didn’t get paint of him.” Sekai says.

“Let’s go.” Melanie says.

They walk to the cafeteria and see that everyone was waiting for them.

“Where have you been?” Lilly asks hugging each of them.

Sekai gets a little stiff.

“We bumped into some people.” Melanie smiles.

“Great! Everyone’s here-”

“No way! It’s Blossom!!” Carrie screams

“Carrie calm down, we have to focus.” Lilly laughs.

“Maybe they want to help.” Carrie says.

“Do you?” Lilly asks them calmly.

“Um, sure?” Suna says.

“Ok, new plan. We all clean and paint the classrooms. Sekai and Chun will have the Instrumental room and the vocal music room, Melanie and Subaru will have the Family and Consumer Science room and the kitchen, Carrie and Suna will have the discovery lab and the storage room. Lastly Ken and I will have the Keyboarding class and the stage.” Lilly explains.

Sekai bangs her head on the wall.

“Sekai, what are you doing?” Chun asks.

“Can’t you see? I want to be away from you by banging my head on the wall, hoping I am dead.” She answers.

“Stop it; it’s time to get to work.” Chun says.

She walks over.

“All hands in!” She shouts.

“SPLIT UP!!!!”

They all grab a tray of supplies and go to their area. Luckily the Instrumental and the Vocal Music room were only on the first floor.

“Ok, I’ll be in here and you’ll go over there.” Sekai explains.

“But I don’t know what to do.” He whines.

“Fine. You sit down; I’ll do all the work.” Sekai says.

“But I want to help.”

“You can help by sitting.”

“But I don’t want to sit.”

“Ugh, fine. You scrape gum from under all the desks and I’ll wipe the top of the desks.” Sekai says.

“Why do I have to scrape gum?’

“You want to help or not?”

“Yes, madam. How does your mother live with such a stubborn child?”

“Hey! Start scraping already!”

Sekai hands him a pan and a scrape and he obediently scrapes gum while Sekai wipes the top of the desks.

“Alright I’m done.” He says.

“Now, grab the rag and wash the insides of the desk. I’ll be checking to see if it’s clean. If it’s not even close to being clean then I’ll throw you out that window!” Sekai shouts.

“Ok…” His voice shakes.

Sekai starts to spray the desk and wipes it with a disinfected cloth. She asks, “What are you doing here?”

“We wanted to be with Sekai all day today.” He smiles.

Sekai didn’t see. She scrubbed really hard on a desk until it was clean.

“Why me? Don’t you have friends?” Sekai asks.

“In New York? No, if we were in Japan definitely!”

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you always near me? Why are you so close to me? It just makes me want to punch you.”

“You’re the only one stronger than us. We think you’re really interesting.”

“Yeah right. Just what do you want from me? I’ll do it if it means I will be away from you.”

“We don’t want anything; can’t we all hang out today?”

“No.”

“Why?”

“Because I have something important to do.”

“That is?”

Really Sekai didn’t have much.

“So, why do you want me to hang out with you?” She asks changing the subject and now talking in Japanese.

“We want to show Sekai what fun is.”

“Fun?”

“Fun, the joy of messing around.”

She starts to spray the white board and wipe it with a paper towel.

“I don’t think I like fun.” She answers.

“What?! How can you not like fun?” Chun asks.

“I don’t know. Now, I still have a question.”  Sekai says.

“That is?” He asks.

“What are you some STAR STALKER?! You’re following me around! You’re super stars and complete weirdoes!!!” She shouts.

“So?”

“Are you stalking me?”

“No, we just want to be with Sekai.”

“Are you planning something?”

“Why would we? We don’t have anything in mind.”

“Never mind. Hey, when you’re done, you get the dust feathers and you know.”

“Why do I have to do the bad cleaning stuff?”

“Hurry up! We have two hours!!”

“I’m going.”

After some more cleaning Sekai washed the floors.

“Get your shoes off; I need to clean the floor.”

“Why?”

“It’s full of spit so I have to scrub the floor with this soap and splash water everywhere. You can go to the vocal music room and start so we can hurry ad finish.”

“I’ll help you.”

“Whatever.”

Sekai walked around and pushed the chairs and desks out in the hallways.

Chun helped.

Sekai walked around pouring soap when everything was gone.

“Grab some of those iron wools for me.” Sekai told Chun. He tossed on over.

Sekai scrubbed as hard as she could so the carpet was back to its natural color.

“The natural color is white, start scrubbing.” Sekai instructed.

When Sekai was walking around checking for spots she slipped on some soap. Chun caught her like a trust fall.

“Daijobu?” He asks (mainly means alright. Sometimes like in this case, are you alright?)

“I’m fine and I would’ve been fine even if you didn’t catch me.” Sekai answers.

“Same as always.” He says.

“Now hurry up and let go of me.”

“Fine.”  He lets go and Sekai hits the floor.

“Damn you.”

They hurry and scrub the floors in both rooms, put the chairs and desks back in place, and repaint the walls.

“You have to be more careful. Just because you have people doing it for you doesn’t mean you can slack off and watch them.”  Sekai complains.

“Well I’m sorry. It’s not like I’m you. I can’t be perfect at everything.” He says gesturing his hands.

“Oh lord, I’m not perfect at everything.”

“Are you sure?”

“No one is perfect!”

“But you!”

“What did I do?!”

“Everything!”

“How?”

“You have super human powers and try to manipulate people into doing things.”

“So that’s what you think of me…” She paints on the board on accident.

“Shit.” She says.

She gets a can of spray and a paper towel.

She resumes painting; Chun was silently watched her paint.

“You missed a spot.” He points.

“I know that.” She mumbles

“Oh and over there.”

“Don’t get me angrier than I need to be.”

“I can’t stand it anymore!!”

“What do you mean, Chun-sempai?”

“I didn’t say it.”

The door swung open.

“Lilly? What’s wrong?” Sekai asks now in English.

“Do you not see what’s wrong?” She shouts.

“Ken painted you?” Sekai asks.

“Yes! Will you kick him off this building? Hit him? Slap him?” Lilly asks. She was covered in the color green.

She looked over at Chun who wasn’t paying attention.

“I would, but I’m like their peasant. Super stars like them are greedy, curious, stubborn, annoying idiots!” She shot a look at Chun who was now paying attention.

“Hey! No need to be mean…” Ken smiles.

“They can’t even paint.” She says.

Both Ken and Chun were angry now.

They came charging at Sekai with a punch coming both ways.

You would think she would get hit, but she was faster, way faster. She dodge fasted enough to be right beside Lilly.

They punched each other.

“Well I didn’t have to do much.” Sekai says.

“I’ll be heading back down. I still have a lot to paint.” Lilly says.

“I’ll help when I’m done.”

“Thanks.”

Sekai continued to paint while the guys lay on the carpet in pain.

“Well I’m done. You might want to get off the carpet. I didn’t get all the spit off. I’ll be in the Keyboarding room or on the stage painting.” Sekai started to leave when something caught her foot.

She turns around. Chun and Ken were getting up.

She just continues to walk down when they let go.

“There’s so many stairs.” Ken complains.

“Aren’t you supposed to be the athletic one here?” Sekai asks.

“We should go down like this,” Ken says and he slides down the stairs on the rail.

“You’ll hurt yourself.” Sekai says calmly.

“This is fun!”  He jumped off.

Sekai just walked down. Suna and Subaru came down too.

“Yo.” Suna says.

“Hey.” Chun greeted. Sekai kept walking down the stairs and into the keyboarding room.

When Sekai was gone Suna asks, “What’s with her?”

“We got in a few fights.” Chun says.

When Sekai finally got to the Keyboarding room Lilly was still painting.

“Lilly!” Sekai shouts.

“Sekai? Thanks for helping me.” Lilly says

“It’s nothing.”

They continue to paint. When they were done it was 12 exactly. Everyone was there.

“Ok, I think we’re all done.” Lilly says.

“Don’t we have to… um… That one thing…” Carrie tries to explain.

“Oh right. We have to paint the front of the school. I’ll get the tools.” Lilly rushes to the storage room.

She comes back with a hand full.

“There’s one of those tall thingies in there.” Lilly says.

“I’ll get them.” Sekai says.

They all go outside and paint the school with a new color. You would usually hire someone to do this, but since the school couldn’t afford that, they asked for volunteers.

“What about the money from the festival yesterday? Didn’t you earn money there?” Chun asks Sekai as they walk to the back.

“Well, all the money went to the high school.” Sekai explains.

“How selfish.” He says.

“Says the guy who has a mansion.”

“I thought we were painting.”

“Well I’m the only one painting here.”

“YOU told me to sit out earlier.”

“This is so simple yet you still don’t understand what I said earlier. All you have to do is avoid the windows.”

“You say that like its easy.”

“Because it is easy.”

Sekai rolled the paint up as high as she could and back down a few times to get a good bold color. She went around the windows and painted everywhere else.

“Uh! Uh! Hm, UH!” Sekai groans.

“What are you doing?” Chun asks sitting on the grass watching.

“Trying to get the window ledges. Uh!” She jumps.

“You need some help?”

“No, I just need to- Uh!”

“Here, just hop on my back.” Chun walks over.

“You asked for it.” Sekai jumps with the long stick in her hand.

She jumps onto his shoulders and informed, “Don’t look up ok?”

“Why?” He slightly looks up and sees her white underwear and quickly looks back down to the grass.

“I swear when I’m done. I’ll kick your ass, pervert!” She thunk’s his head with her foot.

“Ok move over to the left a little…Ok stop.”

Sekai had incredible balance, because she didn’t have to hold onto something when Chun was moving.

“I guess we’re done back here, might as well see how the rest are doing.” Chun says.

“Sure…” 

Chun slowly walked over.

“Do you need any help?” Sekai asks.

She sees the band members sitting on the grass like Chun was.

“Why are you slacking off?! Idiots! Letting us girls do the work! Lazy pigs! What kind of people are you?!” Sekai shouts now in Japanese. (Please remember that Sekai HAS to talk to the band members in Japanese and only them.)

“We’re performers, not painters.” Suna states.

“You-grah!!!” She shouts in frustration.

“You could at least help too, you know.” Chun agrees.

“I thought Subaru-sama was supposed to help out!! Isn’t he the nice one?!” Sekai shouts.

“Yeah, but he went to go get ice cream for us.”

Chun just turned around and had Sekai started painting. Soon everyone was sitting on the grass.

“I thought I was going to pass out!” Lilly complains.

“What time is it?” Carrie asks.

“It’s four in the afternoon.” Melanie answers.

“Four?! I have to go! I’m late for piano practice! I’m so sorry!” Carrie gets up and sprits to away.

“Well bye.” Sekai says to the air.

“Is there anything we have to do, team leader?” Melanie asks.

“Well, I think we’re done, but I believe we had to put away some soccer nets.” Lilly thinks.

“I’ll do it; I’ll save you the trouble.” Sekai stands up.

“Thanks Sekai!” They shout from a distance.

Sekai was already halfway there to the nets. She brought them in and was going to the storage room when she felt something wet.

“Opps, my bad.” Chun says.

Sekai looks around. She was painted blue with the paint brush. It reached from her forearm to her knees.

She just sighed and said, “This will be a pain to get off.”

“It’ll come off in a few days.” He says accidentally getting more paint on her since he went closer to her.

“You’re making it worse, dumbass.” She barely shouts

“I didn’t mean to.” He defends himself.

“Let’s just put this net back, and what are you doing with all that crap?” Sekai asks.

“Well I was asked to put it in the storage room.” He replies.

“Wrong storage room.” Sekai says opening the door.

“What is that?” Chun jumps.

“Holy shit!!”

(Sorry for the cliff hanger! ~Kiato Hoshtno)

9: The Trip to the Carnival? Now? Really?

“Why would the soccer team put that thing up in the storage room?!” Sekai shouts.

“What is it?” Chun asks.

“It’s a scarecrow. I think they thought it would scare us, so we would stop going through their stuff.” Sekai shoves the net in and slams the door shut.

“Why are you not scared?” He asks.

“Why should I be scared?” Sekai asks leading Chun to the other storage room.

“Well, you’re a girl.” He finally spoke.

“So, you think girls are weak and useless? That’s so sexist!” Sekai walks on.

“I didn’t mean it like that.” He says.

“Then what did you mean?” Sekai stops and turn around.

“I mean, most girls would start screaming if they saw it.”

“Well, I’m one of those who don’t scream unless…”

“Unless what?”

“Well, unless I get caught off guard.”

Sekai opens the door to the building and the storage door and Chun shoves it in.

They walked back outside.

“What now?” He asks.

“What do you mean?” She says barely in a question.

“Well we’re done aren’t we?” Chun asks.

“Yea we are! Thanks so much for you help today, Sekai!” Lilly smiles happily.

“No, it’s nothing.” Sekai says.

“See you in the fall, Sekai!” Melanie waves good-bye.

“Bye.” Sekai slowly waves her hand.

“Where do we go now?” Suna asks.

“Sorry I’m late!” Subaru shouts.

“Where’d you get the ice cream?” Ken asks taking one.

“Well, there were some just around here. When I went up to the stand, it turned out that this person was a huge fan and gave me ice cream for free.”

“Which one is mine?” Suna asks.

“Chocolate chip of course.” Subaru hands it over

“What about mine?” Chun asks.

“Strawberry is Sekai’s, Chocolate is Chun, and Vanilla is mine!” He smiles.

“It was free?” Sekai asks looking at the ice cream.

“Yeah, you don’t have to pay me back.” Subaru smiles happily

“I hate owing people though, so let’s see. The last time I was there it was…” Sekai goes in her bag and digs out two dollars.

“Keep it.” He says.

“I insist you take it. Now hurry up. Your ice cream is going to melt.” She looks away.

He could see that Sekai was trying real hard to be nice and generous so he took it. They all sat under a tree licking ice cream.

“How’d you know I liked strawberries?” Sekai asks.

“You like it?!” They scream.

“Well, yeah. It tastes good. How’d you know?” Sekai asks.

“I guessed.” Subaru smiles happily. “So you really like it? It’s so unlike Sekai to say she likes something!”

“Yeah…” Sekai looks away.

“It’s dripping!” Ken shouts.

Sekai licks it.

“That was close.” Ken says.

Ken had ice cream all over his mouth.

“Did you bring napkins?” Sekai asks Subaru.

“No.”

Sekai pulls out of her bag a napkin and hands it to Ken.

“Clean your face why don’t you.” Sekai sits down.

When they finally finished the ice cream, Sekai got up.

 “Well I really have to go.” Sekai says.

“Where are you going?” Ken asks.

“I have to work, like I do every day.” She walks off.

“We’ll go with you!” Subaru smiles happily

“No.”

“Why!!!”

“Because you’re all annoying idiots who can’t stay quiet unless someone tied you up and duck tapped your mouth.” Sekai walks off further.

“But we want to help!”

“I don’t need help.”

“You did when you were painting the window ledge.” Chun scoffed.

“I didn’t need your help, you offered and I took it as an advantage to get things done.” Sekai replied. “I remember I haven’t started your punishment.”

“What punishment?” Suna asks.

“When I told him not to look up when I was trying to paint.” She hits Chun with her bag and gives a good kick in the chest and walks away.

“Sekai wait.” Suna grabs her arm.

“What?” She asks roughly turning around.

“Can we please come with you?” He asks.

“Why?”

“Today is our last day and we wanted to see you all day today.”

“…No.”

“You’re so cold hearted.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment.”

“Please.”

“That’s rare to hear you use manners.”

“Please???”

“Don’t disturb people.”

Sekai walks off in the direction of her aunt’s spa. They follow.

“You sure you want to follow?” Sekai asks.

“Yeah.” They all replied.

“Well, I’m going to be late so Subaru grab onto Chun, Chun grab onto Ken, Ken grab onto Suna, and Suna hold onto my wrist tight.” Sekai explains. They all link their arms together.

Sekai rushed through the streets while girls scream and chase after all of them.

“Sekai! They’re catching up!!” Subaru shouts. His feet dangling away from the ground.

“Well I’m doing my best so just work with me!” Sekai shouts and starts to sprint faster.

Just when Sekai opens the door grabs them all in and pushes her back against the door.

“They are really strong.” Sekai pushes harder on the door.

“I have an idea!” Ken says.

“What is it?!” Sekai shouts on accident.

“Well, we’ll go hide and you tell them that we went around the back door going to…somewhere.”

“Go hide in the storage room.” Sekai points to a door diagonal from her.

They all rush to the storage room. Meanwhile the door keeps opening, but Sekai keeps it closed. When she was running out of strength she let it fly open.

The girls fall to the floor.

“Sorry girls, they went around the back and went to some club.” Sekai said.

They all got up and walked away disappointed.  Sekai closed the door.

“They’re all gone.” Sekai announces.

“Thank god! I thought I was going to die in there!” Ken steps out.

“I was squished between Chun and Subaru…” Suna says shaking his head.

“My face was pressed against the wall!” Chun exclaims.

“It’s been awhile since we were that close to each other.” Subaru says.

“Whatever. I have to find my aunt.” Sekai walks into the office behind the counter.

“Sekai? I thought it was you at the door, but the bell kept ringing.” Her aunt looks up at her book.

“Would you at least pay attention when costumers come in?” Sekai asks with a serious face

“I would, but I was busy.” Her aunt whines.

“Well, I guess I’ll start my shifts.” Sekai walks away and into the dressing rooms to change. When she came out she was in the short white robe and her hair tied up in a bun.

“Whoa.” They say as Sekai comes out.

“Nani?” Sekai looks around her. (Translation= What)

“Nothing.” They all look away.

“Just go sit down and stay.” Sekai points to the waiting chairs.

She goes behind the counter and waits.

“Is anyone going to come in?” Suna asks.

“Sometimes it’s like this, but I heard a wedding was coming so some of the people might come here.” Sekai answers.

“They might come in.” Chun says.

“Yeah, so it’s really quiet here all the time. It’s not like it’s going to busy all of a sudden.” Sekai exhales.

“Do you like it here?” Subaru asks.

“Of course she likes it here; it’s all quiet and peaceful.” Ken answers.

“It’s true. I like it here, but-”

“Of course there has to be something wrong with it.” Suna says as if he knew what she was going to say.

“It’s just that I have to work. Sometimes I can get in the hot tub, but it rarely happens.” Sekai says looking at the clock.

“Don’t you have side jobs?” Chun asks.

“How do you know about those? Your rich super stars, you don’t know them.” Sekai scoffs.

“You said those last time didn’t you?” Chun asks.

“I don’t know, I don’t remember, but I’ll be right back.” Sekai says. She comes back with a bucket of sprays and cloths.

“Aren’t you going to clean?” Suna asks.

“I don’t have to do them so early. It’s not like someone is coming right now.” Sekai grumbled.

“You should though shouldn’t you?” Ken asks.

“Well, not really. If you want I’ll do it then.” Sekai stares at the clock.

“Yeah, so you will stop looking at the clock.” Chun says.

“Stop being so mean, Chun-san.” Subaru says.

Sekai grabs the mop and starts pushing the water on the floor to the hot tubs. She then goes in the back and drains out all the water, and getting new clean water.

She comes back out and wipes the counter.

“I’m done.” She says.

Someone walks through the door.

“I’d like a mud bath, the foot pressure, and just the regular relaxation.” She says walking in.

“Right this way. We’ll start with the mud bath am I right?” Sekai asks.

“Yes.” She answers.

“Are you alone?”

“No, I have six coming.”

“Oh, that gives you a 15% discount.”

“That’s great!”

“Go ahead and change into a robe in the changing room.”

“Ok!”

Sekai goes to a covered board on the ground and lifts the board revealing the mud bath for the mistress.

“Follow me here and just relax.” Sekai said leading her to the mud bath.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Sekai fakes a natural smile.

“Oh, I see the girls.” She says.

“I’ll take care of that for you.” Sekai says.

One after another they all had their turns. When they all left, Suna and the rest had their mouths wide open.

“What’s wrong with you?” Sekai asks.

“Well, it’s that… Well, you’re just so-” Chun stops himself.

“I’m what?”

“Nice! Why is Sekai so nice to others, but us?” Subaru asks.

“It’s just my job; I’m just super nice and obedient towards them so I get tips to save up for collage.” Sekai explains.

“You’re only in the seventh grade and you’re already thinking about collage?!” Chun exclaims.

“When you want to leave this is what makes you save up and work hard.” Sekai turns her back toward them. She cleans up all the stations and goes to the counter.

“Hey, I just got a seven dollar tip!” She exclaims.

“Wow, you’re happy about getting that much only?” Suna scoffs.

“Shut up. If you weren’t famous I bet you’re going to be working at a part-time too. It’s hard getting tips from people. Some of them don’t tip because I’m the owner’s daughter or that I’m Asian. I just want to shout at them, don’t judge people and just judge them on the inside! If they knew that I was trying hard to get tips then they would definitely tip around five dollars.” Sekai explains.

“She has a point; if we all weren’t famous then we would be working at a part-time.” Chun says

“Well, what time is it?” Ken asks looking at Sekai, who’s looking at the clock again.

“It’s seven, almost eight.” Sekai says. She goes back around and puts the cover on the mud bath and cleans the area once again.

“I’ll be back.” She says when she was done.

She comes back and starts her night side jobs. When she was finally done it was 8:30.

“So you’re done with work right?” Suna asks.

“Why?” Sekai asks.

“Where do you want to go?” Chun asks.

“Well my parents won’t be home until very late, brother will be late from practice, so I’ll be eating dinner alone.” Sekai says already heading out the door with her normal school clothes.

“You’re going home?” Ken asks.

“Yes, do you have a problem with that?” Sekai asks.

“Why don’t we go out and play? OR go shopping for stuff?! OR go to the carnival?” Subaru suggests.

“Well, I really don’t want to, besides I still have to study for next year.” Sekai says walking out the door.

“Well, why don’t we skip it, and do something fun?” Chun asks.

“You can. I’ll just be at home.” Sekai suggests.

“No.” Suna says and grabs Sekai’s hand and drags her to the carnival.

“Will you let go of me?! I don’t have enough money with me. Plus, what’s FUN?” Sekai shouts.

“You don’t know what fun is?” Subaru asks

“What is it? Give me a definition for it.” Sekai demands.

“I think the definition is to get silly?” Chun questions his answer.

“Then what’s silly?” She asks

“Crazy.” Ken answers.

“So the word fun means to get silly and crazy?” She questions

“Well, it’s when you laugh and have an enjoyable time with others.” Chun defines.

“How can you not know what fun is?!” Ken shouts at her.

“Um.”  She thinks a little.

“Well, come on.” Suna continues to drag her by the hand. This time Sekai was walking and not stumbling on her feet.

“I never said I wanted to go though!” She shouts when they finally get to the carnival.

“Come on. It’ll be fun.” Subaru sang.

“Yeah, being pushed away by fans and seeing you be asked for autographs. Hm, yeah that’ll be enjoyable.” Sekai said sarcastically.

“Don’t worry we have disguises.” Ken pulls out of his pocket a wig. Sekai looks around. They all adjusted their wings on their heads.

“Well, let’s go!” Suna said letting go of Sekai’s hand and running to the ticket stand.

“Suna, wait for me!” Subaru runs to him. As Sekai walks on further, she sees the man in a booth pull out a giant roll of tickets.

“Let’s play all of these rides!” Subaru says holding onto some of the tickets.

“I’m coming.” Sekai says plainly. She couldn’t say no to them, because they would just drag her back. Especially since they already went to her house, they can drag her back out again.

“Let’s ride that one!” Ken points to the rollercoaster.

“Let’s go!” Ken drags Sekai to the line.

“How long is it going to take?” Ken asks.

“A normal person would wait in line and not seduce people into letting them go in first.” Sekai says crossing her arms.

“We wait?” He asks.

“Remember we had to wait for our picture taken the day of our first concert?” Chun asks.

“Oh right.” Ken says.

“You went off to play video games with the others, and I was the only one still standing there waiting. You might as well go play again and we’ll wait here.” Chun says holding onto Sekai’s arm.

“You’re a bit too close you know.” Sekai says.

“Whoops my bad.” He lets go.

“Oh look the line’s moving!” Ken goes forward along with the rest of us.

“So what is this?” Sekai asks.

“You don’t know anything about fun do you?” Subaru looks down at her.

“What do you mean?” Sekai asks.

“Just sit down in one of the seats and I’ll help you through with the rest.” Subaru explains and he sits down.

They get the spot up front. The ride was, just by looking at it, kind of the size of a football field.

Sekai sits down and Subaru helped her put the seat belt on.

“Now hold on to this and when the seats are full we can start the ride.” Subaru explained.

“Are you ready?” Ken asks behind her.

“I don’t know. Will it send us flying to our death?” Sekai asks excitedly.

“Why is she so excited about death when she can just kill herself?” Suna whispers to Chun who’s behind him.

“Who knows?” Chun whispers back.

“Well, it will feel like we might die, but we won’t.” Ken explains with a nervous smile.

“Huh…” Sekai turns back around and the ride starts.

“Is this what it does?!” She shrieks as her hair rapidly moving with the wind.

“Isn’t it fun?!” Subaru smiles enjoying the ride

“It’s really fast!” She shouts.

“That’s the point!” Suna shouts from the seat behind them.

“Just let loose and enjoy the ride!” Ken laughs.

“How are you laughing?! How is this enjoyable?!” Sekai shouts as they go around the loops.

“Calm down! This is fun!” Suna shouts at her.

“This is your first time right?!” Ken shouts.

“Of course it’s her first time!” Chun shouts behind.

They slowly come to a stop at the top of the hill.

“Is it broken?” Sekai tries to whisper.

“Wait for it.” Ken says.

The machine goes full speed down the tracks and takes a sharp turn making Subaru fall onto Sekai’s shoulders. He was still laughing.

“How are you laughing?!” Sekai shouts.

“Just let loose and relax and smile!” Chun shouts from behind.

“That’s easy for you to say! The wind makes it feel like Suna pulling my hair back at the restaurant!” Sekai shouts again.

“Hey!”

Sekai lets go of the bars in front of her and pulls her hands to her face to cover her eyes.

“Are you going to barf?!” Suna shouts.

“Barf?!” Ken shouts.

“No!” Sekai denied.

After a few turns and some shouting, the ride comes to a stop.

“F-finally. We’re off the ride.” Sekai says relieved.

She gets out and wobbles to a pole. She holds onto it for support.

“Was it fun?” Ken asks with a smile on his face.

“I don’t think so.”

“Oh hey look!” Subaru points at a small building.

“You want to play ‘The Truth Game’?” Sekai asks.

“Well what do you want to play, Sekai-chan?” Chun asks.

“I don’t care as long as I can go home before 11.” Sekai says.

“You have a curfew?” Suna says trying to hide his laugh.

“No, my parents say that they are coming home at that time. Besides what’s wrong with having a curfew?! You’re offending people who have curfews!” Sekai shouts.

“Shut up.” Suna says his back facing her.

“Let’s go play ‘The Truth Game,’ Sekai-chan!” Subaru grabs her hand and runs in the little house like place.

“Five people please!” Subaru smiles happily

“Ok, right this way.” The woman smiles at him and walk us to a table. The room was very dark and barely lit. It had a few people there still playing the games.

“The rules are simple,” The woman explains, “You pick up a card in this stack and you read it aloud to those around you. Then you do as it says. You cannot pick up a different card and put the other card down. You must answer truthfully without a single lie. The seats you will be sitting on will beep if you made a lie. Then something happens. Enjoy!”  The woman leaves with a smile.

“Ok! Ladies go first!” Ken smiles.

 She picks up a card.

“Define your personality. Ok, let’s see, protective, mean to certain people, not always nice, helpful, athletic, scary to again certain people, and I think that’s it.”

The buzzer went off.

“You were lying?” Chun asked shocked.

“No. I wasn’t.” Sekai assures.

“You left something out.” The machine says in a monotone.

“Like what?” Sekai asks a little nervous that she put her hands on the seat.

Something shocked Sekai’s finger allowing her to shriek.

“I guess it’s my turn.” Chun says picking a card up.

After a few rounds later Sekai went again.

She picked the card up.

“‘Were you fated? What was your fate?’ What kind of question is that?!” Sekai shouts.

“Just answer.” Suna says

“I was fated. I was fated by my grandmother who was a fortune teller. She told me that I was going to die on a certain day. When I turn 16, I’m supposed to be at a summer festival or something so I celebrate. Then I suddenly die because some stranger murders me. I told what I know!” She says to the machine.

It makes a ding.

Sekai lets a breath out in relief.

“Let’s get out of here.” Subaru says creeped out. He gets up and walks to the door. They all follow him out the door.

“Sekai, what game do you want to play?” Chun asks looking down at her.

She stares off into space.

“Did you notice all my questions relate to me?” Sekai asks them.

“Yeah, we noticed. Even our questions relate to us.” Suna says starring at some of the rides.

“Your hair is weird.” Sekai points at Suna’s curly purple wig.

“Let’s get on that one.” Chun points. It was one of those that spin around and you need to lean to spin faster.

“I think I’m gonna hurl…”

10: The Punishment Has Finally Come.

Later that night, they were waiting to find another ride to ride on. Sekai put her hand around her neck feeling for her metal necklace.

“What are you doing?” Suna asks with his mean attitude.

“There it is.” Sekai pulls out her necklace from under her shirt in amazement.

“What the fuck?” He says.

“Let me see!” Subaru sang.

“No.” Sekai said selfishly and turns around. The shell of the locket was a baby blue with small swirls of the letters ‘S’ and strangely another ‘S.’ She puts her hand on the heart shaped locket. She pressed on the little small button. It popped open. Sekai’s eyes saw something out of place. The heart locket on the inside was always pure white, but now on the bottom it has a drop of red. Sekai started to stare at it. The drop was really small so she must have not seen it there a long time ago. She stared deeply into it; she remembers that the necklace was pure white. Really white! There couldn’t be blood in it. Nothing could get in the locket. She doesn’t even know how she got it, or who gave it! She wouldn’t do anything but stare at it when she was really little. She snapped the locket shut.

“Sekai~!” Subaru sang.

She jumped and turned around the locket still in her hands.

“Can I see?” Subaru begged.

“No.” She said

“Please??” Subaru had little puppy eyes.

“N-no.” Sekai stuttered.

“Pwease?” Subaru sounded like a baby.

“N-fine.” Sekai handed him the necklace.

“Yippy!” He smiles in excitement. He stares at the letters and squints.

“Something wrong?” Sekai asks her hands crossed.

“Are your initials on this necklace?” Subaru asks.

“Let me see.” Suna snatches it away from Subaru’s hands causing Sekai to take a few steps forward.

Right away Suna squints to see the letters.

“‘S.S.’ Sekai… What?” Suna thinks.

“It’s not my initials. My last name is Lin.”

“Then what does it stand for?” Suna asks.

“How should I know? Why do you think I know?” Sekai asks plainly.

“Well it’s yours that’s why I’m asking you!” Suna shouts in her face.

“Let’s go ride something.” Sekai says plainly. All the rides and games they played were no fun to Sekai, but just to change the subject she pointed at a ride she didn’t even look at.

“The Haunted House?”  Chun asks.

“If you come screaming to me, then you’ll have to pay me with your body.” Suna says bending down with his hand on her face.

“I’m 12.” She says slapping his hand away.

“I was just joking.” Suna says laughing with the rest while Sekai was going to the building

“Are you coming?” Sekai asks.

            “Yeah, we all are.” Suna answers

            “Hurry up then! You don’t want your guest to go alone now do you?” She says her hands on her hips.

“I’m getting there.” He says.

They all walk in and find everything purple. It looks the same as a regular haunted house.

Sekai stands there to the right of Chun and sees nothing, but black.

“Welcome Miss.” A woman leans over on Sekai’s shoulder for support.

She just turns around and sees a woman wearing make up to look as if she never slept in days.

“Hi.” Sekai greeted she looks at the corner of her eye to see the woman was very old. Like a real old lady. Sekai just glared at her

“It’s five tickets for each person to enter the haunted house.” She says her hand sticking out. It looks bony and dry.

Suna handed the rest of the tickets they had and they walked forward. It looked like a cave when they walked down the path. Suna held a candle for light. They saw a ghost jump out from the ceiling. Subaru jumped, but that was it.

They walked further down. Something started pulling on Sekai’s uniform shirt.

“Uh…” Sekai stares at her shirt.

“Whoa!” Ken grins.

“Am I supposes to scream or something?” Sekai asks.

“Most NORMAL girls do.” Chun shouts.

“You’re going to burst my ear drums if you do that.” Sekai says cupping her hand on her left ear. Sekai takes a step forward and trips. Everyone turns around and watches Sekai’s shoes get eaten away by the darkness.

“I’ll ask them to give it back.” Sekai says getting up. They walk further down.

“Hey guys?” Everyone turns to Subaru.

He was being swallowed up by a black glob. It covered his arms. Then two hands shot out and wrapped around his chest. They all pull his ankles, but it didn’t work. He was gone.

“No worries. They’re just trying to scare us.” Ken says nervous.

“I remember hearing this place is haunted because there’s a graveyard in the area somewhere here.” Sekai says not a bit scared.

“Calm down Ken. It’s not like we can all die here.” Suna says putting his hand on Ken’s shoulder.

Ken jumped and sprang forward to the darkness not seeing a thing he was captured by the black glob.

“Ken!!” Suna shouted after him.

“Ken-sempai!!” Sekai shouts along. (Used for higher up classmen or someone older.)

“Ken?!”  Chun cups his hands around his mouth.

“We’ll find him later.” Sekai says continuing to walk.

“I guess.” Chun says sighing without a care in the world.

They walk down and out of nowhere fake snakes fall on top of them.

“Just keep walking I think we’re almost out.” Sekai says ahead of them.

“I wonder if-” a trap from the floor appears and Chun slips under. It snaps shut.

“I guess it’s you and me.” Suna says.

“Whatever.” Sekai says.

“Are you scared yet?” Suna asks.

“No. Why would I? Are you?” She says with a serious face.

“No.” He chuckles.

They walk further. Sekai notices something move from her right eye.

“Stop.” Sekai commands.

“What’s the matter? Are you scared? We walked in a straight line for a long time now. You should be used to it.” Suna waves his hand back and forth and continues to walk.

“It’s another trap.” Sekai says. Suna stops and turns around.

“What trap?” He asks curiously.

“RAWR!!!”  Suna dropped the candle on the floor.

It grabbed Suna’s shoulders from behind and pinned him down. Sekai grabbed his hand and tried to pull him out.

“Pull harder!!” Suna shouted.

“I’m trying!!” Sekai replied grunting.

“Hurry up!!” Suna commanded

“I’m working on it!” Sekai pulled harder and harder.

“Are you trying to rip my arm off?!” Suna shouted.

“You said you wanted me to pull harder!” Sekai kicked somewhere close to Suna’s shoulders and one of the hands on his shoulders came off.

“Now just some pepper spray…” Sekai reaches in her pocket and shakes a bottle. She begins to spray while pulling Suna.

“Cover your eyes.” Sekai says.

Suna uses his other hand and covers his face while turning on his side.

The black glob-ish monster released Suna and fled. Meanwhile as Sekai pulled on Suna, he fell on top of her body.

“Ow, my head. Hey, you’re kind of heavy.” Sekai said shaking her head.

“Oh.” Suna put his hands on the floor and started to get up, but suddenly stared down on Sekai’s face.

After a short pause Sekai demands, “Are you going to move, or am I going to have to push you this time?”

“Oh right.” Suna moves aside.

“Alright, let’s keep on walking.” Sekai says getting up, but fell back down.

“Oh, so now it’s my turn.” Sekai says struggling to get out of the grips of the black glob-ish monster. It tightly wrapped around her waist and arms. She was sitting on the floor her back against the wall.

“Do you want me to pull you out, or let you struggle?” Suna asks just starring down on her.

“I don’t care. This way I’ll find my shoe faster.” Sekai shrugs.

“Do you want to get away from the THING?” Suna asks.

“I don’t care. As long as I get my shoe back I’ll be fine.” Sekai says.

“Too bad. I’m going to get you out of there.” Suna says pulling on her legs.

“Lighten up on your grip. I am a girl you know!” Sekai shouts.

“I don’t know about that.” Suna says.

“I’ll slap you.” Sekai says.

“No girl would slap a celebrity.” Suna scoffs.

“Well this girl doesn’t care if she goes to jail or execution.”

“Yeah right.”

“Yeah, that’s right! I’m right! Now just let go of me.” Sekai struggles to get out of his grip.

“No way.” Suna pulls harder.

“Are you planning on buying me a new HUMAN leg?”

“Shut the hell up.” Suna tugs.

“You’re such an idiot. When I pulled you out, it was that I hit the object pulling you in.” Sekai shakes her head.

“Oh yeah.” Suna says nodding his head in agreement.

“Idiot.”

Suna came with a punch and when it was about to hit Sekai, she dodged it fast and swiftly. Suna hit the object trying to force Sekai away from Suna, and it fled.

“I don’t think I’ll thank you. After all it was kind of like hell trying to take me to the underworld.” Sekai explained.

“At least you’re away from that object.” Suna says grabbing to candle.

“I want my shoe.” Sekai says with a mad face.

“Will you calm down? Don’t you want to get out of here?” Suna asks.

“Not really. It makes it feel like I’m in hell. I think it’s okay if I get taken away by that thing.” Sekai sways her arms widely.

“Next time I’ll let them have you.”

“Good! I want my shoe back!”

They walk a little further down.

“Do you hear something?” Sekai says looking around.

“No.” Suna says.

“I thought I heard someone say something.” Sekai says still looking around cautiously.

Right then, something moved at the corner of her eye.

“It’s a trap.” Sekai stops.

“Another one already?”

“Wow. I see the exit.” Sekai says plainly.

“Hold it. Didn’t you say there was another trap?”

“Yeah? Just keep walking and I’ll pull you out.”

“Ok then.”

They walked a little further.

“What?! Which way do we go?!” Suna shouted. It was like a fork in the road. The one on the far left had bright light shining in, the middle had nothing but complete darkness, and lastly the one on the far right was making weird noises. Like ghost noises.

“Which one are you going to pick?” Sekai asks plainly.

“Let’s see. Eenie meenie mi-”

“That’s not helping!” Sekai shouted impatiently.

“Well, which one are you going to pick then?” Suna asks dumbly.

“I’ll use my instinct. The light is just a fake trying to prove that that’s the way out, the one on the far right is just a recording of ghost noises, so the one I pick is the one right in front of us.” Sekai explains.

“How would you know?” Suna scoffs.

“Like I said, it’s instinct. Besides I’m just guessing.” Sekai says walking. “Pick your own path, or follow mine.”

“Like I would follow you.” Suna walks to the left taking the candle with him.

“Great can’t see.” Sekai whispers to herself.

“WHAT THE FUCK?!” It sounded like Suna being captured.

Sekai walked into the smell of fresh air.

She was outside where Chun was waiting for her.

“Ah, you’re back.” Chun smiles.

“When did-”

“When you get captured you lose. Oh and here’s your shoe.” Chun hands Sekai her other black converse shoe.

“Oh, then where are the rest?” Sekai asks.

“Oh, there are the ones grabbing onto you guys.” Chun says.

“I’ll p-”

“They volunteered to help out. They wanted to scare you. Did you know that they made secret doors to pull you guys in?” Chun distracts her.

He went on and on about things he hoped Sekai didn’t know about.

“That’s great to know, but it’s 11. I have to go home.” Sekai starts to push her way around the place.

“Matte, Sekai-chan!”  (Matte=Wait)

She heard a voice calling out to her, but she went on faster. She started to do a light jog to get away.

“Can we walk you home?”

A man popped up in front Sekai. “Subaru-san? I need to go. My parents are going to be there soon just leave me alone.” Sekai said pushing him aside.

“Yeah, man. Leave her alone. We’ll take her home. Safe and sound.” A group of guys appear and the leader of the group starts to rub his fingers on Sekai’s chin.

“Don’t touch her.” Subaru slaps the leader’s hands away. (He says in English)

“No, don’t hit him. Like he said, he would take me home safe and sound. When I do get home, I’ll repay him for his kindness with my body.” Sekai looks at the ground. Subaru gasps.

“Oh! So that’s how it’s going to go, I can’t wait.” The man smiles a devious smile.

“You should know something though.” Sekai begins.

“Oh is it your first time? I’ll be gentle.” The man snickers.

“No. It’s that you shouldn’t be dealing with girls who are out of your league.” Sekai forms a fist.

“Now, let’s take you home.” The guy had his arm around Sekai’s shoulders.

“Sekai-chan. No go.” Subaru says. (Please note: The band members have poor English development.)

“Just leave her man. She’s in good care. Come on now. Show me the way.”  The man turns to Sekai.

“I’ll show you the way. The way to hell that is!” Sekai took his arm off her shoulders and kneed his stomach. He became weak which she was able to flip him over and stomp on his chest. She twisted her foot around on his chest.

“Are you coughing up blood yet?” Sekai asks roughly.

“Hey you can’t do that to boss!” his subordinates shouted.

They all came charging at Sekai. All of them came with a punch. It looked as if there were flames coming out of it. Sekai reacted. She moved faster than all of them. With such speed it would definitely hurt getting hit. She kicked them all somewhere random and pilled them up on top of each other. Even on top of their boss.

“Well, that was easy! I’ll be going home now.” Sekai walked her way home.

“Eh, Sekai-chan!” Subaru caught up. (Now speaking in Japanese.)

“Nani?” Sekai asks. (Nani=What)

“Can I please walk you home?” Subaru asks.

“Why?” Sekai asks stopping at a stop sign.

“Well, it’s just that it’s an order from Chun-san.” Subaru laughs a nervous laugh.

“Well, tell him that there’s an even bigger emergency.”

“What is it?”

“If you don’t leave me alone, I’ll kill myself.”

Sekai begins to walk home. When she finally reaches her house she climbs up her window.

She throws her bag in first.

“You’re late.”

“Ge Ge. I’m sorry.” Sekai says only her head showing from the window. Her brother comes over and lifts her up.

“You still can’t get up here.” He laughs.

“Just because it’s easy for you doesn’t mean it’s easy for me.” Sekai says looking around.

“I packed your bags for you.” He says his face serious.

“You packed THAT didn’t you?” Sekai asks.

“Of course.”

“Where am I going?”

“I want you to make a run for it. Get the hell out of here.”

“You hate me too.” Sekai leans on the wall.

“It’s not like that. I mean, you need to get out of here before you die. It’s going to hurt you know.”

“I know.”

“It’s not your fault. Now, just throw your bags out the window and-”

“Sekai!!!!!” The door swings open.

There stands her mother and her father just ready to kill her.

“Wait. Ma Ma!” Sekai’s brother tries to pull her away.

“Let go!” Their mother said.

Sekai’s father was the one that lugged her down the stairs. Her bottom kept hitting the steps. She knew there was no point in fighting back.

When they finally reached the basement, her mother, father, and her uncle (he’s the one that owns the hotel.) started tying her up in chains. They also handcuffed her body dozens of times. She wouldn’t be able to escape this time. She saw nothing because of the blindfold. The lights weren’t on. She felt the pain go through her veins.  The atmosphere was so tense that you couldn’t breathe. They hated her and blamed her. Anyone would, even if she was the prettiest girl in the world. She would still be blamed.

The whips made loud sounds, when they hit her it hurts the most.

Then the whips hit her chest.

She spits blood out to the floor. What’s left is the blood dripping down the corners of her mouth. Then she was slapped across the face then causing her to hit her head on the wall. You can hear the sounds of the chains moving against the floor. They slapped her again and she fell to the floor.

“Ugh.” She whispers.

She felt something cold slice through her skin. Widening her eyes in pain she couldn’t help but scream. She knew that she shouldn’t because her brother would be worried. She was sliced on her arms and legs. She soon felt dizzy and couldn’t stay awake very well. She was lying on the ground trying to stay up for her brother, for her sister too. No matter what she wanted those to know that she can still live for them. Sadly she couldn’t stay up very long. She could feel her heart beat soon fade. She didn’t have the strength to move.

“Stop right there!” She heard the door slam open.

“Let the girl go.” says another.

She couldn’t recognize their voice. She thought that it was just her conscience just fading away.

“LET THE GIRL GO!” He shouts.

The footsteps move aside and the group of people run to her.

“Stay with me, Sekai!”

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Where am I?

It's cold, and it smells like febreeze.

I can't open my eyes, I must be too tired, but what happened that caused me to be like this? 

Finally, I've opened my eyes.

"Mmm....?" I began to sit up, but I remembered how tired I was.

"No, you mustn't move around too much, Lilly."

I turn to the voice and see a woman in white. A nurse?

I'm in a hospital? Who the hell is Lilly?

11: What Happened?

Where am I?

It's cold, and it smells like febreeze.

I can't open my eyes, I must be too tired, but what happened that caused me to be like this? 

Finally, I've opened my eyes.

"Mmm....?" I began to sit up, but I remembered how tired I was.

"No, you mustn't move around too much, Lilly."

I turn to the voice and see a woman in white. A nurse?

I'm in a hospital? Who the hell is Lilly?

 “You must be starving.” The nurse said handing me a tray of food.

The tray was beige and the food looked lumpy and gray. Gross.

I push it aside. After all the years of being starved before, I can handle another day without this disgusting food.

“What happened?” I asked.

“Well, the band Blossom came through the ER. Their personal doctor took them in a private room to examine them, but when he realized it was you, a girl, he quickly changed his mind and got his wife to check on you. You understand right? Since he’s married he doesn’t want to examine a girl’s body. So now Blossoms personal doctor’s wife is your new personal doctor. She started putting blood back in you when you were still conscious. Do you remember? You were screaming no when she said that.”

I shook my head. What? Since when?

“Oh well. So then we had a heart monitor. Oh-” She quickly paused.

A woman showed up opening the door.

“Excuse me; I’m not intruding was I?” She asks.

 “No not at all Doctor. I was just explaining what happened.” The nurse informed.

“Well, it’s a good thing I came in just the right time. Let me do the explaining. You can take an early break.” She answered.

“Thank you.” The nurse leaves leaving me and the doctor together.

“So, Lilly is it?” The doctor asks.

“Um yes?” I answer confused.

“Do you remember when you went crazy on me?” She asks.

“No.” I answer. When did this happen?

“Hm,” She scribbled something on her clipboard. “Do you remember having the taste of blood in your mouth?”

“No?”  Why would I have blood in my mouth? But then something came together.

“Well, when I was putting blood in you I found a mysterious discovery.” She raised her voice just a little

“Don’t tell me. I didn’t mean to.” I answered.

“Am I the first, is what I have to say.” She asks.

“No, third, but two died making you the first now. I didn’t mean to do any of this.” I replied putting my hands around my ears to refrain from hearing any of this.

“You realize this is very important information, and I have to kill you.” The doctor informs.

“I do not mind.” I answer lying in bed looking out the window.

“You are my first discovery. It is my duty to turn you into where the scientists are.”

“So then I’m a lab rat?”

“If I turn you in, and I must. It’s the government’s secret. The uncovered law only for scientist, police officers, and doctors must know this law. I can’t break it.” She answered in a low voice.

“There is a loop to this law though.” I say in a low voice.

“So you found it.” She says.

“Quite a while ago actually, but I swear I didn’t mean to.” I assures.

“I know, but let me tell you what happened.”

I lay there, what on earth did I do? I probably shouldn’t hear, but I’m too anxious to hold back my curiosity.

“Well, when I was about to put the needle through, you quickly woke up and took it from me. I had no idea what had happened. You had blood everywhere on the bed. Your left arm and left leg was broken too. Your left was broken in two spots while your leg was broken in three spots, yet you were still able to move. It didn’t hurt now did it?”

I shook my head; I don’t even remember any of this.

 “Didn’t think so. Anyway, when I was about to lose control of you, you bit my arm. You know how hard it was to hide this wound from my husband?” She rolled up her sleeve revealing a big bandage on her forearm.

My eyes shook in fear.

“I didn’t mean-”

“It’s alright. My husband thought I accidentally cut myself with a knife that’s all. Now then, when I gave you a good hit to back off, you passed out.”

“Well that’s embarrassing.” I said looking down at my lap.

The doctor chuckled.

“Well, then we put the heart monitor up just to be sure you were just asleep or dead. We attached it and turns out you were alright. You started to wake up again and when we were trying to put a cast on, I think some of the blood I gave you travelled through your body turns out you got a flat line for 12 minutes. The band thought you were done for when my nurse told them you got a flat line. They went home, but I didn’t give up. I don’t know what in the name of hell I was thinking, but I knew you couldn’t die. So I continued to wrap your arm and leg. 12 minutes was up and you woke up. I guess your healing abilities just came back because we took a quick x-ray of your arm and leg, and it looked fine. I took it off and let you rest.” She answered.

“Do you know anything else that I did?”

“Oh yeah! You drank some of my blood as if you had no water in you. While operating on you, you destroyed most medical equipment and blood was everywhere.” She smiled.

“That’s not what I meant…” I began to whisper.

“Well, Chun and the rest were on their private jet trying to heal you with all the medication they had. It didn’t work out very well. Now you’re in Florida!” She smiles.

“Florida?!”  I immediately sat up only to realize the pain I had received.  “Ow!!! Ow, ow, ow, ow….”

“Relax; you need to stay in the hospital for 2 weeks. Maybe longer.” The doctor said.

“I have a question.” I said as the doctor helped me lay back down.

“What is it?”

“How did you give me back my blood if I lost gallons?” I ask.

“Easy, it was poison.” She said in a low serious voice. “You see, I had no idea what to do. I mixed all blood at once, and it didn’t work. I used water and red food coloring. I-”

“You injected that in my body?” I asked.

“Yeah, how else was I supposed to know, but then I used a needle and took some blood away and analyzed it. Turns out my computer crashed so I had to do it again with the hospital computers. So then that’s when I found out you had DeAmonred blood.”

“DeAmonred? I don’t even know what that is, and it was inside of me?”

“You should understand though. It’s all too simple.”

“I see. That’s what.”

“Now, since I’m the only one so far, I’ll do my best to keep it.”

“Thank you.” I sighed in relief.

“I’ll leave you alone.” The doctor says exiting the door.

I fell asleep and eventually woke up about an hour later and started daydreaming. Then everything came together. I was awake at that time I was being examined. Then I lost control and became a beast. Oh, no. I just about killed one of the nurses. I drank their blood. Have I lost everything now? The doctor and the nurse are probably afraid of me. I drank blood. What have I become?

(Please note that this stuff up here is important and please do not ask about it! Thx! ~Kiato)

I thought a little longer before sleeping.

When I woke up again I was facing the window. I saw on the window ledge a pink flower in a small vase. I haven’t noticed it before. My eyes trailed on to the little teddy bear at the bed table side.

“You know you shouldn’t scare us like that.” A familiar voice said.

I snapped my head over. They look okay, and relieved. I turn back around and close my eyes.

 “Don’t ignore us!” says another.

Then someone put a gentle hand on my shoulder.

I snapped my head at them and sighed. I don’t want to put up with you right now or even see you. Go away.

But I got up no matter how much the feeling in my body hurt. It felt like electricity through my veins when I begun to move. Hm, The nurses must’ve changed me while I was dead asleep because now I’m in sweats and a blue T.

I went to a door labeled BATHROOM and found my suitcase Ge Ge already packed up for me.

I walked over to the window and starred at the flower.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Suna asks

I opened the window and looks down.

It was a long way down.

“I know you want to get out really badly, but jumping out will just make it worse. Besides, your doctor wanted me to give this to you and this note.” Chun says.

I turned around and snatched it from his hands.

The note read in swirly hand writing.

Once every three hours take one pill with hot water! It will keep your emotions level. If you haven’t realized yet, while you were asleep, you went to killing mode and we had to tie you up. Use this so others won’t find out about your little secret and I’ll be sure to keep it safe. Remember four times a day! Best wishes for you and your future.

~Doctor Sally

I sigh in relief and stare at the bottle before stuffing it in the pockets of my suitcase. I look back over at the window.

“Will you talk to us?” Suna grabs my shoulders and stares down at me.

I just stared up at him and flicked his forehead.

“Ow!” Suna shouted.

“Go away.” I whispered.

“No. Why would we?” Chun asks.

“Go away or I’ll jump.” I spoke.

They showed no reaction.

I quickly opened the window and threw my suitcase in a tree. It stayed there and then I jumped.

“We’re at the sixth story you seriously-”

“Calm down, Suna.” Chun puts his hand on his shoulder.

Meanwhile I landed on a branch, standing perfectly fine.

Ken was below me and said, “Geez, don’t scare me like that.”

I threw my suitcase at him and jumped down. My left leg started hurting, but I try not to do anything to show pain. My hand twitches wanting to put my hand on my thigh.

“You ok?” Ken asks putting the suit case down.

Sekai crossed her arms and pulled her suitcase closer.

Suna, Chun, and Subaru ran out of the building and shouted, “You do realize you have to go back right?”

Sekai looked at them. They were talking in Japanese as if it was normal to talk in whatever language they want and not look weird.

Suna and the rest caught up.

“Let’s just go home, I bet that’s where she wants to be.” Subaru says.

Sekai turned the direction of the road on her heels of her black converse shoes.

They led me to the car and placed my suitcase in the trunk of a small black car. I sat in the shot gun and the rest filled the seats. I stared out the window with no expression on my face. They stopped at a fairly large white house. I got out of the car along with the rest. I rolled my suitcase until I had to carry the suitcase up the front steps.

Chun unlocked the door and I walked in.

That’s strange. This looks exactly like a normal house.

To the right it had a hallway leading her to the living room. There was a flat screen TV and a comfy couch. There was an X-box on the carpet. It looked like a regular living room. Except for all the trophies they had for being the best boy band.

“We don’t have any other open room for you. This isn’t our house. This is our summer house. Our real house is somewhere else. We’re getting it remodeled. We were kind of glad you were staying at the hospital for two weeks because that’s how long it will take for the remodeling to be done. So now you’re sleeping on the couch.” Chun explained.

“Don’t worry. I’ll switch beds with you. You can have my bed and I’ll take the couch.” Subaru suggested.

I waved my hand around and let my suitcase stay beside the couch.

I walked over to the door next to the couch. It was the kitchen. There were stairs going up on my left and down on my right. I went to my right and down the stairs. It was the laundry room…that’s it. I went back up and up the stairs again to find a room. It had Subaru’s name on the door. Down the halls it had all their names and another staircase. I went up and found myself just about to trip up the stairs. There was a glass window when I reached the top. I pulled it to my right and a gust of wind blew my hair back. I got up and I was outside. There was a wall behind me. I was guessing it was the attic. There was a gate all around the top. There were clothes lines on one side along with clothes pins. On the other side there was an empty space. This house was like a normal house.

“It’s like a normal house right?” Subaru says from the door.

I turn around relaxed that it was only Subaru.

I turned back to the clouds and just stares at them.

He grabs my shoulders and turns me around to ask, “Will you say something?”

 “Sure, I’ll say something. Why did you save me? Of all those attempts to die I never did die. Now look, I was just about to die by my adopted parents! Just what they want and what I want. That simple, but no. You thought you had to go and save me. Have all those attempts meant nothing to you?! I almost died of blood lost, but you had to treat me. You had to take me to a hospital. You had to do this to me! So what now? You got what you wanted, what do you want to do with it? Use me as a punching bag? I don’t mind. Whatever it takes to go to my peaceful state, sure! I don’t mind! Just what do you want from me? I’ll just destroy your lives. It’s pointless having me around. I’m nothing but an IT. Just throw me away like all the others. I’m just an object to you. Aren’t I? I mean nothing, like garbage. I’m trash. I’m living hell. Do you think I want that? You know how hard it is to live life knowing you did something and you are something you never thought existed!! I’m just going to get buried and everyone will be happy! I just know it! Everything will be better when I’m gone! Just let me die! Why couldn’t you let that happen? I can’t enjoy life. Just kick me out of your property already. I deserve to die don’t I? After all I did.” I shouted

“What on Earth are you talking about?” he asks as if it’s like a game.

“You’ll know… Later.” I sighed. I head back down the stairs. I locked all entrances to my “room.” I took my medication before locking all entrances. I went to sleep and woke up three hours later and took medication again. When I was reading the side effects it lists drowsiness, unable to use some abilities, dizziness, and muscle pain. I quickly went back to bed before I had any muscle pain or I was unable to use some of my abilities like getting up.

Meanwhile the band had a team meeting and I could hear them through my sleep.

“She said that?” Ken asks.

“Yeah, I forgot some stuff, but that’s what I remember for sure.” Subaru answers.

“What’s wrong with her? Usually people would say thank you and sorry, but to her it was why? Just when we thought we might get her to say those words, we fail. What do we do with her now?” Suna asks.

“Don’t talk about her like that!” Chun slaps Suna’s arm.

“What?! What’s wrong about talking about her that way?” Suna asks

“It’s like one of those stories with a hurt girl. We can change her heart from all the hate to kindness.” Subaru smiles

“Whatever you say, but I don’t understand her. One minute we are told she broke her arm and leg, but she looks perfectly fine. She even jumped! Is she superman or something?! Does she have magical powers or something? I don’t understand anything!”

“I know, they say she survived. But!!! If you got a flat line for 12 minutes with a broken arm and leg with just about no blood, how is she alive?” Chun asks.

“Guys, do you not like her or something?” Subaru asks.

They all fell silent.

Wonder what that means…

Three hours later, I fell off the couch.

I sat up with the palm of my hand on my forehead. Ugh, I’m so tired. I shake my head to stay awake, okay, stay strong now. I reach for my bottle of medication I had placed next to the couch on the table side. I eventually grab it after so much stretching and got up to go to the kitchen. I could barely see right. Everything was turning, and I was running into tables and chairs along with the walls. Left….right….left…right….

I heard the guys coming down the stairs. Dammit. I continue to walk like a zombie to three counters that look the same. Almost there… Ah. My foot knocked into my left one and my hands smacked against the counter as I about fell.

“Sekai?! Are you alright?!” Subaru ran down faster.

I was trembling as I got up on my feet again and held both the empty glass of water and bottle of medication.

“Are you taking too much?! Stop it!” Subaru took the bottle away from me.

Half asleep she turned around and tried to take the bottle from him.

Dammit, I can’t focus my eyes. I can’t see and I can barely move. I try to reach for my bottle.

Suna, Chun, and Ken grabbed a hold of me. You have got to be kidding me…

Suna was grabbing both my arms above my head; Chun wrapped his arms around my waist, while Ken was on the floor hugging both of my legs. Damn.

“Give it back.” My voice croaks. I tried pulling my arms apart. Suna’s grips lessen and I was able to get out of his grip, but he grabbed my arms again. I can’t fucking do anything because I’m so tired! Damn

“It’s past three hours. I’m supposed to take one every three hours. Side…affects…drowsiness…un…” I trailed off before sleeping again.

“Oh.” Subaru says in realization.

I soon open my eyes to blue. Blue everything.

What the fuck happened?

12: Emotional Incident

My eyes were a light blue as I looked at Subaru. My eyes started to water? What the fuck? Why? What’s happening? I have no control over my body. I have nothing. Why?! I can’t move I can’t do anything! My body is doing things I don’t want it to do. I have no choice, but to let it go since I have no energy. All I can do is watch myself move and do shit I don’t want it to.

            She looks down and let a few tear drops fall. All the tension in the room was now gone.

Apparently I looked down and let a few tear drops fall. All the tension in the room was gone.   

“What the hell? Why are you crying?” Suna asks

I didn’t say anything, I just cried. Tears just fall to the wooden kitchen floor.

“What the hell just happened?” Ken asks from below.

“I’m such a horrible person.” I said high chimed and innocent.

Ack! What the hell?! What’s up with that?! That’s not me at all! What the hell is going on?

“What the hell?” Chun asks.

Yes Chun, what the hell is exactly right…

“Maybe it’s a trap so she can take another pill!” Suna grabs her hands tighter.

“Guys, I think she’s being serious.” Subaru says.

“Well what do we do now?” Suna asks letting go of her hands. Chun and Ken also let go. I run to the living room couch and bring my knees up covering my eyes.

Man, I’m a loser. Stop doing this me! Stop it!

“How many times am I going to say this, what the hell?” Suna says.

“I don’t know what happened, but I feel guilty some reason.” Subaru answers

“Should we go check on her?” Ken asks.

“Yeah,” Chun says.

“SUBARU YOU DO IT!!!!” They shouted unison.

“Why me?” He asks.

“You’re the nice one here. You go do it.” Suna answers.

“But that’s not fair!” Subaru complains

“It is too fair!” Suna shouted.

“Nuh uh! Why can’t Ken do it? He’s also the nice one!” Subaru whines

“Because I’m just a competitive guy.” Ken answers

“Still! Ok fine! Let’s see who can cheer up Sekai the fastest in 20 minutes.” Subaru suggested.

“Fine.” They all agreed.

They walked over to me. I can feel their presence.

They all stared at Suna to go first.

I felt Suna’s presence walk up to me. I slightly looked up to see his serious face.

“QUIT CRYING ALREADY AND PUT A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW OR ELSE YOUR GROUNDED!!!” Suna shouted.

I shrieked and hide my eyes again.

“What the hell Suna?” Chun asks.

“What? My mom did this to me when I cried.” Suna shrugged.

“What a terrible mother.” mumbled Ken.

“It’s still your turn now go.” Chun says.

“UGH.” Suna complains.

He thinks a little and then pats her head.

“Don’t cry otherwise you’re a weakling.” He says in a low voice.

My tears stop for a second as I look at him and then cry harder.

“So close.” Subaru snapped his fingers.

“I give up.” Suna says his hands in the air.

“It’s only been a minute.” Subaru says.

“Well I guess it’s my turn.” Chun says.

Chun walks up to me and gets on his knees. He tries to lift my face away from my knees, but I just shook my head and hide again.

He tried again.

Didn’t work.

Again.

Nope.

Again.

“Ugh! You stubborn brat!” Chun says and roughly had both of his palms on my cheeks and pulled me close so we were face to face.

My tears stopped falling, but more weld up in my eyes.

“What’s wrong?” He asks in a demanding tone.

Sekai immediately begins to cry.

I start crying. Man, I’m such a baby… What’s up with that?!

“You’re doing it wrong.” Subaru says pushing Chun aside.

Chun stepped aside and Subaru put his hand on my cheek.

I looked at him as tears were streaming down my cheeks.

 “What happened?” He asks in a gentle voice.

“Mm…” Then I mumble something the rest couldn’t understand…even I couldn’t understand. I’m such a weakling.

“I see.” Subaru answered as if he understood what I said. He wiped a tear drop from my face and flicked it away.

“It’s going to be alright.” He assured.

“Do you know what she’s saying?” Chun whispered in his ear.

Subaru shook his head with a stupid smile.

“THEN-” Subaru covers Chun’s mouth.

When Chun got quiet, Subaru took his hand off, and I just stared at them.

“Now that’s a good girl.” Subaru smiles.

“I’m calling Doctor Sally.” Suna said and grabbed his cell phone.

He quickly dialed the number and put it on speaker.

“Hello, this is Doctor Sally.” She answered

“Hey Sally, its Suna. Something is wrong with Sekai.” Suna begins

“I was assuming she left, but WHAT?! IS EVERYONE ALRIGHT?! I THOUGHT I TOLD HER TO TAKE THAT MEDICATION! WHEN DID SHE TAKE A PILL?!!!! IS ANYONE HURT?!!!?? DO I NEED TO GO OVER THERE?! IS SHE ACTING WEIRD? IS SHE KILLING PEOPLE?! IS SHE-”

“Everyone’s fine, it’s just that Sekai is acting different than usual. She’s crying.” Suna interrupts Doctor Sally.

“Huh…” She thought for a moment. “It will last for three hours since she’s supposed to take her medication every three hours. Even when it’s late at night, I’m guessing that if she doesn’t take it then it will do this to her. Emotions. At least this time she’s not hurting people.”

“What are you talking about?” Suna asks.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. It’s just that she will be in this state for three hours, so get used to it, and be careful. Who knows what kind of emotions will appear next if she misses even one second of taking medication.”

“So if she misses one second this happens?”

“Yes, even if she swallowed it at, 3:00:01, it changes her emotions. It’s probably hard to communicate with her. When she went in attack mode on us, her name was Deadly. She even said it to our faces. ‘Who’s Sekai? I’m Deadly.’ Her name is an adjective. This way you can communicate with her better. I hope I gave enough information. Good bye.” She says. On the inside I cringe at the thought and having to be reminded as she explained.

BEEEEEEEPPP.

Suna ended the call and looked at Subaru. After all the phone call was on speaker so he should know what to do.

“Um, Sad Sekai, Are you alright?” Subaru asks hesitantly.

“Subaru-sempai, WHY DID YOU GUYS SAVE ME?! I WANTED TO DIE AND WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE!!!!!” I shouted and cried on Subaru’s shoulder.

There was this huge wet spot on Subaru’s shoulder, and it was still growing.

Subaru’s eyes widen and his body became stiff.

Then Suna’s phone buzzed.

He glanced at it.

 “Hey, listen to this.” Suna began, “If you say the wrong words, you made the mistake. A very bad mistake comes when you say wrong words. Be careful of what you say.”

“Darn.” Subaru mumbled.

He combed his fingers through my hair.

Then another buzz.

“In 15 minutes give her the pill, three hours are almost up.” Suna read.

“Three hours?! We been taking care of her for three hours?” Ken asks surprised.

“Hey, Sad Sekai. You know what you should do?”

I shook my head.

 “You can help us clean, cook, and help us out.” Subaru smiles. “My mom says that cleaning makes her happy.”

I nodded and walked to the kitchen.

“She fell for it?” Subaru laughs.

“Guess so. I think that’s funny.” Suna laughs harder.

They all walk in and Suna feels another buzz

“One minute before three hours also counts as three hours so give her medication now.” He reads.

They all look at Sekai who is getting a glass of hot water and another pill. She swallows the pills and nearly fell to the floor, but she gets back up.

“I can’t believe you talked Sad Sekai into cleaning and cooking.” I said shaking my head

She walked over to the couch and just collapsed.

I wobbled over to the couch and just collapsed.

I’m so stupid…

“Is she sleeping?” Ken asks.

“I think so.” Chun answers.

2 hours later.

I wake up on time and rub my eyes

“Hey, we’ve been waiting forever for you to finally wake up.” Suna groans.

“We’re starving.” Chun complains.

“Mmmm, what do you want to eat then…?” I groan as I get up

“I don’t care~. I’m hungry~.” Ken whined.

“Then I won’t cook you anything. Go eat other food then, and quit asking me to cook for you.” I whine

“What are you Winy Sekai now?” Subaru asks.

“That only happens when I don’t take it once it passes three hours. Calm down. The medicine is just making me extremely tired and I’m dizzy.” I said and sleep on the other side.

“Anyone want pizza?” Suna asks his phone in his hand.

“Yeah, this lazy person doesn’t want to do anything.” Ken shakes his head.

I quickly gets up and punched his stomach and went back to lying down on the couch.

“Call me lazy and I’ll tell the world all your embarrassing things you did ever since you were 2. Besides I run 10 miles a day, that’s not lazy.” Sekai opposes.

“I thought you were asleep, so what kind of pizza do you want then? Also I didn’t even know you when I was two.” He complains.

Sekai kept quiet.

“Hey, are you going to answer me?!” Ken shouts.

“Dude, calm down she’s just sleeping.” Chun assures.

About 30 minutes later, I woke up to find them all eating pizza.

Sekai grabbed her suitcase to the bathroom and began to use her towel she used back at home along with the soap she loves. All her supplies fit in the suitcase. Sekai quickly took a shower and took her medication. The result… she fell asleep again on the couch while the band was eating pizza in the kitchen.

I grabbed my suitcase and rolled it to the bathroom and begun to take a shower with my some of the items I had brought from home. In the end, I took my medication and fell asleep with the guys cleaning up their pizza dinner.

 “Hey, wake up…Hey…HELLO???? WAKE UP!!!!!” Chun shouted.

“Leave me alone assholes.” I answered.

“Wake up! We have a lot of questions for you.” Subaru insisted.

“Like, ‘Can I leave you alone?’ sure you can.” I answered and pulled the white itchy blanket over my head.

“HEY!!!!! WAKE UP!!! IT’S ONE IN THE AFTERNOON!!!!! ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING THIS EVERYDAY???? WAKE UP YOU LAZY BITCH!!!!!” Suna insulted.

That’s when I snapped I stood up and shouted “Lazy? Lazy?! LAZY?! I’M NOT THE LAZY BITCH HERE! I HAVE TO TAKE MEDICATION THAT I CAN’T CONTROL!!!! I WOULD BE RUNNING MILES RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GET AWAY, BUT DO YOU SEE ME DOING THAT NOW???? DON’T YOU THINK I WOULD DO THAT?!!!!! OF COURSE I WOULD, BUT I CAN’T BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID MEDICATION!!!!! DO YOU THINK I WANT THIS?!!?!?!?! NO I DON’T!! I WOULD BE TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM YOU BY NOW!!! DON’T’ YA THINK?!?!?!?!?!!?”

“Jeez.” Suna says and walks out of the room.

When it was about time for me to take my medication I got up and opened the door to the kitchen. I suddenly fell back and saw that I had bumped into Suna. He seemed as if he was guarding the door.

“What was that for?” I ask getting back up on my feet.

“No medication until you give us answers.” Suna answers.

 “Pass.” I reply and slam the door shut and lock it. I walk over to the other door planning to go the long way to the kitchen. Once again I was bumped back. This time it was Subaru.

“What the hell do YOU want?”I ask.

“Answers.” He replies.

I slam the door and lock it. I go to the window and sees Chun. I look over to the next window. Ken was standing there.

I sigh and walk back to Subaru.

“Ready for questions? And give your honest opinion/answer.” He asks.

“Hurry up.” I growl.

“Why didn’t you eat anything?” He asks.

“Didn’t want to.” I answer.

“Do you like it here?”

“Not really.”

“Why do you sleep so much?”

“It’s one of the side effects. Can’t control it.”

“Will you try to cook us dinner?”

“Why?”

“We can’t also have people come to our house and invite other people so they can get our pictures. Plus, we can’t use our credit cards.”

“You mean debit cards? I doubt your parents would give you a credit card.”

“Yeah. So could you?”

“Pass.”

“Why not?!”

“I can’t cook.”

“What do you mean you can’t cook?!”

“I’m terrible. I’ll light the house on fire.”

“Just try? You have better experience than all of us.” Subaru begs.

“Whatever.” I answer and push Subaru aside and enter through another door to the kitchen. I get a glass of hot water and another pill. It was the last one. I swallowed it down and about collapsed again.

“Hey, you alright?” Suna asks walking over.

“I think I missed one second and-”

I opened my eyes. Everything was kinda orange. Oh no. Not again… I was on the floor or something, it was somewhat soft. Oh, I landed my head on Subaru’s lap.

“Eh, Sekai?”

My head turns towards Suna.

“Who’s Sekai? I’m Happy Sekai!” I explain

What the hell is happy anyway?

“Suna, what happened?”Subaru asks.

“There’s a change…” Suna answers.

“Sad S-Sekai?” Subaru asks.

“Who’s Sad Sekai? I’m Happy Sekai!” I answer.

“If you Happy Sekai, why aren’t you smiling?!” Suna shouts.

“Well, in order to make me smile you have to make me smile a true sincere one!”

“What does that mean? Wait, wouldn’t that mean, you’re not happy Sekai?” Suna asks.

“I’m still her.” I tilt my head. “Whoops, I must be heavy.” I stand up and skip to the couch. I sit there, and yawn while the rest comes in.

“Hey, we want to know if-”

“Happy is tired. Good night.” I interrupt and lay down.

Hahaha, nice job me.

“What now?” Chun asks.

“Hell I don’t know.” Suna sighs.

“She has been asleep for most of the days now.” Subaru comments.

“Well she’s only been here for two days.” Chun replies.

“So wait I’m confused. What’s wrong with Sekai?” Ken asks.

“Ok, when Sekai takes her medication she gets sleepy most of the time so she falls asleep. She takes her medication one every three hours. If she takes her medication, but it past three hours by one second then she gets one of these moods. Only one specifically, like yesterday when Sekai was Sad Sekai. That only means that her entire personality will have to do with something sad. What I’ve noticed is that her eyes change color. You don’t have to ask her who she is; you just have to look in her eyes. Yesterday it was a light blue meaning sad, today it is orange which is happy. It all depends on her. She will be like this for three hours only. Just a minute before three hours we have to give Sekai medication and she’ll fall asleep again. Got it?” Chun explains.

“Yeah, I think I got it now.” Ken nods.

“You think she’s asleep?” Suna asks.

“Yeah I think so.” Chun answers.

“Hey Happy, you want to do something fun?” Subaru asks.

“Like what?” I perk my head up and listen to their conversation.

“I knew she wasn’t asleep.” Subaru proves the rest wrong, “Anyway, why don’t you wash the laundry and cook us dinner?”

“Ok!” I get up from the couch.

You have got to be kidding me.

You probably don’t get it. You have no control over your body and you’re doing ridiculous, embarrassing things to yourself. Imagine what I’m dealing with now. I’m practically screaming on the inside.

“But wait,” Subaru stops me, “You have to promise me that you will wash our laundry, cook our food, and train us for free.”

“Ok!” I answer dumbfounded.

No!

Damn.

“I get it!” Chun snaps his finger, “You made her promise so when she gets back to normal she has to clean this place up for us without a complaint saying she didn’t.” Chun understands.

“Our laundry is upstairs labeled-”

“I know already!!!” I shouted back.

I grabbed all their clothes which filled the tiny basket fairly quickly. I carried it down the stairs to the laundry room, but the washing machine had a sign that said ‘OUT OF ORDER’. So I just washed their clothes with some detergent and the sink. YUP. It was done by hand. I couldn’t find the dryer. Why don’t they have a dryer? So when I carried that wet basket of laundry back up the stairs, I had to go up to the very top. It was that one day when I was shouting at Subaru. I hung the clothes up on the clothes pin. Except their socks and boxers, which I thought was retarded that I had to wash their laundry, but since I wanted them to be ‘happy’, whatever the hell that is, I did it for their sake. Only Happy would do that. Regular Sekai wouldn’t even wash theirs.

When I finally hung up all the clothes I headed down the stairs to cook dinner, I realized there was absolutely no food.

Cupboards=Nothing

Fridge=Nothing

Drawers=Just forks and spoons and some cooking supplies.

There was nothing.

“Oh there you are,” Subaru smiles, “Here’s all the food we just bought.”

“Ok! Just put them on the dining table and I’ll just begin cooking soon.” I instruct and watch them put all the groceries on the dining table.

“I’m surprised you even know what vegetables were.” I say looking as the dining table got filled.

“Shut up. We are healthy you know. We don’t always eat junk food.” Ken smirks.

Five minutes later, the table was just about full of food. It was a fairly large rectangle. It could fit around ten people, but more if you pull up chairs. By the time everything was put away in what felt like hours, I began to cook the rice and cook some side dishes. They were random dishes that I decided to cook.

Just when I was done cooking, I laid out all the side dishes out on the extremely long table and about collapsed to the floor until Chun caught me.

“You ok?” He asks.

I didn’t answer, but I winced at the fact that I was about to sleep again.

“Call, Doctor Sally right now.” I spoke

“Why?” He asks.

“JUST DO IT!!!!” I shout.

“Ok, I’m guessing you’re not Happy Sekai anymore.” He pulled out his cell phone and began to dial Doctor Sally’s number.

I snatched it from his hands with all the muscle I have left. I heard the buzzing noise that tells you that it’s calling.

“Hello, this is Doctor Sally.” She greets.

“Hey, this is Sekai.”

“Oh no, something’s wrong isn’t it?” She quickly asks.

“Its past three hours and I’m trying to stay awake. There’s no more pills, so I don’t know how long I can stay up with this pressure making me want to sleep.”

“I totally forgot that I had to give you more medication bottles today! Oh shit! Ok, I’ll be right there as soon as possible. Just stay strong Sekai; I’ll be over there in about three minutes unless there’s traffic.” She answers.

“Please hurry.” I ended the call.

I take deep breaths, but it only makes me want to sleep more.

“You sure you’re ok? I can take you to the hospital less than a minute.”

“You would be speeding and causing accidents.” I sighed

“Yeah, I know.” He answers ashamed.

I get up and stumble to the couch.

“You sure you can handle that? Besides what happens when you don’t take you medication?” He asks.

“Something you don’t really want to know, and I’m sure I can handle it. Though it feels like its draining you energy.” I began to close my eyes, but I shake my head to stay awake.

“I wonder if you can handle it though.” He asks.

13: Something Gone Wrong

I lay on the couch like someone has taken the air out of me. Chun just stands there worried. You shit head! Don’t worry about me and get to eating already! I fucking hate it when people worry about me. I mean they should care about someone who cares about them not when someone doesn’t.

“G-go eat a-already.” I mumble.

Gosh I sound dead.

“I can’t believe you t-talked Sad Sekai into c-cooking you food. Plus you made Happy seem like it’s natural to cook food for other people.” I mumble.

“Well, we can’t use our debit cards all the time, and we can’t hire a new maid and a new chef, because there aren’t many people out there in Florida who know how to cook Japanese cuisine. So why do you look dead?” He asks.

“I’m j-just really tired right now, and I’m hoping the monster doesn’t come out and kill more people.” I mumble most of it.

“What did you say?” Chun asks.

“So is food ready?” Suna asks stretching his way down the stairs.

I just glared at him.

“Go ahead and eat, I’ll wait a little bit.” Chun answers.

“Alright! Food!!!” Suna rushes to the kitchen and stares. “Whoa, lot of food there. Where’s my plate of food?!” He shouts.

Just ignore him. He’ll shut the fuck up soon. All I have to do is stay awake no matter what. I can’t go off killing people just yet. I have to stay calm.

“Hey!!! WHERE IS MY PLATE?!” Suna shouts.

“Shut up Suna!!!” Chun shouts back.

Then I hear this whisper, “You can’t hide what you really are.”

As they shout back and forth, this voice in my head speaks louder and louder.

“You can’t hide it! You’ll always be hated, ALWAYS!!!” it shouts.

My vision gets fuzzy. My breaths get really short. I start to lose conscious, but I try to stop that by shaking my head over and over.

            Then I feel something.

Something…

Like a hand.

Around my neck was a hand.

Though I don’t think the guys can’t see it.

Is it my own hand? Like in those movies I’ve heard so much about?

“You have to tell sooner or later. You can’t keep it forever.” It says.

“Hey, Sekai are you ok?” Chun asks.

“You have to tell them you’re a-”

“JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!!”

Then a pierce of pain shoots at me.

I fall to my right on the couch. Hoping the hot feeling in my chest will go away I stayed there.

“Hey, are you alright?”

Don’t listen to them. Just breathe.  Calm breaths. In… Out…

I managed to sit back up.

“Let me show you what fun is. The fun of slaying lives that is!” IT says.

“No.” I shake my head.

“No, what?” Chun asks.

I don’t look at him, I slowly turn away from him and say, “It’s nothing.”

“You sure? You seem like your having a hard time.”

He’s concerned about me? Bullshit.

If only they understand what’s happening.

“They will understand when you tell them.” IT says.

“You aren’t coaxing me very well.” Sekai chuckles.

“Who are you talking to?” Chun asks.

He was leaning closer to her.

“Well, you can tell them that you are-”

“Shut up!”

I opened my eyes and I was on my feet with my fist on the now broken coffee table.

“S-Sekai-”

I ran out the door and looked around. There was nowhere good to hide. Then I see some trees across the road.

I crossed it and ran as far as I could.

“That’s it, runaway! It’s useless trying to run from it though.” IT chuckles.

“SHUT UP!!!” I shout.

I can’t take it anymore, the sleepiness, the angriness, the voice in my head.

I began to lose control.

I scream as loud as I can. I can feel this aura around me. This terrible aura washes my body. I began to tear trees in half. I kicked them down. Leaves were flying everywhere. I put all my anger at the trees. I know. I’m crazy, but I just can’t kill humans. I can’t lose control in front of Chun and them. That would be terrible. I’ll only do it on important measures. You can’t make me tell. Stupid thing in my head. I guess you can say that I’m possessed.

This thing that I have inside of me takes control of me. Where are you Doctor Sally?

My vision is starting to blur more.

NO! I will not let you take control! Never will you show up again!

I shook my head to stay awake, but the power was too overwhelming that I could fight back very well. I gripped onto the tree and tore the trunk apart. It fell to my right.

I feel the wind rushing by, unless that’s me running… I can’t tell what I’m doing, and I can’t see what I’m doing very well either. This is just awful for me.

The loud cracking sound from trees is the only thing I hear. It seems though that something has taken over my body and is now using it for its own good.

I hear a lot of cracking sounds, the air smells fresh, I can only see fast movements, and I feel nothing though.

All I can do though is that I hear and slightly see.

As I start to climb a tree, my vision gradually becomes clear, but everything was black and yellow. Like when I was Sad Sekai, all I could do was see and hear. I had no control of my movements and my words. This time it was red.

I rush to a fairly thick branch.

I stand still and balanced on it. My head is tilted down and my hands are in fists.

I think I’m about to kill myself by jumping.

Stop it! Stop! I don’t want you to take control of my body once my soul has left it! Stop! Why won’t you just stop controlling me?!

My knees are bent.

“You’ll be having some fun in hell while I have some fun here.” IT says.

THAT IS IT!!! I WILL FIGHT BACK THEN WITH ALL I’VE GOT!!!!!

I tried to unfold my hands from fists to flat. My fingers and knees trembled as I tried to get control of myself.

Then this other soul inside of me actually hit mine. I lost complete control and about fell off the tree if it wasn’t for the other soul. I got tired, really tired that I barely had any control left.

This monster…What does it want? It’s so powerful that I don’t have the energy to fight back, like it has given me this sleepy pill. My eyes are getting tired.

My knees are bent are about to extend. What should I do?! I’ll be framed as a criminal for killing people.

“STOP IT SEKAI!!!”

I froze up. The monster vanished from my body and left me hanging. Except, when I was fighting it, all my energy was gone. I start to wobble a bit, I lost all my energy.

14: After Chaos

(No one’s POV)

As Sekai started to wobble, Suna runs after her.

Everyone was out there. Doctor Sally was shocked to see that Sekai was fighting that gigantic power inside of her.

“What the hell is going on?” Chun asks.

“Go Suna!!!!!” Ken shouts care-free.

Sekai went head first to the ground, but Suna caught up and caught her in his hands.

“Yes!” Doctor Sally smiled.

Suna walked back looking around him. All the trees fell aside and were ripped apart like a frayed pieces of paper.

“What now?”Suna asks.

They all walked in the summer house and sat down while Sekai was unconscious on the couch.

“We wait. If you don’t mind I’m going to call my husband and go back to the hospital. I’ll be back soon.”

“What do you mean? You’re coming back?”

“Yeah? She’s my patient. I need to be sure everything is alright with her. Besides who knows what you’ll do to her.” Doctor Sally left.

“Well she never left any instructions, so what do we do with her?” Ken asks.

“We wait.” Subaru answers.

“Can we eat? I’m hungry…” Ken whines.

“Go ahead.” Chun points to the kitchen.

“WHERE’S MY PLATE?!” Ken shouts.

“DON’T EXPECT SEKAI TO ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU EAT YOU PIG!!! GET YOUR OWN FOOD!!!” Chun shouts from the living room.

“WHERE DO I GET IT THEN?” Ken shouts back.

“FROM THE RICE COOKER!” Chun replies

“WHAT IS THAT?” Ken asks.

“Yeah, what is that?” Suna agrees.

“It’s the thing that- You know what never mind, just wait until Sekai wakes up. She’ll help you.” Chun mumbled, “Over her dead body that is.”

BAM!

The door swung open.

“What did you say about her dead body?!” Doctor Sally demanded.

Her eyes were like gun shots shooting down at you until you answered.

“N-nothing.” Chun hesitated.

“You can go ahead and eat.” Doctor Sally instructed.

“Has she always been so bossy?” Suna whispers in Chun’s ear.

“What did you say?” Doctor Sally asked in an angry tone.

“I-I asked if you were always this pretty.” Suna smiles a weak smile.

Doctor Sally runs her hands through Sekai’s hair.

She comes to a stop.

Is this a knot?

She pulls her hand back and doesn’t mess with it.

Sekai was really good at hiding her true self.

“Doctor Sally, are you going to eat?” Subaru asks.

“Oh, well I’m not that hungry, you guys eat.” She waved him away.

She looks at Sekai.

“You sure are a handful, but I don’t mind. “ She whispers.

She puts her hand over Sekai’s eyes.

“Wake up…Wake up… Wake up…” Sally pleas.

In just a moment later, Sekai begin to shake her head around.

“Go away. Go away. Go away!” Sekai thrashed around in the couch.

It was a good thing the doors to the kitchen were closed otherwise the band would walk in.

“Shh, you’re alright. No need to fight now.” Doctor Sally whispers trying to shake Sekai awake.

She blinks her eyes to wake up.

“Wh-STOP!!” She shouts sitting up.

“Calm down now. Big scary man is gone. You’re alright.” Doctor Sally cuddles Sekai in her arms.

Sekai was breathing hard.

“Ok, listen to me; I am so sorry for forgetting that I was supposed to bring you new medication today. It’s my fault. I completely forgot.” She rocks Sekai as if they were in a rocking chair.

Sekai buries her face in Doctor Sally’s shirt.

“I brought you new medication. It should work much better than the other one. The side effects are different and stuff like that, but overall you should be fine with this. Side effects are more controllable and you may have to sleep every once in a while though. Maybe you should just read them yourself.”

Sekai nods her head as Doctor Sally hands her the medication.

“I believe that once you are done with this bottle is in two weeks from now. Hopefully you will be able to contact me somehow so I can deliver another bottle or two to you. This is newly made specifically to you.”

“Um, thank you.” She whispers.

“No need to thank me. So anyway, I decided to stay here.”

She raises an eyebrow, “How long?”

“Oh, just one day. I’ll leave tomorrow morning, but right now I have to leave. I’ll be coming back around 10. I’ll be buying my dinner so no need to wait on me. I have to go, ok? Be careful.” Doctor Sally gets up and walks to the door.

“Start taking your pills once it’s eight.” She smiles.

Sekai nods her head.

The door was slammed closed and she was just left there. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 7:55.

She sat there and thought real hard.

“Hey, are you going to eat?” Suna asks walking in the room.

Sekai just turned her head away from him.

“Oh come on. You’re not going to start ignoring us again now are you?” He asks.

“I never said that.” She answered.

He smiled, “Well are you going to sit there like a-”

“Don’t say it unless you want to die, because I swear this time I will fucking kill the shit out of you.”

“Ok, I won’t.” He raised his hand up as surrender.

“What are you talking about now?” Chun asks walking in the room.

“Oh, Doctor Sally is sleeping over.” Sekai informed them.

“WHAT?!WHY?!” They asked unison.

“What did we do to deserve this? Besides we don’t have any more room for another person!” Suna shouted.

“Well-”

“Forget it; it’s just going to be a disaster either way.” Suna grumbled and exited the room.

“Why?” Chun asked.

“I don’t know, she didn’t tell me. Demo, I think it’s that she wants to be sure that I’m safe. I mean, I’m in a house full of filthy men. Then, out of nowhere I’ll be raped by one of you.” Sekai said coldly. (Demo=But in Japanese.)

She saw Chun blush and say, “I doubt that’s going to happen. For all I know, I might as well just shoot myself if I saw YOU naked.”

“Then who do you want to see naked? Doctor Sally?” Sekai teased.

“Hell no.” He said and left.

Sekai got up and walked to the kitchen with the new bottle of medication. She read the note taped onto it.

So by the time you read this note, it’s time for you to take this medication. There are NO side effects. Yay! BUT! If you forget to take your medication one second late like the other medication, you get to your emotional state. This medication will let you have more control of yourself and you won’t be as tired. Now if I were you, with this chance of being awake I would be the boss of those boys and teach them stuff. I mean, your English is way better than theirs. Their fighting skills are very weak compared to yours. Don’t forget that they aren’t that smart. You know, except for Chun, but anyway. Since they are on this break from music and their career, you should teach them and make them better people. I know their parents would like that. Ok? So take two pills every 6 hours. This medication is way better than the one I gave you, I know. Oh, and your welcome! Be careful and cautious! Good luck.

“Thank you.” Sekai whispered to the air.

She took her medication and turned around to see Ken looking over her shoulder, the paper written by Doctor Sally in his hands.

“Hey, dude, don’t just take other people’s stuff like that you have to ask.” Sekai turn and tried to snatch her paper back but misses since Ken moved his arm.

“Jeez, Doctor Sally isn’t as nice as I thought she was, she called me dumb!”

“That’s because you are!” She jumps to reach for it as he puts it over his head and tilting his head so he can read it. His other hand’s on Sekai’s shoulder trying to push her away from the paper.

“Guah!!!” She shouts in frustration. “Give me it back you shit head!”

“No! Not after what you called me. I might as well call you-”

“Do you want to kick somewhere you don’t want to be kicked?” She shouts.

“Nah, I’m good.” He says and tries to run away, but Sekai already raised a foot.

“Guys, jeez, you’re acting as if your siblings.” Subaru says as he holds in both hands Sekai’s leg and Ken’s arm.

“Well that’s because we-” Sekai stopped herself.

“We?”

“We-”

“Subaru I was just messing with her, calm down.” Ken sighs

“Now give me that paper back.” She demanded.

“Whatever.” Ken sighs as he hands it over.

“Oh and be warned.” Sekai whispers.

“What does that mean?” Ken asks.

“Nothing.” She answers innocently.

“I doubt that.” He mumbles and leaves.

“Sekai, can I talk to you?” Subaru asks.

“Um, sure?” She asks.

He led her to the terrace

“What is it?” She asks in a serious tone.

“What happened back there? I swear I saw you sleeping at first and then you’re outside knocking trees down and-just what happened?” Subaru asked sitting on the floor

Sekai stood there.

“It’s nothing.” Sekai starts to leave, but Subaru held onto her leg.

“Just tell me, it’s not that big of a deal. Did you have anger problems then? Did angry Sekai come out? I have no idea what I’m saying, but it seemed as if you had absolute no control of your actions. You were going crazy. Chun was freaking out and was saying things that didn’t make sense. You know he really worries about you?”

“That’s just bullshit. That doesn’t even matter. He shouldn’t care or worry about me. Jeez.”

“You still don’t get it.” Subaru sighs

“What?”

“He…”

“He what?”

“Never mind.”

“What is that supposed to mean? Just tell me, it’s not like I’ll run away.”

“Nah, he’ll get mad if I tell you.”

“Fine. Whatever you say.”

“Now just tell me what happened out there?” He asked.

“No, I’ll tell you later on.”

“Jeez.”

“I’m going to wash the dishes.”

“You didn’t eat though.”

“I don’t care.”

“Can I help?”

“I don’t care.”

They walked back inside and they both washed the dishes together. Sekai did the washing while Subaru did the drying. Sekai did it slow enough that Subaru could keep up.

“Alright, we’re done.” Sekai said drying her hands with a towel.

“Aren’t you going to say thank you?” Subaru asked.

“You were the one that volunteered to help I didn’t need your help.” Sekai said.

“Fine, I’ll be showering first then.”

“Enjoy it while you can.” Sekai whispered.

Subaru looked confused, but went on and ignored it.

By the time it was 10 at night, Doctor Sally came home seeing Sekai with a book in her hands in the living room.

“What are you doing?” Doctor Sally asked.

“Oh reading something.” Sekai answered.

It was pretty lengthy.

“What book?”

“It’s my old algebra book. I’m studying it; since I can’t go to school right now I’m studying it.” Sekai said.

“I see.” Doctor Sally nodded her head.

“Are you going to take a shower first or me?” Sekai asked.

“You didn’t shower yet?”

Sekai shook her head.

“I’ll go first I guess.” Doctor Sally said heading to the bathroom with her bag.

She’s been in this house for some time now. She knows where everything is and knows how everything works.

Doctor Sally went in the bathroom and turned the lights on. She began to strip.

Ken got out of his room at this time and walked past the bathroom. He saw that the light in the bathroom was on by looking at the floor.

“Who’s in the bathroom at this time? Didn’t Sekai already take a shower? Oh maybe she forgot to turn the lights off.” He said snapping his fingers thinking he was so smart.

He got on his knees just in case someone was actually in there. He slowly turned the knob and opened a crack of the door. He saw a figure stepping into the shower. Her skin pure white, she was tall, and had a nice figure.

He quickly closed the door and ran to his room with his face completely red.

“I can’t believe I saw a girl naked! Besides who was that?!” He whispered/yelled in his room.

“Alright, I’m done.” Doctor Sally smiled walking into the living room with a robe on.

“I think you should at least put some clothes on. I mean, there are four guys in this house. It’s not a very good choice to be wearing only that.” Sekai had a point.

“Well I do this at my house though.”

“And how did that turn out? Did your husband attack you?”

“Maybe…” she answered sarcastically

They both laughed...well Sekai just hid her smile.

“No he didn’t attack me; in fact he left me alone.” Doctor Sally said.

“Well, considering these guys are in high school I doubt they’ll resist.” Sekai sighed.

“Anyway, you should take a shower.” Doctor Sally said.

“I’m going.” Sekai said getting up.

She lugged her suitcase over to the bathroom.

She closed the door of the bathroom with the lights off. She quickly stripped but then looked in the mirror. Her hair is what bothered her every day. It’s not that she’s a girly girl or anything like that; it’s that she hides things in her hair. It’s something that’s not really important, but extremely important to her. She took the bobby pins out of her hair.

Ken walked out of his room with his head in his hands. He looked at the bathroom. The lights were off. That means there isn’t anyone in there.

Just in case he got on his knees and opened the door just by a crack. There’s no way someone could be in there, but Ken was wrong.

Even though he couldn’t see very well, he saw a feminine figure step into the shower and pull the curtain closed.

Ken closed the door and screamed as he went into his room, “I MUST BE CURSED OR SOMETHING!!!”

“I hope I never have a boy as my kid.” Doctor Sally said to herself after hearing Ken.

Sekai went back to the living room and saw Doctor Sally just watching TV.

“Hey, you done?” Doctor Sally asked.

“Yeah.” Sekai said

“Now, why are you wearing that?” Doctor Sally asked seeing Sekai dressed in a robe.

“Well, I left…something out here so I decided to wear this and get out here to get it.”

“Makes sense.” Doctor Sally says.

Sekai went back in the bathroom and changed into her pajamas which were dark blue sweats and a light blue V neck T-shirt.

“That’s what I expect to see a 12 year old to wear.” Doctor Sally said.

“This is what I’ve been wearing. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be sleeping on the floor tonight.” Sekai said getting a pillow on the floor.

“No, you’re making me feel so terrible. I should be the one that sleeps on the floor.” Doctor Sally says standing up.

“Nah, it’s alright, besides at my old house my mattress wasn’t even a mattress, it had wood under the mattress sheets. Also, it would probably feel uncomfortable for you to be sleeping on the floor.”

“You Japanese people are so nice and interesting.” Doctor Sally complimented.

Sekai sat there with Doctor Sally watching TV on the couch with all the lights off.

“Now, this is the scary part, it’s where that girl over there gets jumped by a robber.” Doctor Sally informed.

“I don’t see how it’s so scary. I mean, can’t that girl just kick the robber in the area that guys don’t want to be kicked?” Sekai asked.

“Well, the robber in this case is a girl, not a guy.” Doctor Sally said.

“Well either way, shouldn’t girls carry some sort of weapon with them? I mean, I carry a knife or needle with me, but she should at least carry some pepper spray. I mean it’s better safe than sorry.”

“I know, but this is a movie.”

“Oh right.”

As the girls focus back on the movie Suna creeps up behind them.

“BOO!!!” He shouts.

Doctor Sally jumps with her hand on her heart trying to hold the fact that it was only Suna, while Sekai turned around and looked at him.

“Not scary.” Sekai said coldly.

“I bet you’re freaking out on the inside.” He chuckled.

“I bet you don’t want to see what’s on the inside.”

“You don’t know what I want and what I don’t want.”

“Hell yeah I do.”

“Like what?”

“I don’t have to name them because everyone already knows.”

Doctor Sally nodded in agreement.

“Bitches…” He mumbled.

“Dumbass I can hear you.” Sekai shouted at him.

“Do I look like I care?”

“Hell yeah you do!” Sekai just made a guess on that one.

Suna left with a smile on his face. He thought it was more of a game than a threat.

“Alright, you better go to sleep.” Doctor Sally said.

“Whatever you say.” Sekai said.

“Well, I’ll be leaving at six in the morning. I think you’ll be alright in this house. So far, everything seems to be alright.”

“Oh, just wait until it gets worse…” Sekai whispers.

“What did you say?” Doctor Sally asked.

“It’s nothing.” Sekai said.

Sekai slipped down to the floor and pulled the blanket close to her.

She had her IPod next to her and was listening to music as she fell asleep.

“I hope I’ll be alright, I wish you were here with me.” Sekai whispers quietly.

15: Training has just Begun

(Sekai’s POV)

The next thing I know, my IPod wakes me up at two in the morning.

Some say I’m a morning person, but I’m not. I just have a weird sleeping problem. It doesn’t make any sense, but I ignore it.

I get up and shove my IPod in the pocket of my blue sweat pants.  I wobble a bit considering its two in the morning and I just woke up and I’m dizzy. I can’t see anything, but somehow I got to the kitchen by memory.

I turn my IPod on for a source of light.

You won’t believe what I see.

“Ken? Is that you?” I mumble.

“Hey, did I wake you?” He asks.

“No, I’m here to take my medication.”

“Oh ok. How’d you know what time to get up?” He asked

“Well, I was listening to my IPod to sleep so when I need to take my medication it will tell me, because I set an alarm. What are you doing here this late?” I ask him.

“I got hungry.” He mumbles.

“And all that food that I cooked you wasn’t enough, jeez you’re a pig.” I answered.

“Shut up.”

“If you want food, I can cook some for you.” I sighed seeing how desperate he was.

He was looking in the cabinets and the fridge looking for something, like five year olds playing hide-and-seek.

“Yeah, um, thank you. Oh and when you said you’ll burn the house down because you were that terrible chef earlier, you’re actually really good, and look, the house isn’t on fire or burnt down.”

“Shut up. The food I cook is too bland anyway.”

“I think it had a lot of taste though.”

“I doubt that, you’re just lying to make me feel better.”

“No, it’s the truth.”

I rolled my eyes, “Whatever, so what do you want to eat then?”

“Hm, not sure. I was hoping last night that I bought some beef jerky so I wouldn’t be in this mess right now, but I guess there’s no helping it. It’s just my fault. You just go back to sleep and I’ll just go buy something for me to eat.”

By the time he told me that I had already taken my medication and said, “No, I’ll cook for you, you don’t have to go out and buy shit. Besides aren’t you 15? You can’t drive. Now that I think about it, before I came here, Chun had driven me to my uncle’s hotel without wrecking the car and he’s like 15. Jeez, what’s wrong with you people? You’re breaking the law.” I said shaking my head.

“We can actually drive really well. I mean, we’ve been to countries and states that will let us drive you know.”

“At age 16 you can, but you’re all like a year away.”

“Suna is actually 16. His birthday past before we met you.”

“Hm… Anyway, what do you want to eat?”

“Did we buy any ramen noodles?”

“Yeah.”

“Good, something that won’t take long and tastes good.”

“Just one question,” I began getting a pot and putting some water in it, “How do you not know how to cook some ramen? Seriously, I learned this when I was-”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’re idiots, but Chun is probably smarter than you.”  Ken interrupted.

“What’s his IQ?” I asked.

“Hell if I know.” He answered.

So later on when I finished cooking the ramen, Ken slurped up all the ramen noodles while I sat there listening to my IPod waiting for him to finish so I can go back to sleep.

“I’m still hungry.” I can hear the hesitation in his voice.

“Ok, you want some more then?”

His eyes widen from my answer. He was waiting for me to yell at him. Yeah, I’m being nice. This is a one and only time I’ll do this, that’s because it’s like-who knows- 3 in the morning now and I’m tired and I can’t sleep once it passes 4 a.m. No reason. I don’t know why.

I get up and grab the pot again and start to cook another packet of ramen noodles.

“I’m going to cook some herbal tea for you so you’ll be healthy.” I said.

“But I don’t like it.”

“You are going to drink it. If you get unhealthy from eating all this ramen noodle crap then it’s going to be my fault so if you want to be unhealthy fine by me, but it’s not going to be my fault because you’re the one that says no.”

“Ok, fine I’ll drink it. Jeez.”

“Oh, and be sure to wake up at 5 this morning.”

“Why?”

“Because I have a surprise for all of you, so be sure to tell the rest about it. Don’t tell Doctor Sally though. She needs rest so she can work today…? Tomorrow? Whatever just don’t wake her.” I told him.

“Whatever.” He answered.

I got another bowl and handed it to him. This time he said he was full and went back to sleep while I washed the dishes.

By the time I looked at the clock on my IPod it was 3:30.

Fuck. I hate time sometimes.

I closed my eyes on the kitchen table fell asleep with my IPod sitting on the table.

When I woke up again, it was 4 exactly. Something I see a lot.

I got up and took a shower as quiet as I could; I changed into blue elastic shorts, black long sleeved shirt, knee high white socks, and my converses.

I got magazines and cut out words that I needed and glued them on a blank sheet of paper.

It reads in different font,

Yeah, um, I know this is supposed to be a secret or something, but I ran away. Yup. So, don’t bother finding me. I’ll be alright either way. I know I’m just a bother to you so I decided to leave. By the time you read this I’m on my way to the right of your house far away.

Yeah, it’s a lie. I TOOK Suna and Chun’s car keys and put them in my pocket. Oh! And their spare keys to the car with me.

This is way too easy. I tie up my hair in a ponytail, my shot bangs hanging on my face and my hair that’s supposed to by tied up neat is messy with short strands of hair that wasn’t able to get under the tie was sticking out.

I took my IPod and stuck it in my other pocket and closed the door. I turned right and took off running as if it was the end of my life.

Soon I reached two miles. I turned around and stepped off the road.

I sat on the grass beside the road and started listening to my music again.

I bet they’re freaking out that I’m gone.

Like shit, I should be someone she shouldn’t care about. Seriously, I don’t really care about them, why should they care about me?

(Back at the house, Suna’s POV)

I heard knocking on my door.

“Get the fuck away from me bitch. Can’t you see that I’m sleeping?” I mumbled.

“Sekai told me to wake all of you up at this time.”

It was Ken’s voice. I can tell because he’s always the one that will say things like that. Subaru will say something happy and smilie and Chun will say something like, ‘Don’t yell at me about it, I’m just doing a favor.’

It’s true, they do that. So I got up and opened the door to see Ken standing there.

“What the hell is up with her?” I asked.

“I don’t know, so don’t ask me. She told me to wake you up and that was it. Better change and get ready Suna.” Ken answered.

“Whatever.”

I went to the bathroom and…you know.

So when I got out of the bathroom I went back into my room and changed into basketball shorts and a white T. I opened my door to see Chun walking by in his pajamas.

“So Ken woke you up too.” He said and walked into the bathroom.

I walked down to the kitchen to see Ken and Subaru standing side by side looking at something

“What the hell are you doing?” I asked.

“Sh!” They said. Ken pointed to the living room.

Is that damn bitch sleeping or something?

“Doctor Sally is still asleep.” Ken whispers.

“Oh.” I answered.

“Read this.” Subaru handed me a note.

This better be good.

What’s up with this? That bitch cut up magazines just to glue down what she was going to say?

I crumple the paper in my hand and headed out that door looking for my keys in the car, but didn’t see a thing.

“Fuck you Sekai, what’s up with you?” I shout and took off running in what I hoped to be the direction she said.

(Sekai’s POV)

I’ve been waiting for a while now.

Maybe they just skipped out.

I was really hoping for them to fall for it, but this is a lame thing to do, I should’ve done something better.

I get up and then sat back down.

Let’s wait a little longer.

I sat there with the wind blowing gently, my hair flowing with it, the grass leaning on the direction it’s blowing. I like this spot. It’s very relaxing.

Soon a bird landed on the ground right next to me.

“Hey buddy.” I held my finger out and it jumped on it. I look into its eyes.

“No reason to feel lonesome. Now use your wings to find your way out.” I set it to take off and it flew away. I saw the bird’s brilliant colors. It was very dull, but something told me that I’m dull like him.

I stare that the clouds.

Like 30 minutes later I heard shouting.

“Sekai!!!”

I stand up.

Finally these assholes come.

I walk to the center of the road and take my headphones off and sticking them in my pocket.

“There you are.” I said my arms crossed.

Suna was here first.

“Where’s the rest?” I asked.

“They’re coming…I saw them earlier.” He huffed.

“You’re out of breath, it’s so funny that I could be on the ground laughing right now, but that’s not necessary.”

“What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be way ahead by now? Hey! You took my car keys and my spare!! What’s up with that?! Oh and why are you here when you’re supposed to be way ahead, oh you took my car keys and-”

“Calm down you slow bitch. I’ve been waiting for you guys to come for like an hour! You know hard it is to plan something?! Besides you’re just repeating yourself. I made this up! I’m not leaving, because I still have to take my medication and I have nowhere else to go! So I prefer you shut your trap until the rest gets here!”

“So this is a trick? You made all this up? Why?”

“Because Doctor Sally said you guys needed it. I mean seriously I’m like 3-4 years younger than you and I can kick your ass! You better be thankful from learning from me, because no one will teach you the way I teach things. So listen up and tell the others. Oh, and you just ran two miles. I’m on my way back, so when the rest meet up with you tell them what I said, by the time you get back to the house. There will be more instructions later.”

“So you’re training us?”

“You’ll probably think it’s torture at first, but trust me, it gets better when you get stronger.” I took off running.

It’s also torture for me too, so just deal with it. Your parents will probably thank me for doing this since you don’t really have a good way on working out.

I hope this works out well.

I see the rest of them catching up. I run at full speed so they would think I’m just a strong wind.

Then I just rush faster and get back to the house.

I see Doctor Sally has already left.

I wait in the kitchen for them.

I start to pour in the pancake mix and start flipping. I’m guessing around 15 for each of them. Hopefully this will keep them full for now. BUT then again I could just make it one big pancake.

I pour the pancake mix in the size of the pan.

The four of them walk in.

“If you want me to cook, you have to train then.” I said putting four plates out the side of the pancake.

“Hey, mine’s a little burnt.” Ken complained.

“After what I didn’t this morning I don’t think you should be complaining.” I said staring down at him.

“Oh yeah, thanks.”  He says.

“What happened?” Chun asked curiously.

“Nothing much.” I answered walking over to a counter to take my medication.

I poured the water in a glass cup.

“Nothing…You guys didn’t make out now did you?”

I started choking on the water. I put the cup down and turned my back to them and coughed into a napkin that I stole from Subaru. It was next to his plate so I’m assuming he didn’t use it yet.

I started coughing really hard trying to grasp what he just said. I felt someone start to pat my back.

“Hey, are you alright?” He asked.

Subaru, he’s always way, way, WAY too nice. It’s not like I’ll die, but they don’t know that.

I slow my coughing on purpose and then act as if it’s gone. I stop. You know how hard it is to stop coughing/choking? Jeez my throat is on fire.

When Subaru steps out of my way, I make a beeline to the bathroom and my the door. I cough the shit out of me. Jeez this hurts!

“Hey, you ok?”

Sounds like Chun…

“Perfect.” I croaked.

“I doubt it, so let me in.”

“NO!” I horsed out.

“Why not?” He asked.

I stay silent. I turn the faucet on. Well he isn’t going to move away from the door unless I stop coughing so this is the only way! I turn my neck sideways and sip the water from the faucet.

The taste is nasty…

I swallow hard on the water hoping that the coughing/choking will stop.

“I’m fine.” I state.

“Just checking.” He said.

I lean against the door.

That really worked.

“You sure you’re not just holding your breath so you can stop coughing to… I don’t know…”

“No, I’m fine.”

I can feel him lean against the door too.

“You’re a strange person you know that?” He says.

Jeez, I’m not that weird now am I? Hurt my feelings. Just kidding! I don’t have feelings of emotion running through my veins.

Nice emotions don’t run in my veins, because I’m the complete opposite. I wonder what life would be life if I wasn’t so…negative?

“Way to hurt my feelings…” I say in a fake sad voice.

This is where acting comes in handy!

“I didn’t mean it like that. I mean-”

“You’re being mean to me.” I fake a whimper.

“No I-”

“I’M just joking with you. I’m perfectly fine, and it doesn’t bother me that you think I’m strange.” I open the door to see a human body about fall on me.

My hands reach under his arms.

“You’re just lucky that I caught you otherwise you would’ve had a concussion.” I said and helped him up.

“Yeah, um thanks.” He said scratching the back of his head.

I walk to the kitchen and take my medication.

I turn around and they all were staring at me like I was some piece of hair in their way. Their food was consumed already in what looked like a big bite because there is too many crumbs on the table and plates.

I think they’re planning something on me. Something devious….

“Well since you look like you're finished I’ll let you relax until I’m done with the dishes.

They all get up and get out of the kitchen, but they were still eyeing me.

I ignore what I still can and take the dishes to the sink. I begin to wash the dishes in full speed with soap everywhere.

I was done in a quick minute.

I turn away from the sink and holler, “GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!”

There is obviously no way they would listen to me so I gave it a minute for them to come down.

Surprisingly they did come down. The four of them were still eyeing me.

“I want you to go outside in your back yard.”

“Alright, when?”

“June 21.” I say sarcastically, “I mean now. Go.”

I point out the door.

They all headed out the door. I bring out gigantic soft armor.

“What is that?” Subaru asked kindly.

“This is what you’re going to wear. In this part of your training, I want to see how strong you are.” I answered.

“Why?” Suna asked.

“You want to get your ass kicked and have me kick someone’s ass for you?” I asked.

“Continue.” He said.

“So you will be fighting me, I will grade your skill from 1-10. 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest. I will honestly pick which number is yours when against me. I will go at different levels. For example, I’ll start at a one, or what I think a one should look like. Then if you exceeded my expectations, I’ll escalate to 5, but if you can’t handle that, I’ll go down a bit.” I explained.

“Oh.” They say unison.

It’s almost creepy. I keep thinking they are all related, but then I remember that they’re not.

“Who wants to go first?” I asked deviously.

In the end, Suna was a 5, Chun was a 6 (which surprised me since he’s not supposed to be the tough one), Ken was a 4, and Subaru was a 3.

“I’m not even sweating.” I say looking at them. They were breathing hard, sweat pouring down their faces that are bright red. I almost started laughing.

We need A LOT of work…

16: Boycotting

“Come one, 800 pushups.” I shouted at Suna.

Sweat was pouring down his face. He was at 683

“You’re almost there, Suna.” I encouraged.

“Let’s go! You guys have to improve.” I say.

You see, everyone needs to get in shape. I’m just pushing them.

“Let’s go Chun!”

After they failed their battle against me twice, they couldn’t accept losing. They were going at the same pace. Surprisingly, they haven’t been complaining.

“800!” They shouted unison. They let their face fall on the mats. Suddenly, I hear light snoring.

I roll my eyes and (thank god they had separate mates) dragged them inside where it was warm. One by one they came in. It was 4 in the morning. I don’t blame them. I put a blanket on all four of them. I’m surprised Chun didn’t wake up yet, especially since he’s an extremely light sleeper. Once I was just walking in the halls at night and he shouted at me to go to bed. I’m not even near him!

I started to grade their homework I assigned them last night. They’re not the smartest, but they made around a B, except Chun who made an A-. Not bad right?

By the time they wake up, it’s 6 in the morning. If you read correctly and did your math right, then that’s right! They slept for two hours.

They pop their heads unison remembering they couldn’t sleep otherwise they get in huge trouble. I’ve been doing this for three weeks straight, and today is Friday! So today I have to test them and see if they can be at a 10. (If you remember in the last chapter, Sekai will judge them with her honest opinion on a scale of 1 to 10 how good they are in combat.)

“We’re very sorry. Please don’t make us run laps!” They apologize.

“It’s fine. I purposely let you sleep. This is the only time I’ll allow it. So, do you want to take your test now or do some warm-ups?” I ask.

They all rush back to the back yard and started stretching. Their warm up took about 30 minutes, which I don’t mind. Today I’m in a very good mood. I hope it doesn’t get ruined. I rarely get to be in a good mood. I don’t show it though, that would make them ease up and not take things seriously.

“Ok, can we take the test now?” Subaru asked.

“Alright.” I sigh and ask, “Who wants to go first?”

“I’ll go.” Subaru smiled.

After a few dodges and punches, my foot stopped at Subaru’s chin where if I didn’t stop, I would’ve flung Subaru where he would then be defeated for passing out or something along that line.

I put my foot down and say, “You’ve improved. Next.”

Ken raised his hand

It all ended the same though.

Lastly there was Suna, who was taking things a bit serious than usual.

He came straight at me with a fist. I caught it and flipped him over, my other fist just about landed in his face when he hit the ground.

I would’ve won.

But the next thing I knew, he grabbed my arm and kicked me in the stomach causing me to fly backwards and hit the ground. Now he was on top of me.

“Ok, listen up.” Suna started, “I am sick and tired of your bossy attitude. You treat us like puppets-”

“No I don’t”

“Yes, you do. Now don’t interrupt. I have had enough of you pushing us too far to the limit. We can’t be as perfect like you. Fuck! I don’t even know why we’re doing this in the first place! Why do I have to fucking listen to you, when I have a life that I have to live?!Fuck you! I fucking don’t want to fucking do what you say! I have fuckin’ had it! I don’t want to deal with your shit anymore. You’re just being a bitch all over again! Why can’t you be one of those normal girls who actually are normal! You should be helping our needs and doing what we say instead of us listening to what you say! You’re just full of shit! You’re trying to make us your punching bag. I’ve had it, and so have these guys, BITCH!” I push him away and stand up in his face.

“Do you think I wanted to do this anyway just for entertainment? Do you think I’m doing this to push you around? No! I fucking don’t give a shit about this! Do you expect me to make you perfect? No, I don’t fucking care! I’m just doing this for YOU! If you don’t want my help then fine! See if I care! You won’t be seeing me helping you at all!” I shout back.

“What does that mean?” Chun asks me as I begin to walk back inside.

“That means I’m boycotting against you! That’s right! No more cooking, cleaning, teaching, fighting, talking, listening, seeing, and taking care of YOU! I don’t fucking care about our promise anymore! Now you’ve lost the person who helps your needs! See if I care if you die! You should’ve just addressed me in a nicer manner, but I guess guys like you expect girls to do as you say! Well fuck you! I was just trying to help, but I guess you don’t need it, so good-bye!” I slam the door shut and lock it. I grab the entire pot of boiling water I made FOR MYSELF and took it in the living room along with my medication. I lock the two doors that give access to the living room, lock the window, pull the curtain close and put all my clothes in the living room’s bathroom. It appears that there was a bathroom there that I never knew of. It’s because they painted the bathroom door and the living room walls the same color that I didn’t even notice the design on the door and the door knob! Let’s see how they live without me now… They’re hopeless.

Two days later and it’s four in the morning. I walk into the kitchen to see that it’s a mess. I close the door and decided to just change for my morning run. I ran to my favorite spot and just sat there looking for the sun to come up. About three hours later I see this little light begin to shine out of the hills. I get up and begin to jog back to the house. Then I get this feeling where I want to go to Doctor Sally. I know she’s at work, but I just want to visit her. She’s what I have left. I mean, I’ve been ignoring the guys for the past two days, never leaving the living room. Plus, she’s the one that convinced the guys to give me a phone even though I didn’t want it. I begin to call her, but as I was dialing her number someone starts to call.

“Wei?” (Just a way of answering a phone in Chinese I think….) I answer.

“Sekai? Is that you? Where the hell are you? We’ve been looking for you for-”

I just hung up… I began to dial Doctor Sally’s number again.

Thank god she picked up her phone.

“Hello?” She answered.

“Doctor Sally?”

“Oh Sekai?”

“Yeah, can you pick me up?

“Well, I’m not busy so sure, why not. Where are you? It sounds like you’re outside.”

“That’s because I am. I’m just a little past the house.”

“I’m coming.”

Few minutes later, I got in her car and was going to the hospital. I sat next to Doctor Sally in her office. Once we got there she knew something was wrong, so I decided to tell her what happened between me and the guys.

“So, you’re not boycotting against them. Isn’t that a bit too harsh?” She asked.

“No, if you were there then you would think this is reasonable. I mean he chewed me out.” I answered.

“But don’t you-Hey, are you alright?”

I suddenly felt light headed, my eyes were starting to blur, my head was spinning, and at last I was out cold.

When I woke up, I saw five blurry people. Don’t need to guess who they are…

“How are you feeling?”

I blink my eyes repeatedly only to know that my vision only got blurrier. I begin to rub my eyes only to know someone was keeping them down. I was too weak to lessen their grip.

“Fuck you assholes. I’m fucking tired Leave me alone douchebags.” I say to them with my eyes now closed, “I don’t like this fucking dream. I wished they’d all die…”

Now, they think I was sleeping.

I feel hands off my hands and footsteps moving to my left and then a door slammed.

“They’re gone.”

I slightly open my eyes and see things much clearer.

“I asked them if you were eating anything. Turns out they don’t know. I’m so disappointed in you. You’re malnutritioning!” She conformed.

“Actually, the only way you can use malnutrition is malnutrition.”  I stated

“Oh who cares now, the point is, is that you’re not eating right! You avoided nutrition, Sekai!”

I look away from Doctor Sally and feel that my own blood boiling.

“Have you been eating anything besides your medication?!” She asked.

“I ate one meal.” I confess.

“When was that?” She asked calmed down that I told the truth unlike some people!

“Uh I think twelve days ago.” I answered.

“Why didn’t you eat?”

“Back then I didn’t eat a lot. This is somewhat normal.”

“To have one meal in around 12 days is not normal! Normal is eating three times a day with about this much total!” She states forming her arms in one circle.

“Back then I only ate food the size of my palm every once a week.” I answered.

“That’s just like a piece of bread!”

“That’s because it is a piece of bread. Now, are we done here?”

“Why haven’t you been eating?” She ignores my question.

“Because I don’t care.”

“No, you’re lying to me.”

“No I’m not.”

“Then tell me the truth.” Her glare was pulling me apart.

I sigh, “It’s just that my body doesn’t compromise with food very well. If I eat the size of what a normal human eats, I’ll end up puking it back up! I don’t feel hungry at all feel so…so…paranormal! Suna is right; I’m just a bitch who can’t be normal. I can’t eat like normal people and I can’t do things like normal people. I just have to do things the way I do them, and you’re just going to have to deal with it.”

“Alright, do you want me to stay the night?”

“That would be nice. You know… if you can that is…”

“If I convince my husband then I know I can go. I’ll call you when I know I can.”

“Ok.”

I get up and walk out.

I head on back to the house by running.

Soon just about half way there, a car pulls over. Wonderful! If you haven’t realized that’s sarcasm.

“Hey, do you want to, you know, get in?”  Asks a familiar voice.

I just kept on walking, and the car slowly crept by me.

“Hey, are you going to talk to me?” He asked.

THEY were in a black shiny car. I don’t really pay attention to cars so I don’t know what kind it is… Suna the one driving apparently.

I thought he was only 15? Now he can drive? No! Wait doesn’t Florida have this rule where you have to be 21 to drive?

What the fuck? Now he’s driving? Wow….

“Hey, answer someone when they are talking to you!” He shouts.

I see a signal telling me to walk begin to blink. I hurry and speed walk past people to get to the end and I sprint back to the house. The guys were far behind because of a red light.

Suckers.

I finally got home away from those jerks. I lock the doors all around me, but now the bathroom of course.

What to do, what to do…

Then I had I an idea.

(Suna’s POV)

I got out of the car and stormed inside. I knocked repeatedly on the living room door.

“When I count to 5 you better open this door, or else I’ll-”

“What?”

I turned to see Doctor Sally in our hallway.

“When did you get here?” I asked.

“Just now.” She answered.

“Why aren’t you at work?” Subaru asked.

“I just wanted a break and see what you guys are up to.” She answered.

“Well, I’m trying to get Sekai to open the door.” I replied.

“She’s outside you idiot.” Ken pointed through the kitchen and at the glass window.

We all head out there and see that Sekai was punching the trunk of the tree.

“You’re not going to be able to break that big of a trunk, you know.” I point out.

Then you see her punch the trunk of the tree. The leaves begin to fall and the top part of the tree fell to the other side.

She really can break the tree in one punch.

“That’s only 1/20 of her power she used.” Doctor Sally stated.

“1/20?!” The rest of us say unison.

My jaw literally dropped.

Jeez!

“I’d rather learn from her.” She said.

Then everything just clicks.

Doctor Sally was trying to make us jealous. She wants us to regret what we did.

Hell no! Sekai may be strong, but I’m NOT going back to her!

Sekai begins to pick up all the branches and snap them off. Even the branches that she can barely hold just break in her hands. I have to admit, she is good, but I just can’t go back to her. She’s awful. I turn to see the rest of them look at me with stern eyes.

“Nope.” I say.

“Oh come on. The only reason she was pushing you was to see if you were going to try.” Doctor Sally said.

Like hell I’d listen to her.

Later that day, Doctor Sally wanted to go out to eat.

“I’ll go with you.” I stood up.

“It’s alright. I have Sekai.” She smiled.

“Why her?” I asked coldly.

“Well, someone stole my wallet last time, so I needed someone with good instinct.” She answered.

“Can we still come?” I asked looking away.

“I guess.”

“Thanks, I’ll go change into disguise.” I ran up the stairs and got the rest and told them to change and that we’re going out to eat.

(Sekai’s POV)

I didn’t call Doctor Sally or plan any of this (just wanted you to know). My plan was to get rid of my anger by punching the trunk of the tree. Well barely. I stood away from it, so when my arms reached out, my fists didn’t touch it. I followed Doctor Sally to the car. I sat in the passenger seat next to hers. I didn’t expect to be in the same car as them.Doctor Sally and I were just going to eat. Just the two of us. Oh well, guess I’m not going to eat today…or tomorrow.

“Hey bitch, out of my seat.” Suna said opening the door. I didn’t even look at him.

“Bitch! Get out of my seat!” He shouted.

I would shout back, but I’m not talking to them…

“Suna! Language! Sit in the back! Now. I’m not babysitting a bunch of kids!” Doctor Sally shouted.

My eyes widened to hear her shout like that.

GO SALLY!!!!

Suna growled and sat in the back. From what I heard, Chun and Ken were going to sit in Chun’s car. When I looked at the window’s reflection of the car, I saw this guy with purple hair that hid half his face, and black leather jackets. He had purple lipstick on which made him look goth-oh! It’s that asshole!

I see now…

We got out of the car. I had some of Doctor Sally’s money just in case they stole mine instead of hers. We started to walk down the streets. Chun and Ken joined us while we got in line to get into the restaurant.

“How long do we have to wait?” I heard Ken whine.

“Just a little longer.” Doctor Sally assured.

I saw some people approach us. The four people walked in front of Doctor Sally and I. I reached in my pocket. Nothing.

Doctor Sally didn’t notice a thing. I tapped on her shoulder.

“I’ll be back soon.” I whispered. She nodded her head and told me to be careful.

I walked after those four, being very obvious. I don’t want Doctor Sally to be worried.

They took a turn into an alley.

Oh boy. It feels like forever when getting into a fight in an alley. Forever I tell you.

“Alright, I’ll make this easy for you. You can give me all my money and my friend’s money, or I could beat you up, turn you in, or merely scare you.”

“Getting a little cocky there little girl.” Says one.

“You don’t know what us men can do to women.” The one at my far right chuckled.

Just wait.

The four men decided to work together to defeat me.

Never once have I lost a fight. It’s not going to start today…

They each came with a punch. I slid under the person in front of me and stood up, their backs were facing me. I kicked all four of their backs, and they all landed on the ground.

They got back up and one by one came at me. I flipped one again the wall, punched two in the face, and kick one in the place they don’t want to be kicked.

The four spilled all of our money. I put the money in my pocket and called the police.

“Whoa.”

I turn to see shocked faces. Four to be exact.

One of them was wearing a plaid button up shirt, black skinny jeans, and glasses on. The guy next to that one had on a white T and shorts with blond hair. The third guy had on a white T underneath a black leather jacket with light brown colored hair. Plus, that Goth guy was there.

Yeah, OH! Just joking! I knew it was THEM.

“I didn’t mean for you to see that.” I whispered.

I pushed past them until one of them grabbed my wrist. He held it up high.

“Help! Help! Help!” I wasn’t attracting much attention.

I scream at a high pitch and still nothing.

“Ah! Help! Fire!” I scream. People start looking around for a fire and my voice. I continue screaming.

“Shut the fuck up!” He covered his hand over my mouth.

Chun (or whoever it was wearing plaid) grabbed my free hand and put it up with my other hand that was over my head. Oh shit. I start to try and kick, but someone was hugging my legs.

Shit!

“DOI! DOI!” I shout with his hand covering my mouth.

What do I do now?

17: Apology Declined

Oh shit.

What to do what to do…

Got it!!!

I start screaming again and The Goth kid pushed his hand closer to my mouth and I bit him.

That’s right!

But apparently I felt liquid in my mouth.

It tasted like iron.

I stopped biting him, but I wanted more.

He let go of my hand and started screaming in pain.

Everyone’s attention was toward him, so I took off running.

What have I done?

I ran back to Doctor Sally who was up next.

“Doctor Sally, please help me!” I squeal.

“What? What happened? First aid or Hospital?” She questioned looking around.

“First aid.” I answered.

“What happened?” She asked.

I handed her her money back. We sat down at a table and I explained to her what happened.

“You bit Suna?!” She whispered/yelled.

“Sh!!! It’s not my fault that he wouldn’t let me go.” I said looking away from her.

“So?!”

“How should I know that my teeth were that sharp?!”

“You should because you know what you are!”

“Well I know I’m not a vampire, but the scary thing was, was that I liked his blood…” I whispered.

“That’s awfully strange, because you aren’t even close to that.” Doctor Sally had her thinking face on.

The guys came in with one bloody hand.

I looked away.

“Will you explain to me about this?” Goth child yelled at me, but no one else could hear since it was already too loud.

“You have gone a bit too far there, Sekai.” The guy in a leather jacket said.

“Not just a bit, but way too far! I just want to punch your face so bad right now, break your neck in half, or just stab this fork through your heart.” He shouted.

I didn’t even look at him.

That was threatening.

“Why don’t you do it then?” Doctor Sally spoke my words for me.

I glance at her.

She is like reading my mind! I was just about to say that, but I know I said I wasn’t going to talk to them so I didn’t.

But thank you Sally!!

“Nani?” Suna spoke in his Japanese language.

My brain just clicked.

That smell.

Iron. Red. Liquid.

I have to stop thinking about it.

I shook my head vigorously.

“Sekai, you ok?”  Doctor Sally asked.

Everyone turned to me.

Oh well, bullshit! You all should be paying attention to the guy who is bleeding!

I got out a roll of bandages that I always keep with me and start to wrap the Goth child’s arm.

“Oi! What are you doing?!” He shouted.

“I can’t understand you guys when you’re talking in Japanese! English!!!” Doctor Sally demanded.

I hope I don’t have to sit by him, otherwise I’ll go crazy.

Instead he sits right in front of me.

I was by the window on the other side with Doctor Sally at my left, and who I think is Subaru at her left. Suna is right in front of me and down that line goes the plaid shirt kid, and the leather jacket guy.

“You have to eat you know.” Doctor Sally said to me.

I stared out the window.

I don’t want to eat.

The only thing I heard was, “BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH…”

“I don’t want to eat though.” I answered causally still staring out the window.

“Come on. Just a piece of bread then? Will that work?” She asked.

“Not hungry.”

“Maybe the reason that she’s not hungry is because she ate my flesh and drank my blood.”

Ok, that’s offensive. How would I know?!

I just stood up.

“Up, up. I’m getting out of here. I will not sit here and hear rude comments about me. I’ve heard enough.” I say.

“Where are you going then?” Doctor Sally asked.

“Bathroom.” I lied.

“Come out soon.” She said.

She probably knew that I was lying, but who cares?

I got up and went to the bathroom at first sight, but then took a turn and blended in with the crowd and left.

I was fucking mad.

That douche should know that what he said was too far to the limit. He should know that.

I walked in circles and found myself at a park sitting in a swing.

I felt someone watching me.

I pulled my hair tie out and around my wrist.

My hair flowed out and covered my face.

Long before we got into this fight, Suna told me that anytime I feel like someone is watching me I would have to hide my face in any kind of way and wait. Wait for THEM to come. Just jump out with cameras with questions that ask me.

Just as he thought.

Cameras started flashing and they ran up to me with these questions.

“What happened at that ally?”

“Who are those people you were with?”

“What kind of relationship do you have with the band Blossom?”

“Did you beat those guys up in the alley?”

“Who do you like most out of the four in the band?”

I just darted back to the house, hoping that the house would be there.

Instead I end up back at that dark alley.

At least those people were gone.

All I have to do is retrace my steps.

But then, I heard talking near the alley.

Doctor Sally and the rest of them were being circled by those guys I saw before. Didn’t the cops come? Oh well.

This time they had their whole gang with them. What the hell? Just give up already!

“Where’s that kid?” They asked.

Oh goodness this might be good to hear.

“Bathroom.” Answered the plaid shirt.

“You’re lying.”

“Tell her to get out here.”

“Why don’t you find her then?” Doctor Sally spoke up.

Suna and the rest start blocking those men from getting to Doctor Sally.

They all start fighting in that alley. I saw all four of those guys blocking Doctor Sally just get pushed around.

“Peeka boo! Here I am. You were looking for me?” I asked walking closer to them.

Ok I’m stepping in. I don’t want anyone hurt. Mainly Doctor Sally.

I hope she’s alright.

“I brought my leader of this group to destroy you. I’ll be taking MY money back.”

“Stealing is not right. That money isn’t yours.” I told them.

I’m fearless, whatever you say. I don’t really have a weakness unless you know me.

“You want the money then bring more people. I can win this fight easy.” There was only six, but they were fairly large people. By the meaning of large, I mean they are fucking tall! And muscular…

But that doesn’t matter.

I can win this.

This man grabs my arm and I suddenly notice that I’m off the ground now. I feel like I’m flying.

“This little kid beat you guys up? You’re weaklings.” I’m guessing that’s their boss.

Their boss was bigger than them. His hand that was around my arm was HUGE!

I needed a good swing.

I saw fear in Doctor Sally’s eyes.

I smile at her.

She returns a weak smile.

I stare at their bosses eyes.

He was actually a weakling.

His eyes just told me that I could just defeat him.

I got my other arm on his hand. He looked at me.

I glared at him.

And just

Kicked him down.

Easy!

Bitch shouldn’t underestimate me.

I was standing on his chest.

His subordinates came rushing to me with punches. I grabbed their wrists and flipped them over. They weigh like five LBS. I can’t even believe that I could even flip them over. Oh well…

“Ow.” Each of them complained.

More came after me. I punched them in the face and kicked their faces away.

Fucking people shouldn’t just pick a fight whenever they want to. That’s just stupid.

I was still standing on their boss’s body.

He grabbed my leg and threw me into a wall.

Though I sort of jumped off the wall (Literally!) and my fist landed on his nose. My other hand was on his shoulder and I flipped myself around to the back of him.

I jumped onto his shoulders and started pulling his hair.

He screamed like a little girl.

I jumped off of him and grabbed Doctor Sally who had the rest of the gang with her.

We took a run for it.

Well I led the way all the way back to the park.

I sat down in the swing while the rest of them were wiped out from running.

I roll my eyes.

They were breathing hard and was either sitting on the floors of the playground or on the picnic table.

Weaklings.

“Doctor Sally, are you ok?” I spoke up.

“I’m fine.” She gave a weak smile.

“I knew it! The only reason she came and helped us was for Doctor Sally, not the fact that we were going to die!” The Goth Kid shouted.

I roll my eyes again and started to pump my legs and started to swing around on the swing set.

“Will you all say sorry to her?!” Doctor Sally said.

“Why should we?” The guy in a black leather jacket said.

“You guys are so childish. She was just helping. Give it a rest. I mean really, how old are you guys?” Doctor Sally had a point.

“Five.” Says the guy in a white T.

“Add ten more years to that. You’re all fifteen! Oh my goodness. Just give it a rest. Don’t you want food? Someone to pick up after you? Someone to give you medicine if something happened?”

She is so making them regret what they did, but all the things she said made me pissed.

“I am not their maid!” I shout.

They all turn to me.

“You should know how to cook by this age. I learned when I was six! That’s sad! I am not your maid! I am not your servant that you have back at your own house. I am a human who is independent, but apparently I had to make a promise with you that I would clean up after you. No! I will no longer stand for this. You don’t even treat me with the respect I need. When I was teaching you Spanish who was the one that had faith in you guys that you could do it? Me! Who was the one who kept pushing you to do 800 pushups? Me! Who was the one that did your laundry? Me! You should know how to do it by now! I’ve tried teaching you how to do some of the cleaning, why don’t you do it for once? I’d like to see you try-”

“We have tried!”

“I doubt it! You were probably trying to come up with a plan just last night to make me go back to doing all the cleaning and shit! Well I’ve had enough of it! You do the cleaning! You do the cooking! You take care of yourself! You shouldn’t be hearing this from a girl who is 2 years younger than you. You should know this stuff.” I glare at all of them. Their faces were looking away from me. So they were coming up with a plan!

“I might as well leave you all for good.” I said at last. Their faces immediately turned to me.

“What?! You can’t go off alone!” Doctor Sally was the first to speak.

“I can, and I might as well! I don’t care where I am in this world as long as I’m away from you! I can handle it, because I can fight to protect myself, cook so I can eat, find sources of water because I can locate fresh water immediately just by sense, and I can take care of myself without having to rely on someone to do it for me!” I shout.

Their eyes were locked on mine.

Why didn’t I think of this earlier? Just run away?

Oh I know!

Because I didn’t know where else to go!

But now I don’t care if I have nowhere else to go!

I’m going back to wherever!

I stomp back home.

I didn’t think I’d find my way back.

I start to wander around in the house. I pack my suitcase and as I dug down to the bottom of it I found money.

Money.

Oh my…

I pick it up and see there’s a not attached to it.

It reads:

Hey! This is your older brother here. I saw the piece of paper on your desk with the amount of money you would make.

He’s right. All my hard work money was given to my parents. If I hid my money somewhere really well, they would eventually find it. Somehow and take it away from me. So I made this little chart telling me how much money I would have if they didn’t take it away from me.

I made $2,561.72

That was just from tips.

Some say, “Took you long enough.”

But I worked really hard. You wouldn’t understand… would you?

Anyway back to the note

I went into mom and dad’s room and found all you money in a safe, and decided to give it all to you. All that money was really yours. It had $2,561.72 like the paper said. I wonder how long it would take you to figure out that I put this in your suitcase… If you have any problems with those guys taking you away just call.

~Your older bro.

P.S.

Good luck in life! I hope it’s a great life for you.

Yup, that Onii-chan. (Japanese for Older Brother)

I start to tear up, but before a tear falls I bite my bottom lip. All those soft feelings were gone.

I grabbed my cell and locked myself in the bathroom and dialed his number.

“Hello?”

“Ge Ge?” (Chinese for Brother)

“Eh? Sekai?”

“Yeah, Ge Ge, I want to go home.” I said leaning against the bathroom door.

“Did something happen? Where are you?”

“In a bathroom in Florida.” I answered.

“Florida? Wh- never mind. The thing is, is that you can’t come home.”

I felt myself fall back and I hit my head pretty hard on the wooden floors. I look up to see Doctor Sally with a bobby pin in her hand.

“I have to go.”  I say over the phone and clicked it off.

I just stare at them.

“Who was that?” Doctor Sally asked.

“No one you know.” I answered.

“She was talking to her brother since she was speaking in Chinese.” The guy in a leather jacket said.

Damn! I need to know who these bitches are!

I absolutely can’t tell which one is which!

“What were you talking about?” She asked.

“Noth-”

“Moving.”  The Goth guy said.

Damn you bitches!

“So what? Are you going to force me to stay?” I asked.

They were all silent

Answer me bitches!

I stare at all of them.

They open their mouths to speak, but end up closing them.

They can’t even look at me in the eye, except the Goth guy who was staring at me with stern brown eyes. Just by the look in his eyes, it looks like he wants me to stay.

Hell no!

“The one thing I still don’t understand is why did you save me? You didn’t answer me last time, so don’t expect me to let it slide this time. I want an answer. Was it because you wanted to be a hero? You want me to suffer? What is it? I just want to know.” I say.

“It’s because we didn’t want anything bad to happen,” Goth guy said, “and I’m sorry for my behavior and vocabulary.”

Everyone turns to him.

“Apology declined.” I state. Everyone looks at me, “Being apologetic will get you nowhere right now. Besides, sorry is just a statement, it doesn’t mean anything but regret to me, and I don’t like regret. You need to accept the fact of what you did wrong. Never say sorry. Therefore your apology is declined.” I say and sit up.

As I sit up there was a lot of pain doing so because of my fall. I close the door of the bathroom and lock it and lean against it. I begin to dial Ge Ge’s number.

“Hello?” He answers.

“Ge Ge?”

“Sekai? What happened?”

“It’s nothing you need to know.”

“You sure? Sounds like something.”

“Yeah. I’m sure. There’s nothing you need to worry about.”

18: Happy Birthday to You My Daughter?!

“Are you saying my apology was nothing?!” shouts a voice from outside the bathroom.

“Hold on.” I say and put my hand on the speaker.

“Just leave me alone!” I shout.

“So you said you wanted to leave?” Ge Ge changed the subject.

The one thing I like most about Ge Ge, if it’s something bad and he isn’t involved he won’t discuss it.

The next day, they boys decided to clean up their messes. They took the trash out, but they ended up spilling their trash on the kitchen floor and gave up. They washed the laundry and ended up putting too much detergent and made a big mess. They set the kitchen on fire and burned their food. They were a mess.

By the next week, all I did was ignore them. I cramped myself in the living room. I haven’t eaten anything at all besides my medication. All I did all day was to stay away from THEM and sleep. Don’t forget exercise. I can now run 20 miles without sweating or breathing hard. I go back inside and try to get to the living. Try to. The guys were blocking my way. Everywhere I try to enter they block.

“Is this some joke?” I ask and for the first time ever spoke in one week.

“Finally talking so soon?” Chun asks.

You bitches.

Since they gave up, everything was still a mess.

All they ate for these past days was cup ramen. By the look on Chun face it looks like he’s sick.

Chun grabbed my arm which stopped me from going up stairs.

“Look we all apologize for our actions and vocabulary, not mention tricking you into making a promise. We are genuinely happy for having you as a teacher to teach us things the quickest and fastest way possible. We all were frustrated when we couldn’t defeat you for the third time, that is why we said those cruel things to you. We didn’t know that Doctor Sally had told you to do this otherwise we would’ve blamed ourselves for letting you down. An-”

“I get it. You don’t have to speak in such a polite sophisticated manner. You said more than I expected and apologized on what I was looking for.” I said the corners of my mouth beginning to curve up. Just a small smile, but it fades away quickly.

“Did I just see you smile?” Chun raises an eyebrow smiling.

“No, you must be blind because I would never smile in front of you and the rest.” I lied.

“No, I know I saw you smile. I saw you.” He smiles.

“Nope.” I lie.

“I saw you.”

“And Ken saw me naked when I was taking a shower. Got anything to add?”

“What?”

“Thought so.”

“So, you’ll stay?”

“Yes.” I say truthfully or am I lying?

“Great. You’ll be going to our house tomorrow so pack your stuff and help us clean up our summer house.” He smiles.

“Our?”

“Yeah they just fixed it last night. Suna, Subaru, Ken and my house. Of course we have to have an adult so we have Ken’s mother come over to make sure.”

“What type of person is Ken’s mother?”

“Well she’s alright. She just hates it when we bring a guest.”

“I have an idea. (This was done by personal experience ~Kiato) How about Suna buys a suitcase that’s fairly small so it’s reasonable. I’ll hide in it and make sure that Ken’s mother doesn’t see me, and-”

“Or we can just put up with her?” Chun interrupts.

“Fine. Let’s do it the boring way…”

The next day we drove to THE HOUSE. When we pulled up, there was this big fence that blocked everything and we had to show ID that it was us. The gates opened slowly… very slow.  We drove straight and took a turn around this water fountain.

Damn! This looks like the president’s house! Or it could be!

We all got out of the car and headed towards the door of the house.

They all look at me.

What?

I turn the knob of the door and push it open.

As soon as I open the door I saw balloons floating everywhere, confetti showering down on me as I took a step, and a big banner saying, “Happy 13th Birthday” to me.

“So? What do you think?” Subaru says behind me.

There were staircases on the left of me and a big, stretched out hallway left and right on the top floor and the bottom floor, the walls painted baby blue, wooden floors, and a picture of the band and their family together sitting on top of the door that’s under the first floor.

I push the scary thoughts behind, and begin to walk past the banner.

“Something wrong, Sekai-chan?” Ken asked.

Now that I think about it. I don’t even know where I’m going. I’m just going to the stairs.

“I don’t want to talk about it.” I answer

“It’s not like something bad is going to happen on your birthday. I mean, it’s your birthday, it’s supposed to be a good thing.” Suna said.

“Did I ever tell you that we got a present for you?” Chun asks.

“Oh no…”

“Yup! It’s in your new room.” Ken smiles.

New room, presents, and cake… Oh no….

“We three will head up first and make sure everything’s in place first.”

Suna, Chun, and Ken head up.

“You guys really don’t have to do this for me… I don’t think I need a present on my birthday or any of the sorts.” I say.

“Why don’t you want to celebrate your birthday?” Subaru asked stopping in his tracks.

“I’ve told you this already.” I say.

“No you haven’t.” He says in a low voice.

Whoa, Subaru gets mad??? Since when?!

“Yes, I have.”

“I don’t recall remembering then.”

“Well I told you.”

“No, you didn’t.” His voice got louder.

“Yes, I have.” I said turning around. I’m not getting into another fight.

He grabs my wrist.

“Nope, you didn’t.”

“Yes, I did. Now let go!”

“No, you didn’t, so I won’t let get until you tell me.”

“Yes, I did!”

“No, you didn’t!”

“Why do you care?!”

“Because I-”

    He stops.

“Because?” I demand.

I shake his hand off and stomp back to the car with my suitcase following me. I sat in the car.

Someone drive me home…

After an hour of waiting, Doctor Sally’s car pulled up. She immediately walks over to the car door and swings it open and says to me, “Oi! What are you doing here in the car?! Isn't it hot? Why aren’t you celebrating your birthday?”

“Don’t wanna.” I answer.

“They put up a lot of hard work with this celebration. They planned it to the minute. They also came up with Plan B’s and C’s all the way down to M! You’re just wasting-”

“I don’t care.”

“But they worked really hard for this. All they want is for you to smile. They came up with every possibility that could’ve happened and-”

“If it means that much to you and them, I’ll go.”

“I guess I am the only one who can reason you.” Sally sighs.

“Under one condition,” She looks at me, “I don’t eat any cake or make a wish on the cake.”

“Got it.”

When I reached the door, which felt like forever by the way, I suddenly come to a stop when I hear Chun’s voice.

“Great, we didn’t come up with a plan for this one.” He sighs.

“Isn’t Plan K like this one?” Ken asks.

“Kind of except she’s not running away, screaming, and knocking down trees.” Chun explains.

“Nothing we can do?” Subaru asks.

“Nope. Don’t think so. All the possibilities are jumbled in my head that if we ask the wrong question who knows how she’ll take it.” Chun seems confused.

“Why did we do this in the first place? We all know well enough that she would do this in the first place.” Suna says relaxed. “She’s probably mad as hell right now. We should just leave her alone.”

“Oh-ho-ho! Look who we have here. Someone seems to understand her feelings.” Ken teased.

“Hell no! I don’t have feelings for that weird…witch!”

That’s when I slammed the door open.

“Calling me a witch on my birthday? You should know the consequences for that.” I interrupt.

“H-how long have you been standing there?” Chun asked.

“Did you hear everything we said?” Ken asked nervously.

“What do you mean ‘consequences?’”

Suna just sat at the staircase frozen solid.

“I guess I’ll let it go since it’s my birthday, but for now…”

XxXxXxXxXx

“Keep going Suna!” I shout while sitting at a lawn cahir with a cold drink in the back yard.

Suna’s punishment was to run 40 laps all around their property.

“Just 35 more to go!!” Ken cheered.

“You can do it!” Subaru cheered along with him.

“This is pointless. Just stop it.” Chun told me.

“Oh? Are you jealous that Suna get’s to run and you don’t? Why don’t you join him?”

“N-no thanks!!”

XxXxXxXxXx

“That’s what you get.” I say seeing him panting on the grass, feet in their gigantic outdoor pool, breathing hard.

“You-” He turns to me.

“Ah-ah-ah. Don’t say what I think you’re going to say otherwise. You’re just lucky I stopped you.” I make a circle with my finger.

“Bitch.”

“Alright! You asked for it!”

I reveal the rope that’s hiding behind my back.

XxXxXxXx

Suna and I were in this circle formed by the rope.

I started to lead the run. Yup, I was running with him. The rope kind of hurt since it was wrapped around my stomach.

“And 40!” I said coming to a stop.

“That actually felt easy.” Suna said not even sweating or breathing hard.

“You’re welcome. You shouldn’t be calling me a bitch anymore since I just helped you, asshole.”

“I never asked for your help!” Suna said stubbornly.

I just roll my eyes.

“Who wants cake?” Shouts Doctor Sally.

We all calmly walk to the creatively decorated cake with glowing red flames.

We all circle around it.

I glare at Doctor Sally who gave me a weak smile.

“Make a wish.” Subaru smiles.

“What if I don’t have a wish?” I ask.

“Then fine. I’ll do it!” Suna says and blows the candles out.

“Here! Cut the cake.” Suna says handing me the knife looking away.

“Ok…”

I grab the knife and cut the cake into eight pieces.

I didn’t eat one though.

Suna ate two, Subaru, Chun, and Doctor Sally ate one, and Ken ate two too.

“I’m home!”

I turn to see a woman dressed in a cheetah pattern skirt and a pink top under a black vest, and to top it off a cheetah pattern large bag.

“Oh, who is this? Is this your new girlfriend, Ken?” She asked.

“Mama!” He blushes.

“Oh, I am Sekai Lin; it’s a pleasure to meet you.” I bow.

“Oh no, the pleasure is all mine, oh! Also my name is Kazumi Suzuki.” She walks up to me, “Do I know you?”

“Eh?! You know her?!” Ken shouts.

“Hold on. Ken-san called Suzuki-chan mama, but Ken-san’s last name is Hinamori. What?!” I shout.

This is so confusing.

Ken is Ken Hinamori, but who he called mama has a last name of Suzuki?!Wait! Ken is lying then?!

“Eh? Didn’t they tell you? They have stage names.”

“Sh! Aw, too late…” Ken said.

“Stage names huh…”

Kind of like me.

“So, what’s your real name?” I ask turning to them.

“It’s not like I’m going to tell!” Suna shouts facing the other way.

“But it’s my birthday.” I frown.

Everyone turns to me.

“She’s like …sparkling…” I hear Doctor Sally say.

“F-fine!” They all admit defeat.

Plan success!

“Our names aren’t that special…” Chun nervously laughs.

“Are you sure about that? I’m actually kind of interested in knowing this stuff…” I answer.

“It’s like a normal name.” Subaru replied.

“Hey, if she wants to know, then we’ll just tell her. No need to hide it.” Suna said leaning on the table.

“My real name is Aaron Watanabe.” Suna says.

“My real name is Akihiro Yamazaki.” Chun replies.

“My real name is Supotsu Suzuki.” Ken says.

“My name is Yukio Nakumura.” Subaru says.

“Hm… and I thought it was supposed to be something flashy…”  I cross my arms.

“We were the ones that said that it was normal!” Chun and Ken shouted.

“So what if you told me? Don’t have to make a big deal about it.” I roll my eyes.

“Let’s go put your bags in your room sweetheart.” Suzuki said.

Seems like she caught up in what’s happening.

Just as we were going up the stairs to my room (Chun leading away…Suzuki and Doctor Sally being last), I see Doctor Sally hand Suzuki the orange folder, talking secretly behind my back.

“Are you ready?” Subaru asks.

All of the guys were standing at the door, their backs against it, and ready to see my expression.

The double doors open together revealing a pink-ish walls, a leather couch and chairs around this small table, and two doors, one left of me and one on the right.

"No way. This is too much. No, no, no,no..." I started to walk into the small-ish room and look around.

"I have a feeling she likes it." Subaru smiled.

"How much did you pay for this?" I ask wandering around.

"Keep your questions till the end." Chun said.

"But-"

"I SAID KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS TILL THE END!"

I literally jumped.

'Kay Mr. Bossy.

I look around and go to the door on my left.

I'm suddenly scared to open it... Why? It's just a room. Not like somethings going to make you scream and shout. Calm down and open the door.

I don't know why, but when i opened the door, I kind of make it look pretty dramatic... I feel like a retard...making things dramatic…

The walls were a baby blue, if you look closely at the walls there was a Nadeshiko floral print on it, the room larger than I expected, a blue clock that looked like a fish was in front of me, a blue queen mattress was at my left, everything was a baby blue, a glass desk at my right, a big table in front of my bed, another set of couches and chairs, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, two more doors(on left and right), and presents on the big table that's in front of my bed.

"Oh shit."

"Like it?" Ken asked.

I was speechless, that is....Oh my.....

"She loves it!" Ken cheered.

I can already read the movements the guys were making behind my back. They were either dancing around happily or looking glad in a serious way.

"It took us a while to realize what kind of personality your room needed. We've been designing this for the past 3 weeks we've been with you."

"Um, wow." I can't stop being amazed.

"Why don't you check that door over there." Suna said pointing at the one on my right.

I nod my head.

I open the double doors which reveal to me my closet.

It's a walk-in closet. Like that one from the movie, Princess Diary. It's truely amazing. Chun hands me a remote and a list.

"Shit!"

There was a list of numbers...even on the back…

416: Formal wear.

Formal?

I press the button and a door down the closet slides open.

Inside there were, what looked like millions, of colorful dresses.

Um, some of these dresses aren't me. Not my style.

"Yeah, we couldn't find any that would suit you very well, but there are some that look like you might wear them..." Subaru laughs nervously.

13:Shoes.

256: Jewelry.

Jewelry?

I press the code and the glass slides back, and the racks of bracelets and necklaces pop up.

"Oh, shit..."

"Gosh, this is nothing. Hand me that remote." Suna said.

I think he presses all the buttons or something, because all the drawers and doors slid and opened everywhere.

"Holy SHIT!!!!!"

"This one's empty..." Subaru said.

"Oh that's for OTHER STUFF." Chun made obvious.

Oh so that slot is for my underwear and stuff.

Good thing they didn't choose for me or I'd kill them.

"I'll just put your suitcase here." Ken said.

I didn't know Ken had my suitcase.

"Don't you think-"

"Questions and Comments till the end."

"But-"

"I SAID QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TILL THE END!!!!"

Welcome back, Mr. Bossy.

"Ok. Not going to say two special words to you then." I say

Their heads pop up and they all shout, "SORRY, TELL US!!!!"

Do they even know what I'm going to say?

"Never mind about that, what's that door hold?" I ask pointing all the way across the room.

"Oh that's the bathroom. You can take a look if you want." Ken shrugs.

I walk past them and into the main entrance.

"Then what's does that room hold?" I ask pointing across this room.

"Oh thats..." Subaru stopped.

"What is it?" I ask.

"It's nothing."

Nothing now?

"Just don't go in there."

"Why is it here them?"

"Well... It's complicated."

Oh? Like how?

"It's not necessary for you to know."

"I don't see why I can't know."

"Here, sweetheart calm down a bit." Suzuki-chan said putting her hands on my shoulders.

"Fine." I shake my head

"Hey, I finished signing all the papers-"

"YOU DID WHAT?!" I interrupt.

"I now realized why I recognized you." She smiles.

"You did not just sign that last paper." I stated in a loud voice.

"I did. You should know that you don't use that tone with me." She shouts back.

"Ma, what are you saying?" Ken asked.

"Sekai was your younger sister." She looked away when she said it.

She's hurt by the fact that I'm the daughter that she sent away.

Why sign it when you still don't want me?

19: Sayuri!

(No one’s POV)

“Hey Sekai~ are you alright?” Subaru shook her.

“Get away!” She shouts in her sleep.

“What’s wrong with her? It’s 2:40 in the morning. She has to be kidding right?” Chun complained sitting on the rolly chair, his head on Doctor Sally’s desk.

“It’s a nightmare that she can’t get out of,” Subaru said standing up, “The least we can do is try to calm her down.”

“Like that’s going to happen.” Chun rested his head back on the desk.

“Will you shut her up?! This is getting annoying!” Suna shouted sitting in the visitor chair.

Ken was fast asleep in a chair, position just like Chun is except his head was on Sekai’s bed. Subaru was originally sleeping on the other end too, until he woke up.

“Ken is so damn lucky that he’s a heavy sleeper.”Chun complained.

“Guys stop talking for a minute I need to think.” Subaru said pacing around the small room.

“Why don’t you just…” Chun stopped.

“What?” Subaru asked anxious of what he was going to say.

“Well it’s not going to work. She’s trapped in that nightmare. It’s going to be forever until she wakes up.” Chun said.

“Wait didn’t she say a while back that she always wakes up at 4 every morning for like no reason?” Suna asks.

“Now that I think about it, you’re right.” Chun says now sitting straight.

“So we just have to wait until 4.” Subaru said settling things down.

“But I want to go to sleep now!!” Chun wines.

“Wait did you guys here that…” Suna said.

“What?” Chun asked.

“She stopped shouting.” Suna smiled.

Chun sighs and smiles, “Finally, I get to sleep.”

“But she’s panting.” Subaru said.

They all turn to see Sekai just pouring down sweat.

Suna immediately hands over the tissue box to Subaru who then gently dabs them on her forehead.

“Should we just wake her up?” Chun said standing beside Subaru.

Sekai starts thrashing around again.

“move, move, GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!!” She goes from a whisper to a shout.

“What should we do?" Subaru asked.

"Just wake her up." Suna sighs.

"Move... move...stop it... get away...don't open the...."

"She's doing that again." Chun said.

"Stop it. no, no, no, No, NO, NO! SAYURI, STOP IT!!!!!!" Sekai shouts and instantly sat up, looking down at the blacket. She smacked the palm of her hand on her forehead.

"I knew this would happen." She whispers to herself, but not quiet enough that the guys couldn't hear.

"What would?"

Sekai jumped and almost fell off the bed.

"Gosh, you guys are still here?" She asks.

"Yeah." Chuns said.

"And I woke you up didn't I?" She sighs in frustration.

"Not really. Ken didn't wake up at all." Subaru tried to make her feel better.

"Nope, you're lying. I did wake you up." She said as she fell back on the bed sighing.

"I don't know why I keep having that same dream every birthday." She mumbles.

"What dream?" Chun asked.

"N-Nothing." She answers.

"Who's Sayuri?" Suna asked.

"M-My adopted mother." She answers quieter.

"Oh."

“I'm going to go for a walk." She stands up, head down.

“You can't leave the building though." Subaru grabbed her wrist.

"Fine, I'll just walk around the building." She replies.

"W-We'll go with you." Chun said.

Everyone turned to him.

"The guy who loves is sleep is wasting this time just to go on a walk with me? Oh no. That's just out of character. You need your sleep." Sekai answers and opens the door.

"I'll go with you instead of them two." Subaru said.

"Your choice not mine."

They both left.

"Here take this blanket." Subaru took a new blanket off the cart the nurse was walking around with and wrapped a white blanket over her shoulders.

"Oh, it's ok, you can wear it if you want."Sekai said.

Sekai was dressed in her T- shirt and sweats since Doctor Sally knew what she would wear and how she hates the gowns, she brought clothes to her.

"Nah, it's alright. You should wear it." Subaru insists.

As he wraps it around Sekai, she glares at him, "You want to know something don't you?"

"Maybe."

"What does that mean?" She asks.

"Who is Sayuri really?" Subaru asked.

"...nothing you need to know besides the fact that she is my adopted mother." She huffs.

"Fine, don't tell me."

"She IS my adopted mother." She raises her voice.

I don't really want to tell him who she really is... Sekai thought, This is a nightmare! What am I going to do? I can't just lie about it forever...Could I?

"Ok, lets go for a walk." Subaru said and walked side by side.

"What did you really want to know?" She asked.

"Lots of stuff, but I don't feel like telling you."

"Why not?"

"You'll get pissed eventually..."

"Oh? You think you know me that well?"

"Kind of... I just know you won't like answering my questions."

"Just one that's on your mind. Just by the look on your face, I can tell it's eating you up." She said.

"Fine. Um, your mother."

"Birth or Adopted?"

"Birth."

"What about her?"

"Why were you fighting? Do you hate her that much?"

"Well yeah. She was the one who did that to me. I don't even know who my father is. I didn't even know Ken-san every well.Or should I say Onii-chan."

(Onii-chan - Japanese for older brother)

"So..."

"So, I got separated for a reason I don't know, but I remember that she would always yell at me when I did something right or wrong. If I did something, I would get yelled at, if my sister did that same thing I did, then she would give a shit about it. She'd just laugh and smile. She hated me..."

"Hey, aren't you one of Doctor Sally's patients? You should be in bed right now. Get back into bed this instant!" One of the nurses yelled.

"Ok." Sekai nodded.

They turned back around and saw a flight of stairs.

Sekai looks at Subaru.

"To the TOP!" Subaru smiled.

They ran up the stairs to the roof.

"Hm, surprisingly this is easy. I'm not even sweating." Subaru felt around his forehead when they finally got to the top.

"See what training can to do you?" Sekai said.

"Oh yeah keep going." Subaru went back on topic.

"Um, where was I?"

"..."

"Oh yeah, I remember now." Sekai said.

She leaned against the fence that kept her from falling off the building.

Starring off into the city she said, "No matter what I did, she never smiled. Just like my adopted parents, she would treat me like shit. I was a baby too. I don't know what I did, but she was being a bitch to me. Thats stupid of her. I'm her own damn daughter and she treats me like shit. I just sat in corners all day while I watched my sister play and laugh. Then one day, my sister asked my mom is I could play with her. Mother said yes. Just because she wanted my sister happy. Not me. I hated that. I hate the way people think like this. Think of others too. Instead of thinking about yourself and everyone else, think of me. I bet she never thought of me in a good way. I didn't do anything."

"Are you sure about that?"

"I'm pretty sure. If you ask her, she'll just lie saying I was strangling people or something. Really? A three month baby strangling people? She's the reason I'm always so gloomy. She never cared about her other daughter. I guarantee you I've never seen her smile towards me as a child."

"So you're mad just because she never thought of you?"

"Not only that, but she tried to get me and my sister separated. She sent me to adoption. Even when I was a baby I still starved like I do now. No joke. Totally remember not eating for a couple of hours and crying. My sister handing me my bottle of milk and just smiling to see she helped."

"So it's the same as your adopted parents."

"Hell yeah. She treated me the same, except my adopted parents just treated me worse. Two years of this bitch and I get sent to adoption to two more bitches in New York. Then I... complication happens and yeah." She sighs staring at the night sky.

"I see." He said.

"Yep, so that's everything...for now..." She sighs and turns back around.

"Let's go back." She said not making eye contact with Subaru.

"Ok."

When they reached the last step, Sekai stopped, her ear on the door.

"Someone's coming."

"What are going to do?" Subaru asked.

"Run back up the stairs. Hurry. We can't let them see us here." Sekai urged.

They quickly ran back up the stairs.

"We're at the top again." Subaru said looking over the city.

"Not good enough. We don't have a place to hide. We can't let them see us." Sekai looked around.

"Behind this curtain. Hurry." She grabbed Subaru's arm and dragged him over to the 'curtain'. It was really bed sheets that needed to be dried, and a few tiny polls behind a few.

"Um..." Sekai hurried her words.

She unclipped the clothespin and quickly dragged Subaru to a different bed sheet.

"Step on this." She put a corner of the bed sheet on the floor.

Sekai stepped on the other corner and then she stretched the bed sheet over Subaru's head and grabbed the two other corners of the bed sheets and wrapped it around Subaru. They were as close as possible.

"I understand why I had to step on this, but why bring it over my head?" Subaru asked.

"Well, it will keep us hidden. The moon can cast our shadow on the bed sheet that's hiding us, so if we grabbed another bedsheet, we won't look as noticeable, but we would also look like a tiny little stump-ish poll." Sekai explained, "Now be quiet, I can hear a couple of people coming."

The door that led them up to the top, just burst open as if there was a bomb.

"Freeze!"

A shadow of a very buff man was shown to their eyes.

A flashlight's light was swung past them.

"I don't think they're here." a man said.

"Clear!" another man said and they headed down the stairs slamming the door close.

"That was close." Subaru sighed.

"You're telling me." Sekai rolled her eyes.

"Have you ever hugged someone?"

"What the hell?"

"Just answer."

"Um, nope." Sekai said.

"Well you technically are doing that to me right now. You've done it to me twice."

Twice!

"Nani?"

"It's true. And you're still doing it to me right now."

"No!"

"Yes, you are. Wrapping your arms around someone is hugging them."

"Well how many times have you done this?"

"A lot."

"Oh. Well because of me, I just saved your ass, I think I deserve a hug." She looks up at him.

"Excuse me? Did I just hear a cold hearted woman just ask for a hug?"

"I'm just joking with you," Sekai said hiding a smile, "I would never ask for something like that."

She brought her hands down along with the bed sheet and clipped it back up.

"Let's go, I think they're gone." Sekai said.

Sekai walked to the door, and something just happened to wrap their arms around her.

"You know you wanted a hug." Subaru smiled.

Sekai's cheeks turned a light shade of red, and was getting really hot.

She could feel her veins inside her body get this warm, good, feeling. Not the bad one she usually gets. But the good kind.

"Let's go back down."