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"Talking"

'Thinking'

Summary: What if Yuki was born as a girl once more and not a boy? She doesn't have any memories of anyone she knew in her past life, not even Luka. But will that stop her from falling in love with Luka all over again? As time passes, she gains her powers and her memories back; both happy and painful ones. Painful memories she had wished away before she died in her past life.

This follows the anime storyline.

Disclaimer: I do not own Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru.

Uraboku: Redone

Episode 2: Eternal Investigation

An ebony car drove down the highway. Inside, a woman managed the wheel as a man sat in the back seat with his eyes closed, mind deep in thought. They sat there in the cold silence of the night, neither producing a sound. The only sound audible was the warm rubber of the wheels as the car drifted across the cool asphalt of the road that had been chilled by the biting night air.

After a long period of silence, the woman decided to speak of what she knew was on his mind. "It's about to begin," she said softly.

Upon hearing her words, the man was taken from his thoughts and opened his eyes. "Yes," he replied.

"Do you think it will be another painful battle?" the woman asked.

The man looked out the car window. He watched as the streets lights pass as white blurs. He did not know the answer to her question, but he did know that, "No matter how much we pray, we cannot stop time," he spoke out loud. "We cannot stop this battle." The women looked at him through her rearview mirror as he spoke. Knowing that was his final answer, she did not ask any more questions. They drove silently the rest of the way to their destination.

Many miles away, glowing blood-colored eyes cover the trees outside Asahi Orphanage. The black creatures that these eyes belong to, gazed through the windows of the orphanage as they watched their victim happily sleeping in her bed without knowing about the true dangers that surrounded her.

Dangers far greater than the average person could comprehend.

~In the Morning~

"If you remember anything regarding this incident, let us know," a policeman insisted.

"Yes," Yuki replied softly. Two policemen had arrived early that morning to talk to the head of the household, but her sensei was out and she didn't want to bother the women in the middle of their cleaning and taking care of the children, so she decided to talk to them instead. She soon discovered the policemen had come to talk about the recent incident involving a bus crash – the very same crash she had seen the night before.

After getting no information on their case, the two officers walked out of the orphanage. "No witnesses this time, either," one officer said, as he and his co-worker made their way to the police car.

"This is headed for the U-files," the other officer stated.

"The Unknown Files?" the first officer asked.

"Yeah, the unidentified files," the second officer answered, as he opened the car door. "It's not our problem anymore," he jested as they drove away.

Yuki stood at the gate of the orphanage, watching as the two officers disappeared into the distance. She had heard what they had said. Normally she hated lying, but she did not know how to explain Uzuki-kun and the illusion she had seen of him, or the mysterious man that had saved her and left without a trace.

'That man…' she looked at the blue sky. 'Why can't I get his face out of my mind?' she asked herself. Obviously not getting an answer to her question, she decided to leave it at that and go back in to help out with chores, or whatever the children needed.

~Later~

Time had passed since the cops had visit, but even though she tried to keep herself preoccupied and not think about the mysterious man, her mind continued to wonder back to those familiar silver eyes.

She walked towards the bench outside, her mind in a daze. A calm wind had begun to blow, causing her hair and clothes to match its current. She sat down on the ivory painted wood of the bench and looked up at the clear cerulean sky. The wind continued to gently blow her hair, causing it to softly brush her rosy cheeks as the sun shined upon her form, making her hair glisten. To everyone else that looked upon her, they probably thought she was an angel that had descended down to the mortal realm for a rest.

'Who is he?' she thought, watching as the clouds moved slowly across the sky. 'I've never met him before, but…' She remembered his words from last night.

'I will not betray you.'

'How does he…?' Her thoughts were interrupted by a crack. Her eyes slightly widened as she glanced down at her hand and noticed that the bench wood had cracked beneath where her hand was rested. She grabbed her hand and looked at it. 'Did I do that?' she asked herself.

"Yuki-chan, we got it!" a girl's voice yelled out. She advert her gaze from her hand and glanced up at the girls, who were making their way towards her. She smiled gently at them.

'That's right, I totally forgot.' Earlier, the girls had asked to make jewelry, so she had sent them to find the box of beads to make them with. Thinking she had enough time to herself, she had gone outside to relax.

Once the girls reached her, she got up from the bench and gestured for them to follow her and sit under the tree. Yuki sat down and leaned her back against the trunk, the girls excitedly sat around Yuki and handed Yuki the box of plastic beads. Yuki took some of the beads and a piece of string and began stacking them on. The girls watched with innocent fascination as Yuki continued to add on beads. "Yuki-chan, hurry up and make it!" one girl complained impatiently.

Yuki giggled. "Hold on. You have to be patient, my dear," Yuki said kindly, still stringing on beads.

The girls laughed and continue to chant, "Hurry, hurry!"

The housekeepers took a break in doing the laundry to watch the scene beneath the tree. They couldn't help but smile as they saw how happy the girls were. "I'm relieved Yuki-chan is on break," the younger girl said.

The older woman nodded her had in agreement. "For some reason, the children do seem calmer with Yuki-chan around," she commented.

"She has to leave this place once she graduates, doesn't she?" the younger girl sadly asked.

"It can't be helped. It's the policy," the older woman explained. "I wonder if anything could be done about that."

Once Yuki put the last bead onto the necklace, she held it up for the other girls to see. "What do you think?" she asked the girls.

"It's beautiful!" one girl proclaimed.

"Wow, Yuki-chan," another girl commented. Yuki smiled, happy that the girls liked the necklace.

Not a long distance away, a girl sat on a fence with a boy at her side. They hid behind under the shade of a tree as they watched Yuki have fun with the girls. "Looks like Yuki-chan is having a lot of fun," the girl observed with a smile on her face.

"But will she be alright?" her partner questioned. She looked at him, confused at what he was talking about. "I'm just wondering if she'll be able to endure the upcoming battle." The girl's eyes saddened, knowing he was right. "She's so kind and fair-skinned…" he continued, but was soon interrupted as an arm wrapped around his shoulders. He looked over his shoulder and saw that his teammate had embraced him.

"I'm also worried about you, Tsukumo," she said softly. "You're as kind as Yuki-chan."

Tsukumo smiled at her words. "I'll be fine. I have you Toko-chan," he replied back.

Toko smiled and began rubbing his head like a little child. "There, there. That's right, don't ever leave your sister."

An ebony car parked in front of the orphanage. A man with long hair, which was the same color as Yuki's, tied into a ponytail and wearing a suit stepped out of the car. He quietly made his way inside to meet with the director of the orphanage.

A few minutes later, one of the orphan boys looked out the window towards Yuki and the girls. "Yuki-nee!" he shouted to get her attention. Yuki and the girls looked at the boy that had called her. "The director wants to see you."

"Huh? I wonder what he wants to see me about?" Yuki questioned out loud. She handed the girls the necklaces she had made and stood up. "I'll see you guys later, ok?" she said with a smile.

"Okay!" the girls shouted smiling back. They waved Yuki goodbye as she made her way to the director's office.

~In the Director's Office~

"I'm surprised a relative has come to see her," the director remarked to the mysterious man sitting on the chair across from him. "I'm sure she'll be delighted."

The man crossed his legs and folded his hands in his lap in a very professional way. "I certainly hope so," the man replied, his voice leveled and calm, "It took months to get here."

They both turned their heads when they heard a knock at the door.

"Excuse me," they heard a very soft girl's voice say before the door was opened a second later.

The mysterious man looked up. 'She still looks the same after all this time,' he thought. He decided to get her attention, "You must be Yuki-chan."

"Eh? How do you know my name?" she asked, wondering who this stranger was.

The man smiled at her confusion. 'Of course she wouldn't remember me.' He got up from his seat and made his way towards the confused girl. 'I guess I have to introduce myself again,' he thought as he raised his hand for a handshake. "Nice to meet you. I am Giou Takashiro."

Thinking that Yuki was still a little confused, the director got up and gestured towards the man in the suit, "Yuki, this man is your brother."

"Huh?" Yuki was shocked. 'This man…is my brother…?' She got a good look of this man now that she knew whom he was.

The director gently placed his hand on her shoulder, "How about you sit down, Yuki. I know this must all be a huge shock for you." He gestured for her to sit in a chair.

Once they were all seated, she looked back at the man that claimed he's her brother. "What do you mean, you're my brother?" she asked.

"We have different mothers, but I am certain you are my sister. After my mother passed away, your mother met my father, but the two never married," he explained, gazing at her with a serious look. "My father didn't find out about you until after your mother passed away. I've been searching for you since our father's passing, two years ago," he told her as he watched her eyes grow wide at the information. "I am terribly sorry that you were left alone all this time," he apologized sadly, finally breaking his gaze from her.

"Oh –uh–You don't need to be," she stammered, not liking that she had somehow made her brother feel bad.

The director looked at them one last time before stepping out of the room. 'They probably don't need me in there listening to their conversation,' he thought looking out of the orphanage window. He took out his phone and scrolled down until he had reached "Wakamiya Kanata" in his contacts. 'He probably would like to know about this,' the director thought, listening as the phone rang.

The phone was picked up on the other end, "Hello?" the voice said.

"Kanata, I have something to tell you involving Yuki…"

Inside the office, the two siblings continued to talk. "While it can never make up for everything that's happened up till now, would you come live with me in Tokyo for both our father's and my own sake?" the man asked.

Yuki looked at him with a shocked expression. 'We had only just met and he's willing to take me in?' she asked herself.

"We only have each other," he added.

Yuki looked down. 'I know he's right, but can I really intrude on him like this? I hate to be a bother to someone especially since I just met him.' She looked back at the man, "May I have some time to think it over?"

The man nodded in understanding, "Of course. It's a important decision."

Tsukumo sat on the fence eating some snacks. A bird flew from the rooftop onto a branch close to the boy. It chirped to get his attention. Tsukumo looked up at it and smiled. "I see. Thank you," he said as if he understood the flying animal.

Toko looked up, "Oh." They watched as Yuki came out of the building looking a little dejected. "Is Yuki-chan okay?"

Yuki walked slowly out the door. 'I need some time to think about this. It just all happen so fast.' She stopped walking. 'To be honest, I'm happy about what my brother said. I've always wondered who I am and why I was born…"

"Yuki-chan!" a girl's voice called.

Yuki was snapped out of her thoughts. "Huh?" Yuki saw that the girls were still waiting under the tree for her; they had not left that spot since she went inside. Yuki watched as the girls smiled and waved for her to come and join them. She smiled to herself. 'I guess they were waiting for me all this time. I don't know what my purpose is in this life, but at least I can make some people happy,' she thought as she looked at the smiling girls. 'Those children will need me.' Her smile dropped slightly, 'I have a home here. If I stay here, I…'

'You're running.'

Yuki was shocked. 'It's that voice again. It sounds like me… only more… distant…' Her mind brought her to a place covered in rubble produced from previous activities of battle. Buildings were in ruins, shattered wood littered the ground, and the dirt was matted down from the many steps of men and monsters that fought. The ground, caked with debris and blood, looked cold and lifeless under the eeriness of the dark sky. The suns rays that shined through the black clouds did not bring any warmth to the land.

'You're only running from what you must do,' the voice continued to say. Yuki looked around to see if she could find the source of the voice, but sadly, there was none. 'You're only running,' the voice continued to chant. 'Only running!'

Toko and Tsukumo watched as Yuki continued to just stand in one spot with her eyes staring into blank space. She no longer responded to anything around her, even as the girls screamed her name. "Hey, doesn't something seem odd to you?" Toko asked her partner as she continued to watch Yuki's behavior.

The wind began to pick up around them and the sky turned dark. Gray clouds started covering the sky, swallowing the land beneath its shadows. The leaves on the tress began to rustle violently as the wind thrashed them around. The girls covered their eyes as leaves and dirt began flying around. "I'm not running," Yuki denied the voice.

'You're running.'

Tsukumo sensed that something was terribly wrong. "Stop, Yuki!" he screamed, trying to get her attention.

'You're running,' the voice repeated louder.

Oblivious to anything happening around her, Yuki shouted at the voice, "I'm not running!" She grabbed her head with her hands, trying to get rid of the intruding voice. A yellow radiance encased her body and her eyes began to glow as she screamed in frustration. Everything around her began breaking. The necklace a girl was wearing broke into many pieces; the glass on the windows shattered, and the shards began flying everywhere due to the violent winds.

Seeing as many shards of glass were headed for the girls, Tsukumo acted quickly to reach them and get them to safety. Once getting there, he had to block some of the shards with his gun before picking up the three girls and running them inside. Tsukumo set them down. "It will be alright," he comforted the crying girls, "You're safe now." He glanced at them one last time before heading back outside. The scene he witnessed was worse than before. Yuki had pulled herself into a fetal-like-position with her knees to her chest and her hands still holding her head. Yuki's long hair wrapped around her like wild snakes, it whipped through the air as the violent wind tossed it around. He watched as she continued clutching her head, chanting the words, "I'm not running," over and over again.

"Yuki! You need to calm down!" Tsukumo turned to Toko, who cupped her hands and was trying to scream out to Yuki to try to get her to ease her emotions. Tsukumo looked up at the sky and noticed that the once gray clouds turned black and began to swirl with Yuki in the center.

'If we don't stop her, she might destroy this orphanage,' Tsukumo thought. He made his way to Toko, trying to avoid being hit by any flying debris. "We need to find a way to stop her!" Tsukumo yelled to Toko.

"I know! But how?" she asked him. He gave her an unsure, sad look. 'We have to do something,' Toko thought desperately. With the only option she could think of, Toko carefully made her way to Yuki.

"Toko-chan?" Tsukumo called out. Toko turned to her partner and gave him a look that read, 'Trust me.'

Toko had to fight the wind and dodge several shards of glass to get to Yuki. Once she made it to her, she reached out her hand and grasped one of Yuki's wrists. Shocked by the touch, Yuki looked up at her with glowing eyes. Toko's face softened as she noticed that Yuki had been crying from frustration. The face Yuki was making broke Toko's heart. Toko gently pulled Yuki towards her and wrapped her arms around the delicate body. "It's okay, Yuki," she comforted her, while stroking her hair. Yuki let her arms fall to her side as she let herself get embraced. Yuki closed her eyes, letting the last of her tears slip down her cheeks and slowly enabled herself to relax. As time passed, the winds began to calm and the clouds slowly began to lift as the yellow radiance around Yuki began to fade. Toko continued to stroke her hair in a soothing motion, watching as the last of Yuki's tears fell onto her shirt as she fell unconscious.

Noticing that the weather was slowly stabilizing, Tsukumo made his way to the two girls. "Good job Toko-chan," he congratulated with a smile. His face turned serious as he looked at Yuki, "Is she okay?"

Toko smiled down at the unconscious girl. "I think she will be just fine. She's probably just exhausted from using a lot of her power all at once," Toko assured him. Toko got a good look around. She saw that the yard of the orphanage was in ruins. Some of the trees had cracked with branches broken off and ubiquitous shards of glass were on the ground. "Yuki-chan had done this…" Toko marveled.

"I don't think she was doing it consciously," Tsukumo replied. He looked at the clearing sky. "It's a difficult time for her," he proclaimed. Toko nodded in response.

Once the weather finally cleared, all the adults began coming outside. They looked around worriedly. "Is everyone okay? Is anyone hurt?" They heard crying coming from a certain direction and followed it. They found the three girls that were out earlier and tried to comfort them. The younger housekeeper walked up to Toko with a worried look. "Is Yuki hurt?" she asked trying to get a better look.

Toko gave a small smile at the lady, "She's fine. I think she just got a little overwhelmed."

The lady sighed with relief. "That's good. It was a little overwhelming having the weather suddenly change on them. I'm sure she was very frightened just like the girls. Oh, the poor dears," the young lady fretted, cupping her cheeks in worry. The lady looked over at the older housekeeper with the crying girls. "Well. Since you look like you have Yuki taken care of, I think I'm going to help out with the girls." The lady left them and walked towards the others, leaving the two teens alone.

"We need her to come with us as soon as possible. Before her powers are fully awakened," Tsukumo proclaimed.

Toko looked down at the peaceful-looking girl on her lap, "That'd be best for Yuki-chan."

~Later That Evening~

The sun was lower in the sky. The colored turned from bright blue to warm oranges and reds as the sun slowly drifted down towards the horizon. Yuki opened her eyes and found herself in her room. She slowly sat up and grabbed her head as a throbbing pain began shooting through her skull. "W-what happened?" she asked herself. All she remembered was a voice – her voice – scream at her and the scene of a battlefield. She looked around in a daze. 'Wasn't I outside? How did I get in my room?' she thought, a bit confused by her situation. She quietly got up and made her way out her bedroom door. She headed outside to the area she was before. Before she even made it through the front door of the orphanage, she noticed that all the windows facing the yard she was in earlier were shattered. Glass littered both the inside and the outside of the building. She noticed the two housekeepers accessing the damage.

"What a relief," one of them proclaimed.

"Yeah. No one was badly hurt."

"Were these cracked?" the first girl asked.

"Even if they were, they wouldn't all break at once," the other lady answered.

"I suppose not."

"Is it someone's idea of a joke?" the older woman scorned.

Yuki listened as they conversed, her mind drifting back to the events that had unfolded earlier. Images flashes across her mind as she remembered what had taken place. 'I had done this,' she thought her hands covering her mouth in shock. She looked around and saw all the damage she had caused. Yuki quickly turned around and ran out of the door; pass the gate of the orphanage. She was still covering her mouth with one of her hands as tears threatened to fall once again. She turned the corner so quickly that she did not notice Kanata walking from a different direction.

Kanata stooped walking and watched as Yuki ran with a hand covering her face and tears falling to the ground. "Yuki…" he said worriedly. Not wanting to lose her trail, he decided to follow her.

Yuki ran until she reached one of the bridges that stretched over the street. Luckily for her, no one was on the street at the moment, leaving her in silent peace. She didn't have to worry about strangers seeing her cry. She leaned against the railing burying her face in her hands as she let her tears fall freely. 'Because of me… Because of whatever I did earlier… Everyone…'

"Yuki." Her head snapped up and she turned towards the source of the familiar voice. Kanata's eyes became worried as he saw her crying. He watched as she subtly tried to wipe her tears away.

"Kanata-san," she greeted with a forced smile.

"Are you okay?" Kanata asked while walking closer.

"Y-yeah, I'm just fine," Yuki answered. "Why are you here?"

"You don't have to lie to me, Yuki. How long have I've known you?" Yuki looked away, knowing that he was right. He practically knew everything about her. "I'm here because I heard that a man, calling himself your brother, stopped by."

Yuki looked down, "That's correct." A hand clasped onto her shoulder. Surprised, she quickly glanced up at Kanata.

He gave her a small smile. "Take your time. Your brother suddenly shows up. You have every reason to be confused," he told her. He took his other hand and gently brushed a stray tear off her cheek. "You can always stay with me until things settle down, Yuki," he offered.

"Um, Kanata-san, I…" Yuki began quietly.

"Hm?"

"I… I…" Yuki muttered.

Kanata had to strain his ears to listen because of how soft Yuki was talking. "Yuki?" he questioned.

Yuki shook her head. "Sorry. It's nothing. I'm sorry for worrying you." She slowly walked down the stairs and walked away.

Kanata continued to watch her as she left. 'Yuki…' he thought, worriedly. Once she was out of sight, he turned around and began heading back to his place.

~The Next Day~

"I really am fine. You worry too much, Yuki-chan," once of the girls from yesterday complained as Yuki checked her over many times. She had a band aide on her cheek for a cut she had received from a stray shard of glass that had grazed her face.

'I did this to her,' Yuki thought sorrowfully, continuing to scan her body for any more injuries. She gently rubbed the band aide on the girl's cheek with her thumb. "I'm so sorry."

"What are you apologizing for, Yuki-nee?" the boy asked, watching the interaction between them.

"Yeah, it's not your fault, Yuki-chan," the girl agreed. "You're so weird, Yuki-chan," the girl jested with a smile.

Yuki looked at them with confusion. 'Did they not see me cause all of this damage?' she asked herself. Part of her wished they hadn't. She patted the girl's head and gave her a small smile. "I'm just glad you're alright." The girl smiled and nodded. "Now," Yuki got up from where she was sitting, "It's time for you guys to head to school." She gently ushered them out the door. The kids happily ran out to the front gate. They turned around and waved back at Yuki.

"See you later, Yuki-nee," they shouted and ran out the orphanage gate. Yuki calmly waved them goodbye with a small smile until she could no longer see them. Once they were gone, she dropped her act and let the smile leave her face. She slowly made her way to her school while looking down in thought. Before long, a few girls began to catch up to her.

"Sakurai-chan," they called to get her attention. She snapped out of her thoughts and turned around. She saw that the people that had called her were the three girls from yesterday at school.

Yuki put on her fake smile once again. "Good morning," she greeted the girls.

The girl noticed that her smile was slightly forced. "You seem down," one girl pointed out."

Yuki tried to make her smile bigger, "Not at all."

From across the street, Uzuki watched as the girls conversed. He couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows and scrawl at the scene.

"You shouldn't worry about what happened with Uzuki yesterday," the girl said.

His ears perked up when he heard his name being mentioned. His scrawl deepened when the girl talked about him like that.

"Yeah, forget about him," another girl agreed. Uzuki turned and began walking away, not wanting to hear any more nonsense from the mouths of those idiotic girls.

"She was abandoned by her parents, just like I was. What's so special about her?" he asked no one, letting the hate show in his words.

"Upset that she gets all the attention?" the voice that had evaded his mind from yesterday asked. Uzuki stopped, startled by the voice. "Are you content letting her look down on you?" the voice continued. Uzuki's world began to turn gray, as the voice took over all aspects of his mind. The wind began to pick up and the shadows began to grow, saturating everything within its dark body. "On top of that, she pities you." The voice was growing louder within Uzuki's head. He no longer heard anything from the outside world.

"No. I don't want to be pathetic. I refuse!" he shouted at the voice.

"What do you desire? What do you want?" it asked.

Uzuki's eyes clouded over into a hollow gray. "Power. I want power." The red mark on his neck began to grow responding to his plea. "Please give me power." The mark quickly started spreading around the whole neck giving the boy what he wanted. The voice laughed hauntingly as everything was going according to its plan.

Not that far away in a nearby forest just outside of the city, black creatures of the night ran around the branches and the trunks of the trees. A silver bullet cut through the air and shatter one of the creatures into dust. Two figures ran after the creatures with their weapons as they tried to get rid of all of them.

"Where did all of them come from?" Toko asked Tsukumo, holding her sword in a fighting stance. Their weapons sparked from over using their abilities.

His only reply was, "The power of darkness is growing." Hundreds of red eyes began to glow around them. The two teens and the creatures quickly spread out to try to increase ground. No matter how long they fought, both sides ceased to stop fighting, neither willing to give up.

~At School~

Yuki opened her shoe locker to change her outdoor shoes into her indoor slippers. Instead of finding just her slippers inside, she found a mysterious note waiting for her. Her expression turned frightened. 'Another letter…' She continued to look at the letter, afraid to even touch it. 'It's probably another death threat. I don't think I did anything to have someone hate me this much,' she thought.

"What? A love letter?" one of the girls that she met earlier asked. She quickly closed her locker before any of them could grab the letter and read it. "I knew that Sakurai-chan was popular because of how pretty and kind you are. I'm sure a lot of guys must like you," the girl said, oblivious to how Yuki really felt about the letter.

"You've got the wrong idea," she tried to defend herself. She glanced away from the girl and noticed Uzuki walking slowly to class with a frown on his face. She turned towards the girls; "I think I will see you girls later. I should be heading to homeroom right now."

"Okay Sakurai-chan! See you later!" the girls called out and waved her goodbye as they walked to their homerooms as well.

Yuki slid the door open and looked at Uzuki's desk; sure enough he was sitting there with the same expression on his face. Yuki walked up to his desk. "Uzuki-kun." He turned his head to face her and instantly his face soured. "About yesterday…" she began. He turned away from her. "Uh–I really didn't mean to do that." She reached over to touch his shoulder.

Uzuki's eyes widened when he noticed her hand about to touch him. He stood up and slapped her hand away.

"Don't touch me!" he shouted angrily, shoving her away from him. The noise in the room instantly vanished as everyone ceased their talking to witness the scene being played in front of them.

Once Uzuki's hand had touched Yuki, her whole body began to throb as she began to see visions again. She watched as clippings of kanji from different forms of media – newspaper, magazines, advertisements – were scattered everywhere with a lone pair of scissors. She saw Uzuki hunched over his desk as he glued the kanji on a piece of white paper into a familiar message, "Sakurai Yuki, die!"

Yuki's vision changed as she was brought back into the classroom. Her movement faltered as she tried to steady her legs. She glanced up and noticed Uzuki walking towards her. "Uzuki-kun…" she said in a hush tone.

"You're a nuisance," he spatted when he was close enough. "I hate your goody two-shoes, know-it-all act."

"What's his problem," one girl whispered to her friend as she heard what he said.

"Doesn't he seem different," the girl's friend asked her.

Uzuki continued talking as if he didn't hear them, "I'm not your friend." He moved in closer so that his mouth was close to her ear, "I felt bad for you, so I thought I'd try being nice, but you misunderstood." Uzuki's voice darkens, "No one needs you."

Yuki's eyes widened with shock. 'W-what?' Her body responded to her emotion and let out a spark of energy.

Tsukumo paused in his fighting and turned towards the source of energy knowing whom it belonged to. "Yuki," he said alarmed. 'If she releases her energy again, she will destroy her school and possibly everyone in it,' he thought, panicking. He was about to try to warn Toko, but right when he was about to run to her, a black creature severed his line of vision of Toko. He continued firing bullets at the enemy. 'Damn. We won't be able to reach her at this rate. I just hope she doesn't cause too much damage.'

Once he was done talking to Yuki, Uzuki pulled away and brushed passed her. As he walked out the classroom he laughed evilly. 'Oh what a glorious expression she's making, one of fright and doubt,' he thought with a smile as he calmly walked through the hall. 'If only she looked like that all the time instead of her overly-cheerful self.'

Yuki stood in the same spot in the classroom even minutes after Uzuki had left. 'No one needs you.' His words haunted her mind.

'Is it true?' she questioned herself. 'I'm just a nuisance to everyone? Maybe there isn't any meaning to my life after all,' she thought as her body began to pulse again.

"No one needs you," his voice rang in her head, as it grew louder with every said word.

Her body pulsed stronger this time. Her vision blurred as uncontrolled energy began building up around her. With one last strong pulse, her body glowed for a split second – everyone else probably thought it was a trick of the light – before all of the light bulbs in the school shattered all over the ground.

The screams of Yuki's classmates snapped her back to reality. Her eyes opened in horror as she watched as students tried to shield their heads from falling glass. 'I did it again…' Yuki thought with despair, as the screams still echoed within her ears.

Yuki quickly ran out the door and passed students in the hall as they continued to scream. Once she made it outside, she stopped in her tracks. She looked up and saw darks clouds covering the blue sky. 'I caused this,' she thought as rain began pelting her face. Even though she was outside, she still heard the terrified screams of the students. Wanting to escape the horrible sound of terror, she began running again. She couldn't go back to the orphanage, because the housekeepers would ask questions on why she was home early. She ran through the streets, passing many people holding brightly colored umbrellas. The colors clashed with the weather and the emotions she felt. 'How did this happen?' she asked herself as she kept running without knowing where to go; but at that moment she didn't care, all she wanted to do was escape. 'I… I…'

"I'm here."

Her eyes widened as she remembered his words. Without her noticing, a tear fell from her face. She couldn't contain it any longer, the fear of her powers, the horror in knowing she was hurting people, the sadness she felt for being a nuisance to others, and the want… for him. All her emotions began pouring out as one thing ran through her mind, 'I want to see him.'

She ran until she came up to a river. She walked down the steps leading to the river's edge hoping to escape any wandering eyes. She leaned against the wall and sat down, hugging her knees. 'I want the pain to go away,' she thought, letting tears fall onto her already soaked shirt. She closed her eyes and let the rain hit her.

She stayed like that for a while, until she noticed that she could no longer feel the rain. She glanced up with her tear-rimmed-eyes and saw the one person she had longed to see again. He hovered over her with his hand against the wall, shielding her from some of the rain. He stood there in his soaked dark clothes looking down on her with kind and worried eyes.

'Luka,' her subconscious called out.

"You'll get wet," he said in his husky voice that made her heart skip a beat.

Her eyes softened as she gave him a small genuine smile, "So will you." Her heart and mind felt at ease with him, as if he was the missing part she had been trying to find all this time.

In the same forest just outside of town, creatures continued to be shattered by the hands of two teens. Tsukumo finally made it to Toko, but sadly, they did not make it to Yuki before she had released that burst of energy. Toko turned to her partner, "How is Yuki-chan doing?' she asked him, having felt her power as well. Tsukumo closed his eyes and tried to feel for a trace of Yuki's power. He felt a wave of relaxed energy, which he knew was Yuki's.

He smiled and turned to Toko, "She's fine. She has calmed down."

Luka watched Yuki carefully. "What happened?" he asked her. He had felt her power coming from the school and had watched her run away, but he did not know why she had ran.

He saw Yuki's face look down in shame. "Maybe I'm not kind at all," Yuki said dejectedly.

"Idiot."

Yuki's eyes widened slightly and looked up at him, "Eh?"

His face remained impassive, "That would never even occur to the truly unkind," he pointed out. A water drop fell from his hair and splashed her squared on her forehead. Her eyes widen with surprise, but soon relaxed, letting the drop run down her cheeks.

"I've always been able to see and hear things others can't," she explained to him. "Lately, that power has been increasing. I can't stop it." She squeezed her knees even tighter. "I don't want to see these things. I don't want to hurt anyone."

"I'm not your friend." Uzuki's words rang through her mind.

"I couldn't do anything about Uzuki-kun," she said as her knuckles turned white from gripping her shirt tightly.

"Why do you care about that human?" he asked her.

"You're a nuisance.

I hate your goody two-shoes, know-it-all act.

I felt bad for you, so I thought I'd try being nice, but you misunderstood.

No one needs you."

Despite her mind trying to tell her otherwise, she did not regret telling Luka her reason. "Because we're friends." Luka's eyes widened with surprise, knowing how Uzuki really looks at her on the street. "Even though he said we're not, he was the only one to reach out to me when I was alone," she explained. "But I…" She remembered the words she had said to him the first time they met.

"You've walked a dark path."

"I had hurt him," she finished. She closed her eyes as she let the sorrow of that day wash over her.

"It's not your fault," he said as he sat down next to her. She glanced at how close he was. "He doesn't want to see the truth. He avoids the truth by attacking others," he told her. "If he fails to do so, he feels dead."

Yuki turned her head and faced the river once again. She watched as the river moved in rapids. "But we're still friends…" Yuki continued to claim. Luka glanced at the sky as the clouds began to lift and float away, revealing blue sky.

"Humans are complicated," was his only reply. She smiled and leaned her head against his shoulder, enjoying the comfortable silence that surrounded them. Luka glanced down at her and let a small smile graze his face. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and brought her closer.

'Yuki.'

~Later that Day~

The rain had passed, but puddles still littered the ground. Luka decided that it was time for Yuki to head back to the orphanage, but she did not want to go unless he agreed to walk her there. Since he was never good at refusing her, he complied. So now here they were, calmly walking down the street in the direction of the orphanage.

"Uh–If it's not too much to ask…" Yuki began to say.

Luka turned to her, "Hm?"

"Could you tell me what you want to be called?" she asked. Her subconscious called him Luka, but that seems too rude for her to suddenly call him that.

He turned away. "Zess."

'So he didn't want to use the name Luka. Maybe that's not even his name. Can I trust what my subconscious says?' she asked herself. To her it didn't matter either way. She turned to Zess with a worried look on her face. "Will I see you again?" she asked urgently, hoping he would say yes. Zess never answers. Instead he stops walking and looks around as if expecting something to happen. "Zess-san?" Yuki was confused. 'Why did he stop?' Before she could react, Zess quickly moves in front of her and picks her up bridal style and leaps into the air. In her surprise, Yuki wraps her arms around her neck, trying to get a better hold on him. Not even a second later, the very spot they had been standing explodes. 'W-what's going on?' Yuki asked herself, surprised at the spectacle. Zess safely lands a good distance away from the destruction. He continued to hold her as he turned his head to watch the cloud of dust. Once the cloud of dust and dirt cleared up, standing in the spot where they previously stood were several black animal-like creatures. They growled as they looked at their next prey . Them. "W-what are those?" Yuki asked a bit scared. She tightened her hold around his neck.

"Duras," Zess replied. Yuki was amazed he remained calm even when faced with several of these "duras."

Yuki glanced up at him, "Duras?"

"They're demons."

"Demons…" Yuki turned towards the beast again and got a better look at them. Their blood-red eyes narrowed when they glanced at her. Her fear was slowly consuming her being. She gripped her hand so hard that her nails dug into her skin. Due to her fear, the streetlights nearby began to crack. A small soft yellow light encased her person again. Zess glanced down at her until the streetlights fully shattered and the duras began to advance quickly towards them. Zess easily sidesteps and dodges their attacks. He quickly grips Yuki and hurtles them over another demon. He expertly lands on a metal fence with one foot and without hesitation leaps into the air once again, narrowly avoiding a duras as it smashed into the fence, breaking it. At the peak of his jump, Zess was cornered on all sides by three duras. He scowled at his predicament, but refused to give up. He was about to slash them apart when beams of silver light shoots through all of the duras, destroying them completely. With the enemy gone, Zess safely lands on the ground with Yuki in his arms. He glances up and was not surprised to see Tsukumo and Toko there with their weapons out. Sensing that the fighting was over, Yuki pulls her head from Zess's chest to glance up.

"You okay, Yuki-chan?" Toko asked with a smile.

"Sorry we're late," Tsukumo apologized. Yuki watching in amazement as both of their weapons started disintegrating into white dust-like particles until they collected around their rings and disappeared completely. Zess gently set her down.

"You guys are…"

"They are members of the Giou Clan, just like you," a familiar voice said.

Yuki's eyes widened as the person walked closer to them. "Takashiro-san."

Takashiro faced the two teens, "Good work, Toko and Tsukumo." He faces Zess, "You as well, Zess."

"So Zess-san is also part of the Giou Clan too?" Yuki asked. Zess looked away, not wanting to answer that question.

"He isn't of the Giou Clan," Takashiro corrected, "His case is a little complicated."

Yuki looked at Zess worriedly. She turns back to her brother, "Um–I don't really understand."

"I suppose you would be confused." Takashiro gestured to Toko and Tsukumo. "As you can see, the members of the Giou Clan possess special abilities. And, they symbolize our clan," he explained. Yuki looked down remembering he said she was part of this clan as well, and she guessed that's why she had these powers. Takashiro noticed her look. "It seems you know what I'm talking about." Shocked that he knew, she glanced up to look at her brother. He gave her a serious look. "Your powers will continue to grow. You will fear them," he told her.

Her eyes widened even more. 'No. I don't want my powers to grow. I already fear them!' she screamed in her head. "No way. I'm an ordinary high school student. I'm an ordinary…" she tried to say, but even to her it seemed she was just trying to hide the true. "I'm…" She adverted her gaze and clenched her hand into a fist. Zess, Toko, and Tsukumo watched silently as Yuki fought this inner conflict by herself.

Takashiro decided to intervene. "If you come with us, we will teach you knowledge, control, and the means to cope with those powers," he persuaded. "That is the best path for you, Yuki." Yuki cringed, knowing there was no other way of dealing with her powers. She knew he was right. If she kept running, then she could end up hurting more people.

The wind began to pick up again, responding to her inner turmoil.

'Time began to move too quickly.

Until this point, I'd thought I'd be able to continue in my ordinary life.'

Me: Wow. (O_O)

Do you guys know how long it took me to write this? I've worked none stop for four days because I've already delayed this chapter long enough (over a year).

It's a lot harder to write a series like this one because I actually have to re-watch the episodes in second spurts. Every three to five seconds, I have to stop and write my story.

It's like those clay animation videos/movies people make; every second they have to move the figurines half a millimeter. They usually have to do this for about ten to twenty minutes to maybe one to two hours (if they want to torture themselves) of footage.

All I have to say is that it sucks. I thought it would be easy since there were only twenty-four episodes and you can watch one episode pretty quickly… big mistake. (=_=) :P

Luckily, I'm did it anyway, because I really wanted to finish this story, so yay! \(^o^)/

Oh, and sorry for making Yuki cry a lot in this chapter, I don't think she will have many of these moments again in the later chapters, just this one. I guess this can be her "angst" chapter, or something. :P

Anyway, I hope you liked reading this chapter! :)

If not, then too bad, because I'm sure not going to be changing it anytime soon (if ever).

With that said, Review, please! (^_^)