Shattered Glass

by: ~SBA~

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There's a girl in my mirror crying tonight, and there's nothing I can tell her to make her feel alright...........

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Heavy rain fell from the skies as thunder roared and lightning striked, casting a light on the town down below. Everybody was safely tucked in their bed, away from the icy cold rain, away from the lightning's fury, away from danger.

But even though she was in her home, laying calmly on her bed, a certain broken-hearted bunny still felt the pain. She still felt the icy cold daggers prick her heart, she still felt the rapid lightning strike of betrayal, she still felt the danger.

And it would be long before she ever felt safe and comforted again.

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Yin looked out her bedroom window, staring at the raindrops drip from the window as she sighed, burying her face in her pillow. Scars from last week's jail visit still hadn't been erased from her memory. A memory etched in her fragile, scarred heart.

'I've been laying here all night, listening to the rain. Talking to my heart and trying to explain. Why sometimes I catch myself wondering what might have been. Yes I do think about you, every now and then.' she thought, feeling the tears coming back. No matter what she, her brother nor master did, the pain never went away. Pretty soon, they gave up on trying to comfort her, and finding out the reason why Yuck robbed the bank in the first place.

'We made up so many lies to try and figure out why Yuck did that. We tried to make the difficult truth be spoken in a gentle way, so as not to break my heart even more. But we failed. Because all our theories were far too petty for Yuck to do. Surely there has to be a reason why he did that. He wouldn't do it just for fun and the thrill of danger, would he?'

Turning over, Yin tucked her arms behind her head as she stared blankly at the ceiling, feeling doubt's slimy tendrils clutch her.

'But, what if he did? What if he really was just a petty villain? Stealing for no reason but to feel the thrill of breaking the rules and getting into danger. I thought he was better than that.' Yin thought, her hands balled into tight fists as she felt her nails prick her skin.

"Ow!" she screamed, grabbing her palm as she looked at the small, crescent shaped marks on her skin, bringing with it her red essence of life. Looking at her nails turned claws, she sighed and sat down on her bed, tying her handkerchief around her hand. Finished, she plopped down on her pillow and sighed for the umpteenth time that day.

*swoosh*

Looking to her side, Yin covered herself with the blanket, her safe haven, as she heard the door slide open.

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Master Yo walked up the stairs, his feet thumping softly against the floor as he headed for his daughter's room. She had seemed so broken, it made his fatherly instincts go wild, telling him to go and rip the person who did this to her limb from limb.

But his more calmer instincts demanded that he reschedule that for now, and go and comfort his daughter. It was more important that anything right now. Emotional scars are harder to heal, even more so than battle scars. At least the latter could be healed by a bandage or a cast. But scars from the heart are only healed by time. Sometimes, they may not even be healed at all.

Sliding open the door, Master Yo walked softly in Yin's room, nervous about what he was going to say. But as he looked at the covered lump on the bed, his nervousness faded,

'She's asleep. Good, it will be easier to say this.'

Tiptoeing near her bed, Master Yo sat gently on the bed next to her, careful not to wake his daughter up. Sweat dripped down his brow as he sighed. He had done this so many times, what was different now? Oh yeah, this time it's not just a normal saying to help in their fights, it's a matter of the heart.

"Well then, where should I start? I usually wouldn't care about what you do after I say this but now I do. You're my daughter, and I care for your well-being. Especially your feelings. So even though you're asleep, I hope that I help comfort you anyway."

You´re reachin´ out
And no one hears
you cry
You´re freakin´ out again
Cause all your fears
remind you

"I know how you feel. Empty, betrayed, and no happiness whatsoever. You don't want to laugh, because you know it's not going to help, but you don't want to cry, because it will just make you feel worse. You feel like your heart is falling apart, but not only that, but you know soon your life is going to feel like it's falling apart too. You don't think it will ever end, and no matter what this person has done to you, it feels impossible to stop loving them. And everyone wonders why if they have hurt you so much, then why do you still love them?"

Another dream, has come undone
You feel so small and lost
Like you´re the only one
You wanna scream
Cause you´re desperate

"That's the confusing part, you don't know why, you just do, and the people who hurt you the most, and normally the ones you love the most. And then, after a few weeks, you finally feel a sense of relief, like you're getting happy again, but you know inside that you're just going into denial. And after a few more weeks, you're back to where you were an empty soul and teary eyes. You thought you got over them, but really, you just stopped showing it......"

You want somebody just anybody
To lay their hands on your soul tonight
You want a reason
To keep believin´
That someday
You´re gonna see the light

"....And you can't help but to show it again. It leaves deep scars on your heart that are there forever. And no one understands how you feel, and how deep you are hurt, no matter who they are, because it hasn't happened to them And even if it has, every broken heart is different. They don't know the true pain you feel and carry each and every day now, so you learn that basically you are alone with all this. And the feeling starts to overwhelm you, and suddenly you just break down, right there, because you know you've had enough, the tears just instantly start flowing, and you're to the point where you don't care who sees....."

From all those tears
And all the pain
And all those years you wasted
Pushing them away
You´re goin´ down
It´s time you face it

"Because you've spent so many nights lying awake in bed, and so many days being haunted by the scars and fear of rejection. And in the midst of all these tears, you know that it's not helping any, and it's not going to bring them back, if you ever even had them in the first place. After about a million tears have been cried, you finally pull yourself back together and keep going. Your throat starts to clench and your eyes burn with the tears you are trying to hold back. Everyone says, "It will be okay..." But you know it won't. And that's the truth, it won't.

You think that things
Are gonna change
Then you´re back to be feelin´ strange
What´s it take to
Make you feel alive

"And you look back on all of the hurt you had from this, and you realize that people are horrible. You're still hurt, but you've learned to hide it so that everyone thinks you are okay. So now every time you see this person, you know you still love them, and you feel a slight tingle in your heart yearning for them to love you, screaming out, but for some reason they don't hear it. And then you sit back and wonder how one person could have caused all of this..."

Sighing, Master Yo leant on the wall, his throat slightly hurting from all the words he said. Tears brimmed into his eyes, not only because of the pain from talking so much, but also because of some painful memories.

"And if you're wondering why I know all this......"

Master Yo chuckled bitterly, his eyes glistening with unshed tears,

"....It's because I've experienced that feeling too."

Lifting up his weakened hand, Master Yo softly stroked where he thought Yin's head was.

"And remember this always my daughter....."

"Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. Without all of their qualities, it's as though they are incomplete."

Master Yo stood up from the bed, heading for the door as he walked with heavy steps. Closing the light, he sighed once more. His violet eyes looked as though they were clouded with some unknown emotion. An emotion that went so near to the description of.....longing.

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A dark figure slipped near the door, its hand grasping the wooden door as it slid it open. Stepping softly inside, the figure in the room, heading for Yin's unmoving form.

Nearing the bed, the figure saw her still figure, his posture somewhat becoming more relaxed. Sitting near the immobilized girl, the figure sighed as it leant on the wall, in exactly the same position as Master Yo was earlier.

"So, you've finally seen the other side of love. The more cruel and heart-wrenching one."

The figure sighed as it turned, facing Yin's covered form.

"You always were the innocent one. Shallow and materialistic, yes. But innocence still draped your form. It showed in the way you act."

Chuckling, the figure sighed softly as it sat up straight,

"But that's not the reason I am here. No. As uncharacteristic as it may sound, I'm here to comfort you."

Tucking an unseen strand of hair behind its ear, the figure spoke, his voice carrying within it an uncommon sensitivity and wisdom.

"The tough thing about following you heart is that people forget to mention that sometimes the heart takes you to places you shouldn't be. Places that are scary as they are exciting and as dangerous as they are alluring. Sometimes your heart cannot take you to places that lead to happy ending. That's not even the difficult part; the difficult part is when you follow your heart, you leave normal; you go into the unknown and once you do you can never go back."

Sighing, it lifted up a dark and shadowed hand as it made a motion with its hands.

"A short explanation, but I hope it was enough to comfort you, sis."

A strike of lightning shook the sky as it casted a light on the figure's face, revealing features belonging to none other than Yin's male twin, Yang.

A haunting smile crossed his face as he leapt out of bed, landing gracefully on the floor. Heading towards the door, his voice echoed out in the room,

"No one can promise they'll never hurt you because at one time or another, it will happen. The real promise is if the time you spend together will be worth the pain in the end."

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Inside the dark room, Yin's covered form moved, a moan coming from her as she turned over, tears glistening in her cerulean eyes.

"Thank you, guys."

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Author's Notes: Anyway, this will become a story somewhat, consisting of four to five chapters or so. This chapter was dedicated to showing how Yin's family comforted her through this. The next chapter will be focused on Yuck and delve deep in his mind. R&R!