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"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Dying a second time… Isn't as bad as the first …' I thought as I ignored the yells and cries from those outside the sky flame barrier. 'It's quite peaceful really. Better than I expected.' My mind seemed to fuzz up. I could no longer feel any pain. I felt like a dry raisin, probably because I used up all my sky flames.

I blinked away the tears that threatened to spill from my eyes. I wasn't going to cry. I wasn't afraid of death. I needed to be strong in order to make the impression on everyone.

I could only stare up at the blue sky as I remembered how it all happened.

18 years ago, before Melody and I were born, I was someone else. I was Serena, age 17 and daughter of Kenchi Kirochima, owner of Kirochima Securities, a large scale company…

"Lucas! I swear to god! Give me back my backpack!" Selena yelled, running after our childhood friend, Lucas. He and I were friends before Selena came along. In fact, we had been friends since we were in diapers.

"Just give her the bag Lucas," I said, yawning. It wasn't in my best interest to do anything to help Selena. In fact, it wasn't in my interest to do anything at all. It also might've explained why I was close to failing everything. I mean, I hated homework.

"Give me a kiss on the cheek and I'll think about it," Lucas replied, grinning at me.

"Touch my sister and I'll knock you out till next Thursday," a voice came from behind me.

My younger brother, Riki, came up behind me. He was 14 years old, making him 3 years younger than me as I was 17 at the time.

"Ouch, you're cold," Lucas said, handing back the bag to Selena. She simply whacked him across the head with the empty backpack and gave a small grunt. "OW! That was totally unnecessary!"

"You're totally unnecessary!" Selena yelled and latched on to my arm. "Hmph! I'm glad Serena is taking me with her to Japan! I've been studying up my Japanese!" Selena grinned at me.

"Only because it's your birthday," I muttered, looking away. "Don't forget, I have to go to a couple of meetings for my father before we actually can have fun."

"Well, it doesn't matter! I get to hang out with my best friend!" Selena exclaimed, the happy face never leaving. "We can't do that because that player of a male is always trying to take you away from me!" She pouted.

"Wha? Player?! Excuse me, but I haven't even dated anyone yet!" Lucas exclaimed, taking my hand into his. "Besides, I only have eyes for one person, and that-" Lucas didn't even get to finish his sentence when Riki punched him in the face.

"I gave you a warning already. You touch my sister, and I won't hold back," Riki said, looking down upon Lucas.

"Hey, kid," I yawned, taking Riki's hand into mine. "If you want a better punch, throw your body into the movement. That's what I usually do in the boxing club. Works every time."

"I find it ironic. You're so lazy, yet you're the captain of the boxing club," Riki stated bluntly. "Even more so, you're close to failing, yet father never yells at you!"

"All ain't fair in love and war," I sighed, leaning against his back. "Don't move, I'm using you as a bed."

"Geez, I can't believe you're the older sister sometimes," Selena commented as she watched Riki pull me into a piggyback.

"I can't believe KHR isn't real, but we can't have all our dreams come true," I retorted, snuggling closer into the warmth beneath me.

"That made absolutely no sense," Selena muttered, giving me a weird look.

"Good, that was the point."

"But, I love sis like this. She makes life more interesting," Riki said to Selena. "I wouldn't trade her away for anyone in the world."

"Yeah, me too," Selena replied, looking at me. I simply burrowed into the back I was so graciously offered so that they didn't see my reddening face.

"Meet me at the airport tomorrow at 4:45am, our plane leaves at 5:15am," I said into Riki's back, not exactly caring if Selena heard me or not. "If you're late, I'll leave without you."

"Muu! So mean!"

And thus we went on to our homes, leaving behind an annoyed Lucas watching the both of us with sad eyes.

~ Time Skip ~

"Be careful you guys," Lucas told us as we got ready to board the plane. I nodded my head slowly. "I mean it, don't get into any trouble with the mafia or anything."

"Mafia is Italy's, we're going to Japan!" Selena yelled, crossing her arms in annoyance. "Whatever, just hurry up and give Serena the goodbye kiss."

"The goodbye what?" Riki questioned, but it was too late. Lucas had already pulled me into a quick kiss that made both of our faces turn red. "Wha- Hey!"

"Leave it Riki," I said, pulling away. "I'm going to get a boyfriend one day," I put my hand into my pocket, "so why not Lucas?"

"But sis!" Riki whined. I patted his head and gave a small wave. "Promise me you'll come back safe, okay? I want you to promise me."

"Riki…" I pulled the boy into a tight hug. "Of course I will. I can't leave my adorable little brother alone by himself." I pulled Riki's cheeks. "I'll come back."

"I get the point!" he yelled and pushed me away. "I love you sis." Riki gave a swift kiss on my cheek and turned away. "And I don't mean it in a dirty way Lucas!"

"What? Why would I say anything at all?" Lucas asked as Selena and I started to board the plane. "Have more faith in me."

"Like that will ever happen," Selena snorted.

"Hey!" I called down to Lucas. "If you hurt my brother, I'll be the one sending you to next month, hear me Lucas?!" He simply grinned and gave me thumbs up.

~ Time Skip ~

"Those guys… They're so much trouble," I sighed, slumping down in my chair. We were about halfway through our trip at that point.

"My bet is on the fact that they're trying to kill each other now," Selena said, slapping down a ¥100,000 bill on the table. I raised an eyebrow and simply leaned back with my eyes closed. "Hey, do you hear that?"

"Yeah, the engine," I replied, keeping my eyes closed.

"No, it's the wind. The wind is raging for some reason," Selena told me. I heard shifting and a weight on my stomach, making me snap my eyes open to see that Selena was leaning on me while looking out the window. "Oh my god."

"Holy hell, how did this happen?" I whispered, looking out the window to see 3 tornados dancing around not so gracefully. "Fucking shit, can you do something about it?"

"I'll tr- woah!" The plane made a sharp turn, causing Selena to fall backwards. Her head slammed against the seat, knocking her out cold.

"Selena!" I yelled, standing up to check on her. Blood was slipping through her wound. Everyone else had caught sight of the tornados and were panicking.

Then, all went black.

I'm alive people! I've decided to do a rewrite of this story since I realized that I finally have a solid plot down, and didn't feel like going back and fixing stuff. Don't worry, chapters will be posted daily this time~