Chapter 8:

The story ended in the last chapter by Tamahome questioning Miaka about love. Miaka says that she doesn't like him but deep inside of her heart, she does. Do you know why she did this? It was because of her best friend, Ayumi, whom she knew liked him a lot too. She did not want their friendship to be broken. Miaka knew that Tamahome liked her and not Ayumi, but she didn't want to break Ayumi's heart.

Ayumi and Tamahome were very close friends. They had the some of the same classes and were always helping each other. Ayumi liked him a lot. Ayumi would always tell Miaka about the dreams she had about him, their moments together in school, and their conversations. Miaka knew she liked him a lot. However, Ayumi gets really jealous when she seems him with another girl, she automatically thinks, he likes her. How stupid right? Sometimes when she sees Miaka and Tamahome together, she assumes that he likes her. She thinks to herself, "Miaka is a pretty girl. He would like her. He is always smiling around her. Arggg. I hate her. What does she have that I don't?" Ayumi would get mad at Miaka and ignore her, all because of jealousy. ::Love makes people do crazy things!::

One day Miaka had enough of all this. She decided to tell Tamahome that Ayumi likes him and hoping it will stop what Ayumi is doing to Miaka.

"Hey Ayumi, How are you doing?" said Tamahome.

"I'm okay, how are you?" said Ayumi.

"Same here. Ummm…You know…" said Tamahome.

"Know what?" said Ayumi in her innocently voice.

"I…don't…like…you. I mean I like you in a friend way, but nothing more than a friend," said Tamahome.

"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to be better friends," said Ayumi.

Tamahome left.

Ayumi broke down. She was like totally heart broken. She loved Tamahome soo much! She thought he was the "perfect" guy for her. The first person that came to her mind was Miaka. "Miaka probably told him. How could she? She is such a b! I hate her. How could she do this to me? I thought she was my friend? What, THAT BIT?"

-The Next Day at School-

In the morning, Miaka bought a newspaper for her current events homework. On the front page it says, "A Teenage Girl Commits Suicide." That caught Miaka's attention and continued reading.

"A teenage girl, 16, Ayumi Hawk, commited suicide yesterday by shooting herself 16 times. The reason is unknown. However, her body was found in a lake. Authorities are telling me that she shot herself and then drowned herself. Her family is devastated. If you have any information about this horrible crime, please contact us at 718-889-8903. Thank you. Please give a moment of silence to this girl. She has died a horrible death."

Miaka started crying. Her best friend has died. Tamahome must of done something or said something to her yesterday. She seemed okay, when I last seen her. "I have to speak to Tamahome as soon as possible", she thought to herself. On the side of her soar, red eyes, she sees Tamahome running by.

"TAMAHOME!!! Did you read the newspaper!?" Miaka screamed.

"No. Why? I'm trying to work out. I have a big competition coming up," said Tamahome.

"I don't care about your life. I just want to ask you what did you tell Ayumi yesterday?" said Miaka urgently.

"Nothing much. I just told her that we are just friends and nothing else. She said she was fine with it, so I left. Why are you asking me? I thought you didn't care about my life?" said Tamahome.

"I DON'T care about your life! AYUMI IS DEAD!!!" said Miaka crying again.

"Are you serious? OMG!! I didn't know, I should start reading the newspaper. Did they say how she died?" said Tamahome.

"Suicide."

"OMG! I should of never of left her. But, she said she was okay. I'm so stupid. I should have of known that she was using that to cover up her true emotions. I'm sorry. It is my entire fault. If I didn't leave her there by herself, then maybe…she wouldn't of done what she did. I'm sorry, Miaka!" said Tamahome.

"Well, what is done, we can't change the past. At least now you have learned to treat the people who are most important to you with care. Don't always think about yourself. You have to think about other people too. Ayumi did like you a lot."

"But, I like you more," said Tamahome.

"How could you say that at this time? My best friend just died, because of you. I hate you!" said Miaka angrily.

"I can't hide my feelings anymore. I really do like you. I had to tell the truth to Ayumi. She had to stop wasting her time on me. Plus, she was starting to get on my nerves," said Tamahome.

"How could you say that about her? She was a nice person. She was my BEST FRIEND! You know what, I don't need to explain anything to you. You will never understand! She meant so much to me. You are treating her like garbage. You guys were close friends too. How does it feel to lose a friend? It hurts right? What about having a having a friend that you have known for so long and because of something stupid, you guys stop being friends. Isn't that sad? Oh wait you have no emotions. On that thought, I have nothing more to say to you." Said Miaka.