Part 18 : Secret

Amaya ran as soon as she stepped out of the library and went up on the rooftop again. She buried her head between her knees.

Why did my past have to come back again?!

Back then, she ran away after discovering of her parents' death. Similar to Kaze but just different by a bit. She was living by the streets but was taken back by the Master just about a fortnight later. Although the Master thought he had her brainwashed, she still had hope. Hope that someone out there was going throught the same exact thing. Besides, the world is so big, why not? A year after joining Sora in training, Hana became known. She killed numerous people.

Until one day when she came across an order to kill a couple. When she came, their child was with them. Hana realised : What in the world am I doing? Isn't what I'm gonna do affect the child like how it affected me? She forfeited the order and was cast out of the academy, back into the streets. She had no choice but to look for her childhood friend again.

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"What do you want?" Amaya said without even looking up. Shiro came up to the rooftop so quietly he thought not even a cat could hear him.

"Nothing." he said and sat not too far away from her. There was a long pause.

"What's wrong now?" he broke the silence.
"Big problems." Amaya said without thinking. "Since when were you a counselor??" she said moodily again.

"Just don't want you burst into pieces out of anger." he said. Amaya laughed. It tickled her to imagine a picture of her bursting into pieces. Shiro grinned slightly.
"Since when did you have that sense if humour?"she asked.
"Since you came." he blurted out.

Amaya pretended she didn't hear that. She knew he was knocking himself inside for saying that even though he didn't show it.

"You good at keeping secrets?" she asked.
"Do I even have anyone to tell it to?" he asked back. "What is it?"

"I was..." Amaya paused. She found it hard to continue. "I was an.. an.. a..." "A.. what?" Shiro asked impatiently.
"Assasin" Amaya mumbled softly.

Shiro was stunned. He didn't react but he didn't move either. Assasin? he thought.

Amaya told him everything. A to Z without missing anything out. Although she didn't mention that she was Hana. When she finished, she gave out a sigh of relieve.

"You're right. It does feel better...." she glanced at Shiro. "Buuut.... I guess it made someone a little not that better huh?"

A-assasin??!!! Shiro thought to himself. He got up and left.

Did I just over-spilled the story to him?? Amaya thought.