"You look so skiddish...Where are you going?" Winter asked, yellow eyes fixed on her sister's face.
"Oh, I guess, you could say home." Ally's voice trailed off. "Meaning, yes I am going to the place where we watched our parents die."
After a long flight, across sea and into Tokyo, Ally was determined to find out who Yamaris was talking about. For all she knew, she had a lot of cousins, half of them, she'd never seen. I've never seen any cousin's who looked like that kid..Even if there was a cousin who looked like that.......OMG what am I doing?! Dad's files could say something. Ally walks along the path, up the mountain side. The little village, down below, where she had made a massive group of friends, still there but abandoned. She had met countless friends there, Sugar Kitty, Ceil Yaka, and way more. There was about half the village, still with life. There were trading posts, A restaurant, even a few houses. Ally circled the mountain, finally ending up on a cliff with a giant ancient house on it. There. It was all because of this house, she hated everyone. The house, where she learned to fly, fight and make friends. The house where she watched her parents be slaughtered. Ally edged closer to it. Outlines of her dead parents, exact spots on that day suddenly flushed in her mind. "No Stop!"
A voice came from inside the house. "Who is that?" The door swung open. A sword suddenly thrashed her at her neck, almost slitting it. "Oh, Ally....You came back....We'd never thought we'd see you again..."
"Are you crazy?! Kill her!!" Another voice said. This one, sounding masculine.
"Oh look, if it isn't Jerry, the boy who can't keep his guard up." Ally said, pushing passed him.
"Hey! This is my house now! You have to do what I say!!" Jerry said, stomping his foot and looking like a total baby.
"Anata wa sore o teishi shi, akachan no yō ni miemasu. Anata wa jibun o hazukashī shite imasu." Ally said, toneless.
"Ever since that day, you've always made fun of me!! WHY?! What did I ever do to YOU?" Jerry broke into laughter, White hair, like their dad's, except his was black, bounced as he rolled on the floor.
"You tried to kill Sugar Kitty, when you were 7..." Jerry, being 15 now, still despised his older sister for always trying to be the coolest and cutest. And most perfect. Honestly, Ally looked like an angel. Black, flat, torn hair, blood red cat eyes, cutest smile ever, not to mention the psychopathic murder stages, Ally still seemed to pull off "Angelic".
"So what?" Jerry said, digging his hands into his pockets. Long red tie, around his low cut collar of his shirt, making him look like he hadn't bathed in years. "She didn't even deserve to live. She's cookoo."
Ally walked into the hall, totally ignoring Jerry's comment about her friend. One younger crazy brother and four younger sisters. Agh!
"YOU RUIN EVERYTHING!" Jerry called in a tone where he sounded like he was about to rip the thin layers of hair out of his head. She opened the door.
"I don't think Dad..would want you going in there....Jerry...either..." A young girl's voice appeared behind the next door. Ally turned around to see the youngest Azuna sibling standing behind her.
"Kanchachu?" She looked at the girl, black hair and one green and one blue eye.
"Hi, Ally!" She grasped her sister's legs. "Hisashiburi!"
"I'll come talk to you later, Kan...I've got something to do...." Ally disappeared into the dark office. Kanchachu, the young girl in the red hat and black pig tails, stood waiting for a minute, before trotting off. The room was dark and full of dust. The window, that used to be a floor to ceiling window, was now, covered in dust, with a small fingerprint letting the smallest amount of light in. The chair, covered in a sheet, so was all the other furniture, except the desk. The desk, was entirely covered in dust, pitch black dust. The drawer knob, the only thing barely covered in dust in the entire room. She opened it, taking a jerk or two at it to make it open. She shuffled the papers around, spread some on the desk. A tan piece of card stock, corner of it under other papers, caught her eye. What is this? Realizing the fancy boarder around all the words. She blew the dust off. She could still barely read the writing. The stupid cursive writing. It said,
Xevier Xile Xio Hiroushi-Azuna
Birthdate: Decemeber 5, 1992
Parents: Mark Azuna, Alice Azuna
Ally almost dropped the paper. It's a birth certificate! For a 23 year old male! To the same parents as me?! I HAVE AN OLDER BROTHER???! Ally wanted to squeal but no sound came out. There was another paper under it. It was a report.
I lost my son to a camping trip. No one knows if he lived, but if he is gone, RIP, son. We love you dearly and no one can replace you.
That first f*cking line. That first line.
A baby picture, followed by a big printed page saying: XEVIER AZUNA: DEATH DATE: UNKNOWN.
Is he dead?! NO! I HAVE TO MEET HIM!
She glared at the baby picture. A kid with a full head of hair, like Jerry, pure white, but wearing sunglasses. Why sunglasses? He was wearing what any normal kid would be wearing, Safari shorts, a random graphic t-shirt and socks. But the fact that in this picture, he was smiling. SMILING. Yet he looked like he was being tortured and being put to sleep.
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After a long talk with her 3 younger sisters and stupid brother, Ally finally returned home.
"Nanida to omoimasu!!" Ally screamed, bursting in the door, with the papers in her shoulder bag.
"What?" Winter asked, to see her sister screaming in joy.
"No! You have to guess!" Ally laughed.
"How am I supposed to guess if you won't stop laughing hysterically?"
"You're right!" Ally jumped on the couch. "Tell you later!" She ran into the hall.
After two days of researching "Xevier Azuna" on google, yahoo and bing, Ally finally found out who he was. He ended up living less than 5 miles away from her. "I must meet him! And I hope it's really him! Really my brother!"
She scurried out the door with a bagel in her mouth, humming happily.
She passed the park, the mall, a few strip malls and a few apartment complexes. She looked up. Is this it? She looked at the picture that was in her hand. The complex looked slightly aged. She walked into the office.
"May I help you?" asked the old man at the desk. He was about 50, but already growing white hairs.
"Will you tell me where he lives?" Ally asked, placing the paper on the desk.
"Oh, yes. 103." He moved to the waiting area of the office lobby. "Follow me." He followed the slow moving man outside and up a set of stairs.
"Was this a motel?" Ally couldn't help but asking.
"Oh, Heavens no. Just a bit run down." He said, still walking. "Not sure if he'll be home, or awake. I see him come and go every so often." Ally nodded as they stopped at the last apartment on the second and final floor. The manager knocked.
A few soft groans came from inside the door. "You're like the third person to knock in the past HOUR! If it's not something important, go away." The voice was toneless.
"Mr. Azuna?" Said the manager. "There's someone out here who would like to see you."
"I don't care and NEVER CALL ME THAT!" The door shook. He had kicked it from the inside. "GO AWAY. I DON'T NEED COMPANY."
"Sir, she says she's a relative." The manager said again.
The banging stops. "That's impossible...I don't have family...." His toneless voice now became to voice of a teen going into adult hood. It wasn't deep but it wasn't a little kid's voice either. "And......She?" A lock was being unlatched. Click. One latch. Click. Two latches. Click. Third and final latch. The doorknob turned, slowly. One hand came outside. Then the door swung open. A guy with thick white hair, bangs covering almost all of his face and eyes, his right eye was pure black while the left was completely white. He wasn't wearing pants. Just boxers. He was wearing a regular shirt and a finger-less glove on his left hand. "What?" He asked. The same toneless voice as before.
Ally started giggling. "Pants. You need pants...." A drop of swear seemed to fall from his forehead. Ally looked past him. A dim lit house, bright light bulbs, painted white and baby blue. She moved passed him.
"Or just invite yourself in...." He seemed to go into distress mode. There was a kitchen counter straight ahead with stools and cabinets above. A denim colored couch that you could see he was sleeping on, big TV set, game systems and two hall ways, leading away from the kitchen. There were 4 doors to the hallway to Ally's left and 3 doors to the hallway to the right. Beer bottles lined the counter and a belt was hanging off the ceiling fan.
"How on Earth do you get clothes in impossible places?" Ally wondered. There was a pair of black jeans hanging over the TV. Ally seemed impossibly puzzled about where things were in this condo.
"I don't know...Drunkenness...I guess?" He replied. By now the door was closed, all 3 latches locked back up, and he was sitting on the couch. The pants on the TV had disappeared, only to find out, he was wearing them.
"Can I use the bathroom?" Ally asked. He pointed down the hall with 3 doors.
"Only door on right.."
She walked in and shut the door. Turning on the light, Ally had wished she had pissed in the dark. There was no window in this bathroom, the wall tiles were brownish-orange and rotting away, the bathtub tiles pure white and recently replaced. She looked at the sink. There was toothpaste all over it. Blue, minty-fresh toothpaste. She opened the the shower only to find blood splattered across it. Ally almost had a heart attack. First the toothpaste....now this?! WHO DIED IN HERE?
Ally pissed and as she was ready to pull up her pants, the door swung open. "What's taking so long?"
Ally jumped up, panties at her waist but pants at her feet. She grabbed the nearest bottle and threw it at him.
"YOU PERVERT! HAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD OF PRIVACY?!!?!?" Ally screamed. He fell backwards. She stepped over him and stood in the hallway. "Your fly is open." He zipped it up.
She walked back into the living room, pants now at her waist and sat on the couch. She looked at the coffee table, far from her and far from the TV, but it was lined with beer bottles too. "You have a drug problem."
"Do not." Xevier said, sitting next to her. "So who the f*ck are you?"
"Oh." Ally pulled out the birth certificate. "My name is Ally Azuna and I am one of your little sisters."
He grabbed it. "Huh...Okay then....Never knew I had family...Thought they hated me for loosing me in the woods."
"How big is this place?" Ally wondered, looking up at the white popcorn ceiling.
"5 bedrooms, 2 bathroom......Condo...too."
Ally squealed with joy. "I have to tell Winter! And maybe we can move in here!"
"What?! Who's Winter?"
"My twin. And then you have another little brother and 3 more sisters." Ally laughs.
"So I'm the oldest of 7 kids? How old is the youngest?" Xevier asked, hair bouncing.
"10. She's ten." Ally laughed.
She grabbed Xevier's hand and pulled him out the door. "Where are we going?"
"To tell Winter, my kids and my husband!" Ally laughed.
"Wait, kids? But you're like 17!" Xevier said, surprised.
"18, to be exact. Your 5 years older than me!" Ally said, dragging him down the street.
"Does the youngest live with mom and dad?" Xevier asked.
"Stop pondering me! And no..." Ally pushed open the door. "Look, Winter, it's our brother!" Ally looked like she was about to preform a dance number. "We're moving in with him!!"