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The third year scoffed at the boys comment. "Of course I won't believe you. Why would I ever believe anything from someone like you?" she stated assertively. His playful tone irritated her, he sounded like all of this was a big game to him. Hitame wasn't about to let his tone fool her though. She knew better than to trust these Slytherins, all they ever did was cause trouble for her. Well all except Vashani. She was the only Slytherin who she was nice too. Vashani reminded her of Naomi in so many ways, it wasn't even funny. Hitame saw that girl as another little sister, and she told her that and even after she had been sorted into Slytherin, Hitame continued to think that way. She was a nice girl and the only real reason she had been sorted into Slytherin was because of her family.

"If you don't like it, then don't bother saying anything about her drawing." she said. Naomi lifted her head slightly only to see the boy looking at her and she glanced at him, her eyes showing sadness before she looked back down quickly. The boy seemed to really make Naomi uncomfortable now, he had always made her feel that way, most students do, but it was worse with this boy because he had hurt her feelings in a way he would never know he did. She sighed softly and glanced at her drawing, before pressing it up against her chest and hugging it tightly.

Hitame felt her body tense up when he stepped closer to her. Their bodies were only a few inches apart and it was making her uncomfortable. She didn't move though, she was not going to look like she was afraid of this boy. She had an image to uphold for her sister, Naomi always thought that Hitame wasn't afraid of anything that came her way, and she was going to keep it like this until there was really something that scared her. She looked up at his eyes and noticed that they were two different colors, it didn't bother her that they were like that and she just continued to glare at him.

Everything the boy was saying was something that she wouldn't expect to hear from a Slytherin. Especially the part of wanting to be in another house. Usually she wouldn't believe this type of talk from those students but he seemed to be telling the truth and her eyes widened just a little bit showing that she wasn't as angry as before. But of course she was still pissed at the fact that he had made her little sister cry. "You mean they look for purebloods?" she asked in a low tone. Her voice would have a little difficulty returning to her normal tone, but it would get there eventually. She remembered her adoptive mother telling her something about girls who look for pureblood guys to marry, after the two girls had found out they were witches. Of course she had also said something about guys looking for pureblood girls to marry as well. At that time Hitame didn't understand what she had meant by saying that, but now she knew. Zuki had said that because she knew that Hitame and Naomi were purebloods and once others knew about that they would be wanting to get something out of them, because of course they were rich though they didn't know it at the time.

The Gryffindor raised an eyebrow and scoffed at his answer to her question. "If you didn't want to make her cry, you shouldn't have said anything to her. My sister is very sensitive, especially when it comes to her drawings. Next time think before you say something." she stated simply. "Whatever problems you have might seem horrible to you, but just remember that their are people who have worse problems than you." she pretty much knew what she was talking about here, just by looking at hims he could tell that most of his problems had to do with others picking on him because he didn't want to be in Slytherin or something close to it. Just from that her problems were worse than his, thinking her parents were dead for thirteen years, then finding out they were alive, seeing her adoptive parents killed while she tried to run away with her sister, and having to raise Naomi on her own basically since they were little. "Kill yourself, huh?" she smirked. "Well join the club, I've tried to do that before and don't think I'm lying anyone will tell you that it's true, Naomi even witnessed it once and that was the last time I tried to do it." she said, suddenly hiding her arms. Up until now she had forgotten about all the pain she had felt, and suddenly she remembered everything Barker did to her during her detention with him, all the pain she felt, her hand began to burn when she thought of him digging his knife into her hand. The scar on her cheekbone began to sting when she remembered him cutting her there, but she didn't even flinch at the pain.

Naomi stared at Hitame with sad eyes as she remembered when she found Hitame trying to kill herself, she had already cut her wrist and the blood from the cut was on her clothes and she was just sitting in a corner of the room they were in saying she wanted to die. Naomi didn't know what to do, so the only thing she had done was hug her sister and apparently it was enough because she was still here with her now. "It's true. She did try to kill herself before..." was all Naomi said before she looked back down at the ground. The younger girl saw a little drop of blood fall onto the ground and her eyes widened. All the blood she had seen around her sister flashed in her eyes and she stepped toward the two of them. Feeling a little insecure, Naomi pulled on Hitame's shirt and pointed to the boy's hand that had blood all around it. A moment of uncertainty in what she should do passed and finally Hitame grabbed his hand and she took out a handkerchief she carried it around, she told Naomi to rip two pieces of fabric from it and when she had the two pieces in her hand she tied them around his hand tightly to stop the blood. She only did that because Naomi wanted to help. Even though he had hurt her, Naomi was still willing to help him, Hitame really admired that about her sister, but she also knew that that would be something dangerous for Naomi. Someone could take advantage of her forgiving nature to do something bad to her, knowing that she would forgive them for it afterwards.

Alex would listen to her words, as he noticed how close he was to her. He felt strange at that moment but calm enough to say the words that came to mind. " If you say so, I'ii try to refrain from speaking my mind " He said in a casual tone, as he didn't know what to say about it. It was much easier to say mean things, instead of acting nice when you don't like something. He did like her drawing, but he would never admit that to her at all because of his pride.

Her next choice of words confused him, she didn't know about the whole pureblood issue. Well that's strange because this has been going on for a long time, even he was apart of this thing. He just never liked to find a wife like that, he wanted to find someone that wasn't after his money. Like many pureblood families, he was wealthy and that attracted some of the worst of the slytherin girls. Giving him reasons to always be outside, or in the school library to get away from them. " Honestly, they been looking for them for a long time. Of course those slytherin girls that do that, I don't hang around them because most of them come off to strong " Which meant they tried to have him for themselves, and never look at a another women.

Alex expected her to laugh at him, or even just tell him off again. Instead he was being lectured by her, and told to think of his actions. She said that people had worse problems then him, he would hope that people did. His problems were quite bad, he was picked on and he was abused as a child. He even did something he would never forgive himself for, the poor souls he taken from this world. He had even tried to drown himself as a child, or almost jumped off a large tower that could have killed him. Now she said that she had tried to kill herself, he pondered about it because he didn't know the reason. " Well I guess it doesn't matter about which house people are from, were all similar in one way or another " noticing her hiding her arms, he would take a guess that she might have tried to cut her wrists.

Alex turning to look at Naomi, would see her eyes filled with sadness. She must have been seen the whole thing, and he would expect it to be a bad site to see. Even he wouldn't like to see the site of someone else fighting to live, he would have lose all hope. He didn't say anything back at her comment, but soon he felt something grab his hand. He looked at the women in front of him, and his hand would feel much warmer now. The feelings he was keeping down from the beginning, were now intensifying tenfold. He didn't know why she was doing this, and he would look at his hand again. She had stopped the bleeding, as he would look confuse as to why she would help him. Then by some unknown reason he would move his hand under Hitame's chin, and would lift it so she would stare at him. " You have a sister that cares about you, you shouldn't try to kill yourself. I know things go wrong, but at least you have someone who really cares about you. And I'm only going to say this once, I'm sorry about my words and thank you " He said in a sincere tone as he would give her a smile.

One that he doesn't show often, before he finally went back to a smirk. " Also you shouldn't forgive people so easily, someone might use that against you. Your lucky I'm not a bastard like the most of my house " He chuckled to himself, as he dropped his hand to his side letting go of Hitame. He felt the lose of heat from his hand, and he questioned the strange feelings again.

It was difficult for her to really understand everything that went on with the pureblood line. But that was only because she had kept herself distant from anything that had to do with them, even after she found out about her pureblood status. To her and Naomi they were not purebloods, and she always enforced that. They didn't want to be part of them, they didn't want to get dragged into things that they didn't want to be part of. "Those girls are stupid." she said softly. "They're so desperate, they are willing to marry someone that they don't love just to get money. In the end it's only going to ruin their lives. They don't think about that." she added, clutching her hand into a fist.

His words caused her to look downward at the ground. She hadn't even noticed that she was still holding his hand in hers, even though she had already finished bandaging it up. He was right though, no matter what house everyone was from they were more or less similar in some way. Most people refused to believe that and it ran their anger toward one another to cause chaos for certain people. "Everyone has some kind of darkness within them, something they don't want anyone else to find out about." she thought out loud. Of course coming from her, those words sounded darker than they were meant to be. She of all people knew about having a darkness inside that no one should ever see.

Even as Naomi had watched Hitame bandage his hand up, she had been remembering the night she saw Hitame saying she wanted to die. Seeing all the blood again made her nauseous, and she swallowed hard trying to make sure that she didn't throw up or anything. At that moment when she had seen Hitame first hand, she hadn't felt that way, she was only worried about her sister's health. And the worst part was that they couldn't go to the hospital for help. They would ask about their parent, and if they told the doctor about not having any, the orphanage would be called and they would be taken away there. All they could do as stop Hitame's bleeding and hope that the cuts wouldn't get infected, which luckily they didn't at all.

As soon as she felt his hand under her chin she felt her cheeks began to burn and she dropped his hand from hers and her eyes narrowed again. She hadn't meant to do it but it just a reflex that was triggered on its own when someone touched her in any way. Even though she knew he was trying to make her look at him, her eyes looked to the side, not wanting to make eye contact with him. Her arms remained by her sides as he spoke and with everything he was saying she found herself slowly looking at him. She never thought that she would hear a Slytherin apologize or thanking anyone for something. He really wasn't like the others in his house, and her realization of this made her smile though it was a small smile that could barely be seen.

When he dropped his hand from her face, she immediately looked away from him. She looked at Naomi slightly and she nodded at her, telling him that what he had said was true. She wasn't sure if he had meant it for her or for Naomi, as he really didn't know what she wasn't forgiving him for making her sister cry. But it was something that Naomi needed to learn, she couldn't just forgive someone for something they did to her. No matter how small it was, she had to learn to hold a grudge or at least not to forgive as easily as she does now.

Alex would laugh at her comment about the girls, he did agreed with her about it. They would not find a complete life, and just use all the money until it's dry. That's one of the reasons he would never agree to a arranged marriage, because he would choose who he wanted for the rest of his life. " At least you make a good point for a gryffindor, but it's a good thing I'm not apart of that group. I will never fall for one of those girls, and I don't care even if they tempt me " He was looked at her hand, she was clutching her hand into a fist.

He didn't even know why, but it interested him to know why. Of course before he would ask, her next words sounded very dark. It alarmed him off the truth behind her words, and he would look distant now. He remembered the times he wanted to get rid of everyone that had made fun of him. He wanted to stab them all, and toss them in the deepest part of Hell. When he wanted to, he could be the worst enemy towards people he hated. So he would have to calm down for reminding himself of his darker side, and would have to take a nice shower.

When he was telling her sorry, and thank you was when he got her attention. She finally turned to look into his eyes, as he looked into hers. He really like her hazel brown eyes, but soon thought of other things. Then he quickly saw her smile at him, before he dropped his arms to the side. She seemed to turn her head away from him, but he knew that might not have forgiven him yet. So he needed to think of something to say, as he finally had his mind straight.

He was still surprised that she hadn't backed away from him, it really showed that she wasn't scared of him. Or maybe it was a show to look good in front of her sister, but he was still amused by her efforts. He smiled down at her, as he never got her name, so he would act like a gentlemen. " I know we haven't know each other for long, but my name is Alex star.....of course you could guess I'm from Slytherin " He said in a calm and pleasant tone to the both of them.

The young Gryffindor sighed and glanced at him. "Not all Gryffindors are stupid you know." she said. She wasn't going to say that all Gryffindors were smart because some of them really weren't the brightest kids around. The would speak nonsense and do random things that no one understood why they even did it. It was probably their stupidity that got them into Gryffindor because stupidity is something almost all Gryffindors had. She admitted that she had some stupidity in her, but when she was sorted into Gryffindor it was because she was truly brave and she wasn't one to give up easily. Though the Sorting Hat had debated on whether to put her in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw cause she is quite a bright little girl.

Her own words made her think back to when they were in an orphanage, before she had ran away from there with Naomi. When she got into her first fight, because some of the older kids were making fun of her because she was always around Naomi and she refused to interact with the other children. She had finally interacted that day, just not the way they thought she would. She remembered that the kids she had fought with had suffered severe injuries and one of them even had to be hospitalized because he had hit his head on a radiator when she pushed him. That was the day that she took her sister and left that place, they had searched for the two girls but somehow they had never found them.

As she looked into his eyes, Hitame felt her eyes go back to normal though she looked at him with a somewhat blank stare even though her eyes were bright and full of life after seeming lifeless for quite a while. When she looked away from him, she looked at Naomi and saw that her eyes seemed to widen at the fact that she hadn't fought back when he had touched her. Hitame smirked at Naomi, and she nodded understanding something that only the two of them could understand from the smirk she gave her sister.

Though at first she hadn't backed away from him to keep her image of not being afraid of everything for Naomi, now she wasn't backing away because she really wasn't afraid of him. Not that she had ever truly been afraid of a Slytherin before. The only person who truly frightened her right now was Felix Barker, just thinking about him made her shudder and wince from the pain her wounds brought her, though right now she hid that fear for him.

Without making further eye contact with him she listened at he introduced himself. "My name's Hitame. Hitame Higurashi." she said, still refusing to say that her real name was Charcovix. As far as she was concerned her real surname was Higurashi and nothing was ever going to change that. "I'm Naomi Higurashi." the younger of the sisters said, still completely oblivious to the fact that her name was also Charcovix, and that Xemnas and Sora were her brothers. She wanted to keep it that was for a long time before she finally had to tell her sister the truth about their origin.

Alex would just shrug as most of the gryffindor's he knew were stupid to no end. Honestly he didn't like people like them, and it only brought more problems behind the houses. He didn't know why they couldn't make another house to try to make everyone see eye to eye, and stop the battle between the houses. Mostly being Slytherin and Gryffindor always having most of the problems with both houses. After all he was brave, Smart, and very cunning for his age, he could have been in almost any of the houses if he wanted to.

Then again his family lineage, and past deeds lead him into this house. He couldn't say anything about it, so he just went with the flow at all times. She seemed to have went distant for a while, as he would look at Naomi he hoped they were fine. When she came back out of her daze, she looked away from him to her sister. Then he caught the glimpse of a smirk, as he pondered what that meant.

He really didn't know the two, but they seemed like okay Gryffindors for now. Of course his opinion might change in the future, depending on what goes on. The present is here to hand out surprise in life, as the future was still a mystery to many. He listened to there names and would remember them for a later date. Then he might as well ask his question before he forgot it again, as he would look away from them. " So tell me Hitame, why were you here looking for your sister....did you have plans or something " He was acting out of pure curiosity because it interested him.

Almost every Slytherin she's ever met had something that she disliked. Something that just completely fueled the hatred she felt towards them. But this boy seemed to give off a different kind of aura from the others in his house. He wasn't as bad as she thought he would've been. Sure she was still angry about him making her sister cry and she obviously wouldn't forgive that, but he was okay. For a Slytherin anyways. She sighed and looked down slightly toward the snow that was underneath their feet. The pure white snow that was so clam and innocent. Something that would never happen with this world, this world that was always filled with hatred and obsession.

The young girl began to think about her parents. Both biological and adoptive. They were all so different from each other, yet they were so alike. Eli and Zuki were muggles, and they were kind and wouldn't kill anyone no matter what would happen to them. They also wouldn't give up their children for adoption, probably because they couldn't have children of their own so they felt a certain attachment toward children that they see. Aqua and Terra on the other hand were purebloods and they would kill anyone they were told to kill without a moment's hesitation. They would also obviously give up their children for adoption. But they were also kind toward the children they kept and they wouldn't harm their family in anyway.

Hitame looked up at Alex when he asked her why she had been looking for Naomi. A half smile creeped up onto her mouth for a moment before she realized that now because of this conflict she had wasted time. She mentally slapped herself and gasped softly. "Oh, I was coming here to get my sister for a surprise I had planned for her." she gasped and she finally stepped away from Alex to grab Naomi's hand. "We have to get to the Room of Requirement, Naomi." she told her sister. "But, why? What surprise are you talking about?!" Naomi asked excitedly. "You'll find out soon enough Nao. Don't be impatient." she laughed, and she began to pull her sister toward the castle.

Though she hadn't taken more than two steps when she realized that if they left now, they would leave Alex alone there. She bit her lip in thought and looked at Naomi quickly. The younger girl seemed to guess what she was wondering and she simply nodded. Hitame sighed and turned toward the boy. "Hey. Do... do you want to come with us?" she asked him. She really hoped that Naomi's friends, who were all waiting for her and Naomi to get back, wouldn't be bothered by the fact that there was going to be a Slytherin there, if he accepted anyways.

Alex would see her looking at him, before her gaze turned to the ground. She was looking at the snow on the ground, it was a calm sight. It reminded him of his home in japan, his mother lived high in the mountains. So it was quite beautiful in the winter, as he would play around in it when he was younger. Even if his father never approved of it, he didn't really care about him at all. Leading him to become something different from his father, even if he was a great man in the past. Soon enough he snapped out of his thoughts as Hitame was talking to her sister.

Hitame would walk away from him, to her sister Naomi. She mentioned something about there being a surprise, and well he could guess what it is. Maybe a party, a secret agend, or something personal for the both of them. Of course Naomi seemed really excited about it, as he would stand in the background. He knew that they would forget about him, as he would just smile at the back of there heads as they would begin to leave towards the castle.

So Alex would just look out towards the frozen lake as he didn't want them to feel bad for him. " Then I guess I'ii take my le.... " Alex would stop mid-sentence as just heard her ask if he wanted to come along. He didn't expect that at all, and he would just look wide-eyed at them. " Sure if you don't mind to be be seen with scum like me, but if you insist I'ii come along " So he would smirk, as he would just follow them to the room of requirement.

The two girls stared at the boy. Naomi seemed to be hoping that he decided to come with them for some reason. Hitame sighed and put her arm around her sister. "Is he going to come with us?" the younger firl asked her sister softly. "I don't know Naomi. That's up to him." she replied back softly. Naomi sighed and looked back down at the white snow. Hitame stared at her sister curiously as to why she wanted the boy to go with them. But soon she simply shugged and sighed softly. They had to get back to the Room of Requirement fast, because she knew that one of Naomi's friends would come looking for them if they didn't get back soon.

The older girl looked up at the boy, and she smirked as he repeated her own words at her. Though soon she realized her words had been a little to harsh, and she bit her lip. She had just been so mad when she saw Naomi crying because of what he had said to her. Still biting her lip she instinctively rolled her eyes at him. Naomi stiffled a laugh when she heard his words. It would seem funny to Naomi, she thought everything was funny. Unless it was something that was rude and that was directed to her drawings. Hitame frowned slightly at Naomi and her stiffled giggle was completely gone.

Hitame sighed heavily and she took her arm off from around Naomi. "I don't mind it." she told him and she even gave him a warner smiled that usually was only given to Naomi or Sophia. She turned back around after saying this and she re-took Naomi's hand. She gave a slight pull on her arm and Naomi began to walked beside Hitame. She glanced back at Alex and she smiled slightly. For some reason she was also happy that he was coming along, but she wasn't so sure why...

Alex would look at Hitame as she smiled towards him. He didn't know why but it made his heart beat faster, she soon turned away from him. Because they were talking to each other and he was left alone to walk behind them. He would gaze at Hitame and then to Naomi as he thought of a few things. Why were they different from other people, as he acted mean towards Naomi. Then they somewhat forgive him and invite him to come along for her surprise.

Honestly this really interested him, as he would need to act about it later. Unlike the normal type of people who would hold a grudge, but not her but he didn't know about Hitame. She might still be pissed at him, because she seemed more of the independent type of girl. Before he knew of it, as he was thinking about his feelings and these two. Time seems to fly by quickly, when you are in a different world.

They were inside the castle as they headed towards the seventh floor, where the room of Requirement was. It was too late to turn back or go his separate way. So he might as well and stay for abit to not act rude. They did somewhat invite him to go with them, and he didn't want to head back to his house yet. With that thought he would walk ahead of them, and open the door to the room of requirement. " Ladies first " As he would let them walk in first, and then follow afterwards to see the reaction of the crowd. What did he get himself into, well he guess this was life mysteries.