Same time next week?

Chapter 0

What? What? Why? When? How? Why? What? When? How? What? When? Why? How? What is it?!

Those are my thoughts when my aunt (who hasn't visited in months) comes to pick me up.

She had been working hard ever since she could, trying to make enough money to get me out of the orphanage. Almost a year ago, she overworked herself to a horrible extent and hadn't been back to the orphanage since. Not like she came all that much in the first place anyway.

So, just a day ago I was given the order to pack my bags, because I was going home!

I was quite surprised, so to say, because my (awesome) vortex hair was to chase away just that. I no longer wanted to be adopted because if I was there would no longer be anyone there for Rocky. There wouldn't be anyone there for any of the kids who are too weak to avoid getting bullied by even weaker kids who find it necessary to take out their sorrows on others. I have been their replacement for years, and I wasn't going to back down now.

The only way I would let myself be taken away would be by my aunt Mikuru. But she doesn't want me anymore (I'm sure of this) so I have given up hope of ever leaving the orphanage.

But now she's here to get me.

What?

"Hey, Chrono. I'm sorry I missed your birthday," she also missed Christmas, Easter, and was close to missing Halloween, as well, "but I'm here now, and I am finally ready to take you home!" She says all of this with a *very* artificial smile.

But that changes as soon as we make our way out of the parkway.

"I'm sorry, Chrono. I know you didn't want to leave there, but I couldn't just sit there and watch you get bullied by those kids." How did she know?  "Don't give me that look, Shindou. Whenever I came to see you-yeah, I know, not often-you had millions of cuts and bruises-and those senial old bats said that there were no fights! Pah! Do they even look at you kids?" she roars.

"Auntie! Auntie! Calm down, I am fine now, see?"I say as I roll up my sleeve and show her the bruises.

"Oh, Honey! Those are horrible!"

"Yes, but they are healing.