Illusion of Years

Chapter 1 Back to the begining

Sorry it took so long to update, its been a crazy week. If you have any questions about the story, or ideas you want to happen, or if you just want to say something, PLEASE comment. I work better that way. Once again any songs in this chapter do not belong to me. I just thought it would fit well with the story.

PS:I'm sorry if you didn't get the last part. It will be explained later.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIXTEEN YEARS LATTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mai's POV

The blaring alarm clock woke me up. "Ugh. It's already time for school. I hate school" I muttered to myself while getting dressed, making sure that my wings were hidden. I really didn't want to repeat that incident.

I opened my apartment door, while trying my hardest to forget the dream I had last night. I knew the dream by heart, as anyone who had the same dream every year on the exact same day. It got annoying after the first nine times. That was seven years ago. To the day.

Shouts of happy birthday came from all the girls. If only they knew the truth... that thought left my mind as soon as it entered. Nobody will ever know that secret. After all, some secrets were meant to stay secrets. She shuttered as she heard a taunting voice say the words she dreaded. "Two more years, little princess."

~~~~TIME BREAK~~~~

"Taniyama Mai-san Please report to the front office. Taniyama Mai-san, You are needed in the front office." the speakers in the room sounded.

"What's the matter Mai-kun? Going to the Principle's office again?" A boy in her class taunted.

"You might want to shut up unless you want to be the next with a concussion." Michiru yelled at the boy.

That shut the boy up as his eyes grew wide in fright. Another boy yelled "Like she would have the guts to do that again. We all know what happened last time." Mai just rolled her eyes, stood up and walked to the office.

"Ah, Taniyama-san, there you are. I was beginning to worry" Paepke-sensei called out.

"Hello ma'am, what did you need me for?" Mai asked quickly, trying to cut the visit short.

The office lady huffed in annoyance. "How many times have I told you not to call me ma'am? It makes me sound older than I am. Anyways, a strange man stopped by earlier today and left this letter for you, and we thought it best that you read it here, just in case."

"Thank you for your concern Paepke-sensei. May I see the letter?" Mai asked sweetly, suspicions forming in her mind as she was handed the letter. The envelope was much bigger than needed, a feature of their notes. Just as she expected it only had one line

Two years left, little princess.

"As if I had the intention of ever forgetting. They're going to unnecessary lengths." Mai muttered under her breath. "Sorry to be such a bother to you Sensei. May I return to class?"

"Yes Taniyama-san." the secretary replied, and with a quick bow, Mai was out the door.

Paepke-sensei's pov

What had Taniyama-san meant when she said that she had almost forgotten? It seemed to distress her greatly. Maybe I'm just imagining things, Taniyama-san is never distressed. Her thoughts wandered back to the mysterious man from this morning, his instructions lingering in her thoughts. It's an extremely private message, please show it to none but Mai Taniyama. She'll know who sent it. She shook that memory from her thoughts as she heard a door opening. She glanced up to hear the voice of a teenage boy.

"Don't worry. We'll solve this." The black haired man assured the man walking out of the office with him.

"Are you absolutely positive you can do the job correctly?" The principal's sharp voice rang out.

"Yes." was the immediate response. The older man nodded but said nothing.

What an odd pair. I have a bad feeling about them.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A couple hours later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mai's Pov

"The officer asked the woman to go back into the stall and see if she could hear the voice again. Doing as the officer told her she entered the stall. As soon as she closed the stall door she heared a voice. Do you want me to give you a pretty red coat? The voice asked, and when she nodded yes," Mai's voice got really creepy sounding, "the police officer heard a blood curdling scream. When he broke down the door he saw the woman on the floor, stabbed in the stomach, blood covering her like a pretty red coat." She finished the story with a creepy laugh, watching the other girl's eyes go wide and stiff. They grabbed at each other in terror, and when they felt someone touching them, they screamed out.

"MAI!! How many times do we have to tell you, don't use that creepy voice!"

"Fine." She pouted looking at them sadly. "I'll just turn my light off then." She clicked a button and the room went completely dark.

"One" Michiru's voice whispered

"Two"Kayamei said softly.

"Three" Keiko whimpered.

It was Mai's turn "Four."

"Five."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know that in the anime Mai is number three, but in the manga, naru is five, so I might have invented a new character. One of the names is wrong, simply because I couldn't remeber it. Sorry...

I'll update the next chapter soon, so please comment!!!!