Friend

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It felt like days since Nico left them at the park, but Teresa knew it had only been a little over an hour. Teresa let out a small sigh as she watched Mimi play, Kira had came and sat beside her awhile ago Teresa couldn't help but glance from the corner of her eye at the thin line on her neck "you know you could just ask" she heard Kira say. Teresa froze and slowly looked up at Kira "I thought asking about someone's death was rude?" she asked    "about as rude as starring  at someone's death mark" Kira replied with a small smirk. death mark?  Teresa knew that word or at least she thinks she does, she just couldn't remember where she knew it from. Kira saw the confusing on Teresa face a small frown replaced her smirk she felt bad for Teresa, she thought since she was Nico's sister she would know everything Nico did but that didn't seem to be the case. Kira sat back and looked out to the playground "a death mark is like a scar not everyone has one, but some spirits like me have them" Kira mumbled she wasn't fond talking about her death and what she did after. she subconsciously ran her fingers over the thin line "if you couldn't tell by the line, my throat was slashed" Kira says as she removes her hand. Teresa watched her moment with shock in her eyes "h-how d-did it happen?" Teresa hesitantly asked. Kira glanced back at her before returning to her original position "would you believe it was because of your mother?" Kira asked her tone held no emotions. Teresa eyes widened as her mouth fell open, again with mother? who's else life had she ruined ?  Teresa thought, she couldn't get her voice to work she just sat there looking like a fish out of water and she hated it. Kira watched her she had no ill will towards Teresa or Nico for what had happened, hell Nico even saved her in her afterlife that's way she never hesitates to come when Nico summons her. "hey Teresa,  don't worry about it I've come to terms with what happend" Kira tells her Teresa looked at her fast, Kira could see so many different emotions swimming in Teresa eyes. Fear, sadness, pity, angry and a little bit of regret, "how? how can you be willing to help me? help Nico? after what our mother did to you?" she asked feeling a little angry, why wasn't Kira angry with them? if someone caused Teresa to die she'd be furious and she sure as hell wouldn't be helping the children of the women that killed her. "because it wasn't your doing nor was it Nico's, in fact Nico tried to save me she was just a little too late" Kira says the last part sadly. "but she did save me in the afterlife so I owe her everything, and I will always be there when she ask for my help, I owe her that much". Teresa sat back a little in surprise she honestly didn't expect that, Teresa swallowed hard as she gathered the will to ask what she wanted too know "how did my mother cause your death Kira?" Kira took her eyes away from the playground and looked up towards the sky and the bright sun, oh how she messed the warmth of the sun. "If you were to look at my death certificate it says it was a freak accident, a telephone pole wire snapped and I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time" Teresa let out a sharp gasp at hearing that, that must have been a horrible way to die Teresa thought. As if Kira could read her mind she added "it was so fast I was dead before my body even hit the ground" Teresa couldn't believe how calm Kira could say that but Teresa didn't see how that involved her mother, again before Teresa could ask Kira answered "I was one of the people your mother attached a demon to, I wanted to know about my father" Kira told her sadly "he had died from cancer a month before and I wasn't doing to good with it, I wanted some kind of closure and I heard about your mother so I drove three hours to talk to her, I guess that was my biggest mistake". Teresa balled up her fist as her angry started to rise, her nails began to dig into her palms but she didn't care she couldn't believe her mother would do such a thing to someone as young as Kira. Teresa fully understood Nico's hated towards their mother now, "so did the demon cause your death?" she asked Kira slowly Teresa had a pretty good idea what the answer was but she didn't understand why. Kira nod her head "do you know what happens to a demon when the person they're bonded to dies?" Kira asked glancing at Teresa from the corner of her eyes, Teresa just shook her head because she really didn't know. "the demon is free to roam the earth that's why Nico spent so much time looking for everyone that your mother put a demon on" Teresa was trying to put it all together in her head, that didn't make any sense Nico said it took how months to stop the demons so how? "if all they have to do is kill the people to get free, how come it took Nico months to stop it? shouldn't everyone have been killed before then?" Teresa was very confused now all this stuff with ghost, demon and spirits was getting to hard to keep up with, how Nico kept up with it all Teresa will never know. "no, demons are very powerful and usually they could kill with no hesitation, but being brought into our world causes some problems for them, they need to regain their power and strength sort of like what Friend is doing to Mimi but demons don't need to feed they just need to wait, the stronger the demon the shorter the wait. Unfortunately for me the demon bonded to me was stronger than the others Nico was one day too late" Kira says looking at Teresa and watching her reaction to what she said. "but you said Nico saved you?" Teresa asked remembering what Kira had said earlier, Kira let out a some chuckle "corrections I said she saved me in the afterlife there's a difference" Kira said in a matter of fact tone, Teresa rolled her eyes playfully at Kira's tone "okay, so explain that than" Teresa says crosses her arms over her chest "if a spirit is full of  anger and that anger grows they  become something horrible, they become a shell of their old selves kind of like Friend" at hearing Friends name Teresa stiffened up and immediately began looking for Mimi, when she located Mimi on the swings she let out a breathe she didn't know she was holding in. "what do you mean?" Teresa asked and she started to relax again "I mean you think he looked like that when he was alive, that's what happens to a spirit when they fester in their anger" Teresa couldn't believe it, if that's what he looked like because of anger Teresa wonder what he looked like before. "I was slowly beginning to change because I was so anger, Nico saved me helped me she apologized for what happened and help me see my mother again. Nico promised she put an end to the demon that took my life, and when she did I promised myself that I would always be there when ever she needed me. So when she told me six years ago she wanted me to watch over Mimi I didn't hesitate, I watched over Mimi tell Friend came" Teresa raised an eyebrow at that she wonder if all those times she thought Mimi was playing and talking to herself was it all Kira? "why did you leave when Friend came? why didn't protect Mimi like you were told?!" Teresa asked she wasn't trying to sound mean but she couldn't help it if Kira knew Friend was bad why did she leave. Kira looked at Mimi sadly "I had no choice he was stronger then me, if I would have stayed he would have destroyed me, what good would I have been then?" Teresa could her the disappointment and regret in Kira's voice  "is that possible? can a spirit kill another spirit?"  Teresa asked at of pure curiosity "when its something like Friend it is" was all Kira replied before Teresa could push her for more info on it a loud hooking pulled her attention towards the parking lot to see Nico leaning up against waving happily at them "Aunt Nico!" Mimi shouted as she ran to the parking lot Teresa was impressed with how fast Mimi took up to Nico, but again she has no idea what all Kira has told Mimi about her but seeing her Mimi is around her tells Teresa that it was nothing but good things. Teresa stood up and made her way over to Nico and Mimi Teresa also noticed how Kira was already by Nico side, as she reached Nico and the others only one thing was going through her head and that was it all ends tonight.