True Friends

By Joy McCarthy

Ch.3

At the start of the next week auditions were held for the fall play. I walked into the classroom and sat down at the desk. A couple of minutes later Yo-tan, Omi and I were called up to perform a part of a story I had written. I stood and walked up to the front and waited for them to get up there. We stood there in front of the class, I looked to Mr. Nanoe, He nodded and so I began.

"I am Sundig! You named me this and yet you still expect me to know right from wrong?"

I stood there my arms spread wide as if making myself a target.

"I think not! I was made in death and so death I shall bring to this world! I have no love or loyalty for you, Bradley Crawford. I bring only ill will to you."

Yohji stood there watching me with a cold look and then he spoke.

"This is not about Nagi finding you killing an innocent man with you pain." He gestured toward Omi and stepped closer to me. I let my arms drop to my sides and looked down at the floor.

"THIS" He said in a forceful voice as he grabbed my chin and forced me to look in to his emerald eyes, "Is about you developing a new power and not reporting it to me immediately." Just then my knees buckled and he grabbed my arm with his other hand. " Oh no you don't my little empath, you aren't going to black out on me." He let me slip down to the floor. I knelt there crying. He raised his hand to hit me, but Omi grabbed his wrist.

"No, Brad, let me take care of her." Omi turned to me; I was suddenly pulled up to my feet by some unseen force. Omi raised his hand and I was slammed into a desk. "You lied to my Koi" He moved his hand sideways and I was tossed against a wall. "For that you must pay." He moved his hand down and I dropped to the floor in front of Yohji in a crumpled heap. "Now beg for forgiveness from your great leader." Omi said.

"Please…Crawford-sama…" I cried.

Yohji grabbed my arm and pulled me up to him and said. "You are broken now go to Schuldich, and don't forget this lesson."

We stopped and bowed to the room. Everyone in the room was clapping.

I smiled. "So do we get the parts?" I asked knowing what Mr.Nanoe would say.

"Hate to say this but you three have truly out done yourselves. Yes, you get the parts." He said with a smile.

I walked back to my desk and grabbed my backpack as well as my copy of the script. I walked out of the classroom and then ran down the hall. I ran until I got to my house.