After breakfast Anise was given her medicine, once she gulped down the nine pills she and her twin sister RIn left for school. Along the way they stopped at a flower shop and bought a bundle of flowers and then headed to the local cemetary.
A grave stone marked the location of the twins oldest brother, who had been killed in the war just a year ago. "I wish you were still here, big brother... you would always play with us, take us to the park, read us stories, and even turn the hose on us when you were cleaning the car," Anise said, choking back tears.
Rin watched; she had a bitter memory of what happened to her big brother. She was visiting her big brother at the base when it was attacked by the enemy, she had seen him blown to peices by a mortor round, the image burned into her mind, it was something she saw every night before bed and sometimes during the day.
Often times she ignored it, but sometimes she couldn't and would just start crying. Anise wasn't there, but Rin realized that some-how Anise had seen the same thing she had, which was why Anise feared war and death, and didn't want any part of it.
"C-come on Anise.." Rin said and walked up to her twin sister and placed her hands on the girls shoulder. Anise looked up at her and nodded, tears in her eyes. Rin took out a hankerchief and wiped the tears from Anise's eyes. The two of them then headed to the school, once they got there they took off their walking shoes and placed them into the locker and then took out their school shoes.
Rin was glad that Anise could at least tie her own shoes; when her mother said that she would responsible for all of Anise's needs (minus a few) she had worried that Anise couldn't tie her own shoes, but was thankful when she discovered that her twin sister could. "Homeroom first period, then after homeroom the teacher will take us to the assembly hall huh?" Anise said. Rin nodded and the two headed to class.
In the assembly hall, or rather, auditorium, another student was practicing for the assembly. She sang at almost the same level as Sakura, but wasn't as good. The chorus teacher wanted to make sure the students singing would carry well, and she was glad when a staff membe gave her the thumbs up. "Excellent!" she said. "Ok students, we have an hour before the assembly. Some of you are probably thirsty from spending the past thirty minutes practicing, god knows some of you have been here all night," she said and looked at Sakura and three other students, who smiled back at her.
"Head to the cafeteria and get yourselves some breakfast," she said, the students bowed and left for the cafeteria.
She sighed. "This will be the greatest assembly ever!" The chorus teacher said excitedly as she left.
