3 This is not what it looks like

Tara's POV

The Math Honors society meeting ended early today. So I guess I'll just head back early today.

"Going back Tara?"(???)

"Yes I will, you leaving too Veronica?"(Tara)

Veronica is a fun friend to hang around. She's around my height, has brown long hair and brown eyes. She's very bright however there's one thing that I like about her the most.

"Yes, race ya to the station?"(Veronica)

She's extremely competitive, just like me.

"I won't lose this time."(Tara)

"We'll see about that."(Veronica)

"In that case. Three, two, one , Go!"(Tara)

We ran as fast as we could past people, Veronica kept going along the street however I took a shortcut through the back alleys. Alright I gotta get this right or I'll end up at that construction site again. Left, right, right, left, straight ,right , left. Yes I made it. I turn around and I see Veronica running towards me.

"That's...not... fair."Veronica said out of breathe

"You didn't specify any rules, and you know what they say 'everything is fair in love and war'"(Tara)

"I...guess so" She said still somewhat out of breathe.

"Well then, let's take the train back. "(Tara)

"Alright."(Veronica)

We took the train back and we talked about what was going around school, some gossip from here and there until we arrived at my stop. I got off the train and said bye to Veronica. I walked out of the station and I noticed that it was raining. Good thing Luis told me to bring an umbrella.Talking about him I'm sure he's home right now. I'll see if we can talk it out a bit more if I can even find anything to say. This does happen from time to time but it's still somewhat worrying. He is pretty determined though,so I am not too worried. Well the lets get back. I started jogging a bit holding my umbrella on top of and headed home. When I got to the entrance it suddenly started pouring. I went in as fast as I could but as soon as I opened the door I was shocked at what I saw. What?!?! . I looked at Luis's arm and the knife that he was holding over the kitchen sink. Wait doesn't this mean-

"WAIT!WAIT!WAIT!WAIT! I swear this is not what it looks like! I swear there's a perfectly logical explanation for this!!"(Luis)

Luis is cutting himself. I thought he was strong emotionally or somethings. I don't know what to say.

"What the hell do you mean let you explain?! What other meaning is this suppose to have?!" (Tara)

Wait, if he's depressed enough to cut himself. Shouldn't.... I have said something else? Oh crap, I messed up.

"Calm down! I was just testing something!"(Luis)

Testing?

"What were you testing?!?! How well can cut yourself?! (Tara)

Crap, I'm always too impulsive. What if he starts hating me as he hates everyone else?

"... Yes? but I mean I'm doing so because-"

"Yes'? What does he mean?

"Wait, what do you mean "Yes?"? I say as I look at his arm "What the hell?!" I thought he cut his arm, I mean he cut himself pretty bad, but he's not bleeding anymore."Your arm... you are not bleeding."

"That's what I was trying to explain, lets calm down for a bit

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Luis POV

I though she wasn't suppose to be here, why is she? Well, lets not worry about the details. Now how do I explain this?I mean, I'm not sure myself. I have super-healing powers? That sounds stupid, but I will go with it

"I... have healing powers"(Luis)

"Well, no shit Luis. My question is.... actually what is my questions?"

"To be honest, I am not sure myself about this. I just suddenly started healing faster. I think it has to do the night I passed out and was at the hospital."

"You mean you got superpowers from being unconscious?The goddamned world is full of people with superpowers then! That doesn't make sense. What happened the day before you passed out"

"....I went out for a run and it was normal. As I was coming back I felt something drop on my neck. I heard some glass breaking and then I felt something wet, I thought it was my blood or something. But it might have been what was inside those things. Was there something next to me when I woke up?"

"I don't know, you were reported by a random pedestrian that stayed anonymous. But he didn't report any bags. So I'm not sure..."

<Wait, who was that pedestrian, why didn't he report the bag. Should we investigate!!>

I saw the look In Tara's eyes...not good, she's probably thinking of trying to find the pedestrian.

"Calm down Sherlock. I know how you are, I don't think its the time to solve other mysteries when we don't even know why is body like this?"

"....You are right... Then lets find out whats wrong with your body"

<If his body regenerates that much, should we try to test the limit?>(Tara)

Tara looked at me with the same as as before. Wait, what is she thinking of doing to me?

"Ummmm.. maybe we should solve this mystery about that man, don't-don't you think?"

"Nah, I should focus on what's in front of me." She said as she got closer. " Aren't you the one that says ' I'll leave tomorrow's problems to tomorrow's me'?" She put her hands on my shoulders. "So let's leave that case at that. Alright so now hand me that knife wont you?"

How the hell does this girl adapt so quick. Also if I leave the knife to her and forget bleeding to death, I'm gonna lose my hand!! She took my knife without me being able to react.

"Wait, hold up. Can't I do it myself"

"You could. But unless you are suicidal we as human beings psychologically do not over damage ourselves due to the fear of death." she said as she grabbed my hand.

Why is it that you suddenly become smart now woman!?!?

"Now, let's test this out a bit. okay? Alright, before I do this, do you heal yourself consciously or unconsciously?"(Tara)

"Why... do you need to ask that question?"(Luis)

Is she gonna knock me out?

"Oh wait no I didn't mean it like that, what I meant was if you need to think about healing the injury or does it heal by itself."

"Oh, it can heal unconsciously, but if I consciously try to heal myself it heals faster. I feel as if it is somewhat burning when I'm consciously healing but it goes away"

"Mhh, does it feel different when you it heals by itself then when you try to heal it?"

"I didn't think of that"

"The let's try it. I'll cut your left and right wrist at the same time. Focus on healing the right one. And let the left one heal by itself."

"Alright... Yow know, if we took this conversation out of context, wouldn't in sound a bit sketchy?"

"Don't worry about it. Now hand me your wrists."

I hand her my wrists and she cut them about the same depth. Like she said I focused on my right one and healed myself.

"Mhh that is different it feels like its my right feels like its somewhat burning but something is flowing through my right hand. While I still feel something flowing to my left hand, I don't feel the same burning sensation."

"So there is a difference. Next experiment then. Can you get healed from something other than a cut? Like a bruise per say."

"Well its not as noticeable when a bruise heals and I just found out so I haven't tried yet, so.... I guess, we should start?" I said thinking of the pain I will feel.

"Ok, I'll go get the hammer"

"?!?!?Hammer!? What the hell are you thinking?"

"You said you wanted to make it noticeable."

"Yes, I said that! I didn't say I wanted to be crippled!"

"What do you mean, you'll heal given time." she said as she took out the hammer

"It doesn't erase the pain and you don't know if I can heal anything! What if there's a limit?!"

"Then we'll find out," she said as she got closer

"Tara, don't you think you've gotten a bit sadistic?"

"Not really, now give me your fingers, time to use this hammer."

"...At least do it on the left ring finger, it's the most use less one anyways."

"Always the positive one, aren't you?"

I put my fingers on the counter. And I chuckled a bit

"Why are you chuckling. Did the pain affect your brain or something?"

'No, even if the circumstances are way different, I feel like a certain someone with white hair who's fingers were-" she hit me with the hammer.

"WHAT THE HELL!" siad while clutching my finger and holding it close to my stomach. "Why did you do that all of a sudden , you should've warned me at least."(Luis)

"Why would a warning matter? It would still hurt the same whether I warned you or not and if I had warned you there's a good chance you would have flinched and made me miss my aim. Now heal yourself."

She's either really sadistic, or really curious right now. I look at my finger. Yup that's not the size... or color, and that definitely feels like it's throbbing. Well let's heal this. I try to focus on healing it and I feel that small burning feeling, and before my finger started turning the right color and size. It took a couple seconds of concentrating on it but I succeeded.

"I see it works on bruises."(Tara)

"Yes"

"Now I wonder if there's an upper limi-"(Tara)

"NO! We aren't trying that!"(Luis)

"Fine, wuss"(Tara)

"So what, you aren't the one getting injured!!" A sudden thought struck me as I said those words,"...Exactly you aren't the one getting injured."

"What do you mean?"

"Why don't we try to work on the externalization of this power?" I say with a small grin. She realized what I meant and her face changed started showing a face full of despair.

"Don't you...think you are...looking a bit sadistic."

" 'Its fine. Now give me your fingers'. "

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After the tortu...testing, we found out that I can in fact heal other people. However the receiver doesn't feel any burning sensation. So is it like magic, gotta see back to my anime knowledge and see what else I can do to mess around. I start to head towards my room and research some healing magic when...

"Luis"

"What now?

"We have yet to try another type of injury."

"....What kind...of injury?"

"By burning" she said as she approached the stove

"Tara are you.. no wait a second in anime usually an injury is scorched on a high level monster, it doesn't heal. So testing flame would make sense."

"In that case"(Tara)

"Turn on the stove" I said in a dispirited

"Alright then" She says as she turned on the stove.

I walk over to it and decided to put my whole hand, the faster we find this out the better I thought

"!?!?!"