A/N: SUP SUP SUP SUP! I'M BACK AFTER LIKE a two year hiatus? Jesus christ. Anyway, I decided to remake TIML into a more serious story. To be in depth with Maya's character and all. Please note I won't always be periodically on time to update, because I'd update when I feel like it or when I've got time. BTW, this has some YYH crossovers but its God Eater centric for this story. I'll be making another separate story someday to explain the YYH part of this.
Anyways, good reading! Remember to leave a review if you can, thanks!
"Leave her alone! Please, please!"
The young girl struggled against the vice grip of the two bodyguards holding her back. She was forced to watch as her own younger twin shook violently on the ground a few feet away from her. Both had brown hair and dark, maroon eyes. Somewhat rare for two human children.
The poor child on the ground was traumatized completely, her older twin could see even from a far. The younger one was naked, covered in fresh cuts and bruises – her shame was only barely spared by a tattered blanket. Why did they do this to her? To them? Just one day, they ripped those six year old children out of their normal lifestyle and killed their own older sibling-like guardian.
Injections on their body, pain tests there and there – she hated it. The pain and all that she went through with her only family member – her flesh and blood...
"STOP!"
The men and women who were clad in white lab coats looked at her in curiosity. The older brunette was gasping in pain, yet she continued to speak.
"A trade, a trade!" She begged. "Let my sister go, and all those experiments… you can do it on my own body! Just… leave her alone!"
…Yet she was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of another. At a tender age of six.
"Rupert. Take the young one out of the base, this one finally made a great bargain."
Her vision was hazy because of blood loss, but she still let out the last breath of relief until she passed out cold.
…
It was horrible. Every single experience. Electric shocks to the head, water torture – anything you can imagine. Yet she was still alive and breathing. Barely, she may add. But it was worth it for her, she reminded herself. Her sister did not need to experience the same pain, and they kept to their promise. They were all horrible people, those scientists. They were not like the real scientists she would see on television or the internet because they hurt people. She saw other poor children die in her view. They would toss their bodies away because they were failed experiments to their eyes. But they decided to keep herself alive – why you ask?
Apparently, there was something inhuman about her.
"Was she bias factor born?" One would ask.
"Or did the child have a rare disease?" Another then again.
No.
The leader of those hordes of cruel 'doctors' spoke with vivid excitement. It made her sick. "The same as her own twin. They're neither. With such rapid regeneration of injuries… Brown eyes with reddish pigmentation… The results are endless! They may be human, but it seems like another half has been detected … both twins could maybe be an angel… or a devil – or even both. "
"How on earth did that happen? Demons or angels do not exist!"
"I suppose we did have a record of this. Wasn't there a rumor years ago that a demon fox escaped the demon realm and reincarnated into a human child? That may have been the most possible reason."
"Hah, reincarnation. What a joke! This is no science at all!"
A laughter arose from their lead scientist. "Since when did we ever only consider face value information as the only real science? Interpol agents have discovered far off things that are considered inhumane to regular citizens. But this- this is the core of our tests! The greatest one out of all of them! Imagine how much we'd be recognized once we utilize her own power to fend off those aragami! The money – all ours!"
The chatter was quite long, but the girl saw one of their own did not participate in their talks of luxury. A man with platinum blonde hair, fair skin and silver-like eyes. His face only showed a void, and he was completely silent with his arms crossed. He only watched as they slowly dispersed out of the area. Soon, he disappeared for a while and returned with a plate of food and water. What a joke, she thought, couldn't he eat somewhere else where there was less dead people?
Out of shock, he walked towards her cell, and slid the plate and glass to her.
"Eat." A deep, yet smooth voice came from his mouth. "Huh… I-!" She cringed at how raspy her voice sounded to her ears. Very unpleasant. His expression softened. "I suppose you would need to drink first." He then pushed the glass nearer to her, and she grabbed it from his big hands and took big gulps. Tears were instantly rushing out of her eyes as her throat was finally soothed. "T-thank you… Uh, mister." She tried wiping away her tears, but to no avail. A small smile appeared on the older man's face, and he urged her to eat the food from the plate he had pushed in for her. He patiently waited for her to finish, and he didn't mind that she was eating quite like an animal.
As she finished, he took the plate and glass away. "Mister…?"
"Hm?"
"Why are you helping me?"
His answer was immediate. "Because I don't like them. I was only part of this so I can steal away their power and develop a better plan without their child experiments." The child slowly nodded, and buried her face in her thighs. "You know… I have a child too," She suddenly got interested once more, "and I did things regrettably with him and his mother. Because of one experiment my wife and I thought was for the better, she died. My son had no mother figure to look up to. And as far as I know, he detests me greatly." A small, but dark chuckle erupted from his throat. "Here I am, dirtying my hands for the sake of another project I'd work for. But Humanity needs a better lead in order to fight these infuriating creatures that had appeared, not greedy scientists who want fame and money to be recognized by their own out-of-this-world findings." He sighed.
"You. Young girl. What is your name?"
"M-me, sir?"
"Yes."
"I-I'm Myong-hee Asakura, sir. That's what my pendant says on its back. But I'd rather… be called Maya for short."
"What would you want to do if you were freed?"
Her eyes hardened, but she gave an answer instantly. "See my sister."
"I see… Maya. I'll help you. They plan on keeping you hear forever, but I'll try my hardest to bring it shorter. With your… capabilities, I want you to promise me that you'll hold on."
She believed in him.
Days turned to weeks, weeks to months, then finally three years.
She thought he forgot about her, but just then…
Maya broke free out of her test cage.
It was all a blur – so many things happened in a flash, but once she came to, every one of the scientists were dead.
Terror stricken expressions.
Missing limbs.
Blood everywhere.
"I...i…!"
She looked at her hands, covered in the same shade of red.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
A/N: Well that was quite morbid for the first chapter. If anybody asks (or if it isn't obvious), yes that weird guy the MC talks to is Johannes, so we get to see an early established connection. As stated in the summary, there's going to be somewhat a crossover of Yu Yu Hakusho in this story (god this is rare), but most of the YYH stuff that may be involved will be put in a separate story that I'll be planning. Yea.
Anyway, on to the next!
