A/N - Welcome to 'A balance of Opposites' I have actually re-updated this all and minor changes may be added, because I know that I haven't added a chapter in ages! I wanted to go through the few chapters I had uploaded and update them to make sure that there all okay and readable, I hope you like the changes and continue to read. Thank you so much!

Disclaimer - I DO NOT own DGM that belongs to Katsura Hoshino, all I own is my OC Itami Sayori.. Enjoy! :3

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"Once upon a time in a beautiful city there lived a peasant girl, one who had hair as blue as the ocean, skin as fair as the sand it washes upon with eyes as light as the sky that watches over the breathtaking scene. The girl in question was said to be an angel, she watched over the small city with caring eyes - ones only a Mother could hold," a young girl read aloud. A small group of children crowded around her feet wishing to hear more of this story, they all listened to every word said not wishing to miss a single point. However, when looking at these children none of them seemed to be wearing suitable clothes for the villages changing weather conditions, with either too little clothing or sacks that they had fashioned to keep themselves covered.

This pink eyed story teller then looked up from her book to each of the children and gave a small smile, she had been just like them a few years ago. This blonde eyed story teller had been a street kid herself, this is what pushed her to help these children, to make sure that they were happy and well fed.

"Itami, that girl in the story reminds me of you! Your eyes have shown us more kindness than we've seen in our lives," a small girl calls out - pulling the teen out of her own thoughts, a bigger smile made its way to the blonde girls face. Itami looked into each of their eyes and saw that none of them were lying, showing her all that she wanted to see from them - happiness. She knew that she couldn't do much but if she could do anything it would be this, and make sure that they would stay safe through the streets of the small village.

"Oh, I don't know. I cant see my own eyes, I'll have to rely on you for that one," Itami smiled down at the small girl, giving a small wink. The pink eyed teen laughed lightly at the blush that quickly spread across the small brunettes face, her hair suddenly being pulled forward to cover her red cheeks. A clap of thunder suddenly bringing everyone's attention to the sky were it had suddenly opened and allowed heavy rain pour to cover every inch of ground that the small ground were sitting on. The children all scrambled away, as if they were a heard of Zebra being approached by a lion. Making poor Itami the last by the steps, the water slowly sinking into her maid like uniform, her hair now out of its up-do and laying down her back in messy wet waves.

The blonde haired girl stood from her spot with her ageing book in hand and her head bowed, hiding the pain in her clear eyes, she slowly began to make her way back to her home, which only herself and her Grandma owned. However, the sky suddenly cracked, lightning raining down from above, adding to the already dark and gloomy atmosphere. The blonde teen looked to the sky, not minding the water dripping in her eyes but wishing that she could see the stars - because it was a day like this that she lost her brother, the one family member that didn't leave her and she let him down, no matter how hard she actually tried she still let him down, and now she was alone.

The walk back to her home slowly became harder as the rain from above became heavier, the thunder got louder and the lightning got brighter. Slowly beginning to make the blonde haired girl nervous, because Itami had always been afraid of loud noises such as thunder, but the darkness that was slowly falling upon the day wasn't putting her mind at ease either, but just as the feeling began to settle in her stomach the small cottage she called home came into view. Sighing heavily the small girl walked a little faster to get to the warming sight of home wishing to be rid of the thoughts the weather had put into her mind.

The door was already opening by the time Itami had stumbled through the rain, and stood under the safety of the porch and there sat her Grandma in her wheelchair just behind the door, a smile evident on her pale face, a slight gleam in her eyes. The elder woman's graying hair being pulled back into a bun at the nape of her neck, but small wisps of hair laid down her neck and the corners of her face, making the woman seem older than what she really was. Yet she always seemed to wear a smile on her ageing face that made anyone feel welcome, no matter what.

"Itami my dear, what ever is the matter?" The elderly woman asked slowly, her voice an almost whisper due to the lack of health, Itami smiled and shook her head, blonde hairs flying everywhere. Her mind was full of too many thoughts to just tell her Grandma just one of them, she continued to walk through the house when she saw the food that she had made the elder woman in the morning before she had left for work. The pink eyed teen shook her head and sighed while picking up the now freezing cold plate and slowly walking into the kitchen to get rid of the un-eaten food.

"Grandma, you really need to eat, I left this here for you this morning." The blonde teen called from the kitchen where the food had now been disposed of, the girl looked back through the door way and saw her Grandma coming closer so she put a small smile on her face to hide the heartache she felt, not only did she loose her brother she was now scared that she was going to loose the only person she considered family due to her not eating or becoming too weak. The thought alone made the girl shudder.

"I'm sorry my dear, time must have gotten away from me," a smile graced the elder woman's face as she wheeled herself through the door way into the kitchen and looked at the girl that had taken care of her for the past 4 years, her blonde hair was now a messy heap down her back ending at her hips due to the weather. The black dress that fit snugly to the young girls figure was now sopping wet and gripping to every inch of skin showing, the only thing that seemed to be bright was her pink eyes, the only emotion they held lately was fear and she hated that. However, her eyes began to wonder and she saw something she didn't like, the old fraying journal that Itami never let out of her sight.

"What is that in your hand Itami?" The elderly lady asked, a slight tone of disappointment in her voice. Itami looked from her Grandma to the leather bound journal in her hand, the contents suddenly feeling heavy in her grasp. The blonde girl couldn't help but hang her head in slight shame, she knew her Grandma wasn't one to show huge amounts of emotion and all throughout the journal in her hand was Itami's every emotion and feeling nearly every second of each day. A sigh was heard from the elder woman as she shook her head, Itami's eyes seemed to dim as she knew what was going to happen next.

"What have I told you Itami? A woman's place is in the home, not running around some silly town looking for every homeless child there is. I thought I taught you better than that?" Itami looked up from her feet and towards the elderly lady she had called Grandma for the past 4 years and a small tear came to her eye, Itami had been taught for the past 4 years that she has no need for hobbies, if she wanted to be a lady and have a good future she would need to learn how to survive and look after her family nothing else. The elder woman sighed before looking her younger counter part in the eye, she hated to do this but she knew that this was the best way to raise a girl her age.

"Itami, I know you don't really like this and I know you want to do so much more, but for a woman there's not much you can do. I was just like you when I was your age, I wanted to see the world and help every single person or thing that came into my life, but my mother taught me her ways and I am now teaching you those ways. I was still able to have an amazing life without having to leave the comforts of my home, I was able to raise 4 beautiful children and have a happy family. Now that's all I want for you, Itami." The elderly woman pushed herself closer to the blonde haired teen and wiped the stray tear from her face, giving a small smile to lighten the mood that had fallen upon them both. The younger teen only felt sadness whenever her Grandma had told her that story, the elder woman was never able to live a full life, never experienced the good things life has to offer.

Shining pink irises stared into green ones, not dropping her sights Itami lightly pulled the elder woman's hands from her face and held them in her own. She took a moment to just stare at their linked hands, looking at the different in skin tone and age, even by the hands you could tell that these two women were not related. Sighing one last time Itami slowly let out a breath and begin thinking what she could say to the elder woman before her to allow her to have her own life and let her live it her own way.

"I know how you were raised Grandma, but I don't want that. I want to go out there and live my life, I know I cant help everyone but I at least want to be able to say that I tried, I want to help people, being stuck here with you will only cage me and make me unhappy and I know you don't want me to be unhappy." Itami spoke quickly,, as to not anger her Grandma but before anything more could be said a small sigh came from the elder woman's mouth, a small shake of her head and then her clear green eyes stared into the young teens striking pink irises.

"Are you really sure about this Itami? I don't want you getting hurt?" The elderly woman asked before looking down at her hands that were now folded in her lap, the elder woman knew this might of happened one day and she knew it was the best thing for the blonde she just didn't want to admit it. The pink eyed teen looked to the elder woman before her before smiling and kneeling down in front of her Grandma and taking her elder hands in her own. Looking into the deep green eyes she had come to care about so much she sighed and shook her head before letting a large smile spread across her face.

"I am 100% sure Grandma, I promise that I will live a full and happy life!" Itami quickly exclaimed before wrapping her arms around her Grandma, a small laugh could be heard from the elder woman and before Itami could pull away properly the elder of the two began to have a coughing fit. Itami pulled herself back and held her Grandma's shoulders as she wheezed, wishing she could do something to help but knowing that whatever she did wouldn't be good enough. Knowing that no medicine would make this go away, knowing that there was no surgery that would make her Grandma better, no amount of time would ever fix what was happening to the elder woman.

"I'll make some warm milk, okay Grandma?" Itami spoke with a warm smile on her lips, the elder woman nodded while leaning her head back in her wheelchair and resting her eyes, feeling exhausted from her recent fit, making herself feel older than what she was, reminding her that she was slowly dying.

Itami then slowly stood and ushered her Grandma out of the kitchen so she could quickly make some warm milk to help her Grandma's throat, that was the only thing she could now was make her Grandma feel comfortable because the blonde teen knew she was dying, ever since her husband had passed the elder woman's health had slowly been diminishing. No doctor was able to give either of the women a clear answer of what was wrong because whatever the elder woman had was astonishing doctors, for none knew the answer and none had a cure. Making both women thankful for each day that they had together, not thinking about the elder woman's death that loomed above them both.

Itami closed her suddenly damp eyes, wishing that she could do something to save her Grandma, wishing that this illness was happening to herself and not the only one who had shown her love. The pink eyed teen bit her lip to stop her sobs, she wished she was stronger and wished she was better than this but no matter what she thought the tears kept coming. The tears then became worse as she began to think about what might of happened to the elder woman if she had never been here, her Grandma may never of made it, she may have not been alive herself if it wasn't for the elder woman.

The sound of breaking glass stopped her. Her very mind coming to a halt, nothing passed through her mind at that moment, the blonde haired teen stopped breathing for a second and just listened, listened for any sighs of moving, any sighs of trouble, anything that would show her what had happened. Her feet automatically moved towards the doorway, her hand reached out and lightly grabbed the cool wood to pull herself towards the empty space.

That's when she heard it.

Her Grandma's dying cry.

Itami's heart dropped at that one noise and she collapsed to the floor, too scared to help, to heartbroken to even move, that one scream paralysing her with fear. She hated it, she hated how scared she was being but nothing would be able to make her move, not even if there was a small chance that her Grandma may still be alive. Her body became numb, her mind became blank, but that one scream echoed in her mind. Her hand went to her mouth to cover the small sobs that left her mouth, her other hand steadying her on the floor while her legs were pulled up to her chest as tight as she could get them, nothing would scare her as much as what was coming next,

"WhErE iS tHe InNoCeNcE?!" a demented voice screamed, when there was no reply a sick ripping rang through the small home, it took a while before Itami realized what that noise had been. The noise had been her Grandma truly being murdered. A scream then came from Itami, her hands flying to cover her ears, her throat burning from the sudden use, her mind numb from the realization that her Grandma was dead. Images flashed before Itami's closed eyes, nothing was able to keep her sobs quiet now. Memories, dreams and peoples faces all came to mind after that one real thought, memories that she wanted to forget, people that she wanted to forget but they all slowly began to resurface. Scaring the small teen half to death.

"Oh, ThErE's AnOtHeR gIrLy hErE?" the same damned voice called, Itami became deathly quiet and slid across the floor until she was hidden beneath the table, curling into a small ball making herself as small as she could, hoping the beast wouldn't find her. Looking left to right, hoping that nothing would jump out at her and take her away, wishing with all her heart that someone would save her and take her from this giant mess. Luck didn't seem to be on her side however, the beast that had killed her last family member tore into the small kitchen area and threw the dinning table to the wall, leaving the grief stricken teen out in the open and face to face with the beast that had killed her Grandma. The beast appeared to be a man with the body of a lizard, but instead of scales this beast seemed to have metal armer. The man's face didn't look right, it had been twisted and demented with the face of a reptile, his whole appearance making Itami wish she was dead.

"HeLlO dArLiNg, I sEeM tO hAvE fOuNd WhAt I wAs LoOkInG fOr!" the beast yelled as its hands out stretched towards Itami's face, she quickly scrambled to stand up and run to the other side of the room where the back door was, her body was numb so Itami seemed to be stumbling over things that weren't there. Not looking back Itami fought through the tears to run the last few meters to the door and get away from this beast, but at that very moment Itami realized that she had never been this scared in her life. However, the beast seemed to know what she was doing before she had gotten there because by the time the pink eyed girl had gotten to the door the beast has thrown a wooden beam, one that looked too heavy to even attempt to move. The young teen still pulled and pushed the beam with all her might and the door didn't seem to budge. She had no strength, she was to weak to move the beam or the door even an inch, the beast had the pink eyed teen trapped and that thought made the blonde teen begin to shake, her legs feeling like jelly beneath her.

"What do you want?! We don't have anything!" Itami yelled as she put her back to the wall while leaning against the hard surface to make herself seem fearless but by the look that the beast was giving her she could tell that she was loosing, tears silently streamed down her face, leaving wet tracks down her face and dampening her clothes even more. The beast smiled, a sickly smile that made Itami's insides turn with uncertainty. The beast before her seemed to stand taller at the look of fear in Itami's pink eyes, making her look away and run her hands over the wood behind her back to try and find a weapon.

"YoU hAvE wHaT mY mAsTeR wAnTs!" the beast called, slowly making its way towards the small girl, giving up on the weapon she slid down the wall and wrapped her arms around herself wishing she was anywhere but there. The monsters voice echoing in her mind followed by her Grandma's screams. Itami closed her eyes tight and let her sobs out of her now sore throat, she wished with all her heart the she was with her Grandma, she wished that this beast had never found them, wished that she had never been cursed, she wished everything would just stop...

Itami's eyes shot open, that's what the beast was here for, he was here to take her away because she was cursed. She understood now, the beast didn't want her Grandma or anyone else in the village, he wanted to destroy her because of what she was capable of. Itami's mind thought back to as far as she could remember, now she had finally realized that there had always been a beast like the one before her in her past, but this time there wasn't a man all in black to save her, this time she had to die, she had reached the end of her life. Itami shook her head to shake the thoughts of her past and her wrong doings, and stood. She clenched her fists and looked the monster in the eye, but a small tear was still able to make it's way out of her bright eyes. The beast saw this and chuckled, not caring for the girls well-being and wishing that she wouldn't cry so he could kill her and take her corpse back to his master.

"ThErE's No NeEd To CrY mY dEaR," the monster said softly, as if reassuring her that everything would be okay, even when Itami knew she was going to die, she was slowly beginning to except that fact and she would even greet death with a smile, knowing that she deserved death. Especially after what she had done... Itami's mind froze when she felt something wrap itself around her left ankle, her body became as rigid as her mind but still her feet were able to be pulled from under her, her back coming into contact with the floor suddenly, a frightened cry coming from her mouth without realization. Even accepting her death didn't mean that she was not afraid.

"DoN't MaKe To MuCh NoIsE, wE wOuLdN't WaNt ThE eXcOrCiStS tO cOmE." the beast whispered in her ear, Itami couldn't help the small whimper that came from her lips, she knew she was going to die and she was prepared but she didn't want to have to suffer from this monster, she wanted to die so she could be with her Grandma and Grandpa, she wouldn't be lonely then, she would finally have a family and not have to live with any guilt or regret. Itami would then be reunited with her Mother, Father and younger brothers. The thoughts running through the pink eyed girls mind brought a smile to her face but before another breath could be taken the beast had dropped Itami to the floor and flew half way through the small home, appearing as if it had been burnt by a hot circular object that appeared to be heavy and able to push the monsters weight around. Itami then cried out in pain as she fell to the floor and landed against the sharp edges of broken wood. The wood then digging into her side and piercing her skin making the pink eyed girl cry out in pain.

"Lavi! Stop! There's someone inside!" A young males voice yelled, Itami's mind was barely registering anything at this moment, she was holding her side while trying to keep her suddenly heavy eye lids open. Noises echoed around her body but nothing was making sense, everything was coming from both directions, nothing had one set point. Itami's vision began to fog and become fuzzy, nothing forming a true picture. One noise that Itami could figure out was foot steps, she heard them coming towards her, believing it was the beast again she shied away from the noise and whimpered holding her side tighter. A hand settling itself on her shoulder and giving her reassurance, the warmth of the large had was slowly relaxing her mind and body.

"Allen, over here!" another voice yelled, but this one seemed older, more mature and a lot closer. Itami pushed herself up but fell back as her arm gave way due to her weight. The large hand swiftly removing its self from her shoulder and wrapping its self around her back keeping her body up and away from the hard wood floor. The blonde haired teen could feel the blood now soaking through her clothing and running through her fingers, she felt her mind become foggy but something stopped her from closing her eyes.

Green.

A green eye that held so many emotions Itami didn't know what to feel, she saw hurt and betrayal, while she also saw happiness and light. The pink eyed teen didn't know whether to trust this eye or to be afraid of it. This one emerald eye looking into her cherry blossom irises made her stop, her mind focused on that one colour and nothing else, noises slowly became muffled, smells slowly melted away but that one colour remained in her mind, keeping her eyes open. Itami felt her body move, felt the pain but her mind didn't even give it a second chance to hurt before even the intense green couldn't keep her eyes open, allowing the blackness to swallow her whole. Before she could fall completely under the darkness's spell she heard yelling, muffled voices calling to her but it was too late, her mind was already beginning to sink lower in the abyss. Her body feeling as though she was floating in an endless abyss, as though her eye lids were as heavy as iron, as though her lungs were drowning.

From sad to happy,

From lost to found,

and then,

from

light

to

utter

darkness

Simple words, floating through a simple mind, a mind that was yet to be unlocked...

A/N - Wow, It actually took me about 3 hours to make changes and that's longer than what I took to actually write this thing! I'm glad I changed bits and made it a bit better because now I feel as though its a real story... I am going to be going through all of the chapters before I add another one but the 4th chapter should be up soon-ish I hope, I mean I love writing this story and I want to continue it but I've had things at home I've needed to do before and school and blah blah blah,

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