For the majority of my life, I've been brought up as human. Truthfully, I'm nothing of the sort. Maybe once, maybe a long time ago I was human, but if I was I really can't remember anything from my life. When I was young I was one day thrown out of my school, shunned by my family. My father and I were tossed to the side and havoc burst out. Somewhere with-in this chaos my father was transferred to England for his work, Of course I went with him. It was strange though at the time…. My father always worked for himself. After a few years past and I had made normal friends, a normal life, everything was tipped on the side as I found out what I really am. I am a Shinigami. A shinigami sent from Soul society to become more familiar with the human ways. It was hard at first but I became accustomed to my new strange life, but now it's all changing again. You wouldn't believe how hard it is…When your friends don't really know you.
The afternoon sun shone down, giving off more heat than usual that day. Even us inside the large, air conditioned, school building were roasting from the warmth. I sat at my desk; it was the last lesson of the day, although I wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention. The summer holidays where about to begin, but, what else that was about to begin was my new life away from the real world. I gazed out the window at the large green oak tree's swaying gently in the wind, and the upper-class-men who had already finished their final classes. I bit down on my lip hard, the thoughts of leaving all this suddenly pouring into my head. The bell sounded echoing through the corridors and saving me from my thought.
"All right class, that's it, I'll see you again after summer break" The teacher spoke cheerfully, dismissing us from class. Most of the class ran out the class room, bidding there farewells to others as if they were never going to see one another again. They'll probably just be seeing each other again tomorrow or soon enough… At least they will see each other again…. I let out a deep sigh, holding my head in my hands for a moment as I cleared out my thoughts. For a while I'd been transferring from Soul Society to the real world every day, it was tiring all the work, but It had never really bothered me in the past. Moving around so much meant I could see all the people in Soul Society and all my friends in the real world.
"Yuzuki~!" I suddenly had Ava's brown eyes staring into my own, "Yuzu! Let's go out somewhere…. We can play Football! And… I'll call up Brooke so she will come along too!"
I nodded along to Ava's energetic shouts, being pulled from my desk and dragged in a run down the schools stairs before going out of the main entrance.
"Ava wait…" I stopped myself, digging my heels into the ground "I'm sorry… I can't come out with you…. "I pulled my arm from her grip and turned away, "Meet me tomorrow by the Hotel near your house… I'll explain then" Without looking back I ran, ran away from that school that I would never return too.
I leant my back against the hotel entrance, waiting for Ava to arrive. How could I tell her I was leaving for Soul society? How I could I tell her she would forget all about me? I can at least give her something that will remind her someone was once here…. She just won't know it was me…. I don't want to be forgotten…. I wiped my eyes before the tears could flow out, the feeling that your closest friends are going to forget about you is a horrible one and I remember it well… I let my back slip down the wall as I grasped my head in my hands, my neatly tied back yellow hair getting scruffed on the wall as I slipped down it. I lifted my head, pulling my hand back and slapping myself across the face. I had to be strong, for Ava.
As my brown eyed friend came running down the road I stuffed my hands into the pockets of my black jacket, holding tightly to an envelope.
"Yuzu!" Ava came to a stop in front of me, bending over to pant, "I'm here!"
"Ava…. Your favourite artist is in there…. On the 3rd floor" I pointed to the hotel door and forced a smile "And here's a present for you….Open it later" I brought my hand out of my pocket revealing a long rectangular envelope which I handed to Ava. As Ava took the envelope she gave me a quick glance,
"Yuzu…. What's wrong?" She asked quietly, tilting her head to the side.
"Tomorrow….. I'm leaving…." I told her slowly, avoiding all eye contact.
"Leaving….?"
"Yeah…."
"Why are you doing all this then? Trying to get me to forgive you?" Ava burst out,
"No! It's not that…. It's just…"
"Just what?"
Its just I've been transferred back to Soul Society where Shinigami live... We destroy hollows and as soon as i go back you'll forget me... Yeah...That's so believable
"Sorry…. I can't tell you….."
"Is this why you left Japan? Because you can't tell anyone the truth?"
I watched silently as Ava stormed away… Because you'll forget me….And no matter what I try… Even if we meet again… You will never remember my face.
As night struck, I and the real world split ways, I stood in front of the Senkai gate belonging to my father with my black shinigami clothes on. My jacket was flung over my arm but as I walked through the Senkai gate I swung the jacket around, pulling my Haori over my shoulders with the lily of the valley symbol showing at the rear.
