It was almost dark when Wuya returned, and with the way things were going, no one dared to get in her way. She was too occupied with the ball to care much about anything else. Ashley was trying on her new gown with Wuya whilst downstairs in the dingy corner of the kitchen, Kimiko and Jack were scarfing down the remainders of food that didn't have enough dignity to be called 'dog's dinner'.
On the sound of footsteps coming downstairs, they quickly parted and wiped all evidence of food from themselves before they could see Wuya and Ashley off. Exiting the kitchen, they saw Ashley standing in the doorway.
She stood under the light making her honey blonde hair shine in golden tones. She wore a salmon pink gown with a golden scarf draped around her arms. Kimiko thought she was very pretty; Jack thought she was simply beautiful.
Although Wuya was present she couldn't help but smile slightly by their expressions. She didn't want to go this ball, she wanted to be with Jack; and as soon as they were old enough to get that annulment they were going to spend the rest of their lives together.
Sadly turning to leave with Wuya, they were stopped by the young japanese girl.
'Uh…wait…'
'What is it?' Wuya snapped, irritated that they were already running late.
'I..I..umm..I,' she stuttered looking down as if in shame. But delaying only pissed Wuya off even more and only resulted in being smacked.
'I want to go to the ball too!' she cried before they could turn and leave.
Glaring at her for what seemed the most deadly, Wuya walked up to her and slapped her harder.
'You've been binging again, haven't you?'
Replied by silence, she pulled Kimiko by the ear to the nearest mirror.
'Look at yourself,' she ordered. 'You're a mess, totally fucked up. You're a completely worthless scum who goes round eating leftovers like a locust. Anyone would be disgusted by the sight of you. You're a screw up. Proud of yourself?'
Shaking her head, avoiding eye contact, Kimiko was pushed head first into the mirror.
Ignoring her, Wuya left off bringing Ashley with her.
As soon as the door shut, Jack ran to her side. He swept away the broken mirror so he could help her remove the shattered pieces that were piercing her face. The pain from the blow was visible form the cuts and bruises; but the pain that was living inside of her was unbearable. She couldn't help it. The salty tears would not stop, even when she tried to pull herself together, her eyes would still water. She couldn't understand why those words hurt her so much. She was used to that kind of thing, but today was different. She didn't even know why she wanted to go to this ball so much, in fact, she didn't even know there was a ball until earlier today.
Man, was she in some deep shit; but little did she know that this was only the beginning….
Laura: End of Chapt 2. Sorry it was short and that i haven't updated in ages -.- I seriously was going to quit on my Xiaolin work but suddenly people kept pestering to update. And also that new episodes came up which inspired me to update. But...when I tried to find my original drafts..I remembered that I shoved it in the shredder ages ago (man I'm smart) and then I got easily distracted when my friend brought in new mangas. I've got better ideas for the plotline though and I promise from now on to finish what I start.