Disclaimer: I do not own La storia della Arcana Famiglia, but I do own the OC's Chiyo and Noriko (Nori). Sorry for the first short chapter so I'll try to make this one a little longer and please leave a review to tell me what you think of the beginning of this story far :)
Chapter 2- You Are Familiar
"Why is it that the sun and moon cannot exist together brightly in the sky?"
My own words continue to resound louder in my ears as Nori and I walk closer to the house until finally we were at the front door. I look down at the ground trying to ignore the nervous feeling that was slowly talking over my body. I snap my head back over to Nori as I feel her hand rest on my shoulder in an attempt to calm me down. I smile back at her and quickly pull her close to me in a hug.
"No matter what happens lets promise to always be there for each other?" I whisper to her.
"I promise." She answers while taking a step back to look into my eyes. I return her serious gaze and nod. I turn back to the door and knock on it. I can feel her hand grab my own and we continue to comfort each other while we wait for someone to come to the door.
Five minutes past before someone finally comes to the door. A young but familiar face glances up at me then to Nori, slowly examining the both of us with his dark blue eyes.
"The whole family has been anticipating your arrival." He spoke while opening the door to let us into the house. With Nori's hand still in mine, together we walked further in until we could see the boy more clearly.
"It sure has been awhile hasn't it?" Nori asks smiling down at him.
"Yes it has. You sure have grown a lot Nova." I smile as I ruffle his hair. He swiftly backs away from me with a serious look now on his face. He quickly turns around and begins to walk away from the entrance of the house and us.
"Please follow me. Everyone is waiting to see you two." Shocked by his reaction I stand still to watch him carefully before we start to follow him.
As we follow Nova down the hallway in silence I begin to wonder if the others will react similarly to our return to the Family. I know I told Nori that I believed everyone would understand our reasons for leaving back then, but now I was starting to doubt that.
I didn't notice Nova and Nori come to a complete stop until it was too late and I start to walk right into Nova almost knocking him over. I quickly look around at our surroundings to avoid the glare I know is on his face and look up at the pair of doors that were in front of the three of us instead.
"So are Sumire and Mondo in there?" Nori nervously asks Nova.
"Yes Mama and Papa are in there along with all of the other members of the Arcana Famiglia." He answers before opening the doors to the room revealing at least fifty or more people. I quickly scan the room looking for my particular person of interest, but have no luck finding him. As Nori and I walk to the center of the room I could now hear all of the whispers around us.
"So that's Mama's relative from Japan along with her friend?"
"I heard they both have contracts with the Torrca."
"I wonder what their Arcana powers are."
"That girl with the dark brown hair sure is beautiful. But that's to be expected from one of Mama's relatives."
"The one with the short blonde hair is pretty too."
"All right that's enough gossiping ladies!" A familiar voice yells loud enough to make everyone in the room quiet. "Is this any way to treat family?" I could see the owner of that voice coming towards us and as our eyes meet he immediately smiles, but I refuse to smile back. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be in this situation now. He was near the top of the list of people in this family I no longer trusted.
"It's good to see you again Dante." Nori goes up to him with a smile, but I could tell from all the years of being with her it's definitely a fake one.
"Yeah, but look at what happen to all of your hair. I guess I was right when I said that one day you'd become bald." I try to act friendly and grin, but I end up sounding contemptuous. His eyes were now more cautious and attentive to my expressions.
"You two sure have become adults. I'm just sorry you couldn't have been here with the family during all those years." If that was an apology it sure was a real shitty one. Not only seeing his face was aggravating me, but also the words coming out of his mouth are pissing me off.
I took a step closer to him with my attempt of a smile now completely gone. "Oh I'm sure you are Dante."
"Don't Chiyo." Nori quietly gives me a warning. I quickly back away and return to my friends' side.
"Mondo and Sumire will be down here very soon. Until then why don't you two get reacquainted with everyone?" Dante recommends before walking away to the other side of the room. I let out a deep breath of air that I didn't realize I was holding in and look at Nori.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself."
"You actually did better than I expected." She smiles causing the disappointment I have in myself to slowly disappear.
We continue to make our way around the room together trying to reintroduce ourselves to some of the members of the family. As we finish talking to another group of people I noticed Nori was already walking off to another group. I follow the direction she was heading towards with my eyes and was surprised by the people that were in that direction. From the time we had arrived in this room to now he never crossed my mind. How could I forget about someone so important to me in my search for answers? I quickly try to run over and catch up to Nori, but then someone's hand grabs my arm and pulls me back.
"It's dangerous to try to run through a crowd this big. I wouldn't want you to get injured." I quickly turn around, nervously anticipating seeing the person with that familiarly slow and relaxed voice.