Of Spells and Red Heads~
Chapter 2
A month had gone by before Aoi-san talked to me again. I saw her walking through the halls often, and sitting in class, never seeming to pay attention to anyone. Guys flocked to her like lost sheep, and she just smiled at them that coy smile of hers before turning down offers to carry her books, or take her out on a date. Every time she did, she would then turn her strange eyes to me and her smile would look almost challenging, like she wanted me to be the next one to flock to her side in desperation.
I never did, I let her smile her coy, daunting smile, and went on my way to classes, or lunch, or clubs, which ever I was heading to. Now, I won't disagree that I have been tempted. How her lips pulled into that smile made them look so…. No… I promised I wouldn't think like that. But what happened the next time we talked was all her fault.
I was heading outside to the gardening club when I passed by her and heard her singing, "And you will expose his puppet behavior… for you are the proof of how he betrayed her…"
I turned to face her as she stood at the end of the hall, letting the last words ring heavy between us. "Where… where did you hear that song?"
"Ah… Kasanoda-san… this song is pretty famous where I'm from. It's called Mordred's Lullaby… It's about the son of King Author and is sung by Morgan La Fae… The sister of King Author, the aunt of Mordred… " She smiled, her aqua eye seemed just that much brighter as she looked at me, "Where have YOU heard it?"
I faltered as she slowly stepped closer to me, "I… uh…. I can't say…"
She nodded and smiled, reaching up to brush a random strand of hair from her face, and as she did, that one lock of black hair turned a shade of red, just matching in shade to my hair, "Don't worry, Kasanoda-san. Soon you will be able to tell me…"
She turned and walked off slowly, as her back retreated around the corner, I heard my aunt's voice in my head, "Guileless son, each day you grow older… each moment I'm watching my vengeance unfold" Then, it changed… still singing, the words changed, "Ritsu… don't let that girl near you… or you will fall from my favor… You want your aunt's love… since you will never get another mortals love"
I grabbed my head and turned to run from the voices when I ran head first into the last person I wanted to… Umehito Nekozawa… "Ah… s… sorry... Nekozawa-senpai!" I fell to my knees, worried about that the president of the black magic club would do to me now.
"Fu fu fu…. Ah Kasanoda-san… Seems you have caught the magic eye of a mystic." Nekozawa seemed to smile from under the darkness of his hood. I looked up at him, wondering what a mystic was, "Why, little miss Aoi there… You see it, yes? How her eyes glint with dark magic and light magic… her hair changed as well… "
"You… you see it too, Nekozawa-senpai?" I stood up slowly, looking down the hall where moments ago, Aiko stood.
"Yes, of coarse. I'm a magic user… only someone who can use magic… or is bound by a spell can see a mystic's true form…. Normal mortals will see the guise she put upon herself… Eyes of green, I think… and that strand of hair… it will only be seen by those like us." Nekozawa nodded,
"What would you do, Nekozawa-senpai?" I didn't like the sound of her knowing of my secret, and wanted to be rid of her.
"Embrace her, find what she wants with you, and know that you are quite privileged to have such a powerful girl at your side." Nekozawa smiled once again before vanishing into the shadows, his chuckle all that remained of him.
"But… what does she want with me?" Shaking my head I walked the rest of my way to the gardening club with my head in my hands. After scaring a few club members by glaring at them accidentally, I asked to go home early. I had to talk to someone about this… and I needed to talk to them soon…
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So ends chapter 2.
Now we know a few things about Aiko, and why her eyes looked different for Kasanoda versus the rest of the school, excluding the Black Magic Club.
One again, I do not own Ouran… or Mordred's Lullaby… But I will admit to having listened to the song 80 times over the coarse of 3 chapters of this story.
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