Hey hey hey! Dark Gothic Lolita here!
Then you get me. Leonessa del buio
Lolita:So as you can see, I lied. Yes, I lied to my dear friend .Angel. I told you that it would be out within the next two days. It's been about five? I want to apologize. School is so stupid, that they decided to do a late night fund raiser on thursday. I went to a pre-wedding party on the friday. No time to finish off my beloved story AT ALL.
Leo:I wanted to do it for her on thursday, but she said she didn't want people's mind to be filled with rubbish. How rude!
Lolita:That's it, because I'm the rude one around here.
Leo:Yes, you are!
Lolita:It's called sacasm
Leo:It's called the truth
Lolita:I can't get any where with you! I worked quite hard on this chapter, so I hope you like it!
Leo:She doesn't own KHR. The great Amano Akira does!
Lolita:And neither does she! I apologize for any bad spelling and grammer!
Dusk nightmares
Do you remember the stars?
Annabella lay down on her bed staring intensely at the ceiling. If she had laser power from her eyes, she would have been able to burn a hole right through it. After her day out with Anastasia, she couldn't help but wonder who the hell that man was. It's quite weird seeing as she had never fallen in love with anyone.
She put a hand on her stomach and wondered about the father of her children. It was as if they had felt his calm presence and started kicking about. Who the hell was he? Inside of her, Annabella was going mad with questions. Why did that man seem so familiar anyway?
She sighed and rolled onto her side. This was another worry for another day. Right now, she had a mission that she could not fail to report. She had to destroy the Vongola and Shimon famiglia. They had powerful flames that the Estraneo famiglia wanted. Luckily for them, they had found what they wanted. Haru smirked. Finally some action in this fucked up place.
~x~
Enma stood by the railing of his balcony. The night was warm with gentle breezes and Enma wanted to enjoy that. Too bad his mind was filled with Haru and this woman 'Annabella'. Maybe she was some sort of spy that was made to look like Haru and they made her wait there.
She didn't seem to remember him which made Enma worried for Haru. What if they'd done something to her? His own intuition didn't point anything out which made him all the more worried.
As he looked up and saw the stars. He smiled gently as he thought back to when he and Haru were out on this very balcony together on their honey moon.
Flashback
Enma was gazing at his wife's face intently wondering what she was thinking. Her face was so beautiful in the moon light and it really helped that it was a full moon. Being with her made him feel like a man.
"So, what do you think?" Haru simply leaned into him and sighed with content. "Do I even need to answer that question? It's so pretty and beautiful. You are so lucky to be in this part of Italy with hardly any pollution. The stars are amazing."
Enma kissed her forehead tenderly. "No, you're wrong." Haru pulled back to give him a confused look. Enma chuckled at her cute face. "What I mean, is that WE'RE lucky to be in this part of Italy. You're my woman and nothing can ever change that."
Haru smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Really now?" Enma nodded. Haru put a finger to her chin. "If that's the case, then you have to promise me something. This is a different kind promise. Do you want to hear it?" Enma put his head in the crook of Haru's neck and nuzzled his head into it. "As long as it's from your lips, then I will listen to you for ever."
Haru laughed at the connection and stroked his red hair. She then cupped his face and brought it level to her face. Enma saw that her face was serious. "I want you to promise that you will never EVER in your life forget me." Enma looked at Haru and was about to laugh. When he saw that she was still serious, he stopped himself from doing so.
"What brought this on?" Haru shrugged, but still cupped his face. "I have a feeling. Please, just do it." Enma wanted to question his wife on the feeling but when he saw the pleading look on her face, he nodded.
"Fine then. I promise with all my heart and soul that I will never in my whole life forget you. And even when I die, when I am reincarnated, I will still love you. Just to make it secure." Enma grabbed her hand and ignored her confused look. He made her point at the stars.
"I make this promise to the stars. They are the witness's here." He saw Haru give him a satisfied look. "Fine then, you turn." Haru gave him a panicked face. "Erm, yeah then okay. I will try my very best to remember my precious husband till the afterlife. I promise by the stars as my witness."
Enma gave her a funny look. "Try? That's not enough." Haru patted his face. "You need to trust me on this, I'm sorry."
End of flashback
That was the only time that Enma had seen Haru so near to tears ever since they were teens. He sighed and walked back into his bedroom. The last time they were here, he was in the warm arms of Haru, but this time around, he couldn't even sleep right.
Before he got to his bed, he paused. He rewound his thoughts. "Haru didn't truly promise that she would remember me did she? That means that…"
It started to make sense now! That woman, Annabella was really Haru! He understood why Haru couldn't make that promise, and he had been so stupid as to let the subject drop. He didn't even try to find out about who the hell Annabella was.
Enma grabbed his jacket and walked out of his room. Tsuna was walking down to his bedroom. Tsuna sighed. "My intuition was right. I thought you might leave. What happened now?" Enma looked dazed. "The promise." Tsuna raised an eyebrow. "What?"
Enma explained it to him. He also explained how he saw a Haru look-alike in the park. "She told me she had a feeling! I didn't press on because I didn't want her crying. I'm so stupid!" Tsuna shook his head. "No, you aren't stupid. I've received a letter from the Estraneo famiglia. They want to meet us by the broken and abandoned warehouse which is just south of here. We'll get our answers then."
Enma knew he was right, but he was so foolish not to have seen the signs! He sighed. "You win this time again Vongola. We'll go tomorrow. I have to insure Haru's safety." Tsuna nodded and they parted ways.
"Haru, the promise of the stars. Remember it. For me. For us."
~x~
Annabella couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned but just couldn't get any sleep. No matter, she was a weapon, she didn't necessarily need sleep, but it was still good to get some. She sat up and sighed with frustration at herself. Was it because of that man? She needs to kill someone and fast!
Just then she heard a soft knock on her door. She smirked. This person shall not be seen in the morning. "Come in." When she saw the figure walk in, she immediately pounced on the unfortunate victim. When she got a glimpse of the face, she saw it was the same look that she got at breakfast that morning.
"Anastasia." Haru pulled back and tried to hide her shock. Anastasia on the other hand was scared out of her wits. "Ana, I'm sorry, I really am. I'm just- I just needed to destroy something and you came and." Annabella stopped. Why the hell was she apologizing?
"Maybe it's because she's the only true friend you have." Okay, that time, Annabella heard that voice loud and clear. It was not the usual voice she heard that filled her in on the missing gasps in her life. No, this one was friendly and inviting, yet menacing and sarcastic. There was a hint of bubbliness behind that voice too.
Anastasia saw that Annabella was in some mild confusion, so she toned down on being scared. "Ah, Haru, no worries there. I thought you might not be able to sleep because I saw you being self-conscious ever since you saw that man. He's sometimes around here."
Annabella's heart jumped but didn't show any emotion what so ever. "Oh yeah? Well good for you then. You sound like you like the man." Anastasia laughed and knew that Haru was back to normal self. "No, from what I heard, he has a wife. Anyway, there is some other man I like."
Anastasia blushed and Annabella rolled her eyes not really caring for love at all. "No, I don't mean that." Annabella raised an eyebrow. "What exactly are you doing here then?" Anastasia shrugged.
"Whenever I can't sleep, my mother used to take me out to see the stars. The night is really clear around these parts, so it shines so brightly. Maybe that would help you sleep." Annabella snorted. Anastasia's face fell and she spoke up. "It's because you're a so called weapon that you don't need that sort of thing right? Well, you're still human, so it doesn't really matter, so come on!"
Annabella was impressed by the determination of her new found friend, that she let herself be dragged out to her own balcony. Anastasia was triumphant. "There you go! You see! That wasn't so hard now was it? Look at how it illuminates the sky!"
"They sky huh? I had a friend like that once…" Anastasia looked at her to carry on, but Annabella still didn't know what she was thinking. "It's alright Haru. Don't worry about it. Just enjoy the show. You haven't looked up yet."
Annabella sighed and looked up. They sky was bright and beautiful. "It's… gorgeous…" It really was. Suddenly, a burst of thoughts came down heavily on Annabella. Anastasia just stared as Annabella looked up at the sky with the smallest smile, yet she was in pain.
Annabella was staring at the little mind clip in her head. She heard a deep and masculine voice and a sight of red vibrant hair.
"Fine then. I promise with all my heart and soul that I will never in my whole life forget you. And even when I die, when I am reincarnated, I will still love you. Just to make it secure." Enma grabbed her hand and ignored her confused look. He made her point at the stars.
"I make this promise to the stars."
Annabella still couldn't see his face, but she had an idea of who it was. Her hand found her stomach yet again. The father of my babies is…"
"Kozato Enma." Annabella's head shot up and looked at Anastasia with a mildly surprised face. "What did you just say?" Anastasia looked confused. "What? Oh what just now?" Annabella nodded her head impatiently. "The name of that man we saw in the park, his name is Kozato Enma. Head of a now famous corporation. I'm not sure exactly what it's called."
Annabella smiled. "That's him, the man of the promise of the stars."
~x~
When Annabella woke up, she saw that Anastasia had left and that it was now morning. Great, just another messed up day.
When she got ready and walked out of her room, she saw Alfonso grinning madly. "Why are you smiling like that? What do you want?" Alfonso's grin turned to a smirk. "That's the spirit Annabella. Are you ready for today? You have the chance to kill some clams. Pluck out their insides if you must."
Annabella thought about it and the bloodlust in her started to rage. She gave him the scariest of all smirks. "I was born ready. Just get the damn car ready and we can set off." As she tried to walk away, she then turned round to him. "Also, I hate that name. My name is Haru and it always will be." She walked down the hallway and left Alfonso frowning to himself.
"I should pack that brainwasher again. I think she's coming to her senses now." He left to go and see the boss.
As Annabella was walking to breakfast, she saw Anastasia rushing about and working. Anastasia hadn't even noticed Annabella who was just standing there watching her as she moved backwards and forwards. It was like watching a tennis match.
Finally, Annabella started getting impatient of standing there and stuck her hand out to grab Anastasia by the collar.
"EEEEEEEKKKKK! I'M SORRY, DON'T FIRE ME OR KILL ME!" When she opened her eyes, she saw Annabella staring at her with an amused face. Anastasia relaxed visibly. Annabella released her and stared. "What, the hell are you doing?"
Anastasia shrugged. "I'm working on something that is hush; hush that even you can't know. Sorry about that." Just as she was about to go, she saw Annabella shaking her head. "What?" Annabella put her hand up. "I just thought that maybe you couldn't do anything. I thought you were just here for the protection."
Anastasia's face fell and it made the Haru side of Annabella feel sad. No matter how much she wanted to comfort her friend, she just couldn't. She let the Annabella side win. "I'm sorry, okay? Now stop being sad and if you're really good, show me what you got!"
Anastasia's face lit up like a Christmas tree and she grinned. "Fine! I'll show you some little things that I've made! Just keep it a secret okay?" Annabella rolled her eyes and followed her friend.
When they got to a small room, Annabella could see that a lot of this had been made with some hard core quantum physics. She raised an eyebrow. "Why exactly are they calling you dumb if you can do twenty times better than those old gits out there?"
Anastasia shrugged her shoulders like it didn't matter. Well to Annabella, it DID matter. "Don't shrug off the matter. Tell me." Her voice had gone back to a steely affect and Anastasia nodded dumbly. "Well I didn't want people knowing what I could do and maybe take credit for it, so I decided to keep it a secret and act stupid. It worked because people only know experiments and not the people around here. I like to know people just like how I got to know you well."
She gave Annabella a warm smile that made Annabella feel uncomfortable. "You're not going to turn Yuri on me are you?" Anastasia blinked at the foreign word. "What?"
Annabella explained in Italian. "I said, you're not going to turn lesbian on me are you?" Anastasia blushed a deep and crimson red. "NO! Where the hell did that come from? Is it so bad to think of your friend nicely without getting called gay or lesbo? Ugh!"
While she was busy trying to pull the life out of her hair, something caught Annabella's eye. She walked over to the contraption and wondered what the hell it was. When she read the blue print, she stopped dead and the words there.
'Soul transformation: Return your loved ones from the dead.' Annabella read on and saw what was written there. Anastasia wanted to sell her soul for her parents one. She turned around with rage in her eyes. She wasn't so sure as to why she was so angry, I mean, she should let her die right?
A voice was calling out in her head. "Haru… Haru… HARU!"
Annabella's eyes snapped open. She didn't realize she had them shut. "WHAT!"
Anastasia stared at her. "Er, Haru, I wasn't calling you." Annabella blinked at Anastasia and then remembered the voice in her head. That wasn't the only thing she remembered. Her rage for Anastasia came back.
She stormed her way over to her friend and held up the sheet to her face. "Would you mind explaining THIS to me?" Her voice was full of malice, not something that was in her usual voice. Anastasia looked at it with a blank face, then suddenly her eyes widened. She snatched the sheet away from Annabella and moved back five spaces and started hugging herself.
"Why did you read this?" There were tears that were starting to form in her eyes. "You don't know what it feels like to lose the ones that should have deserved everything. They don't even deserve to have a child like me! I was a bad seed, yet they still loved and cared for me. When I found out that I could do this, I made my decision that they should live and not me!
"To think that they won't even be able to move on into their rest because of me! They're now ghosts. It's all my fault! They're still young to have children, so they should have other ones and not worry about me."
Annabella still had anger in her eyes, but it was gently dying down. She sighed and walked up to her. Anastasia still moved backwards. "Don't try and stop me! I'm doing it whether you like it or not!" Annabella sighed yet again.
"This is going to be harder than I thought."
"I know how you feel. To lose everything. I have no memories on who I really am. You think you have it bad? Well think again Princess. For all I know, my parents have been dead for the past ten years."
Anastasia gasped. "Ten years? That's awful!" Annabella shrugged. "I don't really care to be honest with you. It's not my problem. People die every day, so why should I care?" Anastasia's head snapped up.
"You really are evil." Annabella's eyes widened slightly before she narrowed them. "What?"
"It's true! You really are a weapon! I didn't want to believe them, but you are! You cold heartless little bitch! I bet right now you wish you could have killed your parents!" Annabella's rage came back. How dare she say this? There was no way in hell she would let her get away with this!
"So you're going to believe what they say and not your own intuition? What happened to 'you're human, not a weapon?' If that's how everyone is around here, then maybe I should just finish you all off myself! But then again, where's the fun in that? If you really want to kill yourself, then BE MY FUCKING GUEST YOU ASSHOLED TWAT!"
She walked right out of the room, using all her might to slam the door, which made the door handle fall off. Anastasia sank down to the floor. "I'm sorry, Haru."
~x~
Haru had stormed right passed everyone and walked right into her room. It wasn't night yet so she couldn't look at the stars, something that made her so clam. She punched the wooden desk that she had in her room in half.
"Stupid friends, stupid man, stupid stars, stupid parents, stupid… ME!" For what felt like the first time in her life, Annabella let the tears slide down her face very silently.
"Why am I like this? Why, why, why, WHY! All I want is a good life, to be settled down! I didn't ask for all of this. Now for all of this, I have to drag my children into this." She walked up to her broken desk and took a book off of the top. It was all about the stars.
"Tch. Stupid stars, who cares about these things?" She threw the book into the bin.
"You do, Haru." Shocked by the voice, she turned round. She was surprised to see a woman standing there. The woman looked a lot like her, but with blonde hair and blue eyes. It was like a shimmering light around her, but at the same time a very fuzzy focus. The figure took the book out of the bin and brushed off the rubbish.
"Who… The fuck are you?" The woman chuckled and lay down on the bed. "Is that the way to talk to me, Haru? It's me, Kimora." Annabella gave her a dumb look. "I don't know what the hell you're trying to pull here, but I don't know a woman called Kimora, so if you don't mind, leave the way you came."
Kimora sighed. "Is that how it is now, Haru? Hurry up and remember me! I know how much you love the stars. After all, Enma made that promise to you. You do still love him, don't you?"
Annabella opened her mouth to say something, but ended up snapping it shut. She had a feeling that she knew this woman, yet it was all a haze, like she had met her when she was high on crack or something. Kimora just chuckled yet again. "No, you are not on crack."
Annabella's eyes narrowed. "You can read my mind?"
"Only since the time of birth."
Annabella had a thoughtful face on. She did know this woman, somehow. "How do I know that what you're saying is true?" She could feel Kimora grin in her mind. "I'm that voice that you've been hearing in your head, so you have to trust me on this."
Just then, Kimora started fading out. Annabella was confused. "What the hell is happening? Are you leaving? Wait, I still need some answers from you!" Kimora gave out a strained smile. "It's not me leaving, Haru. It's you. You don't really believe in me that much and I'm fading. Please, wake up. You're not this person. You are not Annabella, you're Haru!"
Before she could do anything, Kimora was gone and the dark voice in her head came back. As if she was in a daze, she shook her head and her eyes were even colder than before. "That's it; I need to be rid of these memories."
Deep down on the inside, Kimora sighed as Annabella took over Haru yet again. "You'll remember us one day Haru, even if today is not the day."
Lolita:Man I feel sad! Maybe this was all too much. I don't think I should have taken it too far...
Leo:Are you kidding me? This was great, perfect! Man I LOVE Annabella! I just like how she takes over Haru!
Lolita:Oh yes that. Explanation time! Okay, what I'm goin g for is that Haru has a split personality. Annabella is the mean and sadistic side, while Hrau is her seet self!
Leo:Gotta love Annabella!
Lolita:Don't forget, rate or hate!
Dark Gothic Lolita
Leonessa del buio
